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Tor physical defects by the American
Army and determined to see service at
any cost, were making false statements
about their financial status and actually
were nearly penniless They found
themselves in bad messes when caught
in emergencies. The $50 is only a
drawing account, not pay. If a man
doesn't draw it he doesn't get it. This
is one army, by the way, In which a
colonel, the highest ranking officer, gets
exactly the same pay and allowances as
a private.
Pick Up German Wounded
OF late the field service drivers have
been picking up good many German
wounded. Once they are injured, they
find, these terrible fellows become the
meekest and most fearful Of men-even
more so than the Italian wounded whom
they used to pick up in the desert. They
beg piteously for cigarettes and plead
with the drivers not to let the surgeons
operate on them, sometimes for trivial
wounds. without anesthetics. Jay Me
renberg of Larchmont, N Y, picked I'D
such case the other day He soothed
the mans fears and fed him cigarettes.
Finally the German said
why does decent fellow like YOU
fight against us? Don't you realize you
are fighting for the Jews who will
enslave your own country?
Then he started long harangue about
the evils of the Jews. He became so
excited that he forgot his wounds.
Nuremberg was amused and let the
fellow rant on. But finally he got bored
and said quietly:
"1ch bin Elm Jude"
The German acted as if he had been
shot all over again. Then he turned
over and was stubbornly silent for most
OF the rough ride to the field hospital.
But finally he began complaining of his
hurts again, and Nuremberg continued
to soothe him as if nothing had
happened.
Use Own Initiative
In sense, members of these volunteer
service units do little that is not also
done by the regular Army ambulance
drivers. The essential difference is that
these are men of exceptionally high
1ntelligence-nearly all are college grad
uates-and at any time they are able to
act on their own initiative and cut
through red tape which sometimes be-
fuddles the strictly military service.
This was particularly apparent, their
ofncers say, during the war in the desert,
where finding spot where they were
directed to pick up wounded was like
navigating ship on trackless ocean.
Recently awarded the Order of the
British Empire are Capt. Frederick w.
Hoeing of Rochester, N. Y, and Its.
Manning Field and Charles Satter-
thwaite, both of New York City. Mem
toned in dispatches were 1t. Thomas
w. de Pew, John Royce Meeker and
John r. Peabody, all Of New York, and
Laurence Saunders, veteran of the last
war, of Virginia.
The units have just received a con.
gratulatory letter from President Roose-
welt on the completion Of four years Of
fghting service.
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planned bitterly to the Office Of public
buildings and grounds about the odor
arising from this building, and since
the structure was outside Of the ground
granted the Smithsonian, by act of
Congress, it was ordered removed, and
it was about this time that some of the
small animals referred to were trans
ferred to cages placed around the ro-
tunda of the museum.
The writer clearly recalls the prairie
dogs, the guinea pigs, the hairless Mexi-
can terriers, some different species OF
snakes and other little creatures placed
there to entertain the public. Later
these and larger animals were placed
in long frame shed back of the Smith
sonian Building with the buffalo
grounds about where the Astrophysical
Observatory now stands Thus grew in
to being the National Geological Park.
IN accordance with act of Congress ap-
proved March q 1889.
odd Characters
Peculiarities seem to have no prefer
ence for people, and equally attach
themselves to the great, the near great,
and even the mediocre, and the Smith
sonian Institution and the National Mu-
scum has had its just proportion of odd
characters. or at least those who did
things in queer sort Of way. One of
Its leading scientists Of bygone days,
who has long since gone to the happy
hunting grounds, as the Indian might
say. for years took great pleasure in
changing money for the employees on
pay day, and for this purpose he went
regularly to the bank and provided him
self with sufficient change for the pur-
pose, and he could always be depended
upon.
Another foremost scientist had the
unusual habit Of lending money without
interest, This was DR.. Charles Rau,
celebrated archeologist, who was in
charge of the German governments s
archaeological exhibit at Philadelphia in
1876, and who was induced to come to
the Smithsonian by Prof. Baird. DR..
Rau had very gruff way of answering
people and invariably began his replies
or conversations with Guide Got!"
Upon one occasion, when the doctor
was walking through one OF the halls of
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the hour and minute. for he was never
able to borrow any more.
Scientific men seldom become rich,
and though they might have done some
of the borrowing, the practice was main
ly confined to the non-scientific en-
ployes, and when DR.. Rau died a new
moneylender appeared on the scene He
was one of the Smithsonians watchmen,
and when he died he is said to have
been financially well fixed. He charged
interest of 10 per cent month, and
one of the employees who borrowed $40
and never paid of the principal, kept up
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Harriet Wassem, w. c. Weeden George
White, E. E. Whiting, j. F. Wilson, G.
w. Woltz, N. r. Wood, Clifford Wright,
L. M. Wynne, w. s. Yeates and M. A.
Yeatman
On the furniture and fixtures roll were
employed S. s. Atkinson, I. w. Branson,
Peter Burger, H. Busching, J. M. Cole
man, j. J. Desmond, G. w. Field, j. S.
Goldsmith, M. J. Gregory, w. H. Haney,
John Holton. j. E. Hoover, G. c. Nc
Claim, F. I. Offutt, Charles Rabbit, r.
L. Reed, r. w. Ryan, Robert Saunders,
Thomas, H. c. Taylor, E. r. Todd, w.
w. Wallingsford, j. E. Watkins and C.
A. D. Woltz.
Those paid from appropriation for
heating and lighting included B. w.
Burdine, A. A. Duly, Britton Hughes,
M. L. Stone, William Thomas and J. w.
H. Wood
Morsell A. Tolson. one of the earliest
employees of the Smithsonian Institution,
was then probably being carried on that
institutions payroll, as were others.
Many OF these employees were then
became identified in the scientific world.
while many subsequently engaged in
other fields of labor and achieved signal
success. No doubt the names of quite
number of these persons will be recog-
nized by those who knew them then and
later.
Beginning of the Zoo
According to the writer's best judg-
ment, to Georges Brown Good, assist
ant secretary of the Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, in charge of the National Mu-
scum many years ago. and William
large measure for founding the Ma
tional Geological Park. Hornaday, at
that time the chief taxidermist of the
Museum, should rightfully have been
made director of the park, but this was
not done Soon afterward he was offered
and accepted the dictatorship of the
New York Geological Park, New York
City, where he served with huge sue
cess. Mr. Hornaday and Frederick A.
Lucas obtained their early scientific
training in Wards Natural Science
Establishment in Rochester before COM
ing to Washington and the National
Museum, and the friendship formed at
that time was of a lasting character.
Ward sent Mr.. Hornaday on an expedi-
ton to Africa to collect animals and
when he returned he wrote book call
ed Two Years in the Jungle" which
had, and still has, wide circulation
The writer's recollection is that Mr.
Hornaday also wrote much on the ex-
termination of the American bison, be-
fore going to New York.
Shortly after Mr.. Hornaday came to
the museum he started the collection
of small live animals in large wooden
building which stood between the mu-
scum building and the Army Medical
Museum and Library, and in this tenn
porary building, in addition to the taxi
dermist's shop, were the modeler, j. w.
Hendley, noted for his perfect limitations
of fruit and probably the paint shop
and some other mechanical branches
of the museum.
The people in the neighborhood COM
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the old museum building. he was ap-
preached by one of the laborers-a COL
ored preacher when not working in the
museum-who asked the doctor for the
loan Of 81, and the startling reply he
got almost raised the roof Of the build
ing when he said: Il am der banker fer
da Smithsonian Institution, and now you
want to make me der banker fer da Ma
tional Museum-Gude Got! I'll see If I
have SO much" And the money was
forthcoming. 1t was said he never
turned any one down, but woe unto the
man who did not keep his promise to
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BY John Clagett Proctor.

BY John Clagett Proctor.
The Inauguration OF President James
A. Garfield was, indeed, very happy
event, and the inaugural ball that fol-
lowed in the old National Museum
Building, now known as the Arts and
Industries Building, was traditionally as
fine as any of those OF an earlier date
IN Washington.
The building was almost completed at
the time and was opened especially for
this occasion on the evening of March
4, 1881, although for this purpose it was
found necessary to lay some of the
wooden flooring on damp concrete, and
as a result it rotted out in less than 10
years and had to be replaced with ce-
ment
For the inaugural ball the building
was electrically lighted and decorated
with ropes Of garlands and bunting, and
near the base of each of the 80 pillars
contained in the building was a coat of
arms enblazoned on shield and
monizing with the dark, painted pedes-
tails and the soft lavender fresco tints
above.
Garfield Inaugural Ball
The rotunda was beautiful accord
Ing to a new account, Its octagonal
width OF so feet rises into a window
arched dome above, sheer 80 feet from
the floor. while at the points of inter-
section of the four grand Railways were
as many subbalconies, little platforms
about Is or 20 feet above the heads of
the company, where 25 or 80 could sit
or stand under the swelling arches.
Passing to the right and to the west
from this brilliant center, the guests
went into the second great hall. where
President Garfield stood receiving the
hosts who surged up to him, took his
hand, murmured inaudibly and were
pressed on by those behind. Above was
Mrs. Garfield, who sat enthroned in the
large western balcony literally en-
blazoned with notices and State her
aldry. =. "
The receiving party arrived early
and were in their places promptly at the
appointed hour, which was 8 o'clock,
and the ineessant and-shaking was
kept up until II, when the dancing be-
gan. None of the receiving party joined
the dancers. Neither President Gar
field and his wife nor former President
and Mrs. Hayes have ever been dancers,
and as they were excessively fatigued
by the ceremonies of the day, they made
only circuit of the building and then
retired, the new President and his fam
tly returning to the White House and
Gen. and Mrs. Hayes to the residence
Of Senator and Mrs. Sherman
Another account says:
THE Inauguration ball was held in
the National Museum-one Of the hand
somest buildings in the country 1t is
designed in the form of Greek cross,
the arms radiating from an octagonal
center, capped by dome In the
spaces between the arms are four large
square halls, their outlines defined by
rows Of pillars and arches and beyond
these are spacious corridors These
halls and corridors form a magnificent
ballroom. Five thousand holders of
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American Ambulance Drivers Perform Heroic Task

kins of Middleburg, Pa. who was barred
by his wooden left leg from any other
sort Of active service. He has Just
gotten back into action after being
taken prisoner in the desert last De-
cember and spending more than six
months in prison camps in Italy. where
he was taken by submarine from Tripoli
He was exchanged for Italian prisoners
in time to get into the Sicilian cam
paign
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Wooden Leg Broken

A few days ago Perkins, carrying dis
patches on a motorcycle along a very
rough and very muddy road, was caught
in German counterattack. Driving
like mad along heavily shelled road,
he bounced over one particularly bad
bump so violently that his wooden leg
was snapped in two
Fortunately this happened near a de-
tachment of British commandos They
hastily nailed the leg together and Per-
kins was able to continue his mission in
a captured, and very dilapidated, Ital-
ian automobile. He reached his destina-
ton with his dispatches This also was
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-07-29
CHAPTER GAL

AN ACT to authorize and direct the
County Commissioners of Garrett
County to borrow a sum of money
to be used by the County Board of
Education in adjusting the COM
pensation of the contractors oper-
ating school buses in said County
and providing for the levy, in 1914,
to repay said loan with interest.
WHEREAS, the contractors who
have contracts for operating the
unable to keep their vehicles in repair
and operating condition under the
provisions of the present contracts,
due to the increased cost of every
thing used in the operation of said
vehicles; therefore
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
the County Commissioners of Gar
rett County be and they are hereby
authorized and directed to borrow
the sum of Six Thousand Dollars
($6,000.00) and to give their promis-
sorry note therefor, at the lowest rate
of interest obtainable, and to pay
said Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00)
to the County Board of Education,
which said sum shall be used by said
Board of Education for adjusting the
compensation of the several contrac-
tors operating school buses in Gar
rett County.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That the County Commissioners of
Garrett County are hereby authorized
and directed to include in the tax levy
for the year 1914 a sum sufficient to
repay said loan, with interest there
On.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That this Act is hereby declared to be
an emergency law and necessary for
the immediate preservation of the
public health and safety. and having
been passed by yea and nay vote,
supported by three-ffths of all the
members elected to each of the two
Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date
Of its passage.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-07-29
| SEE BY THE DAILIES THAT

United Mine Workers of America
now offer to settle their wage dispute
for So day raise in all sections of
the country
A United States expedition has I'M
earthed a religious center in Mexico
which fiourished 700 to 1000 years
before Columbus arrived.
A new transatlantic flight record
has been established, a plane flying
from Montreal to Britain in twelve
hours and &c minutes.
Maryland reached a new high in
waste kitchen fats collection during
June with 141,OOO pounds contrib
uted.
General Franco, of Spain failed in
attempt to obtain aid by lend lease.
He attempted to get arms in Wash
ington for his soldiers.
The highway from Dawson creek in
British Columbia, to Fairbanks, Alas
ka, will be known officially as the
alaska Highway"
More than 100000 automobile and
truck tires no longer suitable for
severe army duty, are being made
available for civilian use.
The Treasury with spending at the
rate of two billion a week, decided
it would need 33 billion for the rest
of 1913.
Sale of turkeys to civilians is being
banned for August and September to
permit shipment of the birds overseas
of enough turkeys to provide Thanks
giving and Christmas day dinners for
every American serviceman.
Vice-President Wallace at Detroit,
asserted there were powerful groups
who hope to take advantage of the
Presidents concentration on the war
effort to destroy everything he has
accomplished on domestic front over
the last ten yers."
Gunder Haegg, Swedish runner, in
race at Harvard stadium, ran the
mile in 1858, looping off IA seconds
from the 9-year-old mark established
by Glenn Cunningham, U. S. A
The Agricultural Department said
young chickens raised on farms in
1913 reached an all-timc peak esti-
mated at 825,615,OOO birds, l6 pei
cent larger than previous high of last
year.
The peach crop will be IS percent
below last years production, it was
forecast by the agriculture depart
mcnt in Washington.
An era of short-wave radio mir
acles after war was predicted in
Guiding cooking, preventing train and
shipwrecks and aiding in manufacture
of cloth and glass.
A purge at the polls of Senators
and Representative who voted for the
, Smith-Connally anti-strike bill was
demanded by William Green, presi-
dent of A. F. of L.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-07-29
Reason for Permits To Youthful
Drivers Is Given

The reason for issuance of re-
stricted driving permits among boys
Of II and Is years Of age was clari-
fed this week by w. Lee Elgin, Com
missioner of Motor Vehicles of Mary
land.
Mr. Elgin said he was given au-
thority by an act of the Legislature,
as an emergency measure, 10 assist
farm operations, to grant special per-
mits to youths ID and IS, but that
they were only for operatinn of a
motor vehicle within the particular
farm area whore the applicant may
live or work. This was in line with the
request of the Farm Bureau Asso-
citation
If necessary for the motor vehicle
or farm implement to be moved from
one farm to another which would
mean crossing congested areas, main
highways, or through cities or towns,
a licensed operator over 16 must move
the equipment.
The law gives the Commissioner
the power to designate the farm
roads and lanes where holders of these
permits may drive. Any deviation
from the stipulated area will cause
revocation of the permit. Any negli-
gence on the part of the IA or Is
year old driver of a motor vehicle
would mean the endorser of the appli-
cation of the youth would be jointly
and severally liable for any DANA
ges caused by their negligence.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-07-29
CHAPTER 239

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with
amendments, Section ST of Article
II of the Code of Public Local Laws
of Maryland 1880 Edition), title
Garrett County,, subtitle County
Commissioners" as said section
was amended by Chapter 338 Of
the Acts of 1871, providing for
maximum annual expenditure for
assistants for the Clerk to the
County Commissioners.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Section 81 of Article u of the Code
of Public Local Laws of Maryland
1880 Edition), title Garrett Coun-
ty', subtitle County Commission
ers", as said section was amended by
Chapter 33S of the Acts of 1911, be
and it is hereby repealed and re-en-
acted, with amendments, to read as
follows:
81. At the expiration of the term
Of the present Clerk to the Board of
County Commissioners, unless va
cancy occurs before the expiration
of said term, the County Commits
sioners of Garrett County shall APP
point a Clerk who shall serve for
term of four (4) years from the time
of his appointment and qualification
or until his successor is appointed
and qualified and shall be subjected to
removal from said office for ineffi-
cheney or for any Wilful neglect Of
duty or misbehavior in office at any
time by the County Commissioners of
said County, who shall have power
10 fOr
the uneXpired term of the Clerk so re-
moved, said Clerk shall be paid for
his services the sum of twelve hun
dred dollars per annum, payable in
monthly instruments of one hundred
dollars at the expiration of each and
every month by the treasurer of Gar
rett County from the funds of said
County and the said Clerk shall have
full power to administer an oath or
affirmation to any and all persons
who are to be examined as witnesses
in any matter before the County Com
miSsioners, and touching or relating
to any account, bill or other matter
to he filed in the office of said Coun-
ty Commissioners; the said salary of
twelve hundred dollars per annum
shall be full compensation for all SER
vices required of said Clerk, who shall
keep the office of County Commits
sioners open from nine o'clock in the
forenoon until four o'clock in the af
ternoon, and who shall attend therein
for the transaction of business on
every day of the week except Sundays
and legal holidays. No additional COM
pensation shall be paid said Clerk for
extra work, but the County Commits
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-07-29
LOCAL ADVERTISEMENTS

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FOR RENT-Six room house with
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Naylor, Oakland.-Adv. 22-3t*
FOR SERVICE-A registered Pol
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FOR SALE-One used moving ma
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FOR SALE-Eight six-weeks' old
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-07-29
CHAPTER 1872

AN ACT to repeal Sections IT'S to
IT'S, inclusive, of Article II of the
Code of Public Local Laws of Mary
land 1880 Edition), title Garrett
County, subtitle Fences, said
Sections relating to fences in Gar
rett County and liability for certain
injuries to cattle, and so forth.
WHEREAS, the provisions of these
sections are no longer applicable or
necessary; therefore
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of Maryland, That
Sections IT'S to ITS, inclusive, of Ar
ticle II of the Code of Public Local
Laws of Maryland 1880 Edition),
title Garrett County,, subtitle
Fences, be and they are hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. ,. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall take effect June
|, 1913.