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The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26
Probably No Extra Seeeion

Washington, Beptember B.-President wilson probably will not call a special session of the senate. Administration of- ficials said today he had not finally made up his mind. however. Some senators have urged that the senate be called carly, that 1t might revise its rules to facilitate debate before the regular ses- sion Many administration leaders. how ever. have strongly advised against 1t.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26
"REYIYO"

For WEAK and RUN DOWN men. The most recent discovery, the most effic- ient TONIC, the KING of REJUvEN- x1TisoeRs-viM and viGoR in every tab let saeTvdY aiHs YGsfRi,s EFF ca se ssis'Ss cSzSdG E
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26

The battle tide on the eastern front seems to be swinging more with the Russians. except in the north, where Dvinsk is under heavy attack. with the Germans making headway in their drive.
 Stubborn battles were in progress when the latest official statements were issued for important positions both north and south of the Niemen, including the important railroad june tions at Baranovichi about 75 miles southwest of Minsk and zMolodeschno, about 50 miles to the northwest of that city.
 In the south-central districts around Pinsk and In Volhynia and Galicia the Russian arms appear in the ascendancy with Lutsk again in their possession, they have Dubno to recapture to com plete the retaining of the Volhynian fortress triangle.
 Fruits of the Russian successes in Galicia and Volhynia are reported in the passage through Kiev between September ? and 20 or 45,000 Austrian prisoners on their way to interior camps.
 Fighting on the western front con tinues to be confined mainly to the artillery arm, so far as the official statements indicate, although a Berlin dispatch Saturday declared the en- tente allies had begun a new offensive
 
 as he makes good and when he shows his incompetence he should be fired. Let the manager be responsible, no one else, and the citizens will look to him for a busi- ness-like administration
 For Five Commissioners
 James Davis: q am for five commits soners. I believe that five men, selected from representative sections of the com munity caN more readily respond to the needs of tN Seople than the present board of three. I will vote in favor of five com missioners."
 Solicitor Hugo L. Black: 'I believe that the present system has not had the fair est of trials and therefore am willing to allow the three commissioner plan a little more time before I offer criticism However, I am very much in favor of the city manager plan."
 M. s. Allen: "I am heartily in favor of the city manager plan and would so vote It means the centralization of power and incidentally of responsibility. It means that the public knows just who is re- sponsible if things go wrong and who deserves the credit if things go well. I am strongly in favor of the city man. ager plan as against that of three or five commissioners"
 Walter s. Brewer: 'I think that the city of Birmingham Is a large corpora tion and would be managed exactly like one if 1t means to be successful. There fore let the people elect competent city to operate the city. Results are bound to accrue from such plan. The people should also elect board of direc- tors, three or five, the latter preferably. and this board should advise and in a mea asure direct the activities of the city manager. I believe that the city man. ager plan is the best of all the various antidotes of bad government now under consideration
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26
French Vice Admiral Retires

Rome, September 25.-(via Paris.)-The cabinet has accepted the resignation of Vice Admiral Leone viale. minister of marine. Premier salandra aspumea the portfolio provisionally. The retirement of the minister is attributed to III health,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26

llrs. Jaek,s 1zonae-MaAe Deaten Bls-
 'nits at aeeelng greeerA yresA daily
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-09-26
THE WAR AT A GLANCE

The battle tide on the eastern front seems to be swinging more with the Russians, except in the north, where Dvinsk is under heavy attack, with the Germans making headway in their drive
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ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY


Special Correspondence OF The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, July 17.-Hugh
H. Ballard, twenty-one years old. of
Scottsville, Va, and Miss Edna Lavinia
Kirby, seventeen years old, of Wash
ington were married in Rockville yes
terday afternoon by Rev. Samuel r.
White of the Baptist Church. at the
home of the minister. They returned
to the city Immediately afterward.
Among the ministers on the program
to preach at the annual campmeeting
to be held at Washington Grove, be-
ginning July % and continuing through
August 1, are the following: Nilsson
Thomas of Washington. w. l.. Mellow =
ell of Baltimore, w. l.. Lynn of Hagers-
town. NJ. H. Keen and Richard G.
Koontz of Gaithersburg, Oscar w. Hen
derson of Rockville. John E. Fort of
Laytonsville and Thomas S. Davis and
W. c. Smith of Clarksburg. At the plat
form meetings to be held the after
moons of July 25 and August ] the
speakers will be w. H. H. Smith of
Takoma Park, Samuel b. Hege of
Rockville, Harry S. Welsh and L. Cabel
Williamson of Washington and Thomas
J. owen and J. B. Ely of Gaithersburg.
The annual convention of the Wom-
ems Christian Temperance Union of
Montgomery county will be held at
Washington Grove Tuesday: Morning
and afternoon sessions will be held,
and at noon a basket luncheon will be
served The principal address will be
by Rev. M. H. Keen. pastor of Grace
Methodist Church. Gaithersburg.
Announcement has been made of the
marriage of E. olin Garrett. son Of the
late Charles E. Garrett of this place.
and Miss Agnes l. johnson of Pitts
burgh. Pa, which took place recently
in Pittsburgh.
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JOHN R. MCLEAN ACQUIRES
FRONT STEPS OF CAPITOL
May Become Part of a Sunken Gar
den on Country Estate-His-
torical Value Great.

John r. Mclean has bought the front
steps of the United States Capitol
which are being removed to make way
for new ones of granite. 1t is under
stood that the historic steps on which
Presidents have been inaugurated for
century past and which have been
the site of gatherings of notable char
acter in the history of the country will
become part of a sunken garden for
Mr.. McLean's country estate.
The old steps are being removed by
Arthur Cowsill of this city. who will
replace them with granite. The steps
to be removed are thirty-five in num-
Der. each 16 inches wide and so feet
long, with several landings and plat
forms. AS part of the cost of the
work the contractor figured on the his
torical value of the old steps and adj
vertised them for sale as such.
Upon the old steps President Lincoln
made a famous inaugural speech; Pres
idents Garfield and Mckinley, who
were shot by assassins, took the oath
of office there. Great demonstrations,
such as the recent suffrage and tenn
perance crusades, have eliminated on
the east steps. and the finish of Gen"
CoXeys army occurred there. AL
though millions of feet have passed
UP and down their historic surfaces,
the contractor states that for material
purposes they are good for century
more.
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SAFETY FIRST.

kale. per Dbl, 25a5o; string beans, Der
Dbl, 1ooa1.50 peppers. per crate l. 50a
. 90: carrots, 1.00a2.00 per 100 punches:
okra, per crate, LOCAL 80: radishes, per
30, 5Oa1.OO; cucumbers. 25a75 per bas-ll
ket; lettuce. per bbl.. 50a75; onions z
Texas, per crate, 90a1.10: eggplant, 2.00a
Q so per crate; spinach, LOCAL. % per Dbl. i
cabbage, 4oa5O per crate: peas. per Dbl
]. 50a3. so: beets. LOCAL so per 100 punches
lima beans. basket, 3.00a4.00: home
grown, 4oa50. per quart; celery. per
dozen, 15a50: celery. per crate. 2.a5a
$50: romaine lettuce, 75aI00 per basket y
corn, per dozen. 15a25.
LIVE STOCK-Sheep. per h.. Ia4k;
lambs, spring, per h., s; calves, per
h., s; medium. per h., 7a7h: common,
6l2aI.
SEEDS-Red clover. S.00a9 90 per bu;
alsike clover. 9.25a10.00 per bu.: GRIM
SON clover, 5.25a5.50 per bu.: timothy,
95a35O per bu.: red top. 30a34 per lb :.
blue grass, l.75a2.00 per bu.: orchard
grass. 20ea225 per bu.; white clover,
i5c per lb.
GRAIN -wheat-milling. per bu.,
GOA 90; ordinary, per bu.. 75aS5: corn
yellow, S6aS7 per bu.: white. per bu.
s6as7; oats, white, per bu.. Sass; mixed.
per bu.. 55a56. =
HAY-No. / timothy. per ton. 22.6ea1
$500; No. timothy. per ton. q 6oa
1900: No. l mixed. per ton. 20.00a2l.00:.
No. 2 mixed. per ton. 17.50a20.0o. :
STRAw-Long rye. per ton. 11.0oa
l1.5o: tangled rye. per ton. s.00as.s0. /
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Dismissal Until August 10.
WEATHER..
Fair and Not So Warm Tonight and
Sunday.

For the District of Columbia, Mary
land and Virginia, probably fair and
not quite so warm tonight and Sun
day; light to moderate westerly winds.
The northern storm has reached the
st. Lawrence valley, and it has in
creased somewhat in intensity. It has
caused local showers and thunder
storms in the middle Atlantic and New
lake region. Another storm covers the
northern Rocky mountain region and
Is causing showers and thunderstorms
in the northwestern states.
Temperatures remain above the sea
sonal average in practically all parts
of the country east of the Rocky
mountains, while cool weather prevails
on the Pacific slope.
The indications are that the weather
will be generally fair tonight and Sun
day over the states east Of the Mis-
sissippi river.
Temperate lures will be somewhat lower
in the upper Ohio valley, the region
of the great lakes and the middle At
lantic and New England states.
The winds along the New England
coast will be fresh southwest, shifting
to northwest, with squalls; on the mid
die Atlantic coast light to moderate
westerly; on the south Atlantic coast
and east gulf coast light variable.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide, 5:37 am. and 5:57
pm; high tide, 1923 am. and 11:54
pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 6:26 am. and
6:37 pm: high tide, 1907 am.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun rose 4:47 am; sun sets
1923 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 4:4s am; sun
sets 1928 pm.
Moon sets 1907 pm.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings OF
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty four
hours beginning at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Yester 4 pm, 6S;
pm, 10: IL midnight, "A; today. 4 am.
70; s am, 81; IL noon, 81; 2 pm, so.
Maximum. SO, at l pm. yesterday; min
imum, IS, at 4:30 pm. yesterday.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum, 90; minimum, 70.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4 pm, $3.50; s
pm, 1915; IL midnight. 1880; today,
am. 1919: am, 1885; IL noon,
2972; 2 pm, 1912.
Weather in Various Cities.
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Brief Mention,
ARMY-NAW.
Army Orders.

The leave of absence granted Second
Lieut.. Ernest G. Cullum. 4th Cavalry
is extended one month for exceptions
reasons
First Lieut.. John n. Greedy. Sigma
Corps, at Tobyhanna. Pa, will return
to his proper station in this city
Leave of absence for one month i.
granted Second Lieut.. Harold F. Loohis
Coast Artilley Corps.
Private Walter w. Gregory, Hospita
Corps, Walter Reed General Hospital
D. c., will be discharged by the com
handing officer of that hospital by pur
chase.
Sergt. First Glass John l.. GerIach
Hospital Corps, at the Walter Reet
General Hospital, is assigned perma
nently to that station.
Naval Orders.
Lieut.. F. B. Freyer. from the Oregon
to the Glacier.
Lieut.. c. c. Slayton, from naval sta
| ton, Tutuila, Samoa. to home and wal
! orders.
Lieut.. (junior grade) E. G. Blakeslee
from the North Carolina to branch by.
geographic Office, Boston.
Ensign s. G. Womble, from the Stew.
art to the Paul Jones.
Acting Assistant Surgeon NJ. f. Rose
appointment revoked October 10, 1915
Chief Boatswain Edwin Murphy. tt
Atlantic reserve fleet.
| Pay Clerk NJ. E. Mitchell, appointment
revoked, effective July 20, 1915.
Marine Corps Orders.
Lieut. Col. w. C. Neville. from Is
Brigade, Philadelphia, to command ma
rine detachment, American legation
Picking.
First Lieut. c. F. B. Price, from ma
rine barracks. Norfolk, to Marine Corp.
rifle range, Winthrop.
| First Lieut.. A. McC. Robbins. from
headquarters, to recruiting duty, Sal
Lake City.
Second Lieut. H. c. Daniels, from ma.
rine barracks, Boston, to L. S. S
Brooklyn.
Naval Movements.
| The Hull and Farragut arrived al
San Pedro July 16, the Albany at Por,
Angeles, Wash. July Is, the Lawrence
at San Diego July 16, the Hector al
Guaymas July 16, the Parker at New
York yard July 16, the Hopkins a,
Santa Barbara July 16. the Machias a,
Lobos Island July Is. the Preston al
President roads July 16. the Wisconsin
at Gatun lake July Is and the Prone
| theus at Unalga July 10.
The Do;rhin Jailed from Washing
ton July 10 for New York, the Marble
head from Catalina Island July 16 for
San Francisco, the Brutus from Cape
Haitien July Is for Guantanamo, the
Kentucky from New York July Is for
Philadelphia, the kearsarge from
Hampton roads July 16 for New York
The Mars. at Philadelphia, has been
ordered to proceed to Hampton roads
The Baltimore and Lebanon, at the
| Norfolk yard, have been ordered to
proceed to Newport, r. l.
The flag of the commander of the
submarine flotilla, Atlantic fleet, has
been transferred from the Prairie to
the Columbia.
The orders for the Vulcan to leave
Hampton roads about the 21st instant
for Olongapo have been Cancelled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT

Quotations given below are for large
lots Jobbers' prices are higher.
EGGS-Nearby. 17a1S: West Virginia
and southwest Virginia, II.
BUTTER-Elgin, fancy, per .lb.. 81;
western firsts. per h.. 2Sa29 seconds,
per h.. 2611a2S; store packed. per h.,
l7a1S.
cHEEsE-New York state factory,
new. 17a1s.
POULTRY-Hens. h.. 15a16; ROSTERS
per lb., 10: turkeys. per lb, Halls:
spring chickens. per lb,. 22a24: ducks.
per h.. sa1o.
DRESSED POULTRY-Hens, choice.
per h.. 16a17: chickens. per h.. 24a25:
turkeys, per lb.. HALF; ducks. per h., sa
10. ROSTERS. per h.. 11al2.
GREEN FRUITS-Apples. new. per
bbl. 1.00a3.00: per box. 50a1 .Oo
oranges per box. 3.75a4.25: lemons, per
box, 1.OOa2.25; pineapples, per crate. 2.00a
500; grapefruit. per crate, 3.O0a4.0O;
peaches, per crate, l.25a1.15: cherries
at, 5a121s: raspberries. black, per qt, "a
10: red. per at. 12al5; blackberries. per
ot., 4a8; gooseberries. per qt.. 5as: cur
rants, per qt., Gallo: cantaloupes, per
crate, 1.00a2.50; watermelon. Fla, 1Oaso
ach.
VEGETABLES-Potat new. Georgia
and South Carolina, per bbl. LOCAL. 25;
tomatoes. home grown, 25a75 per box;
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BOWS CRUSHED BY ICEBERG,
Disabled Steamer Crawls Into Port
at Montreal.

MONTREAL, July 17.-With bows
crushed in. stern lying low and squat
in the water. and her damaged stem
riding high. the steamer Agenoria
crawled into port today to her berth
at the upper end of Windmill Point
Sunday morning she clashed into an
iceberg while running through the
straits of Belle Isle.
Ninety bergs were sighted in the mar
row passage. but the one that the YES
sci struck, although one hundred feet
high. was not seen through the fog
until it doomed up thirty feet dead
ahead. When it was seen that the
vessel was making water pretty fast,
the sea water was let into the stern
tanks to raise the bow.
The Agenoria is Il British vessel of
2.971 tons gross. and was last reported
at Barry. July /.
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Recession From High Level.

Pacific Mail. which is not classed
among the war issues. sold at its high
est price in years on reports pointing
at the advantageous disposal of that
property.
/ United States Steel was the only ac-
tive leader. opening with a sale of 5000
shares at Il trifing gain. Other promi-
nent stocks, including railways, were
irregular.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
EFFORT TO DECEIVE ALLEGED.
British Attorney Generals Charge
REGARDING Meat Packers.

LONDON, July 1.-THE cases of the
meat packers in the British prize court
have been adjourned until next Tues
day on account of the pressure of other
matters before the prize court.
Acting on the request of Alfred r.
Urion, counsel for the American pack
ers. the government has decided to try
the cases separately. and consequently
yesterdays opening statement for the
crown concerned the consignments
made by the Cudahy and Morris pack
ing companies. Next Tuesday the
opening statements will be made in the
cases of the Armour and Swift con-
Germs.
The attorney general yesterday pro-
duced letter that had passed between
Messrs Aschers of Hamburg and the
American packers. and asserted that it
contained frank statements of efforts
being made to deceive, and showed
that it was the transportation of goods
from Denmark that was desired.
This letter. according to the attorney
general, read: I'VE shall have to take
chance and we hope the little lot
will slip through"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-17
The Mont dor Tunnel.

FrOm the MANCHESTER GuafulaH.
A ceremony that would have had
worldwide notice at any other time has
passed almost unregarded in the open
ing Saturday of the Mont dor tunnel
between France and Switzerland. The
tunnel saves the railway from Paris to
lausanne the detour from the east which
it formerly made at Pontarlier. and
though q service from Paris to Berne
viii, of course. be kept up on the old
route, the expresses to Italy will now
run straight south from Pontarlier
The tunnel saves eleven miles, or
about half an hour, between Paris and
Lausanne. 1t is three and half miles
in length, and with the fifteen-mile line
Of which 1t forms a part, cost Fl 100000
to build.
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NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. July 17.-Butter-Quiet
receipts. 6,372 packages. Creamery extras
t9o score). u; creamery thigher scor-
ing), 27AaoS: firsts. 24Aa2611; seconds.
23a241s
Eggs-Firm; receipts, $4,000 cases.
Fresh gathered. extras. 24a25: extra
frsts, 22a23: firsts. 20a21: seconds. 1Sa
10: nearby hennery, whites. fine to
fancy, 27a2S; nearby hennery, browns,
24a25
Cheese-Irregular: receipts. 1921.
State, whole milk, fresh. fats and
twins, colored, specials, 10; do. white.
14A do. colored, average, fancy, 141aa
14A do. white, 14a14H.
Live poultry-Firm: western chick =
ems, broilers. 20: fowls, 15k; turkeys.
11al2; dressed, quiet; prices unchanged.
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Wills Filed for Probate.

Edwin W. Grafton made his wtlE
November 10, 1902. and confirmed 10
June /, 1915. He provided that his en-.
tire estate should go to his wife. Elisa
beth Grafton, and named her as execu-
trix. :
BY the terms of the will of Annie
ODonoghue Trigg. dated September
10, 1912, all her property 10 left to her
sister Clara O'Donoghue. The sister -
also named as executrix.
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Building Permits.

Building permits were issued today
to the following:
w. w. Trego. to build shed, rear 144l
Madison street northwest; estimated
cost. $50.
Byron S. Adams, to repair printing
Office, 5l2 18th street northwest; es-
timated cost, 800
Mrs. Theodore. to repair store. 2O15 S
street northwest; estimated cost, $3.50.
Joseph E. Draley. to build two-story
hollow-tile dwelling. 1915 Kearney
street northwest: architect, Julius
Weinig; builder, Peter Fersinger: es-
timated cost, $4,000
garages alley between 18th and 18th
and l. and NJ streets northwest; esti-
mated cost, $1,000
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NEW YORK BONDS.
LONDON MARKET DULL.
Dealers Await Permission to Trade
in New War Loan,

LONDON July 17.-Money and dis
count rates were firm today. and the
market continues to borrow from the
Bank of England.
The stock market was dull and unin-
teresting, as dealers are awaiting per-
mission to trade in the new war loan,
which ii is expected will be issued
early next week. The old war loan
was steadier.
American securities were quietly
good. Amalgamated Copper and United
States Steel were the most active
shares. but the markings generally
were under parity. The closing was
steady.
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NO LIQUOR FOR SOLDIERS.
Military Governor of Paris Puts
Troops on Water Wagon"

PARIS, July 17.-Gen. Gallieni, the
military governor of Paris. has issued
an order forbidding the purchase by or
sale to soldiers or officers of whatever
grade. in the intrenched camp of Paris,
of any alcoholic liquors whatsoever.
Offenders will be cited to appear be-
fore the police courts and military tri-
bunals. Liquor dealers violating this
order will be punished by temporary
suspension of their license on the first
offense and the revocation of their
license on their second offence.
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Distinguished Missourian De-
nounces Proponents of Peace
at Any Price,
MAKES 1T PLAIN, However,
HE IS NOT AMONG LIMOGES
Discusses the Need of Greater Mill.
tary Preparedness in Address
at San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO. July 17.-CtamI
Clark. Speaker of the House of Repre-
sntatives. was inspired by the recep-
ton of the Liberty Bell here today to
discuss the need of greater military
preparedness to preserve to citizens OF
the United States that liberty of which
the bell is an historic symbol
In the course of his remarks Mr.
Clark said:
II differ toto coelo with the pro.
ponents of peace at any price. That
is an amazing. a demoralizing, a de-
grading doctrine.
"On the other hand, I am utterly
standing army, and to those who ad-
vocate navy equal to the two big
gest navies in the world. I am not
"a lingo. God forbid! l hope most pro-
foundly there will never be another
another to which we
are a party-but knowing that hui
man nature has not changed jot OF
little since Adam and Eve were driven
with flaming swords from Paradise,
am in favor of putting the country in
such posture that If war should for
any reason become necessary We may
emerge from it conquerer. as we have
been in all our wars.
would OOuDle CQe CADETS.
Toward the consummation of this
plan. I am in favor of doubling the
number of cadets at West Point, and OF
making it obligatory upon the Secre-
tary of War to detail an army officer
to any school. college or university
which will furnish a minimum of zoe
students to drill In that way and al
the least possible cost we could, in a
few years. have enough drilled men to
officer volunteer army of a million
soldiers. if needs be.
I'm fact there would be wisdom in a
scheme by which in addition to the
cadets educated free by the govern
ment at West Point and Annapolis, any
boy possessiong the prescribed qualif1-
cations might on reasonable terms be
educated at those two great institu-
tions. The surplus West Pointers could
be used to advantage in drilling the
youths of the land. while the surplus
naval graduates would make splendid
ofHcerS for the great merchant marine
which President Wilson and some OF
the rest of us are determined to place
upon the high seas from which OUT
flag has almost entirely disappeared
Plea for Well Drilled Militia.
I'VE should also have a we'll drilled
and well equipped National Guard tc
be used for strictly national purposes
on the principles enunciated by
Thomas Jefferson, "a we'll disciplined
militia-our best reliance in peace and
for the first moments of war, till
regulars may relieve Them
ut seems that if little Switzerland
can mobilize in a few days an army OF
half a million well drilled men BY
means of her system of military educa-
ton and discipline-the cheapest sys.
tenn known among men and sufficiently
effective-we could. by such applica
ton of her system as fits our case, in a
year or two be able to mobilize an
army of 100000 well disciplined men
at cost which to us would be a mere
fective insurance for this country and
all her citizens and their interests"