The evening times., 1902-06-02

engagements He became q member pF
the regular army and was first ser
EeaGt OF Company E. Second Regulars.
IN 1893 he was with the District Guards
and Went into service He was at san
tiaso in the July fight and saw other
arcuous service on the island. Captain
tlrich is native Of the District. and
except for his army service mas never
been out OF the city. He is an enplOye
. OF the Governms nj Printing Office. and
/ has a responsible and di1iCult part o.
the Work-the making Of composition
rollers He is naturally the chief au-
/ JhoflJy Tor the younger men on military
affairs. in which he is an enthusiast and
/ IS generally popular about the Office.
/ Two Cabinet officers ar. going to get
+ the degree OF Il D at the commence
ment OF the Missouri State University in
June The men to be thus honored are
Secretary Hitchco,k K and Secretary VIII
son. Mr. B. F Galloway. chief Of the
bureau Of plant industry, is also TO re
celye the degree at the same time. The
/ commencement Is TO be one OF the most
memorable II the history of the school.
ana the sermon Is TO be preached by Dr
Henry Van Dyke, Of Princeton.
Extensive experiments have been made
at the grounds Of the Department Of
/ Agriculture and at the experinsnta1
stations with -nacaroni wheat It IS
believed that It IS one of the coming
cereals Of the country Heretofore the
macaToni wheat has been grown mainly
IL Russia and AIgiers and sold into
France and Italy. where it is made into
. he 81 %
me1t IS endeavOTing to make its Droduc-
tiou general, and il is believed the wheat
VIII flourish in the West
Er. John W Fink. veterinary inspector
Of the bureau Of animal industry. IS in
Charleston packing up The exhibits made
IL the exposition Just closed. The bureau
had a fine showing there and gave many
valuable object lessons 10 farmers and
stock Taise-s- The exhibit is q prize
winner. and there IS a handsome colIec-
ti0u OF awards on the walls OF the Office
in the Agricultural Building
Mr. Ainsworth r SpoTord. chief as
sistant librarian of the Library Of Con
gress. is a very energetic as well IS
scholarly man He has been IN the
establishment as well as the merchant
knows his store His grasp OF the details
Of the arrangement OF the Library Is
wonderful. and ne also has close knoEI-
edge OF the work Of the copyright Of
fee He is q familiar figure about Wash
ington and IS socially quite popular 1Ir.
Spoford was born IN 1925 in New Haup-
shire and was he son of minister
Mr.. Spof1ord has watched the Library
at Washington grow from $1,000 TO sg0,-
600 volumes. and had to find some place
for successive editions in rooms that
were crowded twenty years before the
new building was erected. For more
than twenty-five years Mr. SpofTord
worked TO have new National Library
building He guided the project through
all the difficulties which such projects
always nave 70 meet-past the selsc-
tion OF the site. the design the aTchi-
tects' quarrel, 70 the building across (
from the east front Of the Capitol
Nj Spoford has prepared many cata- /
IoEues .cf the Congressional Library, and
has edited numerous encyclopedias He I.
is the author Of z Practical Manual Of
Parliamentary Rules" and many lee
turez. essays and contributions TO re-
views and magazines His Book Sor /
All Readers" Is intended as handbook /
for librarians bibIiomaniacs and book (
people q every sort
Capt. Daniel Y. Chisholm, the hand
some and popular adiutant OF the Span
ism War Veterans. is one Of the most ez-
perienced military men in the District
He came Of d martial race and was early
in life first sergeant in the historic
RfchIaud Volunteers. Columbia. s c.
When he came TO Washington 20 work
in the Government Printing Office as a
Droof7eader he became identified with
the National Guard, and is one Of the
most enthusiastic OF the members. He
is first lieutenant in Company A. Sixth
Battalion. He became captain Of the
Morton Cadets and was in service with
the cadets as first lieutenant He was
among the first TO join the veterans as
sociation, and was made adjutaut.
Mr. George F. Thompson. editorial
Jerk OF the bureau OF animal industry,
rent a few days ago on a bicycle trip
@ Pen Mar. Several gentlemen made
ID the party, and the journey was a
pleasant one
Mr.. Marcy NJ Mitchell, Of the Govern
nent Printing Office, is an enthusiastic I
man. He is a native OF Jersey
1ity. and at the breaking out of the ]
spanish-Americaa war he joined The Z
Fourth New Jersey Regiment and was in {
amp at Sea Girt and al GreenviIIc. s. I
=, Like many another Northern sol &
Ter. he was disillusioned about the
.unny South. and wanted to leave 10
.CeU from freezing TO death. The win
er was about the worst on record, and
OF three months there was the worst S
ort Of cold, snow, rain. and mud. Mr.. /
sitchel is @ member Of Nelson A Miles
amp Of Spanish War Veterans, and is ,
leading and working comTade.
Prof Otis T. Mason, head of the
Theological part OF the National Mu-
cum, was sick for few days, but is
BILE 10 be out again z
DIT. D. E. Salmon. chief Of the bureau
T animal industry. has returned rom an
Etcuded Western trip. He read a bril-
ant paper on bovine tuberculosis be-
3re the Iowa Medical Association On !
is way back he inspected the meat
4refrn-e and stock Yards IF CEfgapg