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Copyright Underwood & Underwood
Company D being instructed in the manual of arms.
Strange Psychology Affected Business
Men at Work as Soldiers and 1t
Barred Even Talk of War

back down the Eangplanks. Where,
the question is asked now, would that
influence be excrtcd should Japan de-
eide on direct action again?
What American would not pray that
lis country be allowed to live its own
life in peace?' said the officer who
had smiled at the song about the
infantrymen; but IL our country is
allowed to do hat all of the logic
OF history will have to be reversed.
There are opponents of the move
mcnt for preparedness who say that
the rest of the world Will be too i'm
povcrished to attack MS when this
war is done. They do not understand
what a very. very easy undertaking
IT would he to attack "A nation which
has neither the men trained 10 take
up arms in it's defence nor the arms
to put into their hands. But the ma
tons now being instructed in modern
war understand"
Perhaps II was the realization OF the
possibilities of serious international
complications that lie just beyond our
horizon MS well az the realization that
men cannot be trained in a month
to be efficient soldiers that combined
to produce "A curious psychological
situation during the first business
mems camp at Plattsburg. The men
who were there were brought there
by the European war for h particu-
lar purpose of rendering themselves
more useful to their country in case
of any complications as "A result of
that war. Yet the war beyond the
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Collisions Frequent in
Night Running, as All
Lights Are Barred by
Army

makes a collision with the ambulance
car almost inevitable. Fortunately
the service - done turn and turn
about, and except when there has been
an attack or heavy bombardment,
only occurs every nth or sixth night,
81 have often thought of you when
taking an early morning trip from
Clos-Bois or the Auberge 81. Pierre
,tirst aid posts on the road to the Bois
lie prrtre). Day is breaking and we
drive straight toward the rising sun
as II shows over the Cot de Mousson.
one is leaving a hell on earth. The
battle front reminds me Of a big
mcnagcrie, snarling, grumbling, roar
ing. with a central ote Of awful
menace. Sometimes it fairly clamors,
as when they're going to feed the
ANNA =. When one Is a little further
away, In a room al night in Pont-a-
MOuSson, for instance, it's remarkably
Ike a terrific thunderstorm.
Another point; You've probably
read and heard many descriptions OF
the sound made 10y a shell in flight.
! feel that it is almost impossible TO
convey the correct impression 10 any
| one who has never heard IA shell. 1t
is SO much ike, yet unlike, a score OF
everyday sounds. Sometimes the rat
Ting of a cart around the corner
makes one prick ones ears, The first
note Of the bark of certain dogs is dis
| quieting because Of it's close resem-
blauCc. The swish OF a lash-if II
We're Of longer duration-is some
thing like II.
"All the same one becomes shell
hardened and does not turn a hair
when a proieCtilc whistles in ones
nclChbOrhood. There il n mighty
good reason for thls-thc shell that is
going to burst near to one does not
announce it's coming ii hoes not have
the time.
zone afternoon a comrade and my
self were descending the Mousson
Hill, where we had spent "A most in
terestinG and pleasant afternoon in
the observation tower. The hill is
across the beautiful Moscllc River and
commands a nnc stretch OF frontier
Even Metz Is visible in the distance
Suddenly the German batteries com
lltI' 'i W IplIl'ilu 'lll ufdI ipUl-d'
Mousson,
I'VE did moi think 1t prudent to en-
ter the town, so we sat down on tn,
hillside and watched tho cowardly
bomhardment OF half an hour. w,
could hear the screaming Of each shell
for an apprcciahle length Of time ate
II had struck. First we would see the
smoke, dust and debris thrown UP
Next the heavy explosion would reacl
our ears, Then, and only then, woul,
the whistle made by the shell IN pas
q he cut off, After some dozen pro
j~ectiles had found their mark the cen
tire Of the town was completely bidder
by smoke and dust,
81 do not have the time or space /
tell you more, But do want to adj
that the French soldiers are wonder
fnl. Their courage and PHILOSOPHERS
fortitude are beyond praise
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THE first step in a movement t

TIME first step in a movement to
introduce in the public schools
of America a military training
patterned after the Swiss sys-
TEN OF national defence is about to be
taken in Bayonne, y. J. The Board
Of Education has approved OF the plan
and within the next fortnight Is ex-
pected to complete arrangements for
its adoption.
Frederick Arnold Kuenzli of Bay
onne, assistant appraiser OF the port
Of New York, former lieutenant in the
Swiss army and who was a teacher in
the high school at Zurich, Switzerland.
is devoting his spare hours to spread
ing the advantages OF physical train
ing for boys in the national defence
plan. He has brought the matter to
the attention of prominent men,
among them Major-Gen. Leonard
Wood and Secretary Garrison.
There are many Americans who
are afraid and shudder as Dol as they
hear the word military and particu-
larly the introduction of military train
ing in our public schools" Mr.. kuenz
said Yesterday. They do not know
what il means or what it consists of,
Most of the European countries have
"A three or four years military train
ing, but Switzerland has only a COM
pulsory system OF ten weeks the first
year. with two weeks every year dur
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- NE of the first volunteers to
join the ambulance service
organized last fall by the
American Hospital at Neuilly-
sur-Seine was T. j. Smith. a resident
of Paris. He served through the win
ter n spring at Aubervilliers,
Amiens and other points behind the
lines. This summer he was sent to
the battle front. The following letter,
dated from Pont-a-Mousson. August
20. gives some OF his experiences. The
letter is printed with the consent OF
the friend to whom it was written.
our squad, consisting OF five new
ambulances, recently Joined the orig
inal section at this place. II is an
exceptionally lively part of the front.
At the time OF our arrival heavy
lighting was going on almost con-
tinuously.
1--WE made Pont-a-Mousson at night
and as lights are forbidden in the
zone of danger we had some difficulty
in keeping a straight course. We
were up very early the next morn
ing. The sun was shining n there
was no cannonading. The little town
was peace %personifed. The old timers
familiarized us with the service,
roads, first aid stations. sc. They
had no end Of gossip 10 retail.
AT that time We were quartered
in the old barracks Of the Twenty
sixth Chasseurs a Cheyal. pn the
Place Colombo. Our comrades in
formed us that from the side OF the
square which opens on the road &c
Metz the building was in full view
OF the German trenches on the Cote
de Norroy, and that II they wished tC
do so the Germans could fire upor
us with the greatest ease. They added
hat the town had been bombardeC
several days before, and showed III
In proof the fuses OF large German
shells.
They pointed out to us a specia
ambulance, ornamented with a lttl'
yellow flag and known as the pes
car. in view Of the fact that It wa
used to carry only cases sufferinl
from contagious diseases. The!
stated. with admirable sangfroid, tina
the men took turn and turn about II
driving II, and that when M hat
the car for the day he always insisted
that the patient should sit on tn
front seat beside him. in order t
enjoy the landscape and the sunligh
to the full.'
"And now we are all 'poilus.' W
have stood by for many attacks. hav
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picked up many victims Gnnocent
ones OF open town bombardmonts.
have witnessed operations, have been
present at glorious decorations, stood
bare headed at simple. impressive flu
ncrals, carried all sorts OF personages
in our humble cars. from Colonies with
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the Croix de Guerre To silent, thought
ful priests tthey are legion out here)
and fearful. hunted. refugees. whose
homes have been BOWED over.
1--WE have become quite Injured to
the things that at first were a little
hard on the nerves. At present, per-
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their organizations. These should
comprehend the true significance Of
the present movement and should do
their utmost To cooperate with it,
SiEce the apprehension regarding
future complications has been alluded
to frankly there is no reason for not
stating that many of those who are
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A AS SEE BY AN AMBULANCE DRIVER

no moon. and the commissary conveys
have also taken advantage of the
night 20 use the road Lights are for
hidden. and in the darkest spots under
the trees one can see absolutely
nothing. At times thoughtless truck
drivers leave the line in order to pass
other slow moving vehicles. This
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haps, the most trying thing we have
to do is to make trips during the
darkcs, part Il the n.ght from the
firing Line rescue stations to the hospi-
tai. some twenty kilometcrs back.
"You have your precious wounded TO
hurry to the operating room, there is
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T. J. Smith, IN Service
Back of French Lines,
Writes of Sensations
Under Fire

~ NE Of the first volunteers to
join the ambulance service
organized last fall by the
American Hnsnital at emily
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most DESTROYS OF seeing our citizens
trained TO bear arms believe that the
greatest menace TO our peace lies be-
yond the Pacific Ocean and Iut the
Atlantic. They point out that Japan
has set out to be the dictator Of the
orient She first defeated China. Then
she chased Russia or the Yellow Sea.
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Yankee " the West had not Great
Britain forbade. As n story goes,
ships once lay in the harbor Of Yoko-
hama their holds fun Of the japanese
Euu,ror'~ troops and their bows
pointed toward Manila. hut the Eng
% n Influence proved potent enough 10
march the cargocs of yellow soldiers
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-05

TN all probability Edouard de Reszke is sim
starving In the cellar Of his once splendid
chateau near Warsaw. an iustrious victim OF
toe war whicn has ravaged Poland with the same
frightful thoroughne5s that Is the fate % Belgium
That most famous and best loved basso In the
world OF grand opera. bon vivant Eastronome
aristocTat and financial maEnatc OF Poland's
ancient capital. Is as destitute as the humblest
peasant who farms the vide lands surrounding the
Do Rsszke chateau. lie confessed this o month
ago IN letter which reached his brother. Jean I'm
Paris and which the former star tenor OF the New
YORK Metropolitan Opera forwarded to the
American Polish Relief Committee % which Nine
MsTcela sem9rich BE- preaiaent Tho letter was
printed IN this newspaper. and the many friends
of The dc Reszkes in THIS country hoped that
Ed0uard would soon be able to extricate himself
from HIS pitablo sitsatiou
Unfortunately that hope did rot sake into con.
alteration The imponetraDiiity % the rhastJ bar.
riera which hem IN POLAND. particularly that part
ct Russian Poland in vhich Warsaw and the dc
heszke estate are located Not months has the
American Polish Relief C0muitteo been able TO
communicate vita point nearer than I.cmberg
"a Austrian Poland Which les about threc hundred
miles 20 the south o. Warsaw. The orfe open
route 10 lemOerg Tor letters. money and supplies.
which are Ho badly needed fIrouehout Poland.
lies tArouEh Genoa and Vienna
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Destitute and suffering though he r.. # seems
that Edouard de Reszke still commands some in
huence with the military authorities for he has
been able TO reach the outer world--via Vienna
and Genoa-with a second letter This recently
forv 10 a personal friend IN New York con
veys much the same impression OF the basso's
plight A. did The earlier letter sent 20 his brother
Jean IN Paris. 70 contains these paragraphs:
II am sending this az venture. The chances
seem hundred 10 one against IL ever reaching
you. month sgo posted a letter 10 Jean
Probably 10 did not reach him-at least have
received no reply. You know that az Jean had
even suspicion that I IN trouble he would
move heaven and earth
You are 90 thnk Of me as one OF several
millions % Polish war victims This war Is a
great lcseier. II Poland contains a peasant or
common laborer in worse plight than Edouard
de- kcszte. bis case is indeed desperate.
That i1 because my preparations TO get away
from the wu- zone we're too elaborate. Before Z
realized DO ] was trapped. Then came those weeks
or determined efforts on the part OF the Germans
to take WarfaW. Again and arain death and
every Kind OF destruction swept the country for
hundreds OF miles around
'l had. as you know. plenty OF money a splendid
estate and tine chateau. / have now "a cellar
under the ruins of my homo--that is au Nobody
PEI better on-thc whole country Is a desert. The
people are starving.
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operagoing public and altogether an a-.i-, evorv
.nolleIt OF MS waxing hours, Edouard even when
upon the stage singing his greatest roles was not
OILY an artist Of the first order but created in
ever mind the impression that ne was something
n"rsi,. ioIH OF the manor some sort Of great
presumably IN real life who found Il amusing TO
ulsport himself In the mimic world
, ne most Satanic moments OF his Mephistonheiee
~ Faust could not suppress the jovial bubbiircs
OF the Edouard OF real life When he ad,o1ood -
tne Iootl ghts and sang his famous "pin pan
p ouH IN Les Huguenots' he seemed to be
sWbnhs lFrepressibiy within al che spectacle OF a
Justify iN'Hi'li"s 81
While neglecting no detail Of hls role. he added
20 " the vigorous joviality OF his own personality
WIN me assurance OF noble lord whom mo- one
could criticize. he made the most DISTINGUISHED
members OF the opera company victims OF his
sosunalured practical Jokes. Nothing pleased him
more than 10 upset the dignity Of tho polished ana
senolsmindcd Plancon, who. like his brother
Jean. was hrst and last and all the time purely an
artist. An instance AZ the MciroDofl-sn I'm Die
ntdseaEon % fs971SgS fllumi-af fhs lord ,f fb,
manor Jovian character OF Edouard de Reszke
" was between the acts OF "Lce Huenerotr"
hdouard, in "a strangely quiet and reflective mood.
vas m the hands OF bis dresser when Scott en-
tered With a certain Ncw York opera critic ana
Maxine de. Movers. ~ tho London Pail Mall C4z.
cite. The celebrated baritone. notfnC FdI5arf.s
preoccupation. rallied him in French about &C. Do
Reszke answered IN fantastic idiom.
"Plancoh est plus serieux DO faut 81 Drands
s 3u bolc tFlancon Us TOO seri0Ia. ] mus. sc;
Just then the New York Grille noticed o,
Edouards dressing table the corvrrHriv rcd -e,iad
parchment which. ia the next acl EIa..ard Il. ne
messenger from the Queen Of Navarro. varff hand
10 IIah.1u az on impressive moment. in the era.s
EdoNards face lighted. Bursting with IarrhI.-
o. DIS sudden inspiration Do unflIded OBJ. r4r.h.
mel,. showing "a perfectly blank pare
va, ha. Do r1arcd Surely 90 is not polite 90
hand The respectable piancon O. perfectly bI1rf
sheeL Let us indiio upon IL suitable MESSAGE
frOm the Queen
in a second Edouard-nou solemn end poriertora
had seized 100 ~ cravon and r-iffrr I.-s.fg
upon the parchment Rabeiaisiln sentiment
winch looks much better in Russian than Ir Pima.
u'h. iio translated 90 Tor Scotfi who i-er-r.ad
the Italian equivalent A. Edorarf e. urvrrt 10.
quest nc two ncwFnapcrmen ga th.Ir parf ron.
dtrng ha'flHas into Latin and En~fab
lhls Tor th9 0rsf limo explains fr l.rrn4r.s %
me Diamond Noraes1ce" on that rirhf ff. frro
reason Tor PianCon strange behavior. an ewes
Wefe upon him as Do arrosanfly stretched forth
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from nothing. and arc as much special creations
as anything stated IN biblical history"
Man is the only animal that performs brain
work or has exhibited any important advance in
intfIl.feuce down throrah the centuries. no man
Nas not special creation. when dld hp yet bis.
original Impulse 20 perform brain work.
Ihe answer given in Dynamic Evolution" f1
contained ln The opening sentence of the preface.
s'ienusts think fhoy believe u evolution. but
they really believe In special creation"
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Modern Science Finds Moses Was Right About Adam

~ A NiMALs grow by sssimiating food. bit
"A no degree Of feeding win produce a ps,,.
r. statesman. or an inventor There b.
clear distinction bsfNCen Increasing tho quantity
of = given material iu given place. and evolving
Tn an animal someihiag which bad no previous
existence"
IN big book dynamic Tr0.ution" Casper T.
kedne.d writes. 'AE far a. QUE present science is
concerned tho Qfalltiee which c1arartorize man
and he hgLer animals have come into existence
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great red seal With a spacious gesture PiancoA
shook out the folds OF the parchment and raised
~ 70 the level OF his eyes. But Just as be was
opening MS mouth 90 convey the message 20 the
suulence IN sonorous recltative. he suddenly
turned MS back upon the proud Horseshoe" his
shaSinG shoulder plainly telling that his mirth
was too great 90 be expressed in SOM
UT second Ilarc0n had command OF himself
eHu tne scene went on, though most OF the au.
ulehce was wei aware that something had hap.
ptued unprovidnd for in Meyerbeers score.
About the time that war made a pauper OF
AuohaId ue Neszko, sending him TO starve in the
''Iar OF his Polish chateau. last Janrlry plancon
was on ME death bed IN Paris. Jean Dc Reszke
was sincere mourucr Of his funeral doubtless
believing that his beloved brother was sti1 A rich
ana powerful parsonage in Russian Poland.
tnJl Jean went 20 Paris 10 train promising
pNi = Tor opera these brothers were rarely seps-
rated. Neither would accept an curagenent which
o.a noe include a contract FOR the other. Jean
always gave Edouard me credit for his own great
career az an opera tenor. Ile bad had only mod
crate success aH a baritone until Ed0uard took
Dim in hand in DIS maHtorIul way. and On a year
or tTn presented t0 ftr musical world probably
the Ern1trH dramatic tenor .r the history OF opera
IuuI Ho war began. Elorlrd do Reszke was tho
ieis p15 u.-- .u fair way t0 realize their dream
or l|fIIe Poland a.I their own. DE Reckless large
estate WIS DO" centre Adjoining tracts OF land had
boon acquired The Russian Government had
seemed friendly Sow not only that dream. uift
fH partial ro1' rTfIn1 D. shattered.
hi fl.s writing 70 is probable that cargoes OF
provision fHr fHr r0.rf of Polish war sufferers
arc being uuioadof ef the port of ArchanFei VIII
food reach Naraaw in time Co save Edouard da
E.sTkHf
or o. .he mos. famous basso Of modern o,srs
ho rich and influential Polish country gentleman
with Che personality of an ideal Grand Duke aI.
ready dead-starrcd Co death in the cellar Oh hi
ruined chateau7
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The ruins above my cellar are 50
complete that II a shell should drop
among them it would surely find me
IN my cellar. There have been many
narrow escapes-but cling to my
hole in the ground, for 1t is all /
have. and all the surrounding coun-
try offers no better refuge.
IF 1 particularize about my
present state remember that the
pale applies equally well to
many thousands of others. My
cellar is damp II am getting
rheumatism. There is no time in
which TO store it well with even the
commonest necessaries. A month
ago ! wrote to Jean that ! had no
coal. no oil, no coffee. and only a
handful OF grain left. and with
Prince Lukouirski and his wife here
10 share IL with me.
How we managed TO live since
then seems Ike n miracle. Refugees
stop TO po+e about In the ruins above
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-24
.PATR|CDE IS SAVED
FROM TAKING OWN LIFE
William Brown, Self-Confessed AS
sassin OF Father, Had Concealed
Long Knife in Cell.
ALARM GIVEN BY NEGRO
Officers Find Weapon Concealed in
Bcd-Further Evidence That Boy
Had Dug Grave and Secreted Him.
self Before Murder.
Especial to Tho Tlmes-Dispatch.

WINCHESTER, VA, August %
William Brown. self confessed assassin
of his father. John w. Brown, of Main,
Frederick County, whose badly decom-
posed body was found late on Saturday
by party of searchcrs, after lying
partly uncovered since the morning
of August in shallow grave within
sight OF his home. was prevented from
committing suicide In the Winchester
jail to-day, by information given the
authorities by Walter Banks, colored
who was Jailed yesterday charged with
shooting and killing Peter Meyers at
Middletown.
While Banks was bordering over his
own fate in his steel cage, he saw
young Brown handling large pocket
knife, the appearance of which so
alarmed the negro that he declared
he couldn't rest until the authorities
were notified.
When confronted with the accusation
of having a concealed weapon Brown
is said to have demurred, but officers
took his hedtick into the jaii-yard,
fiat two-bladed knife. The largest
blade was over four inches long and
nearly an inch wide. The other blade
had been filed into the form OF n dag
ger. Brown had the knife concealed
under one of his garters when search ed
reported to have threatened suicide If
arrested.
That Brown and his father had been
on bad terms since the formers wife
was ordered away from home recently,
and that the boy defended her. is gem
orally conceded. The fact was brought
out to-day that the elder Brown was
returning from Woodlands after hew-
ing timber on the morning OF August
.. and as he neared the spot where his
son had dug a shallow grave In II
ditch, and where the youth was Sc
GREETED, the latter leapcd out and fred
one bullet from his rifle. Brown, ac-
cordinE to the sons additional confess
sion, threw up his arms. exclaiminG:
"Oh. have mercy upon me- whereupon
the son fred again. the bullet striking
the heart and causing instant death.
1t is said here tonight that officers
are sinking the probe deeper and eN-
pecting to arrest others as accomplish
of young Brown.
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Stirring Photopluy at Colonial.

Few pictures shown in Richmond. ex-
cept the great spectacles. have con-
tanned more beautiful views or moro
stirring scenes than the photoplay
called The Second in Command" which
is the Coloniars feature for the first
two days of the week. Some unusually
handsome country house served as
background for the action laid in Eng
land. and the South African scenes are
altogether ospherc-certainly as
We know that atmosphere from Illus
trations. The play is not at all The
Second in Command" either in spirit or
In plot, but 1t is a stirring photoplay
we'll produced. so it doesn't matter what
IL is called. In order TO give the star;
Francis y. Bushman, all the play, tho
character of Bingham is subordinated
to that of Anstruther, and through the
latter role Mr.. Bushman poses and
swaggers to his hearts content and to
the delight Of his admirers AS mat
ter OF fact. he is a picture actor OF
mediocre ability, who is rarely even
turned out" in good form; in evening
clothes he looks n ten. invent and thirt'
hero. But he packs EN- IN wherever he
appears on the screen, and what more
does a picture concern want? The rest
of the company consists of excellent
actors. and the picture as Il whole is
wei! worth seeing, the battle scenes in
particular being vigorous and even
thrilling.