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MILITARY INSTRUCTION CAMPS

Military instruction camps for stu
dents or educational institutions, though
stu hardly beyond the experimental
stage, offer such great and obvious ad :
vantages, not only to tho students
themselves, but also to tho nation, that
they have won the hearty Endorsement
OF distinguished educators and Datri :
otto citizens and demonstrated their
value as military asset OF vital i'm
portance.
In these camps students obtain a
healthy. active, out-of-door life during
their summer vacation at less expense
IMAM elsewhere, and form habits OF
order. selt-control, personal hygiene.
obedience and command that must be OF
permanent value and equip them ia the
best way for the battle OF life, whether
as citizens or as soldiers OF the re-
public
The instruction embraces riff. shoot
ing marching, camping, tho principles
o! sanitation az well as military policy,
and the actual handling o! troops in
the held unocr simulated war conditions.
Abundant time and opportunity are
also given for athletic sports. rest and
rcCrca ton. and the camp 10 be held
at san Francisco Will offer the special
advantages OF seeing the Panama
racine international Exposition. This
camp VIII be from juno "a to August
J. inclusive, and the several branches
OF the regular army will each give
practical illustration CT its own use.
Tn" performances Of the cavalry will 10
striking in their daring and original
!ty.
The discipline, though strict. Is just.
and the students, placed OH a cadet
status, are treated with the respect
and courtesy due prospective officers,
but subject II the same time to the
rules ard regulations OF Il well-ordercd
CEcampmcnt; which IL, IN fnct. a train
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Ing school for manly men and officer.
among lie most healthy SURROUNDINGS
and Influences.
To those who finish the prescribed
course. certificates arc given by tho
War Department; the department also
keeps II record OF their names ana
addresses for handy reference in tinlu
TO come.
I" the nation these camps furnish AN
excellent means OF fostering The shirt
OF patriotism and OF spreading far
and wide Il better knowledge OF the
military history. the military policy and
me military needs OF the country.
Thcs' camps arc also OF great value.
since they furnish the nation a means
or increasing lis reserve by giving m.!-
in time OF danger would become Of
hccrs. and be thus able 70 supply "a
need certain 10 bc ot Il most pressing
character.
Tho 'enuiremen,s are students mus.
be o! lood moral character, Sound
ply sicaliy, ~ least Ave feet four iuohcs
in height and between the ages -
eighteen and thirty. IN universities
COLLEGES and the graduating class AT
high school-and other schools rated a.
such--Or graduates Or the same.
The cost FOR the entire ave weeks
OF the encampmrnt VIII he $3.50 for
subsistence. and the uniform Will cost
rom 81 10 81" y deposit OF g. Is
also required OF each student 10 pay
FOR any loss or damage 10 government
property. In case no loss or DANA 20
occurs for which The student is re-
sopnsiblc, the deposit Will be returned
upon termination Of the cncampmcnt
Application blanks FOR admission 10
the camp and any further Information
desired may be obtained from Colonel
John {. Gresham, rooms sos and sos
Army Headquarters. Chronicle Build
ing, san Francisco, Cal.
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Getting Ont of Its Nnnth

TROPPlNG up al recent sessions of tho
~ councimanic committee investigating
the Police Department have been yarious
evidences OF a purpose or desire TO extend
the scope OF the inquiry and investigate tho
vice Commission. 1t ought 10 be obvious
tnat this is unjustifed and improper
Inc committee was appointed for the pur-
pose OF determining the truth or falsitv of
certain charges made against the Police De
partment. including three members of the
Police Board 1t was expected 10 pass on
these charges and TO make recommendations
for the departments more efficient operation
IT is no part OF its function 10 approve or CON
denim anything the Vice Commission did or
did not do.
II the committee believes or has reason IN
nelieve that there exists in the ranks of tho
vice Commission any animus against Police
department officials and that such auimus
pre1udiced the commissions reports and find
fngs, 1t is conceivable that this NAV have
some remote bearing on the question of gull,
or innocence. 1t would be an easy matter 10
summon the members OF the commission 10
appear and give testimony
Such testimony, however could onlv he
admissible so far as il bore on the conduc, of
Inc Police Department and tended To nrovo
or disprovc the charges of wrongdoing Tho
Vice Commission itself is not on trial I,
cannot be placed trial before a committee
OF Council. The committee will he wise -
it sticks to its last
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The Battle of Dorking

The issue OF Blaukwood's Magazine for
May, 1871, contained an article which
purDort"d TO CIV" the "Reminiscences Of
Il volunteer" who. talking to his grand
children in 1928. was telling the story OF
the battle OF Do!king" The story Mas
printed ANONYMOUSLY, but il subsc-
qucntl: TRANSFERRED tiIat General George
j. Ch"sncE was the author. To this ,i.tv
thiS account OF the downfall Of Eng
land' is Interesting, and the events OF
the last few months illustrate the ~
markabic prcscic1cc OF the writer of "A
tai" which was read by everybody Inv
Great Britain, and which had much 10
do with the renewed attention 10 nllIl-
iary matters which cuSucd.
General Chcsncy pictures a:l England
which Was relying upon the flee, and
the channc! as sufficient prOtcctICu,"
and made his old soldier say that Ia the
Franco prussian War. then lust closed
the French trusted In their army and
It's great reputation" and that England
was trusting in her feet. and lin unch
case the result of this blind confidence
was disaster" Germany suddenly an
ncXcd Holland and Denmark. war with
England followed, and In Il fcw DAYS
there was n great battle IN the North
Sea.
Tho British feet was bcatcn-"ru..
sailors. gallant as ever. had tried -
close with the enemy tho latter cVadrd
the conflict n close quarters, and,
shccrlnS of. left behind them thu fNt II
engines which sent our ships ono after
the other to the bottom. The govern
men' had received warnings Of this
invention; but to the nation this stun
ming blow was utterly une&poct.d."
The fatal engines" were floating mines.
although ut that time they scarcely *
listed outside Of tho writer's imagiEn-
ton. and the strategy is almost 4
parallel OF the present German plan Of
whiting down" the British feet bv
the use OF the submarines.
The fleet out OF action. an cno,mr!Is;
force was landed In England. the pani,.
OF unprcDarcdness cnsucd, and Tho one
battle of Dcrking settled tho war and
lett England without her colonies and
with load of taxes which after ,ftv
years the people still staggered under.
Very likely the influence Of that tall,
is seen to-day In the tenacious courage,
OF the men in the trenches in North
crn France. However that may he,
certain 1t Is that novel. readers owe "a
great deal of entertainment to this
clever story, for il was tho pioneer Of
the whole class OF novels to which be-
long some OF the stories Of H. c. We.
Louis Tracy and The Last shot y
Frederick palmer.-Boston Herald
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RiXnl RcfOrnlcrS

D lilly SUNDAY is going to the Windy City
- next year Ito drive the devil from Chi
cago," as he puts II. But if William Hale
Thompson, the newly-elected Mayor, makes
good half his pledges, there will be mighty
little left for Sunday 10 drive Mayor
Thompson ran for Office on a platform that
pledged aim 10 clean out all crookedness and
immortality and an official announcement has
just been made that he has personally climbed
on the water wagon, which he recommends
for all others
This reforming is n fine. spirited happy
Eo-lucky, holiday sort of avocation. a ma
Jor4ty OF good people. whether they assist or
not, will applaud, and the sinners rage inn
while the politicians dare not inter
fere.
Let the battle go on. Out Of it must come
sood, for in Chicago there is evil, and be-
tween them Mayor Thompson and Billy Sun
day ought to stir up the animals quite Il lot
Nobody will deny-Chcago least OF all--that
they need good deal Of stirring
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One Trouble With Prosperity

OUR government is in a peculiar position
~ just now While business has seldom
>bcen better, and while optimism is un-
bounded, the Treasury is not pilng up a sur
plus. All of our business is in one direction;
we are selling, but not buying. Exports are
immense. imports are nil. AS Il consequence,
custom receipts TO date show IL falling off
for the year Of $4,000. 900 The special war
revenue tax was passed to offset this loss
nut II has not been very productive since
internal revenue receipts, aside from the
corporation and income taxes, are only Sl4-
100000 more than last year
The revenue from corporations and in
comes is Sl2500,000, as against $3.50, 600
III the same time last year. Indeed, the in
come tax is relied upon to repair the loss
from imports. Last year the income and
corporation receipts amounted to about $40
100000 which almost exactly covered the
deficit from the tariff.
a special squirt III receipts an increase i'm
imports which would follow the termination
OF the war this summer. would relieve The
situation. Even now, however, how different
is the pubNc feeling on the financial situation
from this time a Xsar ago! Then there was
oouot and fear because OF the changes in
augurat ed-the new tariff and the Federal
reserve system--for no matter how ncces-
sary reforms may be, they will he greeted
with distrust AZ first. The happy thing is
that the reforms have succeeded and that
the United States is hopeful and buoyant
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-25

many homes 1t is not used. Meats are costly
canned goods OF all kinds are sold ut prices
possible to none but the rich. Vegetables alone
are cheap The poor mans '.puchcro" Contains
no more than enough meat to impart u flavor
TO the vegetables that constitute the filler War
nowadays need not be waEcd against a country
IN ordor to tmDoverish il. SO complex has bust
ness become rs u result OF improved means Of
communication that any Interruption of III.
regular course IN felt by countries not immcdi-
atoiy concerned Spain In normal times lis so
poor that many Spanards who would like to
cmiSratc to America to improve their condition
must remain at home for want OF means to cros,
the Atlantic In the storage. Rendered poorer
D! nc european war, her condition must now
he pltiful-Louisvillc Courier journal
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The Voice of the People
Mnnts Leo E,rnnk to Hung.

10 inc Editor or me Times Dlspatch:
Sir-Shoud the sentence OF Leo Frank be
c2mmutGd: Your editorial Of April goth says
Yes" beg TO disagree: We canno, know tina,
whose guilt has been no more COnvincngy
proven than has the guilt OF Leo Frank have
gone To the SalloWs or the electric chair. and
neither public press nor pulpit was outraged
Why is this nation wide notoricty given Leo
Frank? because he is backed by that power
which wealth alone can bring, Had Leo Frank
been a poor man or Il common negro, he would
Instead We find him the ptied pot Of frantic
outraged public,
The highest court of tho United states has
pronounced the trial OF Frank fair and i'm
partial Every sal eguard that be thrown
around II human life has been thrown around
him. Every step that the ingenuity OF the
human mind can conceive has been taken to save
his life. All this has been done, despite the
fact that he has been declared guilty OF the
most brutal and dastardly crime that hum;n
mind can conceive, human heart consent to
Whai will he the effect on society should
Franks sentence he commuteh? Would
tho wealthy believe that, like Harry *. Thaw
and Leo Frank. they, TOO could somehow escape
the electric chair?
To commute tho sentence OF Leo Frank would
be 10 give the lie 10 the statement that this Is
q land wh"rc all stand equal before the law
society cares nothing Tor a human life; it Is
interested only in the right Of that lie TO exist
would do harm 20 society. either directly or
indirectly. by actions by influence. by words
or by example, society not only has Il right to
take that life, but is under the highest moral
Mckinney. Va, April %. 1915.
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BELIEVES. Frnnk Guilty Of crime.

To the Editor of The Times Dis patch
Sir,-Thcre are many things that the average
man fails 10 understand. one is the course
your paper has taken in several public matters
for. instance. the. Frank case First, Frank Is
guilty or he is innocent. The courts and the
people of Atlanta and Georgia just as able
and as honest as any courts in Virginia. They
have given Frank every opportunity in the
world to show his. innocence, and yet he could
not do it. Re has had unlimited money behind
him; has had the best legal talent he had,
and ! y; VIII IL, say fully 90 per cent OF the best
you have askcd for mercy for him.
You think the Governor should commute
charged h" should pay the penalty. If he is
Now. what, puzzles me is why you are so
sympathetic In the Frank case that fully 90
per cent of the country think is guilty. while
YOU dig not Oppose the conviction and eIectrocu-
least 10 to 40 per cent OF the country at large
did not think even one deserved tho death
penalty. They had friends and money to
fight through pug the courts like Frank. Thousands
wrongfMlly. Your paper had no sympathy. But
4 jewel! w NJ RACiWELI,
Petersburg. Va. April 20. 1915.
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LIS nrynn'S Next Move.

springfield Union.)
Senator Cummins. OF Iowa. goes Sec
retary Bryan one better. He is not
only in favor of nation wide proh,hi-
tion, but comes out strongly for world
wide prohibition, too.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-25

Il wish to complain OF the quality OF that
nam YOU sent me- said the ordinarily patient
customer 10 ms grocer 1T had never been
subjected to tho influence OF smoke"
All u mistake, | assure YOU" rcplied the
accommodating tradesman. "Tha. ham vas
intended for the president OF the Anticigarettc
League
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liz Mostly Cnn
(EoSfnp Abyort;.,,.

tTiOStOn NdVertiScr)
Mr.. Bryan continues TO refer 10 Noyi
cos constitution, but tho general i'm :
preston Is that the poor thing is all
run down.
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Postal.
In post office Of tho fourth class what duties
must be performed by the postmaster ana what
may he performed by tho deputy: May a public
school teacher be postmaster? NJ G. c.
The assistant (not Deputy may, In case OF
need. perform every act which tho postmaster
may perform. He may unless he could he con-
sidcred a State or municipal official. and that
would seem to bic out Of tho question: =:
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Llstens Good to Them.

There arc plenty OF Indianians from
the dry" counties WHO would be glad
to substitute for the Vice President at
the Arizona irrigation celebration,
which he can't attend. 'f?i
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('Qnpy.

The way some folks hold on to cash
Wins my deep admiration:
Ihey don't consider it just trash
And tit for Reproductions;
They have no wish to cause splash,
And so excite the nation;
But when thoy make their fnaI dash
From earth. their chief vexation
Is that they leave in hands too rash
Their LIES accumulation
THE TATTLER
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No Sympathy.

He-Do You like your new doctor?
Shc---No. detest him. Why. the horrld thing
mad the efrontcry to say there would be moth
ing the matter with me IL Just stopped mopinu
over imaginary ailments.
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That snfety-Eirst stun Is Catching.

IT HITtUVIDfIa IHNnltcr.1
Huerta says he is going to Mexico
nut we have suspicion that at the
proper psychological moment he. too.
will intern.
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Then said that friend to Dove of Peace:
II do believe you're right,
though can't see why men should cease
Their pleasant toll to NSht.
AS carrier pigeon you'd best sign
And get work on the battle line
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Times are hard. he sure" saws the I-r-
hanna Sentinel ''hut what's the use OF con-
unually giving out the vail? Times arc al
ways hard with some people hut the genuine
hustler rarely complains Hard work Is the
oeSt remedy Tor hard times. II may sometimes
be a'h'cult to find work In the cities, but never
III the country. our fields forests and streams
are constantly calling for work and will" This
is or ought TO be, valuable hint to the I'M
employed in Richmond.
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tCoIumbta Statc)
How does IL happen that the amalga-
mated society OF New York gunner
does not give General Vic reception?
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The Pesninint Saxs1

can't say care much for some OF these
new tangled rcformers. They appear never to
have heard OF the biblical saying about the
mote and tho beam
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Gossip From ''Down Home y

Very curious things ,ometiue, oo,,o ., ~
down In the Old North state Eor ,u.,,noo 49,
Rutherford,on Sun s,vs. ..whi,. n,o,.In 49, , Wv
fnrm OF Hawkins Royhin i'm Johnston t,oun,v
Richard Brewer uncovered SION Il, c,ir ,"..i,
all Of IL gold which !. .unnnroa a., 49, h
buried many wears S,raurc IN On, ,ho law,
owner, according T., tho r,,,or, I,;h -. 1T;
to the money but allowed tho bp,,er IA ,.a, !, -
Here is another bunrlinclv told hy b, cour,
corresnond,rt ne ~. ...,t,,,n.,, =. '>'
noighbors. was ruling his barn some dors
roustcd Il rabbit in tho woods nc,r H., ,rd ,Lc
rabbit made his way toward tbc h,r, NJ
Gardner Afford was on the b.rn and s,, ,
rabbit as he made his dash by and thro,. hi
him ana killed him dead ,pd i, seem.
good turn deserves another yo durlr, o,,m
last April snow the person ,cntinno1 ,horo
Mr. j. r. Crccch's and saw n suou.,,ir,
coming his way. He up with n snow hall AMI
The Iumberton Robcsonan has this ucn.
I'm little afraid to plant either COTTON ne
tobacco this year, but am not afraid 10 ulan,
OF Robcson County farmer reccu,lv 4 y,od
plan is TO plant less of The things Won arc
afraid of and more OF the things YOU arc no,
afraid Of" Or, In other words follow tho stand
Ing advice OF the Charlotte Observer "wbcn In
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Chats With Virginia Editors

SUFFOLK, having gotten in the Virginia Iearue
the town has severe case OF bas.hau
leNer. Hear The Suffolk Herald I'VE "a re going
to nave IL winning team by being loyai TO the
pih!eFs MORNING is To be gained by Knocking
pail team or anything else, in the beginning
learn TO be boosters and put UP your biggest
huErah for the Suffolk Tigers Puy ball
everybody"
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4 Paragon

Hruhps-Jnks always impresses as man
OF wonderfully firm mental habit.
StuDhS--fou right about that TOO Nbv
INKS Is stili keeping one of the eleven good
rcsolut ions he made last January
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Queries and Answers
Unpublished book.

About twenty-five years ago read notices Of
a book which was promised. but never pub
lshed, giving an account Of the escape of Colonel
StreiSht from Libby Prison. Can you give me
any information about this book? G. a. J.
From your statement it Is hardly to be Won
dercd ut that we cannot
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Jitne!ys
and Street
Railways

J;tncvs ti,ion with electric railways de-
and Street so,sn 80 ar a., 1910. III
Railways In 1919 the proSs ara mo-, oarn
ngs Of the railways for tho year.
published by the New York Financial
Chronicle. are of exceptional interest. The cleo
markable record In the face OF the war, general
business depression and unemployment, with
the jitney piled on. Total gross earnings were
SiSI,4l2.0o1. the largest record, and an in
crease of - cent over the gross earnings
of the preceding year. Total earnings we're
prcvious-a slight decrease of .5S per cent The
trihing decline In net earnings Is accounted for
by increased taxation and expenditures on one
ration and equipment. Compared with steam
orally prosperous, and the conclusion seems TO
be that the two agencies OF transportation arc
not subject to the same conditions. In no re.
cent ycar--say, for n decade-have electric rail-
ways IN the United States as whole failed to
do an increased business and the maintenance
OF this tendency in 1914 when the iitn.v an
pearcd. renders tho more Interesting the ouea-
ton whether or not the year 1915 will end with
the tendency reverscd--Sprnghcld Republican
The reported increase In the
Cost of cost OF living in Spain liz n great
Iiripr lin catastrophe. The Spaniards arc
" poor. Tho scope and degree y,
" f actual poverty in Spain would
be incredible o the average
American. Tho Spaniards are proud people and
n peasure-loving people. They tighten their
bolts over empty stomachs and spend the last
peseta to go to the bullhght with pride and
dignity undated. Tho investigator. rather than
the casual stranger, knows that one square meal
In day in the American sense OF the term for
the Spanish laborer is the exception. Their than
tho rule. Prices OF commodities quite high
in Spain under normal conditions. Sugar for
example, is, to the poor, prohibitively high In
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the Hanover Progress OF Ashland, SAYS:
The town authorities should be complmented
Tor their progressiveness and aggresslvcness I'm
the past two weeks. Our streets have been
greatly improved; q split-og drag. ono of the
best oad-workinS Implements has been pur-
chased. and i've men have been arrested for
disorderly conduct, vagrancy and crap shooting
rms is we'll and we hope the good work may
continue Truly, Ashland should adopt DAN
ville's slogan making it read: ashland does
things"
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Quick, Doe. the Needle!

Once more diamonds are trumps in
tho big league cities. All the clubs are
being led out.
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NcccsStty,

DO You think you will go away this summer? %
I'M pretty sure to do it, My landlord was
telling me Just the other day that would hayo
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SONGS AND SAWS,


81 ne'cr have seen
such sights,
] don't know when this
war Will end,
! get no sleep at
nights
The very I II O u & II I
brings up n sob,
But I'm afraid I'll lose
my Job"
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The Staunton News says: "A Richmond con-
Germ interested in disposing Of an issue OF stock
OF the Charlottesville and Albemarle Street
Railway Company has adopted II form of adj
vertising that should produce results The
Richmond concern is appealing to the local pride
OF the people OF Charlottesville TO invest their
own money in their own home enterprises. saw
ing, Il dollar spent in patronizing home indus
tries will most likely come back to the spcndcr
But the dollar that is away from home is
for the benefit of some other community"
That the Richmond way fifty years ago
when the city in ashes, and the rula Is
followed to this good day.