The National tribune., 1903-04-16

fornia, and was .arresteEHlen, but turned
| loose after the Presidential party left the
Golden State. He has been giving utter
ance to all sorts of ufH remarks ever
for his Western trip, ahdhe has been ar
rested and shut upon charge of vagrancy.
He will be kept in durance until after the
President leaves the c tSs4I.
| Desertions from the United States Navy
are so numerous that strenuous efforts are
being made to counterfeit them. 1t is said
| that they now reach 800 a month. Condi-
tons on board our vessels are also to be
studied. and longer timeTpn land when in
port given the men. ,.s
Miss Roosevelt has returned from her
Rorto Rican trip. where, she passed, like
young princess. from one end of the Island
to the other. fairly treading on flowers in
her triumphal progress. Fancy an Old
| World girl being turned loose to go about
as Miss Roosevelt does. After all. blood
will tell, and American blood will do more
telling to the single. girl than any other
| blood on earth.
! Texas has written to the War Depart
ment demanding that Gen. Grant be repri-
manded. That is. Il certain section of
Texas. wherein is Il town called Brackets
vile. From the way Gen. Grant roasted
| InlS IOWU Ill Iup case VI IL lut
| other day, in which IL Sergeant had gone
into the town and got drunk with an en-
listed man. the ''B'' should be changed to
an r. for the sake of the unities. He
didn't leave the town of "-ackettSville' a
| leg to stand on in the way of character
Now the citizens of the town are simply
wild and say the good name of their town
is ruined. The place in question seems to
be close to Fort Clark, and the troops
| stationed there are in the habit of going
over to Brackettsville and filling up on
| booze, then gambling away what funds
they have left. Gen. Grant. who is in
command of that Department. took occa-
sion to comment rather caustically of the
rum holes and the people who liant them
hence the Texas howl.
Senator Clarke of "Arkansaw. subj
must be survival of the ''unfttest' of the
fine old school of chivalry that we hear so
much about He churlishly refused to
| permit his one-time enemy, Senator Berry,
of Arkansas, to escort him to take the oath
of office. nor would he permit anybody else
to walk with him. The other day he met
his longtime friend. Representative
Stephen Brundige. in front of hotel i'll
Little Rock, and because that gentleman
had dared to express an opinion adverse
to that held by Senator Clarke. refused to
touch his hand, and finished up by calling
|
ca" or in plain United States, Il skunk"
Now isn't that a pretty dish of manners
| for United States Senator to carry
around? Senator Jones wasn't a st.
Elmo's fire of briliancy, hut he was at
least gentleman. Tilman and Clarke bid
| fair to make q team.
Rev. William Henry Milburn. the blind
Chaplain of the Senate, is dead. He
passed away in Santn Barbara. Cal.
March 10. Chaplain Milburn was so years
of age, but did not look it. He was born
in Pennsylvania, had lived in Illinois. and
preached III. the South before the war of
on trial for heresy. He had been a lee
turer in his earlier years. and had been
pretty much over thtrWorld He was
blinded in one eye bSGai playmate when
five years of age, and tile sight of the
! other eye left him wheipiha was about %.
He was the author ofqsaveral books on
travel and religious SUBJECTS and had had
n personal acquaintanctruith many of the
noted men of the lastiic&ntury. The i'm
mediate cause of his death was an acct
dental injury received from Senator
Clark's automobile. iGhaplain Milburn
was inst leaving the I&'aaitol. early last
December, and was about ito enter a cab,
when the automobile, which was close to
him, became unmanagsable and ran over
Mr. Milburn's foot Hq was never well
afterward. He rendered his resignation as
Chaplain of the Senate, because of his
failing health, but it wayinot acted upon,
so he died holding the office, to which he
was first elected in 1891 He was first
elected Chaplain Of tie Honse in 1915,
when he was only y years ofage.
When an Army officer dies or is pro,
NOTED or retires, his place is so quickly
filled that the world has not time to say
farwell, until hail is already on the lips.
Maj.-Gen. Robert p. Hughes, having
reached the age of Ga years, the limit of
active service, on Saturday. was placed ON
the retired list. o. Brighten. Joseph G..
Breckenridge. Inspector-General, u. S. ~.
was Immediately promoted to be a Major
General. and retired for age within two
hours. Brighten. Marshal |. Luddington,
q. NJ. g., Z. $. A, was Immediately pro
NOTED to he Major-General, and he will
probably be retired for age this week.
Brighten. James II. Wade will then be
promoted to Major-General. He will not
retire for age until April. 1907.
The promotion of Gen.5Wade gives quite
Il boost to number of Colonies. as fol-
lows: Col. S. w. Groesbeck. Judge Advo-
cate; Col. Jared A. Smith. Corps of En-
Col l.. II. Rucker Sth Cav; Col. Theo-
dore A. Baldwin, 18th Cav; Col. J. b.
Rawles, Artillery Corps. Col. John r.
Myrick. Artillery Corps, and Col. w. p.
Rogers, Both Infantry.
All of these officers will be almost i'm
mediately retired for age, and the perma-
nent appointment of BrigadierG General will
be given to Col. Peter c. Hams, Corps of
Engineers, who has gone to Panama with
other members of the Isthmian Canal
Commission to arrange for the transfer of
the canal property to the United States in
anticipation of the ratification of the canal
treaty by the Colombian Congress. The
changes already indicated will be followed
by large number of promotions to the
rank of Colonel and in all the subordinate
grades of the army.
THE GENERAL STAFF.