Changes in Uniforms Campaign Hat Is Displaced Cap Takes Its Place
Secretary of War issues changes to army uniforms. Campaign hat replaced by service cap for habit wear. white trousers optional with dress coats. Coats must fit properly. coats and collars bear insignia rules. Enlisted men barred from tight fitting clothing. specific shoe and measurement guidelines included. Philippine service dates clarified for war chevrons eligibility.
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Cote
Wistel
United States
Philippines
Philippine Islands
War Department
Officers Promoted in the Infantry Arm
A list of infantry officers recently promoted with ranks effective November 3 includes Major Mason of the Fourth Twolartey, Major Shank of the Prenty-ninth Infantry, Major Willem Ho Allaire from Captain of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, Major James D Taylor of the Twenty-fourth Infantry, and Lieutenant Ve litant Tserisedsin of the Eighteenth Infantry among others. The report notes groundings and damage to several ships in Puget Sound with unknown extent until docked. Marine Hospital changes follow, detailing actions and temporary leave for various Public Service personnel and officers.
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Jad
Faaries Mason
Twolartey
Qenteraut Euluwe
Tnfantry
David O Shank
Foam
Gheenth Infantry
Pourd
Laepire Willem Ho Allaire
Twensthad
Twentyfowth
James D. Taylor
Santa
Brann Halstead
Seruna
Laramie
Trenty-elalia
Filipino troops praised by Wade amid fits of imperial debate
Gen J F Wade in his annual Philippines division report notes cholera’s disappearance and lauds Filipino soldiers for disciplined conduct against unruly outlaws. He warns on continental army fantasies, doubts on garrisoning islands, and endorses the canteen system to curb drinking and improve post life.
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J. F. Wade
Philippines Division
Congress
Wade
Cost of the Connecticut Report on Navy Yard Upgrades
Annual report by Rear Admiral Capps urges larger docking facilities and more piers at navy yards. He notes repairs and refits sustain fleet needs, praises Connecticut yard efforts, and calls for three Construction Corps officers to assist the Bureau of Construction and Repair.
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W. Capps
Navy
Sport
Navy Department
Yestered
Navy Yard
New York
Connecticut
Secral Navy Yards
Capps
Department
Construction Corps
Bureau of Construction
Troops Ordered to Fair for Exposition Protection
President Francis of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition secured War Department troops to guard government and foreign exhibits and Philippine government displays. Headquarters and eight companies of the 13th Infantry from Fort McPherson, Atlanta, were dispatched to St. Louis for forty five days to protect property at the exposition.
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Francis
War Department
Secretary of War
Teenth Infantry
Fort McPherson
Atlanta
St. Louis
Navy and Army Orders and Naval Movements Report
Orders to Army officers grant leaves for Contract Surgeons Merrick and Turner with end dates and annulment steps. Movements of naval vessels list arrivals at Tompkinsville Sewall Point Newport News Bremerton and others. one ship sailed from Newport to Lambert Point. Two naval officers assigned to Narragansett Bay and Washington for duty and special work. Columbia floated uninjured after grounding at Pensacola. Twenty-eighth Regiment arrives Fort Snelling after encampment at San Francisco cantonment.
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Yankton
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Columbia
Pengacola
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Narragansett Bay
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Naval War College
L. A. Kaiser
Washington, D
Bureau of Equipment
Fort Snelling
St. Paul
Presidio
San Francisco
Post office auditor urges more clerks and reform
The annual Auditor report calls for more fourth class postmasters clerks and a fixed salary based on gross receipts to curb fraud. It cites an $8.38 million deficit and recommends reducing money order life from twelve to three months to ease ex postmasters' accounts.
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Post Office Department
Postal Service
Iis
McCardy
Irrigation Congress to Feature Forestry and Engineering Talks
Gifford Pinchot chief forester will speak at the Twelfth National Irrigation Congress in El Paso November 15 to 18. Frederick H. Newell chief engineer of the reclamation service and H E Williams of the Weather Bureau will also present on engineering and climatology. The event will include prominent engineers and scientists from across the country with the Mexico City Regimental Band attending by courtesy of President Diaz.
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el Paso
Gifford Pinchot
United States
National Irrigation Congress
Tex
Mr. Pinchot
Irrigation Congress
Frederick H. Newell
Reclamation Service
H. E. Williams
United States Weather Bureau
Mexico City
Diaz
Mexico
Rebates Excessive Says ICC Chicago Terminal Case
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that rebates granted to terminals tied to the International Harvester Company and United States Steel Corporation were excessive. It found unlawful divisions of rates that exceeded reasonable charges, constituting undue preference in violation of the Elkins Act. The Harvester and Steel interests own substantial terminal connections and shifted rates that favored their traffic.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Prouty
Ttis
Chicago
International Harvester Company
United States Steel Corporation
The
Harvester Trust
Steel Inst
Agarevata
Illinois Northern Railroad
Chicago, West Pullman and Southern Railroad
Harvester Company
Missouri River
Missonuri River
States Steel Corporation
Chicago, Lake Shore and Eastern Railway
Steel Corporation
Balloon Demonstrates Wireless Telegraph Feasibility at World’s Fair
A scientific balloon ascent from the World’s Fair grounds tested wireless message reception. Over twenty messages were sent from the fair’s wireless tower and received in the air craft. Paul Knabenshue led the flight with A S McQueen and Wm S Foreman aboard. landing four miles southwest of the concourse after an hour and a half aloft at about two miles up.
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St. Louis
Mair
Paul Knabenshue
Toledo
Boston Confidence Men Given Prison Terms
In Cleveland on November 11, Charles H. Carleton alias C. Lawrence and George Harris alias F. G. Edwards, both of Boston, were each sentenced to four and a half years in the state penitentiary and fined 1500 for using the mails to defraud. Charles G. Carrao, also of Boston, drew one year and a half and a 500 fine. The trio operated a brokerage here before selling the business to several people, and police say they have broken up a dangerous gang of confidence men.
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Boston
Cleveland
Ohio
Charles H. Carleton
C. ©. Lawrence
George Harris
F. G. Edwards
State
United States District Court
Charles G. Carrao
Carleton
Harris
Mrs Mary G Stephenson Dead In Hagerstown Residence
Mrs Mary G Stephenson aged ninety one died Tuesday at her daughter Mrs J L Newcomer’s home in Hagerstown Maryland. Born in Ireland to Scotch Irish parents she moved to the United States at age five. She married John Stephenson a Baltimore contractor involved in the Baltimore Washington railroad construction and later lived in Cecil County. Eight daughters survive including Mrs W S Roose and Mrs Frank L Summy of Washington. Interment will be in the family plot at Western Cemetery Baltimore.
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Mary Gaw Stephenson
J. L. Newcomer
Hagerstown
Stephenson
Ireland
John Stephenson
Baltimore
Washington
Cecil County
Newcomer
W. S. Roose
Frank L. Summy
Western Cemetery
No Clew to Morgue Mysteries After Mass Viewing
About 100 people viewed bodies of two men killed in railroad accidents on November 4 and November 9, yet no identities were found. Bodies photographed to aid families. Also a note on an English author and a promotional paragraph for Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming cures for catarrh and scrofula.
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Hood
America
Bars for the Guard Two Classes of Decorations
The National Guard of the District of Columbia will issue medals and bars for long service to officers and enlisted men. Two classes, A and B, reward ten years or six years of continuous service, with bars for each additional five years, and a gold medal at twenty-five years. Rules specify duty percentage, continuous service definition, and active status at approval time. A reception for Fifteenth Cavalry officers closes the note.
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District of Columbia
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War Department
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U. S
Spain
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Philippines
China Reef
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Militia
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Fort Ethan Allen
Board of Trade
E. H. Neumeyer
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Miliia
Harpers Ferry
Manassas
Edward E. Jones
Naval Battalion
Jones
F. W. Sigourney
French School Dedicated in SE Corner Seventh and G
Dedication of the B. B. French Manual Training School was held at 11 am in the new Seventh and G Street SE building. Officials like J. W. Whelpley and Dr. Richard Kingsmain attended with Masons from the B. B. French Lodge. Students performed songs and readings as commissioners and educators spoke on the site’s 1868 purchase for school use.
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J. W. Whelpley
B. B. French
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G. E. Maydwell
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America
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Richard Kingsmain
Board of Education
J. A. Degges
Florence Jerking
Ernestine Whernton
B. OB. French Manual Training
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Mrs Cleveland Lays Cornerstone of Hebrew School in New York
Mrs Grover Cleveland today's cornerstone ceremony for the Hebrew Technical School for Girls in New York with former President Cleveland presiding and delivering a lengthy address. He cautioned against materialism and praised benevolent aims guiding girls toward remunerative skilled work shaping future homes and national citizenship.
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Hebrew School
New York
Grover Cleveland
Hebrew Technical School For Girls
Cleveland
MEN SOUGHT FOR MINISTRY IN TWISTING TIMES
Boston November reports a conference called by John R. Mott notes a sharp decline in college men entering the ministry. Educators and church leaders from several institutions attended, with plans for similar gatherings nationwide.
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Nov
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Student Christian Federation
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Episcopal Divinity School
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Warren
Boston University School of Theology
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Amherst College
Raymond
Wesleyan University
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Embezzlement Case Sentences Bank Clerk to Six Years
Herman Jinas pleaded guilty to embezzling funds from the Cornxchange National Bank in Chicago. He was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary.
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National Bank
Chicago
Herman Jinas
Cornxchange National Bank
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