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to supply the existing army for any
length of time and the additional sum
to supply any definite number of vol
unteerS.
Reserve supplies of material are on
hand at every arsenal. III addition to
the reserve supplies of completed arms.
A plan for the material TO be procured.
its cost and other steps to be taken in
case Of war has been prepared for each
arsenal so that the arsenals can be start
ed upon the receipt of brief kilograms
to go ahead on the plans.
Instructions to bidders and specifica-
tions covering the manufacture of prac-
ticaly every kind of ordnance material
have been prepared for the emergency of
war They will never be used unless
this emergency arises. but they are ready
for instant use.
furnishing ordnance supplies has been
worked out. Eleven Of them have al
ready been established. They are COM
-plete. even to the blank check books and
printed forms that would be used In time
of war The country has been divided
into ordnance supply districts, and at each
arsenal there is complete equipment for
six months. for infantry. cavalry and
militia within the districts supplied by
the arsenal
War numbers have been given to all
supplies. The commander of each arse
nal in the country possesses today spe
cifc instructions for the shipment of
every piece of war material In case war
breaks out he receives q telegram some
thing like this: Ship by freight war
number one to ordnance officer Blank,
together with the officers regiment and
lOca ation.
Such prepa rations before the Spanish
war would have saved endless time eX-
pense and confusion kilograms to the
arsenals then were lengthy and confus-
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organized militia. but that will be COM
posed entirely of men who have been
trained IN one of these two branches
To this plan is added the proposal of
Cen. Wood that enlistments in the regu-
lar army. now three years in length
ment shall be prohibited except in the
case o. men particularly fitted for some
special wor':
In other words, the army is to become
a great military training school for the
men Of America. 1t is to attempt to do,
without force. what Germany does by
compelling all citizens to serve in the
army. BY cutting down the term Of en-
liStment. a great new body of men will
be constantly going into the ranks. and
an equal body Of trained men will be
going out into private life.
What we need is to pass as many men
as possible through the army and then
into a reserve" says Gen Wood ito
have just as many instructed men as we
can in the country. We are trying TO
work out a scheme under which We can
get hold of the men who have passed
through the regular army and the militia,
of whom about 10000 pass into civil life
every year. and keep track of them with
a view to bringing them together a t
maneuvers every other year.
We could secure about three hundred
thousand men in ten years in this way.
and this body should be organized as a
reserve. We feel that ought to work
out a plan 10 bring to he support of the
standing army every instructed man in
the country. as far possible
The regular army at present has an
actual strength of only 1885. and an
authorized strength of only S1.216. The
organized militia of the various states
has a combined strength at present of
113. 6ti0 These two bodies comprising
196, 695 men, represent the nations first
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and night and will produce $50 guns a
year.
These field artillery guns cost s21,ON
each. The army wants 1000 of them. so
that it will have four to every 1.oUU rifles
and sabers. This will be enough to fully
equip a field army of 100000 men, includ-
ing the artillery itself.
The army has been following three dis
tinct lines of effort in its preparation for
the defense of the United States. 1t has
been working with the money in hand to
lay up a great store of surplus arms and
ammunition adequate for any sized army
that future war may make necessary.
1t has been working out a detailed plan
by which the present regular army and
be called into service can be instantly
converted from a peace basis to a war
basis, with practically no danger of con
fusion or mistake.
Lastly, 1t has been planning for a re-
serve army greater than has ever be
fore been thought Of in this country.
The first two plans are already nearing
completion. Whether the third is car
doubtedly DEPEND upon the attitude of
Congress and the President but the
details of the plan are well formu-
lated.
The Spanish war was lesson to
America at what is now considered to
have been a critical period. 1t showed
that the nited States had developed
plans for an army peace basis,
but that confusion and disorder resulted
from the effort to convert that army
into n war machine.
Every step is now being taken toward
the contingency of immediate war. This
does not mean that immediate war is
expected: but whether it comes in
year or twenty. 1t is the plan to have
the army ready TO take the field at A
minutes notice. and the guns. ammu-
milton and supplies ready on the trains
to follow it.
The progress toward this end has been
so rapid and so thorough that it is al
most literally true that a stenographer
in the War Department could set the
machinery in motion in few minutes
today to put the entire fighting equip
ment of the country into the hands of
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line of defense. the force that first comes
into the field when war makes a de-
fensive army necessary.
1t is claimed by military experts that
the army will gradually expand to at
least 10000. and the militia TO 2Oo. 900.
presumably within the next few years
Such growth is expected, to keep pace
with the normal growth of the country.
II to this army is added the new reserve.
with it's 100000 men in ten years. Gen.
Wood says:
1T means that you will have a pretty
good army before you strike the volun-
teers at all. and it will be most econom-
ical procedure compared with our pro-
cedure in the past"
The army officers believe that the
best kind of patriotism is not that which
simply wants to fight, but that which
wants to fight and knows how to go
about it. Modern warfare is far different
from that of 1860 when hundreds of
thousands of men rushed into the fray
with no training.
The modern Springfield rifle is most
complex gun 1t has over 100 separate
parts in its makeup, and it must be
handled with extreme care to prevent
its early deterioration in the hard work
of a war. This is one reason for the
accumulation of the million rifles that
the United States now almost has in
hand. They to furnish the reserve
supply to take the place of broken, lost
or captured guns.
In the same way that the use of the
Springfield gun cannot be learned III d
moment. the operation of the three-inch
field artillery gun. or the coast defense
guns in the eacoast forts of the United
States can be learned only by patient
study and careful training. The modern
field gun costs S21.0JO and takes many
months for its manufacture, and it must
be handled by trained men if its efficien-
cy is to be maintained.
The supply of field guns is now far
below 1000. which the army believes
necessary. There are. in fact, bat 49, of
the modern three-inch guns, and com
paratively small reserve of ammunition
Ammunition will last an indefinite time
The army experts believe it can be held
from ten to fifteen years without loss
of value.
Men are being trained in the coast de-
fense militia TO the operation of the
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governess. She wore simple little
calling Jacket of white broadcloth and
white rolled leather collar-but behind
her trotted a poor-rela tion pup loaded
down with all the finery that a dog of
bad taste can wcar and a dog of good
taste diSdain.
Dog reception. dinners. even garden
parties on large scale have complete
~ gone oUt in Paris
t.schausee sisters, who have all the
fashionable clientele. explain frankly
that the dog fashions became too rich
and the whirl OF dog society too rapid
and tagging. Just as you will scarcely
we'll dressed dogs with earrings so
the society columns of tiaulois and FL
CARO- scarcely record any more of those
crowded ''at homes which seldom
passed without a fight. and often ter
minated in demonfacal miXup.
Dog parties were bad for the little
darlings." said Mile Yvonne Lachausee.
The soothing sirup which had to be
admin stored to keep them suave and
tranquil was bound in the. end to in
jure little stomachs and nervous Sys-
TENS. Even for the most toy precious
dogs society nov aaays means the
open air of the Bois de Boulogne and
afternoon calls in basket"
III l4dfnduSeB SISTERS cutting room
the walls are simply covered with the
patterns OF the most aristocratic dogs
Of Paris. Men like James Gordon Ben
nett. Count Robert de Montesquiou
and Arthur Meyer may trust TO their
saddlers for the severe tailor effects
which satisfy their pets: but great la
dies like the Comtesse de Chateau
BRAND and Nine. Maurice Ephrusi are
Obliged 10 match the costumes of their
bijou black terriers and Belgian griS-
fDnS with their material
and trimming
At the Lachausce establishments Of
the Rue de la Roetie. just off the
Champs Elysees. / got an interview
with Mile. 1vonne while Mile. Emile
was taking measure for an exquisite
white and yellow butterfly scarce out
OF puppyhood. belonging to Nine. Bali,
president of the Paris Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
THE we'll dressed little dog" said
Mile. Yvonne. begins the day in a lit
tie morning shirt buttoning down the
back, covering the chest and stomach
Snugly as with broad band. but leav-
ing shoulders and launches free in
movement. In summer 1t is made OF
tennis tissues. In autumn. winter ana
spring il may be Of flannel or molleton
white with red blue stripes is
very smart for winter mornings. 1t is
TO go out in the mornings with the
man servant for a little walk In the
Place des E.tats Cnis. Place lena or
the Champs Elysees. Also when the
little dog is sick he stays all day In
his morning shirt-very practical. rec
commended by physicians. The Princess
de Broglie has had morning shirts lined
with fur and made of very elegant
broadcloth for her delicate Japanese:
but the tendency is to keep them
smartly rough and ready like a mans
sack suit. really dressy dog will use
up dozen in a winter.
Are shoes worn with it," I asked
Shoes are gone out, said Mile Yvonne,
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the army, and to start vast force Of
workmen upon the manufacture of
new and greater supplies of guns and
Before a committee of the House of
Representative December IA. Mai. Gen.
Leonard Wood. chief of staff and com
manding officer of the army, made this
significant statement.
we must begin to run the army as a
military proposition. consolidate 1t and
organize it as a fighting machine. 1t
has been doing all sorts of valuable work
heretofQre-develop Alaska, governing
Cuba, holding this, that and the other
place. 1t has been very useful: it has
done a tremendous work. But now
think we ought to begin to look at il as
a military machine, and as powerful
means for the instruction of the organ
lied militia. and as a nucleus around
which we can form our reserve in time
o. war
Everything is ready for the word of
war IN the ordnance branch Of the army.
While the general staff is planning for,
and training. this great fighting machine.
the ordnance department. under Gen:
C.oZier. is bringing to completion the
greatest system this country has ever
known for putting its army into the field
fully equipped.
that have been made, and which are
complete in every detail:
There are drafts of letters to the gov
ernors of all states. telling them ex-
actly how to secure arms and amminl-
ton for the militia and volunteers
There are complete instructions, In let
ters and kilograms to all arsenal com
manders, to inspectors of ordnance at
the various manufacturing plants. 10
contractors who furnish arms or ammu-
milton and TO all officers who may nave
to act quickly in time OF war.
Plans are complete for the exact num-
Der of new officers, clerks and enlisted
men needed in the offices, the arsenals
and all other points where ordnance sup
plies are made or handled
The Office knows to an exact figure now
much money is needed to supply every
volunteer called out. 1t has the exact
data as to the supplies on hand, the
sum Congress would have to appropriate
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The Critics.

COMERSET MAUGHAM. the weH
- known playwright, said at a theat-
rical supper in New York:
Critics are fine chaps. hut | must con-
Tess that when they condemn your play
you feel annoyed.
II wonder why we call the people in
the top OF the house gods?' an actress
asked an unsuccessful play wright once.
We do that. the unsuccessful play
wright answered. so as to distinguis5
them from the people in the bottom OF
the house who write the criticisms"
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Tell me about calling costumes" l
said.
After lunch the well dressed dog must
not bc in his morning shirt. The calling
costume Uh!ch must match the costume
of the lady, is of broadcloth velvet or
other tissue as NAV be. satin-edged. en-
broidered. soutached. with a pocket hold
ing the iace-edged handkerchief to wipe
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10 q great system that has been worked
out in the ten years since the close of the
Spanish war. Thrown into the mails and
put upon the telegraph wires, they would
bring into sudden activity every elenen;
of the war equipment of the nation. They
would start train loads of guns and am
munition to certain points which have
been determined upon as the places for
equpping troops. They would start every
machine in every arsenal and in every
private powder or ammunition factory
with which the government has con-
tracts. They would open up bids for i'm
mense quantities Of all sorts of war
equipment.
There is attempt made TO answer
the question of whether the United
States is fully prepared for war: but to
give summary of the steps that have
been taken. the plans that are now IN
process of working out and the facts re-
SardnS the reserve war equipment of
tie United States and war plans that
have been completed.
The. country faces today the proSpec.
- having a standing and reserve army
of from -,Gptss, to 6Jp.,*i9 trained men
within ten years. To accomplish this it
will be necessary to add TO the regular
army and the organized militia thiri
body. which will probably be known as
tie national reserve.
This body is rot yet organized. nor IS
the. authority given for its foundation.
Hut the attitude of army officers IN their
reports Of this year and IN tEer state
ments before congressional committees
indicates that its establishment is fully
expected.
Before the end of another year there
will be in the arsenals and the military
stGTehouses of the United States !, 10000
rifles and over 150.W9.Go0 rounds of am
munition for them. over 6tI,tnO of these
are of the latest type of Springfield rifle
and tho balance are Kracs. The work of
storing up this reserve Of rifles will con-
time until SD.tss Springfelds and aO.nJb
Krags arc hand, with $4,000
rounds Of ammunition.
The Rock Island arsenal is turning out
seventy-five Springfield rifles a day. and
the Springfield arsenal 40. The various
arsenalS and manufacturing plants are
making 255 three-inch field artillery guns
a year: and If the plans OF the army
heads receive the approval of Congress
the plants will work at full capacity day
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said Mile Yyonne. no Well dressed dog
goes out into the rain without one. For
terriers they include hood, but loUk
haired dogs affect the medicis collar.
While Mile. Lachausee left me for
moment. | examined a showcase full -
very expensive collars.
Il understood that jcwelry had gon-
out" | said: but here ar" morocco aud
white leather collars stitched with goil
t3at have pendants OF emerald hearts.
enamel Strawberries and turquoise balls
falling al round from gold threads.
They are not jewe,ry. laughed Mile.
Lachausec. only the well dressed littl4
dog is particular about his or her collars.
Take this chain Of light gold wire with a
ribbon passed through ii.
ONLY certain fiuffy. long-haired dogs can
wear il. 1t would look ridiculous on 4
terrier. Vet there are terriers who sport
it-even in the open air, Certainly ribboa
effects are not altogether avoided hy re
best dressed terriers but, in general. ~
that is ribbon is for the apartment-tt1e
house, the parlor. while all that is leather
is for the street or the park.
l began to learn the shades OF fashiona-
able taste.
Long-haired dogs affect rolled leather
collars Short-haired dogs look bed IN
fiat leather collars. No other garmeH 50
lends Itself to The expense pernlitte6 h"
good taste. Semi-preciouS stones that
dangie from them Oh gold threads ought
10 be cut in fanciful shapes to dekfa =
from the ostentatious effect of a nera
jewel All this is a matter of DELICATE
shades Of correct taste. not eaSilyE ac-
qured by common dogs. "a
Useful harDess-whicn prevents bptal
menservants from pulling the pets nead
off I'm hygienic morning uaiks-are oEtha
finest Turkey morocco of all shades, dfco-
rated with long rows OF gold headed NAILS.
Even the gentle goNerness of afternsons
prefers to lift little dog dearest BY his
harness. and some little fellows pun 50
hard that they would choke themselves
were the leash attached TO collar.
Harness and leash or collar and leash
are ALWAYS matched concluded Mile
Emile Iachausee. as ! took my depart
ure ROLLED or plated leather leashes
are in favor: but the harness is ALWAYS
fat When the leash is a gold chain. the
collar must be of gold Turkey MOROCCO"
And the little whip must match tho
leash and collar" added Mile. Yvonne.
What, A whip" ] exclaimed I'm aston
shnent.
Yes. the little whip of plated leather"
ITO strike Pet or Dearest"
.'Of no. IL is to chase away the other
dogs" replied the fashionable furnisher
with JUNCTION. STERLING HELLO.
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indgestions, skin affections. fioas and lit
tie wounds. She must give the morning
bath and combins, brush teeth after meals.
keep the wardrobe in order and be ready
to spring out of bed at the first yowl.
She ought to know marcel waving and
shampooing for emergencies and travel
ing, but really well dressed dogs have
the barber come three times a week.
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coast defense guns. and enough men can
now be secured To man the forts along
both shores. In its coast defenses the
United States is fairly well prepared for
any war that might threaten. 1t has
the guns. but ii still needs adequate
searchlights to enable the forts to use
them at night; and it needs more men To
operate the guns. and trained troops TO
defend the forts from flank attacks nv
an enemy on land.
One great forward step toward the
training of the militia and the army for
active field service was taken last spring
when the first paper armies" were Gre
ated. In three districts the War De
partment has designated certain regular
troops and certain militia troops that
shall act together in forming field army
for training and study.
These districts are soon to cover the
whole United States Every body of mill
tia in the country will be designated -
act with certain regulars. Instruction il
every branch of the service and in eN-
cry detail of field operations will be ca
ried on. Thus far none of the fiei
armies has been called out. but a
mobilization of at least one or two Of
them is expected this year.
This will show foicibly how nearly
complete the preparations of the War
Department are for throwing an army
into the field. The strides that have
been made in the last few years ars
striking. but critics within the army still
assert that it is unprepared for war in
many particulars. Cen. Wood says that
there is not enough ammunition, and not
enough instructed men. Gen. crozier
says that the supply of field artillery
aud ammunition is far below What II
should he. but that there is an abundance
of rifles and rife ammunition
Gen. Bell, inspector for the Department
of the Columbia, says that the trans
portation methods the same used in
the civil war: that the field army II
trained in theory. but not in practice.
Gen Murray. chief of coast artiller,,
SAYS that new body of men is needed
to defend the coast forts from landwari
attacl.
The work of the army has been consist
entity, however, toward preparedness for
war, and the great progress that has
been made is little realized by the public.
In many respects the nited States II
ready for the drop of the hat. In many
others the framework of the system i
ready, and the builders know exactly
what material they want, and are plan-
ming to get il.
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"they only worry little dogs and break
their lovely nails-at least the manicures
say So
"Manicures?'
Surely" replied the most fashionable
furnisher of Paris THE manicure comes
three times week TO snip. file. form.
color and polish as for persons. and the
governesS does the rest, returning from
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each promenade You can imagine that
the little fellow cannot soil his nails dur
ing an afternoon call
"A governess. as for children?' | asked.
More So answered Mile Yvonne. If
the little dogs governess is not required
to impart English or German. she must
be q canine trained nurse, strong in the
first symptoms OF COLES, constlpations,
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lfE really tas llor-
able dogs Of Paris
dress with elegant
simplicity that bar-
n - oStcatatioSS
EarvenuS.
r h ir cor. IN
mate taisorS a,1d
couturieres pro :
4 Il &c garments
" hose purity of
line iiSdaius com
plications of mere
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little eyes and nose"
Mile. Emile showed me charming
tailor coat of brown broadcloth edged
with three narrow folds of the same cloth.
severe, chaste. but of great distinction.
created for one of Nine Jules F.phrusi' :
white terriers. Iong-haired little dogs
like lou-lous. Jararese and Pekinese-
never wear rolling collars their fluffy
halr pushed up makes a beautiful collar
of their own
Apart from collars" said Mile Emile
the genre tailor and the genre dress
maker are worn indiscrmately by short
and iong-haired dogs. Certainly short
haired terriers are given TO affecting tail
ormades, while fluff pets seem to bear
softer tissues, enlbroideres and the fou
effects of the dressmaker.''
But. fashion makes no hard and fast
diStinclicn?" / said.
Evidently, the cut varies. continued
Mile. Gvonne Lachausee. The terriers
coat must have rounded back. while for
lou-iou the back must he straight 50
that the tail. sticking proudly up. shall
form panache-a plumed knight effect"
| mentioned the vast. quantity of pat
terms covering the walls Of the cutting
room
'Ultra-fashionah hle white terriers like
those of Nine. Louis Sterne, Mime. Jules
Ephrusi the Camtesse de Chateau
BRAND have as many calling and receI,-
tion costumes as their mistresses" said
Mile. Emile 1T is perfectly simple
Whenever new gown tailor suit is
made the lady has a piece of the ma
terlal. embroidery, soutac!,e. gallon. but
tons and other trimmings sent to.l:s for
the dogs costume The Belsian griffons
of the Princess Bara tinski and Nine
Mauric Ephrusi spend almost as much
time trying on as ordinar, ladies. of So
ciety. When we keep distant customers
supplied with up-to-date modes-like
Princess Helen Of Servia and the Aus
trian rehdukcs--l.erations must he
made os the spot r. myself or my sis
ter we take turns in doing those long
trips. At the same time we furnish them
with the latest novelties in travelling. re-
ception and sleeping baskets
The showrooms were full of luxurious
dog baskets. Make no mistake Dogs
who sleep with their governess, sleep IN
open wickerwork rlatters wadded lightly
with elder, but upholstered in simple ere
tonne. When You one upho stored iii
satin, it means that the little dog sleeps
in the bedroom of its mistress.
Lined with satin. too. are the reception
baskets, rooted with a basket canopy.
they are satin-lined frames for setting off
the pampered pei. These canopies stand
in reception rooms and boudoirs; and in
them the little beasts learn to sprawl in
solently. dogs being we'll known for yield
ing to temptations of snobbishnesS and
vainglory when they do not get a good
example from their mstresSes. The toy
dog OF good taste sits beneath its satin
lined canopy when callers enter.
While we talked the governess of the
Princess de Sagan's Blenheims came for
their new waterproofs
Admirable garments. very practical