Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-03-16

thought he was too young to hold cap
tain's commission and made him lieu
tenant. In the very first battle he was
in command of the company. and under
the reorganization act of 1866 he went
into the regular army as colonel of the
Fortieth Infantry. Major General
Brooke entered the volunteer service In
April. 1861. as captain of company In
the Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry.
Major General Otis entered the volun-
tecr service in a New York regiment.
Wade went from civil life to the regu-
lar cavalry In May. 1861. Merriam
came to the regular service by way of
n Maine volunteer regiment. and Cor
bin by way of an Ohio regiment. Young
| was. in April 1861. private In the
Twelfth Pennsylvania. Sumner came
from civil life to the regular cavalry
in 1851. Bates went from civil life to
the Eleventh regulars in 1861. Wheaton
was q corporal in the Eighth Illinois Vol
untcers i'm April 1861. Davis was a SER
| geant In the same year In Connect.
cut regiment. The army reorganization
act of 1866 carried hundreds of vOlun-
tccr officers and privates into the regu-
lar service under rules that discrimin-
atcd in favor of aptitude and efficiency.
| The reorganization act of this year will
carry hundreds of volunteers into the
regular service under the same rules.
II Is not a question of rank. but one OF
efficiency. There are among the volun-
tccrs serving i'm the Philippines many
men of education and affairs. These
men will afford to the regular service
under the new law Il choice of valuable
material. The general effect of the re.
organization will be to encourage all
ranks in the regular service to look for
ward to promotion through the main
tenance of high standards of efficiency.
In an article entitled what To DO
In Case of Fire." the household depart
ment Of society journal says: ''In
fires the danger, immediate though it
may seem, Is never instantaneous.
There are always q few minutes In
which TO seek for means of safety"
Here is an example: ~ woman's hair
takes fire; she seizcs towel. wraps 1t
around her head, and then. running rap.
idly to the bath room, puts her head I'm.
der the faucet. She will escape with
very slight burns The conditions
must be such, of course, that q towel Is
within reach, In the first instance. ana
that the bathroom is conveniently sit
uatcd. While the fire is making its way
from the first to the second story, while
the fire engines are plunging through
the streets or Juggling at the plugs on
the surrounding corners, while the fire.
men are battering down the doors and
breaking In the glass, and the neigh.
borhood Is thronging to the scene panic.
stricken lest there should be anybody
caught within the burning building: the
woman whose hair Is aiire must KEEP
her head under the faucet, and permi,
nothing TO disturb or excite her. II
after she has put ont the fire in hel
: hair, she will return to her bed room
ana apply little witch hazel or vase
line to the irritated scalp, powder |,
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: pcrs, ana change her dress. she will bt
able to make favorable impression
when she appears ut n window and or
ders u ladder. There Is no occasion fol
: haste or anxiety In case of this kind
{ While the woman Is waiting for thu
). ladder her hair will dry, and this vii
\ prevent her from having sneezln;
; spell when brave fireman eventual.
!. rcscues her from her perilous position
D Advice such as the household depart
p ment gives would doubtless prove In
+. valuable to a lady whose hair was OF
fire II the conflagration We're cntirel!
). confined to her head, but under Ordi
). nary circumstances the woman whos'
hair happened to be on fire would hard
!, ~ give the details the calm and deliber
!, ate consideration that their merits dc
:, serve.
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