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lDulCet Melody.

Mr.. WILSON rrinire> IA II light
heard too seldom in these eNaciing
days. lie can carry II tune with IN"
best Of them. II is not nm intlictiun
10 listen 10 The sounds he ut'cr> ON
the contrary, pleasure may h" oh.
Iained from his musical exercises.
But we regret that he has set the
fashion for Presidents 10 sing in pub
lie. II may lead 10 terrible cons.-
Quences.
Take Colonel ~l;oosEvEIr. for in
stance; we have never heard him
sing. and We trust that may be- spared
us. Yet he undoubtedly does sing {:
accompanying himself, we should
suppose. on the either. |, may h"
that he prefers the harp. that in
strumrnt designed To exhibit its
player in the nos graceful ATTITUDES.
Tn" carIonniSt~ have done tn" colo.
mel q grave injustice in representing
ll'iI ~ blNiN~ ''lNlh- Wv VIZ w Illlt
bur we have no desire 10 soc nr hear
him ~ IN" pianola. Probably the COLO
mel would not sing My Country,
'Ti~ Of Thee" He has had fnvoritc
songs "There'n BE n Hot Time in
the Old Town To.night' aud "On-
ward. Christian Soldiers" come in
Stantly TO mind. But ~ n musical,
entertainment we should nominate tho
Colonel as an auditor rather than as
n performer.
Mr.. TAFT has the frame ~ n great
singer, hut he has earned littl" fame
in that way. However. he should
have n fine loud voice. and Il pretty
taste in music. Put to the test h"
would. in our opinion, sing Mr., VII.
son down. hut his present disposition
seems 10 ~ unmelodious. Mr..
HUGHES never sang in his campaign
tours We doubt his ability. ON the
other hand, Mr.. HrGHrs * II person
Of sep He does not display all
his talents. He has unsupported re-
sources. We should hesitate To wager
that he cant sing and sing well.
Colonel BRYAN Is melody itself. He
sings continuously. uninr"rrupt"dly,
without cessation. He is n pipe or,
gan. a brass band, n grand opera com
pnny. In all music he is n supreme
and unrivalled master. the ruler of
the q yrrns of harmony and h" has
confded to his wnrmcsr friends that
the sweetest music known 10 him is
the unstrnincd product Of the Swiss
yodlers,
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4 Philippine Phantasm.

II II we're not II drab affair alto.
geth"r something humorous could he
extracted from the Senatorial sltua-
tion respecting the political future Of
III" Philippin" Islands. lrt them go
in two wears. in four. In twenty.
wholly free. partly tied. without
price. charg" their cost Ia MS. with
ont entanglements, promise TO defend
them. make them admit our goods
free. forget them. give them 10 Japan.
sell them, educate them, leave them
intellectually in Zimmerman darkness.
retain sovereign rights. a conlinC sta
ton, make treaties with all nations
respecting their rights. our rights.
SPANS rights. Bosh'
i no consideration 10 he given to
the suggestion thar they he given 10
FRANCIS BrRroN HARRISON upon his
promise To lay them out in football
gridirons. baseball diamonds. golf
links. tennis courts. polo fields. box
Ing rings and Luna parks and enter
tain Congress there during r]cccsscs:
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The TrawIer and the Zeppelin.

The British trawlrr King stephen,
Captain MAWrIN. Grimsby, saw II re-
mnrknblc sight in the \orlh Sea If
the skipper is 10 loo fond of his
glass: no less than II half submerged
Zeppelin lifting ON the waves. her
crew begging to he rescued. Twenty
two Germans in all wcr" counted,
but Skipper MARTIN drew of with
Corr strafr England shouted
hOarScly across the waters. He was
afraid, having II e of only even
men, to Offer the hospitality of the
King stephen, and left them hoaying
on the wreck, II prey to despair. He
did not pnrlcy with them, II" had n
vision of II captured trawlcr and
heard the lines Of Grim>by.
In his course Captain M,RlTN il
justified by the London Ddiiv Man.
which observes that "evcry British
sailor afloat would rescue his foes In
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BosToN. February ,.
An DEMONSTRATED ROose,eltian

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: "Be-
tween the Devil and the Deep sea By
-. "a" shows It's writer's ondncss for
pet names. and makes one inquire
whether, mayhap. his own name IL Dis
appointed George.
Whom the gods destroy they first
make mad - and perhaps ID. G.s" pres
en-; temper IL an indication of one Of the
causes which preceded the destruction OF
the sacred Elephant in 1912.
To such a one II must indeed have
been CALLING to behold 4,o00.O 900 voters
rise in 1912 under the leadership ~
mis- late Brazenness' and renh in twain
the party Of his fathers, as led by
Barnes. T,nrose d co.
II must have been equally CALLING 10
Disappointed George to read the teeti-
mouy of the syracuse libel suit. More
pleasant reading for him was a recent
issue OF THE = In which Senator
El.hu Root - reported 20 nave Conn
in"nded' Mr.. Barnes for his great in
tellec'ual powers and sincere ConvIc-
tons
How II must rankle In ~. 9 e breast
10 know that the real leaders in this
country to-day, as Bird IN Massarhu-
sets. Straus IN New York, clifford
pIncho' in PENNSYLVANIA. Garfield In
Ohio. Raymond Robbins IN Illinois.
Iiirdm johnson ia California. &c, are
et!ll Standing for mis- late Brazen-
ness
In spit" or all the rawlings Of n c."
ANN Wright and others, would IL not
be wise 70 consider a candidate for 1916
who is best fitted for so.S nj the prob
lens that will face this country during
tie next four wears" AID who - the
one statesman I'm our republic who best
understands. who has the most complete
knowledge ~ international affairs. even
20 a persona! mountaineering with The
men in power" In fairness 20 ourselves.
"D. c. csu We afford to allow Personal
an~iIgoulsns 20 blind our eyes can We
b" content with any second host"
rs WASHINGTON and Lincoln We're men
~ th. LOU" Goo their respective times. -
has ThooGof. Roosevelt, been raised Nv
'or the problems ~ 1915. and All 'N"
disappointed Georges arI wrong Nj
WI gifts saunoi stem tine taic 'har has SGT
ia from NE Atlt'tIc 20 the Pacife.
JAMES y BvFrrNTON.
F,,L RIVER. Mass. February 3.
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I'll" Hon. RICHARD OLNEY. who as
Secretary of State in the second
Cleveland Administration was assoc.
atrd with his chief IN invoking the
Monroe Doctrine when Venezuela
complained that England was coerc.
ing her in Il boundary dispute. must
b" heard respectfully when he gives
his approval 10 the Pan-.Amprican
policy of In" Wilson Administration,
which he does in tho NOrth American
RCricw for February.
Showing how the Monroe Doctrine
has been extended Ia rXucting indcin-
mites and penalties from small Amer
lean States for injuries suffered by
European States and to collecting
debts for IA" latter 10y occupying
ports and taking charge Of the GUS
toms. Mr., bLNtN. admitting in pass
Ing thar all his i in conflict with
the basic principles of international
law takes The view that the United
States by acquiring the Panama
Canal aud the Panama Zone has be-
come II South American Power,
That the Monroe Doctrine is af-
fcctcd by the new interests and re-
>ponsibiliticS Of the United States Is
not to he disputed, II has been a
continuing. expanding and progress
sive policy. nnd cannot he diSassoci-
nted from the planting of the Ameri-
can flag in In" Canal Zone. Mr.. OF.
HEy assumes that the Latin American
policy Of the United States now has
the following objects:
First To secure every American
state against loes Of independence or
territory At the hands of 4 Europcan
Power, as means to which end the
United States will resist aggression by
suoh Power by force Of arms. il neces-
sary, while. in the case OF the weak and
backward states, removing any encuse
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AT CIRCLE.


To TliE ENRON or THE SUN-Sr' Ths
removal OF Ia" subway kiosk a. column
bus circle. which afforded entry to the
p,"ted. Although persons using tho sta
ton. both rcgulars and transient were
forced to endure quite u lot Of inruu-
NcuienVc while tho old kiosk VA being
torn down and the new entrances in
stalled, now that the work has been
completed Satisfaction is cNnrcsscd on
all sides over IN" passing of the kiosk
that stood at the point whore BROAD
way aud central Park West meet
Although Columbus circle has for
NOR" than u decade been one Of tie
most important and crowded nam.
centres ON ia" upper West SiJc wrcr
tho subway wds huilt the construriurI
believed that at the point whore these
streets meet the kiosk would uut OBJ
only HAT. but II shut N from ,low 4
part ~ the" roadway where rutus,
wagons Had trucks were coutnudiiy
passing N a result pedestrians had
Ia Keep their eyes open and th"ir wlts
sharp 10 prevent st"pplug of tho walk
.ntu Tn" path Of a vehicle.
Tho kiosk ON Central Paris We, has
also hoou removed THIS rrno,al
eliminates an obstruction on the side
walk At that point. EN-uin- Theatre
crowds and sunday Afternoon crowds
no longer will be impeded. L
NEW yoRE, February 1
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danger so long az they could he ex-
pected to act honorably, hut the Ger
man has proved that nobody dare
trust him. We think that Skipper
MARTIN missed n great opportunity.
IL he did not invent the Zeppelin in
his cups. A line passed to the derc-
lirt and the Germans could have been
bid to hold fast while the King
stephen made for Grimsby. Perhaps
some cutting away of impedimcnta
might have been necessary. but that
was for the rescued to do. 1t could
all have been arranged by halls across
the stormy sea.
What II sight for the Cap'cn'S
nrighbors in Grimsby twenty-five
Germans ON the dead %Icppclin's chest
hauled to port as prisoners of war by
the home returned trawler, victory
crowned How England would have
rung with the exploit. Lieutenant
BERG and the Appam would have been
forgotten in the general acclaim. The
sting of that humiliation would have
been drawn. But Skipper MARTIN
passed up his chance for fame. As
for the Ddiip MARS advice, IT is dis
tinctly bad. The correct policy would
be- to rescue Zeppelin raiders who
slaughter the innocent and put them
ON exhibition.
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or such aggression by itself seeing to

for such aggression by itself seeing to
the performance OF their international
duties
Secondly To secure its interest in
the Panama Canal by whatever military
measures may be appropriate or neces-
sary and
Thirdly TO protect its interest In the
Panama Canal and Zone by whatever
measures may he appropriate and neces-
sary to prevent unjust and ruinous com.
petition
Here Is a tremendous responsibility
requiring something more for Its dis
charge than the diplomacy of words
and the assertion of ideals. How"
asks Mr. oLNEN, shalt the Latin
American policy Of the United States
be so shaped and enlarged that, while
preserving the Monroe Doctrine in its
original spirit and application. 1t shall
nj the same time adequately provide
for and protect the new interests the
United States has acquired through
It's proprietor>hip Of the Panama Ca.
nal:" Mr.. WILSON. he thinks. has
pointed the way in his course toward
Mexico by calling In the 4 y G. South
Americans for advice and coopern.
ton. The sequel. in Mr.. OI>EY's
Judgment, should be u Concert which
would put all the American States
behind the Monroe Doctrine" and in.
sure Its recognition in international
law. which hitherto has been lacking.
Thus a step would he taken toward u
Federation of the World. II pnrlia-
mcnt Of Man. Instead of the great
i,ation of the North with groupings
of unrelated little nations in the
South protected and regulated by the
Monroe Doctrine. with consequent
friction. there would hc n United
America, all FOR one as well H. one
for all.
The preparedness in the United
States would not he So difficult and
hurd"nsome. Mr.. olNrY thinks. IL IN"
Southern nations were ready with
ornaments for the common defence.
However. II will occur to military Ply
I"rts that the United States. being
the senior partner in the cutcrpri>"
and having much more at stake. could
place no dependence upon the pre-
I~aredness" of the Central and South
Americans. And then there Is always
The S%trategicHl consideration Of re-
motenesS. Of seas and vast land
spaces between. The eX.Sccrptary If
stat" has made n suggestive %cuitri-
button To the Fan.Amrrican question.
He has AT least sci his c~ountrymcu
thinking about the wisdom of Mr..
WILSON'S course in ~summoning The
4 II G nations To help him in solving
The problem Of Mexico.
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Daniels Again Found Wanting.

While President WILSON was tell.
ing his fellow citizens ut st. Louis
that the United States navy ought Ia
he 'incomparably the greatest navy
in the world the House Committee
IN Naval Affairs obtained from Rear
Admiral JosErH STRAUSS. chief Of
the Bureau of Ordnance. an honest
hut naturally II reluctant witness. the
information that his estimates had
been nj Sll.Si0.JI5 by Secretary
DANIELS. including 81. S6O. 40 for am.
munition, S1,2,I,WW for anti.aircraft
guns "a clean sweep. in spite of the
lessons of the European war; and
S2.is5.Wp for iorpedoes and appli.
ancts. Admiral STRAUSS wanted So.
2Si,tMN to equip the older armorcI
ships with iorpedocs of greater range
nnd Ia III out new ~ cruisers and
certain urmorcd cruisers. Mr.. DAN.
ILLs knocked of - per cent. Of the
amount.
How can the United States have
the second. or the third. or the fourth
navy in the world If ships are not tn
le provided with the guns, ammuni-
ton and torpedoes recommended 10y
the chief of Ordinance. an expert
cncrd and responsible officer? Secre.
tary DANIELS said in his annual re-
port Most careful and earnest AT
toward gunnery training by the com.
mand"r in chief" This * admirable.
but II ships cann"l "a into hnttl" for
want of ammunition and torpcdoc>
more or less Of the careful aud earn
est attention" of the commander of
the Atlantic fleet is thrown away.
Does President WILSON. who has
made such II vigorous campaign in
the West for preparedness, address
Ing great meetings which he stirred
to patriot" demonstration. know
what the Secretary Of the Navy j.
doing behind his buck: Has Mr..
VII son NO control over .Io>EPHrs
DANIELS? l. the Secretary TO be al
lowed To draw his blue pencil through
ammunition estimates when the coun-
try. as the President told his West
ern audiences. may be- involved in
war. possibly ~ prolracted war. AZ
any moment?
Surely IN. commander in chief of
the naval forces should lay II re-.
Straining hand upon his secretary.
who plays fast and loo>r with oSli.
mates Al such Il critical time. II
Jo>EPHrs DANIELS viii not cooperate
Loyalty aud intelligrn,ly with the
President in preparing IN" navy for
the emergency of war JosrpHus Dan
IEIs should 90. He has been tried
and found wanting.
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A NATIONAL MILITIA ARMY
u Can Re created by congress. Ac.
cordinR Ia General organ.

-, H,.tt. lsbIY.,p ,t TIgE SftN-NIr. I
u.,,. inns. neon shown , news ,r,ipi.
,E..h .n,a,r.d I'm Tup Sty 81 Feb.
,,,,r, ,,,,,i.a o.Hy,n Tl,,ds for
ma <,ttnn,, Gu,rd IN when me fol-.
,,ut,r .rr,ar. IN. I,,u.rn. NEy,rl
,Is.r,ed maj ,het. were As mauv
.t,rl,rds a. tu,r. are states. and he
.ay,.,,,d tho establishment OF urf-
,o,, which ,ouid le brnurbt
,h,,, hy concerned acton among the
s,,,.."
Nu,r vas IN -shIrgt.r 'ls week
l,.,, s,J boz several pl...s that
,r.t. existed Al, m. prrs,ui time. the
strour.st uronasaud, lin. ,nuutr, had
s,.r kr,ou IN snpror, ~ IN. creation
aud u,.ir,.u,rr. Of a large standing
,r,,, and tine, 't, Thing most +, n.
,a,r,l vas mat -ne true facts .or-
.,,,,-r ~. ooss,h.ties ~ da,.lopinc
.,..r ,...,u,1 army u.l,- .Ne ui't,a
n,,y...u. NJ Inc. ,'ons,it,,t,r rli.E,
Income known and appreciated hv the
,uhIi, do ro, know what real basis
ma, .>i.t fnr these statements. hut II
,yider, that during the past few
weeks particularly there has appearod
generally in tho press and magazines II
tho country a great amount or ms
statement concerning III. existing ."'.
,.,,y n tho N,ti,ra. Guard ,h, limit
t,,foos of tho Constitutions III, ntttId.
az ,h. \,,ou.l Gu,rd rrnons concern
ing nren,~edn.ss and what the line ofi-
Gers ~ The army and the National
,;lard really ndyocat.
mazda ~, such s',,.me,. a.. VAS
attributed 70 mo II "a. u,rifos,ly an.
sura T, 1ayc the a,trmn, 70 nrr,,,z.
,,,.or,l f,r,, upou tho h,,oih,ss
mar for,y-,frr, states will bring abou,
uniform standard by ,or,.rt.d NO.
Ion M.,,t : dtd s,, u,s thar tbe for,,-
o,cl. states have necessarily legs.
e,ed nm 10 tho r~esc,, time %, Tin.
uati.- ~ nlt,., o~-carzu,ou he ause
r,rr,cs. ros r.tar ,d.,,,,,aI, ,x.-.
sod - r,r,,o,r, ,ovar 90 tho mat
.c- ~ ,,.,rtz,tor Wh., urocd
~. t.., ,npy,ass c>er.ise il. rou,r
,,.r a., ,rd.r tho r,rs,i,p,#or :, ,ro-
,fla for .ne ,rr,r.z,t,nu anal mo disco.
~. H. ,,r',, MI ,.,
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WHILE THE COFFEE BOfLS.
Two New England Opinions II the
Hermit VI Oyster Bay.

To THE Epiror or TIVE SrN-S,r.
Your cW respondent w" puts the name
OF Theodore Roosevelt among such SOLE
der Presidents as Washington, Jackson,
the Harrisons.
Was there anything in the training Of
Theodore Roosevelt prior or subsequent
to the Spanish american nuttcr. or ms
service In that embroglio. that would
warrant a careful t1 minuiogist calling
him u soldier"
Was there anythinc in his brief. rcso.
nant and discipline lacking performance
in Cuba to induce a discreet historian To
place his name among that glorious COM
pany Of campaigners and patriots
There are soldiers who are Co,onels
and colonies who are soldiers but the
terms are not necessarily Synonymous.
Nor do Khaki clothes. brass buttons,
noise and headlines constitute the stig-
mata OF the warrior. We have more
colonies lying around loose UP here ia
New Eng and han rcformers but no
one takes them FOR soldiers any more
than they accept the reformcIs as pa
triots.
Colonel Roosevelt was shuuted into
the Nice-Prcsidency 10y Plat, to get lid
OF a political hon net. not 10 reward 4
headline hero or "A soldier his primal
Presidency was an accident. the assas-
sims bullet his second term n mingling
OF party exigency and tradition. I hardly
think in The strict military sense. the
military traditional standards. Colonel
Roosevelt would be termed "a soldier,
while in the Mexican Interpretation of
the term he might stand as high as per-
haps villa The Colonel must remain
the Presidents whose honors we're
awarded for civil. or uncivil. service.
MADISON i. CuRLEY
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COLD ENOUGH FOR your
Why Mercurial Charges Of un,erac.
ity May BE Discounted.

Those hardy travellers who stand on
station platforms these crisp mornings
waiting for the commuters caravan to
come rafting down the line discuss
with equal zeal the Country's ate and
the performances of the thermometer.
Smith. gazing earnestly at the red line
in the tube, announces "A reading of
90 degrees. Brown, coming up a min
ute later, sees 81. Jones, right after
| him, reports is. And go II goes. within
' a range of four or five points on the
measured scale.
This is not at al the same sort Of q
temperamental temperature phcnome-
non as that which may he observed in
! summer time. when porch hung indi-
Gators Of atmospheric calorics perform
! prodigies Of deviation and the mer-
curry is possessed of a demon hat
sends 1t soaring in quest OF altitude
records beyond the most ambitious
dreams Of aviators. Then people who
Go not know just how hot they are
until they have read the gauge govern
their conduct by the progressive rev.
eIations Of successive inspections.
But amid Julian heats relief may
he had ny discard OF the masculine
collar and other s~uperfuities Of tex
til,' inves,iture. not to speak OF the
cooling processes of liquid ingurGita-
ton. The tinkle of ice in the frosted
glass gives the liquid in the tube the
lie. Feminine 8~rtificc resorts 80 the
fan. and perhaps to other mollitiers Of
which mere nan wOts not. When
shrill winds whoop down from the icy
north. however. and whistle about the
station platform. the shivering. shriv-
cling waters who pretend to spurn
resort TO the radiator side in the wait
ing room must %perforce wreak upon
one another the vengeance that fits
the weather man.
Accusations. even pretentiously jocu-
lar. of deliberate misrepresentation
may impair that n~eighborly friendli-
ness which should prevail. II may,
therefore, be q work Of more than the
apparent usefulness to remind the
countless thousands who stand on
breezy platforms these January morn
ings that the recorded temperature
varies with tho altitude Of the man
who reads the thermometer. That
vcxatious instrument being firmly
fixed 20 tho station wall. its reading
is bound TO vary with the angle Of
Incidence. up. down or level. II the
vision Of the curious inspector ~ the
,rlorcd mercury column.
We are as cold as We are tail short
men are warmcSt in winter.
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The suggestion that agents of Ger
many mined and destroyed the Houses
Of Parliament in OTTAWA was not in
stantly rejected. II caused no sur.
prise. II was not meredith" To the
people Of Canada and Of the United
States. And this is the Superlragedy
Of the mysterious fire in which two
women and hire" men. all uf them
civilians, lost their lives.
But how could this theory. rnpug.
nant though il he 10 every instinct
"f human" men, he brushed aside ms
unbelievable? The unnecessary de.
>trrction Of public monuments. the
liling Of non-comhataniS. the muir
der of women and children: these
things have been established H. the
policy of Germany, that policy which
Is designed by its frightfulnc>s 10 -.
tnhlish her dominion. to compel oledi.
cncc TO hcr mandates and, eventually.
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To THE Enron ~ THE SIS NI' o. b..
halG Of very many ~ Your r|Oa lers Who
must have prn0t"t as ! dii b" the dire
lions whl.i ono ~ Your 'urr'FpoudoNts
gave th'pICh TVS SIS q few days ago for
making tho .rk Now from a fountain pen
without Two necessity ~ H's' sp'ashine the
'rk uu tho rn0r or wal o. M peoples
faces, hu, merely 10, touching IN" pen
point frr B.. second a." TWO against = piece
uf blot ING pap'r. I "i.r 20 tnaVk tna'
correspondence ! hal Slppos"i nay pen
vas past such c"aNiuE hui I 'r.cl f. 'iust
tor 'lu' ana foIud the ,r.,N 20 work Ike
mas.,
lie could hay" sot 'Nr i1"a TO some
fountain pen manufactured for a good
sum, but hr has proved himself a public
ami uurs'Nn'aiiuJS b"uc'acior
Stw Nurh. February = r. :.
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to win for her that love which Is the

to win for her that love which Is the
aim Of her ordered bnrbaritics.
II may I've that no German mind
inspired this outrage. The fact has
not been proved. Yet to German
sympnthizers whose reasoning facul-
ties have not been hopclcssly impaired
the significance conveyed 10y the toler-
alton Of the charge. even for nm in
slant, in impartial minds must h.
apparent.
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What lends probability 10 the re-
ported p,t' 90 Germany FOR q rev drive
against Calais l. the fact that every
II IN England. France. Italy and Ser
bia seems 10 Dee Informed as to all its
detail. l. j. this habit of Germany
TO reveal it, military purposes which
enabled the Appam to enjoy her nm
molcsted voyag' from Africa I" the
hospitahlc doors Of the Old Point Com
fort hotels.