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The Delta independent., 1900-07-20

Sa urday ana will make Delta his per
manent home.
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Piano and organs tuned by an exper-
fenced tuner. All work guaranteed.
Cline & Fletcher.
The Delta independent., 1900-07-20

W. L Perry, Of Cedared:e, was IN
town "Wednesday trading among our
uerchants. He reports all crops in
excellent condition in his vicinity and
an abundance of water.
The Delta independent., 1900-07-20

NJ Fairamb b1usht the TutIJr1
house on upper Grand svenue.
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J. A. johnson came down from Gun.
nison Monday to look after his property
in North Delta. He will be here for
about two weeks.
The Delta independent., 1900-07-20

Geo. IIider returned from a few days
business trip to Gunn:son. Tuesday.
The Delta independent., 1900-07-20

N. ID. Carr. q Hamilton, Ohio, friend
oe DIR. l., A. Hick. arrived in Delta the
arst OF the week aud una! decide to
here permanently.
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Mrs. 4. G. Bailey OF Hotchkiss left
for California last Monday.
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Next Tuesday. Ben S. Gheen and fam
lily and Mr.. and Mrs. Perlier will go to
the Grand mesa for few weeks camp
ing trip.
The Delta independent., 1900-07-20

Il. Lucke the druggist returned the
first OF the week from business trip Ia
Lake City.
The Delta independent., 1900-07-20

J. r Kent who has been farming near
the State brioge for the last two years
left on Monday for Ft. Laramie, Wyo. to
make his permanent residence.
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Miss Grace O'NeiI and Master
Charles O'Nsil of ouray, are guests of
relatives in Delta this week.
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Fred Bul!in of Pueblo Was busihcsr
visitor in Delta Tuesday.
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Lynn J. Luce left "Wednesday morn.
ing for the Grand mesa where he vii
indulge in the lu,uries Of two weeks
camping life.
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c. l. Pike is down from Ho;chkiss
attending the special term Of the Dis.
trict Court.
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LOCAL SGUS.

hii~ sr-onnrsmenf of any entertainment tn
hieh . n nsuissior I, c /. char ei will h~ made
N th-,e es'l-His fr-. Arv further aiis6'snee-
a.el.s VII. l.. ,-hs s.-.f sly. 7isirx rafcs
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JUDGE Stevens came down from Oursy
Monday and opened court the same
afternoon.
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vii Hun, has bought the Ralph
Lower property.
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Star Nelson uas over from Salida
Tuesday 10 look after his ranch on
Garnet mesa.
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Mrs J. IL. Hurst has bought the Du.
vail property next 10 the Opera lioufe
and will erect brick building.
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siveeeA daily IN Oe1ss ~ =. ..
OaPoa0.
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ED, Hines. Ct Gets hardware store
lett Tor three weeks outing on Grand
Nesa Tuesday.
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Judge ]. c. Bell was in town Frida,
aud Saturday shaking hands with hi'
friends.
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Mart Ewing is down from Telluride
this xe IL on business.
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4. II. S'eckham, cashier OF the Fisri
National Bank, made u flying business
trip TO Montrose. "Wednesday.
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Attorney F. d. Ca,liu. OF Montro-e.
was down the first II the week attend
ing the extra session OF the District
Court
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rte AaogSe.

The best machine ou earth. Do not
buy any machine until you have econ
the ne~ machines at the lSpnrEsDESr
ot6cc O. got prices and torme from
:. =. Lewis.
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Subject for Sunday at the Prerbyter
an church will be "Beeinnings. ane
Cuba and Porto Rico"
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ir,arA berries are in the urar.st uow.
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Aavsrssssa Letters.
The following letters remain in the
purtoficc at Delta. Colo. July y:
Baxter. Dennis +.
Brown. Mira Elma
Green. Mr.. Allen
Hartwick. Lester
Hing. Mr.. r. c.
Pscheco. Don Grcsorio
pacheco. Don Eureyio
Rowan. Thee.
In calling Tor these letters Pleaec say
they are advcr:ieed.
C.B. CHRYslxx. roetmaster.
Piano and organ tuning by an expert
call on Cline 4 Fletcher, north OK the
Opera house.
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For burns. injuries piles and skin di.case> use
pewiti's Witch Hazel S.Alvc- IL l. theecrrgfnal
Ccuutert-tts rnsy he cser-s, Is, only pcwlus.
Cisrsc's drug stcrr.
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Noney - less % Rsaehes asA
Town property. Best aeroas. Ne
delay. lall or aareSs
q. =. KING.
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Pianos and organs for sale by Cline 4
Fletcher, next Mise Calio~ays mill
merry store.
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~A>nAA

A load Of hay on subscription at this
office
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Musical instruments Of all deecrip.
tious at Ciarke'e Drug Store.
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It has b.cn demonstrated by experience that
consumption can lie prevented by the carly u>c
Of One Minute Cough Cure This Is the fsvcrtic
remedy for coughs. es,lis. Group, ssthms. grippc.
and all threat and lun- troubles. Cures quickly
Cl-rkcls drug store.
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There arr no better pits mssr tsa p~wnn's
Lutte harry Ris~rs- Aiva.s rrvrnyt srt c~rsssW
Cisrss's drug store
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Waas~sa.

A load Of hay on subscription a, this
Office.
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Wanted.

Load Of hay on subscription at this
Office.
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The new boiler OF the waterworks ie
being placed in position by Otis 7
Standieh.
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Ice cream soda with crushed fruit At
Clsrke's Drug Store.
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LSas ee aeocy. cheap. Always
! ready. .. n. OaeAeeOO0.
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Nre. ]. S. Barton and son John wen
up tv Soap Creek fishing last Friday
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Care Ot rhaaAs.

Care d rhaaAs.
We desire to return our sincere thanks
to thoee kind friends and neighbors who
aided and helped uswhen We lost our
home by fire.
L. c. Finney and family.
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Money 10 loan at eight per cent
On real estate.
nald u in & Eairlasnb.
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DCnaXkna NO1nCu
rp rsrsue Crs-s CO.l.

winton 10 agent fos the Easel
sior laundry. q Deesss.
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The Icaeue Csesa coai b i.psDvs.o
- = T. ST. r-- r--fH 70 ~
.sst tsr.t.l frs.a : . .-.ls
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Special aases Esss vss sos CosessoO
0sAoa0a NJ.

To Cincinnati. o. and return. July
9th TO 11tn. tss.Jo.
For further particulars and ticaets.
call ON OF sddre~A W. y Peck.
City Agent Grand Junction.
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plete. Observations Of the enemy's lines
and works from war balloons had sup
planted the old system of stationary and
clumsy wagon towers, and the heliograph
and flying telegraph and telephone lines
had largely succeeded the slower method
Of "wig- -wagging, for flag and torch Sig
mailing.
In fact the Corps was stripped of in
cumbrances and ready 10 make the splen-
did record it has, when Gen. A. w. Greely,
Chief Signal Officer OF the Army, pre-
pared his lines for the Santiago de Cuba
campaign. These embraced the rearrange-
ment and installation of an electrical COM
munication whereby the War Department
at Washington was brought as near TO the
army, and able 10 exercise as potent an
influence Herewith as though the opera
tons were conducted at distances Of 100
miles instead Of 1,500. The Signal work
proper involved communication, electfi-
cslly and otherwise, between Gen. Shaf-
ter. bis diyisiou and brigade commanders,
the transports, the supply depots, and the
cooperating fleet Of the navy, also war
balleoniBg.
The operations before Santiago, In
charge of Lieut.. Col. Frank Greene, Illus
trated the advanced methods OF the Sig
nal Corps, notwithstanding lack of prepar-
alton and the many difficulties that were
encountered In securing equipments for
the II Siggal companies.
Each of these companies was divided
Into eight squads Of six men each. with a
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men under Capt. G.. W. S. Stevens, tc
which was assigned the duty of establish
| ing and maintaining communication be
tween the Commanding General and the
Fifth Corps and his division commanders
and the supply depots; and a detachment
of % men, commanded by Mai Joseph e.
Maxheld. equipped with a balloon, com.
pressed hydrogen for imitation, and the
necessary paraphernalia. and assigned to
the duty of observation and reports from
the balloon in the air. Thirty men were
also assigned to the feet of 80 transports,
one to each, TO maintain flag communica-
tion between those vessels and the flagship
of the Commanding General and the YES
Sells of the naval escort squadron.
On June %, 1898, small details Of sig
nalmen, equipped with flags, heliograpfs
flor sun-fash signaling) glasses, etc, were
sent to the headquarters of the First, Sec
ond and Cavalry Divisions, to the inde-
pendent brigade, the light artillery battal-
ION, and the squadron of mounted cavalry.
These details were charged with the duty
of providing communication between sep
arated parts of the forces.
But" said Lieut.. Col Greene, ''the ma
ture of the country to be trayersed, with
its narrow and few. trails, the dense and
nigh tropical growth obscuring the vista
in all directions, and the absence of any
commanding points upon which stations
could be established, soon demonstrated
to me that visual signaling could not be
depended upon, but that communication
could only be had and maintained by tele-
graph or telephone; so the signalmen were
withdrawn from the commands as soon as
opportunity offered"
A flying telegraph line party was
formed on June q, and placed in COM
mand of Capt. Stevens, and the work COM
menced of stretching line from Siboney
towards Seyilla. A light rubber-covered
hal nrTr ne cfn ~
one copper wire was used for this pur-
pose.
The value Of this wire, which was hap
PLY supplied by Gen. Greely, said Lieut..
Col. Greene, cannot be overestimated. As
the Corps was without poles and the chap
arral being too light to sustain the weight
of ordinary wire, the perfect insulation of
the light cable furnished enabled it to be
laid upon the brush as far back from the
trail or road as possible, or on the ground
itself where no course was open and
clearing back from the trail could be
found, and SO long as it was not cut or
broken, communication by its means was
perfect.
The signalmen worked faithfully often
under the most trying circumstances dur
ing the Santiago campaign, either under
blazing tropical sun or under torrents OF
cold, marrow chilling rain, which caused
the narrow, muddy roads to become roar
ing knee-deep water courses.
An advance upon the intrenched Spanish
forces having been ordered, on July 1, at
4:30 o'clock a. m, detachment of sig
nalmen, commanded by Capt. Stevens ana
Lieut.. Burnell, began extending the tele-
graph line from the headquarters camp to
the front. This was a work of great diff
feulty, as the single. narrow road was
crowded with troops marching to the
front, but by grim perseverance the line
was pushed forward. 1t was intended to
place the telephone in the abandoned ha-
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cienda of Ell Paso, and the wire was
stretched to that place. But being 10
Gated upon lower ground about $50 yards
in rear of Iona del Poso, upon the crest
Of which Grimes Battery was in position
and in line of fire from the Spanish bat
teries replying to Grimes, it soon became
evident that the telephone could not be
maintained there.
The wire was, therefore, quickly recov-
cred, and under a rattling shower Of
shrapnel the telephone station was trans.
ferred to the shelter Of the bank Of the
Aquadores River, alongside the Sevilla-
Santiago road, $50 yards porth Of FL Paso.
This station was under shrapnel fire most
OF the day. On July 8 signal telephones
were carried with the firing lines and ex-
tended 10 the foot Of San Juan Hill. where
the headquarters OF Gems, Wheeler and
Kent were located, thence to the head
quarters Of Gen. iawton upon the right
Of the line OF investment, and TO those OF
Cen. Bates on the LETT OF the line.
The maintenance or SO many telephone
stations, some under fire, with the con-
slant patrol Of the lines, severely taxed the
small force of signalmen under Lieut. Col.
Greene. In the meantime the balloon de-
tuchment Ulder Maj (now Lieut.. C,sIl
Maxfeld, had not been Idle. The balloon
and material. after being landed At DAT
quiri on June %, was placed IN wagons
and taken frst to siboney and lateE 70
headquarters camp. about three miles Vol
OF Las Guasimas. The var balloon Tss
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BIRDS CARRIED BY PELIcANs.
Some Curious observations Made by Consul
Plumacher IN Venezuela.

United States Consul Plumacher at
Maracaibo, Venezuela, gives in a letter
to the State Department some personal OBJ
feryations regarding the question whether
certain small birds migrating from one
country TO another are carried on the
backs of other birds. That they do so
travel, he says, is a fact that cannot be
denied. He has seen it upon several oc-
casions, and has lately had such clear
proof of it that he is entirely convinced.
There come to the shores Of Lake Mar
acaibo," he continues, lat certain sea-
son Of the year an insect-catching bird of
double the size of canary bird and much
resembling one, though of greenish plum
age. These birds travel in pairs, and can
be seen during certain time of the year
around the horses grazing near my resi-
dence. They live on the insects and flies
which bother the horses. They sit on the
back aad on the head of the animals.
have seen them many a time cleaning the
ears of the animals from the wood ticks.
The horses know their little friends and
allow themselves with much satisfaction
to be relieved from the insect pest.
Not long ago-it was in the time Of the
Final ReyOlution-one morning about sun
rise | stood with Mr.. Bartolome Gonzales,
the Governor of the District Of Paez, who
during the revolution was my guest, on the
shore of the lake under the cocoa palm
trees of my house watching the gunboats
OF the Castro party creeping up under the
opposite shore, when we noticed a flock
of pelicans come over our heads, flying
toward the lake. The pelicans were flying
low and one old big bird landed In the
water not so feet from where we stood.
He seemed very old and tired.
While we watched the bird we heard
the chirping of small birds and were as
tonished to see two pairs of the green in
sectivorous birds emerge from between the
wings of the large bird and fly Justify to
the shore, where we found them later sit
ting among the horses, catching insects.
The old pelican rose from the water and
his flock when they left him.
This class of insect-eating birds
Is called 'Garrapateros.' That they can
not fly for any length of time is well
known. l conversed with Gen. Bernado
Finedo Velasce. at that time also my
guest, and he as well as Gov. Bartolome
Gonzales affirmed the truth OF the theory
that these birds take their passage on the
back of stronger bird and said that they
had often observed it on their large es-
tates in the cattle-raising section Of the
coast. / give you here my personal obser-
vation, on which you can rely. 1t may be
Of interest TO clear this often disputed
pointn
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Corps in the Philippines. Maj. Gen. Mac

Corps in the Philippines, Mai. Gen. Mac
Arthur says officially:
"As a means of tactical control wire
service in the hands of trained, skillful,
and fearless men may be regarded as an
Indispensable adjunct of modern war, in
which light il is a great privilege to speak
in behalf of the future development of the
Signal Corps of the Regular establishment
to the full limit of essential military use
fulness."
Among extraordinary services apart
from flying columns and advanced posts,
were the establishment OF n cable between
Manila and Cayite, the repair at Manila of
the severed cable of the Eastern Telegraph
Company before the arrival Of the English
cable steamer, and especially the success
full system of directing the FIRE of the navy
upon inland points far out of view. The
Signal Corps mea in the Philippines were
present and under fire in 81 skirmishes or
actions last year and subjected to practi-
cally the same dangers as the men of the
line.
Since the close of the war with Spain
hundreds of miles of line have been con-
strueted, repaired, and operated by the
Corps in Cuba, Porto Rico, and tie Philip
pines, in addition to the care and mainte-
nance of the military telegraph lines in
the United States proper.
A Signal Corps post has been estab-
lished at Fort Myer, Va, adjoining sacred
inal home and school of instruction of the
old Signal Service, when the place still
wore its wartime name of Fort Whipple.
There is being gathered at the post flying
telegraph trains, automobiles, and other
paraphernalia necessary for Signai Corps
operation and instruction. 1t is proposed
to construct q balloon house there and
make other needed improvements.
Gen. Greely says the necessity OF war
balloons for accommodating purposes, espe-
cially in level or wooded country, is uni
versally recognized by military experts,
and that the army of every civilized coun-
try is supplied with an aeronautical park,
which is always maintained in the highest
degree of efficiency. He is now making
Important experiments in war ballooning
at Fort Myer, with n great yellow aerial
monster, which has been named the WAR
Dragon" airship. In this connection it is
proposed to organize an automobile ba doom
train, should this latest vehicle prove to be
practicable as a balloon wagon.
Experiments are also being made with
system of wireless telegraphy with q view
of its adoption by the Signal Corps.
The old signal towers, the invention of
n veteran of the war of the rebellion, con-
sisting of sections of a long ladder,
mounted on heavy trucks. which originally
cost the Government a good round sum,
during the time Gen. Albert ]. Myer was
Chief Signal Officer, have been discarded
as an obsolete and unwieldly appendage
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she case during the campaigns in. Cubs
and Luzon, they would be filed with won
derment. And how much greater would
be their surprise at the remarkable ad
vancement made by Gen. Greely and his
assistants in the field Of war ballooning
and wireless telegraphy.
SIGNAL CORPS AT BEGINNING OF SPANISH
WAR.
At the commencement of the war with
Spain the Signal Corps consisted of but
60 officers and men. By authority of Con.
gress the organization was increased rap
Idly to a maximum strength of 100 men,
Regulars and Volunteers. AS far as pos
8 eible the Signal companies attached to the
National Guard of several States were en-
listed for service during the war. These
volunteers were assembled in great part
at Washington Barracks, d. c., where a
school Of instruction had been established.
There they were given military training,
mounted and dismounted, and instructed
In signaling with the flag and heliograph
(or sun fash telegraph), as well as in the
rapid construction Of field telegraph and
telephone lines.
AS the men reached certain stage of
proficiency they were formed into COM
panies, numbered from First" to Seven
teenth," aud hastened to the headquarters
Of the several Army Corps. The active
work of organization was in charge of Col.
II. H @. DunwG9dy, a Signal officer of
long standing and wide experience in the
work of the Corps.
Many difficulties were met with In this
work, but Col. Dunwoody wisely adhered
to his original purpose that the Corps
should be equipped for field service before
any company hould leave its original
camp. Recruiting for the Volunteer Corps
commenced June 2, 1898, and in 80 days
the Corps was practically organized and
partly equipped. In accepting recruits
preference was given 20 telegraph operat-
ors, electricians, linemen, and former Sig
nal men.
The original field officers were ap-
pointed from the Captains and Lieuten-
ants of the Regular Signal Corps. Four
teen trained frst-class Sergeants of the
Regular establishment were promoted to
be Second Lieutenants. Six Captains
were promoted from Regular Lieutenan-
cies and two others from graduates of
West Point In civil life. Other officers
were such as had served in the Signal
Corps of the National Guard.
Placed on a war footing, the Signal
from the "Signal Service" as it was or
ganized by the late Gen. Albert ]. Myer,
the original Chief Signal Officer, at the
close OF the war of the rebellion. The
meteorological feature, formerly con-
Quoted on military lines, had been made
Sfu instilutioh anu lransIerfeu 10 tne Ae-
ricutural Department, where it is now
known as the Weather Bureau, thus re-
heving the Corps Of an "entangling
alliance ot war and weather." as q Signal
man expressed it.
MODERN METHODS.
Scientific methods had taken the place
of the Unwieldy system which had been
taught at the former Signal School of ,n-
gtruction, Fort Whipple, Va. (now Fort
Myerl, and the transformation was COM
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UNITED STATES SIGNAL CORPS.
History of This Important Branch of the War Deparment-Its
Service in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines

The interesting and important opera
Mons of the United States Signal Corps
during the war with Spain, and those
now in progress in the Philippine Islands,
furnish a valuable object lesson of the
Advancement of scientific warfare in the
armies of this Republic. Since those
stirring days during the sixties, when
Gen. Sherman sent his memorable signal
message, Hold the fort; l am coming"
which has become famous in song and
story, the Signal Corps, then in its incip-
tency, has grown to be a most important
branch of the American Army
1t has kept pace with the rapid prog
ress of modern military and naval meth
DDS, and is even now reaching forward
to attain greater usefulness. Could those
heroes in blue who placed their lives on
the altar of their country on the san
culinary battleields of the war of the re-
bellion awake from their eternal slumbers
and behold the Signal Corps telephones
being operated on the firing line, as was
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reserve of seven men for relief work, as
far as practicable. The squads were
equipped with one signal kit with canteen
and haversack; one signal lantern; one
combination telegraph set, main line
sounder; one telescope; one heliograph; q
field telephone; compass, field glass, tele-
graph-pole climbers, saw, hatchet and
other tools, including those used by line
men; six smoked or blue eyeglasses; red
and white railroad lanterns; stationery and
other necessary articles.
For the arming of the Corps, 500 car
bines and 500 Colts revolvers, .45 caliber,
were supplied by the Ordnance Depart
ment. The carbines were intended for men
TO be employed on mounted service and
the revolvers for those assigned to tele-
graph and telephone work.
IN THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN.
The Corps commanded by Lieut.. Col.
Greene, which operated in the Santiago
campaign, comprised a detachment of 30
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WHAT is
The HOME MAGAZINE.

For over 12 years THE HOME MAGAZINE
has been published monthly at Washington.
1t has always been different from all other
ladies' home papers, and has always filled
place of its own III the hearts of its readers.
To-day it is read every month in over half
million homes. OF course, it is for women,
contents are prepared especially for womel
men too, especially to those who take an inte
historical ana social at the National Capital
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a red center, were displayed in the cap
tured Spanish fort as the first em5lems of
the United States For these brave SER
vices, Lieut.. Col. THOMPSON and five other
Signal officers were brevetted for gal
lantry.
The conditions fer flag signaling being
more favorable in the Philippine Islands
than they were in Cuba, ''wig-wagging"
has played an important part in the Sig
nal work there. both ashore and afoat.
Referring to the operations of the Signal