Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-08-04

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s'-rhc coiared departmental messenger is
something that is missed greatly in outside
Hfc.-' observed 81 gentleman VINO IL now en-
ra2ei BY a big c.,:sr-scring firm. which mas
Al! office in New York. 10 i Star reporter
u had a depur mental experience OF some
wears before / went 20 New York, and
learned TO do work by departmental meth
obs. one Of which Is by using messengers.
the most of whom. as WdShinglomans
Know. are coIured. As a general rule they
are experienced. and IN the great MAJORITY
of eases. especially the Older ones, tfeF
are polite a-.eucive and thoroughly loyal 70
the interests thcy are called upon to serve.
Ti.,y >-.em 70 know injuiiiveiy what you
want t., do or have done, without detailed
TxplauatIons. and do il insanity Ihelr
SerR ices are muyn greater appreciated after
on. has lefi here, and has 70 de'A with
Others. The messengers IN inc CoiictIils
ANA offices in jhe large cites. thS priFiie
barking and Other corporations. l mean
arr almost entirely boys and young white
men. They Interested IN base DAHL
horse races. pr &c fights and Other thinsS
I'm ma, linz. and ii is task at lihes 20
keep their minds the work for Whlch
.u,y are employed. Now. with the coloreG
rurS~' NIGER. his designations may tNtehh as
Tn, rs far as Il cakcWa!k. but even theh
ne keeps his anussments 20 hIlnse!1 anu
rarely lets them interfere with ms depart
mental work. \ good messenger Is as I'M
ror;ant in his way as good head 70
concern and my experience and that OF
many others is thai the departmental mes
sen=er service here in Washington l. some
thing that is sadly IacklnA IN al oulsiue
concerns though very much needed
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81 WAS pleased 10 notice that in the re-
cent District militia eneampment attention
was given 10 the necessity and value OF the
soldier boys learning how 10 do their own
carlp cooking explained an army officer
Of high rank To a Star reporter. and nope
the good example viii he followed in all
Of the militia eucampments throughout the
country this summer. Cooking is as OF
much value to the soldier as fancy rifle
shooting III targets or many other things
that occupy the attention Of militiamen in
their camps if not more Nine-tenths of
TN, grumhIiug ana disafection among the
volunteers. and regulars as we'll. during
I'll. Spaui@I-AIacricau war was in conss-
eu,uce of the food furnished the soldiers
With possibly i few exceptions the food
vas all right and in cases where Su.le of
II may have been bad there was %. r Of
f.u.a furnished that was good. 81 IN n
had liz. faculty 81 cooking Tt p-apei-y- The
American bay rarely ever learns anything
ct cooking. Country boys Occasionally
know H1w t. cook l.. a way. though not 4
very good WAY bat 'jjy-Tss4r't boys never
Tl.y would. ,h"Ttf 'T-. actually surfer Tor
The WANT of food, whom there may he plenty
gl stuff t.. COOK If thy knew how TO Il" it
T'.T4.r3.iIug upon hired labor 10 cook for an
a-ray or b., militia rurampment Is. as
La been proved tire and time again, oX-
,F--u.re. .iEs-'J. J.. ,tctDry- Tn" kind pt per-
I.- who ar"- D. employment as cooks are
often without the necessary experience
hi F.F f.ar-a. 4
:.Ff"r 'HE. without any change and that
oitcU very poor Especially dye they de
tlfIguf iva using the oven Tor bread, pies,
Dl 5Giuass ANA other foods wEic5. are pre-
pared in ovens. During the Spauish-Amer-
lean Way circumstances placed q lot Of
Aia-zg EU-art- and Connecticut men under
my command. Their weak spot is in pies
an. buildings and ash cH1TirrS. and yet
% tine thr.. regiments was interested in
Their was not man who could cook them.
They knew what they wanted. and knew
they wanted il badly. and that they We're
entitled To- l.. but they Lar |" get along.
all tho SANE, without il. The hired cooks
another name Ter camp f,lluwprS-a thor
"u@hIy unreliable set. who would pack up
ami depart without a m eut's warning.
were good enough AZ FAR as coffee. soups
ami st-ws w"rr concerned. but soups and
s-rws are all right far as they 60.
whether made If canned or fresh beef but
They Leave something lacking. There were
plenty ovens supplied. but they were prac-
JIyaHy useless, for the reason that the
cooks did not know how 10 prepare the
STUN, which could ~ ura pared. and the
soldiers went hungry simply because they
did not know how 10 direct them. Hun
Cr-ds Of those men had mad militia en-
CHmpnrnt experience and many Of them
could hit i bulls eye AT about any distance.
though in thar war there Were no bulls
eyes To- h- shot at. but none Of them had
ever wr-~t.ed with tho much more difficult
proposition pf building, attending ana using,
= Il camp FIRE 60 IN. greatest aavantaae /
ind that state m,,itla~ copy considerably