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HOW THE MARINES PEGEIVEO_ CROSSES DESCRIPTION OF THE CEREMONY OF THEIR DECORATION BY THE FRENCH NATION. THEIR HEROISM IS LAUDED Our Army Needs More Chaplains and Is Training Them--Uniform Physi cal Standards Adopted by War De partment-Hollow Tile an Essential. (From Com ,nt -e on)111,i ~n i n tnann Wohtsline- -Sin Mine corpsl b14nel q u a rte rs I rit h e e un il e Ii l i oub - lie inf rnutio n gr'ip i nerount of the decllIirCnd ol of .i ( '14 S o Al en n in a s wit li. l-'rench C'roix dec t uerre for herle sere I n iat:I last ((1ay. It Isaiyi in l (rit 'I t i-l tiin tih, u,'rIll and range of the (;eredon gnis. b1dlt'n by the shelter Ing tris t' t dense forest, uinder at heav iitiri'fg mist and it driving rain, Fren veterans of Verdun, the Marne. the Aisne nai the Some honored their younger comrades of Amren by conferrinig upon thern the C'roix de Guerre. T'thirty ma rines, Inclning five ofir4' s, were nItwnire d tils poveted torench decoration for gnllnt conduct, coutrage nod coolness iin notion ainthist the enemy during the ocicupiation of a sector by the mnrine brigade. (l)fe the total lnumb er eAted4 in 1-'rench orders for this decorattion only eleven were ptresenlt, three haoving been killed In ac tiot a'l slixteetl were wounded i and in the field hosplinil. "A numbir of FI-rench soldiers were decoratted tit the same time. As Is the uthe tin half a 4 om45 14imny from each of the companiri"es whose mhen were hon ored was present atnd dlirat upso irs to form it situare.. The IpresentatL m of the dlecorntions took1 placee withinl tis hain eeliurkieg. The irines and pollus, sill y h}side, plre~sentedl a ple ture sytuholiia if the close hond ex Isting 4 t i- i b tweetn Ameriein rind Frntice i n this cn li' it't and p iitrticularly so of the malnner in which murhwts have worked aind fougoht wrilth e bl- 'rent'h soldiers uriig th teritd of their lstrutions in nn udclineent sector. '"The 1-'renchn goneral who pinned the deioratio ins 1ind the breists of the protuimnarinev elrictietly prist'Id their nbt ltteve ments in at short spteech in thIluh he stuntuarized their diis of bravery. renu-kcing ln te ilt ine state of dt iei line14 iltl l el h-n-v y of the ri-n gitde,'t nin ilc n5 r u11 liti n its (.ui'n' 1 nie 1 leg oib-r upon his excll tnt 'rgant zatin-n lic e l inedi the little bronze enitblot is on thie etn, ind, shook ealt oIf i the inidt with n iw'rsonnl word of c ni rtillptultIo." Uniform st'tndtrds of physintl cex - amintlons goieirtning entrace into ll brnnehis of the reg ulaitr rmy. the nn - rtl r tin' Ii int till Nationl (Guard have been ndlopltel by the wrar depart mn illt ni will be obser'ved by the army of ntri depait rtmient and ft'e lon and med-''l'tient' d ie boasei tndtrdsum-thse (4ectii' el~te reglt a e ions. ~ an * I lisIregulti's byt he i loeit( boaitrs il * 'uhe~rsltrr Iiti'l heh 'Vedin ufor tn ecx-t ninre rtrlIn all palcrts of thre coultr 11ua'lit ft' litary stcervice formlbe-r nser nte c (ou( toartimplts'henew tan tinersli'taing ilorth nstft oftrl tihe ari t litd ill lea ny ticoncep-ahi ieonr all misudeersnins that t nrdhto reul in''l the cenig ato emp gofl le who hd benr rejecte l -o lnt the ares have iferecl eand ion r'ristlve benttinotd w'~rhe men whot havndee reecteda o serticep by haeeitling walilers o the rexgu'lar't ofervii by drft' bordeyiins.Un decp 41f'i the new unform tandars thi rilesno hr poibe Inless' ('l ist' ual1l-1 ~ ncg(4 dfor' has'ili Ibeen( I rmloved. Thile rule fo al Itree'o atnies is5 t'at to~~ * ~~~innke n glid liler I ma1lin ms to hes tahie s~ trsee It'ell, id~ have c o faraivel ho ar ing. htisert mudcsion bei ai tostn dithe strss pslea sexer-4i tioni er t he intelligeno e noughIhra 4 t o Ir de rstainI ri d I exeIi cute1111 i5 n t'ar ma neruves brey genmnns, Iprotecit h'im-t' biew eiegent'ls o''in mil tr li may dematt ir hnt' pe t fr i spefcIi(' 1 an1id limt d s evi ceta . Iie exeie of the ps~uotsil pctnr h ennledfi'lre thmeien nuithoriait ith s ibis these ewt dsandards drime fini wich woiti Iirt-n Thse fimeren 1((' exm nret eeasih to pter dle trilger - callng-olal hs o e ppinya beecpoted fo imitet' fo l dr~s forl rnte formsdio *Irec far labior t h am .......even..of.the*. The army is in need of chapins says the war department. A chaplaili is needed for every 1,200 officers and men. A special kind of chaplain is de stired--a sturdy, upstanding brotherly mtan, between twenty-one and forty flive years, who has deep solicitude for the welfare of the soldiers. There is a special school for army chaplains at Camp Zachary Taylor, near Louisville, Ky. About 200 chap Pains conte from this school to take up their work with the army after a course lasting five weeks, and the courses go on continuously. Approxi imately one-fifth of the clergymen who sinrt the course fail to complete it or lo 'e 'lify for the army. Candidates for admission to the scho mu'oast have the endorsement of their denomination superiors and o'r ga nized religious bureaus and boards recognized by the government authori ties, and must piss the physical tests of the local army draft hoard. At the school the student receives free subsistence, lodging and uniform and $33 a month, which is the pay of a first Cla1ss private. After completing the cOti'se successfully the government re turns the student to his home, and when he is appointed to the army he takes the rank and pay of i first lieu tenant of the national army, $2,000 a year at home and $2,200 a year abroad. The' training of a chaplain is practi eal niel intensive. Ills days in school are busy ones. He rises like any com mon soldier at 5:45 a. mll.. has fifteen minutes of setting up drill and is re giuired to circle around the parade grouii at Coulie time before break fast. iIe must police his quarters like any other soldier, undergo an infan try drill withtut arms of 45 minutes, and then attend lectures and recita tions. The latter cover military and international law, service customs, and field service regulations pertain Ing to a chaplain's duties. The school surgeon instructs him in sanitation and first aid, and experienced chap lains give clinics on actual work with the army. He Is given instructions also in horsenauship, because in field service he will be a mounted officer. The priorities division of the war industries board has decided that hol low tile manufacture Is in part of nn tional importance and continued man ufncture of tiles throughout the war pieriod will be safeguarded by giving the lirdustry a place on the prefer ence list for fuel and transportation. Judge Edwin B. Parker, priorities ('irumissioner, in n letter to the hollow tile inanufacturers, says: "The prior ite14's hoard is of the opinion that yours is in part a war industry bt'enuse your product is Used in many of the huild Ing opIk(rations earried on directly by lrie war agencieh of the government, anl in Ilit' celhtteral yet indispensa l it, nliing lirozgnms which are being nil will be' Prosecuted in communities whpert seothlers, sailors and war work ers a re being cornentrated. "In tIn- 'pinion of the board your industry also is in part one of national Piprtance in that a portion of your prodriet is used in land drainage oper at Ions and in ensilage savings proc esses taking possible a higher produc tion per aere and per farmer of foods and feeds, taking into account the la bor expended in applying such prod ucts to the land." Hollow tile manufacturers rmust gve a pledge of co-operation with the gov ernment tlurt they wvill not urse mate inls except in the manufneture 0' products for essential uses as define( andl applied by the priorities divisor of the war industries board, and thal they will guard against resale of the product for any except essential uses There will he permittedl, however sales of small quantities of tIles foi repairs or e'xtensionrs to existing strue tures Involving in the aggregate a cost not exceeding $2.500. Tire war indtustries hoard has, de cide~d thait motor tr'uc'ks are war es senrtials rind thait in (-ivilian industr'ief threy constitute air inmporitint trans portationr rmediumn and their pr'odue tion shoul be farcil itated and rnot ceur tailed. But no pledge to see thait me tor truck mlanrufatu-irers got niil thn steel they waintedl was given by thi priorities division of the honrd. Judge Parker. priori ties cormmi sslon er, observed: "'The manufacturers an< dealers fully realIze that steel is todn.1 the world's miost needled metal an< that, in view of the urgent wvar de mands of this nation arnd the allies it is well nigh treasonable to conistnt a pound of it that can be staved. The,1 pledigedl themselves to reverse thetl practtees of normal times and, instent of selling through solicitation as mani, trurcks a~s possible arid furrnishring nev trucks to replace old ones, to urse the? utmrost endleavor to indhuce owners nn ('le-rators to repair 0old ones and~ use thre tr-ucks they have as long na possi hbl. to'operate them fully loaded, tintd through shifts of dr-ivers arid othier wise to keep themr in urse during tha gremtt-st ICossible portion of tire day."e iiTe dle'arrtmrent of agriculture su; griei ofarers a gas attack on heal andie wee ils, whieh aninualhly de vi a lalt food( anrd feed. Use carho: disrulid. 'fie w~eevil 'has trot discov eredl t' adytnntage of a gas mtak. Miss Mal; Vasn Kteeck, director *o the. womier. in indlustry service of th< dlepartrnent of lahor, annournces ti ('erntion of a comminttee of exports. Th~e committee ilj visit v-ariou centers wuhere wnomen hamve boen dr'awl into industries at work on war con tracts. Hazards such as the use o industrial poisons will be0 inquired nts with reference to their effect on t'rs, henlth of the women employed, an wvhether the e'ffect is so detrimental a to justify an order prohibriting Biul 1-Actual destruction of at Ge"rn tograph being taken by an officer of army, acting division signal officer, American troops going through wire NE WOF SREVIEW THE RETWAR Huns Falling Back Toward the Vesle River Line in the Aisne Marne Region. YAKES WIN NEW LAURELS Defeat Best Division of the Prussian Guard In Desperate Fighting-Ger mans and Bolsheviki Face Re volts in the Near East. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. The fifth year of the great war opened with the German forces In the Aisne-Marne region on the defensive after the collapse of the drive on Par is and the assumption of the Initia tive by the allies under General Foch ; the British calmly awaiting the prom ised offensive by Crown Prince Rup precht ; the French and Italians driv ing ahead In Albania ; Ukraine, Rou mania and much of Russia rising against the tyranny of German dom ination; Turkey quarreling with Bul garia and Austria with Germany over the spoils of war In the hear East ; the allies putting into execution their plans to help the anti-German ele ments In Siberia, and, above all, the Ameriean troops In the thick of the fighting in France and winning the plaudits of the world for their splen did work. With the apparent Intention of mak Mar ne satnlent last wekand rought their hev ariler into actn De spit th eemndan ahn t 1ur Actns adestruin pofbal the grarpar beif tkenra supple The poarblmy, acuting isoff iad capturng Aheric astroupd that thrh porer funs Fistne acth endsaof the e Veny conierbLe advance ofithe Defea thest Divisoufthe rtsfiah Gadin theHusrt Fughtfinery-o awietrgns and BoihevktionsRe weretbein tasped ea Eat.enrh and tEnDqWAekD move P bCARkth Fencih the Amercan forceswin wth Attneupn regin beon the eeniver isrcn. ther assviencef that inthe tiermanth cmallender Gnenderd toch;l so fthatvrcafor awtn thme butohe wse ofnotiv ed by dro thi. R prcT the Frnh betwee Fere-en-Tdrv ingi aed Pans Awrea brgtnte crock daiisin u of tPrussia gurisito agd ain the Aericansf butma then ntrioe Tke quarekein with al gaiaandr Atia arosethen cheero fedthe poiltes of ri the ka ast;' mnofthe sutn figtto xton dth plan to lp tohe anti-eran ole-on mendthe inmieriaan, aove all ntheno Amcbatrsoos in the tcke. t fihngete in rane andt h winningtes ofauetso tegyoand foergan thely ihnge hsand ateeattedmyborey the theVese iverlineo the Gpermhans slowd upstabher rtreafmsehe fiysn thei heavy ardtlenrpuihed aton. ben te rtver dterinerg and higatk tagks ofint the e romnln thet wthrand wat themanedfith-e eoosing the roket foree therre and grleter-Tardenoir .upis h Thatn it was fndtatdl thirat wasr p lresitwae atere eno the Ar cnaoons arnh tRelin strckehard Salt thpet Hustfomig fiel heogh bedteen quicy mvd backes They wrec and Aderibyan folloing barrtg andsh i movemr ehnt care thoe coudc. IThr was noene that thea ta 'was no the owed oeo f strgt Toin the falli etwen bute-entsassde tis anweswre bdrough.The aace, I warfsd stobbeoycesed and whs rete h estty mighers of tahed-ieres mant o'f-era the alihttotes dease k~ .. .. vm ' i{v inn U-boat by a depth charge dropped t. )ne of the troopships attacked. 2-Major ho recently won the Croix de Guerre antanglements to meet the Huns. to Chamery, the town where Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt fell to his death with his airplane. Between Fere and Soissons the French, with the assistance of certain Scottish units, made some progress towad the north and east in the face of powerful -resistance. The Scots captured the park and chateau in the outskirts of Buzancy and held them against repeated counter-attacks; and the French occupied Grand Rozoy and Cugny and, in a brilliant operation, took by storm the Butte Chaulmont, a commanding height. On the eastern side of the rapidly diminishing salient the French and British moved steadily northward un til the entire Dormans-Reims road was in their possession ; Romigny, Bligny were occupied and Ville-en-Tardenois was reached. Along here the Huns put up some of their most stubborn re sistance and strongest counter-attacks, and infantry operations there came al most to a standstill, though the artil lery continued its activity, as it did on all other sectors. In the early days of the allied of fensive the Germans were vastly in ferior in the air, but last week many of their best pilots were summoned, and their machines swarmed over the alled lines and communication roads, fighting with remarkable daring and doing considerable execution. The al lied aviators were by no means lack ing and there were innumerable stir ring combats in the air. When General Foch relaxed some what in infantry action, perhaps to give his troops a bit of rest, perhaps in preparation for further important operations, it was expected the Hun would seize the opportunity to attack. But he did not do so, evidently not be ing anxious to meet the allies oftener than necessary. Observers thought, from the movements of the enemy, that he would not stop long on the Vesle river line, but would retire to the plateau between that streom and the Aisne. This might be rendered .com pulsory by the capture of Ville-eni Tardenots, which would open the way for the allies to advance down the Ardre valle*y to Fismes. Up to the time of writing, according to French estimates, the Germans had used 45 divisions on the Soissons Reims front, some of thenm having been brought into action several times. Ber lini claimed to have taken 24,000 pris oners, while those captured by the allies were said to number 84,000. The object of each army has been to kill as rnany as possible of its oppo nents. German prisoners, it is said, are deeply depressed by the failure of the crown prince's drive and the success of Foeh's offensive. They now realize the strength of the American arms, and the people in' Germany also are beginning to learn the truth about that, despite the atfempts of the lead ers andl the press to minimize it and to excuse the army's severe reverse. On the other fronts there was not a great deal of action, though the Brit ish struck a swift blow in the north, surrounding and capturing the town of Morris and taking prisoners. There was little change in the Alban ian situation, though Vienna -'claimed the Franco-Italian forces had met with st reverse, The Austrians are very sore over the repeated bombing of Poln and other bases and are threat ening retaliation on Italian cities, espe -eilly Venice. American troops arrived in Italy last week and were received with joy that was almost hysterical. In the near East the best news came from Ukraine, where the peas ants are reported to be in full revolt against the Huns. Field Mlarshal Von Eichhorn, the German comander in Ukraine, wvho had treated the people like slaves, wvas assassinated by a young IRussian social revolutionist in K~iev, and it WVas said the life of General SkoropadskI, the hetman--a tool of Germany-also was threatened. German corresponsients who have been traveling in Ihuss~ia report that the feeling there naninst Gernmny IS very strong tindl widespread and that tho business men are all anti-bolshev 1k. Ianine and Trotzky admit that the botahaik. gove.nma~ i. in peril -na ' "> ei~i NePiwspa r lntotr " y an American destroyer, the pheu R. D. Paddock of the America0 ad wears a wound stripe. 8 maIl for "mass terrorism" against the )ourgeoisie, and the repulse of the 'zecho-Slovaks. A part of that re narkable force has penetrated to the ;outh as far as the Black sea, captur ng a port and vessels, and another )odsy has taken Ekaterinberg, an int ortant town in the province of Perm near the Siberian border, the center f a rich mining district. The allied powers were still negotiating concern ing the extension of aid to the Czecho Slovaks and other anti-German ele ments in Russia, but were going ahead with their military preparations for the proposed expedition, and it was maid on Thursday that American, Brit ish and Japanese troops already had been dispatched to Vladivostok. The soviet government of Russia is reported to have renounced all claims to the great provinces of Esthonia and Livonia, and these, together with Oourland, probably will be united un der a general government under Ger man auspices. From Copenhagen, the source of many lies, came the statement that Turkey had severed relations with Germany and Austria because of the disputes. between the Turks and Bul garia over territory taken from Rou mania and Russia. There was every evidence that this was "greatly exag gerated," as Mark Twain said of the report of his death, but there is no doubt that Turkey is tired of the war and is getting all the worst of it. How ever, Germany, being in control of Turkish finances and in command of Turkish armies, has the whip hand and probably will be able to keep the Turks to their alliance for some time yet. General March, chief of staff, has been working out the details of a plan by which the American land forces are to be amalgamated into one army, the existing distinctions between the reg ular army, the National army and the federalized National Guard being wiped out. This will do away with many jealousies concerning promo tions and every soldier will wear on his collar the letters "U. S.," the "N. A." and "N. G." being removed. The chief of staff also is beginning to "loosen up" some regarding informa tion as to what American units are engaged in certain operations. Tho war department prepared the countr-y last week for the reception of long casualty lists, The casualties in the Aisne-Marne battle, though not excessive wuhen the magnitude of the struggle is considered, may run as .high as 10 per cent, it is stated. It is comfortiw to know that the vast majority of the wounded are suffering only tromn clean bullet wounds and will soon be back in the lines. Sir Eric Geddes, first lor-d of -the British admirnity, told the house of commons the naval situation was sat isfactory andl that the civilized world was gaining steadily on the U-boats, by reducing the sinkuings and increas lag the building of ships. He said America's program of destroyers and anti-submarine craft is beginning to come along and "will become a veri table torrent." More trouble in realizing the Ameri can aircraft program came to light with the information that General Pershing had told the war department to send over no more of the D~e Havi lan6-Four planes it had been building, until changes were made, as they had provedl useless. Secretary Baker half denied this andl half admitted it by stating that improvemneints -are being made in the plane that it is'hoped will make it satisfactory, and that General Pershing has requested a large ship mient of the De Havilands. The sen ate committee investigating airplanes heardl testimony highly praising the work of General Kenly, director of airplane operptions, but was told that John ID. Rlyan, in charge of production, was only beginning to get his bearings In the big task. While Mr. Hoover is in Europe een terattg with other food controllers, thie food adlministration has cut the monthly allowance of sugar to two pounds per person, and warns the eountry 1s threatened with a serious sugar famine. The wheat situation is better and citizens ar's released froms the vohmtaury pledge to do without thaet CuoMn GERMAN ARMIES STILL SWEPT BACK TANKS, CARS, CAVALRY INFANTRY ALL COMBINE UO OVERWHELM FOE. GREAT NUMBER OF PRISOUE Allies Capture 17,000 Prisoners, - Than Two Hundred Cannon ..i Other War Munitions. Over a curving front of more t 20 miles the British and T-i .troops are continuing to sweep the Germans eastward across north of the Somme east of Al court to the eastern bank of the northwest of Montdidier. As on the first day of the offe material progress was made ovi entire battle front. Many addt villages were captured; the be, .: prisoners was largely increase c { merous guns and great quantit war stores were taken, and casualties were inflicted on the c' by tanks, armored motor cars. cavalrymen and the infantry. losses sustained by the Anglo-F forces are declared to be role small. To the allied forces there fallen 17,000 German prisoners between 200 and 300 guns, ma them of heavy caliber and mi able machine guns, trench m end kindred smal weapons. Already having penetrated Picardy salient to a depth of 13 miles in the center toward vicinity of the Important ra Junction of Chaulnes, and at - points along the arc, pushed fo. betwen five and seven miles, northern and southern flanks ( battle front where the German. l-en resisting desperately, gavy before the pressure respective the British and French. A CORRESPONDENT SAYS GERMANY IS SCARED W London, England.--Germany is ed white. She's scared, first of all, ove. turn of things on the west front; the thousands of Americans regi outfighting her; over the hundre thousands of Americans waitint got into line; over the milliui o'her Americans "on the way." This information comes from a lied source whose business it know conditions in the enemy tries. She's frightened about Austria. doesn't know what moment Au may blow up. She knows wha known and conceded in official f sources-that the Austrian econ situation Is worse now than It been since the opening of the wai the people are bolder. She's frightened about Russia lied warships and American ti up north have puffed out her of getting her hands on the hunm of thousands of tons of miu stores at Archangel, there sincE revolution; she can't take a ste -ward Petrograd or the northern way lest these allies forces s south ; and for all phe knows may be going to swoop south wi waiting for that menace; she. spare men from the west front. GOVERNMENT, NOT DRAFTEE WILL DO THE SELEC Washington--New draft regula under which the government v do the selecting rather than le, it to the registrant, are under ec eration by the war department. The war secretary made It that he is not satified with the ent system under which thei trant must claim deferred clasy tk-n, as many men with depen: hesitate for patriotic reasons to i such a claim. In this connection Blaker said, he was inclined to opinion that - the marriage tion will in itself constitute defe classification. VILLAGE AND PRISONERS CAPTURED BY AMERICA Paris (H-avas .Agncy).-Ameri troops have captured the village ' Fismet, on the north bank of Vesle river, a short distance no west of Fismes. The official communication says British and French troops continu their advance and won new victori French troops took 4,000 prisone besides a large quantity of war ma rials. PARIS-AMIENS RAILWAY AVAILABLE TO THE ALLIl London.-Another mportant resyi of the British and French advance that it has freed the main Pari Amiens railway for use by the ailli again. This line heretofore has bee within easy range of the German gun and the restriction thus placed on ii use has been a considerable handica to allied communications. A simila freeing of the Paris-Verdun line wa one of the first important results 0 th's rece*it';ndvance -on theMarnie,