New War College Plans Outlined by Secretary Root
Secretary Root sends detailed instructions to the board tasked with shaping a proposed army war college in Washington. The plan envisions higher military education, a unified system for professional training, and a coordinating agency for military information, with a gradual setup and rapid initial steps. General Ludlow named president of the board.
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Root
War College
Army
Washington
War Department
United States
Browning Reunion Shocks Society In Venice Palace Return
Surprise reunion of Robert Browning and his wife Miss Fannie Coddington after a chance meeting abroad. Once separated, Mrs Browning a recluse in New York now plans charitable and religious work, while Browning resumes life devoted to his art. They will live again in the Venetian palace left by the poet's father, filled with Browning memories since 1883.
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Robert Bara1d
Browning
Venice
Fannie Coddington
New York City
Ars. Browning
Herusband
Venetian
Brownings
Mr. Browning
Secretaries Dilemma on War Status and Soldier Discharges
The secretary of war faces a tough choice on whether the United States is at war, affecting discharge eligibility and potential pay reductions for soldiers in the Philippines. More than twenty applications are pending, with consequences for peace or war declarations and the broader fiscal impact. War department officials regret needing a decision now.
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Secretary of War
United States
Department
Philippines
War Department
Relatives to be Notified Under War Regulations
Direction from the secretary of war updates procedure for deaths in action or at any post. Immediate commanders must secure effects, prepare inventory per article of war, and notify the closest relative. Duplicates go to the adjutant general. Historical note mentions Hastings battle weaponry and casualty rate.
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Army
Soliera
Root
Secretary of War
Adjutant General of the Army
Actress Mrs Fiske Escapes In Inexperienced Auto Ride
An inexperienced chauffeur backed a cab into the Auditorium Annex front, then shot across the street. Actress Mrs Fiske, with her maid and poodle Fifi, remained calm as the cab zigzagged in slush before stopping. She later ordered another ride and returned to the hotel refreshed.
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Ae Annex
Chicago
Mra. Fiske
Maidl
Fifi
Power Shift in Philippines Aims at Clergy Control
The new Philippine commission plans a registration law to replace priest led birth death and marriage records with civil registrars. The 1870 Spanish law would empower justices of the peace and court clerks to perform these duties, lowering priestly revenue and charging fees to fund the system.
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Philippine Commission
Philippines
Spain
Justices of the Peace
Archipelago
Big Order for Torpedoes for Maine Class Battleships
Rear Admiral O Neil overseeing ordnance placed a $146000 contract with E W Bliss and Co Brooklyn for two Whitehead torpedoes. These advanced units are to fit Maine class battleships with underwater discharge tubes and allow five torpedoes per vessel. Additional orders for New Jersey class and Georgia class ships will follow with sixty torpedoes after construction starts.
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O'Neil
Ordnance Bureau
E. W. Bliss & Co
Brooklyn
Bliss & Co
Maine
Department
New Jersey
Georgia
Morgan buys New York plot for manuscript store and library
J Pierpont Morgan recently bought a 75 by 100 foot plot on Thirty sixth Street east of Madison Avenue New York near the late James Brown residence for 300000 dollars. He plans a one story building to house original manuscripts and serve as a library with a famed collection regarded as the most valuable owned by any individual. The house will reflect the Morgan residence style with Whitney Warren as the architect. Some manuscripts are in New York others in safes in London.
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J. Pierpont Morgan
New York
Thirty-sixth Street
Madison Avenue
James Brown
Mr. Morgan
London
Whitney Warren
Morgan
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