The Holly chieftain., 1900-04-06

u sAseMHere, says that Miss Helen
Gould OF New York is maintaining
nine or ten chaplains In the army AT
ner own expense These men are not
omcially recognized as chaplains. but
as ministers and Y. NJ G. A. workers.
Ihey voluntarily and unofiiciaIly do
practically the same work. Miss Gould.
Il IS stated, pays each one of these men
$S month and his expenses. The
iatter amount to more than salaries In
tne phiiippines. 1t Is thought that Miss
Gouid,s monthly payment is something
IKE SZ,OOO. She has been maintaining
these Christian workers since last fail
when the regiments first began going
to the Philippines and the attention
was brought to the failure of Congress
to provide for the chaplaius. Her great
work Is not generally known, ms ali her
deeds Of this kind are done In the most
quiet way.
1t Is stated that Webster Davis of
Kansas City will at once tender his
resignation to the President as assist
ant secretary of the interior. Mr.. Davis
decided to take this course as the re-
suit Of his visit to South Africa. He
mas decided to deliver a public nd
dress, touching the entire scope of the
present war, and believes that he can
best do so while free from any re-
straint which his present position
would impose upon him. When taking
his departure for home from Pretoria
2,ooo people gathered to take leave of
him at the station. They appealed to
him in tears to state their cause to the
American people. and Mr.. Davis SAYS
his conscience would haunt him If he
proved recreant to that pitiful appeal
lie believes the American people are
not truly informed on the situation
He will therefore avail himself of an
early opportunity to relate his expert
ence and observations at public meet
ing that shall be free to all. Mr.. Davis
has decided on this course after ma
ture deliberation and free consultation
with his friends.
Representative Hay of Virginia, one
OF the prominent members of the mill.
tary committee of the House, has pre-
pared bill to create out of the militia
OF the several states reserve yolun-
teer army for use in time of war to sup
plement the regular service. The bill
contemplates general broadening of
the basis of the national guard, its
equipment with the service rifle and its
complete organization in time of war
into regiments, brigades, divisions and
corps, with the three battalion forma-
tons as in the regular service. and Is
designed to obviate the necessity of n
large standing army upon the expira-
tion of the present law, July i, 1901
increasing the standing army to G5,O00
and authorizing the present volunteer
army of $4,000. The bill makes all
citizens between the ages of eighteen
and forty-five liable to military service
In the volunteer army. 1t appropriates
S4,OOO,OO0 annually for the maintenance
and equipment of the national guard of
the several states and requires the sec
retary of war to keep in each state a
supply of ordnance stores sufficient for
ninety days use in the event Of war.
Governor Steunenberg of Idaho called
at the War Department Saturday, and
presented In person to Secretary Root
the petition to which he referred while
under examination before the House
committee on military affairs, in favor
or the retention of the federal troops
in the disturbed mining districts. The
governor had refused to produce the
petition before the committee until he
had first submitted it to the secretary
OF war, to whom it was addressed. The
petition bears about $500 signatures,
and recites that all of the slgners are
citizens of Idaho and of the county of
Shoshone and the Coeur d'Alene min.
ing district. They petition that the sec.
retary Of war allow the small force of
federal troops to remain in the quarters
provided for and occupied by them at
the town of Osborn, Shoshone county,
for as long n time as Governor Steunen.
berg may think their presence neces-
sary for the preservation of peace and
order. The citizens also express their
approval of all the acts that have been
done by the governor and the officials
of their state to preserve peace and or.
der and to bring criminals to Justice.
In speech Saturday ON the fortifi.
cations appropriation bill, Representa-
tive Bell called attention in strong
terms to the growing extravaganza of
the administration of public business.
He said among other things: "In the
contingent expenses of Congress you
can lop off hundreds of thousands of
dollars in expenditures by which mon
ey Is filched from the people. The
present bill is coast defense bill and
the great expenditures 1t calls for have
to be made, but in supporting the bill, /
dc not want my friends to say that /
am responsible for these great expendi-
lures. / was not one of the belligerent
fellows in the days of excitement here.
l never wanted any particular war,
and have always objected to the idea
of so conducting what yau call the 'ac-
cidents of war as to increase our ex.
DenditureS to this enormous sum he.
lieve it is owing to n lack of diplomacy
that the war in the Philippines is going
on. If we had acted toward the FIJI.
ipinos as we have acted towards the
Utes, the Cheyennes or the Comanches,
G LII IL Alss