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pied-up. woody hills. and on top OF
everything. a blue-biue sky, trimmed
with clouds of white lace.
Il hope the Bible has made mistake
about heaven"
The woman who said this was look
ing down at the Congressional Library.
and beside her stood another woman
as plain and work worn as herSelI.
Look at that gold roof, she SAID.
"how brazen hard it glares in the sun
Bricks are bad enough, but l should
hate to have to walk on golden streets
forever and ever | want eternal grass,
trees and flowers, and shady roads
with sun -flickers on them. fields with
short cuts through and cows wading
deep in the clover. and horses and
colts, and everything like that. And
want birds and buzzy creatures that
hop and crawl and jump, and, most of
all / want folks. Just plain. everyday
folks like myself. ] don't think ! could
ever feel at home with white-robed
angels with harps. | could never take
to rivers of milk and honey, after The
nice water ones we have here. And, as
for
The other woman was more hopeful
Of the future coming to her.
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firmation after his commission as major
general of regulars had been sent In by
President Roosevelt: Elihu Root, who
had been Secretary of War under both
Mckinley and Roosevelt, testified. dur
ing this controversy, that inasmuch as
President Mckinley. before his death,
had selected Wood for major general.
President Roosevelt would have been
compelled to dissent from the judgment
of President Mckinley If he had failed
to nominate him..
Next Gen. Wood went to the Philip
pines. where. as governor of the Moro
province, he taught a half million
heather pirates, slave dealers and head
hunters that American sovereignty
means something. He established order
among them. freed their slaves ard sur
prised their headsmen by quoting the
counseling them that 'tis better to have
only one wife than many. He took the
field himself on bushwhackins cam
paigns through boggy forests and over
grown jungles. Once, when his inter-
prefer was ambushed. the general seized
a rifle, leaped into the jungle and killed
every man of the attacking party one
by one while they were escaping in a
long boat. Then, from 1906 to 1903. he
commanded the entire Philippine Divi-
sion, with its 1900 troops. and after
that commanded the Department of the
East. with headquarters at Governors
Island, N. y. 1t was In 1910 that Presi
dent Taft made him chief of staff
At the outbreak of the war with Spain
this remarkable man stood on only thir-
ty-fourth on the list of assistant surgeons
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PROVISIONAL AMBULANCE COMPANY. MEDICAL CORPS.

lives Of men: That yellow fever minus
mosquitoes is no more than ordinary
.chills and fever was also claimed by
the commission reporting under Dr. Reed
'Typhus and yellow fever, dysentery
and smallpox would be the diseases of
the army in Mexico. Vaccination. of
course combats smallpox, and each COM
mand to man would be vaccinated be
fore going into active fighting. As soon
as an enga cement was imminent the field
hospitals would be hurried toward the
front. the establishment of one early in
battle being sufficient, under ordinary
circumstances. Each hospital manned
and systematized in every detail that
modern medical departments in military
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affairs now know. would move rapidly.
and if time and the military situation
permit, the site arranged for be reached
before the necessity for erection arose.
Buildings in town or village are often
preferable to tentage, for communication
to both front and rear is more easily
made. Whether this would be true in
Mexico is uncertain, as many Of the vii
lagos are struggling things, scarcely
worthy the name and possess few ad-
vantages of any kind that would improve
upon the field itself. Access to a railroad
or navigable stream would aid immense
ly in the evacuation of the wounded to
the rear.
The ambulance companies would es-
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ring Disease and Infection i'm Mexico

tablish dressing stations for the speedy
dressing of the wounded, while the nos
pital was being put up. Ihere are 3ntil-
plete and independent dressing sta'lnh
organizations in each division, and ms
is a large factor in lesseninS the chance
of disease among the wounded
The regimental sanitary officer woi!4o
be held responsible for the sanitary re-
ulations of his camp. and the disposal
of wastes therefore come under itis a.
rection Incinerators destroy the Kitchen
waste About one-sixth OF a cord OF Wood
per day per company is more than SUN
cient for the destruction Of all garbage
Careful eXperimentation has shown that
with this amount Of wood skilled AZ
tendant can destroy 1G0 gallons OF llgulds
and twenty-three feet of solid garbage in
about twelve hours.
"One big menace to the health Of troops
in established camps is the possible llnc
of saloons and restaurants adjacent ~
the edge of camps often there are such
places, and they breed innumerable f1ies
The promiscuous sale of foods by IRE
sponsible persons is another danger hot
only on account of the poor quality Of the
material but from the fact that retuSe
is bound to accumulate about peddlerS
wagons.
THE regiments sanitary officer Won q
be required to give this prevention ~
fly breeding his attention. and picket lihe-
would be watched. TOT tfIs I'aH'A' -
careful daily police. The sanitarN ~
spector is a representative of the surgeon
general attached to the division
Good sanitation means not only pre-
vention of disease and death. but II
means increased fighting efficiency. Care
full supervision of the care Of the sick and
the prompt detection and isolation Of ~
fectious diseases will be two great el'+-
ments in saving life in any war we may
have.
I'VE have made strides along these
lines, as well as in the study of the two
dread fevers, yellow and typhus. and We
feel braced for the fray, should it come
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doctor who had fought in the civil war
moved from the old family home
Leonard Woods birthplace-m New
Hampshire. The boy gunned among the
sand dunes rode bareback over the
beaches. sailed his boat over the sap
phire sea and. 1earing his whole hide TO
the elements, breasted the tides and bat
tied with the breakers. All of this was
good for Scotch-I Irish English blood
which had come down from Maytiower
and Revolutionary stock. For he was Il
direct descendant Of Peresrine White, the
first colonial Puritan horn on American
soil. and of Gen. Nixon, who fought at
Lexington. Bunker Hill and Saratoga.
Leonard Wood was then a towhead"d.
gray-eyed. slender boy, who could enjoy
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and his pay was but s2,f40 As chief of
staff he became the ranking officer of
the entire military service and drew, as
he does now, a major generals salary of
5000. Had he remained in the Medical
Corps he would now be a surgeon with
a rank of major and drawing a salary
of $500 year
Funston climbed to his generals stars
upon many more rungs of the ladder
than those mounted by Wood. Just as
the two of them smashed that nice little
epigram anent the twig, Funston shat
tered that other anent the rolling stone.
The last guns of the civil war were
booming when he first saw light at hts
fathers farm in Carlisle, Ohio. When
two years old he was lugged by his
parents to their new home in Kansas.
where there was more farm life. After
graduating from the high school he de-
for the birch rod and the chalk. but
his career as master of the district
school was cut short by a yearning for
the higher education-a yearnfng that
died out before he had been at the state
university more than a couple of years,
specializing in botany.
OF his learning gained in those college
days that which he appreciated most
in later years was mastery of Spanish.
acquired not within college walls but out
under the trees and in the starlight and
moon CLEAN, where his fair teacher was
an enchanting senorita, with whom he
was in love.
But this sublime period of courtship
was interrupted by the wanderlust, which
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CONTINUED From Fourth Page)
men up here? Dear knows, there's moth
ing to steal.
The girl who asked got an indulgent
answer from the man in blue. He was
lust around to see that everybody was
well taken care of. He might have told
her, of course. that he was there to keep
a sharp lookout on the windows to see
that no sensation-diseased creature might
select the Monument for jumping-off
place that would mean headlines.
Anybody ever try to?''
The guard switched the sinister sub
iect into an incident that. as always, had
its interest scientific and humaite-
"A long time ago cat was thrown
from one of the windows. 1t lit on Its
feet and was scudding across the grass
when a dog pounced on 1t and killed the
poor thing And that's the only chance
ANYBODY has ever had to see whether or
not a cat could live after jump Of $50
feet"
Every note book does its share to i'm
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rious Investigations and theories that fol-
lowed the one just mentioned as to cause,
transmission characteristics of contasion,
etc Yet | could recount but little after
all. in summing up any practical results.
For when DIR. Walter Reed began his in
vestigations he waded into ignorance pure
and simple.
Some one of the army has declared
that the thorough establishing of the
knowledge that mosquitoes transmit the
germs of yellow fever. which DIR. Reed
ACCOMPLISHED was worth more to the
country than the entire cost in money and
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One Began Life as a
Sawbones. the Other
as a Botanist-West
Pointers Again Give
Way to Generals Risen
From Civil Lif e.
Their Careers Read
Like Fiction-Wood's
Spartan Boyhood.
How, as a Young
Assistant Army Sur
geon. He Won His
Spurs Fighting In
dians-Meetrng With
Roosevelt Funston's
Varied Career as
a Schoolmaster, Bot
anist. Reporter, Coffee
Planter. Clerk, Rocky
Mountain Guide and
Soldier of Fortune.
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GAIN have our
eruditc West Point
crs scanned with
detection the low
ering clouds of
war. ...#. .M..... ...
Upon the eve Of
national peril they
have had to step
aside while gen.
erals a po n t e d
from civil life have
marched past them
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Medical Authorities i

ANY people who re-
call the casualties
of the Spanish
American war look
with dread upon
the possible list of
soldiers dying from
disease in the event
of war with Mex
leo. or q lengthy
sojourn OF our
troops in that coun-
try. But over in
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The loss of life from bullets is small
compared with that which exists where
strlct laws OF sanitation are mol ADOPTED.
ihtIS Il q lesson 10 De 4taih'd iroi'
~. ""fH % '"' Po' -
a. 80 " i'su 'oi'tJ i',..,',, va
ports, iot instance OF ttle thl'i SUI scpiiS
- -, ~ - 90 - w
Nn.ieIit .i ~ it'al, 'ue huiiiSei ~.
Sect,ot!S anu ''il2utatiollS Ii'ut oi'
on'tis,i' IsIi ~. - ''aiHiii'tS o'.S =" -
ploootS roli'S 20 Ni' ial ,,i''' -. nc -,
FORMED some ulii'Cutt surstSai oPEi - ~,
outlHs the III i"Siess oi d - az
sa'he tI+te t"itte.SihS thtile $500.
any arFatlEeii'eh' lor 'he sue'oi ''''N
shelter OF the Wpuhted. .,;,.,- .,
IL is true tndt II IS iot p'HHlp'' -
1ofnluia.e l,N.a faies iof 'ie ,''t.i,
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tIarn - ,..n !" - ,'.ta,.. ~
plorer. no became stranded ana had -
serve q Rocky mountain guide 70
earn enough for bed and hoard
i,uilhs mes, uNii,s a'ss tes H'
', so ..,.,.. IL ~ ,'','''.'l $500,
if'ta, q ~ ,,,,.,,.,,., ,,,aa' -
:" ''.' , =" ~ T., ..,l,I,,
.f'l' y ia
,I. ~. H.. f.'.. ~
~ II =. ,s, -, .i -
.,ia' lils Soii "is =, - Z II ?" '.lt'e x
" 20" 5-
. po.it..d .,. =, D'.t ,.,It.,- ,7,,,,
in -, ,s, ,,,,,,a,. ,x,,i,,or, s.,,,t
., "a -; ,,t.o n,' @ ~ ~ I'll,
:. A.,
49,"
l>ht funston anu MS C"1tc'tsu ueS 'ia'f 81
the grim desert for seven months.
and 30 nlcased We're Tho mowers ~ Wash
,,a ,.,.h -, .o-,r. 80. - 80, "a
tss't' 49, - i'f " "
Pauched " Alasha ~ 'oHiil'ssloh'f -
tho department Of Agriculture. to re-
port on the hora Of our Arctic posses
sio, purjnr tbfs adv,nture Funston
,..,,,
i'."iu - ''it -, -"
guides and hiked eOn miles over tee and
snow TO rescue the crew. After camp
ing In the Klondike during tho first
winter of the gold fever there he foated
alone in a canoe as far down the Yukon
as any man has ventured since
The next that Washington heard of
Funston he Rad been reporter IN
Kansas City. the promoter Of coffee
iiahl'tuoi. y ~ ~ -. -,
- Ca ca
But when the next spring dawned the
old wanderlust go; hold Of tho young
kansan again Inc tug lpannt!ess was
s1raihlhe a. her %" 81 y tstw ioiN
,. -, ,,a ,,,,,, 81. ~. ~, M,
huster,ny expedition 10 ba sent from our
shores TO the Cuban Insurgents That
was two wears before the Maine blew
I'm Funston went along and became ona
~ f,arcta's host soldiers in tho army Of
,;to.at,n c. III, !. s,I,vt ala Io rn,Le
in that rehel1ion that ..Rutcbar" Weyler
nnt a nrice upon his head He fought
in tweptytwo engagements and ten times
was he wounded in battle As a result
10 stiIl walks With a linn Finally ~
vas captured by VIEWERS men and was
condemned 10 death but representing
b;r,self &c deserter from tho patriot
army was liberated before his identity
was revealed
Nhen war Piep'lh htiohS "'te s
talked of i'll '9S he recruited the 20th
Kansas Regiment and became its colonel
-. - f,,r,to,. tb.,, T,mn, durinr
- ~. = 49,, !. Ia. ,..Ii.,
the ,uoah Sahp'iri. - " -
however. his regiment was ordered 70
the Philippines On his way there he
t ~ ,,.rriad Mics Edna Rlankart in
I,..a;.oa
San raiicisco-
Her Guns - .,,
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right direction many are brought into
camp. Officers and men have their mos
quito bars, however and can thus pro-
tect themselves against the terrible yell
low fever. Any case of fever will be
Immediately separated from the regi-
ment where it originates and placed in
screened wards of the field hospital.
'Oilins ponds or marshy ground is an
effective aid This was done in the ma
neuver camp there in Texas. with the
knapsack sprayer. All standing water
within 800 yards of the camp was oiled.
besides. and ordinary farm mowers pur-
chased. for the purpose of cutting the
grass and shrubbery that afforded shell
ter to mosquitoes within the same zone.
yellow fever was described by DR.. Os-
Ter in 1892 IS an acute febrile disorder of
tropical climates Every known remedy
appears to have been applied toward the
stopping OF the disease but with indiffer-
ent success. Both the old world and the
new have beer scourged by the mys-
terious horror, and 1t always had to run
its course.
Some claim that Africa was the first
home of the disease. but it is known that
the Spanish explorer. Cortez came across
1t in Mexico. several centuries ago. The
earliest epidemic recorded automatically
is that which terrified Central America in
1886
Cities Of the south have ever been the
most unfortunate Memphis. Tenn, in
the epidemic of 1873, having a. mortality
Of one in three, there was an official in
yeStigation not long afterWard, while the
country was still in the grip of the dread
full thing. And II is not uninteresting to
note. in the event of a war to the south
of US, that this commission appointed by
the government reported that the source
of the epidemic was in Vera Cruz, now
the city having the purest water supply.
doubtless in the whole of Mexico.
There is. however. no direct relation
between yellow fever and drinking wa
ter The disease is spread exclusively by
the bite of the stegomyia mosquito.
i might dwell at length upon the va
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''iH q not country like Mexico the water
Supply is. of course. most important
fnatter- as it was in Cuba Water and
tuei are supreme essentials toward the
comfort of the wounded in the prepare
ton Of food. as well as surgical work.
] am very glad to say that in Vera
truZ continued the officer who was
talking. the Mexicans have spent great
sums OF money recently in purifying the
water supply Of this city. which was hith-
eIto pest hole. Practically no yellow
fever has been known there for a CON
siderable time. and there is Irtle danger
Of il.
Marked attention has been Maid eyer
since the spanish war to camp santa
ton. not only by the regular medical de-
partments OF the United States Army but
by officers OF the militia A large num-
Der of medical men, including the most
noted physicians and surgeons of the
country. have indicated a desire to be
enrolled in the Medical Reserve Corps, in
anticipation of a possible war
The most difficult. and also the most
necessary. problem Of camp sanitation TO
be solved is the disposal of wastes A
simple method is necessary one that
can be put into operation hastily when
frequent changing of camp sites is di-
Tected
As medicine has made strides, the
Importance of the medical department
a military factor has Increased The
idea still prevails among people in gen
eEal that il is a purely humanitarian in
stItutlon. though the maintenance of :,
maximum physical efficiency of troops
continues TO be largely in our hands
and the value of such a service does
not depend much upon medical and
surgical skill as IL does upon scientific
sanitation The administrative ability
to carry il into practice, too. is no small
part of the attending success.
In war with Mexico the military
value Of the medical department would
he hest eNemplitled through its power
90 prevent disease. And sanitation is
surely the source OF such prevention
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All this while he hoped and prayed to
be soldier. but his father. who had had
his taste of war, was obdurate. So the
Young man won enough scholarships to
keep him in the Harvard Medical School
for n couple of years. He also made ex
ira money hy tutoring the younger boys.
and in his third year won a competitive
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to pluck the first opportunities of glory.
Our great Military Academy upon the
Hudson never contributed a jot or little
TO the success or prowess of Leonard
Wood. selected as field commander of
our entire army organized against Mex
leo. or of Frederick Funston, picked to
command the dash into Mexican terri
tory.
Wood began life as a Boston sawbones.
Funston as Kansas schoomaster and
hotanist.
AS the twig is bent, so doth the tree
not incline,
The versatility with which Wood re-
hnquished the science of dispensing me-
dicinal pills and prophylactic powders
Tor the science of dispensing lead pills
and smokeless powder has been equaled
only by that with which Funston arose
from the routine of whipping bad boys
md hunting violets to that of whipping
spanlards and hunting rebellious Fill
pinos.
When appointed chief of staff. four
years ago. Wood was the Youngest man
TO command the army since the days Of
Grant and Sherman. And no commander
Or the army. with the execution of Grant
nlnlSef. ever became the recipient of such
bitter calumnies and generous encomiums
fs were. at once, heaped upon the head
Of this young and vigorous doctor gen
eral
II was Leonard Wood who inspired the
most radical of the Roosevelt doctrines
armed at the pursiness and paunchiness
that then afflicted our body militant.
lie had enjoyed the advantage of a
spartan hoyhood. His gymnasium was
The saluhrious shore of Cape Cod, where
every breeze is tonic and every gale
stimulant. Hither his father. a country
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tht W ar Department.. IN tHt U11lct OF
TIRE surgeon general of the army. they
Seem quite sansuine of the outcome.
We are making great advances in
the study of those diseases which affect
camp life. sounded sanguine also. es
fecialiy since il came from of
terieHce there. yellow fever, typhoid.
smallpox and dysenteTy are getting more
tnder oar control. Any differences
have had with other nations in the last
s"veral years have been mainly in the
tropics, and We are better fitted to com
tat southern conditions than we should
tav" hecn IL we hadn't taken some of
Spain possessions.
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BS JOHN ELFEETH WATKINS.
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Continued From Fourth Page.)
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-13
SENTIMENT sTlLL RULES US


Notwithstanding ~ our pretending
that We are Of q ne which lives and
thinks scientifically; W are still, To-
the most part, nlslt creatures Of thought
but creatures Of ssntimsnt. With most
.4f DO, for instan1esthe rslationship o.
the sexes IL stu matter to 10 -,
sarded sentimsntally. We .etill ignore
% much O. poGe1ble th0 physical and
social facts back u In tsrelationship,,
We still. too. fof tho most part, have
sentimental political amliations Will!
glorious ideals, but little conception
Of the facts which condition their real
isation. with much q unreasonine
loyalty to parties or psssons. We sti11
are apt to have and desire Z senti1
mental sort Of sducation, for our chill
,dren, on Z cultural basis which Is
norss ct once tho necessity Of knowi
edge Of the facts o. real lie and the
vulgar necessity q our children'al
earning 1 living. We still speak, with
pathetic dignity q terms OF 9 senti'
mental economics bassd On, life @ {
lssntmentalist would have II rather
than On life @ Il q. We still enjoy
sentimental literature. We still pat,
foniss sentimental dramA---Bsrnard J.
Bell IN the Atlanta
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-13
Waterloo Is Again To
.atas Be Great Battle Field

. ~ -
, Once again 1T Waterloo. whore Europe was freed from the
y grip q Napoleon. may be fought the battle on which the future
) destiny Of the nations Of Europe will depend. Germany has al
; ready begun her advance into the interior. over the lowlands, IN
; in effort to reach France. and French troops mobihSing on the
, other side of the little country long known as the cockpit" Of Eu-:
, Yesterday Belgium. which the Powers of Europe agreed after
) the battle of waterloo should remain perpetualy neutral. began
; nobilsing her troops and Joined the nations which are calling for
smihtart reseryists In this country. @ 1o AZ @@
) . Although there are only about one thousand i've hundred Bel
) CLANS ih this country. the consulate was deluged with kilograms
) from patriotic Belgians Offering themselves or their cash to aid the
) line. I'LL: Detroit and Chicago signiaed their Willingness to enlist
, II they are needed ##& #M5 &&5 @##
) .The2 official cal for reseryists has not reached Us vet" the
! Belgian consul said, yesterday, out W. expect 1t tomorrow. How
; problean that every other natonisa facing.
J The invasion Of Belgum by Germany was to be expected
, Since the days ofthe Roman Empire Belgium. hts been the battle
) ground of Europe. Its lowlands in the north have offered the path
) way from France to Germany, and over them the Huns the Goths
; and the Franks have swept through europe. a
2 The battles 81 Waterloo, Gemappe, Leue and Fleurus were
) agreed that it was 70 be neutral territory perpetnslR, but with that
) agreement was the proviso that Belgium defend herself against the
; invasion of any foreign force. s3R
"Ths Germans canhotbe stopped except by force o.: arms. There
; are only four fortified places In Belgium-!Antwerp. Termonde, Lege
) and NarnuE.,sIn their. sweep through the north Of the country the,
) Germans approach. only Iiage, and they swing too far north OF
: this to make its. defences effective. s5
!, s"'Iisge and Namur.s i. the south, command the yalley ot the
Mouse. and only in~case Of an extended conflict which pushed the
) invading forces to the south would they be useful" s@4 vs.
CAME gh fsos Ssf Gamn t -sf,s.p ss1eA IS er 9n ney .osts ey 81 ne ssx xlsst t sntr.'n.
} ing statis1. OF, German territory. from which the msrch into Bel
GUM aSabegdn This is Just . few miles below AtIlaGhapele.
) where Charemagne set up his capital that he might be prepared
) at any time to dash into France or into Germany.
, Over these loWlands, the most fertile Of Belgian lands, there
; is q network of steam and trolley lines, government owned. by
; which the Germans may obtain rapid transportation to the French
, border. These lines extend into the Netherlands, also menkced by
the Germans In their march on France. T.