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maRji W ELL * BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA —-— * * :—a. S,— - . I NOTED BEAUTY HELPS TRENCH F’HOTO Latest photograph of the beautiful Mrs. Ava Willing Astor, first wife of the late John Jacob Astor, who has been living In London for several years, American flags In Paris has become' a very cdmroon occurrence* Tbe^enders are reaping a small hardest, so popular Is'the'American emblem. PAGE THRU Officers Are Inclined to Follow Stiff neck British System. 1 But French Democracy Is Invading Ranks—Our New Crop of Reserve Officers Are Greater Sticklers for Form Than - ... Most West Pointers. '> - i * 'By HEYWQOD BROUN. (Accredited to the Pershing Army in France by the New York Tribune and Syndicate.) ~ ■ -7 American Expeditionary Arniy t -— TTho most important factor in the American army vviU.be discipline,” snld an officer shortly after the troops.came out to the training camps. “If it lias - good discipline it will be a good army; .if it lnuriiad discipline, it will be a bad army. I* Can watch a regiment . ataad.gt attention and tell you Wheth er or not it can fight effectively.” The qnestlon remaitfs Its to what sort of discipline the American army will have; Some observers say that there are two kinds of good discipline-— ’French discipline and English dlscl- through the Fort Leavenworth training school, the reserve officers and a niijn- l><+ of former “nnri'eotns" recently elevated - trr-rommtsstrms. The t'fdrfdst sticklers for discipline are the reserve olfictTS. *" V . “L WIN* talking to a soldier in the street,” said rin cit'd West Pointer, "and' he was telling ine he had too much, money to spend. ’I can’t use luilf of It,’ he said, ‘and I waste it on things I* don’t want. Look at the hunch of cigars I bought. Take a handful.’ I took three, but I was mighty sOrry afterwards, because I had with me a young fellow. Just commissioned sec-- ond lieutenant, and lie was almost shocked to death that I should take cigars from n soldier.” pline. Under the French system there"" *7, The officers who rose from non-coms are let-down periods. Off duty an of ficer may fraternize with enlisted men to an extent'Which would scandalize the English army. This is due, in part, to thy fact.-that the armies'are com posed differently. The English army -much—more- - stratified—Orrrtr- the art* also somewhat stiff and formal in , the exercise of their new-found honors. All have M*en transferred from their regular regiments, so thnt they shall not he associated with the enlisted men they, knew before'.they held commis sion*;—So^itr-fitficeis hcllevc In leading 1 — Soldiers of tho -Atic-noan • xpedlthduiry force in f-lranee singing hymns *a( fheir Sunday, church service. 2— The main church, of V'-h* d* A*th-p. Italy. destroyed. by. Austrian shells. 8—First photograph of wounded member* of tin- RaYtaMon of i i.-aTfi,” the heroic /rganlzntlon^of Russian fighting womeu7ih a Petrograd hospital”""' * ’ . . x , . t . . . ASSEMBLED !N DUBLIN TO SETTLE THE DESTINY OF IRELAND French^ It lias, as the American army — had before tjie war, a distinct officers’ class; An Englishnlan.o'f certaln,edu cation receives -i c<anmisslon as a mat ter of course. I’hder the’ volunteer system.- which prevailed at the begin ning -of thi' war, *he English^volunteer of the upper or 'upper middle class Jid not offer his services until lie was prepared to fulfill tin* duties of an officer. 'I'iie French draft, on the other * hand, thrust many -a disflhgnish'ed citi zen Into the ranks A sergeant In the instruction division here wits one of tlp>. most popular playwrights in France before tin* war. and-tin* other day a griih.v little man climbed from « coal -.cart in tell - mV* ‘pi perfect ,.EngU>str-ftiat he Imd been an assistant -professor nf 1 Romance languages In _ me of the 2 n eat •Amori.rrn universi ties Corut 11, 1 think before tin* call Came. , - < if eoTTrse, When the word English their men.'~u hllf* others In driving them, while sfil! a third class combine the-, two'inethod*. Dip* of tin* best young discipline I sensed it fall's >short of the TlritVh nrniyf AusTralThn. discipline and English discipline are vastly dif ferent. There is a~ popular story about a pop uta i 'Hn Egyt an Any,tie Tolonef in Egypt who drew, up his men.and told them; "Aii English general Is coming here today to inspect the regiment, apd re-“ member, d —— you, don’t call Hie ‘Rill’ . .until in* goes." Canadians Well Disciplined. * An instructor at n Rritlsh training camp told me that th<» Canadians were now among the bcstxdiscipiined troops. In*the army, but timt the Australians still^gave occasional trouble. "Every now and then,” he said, "a couple of them \vvlll sneak down to the woods —ahd enfnp out'alone for a. couple of dnys. v Rritlsh officers vvlii tell, you that, ul- • though the Australians fight weft, their losses- arc much higher than 'they would be with hotter discipline. If there is such u possibility as an ab solutely democratic army, it has been much- Impaired by the poor work of the Russian republican ^rmy. The scheme of submitting each plan of at tack to the soldiers before it is or dered cannot be said to hav'§ proved effective* —g_ i. Tliq question of discipline in the American army Is complicated by many factors. Refore the war there was a gulf between officers and men fully as wide ns that in the English army. - It was- not due to lack of democracy. It -was a gulf* founded on fundamental differences of character and education. On one "hand, there-wn?r the officer officer* I have seen in -life army .is absolutely informal with his men at tiines^XHe-eomes to their concerts and ’hands .eights to tin* quartette and con sult.*- with tn>qii a* to what j*ong. they shall ‘sing. “I’liptnin. do vdu like 'Cathleen?' ” tin* big soldier who sting tenor would ask. and the captain would nfiswer: “Does It.go like this?” humming ir bar, and then mid: "Ye*, that’s a good one;' let’s 1i;tve it.”. ■ He could ho stern enough upon occasion.* and lie had the best bombers in tjie army, hut liked his men to know the reasons for things, lie wais foitd s .of letting them get his point 1 of view nVofit things. Thus, when-he tfoufid some soldiers drinking too much, s,.,.n after .their lauding, lie |: Culled a conference and told -them thnt It had to stop, _ _ , If the jiVhole Army Drank. “Some of ~you men nn T spendlng all your money on booze,” he said, "and getting stlnko, pinko, sloppy druid*. It won’t do. A few old privates get drunk, hut don't copy them. ' It's just heenuse of thnt they’re old privates. I’m going to choose my ncyi-coms from you, hut not the men- who drink. You’ve drunk yourselves out jif a commission, sergeant. I wus going to recommend •yon. bht how can I do it now? Just look at the way I see - It. If I took my pay In a Lump I could buy every saloon' ln'tfio town and - stay drunk for two years. ("I had to exaggerate n little,” lie confessed when ho told the story to me afterward). -What do you suppose would happen then? Suppose the majors and the Colonels and the generals ami the whole hunch got, drunk, what \Yould happen- to the army? Don’t forgetjthnt this is your army as much* as it is mine. That’s all today." The chief and most able member of the English school of discipline is General I’ershing. He puts the drive In the army. His inspections are masterpieces of thoroughness and dig Is exceedingly stern with nil lneffi- eients, whether they are officers or soldiers. Slouchy hearing annoys him fearfully and he takes an active and penetrating Interest in and bright metal. He chary of praise. Probably nobody In the army will ever call him Pupa Per shing, hut for all that he is a Roman futher to his men. . V She, is now devoting her life to war relief work. She is one of- the most industrious workers among the society wwntfl and n.obtbty in London. - She : , seems to be indefatigable, for every moment of her time is spent advantage ously. , - Mrs. Astor has won a place high" in London’s social sphere, and Is much sought by nobility. Her daughter, Muriel, aids in,the relief work. | It is reported that Mrs. Vincent As tor paid her v, remther-in-law a visit whi'ie on a short stay-in London. Mrs. Vincent Astor is now^in France aid ing in the organization of a hospital behjnd^the lines. *. \ Every now and then a count-breaks into the news with information thgt he is trying, to win the hand of the charm- ^ ing Mrs. Astorr" Many members of nobility have been disappointed suitbrs.- j Moul, a perfectly rolltTble" employee of -Hu* Rnrentr of Higliways and Sewers. 1 lit* halgs the proof on exhibition at his home in Lockhart street. He got It Urdup Uik<n up Ti'iiiHy, e««U'ege, Dnhiln; Ireland, at tin* 11/tH meeting of thelrish convention. At tin* meeting the yesferduy when lie was sept to fix chairmanship V«*.takt*n by Sir Horace Plunkett, who. Is shown seated fn C«*nter of first row, eighth from fin* extreme a sewer in Royal street. left. These are the men who are trying to solve'the problem of government lu 1 rein rid so as to satisfy all. He had lifted, the manhole and. was prorjdifig to remoye the obstruction, when'll strange face, with rather evil looking eyes, bobbed In-his range of vision. * ■ After tin* first shock Moul grnhbed the head and drew forth a 8-foot alli gator. He got a rope and led it to his home and is trying to dope out how the Florida nntive got this far North. .... ’ \ * /- German Coal Shortage. Amsterdam.—The coal famine is in creasing from week to week through out Germany. Although a large, num ber'of miners have been brought hack from the front and thousands of war prisoners are employed in the pits, even the ammunition factories cannot get sufficient fuel. Tiie use of electric power and gas lias been reduced 20 per cent everywhere, hut this measure fails to br|hg relief. Many cities have been compelled to prohibit' cookfng and heating with gas, and large num bers of towns bad to shut down their lighting -plants. The manufacturers of war materials Have warned the gov- shoes buttons ! oni,)lpnt tha ^ th « w111 no * bo able to Is exceedingly fl " thelr contracts if the present ibn- (llfinnx pnntlniiP / VESSEL THAT CARRIED ALLEGED SLACKERS MASS AT ALTAR OF SNOW class, carefully selected ati'd- carefully trained, and oh the other hand, the en- ltstTed. men, haphazardly accepted from the floating population. Professional . urmles the world over ary recruited ^ largely from the industrially Inefficient during times of peace. • - • An American regular qf no great promise was bewailing the fact that an officer had hopped him because he, ..executed a command imperfectly.. “Well;”? his. t^m’pnnlon answered, “wouldn’t the farmer bawl you out If be told you to feed,the horses and-you* didn’t give them ns much as—be told you?” It was the typical point of view of the old - type of professional sol- * dlef. ’He was dfSvUtTTroffi the^ffiawhed out” cluss and he could be governed* only by "bawl out" iiuWhods. , Things are largely ' change^ now. More than half the American army in France is made up of men who Joined .after the declaration of war. They were not Jobless or Inefficient. Multi tudes of reasons sent ..them into the ranks. A few wanted to make thlp worldjsnfe for democracy. Many more desired adventure, an ocean voyage and a trip to Paris and perhaps-Ber- Uti.. ■* »\ * ”1 was marching my men along the other day,” suld --a young -captain, “when I heard a private give the cheer of the University of Nebraska. I rani up to him and fjald : ‘You didn’t do that very well. I’m a Nebraska man myself. . LetV do it together.’ i Air Sort* of Officers. v ’ ’ There are then men drawn from many classes in the army and there will be more. Already thefe are. all aorta of offleera. There Is the regular from West Point, the occasional regu lar from civil life, the officer tvho came Meatless Days on Diners, Portland, Ore.—MoaHess meals on Mondays and Fridays arc now served ALLIGATOR FOUND IN SEWER : I of tin- Hill/rfystem. In addition, chefs Employee -of Pittsburgh Bureau of I have hepn cautioned to waste-ns little Highways and Sewers, Pulls Out 3-Foot Saurian. food//ns possible. Passengers are -Tnjbded - small suggestion cards lndi- I eating ways by which waste may he . has cut down. All this comes as the re- heen fumed for many tilings. Now It J suit of an appeal from, tiie food nd- Pittshurgh.—The North side 4 *^NT -- * ' . This *is tlw* \'*>ssi-l thaj -w’-as" overhauled -and UoanTKDoff lowt*r (’aliforma, Jind from which two alleged draft riot, leaders .and severF “slacker” suspects w*ere take^tind locked up In San Diego. - isf-the -habitat of the alligator. If you xlon’t believe it, ask George ministration ~nt Washington', the rull- road officials announce. . . ' “WATER WAGON” A. LOAD FOR CAMELS In the shadow -of the h>fty moun tains of the Carso ut this Impreadve wiiit** ttltar, of know a priest. Is cele brating a military • mass. His congre gation is-made up of Italian soldiers, who* arc Rattling in the snow-clad mountains to 'wrest lands peopled by Italians from the dominion of the Aus trians. A broad* ray of the sun was shot down through the*'snow-covered mountain ..peaks', and hu.s beautifully Illuminated the' altar tn front of which SELLING OLD GLORY IN PARIS the priest is prfiy.lfig. War Weddings Decline in Glasgow. \V:ir wedding* are on'the decline, If one is tofrecept ihe figures regarding irregular marrtages in Glusgow as con clusive. In rc«S>rds were broken. Jhc number of Topples whose w eddings Were legalized by the sheriff exceeding anything hithertOT kntytrn. ' ! -:tst year there was a, drop, though’ the (Atnl for the year was still consid erable, and far in advance/6f normal time*. The present yearTujows n fur- * •her decrcn«!♦».• One for instance,^— i ht*re were & clvi 1 inarriagea in the 7 county .buildings, 'bringing the total e •for the year so far to J.440. At the .- satne date last year theTotal was 1.7C& . ' Goad-by Leather Shoeij-^*^ 'Rny lea ther *hm* ia becoming so ei- pi-TisIvt that -it willl soon he out of -the.reach"of ftTl hut the rich; tlw'pefote, < according t<i Andrew-H. Kiitg^ wrttlpg in Metallurgical and Chernies - ncering, rts place-is to be taken b^n J shoe* with soles of ruhl>er and uppers of canvas. The properly made rubber "“sole, Tnlb which ground cotton waste " i> 7*^ Camel belonging to Rrlrlsh^troops ofM^rating oirThe Palestine front -ear- ; | an< I ,U*atlrer id’ust ate incorporated, will rying water-tank linings out (d action. The water problem is ony of \he most outwear two or three leather soles serious of those that confront the British lu that held of copMefg will not slip on wet pavedkenl;