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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1898)
laf?? rry THE COURIER. 11,-, '-&: ! (sKlCKAMAUGA. The Town Topics war correspond- ent writes to that paper: I am beginning to suspect that I nm wofullv stunid. Of course, as I have said before, I'm only just learn ing the. war business, but, confiden- Jniiir. u lnnk-a to nip as if I am irointr to fall down on some of these war . problems. Now, for the life o' me, there is one . thing I cannot figure out how many ....... T . -- -w -, . - -- W w dead and wounded heroes would it reouired to make them brigadier-gen eral and colonel? And I am wonder- ing, too, if Teddy had lost his life in stead of his boot-heel, what congress would have done with the cut-and- dried bill that was in waiting to pro- mote him as soon as he, or if perhaps only his men, made a dash anu nreu a bullet. You would not believe it w,ihle. but in my stupidity I had actually been waiting for news of nniirt-martial for Colonel Wood and Lieutenant-Colonel Koosevelt for sac- rificing their men to glorify them- should have been placed in command of the attack on Santiago. uiuu Shafter may have been a good soldier, n .. rf-t -.1 but even promotion, Micnigan, xne r,r0nnl friondshin f the secretary of th secretary of war and his counsel- lore in the background, cannoi maKe a general. And the good soldier, u was plainly seen at Tampa, had been trifled with by luxuriant California life in going to the rescsa of com- manders in the foreground and back- ground who to use a most vulgar ex- pression-bite off more than they can "hew The greatest problem o all, and ,w ,ik- Hiscouraires me more line iiiuv -t than all else about my stupidity, is the promotion of Adjutant-Oenenu rti.: n?m--.Tpneral! The only r--i.;.v tn -mninr-ireneral! The comfort, the only hope that I may eventually be able to learn war busi- ness is that congress itself seemed warv and slipped in this also cut-and- dried promotion at the last nour oi the last day; congress, I am sure, would not have held back the bill so long, after it was prepared and passed upon secretly, if it had not felt the necessity of immediate action. The problem that puzzles me into real de- spair is the liberty given to an adju- tant, a non-commanding officer, in al- lowi'ng him to issue orders over the heads of his superiors, coupled with the audacity and rapid-transit work of senate and house in promoting him, leap-frog style, over the heads of men who earn such recognition in open warfare. The problem is such a puzzle to me that I really believe I would not be surprised if that great honor lieutenant-general, fell in some such corner as this! Of course, th.s sounds unworthy of thought, pen and ink. but, forgive me, please, won't you? Politice, you know, are so very full of surprises. Personally, I admire General Corbin. He has wonderful tact. It has always been a conviction of mine that .that he had missed his vocation-the army part of it. He is a born politician, ne has traits of character that are em.- iri : ,tiiic ir onn rll.nre.ti d,i-l. create, t. T,rp,v nnd carry a point. This SLZ "na . -r iZTe his opportunity. Oppott..- have taken to make Dr. Wood and to the straightening out or some of til nnally the colonel had to go. My J,, ,,,.,, ., . V , Teddy Roosevelt major-general -end these tangles, I am willing to fall flat wetll laill pjan of attack on the com- Jc " "' f nn'th,nf no"ffh briiradier-general respectively, if half, on this problem, and pass on to my niander's headquarters was a complete . ' L Journey, or there are few uii(,uun.i bv.. r " . . r lllaees Whlrt a irnwn Mlinivu mnrn tlinr. or nearlv hair, 01 tneir comiuaiiu a3 - .wu.. . . m. . - 1 ...Mn tiuvr Inccnn selves and for the non-military rush- ui xCu wU o - u.B -uu as j pleaSe. I don't dress up unless I d ke .. ing into ambush without having first draw the attention of our volunteers want to. And j don.t eare wher..er .J,, J Ieat, t wft iftFe-waist sent out skirmishers! -nd. to fit instances, I might as well lny driver has on new- SHSpe,.ers or Mne The f fKu And I never could from the first un- add some regulars-from the.r duties. old ones. as for the horses-they can ,ooks mUBh ke sll;rtvaIs M.t .-i.i ,..!, nr Rpniral Shafter I can add, too, ladies out of the field; h liulie.s for all I care. Wives are ...., , .. . . it i amiiix a uw w-- - iiiiiHiiHri irm-n Tn rnr living. General Miles being sent xo - .,- r ..... OI Inai oanu OI nis wumn uie ICUKa gIorIfied nen dust but it possesses the rescue I can understand, because band more, so evening sees h,n, at the of every soIdier. The soldier needs aI, the good lnts of tbatLrmKtlt General Miles has spent hi? military hotel. During the day the wife gets it, but it ;s robbery to charge so mucIl with none q obiectionab,ebonea .. -- A .A 11111. Illll . II CTIl'hf 1. II ! Illr .111 I1M nities like these seldom come to the soldier the line between the military and politics is usually so wide. This administration, will m nivnv Imt puss auj uui. militnrr rank General Sorbin's new military rank will live on into other administrations Nothing but conduct, the exposed conduct "unbecoming an officer and a gentleman," can take It away. The great regret is that he must exercise h3 remarkable political tact under the ironbound military shoulder-strap still, he has done well. If Major- Uenerai corbm s abilities but redound Ladies in the field and the" "old la- Jies" in Washington are certainly playing the deuce with this war. "Old ladies" and "playing the deuce" sound a bit as if this war was demoralizing me, but those were the expressions I heard a general use, and, Coming "" "i ""1 8UUUU . """ and very refined. Ihe "old ladies at Washington are. vegetating chiefs who cannot understand the magni tude of war and the necessities of :" .u luc ucm. .. ... luc u ,- t.i: : -u i.in are sweathearts, wives and sisters and H it so happens that they cannot Pfttnu Trnnfilli ir iiticot. t1i honrt. nf i- j -i-- -- the volunteer, they send boxes of j", j""" !.. " "t. stomach Of the "ladies in the field," hotels nn1 4anii & ftllafl W1 fTii " "- - "" """ wives. Jiegiiueiiis may neeu iiie per sonal attention of the colonel who nas a thousand or more men in his care, i""cij u.m suiu iui Kv, . auu demands his attention there. he dear , but they do so get m my way. It has liflntcT f:-wl hlocc t4tti tf rlltcT .taKen me over wo eeh.s iu gci, ai me condition of affairs at Chickamauga. I have had to go as slowly here as . . Shafter ought to have gone at San- Jgu- -""". "" ' - '"' l"""' I dislike women. I like them, and have not the slightest objection to their having the first claim on their delightful husbands. When, however. mj urh, nuicu u.uu., ... tention from headquarters and from ouicers oi reginiems, men "" women where they will not mix up my claims with their own. You can say what you choose about the strength of men, but a man is net the same-from generals to privates he is only a subordinatc-if his wife is around. On my arrival somebody told me that General Drooke did not like war correspondents, and that it would be better to go to well, I presume that it is not diplomatic to mention hU name to get my pass countersign- ed. And this same kind somebody told me that that this other one, was a mighty nice man, and to fix myself up so that I would not look like the ordinary straggly "literary feller," be pleasant and frank and I would get all the privileges l wanted ior gd - thorough work. I took his ad- vice. I really looked sne! I drove up !o tne tent m sty.e-.c was quu, good looking carriage the horses rather plump, and the driver had on nn, " ' - -'" - " smn. n. b1" i'""3 " "J .- tion. The "michty nice man" showed- it. A woman sat there. I didn't mind Mre. Beobam-Why ia it that you that. I remembered my instructions, never go to church? rebere., hcv ,ve, r looKeJ-a "'J--- ?" sure I never looked bette.wemenw.tok! '. -.'- - bered to Imj pleasant, just pleasantly flattering you know how It is re- memhered to be frank. The officer's t fnciai expression was encouraging, ..,. ,,. ,.,... f4 C1 when, in the midst of it, up got the woman and said: "Colonel, our carriage is waiting, and stalked out of the tent. It was evidently his wife. "Colonel" was her titie for ;,. t hnd com. nience au over again, but it wis "Colonel, the carriage is here," or, or -Colonel you will miss the train," or "Colonel, aren't you coming?" un ' , " "" "" , " """ ever. They will never knw from that , ,? , ... , call who the caller was! At Tampa I . . A . .,..,,,!. had to be identified; I had to write my name in a book and some one noted my description, before my paas- port was counters.gned, for fear it n!lilu T ilnHlPnil ni nnffr Y ff WouId be lost and some one would .find it and try to use it. me "toionei i.!nul nr (urvu-v nil ftl tm llfL'U :'""' "' """" , . """ I am a Spanish spy wandering where l cnou.se ooiueuiueK x jiuuiiu iu pass in the face of a sentinel who tries - lo a me arouna to "post one" (but n,ore often i don't). It is sort of ro jiking- me better. t i it. .i? . - . t -jt 1 .vuvise ie lauies iiome m:..u jals and jellies to upset the stomachs Di tne men in me neui it is not at all necessary. Water and fever germs are doing the work most effectively. Instead of jams and jellies, send knitted cholera bands. I don't want to advertise Mr. Jaeger, but I am will- ing to do so if he will place the price for it. I5e patriotic, Jir. Jaeger, and uo something for yuor country. Charge . .. . ,... . .i - i t Jess ior mai Kuuieu aouominui oanu and yollr sanitary woolen vstem will gjow with pr,de." A broad complaint about the non- comprehensive "old ladies" at Washington is a cartridge belt that is .ing g,ven out in some of the regi- ments. This belt in itself is murder- ous. Murderous from the fact that at the first activity on the part of the soldier he would be minus belt, car- tridges and revolver, and at the mercy of the enemy. This belt which I am -j,.. to say Is not given out to all of the regiments-mstead of having tbe cartridge pockets' woven into the canvass, has them sewed on with an ,imvaxed thread and with a machine sticU that unraveis perfectly. The clasp that fastens the belt around the Araist is not a b,lt.kie at all. It is a contrivance made of a brass wire that does not q,,! the belt secl,rely and is contimrally unfastening. The gov- crnment saved money, or else the ord- raMe department in Washington made a !ot of money, when this cheap, m;serable cartridge oelt, which even a self-respecting Spaniard would cast aside w-,s taken from some snide manufacturer to be used In- our sol dIers. marinm aomY n, doad m .hhxnrtheitmwmihmiunin To & reason L sweet Stelk Mam, j faow thoUt my fcrfght Polari Upon someother fool art shinmg, Leonard H. Robfcins. - Fashions of the Day. uuii. iu wear wncn irav .. ,, .. . , . ., lHon that interests the What to wear when traveling is a minds of women who only go away for a,, day or two at n time just as much "as those who are fortunate enough, to be regu lar travellers. It is quite as necessary to look well for a day's outing as it is for a long journey, nnd nobody likes to lie inappropriately dressed in these days when it is uossible to dress well. It is not wise nor desirable to oughly its good nnd bad points than , ., , in a railway car or on a steamboat, ,. ... . . . . , The day is gone by for people o go ,Mtt ,..,, . .. . . , , , about with any amount of hand-lug- m , t , he tnlIkji tJmt . on h fef fc mjt (o nmke erfectIv comforta. b,e Grey mohair is especially pretty for travelling gowns. An exceedingly noTrf and wy fimart taMou rt tm.. .. m - i - Innlr . ,. . tf - - i . iviunniac """ . mi iiiiiaucti ll iuok ished to look ,ik Q a a straight band and shirt studs. The skJrt ,s ,a, Uut lmusnal, fu as to cover any dress skirt; tlie sleeves are of medium size in bishop shape, finished with a cuff. 'There is a belt of black leather studded with steel points. The skirt and wnist are fast ened together so as to -look like a cloak or a nolonaise. fn, mnnv' - spe:5ts thIs garment ;s not unlike a objectionable The coat and skirt style of gown is a very useful one for travelling, be- cause the can be taken in the car and is at hand Jf the leather changes sufficiently to make it neces sary. These suits should be rasphwn as poSible. The gored skirt is better than that with an attached flounce. beCause it 'doesnot cet out of order so easily. The coat should be made as simply as possible, without any fancy revere those can be added if neces- sary should fit well, and not "e of too heavy a material.. A- Vn?ht. trmv serge or tricot is very good, and dark -.,... .... colore are better than light one's, The best style of hat to wear when travelling is rather a difficult thing to state with any positive air of au- thority. Large hats and fancr-'bon- nets are, of course, not to be thought of, but there is no absolute and dis- tinct style of hat -which -can bTaid to belong to a travelling dress." The ,ost comfortable hat is a small tur- ban of as lightweight strav. as possi- ble, that has no brim 'outstanding in the back, or a. small toque or-bonnet which fits closely to the -heady is light, and not too" warm. It should bebe- coming and smart. A fancy stfaw trimmed with ribbon and two or three stifr qun,s atands bard ear better than anyth!ng -and rcan be brushed and made to look perftct- ly fresh, SaUor hats are toQ to b comfortable! If a- straw is 'too elaborate the dust gets into-intricate places where a brush cannot be put, and in these little crevices a most iur--prising amount of dirt will collect. Harper's Bazar. . , "What's your idea of heaven?" "A y place Where "you'll a! waj s find burnt matches on th9 floor without our Tltlr. flam. ininit iihniihi 11 . !! figured brillantinc or mohair has a ............. u v v AAvtiw mm -I ii :