Uniforms a badge of honor for enlisted men says Roosevelt
President Roosevelt writes that the uniform of the enlisted army or navy is a badge of honor entitling wearers to respect whether in ranks or public places. Secretary Taft transmitted Lt Roy I Taylor's court martial, which reduced him twelve ranks for unbecoming conduct toward an unlisted man. The piece praises the honor of enlisted troops and calls for strict punishment of offenses to uphold military virtues.
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Meade Fire Report Confirms Suspicion of Nonhuman Origin
Mo Gen Humphrey received a telegraph report from the board of inquiry into the Meade transport blaze. The investigation notes the fire originated in coal oil or a crate with nitro compounds and rules out access by any person between hatch closure and discovery. The vessel to be repaired and Meade sails next Saturday.
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Esterday
Ile
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Mooxpons
Army Orders From February 1906 Personnel Movements
Army orders list officer promotions transfers resignations and assignments across artillery corps infantry and medical staff. Specifics include Lieutenants Wright Burnival Sott and Furnival plus several captains majors and first lieutenants under various commands with details on dates and duty changes. The text names numerous officers including Capt Manos McCloskey John B Stephens Wollam Hamilton Blair Faulyzer and many others.
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Orders to Naval Officers and Vessel Movements
A 1906 naval orders summary lists Capt L Hetner commissioned as captain and other officers promoted or appointed including Lieut Commander Wo Fyans and WW Rose. It records paymasters, clerk appointments, and transfers to navy yards in Boston and Washington. Movements show arrivals Arkansas Charleston Lawten and Scorpion at Monte Cristi, and Sioux sailing from Boston for Rockland Me.
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EE Rose
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Scorpion
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Sioux
Beston
Rockland
Log an Arrivals in San Francisco Deport 45 Manila Prisoners
On February 5 the transport Logan docked from Manila at San Francisco. Forty five white men ordered deported by Manila Secret Service officers were photographed, identified, and released. The Logan carried the Second Cavalry, its band, and 122 cabin passengers along with 31 enlisted men, 2 discharged soldiers, and 4 general prisoners. General Butler Price Worth retired after forty two years of service.
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United States Army Marine Corps
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Marine Corps
Lucky Bag Published Dedication to Commander Fullam
The thirteenth issue of The Lucky Bag, the annual edited by the midshipmen, appears today. A handsome green leather bound volume with gold lettering, editor-in-chief Roy F Smith of Minnesota, business manager Roland M Brainard of Olmos, and dedicated to Commander William F Fullam for his thoughtful treatment of the class.
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W. F. Fullam
Washington Post State House
Annapolis
The
Roy F Smith
Minnesota
Roland M Brainard
Olmos
William F Wullam
Department of Ordinance and Gunnery
Wireless Line Between St Michael and Nome Interrupted
A storm disrupted the wireless telegraph link between St Michael and Nome Alaska breaking antennae and halting messages for several hours. The service had been uninterrupted for eighteen months establishing a world record for reliability. More than a million words were transmitted over the line last year.
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Nome
Alaska
Signal Corps
Dr Miles Anti-Pain Pills Endorsed For Various Aches
A Louisville reader testifies to the pills aiding rheumatic pains headaches and neuralgia after years of use. The ad promises a money back guarantee if the first package does not benefit, priced at 25 doses for 25 cents, never sold in bulk.
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Miles
Reform for Turkey Lifted by Prince Sabaheddine Letter
Prince Sabaheddine, nephew of the Turkish sultan and head of the young Turk movement, writes Senator Berthelot urging reforms in Turkey. He says revolutions were guided by foreign agents, peasants suffer under taxes, and educated Turks face arrest. He calls for administrative decentralization and European intervention to end persecution and unite Eastern and Western civilizations for peace.
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Sabaheddine
Turkey
Young Turk Party
Pierre Berthelot
Roosevelt
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America
Liberal Deputies Demand Halt to Church Inventories
A Paris deputation of Liberal MPs urged Premier Rouvier to suspend church inventories until final regulations on church and state separation are issued. Rouvier replied the law would proceed normally without delay. inventories of several Paris churches were conducted without incident.
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Liberal Deputies
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Germany Opposes Moroccan Police Transfer to France and Spain
Berlin states firm opposition to placing Moroccan police control in the hands of France and Spain, arguing it would grant France authority over Mo rocco’s police. The French delegation gains Count Taillandier, former Fez minister, as talks continue with other powers hopeful yet not reaching exact accord on Franco German issues.
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Algeciras
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Fez
Allays Feeling in Peking Policeman Spared Vast Floggings
In Peking a report claimed a police officer who struck a viceroy’s outrider faced 1000 bamboo strokes and three months in prison. British consul Hopkins, citing Yuan Shi Kai, denies the claim, saying the offender received eighty blows and six months, sparking debate over foreign influence in Chinese authority.
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Peking
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Yuan Shisai
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Bomb Kills Twelve In Private House Explosion
Berlin reports from Kattowitz that a private residence at Silee near the Russian frontier was destroyed by a bomb. Twelve bodies were seen in the ruins and many others feared dead. In Warsaw, a military patrol escorting 41 jailed workers was attacked by prisoners supporters. soldiers fired a volley, killing.
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Jokal Anzeiger
Kattowitz
Prussian Silesia
Silee
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Russian Poland
Disorder probe arrives by sledge in Vladivostok
Vladivostok reports General Malaroff, chief of the Manchurian army, traveled from Harbin to investigate recent disorders. He rode in a sledge after railroad workers blocked his train. In Sesnovne, three men were killed and three women wounded when a bomb exploded in the home of a Pole named Gigmund. the Polish homeowner was handling the device when it detonated.
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Sesnovne
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Gigmund
JEWS OF KIEFF IN PANIC OVER DEATH SENTENCES
In Kieff on February 5 many Jews report receiving by mail death sentences in the name of the Pan Russian League defending the Holy Cross. A great panic grips the Jewish population as fears of renewed anti Jewish excesses spread.
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Kieff
Pan-Russian League
Holy Cross
Legal fight for liberty faces embezzlement case in U S
In New York on February 5 renewed efforts by St. Petersburg secret police sought to repatriate Felix Gaidsis a Russian fugitive. Gaidsis claims charges stem from political opinions and fled Russia to avoid death. U S immigration authorities released him then he was rearrested on fresh St. Petersburg charges alleging he stole 4200 rubles from a Russian merchant. He hired a lawyer and plans to fight in U S courts. The warrant was issued under the Russia U S extradition treaty. He was arraigned before Commissioner Shields and held until tomorrow when the Russian consul general will appear.
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St. Petersburg
Russia
Felix Gaidsis
Geo. Gaidsis
United States
Gaidsis
Galicsis
Eivegeni Lamanski
Washington
Shields
New York City
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