The National tribune., 1907-07-25


President Lincoln for troops.
He enlisted May IA. 1861. in Co. A
30th n. Y, and was discharged for dis
ability July 2S, 1861. He again enlisted
| Sept. 5, 1852, as a Sergeant in the 26th
! Ind'p't Battery of n. Y. l.. A; was pro-
tenant o fthe 10th U. S. c. H. A. He
served with this organization until Feb.
%. 1867, when he resigned.
In 1890 he accepted position in the
Immigration Bureau at New York.
which position he filled creditably un-
! til his health failed.
He was inferred in the officers sec
ton at Arlington on the 18th instant,
with military honors, by Lincoln Post,
G. A. r.
One of the most unusual shipments
ever sent out of Washington will be
made shortly, when the remains of
nearly a hundred Chinese who have
died in this city will be started on the
way to their last resting place, the
land of their birth. Representatives of
the Chinese Government in Washing
ton have the matter in hand, and are
making arrangements for the disinter-
ment at the Congressional Cemetery,
where most of the bodies have been
buried.
1t is he one thot in the mind of the
Chinaman, whether he is at home or
days may come he will be in the land
of the Orient. When he goes abroad to
seek his fortune he does not forget, and
if death overtakes him before he re-
turns he dies hoping that eventually his
bones-all that remains of him-will be
taken 10 China and laid away in the
earth surrounded by millions of others
To its citizens abroad China is one
of the most generous nations on the
face of the earth. When thousands of
Chinese lost their all in the San Fran
cisco fire of April. 1906, the Govern
ment made a special appropriation for
free transportation of the aged and in
firm to their home country. Chinese
who had left the city were gathered to-
gether from Portland, Seattle, and other
Coast cities and taken home free of
cost.
Word was recently received at the
Chinese Legation here that the Gov
eTnmert was ready to pay for the re-
moval of the bodies of the men and
women who have died in the National
Capital of this country. Attaches here
Immediately took steps to bring about
the shiDment, and it will probably be
made in the near future. First, the
bodies will be taken up, thoroly fumi-
gated. placed in alright boxes for
transportation, and started on the trip
half way around the world.
The Chinese are the most particular
people of any race now in existence
with reference to the disposition of
their bodies after death. Few China
men are ever buried at sea, altho it is
customary with Americans, Japanese,
and all other nationalities when death
occurs far out on the briny deep away
from the land. On the Pacific Mail
steamships running between San Fran
cisco and China there are deaths among
the old Chinese, who are going home to
die on almost every voyage. But not
one of these is ever dropt into the ocean
to seek a Watery grave.
The Chamber of Commerce of Hong
kong has a regular allowance for this
purpose, and caSkets are provided
which are carried on all of the larger
vessels plying between China and the
United States. When there is a death,
the body is embalmed and taken to
China and turned over to the relatives
or Government officials
Commander Cameron MGR. Winslow,
who was recently detached from COM
mand of the cruiser Charleston and as
signed to the Bureau of Navigation as
Assistant Chief. has written letter TO
the Secretary of the Navy, explaining
the story of his alleged attempt to
smuggle valuable goods into this coun-
try without the payment of duty.
character as an officer and a gentleman
was sufficient to cause all his friends 10
disbelieve the story, protests in his let
ter to the Secretary against the sensa-
tional and injurious articles which have
been published in some newspapers"
And then he states that there was not
a word of truth in all the stuff that was
printed about his trying to smuggle
things thru.
IAN officer of the Army should he an
all-round educated gentleman. AS it is
now, his entire training both prepara-
tory. at the Academy. and post-grad-
uate, is almost purely technical"
Well now, will YOU listen to that lucu-
bration which comes from the brains of
the Board of Visitors to the Military
Academy? Our young military men
lack 'culchaw" do they? Well. the
Board of Visitors ought to know, and
presumably they do. They have been a
long time finding these things out. tho.
People whose way of life leads them
into wide paths have known for long
! that West Point graduate was the
most self-opinionated. narrow-contract-
| ed young snob that ever trod shoe leath-
Icr. He thinks he knows just Il little
more than the Ruler OF the Universe,
and that ii he just had the running of
the lines for Il time he could fix up
Heaven into a very comfortable place,
anu tul out titlItly. hat >
when he first comes out. After he has
been cuned and kicked around the
world a little his natural born sense
comes to the surface, and the West
Point cadet becomes Il very companion
able sort of young cub in time, but
you must give him time. He learns that
| there is something worth in life beside
knowing exactly the proper angle for
crooking the elbow in salute, and he
| finds that honor" is just as dear to the
lyoung man educated in the public
at the expense of the Government. In
deed. he finds that even the word honor
takes on new and wider and deeper
meaning outside of the Academy. There
isn't any doubt at all that the West
Point graduate needs a wider culture
and Il judicious mixture of common
sense with his always mapped out for
him technical knowledge.
Miss Clara Barton is in Boston for a
few days in the interests of the National
| First Aid Association of America, oi
which she is the president.
When asked regarding her health
Miss Barton replied that it was in its
usual condition; that. in fact. it is al
ways good. Why" she said. lit is one
of our duties to be in good health
Indeed, if there be anything amiss il
Miss Barton's bodily health, menta
acumen and alacrity. it would require
greater powers of observation to detect
IT Than those posSeSSed hy the reure.