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Evening star., 1909-05-16
By ]. E. jerks

MILITARY men, especially By ].
1v1 those who have to do with
the transportation of troops. their
ammunition and supplies have lately been
giving attention to facilities that will help an
army on the march One of the most trouble
some of problems besetting experts who have
to do with military strategy is in reducing to
the minimum those features in military equip
ment that retard progress
success in the employment of an army in the
field is its mobility, and it is necessary to fur
nish this by keeping down to the least degree
the wagons needed in the transfer of the innum-
cradle articles, of great volume in the aggregate
which sustain troops separated from their
garrisons and keep them supplied with pro-
visions. food. and water 1t is constant re-
sistance on the part of military people to dis
courage additions to the transport branch
and still take advantage of whatever is offered
that promises to be really useful and increase
the fighting power of soldiers in war
1t is with the idea of this wise and prudent
selection that experiments have been conducted
by the War Department with various types
of vehicle that offer the advantage of better
and more certain supply The problem would
dependence upon the railroad facilities of the
country, but provision must be made to antici-
pate the operation of large military force in
sections where railroad connections are mad
quate where there no railroads in the
transcontinental travel of troops from station
to station. On the regular lines it has already
been arranged to provide special kitchen cars
by converting tourist sleepers into such culinary
functions, SO that a regiment on the rail need
no longer depend upon food at stations or on
what may be carried on the person
Evening star., 1909-05-16
Food on the March

/ L Is quite another matter. however, to pro-
vide the soldier in the field on the march, and
especially on the firing line with something be
sides his new haversack ration of timed bacon
and hard bread. with its tablets of coffee. sugar
and salt and its capsules of pepper. A large
military force on the hike may now have its
freshly baked bread its steaming hot soup or
stew, and its palatab!e meats and vegeta-
bles, without building campfire and warming
canned edibles This will be accomplished
probably at some sacrifice of the pictorial ro-
nance of the cracking blaze in the open; but
the soldier will be more comfortable for the
food that is 81 ven to him. and will be better
fighter for the improved diet
This will be accomplished by various types of
army wagons which will accompany the column
in proportion to its needs. There IS. for in
stance the soup cart. an idea borrowed from the
Russians, huge tureen mounted on two wheels
and drawn by horse-though the soup cart
will not mean SO much to our army as it does
to the Russians and other European armies
where there is individual cooking Then, there
is the rolling oven. in which fire is burning
as the vehicle follows the advancing troops.
with the bread baked ready for issue when
camp is established
The freless cooker has its functions as peri
patetic kitchen. in that certain articles of
soldiers food, partly cooked, may be placed IN
the boxes the cooking finished with their own
heat. and ready for issue at mealtime A col
lapsble metal field oven an ingeniously con-
trived folding cooking device may be carried in
compact form and set up ready for use in any
remote place Of this class is the folding bread
trough and the telescope wagon. which has the
joint function of serving camp cookhouse
and being easily converted into bunkroom
This wagon on the march has the appearance of
an ordinary military vehicle drawn by two
horses but it can be pulled out with elon-
gated floor by means of series of slides. form
ing the bottom of the wagon In this extended
form it might be called the dachshund of army
wagons.
Allied to the subsistence vehicles is the water
wagon This is a tank containing sterilized
water, to which the men have access by means
of faucets round the base. nozzle fountains
that permit drinking without using the common
cup. 1t is important, of course, that an army
in the field should be protected from the dan
gers of drinking impure water and. in unfriend-
Evening star., 1909-05-16

Does it improve your appear
ance-benefit your complex
ion-blend with its tints-and
never betray its use?
Evening star., 1909-05-16
CURIOUS ARMY WAGONS

ly territory. water that has been
purposely contaminated SO the
water wagon has its companion
Evening star., 1909-05-16

MILITARY men, especially
1v1 those who have to do with
the TRANSFORMATION of frOODS. their
New-York tribune., 1909-03-11
WHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY.

Dnner Of the American Institute OF Electrical En-
gineers. Hotel Astor. p m
Sly day go-asyou please Madison Square Garden
.cture on Birds Their Relation 10 Man by
charles II Townsend American Museum OF Natu-
raj History. .S:l5
Mans annual dinner of Brooklyn Long Island
church Society OF the Methodist Episcopal church.
Brooklyn Academy Of Music. $50 p m.
Meeting of the New York Library Club. Young Mems
Christian Association BUILDING NO 10 west <Su
street. y. m,
Twentv-second Ward Taxpayers Association meeting;
Teschmacher's Hall. No. 35s West 44th street, s
p.
Dinner to William T Evans National Arts Club. No.
I1e East 10Th street p.
ecture by Mrs. Jesslca Losier Payne. Waldorf IL
pszasr New York Auxiliary Of Brooklyn Jesuit Col
ieee waldorf. afternoon and evening
ectur. on The Trial Lawyer" by Hon. Francis II.
Weman. Catholic Club. No 40 Central Park
South
TX nv John CLYDE oswald. West Side Young Mems
Christian Association.
r,r Van Eeden Happy Humanity under the au-
spices of League for Political Education Berke-
lev Theatre. No 10 West 44th street II a. m
-o,ort. Dav Of the National Society OF New England
Women, Delmonico's, IL a m to p m
u.etipe of the Ladies' Auxiliary OF the Yorkvie Hos
pitaI Hotel Astor. p m
Va preserves" meeting OF the West End Woman s
Kepublican Association Hotel Astor. 2:SO
.s.stinT Of the Porta Club Hotel Astor. D.
ADDRESS nv Mrs Ida Hustled Harper at meeting the
F01aI Franchise Society, home of Mrs Clarence
II Mackay No. Pa Madison avenue, p
Annual meeting East Side House Settlement
$40 East 18TH street. 5. so p. m
New-York tribune., 1909-03-11
OBITUARY..
MAJOR EDMUND l. G. zALINskI.

After an illness OF nearly two months. Major Ed
rnund Louis Gray Zalinski. L. S. A, retired IN
ventor of the dynamite gun and widely known as a
designer of numerous other military Devices died
yesterday afternoon at the New York Hospital
from pneumonia Up to within few hours OF MS
death it was believed by the physicians at the hos
pital that he would recover.
Major Zaiinski was born in Kurnich. Russian 70
land in 1S49, and came this country with MS
parents when four years old. He educated IN
the schools Of Seneca Falls and the Syracuse High
School. where he studied from 1861 to 1868. The
following year qt the age ffteen he entered the
army as volunteer aide-de-camp to General Neisoh
A. Miles and remained until the close OF the war
In 1865 he mustered out of the volunteer
service and the following year he was appointed
in the regular army as second lieutenant IN the 9th
United States Artillery. From 1872 until 1876 ne
was professor Of military science IN the Massachu-
setts Institute Of Technology, and In 1850 he was
graduated at the Fortress Monroe Artillery Scnooi
and the WiIlets Point School OF Submarine Mining
Most of Major Zanskis time had been devoted
to the development and perfection of the pneumatic
torpedo gun, a weapon throwing a projectle weigh
ing 1oOG pounds charged with 500 pounds Of hlgh
explosives His improvements have made the
wea pom available for practical use he mad also
invented an intrenching tool, ramrod bayonet
and a teesCopic sight for artillery, and a system
range and position finding for seacoast artillery
firing He retired in 1894 and received the RANK Vi
major ten years later, .,
Major Zanski a member OF the century!
the Union League, the Lotos and the Engineers
clubs. His home at No. 136 East 18th street
New-York tribune., 1909-03-11
NEW SOPRANO AT THE METROPOLITAN
Miss Adaberto Makes li-st Appearance With
out MI. Caruso' s Assistance.

Nr Caruso did not sing last night at the Metro
politan opera House, though he had been an
nounced for the part of ManricO. In II Trovatore;
and so, once again this season, the power OF a
name was Shown in the chorus OF protests. grumo-
ling and dissatisfac ction that came from the crowd
Of operagoers who found suddenly Haunted IN
their faces the announcement OF the tenor's inds-
position.
At the Metropolitan they have a way OF putting
the name Of Mr.. Caruso in announcements OF the
first appearance here OF new singers The reason
therefor may or may be apparent Suffice il
ra say Miss Ester Adaberto the soprano from
Naples did not appear to be unhapply affected by
the withdrawal of so esteemed prop from the
cast and the substitution of the neyer-taiinS
American tenor, Mr.. Martin
The costume of red-spangled net which Miss
Adaberto wore in the first act may have appeared
nearer the present epoch Of Partisan dressmaking
than such as in vogue In the lifetime or
Giuseppe Verdi, or yet again when troubadours
really afforded pleasant addition or chahge from
the ways Of humdrum lfe but then wonderfully
and richly garbed Leonoras have ceased TO arouse
comment in presentations of Nerdis opera
The nevy soprano has knowledge of stage routine
and dramatic power and a voice OF volume that
Is not too small for the great auditorium Where
sbe was making her first American appearance
What Is more she used her talents and training
last night to good effect in giving HE ana Verl-
simtude the opera
Mr. Martin in general able assistant
though at mo1pents his voice showed traces o.
fatigue Mr. Amato sang splendidly his aria III
The second act and took several curtain calls. Miss
Cav was the Azucena, and Mr.. Spetrlno ana ms
musicians nut unusual life into their work Alto
show of justice. that "it wasn't all because OF
New-York tribune., 1909-03-11
NEW GERMAN THEATRE.
Three one-Act Farees Given.

In Mr.. Dreher's absence in Brooklyn the stock
company at the New German Theatre gave last
night triple BILL consisting OF three One-act farce
comedies They were entitled Die Lore Der
kammersauger'' and ''Besonderer UmstSnde hall
ber. All light in texture. though the second.
Der Kammersanger'' proved TO be burlesque.
with some sting to it. OF the operate temperament
which struggles 10 reconcile the demands OF love.
art and business In this piece Mr. NARROW and
Mr.. Lind excellent. the base tenor
whose contract viii not allow him to make conces-
slons TO his many feminine admirers and the other
as the superannuated composer who knows that he
has produced Operatc masterpiece. but can't get
anybody else TO perceive its extraordinary merits
New-York tribune., 1909-03-11
rHE REV. pR. EvERT VAN sLYKE.

After brief illness the Rev. Dr. Evert Van
sIvka died Yesterday at his home in Riverdaie
DIR. Van slyke was born at stuyvesant n \. he
was a member of the Holland and St NicholaS
societies and a graduate of Rutgers, where ne re-
ceved his doctors degree in 1883. In Ioss ne "as
president of the general synod OF the ReIolnieu
Church His most important pastorates were at
Albany. Syracuse. Catskin and Brooklyn
DR.. Van slyke travelled much In Europe ana III
his late years was associated with the AHerlCa'i
Church at Berlin and The Hague lie was We
married his first wife being Miss Sarah d Sheldon
80 E7ingbarn,on y V niece of Chief Justice
sheldon of Illinois. His second wife; VINO was
Dr. Elizabeth Johnson. daughter OF Nlllan ;s Jol,L
son ~ Montreal and a sister and two brotheIs,
survive him The funeral will be held at his nome
on Friday afternoon at O'CLOCK
New-York tribune., 1909-03-11
PERMIT TO BURN TRAsK MANSION.
Fire Commissioner Willing to Provide Pro
lection for Neighboring Property.

Fire Commissioner Hayes said yesterday that no
would give permission to the heirs OF Benjamin l.
H. Trask to burn the old mansion If4th street
and Southern Boulevard. in The Bronx. If they
apDled for it. He did not believe that there would
be any danger to neighboring property. The fire
men would be sent TO the place, but he was pretty
sure that they would have nothing TO do.
one of the Trask heirs living in The Bronx was
SURPRISED Yesterday by many applications for per-
mission TO take away the woodwork. There was a
steady stream all day long. and permission was
given some of the applicants to take away the
loose wood on the premises A concerted attack
on the structure is expected. and the police may
he called upon 10 check the wreckers Should It
he decided TO burn down the house the Fire De-
partment will charge $50 for sending apparatus to
the scene.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-11
COLONEL CHARLES H. wEYeANT.

Newburg N Y March 1O-Colonel Charles H.
Weygant who commanded the famous orange
Blossoms in the Civil War died this morning
from heart disease while sitting at his desk VIII
ing. He born in 1899 and was hHeaI desceiu-
ant of Michael Weigand, one OF the original Pala-
tine settlers of Newburg In 1862 he was conlhs-
stoned captain of Company A Of the 124th New
York Volunteers. known as the Orange Blossoms
At the battle Of Gettysburg Colonel Elis anu
ali his senior officers were killed or wounded ana
C,an+aiD wevqant became commander of the regi-
ueut He was wounded several times, and was
created colonel by Congress for gallant service al
Petersburg.
Colonel Weygaut had been Mayor Of Newburs 9;
Sheriff of Orange County. member OF tne bodI tI
Of Education and of the Board Of Supervisors ne
wrote a history of his regiment and severaI VOL
rTnes on family and local history.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-11
REAR ADMIRAL STOCKTON RETURNS
Says International Naval Conference in Lon
don Was Great Success.

Roar Admiral Stockton who retired from the
nav. about a year ago, arrived here yesterday on
the White Star liner Oceanic. He had been on -, a
trip through Europe. when he was selected "niie me
at Naples TO represent the United states al 'ue
International Naval Conference. which began IN
don ON december OF last year and ended on
February q Of this year
Admiral stockton said the conference had oeen d
great success and that It was the first time IN her
history that Great Britain had ever partcpa'eu III
such a conference. lie said he would go direct 10
yCosbf,pton and report TO the State Department
The text Of the Declaration of~fondon. which was
signed bv the delegates OF ten nations he SAID
would not be made public until March -
Admiral stockton was accompanied by MS VIE
and was met at Quarantine by his SON
New-York tribune., 1909-03-11

4 at sed1sa Rs 5ssband Of E Sy s
and father Of J. B. Burt and Mrs. NJ B Glaussen-
Funeral private
cLARKE-As Atlantic CITY March 70. Dslia c-s stone
Funeral Friday afternoon. March r. at o'clock
10, 155 west 5sth ST. New York InteTment at Rus-
city Mo. Marie Perrine Condt wife OF Ira Harrt-
ORA oTanss, Son y j. Friday. Friday, the Eth Instant at
DoREMTs- Passed peacefully away at his residence.
TC-srT,z sc1 80 iste 7-Ts-o, Torsrius ~ Tersev
City servicez Will Be held al his late residence a.
leaving Barclay street at 2:10 p m
DOwNEs-on Tuesday March .. 1909. Dr, John n
no i53 Hsrkiger Gs St Br6oEiyn thursday evening.
March Il at $50 Members Of Ancient Lodge No 2I4.
F. A N. invited attend
pU-NBAR-At Morristovu. y J. Tuesday, March Q;
Elizabeth Kemp. daushtsr Of the late Dr. samuel 1u
James n Banbar. Of New YORK Funeral servics tom
her home 81 Maple MorristoVn, on Thurs
day morning. March II. at 1015-
FABBRIIn Florence Italy on wsdnesdsy rqer1i.s s.ss
and Edith shepard FabbTi in the ath year Of
GREGORY suddenly. on Sunday. March : At Hartford
Gonn MeIyina D. WIDOW or Wlara S'rSsoLys SI,y q
March II. at II a at the residence o. her son-
law. Gerald r Brown. Palisade ave-. Engiewood. y j.
Haven Conn sarah Augusta Bovles wife OF Thomas
Hooker and daughtsr Of The lste samuel Boys IN @ Der
q HiIIhouse ave. New Haven. Conn., On Friday
ILsIEY-At her residence in Cleveland. Ohio. 8fa-th
5 1909. susan Brastow, widow Of the late John
Parker Isley. The funeral viii be held az tEa
Unitarian Church. Germantown Penn, on Thursday.
March II. az 1880 D n
JANES-AIberr T James. the year % his
Funeral services from residence of his William
T No 100 Jamaica Flushing y Z. cn
Friday, March L. 1909. at p
Y4ANTRY-Srddsnly. Monday March s. 1902 John
Iantry. in his s1st year Funeral services az the resi-
dence 1f his Joseph W Lantry. No $50 Putnam
Brooklyn. on Thursday, March H. at ) p m
MERRIAM-On March o a. No 1 6sth ST. Wsltsr
Ffippeau Merriam. OF the James s and Eter-
Hippeau Merriam Funeral private
RAYMOND-Ou March 10. 1909. at residence. No IS
Reusen ST. Brooklyn after long illness. Henrietta
X. wife OF James Raymond. aged IS years
swAIN-On March 10 1900 Edward A. husband %
Mary P Swain. aged 66 years Funeral services az
residence. Hotel Chelsea. West Esd ST. Fri
day afternoon. I O'Clock Interment private
VAN SIYKE-On Wednesday, March 10. 1909. Rev.
SIyke. D D. Funeral services his resi-
deuce 258d Rtverdals-On- Hudson Friday after
noon 4 o'clock House may be reached by subway
Van COrtlandt and trolley 70 253d st, by 2.56
Grand Central TO Riverdale, which will bs
carriages InterInent at convenience of family.
wELIs-On Wednesday morning. March 1909. Ruth.
younger daughter OF David > and Florence F1seman
Wells. Services private
wILDNER-At his residence No s2s sutter ave. Brook
Iyu on March 10. John A Widner beloved HUSBAND
or Manal.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-11
COMPETITION FOR SCHOLARSHIP.

Announcement was made yesterday that the first
cornDAtitfon for the Paris scholarship prize in
architecture offered by the SOcle>y of Beaux Arts
Architects. will be held Saturday. The second
connection will be held April 3. and the final
on May Is. Some of the previous winners of the
paris prfze scholarships are follows: Season OF
,o04 George A LIGHT student of J. r. Freelander
season of 1906, John Wynkoop. student OF Dom
Barber; season of 1906. F. c. Hirons, student Of
Donn Barber; season of 1897. E Sydney Wagner.
student of H. Hornbostel; season OF 1908, William
Van Allen, student Of Dom Barber.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-11
THIS THE LAST WEEK OF KING JoHN'a
Beginning Monday Manten VIII Present Num-
Der of Plays from His Repertory.

This viii be the last week Of King John at the
New Amsterdam Theatre. Beginning next Mon
day 3Ir MantelI Will present a number OF PLAYS
from his excellent repertOry. There viii be varied
bill every week of the engagement The list os
plays for next week follows Monday night.
Wednesday afternoon and Saturday night Mac
BETH; Tuesday night. Hamlet Wednesday
night. Bulwer LyttOn's "Richelieu'': Thursday
The Merchant Of Venice Friday "OtheIIo' and
Saturday afternoon The Merchant OF Venice
The list for the week beginning Monday. March y.
is: Monday. Louis NJ; Tuesday. ~RicheIieu'':
Wednesday afternoon. Romeo and Juliet;
Wednesday night. King Lear Thursday. Mac
beth; Friday. The Merchant Of Venice; satu--
day afternoon. "HamIet'-; Saturday night Rich
New-York tribune., 1909-03-11
Mr.. IaoRRIs,s NEW SENSATION.

William Morris has captured apother twnkler to
head the bill at the numerous variety theatres un-
der his management. Lauder Jefres etc, had
their own speciaties. but Mr. Morris believes ne
has secured a new sensation this time in the per-
son Of Saharet a dancer She will arrive here to-
morrow on the MauGetanla. Her first performance
on the Morris circuit will occur on Monday after
noon at the American Music Hall.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-11
GIVES PORTRAIT OF CYRUS W. FIELD
Justice Brewer Chief Figure at Ceremony in
IryinPton.

Justice David J. Brewer. of the United States Su-
preme Court made the presentation address last
night transferring TO the village OF Irvington a
Dainting of the late Cyrus W. Field. The picture
is a copy Of one by Daniel Huntington IL Is gwen
20 tho yuIape by. Cyrus Field Judson. jr., great
grandson OF Cyrus Field. Justice Brewer is a
nephew OF Mr.. Field.
The village some time ago set about getting a
gallery Of paintings of the famous men who have
lived there Mr. Fields is the third to be presented
Tho others are those of Washington Irving and
General Philip Schuyler. The village was MI
Fields home from 1858 until 1892 The presentation
took place IN the Town Hall. President NJ S
I!eItzhover Of the village accepted the gift
New-York tribune., 1909-03-11
MR., MCCLELLAN BUYS IN PRINCETON
Mayor Will Build House on Mercer Heights,
tn Highest Point Thereabouts-
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune J

Princeton n j. March 10.-MayOr George b
Mcclellan of New York. who has had residence in
Princeton near the Cleveland homestead. for near
" three yeats. has purchased lot on Mercer
Heights the highest point of the residence section
OF Princeton expects 10 build there in the near
Near by are the beautiful estates Of NJ. Taylor
Pine JunIus s Morgan. Archibald D. Russell and
Professor Allan Marquand and the homes OF sew
eraI university professors
The Cleveland farm of seventy acres, near Mount
ucas three miles from Princeton. has been sold 70
David V PiCkers. retired merchant. OF New YORK
The late ex-President purchased the farm when ne
came here from Washington in 1897. II includes
twenty acres of woodland. in which Mr. Cleveland
did considerable hunting
New-York tribune., 1909-03-11
Patrick Il. LAWLOR.

Patrick H. Lawlor one Of the best known aroorl-
culturists in the country. died at his nome IN
Finishing Long Island. yesterday, aged seventy
wears He travelled all over the world IN search
n rare shade trees for transportation 70 America
~. Tapenese maple ndens and fir trees from tne
I1arz Mountains. magnoas from Bermuda ana
tho weeping chestnut are few Of the varle'les
which he brought TO this country and acchnal']eu'
~ ,ao,.os q widow and six chldren-Mrs: D A
-. re az Hempstead: Miss Josephine W. L1aWior'
principal Of Public Schools II and lS; OF , CGro-
- Nc. Martha F Iawlor, James j. lawlor.
= Iav,Ior and Leo r. Lawlor, hortlcItu-
rIst in the Park Department
New-York tribune., 1909-03-11

Colonel S p. Colt president of the United States
Rubber Company, the engagement Of whose son,
Russell. G. Colt announced at Boston yester-
day would neither deny affirm the engagement
when seen at the Holland House yesterday. His
answer to queries simply, Il have nothing
10 say
At the offices Of Charles Frohman it was said
Yesterday that Miss Barrymore had confirmed the
report of her coming marriage to Russell G. Colt
II was further said that defniate date had been
set for the wedding, but that 1t probably would
occur within the next three weeks.
Miss Barrymore has long been one of the most
popular Of American actresses. She is the daugh-
Ter Of the late Maurice and Georgia Drew Barry
more She made her first success member Of
the Empire Theatre company headed by her uncle,
John Drew in 1895 During the next two years she
played in London, and was for time member OF
Sir Henry Irvng's company. She first appeared as
q star in Captain Jinks' al the Garrck Theatre
in 1900 under Charles Frohmans management.
There have been frequent rumOrs of Miss Barry
more's engagement to various men during her
stage career. among them several English noble
men Later she was reported engaged to Lawrence
Irving son of Sir Henry. and to Gerald Du Mau-
rier son OF George Du Maurier. In July 1903, she
announced her engagement to Captain Harry Gra-
ham a former officer in the Scots Guards. The
engagement broken the next year. however
New-York tribune., 1909-03-11
SEX LINE AT PROFESSIONAL MATINEE

There will be special performance tomorrow
afternoon of "A Stubborn Cinderella" at the Broad
U,av Theatre for the men and women of the stage
The information is impaired that the audience Will
he distributed in flair coed fashion, which means
that the women will occupy side OF the theatre
and the men the other. The boxes viii be occupied
by "stars" the women in one division and the
men in another.
New-York tribune., 1909-03-11
MISS B4RRYMORE TO WE'D
Engagement to Russell Gris1cOld
Colt AnnOunced IN Boston.

Boston. March 1O.-OficiaI announcement was
made to-day Of the engagement OF Miss Ethel
Barrymore the actress. to Russell Crrswold Colt.
son OF Colonel Samuel 7. Colt. OF Bristol. r. l.,
president Of the United States Rubber Company.
The marriage viii take place at early date.