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IiH war department la trying to find way
and means to Increase the number of ca
dets at the United States Military acad
emy. Since the Spanish war, when the
army was enlarged, there have not been
anywhere near enough graduates to fill
the vacancies In the commissioned rauks
of the army. The result has been that
not only has It been necessary to promote
to the rank of second lieutenant, enlisted
men of the army who can pass the re
quired examination, but to appoint each
year to the service large numbers of
civilians.
Naturally enough the war department
officials feel that the commissioned offi
cers should be men educated to the pro
fession of a soldier. There seems to be
a pretty general feeling, one hard for
the authorities to account for by the
way, that every man Is born a soldier
and that the military profession Is the
only one for which no special training
s required. Gen. Winfleld Scott, at the
close of the Mexican war, said that If It
bad not been for the officers of his army
who were graduates of the military
academy the war would have been pro
longed for yenrs. This praise of the In
stitution and the men whom It turns
out was given by a man not a graduate,
and who, therefore, could not be said to
be prejudiced In favor of the Institution.
The course at West Point is a par
ticularly hard one and a good many ca
dets are found deficient every year, gen
erally In only one study. West Point,
however, differs from all other schools
cf the world. There they do not strike
an average of studies, taking all the
lessons taught in a lump. For Instance,
If a man stands at the head of his class
In four studies, but Is a little bit below
the proficient average In one study, the
authorities throw him out, whereas In
other Fchools they would strike an aver
age and give such a man a high stand
ing. The result of such a system as this
Is that men who are qualified for the
service in practically every way, but
who may be a little lame In French or
A trifle off In geology or chemistry, are
separated from the army to which they might
possibly be a credit If an average of excellence
was struck by the authorities.
It Is quite often the case that men who do
not graduate but who have had several years'
training at the academy succeed in getting
commissions In the service. There are no
records to show that any man who spent two
years at West Point failed to pass his examl-.
nation for a commission after he had been
successful In getting an appointment to the
army from civil life.
Some of the boys who have been at West
Point, but have not graduated; enlisted in the
United States army In order to get their com
mission from the ranks. When a man does
eo enlist he may be sent as a private soldier
to a company in which some classmate is a
lieutenant. Now It must be remembered that
there is a deep gulf between officers and en
listed men in the regular army, a gulf which
it is necessary to have remain fixed, because
familiarity of intercourse between officers and
nlisted men would lead to lax discipline. It
is not the case, as some people seem to think,
ot an officer being too proud to associate with
unlisted men. The officers of the army hold
the enlisted men In high esteem. They know
that they are the backbone of the army and
they know that on their loyalty, obedience
and courage hangs success in war and the
credit of the army in peace. Every army In
the world has learned the lesson that there
must be a lack of familiar intercourse in a
social way between the commissioned officers
and the enlisted men.
When a young fellow who has been a.
West Point enlists he Is likely, as has been
said, to get Into a command In which one of
his classmates may be an officer. Then It is
that a curious relation results. ' The enlisted
man meets his former classmate, whom he
once called Bill or Jim and with whom he
possibly roomed as a cadet, and he must sim
ply salute him as any other enlisted man
would, and pass without a sign of "familiar
recognition." Now this does not mean at all
that Jim or Bill does not want to speak to his
former classmate. It means simply that the
enlisted man wants to preserve his own stand
ing with his fellow soldiers and does not want
to put his former classmate by and chance In
an embarrassing position. If the enlisted men
should learn that their newly enlisted fellow
was a former classmate and a friend of one
of the officers they might think that It waa
going to be a case of currying favor on the
one side or of showing favor on the other.
The man who is once a cadet and who enlists
Is more careful If he Is built right, and he
generally is, to maintain a proper attitude
toward the men who rank him.
They tell a story In Washington of a young
fellow who came of rich parentage, but who
never had been at West Point, by the way,
who enlisted In the army to get his commis
sion. He attempted to presume on the fact of
his wealth and ho not only got the officers
down cn him. but the men as well. His lot
was not altogether a happy one. It can bo
eaid, however, that cases like that of this
young man are few and far between. The
man who is willing to enlist In order to get
his commission, generally speaking, Is of good
stun" enough to make him willing to take
things as they come and to take rather more
than his thare of the duties and the hardships
of the enlisted men with whom he Is thrown.
There was once upon a time a cadet who,
having ;pent time enough at the United
States Military academy to cover a consider
able p;:rt of the course, was compelled by the
government to sever hi!) connection with the
school he had hoped would prove to him a
fostering tnothtr until the end.
This endet. who shall 1)3 nameless because
3f a modest deyira to avoid the use of the pro
noun in t!ie first perron, hail a yearning for
military life, and so u few years after leaving
:he i.cl'iny he waiked Into a Iloston recruit
ing (.'Sin and enlisted. Several classmates
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and several other army friends knew of the enlistment and
told the enlisted one prior to his application for admission
to the service to strike out for a commission, and, above a1'
things, not to let any of the enlisted men, or any of the offi
cers who did not know him, have knowledge of the fact
that he had been at the military academy, for otherwise they
might think he expected favors.
The advice was needless, for whatever else the recruit
intended to do he desired that his service should be per
formed on the same level with that of every other man In
the United States army, but the truth Is that this determi-
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led to some complications
that had humor enough at
the time even though they
lose the humor because of
lack of power In the story
teller. This cadet recruit was
landed at David'B island. New
York harbor, where there
were 700 other recruits un
dergoing instruction, and a
green lot they were. The cadet was turned
out for squad drill with five other recruits, not
one of whom knew enough about soldiering to
keep his heels together. A tall, raw-boned
Irish sergeant with the euphonious name of
O'Baldwin was in command of the squad. He
began to explain the position of a soldier." He
found that the recruit on the right of the line
already was In the position of a soldier. The
truth was he couldn't help himself.
O'Baldwin eyed him critically. "Fall out!"
he said.
The one-fime cadet fell out. "What regi
ment did ye desart from?" said O'Baldwin,
pleasantly.
"This is my first enlistment." answered the
recruit, and in answering he told the truth,
for a cadet isn't enlisted.
"What company are ye In?" asked O'Bald
win, though he knew perfectly well, for, his
own bunk was not three bunks removed from
that of the recruit.
"D company," answered the queried one,
and that's where he made the mistake of his
life.
That apparently simple answer proved con
clusively to the sergeant's mind that he had
an ex-regular before him, for all the national
guardsmen would have answered "Company
D" Instead of "D company." The regular who
would speak of his command as "Company D"
would be considered deserving of the guard
house for a month, for to put the letter after
the company save when it Is written is to the
army man the height of things unmilltary.
"You go to your quarters; we'll look Into
this," said the sergeant.
The recruit went to his quarters and halt
an hour later the first sergeant of the outfit
sent for him. The "Top" opened the conver
sation cheerfully with a query as to what regl
ment the recruit had left In the lurch. Find
ing that he was bound to be considered a
deserter,' the unhappy one took the bull by
the horns thus: "Ijim serving my first enlist
ment In the army; I nearer was In the marine
corps and I never saw the Inside of a na
tional guard armory."
"Ever been In one of them private military
schools?" asked the "Top."
"Never."
"Go to your quarters."
In another hour the recruit was given a
rifle and cartridge box and belt and was or
dered to turn out with the squad of recruits
who had advanced far enough In the school
of the soldier to receive lessons In the manual
cf arms. Now as a matter of fact the recruit
knew the manual of arms so well he couldn't
have hidden his knowledge If he had tried.
This time there was another sergeant In
charge. His eye took In the way the recruit
on the right handled his piece and executed
the manual.
In less than a minute the sergeant ordered
him who was showing such proficiency to step
to the front, and ordered "place rest" for the
remainder of the squad. Then turning his
attention to his victim, he said: "We'll try the
bnyonet exercise a bit. Guard!"
The recruit came down to "a guard" possi
bly with as much precision and In probably
as proper stylo as the veteran sergeant had
ever seen It done.
"Parsing yourseIfoff for a recruit. It's a
fraud you are. Get to your quarters." And
the recruit went to his bunk again, knowing
that he was In deep disgrace.
About half an hour later he heard two old
SrJ?MJi UNI DRILL . W-3T POrtT CADFTJ
soldiers talking outside of the barracks win
dow. One of them said to the other: "There's
a cuss in there who ain't never been in the
marine corps, nor In the mlllshy, nor in the
reg'lars, nor to one of them military schools.
The sergeant says he's either a blankety-blank
liar or else he larnt his soldterln' from books,
which ain't likely."
That night Just after "tattoo," the first ser
geant appeared and told the recruit that the
company commander wanted to see him at
once In the orderly room. The recruit went
to the presence of the commissioned officer
and stood attention as he bad stood attention
as a cadet a thousand times-before. The cap
tain looked him up and down. "I understand,"
he said, "that this Is your first enlistment;
that you have never been a national guard;
that you have never been a marine and that
you never attended a private military school."
The recruit acquiesced with a respectful
"Yes, sir."
"About face."
The recruit made an about face, and then
at a repetition of the command, again faced
the captain, who was grinning.
"Go to your quarters," said the command
ing officer.
The recruit went and In ten minutes the
top sergeant was there, saying: "You can't
fool the old man. You've been made a lance
corporal and you go on guard as corporal of
the third relief tomorrow morning."
There are a good many officers in the
United States army today who served for a
whllo at the military academy as
cadets, but who were compelled to
stay five years at the academy In
order to get their commissions, hav
ing been "turned back" into the
clnss next below them either for
dcr.clency in studies or for breaches
of discipline. If General Sheridan
had not been given another chance
after he had engaged In a little
affair which was considered a
breach of discipline while he was
a cadet the wonder is who would
have been the right-hand cavalry
leader of Grant during the Civil
war.
A few months ago Gen. Hamilton S. Haw
kins died. He entered the military academy
some time prior to the opening of the Civil
war, but the authorities did not allow him to
graduate. Hawkins was not discouraged by
the failure and as soon as the Civil war broke
out he offered hla services to his country and
was given a commission. He staid In the reg
ular army until the time of bis death and so
strong was bis love ot the military academy
that before his death he asked that he might
be burled in the cadet cemetery. It was Haw
kins' custom each year when he could get
away from bis command to visit the school
where he had spent three years of his boy
hood. He had Just as strong a love for the
' Institution as did any graduate In the army.
Recently there has been a disposition on
the part of the graduates of the military acad
emy to give more consideration to the men
who spent some time at the school, but who
did not graduate. One class organization In
cludes in Its membership all the cadets who at
any time were members of the class, and no
distinction is made between graduate and non
graduate, even the offices of the organization
being open to men who did not complete the
course.
Other clasB organizations are said to ba
preparing to follow the example of that of the
members of 1884 and If the custom of taking
Into full brotherhood the non-graduates be
comes general the belief Is that good will
come to the academy and the country.
Statue of Liberty Grafters
If the visitors who paid good money to a
soldier for the privilege of climbing up the
steps of the statue of Liberty had only known
about the sixty-second article of war they
never would have graduated from the dead
head class on a reservation belonging to Uncle
Sam, the New York Herald says. As It Is,
under the last general order from the war de
partment two soldiers who levied tribute are
doomed to penal servitude for their specula
tive enterprise.
According to the army orders. Axel T.
Holia, a first-class private of G company, sig
nal corps, and Edward A. Bagnall, of the
same grade and command, organized a syndi
cate for the exploitation of the French evi
dence of friendship for America, which, fol
lowing the actual language of the order, oper
ated, as to Holm, after this fashion:
"He, the said Holm, did designedly and
fraudulently obtain money from certain vis
itors to the statue of liberty, fees for the privi
lege of going up Into said statue, by know
ingly making false pretenses that such fees
were necessary."
And as to the enterprising Bagnall:
"That he did knowingly assist In fraudu
lently obtaining money from visitors to the
statue of Liberty by acting as a 'lookout' with
the duty of actually giving warning to the
man collecting the fees in case an officer were
approaching."
All of this, according to the charges and
specifications upon which conviction was made,
and approval then passed, violated the sixtj
second article of war. In the case of Holm thu
department orders his dishonorable discharge
and his confinement for two years at Fort
Leavenworth. Bugnall gets off with reduction
to the grade of private, four months' confine
ment and the forfeiture of 13 a month. He
will work his sentence out around the base of
the statue, cleaning up such liter as the trio
utoless visitors see fit to make.
The evidence showed that the two men ar
ranged a scheme to tax all visitors ten cents
a head for the pleasure of climbing to the head
of the goddess, with the ever-burning torch,
and the story was printed exclusively In the Her
ald at the time. While one of them took in
the toll the other lingered about to give the
collector a tip If an officer chanced to bo bear
ing down upon the post exchange. Capt. D. J.
Carr, commanding the post, is very proud of
this pretty show station, and he broke up the
game Just as soon as he found what was In
the air.
STREET TRAFFIC OF PARI3.
There are nearly half a million horses and
motor vehicles of all kinds In Paris today, with
20,000 hand carts und 9.01)0 wheelbarrows. In
1909 65,870 accidents were caused In the Paris
streets by 81.868 vehicles. These statistics are
contained In a report drawn up by M. Emlle
Massard at the request of tho Paris municipal
council on the Incumberment of the Paris
streets. One of M. Massard's calculations
shows that tho street traffic of Paris, If sta
tionary, would occupy 445 acres of tho 2,079
acres of streets which Paris possesses. Last
year 600,000,000 persons traveled by omnlbuse
and tramway, and there were 294,000,001) pas
sengers on the underground railway. Indian
apolis News.
'Bonaparte's American Wife.
riarrfaoe of Jerorra and Elizabeth
P.-t'.cr:on Greatest Social Event
in Laltir.iore's History.
Jt-.Ft two and a half years after the
leatl und burial or "Old Mortality"
n f.'l-.r!:-. t.ss eve, 1 f Orj. all Baltimore
ng wilh 'he j;reitest Boclal event
bat the ,t ()f b-autlful woraen'had
!er wi:.;;c. cd the irarriage of Je
rome Bonaparte and Elizabeth Pat
terson. The groom was resplendent In a
purple satin rout, heavy with costly
embroideries and gold lace, whose
skirt, lined with white satin. In the
latest fashion of the directory beau
monde. fell over bis satin knee
breeches ed silk hose, to.tha very
tops of the diamond buckles, that
clasped, his low cut shoes. His long.
fine hair was powdered snowy white,
contrasting well with his dark eyes
and rich complexion.
The btfde wore a white muslin
dress, of diaphanous texture, such as
tho famoua Indiana looms have made
famous for centuries, which, despite
rich embroidery and costly lace, re
vealed the beauty of arms and neck,
and fitted In the extreme of a fashion
that emphasized the outlines of her
faultless limbs and perfect form.
"All the clothes worn by her night
bate been put In my pocket," wrete a
lively correspondent of that letter
writing era. "Her dress was of mus
lin of an extremely fine texture. Be
neath her dress, she wore but one
garmvot."
Congratulations and good wishes
were showered upon her, and the
weeks of the honeymoon were a
dream of sweet madness and grati
fied ambition. National Magazine.
Been Companions,
Cruelty and fear shake kanfa f
getber, Balsa.
Beliefs About Lightning.
There Is a popular tradition that
lightning will not kill any one who is
asleep. According to one school, tte
splinters of a tree struck by light
ning are an Infallible specific for the
toothache. An amusing superstition
used to be cherished by the boys of
a Yorkshire (Eng.) village, who be
lieved that If they mentioned the light
ning Immediately after a flash the
seat of their trousers would be torm
out N6 boy could be Induced to make
ffce experiment
RADFORR
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Mr. William A. Radford will anawrr
Qurtloni end (five advice FUKE OF
C09T on all subject pertaining to the
subjort ot building for tha renders of
this paper. On account of his wide exp
rtenca aa Editor. Author and Manufac
turer, ha la. without doubt, the hlRheat
authority on all thena aubjerta. Addreaa
all Inquiries to William A. Radford, No.
1M Fifth Ave., Chicago. 111., and only en
clone two-cent stamp for reply.
It Is not at all strange that'a great
many people want to build "some
thing different." They feel that the
ordinary square cut house, while
allrlght and good enough for Smith
or Jones and entirely comfortable and
satisfactory so long as one Is rent
ing, Is hardly the desirable thing
when one comes to build a home for
oneself. This feeling Is entirely prop
er. While we would not for one min
ute want to seem to advocate the ex
treme and outlandish styles which oft
en pass for originality, still a variety
Is necessary, and originality, or rather
Individuality, If properly directed,
develops some good Ideas In house de
sign. A well-designed house costs no
more to build than the plain, ordinary
looking affairs that are often put up, In
fact they are apt to cost a goodbit
less, since tho woll-deslgned house Is
built from complete architect's draw
ings and specifications. Then there
are the other kind which are put up
by the carpenter who plans as he goes
along and Is never quite suro Just
how the house Is to took when fin
ished. For anyone who wants something
having an Individual touch, the accom
panying design Is offered. There Is
nothing extreme about It, In fact it
Is planned In the best of taste, yet It
has certain features which make it
much desired, but In the ordinary
bouse plan of this size it seems to b
a difficult matter to arrange.
The kitchen Is the proper size and
shape for convenience and Is well
supplied with cases and the sink If
well located by a window where the
light Is good. A small entry way ac
commodates the Ice box.
On the second floor there are twa
very nice bedrooms besides one large
store room end three closets. One
6f tho bedrooms has a small alcove oi
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dressing room, w hich 'is a good fea
ttire.
Th exterior of this house Is very
attractive. , Narrow siding Is used
from the water table up to the sec
ond story window sill course. Above
this rument plaster is used. It Is
suggested that both clapboards and
plaster work should be painted dark .
brown, while the trimming should be
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entirely different from houses of the
same size as they are usually planned.
The living room, 13 feet by 24 feet
six Inches, extenda across the entire
front of the house, while the dining
room occupying the alcove extending
both back and one side is separated
from the living room by a cased open
ing set cornerwlse, or at an angle of
45 degress, between the two rooms.
This Is an arrangement rarely seen,
yet It Is one which affords a maximum
of roominess down stairs, at the same
time separating the dining room space
to a certain extent from the living
room. An open stairway going up
along the rear wall of the living room
also adda to the apparent space. This
arrangement affords wonderful possi
bilities for attractive Interior decora-
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five effects. Such a space is also very
easily furnished for comfort.
Another desirable feature of this
plan Is the bedroom and bath on the
flr-t floor. This Is a feature very
A Stroke of Luck.
A rich old farmer who had moved
Into a Michigan village had a ne'er-do-well
son who would not work, but In
sisted on loafing around the village
and living on bis father, meantime
waiting for the happy moment when
the father might die.
One morning the news came from
the rich old farmer's house that he
had a stroke of apoplexy and was dy
ing. The good women of the village
rushed over to see if they could do
anything. They found the son sitting
on the porch In a rocklng-chalr rock
ing slowly and rubbing bis hands.
"John," one lady said, "Is this
terrible news true? How is your
fatherT"
"Well," replied John, continuing the
rocking, "all I can say Is that I ex
pect to be a rich man In a few ruin
ates." Saturday Evening Post
white. While creosoted Shingles make
a very good roof for this design, other
forms of roofing ot a more enduring
and fire resisting nature could well
be used. In one instance where this
design waa carried out to very good
effect last year the roof was covered
with metal Spanish tile.
The cost of this house runs some
where between $2,800 and $3,000, de
pending on the quality of materials
used and the fixtures and buipment
installed. In the instance Just re
ferred to where this house was built)
the entire first floor was finished la
oak with hardwood floors In the living
and dining rooms and the second floor
was finished In yellow pine. The roof
waa covered with best quality metal
Spanish tile. A hot water heating
plant and plumbing system costing
$600 and electric lighting and fix
tures costing $65 were Installed and
all the interior walls were frescoed la
lead and oil, the entire actual cost waa
$3,700. This la a striking evidence of
what can be accomplished In home)
building by the use of properly de
signed building plans.
Need for Alarm.
Before climbing up to hla seat the
colored cabman set the alarm on a
small clock that hung In one corner
of the cab.
"What Is that forr asked tbe pas
senger, but the driver bad already
auounted to bis seat and waa telling
bU borte to "Otddap," and apparently
Rescued a Bridal Couple.
Attorney General Wlckersham baa
a chance to offer "first aid to the in
Jured" the other day. He was riding
in hla automobile when he came upon
a bridal couple who had Just been
tumbled out of a carriage drawn by
a runaway horse. They were on their
way to the Union station for their '
wedding tour, and while neither of
them was Injured, the bride was pretty
badly shaken up. Attorney General
Wlckersham helped the young lady
Into his automobile, and her husband
climbed in, and he carried them to
the Union station, where they con
tinued their bridal trip.
did not hear. The alarm was set for
four o'clock. That was 20 minutes
past the time the passenger had count
ed on arriving at the given address,
but be waa bo desirous to find out
what the cabman would do when the
alarm went off that he called up In
structions to take him many blocks
out of hie way so he would be in at
the finish.
At four o'clock the alarm sounded.
The cabman alighted, set tbe alarm
for five o'clock, and bung the clock
back la the corner: Then the passen
ger's curiosity could be restrained no
longer.
"What's the meaning of this?" he
said. "I have ridden 20 minutes
longer than I ought to and have run,
up a dollar extra on my bill Just to
find out the secret of that alarm."
"Yes. sir." said the cabman, "that'a
It."
"What Is It?"
"Tho 20 minutes and the dollar ex
tra. They all does It. JuBt as you did,
out of curiosity." New York Times.
A Century Hence,
"I understand that your grandfather
was a famous robber baron."
"Bobber baron noihiag: He kept,
a respectable garage."
