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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-04
PREPARING FOR WAR.
The State of Mexico Offers Troops TO
the Government.

CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 3.-The Legisla-
ture of the State of Mexico has ordered
the Governor to place all arms aud
soldiers he has at the disposal of the Gov
ernment in case of war with Guatemala.
General Gonzales amid great eclat, was
inangUrated Governor of Oaxaca today.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-04

HARPER's BAZAAR gives correct information
about fashions for everybody, for 81 year. .
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-04

A ifty-two-week feast is provided by HAIR.
PER's Young PEOPLE for 81 year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10
FORT WHIP PIE, 1872.

save by those inexorable papas of mar
riageable young ladies' who seek for night
mares to scare away their daughters love
or the military. On the contrary, under
the improved system of military post ad-
rninistration. as long as there are quarters
enough to go around, each officer Is assign
cd separate house, but when there are
rot enough for all, then, of course the
seniors take choice in the order of rank
and juniors double up" 1t SO happens
however, that most of the doubling up is
done by bachelor officers. who. without re-
Sdfd 10 rank, as Il rule. ChivalrOusly shrink
from mountaineering their benedict com
rades, whose courage in marrying is all the
more admired because many military b; che
los lack IL In point Of general style and
convenience. however. all officers quart RS
are, more or less. alike. and their comforts
are all the more enjoyed by those occu-
pants VINO remember days when dirt floors
diu cay roofs formed part of every mill
tary house ON the western frontier.
Troop Barracks.
But the improved accommodations are
not confined to the quarters of officers. The
enlisted mems barracks are large and capa-
cious. and the interior equipments are cal
cuIated to destroy the old WORKOUT theory
mat TO make good soldiers required hard
beds, hand-to-mouth eating. and various
other practices peculiar to primitive man.
Nowadays. the prevailing theory of the
oO'ViHlleht provides for most careful re-
saru Tor the general hygiene of barracks
the personal health of the men and the
general comfort of the rank and file. Prom
or military exercise. it is believed, will de-
'elop all necessary soldiery characteristics
as well as physical powers OF endurance
without resorting to a system that wouId
perpetuate in the barrack room of the sol
d'er the hardships of field service. or. con-
uhuihS IN that peaceful repose which Is
properly due to fighting men. the discon-
forts and physical strain incident TO active
war times.
Not only has every troop its own "troon
bdrtdCks but troop stables as well So
that at Fort Niger, as eIseU here eacb or
Sahlzdtlon may be conducted seDa ratel,- for
l's pest purposes. The troopers have, their
mess hall. their club rooms and epo,fob
leisure 10 ENJOY, in healthful and pleasing,
manner. all the comforts of what is NC
doubtedly. one of the most coynnlete and
most desirable military stations-iuSt eI,nL
a station or haven of merited rest as bord
WORKED caEalrymen should be allowed tn
ENJOY IN turn every four years ITntiI trort
Nyer was set apart for cavalry the vii
est dream of the most visionary drae,oa,,
never pictured anything like n station No.
washington. Accustomed as he y,aS 70 -
die his horse and move at a momept's ~
tfce on an expedition. presumably of n faU,
Gays. bur v hich might last several rnor,bs
in the Held, the cavairyman had conceivaJ
mis- place to be forever in the rouehesr 70
siOns OF the west, until the new bow Of
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The post is so situated that no photo
graphic birds eye view of its entirety can
well be taken. Owing to it's gradual en-
largement and diversion from original pur-
poses. it is not laid out according to those
orthodox plans which govern at most army
posts, and there is no level view of the
whole post. For example the original line
of officers quarters adjoining the COM
mander's house faces toward the city. ex-
tending along the ridge. which makes a
rapid decline of $50 feet into a sandy hol-
low, while other officers quarters of more
recent construction flank the headquarters
building at right angle to the main ap-
proach, and face the post parade. which
at Fort Myer is in rear of the commanders
house.
Its avenues and streets are sharply lined
its arbor foliage is all that could be ex-
pected in the few years of its transition
fl ON an armed bomb-proof into beautiful
modern barrdck garrison; its officers quar-
Portable in the army, and the picturesque
beauty of its 1S6 acres of area makes 1t
one of the most attractive and delightful
military posts in the country.
The Commanding Officers Quarters.
The commanding officers quarters. pretty
as they appear, are but little superior to
those Of the company officers. There is a
fiction of military law which prescribes the
meager allotment of one room and kitch-
en- for subaltern officers, two rooms and a
Kitchen for captains. etc, but in times of
peace the obsolete rule is. very properly.
never enforced. indeed. never thought of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10
FORT MYER AS SIT IS NOW

of Mackenzie, Crook and Miles, in their tire
less wars against the hostile Indians, and
even then I.awton had just successfully
completed one of the most noted marches
on record-a march of over 100 miles,
across the burning sands and sharp-edged
boulders of the Mexican bOrder-a march
in pursuit of the murderous Apache chiefs,
Geronimo and Natchez, who were followed
night and day by small band of shoeless
and coatless infantrymen and dlsmounted
cavalrymen. BY an interesting coincidence,
hardly had the Apache tribe been removed
frcm Arizona to their Florida prison, when
Lawton and his gallant troopers landed
in Washington, still showing signs of the
hardship and exposure of that remarkable
campaign. In less than two years Lawton
was made ali inspector general in the army.
but his old troop, together with Anderson )
of the sixth, stayed at Myer until 1911.
when their four years tour being completed
they Were replaced by three other troops
from the west, one each of the first, eighth
and ninth cavalry-the latter a colored
troop--with Lieut.. Col. Guy V. Henry, sew
enth cavalry. in command of the post. In
the following spring, Capt. Bells troop of
the renowned seventh Clusters old resi-
merit added to the Fort Myer garri-
son. The idea was also seriously enter
tanned of placing there three of the newly
created troops of Indian soldiers. so as
to exhibit the three races of men in the
ranks of our army, but the plan never ma
terialiZsd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10

tariff bill attracting crowds of the
otherwise unemployed TO the Capitol night
and day, there were four city policemen on
duty in the grounds after dark. two on al a
watch, from to midnight and from then on
to g in the morning
The grounds of the Capitol have always
been poorly patrolled, and the park has AT
times been rendezvous for dangerous
Characters.
A great deal, has been done during the
past few months toward making the little
army that guards the Capitol as effective
rs possible, through the determination of
the ponce board to place IL on a footing of
constant war toward evil doers This boa rd
consists OF the architect of the Capitol Mr.
Clark, Col Bright, the sergeant-at-arms of
the senate, and Col Snow, the sergeant-at-
arms of the House. They elect all the rnem-
bers OF the force, and devise regula tions for
their guidance. On the 18th of last Sep
tember they met and elected Mr. A p Car
den captain of the force. They gave the
new chief authority TO 20 ahead and put
The force in the best possible shape and he
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The present force consists of a captain
three lieutenants. twenty-four privates and
eight watchmen. OF the two dozen privates
on the regular force two are in the dome
and one in the Maltby building leaving but
twenty-one for patrol duty. These are d.
vided into three watches of eight hours
each, so that the watch consists theoretic-
ally of seven men. AS the men are given
nifty days leave during the year, the Off
GERS do not count on but an average of
five men on a watch as a rule Sometimes
when there is an epidemic of sickness. as
during the prevalence Of the grip in this
city several years ago, the force is reduced
to four men on a watch
The inadequacy of this force is shown I'm
the relative fact that there are thirteen en-
trance and exit doors in the building besides
the other points where guards are really
necessary.
In this calculation it will be noticed that
no consideration has been given to the eight
watchmen. These are. in reality, policemen.
wearing the same uniform. but drawing less
pay, and put on the rolls for tine very
reason that there is not provision enough
for the proper guarding of the building.
These men are divided around the prop.rtv
as follows: One is at the Maltby House.
two are in the grounds two on tie Hausa
l1oor. one on the Senate floor one I'm she
dome and one in the crypt. They are All On
duty in the day. In this way the regular
force is eked out, but even then il is re-
garded as insufficient. Hence a movement
mas been made recently by the police board
of the Capitol for the enlargement of the
force, which promises to be carried through
fortunately Col VIM. G. Moore the SUI
perlntendent of the city police force is NOT
only friendly but eager to help the CAPITOL
force, SO the old-time squabbles between the
two bands OF patrolmen over questions of
territory and jurisdiction are things of the
past. On several occasions Col. Moore has
sent men TO the Capitol to help out his
brethren of the United States. During the
night sessions of the Senate in the silver de
bate last fall there were six men from the
metropolitan force on duty, and while the
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in having two. 1t is an old-fashioned be-
lief that when thing is good more OF it
is better. Time has been, however, when
these two police forces were as oil and
water, and would not mix. even after the
most persistent shaking. The lines of their
relative jurisdictions were so strictly drawn
as to cause confusion, and in some cases
trouble. This day, however has passed
and today the metropolitans and the Capt.
tolls are one united brotherhood, Joined to
preserve the peace and to look as pretty as
possible
The present Capitol police force is prob
ably the most efficient that has ever been
organized within the walls of the great
white building on the hill. Such an occa-
sion, though, as that of the close of the
tariff debate in the House, when all of
Washington poured into the House to hear
the speeches and to see the voting on the
tariff bill, demonstrates that there is sad
need of more men on this little squad of
peace officers. A brief glance at the fig
ures in the case will suffice to demonstrate
the truth of this statement
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10
promise spanned the skies with one end
resting on Fort Myer.
Garrison Life.

The routine garrison life of soldiery at
Fort Myer, as elsewhere, differs one season,
from another. In the delightful spring and
autumn days there is greatest activity,
with sometimes two drills a day and bat
TALON parade every evening except Satur-
days and Sundays. On Sundays, nowadays,
the soldier is not required to do any unnec-
essary military duty, and even Saturdays
are regarded sort of garrison holidays
after the regulation Saturday inspection
Is concluded. In the pleasanter months
these weekly inspections, like most s,arri-
son formations, are by battalion, but in
winter they are by company, when, of
course, the parade effect is lacking. During
spring, summer and fall the troops are ma
neuvered daily, Saturday and Sunday ex-
cepted, on the spacious drill grounds add
Joining the post proper, and well might the
hundreds of people who drive out to witness
the military evolutions of the command
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ment Is OF recent creation, constituting the
one single United States cavalry station east
OF the Mississippi river, the post itself. as
It Is styled in military parlance. is simply
an improved or renovated old one. and the
only remaining garrisoned site of that his
toric Gordon of defensive earthworks which.
at the close of the civil war. made Washing
ton one of the most impregnable fortified
cities in the world.
Originally constructed in the spring of
1s6S. it was named Fort whipple, in hon.
or of the gallant Maj. Gen. Whipple who
died that year from wounds received at the
battle of Chancellorsville-a fitting name for
what was regarded as one of the strongest
and most important defenses around Wash
ington. Indeed. at the time of its compile
ton. 1t was recorded as one of the most
beautiful specimens of field engineering of
a semi-permanent nature, and yet, aside
from being model structure its impor-
lance was magnified by reason of its COM
handing position with respect to other
forts. military roads. approaches. &c.
But like most of the old fortihcations that
encircled the capital during the rebellion.
Fort Whipple's embankments crumbled
away in time and were leveled. so that now
little or nothing remains to mark the old
line of its walls and parapets, once bristling
with defiant guns.
In the closing years of the sixties. in
Difference, doubtless. to its recognized
strategic Importance. plans were inaugur-
ated for perpetuating its site. by making it
a permanent military post. and gradual i'm
provements continued till 1872. when a
school of instruction for officers and men of
the United States signal corps was estab-
Hshed, the reservation limits being extend
ed. by order of the Secretary of War, to in
clude all that part of Arlington estate out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10
MADE THE COMPASS USELESS.
Steel CorsetS and a Dynamo Resulted
I'm Some Remarkable Deviatfons.

The story that deviation of her compass
resulting from the presence of steel in q /,
cork leg worn by the man at the wheel
caused the steamer Susan z. Peck To
strand near Bar Point, Lake Erie. in Sep
TENDER last. with loss to the underwrft-
ers OF upward of 10000. recalls TO the
Milwaukee Wisconsin a similar circum-s
stance. According TO the narrator on one
of the trips OF the fine steel steamer Cas-
Italia down Lake Huron the past season
the second mate reported to Capt. Allen
that the compass had suddenly gone
wrong; that the nedle would swing three or
four points to the right or left at inter-
walls, and that because Of these erratid
movements it had become utterly impossi-.
bile to steer course-in fact he had lost
track Of the course OF the steamer alto-
gether. Capt. Allen accompanied the mate
to the pilot house and found matters just
they had been reported. Besides the
man at the wheel two lady passengers
were in the pilot house when Capt. Allen
entered. Turning TO them after meditating
for moment, he asked IL they wore steel
corsets A reply in the affirmative led TO q
further question as TO where they had been.
and this elected the informant ton that the
ladies had paid visit TO the engine room
and that while there the engineer had az,
forded them an opportunity to inspect the
dynamo hch supplied the electric lights
of the steamer. That settles IL: you must
get out OF here"' next greeted the ears OF
the ladies as Capt. Allen opened the pilot
rouse door for their exit. And while they
were walking back to the cabin I'm a maze
of surprise and establishment at Can't.
Aliens exhibit Of blum, sailor-like author
ity, that compass got right down to stald
business again and showed the man at the
wheel the way with its usual precision IL
is hardly necessary To explain that the dy-
namo had magnetized the steel corsets
worn by the ladies and that the corsets
became responsible for the crazy race the
needle of the compass ran as the wearers
moved to and fro I'm the pilot house
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10
Front of barracks.


Tor the memory Of the gallant hero of Chan
cellorsville. inasIluch as one of the largest
and most Important military posts on the
western frontier. in Arizona. was already
designated Fort Whipple.''
A. "a Cavalry station.
Finally. in lS>6 the school Of signal serv-
Ice Instruction having been abolished pur-
suant to an act of Congress of that year.
the idea was conceived of establishing in
the vicinity Of Washington a cavalry sta
t!On-the only purely cavalry station in
the east-where some of the selected hard
est worked troopers OF the army could be
Scatei III recognition of heroic services in
the rugged regions Of the Indian country
accordingly. the following year Capt. An
dtrSoh troop OF the sixth cavalry. and
L-aNtoh troop Of the fourth. were ordered
- take station at Fort Myer with Ma
carpenter OF the fifth cavalry in command
" the post
The selection Of Lawton's troop was ne
cdliar!y appropriate. For years mast no
dad been one Of the sturdiest lieutenants
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10
The Riding HILL.

can eXcei MS troopers in field or parade
tactics.
The Riding Hall.
Indeed visitors need not wait for the
sunny days of milder seasons to find inter-
est in the soldier life at Fort Myer. AL
though outdoor drills and parades are no
longer in order, the immense brick riding
hail, in a remote corner of the post, is the
scene daily of all the intricacies of mounted
drill as well rarest feats of cavalry
craftsmanship. Truly it may be said that
the modern cavalryman must no longer be
orly good saddle rider He must be
complete master of his horse, with absolute
control of his own equilibrium, and at the
same time, be fearless in whatever pertains
TO equestrianism, fully able to take care of
himself and horse anywhere and every
where alone. He is practiced bareback on
the dead level heats, and must Jump hur-
oles OF varying heights. singly and in rla-
negligence or lack of skill might tend to
stampede troop at the cost of his own
life.
Expert HOrsemanshiD,
Ialking on this subject an army officer
VINO was a frequent visitor to the English
Tattersall show at the worlds fair in Chi
caSo, declared the other day that the troops
at Fort Myer could do anything and every
thing that the Englishmen palmed off on
the falr goers as peculiar TO their own
superior skill. why" said he every
well-drilled cavalry troop in the service can
do all that the English did and more. too
an, at any rate.~exceptiug- the ..pegging,
winch our men have never practiced "
Continuing, he said there was not a large
cavalry post in the country where feats
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10
THE CAPITOL POLICE
A Little Army That Guards the
Building and Grounds.
THE WAY 1T Is ORGANIZED
Not Enough Men to Care for a
Big Crowd.
SOME RECENT EXPERIENCES
THE WAY IT Is ORGANIZED
SOME RECENT EXPERIENCES

T is NOT EVERY
city that has tw O
police forces. WASH
ington in this respect
is unique. To be sure,
there are some folks
who are of the opin-
ion that one police
force is enough. and
more than enough,
but when the force is
so good as is that OF
Washington n er e
can really be nc
harm I'm wanting and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10
One Requisite Lacking.

From Puck.
WiggS-Do you regard Mrs. White Wings
as professional or amateur actress?
Futlites-AIost decidedly an amateur. 7
don't understand that she has even applied
for a divorce
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side the walls Of the adjoining National
cemetery.
The signal Service school,

n.de the walls Of the adjoining National
cemetery.
The Signal Service school.
The school of signal service instruction
accomplished good work and did more per-
haps than any other agency toward further
ing the plans and purposes of the lamented
Myer for making the signal corps what it is
tOday-one of the most efficient and useful
auXiliaries of the federal military. For a
long time it was the center of all that per-
tanned to military signaling, and was the
cradle in which was nurtured the weather
bureau, whose good work of storm fore
casts has been of such incalculable public
advantage well as of individual comfort
and convenience.
During the fourteen years of it's contin-
uance as Il school of instruction improve
mentS were made from time to time to ac-
commodate the officers and enlisted men of
the corps. and, early 1876. the posi-
became one OF the most picturesque sUbur-
ban meccas about Washington, though OF
Course, of much less size and interest than
IL presents today.
In February, 1881, in recognition of the
distinguished achievements of the lamente(I
head Of the signal service corps. the name OF
the post was changed. by general orders of
the War Department. to Fort Myer."
This was not through lessening respect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10
At Fort Myer, the Only Cavalry
Station of the East.
BRAVE TROOPERS At HON E
They Are Not Show Soldiers, But
Old Campaigners,
READY FOR ACTION ANY TIME

N THE VIRGINIA
shore of the Potomac,
within a half mile of
the river bank and
upon a ridge eleva-
ton of about two
hundred feet. stands
Fort Myer, like a
lone sentinel on watch
over the national cap
ital. whose W h 1 { e
dome is plainly in
view four miles away.
Though its present
military establish
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TO ADVERTISERS.

Advertisers are urgently re.
Quested to hand in advertisements
the day prior to publication. In
order that insertion may be as
eured. Want advertisements will
be received up to noon OF the day
OF publication. precedence being
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llSOli has pun GA AAiA
menSe amount OF
] time on the lectures
which he Is to de-
liver before the Stan
ford University. He
has devoted all of his
leisure to the work
and has worked the
lectures out from
original sources, so
that they will prob
ably be a valuable
t,;lN,,t;Ap 70 1An.
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From a society Journal de futurO:
THE defendant beautifully gowned in
cream satin with ga-niture of pearls en-
tered the court room leaning upon her
fathers arm, while the plaintiff waited at
the bar.
The souvenirs for the correspondents
We're corsage pins Set with diamonds and
cum buttons in the shape of fern leaves, -
Puck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10

He-"Do you believe in such a thing nj.
love at first sightZ' She-"Certainly a
hasty glance does not discover lmoerfso-
tons. Transcript
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10

there be increased to thousands for Col
Henry is justly reputed to be one of the
best commanders and field drill masters in
the army, and no squadron in the service
can excel his troopers in field or parade
tactics
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10
HARRISON -GARFIELD
Fresh Stories About Two Famous
Republican Presidents.
POLITICAL DESIRES FOR 1895.
Harison's Law Lectures and What
Mr.. Kitchener Says About Them.
GEN. GARFIELD AS A STUDENT

Written for The Evening Star.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-06-08

Daily Advertiser IS cents month.
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T. DE WITT TALMAGE HERE.
Continued from page L.

been entirely left to the discretion of
the Board of Trustees. / had to leave
soon after the fire occurred, and know
nothing of their plans.
81 had just completed my twenty,
fifth year IN my Brooklyn church, ana
hal preached the first sermon of my
twenty-sixth year when the fire oc-
Cured. l had only finished speaking
a half hour before the immense struc-
ture was wrapped IN flames.
"At one time / had made up my
mind TO sever my connection with me
Tabernacle. l had been there I" Ell ty-
five years, and that seemed TO me IL ng
enough for a man to stay in one place.
However, / have now decided to re-
main there indefinitely, and will re-
sumo my labors on my return next
fall ID