The sun., 1890-03-30
MILITARY and NAVAL ATTACHES.
A Liberal SuspIy OF Oar Array and Navy
Onosrs for Duty In Foreign Lands.

A Liberal snspIy OF Oar Array ana Navy
Onosrs for Duty In FOREIGN Lands.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-The War Depart
ment during the present week has put three
more officers on service In Europe. First Lieut.
Henry r. Allen. Second Cavalry. recently de-
tailed at West Point. has been ordered to st.
Petersburg as military attache OF our legation
there. First Lieut.. Luigi Loma Fifth Artil-
lery, Is to 60 TO Europe on special assign
ment, passing his time mostly In Italy, OF
which country he is native He Will at least
have one advantage over some officers sent on
European errands. that Of speaking the lam
RuaRe with ease; and, 1t may be added, that
Russian is one OF Lieut. Aliens acIurements.
First Lieut.. stephen c. Mills. Twelfth Infantry,
who is already In the Old World on a leave OF
absence. will have his tour pleced out by ak
months OF assignment to official duty with the
legation at Copenhagen.
We have already Major James c. Post OF the
Engineer Corps as military attach6 at London,
Capt Theodore A. Bingham OF the Same corps
as attachC at Berlin, Can't Otto l.. Helm, First
Cavalry, as attach6 at Vienna; First Lieut..
Henry d. Borup. Ordnance Corps, as attach6
at Paris. while Capt, Frank b. Hamilton, Sec
ond Artillery, last year received an assign
ment for six months as attachd at Madrid at
the request OF his father-in-law, ex-senator
Palmer, when the latter was appointed by
President Harrison as Minister to Spain. Be-
sides these attaches Capt. i. l.. Zalinski. Fifth
Artillery. was appointed last year on n rowing
commission, which has taken him over
good part OF Europe. and will continue until
the coming summer.
Then the navy, too. contributes its quota to
our large force Of attaches and representatives
In Europe Lieutenant Commander William
II. Emory was detailed last year for duty as
naval attache OF the legation at London. whore
another officer. Lieut.. B. II. Buckingham. was
then also ON duty. although he has since joined
the Chicago. OF the Squadron OF Evolution in
European waters. Another naval attach4 is
Lieut.. Nathan Sargent. who gives n part OF his
time to the legation at Rome and a part to the
legation at Vienna and still another is Lieut..
Aaron Ward. who in like manner is attached to
the legations at Paris. st. Petersburg. and
What with regular attaches at the various
legations and special assignments to officers to
collect information or TO be present at military
about dozen officers OF the army or navy In
Europe. besides. Of course. those who visit 1t.
s5se1ee oE The members TS o tn the 'Hs are
very glad to have young officer In uniform to
Eood bsse on and ss
sentattves Of the Government collect for it
more or less information OF more or less value
at sham fights and by visits to dockyards, gun
factories. and SO on. Capt. Zalinski will prob
ably prove one Of the most useful OF them in
as well as 10 impsrt. and the very act
Of exp!olting, his famous dynamite gun
ths sh Sne9S a to Of good deal
Congress- does not greatly trouble itself about
the labors OF attaches and other military and
naval representatives in foreign lands, except
whom they apply as they often do. foi permits
sion to accept from some European power
them for being present at a review. or perhaps
in recognition of distinguished courtesy in
to Sh tie
the goods exhibited by our shopkeeI ers at q
SdS a 9I sGh
toned in the first article OF the Constitution,
mt tbo e 1 n91y an shall be
Shall. without the nsent Of, the Congress-, ac-
% its Of Of any any kind S'i W6ate1sr from any Sp Eng.
pEpeRs or fSros9 sa1 JTst u pGM Ter sSfm nns
made a minority report from the COMMITTEES
On Il FOREIGN Affairs, whoihavee been conside,inE
Ss chp f. ssb1sSs sbs
the Order Of tie Legion Of Honor N from m France:
example in the case Of Capt. Anderson, Of Wit
Over twenty foreign represent atives were pres
ent at that time, and all received this decora-
OF the House committee voted to allow the ac-
cceptappee &C. OF these gifts as 9qite harmless but
MIR. Cnlpman D views were different
The acceptance aud display officer of the United
which tends TO foster taste for tho NuRares of
Aity 1t 10 true that the decoration In this Of
by fI d for q,
lion Ihe cheriShes: but moderate patriotism do
mands that tho fountain of honor every American
in deciding that any foreign decoration viii be use
u neither to tho nation its recipient for only
cling to our own American fashion
1t is certainly true that the Constitution pro-
hibits the acceptance OF any present or title
not only from any King or prince, but from
. foreign State" which takes in other repub-
les. The old articles Of confedera lon made a
II Ike prohibition. without adding the privilege
of acceptance by tho express sanction OF Con-
Zress. This latter exception made by the Con-
,titution has certai My given Congress great
1slf dozen or even dozen applications 10;
orc 1t for the reception OF such presents and
decorations One officer, since his plea was
originally made, has died. and now It Is pressed
With viRor by his heirs In their own behalf In
! case like that OF Ensign Reynolds. Of the
TdS order Of Francis Joseph for having res
he Olivo. under circumstances creditable
o his heroism as well as his humanity
probably most persons are glad to find
given 9 b{ the GOHs H.
confessed that in tho majority OF cases the ser
ices rendered do not appear TO have been
moro daring or extraord mary than that deft
kill In handling his merchandise which some-
lines brings homo an entsrprisinR American
merchant or commercial traveller decked with
he ribbon or star OF foreign order.
Iurios and Wonders Doris's Museums.
Hop o. My Thumb tho prince Of pigmy poo