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Shorta se of Officers.

ON BOARD UNITED STATES BAT
Fl.ESHIP MICHIGAN. At SEA, April
! - l3li.-Now that the tieet is aear-
ing its objective. comment is being
heard Oh the fact that Congress has
of officers for the Marine Corps. mas
much as the burden of what is to be
done is to fall on that corps in the ordi-
! nary course of events.
The Marine Corps is obliged to take the
field with colonies commanding brisades,
lieutenant colonies commanding resi-
ments and. in many cases lieutenants
first and second, commanding COM
panies. wiIilc some Cf the senior cap
tains will command Uattalions
1t has been possible for the Marine
| Corps III peace times to exist without
being fully differed and that has undoubt-
edly saved the government some money.
but now. with an act OF war about to be
ia KEN. and with the consequences of that
act in sight. the fine organization OF the
marines is to u" compelled to ACT under
officers Who have neither the rank nor
the experience commensurate with the
work they Will perform.
1t is stated that in consequence OF this
condition a toll of lives may Yet be
chargeabie to Congress because that
body has not taken steps advocated by
the Marine Corps 1t is proper to add
that these views have not been expressed
to the correspondent of The Star by any
officer connected with the hattleship
Michigan. They are views expressed at
League Island navy yard by other Ma
rine Corps officers. and they may be
interesting notwithstanding the fact that
they will be sent iron Mexico by mail
fer the reason that the% will throw a
light on the WORK about to be undertaken
in Mexico By this corps.
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highly interesting from the landsman's
point of view.
The Michigan. leaving Philadelphia
Wednesday. April IL. will arrive at Vera
Cruz Wednesday. April 90. in the morn
ing. She has followed the flagship Ar
kansas down the Atlantic coast. keeping
Well out. great ships do. through the
Straits of Florida and across the Gulf
Of Mexico. distance Of 300 miles.
Through sunny days and starlit skies
her course has brought her nearer and
nearer to an impending event. the effect
OF which will be written large III his
tory. All sorts of things have happened
on the ship. unit in a large scheme Of
world of her own filed with the human
nature and interest that characterizes a
great factory. a great newspaper ofhce or
any other organization moved by men
who work for their living, both with
their hands and their heads.
y discipline characterizes a Dattleship.
belic"ed by those who have not lived on
one. to be stern. unbending. 1t Is any
thing, in fact. but that. Here is d case
il point:
Breakers of the law are haled on deck
before the mast. where stands the cap
tain 10 receive complaints and mete ont
punishment. One Jac!iTar-in-t Il
ing was reported by the chief master-at-
arms, who is the chic OF police of the
ship. to.' shir!linc work--snca kins off and
loatnl. leaving his companions to do all
OF certain icp. The master-at-arns Of
the Michigan is > big man. d really ire
meudous man. He is a5out the size of
young hippopotamus and. behind his
back. in good nature. he Is called Hip
DO Tor sfo. t.
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HEADQu ARTERs. UNITED STATES
FORCE. ERA
Cruz. Mexico pril 22.-;By Mail Steam
ery-When tire blue Jackets and marines
of ;he Atlantic feet arrived here this
morning and dise.nbarked their landing
parties in the dawn, 10 reinforce the men
of the Prairie who had landed the preTi-
GUS afternoon tI.ey found the report that
Admiral Fletcher had taken possession
of the city to be accurate only so tar as
it applied to the water front and the
principal points of vantage down in the
city so there was great rejoicing among
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them at the knowledge that they had
gotten here I'm time as they called il.
There was plenty to do. as the cables
have already told. and that was proved
when the 800 marines on the Hancock
disembarked early this afternoon. They
We're cheered again and again by the
British blue Jackets on the Essex as
they passed that ship. The Britishers
shouted. Lucky for you at the marines.
as their landing tugs went by the Essex
and repeated the consratulation as the
battalions of the Minnesota and the
Michigan passed little later in the
afternoon.
The newspaper correspondents on
the Michigan preceded the battalion of
that ship ashore. For two days they
had been held in the grip Of the GEN.
sor with an order that nothing was
to be cabled or sent by radio until it
had first been relayed To the flagship.
a heartbreaking delay that precluded
the possibility of news being still news
when it finally got to its destination.
So the correspondents made for the
cable office, without waiting for the
distinction of military landing with
the battalion of their ship, the Michi-
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Streets Uttered With Fragments.

The streets are Uttered with piles of
this stuff. Broken window glass. twisted
and cut wires and ca bles of electric cars
and light plants add 10 the debris
Jackies'' are going about on com
Wandered mules. beating them with
paddles. the animals being heavily laden
with commissiariat. There is but one
woman in sight as. this is written.
woman of the German consulate. with an
officer from the German warship Herthsa
by her side. Serene as if about to play
tennis. they are passing through these
as to the pot-shooting'' and as to the
arrests taking place about US of Mexi-
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Kenilworfh. are 70 present a tWo-act
opera. entitled The Quarrel Among the
Flowers. Al the I<eniworth PresbN-
terrain church May Il. Mrs. Anna Ma
thilde Jorgenson, a composer OF tbs city,
arranged the opera
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Dye for the Uniforms.

There was 10 dye. !; seemed but D,
Murphy set to work experiinentil.e. and
soon evolved a presci iption. solution in
watef OF Ferrous sulphate 1 ounces. and
plain ordinary I've" ounces. With
this he experimental on a sailors uni
form. and the result was that Cant. Nj
black. commanding the Michigan. order
ed the clothes of the 500 officers and men
or the ship who are TO land dyed brown
II is khaki color
nc tailor shop on the Michigan bas
peen busy place the past week. One
OF the correspondents had two suits of
white dEIil made to measure there in =
lew hours. and all sorts of demands are
pe!n2 made upon il by officers and men.
Emergency work of all sorts repai-ipo
otc,- is being done there. LAS deft as n
navy tailor, is an expression that fits
the case of these men They are such
experts with the needle and sewing ma
chlne that they could easily make many
of their feminine competitors jea,ous
IN the "canteen, as it is still called
although liquor is no longer sold
civilians on the Michigan making the
passage to Mexico have been able ia
ger; many articles at prices that would
put even loW-priced stores on 9Th
street. Washington. out OF business
Good urdershirts. for instance. cost 20
cents package OF q celebrated scent
tobacco costs cents So does a Ken
tuchE ineefscnaum "a corncob pipe A
pair OF good socks costs cents Candy.
IS soid in The "canteen" in quantities
This is what the sailors had tcdar
to cat:
sreakfast-Co-ned beef hash, with
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CONTINUED from Fourth Page
ile.t II consists Of a battalion of i've
companies. under the command of Lieut..
Commander J. w GrcenSlade. the ship $
navigator. who has a staff OF Ensign
Donald BoyGcn. adjutant: SURGEON j. y.
Murphy. surgeon. and Pay Clerk j. Il.
Daniels. cCInmiSsarS.
The FIRST company is the artillery unit
and has two field pieces and four ma
chine guns, two OF them Colts and two
Eenet-MercierS. 1t is commanded by
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SHIPPERS at Work.

"Snipe shooting was going on from
nearly towers, and the injunction Be
little careful was passed along as
the necessity for ii was seen The
burning. binding white sun beat
don: IN a .lar. that made it difficult
70 see. aud as one of the real hor-
rofa which brought nome for the nrst
time the actualitics OF conditions a
row Of twenty three dead Mexicans
made its mute protest to the senses.
The pop. pop" pop Of isolated
rlf1emen. sharpshooting from the top
of buildings. sent observers on up
into the town. into the shadow OF
buildings where there were stirring
scenes.
The blue jackets from the Florida
We're in one of the streets. searching for
arms Ii went about like this:
Ensign in charge:
Who owns this building:
No answer.
Hammer on the doors. boys.
No result,
Open her up
They opened her with axes Pioneers
of the landing party smashed an aper-
ture, and. Notwithstanding what unknown
fate might be behind. three or four men
at once tried to get into hole big
enough for one. and one got in. putting
shoulder TO the barriers from inside and
soon all were in. gathering rifles reNol-
vers and ammunition and smashing them
to pieces in the streets
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Rejoicing in the Fleet.

So that. as there is apparently about
10 h. an end put TO the low standing OF
americans in the eyes OF MeNicans. there
t.. rejoicing in the Atlantic feet. The
Michigan is typical of the great battle
ships of the fleet in the thoughts. words
and deeds of those aboard her. Her trip
south. too. has been a typical one, and
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Want Army Allowance.

Should it become necessary to send
part Of the army. to Mexico. the Marine
Corl,s because it has no or2a,ijer gen
eral in this scene Of action. will lose its
identity and be swallowed in the army
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Three Marine Regiments.

There are to be three regiments OF
marines al Vera Graz one will be COM
,nanded bv Lieut. Col. G. J. Long. one by
Lieut.. Col w +. Neville and the other
by Mai Albert Catlin. Maj catiln IS
tho t,.at marine officer. attached to the
fla -shjp Arkansas He will command the
marines stationed on all the na'''esni Fps
Each ship has about seventy men under
the command of captains OF nrs' i'e"-
tenants. "
Lieut.. Col. Lon. and Lieut.. Col. Ne
Vile will command what are to be KNOW II
as the LIST and I'd Advanced Base tsesi-
ments. or provisional regiments.
Some battalious -four companies 70
each) will be commanded by captains,
while some companies will be commanded
nv, second lieutenants. and in the regi-
ment formed by marines from the nee e.,
nearly all companies will be of1lcefeo ps
but one commissioned ofticer
For instance. in the second division OF
the Atlantic fleet. consisting OF the Mich
igar. New Hampshire. Louisiana. NeI
mon1 and South Carolina. there are now
but eight Marine Corps oficers ailoa l.
From, the second division will be gam
cred a battalion. commanded pN ndp''
4 Mark OF the Louisiana. mere
are on these ships only the loiio"nS
officers: ,,. >-au.
Hampshire. Capt. r. g. lfarquIlarson and
second Lieut.. H. l.. Smith: South caro-
lima First Lieut. \. B. Drum: Vermont:
E,irs, I.ie;it. A. A. Racicot and Second
ieut +. H. Morse; Louisiana. capt. q
T. Mark and Second Lieut.. T. T. foHl.
For a battalion OF four companies suci
as the second division of the meet luf-
nisbes there should be tota! OF not
less than fifteen line officers. IN addi'ioh
to a medica! officer
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Culprit Given a Hearing.

Says the captain; Well. what have
you been doing"
Culprit before the mast We'll, cap
tain. this here fellow-
Fellow? Fellow" SAYS the captain.
This is not fellow This is the chief
master-at-armS.
Culprit, anxious to please: Well. then
captain. Mr.. Hippo here. tlen--"
That broke up the party. as Capt.
Niblach took one look at the size of his
master-at-arms, and -rar-in- the
making got off cheaply.
Matters of discipline adjust themselves
The older men teach the younger, on
battleships as everywhere else. In this
connection it may be said that there has
been conSidera ole teaching and studying
going on. studying by the officers as
Well as the men.
The former. for instance have '.boned
up OH all treaties now in force. the
Geneva conventions. Fullam's manual,
Land Forces and Small Arms 1nStruc-
ton, and other information they all ac-
quired at Annapolis. but which they may
have gotten rusty on.
No chance to get rusty on this ship.
It hasn't that kind of captain or execu-
chief engineer. There has been some
thing going on every day OF the trip.
Some one started a conversation in the
wardroom n few days ago about what
excellent ma Ks for bullets the white Uni
forms for 'jackies" III q landing party
would make. The blue was laid aside
as entirely too hot upon entering the
tropics.
hhaki uniforms for sailors would be
the thing. some one suggested
WHY not dye them" suggested Dr.
AurphE. chief suGeon of the Michigan.
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Lieut. r. G. Thomas: Ensign j. l.. FOX
and Ensign II r. Giennon.
The second infantry company. OF which
there are three. is commanded by En-
sign g. r. Till-v: Ensign {. tfuluransrn
and Ensign X. : Haesart.
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cans caught with arms and ammunition,
and. to men of her race and other white
races and station in life. cause for
admiration.
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organization. a fate the Soldier and
Sailor. Too. is not likely to deserve IL
is the belief of Marine Corps officers who
are about to take the field that congress
should at once give the corps the same
number of omcers for laoup men as me
army needs for 10000 men. and whlch
the army has.
The Marine Corps. with its lo,oR men.
is otficered by approximately ~ per cent
less officers than the army requires LOT
1OGGO men. There will be between -'N
and 5000 o. this corps in Vera Cruz. or
off that city. by tonight and tomorrow
prepared to carry out the orders OF w ASH
ineton to take possession there. which
were received Yesterday by the nee.
That $50 or 5000 men viii constitute d
brigade, and because Of tie shortage OF
officers Col John A. LeJeune, mteu
States Marine Corps. must NIL the post
ton of a brigadier general.
Thus will be brought about the situ va
ton Marine Corps officers have tod t.e
House naval committee again and again
would some day arise. Officers nov ac-
customed 10 commanding large orsaili-
cations will be called upon to 90 so
under actual warlike and field conditions
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Other Company Commanders.

The I'd Company infantry is com
manded 10y Ensign {. X. Bronson. Ensign
J.. c. Carey and Ensign r. II. Grayson.
The ith Company infantry, IS conf
n'anded by Ensign \. \. Merrick. Ensign
Il 7. Hunt ard Ensign L. j. Roth
tt, nth Company is the Marine Corps
contingent and it is commanded by Capt.
X. T.. Crcccy.
1t viii j." seen that tire prcponderaace
- officers arc cnsiens. a.! Young men.
Boys almost. This ship, as arc many
others, is short of senior officers.
Day after day on the run down to
Mexico from League Island they have
drilled their men on the decks. Eaca
company has a few new men and ap-
prenticcs in i. twenty-five having been
furnished the snip before it left. and
'tltes" as well as a number OF others.
have been '-gun-sliy until the drilling
began. SO t3cy We're given live ann
munitiou and told to blaze away at
wads o paper thrown into the water
s'or t,tis tho automatic navy revolver
vas Used and. after that practice, came
work with the machine guns.
one Gay the ships Signalin. flags were
gotten ont II Che lockers and run up
about The tim tn, great collection OF
flags fluttered out from the masthead.
seeming 10 bear some mysterious message
to a hidden Toe % unseen friend eN-
% ted 20 ap2ear on the horizon. the ma
ci.ine suns began their screech and clat-
;e". their balls poppin" into the water
some distance away. and Your real
''mau-o -warsman went about telling
the .ruonieS' apprentices, that Mexico
had declared war and that they had
better Learn how to shoot. This the
rockies eventually found to be false,
as they did in time many other
tall taos that came, it was said. di-
rect from the mysterious and fascina ting
place the radio room. whence comes
all real news and much that is found
10 he Just neg news.
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Scouts to Present ar Opera.
Girl Scouts of the Forget NJ Not
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Every Color. Hand
some. All Silk. Mesa
line Petticoats. made
with silk Jersey tops
and accordion-pleated
bottoms. Il"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-04-30

Elegant Quality Wide
Vale. Heavy Close
woven Cream Serge
Skirts. made in the
new minaret STYLES.
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Get Presidents Message.

ON BOARD L. s. BATTLE.SHIP
MICHIGAN. al Sea. hpSi! - by Mail
StcameIp.-The Michigan received by
radio tonight ABOUT $50 u digest of
the Presidents message to Congress in
regard 10 Huerta. and about the same
time cancellation Of orders to Tampico
with instructions TO proceed 20 Vera Cruz
instead.
This came in press dispatches. LEO
miles, from Sayville. l.. T.. and much of
what was sent out was relayed by radio
to the flagship Arkansas, ahead of us
and too far away TO be able 20 catch
what Sayville was saying. The NJ CHI
igan outfit thus goes TO bed tonight ac
quaiated with tn. resolutions introduced
in Congress and the intentions of the
government so far as they have been an
nClnced at home. at this time.
Without going into details OF how par
t'cuiar persons on the battleship feel
syout the news. il may be said that there
is general rejoicing that decisive step
is to marx Il period of 'watchful wait
ing" as the President characterized it,
but which became "wishful'' waiting with
every trip ashore in Mexico of American
ma val officers and sailors.
Theirs not to reason Why. theirs but
to do and die. Will always hold good
Of the officers and men of the American
navy. Eat with every added Insult to
Americans in Mexican streets. with every
additional leer and sneer in the streets
II the ''gringoes, side 10y side with
salutes and honors for British. French
and German visitors. there has come a
tightening of the nervous tension. linz
il to patience of American naval officers
and sailors. who have many times been
the victims Of situations which only the
greatest self-repression could save. and
which have heretofore not been allowed
to get into the newspapers.
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800 Men From Each Ship.

The landing PARTIES from each ship
consist Of about 200 men. the infantry
aAd 3rtilierE companies being blue
1acHetS aud III" other company marines.
Each company contains about dfty-four
men. Thirty of the 800 so 10 make up
pioneers. with p!ckaXe. shovel. etc:
a'nbu ance party, ammunition party. COM
'nlssarE party and signalmen. III the
latter are included radio men. with a
field wireless set.
Sanitation and first aid have been
among the things taught the men OF
the landing party. Great stress has been
lalu by the officers on the first OF these
because OF the fact that a clean man
makes TIE best soldier-saiior. IN Mex
leo. il is expected. the question of sani-
taton VIII be the biggest one to be met.
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A & P Teas and Coffees the Worlds Best

We them and secure useful household articles
8 Checks with / H. Very Fancy Tea. Soc
5 Checks with | ID. Fancy Tea. Goo
i Checks with / ID. Fine Family Tea. soc
Checks with lb. Very Good Tea. ..... 4oc
! lib. pkt \ & P Blend Golden-tipped India
Cevon Tea. ................2sc
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r.x.el,tioual Quality Fine
Isle Thread Vests. with
broad shoulder straps
and tapped uecks and
armhcles: subject TO ~
slight imperfections.
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Short ard Long Nainsock Dresses.
made with fine lace and
embroidery or tine tucked -
yokes. Well made and per- AO(
feet fitting. REPRESENTATIVES..
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l..xtraordina. value. These 70
inch .All-over Embroidery Flounce
Petticoats, headed with broad
matched band of insertion run
through with ribbon: also
Expensive Shadow Lace nc.
500 values ..........
The Detroit times., 1914-07-27
GIVES IMITATION OF
"WADING GIRL" ARRESTED

Evelyn NJ Garrison, a welLdressed,
brunette young woman who says she
lives in the Barat club, No. l62 La
fayette- lvd is held in the women s
detention station for observation
Observation was the cause OF her
detention Some 500 persons observ-
ed Evelyn on Woodward-ave, Friday
afternoon, as she gave an imitation
of the famous painting "The Wading
Girl" as she walked through the main
thoroughfare To those who followed
her. in mob formation, Evelyn paid
no attention To traffic officer Bouch-
err she said IL was none of his bust
ness how she wanted 10 parade the
thoroughfares She was released with
a warning by Capt. Ernst Marquardt
but she gave a return engagement on
the avenue, Saturday morning, and
was taken 20 headquarters and trans
ferred TO the detention home for OBJ
seryation by the matrons
She looks TO be not more than %
years old and says she is rs, which,
may, or may not have a bearing on
the police theory that she is a pecu-
liar young woman.
She says she sells photograph cou-
pons for downtown concern, and
made sl7 at the job last week. She
will not tell anything about herself
The Detroit times., 1914-07-27
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Martin Judge. %; Paulina CowenskL
Park Graham; %; Jennie Taq9itz -.
Mitsching 90 Parlsburg
John Modzelewski, %. Stanislawa
WengrzenowicZ. rs.
Charles Henning. 2s; Georgia shaw.
20
Arthur Frank. %: Alice williams. %.
AliN Schaefer %; Ida Broden. %
Stephen Zorro 90, Mary Doros. ~.
John H. Thomas, 3d. Mary Bichols.
Albert soistrom. Is, Detroit. sadie
Gray. &c. Toledo.
Fred sexton, n Helen Christon. 10
Barney KlosowsKy, FL Ladislaus fIl-
samuel Allen, 35. crossweu Kath
crime Hartwig "a. Detroit
DeForest T. Ward, 81 Huron, o..
Martha r. Webser, 25 Detroit.
John riesler -, Elizabeth kutch-
NV Walter Manson. "a Bessie wagner
Edmund Krass "a Katherine Lin
f6geald Lee. 81. Detroit, MabIo
Hear. u.s. Goderich ont
Valentine BOA, 20. Anna PazlowskL
czcslow stawicki, 9. PebogaIsa saw
laird Garrctson. no, Lucy smith. 49,
vs. Ernest GIimshaw, 2i Eleanor
Palmerin6 Masucci. % Carmel salra-
Harry smith. 27 sophia Wade %
Arthur Bangham 20 Marjorie VIII
John Wendt. n. Goldlc nun rs.
William Michael y, Hattie Nastab
Michael Bcnning. % Theresa Heck
Harry Kapian. 90 Lille Greenbers
The Detroit times., 1914-07-27
MANY KEPT BUSY
MENDING MAILBAGS
n Uncle Sans Shop in Wash
ington 2,250,000 Were Fix
ed Last Year

WASHINGTON, July 25-During
he last fiscal year more than 2,25O.0UO
nail bags were repaired. Mail bag
epairing keeps a working force OF
% people busy In tire Washington
hop. There is a repair shop in Chit
3ago. but by far the larger portion
IF the work is done in Washington
Two kinds OF bags are used. one,
rot locked, is made entirely Of can
sas. The locked pouches have leath-
n bottoms and tops. The bags are
epaired by women men mend the
pouches. Thirty machines are en-
)loyed in darning the bags, besides II
iand darners. Fifteen men do the
pouch work.
Hattie Maddux, "stringer' in the
-epair shop, has been blind for 40
odd years and has worked in the re-
pair shop for more than 25 years.
After sack has been mended new
rope is run through the top, and this
is Hatties work
In a single year the amount re-
ceived for discarded bags was 81 800
Since the establishments Of the shop
the receipts for discarded bags aggre-
gated more than $500