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camp, the officer soemnly charged him
never to enter the lines Of the army again,
and he was allowed to go his solitary,
melancholy way. The utter depression cf
the man made the event impressive and
lesson in military discipline. The doubt
whether he was wholly to blame turned
the sympathy OF the regiment to him
anybody who has read, as most peoplS
have the story Of the Man Without q
Country viii understand why this punish-
ment Is severe. It cuts man off FROM his
kind, marks him as unfit to associate with
his fellows drives him from his natural
society and declares him TO be particulars
~ and hopelessly obnoxious. Few men can
be so hardened as 10 bear u lightly. The
victim Of ordinary punishments, even OF
the humiliating buck-and-gag, is still one
Of his kind, and Is able 10 restore himself
70 the general esteem. For the drLrmed-
out man there Is no restoration. He is
virtually affirmed to be beyond redemp-
ton not TT 20 be imprisoned, worthless
material TO be cast away once ana for
ever.
"There was comparatively little Of this
kind Of punishment In the civil war H.
deed there was little punishment of any
Kind except confinement in the guard
1Ouse after the first few months. Either
tile soldiers learned obedience or else lilo
officers found that punlshments of tho
brutal kind were not profitable. The prac-
tee Of tying men Up by the thumbs was
"a fdYorte mode of punishment for a while,
but finally 1t was abandoned altogether.
AS a lesson In the case OF a deserter at
this time, drumming out of camp would
be about as effective as shooting to all who
could witness the proceeding.
This was certainly the most Disagree
able duty l had 10 perform in al my fodr
Yeas service. There is a popular idea
that the drummer boy - often called on TO
lead ar assault Bur in time of battle he
is attached 10 the hospital corps. Some.
times in a pause in an engagement that
has tried the nerves of the men martial
music may enliven their dropping splits,
but as q RUE the drum is dropped for Tho
siretcher in a serious fight. In many en-
gagCmeuts my days were spent in CaIry-
ing canteens of water TO the wounded, Hho
were not able to leave the field, and IN
guiding the stronger stretcher bearers to
hose who needed the first attention, and
my nights IN giving chloroform al the am
putating tables or attending to the wants
OF the wounded"
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leading battles OF the West, was rolled up
and put away among the treasures OF the
state. by right il should have been the
First Illinois, but as there had been six
regiments IN the Mexican war, the num-
bers began with seven.
What makes my recollectlons Of the old
Seventh more vivid is the suggestion as TO
the punishment Of the Pennsylvania de-
sertcr, Private Kirk, who left the camp
without leave to visit hts girl az home. 1t
Is thought by many that when he Is arr
rested and tried ne will be sentenced 10 be
drummed out Of camp Several officers
have intimatcd that this, instead Of the
death penalty, Is likely to be his unhappy
fate. It happened that one Of my first sx-
perienccs as a drummer was to aid in the
dl umming out Of man who had twice
fallen asleep on sentry duty. The punish
ment IL much more severe than persons
will think, unless they have witnessed such
an event / have seen men bucked and
gagged tied up by the thumbs and the ike
for showing dsrespect for shoulder straps
or for some other breach Of discipline, but
cruel as they seem these Infections are
really mia by comparison.
eve were then in the three months SER
Vice and stationed at Mound city, about
six miles above Cairo, on the Ohio river
No enemy had disturbed US and 1t was not
thought there was any danger of an at
tack, but sleeping on sentry duty is every
where aud always regarded as a grave CT
Tense. The fret ofense Of the young man
was passer over with a reprimaud and a
warning, because the reglmental surgeon
expressed a doubt as to his mental respon-
slbilty. lie had always been rather queer.
The second time the officer of the day
made a great stir about Il and the good
discipline of the regiment required that
something should be done, regardless Of
the doubt as 10 the mental condition of
the offender. After long elaboration II
was resolved to carry out the sentence.
which was that he be drummed out Of
camp. II
1.-THE young man took It very seriously.
and added to the dramatic effect, " he cid
not save part Of the proceedings from
being serious, by the bearing of a man
about to be hanged. His head was shaved
and he was dressed In a shabby suit Of
civilian clothes. He lost all self-restraint
before he was brought out of the guard
house and his moaning could be heard
all over the camp. The regiment was
brought out as If for dress parade, and
then formed In two lines facing each other.
There was a space OF about twenty feet
between the two lines. Down this space
came the poor wretch bareheaded and
hardly able TO walk. His face was white
and his eyes wild. on either side of him
wac a soldier with his gun and immedl-
playing the "Rogue's March," Back Of
these came an officer with drawn sword.
As the party started the regiment came 10
a charge Of bayonets, in such an obique
direction that every bayonet pointed at The
condemned man. AS he passed. the guns
were moved so as 60 continue to point at
hum. When they reached the limit of the
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Cows with EARRINGS.
From the Phlladelphla Inquirer.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer
A COW Is the last creature one would exc
pect to see with earrings. yet every COW
IN Belgium must wear them now The d.
rector general OF agriculture has issued a
regulation that all animals of the bovine
species are to wear earrings as soon as
they have attained the age OF 3 months.
Breeders are obliged to keep an exact
account OF the animals raised by them,
and the ring, on which is engraved the
number, IS fastened in the animals ear 70
prevent the substitution of one animal for
another,
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DRUMMING OUT OF CAMP.
why II Is One of the severcst OF
Army Punisbments.
From Lhe New York sun.

y VII w - J" Y = '7F''1'
washington June 10-"I experienced a
time Of Renaissance when 1 read Of the
Seventh Illinois boys az Camp Alger." said
d man who seemed to be young for a vet
eran of the civil war why four event
full years Of my life were spent with the
Seventh Illinois. which 1 entered as "A
drummer boy. But my Seventh Illinois
passed out Of existence soon after it
marched down Pennsylvania avenue in the
grand review just a third Of a century ago.
It's ragged flag, bearing the names Of the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-03
COLLEGE Student, and rsuner,nc..

To H EDITOR OF H SUN-Sir: The tone
Of your leader, College Students and Temper.
ance," is excellent. especially tho concluding
paragraphs. I wish. however. you would give
us another. in which you would tell us who
ought to have the credit for bringing about the
great decrease in drunkenness. in the consump.
ton of wines and liquors in social life and in
the community, which. you assert. has taken
place.
Ihopc to see THE Sun give full and merited
credit to those who have contributed 80 much to
the - general welfare" by helping to cause this
decrease in intemperance.
l wish to take exception to one paragraph in
your leader. 1t is where you say that tho mere
prohibition of drinking = might tend
only to give to drink the irresistible attraction
which belongs to forbidden fruit in youthful
minds generally, I object to tho 4" generally
on the contrary. ! do not believe that youthful
old or young, who Is irresistibly attracted to
violate a law, merely because it 10 a law, is an
anarchist pure and simple, and 1t would be q
libel on the young and on college students to say
that thcy are +" generally" anarchists.
HEMPsTEAp. L. l., Feb. l. +. KINDS.
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The charter of the Greater New York
provides in section 27 that the Council
and the Board of Aldermen shall each sit
with open doors. Notwithstanding this
express command of the statute, the Com
mittee on Rules in the Board of Aldermen
is already at work endeavoring to nullify
1t. The plan is to have the board resolve
itself into a Committee of the Whole and
debate all matters while acting in hat
capacity in secret session. Thus the wicked
reporters will be prevented from making
known the abilities Of our new city fathers
or exposing their ignorance.
This project is opposed to the public in
terests and discreditable to those who
lave set it OH foot. The men who a to
do right in the Municipal Assembly and
who are competent for their places in that
body have nothing to conceal. Those who
desire to sit behind closed doors must be
afraid that publicity will reveal their folly
or incapacity. They are the men who should
resign and go home.
Nevertheless there are good men in the
Council and in the Board Of Aldermen.
Let them act together in a common-sense
way and they may be able to establish and
maintain a good reputation for the NUM-
cipal Assembly. And the first thing for
them to do is to defeat the scheme to shut
the doors during debate.
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| those Of the two companies referred to-
the price at which such a plant could be
e~rected-is, according to the figures hereto.
fore attained, 81, $780, OO." That does not
include the land but, as has been seen,
free land is fairly thrust on the Govern
ment, and 1t also has plenty of its own.
Acting on this impression OF the cost OF =
plant, Congress refused to entertain the
proposals of the existing Bethlehem and
Carnegie plants. But when 1t now appears
from the bidding that the original outlay
will be more than double what was then
supposed, 1t is time for Congress to think
the matter over again. In this respect the
call for proposals has produced good re.
suits. It has shown o serious Is the
undertaking to found q Government plant.
At best, 1t would occasion great delay In fur
nishlng plates for our three newest battle
ships, whereas the Bethlehem and Carnegie
companies will agree to furnish them with.
out delay.
There is still another point suggested by
the bids. Even when Secretary HERBERT
firmly believed, az we AVE seen, that the
cost of q Government plant would be only
about 81, 800, 900, he nevertheless recon-
HleUueu, III pICiciehSS, IL VI
ship plates by the Bethlehem and Carnegie
plants at $4O0 q ton. And yet, now that
the Government plant Is found to cost dou.
BILE as much as he supposed, those two com.
panies will accept $4oo a ton and go ahead
at once with the work.
1t is quite possible that cheaper processes
of manufacture may, at q future day, bring
the price of ship armor below $400, and even
below $500 a ton. One such process now
being tried at the Carnegie works, under
the supervision Of the Ordnance Depart
ment, is said to be promising. But. mean
while, as to the familiar Harveyized armor,
the course for Congress Is plain.
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The Tammany Congressman.

Gold Democrats who have imagined that
support of the candidates Of the regular
Democracy was compatible with loyalty
to honest money, will see the proof OF
their mistake in the vote for the Teller reso-
luton cast by Representative McCLELLAN
of the Twelfth New York Congress district.
MCCLELLAN, in 1895, was Endorsed by The
"National Democrats" with the shallow
excuse that he kept his mouth shut on the
silver issue. The National Democrats, In
combination with a group of treacherous
Republicans, elected MCCLELLAN over HESS,
the regular Republican nominee. Yet, NC
CLELLAN has now voted on the side of free
silver with the brazenness Of a Populist.
All Democrats who, in going back to
Tammany Hall, have deluded or defended
themselves with the d that Tammany,
under the guidance of Mr.. RICHARD CROKER,
was opposed to the Chicago platform, should
look at the Tammany Congressman as a
body. They voted as solidly for the free
silver fraud in the Teller resolution, as II
they had been elected by the individual
act of WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
The way to vote against free silver is to
vote for its enemies, and they are not Demo
Gratis but Republicans.
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The creak Of the Hon. JOE BAILEY's shirt
bosom when he plrouetted through his perora.
ton Monday 10 compared by some OF his admir-
ers to the crack Of doom. and caused alarm
throughout tho District. Hore lie the creak rs
far as 1t could DO translated into articulate
language:
w are ready to meet you on this ssue-the Issue
that the money which is good enough for the people
who produce the wealth is good enough for the idlers
who spend II; that the money which Ia good enough
for the Ioor Is good enough for the rich; that the
money the lRborer receives for his toll and the mer.
chant for his wares is good enough for the bond.
holder. and, by the Eternal, he shall be compelled to
take It,"
The Hon. JOE BAILEY will never DO taken for
a successor to ANDREW JACKSON. nc matter
how many Jacksonian asseverations he loads
his speeches with. 1t would DO interesting TO
students Of argyromania to find out at what
period In his young life and on account Of what
accident or lesion Mr.. BAILEY got into his head
the notion that the laborer and the merchant
want Ascent dollars, whereas the curmudgeon
Of a bondholder wants a 1oo-cent dollar.
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OUR ARMoR EQUAL TO THE BEST.
Secretary Long and Capt. O'yeiiI Disnpprove
the Use or the Krupp Process.

~ ~ AFupp
WASHINGTON. Feb. AT a hearing given
them by the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs
to-day. Secretary Long and Capt. O'Neill. Chief
OF Naval Ordnance. expressed their disapproval
Of the use by the United States of the new Krupp
process Of making armor plate. They had been
called before the committee in the hope that
they might show that the embarrassing dead
lock between the Government and the armor
makers could DO ended by resort to the Krupp
process, which Its advocates assert Is better than
tho Harvey method. but will not make plates
cost more than is asked by the American manu-.
facturers for the plates heretofore furnished tho
navy. Capt. o'Neill made a long statement,
comparing experiments with plates treated by
the Krupp process with those of tho Harvey
expressed. Capt. o'Neilf said:
There Is no question that krupp nrmor has
been and fs equal, IL not superior. to the armor
Of England. France. Russia. and Austria. but
1t Is equally certain that that made in this coun-
1as has a essn fully fh equal me ,1 ANY a sa5SIeG m sF%Gs
havo acquired the right to use it because they
tons arc 81 that armer manufscture d in G0o this
country is fully equal to the best service armor
heretofore, applied have been SUCCESSFUL to
secure high standard; and that they are more
s moes fa 5hTr thu tha aetS apPl aaaI fSTo % tS Snd aT represent sent
piled; that the ermor made in this country
would have withstood tests considerably. more
severe than those to which 1t was subjected. and
that the tests arc and have been reasonable to
tho contractors and SO drawn as to carefully
protect the interests Of the Government. A
new table Of velocities,. making the test moro
severe. will DO employed In the future.
The now requirements will insure armor
Of as good resisting quality as Is in use
in any country. 1t Is impossible for any one to
say that the maximum excellence has been
reached in the manufacture OF armor. and in
this country. where the demand is so limited,
tho only way to encourage the development and
ballistic reQuirements as high as is prudent and
reasonable. and when making contracts to offer
a premium of n fixed sum on such ballistic
the contract requirements. This is the method
adopted in France. A premium OF 5 per cent. on
armor Mt $400 will yield but 800 per ton. or
$4,000 on $500 tons of armor at that price,
supposing all earned a premium"
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DREADNAUGHr AND RED JACKET
A Famous Rivalry OF tho Sea Omciaily Stamped
Out By Capt. sanusia.

a Famous Rivalry OF tho Sea Omlcially Stamped
Out by Capt. samueiG.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: 1 sec with
much regret that in your issue of Sunday, Jan.
80, 1893. you credit the clipper ship Red Jacket
with having made the passage In 1854 in Is
days 1 hour and 90 minutes. I leave you to
judge Of the error from the following data.
which l have in my possession:
New YORK TELEGRAPH STATION. Feb. 12. 1855.
thereby certify that It appears on the books OF the
telegraph kept by me that the clipper ship Red Jacket
crossed the bar at Sandy Hook 4:45 F. NJ. on the 9th
January, 1884. JOHN +. MYERS.
Her arrival at Liverpool. as shown on the
books of the Exchange, is thus reported:
Red Jacket arrived gath January, 1854. dragged
her anchors. and cleared from the small landing
stage by four steamers. Not reported till 25th.
You will therefore see that her voyage at tho
least exceeded fourteen days.
I claim that the clipper ship Dreadnaught,
commanded by me, made tho fastest trip be-
tween New York and Liverpool as follows: On
Fob, 81, 1859, We discharged the pilot at Sandy
west Lightship. and in IL days 8 hours (mean
time) anchored in the Mersey. This was not q
chance trip, as the Dreadnaught in 1854 made
the same passage In ID days IL hours, and six
times in succession made the passage under 10
days. including one run Of ii days and ono of
is days.
Knowing THE SUNS desire for fair play. I beg
you to make this correction SO that the dispute
may be settled for oil time. S. SAMUELS.
NEW YORK, Feb. 9.
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The Growth OF Temperance.

A correspondent whose letter we publish
elsewhere asks US to "tell who ought to
nave the credit for bringing about the
great decrease in drunkenness, in the con-
sumption of wines and liquors, in social
life and in the community"
The credit is due chiefly to the growing
refinement and nicer sensibilities of the
community, as manifested also in the in.
creased sensitiveness Of the public to all
suffering, human and brute. Coarse indul.
gence of all kinds offends modern taste.
The speech of society has grown more re-
fined. Swearing is going out Of vogue in
all it's ruder forms. The ripping oaths which
interlarded the speech of gentlemen in
former days, and even within the remem.
brance of the present generation, have
been discarded as savoring of vulgarity.
All exhibitions of violent temper, with the
explosive language, the objurgations, the
curses, and the revilings which accom-
panied them, have fallen under reproach as
| offensive to good manners, of which the
essence Is self-control and nice regard for
the sensibilities of other people. Excessive
indulgence in drinking produces results
intolerable in social intercourse. A drunk
ard makes a nuisanc of himself in society,
and suffers from its ban accordingly.
This more exacting social refinement
has been a powerful influence in furthering
the growth of the temperance which dis
tinguishes this period. Tit three. bottle"
men of the old days would outrage the
decency of a dinner of the present time
with their swinish indulgence. The din
ners of the past, which used to end with
half the men under the table, would be i'm
possible now, outside OF the vilest circles.
Wine is partaken OF sparingly; and has
become a mere incident of the feast. In all
respects the dinner is more decorous and
less of q mere feeding and drinking occa-
sion. The time of its continuance has been
decreased; instead of a company spending
two or three or even -four hours at the meal,
as formerly, an hour frequently suffices for
| an elaborate dinner. There Is far more
moderation in both eating and drinking
than there used to be.
Undoubtedly, also, the introduction of
lager beer as the great beverage of the peo-
pie, replacing whiskey, has conduced to the
lessening of drunkenness. Even at the
corner liquor saloons the main drink is
light beer. with the consequence that the
consumption Vi WhisAey mas iaiieh oh 30
greatly as to cause serious embarrassment
to the whiskey distillers, the decrease be-
ing particularly in the higher grades of
whiskey used as beverages.
We do not deny, however, that the agita-
ton in behalf of temperance. so earnestly
conducted for fifty years, mas been a con.
tributing cause also. Unquestionably the
palpable advantages Of temperance, carried
even to the extreme OF total abstinence as
a matter of pure principle, have furnished
apractlcal demonstration of the advantages
of prudence in the use of alcoholic slim
ulants which has helped materially TO in.
duce temperance. Drunkenness has been
made disreputable. or 1t 10 regarded as o
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dcplorable disease requiring restraint and

deplorable disease requiring restraint and
specific medical treatment.
Our correspondent objects to our sugges-
tion that arbitrary attempts to control the
appetites OF college students for stimulants
are likely to give to the prohibited drink the
attraction of forbidden fruit. He thinks
that this implies that the boys are ian.
archists;" but, in truth, boys are generally of
an anarchistic tendency. They must be dis.
ciplined and taught by precept on precept
to render obedience to law, against whose
restraints their natural disposition, almost
from the day Of their birth, Is to rebel. As
a part Of that discipline, undoubtedly, col.
lege boys may be held properly under dis
cipline concerning their indulgence in
stimulants, but, as in other matters Of their
necessary training to overcome the sayagery
Of the natural man." prudence dictates
that careful discretion be used, so that they
shall not be melted to rebellion by unphil-
~osophical attempts to enforce law.
BY this we do not mean to imply de-
fence Of the specific policy Of a college In
running q beer shop Of It's own for the
benefit Of it's students; nor do we regard
the objection of a Church to its ministers
assisting in the establishment of such n
taproom as furnishing sufficient occasion
in itself for their rebelling against its a
thority. Even as a matter of propriety
simply, IL not of consistency, Christian
ministers might reasonably decline to help
along the liquor saloons.
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NO INSULT TO COZ. SEWARD.
ne Excused the First Brigade Sian from At
tenainE Him on Monday HIEht.

When Col. William Seward appeared nj tho
Governors reception on Monday evening al the
Waldorf.A Astoria 1t was noticed that he was I'M
attended by any members OF the staff Of the
First Brigade. although he is acting head "
that body through the resignation OF Gen, FitL'
gerald. There was considerable talk about 10
On the floor at the time, and the discussion went
on in militia circles until II was said YESTERDAY
that the Colonel of the Ninth Regiment might
take action against the STAFF for not turning ont
and showing proper respect f- the head OF mo
brigade. Some even went so far as to declare
that Col. Seward had issued an order to tho
staff TO attend the reception with him. Col.
Seward said yesterday:
81 issued no order TO the stan Of Gen, ~.
gerald. asked members Of the staff IL they
could attend with me, bur they sent a request
that ! excuse them, and / cheerfully did so. !
know that any staff feels a natural deiiCacy
about appearing with any other chief than the
one whose official family II composed. ! re-,
spect that feeling on the part OF the stan and
am too old a soldier not to understand the sen
timent exactly"
Majors Van Duzer and Roosevelt had re-
ceived acceptnnces OF their designations before
Monday evening, and Capts. Costcr and smith
han been declared of the stan by reason o: tho
resignation Of Gen. Fitzgerald. Major David
tho city. Gen. Fitzgerald resigned Dec. 80.
and the members OF tho stan followed him sov-
eral days later, but their papers were not for
warded Immediately 10 Albany for hnal action
as. except In the case OF one or two who re-
quested immediate action, Col. Seward pro
posed TO hold Thorn back until Ap-erInAns4S
General was chosen