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THE SUN, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31. 1916. FRANCE REVIVES Office IH BaaBaBaBaBaBaBaBaBaBaBaaaV aB iBBHBHHHBHfiBBBBBiHBIH RANK OF MARSHAL AS HONOR TO JOFFRE Is a Very Ancient One, Having Been Instituted by King Philip Augustus at the Time of the Third CrusadeOrigin of the Baton as Symbol of Supreme Command narchlcal restoration on the ground I gold atari and tipped at either end stateamen cf his day. and of whom that the Kins was. despite his 1 with silver gilt, on the borders of Popo wrote: LTUln ArW- th thundar born Princess Louise of Orleans.

This 'Terror Heltl. decus pads." It Is car- to wield I amazing project. offensive to the rled In the right hand nt all great mill- And shake alike the Senate and the Belgian King tind embarrassing alike tary or State functions and Is used In 1 Field. to his royal French relatives, to the 1 lieu of tho sabre for saluting. The The "rst Duke of Marlborough, the (monarchical parties Im France and to baton of Field Marshal of Great Britain victor of Blenheim, of Itamltlles and his Generals, ministers and court dignitaries, all covered with gold and silver lace.

I There are no Field Marshals at present In Russia. The last two commanders to hold that rank were the late field Marshal Gourko, Governor-Gen eral of Poland, and the late Grand mm "uunciiu ui me is iipptu ai rnr tmi rna crowns and -usituunuci, oure ira uue 01 wki republic, fell very flat. But It tin- lions; those of Germany. AustrU and1 taln-Gcneral. to Indicate his rank as 'L doubtedly contributed to the delay In ttussla with single headed or douUe i Generalissimo, a title undoubtedly I the revival of the dignity of Marshal headed eagles.

I originating In Spain, where It Is still i.v- i.nu. of France. i. i vr. i.

Duke Nicholas Mcholalovlteh. who. I Emperor Wilhelm carrying the baton of Field Marshal. By F. CUNLIFFE-OWEN.

SINCE the. Republic' of France, while It consents to register lawfully inherited and duly, approved tltlea of nobility under the great seal of the nation, declines to create new dlgnltlw of that kind on the ground that It would be inconsistent with tho doctrines of democracy to do so. It has found Itself In uandry with regard to the reward victorious generals who already were In possession of the Grand Cross cf the Legion of Honor and of the atedaille Mllltalre. To recognize ser-Tieea of this kind to tho State with ere grants of money seemed sordid, mercenary and altogether Inconsistent with tho chlvalryawhlch we nil love to attribute to the profession arms. That is why tho Paris Government has during the pant week revived the proud and historic ofllce of Marshal of Franco in favor of Generalissimo Joseph JofTre on his retirement from tho supreme command of the military forces of the nation.

President lolncar6 wished to bestow tho baton of Marshal upon Joffre in the fall of 19H, that Is to say In the nrst few months of the war, in rccog victorious German troops through tho Arc do Trlompho and bivouacked In the Champs Elysecs. Polneare felt that the soldier who had stemmed the onrushlng tides of foreign invasion merited some token of gmtltudo from the nation, and there was nothing left for tho purpose than a Field Marshalshlp. Hut the P.ndlcn!-Soclallst clement which then predominated In the Cabinet raised obstacles to the execution of the project of the Chief Magistrate and he was obliged to content himself with a resolution by the Ministers that "the principle" of reviving the oftlco was approved." If Polneare consented to the compromise at the time it was because of a pleco of extraordinary tactlessness on the part of Arthur Meyer, the editor of the monarchical People In the autumn of 1914 were greatly wrought up by tho heroism displayed by King Albert In the stubborn defence of the small corner of Belgium whero he had intrenched himself with tho rcmnanta of his gallant army. Nowhere was tho admiration which he -aroused moro enthusiastic than In France; so much so that It 6ccms to have suggested to Arthur Meyer tho Idea of getting the dignity of Marshal of Franco revived, not In favor of but In that of the Bplrlnn rulpr. nltion of his victory of Uie Marno and Ho even went so far as to Intimate of his aeniceu in arresting the advance that If this were dono It might be tha Kalser'a armies upon larls und well to adopt Albert of Belgium as In protecting tho metropolis from a tho ho of the Itoyalist party in repetition of the crowning indignity Franc and as tho candidate for the which It suffered In 1871.

when the French throne In the event tf a mo- owi however, after the lapse of Marshal Is a verv ancient one. It caulvalent of the crude of FtM Mar. more than two years conditions arc was King Philip Aueustus who first shal In other countries, and Is held changed. Brland Instead of Vlvl.inl Is Instituted it as a military ofllco In by only two veteran commanders, Premier, and being a strong and mas- 1191, nt tho time of the Third Crusade, i both of whom bear names familiar to tertul man has at length shaken him-1 i oeii iree oi me trammels or me liaut- cal-Soclallst party. In the face of the I tatter's protests and objections he has brought Gen.

Hubert Lyautey from the scenes of his conquest In Morocco to Paris to take charge of the great i War Department In the Hue St. Dominique, and has united with Presi dent Polneare In bestowing upon Joseph JofTre, tho cooper's son. that supreme prize of the profession of arms which tho first Napoleon used to insist that every French soldier carried In his knapsack: namely, the baton of a Marshal of France. Tho office of Marshal of France, which carries with It a special salary of 16,000 over and In addition to all the pay and allowances of a full general, and endows Its holder with the rleht of remaining on the actlvn llt until his death. Instead of going Into retirement on the score of age, was not abolished by the present republic In France, as many seem to believe.

At the time when in 1STG legislative meas. ures were adopted In Paris for tho reorganization of the army and for tho regulation of tho various grades It was specifically stated that the dlenttv marched of marshal whs retained, but It wa stipulated that the conditions under which the rank could bo conferred should be fixed by a supplementary bill. Therw were reasons for Its retention. For at the time there were noless than four Marshals of France still In existence; namely, Uarakuay-d'Hlt-Hers, Canrobert, l.etxrut and last but not least MacMahon, Duke of Magenta, who was occupying then the olllce of President of the republic. Neither the I army nor the people would have tolerated their being deprived of their batons, not even unhappy old Letxeuf, to whose lamentable Incompetency as Minister of War so many of tho dls-asters sustained by France In 1870 were due.

Bit Parliament was determined to be very chary about ever bestowing the oftlco again, and the supplementary bill providing tho conditions under which It could be conferred remained In abeyance until last week, largely owing to the Itadlcal-Soclallsts, who live In dread of a military dictatorship. Neither President Polneare nor yet Premier Hrland haa been deterred any longer by such considerations. The supplementary bill, which has been In suspense for forty-four years, has be en rushed through the chambers, and the decree has been published appointing Joseph Joffro to bo a Marshal France. avIfafafafsfafafafaVI fafafafaffafafafaV vrflfafafafafafaarlAAfalfaEUfafafafafafal fk afjjJBBTBjp Vt it flHaPaBBal Field Marshal Sir John French. St, Louis Invested two of his commanders with tho rank on the eve of his 111 fated expedition to northern Africa.

Francis I. created three, and by tho time that Ixmla XIV. had completed his long reign there wero no lc.s than twenty of them. The ofllce was abolished by the flft Republic, but restored by tho first Napoleon when ho proclaimed himself Kmporor. He limited the number to sixteen.

They were known a Marsh.iln of tho Hmplre. The liourbon moiian hy on its restoration In 1S15 maintained them In ofBce, but changed their tltlo back to that of of France. By the law of 1S33, bearing the sign manual of King Louis l'hlllnnc. their of number was limited to six In time of peaco and twelve In time of war. American ears, the first beln? Valerian Weylcr.

Marquis of Temerlffe, and formerly Governor-General of the Slllinlsh Antilles whlti. the nthrr Is nM Prima do Rivera. Marquis of Estella. N''lr after commanding the Russian forces on the western front during the first year of the war, has since been Viceroy of the Caucasus and In supreme command In Asia Miner, merely holds the rank of General, which he already filled In the former war with Turkey. i England has to-day sevtn Field Marshals.

Including King Gorge. The others are his uncle, thv Duke of Connaught, until recently Governor-! General of Canada; Sir Kvelyn Wood, i Constable of the Tower of I- and a Victoria Cross veteran of the Crl-. mean war and of the Indian Mutiny; I Lord Grenfell. who won his military laurels In the Sudan; Lord Methueti, Lord Nicholson, who alone of his rank has seen no active service, and Lord French, commander of the home army In England. General Sir Douglas Halg will.

It Is expected, receive hU baton In the near future. The best known of the Field Marshals In the Immediate past have W-en Lord Wolseley, Lord Roberts and Lord In England the rank of Held Marshal of tho army Is assimilated to that of Admiral of the Fleet, who ranks' above the full Admiral. Tho English Admirals of the Fleet differ in this respect from tho Grand Admirals of th German navy In that they do not carry the baton of Marshal. In Austria-Hungary there Is hut one Field Marshal, namely. Archduke Frederick, who since tho beginning of the present war has been acting ns commander In chief of all the armed forces of the Dual Empire.

He Is a brother of the Queen Mother of Spain and heir to all the colossal fortune of uncle, the late Archduke Albert, who hud won his Marshal's baton on the battlefield of Custoxza. Frederick's youngest brother. Archduke Eugene, commander In chief on the Italian front, holds tho rank of Colonel-General, which Is one degree above that of full General, the only other officer of the same grade as Eugene being lUron Conrad von Hut-zendorfT, chief of the General Staff and virtual head of the war inrty ut Vienna. The full Generals In Austria title of "1'eldzeugmelster' MMMaWMaWWWWWalMWMaW LBBBPVLr VSiBBBBBBBH aBBBf BLZSkksK aMaflBBBBBBBBBK KLjgKrJ- SzJtl IKBBBBBH HBBBBBlfeflHK' 9Bw 'itB IbbEbbbbibbbbbbbbb BBHTIftaBBBBBBPSliBBBBHllBBH JHSsPbHH i sbbbLbV ''SbbbbbbbbbVIbbbbbbV WJ BVfiaflBHBBBKVBBflfiSBBBH BBBBInBBBVaalMBB'''BBBBBBBKlB aBBaHlLV Field Marshal Joffre. the grade fot urmy of Prussia, ludead of li i Get man urmy.

and to etniiha.tlxe this King l.ouls of Ba-vurlu suiiimer npiKilutixl Ms eldest son. Crown l'rlnee ItuiH-rt, and ttla brother. Prince t.eiHld. to be Field MarstuCa of tho It.ivurlau army, n. As for their young king.

Alfonso lie contents himself with the In-. ferlor rank of General. (Master of the Onlniincet when they belong to tho artillery, uhlle'alt Lieu-tennnt GenerHls lire kiuuvn ns "Pel. I. Nicholas H.

of Russia even still MnK uinually abto.ul in win irri'ru. i that Field Marshal. nas pernisienuy aeameu since nis nc- lu uinwo. over iweiuy Holland, and In tho armies of the cars ago. to wear the epaulettes of italkan States, the rank of Field Mar-any higher rank than that of Colonel.

unknown, although the late together with the nlgullettes which 1 Kins Omrles if In Belgium and xno baton, as provided ror by exist-, In England tho dignity of Field ing military regulations In France. Marshal was unknown until the relcn consists of a staff about two feet lone. of George who In 1735 bestowed It an Inch and a half in diameter, covered i upon tho second Duke of Argyll, one when atlll Cxarvwltcn Indlrated that he was one of thr aides de camp of hts father. The uniform In which he Is nlmot Invariably seen alike at court and State functions and In the field Is the extremely plain green of too ha dispensed with lleld Marshals the Preobrajensky regiment. In which since the death of that wicked old uy reaon or its simplicity no presents Duke of Saldiiiilm.

wIumh the late celved NUons from Cmr Nicholas II and from tli Kaiser, white King Con-Maiitlne of Greece Is a Field Marshal in the Prussian army his brother-in-law. Emperor William. Portugal with dark bluo velvet, flecked with of tho greatest commanders and a striking figure when surrounded by Queen Pla on one memorable occasion WORK OF AMERICAN WOMEN'S WAR RELIEF FUND IN LONDON During the Past Year 3,203 Soldiers Have Been Cared For at Its Hospital and Have Been Restored to Active Life GREAT good has been accomplished by the American Women's War Relief Fund which was organized In London at the beginning of hostilities. A detailed account of the results achieved during the first twelve months was printed In Titc Sun last year und a second annual report haa Just been Tho fund has at its head I.ady Paget, Mrs. John Astor, tho Duchess of Marlborough.

Lady Lowther, Mrs. Harcourt and Walter S. M. Burns. The committees In charge of the various branches of the work include Mrs.

Walter H. Page. Mrs. Walter Burns. Lady Randolph Churchill, Lady Henry, Mrs.

H. C. Hoover, Mrs. J. Wlllcox Jenkins, Mrs.

Reginald Owen, Mrs. Whltelaw Reid, Mrs. Robert Straw-bridge, the Hon. Mrs. John Ward.

Paris Singer. Mrs. Anthony Drexel. Mrs. Oeorgo Fox.

the Hon. Mrs. Frederick Guest, Lady Hadfield, Mrs. Cecil Hlgtlns, Mrs, Xrwln Laughlln, Mrs. Bhano Leslie, Princess Edmond de Pollgnac, Mrs.

Cavendish Bentlnck, Mrs. Curtis Brown, Mrs. Alfred Clark. Mrs. Lionel Harris, Mrs.

IOrlng, Mrs. fit. John Mildmay, Mrs. Edgar Rlck-ard, Mrs. A.

T. Stewart and Mrs. Thursticld. The most prominent feature of the work undertaken by the American women Is a hospital at Paignton, whero up to the dato of the report 3,203 soldiers have been treated. These include 2,110 surgical cases und S93 medical cases, and while tho total number of deaths haa been only thirteen, 1,840 cases havo been definitely cured, tho soldiers being restored to good health and cither discharged on furlough or returned directly to tho army.

The average monthly cost of running the hospital, Including all salaries, food nnd upkeep, but exclusive of building Improvements, has been the average dally cost of each bed being nbout 11.44. Theso figures exceed those of tho provlous year for three reasons; first, the great rlso In thn price of all food nnd in general expenses; secondly, tho extra Halarlos which fell upon tho fund owing to thn recall of Americun Red Cross units; thirdly, In 1914 no patients wero received until ho end of Soptembcr, therefore bovituI of the maintenance charges covered eleven months only. From the time patients arrive ut Talgnton station until their discharge from tho hospital every expense Is home by the American Women's War RUef Fund, no allowance being taken front nor any charge of any kind mailo upon tho War Ofllce. An Important branch of the work undertaken by tho American Women'M War Relief Fund Is that which cornea under the heading of economic relief. The committee In charge Is headed by tho Duchess of Marlborough, and her efforts und those of the other mcm-kfrs.

havg been directed to assist mifferlng from tho war. Tho call lo military servico of Kreat MimUrs of tha usual army of work ers and the tremendous Increase In all trades In any way connected with war supplies hnve created a great demand for efllclent women workers. No capable, trained woman need now be without employment. The necessity for epcclal provision for women thrown out of their regular employment by the war was therefore ended and the workrooms established In St. Pancras, Woolwich and Greenwich were closed.

Only the old, broken down working-women Incapable of earning their wage In the ordinary course of manufacture or trade were left unprovided for. Fourteen of these women who could not be otherwiao placed were received nt the Islington knitting factory of the Society of American Women In room. The garments needed merican women's war pl.al am made here and the committee receives orders on behalf nf other hospitals nnd institutions. During the 1 London. The committee supplied the opened the Victoria street workrooms under ordinary trade conditions receive 'lthlng has been nuuV for varl I funds for their wnrnv.

Tim nrmliiet nf I In l.iml.111 nr. it I. f- ii, 1.1 oils nrpliamiges, warm suit', fur send funds for their wage. The product of their labor, In the form of socks and other knitted articles, went to the hospital at Paignton or was given to soldiers and sailors in special need. But tho lot of another class of war sufferers did not Improve With the Improved conditions of tho labor market In England.

This class in-culdes elderly governesses and music teachers, women whoso only qualifications had been tho ability to teach English In Continental families, secretaries, companions, and women of this type. In many cases they found themselves In a desperate plight, with nothing before them but the workhouse. For women such ns these the American Women's War Relief Fund ous nrpliamiges, warm milH fur semi- Ing to Belgium, babies' outfits for tn'i-ternlty homes nnd overalls for buffet nnd hoepltnl wear. Every worker In the Victoria street workroom w.i.s a proud woman on the day a letter of thanks and congratulation was rv-' celved for the neatneos and expedition In IaiiuIou hi 1 91 5. It has leen found a full day's wage for the best they are necessary to keep these workrooms able to accomplish, open until the present time, and there The number of workers has steadily Is every reason to believe that their decreased from thirty-seven In Septem-need of aid will continue for many 1 her.

1 9 1 r. to twenty tai August. months. I This result Is mainly due to the untlr- Tho differ once In the condition of Ing Interest of Mrs. Wlllcox Jenkins, work In ordinary trade workrooms anil w-lm bv konlnir in touch with the va in tho workrooms of tho American rious organizations for bringing nicn an oruer tor numiretiN or Women's War Relief Fund Is that In I ployer and employed together has been thousands of tricolor budges for tho former the worker la forced to the means of Inspiring many under her I "France's Day" had been turned out adapt herself to regulations governing, fare with tho courage meded to make l'Vr the year ended August 31, tho necessary output, while In tho hit- a fresh effort for themselves.

As Mil hospital garments nnd articles ter tho output required Is gauged eleven have entered the workroom dur-1 Wl" made nt Victoria street, audi solely by the capacity of the worker. Ing the year this means that Mrs. Jen-1 S.l other garments. At the Isllng-The work Is planned to suit tho power kins has Miceceded In making twenty-1 'nn knitting factory tho workers of I of the Individual, and women who nix of those women once morn helf-sup- the fund knitted by hand fii'S palm of through physical or other disability are porting. unable, to turn out a full day's wurki Only needlework undertaken Is Us mjmB-m wtsim NaaLH BaaaiiaaaaHiBH WBBF i JHPsH NvItsbbbbIHbH iB'KH faaHiB bbbBTHiH bHIIIHiWallKaBHsBff'aH 1bbbBi1bbWbbB fH'iBHiKaBBr 'T LLLB slHibbbv M'B aBBLH' Sk BBBBBBBBaW I -ViBaBaBaBaBaBaH aLLLH aaBaBLIaBa aBBaBaBB IBBBBBBVHBBBBBBSaBBBBBBBBBBBi Members of the executive committee, American Women's War Relief Fund.

Standing (left to right) Paris Singer, Mrs. Reginald Owen, Walter S. M. Burns, Lady Henry, Mrs. Robert Strawbridge, Mrs.

Walter S. M. Burns. Seated (left to right) Mrs. Harcourt, Lady Randolph Churchill, Mrs.

John ABtor, Lady Paget, the Duchess of Marlborough, Lady Lowther. men'H socks, 109 warm bed covers from 1 In 'the variegated semi wool sent to the fund by frlemU nnd TOO other knitted gnrmcnt. When orders full fhort garments nre nude up for hospital inmates nnd for' children and nro distributed by the American women' war relief fund In the poor In Great Britain who ate sitf. ferlng from the war, or to hospitals needing mtpplles. i 1 Among the supporters of the work of the American Women's War Belief Fund since Its Inception nro Mr I Adair, Miss Mary Ames, Mrs.

Belersiin At liuthiiiit, Robert It.ienii. Mrs. Otto Belt, Edward .1. T. Bird, F.

fortlnndt Bishop. Hairy Black, Bostwlek, M. Bayard Brown, Mrs. Arthur Scott Burden, 'Walter M. Burns, Lndy Arthur Biil-ler, Mrs.

Arthur K. Biixlnn, Lady 1'iiinoyn, Mr. and Mis. Andrew (Virne-gle. Mrs.

A. H. Carhari. H. far-Ntnlrs, F.

Ambroso (Mnrk, Senator Will-lam A. Clark, T. ('. (llen-fniilH, A. S.

Cochran, Mrs. William BaMird Cutting, Miss Mary Podge, Anthony Pievel. Mrs. Anthony Prevtl, Mis. John It Drexel, .1.

B. Puke. Mis. Marslmil I Field, Cninerim Forbes, II. I'rlek.

Hnlii'it tloelet, lliiwurd (limld, the Countess of Gnuiard, the lion, Mis. 1 Frederick Guest, Hoiacii Hauling, Mis. Hnrtley, Prlneoss llatzfeldt, Lady Henry, Lndy Herbert. Mm, II. V.

Illg-I Kins, Mrs. If, ('. llnnver, II. C. Huskier, i Mrs, Archer Huntington, Mrs.

II. 11. Huntington, the Misses Lnwlsnliii, Mrs. Henry Loftus, Lnrlllaid, 'lareiici' Mnckuy, Mrs. W.

N. Mc.Mlllun, Mrs. Ilrnilley Martin, Mrs, Ogilen MiIIh, Mrs. clarence Monro, Stnnley Mrs. 1..

I'. Morion, Mis, Charles A. Miinn, Mlfs V. C. Ogilen, I'rlnrrsN I'Mmiuul ile Mis.

Whltelaw Held. Hie Puchehs of Box-burghe, John Ryan, Mnillmer Stllliiian, Mis, I'Mwnrd Stoti'shury. Mrs. Hols-rt Slrttw-brlilge, It. E.

Straulu IiIko, Mis. Vngel, Mis. (leorwe Blllliii'illlllil, Gary, Mrs. Kduili Gnuld, (Mln Kilhn, Kir (leruid Lowther, Mrs. I'rederick W.

Vaniltrhllt, S. It. (liiKeiiiclm mid Mrs. I lei hurt HntlerU e. nt great state function at Llslon to the oonteri apostrophised with the remark that Field Marshal lu 'i" lu regretted not being the King, since otherwise she wouM assuredly i consign turn with short shrift to the gallows for his crimes and for hi treason.

i I it In Grrmany, however. tht Field Marshals flourish, but only since measure which excited no end of Irri- the piesent Kaiser has been on the tation at Berin nnd nt the head- tlm Just prior to the death of old tjuartrrs oi Emperor William. Hnteror Wl' lam in 1SSS there were The Kmiwiror himself haa only bsM a Field Marshal of the German army 1 since 1913. when on tho occftsloti'of the silver Jubilee of his acceselon'to tho thixme and on his own aucrgeatlon he wjim miucvsted to assume the diaj-' nlty by oil his fellow sovereigns of 1 the confederation, w-1h preeented Mm with a Jewelled Uiton. He luid already previous thereto 1een appointed to tn honorary rank of a Field Manthal.la the Austro-llutiKarlan army by Mtn-peror Francis Joseph.

the full dress baton tf Mr-shal there Is likewise what is klidwa as the Field Marshal's stick, or "n- tertnt" tmton, which Is carriM by th Field Marshal when lu undress Uniform. It Is a very fine malacca can about half an Inch lu diameter, nlmoat ns long as a hunting crop und tipped with silver flips, on which are eni-Uwsed thn imperial or roynl arms. It may ls rivalled that In nearly ll the Boer war plcturen 1n which Field M(iilml lvrd Bo4ert mutcirsM lia was iortrn.vcd carrying; Ju hts hands a liort cane of this kind, tslng the only oltlcer thus pkturesf. The fact oi the matter Is that frem time iuiiueuiiirial the stick or baron, rather than tho sword, has Ihcii the emblem of supreme military command and authority. In ancient times kings nnd rmperors on state occasions carried In their right hand not the sward of state but their M'eptre, whlctl1 Is merely a glorified stick, and monuretha In medlfrval times, even when fully; nccoutred In battle array on horseback, are shown bearing the sceptre.

The gteat Puke nf Wellington Is repre-sented in paintings nf the battle nf Waterloo as carrying a hlinrt eime'ln his hand, being the only ofllcer to dote. It was not by way of bravado, hut with the object of Impressing the natives with the feeling that he was In supreme command that Gen, "Clilneee" Gordon made a point of always going Into action mid lending his troops, first lu China and afterwards In the Kudsn, with nothing but a mere riding cane In his hand. Piitll the beglnnlng''of the present war It was contrary to military etiquette for any one aitve the general In supreme command Mo carry stick when on duty nnd on the h.xttlcfiejd, But hlnco the vlrtunl abolition of the sword hh a cumbersome superfluity, a long cane, In fact a crook handled walking stick, is carried iiowadaya by couilulssloued officers of nil ranks, not only when unfler RSI Ml 'fKUl Ml. Jewelled baton of Kield Mar-shnl presented by the sovereigns of Germany to the Kaiser. but two l- I Murtdiuli In the entile ileimaii tinny, iiamelv.

tho then Ciown l'i ti'v (iifterwaid I'reili'rlek 111 and ('mint lie, otl of whom l.ad lecelveil ilielr liatons nt the elose of tlio l-'nineo-Germnn war of Ah mmiii mm ever the ineMriit lliupetor i the I In (inn he to confer the illuiilly light und loft, with the nnu It that It lost iiineli of Its foiiner a-estle. At thn piiwnt moment there are no lesi tlmii a of them, llli'ludllig Pul.o Bernh.iid of S.iM'-.MeliiliiKen, the flnmil UnKo of Baden, Prince Henry of Prussia nnd Baton von I'lctwn, wloe-e out iro seivlri) lias been ill coin I on tho personal Mtnff of the l.llipelor lli'Mili'H tlieso theie lire id'onl a iloi more with tlio tank nf "iieiieial-i ihMxti" or Colonel (leiiernl, whieo rank la iiiislinltnteil to thai of Field Miii 'lml and who mo above Hie full it oi il The kuiM-r elslliia to have the solo iiulhoiilv ill Geiinany lu grant Iho baton I'telil Bui this In routeslid by tlio other fiveekiM of tile fonlVdoiullnti of the (lermuii Em. I'll Who UK-nl that ho in uierely Ihc ally on I j'," I their siuer.ilu, that ho Is oiil prllniiN Inter paies. Thev tmnlend that Uio Kaiser Is rcatrlftrsl fire, but even ut undress Inspection and parades. BILLY SUNDAY'S TABERNACLES.

I seems a coincidence that Ilia aid American League Park, nt llfth Mreet and Broadway, should have been selected lis the site for Hilly Sunday's tabernacle, the largest vtr built. Tho park may be said to ha following In the footsteps of Billy, having been graduated from baseball Into evangelism. It was only a few years ago tlint American Lcrigun IVuk wns one of the popular reri ration places of the city. Then the Yankees, under the leadership nf Grlfllth. Stalling, chase nnd Elberfcld, plnycd In the nixictou grounds bounded by Broadway, Fort Washington avenue und IftSth nnd inMh streets.

At the beginning His Isinrbnll fans resented the Intrusion nf the new team, as the Giants were the locnl favorites, but us time wore on and the Yanks continued to play Mint class ball In tho face of dlsnniraglng nupisirt sentiment changed, and when the Yank left their old homo for thn Polo Grounds they weto uliuoet aa popular iih the Giants. irlglimlly the grounds were enclosed by a high gieeii fence, thn entrnuce being situated ut troll It street, After the ilepat tine of tho team sections of the fvuen Wero leuiotid for the purpose of udmlttlllg two voituiouN strum shovels for tlio pill pose of M'iiOillg Up the urth and pl.uiug It on dut curi Whlell cairled It over a liillilatutn tuoiiiitnlll loll iv to stows tied up at docks boidellug the llnileon Aftis- tills woik hud Ihtii ciiuili'led t' "i lulual fence wus lelilowd nial a fenio of slats tcpUccd It..