Evening Star Newspaper, October 30, 1927, Page 10

10 [ (), 1927—PART 1. ARMY DISPLAYING HISTORIC REGORDS t WASHINGTON DECRIED CURSING IN ARMY | GENERAL ORDER Issued by General George Washington i New York, Sufy 1776 g \Tge Cfinéral is sorrvfto bfe intormed rhatdthe fo(_)ligsh i Mili- | and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing. a DR——" Concgrnmg .| vice heretofore little known in an /\?nervgan army.is tary Life of America Contain| growing into fashion. He hopes the officers will. by g 5 | example as well as influence, endeavor to checle it, Much Interesting Reading. | and that both they and the men will reflect. ¢ ‘at we - | can have little hope of the blessing of Heaven onour Repos wothe archives of 1he | Arms, if we insult it by our impiety and folly. Added adjutant zeneral’s office of the War | fo this, it is @ vice so mean and low. without any temp- D e "y T | tation. that every man of sense and character detests torical even eat interest in the d ery | military s of the United | and dCSDlSCS k. States existence of many of th is known to few ewed infrequently even hy custodians of them Those of the greatest historical and mental value are kept in locked mize the chances of lan: In order. however, that the gen- | — eral public mix ow s cse records. the Secretary of War recently | o9 anthorized the display of facsimiles | (rant_at ¢ i of them on the walls of the north cor- | Fist "~\' o ridor, second floor. therGtate War [EERERD AT oo s - and Navy Buildi outside of fhe \”‘m_‘”““m;’ D office of the adjutant general. bold where you are. Neither am Skl Sl e Sl willing. Hold on with a bulldos srip found impracticable to display snuch ‘:i'l':{(‘“.""“ and chop as much as po: records. the available space being | *"'® : somewhat restricted. The selection Reply to Baltimore. of records, therefore, was limited gen- | Many other communications erally to short reports or letters and |by Lincoln are exhibited, including the | 10 those signed by popular heroes, or znment of draft quotis to several | those with an age-halc the States; a telegram staying the execution of 4 man senter W be Muster Roll Exhibl veral to his military com s and one to Mrs. Lincoin at teiling her that “Tad and he visited Gen. Grant’s Army an representative of other muster hd;l XIH‘-HN;I ys.llji\ . S of the period. n July, 1864, tae citizens of Balt ‘r—fi;,',, :.”,,‘,,: of the hoard of officers |Mure were evidently feartul HH:\V:): ar that investigated the condgiet of RBene- [CILY would be atiacked, from a letier dict Arnold and labeled his actions in {dated July 10. President Lincoln sen lotters twice the size and density of [the following tel AL S0 iihomas those in the rest of the report as|SWAR and uthers Maltimore =~ — “Treason of the Blackest Dye,” has & |, ve not a single soidier but whoin is Ontlines Duniineniipiace | being disposed by the military + Recruiting instructions (n_lh? nfi'l-\h protection of all. F la p From the Boston Transeript U Pr R N HGATIS o NI ‘l', ints ‘he enemy is Il\u\ilik' to Wash Some mighty funny fo- the Continental Army are interest. | o0, “They cannot fly to either |show we saw last n 3 g X bennby of twenty Gdlians was | S o DN SR Y e | e bat the i offered and also a suit of clothes each | ¢o) " 1 hope neither Baltimore nor | awful shapes.” vear to consist of “two linnen hunting ( Walhington will be sicked.” | shirts, two pairs of hose, two pairs of | “Ryosevelt’s vath of acceptance of his | the ge by members of his comma |ing attack. to Va.. dated in hix own handwrit Gen Au William P. Callahan of D. C. fue Hospital After Manassas Acciden Special Dispateh to The St ALEXANDRIA, Va William P. Callaha 2106 Rhode Island Washington, it the Ale tained a hour this morning from his ear was | October 29 avenue northeas ndria Hos; fracture He an when he I the Catholic Chur Manassas, Vi al. it skull e A muster roll of an orgs rom ecach of the thirteen States and Vermont was sele road crossing at his car swerved and struck a hound Southern Railway frei Callahan, it Tolls ttr is said hav His damaged, against a stone or some oth object on th ound. tomohile was slightly girls TOMO Copy of general order on file in the War Deparfment shows that he leader of the Continental Army was deeply opposed fo promiscuous use of had | M: d. i AUTOIST HURT IN LEAP. in 30 years old, of is in a serious condition sus . whe! north 1in. struck his head ay lines in that were Those were the lines T referred to, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER RIS CLUB PLAYS | 70 BE PRESENTED Lol | Three Prize-Winning Worksi Will Be Given at Ward- | man Park Theater. The dramatic committee of the Arts “luir of Washington will present the short plays which won the prizes nnual Arts Club Wardman Novem " by The I'rincess of - Tuesday The plays s {Dreams” by Overcomin ' by Heide won the Drama | e prize last Spring. | This is the first time the Arts Club | Plavers will have heen seen in a pro- | duction outside of the clubhouse, | i intevest he ’ he made evenings dvisable to I plays a place large ac- | commodate all who wish to attend, it wias expliined. { Mrs. Mauae Howell Smith, cha man of the dramatic committee, an nounces that an admission fee will be | asked to cover the expense of the presentations at - Wardman Park | Tickets available at at present enough to t in t are | recent conducted by ittee on costumes and post the Bal’ Boheme, which is to at the Willard, Monday, Jan i closed Friday, The winners s for” hoth costume and poster prizes will he announced by the juds nesday night. The desizns will be view at the clubhouse a week costume selected will he worn at Bal Boheme by members of ti committee and the poster w zed in announcing the date items interest in connection the fete. contest com " n ers o be given a e | 2 floor util nd other with Althonzh it is more than five vears since ‘women of Ingland were per- | mitted to practice law, each term only two or three take up the profession. RROW! | insular BALLOU MENTIONS BEST SCHOOL WORK Superintendent Says Reor- ganization of Normal Insti- tutions Was Outstanding. standing de pment of Columbia pu sehool 3 fon of chools Frank W n the t port mads 1926 Wilson the epinie vint public Prefa this seotton of his roport with the explination that “regularly in section 3 of s annual report he suncrintmdent discusses the t which in his jud tstandin 2 ? “While difficulty eneountered in come tom dm the r 4 Miner of Dr. 1ent, expressed annual <ul development Dr. | might b vears in making nent repres nts 1 selection of the subject to he ra characterized, it is easy to m: 193 it selection for the year out auestion. the subjeet in most to public on is tHe reergan Washington - nes 1926 which mea tion in Wael tion of the hools D zation eal order taken toward uoting Ballou records the these schools in incorporati the reor present report hoard on outli om the 1t time report ind - rec January the difficult normal scho. June 28, 1 ompletion of the sirve rintends subsequer hureau’s dat o the The oldest tree in the wor lieved to live in Ceylon. ar in its twenty-second eentury LAST FREE LECTURES Whose father was a maje member of the Russian nobil seaman i stre hout 11 years fi The erew of the dest brought to the United States MORE LIBERTY SOUGHT. ! Octoher %9 (P) preferably in the Coast Guard on board the (' e fled from Navy destroyer d ng the Smyrna cared for him for 20 months and he was (Copyrizht. Paramount.) Rafacl Porto tn < of the appea hoth member CHICAGO, self vernment, le vive freedom v eonomic mary needs of to Senato Moy more tion pri are ti question 1" antingo hi esinz of that en route to Fnemi possession, Washin The, w, with Representative monstrations. Franklin Sq re - ALL DAY SUNDAY A 1522 P St. N.W. Plenty of | v COLORED BARGAIN MONEY 11 Rooms, 2 Baths SMALL CASH PAYMENT for Louis P. Shoemaker Construction Loz 1107 N. Y. 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Avenue CHARGE ACCOUNTS INVITED W AR overalls, a leathern or woollen waist- frmmmssmn as colonel, 1st United coat with sleeves, one pair of breech Volunteer Cavalry (Rough one hat or leathern cap, and two pairs | Riders) and the acceptances of com: | of shoes, amounting in the whole 1o | missions by Mile aWton and Berah. twenty-dollars more”; and also at the | ing also ar , together with | end of the war “one hundred acres of | sident Wilson | land as a further encouragement.” of the National Army The one hundred acres given to some | Root's commendations of the soldiers may be worth enousgh |of the conduct of the American sol | at the present time to finance a revo- | diers during the Boxer uprising in lution or two in some quarters of the | China. { globe., ! There are innumerable other records Several commissions and oaths In | of historical interest, but those cited Acceptance of commissions are exhib- | show the general character of the rec ited because they bear the signatures ords now on public exhibition. such histo i as Patrick —_———— <2 “STUDENT” RUM PLOT idents of Congress, ths of accey of Washington, Lafayette, De Kalb, Knox, Wayne and other Revorutionars | LAID TO MARYLANDER officers of lasting fame are shown. i Officers of 1778 Listed. S There hangs on the wall a list_of | Davis Charged With Consigning of general officers dated January 9, 1778, | TG N | ington's own handwrit: | - Liquor to Fictitious Persons | riters were unknown then : | it is difficult in these days to | in Forest Glen. | sualize the general in command of all the military forces in the field i . o laboriously penning a list of his offi-| Frank Davis, who gave his address cers. Gen. Washington had many |as Forest Glen, Md., and who is also | perplexing military problems which | aiq to have an apartment in Wash he ‘solved successfully, and yet had || s i time and inclination to do consider- | IN8ton, was held in $5000 bail by able clerical work, United States Commissioner Supplec There is an order dated July, 1776, | in Raltimore yesterday on a charge and signed hy Gen. Washington seek- | of ~conspiracy to transport liquor ing to check the practice of cursing | from Miami, Fla. Davis is said to| and swearing among the soldiers. have conspired with three men in L SERVICE from Andrew Florida transport liquor in spe | Ll Rl 5 ¥ _of War Monroe are|cially constructed trunks from Flovida | ne is dated January 13, 1815, | to Forest Glen, Md., using fictitious | S an account of the tattle of | names credited to two students af| o Orleans. The second is dated | Forest Glen Seminary as the con | January 19, 1815, and gives the move- | signees for the high-priced liquid de | iments of his troops after the battle. | liveries. At the same time (¢ b - Th~ third is dated March 16, 18 sioner Supplee issued bench w. . acknowledges receipt of the for the arrest of Arnold J. tary’s letter relative to ratification of | Eddie Edmunds and Jack Lawson | the treaty who are charged with the same con | Britain and the United State: spirac the fourth contains recommen Davis. who was arrested in Wash 4 relative to military fortifications. ington Friday, sold only high-priced | L Z In the collection are several letters | liquors, according to the prohibition | 5 pertaining to events of the Seminole | agents. The trunks in wl ;Indian War, including a description and a rouch sketch by the officer who ed and reported on the Dade mas- e in Florida. Orders and instrue- 1ed to the troops in Mexico cott-also are shown. Lee’s Letter of Resignation. liquor was shipped were p lined with cork, so that if a bottle broke in transit none of the contents could seep through to betray the shipment. At the hearing bhefore Commis sioner Supplee the Forest Glen Semi nary anl its students were given a clean bill of health. It was shown that the names of the two “students” | to whom Davis had the liquor con | 2, signments_billed are not on the rolls | 0?’ Hour’s of the seminary. Ride From | Washington. Former Home of Admiral P. M. Rixey, Physician to Roosevelt gthers nless Wheynrafithere, A7 and T e McKinley. ave the honor to tender the | | resiznation of my commission as col- | i ADIATO! onel of the Ist Regt. of Cavalry | SHIELDS AND ENCLOSURES “Very respt. your Obdt. § g g O e For every type and Tnder date of May 24, 1861, ¢ bl Wwriting from Galena, Til., advis Protects Thomas, adjutant general and decorations follows: | FLZS over 600,000 Instaliations Shields. $6.00 up: Enclosures S American Metal Products ¢ 410 Bond Blde ! t and Lee, who later became v leaders of their respective r, took opposite cutbreak of the lee's letter of resignation from the TUnited States Army is dated April 20, 1861, and is addressed and writ- in his own handwriting to the ¢ of War, Mr. Cameron. It You can trust some men to the far encs of th and can't trust others 2 _they are there, of “Having served for 15 years in the | Rezular Army, including four vears at West Point, and feeling it the duty of every one who has heen sducated | 2 at the Government expense to offer | his services for the support of that | Government, 1 have the honor, very respectfully, to tender my services ! until the close of the war, in such “Close to Downtown” capacity as may be offered.” 1 should | ®ay that in view of my present age | Why Ssnend Shours and lenzth of service, 1 feel myself ||| office when you can competent to command a regiment, if these— DE LUXE Well, Folks— The weather's been “nasty warm,” but that hasn't stopped ‘em for one second. Droves of visi- tors and buyers have made this one joyous place. Drop in for a smoke or a drink o' cider. g Thirty Dollar Fall Topcoats $1 9.75 Boxy Models—Silk Trimmed Dear "Radio“ "Nomatter how you CORCORAN COURT 23rd & D Sts. 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Your place is popular t Main 100330 for a floor plan im0 Took At the Best planned Apartments in the City” CORCORAN COURTS 23rd. & D Sts. N.W. MR. HARRY B. SHANE Representative of Eugene Dietzgen Co.. Manufacturers Drafting and Surveying Supplics OLD-TIME VALUES and I mean it. (Signed) HARRY B. SHANE. own ability . He showed compe not $35 Silk-Lined TUXEDOS 529.75 Hand Tailored—Silk Slceves Many thousands of dollars’ worth of modern farm equip- ment and implements. Sale of thiz noted estate—lock, stock cnd barrel—tc hichest bidders, under cur 18-Year-Old Guarantee of a Gen- uine Auction. cffers the public a rare roncrtunity fer attractive investmert. F. W. Bruch, Cleveland millionaire. who Eought the estate frem Admiral P..M. Rixey, srent morey withcut stint to thi~ the mest modern farm in Vir- There is no encumbrance on it. Cot i~ Imm-~dicte Tor-h With W. B. ROBARDS Reprosentative, Prince Wilkam Hote!, Manassas, Va. For Further Information LOUISVILLE eal Estate o) evelopment (o . D.C.CLARKE, PRESIDENT STARKS BLDG. ISy K A National Institution Specializing in Scientific Subdivision and Sale of Largis Farms and City Acreage. g an entire r letters sig One of these is Jefferson Davis, Presi dated April 4, 1863, rela " tive 1o the commission of John S. Mos. hy as “n f partisan rangers, C. | movements in y ’ < from Lee to Grant. and the re. | 1463 troap plies of the latter relative to the terms irrender at Appomattox, also are in the collection. There are the oaths of Gens. Sherman and Sheridun, and cluding his let- r of resignation as eapt Army, dated September 3, 18 . iz the acceptance, 3842, of conditio son,’” better Jacks=on,” upon appointment as a det at t Point, and g letter from | him to Walker during the Civil | War concerning fortifications and at- | tacks along the Shenandoah River | hly displayed deep sympathy for the . A linaliers weak and unfortunate; hut there is © 1112 Eye St N.0 Keanklin There are several telegrams and let Qne 1hat shows & desire for unrelent- Ll SUEMIL UL One of the outstanding attrac. tions of Battery Park is the fine Community Club. The building is id arranged and nicely ap- poirted, with completely equipped § | kitchen, In addition |..n..-.umm»’1 ous community events held here, = | the Club is very popular with the ||| Battery Park Hostess for Teas, | Dances, Bridge Parties, etc. Ten. §| | nis courts, a swimming pool and | playground for the children are planned. p Drive out Wisconsin Ave. to Battery Park Sunday and let our ! Mr. Crutchfield show you our of- ! | ferings. There are hoth attra tive homes and choice build sites, or Anoth to President ginia. Hundreds of $35 to $40 TWO-PANTS SUITS For Mcn and Yaung Men Hundreds of $35 Oregon City woar) O'COATS WOOL Made Where the Sheep Are Grown 1own June 18, of a 1 Genuine Auction HEDGES & | MIDDLETON, Ine. .i ters from President Lincoln. ters and telegrams from Li have heen quoted heretofore, ir $1.00 Smart Wool Hose, 69¢ — $250 African Cape Gloves.$1.95 $2 Gray Winter U'Suits; $1:19