Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-04-22
THE PAN AMERICAN TRAIN.
Only Two Foreign Delegates Aboard and
the Excursion Abandoned.

The great southern trip of the Pan American
delegates, for which SO many elaborate prepa-
rations have been made, has come early "a
grief Secretary Elaine yesterday discovered
that hespecial train that left this city Satur-
day night, ostenslbly bearing the Congress
southwark was filled with attaches secretaries
and newspaper men. and that amidst all these
there were but four real delegates, two Of
whom represented the United States and two
came from the South American continent. Ac-
cordingly the Secretary began a Geographic
correspondence with the managers of the ex-
cursion, the outcome of which was that the
train was ordered TO turn around and come
home. The excursion had only reached Rich
mond.
HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED.
The news of the Secretary's ultimatum came
to Capt Bourke, who in charge OF the
train, yesterday evening, after the party had
enjoyed day Of delightful sight seeing around
the capital OF Virginia, whose citizens had been
only too glad TO see them. As the word was
passed along the train when the excursionists
had reassembled at O'Clock TO embark for
Charleston there was howl OF disappointment
from the attaches. secretaries. newspaper men
and other satellites of the congress.
THE DELEGATES ABOARD.
The four delegates. Mossrs. Studebaler and
Prescott OF this country. Zegarra of Peru and
DE Silva of Colombia. were not exactly pleased
with tie turn which affairs had taken but they
expressed themselves satisfied that the Sec
Rotary did the correct thing when the excur-
sion had dwIndled. down TO such un-Pan-
American proportions. Mr. Dacosta. a secre-
tary from Brazil, left the train in a rather dis
gruntlcd mood. thds setting the fashion for a
number of Others who did not care 10 come
back so soon and in 80 humiliating q manner
Presently m Nal Off MT ina ul,
load, and at l:30 last night reached the Balti-
more and Potomac depot in this city and was
side-tracked while the would-have-been excur-
sionists slept.
DELEGATES WHO DID NOT GO.
IL seems that thirteen of the foreign dele
gates to the congress had expressed a willing
ness to so on the southern trip, while the
others desired TO avoid it for various reasons.
Some were anxious To get back to their homes
some were i'll. many more were tired of junket-
ing. while others had business TO attend to- OF
tine thirteen faithfuls. however. but two showed
up on the train when il pulled out Saturday
night, and when this came TO the knowledge
of the Secretary and when he learned that
others who bad sand they would Join the party
at Richmond had not made their appearance,
he concluded that the game would not bs
worth the candle, especially the candla
promised TO cost at least $4,000 He sug-
gested to Capt Bourke, however, by telegraph,
that the four delegates and their immediate
retlnues might 60 on in one car, but that the
rest of the train would have TO be sent back.
After a consultation on the train il was decided
that the whole train should return.
kilograms were sent at once 20 each of the
southern cities where stops were TO be made On
the trip cancelling all engagements.
Court Martial Sentences of Deserters.
Secretary Proctor and President Harrison
have been giving the subject Of conviction OF
private soldiers by courts-martial close atten-
ton and in number of cases the sentences
have been committed. The reason foe
their action is found in the explana-
ton that different sentences for
like offenses were imposed by courts
martial at different army posts, and il was but
Just TO make all the sentences of soldiers foe
the same offenses uniform. In all, upward Of
have been reduced from three 10 two years inn
prisonment for desertion. To emphasize the
fact that this is TO be limit of sentence in such
cases and TO save labor in investigating each
individual case Secretary Proctor today caused
to be issued in general orders of the army the
recent act of Congress on the subject 10
reads: mo person shall be tried or punished
by a court-martial for desertion in time Of
peace and not in the face of an
years before the arraignment of such per-
son for such offense, unless he shall meanwhile
have absented himself from the United States,
in which case the time Of his absence shall be
excluded in computing the period OF the limi-
tation Provided, That said limitation shall NOT
begin until the end of the term for which said
person was mustered into the service.
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