Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-24

1T may not be generally KNOWN" re-
marked an army officer today. but II Is a
fact that general officers of the army ana
post commanders have special boat flags
and pernants for their use when making
official visits to naval vessels. The flag of
general officers is of scarlet bunting, rectan-
guIar in shape, the rank of each being indi-
Gated by white stars in the center of the
line of the length of the flag one star for
brigadier general. two stars for a major
general and three stars for a neutehaiit
general. The chief of artillery ana tne
chiefs of bureaus of the War Department
are authorized to use the flag of general OF
ficers. A pennant of plain scarlet puntlns'
triangular in shape, IS provided for the use
of post commanders who may be calieu Oh
to use boats in making official visits.
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New designs have been selected for the
china to be used on board of American war
ships. The new china will be of better
quality and of more artistic design than that
row in use. and moreover. will be OF 90
nestle manufacture. For flag ofhcers
mess the china will be white, with com
gold band on the edge and a pin line III
blue color under the gold band There will
be pin line of coin gold on the shoulder
of the plates and the seal of the Depart
heHl VI the navy with WV NNNN'' 49, -
coin gold The handles of the cups will be
in coin gold, as well as all handles of other
pieces, including such as may be lndlcated
by embossed work. The china for the cap
tains' mess will be the same as that for nag
officers. except the two gold stars on the
sides of the seals will be omitted. For the
ward room mess the china Will have pm
line in coin gold one-sixteenth of an men
from the edge and pin line in blue under
the pin line of gold. Instead of the seal or
the navy, the china will be decorated with
a foul anchor in coin gold The spiked
handles on the cups will be of coin gold
For the junior officers mess the china will
be decorated with reef knot in blue and
coin gold band in the center of the rim.
broken by the reef knot. The cup handles
will be in coin gold. The china for warrant
officers mess will have no emblem, but will
have cable border in blue in the center of
the rim
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A story is told of young lady who re-
Gently purchased kodak and started out
TO press the button. Like most beginners.
she wanted to photograph everything that
attracted her attention. One scene on
country road that was particularly inter-
csting to her consisted of several members
of a colored family who were moving.
Seated on a white horse was the head of
the family, an old man, who carried sew
eral small bundles, while his wife, who was
afoot was doing the "totn' of the larger
and heavier family baggage.
The old man presented sight that the
young photographer knew would look we'll
on paper. and Uncle John she called
him. WAS willing to do the posing
Does l look all right now" he asked,
after he had given his much worn garments
an extra brush.
Then ne did the look pleasant" act, and
in an instant the agony was over. His
name was given and ne told the young lady
where she might send him picture
I'm send you one if they are good he
was told, and the old man resumed his
journey ON horseback.
The photograph of the old man turned
out better than anticipated. and the young
lady mailed photograph to Uncle John
1t so happened that he was not at home
when the mail matter arrived, but the
package was opened by relative, who
was SO proud of the picture that she
showed it to all the neighbors.
one of the neighbors. an old colored man.
happened to have been one of Uncle
-John's" near friends before the latter
moved. and he was doubly delighted at
what was shown him. Not only did he rec
ognize his old friend, but the animal, he
declared, was the one that had recently
strayed away from his pasture. The dis
appearance of the animal. he said, had
been u mystery to him. but it was mys-
terry no longer and legal proceedings were
instituted County officials and city de-
tectives were put on the track of Uncle
John" and during the investigation the
fair photogra phcr was found. She was
surprised to learn what her first attempt
at photography had done. and almost con-
clut!ed to abandon that form of amusement.
Uncle john has not yet been found.
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1t has been suggested that good marks
manShip be a requisite when the officials
consider the filling of vacancies in the list
OF policemen in all cities. So long the
police are required to carry revolvers it is
thought by many in authority that they
should he taught the of the weapon.
for, ii is declared. an officer armed with
revolver he cannot properly is danger
Gus TO himself and all about him. 1t is
urged that a reasonable standard should be
fixed and no policeman permitted to carry
a pistol unless he meets the requirements.
On recent holiday occasion in New
York city the public witnessed an exhibition
of revolver shooting that suggested the
value of target practice by the police. Fol-
lowing IS an abridged account of the affair
as reported by a daily newspaper:
"a bull dog was shot by police officer
after the dog had created a panic on
Broadway yesterday afternoon.
THE officer drew his revolver and charged
the dog He fired all the chambers without
result and reloading the run. fired ten
more shots before the animal was killed. -
The members of the metropolitan police
Quired to indulge in target practice regu-
larly, and they have, as rule, reached a
high degree OF efficiency.
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~ am not in domestic service" observed
man TO a group of friends at the club.
but I'm eating my meals in the kitchen.
1t is not at all uncomfortable, and there is
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