The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-14

with an engineering training have
proved themselves invaluable in tn.
personnel of the army as directors
OF armed forces as rhoy are peculiar
~ fitted for leadership by reason OF
the training required by the profess
sion and the necessity for reliance
upon individual resourcefulness.
1t is the wish of the government
in connection with its exposition OF
Its activities concerning the conser-
walton OF life and property that en-
gineers OF experience as we'll as
younger men in the profession tortt-
~ themselves with a general knowl-
edge OF military affairs. both from
the viewpoint OF the enlisted man
and the civilian.
Coast Guard Service.
( The United States coast guard e1-
\ } bits are OF special educational val
lie to the public at this time. show
Ing as they do the service perform ed
Ey this auxiliary of the navy. The
coast guard service is a merging OF
the revenue cutter and life saving
service. founded by Congress in
1850 on the recommendation OF Alex
ander Hamilton. secretary OF the
treasury.
The exhibitions on the special
train are in charge of officers OF this
branch of the service who explain to
the public the duties of the coast
guard service. Among these officers
and their assistants are men who
have been long on duty in protecting
lives at sea. The coast guard service
may be dttingly described as the ma
tons maritime police force, 1t be-
I ing entrusted with the enforcement
! of the laws OF fishing and navigation
protecting the customs revenue,
warning vessels against danger In
their paths, patrolling the ocean
lines to warn against icebergs, re.
moving wrecks at sea and maintain
ing guard along the coast ready to
I go to the aid of any vessel in dis
/ tress. There is force continuously
on guard in this branch OF the serv.
ice patrolling the coast. ready to &c
TO the assistance of stranded vessels
and TO warn foreign navigators a.
we'll as American seamen OF danger
GUS shoals and reefs.
Along the coasts of the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans, the Gulf Of Mexi.
co and the Great Lakes are located
$50 coast guard stations and house!
of refuge.
The equipment OF the Coast guarc
will be on exhibition during the stay
OF the train in the city to show the
people the means by which 1907
lives were saved and persons rescued
from peril and property to the value
of IL. 100000, including vessels and
cargoes were saved last year.
The coast guard Is composed Of
225 commissioned officers and 2,SSt
warrant and petty officers and en-,
listed men. The officers are educat.
ed at the Coast Guard Academy, New
London, Conn, and are commission,
ed third lieutenants upon graduation
The coast guard service is branch
OF the treasury department and oc,
cupies the advantageous position Of
being a part OF the armed force oil
the government which deyotes Its eff.
forts in times of peace to saving life
and property.
Public Health Service.
4 The exhibit of the health depart
ment tells the complete story, graph.
cally, OF what the government Is do
ing to protect the life and health Of
the people OF the nation and to pro
tect them against the ravages of dis
ease, epidemic and pestilence. Ac-
companying the exhibit is a corps Of
surgeons and experts in sanitation
who will offer suggestions with q
view OF improving the condition Of
health in the communities visited.
Aside from the work of stampint
out epidemics OF various kinds, such
es bubonic plague. typhoid fever
diphtheria and other dangerous dis.
eases, the health service has dtted
UP a series OF exhibits showing the
disease breeding conditions which ar
allowed to exist largely unnoticed un.
I'll serious situations arise. Santa.
ton las been the most importan;
} agency for the prevention of disease
and in this the United States lead.
the world, as is illustrated by the
work its health officers accomplished
in Panama and in other tropical