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PLAN TO IMPROVE
NATION’S MILITARY/
POST DE LUXE Ml
■hmmaovERNORS ISLAND,” says one of its
un hronicle s, using the Indian name Pag-
VJ ganck, lies like an emerald gem pendent
on the green chain of Long Island."
Certainly It never deserved such a pic
/Sh Wa turesque description more than it does
this spring.
ting place for future peace conferences.
Y™ *iy It is true that there are warlike touches
\J) —Fort Jay, the one time Fort Columbus,
■■rmw and Castle Wliliuin, the six acres on the
north shore where is situated the arsenal of the
ordnance corps, the commissary buildings, battered
and gray as seasoned veterans, the green turf,
marked off here and there with huge cannon balls,
but the general atmosphere is so peaceful that if it
were not for the skyline of minarets and towers,
seen through a purplish smoke whenever you make
a turn, you could not believe yourself near the nois
iest city in the world.
Governors island is the headquarters of the de
partment of the east. On this small plot of ground,
which one of the staff described as being "two miles
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and larger in winter,” is transacted the principal
business for the military territory extending
along the Atlantic coast from Maine to Texas
and west to the Mississippi, exclusive of the mid
western states, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michi
gan.
One battalion of the 29th infantry is now sta
tioned at Governors Island under the command of
Gen. Thomas il. Harry, who came there from
West Point last September, succeeding the late
Gen. Frederick Dent Grant.
Several years ago congress appropriated sl,-
100,000 for the reconstruction of Governors Island
and 103 acres have finally been reclaimed from
the bay. Further improvements were suggested,
ami in 190 S ex-Presldent Taft approved plans for
a regimental post, but nothing has been done
since then to carry them out. It was intended to
make of the island the finest military post in the
world. All the old buildings were to be razed,
Fort Jay, South Battery and Castle William alone
to remain. The first was to be the center of a
park with a castellated tower, its moat, draw
bridge, line old gateway and sallyport to be unin
terfered with. The barracks were to bo of the
latest model, with every appliance for comfort
and use and to house a full regiment of 1,200
men. Magnificent parade and athletic grounds,
libraries, piers for passengers and freight and
rows of commodious dwellings for the officers
were Included in (he plans.
Following this a firm of architects presented an
even more elaborate design. This latest plan has
been approved by several prominent men and
representative societies.
To the casual glnuce at present every house on
Governors Island would be bettered by a coat of
paint, lint complaints are rarely heard, notwith
standing the dictum that an army officer who
doesn't complain has something the matter with
him. This military station is one of the postes
de luxe; It is hard to get there and one has to
pry an incumbent away. So when the authori
ties at Washington spell, “economy" out loud the
officers at the post are obediently silent.
General Barry’s house, an old-time dwelling, is
a three-minute walk from the lauding, and direc
tions to reach It are given by a trio of guards
sunning themselves under a large placard bear
ing the Inscription "Do Not Loiter.” With this
example of military obedience in mind, you cross
the sward resplendent with another sign saying
“Keep Off the Grass," step up some cracked
steps thiough which tender blades of grass are
springing and turning a corner face the parade
ground on which many of the houses, including
General Barry's, front. Like the majority, his Is
a two-story-and-a-half structure and has an addi
tional wing or two- to distinguish it.
The architecture of these old houses is that of
the late colonial period. The color Is a saffron,
dulled to a brownish tint, the trimmings white
and the blinds green. The latticed porch and bal
ustrades recall the gingerbread work of the
Dutch housewives preparing some special form of
ornamented cakes.
Along Colonel's Row. a 6 one of the residential
streets Is called, the names are printed in black
letters on the rise of the veranda Bteps. Prize
babies and young puppies freckle the parade
ground. There is no profusion of flowers, but
here and there are pansy beds kept trimly within
wooden frames. A great snowball bush blooms
riotously In front of General Barry's door and the
perfume of honeysuckle Is In the air. Most of
the gardening attention Is devoted to the lawns
and park, and the general effect is that of clean
liness, order and discipline.
The Dutch name for the island was Nutting,
Notting, Nutten or Nut. It was so called, ob
viously, for the splendid orchards of nut trees,
but with the exception of the chestnuts—horse,
not edible —there is no trace at preset of them.
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There are six Lombardy pop
lars, remnant of the hun
dreds sent by Louis XVI. At
headquarters, a large house
with Georgian front and high
eeilinged, roomy offices, the
affairs of the island are man
aged. Hero Lieutenant-Col
onel Haan, In command dur
ing General Barry’s absence,
receives the reporter and
gives some of the informa-
tion contained herein.
He mentions, particularly among the active
work of the post, the branch of the Y. M. C. A.
conducted by Chaplain Kdmund B. Smith, the
classes for enlisted men and the drills supple
mented now with the more picturesque music
drills or silent manual.
The military student finds at present little to
Interest him, for the island is not fortified, being
in no way u part of the scheme of fortifications,
which embraces Sandy Hook and the mouth of
the harbor. Fort Jay, for 100 years known ns
Fort Columbus, but originally named for John
Jay, was during the Civil war manned with heavy
guns, although not even threatened. When Fort
Lafayette was too crowded with prisoners at that
period Castle William took charge of the over
flow and at one time housed over a thousand
prisoners. Among the noted prisoners who have
been confined there was John Yates Beall, the
Confederate spy.
Castle William was completed In ISII and Is
built on bed rock. In one of the departmental
reports it is described as "a stone tower with
fifty-two 42 and 32 pounders maintained on two
tiers under a bomb roof and a terrace intended
to mount twenty-six 50-pound columblads.” In
several other reports Castle William is referred
to as an “example of outgrown science.”
In the museum on the island is Sheridan's fa
mous horse, Winchester, who bore his master In
forty-seven battles.
In place of a regular army chapel, Trinity Cor
poration has provided the Chapel of St. Cornelius
the Centurion for the use of the post. It is a
charming Gothic structure of granite, built near
the old frame building, erected in 1547 by Dr. Mc-
Viekar, who taught ethics at Columbia college
during the week and on Sunday preached in the
chapel he built and presented to the island him
self. Garlanding the chancel are several upright
posts connected with a heavy chain and a bronze
tablet explains that they are cannons used in the
several battles of the Mexican war. Over the
choir, a double row of tattered battle flags hang.
One is a mere cobweb and the light from the
stained glass window 6hows a fringe of blood
red threads and a splash of blue where stars
were once woven. This Is the last flag pulled
down in Cuba. Another of peculiar Interest is
the one under which Major Reilly died and which
was carried from Tien Tsiii In the Boxer uprising
In China.
Chaplain Smith Is about to publish a book on
Governors Island, for with the exception of a
monograph or two and some scientific articles on
technical subjects, the place has practically been
overlooked by chroniclers. The book is to he
Illustrated with several rare prints and engrav
ings besides more modern work, and contains
data that have never been printed in this coun
try and represent years of the most untiring re
search on the part of the author.
Situated near what is considered today one
of the most valuable pieces of real estate prop
erty in the world. Governors Island was pur
chased (1637) by that shrewd old barater. Wouter
Van Twiller, director general of New Nether
lands. for some axe heads, a string of heads and
a few nails from two Indians whose names,
Cakapetejon and Pehiwas, would indicate a great
er mentality than they seem to have possessed.
Across Buttermilk channel, to the origin, naming
and history of which Chaplain Smith devotes two
chapters of his book, Sara, the first Christian
child to be born In the Dutch colony, daughter of
Joris Janson de Rapalye, was taken In a tub at a
very early age of her career and furnished the
only thrilling narrative.* of the place for some
time.
For several years it furnished a convenient
landing place for the settlers’ cattle, and the first
building was erected (1698) by Van Twiiler, and
THE COCHRAN JOURNAL, COCHRAN, GEORGIA.
this was set aside by the assembly as being "Part
of the Denizen of His Majestie’s Fort at New
York for the Benefit and Accommodation of His
Majestie's Governors and Commanders in Chief
for the Time Being.” After this it became known
in familiar parlance as Governors Island, but not
all at once irr legal documents.
In Its early history it furnished examples of
rapine and graft which put to shame the efforts
of ihe present day. One of the early governors.
Lord Cornbury. cousin of Queen Anne, comes
down to us as “being universally detested.” prin
cipally for his questionable dealings in regard to
this piece of laud which the people at large were
already beginning to cherish lor iis beatify and
utility.
In 1710 the Island served, in fact if not in name,
as the first quarantine post of the province and
in that same year shiploads of "Palatines,” re
ligious refugees, were housed there, "the proper
est place for their sickness and poverty,” said
Queen Anne, who financed them parsimoniously.
One of these Immigrants, Peter Zenger, was the
first citizen to vindicate publicly the freedom of
the press and personal liberty.
Nutten Island (Governors) was made part of
the city of New York by the Montgomery char
ter (1730) and an act of March 7, 1788, included
it in the county. It was in 1755 that it first ful
filled its manifest destiny as a military post.
From 1755 to 1773 there were several royal regi
ments of England living there. These were the
Royal Americans, His Majesty’s Sixty-first Regi
ment of Foot under Lord Loudoun, and His Ma
jesty's Twenty-second and Forty-fourth Regiments
of Foot. Details of their life were found by the
historian referred to in the private library of Col
onel Fitz-Clareuce, Earl of Munster, who commit
ted suicide (1542), and in the English army rec
ords 1754-1842. These regiments are in name ex
isting today, and the leader of the band who
played at the garden party of the Army Relief
society is a lineal descendant of one of the
officers.
In 1766 the first fortification was built, in 1776
a "Strong Castle" was erected. General Putnam
writing at this time to the president of congress
speaks of it "as a very Important post.” Wash
ington wrote of "Its strong works," the New York
Gazette referred to the thousand Continental men
stationed there; Lord Stirling considered it "bet
ter guarded than any other post." The brothers
Howe stayed there until the evacuation of New
York.
After the battle of Long Island and the British
victory. August 27, 1776, the "Liberty" boys came
back under cover of the darkness and right under
the noses of the victorious enemy secured muni
tions and food.
Tradition says that Governor Clinton loaned
the island once for a race course (1784-5).
In 1794 a ferry was established which took pas
sengers at threepence a head. The one in use
now averages 30,000 passengers a month.
That year congress appropriated $3,727.52 for
the island's defenses. In 1796 the works were
dignified as forts, and about this date Knox re
ports "On Governors Island, one bastioned square,
commanding two low batteries quite finished.”
Between 1794 and 1806 more than SIIO,OOO was
expended on the works.
In 1798 the faculty and students of Columbia
college, repeating their patriotic work in Harlem,
came down to Governors Island with pickaxes
and shovels to help erect breastworks when one
of the French war scares aroused local fears and
inspired the call for harbor defense. In 1880 it
was ceded by the State of New York to the
United States, and in 1821 the Federal military
headquarters were transferred there.
OCCUPATION.
”1 haven't anything to do,” complained Cholly.
“A fellah gets tired of just twirling his cane,
don’t you know.”
"Of course,” assented Algy. "Why don’t you
get a dog to lead, old chap?”
THE WORST OF IT.
"So you went out motoring with that ill-tem
pered Jaggers. Did his temper explode?”
"Yes, but I wouldn’t have minded that, if his
tires hadn’t, too.”
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FARM
POULTRY
DISCOURAGE A SITTER
Necessary to Keep Up Earning
Capacity of Hens.
Sift Coops Not So Immediately Effeo
tive as Old Treatment of Placing
Under Barrel, but They
Don’t Hurt Fowls.
Just as long as the broody hen is
permitted to sit in the nest and keep
herself warm she will persist in sit
ting. So long as her body is in a
state of considerable heat she in
stinctively fights to remain on the
nest.
It is nature trying to help the hen
carry out the purpose for which she
was created.
There are some weeks in the year
when it seems to me that every hen
on the place is trying to sit. Tur
keys, geese, chickens, ducks and
guineas follow the same instinctive
lines at about the same time, to the
utter distraction of the poultry keep
er and the great dropping off in egg
production. They simply must be
"broken up” or the whole profits of
the poultry sheds will slump down to
nothing through the broody summer
months.
1 once shut the hens up in the dark
est place I could find and kept them
there for two or three days, feeding
them little or nothing, says a writer in
Slat coop for broody hens. Suspend
it so it will swing easily. This swing
ing motion creates a current of air
which cools the fevered condition of
a broody hen.
the Farm Progress. It was effectivo
all right, but it injured the hens' lay
ing powers, and general thriftiness to
be starved for a few days.
Putting them in the darkness is al
ways very effective. I still carry out
that part of the treatment, but I have
abandoned the plan of sticking them
under barrels, boxes and other un
ventilated places since I smothered
four of my best hens to death one
night
I am using an inexpensive set of
coops now for the purpose of dis
couraging the broody hen. The coops
are not so immediately effective as
the old, under the barrel or box
treatment, but they do not injure
the hens as much as under the old
method.
They get more air in the new way,
and by putting them in a dark Bide
room of the poultry house they are
rather easily bluffed. The coops cost
but a few cents each, as they are
made of lumber picked up about the
place and from light pine laths usefl
by plasterers.
These coops have slatted bottoms
so the liens cannot drop down and
brood themselves warm while con
fined. By taking these coops, plac
ing them inside a darkened shed and
lifting them off the ground a few
inches, even the most,determined old
sitter will soon give it up as a bad
job.
FEW POINTS ABOUT GUINEAS
Habit of Changing Nest Makes It Dif
ficult to Say How Many Eggs
They Will Lay.
The guineas are good layers, but
owing to their skill in hiding their
nests and their habit of changing their
nest if it is disturbed, it is hard to
say how many eggs they will lay, pos
sibly 60 to 100. Guineas are inclined
to be monogamous, that is, to have
but one mate, but a male will mate
with two females. Poor hatches
usually result If more females are
placed with a male.
Young guineas are fed like young
turkeys, with curds, bread and milk or
boiled eggs and bread crumbs the
first week, always mixing once a day
with sand, and for every meal making
one-third of the meal green food,
chopped onion or dandelion tops.
Finely chopped lettuce is good when
plentiful. Unless they have a good
run they should have animal food for
some time, but if they have plowed
fields to roam over this is not neces
sary. When they are large enough
to be given free range they will pick
up most of their living, but should
always be fed at night, to give them
the- habit of returning home.
Grading of Eggs.
Eggs may be graded on the rnaiket
for size, color, cleanliness, freedom
from cracks and the actual condition
of the egg content. This later factor
is of great importance, particularly
during the later summer months.
In Far-off India.
In some unknown manner a little
sample cf Hanford’s Balsam of Myrrh
found its way into an interior village
of India. It was its own agent, and
from that small beginning a steady
trade has developed and each succeed
ing shipment has been larger. Adv.
Many a gir! might be proud of her
ankles if it wasn't for her feet.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Strop /or Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma
tion,allays patn.cures windcollcJSc a bottieAflt
No cat can be fooled into watching
the wrong mouse hole.
For wire cuts use Hanford's Balsam,
Adv.
Men may come and men may go, but
the stream of gossip flows on forever.
For lame back use Hanford's Bal
sam. applied thoroughly and w T ell rub
bed in. Adv.
Many a fluent talker would make a
bigger hit by keeping still.
For the big and little burns In cook
ing and baking, keep Hanford's Bal
sam of Myrrh near for -quick relief.
Adv.
If a man was born a fool he is likely
to die one.
Egotism is the root of much tire
some conversation.
Yon Can Stop a farfinnde or 801 l
After It begins to form by using DU. FOR
TER’B ANT I SEPTIC HEADING OIL. the.
60c. SI.OO.
The going is ulways good on a to
boggan slide.
Newspaper stereotypers use Han
ford’s Balsam of Myrrh for relief from
splashing metal burns. Adv.
It’s when riches take unto them
selves wings that they feather other
people's nests.
FOB HEADACHE. NKI DAUiU AND
PAINFUL PERIODS!
of Women use Lotus Flower Compound.
Kellevea promptly, contains no habit forming
drnrr*. Tablet form at druggists or by mail 25c.
Lotus Flower Co., Atlanta, Ga. Adv.
Love may make the world go round,
but sometimes it takes marriages t»
square it.
No. SIX-SIXTY-SIX
This is a prescription prepared es
pecially for Malaria or Chills and
Fever. Five or six doses will break
any case, and if taken then as a tonic
the fever will not return. 25c—Adv.
Made Daddy Gasp.
A certain small Chicago laddie is
quick-witted as imitative, and so given
to considering himself as quite an
adult in comparison with his baby
brother, that he now and then talks
and acts in a manner that might by
the uncomprehending be judged im
pertinent. Not long since at the fam
ily table the boy attempted to relate
a recent experience. His father, who
was talking, paid no attention, and
the child’s anger got the better of
his politeness. Raising his voice
shrilly and speaking with an absurdly
unconscious resemblance to bis fa
ther's tone and manner under similar
circumstances, he demanded.
"Papa, will you kindly close your
little, trap for just one moment while
1 get in a word!"
Mandy's Gentle Little Hint.
“Mandy,” said her mistress, "that
beau of yours shouldn't wear white
clothes. He is so black it makes him
appear all the blacker. Why don’t
you give him a hint?”
“Lord, Miss Sally, you know some
thin’!," said Mandy, with animation.
“I dont give him er hint, but he jes
natterly ain't got sense ernuff ter take
it.”
"Perhaps you didn't make it strong
enough.
"No’m, thet's right, maybe I didn't.
I jes looks at him right hard, an’ I
says: ’Nigger, you sho do look like
a black snake crawlin’ out o’ cream,
you do!’—thet's whut I says ter him.
Miss Sally.”
PANTRY CLEANED
A Way Some People Have.
A doctor saidtp.
"Before marriage my wife observed
in summer and country homes, coming
in touch with families of varied means,
culture, tastes and discriminating ten
dencies, that the families using Pos
tum seemed to average better than
those using coffee.
"When we were married two years
ago, Postum was among our first order
of groceries. We also put in some tea
and coffee for guests, but after both
had stood around the pantry about a
year untouched, they were thrown
away, and Postum used only.
"Up to the age of 28 I had been ac
customed to drink coffee as a routine
habit and suffered constantly from in
digestion and all its relative disorders.
Since using Postum all the old com
plaints have completely left me and I
sometimes wonder if I ever had them.”
Name given by Fostum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Write for booklet, “The
Road to Wellville.”
Postum comes in two forms.
Regular (must be boiled).
Instant Postum doesn’t require boil
ing but is prepared instantly by stir
ring a level teaspoonful in an ordinary
cup of hot water, which ma&es it right
for most persons.
A big cup requires more and some
people who like strong things put in a
heaping spoonful and temper it with a
large supply of cream.
Experiment until you know the
amount that Dleases your palate and
have it served that way in the future.
“There’s a Reason” for Postum.