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The times., 1898-06-12

humiliate a junior, or for the junior off,
Ger TO goad a private TO madness, but
the latter may not strike a blow on pain
Of death. Following are a few of The
other onenses for which death is pro-
vided:
Article 81 Incitins a mutiny. Any Of
ficer or soldier who begins. excites. caus-
es or joins in any mutiny or seditiOn in any
troop battery. company. party, post de-
tachment or guard shall suffer death or
such other penalty as a cOurt-martial may
direct
Article a. Giving false alarms ANY
officer who by any means whatsoever oc-
caslons false alarms in camp. garrison or
quarters snail suffer death in such other
punishment as cOurt-martiaI may di-
rect"
Article % Misbehavior before the enc
my-cowardice. ANY officer or soldier
VINO mlSbehayes himself before the enc
my, runs away or shamefulIy abaEdons
any fort. post OF guard which he IS com
manded 10 defend. or speaks words intuc-
ing others TO 90 the like or casts away
MS arms or ammunition or quits his post
or colorS 20 plunder or pilIage shall suffer
death or such other punishment as q
court-martial may direct"
As matter of course the penalty Of
death applies 20 simple desertions as indi-
Gated in article a. The officers or SOL
diers who shall force the commander OF
garrison TO yield the fortress in dIshon-
or viii meet like penalty.
Communication with or relief Of the
enemy Is clasSed under articles H. - AMI
46. Penalty, death.
The times., 1898-06-12
CONSTRUCTIVE PILoTAeE.
Drawing n Line Between the War
and the Navy Departments.

Drawing Line Between the War
and the Navy Departments.
The Virginia pilots, under the present
State law, collect constructive pilotage
on coastwise vessels going to Richmond
Newport News and Norfolk, and those
which do not take pilots have to pay regu-
lar pilotage, or in lieu thereof get out a
license of 10 cents per registered ton for
a year. In Maryland there is an exemp-
ton from pilotage on coastwise vessels
carrying coal.
Recently the Navy Department tried to
charter some vessels In which to ship
coal from the Virginia coaling stations to
Key West, Fla. 1t was found that they
could get plenty of vessels at reasonable
rates, but vessels charged more to go to
Virginia, because they had to pay for
this constructive pilotage. Upon the at
question, the Virginia Pilot Association
waived the requirement of a license to
vessels chartered by the Navy Depart
ment upon condition that they do not re-
quire pilots.
The War Department is now desirous of
chartering vessels for rernandina, and
knowing of this exemption to the Navy
Department, asked that the Army might
have the same privilege of shipping coal
from Virginia, and not paying pilots for
work shat they did not perform, but to
the surprise of the authorities the Vir-
ginia Pilot Association have drawn a line
on the War Department.
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Death Penalties in War.
(From the Chicago Chroniclc.)


Martial law is q vague term to the
great body of our citizens; indeed. not
one in thousand of those who have re-
Gently donned uniforms and marched
away to fight for their country have any
just conception of what it means. Not
only does the soldier face death at the
hands of the enemy, but he stands in
danger of meeting it. attended with eter-
nal disgrace at the hands of his friends,
if he violates any one of several articles
of war.
The impetuous volunteer burning with
hatred of Spain, who fails TO respect q
flag of truce borne by an approaching
enemy, to whom it youchsafes protection
merits and generally receives death. a
court-martial has no discretion in the
matter Breaking a safeguard is re-
garded as one of the most serious crime:
known to military law.
Sleeping on post" figures as No. 80 il
the articles. Most young. soldiers are IA
miliar with the provisions of the law.
Article q. Striking a superior officer
According to the wording of this statute
it is open to a senior officer to insult OF
The times., 1898-06-12
No-Nomans Land.

(From the Detroit Free Press.)
Wives are wanted in Rhodesia.- Johan-
nesburg, South Africa, Standard.
Then-unutterable woei-there is a No
Woman's-Land as well as q No-Man's $
Land. Situate, too, in Afric's weird
wastes, where there is desolation and
dreariness enough, land knows. without
the otherwhereness of womankind to com
plete the awful isolation
wives are wanted in Rhodesia."
gurgling, vine-mufied fountain is wanted
IN the oasisless desert warmth is wanted
in the Arctic's frigid wilds; a draught of
cool water is wanted by the thirsting. sun
parched, sea-tortured castaways; rain is
wanted in blistering Kansas; cool wave
is wanted in the torrid tropics youth is
wanted by age; wealth and fame are
wanted by youth; perpetual motion is
wanted by the despairing inventor: the
golden secret is wanted by the alchemist:
love is wanted by the lonely; Christian
charlty Is wanted by the erring; eternal
life is wanted by all who walk on earth
Ihere Is lack of woman's nursing. there
Is dearth of Womans tears in Rhodesia.
Shingle nails are substituting for buttons
in South Africa. No mother sings at twI-
lights fall a song of the hill far sweeter
than all Porous plasters must serve in
stead of patches in Rhodesia. The sound
of children playing in the streets Is a
sweet jargon never heard in that wife
less realm, and no faithful hand strives
TO make pumpkin pies the way his mother
did.
Belated men go uncatechised to their
cots in the early morn and the soft
sibilancy Of woman's speech and the
silken swish Of a womans robe never
soothe the ear in Rhodesia. The graces
and gentilities of life are departed and
the flowers are dying out of the human
heart because womankind comes not to
that remote and forlorn region, new
hopes to raise, new joys impart and pour
rich balsam on the heart
wives are wanted in Rhodesia." It
is voice crying out of a wilderness of
masculinity. Fair forms are needed TO
bend low over cradles and lull little
rolly-polly Rhodesians to forgetfulness
with shadowland songs. Wives are want
ed TO take commissions as high priest
esses of the homes, to conserve the good
and true, to bring sweetness and light
into the dark continent, to apply soft
cool hands to aching brows, to furnish
sympathy and counsel. to remember the
birthdays and the proverbs, to take flow
ers and tears to graYesides, to do all, to
sacrifice all, to hope all that a wife is
expected to be and do and suffer and
fear and sacrifice and hope in Rhodesia
and elsewhere.
Wanted at once-Wives in Rhodesia.
The times., 1898-06-12
TWO RULERS.
Kaiser WiIheIm's brother Visits the
Summer Palace.

(From the New York SUM-
Prince Henry of Prussia's visit to the
Emperor of China in the summer palace
was the occasion of an extraordinary
spectacle. according to the accounts in
the German newspapers, and furnished
fitting close to his strange journey for the
spread of the gospel of my sacred per-
SON."
The prince set out from Pekin for the
palace early one Sunday morning, accom-
panied by his suite on horseback and es-
corted by small detachment of Ger
man horse marines mounted on small
ponies and larger body of ordinary ma
rines on foot. On reaching the palace the
prince and his attendants changed their
clothes and put away cold refreshments
Then, in company with the German am
bassador to China and an interpreter
Prince Henry called on the empress
dowager.
The empress sat behind a table on
which were arranged pyramids of
oranges and vases of peonies. She wore
no veil and had not painted her face
She expressed no surprise nor emotion at
seeing the foreign prince, and at once
made use of the Ii Hung Chang method
of asking n string of questions herself.
Prince Henry managed to tell her, how
ever, that the European ladies in Pekin
would like to be received at her court,
and she promised that they should be in
vited to the next state reception.
On taking his leave the German prince
was conducted to the great audience
chamber, where he was received by the
emperor, who shook hands with him
Contact with the mailed fist, it is as
serted, made Tsaitien tremble all over
The prince then brought out some vases,
manufactured at the Berlin porcelain
factory, as Kaiser Wilhelms present to
his brother monarch, and, after eXchang-
ing a number of formal complimentary
phrases, took his leave. The emperor ac-
companied him to the door of the hall,
where the German marines were drawn
up and greeted him with q roll of the
drums. The sight of the soldiers and the
The grounds and sights of the Summer.
palace were then exhibited to the prince,
Prince Ching acting as guide
Later the emperor returned the princes
visit in the rooms set apart for him in
the palace, and gave as presents some
valuable Chinese porcelains and two
fans painted by the empress dowager's
own hand. After the formal visit the
Emperor and the prince withdrew to a
room by themselves, accompanied only
by the interpreter, where they stayed for
a long time, and at the end of the inter-
view his Celestial Majesty seemer much
relieved. Prince Henry and his marines
then got on horseback once more and
made their way back to Pekin.
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blame. To guard against neglect or mex
perience, you are directed to send to me
list Of names of surgeons. prominent I'm
their profession. in your respective divi-
sions, from whom consulting board
for each division hospital will be chosen.
Ihey VIII be called in consultation in ev-
cry case of severity and their decision
will be final subject to my approval
You will report to me a list of equip
ments turned into the division hospitals
by the regiments, with a list OF regiments
contributing.
you viii also report in writing the
names OF regiments and regimental sur
geons having failed to comply with Gen.
Graham's orders in order TO enable me 10
report them 10 the comma nding general"
This was signed by "A. c. Girard lieu
tenant colonel and chief surgeon, Second
Army Corps
There will be a war before this order
viii be obeyed in some Of the regimeI.s.
Yesterday the Sunday order was in eff
feet, and visitors were disappointed be-
cause there were no dress parades.
The times., 1898-06-12
BALD THE WINNER.
He Defeats Mccarthy Without Much
Effort

St Louis, June 11.-Eddie Bald won the
match race against Mccarthy, the St.
Louis champion, this afternoon at Ath-
letic Park, without exerting himself Sc
riously He demonstrated conclusively
that he outclassed the st. Louis man,
both as a rider and strategist. The vic
tory was won in two straight heats. Bald
won the first by five lengths. Time
2:07 1-5.
In the second heat Bald started out TO
chase the tandem. He never lost il,
winning as he pleased, in 2:01 1-5.
Bald received 70 per cent of the receipts.
Mccarthy got 25 per cent OF 20 per cent.
The odds were 10 to in favor of Bald.
The times., 1898-06-12
The Idea Was RevoItinr
(FrOn tha Cbioago ~,

(FTom the Chicago News)
Recruiting ofhcer-You are rather heavy for
the cavalry. Why don't you join the infantry?
Patrot-lnfantry? Great Grant, don't suggest
infantry to me! I've got yearling tripIets at
home, and have had all the infantry want. II
IS my desire to escape the infantry that has
brought me here. 49,
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A Confession.
(From the Chicago News. }

tfrom the Chicago News.)
Mrs. Mellish-Since we are married, Harold,
you hardly ever tell me that you couldn't live
without me. as you used to before our wedding.
Mr.. Mellish--Well, of course, you didn't make
me hold up my right hand and swear every night
i. before going to bed, then, that / hadn't told
lie to you during the day.
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Won MOLTKE ON STRATEGY.

Amateur strategists, editorial and other
wise, that are now so plentiful as to
probably outnumber the United States
Army, both regular and volunteer, will be
surprised to learn from no less an au-
thority than Helmuth Won Moltke, the
greatest strategist of modern times, and
one of the greatest of all times, that there
is no such thing as strategy in the sense
of an applied science.
There are now hundreds of editors
thousands of free-lance writer's and
countless amateurs who cri.icse the
President and his advisers because their
conduct of the present war does not agree
with the views of the seif-constituted
strategists.
Aside from mere tactical movements
such as company or battalion formations
as unities in infantry organizations, the
uniforms and accoutrements of the men,
the style and caliber Of small arms, COM
missary and sanitary arrangements and
the like-Which as strictly military ques-
tions are determined by the professional
soldier upon certain weli-defined princi-
pies adapted to the pending campaign,
there is no such thing as-strategical prin-
ciples that can be and are of general
application.
A few years prior to the Franco-Prus-
sian war Won Moltke, speaking Of book
treating of Strategy said
II cannot conceive how anybody can
write on Strategy nobody can write
about IL as a science, for strategy is moth
ing else but the application of strong com
mon sense to warfare"
Won Moltke illustrated this dictum him
self in the most pointed manner when
sian war the conduct of Gen. Won Stein
metz, as well as the unexpected move
ments of the French general staff, neces-
STATED the complete change in, II not
the abandonment of, the original plan of
campaign of the German general staff.
From a mere roundup of the French arm
les at Metz the actuality necessitated Sc
dan, Orleans, Paris and Strassburg.
There are numerous expressions of Won
Moltke in his posthumous works on
strategy anent the discussions Of prac-
teal questions relating to the science of
war as propounded by him 10 the officers
in the academy of war. Upon one of these
issues he said in 1878, seven years after
the Franco-Prussian war:
'If questions like the ones here pro-
pounded have TO be answered one likes
10 search for certain well-defined rules
and principles. The latter are offered only
by science and for our purposes strategy
is such science. But strategy is not
an abstract science, which affords in
flexible, absolute truths upon which one
may build, from which one may draw con-
clusions The square of the hypotenuse
is always equal TO the total of the square
of both catheu. This Is always true,
whether the rectangular triangle is large
or small or whether it points TO the east
or west Strategy is the application of
common sense TO warfare. The difficulty
lies in the execution of strategy for we
are dependent in warfare upon countless
conditions, such as the climate, the wealth
er, fog false reports and the like. The
best teachings for the future we gain
from our own experience, but inasmuch
as the latter will always be limited we
must make the experience of others use
full To us by the study OF the history Of
war"
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Their Name Is Legion.

U IOII tIIt bFOOkIyn EaSIe.J
Alfred Love, of the Universal Peace Union, says
that he wrote aid and comfort to Spain because
it is his duty. to love his enemies The latter
now now include about all the people OF the United
The times., 1898-06-12
Constituents of War.
(From the Kansas CITY Star.)

Lord Wolseley was only partially correct when
he said that war is a matter of bread and
meat" 1t is more, strictly speaking, matter
of bread and meat, and men and mules all of
which are possessed by the United States to an
ineXhaustible degree.
The times., 1898-06-12

Thus Won Moltke In his great campaigns
of 1866 and 1901 never bound himself
to certain abstract rules. Sometimes, as
in &c, he thought it proper to have his
army march in separate organizations and
TO seek junction on the day of battle.
Again he would move in huge armies, in
dependent in themselves, as at the out
break of the war of 70 and TO whip the
enemy in several battles on the same day,
as on August at Woerth and at Spich-
erer Heights. Sometimes he had cavalry
operate in independent organizations (di-
Visions; sometimes he had this noble
branch of the service fall in again with
the brigade organizations.
In short, he always executed his idea
of strategy, Ito comprehend the situa-
tion and to act as circumstances re-
CURED
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In another of these discussions with the
young officers who sought their theoreti-
cal education in the academy of war Won
Moltke said:
The principal thing in war IS 10 seek
for each concrete case the most practical
solution without binding ourselves TO GER
tain infiexible general rules. Science does
not give us any fundamental principles
which we may apply elsewhere; ii does
not give US any formula which will help
us to surmount an obstacles. The thing
in war Is TO comprehend every situation
correctly and then make such DISPOSE
ton as the occasion requires
First consider, then venture (Erst
waeGen, damn wagen) was Won Moltke's
device upon which he always acted dur
ing his marvellous career.
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ARMY AND NAVY GOSSIP.

Lieutenant Hobson. L. S. a, has to
make n -Hobson's choice" in the matter
OF promotion He has been informed that
he can elect either to be advanced ten
numbers in the construction corps or be
given good position in the line. He has
as yet made no decision.
The Philadelphia City troop now in
Puerto Rico is bOasting of the distances
Travelled by some of its members in order
that they might respond TO the call for
volunteers Private w. T.. Goodwin and
Corporal Chew came from the klondike.
Three men came from Seattle, and George
Thayer from ST. Petersburg. Russia.
Two new vessels of the British navy
We're launched during the first week in
July-the Ocean, sister ship to the Al
biOn, and the cruiser Am9hltrite. The
Albion is said 10 have moved two inches
before the dry shores were wrenched out.
and she was not properly christened; nor
was the Fourth of July. which, true TO
her Yankee name, was even more lively,
starting herself and making her way into
the Tyne at such rate that the chriSten-
ing party had 10 pursue in a launch and
christen her as she floated.
The story that the mines in Santiago
bay were worthless is not sustained by a
recent inspection. Eight contact mines
were taken up and the value of these was
not perhaps great, but the electrical
mines seem to have been in better shape.
The minehOuse was equipped with the
best of electrical apparatus and every
thing was in good condition, indicating
that it would have been impossible for
the fleet 10 have entered the harbor with
out losing some ships. The electrical
mines contained 300 pounds of guncot-
ton. or four times the usual amount.
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MANILA GIRLS ARE PRETTY.
Philippine City is Great Place for Male Strangers Who
Are Inclined to Flirt.

"I am wondering whether the soldier
and sailor boys whom Uncle Sam is
sending over to Manila these days will
find society there the same as when 1
was on the United States steamship
Powhatan in the early sos said a re-
tired ensign to a reporter of the Chi
cago Times-Herald "Of all my cruises
with the Asiatic squadron, the three
weeks that we lay at Manila with the
squadron under Admiral Beardslee
were the most delightful. Many time
lately | have been envying the young
chaps in the navy and army who are
probably hereafter to be stationed for
long periods over there.
THE Powhatan sailed from Hong
kong in November. In my journeyings
over the globe nothing has ever aroused
my sense of beauty as the scene on
entering Manila bay. Why, the bay of
Capri is not to be compared with it.
The heavens were the deepest of ceru-
lean blue, with not a cloud anywhere.
The water was smooth as a floor, and
wonderfully clear. The shore of the
immense bay was mass of living col
ors. Whole hills were an exquisite
royal purple. Away back the great
serrated volcanic mountains of deep
black lifted themselves athwart the
blue sky. Away off to the left a huge
volcano was in action. Gaunt palms
by the tens of thousands and cocoanut
trees stood up amid the flaming shrub
berry. Banana groves ran close down
to the waters edge. The air was pun
gently fragrant with spices, and the
song of myriads of birds foated across
the water to our ears.
1.-The fourth day we were in Manila
one of the midshipmen. who had letters
of introduction from relatives in Hong
kong. was invited to call at the house
of a family in the city. and TO bring a
few Of his friends. / was immensely
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a sort Of Hisoano- Chinese tenderness
out OF the corner OF their eyes. Their
dresses displayed an Indian repugnance
10 superfluity, a Spanish love of bright
coiors. and a Chinese regularity of
cut bias
Il was dancing with young Mestizo
when her mother and three sisters
beckoned US fro n the staircase to come
to them. which we obediently did. and
I was asked to escort the party to an
other ball. Finding myself captured.
surrendered u discretion and replied
that l was in or anything. Taking Miss
Buckeyes on my arm, went to the
van of the convoy and obeyed signals
given from time TO time by the Diana,
who occupied the position of flagship in
the rear. We soon arrived at a very
handsome house. through the windows
of which came sounds of music laugh
ter and soprano voices. We entered the
basement. went W the broad stone
steps. and met the host at the top. He
moved his hand toward the row of 10
pretty girls. to whom I gave one gen.
eral bow. which was supposed to in
troduce me TO every one. They asked
me if I would dance a .beerheeneea"
1 re9lied that 1 was sure 1 could not
dance such thing as that. What was
my surprise TO see them commencing a
regular Virginia reel. 'Beerheeneea' be
ing simply their pronunciation of Vir-
ginia "
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WHEN HEROES KISS.

Two gray-haired soldiers met in Washing
And kissed like boys. to seal the wars
And one one had led the fight. while ono
Kept sword in sheath, his country's call
Wheeler or Lee the greater? Both were
They also serve who only stand and
wait"
A Spanish captive stayed his steps and
Sick for his home, through the strange
city straying,
Seeing, all golden-haired and azure-eyed,
\ little child upon the sidewalk playing.
He dreamed his own was lying on his
Then stopped, and on her lips kiss he
pressed.
Back on deck, unframed by wave or shell,
Our Hobson sprang. and Sampson there
beholding,
snatched from the jaws of death. the
mouth of hell.
Opened his arms, the sailor bold enfolding;
No thought of rank, of age, held these
AS man to man they chung true heart to
heart.
Homeward again. encrowned with fame
and honor,
The hero came. and, like the sunset flush
ms.
With ali her maiden loneliness upon her.
A sweet girl crossed his path, and, shyly
blushinc,
Lifted her lips to his. All Who shall
blame
That girl unsought of Innocence to Fame?
And do you smile so slight thing to
ponder?
No weakness this. their glorious man
hood stealing;
The gentlest are the bravest, and the
wonderS
Is human soul to human soul revealing:
Win. cords like these they reach our love
lone touch of nature makes the whole
world kin"
Mrs. s&ipwith H CoaIe in the Richmond
lines.