The Penn's Grove record., 1910-04-01

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dent Roosevelt's daughter, will sail
about the middle of May, for England,
where she will join the Roosevelts
and continue with
Mrs. Longworth them until they get
Will Join back to the. United
R~oosevelts. States Representa-
tive Longworth will
remain at home. Mr.. Roosevelt will
attend the celebration of Frontier
Day at Cheyenne, Wyo., the last week
Of August, in accordance with plans
he made before he went to Africa.
Senator Warren feared that the ex-
President might forget the engage
ment, so he cabled him recently ask
ing whether he could attend the cele-
bratien in the last week of August or
the first week of September. He re-
ceived a reply, accepting for the ear
lier date.
Officers will have occasion to long
for the halcyon days of Theodore
Roosevelt, before 'strenuosity" was
introduced into the army, If the new
physical exercise
General Staff order of the Cen
Orders Strenuous eral Staff remains
Physical Tests. unmediied. Not
only must officers
under this order do an annual stunt
of unusual proportions, but they must
do their turn on the highways and by
ways every day in the year, or approx
imately so. An average ride OF 300
miles a month for twelve months in
the year Is to be required of all
mounted officers, while the unmount-
ed commissioned personnel must
grind out half that distance on foot.
Six miles a day mounted, or three
miles a day unmounted, is the edlct
of the General staff, six days in the
week and ffty-two weeks in h year
or Whereabouts. But this is not all.
In addition, there must be an annual
physical test, for which thed daily stunt
is merely practice. Besides the1r
daily work on the road or the tread
mill, all field officers of the cavalry
and field artillery must ride thirty-six
miles a day for three consecutive
days, and all other officers above the
rank of captain must ride thirty miles
a day for three consecutive days. A
great concession is made to officers in
the tropics, for whom the distance
will be reduced one-sixth. The new
physical exercise scheme is to be tried
out on the officers on duty at the
Army War College and on those at
Fort Myer, who are being re-
ferred to by their brother officers as
"the dogs"
K X X
A race is on in the House between
two important committees to place
wireless legislation on the statute
books. The Committee on Merchant
Marine and Fisheries
To Regulate made a favorable re-
the Wireless. port on the Greene wire
less bill, and the Naval
Affairs Committee took similar action
on a measure providing for an inves-
itgation of the entire question by a
board. Both measures go on the
House calendar. and it is probable
that the Greene bill will be acted on
first. 1t provides that no one shall
operate a wireless instrument before
obtaining a license from the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, and
that the apparatus shall be under the
supervision of inspectors from that
department. 1t also provides penal
ties for interference with Government
messages or with relief messages
from ships in danger. The Roberts
resolution reported by the Naval At
fairs Committee provides that a board
of seven members shall investigate
wireless telegraphy and report legis-
lative recommendations at the open
ing of the next session of Congress.
Three experts from commercial COM
panies, one from the Department OF
War, one from the Navy Department,
one from the Treasury Department
and one outside expert are to consti-
tute the board.
For the first time in the history of
the Government a committee of Con-
gress has recommended that the Uni
ted States take charge of a Confeder-
ate cemetery. The Com
Respect For mittee on Military At
the Gray. fairs reported ~favorably
to the House a bill which
provides that the Government shall
take charge of and maintain the Con-
federate cemetery at Springfield, ILL.,,
where many Confederate prisoners
who died within the Union lines are
buried.
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The Administration has decided to
send the scout cruiser Birmingham to
Liberia to render moral support to
the government at Monrovia, which
appears to be seriously men
To Aid aced by an uprising of the
Liberia. natives. Under the treaty OF
1852 the United States en-
joys the privilege, If such it "a be
termed, of interfering in the affairs
of Liberia to the end that the stabfl-
ity of the government may be main
tanned. 1t is understood. moreover.
that the failure of the Department OF
State to take action on the report OF
the commission which recently visited
Liberia at the invitation of the Mon
rowan government has contributed
to the difficulties with which the re-
public is now confronted. 1t Is ex-
pected that this report will be sub
mitted to Congress with a special
message from the President in the i'm
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