Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-21
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to go with them on visit to nearby
town.
along about midnight the trio made
their way back to camp. the guardsman en-
tirely sober. but with a thoroughly intoxt-
Gated cavalry officer hanging to each of his
arms. AS they approached the cavalry
camp a sentinel challenged:
Halt, who Is there"
Friend with a couple of your officers
promptly replied the quartermaster. who
says he Is firmly convinced that he will not
be the next guardsman those regular offi-
GERS attempt to overcome by the use of
liquor r'
II suppose you heard that rumor cur
rent about ten days ago to the effect that
the Treasury Department had issued a cir
cular withdrawing the 1902 pennies from
circulation and that if returned to that
office the possessors would be paid
Premium" said conductor on the avenue
car line to Star reporter the other day.
We'll" said he. II have joke on a young
man who frequently rides on my car
apropos of that rumor.
THE first day that the report was going
around" continued the conductor, the
young man in question, who Is apparently
a shrewdl person. boarded my car. and.
after paying his fare, casually inquired
whether 1 had any of the pennies bearing
the date of 1902. 1 had heard someone say
they were worth premium and naturally
got as many as possible. l Informed my
young friend that 1 had managed to OBJ
tain ten of the alleged precious coins. which
1 anticipated returning to the Treasury
to get the reward said to have been Of
fered. .-s .- .
He assured me that only coin dealers
were paying a premium for them and he
had gotten wise as to the proper place
to return them. incidentally asking me
| rod tn soil rnv
what he would give me for the pennies,
and he replied that she was not very
anxious to buy them, but would give me
three cents apiece for each one Of them
I hesitated in answering. thinking
perhaps they were worth more, and
he promptly increased his offer to ten cents
apiece. I consented to do business with
him, and in exchange for my ten pennies
he gave me dollar note.
L was very much pleased with my sale
and became anxious as to what he would
until several days afterward. when l In
outred how he made out. He smiled and
said. the jokes on me: they were worth
exactly one cent a piece
Speaking of the enactment of the bill to
increase the efficiency of the militia. we'll
known officer of the citizen Soldiery, who is
a gold medal essayst of the Military Serv-
ice Institution of the United States, remark
ed that the active militia must constitute
the great popular training school of soldiers.
to furnish either from it's ranks or Its grad
yates instructors and officers for the
masses of raw levies of volunteers which
must be put into the field in the event or
serious war. 1t must be remembered that IN
any army of 100000 men, there are about
90 600 regimental and company commission
ed officers, and about 10000 non-commis-
stoned officers. If these have had previous
military training and experience the effl-
cheney of the force is secured in the snort
est time and with the least friction and cost
If they are as ignorant as the last recruit
it means. in the beginning. at least, disaster
and the needless sacrihce. or thousands OIL
lives through; camp sickness and inaction.
According to the officer referred TO-, whiie
the National Guard might be made INTO a
really efficient force. 1t Is unreasohaple 10
expect it, asa, body. to equal the perform
ance of regular troops, who derive thelr
livelihood from the profession OF arms.
Members of the National Guard must De
self-supporting, as they are not under pay
and no plan which requires from them over
burdensome duties can meet with success.
Indoor drills and instruction when take
place after work hours can always De hau .
also occasional field days.
The Senatorial Fishing Club will wet
few lines within the next three or four
weeks Cares of state were laid aside
| Thursday, and the grave and dlsnlneo
| statesmen lit out for mountain brook, In
| land lake and deep-sea fishing.
The president of the Senatorial Fishing
| Club is Senator Frye of Maine, president
| pro tempore of the Senate and statesman
| of renown, likewise fisherman of great
repute There is only one thing he would
| rather do than preside over the Senate. and
that Is to don a suit of overalls, big soft
| hat. stuck around with trout flies, and then
| take to the north woods. He Is the first to
| cast fly when the trout season opens
| All the other members of the Senatorial
| Fishing Club are vice presidents-there are
| no privates Vice President Quay OF Penn
sylvania already has good catch OF tar
| pom to his record, as he went to Florida
| March 5.
| Vice President Fred. Dubois of Idaho will
| tackle mountain trout, after having had a
preliminary whirl at Potomac bass with
| Col Dick Bright and John P. Miller Sen
| ator Dubois is a terror they say, at trout
| fishing.
Vice President Clark of Wyoming also is
| going after mountain trout. The streams
| out his way abound with fine fish, and he
| is an ardent angler.
| Vice President Kean of New Jersey says
| that blue fish are good enough for him, and
he will try his luck off the Jersey coast.
Vice President Beverdge will look up a
| few bass holes III the Wabash river.
| Vice President Elkns knows some fine
| bass and trout streams back in West Vir-
ginia. and will fish a few of them.
! Vice President Proctor is a famous sal
| mon fisherman.
The secretary of the club is Col Daniel
/ Ransdell sergeant-at-arms of the Senate.
| He will continue to make reports upon fish,
| ing as viewed from the front porch of the
| Blue Ridge Club.
| Clara-'Why that flush of embarrassment
| as you left the room?'