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?is the most delicious you have ever
eaten. "MALT** BREAD tastes different
from the ordinary loaf, because it's
made with greatest skill from the
choicest ingredients and baked to perfection.
Order "MALT" BREAD for
your table, and the whole family will
commend your good judgment. At
grocers*. 5c loaf. Look for the label.
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We t'se Pure Rich Pasteurized Cream
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Reisinger's. 235 G n.w.. Main 2767.
Phone Main 258? for Family Wash
prices. The Tolman Laundry.
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Main 2440.
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Brio. gen. george h. harried,
commanding the District
of Columbia militia, was
at the brigade headquarters, in
The Star building, during the
u?eek and went over a number of important
matters in connection with the
National Guard of the District of Columbia.
A conference of the staff was held
and matters pending for consideration
were discussed by Gen. Harries. Col.
Aim on L. Parmerter, U. S. A., adjutant
general. District of Columbia mi
lftia, went to Baltimore and came to
Washington with the general, and Maj.
<\ Fred Cook. N. G. D. C., adjutant
general's department, met them at the
station.
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a 'orrespondence courses for the officers
of the National Guard of the District
of Columbia, an instruction board
to supervise the course of instruction
and to make recommendations regarding
the course of instruction for the local
National Guard in future years and
detailed orders for instruction in the
use of the rifle are the features of the
order governing the drills for the National
Guard of the District of Columbia
for the season, which began
October 1. The order was made public
at National Guard headquarters, in
The Stad building, yesterday.
Last year, as in former years, officers
who did not attend the schools conducted
Monday nights were required
to make up the time in afternoons dur- j
ing the week, but under the corre- i
spondence plan the officers who do not
attend will be required to work out
the problems of the session of the
school which they missed, and will be
required to have them ready by the
time of the session next following that
of their absence.
* * * *
In assignment of service calls and the
use of the drill hall the drill order is
essentially the same as in former years,
except that the time of the drill for
the 1st Battery, Field Artillery, has
been changed from Friday to Thursday
night.
Following is the order, in part:
"An instruction board is hereby constituted,
to consist of the following officers.
viz: The adjutant general, D. C.
militia: the commanding officer, 1st Infantry;
the commanding officer, 2d Infantry:
the commanding officer, 1st
Battery; the commanding officer, Signal
Corps Company; the chief surgeon,
N. G. D. C.; the inspector-instructor
detailed by the War Department; the
inspector-instructor on duty with this
field artillery district.
'"The board will meet upon notice
from brigade headquarters.
"It will be the duty of this board to
supervise the execution of the course
of instruction and to make recommendations
regarding the course of instruction
to be followed in future
years.
"It is expected that the board will
have evolved a continuing scheme of
instruction by the beginning of the
next drill year (October 1, 1915). The
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of circular 3, D. M. A., 1914.
"Indoor instruction with the rifle will
be governed by the following provisions,
viz:
"Preliminary instruction with the rifle
preparatory to gallery practice will
he under charge of an instructor-sergeant.
Two expert shots will be detailed
by each battalion commander as
bis assistants.
"The object of this instruction is proficiency
in aim and trigger-squeeze,
whicb will be determined by a test
concluding the instruction. No officer
or enlisted man who has neither qualified
as a result of this test nor previously
qualified as marksman or better
will be permitted to fire in the rifle
v gallery.
"The inspector of small arms practice
will have general charge of gallery
practice. Instruction in gallery practice
will commence as soon as men
qualified in preliminary instruction are
available. All officers and enlisted men
who have not qualified as marksman
or better will fire the prescribed course.
"The object of gallery practice is to
teach the recruit a practical application
of the principles already learned in the
preliminary instruction, the correct position
for each class of fire, the use of
the sling, holding, and sight-setting.
Any man who shows that he has not
understood the principles of aiming
will be returned to the instructor in
eharge of preliminary : -
cAcrcises ior additional
instruction. At the conclusion
of the gallery practice season the inspector
of small arms practice will furnish
company commanders with lists
of men of their companies who have
qualified in gallery practice.
"Company commanders will instruct
their companies in simulated magazine
fire with dummy cartridges.
"Company commanders will at once
prepare .lists, in duplicate, of the men
of their companies who have never
oualifled as marksmen or better. These
lists will be transmitted to the instructor-sergeant
in charge of. preliminary
instruction, who will return one
copy at the conclusion of ea?h drill to
the company commander, making notation
thereon of absentees and of such
men as have qualified in preliminary
instruction. The company commander
will from time to time add to this list
the names of recruits who join the
company, and will return it to the instructor-sergeant.
"As men are reported proficient in
preliminary instruction the company
commander will make up a list, in
duplicate, of men who are to fire gallery
practice, and will transmit same
to the officer in charge of gallery practice.
One copy of the list will be returned
to the company commander at
the end of each drill with notation of
absentees and of men who have qualified
in gallery practice. The company
commander will add to the list the
names of men who have been reported
proficient in preliminary instruction
and return the list to the officer in
charge of gallery practice.
'Thts practice will commence, with
the least practicable delay, after the
formation of companies at assembly
for drill. Separate detachments will
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iwi iucu nirii w 11 v are 10 receive
preliminary instruction and of those
who are to flre in the gallery. These
detachments will be formed without
arms, and will be marched under a
non-commissioned officer to the place
of Instruction and reported to the
proper instructor. The remainder ol
the company will continue the regular
drill of the evening.
"Regimental commanders will see
that an officer of the department ol
small arms practice or of the ordnance
department assigned to their regiments
Is present in the gallery In charge ol
the Instruction each evening that any
part of their command is scheduled for
Instruction.
"Separate organization commanders
will see that a competent offlcer la
detailed to supervise the gallery practice
of their organizations.
"Battalion commanders, their staffs,
and non-commissioned staffs will fire
the gallery course with their battalions.
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of staff departments and post noncommissioned
staff will fire Mondayevenings.
"Commanding officers of organizations
armed with the revolver will arrange
for preliminary practice with
that arm.
"The use of the gallery is assigned to
the Officers' Revolver Association Sat
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"Special instruction will be given to
quartermaster sergeants and artificers,
musicians, first sergeants and company
clerks, mess sergeants, and cooks as
prescribed in paragraph 6, page 8, circular
3, D. M. A., 1914. Instruction of
bands will be prescribed by regimental
commanders, and will cover the subjects
enumerated in paragraph 8, page
9, circular 3, D. M. A.. 1914.
"The following officers' schools will
be established, viz: Armory schools for
officers, armory schools for non-commissioned
officers, post - graduate
schools and correspondence schools..
"The theoretical, instruction of Infantry
officers and officers of staff
corps and department, except the Medical
Corps, will be under charge of the
inspector-instructor on duty with the
National Guard of the District of Columbia.
The theoretical instruction of
field artillery officers will be under
charge of the' inspector-instructor of
the field artillery district in which the
District of Columbia is 'included. The
theoretical instruction of officers of the
Medical Corps and the Signal Corps
will be under charge of .the chief surgeon,
N. G. D. C., and the commanding
officer, Signal Corps Company, respectively.
"Instructors will be guided by the
provisions of Circular No. 3, D. M. A.,
1914, and the approved recommendations
of the instruction board, constituted
in accordance with paragraph V
of this order.
"The following classes of infantry officers
will be organized, viz.: A class of
field officers of the 1st and 2d Infantry,
a class of captain and lieutenants in
each of the two infantry regiments and
in the 1st Separate Battalion.
"The field officers* class will pursue
the post-graduate course, pages 45 and
46, Circular 3, D. M. A., 1914. Subject?
Troop leading, with especial reference
to fire control, fire direction, fire discipline
and fire, effect; tactics. Including
the preparation and solution of
problems and .war games. Text?Technique
of modern tactics, Bond and McDonough.
Instructor?The inspectorinstructor
detailed by the War Department.
"The class will assemble for instruction
at the Center Market Armory at
j 8 p.m. on the first Monday of each
I month. *
"The class of captains and lieuten|
ants will pursue the basic course, year
I A, for infantry officers. Subjects?'Infantry
Drill Regulations, 1911.' Especial
attention will be devoted to the
I annlicatinn nf th<> nrinrinlps of the
drill regulations to the troop leading
of small ii\fantry uni/s. This Instruction
will be giyen'ln the form of appllcatory
exercises, with the sand table
or blackboard sketeh; practical instruction
in infantry, drill and manual
of the saber will also be given. MiliDRILL
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1912. Instructor?The inspector-instructor
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Place and time of assembly?
For 1st Infantry, the Center Market
Armory, at 8 p.m., on the first and
third Mondays of each month; for the
2d Infantry, same place and hour, on
the second and fourth Mondays; for the
1st Separate Battalion, 12th and U
Street Armory, at 8 p.m., on the first
and third Fridays. Regimental and
battalion staff officers will be given additional
work in the study of selections
from Army Regulations, according to
the particular and probable duty required
of the officer.
"A correspondence school will be
established for those officers who, on
account of night work, are unable to
attend the regular sessions of the officers*
school. The work of this school
will consist in written tests covering
the subjects of each recitation. Any
officers who may be absent from any
session of the officers' school will bfe
required to take the test pertaining to
the session from which he was absent,
the papers to be submitted to the instructor
at or before the following
session of the school.
"Regimental and battalion commanders
will submit to these headquarters at
the earliest nracticahlA Hat a a n?*
the names of the officers who, on account
of night work or other reason,
are unable to attend the schools hereby
established.
"The basic course (for captains and
lieutenants) will be concluded by an
examination which will be held during
the last week of April, 1915.
"Officers found proficient in any subject
will be excused from examination
in that subject for promotion to the
next higher grade, except that in all
cases a practical test will constitute a
part of the examination for promotion.
"Non-commissioned officers* schools
will be held in each battalion and
separate organization on the drill
night assigned to the organization, under
such provisions asi may be prescribed
by the regimental or separate
organization commander, who will be
guided by the instructions set forth
on pages 47 and 48, Circular 3, D. M.
A., 1914. An instructor-sergeant will
be designated as assistant instructor of
non-commissioned officers' schools.
"The regimental or separate organization
commander will require weekly
reports of attendance at non-commissioned
officers' school to be submitted
to these headjuarters."
* * *
Capt. T. Raymond Clark, N. G. D. C.,
has beer, relieved from duty as paymaster
and disbursing officer of the
National Guard of the District of Columbia
at his own request, under the
terms of orders just issued at National
Guard headquarters.
Capt. Clark was named as paymaster
following the resignation of Maj. Boyd
Taylor last July. In his capacity as
paymaster Capt. Clark disbursed many
thousands of dollars in connection
with the annual encampment of the
National Guard of the District of Columbia
at Virginia Beach, Va.
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elation of the 1st Infantry held its first
meeting: of the present season in the
room of Company E, 1st Infantry, last
Monday nigrht. Two of its officers, W.
1j. Martin, recording secretary, and E.
H. Gerber, financial secretary, having ,
been promoted to the commissioned {
ranks, it was necessary to elect two
men to serve out their terms. The
election resulted in the selection of "
Sergt. Harlan Prey of Company M as
recording secretary, and Sergt. Frank
R. Heise of Company F, as financial
secretary.
The next meeting of the association
will be held at 8 p.m., October 26.
* * * *
The resignations of Capt. Edward F.
Davis and Capt. Harry C. Weirich.
both of the 2d Infantry, N. G. D. C..
have been accepted by the War Department.
Capt. Weirich was commissioned
December 29, 1910, while Capt. 1
Davis received hi* commission August
13, 1911. *
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The competitive spirit is to be en- 11
couraged at the drills of the 1st In- t<
fantry, N. G. D. C., during the current w
drill season. Maj. C. Eugene Edwards, w
N. G- D. C., retired, has presented to
the 1st Infantry a trophy to be com- r
peted for three times during the current
season. The company winning T
the trophy three times in succession
is to have it as company property. """
The drills are to be held during the
first weeks of December. March and
June, according to the tentative program
formulated by Maj. Edwards.
The details of the drills will be furnished
to the separate company commanders
at once, it is declared.
Maj. Edwards will consult Col.
Charles H. Ourand, commanding the
1st Infantry, regarding the regulations
for the competitive drills.
Company K. 3d Infantry, had its first
assembly of the drill year Wednesday.
Following a brief drill. Capt. Eucien B.
Earnest outlined . plans which he had
developed for the betterment of the
organization during the year.
To encourage the squad leaders and
pi IVillCO, scvciai v?ui|n:unwiuj ,? ,iA
arranged during the year by the noncommissioned
officers of the organization.
The non-coms are scheduled to
map out some of their plans at a
meeting this morning.
Preparations are being made by
Company K for its annual dinner.
The militia division of the War Department
announces that the "Manual
for Non-Commissioned Officers and
Privates of Infantry of the Organized
Militia and Volunteers of the United
States, 1914," will be ready for distribution
about October 25.
The current bulletin of the militia
division has this to say regarding the
organization of headquarters and supply
companies for infantry regiments:
"Attention is called to table 6, tables
of organization, organized militia,
pea.ce, 1014, relating to the organiza- ?
tion of regiments of infantry. States .
which maintain Infantry regiments "
: with the minimum organization of J si
headquarters, band and twelve com- r?
panies should at once organize the pro- C(
visional headquarters and supply com- j
panies. For the minimum statutory or- p
ganization the'se 'companies will be or- S
ganized as follows: si
"Headquarters company?Captain and a]
regimental adjutant (commands com- D(
pany), 1; first -lieutenants and battalion
adjutants, 3; total commissioned, 111
4. Band section?Band. 28. Non-com- eJ
missioned staff section?Regimental
sergeant major, 1; color sergeants, 2; Jr
battalion sergeants major. 3; total en- tr
listed, 34. ^
"Supply company?Captain and regi- J!
mental quartermastfer (commands company),.
1; captain and regimental commissary.
1; second lieutenants and bat- Q,
tniirm nuartermasters and commissa- *v
ries, 3; total commissioned, 5. Regimental
quartermaster sergeant, 1; reg- j
lmental commissary sergeant, 1; total h,
enlisted, 2. ot
"The tables of organization presume
that the regimental commissary will be ,
detailed to command the machine gun r*
company. Should there be no machine RJ
gun company, the regimental commissary
is nominally,an officer of the sup- J1,
ply company and in charge of all matters
relating to the subsistence of the
regiment. In either case the regimental
quartermaster commands the supply
company. P<
"These two companies become to all 11
intents and purposes additional com- a
panies of the regiment, making four- m
teen companies in all in a regiment
which does not contain a machine gun
company. They are administered by P?
the commanders thereof and should
have separate records." ^
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an automobile last evening: on Pennsyl- to
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streets southwest. The boy's arm was
slightly injured. The automobile, operated be
by W. R. Smith, was owned by Boyer & ec
Smith of 214 12th street.
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sued by Commander Joseph
XhA A. Dempf, commanding: the
[ Naval Battalion of the National
Guard of the District of Colmbia,
to his division officers, holding:
lem entirely responsible for the atJridance
of their men at drills, there
as a noticeable picking: up of those
ho appeared on the drill hall floor
hursday nigrht to answer the roll call.
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hursday a week ago were promised,
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commanders that they would be
iquired to answer before a summary
>urt for their delinquencies. The
romise was kept. Lieut. (junior
rade) Frank W. Sigourney sat as
immary court officer Thursday night .
nd heard twelve cases of men who had j
sen careless about attending to their
lilitarv duties and had failed to be
ccused by their commanding officers,
one of the fines in any of the cases
ied amounted to more than $2, those
ied being all first offenders. Howfer,
out of those summoned for trial
st night evidence was discovered of
le fraudulent enlistment of one man.
his case was referred by the sumary
court officer to the commanding
mcer.ior trial oy a general court ui j
lirteen officers. When the court is
>nvened it will be the first of its kind
i the present administration of the
Lttalion.
Explaining the campaign for larger
ttendance and cleaning out the sotlled
deadwood of the organization,
5th Commander Dcmpf and Lieut,
gourney explained that when men enst
they are told that Thursday is
le regular drill night and they must
e present to stand by their oath of
nlistment, and if. they don't come
ongress has given authority to cornel
them to come. At the same time,
was pointed out that there is not I
disposition to be hard on any of the
en.
"If a man calls up and can give a j
)od excuse he will be let off for a
irticular drill night, but it is this connued
remaining away from drill with- I
it letting the officers know that 1 am J
ying to stop. Besides, men who do ;
>t come to drill- Thursday can, and are, j
mected to comp down SnnHav morn- i
gs from 10 to 12 o'clock. There are i
great many clean-cut young men ensting
in the battalion now, and there !
on will be no room for the deadwood.
is to be cleaned out. I don't want ,
em in the battalion to mix with the (
orkers
"I expect that shortly after Christ- i
as the organization will have its full
implement of 400 men. As the organi.tion
grows in size and those who enst
are found to be shirkers they will
! discharged just as quickly as the dls very
is made.
"The equipment assigned to us by the
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Navy Department is the best it can
give up at the time. There are a number
of small boats, includine motor boats.
two large steam launches, the yacht
Sylvia, and it is expected that a larger
ship will be assigned here within the
next two weeks in addition to the
Sylvia.
"Assistant Secretary Roosevelt of the
navy is interested in the District naval
militia and has done everything in his
power to encourage it. If there was a
gunboat in the navy that was not in use
I feel sure th^t he would assign it here
in place of the smaller vessels. But
every vessel in the navy now is in use,
and he can't assign a ship here when
there isn't one at hand."
Commander Dempf further declared
that he was very anxious to see the enlistments
as they are now being made increase
tenfold. The divisions are growing
rapidly, especially the .Id, and it
is now probable that this division will
reach the maxijnum of 100 allowed by
the law in a very short time, it now
having eighty-seven men on its rolls,'
and its records showing that it has 00
per cent attendance, on its drill nights.
The remaining 10/ per cent on account
of night work Thursday, show up for
the Sunday drill. For the past six
months this division, according to Commander
Dcmpf. has held the record both
for enlistments and attendance.
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the 4th Division, both were publicly
commended last Thursday night by
Commander Dempf for the fine showing 1
they made in attendance.
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Although the U. S. S. Sylvia, training .
ship assigned to the local naval militia,
did not ma,ke a cruise last Sunday, j
the men present for drill were taken
out in the two steam launches and (
the motor boats for instruction in ,
handling these small craft. They were .
taken up in the Georgetown channel, '
where they engaged in signaling, mak- (
ing landings with small boats, compass ,
reading and other forms of seaman- .
ship. '
The Sylvia, under the command of ,
Commander Dempf. is scheduled to
leave her dock at 8 o'clock for a cruise ,
down the river for instruction purposes.
It probably will return to the J
dock at the foot of Water and O
streets southwest at 3 o'clock.
In charge of Coxswain W. H. Boteler ]
the new steam launch, assigned to the '
Division will mnkn o '
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The 4tli Division or the battalion,
answering the challenge of the 3d
Division to a whaleboat race this evening
at 4 o'clock, admitted that it could
not compete with that organization.
However, the 4th Division offers to
race the "fighting 3d" at some date
when in the opinion of the commanding
officer of the 4th Division the crew
"is in readiness."
In the reply to the challenge, said
Lieut. Sigourney, there is no attempt
to set a date, further than to intimate
that the race will be rowed when the
4th Division crew gets a lot of practice.
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The divisions were given infantry
drill Thursday, and although the divisions
are somewhat deficient along
these lines it is to be realized that
this is hot a sailor's drill. The only
time it would be used is in landing
forces, such as were put ashore at
Vera Cruz, and in parades. However,
it is probable that Commander Dempf {
will give the next three or four drill ?
ms'iis "P * " pcrxei-iing me men, among: <
whom there are a great many recruits, j
in this form of drill. j
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to the District naval militia within the
next week by the Navy Department, as
a result of a conference between Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt of the navy.
Commander Dempf and several of his
officers during: the week. It was pointed
out to the assistant secretary by Commander
Dempf that the local organization
was growing by leaps and bounds,
and that the Sylvia could only accommodate
about one-ter^h of the total
strength of the organization on its Sunday
trips.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt went
over the ship register with the local
naval commander and pointed out that
there was not a ship suitable for naval
militia purposes which the navy was not
using. He suggested, however, that the
local organization take a torpedo boat in
connection with the Sylvia. Mr. Roosevelt
declared that the Sylvia should remain
here even after the torpedo boat
arrived, and that the local organization
dhn<tl/4 l>n Kntll
large enlisted strength who strive every
Sunday to make the practice cruises.
The United States torpedo boat Shubrick,
now at the Charleston navy yard,
was suggested by Mr. Roosevelt. Accordingly,
Commander Dempf made out
and sent to the department a formal request
for the ship.
This vessel is said to be one of the
best of the torpedo craft. She is 175
feet long forty-five feet longer than
TIA SQUADRON OF
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the Sylvia, now assigned here as practice
ship, and has a beam of seventeen i
feet six inches, lacking one foot of |
being as wide as the Sylvia. She draws !
five feet two inches of water when
loaded.
While the vessel is capable of developing
a speed of twenty-six knots,
it is not probable that this speed will
be used in her cruising with the local
naval militia unless it is desired to
make a quick run to some place along
the Potomac with some official party
aboard. Her coal bunkers will accommodate
eighty-two tons of coal. Her
engines are vertical triple expansion
with two screws, capable of developing
3,000-horsepower, while the Sylvia,
which is to be taken by Commander
Dempf as flagship of the local naval
militia squadron, develops only 165lorsepower.
The electrical equipment
Df the Shubrick will produce eighty
tolls, the same as the Sylvia.
The vessel has one staff for signaling
purposes, and she is navigated from a
L-onning tower. Her battery consists
pf three one-pounder rapid-fire guns
md three eighteen-inch Whitehead torpedo
tubes. This will J>e something
put of the ordinary for the local naval
militia enlisted force, as it has had no
instruction in torpedo work. The ofilcers,
however, were instructed in the
workings and launchings of torpedoes
iboard the battleship Rhode Island on
;heir annual cruise this summer.
The Shubrick will accommodate
set ween seventy-five and 100 men
pn her Sunday trips down the
-iver; of officers, about four will
>e needed. The ship is a comparatively
new one, as naval vessels live.
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she Was launcuou ?u Wiuuci, iojj, auu
ivas formerly accepted in 1901. However,
she was not commissioned until the latter
>art of 1905, according: to her record in
he naval ship register, and remained in
;ommission only four years, being: placed
>ut May 14, 1909.
Auto and Motor Cycle Collide.
A collision between an automobile
>wned by Jacob Friedman of 1161 New
Jersey avenue northwest and a motor
;ycle owned by Thomas Hennsey of 701
street northwest last evening at New
rersey avenue and N street resulted in
ibout $25 damage to the latter machine.
No one was injured.
CITY ITEMS.
All Mm Corks. Catsup, Pickle, Cktw
And Mason Jars. Jelly Tumblers. Grape
Juice Bottles and Sealing Wax. 8 C.
Raub. 816 8th n.w. ^ 12*
Landscapes. Schmidt, 719-21 18th st.
Motors sad Lamps, Electric Flatere*.
Electric Webster, 717 9th st. n.w.
Virginia Theater. That's alL
Plrae Toir Waat Ai to Tkt Stto
Main 2440.
INSULAR BUREAU CHIEF
SUBMITS HIS REPORT
Tells of Unrest in Santo Domingo
and Philippines
Progress.
Continuous political unrest In Sant?
Domingo during the past yeax, during
the latter months at least, has resulted
in financial depression and consequent
decrease in customs receipts, according
to the statement of Brig. Gen.
Frank Mclntyre. chief of the insular
bureau of the War Department, in his
annual report. But notwithstanding
these conditions, the collections of customs
under the auspices of the United
States agents during the first six
months of the past fiscal year exceeded
those for the corresponding period
of the previous fiscal year, and the
total receipts for the eleven month?
ended June 30, 1914, amounted to the
gratifying total of $3,283,947.
Gen. Mclntyre expresses the belief
that the most important change in the
Phillipine government during the past
year was in the substitution of Frank
W. Carpenter, a civilian, for the military
governor of the Moro province.
Mr. Carpenter was one of the oldest
American officials in the Philippine
government. He enjoys the confidence
of both Americans and Filipinos, and
he succeeded Gen. Pershing, the last
military man acting as governor.
There was a decrease in the import?
in the islands, which Gen. Mclntyre
says was due entirely to the reduced
importations of rice, the result of %
good rice crop in the islands, rathor
than to a depression in trade.
Many Filipino Graduates.
A great many Filipinos are now t*ebinning
to graduate from the noma!
school established by the Americans in
the islands, and as far as possible tnese
are being: appointed to teaching positions,
although the fact that great
interest has been taken in the United
States in the subject of Philippine education
is shown by a large number
of applications for teaching: positions
from the United States.
At the present time there are about
525,000 children in attendance in the
public schools. The total number of
schools has been increased from 2,934
in March, 1913, to 4,304. Courses In
school and home gardening have been
introduced in the primary and intermediate
grades, and gardening Is a prescribed
industrial subject for one year
in the intermediate course.
Gen. Mclntyre says the promotion of
industrial instruction for the public
schools continues to be one of the chief
aims of the bureau, and at the present
time industrial education is within the
reach of practically every student in
the islands, there being seventy-eight
industrial supervisors, whose special
duties are to promote that work.
Philippine Currency System,
In the last annual report attention
was called to the desirability of modifying
the act approved March 2, 1903,
entitled, "An act to establish a standard
of value and to provide for a currency
system in the Philippine Islands," so
as to permit the Philippine government
while strengthening the reserve behind
its silver certificates to make a
proniauie use ui pari. 01 una icaervo instead
of holding it physically in the
treasury vaults.
Attention was also called to the necessity
of modifying section 18 of the
Philippine customs tariff in order that
invoices covering shipments of merchandise
from foreign countries to the
Philippine Islands might be simplified,
as in the case of similar invoices for
merchandise entering the United States.
It is interesting, says Gen. Mclntyre.
in view of the past difficulties of obtaining
the attention of Congress to
such details as the foregoing, to note
that under the pending Philippine bill
these details are entirely within the
Jurisdiction of the Philippine legislature,
subject to the approval of the
President of the United States.
TO ATTEND CONVENTION.
Officials of Electric Companies Going
to Atlantic City.
Officials of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company, the Capital Traction
Company and the Potomac Electric
Power Company are scheduled to leave
Washington today to be on hand for the
opening tomorrow in Atlantic City of
the annual convention of the American
Electric Railway Association. The convention
"is to continue through the entire
week.
William F. Ham, vice president and
controller; C. S. Kimball, engineer,
maintenance of way; J. T. Moffett,
superintendent of transportation; F. J.
Whitehead, manager of the claims de
| partment; William L. Clarke, assistant
secretary; R. W. Crowell, purchasing
agent; L. E. Sinclair, general superintendent.
Potomac Electric Power Company,
and George G. Whitney, chief
clerk, are to represent the Washington
Railway and Electric Company. Mr
Clarke left yesterday, while Mr. Ham
and Mr. Kimball will go this inorninR.
The others will go some time during
the week.
Representing the Capital Traction
Company will be George E. Hamilton,
president; H. D. Crampton, secretary,
and J. H. Hanna, chief engineer. The
latter went to Atlantic City Friday
night.
Tree Climber Breaks Bones.
Falling from a chestnut tree at
Cherrydale, Va., yesterday afternoon,
Louis Hanlen, 715 8th street southwest,
fractured his left ankle. He was
brought to the Aqueduct bridge on a
street car and removed from there in
an ambulance to Emergency Hospital.
House Thief Gets $45.
xne ponce or me lentn precanct are
looking: for $45, stolen from the home
of Julian C. Goolsey of 5610 14th street
northwest. The money, with a small
pocketbook, which bore Mr. Goolsey's
name, was taken Friday night.
Citizens' Association Election.
Officers are to be elected at a meet*
ing of the Northeast Washington Citizens*
Association, to be held tomorrow
evening at Northeast Temple, 12th and
H streets northeast.
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