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over the. signaling that they now talk
with each other in signals. In order
to get the practice.
A period in the officers school time
is allotted by Col Young for instruc-
tion is signaling, for the commissioned
officers! are expected also to know the
methods oithat they can read the mes
sages of the signalmen while In the
field. The officers also converse with
the signals, and after every meal. al.
most, the officers get out in front OF
their TENTS and talk to one another
along the line.
A ffeI and drum corps also is being
, formed. Lieut. Gerber atso is directing
this. This corps practices every day
after the regular drill is over. and is
making excellent progress. When 1t is
trained little more, it will be sent
to the recruiting stations in the city
to play.
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SEMAPHORE SIGNALING
IS POPULAR At THE CAMP
Buglers Detailed From Each Com
pany, While ofaeers Practice
It Voluntarily.

Much attention in this camp is being
given to the matter of semaphore
signaling. SO that troops operating
in the field can be easily controlled by
it. The two musicians of each tcom-
pany. in addition to their duties as
buglers. are required to learn. the
signal code.
Lieut.. E. H. Gerber. Company c. has
been detailed as chief signal officer.
and each morning takes the men out
! for instruction in semaphore signaling,
and they are becoming very proficient.
They practice on and off duty. Many
of the men have become SO enthusiastic
Evening star., 1916-08-12
BATTERY TAKES
DAY OFF IN FL LPAS0
Delayed by Flood En- Route
and Turned Loose to
See Sights.
TO REACH DESTINATION
AT BISBEE BY TONIGHT
Behaving Well So That the Com.
mand Is Pride of Officers and Com
mendation of Countryside.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ON BOARD DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA TROOP TRAIN,
en- route for Bisbee, Ariz., El Paso,
Tex, August l2.-Although de-
layed here by a flood for more
than nine hours, Battery B of the
organized militia OF the District
of Columbia and recruits for the
lst Separate Battalion (colored)
will reach camp at Bisbee late
tonight. Everything is packed
up ready for the men to detrain
and set up camp at once. The
boys are jubilant because they
have had their last night aboard
and are SO near to being actually
"in the field"
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Disfiguring Humor
Spread Over Face
u.ed ResipoI. skin Now Beautfsul


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1t was horrible looking and very en-
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could get no relief. At last l heard of
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applied them as directed. The burning
and itching sensation was relieved at
once. and in three weeks l was entirely
cured My face shows no sign of break
} ing out now = in fact. my skin Is con-
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d. Collins. 1920 e. Madison st.
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and Resinol Soap. For samples free,
write to Dept. e-S. Resinol. Baltimore.
Advertisement
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INCFNDIARIES ARE BLAMED.
Firebug Started Black Tom .Explo.
sion and Claremont Fire.

JERSEY CITY, n. j., August 12.-Tes-
timony that both the great Black Tom ex-
plosion and fire July 80 and the fire in
the Claremont freight yards week after
ward were incendiary is said to have
been obtained from many sources by gov
ernment agents and Robert 9. Hudspeth,
prosecutor Of Hudson county.
The prosecutors men have learned, II
was said, that the tremendous explosion
In which several lives and millions Of dol
lars in propertyowere lost resulted from
a fire which started in the Lehigh Valley
railroad yards and not on barges tied "a
|piers as first reported.
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Colorado Progressives Revolt.

DENVER, Col. August 12.-After a
session marked by heated debate, the pro-
gressive state assembly late yesterday
adopted resolutions declaring against the
placing of a ticket in the field at this
time. After adjournment a group of thir-
teen delegates who opposed the resolu-
tions were joined by a score more dele
gates and full state ticket. to be placed
in the field by petition. was named John
B. Stephens. former candidate for COVER
nor on the republican ticket, was selected
to lead the list for the gubernatorial nomi
nation.
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Substitute Pipe Wood Sought,

american pipe makers, confronted
with scarcity Of French briar, are look
ing to the Forest Service for substi-
tutes. The government laboratories
are experimenting with various native
woods and many species Of chaparral
Of the west. A large quantity or
mountain laurel roots has been sold
from the southern Appalachian re-
serve Tor pipe making.
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Becomes Cavalry Battalion.
Keep Association Alive.

There are many men here who have
in the past been identified with the
Blues who are keeping alive the old as
sociaticn, but the active soldiery Is be-
Iieved to be closed to this command,
which has numbered the best business
and professional men and society men
lin it's ranks for more than a century. 1t
it understood that the organization
plans to retain it's name and record by
corning an organization along the
lines OF the Foot Guards and the An
cient and Honorable Artillery.
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Abolishing Bad Notions.

There are only a few horses in the lot
that are of the troublesome kind. the
majority of them being as tame and
well behaved as can be expected from
horses that have been In a corral for
several months. Stable Sergt. Tiller
and Corp. Lawych, veterinarian Of the
company. believe that it will not take
long to get the troublemaking notions
out OF the heads of the bad hombres."
deayoring to get saddles onto the
backs cf some of the horses that never
had been saddled in their lives. All
kinds Of "tree-climbing" stunts result
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WATERMEL0Ns STILL SCARCE.
Supply Disposed Of at Wharf Mar
ket. But Others Are Expected.

Instead of the watermelon market at
the 11th street wharf being now in the
fullness of the season with many thou
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Mess Halls Nearly Completed.

For several days the sound of ham
mer and saw have been heard from
early morning until late Mn the. after
noon in the camps of the Field Hos
pitaI and Signal Corps units. for in both
the construction of a mess hall is under
way. They are rapidly nearing COM
pIetion and will be ready for occu-
pancy in a few days.
The buildings each measure twenty
by sixty -four feet The roofs are to
be covered with tar paper and the side
inclosed with wire netting until cold
weather arrives, and then by canvas
Mechanic Mcconnville has been in
charge of the construction of the mess
hall for the field hospital. and other
men of that company who have turned
carpenters for the time being are Pri-
Yates StatZ. Beavers and Padgett.
Sergt. Miller and Privates Orndorff,
Morris. Newman and Scott have been
at work on the building being erected
at the Signal Corps camp. This build
ing is further along than that under
construction for the field hospital,
Capt. Terry having had a large force
of men working on ii Saturday
Everybody is talking horse in the
Signal Corps camp these days. The
arrival of eighty-nine head of riding
and draft animals Saturday afternoon
has entirely changed the daily program
III iic camp biiiis nave DteB OF
ten temporarily so that the men might
devote their time to the horses, all Of
which are "as wild as March hares-
and require a lot OF attention
The 125-foot picket line which had
been rugged up in readiness for the
horses and mules proved to be en-
tirely too short. and today a second
line of like length was made. Cant.
Terry has had the bad" horses segre-
gated at one end of the lower picke
line. and things are "on the go" there
from morn until night. The horses are
continually biting and kicking one an
other, slipping their haIters and then
making their way to the other end Of
the lines to make trouble A guard
has to be kept on all times to watch
the horses.
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Corp. William OConnor. Company c,
IL a hard worker for recruits for his
command He has had run OF hard
luck. He brought in four men, but all
were turned down upon physical exami-
nation.
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Top Sergt, Rabbit of G Company
went to town yesterday and bought a
whole basket of fish which he present
ed to the company for the evening
meal.
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SOUND OF RETREAT
|MPRESSES TROOPS
Lowering of Flag at Sunset Is
Looked Forward to by D.
c. Soldiers.
PLAZA IN WARREN, ARlZ.,
MAKES PRETTY SETTING
Everybody in Camp Talking
Horse and New Arrivals
Are Being Trained.
BY J. CROSBY MCCARTHY.

DISTRICT NATIONAL GUARD
CAMP. Warren, Ariz.. August If
there is one time in the twenty-four
hours when a soldier is more Impress
ed with his calling than at any other
time it is at retreat" This is true no
matter where the ceremony ~Ray be
held; at a regular post or in the field.
Here in Warren, surrounded by rock
capped mountains, barren save scatter
ed clumps of bear grass and cactus,
the ceremony is particularly impressive
by reason of the location of the camps,
both of the regular establishment and
of the militia, who assemble at that
time to do honor to the Stars and
night
The plaza, or public square. Of War
rem, the only spot for miles around
where there are trees and green grass,
is at the lowest point in the bowl in
which the town is located. At the
north end of the plaza there is a tall
flagpole Of metal construction, from the
top of which the national emblem is
flown. About 200 yards to the east of
the plaza, and somewhat elevated above
it, are the tents of eight companies Of
the 22d Infantry (regulars). the camps
of Field Hospital. No. J. and Company
a, Signal Corps, o. NJ. d. c., are located
on the mountain side about 300 yards
to the west of the plaza.
The bugle calls at retreat" are
sounded by the bugler of the headquar-
ters company of the 22d. The echo from
the shrill notes reverberate between
the mountain walls that surround the
town. At five minutes after o'clock
every evening a bugler takes his posi-
ton in front of the mining company's
Office building that serves as the head
quarters of the infantry regiment and
sounds first call" Bugler Welsh of
the Signal Corps company sounds the
call Immediately following. From the
camp of the field hospital unit is heard
the shriIl whistle of TOP" Sergt. Hart.
All serve to notify the men Of the va
rious commands to prepare for the cere-
mony which is to follow.
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Sergt walcott H. Simmons. United
States Army, who for the past two
years has been on duty as Instructor
with the National Guard of the Dis
trict, and who has been with the troops
at Camp Ordway. assisting Capt.
Hobbs. has been ordered to the border
with the Sd Infantry. Sergt- simmons
is popular with the men of the regi-
ment.
Evening star., 1916-08-12
RICHMOND BLUES GRIEVE :
OVER LOSS OF IDENTITY
Organization Formed 1875 Years Ago
Recognized Only as Cavalry Bat
talon, Under q. S. Law.
Special Correspondence of The Star

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, August 12.-Much
concern is felt here as to the fate of
the Richmond Light Artillery Blues, an
organization which has been in con-
tinuous existence for more than Ia
years. When the call for troops was
issued the Blues were not received as
an independent battalion. In the his
tory-of the organization there has
never been a cali for troops in which
they have not responded. Their record
Is a proud one. is part of the city
and the state and the people hold them
in high regard, Locally. the Blues are
on the same footing as the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery of Boston or the
Connecticut Foot Guard
Becomes Cavalry Battalion.
/. Disappointed at not being allowed to
enter the service. Mai. Bowles inter-
ceded through influential channels and
had the Blues mustered in as a cavalry
battalion AS such it is in the service,
BUT is doing training at Camp Stuart,
near this city. For years, under the
laws of the state, 1t has been an inde-
pendent command. With the muster as
a cavalry command 1t is no longer the
Blues. 1t is being pointed out that the
old organization has been swept away,
it's identity forever lost and that it
will be impossible to ever again have
the Richmond Light Infantry Blues as
a military onga niZation. The new army
bill, 1t is pointed out. prevents that.
Evening star., 1916-08-12

Corp OConnor and Private l.. Car
rico, c Company, were orderlies for Col
Young and Gen. Harvey. respectively
when their command was on guaro
There is much rivalry for these details
as only the best-dressed men are giver
these assignments.
Evening star., 1916-08-12
CAMP NOTES..

First Sergt. E. E. Kennard, Company
D, has been confined to quarters for
the past few days on account of ILL.,
ness.
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Sightseeing at Ell Paso.

AS a welcome change from being
cramped up in the stuffy train, the en-
tire outfit was turned loose in Ell Paso
today to see the sights.
Remember you belong to Battery B
and your officers trust you" was the
only admonition Capt. George G. Will
son gave the men.
This spirit on the part 'of the men
has won for them many complimentary
remarks all the way from Washington
to El Paso.
That's the kind of men the govern
ment should train as her defenders"
women have been heard to say. They
are gentlemen, sturdy, merry. bright,
eager-and they reflect nothing but
credit on their country"
Capt. Wilson is himself highly plea sed
with the conduct and discipline Of his
command-both Battery B and the 1st
Separate Battalion recruits.
Pullman Car Conductor Harry Stokes,
who has accompanied the train from
Washington, says that, although he has
conducted six trainloads of militia to
the border since the mobiJization order
went into effect, Battery B has con-
Quoted itself the best of all the units.
There has been no damage done to the
train or equipment. and the organiza :
tion is the best managed and fed. AS
a matter of fact, the battery takes a
great deal of pride in keeping the cars
neat and clean.
Evening star., 1916-08-12

Private H. King, C Company. has
been away on sick leave, but has re-
ported again for duty.
Evening star., 1916-08-12

You almost have t buy an auto
these days t git rid O TIL friends
) WHO want t know why you don't.
Bout everything is made by ma
chinery now, iiicludin great men.
Evening star., 1916-08-12

Recruit George NJ Delsinger has been
assigned to Company G.
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A whole line of new tents was pu'
up yesterday. The top sergeant OF eacr
company was given one OF the new
pyramidal tents, which have more
room than the ld-style conical tents
Evening star., 1916-08-12
Watermelon Feast.

Yesterday at small Oklahoma town
more than 100 watermeions were put
aboard the train. Every one enjoyed
quite a feast.
The first to succumb to indisposition
was jim the singing dog, who has
been carsick. The doctor worked over
him intermittently all day yesterday,
with the result that the mascot is to-
day as clipper as ever. IT,
Lieu. Moorehead is officer of the day
with a guard of fifteen placed at the
doors of the train. They have nothing
TO do. as the men have been orderly.
Battery B and recruits of the 1st
Separate Battalion (colored) detrained
at Amarillo, Tex, yesterday for three
hours. and had a stiff drill on the
prairie outside the town. The horses
were exercised. watered and groomed.
The entire train was 'policed" and
given a thorough cleaning and polish
ing Battery is determined to reach
the concentration camp at Bisbee look
ing the best of all the outfits that have
yet been sent down.
Ovations have continued as the train
passes through the states. Some of the
boys have picked up the addresses of
q number of pretty girls who cheered
them along as they made brief stops at
way stations. Every once in a while
some small town or city dignitary, at
tended by an imposing delegation,
boards the train and makes a speech.
Evening star., 1916-08-12
Hot, But None Ill.

Although travelling through the Pan
Handle with the temperature 104 and
over, the men have seemed to suffer
no ill-efects. Mexicans along the line
have received pleasant greetings of the
battery members.
So anxious were the members OF the
outfit to see Ell Paso, that not knowing
they were to be detained here all day,
many of them beat the bugle, this
morning, by getting up at am. The
moon was SO bright that the camps all
along the line were easily seen.
Lieut.. Vanderhoof has captured the
first pet en- route-a lizard, which is
much admired by other members of the
battery.
Orders for detraining give Bisbee as
destination. Officers believe that the
battery will be encamped with the
Signal Corps and the Field Hospital at
Warren, just north of the city proper.
Evening star., 1916-08-12
Battery B Enjoying Life.

If any one back home thinks that
Battery B is having a tedious trip to
the border and that the boys are in the
least out of sorts it is a mistake. The
men aboard this train have had plenty
of entertainment. widely varied. They
have had amusements absolutely new
to them.
After hitting the panhandle district
Thursday morning, when the men
cheered themselves hoarse because it
was the beginning of the end Of their
Journey to the border. placing bets on
races became the universal amusement
Fields of jack rabbits and prairie dogs
caused a diversion. When jack rab-
bit began racing the train the sporting
blood of the battery became aroused
All day long the men were on the
lookout for such contests.
Another method of Willing the time
away has been to pick out a water
tower beside the track and watch it for
perhaps twenty-five miles. There has
been competition, too, in seeing who
can locate a water tower first. testing
the distance vision of the boys. One
can see extraordinary distances here.
The battery men have been astonished
at the wide sweep of the prairies and
marvel at their growing eyesight.
Evening star., 1916-08-12
Assembly Sounded at 6:1o Pm.

At 6:10 o'clock assembly" is sounded
The men of the 22d form in their COM
pany streets, half of the companies fac
ing north, the remainder in the oppo-
site direction. The Signal Corps men
assemble in their company street fac
ing toward the plaza to the east of
them. The Field Hospital men take
like position, but facing to the south,
for their company street extends from
east to west, being at right angles to
that of the Signal Corps. The infantry
men have their rifles at their sides. the
signalmen their automatic pistols and
those of the Field Hospital their big
brush h-cutting Knives.
Having assembled. the commands
come to right dress" and then front.
The order parade rest is given and
the men stand at this position while
retreat is sounded by quartet of
buglers of the 22d.
Before the last note from the bugles
has died away the band of the infantry
regiment sounds the first note of THE
Star Spangled Banner" Everybody
comes to attention" their eyes straight
front. The flag begins to descend from
the top of the pole from which it has
been flying to the breeze since early in
the morning, the flag raising being at
'reveille"
The omen charged with the duty of
lowering the flag have become SO ex-
pert at 1t that the descent Is timed TO
the second. just as the last note of the
national anthem is sounded the flag is
grasped by a soldier who stands in
readiness to receive it. Care is taken
to see that no portion of 1T touches the
ground.
When the last note of the anthem
has died away the officers, standing
retreat" salute, and, turning to the
first sergeant of their respective COM
mands, instruct him to dismiss the
company. The sergeant reads the
names of men who are to go on detail
and any other orders to the company,
and, having done this, shouts, Com
pany dismissed The ceremony of re
treat" is finished.
THE Star Spangled Banner is play
ed only when weather conditions are ia
vcrable. When il is incfement this por-
tion of the ceremony is omitted and in
stead the buglers sound ITO the colors
as the flag is lowered.
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SPIRITUALISTS.

THE CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALIST CHURCH.
md floor, Pythian Temple. 1912 9th st. NV
Services every Sunday night, O'Clock.
Speaker. Rev. Frank Mandrell. Messages by
iIrs J. +. Naltby. Al, welcome. No charges.
Evening star., 1916-08-12

Cook Bill Bright of the Signal Corps.
WHO has language all his own, calls
the new picket line the picnic line.
and persists in ealing the kitchen de-
tail the Kitchen retail"
Evening star., 1916-08-12

Privates Kortba and Kllen of the
Field Hospital captured rattlesnake
Sunday in the mountains to the east OF
here They skinned him, and now
kortba is curing the skin. He is well
versed in this art, having been prepa
rator at the Smithsonian Institution
before being called into military serv-
ice. The snake had four rattles and q
button.
Evening star., 1916-08-12

Sergt Cady of the Signal Corps has
received two enormous bandanna hand
kerchiefs from a fellow employe in the
pension Office, Mark P. Miller, a vet
eran of the civil and Mexican wars
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24

J. A. McCrea, general manager, and G.
/. Addison, assistant president OF the
Long Island Railroad.
An inspection Of the line was made
from the &c tower on the meadows
west Of Flushing Greek 20 the city line
az Little Neck, and also Of the line 10
College Point and Whitestone, frequent
stops being made 20 examine stations,
grade crossings and other physical con-
ditions. The committee expressed
themselves as being well satisfied with
the physical cond ton OF the line 20
Little Neck, but were OF the OPINION
that certain double tracking and grade
elimination would be necessary before
rapid transit trains could be operated
70 Whitestone. IL was also stated that
majority Of the commission were
favorable toward accepting the propose
ton Of the railroad company, provided
a satisfactory renta. could be agreed
upon.
The proposition 20 use the tracks OF
the Long Island Railroad FOR rapid
transit purposes has been before the
Public Service Commission for nearly
two years and has been approved Dy
all OF the civic societies and property
owners and residents OF the 30 Ward
OF the Borough Of Queens.
The plan now under consideration
provides for a FIVE cent fare over all
parts OF the dual subway system 20
Main Street, Flushing, from which an
additional fare viii be charged 10 Lit
tie Neck and WhitestOne.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-24

A great many OF the recent transac.
tons have contained an element or
trade. but the cash transactions that
have been contaminated have con-
cerned residential properties acquired
for either investment or occupancy.
Tho larger deals that have been closed
within recent weeks forecast numDei
Of interesting building projects ana
indicate that the height has not ye1
been reached in high-class apartment
house construction N this cry.
Enormous sums OF money have been
,our,ng into the local banks, ana
eventually these funds will seek an
ortlet other than in railroad bonds or
other securities. T. is reasonable 70
assume that real estate WI! receive Jus
.nare OF these moneys. -
"Tne private house branch BOUT
from the selling and rental Slana-
POINTS has shown unusual Strength
I'D +1fs DEVELOPMENT, in view or the
.o-called apartment house trend ne
he rcgarded as especially enc0uI AeI"5
becsuse IL indicates a revived det''-"N
- .rasr Of property which, ior d
time seemed 20 nave lost some o. ~
old popularity. The upper E~s' 0'us
tIe ci+y has been witnessing Bie~
deal Of business along these hnes' So
% Is probable that the activity VIII con
time. provided that the owners nam
Gam their holdings IN proper conalL'oH
n i house is well Kept and READY TOT
Immediate or early possession me lSsH
~ tic renting or selling agent De-
comes much easier proposition.