Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 15, 1903, Page 21

] SIS ) EDITORIAL SHEET. ‘THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE. JOWA IN THE RECULAR ARMY Record of Hawkeyes Who Are Serving Their | Country st Home and Abroad MADE THE ARTS OF WAR THEIR PRIDE Commisstons They Hold tn the Regw- lar Establishment. Length of WASHINGTON, March 5 —Special y—Jows « slways held & promivent place 1t matters ot whether soctal, business or m life, Jown's soms have alwars beem & fromt During the eivil war it supplied its full In the Spanish-American war Jows me forward with its aliotmen So it m the There are 6 be found men who have military matters » stody. There are men who have made the arts of war their pride and with profit 1h the country. Away from Dome most of the time, the man who de votes s Nte 1o obtaining and developing & military education is emitled to the thanke of his fellow citizens In the briefest e consistent with fair Acaling we present herewith a short skeich regular army de promptlr of the soms of Jowa who are and have re cenmtly been serving the United States in the regular army The list opens with Oolonel Henry C Dunwooldy of the signal corps. He entere West Point a8 a cadet, September 1. 186 Received his first commission &s SecOD: lieutenant 1n the Pourth artillery, June 1866, He was promoted to Vevtennnt, ary 5, 166 oaptain 17, 1688 He was made major in the signal corps, December 18 1850 Promoted to be & leutensnt colonel March 15, 1867 When ihe Spanish-American war broke out he entered the volunteer service. and was commissioned as colonel and chief sig- nal officer therein, May 20. 188 He was then promoted 1o be colonel in the regular army, July & 1898 sn@ he still bolds that position in the signal corps. A Civil War Veteram. Colonel David J. Cragie of the Eleventh infantry entered the service during the civil war” He was first Neutepant in the Eighth lowa infantry from September 12 1961, to July 12, 3864 e was promoted to the rank of captain and made an assistant w@jutant geperal, serving as such until Sep- tember 10, 1865 He was sppeinted second leutemant in the regulars May 11, 1866, and sssigned to the Twelfth infantry. Was promoted to be first lieutenant October 17. 1867, and to the ! rank of captain December 16, 1880. He be- came major in the Twenty-ffth infantry April 26, 1898, His service during the late | war was confined to his reguler position. | After the war he was again promoted to the rank of Leutenan: colovel and assigned to the Bighth infantry. April 14, 1902, he was made colonel of the Eleventh infantry and commands that regiment still. Colonel Charles E. Comptom, retired, late of the Fourth cavalry, ebtered the wervice during the civil war, as finst ser- geant of Company A, und sergeant major of the First Jowa infuntry. October 18 1861, he was commissioned captain in the Eleventh Jowa infantry. May § 1862 be was commissioned major in the Forty- seventh United States Colored infantry. Docember 5, 1864, be was the lieutenant colonel of the Fifty-third United State: colored troope, infantry. He was mustered out of the service March 6, 1866. He was made & major in the regular es- tablishment July 26 1866, and assigned to | the Portieth infantry. He was assigned to the Sixth cavalry. April 26, 1675, be be- came Beutiusnt colonel of the Fifth cav- alry, and then colopel of the Fourth cav- siry, Ogtober 15, 1867. After serving through the Spanish-American war, and having sttained the Fipe age of €2, he was, on the Wb of June, 1898, placed on the Tetired list by order of the president | Lieutenast Colepel William L. Alexander of the Submistence department entered the army as first Neutensut in the Thirtieth | Jows infantry September 25, 1862 He was | promoted to be its captain October 1, iS62, | and served untll July 27, 1865 i He was commissioned as captain in the | commissary of subsistence department Oc- tober 4, 1888 He became major in that servive Juse 30, 186 When the country Deeded volumteers for the Spanish-Amerd- cau war be entered that service, end was commissioned leutenant colonel and colopel. respectively, in 1888 | After thet war be was promoted in the | regulur service to the rank be new holds, | December 13, 1500 Lieutenant Colonel Philip commissioned as first leuiensnt and as- sistant surgeon, from civil Mfe. November 16, 1868 Promoted to captain in the medi- cal branch November 36, 1671 and to be o surgeon, with the rank of major, Febru- ary %, 1880 During the late war he ranked as lieu- | tenant oulonel and chief surgeon in the | volunieer service in 188 After that he was made lieutemant oolonel and deputy surgeon general in the regulsr establish- ment Pebruery 2, 1901 | Lievienant Cglonel Jobn A Baldwin '&‘ appointed to the Tank of second Neutenant from civil lfe, July 1672, snd wes as- | ¥ Harvey was | signed to the Nipth infantry. Was pro- moted to be first Neotenant May 19, 1881, | and capaic November 4, 1860 In June 1898, be was transferred and made major of the Twenty-second infantry. and again transferred on June § I1M2 and commis. sioned lieutenunt colonel of the Sixteenth tufantry. Lieutepapt Colonel Willlam B. Wheeler was & cadet from Jows in 1867. His Sret commission was tha! of second lieutemant i the Eighteesth infantry June 12, 18T Was promoted to be first Nevtenant Feb- ruary 6 1862 captain PFebruary 20, 1881 to be major September §, 1888, and to b rask of Meutesant colovel of bis original | Eigbteenth regimeng Fetrusry 4 1968 { Tp trom the Ramke | Major Williem B Birkhimer was & pri- | vate in Compazy M in the Fourth lows cavalry in the civil war, enlisting March 21, 1864 He served untll August & 186 | He then entered West Point as & cafet from lows September 1, 1866 He re ceived his frwt commission in the regulsr service Juse 15, 1670, as second lieutensn: tn the Thind artllery. Was promoted to| £rst Neutesant April 10, 1670 and to the rank of capiain Februsry 10, 169 During the late war, having had exper! ence 18 the civil war, he was selecied 1o be tbe colonel of the Twenty-eighih United States volunteers, July i, 1895, and served as such until May 1. 1901 August 1 1% be was promoted in the regulsr srmy to | bis presest position of majer is the aruil- ! lery corps. ' Major Richard L. Hoxie was bugler, pri- vate and gorporal in the ¥ compeny of the First Jows cavalry during the civil war, entering the same Juse 3, 161 and re- malniag until Juse §, 1864 | July L 1864, e soughi sppoistment & | | | 1 | | tain served as major and surgeon oadet from Jowa 1o West Point and was oras His Amission in the regu e TRy Wes 1865, when he was made secon nt i the Engineer . cutena September - 188 major March 1, T8N The following were so) ments during the vil war officers in the regular army & sev TR retired hefore the Thomas G Troxel w rgeant in the Twen subseque nfaniry, after hie regular the foot of the ladder in He was retired June b moer was & private in Comp econd 1 ntantry, in He was subsegquen ny B, § 186 firet leutenan Thirty-8fth Jowa in same war. He became captain in the regulars and retired February 20, 1861, for dis- rst lieutenant Benjamin D. Boswell wes & soldler in the volunteers in the civil war, became & # enan the regu- lar army and was retire 2% C n Andrew Geddes was & private in Company K. First lowa infantry, in the eivil war, enlisting Mar 14, 18 He was cap and lieutenant colonel in the Eighth 1865, After N Towa infa out he and was promoted to and retired January forty years' serv The ollowing regular army during subsequently officers n muster- the regular army rank of captain after about in the 2% were soldiers in the the civil war and were Msjor Frank Taylor of the Fifteenth intantry Oaptain William Black of the Twenty- fourth infantry, Company K. The Tollowing two officers were commis- sioned officers in volu ers during the civil war and were appointed and retired from office in the regular army before the Iate war Major Framk Bridgeman master's depariment, retired Chapiain Brant C. Hammond, Iste of the Fith retired Captain Jonathan N. Patton was aa ficer in the volunteers in the eivil the ar subsequently served in the quartermaster's department in the Spanish-American war and became captaln in the regular army apd was retired February 13, 1902, after Dearly forty-one years of service. Captain William R. Graham of the pay- | master's department was a soldier in the civil war, in the volunteer service, was battalion and regimental sergeant major in the same. He then entered the service in the late war and was appointed captain in the regulsr army, February §, 1801 West Polnters. The following officers were West POIBt!yorys ago last Thurséay. They received their commissions | cadets. in the regular army before the late war but, being desirous for a record, entered the volumteer service during that period at ranks above those held by them in the regular establishment, as follows Major Alfred C. Sharpe of the adjutant general's office, while a captain in the Twenty-second infantry, served as major and assistant adjutant gemersl and inspec- tor general in 1896-8. Captatn Clarence P. Townsley of the quar- termaster's department, while frst lieu- tensnt in the ourth artillery, serwed as major and chiet ordnance officer in 1895-S. Captain Hugh J. Gallagher of the sub- sistence department, while first lleutenant in the Sixth cavalry, served as major and lieutenant colomel in the subsistence de- partment in 1898 Captain Harry E. Wilkins of the subsist- ‘Woes of Exchange Editor | aln in | pay- | OMAHA, SUNDAY MOR?™ + MARCH 15, 1903 Telis About Them | The nge od s & lttle bald- beaded man, who is armed with a pair scissors, & pot te and an angel position, tee the Chicago Tri on & revolving chair entirelr surrounded by ate He a little room s hich and dafly newspapers. weekly journale and thly magasines from all parts of th Judge from their ed world every dar are heaped up be a0 t 9 ing and crowds his way e is shut in inside & serried of printed sheets which be i rely demolish within the boure. If 320 separate papers which is inside the average—be is ispose of an average of one and a half during his work er to get through To dispose of a under the rules of ot the exchange editors' union, it je mnot enough to glance at the first page and tos: carelessly off in he e paper basket. He is obliged 1o down each column of each page and to catch at & gla ing which is or may be of intere i s picture ie printed of the Hon. Jabes Jones, the prohibition candidate for ¥ treas- of Dulap puth Dakota, he do we for who knowe the Hon future embezzle or be d governor. O some obscure jour- rints & bit of useless information to the effect that the 1 number of dog licenses issued Cob. N, T, if laid end to end, would reach from San F.un- isco to Dodge City, Kan., 1t is necessary Bat out to give & possible sugges- the Sunday editor of his own sheet On Mondar morning, when most of the unday papers get in, the bollow square out of which the exchange editor must | fight his way is multiplied by 100. In- | siesd of twelve, or ence department, while first Neutemant in | the Second infantry, served as major and chief of commissary in 1896 Captain Clement A. F. Flagler of the Engineer corps, while first lieutenant in that corps, served as major of same in 1898 Captain James K. Thompson of Company L. Fifteenth infantry, while first lieuten- ant in the Twenty-third infantry, served as captain and assistant adjutant general in 1898 Captain Charles T. Boyd of the Fourth cavalry, while second lNeutemant in the Fourth cavalry® served as major in the moet sixteen pages, his “exchanges” count up from thirty-twe to sixty pages each and his labors are multiplied socordingly. But all this represents the least of his woes. Regulary at 9:15, Just as be has got to work, a tall man, with a full beard and a long overcost, pushes his way into the room. “Is this the exchange editor? asks the stranger. “Yes, sir,” says the bald-headed little man, putting aside his shears and assum- ing his angelic disposition, “what can I o for you?" “Give me the Stillwater Herald of three says the caller. “T'm afraid I can't,” saye the exchange editor, suppressing a desire to have a fit “We don't—" “Don’t you stranger. get 1t™ imterrupted the “Yea" says the exehan don't keep them three weeks. 1 n, “but we we did this seventeen-story bullding would have noth- ng but Stillwater Heralds in it 1 pever thought of that,” says the vis tor. “1 wish you'd keep the copy of March 13 for me, please “rm to remember it sare the little man as he cuts a gash in a bundle of wis- dom from Marviand When all beard dacks gracen out o he usually into & woman in black who is ac- ed by three small children do you do, madam,” says the ex as he lays down his corncod is coat and offers her and he children all the chairs he can get hold of. She sits down. “Is there anything 1 can do for you® Why, you know I've taken for the last eight months Yee." he says, with polite surprise You know, before I was married 1 lived at Skaneateles. Well, father was a subd scriber to the Troy Times for twenty years Almost the first thing 1 can remember is our pantry shelves covered with TI've never found any paper out west half so good for covering paniry shelves. “Would you like to look at the Troy Times, madam®" says the exchange editor, sharpening his shears on his shoe and tak- ing & causual glance at the te on the eubject of manslaughter. T'd like to get all the Troy, Rochester and Auburn papers says the ecaller ara, let the man's papers slene Clara has, by this time, tipped eighty-six valued contemporaries off floor. The exchange editor dives into the wa paper basket and comes up covered with fok and scraps Here i last Satarday's Troy Times,” he says. “The other papers you wanted have already gone downstairs ™ “Well,” savs the caller, “the children and I are in no particular hurry. We ean wait untll you come back from dowm- stairs.” comp How change your paper about on the In order to avoid a threatening stroke of apoplexy the exchange editor gets up and Starts to go downstairs on what he is aware S a perfectly hopless errand A man comes into the room just as he starts to leave it “The exchange editor?™ stranger. The exchange editor confesses his mis- erable identity. “1 want yesterday's New York Post,” declares the man. Just outside the door & boy from the postofice s unloading three mail sacks full of exchanges. “You'll bave to wait,” says the editor, “until this young man gets it open.” Then bhe rushes downstairs to avoid queries the | anything worse. When he comes hack he | meets the man who wanted the Post in the Ballway. The man has on an overcoat and his pockets are bulging with papers “DId you find the Post™ asks the ex change editor, with a homicidal glance at | e bulging pockets | Yee” sars the stranger, “and while 1 was at it 1 thought I'd just take a copr | ©f each of the other New York and Phil- | adelphia papers with me.” *0." says the exchange editor, f n a faint as the stranger hurried to the ele vator. Bul he was saved at least ope enc The woman and her children who had been waiting for copies of most of the printed in the state of New k had grown tired of the delay and had g away in disgust. The exchange editor went | into his small room and heaved a sigh | of relief as he saw (hat they were among the missing e | e | papers But his respite was short A young per son in a nearseal coat walked in and blushed as the exchange editor looked up. | “Say," she said, “I want the Peru paper | that bad the item in about Miss Sharp get- ting married.” “Indiana ™ asked the who has a woft heart ress “Per name is Louise,” woman. “1 used to go her. Peru (Ind.) paper came in this morn ing," sald the exchange editor. “Is that | the one you want® No, Ilinois,” said the girl. “Ellen Becker told me she saw it. Ellen is a stenographer over in the New York Life | bullding, you know." | “When did it bappen?’ asked the ex- change editor. “Some time last week, I suppose” said | the girl. “Ellen told me about it day be- | fore yesterday."” | “We only keep the papers that come in bere long emough to look at them,” said the exchange editor. “Then you haven't got last Tuesday's and Wednesday's papers? said the girl “I'm afraid pot,” said the exchange ed- 1tor. "m sorry to bother you,” said the girl ‘m afrald I've made a great nuisance of myself. I thought this was the place where they kept them. I hope you'll ex- cuse me for coming up.” The exchange editor gasped for breath as she went out. “She apologized for taking up my time," be said. “She actuallr begged my pardon for something. She didn't get angry with me. It never happened before. 1 don't know what to make of it.” And the exchange editor did not get back to his normal condition until a couple of dzys later. exchange editor, for a fair lady ia| said the voung| to school with | Csptain Danjel L. Howéll of Company L Seventh infantry. Captain Charles H. Barth of the Twelfth infantry. Captain Palmer E. Pierce of Company H, Thirteenth infantry. Captain Elmer W. Clark of Company A, Eighteenth tnfantry. Captain Charles £ Lincoln of the Sec- ond infantry. Captain Louis B. Lawton of Company I Twenty-sixth infantry. First Lieutenant Frederick T. Arnold of the Fourth cavalry. Captain and Assistant Surgeon George A. Skinner was commissioned from civil life | October 26, 1896. Retired Cadets. First Lieutensnt James E. Muncle was & cadet before the late war; had been com- missioned and retired before that period, but, mot comtent to remain in retirement, be served as major of volunteers in 1848 Major Washington Matthews was an lowa cedet in 1868 He had been commissioned | and retired before the late war. Thirty-seventh United States volunteers in | 1898, The following were soldiers in the regu- lar army before the Spanish-American war. | They Teceived their commissions in the army, and when the late war broke out entered sbove their regular: Pirst Lieutenant Edgar H. Yule was corporal in Company F, Forty-ninth infan- try in 188 and was thereafter appointed in the regular army during the Spanish-Amer- jcan war. He is now in the Artillery corps. Captain Bdward Kimmel was a soldier in | the late war and was commissioned during the volunteer service st rasks | that period in the regular army. He is| now i» command of Company 39, of the Captain Frask H. Lawton of the sub- | Coast artillery. sistence department, who while Srst leu- sary department in 1900 Captain James M. Arrasmith of Company E. Eighteenth infantry. who while captain ir the Thirteenth infantry served as major and chief commissary of bsistence in 1898 Captain and Assistant Surgeon Paul ¥ Straud was appolnted from civil life as as- First Lieutenant Arthur W. Brown was & | tenant tn the Twenty-ninth infantry served | priate soldier and was made second lien- {as captain and assistant in the commis- | temant during the lste war. He is now in Company F. Twenty-seventh infantry. First Lieutenast Charles W. Wickes was also a private soldier in the Spanieh-Amer- ican war snd was during thst period made a second Neutemant. He is Dow with the | Thirtieth infamtry sistat surgeon and while ranking as cap- | n volupteers the Thirty-sixth United States in 1889 The following class were cedets before the late war. Received their commissions before and whatever of service they had in that war was with their regular com- mands Major Walter L. Fisk of the Engineer | corps. Major Charles M. O'Coznor of the Four- | teenth cavalry Major Bédgar W. Howe of the Twenty- second infentry. Capiaiz George P. White of the guarter- Captain Lansing H. Beach of the Engineer corpe Captain Tracey C. Dickson of the ord- nance department Bigual corps. Captain Daniel B. Third cavalry Captais Lewis M. Koebler of Troop G Fourte caval Captain George W. Read of Ninth cavalry Captain Henry B. Dizon of Troop L. Nisth cavalry Captain Eéwin M. Suplee of Troop Fourteenth cavalry Captain Herbert A. White Eleventt cavairy Captain Alonso Gray of Troop D, Thir- teenth cavalry Captain George ¥. Barney of H. Broughton of Troop Trecp B, of Troop E. the Artillery First Lieutemsnt Albert A. King was a soldier in the regular army during the late war and was commissioned during that period. He is now with Troop F, Eighth cavalry The follewing were cadets before the late war and were commissioned during that period First Lieutenant William D. Comsor of the Engineer corps. First Lieutenant Herton W. Stickle of the Engineer corps. First Lieutensnt Albert B Waldron of the Engineer corps. First Lieutenznt James C. Rbea of the | Beventh cavalry First Licutensnt Fred H. Gallup of the Artillery corpe First Lieutenant George W. Stewart of Company K. Seventh infantry First Lieutensnt George E. Simonds of taln Charles McK. Salizman of the the Twenty-second infantry The following were sppointed from civil Mfe during the Spanish-American war First Lieutemast and Assistant Surgeon Bédwia P. Wolfe. 4 First Lieutenant Leslie A 1. Chapman of Troep H. First cavalry Pirst Lieutepant George Troop L. Eighth cavalry First Lieutenant James F. Howell of the Artillery corpe Williams of Pirst Lieutenant chie J. Harris of Company 1. Second infantry First Lieutenant Pearl M. Shaffer Company E: Thirteenth infastry These were cadets before the late war served as officers in lowa regiments during thet war and have bees appointed in the | regular army winee First Lieutenast Frask 5. Long was cap- in in the Sixth lows battery in 158%. also | captain iz the Thirty-minth United States volunteers. He & Dow in the Artillery | corzs. corne | Captain John D. Barrette of the Artillery corps Ceptain Fresk E Harris of the Artillery corpe : Captain Artbur W. Chase of the Artillery corpa Capiale Louls B Bungess of the Artillery corps Captaiz George H. McManus of the Ar-| tillery corpe. Captain Prederick E Johuson of ihe Ar tillery vorps. Ceplain Abrabam P. BufSugion of the First infantry Captaio Williem K Joses of Company L L Pirst Lieutensnt William R Gibson was captais in the Pifty-frst lows infastry in 1898 He is now with Compsny K. Third intantry ¥ The following were officers in ments bave been appointed in the regulars sisce Captais Joseph T. Davideon was firet lieu- tenant = Volunteers to Regulars. wa regi- atjutant and capiain in the Fifiy- | Srel lows infaniry and cAplals is the Elev- | These were scldiers 18 the velusteer lmpels we 16 admit that sbe bas & bump” enth United States cavalry volunteers in 1898-9. He is now im the quartermaster's | department. First Lieutenant George S. Gibbs was second and first Hewtesfint in the Fifty- | first Towa infantry in 1685-8. He is mow | with the Signal corps. First Lieutenant Wilson G. Heaton was captain in the Fiftieth lowa infantry in 1868, He is now with Troop H, Thirteenth cavalry. B First Lieutenant James O. Ross was sec- ond and first lieutenant in-the Fifty-first lowa infantry in 189. He is now with Troop D, Fifteenth cavalry. First Lieutenant Frederick Goedecke was captain and adjutant in the Fiftieth lowa infantry in 1898, captain in the Thirty- fourth United States volunteers in 1895, He is now in Company K, Fifteenth infan- {try. | Pirst Lieutemant Edward A. Kreger was | captain in the Fifty-second lowa infanmtry {in 1898 He is now in the Twenty-elghth | intantry. The following were soldiers in lowa regi- | ments during the Spanish-American war {and have been appointed officers 1o the | regular service since that time: | Second Lieutenant Eugene J. Ely of the | Pifteentt cavalry. He was private and | corporal in Compasy L, Fifty-second lowa infantry, 1898 o | Second Lieutenant Joseph Matson of the Artillery corps was sergeant in Company M, | Fiftiets lows infantry, in 1858, and first | Beutenant in the Thirty-fourth United | States volunteers in 1899. | Second Liewtensnt Francis H. Lincoln of |the Artillery corps. He was sergeant in | Company A. Fifty-first lowa infantry, in {1896, and first Meutemant in the Bleventh United States cavalry volunteers in 1899 Second Lieutenant Carl C. Jones of Com- pasy 1. Third infantry, was sergeant in Company D, Fifty-first lowa infeatry, in 1896 Second Licutenant Frank C. Burmett of Company L, Testh infantry, was private in | Company D, Pifty-first lowa infantry, in | 189, and second lieutenant in the Thirty- | ninth United States volunteers in 1895 Second Lieutepant Gilbert A. McElroy of Company F, Thirteenth infantry, was a | private tn Company 1, Fiftieth lowa fn- fantry, in 1696 First Lieutesant Will H. Point was a soldfer in the regular army before the late | war, was first lleutenant in the Fifty-first |Jowa infantry in 1898 and first leutemant | in the Thirty-sixth United States volun- | rushed in, and at the same instant flakes teers in 3 He is pow in Company E, Twenty-ninth infantry. Recent Comminsions. The following were cade war and have been commissioned since First Lieutenant Frascis A. Pope of the | engineer corps. H First Lieutenant Prank O. Whitlock of Troop 1, Fourteenth eavalry Second Lieutenant Willlam L. Guthrie of | the engineer corps. | Second Lieutenant Emory J. Pike of the Becond cavalry | Secomd Lieutemant of the artillery corps Second Lieutenant the artillery corps The following were officers in volunteer during the late | William F. Morrison | Neb B. Bebkopt of | | regiments during the late war and have | been commissioned in the regular srmy | since Major Jobn A Hull of the judge advo- | cate’s department Grove of the sub- | Captain Willlam R sistence department Captain Charles R. Hepburs of the signal corps Pirst Lieutenant Prask E. Lyman of the signal corps Pirst Licutenant George P. Yuner of the Becond cavalry Pirst Licstesant George | Troep D, Thirteenth eavairy First Lieutenant Ciyde B. Parker of the Second eavalry Steunenber of o the Spanish-Americas war and | Second Lieutemant Dauiel F. Craig of the | described the young woman's good quali- | artiliery corps. Second Licutenant ¥Fred L. Perry of the artillery corps. { | 80 warm as to be insufferatle. service during the Spanish-American war and they bave been commissioned as offi- cers in the regular army sinoce that event: First Lieutenant Kenneth C. Masteller of the Artillery corps. Second Lieutensnt Emory S. West of the Sixth cavalry. Second Lieutemant Oriando G. Palmer of Troop B, Seventh cavalry. Second Lieutenant Lewis §. Ryan of the Artillery corps. Secand Lieutenamt Arthur L. Fuller of the Artillery corps. Second Lieutenast Guy B. G. Hamna of the Artillery corps. Second Lieutenant John M. Craig of Com- pany I, Twelfth infantry. Second Lieutemant John F. McCarthy of Company C, Nineteenth infantry, Second Lieutenant B. McConnell of Com- | pany H, Twenty-fourth infantry. Second Lieutenant David A. Hemkes of Company D, Twenty-eighth infantry. The following were soldiers in the regu- lar army before the late war, were officers in the volunteer service in the war and bave been commissioned in the regular army since: First Lieutenant Charles the Artillery corps. Pirst Lieutenant George A. Densmore of Company K, Tenth infantry. Second Lieutepant Charles S. Frank of Company C, Twenty-first infantry. | The following were soldlers in the regu- lar army during the late war and bave been appointed officers therein since: First Lieutenant Frank B. Edwards ef the Artillery corps. Second Lieutenant Joseph A. Marmon of the Fourth Infantry. Second Lieutenant Jobn J. Mudgett of | Company E, Fifth infantry. Second Lieutemant Jacob Schick of the Fourteenth infantry The following have been appointed from civil life since the Spanish-American war, with no records therein First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon Harry L. Gilchrist. First Lieutenant apd Assistant Surgeon Lioyd Le R. Krebs O. Zellers of J. W. KINSLEY. QUAINT FEATURES OF LIFE. Nature tells of an indoor smowstorm on @ very clear, cold evening at a party given in Stockholm, Sweden. Manmy people were gathered in a single room, which became The window seshes were found frozen and a pane of lass was smashed out. A coid air current of snow were seen to fall to the floor in all parts of the room. The atmesphere was so saturated with moisture that the sudden fail in tempersture produced a spowfall in- doors. In the school districts adjacent to Miller, . D., there is almost a panic because f the arge number of schoolma’ams who are get- ting married. The great influx of pew set- lers recently is responsible for the manmy weddings. In ane district there have been three teachers in as mapy months. The foilowing card was secn by a borse buyer tacked 10 a schoolbouse door in an isolated Hyde county district where it had been im- possibic 10 get & teacher: “Teacher wanted -1f single, must be old and umattractive, &5 two wealthy bachelors threaten to warry he pext teacher of this school.” To avold a clash on account of the notice a com- promise was agreed to so that two very determined old maids now teach the schoo! week about i There is an amusing story in the Jewish World of London about the Shadchan, or Jewish marriage broker, who recently waited op & youtig man to urge the attrac- 2 tions of certaln young woman The shadehan sccompanied by a stellice. whose Lusine: it was o re-echo his eulo- gies. The changes were rung oo ber beauty family and wealth. “Well, 30 far you have ties,” observed the prospective bridegroom “oow let me hear if she bas any defect.’ “Well,” amswered the shadchan, “candor He Has a Few and | SINGLE dance. The man's right arm is around the | irl's waist, while his left hand holds her right. Her left band i placed upon hi shoulder, while her head rests lovingly on | his manly ‘buzzum,’ and all they have to d5 1s 1o sit and listen to the music. Now | that is something like it. We bave al- | ways regarded It a nuisance to have to | gallop a mile or two in order to get a| good hug. A room full of people, sitting | around on sofas, hugging to music, is more | gratifying. This will give the old rNeu- matic brethren another chance to waltz Meost men waltz, not for the dance, but for the position, and while a man may lose | his appetite for dancing, he has got to ge mighty old before he loses his appetit for hugging a pretty girl. Beltefourche 1 always up to date and this new dance is tound to be popular here, for we have not | found & mau who i not willing to blow in a dollar on the deal. Yet many people | wonder why we don't waltz.” —_— | i ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE. { | Mayor Des Planches, Italian ambassador to this couniry, wa preparing a response to a toast, using the English language when he stuck fast for lack of a pat | phrase. He consulted nearly everyome in the legation, but could get no help. As a | last resource his secretary called up the | State department by telephone and got As- sistant Secretary Plerce on the wire “What his excellency wishes to say,” said | the soft-epoken Italian, “is embodied in your phrase running to this effect: ‘You must not look at the teeth of the horse that gives” Will you please help him?" Mr. Plerce smiled broadly as he replied: ““What you mean to say is that one should Dot look & gift horse in the mouth.” Senator Tillman of South Carolina was recen! along through a driving rainstorfa without an umbrella or any other protection from the wet. When he had al- most reached his home a megro coachman, muffied up in a rubber coat and a rubber robe, shouted to him from his seat on a carriage: “Say, boss, will you ring the bell of that house. I don't want to get down because I'll get all wet?™ With the water running in a small rivulet off his hat Senator Tillman said a few things. He did ot ring the bell. To mark the resting place of the late Bret Harte, in Frimley churchyard, Surrey, there bas just been erected a massive and costly monument, says the London Chronicle. The | author of the “Heathen Chinee” and “Luck | of Roaring Camp” had resided at Frimley for some time prior to his death, which | took place carly in May of last year. His grave is in the portheastern part of the little churchyard, and round it have been planted a pumber of young fir trees. The monument consists of a massive slab of | white granite, weighing two and & balt tons, on which is placed a block of Aber- deen grasite, sloping upward into the form of a cross. Stmplicity itself is the inscrip- tion: “Bret Harte, August 25, 1837—May 5, 1902. ‘Death shall reap the braver bar- vest.'” At the Lead of the monument are the words: “In faithful remembrance. M. | . Van de Veld."” Several beautiful wreaths were placed on the tomb at Christmas, to- gether with a small branch of laurel, to' which was attached a card bearing the | words: “For the glory born of goodnes: | never dies. Bret Harte.” H | | ATTLE OF THE YOUNGSTER! Sunday school teacher—Well, who was | sorry at the return of the prodigal son? Little girl—The fatted calf. | *“What supports the sun in the heavens asked the country school teacher. “Why, its beams, of course,” replied a precocious youngster. | “Mamma,” queried small Edith, who was looking at the picture of an angel, “how do | the angels get their gowns on over their wings ™ Edgar, aged 6, was recently sent to school for the first time, and upen his return b be asked: “Papa, who tavght Adam the al- phabet 7 | Little Fred, after attempting to make s pleture of & horse on his slate, said:| “Mamma, does God see everything®" | Yes, dear,” was the reply | “Well,” continued the embryo artist, “I'll bet be’ll laugh when he sees this borse.” 4 | Little Tommy—Can I eat another piece of ple? Mamma (witberingly)—1 suppose you can. | Tommy—Well, may 17 Msmma—No, dear, you may not Tommy—Darn grammar, anyway! After dinner was over little Margie was observed with her head bowed and her hands clasped. “Why, Margle,” said her motber, “don’t you know dinner is over? “Dop’t iniCrrupt me, mamma.” rejoined the lttle miss, “I'm prayin' for asotber dish of that puddin’.” Needless 1o say, ber prayer was an- ewered The Sunday school teacher asked a big boy: “Sem, who made you?" Bam replied: “I don't know.” Tursing o little Jobuny, who old, the teacber said Johaoy?" “God made me,” he replied The teacher then arked Sam why be aid not know that as well as little Jobnny. “Well,”" replied Bam, “Johopy wasn't born long enough o forget It™ € years Who made you cory | comparatively | can mot e PAGES 21 TO 28 R R FIvVE - —e And what a humyp ech The | D " \ N engacement &1 net REDUCING BABEL TO ORDER Mr Marston, the her, who a PIEES disciple of lzaak Walton, tells this story | Confusion of Tongues Straightened Into sirative of the sympathy exis £ among 3 ! o fishermen: “An angler fshing in ome of | SO ARG RE - the streams was approached by the kecper, | who remarked. “This 1e private water, have | WORK OF COSMOPOLITAN KINDERGARTEN you got a permit™ The fisherman replied | in the afirmetive. and added: ‘Come along | 8t down and Bave a smoke' The keeper | Pacific School of Omaha s Do sat down beside the angler, who gave h ,“" Great Deal in Teaching ¥ Ry a‘x‘fm.h.a”,\ good pull at ue :i‘:“ Foreigners the Edueat 0 leave By the way, you bave | - ot shown permit Oh," replied ctiton the angler, ‘you have dfunk that | fshing all day without further molesta ',:”"' . tion. " e hun of foreigners who annually | coma to this city to make their homes are | being assimilated with the life of the com- Some eminent wallfiower picturesquely | ¥ or by what medium these foreign |described the waltz as “a hug set tof & people attain a working knowledge musi The social of Bellef che, English language As a rule one 8. D., afirms the accuracy of the descrip- | takes it for granted that it ia picked up by tion and have decfded to introduce an in- | association with others or that the ehil novation designed to make the dance less | dren pick it up at school. “Pick up” we wearsing on the limbs without diminishing | say, little guessing that eo far from this its cbarme. The inmovAtion Is thus de- | careless method of acquiring it, hours and scrided: “The little informal dancing par- [ weeks and months of patient effort are each ties given in the Gaiety from time to time | year being expended upon the children of are becoming immensely popular. The rea- | foreign parents by the teachers of the pub- son, possibly, is the innovations introduced | lic schools, and that through them the by some of the boye. Dave Broomfleld | great majority of the adults become fa bas declared that “sitting out” a waltz is | miliar with the language. now more fashionable than dancing, the Nowhere in the city is there a more in- only difference being., you sit instead of | terest ng institution, mor profitable either, from an economic standpoint, than the public schools in the forelgn neighborhoods | where these future American citizens are being Americanized; where representatives of almost every nation are being assimi- lated to at least a working eombination, and all of this, by the way, but Incidental to the real function of the school in which the majority of the class, children who have alreadt mastered the langusge, must be kept up to & certain standard and a cer- tain average equal to that of the other schools of the city that have in the main well mannered and well trained children to begin with Where the Forelgners Swarm. The best {llustration of this process of education is found at Pacific school, at Twel’th #hd Pacific streets, where a large percentage of the pupils are of foreign birth or of foreign born parents. These puplls enter the school at all ages and all grades from all sorts of conditions. It is truly a cosmopolitan assembly, for practically every nation is or has been rep- resented there, from the dark-eyed Orient- als and the fair-faced natives of the morth countries to the central and southern Europeans, and even natives from the islands of the sea, in picturesque contrast of appearance, action and characteristics. In the kindergarten alone are sixteen differ- ent nationalities, while in the third grade, with an enrollment of forty, there are thirteen, including natives of Russia, Rou- mania, Cuba, Australia, Germany, Norway, Italy, Bohemia, Denmark, Assyr'a, Eng- land, Sicily, Ireland and Turkey. It mot infrequently occurs that children coming from different sections of the eame country speak languages entirely different, while in other cases it is impossible to determine their natjonality, except through some sim- ilarity of race, language or custom, for where the parents are able to wrile, even in their own language, they are some- times familiar with the name of their na- tive province only, and this is indicated on the information card. ~ A good share of these children are un- able to speak or understand English and are frequently so timid and shy that an interpreter is of little use, even if one can be found who speaks their langaage. Problems for tha Principal. Fortunately for all concered, the prin- cipal, Miss Margaret McCarthy, speaks sev- eral languages fluently and has acquired from experience a working knowledge of several others, which greatly facilitates matters when a new pupil arrives. And the arrival of some of these children, particu- larly the little ones, is sometimes pathetic indeed. One morning last week a little girl came timidly to the door, following three little Roumanians, themselves speak- ing little Enzlish, but who had served to show her the way. The queer little group met by the principal, who Inquired bow the little stranger had come, and her companions, knowing nothing of her, the inquiry was directed to the child, who in response tendered a much-sofled little note, scravled by a hand evidently unused to the use of the pencil. It read: ‘‘Miss Principal—This little girl wants to start to school. Please be good to her; she can’t talk any American.” She was re- ceived and cordially, too, and now has a place among the other bright-faced kinder- garteners. Not less interesting than the children themselves Is the mwethod by which they {are taught, and as a rule six months after cne cf these pupils enters the school he has acquired a fair vocabulary and has read through the primer, which, by the way, in- cludes words tbat are harder than those formerly found in the first ieaders. He only read these words. but fis familiar with their meaning as well. The first (hing is to familiarize them with the words and regardless of age or size the primary chart, with its short names and the corresponding object is placed before them. First the word is spoken by the teacher und then the object Indicated, the child repeating it after her. Then syllables and monosyllables are taken up and grad- ually he is taught the combination of the various words, finally learning to kmow what they mean. Of course this inability to real no matter whether the child bas ever attanded school before or mot, affects most every study excepting arithmetic, and in thie branch he is placed wherever be can work. apacity of the Children. In speaking of the progrees of these chil- dren Miss McCarthy said: “I find there is a wide divergence of intellect, so far as na- fonality is concerned. The most stupid and he very brightest of a class may be of the same.” Truly remarkable progress is made by some of them, there being a boy in the school at present who entered five weeks ago unable 1o speak of English read or write a word He bas now read through the | primer and is working in the first reader. He is 11 years old. Another little Italian of 6 has read trrough several readers and reads with remarkable accuracy from news- papere. Considerable differe is ability of the children to re bave learned, the quick, emotional satures forgetting as easily as they grasp, while the more stolid ones rarely forget found in the in what they Monday is always the hard day, especially among the little ones, for where the parents speak no English, muck i forgotten even during the two days, until the child be- compes thoroughly familiar with the languege. The variety of temperament is constantly in®vidence in the school reom, notbing escaping the quick ears and dark eyes of the Orientals and southern Buro- peans, and unusual commotion in the street will bring them 15 their feet imme- Qiately In siriking conirast 1o the steady- going childres of the porth.