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Figures Show That the Deatb-Rate i'm Battle Has
Grown Less; At Tours More Men We've
Killed Tbap in the Civil War.

wishes. but the Max!ms, field guns ana re-
peatng rifles We're responsible for but q
few hundred OF the 1900 Arabs that wers
sain, the greater part of them fell In the
hand TO hand fighting that took place
when the British troops stormed the Arab
"zereba" at the poin. Of the bayonet
There Is but one conclusion to be drawn
from these figures and that is. that, In
stead of becoming more inhuman and do
strucuve as the centuries roll by, war Il
today far more merciful game and In
iinitely less bloody than In the days OF
nintlock. crossbow and taveIin. What
ever advances have been made in the art
OF producing huge guns Of immense range
and power, and OF perfectng appliances
for rapid and continuous firing, equal, X
not greater strides have been made In
the science Of aTordlng adequate protec-
ton 10 both garriSons and crews And,
moreover, IL is ridiculous and impossible
10 expect that IN the heat and excitement
OF a battle the same accurate results can
be obtained which arA found In the peace
and quiet or target practice. Even the
coolest brain cannot be relied on to faith
fully compute logaritn!as amid the
screeching OF a shell ard the dull, ear.
rcnding roar OF big guns fired In anger.
The moral effect of Il bursting shell IA far
In excess OF the fear inspired by a whole
regiment advancing at a charge.
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HAUNrnNCz SPANISH Spies.

70 break down her door. Then. very much
frightened. She admitted us Leaving the
soldiers below. ! took TWO OF my men. and
bidding the ,andla3y 20 so before. went UP
10 his door. | babe the IandIadY knock and
tell Downing that some friends from Chi
cage wanted 20 see him. She could leave
the rest 20 me. She did so. Downing bit
at once and we could near him dressing.
The han was dark and We stood on either
side of the door. When he opened the door
he was in the best possible situation for
capture had ho been disposed 10 put UP
fight. for he was in the act Of putting on
his coat ard had one arm through his
sleeve and the other only half through. so
that he couldn't have uses! either TO advan-
tage. / grabbed him by tho collar and ex-
planned our errard briefly. instead Of fight
he wiltod Ike an ic.Cle on the Washington
pavement in July. Entering his room we
found his effects. TIE cipher he was 10 Use
fn teiegraphiag "a his Spanish employer
soma destroyed correspondence. In fact
everything necessary 10 make eat 4 per-
feet case. He never recovered from his col
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TEDDY AND THE COWBOY.
An Ideal Regiment Which shouts
sweep All Before II.
baltimore American.

Theodore Roosevelt has made 4 fine as
sistant secretary OF the navy. His indus
try has been prodgious his interest IN.
telllgent and valuable. Ue has nfuseA
real life into ali that he has touched
There are no cobwebs IN any office he o.
cgpies. and red tape Is his pet abominAr
ton. He is strong. virilo ambitious. tire
less.
Sinai, wonder then. that in stirring times
he stlrs with the times r. not ahead %
them. From the day war was declared 10
has said he would resign and see tas
fun at the front. And ne Ia as good ~
his word. as he always Is. The president
has just appointed him lieutenant colona
% a cowboy regiment. which no and .
friend viii raise. This regiment viii -
the picturesque feature OF the war. Mf.
Roosevelt !s himself a half~tamed cowboy
who draws his Large dividends Ia New
YORK. and owns a burial lot there but
whose heart Is on his great ranch in The
wilderness OF the far West And he otnsf
cowboy Will want 70 serve with him, ana
the result will be all that any governments
could ask.
There Is work FOR these sovereign az q
the plains, and as they sweep forward Oh
A charge with the determined Teddy ~
their head. II all be sad day :or the
enemy. Long i.fe 70 Roosevelt. May %
Hin battles and N al lie bullets.
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tenn here by capturing its chief operatives
and exposing, so completely the identity
Of lis chief. ihat the latter. according 20
the present outlook. VIII have to leave his
snug harbor in Canada and quit this hemi-
sphere.
During times of peace the secret service
IS engaged In looking after criminals who
take 10 counterfe.ting for a living. That
pursuit In itself is spicy enough in variety
But the demands of war lend additional
bite 10 the spicy quality Of the service.
Shortly after the Spanish legation left
Washington the war department. received
numerous reports concerning Spanish
spies, and asked Chief Wilkie 20 .ook after
them. President Mckinley paced $3.50
10 Wilkes credit and later $4,000 more 10
his credit II carry on his operations lie
was thus enabled 70 secure a large and
competent force TO cover the country thor
oughly, and with tire knowledge that there
Is plenty more money where the last came
from.
Chief Wiikle is naturally disinclirgei to
speak or the operations Of the secret serv-
lea during the war. After war Is over. ha
says, there VII he a number OF rood sto-
rias for publication. But when, as for in
stance AZ present. he has one man In a
hand % Spanish cutthroats in the South
VINO think that he Is one OF them and who
would slit his throat in an instant wers
they even Ia suspect him. it is not wise to
the service or fair 10 the man in quest on
10 mention the case or for similar reasons
20 say anything of others
Nm -naIF the state department has
charge Of the secret service men in Cuba
and other Spanish TERRITORY But tbe-A
= good reason u believe that all Of them
ara under Chic Wilkes control though,
he himself refused "a admit that there
are any secret service men on Spanish
soil i the records are ever published
however. Il is dollars u douglnuts that
forekuowiedSe oE the operations 81 The
Span b forces during THIS war has come
- this government from secret service
operatives ~ the front
\ week or 50 aCo "Pi'y' F'lnkerton,
;Ae famous chicago detective. was seen
70 come from chef Waai,'s room. and
..r1.sA'Way tAe report went for,h thet
P.rNetton h1i h.en engaged 10 assist
" IKE n running DOWN Spanish sp:es
t. rIgort Is wholly Incorrect In the
first place tAe government is prohibited
l& ~ttf"to. PASSED hr canErlss fts. after
me fiarn"- cad riots, from smp'oyins, tha
= uE.",ars IN che second place instead
of coming - h,!p W:lks w.ta advice.
it7E r. s'g- - g.. ar t.e skirts ~ MI
SuSp. .'.a o' hsla- Ia ars wHy ce~o~. tel
V-th ta" : ttisa SPY system r-iar -
the "@r i."Sfrt"n Wa IN .ss employ 3e
f1e SaA~.ss -ator ana hv = gag. va q ill.,
tiy MANY a'au<rer.u@ tNge.l.,.,a-s were
aij & "+~ ta.r Der" rot unr4tH~tl 70
th-k -att -" might sci. tc retained nv
Srar is hI4t fizt 70 T'rk.~.-- IA ~tx.
-nat - Demonstrated so W5ke '- co-url.ta
s7..sfa. 's- ta-: .e ya} suh.est .s.-
g.1 ans -ts ccw I'D connection W. atever
Wsga S.a.r.
n personal appearance The chic = -
secret Ssrv a. IS p aa~ specimen ~ yt4--
ArneT. ia n-a@aoot Ele is above n-a.f'arn
height 1us. --e9r.1~ @elDg All Ills sh84!-
f.er
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heather. and the victory was accompanied
by the inevitable wholesale destruction OF
the vanquished If we can believe the ac-
counts Of the monks, the only historians
Of the period, Abierrahman and $4,000 OF
hin followers were ruthlessly butchered,
while the Christian loss was only 1.10
men. Is is certain, at least. that very few
81 tho invaders every returned to Spain.
whence they had started on their III
starred expedition.
Instances OF the enormous lists Of cas-
ualties in the battles OF early centuries
could be multiplied without difficulty. but
sufficient has been said Ic show that for
every man killed In "A modern fight. hun
dreds and even thousands paid the penalty
in the mighty hand-to-hand struggles OF
ancient days. when primitive spears and
arrows took the place OF the mathemlttc-
ally precise weapons of today. An IN
tcresting table can he made showing tha
percentages Of slain in a number OF the
most important battles Of history:
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tive Of life q modern Ia ttle must prove
Such Is the opinion one hears constantly
expressed In these days of Maxims and dy
Mantle guns: yet surprising as Il may
seem, an Investigation into the facts. COM
ing down to the bedrock of figures and sta
;istics reveals an entirely different safe
of affair.", from that usually imagined. Not
only We're there more men actually killed
IN the battles of o,den times. but also the
percentage OF dead was aften far greater
than in modern engagements. For instance,
compare the battle of Marathon which was
fought In the year 39l r. c. and is one OF
the earliest of which there exists any au-
thentlc record, with tina; of Hashan in the
Chn0-JapaneSe war Of 1894. In the former
conflict out Of a total of some %. 000 troops
engaged. nearly 7po were left lying on the
field. while IN the latter only 80 dead were
counted. though the opposing forces
amounted TO more than @2.oGo men; dis
parity that seems incomprehensible when
We remember that throughout the war the
japanese were provided with all the latest
types Of guns and ammunition. Some Of
the battles Of ancient times showed a pro
portion OF dead or disabled that cannot be
accounted for unless we accept The view
that the wars 81 those days were wagei
In the spirit q a policy OF determination
pure ana SHINE in the BELIEF that success
Was moi assured until every enemy had
- N''.'"- =. cAP'"lco "4u' Il view 20
So i"' ~ Nt1".r ana execution
l'"e LII '.e 0a'ties TOOK place in
: 49, S""1 ~ ai.tf '"e ADVENT o. the
aF'S'lah era. ttd me story a. each %
th"cn T. fraught with intense Interest," rs
f''@fRins 'fe successive downtalls Of three
powerful races that e'rovc in turn - OBJ
tain mastery over Central and Western
f'Nfnp"i eFtFy one was bloody outchsry
~ 90, ffh't1 \. y !" 1900 Roman troops
under warns. with some &o" camp fellow
eT@, We're ~ki!fo-'y surrounded and cat 20
pieces hy A itfT% force Ct Te2tons under
Arf'oiuS. Mt o"" # The unfortunate de-
S""0e3n's ~ Ecmail - II Is believed es-
'a''fE ,o 'eli Ire ttie -Four centuries later
t- t7i-'1S. At-i.A. at the head e his vi
41@"iS inai ;Ga" ~ rapa"ipH~ Huns met
iae a.l.rd forces ~ Romans. Franks and
tf1th- tbr"" hundred thousand strong At
o.t's strength ~4s estimated A. flTv
7's''ao. The r.eAt aaFo-o M, great con
f'iot a ''skrT's7' jock place 1.etvveer o.lt-
.. .ne pick"ts IL which over ls(ss} irons
> e-e Killed. 5Ut tbe following evening" me
c'a y as ~t~ewu xfth he .orrs~rs ~ -ha
slain te tf~ nurf5 ~r y clos. az, q quarter
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$igsbee, Fletcher, Berpadou and Others
Have Made Contributors 10 tbe
improvement Of Naval art.

chiefly Of heavy cog-wheel made "a -.
volve az a nigh rate II <neeo. before -.
torpedo IS pUt IN the water ConImodor.
Howell sold this invention to the Uotch-
kiss Company ana for q zine drew a roy.
atty on il. % late X has been supplap,s,
by the Whi;ehsad jorpeoo
Lieut. Joseph Strauss : the inventor ~
Improvements IN mounting turret guns
He conceived the idea q: the double ,urra+
having Al eight-inch turret placed on ton
Of a th.rteea-inch turret Is used On en-
battleships kearsarge and Kentucky
which We're launched not long ago a,
Newport News.
Hichborns Life uuoy
Chief Constructor Philip Hichhorn IN
vented the Franklin lie buoy and sold 4.
10 Il concern in Bath Me /, Is a sels-
Lighting buoy. TWO small tin cases attach
ed TO Il contain phosphate OF calcium.
Shoppers 10 these eases are attached =,
the ship, so tha; when the buoy is thrown
into the water the shoppers are Withdrawn.
and when the buoy strikes the water the
combination OF The chemical with the wat.
er makes bright nsne.
Lieut.. Very. late of ;hs navy. devised .
set OF signals which are now IN use nor
only in our navy. but In all the navies az
the world. Lieut.. Herbert O. Dunn IN
vented Il stockleSs anchor which il In use
on some naval vessels. Tieuts Van Dnxer
and Mason were inventors of ali ingenious
electric steering gear. Lieut. F!ske ana
Lieut. Lucien Young are The Jon, invent
ors OF a notwithstanding apparatus. Chief
Engineer Harrie Webster invented a ell
nometer. used 10 determine the angle az
roll Of ship. Chief Engineer Nathan =.
Towae is the inventor OF an improved
boiler. l.ieuts. Diehl and Gibson are IN
veutors OF a compromising blnnacle." de-
signed 10 neu;ralize the magnetism OF
steel ships hull. Passed Assistant Enyi-
neer Toh.n is the inventor OF the famous
Tobin bronze, much used for the hulis Of
racing yachts and for the shells OF torpa.
does. and Prof c. f.. Munroe. OF the navy.
Is the inventor OF the high explosive.
"Jovte."
These are only samples Of the many con-
tributions to Invention which naval Off
GERS have made. Their inventive talent
and their skill IN designing have made the
ships OF ;ho United States navy superior
In convenience and efficiency 10 those Of
most of the nations of Europe. In fact.
many foreign governments pay tribute 10
the superiority OF American ideas in roy
alties on the inventions OF American naval
officers.
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navy is particularly proud Of this achieve
ment. Foreign governments possess 4
S;noheleSs powder. but X contains nitro
glyc@Tine. which makes it unreliable and
dangerous. ard besides develops L high
heat, wAich soon RUNS the gun. All coun-
aries have been working for the ideal
sn20keless powder containing no nitro Slyc-
crime and are The ,irSl 20 get il. As in
many other matters. our navy department
stayed behind Europe in the adoption Of a
sTokeless powder until had one that
was perfect.
Lieut.. b. \. Fiske. a prolific inventor in
electric devices made some years ago
range finder For automatically finding dis
tances AZ sea. Il is one OF the most useful
contrivances en- shipboaTd and IS worth an
immense SUM 10 the navy. Another OF
Lieut.. Fiskes inventions WIS the s,adinle-
ter--a very clever modification Of the SEX
taut by which it is possible 10 measure
the distance Of ship from the heish; Of
It's mast or smokesIack. Still another was
a range ind:catOr-aD electrical device for
signaling from the coming tower to the
gun captain the direction and distance IL
the enemy. This is fitted on nearly all our
ships.
Sigsbee an Inventor.
Capt Sigshee. OF the St. Paul. Is an in
ventor. The navy now uses a deep-sea
sounding apparatus and parallel rulers for
navigation OF his invention.
Lieut.. Dashie.l invented a breech
mechanism which was great improve
men: on all that had preceded 1t. II was
adopted by the Navy Department In 1892
and was introduced on many rapidfire
guns. This device enabled the man NJ tho
breech Of the gun 20 do with one motion
what had always taken two. In the old
bree h mechanism. the plug had 20 be
turned with one motion until Il unlocked
and then withdraw IT, The reverse motion
OF the lever drove the plug home and then
tIrned il until 1t locked. The DashieU
mechanism has been supplanted by the
Fletcher mechanism. but IS IL s.iu TO be
found on some rapii-tire guns.
Lieut.. W. II. briggs and Lieut.. Seaton
Schroeder are the inventors Of rapidf fire
mechanism which is OF the same class as
the wel-known HotChkiss gun. 1t is ap-
Piled 20 one-pounder and s:x-pounder
guns. This invention Is owned by A pri-
vate corporation. unlike most o. the navy
inventions which belong to the govern
uenc
Commodore John 4. Howell is the in
ventor OF the automobile torpedo which
bears his name. Its mechanism consisted
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He frat essential step in the
rnodeTn navy Was tie con
structiJn % the modern
h.xa power rifles requiring IN
their design "a nlgn order II
mat no f.o-aI ability and an
.ntiFnat to knowledge ~ the characteristics
OF Ucdern steel Al guns In The navy
have been designed By Prof. Philip II. A.
ger a former graduate u Annapolis. %ho
has since been transferred 10 ne cops %
thu Professors Of Mathematics III the
Nav ard VINO Is the highest authority
on ordnance matters in this country.
not In the world Prot. A.ger received
diploma from inc Worlds Far commits
sion for his system Of gun construction.
now in use in the navy.
In order to make these guns efficient.
methods had to be Gevlsed for handling
them on board ship. opening ard closing
the breech for loading mounting them on
carriages for sighting and training, pro-
tecting them With arnOT, supplying them
with powder and shell. developing smoke
less powder fer their use. designing pr.n-
ers, fuses. telescope sights and a hun
dred little accessories used in connection
with their service. II was also necessary
To provide the necessary appliances for
using the modern automobile toFpedoss 10
be fired from our ships and torpedo boats:
apparatus for signaling orders from the
par, OF the ship. for measuring the Dis
tance Of the enemy. for counterminlng
harbors and clearing channels and many
other devices more or less directly con-
nected with the ship as fighting ma
chine.
Millions saved to the Government.
To perfect these devices In foreign ma
vles the governments have mad t. pay
millions Of dollars for Improvements ard
Inventions that tended Ia make their guns
and ships more powerful ia their keen
competition for supremacy. In this coun-
try. the home IF the Inventor, our govern
ment has paid little or nothing. Nearly
every Improvement has been Invented by
Its naval officers. One instance OF "a naval
officer who received compensation for an
invention. was that Of Chief Constructor
Wilson now retired. to whom the navy
department paid $4,000 for an air port
hinge. But n1egt OF the work Of naval Of
fcers brains has been given 10 the govern
ment free
How much the Inventive faculty Of It's
keen minded officers has meant to Che navy
department IL illustrated In the case OF
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~ FuTTra ION doubtful.
ssf.a- In the rerent Graeoo-Turkisn
,,.,r4 bera ,vere cnlv - Greek officers and
men Killed altogether.
r.. last name en- the list brings up
thoughts 81 the great victory in which the
Nlus,rious Nelson pay~d such a memoir
alra uart A. Trafalgar In t%5 a British
f,AAt of th!rty-t}ree ships &c the li0c and
rn-l- frfgatpe Dhe arTrcr@d cruisers ~ mod
cr3 aaetsb engaged a combined French and
Spanixh battle array % forty ships and
g-.a r-ig.t@e ard q tbs, conflict which en-
su@d y THEIRS has said that such scene
~ horror a. sea had never been witnessed
IN he memory Of man 4 single broad
side from the TemeYslre. British ship.
swap 20 men from he decks % the Re-
douhtahle and hurled them Into eternity.
This particular French ship numbered So
dead n "a crew o. $50 officers and men, only
eight officers escaping % the forty on
bari A. The Gloss ~ he terrible strug-
&c seventeen French and Spanish ships
had Oecu captured and one blown up and
between kla~5. wounded. drowned and
prisoners ~ ,ossfs % the aIlies amounted
70 nearly 1.",a men. on tn@ English ships
~ tack tars rad surrendered fhesF lives.
How }H4t~rous seems she vaunted deStruc-
tlyertss ~ ne ructara engines % war.
xtcr. fourteen SPANISH ships. in their own
ha~b5- ard pa ~khd ~ by strong shore
bstters~. could cot Uaka tho slightest I'M
vessels ro- eyer \. .eA a single man, And
fae recently published results show that
fn~ awf33 destruction nat vas done
among fhs boats - fhe Dpas vas accom-
par'ed ny ne dsath ~ bui = - he xsll-
ors and = arms that manned them. SINH
iafly ~ Afnara Cir Herbert Kitchener the
s.rdar, rTDslsed force Of over +o.OyD Der-
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What the block aders Fear.


TNIIaGF.WNIA E@EJIG-
The combined Spanish feet in battle ar'
ray could not excite the degree 81 alarm
In our Cuban blockading feet which SIN
gle Wild "nortnsr' would create. ZEE
shore IN \ gale Is more 20 be dreaded thas
any possible menace % hostile SquadronA
Oar negal commanding officers OF 'ne
Cuban coa4t Will need all their luck, pirc1
and skin Ia shs approaching hurr!cass
season.
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and We disposed OF him." Chief Wilkie be-
gan. I'm less than one week. was
warned thai George Downing former
sailor on the cruiser Brooklyn. had en-
tered the Spanish spy service. lie was To-
Gated on arriving IN Toronto. When he
went to pay his first call TO the attache OF
The spanish legation my man was within
earshot and heard every word that passed
between them ~, heard al Of the In
structons Downing received. and when
Downing left the room my man met him
as II BY chance and asked for match IL
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Vt ASuINGTON. June 25-
" n II The war power IF the gov
\\N\H eminent Is generally under
w w stood 10 consist of the army
~ " ana navy alone There IS
however. another element be-
longing to It. an element comparatively In
significant Ia numbers but OF great worth
In point OF personal bravery and value 70
the government. LIS members are select
ed because OF their rare combination az
nnmeasur.a daring. shrewd Judgment
Goodness ard untirlng energy ana alert-
ness. Their loyalty. Of course. IS unques-
tionabie. l. IL not unqucst!ontd, however
iii II has been tried aud not found want
Ing
Reference Is had to he Score, service
and It's personnel II Is a mos; powerful
arm IT time 90 war Comparatively rttfa
IL heard Of It Men 80 in;o l. urkaawn.
are sent upon some pvr.iouS dutv. wA5ch
Is often nor likely 10 result ia their
dcAtA thar fl is succe&sf1l accomplish
mtnt And when wucc;s>f1l ue,,t.lls3,. sl-
nent Is the result thr name u tac hcro IS
Seldom blaxont1 forth tn tAe pub}.- press
These nlcu ~ tae secret setv.cr - about
their sork q4tetlF Il Is necessary f}tst
they should Gsr}r i.vH@ aUt The s>,ar.>s
OF thetr undertaking. depend oH e Tncre
IS no crowd ef proud champions 20 thlaE an
to cheer them. Thsvr re -a martial ul~.c
10 Welcome tht.r triumphant .stuTe. There
is $40 regiment ~ sh Us c:ew - mourn
their doatD
The!r DEATH uu,ses ,hey ass kidd ~ Il
thor discover are $50 wf:a NeesA IS
een,fally ghe tgossHtaia.ls 3ss az ttso fos,s.
For thcs az SPECS A"3 eu.,t are tensd-
cred by jhe laN II aafiau> Ga ls tre eE g.
mate greH AZ saa state. N.-u2 ~s.e~.
many people afe pn4n~ ,e }aah 4.Sa ga
Jhsm. ftut Il must 90. r.nr ~t& sh4I
spies in iiuls ~ 80" Arc tr-s'st..S n-.t a.
SArY. Al i Sfoa-A i'e rt-ne nlH.t.d thtt