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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

Marie Dressler, one OF the most
popular condolences of American
photoplays, who made big hit
in TITLES Punctured Romance
comes to the Liberty Sunday in a
sequel to her former success, call
ed "Tillie Wakes Up"
Poor Tillie, after standing for
heaps of abuse from her neglect
full husband, falls into the hands
of fate and joins sorrows with a
poor unfortunate male who has
literally bumped into a small but
substantial roll hidden in the
toe of his wife's slipper.
Tillie and the man venture forth
to paint the town a deep red.
The remainder of the play is
zone long riotous scream, funny
situations tumbling after one an
other in a way that only Marie
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
Gladys Stars
In Fox Drama
At Melbourne

Gladys Brockwell is to be the
bright star at the Melbourne the
alter for the first three days OF
the week in ITO Honor and
Obey" William Fox feature.
The scenes of the play are on the
New York stock market and the
busy hive OF Wall Street is faith
fully reproduced. Miss Brockwell
plays the role Of girl loved by
both a weakling and a strong
man. The former is a clerk, the
latter is a broker.
Olga Printzlau wrote the story,
r. McGrew Willis adopted the
scenario and Otis Timer directed
the picture.
In addition to the feature,
Charlie Chaplin will appear In his
success, I'm the Park"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

gent to hang on his watch chain
rs cigar lighter.
Fifteen or 20 bars of floating
soap stuffed in five feet of fire
hose and ends stitched together
would make neat life preserver.
An old ak sandpapered and filed
down into mashie club would
please q golf enthusiast as a gift.
Oyster shells mounted on ivory
Or solid gold pedestals are quite
attractive as ash trays.
Half dollar pieces covered with
rcd and blue enamel would 90
Qnite spiffy as a set Of poker
ehlps.
An old bicycle pump polished
= and the persons initials neat
~ engraved on it,. wouldn't go
ALI bad ~ . fountain pen ink
IIler.
with : little remodeling. an old
<lfno collar could be made into
> ~ wrist watch holder.
4 mfniature window blind roll
= - roll up = Moving beard at
151t venld 60 immense with N
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
Gray Hair Is
No HindranCe

The Tacoma Y. M. c. A. Busi-
ness Mems team was defeated in
q volley ball game by the Puyal-
lup Business Mems team last nigh.
at the Y M. C. A., in two games,
81 to 10 and 81 to ~. Gray
haired men played on both teams.
Players were: Tacoma-Dr e. O..
Houda, F. A. Martinetti, C. Mil
ford Coye, Ralph Stacy, Arthur
Hazeltine and John Smith Puy-
allup--Leo Oldright, ]. T. King,
Rev. E. e. Norcross, F. E. Smith,
A. ]. Benton and Burr Fisher
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
WEST VIRGINIA HAS
LEARNED A LESSON

The athletic board and coaches
ct West Virginia university
learned . football lesson this fall
which they are not likely to for
get, and when the time comes for
making up the 1918 football
schedule they will recall the sea-
SON Of 1917 without a great deal
Of JOY and will act accordingly.
After the greatest team West
Virginia eyer developed went
thru the iytst successful season
Z mountaineer team had ever en-
joyed, It was forced to bow to its
homo state rivals, West Virginia
Wesleyan, potentially a weaker
team, in q defeat which was a
hard pill to swallow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

Billy Browning tends to all the
laughs in 1.-THE Honey Bees" a
ten-strike musical comedy which
headlines the new Pantages bill
opening Monday afternoon. He
is a dialectician out of the ordi-
nary, Swedish, Irish, French and
Chinese stories being his spe-
cialty. Surrounding him are such
artists as Edith Browning, Lulu
Mccoy and Francis Mortar.
Maurice Samuels, a we'll
known Italian character actor,
will present his sketch, "A Day
at Ellis Island" He plays the
part of an Italian immigrant
searching at the detention station
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
Will Not Cut
American Sked


CHICAO, Dec. 8.-Ban John
son, president of the American
league, has notified club owners
Of that circuit that there will be
schedule of 154 games next sea-
son. Hitherto, he has favored a
reduction to 40 games and the
majority of the owners were I'M
derstood to be back of him.
Johnson was forced to surren-
der in this matter, it is said, be-
cause the New York Giants con-
troll the polo grounds, which are
used jointly with the Yankees. 1t
was a case of the long schedule
or exit for the Yankees, it is un-
derstood, and Ban saw the point.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
CAMP LEWIS TEAM
PLAYS LAST GAME

Players on the 91st division
aal-cantonment football team OF
Camp Lewis will make their final
appearance on a home field this
afternoon when they play the Fort
Stevens artillery team from Ore
Eon. The game is being staged
on the new athletic field at the
army camp on which work has
been rushed this week. There
are bleachers for 10000 specta-
tors, and the field is as smooth
and level as billiard table.
Practically the same Camp
Lewis team will be In the field as
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

Tacomans are getting an OPP
portunity today to witness the
sort OF outdoor game that occu-
plies the spare time Of soldiers be-
hind the French and English lines
IN Europe.
The 361st infantry regimental
team of Camp Lewis and the Ia
coma Lincoln high school all-star
team are clashing in the Tacoma
stadium in the first big soccer
game ever played there. Soccer
has been played in Tacoma for
several years but not until today
Aas the game been looked upon
seriously enough to stage a con-
test In the stadium.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

The reason was that West Vir-
ginia had gone thru too strenu-
Gus a season. The mountain
boys opened with the Navy and
administered the only defeat suf-
fered by Coach Dobie's crew this
year and the only defeat for
Dobie in 10 years. Then Pitts
burg, Dartmouth, Rutgers, anc
Washington and Jefferson were
taken on.
The schedule was undoubtedly
the most strenuous attempted by
any team during the year.
The result was that when West
Virginia faced Wesleyan the
team was burned QUIT could not
play its best football and defeat
naturally followed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

has played the last three canton
ment games. The Fort Stevens
team has little hope Of defeating
the camp boys, but are avowed to
keep the score as low as possible
at any rate.
Players: Camp Lewis-McKin-
ney, lie; Cook, 1t; Snyder, lg; Rus
sell, C; Christensen, re-; Bartlett,
TT; McRae re; Kapple q; Mckay,
III; Sharpe, rh; Craig fb. Fort
Stevens-Gilliam, re; Johns, TT;
Pohl. re-; L. Crossman, C; Davis,
dg; J. Crossman, 1t; Newman, lie;
Watson, a; Sortor, Ri; Ralston,
III: Delsman, fb.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
Local Soldiers
Are Defeated

Company / of the 361st infan-
try, composed entirely of Taco
mans, was defeated by Company
II, Seattle boys, in a basketball
game at Camp Lewis yesterday
afternoon, 2 to IT. Players were.
Co. l-Kock, Rederson, Torten-
son. Johnson, Walker; Co. H
Adams, Watson. Mills, Quinn aud
Seals.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
SOLDIERS PLAY
SCHOOL BOYS in
STADIUM TODAY

A fast battle should be played.
For altho the high school boys are
smaller and younger than the SOL
diers soccer Is game whore
speed counts far more than does
weight. And they should be able
to give a good account Of them
selves against their heavier OPP
ponent. Game is called at 2
o'clock.
The players are: Lincoln
Duevel, Billet, Gaylord, Morris,
Stromberg, Brooks, Conrad, Null
len, Hartley, Fox, Curry; 361st-
Cording, Craven, Thompson or
Kane, Kallas, Cravens, Quinby,
Trip Dobie, Ferrick, Murphy or
Ames Van Cantz.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

hall. music, program and all ex-
pense. The Pierce County Grad
uate Nurses association has ar
ranged to give Red Cross stamps
for the full value of all tickets
purchased and will turn the en-
tire receipts Of the dance over to
the Anti-Tuberculosis league.
Dancing will start at s o'clock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
CHEF M'INTYRE PUTS
STOP TO UNEVEN GO

Bend welterweight for two rounds
and in the third knocked him
down six times when Referee Chef
Mcintyre of Hacoma stopped the
uneven contest.
Val Sontag, ex-hghtweight Of
Seattle, was knocked out in the
second round by AL 6ommers Of
Portland.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

for his sweetheart. Tony Rizzo,
a young violinist, assists.
The Transfield Sisters are mu-
sicians above the ordinary They
play comets, saxaphones, Xylo-
phones and stringed instruments,
as we'll as warbling a bit.
Ford West and Bud Hale are
singers and comedians. Ruth Es-
Ter and Leo Flanders contribute
songs and piano numbers. Ruth
shows all her good clothes to
advantage. Flanders is wizard
at the piano.
Mile Therese and Co., with
trained pigeons, dogs and monkey,
put over a comedy pantomime.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
Camp Smoker Is
Wednesday, Sure

After a couple Of postpone
ments, the S46th field artil-
lery and tho 316th engineers
Of Camp Lewis announce
that their joint regimental
smoker will positively be held
next Wednesday night at the
Y. NJ. G. A. auditorium. This
date wall not be changed.
Two important events on the
card are a wrestling match
between Worlds Feather
weight Champion kid" Irish
ami Guy Stegner, and a box
ing match between two of the
tastes lightweights in camp,
"Pickles" Martin and "Bat-
thing" Chico.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
ADJUSTMENTS
AND THEY DIDN'T
TELL US "WHO'S
YOUR NEIGHBOR?"
COLONIAL GETS
NEW WAR FILMS

What the war In Europe
means to the soldier is very
graphically revealed in the
} great war films that will be
an added attraction OF the
Colonial bin Sunday. These
pictures are entitled The
Tanks in Action; The Re-
treat of the Germans at the
Battle of Arras."
The great tanks are shown
) moving down obstacles and
crushing everything before
them.
The latest models in air.
planes are shown in action
against the enemy.
The British Tommy In re-
, pose and in action is depiced
from life.
The work of the Red Cross
, In caring for the wounded is
, a feature.
n q u a Il "a a a a. 4 A. Is a -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
G. p. S. Starts
Basket Season

The College of Puget Sound
will put its first basketball team
of the season into the field to-
night when it meets the first Y.
NJ. c. A. team on the Tacoma "Y"
floor. Another game on the local
Y. M. C. A. floor will be between
the Shelter Athletic club and the
local "Y" intermediates.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
Officers Club Puts
Five Buses on Run

Five new auto buses have been
put into service between Tacoma
and Camp Lewis by the Camp
Lewis Officers club. They will
leave on the hour. There will be
a charge of SO cents each way.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
MIDNIGHT SHOW
AT THE APOLLO

Jazz music, songs by pretty
bathing girls, will be the pro-
gram at a special midnight
matinee which will be put on
at the Apollo tonight starting
at IL o'clock just after the
regular show. Manager An
derson is planning this to en-
terrain the late Saturday
night crowds and soldiers.
Songs will be given by
Nine. Viola Keith, Grace La
Rue, Chief Big Elk, and
Monty Austin. The Apollo's
orchestra will give q program
Of jazz music.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
Here's Chance
To Dance With
A Pretty Nurse

Trained nurses of Tacoma and
Pierce county will do their BIT"
for the anti-tubercular campaign
next week by giving benefit
dance at Johnson's academy, 1875
st. Helen's avenue OH Thursday
night. Everything has been do
mated for the dance, including the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
Test Boxing
Law In N. 7.

tUnfted Press Leased Wlre.l
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-Legality
Of boxing bouts under the club
membership plan in New York has
been put up to special sessions
court. The nine officials of the
Broadway Sporting club who had
been summoned to appear in mag
istrates court were held in $500
bail each for appearance in spe-
cial sessions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
MOOSE AUTO STAGE

MOOSE AUTO STAGE
etand-Cr0fh Hstel, 1919 Pacific ~
and Central Nus otntien.
IA coma ana Yelm. Lakeview. Hill
hurst. Greendals, Rey. AcKenna
~. r. Milsa.
". Tacoma-1o:S0 q m ana p
". Y elm-f:30 q n. and ! p. nj
saturday night 1880 and SUNDAY
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
kilbane Helps
Defeat Ertle


CLEVELAND, O., Dec. g.
Kewpie Johnny Ertle of st. Paul
was Johnny Kilbaned-ed" out of
decision in ten-round bout here
last night with Jack Wolfe of
Cleveland. Kilbane, feather
weight champion, sat in Wolfe's
corner and gave him verbal d.
rections. Wolfe wants to fight
Champion Herman now.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
Regiments Play

The last game of the inter-
regiment football series at Camp
Lewis is being played this after
noon when the 361st AMI 3sfth
infantry teams tangle in a post
poned game.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
SteCher Wins
With Scissors

OMAHA, Neb., Dec. s.-Joe
stecher won from Charley Peters
OF Papillion, Neb, here last night
in two straight falls, the first in
"a minutes and the second in &c
minutes. The scissors hold was
used on both occasions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
(Uaited Press Leased wire.)

PORTLAND, Or, Dec. g.
Johnny Mccarthy, the San Fran
cisco welterweight, made a mon
key out Of Fred Gilbert, Bend,
Or, who was touted as a conner
and a dark horse" here last
night. Mccarthy played with the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

quite handy as a back brush for
the bath.
A very neat paperweight gift
can be made by taking an old
safe and trimming 1t down in a
unique shape, say after some
Egyptian design.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

square DeCe1vor, at tne ApOIlO.
LEADING PLAYERS
Billy Van Dyke. Harold Lockwood
Beatrice Forsythe. Pauline Curley
william Pugfeather VIM. Clifford
Mrs. Pugfeather. Dora NJ. Adams
Celia Pugfeather
$50. Kathryn Hutchinson
1.-THE Square Deceiver, in
which Harold Lockwood is at the
Apollo today for four days, Is
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

An old carpet sweeper with a
little vanishing and curved
piece of gas pipe for a handle is
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08

styled as joyous comedy OF
youth and love. 1t is all that and
the bright and breezy fun of the
story is carefully brought out by
contrasting it with heart interest
scenes.
1t is film version of Love Me
for Myself Alone" by Francis
Perry Elliott, published in Smiths
Magazine.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
THE SOCCER GAME "A E0E TT"@
AT STADIUM WILL, i "
BE WORTH SEEING l
Marie Dressler Gives New
Romance to Unhappy Tillie

Dressler's comedies have been
successful. The film is one Of
Miss Dressler's very best.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-12-08
DETER'S
i IFFLE
CHRISTMAS GIFT SUGGESTIONS

An old lantern gilded up makes
dainty and unique gift for
The Denver star., 1917-10-27
MISS THRASHLEY'S PUPILS
RECITAL.

Last Tuesday night at the Peoples
Presbyterian Church the music pupils
of Miss Beatrice Thrashley demon
strated before a large audience. The
students in every respect reflected
due credit on themselves, and once
more advertised Miss Thrashley as a
most painstaking and competent
music teacher The race should be
proud of such characters as this u1-
assuming and efficient instructress.
Her contribution to mankind categor-
les her to be an indispensable and in,
valuable asset to our community life.
Parents seeking music teacher for
their offsprings will do well to give
this consecrated young lady chance
Mrs. Americus Hughes was in sea
soa with her floral decorations for
the concert For her effort in this
wise we owe a debt of gratitude. Dr.
D. E. Over, pastor of Zion Baptist
Church, in choice words compliment.
ed the teacher and participants for
their splendid execution of the night S
program.
(Signed) J. A. THOS-HAZELL.
The Denver star., 1917-10-27

The time has come. The much
heralded and boasted Democracy,
Freedom, Justice, Equality and Lib
erty" will be tested in 40 uncertain
manner. We wonder when American
white and black soldiers fall upon the
battlefield and burying time comes,
whether American bodies will be all
thrown into pit together, like the
black boy of Dahomey occupied the
same grave with the white boy of
the Somme. We wonder if the white
Georgian, if killed beside black
Georgian, will object to being
buried beside his Negro countryman.
There will come time when pits in
to which countless dead bodies will
be cast instead of being buried prop
erly, and we are now wondering If
there will be "a selective burying
plot for whites, or that corner Of
the field will be designated for Negro
bodies to lie there. Soon real de-
mocracy and justice will be tested in
no uncertain manner. Negroes of
Colorado and America, our liberty
and our ideals of common ordinary
human brotherhood bringing equality
to all based upon right, Justice and
truth depend largely upon you
Negroes must not only fight with
guns to the end that oppression and
autocracy might be destroyed, but we
must send our dollars SO as to give
substantial support to and make
Americas response an inspiration to
the allied cause to all nations fight
ing with US. Our boys, forgetful OF
those behind who are clutching at
their necks and hurting into their
faces caste, separation and Jim Crow
ism in common public interests and
preaching selfishness of race and
class along all lines, are willing to go
to the hell fire in the foul, blood
soaked battle scared trenches to
graves in Europe; if out of it all
there is coming the great lesson Of
common brotherhood of all nations.
Thus he goes and fights for his coun-
try. Therefore let every man, woman
and child be present tonight at goth
and Welton streets and march with
pride with our own to the depot. Let
nothing keep you away. Everybody
and everything be there. Autos, car
riages, horses and bicycles. Let this
be our greatest demonstration ever
made. 8 A
The Denver star., 1917-10-27
HONORABLE Ex-DENVERITE
PASSES AWAY.

1t is with extreme regret that we
mention the death of Mr.. John T.
Watkins of Kansas City, who de,
parted this life in Kansas City the
early part of last week.
Mr. Watkins was the senior mem
Der of the Watkins Bros. Undertake
ing Co., one of the Oldest AID the
most up-to-date and well-known Negro
undertaking establishments in the
middle west
Mr.. Watkins was a member of sew
eral organizations and was 33rd de-
gree Mason. He was very widely
known throughout the country and
leaves a host of friends to mourn his
loss, many of whom in Denver will
remember that he graduated from tho
Colorado College of Embalming.
The funeral services were held in
Kansas City and were very impress
sive. The body lay in stat and sew
eral hundred friends of both races
gazed for the last time on the remains
of a man who was honOred and loved
by all who knew him.
The floral offerings were the most
massive and profuse ever seen at a
funeral in Kansas City, and while
none were placed on the casket it
self, the entire pulpit of the church,
the walls and even the chandeliers
for the lights were hung with beau
tiful designs.
We, with all the others, how our
heads in grief and humble submission
to Him who doeth all things we'll He
will be missed very much, but his
memory will live in the hearts of
those who knew him, always and for
ever.
WALTER w SMITH
The Denver star., 1917-10-27
NEGROES SHOW WHAT CAN BE
DONE.

No better illustration of what can
be accomplished by a people can be
had than in the example of what has
been accomplished by the Negroes at
the Deerfield settlement. In 1910
twentythousa1d acres, which now
comprises the Deerfield settlement,
belonged to the United States and
were valued at one dollar and twenty
fifive cents an acre. Shortly after
that o. T. Jackson, commonly known
as jackson" in the Governors Office,
founded the Deerfield colony. Today
the assessed valuation of the prop
erty in the colony is four hundred
and thirty-two thousand five hundred
dollars. Thus in a little over six
years it has grown from a value of
thirty thousand dollars to a valuation
of practically one-half million dollars
The Negroes have done all of the
work themselves and are entitled to
the credit for the accomplishment
they have made in that community
This only goes to show what can be
done when people make the necessary
effort.-Grand Junction News.
The Denver star., 1917-10-27

cat" and then made their howl. When in
tho world did 1 ever play politics or seek
my personal preference when the welfare
of my race or country depended upon my
action?
To me the motto Of the Black Prince.
Il serve" should be the motto Of every
black officer, and I have always made II
mine. hunlbling myself to serve the rest.
for the good of the rest.
Now as to the retirement OF me by the
war department from active service. As
before stated, 80 1 repeat, l am only one
man. and If, according to the rules of the
game l am to be "scrapped." 1 shall
submit, sportsmanlike. to the president s
orders.
I have never felt any Ill effects of the
surgeons findings as to disability. and
shall keep my head, my patience and my
health, still studying until such n time as
l may be needed by the government
/ pray God she may not need me and
that the war will be soon won. Now
let me beg you and all good people of our
race not to agitate or protest in my favor.
The administration must not be embar-
rassed in its extremity. We all love the
country too well for that.
Again thanking you for all your kind.
ness to me and wishing you and the Ga
xette success. cordially yours.
CHARLES YOUNG. - =
Colonel United States Army, Retire
The Denver star., 1917-10-27
YOUNG SPEAKS FOR HIMSELF
REGARDING ARMY AFFAIRS
Noted Retired Colonel Sends Patriotic
Letter to Hon. H. c. Smith.

The Hon. Harry G. Smith, veteran
editor of the Cleveland (OJ Gazette,
who was for several terms a mem.
Der OF the Ohio legislature, is still on
the firing line fighting with voice and
pen against race segregation and other
forms or injustice to our people. He
stands for square deal according to
law. On this score his record as a leg
islator bears abundant witness to his
manhood and executive ability. Like
Sumner, Garrison, Phillips, Lovejoy,
abolitionist period, he is in earnest and
does not retreat a single inch. but must
be and Is heard.
MIR. Smith was one Of the many per-
sons who evinced great interest in the
recent prospective promotion of Lieu,
tenant Colonel Charles Young, U. S. A.,
whom the war department retired n
few weeks ago. Editor Smith has re
celved the following letter from Colo
mel Young, which explains Colonel
Young's position very clearly on sew
eral matters concerning his future:
wilberforce. O.. Aug. 12, 1917.
Hon. Harry c. Smith. Editor of the Cleve-
land Gazette:
My Dear Friend-I cannot thank you
too much for your kindness in coming to
my rescue in your last issue.
You are right in saying l had nothing
to do with the failure Of the new regiment
of Ohio cavalry (dismounted).
I did not ask for command of the regi-
ment. l simply obeyed my instructions
from Washington and from the adjutant
general OF Ohio. BY training l am only a
soldier, going where sent and doing what
I'm ordered. So in this case.
The only painful thing in this whole
matter to me has been the petty ambi-
tions of certain would be officers of our
own race who waited for me to bell the