Show S SOME SONJE MILITARY LUXURIES I Boston Bps ton Transcript Washington Field Marshal Count von campaign house with ith seven rooms and bath which he heis heis heIs is carrying with him for a movable headquarters in China is the very lat latest latest latest est wrinkle in military luxury It is described as a light fireproof and wa waterproof waterproof Waterproof dwelling constructed on the knock down dawn principle so 50 as to be re ly taken to pieces and put up I again when wanted for occupancy The material of it is asbestos and light wagons will wUl be used for its transportation tion in the field Erected hastily like a house of cards and supplied in a jiffy with its furniture likewise car carried carried ried ned along with the column It will provide the with all the comforts of home at every halt haltIng halting halting Ing place on the march m There is a popular notion to the ef effect effect feet that luxury is inappropriate to the warrior Much criticism as will willbe willbe willbe be remembered was elicited by the porcelain Bathtub ba which accompanied General Miles on his trip to Florida at the outbreak of the war with Spain It is true that the tub in question was merely an appurtenance of a parlor car but it was asked why wh should a soldier bathe in a porcelain receptacle r Why indeed should he bathe at all aU War is an ascetic profession or ought to be ie such The knights of ot old never bathed Their metal costume was not adapted for ablutionary purposes and they had other and more Important business on hand Is there mentioned in all literature a single instance of ofa ofa ofa a knight taking a bath Whenever congress happens to learn of any luxurious indulgence by an of officer fleer of or the army such for example as R the keeping of r a cow there is a movement to cut down IOWa pay pa and allow allowances allowances allowances ances Nevertheless 3 rank in the ser service service vice today carries with It opportunities for luxury especially if the rank be high which were undreamed of in the early arly days of this ambitious republic It Is on record that th n General Washing Washington Washinton ton when of or tire the forces was obliged d to subsist for a od while on sweet potatoes and that on a certain occasion he was vas driven to borrow a leg of mutton ir U order to provide provi p for the decent en entertainment enS S of an honored guest Lieutenant Generi Miles who is isnow Isnow isnow now subject only to President McKin by the of ot our army nl Y draws a year in pay in int ini t i to various perquisites He H Heeps keeps four horses at tho cost ost of the government nt and In addition he has hasan an oln allowance tor quarters q aters of or five fie rooms and one kitchen The rhe govern government government ment provides him alee alo with five stoves anti and one range and Wilh cords of or wood per p r annum Burring Barring the fuel allowance he has ha a rIght to draw and nd does draw all al of r these things In Inthe Inthe Inthe the shape of cash cas which is 15 so much audition addition to his salary A brigadier general or major gen genral oral ral Is entitled t tl the th keep ke of ot three at Uncle Sams expense a colonel lieutenant colone major or captain to two only on it a Is required by bythe bythe the tiie army regulations regula ol that the animals shall be b In actual use for government purposes but that s taku for granted to its t be the case with nith ith the commanding general Ditto as regards Adjutant General Corbins three horses For each horse twelve pounds of oats and fourteen pounds of hay are allowed Officers of less rank have haye corresponding allowances for forage Not long ago an indignant member of or congress rose and entered formal protest against what he deemed d emed an abuse of privilege in this regard I 1 find on investigation Mr Speak Speaker er he fairly shrieked that abuses are ar creeping into int this his system I have discovered that officers of the army are selling the forage allow allowed ed to them and one one such case J I am ant prepared to cite from the records of the war department ta a case in i which the oats and hay were transferred doubtless for a consideration to a per person person person son named Q M I Corral Carral A bush hush of horror fell feU upon the house but presently pres nUy a western mem niem member member ber her who had been b n in l the army array him himself himself himself self rose upon a very long pair of legs and said saidI I presume Mr Speaker that the memorandum referred to a transfer of forage In the ordinary course of or busi business business business ness to the quartermasters corral That settled the scandal for once It is a fact that a a rich man who hap happens happens happens pens to hold high rank in the army of or orthis this or any other country may be as much of a sybarite as he wishes The I limit is only set by his pecuniary means with the single restriction that the conveniences he carries along I with him must not interfere with the movements of or the column A portable steamboat or a balloon is perfectly allowable so long as it does not violate this regulation r regulationS lation S Officers are always at liberty to bring bringas as many servants with them as they choose A young lieutenant has the privilege of a lord in this respect he may have hae a valet and a dozen fellows in addition to wait upon him Of or course he must pay them out of his own purse however Only Onh maid ser servants servants rants are barred being excluded ex by regulations from the camp The subsistence bureau of or the army amy wishes to make as many luxuries available for officers and soldiers as may maybe be practicable and with this in view yiew it has recently added eggs to its sales stores This prod product product product is simply evaporated eggs and it may be used not only for cake but for foran foran foran an or a scramble Clam extract In cans is another new departure and the same may be said of canned crabs canned lobsters canned oysters can canned canned canned ned mushrooms and corned beef hash Pea meal and bean meal con condensed condensed condensed cream malted milk ginger ale water and tooth powders and tooth pastes are among the recent additions to the list of or privation mod modifiers modifiers accessible to our Ur fighting men abroad Tobacco and tea are deemed by the war department necessary for soldiers In a recently published document the bureau of subsistence said gald Under the influence of tea coffee or tobacco mart man seems to be brought to a ahl higher hl her efficiency than without them I They keep l up cheerfulness and enable men to endure en dure fatigue and privations while deprivation of them may cause depression homesickness feebleness I and indeed may lead to defeat in bat battle battle battIe tle tIe Depressed troops do not fight well wellA A wise military leader 1 ead Cl will see to It that his men are not deprived of nf r to tobacco tobacco bacco or he will regret his careless carelessness ness Cigars Cig tobacco and arid brierwood br r od pipes are furnished by the subsistence de department department department which at the same time makes mates the restriction that not more than ten kinds of o cigars none cost costing costing costing ing over 6 cents each by the hundred shall be offered for sale by the war de do department to officers and men It is also prescribed that soups shall not he of more than five fie kinds pickles of more than six kinds and toilet tollet soaps or o more mor than eight kinds Reasonable luxury is well vell enough but it is nOt n t becoming even for the commanding I general of 01 the army unless of course h be a to convert himself Into a military I 5 Until within recent days soldiers and officers were content to undergo all kinds of or hardships while on campaign contenting themselves with deprivations deprivations of all minor conveniences Now Kow Nowadays Nowadays they buy towels purchasable from the during the civil war at not less than 2 a dozen lozen from the sub subsistence subsistence subsistence bureau at wholesale cost It Itis ItIs Itis is the same way with stationery trous trouser er buttons collar buttons and hand band handkerchiefs handkerchiefs kerchiefs of or linen and silk sUk First rate razors and razor strops they can get t cheaper than such arti articles des cles can be obtained by civilians A novelty just Introduced is a little brass receptacle containing a condensed preparation of wood alcohol l which will bon boll water for an hour All that Is necessary is to turn it upside down and light it Cheap and portable ma machines machines machines chines are now carried by our troops in tn China as ell rell as filters through which the foulest water w t r may be pump pumped ed e d 1 by hand and thus rendered absolutely absolutely absolutely germfree The skeleton stoves which our boys in khaki are using cost only 50 and fold up like a dress I suit case three feet square by eighteen inches thick holding alu aluminum aluminum minum cooking utensils This apar atus will prepare eighty pounds of fried food and eighty quarts of or soup at one time It will cook for seventy five men menThe menThe menThe The wonder is how soldiers in for former former former mer days got along without these con conveniences conveniences now nov deemed indispensable Uncle Sam has not yet arrived at that point but it is merely a question of time when we shall utilize some equiv equivalent equivalent equivalent alent for the field fi ld bakeries now em employed employed played by the French and other foreign armies which furnish fresh bread ev evry evry ry morning to the troops in the field fiel |