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Town Topics War Correspondent.
A senator one of the biggest of
Vm came into one of the general de
partments the other day with a civil
ian captain that he had created.. He
said:
"General Blank?"
"Yea sir," said the white-haired mil
itary chief.
"I want to introduce you to Cap
tain , of your department," said
the pleasant senator.
"How do you do, sir," said ne gen
eral. "Captain has not been as
signed to duty as yet, General, and
he would like to go to Porto Itico.
The General listened respectfully in
cold, military silence, which was em
phasized with a colder bow as the sen
ator paused. The great politician, a
little disconcerted by the silence, but
encouraged by the bow, went on:
"The sails in two days, and if
you will
"Pardon me for interrupting," said
the suave General, "but I hare not
looked the matter up. I will sent
Captain where he is most
needed."
"But he prefers Porto Bico," replied
the Senator.
"Pardon me again, "but I am in com
mand of this department. Good morn
ing." And the General turned to his desk.
I had happened into this department
just then to ask the General to tell
me from his standpoint some differ
ences between tht volunteer army and
the regular army. I decided it was
not a good time for the question. In
stead, congratulated him on the -wonderful
success his department had had
in getting supplies to the front. Re
replied:
"Yes, there was never a war where
there was such a luxury of expendi
ture." "And never a war where there was
more cry of distress in general, and
of hunger in particular," I answered.
He looked at me with his eyebrows
knitting and waved his hand' in the
direction of the departing senator
and his political captain.
Reallr, if it did not sound so un
wanted time and climate, lest our men
die, like dogs, in a foreign countrj.
The clamoring public! have had the
war. The military men have seen the
slaughter. But the cities and public
are clamoring still; they ask why our
men are dead, dying, sick, hungry?
The clamoring public, the critics, are
a part of the mob pure and simple
without knowledge, without system,
without discipline, 'lney would give
a typhoid fever patient a big meal
because be said he was hungry. Yet
system in the army medical depart
ment, as in the department .of the
family physician, tells them that to
give a typhoid fever patient solid food'
means death. They make a big howl
because some regular army soldiers
soldiers from the frontier who
have slept on the ground for years,
sleep one night more on the ground
at Montauk. Then there come the
parents, the women. I think I said
before somewhere that women were
"playing the deuce with this war."
I said it, and then apologized for the
word "deuce." I say it again- without
apology.
"My boy is hungry! My boy is
hungry!" Of course, my dear moth
er, your boy is hungry boys are al
ways hungry. There was never a time
at home when he could not eat a
square meal just after he had one. T
know boys.
Unfortunately, while there are regi
ments and regiment in our volunteer
army, it is really full. of boys boys
who need nursing (bottles instead' of
Red Cross nurses. I sat down by the
bedside of one baby-faced boy in the
hospital, who said indignantly he was
"seventeen years old! ' when I accused
him of being nothing but a child. But
the tears came to his eyes when he
spoke of his mother. If parents allow
these young boys to go to war, boys
without physical endurance, and' with
out teaching them the -ret principples
of being a soldier which means, when
summed up, knowing how, to take care
of themselves physically then- the
parents must come in for their share
of criticism.
I have seen some mighty hungry sol
diers men since I started out on the
warpath. I have fed them out of my
own pocket. It was not their fault
that they were -hungry. It was the
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Columfcus discovered America but
I have discovered BATTLE AX!
There is a satisfied glad I fve gpt it 7 expression on
the faces of all who discover the rich quality of
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It is an admirable chew fit for an Admiral.
In no other way can you get as large a piece of as good
.tobacco for JO cents.
Pemember the name
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pardonably slangy, I would say that
this present end of the war criticisms, fault of ;neffic;ent quartermasters
this shifting 01 oiame irom oue i "- subsistence captains and volunteer
other makes me tired! Why ask
questions? Why criticise? It is all
as plain as day. When you have -made
all deduction, where things have eon
officers -who knew no more about tak
ing care of men than the men individ
ually knew how to take care of them
selves. I have seen soldiers volunteer
son, their present sufferings can be
remedied and we could not have war
without some, homes being broken.
We must bear it.
wrong, one of the greatest causes for goidiers give away their rations for
it are these sons of political some- souvenirs. I have seen officers vol
bodys who wanted, and' still want. unteer officers to save the trouble of
something for themselves out of this going daily, draw ten days' ration
war instead of wanting something for ahead and allow their men to live on
soldiers, something for the country, hard tack, canned meat and coffee, stand
something for humanity. and go without the fresh bread and pMpif n war witllout faultfinding or
And now these people-I will not fresh meat and bacon lying exposed criticisnit they would sav, "Have in
call them soldiers-these undisciplined to sun and flies-the one becoming the field 1Uics xational
men who were not fitted for the posi- tainted, the other melting, Ibecause no GuanL Have military discipline
tions they filled, assisted by a howl- one had the thrift to protect by cover- to out e tema wWch have
ing priblie, are the first to cr.fac.se ,ng, and no officer of the day called tte stnd wofk of ma
the heads of departments here m around to see that ,t was done. And all wars of
Washington for the conditions, many this time our men in the army-our the worfd to Qt . H
lighters, rolling seas, no piers who deaths have been merciful in compari-
shal be blamed? Certainly not heads
of departments, who, it sems to me
judging from the two sides from
which I am viewing today have been
the victims of this public of ours, poli
tics, and the ignorance of some of
the National Guard.
If I were to ask today, -here in
Washington, the heads of oui great
military system the irenerals who
at the helm how to have a cam-
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'boys" were hungry.
I nave eaten with colonels and staffs
one army; an army of men who recog
nize instantly that the first duty of a
of which they have themselves created.
When one sits down to write "be-
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know every story has two sides then ble cloths, where there where bjue obey... In mJdag for fo make
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wrong in my deductions. A clamoring table was supplied- with food that am- far Mow in man6 instanceV
Our war is ended in 113 days. Our
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