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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-29

This is by far the largest registration known in the entire history of the Univer- sity of Alabama. The total registration four years ago was 7S5.
 Such growth would in no sense be fit subject for emphasis, if it had not been accompanied by a proper articula- ton of standards to the high school system. For the only sort of growth worth while in any college is growth based on a high quality of service.
 It must be added that we have reached the limit in the matter of numerical growth pending the time when there shall be larger income available for the em- ployment of a larger teaching staff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-29

This year has been distinguished from previous years in many ways. Perhaps the most fruitful distinction is to be found in the size of the graduating classes. Never before has this institu- ton sent out into the service of the state such a great number of young
 men and young women. The value of this contribution to society is beyond computation. It is exceedingly gratify-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-26

boast OF Rock Island Arsenal. There
are ten large stone shops in the gov
eminent plant, operated by electric
power which comes from turbines In
dam thrown across the Mississippi
between the island and the Illinois
shore. It costs Uncle Sam just .OO36
per kilowatt hour to make 3-inch guns
or armored motor cars or saddles or
tin cups. AS tho average family In
the United States pays 10 cents per
kilowatt hour for all of the electricity
1t uses, the cost of this Rock Island
Arsenal power. 2,777 times less, is
seen in Its true perspective. Is 1t any
wonder that Col. George w. Burr,
commandant at the Arsenal. claims
his power is the cheapest Mt any man
ufacturing plant in the United States?
Every bit of power on Arsenal island,
down to pumping water for tho OIL
GERS homes, Is of this same turbine
generated electricity. This Is the only
water-power plant Uncle Sam oper-
ates. Since the Arsenal was founded
In 1862 1t has cost the government
S1,9G9,209. 1t Is valued at S7,0OO,O00.
Tho power dam has AZ openings OF
which only IS are now in use. These
IS openings with present inadequate
equipment produce 1000 horsepower.
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port Of governmental Essen here
surety. No invasion Of the United
States along either coast could imperil
this supply as it could in the case OF
the eastern arsenals..
In october party Of Congressman
were taken through the Arsenal shops
and the waterpower plant. They were
taken into government confidence and
shown Uncle Sans first armored mo-
tor car, his hidden supply of 3-inch
guns, his 5-inch and Z 1-2-inch how
tiers, his new-type anti-air craft guns
and his big supply of munitions which
is rapidly being increased here, un-
known to the general public. These
mon are sitting in Congress now.
In Rock Island Arsenal are already
stored up 700 cannon of the 3inch
field gun type, gun which Colonel
Burr says is far superior to the famous
French "75s." His present plan is to
have 1900 Of these guns ready for any
sudden outbreak of war. Here also
has been constructed Uncle Sans first
armored motor cars. They are $4,000
pound speed trucks, big steel ma
chimes fairly bristling with automatic
guns, the largest of which protrude
from n revolving turret. The car Is
driven by 10Th. P. motor and is
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miles distant from the Pacific coast,
$50 miles from the Gulf Of Mexico
and 400 miles by air line from the
nearest point on tho Canadian Dor
der. A hostile force on the Atlantic
seaboard, Yellow Peril developing
from tho West or an attack by way
of the Panama Canal would have to
struggle over half n continent before
1t reached the Essen OF America II
such great plant were located at
Rock Island.
The present Arsenal nestles on an
island of S92 acres, in the middle of
tho broad Mississippi with high rocky
banks for shore limo and with Its
ten large shops hidden in the center
OF mazo of woodland drives and
forested slopes. 1t lies 1871 miles by
rail from Chicago, 31G miles from the
Missouri river, 332 miles north Of St
Louis and 397 miles south OF st. Paul
This inland Arsenal's availability for
distributing point was forcibly
brought to the attention of the U. s.
war department long ago. For years
materlul mas Deeh sHlppeu HcIe run
other Arsenals, rifles from Springfield,
projectiles from Frankford, and has
then been distributed to tho military
and naval posts. training schools and
National Guard commands from the
Atlantic to the far-away Philippines
The Electric Plant.
Cheapness of production Is proud
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With modern machinery, which could
be Installed at an expense of $4,000.
there could be produced 1000 horse
power. This would reduce the cost to
.O0l9 per kilowatt hour. The cost of
Labor Contcntcd.
Labor conditions In the industrial
community surrounding the Arsenal
are excellent. There has never been
u strike. The government now has in
its employ over 1000 men. The high
water mark on the payroll was reached
during the Spanish-American war
when the list rose within few weeks
from 500 to $500 men.
Near Great Mcssaba Range.
Iron is the principal material of
munition production and but few
hundred miles to the north is the
great Messaba iron range. Montana
copper is comparatively near at hand.
If tho waterpower should ever prove
inadequate there are private hydro
electric plants here that could be
roquisitioned while the Illinois coal
fields are distant but few hours
haul. Behind all Of these mineral re-
sources Is the limitless agricultural
and manufacturing wealth Of the Mid
die West, making the adequate sup
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country from the east to tho west.
The Rhine is crossed by fourteen lines
OF track between Vessel. near the
Holland fronter-a line which also
leads to Belgium, and Basic near the
Swiss border. Railroads run on each
side OF the river and connect with
these cross lInes-a fact which makes
lit possible for Germany to send her
troops to any point in the shortest
possible time. Other lines come in
from all parts OF Germany, connect
ing with the main line. and while OF
secondary Importance by themselves.
dovetail into the great railway sys-
TEN and form important lines of COM
munication.
The German railways have been in
struments OF first importance In every
Russian defeat as they parallel tho
frontier and receive feed lines from
all parts of the Empire; in fact. rail-
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platforms are small. Few Improve
ments have been made in recent years
as France has not kept pace with her
Teutonic neighbor in being ready"
Italy has some twelve thousand
miles of railroad so laid down as to
bind almost her entire frontier by a
rail line fringe. They are we'll man
aged and troops were moved with fair
rapidity.
In England where there is an ex-
cellent railroad system troops were
soon brought together.
All sorts of supply trains are run.
especially in Austria and Germany.
Food is carried in the regulation bag
gage cars, but fiat oars are employed
in transporting aeroplane parts, guns.
etc., and many times an auto car train
is sent out. The machine has wheels
such as can DO used on q railway
track. The same wheels may be run
on dirt roads by the addition of rub
Der tires which are always carried
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Ia now shut down.

Is now shut down.
How the Arsenal could be rapidly
expanded is seen from the fact that
on an island of 896 acres the area
of the shop floor space is but little
over 40 acres and that 40 acres OF
factory floor includes over seven acres
which is now idle because the gov
eminent appropriations are not suffl-
cient to equip 1t with machinery.
The greater part of the island is laid
out in beautiful drives. making 1t one
of the beauty spots along the entire
stretch of the Mississippi river. 1t Is
the paradise of the Automobiles of
tho tri-citles. Part Of 1t Is planted to
corn and to see soldier blowing corn
or moving hay is no uncommon sight.
In fact. the "regs' of such govern
ment posts as Camp Robinson, Wis,
scott at the Rock Island post, saying
one might as well work on farm as
be In the service there. Golf links
cover a great tract Of the Arsenal
island. The greater part Of the entire
island is above high water mark and
is available for factory buildings.
History.
It was on July IL, 1852, that Con-
gress passed the first appropriation Of
100000 which was the first definite
action on the building Of the present
arsenal. The land was first acquired
back in May Of 1916 when a small
army detachment pushed up the Mis-
sissippi river in keel boats and built
a blockhouse. named Fort Armstrong.
to protect the frontier from the Sac
and Fox Indians. During the Civil
war it was military prison, housing
Is, 900 Confederates.
Gen. T. ]. Rodman, inventor Of the
smooth-bore cannon used in the Civil
war, was the man who laid out the
present big. shops when he took COM
mand in 1864. He predicted at thar
time that the Rock Island Arsenal
would eventually be the main manu-
featuring plant Of the United States
army. The building plan was COM
pleted under the command of Gen. D.
w. Flagler by 1886. and since that
time the plant has seen little expan-
sion. AS Colonel Burr, the presen:
commandant, looked over the big
plant on the occasion Of the visit of
the forty Congressman and Senators
here last October, he predicted that
another ten shops would soon BIO built
and that the immense possibilities OF
the island arsenal as foreseen q half
century ago by its founder would soon
be taken advantage Of.
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capable of a speed Of from IS to so
miles per hour. This is but one type
of Uncle Sans new fighting machines
of which the country at large as yet
knows nothing. But to show how in
adequate the munition supply Of the
United States really Is. these 1900
guns which are to be stored up would
only equip an army of 100000 men.
Various Manufacture.
Rock Island Arsenal now manufac-
lures all of the canteens, knapsacks,
knives, forks and spoons, belts, hol-
sters, saddles, brides, artillery har-
ness, tin cups and all of the gun car.
riages caissons, limbers, battery wag-
ons FORCES for the 3-inch gun bat
teries Many of the 3-inch, 5-inch
and 7 1-2-inch howitzers are also made
here From here comes all of the
personal and horse equipment for the
army, a diversity Of products that
would astound the average American,
who has perhaps never heard Of this
inland workshop Of Uncle Sam hidden
in the Middle of the Mississippi river
on beautiful park-like island.
To an advocate of preparedness, one
of the strange things in connection
with Rock Island Arsenal is that 1t
has more shops than are now being
used. There are ten large shop build
ings, eight of which are three stories
and basement. Eight Of these shops
now in use have floor space of 2s.S
acres. The two not in use have a
floor space Of seven acres. There are
four large stone storehouses which
bring the total floor space to 40.S
acres. The small arms plant at which
1926 rifles per day were formerly made
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are feeders for the trains to Paris
and Bordeaux where those who are
severely wounded are sent. THESE
French hospital trains are for tho
most part the best passenger coaches
fitted with hunks, and although they
are not as fine and certainly not as
sanitary as those used by the Ger
mans, they serve their purpose so well
that more than eighty per cent OF the
wounded sent to the hospitals In this
manner recover.
Even in Egypt hospital trains come
in bringing the wounded from the
Dardanelles. These are British Red
Cross trains made up of passenger
coaches from which the seats have
been removed and hunks built In The
many windows make these cars very
comfortable for q hot climate.
Bath Trains.
Perhaps the most unique train OF
the present war Is what Is known as
the bath train" of the Russian
army-a sort of combination bath and
sterilzlng section with special de-
partment for destroying parasites. The
trains. of which there are three, each
capable of giving three thousand SOL
diers daily bath, are lighted by cleo
tricity and heated by steam. The
bathrooms are provided with hot
water from the locomotive boiler, two
extra tanks being carried, also an
electric pump by means Of which
water can be drawn into the tanks
from nearby streams. The baths are
of the steam and shower variety,
While the soldier is enjoying his bath
his clothes are being sterilized,
cleaned of parasites and mended.
So, with every phase of warfare the
railroad plays its part, from bringing
tho men in from the rural districts
and sending them to the front, gath
ering together tho great engines OF
destruction and hauling them to the
battlefield for their deadly work, to
the mizsion of mercy in CARRYING tn"
helpless and wounded to the hospitaN
with all possible speed. thus increas-
ing their chances for recovery.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-26
Wol1oSoATT21-LI25N
90 &zT30 I1am Che
LAroAneLIS1
Without the Aid Of Rail-
roads Few Battles Could
Be Won = Their Great
Value To the Warning
Nations Of Europe.
Copyright, 1915. by The International
Syndicate.

~HE military necessities of the
III present-day warfare make
a greater demand upon railroad
~ facilities than the wars in days
gone by. In former times roads could
BE utilized to some advantage in the
absence OF more rapid transportation,
but now 1t Is entirely different. The
huge guns, with their delicate mech
anism. could scarcely be moved at ali
along the ordinary highway, to say
nothing of the delay in using this
mode OF travel. Quick mobilization,
the assembling with rapidly of all
the instruments of modern warfare,
make the railroad one Of the chief
agencies of success in the campaign.
Without the railroad the present war
in Europe could never have assumed
the proportions it did in so short a
t,me-in fact, it Is doubtful II It could
ever have made much progress by
means Of other channels Of communi-
cation. ~.
i All the railroads on the Continent
are owned and operated by the re-
spectlve governrae=.=. consequently
when these governments needed trans
portation for their troops the rights
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-26
as the car must be in readiness to
leave the railroad at any point.
Hospital Trains.

And here again the railroad plays
its part in war, for the newer hospital
trains are perfect wonders in their
completeness. These cars are the evo-
Luton of tho hospital car used in our
Civil War, and later developed by the
French and Germans during the war
OF 1870, and made moro perfect by
the English during the Boer war OF
fifteen years ago. AS far back as 1887
Germany had Committees for the
TRANSPORTATION of the Sick" and hos
pital trains. Only few of the cars
were in existence at the beginning Of
the war and until others could be COM
pleted every sort OF car from a first
class passenger coach to freight car
was quickly furnished with hunks or
cots for the accommodation of the
wounded, but these old cars have been
gradually supplanted by the new hos
pital or ambulance cars especially on
trains running from the front to the
base hospitals at Cologne, Hanover,
Coblenz and Berlin. They are perfect
models of sanitation with their con-
crete floors and enamel furnishings
Tho cots are arranged for special cases
and operations are performed en-
route. There is a spotlessly clean
kitchen where all sorts of food can
be prepared at the doctors orders
Medical supplies and appliances Of
every variety are carried together with
corps of surgeons, nurses and cooks.
There is telephone communication
between the cars by which doctor or
nurse may be called at any time-ln
fact, the trains are flrst-class hos.
pitfalls in themselves, the aim of the
ambulance service being to transport
the wounded to the base hospitals with
the same celebrity and safety as when
placing fresh troops in the field.
The French, too, have an up-to-
date hospital train service. Their am
balances, with heating apparatus
and traction engine which is said to
be able to conquer the toughest roads,
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vAVAW OH Ah iuSluitt SCbIS, Dulltl
Wv the great munition plant that
Is to make him feared and respected
in these days of factory-made war?
Statesmen, business mon and military
students declare that without an I'M
limited supply of guns and shells no
great nation can now dare to fight
another. And they also hold that the
government ought to be independent
of private munition plants.
Germany had her Essen and Aus
tria her great Skoda workshops when
the present war broke out, and these
two factories, even moro than the
wonderful Prussian military organlza-
ton, are responsible for the success
of Teutonic arms. Where, then, is
America?
"At Rock Island Arsenal on the
Mississippi river" says the Great Mid
die West. And II the East coast with
its highly developed manufacturing
Industries should ask-Why, the East
with It's Watervliet Arsenal on tho
Hudson, its Watertown Arsenal near
Boston and Frankford Arsenal ut
Philadelphia. the Middle West an
swers:
An ideal location making attack by
any foreign power impossible.
The best possible central distrlbut
ing point to all parts of the United
States.
The cheapest power of any manu.
featuring plant in the country.
The fact that Rock Island Arsenal is
right now Uncle Sans largest manu-.
featuring plant and experimental shop
with over 1000 men employed daily
Location OF Rock Island.
Rock Island Arsenal is 900 miles
from the Atlantic Seaboard, 100
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roads paralleling the front both on
the east and west OF Germany have
been their greatest asset.
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of the civilian traveller were entirely
Gcrmany's strategic Railroads.

Germany was particularly fortunate
in having thirty-seven thousand miles
of railroad, the majority OF which are
double tracked, and in many cases
having four parallel tracks. Added
to this. their system Of running trains
Is about as near perfect as possible,
for every one OF these lines has n
through express service. The trains
arrive and depart with promptness
which operated favorably in the quick
transportation of troops and aided
materially in the mobilization of the
German army. which, rs everyone
knows. was accomplished in a few
days.
While the whole Empire is n perfect
network of railways, the most impor-
tant lines are those which CROSS the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-01-26
Russian Railroads Poor.

RUSSIAN ItallrOuuS fOOr'
Lack of railway facilities has been
one of the disadvantages Of Russia.
Although this land is ten times the
size OF Germany it has less railway
mileage. For the most part tho Rus
sian railroads are far flung trunk lines
running on uncertain tracks. The
Land of the Bear nowhere has any
thing corresponding to the interweav-
ing railway nets of Germany. Trans
portation in most parts OF Russia,
even in time OF peace, is both difficult
and dangerous, for even tho main
roads leading into the cities are very
bad.
Railways of Franco and Italy.
Franco has a fairly good railway
system, but few OF tho tracks are
double and the loading and unloading
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IHe M~o Gw/5z9gor
Rock Island Arsenal To-
Gated in the Middle Of
the Broad Mississippi
Which Uncle Sam Will
Probably Develop As a
Rival To Essen and
Skoda.
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BY C. d. BACON.

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Evening journal., 1916-03-07
mrs. B. Peterson
TESTIFIES IN
husbands favor
Wilmington Lady Tells How
She Brought Her HuS-
band Back to Health and
Strength.

Quite a gathering of people were
standing around the Lax-a-Tone man
at Millers Drug Store, 4O4 Market
street. when he said: That lady that
just handed me her testimony is Mrs.
b. Peterson, who lives at 203 South
Harrison street, this city She writes
me as follows:
My husband has had kidney, stomach
and liver trouble for the past is years,
caused by eating cold lunches, as he
works at night. He has been in miser-
able condition and could get no relief.
His stomach would get sour and acid.
and his liver torpid He would have
dreadful headaches and bloat up with
gas, and feel tired out and miserable
all the time. / was at loss what to
do to help him. when read of a
friend of mine who was helped by
Herbal LaX-a-TOne and | decided to
try it, and I AM glad / did as Mr..
Peterson has recovered and feels Just
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remedy to all.
Many people in Wilmington have
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and it has performed wonders and
will continue to do so. We have con-
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merit, and no one can go wrong that
gives this tonic Of unusual merit a
/ trial. If you are recovering from the
/ grip and want something that will
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Evening journal., 1916-03-07
THAT nOYER POW.

From the Middletown Transcript.
Our brethren in Dover, ~ the In
deN and the State News, have
kicked up a big row over the morals
CT their town-in fact. have aired
such a quantity Of soiled linen that
the whole State is shifting it,
As if the hammer and tongs scrap
between these two journals we're not
enough, an anonymous circular was
spread all over town last Friday. that
set the whole community by the ears.
Charges of various kinds are being
freely made. they say. both in this
circular and in the press. against
certain officials, tin something like a
social pandemonium must be prevail
ing i'm the Capital town.
This stabbing in the dark With un-
signed circulars is seldom proper; the
better plan is tn formulate precise
charges. naming the offence and the
offender and then let the truth or
falsity Of the charges clearly appear
The present tactics arouse faction and
bitterness, and never get anywhere.
Evening journal., 1916-03-07
GROCERs TO MEET.

READING, March THE Tristate
Association of Wholesale Grocers,
composed of large dealers in food
stuffs throughout Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Delaware. will meet in
Reading. Pa, tomorrow and Thurs
day It is expected that the con-
vention will bring about 500 visitors
to Reading. Among the visitors are
expected sugar refners and other food
manufacturers Of importance.
A list Of the officers of the associ-
alton follows: President, James
Hewitt. Philadelphia; first vice-presi-
dent. John T. Porter, of John T. Por-
ter Company. Scranton; second vice
president. Array Davies, of the II. G.
Tombler Grocery Company. Easton I;
third vice-president. J. H. Blackwell,
of J. Fl. Blackwell and Sons. Trenton,
n. j.; treasurer, Charles Y. Fox. Gith-
ens-ReXsamer and Company, Phila-
delphia.