‘ the camp. man’thm1NG‘GaznT I“. ”A hm M , 1513;71‘HE ARMY POSTS. indie WARFARE AT CAMP RILEY is A ‘GOOD SCHOOL FOR SOLDIERS. 'The Blues and Brmwns Fight Lively Bah tles “'ith Blank Cartridges. No Mort Formality Could Be Actual Warfare, The army posts are filling up again ”and from one after another come re- ports that the 01d routine of soldier life has again begun. But there will be one omission this year .wh: 4' many volunteers will _ re gret, for the manoeuvres at Camp Riley from October to Decem- ber of each year had become almost ran institution. and were annually vis- ‘ lied by thousands. This mimic warfare it was that made possible the brilliant record of the regulars at El Caney and San Juan. for it was real hard fighting and proved the best kind of a schoo: for the soldier. The surface of the reservation is particularly fitted for the work. hav- ing: many ravines. timber patches. bluffs and gulches. TheSe make ad- mirable hiding and camping places. vule out on the prairies and meadow- ! ads are the hand-to-hand engage- -. cuts with plenty 'of room to deploy. march and Wheel without conflicting with any natural barriers. The theory of the school is two-fold, embracing defense and attack. A bri- gade of troops is designated by the colonel commanding. with cavalry and artillery. known as the “Blues." wearing blue uniforms and forage caps, to remain at the fort and defend it. Another brigade, whose members wear brown canvas, with campaign hats, is known as the “Browns,” and, being in camp far down the Kaw val- ley toward Manhattan, may appear at any time, seeking to reconnoitre the Blues’ position and to give them but tie. All troops march fully armed and equipped and carry ten blank car- bine cartridges. Topographical and road sketches are made by the engin- eers with as much care as if entering an enemy’s country. and are on a scale of four inches to the mile. A topo- graphical'oflicer is detailed to accom- pany each command and submit a has- ty sketch and report to the comman- der of the forces to which he is at- .tached. £5519 guard against accidents all car-g fridges are inspected before the sol- :diers go out, and again before action. and by oflEicers. Strict orders are is- 'sued that every man must act as much as possible as though actual conditions existed in such shape as it is pretended they do, and umpires. ‘spectators and inspectors see that this '-rule is carried out. When a part of a force is exposed necessarily. double- quick time is made, and exhaustive reports. criticisms and comments are submitted to the commander of the post after each engagement. it will thus be seen that the work is meant to accomplish something, and it does. it actual war were in progress more formality could scarcely be observed. Regular orders are issued to the troops with the utmost precision. not exceed- ed even in the prosecution of a cam- paign. For instance. here is a typical order issued to the Blues: “Order No. 121. November 1'0.—The enemy has appeared in force north of The brigade will he held in readiness to march to-morrow morn- ing. “Two troops of the First and two of the Second cavalry, and one battery of artillery. under command of Major W. A. Rafferty, Second cavalry, are hereby detailed as advance guard, and will. at 8.45 a. m. to-morrow. proceed along the Milk Ranch road. “in case any of the enemy are met. the advance guard will push them back as far as possible. A medical officer and detachments of the hospital and signal corps will accompany the com- mand. By order of Colonel Arnold. “W. S. SCOTT, “Acting Adjutant General." The advance was begun on Fort Riley with due formality. The bri- gade went into camp as regularly as though a thousand miles away from headquarters. Tents. accoutermenis. all the paraphernalia of camp life. were used. and videttes. outposts and scouts did their work carefully and well. Then. on November 14, came an order dated “In camp. near Riley Center. November 14." and saying: “The Blue .brlgade will. at break of day to-morrow morning. continue the march on Fort Riley. Two troops of cavalry are detailed as rear guards. The rear guards slowly retiring on Fort Riley. will, by stubborn resist. ance. delay the advance of the enemy as much as possible. Commander of rear guard will. however. take care that troops are withdrawn before they become engaged in any serious conflict. Signal men will be furnished with mounts. and men will be detailed to act as wounded. A medical officer with hospital corps detachment will be detailed .". follow the command." The issuing of such orders means much to the boys on duty.. They see in the art of war something more than the mere learning of drills and tactics. and are awakened to a hearty enthu- siasm which makes the work a pleas- ure rather than a duty regretfully performed. Most of the men stationed at the fort as privates are young. and the constant changes to bring in new roops from the surrounding posts all over the \Vest makes the work decid- edly interesting, and the rivalry by no means slight. This spirit it was that made the work of the regulars so conspicuous in Cuba. the Philip- pines and Porto Rico. The location of umpires on the field to pass upon the accuracy of all move- ments. insures immunity from any horse play. and as the artillery and cavalry alone are engaged. there is a valuable drill in every day’s proceed- .ings. Many visitors go out from the Observed In ’ [burrounding counties of Central Kan- sas to see the fun, and really they see about as much of warfare as any, layman can see, even if a. campaign is going on in his own vicinity. To follow the Blues or Browns for a day is a revelation to anyone. The ground is so rolling that the whole army might well be concealed in a rav- ine, and it requires shrewd general- ship to keep full command of the bri- gade. As the enemy steadily advances on the fort, throwing out flanking lines and men who represented whole troops in themselves. These are the flag bearers, each flag standing for a troop of men. the contest, and it is a rule that when two flags flank a single one, the lat- ter is to consider himself captured and retreat or surrender. The approach of the two iines means a. battle, and soon the cavalry is seen coming out from behind a. hill on the Milk Ranch road, ready to charge a batten-y of light artillery on the plain. Cantering forward. they are met by a destructive fire that threatens to wipe them from the earth. One after another of theinvaders drops from his horse in mock injury. Then the batteries rally and make a charge themselves. Up the hill they go, and hurry pell mell to the crest. where, in an instant, they whirl into place and the guns belch forth a warn- ing and a. menace. The invading Browns are, however, too numerous. and have other parties of cavalry and flagmen on the flanks, and the umpires declare that the Blues are whipped in the battle. Sometimes the campaign lasts sev- eral days. and anxious councils of war are held by the young lieutenants to make the best possible showing for their sides. They know that it will all be reviewed afterward. and they do not want to be found wanting. The conduct of the campaigns, sham though they be. is a good index of the actual stuff that is in an officer. young or old. The commanding officer. when a campaign is over, issues an exhaust- ive comment on the merits of the va- rious troops’ work, thus pointing out the strong and weak points in exer- cise. His criticism covers the entire progress of the troops and outlines the work at each successive step in the battles. Sometimes there is a different enemy to fight than a human one. A year or two ago when the' rare lines and Browns got nicely ready to begin a lively. battle on a pretty piece of prairie. they were attacked by a prai- rie fire. which came dancing through the long blue steen A flag of truce was displayed and in a moment both the late combatants were fighting the tire. beating and stamping’ out the oncoming blaze. When it was all extinguished the war- fare was resumed. Then, again. there was a campaign against the town cow herd of June- tion City, four miles away. The herd of town cows was becoming altogether too familiar for Uncle Sam’s dignity. and it was ordered by the colonel com- ianding that they remain off the res.- ervation. But the cows did not un-- derstand the order. and made their appearance. as usual. feeding in happi- ness on the rich grasses. “The cows are in sight." reported an orderly. “Clear off the reservation!” ordered the commander. and an oliicer. with a number of troopers. went forth to wagea new kind of carnage. But the cows did not like this. and. frightened at the strangely appareled herders, went bellowing in every di- rection. It was a long chase. but they were finally driven back to town. Then the townspeople took a hand, and a dozen columns of newspaper let- ters and as many messages to and from the war department were neces sary to restore quiet. The cows. how- ever. did not come back. About the only real amusement the soldiers get is when some guiieiess spectator forgets his relative position and stands in the line of advance. Then the cavalry or artillery come charging on. as if to crush him. and somebody thunders at the stranger: “Git!” With little ado art: without stopping for greetings. he “gits,” Anecdote of Frederick VI. Whoever reads the following must own to a feeling of respect for the hon- est King. King Frederick VI. of Den- mark, while travelling through Jut- land, one clay enteredyl village school, and found the children lively and in- telligent, and quite ready to answer his questions. ‘= “Well, younsters," he said, "what are the names of the greatest Kings of Denmark?" With one accord they cried out, "Canute the Great, Waldemar. and Christian IV." ' Just then a little girl, to whom ”the schoolmaster had whispered some. thing, stood up and raised her hand. “Do you know another?" asked the King. ' “Yes, Frederick VI." “What great act did he perform ?" The girl hung her head. and slam. mered out, “I don’t know." “Bo comforted, my child," said the King; “I don’t know either." “So you overcame that old antipathy of yours," her husband remarked, “and called on Mrs.’ Bobbles?" “Yes." “Do you think she was glad to see you?" “I am sure of it." , “Ahemi—you must have some reason for that belief outside her assurances." "l have. I had on the old dress that was made over twice, and my hat was out of fashion; while she had on her new gown that couldn’t have come from anywhere but Paris. Could she help being glad to see me?" ' They are so recognized in. \-_,.,——_r i .-. ' l ' mm” s Imam” PLIGUE- * THE WAR INVESTIGATION. Keeps Thousands Awake in and Around the Norwalks. The plague of the night. Keeps you awake, can’t sleep a. wink. Bad enough to lose your rest. But it is harder still to bear at. work. Breeds misery by night, profanity by day. . ' Know what it is ? The bane of all classes of people—— Itching Piles. Itch. Itch. Itch. you crazy. Hard to. bear, hard to walk, hard to sit. down. Itching away in any position, any time. . Don’t stand it. any longer. There is relief for every one, prompt. and permanent. Doan’s Ointment relieves at once. Doan’s Omisment cures permanently. Piles, eczema. and all skin disorders. Read this case: " ‘ " Mr. Lewis Snow, of 33 Prospect street, Webster, Mass, says: “There was a bad case of bleeding piles in my family, which had resisted ordinary elforts to cure. ‘We were so favorably impressed with the results obtained from using Doan’s Kidney Pills that we reasoned if what is claimed for them is so thoroughly carried out. why should not the representations made for Doau’s Ointment 'be equally true. We got a. box at a"drug store and it stopped the trouble. We consider both Doan’s Ointment and Doan’s Kidney Pills val- uable remedies and have. no hesrtation in recommending them.” Just. such emphatic endorsement is plentiful in Norwalk. Drop into Glen- dening St Co’s drug store and hear what their customers report to them. Dean’s Ointment for sale by all deal— ers. Price 5’.) cents. Mailed by Foster- Miiburn 00., Buffalo, N. Y.,sole agents for the U. S. Remember the name Dean’s and take no substitute. Nearly drives HUMAN HAIR HARVEST. Regular Crop is Grown To Supplyswitches and “'ius. If the tresses you wear did not grow on your head they probably are im‘ ported. The United States buys men. than $2,000,000 worth of hair each year, much of which is used in thé manufacture of wigs and switches to supplement the cranial hirsute adorr- ment of those whose locks are scant): The popular idea is that the materi al for swrtches is sapphi-i. my :riitl.‘ who, to raise a mortgage or pay the rent or something of the sort, do at the girls in, story books, and go to a hairdresser and sacrifice their magneti- cent “crowning glories” for their four ily. It is true that some hair is oi:- tained in this way, but the supply a too inconstant to be depended upon. There is a regular hair harvest, just as regular as the wheat crop. In tact, it is more to be depended upon, an drought does not affect it. Most of this hair comes from Switzerland, Ge.- many and the French prm’inccs, There is a human hair market in the lower Pyrenees held every Friday. Scores of hair traders walk up and down the village streets, their shears dangling from their belts, and ex- amine t‘xhe braids which the peasant girls let down for their inspection. it a bargain is struck the hair is cut and the money paid on the spot. ' These girls have fine hair and can raise more than one crop. A woman’s hair may grow to the length of six feet. A single hair will bear up a weight.of four ounces without break- ing, but the hair thus heavily tried must lbe dark brown, for bl-onde hair will break under a. strain of two and I. half ounces. , The hair that is cut is the best. Dealers can easily tell whether the locks offered them have been cut off or combed out. They do this by rub- bing 'tlie hairs through their fingers. If the hair has been cut from the head and has not been misplaced it remains in the original position. If it has been pulled or combed out and put together regardless of the direction in which it grew, one portion will slip to the right and another to the left. It does this because the jagged edges catch upon each other and pull in opposite direc- tionsé—Chicago Times-Herald. Aluminum Horseshoes. Aluminum—according to United States Consul Atwell. at Boubaix. France—is now being used not only in the manufacture of bicycles, but the military authorities have for some time past made an effort to employ this metal, in place of iron, copper and steel, for all articles of equipment car- ried by infantry, in order to reduce the weight as much as possible. It seems, too, that, with the same object. the Russian minister of war has or- dered aluminum horseshoes for the cavalry. In tests for this purpose a shoe 'of the new aluminum model is placed on one foot, the three remain- ing shoes being of the usual sort.) It is found that the aluminum wears out less rapidly and is less affected by mud and moisture than the ordinary shoe and weighs about two and one- half ounces less-rPhiladelphia Rec- 0rd. STETT 5 GOOD an R3 HEALTH 'lZLEBRATED proceeds from ' a. good stom- ach. If the di- gestive organs are in fine working or- der, sickness is out of the ' question.Good health can be regained and retained b y taking Hostet- V even/mt: “a... £323 a Egg; er’s Stomach ’ 7‘ Bitters. It . cures indiges- , tiou, constipa- tion and bil- lousness. fix ~War Department; Officials Believe Fewer Altai" at Camps Alger and Wikoflas Told = by Dr. Greenleaf. New York, Nov. 19.—The war depart- ment investigation commission conven- ed in parlor D R of the Fifth Avenue Hotel at ten o'clock yesterday morning‘ to continue the examination of wit- nesses who desire to give testimony on matters conducted with the conduct of the late war. I The full commission, with the ex-- ception of Colonel Charles Denby, Sec- retary Weightman and Major Mills, who remained in Washington to hold sessions, were in attendance when General Dodge called the meeting to order. It is expected that one hundred or more persons, including Colonel Theo- dore Roosevelt, the governor-elect, will testify. When the meeting opened Dr. Chas. R. Greenleaf, chief surgeon of the troops in the field, on General Miles’s staff, was the only one present. Dr. Greenleaf took the stand after having subscribed to the usual oath. In response to questions in csoss ex- amination by Dr. Phineas S. Conner, as to the fitness of Camp Alger as a‘ camping place for troops, he said that in some respects it was a. very good camp. ' It was a. good camp for a small body of men, but there were many draw— backs. The water supply was poor and the region was known to be highly malarious. There was a deficiency of privates in the hospital corps and of medical oili- cers, and at times of medical sup— plies. The best interests of the sick, 1):. Greenleaf said, were not seriously im- perilied, but the efforts of the surgeons were generally embarrassed. Questioned as to the condition of at- fairs on the transports, Dr. Greenleaf said that he did not personally inspect the transports at Cuba, but those leav— ing Porto Rico under his personal di- rection were well found in all re- spects. ‘ Camp Montauk Dr. Greenieaf consid- ered an ideal camp for its purpose. Lack of train service he considered a. petty discomfort. No complaints of any moment were submitted to him, and the small grum- blings he heard he investigated and found without justification. Questioned as to the d-iscomforts en- dured by the furlough men, who, sick and weak, were compelled to ioiter about the railway station awaiting fares and furloughs, he said that all that trouble might have been avoided by the establishment of a. quartermas- ter office at the hospital. That was a. matter of detail that did not. occur to the officers in charge at first. Later a hospital station was established as an annex to the railroad station. General Dodge asked of the condi- tions of the transports leaving Tampa for Cuba, and Dr. Greenleaf said they Were dreadfully overcrowded. He told ex-Governor Woodbury that he could. not say that the overcrowding was not a. military necessity, but he was certain it was wrong from a sani— tary point of View. David J. G055, a. private of the Sev- enty-first Regiment, who acted as cook for his company at Camp Black. said: “It was all pretty rough. Nothing went right. It was some one’s incom— petency, but I don’t know where.” Henry Hauck, an assistant foreman in the fire department, spoke highly of the courtesy and attention of the sur-» geons and said that: he had no com- plaint at all to make of the treatment he received while in the service of the government. TROOPS FOR CUBA. “’111 Be Needed. Washington, D. 0., Nov. 19.—Adju- tant General Corbin says that there is no intention at present to send the Sixth Massachusetts or any other reg- iments recently returned from Porto Rico to Cuba. The men were given sixty days’ fur- lough, but were not ordered mustered out because it was thought they mighg. be needed later. If they are not needed they will not be recalled from their furlough, but will be mustered out. At the war department it is believed that not nearly so many troops will be needed in Cuba. as were designated in the recent general order. Then three corps were named and their stat-ions determined upon. Three regiments were to be sent to the prov- ince of Cienfuegos, but now it seems likely that not more than one regiment will go there. Other points where large garrisons were expected will not have the quota assigned to them, and perhaps not more than half of the troops first se— lected will go to the island. Athens Cheers Prince George. Athens, Nov. 19.———Prince George of Greece received an enthusiastic wel- come here and at Piraeus yesterday. Crowds of Cretans, with banners, sur- rounded his carriage and cheered him vociferously. . A grand demonstration is in prepa- ration to celebrate the prince's ofilcial appointment as the ruler of the island of Crete. King George said yesterday that he expected the official notification of the ernor of Crete to arrive within three or four days. Europe Gobbler S. P. Bonds. London, Nov. 19.—The London bank- ' ing house of Speyer Brothers has is- sued 510,000,000 of $1,000 five per cent. bonds of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company of California at 105, or twu hundred and ten pounds per bond. The issue was subscribed six times over, thus: ' Twenty million dollars in London, $25,000,000 in Amsterdam and $20,000,- 000 in Germany. A Big Lobster. Montreal, Nov. 19.—A big lobster is on exhibition on Beaver Hall Hill. It weig‘ twenty-five pounds and meas- ures forty-two inches from tip to tip, with claws twenty inches long and sev- en inches wide. , . The lobster was captured of! Grand Manan island, in the Bay of Fundy, and its captor says that but one other as large as this is known to have been caught there. THE YEAR BY SUBSCRIBI ' FOR. THE AND '. lllll‘ N. Y. WE. KLi TRIBUNE. BOTH PAPERS FOR One '— ‘I0 I lar appointment of Prince George as gov- sent to any Ad dress ADDRESS amorous T0 (9. an m. . /
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