The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, January 20, 1916, Page 7, Image 7
HI. THE SWISS REPUBLIC. <
Can Moboliz? 240,000 Men in Twenty-Four
Hours.
"Nowhere else in the world has
j the art of self-defense better adjust- 1
* ed itself to geographical conditions 1
than in the little republic of Switzerland,"
says a bulletin of the National i
Geographic Society. 1
"While the subject of national
preparedness holds such a large place 1
in the minds of the American people, | '
^ it becomes of value to study the re- (
markable system the Swiss people 1
have evolved?a system flitted to na- 1
tional ideals which do fiot accept the
doctrines of militarism on the one
hand, and which reject the doctrines (
of peace at any price on the other, i
The Swiss system is particularly in- i
' terestina to Americans because of 1
the kindred theories of government
in Switzerland and the United States, ]
the similar aspirations of their' peo- ]
pie, and the close relationship of s
- their needs. '
"Although they, have democratic 1
\y tendencies perhaps?stronger than 1
our own, although they believe in
local self-government perhaps more ]
thoroughly than we do, and although 1
they possess a very deep conviction '
that central authority must not en- 1
croach upon the rights of the can- 5
tons, the people of Switzerland have
made themselves a nation under 1
? arms, yet a nation without the slight- /'
\ est thought of adding a foot to its 1
territory or of disturbing that peace 1
whose blessings it loves and appre- '
ciates. ]
There is nothing in Switzerland 1
k corresponding to a regular army.
One might hunt for months around '
the country without finding one man '
whose profession is military; yet al- j
? wrmH if ha fn Hisnnvpr I J
H liiUSl da uaiu nuuiu xv wv vu vttuw . ? one
able-bodied citizen who has not 1
I had some soldier training.
"While Switzerland has a populasmaller
than that of Massachu- ;
setts, with an area twice as large, it 1
can. mobilize 240,000 men in 24
. hours. On the same basis, the United
States could put 8,000,000 men !
into the field, though of course it
^ . would take longer to get them to J
Central points of mobilization. Be.hind
a field army of 240,000 the
f Swiss have a reserve of equal proportions.
The United States could, un- 1
' der a Swiss system, have a trained 1
army of citizens reaching a grand '
total of 16,000,000 men,of all arms.
Under that standard we would have
160 trained men from every town of
. 1,000 population; while a county of
(V 30,000 inhabitants could thus send 1
400 men to the front and hold as 1
V-many more in reserve.
"There is no soldiery in the mili/tary
world costing as little per man
a as the Swiss. 1
f . "This -difference arises from the
' fact that the army of the Swiss con- '
federation is in truth a citizen army.
It is organized on what has been 1
called the 'voluntary compulsory' 1
^ system, to which the Swiss people
H have freely resigned themselves in 1
V order to guarantee the independence '
V of their country.
f "The Swiss boy, at the age of ten, '
is put inta the gymnastic class at J
^ v school, and begins learning the element
of the soldier drill on the 3
echoolhouse playgrounds. Long be- '
L fore he is old enough to be called
K upon for service he has learned to
f do the manual exercises and to go
;w v through much of the drill that after- [
ward fits him for a soldier.
"When a boy reaches 17 years he
: is liable to service?a liability which
x continues until he is 50 years of age.
Even after that he may be liable, if
he is capable of doing any other 1
army work than soldiering, vsuch as 1
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a^UU5 ad uaivci ui Ycwtiiuui < ?oui
% r geon.
"Yet with all of this universal
training, the only people in Switzerr
' land who make arms exclusive profession
are the commander-in-chief,
selected by the federal assembly, and ,
the general staff. These form the
brains of the army. Th'e rank and
file belong to the cantons, just as the
ml militia do to the State in this counf
"At the age of 20 every ableB
bodied Swiss youth becomes a unit
in the first line. During the first
year of liability he must serve 75
, days or more, and 11 days for each :
- successive year- he is called to the
k* standard. Services in the first line
I. continues until the citizen has reach- (
Wi ed the age of 32. Thereafter he becomes
a unit in the Landwehr or 1
wr' First Reserve, in which he remains 1
until he is 44. He must give 9 days ;
of service during each four years that
^ he belongs to the Landwehr. From s
j 44 to 50, he serves in the Landstrum '*
or Second Reserve. ' :
"Rich and poor serve side by side 1
' in the Swiss army, and there is none
f * of the 'crack' regiment idea to be
\ found. There is only one general.
\ ; and he is picked from a nation of <
cntdiors- nnr is his remuneration 1
\ ' ' lordly for his salary is only $10 a
. r
day. The caste svstem has not been :
permitted to creep into the Swiss
^ crmy, for the very essence of the <
Swiss military idea is that all men
start from the scratch, and that brain <
HB and ability must win the race.
K.
GIANT ST HIDES AUTO INDUSTRY.
Probably 3,000,000 Cars Will Be
Running; ill U. S. by 1917.
Unless a shortage in materials interferes,
the giant strides of the automobile
industry should carry it
ivell beyond a million-car production
in 1916, says an exchange, with the
figures more likely to be 1,200,000.
which, combined with cars now in
ico onH allowing for thnso worn OUt.
UtlU M.** V 1? A*?0 i. vr ft w .V _ y
should give more than 3,000,000
:ars on American roads at the end of
the present year, or one for every 34
persons, with records in States like
Iowa of one for every 15 persons.
"Where do all the cars go and how
:tan people afford to maintain them?"
is the general query whenever the
increased sale of motor cars is mentioned.
Were the motor cars a mere luxury,
as it was 10 or 12 years ago, selling
at $4,000 or $5,000 and costing
i substantial sum to maintain, the
^uery might be a very proper one,
3ut with the present low price of cars
that are maintained at low cost, and
ivhich have such varied uses in business
as well as in pleasure, the question
is no more proper than it would
be to ask how people can spend as
much money as they do for car fares
and telephones.
Every day presents new services
that the automobile can render, not
ilone in health-giving properties to
the man and his family, but to the
salesmen, to the contractor and td
5very other line of business where
rapid and economical transportation
of the individual is a necessity.
The low-priced cars, the lowest
cost of maintenance and the ease of
operation which permits them to be
handled as readily by women as by
men, are all contributing to the increased
and, may we say, almost universal
use of the automobile.
It is> peculiarly fitting that the 20th
anniversary of the automobile industry,
as celebrated by the present NewYork
automobile show, should see
the goal of 1,000,000 cars within
sight and when one figures that there
were 10,000,000 horse-drawn vehicles
in use in the United States in
1910, there still seems a wide market
for power-driven vehicles.
The automobile maker knows that
there are over 5,000,000 farms in
this country, one-half of them withDut
mortgages, and that the automobile
must replace 10,000,000 or 12,000,000
horse-drawn vehicles that
were in use in the country in 1910.
Moreover, this country must supply
cars to all countries for some time
to come.
Probably the greatest danger that
faces the automobile is the general
belief that makers, dealers and owners
are prosperous enough to stand
heavy taxes! Cars are taxed to the
extent of $14,000,000 a year in the
form of registrations in the various
States; drivers are taxed in order to
get drivers' licenses to operate cars,
while others have a wheel tax; automobiles
are taxed as personal property;
certain States require costly li:
censes to sell motor cars, and new
evsn President Wilson suggests that
automobiles should be taxed on their
horse power and that gasoline used
in automobiles should be taxed a cent
a gallon, all with a view of raising
money for government use.
While every owner is ready to register
his car to be commandeered in
case of war, and, while every automobile
manufacturer is anxious to share
his burden of any public taxes, there
is naturally strong opposition to being
singled out as the one manufacturing
industry to bear more than its
share of taxation burdens.?Ex
change.
AGAINST EDISTO PLAN.
Engineer Chief Reports on Springfield
Project.
Washington, Jan. 13.?The chief
of engineers of the army today made
a report to congress on the development
of the south fork of the Edisto
river opposite the town of Springfield.
It is his opinion that at the
present time improvement of tins
river is not warranted.
"Every commune in Switzerland is
required by federal law to maintain,
at public expense, a safe and suitable
target range of not less than 1,000
feet. All legally organized shooting
clubs of the commune have the right
to use this range free of charge. The
government gives 60 cents a year to
each club for each member doing a
prescribed amount of shooting during
the year. The annual number of
shots fired in target practice in tne
army and in the shooting clubs
reaches nearly 30,000,000 rounds,
two-thirds of which practice is done
by the shooting clubs.
"Though surrounded on all sides
by belligerent millions, whose interests
might be served by asking her
to step out of their paths, Switzer
land today stands an island of peace
in a sea of war, because she has been
prepared to maintain her neutrality
and her freedom, or at least to exact
such a price for them that none
of the nations at war can afford to
* av for their violation."
FOUR KILLER, TEX HURT.
Submarine Explosion at New Vorl
Navy Yard.
New York, Jan. 15.?Four n;ei
were killed and ten injured, five dan
gerously, in an explosion today 01
the submarine E-2, while the craf
was undergoing repairs in dry docl
at the Xew York navy yard. One o
the men killed was an enlisted elec
trician and the others civilian work
ers.
At least three of the ten now ii
hospitals are not expected to live.
The dead: Roy B. Seaber, elec
trician, second class, Cleveland
James H. Peck, civilian, genera
helper, Brooklyn; J. P. Schultz, ci
vilian, machinist, Brooklyn; Josepl
Logan, civilian, general helper
Brooklyn.
The injured: L. Miles, Ramond Ot
to, August Kapin and Otto Hasert.
Terrific Detonation.
The detonation was terrific, but tin
submarine itself, from the outside
shows no effects.
The interior was badly shattered
but so .tight was the vessel's shel
that-there was no means of escapi
for gas and it was more than an houi
after the blast before the work o
recovering the bodies could be com
pleted. A ladder blown up througl
the conning tower fell 150 feet away
The injured and one body were re
moved soon after the accident, bu
three bodies far down in the craf
could not be reached until 'the ga:
had been blown out by compressec
air. Soon after the explosion severa
naval officers led a rescue party, bu
were partly overcome by fumes. I
was then that compressed air pipe;
were run into the shell.',
The number of men inside the sub
marine at the time of the explosioi
is not known definitely . About twen
ty were working on the craft.
Negro Race Conference.
Rev. Richard Carroll has request
ed The Herald to publish the fol
lowing:'
The seventh annual session of thi
negro race conference of South Caro
lina, of which Rev. Richard Carrol
is president, will meet at the sam<
time the white Laymen's Missionar;
conference meets. Hon. W. H. Fitz
gerald wrote Carroll that the color
ed delegates to the Negro Race con
ference can take advantage of th<
very low rates granted for the whit'
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These rates are granted by all rail
roads in South Carolina.
The purpose of the conference ha
been for the last seven years to stim
ulate the colored people along th?
industrial, moral and religious lines
The programme this year is a ver;
I strong one. One whole day?Febru
ary 8th?will be devoted to evange
lism, and among the prominent whit
speakers on that day are Dr. Westoi
| Bruner, of the home mission board
Atlanta, Ga., and Dr. John E. White
of Anderson. Col. F. N. K. Bailey
of 'Greenwood, will address the color
ed laymen on February 9th and Mi
I B. E. Geer, president Judson cottoi
mills, Greenville, will address th
laymen on February 9th. Among th
colored preachers who are to speal
on evangelism are Dr. C. T. Walker
of Augusta, Ga., J. C. Clement, D. D,
editor Star of Zion, Rev. J. M. Green
D. D., Greenville. Subjects will b
discussed on the church and sanita
tion. Dr. w. n. ureen, 01 ivuuAvmt
Tenn., a physician that has had quit
a success in the cure of pellagra, wil
address the conference on the 8th.
Special arrangements' have bee:
made for school teachers to hold ses
sions Friday night; February 4, Sat
urday, 5, and Sunday, 6, at Benedic
college. This will enable the negr<
teachers to attend the conference am
not be away from their schools. Dr
B. F. Riley, (white) of Birmingham
Ala., author of "The White Man'
Burden," will speak to the teachers
Dr. J. H. Dillard, secretary of th
Jeannes fund board, of Charlottes
ville, Va., and Mr. Swearingen, su
perintendent of education, have beei
invited to address the teachers.
OnmiiAi T a n&prn O
Odlll UC1 U . UIU11U1 u, W v w
Tennessee, who has made mone;
raising Berkshire hogs, is on the pro
gramme to speak on hog raising an<
prevention of hog cholera. W. F
Coleman, of Kershaw county, a sue
cessful negro farmer, will tell ho\
he makes a bale of cotton per acr<
on sandy soil.
Carroll has a large number of ju
bilee singers who will sing durinj
the conference under the manage
ment of J. A. Smiley, evangelistic
singer, of Louisville. Richard Car
roll is anxious that the white read
ers of this journal will inform th<
colored preachers, and especially th<
laymen and farmers in their district:
to attend this conference, as this con
ference for the last seven years hai
hppn vprv helnful in making th<
colored people more useful and bet
ter citizens.
All information concerning tin
conference can be had by addressinf
T. S. Levy, 1211 Taylor street, Colum
bia, or Richard Carroll, Drawer 34 0
Columbia, the president.
Read the Herald, $1.50 per year.
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you need Hastings 1916 Catalogue. '
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It tells of seeds of kind and quality that
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It tells how every customer can get abI
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yet showy and beautiful flowers.
1 Hastings is both the best and largest
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"When you plant Hastings Seeds, you
meet "Good Garden Luck" more than
half way. Write today for their big 1916
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will bring it. H.G. HASTINGS CO.,
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i Backache is so deceptive.
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- it caused me much annoyance and
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TAX NOTICE.
The treasurer's office will be open
e for the collection of State, county,
!. school and all other taxes from the
15th day of October, 1915 until the
loth day of March, 1916 inclusive.
From the first day of January,
s 1916, until the 31st day of January,
- 1916, a penalty of one per cent, will
be added to all unpaid taxes. From
the 1st day of February, 1916, a
penalty of 2 per cent, will be added
y to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st
_ day of March, 1916, until the 15th
day of March, 1916; a penalty of 7
per cent, will be added to all unpaid
e taxes. ;
a THE LEVY.
For State purposes 1 7 mills
[' For county purposes 4 1-2 mills
!' Constitutional school tax 3 mills
9 #
Total 14 1-2 mills
SPECIAL. SCHOOL LEVIES.
Bamberg, No. 14 9 mills
a Binnakers, No. 12 3 mills
e Buford's Bridge, No. 7 2 mills
q Clear Pond, No. 19 2 mills
k. Colston, No. 18 4 mills
Denmark, No. 21 6 1-2 mills
'? Ehrhardt, No. 22 9 mills
., Fishpond, No. 5 2 mills
L Govan, No. 11 4 mills
Hutto, No. 6 2 mills
Hampton, No. 3 : 2 mills _
" Heyward, No. 24 1 2 mills
s, Hopewell, No. 1 3 mills
e Hunter's Chapel, No. 16 4 mills *
. Lees, No. 23 4 mills
Midway, No. 2 2 mills
Oak Grove, No. 20 2 mills
a Olar, No. 8 9 mills
St. John's, No. 10 2 mills
Salem,- No. 9 ...4 mills
Three Mile, No. 4 2 mills
t All persons between the ages of
twenty-one and sixty years of age,
^ except Confederate soldiers and sailors,
who are exempt at 50 years of
' age. are liable to a poll tax of one
l, dollar.
s Capitation dog tax 50 cents.
All persons who were 21 years of
'* age on or before the 1st day of Jane
nary, 1915, are liable to a poll tax
J of one dollar, and all who have not
_ made returns to tne Auditor, are requested
to do so on or before the
1 1st of January, 1916.
I will receive the commutation
f road tax of two ($2.00) dollars from
v the loth day of October, 1915, until
' the 1st day of March, 1916.
G. A. JENNINGS,
I Treasurer Bamberg County. j
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