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TO RENT

TO RENT Two furnished bedrooms, suit
able for man and wife or ladies. Apply 81
Maple avenue iih.
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CALEDONIA REAL ESTATE co.
St Johnshury. VT
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Cuba. Then one day his regiment was
ordered to the Philippines and the
Fighting Bantam of Kansas" as he
was known in those days, fairly danced
with JOY He participated In the
northern Luzon campaign of General
Macarthur and distinguished himself
by crossing a river at Claumpit in
April. 1899, on a small bamboo raft
under fire and establishing a rope
ferry by which the L. S. troops were
enabled to cross and win battle. He
was assigned to take charge of the
4th District Department of Northern
Luzon.
Later he commanded the expedition
which resulted in the capture Of Agui-
naldo, the insurgent leader who was
giving the United States almost as
much trouble as Villa Is at present.
The scheme of trapping the Filipino
was the conception of the Kansas Gen
eral and was carried out in the fol-
lowing manner: Funston with three
other army officers, six veteran scouts
and a company of picked native Fill
pino scouts forced their way into the
heart of Southern Luzon where Agui-
naldo was known to have sought
refuge. The American officers went
into the fastness of the rebel leader
as supposed prisoners of the Filipino
scouts. The Americans wore their
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simple In his manner, absolutely with
out conceit or pose and will not toll
crate the canter or poser for one mo-
ment.
He Is a devoted husband. having
married his wife after an acquaint-
ance of six weeks. His wedding trip
consisted OF walk of n few blocks
after which he left for the Philippines
with his regiment. Many men have
done things but few can compare with
Funston in the number of things we'll
done. He still has many years of
army service before him before he
reaches the retirement age.
Pershing every inch a soldier
The man whom General Funston Sc
lected as the leader of the expedition
into Mexico is also a man with a rec
ord-every inch soldier, for ever
since he was graduated from West
Point in June of 1856 he has been
doing things for his country. A prod
uct of Missouri, John j. Pershing re-
ceived his education in the normal
school at Kirksville, Mo. Upon leav-
ing West Point he became a second
lieutenant in the Famous Sixth Cav
airy. During the early years he fought
in the border campaigns against the
Indians and was commended by Gen
eral Miles for "marching his troor
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Orleans or Charleston, S. G. The port
of departure for the ninth ship will
be determined later.
OF course the ships will not be
manned solely by the civilians n
course would certainly be impossible
ana might prove very expensive for
Uncle sam. Each battleship will carry
about three hundred of its regular
crew and sufficient quota of officers
to handle the ship and train the
civilians. The regular "blue Jackets"
Will do all the technical work of the
ships and will attend to the stocking.
But the civilian sailor will have to
take his turn at sCrubbing down decks,
polishing the brass work, etc.
He will live the life of a Jack-tar
aboard ship. sleep in a hammock,
clean the guns, be instructed in tho
art of handling them, taught the sys-
tenn of signalling now In use In the
navy and, In short, all tho things 1t
is necessary for him to know to be of
value to his country In case of need.
Discipline. of course, will be strict;
the rules and regulations of the Navy
must be obeyed, and 1t is ordered that
'for grave or repeated infraction of
regulations and instructions" the Of
fender may be landed at the nearest
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regulation uniforms and the scouts
went to Aguinaldos retreat for the
avowed purpose Of delivering over to
him the american prisoners" The
trick worked to perfection and Fun
ston and his mon finally reached the
place where the willy insurgentv twas
hiding. A Spaniard serving as a
Secret Service agent. and a Filipino
scout first entered the house. They
took the chieftain without firing a
shot and tho man who had caused
the Americans more trouble than all
the other insurrectos combined was
placed aboard the gunboat NiCksburg
and delivered to General Macarthur.
Funston returned home soon after
ward and on April LIST. 1901. he
received his commission as n Briga-
der General.
For a time he remained quietly at
home but when the San Francisco
earthquake occurred it was Funston
who was called to direct the work of
rescue in that terrible disaster. How
efficiently he did this is we'll known to
those who saw the chaotic condition
of things in that city after the wreck
and ruin of earthquake and fire had
spent their force.
Cleaned up Vera Cruz
From time to time General Funst on
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certain motor boat organizations
which the Navy Department has re-
Gently instituted.
This should prove exciting work
and valuable work, too, for by this
time the men will be prepared to
carry out orders intelligently and with
certain degree OF confidence. More
over. the fact that should these men
be called upon later for actual wal
service they will be stationed al
approximately the same points a,
which they work upon those prob
lens during this final week. And this
fact will undoubtedly add zest TO their
training.
For example, the vessel which sails
from Norfolk. Va, will have aboard
the volunteers from Maryland, Vir-
ginia, the District of Columbia and
North Carolina, and will return 10
Hampton Roads to work out the prob
lem of defending that section Of our
coast against an invading fleet
While the Navy Department is de-
sirous OF full enrolment, 1t by no
means follows that any one will be
aCCepteu, lnuttu, lHe l'tpdi liicIt
wants only the highest class OF men
and has set down certain qualifications
which must be met before an appli-
cant will be accepted. BY this means
the unintelligent and the incompetent
will be weeded out.
Every applicant must be citizen
OF the United States, not younger than
nineteen nor older than forty-fve
years. The object of this provision Is
to guard against foreign spies entering
upon the cruise. and to secure men
at the ages when they can the best
understand the instructions and be of
value later If called upon.
Further. each would-be civilian
sailor" must pass rigid physical
examination. Also, he must qualify
as a member of one of the following
classes--graduate or undergraduate of
a college, university or technical
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carried on his work is commander of
different divisions OF the Army but
not until 1914 when Vera Cruz was
taken by the sailors and marines I'M
der Admiral Fletcher did he again
attract special attention. Then came
the call for Funston to take over the
commands. He cleaned up Vera Cruz
and turned the pest hole into n COM
paratively healthy city. Then he wait
er for orders to move to Mexico City
but instead he was directed to turn the
city back to Mexico. He returned to
the United States and was sent to Fort
sam Houston to command the border.
The raid at Columbus again gave Fun
ston work and at present writing he is
4 busy man.
Personality
From his deeds one pictures him as
big bluff man with big voice and
long stride, but such is not the case.
as he is a small man with delicately
shaped hands and gentle voice. He Is
full of the JOY of living and bubbles
over with jokes and festive repartee
lie makes poor impression on
strangers at first meeting on account
of his reserve but after the second
meeting he becomes almost fascinat-
ing. In business he Is scrupulously
honest and IS a faithful friend. He is
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civilization the young man classified
his specimens and after writing a
magazine story on his adventures the
call of the wild came TO him again
and he went to South America deter
mined to raise coffee. He failed in
this and returned home minus money
but with as much energy rs ever.
Fought with Cuban insurgents
About this time the clouds were
darkening in Cuba and the insurrec-
ton against Spain was getting under
way. and Funston set about to get
into the fray. He began to study
machine guns and mastered their
mechanism and handling. Then he
went to Cuba. This was in 1896. He
was made lieutenant of Artillery and
for two years he fought with the In
surgents. being wounded three times,
and finally his horse fell on top of him
and nearl.' crushed out his life To-
day the Cubans will tell you that he
was the best artillery officer the Cuban
Army ever had.
Capture of Aguinaldo.
He afterward returned to Kansas,
where he became the Colonel of the
Twentieth Kansas Regiment. The
regiment got no farther than Tampa
and Funston fretted over his inactiv-
ity when big things We're going on in
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First Naval Training Cruise for Civilians Nine
Battleships To Garry 5000 Men for Months
Training At Sea These Will Form b.
sis of Naval Reserve.
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Copyright 1915 by The International Syndicate


such an achievement is beyond the
realm of possibility. But it is expected
that the men completing the cruise
will be in a fair way to be eligible for
commissions and service on the second
line of defense in case of war which
necessitates an increase in the size
of our Navy.
At the end Of the cruise each man
will be asked if he desires to join the
naval reserves; though no one is COM
PEELED to do so. Certificates will also
be given them. showing what work
they did on the cruise and how eff
GENTLY it was done; and a card index
of the certificates will be filed at the
Navy Department so that, in case of
need, the holders Of the certificates
may be reached for service.
And the cost to the civilian will be
slight--his transportation to the port
from which tho ship he is assigned to
Will sail, and n deposit of about $50
to defray his board bill during the
cruise. There is chance, too, that n
part or perhaps all OF this deposit
Will be returned to him later on.
though as yet that Is by no means
| assured.
AT the direction of Assistant Sec
rotary OF the Navy Roosevelt, who is
primarily responsible for the project,
the ships Will sail on August 18th from
SIX ports along the eastern seaboard,
TWO clearing from Boston, two from
! New York, one om'Philadelphia, one
from Norfolk, Va, one from Nara
gansett Bay and one from either New
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American port by the commander OF

American port by the commander OF
the ship.
While the regular sailors will attend
TO most of the laborious duties neces-
sary to the operation of the ship, the
civilian will still have plenty to do.
He must be out or mis- hammock in
the morning by half-past five when
hot coffee is passed around and from
then on until n quarter after seven he
is TO overhaul his clothing, scrub down
decks, tidy up the ship, etc.
At 100 he has breakfast-and It
ia certain he will be n hungry boy by
this time. The meals arc the rcgula-
zion sort. plain but good and plentiful.
From after breakfast the volunteer
sailor is busy getting himself and the
shin ready for inspection. which is no
slight task.
Then come the call to quarters and
Two drills of various sorts. Dinner
viii be served at noon, and the after
moan will be spent in learning to
handle the guns and small boats, rifle
nractice. the drills attendant upon the
!, nding Of party on the coast and
tho dozen and one details which must
no mastered by the man-o war'sman.
Al six o'clock supper Is ready. and
tho remainder Of the evening until
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nine o'clock Is devoted to lectures
upon war and the technique of war
by naval experts. At nine, the civil
ian sailor climbs into his hammock
and, literally, is rocked in the cradle
of the deep" for the night.
AS far as is practicable. each civil
ian will be placed at tho work to which
he seems best fitted. thus affording the
opportunity to specialize in certain
branches of naval work. All, of course
will be taught the manual of arms and
various military formations. But there
will also be classes in electrical and
steam engineering, navigation. radio
work and the handling OF small boats
Not much, 1t Is understood, will be
attempted with torpedoes.
During the first two weeks of the
cruise preliminary training in naval
matters and discipline will be the chief
consideration; but in the last two they
will have to receive. understand and
execute the orders given them under
conditions as nearly approXimating
war as is possible.
At the end of tho first fortnight,
the training SHIPS VIII move to New
port to take part in the annual war
game" with the entire Atlantic Fleet.
This year, It Is understood. the game"
Is to be on n larger scale than ever.
Then, for nearly week. the civilian
sailors will get a taste OF what naval
warfare means-oXcopt, of course,
that they will be in no danger OF fatal
ity or injury. They will handle the
guns as they would be handled In
war, and they will take part in the
great gamo OF attacks upon and de-
Tense OF the coast.
After this comes what is. perhaps,
the most interesting part of the cruise.
Tho war game" over with, each ship
in the training squadron returns to
the port from which it sailed. There
problems of defense of that particular
locality will be worked out in commune
ton with the Coast Artillery Corps and
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school, or the possessor OF a high
school education; pilot or pilots APP
prentices; one who has had service on
any merchant vessel or fishing vessel
in any capacity for six months or
more; or one who has had six months
experience as a boilermaker. machin-
ist shiptitter, coppersmith, carpenter.
electrician, fireman. telegrapher or
radio operator.
The Navy Department expects to
handle 5000 in this fashion this sum-
mer: and while 1t does not even i'm
agne that they can be converted into
excellent men-o'-warsmen IN the short
space of four weeks.--particula In
these times of complicated ships and
machinery and a host of technicalities
which are a part OF modern naval
warfare-it does believe that it will
secure splendid nucleus for a per-
manent naval reserve This. of course.
is the object of the cruise.
Experts maintain that the United
States should have such a reserve OF
about a hundred thousand men who
have at least an idea of what their
duties would be in case of war and
who have had some training in per-
forming them.
If all goes well this summer, the
next will probably see an increase In
the number of mon taken on a similar
cruise: and perhaps vessels will also
be sent out on the Great Lakes, along
tho Pacific Coast and the Gulf Of
Mexico.
War against n foreign power with
navy of size means a desperate
search for officers to fill in the gaps TO
handle the second line of defense.
There are not enough regular officers
in the Navy to supply this demand and
they must be had. Hence, those who
have been trained at all In naval mat
tiers are right in line for the honor Of
defending their country-not all as
'---'ssioned officers, perhaps, but IN
some g. 49, a knecs
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cordins to present plans, with
~ the army camps for civilians at
Plattsburg, n. Y, for the remainder
or the summer, so too the proposed
Naval Plattsburg" will be held as
scheduled by the Navy Department.
Beginning on August 10. the first
naval training cruise for civilians will
be inaugurated. This, 1t is stated, is
the first instance in this country or
any other of such an effort on the part
ur a government to afford its citizens
opportunity to get taste of life on a
battleship.
But the taste" will be "A mouth
full" Those who have been to the
army camps at Plattsburg say that
life there is mo joke" And neither
will the Naval Plattsburg" be an idle
vacation trip on yacht. In both in
stances, the business is n serious one:
for to make soldier or n sailor of n
civilian in a few short weeks Is n
stupendous undertaking, Hard work,
plenty Of it and an intelligent, earnest
and lively interest in the course OF
training is the order of the day. For
and note this well-the civilians so
trained at this Naval Plattsburg" are
TO form the basis of a Naval Reserve
It is hoped.
Three thousand civilians are to take
this naval training course on nine OF
Uncle Sans big battleships. 1t Is not
to be expected that at the end of -four
weeks they will be finished sailors, fol
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Picturesque Careers OF
the Two Men Who Are
Leaders HandlingOur
Trouble With Mexico.
Copyright, 1916. by The International
Syndicate


Syndicate.
0UR trouble with Mexico has
placed in the limelight two mon
of somewhat different tempera-
" ments but alike in the methods
by which they won the confidence of
their superiors and achieved rank and
distinction in the Army. Both had
G1gn conception of duty and knew no
obstacle or objection in the perfor-
nance of it. Men of action" is the
best way to describe both General
Frederick Funston and General John
Joseph Pershing who are now in COM
mand of the Mexican situation. or
all the careers of modern times none
seems to be fuller of sheer adventure
ehs n these two men.
Wandering Feet"
General Funston's life from his
early manhood up to tho present time
has been one long list Of daring
achievements. Born in New Carlisle,
Ohio. on November 9Th. 1865. his early
childhood seems to be without any
special incident except that the family
moved to Kansas while he was still
child and he grew up on q farm.
He attended school at lola. Kansas,
and after finishing at the high school
he tried for West Point but failed. One
of his soldier friends once declared
that Fred. Funston was born with
wandering feet" and from his activi-
ties in many sections il seems that the
man was not far wrong Funston
had no sooner finished school than
y I.
the Spanish language and much about
the character of the Mexican people
| After n time he returned to Kansas
and entered the University at Law
renee where he met with only moder-
ate success.
Extreme heat and extreme cold
He tried newspaper work in Kansas
City for a time but when he learned
that there was to he n government exs
petition into Death Valley, California,
he forgot all about his reportorial
work and obtained position as botan-
ist with the expedition. The trip was
full of excitement and danger for the
mercury at one place reached 147
degrees and many Of the party were
H. Funston himself came near losing
desert for mail. He lost his way and
his horse died of exhaustion and for
twenty-four hours he wandered over
the desert before he found help. He
returned home to recuperate but soon
became restless to go out again.
The next time he tried extreme cold,
for his second government position
was with the Agricultural Department
when he went to the wilds of Alaska
to examine the fora. He was one Of the
first white men to go over the Chilkoot
Pass. While in Alaska he broke the
white mans record for travelling on
snow shoes, after which he padded
absolutely alone down the Yukon In
canoe distance of LOO miles with
out seeing human face for weeks.
His only baggage was a change of
clothing and a copy of Kipling's Bar
rack Room Ballads.
Once again amid the comforts of
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with pack train over rough country
40 miles in forty-siX hours, bringing
in every animal and man in good con-
dition."
Took part In capture of Geronimo
Young Pershng took part in the
capture of Geronimo who defled the
United States Government for some-
time-a chase which led him into
Mexico over some of the ground which
was covered by the expedition which
went in pursuit of villa. In both the
| pursuit of Geronimo and villa the
/ Americans have been forced 10 face
American made guns in the hands of
cold-blooded murderers who would
| stop at nothing to accomplish their
| purpose.
General Pershing spent ten years In
! the southwest which gave him precise
ly the training he requires for the
work in which he is now engaged. He
assisted in the adjustment of the dif-
| fculties between the white men of the
west and hostile Zuni Indians He
also participated in our last difflcui-
ties with the Indians-the Sioux in
| 1S90-91.
| He came east in 1895 and in the
| Spanish-American war he served as
an officer of the Tenth Cavalry (col-
ored troops), the same organization
| that recently lost some OF It's men
through Mexican treachery.
subducd Moros
His next duties led him TO the Phil
ippines, where he was called upon to
| subdue some of the hostile Moros or
the Island Of Mindanao. The raids OF
| these warlike tribes on the coast towns
OF the island were checked by PERISH
| ing's brilliant victory in the fight az
BaYan. Forty Of the Moro forts were
| destroyed with the loss of only two
American lives, the subsection Of Min
danao was completed and Pershing
became the military governor. The
resolute performance OF his duty and
the fulfilmcnt of every pledge won
for the American officer the affection
of this curious wild people whom for
three hundred years the Spaniards had
failed to conquer. They formally
elected Captain Pershing Datto OF
the tribe, confirming upon him the
power OF life and death-the only
American army officer entitled to
serve as a Mohammeda Judge.
In 1905 President Roosevelt promo
ted Pershing from Captain to Briga-
der General over $50 other officers.
Although this Is said to be a record
Jump" in the history of army promo
tons, It was not only merited but ac-
tually earned by General Pershings
work in the Philippines.
In 1911 Pershing was ordered to
subdue the Moros, one OF the toughest
problems ever put up to an army off,
Ger. But Pershing grltted his teeth.
smiled his famous smile and got busy.
Early in 1914 General Pershing re-
turned to the United States and short
ly thereafter was assigned to COM
mand the Eighth Brigade, with head
quarters at FL Paso. After the CO.
lumbus outrage General Funston sent
him into Mexico in pursuit Of Villa
Few men are better fitted for the task
as he has had many years experience
with treacherous people and knows
the topography of Mexico as we'll. Thl
United States Is fortunate in having
these two men on the Job IN Mexico,
for both are we'll qualified TO handle
| the serious situation. Both are prod.
, ucts of the Middle West and have
earned their laures by actually do
, ing things"
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CST as the call for troops to serve
IN Mexico will not interfere, ac-
cording to present plans, with
- the army camns for civilians AZ