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r PERSHING PRAISES HIS FUG MEN HI 8AY8 THEY LEAD CLEANER LIVES THAN EVER DID ANY 8IMILAR BODY OF MEN. i MOTHERS MAY REST ASSURED Feed Manufacturers and Dealers Must Secure Licenses by February 16? vsuriei Added to Medical Training Camps. <From Commltte* on Public Information.) Washington.?In a recent communication to Secretary of War Bttker. the commoner of the American expeditionary forces said: "There has never been a similar body of men to lead as clean lives as our American soldiers In France. They have entered this war with the highest devotion to duty and with no other Idea than to perform these duties In most efficient manner possible. They fully realise their obligation to their own people, their friends, and the country. A rigid program of Instruc- I tlon Is carried out dally with traditional American enthusiasm. Engaged In healthy, interesting exercises In the open air, with simple diets, officers and men, like trained athletes, nre ready for their tnsks. Forbidden the um: m strong nrinK nnil protected by stringent regulations ugalfist sexual evtlR. and Rupported by thetr own moral courage, their Rood behavior Is the subject of most favorable comments, especially by our allies. American mothers may rest assured that their sons are a credit to them and to the nation, and they may well look ^ forward to the proud day when on the battlefield these splendid men will ahed a new luster on American manhood." Manufacturers of and dealers In commercial feeds for live stock, cattle and hogs must secure licenses under the food administration by February 15. This covers baled hay, shelled and ear corn and many other commodities Intended for use as feeds or as Ingredients In mixed feeds. The only exceptions are for millers manufacturing bran and dealers In conrse grains, who have already been placed under food administration licenses. Applications for license should be addressed to the license division. Food Administration, Washington, D. C.. specifying the nature of the business to be licensed. Ten new sections are Included In the courses for officers In medical training camps at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.. and Fort Itlley, Knn. Fort Riley han a capacity of 7,000 men, and enlarge ment of the school nt Fort Oglethorpe to the same size has been authorized. Its present capacity being 5,500. The ultimate needs of the medical department of the army look to trulnlng camps with capacities totultng 35,000 to 40,000 officer* and men. There have been graduated from medical training camps since June 1. or are now under Instruction, about 9,000 officers and 20,000 enlisted men. Various groups now In active service have been trained, Including officers and men. to operate ambulance companies. field hospitals, evacuation hospitals. base hospitals, uiid hospital trains. For work In the enlisted Veterinary corps, 2,000 men not subject to call under the selective-service law, are wanted. They will he assigned to duty In veterinary hospitals and for other purposes In the corps. Service overseas can he expected shortly. There Is particular demand for veterinary and agricultural students, farmers, stablemen and others accustomed to handling horses. A few men of the following occupations will also be accepted: Horseshoers, saddlers, pharmacists, cooks, typists and stenographers. I'a.v for enlisted men and noncom missioned officers ranges from $30 to $50 a month, food, clothing, and quar ters. Applications for enlistment can be made at any army recruiting office. Olio #un/.tlr?1%?. 0 A% * .... ... ,..v iumi Miiiio ui nit- nfwiy established war service exchange will be ti> answer inquiries of persons desiring to serve In the army. It will nlso keep Informed of needs of the various branches of the service as t<> personnel, arm direct suitable persons as to where and how to apply, and will co-operate with the department of labor and other agencies In locating ami supplying men needed for special purposes by various branches of the service. Inquiries regarding enlistment opportunities. etc., should be addressed ? to the War Service Exchange, room f?2{>. Slate, War. and Navy Hulldlng, Washington, I). C. To conserve tin, linseed oil, and othIngrcdlents of paint and paint containers necessary for war use, manufacture will be limited to 32 shades of house paint after July 1. Home firms are now making 100 shades of this class of pnlnt. Enamels will be restricted by the manufacturers to eight shades, floor paint to eight, roof aud barn paint to two, shingle stains to 12, carriage paint to eight, architectural varnishes to ten. Half--gallon cans will not be used, and some other sizes will b? discontinued. l he oversens service of the American Library association la In operaHi>n A 1 # -- ' - * ....... nnuuu|M n|i?ie m extremely valuable aboard transports, they have been provided with bookcnaes holding collections of hooks which sre used as circulating libraries on the way over. The cases sre emptied at port of debarkation And the books sent to the men In the field. As a means of further Increasing tho supply of books among the overseas forces, the association plans to have each soldier carry a book In his kit, to be put In circulation when ha reaches the Qtfcsr (tide. Secretary Houston of the department of agriculture has set forth the policy which he thinks should be followed In highway construction during the war: "So far as It Is practicable to do so. this department will nrge the maintenance of the highways already con structed; the construction and completion of those highways which are vitally Important because of their bearing upon the war situation or for the movement of commodities; tho . postponement of all highway construcI tlon relatively less essential or not based upou Important military or economic needs. The department Is preparing to suggest to the state highway departments the preparation of a schedule of work for the federal aid projects for 1918 In line with this policy." Road construction and maintenance In the United States Involve an annual expenditure of alntut $300,000,000. I The department of labor la arranging to bring Into the United States 110,000 laborers for railroad and farm work, from Porto Rico and the Virgin j Islands, according to Louis F. Post, assistant secretary of the department I of lubor. ' Mr. Post declares there Is no neces| slty for Importing common labor from j Mexico or China. Porto Rico Is an | agricultural territory and yet has a , density of population exceeded by only ! three states. A considerable surplus of workers exists on the Island. It can furnish 100,000 laborers, and the I Virgin islands can send 10,000 more. Arrangements are being made to bring over 50,000 men as soon as tonnnge Is avalluble. A recent report made by the United States consul In Tasmania, an Island state of Australia, includes the following: "The general scheme for the repatriation of returned soldiers contemplates placing them upon the land. At a recent conference between tbo commonwealth and the state authorities. It was decided that each stute would have to find the lund, while the com- | inonwealth government would advance up to f2,4.'13 to Improve the holding of each returned soldier and to procure the necessary stock and Implements. In this state It was deemed that the crown lands would prove too difficult to Improve to attract returned soldiers, und It was decided to purchnse large estates and divide them up Into small farms and to use the money advanced by the commonwealth government for buildings, fences and tools. The money expended by the state In purchasing the land, as well as the money advanced by the commonwealth for Improvements, Is a Hen upon the property and must be repaid In small annual payments. It was also decided by the commonwealth to advance money to returned soldiers who may desire to rent land. Rills will he Introduced Into the various parliaments at once so that this scheme can be put Into operation throughout Australia." | For purposes of operutlon railroads J of the United States have been placed , In three divisions, as follows: Eastern Railroads.?The railroads In that portion of the United Stutes north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of Lake Michigan and the Indiana-Illinois state line; ulso those railroads In Illinois extending Into It from points east of the Indiana-Illinois stute line; also the Chesapeake A Ohio, the Norfolk A Western, and the Virginian railways. Southern Railroads.?All railroads In that portion of the United States south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers und east of the Mississippi river, except the Chesapeake A Ohio, Norfolk A Western, and the Virginian railways, and also those rallroada In Illinois and Indiana extending Into those states from points south of the Ohio liver. Western Ruilrouds.?All railroads not Included In the above definitions and, broadly speaking, all railroads In the territory west of Lake Mlchlgun and of the Indiana-Illinois state line to the Ohio river and west of the Mississippi river from the Ohio river to the Oulf of Mexico, excepting those railroads In Illinois Included In eastern territory und those rullronds In Illinois nnd Indiana Included In southern territory, as above stated. According to Information received in Washington, butter is selling in Iterlin at $2.2.p? a pound, sugar at fill coats a pound, ham and bncon at $2.11 a pound, uml white soap ut tive bars for $1.12. For the unit of women telephone operators to he sent to France a distinctive uniform Is being provided. Salaries range from $<>0 to $125 a month, with allowance for rutlons and quarters. Successful applicants must speak both French and English with ease. The department of agriculture estimates that only one-third of the marketable surplus of the potato crop hud been niored by January 1, ltMH. Lust year's potato crop was the lurgest ever produced lu the United Stutea. CITATION NOTICE State of South Carolina, County of Chesterfield. By M. J. Hough, Probate Judge: Whereas, Mrs. E. E. Collins made suit to me to grant her Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of C. N. Collins, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said C. N. Collins, (leased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Chesterfield, S. C. on 26th day of February next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the aaid Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 11th day of February Anno Domini 1918. pd. M. J. HOUGH,"-* .***-- -ev- Probata Judge. sa l-wheam* 2-mea-t use mc 3*fktS use Jus 4-sugtt I WBHHHHf and s Ae cause U.S. FOOD A ON I j FACE th< i LET us face the facts. Tt Unless the Allies flgh ,1 4 4.1 4. i luu^uii ucicai Liireaiens. ; at their best; nor hungry r ;> and Italy are going hungry i Wheat Savings?They mus best food to fight on. It alone can spare it to them less than a quarter of wha support those who are figl can do it without stinting !; to substitute another food < i The Corn of Plenty?Corn surplus of it. Providence I; hour of our need. It has gi as was never known befo; loads of corn. Five hundr< j| above our regular needs, learn to appreciate it. Wa so easy? And so clear? America's Own Food?Corn food. The Indians, hard Our forefathers adopted continent. For a great has blong een the staff of fought or it, history tells. I win a world war. Learn Something?Com 1 ] dozen. It's a cereal. It's It's a dessert. It's nutritio dollar for dollar, than m< vegetables. It's good to know until you've had coi Best of all, it's plentiful ar Corn's Infinite Variety?How II corn? About how good delicious ways of cooking i; by not knowing more ab of its uses: < i There are at least fifty I; make good dishes for dinnei fast. Here are some suggesl HOT BREADS Boston brown bread. Hoecake. Muffins. Biscuits. * Griddle cakes. Waffles. HEARTY 1 Corn-meal croquettes, jj Meat and com-m Italian polenta. The recipes are in Fa> ! Meal as a Food and Ways < Department 01 A riculture < i r32K^Z3HB25Zr' Sk8(BS?5 TAKE Y Realizing that this year, the nej American farmer will be called \ tion of the peoples of The Earth readers to also receive The Pr< ognize it aa the South's leading doctrines of crop diversificatioi aervation. So important have these prob i j * <i iaeni inat tie nas issued an app feed itself but have something n friends across the Seas. As your patriotic duty equip 3 and guidance of this standard one dollar a year and may be 1: amount named below. Both Papc <1? ve t ire corn t *re fish 6beans rtenough ? srve 31ireedom lINIS'i UATION 5 factsH u ?? ' I le war situation is critical, t as they never yet have Hungry men cannot fight lations. France, England, unless we feed them. < . ' i t have wheat. It is the is the easiest to ship. We . By saving just a little? t we ate last year?we can uting our battles. And we ourselves, we nave only 1 just as good. ;j 11 is that food. There's a has been generous in the ven us corn in such bounty ;| re. Tons of com. Train- !; >d million bushels over and All we have to do is to is ever patriotic duty made < i ? < i I It is the true American iest of races, lived on it., the diet and conquered a section of our country it life. How well the South '! Now it can help America < I 1 . ' i It isn't one food. It's a a vegetable. It's a bread. ;| us; more food value in it, ;at or eggs or most other eat; how good you don't ;; m-bread properly cooked. id it's patriotic. I; < r mnoVi A a irnn 1 "-VM uv juu A.AIV/W AUUUl it is? About the many it? And what you miss out it? Here are a few < i ( i ways to use corn meal to % supper, lunch or breakdons: ;; I DESSERTS | 1 Corn-meal molassea cake. Apple corn bread* Dumplings. j , Gingerbread. ( Fruit gems. DISHES ! Com-meal fish balls. < eal dumplings. ! 1 Tamales. acrs' Hullotin 565, "Corn , . Using It," free from the || ' I ' i i i I I OUR HOME PAPER ( AND 1 GRESSIVE FARMER ( tt and the next maybe, the upon to feed the major pori, wa have arranged for our jgressivt Farmer. We rec- 1 exponent of the now vital a and farm products con- . ( lems appeared to our Preseal to the South to not only nore for our sorely needing t rourself by using the advice farm weekly which sells for tad with our paper for the rs $1.75 SUGGESTIONS FOR SAFE FARMING IN THE SOUTH The following suggestions are from the Office of Extension Work in the South, United State Department of Agriculture: This is not only the most important but the most critical year in the history of agriculture in the Southern States. It is necessary that the plan adopted should meet the approval of all patriotic men and women, that it should sustain agriculture, sustain our people, and sustain our Nation. It must be a passible, a practical, and a patriotic program. South Almost National Asset as to Food. During the year 1917 the farmers of the South did a wonderful piece of work. In the face of an increasing price for cotton they responded to the call of the President of the United States and increased their production of food and feed crops and also their production of live stock. i T? - r A l r*A ? in swine 01 me oiaies tne increase in orn production ran more than 50 ?er cent, and the increase in the 15 outhern States was 13 per cent in i?ite of the great decrease in Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisana, due to cxessive drought. The increases in elvet beans, sugar, sirup, etc., have eon phenomenal, but not more than ui people needed. For the first year i recent history of the South the ureau of Markets has been able to port that the local demands for orn have been met by the local supy in many sections. The South has . on almost a national asset and not liability as to food. Another year t us have no liabilities. We must ove our worth. Need* of Nation Demand Safe Farming Program. Under the present circumstances! the needs of the Nation are best met by pursuing a safe farming program, , improving each year on what we have done heretofore. By doing so we place^-the least possible burden upon the transportation facilities of the country, we keep our cotton as a real cash crop, and we support our people and our growing livestock industry by producing high-priced food and feed products and marketing them to ourselves at the cost of production. A taste of prosperity during the past year, due to a betterbalanced husbandry as well as high juices, snouiu encourage us to continue the great safe farming program of food, feed, and cotton. Let us go over the items of a safe farming program, elaborating them in the light of present conditions: A Home Garden for Every Family on the Farm. Also a back-yard garden for every town family. Feed the people with fresh vegetables from an all-season garden as many days in the year as possible. Grow the home supplies of sweet potatoes and Irish potatoes. Continue the sorghum and sugar cane for the sirup supply. Beware, however, of going into the production of perishable products on an extensive scale without knowing that there is a market for them, a system of marketing already established, and transportation facilities to get them to market. This applies to the undeveloped trucking areas. All well-established trucking areas where farmers have had experience in the business will continue their operations with cautious regards to the needs of their established markets. Mult Sustain the Production of Corn There is grave danger this year of a reduced production of corn. This would be unwise. Many States in the South have gone into live stock quite extensively. It would be a disister for us to have live stock without the corn to feed it next year. If you have gone into the live-stock inlustry remember that you must maintain the corn production. Ii is your >nly defense. There is no profit in live stock unless the farmer produces his own feed. The small grains as supplement to ihc corn and for food and feed were taken care of by your fall plans. Hay and Forage Crops Necessary. Produce the hay and forage crops necessary to supply amply the livestock on the farm for one year, with *n excess for safety, and for city and town consumption. This is ncessary for the same reasons mentioned unler corn production. Velvet beans, ?oy beans, peanuts, cowpeas and oth r forage crops should by all means tie maintained and increased this L'cnr Rnmomli<ip ..........;..n.. ii. > , ...? ...WV ? VOJMA I.UI) I III* VUiUU jf these crops as actual ca*h crops >f the farm. Peanuts ami soy beans furnish the oil much needed in these war times. The Nation's need, your awn food needs, and the need for feed for your growing live-stock industry makes this imperative. Use hese other supplemental cash crops, . specially in boll-weevil territory. Produce Meat, Fgg?, and Milk for Family. Produce the necessary meat, eggs, t ?nd milk for the family and an ex- { ess to supply the cities and towns, j \n increased production of poultry i ind hogs can and is being brought i lbout rapidly. The Nation needs >ork, and the South is establishing I narkets and the cooperative shipping ! >f hoir?i tn mprtj thiu noo-1 I"' ? " - ? ? ...??wv vino iivvti. his product this year. The milk , :ows for every family ought to bt , maintained because of the ureal vai- . lc of milk as human food; nil of it | 'an be utilized. Pasturage and un ultivated land can be used for pro iucing beef cattle, which will con mme also the excess or otherwise vaste forage and feed products of .he farm. All of these plans tit in with the national needs. wmmmmm GERMAN "i In These Columns Will ol Articles Describi most Unbelievable The Truth of Thes Established by the U. "HUNS" SCORNED" ! i iui nr uiTiniiA urn ur rmnurid : Use of Civilians as Hostages and for Screens Part of Devilish System. ! FIRST MADE USE OF IN 1870 ? ', At That Time It Was Condemned by the Civilized World, but the German Military Leaders Have Never Abandoned IL j , Ample proof thai the inarch of the < German armies through Belgium ' wan marked by massacres and cru- 1 el lies almost beyond belief is given , in a document* made public by the, ? committee on public information, i from which the following is taken: 1 The massacres in Belgium and northern franco were u part of the fjcrinan system of frlghtfulness. An- * other feature of tills system was the use of civilians as hostages ami for r screens. j In discussing the tise of hostages the Cterman War Hook (Krlegshruuch iin i^amiKriege) says: "I!y hostages nro understood those ' persons wlio, as security or hull for t tlie fulfillment of treaties, promises, or I other claims, are taken or detained by the opposing state or Its army. Their < provision has been less usual In re- 1 cent wars, as a result of which some < professors of the law of nations have t wrongly decided that the taking of 1 hostages has disappeared from the I practice of civilized nations. ... < "A new application of 'hostage rlu..t' was practiced hv the German staff in the war of 1S70. when It compelled lending citizens frotn French towns \ and villages to neeompnny trains and n locomotives In order to protect the I railway communications which were n threatened by the people. Since the t lives of peaceable Inhabitants were, r without any fault on their part, there- t by exposed to grave danger, every 1 writer outside Germany has stigmatized this measure us contrary to the I lnw of nations and as unjustified to- * wards the Inhabitants of the country." Clunq to Frightfulness. r Although their deeds In the Franco- i Prussian war had been universally r condemned, as they themselves admit- t tod, the leaders did not Intend to I abandon such a useful measure of t frightfulness. In I/Interpreto Mill- <1 talre the forms were provided for such c acts In the next war. Roth In Relglum t and In France the Germans have con- Ii efnntly used hostages. The evidence Is contained In the proclamations of the governing authorities and also In t, the diaries of the German soldiers \ few examples from these will lllu =- p trate the system which was employed. (l A specimen of the arbitrariness and d cruelty Is furnished by the proclnmn- v tlon of Major Weekmann, from which the following sections are presented : p "After t) a. m. on the 7th Septem- c her, I will permit the houses In Reyne- c Heusay. Orlvegnee. and Rols-de-Breux p to he Inhabited hy the persons who : lived In them formerly, as long as p these persons are not forbidden to fro- j quent these localities hy olllclnl pro- ^ hlbltlnn. ( Prominent People Hostages. 0 "In order to he sure that the above- p mentioned penult will not he abused, the burgomasters of Beyne-IIeusay and r of Orlvegnee must Immediately pre- ( pare lists of prominent persons v ho ^ will he held as hostages for 24 hours p eaeh at Fort Fleron. September 0. ] 1014, for the first time (the period of detention shall he) from (5 p. in. until v September 7 at midday. c "The life of these hostages depends r on the population of the above-men- p tinned communes remaining quiet tin- ; n der all elrcnnistnnees. j ^ "IHiring the night If Is severely for- j p hidden to show any luminous signals. u Rieyeles are permitted only between 7 n. m, and .ri p. m. ((3> rmnn time). "From the list which is submitted to me I shall designate prominent persons who shall he hostages from noon of one day iinTI h following midday. . If the substitute is not there In due time, the hostage must remain another 21 hours at the fort. After these '' 21 hours the hostage will Incur the penalty of death, if the substitute falls to appear. wri?'sts. burgomasters, and tin* other members of the council are to be taken llrsf mm hostages. ^ "I Insist that nil civilians who move about In my district . . . show their respect to the German oflleers by taking <wT their hats, or llt'ting their hands to tla ir heads In military salnte. In rase of doubt, every German sol- , dler must be saluted. Anyone who does not do this must expert the German military to make themselves respected by every means." Hold Small Nations Have No Rights. "Ulr fnto tlmt Itelplnui has railed down npon herself Is hard for the Indlvldnal, hut not too hard for this pc* J1 lltlrnl structure (Xlnntsgebllde). for the destinies of the Immortal great nil Hons stand so high flint they cannot J i .l.~ l- ? - - mii mm in'* iii(iii, in eilHf* ?H IIIMMl, TO attrl?lo over exhitenoe that cannot do- p fend theumdves, l>nt IIv<\ ns parasite* upon the rivalries of the groat."?l'rof. II. Onokon. In S jddontscho Monntshoft, (South (Jorinnn Monthly.) Would llioy have darcl to defond 1 such ? policy It thoy could have soon the iiriiK iiu -n nt sent out l?.v the parish of St. Had lln with lt? Klleut eio- y quenee? ^ j ATROCITIES Be Published a Series ng Some of The AlCnmps nf nprmon?? N/? JIIUII^. e Accounts Has Been S. Government. This Is mi Invltntlon to a service In memory of (50 men and women from one parish, of whom all but two were killed by the Germans In the mnssncre of August 5 and 0. 1914. The closing sentences are: "Gentle Heart of Mary, he my refuge. "Our I>ady of Lourdes, pray for us. "St. Joseph, patron of Uelglnn. pray for us. "St. Hardelln, patron of the parish, pray for us. "Sulnte Rnrbe, patroness of kindly death, pray for us." After reading such ghastly accounts, many of thein written by German eyewitnesses, nnd knowing that >lmllar tales were published widely In the German newspapers. It Is difficult to rend with patience euch words as these; "The German army (In which I of rourse include the navy) ,1s today the greatest Institute for moral education n the world." "The German soldiers alone are horoughly disciplined, and hnve never to much as hurt a hair of a single lnlocent human being."?Houston Stewli-t Chamberlain, In Krlegsnufsdtze, 'War lOssays," 1914. "We see everywhere how our solllers respect the sacred defenselessless of woman and child."?Prof. Q. toethe. In Deutsche Roden in Schwerer 5elt. "Gernmn Si.m.fhuo " nim~..e } >11 i'lllk ull )ays." Hostages' Lives Hung by Thread. , "In order to Insure sufficiently the? safety of our troops ami the tranquil-^ ty of I lu* populntlon of Reims, the mtsiiiis mentioned have been seized is hostages by the commander of the Senium army. These hostages will >e shot If there Is the least disorder. >n the other hand, If the town renains perfectly calm and quiet these lostages and Inhabitants will be tlaced under the protection of the Jerman army, "Till: GKNKRAH COMMANDING. "Reims, lUili September, 1014." Ileneath this proclamation there vere posted the names of SI hostages md a statement that others had also icon seized as hostages. The lives of >11 these men depended In reality ipon the Interpretation which the Cerium military authorities might give to he elastic phrase, "the least disorder," n the proclamation. Hugh Gibson. In a Journal from our .egation in Ilelgium, page 184, explains shut was likely to happen: "Another thing Is. thut on entering i town, they hold the burgomaster, the lrocureur du roi. and other authorities is hostages to Insure good behavior by he population. Of course, the hoodurn class would like nothing better ban to see their natural enemies, the lefenders of law and order, Ignomlnltusly shot, and they do not restrain heniselves u hit on account of the lost ages." Diary of Bombardier Wetxel. "Aug. 8th. First fight and set flra ? several villages. "Aug. Otlr. Returned te old quarers ; there we searched all the houses mi iiiim uih mayor nnd snot one man own from the rlilmney pot, and then re attain set fire to the vlllnge. "On the lflth August Letalle (?) cnptired 10 men with three priests beause they have shot down from the htirrh tower. They were brought Into he village of Ste. Marie. \ "Get. Rtli. We were In quarters In he evening at Wllleknmm. Lieutenant tadfels was quartered In the mayor's louse nnd there had two prisoners tied together) on a short whip, and In nse anything happened they were to e killed. "Get. 11th. We had no fight, hut we aught about 20 men and shot them. From the dairy of Bombardier Wetzel, leeond Mounted Ilnttery. First Kurlessian Field Artillery, Iteglment No. 1.)" The Germans also found It conenlent on many oernslons to secure Ivillans. both men nnd women, who ouhl be forced to march or stnnd In rent of the troops, so that the countryten of the civilians would he comoiled first to kill their own people If hey resisted the Germans. This sage Is Illustrated In the following: Letter of Lieutenant Eberlein. "Getoher 7. 11)14. "Rut we arrested three other civil?ns. and then I had a brilliant Idea. Ve gave them chairs, and we then orlered them to go and sit out In the ulddle of the street. On their part, I iltiful entreaties; on ours, a few blows roin the butt end of the rifle. Little y little one becomes terrthlv enllrmu t tills business. At Inst they were 11 seated outside In the street. I do iot know wlmt anguished prayers they nay have said hut I noticed tlmt their lands were convulsively clasped the ihole time. I pitied these fellows, but he method was Immediately effective. "The think fire from the houses inlckly diminished, so that we were l>le to occupy the opposite house and hus to dominate the principal street, .'very living being who showed himself u the street was shot. The artillery n its side had done good work all this Into, and when, toward seven o'clock n the evening, the brigade advanced 0 the assault to relieve us I waa In 1 position to report that Saint Die uid been floured of the enemy. "Later on I learned that the regtnent of reserve which entered Saint )lo farther to the north had tried the mine experiment. The four civilian* vhoni they hnd oonipelled In the same cny to sit out In the street were dlled by French bullets. I myself Nt hem lying In the middle of the straot tear the hospital. vj "A. RRERLETN, "First Lieutenant." Letter published on the 7th October, *. 914. In the Vornbendhlntt of tfe* ? iuuchner Kcueale Nachrlchten.