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it i wan nnt for sickness and pain
and death, health and no pain would
notbeconsideredtheblessingstheyarc.
When the boys return from the nos
talgic camp our life will be reinforced
by regiments of happy men who will
go about their former avocations as
the paralytic lifted his bed and went
on his way rejoicing. House habits
are hard to shake off and the rustle of
a woman's skirt about a sick man's
couch is more healing than medicine
or ice or an army surgeon. The boys
will bring back a larger patience and
be received with the grateful respect
due those who have proved theirright
to it. Surely after the strenuous ex
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ertion and suffering and discomfort of
camp life the lackadaisical Ioating
that in many cases preceded enlist
ment will have given place to an am
bition and industry that will set the
volunteer to work for his family and
his country.
The general conclusion in regard to
the greatness of Bismarck's character
seems to be that it wasoverestimated.
His chef (Voeuvre isEmps-ror William
and be is not a monument that will
resist the disintegrating effects of
democracy. If he should die while
the heir is still in his minority the
regency would not be able to resist
the pressure for more restricted con
stitutional limits to the will of the
kaiser. Emperor William is a man of
tremendous force and industry just as
Bismarck was. But neither he. nor
Bismarck were able to catch the spirit
of the age. They listened only to the
old feudal spirit which has nothing to
do with democracy. Feudalism is a
survival which is losing ground every
daj. For deciding to reinstate it and
to repress constitutional development,
Bismarck and his pupiPhave yielded
up the respect of the next generation
and a position which greater insight
would have .given them in the very
short row of truly great men.
If the alleys of our own town were
in charge of an army officer, what an
outcry against military carelessness
of life there would be! Exactly
why the street commissioner and
health officer should not be held
responsible for the filthy alleys that
bisect Lincoln is one of the curi
ous conditions of local politics.
The citizens pay these men salaries
for investigating infringements of
the law and for insisting upon cleanli
ness and neatness, especially in the
down town section where every block
is tilled with occupants. A glance
into and a whiff of the downtown
alleys reveals a very bad and un
healthy condition. The law defines
the duties of the street commissioner
and the health officer, but the fact
that the butcher who kills calves in
his cellar or the restaurateur who al
lows an offensive swill barrel to poison
the air of the block, are voters and
have political influence prevents these
two street officials from doing the
duty for which the office exists.
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The Bound Bobin from the Santiago
officers is only the beginning of trouble
for and criticism of General Alger and
the political appointees under him.
The war has shown us the conse
quences of displacing regular offcers
with men who may know how to shoot
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but who are untrained in camp sani
tation. The boys at Chickamauga who
have been consumed with fever caused
by the unwise selection of a camp and
by unhealthy camp arrangements
will soon be at home. When they
are mustered out they will he at lib
erty to give the private soldiers' view.
When the war is definitely over, and
Spain cannot profit from any revela
tions made by thesoldiers the military
policy of America may be improved by
listening to the stories of the citizens
who were once soldiers.
It will be interesting to know, in
the first place, why the raw, undisci
plined troops were stationed at- Chick
amauga, a locality full of malaria, not
fed by pure streams of water, and
hotter than Cuba, and to which it was
difficult and at times impossible to
send the necessary supplies. The raw
troops might have been drilled in a
favorable locality, to which supplies
could have been forwarded and the
men could learn to sleep out doors
without running the risk of malaria.
Then the I09S of life by sickness in the
camp at Chickamauga was due, in the
first place, to tlie selection of an un
healthy location; secondly, to the un
sanitary camp arrangements which ex
aggerated the malarial and typhoid ten
dencies of the place, and thirdly, to
the inadequate and antiquated ar
rangements for the sick. The dead
will not have died in vain if the coun
try learns the lesson of the sacrifice.
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If heroes are proved by deeds Ad
miral Dewey has won his title to the
first place in the hearts of his country
men. He is pre-eminently a man of
action and not of words. His laconic
reports, first of the victory in Manila
harbor and then of the capture of
Manila in conjunction with the land
forces under General Merritt are
characteristic of a man of deeds.
When the war is over and the cheap
newspaper reputations and those
gained by striking an attitude sur
rounded by fireworks and limelight,
are assorted from the real heroes
Admiral Dewey's inherent gift for
victory or the successful accomp
lishment of whatever he starts to
do, wi'l be seen in perfection and
place him beside the great naval com
manders of the world. The American
people are especially grateful to him
for not striking an attitude, for not
allowing his family to be photographed
In the papers, for not showing himself
at fifty cents a head to the Manilan
ese, the Japanese, or to any of his
temporary neighbors. In short for
his rejection and scorn of all the vul
garities of fame. Admiral Dewey has
earned the gratitude of men of all
parties in this country, and if he
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should chance to care for the presi
dency when McKInley has served hN
eight years, he can have it for the
asking. He has shown that he can
control events as a checker player
moves checkers, that he can remove
an obstacle to the successful issue of a
campaign before events, hisevents, are
hindered by it, that no popularclamor,
either critical or approving, can pre
vent the carrying out of a definite
policy. In a' time of peace such a
man is wasted on the quarter deck,
even if he be placed at the head of
the navy, He should be used in-a
difficult and most important foreign
mission. For he is a diplomat of re
source unsounded, with a positively
unrivalled genius for gaining bltd
less victories and for keeping still
about it afterwards.
Delegatesto the fourth Biennial of
the General Federation of Women's
clubs have just received the report of
the meeting by the recording secre
tary, Mrs. Sarah S. Barnes. Besides
the minutes of the business meetings
it contains the address of the presi
dent. Mrs. Henrotln, reports of the
corresponding and recording secre
taries, treasurer, badge committee,
local committee and departmental
reports from the art, civic, industrial
and educational sections, home eco
nomics and libraries reports, commit
tee reports, reports from chairmen of
state correspondence, presidents of
state federations, and the report or
the joint conference of state chair
men and state presidents. The pamph
let ought to be in the possession of
everyone interested in a movement
which, like the crusades, the discovery
of America, or the Trotestant Revolu
tion, is of mysterious origin and ex
hibits features of still greater effect
upon posterity. The report is neces
sarily devoted to the business of the
federation as conducted and prepared
by the president and ofTicers of the
federation. Stripped of all personality
as such reports must be, it is still in
teresting even to one who was not
present at the meeting, as showing
the number and strength and aims of
the federation. There may be those
who still think that the club move
ment is a fad undertaken for the pur
pose of giving women a larger audi
ence before which to exploit her
knowledge of this or that science or
art. For such a purpose neither a
state or general federation is neces
sary. The study of literature, art,
science or history can be pursued, and
summaries delivered, by small groups
better than by large ones. The ex
penses of the general and state federa
tions are increasing and must Increase
up to a certain point. Unless the ob-
