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CHAPTER IV.
Ari'l tyifirs passi-d. and Marl
Wiilhii'i' jrri-w Kisiyi anil oldor, an<
limn- f?t anil dlspirlti-d. with lorn? al
ii-rnatuiK intervals of resignation
w la n In- took lil?- as In- found it am
was satisth-d. Hut he always cami
out of these into l?ri?-t periods of 1111
list, with tin- sense that In- had awak
i in d iioiii somi- li'thai'Ky that win
.i.M.i.in " ins soul as tin alkali and tin
winds of I hi- plain* hail Hwnniil hi:
Ian- ami taki-n tin- last particle o! hit
south away.
Now in Ti-xas, now in Arizona, nov
in soiii" loin 1> I.or.hr post in tin
Iri-i'/.iiiK northwi st. In- remained a flip
tain. Hi- hail no friends in Washing
ton In timi? in lout; tunc In- wouli
icjn-h his iiiajority, no ilouht, to he re
In m.I soon alter, ami waiiillc, witl
stout olil majors nl his own nfje, tnli
oriiati clubs in aiin.\ renters not i|uit<
so tai removed I nun civilization. Ih
looked upon this pros|s-i-t with ironica
liatii nce, ami now ami then nski?
himself tin- unanswerable i|iicstioi
wh> In- hail letiiaitii-U in the army.
Kh-anor was mown up ami ilomicilci
pei mam-nt I > in Colonel I low aril's tow i
house, ami In r h tteis hail mown iiion
nifi-i-i|in-iit ami perfunctory, until tln-i
arrival lH-came a i|iiarleij.\ aiTair in
stc.-ul ot a monthly event, ami not nl
ways that, either.
Ami by ami by tin- feel in t; cairn
over .Mark that it ever he were to
Iter attain tlu-re would remain no coin
mon link between them. From doubt
ittK his Inline he hail conn- to ilouh
himself, lie lloubteil whether till- lies
it lib- hail not blunted him, hluntci
his liner instim-ts, ami made bun unii
for social life?ci rlainl.v rendered hin
until tin- tlx- Kuardiuiiship ul' a youn:
Kill.
Itut that he hail roliniiilishtd to Col
in I I low a I'll -KrinlKiiiKly nnrom
IMiiiiiisinKlv. Never in any of his lot
t? is <liil ho put forward tin- shailov
of his foriiii'i* claim.
Tin n, swiftly, ami unexpectedly
i liaiuo turned anil beckoned liim.
II rami' in tin- form of a letter Iron
*ol. Ilow-.nil. the first in two yean
11 own nl hail, in the past, ripeateill;
ti ii-il in imlui'e Mark to take ndvnnt.UK1
oi opportunities that he luul put lie fori
him. hut Mark hud refused stubbornly
? |- -on ft I Hr.yniijoi UJ niw?-hunJit?<u
iiiunniii Howard did not know, thi
underlying idea in his own iniml. tin
sense ol subdued i;ineor against (In
man who hatl robbed him ol' Klcanor
i'oii|>lt'il with lliu sense of sacrifice
thai la* might withdraw all his claim:
oil the child.
Now, however, llowartl made om
more attempt.
"I want >ou to think this proposh
lion over as t|iiiekly as possible." In
wrote, "not lor my sake or yours, Inii
hecaiise your duty is to take the joh
With war with tlermany in plain view
to the initiated, there are great things
titling in Washington, ami I've lieei
offered my oltl post at the mohilizatiot
l|e|iartlllellt, Wlliell lias lieell cnlurgci
lieyoiul all knowledge. Your work ii
the west is hetter known than yoi
think. Wallace, and we want you here
Wire if you can. and come I?> the tirsi
train. This is ol'licinl. so don't wail
for divisional notitlcation. which may
take days."
The letter readied Mark in one o
his pi'riods of helpless despondency
Impulsively he wired back, accepting
regretted as soon as the message hat
been dispatched, but packed his suit'
case, turned over the command to tlx
senior lieutenant, and took the trail
for Washington.
As lie went east the years seen
to f ill from hrin like a dream. It wa,
a lio/.eii labyrinth in which lie set-met
to have I" en wandering; he seemed ft
come to himself with a consciousness
of years wasted, but of years of uctioi
ahead.
Colonel Howard gazed curiously a
i. 1? ?!.,
hint as tu- rose trotn (lis ucsk hi in\\;ii
olltee and grasped his hands.
"I should never have known you
Wallace," he said.
What he was thinking was, "C.ooi
Lord, how the >ears hiive ratrn inti
him!"
"Iton't think that your work has
lu i-n imiwPKnltrd," ho said, after ;
few minutes of desultory chatting. "1
lias been, and I know that recognitloi
is coining to you in the fullest meas
ure. You iire to work under me here
it's a t?ig scheme that we are pre lulling.
my hoy, and only Kellerman iind I
and yourself, will lie ae?iuainte?l will
all itie details, outside of the depart
mental head. You remember Keller
man?"
Maik hodded. trying to pierce to
get her the pictures of the past.
"We are working out the mohilua
tion plans tor the tlrst contingent, at
ter it reaches France," Howard con
tinned. "It's it bigger scheme thai
anything we knew in the past. You'l
net as my sutiordinntc iind have an in
tinuite knowledge of the details?a sor
of understudy, in fact, but with a goo<
deal of initiative as well. And if wa
comes, its it is sure to cotne. we'll In
sent over on the Hint transport, to pro
paro things fo~ the troops. Ah, Kel
lormnn, hero's Wallace, newly arrive
to take over his duties."
Mark saw not the slightest change ii
Kellerman since the days of the Cut>ai
war. Kellerman was Just as florid ni
ever, just as burly, with the same rath
er sinister way of glancing: his hlacl
hair was unthinned and unto: 'ho<
with gray. He had borne the >ean
rutvh better than Mark.
If Kellerman reciprocated Mark':
feelings, he showed no sign of it in hi:
cordial handgrip.
"We were glad to get you. Wallace.'
he said. "You'll excuse me for a mo
ment, I'm sure."
He drew Colonel Howard aside li
conversation, while Mark twirled hi.
fingers and looked out of the window
Into the busy hive of the capital, am
tried to make himself believe that I
was all true.
if Battle" |
it itorssKAf I
E AMERICAN ARMY |
I THE BATTLE- ?
IF FRANCE. |
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I When Kt-lli'nnnn h;i?l cone th<- colonel
invite.! M:irk to sdt down, find
I launched into business.
"I must toll you that it's a prettv
' stilT jol? that we're tackling, Mark."
1 he said. "To begin with, we're a sort
'* of nucleus of tin- whole organization.
We're in touch with every division.
- We have to have the whole thing at
our lingers' ends?and it's mainly a
r" matter of ships, animals, and trans14
port. And. to cap the climax, you can
4 imagine what a nest of intrigue and,
espninago Washington has become in
' these days. And. as neutrals-ostenslbly
neutrals?we can do nothing to
- put an end to it."
lie stretched out his linger and
' pointed toward the big safe between
tiie windows.
1 "Any one of some two hundred pa'
pers there, Mark, would give a valu"
able clue," lie said. "Kvery night, when
work is finished, your task will be to
' open the safe, take out the inner case
' containing these documents, add those
on which you have been working, including
every waste sheet and every
' scrap of the day's blotting paper, and
' have the day |?orter convey them.
' under your personal supervision, to
i tin- strong room, win-re you and either
the general, myself, or Kellerman.
- will place them in the safety vault. In
the morning the same procedure is rei'
versed. And thut is why I insisted
' on our getting you. Mark. 1 knew you.
and I don't know the hundred of other
- otlicers of impeccable character whom'
t we could have secured. We can't run
1 ' 'Pl.f.l'u uhl
riss?, -?< <! ,
1 it Imd to be just you and Kellermnn
t ami I. Wo li.ul our lesson in tlit* bid
i days, you know."
' Ho frowned at the remembrance,
and then answered Mark's unspoken
- question with another.
"Where are you staying, Wallace?"
"At the Congressional."
k' " W? II, I want you to eonte and stay
with us us soon as we're settled. We've
. rented a house in Massachusetts circle,
and move in on the lirst of the month,
i Klennor ami Mrs. Howard are still in
L New York, hut they're coining here in
r j ill Knit ten days' time?just as soon as
i*!l can got the house ready for them,
i' I Kleunor is dying to see you, and Mrs.
. I Howard has the pleasantest remem?
)of s-outho. A ad ,r,>w Tm going"
to take you to the brigadier."
The short interview with the head
of the department confirmed Mark's
. impressions as to the businesslike na.
turo of the plans of the war office
< Mark went home. He was resolved, although
he hail not told the colonel.
not to become his guest?at least not
unitms he found that he couldn't take
up lus life again where he had dropped
it. years before. And then?but
l what was the use of speculating? He
. went home to the hotel.
' lie was surprised to tlnd how easily
' lie seemed to tit into his environment
> when he donned his long-neglected
i evening clothes and went down to the
t dining room of the Congressional. Alt
most the tlrst Idee he saw was that of
i a man of his class; within u few min
* ic..n?.... umitiul Jit the
t it inner table with a merry party of old
t friends and new acquaintances. And
> the years had slipped away from him.
On tiie next morning when he took
I up his duties, it was with the sense
that he was no longer a stranger.
. Washington was ready to extend her
I welcome to him. At the army club,
to which he wits isisted by Colonel
p Howard, he found himself, much to his
surprise, often the center of a respect till
audience, eager to hear of the work
i of tiie army in the forlorn outposts of
3 the west, lie discovered, too. with
i surprise, that he was by no means as
> unknown as lie had imagined liimkcll
3 to lie.
i Then there were invitations that hail
to be accepted, receptions and dinners;
t yet through it all Mark waited for the
f charmed day when the house in
Massachusetts circle was to be ojien.
ed, displaying the princess of his imagination.
the little child of the h 111 I
side, the schoolgirl, grown into tin
) image of his dreams.
(To He Continued.)
DELIVERING THE GOODS
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. Americans in France Insist Only Upon
; their Duty.
Commanders of units who imrtici.
initial in the several days of lighting
i last week in company with the French
in the Aprcmont wood sector, writes
- a correspondent with the American
army, are finding it difficult to pick
- out men who especially distinguished
themselves in the operations. One
- commander said that every man acted
like a hero and it was hard to choose
- the most deserving eases. One of the
i most popular men with the soldiers on
I tills sector is the Rev. Pes Valles. a
- Roman Catholic priest of New Hcdt
ford. Mass., who is living with the
1 men in an unofficial capacity, he hnvr
lag come to France as a representat
tive of the Knights of Columbus.
When the attacks began Father Des
- Valles braving the dangers of shell and
I machine gun fire went to the casualtv
clearing station near the front line
i to administer to the wounded. He asi
sisted In dressing the injuries of the
s soldiers and gave each man a word
- of cheer. He handed out cigarettes to
{ the men who smoked.
1 "He's as game as they make them,
s and every inch a soldier," said a
dough boy, while other soldiers spoke
< of the inspiration furnished by the
j priest.
Another popular man Is a young
* banker of Springfield, Mass., who was
- pressed into service as a stretcher
bearer. He was the smallest man in
i the outfit and after several trips be?
came so exhausted he was unable to
i hold the stretcher. He refused to
1 give up and had his companions tie
t the stretcher to his wrists with rope
so as to enable him to bold the
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SOLDIER LIFE AT SEVIER Z
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Correspondent Writes About Matters man
Tbaf Appeal To His Interest.
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HIE MERITS OF THE NEW ENFIELD
soldi
Proficiency With the Bayonet?Men ' T)
Who Fight Help to Finance the
Fighting?Captain, Who Would a
Sermon Preach, Dismisses the Matter
With a Declaration the Truth of ,U'
Which None Can Dispute. a m
(Passed by the Censor.) I than
- . '. - r- n<|,A J I Rive
camp sevier, April 10?i nc uuusiu
the ritle used by the Americans in the min'
trenches over there as well as the
other Allies, has been distributed to 'K't'r
infantry regiments at Camp Sevier. he ^
and the soldiers here have about hls 1
mastered the mechanical intricacies of in 11
i he new pieces. The Enfield Is an Eng- ^
lish ritle, considered by ordnance ex- su'1'
perls the greatest battle ritle known. It stru
is longer than the Springfield which cum
tho troops here have been using, by
come three inches and it weighs about rt,'u
n pour ! more. It is u stronger gun nuSi
:tnd all round is better adopted for the ^ *
grim work at hand. Distribution of Iri*s'
these titles is an evidence of the fact "
I hat some of these days niuny of the "oth
boys who have been working day in r?''
and day out to get into training will *5un'
have the opportunity to put that train- man
Ino into nraetice over there.
stretcher on the journey froin the
front line to the dressing station.
Twice in twenty.four hours an
American company has assisted French |
troops in a neighl>oring sector to regain
trenches temporarily taken by the
Hermans. The company was led by a
captain which took his troops over the
top in the face of the most violent
machine gun and artillery fire. Each
time he succeeded in driving out the I
enemy and inflicting heavy casualties
and then strengthening the positions.
A most pathetic story from the
American lines is that of a young corporal
who was wounded fatally after
fighting for four hours. A piece of
shrapnel struck him in the head. He
had a grenade In each hand. Hiving
them to his companion, he said: "I
guess I'm done. Please write to my <
mother and tell her how it happened.
Hut there?take these grenades and i
for Hod's sake don't waste them." 1
The corporal fell in a faint and
died in a hospital the next day with- ]
out regaining consciousness.
At one point on this sector there j
was a space of only 15 yards between
the opposing trendies. A day before j
an attack, the Hermans threw into ,
the American trench a card. It read: ,
"What are you? Canadians or A lis- j
Italia its?"
"C'otne over and find out," was the
reply thrown back by tin American
soldier. .
One lieutenant in a listening |?ost
with a small party of men was cut |
off front the remainder of tin- platoon
in Friday's attack. He tried to send ,
up rockets to signal an American liarrage
but lite rockets failed to work.
A private then volunteered to run (
back with a message, lb passed
through three lines of barrage lire
without being harmed and delivered ,
the message. The American gunners
laid down a barrage immediately and
saved the lieutenant and his party
frotn the hands of a superior force of
the enemy which was headed in their
direction.
NATION WIDE RALLY
President Asks Everybody to Get to |
Work on April 26.
The president has issued tile follow- 1
ing Liberty Day proclamation:
"Hy the president of the United States (
of America?A proclamation.
"An enemy who lias grossly abused (
the power of organized government |
and who seeks to dominate the world
by the might ol the sword, challenges
the rights of America and lite liberty
and life ot all the free nations of tlie
earth. Out brave sons arc facing the
lire of battle in defense of the lionoi
and rights of America and the liberty
of nations. To sustain tin-in and to
assist our gallant associates in the
war, it generous and patriotic people
have been called upon to subscribe to
the third Liberty loan.
t hereto, c: i. Woodrcw Wilson.
president of the United States of
America, do appoint Friday, the -tith
day of April, 1'JlS, as Liberty Day. On
the afternoon of that da> 1 re?inest the
people of tin United Slates to assemble
in their rcsiiective communities and
liberally pledge anew their tinancial
support to sustain the nation's eause.
Patriotic demonstrations should he held
in every city, town and hamlet
throughout the land under the general
direction ol' the secretary of the treasury
and the immediate direction m
the Liberty loan committee organized
by the Federal reserve banks. Lot the
nation's response to the third Liberty
loan express in unmistakable terms the
determination of America to tight for
peace, the permanent peace of justice.
"For the purpose of imrtieipating 1n '
Liberty Day celebrations all employes
of the Federal government throughout
the country whose services can be '
s|tared may be excused at 12 o'clock '
noon Fri lay. April 2ii.
"In witness whereof, 1 have here- :
unto set my hand and caused the seal '
of the United States to be atllxed. 1
"Done in tin District of t'oliimbia. '
this eighteenth day of April, in the '
year of our Ixtrd one thousand nine '
hundred and eighteen, and of the Independence
ol the United States of '
America, one hundred and forty-see- 1
ond. '
(Signed) Wood row Wilson. '
"lly the president: '
"Kobcrt Lansing, i
"Secretary of State." I
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SUSPICION OF THE GERMAN 1
I
Columbia Committee of Nine Inve&ti- 1
gating Illegal Liquor. '
is German money bringing liquor to 1
Columbia to debauch the soldiers? i
Is German money paying the law
.vers who defend those who import I
li?liior Illegally? <
Are those who are imjiorting liquor
illegally in the pay of the German government
? '
These are some of the questions f
which the "Committee of Nine" is >
asking the grand jury of the county i
to answer. I
The "Committee of Nine" is com- i
posed of several score of true blue I
Americans who are co-operating with I
the government authorities to Im- i
prove conditions in Columbia and aid !
in every way in the suppression of all i
tilings evil that will impair the effl- t
clency o fthe soldiers. It has the aid i
of government agents along certain ]
lines and has been of great benefit to i
the government authorities sinee the (
establishment of the camp here. i
ll has uetermineu 10 ass me srana i
Jury to make n searching investigation
into the liquor traffic in Columbia.
both that which is imported illegally
and that which Is Imported
t' rough liquor permits obtained from
the judge of probate.
The committee does not feel sure
that all prescriptions are given in
good faith, and it wants the names of
the physicians who are giving the
prescriptions to be made known to the
grand jurj at least and to the public
if necessary, and the good faith of
their actions established.
The grand jury will be asked to act
as promptly as possible.
N. H. Driggers is the foreman of the
grand Jury.
Ninety-one of the 100 inmates of the
Pennsylvania Working Home for Blind
Men. have subscribed for Liberty
bonds. One man subscribed for two
$100 bonds and was asked if he thought
he could carry them. "Sure," he replied,
"all I will have to do is to
speed up my broom machine a bit"
. ' ' *
New bayonets have been Issued "u>1
dong with the new rilles and like the s'cel
lilies they are a decided improvement
aver there. ICnglish and French of- *hat
licers and non-cominissioncd officers
in their dally lectures to classes of l'ow
^ Idlers drawn from all organisations eni
here, lay great stress on the import- 1
awe of the bayonet in the fighting ,he
over there. The soldier in the trenches KOin
I hey say, who is not an expert at par- >'ou
rying and thrusting with the Ufcyonet for"
Is simply out of luck. The new bayon- 1811,1
ets are longer than the bayonets wro>
I hat were attached to the SprhMfleld Tl
rilles and are also as sharp as any k'101
knife or stllleto. Soldiers of th0 "Old V8X
Hickory Division" are expected to do capt
urcat work with the new knivas and 84)111
i here is no doubt that tljey wilL Day wou
ifter day of hard practice has paused and
the majority of them to becom^ won- conf
ilerfuily efficient, and most of khe fel- kite'
lows simply refuse to believe ti* Fritz enoi
can have much if anything oiw them It
when it comes to fighting with a bay- "apt
imet. ( very
A devilish soldier who was discus- brie;
sing bayonet fighting the other day "1
suggested that probubly Uncle fkun "but
would equip his colored soldier^ with mot
razors instead of bayonets since their see
>....wiiinf venn111 eome more natural. Sum
We of the 30th can't state ai a fact "1
that this will be the case, sLwe we to s
haye no nejjro soldiers _pree
V goin
The work of eliminating . top phyiically
and mentally misfit which has (nto
aused the medical end of the Division tjme
to worry and made them tear their
tiair during the past several months, thou
ias about been completed. There are jt,ss
i??\v in the division comparatively few
men who are not as near to physical ...
l?erfoction as a soldier is expected to jjpvt
>e. and the reiiuirements for a soldier ,m(1
ire <|Uite "stitT," to use a slang ex- ,
l>ression. Although there will of
:*ourse he some of it to do, not much ^
time will be available at the front to
no devoted to men who complain each ?j
naming of tlie headuche or toe ache u
>r this ailment or that. Therefore the wm
limination of the invalids on this .,,
dde. ,
is ci
During the first Liberty Loan cam- at
IKiign soldiers bought hundreds of lo"
thousands of dollars worth of the
lionds. In the second campaign the ? |
iggregate for the military ran up into to '
the millions. SoIdlers were allowed
lo purchase bonds and pay for them
a monthly installments. For Indance:
Private Jack Rutledge desires
to purchase one Liberty Loan bond. ti
The sum of per month for nine mjn,
months and $4.75 for one month Is
leducted from his pay eaeh month in an(j
urder to i>ay for the bond. During the
iecond campaign there were thousands jn t
if soldiers drawing thirty dollars n ,.om
month who invested as much as half pe s
their pay in bonds and there were put
it hers who went into it even deeper. mus
If the civilian population buys bonds tj,ey
luring this third campaign in any- gate
thing like the proportion that the.en- th,!
listed men are going to buy, the loan
will be oversubscribed by hundreds of aver
millions. Verily soldiers are willing vari'
ind more than willing to put everything
that they are and have into this a8 0
light against the Huns. sion
Coui
Believing and with good reason, too,
that their stay at Camp Sevier is not And
;oing to be so long as It has been. Ban:
soldiers here are beseiging their com- J*?"
manding officers with requests for fur- j}er|
oughs and passes home for a few days ?*alh
ind scores and score** of them are Chai
leaving every day for a visit to the
tiomefolks. In most instances a five chei
lay stay Is allowed. It is a homesick (Mar
soldier who returns to camp on the
dxth day. though It doesn't take more ^iiic
than a day or two for the most of Dor*
:hem to get over it and back into the Edg
vum-drum and hurley-burley of it/ill.
With so much work to do and such o>eo,
llversifled and all the while interesting (Jret
work, one could not cherish pangs of
lomesickness long. Hon
Jasr
The taboo has virtually been placed Ken
>n the discharge of drafted men be- p1"1
_ Laui
ause of dependent relatives. By a
ecent order, no drafted man is now Lexi
lischarged unless he can show that McC
?onie new status has arisen In conlection
with his family since bis entry xew
nto service. Up to a month or so Ocoi
igo many soldiers were discharged
>e cause of minority?being under RIcl
.dghteen years of age. But now even Salu
hough a lad enlisted under eighteen Bpai
.ears of age, stating his age as aigheen
at the time if in the opinion of wiH
its regimental surgeon he is develop- Tori
d to anything like the degree a man
>f eighteen should be, there is no Mi
retting out And most boys sixteen or Cod:
leventeen years of age, would easily eral
>ass for twenty-one after a few v
nontha of this great army Hfe. tarn
at t
As well as I recollect I have stated Wed
n a previous article that there is nop nent
i very great deal of religions sentl- Ouai
nent in evidence In the army. Of thirl
I
se each regiment has a chaph
is supposed to l>e the spiritt
sor therefor, but how could o
hold close spiritual touch wl
0 others? The bugle blows I
xh every Sunday morning and t
(lain preaches a little sermon
ty benches usually instead
lers. That is about all there is
lere is in a certain Infantry rei
t a rough old captain an impet
erratic, do-it-now kind of cha
with a heart aa big as his het
an so big and brave and genero
1 any one of his 250 men wot
their right arms for him a
lite.
lis lack of religious influence h
i worrying him for some time a
ietermined a few weeks ago to t
land at getting his men interest
leir spiritual welfare,
ist Sunday morning without co
ng anybody in advance he i
i-ted his sergeant in charge of t
puny street to go down the line
s. pull all the men out of bed a,
lire them to come to the compa
8 hall, "for church," as he put It.
le sergeant in charge (a big roui
imun) was amazed. He had be
hat company fur two years a
dng like it hud ever occurred L
. Xo reveille was observed It
lay morning and consequent
y fellows were lying on their cc
o'clock in the morning serene
r confidence of a morning's ext
[?
?lng a good soldier end knowl
it was his business to obey ord(
lout question, the big Mick start
n the line Sunday morning to f
out, and he did:
te-gosh, git up and out o' th' ht
skipper's turned preacher and
tor tell you mutts abo
cussedness this mawnin'," he I
led each squad as he entered t
s iind turned cots and occupar
ig side up.
tie men of that company dldi
- . 1. _ _ m t*. rp>,A,f Uffl
iv wnai 10 niaKf ui 11. me} .. v
d of course but the fact that t
aln was going to preach w
ething so entirely new that th
ldn't have missed it for anythi
the captain-parson had a fi
negation, even the cooks ai
hen police knocking off lo
lgh to listen to what was going c
wasn't any llowory talk that t
ain made to them. He didn't ta
long but on the other hand It w
f and to the piont.
i'ou men don't know it." he sa
: 1 have had letters from t
hers of most of you asking thai
to it that you go to church eve
Jay.
Phere isn't but one way for I
ce to it and that is to do a lit
ichlng_ myself_to you and I e
g to do if from nowl>n.
lome of these days you aro gol
the melee over there and i
you were getting close to yo
. Many of you are so careless ai
ightless you never would do it u
you were forced to do so, and
going to do just that to you.
Iny of you who say you don't b
s in tJoil Almighty is a li
1 know it and you know it.
UI right, that is about all I have
this time: Sergeant , If y<
>n't forgot it: lead in singing t
psalm.
am not going tp call on any
men to pray this morning b; t
do so next Sunday,
ind by the way, the soldier th
lUght in bed next Sunday mornli
o'clock is going to get a weel
inement to quarters.
am going to look after you f<
i as your mothers have asked r
o, I am." Jas. D. Grist.
ACREAGE ASSESSMENTS.
it the State Tax Commissi
Would Do To Land Values.
lie state tax commission has
il an increase in the assessed val
a of the acreage in South Oarolir
to that end it has worked out
ine that applies to all the countl
lie state. On Just wha. basis t
mission has been working canr
tnted now for lack of informatio
It is determined that all lan
t be returned higher in 1918 th
were In 191", and that the aggn
increase will cut quite a figure
total value of South Carol!
>erty as assessed for tabulatic
following tabulation showing t
age assessed value per acre In t
rius counties In 1917, and the avt
value at which it is proposed th
lands are to be assessed in 1918,
ifflcially prepared by the comm
ntles 1917 19
evllle $ 6.60 8 6.
n 4.12 4.
erson 6.75 12.
iberg 3.78 6.
well 3.53 4.
ufort 4.32 4.
teley 2.14 2.
loun 3.70 6.
rleston 4.06 4.
roki-e 5.22 7.
iter 6.11 4.
iterfield 2.82 3.
endon 3.18 4.
eton 2.11 2.
ington 5.30 10.
in 6.45 12.
Chester 2.02 2.
etield _ 4.82 5.
field 3.48 3.
ence 4.51 ' 9.
rgetown 2.23 3.
nvllle 6.18 9.
nwood 6.38 7.
lpton 2.49 3.
ry 1.85 2.
n mo t
jhaw 3.44 3.
:aster ........ 3.90 6.
rens ? _? 6.60 7.
6.41 12.
ngton 3.19 5.
ormick 4.90 5.
ton 3.61 6.
lboro 5.83 16.
berry 5.62 6.
nee 2.92 4.
lgeburg 3.77 7.
ens 3.30 8.
iland 4.75 6.
da 4.54 7.
-tanburg 6.66 10.
ter 6.40 8.
>n 4.66 4.
lamsburg 2.39 3.
< 6.36 7.
ljor John M. Birkner of Car
r. Deem In0', N. M., held as a Fe
prisoner at Santa Fe on a char
iolatfcm of the espolnage act, w
id and feathered by 400 con vie
he New Mexico state prison la
nesday. Birkner. had been proa
ly connected with the Nation
nd of Nebraska for more th
J nm. x
AMERICA'S WORK IN WAR
ne
,lohr Staggeriog Figures Id List Of Ac*
he complistimeBts.
to 9
?o GREAT WORK FAIRLY UNDER HI
How Great Army Wa? Raised in Unit,U
ed Statee?What American Navy
Wa? Dona.
I
lus Here are some o' America's ac- J
lU complishments in the first year of
ny our part in the war:
The total estimated expense of the
as t'nited States government in the first
nd year of war, without loans to the
ry Allies, Is 112.067,278,679.07.
ed The army has increased from 9,524
officers and 202,510 enlisted men
n. to 123,801 officers and 1,528,924
n. men.
he Appropriations of $7,464,771,756.0f
4 8 have been made since April 6,
nd :917, to the war department,
ny The navy has increased from 4,.92
officers and 77,946 enlisted men,
gh io 21,000 officers and 330,000 enen
lifted men. Total navy appropriand
<>ons, 33,333,171,665.04.
ie- Available for aircraft production
ist in 'he first year, $691,000,000.
tiy Availuble for the United States
?ts shipping Hoard and Emergency Fleet
in i'ori>oration, $2,034,000,000.
ra The first American contingent
landed at a French port 88 days afng
ter war was declared, and went on the
>rs litie for their baptism of fire 187
ed days after the declaration.
;et American destroyers arrived ut a
iirilish port to assist in patrolling
iy, European waters 28 days after the
is declaration.
iut Perhaps an even more impressive
n- record concerns the government's
he work in adapting the nation's induslts
trial and economic machinery to the
purposes of war. Today the govn't
ernment operates 260,000 miles of
re railway, employing 1,000,600 men
he and representing investment of 317,
as '>00,000,uOO. Eighteen months ago
ey this condition would have been reng
gurded by capital as revolutionary
jll and alarming, although in the ultind
mate interests of the public it has
ng long been advocated by progressive
>n. thinkers.
he The treasury department has sold
jk IJberty bonds, war savings certifies
cates of indebtedness amounting to
i 8,560,802,052.
Id, Allotments and allowances to solhe
diera' and sailors' dependents in Feh1
I ruary were $19,976,543.
,ry The government has gone into the
insurance business, having issued
ne policies for $12,465,116,500 to men
tie in its armed forces on March 12.
im Deaths in the artny, from Aprjl 6,
T9I7,' 10 "Miir'cTf IT,""FromiITTausSsr '
ng were 1,191, of which 132 were in act's
tion and 237 loses at sea. Casuur
alties in the navy to December 31
nd include 5 officers and 139 men killed
n- or died from wounds.
I How Army Was Raised.
The annual pay of the army now
c' exceeds a half billion dollars.
ar The cost of drafting the national
army and the provost general's opert0
ations was about $10,000,000; cost
ou per man accepted for service, $4.93.
he Army hospitals increased from 7
to 63, and beds from 5,000 to 58,400;
30,000 more beds being added.
I War prisoners and alien enemies
numbering 2,040 confined in three
at barracks In Georgia and Utah,
"k Psychological examinations of 150,000
officers and men have been made.
For troops in cuntonments, 1,000,-1*
000,000 rounds of ammunition bought,
nc Of 63,203 candidates for officers'
commissions at two officers' training
camps, 44,678 were successful; a
third series is now in progress, with
18,000 attendance.
on
Army medical training schools
(n have been created with capacity of
21,000 officers and men, 16,000 en)
( listed men, and 6,000 officers already
trained and graduated.
a
les Through a curd catalogue system
19,487 men have been transferred out
of army divisions Into technical units
to function according to individual,
educational, occupational and military
ds
qualifications.
Present average dally mall hanln
died by the adjutant general is apna
proximately 85,000 pieces.
The signal corps hus sent thousands
of trained pigeons to France.
;r. What Navy Has Done in Last Year,
lat Here are some things our navy
has done since April 6, 1917:
There are four times as many ves18
sets in naval service now as a year
16 ago.
23
ig Nearly 73,000 mechanics and other
41 Chilian employees at naval yards
70 and stations.
3-j Pay of officers and men for first
g- year of war, $125,000,000.
04 Contracts have been placed for
54 s49 vessels.
X 7
More than 700 privately owned
80 vessels chartered or purchased.
90 The navy ration costs 4 3.8 cents
m 1917, agatnst 37.648 In 1916.
In the first three months of 1918
11
36 the navy paymaster cleared $185,74
000,000 for supplies and contracts.
J? The paymaster general drew
uu
gg checks for more than $30,000,000 In
85 one day?February 23?for muni57
tlons. Total advertised purchases
for 1915 were $19,000,000.
gg Total weight of steel thrown by a
27 single broadside from the PennsyU
?? vania today is 17,508 pounds; maxlI
5
13 mum broadside of largest ship dur89
ing Spanish-American war was 5,99
(60 pounds.
jg More than 11,000 manufacturers
25 bid for navy business.
32 Our 14 inch guns weigh nearly
95 tons and are 58 1-3 feet long, cost01
ing $118,000.
85 Six new authorised battleships are
67 designed to be of 41,500 tons, the
H largest battleships In the world.
Our 35,000-ton cruisers, 35 knots,
will be the fastest in the world, their
?p speed equaling the fastest destroyers,
d- During the year nearly 50,000 letge
ters, many including detailed plans,
as were received from the inventive gen:ts
I us of the country by the naval const
suiting hoard concerning methods
it- for combating the German U-boats,
si The navy has developed an Am>n
ericaw mine believed to combine all
the good points of various types of
?' ' ' *' '&* ..s' -id
mines, and is manufacturing them in
quantities.
Xaval communication service opcrates
all radio service; 5,000 youths
are studying radiotelcgraphy at two
naval schools.
Mecical officers numbering 1,675
are members of the medical department
of the navy. Navy maintains
......... . . . .. . j
i -,uuu nuspiiui ut'us auu a.vuv iu o
being added.
Naval training cumps have a capacity
of 102,000 in summer, 94,000
men in winter.
During the year the latest type of
naval 16-inch gun was completed for
our new battleships; it throws a projectile
weightng 2,100 pounds.
Navy has in its possession now a
stock of supplies sufficient for the
average requirements for at least
one year.
About 60,000 officers and men are
engaged In coast patrol work of the
navy.
Several hundred submarine chasers.
built since the war, have been
delivered to the navy by 31 private
concerns and 6 navy yards; many
of these bouts have crossed the Atlantic,
some In severe weather.
JUST LIKE THEIR FATHERS
Americans in France Maintain Traditions
of the Race.
If out ol' the toll, the sacrifices, and
the conllscution of this war, you
have not got a thrill, have not felt
proud of the sort of men living about
you, have not been stirred by the
thought that the spirit of the men at
Lexington and of those who opened
the west and fought the Civil war, still
lives?then you Bhould see the American
boys go over the top, writes a correspondent
from the American front.
You should talk tc them upon their
return. Your respect for what is in
the heart and the soul of the man who
left the desk next to you or for the
man who moved out of your block to
come over Here, wui Decome greater,
and you will see that in the farmer '
boy you pass on the road you are pass- 1
ing a hero who has only to be put to 1
the test to show the qualities tlrst 1
displayed by his grandfather or great- '
grandfather who helped to build the *
nation. '
It was after the big raid against 1
the German lines of March 9. The '
United IToss automobile was hidden (
away behind a building. It was wait- 1
ing for an Iowa farmer. He was sit- .
ting at a vood table, writing out a re- i
port of what had happened the night 1
before for his superior officer. His ,
lieutenant colonel call him "Chur- '
lie" und patted him affectionately on t
the shoulder. The lowu farmer was
Captain Charles Casey. His home is l
in Veliska. His massive shoulders >
were bent far over the table us he ?
wrote a plain, colorless statement to I
fhg -efftt't that he-umMiia men -jpft J
their trenches at 6:05 the afternoon ?
before; that all objectives were reach- k
ed and that they had returned to *
their own lines on schedule time. I
It was whut would be called a "mln ;
or operation" in a militray sense? *
merely a raid. Hut this is a super- ?
war, and during the brief time the I
operation lasted, it was probably as I
violent as Americans have ever seen. <
How the men vaulted over the para- '
pet, how they dashed through a hell '
of Are, found the dugouts and trenches '
of the Germans demolished by artil- 1
lery; human flesh splaittered against <
the side of trees and hanging from '
jagged limbs; how an airplane swoop- 1
ed down on them until the grinning 1
face of the aviator playing his machine <
gun could be seen?all this has been 1
told.
The boys who went through this
are simple farmer boys again, though
in uniform and in a soldiers' billet.
The men who led them are simply '
Americans; such as live all about you.
Captain Casey nnisneu nu n-iwn.
The United i'ress machLne wan waiting '
to take him to a little shattered town 1
farther back of the lines, where he has
a bare room, the plaster knocked from '
its walls In spots, the exterior knick- '
ed and torn. For a time it Is home?a J
place to rest.
"All right, let's go," and Casey -hand- 1
ed his report to the colonel, saluted
and started for the door.
"The boys were great, weren't they?"
the farmer said, as the car headed for '
the open road. '
"It was the hardest thing I ever did '
in my life?that blowing the whistle
that sent them over. I know they want- '
ed to go, every one of them. They 1
were spoiling for it. Hut to look out '
there, to know what they were going
into?by George, It was hard."
McLsndon'a Cheater Meeting.?A 1
total of 69 persons will ally themselves 1
with the various churches as a result I
of the McLendon meeting; and this 1
represents but a small portion of the 1
good accomplished, as hundreds of *
those who crowded fprward at different
services to take the evangelist's hand 1
were already members of the church '
and were In that public manner going '
on record as consecrating themselves *
anew to God's service. '
The meeting, in the opinion of many <
?the great majority,?was well worth '
while; and it would have accomplished 1
a vast deal more had It not been for I
obstacles, mostly unforeseen. In this ?
category we Include the indifference <
and hostility of church people, which, >
fortunately was confined to a very <
small circle, but had Its effect no doubt ?
in throwing a damper over the pro- i
ceedings and being the means of hold- f
Ing back many and away. However, i
that is past and gone. <
Evangelist McLendon came to Ches- <
ter in the face of opposition in certain <
quarters, but most of this was over- I
come; and when he returns, as ne >
hopes to do at some time in the future,
he will preach to much larger audi- ?
ences than he did on this occasion, as I
he will be able to furnish accomraoda- i
tions for all. and intimate acquaint- i
anceshlp with the man has proven the
rumors that preceded his visit to
Chester to have been the concoctions *
of evil-disposed or biased and dis- (
torted minda?Chester Reporter.
The Texas court of criminal appeals <
has reversed the trial court in the case \
of six Mexicans, condemned to death
on charges of murder, committed in
111 ft, the outgrowth of a clash between '
Mexicans and United States soldiers. <
The court holds that the trial court '
was without jurisdiction because of I
the codstsoce of "a state of war." 1
v '<?>: .. . '.o
EFFICIENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Judicial Charge that Goes to the
Heart of Civil Progreit.
A striking charge was recently delivered
to the ' grand Jury of York
county by Circuit Judge George E.
Prince of Anderson who instead of de
HMTiiiK orvuuiu puuiiuues as is uime
in some charges, discussed county
government at some length. The bench
can do a great deal to educate the people
as to what sort of administration
i>f their business they should have.
What Judge Prince said illustrates
this fact.
From The Yorkvllle Enquirer It Is
earned that his honor said that "the
tupervlsor should be a good business
nan, a man who understands roads
ind bridge building and man who
<nows how to get the best values for
noney expended." He said that
'supervisors should be better paid
han they commonly are: that. If they
ire worth anything at all, they are
vorth enough to justify their giving
ill of their time to their dirties and
wen at that could not give as much
line as is necessary. As a general
hing, supervisors are not efficient."
ludge Prince takes cognizance of the
act that, generally s|>eakiiig. county
covcrnment is the weakest, most irresponsible
and most inefficient in Amerca.
Well-governed counties are in the
ninority. There is u marked nnd
crowing tendency in South Carolina,
low ever, to establish business administration
of counties, as numerous eouny
government acts passed by the gen rul
assembly in recent years attest.
Mowiy ino jwopio an* coining to ino
>olnt whoro they will roqulro that pubic
business be administered as wonmtically
and oitlclontly us private
justness. A good supervisor should
inquestionubly Ik> paid a good salary:
lis work is worth it, and If he is ill Kild,
he will llnd i more protltablo oc upation.
The office of the superintendent of
'ducatlon, he declared, Is the most
mportant in the county, and the superntendent
of education should be the
>est paid officer, "This officer should
to a professional educator, thoroughly
mbued with the importance of general
nligtitonnlent and with an energy and
nthusiasm that would keep hint everastingly
at his work." This statenent
Is in accord with a recent de laration
of the State Teachers' Association.
"The office of county superintendent mult
te exalted in every way?by increasing the
alary and the honor, by removing the poolion
from politics, hy requiring professional
luallfications, and by extending the rang* of
election. In a word, this position must be
me to which the ablest educator in the oounly
will aspire and toward which, as a goal
.he most ambitious young teacher will strive."
The education of the people is now
he most important business of the
itato. It follows thut the tnen who
Jlrect that endeavor should bo the
in>st available trained men and that
afarehi hrnnJiHjuull'fl guilip?MBK- '
d. The ahiest educator who can be
u-cured should till the position. He
houkl not have to l>c> n good politician
o get the place. The best educators
ire of the opinion that the office
ihould be removed from the primary
uid that it ahould be tilled by a coinx-tent
school board elected by the
x-ople. Tliia would eliminate the pollIctan
who camouflage** aa an educator
ind aeeka to 'politicate' hia way toward
this position and the vote of the
gnorant and prejudiced may determine
who ahull be the county'a educational
lirector. Some candidates for the oftiee
have been obviously and notoriouay
unlit. Kducatlon and politics ahould
t*e kept entirely separate. The office
if county superintendent of education
should be appointive and nol^alectlve.
?Greenville News. '
MOBILIwINC'THE BOYS
Berkeley County Gete Organization
Weil Under Way.
St. Stephen. April 17.?The United
States Boys' Working Reserve ia being
organized in Berkeley county under
the udviaary control of the U. S. department
or labor with Mr. S. H. Kdmunds
of Sumter, as Federal state dldector,
and Mr. W. W. Dixon of St.
Stephens, as county director. The
r*/umtv* nrirnni'ititlrtn (u ciia f/illnu/y*
W. W. Dixon, superintendent St.
Stephen school, county director.
Managers?W. W. Altman, bank
cashier, Monck's Corner; C. I*. liallentine,
county supervisor, St. Stephen;
J. E. Denis, attorney, Monck's Corner;
IV. K. Funk, farmer and manufacture
?r, St. Stephens; J. K. Gourdine, merchant
and farmer, l'incvlUe; \V. H.
Harvey, farmer, l'inozsolis; L. It. Harvey,
farmer, Monck's Corner; I'. B.
Lockwood, editor, Monck's Corner; J.
II. Marsh, superintendent of education,
Chlcora; I*. It. Darker, farmer,
llownean; Dr. J. I* Stroccker, druggist,
Monk's Corner; W. I'. Russell,
norchant and farmer, Russellvllle; J.
ttussell Williams, capitalist, Monck's
Corner.
From what we gather, the ?county
superintendent of education, will, with
the co-operation of the trustees and
teachers of the county, have a list of
ill the boys In the county between the
iges of 14 and 21 years, by May 3,
[teachers' examination day). Then
the board of directors are to divide
them Into working squads or companies
of from 10 to 20. These will
tupply any deficiency of labor in the
:ounty. For instance, when a section
teeds farm labor in the growing of
:rops, the boys will be called out for
tervice and the same way about harvesting
the crops. There will be orranized
a baseball club in each squad
f deemed advisable by the managers.
Contests between squads will be had
lb to which can hoe the most corn or
x>tton and next fall which squad can
?lck the most cotton. The boys will
je paid well for their services.
This plan has been tried in Pennlylvanla,
Nevy York, Arizona and If
liven the proper physical material and
noral support of the business element,
t will succeed here.
War conditions and the spread of
:hrlft teachings will cause the closing
>f 1,000 saloons in Chicago on May 1st.
he opening of the new license year,
rhls will reduce the number of Chicago
saloons to 5,000. A year ago there
sere 7,000 In the city.
A blast of twenty tons of dynamite
?as fired at Blrdsboro, Pa., last Wednesday.
displacing 400,000 tons of rock,
rhirty drill boles 150 feet deep and six
nches In diameter were made for the
luge blast.