The National tribune., 1906-03-08

Army with the regular uniform of the
service. Beside the general objection
/ of adding to the list of authorized
badges it was considered inappropriate
to wear on the uniform of the Army
any badge that included service under
a flag other than that of the United
| States.
Orders have been issued at the War
| Department changing the name of the
post near Helena, Mont, from Fort
Harrison to Fort William Henry Har-
rison.
Two batteries, United States Army,
| with cannon and equipment, will start
this month on 500-mile march
through the heart of the Rocky Noun
| tains on trial trip of endurance Or
ders have been issued for the 18th and
18th Batteries, now stationed at Salt
Lake City, to prepare for the march to
the fort at Cheyenne.
The trip will be notable as the first
ong-distance mountain trip for a bat
terry. All the heavy cannon and other
| accouterments will be taken through.
| The trip will be made by forced
marches, the batteries being expected
to make at least % miles day The
| old Mormon trail across Utah and
wyoming will be used.
The Senate Committee on Irrigation
mas agreed to report adversely the Hep
burn bill granting leaves of absence to
homesteaders on lands to be irrigated
The bill provided that such leaves
| should not exceed six months in any
enc year, but authorized their contin-
uance until irrigation projects were
completed. The Committee took the
position that concession of that char
acter would be conducive to frauds in
making entry upon lands.
Consul-General Wynne has been Civ
ing testimony in the Green Postal In
vestigation case this last week, and
there has been good deal of what he
said that was surprise to the public
For instance, he declared that he had
| assured Mr.. Beavers, on advice from
President Roosevelt, that IL he would
confess to his improper actions in the
! Post Office Department he should get
| the maximum Imprisonment for such
crime of two years and the minimum
fine. That is exactly what Beavers did
get. The question is, by what right
the President could say to Beavers what
his fine and imprisonment would be,
| before his case had been adjudicated
! Dy tne courts
That Mr.. Ground Hog knew his BUSH
ness all right in this neck of woods is
shown by the patch of zero weather
/ that struck the National Capital
| Wednesday last. 1t also shows what
would happen if this were a Presiden-
tial Inaugural year. The doctors of
the country would be able to retire
| from business off the money received
/ frnr, 70 \
| ed the Inaugural. To be very English,
you know. we are almost bound to
! have beastly weather about March 4,
and il Is quite time Congress changed
the Inaugural date to some time in
April.
Dr. Wiley, the Chemist sharp of the
Government, is going to demonstrate
himself out of popularity il he isn't
careful. He was before the House Com
mittee on Interstate and Foreign Com
merce the other day, and showed that
/ body of interested, amused and some
times disguised men all about how to
manufacture pure 14-year-old whis-
ky in five minutes by the watch with
out drop of whisky to help the per-
formance out. Indeed, he did exactly
that thing. He had some alcohol, some
| burnt sugar, some coloring matter and
a few other cheap ingredients, and he
made fine old Bourbon" with all the
earmarks of age, Scotch whisky, and
several other compounds which the
members of the committee who are
supposed to know about such things
tasted and declared to be pretty good"
despite their questionable compound
ing.
Then DIR. Wiley said that there was
not a drop of Scotch whisky on the
| market in the United States. He said
! there was plenty of stuff such as he had
! just manufactured, for sale as the
| 'rale" Scotch article; but that it was
not, because there is not enough Scotch
| whisky made to supply the home trade.
He said he brought over with him a
| few gallons of the genuine article for
some friends, and the stuff cost him
over there nearly Sc a gallon, sum
/ that would make the common sale of
| it prohibitive IL it could be secured at
! all. He declared most of the whisky
| sold here a vile decoction, and blend
ed' whisky he declared an unadulter-
ated sell, being compound of vile de-
/ coctions.
Gen. Grosvenor emphatically de-
clares that the question of taking care
I of him as a "lame duck" has never
been broached between himself and
i anybody else, to say nothing of his
never having discussed the matter with
| the President. Lame duck" is the
/ designation for members of Congress
I who have fallen by the wayside i'm an
/ attempt to be reelected Gen. Gros-
4 venor says that the President couldn't
talk fast enough to give him foreign
office. He simply wouldn't have It. He
4 says he expects to go right on doing
business at the same old stand until
his term expires. and then he will go
back to the practice of law. All of
which Is exactly what might have been
Il expected of Gen. Grosvenor Just the
same, II a good place can be found for
him on the Railroad Commission, or
something equally as good everybody
will be glad. His services 10 the party
entitle him to every courtesy that the
! Chief Executive can give him.
The American National Red Cross
last week, through the State Depart
IS 900, making a total of S25, 900 which
{ people and transmitted to Japan
through that organization for the re-
: lief of the famine-stricken provinces
: of that country.
\ Gen. Macarthur is In India studying
} British methods OF military tactics
There is stationed in India at this time
more than $4,000 regulars of the Eng
[ lish army and nearly 100000 native
e troops. With these conditions prevail.
] ing IL will give the American officer
e a good opportunity to study the system