The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-25
ANACONDA news.
'WHO IS MAJOR ANDREWS?
Mysterious Parsonage From
( Washington Appears.
SAYS HE is AN ARMY MAN
But the Omcial Army Register Fails to
Show His Name-He Claims to
Belong to the Diplomatic
Department..
SAYS HE is AN ARMY MAN


Major NJ. J. Andrews of Washing
ton, D. c., and Miss M. r. Andrews
of San Francisco, his neice, have come
and gone and those who are curious
about the business of other people are
wondering why.
Major" Andrews is a young. well
set up, blonde man who wears pair
of gold mounted glasses and a NOUS
tache whose shade matches that Of the
riounting on the spectacles. He reg
estered at the Montana last Tuesday
as Major NJ. j. Andrews, Washing
ton. D. C. People who know army peo-
pie thought he must be a militiaman
or a Kentuckan, when they saw this
signature, for army officers, as rule,
register their name with no title at
tached, and after it write the initials
~. S. A.
But Major Andrews. when asked.
had no hesitation in declaring he was
a regular army officer and. moreover,
a major.
1t is curious thing, but the com
pliers of the official army register for
1899. which is published by order of
The secretary of war in compliance with
law as set forth in its title. and
dated 'Adjutant Generals office, Wash
ington, January 1, 1899" makes no
mention of any such person as Major"
~. j. Andrews. Perhaps he was lost
in the compilation of the books.
7 There are several who bear the name
of Andrews on the active and on the re-
tired list of officers contained in the
army register, but no NJ. ]. Andrews.
Here is the list:
ANDREWS, George. major adjutant
generals department.
Andrews, George L.. colonel, retired.
Andrews, Henry NJ. captain 1st
artillery
/ Andrews, John N, colonel 18th in
fantry.
Andrews, Lincoln c.. End lieutenant,
ia cavalry.
The most likely appearing of this
lunch is Major George Andrews, but
the initials NJ. j. don't stand for
George and army people have not the
l,abit of adopting initials other than
1;leir own. And again, Major George
Andrews entered the army, as the re-
gister shows. in 1872, so must be about
KS years old, while Major NJ J.
Andrews looks 10 years younger than
that.
In the register of general officers
and officers of the general staff of the
volunteer army, there appears the
name Andrews twice One entry is
that of Col, John y. Andrews, mentlon-
ed in the foregoing. who served as,
hrigadier. general of volunteers during
the Spanish war. and Avery D. An
drews. lieutenant colonel and quarter
master. who was appointed to the posi-
ton at the beginning 5of the war and
resigned August G., 1888.
u am here on little BUSINESS mat
ter" said Major" Andrews yesterday
afternoon. in reply to question put to
him by Standard reporter. Il was
passing through and learned that Cap
tain Dillon and Lieutenant Kennedy
you call him Judge Kennedy, l suppose,
but we in the service still call him
Lieutenant-were here so ] stopped off
to see them on a little army business. y
I'm what connection?'
ooh. just settling up some army af-
fairs You know that there are things
in the service. official matters, you
know that we can't talk about. We
are not supposed to make public what
we do
You are an army officer, 7 under
stand
YES"
In the regular army?'
Yes
Yes, in the regular army"
And your rank is major?'
Yes
In the regular army?'
In some staff department, l sup
,,ose'
Yes, am in the diplomatic depart
luent now"
oh. on duty in the state depart
lrart""
No. in the diplomatic department of
The army, Formerly ] was in the ord
rance department, but | was trans
ferled 10 the diplomatic department.
1t is odd thing. but somehow. in
he compilation of the army register,
re mention was made of such de-
rGttnent in the army as the diplomatic
department..
There are military men who go so
far as 10 say there is no such depart
loent in the army.
Anaconda has reason to be proud of
her two companies" continued Ma jor"
andrews hastily We in the service
think highly of them. They were
splendid organiza tons" Then drifting
off into a discussion of the Philippine
war Major" Andrews said:
There can be only one end to it.
Just as England eventually will whip
the Beers, so we eventually will whip
the Filpinos ] do not think the gen
eral public, however, has any idea of
the magnitude of the task of fitting
and sending an army to the Philippines
Beside the regulars we have sent there
large army of volunteer regulars
the new volunteer regiments. We in The
service call them volunteer regulars