THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER P. 1010.
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Army Week Brings Soldier and Civilian Into Close Relation
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OLDISH boys came lind con-
(piorcd- i-onqiiered the hearts
of the people, aroused patrtnt
ism to hlyhrst pit. Ii, am in.
i-Ulentally fliirlnK a week of
Bitlon Ht I'nit (MnaliH. Includ-
mi.i n-u ii ii.iriulc Tliursday after
n.M'ii, fni-niihrd thi .k-Sar -V.ru rarnlval
Its iiniHt Imixirtaiit. must jiatriotii! and
most hixlrurtivc fen lure.
ThruiiKlioul the wrrk, a milfmlid pro
Krum of military cv-tit and Htliltiti.: gtuntH
offered at the furl every afternoon,
nd (itlzeiia of Omaha joined tliouHund.i
or out-of-town vlKitom in pa.-klnK tha
Ftand tand t the viy limit. Never be
fore in time of poa.-e was Murli Interest
'aroused concerning the army- never be
fore was the army and the people brought
Into such closa touch, and neer befoia
did the army do Itxelf Kieater credit oy
ay of clever maneuvering.
Soldiers, soldiers, sole Hers they seenw-d
to conio into Umaha from every direction.
Hlg, brawny, Railant fellows, the finest
typra of physical manhood, they made a
splendid appearume. Hy reason of thi.s
nillitai- tournament, tlie pnplo of the
Missouri valley know more about thi army
than they ever knew before, and as a
coiiHCiiuence thereof, the public apprecia
tion Ims been greatly increased.
The uianeuveia at Kort Omaha during the
week far surpassed ordinary drills. Tuke
tho sham battles, for instance. There, the
action was so realistic that even the most
phlegmatic spectator was aroused to en
thusiasm. As tho men, women and chil
dren In the grand stand watched the en
gineers build bridges under fire, as they
watched tho agile regulars scale the wall,
as they watched tho artillery in awlft
action and the cavalry dash, it required
no abnormal stretch of Imagination to
fancy that a real war was under way. in
fact, It was an absolutely faithful repro
duction of actual war, as war goes in these
daya of aclenUflc fighting, with tho one
exception that blank sheila were substi
tuted for deadly mlxailaa.
Almost every maneuver known to army
life was given at Fort Omaha. By way
of variation from the grim u spectacle
ahown in sham battle, there was the
beautiful and rythmio Butts manual-as
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things ndlita.. Tet, If the kaiser bad
sat on the reviewing stand In front ot
Omuha's city hull, within the welcome an il
shadow as Uncle barn's mighty army
pusMcd, phlegmatic as his Teutonic make
up Is, he would undoubtedly have been
impressed to the point of exclalmingi
lloch der t'nole 8am."
While the greutness of the German army
is conceded, the fact remain that tho new
army of the L'niled Sta'es is the greatest,
the best drilled, the mightiest all-around
army In the entire world, and It Is Ger
many's tribute to l.'ncle Sam that a perusal
of the roster at any of the United State
army ponts reveals many a name be
tokening ancestry from the land of th
Hhine. Every soloOer in Uncle Sam's army
Is first ot all an American. If he were not
Intensely American in sentiment and gen
eral characteristics, there would be no
place for him In the army. Yet, many of
these soldier boys date their ancestry &
generation or o back, to some country In
the old .world, and statistics shoyw that
Get man and Ills t ancestry leads among the
enlisted men. The German may not be.
so quick to begin fighting as tho Irl.
but If the, Irishman begins the fight
German is there to help finish it and in
the heat of the battle, when battle does
come, ancestry la forgotten for the time
and It ! on all-American affair.
Omaha and Omaha visitors were atuned
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Playhouse, fancy a hundre-t more ath- n,oved through the streets, and many a
jeuo soiaiers. each standing alert and fluttering handkerchief held
-iraigin prime inuian chief. kecDlng r.,.r,ii. hnn.i I..1.1 a torv of admiration
time to catchy music, with bayoneted gun, for Uie brawny, sun-tanned fellowa whose
going through fancy motions that would iwes are devoted to the service of their
excite the envy of a pallet master, the country. The gold lace of the army offl-
gllnt of pollBhed bayonet flashing in the Cer glitters, but the roufch-and-ready garb
sunlight fancy this, and you have a mind of the enlisted regular Is even more im-
plcture of a Butts manual exhibition. presslve, for he is after all. the real fighter
Monkey drills, rescue races, signal coip when fighting is to be done. Almost any
exhibition drills, artillery drills, cavalry man would be glad to be an army officer.
onus,
a fact that there Is an element of personal gray-streaked temples told of encroaching
sacrifice in the enlistment of nearly every age. These, perhaps, entored the- army
private. He is ever on duty for the govern- when they were mere lads. But the old
m.m iithmu.h h mav off on fur- soldier la as spry as the young soldier,
fluttering handkerchief held aloft In dainty f)ugli he h,g army mBnne wltn and )t was remarked very generally by
him and he is so drilled In army life that spectators that the elder men or ootn in-
he is a soldier all of the time, whether fantry and cavalry were as agile as thalr
working, playing or sleeping. Many dlf- Juniors.
ferent deals of fate send' men Into the S'V much has been written Into frontier
army as privates, and many a romance history concerning the Invincible Seventh,
is held secret beneath the khaki blouse cavalry that when a fluttering banner
of the army boy. Sometimes it is a girl proclaimed the coming of that branch of
who marries the other fellow, sometimes the army, cheers rent the air. Mem
It Is defeated ambition in some civilian orles of Custer, and others ot that ln-
Wall It1! Iln r utiH tract...- .. , u . . . . . , . i . I V, . .utlllr.o' tn
n Ulliri III.IO DUL QUI CVCU UUV Twui. n.ia.iiQ v - .
of war knt th. .,n .,.. ... ' .1,- .i..,....nn.rt 01 uie. sometimes 11 is one mum. Tiepiu Dana 01 eariy-uay guaiuiaos cumo
on the alert. private, and it was a pretty little echo of
Visitors especially remarked the skill of commoner patriotism when thousands of
the cavalry as riders and the beauty and fashionably gowned women sent up dainty
mettle of the cavalry horss. No finer ag
gregation of horseflesh was ever assem
bled and no more skillful horsemen ever
rode in the west.
The week at Kort Omaha was a
week of army triumph and a week of along the route
matchless entertainment ard instruction pat-'otlc animation
cheers from the reviewing stands as
enlisted boys marched by,
the
sometimes it is another but every soldier thick and fast, and the all-Amerlcan audi
ts human, every soldier has his memory ence that lined every street along th
of other days and bciii.th the fighting route gave vociferous utterance to its
garb of every man in the army, whether patriotic gladness.
he be a dashing cavalryman, an elastic- And the Fourth cavalry Omaha's own
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a ...... th unnlause was more marked tPPing infantryman or a bronied mule came in also for round after- round of
for the men chimed In. and when the band whacker, there beats a human heart, and cheering. In fact, there was not a feature wagon through tha parade on Farnam so with tha aoldler. They merely halted was attached a pony driven by two Uttla
played "Star Spangled Banner," every face " h8 ts atory. of the enUre procession that was not street In front of the Bea building tha a moment, opened ranks Just enough to girls, came close to the edge of tho pa
was Illumined wltu Among tne soldiers wno passea tnrougn cneerea at various points. marching soldiers side-stepped the Inter- permit the pusbage of the vehicle, caught rade, but aguin tho w hltc-glove.d officer!
Omaha s streeta Thursday afternoon, per- laken in mo aggrega.e, no more splen- ruption so clsverly that there was no the rythmic army step again where they Interfered and tho childish drivers wera
ror the thousanda who attended. It would
be Interesting to .know Just how many peo
ple visited Fort Omaha during the week.
Kvery day was a big day and every day
the grandstand waa paukad and Jammed to
the limit of capacity.
General Smith, commanding, and Major
Burnham, chief of staff, along with vari
ous other officers of the Department of tho
Missouri, executed the supervision with the
Infallible system and precision character.
Istlo of United States army perfection, and
tha aoldtera performed their various parts
free from even the elighte.it blunder.
"What a wonderful organisation: what
perfect system!" many a spectator ex
claimed. Thursday's parade was great the whole
week was great ut the fort-but the parade
came as a downtown pinnacle In a season
of military triumph.
It was America's day in Omaha when as
a feature of the Ak-Sar-Ben autumnal fetj
the United States army moved through the
Wiiiie U U-m tut private Sn U.a r.aps every state in tn union wr repr- am 00a y 01 aoiaiers, an tne way 110m gen- breaking of ranks. The mall man, of had left off a minute before and on they sent around to Douglas street. Chief Dona
United States army are well cared for in sented, for enlisted men come from all erftl down to privates, ever pussed through course, was fortined by tne badge ot wv- moved as calmly as if noUm. had liap- hug and hia men, soldierly enough thenn"
all things material wholesome food, medl- directions. Many of them have perhaps city streets, and the entire parade, attest- ernmental authority, and that was per- pened. selves to wear 'the fighting garb, hundled
cal attention when needed, clothing and as enlisted several times, for it Is true that Ing the perfection of drill work and sys- haps hia excuse for breaking Into the Numerous automobilists attempted to the crowds admirably, and the chief, leud-
much money net as the average salaried the average soldier re-enlists after his first tematlo organization, was free from blun- parade. Any ordinary procession would dash through Farnam street, but vigilant ing a platoon of police mounted on horse
man has after paying the expenses term of service is ended. In Thursday'! ders of any kind. Even when an over- have been thrown out of line by the dash- policemen kept them back, and at' Seven- with ginger in their veins, made a uplerhii
incident to civilian life. It Is nevertheless parade waa many a grizzled veteran whose enthualaatlo mail wagon driver rushed his Ing of a wagon across its route, but not teenth and Farnam a phaeton, to which appearance, reflecting credit upon tho city
Quaint Features of Everyday Life
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Jolly Old Tat A ard 10T.
APTAIN Bill Maccabee, with a
few old cannons and such things,
about the only rello left to the
the government from the van-ls'it-1
fleets that went out early
to win sea fights, made himself
heart of th city, and no' American could good and cozy In a corner of the dining hall
view the lmpres.tive spectacle without a at the naval home. Gray's Ferry road and
swelling .wave of pride and a re-kindling Frltzwater street, near Philadelphia, Scp-
of the patriotic embers which glow In the tember 22. ami cussed his happiness, while
breast of every country-davoted el U sen. every one from Admiral Harris, the gover-
Tersely told, It was an Index pointing to 'r down to the hospital orderliea took a
the mighty strength, perfect diacipllne and band in the big fuss that attended the cele-
physical magnificence of the United States bration of ilia one hundred and seventh
army. Not all of the army was here, of birthday.
course, but it came e' ft" strong, and made Cap'n Bill waa about the most pampered
an impression that time will not easily old party this side of Fifth avenue, for his
efface from the memory of those who bat government evidently thinks a vast lot of
or stood in review. There was a pretty him. It supplied, with money sent up from n1e 8o sUep were ,he grBdet or s0 deep found was tne weddnf rlllg
Dienning ot tne oiue. maue aacreu d "siimiiuh iui ma puipunc. m wu- dese,. SH1)d3
irsurtlon, and tne Diomii. which came on wmcn wi canuies 01 rai,
a a result of the Spanish-A meriau white and blue glimmered throughout the
wur-iwo colors marking plainly, the special dinner that was served in honor
m inai. atlon betw cew-vlie old army and of the occasion to the 100-odd inmates,
ti e new army. It uas a glimpse of Cap'n BUI presided from his rolling chair,
army life which gave to the onlooker a with an orderly on one side and a waitress
fiM-ther IrittiKht than could be obtained by n th other to run his errands and do his J(,Md b
months uf ra.iliiii. it was. first of all, a uiooing generally.
The tllmtiT was remarkable for other
things than the com eiuloiiaPchecr. Cap'n
Hill is a master of the ruund, rolling so
norous, full-rigged profanity that once was
aJniokt as Important
later in fighting ships o' the line, and one
discharged honorably after reaching tha he shot all three, but the mother bear was
age limit, early in the seventies. not killed, and falling to the ground she
took after Ramsey before he could reload
Vlall of Faithful Siinaw. his rifle.
To remain for three days and two night hu dog, however, pounced upon the Iri
on the California desert, keeping weird furiated animal and kept it busy until
vigil beside her dead, was the pathetic lot Ramsey secured an ax, with which he
of Ulalla Boniface, whose brave was acci- killed the brute. He says It was the most
dentally killed by the discharge of his exciting hunt he ever had.
shotgun. The accident occurred far out on j
the desert. Miners, .attracted by the Lost Wedding Hing round,
squaw's wailing, found her standing be- Mrs. Ruby Hayes of Beverly, Pa., Is In
side the body, her two small children Possession of her wedding ring, which she
asleep near bv. lo8t twenty-five years ago. Immediately
A long ride was made to the nearest tele- after her marriage she lost the ring, which
phone point, and Coroner C. 13. Van W'le as recovered five years later, only to be
of San Bernardino notified. The long, os' a second time within a short time,
rough ride over the mountains and desert L-ast week her husband was repairing the
occupied three days and nights. At some trough In his yard, and digging up a spade-
stage It required three hours to cover a u' of dirt saw a shining article, which he
tabs $400 for the privilege. He was as
sisted by nine men and the seine was over
a mile In length.
All carp and buffalo, styled a undesir
able game fish, were removed from the
seine and the remainder replaced In the
lake. Some carp and buffalo were secured
weighing nearly twenty pounds. One carp
weighed twenty-four pounds.
Safeguard Against Cholera
Safety of .Airship Preferred
N a paper on the cholera epi- patients, finding their way in food or drink
demlo In iaia of Russia and into the mouths of healthy people and la
Italy, Dr. John B. liuber, in absolutely 110 other way. Cholera 1 not
the American Review of Re- an air-borne Infection It 1 a contact liv
views, tells how America la fection; there is no danger from the all
safeguarded. ' as, for example, la smallpox), or front
There Is no cause for alarm among us simpiy ueing in tne vicinity ot cases. N
with regard to the present European epi- tod Is eaten in the sick room by tike at.
demlo; this is Important to observe for a tendant. nor is water drunk ther; ami
blue funk Is wonderfully predisposing. everv time the hands touch the patient's
W should have among us no lgnobl " caret uuy waaneo. wringing water
.vi r. Wright is not the nerveless man
that he is pictured by most persons who
look with awe upon his aerial achieve- cases of psychic cholera. Our coast auar- 4nd ,ood r carefully chosen. Th water
antme authorities, especially at the harbor " l"u'u"" wwaeo. ana
menu. He merely is at home and com
fortable in his own business. This fact 'of New York, are known to be cautions.
Lung before lie arrived In sight of the
corpse, the siuaw's wailing, as she chanted
Hi J ulia or the Piute, were heard, in
the gray of th morning the coroner
1 cached the body. The sight of the Indian
woman, standing erect at the fool of her
Urar-linlreU loaogilrr,
Walter Hunter Covington, aged 7, sou of
James C. Covlngit.n, a farmer living near
BowiIng Giitn, Ky., has hair which Is
whiter than that of many a man of 5.
His father says Ills hair Uh 11 ttk turn
tried and most adequately able to cope
with anv possible dangers and this es
pecially in view of the tact that the incu
bation period ot cholera (from the time o
Incurring the Infection to the manifesta
tion of symptom) Is from one to five days,
so that, case should have developed suf
ficiently for diagnosis aboard ship and be-
pali-iotlc, educational event, excelling by
far any tmllur military demonstration ever
attempted within the Jurisdiction of the
Department uf the Missouri, and as a re
sult of the presence here of th military
In such numerical strength and the brlng-
ave, her black hair flying In the '", v",t:" wu3 "m mt 3 yeans
breeze, presented
a dolorous picture.
heightened by the chant uf the uirge.
The sjuaw had broken all the brave's
crockery agaliiM a tree, had flattened out
his spoons, (orks and other uteii.-lis on tne
olid shot and can- rutks. and had staked the two horse near
the body, preparing to slay them over hit-
old, and that since that time it has ur.iwn
whiter every year.
fore reaching our shore. Of course. It must that the cholera may mitigate Its activities;
be elated. this will .not 'eliminate the then it simply goes Into winter quarters,
"cholera carrier" (who may carry tlm In- to be as regularly expected to go murder-
fcctlon, though not himself il!i, nor tlm !"g Its hots with the melting congenial
cholera contact., warmth of "j vernal nun. Kverjr year
And the authorities at Washington give the melting snows come the warning
as little reason for fearing the (ransmls- which as regularly find the hosts moit
slon to us of this AHiatic guest. The I'lil.lie limdoqiia'ely prepared for the "visitation."
ing together of so many different branches "f the counting peiugatlves of his uniuua ,aVe. Uurlng the long vigil the Wunuu
of army service at a time when Omaha I
packed with visitors from half a dozen
tributary slates the United States army
and the people of the Missouri valley a a
whole hav been brought Into a closer re
lation than ever before a realization of
comprehension which cannot fall to beget
revived patriotism and a clear apprecia
tion of the army's untold usefulness to
this republic.
The pet lection of German army l.siplnli
rlit uf a ( uirnarinn.
Thomas Sheridan. 103 yeaj s old. who
came to America from the south of Ire
Isnd In a sailboat which took ity-two
days for the journey, and who described
IKa rnnlutia at u-i . .1. . .. . ......
no kind, and -...w,, u.eu ratnu)
... In Chicago. Mr. Sheridan settled r,...riv
seventy ) ears ago in Saginaw Valley.
Mich., as a lumbal mait. and lived at
various times in Detroit, Marquette and
Marine City.
HrmovUs I aUealrable fish.
The Cm draw of undesirable fih from
Clear I .a We, la was made In the presence
Of laCUA ri'DIAft rHllltinff I n .
i th. u me iuiviiiuiil vi ins uuK, leaiusev s jc..,, . t . , ..
posiiion Is the privilege to eud It crashing haJ taken nourishment of
right ana nit after every ons at home wttn wouid 0lv eat a,,,, ,1., Uodv had k..,.,.
the single exception of th admiral himself loVered In the ground.
and even this is a roint which the Cap'n
waives with obvious reluctance. sed by 111 Doa.
Ther is good reason why Cap'n Bill's Kbenezer Ramsey, Ki years old, killed
government should buy him a birthday three bears near hia horn In Long Valley
rake, as it did yesterday, and supply th on th line between El Dorado and Placer
red. while and blue candle and th fancy counties, California, a few days ago, but
dlrner. He ias worn th uniform ot its escaped possible death from one of them
navy for ninety consecutive y
every variety of the
uiu iiamaey, wnn an nociem aingi suul kln,1 ti. a
minted out as the avem of jrf.tlon In " v oev"r "1 "" nil went to investigate, tooting Ui ueax. of Harper' Ferry, la..
covering al
fesh water
was demonstrated early after Aviator
Brookins eliail risen from ChlcaKO for his
long flight and was circling about the lake
front getting his bearing.-! before starting
for the distant capital.
The newspaper men, hastening to board
the wailing passenger train. hustled
Wright and his agent. Hoy Knabeniinue,
Into an automobile and, with a policeman
on a motorcycle for a guide and a special
dlKpensalh n from the city authorities,
started a hurried trip to the Sixty-third
nlreel station of the Illinois Central rail
road. Before the flist corner was turned Wil
bur Wright shnwec! signs of uneasiness.
As the motor car wound round the cornel
Ins trepidation increased and when a sec
ond corner was turned he voiced a protest:
"There's no need to hurry; we have
plenty of lime." he appealed to Henry
Barrett Chamberlain, the newsiutper man
in charge of the party.
Lifting the lid on automobile speeding is
not a common thing with Sir. Chamber-
ltiin lhal irt. not ttilii a-suiance ef im- them to take ship to our ports. The guaid
iiiuiuo and he did not purpose surrender- at our ports of entry is being doubled; every
ing the oppoi lunlty just because of tiie quarantine officer in the service has re-
mere fail Uiut there was no occasion for eelveil special instructions for the examln- in bL i'ete-rsburg
taking advantage of It. Heiu-e. no response ation of vessels from ports suspected of
to th "intrepid aviator's" appeal. infection or of carrying passengers from
On more, swish around a corner and Mr. suopei ted district.
We are not to rely eniliely upon quaina
tirie measures for our rimlria pi ophylaxni.
Such prophylaxis Is lu thorny ino,.t simple.
( liuleia is strictly an Ingestion Infeilioii
eaten Immediately; flies are to be kept
from lavatories; such precaution are of
course essential only In Die Immediate
presence of an epidemic.
The people of St. Petersburg recognize In
the cholera their "Asiatic guest" which
has come annually to make It more or less
Insistent and always unweloom visit.
Kvery fall those unhappy -people pray
(doing little else) for an early winter, so
Health and Marine Ifo.-qiilul service has
had orders sent to the American consuls
at Hamburg. Bremen, Antwerp. Rotter
dam. Marseilles. Havre, Cherbourg, Genoa,
Palermo, and other cities to de-lain sleeraKe
Iassangers from all parts ot Russia, with
their, baggage, during five days, for ob-
Those mlfceiable, benighted people of Bt.
Pi tersbui g, especially the poor in the over
crowded districts hav had to die of
cholera, precisely as they are dying today,
because they hav been drinking th
polluted water of tho Neva, and of tha
vibrio-permeated canal traversing th city,
i.od-giveii. crystal water which, if It wers
seivatlon and disinfection before allowing aqueducled at a cost of but a "Wlety of
the sains those pitiless grand duke batten,
uiM)ii, i.i. t a single death, nor one hour
of suffering, need be til tribute to cholera
V.'iiglit could f-tam' it no louder.
"i say," he shouted, clutching fianlically
for a hold on something stationary, and
w ide-e) e-d with fear, "this Is dangerous.
is a matter of world-wale comment, and un w,v - Uu wru uu uer -mo euua, niost
eno army ot WUUel-n has Olletl Deeu " - - wi kiui kind. Th drsw u maAm. i. t ... .. . ... ...... . " -
" f , m.t ' 1 n It . " a - m i' u oioojfii iiiu lllOICra ll.l0.
fiom lb excretions or the vomit ot
who baa paid th safe." Ill niois SUU Journal
Juat for Vum.
Time locks gray hair.
A liawl t.arn-l wins.
Iruon ih-Mot tlto osrsimag.
hotel lift- imiiv enlr :ns.
Pino language - Tin r!ollai and Costs."
in. I, si coin r-iin,ver tho crow.
A popular short story "I'm dead broka"
Tne Jiiack I land -holding five spade.
Buried li.ajiure-your wif first t,L.
band (let her tell u:. Boolou Tiajiacrlpl.
