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the entire continent with its manifold
variety. SO accustomed through long
generations 10 the endless supply, even
the merchants Of America had not
realized how much they depended on
Connecticut and Massachusetts fac
tories for thousand articles Of daily
utility.
From every point in the Union
came orders. Had such a torrent ar
rived in time Of peace Connecticut
might have built one unbroken factory
reaching from she Berkshire Hills
TO Stonington TO meet the demand.
And all that lay between this treas
ure house of the United States and
capture was bluff--a last, desperate
American BLUM.
The American General knew that
his adversary must know that it was
a bluff, but blufing was an American
game.
"We will play our hand out" he
said to his staff. mo doubt he knows
that he could drive us back now, with
out waiting for his whole army to land
and all that ungodly mess of artillery
'''N az . p''uSHt WIN IDut ne
wants TO play safe. He wants TO
clean the whole thing up in one opera
ton. He wants to lick us, true: but
he wants still more TO accomplish his
bigger joh-the possession Of the sea-
board. Wen sit highland BLUM him
into going SLOW"
The army sat tight. 1t sat tight
1uh u-la nd
Chambers Of Commerce and commit
tees Of safety argued and resolved,
and argued and could agree on moth
ing except that the whole thing was
a hopeless mess. 1t sat tight while
a hundred millions stared at the mess
and hooted their Congressman and
politicians who wandered around fee
bly, to explain that it was the fault
Of somebody else.
In Ohio and Indiana the mess was
typifed. Here in great camps were
gathered the organized militia Of the
Western States to be organized with
100000 entirely raw volunteers who
had everything to learn. These green
men We're the pick OF the country
physically perfect, intelligent, quick
to understand. But there was nobody
to teach them.
For years the United States had
been warned that II the crisis ever
should occur there would not be any
officers available for the work Of
organizing and training recruits. The
warning had been whistled down the
wind. Congresses that could find
ample time to debate about mileage
and constructive recesses and pork
barrels had never found a time when
they could debate this.
Congresses that could always find
the money for increased pension rolls
never had been able to find the time to
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The Invasion Of America

lessen the pension rolls of the future
by providing trained officers who would
protect their soldiers and teach them
TO stay alive as long as possible in
stead of rushing to glorious and I'M
necessary death.li
Even as ii was, there We're not
enough officers for the army that was
in the field. For training the new
men the nation had to call on every
aged officer in the land, on every
otherwise qualified man who was ply
sically unfit for active service and on
foreigners from foreign armies.
This army in formation was placed
in perfect surroundings. Its health.
its sanitation and its water supply
We're excellent. 1t was fed on the best
that money could buy. In everything
that did not depend on military eff
cheney its maintenance was beyond
criticism.
Uniforms We're being made for il
in record time. Mills were producing
blankets at a speed never before
reached. Wherever Americans could
help by the efficient execution of du-
ties that they understood the result
was magnificent.
But in everything that demanded
the efficiency Of men trained to war
the land was entirely lacking. Every
thing had to be improvised. There
were only a few men who knew any
thing about pitching tents, camp
drainage and the management OF
large bodies of men. There were prac-
tically no men outside of the army
who were capable Of managing the
work Of supplying the great camps
with what they needed. AS in the
Spanish American war, the utter in
adequacy of the quartermasters de-
partment under dts civilian appointees
had become a scandal within n few
weeks and threatened already to de-
moralize the entire volunteer body.
Perishable provisions were left in
freight cars till they rotted. Requisi-
tons for vitality needed supplies were
not made until 1t was too late.
acquisitions for one and the same
thing We're sent out by half a dozen
different officials, leading to inextra-
cable confusion. There was not an
hour in the day when quarerma ter 5
transports did not block roads where
they had no business to be, and in
II. He THAT Is. Secretary Garrison
present Secretary Of Wdrl asks for an
increase IN the number Of officers to take
the place. IN time Of peace. Of such Of
fcers as are serving with the militia o.
on detached duty. and IN time OF pd,
to dssist IN the organisation Of the cit.
isen's army. The necessity Of these re-
quests Is seIf-epident. Yet the House Of
Representatives has completely ignored
each and every one OF them and thu
pending appropriation bill contains ne
provision for them,-Henry L.. StimsOn
former Secretary Of War
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situations that in war would have
made disaster for a hurrying armyl5
six months to train that mob?"
said a retired General, reporting to
the President. well. Mr.. President.
let's hope so. ! should say nine
months and not even then unless YOU
can give give EN- more officers TO
teach EN-"
In Connecticut a spy was reporting
t. the staff. He was Captain of
artillery. and he had spent seventy
two hours behind thc enemy's lines.
They have completed their disem-
harkation and organize tion," he said.
There are at least 100000 men. as
was calculated They are magnifi-
Gently organized, with reserves of
everything. They have an enormous
supply of artillery-at least ten guns
to every thousand infantry and cav
airy. Their machine gun companies
also are extraordinarily large."ld
"And what is their disposition"
They were still moving men around
to our front" answered the spy. II
should say. General that you now
have, or will have before the end of
the day, approximately 100000 men
facing YOU"
And the others?"
Everything indicates that they are
planning to move against Boston,
while the larger force attacks us, sir.
Country people told ME that they are
holding Taunton now with strong
force. They were moving men through
NM, l, Ip,,,
dence railroad line for Boston,
Did you see any movement that
might menace Worcester immedi-
ately?"
"They have already repaired the
railroad from Providence to Woon-
socket"
"Then it's time for us TO get out Of
this. Gentlemen, you all know what
to do. Issue your orders at once"
Eight hours later the enemy army
advanced suddenly. Its southern wing
pushed forward across Rhode Island
and entered Connecticut. Its north
ern wing advancing more slowly be-
cause 1t had to repair railroads and
clear INSTRUCTED roads before II. ex-
tended itself gradually northward
toward Worcester.
Il. The scandal caused IN 1898 by APP
pointing Incompetent ciriiidns to the
Qudrtermaster's Department and the en-
suing difficulties Nth commiss0ridt. &c.
hare been the subject OF much discus
sion.
Is. Our War Department has asked
for only about fre guns to every thou
sand men. bm has NOT pet been able 10
hare this quota finished European
practice has been to increase the num-
Der OF guns TO the thousand rifles ana
sdbres steadily. Before the tcar il Wd,
at least five, II has been enOrmousl,
increased as a result Of the erperienc,
gained during the recent fighting. I,
tchich IL tcds established that intdntrl
or cavalry tUifhOnt absolutely DON'T
mating gun protection wcre hopelessli
Ueak
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had made requisition for $500 new
rifles. The militia had come in with
many rifles corroded from the power
full fumes and acid deposits released by
smokelesS powder. The riiling OF
many was ruined by rust. due to lack
Of cleaning after use. In more than
one militia company there were men
who had come in without rfles.i2
Beholding this wastage that had
occurred in peace the authorities were
inclined to believe the dictum OF some
OF the military men who insisted that
for every infantryman in the field
there must be a rifle in reserve. Ger
tainly it was evident enough that
when fighting should once begin the
waste Of small arms would be
enormous.l3
Two days more! The word went
secretly to Hartford and Ansonia. to
Bridgeport, to New Haven, to all the
crowded world of Connecticut and
southern Massachusetts, where ma
chimes We're painting night and day.
buildings trembling with their steam
fever. men toiling without sleep, to
take advantage Of the days Of grace.
1t was not only the brass cases for
the fixed ammunition, the fuses for
shells, the cartridges for rifles and
pistols, the bayonets and intenching
tools for which the army depended
on New England. A hundred places
of peaceful manufacture were work.
ing as desperately as were the manu-
facturers of quick firing guns to pro-
vide the food that war devours with
such monstrous rapacity when 1t be-
gins to feed.
There were shops that turned out
chains, and shops that turned out
cooking utensils. There were work.
men who never had done anything
more warlike than to make boot
laces. There were manufacturers OF
whips and hats. and wheelwrlghts and
makers OF thread. Up and down all
the river valleys and in all the
crowded towns they were working to
give the army what II needed before
the enemy should reach out and make
the land his own.
Now that 1t was on the verge OF
being lost. the United States knew
suddenly what this New England
meant to II. 1t realized all at once
what vast productiveness had enriched
~ Large numbers OF guns and
large numbers OF ammunition are liable
TO capture and destruction. To start
into field operations pith the eTpectd-
ton that the proper proportions toiU be
maintained WithOm large sources OF
manufacture mOuh be JdIldciOus.--
Chiet Of STAT. u, s, A., 19l4,-Sec Re-
port on Militia Organization, 1914. for
comments on the great loss and destruc-
ton OF equipment and material.
49, Some observers OF the Eur0pean
toar declare Uhdt the reserve Of one gun
per man has proved Itself necessary for
the proper equipment Of an active army.
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the two companies that were sent here
from Charleston and Mobile."9
The morning newspapers announced
that New Bedford was in an uproar and
had demanded of Washington to know
If the Government intended to aban-
don is soaboard cities utterly. The
people had gone out to tear up the
railroad tracks leading into the town,
but one train of fifteen cars had al
ready advanced half way from Fall
River, with another of twelve cars
behind it.
Shortly afterward a despatch from
a station along the line informed Bos-
ton that three other trains had just
passed close behind each other, going
slowly one train had twelve, one
had ch' and the other had ten cars.
"Ffty-Soyen cars" said the War
Department would indicate that two
regiments with artillery were on the
way"
Two hours later Washington gave
out this bulletin:
New Bedford was occupied at 9
A. NJ by a regiment of infantry and
>
Shortly before 10 4. NJ. this force,
augmented by a further regiment of
infantry, a strong body of sappers
ana miners and battery Of howitzers
proceeded in the direction of Fort Rod
man. Since then 1t has been impossi-
Die to gain any intelligence"
At noon an enemy force of unknown
strength advanced toward Taunton,
Mas, hy way Of the railroad running
nor1a from Fail River. 1t was re-
ported that two companies Of infantry,
MassacHI-etts Volunteer Militia, had
attacked enemy cavalry outside of the
town and had defeated it, A little
later came a report that the Ameri-
cans had been surrounded and forced
to surrender.
Th'n Taunton was cut off. Boston
ttcsrap.vl TO Washington: we have
practically stripped ourselves OF mi
At.a and demand help at once"
Hold he army where it is" said
New York promptly. ITO move 1t
toward Boston would simply uncover
US and open all Connecticut to cap
ture"
'''.''r i'OStON, utuLdiiutu A<o"
renee ana Lowell and Haverhill.
HOO he army in Connecticut"
tIcgrapuad New London and New
maven, i.r.dg' port and Hartford.
Mos 4 our militia Is with the
army Urged Philadelphia. we In
sst That oar men be kept between us
and lnr g."
WHAT is the disposition OF the
enemy iurces now?" Washington asked
army h.adquarters.
Decentralization proceeding swiftly"
was III" reply THE line Providence
!" N'w '"dford appears to be strongly
n'H' Main strength, however, evil
gently ...rg thrown to face our front.
w. i M manning detail for Neto
mW' "'f'nccs, 1914, one company
"g"l"r 'rust artillery.
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Knitting in the Subway

n / FAR uptown station of the
~ Broadway branch of the sub
way there boarded a train the
other morning a young woman who
when she had found a seat took from
handbag bundle which proved 10
contain knlttng-a partly finished
woollen sock, upon which she now
steadily and intcntly resumed her
work.
Women nowadays may he seen knit
ting at home, in hotels, in theatres. but
this was a clear novelty, woman
knitting in the subway. Some of the
other passengers who watched her and
noted her absorption in her task i'm
agined they had reason to suppose
that she was knitting with n definite
purpose; knitting these socks not to
go into a general stock but for some
particular person.
As the train rolled on down town
the car filled up until the people were
crowded around the knitter so closely
that she could no longer knit. Then
she rolled up the knitting and put II
back into her handbag, from which
she now took newspaper.
The observing passengers had
guessed from the appearance of the
young woman that she was French;
they were sure OF when they saw
that the paper she was now reading
was a French newspaper; and then it
was easy to imagine the rest. 1t was
doubtless for somebody dear to her, Il
brother perhaps over there in the
trenches, somewhere in Flanders or in
France, that she was employing all
her spare time. steadily knitting al
woollen socks here in the New York
subway.
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Farmers, Wives.

In Farm and Fireside appears a lit
tie article entitled. ~The Greatest
Partnership in the World in the
course OF which the author comments
as follows on farmers wives.
THE farmers wife knows more
about her husbands business than
any other mans wife knows about his.
She has fairer, clearer and more
helpful understanding OF it than the
average lawyers. doctors. or mer-
chants wife can possibly have about
her husbands business, for she lives
and works with her husband on their
plant The farmers wife is the
farmers partner in more senses than
one In the majority of cases she ac-
tually operates certain departments of
the business.
Most wives have genuine interest
and some information about their hus.
bands business. but the farmers wife,
living with her partner on their plant.
occupies unique position among all
wives. With their greater opportuni-
ty for helpfulness than her city sis
ters. her responsibilities have In
creased proportionately, All honor and
respect to her who carries this heav.
Ter burden
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HAD ITS ORIGIN IN AMERICA
British Kings Royal Rife Corps, Now
In France, Raised In t755 in the
United States.

There is keen rivalry among the
various regiments of the British army
in every way. Naturally the rivalry
Is greatest where fighting is concerned,
and every regiment is only too
eager to take part in the war. and so
add more fighting honors to its name.
The regiment with thu greatest num-
Ter of battle nonors IS enc that has
already been in he thick OF the fight
ing In France, the kins's Royal Rife
corps. Already in the great war 1t
has acquired mother Victoria Cross.
that Of Major DINNER of the Second
battalion.
In the Boer war the regiment car
ried off two v. Ce's, fourteen d S.
O.'s. and thirty-five D. c. Ms 1t has
been through about forty battles. the
names OF the most important of which
appear on the cap badge
The Kings Royal Rife corps was
originally raised in 1855 in the United
States. when those states belonged to
US, and was known then as the Six
tieth Royal American) Regiment Of
Foot 1t Is supposed to have been the
first regiment to be armed with the
rife.-Pearson's Magazine.
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Confusion Of Tonuucs.

Most people are SO sparing of the
use of languages other than their
own that they have little idea that
there are more than 1000 languages
in the world. There are six languages
common IN Austria-Hungary. and EN-
peror Franz Joseph is master Of them
all. 1t is said that there are go vocab-
laries in Brazil. In Mexico the Nahua
is spoken in 700 dialects. There are
hundreds in Borneo. while in Australia
there Is no classifying the complex
ties. According to the latest statis-
ties, English is at present spoken by
l50'0oo,0oo. German by 100 600. 600.
Russian by 7o.o0o.0O0, French by 49,.
100000. and italian by 40.000oo0. and
II is constantly on the increase owing
to the increase in commerce in Spain.
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Fish Gas,

AT Fray-Bentos, in the Argentine. is
the largest Kitchen in the world. Here
beef extract is made--40 pounds Of
beef give one pound of extract. And
here, up to 1900, all the waste--all the
entrails and fat and so forth--got
thrown into the River Plata.
The waste of 1000 bullocks thrown
daily into the Plata brought the fish
np from the sea TO Fray-Bentos In un-
unbelievable thousands. Boats could
hardly advance for the silver waves
OF fish. These fish could be caughz
with shovels, with scoops, with tho
hand.
The people OF ray-Bentos. in the
unparalleled abundance Of the Argen-
tine, varied their free beef with free
fish, end IN addition ground I'd daily
fish enough to light the entire district
with fish gas, a very clear illuminant
made from fish oil
But today they utilize at Fray-Bentos
every part OF the bullock but the bel
low Consequently the fish millions
Of the pest have deserted the river.
and fish gas. that romantic illuminant,
has been supplanted by vulgar cleo.
tricity.
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National Airs for All.

The band started up one Of its big
strains. There is grand tune-Die
Wacht am Rhein'--I always like IT.
said one But" said the other. that
is not Die Wacht am Rhein.' that's
The Marseillaise. But II was really
"The Star-Spangled Banner" that the
band was playing. The lesson is that
all patriotism is founded in an inspi.
ration that speaks out In . kindred
note. 1t is like the word mother-it Is
nearly the same in all languages. Pa.
triotism rightly understood is q combi-
nation Of love, enthusiasm and cour.
age. and its expression in music shows
the same grand outburst Of the heart.
God Save the King" Is another one.
They are all part of the same Unborn
sentiment that belongs to all nations.
We saw a man stand one time when
1.-THE MarseilIaise" was played. He
made no mistake. though he thought
1t was his own country's .-Colum.
bus (Ohio) Journal.
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DOG MouRNs FOR WELDING


To the list Of strange pets kept ~
the British soldiers IN tho trenches
must now be added the favorits dog.
Sammy, Of A. F. wilding. the tennis
player. wilding's friends In London
knew the little Irish terrier we'll, for
It was the inseparable companion Of
the great tennis player.
Wilding, It seems, was killed IN his
dugout, buried alive By Jack john
son." which pitched into the trench
in which he was on duty. The Lon
don correspondent Of the Nottin Cham
Guardian says that private letter
from the front mentions that Sammy
went about the trenches whining for
Wilding long after the worst was
known. The dog will be w-n looked
after, for the soldiers love these pets
Of the trenches.
Only a few days ago soldiers Of
the Second Rifle Brigade rescued .
little canary from q deserted house
which had been almost sheIled to
atoms. On its cage was . ticket:
please look after the little bird" So
the men carried 1t on with them to
their trenches and take no end OF
trouble to see that It gets groundsel
and the seed its likes.
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How Edward Can Draw.

Edward was showing Miss Brown
how we'll he could draw COW. AS he
drew. he glanced from time TO time at
a COW grazing in a nearby yard
This is her nose.' he said, draw
ing a curved line.
Here's her body" he explained, and
after a look at his model he added an
other curved line.
Now here's her TAIL and he placed
a curved line opposite the so-calied
nose.
AS he held the finished drawing up
for inspection. an embarrassed smile
spread over his oountenance.
Perhaps we'd better cali 1t q
pump he said.--Youths Companion.
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Seville Nlorts.

In ali the principal plazas and gar
deus OF Seville moving picture screens
are erected and small tables and
chairs set out. the exhibitors either
making their profits from the drinks
sold or by rental OF chairs at two
cents each. Thousands OF people 20
nightly 90 the different piaxas and
Gardens. and the entire NE 81 the City
Tor about four months centers around
these moving picture rscws.--Frofn
Commerce Reports.
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SHORTER FORM WELL CHOSEN
State Departments Use Of the Word
Aldentic" Altogether Proper and
Orthodox.


To not few readers Of the Eng
fish and American notes" the word
'identic," which was used by both gov
ernments, must have seemed novel
and rather unpleasing substitute forJ
or shortening of, the familiar "identi-
CAL
The word has long been used. how
ever, in diplomatic correspondence
and documents, no doubt because of
the influence exerted by the French.
once the common language Of inter
national exchanges, and still familiar
to more diplomats than any other one
tongue. The French say and write
'identique,' and OF that "identic"
is natural translation.
The shorter form, however, has a
valid claim for preference. in that It
says exactly what identical" says,
and does it without the pleonasin or
redundancy which marks SO many of
our words ending in 'ical" Why we
persist in frightening such sufficiently
long words as "philosophic' and geo
graphic" with a wholly needless al
1t would be hard to exnlain-almost as
hard as to explain the frequent ap-
pearance OF such ahsurdities as dis
embark" "disassociate," "coincident-
ally and 4superimpose.'
One should not be too fussy about
such things. however, for in language
whatever is, is right, and enough US
age makes any usage right.
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skeleton Twenty Centuries Old.

An interesting discovery was made
on the farm Of Keir. BeIhelvie. Scot
land. In the course OF cultivation, in
field near by clump OF trees known
as the Haircairn. an ancient grave
was discovered containing q perfect
human skeleton and three urns. One
OF the urns was practically whole. but
the other two were broken The
grave. which was about four feet long
by two and one-fourth IN width and
depth. was composed Of stout m
dressed slab stones. The flnd was ex-
amined by DR.. Alexander Low. pro
lessor OF Aberdeen university. who
expressed the opinion that the remains
were about 1000 years cid. Nothing
was found in the urns. Permission
is being asked to remove the relics
to the university museum.