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VOL. LXXI-3iip WILMINGTON, JT. C, FRTDATi DECEMBER 18; 1908. ) jf : WHOLE NO. 12;8($9. OUTLINES. Tohn D. Rockefeller, Jr., chJLrgfng ir,fli libel, had warrants issued Sterday against the , publishers , of Kew YorK Amencaa, alleging --iat f to injure his character. S. s; Svalho, president of . the company, as arrested and arraigned for trial Scember 26th -The: second day; of !fe trial of eight alleged night riders, t Union City, Tennt, indicted for mur ot of Capt. Rankin,-4veloped several imrises, and resulted in the comple- tion leader of the -revolution,! has Simon elected President - of ; Haiti TT 1 :-r T be closed DecS 25th. and 26th and Jan. 1st. -ay unanimous voie m House calls on the 'President for the evidence on which he $ased his charg eS against Congressmen -Senator Eftins calls up the public printer ap pointment, but as he could give no in formation as to. Donnelly's qualifica tions it was not acted upon It is announced that there 4s no foundation or the recent rumors as . to serious condition of Kin Edward's health The Alabama Corporation Commis sion makes a sweeping charge against many railway and steamboats, in a complaint to the Interstate Com merce Commission, of collusion to give the Atlantic Cc-mpress Company a monopory--i-ft Washington yesterday to hold a. con ference with Roosevelt, then continu ed his journey to Augusta Sou-tern- peanut growers ask the . Ways md Means Committee to increase 'the tariff on this farm product Henry Harvey was hanged at Rockingham yesterday The sheriff is ordered to remove from Stanly county the negro who assaulted Mrs. Moss-; New York markets: Money on eall firm at 2 to 3 1-2 per cent., -ruling rate 3 1-2, closing bid 2 1-4, offered tat 2 , 1-2. Flour dull and - nominally- lower. Wheat easy, No. 2 red 1.06 3-8 to 1.07 7-8 elevator. Com easy, No. 2, 65 lr2 elevator. Oats easy, mixed 54. 1-2 to 55. Rosin steady. Turpentine quiet. Cotton quiet, middling uplands 9.10r middling gulf 9.35. The more that Guilford county muddle is stirred the worse 5t gets. Wasn't that denunCiati6n ol Con gress by the President pie for Till man, though?. - The Charlotte News says "the doors 4 It should have said flung-." wide open' the &natotbrW ly give nim one m -toe Ananias- uiud Anyhow the insurgent Republicans and Democrats in the House had Can non and his followers scared for a while the other day. , Castro appears unconcerned about the news from Caracas. He may;hot be so really; but we bet he is not surprised. The Government ..won the first fall in the tussle with the Tobacco Trust, but that does not prove that it will win in the end. Prosperity seems, to have reached the chicken sand turkey thieves in Fayettevllle; but it will last only un til the next term of court. With the large number of peremp tory challenges the night- riders. .now on trial have, they will be apt to se cure a jury they can count oh for ac quittal. We have just found out why Roose velt has been unusually cantankerous of late. He has just learned that the Kaiser is suffering with insomnia, hich makes him very-irritablek We suppose the public understands that these manufacturers and other business men who are going -before the Ways and Means Committee: are speaking for themselves. The Savannah News dubs as the spanking committee' the one apl Pointed by the House on -the Roose Velt Panama scandal. But it has not sPanked Roosevelt yet.; Uncle Sam is getting uneasy. He ls afraid Castro is trying to secure Germany's protection against Holland. That would be' jumping out of the fty'ng pan into the fire.. While corn and wheat Bare advanc ing in price that of cotton is dropping "a Plain object lesson to the farmers of the South on the importance of di Versifying crops. - ' Under the resolution adopted by the use of Representatives yesterday ln reference to the FresiHent's attack 0li Congres it is up to him now to puf l the evidence or to shut" up. 4, , 121e United States armored cruiser S tna'- which, undocked at , the Nok oik Navy Yard after receiving attent ion to her bottom and the installation : new set of propellers, has receit a a laj-gg quantity- of .ammunition JParatory to leaving in the next 4K w8, to 3oin the Otoe vesels :ot; thie H " mantle fleet now assembling i: SRSTATB HNiNGES V;; Treasurer ttf ec to iegislatHi v icaiCIiagfle io Sourtv DAY'S DQINQS V RALEIGH Only 21 Successful Applic& 6efre State Board of "Pharmacy Teach; ers' Assembly- Charters Grant ed The Coujoofardons (Special Star Correspondence) . ' Raleigh, N. C, Dec. it.That; there be no change - in ; the present State tax rate and that the present Revenue Act be re-enacted .,witliout material change by the Legislature, is.a feature of the biennial report and recommen dations by State Treasurer Lacy now ready for transmission to the Goyern or.and the General Assembly. " J- . The - report declares that there will not be any. "funds available to justify any permanent, improvement for Slate institutions fcy the approaching Legislature. He" recommends that the penitentiary bonds be -paid on maturi ty in January and: that provision be made for' funding; , $3,427,000 State bonds ' that mature 1910. The exact figures are not yet made public but it Is - understood t that there is about $59,000 deficit in the State treasury J with about $400,000 money borrowed to meet tne expenses of tne state. Only.; 21 of the. class of 46 applicants for licenses to practice pharmacy ex amined' (before the State . Board of Pharmacy this ; week were successful. One of these, James A. Henderson, Fayettevllle, was a negro. The others are Edward C , Adams, Cherryville; Roy R. Bost, Newton; Beverly P. Costner, Dallas; Chas. D. Cash well, Mocksvillep-E. Lee Dameron, Char-. lotte; Phifer Fulen wider, Monro; Guy C. Hayes, Greensboro; D. O, Hau ser, vMaxton vL W. Jenkins; Stanley ; L. J. i . Lea., Roxboro H. W. Layden, Spray; T. T. McGuife, f.gouthern Pines; L. p. Powers,pWake Forest; R. H. Triplett, Lenoir ;,HfCW. Sloan, Jonesboro ; vE.L:. YisojCyHalifax; G, P.'Wri-ght,,iai?'a;'City;:W. L. Wit- zell,f Gastonlat RBi --Wlley soutnern gt.- the State Teachers' Assembly will meet Monday to decide on the place foh the. next 1 annual" session of thafj body early in- the Summer: 'The com-fter mittee is composed of T, R. Foust, Greensboro, president; R. D. W. Con nor, Rialeigh, secretary" Dr. D. IL Hill, Raleigh ;"R. L. Moore, Mars Hill; J, P. Webb, Oxford ; Dr. J.' R. Brid ges, Charlotte ; Lc C. -Brogden, Kin ston; Harry Howell, High Point, and Miss Edith Royster, Raleigh. The Dacotah Cotton Mills (Inc.) Lexington isr chartered with- $125,000 capital by C. A. Hunt, Jr.,:Geo. Mont castle .and others. - Other charters are to the Eagles' Club (Inc.) . Chairlotte, by, Adam Fisher, D. B. Paul, and oth ers, . for , social and literary . purposes, and the Fenner-Avcnt;. Stock; Improve ment Co., . Rocky ' Mount, capital $10, 000 by J. M. Baker and others. . , That the Governor cannot k recall a pardon when once granted unless some specified term unden which it was1 granted is violated ia ax ruling just made by. the Supreme Court, the case being that of Dick Williams, con victed in Burke county, for retailing liquorsand sentenced to work on the county ".roads. . R. L. Huffman, Esq:, as counsel for the prisoner had ob tained a pardon, conditlonedd on pay ment of costs in the case, and on the future sobriety and- good behavior of the prisoner. In the meantime the costs were pafd . in Burke county court and the pardon sent to the Sher iffs of Gaston for the release of the prisoner. Before the pardon reached the sheriff, he received a telegram from, Governor Glenn revoking the pardon. Then followed a writ of ha beas corpus before Judge Justice and the pardon was held to be in force in' spite of the telegram ' of revocation. This appeal icame to the Supreme Court, the ruling being sustained. The State Commissioner ,of insur ance ' authorizes the Afro-American Mutual Life Insurance Company of Charlotte to take over the Eastern. Carolina Mutual life, of Wilmington, both "being negro insurance corpora tions. ' V"- - ' : . ' - V Annie Turner, serving a life sen tence for admitting v Sam W!aiker no the residence, of Coi. L. Banks Holt, of Burlington, for an attempt at as sassination of Col. Holt, is pardoned byGov. Glenn, on the ground of doubt of her guilt. Stole Tea Set Case. ? Mr. A. H. Oliver, or Mount Olive, who was in the city yesterday had the misfortune to have stolen from him a very valuable tea 'set ; case r which he had carrled to the union shed of the railroad . company, expecting to lea vel on the evening , train. ,.,The:lhef t was reported tor the police and elsewhere in ' today's paper a reward of $5 lis of- f ered - for the recovery of the . property y A 'Practical Christmas Gift Open an account with. The People Savings 'Bank n name .of Wifer Mo ther, Sister, or Child. The Pass Book you receive will make' a- fineiGift,--and will be anji everlastings and- daily -reminder of the donor, -Interest: wlllJte- DISTRICT ODD FELLOWS v- Meeting of Eleven Lodges in Thla Jurisdiction Will be Held in Wil- mington This Evening - v The "Programme. I All arrangements have been com pleted for the district convention of the eleven lodges . of Independent Op der of Odd Fellows in the five coun ties composing this subdivision of the Grand Lodge jurisdiction in the State, and a. most enjoyable and profitable meeting is being anticipated in this rcity this evening. A joint committee of arrangements from the - four, lodges of the order , in Wilmington with Mr. H. O. Craig, chairman, and Mr. P. H. Murphy, sec retary, has completed all sarrange- ments for the entertainment of theij ;,Thompaon d 0t&ers, of South- visitors of wfilch. there will be a num ber in the city. Dr. John A. Stevens district deputy supervisor, ; will be ill charge of the meeting and a number of subjects of interest to all Odd Fel lows will be ..discussed. The meeting will be held in the Odd Fellows builds ing Third and Princess, streets, And members of -Cape Fear, Orion, Wilmington- and Hanover lodges of this city together with all visiting mem-; bers of the order in the city are cor dially invited. ; The programme, copies of which Wf re issued yesterday, will open with the opening ode of the order ; after which Rev. A. D. McClure, D. D., pas tor of Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church, will offer prayer. The wel come address - will be by Past Grand B. ' F.-King and the response by Dis trict Deputy Supervisor Stevens. Then J will, follow the enrollment of dele gates and the election of : officer-.pf the- , Sixth District for the ensuing year." - The discussion of the various topics of the district meeting proper have been assigned as follows: "Best Me thod of Getting Members to Attend Meetings," to the Clinton Lodge; "Visiting the Sick," to the Warsaw Lodge; '-The Orphan's Home," to the Burgaw Lodge; "Relation of Odd Fel lows to a Community' to the Wallace Lodge; "Our Paper," to the Southport Lodge; "The Conferring of Degrees," to -.the Chad bourn Lodge; "District Benefits," to the . Vineland Lodge, while special addresses will be "The Rebekah JDegree" by Past-Grand ' Ma ter Marcu&v W. Jacobi 'aiid z&Thfi "-Jdm campment," by Grand Worthy Patri arch W. L. Smith In addition to the set; addresses there, will be remarks by Grand Mas- H. M. Shaw, of Oxford, land Grand Secretary. B.. H Woodell, of Raleigh, who. will be special guests of honor. IThe exercises of "the evening will con clude with the closing ode and other ceremonies after which the visitors will be entertained at a smoker, which has. ben provided .by the committee. While in the city the delegates will be- entertained at the Colonial Inn and among those who are expected from the several lodges out of the city are the following : J. E; Lamb, J. D. Carr' and J. H. Jeffries, of Wal lace; H. G. , Owens, F, C Mlddleton and J;- M. Loftin; Warsaw; C E. Mc Cullen, Geo. P. Jordan-and A. H, Pad dison, of Burgaw; M. C. Guthrie, J. A. . Williams and , B. J. Holden, of Southport; R. C. Powell, H. F. Schul ken and Dr. H. B. Maxwell, Vineland; F. B. Johnson, T. H. Patrick and A. J. Cooper, of Clinton. The committee has not yet . been furnished with a list of the delegates from the -Chad-bourn Lodge, but a jjood representa tion is expected. ; ' . - .... MR. F. M, PRIDQEN. - Claims Attractive Rocky Mount Bride Pretty Wedding. , The many ' friends of Mr. F. M. Pridgen, formerly ' of this city, but now of Rocky Mount, will be interest ed to learn of his marriage there on Wednesday to "Mrs. Addie V. Fergu son, , an attractive . young woman of that city. The, ceremony was per formed by the Rev.. D. W. Morton, pastor : of . the First Presbyterian churchy at the conclusion of which they repaired to the depot, being showered with congratulations upon their departure on w bridal tour? to Northern cities. . They will s spend Christmas in this 'city, at . the home of .the- groom's mother, Mrs. F. A. Pridgen, No. 129 South Eighth street. Mr. and Mrs." Pridgen will make their home in Rocky Mount, where the groom holds a responsible position with the - Tar River Lumber Co. ' f Among the out-of-town guests pres ent at the marriage was Mr. J. W. Pridgen, of this city, a brother of the groom. ;; . 'v-.-;;--;;;.- Little Eric v Burke Passes Away. The death of Eric, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. 'J. T. -Burke, -which occurred yesterday morning at 10 o' clock at the home, No. 605 -. South Front street, will occasion the tender sympathies 'of their many.triends "in the -sad bereavement: The cnua was fotir months and'll -days xld. xrn ac- count-of the- absence of?sthe father who received v tl3 intelligence' of . the Child's" unexpected death - at .. Hamlet the - funeral arrangements twere aeierr ed awaiting; his arrivals -v ' ' - Chamber of Commerce. All members -of the; Chamber "of Commerce -are requested tos meet-thls morninsr at 11:30 o'clock .for the pur- river improvements and other matters oftimportainee A.large attendance is tANO MTRdYERSY Cass of T. M. Thompson Jnvolv. y jqg.Fort Reservation Taken Up.in U; S. Court. WITNESSES ARE EXAMINED Progress J-Rather Slow and Hearing May, Continue Into Next Week. Endeavoring to Establish an , All of two sessions in the United States Circuit Court yesterday before Judge Wiaiddin was. taken iip with the beginning of ; the land suit by . Mr T. port; against Maj. M. F. Harmon, com mandant of the JJnited States Army Post at Fort Caswell at the time of the institution of , the suit, in which the plaintiff -seeks to recover ? a part of-' the gomernment . reservation, on Oatk Island, .Ucontaining- about S00 acres and valued - at $5,000 according to the complaint. Only the ; full examination of onei witness and: the . taking of a part of the testimony of two others had been completed ihen a, recess for the jday was tafcen .at .5 o'clock . yesterday af ternoon. The court room is filled with attorneys, witnesses - and others interested 6j the case and it is entire ly pro baMenat tne case will continue into next Jtoreek. For r the plaintiffs, the attorneys are Messrs.'.John D. Bel lamy & Son and ex-Judge E. K. Bry- ant of Wilmington, and C. Ed .Taylor, Esq., of Southport.' The interests of the government are being looked after by District Attorney - Skinner and As sistant District .Attorney .Giles. The testimony Is; being, taken in. Short hand by MrWhittaker, private sec retary of Judge Waddill, who is giving close attention to the progress of the case. .'" '. 'jV . ' " " .What sis known as the VBaker line" is in dispute .and in the court Bpom is a blue print of a survey recently mad by order of the court by Capt. Wai ter G. MacRae and Mr. Raymond Hum phreys, private engineer; v.The goy erhment also JiasiJitsengi entjwith bhie jirtssdTajwingsVf the ;prope: Question. fif After the jury was secured yester day morning,' the usual" preliminaries were observed in beginning the trial and the plaintiffs introduced much documentary evidence, some of the county records having been brought in by Register' of Deeds -John Haai-. Mr; Isaac Reynolds, of, Southport. was the first witness" yesterday and his examination wts completed in the afternoon. He had freighted wood and naval stores from the place? at a very early period and gave evidence of a very accurate memory of the old Baker line in dispute and., as pointed out to him as early as 185. He lo cated it on the map in court the same as now contended for the plaintiffs. Mr. Theodore MceKithan, now near ly '30 years of age and xvery . infirm, was a most interesting witness. . He. testified as to the bluffs on the river as -laid out on the chart and told of the possession and acts of possession as to the lands for many years, the original titles dating back to the year 1825. His cross-examination by the government was deferred until; today. . The last witness for the day was Mr John W. Galloway, of Southport, who told of the bluffs on the river, the ideation of the lands and acts of possession. His father rented turpen tine timber lands from the vendors of the plaintiff. Mr. Galloway's cross- examination went over until today. Among the witnesses emd interest ed parties attending the trial are; Mrs. S , A. Thompson, relict . of the late Capt. T. M. Thompson; Mr. and -Mrs. Harry Phelps and. Miss Phelps, of Washington, D. C; Mrs. A. .W. Reiger and Mrs. Fisher. SUPPLY ST. JAMES' PULPIT Rev. John . R. Matthews, of Alabama, :- Will Remain Six, Weeks. The Rev. John R, Matthews, cf Ala bama, has been, secured by the vestry of Saint James to supply the pulpit of the parish for the next six weeks and will conduct his first iservioss on Sunday at 7:45. M., li A. M. and '5 P. M. Since therecent resignation of Rev. R. W. Hogue the parish has been without a rector but the vestry has arranged for services tsach Sabbath by a local or visiting rCctorC Rv Mr. Matthews, a missioner, has been engaged until after the holidays and the services will b conducted regu larly by him until a rector to sucjeeed Mr. . Hogue is regularly called. x QUARTERLY CONFERENCES. Announcements ,i by ; tPresltfing Elder -. . For the Wilmington' District. , Rev. W. Lu CuninKgim, presiding .el- 'der of the Wilmington, district, M; .E. Church, requests the Star to announce that hewill preach and hold, quarterly conferences . iat, Southpartr' sunaay. Dearth; at Lebanon; Mt Tabor cir cult (the old Waccamaw, circuit) ; Dec. 26th and ,27th; at Viaejahd, Friday night, Dec 25th; at iWhiteville,. Sunday- nlghti' Dec. 27th; . afr Rocky Point, liurgaw.: circuit, Jan. ; zna anu sru Bladen IStreetv ichuTch; at mlghtv Jan. J3rd; .Swannsboro, Jan.- .7th, x at inignt,, Small accounts are. Treloomej at thi8;gatner: ana transmit, toviuongressttne., i V v. , n WOBKED CLEVER SWINDLE Well Dressed Strangers Claiming to , Represent .Mail, Order House. Got ' Away With Considerable- Money 1 ' - ' of Confiding Purchasers. Claiming to represent the Cash' Buyers'. Union, a large and responsi ble mail '; order house of Chicago 111., taking many orders and receiving part payment thePcf or 'In advance, twowell dressed strangers are reported to have made" a successful get-away with between $400 and $500 of the "hard earned money of more than "a score of the thrifty colored .people and a few whites who live m the fertile, sec tion of the country around Scott's' Hill, in this county J' -t From all accounts the strangers left the city between suns STednesday night or early yesterday morning, abandoning a horse and buggy which they had hired from Davis' li very , sta bles m this city to the care of John Fpy, a colored man living near Scott's; Hill, with instructions to bring it to the city yesterday mominfe since which time the: strangers have" not been heard from in spite of persistent search made for them not "only by the confiding purchasers around JSIcott's Hill but by Mr. Davis, who is; out something over $16 in livery charges since last Monday morning. - The stratngers appeared in the city last Thursday and hired a turn-out from Mr. Davis, f or .the day, going out, in the . early morning and, returning after night each day, settling the bill of $3.50 This they kept up until Monday morning when' one of - the men went to the stable in the absence of Mr. Davis and secured jai turn-put for two or three days,' use from a col ored attendant. In the meantime Mr. W. B. McClellan, of this city, had his attention called to some remarkable bargains offered in the country; on spring wagons, the salesman offering them at $26 and "throwing in" a,"set of ' harness for good measure,, receiy- goods arrived, if they, were not satis-, factory, they could be returned. - He told Mr. Davis of his suspicion that a, cleyer swindle wais being perpetrat ed ton the people m the Country and Mn Davis' iahorse and buggy nof hav- '.V1 bouses f Congress. The resof - -trnfdjyesteyorning. iffl njnfoU;:. he-attd Mr. MeClellaDr set out- to" find it. They inet the' colored man,' Foy, driving it to the city in East Wilming ton; Foy said that the men'overtook him coming to the , city Wednesday afternoon and had him Jaccompany I them to the city. They stopped at a bar room on upper Market street, pur chased liberally a supply of liquor and told Foy to take the turn-out back home with him that night and bring it to them the following morning. He was returning it in good faith when accosted by vMr. Davis and Mr, Mc Clellan yesterday morning. 'Along With, Foy was a small army of colored people who had been "taken in" by the evident swindle of the strangers. One of .the' number, after making a liberal purchase from the men, had 'grown suspicious and from Scott's Hill telegraphed the Cash Buyerjs Union in Chicago, receiving the reply that they employed' no.agents," selling by mail from their catalogue only. Receipts for the partial payment on order were - given on the ordinary stock receipt blank purchas ed at "ai local stationer's. They evi dently" pickedup a catalogue of the Chicago house and were using it to give color to their clever swindle. jThey would offer any article wanted by the purchaser for sale and' would quote glibly from the catalogue whe ther the article was listed there or not, amd price was no object. Upon their return to the city Mes srs. Davis and aicuieiian secured as accurate adescription of the men as possible "and sent several telegrams with the hope of " apprehend ing th e men,' but 'without success. One is de scribed as a large man with brown Overcost and brown derby hat. He did the principal work in the country though; a smaller 3roung man with a foreign' accent J usually secured the teams and accompanied him.: While in the country they ate and slept at negro houses and seemed to avoid iflny more' contact thanwas impossi ble ; with intelligent people. In the usual rush of. business at the union depot, City Ticket Agent Edwards could recall the leaving t of V no f uch persons oy- any or tne trains yesterday morning, though they remained in the city until after midnight -Wednesday. They have probably made a 4 success ful get-away with the money entrust ed tch theiy . care by ' the- unsuspecting victims. ; . His Auto Ditched. ' - While . driving with . a . party of f rinds on the Castle Haynes turni pike early last evening about; five miles from the' city- the, automobile of Mr. Louis T. Moore , was' ditched and those in the car were more' or less J 'shaken up, but, no one . was injured. Mr. W. H. Dock went out in. one of the cars from his garage ? and towed the disabled machine 'in. " . : . ' fy- - ;No Ned -to Worry." x - Over your - Christmas presents, . go to The People's 'Savings Bank i and open" van account in the name of ;WIfe,r Mo ther, Sister, or Child., iThe Bnk Book yvu receive ivm umt: hlxiiv preacnu. ptfBLIC .WATERWAYS Apprehensive of: President's Re- cbrrirnendation of Changes in System of lmprqyement. 1 . SPECIAL MEETING YESTERDAY North . Carolina Waterways Associa tion, in. Resolution Prepared by : Mr. Sprung ; Expresses High -Appreciation of Engineers. t : Important action with ref erenoa to t method of continuing the present system vol; government improvement of -public waterways f was; taken at a pecial,; called mtseting of. the Execu tive Committee of the North Carolina Waterways Association at the office of Mr. James H, Chadbourn, the pres ident, in the Southern Building, ;.yes- terdayat'noon.-- .:',' 7-V l J v$w of -the great importance ' of - tfee z public wrork mow unde.r the con trol of the United States Corns of En! giheers; and feeling apprehensive iest the. recommendation - in Pnjsident Rboseyelt's annual ihessage relative ; to material "changes in the ' composi tion of the Engineer Corps be enacted into lav; and appreciating the great value of, a scientifically trained Corps of Engineers in the service of water way davelopment, and being in posi tion to know the value of the Engi neers in charge r of the Cape JPear riv er, namely: Captains CraighilL. Stan tpn,' Bixby, Lucas, Johnston, and Brown, the president of the , Water-" ways Association requasted Mr. v James . Sprunt, because of his large familiari-" ty with. the subject, to prepare a res- r olutton touching the matter. . . ;- .. Mr. Snrunt' presented a very com prehensivia paper,' , which, after thor ough discussion in every provision, ' was unanimously endorsed by the Ex ecutive Committee. The Committee also requested that th3- Chamber of y endorsement to the. vWiuuuu, 'uu &. special . aneLing oi ,. unit Doayis called to be held this morning at 11:30 o'clook-, thS purpose being to forward the resolution thus enaprsea to our, representatives in 'IWSlmington ,:.N. C. Bee 1?7 1908A ''The North : Carolina l Waterways Association, actuated by a. desire to promote the best, interests of purloin-, mon wealth, and by feelings of Na tional pride in the traditions' cf that superior. arm , of. our common coun try's inilitary defense, . the. Corps of Engineers of the United States Army whose standard of excellence" has' been exemplified in th? services of R. , E. Lee, Meade, Johnston, McPherson, Humphreys, Newton, Wright, Warren and Robert; .by Abbott, Barnard. ' Casey, .Comstock; Mahan, Meigs, Tot ten, Hains llaymdnd and Sutrtr; and by the later chiefs Cralghill, Wilson, McKenzie and Marshall, tcf say noth ing of the present, services of such1 distinguished officers as Goethals, SR ert, Gaillard, Chittenden, Black end Locfcwpod has perceived with ap prehension and even alarm an insid--ious influence in hTgh; places, . which seeks, under cover of specious argu ments, to minimize the importance and effectiveness of, the present sys tem which employs upon the water-) ways and river and harbor Improve-. ments of our country the best techni cal taient,jwhose professional integ rity places - the sorvice of the Corpse of Engineers above'Suspicion. ; ' "We recognize, after years of Intel- -ligent personal contact and' careful observation, the superior;. advantages in the public service of a body ofmen representing the flower of. the Ameri can army, whose training hy tho State has fitted them with a. maximum men tal and physical equipment for great undertakings, and whose ever increas- fug .usefulness is savingT millions of revenue to the Federal Government. "On the other hand, we. regard, with due deference to his compp;hen slve knowledge of public affairs and to his careful investigation of this im' portant subject, the recommendation' of President Roosevelt, that 'the plan which promises the best end quickest results is that of a permanent , Com- . mission authorized to co-ordinate the ' work of all the Government Depart ments relating to waterways, and to -frame, and supervise - the execution of a comprehensive plan.' , ; "If we may, with proper respect f or such eminent authority, question his remark that theT virtually permanen t ") detail of the Corps of .Engineers to Civilian duty necessarily impairs the ' efficiency of our . military establish- , ment,. we might maintain that such work as7the ; development, of our wa-' terways and ) other great 'public utili-, ' ' ties. should ).pi.ke . this valuable' mill- - tary , arm more effectlw in time of - ar,- because . of the knowledge quired 1 with reference .to such details, -to say " nothing of the5 active employ-. . ment; of, talents , which, , duly exercised -in the pursuit 'cf peaceful arts might .u reach a 'higher degree, of 'efficiency. in x time, of vwar. H fi' f : v '( ' We might also dissent , from the -v opinion of the ' President, ; that ; the military-' engineers ar necessarily unv ' suited iy their3 training and tradi- " tiods,,; to tak3 .th,e broad .view, and to y r ling in;, ytrr; un wn Koads: " ' fein January 1st.-x ; , most earnestly desired.- r - ; w - 1 c, - 'l i. 1 . 1 , - '" I
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