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Evening star., 1915-03-28
No Unusual Rainfall
Follows European Battles

sFHE fiction of cannon made rain finds
little space i'll the chronicles of the
time. For Il century. and it may be for
even Il longer period than that. there has
been intermittent discussion of the in
fhuence of artillery and musketry fire
on the clouds. Every coincidence of
battle and rain has been recorded and
commented on and the number of such
condolences has been rather impress
sive. Battles have been accompanied or
closely followed by rainfall in SO many
instances that support was found for
the theory that the clouds We're respon-
sive to the concussion of the guns.
1t was many times pointed out that
the amount of rain and the number Of
rainstorms We're no greater in periods
of war than i'll periods of peace, and
that in the natural order of events
if rain did not fall on the day of the
battle it would fall within a few days
thereafter because heretofore battles
have mostly been fought during the
summer months and in ATTITUDES where
rain might be expected every few days.
But the reasoning has not been con-
vincing to a host of people who, with
the tables before Them could see that
transforms followed battles and that
therefore there must be a connection
between them. 1t is no doubt true that
in the hot months a rainstorm will fol
low soon after a railroad wreck or Il
have fallen anyhow.
There has been more sunpowder
thunder III Europe during the last sew
en- months than i'll the previous cen
tufy. The cannon have been larger
than ever before used i'll battle, either
on land or sea. They have been closer
together than they have eve" before
been placed on the battle lines. There
have been SO many more guns in action
in this war than i'll other wars that the
battles of other wars seem skirmiSheS
in comparison. Millions of men have
been firing powder where only thou
sands have been SO engaged in other
battles. The powder fired is many
times more powerful than the smoking
charcoal powder OF other days. Yet. in
spite of all this, there have been no re
ports that rains have followed batt les.
There have been some winter rains in
France and Belgium. but perhaps the
precipitation has not been greater there
than in England. where outside of tar
get practice and an occasional raid
there has been no gun firing.
Some busy men have computed that
during August, September and October,
despite the heavy firing in Belgium and
northern France. the rainfall was below
the seasonal average. y
Evening star., 1915-03-28

~ it. Fortunately for kitchener's S
army this particular young officer was
not representative of his rank. He
had been very recently imported from
piccadilly- Although he was not
specifically told so when his captain
sent him in command of the sergeant's s
detachment Il matter of fact he was
put there to watch and grow wise.
He wears u slightly panied frown as
he eyes the oldtimer, erect, alert. as
sertive, maneuvering the double rank
of soldiers. The frown indicates that
he is learning. The sergeant bawIs out
an incomprehensible command The
detachment of soldiers seems to under
stand. They do a series Of illusive con-
tortions and emerge unruft1ed in per-
feet dress. and covering down the files.
A smile of triumph twitches the old
drillmaster'S heavy mustache. The
frown on the Young officers counte
nance gives place to a blank expression.
Then the radiance OF a happy thought
hits across his beardless face and he
approaches the sergeant briskly
There is an exchange OF salutes, dur
ing which the subaltern makes slight
miscalculation and knocks his cap
awry. "Oh, say, sergeant, would you
mind explain that last command to
me-" Says the little tailor-rnade officer
loudly enough for all his men and the
Srinnng spectators TO hear. The Ser
seant explains in tones low tina,
only the twitchings of his mustache
show that he is speaking at all Mean
while the men who have just performed
the evolution under discussion march
away, and are about to scale the fence
that blocks their path when the SER
geant. without taking his eyes off the
face of his young comma nder bawls
out another order and back they come
The sergeant continues with his eX-
PLANTATION. haltS his command without
glancing up. completes his explanation
salutes and turns to the business OF
tactics again. Neither the privates nor
the eager self-conscious little officer
have lost a moment of his attention
He has contrived to feed the brain OF
the officer and work the legs of the
enlisted men. at one and the. same
Evening star., 1915-03-28
1mg5lish Arnmy Is Trained i'm Six Months

command to his men. simultaneously
the crisp, sharp clicks of a metronome
proceeded from the object of mystery
and the drummer boy. lending an at
tentivc car. Smotc his drum to con-
form with the clicks The sergeant
haW led another command and his de
tachlnent moved briSkly away at f20
steps to tho minute, inspired by the
beating of the drum.
The sergeant had won. He VIII
eventually be able to remove both
,netronome and drummer hoy and still
watch his men march in approved reg
ulation style at 1c0 steps to the minute
Just the same.
Royal Field Artillery ammunition
mules are very particular beasts. Their
Evening star., 1915-03-28
The New Silhouette.

N1RS. HARRY PAYNE WHITNEY, at
GVU a tea in her studio in McDougalfs 5
alley. praised the new spring fashions.
..They give "A quite new silhouette
she said. n, slim. narrow w-shouldered. very
sirIish silhouette.
Mrs Whitney laughed and added
"A painter asked me the other day
how We women could prove that We Were
more capable than men.
..Why, we can prove it by our cloi hes.
| answered. A man has clothes made To
fit his figure, but a woman has her figure
made to tit her clothes.
Evening star., 1915-03-28

green. high strung beasts. recently I'm
ported from Egypt They have par
tcular aversion to music and ars
adopts at converting a s"datc ammD-
milton train into wild chaos whenever.
company of men headed by band
passes within earshot.
For this evil the scrSeauts of the
X. +. \. were expected to find a rem
cdy. They held 4 parley in the mess
hall and found II in short order. As
a result every morning thereafter the
famous band of the X. r. IA hsn'l
which sometimes sells its talent at the
rate of dollar seat AZ the Queen =
Han Theater in London--assembled be
hind the stables of the regiment at
II 80 o'clock and marched arour.l and
Evening star., 1915-03-28
GROWTH OF WALKING HABIT


hapS only few persons VIII recall
such names Rowell, George Little
wood, Dan o'Leary. W. Gale and Ioe
Scott siN-day walk contestants who
were very much in the public ey,.
Present day readers have become IA
miliar with the name of +. U. Weston.
who when lie was sixiy-eieht yearS
old. walked from Portland. Ne to t'Ni-
cago. in 1905. distance OF l.:2 mites.
IN twenty nine days, covering the
route in one day less th.lii he did n
1857, When he was tMe..i y-viSht years
old
Weston has gained Il great deal oc
publicity by reason of his :rSnscopfi-
mental walks. There are many walk
ing records. In 1904, 1906. l"oS and
1911. G. f. Larner. am GnSlishni;su.
made these rccords-two L. -eS in thir-
teen minutes. eleven ana two-fiftIlS
seconds: three miles in twenty minutes
and fraction; four miles in twenty
seven minutes and fraction: five
miles in thirty-S minutes and a fr:Ic-
tion; six miles in forty-;hrec minutes
and fraction, seven miles i'll a triilo
less than fifty-one minutes. eight miles
in fffty-eiSht minutes and a frict on:
nine miles IN one hour. seven minutes
and thirty-seven seconds and ten miles
in a few seconds under one hour and
sixteen minutes
The record for one mile walk seems
to have been made by q. H GouldlnS.
a Canadian. on June 1. 1910. In six ms
utes, twenty-five and four-ffth sec
onds. II. V. l.. Ross, an EnslisAmah.
walked fifteen miles in one hour AMI
fifty-nine minutes. and 7. Griffith. also
an Englishman, walked twenty miles
in two hours and forty seven minutes.
=. y. Schofieid of England, on May 20.
1871 walked twenty-five miles III thier
hours and thirty minutes. \ ieW
other walking records are 100 mics.
1S.53.4o. by Dan o'LearN. at chicago m
1873: 2oo miles in lo.i6-3o and 95l mtl-S
in ll4 hours. by George LittleNood IA a
six-day race. England, in 1881. IN siA
DAYS twelve hours per day, Joe Sc"tt
OF England lSSS. walked @63 miles.
Evening star., 1915-03-28

about soldering. We've fought through
every scrap that's been since were
big enough to pull trigger. khartum,
Mafeking. Egypt. the Sudan, and on
down TO Peking. when we helped to
beat the Boxers: we were there, one or
another of US, through every mlx-up.
We learned our trade in the trenches
and now We've come to teach 1t to the
kids. And when We've taught them all
there is to teach. We're going out and
serve the guns again.
The old sergeant queried the group of
veterans. Am ] right, have we traine..
three million kids: Who's TO blame feE
this army that can take the field tomor.
row if it's called"
Kitchener and us. came the answer
The orf'cers. snorted the veteran
What are they good for" Boys out OF
school without hair to their faces,
lots of them. Good lads. mind you. none
better; but they don't know the A B
of soldering yet, 50 they have come to
us TO find OUT Then they order like
We tell them. We're the men that keep
them from mistakes. We're the hands
and the brain and the back bone OF the
fighting forces OF England. We're t.-e
answet 10 the how Of Nitchener's
army
He was not boosting 1t is the truth
that kitcheneT's army has been re
..ruited nd clothed ANA drilled and fed
and finally finished by the non-con-
nissiofed officers that marched with
England's fighting men when Roberts
and French and. Smith Dorrien still had
their fame before them.
England owes its fighting name In
large measure 10 ITS incoInparable
body of veteran serEcaItS. The war
Office where Kitchener rules today has
never lost sight of that fact. Neither
has Kitchener.
IL is not mere chance that has placed
at the disposal of England's great mill
tarv organizer this body of sturdy
drillUastcrs The leaders OF the Brit
isI regular army for decades back have
forcSeen the day when Britain with
standing army OF less than quarter
Of a million would be in dire need OF
juat Such I, nucleus of men as have
come 10 the salvation of the country
through ih" past st& months. Hence
~" development Of the perfect non
.t1Uut ,,Ipu.d officer has formed no
small part of Britaius : modern military
JYoltcy No effort has beer spared 10
fuak. utlt alert, sclf-rellaut, Judicious,
fhOrGuShly efficient aud TO produce him
tn aS great numbers possible
The n e. q. as he is called. has for
years been the administrative factor
itl the army He has been weighted
with responsibilities heaped with obn-
Evening star., 1915-03-28

LONDON. England. March 20. 1915.
oo07 HAT sort of an army have
sSW :: !. s: $, 5:::. 7: $;';::: ;;s;::: 4:
troops the world has
Yer seen. trained. equipped. and fairly
aching to be off TO the firing line. That's
tile sort of an army we've got That :
l<itchencr's army today
Daddy old, quartermaster sergeant
of the --th Battalion. Royal Field Ar
,illcry, shruuken and wizened veteran
Of every famous British campaign since
1870. was speaking
And VINO is il did the work" AYE.
vho' II was Kitchener and he
jluscd and pointed an informing finger
10 the circle of veterans gathered about
uim in the billiard room of the ser
-eauts' mess haIl--"us. For emphasis
and because il gave him satisfaction, he
repeated the phrase. aye. he said,
rit was Kitchener aud us
Look ut us. We're the men who have
carried through the thing Lord kitch-
cner planned We're the only ones
could have done it. There isn't trick
III the whole grand game Of war that
live that can teach us a blooming thing
Evening star., 1915-03-28
TWEEN THETEH CENTURY MAY BE,
KNOWN AS THE WAR AGE

succeeding wars are questions that rest
on the knees of the gods. StatiSticiarl'
may compile figures that Will pretend TO
tell the cost OF the war in dollars and
cents, but the loss of the world in trade.
industrial relationships. ruined indus
tries and arrangement Of international re
latonS Will never be eHprs ssed i'll figures.
Evening star., 1915-03-28

not the malingerers who used to join
tn" army because they could find. no
other way TO keep their stomachs full.
our boys today have come to camp be-
cause they have a great duty to per-
form They need no forcing. Why. man,
they sit up of cold nights III their bare
huts out there on the downs and study
their drill regulations by lantern and
candle light when they're SO dog tired
Evening star., 1915-03-28

around in the mud. while the mules
listened i'll their stalls ana grew Mise
Again the originality OF the sergeant
came to the front. Ii is no longer con
Sidered a risk of life to take am aminu-
milton train of kitchener's Royal Field
Artillery past band.
x
Everywhere in the great camp is tho
ubiquitous veteran sergeant. Here he
Is whipping an awkward squad into
shape; there he is gloating over per
feet compa ny of soldiers that owe their
training to him: somewhere else he is
showing Il raw man how to take a rifle
to pieces and reassembie it. con
the tip of his tongue are the answers
to a million questions.
He is the man who shows them how
to sit a caisson when the battery
crosses a ditch; he is the man who can
tell private more than amy doctor
about keeping marching blisters of his
feet: he is the seasoned rifieman who
takes the "Tommies" to the range
when they don't know the butt of
gun from the muzzle and brings them
back wise in all the tricks of marks
manship that he himself learned from
the willy Boer with the Mauser
His is not the knowledge of the
book-taught soldier. Half of what he
teaches he rislled his life to get. And
exactly in proportion to the risks he
took to learn is the, value of the things
he has come back to teach He knows
the difference between mechanical per
fection that is only superficial and
lighting efficiency that is absolutely
fundamental. And he can produce both
the one and the other he chooses.
In the case of kitchenerS army he has
produced fighting efficiency.
1t took him six months to do it. Mill
tary experts used to hold forth on the
difficulties of accomplishing il in three
wears. He has set their theories at
naught, Three million lighting mru
stand witness to the conSummation OF
his laborS. Barring spirit and equip
ment. he has given to them every
other prime qualification OF the great
military machine Spirit they had when
they came to him and equipment the
government has given them. The rest
the sergeant furnished. To him they
owe discipline, endurance and the tech
nique of the soldier.
Evening star., 1915-03-28

Are Whipping Three Million the
Who
Rrudeh Military
Task Preparing Ennd Fresh the Sum-
Views Military
Eoranf nfEirher
Evening star., 1915-03-28

they can scarcely keep their eyes on
the type.
into their own pockets and take from
their small allowances the money 10
buy their drill books with Soldering
is no irksome business with them as y
used to be with the 'Tommies OF the
old regular army. soldering is JUST u
means to an end aud they want 10 mas,
ter the technique of it on the run ana
make an end of the whole thing next
summer.
At Aldershot are stationed 100000 of
kitchener's army. .Aldershot in peace
times is military town with a huge
garrison quartered in rows of two
story red brick barracks that stretch
for miles along the road to London.
Here today are uuartered the men OF
the new volunteers command. filling
the places of the old garrison of regu-
lars that left long ago for the front.
To supplement the insufficient bar
rack accommodations for these citizen
soldiers thousands upon thousands of
low wooden shanties have been built,
some by the soldiers themselves, some
by skilled laborers. Out where the
lines of barrack buildings end the
group of hutS commence. littcrinS the
rolling downs of hampshire and look
ing for all the world like little min
ing camps. There is 10 canvas in sight,
except for an occasional cook tent.
The health OF til. mon demanded huis,
there was no provision made for com
fort. It is a part of the mems training
TO develop a fine Scorn for luxurieS.
They sleep it, blankets. with their
clothes for pillows, on the pine floors
of their shantics. and they don't enjoy
the pleasures of steam heat or open
fires They arc being prepared for the
hardships ahead.
In this immense military city the ser
geants are doing their work. In one
section they bend their energies to
ma king infantry. i'll another they uu-
fold to the volunteer rockies the mys-
teries of artillery fire: in Yet another
they spur their sweating horses UP and
down the ranks of four-month-o old
cavalry troop and correct mistakes
All of the three main branches of the
modern army are quartered at Alder
shot. and in each are blleted the hand
full of old-timerS that have made SOL
diers out of rockies in every quarter
of the globe.
Watch them at their work. Here is
Il bc-chevroned giant in charge of Il
BODY of men US large as the ordinary
"company' commanded by Il captain
III the United States Army. He has Il
short .swagger stick tucked under
his left arm and every ijnc of his body,
every step he takes beSpeakS the pro-
fessional fighting man. There is a
Subaltern officer somewhere around,
fastidiously attired III q Bond street
tailored uniform of khaki serge. The
suba tern is in official command. but
he makes no attempt 10 obtrudc his
official prerogativc on the persplrlng
sergeant.
The sutaltern. in fact. is little en-
harrassed. He is not exactly sure of
what ne ought to do, or how he ought
to stand or just the right thing to say
He has forgotten that his sword is not
Il malacca walking stick and is leaning
on it foolishly with the air of a very
refined young man who has been en-
trapped into watching vulgar circus
parade, and is afraid of being caught
Evening star., 1915-03-28

drafted officers We're as badly in want
of instruction as the rawest enlisted
men. The y. G. o.s were the men
of the hour. Without fuss. methodi-
cally, swiftly, surely, after the manner
of their training. they shouldered the
task of justifying their leaders de-
pendence.
How have they done this stupendous
piece of work BY knowing how. BY
enthusiasm of the highest, BY the pas
Evening star., 1915-03-28

wv 7ALkIN,i has taken a hold on
NAV popular fancy as sport,
" " pastime, recreation and form Of
Evening star., 1915-03-28

time without disarranging a single mai
in his swelling mustache.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-16

1SStOSO VII
ers? Or is
it the m an
who still as
: sum c S tn at
another tire is
better2
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-16
Dunham's New Creation
Among Chalmers Models

The famous ChalmeIs racing blue
which used to flash in first so many
times in the palmy. days of automo-
bile racing has another first" to its
credit at the automobile show For
this well remembered color has been
used in painting the chassis of the
Chalmers S1,400 New Six." which
represents the first appearance in
America of the new and distinctive
Chalmers-Delage type high speed
motor.
From the opening of the show at
New York, the Chalmers booth at
tracted the attention of engineers and
other motorwise folk who had heard
rumors of the ''unveiling" at New
York of the much talked of New
Six''-Dunham secret. as the Chal-
mers consulting engineers friends
have called it.
The new motor is the result of years
of engineering research for the ideal
motor to put into a high grade light
car 1t is, experts say, the perfected
type of the valve in the head motor
retaining all the well recognized ad-
vantages of this style of construction
with the addition of remarkable si-
lence and perfect fabrication.
European engineers were just COM
ing to this type of construction when
the war broke out, and 1t is declared
likely that the bringing out of this
type of motor in America at this par
ticular time will put American auto
mobile designing at least a year ahead
of foreign builders.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-16

closed Sedan car and the roadster oar,
be made into a luxurious coupe.
Now Hupmobile owners have the
advantage of owning two cars at rho
price of one and we know this is 20
ing TO take the eye of the buying pub-
lie
The most remarkable feature of
these new tops is the fact that the
owner can apply same with the assist
ance OF another person-no tools are
needed but a screw driver and a
monkey wrench
The equipment of the enclosed cars
Is very complete. nor does the owner
sacrifice any of the luxuriousness
found in the most expensive types of
motor cars. There is a dome light.
the windows are adjustable for 1an'
ulatlon and are made out of high
quahty couch glass; door handles have
been added and the interior is covered
with fawn colored head lining. which
adds a distinctive atmosphere of bigb
quality to the csr.
The material and workmanship Of
the new Sedan and Coupe HupmobiIe
Is worth especial attention. Tho
frame is made of wood and alluminum
rgidiy fastened with forged supports
to insure freedom from rattlinp r. is
perfectly watertight and draftnrooT
ana there is no chance for wind. water
or sun to sieve through. The excel
lent finish of the new tops gives n
conformity OF appearance between the
BODY lines and top proper that is
found only in htgh-grade coach worI, ;,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-16
Freight Too Slow For
Detroiter Eight Demand

So imperative are the demands for
demonstrators from Detroiter distribu-
tors and dealers, that the Briggs-De-
troiter company is shipping many of
the new eight cylinder models by eX-
press. according to Claude S. Briggs,
of the Briggs-Detroiter company.
I'VE have shipping orders for
'eights' from practically every De-
troiter dealer" says Mr.. Briggs, "and
we are getting cars out in the terri
tory just as rapidly as possible. 1t is
our intention to take care of demon
strator orders first and the orders now
on hand for both 'fours' and Fights
insure the factory being kept running
at its maximum capacity for months
to come. At a conservative estimate
we shall this season double our 1914
business and our manufacturing faci-
lities have been increased accordingly
to take care of the business.
Enthusiasm for eight cylinder cars
is one of the most surprising condi-
tions we have ever encountered, in
view that so few of this type are in
general use. The wide publicity given
the eight cylinder car has had its ef-
feet.
There is every reason to believe
that the great demand for 'eights this
season will result in an increased out
put of this type next year. number
priced 'fours and skies who have
been waiting to see how the public
would receive the eight are thor
oughly convinced now that the public
is eager for it and accordingly are
getting ready to announce eights
Just as soon as their sales policy will
permit.
"By anticipating the big demand for
a moderate priced eight and being
the first company to be able to market
this type of car in quantities, the
Briggs -Detroiter company has been
able to add to its organization some
of the largest and oldest stablished
distributors in the country"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-16

quick, safe, soothing, healing. sntiseptlc reiisf
flor Sore Throat. briefly describes TogtStLtaE.
small bottle Of Tousiue lasts longer than most any
ease Of ee=s Ttroaa- IoaStLlf4E relieves Sore
Mouth and Hoarseness and prevents ouinsy
| zse. and Soc. Hospital Sire SI.00. All Druggists.
THE ToNsILENE cohPAnV. Canton. ohio.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-16
Who Is Wrong?

Is it the Goodyear user. whose
choice is confirmed by some