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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-03-04

I tear We ter pieces. Ye're jest a pizer
snake, anyhow" Then, she pointed 9
tremulous finger off up the road. nGit
away from hyar, she commandeds y
don't never want ter see We again
Yere ttyin' ter steal everything
loves. Git away, / tells ye!-git away
-begone!"
Think it over urged Lescott, quiet
ly. See if your heart doesn't say am
SamsGn's friend-aId yours" He
turned, and began making his way
over the rocks; but, before he had
gone far, he sat down to reflect upon
the situation. Certainly, he was not
augmenting his popularity. A half
hour later, he heard a rustic, and,
turning, saw Sally standing not far of.
She was hesitating at the edge Of the
underbrush, and Lescott read In her
eyes the effort it was costing her to
come forward and apologize
Il reckon reckon I've got ter ask
yore pardon" she said, slowly and with
labored utterance. He looked up to
oSO uSI oIdAul4lS Will hOI ASau oAOOp>
ing and her fingers nervously pulling q
flower to pieces.
Il reckon | hain't a plumb fool. !
knows tibet Samson's got q right ter
dedication. Anyhow, knows he wants
hit"
Education" said the man, isn't go
ing to change Samson, except to make
him finer than he is-and more
capable"
She shook her head. II hain't got
no eddcation," she answered. Hits
a-goin' ter make him too good fer me.
l reckon hits a-goin' ter jest about
kill me. :" Her lips twisted
themselves into pathetic smile again,
and her chin came stif1y up. But"
she added, determinedly, tibet don't
make no difference, nohow."
Yet, when Samson that evening gave
his whippoorwill call at the Widow
Miller's cabin, he found a detected and
miserable girl sitting on the stile, with
her chin propped in her two hands and
her eyes full of somberness and fore
boding.
What's the matter, Sally?" ques-
toned he, anxiously. Hes that low
down Tamarack Spicer been round
here tellin We some more stories ter
poster ye?"
She shook her head in silence.
Usually, she bore the brunt of their
Samson merely agree
ing with, or overruling, her in lordly
brevities. The boy climbed up and sat
beside her, .
''Thars a-goin' ter be a dancin'
party over ter Vile McCagers mill |
come Saturday" he insinuatingly sug-
gested 81 reckon ven go over thar
with me, won't We, Sally?"
He waited for her usual delighted
as. 5u1, ba. lly only told him absent
Iy and without enthusiasm that she
would study about it." At last, how
ever, her restraint broke, and, looking
up, she abruptly demanded:
"Air ye agoin away, Samson?"
who's been a-talkin ter yer" de-
nanded the boy, angrily.
For moment, the girl sat silent.
Finally, she spoke In q grave yoipas /
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-03-04

RG1NOH EItt . SN-AOlH lCT JCSt F7BSAN
XIII NE"
the sounds of tiddling, though thas8
strains of Turkey in the Straw" were
only by way of prelude. Lescott felt,
though he could not say just what con.
crete thing told him, that under the
shallow note Of merry-making brooded
the major theme of a troublesome
problem. The seriousness was below
the surface, but insistently depressing.
He saw, too, that he himself was mixed
up with 1t in fashion, which might
become dangerous, when a few iugs
of white liquor had been emptied.
While the young persons danced
and spanked" within, and the more
truculent lads escaped to the road to
pass the jug, and forecast with youth
full warfever "cleanin' out the Holl-
mans" the elders were deep in ways
and means. If the truce could be pre-
served for its unexpired period Of
three years, it was, of course, best. In
that event, crops could be cultivated,
and lives saved But, if Jesse Purvy
chose to regard his shooting as a
breach of terms, and struck he would
strike hard, and, in that event. besi
defense lay In striking first Samson
woala soon b twentyona That h@
AhH1lo q Is1e
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-03-04
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER Lon Misery creek, at TIE
foot of rock from which he has fallen,
Sally Miller finds George Lescott, q land
Woape painter, unconscious, and after re-
V1ving ham. goes for assistance.
CHAPTER II-Samson South and Sally,
taking Lescott to Samson's home, are met
by Spicer South, head of the family, who
tells them that Jesse Purvy has been shot,
and that Samson is suspected o. tbs
crime Samson denies It
CHAPTER III-The shooting OF Jesse
Purvy breaks the truce In the HoIlmAA-
South feud.
CHAPTER IV-samson reproves Tama~
rack Spicer for telling Sally that Jim
HOLMAN Ia on the trail with blOodhoun6e
hunting the man who shot Purvy.
CHAPTER V-The bloodhounds lose the
trail at Spicer South's door. Lescott dis
covers artistic ability In Samson. While
eketching with Lescott on the mountain.
Tamarack discovers Samson to jeering
crowd of mountaineers. Samson thrashes
him and denounces him as the truce
buster" who shot Purvy.
The girl eprang to her feet with her
chin defiantly high and her brown
, hands clenched into tight little fists.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-06
MARYLAND Grew
RAISED MONEY To
Send flag EAST

In the course of an article on the
battleship efficiency pennant, the
Army and Navy Register devotes con
siderable space to the record of the
U. s. cruiser Maryland, "Honolulu's
battleship." which won the pennant
for gunnery in 1910, and is now en-
route to San Francisco, helping tow
the F submarine fiotilla to Mare Isl
and navy yard. " = T.:
Previous to 1870" says the Regis.
ter's account, "the battle efficiency
pennant was awarded in the navy to
the ship having the highest final score
in naval gunnery for the year. In De-
cember. 1910. the conditions were
changed so that it was awarded to
the battleship or armored cruiser
having the highest combined final mer-
it in guns, torpedoes and engineering
efficiency and was won by the Michi-
gan. .... ? 4"
The armored cruiser Maryland, on
the Pacific station, then had the PEN
nant for gunnery, and they raised a
purse and sent one of the crew, John
Reilly, a gunner's mate from San
Diego, Cal, to Provincetown, Mass,
with silk pennant and letter writ
ten on parchment congratulating the
officers and crew of the Michigan on
winning the pennant.
The ceremony of hosting the pen.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-06
NO CIVILIANS
APPLY ON OAHU
TO TAKE EXAMS.

One year after an order was g.
sued allowing civilians 10 take exam
nations for second lleutenantss COM
missions In the United States Army
Engineer Corps, there has not been
q single application fled at headQuar.
tiers on the Island Of Oahu. and but
few have been fled IN the United
States. Strictness OF the examination
Is said to account for the small NUM-
Der Of applicants.
Examinations commenced October
Is at various army stations Of civili-
an candidates for appointment ~ pro-
bational second lieutenants n the
Army Corps Of Engineers. Some IS
candidates have been authorised 20
report for examination. which Il the
largest number to compete since en-
actment Of the law permitting these
appointments.
There are now 70 vacancies n the
grade of second lieutenant Of engIh.
GERS, Of which Is existed on June 30
after appointment Of the military
academy graduates Of this year. Il II
not expected. however. that the can
didates will qualify IN q number SUI
ficient to MI the vacancies 4 the pro.
portion Of failures Is about the same
as In previous examinations Of this
kind.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-06
X BOATS Diving
in PREPARATION
FOR ANNUAL RUNS
Formal Competition Tests win
Probably Not Begin Until
After November rs

Floating around In the water, al
times partly submerged and at other
times so far beneath the surface that
only their periscopes showed, the
ships Of the X submarine notilla have
enlivened this week by making short
submerged runs In the harbor and
outside, In preparation for the annu.
al engineering competition runs and
target practise with torpedoes.
These runs, part of every years
work with the navy's "wasps," will
probably begin about November Is,
although they may start sooner. IL
is not believed that they will COM
mence much before that date, because
If the K-3, K-4, XII and KS change
their base from this port to Pearl
Harbor next week, there will be so
much to do getting settled there that
1T may be week or 10 days before
any attention can be given the annual
tests.
The submarine tender Alert, the
machine shop of the X fiotilla, as 1t
was of the F boats, will accompany
the third submarine division, as the
X submersibles are designated by the
navy department, to Pearl Harbor.
Alert Has Stayed Anchored.
When the Alert moves to Pearl Har-
Dor 1t will be the first time she has
stuck her nose outside of the llarbor
in more than year, as she has been
anchored continuously at the navy
wharf since the FL, F-2, F-3 and FL
we're stationed here last year, before
the F-4 made its last submerged run
and never showed up again until
dragged to the surface months after
the tragedy in which its brave OH.
GERS and crew gave up their lives.
Since the X submarines arrived
here under their own power October
IA from San Francisco, setting new
record for the American navy, they
have been taking 1t easy and the
crews have put in their time going
over the crafts. touching up rust spots
with red lead to prevent corrosion,
going over the engines and in other
ways putting the boats into first-cIass
shape.
The new submarine base at Pearl
Harbor is almost finished, but few
things remain to be done before the
X boats change their headquarters.
With the crew Of the submarines,
each craft having % men on board,
and the Alert's personnel. there win
be nearly $50 submarine flotilla men
stationed at rearl Harbor after '.moyl
ing day.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-06
new SEAWALL 1900 FEET LONG I.
TOPROTECT DE RUSSY BEACH
Department May Later Acquire
More Land and Build Infan-
try Barracks There

Fort De Russy has proved so futile
with nature for an enemy, however
effective it might be against an army
or navy, that 1900 feet of sea wall are
now being built to repel the attack OF
the sea waves on the beach in front
of the Fort
The sand has been clawed away by
the fingers of the sea persistently and
the beach line dug back with such
great success that the problem of saw
ing the waterfront land was referred
to Col Charles. s. Bromweil of the
engineering department for solution
The sea wall which is now being
built was then planned, and when
completed will be a retaining wall
for the loose earth and sand on the
beach.
Several big projects are under way
now on the island with the engineer
ing department in charge The con-
struction of the redoubts at Red Hill
is probably the biggest of this work.
Another big project is being carried
out In the Diamond Head crater,
where pits and entertainments are be-
ing dug for al battery of large guns.
This work probably will be finished
about the first Of the year and the
guns will be in place probably early
in the spring.
Rumors that the government is to
take all of the land along the sea in
the immediate vicinity of Fort De
Russy and establish a big station for
troops there-not only for coast artil.
lery but infantry as &ell-were Meth
er refuted norayerified when inquiry
was made at headquarters recently
Officers here say they know nothing
of such plan, but admit that it may
be part of the general plan for
strengthening the defense of the
island and providing for more troops.
Gen. Carriers recent statement that
there will be about $4,000 men on
Oahu in the course of two years
would indicate that preparations for
barracks for the men and for more
guns for coast defense will begin at
get ready for such an army as is to
come here, and as it is not probable
the government will stop at $4,000
troops, there will be continual actiy-
ity in building from now on at the
forts and barracks.
Fort De Russy, one army man stat
ed recently. appears to be logical
place for station for large number
of coast artillerymen and some infan-
trymen All of these facts taken to-
gether give some color to the runner
that land adjacent to De Russy Is to
be taken by the government and used
for barracks.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-06
EER(1HHE News and notes Of the Service N@ZENKW
ENKyrAX2(- y in Hawaii and Elsewhere e e .N-AZK2N
new KAMEHAMEHA BARRACKS Will
BE READY FOR GARRISON SOON

Barracks for enlisted men and quar-.
tiers for non-commissioned officers and
officers at Fort Kamehameha, the last
of which is now almost complete, I'M
der direction of Captain David L.
Stone of the Quartermaster's Depart
ment, are said to be the most COM
Portable which have been constructed
on Oahu. In building the Kameha-
meha quarters new plans were follow
ed with the result that they are said
to be more satisfactory than those at
Schofield Barracks and more economi.
cally constructed.
Instead of the usual concrete con-
struction, the Kamehameha buildings
are all frame, and are better suited to
this climate. The non-commissioned
officers houses are near the beach on
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-06


When John Wilkes Booth fled from
Ford's theater in Washington on the
night he shot Abraham Lincoln, he
SEIZED horse nearby and fled down
into Virginia where with an accom-
plice he hid in a barn. He stayed in
the barn until driven out by a posse,
coming but firing at those who pur-
sued him, so histories say, only to be
shot down by one of the pursuers.
The man who shot Booth was James
Lprbett, grandfather of Sgt. G. H.
Corbett of the quartermaster division
at Fort Shafter, and the sergeant has
heard the story many times from the
lips of his own father, Abijah Corbett.
my grandfather served in the Civil
war, which had just closed, says Sgt
Corbett, telling what he remembers OF
the story, and he was member or
the posse of soldiers and citizens who
surrounded the barn down in the Vir-
ginia woods. He was the man who
shot Booth as the assassin came from
the shelter of the barn.
Il have heard my father tell OF 1t
a good many times" says Corbett.
HE always said that grandfather
would never talk much about it in
the years after it had happened, be-
cause he used to feel that people
might think he was boasting over
the fact. Later in his life my grand
father became preacher and moved
to New Jersey" ~..>..
Sgt. Corbett's home is in Flint,
Mich, as his mother lives there. His
father hNs been dead several, years.
The father was also a soldier in the
Civil war, so that the sergeant is the
third generation of the family to take
UP army life. II do not know whether
any of the family farther back were
army men or not, - laughs Sgt. Cor
bett, "the last three generations have
supported it pretty we'll" Ill" e:
Sgt. Corbett has been ordered to
Fort Slocum, New York. and will leave
on the next transport for the coast.
He has been with the army since 1908,
served in the Philippines and has Just
completed three years service in Ha-
wall He was born and raised in
Ohio .. a~ 49, - p 3. .,.s..s
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-06
LESS Than HALF
Army OFFICERS
West POINT men

The report of the superintendent oil
the u. S. Military academy, Col Clar
ence p. Townsley, c. A. c.. shows 137
officers and $50 students at the acad.
envy July /, 1914, OF the cadets 164
we're graduated. 80 discharged for de.
fciency in studies, one lacking in con.
duct one physically disabled, and 10
resigned and three suspended.
There we're SO vacancies July 1,
1915. The total cadetships author
lied was 706. The plant can easily
handle 700 cadets. and that number
should be kept under instruction.
Only AZ per cent of the active army
officers are graduates. This can be
fully doubled In time with 200 cadets.
Three Filipinos were examined and
one admitted.
OF 66s candidates for this year 183
failed to report or did not complete
their examinations, seven declined
appointment, and 1S9 were directed
to report for admission. OF so re.
jected physically, IS were deficient in
height, weight, chest, etc., % had de.
fective vision and 10 defective
hearts.
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the left of the entrance drive. and the
commissioned officers homes are on
the right of the drive. The barracks
are several hundred feet to the rear
of the non-commissioned quarters.
Eight barracks have been built or are
being completed, all of them on practi-
cally the same plan. The barrack' build
ings are 160 by 141 feet, and are built
on four sides OF a large court with an
opening for q drive way at the front.
Many large windows are provided for,
ventilation and the interior is we'll
finished. Provision is made to com.
fortably house eight companies.
Tennis courts, handball courts and
a swimming pool are now being built,
anu plans are being made for other
improvements at the fort.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-06
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TEAMS
COMING HOME in TWO SECTIONS
Plans for Big Parade as Part of
Reception Are Given Up;
Review November q

Divided into two sections. vita Sgt.
James Ho at the head OF the first and
Sgt. Thomas j. K. Evans the most
prominent of the second. the rifle
team Of the National Guard Of Hawaii
will come home on the Matsonia end
Wilhelmina. Accommodations for all
were not to be had on the Wilhelmina,
on which the team planned to start
for Honolulu, and they divided. The
first half, on the Matsonia, win arrive
here November 3. and the second con-
tingent Is due to arrive November IS.
Plans for big reception have been
materially altered since Il was found
that the team could not all land on
Oahu at once. The big parade, which
was planned. Is not to be part OF
the program. though each Of the boats
will be met by hundreds of guards
men and the National Guard band
A smoker and fegimental review
win be given November "a and Is, to
mark the homecoming Of the team.
At the smoker the team will be
provided with a feast and Governor
Pinkham win be present to deliver
an address. which is to aim at stirring
enthusiasm. rs.
Review at KapiolanI Park.
Sunday morning. N0vember Is. the
big review will come off In Kapiolani
park, lasting all day. The entire
guard OF Oahu, which now numbers
1907 men, has been ordered out for
the day and will report at z O'Clock
In the morning at the alfnofy. where
they will board street cars for the
park They will 60 In full marching
order, taking all equipment, including
shelter halves. Tents will be pitched
at the park, the commissary viii be
cooks will prepare dinner. There will
be drills, reviews and special work all
day. The Engineer Corps. which win
appear in the field for the first time.
is to give q demonstration Of bridge
building; the commissary will be en-
gagged in actual field service, and the
other companies and corps will be
likewise engaged. Camp will be bfok-
en- late in the afternoon after an aft
ernoon review by Cover or Pinkham,
Col. Samuel |. Johnson and Lieut.
w. G. Whitener of the staff.
Within few days after the review
Governor Pinkham with leave for
D. G.. where he goes to
add his voice to the general plea be-
ing made BY governors of various
states for federal pay for militiamen.
The pay bin will probably come up at
the next session Of Congress and Gov
ernor Pinkham will present the neces-
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-06
GENERAL WISER
WIDELY KNOWN AS
AN ARMY AUTHOR
New Commanding Officer of
Hawaiian Department Was
West Point Instructor

Brigadier-genefal John Phillip Wis
ser, who. assumed command of thu
Hawaiian department yesterday, lacks
but one year of having served al
many years in the army as Major-gen
eral William H. Carter, whom he sue
: ceeded. General Wiser was gradual
ed from the United States military
academy at West Point in the class
Of 1874. while General Carter waf
graduated in 1873.
General Wiser is also an author
and has written number of books
on army life and military problems
Among the best known OF his works
are THE Second Boer Wal" Tactics
of Coast Defense" and "By Land and
Sea- His other books are Gun Cot
ton" Practical Problems in Minor
Tactics and Strategy and Explosive
Materials"
He was contributor to the New
international Encyclopedias on the
subjects of organization and. tactics.
and has been editor of the Interna-
tional Military Series since 1902.
General Wissers army experience
has been varied. He was assigned to
the field artillery and coast artillery
until 1907 in various ranks from second
lieutenant to colonel, but for q large
part of that time was on special duty,
West Point Instructor.
He was Instructor In chemistry. min.
eralogy and geology at the military
academy from 1878 to 1882, and from
1886 to 1894 was instructor of chem
istry at the artillery school
General Wiser was selected to rep
resent the United States at the French
maneuvers In 1884 and was detailed
to witness the United States naval
rnaneuvers In the Caribbean sea in
1902. In 1904 he was detailed In the
inspector generals department. and
was acting Inspector general of the
Pacific division during the tumultous
days Of the fire and earthquake in
San Francisco. and during the months
that followed when order was brought
ont OF chaos by the army star. He
was later made commander Of the
department Of California and contin-
ued IN that assignment until June,
1912. He was appointed brigadier
general May Is, 1913, and was in
command OF the 4th Brigade, End
Division at Texas City, Texas, when
the army was assembled on the Dor.
der In the latter part of 1913 and
early part of 1914 with active service
In prospect. General Carter was then
in command Of the whole force on the
border
General Wiser has been command.
ant at Schofield Barracks since he
was transferred to Oahu from Fort
Miiey. California, and has been close.
" associated with General Carter in
the great work which Is going ahead
on the island. In taking over the
command he win have to deal with
problems with which he is familiar.
But his service will not be for long,
as he is to retire from active duty
on July 10, 1916.
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nant on the Michigan took place at
Provincetown, Mass, in the presence
of the assistant secretary of the navy.
the commander in chief of the feet
and officers of his staff, the rear ad-
mirals commanding the battleship di-
visions and the captains and several
officers from each ship present The
naval aid to the president of the Unit
ed States delivered letter of COM
mendation, which was read by the as
sistant secretary with all hands at
muster, who also read a commenda-
tory letter from the navy department.
The crew of the Michigan gave three
cheers for the Maryland as the pen.
nant was handed over and hoisted.
. The Delaware won the pennant
the next year, then the Wyoming, and
now the Michigan wins 1t a second
time -. -
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-06
COAST ARTILLERY
ESSAY COMPETITION

The Journal .of the United States
Artillery announces the following for
its annual competition:
1. One hundred dollars for the best
essay submitted on either subject
named, as determined by the commit
tee of award, except as provided under
condition (b).
2. Seventy-five dollars for the best
essay, determined as above, on ths
other subject named-tha is, on the
subject not discussed in the essay to
which the first prize is awarded ex-
cept as provided under condition (b).
The subjects are fa) Preparations
that should be made in peace for quar-
tering and provisioning coast-defense