The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 22, 1915, Page 7, Image 7
THK WHITK FLAG.
Significance in War as Once Fixed by
International Law.
To a great many people the mere
mention. of a white flag in war at
once suggests some connection with
one of those unpleasant episodes
which, ir. South Africa, says the London
Tit-Bits, came to he dignified
with the title of regrettable incidents."
But it is important that it should
be more generally known that a white
flag in international law possesses a
significance Quite different in charac
ter.
For an officer or soldier to display
a white flag or other token of surrender
in the presence of the enemy
is a disgrace equivalent to showing
the white feather: and the king's regulations
make it unmistakably clear
that the offender will be tried by general
courtmartial.
The surrender by an officer charged
with its defense, of any garrison,
post, guard or position, whether fortified
or not, which even a detachment
may be ordered to hold, can only be
justified by the utmost necessity.
Unless this necessity be clearly
shown, the surrender becomes an act
of shame and disgrace, punishable by
death: or if the evidence is insufficient
to support such a charge the
offender, if an officer, is liable to be
cashiered, or if a soldier to suffer imprisonment.
What requires to be clearly understood
is that the hoisting of a white
flae means, in itself, nothing else
. than that one party is asking wheth.
er it will receive a communication
from the other.
In practice, however, the white
flag, in consequence of being improperly
hoisted in the course- of an action
by individual soldiers or small
parties, has come to indicate surrender.
The white flag is the universally
understood flag of truce, and nc
more. Since time immemorial it has
been used as a signal by an armed
force that it is anxious to communicate
with the enemy, and this ife the
only significance that it can be said
to possess in international law.
Great vigilance is always necessary
for the question in every case is
. whether the hoisting of the white
flag was authorized by the senior officer.
In consequence, when the flag is
hoisted the enemy need not necessarily
cease fire, though it is absolutely
incumbent on the party which
hoists the flag to do so.
For instance, during the siege oi
Port Arthur in 1900, when a particular
fort hoisted a flag, the Japanese
~ 1 ? At immD.
general, caiuu ->usi, uiU iw<. >u,u,v
diately cease firing on that fort: he
looked upon it as merely the preliminary
to a negotiation.
Feeding Our Sailors.
It costs the United States 25 cents
to feed a soldier one day and 37
cents to feed a sailor one day. The
difference arises largely from the
government's efforts to attract men
to the navy. The old-time sailor was
notoriously ill fed. In the days ol
wooden ships, with no provision foi
keeping meat fresh, "salt horse" was
as often as not about the only kinc
of meat a sailor received from one
shore leave to another. Black coffee
and hardtack usually made up the
rest of the meal, though sometimes
the menu was varied by the introduction
of scouse, lobscouse, skillagalee
and other fillers which tasted no better
than the regular diet, but were
welcomed as a change. After sis
months of this diet it naturally followed
that there was some complaint
Sailors home on leave or out of the
service regaled their friends with
stories or now trie uoveruiem diai v cv.
its sailors, and .the impression grew
that while the army was not a bad
career for a young man. he had bettei
avoid the navy. It was much bettei
to spend a life at hard labor ashore
where good food was available, than
to join, the navy and retire with a
comfortable pension but no appetite
But this day has long passed. Ic
calling attention to the work which
Admiral McGowan,chief of the bureau
of supplies and accounts is doing toward
providing the sailors in the
American navy with food which wili
keep them in a contented frame oi
mind, the New York Sun says: "It is
not overstating the case to say thai
the major part of the fleet's efficiency
and the contentment of the men is
due either directly or indirectly to the
generous and varied provender which
is now given to them, whether the
ship be in port or ploughing her way
through stormy seas." cannea gooas
are still extensively used in the navy.
Admiral McGowan says that canned
corn beef is so well understood and
so well liked in the navy that its use
10 a certain moderate extent is not
only welcome but most welcome rc
the men?they like it." Canned fruits
and vegetables are also used in considerable
quantities, but the refrigerating
plants which are a part of every
modern battleship make it possible
to make fresh meats, vegetables and
fruits the principal part of the mod>
C.USTIC COMMENT.
1 Pointed Paragraphs Concerning Vari
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<?us Things.
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When money is tight a man should j
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i Shiftless people are never the ones
! who worry about it.
The chap who suspects his neighbor.
is not above suspicion.
A man who patronizes saloons
often finds himself in a tight place.
A girl who has loved and lost
boasts of her indifference for the
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| The world has but little use for the
I man who tells it a disagreeable truth.
Poetry may bring returns?if a
stamp is inclosed with it.
When an office holder loses his
grip fie does less nanusuaiwug.
A small boy's ideal hero is a big
boy who runs away from school.
Happiness is always where we find
it, but seldonj where we go to seek
it.
Sometimes a man gets tired of boing
good and experiments in vice
out of curiosity.
If all women were mind readers
every man on earth would take to the
tall timber.
The man who likes to hear himself
j talk is about the only one who cares
! to listen.
s Occasionally a man takes a day off
! to celebrate the anniversary of his
birth, but a woman usually takes a
year off.
It is reported that fully 2,000 girls
'are studying law in this country at
' j the present time. Preparing to be j
come mothers-in-law some day, peril
haps.
' j The Mule's Name.
! Not all of the good negro stories
come fiom the South. For instance,
" there is the one told by John Poucher.
Jr., now of Omaha, though forj
merly of these parts, who has been
'I visiting his brother-in-law, "Heath!|
en" Wood, in Louisville recently.
' John was a newspaper man once, but
he is preaching now, says the Louis'
ville Times.
lj He says there is an old negro in
j Omaha who, strange as it may- seem
j in that latitude, never was a slave.
'.The old man does odd jobs of haul!;
ing, for which purpose he uses a giJgantic
mule of tremendous strength
I and equal deliberation and determi'
nation. One day John asked the old
' man>>the mule'6 name.
"Dat mule am name Co'peration,"
' was the answer.
"What on earth ever made you
give him such a name as that?" John
asked.
!| "Jes' 'cause dat am de nachel
name fo' 'im," said the old man.
': "Dat ar mule, he kin stan' mo' 'buse
an' go right ahead bavin' 'is own
j way dan any white possum yo' eber
J see."
? ern sailor's diet.
Until eight years ago no serious
; attempt was made to find out what
was best for the sailors and to prol_jj
a. ** HYYIQ an allowance I
11 viae it. ai vug hu4g *??
i : of 30 cents a day was made for each J
J sailor's food, and if the sailor did
' not draw his rations he got the mons
ay. This system was naturally
[ abused, and attempts to devise a beti
ter plan led to the present system,
! which makes a more liberal food al!
lowance than any other country
i makes to its sailors. At present
there are about 55,000 enlisted men
'j in the navy, and it costs the govern
ment about $7,400,000 annually to
! feed them. It has been found, how:
ever, that it is well repaid in the
class of men attracted, and in the
. general efficiency of the crews. The
s Wyoming is the prize ship of the
i navy. Her gun crews hold the recl
ord for target practice. Here is a
sample menu: Breakfast?Fried
I eggs, friend bologna, fried potatoes,
bananas, bread, butter and coffee.
' Dinner?Grilled sirloin steak, fried
, onions, mashed potatoes, cocoanut
i custard, bread and coffee. Supper?
Li Beef a la mode, hashed brown pota.
toes, corn fritters, bread, butter and
II tea.
l i It has been found that since the
i j modem sailor chews less tobacco and
j drinks less strong liquor than his
! predecessor of the days when each
I man received his daily allotment of
' rum, more sweet stuff is required.
; For the sailors in the Atlantic re:
serve fleet stationed at the Philadel'
phia navy yard the government last
> "year bought thirty tons of candy and
: 80.000 packages of salted peanuts,
i The food value of both candy and
t peanuts, when taken as a part of
' a carefully designed diet, is high.
> which accounts for the large quantity
given to the men. The old sailor j
i often quenched his thirst with water
1 which was by no means pure. Today I
' the American sailor drinks only dis-l
tilled water. Medical experts in the!
j service have found that the use of j
: pure water lessens the amount or;
rheumatism and increases the gen-!
eral health of the men. Of course.)
food alone is not responsible for the I
remarkable efficiency of the navy, but j
officers and men are agreed that it
deserves more praise than it get6.
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