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OUR ARMY PUTS OU
ITS MW UNIFORM.
IDEAL SUITS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED FOR A
TROPICAL CAMPAIGN.
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Despatches from Cuba tell liow the
soldiers of onr army, burdened with
hot flannel uniforms and heavy out
fits, are throwing nway everything
they can on the march, even their
eoats. In the terrible heat every
onnce of weight adds to discomfort
while marching, and, regardless of the
future, men are casting aside blankets,
extra elothing, tin plates and other
articles in their Merriam kits, caring
only to lighten their burdens.
Mon in regular marching order wlio
have been sent to Cuba, volunteers as
well as regulars, carry in all nearly
sixty pounds, including their rifles,
enough to stagger a man in a cool
climate. This casting away of every
superfluous article is not a new prac
tice, for it wns done by tens of thous
ands of men in the Civil War and
has been done by soldiers in al
most all other wars.
Recognizing the unfitness of the
regulation uniforms for tho tropios,
the Government is having 40,000 cot
ton drilling and duck uniforms made,
act number of suits required, the kind
of suits, the number of shoes and
underclothing, also hats. The exact
kind is then specified in detail, and
mentsof the service, infantry, artillery
and cavalry, are like the once popular
Norfolk jacket, with a belt of the same
material. The trimmings are of the
same style, but of different colors, blue
for the infantry, red for the artillery
and yellow for the oavalry.
This trimming, which lends an at
tractive bit of color to the uniforms,
consists of a deep facing at the ends of
the sleeves, over tho lapels of the two
upper pockets, shoulder straps and
around tho low cut military oollar.
The trouse'rs are perfectly plain.
The uniforms of privates and non
commissioned officers are worth about
83 each. Four big pockets are made
in the coats.
Dressed in these suits, with the
light under-wear being provided by
the Government, the soldiers will fool
like new inen. No attempt probably
will be made to carry the kit on forced
marches, except when absolutely nec-
cessary.
Officers will wear uniforms of finer,
but no more comfortable, material.
ASTOR DATTKBX IN AN IDEAL TROPICAL
UNIFORM FOB 8KBVICB IN TBB PHIL
IPPINES.
bids for the whole or part, of the
clothing needed. Accompanying every
bid is a check to guarantee that the
terms of the contract will be oarried
out to the letter.
These bids are submitted, together
with sunples of the goods required.
The bids are carefully examined ami
compared and the lowest bidder (tne
quality of goods being satisfactory)
gets the contract. The goods con-
ci
i
jieiAs chstnEmF^ oioSANCt cosporai.
MAKE A STUDY OE THESE 1NHHINIA AND YOU OaN RECOGNIZE THE HANK OF A MILITARY MAN AT A GLANCE.
which will groatly add to tho comfort
andgeuernl appearance of the soldiers.
Already 4U00 of these suits liavo been
completed and shippod to Tampa to
bo forwarded to Cuba for General
Blmftor’s command.
Tho new onmpaign uniform for'in
fantry is made of canvas duck or drill.
Its distinguishing fenture is a Norfolk
jacket, or blonse effect with a box
plait dowu tho back. There are four
pockots in tho front and five buttons.
Tho two upper pockets nro faced with
blue cloth, the epaulet straps, cuffs
and collars being of tbo same material
and color.
Tho uniform is made with foiled
■cams, llrown canvas leggings some
what darkor than the uuiform are
used. A web cartridge bolt, blue
woolen blnnket, haversack to coutain
tin plate, knife, fork and spoon and
rations, a water bottlo and tin cup
complete tho equipment. No knnp-
enck is used.
The trimmings of the cavalry uui
form are yellow aud of the artillery
red.
ltcgulation army tiuiforms now in
wso are liued aud weigh about eight
pounds, being hotter suited for use in
the Arctic regions than in a climate
whore the sun’s rays nro as hot ns the
blasts from a furnace. The lining
carefully sowed inside the ooats makes
them doubly warm, and offioers do not
wonder tbnt the men under them cast
the garments aside in disgust.
Different from any uniform over be
fore worn by nny United Staton troops
•ro the now styles ndcpjed, and they
arc ns attractive looking ns they are
durable. The cloths used in tbo suits
for the Cuban campaign are what nro
known to the trnde ns drill wenvo aud
duck, llousowivus would call Vho first
sained material cotton drilling.
The cloth is known as kahke in India,
where it comes from, aud is like
brown linen. Uniforms of this cl
cost about $25.
In addition to the canvns and
uniforms, which will be sent to
camps in tho South ns well ni
Cuba, the Govornmeut is providi:
blue tlauuol suit, unliued, w
manufacturers and jobbers in that
line of business are invited do submit
Twelve Thousand People Were'
Witnesses of Great Event.
Mint Americans Yelled Themselves Hoarse With
Delight as Old Glory Was Hi Up.
AFTER SURRENDER GEN. TORAL’S SWORD WAS
RETURNED BY GEN. SHAFTER.
NEW V. S. AUMY UNIFOBM—LIOHT A!
HEAVY M ABCH1NO OIIDEB.
weighs only a few ounces more tbi
three pounds.
Clothing tbo army and nnvy is ouo
of the most important problems pre
sented to the War and Navy Depart
ments for solution. The quartermas
ter-general performs the task for the
army and the paymaster-general for
the nary. In time of peace the duty
involves considerable labor. In time
sifruiter At/mre
THE NEW CAMPAIGN UNIFORM FOR U. 8. REGULARS.
Suits of tbeso materials weigh loss
than half as much as the uniforms now
in use, and because of their looser
weave are much cooler. The cottou
drill uniforms, which are of a light
buff color, weigh just two pounds and
fourteen ounces, while the duck, which
•fe light reddish tau, weigh four ounces
. more.
• No colors could be found bet-
adapted for service in a country
ere the men are exposed to dust aud
in all kinds of weather, aud even
A hard, long campaign it is ex-
~ the taniforms will still present
fairly respectable appearance,
fu style the costs for all depart-
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of war, aud especially at the begin
ning of hostilities, when the public
are crying for a million men to be
enlisted, clothed aud put at the front
in a minute, the task assumes the
proportions of a mountain in a fog.
Take the quartermaster-general, for
instance. It is his duty to see that
the big army which t he President
has called to give battle to the Span
ish is clothed at the very earliest pos
sible moment. His nsual sources of
supply are quickly exhausted. Oth
ers must be found. The clothing
must be made. The first thing the
quartermaster -general does is to as
certain, as nearly as possible, the sjt-
The City Is Left Temporarily In Possession of Its Municipal
Authorities, gubject to Control of General McKihben.
Shatter Cables Washington.
The Conceit of Man.
"What are you going to do with that I
blossom?” I
“I am going to give it to the man I
love tonight.”
“Tonight? Nonsense! Why not
give it to me now?”—Harper's Bazaar.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Santiago under date of Sunday at 1
o'clock p. m , says:
The Ameriean flag is floating in tri
umph over the governor's palace at
Santiago de Cuba.
General MoKibbin has been appoint
ed temporary military governor.
It was amid impressive ceremonies
that the Spanish troops laid down their
arms between the lines of the Spanish
and American forces at 0 o'clock Sun
day morning. General Shafter and
tho American division and' brigade
commanders and their staffs wore es
corted by a troop of cavalry, and Gen
As the chimes of tho old cathedral
rang out the hour of 12 the infantry
and cavalry presented arms. Every
American uncovered his head and Cap
tain McKittrick hoisted the stars and
stripes.
As the brilliant folds nnfnrled in a
gentle breeze against a fleckless sky
the cavalry band broke into the strains
of "The Star Spangled Banner," mak
ing the American pulse leap and the
American heart thrill with joy.
At the same instant the sound of
the distant booming of Captain Cap-
ron's battery, firing a salute of twen
ty-one guns, drifted in. When the
mnsio ceased, from all directions
around our line came floating across
the plaza the strains of the regimental
cral Toral and his staff by 100 picked UB * i Z. regimeuiai
men. Trumpeters on Loth sides sa- i b ? nd " ,nd ‘^e muffled, hoarse cheers
of onr men. The infantry came out
Trumpeters
luted with flourishes.
Genoral Shafter returned to General
Toral the latter’s sword after it had
been banded the American comman
der.
Our troops, lined up at the trenches,
were eye-witnesses of the ceremony.
General Shatter and bis escort, accom
panied by General Toral, rode through
the city, taking formal possession.
The ceremony of hoisting the stars
and stripes was worth all the blood
and treasure it cost.
A ooncourso of 12,000 people wit
nessed the stirring and thrilling scene
thnt will live forever in the minds of
ail the Americans present.
A finer sotting for a dramatic epi
sode it would be difficult to imngine.
The pnlnco, a picturesque old dwelling
in the Moorish stylo of architecture,
fnecs the Plaza de la lleina, the prin
cipal public aqunre. Opposite rises
the imposing Cntholic cathedral. On
one side is a quaint,brilliantly painted
building, with broad verandas—tbo
clnb of Son Carlos—on the other
to "order arms” a moment later, after
the flag was up and the bond played
“Rally 'Round the Flag, Roys.”
Instantly General MoKinhin called
for throe cheers for General Shafter,
which were given with great enthusi-
’ asm, the band playing the "Stars and
Stripes Forever.” The ceremony over,
General Shafter And his staff returned
to the American lines, leaving the city
in the possession of the municipal
authorities, subject to the control of
Genernl MoKibbin.
Official Notice From Shutter.
The war department posted the fol
lowing at Washington at 5:15 p. m.,
Sunday:
"Santiago de Cuba, July 17.—Ad
jutant General United States Army,
Washington, D. C.—I liavo the honor
to announce tbnt v the American flag
lias been this instant, 12 noon, hoisted
over the bouse of the oivil government
in the city of Santiago. An immense
concourse of people present. A squad
of cavalry aud a regiment of infnntry
building of much the same description | presenting nrms and band playing
—the Cnfo de La Venus. 1 national nirs. Light battery fired
Across tbo plaza was drawn up the 1 snlnto of twenty-one guns. Perfect
Ninth infantry—headed by tbo Sixth order is being maintained by munici-
cavalry band. In the streot facing pal government.
the palnce stood a picked troop of the "Distress is very great; but little
Second cavalry, with draws sabers, sickness in town. Scarcely any yellow
under commnud of Captain Brett, fever. A small gunboat and about 200
Massed on the stone flagging between senmes left by Cervera have surren-
tbe band and the line of horsemen dered to me. Obstructions nre being
A Philippine Heroine.
* of the Philippine Insurgent leaders is a
be«nM fnl whose life sssnns to be
obariro??.- Jte 9 often rushed ^rarely Into
the rery tnV* 1 l|ftth ffom minro find cannon,
but bun neror been woiintfed. Frequently we
see people In this country who live so long
that their lives seqm charmed also, but the
only charm about Ills Hint they ke«p_pp their
strength and vltalls'
celebrated remedy,
ters.
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ItC. C. O’, fall to care, drugfflete refund money.
A me i lea ha» eight towns named Madrid,
three of which Jr» considering the expc-
•ilency of changing their name* to some,
thing less pointedly and aggressively yes-
tJlltao.
To Cure b Cold In One D»y.
Take Laxative Brorao Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money if It falls to cure. 26c.
In tho town of Chile roost shop* are open
till midnight., and during the hot afternoons,
when everybody takes a clesta, they are
locked up.
rimplea Cured.
All disfiguring pimples are due to diseased
blood. Halve or cosmetics will not euro. B. B.
B. will cure because it drives out of the blr>o<l
1he poison which creates pimples. One to four
bottles are warranted to cure. B. 11. U- is purely
vegetable. Large bottle 11.00. All druggists.
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Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes *enk
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Salt Rheum
That Terrible Itohlng, Burring,
Smarting, Swelling
Which ruins pleasure. Interferes with
work, prevents sleep—yiolds to the ljlood-
purlfylng effects of Hood's Sarsaparilla.
It has cured thousands of ensue, it will
cure yours. Remember that
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In America's Greatest Mt*lk-lne.
Meed's Pills easy to take, easy to operate.
wore tho brigade commanders of Gon.
Sliaftor's division, with their staffH.
On the rod-tiled roof of tho palace
stood Captain McKittrick, Lieutenant
removed from month of harbor.
“Upon coming into tbo oity I dis
covered n perfect entangloment of de
fenses. Fighting as the Spaniards did
privates is abont $5, irnd thoso for
men beforo tlie mast is about 88 per
mau. Tho officers’ uniforms range in
price from $50 to $75. A bullet will,
however, pierce the one as quickly as
the other. The uniform of the gen
eral officers of the army is a double-
breasted blouse of dark blue cloth di
serge, with four outside patoh pockots
with flaps, a rolling collar, with two
rows of buttons, grouped according to
rank, of the same kind as those worn
on the dress coat. For all othor of
ficers a single-breasted blouse is worn,
of dark blue doth or serge, with four
outside pookots with flaps, falling ool
lar, with five buttons in frout of the
same kind as thoso worn on the dresB
eoat. Tho skirt of the dress coat ex
tends from one-third to one-half the
distance from the hip joint to the
knee.
Quite ns important as the dothes
nre the shoes. For Cuban servioe the
men will wear dark brown canvas
clothes, but the shoes will be the
same ns worn at home. They are com
mon brogaus, these shoes, stout of
upper aud mighty of sole and heel.
In fact, the army shoe is not a thing
of beaut.x, but on the maroh it is a joy
forever, as every veteran knows. They
are mado of cowhide, aud, if possible,
of the bido of a very tough cow at
that. They are exceedingly broad of
sole and heel, nud are made with the
double view of socuring durability and
comfort.
Miley and Kieutenant Wheeler; im- the first day it would have cost 5,000
immediately over them, upon the lives to have taken it. Battalions of
flagstnff, the illuminated Spanish arms Spanish troops have been depositing
and the legend, “Viva Alfonso XIII.” nrms since daylight in armory, over
All about, pressing against the veranda which I have guard. General Toral
rails, crowding the windows nnd doom . formally surrendered the plaza and all
and lining the roofs, were the people I stores at 0 a. m.
of the town, principally women and j “W. R. Shafter,
non-combatants. | "Major General."
THE FEVER STATUS.
Sixteen New Caaea Among Trnnpe anil
One Death.
The wnv department at Washington
postod the following at 10.30 a. m.,
Sunday:
Siuosf.y, vin Hayti, July 16.—Stern
berg, Washington: Sixteen new cases
past twenty-four hours, one death.
Sanitation measures rigid.
Gbeenleaf,
“Chief Surgeon.”
CERVERA AT ANNAPOLIS.
lleconl In Clothe* Making,
Thomas Kitsou, employed in one of
the cloth mills of Pennsylvania, had
six sheep sheared at 6.30 o’clock one
morning recently. The wool was then
sorted, scoured, dried, carded, spun,
woven into cloth and the'cloth was
given to the tailors aud made up into
a suit of clothes which were given to
Mr. Kitaon at 12.31 o'clock, or six
hours and four minutes from the time
of shearing. The best previous rec
ord was about eight hours.'
Admiral Cervera, the recent com
mander of the Spanish aquadron
which was destroyed off Santiago, and
about forty Spanish officers, were
transferred to Annapolis, Md., Satur
day and are now prisoners of war
within the historic precincts of the
United States Naval Academy.
The auxiliary cruiser St. Louis car
ried the foreign prisoners up Chesa
peake bay. A few of the Spaniards
were dressed in the Spanish uniform,
but most of them were rigged out
wholly or- in part in duck uniforms
that had been furnished them by
American officers.
CORBETT AND THE "KID”
DESTROYED SPANISH GUNBOAT.
Cruiser New Orleans Flays Havoc With
the Antonio Lopes.
Advices from St. Thomas Rtate that
tho United States cruiser New Orleans
Saturday completely destroyed the
Spanish gunboat Autouio Lopez,whose
captain recently ran his vessel ashore
nt Silinas, near San Juan de Porto
Rico, upon being chasad by American
vessels, while attempting to enter San
Juan with a cargo of provisions and
war material.
THE LIST OF CASUALTIES
Since Our Troops First Landed on Cuban
Soil—A Remarkable Showing.
According to advices from Gen.
Shatter’s headquarters, the final report
of casualties in the army since it land
ed in Cuba three weeks ago has been
forwarded to Washington. It-shows
an aggregate of 1,941 officers and men
killed, wounded and missing. The
killed number 246, of whom twenty-
one were officers; wounded, 1,584 of
whom ninety-eight were officers, and
missing, eighty-four, of whom none
were officers. Of the wounded only
sixty-eight have died.
Colonel Pope, the surgeon-in-chief,
says this is a remarkably small num
ber of fatalities.
BLANDI.N DIED FROM SHOCK.
Sign Article. For a Fight In Buffalo Next
September.
Artioles of agreement which will
govern a twenty-round glove contest
between James J. Corbett and Kid
McCoy have been signed at New York
by representatives of both pugilists.
According to the agreement the men
will fight for a purse of $20,000, the
winner to take all, before the Haw
thorne Athletie club, of Buffalo, N. Y.,
on the afternoon of September 1st.
He Was Officer of the Deck When the
Maine Was Blown Up.
Lieutenant John J. Blandin, who
was officer of the deck on the Maine
when she was destroyed in Havana
harbor, died at Baltimore Saturday.
His death was the result of the shock
to his nervous system sustained on the
fatal night of the explosion. For some
time it was thonght he would recover
but hopes were in vain.
Falls That Shake Two Cities.
The Lewiston Falls have reached the
flutter point. When the day Is done
and darkness fans from the'wings of
night, and far ami wide over the city
falls the hush of sleeping thousands,
then the falls gets In Its work. ,
Men awake with a start to find that
all things are a-trcmbllng. The old
window sashes that have stood to the
angry hows of a hundred northeasters
now tremble and flutter when no
brenth of air Is moving. Men who are
nervous reach spasmodically under
their pillows to Bee If the revolver Is
there, nnd women nwnke and demand
thnt the cat be let out.
If you happen to know what It Is
that makes the noise, It ls’nt so bad—
but there nre many who do not know,
and "speorlls" and gnomes and shad
owy ghosts are suggested. Every year
when the (nils reaches a certain In
definite point on the ledge the two
cities nro set a-shaklng like aspen
leaves. Then It Is that' we rise ?n the
night and stick burned matolJes Into
the lamb of the window and push CVe
door latch hack, so that we can sleeD.
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