The National tribune., 1907-09-26

as an Assistant Military Aid to the
President of Capt. Frank r. Mccoy, Sd
Cav, who has been spending a good
part of the Summer in Yellowstone
Park with his troop. This means that
there are not likely to be any more
changes in the Presidents family Of
Military and Naval Aids in the near
future. 1t is understood that Col.
Bromwell. the Chief Military Aid and
Superintendent of Public Buildings and
Grounds. who is now in Europe: Com
mander Key, Naval Aid, now at the
War College in Newport, r. l.; Capt
Mccoy and Lieut.. Fitzhugh Lee, who
has just completed a special duty with
his own troop of the 18th Cav, will
resume their places in the official line
at the White House next Winter.
That the War Department knows no
color line and will not consider any
protests which may be made against
the assignment of the oath Inf (col-
ored) to Fort Ontario and Madison
Barracks was emphasized a few days
ago by Acting Secretary of War Oliver
in a statement regarding the matter.
ITO the War Department" said Gen.
Oliver, 'the oath regiment is simply
the cath regiment, and we take no
cognizance of the fact that the enlisted
men in 1t are negros. 1t receives its
orders and does its tour of duty the
same as any other regiment. We have
received no protests against stationing
the regiment at Oswego and Water
town. and no heed will be given to such
protests if they are made
Sometimes the War Department does
wake up. A monument to the memory
of the late Confederate General, Joseph
Wheeler, of Alabama, has just been
completed, and stands at the head of
the tomb of the little cavalry man in
Arlington. The monument stands on
the lawn directly in front of the man.
sion and little to the right of that of
Gen. Sheridan.
monument is 81 feet high The shaft
Is 2S feet long and weighs $1,000
pounds, while the total weight of the
monument is $4,000 pounds. 1t took
six months to complete the work
Ihe monument was erected by Gen
Wheeler's three daughters, who are
now living at Wheeler, Ala. One side
of the shaft is left blank, so that lines
may be placed there in case of the
death of Gen. Wheeler's son, who Is
now in the United States Army. On
another side of the shaft there are two
blank lines, where it was intended to
put the highest rank of Gen. Wheeler
that he held while In the Confederate
army, but owing to objection by the
War Department this was not done.
IL Is little remarkable that the
war Department should decline to have
the Confederate war record inscribed
upon the monument, because the Gov
ernment now takes care of 200 or 800
confederate graves in Arlington, and
the service of the occupants of each is
inscribed upon the headstones which
the Government is putting there. OIL
course, Gen. Wheeler's grave is in a |
more prominent place, right close be-
side Sheridans, and it would look u
little queer to see his record against
the flag cut in marble in a National
cemetery dedicated to those who saved
the flag.
Robert F. Broussard, of the Third
Louisiana District, has been in Wash
lngton, accompanied by a number of
gentlemen interested in the sugar in
dustry of that State and had a confer
ence with the Secretary of Agriculture
to the administration of that
portion of the pure-food law pertaining
to the manufacture of sugar and mo- |
lasses
In the manufacture of sugar and
molasses,' said Mr.. Broussard. sui |
phur is used for the purpose of getting |
rld or the impurities in the cane siruD.
The sulphur entirely disappears during |
the process Of making sugar, but |
small proportion remains in the mo-
lasses This proportion Is never the
same, depending upon the character of |
the cane, but it is never found in de-
leterlous quantities. 1t so happens.
however, that some forms of mola sses
contain it in greater percentage than
Is permitted under the Departments
regulation.