The National tribune., 1909-07-29

which has just been gisen to the Sec
retary of War by Gen. Davis, the
Judge Advocate of the Army.
The Judge Advocate General reaches
this conclusion onJthe ground that the
contest in which the soldier engaged
| was encouraged IN the Army; that it
| was properly organized, ia medical off,
Ger was present; that the contest was
a friendly one and that, is was a form
of training recognized I'm the service.
Under this rulingsthe officers relatives
will receive death, benefits
The contest upon Which the Judge
| Advocate Generals decision was based
was "a battle royaiy between five mem
bers of the 22d u, S. I'M the post GYM
nasum at Fort st. Michael, Alaska.
The man. who afterward died, was
knocked down once. and was advised
to leave the ring. but he went back.
He was knocked down the second time
and sustained a fracture of the skull.
Maybe not, but It certainly does look
as though less red tape would expedite
Government business. Take the Post
Office Department for instance. APP
| proXimately 25e,000 paid money orders,
weighing 500 pounds, are received at
the Auditors offices each day. In the
process of reassembling these vouchers
| numerically into States and offices of
| issue each money order is handled
seven times, or the equivalent of 1,750,-
900 each day. This work alone requires
a force of 165 expert aSsorters, all of
| whom are young women.
Money order transactions in the post
offices of the country have grown so
large in the last year or two that it now
| Is necessary to maintain force of ap-
proximately $50 accountants, book
| keepers. assorters and examiners in the
Office of the Auditor of the Post Office
Department. During the first three
quarters of the last fiscal year ended
June 80 there was an increase of g.
| 0S9, 900 in the number of money orders
| issued, as compared with the cores
ponding period in the preceding fiscal
year. The value of the orders issued,
| however, showed a falling off of s2S,-
| $4,000.
The average value of domestic money
orders issued during the quarter ended
March 81, 1903, was S6.61, and the
average value of international money
orders during the same period was
S2D.5S.
In round numbers there are $4,000
| money order offices in the United
States. from which $50, 900 money order
accounts annually are received by Au-
ditor Chance. They are accompanied
by 6S,000,000 paid money orders, ag-
gregating s575,OOO,0oo.
Col. w. B. Thompson, for 20 years
connected with the Office of the Adju-
tant General as a confidential clerk,
left Washington for Dillingham;, State
of Washington, a few days ago Com
rade Thompson was accompanied by
his daughter, Miss Laura Thompson,
and the veteran said that he never
again expected to see Washington.
do.
long line of service, resigned from his
office before leaving. His work had
been to decipher the. late war records,
now dim and worn, and this delicate
work had injured his" eyesight, until
his physician declared that blindness
was before him unless he gave up his
work. Comrade Thompson was a MEM
ber of Burnside Post of this city, be-
longed to the Ladies of the G. A. r.,
and to the Daughters of Veterans. He
had wonderful memory, a keen wit
and was often called upon to both recite
and talk. A large party of friends. in
clUding the members ofthe Ellen Spen-
Ger Mussey Tent,aDaughters of Veter-
ans. accompanied him to the Union Sta
ton 20 bid him ard his daughter God
speed on their Westerii journey.
Kain't f6oI Gawd.
the project to turn 4thal hands of the
clock back for siSdnonshs in the year
Her citizens characterize the movement
as silly" which puts II. mildly. Some
kids on the streets were sprawled out
on the coping of one small park, watch
ing for a "blue-coat' with one eye and
with the other spelling out items in the
slow-selling papers they carried. The
boys were philosophers all right.
"Wottlls de matter wild de main guys
any'ow?" asked one dirty little newsy.
'Dey's all gone bughouse on this yer
gittin' UP early idee," declared another.
81 sho aint goin' to crawl out o. my
downy at no six in de da'k fo' no body,
JUS cause dey calls 1t seeven come leben
in de mawnin'," declared a small kinky-
headed youngster whose softest bed was
the hard side of board.
Now buddies JUS you look heah."
said the first boy. 'Six O'Clock is JUS
six o'clock aint it?''
'Suah," chorused four voices.
DE sun settles dat all oveah de hull
worr, don't hep"
"Suah." sang chorus
"Well now, how in blazes (only II was
stronger than that for it was where
blazes are supposed to come from) kin
any son of q gun make de sun lie?
Now that's wot l wanter know 'Spose
dey do turn back the hans on de Pos
offs clock! Amt ii a plain lie on de
face of it? De sun amt goin' to stay
in bed fur houah. air he? Wen it
air six O'Clock it air six o'clock aint it
An you KANT make seveen o'clock look
like six, kin you? Now you galoots
knows yer KANT, an watts de use wastin'
time from de base ball score skussin
1t? Desc heah lunies dats gone buzz
wagon dizzy in de top JUS wants to
make noah hours in de day to joy ride,
dats all. They jus got fool notion
dey kin fool gavd outer noah time, and
he'll fool dem a clip an land 'em in de
crazy shack, dat's wat he'll do. Say,
buddies, mans jus man, an he
KANT live but so many houahs day
nohow he can fix it. an dey aint no use
in tryin' to fool Gawd. Yer heah me?"
And they evidently "heard me-" for
just then the Departments began to
empty themselves of the human ants
who work in them and these street
arab philosophers were ION their jobs
in about two seconds.
Going to HoNaii.
A party OF % Senator's and members
of the House of Representatives is pre-
pairing to visit Hawaii. The visit will
be made in response to an invitation
extended by the last session of the Ha-
waiian Legislature, and the party will
Cons 4.