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THE COUKIEK 11 CAPTAIN BIGELOW'S MARTIAL. COURT- Suoor.TioNs Fon tiik Impkovkmknt ok TUK WAK DePAHTMKNT 11V AN AllMY Exi'F.UT. Captain John BiRolow, Jr., wIiobo book hna aroused bucIi b stir In military circlcB and may bo tho caiiBo of bis own court murtial, ie the eon of John Bigolow, at ono timo Unitod States Minietor to Franco. Captain Bigolow graduated from West Point in 1877, and has been with tho Tenth Cavalry ever since, In tho army ho 1b conBidered an authority on military subjects and hie books on tactics have attracted tho very favorablo attention of European soldiers. His best known work beforo tho Reminis cences of tho Santiago Campaign was called Tho Principles of Strategy. . Reminiscences of the Santiago Cam paign presents some most interoating suggestions as to the complete reorgan ization of tho War Department, of which the fodowing are perhaps tho mote important: 'Tho organization of the army,' sayB (Captain Bigolow, "should er joy tLo two ideas of supremacy for tno civil power land unity of command and responsibil ity for tho military power, i am im preused with the conviction that the War Department should be reorganized o as to consist of a Secretary of War, a number of assistant secretaries, and a force of civilian inspectors and clerks. The eecretaty and aesistant secretaries should attend to the fiscal affairs of the army, the preparation of such orders as the President or Secretary of War might see tit to issue, and the commis- eioning of officers. "The President should be governed in military appointments by the recom mendations of the commanding general." hen. what is the most important sugg estion Captain Bigeluw makes, there ibould be a great general staff and a eneral staff, the great general staff to ie subordinate to the lieutenant-general iommanding the army. The duties of ho great general staff would be sub- itantially those of similar organizations n Europe to gather and arrange for bo all kinds of military information bout our own country and foreign lountries. to draw up plans of raobi- ization and operation, to search the records of past wars for valuable data ,nd useful lessons, to direct the military iducation of men and officers, uniting he military academy; the po3t lyceums. ind service schools into one system, and stablishintt a school for non-commis- ioned officers. The general staff should lerform the military duties now pr- 'ormed by the adjutant-general's de- artment, quartermasters department, ,nd commissary department. CaDtain Bigelow states that these ensures would be practical only in iombination, and in conclusion makes he peatintnt remark: "Our people are much pleased with the result of our to war to be disposed to criticise the ethods by which it was attained, and enorally too ill informed upon military atlers to be able to appreciate the pakneBs of our military system. The reat military leformations of this cen- ;ury, those of Pruesia and Prance, wore ibo consequences of crushing defeat and ational humiliation. How is ours to lomo about?' LITERARY NO IE FROM TIIE CEN TURY CO. Tho most striking feature of Tho Cen tury for Soptomher, which will bo a Sall-Wator Number, 1b tho first install ment of Captain Joshua Slocum's "Sailing Alone Around tho World." This is tho narrative of a daring voyago of citcumnaviation, undortakon by tho author in 1805, in a forty-foot sloop built by himself in Buzzard's Bay, and taken back and forth across I ho Atlantic and thenco around Capo Horn and tho Capo of Good Hopo, without aEslatanco or companionship. Tho distance tra versed was 4G.O00 miles, and tho ac curacy of the navigator's landfalls throughout was a thing to marvel at, his chronometer for most of tho lime being a little tin clock of tho cboapest kind. Captain Slocum was a thoroughly Boa Boned pallor when ho stnrtsci-! his ad venturous single-handed crU'so, hut his unique achievement whb not without difficulties and perils that taxed to tho utmost his strength, endurance and in genuity. Other contents of this num ber of Tho Century are "Tho Way of a Ship," by Frank T. Bullen. author of "The Cruise of tho Cachalot'1; "The Atlantic Speedway," by II. Pholps Whitmarsh, author of "Tho World's Rough Hand"; and "Salvage," by Mor gan Robertson, author of the forthcom ing volume of sea tales "Whoro Angola Fear to Tread." Punmaker My wife is a woman of ivention. Girdlestone What has she been do og now? Punmaker At dinner, last night, rhen she wished to call the waitress, ie found the electric bell was out of rder. Girdlestone Did she repair it? Punmaker No; Bbe made a npkin tug. BBBBBBBHY) BBBBBBlK vBBBBBW' 'iSBBV JbbE'Ji1bbbbbHI IbbbbbbbblbS fist i! i (' 'Ibbbbbbbbbbb!? $&Sm MtfrfvU jflVQ9BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBp4VBW. $E ? thMbbbbbbkb ) vStf t Kifl IbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbVIbbbbI C2r wA'.iv4 jd"M'l 'if ABBBVBBBBBBBBBBBBliZtJM (-'LLVii v'i '' bLLLLiLILVmRIi'tLV r.BBBBBBBBflM ',. n '"gj' , 'j r-LLWif IS IbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbV?$bf rJBBBBBBWNf 'fix? HbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbVi&ot7 uBBBWi t3l " ' it WjbbmbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbH "j3Js fcBBBBBVftV imix PIMBlBBVCT7779&2flB liLwrii9LLHHHBLLLLv ? THE AMERICAN GIRL. 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