Evening star., 1923-10-14
Capital Sidelights
BY ,wyK.L r. KENNEDY.

from iowa, personally trained more
than 10000 officers, and about 1000
of these belonged to the Regular
Army. This rs probably more officers
than any other instructor in the serv-
Ice had in his personal classes. He
is one of the worlds leading experts
in rife practice and has trained some
of the best marksmen.
1t took almost seven months after
war had been declared to induce the
authorities in Washington to find him
place as special rife instructor. By
| that time Gen. Pershing was sending
cablegrams almost every day urging
that the troops be thoroughly trained
| in the use Of the rifle before being
sent to France.
Brookhart, then a major, trained
the commissioned and non-commis-
stoned officers of the 8Sth Division at
Camp Dodge, Iowa; then the officers
of the 34th Division at Camp Cody,
and was next ordered to Camp Perry,
Ohio. to be chief instructor of rifle
practice. There he had fifty assist
ants and trained 1000 officers. who
became instructors in all the divi-
, sions of the Army.
The general staff finally decided to
open large school at Camp Benning,
Ga, now the Regular Army infantry
as first director of craftsmanship.
where, with 200 assistants, he would
train some 1000 officers month.
Besides training soldiers to shoot,
Col. Brookhart has had a long career
in instructing entrants in national
and International matches-for ex-
ample, John L. Jackson, who was
Olympic champion in 1912, and Capt.
Fred S. Hird, member of the Ameri-
can Olympic teams in 1912 an1 1920;
United States in 1911, and Capt. Don
A. Preussner, rapid-fire champion in
1911. He was captain of the Ameri-
can Palma team which won the world
championship at Ottawa, Canada, in
1912. Three times he was captain of
the AlI-National Guard team In the
national matches.
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Senator Walter E. Edge of New Jer-
sey is thorough sportsman, He de-
lights to steal away from his own
business and the peoples business
during "the season" He belongs to
the famous Blooming Grove Hunting
Club. in Pennsylvania. and the equal
ly renowned Norias Shooting Club, in
Texas. He has shot in pretty nearly
every country-Germany. England.
Scotland, Africa, etc. He has crossed
the Rocky mountains on horseback
and killed antelopes, elk, deer and
mountain sheep. He is also fond of
salmon killing" and periodically
visits Restigouche. the eclat salmon
stream In New Brunswick.
In his youth he thought he was
something of bicycle racer, and
there are several gold watches, pianos
and building lots in various parts of
the country that he acquired as tro-
phies of his skill. He still enjoys
horseback riding and presents a fine
yorite recreation is golf and. to use
his own words, he plays "a rotten
game. but likes It,"
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1t is the boast of the new Repre-
sentative John ]. Boylan of New York
city that he was author of the first
bill passed in the United States regu-
lating the sale and control of habit
forming drugs.
When Eugene Black of Clarkes-
VILE, Tex, took the state bar exam
ination, which lasted four days, in
1905, he was working with only one
eye. his right eye being closed with
a stye. However, the board of exam
iners later wrote him letter saying
his papers were the best the board
had ever examined. Judge A. P. Park,
whq was one of the examiners, was
Blacks campaign manager for Lamar
county two years ago in warm con-
test for reelection with Cyclone"
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large.
Representative Black recalls that
in the only race he ever had for polit-
ical office outside of the one which he
has held for eight years. he and his
two opponents had a very jolly cam
paign and have been the best of
friends ever since. Both of his
opponents subsequently held the
office sought. r. J. Williams, who de-
feated Black by twenty-oRe votes for
was Blacks campaign manager for
the entire district when he defeated
Cyclone" Davis.
Representative Black says that he
can never think of B. c. Jones, the
other contestant for county attorney,
without being reminded of what hap
pened one night when the three We're
speaking from the same platform in
community schoolhouse named
Whiteman,s Shapei. ,Descrioing the
old-fashioned coal oil lamps and drew
lots of bugs that night. Williams and
had spoken and it came Jones' turn.
When he was about half through his
speech and was about to reach fine
period of eloquence, a big bug, which
had been attracted into the house
from the adjoining fields. flew down
his throat, and before he could shut
off his fine flow of eloquence he haG
swallowed the bug and the meeting
; he,
He had to go outside the house and
get rid of the bug, and also some of
his supper, but he was game, and
came back and finished his speech"
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There Is one member of Congress
who frankly admits that he is a ped
der That is Charles Brand of the
seventh Ohio district, who tells his
own story as follows:
"T was sitting in. a hotel lobby in
big city not long ago with some
friends when a friend from home ap-
peared. After introducing him, left
for a moment and later on one of my
acquaintances said, WAS that fellow
yours?' I said, yes Well my ac-
ouaintance rejoined, he told us he
knew you when you were peddler.
II had to smileS because my friend
from home did not know all about me
peddling strawberries from house to
house when was young Fellow,
, making enough, by the way, to pay
my way at college, and 1 don't know
but what I've been peddling ever
since, because, finally, I got into the
manufacturing business and peddied
merchandise all over the United
states for fifteen years, and through
farming operations have been in
directly peddling milk from house to
i house in Columbus for a number of
years"
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Being a farmer, milking his own