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Including Sunday, by the Ann Printing- and Publishing Aaaoclatlon, ISO Nassau at., Borouch'of Manhattan, N. Y. President. Frank A. Muntey. 150 Naisao at.: Vice-President. Ervln Wardman: Secretary, n. K. Tlthertnrton: Treas., Wm. T. Dewart, all of ISO Naitau atreet. London office. 40-43 Fleet atreet. Paris office, 0 Hue de la' Mlchodlire, oft nue du Quatre Septembre, Washington office, Munsey Building. Brooklyn office, Room 20!. Eagle Building-, 303 Washington atreet. If our friend! tcao favor ut ( tsosti tortfefa ami Ulvttralloas for svoHcafton trie to Mre rejected articles returned then mutt in alt eases tend tlamee for iat purpose. TELEPHONE, BEEKMAN S20O. 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 - . . . , ,.!. iivui uiu uiuiouaiuua Ul 4&OICWIU IU I thn limit nf Rontlnnrl Neofc. Knrth . ...., . Carol I fin. A Democratic majority In . 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'-