THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-THURSDAY, AUGUST 4. 189S.
MOVING TOWARD
' NEW CAMP SITE
THIRTEENTH WILL NOT START
TJNTIii NEXT WEEK.
Latest Move Is a Good Deal of ft
Speculation A Better Camping
Ground May Be Secured But as
Yet Thero Is Nothing Certain
About It No New Cases of Ty
phoid i'ever Have Developed
Among Members of the Thirteenth
Special from a Staff Correspondent.
Camp Alccr, Dunn.Lorlng, Auk 3.
It Is not thought that the Thirteenth
will cet under way for lis new enmp
ground before the middle of next week.
The troops arc ready to start nt any
time, but the quartermaster's depart
ment can't furnish the mules and
wagons necessary to move a division
nt n. time, as was yesterday contem
plated, and In consequence the corps
will have to move In such sized sec
tions ns the baggage teams will ac
commodate. All the spare mules and extra wagons
that arc kept nt the government yard
and wagon sheds In the St. Asaph
driving park were called Into service
In moving the First division today.
Drivers were secured from the regi
ments of the First division, the Thir
teenth furnishing four nnd the Eighth
and Twelfth a like number. "With all
this extra assistance It was only pos
sible to get one brigade under way
tiefore noon.
The trip to the Manassas region Is
nbout twenty miles nnd It requires two
days to cover the distance. By the
time the last of the wagons discharge
their cargoes nnd get back to Dunn
T-orlng the first of the week will bo
here. Allowing a day or two for unex
pected delays, it v.lll be Wednesday,
It Is safe to say, before the Third bri
gade's turn to start will come.
NOT TOO WELli PLEASED.
While the men say "any place In
preference to this" it would be mis
stating things to say they are wild
with rapture over their going to Man
assas. The general character of the
region cannot differ much from this,
it Is held, because of Its being an ad
joining county and virtually an exten
sion of the same plateau upon which
the camp Is now located. "While thero
nre some desirable places for regimen
tal nnd possibly brigade camps there
is not enough of them to go around
nnd It is feared that some of the regi
ments will be about ns bad off as
they arc here. That it is little better
than an experiment Is evidenced by
the official orders governing the move
ment of the troops, which say practi
cally "move down towards Manassas
nnd if you can find a good place for
a camp seize upon it. At all events
keep going till you find a camp that
suits you."
The new site mav prove to be satis
factory and then again it may prove
to be just the opposite. A camp at
some established camp site 'such as
Sea Girt or Mt. Gretnn would leave
no question of doubt. To go there,
however, would moan the expenditure
of a quarter million dollars.
It Is a significant fact that the much
discussed Chief Surgeon Glrard had no
hand in the moving of the camp. The
whole nffalr was decided upon and di
rected from Washington. Glrard has
just sent out an order or rnther Gen
eral Graham sent It out. at his rec
ommendationdirecting the Second di
vision regiment's move to an adjoining
farm on the east, when the order from
Washington arrived directing that the
whole corps move to Manassas.
NO NEW CASES.
. No new cases of typhoid have broken
. out In the Thirteenth In two days,
and there Is Just a ray of hope enter
tained that the ten men who developed
typholdal symptons since coming here
brought the germs of the disease from
the old camp at Falls Church, and that
consequently the disease has about
been stamped out as far ns the regi
ment Is concerned.
The men at Fort Myer continue to
improve. Sergeant Kelpcr still holds
his own, and the doctors now say that
he has a good chance of recovery. Lieu
tenant Huff, it developes, had only a
mild attack, and Is even now eon
vn'esclng. Lieutenant Berry's temp
erature began to fall Saturday and is
gradually decreasing all the time.
Private John Hill, of Company E, a
resident of White Hills, nnd Private
George Davis, of Company A, were re
turned from the hospital today with
recommendations of discharge from the
service. Both are ndjudged to be suf
fering from chronic rheumatism.
Private Harry Van P!pcr, of Com
pany C, who has been acting ns order
ly at the First division hospital, was
today transferred back to the regi
ment to act ns mounted orderly to
Lieutenant Georgs C. Mcrriman, the
new assistant surgeon.
Private Hall, of Company G, was de
tailed to corps headquarters yesterday,
to work nt the bread ovens. This Is
the second baker the Thirteenth nas
furnished. Private Fcnstlcr. of Com
pany C, having gene over the day be
fore. TiKD TAPE GAUNTLET.
Corporal Robert A. Smith, jr., of
Company E, Is awaiting orders to be
transferred to Jefterson b-irraeks, Mis
souri, as a sergeant In the Third Uni
ted States Volunteer Engineers, in
which Major Edgar Jadwin has com
mand of a battalion nnd Sergeant Hur
denberg Is sergeant major. Major
Wood who engineered the trinsfers,
has the satisfaction of making the
record of putting his man through In
one day. Tn tho morning Corjionil
Smith left hero with his application
nnd Instructions from Major Wood as
to how he should proceed. In tie even
ing he returned with the transfer np
proved und an appointment ns ser
geant. Ho had to take the transfer
nnd application through regimental,
brigade, division und corps heuriqunr
ters and then through a veritable
labyrinth of offices In tho war depart
ment. There were twenty-four approv
n Is, endorsements nnd other like "hands
nnd senls" on his papers when they
had run tho red-tape gauntlet.
Lieutenant Arthur Foote, Sergeant
Vail and Private Snyder, of Company
D, returned today from a week's visit
at home.
Lieutenant W. W. Inglls, of General
Gobln's staff und Assistant Surgeon
George A. Blnnchard left for Philadel
phia today on a ten days' leavo of ab
eence. Captaln'A. Wilson Norrls. acting as
elstant adjutant general of tho Third
brigade, returned last night from a
.visit to his home lri Harrlsburg.
Private Chdrle McCracken, vt Com
pany IJ, went home on a furlough to
day. Privates Charles Sprandle, Tred
Luther, George Sackett and Axil Ar
nold, of Company C, leave for home
tomorrow on a week's ;f u.rlough.
Corporal Tolemlo and Musician
Jones, of Company A, returned today
from their furloughs.
' Corporals William Dunkerly, Jacob
Featherman, Georpe Schmidt nnd Pri
vate Obey A4. .Michaels return today
from their furloughs.
Privates Harry A. Totter, Chnrlea
B. Clark, Llewellyn Morgans, and
David Evans, of Company H, went
home on furloughs last night.
T. J. Duffy.
ECHOES OF THE WAR.
Frank B. Davenport, of Wilkes
Barre, received tho following letter
from his cousin, who Is a gunner on
board tho Badger:
On Hoard U. S. 8. Badger, on the Block
udo oft Ncuvltns, Cub.i.
Ncuvltas, Cuba, July 15, IMS.
JJcar Cousin: 1 don't know when this
will reach you, as wo tiro thoroughly cut
off from tho rest of the world. We have
seen only one of our oWn boats for over
n week, but can see land all Jhe time.
This place we aie nt (Xouvltnn) Is on the
northeast end of the Ulitml. It Is a largo
seaport. We arc the only vensel on tho
blockade here.
You will have to excuse this writing I s
there Is a big sen or and the waves ara
coming up over the bow of our ship whoso
deck stands thirty-six feet above wate.
Wo are plotting our "way back and forth
through It at fifteen knots an hour, r.o wo
get full benefit. We have to stand gun
watch now every night. . Last, night I
stood by a gun eight hours nnd tonight
nix hours. 1 tell you it Is not much fun;
It 1b hard to keep nwnke. We, have six
sea sick men on tho ship cut of 3.1S and
considering tho sea that Is on It Is a very
small number, but more will catch It to
night. 1 expect every time we-roll the
muzzle of our blc guns will dip In tho
water. It has ruined here from 10 to 20
times every day and very hard, too, but
the sun dries It up In about ten min
utes. It was only 132 In the shade here
tho other day. Yours.
Y E. Davenport.
Dispatches from Key West to Mon
day's papers bring, the Intelligence of
the bombardment and evacuation of
Ncuvltas. The capture Is, according to
the dispatches, duo. to the work of tho
Badger und Prnlrle. The Badger has
been particularly uctlve lately; having
captured three prize .ships coming out
of the Spanish harbor and took them
to Dry Tortugas.
"The body of J. Augustus Schmidt,
the young soldier who died of typhoid
fever nt Chlckumauga on Wednesday,
was laid at rest In Hazlc cemetery yes
terday afternoon, covered with the
beautiful starry banner undor which
ho was ready to fight, with the roll
of muffled drum nnd subdued note of
the funeral dirge, followed by thou
sands of friends nnd fellow citizens, tho
remains were borne to tho silent city
of the dead, and tenderly laid ,to rest
In the narrow earthly home," says yes
terday's Hazleton Sentinel. "It wns
one of the saddest and at the same
time grandest funeral pnfceants ever
witnessed In this city, a fitting tribute
to a brave young patriot, whose life
had been cut short by disease Just as
he had offered it on tho nltar of his
country. He had not expected this end
to his enreer when he shouldered his
gun and went with the Ninth regiment
from Wllkcs-Barre to Mt. Gretna and
later to Chlckamauga. He was ready
to risk death on the battlefield for his
country's sake, but It came sooner and
in another form and cut him down In
tho line of duty. His funeral wns at
tended by thousands of people from nil
towns In this end of the country, who
gathered to pay a tribute of respect
to the young soldier. It has been many
years since Hazleton was the scene of
such an outpouring of people at a fu
neral and perhaps never before did the
town display such a general aspect of
mourning for one of its residents. As
a mllitnry funeral it was a splendid
spectacle, showing tho feeling of sorrow
nt tho death of a soldier, and tho pride
In his patriotism, which led him to
respond to his country's call In the
time of danger."
Up to date eight members of the
Ninth regiment have died at Chlcka
mauga from typhoid fever. For the
past few days the division hospital
there has been crowded and It was Im
possible to send any patients from the
Ninth, thus compelling tho sick men
to remain In their tents. Colonel
Dougherty tried to get another tent for
the use of the hospital, but was In
formed that the Ninth had Its full
quotn of canvas. To overcome this
difficulty Colonel Dougherty ordered
the hendquurters mess tent to be taken
down and added to the hgspltnl. This
will give the Ninth considerable more
spnee. Surgeon Weaver snys that ef
forts uro being made to get one of the
big mess tents owned by Company B
or D stored at Chattanooga and
Wllkes-Barre, and use It for the dis
pensary, tho present tents being used
exclusively for cots. This will give
room for thirty-two patients nnd will
be the means of keeping the Ninth's
sick near their own quarters. The to
tal number reported sick In the Ninth
is as follows; In division hospital, 23;
in quarters, 80; total, 115.
MOKE TROOPS FOR MILES.
The First Ohio Cavalry to .e Sent
to Porto Rico.
Washington, Aug. 3. The Flist
Ohio cavalry, now at Tampa, will form
purt of the next expedition to be sent
to tho assistance of General Miles In
Porto Itlco.
Secretary Alger and Adjutant Gen
eral Corbln accompanied Major Gen
eral Wade to the White House during
tho day. While It Is reported that tho
call was merelv n personal one, it Is
understood there wns some consulta
tion ns tq the expedition, which Gen
eral Wade Is to command, for Porto
Itlco.
Secretary Long'and AtoriicyGenernl
Griggs also spent some time ith the
president on department details, but
stopped long enough to refer to tho
prospective Spanish reply.
AN INJUNCTION GRANTED.
An Injunction wns granted yi.stenlny
by Judge Aivhbald to restrain Becker
Bros., tho West Side clgarmakers, or
tho agents or servants from using tho
label of the Clgarmakers' International
union of America or any counterfeit
or Imitation thereof, until further or
der of court.
The equity suit praying for the In
junction was begun last week by At
torney E. C. Newcifmb, representing A,
C. Houch, president of the Scranton
branch of the union. The case will
come up for final hearing later on.
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STORIES OF THE DAY.
How Ex-Senator Ransom Wns Ex
tricated From Abstraction.
Former Minister to Mexico Bansom
was at the house a few days ago talk
ing about his experiences in Mexico,
says tho Washington Times. After tho
minister left tho cloakroom one of the
members said:
"Did you ever talk to tho minister
when his mind hns been occupied with
business?" und without wultlng for a
reply the member continued: "I did.
1 met him soon after his return from
Mexico, nnd after we shook hands he
Said:
" 'How Is your sister, Frunk'1'
" 'fche Is well,' .1 replied.
"The minister's mind then returned
to !omo business for five minutes and
then he said:
' 'How Is your sister, Frank?' nnd,
ns before, I replied that she wasftell.
Five minutes later he raised his eyes
from some papers and remarked
" 'Oh. Frank, how Is your sister?' I
thought tho conversation was becom
ing rather monotonous, and to chnngo
it I answered that she was very 111.
" 'Bliss me, you don't say so. I
am sorry to hear It, Frank."
"He returned to his papers again for
another five minutes, and, hang me
If ho didn't turn around nnd say:
" 'Frank, how Is your sister?" At
first I thought he wns guying me, but,
looking at htm sharply, I realized ho
had forgotten the conversation and I
answered sadly, 'She Is dead.'
" 'Why, man, you don t mean It!" he
exclaimed, Jumping from his sent and
extending his hand In a most sympa
thetic manner, adding, 'This Is dread
ful. When did It happen? Tell me all
about It.'
"'Why,' I replied, 'I killed her just
now. When I ccmo In your oince I
told you she. was well twice; then 1
told you she was very 111, and that
didn't Imprets you. So, for your bene
fit I have just killed her.'
"The old man looked nt me for a mo
ment nnd then replied:
' 'You mus-t pardon me, Frank, I
was thinking about tnese papers.' "
MUST DIVIDE AGAIN.
A correspondent of the London Spec
tator tells this story to illustrate the
biting humor of the late Charles Pel-h-im
Vllllers: "The anecdote," he
says, "must be reproduced with unor
thographlc exactness. Half Its point
would bo lost If It weie translated in
to the Queen's English. Mr. Vllllers
had been asking a Radical elector to
tupport him. 'Yes, I'll support you.
But, Willars. we must have a dlwislor.
of property" 'Certainly,' replied tho
diplomatic candidate. 'I should bo
quite In favor of such n measure. But
I am afraid that If property Is, divided
there will not be enough or you rnd
me and the rest of us." After a mo
mentary emWtrrassn f nt the cheerful
nnd resourceful Socialist hit on a rem
edy. 'Why, then, Wlllars, wc must
dluide again!" "
AN OFFICIAL MISTAKE.
Several congressmen are poking fun
nt Representative Richardson, of Ten
nesee, over a dlscoverv made In the
first volume of his wofft on "The Mes
sages of the Presidents." In his
sketch of President Washington Mr.
Richardson, referring to his marriage,
snys he married a "widow lady." As f
spe. Imen of tautology this Is udout as
striking an example ns can bo found.
If the government ever gives the plates
of this work to Mr. Richardson so he
can Issue K privately he will probably
have this .i.irtlcul.tr '.are revised.
LIBRETTO BY SHAKESPEARE.
They unod to tell till.- nw'ul story
of Ard'l, the famous c utiuetor who
came over to America some years be
fore his death In the bg Mapleson
opera company: He Joined a coaching
party and visited Stratford-on-Avon.
They showed him where Shakespeare
had lived. He asked who Shakespeare
was, "Why," exclaimed one of his
friends, "Shakespeare wrote 'Hamlet,'
'Romeo nnd Juliet,' 'Othello,' 'Macbeth,'
'A Midsummer Night's Dream' nnd '
"Ah, yes!" broke In Ardltl, "I know
Ze llbr-r-ettlst!"
PUZZLED THE PASTOR.
Many vears ago, when Hon. Joseph
Mnrsden lived In Hawaii, he attended
church on Sunday morning In HIIo.
Mr. Mnrsden was then noted for his
skill in legerdemain, says the Pacific
Commercial Advertiser. When Dr.
passed around the contribution bag
at a Sunday service Mr. Marsden held
up a ten-dollar gold piece between his
thumb and forefinger nnd so that Dr.
could plainly see It. He then placed
his ' hand over the bag, palmed the
gold t piece, nnd dropped In a silver
quarter, uv. reiurneu to me tauia
with his collection..
After the servlee'he emptied the bag
on a table, but could not find tho
ten-dollar gold piece. He shook the
bag repeatedly, turned over the small
pile of contributions, got down on the
floor nnd looked under the table, walk
ed down the nlsle, looking closely at
tho cracks in the floor, felt In his own
pockets fearing that he had made some
mistake and went home wondering at
the strange loss of the gold piece.
Some time afterward the deceiver
quietly sent the gold piece to tho
church.
AN OBJECT LESSON.
As a child Queen Vlctorlu was noted
for her Independent spirit and for her
frankness In confessing an error. Tho
following unecdote, told by the nuthor
of "The Prlvute Life of the Queen,"
displays lot)i of these traits:
AVhcn it little girl she was taken on
a visit to Earl Kltz William's fumlly
seat In Yorkshire. AVet weather had
made the paths very slippery, and the
princess, who was ahead of the walk
ing party was warned by tho garden
er that the paths were "very slape,"
"Slape! slape! What's slope?" ex
claimed the princess, not understand
pom
fclSiJ.-
3jr
lng the local dialect, and Imitating tV.
abrupt speech of her grandfather,
George III. "
The gardener explained, but .the Belf
rcllant princess started ngaln on her
walk, nnd fell down In the mud. "Now
your roynl highness," said the earl, '
"understands what 'slnpe' means," .
"Yes," answered the prln'cess, ns she
picked herself up, "and I shall never '
forget It again."
HE KNEW IT ALL.
Professor William James, of Har
vard, says tho Boston Herald, has
been telling how ho passed an exami
nation In anatomy before tho late Dr.
Holmes. The first question put to him
was. ns to tho nerves at the base of the
brain, it so happened that Professor
James was veil up In that subject, and
ho promptly jrave an exhaustive reply.
"Oh, well, If you know that you know1'
everything," said Dr. Holmes, cheer-'
fully. . "Let's talk nbout something'
else. How aro nil your peopjo at
homo?"
HE DIDN'T MIND.
The fact that Dr. Crelghton, the lord
bishop of London, rolled nnd smoked
If cigarettes the other day while talk-
Ini. ,. lit. n ...... nr.n ..A. ... o M ...noil. , ll
story of the big burly bishop and the "'
little curate In the compartment of a
railway car. "lou will not mind my
smoking, will you?' said his lordship.
"Not If your lordship doesn't mind by
being sick," submissively replied the
little curate."
FLIES' FAVORITE TIPPLE.
Investigations of a .Bartender Indi
cate That It Is Good Fresh Beer.
From the Hartford Cournnt.
A bartender of this city hns spent
many of his spare moments lately In
studying the tastes of files, and he has
come to the conclusion that they love
Intoxicants nnd delight In becoming
Intoxicated. Ho snys that he has seen
whole armies of files Intoxicated in his
place.
All files that are found In the sa
loon, tho bartender said, are usually
nbout tho bar or on the celling over the
bar, and usually nil other parts of a
saloon nre without tho pests. Thte
caused the bartender who tells the
story to Investigate why the files pre
ferred the vicinity of the bar to other
parts of the room. Ho claims to havo
put a quantity of different kinds of
liquors nnd beer on the bar for the
benefit of the flies In the room. Pretty
soon the bar was all covered with
files, and from the observations of the
bartender beer was their favorite
drink. They seemed to have a pref
erence for the foamy beer, too, for they
partook of It more liberally than they
did of any of the other samples that
were placed on the bar. The gin,
whiskey nnd wine and other spirituous
liquors which were put out for their
benefit were not patronized very lib
erally, and ns soon as the foam had
disappeared from the beer It was no
ticed that the tiles would leave and go
to other beer that contnlned fonm.
After the Hies had partaken of tho
liquors for some time without being
disturbed they Hew from the bar to
the celling over the bar and the bar
tender thought he noticed evidences of
Intoxication about them. They ap
peared less active than before they
drark the liquor, and there were more
of them on the celling. To distinguish
the flies which had drank of the beer
from the other files ho threw white
powder over manv of them ns they
lay on the ceiling asleep. They were
disturbed by this actlor and left the
celling, hut soon returned to it, nnd for
several hours they lemalncd In tlia
same place on the celling sleeping off
the jags.
After the files had "slept oft" the ef
fects of the liquor they again returned
to the bar, and the celling soon becamj
clear of tho white backs and the bar
was covered with them. The barten
der save them another treat, but this
time he only put out beer, stule beer
without a 'head" and some fresh
drawn beer. The fresh drawn beer was
given the preference, nnd It wns cover
ed with powdered-back files In a short
time. After the files had tilled up a
second time they again went to th"
celling, where they remained. At the
time they were watched by the barten
der, and his experiments led him to
believe that flies are users of intoxi
cants to excess nnd that they delight
in getting drunk.
.
MEDICAL HEROES UNDER FIRE.
Daring Adventure in the Field Dur
ing the Late War in India.,
from the Lancet.
When the medical history of the last
war In Indln Is written It will prove
Interesting reading. There were many
difficulties overcome nnd hardships
endured with the usual element of dan
ger. A good Instance of this wns when
General Woodhouse wns wounded ear
ly In the war. A bullet struck him
!n the thigh, passed down below the
knee, broke Into pieces, and lodged.
The Roentgen ray apparatus revealed
the exact conditions and It was deter
mined to extract the pieces. In thp
middle of the operation, artificial light
being used, tho Afridis crawled up and
suddenly bluued Into the tent, sending
thirteen shots through the canvas.
Now that might have been a very dis
turbing circumstance and apt to Inter
fere with tho perfect application of tho
antiseptic form of surgery. And what
happ3ned? Nothing. The oporntlon
went on nnd was successfully complet
ed as If thers was no Afrldi within 100
miles.
As usual we had many examples of
great personal bravery and devotion
to duty, in the midst of dunger. Sur
geon Captain Beyts arrested hemor
rhage under a hot lire, and Sir Wil
liam Lockhart, speaking of the Inci
dent, s&ld that no one ever bettor mer
ited the rewnrd of the Victoria Cross
than he. He got nothing; but this Is
another story. Another medlcnl oltlcer
ECZEMA
FOB YEARS CUBED
TWO REMARKABLE CASES.
I Iiavo been an Intense aulferer from Eciema
for live, years. I tried raodiclues, four doc
tors, one a ipccUlljt In ekin dltcases, with no
Improvement, and letting mo almost frantio
with dreadful itching. After using three bot
tle of Ciiticura Iif.MJi.VKNT, and one hox of
t'UTlccnA SALVE, tnj eompUtthj cttrtd,
GEO. A. LOWE, P07 Market Bt., l'hll., Pa.
I had Eciema for seven years, and my scalp
was In a bad state. Three Inches of my back
wa covered with a dry scab. The itching was
so bad I thought it would drtvs me mad. I
tried all remedies, but could not getcureil. I
used five bottles of CUTicunA IlEaoLVKNT, five
rakes of CtmouRA Soap, and five boxes of
tOTiei'RA HALVE, and mil complttitu cured.
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greatly distinguished himself, Surgeon
Lieutenant Hugo.
Lieutenant Kord was dangerously
wounded In the shoulder. The bullet
cut tho artery and he was bleeding to
death when Surgeon-Lieutenant V.
Hugo came to his aid. The lire was
ton hot to psrmlt of lights being used.
There was no cover of any sort. It
was nt the bottom of the cup. Never
thelefs. the surgeon struck n match at
the peril or his life and examined tho
wound. The match went out amid a
splutter of bullets which kicked up tho
dust all around, but by Its uncertain
light he saw the nature of the Injury.
The oflleer had already fainted from
loss of blood. The doctor seized the
artery and, as no other ligature was
forthcoming he remained under fire for
three hours, holding n man's life be
tween his finger and thumb. AVhcn at
length It seemed that the enemy had
broken Into the camp he picked up the
still unconscious of!lcer In his nrms.
and without relaxing his hold bore him
to n pla?o of safety. His arm war. for
many hours paralyzed from cramp
with tho effects of the exertion of com
pressing the artery.
RUBBER WARSHIPS.
They Have Great Advantages Over
Vessels of Iron.
I'Vom tho Clevolund Pluin-Deulcr.
An Ohio man has come to the front
with a singular request. He wants
Uncle Sam to build his warships of
rubber. The Ohio man thinks It would
lie a good thing, and there are reasons
for believing that his sanguine views
have some substantial backing. Sup
pose the new battle ship Catoutchous,
for Instnnce, stumbles on the enemy In
mid-ocean or In midsummer. The das
tardly foe at once opens lire on her at
short range. The first shot misses her.
The second strikes her squarely amid
ships and hounding back carries away
the dastardly enemy's high smoke
stack, his cook's galley and all the cap
tain's ofllctal bric-a-brac. If there is
a third shot It may not strike the
Cauotchuus so squarely. If It takes a
glancing blow It Is likely to fly into
the air to such a tremendous height
that when It returns Its momentum
will be sufficient to carry It down the
enemy's open hatchway and straight
through his copper sheathed bilge cel
lar. If he survives these eet-backs re
bound backs he may foolishly attempt
to ram our rubber pride of the seas.
What will be the consequence? The
more forcible the blow the more shock
ing the rebound. A sixteen knot collis
ion of this character would undoubtedly
fling the enemy back with such force
that It would be quite characteristic of
him to land If there can be any Innd
tng In mid-ocean wrong side up, a
position which may bo classed among
the most embarrassing of marine sit
uations. And nil this without a shot
being fired by tho defenders of our
flag.
Then take the case of the elastic
plated ram, Rubberneck. An Ingenious
contrivance could enable her to sud
denly htretch out her ramming de
partment and strike the enemy a solar
plexus when he least expected It. And
the very Impact of her blow would nt
once cause her to rebound to a point of
perfect safety.
Then think of the extra number of
troops the rubber warship could carry
by a little, Judicious stretching. If she
struck a rock she would simply bound
away. If she grounded herself all that
would be neeemry would be too loosen
a few of the Internnl Joints and girders
that hold her elastic sides apart, when
she would at onco partially collapse
herself free.
Oh .that Ohio man Isn't such a wild
eyed dreamer as certain envious east
ern editors profess to believe him, A
rubber warship Is something more
tangible than a mere stretch of Imagination.
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