Show I 1 hores hor es are still available for army purposes W washington ASHINGTON at the time of sending ending troops troop into mexico for the hol holding dini of vera cru the cnair branch ot of the army of the united states stales corn COM 15 regiments with a total ot of officers and enlisted men reaching nearly fifteen thou thousand men every one ot oc men of course has to be bc mounted of A birge number cumbe r of infantry old off ikc cers also alo require horses hordes nd ind the boises needed for the artillery service foot up to a big figure the total A enlisted strength prior to the occupation of vera alvera crua was about eighty five thousand men ind and tor for all br branches anches of ill the bf bervice alce including the hospital attendants attendant it is likely tint at least twenty thousand horses were regularly required non lov with horse tile the mortality morti liti percentage must be constantly reckoned with in fact it is more certain than the mortality ot of the soldier himself A horse cannot be buoyed bloed up by b enthusiasm and when its teed feed time a promis is of no value to him so when alien the mexico cloud cane came up one of the busy bue clerks of the war department was inas at once the horse arithmetician met ician clan undo uncle sims sams WA last cenus gave approximately is as the horse population of the united states 20 the arm juggling v etli percentages sees that in time of abo absolute lute peace the army arm needs only gnp on horse in III every 1000 in the country but as every ever one of tho the horses listed Is not tho the sort of horse for am a m purposes nothing positive can call be set down some arm arav men have estimated thit that the total available horse population tor for army purposes can be set at about two million animals this would mako make the draft on the number tor for use in time of paco or as the army was wab before tile the occupation of vera cruz one horse in every ever the army arm arithmetician also finds that the approximate value of thet the horses of the united states is 2 or about a horse the 20 needed for the army v would thus cost uncle sim sam about 2 the arm army also go into the cost per them diem tor for the keep of these horses what the major generals thought of a war map C SHORTLY after a war map was as put up by a local newspaper a couple ot of 0 elderly darkies ambled by bi they squinted at the map tor for i a minute or more fixing their eyes on the red and black disks that represent the allies and the germans chit 1 hat is daf dat inquired the first vy brother after a survey of the map tiac dat replied the second Is COLORS You rope haidl said the first y ou on don t 0 i say so ile he paused a moment reflectively imis then he summed up his thoughts alfred be said to his compin compan ton ion de certainly does have rich colors over dont don t de dei 7 red disks the allies were pinned in a circle around parts paris to indicate the army of defense there one of those tacticians tactic ians with whom IN washington ashington is so plentifully blessed drifted up to the tha map and his attention became instant instantly riveted on this circle clearly he be was thinking deeply and earnestly tor for like all of the city s major generals Lene rals lie he hated bated to see the leaders of the armies make mistakes in finally his voice rose complainingly as lie he addressed the world at large no wonder thet re ie getting beat lie he said it quit playing placing ring around a rosy rosi and go out and fight the they d git somewhere here there are realists in the crowd one of them stood for about two hours in front of 0 the map working out the problems of war lar with all the intensity of a field marshal ile he hid had just marched across the mons lions river and was getting along finely finel when one of the black disks attached to the map tell fell to the sidewalk alk the realist looked up in disgust good night said the realist there goes another arm army corps then he walked away awa recalls middle initial and guesses the rest AN CUPIDS CUPID S contempt for s little or big was ms exemplified the other may DAN dil when richard D B sutherland tent four bears ears old of tampa fla obtained a marriage license after con confessing fesing that for the life of him he be could not recall tile the first name of his sibet heart lie ile he appeared not to be nervous MARR I 1 and was in full possession of hit his tac fac altie but the name refused to come her NAME into his mind despite long and serious cogitation the acting marriage license clerk sir mr dertzbaugh was astonished when in response to hs inquiry for the name of the bride tobe to be for the record mr air sutherland had no aasve answer cannot you ou think of the name mmel asked the clerk the applicant had to confess that he could not stimulate ins ills memory to tint thit extent I 1 im ain sure her middle initial is E B he slid said and I 1 think the first name Is mary mar since the applicant was willing to tak a license to mam mary alary G r rinder ind and run the eibl of returning for i i correction of 0 the record sir dertzbaugh mide made out tap th necessary paper reciting the aie of mary as twenty one years tears and giving her residence is s tampa fla ahe rahe clerk Is availing with interest the retarn of the officiating onic ntine clergy man to see ahat ft hat was the reil real name ot of the bride in the meantime cupid smiles dad and records another victory Is doing some representing in congress himself 0 THE layman la man vho aho a ho thinks that congress is a little coterie of intimate T TO souls w ho daily dall meet in the close union of a social club the following tollof tins experience peri ence of representative pillin n B walsh ot of N new evi jersey will ill bo be interesting I 1 vas nas taking luncheon nith mth some friends in the house restaurant tile tha PV HUH other day said s ild lie he when at a tulo w cases i f ay I 1 n across tile the room I 1 noted a young man mail accompanied by bi a young iouna oman anoman who ho from the manner in which lie he looked and finally boiled or toward me 6 with a smile evidently knew me nt 1 I returned the salutation tion of course and as his face vas as camilla ti millar r to his tal table le I 1 arose and made my ins way as king that lie he vas as pio babl a con of mine on 1 I 1 visit to the capitol pardon me I 1 said as we e shook hands harmly but although your face is very ven familiar I 1 cannot place you lou just now I 1 am representative walsh from nev nen jerse ind it if iou on are from my m district I 1 shall be ba charmed to thov lou ou and your difo an attention in my m power dibilo you ou are irl washington hat district do vou represent queried the man with a quizzical smile mlle while tho the eyes of 0 his imite its danced merrila the fourth district of 0 nev re jersch I 1 replied I 1 hardly think im from your district returned the man tou bee my names fred britten and I 1 do some coma representing in congress congre myself tho the ninth district of 0 Illino tat |