Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1890, Page 8

8 as et CITY AND DISTRICT. GF The special value of Tar Evexrxo Staz to advertisers is the fact that it is not thrown away after once being read, but passes through half dozen pairs of handsat least before being tossed aside. This is the advantage pre- sented by @ family newspaper GREAT PERIL. NEW YORK’ Secretary Tracy Pictures the Result of a Naval Siege. OW THE METROPOLITAN CITIES MIGHT FALL A RICH PREY TO A FOREIGN FO WITH BATTLE SHIPS — HOW BONPSHELLS AND STARVATION WOULD WORK ON MANHATTAN ISLAND. Secretary Tracy in his annual report paints a p jability of our on with his recom- mendations for the increase of the navy. He startling picture of th seacoast cities in connec ‘The aim of the Navy Department during the last year in carrying out the provisions of law in reference to the increase of the navy requires little description further than that which has been already given. It is the aim that was adopted and steadily pursued during naval history—to build pes for various purposes, shonld be the best of her each one of which sh os — York (armored No. 12 and in the the early y sbips of varions ars of 0% type in existence. The in the battle ships, in the erniser No. 2), in torpedo cruiser ar: and it is believed th: point out with a cle: which this country should demands that exist toda ‘het, in the present eating one of these types. In the sea-going. ¢ United States possesses three vessels, which, though fe of less displacement than the m now building in Enrope. as powerful as sin the world. In my report of opinion, twenty mired adeqn is clase were Such, however, is the great st year that the ent may wife Y its previous fig- ure. There ts no twelve such battle ships asare now in course of constraction would equal i F our purposes the 20 that were th mplated, and with & suitable proporti ernisers ard gu the United States in a position where they from all anxiety as to. the conse- 8 of atwck from abroad. ARMOR AVATEABLE. ling of battle ships the want of armor. and the necessary work nelnding design and hips the departn er more favorably situated for carrying on operations than az the present time. Whatever should now d partment Will not be obstructed As far as other material thereon ned, ef cons it best to fol aw especial of the most vulner with a view of pro’ of the ei those localities. ‘The stretch exs Monroe to Boston cou- one of them a vast ag- tion Congress ow wp, the do- ttention to the ‘today is € Jersey. Marviand and. Vir~ t to the danger. but a Of these states i Any measnre apo: Congress could not fuil to actopt. ‘There is no other in the world at the present time wealth in so ex- pored a sit it requires a inati nd guns on land. by the shores of the junction of Especially at th New England internal and where +0 m centers, shou: taken to prev ‘The peculiar con! sound, with the snelter in its a highly advantag rations for « maritime assailant, ato enemy's fleet should cyer be allowed to gain an entrance therein. tion of Long island and bays affording ole forming ‘NEW YORK'S DANGER. ‘The harbor of New York at the present time is entirely defenseless. The forts at the Nar- rows would offer no obstruction tothe entrance of afleet. Any vesel. whatever her size or character, armed with the modern eight-inch ns—which, be it remewbered, are far from the heaviest gans atfoa F estroy them. As for no forts worthy of 3 to the East river by that route is as unobstructed as the Nar- rows. It may be said that guns could be mounted on shore to dre at such a fleet. The army posteses no modern guns for the pur- », and the cast-iron shell from the guns now im its possession would make no more impres- sion on modern ironclads than hailstones on & roof. Itis likewise thought by those who are ignorant of the actual conditions that tor- Bedoes would prevent the entrance of the fleet. fact is we have no torpedoes. Stationary torpedoes or mines, mdeed. we have, oF could and lay in abundance, but an attacking Pick them up or countermine with- out danger to itself. leaving a clear path for its ships. Of automobile torpedoes, which, though means of defense, would yet be i factor, we have not one at the As for our unprotected cruisers, d in pert, it would only Le to become involved in © general capitulation. There is nothing, therefore, to prevent the access of a fleet to New York by either the eastern or the southern entrance. With a fleet once in the harbor the conse- danger of bombardment, with = 1s in not regarded.as a pressing danger, being opposed to the civil- fazed tendencies of the ans yor at the worst a menace thatean be bought off. Leaving out, however, the possibility, if such a possibility eXisxts, that 4 state at war will forego an over- whelming strategic advantage out of deference to the “civilived tendencies of the age,"and that Ahy state or city is rich enough to pay the $50, 006.000 or 100,000,000 that mzy be exacted as the ce of immunity, the danger does not re. The terms ‘of ransom would undoubt- edly include the rurrender of all the shipping, naval or mercantile in the port. In the case of New York, :t is hard to say what limit would be fixed toa ransom, and Brooklyn and Jersey City would contribute their shares. STARTED OUT. Bat the calamity would not end with the pay- ment of money and the surrender of ships. An enemy's fleet once in the waters of New York would remain there. Commerce would be annihilated. Communication would be ab- solutely cnt off. ‘The ferry boats would cease torun. The Brooklyn bridge would be closed to truftic 4s the condition of ‘its preservation. Finally. the railroad comamuications would be et and the food supply of two and one-half millions of people wouki come to anend. Cap- italiste might afford to pay a ransom, but first on the homes of the ’ mm paid by that tion ‘would be anything which it was in ti => power to give and which the fleet in the harbor would eccept as the price for its departure. If any one fancies that this is an overdrawn are ket him make «simple calculation of yan food daily required by two and one-half m: "Tilieg tha uae hours, and making a proper deduction for women and children, it’ appears that there is consumed daily in New Yor) and Brooklyn: Bread, 1.575.000 pounds; vegetables, 1,575,000 pounds: coffee, pounds. This ‘am: Pounds; ment. 1.350.000 pounds; butter, 225,000 snow blockade in the great storm of March, & question of days. a peed Statement is revealing no secret, at least no secret to foreign states. It is orly our own people who ignore it. ‘The facts are patent a of our own coast survey— pon which every channclon the water detail on the land are plotted with fatal accuracy—and which any one, American or foreigner, bas for years been and overs topogra; * cannot be mis- | Of su taken the trae policy of naval constraction H opt to meet the It is safe to say ate of information on; battle ships the re | toward the creation of a naval militi | bas found expression in the legislation of four ated that, in my nit defensive, of the de- | P bouts would put the coasts of country will alw: sition that was of national ! pene such as will meet the necessities of the co: try. At the last cight number of versels of trpee al too his the means whereby the Unite first time in mans preserve and defc calamity, but it is not tl specting people. vance toward in supplication to God to kee healthy. A prayer is. then offered bythe head prayer to God to smoke peace. When it is discovered that the pipe is not sinoked the dancers wail and sob and. then commence danci they cannot dance a ground and remain lying there until they re- gain their consciousness and then they tell the ession is that the danger of @ | medicine man what they saw when in spirit land. These men were offered €5 each if they ;would tell a Catholic priest what they saw, but they saw nothing and could tell nothing. Outside of the fainting act. which is nothing but pretense and acting, the dance is noth- ing but a quiet religious ‘ceremony, with less excitement than is often seen in a ’ Methodist revival. The Indians had no guns at all and had none in their tepees. They have no idea of being warlike and never had,and are sur- prised tha : such adance. The Indians dance with their clothes all on and with no ornaments what- cotton shirt, with a big on the back to take them to the spirit land when they faint. While the dance was in progress fifty mounted Indians came over the cupine creck. ‘They came in two abreast and then lined up in front of the dance. While they were in this line, und before they dix- mounted, we went down the line and gave each Indian a cigarette. This we did to look close for arms. We found absolutely nothing in the shape of guns or knives and id be of such magnitude that the ; could not disregard them. | ever. They put on eagle pain miles without form some idea of the effect of is ease of communication. Starva- could prevent the result I have described. Our 't naval force would be equally powerless. CANNOT FOLLOW PARNELL. ven when all the ships now authorized are | The Irish Envoys Will Not Cut Loose From completed we should not have a figh! ting chance against a respectable fleet of — ironclads. ‘There are other seaboards desi within their own field, protection. HARBOR VESSELS. ‘The type of ship which the department would suggest for purely local purposes is an en- larged Puritan, of light draft, not more than 14 to 16 fect, of moderate speed and intended absolutely for smooth-water cruising, but with such armor and armament as to make it, at the same time, irresistible and invulnerable against any single assailant. Twenty inches of armor and eight 13-inch guns would fulfill the pre- scribed conditions. It is a serious question, howover, whether greater advantages would ributing the guns in two vessels instead of one: but whichever plan is adopted the general conditions of the problem remain the same. The ships would be intended exclusively for local purposes and would have &postand astation from which they would never are of the jong the coast or in waters not far removed from it, wherever they may be needed, the continuous presence cient number of harbor-defense vex ce of an enemy until the battle ships could arrive. The type of har- less expensive than the sea-going ships and it answers, as no this subject, no misiake can be made in dupli- | Qther. type can answer, the requirements of not be gained by di be absent. While the battle first importance to concentra sels would stay the entra bor. lefense ship described i American burbors. Should such a line of construction be adopted the vesscls so built should be regarded as dis- tinctively for local protection. ‘The movement , whic stater—-Masrachusetts, Rhode I-land, and Pennsvivania- mld receive strength and encouragement from the creation | of this national force reserved for local pur- ‘The harbor defense ship would become the rallying point, the armory, the drill hall, | the parade ground and the naval school of | those young men who have shown such spirit | and earnestness in the organization of the j naval militia. It should be their privilege to become the principal source of supply for the complement, both of officers and men, of their leat ship: and the rerult would be an addition of incalculable strength to the naval resources of the country. CENTERS OF NAVAL STRENGTH. If such a plan should be adopted it is reason- able to believe that Boston, New York, Phila- delphia. Baltimore, New Orleans, San Francisco and the cities on Puget sound would become centers of naval strength instead of being, they are today. con<picuons examples of mari- time eakness, and inviting objects of maritime tack: while these local fore would be welded tog transfused with the spirit of naval the small t er and ipline by clticient standing force w! ys maintain, in conclusion I would repeat here the propo- @ navy is a judicious expenditure for the navy, nt time it has not such a force, nor will it have the force required even when all the ships now authorized are com- fisted. The problem of naval construction as been simplitied almost beyond belief in the rs. It ow! The price to t affords tates, for the Jits rights. War isa great he greatest calamity befall a free, intelligent and. self-re- THE TRUE INWARDNESS. Senator Paddock’s Nephew on the Present Indian Situation. Tt anybody has had the opportunity to see the true inwardness of the Indian situation which now distarbs the country surely that in- dividual must be the post trader at Pine Ridge agency. The gentleman holding that position now is B. 8. Paddock, a nephew of Senator Pad- dock of Nebraska. Ina letter he says: “Ihave just returned from the only ghost dance that is going on within the limits of this reservation. Starting from here we drove twenty miles down White Clay creek to the camp of No Water. On the way we met many Indians going toward the agency to try to find out what was going on. Many lies have been told them, and they find it impossible to get the truth. are told to the military. We met on the way Jack Red Cloud and Joe Richard, who had heard that Red Cloud and several others had | been put in irons at the agency. The Indians were all on their farms and could be seen all | along the road hauling wood, hauling bay, at- tending to their stock. just as if they had never heard of the army at Pine Ridge agency. 8 are told to the Indians and lies m arrival at the scene of the dance we found crowd of perhaps 150 dancers around a to t upon which had m tied offerings of bri 0 in strips of two yards. The dancers ad- Vthis shrine with uplifted hands, jem good. and medicine man and a pipe is held out with a ‘th them the pipe of ig, holding hands. ‘The dancers form a ring and dance around the shrine, their feet keeping time toa weird and monotonous ery. In circling around with their eyes closed they become dizzy. and when y longer fall out on the t any objection should be made to sure had,none. distance of ten jana the indications are that 1088 MORE SHIPS WANTED. When Indians come from there is no war. Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy— ‘Various Kecommendations Made, Secretary Tracy, in his annual report just made public, recommends the construction of twelve new formidable battle ships for the de- fense of our unprotected seaboard, to the weak condition of which he invites attention. He also suggests the building of twenty more tor- pedo boata like the Cushing. For local de- fense purposes he urges that a number of heavy ships of the type of an improved Puri- tan be built. ships, as follows: : New York yard, the Cincinnati; the corres ing eruiser, No. 8, building at Norfolk, the Be St it eames rick jew York; battle shipe built by the Cramps, the In- battle #hij ng i the Massachusetts, and similar bate ship, balding b the Union iron works of San Francisco, RECOMMENDATIONS. the Atlantie e: rposed to attack; other cities be- ides New York of commercial importance— jew Orleans on the Gulf, San Francisco and Takoma and Seattle on the Pacific. Our line of defense is long. and its parta are 90 divided and s0 remote that they could not be included in any single plan of concerted operations. Esch would inevitably become the ‘object of separate attack, and each must be effectively and separately gnarded. Nothing short of force of battle ships, numerous enough to be distributed in the separate fields of attack and able to concentrate on any threatened point will prove s completo ganized in | of complete harmony with the spirit of American institutions, | first attack of a liberal cabinet to realize that , | program. Whatever differences of 0) tich the | pee ‘exist as to the haste wit the Liberals. Five of the six Irish envoys in America signed a document last night in Chicago formally withdrawing from their former leader, Charles 8. Parnell. Ax repidly a the doce ment grew it was seized by representatives the press and cabled to London. The docu- ment ia as follows: ‘THE MANIFESTO OF THE ENVOYS. To Justin McCarthy, M. P., vice chairman of “the Irish parliamentary party: Our, sinse of the matchless nine of Mr. Parnell as a leader, im je services he hag rendered to the Irish cause, of the cour- has age, integrity and splendid success with which he has led our people for ten years and the tie of comradeship and personal reepect and uffec- tion which for- years bound us to him have made na suspend to the latest possible moment our judgment against his further leadership. The obligation to express that judgment is all of us the most painful duty of our lives. No earthly consideration :ould have moved us to our determination except the solemn con- viction that we are driven to choose between Mr, Parnell and the destruction of our coun- try’s cause. So painfully ulive were we to all that might be involved in the loss of such a leader that we eagerly cooperated with our col- leagues in every effort to retain his influence in our counsels. ‘The manifesto which Mr. Parnell has just iseued cuts us off from the last hopes to which we clung. Anxious to avoid any word that might embitter this. controversy, we shall not dwell upon the cruel injustice with which he treats the members ‘of the party that has fol- lowed him with a loyalty and affection such as no leader ever experienced before. His recollection of their fealty to himin many an hour of trial might well have saved them from the imputation that any section of them could have allowed their integrity to be capped by liberal wire pullers, nor wonld we do more than enter a protest against this violation of all constitutional principle in flouting by anticipa~ tion the decision of the elected representative of the people. But while making every possible allowance for Mr. Parnell’s feeling on this score, we consider it unjust to the Englich people and lamentable from the point of view of international feeling to describe as English wolves howling for his destruction those who have not been able to bring them- selves to the same view to which gratitude and the necessity for union impelled Mr. Parnell's own colleagues and countrymen. ‘MR. PARNELL'S PLEA FALLACIOUS. ‘The plea of Mr. Parnell that Mr. Gladstone's letter involves a claim to dictate to the Irish party and thereby strike at the independence of that party as a strictly Irish national body is one calculated to inspire every nationalist with «larm if that plea were not an obvious fallacy. ‘The Irish party was formed for the purpose of winning home rule for Ireland. Any attempt fo divert the Irish parts from that object in the interest of the English parties would be invasion of the independence of the Irish party and would, we believe, be repelled by no one more sternly than by our colleagues and onr- selves, who are now in opposition to Mr. Partell. But the very basis of our independent alliance with the liberal’ party is the adoption by them the prégram for which the Irish party was formed and the recognition that it must be the which Mr. letter was communicated to the publi id down at the opening of my | but report lust year. that “the purpose for whic the United States maintai qui ‘that pron not con- | l+tter. bot defense.” The best guaranty of | Gladstone's { treachery to the Trish cause, by hi a | again and again expressed, thi remains to add to the | be effective, must be sucl iy in existence. | ears, may be enabled to | ill from Por- the naming of several of the new topes Crafter S obviously nat his hostility io hor earnest desire to save it from dis: pted Wr. Gladstone to write ¢ that the difficulties of porition Were not frankly recog- nized by Mr. Parnell, and that, on the con- v | trary, friendly eommnications, com-! :Miications ebviously made with a view of | smoothing the passage of ths home rule ' have beer made the basis of insinuations of home rule, to a menwire as satisfy the Irish people. Mr. Gladstone is bound to a full and ample measure of sei government to Ireland. To offer any other eme wonld be an act not only of incredible baseness, bu: of incredible folly, and we em- phatically separate ourselves from any such charge against Mr. Gladstone. MR. PAENELY'S STRANGE INTERPRETATION. We think it deplorable that Mr. Morley’s sug- geetion that some of the Irish party wonld co- operate in carrying out the Irish programa of the liberal home rule party should be so strangely interpreted by Mr. Parncl. Every member of the Irish party will, of course, agree with Mr. Parnell that the acceptance by iny nationalist member of office from an is ministry would bo a breach of the elemen rinciples upon which onr party i be it nobody who knows Mr. Mork c will doubt that the suggestion was made in the honest belief that a liberal ministry wonld be helped in the dificult work of carrying through the details of an Irish home rule bill by the co- operation of Irish colleagues, and it was not an insidious attempt on the integrity and inde- pendence of the Irish party. We have now to confront the statement that Mr. Parnell’s leadership opens an impassable gulf between the representatives of Ireland and the liberal party, who haye faithfully ob- served their part of the agreements as to the national claims of Ireland, and the situation is aggravated by deplorable expressions of ill-will toward the British people who have, agein and again within the past five years munifested their determination to do justice to Ircland, and have by their votes paralyzed the arm of coercion. CANNOT FOLLLOW PARNELL. In deliberately bringing things to this po- sition Mr. Parnell has entered upon a rash and fatal path, upon which every consideration of Ireland's safety, as well as of personal honor, absolutely forbid us to follow him. In the fature of a party thus isolated and discredited we cannot oe how any Irishman can see anything but destruction of the hopes of self- government, happiness and peace which but a few weeks ago were on the point of being re- alized for our people so tried by many years of sacrifice and suffering. What Mr. Parnell as ns to do. striyped of all side issues, is to eucri- fice ail hopes of an early settlement of the Irish ‘straggle to his resolve to maintain his rkonal position, We ure driven to choose Between our leader and our cause. In that wad choice we cannot hesitate. We la these views etfully before our col- leagues e Mri tliamentary party in the earnest belief that a "a Us ive vote on their t will deliver Ireland from the feurful anxiety which now over- hangs her people. We are convinced that a calm but resolute course of action on our part in this cruel emergency will redound to the ad- vantage of our cause, by furnishing conclusive testimony of the capacity of our party and of our people for self-government, We cannot relinquish the hope that, in the face of «uch decisive action by the elective representatives of the Irish people, Mr. Parnell’s xense of pa- triotism will withhold him from plunging-Ire- land into those horrors of distension which have so often already in their tragic and un- happy history robbed her of liberty at the mo- ment it was within her grasp, and will save him from undoing in oue passionate hour the re- sults of all his Cos oy see services to his country. lon Dintox. Wi1iax O'Barex. Tuoxas P. O'Coxnon. T. D. Suurivay. Tuomas P. Gi. Curcaco, November 30. HOW THE EXVOYS SPENT SUNDAY. Sunday was passed much more quietly by the six Irish envoys than their original program would have allowed. Instead of attending high mass in a body at the cathedral the party split up in coyplew and went to different churel es in more outlying parts of the city. -Inste d, too. of waiting for the grester religious ce-e- monials, which would have lasted past noun, jor aber all attended early masses and then guthered for the consultations that, with slight interruption, continued until evening. It wus 5 p.m. before the opening words “To Justin McCarthy” were committed to paper. When at médnight the fateful document was still being scanned by groups of curious news- paper men; the interlineations and crossing out on every portion of the manuscript showed what a task the composition had been to the ordinarily more than the ready pens of O’Con- nor, Gilland O'Brien. This morning the six envoys were still in the city and speculation was rife as to their future movements. SINGULAR COINCIDENCE. At the time that O'Brien, Gill and O'Connor were drawing up this document Jobn Dillon and T. D. Sullivan were dining with Mrs. Par- ina private dwelling two miles away. Sen fo dep ante during the writing. His were feverish in appearance and. syoice, whether from emotion or the tax of his per ae el gpd was broken and Gh very white and like O'Brien seemed deeply affected. T. P. O'Con- nor seemed to preserve his natural tempera- ment better than any of the others. His usual merry quip, however, was lacking. Not wore than & word or two could be had from any of but chance expressions indicated that tel grav hewn Fro SS couragement as stern breaking last from a leader they had trusted for years. PARNELL'S TWEXTI-FOUR SUPPORTERS. Mr. Parnell by telegraph invited those of hie colleagues who were fs to his retention ‘in the leadership to meet Saturday even- ‘i | ought. not to be ramblin ing at the Westminster Palace Hotel. Twenty- four of those invited met Mr. Parnell and to- gether they discussed the situation. Mr. Par- nell informed those present of the relations be- tween himself and the liberal leaders and expressed a determination to fight to the last. It is stated that at the meeting Messrs. Condon, Roche, Deasey and Lane urged Parnell to re- tire, Mr. Deasy giving, it as his opinion, that ee wor defeated by a inajority of ty. Archbishop Croke has telegraphed to Mr. Justin McCarthy that he is strongly in favor of the retirement of Mr. Parnell. Archbishop Walsh today telegraphed to Mr. William Mar- tin Murphy, member of parliament for the St. Patrick division of Dublin, that the hierarchy would meet on Wednesday next to consider the situation. Mr. John Morley has published a statement denying Mr. Parnell's interpretation of the Propositions in the Hawarden interview. Parnell was expected tourrive at Cork yester- day morning and a large gathering assembled, but he failed to arrive. Mr. Gladstone writes to a liberal candidate regarding the situation: “I am glad to think, 80 far as appears, thero will'not be a severence between us and the nationalist party, for Mr. Parrell throws over his colleagues. He acknowledges in them no right or authority, and goes past the constitutional representatives of his country in his fancied appeal to the na- tion which had chosen them to speak its wants and wishes.” ———ee —_____ THE POLICE COURT BUILDING. Court Held There Today—Judge Miller Makes Some Remarks. “No smoking in the court room at any tim is one of Judge Miller's new rules which will be rigidly enforced in the new court building. It was in this new temple of justice that Judge Miller held court today. The building has undergone a complete change during the past few weeks and the prisoners who have been appearing at regular intervals for years past felt proud to see that they now had a respectable looking place to be tried in. The cells room not yet being ready for oc- eupancy the prisouers, twenty-five in number, were seuted on benches behind a rail and iron network that separates one part of the room from the other. Among the prisoners were five colored and two white women,who were given a seat in the rear, where they could not be seen so easily by the spectators and witnesses. Bailiffs Kendig and Hooe and Policeman Madigan paced the floor near the prisoners to wee that none of them escaped, and to answer questions pro- pounded by lawyers and others seeking in- formation. THE PRISONERS’ DOCK. The prisoners’ dock and witness stand are within a foot of each other, #o that every prisoner, unless he is deaf, can hear every word that is said against him. ‘The iron net- work already mentioned is the dividing line between the witnesses and spectators, and when the cells are ready for occupancy the prison- ers will be ont of sight. Directly in front and to the side of the Judge's bench isa plice set apart for members of the bar, but this. morning before the court met such persons were scarce in this enclosure, for while they remained in that portion ¢ could not solicit custom and clients wo: therefore be scarce. Some of the attorneys paced the floor in front of the cage-like grating end looked through at the prisoners with a wishfal eye. But they dared not call “I'm a ¥ sould violate a tule of court which pre- ‘capping” and thereby render them- i ment for contempt. ers of the bar wanted to wners they had to write con their the bailifl, so that th ald be no picking up of clients frum the dock by, simply hearing # pertion of one of the victin’s naines. ler proceeded to announce his rules concerning the new court, and explained where persons ving business before the courtare to go. The Judge said that ordinarily the court will ene at about 8: Jock, by which ti ould all’ be sworn t said the judge, “if police offic pear in time to have the made out and swe tained after 1i o'clock, it is the en the judge prisoners and kuwyers. Nothing, perate aguicst i nsel or client.” Re- ferring to the lawyers, the judge said: “Any lawyer who has any respect for himself knows that his place isinside the bar, and that he informa among the witnesses, Sich conduct ni tends to degrade the profession which its members are sworn to uphold, but also de- grades the person to the extent that he is unfit to practice among gentlemen.” the judge concluded by saying he intended to have the court's rules “enforced so that the business cun be transacted not only to the credit of the court but also with a view to doing so with some regurd for the rights of citizens and to get the officers back on their beata as early as possible. ‘THE FIRST CASE TRIED. The prisoners then started up for trial. The first one to enter the new dock was a red-haired man named Timothy Hurley. He hangs out in South Washington and Policeman Herbert said that he was usually under the influence of liquor and is always ready to warn law breakers of the approach of policemen. A sentence of sixty days was imposed. pa inate MONTGOMERY COUNTY NEWS. Real Estate Deal— Brook Trout—Off the ‘Track, Correspondence of The Evening Star. Rocvitte, Nov. 30. Warren R. Choate, attorney, lias purchased for Andrew H. Ragan of Washington from the Washington Grove Association forty-eight acres of land adjoining the grove and fronting on the Metropolitan Branch railroad, at #50 per acre. ‘The new proprietor wiil, in a short time, com- mence the crection of building on the place of rather novel design for modern days. It will consist of a large one-story log honse, con- taining twelve rooms, and will be heated thronghout with old-fashioned wide fireplaces with log fires. ‘The cooking will be done in the old-time way with a “crane” to support the hanging pots and kettles, and large Dutch ovens for baking purposes. Rev. P. P. Flourney has resigned the pastor- ship of the Springfield Presbyterian Church, Howard county, and accepted the position of pastor of the churches at Bethesda and Linden, this county. ‘The experiment of placing brook trout in the streams of this part of the county was made a few days ago by Mr. John W. Kelchner of this lace, who procured from’ the Druid Hill ‘atchery 4,000 small fish of thix species and dis- tributed them in Rock creek, Cabin John and Watts branches and their tributaries. ‘This afternoon about 3 o'clock seven cars of a freight train on the Metropolitex Branch rail- Toad. became detached fram the engine and tender near Clopper's station und ran o the track. There being no telegraph station at that point the conductor of the train had to walk to Gaithersburg and obtain the assistance of an engine of a passenger train then lying at | that plaice. After « delay of two hours the track was cleared and trains cunning as usual. Some of the cars were broken, but the extent of the damage has not been ascertained. ‘Mrs. Charlotte Bell died Friday at the resi- dence of Mr. Wm. Gittings, near Hunting Hill, in the eighty-fourth year of her age. Her re- mains were interred today at Gaithersburg cemetery. SAM. ae eS A Judgment Set Aside. In the Circuit Court, Judge Montgomery, Saturday the judgment in the case of 8. J. Block against Mary Kelly was set aside. This was an action for jon of certain property On Massachusetts Svenne ia, which few tecke since judgment wae given plaintiff. The case will be tried next week. eee His Neck Broken by a Fall. George W. Tucker, formerly surgeon at Fort Myer, was found dead a few days ago in a house near the fort, where he had been living. His neck was broken, and from the position of the body it was evident that in attempting to move e trunk down stairs he fell and received the fatal injury. armed guard who paced the top of the mal, they the broom department open fhe wecured sm of ome aid sod was couvists who were famillas sha the inoeior il i r f | Li Cuows Toorm Brushes, absolutely trustworthy. +" or ask “Do you want me?" for then | nes ui a alip of paper and hand it to! i and.” | rs do not _mp- | THE NATIONAL GUARD. Some Criticism in Regard to Enlistmente— ‘Pay, Ete. WHAT AN EXPERIENCED SOLDIER HAS TO SAT UPON THESE SUDJECTO—THE THANKSGIVING DAY BIFLE MATCHES—CHANGES IN THE DIFFER- ENT BATTALIONS—THE HILTON TROPEY—NOTES. Now for a little more criticism. The gentle- man who pointed out and commented on cer- tain conditions which he believed existed in the District National Guard and which he thought should be amended or removed has again made his appearance. Apparently he is in nowise discouraged because Gen. Ordway demolished some of his more important alle- gations and without attempting to make any rejoinder to the general's clever reply he marches off in search of “fresh fields and pas- tures new.” This is what be says: A FEW MORE REMARKS. The interest which my first communication seems to have excited and the fair-minded spirit with which it has been received lead me to offer a few more remarks on similar subjects. Although the opinion has been expressed that no “methods have been adopted that have been discarded by other states,” Ithink afew can be mentioned which will be admitted as up- holding my argument. Perhaps, however, they are better described as sins of omission rather than of commission, One place where improvement seems to be needed is in the enlistment und discharge of enlisted men. An examination of the “act es- tablishing the militia” fails to show any way by which ‘company commander can get rid of poor material by honorable discharge without asking permission from his company to do 80, As he is held responsible for the condition of his command he should certainly be unre- stricted in its management, especially in a case where heroic measures may be nécessury to bring up company from @ poor condition when it might be diflicult to obtain the required action. The power is given a captain in sev- eral states to obtain the honorable discharge of an enlisted man on his (the captain's) own re- quest, the reasons for so doing being, of course, approved by higher authority. It may be that such action can be taken now, but there is nothing I can find which prescribes it. As to enlistments [ am in favor of the present plan of allowing companies to select their own members by proporal and ballot, as that seems advisable, as the service is so purely voluntary, mt it should not prevent a captain from exer- ising his military right to keep his company a proper condition, provided it falls below a certain minimum and_ fails to be filled by the present method. I can see nothing in the act to prevent this, the principal obstacle being in the company constitutions and by-laws, Ithink provision should be made for such cases, which occur occasionally everywhere from various causes and are provided for in some states. THE QUESTION OF PAY. Another point of difference between this force and those of other states isin the ques- tion of pay. Of course there must have been 1 reason, perhaps that of economy, to make provision for a partial re- muneration of the ofiicere and men for the ser- vice they render the government, but it seems to me a serions and unadvisable omission. ‘Those men in the civil service are supposed to get leave with pay when on duty with the guard, but they do not constitute the entire force, and those in private employ are in a posi- ion where they not only get no pecuniary re- military work, but have, in re- ‘or the privilege of being a soldier, Il cases they lose their time. , accounts in the papers of cases where the militia have been called out for riot or other service and no provision made Zhe public immediately asks 80 foolish as to run the risk of be- ing knocked in the head with a brick or blown up with dynamite for the sake of being allowed to parade around in uniform and seemingly have a good time, Of course the reason is that there is en inh>- rent taste for a military life in the natur but as be given some return for the sacri ce of life or health they are liable to make at, esent, in this brigade, the orly -ive pay are those of the least i portance in a militery sense, namely, the mus cians, ALLOWANCES TO OFFICERS. While on the subject of pay on duty another point comes to my mind. In a few states the plan iy adopted of making the financial burden ightor by granting him an allow- ce suflicient to cover at least the cost of uni- forming and equipping himself. And this is done where ofticers are paid in addition when on duty. It can be done by either allowing the whole amount on receipt of commission, or better, by making an estimate of the averuge life of a uni form «nd di 4g the amount into annual stullments. This is « suggestion which I think most officers will accept ax favorable to thei: interests and to the interest of the service, and Tam sure that its ‘adoption will removea stron obstacle from the path of many ambitious 2 desirable men. ‘This isan important point to be thought of before the adoption of a full- dress uniform for the brigade. RESPONSIBILITY OF COMPANY COMMANDERS. Another point of criticism which I have to make is on the manner of running the internal affairs of many companies. The impression made upon me is, that there isa tendency to too much civil business too many civil committees, in hort, too much of the clib and too little of the military company. By this method the re- y “s condition cannot be placed whe ig, on the military ad- ministration, but is lost in the i jcacies of a mixed civil and military organizati I think the fault lies largely with the company com- manders, who are either unwilling or afraid to aswnine the responsibility which really belongs to their rank and position. ‘The above remarks are made in a spirit of en- tire good will for the District National Guard and a desire to be of some benetit by imparting impressions and convictions derived from a number of ‘# connection and intimate ac- quaintanee With the militia service. THE. RESULT OF A WARNING. Quite a number of those who entered as com- peritors for The Sunday Herald and “Tappan” prizes failed to put in an appearance on Thurs- day morning when the roll. was called. Some of them could net p have been present, ‘but there were others who would have non the range had it not been for the warning which appeared in Tur Sra of Wednesday evenin The regulations of both matches made ii imperative that all contestants should be qualitie record of 65 out of a possible 100 at all the: ranges. Entries were made by men who were far short of the record, but nearly all of those so situ- ated knew enough not to appear. ‘The records be in in a few days, and then there ‘will no longer be doubt of any man’s status. A'few men who were down as competitors in The Sunday Heva'd watch did not arrive on the ground until after the roll had been ealled and the men assigned to targets. Very properly Capt. Cash refused to allow them to shoot. The hour set for the opening was 9:30, and no one not at the firing point at that time had an: right tocomplain. It was argued that p: ing competitions were not conducted so strictly, bné that remark fails of force. Precision and ae are military features of no little portance. 48 To THE HILTOX TuorHY. A resting place has been found for the Hilton trophy. Arrangements have been made with Secretary Proctor for the location of the great shield just inside the main entrance to the War Depariment. There it will be visible to the general public at all reasonable hours, If members of the brigade rifle team of 1890 will meet Ma}. Pollard at brigade headquarters on Monday evening at 8 o'clock ments will be made for having the team and the Hil- ton trophy photographed in a group. OUANGES IN THE EIGHTH BATTALION. Lieut. W. R. Davis has been commissioned adjutant of the eighth battalion vice Lieut. Chas. R, Douglas, resigned. eiigcond Sergt, James A. 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