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The London Spectator warns the "concert" of powers in Europe that if they really want to make America a first-class fighting power, all they have to do is to keep on talking of interfer ence With her in the Philippines or in the matter of terms of peace with Spain. That will put Uncle Sam on his mettle quicker than anything else, and he will soon have an army and navy competent to deal with a "concert" or any other man. "MANIFEST DESTINY." It seems to The Joubkax. that those who now oppose the annexation of Hawaii, it rightly done, are deficient, either in patriotism, or the ability to see that the future welfare of the United States will be greatly enhanced by an act that now will scarcely cost us any thing, and, it seems, is all bnt indispen sable to the policy that must inevitably prevail for us as one of the nations of the earth. To do our duty, as a collective people, we cannot ignore the significant situa tion. Annex Hawaii, and don't be very long about it, either. Don't be deceived by old-time philos ophies, well-adapted, perhaps, to an in fant nation, so to speak. As a people, we must recognize the strength which the God of nations has given us, evidently for good purposes, and thus nse it, or we must lose that strength, and have some other nation come into the place which we now ought to fill. The generosity, the magnanimity, the- native goodness of the American people; their clear-cut, accurate and strong, mental grip, and withal, their courage and thoroughness in execution are all plain indications of what we are as a people, and what lines we must pursue to hold our own and to advance. PICKETS RETURN SAFE. Additional Advices Are Re ceived From Guantanamo. A111TAL OF BATTLESHIP TEXAS- Advaaea Oaard Seat Oat y Haatteg-toa nrsaaM ay Heaalarda Ttgkt Their Way Oat, KHUae; five e7 the Bpaalsh eldlera Me New Meases te Be Added te Oar Lasts. Dead. (Copyrickt ISM by Frees PabUahlaf Company) Port Antonio. Jamaica, June 14. Ueatemaats Wendell O. Neville and Melville J. Shaw of the First battalion of amariaes, who with a party of ma rines were out on picket duty during the fight Sunday and wen reported missing, are safe. They returned to camp with SO men of company D Mon day. Daring much of the time they were absent they were surrounded by the enemy, whom they fought off. They report that they killed at least are of the Spaniards. It is believed that the Spaniards lost more men, for alTaight the body of pickets under Neville and Shaw kept up a steady re ply to aaealmost constant firs of the Spanish at short range. That oar pickets suffered so little themselves is evidence of the uncertain marksmanship of the Spaniards. As a result of the bold attack made by the Spaniards upon the entrenched camp of the marines and because of lack of reinforcements Lieutenant Colonel Huntington decided to abandon the crest of the hill ocoupied after the sets mreofthe harbor. The marines de- oended to rifle pits on the shore for merly occupied by the enemy. Here they will be under the protection of the guns of the ships and far less liable to attack. This precautionary step is justified by the fact that the Spanish force in the vicinity of Caimanera is believed to far outnumber the force of marines ashore. At K o'clock this atoning the Spaa iarde, whoso fire had been aileaced with field artillery, inertly after dawn, re- on an inland about a mile the camp. They becan firinsr. but a three-inch field gun and a few rifies dispersed them. Skirmish lines were thrown out front the camp and the Marblehead shelled the woods. Daring these operations the heroic bnd of men under Neville and Shaw were relieved. There was great joy in the campwhea they returned. All the morning the reports of the guns of the kirmishers could be heard. In the meaatisM a second three-inch gun was dragged up the hill to the camp from the landing. Daring the morning the Texas ar rived. It sent ashore 40 msrinm to jain the defenders of the camp, with two machine guns. The Spanish on shore opened fire upon the Texas with one gas, supported by infantry. Their tormenting did sot hut long. The shins aeon put an end to it. Opr scouts discovered in the woods occupied by the eaemy last night evi dences of their punishment. Blood splotches were frequent. There are i to be added to the list of out Tajom, Fla,, Jmne 14. General Oop singer is im command ef the troops left at Tampa aad it is belie vedwiU com- the next expeditioate sail. The this second exneditkm wiuMrortoKieo. ..General Fitshugh Lee's eotpa is not likely to goto Porto Ska ha will be sent to Cnhawhan tawliwi iiBiitoatrikn B I She's AH Right ! X Oregon in 1896, republican by 2,040 R 2 Oregon, in 1898, republican by 10,000 m MM ON THE SB! 1. Invading Force Has Actually iftS, Left Key West i... MiFTEB IS IN COMMAND. Convoyed by Battleships, Gun boats and Cruisers. 0BDS1 MAJILA. TS00P8 TO 8UL. OtJa Oalawlly Ketiaed Tba Are KeadjrFer the Recep- ef SeMler First Nebraska ttoO Wttk SaceaA te ffclllpelaea. WAonroTON, June 14. The first ty of iavasioa to Cuba is now well oa ita way, 88 transport steamships beariasr 15,000 officers and men, con Toyed ay battleships, cruisers, gunboats and auxiliary craft, 16 in number, hav ing actually sailed from Key West at daybreak Monday morning. An auth oritative statement to this effect was made at the war department, setting at rest all reports that the expedition was on its way, or had landed hut week. The authorities made the announce saeat for the reason that the time for secrecy was named and the scout boats had made saw .that the path was clear before it, aad that no possible menace could come from the Spanish ships or troops, even should the enemy know that our forces were now advancing against them. With the expedition off, official here feel that there will be a period of comparative inaction for a few days. By Thursday at the latest, the transports will be off Santiago and a large American army will make its itig on Cuban soil. Admiral Samp son has cleared the way for this under taking and little danger is apprehended in getting ashore. It will be after that, when the advance is made, that the actual dramatic development may be expected. Bythat tiuieit is likely the American commanders will be indirect cable communication with the author ites here. Admiral Sampson has taken the shore end of the cable landing at Guantanamo and a force of cable ex perts are rapidly restoring the line to working order. Cable te Be Cenaected. The progress of this work has been so satisfactory that one of the leading officials of the state department said last night that it was hoped the direct cable communication would be estab lished by Thursday. It will put an end to the dearth of information con cerning important movements and will enable the authorities here to keep in close touch with those executing tho strategic movements. The United States regular troops make up the greater part of the force, there being but three volunteer organ isations on the ships. These are the First New York infantry volunteers, the Second Massachusetts infantry vol unteers aad two dismounted squadrons of four troops each from the First United States volunteer cavalry, the regiment which Colonel Woods com mands and of which Theodore Roose velt is Lieutenant colonel. Whether any of these officers is with the two squadrons named, is not yet known at the war department It was difficult to prevail upon the mounted riflemen to leave then? mounts behing, but this was a matter of necessity, it is said, owing to the accommodations for the horses on shipboard. The best that the de partment could do at this time in the way of supplying the cavalry con tingent for the expedition, was to in clude among the troops one squadron of the Second United States cavalry, fully mounted, with nino officers and 2M enlisted men. Aside from the men and officers mak ing up the expedition, the boats carried avast quantity of supplies, ammuni tion and war equipments necessary to maintain an organization of this size for at least 60 days. Every detail for the landing of this party is worked out by the engineer corps of the army. It will be a laborious process at best, and will take a full day or more. The points of landing has been so chosen that there is little danger of an inter ruption from the Spanish forces, but should they attempt to make trouble Admiral Sampson's ships will insure ample protection until the troops can care for themselves. The Spanish fleet from Cadiz is still almost as much of a mystery to the naval officers here as was Admiral Cervera's flying squadron during the two weeks immediately pre ceding its inglorious bottling up at San tiago. Yesterday a report came that the squadron was unfit for sea. That would have been credited except that the department has had information as late as Saturday to the effect that the aqaadroa was all ready for sea and was about to depart. Abont a week before that it had been told that the Cadiz had nailed. Having in mind these reports, the war board aoaroely knows where to give credence though it would seem to be an extraor dinary circumstance that the least doubt could exist as to the presence in or absence from the harbor of a popular city sack as Cadiz of a whole squadron of warships. However, the weight of opinion seems to incline to the presence of the fleet at Cadiz, owing to the bad condition of the ships. It may be noted, however, that although acting upon this belief, as. shown by the be gianing f the military invasion of Caha, the war board is taking no an- of a surprise and by of scoats has provided forsecur- lag timely warming of the approach of any hostile approach to the seat of war. Desas Met Afraid te right. The news of the attack by the Span iards upoa the United States marines at Gaaatanamo bay Saturday night was not confirmed by official advices ap to the close of the day here. How ever, then is mo disposition to question the accuracy of the press report and the has mad a rather sobering effect the element thsrhss insisted upon troops forward regardless of a-eparedaeas Saturday night's actum shows that the Spaniards are j not afraid to chuTe boldly upon WUIICT UMira Wup9 U1U IW HMIISIH of a bushwhacking disclosed by the Spanish movements a anything but "agreeable to the percnn who have been hoping for a short campaign. A good deal of surprise is expressed at the fail ure of that report to mention any sub stantial aid'received from the insurg ents by the United States marines camped on Crest hill. Reinforcements were sent from our own ships, but it does not appear in the reports that the marines had help from the men best calculated from their experienoe in jungle fighting to be of service in an encounter with Spanish guerillas. Without any discouragement, 'the fight ing ability of the marines, who appear to have acquitted themselves with' the greatest credit so far as concerns their bravery and steadiuess under fire, the question has been raised in the minds of the military experts whether, failing in any substantial assistance, from the Cubans who were reported to have been so numerous in the vicinity, western soldiers trained in Indian fighting would not be of more service in a Cuban jungle campaign. Nothing so severely taxes -the courage and endurance of troops as to be shot at from cover by an unseen foe and only troops trained in our latest skirmish drill can render ef fective service in such attacks. MANILA EXPEDITION. Major General Otto OSclally MetMed That Transports Are Ready First Ne braska toOaOa Kxpedltloa. San Francisco, June 14. The most important order issued from army head quarters yesterday was one notifying Major General Otis that the steamers to comprise the second fleet of transports to go to the Philippines were practic al iv roarlv for t.tin rMantinn nf hnnna j to the nnmber of abonfc 4fW0 compris ing the Tenth Pennsylvania under Col- onel Hawkins, the First Colorado under Colonel Hale, the First Nebraska, Col onel Bratt, two battalions of regulars from Eighteenth and Twenty-third in fantry under Colonel French, a detach ment from the engineer corps and thetwo battalions of Utah light infantry under Captain Yonng will raze their camps, load their tents and baggage into wag ons, don their Heavy marching gear and form into columns for the march to the waiting transports. Colonel Jones and his two battalions from Idaho will not be included in the second expedi tion, the steamer Morgan City which was to convey them not being ready. The Idaho men will get away with the third expedition, which will leave here about June 30. All day yesterday a stream of wagons was conveying camp equippage and baggage to the different steamers and this work will be completed today. The newspapers continue to call attention to the unsatisfactory condition exist ing at Camp Merritt and insist that the location of the camp be changed to pre serve the health of the civilians living in that section of the city as well as that of the soldiers now in the camp. The transport Indiana from Seattle and Port Angeles and anchored in the harbor. The government will take possession of the ship immediately. The Indiana is in ballast. Assistant Surgeon Henry Page, of the field hospital at Camp Merritt, reports 82 cases of measles and one of mumps in the camp. The cases of measles are divided among the various state troops as follows : Montana, 6 ; Kansas, 16 ; California, 10 ; Oregon, 3 ; Iowa, 1 ; Regulars, Neb raska, 17 ; South Dakota, 8 ; North Da kota, 8 ; Idaho, 12. That the disease is spreading is evidenced by supple mentary report that 19 new cases have beun discovered in the last 24 hours. KducatorGoes te Chicago. Oskaloosa, la., June 14. Orion C. Scott, superintendent of Oskaloosa pub lic school, has resigned his position to accept the position as superintendent of a Chicago subdivision at a handsoi: : increase in salary. He will have chargo of the public schools of Berwyn, Clyde, La Verne and Morton Park, and will be :ecretary of the school boards. Teller Fevers Fastest. Denver, Colo., June 14. The Silver Republican party's state committee has adopted resolutions in favor of fusion with the Democrats and Populists in the coming campaign on the state, con gressional and legislative tickets and appointed a committee to confer with committees of the other parties with this end in view. This action was taken in accordance with the wishes of Senator Teller. Four Beys Drowned. Ottcmwa, June 14. Johnny Whitta ker, Darwin Wilson, Ray Leeter and Fred Jepson lie dead in Mclntyre's un dertaking establishment tonight as the result of youthful sport on a pond with 10 feet of water. The boys were on a raft which capsized ; none of them could swim and all' sank before help could be given. The bodies were found but too late for resuscitation. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. General Boca elected president ox tne Argentine republic. Tommy Ryan of Syracuse, met and easily defeated Tommy West of New York Monday night im the 14th round of a 20-rdund contest for the welter weight championship of the world. The Northern Pacific company's ship, Victoria, has not yet left Tacoma for San Francisco. The Olympia will not leave Tacoma before the itth, the Ari zona can not arrive much before July 1 and the Tacoma is still on her way to China, having sailed May 26. The farmers of the United States are drawing upon other parts of the world for more money at the end of the fiscal year this year than at any time im prev ious years: The preliminary reports of May exportatioas, which have reached the bureau of statistics, make it appar ent that the agricultural exports of the year will reach $886,000,000. Judges Thomas Gill, Thomas Nevitt and Robert Lyon of the county court of St. CUiroounty. Missouri, were brought to Kansas City Saturday, by deputy United States marshals and lodged in jiil for contempt of court in refusing to call a special election for July 25 to vote for the compromise of the chums of holders of railroad bonds issued by the county 90 years ago. The busineesportion of the town of SparUnsburg, Pa., was wiped out by fire, which started at 1:30 Monday morning, and is supposed to be of in cendiary origin. The large business houses, all wooden structures, with their contents, wen burned, besides numerous amaller ones. The loss is $160,000 and is almaw total. The fire burned itself out, as the town it with out if atiag farflltiai VICTIM fft MCI Great Bend Murderer Swings In Public Square. KILLED THE GIRL HE LOVED. Tragedy Follows a Refusal to Receive His Advances; SHEBUT TJUB8 TO OUTWIT 01. LyaefciBf Fmrty Beards the Trate WUen Is te Briar the Mraror to Mia Fre- Uaalaary BNtiat-Enrage Cltl- im BaatehThrtr Victim Front tka SkarlsT and Hi Maa. Great Bend, Kan., June 14. In the public square fronting on the principal business street of this city a murderer was lynched at 8 o'clock last evening by a mob of probably 500 persons. It is estimated that at least 1,000 men of Great Bend, a population of 2,600 per sons, witnessed the tragedy. The vic tim was John Becker, a young white, man. who on April 8th killed Myrtle Huffmeister, the 1 6-year-old daughter of William Huffmeister, a farmer liv ing midway between Great Bend, and j Ellinwood, the second station east of here. Becker was employed by the farmer and professed passionate love for the daughter and the tragedy fol lowed the girl's refusal to accept his advances. When the girl came to the stable in the evening Becker shot her to death, sending eight bullets into her body, after which he set fire to the farmer's stables. At first it was re ported that the murderer had shot him self and that he had died in tho flames, but later it became known that he had fled and search was instituted. On April 13 a posse of farmers captured the murderer near St. John, and for safe keeping he was taken by the sheriff to Hutchinson, there having been many threats that he would be lynched if brought here. SheriSTTrlea to Oatwlt Mob. Yesterday morning Becker was brought hare from Hutchinson to be put on his preliminary examination. Early in the day farmers from the neighborhoodof his crime began coming into town and by 6 o clock hist even ing the streets were thronged. Then, when it became known that" the mur- .dererer had been granted a change of venue to.Lyons, and that Sheriff Aber would take his prisoner east on the Santa'Fe train last evening, there were signs of threatened trouble, as a big crowd began to gather at the railway depot. Sheriff Aber, appreciating the danger, took Becker in a boggy and started for a crossing east of the city, intending to flag the train there. By this time the crowd there was openly threatening a lynching. When the train pulled up the purpose of the sheriff's strategy had become apparent to all. The wouldbe lynchers, quick to act, boarded the train and rode on. When Sheriff Aber, at the crossing, saw the train was crowded to the guards, he did not flag it, bnt hurriedly drove back to Great Bend with his prisoner. At Dartmouth the lynching party left the train and. started back to this city, having hired all the convey ances available there. In the mean time Sheriff Aber had hurried, back and had lodged his prisoner in the county jail. A few minutes before 8 o'clock the mob was swarming around the jail. Evidently believing that he could out wit the lynchers by flight, the sheriff rushed Becker out of the jail to Jus buggy, which was in the street, but he had no sooner done so than he and his men and prisoner were surrounded.2S Secare the Murderer. The sheriff, aided by his deputies, made a stubborn defense, and the pris oner realizing the fate that threatened him, fought desperately with them. After they had fought their way back almost to the entrance of the jail, the mob, through sheer force of numbers, prevailed. Securing the murderer, they bore him away to the public square. There a rope was drawn around Becker's neck and, after he had been beaten almost into insensibility, the rope was thrown over the limb of a big tree and he was drawn up. Some one in the crowd gave the body a push and as the murderer was being drawn up his body repeatedly swnng back, scraping upon the trunk of the tree. The sheriff and his men kept close upon the track of the lynchers, but they were held back fully )o minutes, when it being apparent that Becker was dead the mob quickly melted away and the murderer's body was cut down by the sheriff and the coroner. Though guns were drawn and threats were made, no shots were fired by the sheriff and his men in their struggle against the lynchers. Many-of the lynching party must be known to the county officers, but there is no very strong talk of arrests. The sentiment here seems to be that if ever a man de served lynching Becker did. Becker is said to come of a prosperous family at Marion. HI. Attorney W. W. Duncan was here from Marion to defend him, and it is stated that insanity was to be the mur derer's defense. Te Ispect Tesaerarle. Assunciox, Paraguay, June 14. The government of Paraguay has appointed a commission to inspect the engines of the Spanish torpedo boat destroyer Te merario in order to ascertain whether, as claimed bjr her commander, it is im possible for her to put to sea and to fix the term of the delay which will be al lowed her in order to complete her re-' pairs. This action is a result of the protest of the United States consul, taken in view of the neutrality of Paraguay- Geraaaajr Xeaaeea Sendesalage. Cape Haytiex. Hayti, June 14. Of ficials of the Dominican government having seized at JaIonte ' Cristo, Santo Domingo, a business house formerly belonging to Senor Jiminez, leading the recent abortive revolutionary at tempt, bnt now the property of a Ger man oompany, the German consul gen eral has asked Germany to send a war ship to that port to protect the com- pany'a interests. Tea Haa Adraaesd. New York, June 14. The duty of It) cents a pound oh all imports of tea under the war revenue bill has caused a boom in the tea market and prices have advanced. Fatties; It ladlreetly. Inski Look here! Is it yon that has been circulating the report that 1 had not washed my face Jar seven years? Sinski No. All 1 said was that if a wasp wanted to sting you he'd have to carry a atovel. --London 'Tit-Bita CUBM FACTS IN BRIEF. Interesting Items About Pearl of the Antilles. the BE1 PEOPLE AID EES R0i)U0T& the Frieda! Clttea, the Relay the Deadly Maehete, the Yellew .Fever, tinat BeveletleaJata aad Their Fer liberty. Cuba from east to west is 760 miles long. Its width varies from 20 to 135 miles. The island, with its dependen cies, contains 47,278' square miles. The entire coast line is 9, 200 miles in extant. The Cubans are the planters of the is land. The Spaniards, usually govern ment officials or traders, live in the cit ies, la the. interior all Spaniards are known aa Catalans. The rainy season in Cuba begins in May or Jnne and ends in November. The most rain falls in September and October. The average number of rainy days in a year is 102. Thanh tronioal. the Cohan climata Is am equable one. The thermometer never rises so high as it sometimes does in New York, and sunstrokes are un known. Mountain chains extend from east to west throughout tho whole length of the island. Between the mountains and the ooast low tructa usually intervene which in wet weather are overflowed and are almost impassable. Cuba has 260 rivers, all small. In -the low coast lands both north and south are extensive swamps. Yellow fever prevails each year in the seaport cities of Cuba, beginning to ward the end of June and disappearing in September. Foreigners only are at tacked by the disease. laVlammmmaBBL ' jjl...'1 'w -. JCyBSetff' HAVANA'S FLOATING DOCK AND THE ALFONSO XIL IPB!e.S5.Bed? Harsaa'a gnat floating drydock and will doubtless get it". The doe STdTlr 1 En,taBd towed to Cuba. The cut ahowa tho Spanish cruiser Alfonso XII la Havana harbor, one of the finest in the world, is entered from the north west by a channel which is narrow for three-eighths of a mile and then opens into a magnificent bay. For Havana to surrender before a hos tile force is not a new experience in ita history. In the first century of its existence it was repeatedly sacked by pirates and buccaneers, and in 1762 an English squadron under Admiral Pocock bombarded the city and compelled it to capitulate. The revolutionary government of Cu ba was organized at Cuniaguey on Sept 10, 1895, when a president and vioe president were elected and a cab inet formed. The general in chief of the revolu tionary army in the field is Maximo Gomes. The lieutenant general is Calix to Garcia. The headquarters of the Cuban junta in New York aro at No. 66 New street, Manhattan borough. Cuba contains many mineral springs which are famed for their valuable healing properties. Despite its tropical situation the city of Havana is a comfortablo place even for summer living. The houses and dress of the people are adapted to secure coolness, and the sea breeze by day and the land breeze by night gratefully tem per the heat Cuba has not been generally known as an iron producing country, yet in several years before the outbreak of her present civil war 500,000 tons of iron ore and 40,000 tons of manganese, amounting to $8,000,000 in value, were annually produced for export at the San tiago de Cuba mines at the eastern end of the island. There are more than 200 excellent porta in Cuba. It ia little wonder that the Cuban patriot handles the machete well, as he is trained to ita use from his earliest boyhood. To the countryman it is ax, jackknife, reaper, cleaver in short, it fulfills every purpose, great and small, for which a cutting tool is required. In his private quarrels he uses it with deadly effect, and face to face with the Spanish enemy he feels that in his ma chete he has a weapon which he knows and which will not fail him. The boxes in which the Cuban cigar manufacturers pack their fragrant wares are made from native cedar cut on the mountain slopes. Havana, Matanzas, Santiago these are the three principal cities of Cuba in the order of their size and commercial importance. The exports of Santiago, the least of the three, amount in times of peace to $8,000,000 annually. In the western part of the island is raised the celebrated Vuelta Abago to bacco, which has no equal in the world. The Middle Aged Maa. "I wonder," said the middle aged man, "why we take life so hard. At the very best we have only 75 or 100 years of it and yet we fume and fuss and worry all through it I think of it sometimes. Here I am well, say, 50, with maybe 20 years ahead. The cold chanoes are against my getting so many, but take a hopeful view and say I've got 2a But that's a mighty short time, heh? But just think of frittering away that time in worry ! "When I think of these things, I make up my mind that, by cracky, I will 'not worry any more, and, oh, I think I take things more philosophical--ly than I used to 1 But let some little thing come op ! I don't fly all to pieces over it maybe, bnt it drags and grinds. And only 20 years to live! "What a waste of time! What poor, miserable critters we are!" New York Sun. . iaaeOeart, Justice Brewer has noted some curi ous coincidences in regard to the mem bers of the supreme ooart The judges are asated on the beach on either side of the chief justice in the order of the date of their appointments, thejanior THE NAVAL RESERVES. They, hat Beaasea Beld, Qelek Jaeae a Detya Call. The readiness, good discipline aad seamajship of the New York naval mi litia ware well illustrated in the prompt ness with which a detachment of 80 men went to Philadelphia, manned the monitor Nabant and brought her to New York for the defense of the harbor. These qualities were again illustrated when the call was made for a ship's oompany for the auxiliary cruiser Yan kee. The entire contingent, from first lieutenant to landsman, embracing 195 men, was at once supplied from the New York reserve. The Louisiana naval reserve has fur nished a crew of nine officers and 95 mem for the monitor Passaic, which is to de fend the harbor of Port Royal, S. C. The reserve has been called on to sup ply 1,100 men for manning the S2 gun boats, patrol boats and torpedo boats employed in the gulf service, and it aa-' nounces that it will be able to meet the requisition. The first attempt made iu the United States to establish a naval reserve was in 1850, when President Fillmore draft ed a bill providing for a reserve of 50, 0G0 men. Nothing came of the measure. a eariy as iaou every country in I Europe had naval .reserve. England then had its royal naval reserve of 20.- 000 officers and men and its royal naval artillery volunteers of over 2, 000 officers and men. It was through the efforts of Lieuten ant J. C Soley, a retired officer of the United States navy, that the naval re serve was first established in the United States. Under authority of the Massa chusetts legislature he organized a na val battalion in 1890. New York waa the next state to organize a naval re serve. There are naval reserve organizationa in 16 states, with a membership of near ly 5,000 men, which could readily bo in creased to 20,000. The trained naval reserve man is a mighty valuable recruit in these daya He is no landlubber, but has had prac tical experience on the government ships assigned for the use of tho naval militia. He understands elementary navigation, signal work in all its branches, artillery and infantry practice, the laying of sab marine mines and the manning of tugs and torpedo boats for coast defense. The naval reserve is demonstrating that it is practically a second navy. The drilling, practice and patient learning the ropes during the past seven years are showing their good results ia this time of need. THE NATIONAL GUARD. Strength aad Equipment of the Seldlers of Oar First Reserve. There are 10,000,000 men liable to military service in tho United States. Tho actual strength of all the state soldiers composing tho national guard previous to the recent call by the presi dent for troops was 1 13.4G0 men and of ficers. A special feature of the national guard of New York is the efficiency it has at tained in the military sigual and tele graph service. The signal corps attached to a brigade is furnished with all the improved United States army signal kits, field telegraph instruments, field telephones, flash lanterns and helio graphs, engineering and electrical in struments. Tho work of a signal corps in state camp includes besides signaling the study of engineering, including making road maps, field sketching and bridge and signal tower buildiue. The normal strength of the natioual guard in New York state is 13,285. The number of mules iu the state liable to military service is 942,750. Next to New York, Pennsylvania ia strongest in its natioual guard, with 8,547 nien. Wyoming, with a roll of 345, has the smallest enlistment, while Nevada, with 346 men, goes it one bet ter. Alaska and the Indian Territory have no organized militia. There were warm welcomes in New York city for the up state militia as they passed through the town on their way to Hempstead. Crowds of people at the railway stations and on the streets cheered and waved their hats and shouted words of encouragement As the men were ferried to Long Island City the whistle of every tug captain in sight saluted them vigorously. A substantial, soldierly set are these men from ap the state now quartered at Camp Black. There is lots of fight in them. Many of them saw active service at Buffalo in the big strike, where they learned to know what camp life really is and how to make the beat of its hardships. at the right, the second at the left, and so on. Before the retirement of Justice Field on the right of the chief justice were seated the three colors. Justices Gray, Brown and White. None of the associates who sat on the right of the chief justice had children. Every asso ciate who sat on the left had a large family, and all but Judge Peckham had grandchildren. New York Tribune. Chicago Inter Ocean and Columbus Journal, onejrear, in advance $1.75. tf Ji Has lrw nffjfll 0 ? fiattllO . Wl r IHsmmmmmsBsl sassBBaavmavmauBamuaamafmaaaanaaBaal aWu lammmmml I TlsWlsTfrrtftwrfntfl11T- H I IttgllsmSamS&UBmalnanof H aVSsfimissunsnsflBmeBmVaVaVsB? bbbb ItOT KAMCOTIC. 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