The National tribune., 1907-06-06


don, is soon to be retired. For almost
80 years it has served the Embassy as a
visitors register, and it is at last nearly
filled. To be exact, it was in June,
1873, when John Welsh, a merchant
prince of Philadelphia, was Minister TO
the Court of st. James that the volume,
handsomely bound in leather, was pur-
chased. That was in the days when the
American Embassy was meeting
place for Americans visiting London.
Within the first few weeks after its in
stallation the volume contained more
names than have been written in it
during the last few years.
Seemingly this year it remained I'M
discovered until Judge Morrow, of Cal
ifornia, visited the Embassy last week.
Express companies and Anglo-Ameri-
can banks with reading-writing rooms,
have so taken the place of the Embassy
as points of rendezvous for Americans
\ that the old book seems to have out
\ lived its usefulness.
The first person to sign his name in
The register was T.. Randolph Robinson,
of New York, on June 10, 1878.
1t was announced at the White House
last week that DR.. Maurice Francis
Egan had accepted the post of Minis
ter to Denmark, rendered him by the
President
His entry into the diplomatic field re-
tires from the Catholic University of
Washington a prominent member of its
faculty. as DR.. Egan for some time has
been filling the chair of English Ian
fuage and literature. He is an author
1f note, and has contributed several
Saluable volumes to contemporaneous
literature. DR.. Egan will succeed Thorn
Ss ]. O'Brien at Copenhagen, Mr.
9Brien taking the diplomatic post at
3o1-, i
The King of Saxony has conferred
the Grand Cross of the Order of AL
brecht upon Baron Speck Won Stern
burg, Ambassador of Germany to the
United States
Senator Robert LaFo1lette of Wis
consin, who arrived in Colorado last
week for his health, will start on a bear
hunt in the Muddy District with Jake
Borah as guide
The Muddy is the famous bear coun-
try into which Borah had intended to
take President Roosevelt two years ago,
but at that time the snow was too deep
and the bears Were still in their winter
sleep. The Senator will hunt about 10
days. His health is improving.
Some criticisms have been made by
medical officers of the Army and Navy
who have visited the jamestown Expo
sition of the sanitary condition sur
rounding the military camps at the
Exposition. Upon arrival of the Sur
seons at the time the camps We're es-
tablished. every effort was made to
safeguard the health of the troops, but
they were met by certain local condi-
lions beyond their power TO remedy
The nature of the ground upon which
the camps are located is not aevan-
tageous. Further. the neighborhood of
the Exposition grounds is infested with
dens and dives and other corrupt forms
of diversion from which it is impossi-
bic to keep all of the soldiers.
Signal Corps men are giving over
control of the extensive system of
communication by submarine cables
and land lines which they have con-
structed and maintained in the Philip
pine Islands in the last few years. The
system was installed primarily for mil
itary purposes. but rs the maintenance
of order has become more secure the
necessity of military control has de-
creased, and now the system is being
taken over by the Philippine Govern
nent. About 1000 miles of cables and
land lines have been put in excellent
working operation by the Signal Corps.
and as the Government assumes control
of differen. parts of the system from
time to tine they will be maintained
for comm .rciaI as we'll as government
tai purposes.
Registers of the localities where
there are graves of the soldiers and
sailors of the Confederate army and
navy during the civil war who died in
Federal prisons and military hospitals
In the North, and who were buried
neIr their places Of confinement, have
ben so far completed that the work
o. erecting headstones over the graves
An now be commenced The law I'M
ser which this work IS being done pre-
5dded for commissioner to supcrin-
aend it. and ex-senator. William Elliott.
pr South Carolina, who was a Colonel
IN the Confederate army and is vet
eran of many battles, was appointed.
The territory in which the remains are
buried extends rs far east as Boston
and as far west as Santa Fe, n. M,
and over 10000 white marble head
stones will be purchased by the Gov
ernment to mark the graves.
The most notable social events in
London this past week have been two
large dinner parties given by Embassa-
dor and Mrs. Reid at Dorchester house
the first being for the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales. the second for the CO.
lonial Premiers. The entertainments nj
the American Embassy now ranl,
among the foremost in London society.
They are always Brilliant and are
beautifully done.
Upon recommendation Of the Commits
sary-General OF the Army Brig-Gen
Il. G. Sharpe, the Secretary of War has
authorized reduction from 16 to u
ounces in the weight of the emergency
ration. This win, of course. reduce the
size of the package, but no changes
will be made in the character of the
wrapper. quality, or relative quantities
of the component parts of the ration
TIE change was made because il was
found that a 12-ounce ration afforded
sufficient nutriment.
The case of Maj. Francis p. Ere
mont, 5th Infantry, has presented an
unusual question TO the War Depart
ment That officer was recently tried
by courtmartial on charges growing
out OF alleged failure to pay his debts;
he was found guilty of certain of the
charges and sentenced to lose 60 files
In rank. However, at the time of ap-
prevail of the sentence there We're only
SO Majors of infantry below Mas. Ere
mont, and it was contended that the
sentence would operate to place him
merely at the foot of the list, resulting
In a loss of only 50 files. The War De-
partment did not accept this view but
held that Mai. Fremont should be