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Testing the cartridge feed of a rapid frer.

us to supply the nations demand in
the course of some months and to keep
on duplicating these weapons to make
up for wastage due to conflict. but
| want to make IL clear that We should
he in a predicament whe: II came
10 providing heavier ms This a
nothing whatever tn do with our sup
plies for the Allies: the weapons are
are .ending abroad are not generally
the ones that we need most ourselves.
France and England are taking care
OF that part of their battle require
ments.
The entire capacity NJ the regular
ordnance plants Of this country. in
Guiding those of the Government. is
about go field guns a year. and to
meet our needs Gen. CrCZicr has said
that IL would take those establish
ments quite three years to bring our
required total up TO l,2?2 of these
weapons. We have to-day only s34
of them completed. But experience
on the European battlefield has
shown even this total allowance TO
he Inadequate. because Of the vast
ing due to wear and tear and de-
struct!on.
since war began in Europe one
of our biggest electrical and manu-
featuring concerns has taken up the
making Of infantry rifles. Motor COM
panics have undertaken to turn out
proiectiles. Indeed. half "A hundred
OF these concerns are engaged In this
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I can only recall the picture san
but a week ago. 4 little shell-ren
village in Galicia. A little synagogue
On the altar there is n broken tab.e
with the chiselled Ten Command
ments The Russians hacked 4, with
their guns when they had torn tn
TCrah scrolls to pieces. The VOL
Lob Thou Shalt Not) was broken OF
Not the God OF Israel, but the Co..
sacks OF Russia have perverted tt
eternal commands Of human morali'y
The war will pass, hut the picture @.
barbarism will remain for the vho,e
world to view. Men will see II with
their own eyes and they vii, under.
stand what II means.
The soldiers took what was LEI
Of Jewish property. No merchandi-o
ome to Gallcia from Russia AM
so there Vas no means OF earn;nt
a living. Famine began TO sta,
through the land, Hunger-and n
bread, There is none. The Jews them
selves are starving, But the Russian,
do not believe them. They ruin the
Jews body and soul,
But misfortune knows no bounds
conditions grew worse and worse.
The Russian authorities issued 4
new command N Gallcia: Jew are
not allowed To go from ono city 90 an
other. All the Jews n Galtcia %
their freedom. Up tn this time tNsr"
had been some trace of trade ''''
did something, they bought m
thing, sold something. Somehow re'
tried To keep body and soul to-''1''
"Rut this new cdic, brought 'Nt
stiffness Of death. Al act;NltN 7s
paraly2cd. When one ann NO. .
about freely one a no longer rad"
even IN air, The Jews Of Gale n
clare hat this restriction was - t."0'
the greatest atiictlon S.nc" that =.
ain. ton. the outbreak oC the VA
but that was not enough. r."
Russians seized the land the l..-
owned and divided 1t AMONG he Z,
ful Ituthcniau farmers N"u W- .
say they took the { Nrs iho#' "
Jewish property ana gave a"a' '
Land.
'liut that was not AZ. For IT,
three months ,h" Russians have o. =
failing up,a G,lir.an Jews u ~
streets uf the GA,.,.aU cities ana .
resting thtm ~ hUnGc, d.. |N
packed of to : u,rin. !%lnudr"'- p
Galiclan Jews ~" p,G.a@ IN 'h' N'
'ors If ki"U. p,'tlvl and othcr r'
HUadreds Of Galr.au Jews are
Their way ~ Siberia. Iiund-s' -
harded ever I, military ia. .' .
dr5ds ar tnrt..Nd 10y me mos . O..
ssh devices Hundreds of I' D
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View of main gun shop in a great factory.

and besides the enlargement OF exist
ing plants new concerns have taken
up the business.
by working the naval factory AT
Indian Head and the army powder
plant at Picatinny night and day n
calling to our aid the outside estab-
l!shments We might be able TO get
enough of the propellant to meet the
demands of hostilit.es. but this means
that we have a continuous supply OF
nitrate from Chile and in the case OF
the larger guns, using smokeless pow
der. a considerable period must be
allowed to dry the stun properly.
Again. you sec this element of time
must he taken into consideration.
"rhe British Government is wiser
and more practical than our own in
this direction. our powder takes
about six months to dry. while the
British oordlte is scrviceable and safe
much sooner.
Again. we are foolishly exacting
and are not unlike the Russians in
this. For instance. the Russians tried
to place n large contract here for time
fuses and they made II an absolute
CNNultlon ina, lUP performance SIlouIl
agree with tho intervals stamped on
the fuse base. The order was refused
10y one thoroughly responsible con-
Germ because the powder IN the fuse
changes with time and the burning
period is quickened. Now the British,
on the other land. said they did not
care what was stamped on the fuse
base So long ~ every lot Of a specific
group burned alike. one or two trial
shots would snow the timS elements
that could he counted upon.
According to the War Department
the plan = "a have a combined force
including the standing army. the
mi,ij.a and the citizen volunteers. OF
$4,000 men. Gen. Croz.cr has thus
outlined the ammunition supply for
such a force. HIS statement reads as
follows:
1T involves for each man armed
with n life. tn" infantryman. that he
have IN Ms belt when he takes tn,
field 100 rounds OF ammunition. anC
there = supposed to be IN what ".
call the combat ~train-that i. {
wagon train that goes RICH; with tn,
t~roops-l20 rounds "A man IN add
tom. that makes eco rounds. Then il
addition % tina; there Is expected 4
be IN the ammunition train which fo!
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land is suffering practically the same
treatment as - the RUSSIAN Jewry.
only the misfortune OF the Russian
Jews is greater because the Poles are
also hostile To them,
"A million Jews in East Galicia have
been completely ruined. When ;he
Russian army frs. entered Galicia II
suffered terrible losses. Whole regi-
nients -. Russian soldiers were de-
stroyed, hundreds of thousands of men
We're made prisoners. The Russians
began to seek vengeance. The Poles
were then in "A position to demand a
little consideration. They only suffered
the loss Of thelr property. so the
Russians fell upon the Jews of Ga
Leila. They were accused OF hostility
toward the Russian soldiers. nj ireach-
cry. They became the victims.
II shall not repeat here the facts
which are familiar to both jews Nnd
uon-.lews throughout the world. II is
enough to say that hundreds upon
hundreds ur Jews were hanged ard
murdered. scores of Jewish tow Ms
and villages We're devastated IN
scores %, towns Jewish properly was
Confscated. not reuuisiiioned for pay,
hut Just %piunlcred. And the Jews
themsclv : wc"c driven uut.
Russian Cossick fury has wreak@d
it, Vengeance 'on I,Wish souls, with
horrible consequences. \ deathlike
fear hIuuds over Gali,iaD jeWrN,
which was dcst.red to pay L.. only
with lis life and property, bat Win the
honor of It's women
"Slch was the terrible vengeance
that the wild Russian hordes eNacted
after their " heavy losses. And
these atrocities forced almost half o!
the Jews in East Gallcia to leave thely
homes. in the wake of the Austrian
army. at It's first retreat They left
everything. only too glad to escape
Among them We're almost ali OF the
most intellectual Jews of the Land, the
wralthiost and the most prominent
To flee from such a holocaust, Ia save
himself and his family. n need.
money. SO the Jews who escape,
were al, persons In a position 10 pay
their way,
After this exodus the condition o'
the Jews in East GIl,Cla grew ever
worse. The wcalthiest men had ticC
/ from the country ana only IN" poor
est remained, The most cultured an,
intellectual Jews had escaped and onl,
the untutored and helpless were leii
All who wo,!'d have had the ahil!,,
and the means Ia protest ana to or
glniXC some sOr. of defence had gone
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We must bear this in mind, and
these facts must he pointed out, even
though the 'Irgesi number of Russian
Poles participated n the terrible po-
grnm nf Polish Jcwry.
AT the outbreak Of the war, when
the Poles were promised autonomy,
the Polish people were actually dazed.
Their jon knew NO mounds. The small
ruined nation. wh!ch had been so de-
moralized POLITICALLY and economically.
suddenly lost rs head. The wild mol
broke loose. The notorious reaction
airy Polish politicians with Dmowski,
Grahski and TChetwtr,.nski at the
head. became the recognized masters
If Poland The tossack became the
nohlest deal in tie eyes If the Polish
noble.
'But the feast was suddenly inter-
rupted. As sOon as the Cossacks en-
tered Icmhcrg the picture was COM
plctolv changed The russians openly
declared that LcmherG had never been
n Polish city, that the Poles of Lem
her" must not ovea think Of any 'ccw'
demands. Tn, Russian armies under
took to make - Eastern Galicia a
Russian province.
In my other letters | shall describe
/ how the Russian civil and military au-
tlorilies have treated the jewish pop
ulation Of Eastern Gilic!i. The Polish
' population q ruined here com
pletely, People We're hanged on every
step. Polish women We're violated.
Polish property was contiscated. Po-
llSh estates Mere p~iundered, Poles
/ Ncrc arrested. eNiled or hanged.
"a Russian officer in Galicia told me
categorically that If we could get a
list Of those who Wee hanged our
blood would turn cold in our veins
and We would ind that the number of
Gal,cian Poles who We're hanged is far
greater than thai of Galician Jews.
The representative Of the Russian
military authorities thought that he
could console me in this way,
THE Polish population realized now
what was going IN and an anti-Rus-
sian movement was started. The pu-
lish volunteers and the Polish legious
in Galisia attacked the Russian troops
desperately. They fought and are sti,l
fighting ike lions. The Russian Poles
are divided. There is a small minority
which does not believe in the triumph
OF Austria and which fears that Rus
STA may destroy all Russian Poland bN
her repressious and there IL the ma
jority whiCh understands that Russia
Will not lead Poland ia her regonera'
ton. Ard Poles without number ar,
being hanged in Russian PG'aGd.
AT this moment al Poland witt
the C%SVcp;ion 90 ;5C SINAI! band 0I
politicians who sell Poland every day
Is inimi"al To Russia.
I'm tho great game that the Govern
! ment of Petrograd is playing now Po'
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now. but there is a limit to this appli-
cation.
"One pouuuer weapons and eve
fed pieces UP to three inch calibre
cali fey brass cartridge cases Of
moderate dimensions. These existing
presses can produce. but when you
come to rifles of larger calibre still
using what is termed hxcd ammuni-
ton. then difficulties multiply. Big
ger cartridges require thicker and
larger metal discs from which the
cases can be drawn or pressed, and for
these heavin" machines. not generally
to be found. and still greater motive
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CAPACITY FC
Vast Manufacturing Resources as Yet Untaxed by De-
mands of Europe--Lesson to Army Officials in
Adaptability Of Private Plants to Government
Needs--The German System

kind are not abundant. and to turn
cut all Of the big field pieces we
reed there must be many. many more
of ,thcse tools than are now ready
for such work.
"A : inch howlt1er is also fifty
five days in the making. while a ten
inch mortar requires ninety days for
its construction. We need not EN-
pha. ize the difficulties by mentioning
.he larger weapons.
Up To and inclusive OF 3 inch
fed pieces ! believe our industrial
resources would make !. possible for
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Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-26
A PRESIDENTS PRlvlLEeE

The decision cf the United States supreme court relative to the with drawal from entry of public lands in California and Wyoming made by President Taft through an executive order establishes the fact that the chief executive has such an emergency pow CT in case it is needed. It was used Tn this instance for the good of the nation and had ttze decision been the other way, and had lt been held that tlle executive order was not valid until t had been approved by congress- it would have meant the loss of much valuable oil land to the government
 and land which is going to be needed tor the supplying of it's naval vessels.
 President Taft realized that if such land was going to be conserved it was necessary to act when he did
 though he was not positive that he aad such authority without the sane lion of congress. To delay meant the joss of the property. To await the
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-26
ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION.

As a result of a request from the industrial relations commission there has been furnished a detailed report of the disbursements by the Rocke- feIIer Foundation from the time of it's organization. It is statement which shows a. large expenditure Of money. for 0 wide variety of objects, but all of which have been most de- serving, and the list of gifts goes far to disperse the idea that this organ ization in control Of the Rockefeller funds is using the money for the pur- pose of controlling legislative CT fnan- ciaI policies of the country. Certainly no such impression can be gained from the manner in which the funds have been distributed when they have been used for such commendable purposes as extending relief to the sufferers from the Newfoundland sealing disas- ter, the Salem fire, and among the non- -conlbatants in Europe since the opening of the war. Neither is it to be discerned in the establishment Of an extensive bird refuge in Louisiana, in the extension of most deserving as sistance to such organizations as the American Red Cross, the '. NJ. C. A. and charity organizations or the carry ing on of such an institution for the interests of humanity as the Rocle- feller Institute for Medical Research.
 The furnishing of the list of expendi- lures makes it most apparent that the foundation is engaged in q most worthy philanthropic work that dangers from it's present activities are mostly imag- mary and that reasons for it's en- coura cement rather than it's discour- agement have been uncovered by the federal probe.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-26

Recent changes in the physical de-
 partment place Dr. Bull in charge Of all the major and freshman major sport teams and lessens the field of Dr. An derson's work in the gymnasium to include only the minor sport teams, gymnasium work and freshman phys ical department and result in q more thorough and personal supervision of all men in the university, especially the team candidates. The essence of the change is to divide the work of the physical department into divisions which will be better able to cope with
 Yale's athletic problems through a closer cooperation of the departmental heads with the students and the
 coaches The division is in no way an alienation of the major and minor sports management, but a plan to combine the values of the physical and coaching departments, which in the past have been operating much on their
 own initiative without complete suc-
 cess. All university athletics are go- ing to feel the effects of the change. The lack of system and cooperation among the undergraduates, in charge of teams, has been a. great handicap to success in the past and will call for early attention. The task of getting such a system started is necessarily a large one, but will prove a good means of showing up the faults in the present system.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-26

part of it's daily menu. When a western enthusiast proposes to cut into the profits of the wheat farmers by popuIarizing alfalfa as a substi- tuto the suggestion to give human beings the advantage of q food upon which they have been fattening west ern cattle for years will have few prejudices to overcome. The claim is advanced that bread made from all falfa flour is not only cheaper but better than the wheaton loaf. One manufacturer says that he is pre- pared to put on the market no less than seventy five varieties Of alfalfa candy.-Bridgepor Standard.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-26
NO NEED OF MONTICELLO.

Congress has plenty to do in the way of meeting necessary require
 nents at this session without devoting any of the nations money to matters which can wait without taking any risks whatever. The reporting of 3 special rule in the house whereby there can be considered the matter of appropriatinG d half million dollars for the purchase of Monticello, the Virginia home of Thomas Jefferson, brings forward again a bill which is entirely Uncalled for.
 Monticello is in no danger. Its pres ent owner, Representative Levy, is not anxious 70 sell, though he has consented to after long importuning. and he takes as great pride in the maintenance of the property as would a national commission. If there was a, prospect that this shrine of denoc- racy was going to be cut up, or if it was being neglected by it's present owner, there might be ready response for opening up the national treasury for it's preservation, but such is not
 tho case. From the way in which it is being kept up this handsome piece
 of property the value of which, how ever, has been rated at much less than
 a half million, is in no danger of de- cay or destruction and not likely to be for a long time to come.
 Thus when the government knows
 the necessity of exercising economy facing as it does an insurmountabIe deficit and many projects which de- serve proper consideration and atten tion, it is an excellent time for put ting aside this bit of expensive brio a brac and confne the expenditures to the things which are urgent and 1 the expenses which must be met.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-26
MISE NAVAL ACTON.

With more thoughtful consideration of the existing conditions, the needs which have been SO glaringly set forth and the object lessons which have been furnished from abroad, than was received from the house. the maya! committee of the senate acted wisely when it returned to the appropriation Dill the provisions for the submarines, the hospital ship ard aeroplares. which had been eliminated This means eight million dollars more than the bill call cd for as it was approved by the house but it must be recognized by those who are at all acquainted with the need of just such provisions as it will permit, that it IS a wise use of the money. Furthermore, 1t is a timely addition in conformity with the rec concentrations Of the naval board.
 When it comes to a question of ua- tional defense, and it makes little diff ference whether it is the army or the navy, false economy deserves no place. Failure to recognize and bolster up the weak spots can prove a serious han dicap. Negligence cannot support it's position by the strongest excuse. Lack ing in essentials it is of the highest importance to this country that it should make provision for it's proper protection and prevent any difficulties rather than to procrastinate and suffer through short ightedness.
 The naval additions which the sen- ate insists upon are all needed. Il was a penny wise and pound foolish idea which. eliminated them from the house bill and the logic and firmness Of the senate's position should be sui ficient to insure these benefits to the naEN-
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 time that congress could act meant the same thing. but following g. prac- tice that had been in use for the past eighty years he issued the order, and protected the country's interests even though congress afterwards failed to act upon the validation thereof.
 In the meantime oil companies had located on the land and it was the determination of the validity of the executive order, previously given, ex- cluding all claims thereto, which brought the matter before the supreme court, and which results in the sup port of the action upon the ground of long usage. It was the one course which could be taken as q protection of the interests of the country. It is a privilege which a president is not likely to abuse but which it is certain now that he can use in case of need.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-26
NEVADA RAcKsLlnEs-

The state of Nevada. has backsIided. It was only two years ago after the state had become disgraced in the eyes of the remainder of the country that that commonwealth abolished it's law encouraging divorce which made it possible to obtain a divorce under the easy laws of that state after q residence of six months. Reno had done a large business for that very reason alone. It was the mecca for those who wanted a divorce and were unable to get it elsewhere but it for the time being rose above such com mercialization and ended the attrac- lion by requiring g. longer residence Nevada still held to the idea of easy divorce for it's own residents, but it put up the bars for the rest of the country, and 1t received the plaudits of the nation.
 As the result the business that was once done in Reno has dwindled and with business as the guide rather than the moral conditions of state and ns- ton Nevada has returned to it's easy divorces for all by re-adopting it's six months residence provision. and the action of it's legislature has been endorsed by it's governor. Nevada has responded to the demands of those who have slight regard for their marriage VOWS and Of those who would permit the financial benefits which result from such business that can be attracted from all points of the country to re- ceive first consideration. It has shown itself unable to maintain a. most conmendab1e reform. Nevada of course has the right, the same as every state to establish its own divorce laws, but 1t is disgraceful situation when it deliberately undermines such provisions as the rest of the country considers advisable
Norwich bulletin., 1915-02-26
BULLETINS SPECIAL YALE LETTER
Washington Was Given Degree by Yale-Amni University Day Big Success-Series of Talks for Upperclass Men Assistant Football Coach-Dr Bull in Charge of Physical Department.

between the new athletic physician, the gymnasium doctors, and the seV- erh coaches who will train the com- petitors must be productive of good. The men will be safe guarded and eX- ceSsiye training will be eliminated.
 The subject of an assistant football coach, to work in connection with Coach Frank Hinkey was discussed at a meeting of the Yale University Athletic associationIast Wednesday. An indefinite arrangement was reached to the effect that if such a coach is to be secured, William II. Heffelfnger, '91 g.. would be the preference of the as sociation. MT. Heffelfnger has been in New Haven recently, but his choice as assistant coach has not yet been of- fcially conferred upon him. 1T Mir Heffelfnger accepts the position he will have charge especially of coaching the line candidates. TIefelfinger play ed on the Yale team four years and was one of the most distinguished Iinesmen of the time. He won foul "Y's' while at Yale. Since leaving college Mir. Heffelfnger has kept iT close touch with intercollegiate foot ball, especially that of the East and al Yale. The general opinion is that he will accept the offer.