Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-28

FLAMING foor BAIls-THE BAND REurARsrNo
NAUTICAL ATRs-woRxrSe OVERTIME IL TIE
sHors-ALL INDICATING THAT A MOVEMENT
AGAINST cHIis Is 70 BE MADE sooS.
The doubling individual who insists tina.
there viii not be war between the United
States and Chile should visit tina, section OF the
city commonly referred to as 1.-THE Navy Yard. -
There he will find two great centers o. war
hke acnvity-the marine barracks aud the
ois gun foundry. At the marine barracks
there was every indication Of governmental
preparation for bloody strife. At the gate tho
sentinel was more than ordinarily vigilant and
he received the hearty Support OF the sergeant
OF the guard. Visitors were questioned as to
their intentions and those who came on bicv-
cles. as did STAR reporter, we're required 10
leave the vehicles outside 30 that they should
no. IN any way Interfere with the rapid move
meat OF troops This precaution was re-
yarded rs absolutely necessary Moth
ing would more thoroughly derora!.ze
colnmn of foCrs hastily chewing an order 70
start for Chile within five laiaucs ti,sn 20 en-
counter an active safety hicvcle. Or,liu.ril,
even marine would not fear the obstructive
tactics OF q seml-recambent bicycle but when
the SOUND OF war may swell at any moment n
Is Just as well to have The roadway Us clear as
possible.
MhRTSEs HAnrrNrSa THEN arrscfFS
several marines were getting ready for the
long cruise 20 Valparsiso-har,ieRiur their mus-
Giles by a course OF foot bail Whether this is
being done by order Of the Navy Department
Is not yet known. but the important fact viii
probably develop in day crtwo. neart.u.ness
oi the authorities in coGct alIng their rurpoSe
beneath the covering Of the foot ball il con
ceded TO be a really clever stroke OF Eynnasfic
diplomacy. 1t is considered significant nv
come people that the regular rehearFals OF lie
Marine Bandshould be insisted upon throughout
inc holiday season. Prof. Sousa's corps Of
musicians would play an actiy, Fart several
parts. probably IN crushing any international
disturbances IT the government Las OIL
cEiiy accepted the theory that music
hath Charms to sCothe the savage breas:
then Prof SouSa and his aggregation will
coub;.ess be among The first 10 depart for one
OF the Chilean ports. For some time past the
soothlnS experiment has been tried at the big
annual PcJ!c reception. at the White House.
Dot onless the music works more sajisiac .ori,y
on The chilean bosom thai 1t Gees ON the home
nade sarages tho shipnon. of the band would
be dead loss, 20 to speak
THE MARINE BAND NOR ORDERED To CHILE.
Prot. Sousa stated quite positively that he
had not been ordered 10 Chile and even wen. SO
lar as TO intimate that the band would be at
the presidential reception on New Year day.
These who claim TO DO ially informed as 10 the
situation insist that the entire band viii he sem
SICK before the middle of next week, and
these statements are borne cut by the fact that
SOME time has recently been devoted bv the
musicians to rehearsinS 1.-The banner OF the
sea aud ether airs laden VI th saline particlos
Pressed by the reporter Prof. Sogsa admitted
that there had been such rcheafBal |,
was also learned that two musicigug--pre-
SUITABLY bu5.crs or drGmraors, or il NAV be one
DUGler ana one drGamcr-hal been ordered 10
san rancisco within ,hc past forty-eiSht hours
but hitherto this alarming irausi,i. had been
kept from the pablic, and will not be known
to the Chilean aGtLOrltics until Minister Montt
sees IA copy of this afternoons STAR.
AT Inc navy yard-or, more correctly, the gun
louhaFy-tEiags were cnlnously quiet. A
squad of mEripos were drilling on tIe rinia-
ture parade ground and were irving 10 con-
cea., Dehcath d maze ca tactical mGneuvcrs,
tholr ant!-C Chilean designs. The guard at the
gate was iIstess and the general ia.-ression con
teyed was that all interest IL Washington had
ceparted-that nothing but a lengthy resi-
GeEee IN ore o. san;ISSo's palaces noald make
lie worth hoiSinS on 10.
SAILORS STORING Up sLzEP.
On board the receiving ship Dale tho ma
iority Of the sailors were slumberiuc peace-
iu.Iy-layinS W store of strength
from which to draw during the sleep
less nights which must necessarily figure In
events as commandments AID naval engage
ments- Commandment Skerre;s has gone away
anu although some OF his saDordinatcs
smiled at the suspicion that lie had
started for tie Southern Pacific station
no one would say positively that he had not
70 those wEo are accustomed to weighing situ-
atoms this indccision as 20 the ccmmandant's
Whereabouts may be valuable.
All supplies are shipped by the general store
keeper. P"ymaster 4. W. Allen. He was not
IN his Office this morning. but somebody in an
room Was operating n typegriter n;
Tie feverish rate ca about seventeen words per
indication of the great rush which
is evidently going on.
In the various shops there was evident a de-
sire TO do everything well ard deliberately. in
spi!e OF The IRENE ndoas pressure which the in
clpient strife has brought TO bear. Even the
most excited of the machinists noted promptly
the arrival of the dinner hour.
COMMANDER o'SEIL's STATEMENT.
Commander Charles ONeil Is inspector of
ordnance. If any war preparations are being
made he knows of them. and if such things are
really going on Commander Charles o'Neil
viii have several things TO answer
for some day. He smiled at The
STAR reporter and said: Sour work
Is running just as it has been for the past
year-ten and twelve hours u day. We were
compelled TO wo.k overtime because we were
behind the ships. The contractors are comrIet-
ing tho ships more rapidly than we could
lit them out and our endeavor is
to at least keep up with the
builders We really ought 10 be ahead and we
are trying to be. No extra exertion is being
made at this time. II the men could profitably
work more than twelve hours a day
we wcu!d have plenty for them to do.
but no man can labor longer than
that without breaking down. OF course We are
shipping supplies 10 New York and San Fran
cisco. We do SO periodically. Those two cit
les are the main distributing points and il is
our business to keep the stores as nearly full
as possible
THs FORESTRY ASSOCIATION.