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UTAH Flush your kidneys by drinking a quart of water each day, also taka salts occasionally, says a noted authority, who tells us that too much rich food forms adds which almost paralyze the kidneys In their .efforts to expel it from the blood. They become sluggish and weaken; then yon may suffer with a dull misery In the kidney region, sharp pains in the back or sick headache, dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue Is coated, and when t he weather Is hud you have rheumatic twinges. The urine gets cloudy, full of sediment, the channels often get sore and irritated, obliging you to seek relief two or three times during I lie night. To help neutralize these irritating adds, to help cleanse the kidneys and flush off the bodys urinous waste, get four ounces of Jad Salts from any pharmacy here; take a tablespoonful In a glass of water before breakfast for a few days, and your kidneys may then act fine. Ttds famous salts Is made from the add of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for years to help flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys; also to neutralize the adds In the system so they no longer Irritate, thus often relieving bladder weakness. Jad Saits Is Inexpensive, cannot injure and makes a delightful effervescent lithia-wate- r drink. Much Difference in . Egotism and Vanity Madame, will you walk and talk with me'; says the old song, and the our Imagination Is one picture of grace and spirited charm. Merediths description of Clara Middleton running Is us enchanting tin account of beauty In motion ns ever was written and never was seen. And speaking of Unit, which Is in Ids great novel, The Egoist, brings us hack to llie egotism that Is in all of us and kills our good sound vanity. Eor when anyone says to an egotist, "Your voice does not do your face justice, my dear, you should pitch It lower. offense Is taken and sulkiness INFLAMED LIDS eu sut-s- . It Increase th Irritation. I'm MlTUihLL t,YK de6ALVH, s simpls, Whereas, were the sume remark made to the truly vain women, she would reply, Ikies It not? Give me This difference time and It shall. between egotlstu and vanity shows as in nations as In individuals. much The egotistic reject suggestion, scowling. Tlte wisely vain learn, laughing WATSON F YOU leave never yet seen it, its a safe remedy, pendable, k&s st sit druggist. thrill that comes once in a lifetime, Hell A BmN, Rm TortHfs that you have yet before you, this march of the West Point cadets. Just why it should be such a spectacle Bird Finally Got Home Is difficult to explain. America Is not King Avalon, a homing pigeon, essentially a militaristic nation, so love owned by Frank Mmleros ot Martifor military pomp and display Is not an Vogue. nez, Calif., was loosed in Nevada tor adequate explanation. Perhaps its bea race to Martinez, four years ago. cause tlte sight ef these future captains What It Really Meant After weeks bad passed und the bird colonels and ant) generals recalls to us Watson No, youll never know what bad net returned Mnderos gave the real Is until you are mar- the history of the wars of t he past in which West happiness lil rd up ns lost, probably the prpy of Pointers had been our Successful military leaders ried. a tiawk or hunter. Put the bird Inis and In these future leaders we see a guarantee Wilkins Is tlufT So? " of returned, very tired and apparently future military successes but more especialWatson Its the truth. And then from a long flight, and bus refused to It will lie loo for you to appre- ly future national security. late leave Its loft. We call them the West Point cadets, because ciate it. the United States Military academy happens to On a Credit Basle be located at West Point, New York, and this In Itself Well, and tiow's business?" year marks the hundred and fiftieth anniversary You pay youre au urtisi, but how of the appearance of the name West Point in doing like clockwork.' can you live on a Job like that?" the national consciousness. It' was singularly Tick. tick, tick eli? 'Thats the art of it." appropriate that the training school for AmerThere Is a great ileal that Is ica's defenders should have been founded during in human nature, tint Tiie more a man accomplishes the the struggle which established this nation. Tlte less time he has to talk about It. earliest proposal for a military school for the approaches tlte divine. United States was that made by r,rig. Gen. Ilenry Knox, the Boston book seller who became, one of Washingtons most trusted subordinates, served as his chief of artillery and was later the first American secretary of war. Knoxs proposal was made in May, 1770. and bis plans were seconded by a young cabinet named Alexander Hamilton, destined to be a brother eubinet of deer of Knox's and tlte first secretary of the treasury. Tlte plans of these two officers were approved by General Washington but were not adopted in tlte form suggested Immediately. On October 1. 1770, congress passed a resolution appointing a committee to prepare a plan for A Military Academy at tlte Army. Another a Corps resolution on Jane 20, 1777. provided-foto serve as a military school fot of Invalidyoung gentlemen previous to t heir being pointed to marching regiments." So far there had been only the preliminary legislation looking toward t he establishment of a military academy but nothing had been done towards the highly Important matter of finding a school. After tiie capture a location for stn-lof Forts Montgomery and Hinton on tlte Hudson in September, 1777. both General Washington and congress saw the necessity of having a strong fort ftirthei up tiie river, which would s interfere with tiie projected Junction of army coming from tlte north and Clintons army coming from tiie south, and which would also protect the ferrying of troops and supplies between New England ami tiie other colonies. Fortunately nature lists provided lust such a place about forty-eigh- t miles above New York city There, on a little pla ten u overlooking the Hudson und commanding that river, was an ideal place to build a fortress which tlte whole British army would have difficulty in rapturing Accordingly. West Point was occupied January 20. 177-1- . Since It has been occupied continuously since that date. January 20 of this year may be regarded as a sesquicentennlal anniversary tiie founding of our national military academy of The whole world knows Aspirin as an effective antiJote for and for that reason is worthy of more than pain. But its just as important to know that there is only one passing notice. genuine Bayer Aspirin. The name Bayer is on every tablet, and Associated with the history of West Point Is on the box. If it says Bayer, its genuine; and if it doesnt, it is tlm name of a brilliant young Polish officer notl Headaches are dispelled by Bayer Aspirin. So are colds, whose passion for human liberty, strengthened and the pain that goes with them; even neuralgia, neuritis, and by liis experience In bis native country, had rheumatism promptly relieved. Get Bayer at any drugstore brought hint to the aid of tlte American colonists. with proven directions. Thaddeus Koseluszko, a graduate of the Royal Military academy at Warsaw. Poland, and later a student of ministry engineering In France, had arrived in this country in 1770, and upon recommendation of the military committee, congress appointed hint colonel of engineers. He soon Aaulrfa la tba trad mark of Bayer Manufacture of UonoeeeUcacItleatar of SaUorllcarlj showed bis worth In directing the fortification By ELMO SCOTT I soul-stirrin- g r t Bur-goytte- Physicians prescribe Bayer Aspirin; it does NOT affect the heart of Philadelphia and later In planning the fortifications on Rends Heights, at Saratoga, which had uch an important part in Burgoyne's defeat. So when a skilled engineer was needed to lay out tlte defenses of the new fortress, the young Pole was called epon. Kosciuszko began work on March 20! 1778, staking out tiie lines and setting a large force of soldiers at work erecting the walls of the fort which were of earth and logs, 14 feet high and 21 feet wide at tiie base. The main work was with bastions, ditches 1,8(XI feet In circumference and many angles. The fort could be approached front only one side toward the river and that was protected by a strong oak palisade, made by driving logs in tiie ground and bolting them together at tiie top. A hundred guns of all kinds were mounted In the main fort and the surround-- ' ' Ing work. To- prevent the British ships passing the fort at night a great iron chain was stretched across tlte river Just above tiie fort. Composed of huge links, the chain weighed more than 180 tons. (A part of this chain is still preserved and may be seen by the visitor to Trophy Point at the academy.) In fact, so strong was this post that Washington had the main supplies of munitions for tiie Continental army stored there. In the meantime . . d the project for .establishing a military academy had gone forward. On March ,,0, 1779, the Board of War adopted regulations Corps of Engineers and for tlte Sappers-anMiners, and these regulations were promulgated In orders issued by Washington on July 20, 1779, providing for a plan of instruction to be carried into effect after the commander and tiie board had approved of it. This plan included lectures by engineer officers on fortification, mining, reconnaissance and encampments. As early as February, T7S07 practical experiments in gunnery were conducted at West Point and an engineer school, a laboratory and a library had already been established In three separate buildings. In 17St the Invalid Corps, which had been organized in July, 1777, was marched from Philadelphia at- the request of Washington to form a part of tlte garrison at West Point and to continue their instruction ns young gentlemen previous to their being appointed to marching regiments. When tlte Revolution ended in 1783, Wash-- ' ington, when called upon for his views as to what peace-tim- e army establishment the new nation should have, included in the recommendations, which he laid before his officers at Newburgh. tlte matter of a military academy. When he had been made President, he referred to it again in his message of December 3, 1793. The first action taken toward tiie organization of a cadet corps, however, was the law passed May .9, 1794, which authorized the organization of a with two Corps of Artillerists and Engineers cadets to a company, tints creating the new officer grade of cadet in tiie American army. According ly a school for artillerists and engineers and for endets attached to the corps was on Washingtons recommendation, and by order of conBut gress, established at West Point in 1794. this small beginning toward a military academy suffered a severe setback two years later when the buildings nt West Point were destroyed by fire and tiie school was suspended. It was not resumed until 1801. In July of that year tlte secretary of war directed that ail cadets of the corps of artillerists should report nt Wesi Point for instructions and in September a school was opened with four nrnty officers and a civilian as administrators and instructors. The real beginning of a military academy and tlte first use of that name for It dates front the following year. By an act of congress, approved March 10. 1802. the President was authorized to organize and establish a corps of engineers to consist of five officers and ten cadets to be stationed at West Point and to constitute a military academy. Accordingly on Independence day, July 4, 1S02. the United States Military, academy opened West Point with ten cadets present. From that time on an attempt was made to have the development of the military academy keep pace with the needs of our national military establishment, but for years the effort lagged. Acts of congress passed in 1802 and 1S08 authorized the establishment of a cadet corps of forty from the artillery, one hundred from the infantry, six- teen from the dragoons and twenty from the ' riflemen. Few of these were appointed, however, and no provision was made for them at the academy. In fact, in 1810, the academy was deprived of nearly all means of instruction and officers and cadets had the greatest difficulty in' ' obtaining their pay. During 1811 and a part of 1812, even thougii war with England was imminent, Instruction at West Point was practicalIn March. 1812, the school was ly abandoned. without a single instructor. The result of this short-sightepolicy in training officers for our armies was soon apparent In no during the second war with England. other war in which we have ever engaged have we suffered such disgraceful reverses, due mainAs one historian has put ly to poor leadership. It Every nation has some bad generals. . . : but as the War of 1812 dragged to its dismal were apparently faced with the 'in--- , tensely humiliating necessity of having to admit that their generals were all bud. Jacksons victory nt New Orleans was about all that saved t our national self respect, but war had one good effect, at least. It 'showed the necessity for a systematic training of future army leaders and a hasty effort was made to supply that need. By an act of congress on April 29, 1812, the academy was reorganized and the provisions of that act have furnished tlje general principles upon which the military academy has been budded since that time. By tills act a more ad-- , equate staff of teachers was authorized, a maximum of 2.70 cadets was fixed and the nge end mental and physical requisites for admission were prescribed. Under tiie provisions of the act and the able direction of Maj. Sylvanus Thayer of the corps of engineers, who was appointed commandant In 1S17, the new era in the history of West Point opened. Its results were soon apparent, foi the Mexican war, the various Iudian campaigns and the Civil war proved conclusively that the time when all its generals were bad was over for this country, and perhaps it is not too much to say that the Civil war was tire terrific struggle that it was because so many West Pointers, who regarded their allegiance to their native states paramount over their allegiance to the nation and accordingly cast their lot with the confederacy, more titan made up for tiie Inferiority in numbers with which the South entered the war. By an net of congress, approved May 4, 1910, on tiie eve of Americas latest and greatest war. the corps of cadets, as now constituted, consists of two from each congressional district, two from each territory, four from the District of Columbia, two from Porto Rico, four from each state at large and eighty from the United States at large, twenty of whom shall he selected from among the honor graduates of educational institutions having officers of the regular army detailed ns professors of military science and tactics under existing laws. They are appointed by tiie President, who is also authorized to appoint cadets from among enlisted men in n it, her as nearly equal as practicable, of the regular army and tiie national guard, between tiie ages of nineteen and twenty-twyears who have served ns enlisted men not less than a year. The total number so selected may not exceed ISO at one time and there are otlie- - regulations governing their appointment. Under the act of 191G, and the apportionment of members of congress, according to the last sentence, the maximum tinn ' ber of cadets is now 1,222. for a . . o |