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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05

This fact. too. has caused no little sur
and Rebels have been used to footing
the Inhabitants of whatever they de-
sired. This naturally engendered a
hatred for the military, and when the
supply was exhausted the residents
fed and the army, having been cut off
from their base of supplies. could get
nothing In the towns and In many In
stances were on the verge of starva-
ton. In case of war with Mexico the
United States Government would pur-
chase supplies in Mexico II they could
be obtained. the price, of course, be-
ing fixed by the subsistence officers.
The troops must, OF course. carry
with them rations for several days.
the wagon trains following with more
supplies each night The weight of the
food Is an item. and for years food
experts have been trying to devise
some way OF reducing the bulk and
weight of food for military purposes
by drying out the food and making
Il into tablets etc. Colonel Maude in
his work on THE Evolution Of Mod
ern Strategy" tells how he lived on
rations Of mixed vegetables and meat
the supply for eight days weighing
only one pound. "A single mule"
continues Colonel Maude, could carry
a days rations for a war strength bat
talon or a single wagon loading up to
two tons could transport thirty-two
thousand rations. or enough for a
cavalry division Of two thousand sa-
bres for nearly a fortnight"
During the hikes made from time
to time by the soldiers of the United
States Army each man can carry his
own dinner and supper If necessary
This Is put up In q little tin box and
/ consists OF coffee, sugar. bread. bacon
and salt, but II Is doubtful whether
this would be OF very much account in
real war. and In this event the army
would likely be fed from the supplies
brought in along the line of communi-
cation.
Pure Water An Asset.
| Water for the army. too. is an item,
I for pure drinking water is an asset
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05

Naturally the railroads play a great
part in this department of war for the
base of supplies proper must depend
on trains TO transport the greater part
of their stuff. This Is the case in Mex
leo today where the base of supplies
is at Vera Cruz The foodstuffs are
brought to this point by steamer and
stored away in the warehouse set up
for this purpose. Each day q train
carries supplies from that point to
Funston's men who are encamped be-
yond the city. Should this line OF COM
murication be broken II can be readily
understood what would be the result
to our soldiers, OF course, some few
things such as fresh vegetables are
purchased from the Mexicans who
have little gardens near Vera Cruz.
It is the rule OF the United States in
feeding Its army to pay the Inhabitants
for whatever food they can secure and
never to seize food without paying for
1t unless there are aggravating cir
cumstances to warrant such action.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05

According to the latest estimates
not greatly in excess OF 5000 people
of which number something over one
half are whites. Perhaps one-half OF
the total population is located in Cen
trail Alaska, the region which will be
benefited so markedly by the new rail-
road which is to be constructed at
government expense. This sparse pop
ulatlon in. the region to be tapped by
the new foad is due to the fact that
up TO the present time the industrial
conditions have been such as to at
tract only the placer miner and even
placer mining has been limited entirely
to the exploitation OF bonanzas. In
the absence OF means of communica-
ton only the arabic lands that lie
close to the settlements have been
taken up so that the farming popula-
ton Is very small. despite the rich
opportunities.
Route of tho Proposed Railroad.
The route to be selected for the new
railway becomes now. with the formal
sanction of the project. subject of
great interest. First and foremost Is
the question OF just where the new
line will<"pierce the mountains" The
Pacific Mountain system which fringes
the coast line OF British Columbia
and stretches northward into Alaska
presents a formidable barrier to in
land travel. The great interior val
1eys lie north of these mountains,
and all the fce-free ports lie south OF
them. Therefore 1t is through the
passes in these mountains that rail-
way route must be sought. One pass
is already traversed by the White Pass
and Yukon Railway.
Difficulties or Railroad Construction
Whatever be the route selected 1t
Is certain that railroad construction
in Alaska Is going to be fraught with
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05

centive to urge Uncle Sam, to open
Alaska to the Americans OF today as
there was to render the West Access
sible to those of a generation ago.
Speaking on this subject recently Sec
rotary of the Interior Lane. who Is an
authority on the monster peninsula OF
the north. said: ITO many of our
people Alaska Is little more than a
land OF natural wonders, here and
there dotted with mining camps and
fishing villages. We should think OF
Alaska as a land not only of mines
and fisheries, but of towns farms, mills
and factories, supporting millions of
people of the hardest and most whole
some or the race. There Is little of
hazard as 10 .Alaskas future II the
government of the United States owns
the railroads which will make It's fer
tile interior valleys accessible from
the coast and bring its coal, iron, cop
per and other mineral resources with
IN reach of the world"
However. the building OF a railroad
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
Helping To Feed NIexicnns.

More armies have been destroyed
by starvation than by battles, and
knowing this fact the United States
Government Will be prepared to feed.
say. an arrfly OF haif million men.
The cost Of feeding such an army
would be about enc hundred and TWEEN
ty-fve thousand dollars per day, esti-
mating thu rRtions of each man at the
cost of twenty 1--WE cents per day. II
is q recognized fact that the United
States Army Is the best fed and bess
clothed army In the world. and the
cost ~ feeding is higher than that ct
any other nation This cost might be
reduced were II not for the waste
which Is unavoida b}e-and this waste
helped largely in feeding the lnsur-
recios in tho Philippines during our
difficulties there after the Spanish
American War Today The same thing
exists. for we are really helping 10 feed
the Mexican Army outside of Vera
cruz where Huertas men walt for the
left-oyers Of the meals OF our men,
while mediation is pending the two
armies are encampet not very far
apart--indeeq, they are beginning to
behave like the armies Of friendly
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many difficulties, and will AFFORD ooun(
less opportunities for the display
mans ability to triumph over nAkaar1
No matter what pass Is selected Tor u
route over the mountains 1t means eh4
the steel tracks must ascend to an aitj
tude OF about 1900 feet, and thsrs vi
be tunneling through solid rock 6noi
sheds will have to be constructed
prevent the blocking Of tho lines
winter by slides of snow. and II GOD
without saying the powerful rota1
snow plows such as are In use In II
Rockies will have to be provided
abundance on this ALASKAN systex}
On the White Pass Railway. whi<|
is at present the principal rail lid
in Alaska, rotary snow plows are RI
CURED from November until the latt{
part Of April.
The railroad builders will have the
own troubles II any portion OF the liz
be projected close to a glacier ina
much as tracks In such locality a
always in danger of damage by
advance of the ice. The frozen cond
ton OF the ground which prevails
much Of the inland region OF Alasl
will also offer difficulties to the rat
road builders. All bridges and trestlu
will have to be constructed We
strongly in order to stand the strai
imposed by snow and ice. and also Z
rush of floods.
While It is. of course. impossible
predict authoritatively at this time.
is the feeling In official circles that
decision of the government will be
build two lines in Alaska, one co
Meeting the valley Of khe Yukon vii
tidewater, and the other devoted to (
valleys OF the Kuskokwim and SusttT
The best available route, 1t Is off1cia
reported, for the first railway syste
Is that which leads from Cordoya
way OF Chitina to Fairbanks. where
the best available route for the seco
road is that which leads from Sewa
around Cook Inlet to the IdltaEJ
The first line would be connected W
the Behring coal field, and the secoN
line would tap the Matanuska Cd
field. Eventually the two systems y
be tied together and branch and
cal lines will be constructed -
country develops
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05

packed away and kept fresh for TWEEN
ty days. Il Is put UP In sanitary paste
board boxes and sent to the different
regiments of the division In automobile
trucks or army wagons, The bakers
are also experts in the art of baking
rolls and buns. The field ovens can be
taken apart on an hoiir or two notice
and slowed away in the army wagons
ready to be set up at the next point.
Apart from It's usefulness the field bak-
cry Is one of the most interesting
sights of a big army camp, especially
when the mixing Is going on in the
big trays In the tent set apart for this
purpose.
How Food Is Purchased.
The supplies for feeding the army
are purchased by the subsistence off,
GERS usually after inviting bids from
different firms, or * the exigencies
of the case require It these supplies
are purchased In open market from
anybody who wishes to sell. They are
then sent to the main supply depots.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
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OF course the plan whereby the gov
eminent fosters railroad building as a
means OF opening up new country" Is
not an innovation that was originated
solely 70 meet the conditions In Alaska.
Much Of our own west was opened TO
settlement in somewhat the same way.
Indeed II Sas as long ago as 1850 thai.
stephen A Douglas, T. S. Senator from
Illinois. and father OF the system OF
railroad Hand ssFsttt-s, introduced In
the Senate the first measure which
aimed 10 have Uncle Sam lend n hand
IN the building of railroads. Ultimate
" there were constructed under this
system, ia our Southern and Western
States. a total OF upward OF 1900
m+les Of RAILROAD so that it can be APP
preciated that what is about to hap
pen in Alaska is merely case Of
history repeating itself.
PROFESSIONALLY there Is as much In
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
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Of the Arctic Circle and this portion
alone presents the bleak and frozen
aspect popularity associated with the
whole OF Alaska South Of the range
OF mountains which marks the Arctic
barrier there is a territory equal In
area TO all the States east of the Mis-
sissippi and north of the Ohio river.
which is capable of high development.
But the Yukon river. which drains
Alaska's great fertile basin, enters the
Behring sea at a latitude which pro-
hibits the use of the stream as con-
nection with ocean borne commerce
excepting during the three summer
months. Hence the need OF the new
railroad. There are good harbors in
Alaska that are open throughout the
year and some OF which are only about
1000 miles distant from the ports on
Puget Sound but a number OF these
harbors are, under present conditions,
connected with the interior only by
means OF trails or wagon roads.
To sum up the case, transportation
has been difficult and expensive be-
cause Alaska has today less than 500
miles of railway in nine disconnected
systems, less than / 900 miles OF wagon
road, coo miles OF winter sled roads,
and less than 1000 miles of trails,
with 5000 miles of important navi-
gable waterways which are closed by
ice for about three-quarters OF the
year. And this in country compare
BILE in size, resources and climate to
Norway and Sweden. No wonder the
government experts who have investi-
gated the subject have come to the
conclusion that the two great inland
valleys OF Alaska can never enjoy their
full development until they are
brought into communication with
ocean ports. ice free the year round.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05

nations who happen TO be at manoeu-
vres at the same time. 1t Is no un-
common thing for the Mexican SOL
diers to come under a flag of truce
10 trade with our men and incidentally
to gather up the food which remains
after meals-~food which is far su-
porior to anything they have ever had.
Enormous Amount OF Food
General Henry @. Sharpe. Commits
sary General OF the United States
Army. In recent Interview gives the
following as one days subsistence for
an army of FIVE hundred thousand
men:
500. 900 pounds of bread.
100. 600 pounds Of sugar.
2G2, 500 pounds OF bacon.
1880 pounds of desiccated Hegeta-
bles, potatoes and onions.
1000 pounds Of coffee Breasted and
Fround).
u.s. 600 pounds OF beans.
$4,000 pounds Of tomatoes.
33,750 pounds of Jam.
70 900 pounds of salt.
1880 pounds Of pepper.
5000 gallons Of vinegar.
Fresh or canned meat can be used
whenever prorurable. bat It is abso-
lutely Impossible 70 supply the army
with fresh vegetables unless they can
ire purchased near the army camps. In
Transporting the above named articles
fifty freight cars Of 10000 pounds ca
pacsty would he required. or two hum
ared and fourteen army wagons. Nat
uralIy, the cost of transportation Is
enormous. As an army advances sup
PLY stations are located at different
points. and these depots become more
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farther into the cnemy's country. or
course the greatest care is exercised
IN the location of these depots. as they
must be guarded from attack by the
enemy.
NO More Hard Tack
In the old days the soldiers lived
IN q cracker known as hard tack"
bat today hts bread Is baked in the
field and ts quite as good as the bread
purchased at the average bakery.
Every division Of 10000 men has a
bakery of its own set up In the field.
The bakeries are In charge of enlisted
men who have learned the trade of
baking at the school for army cooks
III Washington, and from sixty to sew
euty-tve men are required for each
Geld bakery. The bread contains as
llttle water as possible and Is baked
in such way that the entire surface
Of the loaf is covered with crust This
makes the bread solid and 1t can be
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nd. Few analyze the ways and
"a ears adapted to accomplish this end.
nd s,i!! fewer ever give q thought to
re manner In which an army IS fed.
40 yet the Cotnmissary Department
3 most important OF all the equip
uent of the army. An inefficient com
nlssagsat may seriously impair the eff
"ct3Feress Of an otherwise well dts
qiired BODY o. men, however capable
nay be their officers or how praise
-orthY mag be their bravery and
airiot5sm.
Al irst blush It might seem to be
dific2.t task to feed large army.
~ ffe exercise Of good judgment and
aresiri1t makes 1t. while not a simple
batter. yet one which through proper
-eaaa9a;!on IS free from really Sc
ous troubles
MDeh depends upon what Ia known
the line OF communication, which
3eans the road To the base OF sup
les from which the food Is brough.
the Aeld II this is broken by the
1emy he army IN the field can be
tsily starved out. During tho Mex
at difficulties General villa has man
Eed 10 keep his line of communica-
ion always open, and on several oe-
-7sEons has BROKEN that Of the Fed
-a]s with disastrous results 10
,Iuerta's men even though they are
ned g f0raging for food.
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4 q AlasHa, is going 20 prove wor-
i II Fay successor 10 Uncle Sam.
~ canal builder In Panama, From
he burning tropics to the frozen Are.
Is long jump and sudden transl~
ION but the United States government
ds fair to make It succe ssfully.
/; IS no pigmy railroad line. eithef
hioh Congress has authorized the
"esideAt to construct in Alaska.
rClc Sam already owns several small
1a.iroads, ranging in Importance ali
ne way from the 47~mile Panama
sailroad al tne Isthmus to The "con-
r~uc'on roads" which have been con.
ructed 20 transport supplies ana ok
awaited material at some of the big
-eclamatton projects In the West. Bur
he new Alaska railroad VIII over
Aadow all Of these. fer IL will be
usly 1000 miles In length-an extent
steel-tracked highway which drops
, hint as 70 how big Alaska really is
This new rail system upon which the
resident is authorized to expend apv
am that may be necessary up to s95
10000 has no official name as yet. II
eft TO the Chief Magtstrat. to sc
ect name Just as II is left 10 his
Vagment 70 select the route or routes
be followed by the new steel tracked
atghwsy which Is 10 mean so much
o the future of our most northerly
territory.
YIN Aid in the Settlement of Alaska
There Is no doubt but that this gov
~r'1Inent- managed standard gauge rail-
Dad. opening up hitherto Isolated
'@gion. will do What no other iufiu-
"0ct could accomplish for the speedy
atuement of a rich and promising
omain. Indeed 70 bring about the
.ettlsment Of the public lands az we'll
TO develop the agricultural, min
raj and other resources Of Alaska
the specific object OF the scheme
nd when the reader is told that more
IAN one-haif Of all the unsold public
1main in the United States is located
Alaska he Will begin to appreciate
al Uncle Sam is justified in assum
the role OF railroad builder as well
promoter In order TO find am bilious
=" enpants for this vast territory.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-07-05
All Food Is Purchased,
Even In the Enemy S
Country Waste From
the American Soldiers
Table Helping To Feed
the Mexican Army.

q AR "a the mind Of the average
N person sugg ests battles. cam
ID paigns. generals ana sol
" diers-ail aiming at some
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-26
TO- III ~ az, '0N S"LE
2lO Feet on Beautiful
Libby Avenue, West
View, Henrico Co.,
Virginia.

In execution Of ii certain deed OF trust
70 me Undersigned trustee dated Feb
ruary Is. 1918, OF record in clerks Of
nee. Henrico Circuit Court. Henrico
county: Virginia. in deed book 1854.
page II. default having been made i'm
the payment Of the debt therein Sc
cured. and being required by the bene-
fciary therein so TO do. will. on
WEDNESDAY,; JULY 30 1914.
at O'Clock +. NJ.
lie auction the following described
property mentioned therein: all those
three certain lots. piece or parcel Of
land. lying and being in Tuckahoe mag
isteriai district, in Iicnrico County. Vir-
GINA, on the east line of Libby Avenue
designated as lots Nos :. and .. on a
plat of the property Of the old DO
minion and Western Lumber Company
Inc. known as West View. recorded
in clerks Office of the Circuit Court of
Hcnrico County in deed book 1904.
page 1855, and described AS follows:
commencing ut a point OF tn. east line
OF Libby Avenue. one hundred and
forty tio) feat north OF Dahlia Ave-
Of Libby Avenue in a northcrnlv dircc-
ton ana fronting thereon two hundred
ana ten t2l0) feet. thence at right
angles back in an casterly direction be.
ninety tl30) feet 10 AN alley 20 feet
wide
TERMS: Cash sufficient to paw all
cost OF this sale. taxes 10 date of sale
ana "a debt OF S2.5o0 and interest from
May ~, 1913, and the residue in one
and two years, with interest added and
secured by Il deed of trust on the prop
erty. ~
This property will be splendid in
tors. Be sure and attend this sale.
DAVE COLE,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-26
NEWS or REAL ESTATE
AND BUILDING NOTES
Midsummer Solstice Is Right Here
and All the People
Feel It..
TRANSACTIONS ARE NOT LARGE
All Of the Agents Are Being Kept
Busy With, Small Things and
Rental experimentation They,
Too, Are Small.

The midsummer solst!ce is surely at
hand. and perhaps there are no people
In all of the domain who feel i, more
perccptiDly than do the men in the
real estate realm. The man Of news, in
making his rounds yesterday. found
nine out OF ten OF the real estate men
absent from their desks. Some were
having vacation. we'll earned by their
arduous labors, some were still try
Ing TO earn vacation. and others were
just there.
From all OF the information that
was ostainable from ali OF the sources
that were AZ hand. IL seemed Impossible
10 fSure out a single big sale OF real
estate. that is, not one that Was big
enough 10 make a heavy headline on
the top Of this real estate column
There were lots OF runior about sales
that are liable 10 materialize In the
early fall, and these rumors are really
of an encouraging nature, in that they
prophecy some good things that are
coming on in the near future, that IL.
after the hot wave shall have passed
away. As far as can he learned, the
sales Of the week just closed were very
much on the small order. From all Of
the reports that the agents were will
ing 10 make under the hot sun the
recorded figures will not foot up more
than $4,000 OF transfers for the week
beginning Monday and ending at noon
Saturday.
The Richmond Exchange, through it's
good secretary. Mr.. Eoyk.n is stlll
working on the mortgage tax question.
and Mr.. Boykin has some very interest
Ing data from various States OF the
Union, and some figures as 10 the good
q twentieth century laws in some
other States he has been correspond
Ing with He promises that sum
mary Of the information he has gath.
cred from many states shall be given
The Times Dispatch ere long.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-26
TRUSTEES SALE
TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER
OF
DESIRABLE FACTORY SITE IN
SOUTH RICHMOND

dated June -. 1912. and recorded in
the clerks office of the Hustings Court.
Part H.. in ID. B. 81. page 2oj TO the
ment of certain notes therein men
toned. default having been made in
the debt therein secured, and being re-
quired so TO do by the beneficiary
ises, on
TUESDAY. JULY IS. 1917,
At . o'clock l.. NJ,
the property described in the said deed
piece and parcel OF land. with the i'm
provements thereon. lying and being
in the city of Richmond. Va. In that
section thereof known South Rich
mond. or Washington Ward: AT the
southeastern intersection OF Sixth and
stockton Street. and more fully bound
cd as follows: commencing at the
southeastern intersection of Sixth and
stockton street. and thence running
and fronting on the said south line OF
Stockton Street siNty-nine $50 feet,
and thence running back II right an
giles, and within parallel lines Che
western line OF the said property being
the eastern line or Sixth street,, the
distance OF one hundred and hfty-fve
I55) feet 10 an alley 30 feet wide
TERMS: Cash as to the expenses Of
executing this trust, taxes aud other
charges due. and unpaid. If any, and
$500, with interest thereon from June
IL, 1914. to date of sale. The residue
IL amy. in equal instailmcnts in one and
two years, with interest added and Sc
said residue. or any part thereof, at
option Of purchaser.
CHARLES +. RuEHRMCND,
Trustee.
A. L. ADAAfsoN. Auctioneer.
y. B.-Better terms may be made at
time of sale.