The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-03-10
GOSSIP FROM
 WASHINGTON
Interesting News Notes of Men and Their Doings- War on the House Ely.

Washington, March 10.-This prom ises to be sad year for the housefly. The Department of Agriculture is planning to inauguarte a countrywide crusade against him as soon as Spring opens. Hundreds of scientists aided by all the laDorers, all the iiI-smelling drugs and chemicals, and all the cruel screens and mechanical killers that can be pressed into service, will make a concerted attack upon the familiar pest for the purpose of driving him out of existence.
 pr. L. O. Howard, head of the Blu reau of Entomology, who is to be comm n-chief of the Fly Anni- hi1ation army, told some of his plans for the campaign to the House Com 1nittee on Expenditures in the Depart- ment of Agriculture. The first big gun of the war will be fired in the count try districts where the flies in the past have been allowed to multiply without molestation by the farmer A special farmers bulletin is now being prepared by the bureau which will not only give valuable fly killing recipes, but will also display in their horid cOlors the various diseases that. are spread by the fly.
 : During his testimony before the com mittee. Dr. Howard urged the Con gressmen to consider the importance of a law for protecting the country from the introduction of foreign insect and parasite pests that reach us on plant and nursery stock. Of the seventeen serious tree and vegetable parasites that are now costing the farmers of this country millions of dollars annu- ally, he said, more than half had been imported. The Egyptian and browntail moths are among the most destructive of these foreigners. Dr. Howard sa1d that the United States was the only country of importance in the world that made no effort to protect it's or chards and crops by rigid quaran- tine at it's ports.
 The American Civic Association is also in the fly exterminating business. It has organized campaign of educa- ton which will be under the direction of Edward Hatch, Jr., of New York. As a part of it's propa aganda, the Asso- citation has prepared number of mo- ton picture films showing how flies breed in filth and then carry the germs of the disease into the homes of the people. It is planned to have the pie lures displayed in the hve-cent theatres throughout the country.
 Practically the entire military strength of the nation will be under arms and playing at war" during the
 months of July, August and @ Septem- ten Department for the joint maneuvers of the regular army and the militia to be held at ten big camps of instrue- tion The war program, as just an- nounced, will place every regular com mand in the country in the field and only property guards will De. left at the different army posts. The regu- lar forces in every military district, in cluding every arm of the service will be 1nobilized with the militia from the contiguous states and the citizen sol diery will be instructed in all the field. duties of the soldier from policing camps"' to battle problems
 The guard organizations will be mob
 lized as follows. The citizen soldiers of Ohio Kentucky, Ind ana, Michigan. Illinois and West Virginia will join the regulars at F't. Ben H 2rrison, Indian apolis early in September. The Texas organizations will pitch camp at Leon Springs Texas. August 15. The Kan regiments will mobilize at Fit. Riley, Kansas during August; the Colorado and Utah contin gents with the Wyom- ing and South Dakota commands will assem- ble at Fit. D. A. Russell, Wyom- ing July 15: at American Lake, Wash ington the Montana. North Dakota, Idaho Oregon and Washington mili- tia will join the regulars from the De- Dartment of the Columbia, July 30; at Atascadero. California, the Arizona Nevada and California regiments will assemble during August; the Wisconsin guard will go into camp at Sparta, wisconsin, September and Iowa and Minnesota regiments may be diverted from Ft. Riley to this camp;e the new government TnaneuVer grounds at Pine Camp. New York will be used by the Maine New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island and New York troops, the first command assem- bling August 3; the North Carolina, Tennessee South Carolina. Georgia, Florida Alabama and Mississippi reg iments will occupy the camps at Chick