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artillery equipments-forts. guns, ordnance
supplies, completed and In process OF manu-
facture-conservatve experts have said
that upward Of 5000 men were necessary;
not simply to man the guns in war. but 10
keep them and their emplacements In con-
dition In time Of peace. We nave aoou'
$4,000 men In our artillery regiments az
they are. Of whom more than one-third
are out OF the country h 5000 men
still In the country are in mty-seVen
posts, Of which eleven are garrisoned py
single batteries. although the plan OF armh-
ment calls for several batteries at most OF
these places. Only eleven posts have gar
risons Of two or more batteries. In many
cases there are sub-posts 10 single battery
posts; In these cases. the already small
garrisons are diminished by the details
sent TO these places. Thus our artillery
never numerous enough to keep the expen-
sive . plant in good condition, has been
reduced until most Of the plant IA left un-
cared for.
The cavalry is garrisoning twenty posts
OF which fourteen are single-troop posts
Fort Myers, near Washington. has a gar
rison of four troops; and five other posts
have each two troops.
There are only thirty-one posts In the
entire United States which are garrisoned
by infantry: and only eleven OF these have
more than one company as garrison. Six
OF the thirty-one are in Alaska
At the beginning OF 1898, the last year
when our army was doing strictly home
service. there were ninety-three garrtsoned
posts: there are III posts garrisoned not
by $4,000 men, but by about 1900 men.
That %garrisons are necessary. not only
for the artillery posts 10 protect the guns
and stores, but at infantry and cavalry
posts. the outbreak Of the Pillager lndians
In October. 1898, shows. The garrisons
OF our army are really onlv %outposts; that
is. they are hardly stronger than an out
post 20 an army should be. But they differ
from outposts in this respect; There Is a
main body back Of every outpost. while
there is nothing back Of our garrisons.
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Congress.

The statement made yesterday mat
The Republicans " the Fifteenth Congress
district In this city will nominate ELIAS
GoopMAN for Congress puts a question
b the Democrats that must be answered
sanare,y all down the Congressional line.
The chief characteristic OF Mr..
"a a oampaigner will be his steadfast sup
port OF honest money-ofthe gold
Bring on the Democratic.
In the campaign Of two years age Demo
cratic candidates for Congress In the EN-
pire state gave the stolid excuse for not
declaring themselves on the money issue,
that It was not a Presidential year, and
that the party platform was still to be
made. The national Democratic platform
OF 1900 declares for the free coinage OF
silver. that is. for reputation. The party
candidate for President made the inser-
ton Of the coinage plank the single con-
dition OF his acceptance at Kansn, CITY,
The mask Of imperialism cannot be
stretched 10 cover 1t. This il a Presi-
Dental year.
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The Democratic Emblem OF 1000.

For several campaigns past the Demo-
orats have resented Republican Use = 'he
Stars and Stripes IA the party emblem.
1T Is our flag. IA It IL yours" they have
said Indignantly. Your attempt to make
It the badge Of your craftsmanship is pre-
tentious and unwarranted.
= BRY.s. now. has made for his followers
A party emblem from which the flag Is
specifically excluded. The distinguishing
Sign Of Democracy ia to-day not a flag
but n flagstaff. from which BRYAN,
the friend Of AoUNALDo and the
enemy Of American sovereignty In the
territory won from Spain, has hauled the
national banner down, The only mark
suitable for the bare pole thus stripped
of the national colors. ia a black 10 to l."
Meanwhile the stars and Stripes are
Kept flying steadily BY a Republican Ad-
mInistration and millions of patriotic Ameri-
cans, regardless OF party politics.
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BY violence or fraud. there would not be any
Electoral votes on which BRYAN could rely
absolutely. or at most very few, whereas
because OF II he can now count Win
assurance on ii2 Electoral votes or nan
Of the number which would elect him.
Negro Acknowledgement Ia the disiran-
chisement OF the political opposition TO
BRYAN at the South and so far from having
had the effect OF restoring normal pontlcal
division among the whites. they are now
more thar ever consolidated In a single
party and that party for BRYAN and a policy
which a large part Of the most intelligent
part OF them knows would be disastrous
20 the whole Union. Instead Of bringing
in political freedom for the whites II has
subjected them TO political slavery. The
negroes are poor and humble. Ignorant
and often llliterate. they are generally
on a low scale of civilization. but practi-
cally their votes, II they were allowed 70
cast them az this election, would be the
intelligent and enlightened votes at the
South. in estimation Of oil civilization.
or course, then, this negro question IL
of vast and far-reaching importance from
a national point Of view" It's treatment
by the South has destroyed fair and safe
political equilibrium and brought with IL
the only menace Of a national policy inju-
nors TO the whole nation and not less to the
South itself than TO the rest OF the States.
In the financial and commercial markets
throughout the Union the sole cause OF
anxiety regarding the result Of the election
in November comes from the dlsfranchise-
ment Of the Southern negro citizens.
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IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Reporta from lord Roberts OF yesterdays
date show that the result anticipated from the
northern movement Of the British against the
Boer right flank has been obtained. The country
nearly up to the northern angle Of the railway
at Glands Hook has been evacuated and the
Boer commanders have with their troops and
guns, and Presidents Kruger and steyn, left
for the mountain country forming the water
shed OF the eastern Transvaal. The British
soldiers, prisoners Of the Beers at Nooitgedacht,
have all been released and returned 10 the
British headquarters, the officers with
the exception Of a few being sent
back 20 Barberton. The retention or the
officers and the selection OF Barberton
as their place Of confinement does not indicate
an immediate intention Of abandoning the
struggle. The next few days will no doubt
throw some further light OF tho situation,
though the climatic conditions described by
Lord Roberts are not favoring the movements
OF his troops. The British are now entering
the most difficult country in the Transvaal,
and the Boer artillery Is still intact. 80 that
unless the burghers are demoralized there Is
no reason why. having held out so far. they
should suddenly give in. when the conditions
Of the conflict are more favorable to them
than hitherto. With 81. Helena and Ceylon
in the perspective. should they surrender they
are more likely 10 trek en- masse into Portu-
g,iese territory If they decide to give up the
fight
The Uitlander question is giving a good
deal OF trouble In Natal, and the comments
OF the Natal Journals express great disap-
pointment with the action Of tho High Com
missioner at Cape Town and the Colonial ONCE
in London. as we'll rs with the general results
Of the war, which every one, in South Africa
expected would not, at longest, last four months.
In Rhodesia there Is a general revolt against the
new labor policy enunciated by Mr.. Cecil
Rhodes, which. briefly stated. IL the bringing In
Of large numbers Of Cinnamon under contract
10 take the place Of the costly white and unwill-
ing black labor.
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THE Sun ~iellcitates itself upon the fact that the
negroes will vote against Organism and free silver,
and would end the Southern States support OF those
things II they were given a chance, but IHB sun
should Tecollect that the negro is Just as ready 70 vote
for Organism and free silver, II they were commended
10 him By the Republican leaders, as he now Is 10 vote
against them -Richrl0nd Times.
Undoubtedly. tho Southern negroes would
vote for MCKINLEY as the Republican can
didate simply If they were allowed TO vote.
But how about the Southern whites2 They
will vote for BRYAN simply because he Is the
Democratic candidate and they would be rs
ready 20 vote for him If he was for gold and
Imperialism /" as they will now that he is for
silver and surrender, provided he had a nom-
inai Democratic. nomination. No more than
the negroes do they vote with their heads.
M intelligent, discriminating and reasoning
human beings. At this time, as II happens,
the hearts Of the negroes are on the right side
Of ma tional policy. while those OF the whites
are on the wrong side. as the Richmond Times
itself knows. It's support OF BRYAN Is only a.
the nominal Democratic candidate. for II makes
no secret Of its detestation Of his silverism and
It's for his humbug Of " imperialism
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New Jerseys Eagles

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir' Refer.
ring to a communication signed by Nj. NJ. Handyln
IN your Issue Of current date, will say that | have
lived In New Jersey for twenty-five years and during
all this time | do not remember a single year that |
did no: see eagles here During most OF these years
the birds came here from the West; | do not believe
that they bred here more than two or three years
Three years ago n pair of them came early in the
season and had a nest near the Clinton reservoir Of
the East Jersey Water Company, near Newfoundland
In PasSaic county. Tor IN Gddiu n 10 the Two parent
birds there were THREE young ones So far this year
have seen only two OF the birds.
Mr. Handyill is certainly mistaken when he SAYS
that the birds probably took his chickens. have
never heard 81 The eagles %rubbing chicken yards. FOR
here the lird, live principally on fish and coca SlunAlly
on water fowl, AtumcS they rob kingnshtrs Of their
pTcy, frequently eating bird and uSh both, but they
certainly do nj invade barn yards
am sorry to see That MI Hhndvlll belpn - 20 the
army Of mottalS who's principal mission IN NE seems
10 be- determination. especial. NJ fauur, winch. on
account Of the advance OF civilization, hre RAPIDLY he
coming extinct ] cannot account Tor a disposition
which deems II heroic Ia XIII the last nt n species |
have mad dozens 81 opportunities to XIII eagles, but
never awaited myself u ans Of them. The eagle IL a
Compatibility harmless bird, and ! know Of few sights
more ~ JrSlC than tuClr soaring As far as ! am
concerned they are welcome u all IN" FISH they want.
and II their existence and remaining with US really
depended upon a few chickens. am willing to supply
the chickens. ! enjoy seeing the birds: n I had ever
shot one ! should never tell Of Il.
PATERSON, Aug. so. CHARLES a. SIIRISRR.
To THE EDITOR or TUE SUS-Sr: The at.
tentlon Of the proper authorities should be directed N
the exploits OF NJ HAndvill In killing kingnshers and
eagles, Of which he boasts In yesterdays sun. his
that the laws are made. q. Z.
RED BANK, ". JY AuG. so
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A southerner on Bryan's Bugaboo

In another column OF THE SUN will be
found the greater part Of a letter sent to
the AHontd Constitution by Judge jon
j. HUNT OF Jonesboro. Ga. Judge HUNT
applies common sense and facts and logic
20 the absurd Bryanlc theories about the
Philippines and exposes what he calls
the bogy Matched from the mares nest
discovered by BRYAN" He shows that
Mr.. BRYAN IL trying TO make a paramount
issue out OF the effort Of America TO restore
order In It's legally acquired possessions.
by suppressing the most ~groundless In
surrection known to history" He shows
Mr.. BRYAS's ignorance or m~isrepresen-
tation of the facts and the faulty OF his
recommendations.
Judge HUNTS letter IL exceptionally
interesting not merely from the ability
OF his argument but because he Is one OF
many Southerners who cannot be misled
by Mr.. BRYAN into opposing a policy which
Is not Republican but American. and which
patriotism, ~self-interest and remembrance
Of the traditional feeling Of the South and
OF the old Democratic party as TO expansion
commend strongly to Southerners.
The Atlanta Constitution tries TO answer
Judge Hunt and tries In vain; for It's
own heart and mind are on the expansion
ist side.
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To THE EDITOR oP The SuN-Sfr: Strulling
into Bryant Park last evening, intending to sit
for A while. | looked about for a scat and found to my
srea, surprise that the park had become one vas,
lodging house,
Stretched out upon the benches In every direction
were the yileSt looking buns this city can harbor.
By actual count there Law at full length t~hiriy.two
sleeping Migrants on the seats, and many more were
sleeping In a sltting position.
Tha, one Of our pIettcSt little parks should De used
in this way is wrong, and a remedy should be applied
by our Park Commissioners and the police.
l4s5 BROADWAY, AuG. 20. a. Il. SMITH
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Beadle's Dime Novels.

To THE EDITOR OF THR SUN-sf' In
several OF your issues the late MI. r p Read
originator Of "Beadle's Dime Novels" has been r
celylng most favorable and Justly deserved comm'r
daton. am his daughter and remember as = chhd
his earnest and honest efforts in behalf Of introducing
reading and useful matter at a price within reach q
all: he never published one Of his Dime Novels mat
could not be read In any household. which was MS
pride
You know the great trouble WAS In commanding
these orignsl works with ten cent novels viii
which he had nothing 10 DO.
SOPHIA Rad RAYMOND
PARI Aug. 20.
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why wheat Are for Mckinley.


western wheat growers are for Mckinley ms
year" said MI. Hiram Il Blake Of Minnesota. vh1
was a, the Metropolitan last night Pour years az
Bryan promised dollar wheat but he gr'y'S-f i
bring II abou, by scaling down the purchasing value
OF the dollar. The Republican plan is 10 bring ur ne
price by finding a market for the surplus p''d1'L
leaving the dollar the farmer gets as good 49, any
dollar In the world. Therefore the wheat growers ere
In favor Of expansion. With the Democrats pfo-'
ing an Increased price for whea, by a drhssemeni ~
the currency. and the Republicans assuring Ne SAM
thing through a Legitimate extension y tais Is
should not be hard to tell how the intelligent Western
farmer will vote"
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Fear OF Another Irish Famine.
From he Boston Pnot.

7 TWTF ||T EF7'FV'F z FE"FF
The Pla's Irish news columns give details Of the
destruction wrought on the crops. alike In the rich
and the poor districts Of Ireland. BY The heavy rainfall
OF the ntst half Of August It's feared that over the
Irish farmer and agricultural laborer IS impending a
famine worse'than that Of ls7o-rivalIlng perhaps.
that landmark Of horror, the famine Of ls4s- 40.
This famine will take rank 10 some extent among
the Goverrmentcreated famines Of past times; for as
one instance OF prevrntablc mischief through the rain.
fall we may cite the extremely destructive overflow Of
the River Barrow for want OF proper drainage by the
authorities.
Coincidenthlly, the emigration from Ireland Is very
heavy this year, and according W the statistics Of the
Registrar General the birth rate and death rate are
rapidly approaching each other
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spreading the Army Very Thin.

The exceeding thinness with which our
army will be spread yer the United States
after Oct. l next. unless the present orders
are modified, Is hardly appreciated by the
public. II IL known vaguely that OF the
hundred thousand men now in the army
some al 900 are In the Philippines, some
thousands in China. Cuba. Porto Rico,
Hawaii and Alaska; and hat the remainder
Is IN the United States. but OF what that
" remainder" consists few persons have
any real idea.
In the Philippines we have twenty-five
regiments OF so-called volunteers. but by
the terms Of the act authorizing their en-
list ment they must be mustered out Of the
service In the United States on or before
june so, 1901. BY the same date, the G5 200
men in the regular army must he reduced
TO 27,OOO men. The regular army in the
United States consists now Of these troops,
some OF them under orders for service in
the Philippines: Two companies Of engineers
out Of FIVE; two comranies of the Signal
Corps out OF FIVE. seven squadrons Of cav
airy out Of thirty in the service. ifty-nine
batteries Of artillery out Of ninety-eight.
and thirteen battalions Of infantry out Of
seventy-fve. After the last day Of next
June, these numbers must be reduced by
rather more than one-half. or the enlisted
strength OF each unit named above must
be reduced by more than one-half.
The actual number Of posts garrisoned
by the army in the United States has not
changed very greatly; hut the strength Of
the various garrisons has been reduced
until in some cases there are hardly enough
men to keep the post in order. This state
Of affairs is most apparent in the artillery.
For the millions Of dollars worth OF
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DID Mr.. schur. Say This?

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUr-sfr Ihave Urn
reading much OF late Of Can schurIs utteraDces In
regard 10 the sscredness d the Declaration Of
Independence. Constitution of the United States and
the consent OF the governed.
! have a recollection that In a speech gtven. MINI.
In Hartford, Conn, somewhere around is5s-isol. IN
speaking Of the Declaration OF rnde pendence. b. said
1T is a Yankee trick, a wooden nutmeg"
From this / should Judge he certainly has chanE'd
his opinion Of It's value very much from his lSn
illusions toit GEORGE MCCALL
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. -.
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Monkeying With tho octopu',

FTom The D'ivoH JOLrhdL
Hostile legislation drove the octopus out o. VI o
business, all right
Much reduced In circumstance Ne ooN.I'
came a walter IN a b%eanery. Being AIDE " o-H &
dozen plates on each ann 4 threw Nc''.'''" ...
walters with families out Of employment
Thus the last STATE OF s0h,t vas Nu-e lh.'
nrSL
1t is evident that the trust problem IS not '"I I'D
be solved.
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Fron,h. t,plp Of u. s,craarp Of wa.

beg you 70 believe In my deep sympathy with you
for the death OF your gallant son from wounds re-
ceived in action remember wha, a noble young
American he seemed when | saw him with his resi
msnt at Camp Meade Just before they sailed for the
Philippines.
The Gag under which he sacrificed his life In de-
fence Of his oountry's hghtful sovereignty will remain
the emblem and guarantee Of peace and justice
throu ghou, ths land. aud your boys sacrifice hard
a. u Is, will no, have been IN vain.
BIIHU ROOT. Secretary Of War.
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Mr.. BRYAS Is going TO make speechesi in Mary
land and West Virginia next week, and doubt
lcss he viii there insist that imperialism Ia para
mounter han ever. When he goes back TO
Ne raska, silver will be paramount again.
This patent reversible p~aramountcy Is a beau
tiful invention.
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ron AMERICA.
A Beresved Fathers Thrilling Response to
Bryans Championship OF AEuinaido.

From a LITTER from Tho'ndS C. Cren'hdv OF Georgia
ATLANTA. Ca. Aug rs
Cen H.. G. Coroin, Ad,utant. General Washington
d. c.:
Ny beloved son. Capt Frank y. crenshaw' reached
Allan I on the lsd inst and having tsen operated
on on the ioth, died this morning from the effects Of
wounds received in battle in Batangas Province
Philippine Islands. on June s last
We pray for the sake Of all who have fallen there
In defence Of our counIy's honor that the nag under
which they sacrificed their lives may never be pulled
down. We shall forever cherish the testimonials OF
his gallanIy Of record in your ornoe.
THOMAS G CRBSsHAw.
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THE FIRST SHIRT WAIST.
Thoma. Mast Says II Was tho Volunteer Fire
mans.

To THR EDITOR oP II N-S darbaldi. to
whom the Dry Goods EeonomfH attributes the shirt
waist got his idea Of the red shirt waist" from our
New York Volunteer Fire Department as It was ser.
yiceable and picturesque. lie told mo so himself. II
was uSed rs part Of a uniform and was a ne glige shirt
the rest OF the attire being entirely harmonious, SLOUGH
hat. belt OF sash, and handkerchief around the neck
as protection from the sun. And that was not stuffed
into a Rirsfielike, Stln starched and glazed double
thlc. collar which has cuffs 70 match. And no sus-
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After Ave years. a ~trottlns horse has equalled

After Ave years. a ~trotting horse has equalled
the record Of 2O4x made by Azote In 1895. the
new animal being The Abbott. A remarkable
feature Of the performance was that the first
half mile was in i:O4 and the last half In the
lightning time Of 1907. As The Abbott's driver.
GEERs. knows what he ia about always. II must
be that he though. that his horse would not
stand an even rating throughout the mile,
or that The Abbott still has a reserve Of force
that will carry him finally below AliI's 2O3,..
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CHAMP CLARK Is iubiAnt-si. Loufs Republic.
He is the kind of Bryanite that jubllates easily
and cackles often. You don't hear the Hon.
AKTHUR PUE GoRMAN lifting up his voice in
prophecy and you don't see MIN caperins in
public. CHAMP CLARK is jubilant because he
doesn't know any better,
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small Front In Passenger Trains.

taking the United States As a whole. only NV
over one NTH OF the total earnings OF Tni.Nn. ''N .'
7 we'd from the passenger traric. 4 large p' psuL1n
American railway lines are conducting fuHT pass
ger trarnc a, a loss. while others are mrrsy .ayiu
expenses and deriving no PROFIT prop'rio. NJ :
the investment and the volume u buIn'' ''i'
This Is certainly not a Satisfactory Sh Wig, ma u
ought not to be accepted as a permanent sA" .
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From tn PhtIdSphn Ir.SL
miss Porcpacqus, % said ths srasLore .'.'m
hop. will you be my partner for tho next ser -.
"Oh. my she exclaimed. don't you oA~ -
rather do that than set"
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penders and no wa!Stcoat were worn, Nor did those
soldiers carry heavy coats on their arms nor hats In
their hands. They looked dressed, though, and one
did not feel any anxiety In their presence as 10 which
garment would cnme of next Look at the two.
tn. MAST, one Of the Garbaldians OF $50.
MORRISTOwN, n. j., Aug. so.
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n or fri.nd' vho raeor ~ vfh nont'erfp' Ic
publication ufIh 10 haze rstsded dTfeIe 'Nu'"e1'""V
mum IN all cares sgnd adnps for that purpo"
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pIrs-Kiosaue No ~. near Grand Hotel ana
Kio.ous No 10, Boulevard des Capudnes'
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The Hon. Tom JOHNSON has returned to the
United States for the purpose Of continuing
his unceaslng warfare against monopoly.
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THE ARMY

blatant General Corbln shows Its Good n.
feet on the Health and Morale of the Men,
WASHINGTON. Aug. si-The following let4,
e~xplains itself:
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1900-07-12

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