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Show I', i1' rr-w t ASHINGTOX, Juno lS.-Sonatora ' A i oft and KepreacntiUves who have rc- j jj WW ccntly returned from visits to tho J p West Point military academy and C I ,j the Annapolis naval academy arc 'iir ' "'' C'lHo frco In their expressions concerning I i ivnut js being dono at tho nc-dcmIos. Tho ?T 1 j Annapolis visitors nro somov;hat amazed )Jif ! to find out tho extent of the Improvements J ! that arc going on. Although some of them '': havo been mombcrs of Congrcas right ' '. ', along, thoy are surprised to find out that ! 1 310,000,000 or upward aro being expended '.J t on tho building and grounds at tho lnstl- r iitf TUtlon whero our future Farraguta, Por- S P' tors, Dcweys. Schlcys, Hobsons and oth- 'I wJ rs w"o nro to fight tho battles of their l ' ' country, are to be educated. The Annapo- j He academy Is getting altogether tho bct- v " tor of If. Tho Improvements thai arc bc- f Jug mada at Annapolis will cost twlco no ' much as those nt West Point Somewhat ; ' abashed nl tho liberality they displayed In making- tho Improvements at Annapoll3, i ,11 i Congressmen decided to he more economl- J ' cal when It caino to fixing up West Point. ! Our future army on leers aro going to bo 1 educated In bulldlngH costing SS.OCO.OOa H , Tho army academy will bo Iras elaborate, j .' although li Is said by men who hayc atu- Jl , dlrd thu plans that everything posslblo will be dono for the comfort and caro of t tho cadets nt West Point. At Annapolis tho Government Is going to spend $100,000 ) , on a chapel. That will build a right lino church, according to members of the ' Ilousn who come from country towns. wht-ro a dozen places of worship could i . be built lor that sum. It Is also Intended ' ' to expend something like $300,000 for a hos- 1 pllnl at Annapolis, and In doing this, nu j old hosnltal building erected thirty yours H I ago. will be torn down and removed. An J ( ' inquisitive .member of tho board of vlslt- J ors nt Annapolis learned that this old hos- 1 !' pllnl had .never been "used, not because It f wus unfit, but because the clnas of young men who gn to Annapolis from all parts (J ' of the country are In such a healthy con- ' I dltloii that they scarcely need a hospital. t More than .that, it Is found to the ad van - i j tng of any sick cadets to put them on ' i board, soma ship belonging to th'c academy J ! out In thoi harbor, whero it Is decidedly 1 ' ''I ' more healthy than In any hospital. Still, 1 , I a hospital is a pnrt of the Improvements I that arc being made. Ornamentation and III ( I carved stonework will be a very expensive j ( ' feature of the naval academy. Certainly I ' ' the middles are going to be well taken I I cam of. Hl H ' i i Gen. Chaffee, lieutenant-General and J ' chief of staff of the army. Is a man who i will not be Interviewed, or who does not ' 1 ; rush Into magazines with long stories of HJ, I '( I matters military that havo como under 1 his personal observation. Several Indus- ' trlous writers have visited tho General 'I with tho Idea of writing about him, and ' 1 ' more particularly, of obtaining Interviews with him giving pcraonnl expression of . i opinions relative to conditions in China., I ' ' ln the Philippines and of the many phases 1 of the war between Russia and Japan It ' Is rather an Interesting fact that three 1 ' men who became prominent in tho Span- 1 Inh war and the military operations wnlch j i immediately followed that war, have never i ( rushed into print, either in Interviews or 'l ' by writing Interviews: Gen. Shatter, who I commanded the army at Santiago; Gen. .la. Otis, who commanded so long ana ably In l I i tho Philippines, and Gen. Chaffee, who 1 J won n reputation first In Cuba and noxt 1 W A In China, and afterward commanded ln 1 J I tho Philippines; three, officers iwho saw f , I-1 a great deal of Important aorvlce, but who j i , never thought It necessary to tell the iru.f. i magazine's v.-hat they saw or express their y 'V opinions on various arm and govonini.-n- I ' tnl affair?. They have contented them- selves with official rcporto inaio to the War department, and these arc made ln i military style, without elaboration or il- , lustration. I ' It Is rather a pltysthat Otis, who ia now t retired, doe not write a book on the I'hll- j ' ippincs. He laid the foundation for the 1 ' establishment of civil government In the ' Philippines at tho time he was conducting MLI war against the Filipinos and otlto- wild , I'titi tribesmen who resisted tho authority of i C-i the United States. Secretary Root once ' ! said that the people of the United States li j would never know what they owed Gen. 1 ' Otis for all that ho had-dono xs com- 1 mandlng Gcnitral In tho Philippine-, both , in the moderation ho exercise! and Ir. the 1 i ( scrupuloua care he took to prevent any- . I j thing like corruption, which had boon ilfo i t for so many years In thoso Island?. Gen H! 1 Otis knuws as much about tho Philippines I ij as any living man. and he ouht to tell in 1 17 J narrative form the story of the occupation V) of those islands aid of the attempt of tho ' ,M' Filipinos to drive tho Americans out. But II neither Gen. Otis nor Gen. Chaffee nor . i Gen. Shnflcr. three men who did things 1 during thu Inst six years, have Indulged In discussion of their exploitations in in- ' ter views or In magazines. H r K' l) j Men who have como In contact with the 'j Hon. John Barrett, Minister to Panama, 1 I '! ami until recently Minister to Argentina, ' have lenrned mbro. about South America, j ami especially of tho great and Important ' Republic of South America, than they ''ver -know before. Mr. Barrett was In 1 Argentina something llko six months, but he acquired more knowledge than some H; : men would have gathered In tho sama 1 I number of years. Tho ncoplo of tho j i United States scarcely realize what thero f Is and whnL there Is being done in Argcn-tina.' Argcn-tina.' Corresponding to the United States In tho matter of climate and zone, Argen-tina Argen-tina Is the richest and Is rapidly becoming 1 the most powerful country ln tho southern l hemisphere. The city of Buenos Ayros, H, thp capital of Argentina, has a population 1 V 0 l.Oo.OOO, the fourth city ln size on the UJ American continent. Although Spanish Is 1 t ;' the official language, and tho Argentines aro tho descendants of Spaniards, they arc absolutely Argentine as citizens of the United States arc American. They would resent being called Spanlardw as much as citizens of this country would resent be- Ing called Englishmen. They arc to South America what the United States is to ' Xorth America". Into thk3 growing and i pushing republic went John Barrett with a capacity for acquiring Information and : . a knowlndwgo of general conditions of tho world which gave him an opportunity to , do in a few months what was expected of , him in as many years. Since he nn rc- turned to "Washington he has submitted several reports to the State department anil to tho President on conditions in I South America, for his observations were not conlined alone to Argentina, but cov- I cred; southern Brazil, Uniguay and Para- y puny, where large European Immigration V t developing a country which will rival J 9Ur own ,n )-nc matter of agricultural pro- 1' duct's and oxports. Among other lnterest- ,, lng things which Minister Barrett report- J' cd was a plan that Is being formed to Im- IJ Po't Ar,pentlnn beef Into New York in J I , l vnsf quantities, sufficient to supply largo J ' ' demands on tho Eastern 3enboard of this J ,( , country. It Is aeaertcd that Argentine J H, beef can bo tranaportcd from Buenos J ,. 1 Ayres to New York, pay the duty, and be I . cold for less than Is now charged by the II 1 packers of the Mississippi valley. .1 1 , Speiklng of John Barrett's return, an 1 intorosting Incident occurred In conncc- Hl , Hon with his arrival. About the tlmo ho H)'1 reached, this country the Washington Post printed a humorous editorial placing lilm In nomination for Vice-President, and insisting that ho was superior to all of tho other young men and spellbinders thnt i . wero thought necessary to carry on tho ' , campaign In behalf of the Republican 1 ticket. -In tho multitude of affairs en- 1 . grossing his attention, Mr. Barrett had l not seen this ndltorlnl and know nothing )' 1 about It. Quito a number of hia friends gave hlrn a dinner ln New York, and at this dinner tho gentlemnn who 'u-as mas- B tor of ceremonies, as coffee and cigars 1 wero reached, arose and gravely an-nounccd an-nounccd that the time had arrived for stating tho object of the dinner. "It was 1 v.,cllkn9wn,",..he nHl,.-'1why-wo have gath- , i ercd hero; and this' Is the time" for launch- H ta- a. boom fe ouv dlcULnuiftliud. Kiiaui, A Our friends arc all aware that the announcement an-nouncement was to tx made. here. But. unfortunately, we havo been forestalled bv an enterprising paper published In "Washington, tho capital, and probably It recolvwl Its Information directly from official of-ficial pources and knew whereof It spoke. Probably this odltorlal announcement is more formal and cites the caco bettor than I could, and, therefore, I ask the attention at-tention of the gentlemen present while I read It." He then proceeded to redd tho Post editorial, much to tho amusement of everybody present, nnd to Mr. Barrett himself, -who nan become accustomed to the pleasantries of the newspaper writers during hi.-, rapid rlso to promlncnco In public affairs. Admiral Walker, chairman of the Panama Pana-ma Canal commission, was up to see the Secretary of War not long ago, and while waiting In tho nnte-room was chatting with a number of friends, and finally he exhibited a straw hat. "Seo that hat?" said tho Admiral. "Why. there Is n hat Ihat cost me $3.50 In silver ln Panama." It was an ordinary looking hat. of braided straw, soft and pliable, not of the stiff brim .stylo that Is generally -worn. It was not ln nny sense the usual Panama hat. "Do they make that kind of hats down In Panama. Admiral?" nskod one of tho gentlemen who was presonl. "Oh, no." said Walker, with n wink, "this hat was made In New York, but they sell them In Papama." That recalls an experience that William McAdoo. now Police Commissioner of New York, onco had when willing In" Isthmian waters. He was Acslstnnt Secretary Sec-retary of tho Navy, and was really sent down to Join tho squadron for tho purpoao of keeping tab on oho of tho naval officers. of-ficers. While on tho Isthmus he pnr-ihased pnr-ihased an elegant Panama hat for which ho pnld $U ln gold. Upon going aboard tho flagship, he exhibited his purchase to one of tho officers, nnd remarked whateo. rare bargain he had made. This officer was somewhat familiar with "rare bar-gnlnB." bar-gnlnB." and he took tho hat and looked It over. Ilnnlly pulled down the Inside leather band nnl showed thnt the Panama hat was manufactured ln Now Vork, and bore I he trade mark of a Now York firm. McAdoo Mc-Adoo did not say anything about It whVn ho returned to Washington, but tho sailor men saw that the story was told among his friends. a Education is u great feature In the army ar-my at the present time. One might suppose sup-pose that a young man who must havo a fairly good common school or high school educatfon beforo he can pass the examination examina-tion to enter West Point and then spenda four years at the academy, would be well grounded In book Jore. and that his school days might be considered as closed. But such Is not tho case. With a half dozen excellent service schools and a post school wherever there am a sufTclont number of officers, the education of our military men continues all the tlmo whllo they arc subordinate sub-ordinate officers. But moro than that, the war college In Washington Is Intended to be for a course of education for officers of high rank. The fact Is the world has reached a stay; whero fighting Is being carrlod on by tho brsln as well as by brawn, and scientific maneuvers or strategy strate-gy Is to tako th place of main strength niid awkwardness. Theso 6-rvlce schools aro for tho benefit of men who aro not so bright as their fellows, and who can vast- ii. i ... 1 1 i ly improve themselves by n course of r.tndy of not only military, but other sub-ieots. sub-ieots. While tho army officers are receiving re-ceiving this higher education. It Is wOll to remark that when tho time comc3 success In a military way Is attained by gettlni; up closo and fighting hard. Just as much as over. The Japanese made this evident by showing that they could beat tho Russians Rus-sians In getting closo onough to them nnd fighting them. ARTHUR W. DUNN. " |