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The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-30
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5Son the skirmish line. 6-crawhinq up OF the enemy

habits Of discipline, obedience, self
control, order, command and the study
Of organization and administration as
applied to first class modern armies.
The camps, 1t is claimed, are an inval-
liable national asset in providing means
Of increasing the present inadequate
personnel Of the trained military re-
serves Of the country from a class of
educated men from which, in case Of
national emergency, a large part Of the
volunteer officers must be drawn.
Only university or college students
and students in the graduating class
at high schools or preparatory schools,
or recent university graduates, or men
who have received a satisfactory GER
student camp from the war depart
ment are eligible for enrolment at the
camps. They must be citizens Of the
United States or must have announced
their intention to become citizens.
The camps will continue five weeks
from early in July to the middle Of
August at a cost Of $3.50 a man for
board and from s. to $40 for uniform
and clothing. The government will
furnish tents, cots. blankets, infantry
equipment and hospital and medical
care. Troops Of the regular army will
be In attendance to cooperate In in
structing the students and selected Of
demonstrations.
That the war department might put
its plan to the test two camps for the
training Of q selected number Of col
lege men We're established last sum-
mer, n at Monterey on the Pacific
coast and the other at Gettysburg. Pa.
A description Of the routine Of this
latter M will disclose the plan by
which it is hoped that some Of the
youth Of nation shall get q work
ing knowledge Of warfare.
Live Life Of Real Soldiers.
The camp was built strictly on the
regular army pattern. The soldier
students We're formed into an infantry
company, 100 strong, and for six
weeks they lived through every detail
Of army life. OF course this company
was differed by regulars, experts in
their art.
The student soldiers who gathered
on the site Of the civil war struggle
came from sixty-three different col
leyes and universities. They repre-
scented seats OF learning from the
Atlantic coast states and from as far
west rs Chicago. Harvard and Yale
sent a complement Of fifteen men
each, Princeton seven, Cornell twelve
and the smaller institutions in n like
proportion. And W. did a drill
sergeant look over n finer bunch Of
recruits.
Four hours was the prescribed dura-
ton Of the daily course Of instruction,
with optional work that would occupy
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another equal period. So keen were
the men in their efforts to gain an in
sight into military methods that al
most all volunteered for the additional
period. In fact. it was found neces-
sary to curb some too ardent neo-
phytes in the art Of war that they
might not go stale in the game
The instruction included short exer-
cises in close order drill, extended or
der and the field exercises, such as the
formation Of advance and rear guards.
posting and relieving outposts and con-
Quoting combat patrols.
Not only in this stirring work Of
the soldiers existence did the men
show their ardor. but they We're equal
~ keen to learn the technical side. All
the details Of rOad making were stud
led, and here a knowledge was gained
that may come to be useful in these
days Of automobile traffic. Military
sketching vas another subject which
was taught, and those men who had
the rudiments Of an engineering edu-
cation distinguished themselves.
At night such embryo officers as as
pired to become leaders in strategy
could pit their skill against one an
other at h war game. 4 map spread
on u table served as the field Of opera
tons and the potential commanders
Unanswered the toy armies from posi-
ton to position as Napoleon moved his
legions or Grant his armies. \ regu-
lar officer was the arbiter Of the paper
cOmbats, and his explanations of the
decisions had all the qualities Of q
special study in tactics.
Received Marksmen Medals.
OF the 40 men who completed the
test 100 qualified as marksmen. The
remarkable side of this IS not alone
the high scores made. but likewise the
fact that not more than half the men
had ever shot before. In recognition
Of their skill the National Rifle associ-
alton issued to each mar who qualified
the coveted medal Of the marksman.
This Is potent proof that despite
changed conditions the youth Of the
country cal still catch the knack Of
shooting with proper preliminary work
under good instructors.
or course these first established
camps a be looked upon only in the
light OF an experiment. but so success
full have they proved that the war de
partment will provide instruction for
5000 students next year. Already the
applications are being filed. A source
Of special qualification to the army ofti-
GERS who believe in the plan vas the
unanimous approval it received from
the presidents Of the leading universe
ties and colleges throughout the coun-
try. All OF those consulted or heard
from on the snbiect-and this includes
a majority of the leading institutions
promised their aid in forwarding the
success Of the camps.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-30

~ Feb. "a John Henry Wagner
will celebrate his fortieth
~ birthday. The annual story
that the W. L.. Honus is
through has already been e 1t
always comes this time Of the year.
But Hans isn't through with baseball
vet. AS long as the bowlegged cham
plOn is able to crawl between sec
II and third we may look for Honus
III uniform. And what a picturesque
character Of the diamond will be lost
when Wagner steps down to make
room for Il younger man.
When the word picturesque is an
piled to Wagner the adjective hits the
Dullseye sQuarely. Without a doubt he
Is one OF the most remarkable men
that ever wore Il baseball uniform.
For seventeen years lie has weathered
the wear and tear Of baseball warfare
in the big leagues. The lines in his
face are growing deeper; his hair is
turning gray. But thai same youthful
spirit is there ever though he is fast
nearing the half century mark.
The wonder Of it all is that Hans Is
still able to retain hat deadly batting
eye which has terrified SO many pitch
ers in the past. More wonderful still
is the fact that since he has been in
the big league his batting average has
lever fallen below 3UO per cent,
which is some record.
In selecting this years football cap
ta1ns there are probably more half
backs picked to lead teams than men
from any other position. The follow
Ing is a list of captains of the more
prominent universities and colleges:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l.. A. Whit
ney; trsinus. r. Mitterling: Indiana. NJ.
Ereheart; Gettysburg. G. Schaffer; Wes-
leyan, ID. kenan: Amherst, w. H. War
rem: Georgetown, T.. Murray; Michigan
Agsies, G.. Julian; Iowa, l.. Dick: Wor-
cester Poly. T. Coyne: Colby. =. f. Fra
ser: Oregon. j. Parsons; Penn. State. W..
&. Tobin: Exeter. E. l.. Casey.
Observation-Disclosures, V. F.. Pritch.
ard; Nebraska. NJ. ToWle; Lafayette, r.
Diamond; Northwestern. w. Hightower;
Georgia. D.. Paddock: Haverford, J. Ca
rey; n. Y. t.. Z. b. Huntley: Beloit. D..
Tracey; Virginia, r. X. Gooch; Washing
~ "hu i-"c' T." Doiolue, Mass. Agrl.,
G.. Mclean; Holy Cross. w. j. Mullen.
TACkLES.-Yale. y. S. Talbot; Prince.
ton. IL. r. Balm; Notre Dame, X. Jones;
Trinity, G. d. Howell; Illinois, r. Chap
man; Rutgers, j. +. Toohey: Bowdoin,
H.. A. Lewis; Hamilton, f. L. La Force.
GUARDS CENTERS.-Syracuse,
J. Shufelt; Brown. s. X. Mitchell; Maine.
D. S. Baker; West Virginia. O. II. Davis:
Washington and Jefferson, +. Cruikshank:
Chicago. d. Des Jardiens; Dickinson, n.
Hornberger; Carlisle, L. E. Busch: Min
nesota, B. Rosenthal; Pennsylvania. A..
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-30
Successful Student Camps Last
Year at Gettysburg and Monte
rey, CAL, Will Be Followed
by Four More This Sum-
mer-Thorough Train.
ing Given Fits Youth
to Lead Soldiers In
Case Of Need.

HAH, rah, rah! Siss, boom, ah!
Come on, boys! Come on,
boys! Lick 'em! Whip 'em!
Beat EN- to a FRAGILE! Charge!
It's the cry Of the college boy Of the
future, leading his company on the
enemy.
War will have a new significance.
The football rush will be in evidence,
and the campus chorus will displace
the old camp fire songs for the college
boys have the field. Uncle Sam is
training them to be soldiers.
Last year two camps were establish
ed which were so successful that four
more are to be added this summer.
During their vacation they will be
taught in the art of warfare, qualify
Ing for ofdcial positions in the army
in case Of need.
II the United States should be COM
PEELED to go to war tomorrow 1t would
be necessary to put into the field an
army Of 100000 men. This would
mean evolving 1900 officers from
nothing.
These are the words used by Major
General Wood in summarizing the mil
itary unpreparedness Of our country.
When chief Of stan of the army it
was his duty to devise as many ways
as possible to meet this situation. His
conversion Of the army to the short
enlistment idea is an example Of
method he has used to give more and
better potential soldiers.
The short enlistment plan in time
promises to provide the United States
With the rank and file of a large emer-
gency army. To officer this possible
army was another problem, and to
solve this General Wood has hit upon
q plan OF special preparation that
promises complete success.
civil war experience teaches u.s."
says General WOOD, that it is to the
young men In college to whom we
must turn for material for the officers
OF q volunteer army. Starting with
this premise, we sought the scheme
that would best give the college man
the groundwork instruction necessary
to make him an effective volunteer Of
hcer. We hit upon the plan OF student
camps"
In order to further carry on this idea
the government recently issued a bull
letin giving the program for the organ
izat1on next summer Of student camps
ik those held last ummer at Gettys-
burg, Pa. and at Monterey, Cal, under
the supervision Of officers appointed by
the war department.
Sites For Next Summer.
The war department is considering
sites for the camps next summer with
IN eye to the healthfulness Of the r
roundings and facilities for social in
tercourse, bathing, swimming and 9TH
er r%ecreations. One site has been de-
termined on at Burlington, vt. In the
bulletin attention Is particularly called
to the value Of these student camps in
increasing the business efficiency Of
the students who participate through
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1914-01-30

Journey; Wisconsin. r.. Keller: Pitts
burgh. w. Smith: Bates. +. NJ. Moore.
ENDS.-Michigan. J. w. Raynsford
Cornell. J. +. O'Hearne: Navy, II. +.
ov"resch: Colorado. Kramer: Union, d.
Starbuck; Alma, p. II. Austin: louisiana
q. Spencer: A%ndover. S. H.. Buckle.
Fl'LLBACKS.-Harvard, G. Brickley;
Williams. F. NJ. Payson: Tufts. G.. W
Angel: L.ehigh. II. A.. Crichton: Ohio
State. G.. J. Graf: BuckneIl. L. Topham,
Colgate. w. II. Swarthout: S~warthmore,
Is. Cline; Hobart. X. F. Furgason: Wash.
ington. w. Shiel; Albright, II. Benfer.
Willie Ritchie and Tommy Murphy
will box twenty rounds for the light
weight championship at the Mission
street arena, San Francisco, on Wash
ington'S birthday. Harry Foley and
Jim Buckley. the respective manager
of Ritchie and Murphy. have signed
articles with James Coffroth for the
bout. The weight will be 135 pounds.
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1914-02-12

If great military power were to
declare war on unprepared Ameri-
ca today every patriotic heart
would be filled with anxiety.
know the full significance of war,
especially when a nation is unpre-
pared. But if [ had the choice of
having alcohol continue its deadly
ravages with the Nation at peace
or of having it wiped off the face
of the land with declaration of
war by all the nations of the earth,
[ would not hesitate for mo-
ment; [ would take sober, unde.
generate America and face the
combined world in arms.
The full ravages of alcohol are
not measured even by the appall-
ing list of killed and wounded.
War kills and wounds; alcohol
kills and wounds ten thousand
times more than all wars combined
and in addition it degenerates. lis
toxin attacks with virility the
young, tender cells associated with
evolution. A plant or vegeta BILE or
fruit steadily evolving some color
or form under the process of cult.
walton when watered with water to
which small quantity of alcohol
is added will quickly cease to
evolve and will lose the color and
form and revert backward to.
ward the condition when it grew
wild. If a young domestic animal
is brought up on fare to which a
small ration of alcohol is added, by
the time it is grown it will lose
those qualities acquired in do
mesticity.
If a peaceable red man is sub
jected to the regular use of alco-
holic beverage, he will speedily be
put back to the plane of the savage.
The government long since recog.
nized this and absolutely prohibits
the introd uction of alcoholic bev-
erage iuto an Indian reservation. If
negro takes up regular use of aL
coholic beverage, in short time -
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1914-02-12
The Great Destroyer.

The following is an extract from
the great speech of Richard Pear
son Hobson, mem Der of Congress
from Ala bama, in Washington, D.
G. 1t should not only be read,
but studied:
"Statistics compiled by insur-
ance companies show that the death
rate for the population at large is
1000 deaths per year out of every
6l,2l5 of the population, and that
the death rate of total a bstainers is
$50 per year out of the same num-
ber, and for liquor dealers 1,642
deaths per year out of the same
number. These figures, resulting
from many millions of cases, can
be taken as accurate. They show
that 440 deaths out of every 1000
deaths, nearly one-half of the
deaths that occur, are due to alco-
hol. Applied to this country, over
680,0O0 deaths per year in CONT
mental United States, or over 725,-
600 per year in the United States
and it's possessions In other words.
alcohol is killing our people at the
rate of nearly 1000 men a day
every day in The year.
The Army War College at Wash.
ington made an investigation of
the destructiveness of war. Taking
all the wars of the world, from the
Russo-Japanese War back to 500
B. c., the War College found that
the total number of killed and
wounded in battle amounts to
about 2,SOO,000, of which it is es-
timated that about 100000 we're
killed and something over 2,OOO,-
OLO wounded.
The comparative figures show
the appalling fact that alcohol is
killing off as many Americans
every year as all the wars of the
world have killed in battle in 1900
years.
Applied to the whole white race,
We find that alcohol is killing
3,5O0,0O0 white men every year,
The city itemizer. (Water Valley, Miss.) 1894-1918, 1914-02-12

that, stated mathematically, alco.
boil is ten thousand times more
destructive than all wars combined.
No wonder the Governments in
vestigating the subject have found
that war has been only a secondary
cause of national decline, and that
alcohol has been the real destroyer
that has overthrown all the great
nations of'today.
The figures of the British Gov
-fnment and English life insur-
ance companies as to the effect of
of drinking on Longevity are sta
ted as follows:
If young man at the age of 20
is total abstainer and remains
total abstainer, his prospect of life
is A years and he will live to the
average age of "a, but if he is a
regular temperate drinker his
prospect of life will be 81 years
and he will live to the average of
81, after losing Ii years out of his
life, If he is heavy drinker, his
prospect of life is Is years and he
will die at the average age of 35,
after losing 20 years out of his life.
Conservative estimimates place the
amber of confirmed drunkards in
the United States at something
over LOO 900; of whom 100000
die every year; the heavy drinkers
at over 100000; and the temper.
ate regular drinkers at over TO-
100000. A soldier wounded in
battle and losing 10 years of his
life as consequence would be
classed as seriously wounded. The
confirmed drunkards and heavy
drinkers together, 100000, in
number, must be looked upon as
mortally wounded and the temper.
ate regular drinkers as seriously
wounded, making total of 25,OO0,.
600 Americans wounded by alco-
hol today, more than ten times as
many AS wounded in all the bat
ties of the world since the dawn
of history. The estimates for
all the white race make over 1885,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-28
}. There are. two burglars here l WAR I

nelp. Inere are two burglars here
who are going to rob uncle"
q, will they never Gomez" she cried,
Standing out in the road and looking
townwards. Then her heart took |
hope. Two distant, sparks grew
brighter, the lamps of a speeding
automobile. Then she could hear the |
chug-chug of the flying machine. She |
ran out into the road and waved her
neck scarf.
Two town officers accompanied her |
lover. One guarded the front door of |
the house as they reached it. Ned |
and the other man went around to |
the porch that opened into the Office |
of old Simon.
Just in timer announced Ned, |
and he and the officer sprang into the |
room. One of the burglars was guard
ing their victim with revolver. The
other had just lifted his strong box
from the safe.
E The officers departed with their
prisoners. Ned explained.
"a telephone did it," muttered old
Simon, closely hugging his treasure
box. But for that-Join handsr he
said abruptly. 'Tm converted, Hetty.
This young man may put in phone
in the morning. As to coming here
regular, fancy he's earned the priv
ilege."
g And so love by telephone led to
dove directly under the home roof.
-O-O-
&
(Sorae AZLows "
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-28

Mime. PedeIstore and Her Baby :
New York. = Nine. Jean Pedel-
store and Baby Anne Pedelstore
have returned from France, but they.
returned alone.
When they sailed last September
for Europe. they were accompanied
by Baby Anne's father, Jean Pedel-
store, a French reservist, who, as
head waiter at the Plaza hotel was
known the country over. Pedel-
stores body is now bleaching on the
battlefield at Afgonne His widow
and baby will make their home in
America. go -
TYthickening the.custard for lem
on pies with grated. potato instead
of cOrnStarch: d. s.. i.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-03-12
SEED BED FOR ALFALFA.
How to Prepare the Soil to Insure
Good Yield.

When alfalfa is grown on corn or
potato ground the preparation of the
seed bed is a comparatively simple
affair. The land should be disked in
the spring and worked with a peg
tooth harrow. After the disking and
narrowing the ground should be
worked occasionally during the spring
with disk and harrow in order to con
serve moisture and to kill the young
terminating weeds.
Growing the alfalfa after a corn or
potato crop is of added advantage in
that the seed bed is firm below the
top two or three inches. The small
seed Of the alfalfa and the delicate
nature Of the young plant demand a
compact seed bed. in comparison to
what is allowable for corn or oven
for wheat.
In an open, porous seed bed the
soil is apt to dry out in the upper
few inches, and If this occurs shortly
after the termination Of the alfalfa
the young seedlings are quite iiabss
to die through lack Of moisture.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-03-12

other animals. Chris Eschelman. one
of the leading merchants of the town,
was on his way to his barn. accompa-
MED by his dog. when the coyote on-
fronted them. The wild animal sprang
upon the dog and MANNED it severely
before Eschelman could grab a club
and beat the animal off. The coyote
drew away into the snow for fifty feet,
skulked after the merchant and in a
few minutes came at him with re-
newed energy. 1t made q leap at
Eschelman. and the two rolled on the
ground. Eschelman struck the animal
on the leg. breaking it and disabling
the coyote SO that he was able to kill
it with his club.
Almost at the same time other coy
otes appeared in other sections of the
town and were driven away by shots.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-03-12

was surrounded by the Mexican army
at Queretaro. and here he was be-
trayed in the early part Of March, 1866.
by one of his officers, who admitted
the enemy to the imperial camp. Maxi
milan was forced to surrender and
was tried by a military court. He was
condemned to be shot, and the execu-
ton took place on June 10, 1867. BlaQ.
quet AYERS that the emperor presented
him with a souvenir just before the ex-
ecution took place.
Very little was known of Banquet
until 1910, when in the campaign in
the north against the Madero forces
he made a reputation for wholesale
murder of noncombatants.
Blanquet's name is linked insepara-
bly, with the slaughter of Matamoras,
in the state of Puebla. The Maderista
rebels had taken the town and passed
on before Blanquet's federal force ar
rived. Occupying the place without
opposition. Rlanquet ordered the jefe
politico to point out the residences of
all rebel s~ympathizers. The male oc-
cupanCS or these houses. Irrespective OF
age. were arrested at Blanquet's order,
and in this way sixty-four inhabitants
of the little town were lined up and
shot. Blanquet's official report de-
scribed 1.-The capture of Matamoras
after evere fighting, in which the en-
envy lost s%ixty-four."
Under Provisional President de la
Barra. Colonel Banquet was promot-
ed, with other federal commanders, to
the rank of a junior general and given
a large command of troops. but was;
relieved from field duty by Madero
and Banquet. like Huerta. who also
had been denoted by Malero. became
a malcOntent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-03-12
TREED BY LION AT 35 BELOW.
Montana Boys Adventure Costs Hin
Both of His Lees

SSN' - Us -SSo,
For fifteen hours Frank Engstrom,
eleven years old, Of Georgetown, a
mining camp ten miles from Anaconda.
Mont, was freed by a mountain lion,
while the thermometer registered 80
degrees below zero. Two days after
ward the little fellow was taken to
Butte, and both of his legs had to be
amputated in an effort to save his life.
The boy, a husky little mountaineer.
was sent on an errand from his home
to Anaconda. About midway between
the two places, on the shore of Echo
lake. he saw the form of a big lion
and climbed a pine tree.
The beast took up a waiting position
at the foot of the tree and for five
hours kept up his hungry vigil. The
extreme cold drove the lion back into
the forest, but while daylight remain
ed the boy could see the beast keeping
watch on a sheltered knoll some dis
lance away.
Late. in the night. when the boys
physical suffering overcame his fear.
he descended from the tree and re-
traced his way to his home in George
town, crawling most of the way and
reaching his fathers cabin late in the
morning.