PAGE TWO THE CITIZEN. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1912. VETERANS OF THE WAP. WITH SPAIN Ninth Nalionai Encampment at Atlantic City In September, NOTABLES WILL BE PRESENT. Governor Wilson, Colonel Roosevelt and Probably President Taft State of New Jersey Has Appropriated $15,000 For Entertainment. Among the nttrnctlons of the ninth natlonnl encampment of tiie United Spanish War Veterans to be held at Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. 7 to 14 may be three candidates for president of the United States. The presence of Governor" Woodrow Wilson is nssurod, for he has accepted an Invitation to address the veterans and their fam ilies aud friends on the steel pier tho tevenlng of Tuesday, Sept 10. Presl Bent Tuft has tentatively accepted the opportunity to spook to veterans rep resenting every state in the Union, the Philippine Islands, Hawaii, Porto lUeo, Cuba, the canal zone, Alaska and 'British Columbia. Theodore Itoose ,velt also has promised to attend. New Jersey through Its legislature appropriated $15,000 for suitable en tertainment and display at Atlantic City during the encampment week, and Governor Wilson appointed Wal ker Whiting VJck of Ituthcrford, G. (Ford Ego of Jersey City and Judge CDanicl A. Dugan of Orange, all Span ish War Veterans, ns the United Span ish War Veterans' encampment com mission to expend tho money. The commission has established headquar ters in the Bell-niddle building, At lantic City, in charge of Robert E. Tl ,wood. War Notables Invited. There also will bo twenty-one con gressmen who are Spanish War Vet erans in attendance, Including Ilobson, and other notables, such as Admiral Dewey and General Miles, have been Invited. From reveille on Saturday, Sept. 7, until taps on Thursday, Sept 13, there will not be an idle moment for the 0,000 veterans who will bo present. En tertainments of all kinds will divide the week with tho business sessions of the encampment on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 0, 10 and 11. Special hotiors will be paid to the Maine survivors and medal of honor men of the war. The standard of the commander in chief, Maurice Simmons of New York city, will be hoisted at the Ilotel Ru dolf, and the New Jersey state com mission will establish its headquarters at the Ilotel Chalfonte. Saturday night at the Chalfonte the Ladles' auxiliary will hold its annual reception. Mrs. Effle M. Record of Denver, president general of that organization, and her staff will receive. The official encamp ment band will give n concert Sunday, in the Criterion theater, on the board walk, Rev. Robert Arthur Elwood, captain In chief, and Rev. J. Madison Hare of Jersey City, de partment chaplain, will conduct serv ices. Monday there will be two busi ness sessions of the encampment, and Mayor Riddle will present a gold key to tho commander in chief, symboliz ing the freedom of the city. All ses sions will be In the auditorium of the steel pier, where on Monday night in the ballroom a military reception will l)C held. The same night Colonel John Jacob Astor camp, No. 2S, will hold a monster enmpflre in a local hall. Tuesday the Big Day. Tuesday will be tho big day of tho .week, with notable visitors, including .the state senate and house of assem bly of New Jersey. A business ses sion in the morning will bo followed by a military parade in the nfternoon on the board walk. Walter E. Edge, senator from Atlantic county and a veteran, will bo grand marshal. United States Senators Frank O. Brlggs and James E. Martlne and Con gressman William Hughes of New Jersey will secure from the secreta ries of war and navy regular troops nnd bluejackets, and Adjutant Wilbur 1" Sadler of New Jersey will turn out part of the national guard. Local uni formed organizations will escort tho veterans, who will parade In depart ment formations. Moving pictures will be made of tho parade, and Governor Wilson will review it. Tuesday evening on tho steel pier Colonel Roosevelt, Governor Wilson nnd probably President Taft will ad dress tho encampment at an open ses sion. Wednesday will witness two business sessions with election of offi cers. A spirited contest Is on for com mander in chief. Oscar Taylor of Pittsburgh, John Lewis Smith of Washington and C. Albert Gasscr of Newark, N. J., are candidates. Wednesday night will furnish a spectacular parade, tho annual crawl of tho Military Order of the Serpent Filipinos In native costume will par ticipate, with carabaos drawing carta. Five hundred veterans who have np piled for ndmiBsion to tho order, which was founded by servlco men of the Phillpplno Islands and based on tho mysteries practiced by votaries of tho snako god Katipunah, will carry an Immense serpent on their shoulders. Thousands of members of tbe order In costumo will escort tho neophytes, marching in scrpentino fashion, who will bo initiated in a largo hall. Bed Are, fireworks and music will be ac- I Collection of I Given to the Coat Worn as Scout by Gen eral In Fights Against the Indians. AN interesting collection recently has been installed in the II nil jIJL of History in the National mu seum, in Washington, consist ing of articles donated nnd lent by Mrs. George A. Custer, widow of Brevet Major General George A. Custer, V. S. A. General Custer Is probably best ro uiotnbered for his achievements in tho many Indian fights in which he par ticipated nnd by his record as an In dian scout The collection Includes a memento of this phnHj of his career In the form of tlx white, buckskin coat In which lie hns been most often pic tured ns n plainsman and scout This coat Is in excellent condition und looks as If the general had Just removed It and hung it up. It has deep collar and cuffs aud is heavily fringed with slash ed buckskin trimmings. The pocketa arc made much as In modern sporting coats, while the buttons are of the reg ular army pattern of the ieriod. This coat calls to mind the services General Custer rendered the government in tho campaigns against the Sioux m 1875 and 1S70, in tho last of which, tho bat tle of the Little Big Horn, he met ids death. Accompanying the coat nro a yellow plumed cavalry helmet nnd a buckskin gauntlet, both worn during his active service against tho Indians from lSOO to 1S70, while lieutenant colonel Sev enth cavalry, U. S. A. Coat He Was Married In. There is nlo a blue regulation army officer's coat, with two starred straps, plush collar and cuffs, the cent which he wore on tlie ocension of his mar riage to Miss Elizabeth Bacon, Ptsb. 9, 1S. A straight cavalry saber of tremen dous size is also iuchided in the col lection. It was a spoil of war cap tured by Major Drew, who presented it to Gencrnl Custer, since ho knew of no other man able to wield each a large weapon. It has a Toledo blade, on which is engraved in Spanish. "Do not draw me without cbufo and do not sheathe me without honor." A Virginia state flag, a prize of the general's personal prowess, captured by him in 1S01, when a lieutenant, is also on exhibition. It is supposed to bo the first standard captured by tho Army of the Potomac. One object of great historical signifi cance, though of rather an unromnntlc nntnre. Is half of a white towel that figured conspicuously In the battle Just preceding tho surrender of General Leo at Appomattox. It seems that while General Lee had gone to tho rear of the Confederate lines to secure an in terview with General Grant leaving LINCOLN-LEE-GRANT STATUE. Representative Pou's Bill Provides For an Imposing Structure. Tho construction of a Lincoln-Leo-Grant memorial In Washington at an expense of $1,250,000 is proposed in a bill introduced in tho house by Repre sentative Poa of North Carolina. It provides for an appropriation of $250, 000 for tho erection of a stn'tno of General Robert E. Lee directly oppo site the statue now being erected to the memory of ex-President Grant It also provides for an appropriation of $1,000,000 for tho erection of an arch over Pennsylvania avenue, connecting tho base of the Grant statue with the base of tho Lee statue. Tho arch would be known as tho Lincoln pence memorial arch, and every state In the Union would lo invited to furnish ma terial to bo used in Its construction. The construction of tlie memorial would be under the supervision of n commission to consist of tlw necretnry of war, General B. H. Young, com mander in chief of the United Confed erate Veterans, and General Harvey M. Trimble, commander in chief of tho Grand Army of the Republic The Grant statue is directly west of tho capltol In tho botanical gardens. COMPLETES BOOK AT 95. Oldest American Author Was a Preacher Seventy Years. Colonel David Jordan Hlgglus of Lou Angeles, ninety-five years old, who has Just completed a book on "American Life In the Nlnoteenth Century," Is probably the oldest living American au thor. Colonel Higgins is still octtvo aud Is eagerly u-wnltlug tho Grand Army of tho Republic cnaimpment next mouth. Though a closo student all his life, Colonel Higgins still roods without giasees. His book, which renrescutu tho work of several years, is sctni-hlHtorlcnl and describes his personal experlenoca and observations. Colonel Higgins was a Methodist preacher for seventy years. Blgoest Bull Moose Head. Tho biggest bull moose bead In tho world, not excepting the collection re cently gathered In Chicago, Is In tho possession of John V. BlbVo of IIop klnsvllle, Ky. Tho moofio weighed 2150 pounds nnd stood seven feet and a half high. Official sporting records show this la tho largest head in preser-vation. Custer's Relics j National Museum! White Towel That Was Util ized as Flag of Truce at Appomattox. General Lougstrcet In command, Gen crnl Gordon's division became hard Dressed by tho enemy and called on I Longstreet for assistance. Not being able to furnish it nt the time, Long I street sent his inspector general, Major R. M. Sltnms, to suggest to Gordon tho Bending of a flag of truco to tlie Fed erals requesting a suspension of hos tilities pending the Interview between Lee uoxl Grant TJ6ed Towel as Flap;. Following this suggestion, Gordon ot once dispatched Slmms to tlie Federal commander, Sheridan, with this re quest As Major Slmms galloped to ward tlie lines of tho Federals ho searched his haversack for something white to cover his advance, but found only n- towel. This ho drew out and waved above his head as he approach ed tho enemy. Tho Union soldiers caught sight of tlie white towel, held their Are, nnd under this improvised flag Slmms wns allowed to enter the I lines, where lie was met by Colonel Whlttaker and taken to General Cus ter, who was In commnnd of that part of the field. Neither of theto officers, however, cared to declnro a temporary cessation of hostilities Just then, feel ing that they had the ndvnntage of the fight and held the southern army at their mercy. So Slmms was obliged to return to his own Hues without nccomptlsbin,: his purpose. He left the truce towel in the hands of Colonel Whlttukr who took half of it and gavo the othor portion to General Custer. It was orh shortly after the Incident Just men tloned that Sheridan and Gordon in. : and established a temporary tri: which held until the conference 1 tween Grant nnd Lee terminated tl war. Historic Tabic. Most Important among tills collect of war relics is a little oval table wood, much battered and scarred, which General Grant wrote the lott. . containing the terms of surrender General Lee at the home of Wiln:r McLean, near Appomattox CourtHou Va. Immediately nfter this event i: table was purchased by General Slu dan ami given to General Custer as present for his wife. General Slu"" dan's letter of presentation, diit. April 10, 1805, the day following t! surrender, which is Included In the lection, corroborates tills statement. The collcctllon also Includes a i : made from a pleco of conch shell, oik a button from tho coat of Geuer. Washington, presented by a rclntlu of the general to Custer. Later Cusiei had it mounted In gold for his wlf who wore It for many years ns r brooch. PLAN A GREAT WINDBREAK. Government Thus Will Savo Valuable Land In the Columbia Valley. An improvement in tho reclamation work that Is now being done by the government will bo put Into effect on the Umatlllu project, In Oregon, when the forestry department, working with tho reclamation service, will lay the foundation for a great windbreak that will protect tho 30,000 acres of land that are to bo put under irrigation. More than 3,000 acres will be taken up by the forests and shrubs that are to be grown for this purpose, It has been found on tho various Irri gation projects that havo been put un der wny In tho valley of tho Columbia river that tho greatest drawback has been tho high winds which often pro vail there. Theae nt times have do stroyed fruit trees and vegetable crops and, In cases of sandy land, of which there Is a great deal, havo played havoc On the Umatilla project tlie entire tract is to bo surrounded by a barrier of trees and shrubs 500 feet deep. The locust, cottonwood, poplar and yellow pine are the trees chosen because of their quick growth. They will bp planted In 6uch fashion that thoy can bo lumbered from time to time and so pay for the soli they cover. Planted on tho land north and south at frequent intervals will lie other strips of timber 200 feet wide. Through these will bo constructed the canals and roads necessary for the people who live on the tract. STUDYING HOLES IN CHEESE. Government Scientists Hope to Learn How to Make Them Artificially. What makes tho iolcs In cheese? Tho whisky, beer and hen problems, over which the government's learned scientists havo studied, argued and al most fought, havo been laid asldo for research into tho causes of tho Httlo winding tunnels that penetrate a sWiss cheese. noles In cheese, say tho men of science, are dollars and cents to tho merchant, for they Indicate o grade and value. So thoy propose to learn how they may bo encouraged. Carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen and bo mo of tho other Imps of chemis try havo to do with making tho holes, and tho professors with tho retorts and blow pipes hope to find a way ho every llttlo cheese may havo eomo channels all Its owu. A DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Estnto James Van Valkcnborg, late or scott. All persons lndobtcd to said estate aro notified to mako lmmcdlato pay ment to tho undersigned, and those having claims against tho said es tnto are notified to present then: duly attested for settlement. R. W. RAYMOND, Adm'r. 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