Evening Star Newspaper, November 7, 1896, Page 23

THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7%, 1890TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. “G0 AND SEE THESE PEOPLE Mockis McCoy Insists Upon Inves- tigation as His Right. ‘jHe Insists Upon It as a Right Which All Thinking People Owe to Humanity. The Truth of These Wonderful Cures, the Possibility of Curing Which ‘They Indicate is Part of the Property of the Brotherhood of Man. DR. McCOY’S RECORD. The Six Years of Preparation. Matriculant at University of New York. First honor man In his Winner of famous Loomis prize.....February, 1879 Candidate for Bellevue Hospital appoint ment March, 1879 | Chosen by competitive examination, open to all netors of the world, resident p During service at siciun to training school for nurses....April. Served as resident physician to Bellevue. -187: Study in hospitals of London and Dublin. + +1881 Formulation of regular treatment for chronic trou- bles as a result of hospital experience. ......1882 tion of regular treatment for the cure of nal, bronchial and lung diseases. ......1883 Announcement of Dr. McCoy's cures firat Introduced yoluntariiy by well-known journalists, with ple? and interviews of patients cured. April, 1884 Doctor McCoy treating over one thousand patients mont é Extension of office facilities by employment of from Bellevu fe ond visit to Europe for further hospital and Inspect! g in the laboratories of Prof. Koch, at Ber- ss = 1890 aritle Hospital of Berlin and Royai +1891 of a system of medicine based on the y of polson in the blood as the origin of Formu' Washing- Marc 28, 1896 unity tics who intelligent “On, yes, Doctor MeCoy like an able physician all right. He xl as any doctor, probably; more tors; but he don’t cure. There by the of medicine does relieve symptoms and benefit to at they don't cure. Med sele o one may not am ex ‘Those who talk like t sciet nis are the most dangerous ‘The science of toy represents does cure. There are uo half truths is only one answer to such dangerous and that answer is, INVESTIGATION. wer Doctor McCoy insists as his mmunity, as a duty that ell well- thinking people owe to the noble selence of medi- 1 duty that all the people owe to the il of Man. sate these € to this splemtid work. at Doctor M Tt is am exact sciences, re that ai Upon right in t Inve: es. m. Write to them. See and talk with their friends neighbors. Prove the truth words. -Here are these eases, They say red. Ductor McCoy tells you they are eure Now, when a so-called intelligent critic launches his dangerous skep- ticism, be prepared to answer him with this: “I have been to see these people. I have written them. I have investigated their ses circum- stantially. I know all about them. I know they were cured of these dis- canes by Doctor MeCoy.” ‘Th othe © cases in these columns are printed for no arpose tham to answer this kind of criti- +y are selected from different sections of Searching investigation -minded people is the arswer to this dangerous though superticial skepticism, which Doctor McCoy has the right to demand. DOCTOR McCOY CURING THE DEAF. Doctor C. P. McEnhcimer, No. 402 6th st. n.w., Room 22: “I had been hard of hearing for ten years. I could not hear ordinary conversation. I can now hear conversation. I cam even hear Wateh tick.” Louixe Eller, No. 21 0 at.s “I ai twelve gears old. I became deaf last April. I bad buzzing sounds in my head and I could not hear people talk. Now I can hear as well as any- & Miss Eliza Pope, No. 910 I st. s.c.: “I ‘Was stone deaf in my right ear for eight years. My left car was also affected. I had buzzing soumls in my head and I could not hear conversa- tion at all. I took treatment, with the result sounds in my head stopped and my hear- nproving.”* William Hant, No. 513 E st. I been deaf for ten years. I had ring- ears. I could not hear ordinary taking treatment I have im- Capt. noises in sation. ecny proved in ery way Miss Sallie S. Mason, No. 1531 Gth st. p.w.: “I was as deaf as a post in my right ear and could hear but little out of my left ear. I could Py I had a ar couversation In ordinary tones. < In my ears, much worse when I laid ing has stopped and my hearing raw, No. 214 E st. s.w. 0 yeans of age had distressing noises in my L could not hear conversation. Since taking t [can hear everything and the noises in ve gone.” Milligan, No. 115 4th st. n.e.s teen years I had been oo deaf that I hear ordinary conversation, or even a 1 can now hear as well as anybody.” (could not fwaten tek. Maria D. Bradley, No. 919 F vor a long time I was hopelessiy deaf. could not hear conversation. I could not hear lock strike. As a result of treatment I can clock tick. I can now hear conversation *n ondinary tones without any trouble at all.’ PMOCTOR McCOY CURING DISTRESSING SKIN DISEASE. m Woodward, 1002 C st. s.w., » Bureau of Engraving and Printing: “I d twenty years from a distressing dis- skin. ‘The doctors called it Pruritus, to do me any good. Often I have n my clothes in my efforts to relieve itehing. I also suffered from a dis eh and bowel trouble. Doctor Me- ‘; HOME TREATMENT BY MAIL. If you live away from the city and | eannot visit the office, write for Home freatment. |’ Caples of Doctor McCoy’s Monograph ‘on Deafness will be mailed on ap; eation to those directly interested in the cure of this condition. MRS. PHILIPSON OF THE BOYS’ REFORM SCHOOL CURED OF DEAFNESS. Mrs. Ann Philipson of the Boys’ Reform School, on Bladensburg road ne., Washing- ton, D. C., says: ‘The deafness in my case, I am sure, resulted from a catarrhal condition. When I went to Doctor McCoy I could scarcely hear any sound at all. I bad heard of Doctor M:Coy's dis. covery of a cure for deafness and bis location of @ national practice in Washington. I asked the manager of our school if be would not look over the papers and find Doctor McCoy's address. Mrs. Ann Philipson of the Boys’ | Reform School, cured of Deafness. i “He found it and gave it to me. I went to ce Doctor MeCoy and placed myself under his treat ment. At that time I was so deaf I couldn't hear the ¢ ia the laundry room of the school. couldn't hear the playing In the yard. Doctor y has restored my bearing. I can now hear ordinary conversation and all ordinary sounds."* DOCTOR McCOY CURING COMMON C. ‘TARRH. . D. Robinson, No. 1720 34th st., West Washington: ‘For twelve years I had suffer- ed from catarrh. I was growing weaker all the time. Iam greatly benefited. Joseph Hautzman, No. 325 L at. #.e.1 “I bad been a terrible sufferer from catarrh. I bad also buzzing sounds in my head. The noises have stopped and I am improving in every way.” W. B. Joy, No. 1244 I st. m.e.: “I had suffered from catarrh for five years, I lost my appetite and I could not sleep well. My nostrils were clogged all the time, and I had a constant dropping in my throat. Since taking treatment my bad symptoms have all passed away. DOCTOR MeCOY CURING CATARRH OF STOMACH. ©. W. Saunders, No. 1103 Park Place ne.: “I had suffered from.catarrh of the stomach for 12 years. I could not eat anything without vomiting. Often I could not keep down a drink of After a course of treatment I can now eat drink without distress.” DOCTOR McCOY CURING BRONCHIAL CATARRH. William H. Coleman, No. 723 6th st. I had been a great sufferer from catarrh and bronchitis. I was never without a cough, and the spells of coughing would often last an hour. I had also hissing sound tn my head. Doctor Me- Coy has entirely removed the sounds in my head and my other symptoms have mostly passed away.” DOCTOR McCoy CURING ASTHMA. W. Kehl, No. 418 I st. n.e. W. Kehl, No. 418 I st. n.e.: suffered from asthma five years. “1 haa I had violent fits of coughing. Often I had to sit up at nights, for I could not Me down. My coughing is relieved and Tcan sleep in bed at night."’ Mrs. M. R. Griflin, No. 209 A et. n.e.s had been an asthmatic I had a bad cough. My me and I am improving in sufferer for eight years. cough has entirely left every way.” DOCTOR McCOoY CURING ECZEMA, John D. Barker, No. 1310 12th st. n.w.: “I suffered from eczema for three years. It covered my entire body except my feet and hands. I was entirely cured in two months.”” $3 A MONTH UNTIL JANUARY 13, The $3 rate is maintained to all for the remainder of the year. All patients applying for treatment and all patients renewing treatment be- fore January Ist, will be treated un- tl cured at the uniform rate of $3 a month, all medicines included. This applies to Deafness and All Diseases. Copies of Doctor McCoy's Monograph on Catarrh will be mailed on applica- tion to those directly i the care of this condition. CONSULTATION FREE. McCoySystem of Medicine Dr. J. Cresap McCoy, Dr. J. M. Cowden, Consulting Physicians. 715 13th Street Northwest. Omice Heurs, 9 to 120.m.,1toS p.m. 6 LIGHT BATTERY DRILL. AT THE BARRACKS Day in the Life- of a Soldier in the Artillery. A VISIT 10 THE POST IN THIS CITY ee From the First Call for Reveille to Lights and Taps. TOUR; OCF =DrU Tey ee SOLDIER IN THE army of Uncle Sam, be he “buck” private or colonel of a regi- ment, 18 obliged to soldier up to the handle wherever he may be stationed. The daily routine as practiced by the three main arms of the service—artillery,cav- alry and infantry—is precisely the same in the chain of posts around New York harbor as it is in Fort Yuma—or in Vancouver barracks, Oregon. For each arm, in every post, the military day 1s essentially the same from reveille to taps. So far as soldiering pure and simple is cencerned, the American Tommy Atkins, who, by the way, is much more interesting, quite as humorous and a stronger charac- ter than the British Tommy Atkins, Mul- vaneys, Ortherises, Learoyds and all, 1s equally at home at Fort Wingate, New Mexico, and in Fort Monroe, Virginia. In Cne post as well as the other he has to have his ears cocked for the calls of the trum- peter, has to do his share of fatigue duty, has to “hump” his post when on guard and has exactly the same intervals of rest in A View of the Quarters, which to “hit his bunk’"—the passive act of reclining known in the army vernacular as “bunk fatigue.” But all soldiers, commissioned and enlist- ed, possess strong preferences as to posts. The old-timers in the service may have soldiered in all of the prominent garrisons, and in many of the isolated ones, from Maine to California and from Michigan to the gulf, end they are thoroughly familiar with the various advantages and draw- backs of each. Every soldier has his favor- ile post, and in conversations with mese- mates and “bunkies’’ exalts it to the skles and longs for a shift of troops that wil! take him back there. Many of the soldiers, especially those in the cavalry and infantry arms, prefer frontier service. They have got the sweet breath of the prairies in their nostrils, their gaze has be- come used to the focus of,a sweeping hori- zon, and they claim to be unable to sleep comfortably o’ nights without the howling of coyotes outside their quarters. The ar- tillerymen prefer to put in their soldiering at posts either within or adjoining the large cities—a sufficiently natural preference, con- sidering that the majority of artillerymen, especially those belonging to the heavy bat- teries, have never had any experience in frontier service, gor the headquarters of the five United States artillery regiments are all on sea and river coasts, none of them far distant from a major city. The light batteries, of which there are two in each regiment, are for the most part distributed among large interior posts. Popular With Artillerymen. Ask almost any old artilleryman, officer o* man, what post entirely given over to his arm he prefers, and in nine cases out of ten he will reply, with soldierly brevity, “Washington barracks.” Ask him why and he will tell you that the soldiering at the old arsenal is and always has been tip-top soldiering, that the post's situation on the beautiful Potomac peninsula offers them opportunities to rurally loaf, fish and invite their souls, while it gives them con- tiguity to the handsomest city on the continent--a universal opinion among ar- tillerists, and, because they are critical, traveled men, valuable and well worth having—and finally, because, there being no great guns mounted at the Washington barracks, they are sent every summer for great gun drill to Fort Monroe, an annual picnic affording tremendous relief from the monotony of continuous year-in and year- out soldiering in one post. Washington barracks is now the regi- mental headquarters of the 4th Artillery. Four of the ith’s batteries—A, G, I and M —are stationed there, with the regimental band. Light Battery E of the Ist Artillery arrived at the barracks last week from Fort Sheridan, near Chicago, relieving Light Battery C of the 3d, which was sent across the continent to the Presidio of San Francisco. There is, besides, a medical corps of instruction for enlisted men, mak- ing the total force at the arsenal, officers and men, nearly 400. Life at the Barracks. There is a good deal of cakes and ale in the life of the enlisted artilleryman at the Washington barracks. His life is easy, comfortable and complaisant enough, com- pared with the hvstling hardships in the existence, as it was up to recent years, of the “doughboy” infantryman and the rough-riding cavalryman on the border, who, when they were not rounding up renegade Apaches or thleving Sioux, of- ten had small intervals of garrison re- pese before they were bund!ed out on foot- blistering practice marches in the case of the infantryman, and _bone-jeopardizing “monkey driils” fn the case of the wearer of the yellow cape linings. A Star reporter recently spent an entire military day at the barracks, under the protecting guardianship of the soldierly looking adjutant of the 4th Artillery, Lieut. F. S. Strong. The reporter was on a quest for information, gained at first hand through actual observation, as to how sol- diers soldiered. He saw and heard the whole grind, from first call in the morning to “lights out” at night. It was a revela- tion in human alertness, discipline, order and organization. First call for reveille is sounded during autumn and winter months just when the eastern sky begins to flame with orange. It is a signal to the men sleeping in the long rows of comfortable bunks in the sec- ond-story barrack rooms of the ‘“double- decker” quarters that they have got to get up. This is the reason why it is the most abominated of all military calls. Off in one of the corners of every barrack room there is always one soldier who never fails to hear the very first “G" note of this first call of the day. His “bunkies” will always swear that this man does not sleep at all, but lies awake all night in order that he may be the first to hear the trumpeter’s summons, and to delight in the delirious Joy of hopping up on his bunk and howling out “Firs-s-st cawl-l.” The black looks of the non-commissioned officers who sleep in each squad room never deter this exuberant soldier from indulging in this electrifying howl in the gray dawn of morning. He has a right to emit sounds and to test his voice in the barracks at any time between first call in the morning and lights cut at night, and, after the night’s necessary vocal restraint, he takes advan- tage of his first opportunity. In truch, he often serves a good purpose, for many sol- diers are such heavy sleepers that thay rarely or never hear first call, and the “barrack idiot,” as the first call man is termed, lets out a yowl and simply lifts them to a sitting posture on their bunks. Answer to Their Names. After looking bewilderedly about for a moment, the fact begins to dawn upon these somnolent ones that morning has ar- rived, and they hustle into their uniforms to stand reveille roll call. Assembly goes within five minutes after first call, and the men of each battery fall in in front of their respective quarters and answer to thelr rames as called by the first sergeant, who, at the conclusion of the roll call, seports to the officer of the day, who clanks along the lines, “Battery Z present or accounted for,” or “Privates So-and-So absent from reveille,” as the case may be. If it is the latter case there is an immediate investiga- tion as to what h ented the absentees from. standing an investigation which frequently lands the laggards in the “Clink.” While the men are yet standing in line the bang of the morning sunrise gun comes thundering over the parade ground, the stars and stripes, under the manipulation of one of the corporals of the guard, flut- ter from the top of the flagstaff, military day is begun. ‘The men barely hav heads under the cold pr spigots in the wash rooms, and to dry themselves with crash towels, before the flitting will-o'-the- wisp of a trumpeter of the guard blares out mess call. It should be explained that at Washington barracks there are Dattery messes—that is, the batteries have each a separate dining room and kitchen, presided over by a permanent cook chosen from each outfit. The cook of each battery, to- gether with the two men detailed each’ day to assist him—they are known as “kitchen police’—is awakened every morning about an hour before reveille by one of the mem- bers of the guard, in order to give him plenty of time to prepare the battery's breakfast. The cook is always regarded by the men as a despot of the rankest kind. All of the men are given their regular “whack” at the kitchen police job, and they all hate It with equal deadliness, for, as ‘“dog-rob- bers” of dish-washers and’ table-cleaners, they are a good deal more absolutely un- der the subjection of the cook—“the bls hearted tyrant” is the term usually ap- plied to him—than general prisoners under a provost sergeant on, a still hunt for laurels. time to get their The Cook's Sarcasm. In the battery messes the men are fed with good, substantial food, served on white pine tables and without any frills. The most common breakfast dish of the army, next to beans, is a not unappetizing compound, lke Irish stew, briefly called “slum” by the soldiers. The men drink two or three big bowls of good coffee with- out milk,and eat several slabs of unbuttered bread, moistened by the “slum” gravy, and they get through the meal with phenome- nal quickness. They do not bolt their break- fasts from preference, but because the cook, if they appear to linger a trifle over the meal, glares in from the kitchen and tells them that “there's going to be a din- ner in this shack today, as usual.” Thus adjured, they do not waste much time In showing the cook their backs. Anyhow, there are duties to be performed immediately after breakfast. ‘The mat- tresses on the bunks and the blankets must be rolied up and the quarters arranged for the inspection of the battery commander, who, in the detection of dirt or sluvenliness, has eyes of the strength of a hawk’s. Be- sides, fatigue call is sounded by the un- relentirg “wind pusher” about half an hour after breakfast. A large portion of each battery reports to the provost sergeant at fatigue call. There is “cld guard” fatigue for men who have come off guard on the day previou juartermaster’s” fatigue and “commissary’s” fatigue for all hands, and there is never any lack of work in a mil- itary post to keep the fatigue parties busy. The Provost Sergeant. Provost sergeants, who are the dir-ctors of military chores, like to stand well with their commanding officers, and they have an unerring instinct in picking out jobs for the men, the successful performance of which is likely to catch the eye of the post commander. No chicken coop that needs a coat of whitewash will escape the provost sergeant’s eye, no brush wood that needs clearing away, no sewers to be flushed, no coal to be carted, no wood to be sawed and split, no roads to be patched, no weeds to be picked, that ne does not see. For ob- vious reasons, provost sergeants are not popular with the “buck” privates, the only men who do any actual work in these fa- tigue parties, the non-commissioned offi- cers, down to the acting “lance jacks,” only doing the directing and the heavy standing around. The garrison prisoners—soldiers doing guard-house terms for minor offenses—fre- quently work alongside the fatigue parties. When the men are all jumbled together at work, the prisoners cannot be distinguished from the free soldiers, for all are dressed in the brown canvas fatigue uniforms, with the broad-brimmed white campaign hats, used for working clothes. , The only differ- ence in the condition of the working pris- oner and the working, member of the fa- tigue party Is that the former is constantly followed around by a sentry—who may quite likely be tne prigoner’s “‘bunkie”—in whose campaign belt; are jammed three ball cartridges to be inserted into the pris- oner’s system In case sherattempts to run away. S Sentries are instructed to shoot to kill in such cases, and they have often doae so. Only a few years ago-a private in Battery C, Sth Artillery, snot gnddcilled his bosom comrade when the latter, a prisoner doing ‘a month and a month, ’ cried to make his escape at the Presidia, He was made a sergeant shortly afterward. A man doing ‘a month and a month,” by the way, is a soldier who, usually fgr ganteen-generaied offenses, has been sentenced by a summary court-martial to pass.dmé month in the guard house and to donate one month cf his pay to the ge.eral wedith of the United States. For Guard Duty. Immediately after breakfast the men whose names have been read out at re- treat the previous night for a tour of guard duty begin their elaborate prepara- tions for going on guard. It is necessary that they should make elaborate prepara- tions, for woe betide the soldier who mounts guard with a pinhead of dirt, dust, rust or tarnish on the most trifling item of his trappings. As guard duty is the most Important duty of the soldier, he is expect- ed to get ready for each tour of it with about the same amount of care and at- tention to detatl that he might be sup- pposed! to exert in preparing for his wed- ing. From the crown of his forage cap to the soles of his “government straight” shoes, he has got to look as if he had just sprung from a band-box, or else be ‘turned down” nd the- 23 ‘by the inspecting adjutant by being dis- placed by one of the supernumeraries of the guard, @ number of whom are always mounted with the regular guard detail for just such cases. It is exceedingly rare, however, that the supernumeraries are call- ed upon, for it is a matter of pride with the men to go on guard in good shape. In- deed, there is an incentive for them to do all of the buckle shining and rifle barrel cleaning that they labor over, for the ad- jutant, in mounting the new guard, se- lects the “cleanest” man—that is, the sol- dier whose uniform fits him best, and whose accouterinents are of the most daz- zling glisten—to act as orderly for the com- manding officer. The orderly for the commanding officer simply follows that dignified gentleman around during office hours, and does not, like the other men of the guard, have to walk his “two hours on and four off” post during the weary length of twenty-four hours. He gets the night in his bunk. The struggle for the prize of orderly is a fierce contest between the men known as “order- ly buckers,” on account of the frantic des- peration with which they begin da: in advance of going on guard to clean up in order to capture the plum. Each battery has one or two conspicuously successful “orderly buckers,” and when one of these goes upon guard, pitted against the “buck- ers” of the other batteries, all hands take | a tremendous interest in the outcome of the battle of cieanliness, and, around pay day, bets are often made as to who is to be the winner. When the Contest 1s Close. The whole battery will often help to “work up” the kit—belt, cartridge box and rifle—of the “orderly bucker” in whom it takes the most pride, and when, after ail of these voluntary efforts, their man loses, the adjutant ts pronounced “partial” and “unfair.” The adjutant is himself often at a loss as to which man of the guard to pick for orderly, for it occasionally hap- pens that several men are equally well got- ten up. In such cases, these few best men are drilled for the prize. If this manner of selection only narrows the thing down to two men, who decline to obey wrong “trick” commands given by the adjutant in drilling them, und are both equally pro- ficient in the manual of arms, then the two draw straws for the orderly’s billet. Meanwhile, by the time the guard has been mounted, recali from fatigue is sound- ed, in order to give the men of the working Cleaning the Pieces. parties time to shift their uniforms for drill with their respective batteries. All of the men have to be ready for drill call 2x- ccpt the room orderlies and the kitchen p lice. As has been said, there are no heavy guns mounted at the Washington arsenal— for the warships of an enemy would have to deal with the modern ordnance at Fort Monroe before they could slip up the Po- tomae and menace Washington, not to speak of American men-of-war’ cruising between the two capes, and the modera ten-inch muzzle-loading rifles which are be- ing placed in position at old Fort Wash- ington. | The Washington barracks artillerists, who | make the annual summer excursion to Fort Monroe to learn to drill on new heavy ord- nance, do not have to “fall in” in squads and march to the rear ends of carriages of the old, useless fifteen-inch smooth- bores in use still at nearly all United States artillery posts, and they are spared the ab- surdity of the “in bar, heave!” drill “by the numbers” on these antiquated big guns. Many Requirements. | But the mere fact that there is no heavy ordnance by no means lets the Washing- ton barracks soldiers out of the question of drill, The heavy artilleryman has to | master more different kinds of drill than | the soldier of any other arm of the service. | Besides the drill on the big guns he must be quite as proficient in infantry tactics 8 | the “doughboy.” He earries the same rifle | and is required to learn the same evolutio.s | as the infantryman, in order to prepare | himself for field and riot service at any time. There is any amount of battery and | battalion drill in infantry movements at the barracks. Then there are certain days | set aside for drilling in the hated “mechant- | cal maneuvers,” which consists in the | mounting and dismounting the heavy old | guns by means of hydraulic jacks, “gins,” garrison slings and other appliances, It is a laborious drill that calls for the donning of the brown canvas fatigue uni- forms. There are also separate days for “instrumentation,” learning the uses of the numerous instruments employed in range- finding, “charting,” gauging the strength of the wind and the density of the atmos- phere, etc. A soldier must possess a well- developed scientific temperament, in order to enter understandingly into “instrument drill.” “Cordage drill” is another bete noir of artillerymen. Here is where the soldier who has been to sea either as a marine or a bluejacket gets in his strong work. ‘Cordage drill” 1s for the purpose of teaching the men proficiency in the tieing of the innumerable knots used in the mov- ing of pieces of heavy and siege ordnance. It looks simple enough to see another man tie a. “timber hitch,” knot,” a “sheep’s-shank” or a but it is not easy by a whole lot. The Sol- dier who has had experience as a “deep- water man,” however, regards it as child's play. All of the soldiers of the heavy Lat- teries are given an examination every year as to their mastery of these various dril and, for respective degrees of proficiency are given first, second and third gunners’ medals, not unlike thcse worn by the “di: tinguished marksmen The light tery at the barracks, like light batteries everywhere, with their “Na- poleon” brass pieces of ordnance, hauled by horses, has a distinct drill of its own, not unlike that of the cavalry, and nearly all of the post calls for the light battery are different from those to which the heavy batteries respond. It would require a separate chapter to treat of the superbly organized light artillery of the United States army—indubitably the best in the world. Dinner Mess Call. Recall from drill is blared out in time to give the men a chance to ciean up for dinner. Dinner mess call is sounded at noon. After dinner the “one soldier, one Lunk” idea predominates. Except the men comprising the afternoon fatigue parties, and the few detailed from each battery to bind the red crosses upon their arms and take part in the hospital corps’ drill, under the direction of one of the army surgeons or a hospital steward, ail hands are permit- ted to indul, after dinner in a general loaf. The banjoists, the viclinists, the guitarists and the mandolinists get out their instru- ments. Many of them play well. Neariy all of the soldiers sing well. Swectly, pathetically, humorously and martiallly the majority of them take part in this midday musicale. In every outiit there are always two or three jig dancers of eminence. These are dragged to the center of the quarters to contribute their little act to the entertainment. The fun of | this kind is a good deal more hilarious than | ordinarily, a few days after pay day, when | the canteen becomes for a time a veritable.) mint. About a week after pay day the quarters begin to take on a gloomy at- | mosphere, and there is a general complaint of “heads.” A good many of the soldiers devote a large portion of their afternoons to letter writing. American soldiers are inveterate letter writers, and they are exceedingly fend of receiving letters. In the after- noons, also, the “barrack lawyer” gets in| his fine work. He knows more about the regulations than the major general com- manding the army, and, in his estimation, the army is going headlong to the dogs. He gathers a knot of recruits around his | bunk and exolates vociferously upon the rapid degeneration of the service. The dolce far niente period draws to a close about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when the men of the batteries begin to prepare for dress parade. Dress parade is a pretty ceremonial at a regimental headquarters, and it is a wonder that more Washington people do noi attend the dress parades at the arsenal on fine afternoons. The men have to jump into their full dress clotnes | is seen just over the’brow of a gentle HUNYADI JANOS, The World’s Best Natural Aperient Water. 25 Years’ Success in U. S. Highest Reputation all Over the World. CAUTION: None genuine without the signature of the firm “Andreas Saxlehner,” On the Label. 003,17, e5&19 Sortoetontentecgengengesgecdeetectenteeteecieciecnneininnintins for this evening parade and look their best. The inspiration of the band’s music a: they march in review, gives an additional squareness to their shoulders and a dra- goonish swing to their movements. Ameri- can soldiers are good to look upon. They must be perfect men physically to gei into the service at all, and as recruits they are given much athletic training. The Evening Gun. During the actuinn and winter, first call for retreat is sounded during the progress of dress parade, and assembly for retreat goes at the conclusion of the march in review. Then the men answer to their names for the last time of the military day, the echoes of the evening gun rever- berate through the post, the colors, while the band solemnly plays “The Star Spap- gled ianner,” are struck, and the m each battery are marched to thei and dismissed, to uniforms for supper. There is nothing in the way of duty to be performed by rs after per. If their names are not on the list,” of them as wish to v! city may discard their uniforms, don mufti, or civilian dress, ‘o—having handed in their names for to the “tor st sergeant, dur the afternoon. sa fine for the readers. there is always the canteen. It is not nez lected. rd and che players are numerous he quarters during the long, cool « ) the flourish of the arompcters At 4 tuttoo warns the men t for be prepare for the lights go out ten minutes late When the blast given for the exti tuishing of the Mghts there must be per- fect silence in the quarters. Those of Ut soldiers whese consciences are good are sound asleep by the time the sorrowful taps, t st call of the m! ¥. wailed by the “wind pushe: he deep silence of the pcst is then unbroken for the remaincer of the nizht, except fc the hourly calls of the sentries on guar “Number five, 12 o'clock, and all-l well-I"—that tell of the eternal vigilance of the soldier ART AND ARTISTS One of the best of a number of maga- zine illustrations which Spencer Nichols has been making is an interview between father and son. The youth fresh from college, wearing a nonchalant air and reemingly unconscions of the mauvais quart dheure in store for him, sits at one end of a table, while opposite him is the “governor” glancing with ill-concealed dis- approval over a bill for things which his son has assured him were educational ne- cessities. In another of illustrations the scene is shifted to a carpenter's shop, and a young man seated idly by his work bench is gazing dreamily at a wood carving, which has been grow! beauty under his hands. A little distance from him the foreman, a hard headed, prac- tical man, is complaining to the propri- etor that the boy is lazy, and that he is | unwilling to work upon the commonplace thirgs, with th the other hands are content. Mr. Nichols has shown his abil- ity in handiing a number of figures in the gouache drawing portraying a war time scene. A woman standing before a group of officers is pleading for her son's life, and the disposition and arrangement of the figures is very well managed. Mr. hols is busy with several oils, and when he gces to New York on the 15th of the month he will have a strong display of black and white work to take with him. * x * George Gibbs left for the metropolis on Monday and will probably remain there a short time. He took with him a number of drawings in black and white, which he has been making for magazine and book iilustration. * *** Miss Sara Bartle made a number of charming landscapes and marine views in water color, while she was in East Giouces- ter, Mass., but she has not brought back rrany with her, as she was fortunate enough to sell a large number at her ex- hibition there during the summer. One of the sketches made in that picturesque re- gion is a moorland scene, done on a gray paper, and the effect is tistic and pleasing A picturesque little lop». r sketch, a flower with her bunches of sweet peas to shows Miss Bartle’s skill in another vein. She spent the greater part of her time during the summer in miniatur painting. One of the likenesses which she painted was a portrait of Mrs. Stough- Another East Glouc eri, sell, ton, the mother of John Fiske, with the historian’s grandchild upon her kr * * * The canvases which Carl Gutherz has been painting in his Paris studio, and which he brought with him when he arrived in the city a week or two ago, are now being put in place in the new Congressional Li- brary. The decoratiors are seven in num. ber and were painted for the ceiling of the special reading room of the House of Rep- resentatives. The panels are based upon the colors of the spectrum, and in each there is a central composition suppiemente by figures in the corners, which bear upon the central idea. The panel at the south end of the room is the “Light of State,” and in its meaning it | is more simple and direct than any of the | others. A female figure representing Amer- ica enveloped in the stars and stripes is seen against a background in which the predominating color is violet. In the p next to this, the “Light of Poetry rs dition,” the principal color is red. Belle- rephon mounted upon Pegasus holds in one hand a torch representing the real, while with the other hand he is reaching out to | grasp an elusive light which signifies the ideal. Orange is the ruling color in the representing the “Light of Exceilen: a figure floating in air is seen aga background of steps stretching upwa without end. The “Creation of Light,” which is placed in the center of the ceil- | ing, is one of the most difficult of all the panels to understand, and the average vis- itor who does not have a key to it will be very much puzzled. Mr. Gutherz says that his aim was to produce the effect of a nebula, and he has represenied the Creator, dimly outlined be- hind a mass of shadow in which stars in all the colors of the spectrum appear. The background is of light yellow, and the whole effect is {sc less decorative than that of the adjoining panel, in which the pre- vail'ng color is green. Here the “Light of Research” is represented by a figure deep down in the sea, catching with a lens a ray of light frem above. In the “Light of Truth,” where Truth is killing the dragon of Ignorance with a ray of light, the color note is blue; and in the “Light of Astronomy and Mathematics,” at the north end of the room, the predomi- nating color is indigo. Mr. Gutherz plans to be in Washington this winter. * * * Mr. W. W. Christmas painted several 5 || F 6O40654690000000000 cod sketches in oil whfle he was at Oc City. One of the views painted th made at sunset looking west across Si Tuxent bay, and is a glowing color study. 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