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IN ITALY NOW
APPARFNTIY IT FNR
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BRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS
HAVE REINFORCED ITALIAN
LINES ALONG PIAVE.
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STRATEGIC POINTS GAINED
Italians Have Held on to All Positions
Since Drive Ended and In 8omo
Places Have Pushed Enemy Back?
SuDDlles Arrive.
Apparently the peril of the Italian
troops guarding; the Plave line and
the hill country In northern Italy
against the Teutonic alliea la at an
end. Large numbers of British and
French reinforcements. Infantry and
artillery, at last have arrived upon
the scene, after days of anxious wait
ing. in which the Italians have borne
the brunt of terrific fighting on both
fronts solely on their own shoulders
and kept back the enemy from a further
invasion of the Venetian plain.
Although faced everywhere by superior
numbers of men and gun power,
the Italians have valiantly defended
every foot of ground In the
hills and along the Plave. and in the
former region In recent days actually
have taken the offensive againBt the
Invaders and pushed them back from
strategic points of vnntage they had
gained under terrific sacrifices in
lives.
For eight days the allied reinforcements
marched to the rescue, bringing
nlong with them large numbers
of gun* and huge aupply trains. All
the troops are declared to be In line
fettle and eager to test their strength
against the enemy.
Just where the British and French
forces will bo thrown Into the fray
has not been made known, but doubtless
large numbers of them will be
used to strengthen the Italian front
on the north from Lake Qarda eastward
to the Piave, where the AustroGermans
have been making their
strongest efforts to pierce the Italian
line.
At last accounts General pyng's
British troops before Cambral were
holding in their entirety the Bourlon
positions west of Cambrai.
RUSSIAN SECOND ARMY
ALSO WANTS ARMI8TICE
Appeal* to Soldier* Not to Support
Keren*ky<
Petrograd, Saturday.?A congress of
the second army, with one dissenting
vote, has adopted a resolution approving
all the measures promulgated by
the council of national commissioners.
Including the decree for an immediate
armistice and peace and favoring the
government of the workmen's and soldierR'
delegates.
The resolution appeals to all soldiers
not to support Premier Kerensky
and the provisional government
generals "against the people." The
most striking passage in the resolution
follows:
"The second army, with arms in
Its hands, will defend the authority
of the workmen's and soldiers' delegates
and the national committee. At
the first order of the military revolutionary
committee of the second
army, which Is clothed with full
power, we will advance as one man
against counter-revolutionists in the
rear as well as at the front.
"On our paBt we are taking all
measures for the removal of counterrevelutionary
elements from the commanding
personnel of the army.' for
the Immediate democratization of the
army and in particular for the transfer
nf the o.,?l?t
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to elective bodies."
JACK TAR LOSE8 LIFE
TO 8AVE HI 8COMRADES
Washlnuton ?Osmond Kelly Ingram,
of Pratt City. Ala., the gunners' mate
lost overboard when a German sub
marine attacked the American destroyer
Casein In the war zone on October
16, deliberately sacrificed his
own life to reduco the risk to his
messmates.
A detailed report from Admiral Slrns
shows that Ingram, standing aft on thu
destroyer where some high explosive
depth charges were stored, saw the
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forward to Have his own life by getting
away from the explosion, Ingram
Murk to the apot throwing overboard
the high explosives, which he knew
would further endanger the lives of
his fellows if they were detonated by
the explosion of the torpedo. He was
the only an bet. being thrown overboard
by the explosion.
FRENCH BESTOW HONOR
ON AMERICAN 8OLDIER8
With the American Army In France.
?The French war ctosb has been conferred
on the fifteen American officers
and men who were cited with their
company by the French general com
mandlng the sector In which the
Americans were stationed on the night
kof November 2-3# The men were decorated
today and were informed that
they may keep the medals in their
ifflpHitessIon. but must not wear Them
until Congress gives its authorisation
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GEN. ADKLBERT CRONKHITE
Maj. Gen. Adalbert Cronkhite, commander
of Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va.
MISSION IN FRENCH CAPITAL
UNITED STATES COMMISSION 1
ARRIVES IN PARIS FROM
ENGLAND.
, Which Was Made In London With
Request That It Be Withheld Until
Party Reach Paris Is Made Public
by Officials
Paris.?Col. E. M. House and the I
members of the American mission
which he heads, arrived in PariB from
England.
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London.?Prior to the departure of
the Americau mission for Paris, Col. 1
E. M. Hou^se authorized the following
statement to the British officials,
press and public, which he asked
should not be published until atfer
the mission reached France:
"I have been Impressed by tli s
j wonderful machinery you have ere
' ated here at the heart of your empire I
to control your part of the war. You I
have given the world an example of !
the efficiency of democracy which J
will bq of lasting value.
"We also are creating In Washing- j
ton a vast new machinery of govern- i
ment to bring our resources to bear,
and we shall profit by what we have
seen here. We all realize that no human
organization Is perfect, and I
, am sure you will not be content with
yours any more than wo will he coni
tent with ours until the tools that we
are making have accomplished the
great work for which they are being
I forged.
"It is inspiring to feel that our
two organizations will work closely
and frankly together in the cause of
liberty. We appreciate beyond measure
the kindly reception your officials,
your press and your citizens have given
us. and we will take back to America
a delightful sense of your warm ;
hospitality. Our visit has been mem |
orable and I hope profitable to the <
cuuse In which we both are enlisted." |
RAISING ARMY IS FIRST
DUTY SAYS SECRETARY BAKER !
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I Washington ? Man-power exerted
on the fie!d of France will bring vie I
, tory in this war. Provost Marshal j
General Crowder declared in a state
men of the alms, accomplishments j
and future of the selective draft sys- I
tern addressed to members of the local !
board and made public. Aftpr review
ing present conditions and necessities.
General Crowder predicted that the selective
system would become a perma- |
nent part of America's governmental
system for war.
Every precaution possible hns been I
taken with the new draft regulations, ;
j General Crowder said, to conserve eco- '
nomic interests, but fhe paramount
! duty of the country is to raise an ef- j
: fective Hghtng force.
I "We are committed to this war." the
| general continued, "and we ought to
! gilt it in the moat effective fashion 1
| noseible to us. The necessity of ra'sing
an army Is paramount. The decrease
in the labor supply must be (
adjusted in some way other than can
he adjusted there is no question.
"The problem is not to maintain the "
labor supply of agriculture and every J
I industry intact. It is to make with-*
I drawal of men in the most scientific J1
manner possible. I think we have
done that, and what is offered here is
! the basis fnr a nlrn Kalinno Kataaan
j two neoesaitles.
GREECE IS PREPARING TO 1
TAKE HER PART IN WAR ]
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Washington?Gro?ce la rapidly pre- '
paring to take her pert In the war. A j
cablegram received here *rom Athens <
i via Switzerland says ntoy new dlvl- (
slon* of Greek troops swiftly formed, i
have taken their pl?* si front. ,
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SECOND SESSION QF
CONGRESS DEC. 2ND
CONGRESSMEN EXPECT 8ECOND '
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SESSION TO RIVAL FIR8T IN
IMPORTANCE.
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Members Returning to Washington
For Another War Session, Decern*
ber 3?May Not Adjourn Before
Campaign Time. ....
Washington.?Members of Congress
are beginning to return to Washington
for the opening of the second session
of the war December 3. Most of them
expect the new session to rival the
last in important action, and few
think it will end before the general
congressional campaigns next fall.
Appropriations for the war promise
to require much time and there
is much as well as unfinished war
legislation to be dealt with. President
Wilson's opening message soon
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niici VyUil^icnn i c\. winoucn n m ucterrnlne,
in great measure, the program
of new legislation. Many domestic
matters, including prohibition
and woman suffrage, are promised attention.
Future relations between
this nation and Germany's allies may
be determined early in the session.
President's opening address to deal
with the question of whether war
shall be declared against Austria.
Turkey and Bulgaria. Sentiment in
favor of such action is general among
members now here.
Work on the appropriation bills for
the next fiscal year already has begun
by the House appropriations committee,
which will have a constant
stream of the supply bills to go c
through the congressional machinery '
Appropriation estimates are being as- v
sembled at the treasury department
for submission. *
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More bond issues probably will be t
authorized but aetual consideration ^
of new or amended war tax legisla- .
cion is not anucipaiea uniu auertne ~
session is well under way.
GERMAN U-BOAT SENT TO ^
BOTTOM BY DE8TROYER8I
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All Members of Crew But One Taken i
Prisoner. |
Washington.?A German submarine '
captured recently by two American
destroyers was sent to the bottojp by
members of her crew opening a cock jg
below while their shipmates etood on 1
deck with hands raised in signal of i
surrender. All of the crew were taken !
prisoners.
One of the Germans was drowned !
while being transferred to a destroyer ;
and another died The lat ft r wma _
buried with military honors. e
Secretary Daniels announced the j o
capture and sinking of the submarine t
in a formal statement which made no ; p
mention of prisoners nor of the reason F
for the boat sinking. The details leak- t
ed out at the department later, but the ii
secretary would neither confirm nor e
deny them, saying he had Issued the
statement in agreement with the British
admiralty and coulff not add to it. (1
There was a report in naval circles ^
that approximately 40 men, including
Ave officers, were taken off the submarine.
If this were true . it was
pointed out, the vessel undoubtedly
was one of the largest of the cruiser '
type known authentically to be oper- 1
nted by the Germans
The action occurred in the war zone
several days ago and the submarine
went down while one destroyer was a
attempting to tow her to port. Al- ^
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SAMUEL GOMPERS AGAIN a
HONORED BY LABOR 1
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Buffalo V V c<f>rr>>.?l t;
, vnmipers,
president of the American Federation v
of Labor for 35 years. wasJ re-elected '
virtually without opposition and with
him every officer of the federation ex- p
ropf John B. Lennon. treasurer, who 0
was defeated by Daniel T. Tobin. a
president of the International Team- 1
sters' and Chauffeurs" Union. a
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EASTERN ROADS TO BE C
OPERATED AS ONE SYSTEM f
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Washington.?Operation of all railway
lines east of Chicago as one cen- E
tralized system was derided on by the I
railroad war hoard to obtain a maxi |
mum of efficiency in traffic movement, j
Cars and trackage facilities will bo s
pooled regardless of ownership or th? a
railroads" Individual interest. This o
almost revolutionary move was an- ! n
nounced after an all-day conference,"
between menjbers of the war board b
and government officials. ; tl
BOMB EXPLOSION IN . jl
PHI ICC o-r a
.WW ami ivn MULB TEN J
Milwaukee, Wis.?Ten person* were !
killed and several Injured when a e;
bomb, designed to destroy the Italian o
evangelical church. In the heart of the C
third ward, an Italian settlement, ex- ' H
ploded In central police station, where I nr
It had beon carried for examination A
Seven detectives, two policemen and C
ane woman wore killed. The bomb z<
was found In the basement of the tl
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MISS 0L6A FI,ORMAN
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Because Mrs. Olga Kohler Florman,
laughter of the late Charles Kohler,
tlano manufacturer, has gone into debt
vhile living on (25,000 a year, Surroiate
Cohalan of New York signed orlers
giving her $120,000 from the aciumulated
Income of the estate. The
otal surplus Income is $1,278,139. Mrs.
rlorman Is the wife of Nils Florman,
ewerlry salesman.
PENETRATE HINDENBURG LINE
IMASH THROUGH GERMAN FRONT
FOR DEPTH OF OVER FIVE
MILES.
iucce&s One of Greatest Achieved on
Western Front During Progress of
War.?Capture 8,000 Prisoners and
Many Guns.
London.?Andrew Bonar .Law aaounced
In the house of commons that
ight thousand prisoners, including
me hundred and eighty ofTcers have
men taken by the British In their
iresent operations. At one point the
British penetrated five miles behind
he German lines and several villages
a addition to those already unnouncd.
have been taken.
German* Are on Last Line.
British Army Headquartors in
in their last line of defense at one
oint of the British attack.
The British are pushing on towaard
'antaing three miles southwest of
'amhrai. Northwest of Maroolng, the
i!gh ground known as Premy Chapielle
has been fought over, and the
ermans have been forced to withraw.
The advance of the British army
gainst the Germans was continuing.
The towns of Masuieres, Murcoing,
tibecourt. Havarincourt. Graincourt
nad Plesquieres nil were heh.nd the
tritlsh advancing line and the caviry.
which is co-operating with the
links and rendering valuable serice.
was drawing in townrd the Bour:>n
wood, west of Cambrai.
Paris.?The French troops attackd
in the region to the north of Cranne
and Berrv-au-Bac on *a front of
bout two-thirds of a mile and penernted
the German positions to an
verage depth of about 400 yards capurlng
strong defenses and taking 175
lermans prisoner, according to the
'rench official communication issued
his evening.
IOLSHEVIKI ISSUES
WARNING TO WEALTHY
Petrograd.?The Bolsheviki have Isued
a warning to the "wealthy classes
nd their servitors" who are accused
f Inciting strikes in state and mu
IHpal services. The warning says:
You are playing with Are. Yoi^ will
e first to suffer from famine that is
lireatentng the country and the array.
HREE OFFICERS AND
EIGHTEEN MEN LOST
Washington.?Lieutenant Commandr
Walter E. Reno, the commanding
fflcer, his two junior officers, Lieut,
harles F. Wedderburn and Ensign
larry O. Skinner, Jr., and 1ft enlisted
ten were lost In the sinking of the
merican torpedo boat destroyer
hauncey in a collision in the war
?ne Monday morning, November 19.
te navy department was adviaed by
lea Admiral Sims.
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IBER 29, 1917
BQLSHEVIKI NOW
SFFKS 1RMKTIRF i
UUUIIU I1IIIVIIU I IUL
ON BASIS OF NO ANNEXATION OR
INDEMNITIES FOR EITHER
GOVERNMENT.
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NOTE HAS REACHED EMBASSIES
Proposal For Immeriate Opening of
Peace Negotiations is Made By Leon
Trotzky to all The Belligerent
Nations.
Petrograd. Thursday.?The note of
Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevlki minister,
to the allied embassies conveying
the announcement of the proposal for
an armistice lius reached the embassies.
The text follows:
"I herewith liavo the honor to inform
you. Mr. Ambassador, that the
all-Russian congress of soldiers and
workmen's delegates organized on October
26 a new government in the
form of a council of national commissioners.
The head of this government
is Vladimir Ilich Lenine. The'direction
of the foreign policy has been entrusted
to me ,in the capacity of national
commissioner for foreign affairs.
"Drawing attention to the text of
the offer of an armistice and a democratic
peace on the basis of no annexations
or indemnities and the selfdetermination
of nations, approved by
the all-Russian congress of soldiers*
and workmen's delegates. 1 have the
honor to beg you to regard the above
document as a formal offer of an immediate
afmistice on all fronts and
the immediate opening of peace negotiations?an
offer with which tho
authoritative government of the Russian
republic has addressed itself simj
ultaneously to all the belligerent peo,
pies and their governments.
"Accept my assurance. Mr. Ambassador
of the profound respect of the
Roiuiers ana workmen's government
for the people of France, which cannot
help aiming at peace as well as
all the rest of the nations exhausted
and made bloodless by this unexampled
slaughter.
"L. TRtrrZKY.
"National Commissioner for Foreign
Affairs."
AMERICAN TROOPS ARE
ARRIVING IN FRANCE
Movement Keeps Pace With Expectations
of War Department.
Washington.?Arrival of American
troops in France has kept pace with
the expectation of the wnr depart
ment. Secretary Baker said In the first
statement he has ever authorized in
connection with the progress being
made in increasing Genera! Pershing's
forces.
Mr- Baker declined, however, to
I state the number of troops forwarded
or to indicate whether he anticipated
delay from this time. Movement of
thee eforce, he said, depended on two
elements, the training and equipment
of he men and the availability of ships.
"As fast as they are ready, ships
and men will be combined." the secretary
said. "As many American troops
are now over seas as we expected in
the beginning to have over seas at this
time."
Mr. Baker indicated that an official
statement of the number of American
troops in France was not to be expected
at any time during the war. He
caused an inquiry to be made of the
j military censor. Major General Mc
I i my re, nowever. wnicn may result In
i more liberal regulations as to publicaI
tlon of the designations of regiments,
brigades or companies which are engaged
in action on the front from time
to time.
If there is no sound military reason
for suppressing that information, Mr.
Baker said, he desired to give "it out.
The secretary's attention was called
to the fact that the British ofTlcial
statements have recently named at
least by geographical designation the
; troops used in various ofTensivrs Anparently
a new policy In this regard
has been adopted in London and the
war department may do likewise
CAPPS RELIEVED FROM
DUTY WITH SHIPPING BOARD
Washington.?Hear 'Admiral Washington
L. Capps. general manager of
the shipping board's emergency fleet
corporation, was relieved from duty
in that position by President Wilson
at his own request because of 111 health
and with expressions of deepest regret
bv the chief executive ni?
?. >nn mil I t'lwor
has not been named, but Chairman
Hurley, of the board, was known to
favor appointment of a man trained
in the name service
LOOKS UPON MOVEMENT
AS AN UNFRIENDLY ACT
Washington.?Officials of this government
regard the BolshevikI movement
for an armistice between Russia
and her enemies and the opening of 1i
peace negotiations as an act that :'
would place Russia almost in the Hat '
of unfriendly nations. . I
Press dispatches telling of the peace '1
movement were confirmed by a cable- ['
nram from Ambassador Francis r*> ' 1
calved at the state department. i1
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WEAVES CAMP JACKSON . . (
FOR ANOTHER COMMAND !
Major General Francis H. French
FEW SICK AT CAMP JACKSON
Epidemic of Measles Betng Circumscribed?Dixie
Division Holds
High Place in Health Conditions.
Columbia?Camp Jackson stands at
the peak among Southern cantonments
when the health status of the division
is analyzed. Barring the two recently
imported epidemics of measles, the i
number of sick boys in camp now is
practically negligible. The division 1
expects no such condition to develop
as is said to prevail at Camp Wheeler
or Camp Sevier.
On October 18 there was not a sin j
?le case of infectious disease in the
< antonment. Immediately thereafter!
detachments of troops were transfer- j
r?"d from Camp Gordon to the Kightyfirst
division and 60 cases of measles
developed among the Gordon it es within
the next few days.
Another invasion of measles was incident
to the transfer within the lust
week of 2.500 troops from Camp Pike,
Little Itock. Arkansas. Of the approximately
400 eases of measles now engaging
the attention of the medical
staff of the division, about 200 of these
were imported from Arkansas.
From the beginning of the organization
of the Dixie Division, the modi- !
cal staff set up a thorough system of
checking and dissembling, which did
much to divert the temporarily unfit
into direct channels for immediate
treatment. At the chief mustering office
,a staff of. ten or 12 physicians
made a casual inspection of each potential
soldier on his arrival at the
camp. Data thus collected was thus
considered in u succeeding conference
between the division medical staff and
the regimental surgeons. The plan
hit upon was that no rejections were
to be made by regimental staffs because
of physical condition. Following
this procedure all diseased soldiers
were mobilized at one center.
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wneie me uivision sian directed its
entire effort. Here under the imnie- I
diate attention of skilled specialists
those only temporarily disabled were
hurriedly brought into condition and
those whose health had been perma- j
nently impaired were summarily rejected.
Rejections for the 1,000 men
brought from North Carolina. South
Carolina and Florida approximated 10 j
per cent. There are now 18.00 men ia
the camp.
Florence Poultry Men Unite.
Florence.?Leading poultry raisers
of Florence county have formed the
Florence County Poultry Association |
with the following officers, all breed- j
era of chickens of pure strain: Presl- j
dent, John A. Zeigler; vice president,
W. H. Commander; secretary and j
treasurer, Charles M, Mc-Curry. Th- ;
object of the association Is to eneour- i
age the raising of pure bred poultry i
and to stimulate more interest along
this line generally in Florenoe county.
A special effort will be made to promote
the children's poultry clubs. Tlr>
association will hold a fair early in
December and expects to have a fine
exhibit.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS ITEMS, j
That the next annual meeting of the
State Teachers' Association will meet
in Columbia March 14. 15, 16. li)18.
was announced by Dr James P. Kinard
president of the association, and
R. C. Hurts, secretary of the asaoeia
tlon. Florence had extended an in
vitation for the association to ha held ;
there but after considering all phases ,
of the work, it was decided to hold :
the meeting in Columbia.
Baptists at Liberty have Just dedicated
a new church building.
Several South Carolina hotels have
already inaugurated meutless Tuesdays
and wheatless Wednesdays. The
movement has become nation wide in
hotels, restaurants and dining cars.
Ninety per cent of the flr?t class
hotels in the country have enlisted
with the conservation hosts and the
mailer establishments are being rapIdly
swung into line In South Carolina
about 7j) per cent of ^he hotels
have signed the pledge card of the
food administration, and those who
have not signed are .again being called
upon. John J. Cain has been appoint'
ed hotel food manager
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CONSTRUCTION OP. TRENCHES IS |
NOW UNDER WAY?MUCH
WORK FOR INFANTRY.
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FOOD CONSERVED IN CAMP
Every Effort Made by Uncle Sam's
Fighting Forces to Conserve Food
and Prevent Waste. ^
Camp Sevier, Greenville.*? Actual
construction of trenches on a large
scale has begun at Camp Sevier under
the direction of Colonel Ferguson.
commanding officer of the One
Hundred and Fifth Engineers, with
the advice of Cne. Rousseau,* French
expert on field fortifications, the first
batiulion of the One Hundred and
Nineteenth Infantry taking part. The
next day the Second Battalion and
the next day the Third Battalion of.
the same regiment participated, and
next day the First Battalion of the
One Hundred and Eighteenth Infan- '
try. one battalion a day being detail...1
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poses. Further details will be announced
from time to time.
The trenches are being laid out in
an area set apart for this purpose
secured recently along with that for
the rifle range and large enough to
contain several miles of trenches. For
tho present instruction will bo limited
to ritle companies, but headquarters
companies, machine gun companies
and battalions, sanitary units, and the
field signal battalion will be specially
detailed from time to time as the work
progresses, and the location of machine
guns, one pounder gun. and
Stokes howitzer emplacements, of
dressing stations, of ammunition and
supply dumps nnd of observation star
tions, and the installation of the signal
system becomes desirable. The
trench digging machine, capable of
tigging n trench Tour feet wide and IS
deep, will be used whenever it is not
desired to have the man do a particular
bit of work for instruction purposes.
In the effort to conserve in every
way possible the nation's food supply,
the army camps perhaps lead all
other institution or organizations. Constant
inspections of the kitchens and
garbage cans are made by the medical
and sanitary authorities, and whea
these indicate wastefulness in the
preparation or handling of food, the
fact is promptly called to the atten
non or tnoHo concerned. As an Instance
of what is being done, a number
of principles of economy which
have proved useful in cutting down
tbo cost of operating the school for
bakers and cooks, at Camp Custer,
Mich., have been tabulated and published
throughout every division. The
keynote of the attitude of the army
toward food conservation Is struck In
the first lino. "The ration is not sufficient
to feed the men and waste at
the same time." and the whole Is of
such general interest that a summary
of it is worth while.
More or less extensive changes in
the men, hh well as regulations prescribing
the proper insignia for organizations
which have been evolved
since the war began, are now in preparation
in the war department, according
to advance Information and
are soop to be announced supplanting
those now in use. Perhaps the
most notable change Is that for the
first time the medallon worn on the
right h!(1o of the collar will bear be.tlde
the letters IT. S., the number of
the man's division or separate brigade,
regiment, battalion, train or battery.
Hot water heaters and reservoir*
have been distributed to all the companies
and are being rapidly installed.
'I ho heaters have a capaclt of 30?
gallons each and the reservoirs hold
between 500 and 000 gallons apiece.
The bath houses of each company will
be equipped with a heater and reservoir.
Construction of the company stables
and regimental Infirmaries is being
pushed, these having been started
In all outfits except the engineers
and the ammunition train.
Six small radio outfits, which may
be taken down and packed on the
backs of mules, were received last
week by the radio company of the
Field Signal Battalion and were tested
out at short distances about the camp.
When firing heglm. on the artillery
range, about 20 miles distant, an effort
will be made to maintain communication
with the range by means
of these small sets. Beside these the
radio company is to be eriuioped with
a larger apparatus mounted on a motor
truck, used for sending current
generated by the truck's motor. Various
technical schools are in progress
Wheat Campaign in 8umter.
Suntter.?The Sumter County Council
of Defense has started work immediately
following the request of the
State council to Increase the wheat
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that each township chairman. make a
house-to-bouse canvass at once to urge
the Tarmers to plant more wheat an4
to secure pledges from all farmer* as
to the acreage they will plant. The
members present at the last council
meeting pledged themselves to the >
aount of 270 acres of wheat tor this