The National tribune., 1906-06-28
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make Toxic almost invulnerable to at
| tack from the sea. If these fortifica-
| tons are all they are represented to be.
it is planned to build a fortified artifi-
| cial island near the Virginia capes for
the better defense of the entrance to
Chesapeake Bay and the protection of
| Washington. Baltimore and other cities
| reached by that important body of wa
| ter.
Orders have been issued by the War
Department assigning BRIG. Gen. John
l. w. Bubb to the command of the
maneuver camp to be held at Chicka-
| mauga Park, Ga. vice Gen. w. P. Du-
vail. relieved; assigning Brig.-Gen. Com
slant Williams to the command of the
camp TO be held near Fort ID. a. Rus
sell, Wyoming, vice Gen. Bubb. reliey-
| ed and assigning Brig.-Gen. Frederick
Funston to command the camp to be
| held at American Lake, Washington,
| yice Gen. Williams, relieved.
|
The complete records of rifle, pistol
and carbine firing of the L. S. Army
| tor 1905. which have just been pub
| liShed, show Abraham Hill, a Sergeant
| in the cath Inf, stationed in the De-
| partment of Dakota, to be the best shot
| in the Army. The percentage of pos
sible shots made by him on slow rifle,
| lined fire and skirmish fire was S6.33.
The three others next after him on the
| list were: Capt. Rufus E. Longan, 11th
Inf. Department of Missouri; Serg't
William A. Cantrell, 5th Inf, S4.67;
Otto S. Hahn, Sergeant in I'd Cav, De-
partment of Luzon, S1.67.
The equestrian statue of Gen. Nc
Clellan is to be erected in the Govern
ment reservation on Columbia road at
the intersection of Connecticut avenue
in front of the Highlands. The Com
mission consists of Secretary Taft, Sem
ator Wetmore and Gen. Horatio c.
King, of New York. 1t has been ar
ranged to have the statue unvailed with
appropriate ceremonies on the 18th of
October next. during the 37th Annual
Reunion of the Society of the Army of
.he Potomac.
The statue is the work of Frederick
MacMonnies. the American sculptor,
now in Paris. 1t was cast in bronze in
the French Capital a short time ago,
and accepted on behalf of the United
States Government by the United States
Consul-General at Paris, who was au
thoriZed to represent the Statue Com
mission in the transaction. The statue
will be shipped to this city in ample
time for erection on the newly-chosen
site on Washington Heights before the
date set for its dedication in October
next.
DR.. w. T. Harris Commissioner of
Education, who has served in that ca
pacity for II years. has resigned from
an office which he filled in the most
acceptable manner because of his age.
He is II years of age. but most active,
and carries his years well. 1t is said
hot l1n al ta oil ynf hi
office. and felt that the hard work
should fall on younger shoulders. Just
before retiring DR.. Harris gave out al
little interview which shows how the
work in whic.i he is engaged has ad-
vanced since he took it up. At that
time the total number of schools was
throughout the country about 2.0G0.
There are now about 1900 high schools,
and DR.. Harris says the colleges and
universities have increased proportion
ately- There are now about $4,000, ,000l
children in the schools of the country.
THE steps that have been taken in
late years in the direction of higher
education" said DR.. Harris, "show that
the American people are alert to the
great need of world knowledge. They
are taxing themselves to build high
schools. and are eager that their chill
dren shall have a better general edu-
cation. A high-school student can drop
one occupation for another within a
few weeks, and have nice amount of
skill, while an uneducated man cannot
in years master an occupation where
skill is required.
ut Is shown by the increase in edu-
cational institutions throughout the
South that the Southern people areI
coming to realize what was held back
from them on account of the hardship
of the civil-war days.
81 look back with pride at the prog
ress in public education during my term
in office. Everywhere success Is ac-
credited to education, and without it'll
no man has place in the civilized
world. There is about 20 per cent OF
Americas population in school. 1 have
grown old in the office. and 1 resigned
because / want to make room for
younger talent. L intended to resign
last Fall, when 1 became a septuagena-
rian. but let it Slip"
DR.. Harris entered educational work
at St Louis, where he was a public
school teacher many years ago, and
later Superintendent of the Public
Schools. From st. Louis he went to
Massachusetts. and he came here from
Concord, Mass.
sity of California, has been appointed
TO succeed DR.. Harris. DR.. Harris will
engage in educational work in connec-
ton with the National Educational As
sociation, of which he is an officer.
So English, y'knowl Our new Army
uniforms will be-tkat is, when Mr.
English, Winter tayipr-no, Mr.. Win
ter, English tailor. gets a whack at
them. QuartermaSter-Gener Hum
phrey has negotiated with this swell
English tailor to cut the eight sizes
used in uniforming our Army, as pat
terms for our sloppy" tailors to cut by.
This Mr.. Winter is the very swaggerest
thing in tailors that England can boast
of, and our own Army officers declare
that the English uniform fits much bet
ter and keeps in shape much longer
than the American uniform does, al
though we put much the best goods in
our uniforms. 1t is said that the cav
airy uniform is disgrace to the SER
vice, and that our officers declare thai
clothes made by the Army taiiors are
not fit for an officer and q gentleman
to wear. The British uniform is de-
scribed as "snappy." and that's what
we must have to be up-tO-date swagger
Efforts of California Congressman
and strong delegation of San Fran
cisco business men to secure the use
of $l2,OO0.0OO OF Government money
to help rebuild the city have been sue
cessful. 1t is announced that President
Roosevelt and Secretary Shaw have
practically agreed to grant their re-