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Now. the nine fourth liberty Loan
Dragged Across With Ilcrolc Ef
fort, Put Kit chin Out and
Make the Next One Easy.
All the land Is filled with rejoicing
that the Fourth Liberty Loan Is sub
Kcrlbed to tho full sis billions of
Uollars. Tho sense of elation over
this colossal financial achievement
hero at homo Is second only to the
spirit of triumph over tho lflcompn
. rablc feat ot arms of our sons and
brothers abroad.
But there Is no one of cool judg
ment that can Ignore what was done
with Incessant effort and strain, what
had to be done, to pull the loan
through. It was like sweating blood.
There Is no one of clear discernment
that can fall to see the cause and
to apprehend the succeeding events,
swiftly approaching. They loom big
ger by far than this six billion loan
Just closed. They wear a visago lnfl-
nltely more grim. They brcatho a
danger Indescribably blacker.
Think of eight billions of dollars
for taxes collectible while the etib-
- serlbers for the 'six bill ons of a Lib
erty loan are still paying up I Think,
while those taxpayers are bending
double under vthat tax load, of eight
billions, of a fifth Liberty loanimme
dlately required of perhaps another
lx billions 1 Then, In this engulfing,
one after the other, of funds which
stagger the imagination, funds equal,
every one of them, to the total wealtTi
of whole nations beyond our boun
daries, think of Kitciiin of Scotland
Neck, North Carolina 1
With a chairman of tho House
Ways and Means Committee capable
of comprehending even the elemen
tary principles of taxation there nevc.r
would, have been need of the struggle
through which we have just gone to
finish the Fourth Ltbertr Loan. With
a chairman laying taxes, not to vent
his. spleen against sections, not to
proscribe prosperity, not to terrorize
business, but to raise revenues, the
country never would havo turned a
hair over the Fourth Liberty Loan
never would turn a hair over tho
blllloDi yet to come for taxes on the
top of the billions for this Liberty
Loan and again the billions for still
other Liberty Loons to come on the
top of tho billions for taxes.
But, with a chairman sworn to lay
on the territory north of Mason and
Dixon's line the cost of the war ns a
crushing One, like Ones laid by the
Prussians four years ago on Liege,
Brussels, Antwerp, Lille with a
chairman wreaking his sectional ven
geance In such ways, the greatest lend
Ing power In tho world was dyna
mited, tbo greatest taxpaylng enpac
lty was sacked, tho greatest agency
of production the source of nil taxes,
nil loans, nil support of human needs
and desires was throttled.
With his economic superstitions and
his Intellectual deficiencies, Kitcnm
of Scotland Neck, North'Carolina, did
not have enough gumption about tax
ation without extinction of the thing
taxed to know bow and where to
begin right on tho task of raising
revenue If ho had wanted so to do.
But his opportunity to carry out his
threat of assessing tho cost of the
war on that part of tho country north
of Mason and Dixon's lino was a
good enough Job for him. With all
tho Impassioned sectionalism that was
In him he went as far as there was
time for him to go.
But Kitciiin cannot be permitted
to go further on his mad-hatter course
without uttorly smashing tho coun
try's business, confounding tho Gov
ernment's nndertaklngs and Impeding
tthe world's Jsettllng of the Hun. For
the fruition of our labors In Europe,
for the safety of this nation, Krrciim
must be shot out of tho chairmanship
of tho Ways and Means Committee as
tho Hun Is shot out of France and
our voters.
Two weeks from to-morrow elec
tions for members of tho House of
Representatives will be held In every
Congress district of tho United States.
Every voter In tho United Stntcs,
therefore, can uso his voto to get
rid of KiTcniJt. 'Elect a Republican
House of Representatives, and Kixcn-
l, ns a national figure, will shrink
from the dimensions of America to
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I thn limit nf Rontlnnrl Neofc. Knrth
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Carol I fin. A Democratic majority In
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t tin ' TTAiten mAnA Tfi-rri-ff lit nhnil-mnn
the'IIouso made KitChiK chairman
of tho Ways and Means Committee
to the torment of statesmanship, to
the mangling of business and to the
bedevllmcnt of Americanism, even Its
bread and butter In the days to come.
A Republican majority In tho House
will unmake Kitciiin to the restora
tion of sanity In revenue laws, to tho
rescue of Industrial efficiency and to
tho security of the nation.
There will arise, to bo sure, tho
partisan Cry that president Wilson
must not be deprived of his Congress
support. It will be a fraudulent cry
of desperate politics. In his meas
ures for fighting and settling tho war
rraldcnt Wilson will get as straight
forward, full and ardent support from
a Republican Congress ns from n
Democratic Congress. It will be as
well a support enhanced In value and
effect bV Intelligence and ability, In
stead of. degraded by crass economic
ignorance and perverted by poisonous
sectional hatred.
No one can truthfully say that the
President's war programme will lose
anything of support by the election
of ft -Republican Congress. No truth
ful tongue will say so. The New
York World, while Imploring, ns a
Democratic organ to be happy must
Implore, tho reelection of a Demo
cratic Congress, has admitted specifi
cally that there Is And can be no hon
est doubt about the loyal support Mr.
Wilson would have from a Republi
can Congress, These are the World's
own words:
"NO question of patriotism Is Involved
In this election. No sane man doubts
that a Republican Congreaa will be ft
patriotlo. In th accepted eenao of tho
word, aa a Democratic Congrean. No
sane man doubts that a Republican
Congress will be as loyal to the Has and
as eager to t.ln the war as a Demo
cratic Congress. . There are Individual
Republican candidates1 vrtvo ought to be
beaten on the Issue of patriotism, and
there aro Individual Democrats who
havo proved equally unworthy, but
these particular cases do not affect the
general rule that there is nothing to
choose between the patriotism of tho
two parties."
And with nobody. Democrat or
whatever ho may be, able to question
In honesty and candor tho loyal Re
publican support of the President's
w;ar programme, which' would be as
sure ns the rising of the sun, the
country owes It to Itself, owes It to
Its armies on the battle line, owes It
to Its Treasury, owes It to the Chief
Magistrate himself, to obliterate
Chairman KrrcniN of Scotland Neck,
North Carolina, by electing on No
vember D an overwhelming Congress
majority of Republicans. The Job
can be done two weeks from to-morrow.
Let no voter In any Congress
district fall to do his part
Get rid of KiTcniNl
Chairman Baruch's Prestidigitation.
Clmlrman Uabuch's latest order
curtailing production will rceelvo
much public attention. There Is none
of us who will not bo affected In com
fort or convenience by the lessened
product effected 'by tho energetic
chairman's efforts to divert the uses
of raw material nnd labor from less
to more urgent purposes. Mr.
Habucii, his countrymen will now
realize, sees life steadily nnd sees It
whole; from kitchen to cashier's cage,
from velvet greens of golf links to
humble homes where machine mndo
melody pipes bravely play tho Jazz,
tho trot, enticing youth to shnko a
leg, nge to sleep, few comforts or ItiS'
urles are spared.
Merchant, banker, dazedly seeking
mechanical nld to total up his taxes.
finds that the calculating machines
havo gono to the making of shells for
PcnsntNu; seek they relief for nerves
In golf, the putting greens' tall grass
and nodding' weeds wave them back
law mowers are' now made Into
tanks. It will bo prudent now for
housewives lo itoro their corn meal
In the Ice box, lest rats nnd mice sur
feit thereon, for Mr. Casucii Is mak
ing wire entanglements of rat traps.
No moro tho softly cooling biscuit tor
tonl, tho penny cono of frozen cream
dear to childhood, for Icecream freez
ers, by n deft twist of the ennlrmrin'
wrist, are now converted Into depth
charge- containers.
Machine mado music slumbers In
Its blnck disks, the awakening needles
havo been lengthened Into wires which
sing to the skies tho shrill battlo
songs of 'flying warriors.
Wp mention but n few of the dep-
rlvatlons, all of which will bo patri
otically endured. Rut the chnlrmnn's
orders have a compensatory clement ;
steplnddcrs no longei hove existence
as such. They havo been made Into
duck boards, walks for wet trenches.
A masterful stroke I Civilization has
been compelled reluctantly to acknowl
edge that Yankee Ingenuity has never
dovlsed.n stepladder which could bo
opened without profanity, ndjustcd
for uso wlthont symptoms of apo
plexy, or used when opened without
risk of life, limb and religion.
Altogether an order of Interest. In
ono respect It puzzles. The manufac
ture of bottles has been curtailed.
Why? Has Mr. Babccii In the dis
traction of his duties not felt the
splendid surge of n great reform?
Bottles! Thero are more bottles
drained bone dry of their hellish con
tents and now dumped on a falling
market than will again be needed
While renson holds her sway 1
Tho Lost Fence of Bowline Green,
From 1770 to 1014 Bowling Green I
In this city was partly surrounded by
an Iron fence, which was an object of
much Interest to antiquarians and
student of our local history as an
ante-Revolutionary relic. When the
subwny was under construction In
that locality. In July, 1014, It became
necessary to remove this fence for
the time being; and twenty-five sec
tions thereof, each section being about
eight feet In length, wero placed In
tho custody of the Park Department
and delivered In complete order nt Its
storage yard In Central Park, near
Ninety-sixth street. This fencing has
now disappeared.
Two gales of scrap Iron have been
mado by the Department of Parks
since the Bowling Green fence was
thus deposited In Its yard; nnd n re
port by Police Commissioner Enbigiit
on tho subject, addressed to the
Mayor, Indicates that tho pre-Rcvolu-
tlonary fencing was Included In one
of these sales and has probably been
melted up as old Iron. At all events,
tho report makes It plain that the
ancient fence Is gone beyond recall.
This occurrence Is discreditable to
the custodians of the property placed
In storage with tho Park Department
nnd also to the various societies In
terested In the preservation of his
toric monuments and relics In the city
and State of New York. The head
quarters of the Sons of tho Revolu
tion are at Fraunce's Tavern, not far
distant from Bowling Green. Why
did not this organization, whose mem
bers are distinguished for their pub
lic and patriotic spirit, see to It that
the royal and colonial fence was
properly cared for and safeguarded?
Where were the eyes of the Society of
Colonial Wars and those ot the
Daughters of the .Revolution and the
Colonial Dames while this spoliation
was going on? Why was the New
York Historical Society quiescent?
We do not propose to cry over the
loss of spilled milk; but the Insti
tutions which we have named and
other similar organizations may well
take warning from the Inexcusable
disappearance of the fence of Bowl
ing tSreen. Other historic monu
ments aro threatened with destruc
tion or Injury from time to time In
order to permit the modern Improve
ment of the city. Let all our patriotic
societies keep their eyes and ears open
and protect objects of historic or anti
quarian Interest which temporarily
stand In the way of progress.
The municipal authorities should be
notified of their willingness to act In
the premises and nld In tho preserva
tion of relies of the pat, which we
cannot afford to lose.
On Buying a New Suit.
A citizen who docs not know which
rose to pluck In the blooming field of
duty puts to The Sun tho problem
of the thorns:
"To 711E Editob or Tub Sun Sir.- I
wish Tub Sun would shed an Illumi
nating ray on a simple jet perplexing
question which I am sure bothers many
minds as well as my own during these
parlous days of war.
"Why, if we can affdrd it, should we
not buy new clothes for winter, rather
than to shamble around In our old togs?
Is It so that we may selfishly be able
to buy another bond or two, while, by
depriving the tradesman of his profit,
we make It Impossible for him? It
eems to mo that there Is a lot of bun
combe in this kind of, argument, and
my opinion Is that It Is our patriotlo
duty to buy new clothes if we need
them and send our castoffs to tho suf
fering Belgians.
"Will The Sun please say7
"Jno. C. Howard.
"Oodknsburo, October 19."
If the' buying of a suit meant noth
ing more than tho transfer of Mr.
Howabd's money from his pocket to
tho pocket of the clothing dealer wo
should advise him , lo buy the suit
and rely upon tho patriotic dealer to
Invest the money In the next bond
Issue or to distribute part of tho
price nmong the various worthy or
ganizations which presently will nsk
to have their war chests tilled.
In time of war, however, the pur
chase ot a suit of clothes Is an opera
tion of far reaching Importance. It
stretches from the buyer, admiring
himself In tho clioval glass, back to
tho sheep that browses on distant
hills. To begin with, can the wool
for Mr. Howard's suit bo spared
from the supply necessary to clothe
the American army? Let us assume
that It Is to be spared, else tho Gov
ernment would not have permitted It
to pass Into the civilian trade. Is
tho labor to be spared to make Mr.
Howabd'h suit? A suit of clothes re
quires moro work for Its production
than Is represented on the time sheets
of n tailor shop. Lnbor washes and
Shears tho Sheen Lnbor sends the
sneara tno siieep. uiuor senas tnc
wooi oy runrona 10 tne muis. l.noor 1
THE SUN, MOftDAY
scours, wllleys, mixes, oils, cards and
spins tho wool Into cloth. Labor
brushes and dyes the cloth. Labor
enrts the bolts of cloth to and from
tho enrs. Labor cuts, sews and
presses the clothing. Labor makes
tho buttons. Labor brings the cloth
ing to the Jobber. Labor takes It to
tho retailer. Labor exhibits It to the
Admiring customer. Labor docs book
keeping nil the way along the line.
When n million Mr. Howards de
cide to make the old suit do n while
longer, hundreds of working people
nro released from what they arc do
ing In the way of transforming the
sheep's wool Into clothing. They nro
free to tako np tasks more esscntlul
to the whining of tho war. The bur
den on tho railroads of war time, on
the trucks of war time. Is lightened.
Tho $33,000,000 which the Mr. How
ards don't spend Is freo to bo put to
the uso of the Government Tho na
tion keeps tho labor, tho Government
borrows the money, nnd the Mr. How-
nrds, Instead of having nice new suits,
hnvo tncIr old sults Tned on the
icu orcast witn nanus.
The Sun does not ndvlso Mr. How
ABi) or anybody clso to dress In a
manner that will lower his self-respect.
But these times are not like
the times of peace, when the gen
eral prosperity Is heightened by tho
lively circulation of money and iho
active employment of labor In the
manufacture of those things which,
nlthougb necessities In peace, are lux
uries In war. The Government will
keep the money circulating nnd there
Is no scarcity of employment.
A correspondent of the New York
Times aacrlbes the phrase "The public
bo damned" to Commodore Vandepjiilt
and disputes the title of Wilijam II.
VANDKnB.LT to Its authorship. He says
that about tho time ot tho panic of
1873 the father of William II. Van-
deiujilt was credited with tho expression
nnd "the fakers of Nassau street were
telling a metal figure of the Commodore
about one and a half Inches high,
which, when pressed heel and head
between one's fingers and thumb,
threw Its thumb to Its nose; and the
faker's cry In selling It was "The public
bo damned," This may be true, but
it is not the less true that the senti
ment, in. Its relation to the Indiffer
ence of railway corporations' to public
rights and comfort, was attributed to
William H. Vandehbilt In an Inter
view with him by a correspondent, we
believe, or the Chicago Times, nearly
ten years after the panic of 1S73. This
same correspondent was accustomed to
confess In private, without shame and
even with yellow professional glee, that
"The nubile be damned" was the child
of his own unscrupulous Invention, and
that William H. Vanderbilt did not
really utter It. as alleged in his report.
The conirrntulatlons offered to Car
dinal OrsnoKs on the golden Jubilee
of his episcopate recorded the heart
felt rejoicings of Americans of all
faiths and creeds, who bear the highest
respect and affection for a man as
honored as a citizen as ho Is aislln
gulshed as a churchman.
The new food regulntlonH for restau
rants go Into effect to-day, nnd every
patron of a public eating house will
read with caro the right hand entries
on tho bill of fare.
Because the loan drive is over is no
reason for any one slackening his
efforts toward tho winning of the war.
The Crown Prince confined himself to
snickering and slapping the delegate?
nn the back, elvlng to them the imnres
inn that h u-.u a most imtntellleent
mn. Keoort 0 a vitit of Poles lo the
Otrman Emperor" headquarters.
War has not changed him.
Tho recess of Congress wears tha
aspect of a serious infringement of the
adjournment of politics.
What are tho formalities imposed
on a policeman whose duty compels
him to arrest a person to whom he
sold a Liberty bond?
It would not bo amazing to learn
that the Berlin War Offloe has an
nounced to appease a wrathful people
that Belgium is being voluntarily
evacuated In compliance with Presi
dent Wilson's demands.
The American without a bond button
was a lonely and disconsolate figure
yesterday. ,
THE VOICE OF WOMAN.
A Letter to tho President From Col
lego Women.
Mv tlear Mr. President:
The National Federation of College
Women, speaking officially through their
president, representing "0,000 Individ
uale, conratulate the President of theso
United States upon tils reply to Ger
many's request for an armistice.
Those who have sons at the front and
those ho eerve at home Join In tho re
quest that wo adhere to tho policy of
War to Victory ; an unconditional sur
render by the Central Powers ; the abdi
cation of the Kaiser: and tho cessation
of military rulo In Germany.
They beseech the womanhood of the
United States to "carry on" and not to
talk of Poace while the sun shines on a
newly made American soldier's grave In
France, and the sword of Prussia still
Is raised over Iielglum.
Respectfully submitted with their re
ncwed offer of loyalty and servlco to
their country.
Thk National Federation oy College
, Women,
Mill KlNOMAN MtLLKR,
Proildent
New Yobk. October 10.
lie Changes Ills Tailor.
When he ws Jiut a llult boy.
To drck him out In smartest best
It was his mother's keenest Joy,
To labor nlth maternal sell.
Ana so to Pster Thompson's shop
Forthwith she took him, for you ,
With youthful firmness he'd resolved
A full rlixed siller man to Ls,
Pride swelled
In him, prlds filled her
heart.
As clad complete tn blue snd whlto
Dold walked ho on, his tiny hand
Fast clutched In hers, a pretty eight,
'Ta at the play the other nlsht
I saw them short Is twenty years
With old time prlds nlda glanced she hlm(
Ilut with an eye faint fringed wltti
tears.
Yes, still In navy togs was he.
The cut; There could be no mistake,
' Successor of r Thompson then
, fa
Knirirp Vstts Cowisp.
OCTOBER 21, 1018.
THE INFLUENZA.
Avoid Crowds and Breathe Fresh Air
for Safety.
To tub EmTon or Tub Sun Sir." The
prevailing pandemia of Influenza must
Inevitably delay, for a moment at least,
the victory of the allied armies, and for
that, it for na other reason, It la the
most Inopportune outbreak of dlseaso
that tho world has ever suffered. In
addition, there Is nothing to bo gained
by closing one's cj cs to tho fact that the
present pandemic exhibits a mortality
unreached In any of the previously re
corded eruptions of Influenza and tho
disease, In Its universally dlfsemlnated
form, Is by no means unknown to
civilization, the last century having wit
nessed four worldwldo flights.
Tho last pandcmlo began fh the Far
East, as had others before It. The
disease soon reached Moscow, whence
It spread over the European prairie with
a rapidity not Incomparable to that of
tho fastest methods of conveyanco
known to the world of thirty years ago.
New Tork was soon Invaded and the
American continent was .swept from
coast to coast. Within av year the
disease had visited every corner of the
earth, attacking Indiscriminately about
40 per cent of the population, leaving
In Its wake, however, a relatively small
list of dead.
In a given community the epidemic
lived tor a period of six to eight weeks,
and for three or four years after the
pandemlo had subsided' Isolated groups
of cases occurred In scattered quarters,
while still other localities seemed never
to become purlfled, notably certain
Aslatlo provinces, wlicro ocrcrowdlng
and, the sanitary llstlessncss of the
I Oriental proletariat combined to keep
alive foci of Infection which otherwise
would have disappeared.
Doubtless It was from such a quarter
that the present -conflagration started,
the hygienic sanctity of Continental Eu
rope having been violated not only by
way of tho Ural steppes but by the
hordes of Chinese coolies engaged as
laborers behind the fighting lines In
France. However this may be, the fact
remains that the sickness Is of a tribe
'"at slumbers through a season of years
an1 then wanders In search of game or
pasture, and that, as it has come to us
now, It Is the most ruthless and restless
traveller that ever Joined the caravan
of nomadic disease.
Tho pandemic of 1819-90 conferred at
least one benediction namely, oppor
tunity to Investigate the cause of the
disease and to Identify Its baclllary
character. Subsequent advances have
made It possible to prepare a vaccine
which. If scientific medicine duplicates
Its experience with typhoid fever, will
permit the world to anticipate, the next
outburst of Influenza without fear that
the disease will become either rampant
or ravenous. Until, however, the efficacy
of protective vaccination Is demon
strated, fresh air and the avoidance ot
crowds are the two best preventives
known to common sense or science.
Douglas Stmmeks, M. d..
Director of Laboratories, Bellevuo and
Allied Hospitals.
New York, October 19.
BRIDGE TENDERS' PAY.
Tho
Modest Ambition of
Faithful
City Emplojees.
To tub Eorron c? The Sun Sir: I
read In Tnn Sun Edward P. Doyle's
statement that laborers are earning at
the nte of It. 40 a day and skilled labor
at the rate of 16.60 and extra pay for
overtime.
I am a bridge tender In tho Depart
ment of riant and Structure,! having
nflKfl1 n nmmntlnn T!i mlnwtlnn fmm
laborer. I call It a demotion In salary,
pure nnd simple
I protest In the way our Balary has
been made up In the three years past
In 1917 twenty men received S60 less
In the year. Was It for political rea
sons? In 191S 1(!5 men received less
wfcges than laborers,, watchmen and at
tendants. Bridge tenders received at tho rate
of J2.80 a day In 191S, J"5 for tho year
less than Alderman Kcnncy's resolution
called for.
I see In tho 1313 tentative budjret
that all laborers aro to get t 25 a da.
Our salary will be about $3.05 a day,
again 173 less .than laborerF.
I claim that bridge tenders should re
ceive J1.200 a year; that would be about
3.J5 a day. 1 sat for two days listen
ing to arguments In the City Hall about
the tentative budget, and no one ob
jected to men earning less than labor
ers' pay. We buy our uniforms, rubber
boots, rubber coats, pay $35 a year car
fare, and work seven days a week.
I for ono am more Interested In lend
ing my money tor Liberty bonds and
War Ssjvlngs Stamps and contributing to
the Red Cross than the high cost of liv
ing. We nre deserving, and for the
work that we perform the full seven
days and the full time of eight hours.
Is $1,200 too much for us to ask?
Billy Waller Is tho man that Is In
the open for living wages to all under
paid city employeen.
William Waller,
Bridge Tender Willis Avenue Bridge.
New YoriK, October 19.
THE FALL.
Tno Lxtrncts From tho Works of a
Passing Monarch.
To the Editor or Tub Sun filr; Look
upon this picture:
Remember that you ars tho Chosen Peo
ple. Tho Spirit of the Lord has descended
upon me, because I am tho Emperor of
ths Germans. I am ths Instrument of the
All-High. I am Ills Sviord nnd Ills Vicar
on earth. Death and destruction to those
who rtslst my will. Parish all ths ens
miss of ths German I'eopls. God requires
their destruction. God. Who by my mouth
commands you to carry out Ills will.
And then upon this:
I have the confident hope that the
whole German peopla In thess most serious
nines will rsrolutsly gather around ma
and give their blood and wealth until
the Isst breath for ths defence of ths
fatherland against the shamsful enemy
plans. Burh a unanimous resolve to eilat
will and must, with God's help, succeed
In breaking the enemy's will tn nsr, and
secure for the fatherland tho peace It Is
worthy of among the peoplo of the world.
Tempora mutantur. X.
New York, October 19,
TELL DR. COPELAND.
The Health Commissioner Will Keep
You Warm,
To the Editor op The Son Sdv While
Dr. Copeland Is busy Issuing orders
to prevent tho spread of Influenza,
why la It that ho has overlooked apart
ment) houso owners who havo not
turned on the heat? landlords who
work elevator women fourteen hours a
day in direct violation of the law are
overiooe.i oy oou, u.e nea.u. anu .aoor
dipartments. why? Henrt T. Price.
New YonK, October 19
COMMANDER STERLING.
An Appreciation of the Officer Who
rollccd Vera Cruz.
To tub Enrron or Tub Sun Sir; In
the sudden death of Commander Archi
bald Orahame Sterling from pneumonia
the navy has lost a brilliant member of
that younger group of naval officers of
command rank who havo done so much
to modernize and popularize tho service
within recent years. t
Commander (then Lieutenant) Ster
ling was in command of a company from
the battleship Utah when tho naval
forces of the United States landed under
Are and seized the city of Vera Crux
In 114. To tho Utah's battalion then
felt the duty of policing and guarding
the city. Lieutenant Sterling's self
offaclng modesty and efficiency In the
performance of this duty was such as
to win him high place In the respect of
his fellow and commanding officers.
The catastrophe of the present war,
which broke upon the world while the
fleet was stilt at Vera Crux, made nn
Instant and profound Impression on
young Sterling's Imagination and patri
otism. He clearly saw his training and
traditions directed him to see that our
own eventual participation In any world
conflict was' Inevitable. The one Im
pulse of his llfo at once became his
unremitting effort that, so far as It lay
with him. the service should prove equal
to the supreme test of war when the hour
struck. He had a keen sense for pub-
llclty. He had a gift for seeing new. I
vvnen many uuuuier aitiiei ot&i. uu..n
shrugged, or tried to cover up or ex
plain away, young Sterling, by nature
oceptlcat of "reforming from within."
was always ready by every honorable
means and within the limits of naval
regulation to Invoke tho corrective pres
sure of public opinion. The world may
never know to how great a degree the
Immense naval appropriations of ths fol
lowing yearn were Indirectly due to his
efforts. This must be in some measure
the consolation of that host of friends
he has left behind, especially In this
city, when he Is cut off at the very
thteshold of command rank and before
his career could test Its brilliant prom
ise of fulfilment Always a naval officer,
he had still his very human side. His
gift for satlro discovered unerringly
every form of sham or pretence; nis
sense of fun, his boyish lovo of mis
chief, were the delight of all who knew
him well. With a personality of un
usual charm and refinement ho repre
sented all that Is true, practical and
best in the naval service. He came of
a distinguished family of naval officers,
belns survived by his father, Rear Ad
miral A. G. Sterling, retired, and by
Captain Tates Sterling, U. S. N. Death
Immediately took- him when invalided
home -from destroyer duty abroad.
He died as he had lived. In the line
of duty. c' s-
New' Tonic, October 19.
WHY THE FIELD CLERK?
An Array Institution the Enlisted
Man Can't Understand.
To tub IiiTon or Tim Sun Sir: It
Is a matter of astonishment, and some
chagrin, to every enlisted man In this
great army of ouis that the field clerk,
per se, exists at all as a part of the
army. It cannot be that his work Is
of a nature that calls for him alone, be
causo his work Is being done to-day by
enlisted men In every base at home and
abroad. The Held clerk Is not an en
listed man, not a part of the army at
all; but his drees so closely resembles
tha uniform of an officer of the army
that newly made privates often salute
the field clerk, thinking him to be an
officer. The rookies who make this
J blunder do not hear the last of It from
their comrades for many days.
Inasmuch as tho private Is doing ana
has always done the work of the reld
clerk, will you tell me why the field
clerk" Is invited to do army work, and
especially why, being a civilian, ho
should be permitted to ape the uniform
of an officer? Many thousands of us
who gladly have given our services to
the big Job would thank you for an
answer to this question. '
Stdnet B. KLOwcn, Private.
Medical Department, U. S. A. Base Hos-
pltaj.
Camp Merritt, N. J., October 19.
THE NAVY WANTS SEX TA NTS.
Lend Them to tfte Hydrographlc Of
flco for Inspection.
The navy Is tn urgent need of sex
tants, either new or used, and any per
son having one or more of these instru
ments is requested to bring them to the
Branch Hydrographlo Office, 78 Broad
street. New York city, where they will
be Inspected as to their fitness for use
and an appraised valuo placed on them.
Sontants with Ivory dcales or thoo
needing more than minor repairs or ad
justment are not desirable for navy use.
Pa) ment will be made to the owners
ot the Instruments accepted.
AN OLD SOLDIER'S COUNSEL.
'o I'eaco Without Vlrtory Is
Country's Demand.
To tub Editor ok The Son Sir,
tho
No
pcaco by negotiation I
The murderers and assassins of women
and children on land and sea should not
bo allowed to have a voice In any peace
settlements.
Germany should first be invaded, and
terms of peace. Indemnity and restitu
tion be dictated from Berlin.
Anything less than this means that
our millions of 'had havo died In vain.
In the words of the Immortal Grant:
"Unconditional surrender" of the German
war lords means for you and me and
generations yet unborn absolute freedom
from so-called civilized warfare.
John W. Seavkr,
Private 2d Mass. Heavy Artillery, 1862
LrNERooit, X. Y., October 19.
The Martial Spirit of Eighteen.
To rif" Kpitor ok The Sun Sir: Tho
mnjorlty ut the boys of eighteen aro
eager to tight and help their country,
but how can they do bo except by having
eomo special trade or by going Into tho
marines, a branch that not every boy
can enter?
Why not let down the barn and let
them fight ahead of their tlmo? Thuy
are eager to do so. I am IS and know
how the boys feel. R. W. 1L
Brooklyn, October 15.
Tho Programmo of the Careless.
To the Editor ok TifB Sun Sir: Tell
me If the saying "Eat, drink and bo
marry, for to-morrow we die" Is not
attributed to Robert G. Ingersoll. A
friend contend, It Is take,, from the
scriptures. r A. KnANE.
Brookltn, October 19.
"Ict us cat nnd drink, for to-morrow
we shall tllo" in from Isaiah xxll., 13,
FITNESS TO BE TEST
FOR COMMISSIONS
Gen. March Announces Now
System for Handling: Civil
inn Applications.
BRANCHES ABE UNIFIED
Personnel Department to Act
With Training Camps
Association.
SpecUtt DetpatcH to Tns Sc.
Washington, Oct 20. Under a new
plan announced to-day by Den. March,
chief of Uff, governing the Issuance
of commlslons, radical changes are
made In tho procedure which civilians
havo followed In tho past, rtecruitlng
for such commissions ns tho Army has
to bestow will be done In geographical
ftf mmMto The" irtVu'
,,CX1nMHlTavt.been "horoughly S
.in.,r -n.n Armv hereafter virtually
mr much as a
I Z d.VeKr' ?' :'mll anS
nv emploTees. and"
will examine applicants through dis
trict commissions.
The Military Training Camps Asso
ciation in most Instances will manage
tho new recruiting plan and lll m-
tervlew and examine tho applicants
. ..1 .t.rinin fh.lr fit-
ness. If an applicant Is found to be
qualified, his application and rocom-
mendatton will be forwarded to the
personnel branch of tho General Staff
here, and If thero Is need for such an
nllleer a commission will be granted.
Otherwise the application wilt be held to
await a future need.
In tho New York district this re-1
crultlng will bo conducted by the Mili
tary Training Camps Association at 19 ;
West Forty-fourth street.
Abolishes Separate Branches.
Tho new plan doos away with the
present system by which each branch
of the service has been recruiting Its
own officers. All applications addressed
to these branches such as the Ord
nance, Army Intelligence, Motor Trans
port Corps and the like, will now bo
turned over to the new personnel
branch of the General Start. The an
nouncement made to-day by Gen. March
says :
"Tho application of tho principle of
placing tho Individual In the military
machlno strictly according to his quali
fications Is being extended to cover the
selection and assignment of those In
civil llfo desiring commissions In the
army.
Tho procurement of officers for the
various elaff corps and departments Is
now centralized tn the personnel branch
of the General Staff and the separate
recruiting endeavors of Individual staff
corps havo been discontinued.
"The personnel branch Is establishing
agencies In various cities and has beei.
aw.ured of the hearty cooperation of the
Military Training Camps Association,
Chambers of Commerce, and other civil
organizations who havo splendidly co
operated wth tho army In tho past In
securing commissioned personnel. TIiofo
desiring commissions can hereafter be
saved the Inconvenience of coming or
writing to Washington, and will be
provided through the local ' press with
all necessary Information relative to
their availability and proccduro to bo
followed.
To Be Classified by Uxurrfs.
'Information will also be published
from time to time Indicating qualifica
tions of applicants most urgently needed.
"All applications will be carefully
classified In Washington by experts.
In filling vacancies every effort will be
exerted to make selections according to
qualifications with a view to finding the
right man to fill each vacancy.
"Under tho new plan no applications
for commission should be made directly
to the Quartermaster Corps. Ordnance
Department, Sanitary Corps, Engineers
Corps, Military Intelligence Division,
Motor Transport Corps, Construction
Division. Bureau of Aircraft Prouctton,
Signal Cofps, Chemical Warfaro Service
or Adjutant-General's Department In
stead all applications will bo made
through the recruiting sub-section of the
personnel branch of the oenerui .titan.
"Procedure In applying for a commls
inn win hn na follows : The civilian de
siring to offer his services will watch
the standard announcement of needs for
officers published periodically In tho
newspapers. These announcements win
be Issued from the Washington head
quarters of the recruiting sub-section,
and will be based on full descriptions of
each need typo of man wanted and
duty to be performed furnished by tho
vanuus oraiiciiea ui mu unity rctiuuius
officers. As all publicity an officer needs
will come from one source, there will be
no contradiction, conflict or competition
In calls for men.
Applicant May ne Transferred.
"When announcement Is made of a
need for which tho civilian considers
himself In every way qualified, he will
communicate with the nearest office of
tho Military Training camps Association
and there obtain complete Information
on how to apply, if found qualified he
will receive a standard application for
commission In the United States Army,
whlih he will fill out and return to the
Military Training Clamps -Association
office.
Later ho will bo Interviewed and cx-
amlncd. if tho requirement which at-
traded htm has already been filled or
his qualifications mako him more sulta
nblo for some other service tjh appli
cation ruiy bo transferred or held, prop
erly clatslfled and available for uso, In
a deferred file.
"A civilian who considers himself
qualified for service ns a commissioned
ofilccr tn any branch rf the army may, If
no uesircs, mano application throueh
thp nearest Military Training Camps A
roclatlon its advance of any definite
statement ot n need for men with his
particular qualifications. If found on
Interview and examination to bo gener
ally qualified to bo an olllcer he tvlU bo
recommended as an available candidate
for n commission nnd his application
will bo forwarded to the personnel
branch, General Stnff, and there classi
fied and either applied on a current need
or held pending tho development of fu
ture needs.
"In no Instance, under the new pro
instance, unaer tne new pro- :"
It d.slrable to travel or write ' in ai' 'eed thc,n
ngton, since all recruiting for orderly scheme of ret
cedure, is 11
10 Washington, since an recruiting
civilians to bo commissioned In the
specified 8taT Corps will be managed
by the district headquarters of the re
cruiting nub-section and tho offices of
the Military Training Camps Associa
tion." BARCELONA ACCLAIMS WILSON.
Conncll of Nimnlsh Cttr Elects
Hlra an Ilonornrr Clllien,
Special Cable Detpaleh l Tns Sex,
tiO.s-noN, Oct. 20 Jut twenty years
after the end ot the Spanish American
wnr the Town Council of Barcelona has
nlft'tcl rr.Kli!.r t WIIcmi nn V.
J, "tho capl.aioi Ca.aiU.n
recognition ot his ifforts and his attitude
toward tno restoration or the world's
Peace.
Barcelona newspapers r.ay tho prln-
clnle of new nationalities U elorlfled In
the person ot President Wilson,
NEW FLEET CALLS
FOR MORE CONSOLS
Hurley Emphasizes Prepum
tion Now for World Trade
After tho Wnr.
SHIPS FOR EVERY PORT
Urges Changes in Laws to Pro.
vide Better Paid Men nml
Greater Staff.
WABHtWOTON, Oct. 20. Within ut
years the United States will have h
operation 25,000.000 tons of men-hart
shipping tho greatest fleet In the wor
and yot unless a plan and Its co.
struction are quickly put through th
will be no consular service at nil ad.
quato to handle this shipping and foclt .
tale trading, we win nave tno greatci
merchant fleet In the world and tit
poorest consular organization Iti
the
i problem, one of the big proH,,
be wived Immediately after the con .
ng or pece. aireauy ia engaging uta
tentlon or reawara Js. iiuney, enairm.
' of the United States Shipping Hoard M
Hurley urgod to-day that Hteps be U
at once to provide facilities for hamill ;
the tremendous tonnngo which v.- '1 t,,
afloat under the American Hag when i
war Is ovor. Mr. Hurley has mads j
, study of 'this subject .and In an i ,t,
view to-day he tald the fact3 before t ,
American people. In the first plac
told a story. An Amcr can consul tcr -
ing recently in a Spanlrh port wa. a
preached by one of his agents from a
other port, who asked the Conful .f '
had ever cleared a ship flying the Amcu
can flag.
"No. ' said the Consul, "anil If a sh
had 'be bo cleared I wouldn't know ti. n
to do 1L"
No American Slitli In Nine Irnr-i,
At Queenstown, Ireland, onn of t 1
greatest ports of call in the world.
vessel flying tha American flafc .1
touched in nine years previous to 1!1
at which time war demands and shippl ,
shortage revived American . shipping
This was truo of many other great t.or'
But all that Is changed and will
changed more completely, for less thj
two years will see under the Ftara ar.d
Stripes a fleet whose units will be ?e
In every port of the world, nut who. ji
Hurley points out, would hanri v 1
fleet? The consular organization 1 u
terly Inadequate. There are not en-.u
Consuls and ngents. They are not .ri
erly paid. Some have broken down ai
died under the strain of ocrworli n
posed upon them by war condition Jl
Hurley continued:
"Wo need moro Consulu and larger
consular staffs. We need them to-dav 10
carry on the Increased burden of no'
If wo do not provide them to-day -.c
prepare for the great growth In er
merchant marine and trade after t e
war. I fear that we shall buffer a ft
rlous breakdown. The Department
State has work for fully fifty addition
men risht now, and If Congre . 1
thorlzed such an extension of servn-s
would find the men nnd bend "if
abroad Immediately. Unless I'onsrn'
meets this war emergency both th pi
parlment of Stnte and the United Statu
Shipping Board face the danger of pu
11c criticism for Inadequate servlco nve
peace comes. These departments reaMi
will be blameless, but criticism w'll fJ
upon them nevertheless.
Many EteBUlatlona Are Obsolete.
"Thero nre nearly 100 pages In 1
United States consular regulations rul
ing with shipping matters the clean-.
of ships flying the American fUs '
protection of American seamen and m
era, the settling of disputes and t'e , r
Many of these regulations are bas-t i
old treaties. Many of them are '. -lete.
There are differences be!"""'
treaties with various countries ' t
Consuls often lack authority to ha- '
matters Involving the Interests o' e
sailors and ship owners. These rcsr'i'
tlons are complicated chiefly bcausr r-,
have had little commerce In Amr:--n
ships. Many of them were excel:
the days of our sailing ships, whu t' v
were established. But bc-fure we "ir 1 .
crate a modern mere'Niiit mar 'ie
must revise, standardize and I'lrl-'
this whole mass of regulations 31 J -
them up to tho efficiency uf o.' - r
tlons" practice.
"Foreign trade In American t i-- "
mean better teivico to our ti-"it
' abroad than we ever hu e 1 in 1 1
the past. It must be tho AmerWn 1 .
ufacturer's aim to take care of Ms
tomcrs in Latin America us ne
does of customers at liorn" V - ji
get the trade and hold It unless s
American service. A very large pu' -this
service will depend upon I - '
j states Consuls. They will hnie '0
die a great Increase In u -f--
neeted with American bhiprnent.'
American ships. They will lie
upon also by our manufacturer ( -formation
concerning other court! h
"Tiio timo to provide for t; -
Is now, while we nro bulld-nx "
We must havo moro men and
' be adequately paid. Consulu 1
rails for a man with college- em.
! plus business experience, plus tw
dealing with people, plus arc
wlth ono or more foreign langua.
technlcul knowledge of onsiii.11
Men Are Poorly Paid.
"We havo been asking tut ir.
calibre, to pars a t-tlff cxam.r
foro entering the tervlce and 1' -.
Ing him down to countries I1
, where living Is moro costly th 1
York, and expecting him to n.n '
family nnd a good position hki '
tional dignity on a small tuu
nre paying shipbuilders be'tf
than some of our consular
nowadays, and I consider it . :
finest evidences of patnot -m
Consuls havo stuck to tN i -,
died In harness during th.-n 1
when by merely lesignlng mu
private positions the r mM I .
talned salaries several t 'n v n
those Uncle Ram pays. I rt 1
that this real emergeno - . I 1
clear to Congress and jcl!"H t '
"Wo might look toGrua- Hrl' .
examplo of straight thlnkirg
prise In this matter. For depl'.
fuor years struggle for her 11 '
the right little, tight littl island
her Industries alive, given itm t-
! slblo tervlce to her cu-tomer-i
tho world, helped tn move mir
and .1"
con-r -
the war, both at home, and i
consular service has !'
will play n large part lr.
vsnste of war when peaie c "
Consuls make British slr.tv'' i
Is. to a great fixtent. and I tr .
will tako steps to back c .r
moro consular expcrtR.'
P0INCARE"gREETS ALBERT
Belgian ICInir Conurutnlntrri
Return to Oatend.
Paris, Oct. '20. PreFldet.t V
hag telegraphed the King -""I '.'
Relclum expressing IihjvIi
. t --..... . -
In reply" Ivlng AU.m h'anV.
dent and der-Urrd he w.' , -'
mnnd the Frem-h troops ft-i-t
i,!,,,.
The B'lgian and I-Vem-n r
Hters have exchanged conen.' '
the dellvcranto of Lille and F'-