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Being myself a writer Of industry and
not writer of talent" says Mrs. T. P.
O'Connor of England and America, II
always advise my friends to try their
prentice hands at books, knowing from
experience what sheer industry apart
from genius can accomplish
Despite this modest appraisal Of herself,
Mrs. OConnor possesses, as every one
knows, literary gifts of high order. But
she has one gift that Is better still. that
transcends the best form Of literary eX-
preston to which she has achieved. This
Is the gift Of vivid, compelling person
atty Together with a richly emotional
nature it has tinged both her writings
with the colors of the rainbow and with
a thrilling sort Of remanticisn1.
Mrs. O'Connor as Betty Paschal daugh-
ter of the late Judge George Paschal,
made her debut in Washington at the
age Of sixteen. A newspaper account Of
that day says: Since Miss Harriet
Lanes reign at the White House the
belleship Of the capita! has been d.
yided among numberiess pretty girls,
but this year the honor. an UNDIVIDED
one, will fall to a new debutante, MISS
Betty Paschal."
And so, young Betty Pascnai dahceo
her way through a maze of girlhocd trl-
umnhs into the responsibilities of woman
hood. When scarcely out OF her glrlnooo
wears she was left a widow with little
son to educate. A few months pe1ore
her fathers death she made at MS III
sistence ard for his peace OF mind su-
preme remuneration, giving up an adVan-
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John Richard Smith of Stafford county,
Va, died Wednesday at the ancestral
home of his great-grandfather. on the
Rappanhannock river. He was mem
listed with two brothers and served
throughout the civil war.
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FOLK PRAISES WILSON.
To Kentuckians He Calls Him Great
est President Since Jefferson.

Solicitor Folk of the State Department
who has been prevented by press OF WORK
from attending the banquet 1onieht Oh
Kentucky democrats at Frankfort. To-Day
sent this message to Gibney Q. Letchey,
chairman Of the banquet:
Democrats have every reason TO re-
ioice in having given to the country the
greatest President since Jefferson. ana
one who has made an unparalleled record
of achievements for the public welfare
during the first year of his administra'
ton. Soldiers of the common good are
now in the saddle and the forces of gran
and greed are in full retreat. There Is
more to be DONE however, and we mus
press the advantage We have gained
democrats everywhere should be aggres
sive in the battle to hasten the coming o.
the day when liberty and justice sinai
reign supreme ana each mans good shat
be all mems aim l extend greetings U
the courageous young democrats Of Ken
lucky
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can't have that even If you are hungry.
Mr.. Rabbit. / suppose / ought to get my
gun and shoot you. but cant oo nc.
lust because you are hungry ! GApecs
hungry and couldn't find anything to eat.
1 guess I'll just chase you back Vnere
YOU belong and give you something 10
keep you out of mischief
With that Farmer Brown 8 boy went
into the barn. In a few minutes ne came
ont with a few cabbage leaves. turnip
and a carrot and started toward refer.
Peter hoped back over the old stone
wall and Farmer Browns ooy Ioiio"eu;
Peter kept just little way anead. ano
" on three re- leg legs. as if the other had been
hurt. Now, Farmer Browns boy really
is very tender hearted. although many
of the little forest and meado" people
don't know it. When he sa" feIer mp
ing along he felt sorry, oh, so sorry Tor
You poor little rascal said Farmer
Browns boy. II ought to catch you and
keep YOU safe until your leg is wen. II
I don't Reddy Fox VIII pc sure e 70 %, va.oi'
With that, Farmer Browns boy hurried
f.ster as fast as he could on such slip
pery going Eut Peter just kept out OF
reach. and so at last they came 70 the
Green Forest and the page Mhe .i NJ
Grouse was a prisoner Peter thumpeo
hard three times to let her Kno" that
he was back and then he put down the
60 10 rad been holding up and scamp
cred or a little way and sat up to see
a.hs, farmer Browns boy would do. He
looked at Peter as if he couldn't quite
believe what he saw.
You scamp" he shouted. I believe
,.ou have lust been fooling me all the
time" and tossed the carrot toward
And Just that minute Farmer Brown.
boy heard something. 1t was a t am
Von see. poor Mrs. Grouse was stu
feebly trying to peck a way out: Farmer
Rrowns boy forgot all about Peter ;.
..Hello,' he exclaimed. There IS
come one in trouble here" And with ms
SOM sour boots he very carefully began te
break the hard. icy crust.
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HAVANA, Cuba. February 2I.-Physl-
clans have given up hope Of saving the
life of Senator Salvador Cisneros Betan-
court. Marquis OF Santa Lucia, who was
president of the first Cuban revolutionary
government when it was organized III
1s6s The senator, who is ninety-four
years old. has been critically III for
some time.
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only Peter can thump. Farmer Browns
boy heard that thump and looked up. OF
course, he was surprised, very much sur
prised. to see Peter way up there in his
dooryard.
Hello" exclaimed Farmer Browns
boy. Whats brought you way up here:
II must be that food is scarce this icy
weather and you've come up to gnaw the
bark from our young fruit trees. We
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The Hagerstown (Mdo Ministerial AS
ISOLATION has inaugurated series OF
MONDAY prayer meetings
Attempting to rekindle coal fire with
coal oil Thursday, Stewart Bowen, city
employee of Winchester, Va. was burned
and lies in critical condition in Me-
mortal HoSpital
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To Get the genuine. call for full name, LAXA
TIVE BROMo OUININE. Look for signature OF
q, ". GROVE. Cures a Cold in One Day. CSC.
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name. her own contemporary in point of
years, but as young as rouge and eX-
travagant dressing could make her-Dol-
ly Marsden, bad wife. divorced woman,
and Lionel-her Lionel! The whole world
seemed to spin round her in blackness,
lit only by one star. which grew pres
emily into a stable and recognizable bea-
con- That lone point Of illumination was
Jerome and she looked at him appeal
ingly.
Don't keep anything back. Tell me
the worst
We'll, then, he went away with her
this afternoon-left everything and went !"
She tried to stand UP. He reached out
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while back. I heard runors. tried to
warn him, but he wouldn't hear me.
And 1t was hard for me to believe that
he. Well you know all about Dolly
Marsden; how she got her divorce. Lio-
mel wasn't the man in the case. though
Augusta Sands shrank toward a chair
and sat down. Her knees were shaking.
Her intellect. too. il seemed. was grow
ing unsteady. Dolly Marsden. that gay.
bold creature of always questionable
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TOURS.
SIZE EUROPE FOR Sl99,

Including all expenses Ssilings. June -, July d.
Aug Z Send for itineraries.
MAYS TOURS IS Home Life bldg.
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WINTER RESORTS.
ATLANTIC CITY. n. ).

The Wiltshire, va oss, Ave- ve and bsatn
improved. Capacity. $50. Private baths running
water in rooms, elevator. etc. Music. Special
Sl2J0 up weekly, $3.50 up daily Open all the
year. Booklet. SANILEL ELLIS.
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.Es7z9NMA

cavalry might be at Marlboro, Nd, the
rear of the column of men would be
close to Washington a hard days march
behind, and the trains would reach from
Washington nearly. If not quite, to Great
Falls. The road space and the camp
space required for troops Is something
Of which the civilian does not think. but
which the soldier must have in mind. He
must know the distance required Tor
bodies of troops in column and in line,
and those words suggest the thought
that civilians use them without dis
elimination. the fact being that in col
urnn men are behind one another in the
direction of depth, or breast to back.
while in line they are side by side in
the direction of width. Distance
means space between men or organiza-
tions in column, and interval means
space between men or organizations In
line.
The cavalry leading patrol, moving on
the road crossing some low land between
ridges, sighted a parol of the enemy,
observed that he was travelling the same
ing, galloped back to carr, the informa.
ton to the advance party. A pune.
whizzed by and a shot cracked. VI
course, the bullet whizzed close. because
when you hear the whiz Of nuiiet II
always sounds close even though 1t is
wide miss The word goes back 70 the
advance guard commander, who Is az
the head Of the support. 1t Is trihing
matter.
The advance party of the advance cav
airy goes down the. road to cross nn,a7;
dismounts and begins firing on small
cavalry group which is riding away
toward where the road leads sn up time tine
other ridge. They turn now ana Inen
and fire, and a man at the crossroads Is
hit. But it is not a bad wound-only
shot through the forearm-and. sitting
in the weeds by the roadside, he patches
himself up out of his first-aid packet.
The men feel that they have killed or
wounded all the other party. now lost
in a small cloud of dust far along the
road. But larger cloud of dust rises
when the small group g, Of me-, men disap p
cavalry! The party at the crossroads
mount and put spur to horse to gallep
back toward their own lines Their adj
vance cavalry is coming, turns from the
road in column, forms line toward the
enemy's advancing cavalry and dis
mounts at a rail fence along road at
right angles to the road which crosses
the valley.
Low. thick dust on the road down the
friendly ridge shows that infantry is
coming 1t Is the support of the adj
vance guard. and the men are coming
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back in little groups and in larger
groups. and then the line had gone.
The advance guard commander had
not intended that an obstruction in
front which he could handle should de-
lay the march of the great heavy column
that was on the road behind him. And
thinking that the ridge in front of him
and at the base OF which most of his
men had now arrived, might be ussfhi
to the higher commander should the d.
vision coming from the other direction
be near and bent on fighting, he cook
it.
= There is no use to speak of the dead
men. A good many were sprawled
over the field. One is surprised tsst
in such an action any should be left,
but this marcel happens in all en-
gagements. Behind these advancing
lines of infantry men of the ambulance
company came. They were giving their
helping hand to men who had been
stricken. Perhaps some of them wee
hit.
When the action closed a search of
the field for wounded men, enemy as
well as friend, was made. from ridge
to ridge. The dead were let lie there.
and in the pastures, peaceful or agon-
izing, they had died. They would be
gathered together later and the little
Identification tag. which now every
soldier wears, would tell who he was.
When the news of this advance guard
action went to the outer world 1t was
a great battle, and a glorious victory
achieved at light cost. though the
slaughter of the enemy was appalling.
On the other side it was given out in
the official dispatches as a brush with
the enemys advance guard, which was
of no strategic importance and from
which we finally withdrew in good
order after having inflicted heavy loss
on the enemy.
Meantime the division was coming
steadily on. Its leading brigade had
come up the first ridge and was pass
ing into the valley and division artil-
lery had gone into position on the left
of the left battery of the advance
guard artillery and It had aided in
ridge. The main body on the other
side had not pressed forward. Its
commander. for reasons of no interest
here, had determined not to have
general engagement brought. on in that
place at that tir1e.
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as fast as their big russell marching
shoes will bring them. Down the road
and near the crossing they form line to
up and lie down in a ditch by the fence
along which the dismounted cavalry Is
firing on the enemy's cavalry.
The infantry opens. There is so much
dust around the enemy'S cavalry that
only now and then do the men along
the road glimpse horse or rider. The
dust. is thinning and the hostile cavalry
is riding off. OF course. it has been de-
feated with slaughter. Some men and
horses have. been hit, and perhaps a
few saddles have been emptied but the
range was long, there was no certainty
that the range has been guessed cor
rectly; the targets were moving, and
they were indistinct over the gun
sights; the enemy had been marching
since morning and from the moment
that the patrol reported trouble had
come forward alternately at quick time
sweat and dust and though there was
no nervousness there was the exhilara-
ton of being engaged and the men did
not shoot as they do on range at tar
gets at known distances. Two or
three of them had been hit;i quite
buzz of bullets had passed over them
and some had struck in front of them.
Some damage had been done the enemy.
Anyhow, he was satisfied that they
were too strong for him and had rid
den off at a hard gallop. 1t was VIC
tory, but there was no cheering. The
men were strung out rather far apart
along the roadside fence and ditch and
they had gone to work in a business
like way, as becomes soldier men.
They had been at that work before.
1t was exciting in way, but there
was nothing about which to become
wrought up,
Now, as soon as the advance guard
commander received news from a man
who came down the road on painting,
hard-running horse that the advance
party of the cavalry had encountered
the enemy at X he turned to the major
of the artillery riding with him, spoke
word. sent an order to the reserve to
follow as fast as possible ad went up
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GADn DIVISION OF FRENCH ARMY.

Sometimes where commander is so
jealous and ,impetuous that he will
strike imprudently, let him strike and
he has had time to straighten himself
out.
So, suppose we look on while two
hostile armies, feeling for each other
and seeking to come to grips. are
One is the army of the blue, the other
the army of the red. Each Is on the
march and each is exercising the GUS
tomary precautions against surprise.
Each Is only a division. Like the
general character of countries which
was the theater of operations of the
American armies during the civil war
the terrain is billy. many small streams
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step taken must be with that end in
view"
In addition to the principles mention
ed. the commander OF an army, and pre-
sumably the commanders of all armies.
have ingrained and inculcated in them
that fire superiority spells victory:
that unity of command is essential;
that simple and direct plans are best;
that the task assigned any unit must
not involve a complicated maneuver;
that '.all the troops that are neces-
sary to execute definite task must be
assigned to it from the beginning;
that troops should not be put into ac-
ton in driblets; that when combat Is
imminent "all troops must be called
to the probable field of battle; that
some reservts must be kept in hand,
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A REGIMENT OF GERMAN INFANTRY GOING INTO BATTLE.

the rest of the squadron minus several
patrols of troopers which are riding
well out on both TANKS, following old
roads that lead through woods and
private roads leading through farms.
keeping their course and parallel to
the route of march of the troops they
are shielding from surprise. Where
no roads favor them they ride through
woods and fields, but exercising care
not to attract notice to themselves and
endeavoring to let no indication of the
enemy escape their observation. Be-
tween the leading patrol of the cavalry
of the advance guard and the rear
troops of the advance guard there is
about five miles of road, but this dis
lance will depend a good deal on the
nature of the country, whether it is
open country with wide vistas or close
timbered and rough country which
lends itself to surprise.
Behind the advance cavalry marches
the support, which consists of infantry
and detachment of engineers, and
which may have about half the strength
of the advance guard. This support
sends forward about 500 yards its adj
vance party, and the advance party
sends forward about 500 yards its
point A thousand yards back of the
a battalion of infantry leading, bat
talon of field artillery, two battalions of
infantry, then another regiment of in
fantry, part of company of engineers.
du COiupdAy perhaps a
detachment of signal troops.
One or two miles behind is the head
of the main body or the division minus
the advance guard. flank guard and rear
guard. Numerous patrols have been
sent out on both sides of the marching
column and are regulating their march
on 1t and keeping close watch that no
enemy in force appears and that none
of the enemy's patrols comes close
enough to make any observation or gain
any information of the strength of the
column or information by which the
probable intention Of the column might
be deduced. This division, which numbers
about 1900 men, 1900 horses and mules,
and 900 vehicles, fills the road for twenty
FIVE miles and would extend considerably
more than half way from Washington
to Baltimore. The organizations and
their combat trains wagons carrying
ammunition) would be over ten miles
long, the field trains closed to. as little
distance as they can conveniently travel
would occupy twelve miles of road and
the ammunition supply, sanitary and
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advance guard action" IT -ried on
as it probably would r. 50 IN by
officers trained to theie profession and
soldiers trained to their trade. A de
coy battery Is used and an accompany
ing battery sent forward with the infan-
try near the crisis of the action. IL
accompanying battery is rather too large
a proportion of the artillery Of its side
than might be warranted by the situa-
ton. but that is detail.
80
From your position the valley will APP
pear nearby fat. but there are folds in
the groundks in most so-calied fat lands.
You viii pbably be surprised at the
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engineer trains would fill three and
half miles of the road.
On this road, as on nearly all roads,
the infantry would be marching in coll
umn of squads. the cavalry in column OF
fours the artillery in section column nd
the trains in single column. Thus swing
ing along the road, while the advance
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defense technically called Temporary
defense" where after the enemy has
delivered his blow, and 1t has been
received, as it were ON the point of a
bayonet, the attack is returned with
interest But great armies and great
commanders are usually aggressive and
bent on striking first, though they aim
to strike from a favorable position, and
against the enemy where he can occupy
the least favorable position to him.
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difference between the terrain and the
map OF that territory
1t is not attempted to exaggerate the
noise and the killing. The noise lis nearly
always frightful or encouraging, but 1t
Is the killing which is often hysteri-
cally exaggerated by lay writer's.
The conduct of the commander of an
army is guided and regulated by prin-
ciples which are the crystallized expert
ence OF all warfare. He must have a
plan for the achievement of a definite
purpose. The plan may or may not be
the brilliant conception of genius
at arms, but it should at least be a
plan that is sound and feasible. If the
commander of each Of the opposing
armies had no plan the battle would be
but a bloody riot between armed moDs
If one army entered combat with plan
well understood and well executed its
chances for success against the army
without plan would be out of all pro-
portion to the numerical strength of the
opponents.
The pIan NAV be the result OF DELHI
Grafton long before the action. but phases
of an action or the progress Of an action
will usually demand notifications of the
plan and here the practice of the art OF
war finds its greatest opportunity. Tor
play in the revision of plans, or the quick
formulation of new plans needed by the
requirements of the situation, for it
must be borne in mind that the opposing
force has a plan and the commander OF
that force must be supposed to know.
and probably does know, the art of
battle.
The purpose of a commander must be
to defeat the opposing army. The capture
of cities or even capitols, unless those
places are of stragetic consequence-that
is, of great usefulness to the enemy or
to you-may have a certain moral effect
in that it will encourage your own forces.
discourage the enemy or make him more
resolute, does not win wars. 1t is best
to decisively beat the enemy in the field
instead of making spectacular entry into
cities
And one of the principles of warfare
is that the way to beat the enemy is to
attack him. 1t is set down in the field
service regulations of the United States
Army that after contact is gained the
decision will be to attack, to take up
defensive position. to withdraw, or to
change the direction of march, but the
offensive must be the rule to be depart
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ed from only for uncomfortable reasons"
Field service regulations further say:
THE following factors must be consider
ed in arriving at teh decision: The mis-
sion, relative numerical strength of the
opposing force, relative efficiency of the
troops on both sides, the terrain and the
probable results of victory or defeat.
In doubtful cases aggressiveness and in
itiative will usually win. The mission of
an army in war is to win battles. Every
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from which you will see the picture I'M
fold. You will see the action develop and
conclude. 1t is not to be big battle, be-
cause battle of this century or even Of
the last century is and was too big
total of many sections all closely related
total of many actions al closely related
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and having the same object IL the STRAIT
egg and tactics are capable. It would
cover too much territory to be followed
by one observer and the many parts and
phases of that battle could not be follow
ed. of even if followed could not be un-
derstood in their relation to each other,
by mind not highly trained to think in
terms of troops and combats.
So for these reasons this battle is
kept to a small scale and is called an
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the road with the support. A little
ahead of the shuttle and pounding
rife shots, singly at irregular inter-
walls and then quick little clusterfa
good way off.
The artillery commander sent back
word to bring the batteries along at the
trot. Going ahead of the support, he
came to the rising ground overlooking
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F you would look
out over a broad
valley. two thou
sand meters wide
and watch a bat
tie fought by in
fantry, artillery
and cavalry you
may march with a
force soon to be
engaged, and you
may take your sta
ton on a ridge