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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04
THEY BOSS THE WAR.
THE PERSONNEL OF THE NAVAL
BOARD OF STRATEGY.

Something About the Men Who Are Eoing
So Freely Criticised and to Whom Adj
vice. Is OfYered In wholesale Lots.
Theirs an All Night job.
Even in times Of peace Uncle Sam is q
wide awake old chap, but when ho has a
fight on he never sleeps. This does not
mean that all America is losing its sleep
during these warlikc times, ba that the
government is always represented, night
and day, by men who are intrIstec with
the job Of bossing the war. Ths-v are
enough of these officials SO that tEey san
take turns at sleeping.
Tho naval board of strategy & the tech
meal name of this little collection of war
managers. 1t is practically a secondary
or assistant cabinet. The president and
his official advisers direct the main policy
Of the war, but it is the board Of strategy
which carries out this policy and attends
to tho details.
Rather unpopular have these official
strategists become Of late, because tho ay-
erage American is an inpatient soul. He
docs not like delay and long wait between
acts. He wants the scene shifting done
quickly and the action to be continuous.
He would like a battle every few days, SO
that the thing may be finished He doesn't
understand why 1t should takc SO long to
equip, drill and move troops, fit out trans
ports, collect s~quadrons md corner the
enemy. Fer many days he asked. why in
thunder docsn' t Sampson get at the Span
ish heat?'' "Why don t we take Havana
and Why in blazes doesn't the govern
mont send troops to Dcwey?'' As nobody
appears to answer his queries, he says hard
things about the board of strategy.
And it is not only the citizen but some
Of the naval officers who have criticised the
war board. They have spoken scornfully
Of the men who fight paper battles and
do not turn tho navy loose on the Spanish.
It is but fair, however, to say that the
stratcgists at Washington have not caused
all the delays. We do not prepare for war
every day, and there are u thousand and
one little bitches liable to occur of which
the civilian knows nothing. For instance.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04

Spanish forces. Necessarily a military
attache of a neutral government can offer
no assistance TO either side. 1t would be
a serious breach of the neutrality laws for
hin to accept ejes1 temporary command
Of a body Of troops or to accept any servicp
aboard ship. He wears the uniform of HIS
native army, probably the fatigue uni
form.
During u civil war Prince Napoleon
travelled for a time with the array Of the
Potomac, and Lord Wolseley, now conn
mander in chief of Queen Victoria S army,
divided his time between the Union and
Confederate headquarters in tho field.
During the late war between Greece n
Turkey General Miles was at the seat OF
war with The victorious Turks. During
that war we had four attaches in the field,
with both the Greeks and the Turks. Gem
eral Miles selected the Turkish side be-
cause he expected tho Turks to win. He
was able to study the effective engines Of
war at a better advantage from the van
gushing than ffosn the vanquislaed side.
Among the military attaches who re-
Gently arrived at Tampa were an English
artillery captain, a German count who
holds q commission from the kaiser and 8
French military officer.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04

were not whipped at all. Not SO - =
Spanish navy. From the chief petty Off
cers=-who in our navy are men of dignity,
experience and character, as they must be
to gain and hold the confidence and re-
speet Of the rest of the enlisted men-down
to the newly shanghaied landsmen, all
hands forward arc whipped, and sorely
whipped. Nor is the task of whipping
them delegated to superiors in rank. 1t is
an actual fact that tho apprentice boys in
the Spanish navy are the recognized ships
whippers. The spectacle of an understood
lad laying the lash ON the naked back OF q
chief petty officer, from whom the lad is
supposed to derive his sea knowledge, is
Enthusiastically Spanish and Abyssinian.
The ssrule o. thumb is another common
punishment in the Spanish navy, the sus-
pending Of offenders by the w thumbs,
so that their feet barely touch the ground,
from overhead gratings. The writer once
attended a mass on board d Spanish cruis-
er in Chinese waters. The mass was cele-
brated on the berth deck forward. In full
view of all hands who attended the mass
was the ships brig on the berth deck, up
in the eyes of her. Eight men were sus-
pended by their thumbs from the grating
covering the hatch leading from the top
gallant ~fo'c'sle, and their groans were
mingled with the responses Of the men to
the words OF the chaplain.
Another feature of the Spanish navy's
punitive system is the SOLITARY and fish"
infliction. This consists in locking up a
minor offender ia an unlighted and prac-
tically unventilatcd compartment and in
feeding him upon salt fish and no water
whatsoever for a couple of days at a stretch.
Men who suffer this ordeal have always to
be lifted out of their place of confinement
when it is over, with their swollen tongues
hanging out of their mouths from thirst,
and men have been taken out of the glory
hole dead after undergoing this barbarity.
The wonder is truly not great that q slum-
bering devil of bitterness seems always to
look from the eyes of the Spanish man
forward. There have been many mutinles
in the Spanish navy, but they have always
been suppressed, after serious loss OF life,
BY the marines, for the Spanish naval OIL
GERS are crafty enoughto treat the marines
well. The Spanish marine gets all the
best Of it, and he is even coddlcd by the
officers aft. It is not an thing
for 8 private marine aboard "a Spanish
man-of-war to slug q chief petty officer
without receiving the slightest punish
ment for It. Indeed the marine who does
this is privately applauded by the officers.
In return for this sort Of coddling treat
ment at the hands Of the officers the ma
rines are the officers protectors, and on
every occasion when the b~Iuejackets have
risen in revolt-and they have done this
within the past ten years on several nota-
Bile o-ccasions-the marines, Instantly tax
ing their stand on the poop behind the
rapid fire guns and with their rifles ready,
have axea the sailors into submission,
not, however, on a few occasions, without
first pouring a voIley into them.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04
JOHN AND UNCLE SAM.
COULD THE PAIR or THEM THRASH
THE POWERS?

How the Allied Fleets of Great Britain
and the United States Compare In Size
ard efficiency with Those of the Con-
tinentaI Nations.
While we are not much disturbed by the
threats of o combined attack on the United
States and Great Britain by the rest of
Europe it is well enough to look at tho
facts. No one can tell what may cone out
Of the future. We know that the sym
pathy Of all the Latin races Of Europe,
those Of the French, the Italians and tho
Austrians, are with Spain. We are certain
that the Germans arc u~nfrfendly to us,
and we might confidently expectsthat in q
combination against the A1glo-Saxons
that the Russians would join forces with
their neighbors against their ancient enc
mics.
AS for the Anglo-American alliance
which we arc talking about on both sides
of the ocean, there are many things be-
sides sentiment which urge it. The "ore
blood, one purpose, one nation" idea is all
right in its way, but it is not nearly so
strong to convince as the realization that
| self interests would drive us together.
Should England lose the mastery of the
SCl10 Jul OO<5Io FONAd ~ 1
the combined fleets of the powers. Should
our ports be blockaded thousands of Eng
Hsh ships would lie idle in her harbors and
her own provinces in America might be
! mcnaced.
So you see an attack on either England
| or the United States by the powers would
change our entente cordiale into the clos
est kind Of a rapprochement, as the French
have it. What would be the result? Who
would win? Well, let us look at the com
bined strength of the opposing allies.
At the start we beat them in point Of
population. Counting all tbn Americans
and all the English scattered in the vari-
ou- colonies throughout the world, the
Anglo-Saxon has a numerical strength Of
more than 40, 600, 600. The five nations
on the other side would have but 26s, 000,-
600 from which to draw soldiers. If nee
essary, we two could furnish an army of
80, 900, 600 fighting men.
But such vast armies, greater than have
ever been assembled, would probably new
er be called into the field, for the real
struggle would be fought out on the ocean.
Until tho sea power of the two Anglo
Saxon nations was broken there could be
no great military operations against Ell
ther. As long as they held the oceans they
would hold the only road by which their
possessions could be attacked. However
mighty the continental powers may be in
armies and armament, the force in which
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04

GGREGAT POPULATION COMPARED.
the United States and Great Britain are
the NEST nearly equal to them is that Of
the navy. Until the British and American
navies have been destroyed, therefore, the
powers could make little use of their huge
armies.
The effective navies of the contending
powers would be furnished by France,
Russia, Italy and Germany in the order
named. The fifth power, Austria-Hun-
gary, has no ships that are worth consfd-
ering, as they could not be used to protect
her bit of seacoast. Without going into
tabulated details, here is a comparison of
the two sea powers:
Gunboats Tor
Battle Cruis- and miscel- pedo
ships. ers. ianeous. boats.
A~nglo-Saxons. 81 1872 rs 1872
The powers. .101 98 1873 ISL
It is o formidable showing which the
powers make, but the bare facts as indi-
Gated by the figures must be modified.
OF the American and British ships every
one is effective in the highest degree Of its
type and class. There is grave reason to
doubt the efficiency of a great proportion
of the French battleships.
AS far as the cruisers are concerned,
America and Great Britain not only own
more than the combined powers, but it is
doubtful whether the power could make
d single squadron of Is vessels or 20 that
could compare in force, speed and endur-
ance with any squadron that the two allied
English speaking nations could send out.
In torpedo boats the balance is very much
in favor of the powers. But Spain boasted
of an enormous feet of these hornets, and
when it came to the pinch she had only
four or five that were available for serious
work. Gunboats end miscellaneous YES
sells need hardly enter into the calculation
at all, for most of them are not formi-
dable.
It would be a ~stupendous contest for the
mastery of the ocean. If the Anglo-Saxon
won, that would saobably mean an end of
tho war, but if the powers won then
would come the land battles with invaders.
Between them the powers calculate that
they could raise an army of 1857, 459
men. Against this the United States could
put into the field an army Of 10, 176, 800
men. There would be more trained sol
diers in the armies of the powers, but
there would be also an immense number
Of unwilling conscripts. The Americans
would be fighting for their country and
for issues that were clear and dear TO
them. Just how many men of this enor-
NOUS array could be sent out Of the con-
tinent and adyantagcously landed and
handled in a strange country cannot be
estimated, but it could not possibly be
more than a comparatively small percent
age.
It's not mere bombast to say that tho
combined flocts Of Uncle Sam and John
Bull coald thrash tho powers on the sea.
If they did, there would be no land battles
at all, so we need not speculate as to the
results of the latter.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04
FIGHTING FOR REVENGE.
The Thrilling Story Of a
Former Spanish
Prisoner.
DARING DASH FOR LIBERTY
Boldness Is Something Which
the Spanish Character Can
Never Comprehend.

"Revcngei That is what l enlisted for
and that is what l am going to have.
Once ! fought for Cuba in Cuba, but Cuba
is free now, and hereafter / will fight for
the United States and revenge"
The speaker was ]. w. Master. private
of Company d, First Infantry volunteers.
10 y reporter of the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch he told the following story:
man can realize just the mount of
incarnatc dcviltry there is in a Spaniard
until he has lived among them during war
times. The present trouble broke out in
the spring of 1894. At that time I was
working in Havana at my trade. l am an
American engineer and machinist. OF
courso there had been talk of rebellion for
a long timo, but the fight began all of a
sudden.
My first detail work was carrying dis
patches. For some months Iswent across
tho country between Havana and the in
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04

heading for us and knew that our only
hope lay in putting cut. to sea and making
q run for it. This was on June II, 1896.
Leaving all but IA of our crew Of II
to guard the cargo, we steercd for the open
sen and succeeded in keeping out of range
for about seven miles. Then we had to
surrender or be sunk. So we surrendered
and were taken to Matanzas and thrown
into horrible dungeons.
After being ironed in Matanzas for
aboutatwo weeks we were taken TO MORO
Castle, where we found things even worse.
Each mar was kept alone constantly in
the dark, damp cells, unvontilated and
without any plumbing. We were given
no bedding whatever, and cleanliness was
absolutely impossible. We were forced to
simply live in filth.
"While imprisoned here our only food
was tortillas and foul water. Every day
the guards came in to tic us SO tho head
guard could venture in and inspect us.
This individual had a habit of ~prodding
me with his sword, and / carry several
wounds today, the result of his cruelty.
"Just let me ever lay hands on him
while / am able to defend myself. / will
have revenge to the utmost.
Through some diplomatic arrangement
all we prisoners were sent to Madrid, the
intention being to try us over there and
do the executing in the presence Of the
people so as to make a general impression
tina the administration was really doing
something in the Cuban war.
"But for some reason tho trial never
came off, nor were we allowed communi-
cation with the outside world. We asked
to see the American minister, but were
only laughed at for making the request.
"We lay in this Madrid prison for
months, zach day our hopes growing less
and less, but we were not without friends,
and they were working st~renuously for us
all the while. Cuban friends were doing
all in their power to free US. They did
not resort to any diplomacy either.
sin this case our good angel was a
young Cuban girl named Leila Moreita.
AT the time she was only 10 years old and
filled with enthusiasm for the freedom of
her country. No work vas too hazardous
for her, and, be it said, she has never fail
ed yet.
"In order to release us her first work
was to go to Madrid, where she was a per-
feet stranger, and find out our where
abouts. She passed herself off as a young
girl from the country, and nobody suspect
ed that she was not Spanish.
AFTER locating our prison she proceeded
to get acquainted with our guards. With
the night watch she became very friendly
and often came to the prison at night to
have a chat with him.
"He pointed out our cells. When she
had all the information she desired, she
laid her plans.
To- III u -.-sA-1 I.-. ,-I nf+o,, n
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04
Spanish Colors barred.

The school children Of Paramount, Ind,
went on strike and refused to learn any
more bacausS the red and yellow of Spain
were floating over tho schoolhouse. The
colors were not intended to show forth
pro-Spanish s~ympathies. It just happened
that the colors of the graduating class
were the hated red and yellow. Old Glory
had beer unfusled. Without Z thought Of
tho incongrIity the graduating class
hauled it down, put red and yellow stream
ers above 1t and sent it up again. When
tho younger scholars saw it, they were
wild. They demanded that the Spanish
colors be taken down. The seniors re-
fused. So did tho school officers. The
Juniors struck. They marched the streets,
cheering and waving United States flags.
The school board ordered the Gag down.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04
RUIN IN A CURSED RING
A Mysterious Opal That Has
Brought Bad Luck
to Spain.
DEATH UNDER ITS INFLUENCE.
Cruel Vengeance Of a Fa-
nous Beauty and
Adventures.
DEATH UNDER ITS INFLUENCE.

Superstitious people in Spain believe
that the disastrous fortune which has be-
fallen that country and its rulers comes
from q mysterious opal ring. The jewel
is Of very large size and Of the most bril-
liant coloring, with a spark of living fire
In its center. 1t is set in fligree gold and
has no other jewels about it.
The ring belonged to that famous beauty
and adventures, the Comtesse de Castig-
lone, who was the most beautiful woman
Europe ever knew, and who was in the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04

plate, a cup Of the same material and an
iron knife, fork and spoon. These arc
contributed to the common mess, but II
the sailor shifts to another mess he takes
his gear with him.
Breakfast Is placed on the table in the
iron pot or pans in which it has been cook
cd, and when the final call is sounded the
men lose no time ia falling to. There is
little opportunity for the exercise OF corr
tesy or table etiquette. Eating is a bust
moss which requires strict attention, and
conversation or rcpartee is left to the
smoking hour which follows each meal.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04
u GUESTS OF WAR.
Foreign Military Attaches Who Have Come
to See Us Fight.

Foreign Military Attaches VINO Lave Come
to See Us Fight.
The only persons to whom Uncle Sam
has issued reserved seat tickets in his little
affair with Spain are accreds5cd newspaper
correspondents and foreign war attaches.
Of the latter quite a number are now at
the front. Some are on the various war
ships, while others are at army headquar-
tiers. The war attaches have been sent
over by foreign governments to see how
we do our fighting and to gain experience
that may prove valuable in the training
and equipping of their own fighting forces.
They are treated as guests of honor as a
matter Of international courtesy. They
are not allowed to send timely reports back
to their governments nor are they permit
ted to, see too much of our fortification sys-
TEN, but when we are thrashing Spaniafds
they are at libertAto stand around as near
as discretion advises and see how we do it.
Most of the European governments are
represented in our army and navy and a
few war attaches have been sent with the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04

Sixty-one merchant vessels belong to
the auxiliary navy. These ships are sub
sidized n by contract must be given to
the United States on demand.
Barnacles form or the huh Of a ship,
impeding its speed. A six months cruise
will decrease the speed of a ship Is per
cent. and it must go into dry dock.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04
. a Of water.

A canal so yards wide and five yards
deep would not carry of one-ifteenth of
oil the water that runs through the water
pipes and sewers of Berlin or one-ninetietb
of that of London.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04
The Rapsdity Of Thourht.

To Illustrate the rapidity Of thought, q
distinguished scientist says that If the
skin be touched repeatedly with light
blows from d small hammer, the brain
VII distinguish the fact that the blows
even when they follow one another as
rapidly as one thousand in a second.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04

go ne IS a Frenchman and a fugitive
from justice?e
Eyes. In his own country he is under
suspicion of having guilty knowledge Of
the innocence OF one who had been con-
yicted and inlprisoned.iZLife.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04
Parkin.on,s Gold Curc.

eAnd you say Parkinson has taken the
gold cure2 Why, I never knew that he
drank.
aOh, 1t wasn't drink. He married an
heiress to get rid of his financial ills. =
-hicapn News.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04

ii Tyrol the government still pays head
money Tor the externlnatfeh Of poisonous
snakes. TITS tho only European government
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-04
Wen Represented.

The Quakers are the most largely represented
community in the English Parliament. There
are only $4,000. and they have eighth Members
Mesa free press., 1898-11-04
MESA FREE PRESS
W. D. MORTON. Az. .sHEwMAN.
MORTON & SIIEWMAN
Publishers
Advertising rates made known on aP-
plication.

The vigorous efforts that nave been
put forth by some of the Holbrook
citizens, Lotably Messrs. Zuck and
Barnes, to have tho national govern
ment set apart the petri6ed forest,
near this place, as national park is,
at least, bearing fruit. MIR. w. O..
Barnes this week received a coh,mu :
nication from Forest Superintendent
Beredict asking for further informa-
tion as to the amount of land neces-
sary to cover the entire park and
other data necessary for the carrying
ont of the national park idea, which
Mr. Barnes answers as fully as possi-
BILE. 1t is worth while to say that
one year ago Gov. Murphy succeeded
in having the land around the forest
withdrawn from entry under tho land
laws, and last year Governor Murphy
and Mr.. Barns called on Commissioner
Herman in Washington, and had a
long interview with him on the sub 8
.ject. 1t is matter of congratulation
that this move is at last to be carried
irto effect. st. Johns Herald
Mesa free press., 1898-11-04
THE ONLY CIRCUS.

In accordance, with the arrange
ments Of League Of American Show
men. the only big circus that will visit
this section of the Territory this sea-
son is the great Wallace Shows, which
will be in Phoenix. Tuesday, Nov.
9th.
Referring to this show the Daily
Telegram, of Ashland, Pa, says:
The best circus that ever visited
Ashland. That was the general ver-
dict of the people who attended the
Wallace show yesterday afternoon and
evening, and it was an opinion that,
was deserved. Many Of the principal
features we're entirely new, and the
trapeze work. and the performance Of
the Nelson family, and the scores Of
other high-class people were first
class in every particular. The hip
podrome and racing events were close
and exciting, and were watched with
breathiess interest, and some of the
finishes brought the audience cheering
to their feet.
Mesa free press., 1898-11-04

One of the brainiest young men Of
Arizona is John T Hughes of Pima
county, son of Ex-Governor L. O
Hughes. He is but "a years Of age,
yet there are but few men in Arizona
that are his equal in discussing the
silver question or other political issues.
Two years ago he stumped for Bryan
in Pennsylvania, and his speeches
were given wide circulation through
the press of the country. Mr Hughes
is native born Arizonan, was edu-
Gated at one of the best colleges east
and has chosen law as his pro-
fesson He, is now a candidate for
the Office of superintendent of schools
in Pima county, and his high qulii
cations, together with his strict in
tegriay and fanltless moral character,
should insure his election. -Enter1
prise.
Mesa free press., 1898-11-04


The importations of Mexican cattle
into the United States have reached
low pbo. The falling off in not due
to any decrease in the demand for
Mexican cattle, fer feeders are sceur-
Ing that country. for stock, but it
seems the supply is rapidly running
short. The total number Of cattle
imported into this country during the
month of September was 2.lS3 head
OF this number 1928 came into Tex
as, 1926 by the way of Eagle Pass
and only 297 through Fl Paso. Among
the shipments were 1856 steers and
45O COWS. The largest number Of
cattle brought to the United States
this year was in April, when 37,7l8
head were received, and the largest
month was April Of last year. when
the importations reached 73,479
head. Thus far this year the imports
have reached l20,SSS head. For the
same time last year 249,Z77 head
crossed the border.