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T Reviews of New Books A SMALL-TOWN MAN. By Mary Austin, author of “'Lost Borde ew York: Harper & Bros. is_“the small-town Man,” vhose life undes ustin_be that of your neigh- as, Indeed. it is. A , not different in his ways not at first—who comes and goes along the streets of the orjen- tal village of his birth and youth like other one of that time and pla st s a great thing rm the author to achieve—to let us see Jesus real, as boy and youth and man. “or we do not habituallysso see Him. He has become too much a part of formal religion, which is a remote thing and not an interwoven part of daily thought and life. And Jesus has aken of this general aloofness of To zet Jesus near, to make al, to let us seé that His His life, His alm, are as te and pointed today as they were when embodied in His earthly life. That is thé great point of any work on this subject. With a quite different motive George Moore did the same thing in “The Brook Kerith.” There, in addition to creating a work of high art, he re- created also the very place where Jesus lived and brought it into the present—a. vivid, beautiful and be- lievable thing. So, Mary Austin, un- der other motive, recreates and sets before us in terms of current under- standing the Man whose lifes is as potent for human behavior and out- look today as it was when He faced His disciples and taught them the ways of peace, the ways of kindness and understanding. Of a race whose dreaming was all of God, Jesus became the prophet of a God of loving kind- ness, not of a God of war. His life and ' His teachings founded a new philosophy or gave interpretation to the few humane philosophies that pre- ceded Him. These, the true founda- tions, today, of constructive and useful thinking and doing. In scholarship and keen sympathy #nd individual power of thought Mary Austin follows the life of Jesus, always under the ultimate purpose of facing His essential reality and power upon the present as the greatest hope and the fittest instrument for the present and the future of a humanity whose ultimate destiny is to be that of world builder and not that of world destroyer. The author presents, last,, the mystic role of Jesus. The mystic, knowing the oneness of God's nature, conceived as Spirit, and man the projection of that Spirit into the world of sense. This conception *has become the head of the foundation of modern science; spirit and matter, energy and form, one substance, not denied by Jew nor infidel nor any other persuasion.” The near reality of Jesus, the efficacy of His life in modern circumstance, the benefits of its acceptance in all things both spiritual and material—this pro- Jection is the triumph of Mary Aus- tin’s study as it bears upon the thoughts of.every man. just as the k itself as a whole will be a field of and research to the exceptional man and woman of intellect and feel- ing. FATHER ABRAHAM. By Irving Bacheller, author of “A Man for the Ages,” etc. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. D SSPITE the implication of its title this is not a story of Abraham Lincoln. It is the romance of a young American of pioneer backsround against whose farther and later reaches the figure of Lincoln looms in a lasting inspiration to hero and reader alike, and as point of actual contact to the hero himself. We know enough of our history— ‘we, the native-born of the United States—to be able to judge of the truth of its spirit when this is pro- Jected by some author of* romance. ‘Whether or not the spirit of the story marches with the time and events creating it—this is a matter of gen- eral competent determination among us. There can be, it seems to me, but one decision in the case of ‘“Father Abraham.” Out of the vital events of the first half of the last century Irv- ing Bacheller has created a romance that is truly historic, deeply and in- fluentially historic. He has animated this romance with the real American spirit of that period. Here is, there- fore, a tale of homely surtaces, ploneer in source and feature, since the life of the pioneer lingered in the locale of his choosing long after it had moved on in other quarters. Gradually he here projects into the uneventful life of the time and place the momen- tous question that was destined to throw the brotherhood of the States into civil war. Into this agitation the author brings the hero of this Ameri- can story. ings him also into the presence and under the inspiration of the great spirit of that perfod, the great spirit of any period. From this point the personality of Lincoln be- comes the animating force, both in the adventures of young Randall and in the general movement of the time. It is the simple, natural, unobtru- sive development of Lincoln as a potency in the world, and in the life of the individual, that sets the story itself apart from another romance on the same subject that might find the spectacle of the time so irresistible as to cause neglect of the greater thing—that of a simple man becoming ‘world-great through the force of char- acter alone and its sequence in deeds of world import. POINTS OF HONOR. By Thomas Boyd, author of ‘‘Through the ‘Wheat.” New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. O one, having read it, will forget Thomas Boyd's “Through the Wheat,” wherein battle stood em- bodied to the eye, wherein war itself was brought to judgment. In “Points of Honor” Mr. Boyd, for the sake of showing the real man that existed un- der the enforced make-believe of war- fare, draws off from the groundwork of his earlier story certain fellow sol- diers at Verdun, Soissons, Belleau Wood, St. Mihiel. Real portraits of actual men these, and heroes every one, each according to his own “point of honor.” Pathetic and poignant stories all, with here and there a glint of that which might be humor in other circumstances, under a different sort of urge. Brought together, they project the stark human in the face of ‘supreme personal hazard. And while these, as the hideousness of war by way of the individual reaction of its realities, they do more thap this, though more does not in this cénnection need to be done. Thass pictures of men in ex- tremity inake clear some of the vari- ous deep-seated impulses that come to the surface in moments of poignant pressure, and there operate, often as- tonishingly, as “points of honor.” Probably no event ever stripped the human quite so naked as did the im- mediate demands of the Great War upon the active fighters in it. Some of this nakedness comes into the gen- eral open here—and upon the whole we are amazed at the fine stuff under many guises that these stripped men reveal. Heroes all we call them, and heroes all Thomas Boyd calls them, too, as they step out here in a clear delineation. “Tales of human deeds and emotions which were acted and felt either in the heart of war or be- neath its long and lasting shadow’— vivid, impressive and tragic through- out in their essence and effect. THE TIGER OF BARAGUNGA. By J. Inman Emery. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Son&. T is & ring, a marvelously set emer- ald, this “Tiger of Baragunga,” whose disappearance from the posses- aion of its owner, a native prince of | + villainy the hand of | natters in mes as Wvid | the ringz is :i symbol of the power of a whole, emphasize! IDA GILBERT MYERS. India, accounts for a large part of the adventure and much of the actual that so greatly agitate the nd here. For, you see, the prince. It is law. The sight of it is more than the command of gen- erals in the fuce of battle. Now a scamp, this ring in hand, could stir up no end of commotion among ignor- ant natives to whom the ring is the voice of their master, the voice of God itself. There was just such a scamp. And he did do these very things with many tragic endings as his re d be- fore, at the proper height of suspend- ed anxiety, he is brought to account by the forces of righteousness that preside over romantic tales. A good story. Not all villainy. Insteal, there is. a fine friendship here that under believable vicissitudes comes out at the right place as a sound friendship is bound to do. especlally when, as here, it exists between two men. Then, again, theregjs the growth of a young man out of no-accountness into a sub- stance worth while and, from this, a natural and pleasing love story. There is good character substance here, act- ing out naturally from this source into interesting ucflon All in all, you will be entertained by “The Tiger of Baragunga.” - Here, on the. side of sheer adventure of picturesque pat: tern, and here again with real men and women sustaining a good plot out of their dbwn reactions, both combined and individual, to the circumstances making up the line of this plot. THE INDIAN CANOE. By Russell D. Smith. New York: The Century Compan: 'HE Maine woeds so deep, even yet, _as to give one the glow of the discoverer and the pipneer; an Indian guide in his canoe confidently thread- ing the intricate waterways to fishing pool and stream; food made ready over the camp fire; sleep in the open; THE PUBLIC LIBRARY Recent accessions at the Public Library and lists of recommended reading will appear in this column each Sunday. RECENT ACCESSIONS IN THE INDUSTRIAL DIVISION. Engineering. Borer, F. J. Railway Pipe Fitter's Handbook. SJWB-B64. Bowman, Isaiah. Well Drlllln‘. 1911, SLBL-B68. Cordeal, Ernest. Railroad Operation. TJ- SW-Cs1. Fulton, C. H. Heat Treating. F9 Glass, E. R., and Wicklow, N. E. eds. Stationary Engineers’ Blue Book of Facts. TCS-G468s. Graham, F. D. Audel’s Handy Book of Practical Electricity with Wir- ing Diagrams. TDZ-6GT6. Ha)x. J. W.- How to Build Up Fur- ace Efficiency. TCD-H33. Holt ‘W. 8. The Bureau of Public Roads. 1923. STA-HT4. Jackson, G. G. The Book of the Lo- comotive: SVI-J138. Miller, B. E. Painting of Railway Equipment. SVWP-Mép. Phelps, R. R. and Lake, F. \V Petro- leum Engineering. RFPE-P516p. Rohrer, J. W. Enginemen’s Locomo- tlve Mechanical Text Book. SVID- R63. Service, J. H. and Frease, G. E. A Laboratory Manual of Machine Shop Practice. _TJE-Se67 Smith, C. F. A Book of Famous Ships. SO-SM54. Standard Oil Company. Marine De- partment Regulations. SOZ-St26. U. 8. Congress House Committee on the D. C. Development of Hydro- electric Energy at Great Falls. SL859-Un32. ‘Wermuth, C. E. 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How to Make a Re- sistance Coupled Amplifier. TGC- ‘W3szhr. Automobiles. American ‘Academy_ of Political and Social Science, Phila. The Auto- mobile. SUZ-Am3. Automobile Trade Journal, Dec.,1924. SUZ-8AuS. Maulsby, R. H. The "Professional Trouble' Shooter, .SUZ-M445p. Book for Motor Starrett, L. S. co. -St27. Machinists. Automotive Elec Willoughby, G. A. tricity - Stmplified. - SUZ-W683, long davs of sheer muscle pull and short nights of complete oblivion— such are the joys that “Fhe Indian Canoe” offers to boy and man. Offers to woman, 1o, provided she be fash- foned and Incifned according to the feminine mode of the moment. At heart, this is a book for the fisherman. You are not a hunter, maybe, not a prey to the man vanity that finds its prime satisfaction in the unmanly pur- suit of other animals of lesser equip- ment and therefore of hopeless handi- D. Nevertheless, the book offers ood lore of wide varlety to one who simply loves the feel of the wild places, to one who loses himself in wonder and delight over the amazing contrivances of nature by way of which the plant and animal life of the greut forests has developed an econ- omy of astonishing technic and effect. This live record of the days of a Sum- mer vacation is held together by sim- Me incidents that give to the whole something of the lure of the story itself, though this is not the leading purpose of the account. Rather is it the simple and plain statement of actual happenings that came along in the way of the two men who, here. with an Indian guide spent a happy and healthful Summer in the stirring and invigorating atmosphere of the Maine woods. A book of clear enjoy- ment for the one who must take his out-farings second-hand, by way' of such good adventure books as this one indubitably will prove to be to you. THE EIGHT FORTY-FIVE. By Robert, M. Gay. Pictures by Wal- lis E. Howe. Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press. ExTRAcTs gathered up from the dlary of one John Skinner, com- muter, this book turns out to be. The commuter has proved to be a golden mine to humorists of that genial stripe who find laughter where, contrary- wise, the bilious and cynical writer discovers cause a plenty for only growlings and grousings and bitter in- vective. It is without doubt a sub- Ject of two sides, this commuting. A very black side and another that slints with mirth and Jjollity. This is a joyous record, the story of the young married pafr of unquenchable optimism who take to the country for the free life, while the business end of the engagement remains anchored to the city itself. You know the story—the little house nestled among greens, looking like a poem or a pic- ture or_any other delectable unreal thing. You know the ardor of secur- ing this treasure before it is snapped up by another. Then, you remember the slow waking up to ieaky roofs, to furnaces that refuse to function, to hurried breakfasts and wild rushes for the ““8:45” to town, and the slow re- turn on wretched trains packed to the platforms. And the garden-making— of course you've not forgotten that. The seeds that wouldn't sprout, the ones that grew one thing wiiile you had so hopefully planted another, and the hoeing and the weeding and the watering. As clear as vesterday, all of it. This is an ambitious two, for actually they buy a lot and build a house—ready to move in as we leave them. So, you, see, here is a com- muter who refuses to lose his nerve, one who goes on in unconquerable gallantry clear through the course of the commuter out on to the side of a matter that, all tried, proves to be a sound experience as well as a laugh- able and entertaining account of it. Many a brother of the tribe will read this ‘story as his own and in the re- miniscent laughter that more than one sad experience gains when it is well over. FACE CARDS. By Carolyn Wells, au- thor of “The Fourteenth Key," etc. WNew York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons. Y©OU wouldn't believe it could have happened in the plain and solid state of wooden nutmegs. But it did— or so the author declares. Now for Burmah, or Java, or Borneo, or an- other distant region of fabulous lore and inconceivable circumstancé, this kind of thing might-have done very well, but brought into Connecticut or even up to the St. Lawrence where the story for a moment migrates, it is quite too incongruously exotic for ready acceptance. Still, the reader of mystery tales is not’of the critical sort. Like a child he loves the story, no matter what it asks him to believe. Here is a plain man who through wide wanderings has created an absorbing passion for masks—hidous things brought from across the world where they served at solemn rites, such as human sacrifice and other gentle heathen ceremonies. Here he is in Connecticut shut in his library brood- ing over this grewsome junk while the rest of the family—young wife, | daughter, and others, have house pur» ties and other modern enjoyments. ‘Then the man is murdered—so mys- teriously that nobody has even the ghost of a notion about it.. It might have been the valet who did it, but you know it wasn't, else he would not have been the first one to come under suspfcion. Nor is it the man’s maiden sister, for she comes next. And so the story goes on in a great to-do over the Queen of Diamonds and the King of Hearts and the King of Clubs, and so on till, with kidnapping to en- gross you, and another attempted murder to keep your fright unallayed, vou finally are led right up to_the wicked person who really did it. Why doesn’t the next mystery writer put the real criminal straight out in the open to start with and then exercise his good ingenuity in covering him up, and in changing, your strong initial bent against him. That could be done—or so it looks from here. pebatenen i BOOKS RECEIVED. IT IS A STRANGE HOU Dana Burnet. Boston: Brown & Co. THE UOME-BACK. Crawford. Balch & Co. THE VIRGIN FLAME; A Novel. By Ernest Pascal, author of “The Dark. Swan.” = New York: Bren- tano’s. RED RIDING HOOD; A Novel. By Elizabeth Jordan, author, of “The Lady of Pentlands,” etc. New York: The Century Co. THE BLUE TALISMAN; A Detective Story. By Ferzus Hume, author of “The Crowned Skull,” etc. New York: Edward J. Clode, Inc. THE GHOST OF GLEN GORGE. By Grace Miller White, author of “Tess of the Storm Country.” Frontis- plece by Willlam Liepse. New York: The Macaulay Co. THE CLUTCH OF THE CORSICAN; By Little, By M. D. C. New York: Minton, - Frontispiece by Frank M. Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Press. THE BOARDER UP AT EM'S; A Story .of New England Folks. By Anice . Terhune, author of ‘“The Eyes of the Village.” Frontis- piece by E. F. Ward. , New York: The Macaulay Co. BROADCASTING; Its New Day. By Samuel L. Rothafel, director of the Captiol Theater, New York City, and Raymond Francis Yages, co- author of “The Combplete Radio Book.” New York: The Century Cu 3 HOUSE ' IN. T GOLDEN ORCHARD A New Tale of Penel- and Her Friends. By Doro- thea Castelhun, author of “Penel- ope’s - Problem,” -etc, - Illustrateg' TH] HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Tomorrow Col. Creed C. Ham- mond, who holds a commission in the Infantry Reserve and who also is & member ‘of the Oregon National Guard, Imajor general for o term of four succeeding | - |and Volunteer forces practically -ecommendation of he National P, ressed in letters Col. €. C. Hammend. 1T the gov- ernors to the War Department under the provisions of the national defense act. The appointment is considered an indorsement of the services of Col Hammond as -assistant chief of the Militia Bureau and chief of the finance division. His work in this capacity has | been so_satisfactory to the National Guard that he received enthusiastic recommendation from every section of the country. The fact that Gen. Rickards came from the East was also an important factor in the selection of Col. Hammond by the Secretary of War and his indorsement by the Na- tional Guard. There was a feeling that the West should be recognized, which was shared by_the Guard from by Millian C. McNuilty. Boston: L. . Page & Co., Inc. PORTRAI'I‘ ol" A PUBLISHER; And the First Years of the House of Appletm By Grant Overton. Published in commemora- tion of the 100th anniversary of D. Appleton & Co. New York: D. Appleton & Co. THE AXE IS LAID. By John Mack- worth. New York: 'Longmans, Green & Co. BOBBED HAIR; A Dazzling Novel. By 20 famous authors, including Frank Craven,” Carolyn Wells, Louis Bromfield, George Barr Me- Cutcheon, Wallace Irwin, Eisie Janis, Rube Goldberg, ~Sophie Kerr, etc. New York: G. P. Put- nam’s Soi ROADS OF DOUBT. By William Mac- Leod Raine. Garden City: Double- day, Page & Co. MacIVOR'S FOLLY. By Hugh Mac- Nair Kahler and Donald Grant Herring. New York: D. Appleton & Co. ANDREA THORNE. By Sylvia Chatfleld Bates, author of “The Geranium Lady,” etc. New York: Duffield & Co. the East as well as other sections of the country. Col. Hammond has ‘e military serv- ice of 32 years, 9 of which were in the Federal establishment. He served a vear and a half on the general staff, and was a member of the original committee which was _appointed in 1920 to assist the War Department in putting the armended national defense act into effect. In civil life he was a banker. Col. Hammond was born at Eugene, Oreg.. on October 9, 1874. Enlisting in Co. C of the 2d Oregon Infantry on April 8, 1892, he has served either in the National Guard or in the Regular n- tinuously since that time. He partic! pated in the. War with Spain, in the Philippine Insurrection and in the World War.” He was commissioned as second leutenant in the 4th Oregon Infantry'on March 19, 1901, and served in, the Infantry and Coast Artillery through all grades up to colonel, which he reached on September 1916. Col. Hammond was in activ service from July 25, 1917, to Aprit 19, 1919, and has been on active duty since 22, he has been on duty in the Militia Bureau. Col. Hammond's name is borne on the general staff eligible list. Seven reserve and two National Guara officers have just completed the special course of instruction for Medi- cal Reserve and National Guard offi- cers at the School of Aviation Medi- cine. The following reserve officers took the preliminary course and have been qualified to perform the physi- cal examination for flying: Majs. Wm. D. Petit, I. E. Ruhl, L. W. Fetzer, A. W. Burke, A. McCallister, V. W. Max. I and Capt. A. J. Pullen. The two National Guard medical officers who took this course, both captains, are: L. C. Pawelek, Texas National Guard, and W. F. Smith, Indiana Natlonal Guard. The following reserve medical offi- feers took the advanced course and ‘qualified as flight surgeons. They are: Lieut. Col. Serge’ Androp, Maj. H. N. ‘Anderson. Maj. Granbow Thomsen von Colditz and First Lieut. A. J. Herbolsheimer. Capt. E. E. Langley of the Washington National Guard also qualified as flight surgeon. During the week the following changes in assignments affecting re- serve officers residing in Washington, D. C., were announced at reserve head- quarters in the Graham Building. They are: Maj. Robert A. Radford, Engineer Reserve, having moved to the 9th Corps Area, is relieved from attachment to the 343d Engineers (general service), 13th Corps, for in- struction and training; Maj. Bernard L. Jarman, Medical Reserve, is as- signed to the 347th Bombardment Group headquarters, G. H. Q. Re- serves, first three fleld Armies; Capt. ugust 1, 1920. ince October | D. C, JUNE 28 1925—PART Joseph C. Sutton, Infantry Reserve, is assigned to the 521st Infantry Bat- talion, zome of the interior; Second Lieut. Harold W. Retter, Coast_ Artil- lery Reserve, is attaehed to the 3d Coast Artillery District; .Capt. C. Unthank, Cavalry Reserve, tached to the 624 Cavalry Divisisn for instruction and training; Capts. Henry O. Atwood and Richard Simmons, both Infantry Reserve officers, aro as- signed to the 428th Infantry; First Lieut. Lybrook Simmons, Infantry Re- serve, assigned to the 80th Division. The following reserve officer® of the 320th Infantry, all residing in Washington, reported to Camp Meade June 23 for a period of 15 days’ active duty. They are: Lieut. Col. Thomas Harry Shanton, First Lieut. Oscar Letterman and Second Lieuts. Alvin Thomas Basford, Gau- dioso P. Palomar, George T. Sum- merlin, jr., and Eugene Wolfe. The following reserve officers re- siding in Washington, also members of the 320th Infantry, all of whom are now at Camp Meade, are orddred to active duty for a period of 12 days, effective July 1, 1925. Due io the fact thit these officers have al- ready completed their prescribed ac- tive duty training for this fiscal vear, they are on an inactive status until July 1. They are: Col. Glepdie B. Young, 320th_Infantry, command- Lieut. Col. Willlam H. England, Majs. Otto M. Lawrence, John G McGuire, and Henry C. Turner, Capts. Michael B. Driscoll and_George L. Rooney, First Lieuts. Wallace B. Hoover, August F. Schimmack and Edward J. Euker, jr.; Second Lieuts. John R. Brosnan, Edka C. Moore, John R. Tindall, Francis E. Teeling, Stephen C. Van Fleet, Isaac M. Ca- payas, Harold O. Clayton, Frank A. Gould and John W. Wisehart. Two other second lleutenants of the 320th Infantry, who are now at Fort Eustis, Va., on an inactive status, have been ordered to active duty for a period of 12 days, effective July 1. They are Andrew -K. Foulds and Granger G. Sutton. The following officers of the 313th Field Artillery, Col. LeRoy W. lerron commanding, all residents of Wash- ington, reported to Camp 23 for a period of 15 days 3 They are: First Lient. Fdward V Helskell and Second Lients. Georgze H. Chase, 3d; Edwin F. Fogerty, James D. Power. The following, also officers of the 313th Field Artillery, residing in Washington, who are now at Camp Meade, Md., on an inactive status as above described, are ordered to active duty for a period of 12 days, ginning July 1 y lock P. Long and Fi bert Borchardt, and Virgil O. Barnard. Second _ Lieuts. Walter Mandry Willam E. Barkman, Frederick . Lee and Max A. Bradsha In addition to the above Infantry and Field Artillery reserve officers, Second Lieut. Earl A. Nash, wmilitary intelligence reserve, also of Wash- ington, has been ordered to active duty for a period of 30 days, effective July 1, 1925. Hamaker T Lieut. Col. John Scott, Infantry,| executive officer for the Organized Re- serves in Washington, announced this week the personnel composing the various boards of officers representing the different 'arms of the service, which have been appointed to meet here at the call of the presidents thereof for the purpose of conduct- ing the practical test of such reserve offiters as may be authorized to ap- pear before the board to determine their fitness for a certificate of ca pacity.. In this connection it will be noted that Capts. Elroy §. J. Irvine, | C. E., and James B. Golden, F. A. (recorder), both regular officers, are on each board. The following reserve officers are detalled as additional | members of the board for the exami nation of Washington reserve officers for promotion in the branches ghown: ‘ Adjutant general's department, Col. Hollis C. Clark, Adjutant General Re. valry, Maj. Russell P. Free- , Cavalry Reserve; chaplains, Maj. George M. Diffenderfer, Chaplains’ Re- serve; Chemical Warfare Service, Lieut. Col. Charles Coombs, Chemical ‘Warfare Reserve; Dental Corps, Maj. Arthur B. Crane, Dental Corps of Engineers, Maj. Roy Bessey, Iingineer Reserve; Field Ar- tille: Col. Leroy W. Herron, Field Artillery Reserve; Infantry, Col. Wil- liam T. Chantland, Infantry Reserve Judge Advocate General's Depart- ment, Col. Augustus B. Brindley Judge Advocate General Reserv Finance Department, Col. Edward A. Harriman, Finance Reserve; Medical Corps, Col. Edward G. Seibert, Medi- cal Reserve; Medical Administrative Corps, Capt. Joseph V. Byrne, Meal- cal Administrative Reserve; Military Intelligence Division, Lieut. Col. Jacob M. Kenyon, Military Intelli- gence Reserye: Military Police Corps, Maj. Clifton L. Grant, Military Po- lice Reserve; Quartermaster Corps, Lieut. Col. Henry B. Robinson, Quartermaster Reserve; Sanltary Corps, Maj. Edward A. Goldman, | Sanitary Reserve; Signal Corps, Col. Mervyn C. Buckey, Signal Reserve; | specialist, Lieut. Col. Edward G.| Bliss, Specialist Reserv Veterinary Corps, Maj. Jesse P. Porch, Veteri-| nary Reservi The three Washihgton reserve offi- cers who returned to their homes in the Capital this week after complet- |ing a_three-month course of instruc tion at the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kan: report that, although the subjects in- cluded In the reserve curriculum were excellent for this intensive stu those reserve afficers contemplating applying for this active duty instruc- tion next year should prepare them- selves, if possible, for the subjects which’_are taken up in the course. The officers are Majs. R. E e h Kenney, 320th Infantry Day, ; S. McMahan, Quartermaster Reserve. In the subjoined list are given the names of organization commanders of Washington reserve units who will receive the muster reports at the Auditorfum on the morning of July 4. In a few cases, due 10 the absence of the commanding officers, an officer has ; Every single pair brand-new. Of gleaming white leather; black satin or patent. The new colonials—the ne: —the new sandals. You'll fin buckle pumps them all here. Beautifully made. because they weren’t in- tended to sell for $4. . \ Dozens and dozens, in bewildering cheice. Many of them trimmed with the elaborate cut- outs now so much in vogue. Comfortable, well fitting lasts with Cuban, flat, Spanish or spike heels. Widths A to C. (Fifth Floor, The Hecht Co.) 1,500 Pairs of Pure Silk Hose §].29 Full-fashioned, medium and chiffon weig(xts with mercerized tops. Plenty of white and with them such wanted colors as nude, cinnamon, tanbark, beige, ‘ dawn, peach, atmosphere and gravel. (Fifth Floor, The Hecht Co.) Starting July 4th, Stere Will Be Closed Saturdays During July ond Awgust e Hecht F Street at 7th F. 0. EAGLES. ‘Washington Aerie held its regular meeting Monday evening. The report of the auditing committee was made J. W. Hamilton was 2ppointed chair man of the excursion committee, and G. W. Sallers chairman of auditing and entertainment committees. Ad dresses were made by Deputy G. W. P., P. J. Callan, and P. W. P., . H Davis of Ohlo. Origin of Woolsacks. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth an act-of Parliament was passed to pre vent the exportation of wool. In or der 1o keep constantly in mind thix source of the natfon’s' wealth, wool sacks were placed in the House of Lords as seats for the judges. The seat of the lord” chancelior is to this called the ‘wnn!na(‘k L Shlelds Pmtect Police. To protect police officers from bul lets fired by desperadoes, an eight foot portable steel shield has been de vised by Capt. Plummer of the Los Angeles Police Department, says the Popular Science Monthly. The shield is mounted on rollers and can be transported easily to places where bandits have taken refuge. been detailed to_act in this capac for this day. Reserve officers and one-day volunteers in reporting at the Auditorium on July 4 can enter the building at all three_ entrances—i. e.. Nineteenth street, E street or New York avenue. The muster will be taken below the main auditorium. Units will have large «igns over their respective booths so that reservists re porting their availability will have no difficulty” in locating same. The following officers are the organ- fzation comganders of the varlous Washington ‘units: Capt. H. D. Mur- 153d Machine Gun Squadron; First Lieut. Leon C. Hill, Battery C, 4624 Field Artillery: Maj. R. P. Free Squadron, 306th Cavalry . Young and Maj. Barrows, Infantry; Maj. W. W. Vaughn, 52 Infantry’ Battallon; Col. Leroy Herron and Maj. Fred A. (,ar\er 313th Field Artillery: Maj. Percy B. McCoy, 305th Ammunition Traln: Col. E. Francis Riggs, 496th Artillery; Lieut. Col. H. Brand, jr., 3434 Engi- neers; Col. ¢. A. McKenney, Head quarters, 13th Corps; Maj. E. J. Brady. Headquarters and Detach ment, 109th Quartermaster Battalion, and 630th Bakery Company; Capt. W F. Mahoney. 822d Ordnance Company; Maj. Richard Wilmer, Batterfes F and Artillery . Edward acuation Hospitals Nos 30 and 31 ‘and Genegal Hospitals Nos. and 36; Capt. G. W. Church, 624 Lansford, L J0M. Has . 17th Service Company; Maj. . Walker, 409th Attack Squadron. Maj. West A. Hamilton will direct the muster of the following colored units: Headquarters, 440th Engineer Battalion: Motor Transport Com- panies; 2d Battalion, 375th Engineers, and the 42sth Infant