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gether to the liking of officers and en-

listed men, and which, II is said also,
is not altogether to the liking of the
administration OF course no one
knows what change of mind may come
to the army and to President Taft,
but Mr.. Hay and his colleagues in the
house. in order to give the bill an adj
ditional chance for passage and sigma
ture, have attached it as rider" to
the army appropriation bill.
This means that If 1t passes. thu
president in signing the appropriation
bill must sign the other bill also. He
cannot separate the two, and II he
wishes to veto the Hay bill as vicious
legislation" he must also veto the
measure which provides sustenance
and pay for officers and enlisted men
Of the army.
Way back In the time of President
Hayes. congress passed an army ap-
preparation bill with rider" attach
ed which was Objectionable to the Re-
publican party and the Republican ad-
ministEation The president did not
hesitate minute to veto the bill. and
as a sequence the army found itself
without pay for a considerable period
Of time. Warren Leland, one of the
hotel keeping brothers, who were in
their day as good hosts and providers.
had been given good share Of army
patronage, officers seeking out the Lee
land hotels In whatever cities they
could be found. The old Sturtevant
house In New York, which stood at
Broadway and Twenty-eighth street,
and which long ago disappeared, was
one of the Leland hostelries. There
was another In Chicago, and some 9TH
ers elsewhere
Warren LeIand's Big Offer
When President Hayes vetoed the
army appropriation bill in order to ge%
rid OF its rider" Warren Leland wrote
q personal letter to every army and
navy officer in the United States and
to the members of the furlough and
graduating classes at West Point and
Annapolis. In the letter he said that
his hotels, and all that was In them.
were at the command of the officers
Of the army and navy and that he was
perfectly willing to wait till dooms-
day for his pay. knowing that II at
any period this side Of that day con-
gress should pass the army BILL the
money recompense for board and lodg-
ing furnished would be forthcoming.
Mr. Leland lost nothing by this word
of welcome to officers of the service,
who faced temporary conditions OF
pauperism.
Mr.. Merriar's New Position.
Dir. c. Hart Merriam, who I'M
til recently was the chief of the
governments biological survey, which
is bureau of the department OF
agriculture, IS now the head of what
is known as the Hartman Geological
Foundation with headquarters in this
city. DR., Merriam Is perhaps the high.
est authority In America on subjects
pertaining to the life OF mammals and
birds, and he is one OF the chief au-
thorities on American Indian history.
tradition and folk lore.
t The Hartman Geological Founda-
ton was provided for in the will of
Edward H Hartman, the railroad
/ magnate. who died less than two years
( age. The headquarters OF research
; now have been established In Wash
| ington, and here Mr. Merriam, in &C
5 cordance with the wishes of Mr. Har,
! riman. as expressed in his will. Is to
3 carry forward the work of extending
. knowledge of natural history
l Few people knew that Edward II.
= Hartman, one of the richest men in
the United States. and one whose time
,f,,,x II 1,
q over to the extension OF railroad lines
> and the securing of railroad holdings,
f had any other heart interest than that
1 of business.
4 Discovering His Other Side.
+ If ere may be forgiven for speaking
personally, the story Of how | found
{ oat that Mr.. Hartman cared for other
+ things than his family. and stocks and
e bonds. may not be unInterestirg Not
2. long before Nj. Harriman's death,
y new spaper business called me 10
" Augusta. Ga Ny companion on the
trip knew Edward II Hartman rer
q soHally. just as the train was leaving
e Washington, Mr.. Harrimans private
= car WAS attached 10 Il, fer the railroad
man vas going Oh visit 10 his broth.
+ er I'm tho south.
My companion was invited to dine
S with NJ. Hartman IN Ids private car,
r aad 7 was included in tie invitation
+. out OF politencss= / never had seen
F Mr. Hartman before set in the
( first sea; at his left at the dinner Ia
r BILE The other guests were three men
/ 81 -hu - business affairs, orc Of them
the head of the greatest railroad or.
, SANITATION in the United States and
/. the others proportionately great in the
! world OF business, Nothing but bust
> ness was talked at the dinner table:
r the. extension of this The and that
{ line; and stocks and bonds and other
r things foGtcd around until | felt ut
, terly shut out because Of these things