Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-22
FLAG OF CAvrTE.

esteem for your patriotic utterances in
Congress with regard to the Maine dis
aster. which sentiments find a ready
echo in the heart of every bluejacket
serving under the Star Spangled Ban
ner
Very respectfully, your obedient SER
wants,
-tSiened for the ships company.
81 s. ECKSTROM, Chief Master of
Arms.
wv. w. CREAGH, Chief Woman"
The flag is ten by fourteen feet in
length, having in the centre the coat of
arms of CASTLE with the lion rampant
and the castle tower. The bars are three
feet wide, two red, the centre being
of faded yellow. The flag is rent in
numerous places from pieces of burst
ing shells and rifle bullets, while the
bunting is dimmed here and there by
blotches of Spanish blood.
General Miles.
A splendid physique enables Gen.
Miles still to enjoy all outdoor sports
and exercises. He is a superb rider,
sitting his horse with the graceful ease
of a cowboy, and lover of the chase.
especially after the big game of the
plains; yet he does not disdain, to-
gether with his charming wife Ca niece
of the late Gen. Sherman) to sit astride
of the irrepressible wheel, which he
has encouraged and popularized for
military purposes.
1t is in the field that Gen Miles
shows himself the truest soldier. Quick,
alert, fearless, and untiring, he i'm
parts much of his admirable enthusi-
asm to all of his subordinates, from
whom he exacts and obtains the most
thorough and conscientious effort. He
has been fortunate, it is true. but even
i'll luck could never have kept down a
man of his capacity, invention and in
defatigable energy. The civil war gave
him the needed opportunity, and the
Hispano-American war no doubt Will
crown his eventful career with added
lustre and lasting glory. His recent
study upon the ground of European
military systems must have admirably
supplemented a long course of profess
sional reading, thought and training
Nowhere. perhaps. has he given great
er evidence of his ability for important
command than in his prudent insist
large, fully equipped. well drilled and
disciplined army. In this stand so free
" criticised The Criterion says his rea-
sons have been military rather than
hygienic. and they have been heartily
Endorsed by authorities no less emf
nent than Lord Wolseley and the dis
.inguished German experts. Gems Hoe
mig Won Elpons and Bogusla wski
The world. Largest Locomotive.
Material has been ordered by the
Santa Fe for the largest locomotive
ever built The engine has been de-
signed for mountain climbing, and II
is said that the big Player engines and
those built for the Santa Fe by the
Dickson Locomotive Works will be but
playthings when compared with this
giant locomotive.
The engine viii be built by the loco
motive department of the Santa Fe
shops in this city. Among its features
will be boiler built Of one-ineh boiler |
steel and cylinders whose dimensions
will be 12 by % inches Il will have
no pops as they viii not be required. |
No fireman living would be able to |
build q fire that would create enough |
steam to burst the boiler OF this moguI. |
The engine viii have ten drivers, and /
il is estimated that it will be able to |
haul a third larger load than any en- |
CINE the Santa Fe now has
Ii is not known just when this great |
est OF moguls will be completed, as the |
material for its construction has just .
been ordered, but IL will not be until /
some time late in the summer or early |
in the fall