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The Washington herald., 1916-06-03
Naval Training for Civilians.

The one-month training cruise for civilians
lon reserve United States batteshps, authorized
by the Navy Department. offers an opportunity
for a novel, healthful and instructive vacation.
from the middle OF August to the middle OF
September, that is certain to appeal to more
patriotic Americans than can be accommodated
on the nine vessels detailed for the cruise For
this reason it is advisable that applications for
enlistment, which must be made at navy re-
cruiting stations before July Is, 1916, should
be sent in at the earliest date practicable Quail
fcations for enlistment, while very far from
exacting, have been carefully prescribed with
the view of procuring subjects for this short
course of naval training men OF a class and
caliber likely to prove valuable to the country
in emergency. The objects OF the cruise are
thus set forth
To help equip properly qualified men to act
as reserves IN time of war or national emergency
by giving them course Of training on warshps
under naval officers and naval discipline
To foster patriotic spirit and give to civilians
some knowledge of the navy and the naval re-
qurements of the country.
TO interest civilians in naval matters so that
by taking future courses q training and by study
many can qualify for acting commissions after
taking the necessary examinations.
, The great success of the armys Plattsburg ex-
pertinent is assurance in advance of similar re-
suits from the training cruise Hundreds of those
VINO tound ooth pleasure and proht IN the hard
work and dcipline of the camp last summer are
going back this year and while the system would
have to be greatly extended before it could be
expected to produce army of proficient SOL
diers, yet it is bound to create desirable interest
in military service while The training itself is not
Ito be lightly valued.
Whatever the army may accomplish in this
way, is sure to be more than matched in results
by the navys training cruises. There is much
more to be learned in modern batteshp than
lin military camp, and heretofore scarcely any
facilities have been offered civilians for acquiring
even rudimentary knowledge of things per-
tanning to the navy, though practically every
schoolboy has had the chance to gain some prac-
Itlcal experience in infantry tactics at least This
plan therefore, to increase popular interest in
and knowledge of naval affairs is an admiral
one certain of beneficial results
In the beginning, of course, most of the
benefits will go to the individual citizens vet the
time may, and probably WILL come when the
civilian training cruises will stand the country in
good stead. At any rate they mark forward
step in the direction of nreparedness whittier the
nation is bent the result Of the lesson taught
Iit by the disaster which has overtaken the rest
Iof the world
The Washington herald., 1916-06-03
Colonels and Pseudo-Colonels.

When a man has reached a certain stage of
local importance, or a certain mental and physl-
cal ponderosity, it has been the American custom
to apply to him the honorable title OF colonel" "
Some men are born coonels Their appear
ancc and habits of mind call for and merit the
title, and it is granted by unanimous consent.
The primary of public opinion hands down its
decision. Colonel" that marked man is, and
colonel" will he remain, in office out, in
public favor OIL in disgrace. The title runs with
the man.
But now come certain sect OF super-colonels
in the State OF Georgia, who attempting to
restrict the title to those Justly entitled to it,
Such is their language. And by Justly entitled
to it they main those actually appointed colo
nes who have survived the civil war, and the
nsh-American war, the colonies active and
retired of the National Guard and regular army,
and the colonies OF the governors staff
selves, have been writing to the Georgia news
papers, asking them little discretion in
the use OF the title, ard calling attention to
some OF the pseudo-colonels
Meantime the natural-horn colonies, the colo
nels de grace, so to speak. those who have &C
quired the title by popular usage, and have
been addressed as colonel unchallenged for years,
are up in arms against this attempt to deprive
them of their birthright.
Every native American in whatever section
will look with suspicion upon any attempt in
whatever quarter of the Union to tamper with
the right of popular judgment in the matter of
colonels
The colonel, like the poet is not made He
rs born-Mlnneapois Journal
The Washington herald., 1916-06-03
ARMY ORDERS.

CHDt. Rslrh p. GoIdrlits Medical Cr-ps. IL a
ollpn U his othsr duties Will rpn1rr 70 The sup
Sepn gensrtl a the 1rnv for assignment ~ trr7-
poTsrT duty in charge Cf the egs and ca york IN
The ocoe q tie attending surgeon IN this rrv dur
ins the absence q Ma. Theodore c. LgE-sr. Med
ca Co-pS
bosrd q osscs-s 70 o1asis- O, Col. Ce.-',,
Richard. Mecical Co-rs. and Ma, AIhsrr z r.
". Neolcal Corps, IS appointed 20 nes, a. the
call q the president a. Governor Island Y
for the examination n such rScr-s u the Wrs--s1
Corps as Eav be ordered before II f7r e1s-s.1st.r
- determine tier ttGess for prur-r-.1r
1aP1. Nelson GSpe- Medical Ja-7s VIII -.77-
U Col ChErl-s Richard. Medical C-rps nr--ld --r
ot the examining hosrd a. GOyer-o-S ISGn6 y y
SpPornted IL paragraph (. spsclal O-is-s No -
Var Department, June ]. 1916. FOR 7h~EczI e1Errt
nation only 70 determine hts fitness for u-1uorr-
Leave q shssnct for fftseI dzvs Is grartsd Oar.
A-'rec HasbrcucE CosS, Arrlrle-r Cons
Paragraph = Special Orie7 W I. Ttrv1-
-5 -S-6. and psTaasph IS SPECIAL B-5srs "
January ?. 90. War Depa-tne-t. -tLstinE 70 Ma
AeT7sa r Miller Medical Co-pz s~E s.. much ~
7aras-sPh 2 Snecisl Orde-s NJ rs Ma 4 1915
Var Drpa1-eut. as dIrects Ma, Miller u ~ ~
ne Philippine Islands on Or sbgu, se0-e-nha-
-9ls. revoked.
Fi-s, Lis-l' Co7-sa1t Parker Fyr-s Ar-.vs-- D.,
relieved f-o1 dutv With The O7r.nizsz r-.l--s ~
take s1sc; a. such tine viii enable Nm %, r---
ply with tHIs order and viii proceei after Jurv
j 8 70 Brownsville. Tex. and report IN Dersor d,
Bng- Gen. James Parker. [. s A for sppg.p,-
meat and duty as aidds-o1uP n his stls
The Washington herald., 1916-06-03

Mr.. Harrison entered office amidst
signs OF new age. The Republican party
which had put him forward was not the
Republican party Of the war and Of re-
construction. but the Republican party
OF the new day of industrial revolution
Old questions had fallen out Of sight
or were transformed by changes in the
nation itself; new questions pressed for
solution which had in them no flavor OF
the older passion of party politics.
Mr.. Cleveland's four years Of ONCE
had altered many things. For the mass
OF voters they had altered the very prin-
ciple Of choice between parties. That
choice turned now once again upon ques-
tions of the day, not upon the issues OF
war long ago fought out or OF a re-
construction of southern society which
politicians had touched only to mar and
embarrass
A full century had gone by since the
government OF the nation was set up.
Within that century. 1t now began to ap-
pear. fundamental questions OF govern
mental structure and political authority
had been settled and the country drawn
together to a common life. Henceforth
matters were to be in debate which con-
cerned the interests Of society every
where, in one section as in another,
questions which were without geograph-
world, touching nations no less than
communities which fancied themselves
to lie apart.
And yet a new sectionalism began to
show itself not political. but economic.
In 1890, for the first time. the census
takers found 1t impossible to trace upon
their maps any line which marked the
front OF settlement between the Missis-
eippi and the rising heights OF the
Rockies
Hitherto there had always been a
frontier" within the body Of the con-
tinent, line along which ran the out
posts of settlement. and beyond that
between the newest settlements and
the slopes Of the Pacific. we'll de-
fined space as yet unpeopled But now
such regions had lost their definite
outlines Here and there were vet
vacant spaces. some Of them, il might
be, ss extensive in area as great
State: some tract OF desert, some region
which promised neither the fruits OF
the earth nor hidden wealth Of min
erals; but for the rest population had
dtffused itself so generally that front
iers had disappeared and the differ
ences between region and region
seemed little more than differences in
the density of population.
And yet there were lines Of separa-
tlon. none the less. which no census
taker could draw but to which states
men Of necessity gave heed, which
were as significant as anything the
older maps had shown. The careful
student of economic conditions might
almost have made a sketch upon the
map of the new divisions Of the coun.
try.-divisions of interest: those most
fundamental of all differences. diff
ferenCes in the stage of development
Any observant traveller might remark
them as he moved from the teeming
eastern seaports into the West or
South.
From the Atlantic seaboard TO the
Mississippi and the great lakes There
stretched, north of Mason and Dixnn's
line, region substantially homogene-
Gus in all the larger interests OF trade
and industry, not unlike European
countries in the development of its re-
The Washington herald., 1916-06-03
NAVAL ORDERS.
OF VESSELS


saled-Alert for LahGtn1. Hawaiian Island. Nay
3; Birmingham for Bar HGrbor June /: CuIsoa
for Port Gu Prince. May 8 DunoAn for EasiLh
man Bay. May 8; E1c-ou for Bosou June ]: 4:
Ks. K+ KT, Ks for LshGina r. l. Msv /.
LSmsou for sSnto Domingo Csty. Nay = Michi-
gan for Block Island. NAY &; PEHldins fos New
burypoT. Mas. June j. Pr1iris for Port 1u
Prince Nay =: Terry for Monte CariEu MIy : I.
Wake for Monte Cristo. May i: winkc~ To-
RocklAno. June !; Warden for Block Island Jun. l.
ATtred-B1lttnore At ProTino~towu Juns d:
Newport May s ; DE- Al Newport, June /: Dubuque
al Prorinceto~n. Jun. l; FEnnins At RocE1o-t
Mas. May 3 Jason at Lambert Point Juns :
jenkins al Gloucester. June !: Lebanon at Prov
tncecovn, June !; McCsu at Mschias BSy June .
AHTbleheAd At Portlznd. Oref. May 8: Melville
al Machlasport June 2 Nero al Mare Island MGv
~ Ontario a. PruTinoetOvn Jun. :; Porter a
Newport. May 3; Salem at Sanchez. sInto Douin-
80, Nay z; SenonG a. ProTincetoVu June l: South
Carolina al Newport, June !: Tucker Al Gr-snpo-t
May j
ORDERS 10 OFFICERS.
OPP. Philip Andrews 70 NEvL War CoIlss.
ss-poct. R l., July l. 1914
ConmEndsr J. c Wettsnr.I % navy vsr5 P--
get Sound, Wash. July ? Is6
Lieut. c. S. Ks-Tick 70 worEs Busch sulse- Co.
ST. Louis No
Lieut.. H. K Hewitt To command Essl. July 10
1916 80
Lieut.. L. D. Csussy TO co1nnIad-r. s-ooos div
son. submarine fl1tiIla. Atlantic F-.t
Lieut. John R1dgert 70 Fultor
Lieut. Cunlog g7Sdel RsdfoTd Moss 70 nsvsI ~
pedo station Nswpo-1- R /
lAeut. UunioC sTads' J L Hyd-ck 70 oklabor,s
Lielt- Junior Fradel D. c. Psttsrsol % o1unso-
ton htuns cut ssnrson and 90 bard vhsn cru-
The Washington herald., 1916-06-03

onels 10 colonel. Mcdonald 20 Tompkins;
nine majors 20 colonel, Rice 10 Elliott;
thirty-siE majors TO Lieutenant colonel
Jenkins TO Anderson: seventy-hve cs D.
tsine 10 major. Clayton 20 Valentine.
ls4 first heutenants to captain. Tate 10
Baird. All second HeUtensnts 10 5n,t
heutenants
Field Artillery-seven lieutenant eoI-
onels TO colonel, Mcmahon 70 Lassiter:
twelve majors 70 lieutenant colonel NC
Nsir 10 Guisnsrd; twenty-four captain,
10 major, Stevens 70 Brooke All hrst
heutensnts TO captains. All second lieu
tenants 70 first lieutenant.
Coast Artillery-Seven lieutenant COL
onels TO colonel. Hayden TO Ellis. siI-
teen majors to lieutenant colonel Smith
TO Callsn: thirty-si1 captains 10 major.
Kimmel TO Waldron: l57 fret lieutenant,
70 captain, Torowitz to whitaker An
second heutenants 70 first lieutenant
nfantry-Twenty-hve Heustenant ocI-
onels to colonel, Arrasmith TO Poore:
forty-six msJore 70 lieutenant colonel
Martin TO Murray; l0l captains TO major,
Smith TO Dorey; $50 first reutenants to
captain. Binford to Field. All second
lieutensnts to first Lieutenant
The Washington herald., 1916-06-03
The Herald's Army and Navy Department
Latest and Most Complete News Service and Personnel Published
in Washington.

Secretary Of the Navy Daniels is ad-
mittedly puzzled over the persistent
rumors which have reached Washington
concerning a potential mutiny which is
said to be brewing among the crew Of the
gunboat Marietta, due to the food served
and general hardshIps which are said to
exist.
Already this week there has been one
story printed to that effect, and while it
did not emanate from any Official source
at the Navy Department. it was said to
be authentic. Mr.. Daniels, as the head
of the navy. is very anxious to learn the
real story behind this report
With his well-known disregard for navy
precedent, Mr.. Daniels announced yester-
day that should he receive any sort of a
complaint from the men of the Marietta.
even though such a communication be
signed merely The Crew he would be
at pains to start an investigation among
the gunboats officers to get at the bot
tom Of the case.
The Marietta is now in Mexican waters,
and for a gunboat crew a station off the
east coast of Mexico, with little oppor-
tunty for shore leave. is not desirable.
Although the bsttleships New York and
Arkansas fired fifty-fve shots each from
their large guns at the Fort Morgan tar
get. the disappearing gun escaped unin-
jured, according to the report that has
become current around the War Depart
ment. The report of the board has been
made to the War and Navy departments
and will be filed among the confidential
documents of the department. Great care
is being taken to keep the details of the
experiment from the public, as important
information which will be used in the
construction of fortifcat tions and the ar
rangements OF guns on battleships.
1t is known. however, that the target
was a model coast fortifcation. Every
detail of the fortifcation was worked out
in preparing the target, even to substi'
tuting mannikins for the regulation crew
of the gun. The commander" of the
battery and three. enlisted men We're
killed during the firing. One shell tore
large section off the top of the concrete
wall and almost buried the gun. 1t is
estimated that this shot would have put
the gun out of commission for twelve
minutes. 1t took the men assisting in the
experiment this long to get the gun in
condition for firing.
A number of goats were kept in the
fortifcation during the firing, but none
of them were injured. The only casualty
during the firing was the killing Of a
crane which was brought down by a
fra gment of a shell. The bsttleships
made a remarkable number of hits at
long ranges. but the fire was not as ef-
fective on the fortifcatior as was ex-
2ected.
One of the most rems rkable features OF
the experiment was the photographs thz,
The Washington herald., 1916-06-03
The Struggle for the Senate.

The United States Senators whose terms will
expire on March 3, 1917 and whose successors
will be elected this fall, are:
Democrats.
Ashurst of Arizona Bryan of Florida, Chill
ton OF West Virginia, Culberson of Texas Hitch
cock of Nebraska, Johnson of Maine, Lea of
Tennessee, Lee of Maryland, MARITIME Of New
Jersey, Myers of Montana, OGorman of New
York. Pittman Of Nevada, Pomerene of Ohio,
Reed OF Missouri, Swanson of Virginia, Taggart
of Indiana, and Williams of Mississippi.
Republicans.
Catron of New Mexico, Clapp of Minnesota
Clark of Wyoming du Pont Of Delaware, La
Toilette of Wisconsin, Lippitt of Rhode Island
Lodge of Massachusetts, McCumber of North
Dakota, Mclean of Connecticut, Oliver of Penn
sylvana, Page of Vermont, Poindexter of Wash
ington, Sutherland of Utah, Townsend of Mich
jgan, and Works of California
Under the system of election by legislatures
which was abolished through the adoption of
the constitutional amendment proclaimed Nav
81, 1913, the candidates for these offices would
have had more acute personal interest in the
choice of State lawmakers than in the outcome
of the general election. With popular balloting
in force, however, each of them is keenly alive
to the necessity of general rather than of
district victories. 1t has never been suggested
that the members of the Senate were lacking in
political activity, but the readustments that have
been effected by the Seventeenth Amendment
have necessarily given direction to their
thoughts, the effects of which should become in
creasingly apparent as the electorate and the
politicians accustom themselves to the new proc
ess.-New York Sun.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-03

The enthusiasm of the New York Tribune
for Col Roosevelt has led it into unreasonable
resentment of the unmistakable demand for
Justice Hughes. Says the Tribune editorially:
Every knows that Mr.. Justice Hughes
will take the Republican nomshation for Presi-
dent If he can get it, because every one knows
that he could take himself out of the question
by half dozen words if he were not can
didate. Every one knows that instead of speak
ing those words Mr.. Hughes is eagerly and
steadily following the that he believes
will most surely obtain for him the thing he
desires
If the Tribune means that he is eagerly
following" of silence, it ought not to
be concerned over the possibility of his securing
he nomination, because the Tribune and other
Roosevelt advocates agree that it is Justice
Hughes very policy OF silence that renders him
impossible a candidate. Instead of manifesting
such concern and resentment it would seem
that the Tribune should rejoice that Justice
Hughes is such very bad judge of the way
to secure Presidential nomination that he has
eliminated himself
The Washington herald., 1916-06-03
NEW YORK
BY DAY
by o. o. MCINTYRE

sEe-lL CorrosTo dent q The wsshIas-oa Brr6
NeH York. June Am amazing case OF
selt-imnUrement one Of the strsncsst
in the annals OF psychology. has been
brought 10 light in this city OF light
and tears Mrs Adam Hall. a woman
OF % years. and her two daughters. y
and > years old. have been in seclus.or
for two years in q dark apartment m
the Bronx
The long period OF stsEnstion has az
fected the minds OF all They mad not
been in the sunlight in two years and
the walls were lined with stale. yellow
Ees and odors were almost u-bes--
able
The daughters. starved and psr,Ar5
looking. were found sitting around
table and it was evident they had -or
moved out Of their chairs for several
days. They babhled like cootng babies
The husband could not explain why his
wife and children were left alone He
said he brought them food every dsv and
this was found 10 be true
Nelghbors first becs me SUSPICIOUS ~
the place when the only sign NJ life
they saw was the husband fsths~ bring
! ing packages Of food each dzv He
tossed them into the house through a
window and departed
A Chinese chow dog has arrived in New
| York after making the tr7p from Hong
| KonS. China. 70 America all alone The
| pet was owned by the French Consul
/ General Liehert. who was hurriedlv
| transferred from HonE Kgg 10 New
York. The dog was i'll al the time and
! when he recovered his master csbleG for
! him and he was put aboard ship with
! a tag around his neck which read. Be
I kind TO me. I'm all alone. ! am on my
way to my master, CASTOR I1ebert. who
! lives at the Hotel Majestic, New York"
/ The dog stood the trip well and knew his
master the minute he ssw him.
Broadway story teIle-s are recalling the
quick wit and quick thinking OF Wilson
Nizner when he was 2 more famous
lCharaCter than he possibly is now-for
/ he is secluded somewhere, writing a play
| One time. Miner and fellow named
I Nountaint were arrested for speeding
When the name was called Il was pro-
nounced Mountain. Mizner told his
I friend not 70 answer until Il was cor
The officer walked to them and said
DO you want 70 show your contempt
I for this COURT"
No" said Miner We want TO con-
ceal it" Even the Magistrate laughed
Z OF William Winter. dean OF New York
dramatic critics. who wac recently given
benefit in his old age against his
wishes:
Ambition has but one reward for all:
+ A little power. a little transient fame,
A grave 10 rest in. and q iading name.
Mr Winter, happily. will not be per
mittcd to spend his declining years in
comfort in his little home on Staten
I leland
A Long Island farmer drove up Fifth
avenue the other afternoon with a load
Of hay. At least he got several blocks
with it before he was shunted OF TO an
other street. Crowds Eaped at T. It
! was something new in Fifth avenue life
and created more excitement than & cir
Gus parade would in n small town. The
/ farmer had on a wide-bTimmed straw
! hat and actually had o straw IN his
l imouth. just like the comic artists PIC
ture him
The Washington herald., 1916-06-03

The law and common sense seem to agree
on the invalidity of the Board Of Education S
celebrated Rule IS, by which a woman school
teacher automatically loses her position when
she gets married Each individual case may
now be dealt with its merits, yet there is
nothing to prevent the board from regarding
single woman better qualified for the
duties Of teacher than one with the care of a
household her shoulders, other considera-
tions being equal On the other hand there
is no absurd, hard and fast rule that automati-
cally robs the educational system of the serv-
ices Of a teacher OF exceptional qualifications
for the sole reason that she acquires hus-
band.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-03
The Immortal Bunch.

The bill to incorporate the American Academy
Of Arts and Letters has passed Congress and
IS now a law. There fifty men in this
authors, scuptors and architects-but no women
When one of the fifty dies some one will
be selected to take his place.
Human aspiration can know no higher goal
than to stand with Bliss Perry, Nicholas Muir
ray Butler and William Milligan Sloan on this
pinnacle OF Immortality, the American Academy
OF Arts and Letters-Mctropolitan Magazine
The Washington herald., 1916-06-03
LIGHT AND SHADE.

To every thing in this world of ours
There is dark and fair, and there's wrong and
right
We all have our measure of and showers;
We all have portion of shade and light;
And the Road to peace is the road that lies
Meath the spell of both blue and clouded skies;
And he will win out who will take his share
OF its good and ill., Of its joy and care,
With a soul serene, and will do his part
With smiling eye and a CHEEKY heart
Copyright ls6l
The Washington herald., 1916-06-03

In advocating a legislative measure looking
toward the establishment OF a world court Of
arbitration to settle all disputes between nations
as we'll consider the question Of disarmament,
Speaker Clark declared Eve shall never arbitrate
the Monroe doctrine" aad, of course, there are
things that other nations will refuse to arbitrate
and quite naturally, though unfortunately for the
proposed court, these the very things most
likely to bring about war.
The Washington herald., 1916-06-03

If the newly organized union OF govern
ment employees already is so badly split that
members have to appeal to the courts to decide
whether the union shall affiliate with the
American Federation OF Labor, it would seem
that it really doesn't matter much what course
is decided upon. A divided organization can
not hope to accomplish anything for the benefit
Of the workers it is supposed to represent
The Washington herald., 1916-06-03

It is to be hoped that when President Will
son marches at the head OF the big prepared
ness parade the ants won't make their appear
lnce in forces, bearing aloft quotations from the
Presidents address to Congress four months
after the European war began.