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Hyattsville and Vicinity.
of The Evening Sta


EVANSVILLE. Nd. August 90. 1904.
Mrs ]. c. Whsle is at home after a visit
to relatives in Baltimore.
Miss Maude Williams Of Newark, Ohio.
is visiting Mrs. John E. Hawkshaw, Mary
land avenue.
Mrs. Harry w. Shepherd has returned
after a three months visit to her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gray Smith, Paris, Kentucky.
Rev. Dr. John Chester of Washington
preached at the local Presbyterian church
here yesterday, in the absence of Rev. s.
Ward RICHTER, who is spending a month
with his wife and daughter at Digby, Nova
Scotia.
Miss Gertrude Leakn, Maryland avenue
is visiting friends at Poolesville. Montgom-
cry county.
Mr.. Charles A. Kicks has been reappont-
ed constable for Evansville election district.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. ]. Hickey are spend
ing week in the Blue Ridge mountains.
Miss Bessie Bundon, Riverdale, is visit
ing Miss Elm in Richmond, Va.
Mrs Chas. H. Long and son Harry are
sojourning at Colonial Beach, Va.
Mr.. E. H. Benjamin. Riverdale. returned
Saturday from visit to Boston by sea.
Mr.. and Mrs. George S. B. t, Miss Viola
Britt and Miss Frances Fox are spending a
fortnight at West River, Md.
Mr.. Edwin E. Vrooman has returned from
ten days visit to Sheffield. near Colonial
Beach, Va.
Rev. James F. X Mulvaney. S. j.. lately
pastor of Holy Trinity Church. Washing
ton, has gone to his new parish at Bowie,
this county.
Mr.. l.. o. Robey had the little finger of
his left hand badly crushed while working
| in the machine shops at the Teasury De-
partment Saturday, necessitatiag the am
putation of the digit.
Before large audience of Christian
Brothers, representing the states of Massa-
| chusetts. Michigan. New York. Ohio,
| Georgia and Maryland, seven young men
| of the New York Branch of the Maryland
| novitiate of the Christian Brothers COM
p1eted their periods of probation as postu-
| lants of the order, and were invested with
| the religious habits at the Ammendale Nor
. NAL Institute. located at Ammendale, Prince
| Georges county.
| The exercises were presided over by the
| provincial of the order in the United States,
| Brother Emier. who also delivered the adj
| dress to the candidates. AT the conclusion
| of his discourse the presentation of the
| candidates was made, and, after their ac-
| ceptation by the superior in the name of
| the order, the ceremony of investment took
| place.
| The singing during this ceremony was
| rendered by the boys choir of the junior
| department, assisted by the seniors of the
| New York and Baltimore novitiates. The
| names by which the candidates will be
| known in the order were then conferred.
| Thos. Kelly of Boston will be known as
| Brother Thomas; Joseph Wolber of Detroit
as Brother Clement; Charles Mccarthy Of
| New York as Brother Charles; Claude Os-
trander of Newburgh. NJ Y, as Brother
| Francis; John Brady of New York city as
| Brother Raphael; Joseph Carney of Provi-
| dence, r. l., as Brother Aloysius, and Fran
| els Hennesy of Toledo as Brother Cyril.
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GEN. coRB1N's HEADQUARTERS.

remain for there are thousands of them in
reserve, so that if one is removed it is no
trouble to put up a new one.
In the arrangement OF the camps the
medical officers have introduced a new
feature that is said to make for better
sanitation. Heretofore it has been the
men in straight lines with the company,
troop or battery kitchens at one end, and
the sinks for the men were dug at a dis
lance from the kitchens on the same end
OF the line. In this camp the Kitchens
placed at the opposite extremity of the
line of tents and the sinks remain where
they were, SO that the whole length of
the camp separated the kitchens and the
sinks. By this means the medical officers
expect to eliminate the carrying of dis
ease germs by flies and other insects from
the places where the waste matter is de-
posted to the source of the food supply.
Inc division or base hospitals and the
neld hospitals are each fitted out in the
most modern style. To each base hospital
there Is attached an operating tent with
modern operating table and a sterlizer OF
provided with an acetyline plant and clus-
ter gas jets SO that an abundance of light
OF the purest white rays can be had at all
times Sanitary spit boxes, made Of paper
saturated with an antiseptfc solution, are
furnished in large numbers SO that they
may be used and then burned The cots
in the tents sit high from the ground and
each Is furnished with two suits of pajamas
for the patient who occupies it, each set
OF bed clothing, pajamas, etc, being steril-
lied and kept in sterile covers. Each cot
1t covered with mosquito bars.
For field work the surgeons are provided
with force of thirty-six ambulances and
a train Of four travels and eight pack
mules for each division. The travels are
frames that are packed on mules. One or
two men can be transported in them The
frames are shaped like cots and are slung
on the backs of the mules in much the
same manner a pack. Such means of
transportation for wounded has been used
in Europe in actual warfare, but the sys-
tenn that has been selected for test here is
great an improvement over the old meth
cd as the modern hospital is over that Of
ancient days.
Diagnosis Tags.
Brigade surgeons have been directed to
furnish the commanding officers of every
troop battery and company in their units
of command with three diagnosis tags
each. These tags are to be given one at
the beginning, one during the course of and
one near the close Of each action during the
maneuvers to the alphabetically wounded
The man who receives the tag falls out Of
the column and awaits the approach of the
hospital corps These tags are of different
kinds and include a large class Of the
wounds received in battle
In the absence Of the actual wounds the
tags serve the same purpose as far as
the purposes of the transportation of the
wounded and practice for the medical Off
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all year round, except for the short time
they are in camp, and are therefore sus-
ceptble to all kinds of ailments which
might weaken their systems and allow the
termination Of diseases like typhoid fever
and pneumonia two of the worst scourges
of military camps of the old days.
1t will be seen that on the surgeon de-
ponds much of the effectiveness of the
army. During the Spanish war there were
thousands Of men seized with one or the
other of these diseases. who either died Or
were weakened for life thereby. The med
ical officers rendered efficient service dur
ing that period. but nothing like the service
they are prepared to render now. Great
strides have been made In medical science
sine, 1898. and the army has received much
benefit from the new discoveries. Gen.
Corbin desires that this part of the work
of his force shall receive equal attention
to that Of the purely military program. and
to that end has had organized for this en-
campment a medical corps that Is the larg-
est the United States has ever supported In
the field in time OF peace. The force that
10 divided among the three camps. most of
IL being in the Manassas and Thorough
fare divisions. includes hundred or more
officers and about $50 enlisted men OF the
medical department OF the regular army.
This does not include the men who will
be brought into the field with the militia.
These men are apportioned among the reg
ular troops on duty here and are included
in the stan Of two division hospitals. two
feld hospitals with each division, two am
bulance companies with each division and
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1904, the name OF the owner of the horse
hired by him, the date on which the hire
Will commence and the date on which the
same will terminate.
In addition to tentage, bedding and SUBJ
sistence while at Gainesville cots will be
furnished the members of the party
Those officers of the brigade In gov
eminent employ who attend the Manassas
maneuvers will not be given certificates
covering the period devoted to observing
the same.
Lieutenant Colonel Lloyd NJ Brett will
be in command of the party during the
absence of the commanding general.
First Lieutenant Edwin H Neumeyer
Is announced as camp Quartermaster and
commissary."
The party of observers will comprise the
following:
General George II. Harries Lieutenant
Colonel Lloyd M. Brett, Major F. l.. Averil
First Lieutenant S. II. Epps, First Lieu
tenant r. B. Hayes, First Lieutenant A.
b. Bennett. First Lieutenant A. b. Weir
Major Anton Stephan, Captain Leroy w
tenant c. c. H. Davis, Second Lieutenant
7, T. Curran, First Lieutenant ]. W. Och
mann, Captain ]. II. Bean, Second Lieu
tenant ]. B. Coffmann. Second Lieutenant
L. H. Johnson, First Lieutenant q. G..
Dennison, Captain c. l.. Smell, Captain
Thacker V. Walker, Second Lieutenant
c. ]. Fox, Second Lieutenant w. b. Sui
Ivan. Major R. D. Simms, First Lieutenant
L. H. Patterson, Major George Henderson,
Captain Wayne Smith, Captain George L.
TAFT, First Lieutenant r. A. Foster, Cap
tain F. J. Woodman, Colonel M. Emmett
Urell, Captain c. Fred Cook
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in the various regiments and separate or
ganizations.
Work Already Done.

in the various regiments and separate or
ganizations.
Work Already Done.
The chief medical officers cot the two
d,vis,ons have been on the ground for two
ar three weeks and have carefully gone
over every inch of the camps to examine
the Law of the ground and make such
changes as they deem fitting and proper.
Thev have examined and, tested every
stream of water and have had analyses
made of the water from every well In
the entire & COO acres included within the
maneuyer zone and of wells in the vicinity
of the space leased by the government.
The investigation of the condition of this
water has been most painstakfng and care
fuI management was required to be sure
that the samples taken should not get con-
fused with others But confusion occurred.
The water was examined and a report was
made on each sample. On the strength Of
these reports the medical department had
printed on cloth in indeible ink, number
of signs of two classes. On the one kind
was Good Water" and on the other bad
Water" The letters are six inches high
and the signs were distributed throughout
the country and placed in conspicuous
place near every well examined, SO they
can be read from the road. This work was
all done before the camp was opened. On
Saturday and Sunday, while riding through
the maneuver zone from Washington The
Stars correspondent saw these signs at
almost every farm house. There was some
complaint from the farmers, it is under
Stood against the labelling of their wells in
this fashion, but the medical department
refused to listen to complaints of any kind
and put up the signs, whether the owners
of the ground liked it or not and the signs
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GERS are concerned The surgeon in charge
OF the hospital detachment following the
course of the troops in the action picks
up the man and takes notes of his dag
nosis tag, which serves the ssime purpose
an examination would in time of war.
Right there on the field the surgeon makes
dressing that would be made on the kind
or wound the tag shows the man to have
received alphabetically, and he is trans
ported to the hospitals, in@the rear. Just
as ne would be taken If he had been actual
~ wounded. The surgeon finding the tag
taxes II away from the wounded" man
ana replaces 1t with another which will
snow VINO bound up the wound. At the
END or the action the tags are turned In
TO the brigade and division surgeon and
the work OF the surgeons In the field, as
identined by the tags placed on the
patlents at the dressing, is examined
ana commented upon. The medical depart
ment OF the entire corps is under the di-
rectton of Major John L. Phillips, sur
geon, who is chief surgeon Of the corps.
Gen. corbin Kept Busy.
General Corbin has had hardly mo-
ment's rest since he arrived at Gainesville.
Sunday. He has been kept busy listen
Ing to reports from officers and atteAiing
to the routine work Of the camp. His tent
is the Mecca Of officers Of both divisions,
who make their pilgrimages on horseback.
IN carriages, wagons, ambulances and auto-
mobiles. The division and brigade COM
manners are frequent visitors at neal
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Quarters and tomorrow all the officers of
the corps will be assembled in conference
with the corps commander, when the plans
for the maneuvers will be carefully thresh-
ed ont and all questions that are least
complicated will be explained so that every
one will understand just what is expected
of him and his department. Yesterday
afternoon the general found he had rev
minutes to himself and he borrowed the
second division automobile for the purpose
of taking a look at the Thoroughfare camp
as he has not been able to get up there
before. With Captain Moss, aid-de-camp,
and signal corps chauffeur he started
down the Thorougbfare pike at a goodly
pace and proceeded two miles When large
and rusty NAIL lying sharp end on IN the
road. tore a jagged hole in one OF the
tires and the tour was brought to a sud
den ending.
the road a short distance looking Tor
conveyance of some kind to take him to
camn and Capt Moss started off in the
other direction. The latter was able TO Sc
cure a carriage, and in this the corps COM
mander and his aid paid the oft1cial visit
to Gen. Bells Headquarters. w men they
returned over the road the auto was still
where they had left it. A new tire was Sc
cured, however, and the machine was fixed
I'D as good as new.
While no positive information on the sub
iect can be given just at present, 1t is pretty
well understood that tents Will be erected
for the officers of the National Guard of
the District of Columbia in the field beside
the press camp, on the slope opposite corps
Headquarters. The press camp 1t might be
said. has the best location of any camp In
the corps, and it's site was originally Sc
lected by the board which prepared the pre-
liminary plans for the maneuvers as the
place to set up corps headquarters The
cleared ground was not large enough, how
ever, and the officers were forced to go to
the hill on the opposite side of the railroad
track for the main camp. The field where
Gen. Harries and his officers are to be ac-
commodated is part of this choice location,
and though it is nearer the bottom of the
hill, 1t is ideally situated. Tents will be
provided for all the officers who will re-
main for a stated period, and they will be
given every opportunity to view the maneu-
yers under the best auspices. The officers
of the District guard will have with them
the officers of several other militia organf-
cations who will be on hand as observers.
Applications for quarters have already been
received from several Of the Pennsylvania
militiamen.
Gen. Corbin and his staff rode over to
Wellington, the station between Gaines
vile and Manassas, this afternoon for the
purpose of viewing the ground where the
grand review Is to be held September 10.
The field selected for the purpose ts east
of Wellington and is on the farm Of Mr..
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The College Girl is All Right.

From the New York Evening Sun.
The granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady
Stanton. a Cornell Coed" who swan
across Seneca lake, is living witness
against the theory held by some old ladies
Of both sexes that our girls suffer physical
deterioration from the higher education. 1t
Is true that she has been at work In the
college blacksmiths shop. But it matters
little where the muscles have been devel-
oped-at the anvil. on the links or In the
tennis court. The race of intellectual wo-
men as we know 1t is improving steadily
The women's colleges are crowded. There
are more candidates than places. Many
would be called. but few are chosen. A
strict physical examination Is insisted on
SO that a high standard OF scholarship is
balanced by high standard in the other
direction. 1t IS a sight to see these cul-
tured Amazons at play. 1t won't do to
ignore the young women with degrees when
we speculate about the coming race.
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THE DISTRICT MILITIA.
Memoranda Sent Out From Head
quarters to Officers.

The following memoranda relative to the
Manassas maneuvers were sent out this
afternoon from District militia headquar-
tiers to the officers who will constitute the
local party of observers:
Each officer who has reported his ac-
ceptance of the invitation extended by
these headquarters to attend, in the ca
pacity of observer the maneuvers to be
held in the vicinity of Manassas, Va, Will
procure a complete horse equipment, includ-
ing halter, noSe-bag and Saddle-bags, shell
ter tent, blanket, poncho, canteen, tin cup,
meat can. knife, fork and spoon. OF the
equipment enumerated, the articles not pro-
durable from company stores of regi-
mental or battalion quartermasters may be
obtained from the officer in charge of the
store room, National Guard Armory. upon
giving receipt therefor.
Those who have signif1ed their intention
of acco mpanying the party that will ride
to Gainesville must report. with their
mounts, at the National Guard Armory not
later than o'clock p. M, Saturday, the Sd
of September, so that the start may be
made promptly at $3.50 o'clock pm. Shell
ter tents, blankets and ponchos, together
with the remainder of the necessary equip
ment, will be carried on the horses.
Field or service uniform, with belt and
saber, will be worn. Observers brassards
and maps will be furnished after arrival at
Gainesville.
1.-The party will bivouac Saturday even
irg, September 3, at West Falls Church.
where rations will be furnished by the
commissary department and feed for the
horses will be supplied by the quartermas-
ter department. 1t is intended that the
party shall reach Gainesville not later than
IL o'clock noon, September 4, at which
place camp will have been established and
dinner prepared.
"Each member of the party must pro-
vide for the transportation Of his baggage,
by express or otherwise. to Gainesville.
unless the same is delivered. properly
tagged, to First Lieutenant William A. Du-
vail at the National Guard Armory, not
later than IL o'clock noon. Thursday. Sep
TENDER /. 1904.
"Oficers who do not accompany the
party that will ride to the scene of the
maneuvers must attend to getting their
horses there and back. Each member of
the party of observers will report to the
acting quartermaster general September 2.
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First Stogies Made in Pennsylvania.

From the Louisville Courier-Journai.
1.-THE first stogie was made by hand in
the wilds of Pennsylvania" said John Dun
Of Allegheny City.
1.-THE story which they tell once in a while
in West Virginia, and which must be true.
is that the long cheroots derived their
names from the town of Conestoga, Pa. An
emigrant train of wagons was finding its
way across the state, and a supply Of to-
bacco was found at Conestoga.
1.-THE emigrants got lot OF 1t. but failed
to get any pipes. and SO could not smoke,
unless they made pipes themselves. Neces-
sity Is the mother Of invention. You may
have heard that remark before. Anyhow.
one of the men rolled leaf OF the tobacco
In his hand and wrapped II with another
leaf. That was the first stogie. Others fol-
lowed his, example. and they all called the
article that they made 'stoga,' In honor
of the town at which the tobacco was Sc
cured That is said to be the true story OF
how the name 'stogie' originated.
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sion and brigade commanders the impor-
lance of proper sanitation of the camp.
He stated that the men of the regular
army were here to set an example to the
militia troops as to the manner of put
ting up a camp, and that the camp must
be properly cleaned and arranged. Militia
men cannot be expected to understand the
Importance of this item Of camp life If the
regulars are at all lax Therefore yester-
day and today the men have been hard at
work putting the canvas homes of their
organiZa tons in proper shape. The job of
the medical officer at these camps Is no
sinecure. These officers are charged with
the proper sanitation of their respective
camps and some surgeon in each brigade
and division is acting each day as medical
officer of the day on detail from the roster.
Daily sanitary inspections are to be made
under the direction of the chief surgeons of
the divisions, and verbal instruction as to
the correction of sanitary faults will be
given to the commanding officers of the Or
CARNATIONS concerned by the medical Off
GERS of the day. who will make their reports
to the chief surgeons of their divisions.
Thus the surgeon will tell the organization
commander to make certain arrangements
and will report his action to the chief sur
geon of his division that the chief sur
geon can see that the instructions are car
ried out If proper, or can give other or
derS.
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ANNAPOLIS NOTES.
Arrival of Former Scotian Yacht
Death of Old Resident.

Death Of Old Resident.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ANNAPOLIS. Md, August 20, 1904.
The torpedo-boa destroyer Worden.
Lieut. d. B. Mccormack commanding, ar
rived here today at the Naval Academy.
The steam yacht Adele formerly Of Hail.
fax, N. s., but now Of Wilmington, Del.
arrived here today bound south. She is
owned by A. ]. Maxhorn and flies the bur-
gee of the Royal Cape Britain Yacht Club.
and steamed into the harbor with the Brit
ish flag at her masthead. Besides the
owner and his wife, Miss Duice Maxhorn.
Miss Eva Maxhorn, daughter OF the owner.
all from Wilmington. and Mrs. w. 8. John
son of Louisville. KY. were on board. The
part yvisited the Naval Academy and other
points of interest in the city.
James Mace, Waterman at the Farmers
National Bank Of Annapolis died at his
residence here today of consumption. The
deceased was sixty-six years old and was
a member OF the Order OF Red Men.
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CAMP SANITATION
Responsibility for Health of
Officers and Men.
AT THE MANEUVERS
SPLENDID EQUIPMENT OF THE
MEDICAL CORPS.
Care Taken to Give as Full Opportunity
for Attending to Wounded
as in War.
Special From n STAFF Correspondent.

Special From STAFF Correspondent.
GAINESVILLE, Va, August 80, 1904.
That there is something more to these
maneuvers than the handling of troops in
the field is becoming more apparent every
day. Gen. Corbin is paying particular at
tention to the sanitation of the various
camps. On Sunday and again yesterday
the corps commander impressed on his divi-
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Largest Medical Corps.

The organization and equipment of the
medical department for the maneuvers is
on the largest scale ever attempted by the
army in time Of peace.
The dressing of wounds and the care of
wounded men are only one part of the sur
geons work in the army. His great task
is to see that the camp is pitched with
proper regard to the health of the men who
live in it. He must be on his guard con-
stantly to prevent deadly germs and mi
crobes getting into the camp and to keep
the men from coming in contact with dis
ease.
With all the precautions and guards
against disease that modern science has
provided for a large city, the officials
charged with it's cleanliness, wherein de-
ponds its healthfulness. must be ever alert.
Therefore, how much greater opportunity
must be given germs to flourish and wax
fat in city that is placed in the open, with
only natural drainage instead of sewers,
with open sinks to take the place of mod
ern trap water closets and sewers and with
waste matter of all kinds which the wisest
exposed to all the elements to putrefy and
spread disease. though every effort is made
to lessen this evil. and in these camps
garbage is kept in closed cans. On top of
this add the fact that many of the men
who will occupy this city in the open, built
up as 1t were in a night, are not accus-
toned to sleeping out of doors or to the
rigors of camp life; are carefully housed