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GOING OVER THE 10P
Soldier Wbo Has Been Tells How
It Feels
EXPERIENCES ON FIGHTING FRONT
Mix Up of Machine Guns, Big Guns,
Little Guns, Tanks and Other Engines
of Destruction?Graphic Description
of How It Feels to Associate
In Close Contact With Death
In the Dark.
[The following letter is from Sergeant
U. K. Henry of the American
Kxpeditionary Forces, to his lather.
-Mr. J. J. Henry of Howling ureen. aithough
the fact is not mentioned in
this letter, from other letters it is
known that Sergeant Henry has been
over the lop no less than four times in
as many tierce charges. He has seen
(lead men by the thousand and has
rendered first aid to the wounded by
the score. He was slightly gassed
some time ago; but at last accounts
was as sound and well as ever. His letter
is dated November 18. one week
ufter the collapse of the Herman
armies. J
"It Is pretty cold here this morning.
Kvorything is damp, but we have a
good fire, so 1 am happy in its security
and in the greater comfort that comes
from the knowledge that the fall of
the Potsdam gang of militarists has
been accomplished.
"1 know you are ull rejoicing there
that it is over and you have. I can now
K.-1V more cause to do so than I believe
your Imagination ever conceived of as
to the hitter realities of the struggle
for supremacy over those sometimes
(?) hard fighting 'square heads' we
have been pitted against.
"I cannot and perhaps am not permitted.
to picture In any measurcable
degree of actuality to the mind of one
who has not had the good fortune to
have been here the horror, or what
should have been, and sometimes ludicrity
in the scenes of resplendent fighting.
"It Is only when one gets up front
and things begin to huppen that the
stern and long training he had undergone
coines into play. A soldier there
must he able to do what is expected
and required of him without thinking,
for I believe that it takes near a superman
to get anything through what
we soldiers are pleased to call our
minds other than the spasmodic and
flighty thought. 'Will the next one get
me?' That is what happens when
Kritst is throwing everything at us exrept
the kitchen stove and our batteries
and machine guns are sending
over in condensed forms for their verylives
all the products of Idberty bonds,
taxes. W. S. S., and everything you
people at home can get together which
can be converted into missiles, whose
ingredients constitute a good 'iron ration'
for such an enemy as the Boche
r.as oeen.
"I think there were very few of us
who did not 'get the wind up' (I'ritish
for being scared) during our first periods
of being strafed, when In the
lines, but it soon wore off. It is said
by old timers that once a man had the
feeling that they would get him, his
career would end at least four times
out of five, and I know several instances
which verified this. During all our
operations I never once had this feeling
except at those times when the
odds were too strongly against me. It
makes one feel a bit like the negro soldier
over here on whom this was told:
His friends were exhorting him not to
be afraid, as a man could not die until
his time came. He replied. "Yassah. I
knows dat. but dem "nine-point-twos",
dey bring de time with them."
"The greatest experience came
when we went "over the top" on the
days designated to remind Fritz that
a war was on- To begin with we
would come up to the front, to the
Jumping off place, as it is called, mostly
during the early hours of morning
if they were the darkest. No lights
were permitted, not a cigarrette. which
was the hardest. As always, when you
should like to keep stirring there were
many halts necessary and if Fritz was
not strafing, all was O. K. but he usually
did strafe at some point. Then
his airmen with their "eggs" would
always come over to make themselves
, V,? r-.?, ll.rhtu of
(I llUIKUUt' UIHI ovuiv.. ..p
the anti-craft batteries would play on
them while their gunners tried for
them to the accompnnient of the machine
fnin'? rat-a-tat. These birds
would occasion discomfort because unless
the night were dark the contrast
of the column of troops would stand
out clear against the white road.
Alter a while we would always get
into position a few yards behind the
front lines and in a low road or shallow
trench if there was one. to wait
the coming of dawn which would let
Fritz have ever new experiences.
That time of waiting could not be
called any too happy hours, and they
seemed like hours too even if only a
few minutes. Sometimes I slept but
would always he awakened every few
minutes either by the near whine of a
shell or worsen comrade'scleated. and
generous as to bulk, feet using my
hot id as a prop.
At a certain zero time the officers
would say 'Here it comes.' and almost
simultaneously every Allied battery
would come to life sending out crash
after crash so fast that it was a continuous
roar and of a kind only seen
on this side of the Atlantic. That
barrage which precedes the attack is
a grand and perfected thing. a9 to
war.
AH the guns open up. from the one
pounders to the twelve Inch or more,
which are miles behind the lines, and
put a red curtain of bursting missies
out on the enemy which is glorious in
terrifleness. At a given time after our
barrage was open the infantry fixed
bayonets nnd advanced under its protection.
The indispenslble tanks crawl out
ahead or the infantry and ride right
into the thick of Jerry's machine gunners
who left after the barrage had
passed over. Those tanks are one of
the greatest implements of war ever
invented I think. They are immune
to rifle and machine gun fire on account
of their armor, and can ride
right down or up the steepest incline
you can Imagine and anywhere there is
a bunch of Germans giving trouble.
The Jerrys would always fight on$ for
a little while but when It came on regardlea*.
which it did, they would get
in line behind each other and advance
with their hands up. The fact that
they surrender each behind the other
is sufficient to show that they fear
thern.
I tried to get Into that branch ulso
but was unsuccessful. It is a good
branch. I'sually about this time, or
before, there would be a casualty and
I being a medical man, would have to
g t *.o work on hlrn which consisted
of merely stopping the hemorrhage it
there v.a:; one and bandaging the
wound and seeing that he got off the
field. So you sec 1 could not follow
up the infantry to any extent for
Jerry would usually have a lew guns
left unsmotherod by our lire to open
up and let down a counter barrage
upon ns. That is the most trying moment
for the doughboy and there are
usually a number that become casualties.
In fact, if the tanks are
plentiful enough there will be few
inure until our objectives were attained.
LV., I. I.nllnlinn V.rwl o ,llu
tunee designated by map to gain and
it was seldom that we did not get
there ahead of schedule time. I was
once working along where the infantr>
had jmssed over and wsis astonished
to see six Jerrys come out of a
dugout in the air saying "kainerad."
The pallor of their faces was most
noticeable and one woidd not wonder
at It from fresh shell holes around
their underground homes. Of course
the other medical men and I had no
arms but neither did the Jerrys, so we
accepted their surrender toute d' suite
and put them to work taking in the
wounded. They are most valuable for
that and display a great willingness
to be of use, once they see you are
not going to kill them. All except the
officers, and they are easily persuaded
.f not too gentle methods were tried.
Hut now it is nil over, and the condition
of their Empire Is worse, I
think than most supposed. Most certainly
they will be unable to renew
hostilities as you have seen the drastic
conditions of the armistice. It is
the one we have been expecting nnd
wishing for but it certainly surprised
me that the slogan of the first American
forces, which you know, was,
"Heaven. Hell or lloboken by Christmas."
will come near to being realized,
as to the last port mentioned. It was
an expression to the spirit in which
they fought. Of the men. and they
were nn-n, who made great sacrifice
for this greatest cause, any amount of
tribub and retncinbcrance is too little,
for the Olicc thev cheerfully paid
tin* imijcra of the world are answered
to them we are indelited for
the riddance of the 11 mi who remainid
a I Inn and a Vandal to the end."
As ever, your son
George.
POLITICS IN PARIS.
Government Prevents Socialists From
Making Demonstration Before Mr.
Wilson.
The political newspapers cf Paris arcin
a state of more or less excitement
over an incident in which the Socialist
party llgurcd with President Wilson
upon his arrival from Brest last Sunday.
Of course all parties in France, as
well as reuresentativcs of all Allied nations
were anxious to get as close as
possible to the president immediately
upon his arrival.
Among other things it had been
planned that the president was to .review
a procession by and receive an
address from the Socialists. The parade,
according to the arrangements
which had been made with the Socialist
leaders, was to have been reviewed
from the Murat palace, which is the
president's home while in Paris.
It appears, however, thut the government
as represented by Premier
t.'lemeilccau. unknown to Mr. Wilson,
took steps to break up the parade.
Also the representatives of the Socialist
members of the chamber of deputies
who had been delegated to visit
Mr. Wilson at the Murat palace and
present an address, were hampered by
the police in their efforts to get into
the building.
At the appointed hour Admiral
Grayson asked of members of the
French chamber of deputies when the
parade was coming, as Mr. Wilson
wanted to be at the window to salute
it. He was told that plans had been
changed, and he was assured also that
the president would not want to interfere
with French internal politics.
The Socialist deputies, however, submitted
their prepared address, which
was to the effect that not only the Socialists
of France; but all over the
world, were in full accord with the
president's "Fourteen Principles." The
delegation set forth that they represented
100 members of the chamber of
deputies and 1,500,000 v voters of
France. The president's reply to the
address was as follows:
Gentlemen: 1 received with great
interest the address which you have
Just read to me. The war through
which we have just passed has illustrated
in a way which never can be
forgotten the extraordinary wrongs
which can be perpetrated by arbitrary
and irresponsible power.
It is not possible to secure the happiness
and prosperity of the world, to
establish an enduring peace, unless the
repetition of such wrongs is rendered
impossible. This has indeed been a
people's warIt
has been waged against absolutism.
and these enemies of liberty must
from this time forth be shut out from
the possibility of working their cruel
will upon manmna.
In my Judgment, it is not sufficient
to establish this principle. It is necessary
that It should be supported by a
co-operation of the nations which shall
be based upon fixed and definite covenants
ar.d which shall be made certain
of effective action through the instrumentality
of a League of Nations. I
believe this to be the conviction of all
thoughtful and liberal men.
I am confident that this is the
thought of those who lead your own
great nation, and I am looking forward
with peculiar pleasure to co-operating
with them in securing guarantees
of a lasting peace of Justice and
right dealing which shall Justify the
sacrifices of this war and cause men to
look back upon those sacrifices as the
dramatic and final processes of their
emancipation.
sW When we know the value, then
It'e time to ask the price.
HISTORY IN THE MAKING. t
t
Current Events That Are of Future
Importance. *
Upon hie arrival at Brest laet Satur- 1
day President Wilson was declared a 1
citizen of Paris. The only other for- 1
elgner upon which this honor has ever
been conferred was George Washington.
I
The United States navy department
has under way an attempt to fly across
the Atlantic ocean. A gTeat airplane
has been in course of preparation for
some time past at Rockaway Beach.
New York, and also a dozen others
that are being subjected to severe tests
at different points. For some time It
has been expected that the attempt
would be made before now; but within
the past few days, it has been announced
that it has been decided to
Y
wait until early spring, for the reason
that conditions for flying are not so fa- *"
vorable in winter- The Rockaway ^
Beach plane has a cruising radius of 0
1,500 miles, hardly enough to ensure ^
safe landing at the Azores islands. But
other nations are also looking forward *
to being first to cross the Atlantic. a
The Germans are said to have an im- *
mense Zeppelin with which they expect
to accomplish the feat, and the Italians '
are expecting to get there first with a '
giant Caproni machine. r
The steamer George Washington. a
which took President Wilson to
France, is now on her return to Ameri- 11
en with four thousand soldiers on 11
board. She left France on her return s
voyage on last Sunday, within two days ^
after the president and party went ?
ashore. '
The president is tentatively sched- n
uled for a visit lo the pope when he
goes to Rome and the matter is caus- n
ing a lot of animated discussion n
throughout religious circles the world n
over. Following the revolution of 1848 ?
and the complete abolition of the tern- d
poral power of the state by the annex- c
ation of the Papal states to Italy in '
1860 and 1870, there has been much n
feeling between the adherents of the f
Italian government and the adherents n
of the claims of the Papacy. Any sug- n
gestion of the recognition of the tern- s
poral power of the pope makes feeling, tl
not only in Italy, but throughout the
world. It is pretty definitely settled o
that the president intends to visit King 3
Victor Emanuel at the Quirrinal in a
Rome, anil the question Is whether he o
will visit the Vatican. Italians who ace e
Catholics would rather the president
would not make this visit, and there is n
a feeling also that America should not '?
be committed to any such recognition !<
of what is commonly regarded as the fi
temporal claims of the Romish church.
Non-Catholic Americans who have de- V
cided convictions on religious ques- v
tions, feel the same way?that Ameri- li
oa should not recognize the temporal a
claims of Rome and that there is no p
possible reason why any American in a s
representative capacity should commit p
the *couiitry**Fo such" recognltTdrT fo
Rome's spiritual claims as would be p
involved in the visit. A
The great American war fleet which 1<
has been doing duty in European wa- c
ters since beginning of the war, has
saiedfdor hrome. All but a few of the
vessels left for various duties, are now a
1 on the way across the Atlantic and n
\ they are expected to arrive in New )j
York harbor about the 23d. The fleet tl
includes drcadnaughts, cruisers, gun- tl
boats, torpedo boat destroyers and va- si
rious other kinds of craft. It will be
the greatest fleet that has ever been tl
seen in American waters and thou- a
sands of visitors will go to New York .J
to see it upon its arrival. b
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SPRINKLES OR IMMERSES. "
Rev. E. L. Flanagan Has Come to Do (1
Thinga. S(
[Rev. K. L. Flanagan, quoted in this ^
article, is from Bowling Green ]
"You may think it strange that I, as '
a Presbyterian minister, have been
baptizing of late by immersion when
the method of my own denomination is '
sprinkling," said Rev. E. L. Flanagan, ?
formerly of this city, and who was (1
here today from Camp Morrison, 0
near Newport News , where he is a y
chaplain In the United States army,
"but the world war," he continued. "
"has brought about some unusual c
things.
"I find myself with a willingness to ^
use immersion as well as sprinkling as n
a mode of baptism?when the former "
mode is preferred by the candidate." w
In the Presbyterian denomination "
baptism by immersion is not unauthor- b
ized, it is said, but that in practice it is b
rare. b
Rev. Mr. Flanagan, when in Norfolk,
was pastor of the Park Avenue Pros- w
byterian church. Brambleton. and
went from that church Into the United ''
States army for service in the war as "
a chaplain, with rank of first lieuten- ,f
ant, and his duty has been on the e!
transports earning soldiers to and Z)
from Newport News and Brest, France, n
he having made two round trips be- ri
fore the war closed?and he expects to
nbturn to the transport service for a
duty in bringing the boys home.
"It has been a wonderful experience
for me." said Mr. Flanagan, referring ri
to his religious work on the transports. n
"and do you know," said he, "that my ?
own faith has been deepened and t<
strengthened by seeing: what a marvelous
faith our soldiers have, together
with a wonderful Interest In and love b
for the religious life, since they have
been in the midst of the dreadful ex- a
periences of the great war: and my s
Judgment is that the churches will *
have to revise some things?must be- v
come broader and make their appeal
more vital?If they are going to hold t<
our soldier boys." 0
Baptism on Shipboard. 0
During his service on the transports,
Rev. Mr. Flanagan preached to the P
cnUlow onii ministered to them COn- v
stantly. and had the satisfaction of n
having 119 of them profess conversion t
and send their names to their home *
places?to the churches of their choice e
?for church membership, and of the c
number he baptised 74?of whom he r
immersed 22, using a bathtub on ship- o
board for the purpose: sprinkling the tl
others. ti
He says that on the return trips P
from France his ship brought back a n
1 great many wounded men and men y
who had been gassed, "and," said he, ii
"the experiences of these men have n
been such, and their Interest In rellgi- i
ous matter is so deep, that there Is r.j n
need to preach fear, hell and dumna- ii
Ion to them, but they are ready fol|
he Christ life from pure lovo of It." J
He tells of two cloeo calls his ah?
tad in one night from a U-boat, one
orpedo passing his ship 100 feetfroni
he bow, and another going astern <*
hem.?Norfolk, Va-. Ledger Dtspate?
PAYROLL TANGLES.
nefficiency and Red Tape Give Mucl|
Trouble. jX
Thousands and thousands of pa*
llotments to the wives and relative!
if the American soldiers, many (
'.'horn are In serious need of monej|
ire being held up through the un3
varrcnted and unauthorized action Of I
he quartermaster general of the army
n taking the distribution of the solders'
pay away from the War Rislf
bureau and directing that the wortj
ie done by his division, it is declared
?y Congressman Edward Saunders, o
'irglnia, writes a staff correspondent
f the Philadelphia Ledger fronj
Washington. ^
Mr. Saunders is so wrought up ov?r
he matter, which he styles a wantoit
ssumption of authority without action
by congress, that he has lntrd"luced
a bill directing the quartermaaer
general to begin Immediately payng
the allotments to the soldiers' de^
?endents and to promptly pay up alj
r rent ages.
"The abominable delay in making
ayments of the monthly salary allot*
rients to the wives and families of th*
oldlers has all been brought about
iy the action of the quartermastef
eneral in taking over this Job from
he War Risk Bureau," said Congression
Saunders.
"The War Risk Bureau had tackleq
n enormous Job that of distributing
lonthly allotments and allowances to
tore than 5,000,000 soldiers and sall^
rs, but after a series of vexatious
clays was getting along in pretty
ood shape until July 1," continued
Jr. Saunders. "Then the quartermaster
general of the army took away
rom the War Risk Bureau the paylent
of allotments where there wer*
o accompanying allowances, and the
aid checks would be sent direct bjr
he war department. I
"The quartermaster general set$
ut what Is known as General Ordet8
to all commanders, instructing thak
11 men make out papers for allotmerfr
f salary upon printed forms supplid
by the department. , '
"Orders were Issued by the quarter'laster
general discontinuing all paylents
of allotments not carrying aliwances
until receipt of the printed 1
arms. ? 1
"In cases where the men were neaj '
Washington and where prompt action '
;n? possible there was not much de?y
In the taking up of the monthly
llotment payments of the war deart
ment. But in thousands of In- '
tances the blanks were not returned '
romptly and papers from thousand* J
f other soldiers 1n Ffaflce HBlf athm '
oints have not yet been received. '
is a consequence, the payment of al- '
itments to the wives and families has
eased since July 1.
Soldiers' Families Suffering.
"The result has been that thousnds
and thousands of soldiers have 1
ot returned the printed forms, chief;
through no fault of their own, and
he families are suffering because
hev have not received any checks '
ince July 1."
The navy department also took over '
he distribution of allotments to the
Ives and families of the sailors on
ul.v 1, it is learned but there have 1
een no complaints of delay In salary I
llotment payments by the depart- '
lent.
Inquiry at the war-risk bureau toay
as to the reason the war departicnt
has not made payments to the |
aldiers' beneficiaries, while the navy
epartment has made them promptly,
rought this reply from a higher ofcial:
"The navy nas a peri ecu y siuwu.unning
organization while the quartrmnster
general's division of the war
epartment Is all in the air and withut
any organization at all; that's 1
our answer briefly." 1
This high official of the War Rlak
iureau then explained that before the 1
hange was made on July 1, the navy
epartment sent out orders by radioraph
to all commanders to have the
ecessary papers sent in quickly from
ae men making allotments and they
rere sent in. Even without these au- 1
horitles the payments could have
een, and they were made promptly 1
y the navy department, because It l
ad on file duplicates of all papers in '
ae War Risk Bureau, he said. The
ar department did not "
The Saunders bill after declaring 1
i its preamble that the War Risk 1
luroau was established to pay the al
>tments to beneficiaries; that the
nlisted men filed the proper authoriation
papers, that payments were
fgularly made by the War Risk Bueau
up to July 1, and thrff on that
t the quartermaster general of the
rmy. pending receipt of new autiority
to allot from the enlisted men
iscontinued nil the payments, dlects
the quartermaster general to
take allotments indicated by papers
n file with the War Risk Bureau and
3 promptly pay up all arrearages.
In a speech to the retiring draft
oards in New York last Saturday, Ma?r
General Enoch H. Crowder made
n appeal for the retention of tho draft
ystem for raising armies in time 01
rar. In support of that appeal he reiewcd
the record of the board in regitering
23,700,000 Americans in eighy?n
months, putting into the field S,00,000
fighters and having ready I,00,000
more when the armistice was
Igned. These fighters, he said, had
roved themselves equal to the trained
eterans of France, both In aggresslveess
and soldierly bearing. The counry,
no doubt, most heartily agrees
rlth General Crowder In this matter,
specially on the proposition that the
onscription plan is the best way of
aislng effective armies for use in time
f war. But as to how the conscripinn
nittn is solnsr to apply to the rats
ag of the smaller armies tn time of
eace seems to be the big question
ovr. It Is eminently desirable that all
oung men should hare military trainig:
but to accomplish this without
taking us a military nation Is the paste
It Is generally agreed that we do
ot want to be a military nation except
i time of war.
TO TAKE OVER WIRES.
Postmaster Ganaral Want* Govsrnmant
Ownarahip of Talaphona and
Telegraph.
Ownership by the government of
the telegraph and telephone systems
of the nation is characterized as "Imperative"
by Postmaster General Burleson
in a letter to Representative
Moon, chairman of the house committee
on post offices and post roads.
Mr. Burleson said the system can be
acquired "without the appropriation of
a dollar from the public treasury" by
applying to a mortization fund for 25
years the savings made under government
ownership through elimination
of duplications in plants and operating
expenses.
In support of the government ownership
resolution Introduced in the
house last week by Representative
Moon, the postmaster general quoted
from the recent letter of Theodore N.
Vail, president of the American Tele
pnone ana reiegrapn company, auu
from the annual reports of a number
of the postmasters general since the
civil war, all of whom agreed, he said,
that government control or ownership
would greatly contribute to the efficiency
of service
"The economic importance of the
proposition to acquire the properties
by the government is very great."
Mr. Burleson wrote. "Private capital
is Invested in public service enterprises
with the expectation of 7 to 8
per cent and often a greater return on
the Investment. This, of course, the
public Is expected to pay while the
government can borrow money at
4 1-2 per cent. The public, however,
pays the charge lb either event. The
difference between 4 1-2 per cent and
8 per cent for the mpney invested in
the wire system of the United States
would maintain and pay for the property
in 18 years and nine months.
The government, as an owner, would
no more expect to charge for Interest
in the investment than it would for
money Invested In postal facilities,
navy yards or other public property.
As justification for the permanent
taking over of the wire system, Mr.
Burleson said:
"To establish and maintain means
of Communication as much for function
of the government as it Is provision
for national defense Moreover,
It is essential to the development
of the country and to the progress
and prosperitx. of its people. It
is a defense of the national interests
els much In peace as in war. Extension
of the wire service should be
determined by public needs, not the
opportunity for private gain.
The postmaster general said he believed
that an effective plan could be
worked out by which the waste of
rompetition can be eliminated and the
Bcarch, investigation and experimentation
not be lost.
?plli4 j|H I?IIII the fact, tbati
under the existing law, the telephone
and telegraph properties will automatically
revert to the private owners
upon proclamation by the president of
a state of peace, the letter says that
many of the independent companies
could not take back the properties
without serious loss to the investors
m<l great detriment to the sendee.
Many of these companies, the letter
says, were operating at a loss owing
to waste incident to competition and
diversity of state regulation, and as
proper depreciation funds have not
been set aside, the properties were
drafting into a condition where proper
public sendee could not be rendered.
PRESIDENT IN PARIS.
Mr. Wilton Breaks All Manner of Precedents.
President Wilson has been smashing
all kinds of precedents in Paris and he
continues to do so. He is not asking
anybody what the custom is with regard
to certain things; but whenever
he wants to do anything, he does it
after the American custom of making
rather than following precedent.
On Sunday the president attended
service at the American Episcopal
church and heard a sermon by Rt
Rev. W. A. Guerry, bishop of South
Carolina. This was in me anernuuu.
During the morning he had attended
the service of the American Presbyterian
church.
When distinguished visitors desire to
place wreaths on the tombs of distinguished
dead, the procedure is to order
Ihe wreath from the florist, who places
It on the tomb desired, with the card
jf the donor. Mr. Wilson sent Admiral
Grayson to buy the wreath. The
florist wanted to follow the usual precedent.
Admiral Grayson Insisted,
however, in taking the wreath away
with him. The president carried the
tribute to the old Picpus cemetery, and
placed It on the grave himself. With
the wreath he left his personal card,
on which was inscribed: "In memory
of the great Lafayette from a fellow
servant of liberty."
Also it Is the custom of high dignitaries
to send for the persons they
want to see. Whenever the president
wants to see any Frenchman or anybody
else, he goes to see him. He
spent some time In the office of Premier
Clemenceau on Saturday, accompanied
only by Col. House, who remained
outside with a French general,
while the president and premier talked
for an hour.
Old Time Printers?There wai >hel!?.?
iriah cniint as he styled him
self, who would come occasionally for
a month or bo from a round-theworld
trip, making the circuit without
a dollar and all his baggage crammed
In his vest pocket. If he had a vest;
If not It didn't matter. When he blew
into a printing office here In Atlanta.
New Orleans or Charleston?anywhere?he
was as welcome as a keg of
beer at midnight, and that was some
welcome.
The count was rated as one of the
swiftest printer*, and where some
made $6 the day he could easily make
$8 or |10. Bnt a day's work was a
nionH' ?f a time. In the
days when the late Col. W. A. Huff
was mayor and presided over the police
court, the police had orders to let
the count alone unless he rot to fightinp.
but unlike old Limerick, he was
not a fighter. On the other hand, the
drunker he got the jollier be became.
And yet he had his sober moments,
even when drunk.
It was his habit to sleep all day. for
night was his time to work and to ~
play. Generally he would pile him- V
self in some out-of-the-way corner of
an office or under the stairway or in
the cellar and sleep. He loved the
hours of midnight or the small hours
of the morning. Sometimes seeing a
number of men on the street together
he would mount a dry goods box or H
barrow and recite Poe's "Raven" or
some other poem.
Being a born actor and possessed of
| a ricn ana resonant voice ne wouia
stir his hearers to that pitch they
thought him equal to Booth or Forrest.
Following his recitation he would
launch a tirade against the world for w
not recognizing true genius and up- ^
braid the crowd of listeners for not ^
furnishing sufficient coin to fan the a
dramatic spark which he possessed in- n
to flame. It was such exquisite nerve 4
that the coin was forthcoming. With
his pockets full he visited the print- gl
ing offices, bade the boys an affection- ir
ate farewell and was off.?Macon 01
Telegraph. ^
SOLDIERSHIP TO CITIZENSHIP *
Unnaturalized Americans Merely Sign c]
Their Names. g(
Unnaturalized soldiers in the Amerl- a]
can expeditionary forces are to become
citizens of the United States by simply o]
signing a paper.
They may become citizen* even if ?
they had lived in the United States only
a few days before they enlisted. ^
Subjects of enemy nations, too, who ]y
are considered loyal to the United g(
States may be the one simple proce- t?
dure renounce their allegiance to Wilhelm
II or Charles I?whichever sover- .
St
elgn the accident of birth gave them
?and become as real citizens as If they
were born In Pittsburg in 1885.
All this la provided for In G. O. 15'., sl.
directing that company commanders r(
immediately carry out the provisions
of the act congress passed last May to
permit naturalization of aliens lighting
In Uncle Sam's armies. w
The procedure has been made pur- ^
posely simple. The one paper, to be ^
signed In duplicate, combines all the
requirements of the usual naturaliza- uj
tlon process which takes five years. It
combines the petition for naturalization,
the affidavit of witnesses and the .
8l
oath of allegiance. After an alien- dj
born soldier signs the paper, he Is to ^
be regarded as an- Ami -lean citizen. j
with no "ifs" or "ands." The notation T]
will be made on his service record.
80
But?before he signs, his command- ^
er must have assured himself that the ^
candidate has fully understood the w
nt Iko tit art he In tn VI nff and that .
he Is sincere in his intention to return
to the United States to live after the p
war. His character must be good, aJso. ?
Tl.e alien-born must be told that ^
they are not compolled to take out the
wishes the right to be given purely on w
a voluntary basis.
The government will see that the *(
granting of citizenship rights by the ^
paper signed is made a part of the ^
court records of the nearest naturalization
court to the place of the regis- h)
trant'8 former residence- It will see
also that he eventually receives a final
certificate of naturalization when he
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returns to the United States. Final ,
te
certificates will not be sent to soldiers ^
abroad, because the papers might fall
into the hands of the enemy.
An alien may change his name also ^
at the same time ho signs the paper, ^
by simply making a notation on the r(
margin.?Stars and Stripes. ..
tr
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BUSINESS IN THE WEST. ri
Some of the Hustlers Practice Novel
Stunts. oi
The merchant who is able to do tli
something out of the ordinary has no Sl
mean advantage over the one who Is ^
content to go along in the same old u
way, year in and year out Of course ci
it is Impossible for The Forum to give w
a complete and comprehensive plan tj
adaptable to every line of business, but w
the following hints may awaken the -p
sluggish thought germ In your mind, SI
thus causing the idea to bear fruit. st
A shirt dealer in Chicago, "blessed"
with a bald head, advertises his pict- jr
ure in street cars and public places,
with the words printed across the bald w
spot reading, "meet me face to face." m
A shoe store in Iowa has built up a gt
big trade in shoe trees by showing a h
pair of shoes in a small closet, demon- t(
strating how well shoes will keep their 01
shape equipped with trees.
A printer in Indiana calls himself the e,
"True Promise Printer," stating "every
job will be finished the time promised
or a discount be given." People In a ^
hurry bring all their rush Jobs to him, ^
and, as he keeps his word, he has a a]
monopoly on hurry-up Jobs. w
A photographer In Indianapolis advertlses
that he keeps the negatives of ^
all pictures in filing cases, so a per- b
>,aa nnrs had a photo taken
can order duplicates by number of a|
filing: case. A duplicate of the file a
number is given to each customer, to
work out the plan. a,
A merchant in Montana, who Is a
proud of the number of years he has y
been in business, prices every item tj
with the number of years he has been u
established. For example, this is the |t
twenty-third year In business, so all jj
goods are marked "23 cents" or "31.23" u
or "J3.23," as the case may be. Next it
year the figures "24" will be used. m
Thus by this simple method he contin- tj
ually reminds people of the number ^
of years he has been established. h
A florist In Chicago gives with each n
sale a short treatise on the care of the a
plant you buy. l3
A western maker of check protect- n
ors gives you a written guarantee to w
make good any loss arising from rais- M
ed checks when his device is used, w
thus at one stroke he makes you safe g
from the check raiser when you buy
one of his machines. h
A tea and coffee dealer in Lima O., 0
keeps a pot of tea ready for those who ^
like a sip before they buy, and a but- M
ter dealer on & small hot fresh-baked ti
-
murnn. a
A. merchant In Louisville gives a a
discount to all those who will haul ?
their own furniture home. A banner c
or flag Is given with the words thereon,
"Furniture for blanks." The t
store Is known as "The self-haul t
Store." g
The rise and fall of nations Is the *
ebb and flow of agriculture. ?
I'tKSMNU (IIWUMMUd
Id Timer Tells of Escapade li
Mexico
LC0I10L FOB HORSES USED FOB MEN
low Soma Thirsty Soldiers Got Liquor
for a Jag and Made Brutes of Themselves?But
the Wise Old Gensral
Left Them to Their Own Punishmen.
By James D. Grist
Camp Sevier. December 1".?"I
ould not slander General Pershing by
-ying to make you think that he essems
a drunkard as highly as he does
man An (hot Ka Tt'AIlM nlflAA HI
OVUU liiau, VI vuut IIV T.WV..V. r.Mvw
luch reliance in a man when he ia
runk as he v/ould in his right condion;
but I am here to tell you that the
enoral has never been disposed to put
l his time worrying about the drunk
lies, and he has never been disposed
> hold an offense of this kind against
man after the man got sober."
The speaker was the same old timer
have been quoting in previous arties?my
friend who was formerly a
'rgeant of General Pershing's cuard.
tid who is now one of the most thorigh-going
and efficient commissioned
.'fleers at Camp Sevier. Of course I
ive a good opportunity to spend a
iod deal of time with him now that
e have so much time to kill, and as
Is stories about Pershing are generalso
interesting, and It is so easy to
it him started along that line, I like
> draw him out. It was from a hint
* suggestion from me that he told the
ory I am giving you now.
"As I was telling you the other
ight," said my old friend, "if your
in is clean and you know how to
loot and you are not always on sick
iport, General Pershing is for you
id he doesn't care a darn what you
j when you are not on duty. I recall
little Incident that happened when
e was down on that punitive expedian
into Mexico?that time when we
id Villa, and politics in Washington
something else unknown to me, kept
i from getting him.
"Of course sentiment among civilians
different and I guess the day of the
1 * K.i* ^1/HA.H will
UII IS ttUUUl SUIICi uul> ouiuici o n...
ink liquor. Yes, I've drunk my
tare and while I ain't proud of it, I
n't got no apologies coming about it.
he wife who is now oat in California,
ys I am the best man in the world
id at the same time the worst man in
ic world and if the wife is satisfied
ith me, why I should worry about
le rest of the folks.
"I started to tell you about Gensral
ershing and booze. We was down in
exico and more than a hui.dred miles
om Namqulppa, which was the nearit
port where 'tokella,' that is to say
aagafi www tind'iwy. &HI& mm
ill make you believe the world Is
>urs) was to be had. Several of we
Mows began to get powerful dry and
lally it come to the point where we
>uldn't stand it any longer.
"General Pershing had a couple of
>r es and he had an orderly whose
b it was to keep 'em in shape. I am
>t saying Just how it happened; but
te day when those horses were trotd
out, their legs all wrapped up in
d bandages and swelled to beat the
ckens. Then that orderly got a rejisltion
on the veterinary eurgeon for
couple of quarts of alcohol to rub
le horses' legs. They were rubbed all
ght; but in some mysterious way
tern two quarts of alcohol was turned
to two quarts of water which were
ibbed into the steeds.
"Well, first thing you knew an empty
1 can was made fairly clean and
lem two quarts of 'alka,' which was
lpposod to have been rubbed into the
orses, was poured into that can. Soon
lereafter a gallon of these pie peachi
that you often eat at your mess
ere missing from the kitchen and
ley found their way into that oil can
ith the two quarts of horse medicine.
hen me can was uucu nun f"aring
water and the mixture sat
cady that night
"The men with Pershing had a bathtg
place in the river near where
ley were camped. The bathing place
as always crowded. The day after the
lixture mixed. General Pershing's
able orderly, his motorcycle orderly.
Is clerk. O'Brien, who is now a lieu nant-colonel
in France, myself and
nc or two more?there were seven of
s in all, got permissions from thegenral's
adjutant to go down the river
ireo miles to another bathing point
"Well, we seven lit out in one of the
>odgc cars that we had on that expeItion.
The five gallon oil can of 'alka'
nd peaches and spring water went
ith us and we hadn't gotten out of
?o car good before we started into
iat stuff, drinking out of one of these
ig aluminum cups that you use for
aur coffee. It was some mixture, lad,
nd stout, whew?man, it would make
bull dog break his chain.
"Thtn we got into the river, jumping
nd diving and swimming and Laving
good time generally. I remember
lere was a big tree in the stream at
iat point. Some of its branches were
ader the water and a dangerous tree
? rhr />not mo mV
wu, ueanuc tv *j ,
fe. I made a dive or two out of it as
1J the others and finally I fell out and
lto the water where my head waa in
>me manner caught in the branches
iat were partly submerged. If 1
adn't been lit to the gills I sure would
ave drowned- I believe it was thirty
linutes before the rest of my pals, beluse
of their drunken condition, realted
my perilous position and came tc
ly rescue. I was almost all in; but it
-as some cussin' out I gave them. If
ras all smoothed over though, and w<
re re soon hitting the can again and
etting drunker all the while.
? ?* l-??? tlum wvsis
no U1UH uaic dujvu
ours, when we came to a realization
f the fact that It was getting late anc
nat we should return to camp. W?
rere a beautiful bunch. A couple 01
he fellows decided to ride on the ra
iator, a couple were on the fenders
nd the rest of us were in the car aloni
nth the can and the remainder of lb
on tents.
"We came into camp and proceedet
o quarts ra Who should we run lnti
iut General Pershing and his adjutan
tandlng In front of his headquarter*
rhlch we had to pass? He looked a
is long and hard. We were som
th* two on the radiators burning up
bscause the darn thing was hot.
"Oo see what Is the matter with
I those men,' he said to his adjutant,
and Major Hinds came over to look
at ua
"Where you been?" tho major ln|
quired, and we told him as promptly
as wc could that we had been in bathing
some three miles down the river.
We didn't even attempt to get down olt
the machine and come to attention
when the major spoke to us. We knew
we couldn't and he knew it too.
" 'Well, go on to your quarters now,'
he said and turning upon his heel, left
us. a smile on his face.
"I learned later that he told the general
we had been in bathing down the ,
river and were a little late in getting
i ,n'
. "But General Pershing knew the
trouble. His eye took in the whole situation
at a glance and he'd seen birds
in the same kind of condition before
He sent the major to us because he
knew the major would order us to
quarters, whereas otherwise we might
walk around and raise the devil,
though there wasn't a chance of it on
that occasion.
"Were we much sick? We seven
had quarters pretty close together and
a series of the most pitiful groans you
ever heard went out from us one after
another during that night. Alcohol,
pie peaches and spring water was
scattered over the floor in a most disgusting
mess next morning.
"The general give me the once over
next morning: and I thought I detected
Just a sparkle in his eye. But he didn't
say a tvord.
"He doesn't worry so long as you are
on the Job."
VALUE OF LIBERTY BONDS.
Selling Below Par When Really Worth
a Premium.
Riohnrd Spillane, the well-known financial
writer, discusses the status of
Liberty honds as follows:
Rare has there been such a financial
or, rather, investment paradox as
that presented by the New York stock
exchange quotations on Liberty bonds
and bonds of the city of New York.
The market for Liberty bonds has
been sick.
The market for New York city
bonds has been steady. And yet Liberty
bonds are the prime security of
the world while New York city bonds
might have a doubtful eye turned toward
them.
Here nre comparisons of late market
prices ar.d income yield.
Liberty Bonds.
.1*8 ........ ... _..97.60* 3.64
: Sacond 4s 93.60 4.44
{Third 4is 96.10 4.73 ^Jg
Fourth 4 is 96.90 4 60
New York CHy Bond*. ^
4is of 1967 .'.".'J!!J"1t02.60 4.37
There are perhapa 30,000,000
bonds. Many of them may not understand
why the bonds of the republic
sell below par and why securities,
such as those of New York city, that
bring smaller returns sell at a decidedly
higher price.
The explanation is that many persons,
in their patriotism, bought more
Liberty bonds than they were able to
carry and have been forced to dispose
of them. Other persons, through one
vicissitude or another, have been com
polled to have money nt once and to
get it. have sacrificed their Liberty
bonds.
Pay no attention to the quoted price
of Liberty bonds. It means nothing
except a temporary dip. It would not
be worth noticing except that hundreds
of thousands, possibly millions
of earnest persons who bought the
pledges of the government, may misunderstand
the facts and worry or
think there is basis for worry.
The Liberty bonds that sell today
decidedly below par will sell in five
or ten years decidedly above par.
Various of the issues now quoted between
9SJ and 964 arc likely to sell in
less than ten years at 110 and in less
than 15 years at 115.
Hold on to your Liberty bonds.
They are better than gold. They are
the greatest security in the world.
A financial analyst might draw a
terrific Indictment of the investment
public for buying New York city hot ds
when Liberty bonds were to be hiul.
Here arc the counts on which the indictment
might be drawn.
New York city has a population of
6.000.000 and a debt of $1,490,000,000.
This is $248 per capita.
The debt of New York city is greater
than was our national debt before
we entered the war.
The United States has a population
of 106.000.000 and a debt of $18,000.- ' " ~' 000.000.
That is $170 per capita.
Uncle Sam is buying back Liberty
bonds to reduce his debt and has purchased
and retired $224,000,000 of
them already. Mr. McAdoo took advantage
of the low market price, getting
the bonds at an average of 96 and
making a lot of money for the government.
The secretary of the treasury Is au- -
thorlzed to buy in the open market I
$500,000,000 a year of Liberty bonds.
There will be another issue of independence
bonds next spring and
probably that will clear up our war
i finance needs. Then you may look for
I a steady advance in the quoted value
of Liberty bonds,
i ? .
"Twenty-Three."?The slang phrase.
I "Twenty-three for you!" dates from
' the dramatization of "The Tale of
Two Cities." and was introduced by
? a it niokona. it
me aciurs WIIW )/ia7vvi ..?
> will be recalled, describes the women
' sitting about Paris endlessly knitting
' They would knit twenty-two stitches,
s one for each suspected person, and
I when they came to the twenty-third
stitch the pereon for whom that stood
I was doomed. Sidney Carton's stitch
i was the twenty-third. '
I According to the traditions of the
! stage, the actors In the play got Into
f the hahlt of saying to any intruder or
to a man who bungled or blundered, ?
? "Twenty-three for you." meaning that A
f he must get out as he was good for
nothing or that his room was better
than his company. The words spread
1 from behind the scenes into the
? streets and for four years were a Igfc
t of the colloquial language of the v?? 88
>. pie. The expression Is not u**d
t often as It used to be. b?* ??* be*r* ^B9EQgpR|
it occasionally ereps4?w- jjiwfflp