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ALLIES TO TRAIN
U. S. LEGIONS
Fifty Thousand Americans Now in
Trenches Available to Assist Of
ficers Fighters of Experience In
valuahle to Government Allies
Permit Volunteers to Return.
11Y K. M. KKKHY.
NEW YOIIK, Feb. 20. Fifty
thousand Americans, lighting in the
Hilled armies of Franco ami Oreat
llrilaln, will be available to train an
American "foreign legion" if the
United States sends troops to fight
Bldo by aide Willi the allied armies
In Europe-.
Forty thousand Americana aro with
the British army at the front; 10,01)0
more aro with tho French. These
are men actually In the fighting ranks
nnd do not Include Red Cros contin
gents or others not of the fighting
branch.
Theso men will lio Invaluable if
tho United States government decides
to send even a small 'expeditionary
force" across.
When Kitchener started to build
tho famous 'Kitchener's army" he
found tho principal obstacle In the
way of quickly training recruits was
lack of experienced officers and non
commissioned officers.
Of tho first Jlrllish expeditionary
force which went over the channel
nnd helped check the Herman wave of
Invasion on tho Manic, almost soven-ty-flvo
per cent Were wiped out In
tho first six months of fighting.
Tho little foreo comprised at the
most 100,000 men, and lliluln was
left practically without officers to
train tho newly organized volunteers.
lly calling back Into service all
men who had served lu the army
nnd who had been discharged, and
' making them sergeants and corporals,
and by utilizing officers who had j
seen actual fighting at the front
and who could ill be spared "Kitch
ener's army" vas finally whipped into
shape.
The United States government will
ho fortunate in being able to obtain
the services of plenty of Americans
who havo seen actual fighting at the
front.
Tho number of these Americans
actually exceeds the entire number
of men who saw hostilities In tho
Spanish-American war.
If the United Slates government is
forced Into the war, tho allied gov
ernments will unhesitatingly permit
thoso 50,000 Americans now in tlielr
armies to return to the United States
and aid In tho rapid Induing of such
ults as this government may decide
to send.
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FAULTY SHELLS j
BY STEEL TRUSTi
Out of Thirty-Five Shells Only Three
Up to Test Secretary Daniels Re
fuses to Suppress Facts Steel
Companies Attempt to Dictate Al
lotment of Shell Ccntracts.
lly (III.KfiV AUHXr:ii.
WASIIlXtli'OX, I'd, . -JO. Some
considerable scii-iilion has been eve
nted here bv the charge nnde by Sec
retary el' the Navy Daniels that de
tective shells lime been furnished
the navy lj y tin' American munitions
making corporal ions and principally
tho Itctlilclicin concern having . a
monopoly of the shell making busi
ness. The fact that nut of thirty-five
shells Kiibmitlcil ly the Bethlehem
Steel company only three were up to
test, moved Senator lilair l.ce !o .;iiy
to the senate:
"What good is there in limine; a
navy, in having educated naval ol'I'i.
cers, in having- expensive bnlllcsliip.-i,
in having great guns upon those bat
tleships, and liianuraetiiiiug your
powder with expense and care when
by n conspiracy of profit, defective
shells must be used in meeting an
enemy fleet ?'
t Want lo Suppress I'uiis.
Senator Daniels lias refused fo
suppress the facts, even though they
reflect on the pnlriolisni and com
mon honesty of American lnunilions
concerns. He remained silent under
the lire of erilii isui, which broke on
him at the suggestion Unit his depart
ment might ucccpt the bid of Had field
Company, Limited, the English shell
limners, wno were, tho lowest ladders i
for the last offering, lint when con
vinced Hint foreign governments knew
all the facts ill regard to poor Ameri
can shells, Ihc secretarv consented
lo let the American public know the
fuels. Here llicy are, as taken from
an official statement, authorized and
signed by Socrotnry Daniels;
Test 3teqidrenior-t!a Itaisi d.
"In mi.'l tho Hureau of Ordnance,
convinced hy reports from nbroad
thai tiie makers of shells of foreign
navies had succeeded in perfecting
mi nrnior-picreing shell, which could
puss more severe tests than those we
were slipuliiliug up to that time, in
creased the severity of our own re
quirements, auij convinced that there
was no good reason why our mnnu
fucturers could not niannraeliire
shells of ctpiallv good iiuality, raised
our test reiiiiroinenls. There was
an immediate storm of protest from
those companies enjoying practically
tho monopoly of this business, al
though it was pointed out that these
conditions were no more severe nor
even ns severe ns those enforced
abroad, mid that shells that could
meet these tests were actually being
manufactured abroad and could be
Orogofttans arc tProicf of this
yiiimatchcd ffiecord "
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Next to Jocphus Daniels, secre
tary of the navy, Admiral William S.
Ilenson is head of the entire United
Slates fleet. His official position is
chief of naval operations. lie con
sults with Daniels and the general
board of the navv.
ltcuson was born September 25,
lH.Vi, ill Mucin, 'in., and entered An
napolis soon nfler his preliminary ed
ucation, (irailiiatiug as midshipman
in 1H77, he became ensign in 1KM,
lieutenant in lHllil, lieutenant com
mander in lllllll, caplaiu in 11109, rear
admiral in llll.'i, ami admiral in llllti.
lie has served on various assign
ments at Annapolis and filled duties
afloat ns high as division and sipiad
ron commander. He was eomnianil
anl of the I'hiladelpliia navy vard,
l!li:i-l!l.-. lie has been chief of na
val operations since May II, llll.'i.
He has been known more as a fighter
than a naval iidiniuiM nilnr.
manufactured hero. Some American
companies sect I to think that it
was our duly to let them go ahead in
the same old way, manufacturing
shells inferior lo the liesl, ralher lllllll
to expect llicni to improve their pro
duet. Of com se, llieir pleas and even
their thinly veiled threats to go out
nf the business if we did not concede
this right lo them, were ignored.
"I regret to sav thai these com
panies, apparently secure in the be
lief Hint we would have lo take what
ever kind of shells lliev manufactured
anyway and at any price they saw fit
to inake, have not improved their pro
jectiles to tiieiil the rrn reotlil'enients.
I would lie most reluctant to publish
these figures did I not believe that
they were well-known abroad, and in
view of Ibis 1 feel no harm can be
done in letting our own country know
the facts. j
W.N !v ( -i t I'errecl
:'tlut of :t 1 l-iucli shells submitted
by the Hctblehein Steel compnnv for
test M passed, a pcreenlage of K.8.
'flic Crucible Slecl company nia.iaged
to get .17.7 per cent of the sample
shells submitted passed, and the Mid
valc, which apparently showed more
enterprise ami real desire lo bring up
the stiindaril than others, passed 7.'1
per cent, a most gratifying improve
ment over the others, and which
shows that our contention that Ameri
can companies can produce good
shells is well founded. (If the shells
submitted bv the lledl'ields (I.tiU
consisting of three sample shells and
six additional test shells, not a single
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JOSKIMI1NK AND JAC KStN COIWTIKS.
.ADM. V 3. CAPER.TON
Atluiinil William IS. Cupci'toii is
ciiiiiiiiniHlcr nf tho I'afil'iii I'Icct. Ilo
is iIm1 run ti wlm estjiWIisliiMi ponce in
Haiti ami San homino. His mutcnk
in lu in l; in.Lr nlmul 11 !-t:tlm .covcnmu'iit
Ihcif icsiillct! in lii.. ro;ntttoti July
", Ulli;, tn aihniral.
The situation in Haiti puzzlt'd even
tin- diplomats at Washington, .hat
Capt'i tmi, with thn-at of fnrci-, bai'k
ia assurances ot' ynnd will, disposed
u' it.
Capcflon is C)'2t yradualed at Ann
apolis and laM'ntnc licidcnant in I SSI).
He was a 11 nl't'ieer un tho Marietta
when she accompanied the Oreynn in
her I'amna race linin the I'-aeifie
tlnnu'h the straits if .Alaui'Hiiii to
take part in the li-ht with Admiral
t'eivera's fleet at Havana harhnr, in
tin Spanish war.
Ne;;.) i tl i ns
"NTnliinff but. Ihc utter failure of
the most patierd nenoliatious and ap
peals lo the patriotism of the little
turnup nf steel manufacturers, which
have a practical monopoly of this
j business have made it imperative for
J the government to build a projectile
j factory und ;ive a contract to a for-
ein bidder. The Itcthlchem Steel
'company, controlled by Mr. Schwab,
! whifh has been filling the papers with
j advertisements rritirizine llie navy
department, admits in his latest ad
vertisement lhat, tlioiiub it was two
years ai;'o awan'd a contract for
one and n halt' million dollars worth
id' shells, it has not yet made shells
to meet the requirement of the navy
j department. Fntil it is able lo fill its!
contracts it docs not become the j
I Hethlehem eompanv to criticize the
navy department fur awardin; eon-J
i tracts tn manufacturers who ean i
make shells that meet the tests.''
Dewey's Estate $250,000.
WASHINGTON'. Feb. -JO. Admiral
Dewey's e-latc was valued at $'2"i."i.
000 in a petition for litters of ad
ministration filed today by his widow
and son, the latter renouncing claim
to executorship and asking that the
widow be appointed administrix. The
petition sel forth that the admiral left
no real nroiiertv.
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ADMlZfiL HFNQY T.MAVO.-
Admiral Henry T. Mayo is com
mander nl' the. Atlantic Meet.
He is the titan who demanded apol
ogies Irom Huerta hy the salute ol'
twenty-one -runs fur the arrest ot" ma
rines in Tampico, and whoso unl'ul
t'ilied demand resulted in the landing
of I'nited States forces at Vera Cruz.
Admiral Mayo was horn iJeceinher
8, 18."i(i, in Burlington, Vl.; jracinateil
from Annaixdis in lS7(i and advanced
until June Jfi, lOl.'t, wlicn he became
rear-admiral. He -commanded the
Maryland dining our war with Spain.
He was commandant of tli Mare
Island navy yrrd, and benn com
ntniidiii the fourth division of the
Atlantic fleet, December !H, H)i:!.
June 10, l!)ir, Ma'd became com
mainliu; viec-adniiral of the Atlantic
I'Icct and on June H), l!H(i. became its
ndmiral and commander upon the re
tirement of Admiral Fleti-her.
PUIS COUNTRY
(Continued Ftodi Page One.)
while seated In the lobby of the hotel
talking with friends, nnd was playing
with little Inez Sliverhcrg, of lies
Moines, la., a guest, with her parents
at tho hotel, when ho fell uncon
scious. Death was almost Instantan
eous. General Funston was Til years
old. .
Held ltorder Colilliiainl.
Kver since March, llUIS, wheu be
was placed In command of all United
States forces on the Mexican border.
General Kunston bad worked at an
uuusual mice. At critical times in
uorucr ue eiopmeius .ae iieu.ieu.ij
remained on duty twenty-four hours
of tho twenty-four. The handling of
ITO UN UtAIn
regulars uisposcu 01 ai various sia-!n(!0
tions on tho border, the Pershing
peditlon and of late, re-arrangement
, ,, . ,, .
of regular troops while providing for
the relnrn f f national guardsni,:ii I .enerai r iinston. a native ot Ohio,
have f-rtaHed en enormous amount of jnml ll'"r0l on a Kansas farm, had n
detail work, i.robablv exceeding that .remarkable career before ho became
which fell lo r-nv commanding gen- j" "'' started life as a news
eral of the 1 o.tcd States armv since , WVfr reporter. Kew people know
tho Civil war. Only today, General
Kiin,;,c,n completed orders for the re
turn of the guardsmen.
Served in Philippines.-
The picturesque and dashing cap
ture of guinaldo, the Filipino rebel
chief was the achievement which i
brought runston prominently to the!' ofMn an1 traveled rrom Mc
attentlon of the American people. Konzln rlver t0 Ik'r,nK sea. Journey
hut he penormed ninny services for
his country besides that which were
probably i!, ore difficult. His aduilnis-
'.liticn of ."flairs in Vera Cruz, where
he carried out the president's orders
w ith a firm hand, simply holding the
city when every Influence about him
was centered upon forcing tho Anier
cau army Into actual fighting with
the Mexicans probably was the most
UL-lable si nice of his career.
The American troops had been in
possession of Vera Cruz only a few
davs when one of the Mexican gen
erals sent in n message saying in
most polito terms that ho wat unai)le("",K .wi.nutn m in uiramj
l lnnt.or r..lrain hU Irnnn, mill thr,! lnWS- Flna' h Convlliwd tllPIH Of
about to advance and drive
cans Into the sea.
they wore
the Amcrii
"If you can't hohl your troops
hack, 1 ( tui," was the laconir mrssaKo
Kunston sent back. Ilecause ot the
amount, ot work which has fallen to
him, tleneral Kunston's only recrea
tion or relaxation for nearlv a year ' -Ini
in en an occasion it dinner rtv WOMKX TOO .lll.MKITIOl'S.
with a few friends.
Only recently General Kunston ro -
turned from on insuc.ctlon trin which
icnk iiim ns far as Xogales. Arizona.
That, with the one trip to llrowns -
vil'e. Tex., and a brief visit to Austin,
Tex., last year, was the only occa
sions vltcn he has been absent from
bis ile;k since, tile border trouble
developed.
Sick Two Week?
Two weeks ago C.eneral Kunston,"11 "' "'owing down, lle-
suf r: i ae attach of indigestion. Toi8l,l's tl,is' to ri'"",,lv ,he mischief
use his rwn expression, "i fought it ;'''' done to their health, the best
out alot c." Later he plai ed himself ir''1",,"'', ' "r,on lu'" famous and
under the care of I.leutonantYolonel ;M""l,ari1 medicine for women's ail
M. W. Ireland of the .... ical re. -.--. 1 n,r"ls' , y,,ia E- m; Vegetable
southern .'cpartmcnt, and rcSaiuv 1 1 "'"I'ound -Adv.
ADM1USTIN M KNIGHT,
Ailmirnl Austin Melviu Knight luis
just taken conunaiul of the Asiatic
fleet at the Philippines. He was for
merly 11 member of Ihc general board
of the navy.
Until recently Knight was president
of the naval war college al Newport,
li. T., and tauubt luetics and strategy
to Ihc men who will some day com
mand ships ami squadrons.
Knight wns born December lli,
lK.'-l, ut Ware, Mass., and graduatcil
from Annapolis in 1H7II. lie became
rear admiral in Hill and admiral in
Hill!.
Hi! is the author of ''Modem Sea
manship." published in l'.HIl.
normal health and spirits. "For three
days," Colonel Ireland said, "General
Kiiuston i.tid been entirely well."
Xever'.iH less at, dinner tonight
General Keiiston was particularly ab
stemious nnd ntc only sparingly of
the simple-"! dishes.
Colonel Malvcrn-IIIll ltarniim,
General Kunston's chief of staff im
mediately notified the war depart-ii-f
nt of GenerHl Kunston's death
Xev. p was also despatched to Mrs
Urnston, who Is visiui.g her father ie
California. No arrangements for
liem ral I'nnsiou's (uncial have been
made.
Tho body was taken to a local
undertaking establishment.
Lieutenant Colonel M. W. Ireland,
medical corps, United States army,
who has been General Kunston's phy
sician for some- time said tonight:
"General Kunston's death was
caused by angina sclerosis of the ar-
I le,.,,,s of tn0 lle!ll t Ueath (vas almosl
I Immediate and without pain."
Colonel Ireland said General Kuns-
to ,,., ,,,, care for U)c
j pait (wo wee(s nn(, ,ho paat few davs
: ha(1 ,,,,,, j,,..,,,,. ., Tw0 (lavs
hR ,,., .,.,. oC ucllte 1mi.
1 gcstlon.
j
Native of Ohio,
that his first -federal work was as a
scientist with a bent toward botany.
As an ogent of the department of
agriculture in 1S91 he took part tn
the Death Valley expedition; then he
explored Alaska and the llrltlsh
northwest nnd crossed Alaska to the
,,r '",0,lt '';uu "les' e camped in
the Klondike during the winter of
1911 and then alone floated down
tho Yukon in a canoe, n journey of
hundreds of miles through a wilder
ness without seeing another living
soul. Soon after that he resigned
from the department of agriculture
and traveled in Mexico.
AVhen the last Cuban Insurrection
broke out Kunston applied to the
revolutionary junta In New York for
service with tho rebel army, but the
Cubans suspected him of being a spy
or an agent of the United States run-
;;,is l" '! " weeks,
! ? ,1,P 1(""'r Ka!" Si,le of N''w Yorli'
ninston Instructed recruits in the
handling of machine guns, of which
j "Ve C,,1,,,.ns. wero 'ornnt. Boon
afterward he was taken Into the
i Cuban army with a commission.
; '"essive ambition leads all sorts
:of women to exert themselves beyond
""'lr strength. The girl strivlns for
' llonor' in a-lool. the busy housewife.
! "10 "lPSirl. the society climber or
i 1,'"dl'r overtax their natural
powers of endurance. Then come
nervous troubles, organic troubles,
which reduce them almost to despair.
Women suffering thus should first
recognize the necessity of putting on
C'llK'AOO. Feb. 20. Optimism i
regard to a clearing up of the rallroa
traffic hindrances tended todav i
send wheat prices sharply high
Muny traders seemed disposed to t
tlcipato a decided betterment of t
situation In this respect within t
next few days and contended that
onlv distinct bearish factor which
nnrhttnu tint hntn fullv iHrmi n t oft.
was t lie chance of a worse nipt
with Ccraiany. On the other hand!
possibilities for a crop scare ov
damage in the winter wheat belt c
tinned to receive attention. OpenT
I prices, which varied from the sum
as yesterday's finish to vie high
with Hay at $ 1.70 "4 to $l,7ti',, and
.Inly at $l.r,0'4 to $l.."i('j were fol
lowed by material gains all aroum!
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