The National tribune., 1907-11-14

aver of earth and showed, upon re-
aoval OF the crust, n French inscrip-
ion. 1t is thought that tho shell was
1uried there during Revolutionary
lines.
1t has been decided by the War De-
oartment to urge upon Congress at the
| next session the necessity of passing the
bill introduced last Winter. looking to
prevention of unauthorized sale and use
| ,f the Army uniform.
| Various propositions have been re-
| ceived by the Department concerning
| he disposition of clothing in possession
4 of enlisted men at the time of their
discharge. all with the purpose of pre-
venting its unauthorized use. A SOL
der discharged from the Army owns
! the uniform which is in his possession
as part of his legal allowance He
! is therefore at present able to dispose
| of the clothing in any way he wishes,
with the result that the uniform is fire.
quently put to improper use. None of
the schemes to prevent this. which can
be adopted without legislation. have
| satisfactorily met the situation, and II
is therefore necessary to go to Con-
| gress for the remedy.
President Roosevelt's daily lat home
| one day last week was attended by an
unusually interesting and varied assort-
ment of visitors. They included Prince
4 Saufaluna, swarthy little 17-year-old
Moro. who came to present the Presi-
| dent with a Moro sword. When the
swarthy little Moro Prince presented
himself at the Executive Offices of the
| White House he was received cordially
by President Roosevelt. The Prince was
dressed in bright yellow Jacket and
white. tight-fitting trousers. with red
leather sash hung over his right shoul-
| der, supporting a large gold badge OF
his office as head man of the Moro tribe
| of the Island of Mindanao, in the Philip
| pine group, and he was sure a sight!
The suite of the Prince consisted of an
| Interpreter dressed in pink and slave
| in blue, and the trio nearly created a
riot when they sailed down the Avenue
later. The gift was a double-edge kris,
a dangerous-loOking weapon in a white
wooden shield. The kris has been in
! the family of the Prince for 2S0 years,
and was the property of his father, Dat
to Ali, who was killed by American SOL
diers two years ago. The Prince traces
his ancestry to Mohammed. II genera
tons back. He is returning to the Phil
| ippines from a visit to the jamestown
Exposition.
Another officer of the Army has been
reported to the War Department as
using his rank and title in connection
with patent food or medicine product.
For some time it has been the policy
of the Department to discourage, and,
in fact. prohibit any such employment
of military titles, and the Navy Depart
ment has taken the same position in
several instances. The officer in ques-
/ ton has beer informed that his action
Is contrary to the Departmental policy
and is disapproved by the Secretary OF
War. He is accordingly directed to dis
continue the use of his rank and title
| in connection with the business.
| Considerable trouble has been had
from the tin cup which is carried by SOL
diers hung from the 'haversack or sad
! dle-bag. because of reflection of sun
light on the bright metal surface of the
cup. A method of japanning was OBJ
tanned from Gen. Kuroki at the time of
his recent visit to this country, but trials
demonstrated that japanned cups were
not satisfactory. Canvas covers were
also tried. and they also were found un-
satisfactory. The difficulty will prob
ably be overcome by changing the shape
of the cup so as to permit of more read
lily carrying it in the hayersack or sad
| dle-bag.
Gen. j. FRANKLIN Bell. Chief of Staff
of the Army, who went to "Muldoon's'
New York retreat for "broken-down
gentlemen" has returned to Washing
ton much benefited by his sojourr there.
Gen Bell says that he is a bright and
shining example of the man who came
to the War Department from an ex-
| tremely active outdoor life, and sat
down to a desk to drudge over details,
letting go all exercise. until he was near
ly done up physically, and consequently
was mentally "all in" about when he
finally made getaway.
Frederick N. Webber, Secretary-Gen-
eral since 1886 of the Supreme Council
of Scottish Rite Masons for the South
ern jurisdiction. died at his home here
| last week.
Mr.. Webber was born in the city of
Cork, Ireland, on June 81, 1921 He
was educated In the schools of his ma
| tive land, and came to America in 1S43,
locating in Louisville. When the civil
war began he entered the United States
army. serving from October, 1861, to
| 1865, under Gems. Anderson. Sherman,
Rosecrans and Buell.. In 1878 he came
to Washington, and held a position in
the Adjutant- Generals Office, and after
/ ward was employed in the Treasury
Department.
Lodge, Louisville. on his 21st birthday.
June 81. 1S48. Mr.. Webber holds the
distinction of being a charter member
of all the subordinate Masonic bodies
to which he belonged. from the Blue
Lodge to the Grand Consistory of Ken
lucky He received the 33d degree and
was crowned an active member of the
/ Supreme Council on March %, 1859.
anE was in length Of service the oldest
member of the Oldest Supreme Council
| in the world.
i He devoted the years after he was
elected Secretary-G General exclusively to
the promotion of the interests of the
Scottish Rite. While his official resi-
dence was in Washington. he was Sow
ereign Grand Inspector-Generali in Ken
tucky. His legal residence was in Lou
isville. His body was taken to Louis
vile, KY, for interment.
i President Roosevelt is said to be
very much pleased with the prohibi-
ton section of the new Oklahoma Con-
lstitution. He told Judge Cunningham.
of Oklahoma. that 1t constituted one of
the very strongest reasons for his ap-
proval of the Constitution. And it is
said that Oklahoma will be Democratici
Countess di Castelmenardo, who was
I Miss Edith Van Buren, Of New York,
obtained s1egal separation from her
noble" husband in Italy last week, and
there you are again with your de
.Il-i-g-h-t-f-u-T foreign marriages. Miss
4 Van Buren, the great-grandniece OF
President Van Buren,, got what she bar
tered her money for. She was rich, he
was a rake of Baron and poor as pow
l. crty itself He waNted money. she