The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1911-01-12

| euIp anu dueCuOn. Inc secretaries
are not forgotten and neither are the
telephone operatives. Speaker Clark
this year received his first Christmas
present early. Representative Lang
ley presented Mr.. Clark with q cane
mounted with a deer horn and silver
crest. MIR. Langley recently-~6k to
the Panama Canal Zone and there
secured the wood from which the cane
was made. 1t was fine piece CT tim,
bcr which the French had left behind
them when the De Lesseps forces ad
mtted failure and left the isthmus
and the French cana! project.
In writing recently of newspaper
correspondents in Washington who
have gone into the government serv'
ice several names we're omitted but
first let one be spoken of who still Is
in the newspaper ranks and who sp-
parently looks with no longing eye
for a government job, although it IS
probable that he has been or could
have been offered one many slme.
More Notable Correspondents.
William w. Price is the Washin gton
Stars White House representative.
MIR. Price is North CarOlinian. but
he has lived at the capital for years
and for decade if not longer he has
| been found every day in the press
room of the White House. 1t is prob.
able that Price knows as many public
men by sight as any other man in the
United States. The coming and go.
| ing at the White House Is constant
and the tide sets in January ! and
ends December 81. to begin again on
the morrow Its source is from every
part OF the country from coast to
coast and from Canada TO the Gulf
These men passing in procession
Price has seen and for the most part
knows He is court Of last resort
on names and faces, and he remem-
bers perfectly what this man who has
come today was here for years ago
when he paid a visit to former pres.
idenl.
Thomas r. Ship, who was for some
time what is known In newspaper par
lance as "star reporter" was con.
nected with the indianapolis News
until he was induced to come to Wash
ington by former Senator Albert J.
Beverage. who wanted him for his
private secretary. Some time before
Mr.. Beverage left office Clifford Pin.
chot, who was then chief of the forest
service. asked Mr. Ship to enter the
forest service, and so he left his place
in the senator's Office to take service
under the tree saver" After Mr.. Pin
chot left the government employment
Mr. Shipp went with him as secretary
of the National Conservation associa.
ton. and now he has gone back to In.
dianapoiis to be the executive secre.
tary of the National Conservation
congress.
Major John Nj. Carson and Mrs.
Carson have just celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary. Major
Carson is veteran of the Civil war
and for years he was Washington cor.
respondent of the Philadelphia Ledger.
He was one of the first presidents, Of
the Gridiron club and was perhapa ta1
l-.sesssssiEs l5NE correspond "a Wask.'
ington fifteen years ago. The govern.
ment pressed him into its service
finally as editor Of the daily consular
reports. and last year 1t diverted Mr..
Carsons energies to the European
field, where 1t sent him to make stud.
les OF the commercial conditions.
Army Officers Disagree.
Washington looks on the disagree
ment between General Leonard
Wood, chief of staff of the army,
and Representative Hay. chairman OF
the house committee en- military at.
fairs. over the form Of army reor.
ganization as really a disagreement
between army officers themselves as
to the form reorganization really
ought to take.
If the bill In the form in which
Representative Hay has drawn It
shall pass congress and be signed By
the president. which apparently is
not at all likely, Maj. Gen. Frederick
c. Alnsworth, the adjutant general Of
the United States, will be retired be-
fore long with the rank Of lieutenant
general.
General Wood and General Aims
worth do not agree on a good many
matters connected with the military
profession. 1t is a curious coinci.
dence that both Of these army officers
of high rank. one Of them. General
Wood, the highest ranking officer on
the active list today. entered the
service as assistant surgeon connect
ed, of course, with the medical de-
partment of the army. 1t is true.
therefore, that two doctors have risen
more rapidly in rank than any two
line officers who can be named. Some
one has quoted who shall decide
when doctors disagreed" and It prob.
ably will be for the laymen Of con.
gress to settle the matter.
Representative Morris A.. Sheppard