Show WR divided into sevea THE of the declaration of independence pen dence yellow wi tifA ge july 11 1891 the or dar ot the secretary of war which abolishes the three military divisions into which tho country has been for many years has evidently for ill purpose the simplification of army clerical routine wor kand the br ingine of the whole araan more directly under the supervision of the major general commanding t andoe the head of the war department the theory heretofore hs been that the generald gene commanding had direct supervision over the several departments respectively ively included in them under that theory all reports and other documents from post or regimental commanders through the department commander had to be forwarded to army headquarters through the general commanding the division to which the department belonged this necessitates a great deal of routine clerical at division headquarters and the whole process was dilatory without any corresponding advantage theonder The order divides the country into seven departments of which alie two most important that of the east and that of the missouri are coextensive with the former divisions of the same designation and continue under the command of major generals howard and miles as before the remaining five departments are placed in the order of their the command of the senior brigadiers general of the army under the new arrangement all reports ad documents from any department 1 l reach the war department direct b department commander and om aued by the secretary of war r funeral commanding the fab i office to whom it is army will deac dy through the iliin tb department to gener il commanding comman dint ni w n vals this which he belongs not d lessen the amount of work t ani but it will also greatly simple A it will avoid unnecessary dela ceiling orders from and reports to war department officials the koreans are essentially a progressive gres sive hoople and of this assertion there is no stronger proof than is presented in korean legation residence on iowa circle the korean representatives in the united states have developed a marked advance towards modern civilization in their ready adoption of our dress and manners the familiar and amusing story of the manner in 1 which the two bright little wives of korea outwitted their bus fiands and won their independence upon their first arrival in washington and their bold defiance of the commands of their laige lords in a midnight exit from ts embassy by means of ih window wim the deter to loin in the occasion of large evening reception attended by members of the various legations is of too recent to need repetition it will be recorded in the history of the future as making the first step toward the final emancipation of korean women when it is realized in what a blind state of heathen slavery the race has so long dwelt and the almost hope ies bondage of the women the wonder prows since the recall of mr pak chung yang envoy and minister plenipotentiary to the united states mr ye aba cba yun secretary of legation has acted as charge de affairs and under his able diplomacy the already established of friendship has been warmly cemented between the cailing ahe two are dear est to the hearts of all true americans and w aich will ever remain so are here in washington the documents referred t we draft and the engros aea copy of the declaration of independence the original draft now yellow nd worn and the engrossed copy d by the members of the Contin fc antal congress are both in a glaes case on the east wall of the state department library the orginia orgin il draft as made by thomas jefferson has a number of era aares and insertions by himself and three verbal changes by dr franklin and john adams as indicated in the margin is in a much mor readable state the eng engrossed rosed copy the on the latter haying faded the engrossed jopa can however still be read dut aber signah nr appended to it are fading only a few can now be made out those OI 01 lyma n hall josiah bartlett whipple pole samuel adams john adams treat paine and El bride gerry very dim can detill be read jefferso na came which should remain forever on that document as ita author ic t gone and can only tie distinguished by the long ig which are clear Saturday was an ideal fourth in iceton ai ad young america aided by the rejan enthusiasm of Hs mother bis sisters his cousins and bis aunts made merry to his hearts content 1 svery manner of firearms was brought in to service to herald in the one aundre d and fit lieth independence never beffie in niton haa thare been euch a genera participation in this form of |