Evening Star Newspaper, April 24, 1897, Page 16

16 24, 1897-24 PAGES. oe THE EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL AROUND THE WORLD Experiences With General Grant at Home and Abroad. WHAT HE THOUGHT OF OTHER MEN A Timely Interview With John Russell Young. CHINESE MISSION THE (Copyrighted, 1897, by Frank G. Carpenter.) Written for The Evening Star. SPENT AN AFPTER- in this week ting with 1! Young his experiences with General Grant and with some of the oth- er famous men whom he has known. Mr. Young is one of the Most eminent news- paper correspondents of the day. He is ene ef ovr best writers “8 of pure English, and he kas for years been one of our chief molders of public opinion. For the past generation his relations with the leading men of the time have been very close. As a boy he knew President coln, Seward and Stanton. While he was correspondent for the New York Herald in London he saw much of Gladstore, Salisbury and Peaconsf and also came into contact with Prince Bismarck, Gambetta and other famous men of that time. As our minister to China he made a strong friend of Li Hung Chang, and when the great viceroy made a visit to this country last year he came to Philadelphia and spent a day with Mr. Young’s family. It was durmg his tour arcund the world with General Grart that John Russell Young first met Li Huag Chang, ard today there is no man living outside cf General Grant's own family who has sustained such close relations to our e@reatest military hero. Mr. Young is now Bismarck. fifty-six years ef age, but his blue eyes are as bright as they were when he began lis newspaper career as a copy holder at the age of fifteen in the office of the Phil- adelphia Press, and his brain is as active as it was when he rode out to the battle- fields to report the occurrences of the late civil war. Mr. Young is a delightful talker. His words flow as smoothly in his conver- sation as in his writing. and his talk full of striking comparisons. Our conversation opened with a word about John Hay, who has just arrived in England to take Bayard’s place as am- bassador to Great Britain. Mr. Young said: “I have known Col. Hay since he came to Washington, now about thirty-six years ago. I had been sent here by the Phila- delphia Press. John W. Forney was then the editor. He was also secretary of the Senate, and I was here as his assistant to write for the paper and to do whatever he asked me to do. One of my duties was to carry the papers from the Senate to the White House. John Hay had been brough: to Washington by President Lincoln on ac- count of his friendship for Hay’s father. Mr. Lincoln wanted to give John the edu- catioral advantages of the position, and he had him made one of his private secretar- fes. 1 remember well how Col. Hay looked in the early sixties. He had ct s rosy as those of an Irish m i @ rather girlish-loo President Lincoln, who was quick to discover what there was in men, had seen that Hay had gonsiderable literary ability, and he gave Rim the answering of euch letters and notes as needed especially good wording. He would tell Hay what to say, and would generally sign the letters without changing them. Even in those days John Hay was fond ot writing poetry. He often showed me verses which he had written, and now and then he would read them over to me.” A Midnight Chat With Lincoln. “How did President Lincoln impress you, Mr. Young?" I asked. “He did not seem as great a man to me then as he does now. The canonization of Lincoln did not begin until some time after his death. He had some Uttle idio- syncrasies of pronunciation and action which hid to a certain extent his real greatness. His wonderful modesty and simplicity was partially the cause of his non-appreciation. He was perfectly sim- ple in all of his ways. I can give you an incident ich Mustrates what I mean. Colonel F owned in addition to the Garabaldl, Philadelphia Press the Washington Chron- Icle, and i was sometimes left in charge. One night when this was the case we re- ceived at ad paper. which in some way had heen smuggled through the lines, wrich ec ned a dispatch stating that Charleston bad been taken. Tt was very difficult to get such papers, and fhey often gave us Tiamt advance news. This paper came ... about 2 o'clock in the morn- ing. As I read it it seemed to me that the President ought to know of the cap- ture of Charleston. I was only a boy, Dut I decided to go to the White House and tell him. Soe I took the foreman of the Office and together we walked te the White House. We rang the bell, and after a time a messenger opened it. He told us in response to my request to see Mr. Lin- coln that hé had long since gone to bed and was now asleep. “ ‘But,’ sald I, ‘we have important news for him. I have received information which he should have, and I am sure he ought to be waked up to hear it.’ After a@ while the messenger said he would go fo the President's bed room and awaken him. He went. A few moments later the President came Gown clad in nothing but his night shirt. He asked us to step into the east room. I remember as he walked in front of us that his long shirt | spent Some weeks with Li while he was flapped against his legs and thai as he | m China, and the two grew to be very Sat on the sofa and listened ke threw one bare leg over the knee of the other and scratched at the hairy calf. I told him that I had a Richmond newspaper stating that Charleston was taken, whereupoa he asked me for the date of the paper. When I replied he said that he had advices two days later than that, which stated that the “bumbardment” was stil going zeel- ovsly” on. I remember noticing that he pronounced bombardment as though it was spelled bumbardmert, and zealously as Edwin M. Stanton. though its first vowel was a long “e.” Weil, the result was that we found our news to be of no account. ‘The President's spies had given him information in advance of mine, and I was, of course, much morti- fied to find that I had disturbed the Presi- however, saying that he was glad to be awakened at any time to hear good news, even if it was at 4 o'clock instead of 2. He went with me to the door and said good-bye without showing any Whatever about being aroused from sleep after midnight.” Lincoin and Grant. “What were the relations between Presi- dent LincoIn and Gen. Grant, I asked.” “They were perfectly friendly,” replied Mr. Young. President Lincoln appreciated Grait’s ability, but Grant’s military repu- tation was such that for a time he feared that he might be a candidate against him I was pres- fg a conversation at the White House in 1864, which showed me that this was the case. I vas not well at the time, and I had celled at the White House with Col. Forney thet I might get an order from President Lincoln to go south. When we arrived we found Secretary Stanton and ex-Senator Morganeof New York with the President. Afier a time the conversation turned to Grant, and President Lincoln said: feeling his for renomination as President. ent duri am curious to know what that man Grant is going to do down at Vicksburg. 1 have feared for some time that his suc- cess might make him a presidential can- Gidate, but I have just received news that he has no ambition in that direction. I feared that he might have the presidential grub in his brain. That is a curious worm, and if it once attacks a man it is hard to get rid of. 1 have suffered from it for four years, and it still sticks to me. In order to learn how Grant stands I sent for Rus- sell Jones, the marshal for the northern district of Illinois. He is, you know, one of Grant's closest friends. I asked him if the presidentia! maggot nad yet attacked Gran No, Mr. President,’ was Jones’ reply, ‘I can assure you that Gen. Grant is free from that ambition. He has only two ideas. The first is to put down the rebellion and the second is to see you re-elected Presi- dent of the United States. I know of what I am speaking and you can be sure I am right.'"" At this Mr. Lincoln threw himself back in his cha‘r and concluded: “That statement of Jones’ is a great re- lief to me.” “Did Grant really desire a third term as President of the United States, Mr.Young?” I ed. “No,” replied John Russell Young. “Gen. Grant had no idea that such a thing was thought of until after the movement was well under way. Before he went around the werld I had a talk with him at Malaga, Spain, in which I asked hi as to this matter. He then privately told me that he would not again be a candidate for the presidency, and that he had no desire for another term. He was so positive in his statement that I did not bring up the sub- ject again, although I could that he felt his experiences and ob: tions dur- ing his trip around the world would have enabled him to do a vast deal of good for our country lad he had these advantages Lord Beaconsfield. before being President. I remember hear- ing him say several times upon noticing certain things In the far cast: ‘I wish I had known this ten years ago.’ ” “Suppose Grant had been elected a third time, Mr. Young, would his administration have been of value to the country?” ‘The loss to the United States by the failure to make Grant President a third time cannot be estimated,” Mr. Young em- phatically replied. “Roscoe Conkling, who, you know, delighted in striking expressions, said to me once in talking about this mat- ter: “The battle of Waterloo put back prog- ress In France at least six centuries. The defeat ef Grant has put back the progress of this country just as much.” “Had Grant been elected upon his re- turn from his trip around the world,” con- tinued Mr. Young, “he would have not only kept the Monroe doctrine as to this hemisphere, but he would have applied it to the whole coast of east Asia. It would have been upheld from Peking to Sing- apore. The United States would have insisted upon the autonomy of China, Japan and Corea, and would have re- sisted every effort of Russia and Eng- land to make those countries merely trade appendages of themselves. It would have enormously increased our trans-Pacific trade, and by reciprocity treaties the west- ern part of our country would have had a large share of the trade of east Asia.” Around the World With Grant. “How did you happen to go with General Grant around the world, Mr. Young? You were the only newspaper man of the party.” “General Grant asked me to go as a per- scnal friend, and not as a newspaper cor- respondent. He did not care what the newspapers said. He was never a seeker after notoriety, and he was anxious te keep in the background rather than in tne front. As it was, he had nothing to do with my newspaper work. He had no ob- jection to my writing, and I wrote just as I pleased. He read much of my matter af- — it was published, and seemed to like ‘What kind of a traveler was General Grant? Did he observe things closely?” I asked. “Yes,” was the reply. “Grant was a careful observer. He studied the people and their.customs, the governments and the public works. He often went about Incogaito as it were with me. We would slip out the back doors of the hotels and thus avoid the crowd. We were not Known when away from the hotels and we took Jong rides and walks in nearly every for- eign city we visited.” “It was you, Mr. Young, who asked Grant to name the four greatest men he had met oUyens" replied Joke. fassel Yo pin Ee estce many —_ roung, “I asked that question of him when we were crossing the Pacific on our way home. ‘We were ing the great men of the different countries, when i asked theegen- eral who he thought were really pre-emi- negt among them. He replied: ear met four men during whom I consider really great. They are Beaconsfield, ‘Gambetta, Bismarck an Li Pe Sor re ee ee not sure t lung Chang is the great- est of the four.’ + “Grant's relations with Li Hung Chang ; were very close, were they not?” “Yes,” replied Mr. Young, “General Grant dent for no purpose. He put me at my ease, intimate. They would sit for hours to- gether chatting of ali kinds of things. You see, Grant was Icoked upon as a Thad all | im those foreign countries. He had all the honors of a monarch and through his influence he was able to do a great deal| They said to Grant: ‘Mr. President, Mr. of good for China. He settled the Sree which was then brewing between China and Japan Had he not done so, the Chi- nese-Japanese war would have probably occurred then. It was through his friend- ship with Li and with the Japanese states- men that he was enabled to reason away the causes of the war. Had Grant been elected for a third term I don't think there would have been a war between those two “Why did Grant choose Beaconsfield rather than Gladstone as the greatest English statesman that he had met, Mr. Young?” “I rather think Grant's feelings turned more toward Beaconsfield on account of Beaconsfield’s sympathy with the north during the war. General Grant had little friefiship or admiration with those who sympathized or aided the south when our nation was in peril. I thought I saw this with: all of the noted people whom Grant met during his stay in England. He treat- ed every one courteously, but he did not warm. up toward such men as sympathized with the south, among whom were Glad- stone and Salisbury.” The Mission to China. “How did you like your work as minister to China, Mr. Young?” “Very much," was the reply. “I had met Li through Gen. Grant, and when I came back as minister I found him very friendly, and through him I was able to get much done for the United States.” “When you were sent out to China, Mr. Young, did you have any special instruc- tions?” “No,” was the reply. “I was appointed by President Arthur. I thought he might have some such message to give mc, and before I left I called upon him and asked him if there was anything he wanted me to do. He replied: “No; all I have to say is, don't get us into trouble, and do as you d—an please.’ “Secretary Frelinghuysen said the same thing, only in different language, and I was one of the few ministers who went out witnout any special instructions. “Is the mission to China a very important one?” “I think it is," replied Mr. Young, “and just now I believe it is a much more im- portant place thaw any other in our whole diplomatic scrvice. It should be filled by a man capable of understanding the situation and of taking care of our interests in the far east. The countries of Bast Asia are on the edge of a change, and the times are full of diplomatic possibilities. England, Russia, Germany and France are all plot- ting and working to get the eastern trad and you cannot tell what situations inay arise. Not only China, but also Japan, Corea and Siam are inyolved in the strug- gle, and our min:sters*to these countrics should be able men and such tha* they can work together for the good of Am»rica and American interests. It might he a good plan to combine them in some way, having separate ministers as now, but making the others subordinate to, or ‘n a ceftain way advisory with, the minister to Peking.” “You were instrumental in bringing Gen. Grant and Horace Greeley together, Mr. Young. yhat were the real relations of the two! I don’t think they ever really understood each other,” was the reply. “I knew Hor-s ‘eley right well, for, you know, 1 was time one of the editors of the at om Tribure. I thought Greeley ought to know Grant, and I believe had the two become thoroughly acquainted they would have been strong friends. Greeley, however, did not like generals as civil officers. He did not think that success in war should lead to political advancement. He was of many cranky notions, one of w: remember, was that a college education spoiled a man for newspaper work. He did not want college bred men about his, and he had other ideas of a similar nature. He was also a man of intense convictions, he was thoroughly honest, sirenuous and io!d, and when he thought ne was righ: you could not move him.” Grant and Greeley. “Where did Grant first meet Greeley? “It was in New York. General Grant was stopping in the city at the time, and I was anxicus that he and Greeley should become acquainted, so one day T asked him if he would object to meeting Greeley. He re- plied that he would not, and 1 then ar- Tanged to have the two come to breakfast with me together at Delmonico’s. In the first place ¥ asked Greeley if he would ob- ject to meeting Grant, and upon his sa: ing that he would like to meet him we fixed the heur for the breakfast for the next morning. When we met at thé table Greeley opened the conversation by asking Granz some questions about farming inthe west. I suppose he merely did this expect- ing to turn it later on to more important matters. At any rate, he first referred to Grant's stay on the Pacific slope, and ask- Horace Greeley. ed him hew deep the people ploughed there. Grant told him, and this conversation was centinued. Grant knew more about farm- ing than did Greeley, and, to my intense disgust, for to this day I hardly know the difference between a calf and a heifer, they kept the farm talk up throughout the breakfast, and they left the table wichout being any closer together than before. “I again atterapted to bring the two to- gether while Grant was President,” con- Unued Mr. Young. “General Grant was anxious to be Greeley’s friend, and in speaking of this in the White House ove day I toid him that if he would write a letter to Greeley I would take it to him, and that Greeley would come over to the ‘White House and see him. General Grant ‘thereupon sat down and rapidiy wrote letter of three pages. He was a writer, you know, and rarely word after it was written. This letter @ cordial invitation to Greeley to come over to the White House and taik things him. He fett that Stanton had treated im very well while the intter was Secro- tary of War, and he always was grateful to him. One of the-irst things he did when he was President was to show his appre- ciation for Fosse Some of Mr. Stanton’s friends had ut at the White House. Stanton is very ill]fHe has no money, and he has given his life to his country. He | row needs rest, and if you could give him the missicn to the Netherlands or to Switzerland Gr to Belgium the income from the place 14 be sufficient to support him, and he might recover his health.’ “Upon this, Geticral Grant replied: ‘I think Mr. Stanton deserves the highest honors that the cogntry can give him. The places you have requested are of minor im- portance. There is, however, a vacancy on the bench of the ‘United States Supreme Court, and if Mr. Stanton is willing I will send his name in for that place at once. I only wish I could do him still higher benor” “When the doctor told this to Mr. Stan- ten he received it with tears. He was given the appointment of associate justice, and was confirmed by the Senate. This was on the 20th of December, 1809, and four days later he died.” FRANK G. CARPENTER. —_——.__ Tired Mothers. A little elbow leans upon your knee, Your tired knee that has so much to bear; plid’s dear eyes are looking lovingly om underneath a thatch of tangled hair. Perkaps you do not heed the velvet touch Of warm, moist fingers holding yours so tight; You do not prize this ble:sing overmuch, You are almost ‘too tired to pray tonigh Yet it is Wlessednces. A year ago I did not frel it ns I do today. We are too dail and thankless, apd too slow ‘To catch the sunshine ere it'filts away. And now it seems surpassing stiange to me, ‘That white { bore the badge of inotherhood, I did not kiss more oft and tenderly The little child who brought me only good. I wonder so that mothers ever fret At Iittle children clinging to thelr gown; Or that the footprints, when the days are wet, Are ever black enough to make them frown. If T could find a ttle muddy boot, Or cap or jacket on my chamber floor, It I cotid ktrs a rosy, restless foot, ‘And hear it patter iu my home once more! If 1 could mend a breken cart today, ‘Tomorrow make a kite to reach the sky, There is no woman in God's world could say She was raore blissfully content than I. Rut. ch! the dainty pillow next my own Ix never rumpled by a shining head; My, winging binlling from its neat, hae flown; y is is dead. My little boy I used to Ky ts dead 5 rpey, Se The Carlists in Spain. From the Great Round World. From the time of Philip V, in 1713, the succession to the Spanish throne had been according to the Salic law, from father to son, or to the nearest male relative. The Salic law is a very old law, which provides that no woman can inherit lands or occupy the throne. According to this law, if a king dies, Jeaving several daugh- ters, but no son, the throne passes away from the daughters and goes to the nearest rvale relative, be he nephew, uncle, or cous- in. In 1829 Ferdinand II of Spain, having ng sons, rendered the Salic law of no ef- fect in Spain by a decree granting the right of succession to the daughters and grand- daughters of the king. When Ferdinand died in 1833, his daughter, Isabella Maria Il, was declareé queen, and the brother of | Ferdinand, who under the old law should have been king, was passed. over. This Yrother was named Don Carlos. Don Car- los refused to recognize his brother’s de- cree, aad declared himself King of Spain. Many of the nobles who did not like the icea of being ruled by a woman flocked to his standard, and war was declared against the party of the queen by the people of Don Carlos’ party, or Carlists, as they were called. For "six Years a cruel civil war raged, then Won Carlos was forced to give in. This first’war Was from 1833 to 1830, In 1x4) Doh Ca¥ios 11, the son of Don Carlos I (Férdinand’s brother), declared himself King“of Spain, and headed a new Carlist rising! whith was again unsuccess- ful. There have ‘been several successive uprisings sinéé then. From 1873 to 1876 Don Carlos III, headed’ a rising which bid fair to be successful. Don Carlos III is the di- rect descendant of Don Carlos I and is the present pretérder ‘to-the Spanish throne, to which, atonr to the Salic law, he the rightful heir. Tn Janvary, 1876, he was forced to sive up the fight, and nothing more has been heard of him till tne present time. # A Kailure. From the Nashville “Aterican. A certain ‘professar in’ one of the leading schools of this. city was not long since desirous of incorporating some negro dia- lect in a story he was preparing. Not being very well versed jin their manner of speech, he bethought bim that it would be a gocd idea to study the language in its purity undefiled. With this end in view he betook himself to the vicinity of the union depot, near which representatives of the ebon race are always to be found. One effort was enough. Me2ting a coal black negro driving a wagon rather well loaded, and accosting him as “Uncle John,” the following brief dialogue ensued: retty heavy load, uncle. Can you get up the hill with it? “I do not know, sir, but I presume so.” Such an example of pure and undefiled Ergiish coming frcm such an unexpected source almost paralyzed the professor, who muttered something about the “dezeneracy of the modern negro,” and, mentaliy de- ciding to consult the work of “Uncle Re- mus,” he retraced his steps to his apart- ments. ee Smoke and Electricity. From the New York Commercial Advertiser. -It is thought by many that the time is rot far distant when fog and the smoke in the atmosphere of iarge cities will be dis- sipated by electricity. Already a patent has beer taken out in Germany for an appara- ‘tus for smoke prevention by means of wires ‘stretched inside of a flue or chimney, and rendered incandescent by an electric cur- rent. This simple method will consume the Dlackest smoke, but at present it is much too expensive for practical ase. Ordinarily each chimney would require its own con- tinuous current dynamo, which would ab- scrb somthing like fifteen horse pow-r, and perhaps more. In some cases one dynamo might be used for several chiranéys situated near the electric plant. If the speed of the ‘dynamo were accidentally increased the wires would prebably be fused. For a chim- ney 120 feet high ball-coiled wire twenty yards long would be required. ———+ 02 Vain Imagining. From the Boston ‘Transcript. Mistress—“This.steak is done too much, Mary. Maid—‘“Not too much for me, mum.” Mistress—“‘But, I hire you to cook for me, not for yourself.” Maid—“Ye think ye do, mum.” —_——_ +o A Linear Death, From the Columbia Spectator. Herr Oll—“Haf you heard dot dog of mine ate a tane Measure undt died?” Herr Kut—t suppose he died py inohes, nicht var?” xic A “Aber nit; Ae vent oudt in der alley und die py der yard.” int “Want” ads, in they bring e Star pay because rs THE NATIONAL GUARD Brigade to Undergo Several Changes A SCIENTIST SAVED. of Marked Importance, Present Barnaby of Hartsville College Survives a Serious ness ‘Through DISBANDMENT OF TWO BATTALIONS Comment on the San Antonio In- terstate Drill. INSPECTION AND MUSTER What is expected to prove one of the sensations of local military circles is rap- idly approaching a focus. The bubble is ex- pected to burst about Wednesday of next week, and then there is no doubt that sur- prised guardsmen will be as plentiful about the armery as spring hats are today on the streets. Since General Ordway returned from Europe and resumed command of the brigade he has by no means been idle, and what may be termed a general spring housecleaning, or renovation, of the guard will be the outcome. The changes to be made are regarded as the most far-reach- ing and sweeping in the history of the or- ganized militia of the District. The powers that be, as usual, decline to supply any information whatsoever regard- ing the maturing stir-up, and, therefore, old Dame Rumor is more than ordinarily in evidence. Rumor has it that four changes of impertance ere to be ordered, and that there will be four new feces among the officers commissioned as majors. One cer- tainty is that the 2d Battalion will be wiped out of existefice, and the 6th Battalion is aiready considered a thing of the past. Company A, 3d Battalion—the champion Morton Cadets—will be transferred to the 2d Battalion as Company B,its original des- ignation, and Company D, 3d Battalion, will move over to the 2d Battalion as Company D, also its originar berth. This will make Major O’Brien’s command one of unequal- ed strength and proficiency, consisting of the Corcoran Cadet Corps as Company A; the Morton Cadets, as Ccmpany B; the Na- ticnal Fencibles, as Company C, and Cap- tain Stutz’s command, as Company D. It is said that the National Fencibles have been offered the desigration as Company. B, the color company of the Ist regiment, but wiil decline, preferring to continue to be known as Company C. The Morton Ca- dets, therefore, will hereafter carry the colors. Campanics to Be Disbanded. Major Frederick T. Wilson and his staff of the 3d Battalion, so it is understood, will be discharged from the service. The resignation of Major George A. Bartlett of the 6th Battalion has been at headquarters tor some months past, and it will without doubt now be accepted. One of the com- panies of the 6th Battalion, it is believed, Will be shifted over to the 4ih Battalion. So far as can be learned by carefully direc ed inquiry, ai least two companies, if not | more. will be disbanded. After the order is carried into effect there will remain two four-company battalions to each of the two regime: every com- mand being in excellent condition, with all dead timber or worthiess material elimi- nated. Taere is some talk of Major Camp- bell of the 4th Battalion taking command of ie Sth Battalion and of Major Fred. Brackett, who formerly commanded the Battalion, réturning to the guard. At all events, three majors will be out of the way in the passing of Major Wilson and Major Bartlett, and the pending vacancy in the Majority of the 5th Battalion. Furthermore, it is whispered rather oudi- bly by the knowing ones that as soon as the cnanges now being arranged become a reality Gen. Ordway is to step down and out and nominate as his successor a well known and energetic officer of the guard, one who does not wear a silver eagle em_ broidered on his shoulder straps. Before the expiration of another week the obscurity will have scattered to the winds, and all conjecture removed by the promulgation of general orders from head- quarters, directing the changes referred to in the foregoing. Interstate Drill Talk. After thinking the matter over the mem- bers of the local military companies inter- ested in competitive drills do not take kind- ly to the proposed interstate drill at San Anton‘o, Texas, to be held about July 1. The encampment of the local brigade from June 10 to 19 would prove a* serious im- pediment to the participation of the local companies, as it wouid interfere seriously with preparatory drill and also prevent many men from securing additional leave of absence from business duties. Then, again, the distance to San Antonio would figure largely in the matter of the expense of the trip, As a matter of pride, to defend championship and to demonstrate’ that disturbances of the past wiater have affected the health of the command, Morton Cadets are inclined to attend the drill at all odds. The National Fencibles, however, do not seem to be very enthu- siastic, the boys having already planned to visit tae Tennessee centennial at Nashville in the fall. At Savannah a year ago there was some ‘talk of repeating the drill at the May week festival this year, but such will not come to pass. In a communication te The Star Lieut. W. G. Cann, who was traveling agent for the Savannah Military Interstate Association, says: “I regret that there is i) chance for any drill here this spring. The last attempt resulted disastrously from a financial standpoint, and there is no de- sire for another.” Mr. A. C. Harmon, the popular secretary of the association, has the following to say: “There is no prospect of a military in- terstate drill here this year, and I hardly think there will be any in the future, un- less it is gotten up by another ‘erowd,’ as those interested in the last enterprise came out sadly behind financially.” Annual Inspection and Muster. The annual inspection and muster of the District National Guard will be made as follows: General staff and non-commissioned staff at headquarters at 8 o'clock p.m.,Saturday, May 1. Field and staff, Ist Regiment, at 8:10 clock p.m., Saturday, May 1. First Battalion at 8:45 o’cléek p.m., Satur- the the not the day, May 1. Second Battalion at 8:30 o'clock p.m., Monday, May 20. ‘Third Battalion and Third Separate Com- pany at 8 o'clock p.m., Wednesday, May 12. Field and staff, 24 Regiment, at $ o'clock p.m, Mondey, May 3. Fourth Battalion at 8 o'clock p.m. Tues- day, May ll. Fifth Battalion at 8:15, o'clock p.m., Mon- day, May 3. Sixth Battalion at 8 o'clock p.m., Tues- day, May 4. First Separate Battalion at 8:45 o'clock p.m., Tuesday, May 18. Engineer Corps, corps of field music and Second Separate Company at 8 o'clock p.m., ‘Wednesday, May 3. Bi st Herse Knows the The®favdby AN INTELLIGENT EQUINE. ‘of His Riders. the Aid of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. From the Republican, Columbus, Ind. The Hartsville College, situated at Hartsville, Indiana, was founded years ago in the interest « the United Brethren Church, when the state was mostly a wilderness, and colleges wee scarce. ‘The college is well known throughout the countrs former studeuts having gone into all parts of the world. PROF. ALVIN P. BARNABY. A reporter recently called at this famous seat of learning and was shown into the room of the Pres- ident, Prof. Alvin P. Barneb the reporter Prof. Ba: was in delicate health. Today he was apparently in the best of health. In response to an inquiry the professor said: “Ob, yes, I am much better than for some time. T am now in perfect health; but my recovery was brought about in sather a peculiar way.” “Tell ame about it," said the Feporter, “Weil, to begin at the beginning,” said- the pro- fessor, “I studied too hard when at scheol, en- deavoring to educate myself for the professions. After completiag the common course I cme here, and graduated from the theological course. I en- tered the ministry and accepted the charge of a United Brethren Church at a small place in Kent county, Mich. Being of an ambitious nature I ap- | plied myself diligently te my work and studies, | In ume I noticed that my health was failing. My trouble was indigestion, and this, with other troubles, Drought on nervousness, My physician prescribed for me for som and advised me to take a change @id as he requested und was some time, after, I came bere as profesor cbemistry, and later was fuencial of this college. The change agreed with me, and for a While my bealth was better, but my duties were nd again I found gy trou It was more severe, and in t completely prostrated. [tried various ines and @iffevent physicians. Finally Tw able ton my duties, Last xpring 1 was nd president of the college. Again 1 had con. je work, and the trouble, which had not alirely cured, began to affect me, and last fail I collapsed. 1 had different doctors, aut none did me ai ¥ goed. Professor Rowman, who ts pro: fessor of natural science, told fils experienc. With Dr. Willams’ Pink Pills for Pale People and urged me to give them a trial, beenase they had benefited him in a similar case, and T concluded to try them. “The first box helped me, and the second gave great relief, such as I had never experlenced from the treatment of any physician, After using six boxes of the medicine I was entirely cured. Today I am perfectly wi I feel better and stronger rs. L certainly recommend this medi- To allay all doubt Prof. Bart an affidavit before LYMAN 3. SCUDDER, Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People by all Sor WIM be sent postpaid on 6 of pric cents a box or six boxes for « ° er sold in bulk, addressing Dr. Williams’ Medic tady, N.Y. Battery A, Light Artillery, First Separate Company and Ambulance Company at 8 o'clock p.m., Wednesday, May 1. The inspection will be in regulation full- aress uniform, except that those organiza- tions not yet provided with it will wear field dress and equipments. The books and papers of each reg:ment, battalion and com- pany will be inspected by the adjutant gen- eral, and their preperty and property books by the quartermaster general in the order stated, immediately after muster. The ad- jutants, quartermasters and company com- manders of the respective organizations will be present. “The number of organizations parading every man was increased in 1% by six, raising the number to be, commended as models in this respect to fifteen,” says the adjutant general. “The five organizations following with over ninety per cent present are entitled to favorabie mention. It is ex- pected that those parading under 90 per cent will strive to improve their records. Any company parading less than 75 per cent will be considered as having fallen be- lew the required standard of efficiency, and will be subject to further and special in- spection.’ Engineers’ Shooting Festival. The shooting festival of the Engineer Corps, April 14, proved an occasion of de cided interest. Excluding men on furlough, only four members of the corps failed to participate in the shoot. Compary A, twenty-eight members, averaged 45; the staff, with nine members, averaged 44; Company C, with nineteen members, aver- aged 42, and Company B, with nineteen members, averaged 40. The general aver- age of the corps, with sevent ve mem- bers, was 43. . Allowing for a handicap, <he trophy was won by Company C, with an average of 49.5. With handicap allowance, Company B scored 46.7. The final scores of the staff and Company A remained as stated. In the opinion of Maj. Gilbert Thompson, Company C is moving to the front as a shooting company with gratifying rapidits and will crowd the experts of the other companies in the near future. Ambulance Corps Cycie Cinb. Through the efforts of Dr. Kehoe the members of the a:nbulance corps and their lady friends have organized a bicycle club, which is already in a flourishing condition. Twenty members have been enrolled in the club up to date, and they are all brimful of enthusiasm. Red, white, blue and green have been adopted as club colors, while the flag is to consist of a background of white silk, with the words “Ambulance Corps Cy- cle Club” in blue, “D. C. N. G.” in green, and the insignia of the corps, the Geneva zed cross, for the cenier. Dr. Kehoe was elected president of the cycle club, while the other officers are to be chosen in the near future. With the closing of the medical colleges it is expected that the meetings and drills of the ambulance corps will be more largely attended than heretofore. The annual in- sspection and muster is booked for May 19, and every member, it is thought, will un- doubtedly be present on that occasion. At the inspection a year ago the corps received the highest figure of merit in its history, and better things are expected next month. It is the purpose of the cycle corps to render any assistance in its line of duty as ambulance corps members when on club rens. Athletic Association Active. The Athletic Association of the D. C. N. G. celebrated its first anniversary April 1, and is in a gratifying condition. It is the intention of the asscciation to enter a number of proficient athletes in some of the field meets during the coming season. The association has secured an excellent gym- nasium, which, though not complete ingall details, is fitted with apparatus that is deemed the most desirable and necessary. Credit is due the president and manager of the organization, Capt. E. C. Edwards, Company A, 2d Battalion, for the condi- tion of things. Though young in the busi- ness, Capt. Edwards has demonstrated that he ts possessed of qualifications lack- ing in more experienced managers. Capt. Edwards organized, trained and managed the Corcoran Cadets Corps basket ball team, which represented the Athletic Asso- ciation in the District League. The team finished second in the championship race. The basket ball team played nineteen games during the season, winning fifteen and losing four, two of the defeats being at the hands of the champion Y. M. C. A. team of Baltimore. In speaking of the team Prof. Maurice Joyce of the Carroll Institute recently said: “It is one of the best teams ever gotten to~ ether in the District of Columbia.” ‘The opinion of Manager Schmelz of the ‘Washington base ball. team is as follows: “It is plain to see that the cadets played a fine game. Their team work is superb, ‘and, as I claim for base ball, it is team work that. wins.” Base Ball Booming. Capt. Edwards is now actively engaged ‘clase in the gymnasium a few @ays ago, ‘with twenty-five pupils tm attendance. The mew punching bag, purchased to replace has been i through the cabin windows, as they say on | shipboard, and not through the hawse hole, and some such men manage to get aboard | the National Guard through the aforemen- | tioned stern windows. Put as a rule do not make very good officers, and | number is getting less and less. Som | ments, however, are still officered la’ by men ‘elected from civil life.’ and others choose their officers from enlisted men of other regiments. This plan is b ter than the first, but both plans are we in practice. The National Guard is not and cannot be made like the regular army; it requires more tact and skill to handle a company in the National Guard than in the y, and just in this handling are the made officers likely te come to grief. As a rule they know nothing of the men whom they are to command, and are lac! ing in knowiedge of the traditions of their new regiment; so that positions already Cifficult to fill are more difficult than ever, } and things go wrong that with an officer j trained in the regiment from a private | Would have gone right. Besides, if a reri- | ment gets in the way of choosing its offi- | cers from other regiments, it will find great difficulty in getting good men inte tts ranks. Good men, who have the proper ambition, “t enlist in a regiment that makes a point of going outsi for its offi- cers; and it is safe to say that as a rule the men who leave one regiment to go to another as officers are not of the best m: aay of me first regiment. There are ex- eptions, of course, but the rule is as peptone ot the rule is as bh ‘So every man wh sword should enlist a: may lose a little time, commission and his things vastly ‘ready 0 wants to carry a S @ private first: he but when he gets his sword he will find easier than if he had come made.” There are almost always led in ‘reach-1 —lown’ me Well as in clothes. OWE me, Bs “The captain should be the company, and though it is ha anyway, it is doubly, y e is a ready-made captain,” accord to the Sun. “Of course, the aimculy Srows less as the length of service in- creases, 99 that a man Who Bas begun as a ready-made officer becomes In time as if he had started as-an ‘enffsted man in his regiment. But at first the newness of things makes them difficult. Duties of a Captain. “The duties of a captain are Jaid down in regulations at some length. |place in dri, some sometimes as instructed. father of bis rd to be that rhaps trebly, hard After has certein reports to sign, certain requisi- drill he | tions to make; his work, as laid down in ‘the book’ will take about two hours a weck. But it is the work not laid Jown in the book that takes time and requires patience and tact. At least one evening a week other than the drill night should be spent by the captain at the armory, and the most suc ful captains spend proba- bly three evenings at least at the armory doing the work that requires no report, and is not in the book, but counts in the morals of the company and shows there, too. A captain can’t do his work by telephone or letter. He's got to prowl around lke a roaring devil, only without roaving. “The captain has to set the example to his men and give the tone to his company. Every successful company in a regiment has ‘some hobby which the captain on- courages. It must be a military hobby, too. No company ever achieved greatness by its dances or iis auction or theater par- ties, by its beautiful company room, or even by its silent drill, The hobby must be shooting, or athletics, or bicycling, or something of that sort, and the captain must direct it, coax it when necessary and see that it doesn’t run away with things— for a runaway hobby may be as bad as the famous cannon in Victor Hugo's ‘Nincty- Hight," that got loose on a ship in a gale.” Notes. Candidate Sergeant James C. Sergeant, ‘Company A, 5th Battalion, has been ap- pointed quartermaster sergeant of the Sth Battalion. A squad from Company A, 5th Battaiion, under command of First Lieut. William H. Mellach, recently went in quest of a suit- able site for the bivowac of the company when it indulges im its practice march in the near future. A spot was selected. The following enlisted men of Company D, 5th Battalion, appeared before the bat- talion board of examination at a recent meetirg and passed with a high percentage and credit to themselves and their orga zation: Corporal Charles H. Kerper for sergeant and Privates Koskar R. Murry, F. Penrose Smith and Samuel Shreve for corporals. The troops of the District National Guard will be in camp at Fort Washington, Md., from June 10 to June 19. The annual banquet of the Officers’ Arso- ciation, 2d Regiment. will occur Thursday evening next. Capt. James L. Mock, ad- jutant of the 2d Regiment, is arranging the details of the affair. All hope of having service medais in readiness for presentation while at camp in June has disappeared, Gen. Ordway having informed the committee in charge of the matter that it is now impossible to state when the medals will be provided, certainly net before camp. At rifle practice at 600 yaris the mem- bers of Company A, Ist Separave Battalion, scored as follows: Private Lucas, 43: Gib- son, 42; Capt. Brooks, 41; Sergt. Wells, 41; Thomas, 41; Snowden, 41; White, 41; Sed- den, 37: 8. Gibson, 33; Shields, 33; Corp. Jones, 34; H. L. Gibson, 30; Hogan, 30. Spring Athlet From the Chicago Record. F “Wel, little daughter, did you have a g008 time with your new jumping rope?” _ “No; didn’t have no fun; all the wanted to jump, and nobody "t turn.” —_—_—_-e+_—___—_ Better, From an Exchange. Oculist—“I can remove the cataract for $200 or put in a glass eye for $50.” O’Rally—“Faix, doctor darlint, give me wan o’ thim glass eyes, Ol kin see through it better.” Spellbound. From the Chicago Record. _