Evening Star Newspaper, April 20, 1924, Page 52

ArmyandNavyNews BY W. M. ARMY. Agreement has been reached at the * War Department, it is understood, whereby Gem. Pershing will remain 1 active duty after he reaches the statutory retire- ment age, in Sep- tember. There is no doubt that the bill keeping Gen. Pershing on the active list of the Army would pass both Houses of Congress, but it is the belief of Se ary Weeks s long as an r is in good health his services as a retired offi- cer are available, and should be if needed. though the - 11 is not passed, there s a provision under existing «W which_would authorize the S ctary of War in keeping Gen. Per- Bing on active duty. It is stated on »0d authority that though Gen. Per- hing will probably remain on the Wve 1ist, he will Dot be retained as ©f of Stafl, as the Secretary of War s to the opinion that rotation in brings the best results. Gen. Pershing. uty Brig. Gen. John B. Bellinger, Q. M. has been ordered on an eight-day on - trip for the purpose of ting depots at Charleston, S. nta, Ga.; St. Louis, Mo., and Je crsonvills, Ind. Capt. Edward M. George, Q. M. C. just rel from duty Fort N has ned to Ri E. has for several years been as iStant to the ckief. Rail Transport Divisior ¢ the quartermaster en ordered to proc Francisco. from where he will the Philippine Islands on the \ugust 1 transport, for duty. Authorization has been given by War Department for the estab- shment of three new ools for s at Fort Strong, Bos- Corps Area; Camp Corps_Area, and Fort ison, Ind, 5th Corps s 'will be conducted ion of the quarter- the Army, it being lanned to have one of these schools s area and department. Licut. Col. Augustus McIntyre, F. A, ty in the office of the chief of artillery, will leave Washington y for an inspection of field artil of the Reserve and Na- units. He will be gone two months and will ngton about June 20, includes the following Indianapolis, Ko- s, Canton, Detroit, cago, Madison, La Cross. Minneapolis, Pierre and Rapid City, D Fort D. A Russeil, i 'enver, Puebio. Hutchinson, Topeka, a. Chickasha, Anadarko, Fort Sill, hita Falls, Dallas, Corsicana and an Antonio, Tex. ¥rom here Col feIntyre will return to Fort Sill to Ritend the gradnation exercises of he Fieid Artillery School June 14, f~om which point he will proceed to vashington. Harr eturn t His it ints omc¢ e Army as_ craking it t officers volunta individuals are contributions so prosecution of the case of faj. Clifford Jones, C. for suit the Court of e made will be recalled that the internal enue department requires the com- nuted value of quarters in kind. 1 alowance in lieu thereof. ported by each officer on h lual income tax return as gros for taxation purposes. The which will accrue to each al during the n remainder of the event that e is won will be no inconsid- ble amount. In contending that ' items are not taxable the ciatm is ade that they are part of the over- vad expense of the government in perating its plant; secondly, that | Ticers must accept and live in the jarters assigned them for the con- :nce of the government; thirdl that the rental allowance is only paid them for the purpose of providing 1hemsclves with quarters at Places vhere the government cannot pro- de them and where they are re- quired to live and function for the ole benefit of the government in the peration of _its activities; and, arthly, it is stoutly maintained At there are judicial decisions which strongly for these conten- ¥red P. Andrews, S. C., Engi- | ivision, office of the chief sig- | of the Army, addressed the 5 on duty in this office April 16 installation of radio equip- n the War Departmen rvice is made possi ble through this equipment. o liyMaj.shrd etao shrd shr cmf cmf vision has been made for the ding of camps of instruction, which | he for a period of two weeks, ning about July 7. for training Jedical department reserve officers, <igned to the branch assignment wup. These camps of instruction, | which will be under the direction of the surgeon general of the Army, will he conducted at Carlisle Barrack: 1, for the 1st, 2d, 3d, ith and 5th forps areas; at Fort Snelling, Minn., r the 6th and 7th Corps areas, and at p not yet selected in the 8th and ‘orps areas, respectively, for the and 9th Corps areas. It is plan- 1 at these camps to give the ficers of the Medical Department teserve Corps who can accept train- e during the period the advantage of instruction in tactics and technique of operation of divisional medical units. Medical Reserve officers inter- csted should submit their application to the surgeon general of the Army, Washington, D. C.. in which they “iould state that they have not been oa active duty for training during| the present fiscal year. « yrders were issued this week by War Department designating six- cen medical, three veterinary and iven dental officers as students at he Army Medical School for the 192: 235 course. which will begin Sep. \pmber 1, 1924, at the Army Medical ! hool, Army Medical Center, Wash- weton, D. C. The Medical Corps offi- rs are as follows: Majs. Paul R. E. pard, Darius C. Absher, John Wallace; Capts. Frederick A. Blesse, homas H. Reagan, Leroy D. Soper, ve C. Odom, Charles R. B Vartin P, Hamrick, James G. chard T. Arpest, Willlam S. Mar- t'ns, Harvey R. Livesay, John M. Welch, Jaime J. Pigueras and Sam Mol W. Reeves. Those of the Veteri- rary Corps who will attend the first ourse ure First Lieuts. &n{rgu[::: jard, Louis L. Shook and Earl ¥, Z ~lie dental officers are Capts. Edward " Alley, Glover Johns, Avety G. iolmes, Daniel Bratton, Bdwin St {lair Wren, Charles J. Denholm and Walter D. Love. Announcement has just been made v the War Department relative to the participation of members of the Army in swimming tryouts for the Iympic games for 1934. For com- eiitors from the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and I Corps areas, the tryouts will be ¢id in the 5th Corps Area, while hose from the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Sth ‘orps_areas, and the Fanama Canal and Hawaiian departments, will be in the 2d Corps area. The final tryouts for places on the Olympic swimming tesm for winners in the ‘swimming _tryouts held in the 24 “nd. 5th Corps areas, together with ther contestants will be held at In- dianapolis, Ind., June §, 6 and 7. Announcement has been made by Seeretary of War that Col. Lutz| Wahl, adjutant general department. | would be recommended to succeed Brig. Gen. Benjamin Alvord as assist- | ant to the adjutant general, Wwith rank of brigadier general to be- | be absent from the Pacific coast for McINTYRE. world war he was in command of the 58th Infantry Regiment and 14th In- fantry Brigade. He also served in Washington as chief of the operations section, general staff, NAVY. _ Anpouncement was made by the | Secretary of the Navy last Wednes- | day that Admiral E. W. Eberle, chief of naval operations, Navy Depart- | ment, had been sciected to head the selcclion board which will convene June 2, instead of May 20, as was previously announced by the depart- ment. The other eight members of the board are Admiral Robert E. Coontz, Admiral Samuel S Robison, Rear 'Admiral Marbury Johnston, Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones, Rear Admiral Clarence S. Williams, Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, Rear Ad- miral William R. Shoemaker and Rear Admiral Charles F. Hughes, The following named pharmaci C. 3 Owen, A 3 Wright, B R Paker and M. W Throckmorton, who have been attached to the Naval Medical School since February 15, in attend- ance upon a course of instruction in hospital accounting and commissary duties, will be detailed to temporary additional duty at the Naval Academy | for similar instruction during the week ending April 26, 1924. Pharma- cist R. N. Cheetham, who has com- pleted a special course of instruction in X-ray technique at the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital. will return to the Newport Naval Hospital for duty. Pharma- cist J. H. Reed, who has completed a imilar course at the Naval Hospital, “u):nngmn. D. C, will return to the Naval Hospital, Norfolk, for duty. |, The marine guard on the U. . S. Huron, Capt. Charles C. Gin, U. s Marine Corps, commanding, was awarded the trophy for the company presenting the best military appear- ance in the annual Army and Navy | carnival parade at Manila, P, I Since July 1, 1923, the beginning of the gunnery vear, the target practice scores. battleship class. based on| | short range practices, night practices. | and torpedo firing are as foillows: Mary- land, Tennessec, Pennsylvania, Missis- | sipi, Arizona and New Mexico. These practices and those yet to be fired each have a weight of fifty | . Capt. George W. Steele, U. S. N. who is now on duty in connection with the construction of the airship ZR-3 at Friedrichshafen. Germany, will represent the United States Navy at the sixth congress of aerial legis- lation, which will be held at Rome, Italy, next week. Capt. Steele will | accompany the ZR-3 as an observer on the flight to the United States, which will probably be made in the early part of this summer. Maj. James E. Chaney, U. S. A.. and John Hay Ide, technical assistant, national ad- visory committee, will represent the Army air service and the national advisory committee for aeronautics at the congress, respectively. Approval has been given the battle fleet schedule by the Navy Depart- ment from July to December, and the program from January to July, 1925, iz being discussed with continuation on to the end of the year with the possibility of making the Australian cruise after July 1, with practically the entire Pacific fleet. In event that the cruise is authorized the fleet will about five months. The U. S. S. Patoka is being fitted out for an airship tender and has been assigned to the scouting fleet, aircraft squadron. The 1. S. S Canopus and subma- rines 36 to 41 are being overhauled with the expectation that they will proceed to Asiatic station about Sep- tember 1. The U. S. §. Rainbow and the submarine group now at Asiatic | station will return to Mare Island for overhaul. Tt is expected that the West Vir- ginia wi'l be ready to leave the vard about June 14 on which trip she will take over the Olympic entries. ‘The Rappahannock is to be de- commissioned at Mare Island and the Pyro is now going out of commission at Puget Sound. Arrangements have been made whereby the Navy uerological party at Seattle, formerly the advance party for the naval Arctic expedition, will furnish special radio reportss of weather from west coast stations, in- cluding Alaska, for the benefit of the Army’s around the world flight expe- dition. The Navy aerologists have been preparing a daily weather map from this data and forecasts have been issued. This service, including the transmission of forecasts, will be continued until the Army planes leave Attu, one of the Alcutian Islands chain. Lieut. Commander Robert A. Bart- fett, U. S. N. R. ., who is at present on active duty in the bureau of aero- avy Department, will leave the U. §. S. Bear, a_coast guard vessel, about May 12, and will remain in the Arctic for the major part of the summer, obtaining data and speciments of Arctic flora and fauna for the National Geographic Society. Orders have been issued detaching Lieuts, H. §, Bear and Cushing Phil- lips, C. E. C., U. N., from duty at the Naval Academy and Marine Bar- racks, Paris Island, S. C., respec. tively, @nd ordering them to proceed to the engineer in chief of the Hai- tian government as treaty eagineers. They will relieve Lisuts. L. B. Combs and C. H. Cotter, C. E. C, U. 8. N., who will be assigned to duty in the United States. Lieut. P. J. Holloran, B, N., navy yard, Charles- ton, §.'C.. has been ordered to tem- porary duty at Paris Island as a re- lief for Lieut. Phillips, pending the assignment of a civil engineer officer for permanent duty at this station. Twenty-eight members of the Corps of Civil Engineers met in the bureau of vards and docks, Navy Depart- ment, recently, at which sabjects af- fecting the bureau and the corps wers discussed. Capt. G. A. McKay, C. E. U. S. N, assistant chief of the bureau, presided. Secretary of Navy Wilbur expressed the interest which he had in the Civil Engineer Corps and the work which it is doing for the Navy. A dinner was held later in the evening at the Cosmos Club, at which Assistant Secretary Roosevelt was prosent. Short talks were given by various members of the corps as well as one by the assistant secre- The bureau of public works of the Navy has recently had completed a model of the entire layout of the high-power radio station at Green- bury Point, Annapolis, Md., which is on view at the Navy buiiding, and shows to a scale of 69 feet to the inch the six 600-foot steel towers, tha buildings, the terrain and the water front. A letter has been written by the Secretary of the Navy to,sixty educa- tional institutions asking that the school authorities designate junior engineer students who would be per- mitted to go aboard the fleet from July 1 to July 15 for the purpose of studying the machinery of the Navy. The buresu of navigation, Navy Department. has issued a letter to the, service calling the attention to both officers and enlisted men of the im- portance of those who are not mar- ried in naming their beneficiary. Considerable difficulty has been expe- rienced by the department recently in settling controversies between the relatives of deceased men, and in some cases it has been necessary for the department to hold up the six- month gratuity to which the bonefi- ciaries of officers and enlisted men are entitled. —_—— Obedient Willie. | ¥rom the Los Angeles Times. “Willie,” said his_mother, “did you peel your apple, as I toid you to, befors Afne effective May 15, on which date tien. Alvord will be sej from active service due to his reaching the retirement age. Col. Wahl has served in the Philippines, and during the " ing it?" u"‘;"m‘ . did,” said Willie proudly. ‘w!rmm! did you do with the peeli "Wfll ate them, of course.™ b THE Veterans of Capt. “Bob™ Bartlett, Arctic ux- plorer, of north pole fame, is (o be a guest and speaker at the meeting of George Washington Post, No. 1, at its meeting next Tuesday night, at the clubhomse, 1829 I street northwest. He will present motion pictures of the great seal herds and the manner in which they are hunted in the fcy north fields. Capt. Bartlett has been in the Na- tional Capital conferring with Navy officials in connectiom with the pro- posed trip of the Shenandoah to the north pole, and his experiences in the polar regions are said to be of more than passing interest. At the meeting of the post last Tuesday night several new members were presented for initiation as now provided in American Legion posts. The ceremony was witnessed by a large number of leglonnaires and was put on in an{mpressive manner. The following were elected to mem bership: Harry T. Hitt, and by tran fer John Glutsch of Post No. 704, Bronx County, N. Y. A number of books were donated to the library in the clubhouse during the past week by members. Willlam V. Smith, a re- gerve officer im the Quartermaster Corps, has loaned two French swords for display in the new clubhouse. The meeting concluded with reminiscences of the world war and with civil war stories by W. N. Williams. who served (n both the civil and world wars. “Communiosm as a Menace to Ameri- can Institutions™ will be the subject of the American Legion's third annual cssay contest among school children of the nation. The contest will continue until June 15, when essays must be in the hands of the county superintendents of schools for judgment. The time of ending the contest has been changed by the legion from fall to spring in order to conform the contest to the average school year. The subject is confined to_the title, “Why Commun- ism is a_Menace to Americanism.” Garland W. Powell, director of the lbgion's national Americanism com- mission, is in charge nationally. The rules of the contest provide that_all essays submitted must be in the hands of county school superin- tendents by midnight of June 15, after which they will be, passed on by local judges. Winning® essays from each county will in turn be sent to tate judges, designated by superin- tendents of public instruction or by school commissioners. While three winners will be announced by state fudges, but one essay will go into the | 2ational competition from each state, and must be in the hands of the judges by August 10. National win- ners will be announced as soon there- after as possible. Winner of first place in national competition will be awarded $750 in cash, to be used as a scholarship fund in any school, college or university designated by the winner. Second will receive $500 and third $250 for the same purpose. In addition to{ these awards, many legion posts and | departments present local and state | winners with nedals and cash. | The legion has had the co-operation of practically every educational body in the nation since the founding of the contests. and, in addition to aid from these groups in 1824, many of the larger fraternal organizations will assist in popularizing the contest. A gala “American Legion night” is planned for April 28 at Poli's Theater for the performance of David W.| Griffith's newest film production, | “America”” Through the interest of | Mr. Griffith and the co-operation of the Messers. Shubert and Mr, Poli one-half of the receipts of the cve- ning are to be presented to the gen- | eral fund of the treasury of the Dis- trict of Columbia Department of the | American Legion. The gift was prof- | fered by Mr. Griffith last week and ac- | cepted in behalf of the local J\men-’ can Legion organization by the de- partment commander, Paul J. Mc- Gahan. Planntng for the annual Memorial day exercises in which the Grand Army of the Republic always_ takes the leading part, has been begun | by the officers of the District of Co- | lumbfa Department of the American | Legion. ‘William F. Franklin, senior vice commander of the department. has | been designated as chalrman of the | American Legion's special committee by Department Commander Paul J. McGahan. And more than a socore of the Department of the Potomac of the department have been suggested to Department Commander Goodhart | fo the Department of the Potomac of | the Grand Army of the Republic. to| serve with the members of his vari- | ous committees. ! spartment Commander McGahan | addrsned the members of Troop 15 | of the Boy Scouts at their head- quarters, the Y. M. H. A., 11th| Street and Pennsylvania avenue, last | Tuesday night, and thanked 'them | for the offer of assistance on Me- | morial day that they had made | through Benjamin Tarsches. their | acting scoutmaster. _Hilliard B. Hol- | brook, assistant ecxecutive 6f the | Boy Scouts of America, also ad- dressed the boy: “An American Legion Night" wa :iv:'r‘: at the New Willard Hotel Wed- nesday by the Penmsylvania Society. when Department Commander J. Leo Collins of Pennsylvania; past depart- ment commander, Col. Joseph Thomp- gon of Pennsylvania and Depart- ment Commander McGahan of the District of Clumbia Department, who is a native Pennsylvanian, were the guests of homor. A program was given by the Bugle and Drum Corps ©of the Vincent B. Costello Post, under the leadership of Sergt. l.‘)\elo‘tln. E. B. Lefferts, commander of Costello Post., is planning to take the bugle and drum corps to the St. Paul con- Vention of the American Legion. A resolution unanimously approv- ing the attitude of the American Le- mion as expressed by mational con ventions favoring total exclusion of all immigrants for a fixed period of years and indorsing the Johnson bl as coming from the committee on immigration and naturalization, how pending in Congress, was passed a1 the meeting of the Sergeant Jaspe: Post, No. 13, the American Legion, at City Club Thursday evening. A membership drive was projected and prizes offered to the member of the post who secures the greatest number of renewals and new mem- bers by August, the month of the partment convention. George J. Kilgour was named chairman of the committee, the other members being Past Commander Thomas J. Frailey and John T. Baker. m”rmnullvcl of the U. S. 8. Jacob Jones Post were present and an- nounced the spring dance of the naval units to be held at the marine barracks April 26. Commander Charles Riemer and Past Commander Alexander M. Bremer of the Stuart Walcott Post spoke for the good of the legion and pointed out the good will existing between the Sergeant Jasper Post and the Stuart Walcott Post. Entertainment, consisting of songs and readings, was furnished by Commander Charies Riemer and P partment Commander Paul J. McGahan announced the appointment of Past Commander —Thomas J. Fruiley 8s & member of the Memorial day committee. The Sergeant Jasper team of the Department Bowling League closed a successful = season, sharing the honors in fifth place. Prizes were awarded Wednesday. The members of the team are Joseph 1. Brown, Robert H. Pritchard, John C. Long, Bdward Rappa, Harry Whe- lan, John T. Baker, Thomas E. ‘Waish, Louis Marks and R. O. Den- ham. . Commander Cusick announced the next meeting of the post to be May 8 at City Club. Eight new mem- bers were admitted at the recent meeting. With President and Mrs. Coolidge and Gen. and Mrs. Frank T. Hines heading the patrons and patronesses committee, and National Commander James A. McFarland planning to come here from Georgia for the event, the Disabled American Veterans are ex pecting the annual ball at the Wil- lard fly 10 to be the biggest social affalr cver held by the -organization Great War in Washington. The large ballroom will be used, and there will be no dearth of music. a5 the Army, Navy and Marine bands have already de- cided to contribute their services for the evening. One of the outstanding features of the gathering will be the dedication of colro of the District of Columbia Department of the D, A. V. and the Ace Chapter. Mrs. Charles Augus tine Robinson has offered silken or ganization and national standards, which will be accepted by Commander E. W. Pumphrey on behalf of the de- partment, while the Ace colors will presented by Henry Lansburgh while the massed bands play martial music. Foxes have been placed on sale and the first purchase was by the Greek legation. It is hoped to have rep- resentatives of all the allied coun- tries participating in the ball. Different state commanders of the Disabled American Veterans are com- ing to Washington to place the pro! iems of the wounded men in the dis- ferent sections up to the Veterans' Bureau through the D. A. V. office here. The latest commander to come is Dr. J. A. Tamisiea of Nebraska, who hold a conference with Director Hines during the week protecting the proposed closing of the Bellevue Vo- cational School near Omaha. The Kenneth H. Nash Post, No. 8, the American Legion, at its last meet- ing indorsed the Johnson bill restrict- ing the immigration of orientals. Senior Vice Commander Gerber was elected commander to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Com mander A. C. MoCheasney. J. H Achman was elected senior vice com- mander. The chairman of the membership committee announced a membership drive is to be launched within the next few days. with the purpose of securing 500 members. Two teams have been formed in a friendly con- test, one headed by Senior Vice Com- mander Achman and the other by Past Commander J. R. Emeigh. At the meeting of Henry S. Spen- gler Post No. 12, American Legion, held at the clubrooms in the National Guard Armery on Wednesday, a com- mittee consisting of Earl C. Smithson and Watson B. Miller was appointed to make arrangements for the erec- tion of a suitable marker at the grave of Joseph Hodgson In Arling- ton cemetery. The Veterans of For- eign Wars, Spanish War Veterans and Society of the 3d District of Colum- bia Infaniry, of which Comrade Hodgson was also a member, are to be invited to aid the post in this un- dertaking. Tom E. Fawcett, treasurer of the Service Club, which is being pro- vided at the old Florence Crittenton Home site, at 218 3d street northwest, by the District of Columbia Depart- ment, American Legion Auxiliary, for the benefit of ex-service men and | their families, outlined the activities | | of the ladies’ auxiliaries along this He was appointed by the posts | tine. to mscertain and report at the mext meeting further details concerning this proposed club and in what way the post can be of assistance in mak- ing the project a success. Spengler Post extended its con- gratulations to Comrade John W. Oehman, inspector of buildings of the District of Columbia, incident to his promotion to colonel in the National Guard and assignment to command of the newly organized 12ist Regi- ment of Fngineers, 29th National Guard Division. The regular monthly luncheon of the post will be held at the City Club, May 6. at 12:30 pm. An invitation will be extended to Gen. Hines of the | Veterans' Bureau to be a guest of the Spengler Post on this occasion. Dr. Sydney C. Cousing was elected to membership. C. M. Neal, Braintree Post, No. 86, Department of Massa- chusetts, was a visitor at this meet- ing and entertained the post with a short address. iliary, Mrs. Paul E. Twyman, presi- dent, entertained the post after ad- journment and served refreshments. New Hard Porcehain. WITHLV the past year or so there Fas been devised a new type of hard porcelain that possesses two important advantages. The experi- menters, working at the Central School of Science and Technology at Stoke-on-Trent, England, have evolv- | ed a hard porcelain made entirely of English material and have compound- ed a body that will “poy” like ordi- nary earthenware. The body of the porcelain is as cheap or cheaper than ordinary earth- enware. The glaze (leadless) is about one-tenth the price of earthenware glaze. Particular satisfaction is ex- pressed with the glaze, which, when fired under suitable conditions, seems equal to anything yet marketed. The firing margin is very large. The oven which was built for experiments has proved a great success and there is {10 reason why a develapment of this oven might not be used in the pro- duction of ordinary earthenware. Little difficulty was experienced with fire clays, since thers are many suitable clays of this mature in the country. The saggers used have stood remarkably well; in fact, not more than two or three saggers were lost in over twenty firings to tempera- tures ranging from Cone No. 10 to Cone No. 16. The ware produced is capable of be- | ing successfully decorated with ordi- nary colors, People acquainted with hard porcelain know that this is not possible with some types. The firing ©of the new porcelain is the point that will be regarded most seriousiy. The ware can be fired in either oxidizing or reducing atmosphere, but the Dest results are obtained by the re- ducing .method, which will involve important modifications in the firing practice now otaining. Many interesting problems in con- nection with the firing bave arisen and much work has yet to be done. At present the experiments are con- tered on faults in manufacture so that the more probable sources of difficulties and losses will be known. The examination of these is necessar- ily slow, as it is not pessible to fire oftener than omce a week if they are to fire under ordinary manufac- turing conditions. S R e Solid Bridges. ¥ building highways through the mountainous regions of Colorado a queer bridge is being used in spanning the arroyos—the dry creeks that carry water only after rains, which often overflow on short notice. The ordinary type of concrete-and- steel bridge poorly withstands these fioods. To do away with this the highway engineers, insteadsof bridg- ing the creek in the usual way, are building & solid base of concrete to the bottom of the arroyo and laying the grade on top of it. Culverts are built through the concrete of suf- ficient capacity to carry off ordinary drainage. At flood periods the water, as it rages down the arroyos and meets one of these comcrete walls, simply goes over the top of it, the solid concrete base offering so firm a re- sistance that the risk of its being carried away is hardly to be com- sidered. After the flood has sub- sided the debris is cleared off the nd the crossing 1s as good . THE CIVILIAN ARMY Organized' Reserves—National Guard At the initial meeting of the re- serve officers of Washington, finance department, Lieut. Col. Samuel Good- acre was clected chairman. Upon a motion of Lieut. Col. E. O. Harri- man, it was voted that the finance assembly be or- ®anized as a sec- tion of the Re- serve Officers’ As- sociation of the United States. This is a distinct sepa- rate meeting than that held by the finance department resérve. Col. Goodacre en- tered the military service August 15, Lieut. Ool. Goodaers, 1917, when he was Sommissioned a first leutenant of the ordnance department. As a recognition of meritorious service he was promoted to captain. Before going overseas he was assigned 1o spe- cial duty in Washington, which lasted until the migning of the armistice, when his overseas orders were canceled. He ‘was promoted to major and placed in charge of all ordnance department finances in Washington, under the chief of finance, which duty he performed until September, 1920, when he was appointed assistant finance officer, “d Corps Area Headquarters, until his discharge on December 31, 1920. He was commissioned a major of ordnance and assigned as commanding officer, Neville ordnance depot, which was then being dismantied and sold. He en- countered many problems at this place, involving title to commandeered land, damage of private property. the build: ing of highways and street railways and canceled contracts. However, s tory adjustment of all difficulties were made and the government's interest in what was (o be the largest gun plant in the world. fimally clsed out. After a few months at Philadelphia, where he consolidated the financial records of the New York, Pittsburgh and Philadeiphia ordnance districis in one office al Phila- deiphia, he was again discharged on June 30, 1321, and given a commission in the Reserve Corps as a major of finance, being promoted to lieutenant colonel in March, 1924. He is at pres- | as follows: & | fantry, Tuesday night; finance on Wed- Spengler Post Aux- | | section, | assignment ent budget officer of the United States Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation. . Reserve officers will meet k. 3d Battalion, 320th In- nesday evening and 2d Battalion. 320th Infantry, on Thursday night. Ali meet- ings will be held in the Graham building. The authorities of the War Depart- ment having to do with the program for citizens' military training camps activities this summer are greatly en- couraged with the outlook. Gen. Charles H. Martin, assistant chief of staff and head of G-1 of the general staff, has returned {rom an extended tour of in- spection and investigation in connection with the results of the preliminary cam- paign for rescruits for the period of training. Reserve Signal Corps officers will bo glad to know that for the first tume in the history of commercial radio_operation the Signal Corps at the new station at Fort Leaven- worth of the Army radio met, is u ing the Creed relay in transmitting and receiviig messages. The mes- sages are transmitted and received at the rate of 100 words per minute. This opens a new ecra in radio com- munication and its effects wi'l be far- riaching. The new station equip- ment at Fort Leavenworth has been highly commended by some of the most distinguished radio engincers of the country. Maj. Charles Wiiliam Freeman, vice president of the local quartermaster has been elected an active member of the Society of Military Engineers. He is assigned to the Washington general intermediate de- pot administrative servic, Maj. Alfred H. Erck, now on du at headquarters of the 3d Corps assistant to the officer in charge of Organized Reserves, and Maj. James H. Tierney. adjutant of the head- quarters, 80th Division, Organized Reserves, will be ordered to the ad- anced course at the infantry school, Fort Benning, 1924-25 course, as Stu- dents. They will report on Septem- ber 15. Capt. Raymond G. Sherman of the infantry . has been detailed as com- mandant of the Army Music School, Washington barracks. to take effect on May 25, relieving Lieut. Parry W. Lewis, Coast Artillery Corps, whe :s ordered ta foreign service. Capt. Sherman has been on duty at Camp Meade, Md. He will report to the commandant. of the Army War Col- | lege for any service required of him in conmection with post administra- | tion and will also report to the com- mending general. district of Wash- ington, for duty as commanding offi- cer of the Army Band. which duty he will perform in addition to his duty as commandant of the school. The following changes have been made in the non-divisional group: Engineers—The promotion of Capt. Kirby D. MacLean to the grade of major has been announced. He has Dbeen relioved from assignment to the non-divisional group and attached instead. He is therefors relieved from to the 474th Engineer Train and attached to the 418th Engi- neer Battalion. Capt. Robert Coe has been_attached to the 343d Regiment of Engineers, First Lieut. Ralph J. Hinkle having moved to the 6th Corps area, he is relieved from as- signment to the 533th Engineer Train. Capt. Edward V. Clark, hav- ing moved to the Sth Corps area. is relieved from assignment to the 417th Engineer Battalion. The following changes have been ordered in the 3d Corps are: Attached changes, 79th Division— Second Lieuts. L. W. Helweg of the air service, R. C. Greet of the engi- neers, A. A. Balkirnie of the infantry; Majs. W. 8. Covell of the engineers and T. H. Stilwell of the infantry; Capt. R. W. Dale, infantry; First Licut. J. A. Calby, dental; ‘Second Lieuts. G._ B. Loughery. jr. signal corps; J. C. J. Ballagh, field artillery: Capt. F. W. Davis, infantry: Second Lieut. T. Miller, engineer; Maj. W. H. Gravell of the ‘engineer; Majs. B. R Gorgas, infantry, and P. S. Stout of the medical co 30th Division—Second Lieuts. G. J. McRee and J. L Pritchett, infantry: Capt. R. B. Davidson, judge advocate general; Second Lieut. N. B. Wolfe, infantry, federally recognized to the National Guard of Pennsylvan 99th Division—Second Lieuts. F. Bets and W. A. Price of the infantry: Second Lieut. P. B. Porter, infantry: First Lieut. R. Hughes, coast artil- lery; Second Lieut. J. A. Dressler, field artillery: Second Lieut. J. H. Amend, uartermaster corps; Second Lieut. G. Somers, infantry. ‘Non-divisional group—Maj. O. McC. Copelin, ordnance; Capt. G. W. John- son. engineers; First Lieut E. W. McComas, quartermaster corps; Maj. F. T. Norchoss, engineers; Capt. J. J. Murphy, engineers: Second Lieut. E. G. Trigg. veterinary. Assignments, 80th Division—H. W. Dutton, infantry: Second Lieut. R..T. Cox, fiéld artillery; Maj. B. B. Clark- son. infantry. Non-divisional group—First Lieut. F. M. Brown, chaplain; Second Lieuts A 'D. Swift, air service, and J. E. Crouch, engineers; Capts. J. E. See- bert, medical, and H. W. Brown, engi- neers; Second Lieut. B. J. Lynch, en- gineers; Capts. C. M. Colony and L. B. Myers, quartermaster corps: Sec- ond Lieuts. H. E. Slep, quartermaster corps, J. C. Bose and E. M. Edwards, field artilierv; Capt. J. F. Woods, uartermaster corps; Second Lieuts. R. PFister, quartermaster corps, and E. Buckley, J. K. Cheseboro and B. B. Naschke, signal corps; Second Lieuts. R. R. Blair, O. W. Brown, P. J. Corr, W. C. Griggs, P. O. Langguth, W. K. Rodgers, W. K. Royall and L. L. Wylan, all coast artiliery. 62nd Cavalry Division—8econd Lieut. R. L. Lafferty, cavalry; Seoond Lieut. F. A. Weisenberger, cavalry; Col. D. T. E. Castell, cavairy. 99th Division—Capts. J. LeR. Foster and R. S. Hensell and Wirst Lieut. E. W. Logan, all medical; Capts. S. M. Beyer, medical. and E. Z. Wain- wright, infantry; Seeond Lieuts. J. F. Whitescarver, “alr service; W. G. Hillen und J. H. Strothers, infantr: Second Ldeut. P. S. Allen, infantry; Capts. W. H. Freisell, engineers, and J. C. Wetzel, chemical warfare serv- ice; First Lisuts. R. E. Lee and K. F. Vilsack, infantry; Capts. J. H. Anderson, medical, and W. T. Howe, field artillery; First Lieut. A. N. Crouche, field artillery; Capt. R Hensell, medical; First Lieut. E. W. Logan, medical. 79th Division—Maj. V. L. Hasskarl, Nowl intantey: Capt. H P Mgargoe, oel, infantry; P gneineers; Capt. A. Nale, field arufl- ery. 80th Division changes—Capt. W. B. Preston, infantry, to 318th Regiment of infantry; Maj. B. B. Clarkson and Capt. H. 'W. Dutten, to the 317th Regiment of infantry. All are made as assignments. Special training companies may this year be formed in all the C. M. T. C. camps, according to officials of the War Department. Each year some applicants for enroliment in the citi- zens' military training camps, when physically examined at camp, are found to possess physical defects of such nature as to render the indi- vidual unsuitable for the usual train- ing course, but which are susceptible to correction or improvement by proper training and instraction. If these applicants ure rejected at camps the government suffers a monetary loss, or, if accepted and placed with the otner candidates. they must neccosarily in some respects retard the training of the group to which they are assigned. When such men are physically be- low standard because of poor devel- opment or faulty habits, they will, as a rule, be benefited by special training in a citizens military train- ing camp. and can be made into good men, and returned to their homes much betier equipped physically and mentally. In general the system of special training companies is _approved by the adjutant general. The organiza- tion of such units are C. M. T. C. campe is left. however, up to the judgment and determination of corps area commanders. Even under this autherity, however. applicants will not bs accepted with a view of assignment to special training eom- panies. and the physical standards now in force will not lw lowered in any way. Lieut. Col. J. E. Yates, office of the chicf of chaplains. and In charge of Teserve corps matters of that office. addressed the last meeting of reserve officers of the adjutant general de- partment. at the home of Maj. Over. ton Lauxford. 501 Quincy street, and told of the need of the reserve corps | and how the reservists can do mate- | rial good in time of peace. Lieat. Col, Richard J. Donnelly. a reserve | oficer of the department. spoke on | correspondence courses for the re- | serve adjutants. | Maj Fred A. Livingston. conducted the conference last week of the re- serve officers of the 320th Infantry on : combat principles and the rifle squad, | taking his reference from training | regulations 420-105. Col. Johm Scott | told of the plans for the coming mobilization in September and of the plans for the summer training of the regiment, August 1 Meade, Md. | ~—— | which will be held from to August 15, at Camp Electrical Transmission. TH world-wide renown of Niagara | Falls has lent a peculiar distin tion to the great electric plants in- stalled there, but in so far as the Niagara plants are |ones the work being done there has been surpassed in several instances, both in the distance covered and in the amount of power transmitted. Many of the greatest electric plants are among the Rocky mountains and on the Pacific coast. At Fresno, in California, a reservoir on the brow of a nearby mountain supplies the heaviest head of water used for such a purpose—1,400 feet—and the power is distributed over a distance of thirty-five miles. In some of the western installations the water, after serving its purpose in generat- ing electric power, is utilized for fr- rigating land. RETURNING BIRDS BY L. W. MAYNARD “Seeing those birds fly makes one wish for wings” says Browning, in | “Pippa Passes” and truly, in their freedom to £o and come as they please, whenever and wherever, birds move mankind to envy. When winter threatens or a change seems desira- ble they have oaly to gather the family together, attach themselves to a congenial company and be off, “wherever sunshine beckons them.” Then, with the first hint of spring something stirs within them, an urge toward the homeland and they re- trace their flight. Bird migration is one of the won- ders of the world of nature. There are many things about it that we would like to understand. Why do they {travel at night? Why do they B0 such great distances when less would apparently do as well? ‘Why do some species take a circuitous instead of a direct route? How do they time their starting so that each species has his date of arrival in the ornithologist's calendar? And, most wonderful of all, how do they kmow “the trackless way”? Happy are bird lovers who can be in the country or suburbs through the spring migration season, w! y may have the delight of v:'::'c:n'.’n'fi} old friends and of identifying stran: gers. Iiven In the city one may ses and bear much, and at night the calls of the travelers are often plainly heard. We are more likely to heay them toward morning. when they fiy low, preparing to listen to the plain tive peepings by which they keep t gether, and we trust they are “clesu. ing the sky on tireless wing.” Longfellow wrote of them: “Above, in the light Qf the starlit night wi rds assage e e © passage wing their rough the dewy atm ; And T hear the gry o PRere Of their voices high, Falling dreamily through the sky.” It is a thrilling experience to look through a telescope toward the full moon when migration is at its height. Slilhou!elled‘fornlals %t fiying birds pass almost continually before Pikesund the brilliant ow is the time to read Jol r roughs' “Spring at the Capitals Fhis charming essay is tucked away in ‘Wake, Robin,” but it is also printed as an Audubon leaflet. While the city has changed greatly since it was written and the suburbs are now pushed far out into the country, the same plants and birds are found in the same sort of places. Reading thir essay, written with youthful enthu- .siasin when the author was a govern. ‘ment clerk, takes us into the very spirit of spring, and_ we, too, may catch the inspiration of— “The great miracle which still goes on In silence round us; the perpetual work Of Thy creation, Anished, yet remewed Eorever” - i long-distance | Mistress SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL 20, 1924—PART 3. bt .. ‘Wilding By Rafael Sabatini Aathor of “Scaramouche,” “Captain Blood,” ectc. Copyright, ‘1924, by Hoeghton MiSlin Company (Continued from Yesterday’s Star.) 1t is a judgment upon you,” said he, nevertheles: “Do you exult?’ she asked indig- nantly. Noj but I cannot repraas my admi- ration for the ways of divine justice. If you are come to me for advice, I can but suggest that you should fol- 10w your brother's captors to Taunton and ‘inform the lieutemunts of how the letter came into your power." She looked at him in anger almost at what seemed a caliousuess. “Would he believe me, think you “Belike he would not” said Mr. Wilding. “You caa but try. “If 1 told them it was addressed to you,” she said, eyeing him sternly, does it not occur to you that they would send for you to question you. and that {f they did 50, as you are & gentleman you could not lie away my brother's life” “Why, yes,” said he quite calmly, “it does occur to me. But does it mot occur to you that by the time they came here they would find me gone?” He laughed at her dismay. “I thank you, madam, for this warning,” he added. “I think I'll bid them saddie for me without delay. Too long al- ready have I tarried.” “And must Richard hang?’ she asked him fiercely. Mr. Wilding produced a snuffbox of tortoise shell and gold. He opened it deliberately. “If he does, you'll mit that he will hang on the gallows that he has built himself—although intended for another. I'faith! He's not the firm booby to be caught in his own spring. There 13 in this a meas- ure of poetic justice. Poetry and jus- tice! Do you know, Ruth, they are two things 1 have ever loved™ And he took a pinch of cholos Bergamot. “Will you be serfous™ she de- manded. “Trenchard would tell you that it were to make an exception from the rule of my life,” he assured her, smil- ing. “Yet even that might 1 do at your bidding. serious matter,” she “But this is told_him angril “For Richard,” he ackmowledged, closing his snuffbox with a snap. “Tell me what would You have me o7 Since he asked her thue, she an- swered him in two words. “Save him." “At the cost of my owm meck?" quoth he. “The price i5 high"™ he reminded her. “Do you think that Richard is quite worth it?" “And are you to save yourself at the cost of his?” she counter-ques- tioned. “Are you capable of such a baseness”" He looked at her thoughtfully a moment. “You have not reflected,” said he slowly, “that in this affair is involved more than mine or Richard's life. There is a great cause weighin, in the balance against all person: considerations. 1f I accounted Rich- ard of more value to Monmouth than 1 am myseif, I should not hesitate in riding to set him free by taking his place. As it is, however, I think I am of the greatest conceivable impor- tanee to his grace, whilst if twenty Richards perished, frankly, their loss would be something of a gain, for Richard has played a traitors part |already. That is with me the first of all considerations.” “Am I of no consideration to you?" she asked him. And in an agony of terror for her brother, she now ap- proached him, and, obeying a sudden impulke, cast herself upon her kneces before him. isten!” she cried. “Not thus, said he, a frown be- tween his eyes. He took her by the elbows and gently bot very firmly broaght her (o her foet again. “1t is not fitting you should kneel save at your prayers.” She was standing now, and elbows. though their touch was 5o Ilight that she scarce felt it. To re- leass them was casy, and the next | second her hands were on his shoul- | ders, her brave eyes raised to him. “Mr, Wilding,” she implored him, | “vou'll mot let Richard be destroysd™ He looked down at her with kin- dling glance, his arma slipped round her lissom waist. “It is hard to deny you, Ruth,” said he. “Yet mot my love of my own life compels me, but my duty, my loyalty to the cause to which I am pledged. I were a traitor were 1 now to place myself L peril: She pressed against him, her face 50 close to his that her breath fanned his cheek, whither a faint color crept in quiok response. Despite herself most, instinctively, unconsciously, she gxerfed the weapons of her sex to bend him to her will. “You say you love me,” she whis- pered. “Prove it me now, and I will beiteve yor “AR' he sighed. “And believing me, what then?" He had himself grimly in hand, yet feared he should not prove strong enough to hold himself for long. “You—shall find me vour—dutitul she faltered, crimsoning. His arms tightened about her; he crushed her to him; he bent his head to hers and his lips burnt the lips she yielded to him as though they had been living fire. Anon, she was to weep in shame—in shame ‘and in astonishment—at that instant of surrender, but for the me- ment she had no thought save for her brother. Exultation filled her. She accounted that she had conquersd and she gloried in the power her beauty gave her, a power that had suf- ficed to melt to water the hard-frosen purposes of this seif-willed man. The next instant, however, she was cold again with ' dismay terror. He unclasped her arms, he drew back. shaking off the hands she had rested upon his shoulders. His white face—the flush had faded from l’!u“ucnn—cmued a thought disdain- ly. “You bargain with me.” be said. *“But I have some knowledge your ways of trading. They are over- shrewd for an honest gentleman.™ “You mean,” she gasped, her hand pressed to her heart, her face a deathly white. “you mean that you'll not save him?" “I mean,” said he, "that I will have no_further bargains with you.” There was such hard finality in his tone that she recoiled, beaten and without power to return to the as- sault. She had played and lost. She had ylelded her lips to his kisses, and—husband though he might be in name—shame was her only guerdon. One look she gave him from out of that face so white and pitifal, then with a shudder turned from him and fled his presence. He sprang after her as the door closed, then checked and stood in_thought, very grim fer ome who professed to bestow Bno se- riousness on the affairs of life. Then be retarned slowly to his writing table and rummaged there among the papers with which it was encum- bered, seeking something of which he now had need. Through the open window he heard the retreating beat of her horse’'s hoofs. He sighed and sat down. heavily, to take his long square chin in his hand and stare be- fore him at the sunlight on the lawn outside. And whilst he sat thus, Ruth made all haste back to Lupton House to tell of the failure that had attended her. There was nothing left her now but to embark upon the forlorn hope of following Richard to Tauntom, to offer her evidence of how the in- eriminating letter had some to be locked in the drawer in which the constable had discovered it. Diana met her with a face as white as her own and infinitely more startied. She had just learnt that Sir Rowland Blake had been arrested also and that he had been carried to Taunton together with Richard, and as a con- uence she Was as eager now that Ruth should repair to Albemarie as she had erstwhile been earnest in urging her to seek out Mr. Wluln;; indeed, Diana went 5o far s to offer to ac- com; y her, an offer that Ruth gladly, gratefully accepted. Within an hour Ruth and Diana- in =pite of all that poor, docile Lady Horton had said to stay them—were riding to Taunton, attended by the same groom who had so lately accom- vanied his mistress to Zoyland Chase. UHAPTER ) Thelr Own Petard. In a lofty, spacious room of the town hall at Taunton. sat Sir Edward Phelips and Col. Luttrell to dispense l\ very | | close to him. his hands still held her | and new-born ; Justice, and with them, flanked by one ©f them on either side of him, hat Christopher Monk, Duke of Albe- marle, Lord Lieutenant of Devonshire, Who had been summoned in all haste from Exeter that he might be present 2t an examination which promised to be of 30 vast importance. The three sat at a long table at the room's end, attended by two secretaries. Before them, guarded by constabls and tythingmen, weaponiess, - their bands pinloned behind them—Blake's arm was healed by now—stood » Westmacott and his friend Sir Rom: land to answer this grave sharge Richard, not knowing who might have betrayed him and to what ex- tent, was very fearful—having through his connection with the cause every reason so 10 be. Blake, on the other hand, conscious of his innocence of any plotting, was impatient of his position. and a thought contemptuous, It was he who, upon being ushered by the constable and his men into the august presence of the lord licutenant, clamored to know precisely of what he was accused that he might straightway clear himself. Albemarle reared his great massive head, mothered in a mighty black peruke, and scowled upon the: florid London beau. A black-visaged gen- tleman was Christopher Monk. His pendulous cheaks, it is true, were of a sallow pallor, but what with his biack wig, black eyebrows, dark eyes, and the blue-black tint of shaven beard on his great jaw and upper lip, he presented an appearance somberly sinister. His netherlip was thick and Yery prominent: deep creases ran from the corners of his mouth adown his heavy chin; his eyes were dull and lack-luster, with great pouches under them. Iu the main, the air of this ®on of the great parliamentarian general was stupid, dull, epos- i) pid, dull, unprep The creases of his mouth deepened &s Blake protested against what he termed this outrage that had been done him; he sneered pondernusly, thrusting further forward his heavily undershot jowl. 'We are informed, antecedents” he staggered Blake answering. “We have learned the rea- son why you left London and your creditors, and in all my life, 1 have never known a man more ready 10 turn his hand to treason than a broken gamester. Your kind turns by instinct to such work as this, as a last resource for the mending of bat- tered fortunes.” Blake crimsoned from chin to brow. “T'm forejudged, it seems,” he made answer haughtily, tossing his falr locks, his blue eyes glaring upon his judges. “May 1, at least, know the name of my accuser?” *You shall receive impartial justice at our hands,” put in Phelips, whose manner was of a dangerous mildness. “Depend on that. Not only shall you know the mame of your accuser, but you shall be confronted by him. Meanwhile, sirs'—and his glance strayed from Blake's flushed and an- &Ty countenance to Richard's pale and timid—“meanwhile, are we to under- stand that you deny the charge?" ve heard mone as yet” sai Sir Rowland, insolently. g = Albemarie turned to one of the sec- retaries. “Read them the indictment” said he. and sank back in his chair, his duli glance upon the prisoners, whilst the clerk in a droning voice read from a document which he took up. It impeached Sir Rowland Blake and Mr. Richard Westmacott of hold- ing treasonable communication with James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, and of plotting against his majesty’s life and throne and the peace of his majes- ty's realms. Blake listemed with unconcealed impatience to the farrago of legal Dhrases. and mnorted ‘contemptuously Wwhen the reading came to an end. . Albemarle looked at him darkly: ‘T do thank God,” =ald he “that through Mr. Westmaocott's folly has this hideous plot. this black and damnable treason. beem brought to lizht in time to emable us to stamp out this fire ere it is well kindled. Have vou aught to sav. sir,” il mve o Fay jthat the whola charge is a foul and unfounded lie" said Sir Rowland. bluntly. “T never plotted in my life against anything but my own prosperity. mor against any man but myselr.” sir. by your Atbemnarle smiled coldly at his col- Jeagues, then turned to Westmacott. “And vou, sirf™ he sald. “Are you as stubborn as your friend " | %1 nconttmently @emy the charge.” j said Richard, and he contrived that his voice should ring botd and reso- ute. “A charge built on air." smeered Blake. “which the first breath of troth should utterly dispel. We have heard the impeachment. Will your grace with the same comsideration permit us to see the proofs that we may lay bare their falsencss? It should not be difficalt.” “Do you sav thers is no such plot a5 is here alleged.” quoth .the duke, and smote a paper sharply. . Blake shrugged his shouiders. “How should I know™ he asked. “T say I ‘have no share in any, that I am ac- quainted with none.” “Call Mr. Trenchard.” said the duke quietly, and an msher who had stood tamely by the door at the far end of the room departed on the errand. Richard started at the mention of that name. He had a singular dread of Mr, Trenchard. Col.” Luttrell—lean and_wiry—now addressed the prisoners. Blake more particularly. “Still.” said he, “you will admit that such a plot may, in- deed, exist?” “It may, indeed, for aught T know —or care,” he added, incautionsly. Albemarle smote the table with a heavy hand. "By God!" he ecried in that deep, booming voice of his, “thera spoke a traitor! You do not care, you say. what plots may be hatched against his majesty’s life and crown! Yet you ask me to believe you a trus and loyal subject.” Blake was angered: he was at best & short-tempersd man. Deliberately he floundered further into the mire i “I have not asked your grace to be- lieve me anything.” he answered, hotly. “It is all one to me what your grace believes me. I take it I have not been fetched hither to be confronted with what your grace believes. Yon have preferred a Iving charge against me: 1 ask for proofs. not your graee's liets and opinions.” “By God, sir. you are a daring rogue!” cried Albemarle Sir Rowland’s eyes blazed. “Anon, - your grace, when. having failed of your proofs, you shall be constrained to restore me to liberty, I shall ask your grace to unsay that word.' Albemarle stared, confounded, and in that moment the door opened, and Trenchard sauntered in, cane in hand, his hat under his arm, & wicked smile on his wisened face. Leaving Blake's veiled threat unan- swered. the duke turned to the old rake. “These ragues.” said he. point-. ing to the prisoners, “demand proofs ere they will admit the truth of the impeachment.” “Those -proofs,” said Trenchard, “are already in your grace's hands.” “Aye, but they have asked to- b confronted with their accuser.” - _Trenchard bowed. “Ts it your wish, then, that I recite for on which I have based the accusation I laid before your grace?” “It you will condescend so far,” satd Alberharle. “Blister me * * *!" roared Blake, when the duke interrupted him. “By God, sir!” Ne cried. “T1i hav uo such disrespectful language hére. You'll observe the decency of speéch and _ford from profanitiés, you damned rogue, or by God! T'll commit you forthwith." “I will endeavor.” said Blake, with a sarcasm lost on Albemarle, “to follow your grace's lofty, éxampl: * “You will dd ‘well, sir,” said the duke, and was shocked that Trench- ard should laugh at such a moment “T was about to protest, sir,” said . Blake, “that it is monstrous I should . {:.mud by Mr. Trenchard. He w but the slightest acquaintance me.” ., (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.). m the counts -