The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-16


Difficulty Of Making Appointments
From the lllitar Schools,
4 inelss joe Warm. q
SIN mo Y, June The pref.
erence stnSanpo intments 10 4 ne resuiaf
Army, ~ is well know has tos sew
erals years been given Va schools which
furnish military training and teaeli-
Ing. The policy has worked vel
enough until recent The arm ysgens
eral stan is Just now finding At MOI
so2easy Us they wish 70 reach decl;
|c!stonB pecting the slSs Heading mil
ltary colleges Shtch 8are Regarded bs
the authorities as worthy Hi eyers
way and &htch are cond Quoted accord,
Ing TO the duirements and regula.
stions OF the: military apartments. Tiiss
year the inspections have been made
bysptlcerss deslgnate sby the division
commanders. and VT appears that NO
general rude Sot Observation has been
followed. Some additional informa,
ton will nave to- be Forthcoming in
several OF the colleges lest injustice
befdone:in the final decision as 10 the
relative merit Consequences there
has been some talk Of bolishIng tho
custom of comparing the COLI ges. IL
is complained that 4 serves only ID
advertise the stitutlons named, lead,
ing tos all$kinds;E ot protests and ape
peals from those which show they feel
they have been sslishteds or subjected
to the prejudice Of sinspe lection ofiicers.
\ o. course. the 3adyanta ITO the school
named In a departmental Enlargement
Is that may quote the RECON ition
in Its advertisement. N When Secretary
Root adopted the idea twas with THE
assurance that the star graduates 81
the military schools should Sbe regaras
cd as eligible candidat es5 fors examine.
tion for appolntme To- commissions
ia the regular Army. Now that there
lis no earthly prospect for place.
filed from civil life, there ii no rea.
son left forSnaming the schools, at
least, 50 say; the army ottlcers who
have had TO do wlthSthe EMBARRASSING
problem q comparing the instita1
tons. ~;
Washington people who enjoy tho
acquaintance Sof5 Speaker Cannon have
been deeply diverted Wy d story that
has come from Portland; ores 10
aecting8 somewhat upon the dignity
Of Uncle Joe all simpl yIbecause he
got $hotlini tile collar al the opening of
: the exposition and used water from, d
pitcher ofi5iced water ID cool ms Il,
yered brow, They tell that lint as.
hcivenerable Speaker On tile Nation
: al House Of Representa- ives was about
: to jaddress8the Sassembled multitude
in full view the host he flung Ills
hatYupons the table poured some wator
/ into his hand and vigorously secured
!. lst}head. When he sat down Mrs.
Goode, wife Of the president of The
exposition, went Into expostulatofy
commissions, but restrained herself
4 with repressed paintings Preaentiy
/. Uncle Joe grew warm agains Hts
i long fingers dove after q piece Of Ice
4 he5saw In the otton OF the glass Sc.
t curing the Ice, he massaged hits head
. and neckwithSt the chunk until itmelt.
ed and sent cooling streams percolat.
: ing down his person. Mrs. Goodo
: called for help. Thomas Hafde, d sec
; retary to the exposit ton bodily went
to Speaker Cannon and informed him
that the Ice water was for drinking
5 and not for bathing purposes. Uncle
; joe Isl described %as having gasped,
He arose and led the young man forth
{ and they say that the Language heard
melted all the rest Of the Ice ON The
grounds. twas with the utmost aim.
: Guilty after that that the Speaker
could be induced ~ MAKE Tie address
} for which hessWa down on die pro
Z gramme. Butt Uncle Joe got cooled
: off several times, anyhow.
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