The National tribune., 1908-11-12

There is proposition under consid
Grafton to remove from the soldier
uniform the metal collar insignia whicl
identify the organization to which n
belongs 1t is thought that the loentl
fication could be accomplished by othe
means woven devices, for instance
which would be less offensive to tn
eye and more comfortable to the sol
dier. 1t is questionable whether, IL
e time of war, such insignia should b.
r worn at all, as it would always disclos
i to the enemy the organizations in hi
2 front.
t Aside from this, metal ornaments ar
fragile, easily lost and impracticable t.
= replace in the field. Moreover, in tn
: tropics, they become heated and add t.
the weight about the neck Of the wear
er.
: Notwithstanding objections to meta
collar ornaments, lot of these orna
; ments of new design are being pur
chased under contract, and they will b'
, ready for distribution in January. The
, present ornaments are provided will
pins and catches, which are likely tc
| become unfastened. The new orna
ment has a button-like fastening, 1t Is
somewhat larger than a 25-cent piece
!, and bears in relief the number of the
regiment, the letter of the company
ana lNe UeFlCe VI tEe arm VI TIE ser
vice to which the wearer belongs.
| The wireless telegraph stations UP in
Alaska are proving a bowling success
if you will pardon the expression. Re-
Gently one of the stations talked to a
ship 800 miles out at sea with perfect
intelligence and comfort. 1t is truly
wonderful.
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Wynne returned to the United States
''to vote" and to have little visit with
their friends. Consul-General Wynne
looks as tho his office agreed with him,
and it is well known that he agrees
perfectly with his high office.
Regarding his work in London, Mr..
Wynne said:
81 have heard it said that consular
positions are easy ones, but 1 cannot
say that 1 have found my position to be
such. The new law affecting Consular
| Service has been productive of excel
lent results. By making the position a
| salaried one instead of one dependent
on fees the law has had the effect of
producing greater efficiency in the SER
vice generally. The work naturally has
| been reduced to more OF a system, and
the Consul, instead of taking into con-
sideration the fees involved, has given
| his attention solely to the methods of
| improving the service.
Another effect of the new system is
| to give the American Consuls greater
standing with other foreign Consuls.
Formerly the American Consul was
looked upon largely as n political job
holder, but since the new law went into
effect I have heard the American con-
sular system cited as a model for other
Nations to follow. AS is generally
known, there has been a careful and
systematic inspection of all the Consul
ates under the provisions of the new
law, and many of the old Consulates,
about 80 of them, have been abolished"
About n year ago Congress voted
100000 for the purpose Of marking
the graves Of Confederate dead and
fixing up the places where their bodies
lie. Former Representative Oates, of
Alabama, was appointed Superintend
ent of this work, and has come to
Washington to have conference with
the President. He has marked many
thousands of the graves, but when he
got to Indianapolis he struck snag.
The cemetery in which 1920 graves of
Confederates were made was needed
by a railroad company a long time ago,
and on promise that the company would
transfer the bodies to Greenlawn Gene
terry and RENTER them. the cemetery
was turned over TO the railroad. The
railroad authorities placed the bodies
in Greenlawn Cemetery as promised,
but piled the bodies into a few graves,
and Representative Oates found that
he could not mark the individual
graves. So he desires to have large
marble or granite monument erected
over the plot where the bodies are bur-
led and the names of the whole num-
ber inscribed upon it, The names are
kept in the old cemetery record, and
the bodies were all carefully trans
ferred, but the monument cannot be
erected except the law is changed, SO
that the money can be used. II is prob
able that Representative Oates will get
the authority to recet the monument.
Cen Oates said there were many
similar instances thruout the country,
but the work is progressing favorably.
At Columbus, o., where $3.50 Confed-
crates died at Camp Chase, the graves
have all been carefully marked. In all
20, 900 Confederate soldiers died in Fed
eral prisons, and were buried at differ
ent points, from Boston to Santa Fe,
n. NJ. Some $4,000 has been expended.
A friend of Senator Aldrich, of Rhode
Island, announces that the Senator from
Rhode Island will not be a candidate
for reelection, and that he so stated
to some personal friends the night of
his reelection two years ago. Senator
Aldrich has not been heard in his own
behalf on that point. He has not yet
stated even that his friend told the
truth.
The ultra exclusive Mum family of
Washington have issued an emphatic
denial of any engagement or thought
of such engagement between their
daughter, Miss Carrie Mum, and Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Jr. They are simply
good friends.
Sir Hubert birmingham, who was last
week at the New Willard, some years
ago was an attache of the British En-
bassy at Paris. He was well known in
the French Capital as member of
the clever aggregation of amateur ac-
tors who, under the leadership of the
wife of the Austrian Embassador, Prin-
cess Pauline Metternich, not only oc-
cupied the stage of the private theaters
of the imperial palaces of the Tuileries,
of st. Cloud, of Fontainebleau, and of
Compiegne, but for all practical pur-
poses led the reveLs at the gay court of
Napoleon III. and Eugenia in the clos
ing years of its existence. The Britisher
Is a master of the French language,
having been graduated from Paris
university instead of an English one
His success was due not only to his
complete command of the French
tongue, but to his histrionic ability and