The Lamar register., 1900-04-04

her own expense. These men are not
officially recognized as chaplains, but
as ministers and Y. NJ. C. A. workers.
They voluntarily and unOfticially do
practically the same work. Miss Gould,
1t is stated, pays each one of these men
$50 a month and his expenses. The
latter amount to more than salaries in
the Philippines. 1t is thought that Miss
Gould's monthly payment is something
like $1,000 She has been maintaining
these Christian workers since last fall,
when the regiments first began going
to the Philippines and the attention
was brought to the failure of Congress
to provide for the chaplains. Her great
work Is not generally known, as all 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
has decided to deliver a public ad-
dress. touching the entire scope of the
present war and believes that he can
best do so while free from any re
stralnt which his present position
would impose upon him. When taking
his departure for home from Pretoria
1000 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.
He believes the American people are
| not truly informed ON the situation
He will therefore avail himself of an
early opportunity to relate his expert
enee 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 a reserve volun-
teer army for use In time of war TO sup
plement the regular service. The bill
contemplates general broadening
\ the basis of the national guard, Its
| equipment with the service rifle and IT.,
complete organization in time of wal
| into regiments, brigades, divisions anc
corps, with the three battalion formn-
| tions as in the regular service, and l.
| designed to obviate the necessity of II
large standing army upon the expira,
tion of the present law, July 1, 1901.
increasing the standing army to 6o,OON
and authorizing the present volunteer
army of 5000. The bill makes all
citizens between the ages of eighteen
and forty-five liable to military service
in the volunteer army. II appropriates
| 81, ,o0o. 600 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 n
| supply of ordnance stores sufficient for
ninety days use in the event of war.
| Governor SteuneIiberg 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
of 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 II to the secretary
OF war, to whom 1t was addressed. The
petition bears about $500 signatures
and recites that all of the signers 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 al
| the town of Osborn, ShoShone county
for as long time as Governor Steunen
berg may think their presence neces
| sary for the preservation of peace and
order. The citizens also express theil
| approval of all the acts that have beer
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 ot
the administration of public business
He said among other things: I'm the
contingent expenses of Congress yor
can lop off hundreds of thousands OF
dollars in expenditures by which mon
ey is filched from the people. The
present bill is n coast defense bill ant
the great expenditures it calls for hav,
to be made. but in supporting the bill,
do not want my friends to say that
am responsible for these great expendi
lures. l was not one of the belligerenr
fellows in the days of excitement here
| 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 eN
| penditures to this enormous sum. / be
| lieve 1t Is owing to lack of diplomacy
that the war in the Philippines is goinl
on. If we had acted toward the Fill
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