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The Adopted Child
NJ. F. Guyer in the July Mothers Mag
 aZine

M. F. Guyer, in the July Mothers Mag
 aZine.
 The greatest danger in adopting child of unknown antecedents is that it may prove to be of feeble minded, epileptic or insane stock, or be tainted with one of the dread venereal diseases which blast the mind and blight the body and are a menace to all with whom the little victim may come in contact The dangers that arise out of some of the forms of mental inn pairment may be appreciated when we realize that an enormous proportion of our inebriates, paupers, prostitutes, and criminals have their condition rooted in some degree of mental un- soundness. It is obvious that children of unknown percentage offer great risks of degeneracy of this kind. A recent investigation by children's so- ciety in one of our large cities re- vealed the fact that many of the chill dren offered through the columns of the newspapers for adoption were of illegitimate birth and very frequently were tainted with some form of vene- real disease.
 We should be alert, however, to dis crminate between being well born in the worldly sense and in the eugenic sense Although it is true that the de- generacy of some stocks is shown by their poverty, there are many children of the best inheritance. eugonics-lly speaking. whose parents have fallen upon untoward circumstances which deprive the children of their natural protectors. Many a man there is who has been too high minded and generous to gain a competence in the shrewd and cruel ways of modern competition, and because of this. children of the best blood are left unprovided for So, indulgence does not necessarily spell bad blood. Such traits as freedom from susceptibility to certain diseases, ab- sence of violent temper. freedom from nervous maladjustments. in short, healthy normal constitution, tends more than any other factor to good moral traits
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COPPERS DEFEATED
 BY WIREMAKERS

The American Steel and Wire Baseball team defeated the Police Baseball team in a slow game of ball yesterday afternoon at Fairfield The score was to in favor of the Wire boys
 This game was one of the worst the Police team has played this season. Tom Glover, shortstou for the "Coppers,' was taken sick in the game, which weakened the team to a great extent The Amer ican Steel and Wire team used three pitchers, while the Police used two.
 The features of the game were the hit ting of Wagner and Glover and the field ing of Ellis and Wagner for the Cop pers.'' The hitting of Click for Wire mill team also featured. The box score:
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All in One Sentence

From the Queen City (Mo) Transcript
 MT. Heaton, the tailor, on Tuesday was fixing the stovepipe in his place of busi- ness and was standing on a plank about eight or 10 feet from the floor and one end was projecting over the support not resting on anything, and while he was working at the pipe some one opened the door and MT Heaton turned around to look and not thinking stepped on the end of the plank that tilted. throwing MT. ,Heaton first onto the stove and then on the cement floor. severely injuring his hip, which was fractured just how much we do not know, but evident hc will be laid up for sometime.
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White Sox Bunch Hits

Chicago. June 17.-Chicago punched hits off Ruth today and shut out Boston, to O. The locals outhit the visitors two to one, with Jackson leading the attack with three hits and walk in four times up. Benz weakened in the sixth inning and with men on second and third and none out Danforth took the mound and retired the side Score: R.H. E. Boston ................. coo 000 O00-0 ? Chicago ............ GOO 210 O2~-5 10 1
 Batteries: Ruth and Thomas, Agnew; Benz, Danforth and Schalk
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CRACKERS POUND
 HOLMQUIST HARD

Atlanta, June 17.-Cracker batsnen pounded two Little Rock pitchers for 17 hits in today's game, which the To- calls won, 13 to l. Outfielder Thrasher hit safely each of the four times he went to bat, getting a triple, two bagger and two singles. First Basen an Munch hit home run with rlan on base Outfielder Jacobsen for Little Rock batted out three safe hits. two of them triples. Little Rocks run came as the result of a single and an error. The eooro.
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Philadelphia, June 17-A wonderful running catch by Griffith of a drive by Whitted with two men out and two run ners on the bases in the ninth inning prevented Philadelphia from taking a to o victory from Cincinnati today The only run was scored by Groh with a homer in the first inning. Score:
 R. H. E. Cincinnati ....... 100 900 OO0-1 2 Philadelphia .......... 900 O00 0O0-0 l Batteries: Toney and Wingo; Demaree, McQuillan and Burns, Killifer.
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Summary: Two-ba hits, Brennan, Thrasher. Three-base hits, Jacobsen 2, Thrasher Home run Munch Double plays, Barbare to Wares to Rumler; Wares to Barbare to Gibson. Sacrifice hit, Moran. Stolen base. McMi1lan. Struck out. Brennan 3, Holmquist g.. Bases on balls. Holmquist 2, Powell 8, Brennan 1. Ten hits and runs eff Holmquist in 5 innings Time, :43. Ur- pires, Hart and Bernhard.
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Some miscellaneous figures on th Southern league teams through lh games played Wednesday, June II might prove of interest and some ar, presented hereWith:
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SACRIFICE HITS

Atlanta leads the Southern league teams in sacrifice hits with 110 The
 others are: New Orleans 90 Memphis S5, Nashville 78 Little Rock IS, Chatta- =
 l nooga 75, Mobile 5S, Birmingham, 49
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American Association

At Minneapolis: Minneapolis Fl, Louis- vile 0-0.
 At Kansas City: Kansas City 4, Colum- bus g.
 At St. Paul: St. Paul A. Indianapolis 5.
 At Milwaukee,: Milwaukee 0-4. Toledo H-5
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Tigers Take Third Straipht

Detroit, June 17.-Detroit made it three straight from Philadelphia today, Myers unsteady pitching and six errors behind him aiding the Tigers to to 3 victory Myers issued nine bases on balls, three of which became runs. Cunningham pitched excellently after the second in ming. Score: R. H. E. Philadelphia ............ 020 GOO O10-3 8 6 Detroit .................. O03 021 O1*-7 ' l
 Batteries: Myers and Schang; Cunning ham and Stanage
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LEAGUE LEADERS
 DEFEAT THE GULLS

Mobile, June T.-Hollingsworth, a youngster, was unsteady with men on bases and gave up nine hits. Nashville defeating Mobile today, score, to 2. El-
 lis pitched fine ball for the league leaders and was never in serious danger of being beaten. Marshall was struck in the face with pitched ball in the seventh inning and forced to retire from the game Score.
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PASSED RAILS

Atlanta. Nashville and New Orleans catchers have made the least passed balls, each. The others are Mobile G. Memphis 7 Birmingham z, hatta- Ecoga g, Little Rock 10.
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BASES ON BALLS

New Orleans batsmen have secured the most free tickets to first, 190. The others are: Little Rock 1S5. Birming- ham 179 Nashville 175, Memphis 174, Atlanta 172. Chattanooga 16S. Mobile 116.
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Insurance a Luxury
From Ca

From Case and Comment.
 To an old darlSy haled before him, a southern judge put this question:,
 "Why did you burn your house down just after getting it insureG?"
 Whereupon the darky replied:
 "Yo' honah, pore man like me cant afford to have house and insurance. too"
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TRAVELLERS BEST sLUGGERs

Little Rock leads the Southern league teams in slugging through the gares played Wednesday, June IA, with 567 total bases on their hits. New Orleans is second and Atlanta third. Little ROCK leads in triples and homers ard New Orleans in doubles and extra bases. ho
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HIT BATSMEN

Mobile pitchers have hit the most betsmen, 2S. The others are: Chatta- nooga 25. Atlanta 22, Memphis 20 New Orleans IS. Little Rock IT, Ma shville IF, Birmingham 13.
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WILD PITCHES

Mobile hurlers have made the most wild pitches, 23 The others are: At lanta 20. Chattanooga IS. Little Rock 14, Birmingham IS. Nashville 10, Mem phis g. New Orleans T.
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STOLEN RAISES

Birmingham leads in stolen bases with 79. The others are: Little Rock ID, Nashville 73. Memphis 67, New Or leans 63, Atlanta 5S. Chattanooga 5S, Mobile 48
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BARONS POOR FEEDERS

Nashville leads the Southern league teams in fielding through the gar es played Wednesday, June IA. with an av- craze of .971. Chattanooga is second and Atlanta third. Here are the fig
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International League

At Baltimore: Baltimore 5-6, Richmond '-7
 At Rochester: Rochester 1-2, Buffalo 3-S. At Montreal: Montreal-Toronto, rain. At Providence: Providence-Newark,
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TRAVELERS STILL LEADING LEAGUE
 AS BEST H|TTERS
Barons Batting .252-Lead- ing in Stolen Bases, But
 Rank Low in Fielding

Lott1e Rock leads the Southern league teams with the stick throl gh the games played Wednesday, June If, with an average of .276. Atlanta IS second with .271 and Chattanooga third with 261 Here arc the fiyuree.
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Summary: Hits apportioned, Coving- ton, 4, with 2 runs in inning (none out in second); R. Walker 4, with 4 runs in g innings. Two-base hit, Messenger. Three-base hit, Bluhm. Sacrifice hits, Pitler, Sylvester. Stolen bases, Harris, Bluhm. Struck out, F. Walker 2, R. Walker 5. Base on balls, E. Walker 8,
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DOUBLE PLAYS

Nashville leads in double plays with 41. The others are: Birmingham 70, Atlanta 39, Mobile 39, Memphis 37, New Orleans 34, Chattanooga S3, Little Rock 26.
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STRIKE-OUTs

Mobile and Little Rock Batsmen have famed the least, whiting but AZ times. The others are: Birmingham 162 Chat tanooga 166. Atlanta 168, Memphis I'll, New Orleans I'll. Nashville 191
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Senators Down Browns

St. Louis, June 17-Washington won from St. Louis today, to ?. Harper was a puzzle to the locals until the sixth, when three straight singles netted run and forced him to give way in the seventh to Gallia, when Hartley, first up, walked. Score: R.H.E Washington ............ 100 POI O01-5 Ii 1 St. Louis ............... 900 OO1 0O1--2 10 o
 Batteries: Harper Gallia and Henry Groom, Weiman and Hartley.
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Summary: Two-base hits, Wagner and Glover Stolen bases, Gallagher, Click 2, Albert, Ellis 8, Wagner ?. Double plays, Click to Albert to Harris to Walton Brown to Henry. Hit by pitched ball, Gallagher by Hudgins. Struck out Wire Mill 14, Police 5. Time of game, 2:30. Um- pire, Glover. Attendance, 250
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
STANDING

Games Today New York at Cleveland. Philadelphia at Detroit Washington at St. Louis. Boston at Chicago
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Tanks Defeat Indians

Cleveland, O., June 17.-New York won from Cleveland, 5 to B. today, scoring the winning run in the fifth when High doubled, Peckinpaugh tripled and Pipp doubled. Score: R. H. E. Cleveland .............. 200 900 100-3 8 { New York ....,. Oil O2O 010-5 q
 Batteries: Bagby, Coumbe, Coveleskie and O'Neill; Shawkey and Nunamaker.
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61 TOURNEYS THIS WEEK

The 31 tournaments this week take place in F states, practically from coast to coast Pennsylvania, Illinois and Iowa vii, stage four tournaments each, Min nesota, Indiana and Maryland, Oklahoma and South Dakota, two each, and Mon, tana, Kansas, Ohio, Wisconsin, Tennes- see, Louisiana, North Carolina, New York and Massachusetts one each.
 There will be 5000 in added money in the Minnesota championship shoot, which will be conducted on the Rochester Gun club traps. The Rose system will be used. A number of special events will take place each day, for which many trophies have been contributed One of the special events will be team shoot five men to team, each man shooting at 100 targets. Team shooting is getting to be quite an event. It is competi- ton that makes for better sportsman ship.
 Quite a number of tournaments above the average are listed during the week. also. The Twin City club, in Mime apols is having it's first tournament and is awarding great number or trophies and considerable cash to in will be used. The Warsaw. Ind, Gun club is stalking it's fourth tournament and the Marysville, Kan, Gun club is showing for the first time. The Hayti Gun club and Protective association of Hayti, s. D.. are having the Topper wen's at their tournament and this at- traction should appeal to the sportsmen of that section. The Billings, Mont, Gun club is giving $500 in trophies and cash for it's fourth shoot In the last four shoots mentioned the Jack Rabbit sys- tenn will be used. The Midland Empire handicap at 50 targets will be the big event in the Billings shoot
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R. Walker G. Wild pitch, E. Walker 2, R. Walker 1. Double play, Thomas to Blum. Time, 2. Empires, Pfenninger and Williams.
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TWO TRAPSHOOT|NG !. CHAMPIONS MAKE A PERFECT SCORE Heil of Pennsylvania and Burmeister of Illinois Ran Off 100 Without Miss CHAMPIONS MAKE
 GREAT SHOWING Nine of Thirteen State Champions Have Broken 97 or More-Tour- naments to Take Place This
 Week in Seventeen States
 
THE 1916 CHAMPIONS

By PETER F. CARNEY
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Summary: Two base hits, Schmidt Dodge, Cavet Lee. Sacrifice hits, Shee- han, Baker. Sacrifice fly, Ellis Stolen bases, McDowell, Holly Sheehan, Baker, Kores. Struck out, Hollingsworth l, El- lis 3. Base on balls, Hollingsworth 3, Ell lis g. Hit by pitcher, Hollingsworth (Mar- shalD. Passed ball, street. Time 1:5O Empires, O'Toole and Bernhard.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
STANDING
Games Today
Great Catch Stops Rally

St. Louis at Cincinnati No other games scheduled.
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The above listed champions are only few of those who will participate in the event to decide the amateur cham pionship of America under the auspices
 of the Interstate Association for the
 Encouragement of Trapshooting in St
 Louis late in August. Only the win
 ners of state championships can par
 ticipate in this event. which like tht
 championship event in the states vii
 be at 100 targets. This competition
 brings the best amateur shots in Amer ica together and the winner is unques
 tionab'y the best shot in the land-as far as the amateurs go. There is lit
 tie difference, though, in the ability o1
 the professional and amateur shot these
 days.
 It will be noted that two of thu
 champions in the above list have per
 feet scores and that every champion ship has been won by a score over 90
 Thus far 2S state tournaments have
 been conducted and two more are or
 the taps for the week at hand. Mime. sota and Massachusetts will stage tht tournaments. The former will be 6
 three-day affair and the latter will bt
 on for two days. c. L. Osborn wor the Massachusetts tournament in 1914 with 96 breaks and E. A. Staples cap
 tured the title in 1915 with 98. Int
 Minnesota tournament in 1914 was wor
 by F. A. Richter with 9S breaks ant F. S. Novotny won tbe honors last veal with 96. It is seldom that champion re peats, but Tom Hale of Tennessee is ar exception to the rule. He has just wor the Tennessee title for the third sue cessive year.
 Beside the two championships listet this week 29 other tournaments are reg istered. This is the fourth successive week that 31 tournaments have been reg istered, which means that 124 tourna ments under interstate association su
 pervision will take place in one month.
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Hit for HoIIingsWorth IT ninth,
 s*Ran for Marshall in seventh.
 Score by innings; Nashville ........................ 001 120 100--5 Mobile .......................... 600 100 010-2
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'Two out when winning run scored.

Totals ........ 3S 5 10 30 Slit for R. Walker in ninth.
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-19
GREGORY. MO.
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Levee work which was progressing
so nicely. has almost stopped on ac-
count OF cold weather.
Mrs. John Foley, Mrs. A. E. Banks
and Glen Day are all on the sick list
with bad colds.
Pete Dell is some better at this
thine. but is very poorly with heart
trouble.
Lark Webster and family were visi-
tors at Clint Walkers Sunday even
ing
Miss May Wright, our teacher
here. is to have an entertainment at
the church Friday night.
Clarence Denmire, wife and daugh-
ter of Montrose. were visitors at Elsa
Days Sunday.
Mrs. Byron Severn and son Rob-
ert of near Canton were visiting her
father Mr.. Hack Reed. last Thurs
day.
Butchering is the style here just
now. Several families have that job
on hands.
o. ]. Klusmeir. our agent here,
is now taking his vacation. He and
his wife are going to Arkansas for
few weeks.
Miss Elsie Anderson was a Keo
kuk visitors last Thursday night.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-19
DON'T RISK NEGLECT

Don't neglect constant bacsache.
sharp, darling pains or urinary dis
orders. The danger OF dropsy or
Brights disease is too serious to
ignore. Use Deans Kidney Pills as
have your friends and neighbors. A
Keokuk case.
D. C. Crowley, SIS Bank street,
Keozuk, says: My trouble was
caused by riding in the train while
raiiroading My kidneys were inact-
i've and l. had dull pains across my
back and loins. I used Deans Kid
ney Pills. procured from McGrath
Bros Drug Co. and they relieved the
trouble and put my kidneys in good
order
Price SOC. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Deans Kidney Pflls-the same that
Mr.. Crowley had. Foster-Milburn
Co. Props. Buffalo. " Y.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-19
The Christmas Tree Of Thoughts

Inc Christmas Tree OF thoughts
Now come NEAR, my children,
Draw close To the fire.
And I'll tell you story | see
Written plain in the cleaning
Red flames upward leap:
A tale OF our loved Christmas tree
In forsst~called Thoughts,
This Christmas tree grew,
Its roots IN loves soil buried deep
And the life-giying sap Of
Unselfsh desires
Ever green. doth this Christmas tres
keep
On irs branches are hung
Mes. wonderful gifts
OF gratitude. kindness and joy:
And the light from its tapers
VIII never wax dim.
Since their fame has no mortal alioy
So come near, uly children.
And see now with me
The tree in the bright burning fire.
Let the vision burn deep in
Your hearts and your minds:
Let its beauty your Christmas inspire
Josephine Robinsoa.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-12-19
There is no better ornament for the ignor
ant than silence, and did he lucknow this he
would not be ignorant.-Sadi.
WILL, NOT REENLIST.

The greatest and richest republic the earth
has ever known. this nation of one hundred
million people and unlimited potentialities,
has not a regular army big enough to defend
one of its borders against bandits Worse than
that no way of raising an adequate army is in
ssht--no sensible. satisfactory way in which
congress is likely to agree.
The HAY law to federaGze the national guard
broke down the moment it was tried. Wise
men knew that il would. and It is doubtful if
the men who passed it had any confidence that
it would work. What they did apparently be-
heve. however. was that their ramshackle
structure would not so soon be put TO the test
and might never be. \ sham device is good
enough if no one knows that it is worthless and
it is never used
Three Illinois regiments of the national
guard having returned from service in Texas
were asked to re-enlst under the Hay law for
term of six years. They went to the front
about one Thousand strong each regiment: but
of these nearly three thousand guardsmen only
eight hundred and tllirty-nine men and one
hundred and tiftv-two officers stayed in the
service. The conclusion is unavoidable that
these state organizations will dwindle and dis
appear unless their old status is restored They
were useful for home service in local euergen-
ces, hut men cannot and will not leave their
business and their families for half year in
order to do police duty in frontier camps.
What is to be done? Nobody knows, nor is
1t plain what can be done The logical thing is
CONSUMPTION and recognition of the universal
liability of able bodied citizens for military
service This would be democratic and fair.
the obligation of citizenship resting equally on
all, 1t is also argued with force that the
training. schooling. discipline gained in year
with the colors are of inestimahe value to the
citizen. and that such service would be well
worth while if our country was never to have
another war, But various people for various
reasons object 10 this. Of their foolish arsu-
mentS being that il would make q militaristic
nation Of Us. OF course it is just as sane to con-
tend that II would make pugiist and bully
Of a hoy to give him gymnasium training But
aSSumir/ that universal service is irnnractic-
able, unless events shall force il on Us as they
have on England. two courses only would seem
TO remain. Either we must get along without
an army or we must offer recruits such ad-
yAntages Of training and schooling such nav
and prospects Of promotion make army life
desirable career or preparation for career
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Voice Of the People

1.-THE Gate City does not assume re-
sD0nsi6iiity fof views expressed by
Writers OF communi-
cations must furnish their names
not necessarily for publication, but
for the information of the editof.]
To the Editor Of The Gate City:
! think your readers know that
great numbers of Americans are serv-
ing in the armies of Europe now en-
gagged in war end in the French army
there is an ambulance corps made up
of young men from this country under
an organization at the head Of which
is "A. Piatt Andrews, form erly a pro-
fessor at Harvard and at one time
assistant United State streasurer.
The drivers of these cars are from
the great schools of this country.
Harvard, Yale, etc, and it need not
be said that they face dangers as
bravely as an trained soldier. One of
them was killed by a bomb dropped
on his car and was buried with mill
tary honors and the funeral Grafton
over his grave was spoken by a
French officer and l think it so fine
that l quote it in part:
Barely graduated from Dartmouth
college I. he died like Chevalier
de la Renaissance. like an American.
Driver Richard Hall. you are
laid to rest here. in the shadow Of
the ttri-colored flag, beside all these
brave fellows. whose gallantry you
have emulated
you are justly entitled to make
one of their consecrated battalion.
Your body alone, gloriously mutt
lated, disappears; your soul has as
cended to God; your memory remains
in our hearts, unperishable. French
men do not forget. Driver Richard
Hall-farewell''
K.
Keokuk, Iowa, Dec. IS, 1916.
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If, for example young soldiers were taught
some trade of their choice and We're able 70
save few hundred dollars year with whlcn
to start in business at the end of their term
of service we should be able to enlist and mann.
tain that highly efficient army OF quarter OF
million men or more which sensible people
know that our nation needs.