Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-30

man. Iney CunS 10 tne UV&v @B
chill. but with pluck and stan1qS
pulling them gradually around
At last, just as Carnforth was ~
ginning to put in suggestion {hA8
they should try and right the uoeS
there came a fresh surprise.
"W-s-s-h. S-p-l-o-s-sh!"
"W-s-s-h. C-r-r-ashv'
MY Great James" said Kettlda
that's shelI-fire,' and worked hfms
self round to the other side of the
boat to see further. Then he came
down." said he. There's another Dutch
submarine turned up
What's she firing at?'
Those wretched Sowegians in the
starboard lifeboat. She's sunk the lot Of
them. and now she's motoring away"
THE brutes! Their own friendSf
too! The unspeakable brutes. MY
God, that's the way Germans mako
war"
Dead men tell no tales. sir. They
thought those Sovegians knew too
much. We can thank the Lord, sir,
they saw this boat was wrong side
up. Wen wait, If You please, till
they're hull-down before we try to
right her"
How that port iifeboat was turned
on to her keel again. bailed and navi<
gated to the distant irish coast l do
not propose to record here, as there Is
another tale connected with it which
would be too long in telling. But q
conversation between Capt. Kettle and
Mr.. Carnforth while they were thawS
ing themselves out with bad whisky
and peat fire after their landing hangs
in my mind.
rs there telegraph Office, heres
Pat?" asked the NJ p.
There is then, yer amer" said the
Ia nd aTt'C the hest in Ireland
when the lines is working
Good, then, I'll get off wire"
I'll be obliged, sir" said Capt. Ket1
tie. IF you'd let me send message
first 1 want to get early word u
my wife to keep quiet about that use
of Quale's Sheep Dip for roses. II
is highly important she shouldn't talA
on the subject. 1 want you to unS
darstand this means lot to me. sir.s
Carnforth was shaken with gus$
MEANS" he said at last. Il was only
going to tell the admiralty about ou1
bag, and they'll probably want tQ
hang US for piracy and for doing
what they hadn't the sense to thin4
of. But don't you worry~about mel
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utmost precaution in the selection Of
both men-and officers for them. The
enlisted men are taken from the
entrants of the camps and cantonf
ments. who. after treatment in th9
reconstruction camps, are, for som9
minor physical or other cause, found
not suited for service abroad, and
from enlisted men of the old army o.
guard too old to stand active dutya
but quite fit to make the most efS
fective non-commissioned officers
From these classes and from officers
of the National Guard and other ORD
CARNATIONS not qualified for foreign
duty the officers for the guards are
chosen by the department commando
ers from lists of eligibles furnished
to them by the militia bureau.
The departmental commanders subj
sist and discipline these bodies, bug
it is the militia bureau that assigns
them TO their duties in guarding fedS
eral industries or to such other dec
tails as they are required for. OF
course, in an emergency. the dep2rtS
ment commander will order them IL
such duty as he thinks the emergencA
demands.
TT HE War Department has agai9
changed the insignia for chap<
1ains. and again the cross will give
way to the shepherds crook, which
was the chaplain's insignia up to 1888
Under the former regulations JEWISH
chaplains in the service had the op<
tion of wearing the cross or discard>
ing the insignia altogether. Repre4
sentatives of the organization of JewA
ish rabbis protested that an insignia
could be found which would be Syma
bolic and free from criticism of be<
levers in any creed, and that this
adoption of the crook would obviato
all controversy on this subject. The
size and design of the crook are now
under consideration and will be ana
nounced at an early date, but it il
said that no regulation will be made
requiring a chaplain to wear any inA
sigma.
The only chaplain of the Jewish
faith in the Navy saws that he is sat&
isfied with the naval insignia and has
made no applicat ton for change.
:: !.
TT HE Army uniform regulations id
not prescribe a standard raincoat
for officers, but the War Department.
has adopted a raincoat for enlisted
men which will shortly be availa Bile
for sale to officers. 1t has been de-
cided to discontinue the issuance oE
ponchos and this rain garment will no
longer be seen in the Army. The War
Department has adopted two types OF
raincoat, both in standard olive drab.
The coat for the dismounted troops is
several inches shorter than the one
for cavalry and other mounted deA
tachmentS.