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PETAIN A MARSHAL
Splendid French Soldier Gets Proper
Recognition
;
WILLED THEY SHALL NOT PASS
This Is the Man Who Made and Sustained
a Reputation as the Best Organizer
in Franca Great Artillery
Expert Prepared the Splendid Defense
of Verdun.
France has a new marshal, the third
created since the war Petain the victor
of Verdun, whose extraordinary organizing
and tactical qualities, great
personality, and gift of inspiring unlimited
confidence in both officers and
men. writes the London' correspondent
of the Christian Science Monitor, ha^js
twn s-enerallv recognized and appre
elated during the course of the war.
Henri Philippe Benonl Petaln is a
grave, tail son of the Department of
the Pas de Calais. He is a native of
Gauchy a la Tour, near Bethune. His
father was a husbandman, and nothing
seemed specially to designate young
Henri Petaln for a successful military
career. He entered the school of St.
Cyr in 18W, when France was still
suffering from the wound inflicted upon
her by the annexation of AlsaceLorraine.
Some years later he received
his commission as lieutenant in
the Infantry, to which he has ever
since remained faithful. For seven
years he served as lieutenant In a reiment
of Chasseurs Alpins, becoming
captain of the same regiment In 1890.
It is interesting to note that his chiefs
did not appreciate his remarkable talents,
and deliberately tried to retard
v-1 ? ? A-wttTO wnv Neither can it be
IIJ1U in v* v? ^
said of Petaln that he benefitted in any
way from favoritism; he was only promoted
to captain when his chiefs
could no longer find any reason for delaying
his advancement.
In 1902 he became professor at the
Superior Artillery school at Chalons,
where he definitely broke away from
the old official teaching, which the late
war has so often proved defective. He
defended his views as to the necessity
for intense artillery preparation befor
attempting any infantry attacks,
with such conviction that his superiors,
who were generally in favor of
the traditional methods of warfare,
seized the earliest opportunity of sending
from their midst so embarrassing
and convincing en opponent of their
theories. Petain, however, soon had
a splendid revenge. He was appointed
professor of applied Infantry tactic^
at the Superior War school, and in
this new capacity he won the admiration
of his official-pupils, and also a
reputation for original ideas quite opposed
to the generally accepted official
? toot hod*. He -then returned to his former
regiment, where he was warmly
welcomed by his men and fellow-officers.
War found him stationed at
Arras, on the point of retiring with
the rank of colonel.
But now the wheel of Fortune re-1
solved rapidly, and in a few months
time Marshal Petain had attained to;
the highest rank in the military
sphere. Promoted brigadier at the beginning
of hostilities, he at once took
part in the most severe fighting. He
was at Charleroi, and a few weeks la
ter, having been placed in command
of a division of infantry, he succeeded
in restoring discipline, energy, and optimism
to those men who having been
through the fighting at Charleroi and
at Guise, were absolutely demoralized
when he took them in hand. In the
different attacks which he led during
the battle of the Marne he applied his
long-cherished theory as to the necessity
for an intense artillery preparation,
and in more than one c^se he
gave his men an example of courage
when he saw them lagging or falling
back, placing himself unhesitatingly
> at their head, under the most terrific
shell fire. Is it surprising that the
"poilus" should respect and love so
intrepid a chief? They never fail to
recognize his surperority, and are
proud to proclaim their confidence in
him on every possible occasion. "On
peut y aller! C'est do l'ouvrage a Petain!"
A simple phrase. Yet this confidence
in the thoroughness with which
their chief would have accomplished
his "job" reflects the faith he has inspired
in his troops, who secure in
the knowledge that the powerful
pounding of French guns had cleared
the way, rushed toward the German
lines with that incomparable dash and
bravery which has always been characteristic
of the soldiers of France .
In recognition of the invaluable services
he rendered during this flrsti
phase of the war, the French govern-'
ment named him commander of the
Legion of honor. His work was mentioned
in the official dispatches, which
stated that he "organized with remarkable
method the attack on the
German position, and directed the same
with extreme energy, obtaining a magnificent
effort from the troops placed
under his command."
His successes in Artois will be remembered
In the annals of the war.
Under his extraordinary thorough and
competent direction the thirty-third
army corps captured all the reputed
impregnable German lines and took
10,000 prisoners. Petain became major-general,
and was commander-inchief
of the eleventh army. He then
^ prepared the Champagne offense of
October 1915, and the fine success
which resulted from the practical application
of his theories designated him
Ka ths defender of Verdun, where at
last he had a full opportunity of revealing
his unique qualities both as a
tactician and organizer.
When he took command of the army
of Verdun, at the request of General
do Castelnau the enemy held the village
of Douauinont. Petaln immediately
grasped all the measures that were
? necessary to protect the fort and Verdun:
he set to building a net-work of
roads and trenches, and innumerable
stations and depots, which, by assur"
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ing ana lavuiiamift
contributed greatly to the help of the
men In their heroic defense of the valiant
city. For several months General
Petaln was the very soul of the resistance
of Verdun. Thanks to inconceivable
sacrifices the enemy succeeded
In gaining an advance which momentarily
threatened the security of
GENERAL P
Before a gathering of the most br
In chief of the French armies in the fl<
by President Polncare In Metz. Presi
behind are Marshal Joffre, Marshal Fo<
Belgian army, a Portuguese general an
that front Petain never lost courage,
however, and from the very first he
was confident in the success of his
colossal enterprise. He called up all
the artillery he could dispose of, and
it is said that he placed cannon-wheel
against cannon-wheel, thus forming
a perfect barricade of shell fire and
steel, through which the surging tide
of German infantry was powerless to
break. Then he uttered the now fam? s j
? at- a.
ous words wnicn eiecirinea ms iruope;
"Us ne passeront pas!" (They shall
not pass!) They did not pass.
When General Nival le took command
of the "great army" of Verdun he
achieved what Marshal Petain had prepared,
recapturing the line of forts
previously held by the Germans.
Placed at the head of the armies of
the center. General Petain took a most
active part in the last offensive, and
recaptured the reputed impregnable
position of Moronvilliers. He was recalled
from this post by M. Painleve,
in order to become chief-of-staflf at
the French War office, and to estab- '
lish a permanent Hnk between the government
and the supreme military
command.
Marshal Petain was appointed commander-in-chief
of the French armies
early in 1918. He retained this post
when Marshal Foeh assumed surpreme
command of the Allied forces. With
the liberation of Alsace-Lorraine accomplished,
no one was better fitted
than Marshal Petain to be placed at
the head of the French troops who
entered Mctz, foe. as.M. Clemenceau
said in his proposal to make General
Petain marshal of France:
"At a time when the whole of France
celebrates with a noble pride the definite
victory of its arms, the govern
mcnt of the republic makes it a point
of honor to express the wishes of the
army and of che country by conferring
on General Petain, one of the
mn.at glorious architects of victory, the
dignity of marshal of France. To retrace
the role played by Marshal Petain
It would be necessary to trace the
whole history of the war. He had already
won fame by the splendid services
he accomplished, when, placed at the
head of the army at Verdun, he inflicted
on the enemy a defeat which will ever
remain famous, ?nd which marked the
decline of the German military power.
History will place General Petain in
the very first rank of those great warriors
who, in the course of the four
years of this long and terrible war,
have commanded the Allied armies.
Led by chiefs of the highest valor, our
, incomparable soldiers have imposed
upon the enemy the armistice of Nov.
11, which consecrated the triumph of
the Entente. They have just reached
the Rhine. The moment therefore has I
come to grant to General Petain the i
supreme military reward which will
honor him as chief as much as it will,
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gratiry tne wnoie ui mc
Surely no praise is better deserved
than that awarded by "Father Victory."
as M. Clemenceau is lovingly
called, to the great warrior whom his
potlus have appropriately nicknamed
"He who works well!"
WARNS AGAINST BOLSHEVIKI.
Official of Military Intelligence Testifies
Before Senate Committee.
Testifying before the senate committee
investigating German propaganda,
Arcihbald Stevenson of the military
intelligence bureau, said Thursday
that representatives of the Bolshevik
movement already have organized
soveits in the industrial centers
of this country' and that their plans
contemplate eventual seizure of the .
government.
Mr. Stevenson also said Qvidence exists
that Germans and the United States
have begun a post war propaganda
with a view to experting an influence
which would make the peace terms
imposed on Germany less onerous. He
called the committee's attention to a
recent editorial In the New York
Statts Zeltung, which he said endeavored
to convey the idea that American
soldiers overseas had come to
regard the Germans in a light other
than that of enemies.
Leaders of the Bolshevik movement
in this country. Mr. Stevenson testified^
included John Reed, who, he said,
was the consul general at New York
for the Russian soviet government,
and Albert Rhys Williams of New
York. Schools for the teaching of
the Bolshevik doctrine to children have
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own taittoiiaiicu uj hie . w
zation, the witness said, and lecturers
sent out. He told the committee that
Hutchins Hapgood of New York was
one of the lecturers and that Leonard
D. Abbott also of New York was head
of the school for the teaching of radicalism.
Money for the Bolshevik propaganda
work, Mr. Stevenson asserted, was
sent from Russia.
The element that is furthering radicalism
here is the same element that
is fighting American soldiers in Russia,"
said the witness, "They can be
said to be the same for Reed and Wil-1
ETAIN MADE MARSHAL
wmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
lillant military lenders of the world, Ge
ild. was awarded the baton of marshal, t
lent Polncare Is shown presenting the
:h, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Halg, Get
d General Haller of the polish army.
liams are their representatives In this
country."
Asked by Senator Overman for a
remedy for Bolshevlklsm, Mr. Steven- i
son said he would recommend deportation
of alien agitators, punishment
under a law speclfical^ drawn for '
that purpose of Americans who advo- i
cated revolution, barring from the 1
country the ultra radical units and a *
counter propaganda of education.
In reply to a question from Senator i
Overman as to whether Frederic C. 1
Howe, commissioner of immigration
in New York held radical views, the 1
witness said he believed Mr. Howe's 1
opinions were "some what radical." 1
Investigation of the Statts Zeitung,
Mr. Stevenson said, showed that the ?
paper received $.15,000 from Dr. Ber- <
riard Dernburg, the German propa- 1
gandist, after the beginning of the Eu- i
ropeon war. A deposition by George 1
von Sckal, taken by the New York at- 1
torney general, he declared, showed 1
that in December, 1914, or January, <
1915, a cable message was sent to the 1
Berlin foreign office saying that the '
Statts Zeitung had to have approxi- I
mately $500,000, "if it does not fall I
into the hands of neople who are''
against Germany." The answer to the '
message, he asserted, was that the
embassy here would be authorized to
pay the money "if necessary."
THE WAR AGAINST LIQUOR.
I
Story o" Dry Movement From It^ta*
ception to Now.
The International, world-wide move- j
ment for prohibition, in which the j
United States has played a leading
part and which has now resulted ac- j
tion by a sufficient number of states to
make the nation dry, was brought rap- '
idly into the foreground of public affairs
by the opening of the world war
In 1914, The nations fighting for their
existence and freedom of the world
were compelled to bend every energy t
to the task, and the waste occurring }
through the liquor traffic was one of }
the first evils to which attention was
called.
The most spectacular blow the traffic
received in Europe was the action
of the old government of Russia when
at a stroke of his pen the czar prohibited
the sale of vodka, the national
drink. Other nations began to curb the
liquor interests, notably France and
England. Canada had been under local
option since the passage of the
Canadian temperance act in 1878, and
during the war became practically dry.
Prohibition history in the United
States dates back to before the Civil !
war, when Keal Dow's dry law became '
effective in the state of Maine, in 1861, 1
later being written into the state's con- '
stitution. This first wave of prohibi
tion spread to Massachusetts, Rhode,'
Island and Vermont, but the two for- j'
mer states soon repealed the laws that j1
they had passed.
The reconstruction period in the 1
United States following the Civil war
witnpssed a radd and wide growth in
the liquor business. Immigration from 1
Germany was a factor, German beer
being introduced and great breweries
for its production in the United States i
on a large scale being established.
There was a corresponding effort by
the moral forces of the country to offset
this menace, and the established
political parties having refused to incorporate
in their platforms planks
against the liquor trade, the Prohibition
party came into being in 1869, i
holding its first national convention in i
1872. This move was followed in 1874 i
by the organization of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union, the two '<
organizations becoming the great early
foes of the liquor interests. i
The prohibition movement of more
recent times in the United States has
been carried on largely through the
instrumentality of the Anti-Saloon '
league and its branches, the parent organization
being formed in 1893 in
Ohio. The policy of the Anti-Saloon
league which proved most successful in '
combating the liquor interests was that >
of lopping off branches of the tree ,
when it was felt that the greater result '
of state-wide prohibition could not be
Immediately secured. By this policy
local option laws were passed in many
states, and cities, counties and townships
were made dry, while the bigger
fight was continued for a state-wide
law.
In the early '80s a prohibition wave
spread over the middle west, Kansas,
Iowa and the Dakotas passing prohibitory
laws. Iowa's stajnd was annulled
later by the passage of the notorious
Mulct law, the effect of which was to
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permit liquor iramc <n ?. ??
of the state, and in smaller communities
where the population took no decided
stand against it. The Dakotas
also receded from their prohibition action.
The next great move for prohibition
came, strangely enough, from the
south, where the liquor interests were
considered well-intrenched. Early in
the twentieth century southern states
began to enact prohibition laws and
OF FRANCE
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n. Henri Philippe Petain, commander 1
he highest honor bestowed by France, r
baton to Marshal Petaln. Directly
leral Pershing, General Gillian of the *
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their example was followed by those *
of the Pacific northwest.
So many states, in widely different r
sections of the nation having passed r
prohibition laws, the problems resulting,
especially those of the shipment s
of liquor into dry states through inter- 8
state commerce, brought the matter 1
before the national congress. In 1916 1
the supreme court upheld the Webb- F
Kenyon law, which prohibited the d
shipment of liquor into dry states
through interstate commerce, and in b
1917 congress strengthened this law by d
forbidding the spreading of liquor advertisements
in dry territory through k
the United States mails- e
The first step toward a constitutional t'
imcndment to make the entire nation p
iry, was taken in 1914, when the n
bouse of representatives passed an 11
imendment by a majority vote, but not p
by the necessary two-thirds. Prohibl- 8
don sentiment continued to grow and a
wax strong, mostly locally, until the
jpening of the world war. In the fl
[Jnited States there sprang up then a w
Jtrong movement in favor of war time
prohibition. e
War-time prohibition demands then a
brought matters to a head, the mem- a
bers of congress becoming more and 11
nore favorable to an amendment end- 01
ng forever the liquor business witfiln h
he whole country. On August 1, 1917, F
he senate passed the now famous g
Sheppard resolution, to submit the
federal prohibition amendment to the b
egislatures of the various states, by .a
rote of 05 to 20,<4tie beet the MqWP?& ^
?rests could do being to Include a pro- 14
rislon that the ratification by the states b
ti
ihould take place within seven years.
rhe house of representatives adopted ^
he same resolution on December 17, a
L917, at the following session of con- 0
fress by 282 to 128, and there has been b
i steady procession of states taking
'avorable action upon this issue, since n
Mississippi led off on January 9, 1918. a
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The Troubles of a Consul. Consuls s
:he world over are likely to have their d
lands full with certain types of their c
fellow countrymen, or women, as in n
he instance about to be described. It d
iccurred when Capt A. F. Townshend c
vas acting in his official capacity of <j
British consul in a town in Asia Minor, ij
3nc day, he relates in "A military n
onsul in Turkey," an English lady ar- b
ivcd and was shown in to his office, tl
She was invited to sit down, which she
lid with caution, after subjecting the v
:onsul to a careful scrutiny. n
"You are the consul, I suppose?" tl
I admitted that such was the case, c
"Well, she went on, "my steamer T
stays here for six hours, and I want to g
?o to Tarsus to see the place where g
rsaini raui uvea; ana as 1 ucnuvc mc i,
train has gone, I want a carriage: and
yon must guarantee me that I shall be n
back in time for my steamer; and I li
want an interpreter who speaks Eng- 1
lish and Turkish, and?" n
"Madam," I interrupted, "I must o
really?" t
"My name is Mrs. X.!" she snapped, li
with a kind of don't dare-to-madam- o
me air.
"Very well," I replied, as meekly as s
T could, but as you have not shown t
me your passport, I did not know. If r
I could find an interpreter who spoke p
English and Turkish, I would buy him J
for myself, so I fear you can't have n
.hat, but I?" o
"And you must arrange abount lunch 1
for me in Tarsus!" she put in.
"But," I continued, desperately, "I e
shall try to get you a carriage as soon t!
as possible. Of course we can't call a n
cab, you know, as if we were in Re- h
gent street, but I'll send a kavass for n
one." o
'Rather unsatisfactory!" she growl- h
ed. s
'And I'll ask the Turkish governor g
to send a policeman on the box, so that li
you will be quite safe. I cannot, how- t:
ever, guarantee what time you may t
get back. It is sixteen miles to Tar- y
3US."
"Well, I won't go at all," she de- C
clared, as if she were inflicting a c
crushing blow; "but I want to change v
a bank of England five-pound note, and r
as I don't know the rate of exchange, t
T shall have to trust you to change it
fnr m n " S
"Really. Mrs. X." I said, goaded Into r
retaliation, "you seem to have some f
very mistaken ideas. Let me tell you
that I am neither a cabproprietor, nor e
a tourist-agent, nor yet a money- i
changer, and I must ask you to change r
your note elsewhere." 1
She sprang up as if she had sat t
on a wasp's nest. *
"Young man. I shall go straight hack t
on board my steamer, and as I have *
most influential friends in the foreign r
office, you will hear of me again!" I
"That will be a great pleasure,* I 1
murmured as the lady sailed out. s
For days afterward I trembled at the '
arrival of every telegram: but the for- t
eipn office, in Its leniency, must have *
decided to pive me one more chance J
before dismissal without a "character."
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XT Things you get for nothing are J
usually worth about what they cost. '
tJELUNtiS TO THE STATE.
Veil Known Columbian Memorialize
the General Assembly.
Thornwell McMaster, a well know
iltizen of Columbia, has memorialize
he legislature on the subject of th
ompletlon of the Columbia canal. H
las had a letter printed and sent t
;ach member of the house and senat
vhich, while rather unique, is quit
orclble. He paints a picture of grea
ndustrial development and improve
onditions generally if the canal i
ompleted and the water powers o
he Congaree and other rivers in th
enter of the state properly developec
rhe letter follows:
It is clearly up to the 1919 leglsla
ure to do Its bit to rehabilitate, fro
ts canals and open up its natural an
indeveloped resources.
Take back and start immediate de
elopment of its navigation and powci
he falls of Saluda and Broad river
.t their formation of the Congarc<
mown as. Columbia canal.
Appointment of five or three com
nissioners with power to act and do a
ve did for 50 years up to 1887, and a
Jew York state has done ever sine
815 build and own its canals an
lavigation.
Seven years ago a few men in cen
ral South Carolina told the legisla
ure that this company, claiming pos
e8sion, were treating their leased
iroperty as "a scrap of paper." The
lenled and fought with strong, we
laid staff of lawyers, politicians an
lewspapers. We always said to th
egislature's committees: Make ther
how their books. A few days ago th
upreme court ordered them to sho\
heir books. You tylll now see tha
hey have used your property as i
iawn to sell the bonds of five subsi
iary companiesRight
here I will say that I don'
elieve God In his most wise provl
ence ever intended that such essentia
ir reaching nature gifts to all man
ind, such as navigation and hydro
lectric power, fall of water, was eve
t> be turned over to a few men as i
rivate franchise. The weakness of hu
rnn nature will every time produo
lie "Iiet's get rich quick," "damn th
ublic," capitalize and sell bonds an<
tock. We can sell a million above th
ctual Investment and get out befor
lie innocent purchaser on the street
nds out that some one has sold him i
watered stock or bond.
Since they sold the bonds this prop
rty was allowed to go to ruin. The;
re out. They hav^ made their Jaci
nd don't give a damn for South Caro
na. Take it back immediately. Yoi
an.release in the near future 65,00i
orse power hydro-electric power
'ive thousand dollars' worth of coa
oes to waste every 24 hours at th
sot of the hill west of your capito
uilding.
It is the opening of navigation t
aluda and especially Broad river val
?ys. Millions of tons of the only an<
est granite on all water transporta
on to sea on South Atlantic coast
?thcr ro<jk up that river are coppe
nd red hemltate Iron (Iron pyrites
res and others. All water rate to Co
imbia. All water rate plus shor
R. rate to Piedmont. The govern
lent wants granite in million ton lot
t. Charleston now to develop Charles
>n harbor- If you develop thee
hoals, somebody, either the Unitei
tates or the state or Charleston, wil
evelop the Santee-Cooper. It make
olumbla and Charleston 75 mile
earer by water. Liberates 35,000 hy
ro-electric horsepower in 30 miles o
Charleston. Destroy or circumven
elta at mouth of Santee river. Make
nmedlately available by bettering it
avigation two million acres of th
est standing timber on earth, neares
tie devastated war zone.
mi._ tPnncnppp and Sante
lilt? TT aici CV| WiiOM.vv ?
alleys hold the largest, most In de
land, great quantity of standing li
he world nearest the war zone. Yoi
an't log it or ship it out by railroad
'he Broad and Saluda rivers hold th
reatest in quantity and quality o
ranite on all water transportation 01
he Atlantic coast.
It is easily within your power b
lake our great valley of South Caro
ina equal to thp Rhone of France
'he Rhone river has only one-fourtl
lore water than the Santee. The cit
f Lyons is 240 miles from the Medi
erranean ocean, Columbia 218 to At
mtic. France in last five years previ
us to the war cut a canal 30 miles
iP stream on Rhone over into Mar
ailes harbor so as to circumvent th
roublesome delta at the mouth of th
iver. A cotton mill in Lyons, France
ovH nnd writes a bill of lading to Ri
aneiro, Brazil, cheaper on a bale o
nanufactured cloth than Spartanbur;
r Greenville pays for freight to Ne\
fork or Norfolk.
Appoint a practical commissior
lected by house and senate from prac
leal men?not all lawyers; they hav
eed of lawyers, let the commissioi
lire them. But you must have a com
nission that recognizes that there ar
ther laws in nature's great court
tousc to appeal to instead of writini
tatutes. There is the law of credil
ravity, falls of water, navigation and
ast but not least, law of self-prescrva
Ion, the first law of nature, to appea
now quickly. The world is beggini
ou to "come across-"
The development of central Sout!
.'arolina?the Columbia canal is th
enter key wedge. You must tap tha
i-edge with a legislative sledge ham
aer blow and this knotty log will star
o split
All of the Irrigating farming propo
winns arc below Columbia. This wil
nake available thousands of the mos
ertile land on the globe.
The advent of the caterpillar tractoi
rovernment weather reports and farm
ng companies with proper capita
ight now have made the abandone
and on these rivers (opened befor
he Civil war) a bright, profitable gam
>le, both for stock and crops, withou
he old dams being rebuilt. Wha
vould they be if dams were built? An
iow you can build dams, move eart
)er cubic yard, by machinery, drag
>ans, scrapers, etc., cheaper than a
iny other time in the world's historj
These lands now are ratca tor iuxe
ind sell for less than any lands i
Vmerica except the arid alkali lands c
Arizona and Nevada.
Don't deny or turn away these gre.n
ipportunltles for work, employment c
our poor soldier and emigrant return
ng from this heart-racking war, de
manaing neius to iuuur m. wuc uiem
a chance.
>g I say again, humanity demands thai
the legislature get busy. "Go ovei
n the top," boys.
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c WITH THE MOTOR TRUCKS.
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0 Monotony Hangs Heavy on the Boys
e With Nothing to Do.
(. Correspondence of The Yorkville Enquirer,
it Rochelle, France, December 29 ]
d am still located near the oity of Ros
chelle, with very little to do except
n yearn for the time when I can get back
c to work in The Bnquirer office.
1. I used to think that Yorkville was
IIlIKmy UUll tuiu UICSUIUC cai-c^i mreu
- I was at work setting type or feeding
t a press, or revising the mailing list, 01
d something like that; but I would be
entirely content now to swap what 1
- have for Yorkville and give some boot,
r. The weather here now is about what
a we have at home in April, only a little
more so. We have had one clear day
here in a month. The balance of the
time it has been rain and mud, and 1
8 have a plenty of it
8 There is very little to write about
e here. I might give you a few pages
d about the city of Rochelle, about the
Huguenots, the long siege by Cardinal
Richelieu, as well as present condl"
tlons; but I cannot bring myself to
copying history which is as available
to the average reader as it is to me,
y and I do not see anything in the old
" city that seems to be of more than
d passing interest
e As to the people around here, there
n is nothing good to be said. They are
e dirty, filthy and about as Immoral as
v so many pigs. No, I am not exagger*
ating. The conditions are simply hora
rible. If we had such a community
anywhere in York county, the grand
jury would never have an opportunity
1 to act upon it The people would see
it first and clean it out. I wont try to
1 give Jrou details, in the first place because,
I do not want to and in the second
place, you would not print them
r because they are not fit to print
1 It is rumored about the camp that
we are going to move in about a month.
? Ono atnrv ia fViaf ten aro crnlnc tn ho
sent to Belgium and another Is that
we are going to be sent back to the
e States. I hope the last story Is true;
but I am not banking on it, because
8 we have nothing definite. Of course I
would like to go to Belgium anywhere
to get away from this place, even
though the next place may be no better;
but I woul<j rather go back home
than anywhere else.
Christmas was like Sunday over
Q here. We had nothing to do, and plenty
to eat good things that is about
iaiL
The Motor Truck organization has
j played a big part In the war. It was
the motor trucks that got the marines
o to Chateau Thierry; It was the motor
trucks that helped push the Oermans
j north from Verdun, and It was the motor
trucks that made possible the winding
up of the little ball of yarn In the
r St. Mihiel sector. Also it was the mo.
tor trucks that largely contributed to
the success of the work of the Thirtit
<;Jh and Eighty-first divisions. Of
course, you know it was the soldiers
first, those brave, invincible men, who
s
went right on after the Germans and
cleaned them up; but it was the motor
triloba that hrnueht ud the ammu
j nition, artillery, supplies, etc., without
g which little could be accomplished.
s But please do not understand that I
am entitled to any glory. I made one
I long trip of about four hundred miles,
t before the armistice was signed; but
s after that the flu got me and although
s I am now all right, I have not done a
e great deal of driving since up to this
t time. I have not been hunting any
glory or anything like that. I got into
e this thing because Gen. Crowder had
my number, and the local board sent
n me forward. I wanted to go because I
j knew America needed every man she
I had, and that those who held back
e could not be looked upon as men.
f From the day I went to Clemson I have
been trying to carry out every order
and discharge every duty to the best of
0 my ability, and I am trying 10 ao me
. same thing now. If It had been my
,. lot to drive a truck in among the
h bursting shells, my truck, I think,
y would have gone there and kept going
. until a shell got us both, or a bullet
. got me- And while I still stand ready
. to do everything I can as long as I am
it needed, or until I am discharged the
. authorities above, saying when, still I
e don't think you are going to blame me
e for saying I would rather be back
>, home.
o Lewis M. Grist.
f --
g The Wrong Ship. Through a mlsv
iaken idea that she was a transport
returning with American troops from
' France, the steamship Chicago, of the
" French line, received a remarkable
e and unexpected welcome in port yes11
terday afternoon. The police boat ser"
enaded the passenger steamship with
e her siren and the fire boat Thomas
" Willett accompanied her up stream to
* her pier, at the foot of West Fifteenth
' street, spouting: forth gTeat geysers of
' river water for the amusement and,
incidentally, to the amazement, of the
1 258 passengers aboard, none of whom
s knew what the fun was about.
Just who started the reception to
the Chicago, on board of which were
p no more Americans than* have arrived
* regularly on board each French line
steamship in the course of transatlan1
tic travel during the war, no one
could say.
~ The din of the whistle blowing,
which became general after the patrol
1 began her welcoming shriek, caused a
huge crowd to gather at the French
' line pier, which cheered each passenger
as he came out of the main en^
trance, but found no troops to extend
( their greetings to. Cap. Brevet, the
0
Chicago's commander, asked what the
demonstration had meant as he
t stepped ashore, and enjoyed the mistake
when he was told how his ves^
sel had been mistaken for a troop
ship. New York Herald.
it * * '
r. Saved. Little Harold, having climb(S
ed to the pinnacle of the roof of a very
n steep shed, lost his footing and began
>f to slide with terrifying swiftness toward
that point where the roof swept
it gracefully off into shape.
>f "O Lord, save me!" he prayed. "O
i- Lord, save me! O Lord! "Never
s- mind. I've caught on a nail!"
imjlulKo ur int dau ;
t , n
Men of Camp Sevier Who Serve to c
the Last J
I
ABOUT QUARTERMASTER PERSONNEL J
V
[ Not Much Excitemont nor a Groat Deal
of Glory in Looking After Equipment ?i
Q....I!... D.i LI. -AL.I iL. *1
?*nu ouppiics; dux ncvonnciaBB xne ti
Work Has to be Done.
, Camp Sevier, January 25.?Cheer- ?
! fully continuing to do their bit at 1
; Camp Sevier although the war is end.
ed, even as they have done through p
, all the struggle, with never a chance a
; to get In the limelight and the honor a
of having gone over the top and at 'em
; never coming to then, this article will
, have to do with the men of the Quart- %
r ermaster Carps and other camp or- n
, ganizatlons who have been In Camp 1
Sevier and Greenville longer than any "
other soldiers. They are deserving of ^
praise for theirs', although devoid of
i the glamour and glitter of the battle- f
, field has been and continues to be a ^
most important work, requiring Intel.
ligence of the highest sort and a pa,
tlence and perseverance that lo to be a
, found only in soldiers and all men a
of the very highest type. They have ^
i had In charge the great work of pro!
viding for the welfare and comfort of
the soldiers of the various divisions
, who have come to Camp Sevier to a
, train, and who after their period of
i training have gone across to put the ,?
fear of God and Democracy into the n
Hun. Any thinking man, though, will ^
readily admit that the fellows who .
were not permitted to go because they
had to provide for those who did, have p
had just as great although not so **
nrl/\o(/\??n n r\n ( rt V> n irl A f f Ka
giui tuuo u ^ai i tn me v icwi j \jl viiv
Allies. / a
Talk to the average officer or enlist- ?
ed man of the Quartermaster Corps c
about the war and the part he played ?
and he will admit, "yes, I stayed here
at home or rather in this camp. Some- a
body had to stay and because of my
peculiar training in certain lines q
it was decreed that I should stay. I 91
had a part I guess; but to my way of ?
thinking it was a poor part and I'll c
never get over the fact that I didn't
get to go over and see the whole .
show."
There is not the slightest doubt but "
what the great majority of them and
there are more than a thousand in all,
did want to go and made effort to go ^
at one time or another during the J*
past seventeen moi/ths. Many were dis
qualified because of physical disability;
many who were fit were kept from Jf
going over because their service could r
ba utilized to better advantage on this
side. There is nothing yellow about w
the men of the Quartermaster Corps
with the exception of their hat cords. ?
Most of them, had they had their *
choice would far prefer the line to the i '
work in which they are engaged. It j"
is easier. It does not carry such great j 81
responsibility. It does not require j
such painstaking, patient effort. But |
somebody has to do the Q. M. work. bl
It is no easy matter to provide for F
the clothes and feeding of 30,000 men , k
daily. It is not the easiest job in the 8-1
world to look after the transportation 8t
of those who are ordered away on a
moment's notice. There are easier ls
tasks than taking care of thousands of
horses and mules and wagons and n
other property of like nature that is w
absolutely essential to the conduct of
a great military organization.
Many jobs are easier than that of w
taking care of the cast off shoes and
clothes of these men, their bedding,
worn-out military property of every
description which still has some financial
value. The men of the Q. M. have
* " - * /Jana tKlO OTArlf
done aii ui uus, uaic uuuc v?? ......
thoroughly and well. '
But all this is by way of explana- ^
tlon of the necessity for a quarter- ^
master corps at Camp Sevier and in 9'
explanation of why it is that hundreds 8
although they have been stationed n
here for eighteen months or more 0
didn't get a chance to have hand to h
hund engagements with Frits. There n
are several branches of this quarter- a
master corps and In every branch men **
who have been here so long that they a
almost feel like old residents of the
city and section.
The commanding officer of the u
Quartermaster Corps for the past sev- ?
en months has been Major D. H. Cotter.
who was tranferred this week to
gj
Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga. Major
Cotter was of the regular army and P
during the past quarter of a century ?
had seen service in every branch of
the military. He is succeeded by Maj. ^
Ocea L. Ferris who has also seen much g
sendee. The'constructing quartermas- '
ter, Major Cooper, is another old resident
of Camp Sevier who has seen the d
camp grow from a comparatively Q
small station to one of the largest of j
the tented camps in the entire country. h
In point of sendee in the quartermaster
corps so far as Camp Sevier is con- '
cerned one of the oldest is Major F. J. p
Hanabergh, who came here eighteen B
months ago. Mayor Hanabergh is an
old regular army man who at the outbreak
of the World War was a non p
commissioned officer of the regular ^
establishment. Major Hanabergh was w
promoted to his majority since he came ci
here and for a number of months was tj
camp executive officer. Several weeks j,
ago the officer had the misfortune to ,
be the victim of an automobile acci- ^
dent and is now confined to the Base n
hospital on account of his Injuries. ^
Capt. H. V. Benewa in charge of the
Kmnnh nf the Quarter- c,
lOUUOIOVCUVV Mi v. - ? ?
master Corps has seen eighteen months b
service at Camp Sevier. A number of p
nis assistants, especially his non com- R)
missioned officers have also been rfta- n
tioned in this camp more than a year. e
Among them is Quartermaster Ser- t<
geant Senior Grade Jack Weiner who f]
came to Sevier at a time when the o
pretty camp site was hardly more than
a growth of briars and brambles, interspersed
here and there with a tall o
pine or ?oak. Sergeant First Class si
Tnomas Duncn ui mc ouuoioivuw
branch is also another Camp Sevier n
old timer. He too, has had about a
eighteen months service here and in "
that time has Issued thousands and i<
thousands of rations.
Capt H. C. Kllber, camp property h
.officer has been stationed at Camp Se- g
vter about ten months. The captain b
ilar establishment and like Major H&abergh
was a non commissioned ofIcer
at the outbreak of the wai with
lermany. Lieut. Lewis who is under
he camp property owner Is also anoher
of the veterans of Camp Sevier,
le came here early in the fall of 1917
nd has received his commission as a
leutenant since coming into the ser-"
Ice here.
Lieut. I. M. Adams of the Finance
ranch of the Quartermaster Corps i
as been stationed at Camp Sevier for
he past seventeen months. His has
een and is a most strenuous work and
ne requiring the utmost care and cauIon.
First Lieut. L. R. Collins who is at '
resent camp salvage officer has been ^
resident at Camp Sevier for the post
eventeen months and in that time ,
tie served in various capacities. Capt. ^
[. H. Horner, recently relieved as Sal- j
age officer has been in Sevier for
lore than a year. Capt. J. H. Slayon,
transportation officer has seen
lore than one'year's service at Camp *
levier as have Lieutenants EJdmur.d
u Turner and Louis J. Cauthen of
he Utilities division, which until a J
ew months ago was a branch of
he Q. M.
At the Remount station where thous- \
nds of animals are looked after, are
. number of men, especially among
he enlisted personnel who have been i
n this camp from twelve to sixteen ,
lonths. -J
First Lieut. T. D. Lamp who serves |
t present as executive officer and as- j
Lstant to the camp supply officer is one
f the oldest of the old timers. Seventeen 1
lonths have come and gone since he
-as ordered to Camp' Sevier to assist
i the organization of this camp and 1
that time he has held numerous
osltlons of responsibility. He was for
uite a while personnel officer of the
epot unit of the quartermaster corps
nd his present position of trust and
no which requires judgment and disretlon
and experience is a testimonial
f the high regard in which he is held
y the war department as an officer
nd a man.
There are many officers in the
uartcrmastor corps whose period of
&rvice here extends over a number
f months and there are numerous non
ommiasioned officers and privates
ho have served eighteen months,
ergeant First Class David H. Wil- t
amson is one of the oldest non corailssioned
officers in point of service,
ergeant R B. Clements has se?n
Ighteen . months here, having come
ith the Charleston light dragoon deartment
Others are Sergeant Stanty
Taylor, David N. Lonon, Authur
McCloskey, S&xnan Gross, Benimin
Sheffler, W. M. Hunt, Loyd B.
rince, Dixie D. Smith, Elton T. Hugh- y
s, Max. H. -ftohde, William Nathanon.
These rums with scores and scores
f others in camp organisations have '
erved and have served long and faithally.
They still serve. They wear or
ither* are entitled to wear silver
tripes instead of the gold. But It Is
irough no fault of theirs. In the fujre
they will have no tales to tell of
ELttles in which they were engaged in
ranee, of weeks ig the trenches, of
>ng forced marches, of life over there
mid shot and shell. But they have the
Ltlsfaction of honorable service welj^^i
one and when the discharge .of each
writ with "service honest and faithll"
upon it, the' folks back In their
?pective homes will have a right and
ill be just as proud of them as their
rothers and cousins and friends and
iquaintances who did the actual
hipping of the Hun. Jas. D. Grist.
MEAT OF THE WHALE
- 1 .1
; is Now tsieemca ? v, .....
Value.
When a whale-meat luncheon was
Iven In the spring in the Museum of
'atural History, the people of the.
aciflc Coast decided that the diet had
jfflciently strong scientific backing to
ive it a trial. Now reports to the
luseum, as cited in the current issue
f the Journal, show the whale meat
as been placed on regular sale In the
lunlclpal markets of Portland, Ore.,
nd that Its use has been energetically
romoted In Seattle, San Francisco
nd other coast cities.
All whaling factories on the coast,
s a result, are becoming equipped to
tillze the* meat for food, either in caned
form or as a cold storage product,
'he Victoria Whaling Company has
lace& the entire output of one cold
tor age plant, and fresh orders for tne
roduct of piling up rapidly. It Is
robable that the demand on the Pa*
lflc coast will be so great that little of
h.c meat will be sent to eastern cities
he British Government also is considrlng
the use of whale meat, and has
ddressod Inquiries to the museum reuardlng
It Althoigh it Is a strange
let for Americans, its use is not new
Isewhere. Inhabitants of the Scottish
slands have used it for centuries, as
ave the Japaneco. As early as in
161 whales' tongues were an importnt
article of commerce in the Basque
rovinces of Gascony, on the Bay of
Iscay.
In Japan the meat is eaten either
esh or canned, a single whale suplying,
according to the records, as
iuch as 80,000 pounds. The seven
rhaling stations on the American FaIflc
Coast, with tho one on the Atlanic
side of the continent, have a comined
summer catch of about 1,000
rhales, making available for distribuon
in America a yearly supply of
early 50,000,000 pounds of palatable
nd nourishing food.
The meat is darker colored and
Dmewhat coarser grained than boaf,
ut has no Ashy flavor, and when proerly
cooked it tastes .much like venl>n.
An analysis of the canned meat
jcently made by the bureau of flahries
in Washington showed Its pro?ln
value to be 34 per cent, as against
rom 13 to 14 per cent. In beef, mutton .
r pork.
Guess Their Country. Two couples
f foreign birth and habit had, after
Ix months' travel In America before
tie war, returned home. One of the
lale members of the quartet was thus
ccostefl by a friend the next day:
Did you have a good time in AmerTo
which was made the character iljminattng
reply: "Yes, but our wives
ot awfully tired of those upper
erths."
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