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Evening star., 1915-04-04

growled one of the miiitiamel, who
was STOPPING 10 tug at "A trace chain.
1t made his face fiery red. state
wouldn't give us any, and We didn't
have stables, anyway, i'll our armory.
So we couldn't break in any mounts.
Nor You couldn't break yourselves
in. chun, | guess, spoke another reg
Ilar. How the devil did You get gun
merry practice? Haul your little gun
out by hand to the Airing ground?'
The militiaman fumbled at The trace
again. Didn't fire 1t, he said, with
out looking up.
"All right, milish"' shouted the reg
ular. shake. You're game, all right
YOU boys. Willing. by gum. to face the
hell that you're going to get, and not
a gunner in your battery. Fine leather
headed citizens you must have back
home"
"They didn't think much of artillery
at home qgrinned the militiaman
Thought that infantry was all they
needed. They sort of thought we just
had little toy to play with"
You amt going to be lonely. milish,"
grunted the regular, sauntering off
"Tie a necktie around your horses and
then go over yonder- You'll find three
other batteries from three other states
that never had no horses, never had no
mounted drills and never qualified as
gunnerS."s
::
grizzled colonel of cavalry rode by.
Under his shaggy eyebrows he shot a
glance at the helpless battery and swore.
He dated back to Indian times, and they
said of him in the army that he knew
nothing except cavalry tactics and horses.
But he knew them. and he was breaking
his old heart over the militia cavalry that
had come under his command
Some he had that were good enough
to win his full praise: but none of these
was full as to quota of men The colonel
of the best of regiments was riding at
his side 1t was an organized force of
rich men, each of whom had brought his
own mount. trained as carefully any
cavalry horse and perfectly equipped.
"F'ine. sir, fine!' said the old Indian fight
er but oh. Wait till you see what ar
sir, they can ride. Heaven knows how
they learned it. for they didn't ever have
a mount except what they hired in livery
stables. rich state. too. and one that
did its infantry damned well, damned
well, sir. 1t was supposed to be Il regi-
nent of cavalry that we We're to get. DO
you know what arrived? Two squadrons
And, sir, they came afoot. They served a
state that evidently prefers horSeleSs cav
alry"7
He chewed his cigar and threw it away.
Look over there" he continued "See
those chaps They We're among the first
to come to us. Yes, sir The entire cav
airy force of that state came out--the
entire force, you understand. D'yOu want
to know how many there were? Three
e-troops-confound me, sir
Not a whole squadron. But as these three
troops We're in three different parts of the
state they hadn't even been drilled 10
move together in their little three troops
as one body. We're just getting 'em Sc
that they ride in squadron without
smashing into some other troop and
crumpling the whole outfit TO hades.''s
Even while the old cavalry leader was
8. Understated. Annual reports for 1915 show
many practically useless batteries.
T. Annual report militia organization, 1915
(An eastern s.aboard state.)
s. Tables given in War department statistics
1915.
Evening star., 1915-04-04
A Cynic.

MIR, CARNEGIE. the evening he adj
4VA dressed the Rockefeller Bible class
a the 4Aldine Club in New York, had oc-
casion to refer to cynic.
oh he was a great cynic.'' declared
Mr. Carnegie. "Once, advising me to
take mean advantage of rival. he
said:
We must profit by other peoples mis-
takes-like the ministers do when they
marry US, you know"
Evening star., 1915-04-04

IN HE only theoretical assumption in this series OF articles
is tha, United States is attacked Every other IN
cdent is straight of what absolutely must happen
in such case with military establishment remaining
what it is today In the words of certain foremost military
executives of United States Army who have cognizance
Of these articles it is THE COLD TRUTH"
Nothing oversated undersated Every reference to
military efficiency supplies of ammunition and other
indictments numbers of the various military units
and so FORTH conscentousy the actual
shown today official records of the military establish
ments of the United States
The description of the preparatory mobilization assem-
bage and management of regular army and militia has
been approved technically correct.
The description of the procedure of our small army IN
the presence large enemy army that has successfully
landed is piece of armchair strategy 1t is what
numerically weaker inevitably do in modern
conditions
This story which will appear in weekly instalments is
not plea for militars 1t is plea for ANYTHING
1t intended simply tell in logical facts that do
exist 1t is the of military who long have
faced these apprehensve to the question: Can We
Defend Ourselves?"
Evening star., 1915-04-04

swearing q delegation Of civilians. sent to
visit the camp officially, was gathered AZ
headquarters. The visitors We're hassard
and worried but. with the ever-readX OPP
timism of the extraordinary American
race, the most worried one of them all
said: "A splendid army. Looks fit to
fight for its life. We are sure that yolI
will give a good account of yourselves,
general against any force.
Against any force. echoed another.
The ma jor general did not reply. He
caZed over the spick and span tents,
the spick and span men, the Splck and
span guns. far and on, and on, over an
cncampment that stretched out of
sight behind distant wooded heights.
In the immediate line of his vision
lay the sanitary camp. There, beside
his own regulars. lay sanitary troops
of the state militia that had come into
came without ambulance companies
without field hospitals, without medi-
cal supplies. He thought of one regi-
ment Ga regiment on paper, seven com
panies in reality that had appeared
without even its service outfit OF
shoes and overcoats. Two whole state
divisions. had they gone into action on
their own strength, would have had
no ambulances at all to carry off their
wounded. one division, formed from a
state that had done better than most
with it's militia. arrived for war with
two field hospitals short and lacking
seven full ambulance companies. Even
the richest state of the seaboard
groups had left its organized force
short, both a field hospital and an am
bulance company. Not one of all the
militia forces from all tho states had
ambulanceS enough
The soldier looked up at the sky.
Lord, Lord" he muttered. not i'm
piously. IAN eXtravagant land. AS ex-
travagant with its lives as with every
thing else"
There was only one thing in which
that army was pre-eminent and per
feet. 1t was in the matter of trans
port Even that had been made only
since war was declared but it had
been made swiftly. thoroughly. because
it demanded only an efficient, swif :
gathering of vast resources.
Within an hour of the declaration the
army had swept the coast states from
New jersey to Maine clear OF every
thing serviceable that had wheels.
piled on miles of sidings beside the
magnificent railroad system lay the
rolling stock of a dozen great COM
along the sides of all the highways.
north, south, east and west from the
camp, We're the requisitioned automo-
biles and trucks.
This army was going to be able not
only to fight on it's stomach, Ma
poleon said, but it was going to be able
to fight on flying feet. too.
so great were Its resources in motive
mower that although there We're motor
vehicles making u double line miles
long on each of half dozen roads
leading from the camp. there still were
thousands of swift cars free to patrol
the American coast from the end of
Maine to the Virginia capes.
The army might not be able to with
stand a blow; but it could dodge.
1t could know. too, in time to dodge.
Department. Report militia organization.
1916.)
Evening star., 1915-04-04
She Was FIabbergasted.

mR CHARLES II. PARkHURST in his
w witty war on cosmetics said in q
recent lecture in New York:
"A girl and a man sat under a palm in
a rose garden on a soft March evening at
ST. Augustine.
is your love true" the girl asked
softly.
LAS true the man answered in low.
passionate tones, as the delicate flush
on your cheek
'Oh-er-;h.' the Gir' stammercd hur-
ricdiy. isn't the-er-don't the roses smell
Sweet""
Evening star., 1915-04-04

had a bird's-eye view of it's business
like assembly, its great parks of artil-
lery. its full corrals of mounts, its
endless rows of tents and equipaSe, and
it's enormous trains of transport We
hicleS and ambulances,
But at one end of that great, order
1y, formidable camp were hordes of or
ganiZed militia firing at targets. With
the enemy on the coast, these men were
still being broken in to shoot-not to
become sharpshooters, but to qualify
merely as secoud-class marksmen. that
they might, at least. learn enough
about the use of their rifles to be not
entirely useless in battle. Ever since
the militia of the coast states had
come in, small-arms experts OF the
army had been clutching greedily at
every bit of daylight, to teach $4,000
men how to shoots, 900 men of an
armed force that was offered by the
states to be the country's first line OF
dcfense.s
Into that camp had marched month
before, with flags flying. bands gallant
~ playing, weapons cleaning, one
whole states militia organization, or
which only 700 men had fred regularly
In practice during the whole preceding 4
year Only 525 of even that small num-
than a thousand were carried as utter
" UNQUALIFIED. OF that entire state
force only one man had passed through
the regular army qualification course
with the rifle, and only twelve mad
qualified at long range practice
Brave" said the hapless general OF
brigade who had them under his hands
Brave? If we gave 'em the order they
would charge an army with their bare
hands, strand they might as WELL.
He fiuttered sheet of paper in his
hard, hairy fist. The sheet showed
25,353 organized militia enrolled as
trained men armed with the rine
or these 1927 men had qualified suf-
flciently to be fit for firing in battle.
There were a thousand men in that
command whose records showed that
they had not fired their rifles single
time in a year: and the general had
reason to believe that many of these
never had used weapons except as in
struments of parade.'
A mile away. in the artillery en-
campment. "a field artillery battery OF
regulars from Fort Sill swept their
guns at top speed through passages
so tight that it seemed impossible foI
the flying wheels to clear them. Sharp
Il they wheeled and came to position
just AS a militia battery arrived;
The militia guns were hauled by
tBdt lHeiT Stdtc Hdu Illico
or bought. The brutes had hauled
trucks in city: and in trying to Whee
one of them straddled the gun. In 9
moment the gun team was around anC
over the guns in confusion of chain:
and leather
DO you stable your mounts on tor
of your guns in the Inilish?" shouted q
regular, gIeefully. But he and his fel
lows helped Sood-na turedly enough.
I'VE never had horses till now.'
Q. From tabulated returns by the militia de
partments OF twelve eastern states.
4. From annual reports Of rite practice 10
1914 militia organizations.
,. See tsf,uiat ted returns published ~ war Ue
partment, 1918
Evening star., 1915-04-04

Invader This Country Would Employ The Snagca Smelling the
the Water Supply New York and Boon-A
Amen Who Have Never Qualified Gunns
Without Medical Shoes
Which Our Would Be PThe First American
Wait for the Enemy
Evening star., 1915-04-04

Incessantly the bulletins spoke.
Lighthouses. coast guards. patrols,
harbor defenses, ships, air scouts. wire
Iessed their reports to Washington and
Warrington flung it swiftly through
the land.
Nantucket had seen ships. There
were ships moving toward the Long
island coast as IL to threaten New
l. A tactical necessity for an outnamsersd
Aest
Evening star., 1915-04-04

had a bird s-eye view of it's business
like assembly, its great parks of artil-
lery, it's full corr3lS of mounts, its
endless rows of tents and eQuipaSe, and
its enormous trains of transport We
hicleS and anIbulanCes,
Evening star., 1915-04-04

2. This statement Is based on on1cial carula-
tions. In a succeeding instsllment there will he
detailed description of these and other condi-
tons facing the defenders of large opeu
cities.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-20
|WRITS Of ERROR ARE
| GIVEN VA. A. { ?. CO.


Writ OF error and supersedeas were
granted by the state Supreme Court
yesterday In favor Of the Virginia Rail-
way and Power Company. which ap-
pealed from Hastings Court, Part II,
in the suits brought against 1t by
Walter c. Hill and by e. Raymond
Hill. Bond was fixed at $1,000 and
$1,000 respectively. The appeal was
filed for the company by Henry w,
Anderson. A. B. Guigon and T. Justin
Moore, its attorneys.
The suits of the Hills against the
street car company grew out of an
accident In which the men were in
jured when taxicab Of the Virginia
Taxi Service Company and Laurel
Street car collfded at Laurel and Grace
Streets shortly after midnight Febru-
airy 10, 1914. The Taxi Company was
codefendant with the Virginia Railway
and Power Company in the suits in
the lower court.
The case was tried In the Part II
court and on January ID, 1915. judg-
ment was given in favor of Walter c.
Hin for $1,000 and in favor of e.
Raymond Hill for $1,000.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-20
ITALIANS VORlIN6
TO HELP SOLDIERS


Local Italians are working hard to
raise Z large sum for the purchase Of
wooden garments for the soldiers now
fighting In the mountain fastnsssss OF
Austria, and other parts Of the front
In the great European strife. The
Philo Dramatic Club II arranging for
.a monster entertainment to be given
this entertainment are to be used for
the purchase OF articles for tho SOL
diers.
The bazaar Just given for the fund
melted about $500. Artist. 8. A. Polito,
took q number of photographs OF the
members Of the Philo Club, copy
Of which was sent to the King and
Queen Of Italy. through Consular
Agent Camille vcrta. OF this city.
Those who contributed to the
bazaar and who assisted in disposing
Of articles for the fund. were: Com
nelia Brothers, Mardini Statuary
g. Coli, F. Legnaioh,. Mr.. and Mrs.
L. Marchetti. Mrs A. Panatoni, A.
Nardi, Mr.. and Mrs. l. Biagi, Mrs. A.
Biagi. Mr.. and Mrs. e. Magnani. v.
Maggi, N. Croce, A. Bonuccelli, r.
Catelvecchi, p. Bonini. q. Egiziani.
Mr.. Benebetu. G. Bonuccelli. Mr..
Damiani. Miss G.. vavola. MIRA NJ.
Gattaghi. Miss /. Franceschi. Mira
z. Bergamini. Mrs. Concctta Pal
merini. Mrs. A. Dinelli. Mrs. Brix-
xolara, Mrs. Massei. Miss l. Massei.
J. Picchi, Mise M. Consani. Mrs. A.
Corrieri. Mrs. A. Smith. Mrs. J.
Donau. Mrs. NJ. Alright. MrA A. q
Arrighi. Mrs. j. l. 0illio. J. 0Allio,
Mrs. G. Pafiin, Miss A. Gata. Mrs. c.
Casio, Mrs v. F1biani, Miss II.
Moriconi. Mrs. r. Onegty. MrA A.
Marchett. A. s, Poltto and Mrs 8.
Polite.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-20
EACE WITH
ms TREASURE TRovE

York. Nov. 1s.-R. c. Lewis.
pins tales for the magazines,
yesterday by the United Fruit
hip Santa Marta from Colon.
In ancient and rugted chest,
Hooked NJ II It might be the
q Afteen mon were on with =
NJ rum. Mr.. Lewis refused to
khs chest, but he opened his
Lewis Ii the personal repres
y Of Captain Sackville West,
q adventurcr, whose speciality
~ hidden treasure. buried in
~ on shore by pirates OF the
= This timc he got some,
sk3suatod to. he worth close
iflIon. standing on the chest,
- declared that u had con-
Enraong other things. one hun-
Sfdcescent pearls. made 20 BY
~ "a them and the vAriegaAed
Evrlth them for the last several
u Years. He had brought
~ . raw OF the pearls 10 get
0ninion on their value. Al
there had been In the chest
Kaa gold breastpIAtes worn BY
i14e handles, diamond studded
Ss4akou fron ladies captured
- rCverA ana all sorts az
6aoe1k AA8 folk Afloat had
ata4G. & sI
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-20

nmamGn to the Uttermoxt."
/ Christian laymen and all the
q Richmond are cordially In
"a hear Professor r.. r. Gaines
fCentral Young Mems Christian
kk1on this Sunday afternoon at
E1oolk, In his address, CLANS
> tbs Utfermost. Professor
= one OF tho weil-known in
- 1t Richmond College. and
- NAs with the L.aymen's Mis-
Movement in the South. The
- song service will begin
II Ct the hour named.
Oef1x Buy1 Needing.
xoung Man Who WON'T VIM
nub5sct It Older BoyS Meeting
n0ao room Sunday. November
d =. u. Mr.. r. w. LAuGhton
tho speaker. All boys over
SQaes Of 40 are invited.
- 0anlay AfoeG1noon Club.
~ ofesEnocn q $50 o'clock. Ia
N lobby. the b. 8. A. G. win
ia al the boys OF tho city are
RaR. JAsnee Buchanan, 09
nptaA4ad Charities. win speak
boyn Oub1eot. the spirit o.
Thfs sunday begins the con-
wen the Regulars and Vol
for the pennant. The Illus
aong service win BE- the best
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-20
DELEGATES NAMED
| BY MAYOR AINSlIt
Richmond WI Have Strong Dele.
cation 20 National Rivers and
HarbOrs Congress-.

Mayor Ainslie yesterday appointed
number Of delegates to the
twelfth annual convention of the Ma
tional Rivers and Harbors Congress.
which meets in Washington at the
New willard Hotel, December 8, .
and 10.
The Mayor stated that he hoped
all those named as delegates would
attend the convention to give Rich
mond a good showing for the anti
cipated large appropriation for James
River improvements. Among those
named as delegates are members Of
the Dock, River and Harbor and the
FINANCE Committees OF the City Coun-
Gil, and number of well known pri-
vate citizens who take interest in
public affairs. Here is the list:
George Bryan, M. a. Chambers, E.
A. Dietrich, w. T. Dabney, John c.
Freeman. o. II. Funston, s. II.
Halves. s. T. Morgan, w. r. Reed,
Augustine Royal, f. d. Williams.
Arthur c. Nielsen. Lawrence Paul Ord :
way Fuller, Langdon T. Christian,
George w. Rog ers, William +. Sulli-
van, Caude L. Batkins, p. P. Picner,
l[cOtlaFu j. SnedtWOOd, Barton IL.
Grundy, Clarence A. Seaton, r. Gray
Haddon, f. Fl. Powell, W.. j. Gilman,
John Il. Hopkins.
In naming the delegation the
Mayor sends out the following letter:
l have the honor to appoint you
a delegate from the city OF Rich
nlond to the twelfth annual conven-
ton of the National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress. which will NEE, At
the New Willard Hotel. Washington.
D. c.. December s. . and 10 1916.
The Rivers and Harbor Congress,
as you know, gives organized form
to the advocacy of the policy of river
and harbor Improvement by the
United States Government. It Is
plainly evident that a strong. per-
sistent and somewhat successful eff
fort has been. and is still being made
to prevent proper Improvement Of
the harbors and inland waterways OF
thenjnited States. I think that those
OF us who believe that the public in
terest will be promoted by a rational
and harmonious development OF
waterways should give our support
and encouragement to this congress.
Our own interest is to obtain from
the Congress- OF the United States
what We think IL plainly due us on
account of James River improve-
ment; and. although the Rivers and
Harbors Congress does not advocate
any particular project. / hope you
will be able to attend the coming
meetings. and thus contribute your
presence and voice to the general poll
icy.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-20
BUSY DAY FOR MIR. CAMP.

Rev. Norman III. Camp. the noted
Chicago lawyer-evangelist and mem
Der OF the Moody Institute star, ana
who n in Richmond under the aus
pieces Of the Railroad r. n. C. A..
viii have very busy day tomorrow.
He viii speak four timeA and the
fine Impression he has made on the
Richmond public this wek makes II
safe to say that large crowds will at
tend all OF these Sunday services.
In the morning At $50 o'clock the
evangelist will address the Mems
Bible Class OF venable Street Bap-
tist Church. on Jonah and the
Whale"
At II o'clock he will preach In
the pulpit Of venable-Street Baptist
Church on Life or Death--Whtch7'
In the afternoon 1t S:3V o'clock
there VIII be 4 great meeting 1t thu
Railroad Y NJ. c. A. auditorium. q
which Mr.. Camp viii relate the THRU
ling story Of his life ana coAvefs1on-~
practice in Chicago to enter the
evangelistic field This IS . story well
worth going . long distance to hear.
The association orchestra win render
special music and Mr.. Camp VIII sing
solo.
At $50 r. NJ. he will preach 1t
Centenary Methodist Church on
Fools"
The week Of prayer services con-
Quoted by the evangelist under the
auspices OF the Railway 7. NJ. G. A.
have been attended by many COM
municants OF various churches. and
the meetings have been very impress
eivs.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-20
LABOR LAW BROKEN BY
SIX ROANOKE CONCERNS
such u Report MaAe to Commissioners
DeheYfy ~ Miss Barbo.r. Who
Swears Ont Warrants.

Three violations Of the child labor
law and three violations OF tho ten
hour law in Roanoke have been re-
ported to State Labor Commissioner
Doherty by Miss Lille Barbour, In
spector IN the Labor Department OF the
state warrants have been Issued tor
the s1x concerns and the cases are
set for trial next Tuesday.
The Arms reported are Western
Union Tsisgraph Company. Postal Tsie-
graph Company and J. T. Young 5
PhArnady, for violation Of tho child
laber law. and A. L. eilhert. Speciality
Wsman's Shop. Of which Joseph 6pigsi
u manager. ana J. n. Frazier. for vio-
iAe1sns u the ten hour law.
The section Of tho law covering the
saaes Of the telegraph companies Is
- follows:
900 l. In cities having a population
Of dve thousand or more. according
to the census Of nineteen hundred and
ten. no child under the age OF fourteen
years shall DO employed. permitted or
suffered to work ~ . messenger for a
telegraph. telephone or messenger
company, IN the distribution. transmits
sion or delivery Of goods or messages,
and no child under eighteen years Of
age shall be 90 employed, permitted or
suffered 10 work between the hours OF
ten o'clock in the evening and ave
O'clock IN the morning"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-20

amount ana $35 each for tho two
candidates turning in the third and
fourth greatest amounts In new sub
scripticn payments during this time
These are extra prizes and are In
addition to any the candidate may
win ut the close OF the campaign. One
candidate stated yesterday that she
thought she could get In al her
promised subscriptions to apply upon
the offer. IN she thought the winner
Of the $3.50 cash prize would have
the bese chance OF winning the $4,000
Home. This IL a very good plan OF
campaign during this period. as the
double votes secured to win the $3.50
cash prixe will DO = tremendous argu-
ment in favor Of this candidate being
awarded the $1,000 Home. What's
tho answer? Just this: Try to win
the $3.50 cash prize so a. to have
these subscriptions credited with
double votes.
Ffcney Of Time.
Tho offer does not close until Sat-
urday November 81. at 10 p. M.
Plenty Of time yet remains to enter
the race and win. The campaign IL
Just now getting under Roadway. and
does not close until December ~.
The 1S.e0e House ana Lot. $1,000
IN Gold and other valuable prizes can
be won between now and that time,
Send In your nomination today and
begin an active campaign.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-20
ePER CENT OF ITS
Les GO TO CHARITY

AIMS Benevolent Society will
4ta fund for the spreading o.
sgfving cheer among the poor
a by the receipts from the spe-
harity sale to be held at the
|erSsr store next Tuesday. Ten
int OF the gross rsceipts OF next
Sy's sales will be given the So
b. the Arm.
ladies OF the society have vol
ed to assist the regular sales
bx the Weisberger store on that
All details for the sale have
arranged by the executive com
of the society. The officers of
Inns Benevolent Society are;
neAtrice canepa. president. Mrs.
N Pixxini, Mrs Catherine N
Mrs. w .. Horton and Mrs.
1yAn. past honorary presidents:
r. Murphy. vice-president:
nv. r. Leaman, treasurer. and
Frank Ferrandini. secretary.