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PRIEST MAKES PLEA f FOR ARMY CANTEEN Chaplain Ferry of Tenth Infantry, Recently in Richmond, Speaks.

W. C. T. U. IS MISTAKEN. DECLARES DISCIPLINE MAKES SOLDIERS MORAL HOW IT COMES THAT SOLDIERS ARE MISJUDGED BY CITIZENS. The Enlisted Man at Short Range" is described by Capt. John A. Ferry, Tenth Infantry, U. S. A., In Richmond, during the recent fall festival, in a manner interesting and instructive. In discussing the topic the chaplain, who counts most on his "elbow" work, reviews the regular soldier's life as few know it. He deals with conditions in the army and says that the W. T. C. U. in securing the anti-canteen legislation, did more harm than good. The chaplain said: "The desire to be Independent to $tand upon one's own legs, so to speak, js innate in the human heart. Whether individual independence is conserved Ioes not hinge upon the eternal law of right, but upon the temporal conditions pf might. The criminal at large is Independent so long as he evades the clutches of the law of the land. He is mighty in himself, and hence retains his independence till one mightier than !he deprives him of his freedom. The Victim of circumstantial evidence, bough innocent of the erime charged, s at the mercy of might when right becomes Its serf. That 'might makes fight' is an axiom which has had from time immemorial the benediction of men, though not of heaven. It is a 'de facto rather than a 'de jure' principle among men. The question of its morality, I am' sorry to sajr, Is' confined within the sanctum sanctorum of the theologian and his discipline. Other ,'ndlviduals, seeking to promote their selfish interests,' never fail to offer incense at its shrine. "We are all selfish beings all looking out for No. 1. Self protection Is the first law of human nature. It can be sought whenever a higher law Is not infringed. The more mighty the individual the more certain and lasting his Independence. "As with individuals, so with nations. , A nation depends upon its strength for protection.' By-Its might alone it holds the respect of other nations. The mercury of a nation's caliber of Btrength moves up or down according to its resources. These resources have value not solely in point of qnantity, but also in point of quality. Of what comparative value are 6,000 raw recruits or mutinous soldiers or sailors compared with 500 well disciplined and patriotic men? It is the quality that counts in the long run, and which eventually brings victory to the national hearthstone. ,1 speak now of quality, viewed from a scientific point of view and not under the microscope of the moral lawquality begotten of the science of warfare, which in turn engenders might the scepter of nations. If purely scientific quality can be the meat and marrow of martial success, how much greater the degree of success and lasting its effects when linked with moral virtue. In other words, to what greater heights of might will not a nation Boar which is borne on the wings of a service not only of scientific, but intrinsic, moral worth? Of Buch worth Is the American army taken as a whole. Look at it impartially with a mind bent on statistical research, with an ear deaf to calumny and eye unblinded by prejudice. Weigh them as a community of 7,000, with any city or community of number of inhabitants, and dare" any one say the army is found wanting? Does it not stand to reason that human nature everywhere being weak, there will be more strength of character where discipline Is mistress? Discipline in the army is what grace is to the soul. Grace can be resited however, without telling temporal effects, but not so army discipline. A civilian unsupported by discipline is weaker than he who is not. Discipline makes man more receptive of morality, eince there is a growing character, to xrk upon. I confess that there is such a thing as personal discipline, but history and observation demonstrate it; to be more theoretical than practical. Discipline dealt out by authority is the more productive of good results. Hence the community rigorously disciplined according to justice is by far Morally ahead of that depending upon personal 1 spasmodic disciplinary acts tt its individuals. " ' If we make comparisons the truth of my assertion will become evident low many murders oecur within- a i ommunlty of 77,000 or even ' less, composed of men and women, than in Army of that number ot men ? What is face suicide but murder pure and simple? The army's most caustic critics are oftentimes those who sin against the natural law raised to sacramental dignity. Seldom does tne canker worm of divorce find existence within army circles. If it does its consequent evils inevitably lead its patrons to the gateway of dismissal. Honesty must be in the military service. Only a fool would be dishonest In the army. In clvill life t'l&hone&ty can and often is cloaked I.y. rpctability so-called. Not so in t'ae artij. A thief is always

detected In the army and punished. Habitual intemperance can not be tolerated because it begets inefficiency. Purity there is more - purity in the army than out of It, not because of nature, but because of necessity. The degenerate can never make a 'soldier. Who will say that Uncle Sam has not an army of fighters? There is more crime among civilians than in the army. Statistics show it and facts do not lie. Can it be possibly that the man who loves his flag to the extent that he would give his heart's blood In its defense is a ruffian or daily associates himself with an organization whose members are for the most part murderers, debauchers, thieves, degenerates in a nutshell, vagabonds? I admit that courage and villiany are oftentimes inseparable companions. But the truly patriotic man must be truly good, since love of country is akin to love of God. If God were to judge civilians by the same standard as civilians pass judgment upon the man in "olive drab" what hope for mercy could they have from the eternal tribunal? "The enlisted man, as you know, has a questionable reputation among civilians. He is a "person non grata" in good society. In the public thoroughfare he is frowned down upon. Women lift their skirt lest it brush against the cloth oftentimes stained with human blood begotten that these self same' women's breath of freedom might be preserved. In the street car the whispered remark of contempt is passed between men who would tremble at the smell of gunpowder or roar of caiyiom., In the shop he is treated with Indifference to the point of offense. The courtesy of common politeress is denied him. Some one will say: " Where there is smoke, there must be fire. There must be some reason for this repulsive attitude on the part of civilians toward the soldier." I admit the force of such logic, but that the effect is proportionate to the cause I deny. Why is the soldier distasteful to the civilian? Because the civilian is ignorant of the average enlisted man, of his daily life, his ambitions, his true worth. Because the civilian Is ignorant he is ungrateful. This lack of appreciation he shows In contempt or . at least Indifference. He forms his conclusions from hearsay and from having viewed the enlisted man in the wrong light. For example, around pay day in the vicinity of a regimental post of we say, 850 men, he sees fifteen intoxicated men, not in a group, but here and there, on the street car, ornamenting a saloon, on the highway, sometimes in restricted localities. Perhaps he would not have observed them had his attention not been attracted by the uniform. What does the civilian conclude? Usually that the army is a set of drunkards. Why? Because he has seen less than 2 per cent of one regiment Intoxicated. Proportionately speaking, less than 1,443 men out of 77,000 enlisted men. Take a community of 800 men. If more than fifteen drunkards can not be found then I, a priest of twelve years' study of the human heart, do not Know what I am talking about. What I have said about the excessive use of liquor hodls good from point of statistics in the case of other vice. Some vices may find more patrons than others; but in every case the proportion of offenders to the number of men is so small as to admit of no force in the argument against the morality of the army. I speak from observation. My life is spent in daily contact with soldiers. The chaplain finds entrance to the enlisted man's heart where others dare not enter. He knows the men, their good and bad side, the lights and shadows of their existence: hence he is competent to judge of their moral worth. As nothing human can be perfect, the army has its faults as well as other organizations. But these faults though small compared with civic organizations, would still be smaller if it were untrammeled by a certainwell-meaning but overzealous civilian society. I speak of the W. C. T. U. Woman's Christian Temperance Union through whose efforts the anti-canteen law was promulgated. ' The Woman's Christian Temperance Union, in order to promote the virtue of temperance in the army, sought to remove, as they thought, the occasion for intemperance instead of the cause of occasional intemperance. Through their ' efforts they effected congressional legislation . abolishing the "canteen." The results have been disastrous and far from the expectations of those good women. When the army had the canteen only the best of beer was sold. No man was sold more than "he could reasonably contain. If through accident he became Intoxicated there were friends to look after him. The money paid came back in periodical dividends to the companies. There was not the strong attraction to leave the post and miss calls as there is at present with the anti-canteen law in operation. The guardhouse had few occupants when the "canteen" was flourishing and the town grog shops few soldier habitues. The sooner the "canteen" is given back to the soldier the less cause the civilian will have to turn up his nose at the enlisted man. The soldier is well aware of the distaste the average civilian has for him. Is it any wonder then, that, being a social mortal, he sometimes seeks the companionship of questionable characters. I say sometimes, but not always. The rule is otherwise. I find much self respect under the cover of the rough olive drab 6hirt. The rank and file Is a school of advancement as well as the military academy at West Point. Self respect is requisite for promotion as well as intellectual efficiency. In the army there are almost 800 commissioned officers who have come up from the ranks out of a total of nearly 4,000. The mere fact of commissions being ranted them is convincing proof of their moral as well as mental efficiency. That some fall by the. wayside is quite to be expected as even the divine institution of the church has its renegades. Previous to the Spanish American war, the army had less than one-half its present strength. The percentage of foreigners among the enlisted men

was in excess of what it is at present. We have a greater native element in the army than heretofore; but in point of efficiency the army is better only by reason of progressive methods. The old soldier of the present day, taken as a class, are about equal. If the army at the present day has greater guard houses or a greater percentage of court martials, it can be attributed essentially to an increased organizationover double that of former years and indirectly to the anti-canteen law, which has sent many poor fellows not only to spiritual ruin, but even to their graves victims of the W. C. T. U. To thoroughly understand a soldier one must live with him. More often than not he Is a "diamond in the rough," which needs only opportunity to have the brilliancy come to the surface. Under the blouse there is oftentimes a heart as noble and as capable of magnanimous acts as any civilian possesses. The lessons inculcated by a gentle and loving mother or stern father, though apparently forgotten, are potential of much good, even though this good comes out in ninth or tenth hour of life. There is no class more generous to a fault than the American soldier. When a comrade meets with adversity there Is always the ready hand of companions in arms to do as much as near relatives would do, and in a way foreign to ostentationbegotten of kindly hearts. By comparison with other countries the United State possesses a military service of which every American might well be proud. It is the duty of every citizen to encourage both by word and act everything that tends to promote its efficiency. Instead of being ever ready to condemn the whole army because of the shortcomings of a few, let the civilians of this country co-operate in bringing out the good that is in the army individually. Let the parent teach the child that it is a great and glorious aspiration to desire to be a soldier. Teach him that. Instead of being a disgrace, It is an honor to be an enlisted man. Let the civilian give the soldier boy the "glad hand" of welcome; let him see that you think him somebody and not the scum of humanity. He is human as well as you, civilians. He has the same sensitive feelings and sense of delicacy as the average civilian. He longs for occasions to bring his manhood and gentility to the front. Let the civilian give him the opportunity. Only too often is he graded in estimattion according to the standard of $13 a month rather than by the real worth which is in him. How often is there not a glorious ambition hidden in the soul of the man who accepts the salary of a recruit, knowing it is the stepping stone to something higher; an ambition which is frosted by the discourtesy of civilians towards the enlisted. Civilians, now is the time to show your appreciation of the "man in olive drab." Do not wait for an occasion which may be far in the future, namely his return from campaign. There is often a pharasaical vein in the enthusiasm shown when "Johnny come marching home." Be enthusiastic over him now; open the door of hospitality to him; offer him the milk of human kindness. He will then carry away with him grateful memories, the presence of which will- spur him on to attempt greater, things and accomplish more glorious deeds both for God and fatherland. KoH ol Por Indigestion. t Relieves sour stomach, Oaloitationof the hwart. Tluramtm whatwm

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HOMES OF MANY RICHMOND MEN ARE MARKED SYMPATHETIC PEOPLE WORKED BY ARMY OF HOBOES

If on returning from your work some afternoon, you find a queer looking cross or circle, or some other undecipherable hieroglyphic roughly chalk-drawn on your front gate or jour porch, you may be assured that you are a marked man. This does not mean that the "Black Hand" has chosen you for its prey. It means only that that vast heterogenous "genus homo" known as the hobo is passing through town on his annual winter sojourn toward a warmer clime, and that, having applied, mayhap, at your door for food, clothing or money, has marked your house acording to the reception he received that brother wanderers may read as they run and profit thereby. Not a winter passes but hundreds of these homeless soldiers of ill fortune pass through Richmond singly, but nevertheless, vast numbers driven south by the severe cold of the north. At this particular season of the year hobo traction considers Richmond the the official junction of the unnamed and widely diverging road. In addition to being practically a halfway house between the north and the south, Richmond has a widespread reputation for generosity, and it is by this quality that the hobo must live. It is a vast unorganized people, this world of men, who either from force of circumstances or from sheer inclination, superinduced by laziness, have become victims of the "wanderlust." They are bound by no restrictions, either of nationality or class, and so far as their own volition is concerned they recognize only two laws: First the primary law of all creation, which In their own rough wording reads, "Look out for yourself;" second, an application of Golden Rule, worked out from a general to a particular setting, which might be translated: "Make it as soft as you can for the bum that follows you." And it is in their application of this last rule of action that you may expect to find your home defaced with chalk marks. "According to the approved lexicon of "Hobo Land" a simple circle means "Kind lady, good handout." A cross may be interpreted to read "Sympathetic, but needs a strong line of talk before she will come across. A straight line means that one may obtain food in that particular house, but no money nor wearing apparel, while a curved line Indicates to the elect that, with the exercise of the proper amount of finesse, one may obtain any one of the above mentioned articles, and possibly all three. If you would not have your wife annoyed rub out thee marks and speedily. But if you find instead of these a circle with a cross Inside let it remain. As long as that mark is visible your house hold will be given a wide berth by the gentlemen of the road, for a circle containing a cross means beware. Possibly you have a vicious dog possibly "the missis" threatened to call a policeman, or she may have even presented the frayed and bedraggled seeker aftear aid with an unexpected portion of scalding water. At any rate you may be sure that the man who made the mark has mentally classed you among the undesirable citizen at hi world, and you m

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FIGHT A FATAL DUEL WITH KNIVES Mississippians Battle Until Both Drop.

Coldwater, Miss., Oct. 17. In a duel with knives at Wakefield. Miss.. Manning Jamison, aged thirty years, was killed and his brother Edwin Jamison aged twenty-two, was dangerously wounded. Edwin Jamison and Will Kountz, acording to information received here were engaged In a wrestling bout and a fight was about to start, when Manning Jamison interfered, acting as peacemaker. This angered Edwin Jamison and he drew a knife. Manning whipped out his knife and the two fought until both dropped to the ground. Manning died In a few minutes. The starfish. netted. commits suicide. It dissolves into many piece which escape through the meshes of the net. Then a kind of resurrection takes place, each piece growing lnf a perfect starfish. A man that attracted attention at the Sixth-avenue entrance to Central Park. New York, recently, because ot his striking Western clothes and bis long hair and beard, told ohe of the children who stood gaping at the queer figure that he had vowed never to have his hair cut until Bryan was elected. of digestive derangement

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