The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-05
LEONARD WOOD
IN GREAT LUCK
Promoted to High Rank Whge
Rathbons Went to Jail.
FUTURE H0A0RS IN SIORE
BEVERIDGE WATCHING HIS
FENCES IN INDIANA.
FUTURE H0aORS IN SIORE
Special 10 The HeaIdl

Especial 20 The Heald)
Washington. ID. c., April A-Briga-
der General Leonard Wood is truly "a
soldier of good fortune. Scarcely ten
years ago he was an assistant surgeon
with the rank of captain, and now ne
is fuil-hedged brigadler general In
the regular service. and destined TO De
major general before many years
shall elapse. General Wood is not q
graduate of any military school and
entered the army from civil life. Luck
turned his way when he was made
colonel of the First United States vol
unteer cavalry in the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. Within d year ne was
major general I'M the volunteer service
and when DE was discharged from this
service. it was 20 be made a brigadier
general in the regular army. AS mili-
tary governor of Cuba. General Wood
enjoyed an the extravagances which
the unlimited use of government funds
could give and while the eXtrava-
EauCcs of Director of Posts RathbOue
landed that gentleman in JAIL those Of
General Wood were apparently all
right. General Wood is now TO be
given tour of the world at the eX-
pense of the government He has been
assigned 90 command the military de-
partment of MindauaO in the Philip
pines and EN- route 90 his post ne has
been directed To visit Egypt Singa-
pore, the Straits Settlements. Batavia,
Java and other points 90 study the
methods of various powers I'm the em-
ployment of native forces I'm their CO.
loulal possessions and especially TO
Ha Of
utilization OF natives as soldiers I'm
connection with the regular army
This ls all preparatory 10 giving Gen
erdl Wood command OF the division of
the Philippines.
Junketing Trips
Vacation jYuketiug trips have not
been particularly IN favor for several
years, but thrifty senator's manage TO
work I'm az least one every vacation.
Last summer 10 was a trip of a sub
committee of the senate committee on
Pacific islands across the Pacific ocean
10 Hawaii The trip was pleasant
enough and the report was fairly vo-
luminous, but scarcely a recOmmenda-
ton was acted upon by congress. In
fact the report of the subcommittee
was delayed until so late in the ses-
sion that practically all legislation for
the session was decided upon before
the report was rendered. The cost Of
the Junket 90 the government was be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000. and the value
received practically nothing A less
extended junket was faken BIZ a sub
committee Of the senate committee on
territories into New Mexico, Okla
homa and Arizona. Senator Bever-
ldge, the frOthy DemOsthenes Of Hoo
sierdom, was the star performer on I
this trip, and this year he is to as
sumo the same roll I'm a nice little
journey az government expense TO |
Alaska-that is, If his senatorial fences |
az home can be neglected for the sum- 4
mer. Senator Beverage had made an /
Of bis plans for the trip, and just eX- /
pected 90 stop on for a few weeks IN I
his home state before going on % /
Alaska, but he Was warned by friends |
that it would be web for him to stay
az home n he wished 10 retain his I
prestige and get back to the senate at /
the expiration of his term. which viii 4
end two years hence. The senator \
took heed Of this warning, and the first .
result was a miX-up with his colleague
Senator Fairbanks. I'm the Indianapolis /
mayoralty Tight To is expected Fair
banks win make fl so warm for his
young colleague that ne viii have 20
abandon his Alaska pleasure trip.
Women Mail Carriers.
To has been frequently said hers%lhat
A. W. Machen the general superin-
teudeut of the free delivery service Of
the postoftce department is partial to
women i'm the allotment of appoint
meuts, Congressman brought the criti-
cism TO Mr. Macheu'a attention. and
remarked that hundTeds Of men passed
the big gray postohice department
every day who would be glad of the
jobs held by his women clerks. "Of
course they would" said the superin-
tendent, they could have them, too,
if they could do the work" Mr..
Macheu has opened up a new occupa-
ton for women. There are now some
hundreds of them an over the coun-
Try acting as rural letter carriers. and
the records show that they are doing
wonderfully Wen. Under the rules for
the appointment Of rural carriers. the
regular carrier, after he has entered
upon the duties of his office, may name
his own substitute. OF late carriers
have been naming their wives. daugh-
teIs. and even their mothers. as their