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The Clio messenger., 1913-08-15

so ACRE farm for sale. 2l9 miles south of Birch
Run good land in good condition well fenced, five
acres of woods, living stream of water all neces-
sary buildings. an eight room house Will sell
on easy terms. Address, Mrs. Mary F. Burns. Clio.
Mich. 3tp
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LOST-Gentleman' pocketbook containing from
SO to $l6, between my farm and Pine Run:
Twp Mark Bacon
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"Clean Up the Bowels and
Keep Them Clean"

There are many remedies to be
had for constipation, but the diffi-
Guilty is to procure one that acts
without violence. A remedy that
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WOOD FOR sALE-stove. beech. and maple
II. cummings, drayman, 2tpc
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THE PEOPLES
WANTS
vHv

vassar Detol Lad. No s26Os. for service at my
farm, ALFRED Mann. II
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Third Annual Clio Home Coming two
days, August 27-28.
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OLD PAPERS for sale at this Office.

FOR SALE.-A Champion New Home sewing
machine. Messenger Office.
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List your real estate with the Messen-
ger if you want results.
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BENJAMIN T. GOODFELLOW, M,
D. Physician and surgeon. Office
over Bodine's drug store. Office
hours, 1880 p. m. to 2 p. m. and
$50 p. m. to SEQ p. N. daily and
Saturday afternoons. valley
) phone 107. -
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Third Annual Clio Home Coming two
days, Aug. 27-28.
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BUSINESS CARDS

c. H. DOBBS, WELL SINKING and
repairing. Agent for Perkins Wind
Mills and Gasoline Engines. VAL
ley Phone. Residence on Mill St,
Clio, Mich.
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FoUND-Maccabee pin. gold Call at Messense

FOR sALE-one COW. w. H. Sargent.
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DR.. r. H. NEELANDS, dentist office
over Frosfs store. Dentistry in all
7 its modern branches of order.
Special care to children's teeth
Goes to Mt. Morris every Wednes'
day.
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O. O. FORBUSH, X-Ray Specialist
in Optometry. Glasses Fitted Ev-
cry Day but Sunday.
Clio, Mich.
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DIR RECT o R Y
PHYSICIANS

DIR. PERRY E. WHITE-0ffice over
Huyck's drug store. Office
hours, 1880 to 400 p. m. Valley
phone, <l-g .lNL:xilEa ! Sl@i'
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DEARDEN & FOSTER, Chiroprac-
tors. Remove the cause OF DIS
ease by adjusting the spine. ia
East Court ST., Flint, Michigan.
Phone 263 L
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EUGENE v. RIKER. NJ. ID. Practice
limited to the Eye, Ear, Nose anu
Throat, Glasses fitted.
Armory Bldg fhnI Mich'
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MISS BERTHA YERDEN tea
cher of Piano and Organ, stu
dio at residence on New st.
Clio, Mich.
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DIR. J. J. Jones Veterinarian suc-
ccssor to DR.. ]. R. Wardle
Clio, Mich, Valley phone 80.
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VIENNA CHAPTER 2s3 o. E. s.
The next regular meeting will be
held Wednesday eve. Aug 18th.
ETHELIND O'ROURKE, w M.
BELLE McKILLOP, Sec.
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N VIENNA LODGE No. 206,
w f. & A. NJ. A regular COM
" munication will be held
Tuesday evening Aug 18th:
F. nj. BUFFUM, w M.
GLENN WILLIAMS, Sec.
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SCOUTS TO HIKE TO
CONGRESS HEIGHTS
Supper in Camp Will Follow
Mass Tramp Being Planned
for Next Saturday.

Scoutmaster Taylor will lead the big
mass hike next Saturday, the start be-
ing from the Twining City end of the
Pennsylvania avenue bridge, at
O'Clock. This is Just across the Anacos-
tia river from Seventeenth and Penn
sylvania avenue southeast. and Is easy
to reach by street car.
Tho route will lie through the wooded
hills the other side of Anacostia, and
stops will be made at the rifle range
and the Government Hospital for the
Insane. The wind-up will be in Con-
gress Heights, where Troop No. "A holds
forth. and the new clubhouse of the
troop will be open for inspection.
Many of the scouts on yesterday 8
hike were so loud in their demand for
another supper in the open at the md
of the next hike that Scoutmaster Tay-
lor announced that every boy that
brought the materials Cor a meal might
join in a camp with his own troop.
No. Al, at Congress Heights, and repeat
yesterdays frolic. Troop No. a will
have a good camping place selected.
and many of the boys will stay for
the late fun. AS the Congress Heights
car line will be right at hand. those
who do not wish to stay may 60 back
Ito the city AnI time.
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SCOUTS To RAISE
FLAG OVER SCHOOL
Capitol Heights Troop viii Of
ficiate at Patriotic Ceremony
Tomorrow Afternoon.

One of the newest troops under the
Jurisdiction of the local council is No.
/. of capital Heights, Nd. organized
by Scoutmaster Hamilton, but 1t has
proven itself one of the most loyal and
patriotic to be found anywhere. and to-
morrow afternoon will have charge of a
big flag raising ceremony at the Capt.
toI Heights public school.
About the first thing the troop learned
after the boys had taken their tender
foot examination. was that the local
school had no flag. The troop could
not afford to buy one, but it's members
Immediately began a campaign OF
patriotism, and, as a result, the Junior
Order of United American Mechanics
presented a fine flag to the troop,
which will be turned over to the school
tomorrow.
All the city officials, including the
mayor, will be present, and Congress
man Smith. of that district, is also ex-
pected to be Ola hand. Every scout
master and scout in Washington has
been invited by Scoutmaster Hamilton.
The car that leaves New York avenue
and Fifteenth street northwest at 1:30
by the Capitol Heights boys, and the
exercises at the school will begin at
$40 o'clock.
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regiments, followed by other quotas
from time to time to keep the regi-
ments at the front up to full fighting
strength. 1t would. Of course, require
some little time to raise a force of
10000 of these volunteers, equip them
and get them drilled in shape to fight
But it should not be overlooked that
the number of men in the unorganized
militia who have seen service is large.
war. the Philippines campaigns and the
Boxer troubles, together with many
men who have been schooled in the
National Guard or have been trained
to bear arms at various institutions
where military training is given. Such
men at the outset might not be long
on parade, but most Of them would
know how to shoot and how to take
care of themselves in camp and In the
field.
After all, the big question would be
the equipment of the troops and here
there has been surprising progress made
in recent years.
If war should break out on a notice
of twenty-four hours, it is a safe guess
that more progress would have been
made in a week toward the mobiliza-
ton. enlistment, and equipment Of a
large army than was made In
three months in the spring of 1898.
The War Department has profited by
the experience of the Spanish war. The
O. Gnance department which supplies
the quartermaster's department. which
supplies food, clothing, and transporta-
ton, and the medical department, TO
say Icthing of the signal corps and
the engineer corps, have been going
along quietly for many months, in fact,
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Orders All Prepared and Ready for Wiring Should Hoses
Troops-FieId Artillery and Ammunition Only Weak Spots.

is to rise to the occasion when needed.
there must be a most systematic pre-
paration Of the fighting material In
times of peace. Wartime problems, az
far as possible. have been worked out
in advance. This is true to such an ex-
patch of a limited number Of kilograms
from the ordnance office in Washington,
which Is like the planning room Of a
great industrial establishment, would
set all the arsenals going night and day
and would start the issue of arms, am
munftfon and equipment to troops as
fast as organized. It would not even
sponsible officers stationed here and
there about the country. at arsenals.
district supply deposit or supply arsenala
These orders, In advance, have all been
prepared with utmost care. No one who
has not had experience appreciates the
magnitude of the task of getting out a
multitude of rush orders when war
comes. So well Is the business of pre-
pairing orders systematized that the
commandant at the Rock Island arsenal.
for instance. would require a telegram
only few words long to set the es-
tablishment going at war speed, turning
out arms and equipment. The entire
equipment for a regiment could be start
ed for its destination at point of enlist
ment or mobilization by simply wiring
the proper office to issue War, No /, /"
to designated troops. This equipment
Is stored and carefully listed at district
supply arsenals located convenient to
hostilities break out
Five Ordnance, Districts.
The country has been divided into
five ordnance districts, each supplied
from an arsenal located therein. where
are stored all the small arms. personal
equipment and horse equipment neces-
sary to bring the regular army and
the National Guard to war strength
and, to q large extent, to equip addi-
tional volunteer forces.
As a part Of the preparatory plans,
the ordnance Office maintains up-to-
date statements Of the reserve ord
nance and ordnance stores on hand at
nation as to the capacities Of the
various arsenals private manufactures
and powder mills In this country. In
other words. it knows just where II
material in the United States. has cost
figures down to nicely, and has COM
plete plans, with letters Of instruction
drafted, for equipping the troopsI None
Of the laborious preliminaries. none Of
the. the long work OF preparing elaborate
be gone through with in the Spanish
war, would have to be done. =
The War Department has asked
Congress for liberal appropriations for
field artillery and reserve ammunition.
And, while Congress has not seen Its
way clear to give all that has been
asked, 1t has made 1t possible to go
steadily ahead, building more modern
field guns and storing up more and
more reserve ammunition. In a pinch.
partly with the new army rife. partly
with the Krag-Jorgensen. there II no
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TENDERFOOT SQUAD
PASSES ITS TESTS
'Forty-seven Second Class
Scouts Are Added to Wash
ington Enrolment.

There are fory-seven second class
scouts in Washington today, who yes
terday were only tenderfoot scouts,
that number having concluded their sec
ond class tests at Rosslyn. Va, yester-
day morning under the supervision of
DR.. w. H Leonard and Scoutmaster
LugenbeeL All but five of the class OF
fifty-two passed.
The first aid. signaling and oral tests
were given Friday night in the office Of
Scout Commissioner Martin in the Dis
trct building and most Of the boys
showed that they had been well pre-
parsd for the examinations by their re-
spective scousnasters. Only the fire
building and cooking tests were given
at Rosslyn and as the day was clear
and the air still, the boys had little
difficulty on that score.
The boys who PASSED their eXamina-
tions are: Harold Harrison, Robert
Bonde. Beverly Galloway. Samuel
ski, Roland Simmons, Charles Spring
man. Robert Ensslin, Harry F.
Bieber. George Porter. Earl Sawyer,
Floyc Roberts, Ferdinand Holman,
Sidney King, AmaEd Donnell, Hummell
Fishburn. Roger Gates, Augustus Hines,
jr., Ralph Lee, jr., Frederick s. Lee,
Nelson =. Marshall. John Muchler. Her
bert Pierce, Thomas Somerville, Robert
n. Young, Leslie Sheriff, Frank Arm
strong, Lawrence Gardner, Dave Good
man. Edward Rohm. Leroy Harris Mil
Green. j. B. Maher, William B. Prigg,
Hartley Fellows, H. Wade Butler,
Clarence S. Thurtell. Howard Jordan.
George Graft, Earle Zirkle. Harry Mat
tingly. Paul Seltzer, Stanley Crossfaith
and Edward King.
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Bureau Chiefs Result of Careful Preparation Have Plans
for Putting Half Million Men in the Fied-Fine Military
Asset in Regular and Militia Veterans.
By JOHN SNURE.

War with Mexico may or may not
come, but discussion of it has brought
out the striking fact that the United
States is today better prepared for war
than at any time since the great con-
fiict of the Cos and the years immedi-
ately following.
In a comparatively short time this
Government could put 10000 men into
the field In many respects, they would
not be equipped up to the standards of
the best European armies But they
would constitute a most formidable
fighting force, which no nation of the
world could afford to encounter lightly.
Uncle Sam could give every man of
this half-million a modern magazine
\ rife, with plenty of ammunition, and
then have a large number of small
arms to spare, and in no army in the
world is there in use a military rife
superior to the weapon with which the
American army is equipped.
A considerable shortage of field ar
tillery and ammunition would exist.
This is a fact which. as much as army
men regret it, they do not attempt to
deny or gloss over. 1t would be a seri-
Gus defect, though there would be less
destitution in the matter of batteries
than is sometimes imagined. The cav
airy needed would be fairly well sup
piled.
II war comes with Mexico, it is hard
iy to be expected that there will be
call for a half million troops. Some
there are who think the United States
coulc conquer Mexico with 10000 men.
Nevertheless, Huerta has talked of
raising large army, Mexico has mil
lion men of military age and capable
of bearing arms, and plenty of compe-
tent military authorities are convinced
that if this country is compelled to
tackle the job of restoring peace and
order in the unhappy republic of Mexico
It will require 100000 or 100000 men be-
fore the task is finished.
Volunteer Organizing System Needed.
In any event, if American troops are
ordered to cross the Rio Grande, there
will be sharp scanning of the coun-
try's immediate military possibilities. In
fact, that scrutiny has already been
given. 1t discloses far less unreadiness
for war on the part of the United States
than most people imagine and than most
foreign observers believe exists
Early in the present session OF Con-
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control for seacoast artillery. These
are but small part Of the advances
which have quietly been made within
the last several years by the army.
Ordnance Departments Big Task.
The department which would be
among the most important If war broke
out is the ordnance department, or Of
fee, of which Gen. William Crozier Is
the distinguished head. On this de-
partment would fall the responsibility
Of arming and equipping the troops. of
seeing they had enough rifles, OF sup
plying them with field artillery, OF pro-
viding ammunition for rifles and guns,
of supplying horse equipment for the
cavalry and equipment Of various sorts
for the infantry and other arms OF the
service. An army may fight pretty well
for a time on scant rations and poor
clothing and shoes; and medical service
can to some extent be improv1sed. But
lack of weapons and ammunition and
other equipment Of the sort the ord
nance department supplies means that
the army Is out Of business and whip
ped before 1t starts.
The ordnance department, working
diligently over a period Of six or eight
years. with plans in mind for eQuippfng
approximately half a million troops.
has made surprising progress on its
task, and has reached a measure OF
readiness that few outside the army
and many inside 1t do not comprehend.
Equipment Orders Are Prepared.
General Crozier and able assistants,
like Col. John r. Thompson, have pro-
ceeded on the theory that II the army
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doubt million men could be supplied
with small arms and given ammunf-
ton for. a campaign.
Artillery Weak Spot.
The weakness In field artillery and
ammunition is serious, though 1t would
probably take something more than q
war with Mexico to develop II Tor
900 geo men 1t would require about Sss
patteries OF -FOUR guns each, or 1.291 guns
Inc arm has about. 80 per cent Of the
necessary guns either constructed or
appropriated for and under construc-
ton. It has about g per cent Of the
necessary supply Of reserve ammuui-
uon- These figures are based on q len1
liberal estimate Of guns and ammuni-
armies, like those of Germany. France.
ana Russia. Wars like those In ne
Ear East and the Balkans have an.
pnaSized the prime Importance Of 6eld
aruLlery In modern campaigninG. ana
s,v0ps gong INTO action without enough
aruIery would be gravely hand1capped,
unless, indeed, the enemy 10 eouaIN
weak In that respect. Mexico VouH
not develop this country's arttilGY
weakness for the reason that probabiy
10 Sreat number Of batteries would be
neeGed and the mountain gun ana the
macnine gun would probably be the
cnief types Of field ordnance Utilised.
Much Ammunition Needed
In modern war. field artillery bee,us
% play on the enemy long enough iu
down the enemy's lines or cripuIe III
aruIiery fire. In the infantry attack.
until the infantry gets close IN 10 ~
enemy, the supporting artillery Gre
over the head OF the infantry ana en-
power. 1t is apparent such me- 81
modern auick-firing artillery fairly eats
up shells and shrapnel and when The
supply Ii gone, the field gun Becomes a
useless piece Of furniture This shows
ammunitio is practicaiiy indispenaasIs' %
Efforts Of the War Department and
men in Congress friendly to the army
VIII be more and more directed to get
ting the field artillery and its reserve
anaa aammSnioon supply up to the needed
appropriations, as already pointed out.
good beginning has been made.
BY the creation of q general stan after
the Spanish war. which. among other
dutss co-ordinates the work OF the
OF war would be replaced by system.
much like the system which character-
ICES modern industry. Want OF nre-
paration would be replaced by prepared
ness
Washington's maxim, .In time Of
peace, prepare for war" has not been
forgotten The ordnance department..
the Medical Corps, the uuartermaster's
corps. the Signal Corps. and the en-
gineers an have been forging ahead
into the field, II need be. and maintain
an army of q half million. Much re-
mains to be done. but the responsible
army heads feel they are beginning 10
see daylight. and that IL the call sounds
gteWardship -
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, LOUISIANA
Flagship the United States Duty East Coast
THE LOUISIANA,

Tor years, doing a large amount % work
in preparation for whatever may come
in the way of hostilities.
Progress In Every Branch.
Every one of these departments Of
the military service has in late years
made progress. With the general staff
at the head of the service. efforts have
been made to have each Iepsrrtnent .'r
branch of the army organization move
forward as rapidly as appropriations
a Id circumstances would permit. get
and send into the field an army of
$4,000 troops. Progress has been made
In finding out what supplies are neces-
sary for war. in determining where
they could be purchased or manufac-
tured, and in accumulating such sup
plies Progress has also been made In
The Washington times., 1913-12-07
Scouts Are Urged To
Keep Equipment Clean

When Assistant Scoutmaster Fred
Reed was introduced at the Takoma
Park melting last night as the best
scout In Washington" while still in
the ranks as a scout, he made a pointed
talk to the boys on the matter OF keep
ing their equipment neat, and II is a
point that every true scout should con-
slider.
when people see scout whose uni
form needs washing, whose hat shows
careless treatment, or which Is care
lessly worn. they are inclined to dis
credit the whole scout movement" said
Reed. keep your badge shining, rub
the green spots off your buttons. don t
wear two leggins that were meant for
the same lcg, and take good care of
your uniforms, and you will do much
to make scouting as popular - 1t de-
serves to be-"
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quaItermaster's department has greatly
improved its tentage, shoes, clothing,
field rations, methods of cooking. and
the like. The medical department has
done wonders with anti-typhoid serum
and In other directions. The signal
corps has achieved much in field teleg.
raphy, in aeronautics, and in use OF
projectiles from air craft. The engineer
corps has advanced In it's pontoon train
equipment and in various respects. The
ordnance department has to its credit
such improvements as the new infan-
try equipment, the new cavalry equip
ment. the new sabers for field artillery
and cavalry, the new rifle, which Is
declared the best in the world, and
which, in tests last year, proved su'
perior to rifles Of nineteen other gov.
ernments. the new pointed bullet, the
new automatic machine gun, and hre
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Scout Beverly Galloway, Son of the
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture,
Who Is Now In Second Class.
Boys and Friends to
Take a Mass Hike

Boy scouts and their friends in WASH
ington are invited to take part in a
mass hike which starts from the end
OF the Takoma Park car line tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The hike will
be led by Scoutmaster +. l.. Harries
OF Takoma Park. President Louis
Bliss of the Bliss electoral school has
promised to take the boys through the
laboratory there. Most OF the boys will
bring raw materials for supper and
cook 1t in the open at the conclusion
of the hike
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I gress, Chairman Hay, of the House
Committee on Military Affairs. will urge
the passage of Il bill which he has al
ready introduced and which the War
Department has sanctioned for the sys-
tematic organization of the volunteer
forces. This bill will probably pass.
When II is passed. i long step will have
been taken toward preparedness. One
of the worst defects of the system to-
day, from an army standpoint, is the
lack of any legislation for the system
attic organization of the volunteer forces.
If war with a great power should strike
suddenly this lack would be a grave
one. A repetition of the confusion wit
messed in the Spanish war, so far as the
matter of organization of volunteers is
concerned, would be threatened.
1t could only be obviated by Congress
hurrying through a law for the organi-
zation of volunteers, and the eve of war
or a time of war is not the best time
for such legislation.
Three Steps In Plans.
The navy of the United States, though
having its defects, is stronger today
that ever before, and one is accustomed
TO look on the army as far less ready
than the navy. 1t is worth while,
therefore, to consider briefly the facts
as to the army's preparedness and the
preparedness of the country forSa great
military campaign or series of CAM
paigns.
The land military forces of the
United States are in three lines, the
regular army, the national guard or
organized militia and the unorganized
militia The unorganiZed militia in war
would be speedily organized into volun-
teer regiments.
Plans have been worked out by the
War Department in the utmost detail
for the raising of an army of half a
million men, approximately. composed
of troops of these three lines. War
with a big power would cause immedi-
date orders for these three steps:
Raising the regular army regiments
to full war strength, making a total of
about 10000 men.
Raising the national guard regiments
to full war strength, making a total
of about a0o00 men.
Enrolling and organizing volunteers
in such number as needed. If an army
of half a million men were needed It
would Cequire. roughly, O0, 900 volunteers
in addition to the regulars and the ma
tional guard, TO make up the total.
Many Experienced Men Available.
OF the 100000 or more men in the
unorganized militia capable of bearing
arms. on the outbreak of war a con-
siderable number would as quickly as
possible be organized into volunteer
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Troop No. rs Planning
Two Hikes a Month

Troop No. % will have two hikes each
month These will take place on the
first two saturdays of the month. un-
less delayed by rain. The meeting place
will be the sixteenth street bridge,
across Piney branch.
Individual instruction in scouting will
take place Friday evening of each week
a 7 O'Clock 1919 Park Road.
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Many Experienced Men Availa BILE.

OF the 100000 or more men in the
unorganized militia capable of bearing
arms, on the outbreak of war a con-
siderable number would as quickly as
possible be organized into volunteer