Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1896, Page 12

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FORT DU: CHESNE, Utah: I IFE AT AN ISO- lated frontier post is busy enough in the gladsome summer time to dispel all tendencies toward melancholy, but through the long winter season there frequently bob up op- portunities for the cultivation of that peculiar affliction commonly known as “the blues.” That there were some such opportunities at Du Chesne during my stay I have no doubt, but the sufferers—if there were any—dis- sembled most successfully. When the balmy Pacific breeze—the ice-melting chi- nook—has removed the last trace of frosti- ness from the valleys and foot hills the entire garrison is ready for six months of hard work. Drills are practically suspend- ed all winter because of the successful in- terference of cold weather and snow, but with the uprising and scattering abroad of the alkali dust comes the beginning of a long program. Mounted drills will be in order before breakfast, target practice with rifle and revolver will be insisted upon, ¢is- mounted drill may not be neglected, pay- master escort duty to and from the rail- road mus* be performed, and all the while the regular post routine has to be attended to. But when there is a foot or so of snow on top of the alkali the conditions more nearly approach the monotonous. Reveille starts each military day, of course. Everybody ts supposed to get up at gunfire, but once a month or so, during the off-period, some officer who does not have to get up sleeps so soundly that he is not only undisturbed by the gun, but cannot even hear the rising of the sun. Guard mounting is at 9 o’clock, by which hour Col. Randlctt generally has completed at least three hours’ work., The colenel is not mere- ly post commander; he is also acting Indian agent for the Uintah and Uncompahgre Utes; and if any one imagines that the com- bination job is an easy one he ought to watch the colonel get through with one of the six, and sometimes seven, busy days he has every week. The new guard having been mounted the officers may usually be found !n the adjutant’s office—Lieut. Edgar Koehler of the eleventh infantry attends to that desk—and from that focal point they scatter "to wherever duty or pleasure may call them. Whenever a victim can be found the summary court is In session, but victims at Du Chesne are few, so the court is not overworked. The quartermaster is deeply engaged, of course. The responsible duties of that position are upon the shoulders of Lieut. Lewis M. Koehler—he of the ninth cavalry—but they do not sadden him, nor is he so wrapped up in property returns as to_be unavailable for other purposes. Once a week, on Friday, the post ly- ceum mee‘s; aa agreeable diversion. There the weaknesses of Napoleon’s campaigns are mercilessly exposed, while it is a com- mron occurrence for some one to offer irre- fragible proof that Waterloo was won by Welling‘on because Ney’s Pawnee scouts halted to roll and smoke a cigarette each. But such exposures are unofficial. When the lyceum is in session it attends to busi- ress. An officer reads @ paper on a pro- fessional or semi-professional topic and then -defends his testimony and his con- clusions a3 best he can from the assaults of the critical. I was present one morning and heard Lieut. Watkins—well known in Washing‘on—read an original account of a stcne battle which he witnessed while tour- ing in Palestine. It was a good paper, and it stumped the critics, because none of them had ever studied stone-throwing as a fine art or had ever been nearer to the Holy Land than New York; all much to their discomfiture. Wheels Instead of Horses. Bicycles are more plentiful than gas lamps on the streets of all American cities, but nv one would expect to find a large as- sortment of high-grade wheels at such an out-of-the-way place as Fort Du Chesne. The assortment is there, however, and within two or three months there will hard- ly be an officer or enlisted man at the post who is not the possessor of a wheel. Sol- diers are rarely rich, and4t might naturally be supposed that the tendency would be toward some of the cheaper varieties of cycle, but, as a matter of fact, there is not a low-grade wheel in the garri Here in east a slight snowfall discourages wheeling, but out at Du Chesne everybody rides wherever a reasonably hard-packed stretch of srow can be found in the road- way, and occasionally the always-clear sidewalks are taken possession of by the wheelmen. - 2 A Cycle Company. The enlisted men have organized a cycle écmpany, with Quartermaster Sergeant Gil- lespie in comm&nd; that is, in command for all practical purposes, the real commander being Col. Randiett, who, in his new posi- tion, has been endowed with high rank— major general, I believe. The election of the post commander to the Lighest office in the gift of the cycle company is, of course, purely a compliment, for Col. Randlett is rot a wheelman. As a cavalry officer of ‘thirty-five years’ experience, he is fully equal to the task of riding a fairly frac- tious horse, and he is willing to drive al- most any sort of an animal that can be perscaded to wear harness, but the pay- master ge. eral couldn't bribe him with a year’s funds to climb on the hurricane deck of an unsupported bicycle. The colonel mizht, perhaps, be persuaded to sit on a wheel if the wheel were flat on one side, was firmly held down by two or three mus- cular men and had pillows enough on it to make the seat comfortable But the colonel is by no means uneppreciative. If he will not ride he will at least smile upon the or- ganization in which he is a major general as it parades past his residence every fine evening after retreat, and he is positively interested in the maneuvers which follow the bugle calls sounded by a trumpeter,wko is also an expert wheelman. . Post Office and Club Room. Waiting for the stage is a habit indulged in by a large percentage of the garrison six days a week; waiting on the seventh day would be a waste of time, for, on the seventh day, the stage never comes. The favorite lcafing place at such a time is in and around the post trader’s store, In which is located the post office. When the mail comes everybody seems to be quite as anx- fous to get a letter or a newspaper as he might be if the incoming of the stage was a semi-annual event instead of being an al- most daily occurrence. Not far from the post office is the offi- cers’ club room; an unpretentious apart- ment, the principal features of which are a billiard table, a big stove and an un- patronized buffet. Wherever there is an army post there is an officers’ club, and wherever there is an officers’ club somebody generally displays & tendency to swallow more liquor than is good- for him. But Du Chesne is almost unique in that respect, and if the existence of the club depended upon the quantity of igtoxicants sold the organization would hopelessly bank- rupt in a week. I know that the reputation ofthe army officer would hardly harmon- ize with the principles set forth in tha doctrine of total abstinence, but it is, nev- ertheless, a fact—and one on which it is perfectly safe to bet many dollars—tnat temperance {is the normal condition at this out-of-the-way station. Once while an inordinately tairsty office> indulges in a single glass of beer or ventures to -share a bottle of that liquid with one of the cluh’s gvests, but such indulgence constitutes a notable event, and is invariably the cause of comment. A more tl hly -moral army post than Fort Du Chesne cannot, I feel satisfied, be-found on this or on any other continent. A Long-Distance Billiard Champion, Reading the newspapers and magazines cloth of the billiard table afford the officers folly two-thirds of thejr amuserient. “And good as some others, but even the least ex- pert receives the consideration which is his due. The “sharp” is Capt. Harry Wright. Bern a Washingtonian, still a Washing- tenian at heart, and remembered by @ (eed many Washingtonians who were ‘ashingtonians during those years when Harry was in the War and State depart- ments. It frequently happens that Capt. Wright plays a game of billiards against the combined forces of half a dozen oppo- nents, and it is invariably the fact that he wins without apparently having to make any extraordinary exertion. Occasionally there have been championship games; long- distance pedestrian contests, In which Dr. Snyder and Lieut. Cavenaugh shone with wonderful brilliancy. It is a phenomenal game in which Lieut. Cavenaugh does not tramp at least six or seven miles, and, through mis-cues, waste energy enough to break two tons of limestone small enough to be used for macadamizing purposes. Capt. Day and Lieut. L. M. Koehler are both able players, but it is their custom to sit near the stove and make sarcastic and discouraging remarks about the hard- working individaals, who are doing the best they know how »n a table that runs up hill from all directions in spite of the quartermaster’s daily aflidavit that “that table was leveled up perfectly, first thing this morning. Rough and Ready. “Stables” is the event of the afterncon. After that sounds, every horse in the post is groomed until the officers who take that call are satisfied. Horses at Du Chesne are nof as smooth or stylish in appearance as are the horses at many other western pests. The reason for this is to be found in the fact that the animals are sheltered only by sheds and horse covers. In much warmer climates than ex!st in northeast- ern Utak the horses are housed in com- fortable stables and are therefore nothing like as rough as the Du Chesne horses Must necessarily be. But if all of the United States cavalry force was ordered into the field tomorrow, few, if any, troops would be as well equipped in the mattér of horseflesh as are the troops of Col. Rand- lett's command; horses that live through a Du Chesne winter in open-sided sheds are tough; if they were not tough they would not live through a Du Chesne win- fer. When Night Comes. Occasionally some one starts out to do a little fishing through the ice or to shoot the coyotes and magpies that. abound near the post, but winter fishing is apt to be sloppily Uncomfortable, so it is not popular. A few of the garrison fill in an cdd hour or so in skating whenever the ice surface is in rea- sonably decent condition. Evening amusements are not lacking, and they are generally enjoyed by the men who are off duty. The post -exchange—which used to be known as the canteen—operates satisfactorily, an, amateur orchestra is often in evidence, while the meeting of a Masonic lodge and the cleaning of bicycles all assist in filling the interim between “re- treat” and “to quarters.” The officers frequently assemble at Dr. Snyder’s quarters, there to sing and sing and sing until even the doctor wearles of Playing the accompaniments. It was there tkat the Du Chesne Giee Club was born and nurtured to phenomenal maturity. It was there that Col. Burns and Col. Eéelin of the Ute commission (Col. Edelin ts another of those wandering Washingtonians), Lieut. Edgar Koehler and Lieut. Watkins sat with more or less of stolidity while the Glee Club got in its deadly work; com- mencing about 8 o'clock and ending at or near midnight. Lieut. Watkins (one more Virginia-Washingtonian by the way) was speedily lullled into a semi-comatose condi- tion; he thoroughly appreciated the free concerts. but he was less hardy than Burns and Edelin and Adjutant Koehler, who rever blinked an eye, who applauded all the solos and joined vociferously in all the choruses—a surprising exhibition of polite- ness when St is probable that they would have preferred whist or (like Quartermaster Koehler) slumber to the rehearsals they so graciously chaperoned. Reminiscences. Some of the everings would find only two or three of us gathered together before a big open fireplace in which blazed and crackled cedar logs that threw out both warmth and ‘fragrance. Those were ithe times and places for reminiscenco—humer- ous, sentimental, tragic. Somebody having made casual mention of the fact that a citizen resident at Fort Du Chesne—Seaboldt, I think the name was—had treed a skunk under a chicken coop, had secured the assistance of some one and had shot the intruder “by the misty moonbeams’ struggling light, with the lantern dimly burning.” Precisely what happened to the marksman is practically unknown, save to tne marksman himself, and he is discrzedly silent. ‘That brief nar- rative awakened a memcrv which had as its central figures two youn; officers, who, years ago, were stationed at a pest in New Mexico. Because of nany practical Jokes played by those youngsters they were under a social ban; were boy-otted, in fact, by nearly all the ladies at that’ station. It was one of those delightfully warm August evenings common encugh in New Mexico. Outside eral of the houses on “the line’? pleasant little parties were in progress, but to none of these were the two lieutenants invited; everybody else had a bid, but they were being prankishmess. 7: saunt front of the quarters; Iee was glasses and frozen ‘lainties w ishly dispensed, but no one sald, “Won't you come in for a while and take something?” Therefore they plotted vengeance, did those two neglected ones. The Plot Hatches. - Hieing themselves to the post cemetery, they carefully proceeded, from a safe dis- tance, to round-up several able-bodied speci- mens of Mephitis Americana, two of whom they succeeded in herding on to the parade and not far from the scenes of revelry. By this time their movements were con- cealed by the gloom, so their chances for detection were few. Qne of the conspirators kept an eye upon the animated bottles of de- ¢ayed and concentrated compound of assa- foedita and limburger, while the other trot- ted to the squad room of his troop to suggest that half a dozen men and two or three dogs “chase those skunks out of ight.” Two minutes later and the old atmosphere had been entirely supplanted by a new one, the skunks were dead and everybody but the hunting party hal vanished. Windows and doors were bei tily and forcibly slam- med to the po: le but altogecher improb- able end that the outer air be kept entirely on the outside. On porches and verandas and grass picts were the negiected remnants of festive occasions that died in their early youth while within the various sets of quar- ters—with the interior thermometers regis- tering an even hundred degre23--were dis- gusted ladies and prozane officers; victims of two unscrupulous low comedians. A Hore Cart Masquerades. ‘The percentage of brave men in the Unit- ed States army is very large; rarely indeed does any man deficient in physical courage finda place either in the register or in the rarg§s.- Put there are degrees of courage; some fighters are less valorcus than others. One of the Iéss valorous commanded a post most of theroops from which were, at the time of which I write, in the field at Pine Ridge agaimgt hostile Sioux. The fear of an attack was ever before the mental vis- ion of this post commander; to such an ex- tent that he was finally moved to make ex- travagant preparations for defending his residence. Prominent in his plans were two rataer inferior Gatlings and the gun that had for years done service at reveille and retreat. These three pieces were so placed as to defend the rear and two sides of the colonel’s quarters. Another gun was de- manded of the officer who had charge of the post ordnance, but the other gun wasn’t there. Sorrething had to be done, of course, or the colonel wouldn’t enjoy a wink of sleep. Fertunately, the officer upon whom the requisition was made had a rich fund of unquestioned originality and assurance. He caused.a hose cart to be covered with a big tarpai lin, and had a sufficient number of men, who couldn’t help grinning, haul the imitation weapon into position before the color.el’s house. The effect upon the nervous colonel--who neyer dreamed of the deception—was all that could have been de- sired. Protected by a hose cart and by three guns, for ull of which there were not more than five rounds of ammunition in the magazine, the old warrior slept soundly. Laughing for the hundredth time at the ease with which the veteran was lulled to slumber, it svddenly occurred to me that there was marked resemblance between the satisfied colonel and the average American Some of them are, of course, not-quite as) RULES COVERING THE BURKART MEDAL Discussion Regarding the Interstate Competitive Drill Situation. COMPANY MATCH SCORES Armory gossip during the past week has been confined almost exclusively to the dis- cussion of the forthcoming court-martial of Lieut. George B. Tralles of company A, third battalion. Something having excited the ire of Lieut Tralles he, so it is stated, #ccused Lieut. Gihson, the third battalion’s inspector of rifle practice, of dishonesty in keeping the scores. To this accusation— than which no charge could easily be more serious—Lieut. Gibson has responded with charges and specifications, that will, in the near future, receive the careful attention of @ general court-martial. Discussion of the possibilities and probabilities is, of course, very vague; for most of those who do the bulk of the chattering are entirely without knowledge as to the case in any of its phases. Several members of the company of which Lieut. Tralles is now an officer seem to be making a personal matter of it, and in one instance there was exhibited toward Lieut. Gibson insubordination, which, it is understood, Capt. Shilling will undoubtedly attend ta; anyhow, it will be attended to, say some of the officers who’ have heard of the incident. Gratuitous and vulgar impertinence, emanating from a private and addressed to an officer in one of the company rooms of the armory, will not be permitted, it is stated, under any circumstances, no matter what may result from the promptest possible application of deserved punishment. General expression of opinion is to the effect that the court-martial and some of its accompaniments will have a wholesome effect upon more than one battalion, but especially upon a battalion which has’ been in a decidedly ragged condition since its last reorganization. The Apolegy Was Not Vorthcoming. Several efforts have been made to bring about a harmonious and unofficial settle- ment of the difficulty between the two principal parties to the court-martial, but as no proper apology was forthcoming, Lieut. Gibson reluctantly withdrew his re- quest for a court of inquiry, and has sub- stituted therefor the charges which are hereaftes made plain. In this matter Lieut. Gibson has had no choice. When the in- rector general of rifle practice returned to duty, after being on sick report for five months, it was reported to him that Lieut. Tralles had accused Lieut. Gibson of dis- honesty. Major Harries thereupon notified Lieut. Gibson that he must put forth every effort to purge himself of that charge, and it he failed to do so, Major Harries said he would prefer charges against Lieut. G!b- son, and, in the court-martial which would follow, would’*put Lieut. Tralles on the stand as a witness) This action on the part of the inspector general of rifle practice is seid by that iofficer to be due to his de- termination ty permit no one to be an officer of the; department of rifle practice whose reputation for honesty and efficiency can possibly }e called into question. With both horns o} phe dilemma in his immediate vicinity, Lieut, Gipson soon made up his mind t¥at he, would rather be on the wit- hess stand than in: the dock. What Gibson’ Says Tralles Said. Charge I isi corluct to the préjidice of ood order and mijitary discipline, in that Licutenant Tralies said to Lieutenant Gib- son while they: were in the neighborhood of the armory onthe evening of February 1: “There “is ‘one’ thing certain, you’ are dishonest In keepfng the records: f:. rifle | practice, and if you anything right,you do it in a sneakyfied manner,” or words to that effect. The second charge is con- duct unbecoming an officer and a gentle- man, in that Lieutenant Tralles made the statement quoted, knowing at the time that his accusaion was false. The charges have been signed and’ started on their step-ladder course to headquarters. The signatures as witnesses are those of Lieut. Gibson and of Lieut. Cook, the latter being present when the alleged verbal assault was made on Lieutenant Gibson. The Interstate Drill Situation. Quite a little concern among the organ- izations directly interested followed the an- neuncement in The Star Saturday last that the commanding general would prob- ably decline to grant permission to com- panies of the District of Columbia Na- tional Guard to leave the District nere- after for the purpose of participating in interstate drills. In consequence, at the Meeting of company A, third battalion, called tor the purpose of taking action in regard to attending the Savannah inter- State drill in May, it was decided to po pone the matter until it could be deter- mined officially whether or not the com- pany would be allowed to send a team to the Georgia competition. A special meeting, called for the express Purpose of considering the Savannah drill proposition, was scheduled for company A, second battalion, but Captain Edwards los: no time in revoking the call wher he learn- ed of the probability of a prohibitory order from headquarters. Meetings of other companies have been postponed for the same reason. Statements to the effect that company A of the third fully intends to participate in the Savaanah drill at all odds, even though it might be necessary to withdraw from the National Guard in order to carry out that purpose, have been floating around rather promiscuously during the week. It has been reported, too, that the Memphis prize winners will make an at- tempt to go to Savannah as a National Guard organization in spite of orders to the contrary, and also that they are think- ing seriously of attending as imdividuals in a manner similar to that followed by the Sealy Rifles of Galveston, Texas, in going to the Memphis drill and by the Neeley Zouaves of Memphis in reaching the St. Louis competition. These alleged intentions, it is said, have reached the ears of the commanding general, and it is ratural to presume that-the chances for favorable action on the company’s appll- cation for the necessary permission have not been increased to any appreciable ex- tent by the reports. Capt. Shilling’s Statement. Cept. Shilling, in conversation with a Star repcrter, yesterday expressed regret end indignation that such rumors should have beccme current. All talk of the na- ture described, he says, has been unofficial and cnauthorized; and probably -emanated, if at all, from ftresponsible and agitated members of the company. “Wren I eptered the National Guard,” explained Capt. Shilling, “I had not the faintest ideaof ever attending an int2r- State drill. Afterua lapse of several years, cpportunity presented itself, and we went to Memphis, and were fortunate enough to be successful inthe competition held in that city in May last. Throughout the win- ter the boys haveé*been working unusually hard to perfect themselves in a manner purely military. Special attention has been given to rifle practice, and we now have some of the itest snarksmen in the brigade among vur members. A school of instrue- tion has algo,been established, with the re- sult that a seore Df enlisted men are now prepared to sGcceesfully pass examinations for commissicns, and they will endeavor to secure candidate badges as soon as 4n opportunity is afforded them to appear be- fcre the brigade board. The boys are ex- ceedingly anxious to participate in the Savannah drill, and I know the standard of the organization as a military company would not be affected in the slightest de- gree by the trip. However, if my applica- tion for the necessary permission which is now at headquarters is denied I shall ac- cept the situation as an officer should, and. I trust that there been no doubt on that point, so far as I am concerned. Of course, I realize that if the application is Genied, certain members of the company will apply for discharges, and it may be stated incidentally that they will be for- warded, approved, without delay. But such @ situation will not affect me in the slight- est degree, for ¥ shall remain and erdeavor, as heretofore, to place company A third tenticn of the commanding general to issue the prohititory order that the application of Capt. Shilling to take a team to Savan- nah will be disapproved, and it may be re- peated on the best of authority that here- after no companies of the Dist: lumbia National Grard will be to lezve the District for the purpose of par- ticipating in interstate drills. Several guardsmen have expressed the cpinion that if company A of the third is fcrced to remain at home the company will not be in existence at the end of two months from the present time, and that the third battalion, as at present consti- tuted, will then be a memory. This is not likely to work any hardship on Capt. Shilling, who is regarded throughout the brigade generally as one of its most effi- cient officers. it has heretofore been stated that the in- tention is, or was, until Saturday last, to reorganize company C, first battalion, as a drill company, and, so it is stated by mem- ters of the battalion, the expected order of prchibition bas already begun to affect the organization of which Firs: Lieut. Lee is in command. Company B, second battalion, has taken no action on the Savannah proposition as yet, and it is not likely to do so, although several of the members have stated public- ly that the company is very desirous of be- ing represented in the competition. Advices from Savannah explain that the expression “‘state troops’’ is intended to ex- clude the entry of companies from the reg- ular army, and that all other organizations, whether in the National Guard or “inde- Fendent,” are invited to compete. Company Match for March. Some little surprise was occasioned, es- Pecially in the engineer corps, by the sec- ond section of the company match for March, which occurred Thursday evening last. The scores show that company A, sixth battalion,-is the winner of the match, surpessing the record of company A, en- gineer corps, by five points. All the teams Teperted in the gallery with the exception of the first separate company. The scores in detail are as follows: Second battalion, company A—Sergt. Thompson, ; Sergt. Davis, 40; Private Brittain, 4%; Private Hazard, 39; Private De Moll, 34. Totai, 193. Sixth battalion, company A—Capt. Simon- son, 43; Sergt. Groome, 44; Sergt. McClain, 36; Corp. Whitacre, 47; Corp. Wilcox, 46. Total, 226. Company B—Sergt. Davenport, 43; Lieut. Kirk, 43; Private Barstow, 45; Private Bu- ell, 46; Private Pile, 44. Total, 221. Company C—Capt. Streeks, 38; Sergt. Wil- kinscn, 31; Private Sweeny, Private Gainer, 39; Private Presnell, 42. Total, 190. First separate battalion, company A— Sergt. Clements, 9; Sergt. Wells, 38; Pri- vate Gibson, 28; Private Harris, vate Thomas, 40. Total, 152. ue Company B—Lieut. Piper, 31; Sergt. Ad- dison, 37; Sergt. Thomas, 39; Private Hen- e son, 23pePriv: Jackson, 36. Total, 166. Company C—Private Errest, 16; Private Brooks, 28; Private Nelson, 26; Private Private Johnston, 15. Total, mpany D—Lieut. Johnston, 36; Corp. Murry, 38; Private Payne, 31; Private Ware, 29; Privaie Stewart, Total, 154. Engineer corps, compahy A—Private E. W. Scott, 41; Private Albertie, Private Williams, 46; Private Birney, 39; Private McLaughlin, 48. Total, 221. Company B-Sergt. Mille: Serst. Muyes, 38; Private Teery, 64. Private Nash, 38. Company C—Iieut. Johnson, 45; Serst. Lepper, 40; Corp. Wright, 4’ son, 43; Lieut. Chandler, 25. Total, 200. Second separate company—Capt. Wiggin, 34; Sergt. Gibson, $; Private Kervin, 41; Private Willis, 14; Private Eckstein, 40. Total, 137. Rules for the Burkart Medal. Competition for the Burkart medal will not be in accordance witk the terms which were unofficially anrcurced some six or seven weeks ago. The original regulations were unsatisfactory in several respects, so, after consultation w:th the donor of the medal, the inspector general of rifle practice announces the approved terms to be as fol- lows: “Team members who meke at least 90 per cent of the possible in their first scores at each range—each competitor being com- pelled to fire at least ten rounds at each range on either a company, battalion or regirental team—will be admitted to the final stage, in which those who have made not less than 90 per cent may compete. Competitors in the final stage will be re- quired to fire ten rounds each at 200, 300, 00 and 600 yards. Comretition for the medal will be annual and in the gallery. The medal beccmes the personal property of any one winning It tl-ree times.” In the First Battalion. There is a reported dissersion in company D, first battalion, the trouble being the re- sult, it is said, of dissatisfaction over one of the lieutenants. Col. Moore has been consulted in the matter, and is endeavor- ing to cause an amicable settlement of the difficulty. At a drill of the first battalion Thursday evening last service medals were presented t a number of members who have served six years or more, the names of whom have heretofore been published. Second Se; arate Company, In the second separate company during the week Privates George E. Frech and William C. Eckstein appeared before the examining committee to establish their ell- gibility for appointment as corporals. Sev- eral members of the company are under- going court-martial for disobedience of or- ders. The quarters of the ecmpany, on the fourth floor of the armory building, have beon handsomely furnished of late, and it is the intention to procure a distinctive uni- form in the near future. Capt. Wiggin has established a school of instruction for non- ccmmissioned officers, which meets each Tuesday evening. Notes. A 4rill of the second battalion has been ordered for Monday evening, March 23. The following men are among the posst- bilities for places on the rifle team of the fifth batlalion: Sergt. Maj. Bailey, Corporals Tyler and McLeod and Private Callan, com- pany A; Capt. Phebus, Sergt. Acher, Cor- poral Schvfert and Privates Dennison, Weir and Totten, company B; Lieut. Leeman, Sergt: Loveless, Corporal Homer and Pri- vates McGirnis and Murray, company D: As the result of court-martial, Privates Estleman and O'Hagen, company D, third battalion, have been discharged in the in- terests of the service. eThis company has formally adopted the distinctive name “‘Al- lison Nailor Guard.” Following the exam- ple of others, Capt. King has established a school of irstruction in his company, which is held each Saturday evering. A meeting of the ladies who are to as- sist at the coming joint entertainment of company A, sixth battalion, and the Sec- ond Regiment Band will be held Thursday next at the quarters of Capt. Simonson’s company in the Natiénal Guatd armory.The entertainment, waicNtis tc take place April 15, at the National Wifies’ Armory, is in- tended to be of a highly. artistic character, and will be followed by a full dress recep- tion and ball. % ——— . A Fact to Be Considered. From Puck. Caller (in editorial sanctum)—“Young man, do you think I could lick the editor?” Office boy (judicially). record as a sprinter?” ———+e-+ THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. THE NATIONAL GUARD “London Creams” —are ideal Cream Crackers, It isn’t sible to buy finer, There’s no comparison between London Creams and the ordinary soda or cream crackers, They’re depend- able crackers, too—not good one time and crisp, delicious LEPELE SSS other. LHS SHEESH SSS t Za. DIAMONDS, Rubies, stale, heavy and uninvit DON CREAMS” are ALWAYS sent. Try them once—and you'll have no At all grocers. lpia ttt SEEVE GEESE LELULL& ing the next, “LON- light, and fresh whenever they’re ‘The NEW YORK BISCUIT CO., Wholesalers, SESE SS SE SESE a Emeralds, Sapphires, Pearls, and other precious and semi-precicus stones, set in rich gold mountings as Pendants, Brooches, Rings, Scarf Pins, etc. Chaste in design, masterly in workmanship. . J. KARR’S SONS, Jewelers, 945 Pa. Ave. TREATMENT OF ORCHIDS. How Our Grandfathers Slowly Dis- covered Their Disposition. From Garden and Forest. : The essential cultural requirements of orchids were not known till long after they had attracted the attention of horti¢ultar- ists. It is interesting to note the struggies of our great-grandfathers to discover the conditions most suitable for them. We who know all about it are surprised that any intelligent cultivator should have tried to grow epiphytic plants “in common soil in pots plunged to the rim in a tan bed.” Teak baskets, sphagnum moss, peat fiber and charcoal appear to us to be exactly what any intelligent schoolboy would have rec- ommended as supplying the right material for an epiphyte. But, like all useful discov- eries and inventions, simple as they appear to us they were not worked out without much thought, experiment and the sacrifice of many plants. One of the shrewdest of botanists working in the van of the horti- cultural art of his time, Dr. Lindley, stated in a paper read to the Royal Horticultutal Society in 1830 that “high temperature, deep shade and excessive humidity are the conditions essential to the well-being of orchids.” Tiurteen years later another orchid authority, Mr. Bateman, recom- mended the same treatment, adding that a resting season was necessary. This treat- ment became the only orthodox one, and was persisted in for upward of thirty years. We now recognize that fresh air at all times is essential, that many orchids enjoy bright sunshine, that while some require plenty of moisture all the year round, others require it only for a portion of the year, and that some even thrive only when treated as if they were cacti. The tem- perature for exotic orchids ries from a purely tropical to that of a few degrees above freezing point, and while some spe- cies during growth are kept in hot steamy atmosphere, a@d after growth is completed are removed to comparatively cool and dry conditions to afford them a rest, others suffer if the conditions are not fairly uniform all the year round. From the Indirnapolis Journal, “How large were the diamonds?” asked the press agent, pausing in the writing of the account for publication. “About as large as chestnuts,” confessed the actress, unwittingly. SOME ASPECTS OF OUR CIVILIZATION m Courtesy Good Manners Are Lacking. From the Forum. Genuine courtesy and refinement are rare in almost all parts of the world; they are certainly rare in America. The deficiency aces not exist in the lower classes alone. It is conspicuous among those favored by fortune. Where in any other of what are called the great centers of civilization coulé one see a grosser exhibition of boorishness than was recently displayed by the well-to- do crowds at the horse show in New York, in their behavior toward the young Duke and Duchess of Marlborough?—women and men crowding and hustling to get a place from which to stare at the newly married | pair, vying with each other in the shame- | less manifestation of the want of self-re- spect, as well as of decent regard not merely to the conventional, but to actual propriety. But a more serious, because a more wide- spread and permanent exhibition of the lact of due rega for manners, is the neglect—cemmen to all classes of society— of the proper domestic training of children, The frequept 2nd notorious self-sufficiency and impertinence of the American child be- tray the indifference of parents to the ¢s- sential and most commcnplace considera- tions of domestic discipline and parental respcnsibility. The spirit cf unchecked fn- dgepencence and of selfish willfulness per- mitted in childhood develops into youthful lawlessness and resistance to restraint. The hoodlum of the street corner and the rough loafer of the village find their mates among the students of our colleges. The difference between them is only one of cir cumstance and of degree. The Great Unwashed. From the Woonsocket (R. I.) Reporter. Teacher— Suppose you were a king, Tom- my, what would you do?” Tommy—"T'd never wash my face any more.” 200 As Deadly Weapons. 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