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nvo HICK - HE JObT CAME. FROM THfelS AN F1WK!SCO 41 5 AflRlCA'S RESOURCES HI MEN:: New York Tlmes. . Much has been said and written, Aince the European war began, as - to-f .the niilitary preparedness of the - United.- States. - Organizations whose ' purpose is to encourage preparedness , and to. urge more liberal appropria tions fr lhe Army and Navy have Iteen Organized in all parts pt the -country. The Army and the Navy Jiave been thoroughly ' studied in re cent ' months, and the President is flow, busy with ! their .problems ; but j what of. the great civilian - Army, then, j of -military age between IS and 44 1 years, of .whom, according to the re sports 4" of . -State Adjutant Generals Jon filet in Washington, there are near ly ,17$00,000. Of this number, as I jgreat fOmost as the total of all .the I armies now. fighting in Europe, only I BtxtyKjpe hundreds of one per cent.' - are in the militia of the various States which Tmeans that more than le.OO,1 0i)&are' men practically without mili- ' tafy training. -.'To get an idea of the situation,' a representative of.. The New York j '. ... Times t was permitted a, few days, ago to read . some - of the Government re ports on the condition: of the tntlitia. The result .was - startling. In more than a .score of States there Is no v field artillery of any. sort and in the I vU wholei -country there are fewer than v-r forty t officers of ordnance. In . 35 - States Clhere '; are no - organizations . .. trained for coast artillery, rf 24 have no cavalry, a, large majority are with Qftt signal troops, while the total force v oftprganized engineers,, officers and . J men, totals less than 1,500 for the'en f lire, country. One State, Nevada, is without militia organizatlcn of any JAll.the States save Nevada, have infantry troops as a matter of course. . , In ; field artillery there are 23 that have .none. Those, States :are Arizona, - Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, .Kentucky,. Maine, Maryland, . Mississippi, . Montana, Nebraska, Ne vada, North Carolina, North Dakota, ' " Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Da- - Kota, Tennessee, Vermont,' Washing r Jon, W.esf Virginiak'and Wyoming. x ' J; Qnly . i S.ta,tes maintain coast ar-.t-Ul.Ifyv,9rganizations, and of the total of. coast artillerymen more, than half , is In New York, In Maine the total - Pi .cpast artillerymen Is -i30. The coast States of New Jersey, Pennsyl- Wia' ' Deleware Maryland, Virginia, . - Florida, Alabama", Mississippi, -and - - Texas are without, coast artillery or- - ganizations. - - Nearly half of all the National ; Au?Td- cavalry in the .country is 1 in ; Hew r York and Pennsylvania. -The 5-tatgs .without calvary, are . Alabama. . - xizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Plpri " v jfta Idaho, t Indiana, Iowa, Kansas 'UKentucky,.:, Maine,, Minnesota, Mis ? Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, .ewMexico,- North Dakota, . South , arolhia, -South Dakota, Utah, ,VJr jiniand Wyoming. v It will be rioted ' J;hat mong . the States without ca ' -( jraAryfare a majority of those in which - i-horseinanship is supposed to be most , ..CpmnKn.5uch as Wyoming, Kentucky, MpntanKansasand.New Mexico. . Of e'njgyieering 'troops more-, than ' ' ' J;l,oaof tlrerl24 are in four States; New;YQTkwith754, Ohio with' 190 ' Pennsylvania ' with' 123, and Miclii- " - gan.wth1.00. pt the remaining 225 pf fleers .and pO, men and . Oklahoma .three -pfficers . and. 61 enlisted men. Virginia, has. an engineering "strength ' ot thtee , officer, , Massachusetts and ' pajjgornia. two .officers each, Rhod Island, South .Dakota, Minnesota, . Maryland, Iowa , and : the ' District of - Columbia one offlQer each. . .T, ho figures" for the ordinance, quar ; termaster, 'and ". subsistence services ' neak for themselves. '"Just'iWnk.of.Jlt," said a .regular ' . Ajmy office" ; recently, 'In ' all. the " United States Jhere,. are. fewer tha .:-100 ' officer 'and enlisted men in the -1. Rational.. Xiuard ordinance, service - Thg ' ntimb,er . of. ,men 4 between 18 and 44; fit for military : serYice," is j approximately 10,500,000, "divided among the States as follgws: t v States TT ' ' rMen. Alabama . . ,r'r. r. . '803.144 . Arizona . , . , ' r 40J76 Arkansas . . , ; . - . ;"'-. 327,387 Qaljforni, JdUtll9S'Pnm7B look sr.VI' W V -- NOT! Colorado 134,225 156,497 32,489 80,278 Connecticut .. Delaware I. Disk Columbia Florida - 197,183 J Georgia 577,678 Hawaii .. .. V. .. .. 14,803 Idaho .. .. .. .. .. 33,824 Illinois . . . . . . . . , . . .. . . 1,000,000 Indiana . : . 652,351 Iowa.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .288838 Kansas . .. .. .. 386,570 .... 342.32U . .. .. .. 339,443 104,819 .. .. .. .. 126,975 577,618 .. 521.792 Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan .... Minnesota Mississippi . 237,923 AftrVW Missouri 604 0341 48 075 132 380 20 000' 41 235 1 6758051 Montana . . .. . . Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey; . ; . New Mexico n 7't ' .W'.'.' y. V. l,616',48l workers. lvFrank Hall, Deputy Chief j , ,02,745; Pennsylvania's. Department loTj New- York . North Carolina North Dakota- f 70,771 Ohio, . t..'. r."1.'. 394et85 Oklahoma . , . . . . . . - 321,271 Oregon - 136,521 1,139,526 Pennsylvania Rhode Island . ; . . V 138,402 217,375 70,862 276,763 502,870 40,453 South Carolina . . - Sojujth Dakota ...... , -Tennessee . -i Texas . . . . . . . . ? Utah '.. .. - Vermont . V .;. ... ... .... - 50,878 Virginia . . ........ ... . . 327,817 Washington .... ... , . . . - 286,189 West Virginia ... . . . 201,334 Wisconsin . . . . V; . . . . ; . .; 441,396 Wyoming :. .. 41,730 , '-Total ....16.647,347 The above figures reveal ?x many strange situations.,- , For .instance. Alabama is surpassed- by only four States In the' number : of males be--tween '18'tfnd 44' fit for. military ser vice, Ihose ', States .being -New York, Pennsylvania,, Ohio and Illinois. The 1910 ensus . gave .-.Calif ornUv 200,0.0a more ' population : - than - Alabama, . yet Alabama J. reports i that fihe.ncan tur nish 400,000 more men ,lhan can California. --Texas.: with 1 1,700,000 more..popuIati9n, ,than -Alabama, ,i;e ports only . 500,000 men fit for ser n 'i' ,vur; w wvTiauced. inatalyiK Climatic ..conditions 000, less .population than -Texas, 01-:, 1,11-. cn ' rrckZ -m - . land thft7peculiar fertility .of the soil vice,- while Massachusetts. with 5.00 fers 75,000 more men. Y Minnesota, with . 2,100,000 . ; popula tion, c reports . only 237,923 possible soldiers, while . South' Carolina, with Qnly u 1,500,000 population,! ? comes within 20,000 of that number, OhlbY whose population is . a round . million greater than that of Texas, is cred ited with v 450,000 more able ' men7 than Texas, but only 150.000 : more than Alabama, which -: has v 2,&00,000 fewer people. , ".. - ' 4 "" Mississippi, l800,00p " 'population offers more than 40,000 nlen, where as- Tennessee, with 2,200,000, populat-J tlon, returns only 376,00 : Indiana, with' 1,000,000 less , pqpualtion thah Texas, reports - lr60,Q00 ; more fit men and 75,000 more "thanMassachusettsy which has 650,000 cojore'.. citizens A Tpughtjv ' There are probably few- humorists in EnglandvWho canell',f more fiinny ciunea man vv. rew.-tt.iuge, says iu- Bits. 5onie tfmeagd at,a public meet ins . ne told of arjnan who one ,day enU'tPd.a London baHce courts. .Hie magistrate happnedtg j-ecpgniB as a fellow, pinhmn dgenallyn V'ted.im (to i take p, sea on thV bnh, Tlie visitor was-delighted at he honor done . him, , an4 as Vh4 $0W& wbeld the magistrate- he .-looked wondering round the crowded-cottt.V r,. MI se"e you jiaye a' r?marJbTy t?ugh lot of t customers ,d,eal -tW? morning,? he said in sttrp!iset-ifce magistrate. ?f - .,v- -f .; - j , : J 'VHush!" replied - thft Ttnai8tratei shaking hjs head tojimppso silene: t'those'tire the Jawyers.":,:" , - "v "- ;OId' Maid Fredrick, why " do ' ypu persist In-klssihgme Id'o'ftenl r ' ' v Young Brothet-Well, sis, ; you - al- fir - or, "4. s ti Ml iuantitles.ln J913 therewero ':lv1i riik i 3??Ai l; X,389,024,1SO galIoiia-oducextwMe W 1 -rsv,MIB9 MfHU njo r T WORK. ( Wall Street Journal.) If war is becoming . less s humane, mUilng .aa aa - industry ?.l3 --becominf more .yand. jnore humanitarian in its methods. v , , - . , The lateDr;1 Joseph A. Holmes," of the Bureau of ..Mines, . Washington, rounded out a life devoted In ; later years to the development "of safer .and more rational conditions under; which the mine labor " of; the country - does its , work. Thes policy of this" bureau", which Doctor " Holmesi headed y from Its'organliatlonseveralyearaagoVfiaa been to' co-operate with the.. State De partments ot" Mines wherever - th'en--dustry had acquired prominence? The result was '"that ' rapid progress;-was made not ,-only in safety iof . under-j ,vuu vuaf VU1, 'aiBW kj.Uio.-y6 condition: " of the households a repre- se?ted - the miners , themselves, k? n the Cohnellsville coke regions of Pennsylvania, the v Department ot Mines of - that State reports Tsimilar gams in me , social coniuon .01 ue Mines, says a I single company with 8,000 employes and their families at 05 "operaUng mines," has" adopted every safety device, -possible for the? preven tion of ac'cid.ents affords relief , in case of temporary -or permanent disability and compensates its faithful employes whoj become v v incapacitated. !i Every inine has ts- fire fighting, organization and first-aid stations, and.,' the J com pany has 200 rstdald teams available for the benefit r of injured employes. Theset employes , pay no contribution and redelve ; relief payments without legal proceedings. -..'-In" a ; f ewf years over - half ; a million dollars has been spent in v" hettering the" condition ?: of the workmen Jn sanitary and . other similar 'jnatterst More : than- 7,000 shade j. irees i have j Deen planted, ' and jthe' resideiit miners vie , ,wlth; eaclji pther In -copipetitlon if or -the oest gar dens and "lawns , ahput . their , houses. The sight of children playing on the 25 playgrounds is a thing that may. well cause the old heart to feel young again. - -.--"' t . Use ' of .- XicohipliQ Beyeras: In ; Italy. Commercial Renprt, - Liquors - in . great variety are k pro are vf adorable to ihe growth f.-fruits f rom Avhlch intoxicants ; are made. The peopled follo wing the practice of many centurleB.-useAnaild "alcoholic-: bever- ages ' at their ?mealsl 4 hThe liquor s T- most generally used are yermy:th; ? rosbllo, v beer nraehino, bcan4y,Vrnm,, cpgnac l and fernet, Jhesae jail produced, in" the -Itaiiai: peinsa.sernutkis jlriedw figs;., white jyine,;and ciiemlcalsZ as a .be-v.era?Aat;4neais':-vlt 4s,-u8uallyi er plaiyor twith:. Aerftea?iwater; tp yfsan tapjpetizej. ' ;:- J.-Rosqiio a--cor.dUil,48Jtnadfr tpj inglcohol h over. "mon , peelings i arid Allowing that liauid vvtodojet ',to '.eta4. feusar, Id .addedandhen-Jiifioluticai is. heavily;, diluted -withiiwater.herp isr also;what"48,' termed Va Mandarin avbcuio,, wmcais- maae mr the same xjiannei1 except ItX iV orajige : peelings are used Tinvi lieu woI-4ejnQn.' ThIs d drunkTin sraall,quantities and. omac- count:rof -extensive- adulterations." is ".r Another cordial,, maraschino; .wnich wai origlnaflymade In Zara'Atistfia; has 'a-'yery: wide5. pdmilarW ; k .-f V,sed; quitg as'muhas rbsDliol'lt Ts prandy, . rum; and cognac- aVp m "in - fa.?turean.jarge . Uantiti;.; cognac having a very wide use. Fernet; a bit J1018 made Aom herbs raaa al- 'weaK.purgerand Should be taken with I 7 7" 'feerywWe in AtSjSh Evening,; when, ifi 0 8a:may.remaln untrtMin7Al3 ermuA 'is :used W;MIejQTfc -j. -; .,vuT.; .Jv tFor reservations anc? all detaila cal r jy?'" - uje extracted., prod uct ,lierry nes;, alcohol THE EV2NING DISPATCH AUGUST nu. J,x niHB amount wa ujmj f 146,322 allpna, showing a falling' off of,54277,8p8 gallons. This-was, caus- ed by. , the" reduced .grape croprThe byinea of. Italy, as a rnlef;are very mild; and' there is lltae intQxicationa phenomenon iwhich - iajemarked by tourists V5 ' . . Piedmont is the ; greatest .cwine-prc-; ducing section of . the countrypln .this .province 'alone during" 19l4"there" were 171,710,800 ailons"of wine;, produced. " Beer, is a beverage the use, of twhich is becoming' nlore and more common,! There are .nine large breweries in the .country. ' In '1913 ,lmportatipns..of heex from continental : countries amounted to ,10,897,146 gallons. - : I rt . Bar Tooms (according to -the- com mon use ot. the term In Amerlcai are Unknown. ' Ther'are small stands or bars.i at which' soft-' and 'Intoxicating drinks are "served;. nd whl5h .are iPat ronlzed by women as elt jts1hy4oaen. At each' - of ts4; sta'ndscbflee tl is served, -and coffee- drmkingTin, place Of wines and beers "is becoming every day 'mbe common j ' : Police . espionage andv supervision 'oyer ' bar roams have never t Seen , agitated - In Italysi as in other ; countries, - because , it - j Is ' ex- tremeiy difficulty even ' In thoriums, to flnd a oirraria wWchls not con- ducted la an -or4erly jnanner;" ; BRYAN SEEK9 NO, OFFICE. But -Says He dntends :,to,r Remain in OfRcfl the 'Rest of IIa Life. Portland Dispatch to V Iew York .-.'"..'.r-- Tjnies.)'' .ZyV"" In1 the course.oxran Interview here today. William. fjennings - Bryan, said: Vlvhave no ..political expectatioiik i whatever, : and not plans looking ' to the holding of oJfice .In , the-: future.-: 1 shall remain - in office therest i of my .life. A Democrat has. reas6nto exjpect a Democratic L.vicjtory in 1913. President'? Wilson. should, be " given credtt :fpr dealing, with the .Mexican, Japanese and ...European questions." o jijtojif old war. . " ' '--. y. "Te;; Republicans ' ayje no pebs lects;s Jliey , simply . haye possibilities, ajid .Uhcse : depend ;Jargely on. Mjc: ooseyelt : There is no ope.rfqr;ith er Republican ; faction it ; -QOseyeU: main.tains ' the. Progressivc-R organization M Rop.s.eyeit enrnsifo thj : regulaj. Republican. p'artyilie . .will, strengthen .the t- chance, of, the, stand- pts.:,. , The ,-Taf t ' branch isunrepent- and, boastful afstandpatisnj., ) "Peace! at 'any price. . ifu i4.chap epithet ;us.e,d, ,hy ; those" whodesire war at any cost and whp,' not being1 able to defend' theirown. policy',.. Jtake ref- nge ln -mtsrepresentatlonsV' v-- "" V ,t. -- s :v s s . ; ' ;A.8onflf of Looking - Forward, ' - HoI-UtUe'ldve': - - - "V-'-'i pVhpnybu're just a wee, bit; older,:, r4 we u -go a-saiung. loriouBiy ysacross 1 the winaStrashedfoam' f. - But at venlng,?,when ,thel 4Jisk -falls JVe Ulmake,for home " and reat koi:iitUelove. . Wh6n you're- justa5" wee" Jtit folder, ll j we'll go awanderlng : through ,the i' worid, to see what weJike" best." -Wve4l have our f Jill ' of alL the Jun, We'll leave jno rollcover, My ' And, sleepy-eyed, ' turn homeward, " , When the'ala3n"leWeei' R. &, Alexahder.lln-feWj yorkj 5unJ frtit The, jshWere;iBtlnfl. : r : , Deacon (on-way to church, to.youhg fisherim?n jmder'ihr4dge)-titiIeiboys, don't ' you-; know. Jthisia. .tlie "day", of , -"We 'ain't tired, mlster.'Llfe., n She Tbii i shniifd liavft' " hPtT f ur SnOUia nave ,-Deen She-Yes ; you know" It 'Was ' hia , de- Wi71 tdrinIeadrWofjalr.l -..wiiieV 4-r-Vh:-r ; Well, fill .pur -hands with )lunde,i, "lv-ll-ii1!?- niuvajf-i.AM-4Uiwsi.er WaTaBdUOK!jsNOT: carry fpar preached such, an -interesting-sermon. oujfii iiiiw tt Laut ' ma u -i ' Herrlndee4! , : ; fii.ia ort!iiia BontK Mzxtzz. . 4; 1C1S. 1 -t. -;;..- '(' -I k 19 your jivcr. no ;qdo can be In cood ipints when tSwf system is not carrying off tHo waste products rejulate the bfle ducts and put you in a good : humor with : yourself And the. woxkL At your' druggist susar coated or pit Narrow -Gauge In Var.: Boston Post." " - . Among- the adaptations of idtiices of domestic ' convenience to the re quirements of; modern" warfare is the employment of narrow ,." gauge ' rail ways in the supply trenches on - the tattle lines at. the front hv Europe. More than 100 'sutjh tait.sr it is Re ported,, .arjb ,npw', in, construction vst, works In Pennsylvania ' "-' r Thjese trains,' as' - .escribed, will run upon a track - two feet - in width,' tunnels so small that' .they can . reac the firing line; right Into the : trench es, unseen by., the enemy, carrying ammunition, shrapnel, hand vggren ades and arms." By so much, it is expected, the -resources ; of .the ; trench fighters will be supplied,' The use; of such v minature trains is an incident of the ewlutlon -of the system ; of un derground close-to-hand " ; fighting adopted in -this war. - v.- - ' . Wherever You Go, ; REGALS ARE RIGHT 'At home "or abroad on : Market street or on the Board1 Walks , at rWrlghtsville Beach wherever you i are yon, want your shoes to lie irre proachable In style and you demand, i besides the maximuiii: of gerylce and comfort, (- , CEO. S. NEVENS, .::ShOets and Gent's Furnlsliino n jpl i , .f "121 Market Street. ' ;;THB0UGH SLEEPING CAR8 0 y .mATiiANTA. c , Tho. Atlantic; Coast Line 'operate the Jthrpugh ;t sleeping cars v between Wilmington .'andAUanta'-ThesercaT8 are. ofall-steel. construction and Leave Wilmington tdaily ; at". 3 P?r M.V s ar rlying; Atlanta at 6:0 the jixt ..morn ing, connection with "throiigh: sleep ng observation and dining car tralnt W J. CRAIG.V 'Pa8s.;TrattMgr. nimn? it .- AND ficorCCfpVfl,4S.7?C; v; . t Knur iroB tp tnxmKGTbN Sfeamshfp iNavafioe..i vvFriaay", ?Afiir. ' th SleafaifMp .Clierokee.5 . ifjriaay;-. Aug J3th Steamship JsTavahoe. .r. Saturday, Aug. -14th Steamship" Cherokee, i -. .Saturday, Ang Slat at igteamship NaMhtoelts -Monday 4.ng.' tU atf steamship. Cherokee.-. ..Monday Aug" 16th Yt I bill NUTOfl niiW KUKK, u-. i -mm i y-lpt A1 2? 7 : 'p5 r.i-;Sts:J .-Prices include all poles, j .: 'M: :!f :.;" ' -..,." ,.i.,fn-: 1.-. - . - ; i. . - WiB 'Springer & Company " .: .r; . 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