davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-12

htan, the paymaster the cook. the wa
Tor coirers-all have 10 &c along with
Tue hrliLSline no matter in what mari
ci the world the campaign may be tak-
i1s place The British army now in
South Africa affords an excellent OK
ample OF this inner organization OF a
great fighting force I'm the field.
wan. when at war on peace. has To be
isu An army marches on it's stom-
ach,' goes the old saying. The army
COOK Is a very important person, and
modern army cooking may be described
as an exact science. A few years ago
1t was a slapdash so as you please SOFT
or thing nowadays the nutritive values
Of foods are determined by SPECIALISTS
the cost worked out TO six decimal
points ana the actual cooking and pre-
pGring done by carefully trained men
VINO nave 10 pass an examination be-
Iore tncy can claim the distinction of
operating before the army range AT
Alnorshot. the great military center OF
England. there was founded and has
h"en I'M operation for some time an army
school ~ cooking This Institution has
huge kitchens. a complete equipment
ana q full staff OF cooking professors
Here Tommy Atkins with aspirations
Tor the frying pan and the stew kettle
goes n training for four months. He
uoes not OF course make study of
fancy dishes. When he graduates. how
ever b. knows enough about cooking 10
feed half tS~usa. { men.
sergeant cook in The English army |
receives on appointment extra pay of
day. and on the completion /
OF nine years service ninepence a day. /
At the beginning OF the south African /
campaign the Aldershot school of cook
cry was soon cmptied OF all lts plum
dun scholars. who were at once shipped
OFT To the front 10 cook beef and bread
and conee FOR their brother Tommy on
'he hring line The strictest economy IL
eXerted IN feeding the soldier. and the
result Is that his food I'm the field-and
good food u IS too--costs him only about
II cents a day. From which the peace
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-12

uon often renders them unavailable.
Trek oxen have also been made use Of
TO some extent both for transport and
Tor hauling the heavy guns of the Brit
ish But. owing 10 the rinderpest i'm the
Transvaal. these animals have become
very scarce, and IL was for this reason
mar England found IL necessary TO
nave her agents i'm America purchase so
many thousand mules for service i'm
south Africa. The transport wagons
which these mules haul are of the
American type. They weigh about a
ton ana require ~ mules To haul them
When loaded. The usual load is one or
two tons, and the wagons. under ordi-
nary circumstances. work i'm sections OF
20. The mules are fed on crushed corn.
and, as their ration Is eight pounds a
day, each section requires half a wagon
load Of mealies for an eight hours four
ney. oxen in most cases find their own
food on the veldt, but they are extreme
ly slow.
The medical transport. from the bri-
gade field hospitals Go the .s.eld hospitals
at the advance depots and then along
the line OF communication TO the base
has been carried on by the army service
corps. The care OF the sick and wound
ed among the British soldiers in South |
Africa, Notwithstanding the appalling |
losses and disasters which they have /
sustained, has been most satisfactory. |
All the effective aid In the field has 1
been that OF the army medical corps.
Voluntary aid has confined Itself chiefly 4
to the lines OF communication between
the field and the base hospitals and
general hospitals What Is called the
bearer companies" Of the army med
ical corps accompany the fighting line
The Indian "dooly bearers" are the
most famous Of these. There are usual
y three OF four OF these bearers attach
"a TO each regimental company. When
q man drops out wounded. the army
medical corps men. who are always on
hand. at once. or. rather as soon as
possible. pick him up and carry him
'ither by strotchcr or by wagon TO the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-12

always under fire but must take no
rart I'm the fighting. They have TO fol-
low up the fighting line, and. as the
combatants are wounded by shot and
shell, gather them up and convey them
TO the rear, often enough under the
heaviest fire. What is known as the
field hospital must be able 10 advance
or retire with the fighting force. The
personnel OF the field hospital staff con-
sists OF one surgeon lieutenant colonel.
who is In command: one surgeon major.
two surgeon captains and one quarter
master Of the army medical stan. one
sergeant major, seven stan sergeants
and scrgeants and 81 Of the rank and
file OF the medical stan corps. There Is
no such thing as woman nurse at <1e
'front.' in the South African war. The
whole work In a field hospital Is carried
on by men. the women nurses doing
duty only al the base hospital where
they are lust about as well protected as
they would be In any large metropoI-
ltan hospital In the most piping times
OF peace.
Some OF the articles and utensils car
ried by field hospital are unique II
carries It's own blacksmlth's forge and
anvil tools for farriers. shoemakers ana
carponters. with OF course. all the usu-
al hospital accessories. Four large pam
niers hllcd with tea. cocoa. various es-
sences ot beef brandy. whisky and
drugs are accompanied by eight more
panniers packed with enameled basins.
knives instruments and all such metal |
articles. Not an inch of space must tIa I
wasted. for each pannier must weigh no /
more than 50 pounds.
one OF the new features In tho OUTFIT /
lt the modern field hospital o. the l
Eoenigen ray APPARATUS FOR peering 4
nto the wounded Britlsher's body and /
coating Boer bullets. The electricity
necessary FOR the operation OF this ap-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-12

| OF preserved meat alone stood at H.
| OOOOOO pounds, with an equal quantity
ot army biscuit one hundred tons OF
| TEA and twice that amount Of coffee had
also 10 be kept ready for the ever
thirsty Tommy. To sweeten his food
! sufficiently for a space OF four months
, Tommy has TO have 100 tons OF sugar.
or salt ne had 200 tons OF compressed
vegetables he got away with 500 900
pounds tn the four months. while nearly
5oUOOO tins OF sweetened and unsweet-
ened condensed milk passed through the
commissariat department. for the same
space OF time.
Jam Is now an essential feature or the
English soldiers diet. So he had 20
have 100000 one pound tins OF this
uehcacy which was given him not as
sweetmeat. but more as a medicine the
war Office authorities having discovered
the valuable antiscorbutic properties of
such diet in the absence OF a proper
supply Of fresh vegetables the best
preventive Of scurvy
Tommy also has 90 have his liquids.
These include $4,000 gallons OF rum
lZ'OUO bottles Of whisky. 81 900 bottles
or port wine for the invalids and 400 600
pounds or lime Juice. The cOmmissariat
department has also o. keep "a supply of
tobacco. for which Tommy paws AT the |
exceedingly modest rate Of a shilling n /
pound. OF the fragrant weed Tommy
uses five tons a month.
The hospital supplies which have Co /
be carried by the commissariat depart /
ment show equally gigantic figures 4
when lt comes To an army such az tho :
English now have In South Africa. Six
Thousand tons OF carbolic acid powder
20 tons % chloride or lime 10 tons ~
patent dislnfectine powder and 10000
pounds 0f izal are among Few 81 The
little hospital necessities called for by
the men az tho front
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-12


those OF young girls. Each youth was
supposed to initiate the example of the
saint whose name he drew. The hea-
then rite took place on the 14th OF Feb
ruary. and that date was continued as
the time for the new ceremony. That
day being st. Valentines. his name has
come down TO US linked with the GUS
tom.
one old writer says: "St. Valentine
was chosen 10 be the guardian of lovers
not because lovers are more supersti-
tious than other people. but because
they have more Imagination"
Slight differences in the manner OF
celebrating ST. Valentines day exist in
different countries, but the same idea
runs through all the ceremonies. 1t is
the day of choosing ones mate. Old
country tradition has IL that all birds
of the air choose their mates for the
year on st. Valentines day,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-12

ful householder may draw several les
sons.
The question OF cooks and supplies
naturally leads TO that OF transporta-
tlon. When one remembers that an
army corps at the front requires every
day no less than 300 tons Of stores and
supplies II is easy TO appreciate the
Vaiue or the transport and supply serv-
zee Each battalion Of 1000 men and
oihcefs mas, as rule, at least i'm the
present case. 10 wagons, 5S draft horses.
. PACK mules and 32 drivers. Railways.
OF course have been made use OF, but
their capacity is limited and their posi-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-12
INDISPENSABLE, YET UNKNOWN.

~ MODERN army is like a watch.
~ h'hlnd the open face OF the fight
ING mass rs the complicated ma
'"'Hels Mhlch Keeps that mass I'm ac-
'."lL Inc general public knows little
Of this machinery and it's workings. q,
the men behind 'the man behind the
Hun;' but these unknown actors I'm the
Drama OF war, these supernuneraries Of
me battlefield. are as essential To the
carrying on OF campaign as is the
iiehiing man himself.
The commlssariat department. the
ambulance corps, the buryiug detail.
the ammunition corps, the medical
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-12

IN san Bernardino county. Cab, an
extensive deposit of boraN IN the form
Of bor5te OF lime OF the character OF "a
mud shale has been discovered a
shaft sunk o. o depth OF 90 feet and
cross cut of 100 feet at that depth have
failed to hnd q limit 10 the deposit n
IS aFccrtaincd it IT, of iuo low u grade 20
De shipped in "a crude state. conscquent-
ly it win be refined al the mines.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-12

fhtlnt giving Is
much more delicate however. Your uD
To date lover sends his inamorata a
bunch OF violets or daintily bound bool;
OF verse or bonbons I'm heart shaped re-
ceptacles A very pretty idea Is 10 send
the lady a THERMOMETERS. the bulb Of
which Is heart shaped and the degrees
marked in succession from the depth OF
winters discomfort TO happiness and SO
on To absolute bliss.
The connection OF the original ST.
valentine with the customs now COM
mon on Feb. II is not exactly clear.
According 70 history ne was Roman
priest who was beaten to death with
clubs and then beheaded by order Of
the Emperor Claudus i'm the year 27O
\. d. Several years later the church
declared MIN a martyr and Issued a de-
cree appointing Feb. IA a day TO be cell
ebrated in his honor
According To Isaac Disraeli andtother
historians many OF the children's
games OF italy. the tumbIers and street
acrobats, the carnvals and speaking
pantomimes. were all once common in
ancient Rome The custom connected
with St Valentines name may be trac-
ed TO a practice common I'm the same
city Festivals called the Lupercalia
were held during the month of Febru-
airy in honor Of Februata-Juno. one OF
the ceremonies consisted in placing in
a box with great pomp and ceremony
a number OF slips bearing the names Of
young girls. After the box had been
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-12
The New and
Old Valentines.

opinions dincr very much a. 10
Nntller the observance Of ST. Nalen-
un' day Is decreasing on not. some
p"ihr Hay that mot nearly SO many
''huff sentiments and comic messages
are exchanged on the 18th OF February
nuNndays as used Ia be- the custom.
me truth Of the matter probably ls
th"t 'oout q certain number are sent
'hf"ush ihe mails every year. varying
somewhat with the condition OF busl.
ness year by year
IN DAYS gone by the time honored
custom was to send either very elab-
orate arrow pierced heart To one's lady
fair accompanied with suitable verse
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-12

WeU shaken up
the young men
each drew a slip
uuu tnus OD-
tanned what we
should call a
valentine.
The leaders Of
the early Chris
tian church OBJ
jected 10 what
[ h e y called
heather rites
and substituted
the names of
saints ipgtaaI ~
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-12

describing the
rending OF ones
feelings in the
most sentimen-
I a ] m a n n cr.
Comic valen-
tines are a mod
ern invention
and are planned
with the inten-
tion df making
[ h @ recipient
mad.
The newest
fashions i'm val
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-02-12

TRIsTHAM " WILCOX.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-16
PERSONAL.

writer in '"The Contemporary Review" says
that at the funeral last spring of Sir William Lock-
hart Lord Curzon alone of all those from whom
honor due drove separately through the streets
OF Calcutta, with his A d. C.'s behind him, In a
dogcart at a brisk pace. II to a business ap-
pointment and met the funeral procession at the
cemetery gate a minute two late. Now, Sir
william Lockhart more to India than any
mere administrator ever hope TO be, and this
scant courtesy the part of his civilian con-
temporary was neither kind WISE It a
mistake and one would gladly have omitted to re-
fer to it. but it is the kind of mistake that unmis
takably reflects character and so is valuable 10 an
impression"
The new possessions of the United States will be
we'll represented among the students OF the Uni
versity of Michigan during the coming season.
Thus far Cuban and several Porto Ricans are
registered and last Monday three FipInos arrived.
They are Lorenzo Orirabia, of Cavite; Senores
Artraga, of Manila. and Juan Tecson. OF Bulacan.
All three are sent by the International Club Of
Manila and successful candidates in COM
petitive examination for scholarships in this coun-
try. Four Ffpinos have already been sent to this
California while three came to Ann ArbOr through
the influence of Commissioner Worcester
The Government OF Queensland Australia, has
engaged DR. Maxwell. the famous sugar expert OF
Honolulu, for five years at salary of $4,000 year
The little King of Spain prefers bullhghting to
any imported sports. Some one recently asked him
if he played golf. Il do not" he replied and
tbank heaven that I prefer the amusements OF
SpaIn to those of Scotland any other country.
Rider Haggard the author. in recent public
address in London, said that athletic training was
a most desirable preparation in the life of mis-
sionary because nothing in a missionary impresses
the savage so much as to find himself eQualled or
surpassed in strength and agility by the stranger.
The Republicans of Kansas and Missouri have en-
gagged William Mckinley. of UnonVille. Mo. a
ca fnpaign speaker.
Tucson Ariz., Aug Is (SpeciaD.-Harry Payne
Whitney has come here from the Galluire Noun
tains where he was hunting bear and lion. He
was taken sick in the mountains and came to the
hospital, where he is improving.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-16
THE COST OF PENSIONS.

There is nothing in the brief summary of the
operations of the Federal Pension Bureau for
the last fiscal year, just issued by Commits
sioner Evans, to discourage the view expressed
repeatedly in these columns that expenditures
for pensions are soon to show a decided ratio
OF decrease 1t is true that the disbursements
reported for fhe twelve months ending June
30 1900, slightly exceed those for the twelve
months ending June 80, 1899 The roll of pen
sioners, after the years additions and deduc-
tons, has also mounted a shade nearer the
million mark, to keep within which has been
for ten years past the solicitude Of all Pension
Commissioners. But the increases noted for
the year have been so sght-a net addition of
2,010 names to the roll and extra disbursements
aggregating less than 00000-that the totals
for 1S99'O0 may be said to substantate as
completely as those of 1S9S-'99 the contention
that pension charges have reached and passed
their height, and that they will absorb from
this time on n gradually diminishing fraction of
the Nations annual income
1t is gratifying to find that after three years
OF the most liberal and generous bureau admin
istratiOn disbursements have actually fallen to
a point as low as that reached in any year
under the exacting and obstructive Cleveland
regime. President Cleveland, as is well known
sacrificed the just claims of thousands Of pen
! sioners to an arbitrary policy of retrenchment
He found the Treasury paying out in 1893
under the unexpected drain Of the Dependent
Pension act of 1890. the record breaking sum
| of S156, ,S06,537 The number of pensioners then
carried on the roll was 966012. After four
years OF rigid repression, of reductions and
reratings. though the roll showed an actual
increase of over ten thousand Names the annual
disbursements had fallen TO $139 100 242
IL was feared in some quarters that a return
under Republican rule TO more just and gen
erous Bureau methods would entail a marked
and permanent increase In pension appropria-
tions. Such has not been the case. however
During the first year of President McKinley's
term, when many thousands of delayed claims
coming over from the Lochren administration
called for adjustment. payments rose, as was
10 be expected, nearly S5,000,OO0. But a net
Increase was made in the pension roll in that
one year OF over eighteen thousand names
nearly twice the total added during Mr. Cleve-
lands four years In office. In the second and
third years of Mr.. McKinley's term we now see
disbursements fall to little over S13S 900, 600
S13S.253,000 in 1S9S'99 and S13S412OOO in
1S99'OO During the last year 40.645 new
claims were allowed and 1900 former pen
sioners were put back upon the roll Thirty
five thousand eight hundred and nine names
were dropped because of death and 1918 for
other reasons. Natural causes in fact now
New-York tribune., 1900-08-16

openly is. however, Colonel Bryan's besetting
weakness. Hardened as he is to the promotion
OF political alliances with no cohesive force
behind them except greed for Office. he cannot
realize the folly of asking the Southern expan-
sionist and the Northern ant1-imperialst to
sink their differences for the further glorifica-
ton of the cause of silver, or the Gold Demo
crat and the Silver Republican to drop past
quarrels and principles In vociferous demand
for Filipino independence. The American voter
has wholesome distrust of political alliances
reared on no tangible community of purpose
or opinion. and it VIII not take many more
indianapolis addresses to convince him that the
motley combination of interests which Colonel
Bryan heads this year is coalition for plunder,
and plunder only.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-16
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

The steamship Barbarossa. of the North German
Lloyd Line, will sail to-day for Cherbourg and
Bremen with these passengers among others: Mr..
and Mrs. D. F. Cooney. Mr., and Mrs. ]. Fl. Duncan,
Mrs Poindexter Dunn and Miss Dunn of Washing
ton: Mr. and Mrs. Edward Drescher. OF Baltimore:
MI and Mrs Gustav c. Lands. of San Francisco;
the Rev. z. r. Schiefer, of Milwaukee, and Coun-
tess Linden.
on the Hamburg American liner Auguste Vic
toria which will sail to-day for Plymouth. Cher
bourg and Hamburg. will Baron Hacke.
Secretary of the German Embassy at Washington:
Metzger Mr.. and Mrs. j. Nestor Ortiz. Judge Ho-
ratio Rogers and Miss Emily p. S. Rogers of Provi-
dence the Rev. +. Stuer and the Rev. $. Wuck.
Among the passengers who arrived yesterday on
the steamer Noordland from Antwerp were Will
lam McDonaldson w ]. Holden. Colonel A. Kel-
logg, John NJ. Mcclellan. George NJ. Middleton.
Lawrence Townsend United States Minister at
Brussels; Colonel F. G. Tucker and F. l.. Young.
The following passengers were among those who
arrived yesterday the steamer Kaiserin Maria
Theresa from Bremen. Southampton and Cher
bourg; DIR. ID. /. Coleman Charles NJ. Dickinson.
Charles w. Minor, c. A. Grasselll Clinton l.. Riggs
Bishop H. Y. Satterlee, Edward J. Sparenburg. F.
l.. Woodward and Viscount Santo Thyrso.
on the steamship K6nlgn Luse whic harrived
yesterday from Bremen and Southampton. were
Colonel Henry b. Bristol, James D. Beale. II. w.
Butler, DR.. A II. Carter, F. r. Mitchell, j. ID. orr
and John b. Alexander
New-York tribune., 1900-08-16
Nerp91o1.k OniIp Ga-ibn,rs
THURSDAY. AUGUST 16, 1900.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-A Shanghai dispatch says the al
lies reached Peking on Monday this report. it is
stated. being confirmed by Chinese official re-
ports owing TO the protest OF the Chinese vice
roy at Shanghai the landing of British troops at
that point delayed pending instructions
from London: Admiral Bruce telegraphed that
or August 10 the relief force was twenty-seven
miles from PelSing and encountering slight OPP
position == Governor-Ceneral Wood and his
party arrived at Puerto Principe a tour of
inspection Of the island of Cuha. - The finals
in the worlds championship bicycle contests
were in Paris = Baron Iveagh will ex-
Tend between 100000 and 100000 in improving
the dwellings for the poor of Dublin. - Am
bassadOr Choate visited the cruiser Baltimore.
lying at Greenwich. Eng. =- Fifteen italian
detectives win sail today for New-York to
watch Anarchists I'm the United States -
There was a conference at st. Johns between
the French and English commodores and the
Governor of Newfoundland regarding the Treaty
Shore differences
DOMESTIC-A dispatch from General Chat
fee supposed TO have been dated Saturday, was
received at Washington; il said that the allied
force had reached Ma-Tow without serious op-
position but that many men had succumbed to
the heat. - Messages from Consul-General
Goodman. Mr. Fowler and several dispatches
from AIr Conger were received, but of
these were made public # At the meeting
Of the Anti-Imperialistic League in indianapolis
Ex-Governor Boutwell, and Bourke Cochran de-
clared IN favor Of the election Of Bryan. ==
Seven persons were killed by a head-on col
lison on a Michigan railroad. due to the blunder
OF operator. - Both David B. Hill and
Richard Croker said there would be peace at the
Gay. - -Four favorites won at the Saratoga
races. = Several games of baseball in the
West were interrupted by rain.
CITY.-StOcks continued strong and fairly
active. - Two burglars. ex-convicts from
Sing Sing. were captured after hard fight in
the house Of Arnold Wood. at No. 40 East Thir
ty-fifth-st.; the men had $4,000 worth Of plum
der ready 10 take away. == The body OF Col
lis P. Huntington was brought 10 the city from
the Adirondacks, and 1t was announced that the
funeral woald be held tomorrow. - Edward
NJ. Shepard and Daniel S. Lamont, ex-Secretary
OF War, were spoken Of as candidates for Gov
eTnor, in view of Mr. Croker's desire TO defeat
the nomination Of Controller Coler. - Ed
ward NJ. Shepard, the Brooklyn Independent
Democrat. announced that he would vote and
work for Bryan. - Thomas F. Ryan. the
well known street railway man, declared that he
would support Mckinley
THE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day:
Showers and cooler. The temperature yester-
day: Highest, 81 degrees; lowest, G2 degrees;
average, 1875 degrees.
New-York tribune., 1900-08-16
MONUMENT TO LTNCoLN's MOTHER.

Springfield Ill.,, Aug. 15.-The design presented
by Thompson Sickle. OF this city. for a monument
to be erected over the grave OF Abraham Llncoln's
mother In Spencer County. Ind has been accepted
by the Nancy Hanks Lincoln Monument Associa-
tion OF which Governor Mount OF Indiana Is the
head The association accepted the offer OF Colonel
j. S. Culver, OF Springfield, to build the monument
by the use of as much granite possible from the
National Lincoln Monument in this city and stone
from the temporary receiving vault where the
body OF Lincoln rests.
According TO the design Of Mr.. Sickle the base
will rest on a solid foundation. which will be
constructed a massive stone faced PEDESTAL the
brackets to form the support for the monument TO
be cut from the solid rock. on the face of the die
block is TO be carved a scroll. revealing the name
Nancy Hanks Lincoln" with the Inscription
the emblem Of affection and branch OF oak, typi-
flying nobility, will be carried in bass reef around
the names.