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French Keep Up Tradition.

1lSLSH ASCP VI AAodASAoA'
The approaches to hill sic. the base
of the hill on the side hidden from the
Bulgarians and the trenches dug into
1t were crowded with the French. AT
that point of the line they greatly out
numbered the English. But it was not
the elbow touch of numbers that eX-
planned their cheerfulness; 1t was be.
cause they knew it was expected OF
them. The famous scholar VINO Wfcte
in our school Biographies The french
ire a gay people. fond of dancing and
light Wines" established TRADITION.
And on hill SIS. although it was to
and though the light wines were melt
ed snow, they still kept up that ira
dition and We're gay
They laughed at US in welcome. crawl
ing out of their ig1oos on all tours
like bears out of a cave; they laughed
when we photographed them crpWdlnS
to get in front of the camera. when we
scattered among them copies 2f iopin-
skidded and slipped and fell. And If
we peered into the gloom Of the shell
tiers, where they crouched on the frozen
ground with snow dripping from above,
of icy mud. they waved spoons at us
and invited us to share their soup
Even the dark-skinned, somoer-eyed
men of the desert: the tall Moors and
and laughed when 'seventy-fve" ex-
ploded from an unsuspicious bush. and
we jumped. 1t was like camp of boy
scouts: picknickins for one day ana
sure the same night of warm supper
and bed But the best these poilus
might hope for was months of ice,
snow and mud. of discomfort. colds,
long marches carrying neavy burdens.
the pain of frost-b bite, and. worst of all.
inconsistencies. They were sure of
nothing; not even of the next minute
For hill 516 was dotted with oblong
rows of stones with. at one end, cross
of green twigs and soldiers cap.
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More officers Soon Available.

The letter points out that 800 addi
tiona1 midshipmen were added to the
academy by Secretary Daniels recon-
mendation and will be available in 1917.
A request for further increase of the
corps is now before Congress.
The Secretary points out similarly
that all of Admiral Fletcher's sugges-
tons have been carried out in the de-
sign of new ships. Bigger submarines
are now under construction. and a
1.o00-ton craft, the Schley. will soon be
launched, while two more even larger
boats have been advertised for con-
struction.
"AN submarines now completed or
under construction under acts, of Con-
gress antedating March 4, 1919 the
letter says, are of the coast defense
type. They were not designed for the
qualities described as now lacking in
the fleet by Admiral Fletcher
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Waiter a Native Prince.

We were waited upon by an enor-
nous negro from Senegal with a fez
as tall as giant flrecracker. Wait
serious matter. And because the
officers Laughed when he served the
soup in a tin basin used for washing
dishes his feelings were hurt 1t was
explained that "Chocolat" in his own
country was a prince and that unless
treated with tact he might get the
idea that waiting on a table Is not n
royal prerogative. One of the officers
was genius at writing impromptu
verses. During one course he would
write them and while Chocolat was
collecting the plates would sing them.
Then by the light of candle on the
back of a scrap Of paper he would
write another and sing that, He was
rivaled in entertaining US by the off,
GERS who told anecdotes of war fronts
from the Marine to Smyrna. who pro-
posed toasts and made speeches in re-
Spouse, especially by the officer who
that day had received the Croix. de
Guerre and wound
! sat next to young man who had
been talking learnedly of dun dun
bullets and Partisan restaurants They
asked him to recite, and to my horror
he rose. Until that moment he had
been a serious young officer, talking
boulevard French In an instant he
was Transformed. He was clown.
To look at him was to laugh. He
was an old roue. senile. pitiable,
bourgeois. an apache. a lover, and his
voice was so beautiful that each SEN
tence sang. He used words so diff
cult that to avoid them even French
men will cross the street He mastered
them, played with them, caressed them,
slipped of them as a connoisseur sips
madeira; he tossed them into the air
like radiant bubbles. or flung them at
us with the rattle of a mitrailleuse.
When in triumph he sat down l asked
him, when not in uniform. who the
devil he happened to be.
Again he was the bored young man.
In a low tone, so as not to expose my
ignorance to others, he said:
'I? 1 am Barrielles of the Theater
Odeon."
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ministration will not graduate until
1917. the letter says. the present short
age of officers in the fleet is not to be
attributed to that administration.
But if our battleships are short of
been short during all the preceding
years. The standard complement has
not been changed. and the one now in
vogue is the one that has been in OPP
Grafton for a long term of years"
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correspondents asked him in recogni-
ton of which of his victories it had
been bestowed. The general possessed
a snappy temper
The medal was given me-" he said.
because l was the only general with
out it, and 1 was becoming conspicu-
GUS
Night in Hospital Tent.
1t had long been dark when we reach
ed Strmnitza station, where we were
to spend the night in a hospital tent.
The tent was as big as a barn, with
stove, cot for each and fresh linen
sheets. All these good things belong
to the men we had left on hill 516
awake in the mud and snow I felt
like burglar. who, while the owner is
away, sleeps in his bed. There was
another tent with a passage way fill
ed with medical supplies connecting It
with ours. 1t was in darkness, and we
thought 1t empty until some one ex-
ploring found it crowded with wounded
and men with frozen legs and hands:
For half an hour they had been watch
ing us through the passageway, max
ing no sign. certainly making no COM
plant John Bass collected all our
newspapers. candles and boxes of
cigarettes, which the hospital stewards
distributed, and when we returned from
dinner our neighbors were still wide
awake and holding smoking concert.
But when in the morning the bugles
woke us we found that during the
night the wounded had been spirited
away and by rail transferred to the
hospital ships. We should have known
then that the army was in retreat. But
it was all so orderly. so leisurely, that
1t seemed like merely a shifting from
one point of the front to another.
We dined with the officers and they
certainly gave no suggestion of men
contemplating retreat. for the mess hall
in which dinner was served had been
completed only that afternoon. 1t was
of rough stones and cement. and the in
terror walls were covered with whites
wash. The cement was not yet dry,
nor. as John McCutcheon later dis
covered when he drew carica lures on 1t,
neither was the whitewash. There
were twenty men around the dinner
table. seated on ammunition boxes and
Standard Oil cans. and so close together
you could use only one hand. So, you
gave up trying to cut your food and
used the free hand solely in drinking
toasts to the army. to France and the
allies. Then. to each ally individually.
You were glad there were SO many
allies For it was not Greek. but
French wine,. of the kind that comes
from Rheims. And the army was re-
treating. What the French army Of
fers its guests when it is advancing
it is difficult to imagine.
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Mrs. Ida V. McCauley. forty-two. ma
tron at Union station in Baltimore, be-
came i'll there and died before a ply
stefan arrived. Death was due to heart
disease
The Washington herald., 1916-03-15
EIGHT REMAIN In
THE INDOOR SINGLES

New York. March 1.-THE field in the
Woman's National Indoor Tennis cham
pionship singles was reduced to eight
In the Seventh Regiment Armory today.
Play in the doubles was also started
The survivors in the singles will meet to-
morrow afternoon for places in the semi
final round.
Among those who are expected to
win at least three games of their re-
spective matches are Miss MoIIa Blur
stedt, the playing through champion, and
Miss Marie Wagner. from whom Miss
Bjurstedt wrested the title a year ago.
The playing Of Miss Bjurstedt and Miss
Wagner In the singles, OF course, fea-
tured the days play. In Miss Kissel the
national champion encountered a player
who showed to good advantage outdoors
last season. But before the terrific driy-
ing game Of Miss Bjurstedt. Miss ks
sci was practically helpless. Besides
Miss Bjurstedt and Miss Wagner there
are left in the singles: Miss Florence
Sheldon. Mrs. Percy wiIbourne, Mrs,
David c. Mills, Miss Helen Alexander,
Mrs. Frederick Schmitz and Mrs Arthur
Dean.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-15
SOUTHEAST LEAGUE
NAMES ITS ENTRIES

The names of the bowlers in the South
east League who will compete in the /.
{. B. A., tournament next month was
turned in yesterday to the tournament
headquarters IN the Chamber of Com
merce building the teams which will
shoot, and the members thereof, are as
follows:
Southeast Stars-William Shipley, An
drew Goddard Joseph Fowler. John Ris-
Ter, Samuel Auguste, Walter A. Cornell,
captain.
Neslines-E. Haynic. j. Davis, Pop
Wells, 4. Miller, A. Langley, Burns De
mar.
spuds-Clark, Batter. Boyd, Goldberg,
Setback, Burgess
Midnight Crew-Patterson, Werntz,
Frye. Crouch, Frydell. Thompson.
Schlitz-Rader, Oehm, Bombrest, Hin
ton, Clark, Beck.
Oaklands-William DuBusky, James A.
Muhlhill. Ernest Lucas, John Cook, E. H,
Miller. John A. Kane.
Model LunCh-C. Whalley. A. Miller O.
Reichard, Schaffer. 2. Hoffman, c. Car
rigan.
Woodmen of the Vocabulary O'Nein,
Charles a. Keyes, captain
The Washington herald., 1916-03-15
JEFF SMITH VICTIM
OF FLIM-FLAM GAME

New York. March 1A-"JeT" Smith, a
prize-fighter. walked into police head
quarters today to complain against an
unidentified man who had stolen sl29
from him on Cedar street, near Broad
way
He was on his way to a train for St
Paul Mimi. he told the police, to fight
Mike Gibbons. As he came along Cedar
street stranger approached him and
asked him if he knew where Martin
the carpenter" lived.
OF course, Jeff did not know where
Martin, the carpenter" lived. and he
said so. Whereupon the stranger wept
CopiOusly. crying that he had lost his
brother down South and that he was
stranger in this city.
Il have $500 in my pocket" he said
land I don't know what to do with it,
VIII you bank it for me-"
'Jen' agreed to bank the money. On
the way to the bank the stranger asked
for security, which JEFF" gave him in
the form of his bank roll of $129, intend
Ing to bank the $500 in his own name.
In the bank he stripped the cover from
the roll and found it contained only pa
per The stranger had disappeared.
Jeff" asked the police to help him
find the man, as he wanted to have an
Interview with him before he took on
Mike Gibbons.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-15
LINCOLNS TO BATTLE
GALLAUDET SATURDAY

The Lincoln A. c. will meet the
Gallaudet College nine at Kendall Green
on Saturday at $50 p m This contest
will be the second of a series of four
practice games arranged between these
teams.
The Lincoln won handily in the first
meeting last Saturday, but the collegians
are preparing for this weeks contest
and expect to give the northeast club
men a beating
The Lincolns intend to have the best
team of their career this season and are
out to meet all Corners. They have been
strengthened in their weak spots and
now they present as formidable a lineup
as any nine in this section All requests
for games should be addressed to n. B.
Carter. 1912 II street northeast
The Washington herald., 1916-03-15


80, asii.oh' formerly WIN the Ma
no Sioi'a rs OuI turned over to Minneapolis,
II CashIon Da's 80 IN the association
',lS season u pun MIN back next fall
anu Iahe announcer chahce with him.
"oulo llhe 10 get SlGEgeT OF the Craw-
% - ." i'N DaLi ''-o. aho 1 know
''''' >as'''o" can MI said "rlmIh
'antiilon tried CashiOn on first base but
the big fellow would not do In that posi-
ton. In the outfeld Cashion looked
pretty good and came along with a rush
during the fag end OF the season
The Washington herald., 1916-03-15
CLARENDON ATHLETIC
CARNIVAL TOMORROW
Boxing and Wrestling Will Feature
Program for Benefit Of Alex
andria County A. A.

BiIl Malone. the hustling manager of
the Alexandria County a. a. baseball
team. has completed arrangements for
the monstrOus athletic carnival to be
held tomorrow night at Follansbee's
Hall i'm Clarendon, Va. for the benefit
of the athletic association.
He has obtained the services of many
Washington amateur and professional
athletes and the program. which is
large will include wrestling. bag
punching, boxing, singing and other
lines of entertainment
Billy" the wrestling bear. will
feature the program in a bout with
Miss May Oleson. champion woman
wrestler who will attempt to throw
BILLY" The weight of the bear is
four hundred pounds and Miss Oleson
has undertaken quite u big job.
Louis Zeraga. the local heavy
weight. will attempt to pin the shout
ders of Billy Murray and Jack Boland
to the mat in thirty minutes. Bob
Mulhall, the champion bag-puncher of
the South, will give an exhibition OF
fancy punching.
The boxing exhibitions VII include
a bout between Shankey Gardner and
Benny Winters, and one between Young
Walter Young Thomas. the local
feather-weight, and Kid McCauley.
The Emerald A c. Quartet is also
booked to furnish the musical end OF
the program. Additional cars will be
operated by the Washington Virginia
Railway Company for accommodation
of those attending from Washington,
leaving Twelfth and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. a 7:l5 and 7:45 p. m. and RossIyn
at 7:2S and 7:JS p. m, and after con-
ClusiOn of program.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-15
ALEXANDRIA EAGLES
READY FOR GAMES

Alexandria, Va, March 1.-THE
Eagles baseball club at a netting held
yesterday afternoon at the Eagles
Home, completed arrangements for
the coming baseball season.
Leon Devers was chosen captain.
and Charles CorDctt assistant mana ger.
Other officers elected follow: !. r.
Travis, president; Leon Devers. cap
tain; Berry l.. Burgandine, assistant
captain; J. p. McDermott. manager:
Charles Z. Corbett, secretary.
This club is now ready to receive
challenges from any club in Wash
ington and vicinity. Those desiring
games should address c. z. Corbett.
Alexandria National Bank Building,
Alexandria, Va.
The Washington herald., 1916-03-15
Charlottesville Camp Chatter

Charlottesville. Va. March 1A-Once III
while ball players in a training camp
open up and talk about the rival clubs
OF their league, the race for the pen
nant. and the chances, according 10 their
dope. of this, that or the other team win
ming out.
On the veranda Of Camp Grin head
quarters today, lSunged Walter johnson,
Clyde Milan. Rippy williams. Jim Shaw,
Henry ROndeau. Ray Morgan, and others.
Here's the conversation:
Morgan-'I wonder II Benny kaUn
really said all those things the papers
printed"
Williams-"S boys. they'll ride Kaun
out Of that league If he doesn't make
good with the Giants
Morgan-'I saw him play over in Balu-
more and he didn't look like a world
beater to mc-still you never can tell
Milan changing the subjectJ -''Ths t
New York club under Donovan has a
chance this season"
Johnson-"That's right. and don't over
look the White SOX-theyI be up there
too"
WnIiams-"Fielder Jones will cause a
lot OF trouble with the St. Louis Browns"
Johnson-"You bet he will-bOth New
York and St Louis will be out there
fghting. incidcntly winning games and
upscttIng the dope generally"
Shaw changing the subJecU-"W Where
do all these dogs come frOm-this burg
Is lousy with dogs"
WilIiams-"SO are the dogs"
Shaw-"There goes the dinner bell-me
for the mashies. Good by"
The conversation was getting interest
ing and the writer with his ear TO the
ground figured on getting a lot OF good
dope from the Washington players as
TO their opinions Of the coming strug-
gle when Jim Shaw butted in and spilled
the beans.
Here's hoping Shaw gets caught in one
Of those traps he has set for muskrats
Henry Rondeau. who led the American
Association in batting last year while
with the Minneapolis Club halls from
Woonsocket. r. J., where half the pOpula-
ton is French or French Canadians.
Rondeau speaks French fluently and tells
the following story on himself which is
a good one.
4 seldom kick at an umpire and never
20 locking about for trouble, but Brick
Owens put me out OF the game one day
last summer for talking back to him
Il went to Owens after the game and
said. old boy you'll never put me out
Of another ball game-IIl not give you a
chance.
Well everything went alOnG lovely for
couple Of weeks when Owens called
me out at second base after I had beaten
the throw a mile. l said to him:
You robber, YOU porch climber.
you're a. blind as a bat, and the rOttenest
umpire in the wOTld-why you're getting
money under false pretenses in this
league"
NO. owens didn't fire me out OF the
game for ! said all this in French, but
it got under his skin. He shook his
finger in my face and cried, "If I knew
what you were talking about I'd fine you
some dough and see that it was paid"
IF he knew what called him he would
probably have had me chased out of the
league"
Ed Charity this morning was entirely
recovered from his stomach trouble and
able to don the pad and shin guards.
Charley Jameson is some bowler, and
a southpaw, too. He took one of the
scribes over the jumps last night and
rolled up a good big score.
American Association figures show that
The Washington herald., 1916-03-15
MRS. VOGELSBERGER
WINS BOWLING MATCH

Mrs. Louis NoEelsbergcr last night dc
feated Miss BILLY" Williams of the In
gram Church gym. in an interesting
duckpin match at the Arcade alleys by
three pins in a five game set, in which the
total pins We're to count
Mrs. Vogelsberger got off to a flying
start by rolling a Ill game. but the con-
sistant work of MiT Williams cut down
this lead althousl she did not main
tain the lead at any stage of the match.
The scores:
Miss Williams. ..........SO 90 Sc SO 9C-44S
The Washington herald., 1916-03-15
TENSIONS WIN TWO
FROM CASL0N TEAM

The Jensons frightened their hold on
first place in The Washington Herald
Duckpin League yesterday by taking
the Caslons into camp for two games.
In the first game the Jensen hit the
NAPLES for a 55S count, but fell by
the wayside when the Caslons gath
cred the high game Of the day IN the
second, rolling 66s The tensions
landed the final by eight pins, rolling
5t6 to 53S.
Cahoon led the field with a set of
31S, while Allen followed with 2sS
Eddie Hawk drew third position With
a 2s1 set The scores:
The Washington herald., 1916-03-15
Upton TO COMPETE FOR
YACHT CUP NEXT YEAR

London. March 4.--Sir Thomas Lip
ton in a letter to the Essex Yacht Club,
says he hopes to compete next year for
the Americas Cup.
Sir Thomas Upton in 1913 built the
yacht Shamrock ". which was to have
raced off Sandy Hook the following year
with the Americas Cup defense yacht
Resolute. The Shamrock " arrived in
New York shortly after the outbreak OF
the war, but the races were postponed
and the challenger was housed in
Brooklyn shipyard. where she now is
The Washington herald., 1916-03-15

citation to the veterans on the Wash
ington club today. Charity gets the
ball away with lightning speed. and
without apparent effort has It waiting
at second for the runner. Milan, FOs-
ter and Barber an attempted to steal
on Charity but were thrown out with
ridiculous ease.
1t looks as If the Old Fox has picked
up a great yOungster i'm the former
Minneapolis receiver.
Parks did not get into the game this
afternoon on account OF a split thumb
nail
The Washington herald., 1916-03-15
Champion Is Satisfied with
Condition of His Wind.
Moran In Form.
TALKS OF JOHNSON FIGHT
BY JESS WILLARD

New, York. March lit was hard for
me TO believe when I awoke this morn
ing that ! had put back of me fourteen
days Of hard training and was starting
on the fifteenth. l was glad there are
only fey days more Of work ahead of
me. Training like everything else be-
comes rather monotonous and the close
approach of the battle plesses me.
Following out the program my trainers
arranged Sunday I passed up road work
TINS morning and until ! stop it entirely,
think l will only trot around the
reservoir on alternate mornings
The main reason for cutting out the
road work is that my wind Is in great
shape. While it ia absolute necessary to
tune up the bellows to perfect condition,
there Is no occasion to do ardous running
when perfection is reached.
And when you train for a boxing match
you must be well trained in the real
boxing end of the game otherwise all the
superhuman wind powers in the world
won't count for anything. This system
follows out the real rule of life. II
you will devote all your energies to one
particular undertaking, you are bound
TO make a success of it, At the same
time you can keep in touch with other
matters but a persistent drive at the one
particular goal will force YOU to succeed.
By FRANK MORAN.
New York. March 14.-My physical con-
ditiOn could not possibly be any better
than it is just now, and TO say that ]
am merely satisfied with it, would be
to convey an inadequate idea OF how l
feel Truth to tel. l don't believe l ever
lelt as We'll as l do now
My outdoor froIiC in the snow at Sara
toga. the fun | derived IN ice boating,
skating, snow shovelIinE. walking. run
ming and the hours kept comprised an
excellent start for my contest with Will
lard. And more than q week before the
bout I find the purpose of my Saratoga
expedition fully achieved.
The soundness of my body, the condi-
ton of my wind and the keenness of nv
The Washington herald., 1916-03-15
Aztec Holds Practice.

Fourteen candidates reported to Man.
aSer Eavins at the initial practice of
the season held by the Aztec Athletic
Club at their grounds, Sixth and G.
streets southwest, Monday evening.
The following candidates reported:
Smithson. Baker, Winston, Mcconnell,
Riston, Dorsey. Bland, Evans, Ferris,
Cockey, Buckley, E. Evans, F. Evans, |
and Coleman