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arrived nt a satisfactory smokeless powder only wi+h this Department, but the entire I transfers from the line and by enlistmen some wounded seldiee gave his clothing for added a volnnteer force of one hundred and ~Ir~t~{2Tl~lYMqp IMPIgl~I! t2V
for the 45-calit~,t artri(lge~, but no money, ~Var Office. [ to the number of 7,000. bandages to save tile life of a comrade in sixteen officers anti one thousand enlisted riN~,Jsanalll lu sls~llalai,
tl~(mgh askant for by ~tie department, was ap- ] Stores Specially Prenared greater danger, or if his clothing was torn men, well organized and ~, perfectly ~ .-"f-
pro~rmte0 to, l, tile manmacture or a large SU]B~ZSTENCE DEPARTMENT I " " . from his weakened body by thieves should equipped that in every camp there bad been .~ ,~l~ver Orlgan's t~lpznaon of the uredlt
reserve Suplyy. At the commencement or " I. ~.~eulcal stores ~or use or an army in the he be denied the immediate benefits of has- established a complete telepbone exchange Due Him for ms Conduct of ,
nosthilies th, private cartridge factories Plenty of Supplies in Bulk Alwaym on [ nelu are not sucn as can be purahased in l~ital or dressing station or should he wait and telegraphic systol:n, and at Santia,o the War
were not prepared to use the smokeless ][land for the TrooD~ [ bulk in wholesale drug houses They must. until el-'~-' : ~ ~ "-* -" " " ' . ?
" " t ~ otu,llg Cau De sen~ i~crely ~0 satiety rue nrmg line was so Well supplle(1 With ~'ash|nRton Times (offlc|al olin of ths Bryan . -~
powder in the manufacture of car:ridges, At I De specially prepared and specially packed a sentimentalit-.? means of ~ommunica~i~- *~ ~,1. ~. ,~tm ~l~ll tlh~
." u]e De~'inlng 0r ]cne war (he ~nDSlSZ " . ' J ' L vu t~f .t t*,~ ~,ut t~s.~,~j ooly m,
an ] it rcqmredtime to make preparation, e e De [ to economize space and withstand the dan- The hinter.- of ever- arm" is that when twenty mlnntes for a m~s~--~ t- ,~ -^~- wrt, ".^ .:. ~ :
2 ne partment, nelng eoml)elleG oy law[ m U ~ ' v,* v ~a~ .- v vm v* n~e wv t~t~ ~-a~nK,dosnsa le[ us nOt]modatlons ample tot"
]~e,y l,~omte of the po*~(!er manufac!ur- to keep provisions for the army ou a neace I.gets of trnnsportatmn to which they may untrained men in large numbers are gath- the rifle pitsflo the Executive Mansion in forget Moses! T~e truth is ranidlv d,wnin
#drs Was consulne(l iu provloing smokeless . ~ ~e silo eaten ",', " -- '----'-* ,
-ox~ ~ ~oc a ,h~ fi~m basra only, had thirty days' supplies on I ,~. J . e.r.ed Into large camps they are attacked by ~ashmgton. np0m the country that if Dewey and Schlc'y ~ l~[~T
andp U.eri ,-t r, tee. l coas~ ~.~, ~ hand for the re-ular~ arm-~ with no reserve,t ne numner oz mental enters anoweu msease; .and no war has ever been waged In. the. Philippines they. construet~ed and have won nnfadlng laurels for their country
. s cge artd etS. and to meet the demand stock it n~* ~-e~,--- i- *~- ~* ^, ,~.~ ~. I by law is madeq~ate in tm~e of peace. The where disease was not vastl more deadl mamtamed telegra)h and tale hen li s " d f " .
zor this ammurfition for the time being it ' :~ ~ '~ ~= '"~. .~ [ t~tal number allowed is 192 There are at tha~ *h~ ~-.--~- Y Y *~- ~-~ q~ -1 p e ee m an or tiwmselves, there is a crown of l~efore Sautlago
w~ ~h~ ~, * ~ ~, . ~ .~ ~. clara or tee governmen~ to xeep large sup- / " ~ ou,vt, t.v au ~,ce ~reac~es ann wherever tne honor no less the due of "Will am Mcgin~e~",
o.l,e,y neceosary to [urnisa tear- -.lies of *-^~ ^- ~--~ ~-- - " ~ / present tnlrteen va~cancies. Of the nt]m- - troops were there was th- Si-n-I ~ p :~. ~, ~ .1- r~ .~ . ~ ~ ",~ ~' " tions and M,
coal cartridges Th. m~Dl]f,ootHr'f~ ~f aln0ke I, luu~ ou ltnuu Lay Ltmy at ut%~rloxa- I .^- ^z~-----J ~- ~ ~ .~ - atrlitsUg Uomp~lPlsone -,~,~ .t ~J~ tt,a ~r~?oz~Pllt ( I tll~ IJnl~eCl k)t~ttt:o. JLne ~lorl-
" ' " tiona . . -r u.owvo oy taw six are requzreu in toe " " also resent thorou iS " ~ " ,
less powder 45-caliber cartridges, was taken,n d .the a.ppropristlon for the fiscal [ Surgeon-General's offic~ and Army Medical The deaths from all causes in our army ~o p ' g y equipped and effi- .ous conthtlons of the hour, whether reflected /deal Camp--.
year nad been a|most entirely expenuea " - from o ~'~"~ m tee war situation or in oar Nations and
np as soon us possible, and, though an ample . "L . ~ ".~ [ Mnseum. Eleven are on duty at medicalMay 1 to date w~ere 910 out of a " . - '. . : ~ 1Vere
supPlY u ~s provided~ later, it was not used ~t.~no rlme nan. ~t ,necn cla~meu mat me ~ su--1-pp y uepo~s~- " as" cnler' : snr~eons or- mulzary'" - total force of 274,71v ~^r ~- g,ercenta~e~ of ~ lmerna~lona~. . status, cannot De doa~emplatca . .
In any engagement, subs~.te~ce snpphes in bulk were not pres- [ departments One io ~* the .~mm~,~"plomo 1 059 These fl~ures when brought in cam- TIlE ENGINEER CORPS. w~thout brmgmg home the conviction that ~,~ asnmgton, Oct.{
After the breaking out of hostilities the eat w~th the troops at all times and in am- wh","~ v parison wi the los i an honest true and wise pilot stands at the ~ meh Major-Gen Jo
. le ua ' lle fifty-slx are at general hospitals on . th sea of former exped - Thelr Work In Count Defoe hahn " ' fare the War Investl
Ordnance Department provided about P q ntities wherever they were found, /bosnit~l ~h;.~ ~o ~ tlons to tbe West Inm~ sh-~ h.~ i-~i~.- se end Dur. of State. T~me has been when we
eigMy million small arms cartridges o all and weekly reports of quantities on hand [ disa'bl~ed ~v's~c;nes~s'an~fiv: =~. o~'d~t*v ! nificant our death rat'e~'~aas ~b een~"In"tl~e lag Sun~lago Campaign. thought otherwise. W~ may have been ex- ! s.fi]] a topic of genc~
kinds were rendered, to Prevent a shortage, even [ as chief surgeons ::~f'the Army ~or"s. This English expedition to the West Indies the The dulies of the Engineer Corps of the cus~tble in view of things antecedent. In ! c~reles It was str~
-, [ if requisitions failed to arrive. ] le-veo ~--* ~:^^~ -~=---~-~ ---- I land forces numbere~ ~a aria 'P~ T~,~ United States Army in time of war may be fact, we were wrong and gladly acknowl- ~ and lucid. In effect |
rovlttlug glue 2t~l||lerT. ~ o ~,u~-.~.tm m~u,~, omcerm ~*~"," "~' ." " " ' shl was r le
Good Cooks Needed. [ able for duty with troops in tile field. Of were 1,790 officers and men killed, wounded considered eonvemently under two heads: edge it. An hon.~.t newspape.r, hke an hen- ! P In.~epa~ab .
ne ,a,or o.f provldmg the artulery wa~ ] The food needed onl= nro,~er cooking,these thirty-five have been appoipted brig- ] and missing, and the losses b~ disease were First, In relation to the seacoast defenses estgenueman: will never hesitate to re.treat i ~ne troop,s m me ~
even more o~memt. Tne armament ann [ Gem Coppinger in his ~e,~rtsa~,s- "The [ ado surgeons of volunteers and d~stributed ] aeout 50 per cent. of the total force, o~ tee conntry; second, in relation to the .~ .a mistaken, position nor rose a minute I =~ .:~!,'~ .~u~.
I s were " *~ r In unGoln an 1 [es[lneo [~at the cam~
equipment or all regular .uatter e --- I regulars lived well The volunteers in too [ among the various army corps. Since the [ .The French expedition to the West In- ope~ ations of armies in t e field. 2-- g " "n~-t~tice" - [ tha
l ncre!Isea trom flour to slx .g~ ns ~ "~ne] many. Cases messed badly, but this was,declaration of war there has been a loss of dle~ m 1.802 was perhaps the most disas- t~naer the. first heading the duti~ of the a ne war wlth 81oaln followed h.a.ru upon ! th-~ unnmjte~,resou~
vommeer oazterms were armeu aau [ owing to the i~norance and inex,erience [ two by death and twenty-three are on sick I trous zn losses from disease. The French corps consmt in planning and constructing pvmoa or intense flomesuc, political ano I ,Y:." : ":"= "~
equipped generally as fast as they were -~:" ~:' . !, m~. '. arm, loss ~n ~ ~ " -" permanent works of defense for .u economic strife The administration of al~ me necessartes ann
. .- . . or me omeers, wno Uld not Kuow now to~ ,cave. .t uls nenclency in tee regular mad- - ~ ~uu~ mantas iron nlsease . - tu= pro- . - . ,
ready to receive their guns, cartridges and|procure and care for the rations, and the lical officers made it necessary to employ [ alonewas 15,207 men, out of a total of tectlon of our seacoast t, ns and cities, Pres],them. The woo] for cloth uniforms had to t~oth alternatives presentea ~t hardships, attract particular a{tentim~ u~r the under W.elllngttn (1811-1814) the annual but then came ~another kind of thoug.h-tL clamor, the hysterical i~'tlp which," tyamp. W iko~ ~n: I'
~ili.he dyed, spun and woven. Open market ]~nd both the t~ovarllment and tile men J ~ullar cireumstance~ and the a--n- ]:eath rate exlmdenced by the Brifl, h forces [~he little g,rl wouldn't have give~ha~i J three months or eo ago, held ~|uu of [' I thina It w.~aa
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a.nUnts on account of legal restrictions. ]and reduce the danger of death. ] criticism and epmment. :,[ w.nds and 11~ from disease; in the cam-] tllat I was going Off to fight for the co~utry I ~s .if-.--t ~[e it WU wht, .d 0oo-| the~ Snt tt ~ere r,~
- 'J.ne smgeons recexved 60 cents per day as h a i a a uss So I said to self 'Old feUo ' eze at with |Ira Inmsne h woulu it nave Deal
~(~ De-a~tment,a Hanna Tied,r ~f ~ / Armies ~tily gathered togather as [P lgn of ~he ~ es g inst R ia in the [~ . ! my w, Yo~.'Ve got [ gr - b~, . Ytm~is of ~* ~ e . ' .
~/ ~- - ] per. ma~n re ~uy a.rt~e~es or dle~ tar t'ne me~, ]that which wa~ed the war with ~tn in I Crimea the ra~ ex~riencecl in hostilities Ito stanu up to the worst.' - I Gub~m imiepeadenve, meuMpg tim r~ime,men,~, ~o nave.arau~
~.:, Skilled employee could not be hired be. ] ann.In ~an~.tago theamount anowed was 7~5 [a grca~t ninny instances, bung the?s'eeda ef ]for the period o~ the first nine months, not [ "And now," he cone:uded, "whenever we [ of the insurgents. Tht~ough all that tmgie| their names alz.tarm
o a a axed rate of a,and in this wa cents per aa o rote battle 1 d 1 z~o mey woul na~
~ Y ~ P Y Y I' Y. ' t disease with them to the earn - -s "--- [including those ~flled in battle, was 232 par [g " I a ways brace myself uo a ] time he ecorned e i~hts and lived laboriomi /,q
[the Department found Its hands fled and,F&ult wills tl~e ~w [ evidenced in the eases Of many men dvin, |thousand, 80 b~ng from wotmds and 202 [ httle by feeling in my breeches pocket and ] days, that wisdom, righteousness and hal-,the.e .un.t~A .at diff~
~. otherwise hampered in the way of supply- " ]In the/State camps, before ~e eegtment~ ]from dtmm~. Isort of shaping out tl~at pincushion And [ lowed peace might crown offr arms, Kind / tent. n.ad tms IXne~
! lag service ,for a vastly increased force. [ ~Y m w tee .~bsm.tenee l~epartment put- [ were mustered in and many ^,ha~ ~,h~ 1 -. . when l go back home--if it suits th~ Yah- [ of heart, lawaing always to gentleness and [ ~a'eni~ w~. mxen~
~ The limited approprmtmns made bY Con- [chases the ro~. l[ s tran~>rtre~ tram the ]a Week thereafter [ tJ[q~le W~ga~ a Statistics. keca that I ever go back at all--I am gotn~ [ mercy suspected by the callous, and re- '~is app)t~ to am
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:~: grass had depr~ved the 1~ artment of lpmce at p remtse to cue pmce of msue by I- U r~.+h. # ~ .~ ~. u.+~ M~ a to give it as a souvenir to the littl- ale = [ nroaehed by every rude sad brutal t0n~'ne / ~ee; and act 4n
trained wagonmasters and packers Pack the Quartermaster s Department, cooked on P tern l~mtv orte that made It for me And I'm l he ct dis la ed a eotrra whi was not Sutton down,
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~{mtlles ,nd saddles had to be obtained. For lg ves P 0wde~ ny e tJuartermaster s ue- / The task of the Medir~l r~n ~,~,~. ~. [ Adtutant ~'a~nertl's offi,~ -- +o date 1 her thkt it was ,that pincushion little three. [ could anoall--a determination for the rl~,ht / way mrouga tne en~
: ~arvice beyond the ~ea tran~ rts had to partment, carried on the soldiers" persons -- -~v "-~ "~* cornered thm that it ~s t " s~ ike adaman - "Di you have etd
:e. . - ~ ]! i ~ ;'~ - " la dcapea'ste one. It is ealled Ul~n to dt~l [;rmY are: ml~l. 23~fl]eers and 257 en-,~. " g," ", hat madea~lnan I which toed l . . t, . / - .~
~ PU. rc.nss~ and fittea out as ae~ po~ible 1anu eenveyea to. me~r. mourns oyeqmp land come face fo face with the horrors [listed men: died of wounds, 4 officers: died at me mat day. ] An&he has led U. to num~Ity a~d grne~, [ an dvl~mn~, em.~n.tn.e
~a I~mited t|me for the traosportation of [ menr~ provtaed ny tee uranance Depart, ]of war in such "laces that ,~ *l.~l [of disease 80 ~re ~,~a 2 ~.~r. enlistea I to Dower and to ~eanlinem~ We take un / xes, tney nan p~e~
er~ . The United States never havin~ ]men t; an~ the~ tl~ departmen? must. us, [ unacqt~alnted w~th such sigh~'~ a' "n'd'~een'~ [total, 107' officels aatl'2,"8~ e"~nlisted men~."' SOME ImNORltrous leELS. [ the'work ~0f eman.cil~tlon a~d etviltmation [ "Y ou think that M~
geu In torel~n wa~ not a tangle troop [der t~elaw, ma~e .connetmon at.t.ne so,ale re [may visit and behold, but are helpless to,This ill an aggregate of 2,910 out of a They Weigh Two Huud~d Pounds |u[ without a thameful er enc umb~rtn$ embar- [ ~01ntety necessary
p was avauame. 'xne neutrality laws [ mourns. ~ne.~au~, ~r say, exists w~tn t~e laid. It is no wonder that the aight~ of mu- [total foree of 2T4,717 officers and men, a N~w Caledonia. -
[ rasment. We have no objectionable coati- / uner
~ ~vented their purchase abroad No ca law, ann not tee uepartments ll Phllade phla ]Record 8 n stei~l oh|| ations *'Yes absolutel
~ I ~' ' . ~ . [l it" arian and carnage and the eoumds of de- [ pereeutage of 1,059, or, it continued for an ' r jutor,o dist~ g The field ] Y
~sel~, except those of American build could i lirious moaning, shock the nerves and up- [entire year, wo~ld result in a loss of only,~'rof. Jules Garnier, the French explorer, I of regeneration lies before ns and we et~ter [ the sea alr,'
~;::,engage in the coastwise transportation, ~ ' I val the senses of those who have been I 4.'#t per t~rt, or. reducin~ to a basis of in a publication made some time ago,men-[ttmen- it without a single clog upon our action.| SEVE:
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~Ven thongh chartered by the Government~," ~I~DI~AI. D.PA~trM.T ;pared a view of the dreadful ,aw o~ hu- actual number o deaths per year, makes tioued the existence of gigantic eels "[nthe t William Mckinley has led us to th|s noble,Asked as to tho sl~
~!!md Congress was averse to granting Amer-,~ Iman blood and merciless mangling of hu- a total Io~ from all causes of but 25 5 per rivers of New Caledonia. He had not per-,task. His has been the hand upon the helm. [ Seventy-flret New yc
~tn registry to foreign bottr,forcing the [ U~ust Crltlelsme br Tho.e UU~US. [man. form. thoueand" thrt~ from wounds received In sonally encountered specimens of this eel, [ A London q[hrl[~gte,the ~ beiug eomi~
tomed to the nomeoes of W~,~ rr e io and requested a colonist of La Pc
apartment rote the purchas~ of fore| ore ha ibl lac act n an 4 fr s a a on
" ign . ]- No m e p can be Lm ined " d am disease nd acci- . ' y,on the [ The "Tl ' [ g~ound" w~th no bl~
~y~e~els. r [ T~ me dlcal department of the armY I than the battlefieI8 hospital, with its ~rue. de~ts, or ~[~abb less than one-h.le west coast of the island, to try and obtain a [ ~enaon, Aug. x.--. mes tam m~m- ] ru~- ,~,~-o h~ -d
~ seems to bare come in for more than a just ~ some Dtle of amputated feet and a~mL the duth r.M l'av tI(~ ms .~rtr.d .~ ~:~ specimen for him, ahve or dead More wa~ J ing comments editor ally upon the. generous [ a ~.~ 1
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' . Ishare of criticism and blame. J quivering, mangled and bloody, piled with- Civil ~lr. ~" ~ = I heard about the matter at a recent meeting ! untver~l recognition of the part wh|eh,"~,~1 ,ha, w-': o~ W~
~ What had to be done must be dene qttiek- i Prior to the blowing up of the Maine it |out, while the vic~im~ within are groamt~ I of the French Geographical Society, when I President MeKtuley has played throuttmut,"The taxi'of~'~h~
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