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Impossible for English.

A PROPOS of the English boycott upon
German music. DR.. Leopold Richter.
the well known conductor. said In Mil
waukee:
''The English. anyhow. don't care very
much for German music. The English
are too conventional. Your English
musician. your English actor. your
English author, he must always be a
gentleman Well, gentlemen are
rather limited, rather narrow. There
are SO many things gentlemen can't
do.
when my friend DIR. Richard Strauss
was drilling the Covent Garden orches-
ira in 'Elektra,' he was very much an
noyed by the tameness of the English
playing. Finally. at a wild and savage
passage. he raped sharply with his
baton and said:
You are all playing like gentlemen.
Don't play like gentlemen-play like
wild beasts
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Copyright, 1914, by Underwood & Underwood.
ed in frst-aid work on the field. In
every sick room in the barracks these
non-commissioned men are placed, to
see that the ailing soldier obeys the
surgeons orders. Smoking, however
convalescent the patient, is forbidden.
The young German given sanitation
duty, and in this being on the lowest
rung Of the medical service, is COM
PEELED to serve fully twelve months in
some military organization before he
can even be listed for eligibility as sani-
tary officer. A number of women allied
with the Red Gross in Germany have
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war archives of Berlin and it's great
libraries, and from these manifold
works prepare compositions for the
study of the 200 officers
The section devoted to topography
not only makes the maps of the en-
reproduces very. carefully the map Of
every foreign country and keeps on
hand large number of maps outlining
the theaters of war most likely to
open up first. To a person entirely
most interesting things concerning the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20
The Bait.

7 E HARDY De BEAULIEU. the Bel
gan consul to Savannah, said the
other day:
heisium's heroic resistance to the
Herihah invaders threw the German
eonmissariat into confusion. and thus
the troops around Liege had to live on
swamp water and a spoonful of dried
peas day. The poor fellows, in fact,
were starving.
"A Belgian Gardiner became famous
Tor the number of German prisoners
he brought in daily. The brave man
said of his success:
don't go out after the Germans
with my gun any more. Oh, no. l go
out after them with a pie. When they
see it, they follow me in droves'"
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taken regular garrison training.
The three great aids the kaiser relies
upon in army affairs are the minister of
war. the great general staff and the in
spectors. The minister of war, as head
of the military cabinet. communicates
tiers of first Importance in the army
armament. Notifications and administra-.
tions-before reaching the emperor are
laid before one of the six departments
of the war ministry. Those departments
most active during war times are the
medical division and the general war
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one commissioned officer and two
men from each company to be placed
under battalion adjutant. to attend
to telephone communication with the
regiment The telegraph wagon car
ries always the necessary supply of
cavalry wire and not less than $50
meters of cable
regiment is made up of three bat
talions, under command of a colonel
or lieutenant colonel Special units of
the army are the machine-gun COM
pany, whose great draft horses are no
less ponderous and enduring than the
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A Fashion Note.

GONE blessing. at least, will come to us
from this dreadful war We shan't
be inundated with shocking French
fashions"
The speaker was a leading club
woman. She resumed:
AT a club dinner the other evening a
man fashion WATERMAN fashion writ
ers are the best-said to me:
"A truce to these foreign modes,
They are caricatures'
Caricatures" said /. 'Caricatures?
Yes. perhaps. But wouldn't it be more
accurate to call them take-offsg"
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that the climate of Persia is very trying
to an American. For instance, the hot
season Is long and dry, and in the rainy
season it is a rare thing to have a clear
day. I have also heard that we shall
have all native servants. Foreigners of
the lower classes do not go to the orient.
But Mrs. Russell tells me that the natives
are splendid servants, SO l haven't an
idea but that we will feel indigenous be-
fore very long.
II have also heard that the roads are
very good. and that things generally are
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and a regular cavalry commission,
whose duty, not unlike that Of the
commissioners of city under the new
form of government so many cities
have recently adopted, is to study con-
stantly every point at issue which
might arise in the cavalry in time of
war.
In time of peace there is but one cav
airy division remaining in organiza-
ton, the guard in the capital. The re-
mainder of the cavalry is brigaded, and
each peace division" has one brigade.
That this is not satisfactory to many
was evident last spring, when it be-
came known that the new army bill,
providing for increases of various
kinds. had failed to allow for the or
ganization of cavalry divisions in time
of peace. At the present, during the
fighting, a cavalry division is COM
manded by lieutenant general, and
Is made up of three brigades of cav
airy, two regiments and four eskad-
rons, the last consisting of a captain,
$50 men, $50 horses, three vehicles and
ioo lances-one battalion horse artil-
lery, one machine gun abteilung, one
ton column and 5000 men, $500 horses.
200 vehicles and $500 1ances
Ihe cavalry division also has two
wireless station equipments connecting
directly with army headquarters,
twelve telephone detachments, almost
as many sets of signal equipments, an
automobile, motor cycle and six tele-
graph wagons. The horses used are
bought in the open market and sent at
once to the remount depots to be
trained for war. The first and second
iieutenants of cavalry may select
chargers that have been in service two
years.
After an officer has had an animal
1 l SO long as four years it becomes
his personal property, and for the
work of war he may have a fresh
mount. Those officers who bring their
own favorites from their own stables
are paid between $3.50 and $500, but
In installments that reach over a
period of almost ten years. The min
lstry or war has special remount de-
partment, which does nothing but at
tend to the assigning of horses to
each unit OF the army, where requests
Tor mounts originate.
These requests must come through
the corps headquarters. seat of the
sovereignty of the powerful corns
commander. who must drive the reins
OF his government of $4,000 men with
no unsteady hand. There are besides
this veritable city Of men, whose num-
Der is no less than that which would
constitute the adult males in a town
OF 100000, 1.400 horses. 1,4o0 vehicles,
25.750 rifles and IA guns. This Is not
inclusive of the 5000 men in the am
munition and train columns Though
the peace organization attempts to
correspond as much as possible with
these ngures and arrangements, this
is the actual war strength Of the
corps.
A mobolized army corps then consists
OF one company of pioneers, two in
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very modern and up to date This is a
consolation, for 1t is not pleasant thing
TO move from all of the modern con-
ventences back to primitive existence.
Altogether, | know that it will be "A
wonderful experience for us. expect il
TO be real education for me, and / ex-
pect 10 spend as much of my time as
possible in studying the women. tbs,r
work and their ideals. with a view TO
telins American women about them
through the articles that l hope to
write
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department., with it's several subdivi-

department, with its several subdivi-
sions.
The ministry of war as chief author
ity in army administration, also appor-
tions the appropriations of the reich
stag, and this is done under the super
vision of the felzeugmeisteri. a bureau
which unites the work Of what is known
in the American army as ordnance de-
partment and the quartermaster depart
ment
This rather remarkable part Of the
German army is responsible for the
buying Of all the material for war. the
means of transportation. train equip
ment, arms and ammunition, the in
spection of the arsenals Of infantry and
artillery, the artillery depots. train de-
pots, field hospitals and the mobilization
Of trains. Quite contrary to the belief
Of most people, much Of the army equip
ment is made by government factories.
Only In times Of war may private firms
expect large orders for arms. a fact not
true until late years, when 1t was found
that trusts made arms needlessly ex-
pensive outlay for the German people,
and that labor strikes were against de-
pendable conditions.
The general staff, with its 200 officers,
works out in the finest detail every
matter concerned with the army's or
ganization. In times of peace it col
lects information of all probable enc
mics theaters Of war, and trains the
officers who shall lead the troops.
When a state of war was recently de-
clared In Germany the members of the
general staff were supposed to stand
responsible for the efficiency to be dis
played in action. besides aiding the
chief of staff in immediate matters of
strategy and tactical and administra-
tive business.
OF perhaps first Importance In the
minds of many German militarists is
the section of the general stair which
is devoted to the procuring of informa-
ton of foreign ,fortresses. In time of
war the utilization of this informa-
ton devolves upon its sources, so that
it is not to be marveled at that the
war colleges of the empire and all the
commanders of the entire German army
are under the necessarily capable
chief of the great general staff. The
historical section studies the histories
Of all ancient and modern wars, in the
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fantry divisions. one balloon troop,
onehaf company signal troop. one
radio troop. one telephone troop, one
cavalry telegraph, twelve ammunition
guns. thirteen supply columns, one
corps bridge train, two field bakery
columns. two horse depots and twelve
field hospitals.
The four first assistants Of the corps
commander, those whose duty it Is to
commander individually the four Sec
largely from the graduates of the war
academy, though there is opportunity
for especially able men who have
risen from the ranks" Perhaps the
four officers marshaling the corps
stand for more rigid lines of exact fit
ness, necessarily marked by numerous
diplomas, than any other commander
in the entire German army.
Medical service appertaining to the
battlefield Is thoroughly systematized
in Germany, and its lines of rank are
as hardly drawn as among the COM
manders themselves. Such service,
however, is most highly esteemed and
cation and extraordinary mettle to be
eligible for the mere candidacy to en-
roll as a student in the Kaiser Will
helm Academy for Military Surgeons.
To qualify for the final appointment
of surgeon in the army of the kaiser
takes unwavering determination.
Learning that the course extends over
a period of ten half years, there is no
fear that when the young man who is
striving to attain his emperor's recog-
milton and berth in Prussian, Bava-
rian or Saxon regiment, as it may be,
reaches his aim, he will have the cour-
age to stand among scenes Of carnage
and calmly direct the relief of wound
ed and dying men.
The corps surgeon is an autocrat
within his particular sphere. He has
the rank of colonel, and is Independent
Of authority, with. of course, the ex-
ception Of his sovereign. The sanitary
bureau is the medico- military institu-
ton supervised by him, and in which
he attends to all measures of santa
ton connected with the army. He
superintends all hospitals and performs
the gigantic task Of reading the sick
geon. under his chiefs direction, has
charge Of the carefully outlined in
struction of the personnel of the army
medical service.
- X j.
AS lieutenant colonel he directs the
training of the company litter bearers,
who are under the immediate charge
of the troop surgeons; he is second in
authority in hospital work, and he
plans the especial instruction Of medi-
cal officers. in times OF maneuvers.
Every regiment has its own regimen
tai surgeon, ranking as major, and
having under him two battalion sur
geons who rank as captains. These
have assistant surgeons during periods
of extreme distress in campaign, and
are further aided by each company of
the regiment being assigned several
non-commissioned officers, privates or
lance corporals. who have been school
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A Great Fighting
Force Which Goes
Into Battle in Units.
Recent Addition to
Germany's Necessary
Peace Siren 6 t h."
Medical Service of the
Battle Force Re-
cruiting and Mobiliza-
toni &C tica | In
struction and Train
ing.
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Il have been talking to the wife OF
the retiring minister" said Mrs. Cald-
well. "and she tells me that will find
the legation building very comfortable.
have seen pictures of It, and II 1t has
no other quality to recommend 1t, the
romance that seems to. hover about ita
porticoes and garden will suffice to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20
She Looks Forward
Eagerly to a Sojourn
at T eheran The
Change Will Be Virtu-
ally From Modern
Civilization Back to
the Primitive.
September IS, 1914.

september u, 1914.
OW would you like
to move from Fort
Scott, Kan. to Te-
heran, Persia? That
Is what Mrs. John
l.. Caldwell. wife
of the newly ap-
pointed minister to
Persia. is doing. 1t
is a long stretch
from Kansas to
Persia 1t means
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why. Win varying tneOF1eS- II is
rather to be noted, however, that all
those who insist upon believing the
kaiser will triumph claim that he will
do so because of his arIny's organiza-
ton.
Germany's military policy, ever since
1870, has been to leave nothing I'M
done that would prepare for suprem-
acy- Only year ago new army bill
was passed in the reichstag. providing
for a wonderfully large addition to be
immediately made for necessary peace
strength" and at once every detail was
announced as ready for developing,
through the issuance of an order COW
ering no less than 113 pages. Such
care in detail is. perhaps. the keynote
of the organizatio which the friends
of the German army declare will be its
shield
The German army, according to an
American officer who has studied the
armies of many nations, fights by
corps. end, whether in peace or war,
is so managed. The unit first consid-
cred, and at the basis of all plans new
or old, is therefore the body of $4,000
men which constitute an army corps
among the Teutons. There are twenty
five of these now, and each has a ter
ritorial district of it's own, from the
time it is formed, with the exception
of the guard of the capital at Berlin.
The corps COMMANDER is given au-
thority over all things military within
the confines of the district assigned to
him, and is responsible only to the
kaiser Recruiting and mobilization are
his to direct, and from his supervision
of tactical instruction and correct
training and maneuvers is supposed
to proceed Germany's readiness for
war. His staff, with a major general
at its head, is said to be most care
fully divided for the heavy duties de-
volving upon even the peace organ
iZation.
There are four divisions, the first
having two to four officers of the gen.
eral staff in command for attention to
the field service. quartering, marches
and maneuvering, the manuals, reg
ulations for the different arms and
mobilization. The second section
under the general head of adjutancy,
with perhaps three adjutants attached,
looks after the personnel of the corps,
the recruiting and discharging, the
arms and ammunition, the remount
companies and the troops to be fur
Laughed.
Section three is that which admin
listers justice. and section four. last
but by no means least, combines the
overseeing of religion and medicine
for the soldiers. This last, of course,
takes in the veterinary service, too,
no small thing in an army where the
cavalry's duty is to act as informa-
ton bureau of the army.
The cavalry of the German army.
though under the direct supervision
of the powerful corps commander,
must also report to the emperor, in
the person of inspectors named par
ticularly for that purpose The cav
alryman who rs so fortunate, or so I'M
fortunate in the eyes of some, to be
rendered this honor. bears the title of
inspector of cavalry, maintains beau
tiful residence in Berlin and possesses
the rank of the corps commander.
There are four inspectors under him.
who rank as division commanders.
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Y many the opin-
ion is maintained
t h at Germany
must finally win
out in the indie
scribable war that
is holding En-
ope in | t s
clutches. Others
as strongly de-
clare that such is
impossible, a n d
proceed to tell
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guns themselves, and the machine gun
battery, the jaegers- infantry trained
in musketry-and the mounted field
jaegers, created by Frederick the Great
in 1740. and numbering eighty lieuten-
ants who have served as officers of
jaeger battalions.
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lived with her parents in Peoria, Kan,
up to the time of her marriage to Mr..
Caldwell. She has been married twelve
years and has three children-a girl.
Ethelyn. and two boys, John de Lambert
and Richard.
They are sturdy youngsters and were
excited at the prospect of the journey
to Persia It meant leaving all Of their
little friends and schoolmates in Fort
Scott, but the contemplation of the queer
and interesting little playmates they
might make in Persia was enough of an
inducement to wean them away without
Mr.. Caldwell has held no diplomatic
post before this present appointment.
He is one Of the prominent lawyers of
the middle west and has been a member
Of the Kansas state senate. He ran for
Congress a few years ago, but was de-
feated, due to the fact, his wife says,
that their state is ''hopelessly republic
can"
Mrs. Caldwell is more of a home body
than anything else. She is fond of tenn
perate social life and belongs to all of
the prominent clubs of her city, but that
is the extent of her interest. She is very
thoughtful and thorough in all that she
does. Her tastes run to household activ-
tiles. and it is a. question in her mind
whether she would rather stay at home
and play with her babies or go to club
meetings.
She has been delicate all Of her life and
obtained her education almost entirely
through tutors. The rearing of her chill
dren along natural lines has been one OF
her chief interests. Last summer she pur-
chased a small farm near Fort Scott and
sent them to 1t for the season. They were
allowed to do whatever they pleased and
they became real farmers before the sea-
son was over
In fact. they are SO enthusiastic about
the life that they still proclaim with
gusto that they are going to be farmers
when they get "big.',, If one asks them
what they wish to be when they are
grown up. The little girls taste runs to
dramatics. She is born actress, says
her mother, and has all of the emotional
requisites necessary.
While in Washington Mrs. Caldwell
spent much of her time in conversation
with Mrs. Russell. the wife Of the retir-
ing minister to Persia
81 found out many Of the practical
everyday facts said Mrs. Caldwell,
'that the magazines neglected to men,
ton. or which were not relevant to the
scope of their articles. l have been told
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keep me interested in it. There is a
large fountain in the front yard, which
seems In the picture / have seen to be
paved. The vegetation Is not great, SO
I suppose I can expect nothing in the
way Of elaborate gardens. But the
ground line Of the house and the bed
about the garden are filled with spiky
long-leaved plants that look very ex-
otto.
Persia is as oriental as India; in
fact, 1t is right on the famouse old
caravan routes. and I imagine that life
there will seem as fantastic as though
I were living in play. The people
ride about the town on camels. My
children, Of course, think that this ia
going to be great fun. 1t doubtless will
be for them. I haven't decided yet
whether l shall try Comeback riding or
not.
IT wanted to take a motor car. but
we have been told that the whole city
of Teheran contains about three. So
we decided that we would wait until
later and see whether we would really
nave much use for one. l drive my
own car. and 1t will be rather a hard
ship to- do without 1t. I love motoring.
but would rather drive the car than
be mere passenger. My husband saws
l am born chauffeur. I guess 1t is be-
cause l am SO much interested in ma
chanics of all kinds.
L am also good cook That sounds
conceited. doesn't it? but 1 think it is
always forgiven a woman If she boasts
about her cooking. The reason that
mentioned 1t was that in Persia 1 shall
not be able to do any of my own cook
ing. even If ! have the time, They nsa
native open-air fireplaces and balance
their pots on tripods l don't think 7
gould ever learn to do that. So. YOU see
l am bereft of two of my favorite mas,
times in the new country" '"'-
Mrs. Caldwell is of a pronounced Eng
lish type. She has light hair and blue
eyes, but most of all she has an English
look that impressed the interviewer at
once. When she mentioned that she
would stop In England to visit relatives.
then was this impression verified. The
old English family of de Lambert is Mrs.
Caldwelrs direct paterial line. This is
famous old historical family, which came
over from Normandy to England in the
time Of William the Conqueror. That ac-
counts for the French aspect Of the mama
and the spelling.
She was born in America, however, and
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-09-07
GREETINGS ARE SENT
70 SUPER|NTENDFNTS

State Superintendent of Public In
struction Miss Grace Shepherd has is
sued a greeting to the superintendent
of county and city schools in Idaho,
asking that September IA, which
marks the centennial of the writing
of the national hymn, THE Star
Spangled Banner" be appropriately
observed in the schools of the state.
Her message to the superintendent is
as follows:
County and City superintendent,
Greeting:
September IA, 1914, marks the CEN
tennial of the writing of our national
hymn, THE Star Spangled Banner"
DR.. Claxton, commissioner of educa-
ton of the national bureau of educa-
ton, suggests that a very fitting way
of celebrating this anniversary would
be to have this hymn sung in all the
schools of the United States, public
and private, at noon on September IA
of this year. | think the idea a most
excellent one and trust you may be
able to have this done in your schools.
Sincerely yours,
GRACE M. SHEPHERD.