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THE COURIER.
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(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
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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,
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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
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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
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and very refined. Ihe "old ladies at
Washington are. vegetating chiefs
who cannot understand the magni
tude of war and the necessities of
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are sweathearts, wives and sisters and
H it so happens that they cannot
Pfttnu Trnnfilli ir iiticot. t1i honrt. nf
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the volunteer, they send boxes of
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stomach
Of the "ladies in the field," hotels
nn1 4anii & ftllafl W1 fTii
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wives. Jiegiiueiiis may neeu iiie per
sonal attention of the colonel who nas
a thousand or more men in his care,
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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
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Shafter ought to have gone at San-
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I dislike women. I like them, and
have not the slightest objection to
their having the first claim on their
delightful husbands. When, however.
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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
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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,
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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
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ever. They will never knw from that
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call who the caller was! At Tampa I
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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
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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
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I am a Spanish spy wandering where
l cnou.se ooiueuiueK x jiuuiiu iu
pass in the face of a sentinel who tries
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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
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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
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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
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in a railway car or on a steamboat,
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The day is gone by for people o go
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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 -
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ished to look
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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
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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
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