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Why Gen. Corbin Lonvee the Heedquarter* ol the Army.

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h* Adluoni Ceavral'a roalllsa Ka 1‘raaldcBl'a A< olrdapota. Wuhlnctoa.—No more Intereatlnc ,ef« ot ct*» ba* come out of the war dvparlmeDt in • Ions time t b a n the announcement made a few day« a*o ibatAdlt Gen. Corbin wa» to take Gen. Cbaflee'i place ac commander ot tbe department ot the t. with beadquarters at Governor's Island. In New York harbor Corbin has been so much a fixture at war department for tbe last six years om. OMto.. u. ucn-tn..^ ^ he h|>s w | e |de<! mi t;>rat an influence there that It bad never occurred to anybody outside the department the' he would have any oiler detail before his retirement, which comes now in about three years. But tbe creation of tbe general stall has established • new order ot ttalnga. The office ot adjutant general U no longer tbe place of power it became during the period when the absurd fiction was maintained of a commanding general j with ample title and no prerogative.! The chief of staff under the new system I becomes the guiding force of the military establishment. «nd IJeut. Gen. I Young, the chief ot 'staff, has taken the room so long occupied by Corbin Immediately adjoining that of the s*<ntnry J

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There Is really very little for the «d- 1 jutant general to drv He has become In effect the adjutant to the chl-f of staff and Corbin Is altogether too big a man and has been the real tking In the army too long, to adjust hlanself gracefully to. such an arrangement- So. with the hearty acquiescence of Gen Young, who Is a dose and loyal friend. Corbin lessee the department in accept the most im pur tact subordinate command

Macs when the war with Spain broke out and as adjutant general he had an opportunity to Impress himself upon (till a third Ohio pratldent McKinley n on Corbin more than ot any other military officer during the war with Spain and after its cloas he and the adjutant general were Inseparable eompanlona Corbin was one of the men who nevet had to wait outaid* the while house door no matter who might be within. His great tact and knowledge of him In good stead, and hi* executive ability was largely responsible for whatever was done In 18#8 to bring ordet out of the chaos of the war department He has mad* It his business tor K year* to get along with people wlthont friction, and the only failure credited to him was In the case of Gen. Miles Even that was not hit fault. He could not get along srltt Miles simply because Miles would not get along with him and persisted In believing that Corbin, who started out as bis friend, was trying to undermine him. Creaks at the White Wat Cranks around the white houae are no unusual thing. The promtm given to two or three lately Is due simply to the lack of exciting news elsewhere. The truth Is that hardly a day has passed lo years without the arrest ot one or more queer Ind I v i d u a 1 s who

This Is said to be tbe first time in the history of the army that a staff officer has been given a command of great importance In tbe line, and for that reason. If for no other, it Is memorable

events. As commander of tbe department of the east be will have under him more men than Schofield commanded as lieutenant general commanding the entire army, and be will have an opportunity to put Into practice on a large scale some of the principles he has been preaching for years Under him will come the greater portion of tbe coast fortifications, a problem which In Itself Is worthy of the best mind of.* military genius He will be directly in line also to succeed Chaffee when the latter retires from the lieutenant generalship of tbe army In 1006 By virtue of rank Corbin would now be ectiUed to tbe lieutenant general's stars, but In view of tbe fact that hl» rank was gained In tbe staff, and of the further fact that his assumption of the rank would have barred Yonng and Chaffee, bis seniors in years, but bis Juniors in rank, he waived any claim he might have had and gave the others a chance Had he remained as adjutant general and been submerged In the general staff It Is conceivable that be might have sunk out of sight by (he time of Chaffee's retirement, but there Is no sneb danger now. Corbin will be about tbe last of tbe civil war veterans to retire from active service There will be In three years nobody except himself and Gen. Mac Arthur left In tbe service of all tbe officers •who saw service between 18(0 and 18(5 In any capacity.

Csrbla'a Rlatory. career has been on* of brll- “*»* military administrator. Not since tbe dm | war has any other officer made so great at

these can be called dangerous any more than tbe average crank is B—n.« C,** dangerous They are Juat a little turned in the upper story and they are either seat out of loan to thelt friends or else deposited In the government asylum at 8t Elizabeth, there to meditate on the Indifference of the world to great Ideas and to compare themselves to Galileo and other martyrs to the cause of mind Over 4'to cranks were arrested at the white bouae last year and over Son were arrested the year before. Tbe arrest of any one of them might have been given a sensational significance If the proper coloring bad only been supplied by an Imaginative newgpapei man. and with Just as much reason at In the case of tbe poor devil who was bustled out of the white bouse vestibule a few days ago and broke a cab window in the attempt to get away from hit captors. Tbs white houae usher* are expert! in this sort of thing. They can tell-a crank on sight, and It la a very rare thing Indeed for one of them to get by them even In a crowd. They rec ognlze also that the variety of cranl which comes to Washington Is not dangerous as a rule. Most of the unfortunatee have some patent or scheme upon which they have been working for years until they are mentally upset and con etude to come to the seal of government In order lo get somebody In authority to recognize them. They swarm about the capllol and they arc sized up tor Juat about what they are

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*■*>• Pr«*tar*l - » Heetlfc. President Roosevelt came 'back to Washington In better condition physically than ha baa

whits house. He la what the English call "fit-" That la be la in the pink of health, without an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones and with every moacls la prime order. It la quite the fashion to print stories about the Teudr a» , He.Tr-**«e4 P r e a I dent’s Insaa In weigh I and about his anxiety lest be should

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