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The Dickinson press., 1900-10-06
Saturday, Oct. 6, 1900.
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN TICKET.

william MCKINLEY of Ohio.
WV THEODORE ROOSEVELT of New York
STATE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For Presidential Electors
c.. NJ. JOHNSON Of Rich!and.
A. NJ. TOFTIlAGIsN of Nelson.
HENRY WICK Of Pcmbina.
THoMAS +. MARSHALL of Dickey.
For Judge Of snprcmc Court
d. f. MORGA OF Ramsey.
. FRANK WHITE of Barnes.
For Lieutenant Governor
DAVID bartlett of Griggs.
A. N. CARLBLoM of Sargent.
d. Il. MCMILLAN Of Cavalier.
For Attorney General
O.. d. CoMsToCK of Benson.
For State snperintendcnt,
For Secretary Of State
T.. +. PORTER Of Foster.
FERD LEUTZ Of Morton.
RI. TURNER Of Stark.
:" J.J. YoTNGBLooD Of Wells.
G :; p; k9 sHn Sf d TG Riosiana.
LEGISLATIVE.
TOT ' L. 4. SIMPSON.
For Representative,
w. A. MCCLURE.
JUDICIAL.
For Judge,
W. II. WINCHESTER.
COUNTY TICKET.
For s PETER ROTH,
FOR A JoHN R1EssBEcK.
Eur J.s. WHITE.
For Register of Deeds.
". FULTON BURNETT.
For States Attorney
G.. E. GREGORY.
For Clerk Of Court,
j. G.. SAUNDERS.
For c SHnRi 2Hsgf R;oNo.
f0f o 1NToN sCHM1DrBAuER.
For Superintendent of Schools,
HEBER BONNEY.
FOR sH r. S: sBkiooK1NGs.
For o fREb k0Es Re- District
LIST District, CHARLES T. CROWL;
Ind JACOB R0THsGHILLER.
A. +. FOLSOM, A. L. EssE, b. WEBB.
For Conetablcs.
FRANK KERCHUHEIDER.
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The general opinion seemed to be
that the convention had nominated a
strong ticket. Billings, the same as two
years ago, has but the M ticket in the
field.
Geo. Myers withdrew his candidacy
for the nominationof treasurer before the
convention opened, which left a clear
field for H. Robinson.
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bat they seem even more satisfactory
than those Of their enemies In khaki.
There are very few supernumeTaries in
the Boer camp. Every man there Is a
fighter, no matter what his duties may
be when an actual battle is not taking
place Every Boer. too, carries his own
ammunition. and there Is no necessity
to detail of large number Of men TO
carry bullets and blltong out TO the FIR
ing line The doughty Boer has them.
as a rule. in the spacious pockets Of his
own rough. old burgher coat. The
BOer does not have jam for supper nor
condensed milk and port wine. on his
ability 10 exist few hundred miles dis
tant from his commissarlat department
depends very much Of his effectiveness
as fighter Even his horses can go for
days without a supply Of provender
from headquarters. as the veldt always
has a supper for the burgher's tired
steed. outside Of his own country, Of
course. all this would be different and
the Boer would lose those peculiar ad-
yantages which he now enjoys But
even the way In which the Transvaalers
have taken care Of their wounded has
shown that there is more organization
In Pretoria and Bloemfontein than was
dreamed Of in the philosophy OF Gen.
eral Butler.
TRlsTRAM W.. WILCOX.
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railway corps, body made up Of men
from the various railway shops Of Great
Britain. These men are skilled In the
construction, repairing and handling Of
locomotives, cars, signals and the gen.
eral equipment and operation Of rail-
ways, Now that the railway and the
armored train have come 10 play such
an important part in warfare, this
corps Of men forms a very necessary
part In the make up OF an army such
as Roberts now has In the lower end Of
the Dark Continent In a way this newly
formed corps supplements the work OF
the regular army engineers, who occa-
slonally have not either the time or the
special skin for certain phases OF rail-
way construction and operation. The
army service corps. Il must be remem-
bered, is made up Of men who are non
combatants, just as the Red Cross and
medical stan corps are Another corps
Of men who are strictly noncombatants
and yet have very unenyiable tasks TO
perform are those men constituting the
burying details. These men. according
TO the amenities OF war, are allowed 10
perform their work unmolested by the
enemy II is done very quietly and as
secretly as possible. as burial services
naturally have bad effect on the mo
rale Of the troops when performed open
ly before them.
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DEsERET EVENING NEWS. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY TO- 1900

But army horses and mules as well
as Inen have 10 be fed and taken care
OF. This means an immense corps OF
farriers, veterinary surgeons ana
grooms 10 look after the officers
mounts. Thlrty-one thousand tons Of
oats. about an equal quantity Of baied
hay and 5000 tons Of bran. II was found,
were necessary 10 last out the four
months period. The forwarding ana
distribution Of this, as well as the food
for the men. is no little task, This, as
has already been said. has to be looked
after by the army service corps. They
reached South Africa well in advance
OF the main body OF the army, as Is usu-
ally the case, and In a general way got
things ready for the bellgerent visitors
who were to come later. a company Of
the army service corps is attached to
each brigade and each division, forming
the nucleus OF the transportation serv-
ice OF the division to which 1t is at
tached.
One OF the most interesting side or
CARNATIONS Of the British army is the
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always under FIRE, but must take no
part in 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
10 the rear often enough under the
heaviest fire. What In known as the
field hospital must be able TO advance
or retire with the fighting force. The
personnel 81 the field hospital staff con
slsts 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 staff, sergeants
and sergeants and % Of the rank and
file Of the medical staff corps. There IS
no such thing as a woman nurse al the
front IN the South African war. The
whole work In a field hospital Is carried
on by men, the women nurses doing
duty only at the base hospital where
they are just about as wei protected as
they would be In any large metropol-
itan hospital in the most piping times
Of peace
Some OF the articles and utensils car
red by a field hospital are unique, Il
carries rs own blaoksmith's forge and
anvil tools for farriers, shoemakers and
carpenters. with. OF course. all the usu-
al hospital neccssaries. -Four large pam
niers hlled with tea, cocoa. various es-
seuces OF beef brandy. whisky and
drugs are accompanied by eight more
pannicrs packed with enameied basins.
knives, instruments and an such metal
articles. Not an inch Of space must be-
wasted, FOR each pannier must weigh no
more than SO pounds.
one Of the new features in the outat
Of the modern field hospital Is the
Roentgen ray apparatus FOR peehng
into the wounded Rrlt.sher's body and
locating Boer bullets The electricity
no.. sea lata F.H Hfn .a...sHf.- al.
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DOM PAIL,s NERVE,

A good story Is told Of Mr.. Kruger IS
a young man, which shows that be vas
quite able to take care Of himself once
when out hunting on foot Mr.. kTugsi'
after climbing to the top Of a kolle'
found that he had been seen by nun
Der Of hostile natives, who were then
running toward him, some TO climb ias
hill, others branching out TO surround
Il. He knew that those on the us'
could cut him of before he could o.
scend and that his only chance Jay ID
bluff" Stepping on TO the ouIefIIos'
ledge in full view Of his enemy hs
calmly laid down his rife drew on
first one and then the other OF ha
homemade hide boots dn those poorer
days worn without socks). and, ais'
quietly knocking the sand out Of tnsl1
drew them on again. by this TINE .n'
natives had stopped to observe num-
He then picked up his rife again. ahl'
turning TO an imaginary force pel .
the kopje, waved TO the right ana 'n.H
to the left, as though directing then !"
charge round each end OF the hlll' lns ~,
next instant the Kafiirs we're ID 'u'
retreat,
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Some of the Men Who Are Nearly Always
Under Fire and Still Have No Opportu-
nifty to Win Undying Fame.

nearest dressing station Here his
wound Ia attended 10 as quickly and as
adequately as possible, though the
treatment must obviously be only Of a
temporary nature. stlmuiants are also
administered here From the dressing
station the wounded are taken to what
are called collecting stations" these
Same stations being placed some dis
lance from the front. where more shel.
ter Is possible. After a day or two here
the unhappy Tommy with bullet IN
his anatomy Is usually removed to the
base hospital" or to one OF the hos
pltal ships either at Durham or at the
Cape. where his travels for the time
are ended Here he receives the best
Of care and attention, with good sur
geons, good things to eat and careful
nursing 10 bring him back 20 health.
The men who make up the different
reglmental bearer companies are among
the brayest In the service. They are
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THE ARMY erNIT.r

We hear a good deal about 'uhiu "
the British army, and II is not away
easy to know what II means
When an army-that is, several ai'As '
corps-is fighting, the unit means ~
army corps. .,s
When an army corps is iigntlhs, w.. w..
unit is the division. or one'thlrd Oh Wv
corps. Il,
When a division Is fighting, the Jun
means a brigade, or one-half oil 'Hs -
vision. -.
When a brigade is fighting' lne w. ~.
means battalion. or one-fourth o. INV
brigade. =,
Usually. however. n unit is "s'O
mean one OF the following
a battalion Of infantry-looO men
A squadron Of cavalry--lSJ men,
A battery Of artillery-s guns 90,
A company Of mounted infantry "
men.
A company Of engineers OF the al ..s
service corps and OF other aecs'''''
troops.
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stan, the paymaster, the cook. the wa
ter carriers-all have to 90 along with
the firing line no matter In what part
OF the world the campaign may be TAX.
ing place, The British army now In
South Africa affords an excellent ex-
ample Of this inner organization OF a
great hghilng force In the field.
Man, when at war or peace, has to be
fed. An army marches on its 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
IL was slapdash, 20 as you please sort
Of thing; nowadays the nutritye values
OF foods are determined by specialists,
the cost worked out 20 six decimal
points and the actual cooking and pre-
pairing done by carefully trained men
who have 20 pass an examination be-
fore they can claim the distinction 81
operating before the army range. AZ
Aldershot. the great military center Of
England, there was founded and has
been In operation for some time an army
school Of cooking This institution has
huge kitchens, a complete equipment
and a full stan Of cooking professors.
Here Tommy Atkins with aspirations
for the frying pan and the stew kettle
goes in training for four months tie
does not, Of course. make a study u
fancy dishes When he graduates, how
ever he knows enough about cooking 10
feed half a thousand men.
A sergeant cook Ia the English army
receives on appointment extra nay OF
sixperice a day and on the completion
II nine years service ninepence a day.
AZ the beginning Of the South African
campaign the Aldershot school Of cook
cry was soon emptied Of al its plum
dun scholars who were al once shipped
on to the front 20 cook beef and bread
and coffee for their brother Tommy on
the firing line. The strictest economy is
eXefted IN feeding the soldier and the
result Is that his food In the held-and
good food II Ia, too-cosus him only about
IL cents a day From which the peace
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Of preserved meat alone stood at 49,
100000 pounds, with an equal quantity
Of army biscuit. one hundred tons Of
tea and twice that amount OF coffee had
also to be Kept ready for the ever
thirsty Tommy. To sweeten his food
| sufficiently for space OF four months
Tommy has 10 have 1,l0O tons Of sugar.
OF salt he had 200 tons OF compressed
vegetables he got away with 100000
pounds 10 the four months, while nearly
/ $4,000 tins Of sweetened and unsweet-
ened condensed milk passed through the
commssarlat department for the same
space Of time.
Jam is now an essential feature Of the
English soldiers diet So ne had 70
have 100000 one pound tins OF this
delIcacy. which was given him not as
sweetmeot, but more as a medicine, the
war office authorities having discovered
the valuable antlscbrbutic properties Of
such a diet In the absence Of a proper
supply Of fresh vegetables, the best
preventive Of scurvy.
Tommy also has 10 have his LIQUIDS.
These include $1,000 gallons Of rum,
leoo0 bottles Of whisky, $1,000 bottles
Of port wine for the invallds and 400 600
pounds Of lime Juice. The commissariat
department has also 20 keep a supply Of
tobacco. for which Tommy pays at the
exceedingly modest rate Of a shilling
pound OF the fragrant weed Tommy
uses five tons a month.
The hospital supplies which have TO
be carried by the commissarlat depart
mcnt show equally gigantic figures
when u comes to an army such as the
English now have IN South Africa. six
thousand tons of carbollc acid powder.
20 tons ~ chloride OF lime. 10 tons OF
patent dislnfecung powder and 10000
pounds ~ izal are among few Of the
little hospital necessities called for by
the men az the front.
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paratus, by the way. Is secured In a pc
oullar manner. 1t Is generated, IN fact,
by a small dynamo driven By means Of
tandem bicycle.
One OF the strangest OF wars super
numerarles is the trained ehlropodist,
who always accompanies the up to date
army. The English military author
tiles have recogr lied that good march
ing is factor In infantry efficiency.
so Tommy Atkins pedal extremitles
and their ailments are now attended TO
by trained soldier chiropodists, and the
soldier boy with sore feet Is at once
taken care OF by the proper official.
The commlssariat department OF the
British army IN South Africa is no In
significant thing. It has been the con-
slant endeavor Of the British command
ers TO have four months stock Of sup
plies on hand AT the seat Of war. Just
what q tremendous stomach John Bull
has TO feed may be realized from the
fact that several months ago, when the
English army in the field was by no
means 80 large as II now Is, the amount
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TIL SUPERNUlnERARIES
o. MODERN WARP ARE.

Ii il no easy task 10 keep a firing
line supplied with water, for water is
even more difficult 10 handle than am
munltlon itself. Each company has its
water wagon, hauled by horses or
mules, and this wagon is brought up to
the front just before an action, the anil
mails detached and the wheeled tank
left there. Priyates are then marked on
70 carry out and distribute the water
in the regulation army water bottles,
which are made Of leather. Il win be
remembered how, during the battle Of
the Modder nver. a detachment Of these
water carriers was decimated by Boer
sharpshooters while hlllng their bottles
with water for their fellows on the fir
ing line.
II Is also interesting 20 note how the
soldier In the field gets his letters from
home. Every division has It's own post
office and postoiiice official Letters for
a certain company are delivered In bulk
to the company commander and later
distributed TO the men. Inadequately
addressed letters are held at headquar-
tiers and the army list consulted to find
the proper location Of the person ad-
dressed.
The auxiliary or side show" branch
es Of the great army circus provide for
an unusually large number Of warrant
and noncommissioned oflicers--in fact
one ont OF every four men is an officer
As the quartermasters OF the army
medical stan are selected from the war
rant officers Of the same corps, there is
every chance fof all worthy Of II 10
advance 20 commissioned rank. The
army service corps as rule Is compos-
ed Of artisans. clerks and tradesmen Of
almost every sort-strong, seryiceable,
apt young fellows who must be able to
read and write and show certificates Of
good conduct This arm OF the service Is
made up mostly Of little men, youths
with military aspirations, but without
the qualified number Of inches They
must be at least feet inches In
height and from is TO 25 years Of age.
The Boer slde-shows Of war service
are not 50 pretentious and elaborate as
those prevailing in the British army,
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saints instead OF The new valentine
those Of young girls, Each youth vas
supposed to initiate the example " I'D
saint whose name he drew The h.a,
then rite took place on the 18th Of Feb.
ruary. and that date was continued 81
the time for the new ceremony. That
day being st. Valentines, his name Aas
come down to US linked with The Gus.
tom.
one old writer says: "st Valentine
was chosen to be the guardian Of lovers
not because lovers are more superst'
tlous than other people, but because
they have more Imagination"
Slight differences in the manner O,
celebrating ST. Valentines day exist 10
different countries, but the same 1si
runs through all the ceremonies 1t q
the day Of choosing ones mate. 0l
country tradition has It that all birds
Of the air choose their mates for th'
year on St. Valentines day.
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IN OUR OWN LAND.

No lives we're lost on any Of the regular
lines.
The committee engaged In the work
of providing a home for General Wade
Hampton have bought a building lot
In Columbia, s. C.. and are now having
erected thereon comfortable house.
The funds Tor the purpose were provid-
ed by public subscription, against which
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observe the eclipse Of the sun in May
next Mr.. Lowelrs interest in astron.
omy began In an amateur way six or
seven years ago, He founded the Low
ell observatory at Flagstaff, A. T., In
1924, and since then has made some i'm.
portant observations.
Abraham Lincoln was a moderately
successful lawyer. but his son, Robert
T., has received In one case more than
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tlon often renders them unavailable
Trek oxen have also been made use Of
to some extent. both for transport and
for hauling the heavy guns Of the Brit
ish But, owing 10 the rinderpest IN the
Transvaal. these animals have become
very scarce. and Il was Tor this reason
that England found It necessary TO
have her agents in America purchase so
many thousand mules for service In
South Africa. The transport wagons
which these mules haul are OF the
American type. They weigh about a
ton and require IL mules TO haul them
when loaded The usual load is one or
two tons, and the wagons. under ordi-
nary circumstances, work In sections q
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 jour
| ney. oxen In most cases find their own
food on the yeldt but they are extreme
~ slow.
The medical transport from the bril-
gade field hospitals to the field hospitals
at the advance depots and then along
the line Of communication 10 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.
An the effective aid In the field has
been that OF the army medical corps.
Voluntary aid has confined itself chiefly
% the lines Of communication between
the FIELD and The base hospitals and
general hospitals. What Is called the
bearer companies % the army med
zeal corps accompany the lighting line.
The Indian "dooly bearers are the
most famous OF these. There are usual
ly three or four OF these bearers attach
"a 20 each regimental company When
a man drops out wounded, the army
medical corps men, who are always on
| hand. at once, or, rather, as g0un as
possible pick him up and carry him
either BY stretcher or by wagon TO the
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General Hampton protested, but to no
avail.
James F. Carey Of the Massachusetts,
legislature has introduced into that
body bin which provides that no agent
shall be permitted 20 enter the prem
ises Of the statehouse unless he wear a
badge bearing the words legislative
agent" or legislative counsel The
badges are to be provided by the SER
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Archbishop Patrick ]. Feehan o. Chi
cago owns a complete ser OF the rare
first editions Of Newmans works, on
the iy leaf Of each volume OF which APP
pears the cardinals autograph,
Nearly 100 person. lost their lives on
the great lakes during The past season.
Fifty SIX were drowned by the founder
ING o. ships and - were lost overheard.
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geant-ot-arms and must be oonspcu-
ously displayed by the wearer. The bin
Is Intended TO correct some Of the evils
Of lobbying.
Upward Of 500 in 10 cent subscrip-
tlons has been raised In Cleveland. O..
Tor the purpose OF beautifyins the grave
Of Moses Cleveland. the founder OF the
city The plan is to buy the property
In which the Cleveland family Is bur
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led and to place an iron railing around
Il and plant flowers IN the plot. The
grave is In an abandoned cemetery In
Canterbury, Conn, which n neglected
to such an extent that sheep Craze
among the tombstones and cattle wan
der about the place unmolcsted.
Professor Todd Of Amherst college
and Perclysl Lowell OF Boston are max
ing preparations fer q trip 10 Africa 10
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his father ever had for legal ana O's :,
cial services during his whole ny, NJ
the matter OF the Pullman es'A''
pocketed over $4,000. n,
u. NJ. Moore. the president :, .,rv
trustees Of Mortified Mass senilna .s I.
says that not a dollar received ifvn , vr
hymnbooks has ever been useo y n.,.
Moody or Mr.. sankey for his OWL ~
soIAl use.
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INDISPENSABLE, YET UNKNOWN.

fnl householder may draw several les
sons.
The question Of cooks and supplies
naturally leads TO that Of transporta-
ton. 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
value OF the transport and supply aery-
lee. Each battalion Of 1000 men and
officers has. as rule. at least in the
present case, 10 wagons, IS draft horses,
Q pack mules and Sg drivers. Railways
OF course, have been made use Of but
their capacity Is limited and their posi-
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INSIGNIFICANT WOUNDS

A Berlin physician has written an l -
ticle on the dangers resulting l, ~,
what are considered inslsnlll 1. -
wounds. For Instance, In IL Wouuu -, y
the thumb permanent disability ioii0"'
ed in 50 per cent.