NEWS OF THE WEEK. (Con. from page 1) pen.
There was another riot among the prisoners at San Q ‘ ,
itentiary in which twenty six attem*pt-ed’' 'to-.‘escape. The gu
one of the rioters. „ „ . rtliar.
Diphtheria at Cordova— One patient dead and 11 * hi order
antined. 2o,000 units antitoxin serum on hand and telegr, p
has been placed for more serum. . . +VlP) oath
Chief Justice of The Supreme Court Taft administer d
Cooliige Wednesday, Larch*4th. ,anf ®^°^er
of being the only Ex-President to administer
The ceremonies were short, sim~
President Cooliige’s wishes.
increase
successors,
in deference to
has signed the Postal
of office to President
the unique distinction
the oath to one of his
pie and unostentatious
President Coolidge
bill.
Jack Dempsey said the
retirement "was all bunk.
Gibbons”. _ .
A SMALL BUT ADEQUATE REGULAR ARMY.
From ’’The Come Back”.
pay and Rate
gossip in ring circles about his
I expect at leat one match, probably wi .
As I was walking through the land, as I ^have often one,
I saw a lonely soldier-man a-cleanin of his gun
And as I touched him for a chaw I says' Who might you
"Why, brother”, says the soldier-man, I am the In fan / •
"The cavalry's at the corral, massagin' of his steed.
Which has to live on crop reports since Congress stopp
"The Field Artillery's asleep—his given name is Jawn—
But the bloody Corps of Engineers, I don t know where h - g
The Infantry laid down his gun and matched me for the beers,
And then we both went out to hunt the Corps of engineers,
(He and the Quartermaster Corps are both delightful chaps) +___
And the Army played three handed bridge until they sounded taps
FI STY- FI FTY.
Before the great war, when the rank of Captain in the Army was
dignified by the presence of officers of long service and mucn ex
perience, a newly appointed Second Lieutenant reported for duty.
The Captain and the Lieutenant were the only officers on duty
with the Company, and there was a Post Order requiring one officer
from each Company to attend the reveille and retreat formations, the
Lieutenant drew the detail. He was a duly humble youngster and
religiously attended the formations every day for several weeks.
However, after getting his bearings a little better and after
learning that the duty was being rotated in o^her Companies, he
approached the Captain on the subject. ’’Captain, about this rev
eille and "retreat detail-- I find that I am tied down so close that
I can’t go anywhere. Don’t you think that since there are two offi
cers with the Companv that it would be fair to alternate on the
detail—sav you take" it half the time?” "You’re absolutely right,
Lieutenantj"said the Captain. "That is the system I have adopted.
I have been taking these formations for L.he past fifteen years and
now you can take them for the next fifteen . ----exchange.
STPE'JCtTH ofakyy.
The actual strength of the United States Army on' November 3oth.
was 11,808 regular officers, 118,203 enlisted men, 155 retired on
active-duty, 1,047 Warrant Officers, 165 field clerks, q.Y.C. , 218
Army field clerks and 1,057 cadets, U.S.L.A.