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their comrades and sent in this way to
a premature grave.
When the infantry regiments make
marvellous forced marches. which demon
strate their magnificent power Of en-
DURANGO to all the world. scores of sol
diers fall by the waySide in utter en-
haustion, unable to carry out the oner-
Gus task imposed upon them. In large
numbers of cases these unfortunate war
riors return home with perms nent de-
fects of the heart or other illnesses ac-
quired during the arduous eXertions or
the kaiser's mimic wars. In order that
realistic conditions Of war may he OBJ
served the troops blvOuac at night with
out regard for cold and wet, and many
thousands OF German men can trace per-
manent rheumatic troubles and other
forms of disease to the effects of these
exposures to the rigorous climate OF
north Germany.
No official statictics arc available, and
such figures are given cannot be COM
plete because many accidents as pos
sible are hushed up by the authoritie*.
It Is known. however. that in 1909 the
killed in the maneuvers numbered 10 and
the wounded lie. those injured enough
to be sent to the hospitals over 1.oeo.
In 1905 the dead numbered % and the
wounded approximately soc In 1908
the number of fatal accidents rose to as
and between 900 and 900 were incapaci-
tated In 100! only 13 men were killed.
so far as known. and between 500 and
500 injured. Inls year inc casualties
are said to have been reduced still fur
Their. but the anti-Inilitarists have A sus-
picion that this means only that in
creased precautions Have been taken
against leakage Of news on the subject.
II must be understood that the ma
neuyers are not merely the great au-
tumn maneuvers held under imperial SUI
pervision. but that there are maneuvers
going in all parts Of the country
throughout the spring. summer and au-
tumn months. Apart from the great au-
tumn maneuvers. in which upward OF
100 600 troops are enga ged, each army
corps carries out its own maneuvers in
its own district. The facts and figures
given here. therefore. apply to man"uNers
held in all parts of the country from
one end of the year to the other.
Copyright. 1908, Curtis Brown
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Kaiser and His staff Inspecting the Annual Maneuvers

cruelties silently and without complaint.
rather than boldly tell the truth about
the treatment melted out to him.
The Zuehlke case is unfortunately
typical The official returns presented
to the reichstag toward the end of the
last session stated that during the twelve
months ending in March. 1908. Is officers
and $50 non-commissioned officers were
sentenced by courts-martial for cruel
treatment Of their subordinates. and the
evidence given at all these trials re-
vealed more than 10000 individual cases
of maltreatment.
There is an amazing variety about the
acts of cruelty perpetrated on German
soldiers Their tOrmentors seem to have
resorted to every possible practice that
can hurt the soldier morally or phys
ically The medieval instruments of tor
ture employed in the dark ages cannot
have inflicted more acute suffering on
their victims than those undergone by
the soldiery Of the German empire in
the twentieth century. Practically all
the desertions from the German army
are brought about by cruelty. and every
year an appreciable number of soldiers
commit suicide rather than submit to
the treatment melted out to them. Dur
ing the last six months tWenty-seven
cases of suicide due to cruel treatment
have been recorded in the German news
papers.
The external glory of the German army
reaches its climax in the great maneu-
vers held every September under the
personal supervision OF the kaiser. 10
which foreign monarchs. princes. mill
tary experts and writer's are invited
i'm order that they may all pay their re-
spective tributes to Gerrnany's war lord
and his mighty legions. mimic war
Is conducted under extremely realistic
conditions and when the sham campaign
is over chorus of enthusiastic praise
is heard in all quarters. But these mag
nificent exhibitions Of the strength and
efficiency of the German army are bought
at terrible cost. In the magnificent
cavalry charges of which the kaiser
is especially proud. and which he de
lights to show to his distinguished
guests. there are always a number of
soldiers endorsed, over-ridden and crush
ed to death under the hoofs of hundreds
of horses following them. Other sol
diers are pierced by the fixed lances OF
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UnofficiaIIy Fired.

A WESTERN magazine editor mar
\ rated at a Tolstoi birthday dinner IN
Chicago an interesting story about the
great Russian.
''Tolstoi," he said. .'abominates sneaks,
spies. He intensely abominated Melikoff.
whose treachery and cruelty 10 the
young radical party was d scandal even
10 Russia.
'Melikoff one day. suspecting that a
good deal OF revolutionary work was GO
ing on at Tolstoi's estate, visited Yasnaya
Polyana Unexpectedly.
3" Do you come said Tolstoi 10 HIM.
ste My, Officially or a private person?
If you come officially here are my keys.
Search Examine everything. You are
quite free TO do So.
But. count said Melikoff. behave
me. come TO you a private person.
.'Tolsto locked al him in silence. Then
calling two stalwar muJhiks. he said:
Here, pitch this man out OF the
house,"
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Difficult Repairs.

THOMAS A. EDISON said recently OF
aeronatuics:
within five years the north pole Will
be reached in a forty-hour trip. and the
globe will be encircled in a week
''But the type of aerop,ane must be
changed" continued Mr.. Edison, be
fore such flights are undertaken, Or other
wise aeronauts will be talking like the
automobilst. who. after buying a cheap
car, visited the salesrocm and said:
You said when you sold me my four
horsepower runabout that you'd supply
all parts broken
Ives, sir said the salesman.
Then said the other. let ME have a
once. please, a fist and third rib. two
front teeth, one left ank. ebone and a
nose bridge"
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Too Frank.

ct TNCLE JOE CANNON was discuss
~ ing joculariy our society leaders
claim that too many statesmen appear to
rely on their uncouthness-on the absence
of socks, etc.-for their fame.
II would point out" said he. that
neither Caesar nor Alexander wore socks
and 4 / attacked New York society as
frankly as this person has attacked pub
lie life l might-but. after all. perfect
frankness is invariably a bad thing.
You have heard. perhaps. of the young
man who admired perfect frankness?
Calling on a pretty girl. he said:
IF there is one thing that reverence
in tbs world. perfect trankness is that
thing
Yes said the girl. Then I'll at
oEce grasp the opportunity to urge YOU
TO shave off Your mUstache before YOU
eat another soft-boled esg.'"
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YX,HO5 WHO 1r4BE@(G10 V4EE;RRknQ 1ENrS9EKMCEz

by Paul Bausch. a civil engineer. The
experiences of these gentlemen az archi-
tects and the frequent need for their serV-
ices In that capacity illustrate the versa
tility OF skill that is often found In a
government employe. One of the finest
saving stations in the country is that
recently erected at Jackson Park. Chi
cago. which resembles a large summer
hotel 1t was designed by Mr. Bausch.
The life-saving service has TWO superin-
tendents of construction and nine as
sistants in its employ. and these men
also do some Of the architectural work.
All Of the work Of this character Is thus
performed by employees of the service.
none Of whom is officially known as an
architect
The surgeon generals Office in the War
Department furnishes one OF the instances
that are not rare wherein government
employee of technical skill serves in a
capacity that is described in the vague
term clerk" Maj. William Bayliss. a
native OF Nova Scotia, studied architec-
tural drawing in his younger days at
night school, and his knowledge OF that
art has been utilized for many years by
the government in construction of hos
pitais. Maj. Bayliss is well known in
building circles as the inventor of a com
bination steam and hot-water system.
Elliott Woods. though not a government
architect officially. belongs TO the fratern-
ity of government architects in the
broader sense OF the word. Though the de-
sign of the new office building was made
by New York firm of architects. all the
drafting was done under the supervision
of the superintendent OF the Capitol. VINO
succeeded to the position. but not the
title, Of the late Edward Clark, the last
architect OF the Capitol MIR. Woods en-
tered the government service under MIR.
Clark when he was twenty years old.
and he has practically grown up i'm that
environment. His growth in popularity
has. however, been much greater than
that in years. and his duties az architect
form very small part of those incident
to the position of manager of the most
famous building in the country. Among
Mr.. Woods recreations Is wireless teleg-
raphy. for he calls his supervision OF
the wireless telegraphy station he has
instituted near the Capitol recreation.
Music and painting are other recreat!ons
of this versatile genius.
Bernard r. Green. superintendent of the
Library o. Congress and grounds, though
not a government architect. is j gov
eminent employe who has taken a prom
to the improvements OF the government 8
$400CO0.CN worth of real estate. The
building OF the new National Museum,
which he is experimenting. is only
one OF several important public structural
undert akings with which he has been
prominently identified. Others include
the State. War and Navy Departments
the Soldiers Home buildings, the Medical
Museum. the Washington Monument and
the Library of Congress. He was for
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and there Is a force of 100 craftsmen en-
ployed at this work. The work of con-
struction. which also comes under the
supervision OF Mr.. Taylor. Is even more
comprehensive. and practically involves
every building not otherwise specifically
provided for that Is erected by the gov
eminent
There are leo superintendent Of con-
struction under Mr.. TAYLOR in various
parts of the United States. The office
force alone numbers 800 and among the
craftsmen are Hector S. McAllister, pres
ident of the Washington Architectural
Club: Charles S. Salin its secretary. and
Herbert P. 1lman. an instructor in arch
itecture at the George Washington Uni
versity. Charles f. Kemper is the as
sistant to the supervising architect and
Louis A. Simon the superintendent of the
drafting and construction division. James
c. Plant. superintendent OF the computing
division. is one of the other many skilled
l!eutenants of this model organization.
The office of the supervising architect is
busy office. or the amount of work on
hand Is great. Construction of between
300 and 400 buildings has been authorized.
in addition to those completed. and the
supervising architect has charge of GOO
completed public buildings throughout the
country. In 1853 the record OF the office
stood twenty-three buildings erected and
fifteen authorized.
Mr. Taylor entered the government
service as senior craftsman in the office
of the supervising architect in 1895, and
attained his present position through a
civil service examination in 1897. being
the first incumbent of the Office under
civil service provisions. Prior to enter
ing the government service, in which he
has made his reputation. Mr.. Taylor
served three years and a half in archi-
tects' offices in New York city, and
practiced his profession in ST. Paul
Mimi. and Philadelphia. His early tech
nical training was acquired at the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology. His
predecessors in the office Of supervising
architect have been Isaiah Rogers. who,
in 1862. was the first to ign his name
as supervision architect; AMI Young
A. 3. Mullett, William A. Potter. James
G. Hill. NJ. E. Bell. w. A. Ferret. James
H. Windrim, E. A. Edbrool< and jeremiah
O'Rourke.
The most important architectural head
quarters in the government service out
side of Mr.. Taylor's office is that of the
War Department, for all work OF design
ing and construction OF buildings Ior
the War Department comes under the dl-
rection of the uuartermaster general. rep
resented by Maj. 8. Frank Cheatham.
Officers residences. barracks and EOspi-
tails are among the buildings that the
staff of the advisory architect. Frank =.
Wheaton. consisting of twenty-five drafts
men. are called upon to design. and
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are James Knox Taylor. supervising
architect Of the Treasury Department:
Francis 3. Wheaton, advisory architect
of the War Department, ard Gustavus
Friehus architect OF the Indian bureau.
Outside Of Washington the most impor-
tant government architect is Parker o.
Wright ir.. an employe OF the isthmian
canal commission whose headquarters
IRE at Culebra.
James Knox TAYLOR. The supervising
mas proved notable eXcept on to the gen.
eral rule that architects receive little
credit for their great achievements. When
sightseerS visit an art gallery the first in
quiry that is made concerning master
piece In sculpture or painting is the name
of the artist who executed it. When they
behold some grand edifice the name Of
the architect rarely seems of sufficient in
tereSt 20 elicit inquiry. There are proba-
bly, few persons familiar with the fact
that 1ctnus was tie architect Of the Par
thenon on the Acropolis at Athens. than
which there has been no nobler structure
reared. or that Walters. a government
architect. conceived and built the mag
nificent dome TO the Capitol building here.
Even Michelaneelo's name might now be
unfamiliar if he had not been great
nainter and a great sculptor as wei as
the architect OF st. Peters at Rome.
= ::
Mr.. Taylors fame is deserved To him
is due the setting of the present high
standard in government architecture the
adoption of the predominant Grecian style
that is so well suited to public buildings,
the welcome REPRESSION OF the desire for
unrestrained variety that often resulted in
structures that provoked disgust instead
of admiration. He has been able to do
this because to his undisputed talents as
an artist is added exceptional skill in or
sanitation Mr. Taylor's ideas permeate
every design that is adopted. whether that
design he the product of the genius of
some celebrated craftsman submitted in
comretition or the modest achievement OF
a subordj nate. The services of many tai
ented assistants are necessary TO produce
the vast amount of work that comes from
Mr.. Taylor's office. Each design har-
that ALL to the slightest detail. seem to be
the work of one man. This IS true alike
of the work that is designed in the Office
and that representing the best product of
the skill of architects that furnish plans
under the competitive system.
Among the public buildings which have
been designed within recent years in the
supervising architects office are the mint
at Philadelphia. the San Francisco post
office and the Atlanta post Office. The
designing that is done in tlle office en-
braces nearly all of the post offices. court
houses. marine hospitals and custom
houses that the government has to erect.
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She Was No Suffragette.

TAR CHARLES F. AkED OF the F1ftf
- Avenue Baptist Church, New York
said recently:
THE American woman is, up to the
present Gods best piece of work
And the other day celebrating upon this
truth, DR.. .Aked compared the m rited
reverence in which woman is he'd in
America to the scorn that is too often
melted out to her abroad.
Consider he said. 1.-The position of
woman in a country where such a joke as
this is possible:
Bill. says a young wife, weeping,
'wot's the matter? Don't you love me
10 more?'
.'Of course, ] do. du.n ye,' growls Bill,
returning to his penny weekly and pot
of ale.
Then, Bill the young wife sobs. why
don't you knock me about?''
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flowed and they were diShgured by gaping
wounds. He varied the early-morning
thrashing by jumping on the bodies and
stamping on the PROSTATE soldiers with
his heavy cavalry knee boots. Occasion
ally he would int reduce another element
of variety by pouring A pail Of icy cold
water on the heads of the sleeping SOL
diers.
During the military exercises which the
soldiers had to perform every morning
Zuehlke made use of his whip, his heavy
boots, the butt end of a rifle. the sheath
Of his sword and the fat edge of his
sword to chastise his unfortunate subor-
dinates. 1t was proved that in not less
than eighteen cases he compelled soldiers
to stand close to a heated stove in their
heavy winter overcoats until they faint ed
from the effects of the overpowering heat.
In one case he broke three ribs of a
soldier he knocked down and kicked as
he lay PROSTATE on the ground Witness
after witness appeared to testify to the
same revolving details and the same
systematic pleasure In torturing his subor-
dinates. The court-martial ruled that u Z
individual cases of cruelty were proved
within eight months and added that all
the evidence given tended to show that
Zuehlke had been practicing the same saw
age atrOcltleS during the previous ten
years of his career on-commissioned
officer.
The cases of cruelty which are brought
before the public notice are in truth. APP
palling, but there is no doubt whatever
that for every case that is discovered and
punished there are dozens and scores of
cases that remain unknown except to the
perpetrators and their helpless victims.
Again and again soldiers, who. after long
months of suffering, have. in despair,
appealed for protection against their su-
periors, have been asked why they did
not report these cruelties at once, and
In every case the reply is given that they
feared to do So The German military
system brushes the soul and saps the
self-reSpect of the soldier. He becomes
inspired with such fear of his superiors
and with such blind acquiescence in the
whole system that he will suffer these
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ablr a combination OF any three other
armies. in Europe. In cas- o. war with
France they would over-un French terri
tory and occupy Paris within fortnight.
Incidentally annexing Holland and Bel
siuln to secure their right flank. Experts
acknowledge that they could accomplish
the invasion of England. and within few
days strike a death blow at the heart or
the British empire by Selling London.
The efficiency OF the German army is a
marvellous product OF discipline and or
ganization The management Of all the
different departments o. the army. which
is conducted with perfec; order and regu-
Iarity, is masterpiece of organizing
genius. At Tie word OF command from
the kaiser four million men would be
summoned to rally round the flag. Every
one of these men knows where he is to
muster. where he can obtain his rife and
uniform. where he will be quartered at the
critical moment II the antagonist be
France hundreds OF trains will convey,
within a few hours. the German ieslons 10
the appointed places along the frontier;
if the enemy be Russia. the same eiabor-
ate arrangements would concentrate
mighty forces along the eastern frontier
of the empire. The German army Is
superb: it is Impossible to contemplate
il without 4 feeling OF enthusiasm ana
without a burst OF 9dnliration.
But this magnificent military organiZa
ton is maintained at a terrible cost. and
involves bitter sacrifices on the part Of
the entire population OF the country. TIE
financial cost of the army in the shape OF
taxation for the maintenance of military
arma ;nents is the smallest burden in this
respect The real financial sacrifice is in
volved through the withdrawal every year
of three or four hundred thousand young
n
their term of compulsory military. service
Every Young d blebodied German mus,
enter the army between his eighteenth
and twentieth birthday. and must serve
for Il period Of two years IT he belongs to
an infantry regiment, and for period oil
three years IL he be attached to the ar
tilery, cavalry or engineering corps. a
small percentage of the recruits who have
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What Money Does.

CRAIG BIDDLE. one Of Philadelphia
~ social leaders, Is above all things
patriotic. 1t is we'll known how Mr.
Biddle, at Newport last summer. drubbed
soundly a youth who dared to say tina,
Philadelphia was mo good"
Mr.. Biddle's patriotism embraces all
America, and he never returns from
Europe without a store of observations
in proof of Americas superiority.
1.-The last time I motored in England, "
said Mr.. Bddle. the other day, II was
amazed by the spick-and-span look Of all
the old castles, halls and manor houses.
My companion was an Englishman. a
very well-informed chap, and l said to
him:
~ thought you people had a lot OF
picturesque old ruins over here?'
I'VE did have once said he; but your
he.resses have come over and put them
all in good repair.
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Johnny on Baths.

MFRS. PHELPS STOKES. the young AMI
IVA brilliant socialist worker, recounted
at a socialist meeting in New York her
amusing experience among slum children.
On the subject of baths in winter she
said:
Il expostuIated the other week with one
of those mothers who at the beginning
of cold weather sew their little ones I'D
in flannels. freeing them with the re-
turn Of spring. | persuaded this mother
to battle her children regularly. Then,
last week, visited her again.
Well / said, how do the winter
baths go?'
The children don't like it. ma am.
said the mother. Johnny refused his
bath positively yesterday. He said you
could do as you liked. and he would Go as
he liked. You like TO be cold and clean
he likes TO be warm and dirty
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Frying-Pan Stage.

sTHt, late Mrs. William Aston" said
a colonial dame at Sherry's, took.
after all, an optimistic view of American
society. She criticised our faults. but she
lciicved in our future. American So
Ciety. she used to sa%. would eventually
be the finest in the world.
Once she declared at dinner that it
was the proper social sequence TO get like
us. the money first. and the refinement
and culture afterward. She said that
when she looked at the uncout.l million
aire of today and thought of the splendid
cerature 10 come after him she felt as
optimistic as the fisherman who casting
his line. brought up a frying pan and
said:
oh. that's good beGirnia2-a fry
ing pan. have only To catch a fish now
and | shall be all right"