The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1916-04-20


ol Representatives. Champ Clark.
WHOSE secretary wanted to know The
identity Of the visiting birds and to
give tie infornation to many interest
ID ones in the capitol.
Cedar WARNING Visits csssts'.
The speakers secretary. Wallace
Bassford. 10 an observing man. He
had watched a flock of visiting birds
for long time Just outside the capt.
tol. and he brought back to his once
with him 4 perfect description Of the
visitors. The birds are not at all rare.
but seemingly fairly abundant a. they
are. they are strangers to most people
In Washington. The visitor IL the
| cedar waxwing. frequently known In
the country districts as the cherry
bird. II is the Beau Brummel Of its
type, dressed as 1t is with exquisite
| neatness. with attractive yet not
gAudy coloring On each wing Is lit.
| tie flaming red deposit like wax. from
which the bird gets its more common
name of waxwing.
One day not long ago, a senator OF
the United States came into the capt.
tol in some excitement and told half
| dozen OF his colleagues that there
was = quail on the capitol lawn. He
said the quail had no business there.
that 1t ought to be out in the wilder
places. along the hedges or the Dor
ders OF the corn fields in Maryland or
Virginia.
One or two of the senators to whom
the information concerning the quail's
presence was impaired were skeptical
about the matter. and SO they asked
the superintendent Of the senate press
gallery to ask the ornithologically in
clined newspaper correspondent to In
vestigate He did so. and found that
the quail which had aroused the inter
est Of the senator was no quail at all.
but q flicker. or yellow-winEed wood
pecker, or high h-holder. This beautiful
and common woodpecker has about a
hundred and fifty names by which 1t
is known locally.
The flicker is one OF the most abund-
ant Of our woodpeckers. and yet
countryb bred senator Of the United
States. standing within twenty feet OF
the bird. thought 1t was quail.
War Department Rushed.
| Elders among the correspondents IN
Washington when they visit the war
department are reminded sharply to-
day Of the time Of the Spanish war.
The Mexican trouble has started the
machinery into renewed and quickened
motion. The heads OF departments
and many Of the employees are work
ing longer hours than the soldiers in
the field.
| Some time ago there was an attempt
made in congress to add an hour to
the working day of the employees Of
the government. An amendment
which was proposed to . pending bill
was intended to increase the length Of
the working day. but it was over
whelmingly defeated. One Of the
prime reasons for the defeat Of the
measure was the showing made by
the chiefs of the departments that
when the pinch came all the govern
ment's employees were willing to work
overtime and did SO. although they
received no extra pay.
This is one OF the times in the war
department when men who are com
pelled by law to work seven hours q
day really are working many addi-
tional hours and it is said that they
ar doing it willingly. Perhaps the
| nj of hn ID
partment today are those of General
Crozier. chief OF ordnance; General
Aleshire. chief OF the quartermasters'
corps. and his immediate Junior. Cen
eral Sharp. who looks after commits
sary matters. Probably no outsider
has any conception of the headQuar-
ter's work that is necessary when
even so small an army is in the field
as that which is now operating in
Mexico and along the border.
The chief of ordnance has had his
troubles. A machine gun. which was
in use at Columbus. NJ NJ. at the
time of the villa raid. became jammed
while the Americans were trying to
use it. This caused a good deal Of
| CElIlClSu Auu lu0 VEuuAAC0 U0RAIG
ment, in addition to its labors Of keep
ing the troops supplied with guns and
ammunition. which is a huge task in
itself, IL looking into the machine gun
trouble and doing its best to prevent
like troubles In the future.
The United States is sill expert
menting with machine guns. The un-
derstanding is that 1t never has been
entirely satisfied with the one now in
use.
Food and Clothing Problems.
The soldier. as the old saying goes.
marches and fights on his belly. In
other words, the trooper has to be
well fed or he can neither fight nor
march as he ought to be able to do
il he is to get there" and to win bat.
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