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BAKER HEARS FROM
have been adopted Into the hoAea
ajid hearts of. the people* among
whom they live. , .No imrh relaxa
tion has ever existed between an
army and a "civilian population as
exists with regard to this.
“And then, with your aid,- the
army has been able tb practically
stamp out intemperance and vice
among the soldiers by the establish
ment of icones, by the establishment
of patrol systems of one kind or an
other, by the training of these young
officers in these training camps,
young-men of experience-and fine
feeling and all that we have gotten
into this great army the idea that
it Tan be a strong and effective mil
itary army and still be free from
things which have hitherto weaken
ed and sapped the vitality apd vir
ility of armies. ; r ■
“I have gone from camp to camp
among these cantonments and my
first question almost invariably is
to the camp commander, ‘What
about your disciplinary problem?”
- y “Old men in the army, men whose
lives have been spent in it from
their boyhood and who have been
all over the continental United
States |nd through its insular pos
sessions wherever our armies have
been, who know the life of the sol
dier and the camp and the post, also
say with one accord, and no excep
tion, that they have*never seen any
thing like this; that the disciplin
ary problems of the army are re
duced to a negligible quantity, and
instead of the melancholy and pa
thetic through the Secretary of War's
court-martial after court-martial, of
men who have fallen down and yield
ed to temptation under these usual
circumstances, which used to ob
tain. I have an Infrequent case now
felit court-martial by reason of such
»*aWnci»'M « ••
Here, at the reque»|»of the chair-
mao. Mr. Baker put Into record a
statement showing the number of
hospital*, army and Bed Croaa estab
lished In France, with the number
of the personnel of each.
u
The Heeretary then resumed ***
testimony
“When tword Sort hr Ilf fe returned
to Focland. he one ♦invited, as I
recall It. by Lloyd George to accept
n position In hfts mhtnet. He wrote
n letter wbirh was printed la the
He conceded freely that In ao
great an enterprise It was Impossible
that there should not be Vdelkys end
short coming '* The cohfMence. of
the country, however, he said was
necessary to the iremendous effort.
The mistakes cited in Senator
Chamberlain's speech, • Secretary
Baker declared, gave a dispropor
tionate aspect. JVithdut intent, he
said, the effeeft of the Senator’s
speech was to give the country the
impression that the deficiencies
“were characteristic rather than oc
casional.” He said lie was not there
to defend individuals or deny de
lays. and false starts.
“But Kthink ,I can say in confid
ence that in them we have sought
the Temedy.” , ?
“For one reason or another the
impression has gone out into the
country to , some extent, that tjie
War Department has fallen down in
the conduct of the w’ar,” said the
Secretary. “I want to address my
self to that question.
“There are several reasons why
I should ask the committee to
hear me. .First, the country is
entitled to know’ if that is a fact. •
The country is entitled to know
tfhat this war is and wvhat the
problems are and how’ w;e are to
meet them. Second, I have »
deep sense of the duty to the of-'
ficers and civilians that areyabor-
ing with devotion, sacrifice and
zeal and are spending sleepless
nights .to bring this army up to
Its greatest efficiency and“~lftic-
cess.”
Inf t prison aontenct to tho dismiss- age Arm* Own puny for l*wi* gun a.
nl and that la being considered
department set* It* faro
against that sort of callous disre
gard of soldiers’ health.*! Secreta
ry Baker said. **I want the doc
tors and .the country to know that
their lives and welfare are a re
sponsibility which I will not per
mit to be dodged or handled in a
cavalier fashion.** .
We have ordered all the Lewie guns
we could get. Our army abroad la
provided with the guns It • has
elected as adapted to Its use. and
our supply is to supplement that.**
»' On the question of big guns. Sec
retary Baker recalled that.Gen. Cro-
zier chief of ordnance, had urged
Congress and the various Secretaries
of .War continuously for larger pro
grams because of the time It took
hoiH to make the guns. The record serv-
While camp commanders are neia . , T* * u ^
•wi «d, he thought, to show that Gen:
responsible for health conditions ’ " ’ , .. .* , .. .
v ..Crosier had realized the delay, that
must he faced and sought to pre-
FUILND O* IMFOSTOB
y
,r«
Secretary Baker said, the surgeon
pare in advance. ~
“We had a limited amount of ar
tillery and our first step.” the Sec
retary said, “was to speed up that
already ordered and in^process* of
manufacture.’’
British and French theory of ar
tillery usage differs, he said, add
ing:
“We had to decide for ourselves
general’s office has daily inspections
and he has appointed Dr. John A.
Hornsby, a hospital expert, to be his
personal inspector, A telegram from
Dr. Hornsby regarding camp .con :
ditions Senator Chamberlaip assail
ed. disclosed them* “gready improv
ed’’ with mortality reduced and “am
ple accommodations for all sick.”
Secretary Baker read' a. letter
from Mrs. Mary Jtobo’ts Rinehart, HH
the writer. «ho has a son in the eery- Vhat we should use.
ice. commending hospital conditions 5 - A-mr expert* were .ent abroad to
she recently inspected. Mrs. Rine- " ‘!>e.'tuestion Early in June
hart said she was impressed by Sen- m mated that France could
atrir Chamberlain's “tragic* letters "“W* artillery for American forces.
"But 1 feel the mothers of thel rt, f" t°‘ n « ^ r « nce - without cur-
country should know. 1 wrote Mrs.I »<;•"»* »>" own forces. ( apt. - Tar-
Rinehart, "that the’number of such ' ll<1 '>- , , '.r en, '\ . h, '' h commissioner,
cases is small. It Is cruel to allow. openf ' <1 ,,he . 8U,| Jcct.
every mother to judge the' medical | .. 0n Ju | y ,j or H .. Mr nak .
corps because here and there m c n ; er continued, "an agreement was
are unwilling or unilbla e thej nia( ^ e *ijy which the French Gov
ernment agreed to furnitdi the
Describing the spirit of army of
ficers, Secretary Baker said he had
soeRi strong, grizzled men turn away
Irom my desk in tears when they
care that is their duty..
“There are conditions to he reme
died. The shortage of women nurses
is serious. But of cruelty and in
difference I have - found Riothlng.
\lnety-nlhe out of a hundred boys
principal piec t es. of seventy-five
minmni. field guns and 155 mm.
rapid fire howitzers needed for
jlhe American forces being sent
Abroad.
an* receiving bett«w care than they
could Hff€»nl at home.** * * * * “Yen thought It was better to use
**And I w'jsh to point out further.** the French factories Instead of
said Becretary Baker, “that the vPej kalttng *Co build our own?** a*k«
found they could not go to Finance, 1 heads of the medical nrnfesslona. the’. Semtor* Heed. %
“where the glory of their profes- matters of- the pfofesslon. are in
sion lay." but must rcm.iin In Wash-1 constsnt touch with th»* surgeon gen-
Ington to press forward war prep- eral."
a rat Ions There- was no rase, he
of any officer who had not
his duty with hfta* whole
added
Meaplail
heart.
*Mea of high places In elvll life
thronahont the ronntfjr. he said.-had
«ome to Washington to ar-*ept sola*,
rtee of office hoy»; maay no salary
at alt. to place their evperfteace at
the disposal of the Milan
“Geattapea.” sold the Be*-ret are.
apeaklna with treat earnestness. “It
nonld bo a tmetrat thins If this mo
mentous effort were ta deserve tb*
rbmmeot that H hod fallen down “
The impel leave of the o hots conn-
i. 4. IMi IblM’serklr.- to
rosea I reference Vo the t nited |
flltsles H* spoke of his «|s|t her*
•old. ' ptohoMy loeplrod
the rrltlrtam. Kvory i
..4 •-'I- -I —r -»r i. _ ^.try hit iih* •
la ihw laahlaa:
** I
the T see the
>t* with o
lltlle mm.
^ *1 the %!•
~tte arms then In Foglaod I hor-
pro*d W* hove a «s«pf of O rsaofWh-o-
llol loMcwstloo •**orsl by the
the tiermon press os to what ronrse
they should tahe lo deoltog with
AmerVao matters sod they toy.
** While the news a boot Amer-
trow oar preparations, sorh as the
«orgoolr.vtioo and ontfHtloa of ao
ormv of one million m**n strong*
Vo retnforce the French-HHtlsh
front Is looked upon lo that form
os a bluff the spreading of ehFh
may nnfavorahly affect the opia-
l.iti of the German people, yet the
‘ fort must not he overlooked, on
the other hand, that the United
(Mates, with the supiwrt of Its ra
pacity for material and tadastrial
managemeat. la arming Itself for
war with great energy and teas- ,
City /
••Your com mil lee will hove fall
opportunity nod will doubtless go
into those things If yon deal with
the hospital situation, the medical
corps the signal corps, you will hear
of the wonderful work done by the Instances
man at tb* adversary
look hark over the past and
hat there have bora mhetimm-
| lags that there have been delays
> There are things loot ennML^hav*
’ been het'er done But our effort la
I in torn.
“| hate an purpose la defend in-
dividual* or myself If I discuss
, here individual* bp name. If I re
fer te Gen Crosier, we Qea gharps
| or myself. !• uttl he enlv to make It
clear If *r« of au should Genre
In tomorrow”**rsenatftea It would *he
| a* nothing hsolds the object we nil
| seek I am not heve to deny snore*
romiagw. hat I thiwk I tan any thin
I Tip# wh«P» we hove found aorh
I • hot from lags or mftstaheu we have
( made eyery effort to correct them
**1 most earnestly ash that when
, you have pointed out to yon any
shortcoming, whether p seems wHI
founded or not. tha* you Instantly
refer It lo me in order thui tb*
proreaee* of the department may sift
the truth **
From Pena tor chamber lata**
speech Mr Baber said that It had
seemed lo him. although It was not
>the Senator's purpose to make It ao
appear, the country got an Impres
sion from the (allures and delays
that made them “dU|iroportionate
to what waa going on **
No army could be raised In any-
ronntry. the Heeretary continued,
without danger fro*i communica
ble diseases All that could he *
done was to provide every means
of science to meet that danger
That, he Insisted, was being done.
Tbhlag np genator Chamberlain's
attack on the ordnance bureau Mr
Usher said that men’s minds differ
ed about the type of guns to ho need
ahoni the qoalltp. Hu then
dl«C|o-ed that the dectstoo to adoto
th so-called techamhorod* Knflald
rifle was reached late one night In
hi* office at n conference attended
by G*n t’srshlng s he waa prepar•
lag to go to Ffsr<c Qen fPott
chief of stuff. Gen Bliss assistant
chief Gen Croatsr. chief ef ord
nance and Gen Kahu. then head of
the War Collspe. and several other
caff office** ‘"evpens In rfflaa ** It
was late In May nr early tu June
• •The American PpHapfield rifle.
Buretat> Bober
iffstlv the heM oMMtan ctfl
ed by eo» rs-uotry.* When this
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MATCHED FOIt A FINISH FIGHT
^tosdiaaMfcjjii
Mild that Miss MaiJuri^Ratu
iH*au is. acquainted with a young
man |K>sing as the Mar<)uis LCdtnond
Ronsseluh di Castillo, of the Span
ish Embassy, and a* Con lit Ferdi
nand J. Edmond Kouv<%c>llot, an at
tach^ of the French Eiobassy He
was arrested by Nkval. Intelligence
agents and is held for posing as a
diplomatist He has not protested*
against being held without arraign
ment. The facts wbkb led to bis
arrest bare out been disclosed.
rjoc WELLING
Uh- w^uific. the hard bitting Chl-
f^ngoan tins boxed his last exhibi
tion t*r the duration of the war.
lb* eh i tod in the United States
Nava. Militia, f:ot as a buying in
drii t'
r Imw
fVi>r-. btlt to put a
K n
»• !!•*;»
on
th** Knlsrr** none
t «• 11 it
•!\ Hw
if
he |v» nf forded that
lit ty •
IV
in tlie Naval
lilt ' •
If#* wi'
in
wtriM't ids mutes in
ttlf r u
f , 9
.f iHixtng »«nd that
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l«» Hit* ln'si of i»ia
PLAN -*Er ARMY
ATTACK AMERICANS
Turn Soldier* Klllerl. l our \\«»uih»* % I
und Ooe Captorrd
•*U.\mfly•** Se«rvtMrv Baker rr-
pliivl. **\|to* It *a\ed townsgr. And
I'm lelting no secrets %\Vtctt | «ay
that *htp% are the nm\ of llii* pruh-
btn. nml everj tinM- we can e
I’rencf* induMrlsI r«-M*wrre% In-ten
•f making and sending «>ur own pr
dnrts we are ibdng It.**
Heeretary Baker produced m tel
I vra m from Maior Gea BBaa. chief of posit ton on the French front dally 1 hi IMi WMt # *
f _ when Tf»h war council waajiisy been searched out by sheila from f Tf t f*rard» p let
foe several «tavs nuat I Fumsnls lute*U V
On the fighting fronts the most
Important avuut has boea anotbe
attack by the Germaaa «n» a sm«i.
American post la which two Amur!
cans wer# killed and four wouaded
A got her soldier la bellevyd lo have
been captured by the enemy Thl
Blirtlki Ijiya I ’an* to I’repum a
l?ejitvcr:»trd trmy
a*»'*e in <»man;g|'*r
%*id plesmats’ red
rf^n JWtmct , a* ret-i
wd In n Nusainn
sta'enyeut grctHved
* Another decree
r**»»t »0 re bins for
df the red army
*es estsbVshlng
Mum” for gold-
the “wo kmen'a
-mv of the Rue-
*|e** la aanouur-
afflclal wtreluna
from
un* t wewty
• * sweat km
ihu moaeyu
mart, wnen tup war council
abroad, recltlna the unanimous
agreement of the later-allied mili
tary representatives few American
forra>« in secure artillery from ICng
laird and France for all American
forces reok at road this year and n*
)o*tg the*enGer as ponalhhh *
Here* ring to Cut. Hawses* mllMacy
aide. Pecfotary Baker said
J**!! was tbetr task In find out
from the British. French and Italian
t* #»• seatatlvoa 'How can Amortra
contribute most In the early w inning
vf thl* war***
“t Nto* of the asmmadn man bar
mete rwpnl evpi dltlon of %meei>
eon foerea • «r«u v e. It won
atftsssl I hoi both tlngfomt sad
P Fmwre have sucplwa
iMlan
the t;ermans for several days past
but Wednesday morning aided ff n npewemoni *Bh
heavy fog and covered by a vuileot
artlHrty hurrags the ’^German* de
elded to attach It Is believed that
the Uermaa casualties were .greater
or gs greet as I base of the A meet
gMgk •
TT T/1 fort wring capo^I**
-«•-1 uhiuil om».o»o* a# them.
It was not ikon known, genre -
•ary Baker continued whether
American troops would fight hc»ld»
the British or ♦►efFrwuch. The Brit’
tsh rim mrirldgu cole of one m It hot
and the French a rim cartridge gun
of another rsliber
The HtBUh Government had been
prepared to rearm lh^ entire British
army with the Fnfield whea the war
broke out In IPV4. The excellence
of the American weapon waa an well
known that the British decided ta re
model their guns, hut the sudden
nesa nf the war prevented the
change
• That derision made that alght.'*
Mr Baker added, referrtag to the
conference at which lu waa derided
“I have soon In Ike aeospupere,**
Mr Baker continued, “fhnl^lla la
BgMggJl burden an Franc# I nay
In *»»«*, gentlemen that Marshal
Joffte and his asm* late*. Gea
Bridges and nil bis aauoetatea «>f
Grunt BrMglhb gad in fact nil per*
sob* nf romattssieb* thsi ha%e cum**
u this conntty nith any knowledge
• f cwndlikma. nil bring me the ron
f wence and positive aaanranee that
u* are not cmly not taking from
England and Franco the things that
•key need, hut are helplag their In
dustrial processes and saving tan
nage. a ad making proper coord In-
gted military efforta with our al-
Mm.**
Ptatistlrs i»f maanfaiec* la this
rruairy of artillery were given by
*'<«re;aty Baker, some publicly sad
■MJMMBM
SFS
to adopt the KnGeld rifle, “had the
(•nantmnus roneent of every man at some lo the committee In eonfl
the conference “ * • denre He maid, for example, that
AGer America entered the war. 1 the first three Inch anti aircraft
Tto* Jim •.isv.i w. * r n * ,l#kr M * ,of 0f,n w «^‘g«» m *a delivered this month and
Thu •eemtary aald thdfp might he to h | g #nf j advocated the that Its production Is “rising stead-
necessity of ralllna out a large army. ||y“ to an estimate of .100 per month
Secretary Baker said there were not maximum.
When lie appeared prertouMy Mr. the clothes or arm*. Gen. Wood re-
**lnstances of shortcomlnga. but only
,, ... . r - - *■ - •' . SenaiO! Frellnghuyncn said he un-
wben It is all told, Mr. t hair-, tuker Mild It “was with the inten- piled he knew that, but contended derstood the shell-making rapacity
ngineerlng department of the army,
ut
man. It will be a atory which 1 am tlon of bring frank,” hut despite that the men needed to live together 0 f the country had dropped 75 per
sure your committee will lie able to this desire he seemed to “have the for •‘preliminary training.** He told cent after the f’nlted States entered
renort to the Senate of the United feeling that I was fencing In defense Gen. Wood he agreed that the army the war. the War Department Kav-
States as being a tremendous re- of some of my subordinates.’’ He should be assembled as rapidly as |ng permitted plants to go out of
sponse to a tremendous responsibil- | denied any such Intention’ and said nos«1ble. but It was the Intention to business and be dismantled
By and when you have made this ' w hen he concluded If there was any- build up the regular army and the ’* Secretary Baker said hr had no
investigation, I know that the Amer-1 thing else the committee desired to National Guard first and then the information on that noint hut would
lean people teel. a* I think they i n v es ti K ate he would do everythin* national army. I obtain it for th“ eomnilttee He
have a right' to feel, that we are ; possible within his power to assist t Concluding his statement regard-, suggest ml thut plants built mmI owb-
in this war to win it, that we afe “without fear or favor,” and to ef- ing the decision to call many men ed by the itritisli Government might
feet any improvement.” ! earh*. Secretary Baker said: have been dismanUevl and shipped
The Secretary said that when he' "So the determination ultimately to England,
heard of the two letters read by 1 was upon an attempt to forecast the; Senator Sutherland said a negro
Senator Chamberlain concerning, time needed for training. It was preacher had told him that his son,
treatment of sick soldiers he imine- deemed wise to put men into camp a t Camp Meade, Mo., bad been sup-
in it to hit and hit hard, that we
are in it to coordinate our strength
with that of our associates, that the
problem is not one of individual
star playing but of team play with
these veterans and experienced per
sons under actual battle conditions;
that more had been done perhaps
than the »rountry expected, more
than the wisest in the country
thought possible to do.
“In so far as I am personally con
cerned, I know what is ahead of
us. I know what the American feel
ing about this war is. Everybody is
impatient to do as much as we can.
Thpre will he no division of counsel;
there will be all the criticism there
ought to he upon shortcomings and
failure, there will be so far as the
War Departmnet is concerned a con
tinuing effort at self improvement
and a hosoitality toward suggestion
for improvement that can come from
the outside, but the.net result is go
ing to be that a united and confid
ent people, believing in themselves
vnd In th*Ir Institutions are going
to demand, and at no late day, on
European battlefields in the face of
veterans with whogi they are proud
to associate, that veterans though
they be, they -cannot excel us in
a achievement, and when the victory
won over there. Mr. Chairman,
flfeie ctfdlt will come to American
^ irage will he an honor to ns. as
the tenacity of purpose and splendid
achievements of the British and
French already abed great last#* oa
Al the oobel the Marretary eaU
Mapatrbee f >m Bwltterland
Vo the effect that (heee has been
aerlnaa rtettag in Bohemia mm mg in
a shortage in Goar raiioao, strong
«V|oosnreo by the paHre being vm»
netted to disperse the •elm, which
smashed shop oladoos an I
trod store*. Likewise aavera an**
brooks are rsp->i i* tha indnetrml
teglees la Mhenlsh Fraaela. a he <t
tioopa had te he called eat •• d*«l
aith the dtaaatlefled papain re
Attacks by the
aralnsi any and all persons who are
oopesi ag tbetr ear alma teenage an-
• is Germany
sad *• •reefs
ihfta
i ram or that .
> »-d«e a seaorate *
e f*ort*at Fa wen
I**is may •ertede
VtamiaUft in Bee-
n isE avmu ron
"ar ' np •—I
MBI ESCAPES
Altorhs Fall te
The Tarklah battle era tear gat-
tan Yawas gelim, formerly Um>Ogr-
man eership Goehea. according lo
a telegram from Constantinople re
ceived at Adsterdam by way of Ber
lin, entered th# harbor of f* oasts a-
tlnd^te Sunday qalte fit for aerv-
Ice Numerous air attmeka by En
tente airmen. It la added. Inflicted
First retreat at *d ef f e •• te flan#
ap the ftetghi range tian at Mew
York by divert teg l raff.' in gnwth-
ern porta all. ho mvde at n • oala#
ear# a# »epree»**vf v , t e* ef iht shim*
ptna heard, graiv and non d*pn>4
n.» i• f>»*4 fee? sod fallrosd ad-
mtnisi rat teas and the «h*wsie4 not-
mtftee ef the Cannrlt ef Nsilaool
UeUmme
« x .u men Hatley rath I tha tno-
Mr Mariey*a plan In I j eswd
k ef Ike traffic from the Reel*
part ef *he roantre Which ear-
v gaee la Nee . ark ta Chari-
1, g. gUdmd gaeaaaah. Gv
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HafPer IT hUWs
Others In/arad
Monday night's airplane raid, the
first ef the year, ea Imndea and ad
jacent terri’t rosalted In larg*
est casnalty list of a y air ratT since
that of Jane IS last The total caa-
aaltftea wore 41 killed sad lit In*
Hired Forty-tU of the Utallllee or-
enrred la London, whore .141 per
son« were lajur«*d komho wet#
•if"up*mI by the lavadlag enemy la
Kent and Fa«ei
| in the June raid t7 persons were
only unimportant dam,*, lo the fun-! klll«4 and U. w*r* .ound-d by
nal and the nrmorMl platln*. only bomb, «blrh tall In l-ondon and on
two nmall bombs, having struck the
ship.
ROBBING INDUSTRY
Essex and Kent.
DKSTKOY WEEVILS AND MOTHS
If signs of weevils or gra.n moths
•how, the corn should be iucloaed
with carbon bisuphid In a practi
cally air-tight room, bin, box. or
barrel for IS hours. The liquid
bisuphid should be placed in » lal*
| rel holding 10
diately asked for the details.
Although more than one million
men are under arms in this coun
try, Mr. Baker said, “the number
of complaints received have been
relatively smnll. probably not! to camp were a
more than eighteen. In each in
stance, he said, investigations
have been immediately made.
to learn camp living and essontials pij 0f i with cast-off clothing of white
j of a soldier’s life a little in advnnco 8() i ( ii e j. a an( j no woolen undercloth-
| before they could be full supplied i n g. Secretary Baker said he would
1 with arms,’’ . I investigate, but declared there was
Regarding Senator Chamberlain’s no discrimination in the treatment
statement that rifles originally sent 0 f white and negro troops.
"motely collection.” |
German) AocumnI of Taking Woolen
Contents of Buildings
Robbing of Belgium and destruc-j J^. 8 | l t eH °. n , t * le box or bar-
tion of Belgian Industries by
j Get mans continues relentlessly, ac
cording to the Belgian legation here.
Linen and mattresses are being tak
en from hotels, boarding houses and
convents and the Belgians are not
not allowed to have wool*in their
possession. They are offered sea
weed as a substitute for wool.
. - . - : Secretary Baker denied the Amer-
■ Secretary Baker said, he did not oh- i can army uniform is part shoddy.
Some reports, the Secretary said, l
ject to the term, hut that the facts declared it is all wool and that
were -that “we had about 600,000 shoddy is put only in overcoats and
Springfield rifles and something blankets.
have not proved serious upon i ov " ^ ra o R ,. 8 m „ . . I Senator Krelinghnysen called Mr.
qulry while others had. in which L, . 11 •“ v! y ’ J? !. P -> Pa taker s attention to testimony be-
case corrections followed. f , in ,he he added, turn- fore the committee from Col. Lind-
in ihe'V.se f ti.o i. iv . c'on t ! s * lp< * an obsolete rifle for practice siey, quartermaster's inspector at
In the case of the body of an of- until men learn to take care of a
fleer who died at an aviation train- better weapon ”
ing school being shipped^ jjQme in
a sheet, Secretary BatoPr said, in
quiry developed tha^^ie camp was
in charge of a BiVish aviation of
ficer who followed the British meth
od of sending home bodies unclo’h-
ed, the man’s clothing being ship
ped In* a separate parcel. An Amer
ican officer was then put in charge.
Every man in this country in-
tended to carry, a rifle now has
one, ami a rife of Ix'Hcr quality
than if we hail adopted the exist
ing type at the time.,
Philadelphia, that a contract for uni
form cloth containing shoddy had
been let.
LOOK FOR SHORTAGE
Cold Weather Cuts Down Chal I*ro-
. duct ion—Tran*|M»rtation Poor
A new coal shortage as acute ta
“And.” he continued, “although
we have sent soldiers to Europe
. .. .I,# i , # much more rapidly* than, we ever ^
nniLm M VTm? WWl"r‘ h! ™ -cry which two week. n*o brought
said developed that It Mm •ojustl- HO,dier not on,y a mo< lc r n rifle, the government order closing down
resulting from the ’MU-1 had !?*** WlU ^ industry waa regarded inevitable by
3 im_if'nation of the sldow ** T,,r,l * n « lo m * ch ine gun qnee- fuel admlnlatra;ion officials unless
tressed imagination of th# VMM. | fJo|| Mr: Bak ^ f d<fcn|#d thaf |ha therp u aii |mmedlat€ lmvToy went
There atlll are in the hands of the hoard appointed la the fall of 1414 m weather conditions -
’ lartor geaerml nine raaae ^ ug t to test Machine gaas had delayed) <*oal prod art ioa this month fell
Bahar 4aM of to- fi>r one saroad tha procurement of' t c.nea.een tons—about oae-third of
‘irstions wM-h resulted In the. udditumal macl me guna the sormal monthly aatpat accord-
ur . , k ‘ ' ' W - ( ir ‘ H * "Mi af the aary s test of the tag to reports to the Natlo«gi Coal
ead V teat Joha 0 Dye for aafiact: Laaia caa iaot Aartl with oa - * '—*— mmA mm* hmmm
—^ ut mm .itae Boroial mi.at
1 oir . Hr i«l4 o< ito nnry , IMI al tto In# ta ra#art, i>
(tot Lmm cna tart April viife an r fiiM~1llrn ap4
rt-- . p** '- ' ,n4 a44a4 - •• raa«nrl*4 rail
or sir ^
fbuahels or less. The
fumes from the bisuphid arc heavier
than air and gradually fall to the
bottom of the receptacle, permeat
ing the whole mass. One pound of
the carbon bisuphid is enough for a
xoom or bin 10 feet In each dimen
sion. After fumigation the ears
must be thoroughly aired, where
upon the unpleasant odor disappears.
Great care should be used with car
bon bsiuphid; its fumes are quite
as inflammable as those from gaso
line
To prevent the entrance of weevils
and moths, the ears may be stored
in comparatively air-tight boxes or
fj Billy Boy has a hi-
)«• onrl barrels with one pound of moth balls
y UJCU VI II, OIIU or ria p htalene for ’each bnshel of
is dying for a canoe—
the woods and streams
are calling.
QTed has a canoe,
corn, which is not injured. Ten
pounds will protect enough seed to
plant 60 acres.
Three Per Cent of Men Gainfully
Employed \ow* in Service
In a bulletin on the employment
of women in the storage and ware-
1BPBB , housing depots ofithe United States
pretty good aaft,
1 .4 1 1 . *1 i ’rof every HTO men and boys 10 years
110 S ClOyCd With the Of age and over, only 19 were not
j . | | a (gainfully employed. This group of
water and onlv a bi- | 19 Included old men bdi able to
• 7 ^ i work, children too young to work.
cycle can save his life. ! ~
gW \T7L l L t \ "Assuming that 544.944 of the
M What a chance tor ..m^r ciw b,-h*
. , ... .| lr* U* have h*4 MM fom •(
the busy little want ad
to make two boys happy.