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1 o WHAT'S THEMATTER WITH TOE AEM Y? B, CHARLES N LURIE. , f K' ' ' V " V'. UA 4 - ' S " MV " ' . , 1' WHAT Is the matter with t armv that !. IF th-re 13 anvtnir.R tlic rr.aitT with !t? Is It a first das organization, tit for comparison with th- frrat war machines of l-u-.Mp and Asia, j,erhaps or is it. ac aligel hy Its critics, a collection of unfit fitrhtlng men, officered by would be aristocrats and lacking in almost every kind of equipment? Several varieties of men are Included In the ranks of the army's critics, from muckrakins" masrazine editors and contrUmtors to the secretary of vu? hlmrelf. N at '.'rally, the defenders r the rray ar the officers of the o-pnr -Izction thrmsi-lvs. but they find it fil.TIrnlt to hold thoir position, attacked as iMcy are in front by the civilian head of the service and certain hlRh officers ntid in the flank and roar by dsrters and by writers whose busi ness is the exposure of so called evil conditions. When the secret Try of war declares that the regular army is de ficient !n numbers in .ill arms, poorly f-qulpprd. Ill oriranired and muh too J brother, toned down to make it fit for widely scattered, when a colonel as- widespread publication. The maga serts that the army is not prepared for i zine interview was made the basis of n Dzht even with a tenth rate power ' an investigation by army officers, fini that a first cla;s nation could "eat . whose report condemned the assertions us alive." when the w:ir department of the deserter a totally unfounded, marts tr.-iirln.c a ci.rps of surgeons as i njt the unfavorable public impression experts on mental diseases in crd"r to ! remained. prevent a "dangerous increase of in sanity" In the army, what Is the coun try to believe !out the army, especial ly in view of r.h fart that congress ii called uion to appropriate $1 39.fj74.27'! for fh' military establishment for the current fiseal yenr" Is There "Some'hino Rotten" Ir Army ? Two recent InoMenr have much tr ereat" in th'- public mind the suspicion that trere is "something rotten" in the stab' of the army. The frrt va the rejection by the house of representatives of a "confidential" r" I.rrt h- Secretary of War Dtckireon. The ond was the publication in a widely circulated mag-.izlne of an in- tervlew with a man said to be a two THE NEWER TAILORED FROCKS Materials Marly Spring Afternoon Costumes Suit Trimmings. New York, .Ian. 31. The coming thrc-p months are a try ing time fur the woman who has es najed over conscientiously to get through the winter with too meagre an outfit. Tlie bit u.it ion is worse if the attempt hu.s been made to st tussle along without any really new gowr.s at all, tieiH'iuHng upon numberless cos tume.8 of a previous vintage which have been fixed over at endless expen diture of time, labor, and even money. For the beginning of the winter nil may have gone well, but suddenly, wjth the beginning of February, conies an unpleasant realization of the fact that either some new frocks must be pur chased or retirement from all festivi ties will be necessary. Jut what is best to buy ut this time of year is also a dlfticult question. Naturally, one de sires to purchase with an idea toward the spring outfit, for In tins ape of rapid changes of fas-Lion it is never possible to lay away in camphor any Karnient. no matter how good, and to be sure that it will be possible to ever don that garment apain. There are several articles of dress that can be bought to excellent ad vantage at thus time of year and the BAD DREAMS Xightmare, KtlcMies n1 Xight wfat All Cured by Iudi CJtil. Half of the nervousness in the orld. all of the disturbing dreams and nightmares can be ended in a few- weeks by a simple, inexpensive treatment guaranteed by Harper House Pharmacy. I'pset stomach U the ause of nervousness and b3d. dreams. Your food Is lying in your stomach undi gested and fermenting: it is forming poisonous gases which irritates the pneumogastric nerve that leads di rect from the brain, and ends in c network of tiny branches running through the stomsch. It is also the irritation of this great pneumog-astric nerve that causes headaches. Many times peo ple bavo revere headaches 3nd know tLey are caused by . the stomach, but do not know how. If you are nervous, have dreams or nightmare, and do not sleep sound at night, pet a 50-eent box of A! I -O-is'A stomach tablets and take one or two after or with meals. MI-O-NA stomach tablets relievo distressed stomach in 5 minutes. Sold by Har per House pharmacy and druggists everywhere who guarcatee MI-C-XA to euro Indigestion, or money back. 1 Field work cf soldiers: building staff Unitsd States army, and aid. time deserter from the army. In which it was alleged tha.t his desertion was due to such ill treatment by the officers that submission to It was impossible. Th niekinsori report was replaced by Secretary rIekinson's report said: In my opinion this country car.not. iso far as its land forces ere concerned, he considered in a state of readiness for ,.fense or to rPpo Invasion if at - tempted on our coasts by any firrt i class power havir:-' the shipping to . with the e veption of pans of the ml i the transport and the navy to protect the i litia. entirely lacking in organization ; transit of her armed farces over the ! fnto the higher tactical units, brigades don" ! sea land divisions: is Iackiru In many es- i "An enemy opratirs on the offen- j l sive atr.-inst our Atlantic and sruif or; o;r PaeKe co-t: wouM have a wide i choice of objectives ar.i! points of land- ! ir.g: he would manife.Uly keep us ig- there being no reserves or trained men. ror?-nt as to the point cf attack se- either in the regular army or the mi lrted and would attempt to make his litia. It could not be augmented except- lod.ment on the coast hy attacking the coast 3efrnses from the front, by first of these is a medium-weight cloth suit. Ordered in this between-season, when the tailor establishments have their most quiet time of the year, spec ial prices are made, and it is pos sible to procure now at a reasonable cost a costume which tan be donned I : FIGURE ONE. at once and which, with the interlin ing taken out, will do service through the entire spring. This dress must, of course, be selected with a thought to the double purpose it is to Eei-re. that of a midwinter and early spring gar ment combined. It should, therefore da cf inconspicuous cc.'or that :t will not at o&c be remarked a4 an old gar- i w hp it : ffJ S(.'H : .' '- '-(; m !'''' M ': 1 THE ROCK ISLAND bridge. 2 Army war college in Washington. 3 Secretary of War Dickinson. 4 Coast defense; firing the big guns, & Balloon corps. 7 Horsemanship stunt, United States army officer. 8 Army recruiting station in city park. landing out of range of the coast de fense g-ur;s and attacking the fortifica tions from the rear or. by a combina tion of both methods. Fau!ts of the Army Pointed Out. "A conservative estimate of the forces which could be transported in i a single expedition over the Atlantic l to our coast by a first class power ! would be 100.000 men. To meet t this requirement we would probably I have available in all parts of the l":uted States a total force of 11 4. BOO mobile troops (37.509 regulars ard 82.- j 000 org-anized rr.i'.itia). This force has (not the proper proportion of infantry. ! cavalry, field artillery, engineers, sirrral ! . orps and sanitary troops; It Is not ' fully equinped for fild service: Is. ser.tials of supply for operations In the field: It could not be assembled in prop- er positions ready for field operations in a )es period than thirty days, and j Ing by the slow process of voluntary ! enlistments or conscription." n.ent when it makes its appearance on Easter Sunday refurbished with fresh collar and cuffs of moire or while flan nel. Neither should it be of an eccen tric model that will attract attention at each wearing. STHII'EIJ WOOI.KNS. Black with a hairline cf white is very smart in the early spring suits. So is blue with the same narrow strine, ; while purple of an especially beauti ful tone r to be the favorite of all colors. Green is ever an attractive tone for the first days of spring and dark green is among the most popu lar of the midwinter shades, so that a costume of dark green serge or tweed will be smart for the two seasons for v. hich it was actually bought. Youn ger women are to appear agia in ex quisite shades of rose, robin's egg, blue and lipht wood color, but the matron always looks smartest in the quieter tor.es. While there are innumerable models ' of most elaborate and iutricate design among the newest importations of tail ored gowns from France, still some cf the smartest are extremely simple, and It js these plainer designs whic'u tlie women with limited purse should imitate. It is especially . advisable, when purchasing at this time of year, to keep to the simplest models which w ill remain smart no matter how many varied fashions the realm of dress may undergo. If the outfit has suddenly giv en out and there Is not one gown w hich canbe relied upon to carry the wearer successfully through until spring, al together the best purchase will be a cloth tailored costume made with med ium length coat and a skirt that hangs straight but is in no way exaggerat edly scant. Braiding is once again mucl in evidence, and just a small amount of half-inch silk braidin? will greatly enhance the ffert of the cos tume. Black braid is used aJir.ost al together, save on the light materials, wrir.fc. instead of being braided.- are generally trimmed in some other way. Some unfortunate m. n-and women are F?or.t to '.vonder why some of their frier.ds are blessed with an ab'.indjrre of lOjur rink chwlis and red lio while tbers are always cilori-ss. Tn reason tor tills last mm-d eonJuioa Is. there is not enough rHt bloo.l or ru"'!." in the t.loeti . unjrr e. micro-.--je the Hind Js thin and watery. The Fesh in ftebWv. too. Well knewn phv ss fans assert that the regular adminis tration for several months of three grain hypo-nuelene tablet will greati improve the color, add lo the weight, make the cheeks pink and the llp red. and in general be very beneficial. For i--lf -ad m,-titration, obtain from any of the beyt apothecary shops. For insorania. headache, neuralgfa an3 rheumatic pain take Blackburn's Pain-Away-Piil. i Want Fink Cheek3 Red Lips? i , AF.GUS. TUESDAY, In other words. Secretary Dickinson means that our army is worthless for the purposes of national defense. We are attarnpting the process described so graphically by Kipling, speaking In like strain about Great Britain, as "muddling- through," and depending, as our Hritish kinsmen are said to pend in like c.a:e, upon the branch of the national defense which has its ex istence and Its sphere of action upon the water. It is reassuring to note. that Preel-d-?nt Taft does not consider the situa tion alarming. He sees nothing In our International relationships to warrant any fear of war with any foreign pow er. The movement for international peace is moving apace, and Americans are standing In the forefront of the crusade. But it is not soothing to American prld to be told that this country, which ranks among the fore- most in so many respects, is classed j with Servia or rioum.ar.ia or Greece as a military power. To make tip an j army proportionate to the size of our nation and its , ioi.qoo.ovo population we need about 800.000 more soldiers, said the secretary, and we need guns and ammunition and provisions and equipment for them. As a corollary. White moire collar, revers and cuffs covered with one thickness of black chiffon are delightfully smart on a coat of smooth finished cloth. AFTEHMOOX (OSTIMHS. But the coat suit question is not th'j only disturbing one there are other FIGURE TWO. garments in the wardrobe which re quire attention. At this time of the year, when semi-formal affairs are to be attended, afternoon frocks are a e cessity. Ia the first illustration Is shown a little frock In which two n-,a-' terlals are attractively combined. The upper part of the peasent blouse was fashioned from a white satin striped marquisette with sprays of roses. The j pointed tabs were of wbite peau de j soie and the s'lk was also used for the i pointed turned back cuffs. The charm- leg little skirt had a icintej panel j which tiie aide sores overlapped. The j IPi ft i If II ' mi mm It f t n it hg llf JANUARY 31, 111 of course, we must raise the money to buy these arms and this equipment and to pay these men. We Have Always Been Nonmilitary. It Is a safe guess that congress will not provide the money for any such Increase In the army, even If the sen timent of th country would sustain its representatives In any such action. Throughout our history as a nation we have lagged behtnd happily, accord ing to most persons In the interna tional race for armament that has given Germany a' standing army of 620.000 men. France 600.000 soldiers. Russia a standing force of l,20d.00 men and Great Eritaln the compara tively small force of 257.000. which Is still immense compared to our 80.000 men. In naval rower, however, the United States ranks second to Great Britain and ahead of Germany. When Ger many's present naval plans are carried to completion she will be second to her rival across the North sea. while we shall have fallen to third place. Granting the advisability of increas ing the size of our army. Its heads are puzzled by the question of obtaining the needed men. Tha physical and i perfectly straight flounce was of the f marquisette over silk, j The second figure presents a very j striking Princess gown. Rose broad ! cloth was used for this frock. The odd j shaped yoke which was cut in one of ! the fleeves was of heavy ecru lace, and a Land of this lace trimmed th-j waistline. A shaped band of the lace outlining the top of the flounce was the only trimming on the skirt. Ratine will he as smart this spring as has been the case all winter, and so much in fashion's favor Is this new cloth that it bids fair to outrival the favorite serge. Although scarcely ap propriate for an elaborate costume this fabric is nevertheless sufficiently tmart for most purposes for which a tailor costume can be worn, and just now is so new that it is more generally worn in the afternoon than it is apt. to be the case with a texture of rough fin hh. For a somewhat smarter style of dress the newest thing is one of the sEtin finished cloths. So exquisite in texture is this material that even on close inspection it is often difficult to tell it from the real satin, and in pur chasing, a gown at this time-of the year, when it is desired to have a cos tume that will look smart at the early sprtng'festivitles, this satin faced cloth is not to be surpassed. The bodice for the gown may be of the same mater al or, if lighter weight Is desired, of real satin, in one 'of the fioft, supple, qualities that are in their perfection this year. On many of the newest tailor gowns a two or three-inch silk fringe of the exact color of the cloth is the only trimming. The jaeket is bordered all around with this fringe laid over tho hem. The new tailor skirts just es cape the ground by from one to two inches, while the majority of house gowns jusi touch the floor, with an extra inch or so in back for grace. .Tickets reach about to the hips or a trifle longer if abbreviated length Is Epileptic Fits There is nothing more frightful! in a happy home than to have one ! of its members instantly seized with; a dreadful attack of epilepsy or fits, j The many grateful letters frooi such j homes, after the use of Kojine. th? j remarkable remedy for this dresd; ailment, testify to the real merits ' of the preparation. j It is a meritorious article and ls sold on a gaurantee plan that de serves your confidence. The price I $1,50 will be refunded by The Har-j per House pharmacy If not fully aat-i isfied after using a bottle. Slall or-' ders CUed by the Kosine company,. Washington. D. C, or The Harper! House Pharmacy. 5 General Leonard Wocd. chief of mental tests prescribed by the army regulations for admission to the rsnks are rigorous, mo much ao. In fact, that In th past fiscal year the recruiting officers rejected S1.S78 of the 100.90 men who presente'd themselves for en listment. More than 80 per cent of the Intending soldiers were thua rejected as lacking In mental, moral or physical qualifications. Accurate statistics cs to other countries are lacking In re gard to this matter, but It Is probably safe to- ass.ime that the American standard Is higher than that of any other country in which voluntary en. listment is relied upon to fill the ranks of the army depleted by expired en listment, desenion. discharge for dis ability, etc. It should be noted, how ever, thst of the 81.87S rejections "11 429, or about 12 per cent, were caused by lack of prior military sen-Ice which, from March 1, 1310. until after the end of the fiscal year, was pre scribed as a necessary quallflcatlon for enlistment. In ordr to bring abaut the reduction ordered by the president In the enlisted strength of the army to not exceeding 80.000." Army Men Deny Deserter's Story. Just how much effect the recent "revelations" of alleged coniiitons lo unbecoming. AH coat sleevrg are long eud are fairly sure; to remain so for the present regardless of the length of tlie sleeves of the bodice worn under- neath. , In selecting an outfit for a southern CIEANS-SCOUDS SCRUBS-POLISHES 1 lie lhat iiHk any retail grocer may Iinve Absolutely Free One full size can of Kitchen Klenzer Claaoa, Scours, Scrnba, PolUbas We rfve every grocer ao cans free to distribute to his customers. FITZPATRICK BROS. ' BtaFl grocer supplied by jobbr. 1911 SUGGESTION Start the New Year clear of all your small debts. .If you bare several small debts, flgure op how much it will take to pay them off and then come to use and we will loan you the amount yea need on your - ' - FURNITURE, PIANO. STOCK, ETC.. RATES LOWEST, PAYMENTS BJaALLEST RELIABLE LOAN COMPANY 1805 V? Second Ave, Rock" Island, HI, Old phone 1003 the army will have on the number ef men seeking enlistment It la Impossi ble to say. The man whose story gave a bails to the attack on the army and Its officers is a self confessed deserter. As such h la unworthy of credence, according to the army officers who have Investigated his story and have declared it without any foundation In fact. He spoke of Intolerably out rageous conditions In the army, assert ing tht the enlisted men were treated without consideration by the officers, received food unfit for human con sumption, were compelled to do dirty, menial work and. In short, were rhimefully mistreated. These condi tions are declared, by Inferency to ex ist throughout the service andf furnish sufficient grounds for the reluctance of self respecting young Americana to en ter the service. There have been let ters In the newspapers from enlisted men and noncommissioned officers denying the charges, and It Is declared by many unprejudiced observers that our men are better housed, fed and clothed than any other soldiers. The magazine editor who wrote and stood sponsor for the story of the de serter asserts that the army offlcbila who looked Into his charges and de clared them- a libel on the army do not like his assertion, that there were 30. 000 desertions from the army In tha part twelve years. But the secretary of the array reports that "It Is grati fying to be able to report that the num. , ber of desertions In the past fiscal year was 30.8 per cent leas than for the preceding year and that the 3.464 do ertlons give a per rentage of 3.66 for I 1110 against 4.97 for 1903 ; trip the first-investment should bo a I ccat and skirt costume of light weight j cloth and will prove essential for tho Journey and upon the return north will be Just ready for the spring ica- i son. "3 Q V ll1