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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-07
Official Bed Tape.

A man sem 10 cents in postage
stamps to the patent office at Washing
ton for two copies of a patent. The
stamps were returned with a letter
saying that currency must be sent. The
man sent a dime and at the end Of a
week was informed that the copies Of
the patent were exhausted and that
the treasury department would return
his money. A week later the treasury
department advised him that it would
take three weeks to audit his account
and refund his 10 cents. The nan had
spent 6 cents for postage and the gov
eminent twice as much Leslies
Weekly.
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"If all of the national guatd could
be summoned in the event of war and
should all respond ian. inconceivable
result and if they were all found fair
ly efficient in the first line-that is, the
troops who would be expected imme-
diately to take the ield-we could
summon q force in this country of reg
ulars and national guard amounting to
isis officers and 159,492 mem"
The plan, approved by the war de-
aartment, for the organization of four
field armies of three divisions each,
which plan gives the number of troops
of all arms that each state would be
called upon to provide Immediately for
the national defense in the event of a
national crisis, has been transmitted
to the national guard commanders.
Doubling the National Guard.
The plan which has been transmitted
to the national guard commanders con-
templates al army, including regulars
and militia, of 316,264 men, which
means almost doubling the present
force of the national guard.
Under present laws and arrange.
ments the federal government has
about reached its limit of effectiveness
in dealing with the forty-eight sepa.
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trained soldiers. From among these
efficient men there will be selected I'M
der the admirable new volunteer army
law the first and second lieutenants
and the captains of entirely new COM
panies recruited among the morgan
lied national guardsmen. These new
commissioned officers will be efficient
privates or active corporals and SER
geants from the ranks of the national
guard regiments.
Thus with the standing national
guard regiments recruited to war
strength, which Is easily double the
peace strength, and thousands Of guard
noncommissioned officers scattered
through the new volunteer regiments
of the same territorial sections as COM
missioned officers Of companies, ma
tional guard efficiency will be exerted
over a force estimated at 100000 to
100000 men.
Major General Organ, commanding
the national guard of New York state,
in a recent article declared that the
militia today is 100 per cent better than
at the time of the Spanish-American
war and that the time to talk of a mill
tia camp as a place for revel and frolic
is past. He goes on to say:
"This question of our national de-
Tense SINNERS down to a necessity for
more militia, properly organized and
trained, and to a system of reserves for
the army and the militia. Twelve di-
visions comprising about 100000. men
would be the ideal number. To create
such a fighting machine would involve
comparatively little expense. The pri-
mary result would be an adequate
army. But the result would be much
more than that. 1t would mean a
backbone Of quiet patriotism and a
knowledge of what var means. The
latter would make any half baked pop
ular demand for war less possible"
Opinions of Governors.
The question of increasing the mill
tia forces of the country is one that
has been the subject of much contro-
versy of late. Recently the New York
Times submitted this question to a
number of governors Of various states.
Most Of the governors sent answers
advocating an increase of the militia
forces. In his reply Governor Walsh
Of Massachusetts says:
Additional militia troops to the num-
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-07

Der of 100000 men should be organized
to make up the deficiency In the differ
7eat branches of the service, so that
tactical divisions throughout the coun-
try would be complete. A campaign of
publicity should be begun at once In
this country, in order to aequaint
Americans with the militia and to IN
form them of its needs"
Governor Willis of Ohio v
"For state purposes the Ohio ma
tional guard carries probably enough
units to take are of n internal or
local difficulties, but as an integral
part of a national defense it would be
the part of wisdom to increase the
units not only in this state, but in all
other states. To accomplish this fed
eral assistance and federal control and
supervision to a greater degree are nee
essary.
"Our national form Of government is
such as to make It unwise to maintain
a large standing army. 1t Is also true
that national preparedness for defense
Is a question that cannot lightly be
turned aside or overlooked. 1t is ire
mendously important that u govern
ment take reasonable and prompt steps
to acquire a reasonable sized, mobile,
trained soldiery. This can be accom-
plished quickly, more easily and
more properly, also with less expense,
through the national guard of the coun-
try than In any other way yet thought
Of and suggested"
The secretary Of war In his last rr
port says:
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The report (1914) Of the secretary OF
wal gives a total Of 1923 officers and
11o,9S7 enlisted men.
It is al error to suppose that the
nominal strength Of the national guard
is all there is to it for effectiveness. A
peace strength Is recognized and also
al emergency or war strength. For
instance, the ten company regiment Of
peace Is increased to twelve compa-
MES for war, and the fifty to sixty men
company is recruited up to 100 men.
Then there is what may be called an
untabulated or unassigned reserve,
comprising men who have had n to
three years training In the guard and
have been discharged, but consider
themselves members of the guard and
win volunteer to join their former reg
iment or any guard regiment not filed
to the maximum. This gives cohesion
to the force, the partially trained drop
ping in alongside Of the thoroughly
trained men.
How Militia 10 Differed.
L Is safe to say that the national
guard can muster within a few days
upward Of 100000 well and partially
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-07
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
Marine National Bank

at Wildwood, in the State of New Jersey, at
the close of business tune 30. 1916:
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts................. s63S, 951 50
Overdrafts, secured and unsecured. Dol 30
us. Bonds to secure circulation -. $4,000 90
Bonds other than Us. bonds
pledged to secure postal
savings deposits............ 11,0O0 90
Securities other than u. s.
bonds n OF including
stocks)owned unpledged 20,122 SO
- Sl,l22 80
Stocks, other than Federal Reserve
Bank stock ........................ ........ s,4OO 90
Subscription of stock OF
Federal Reserve bank. 5000 90
Less amount unpaid..... 1850 90
- 1850 90
Value OF banking house Qf unen-
cumbered) ~..~.......n~...m 49,. 5000 90
Furniture and fixtures ...."........ 1852 so
Net amount due from Federal Re-
serve Bank.."~-...m........... 1900 SO
Net amount due from APP
proved reserve agents
in New York, Chicago
and st. Louis............ 56,004 81
Net amount due from ap-
proved reserve agents in
other reserve cities-.-.. 1851 96
Checks on banks in the same city or
town as reporting bank -. 900. l,l39 AZ
fractional paper currency, nickels
and 1859 D
Notes OF other National Banks... 2,l50 90
tederal Reserve notes....... ..... $50 90
Coin and certificates. ...... ............. POLLS so
Legal-tender notes...~.............. $3.50 90
Redemption fund with U. S. Treas
urer Is per cent. OF circulationl.. $500 90
ss56,969 81
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid n................. $50, 900 90
Surplus fund. .l0O, 900 90
Undivided profits, Less current ex-
penses, interest and taxes paid. 26,33s 81
Circulating notes outstanding......a. 29,597 so
Due to banks and bankers.......... 1857 IA
Dividends unpaid........""....... 5000 90
Individual deposits subject to check 275,73 81
Certificates OF deposit due in less
than 80 days.................... $4,000 90
Certified 1868 90
Cashiers checks outstanding. -..... 1853 IS
Postal Savings Deposits...."....... 5,2lS 6S
Total demand deposits,
items 33, "a, 30, 36, ~, 80,
~ and 40................ 3O7,9S1 %
Certificates of deposit........... 1921 20
Other time deposits.....n........... 256,454 50
Total of time deposits,
items Al, 40 and 43........ 299,6S5 SO
Bills ....... $4,000 90
1otal. .eooo,So5 "
State OF New Jersey, County OF Cape May, SIS:
l, CLARENCE G.. ELDREDGE, Cashier OF
the above named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the best
OF my knowledge and belief.
CLARENCE G. ELDREDGE, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
9Th day of July, 1916.
JOHN BRIGHT, Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
r. w. RYAN,
GEORGE N. SMITH,
WILLIAM Ii. BRIGHT,
Directors.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-07
BOardOf Chosen FreehOlderS
of the County of Cape May
Proposals for Building
County Roads

Bids will be received by the Board OF Chosen
F%reeholders of the County of Cape May, New
Jersey, at the our of twelve o'clock noon, or
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-07

Photo by American Press Association
MAJOR JOHN F. o'RYAN, COM
MANDER o r. NATIONAL GUARD.
rate and distinct forces. 1t has no
power to direct the course of training,
the composition of the several forces
and their balancing Of arms, and it is
more or less helpless in its authority
over the arms and munitions issued
to the states. In some states there
have been disputes as to its right to
direct the expenditures of the federal
funds appropriated by acts of con-
gress. At the present time the federal
government cannot remove inefficient
guard officers or reward the efficient
officers.
Other features of the system which
regular army officers have criticised as
impairing it's efficiency for service in
war are pointed out by General w.
H. Carter in his recently published
book, 1.-THE American Army" Says
the author:
1.-The act Of May 81, 1908, contains
q limitation upon military efficiency
peculiarly embarrassing when the ex
tent and distribution of the forty-eight
states are considered, When the mill
tary needs Of the federal government
arising from the necessity to execute
the laws of the Union, suppress insur-
rection or repel invasion cannot be
met by the regular force the organized
militia shall be called into the service
of the United States in advance of
any volunteer forces which it may be
determined to raise
Americas Land Forces.
1.-THE most recent statute relating to
the war establishment, the act of April
%, 1914, provides for raising the vol
unteer forces of the United States in
time of actual or threatened hostili-
ties and definitely prescribes that the
land forces of the United States shall
consist of The regular army, the organ
lied land militia while in the service
of the United States and such volun-
teer forces as congress may authorize.
The new statute modiies the act of
May 81, 1908, to the extent that after
the organized land IN litia of any arm
or class shall have been called into the
military service of the United States
volunteers of that particular arm or
class may be raised and accepted into
service in accordance with the terms
of the act regardless Of the extent to
which other arms or classes of M tia
shall have been called into serY ce.
1t should be borne in mind that for
any military operations beyond s1r
borders the militia cannot be GATED
into service, but must volunteer. so
that until the members of each organ
ization decide whether or not three
fourths of the minimum number pEe-
scribed as the strength of the partica-
lar unit will volunteer the president Is
debarred from calling volunteers OF
similar arms or classes. All this, be it
observed, is to take place after war IL
upon the nation" I
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-07
STRENGTH AND EFFICIENCY OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD AND MILITIA
Peace Footing of the Organized Citizen SOIdiery and
Methods of Increase.

- REAT activity in regard to the
= United States militia marked
III the year 1914, and great prog
ress was made toward the ere
alton of an efficient field force. While
the commissioned strength suffered
diminution-partly due to the elimina-
ton of surplus staff oficers-the en-
listed strength greatly increased, due
In measure to an anticipation of i'm
mediate active service. As a precau-
ton for efficiency the use of typhoid
prophylactic was undertaken ON an ex.
tended scale during the year. Nearly
10000 members of the militia were In
oculated with the serum. Within the
year also considerable progress was
made in preparing the necessary forms
and instructions for the induction of
the militia into the service of the Unit
ed States. The following table shows
the strength of the organized militia in
1914 as reported by inspecting Off
GERS:
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-07
Napoleon.

Napoleon, who $ to be a general
of brigade after only eight years con-
nection with the French army, was
shortly after shorn of that honor when
Robespierre fell Yet so adroit a poll
tician was he that by 1875 he was the
head of the forces of the convention,
though nominally an aid-de-camp to
Barras as commander in chief and
actually the most effectively powerful
nan in France.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-07
Wednesday,, July 10, 1916,

July A0s AoAos
at a meeting OF the said Board OF Freeholders,
in the Freeholders' meeting room in the court
house building, Cape May Court House, Nj,
for the building OF the following portions OF
Third avenue in the Borough OF Stone Harbor,
towit:
Third avenue, beginning at Eightieth (S0th)
street, and extending to Eighty-third street
(S3d), and from One Hundred and Sixth
(lO6th) street to One Hundred and Ninth
(l09th) street, in said borough.
Bids must be made on the form provided
tor the purpose accompanying the specihca-
tions, and each bid must be accompanied by
a certified check for ten per centum of the
amount of such biaJ payable 30 the ccrnty
Collector, made by the bidder AS a guarantees
tina if the work is awarded to him he will en-.
ter into contract with said board Tor said
work.
Copies of the plans and specifications can
be obtained by contractors from l.. M. Rice,
County Engineer, Wildwood, New Jersey, by
depositing the sum of $500, which amount
will be returned if the plans and specifications
are returned in good condition.
The bidder to whom said work may be
awarded shall, on entering into contract for
the same furnish a bond as security equal in
amount OF his bid, which bon shall be passed
upon, as TO form and sufficiency by said
board.
The Board reserves the right to reject any
or all bids.
BY order OF the Board.
FRANK w. FOWKES,
Clerk.
Dated June IL, 1916.
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Twenty Dollar Gold Pieces.

The value Of the gold in a twenty dol
lar gold piece is $50. Copper is used as
the alloy, and the intrinsic value Of
the twenty dollar gold piece would,
therefore, be $50 plus the copper used.
which, In proportion to the quantity of
gold. is one to nine.-New York Times.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-07
JUVENILE FRock.

For young girls is this gown, SO
charming In its simplicity. The ma
terial is white marquisette set off with
novelty fllet lace.
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Bright's Express. Hauling of all
kinds, Garfield and Pacific avenues.
Storage warehouse and boarding
stables. Both phones.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-07-07

State OF New Jersey, County of Cape May, SIS:
j. Thompson Baker, President, and Heber
Crane, Treasurer, OF the above-named COM
pany, being severally duly sworn, each for
himself deposes and says that the foregoing
statement is true, to the best OF his knowledge
and belief.
j. THOMPSON BAKER, President
HEBER CRANE. Treasurer.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
day of July, A. D., 1916.
LEON A. WHEATON,
Notary Public, OF N. j.
Correct Attest:
ADOLF B. ANDERSEN,
ROBERT BRIGHT,
w. FRANK WENTZELL,
Directors.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-22
!HsWdr' !lfne =!
>:]>jnLBerlfnU ~

The officers room was, of course N.
finest. 1t was lined with canvas and
cloth and was furnished with an oH
couch and some chairs. Iron lanterns
hung from the ceiling and these make
both the light and the heat for the
trenchmen. On the wall hung larpn
sign. Butter ausverkauft"' (butter sold
out). Empty tin cans were also hunv
on the wall and they are used fo,
matches, and cigars, etc.
The common Soldiers had large,
room, but not nearly so fine as this NJ.
ficers' quarters. Every here and tbera
on the sides of the main passage of the
trench were little cupboards, where
the bullets were kept. Along the ton
Of the trench many bags of sand wers
piled, but there were holes through
which the soldiers could shoot, O,
course, it was not real trench, but
just the same 1t gives one good idea
Of all the cold and suffering that the
men in the trenches must stand. In
the field they have hospitals right up
der the ground, and here the first aid
to the injured is given.
Outside the exhibition building in
another part of the trench lot, was a
display of wire entanglements. They
were made by firm in Berlin, and
am sure it would take some cutting to
get past them. The most interesting
part of the whole show was the exhibl.
tion Of war posters from all Germany's
enemies. They had posters from
France, Italy and Russia, but the ones
from England were the most read.
They were all urging the men to arms.
Besides the poster show they had
many interesting war pictures. Each
country had a section of pictures, and
America was represented by photos Of
Mr.. Wilson, Mr.. Ford, Mr. Edison and
Mr.. Daniels. "Teddy" was not there.
We had our dinner in the Paulaner.
brau, new restaurant that was opened
before Christmas. 1t is very nice
restaurant, and the things to eat are
very reasonable. Among other things
1 had two pork chops and potatoes and
they just cost 80 cents. You can't do
any better than that in America,
Bathing Is "verboten."
After dinner we went to Grunewald
to little inn we know there. 1t was
such day, such beautiful day! The
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-22
Indians Keen Baraainers.

Most people consider the American
aborigines to have been easy victims
of the sharper-witted whites in mat
ters of buying and selling. A book
about THE Original John Jacob AS
tor" however, declares that the In
dian was great bargainer." and says
that Astor needed all his resources to
get the better of the Indians in an
exchange Of commodities. He is said
to have been the first fur dealer to
become really proficient In the Ian
guages of the Mohawk, Seneca and
Oneida tribes, and this ability to talk
to the Indians in their own tongue
gave him great prestige among them.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-22
CHANGE OF OWNERS
BY GEORGE MUNsoN.

Lily Bruce was forty. and nobody
thought anything OF her except the
plumber. The boarders all chafYed her
You know the boarding. house way.
Lily was the waitress. and she had
been with old Miss Jones for twenty
years. We guessed Miss Jones took
her at nrst because she was cheap.
and kept her because she never asked
for an advance or an increase. Lily
had no relatives and never went out.
She was forty. had decided squint.
= red, freckled face. and carroty hair.
Also. she was slow-witted and couldn't
see a Joke. So she naturally became
the butt OF the smalltown boarding
establishment.
The plumber, who was the only per-
son interested In Lily. was little.
dried-up man OF nifty. The plumbing
was always out OF gear. but old Mrs.
Jones stuck to Sanders for economy.
II was poor sort OF economy. to take
the services OF an inefficient man be-
cause ho was cheap. but II Miss Jones
had had moro sense she might not
have been keeping a cheap boarding
fcusc. Might have got married, may
be. But Miss Jones was n little. with
ered-up old maid. with no thought be-
yond the immediate profit.
What will happen to Lily II Miss
Jones dles?" was the question that
began to be asked. when 1t was clear
that Miss Jones was failing
She'll have to marry the plumber +"
You mean the plumber will have
10 marry her.
May be she has some savings"
We'll. maybe not. Twelve dollars
month won't go far. even for Lily"
Every Saturday night, for at least
dozen years. Sanders had called on
Lily in the kitchen. Sometimes one
OF the boarders would seize some
pretext TO go In and watch what they
were doing, but he never saw any
thing interesting. Lily would sit at
one side of the fire and the plumber
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-22

sun shone through the trees To ge1
to the inn you must first walk through
bit of forest, and after little you
come to little lake. 1t is very pref
ty lake where bathing is "verboten.
The walk runs along the lake ana
finally leads to little hunting lodge
which looks like a tiny castle. It mas
many red-roofed towers and latticeu
windows, and in the center is large
court, which is decorated with many
deers' heads.
At the other end of the lake is the
inn, which was packed, of course,
Everybody was drinking coffee anu
chatting. Half of the men were sor
diers, and most of them officers "
was just marvellous how many Ter
many damsels had managed to scrape
up officers with whom to go WALKING
on this fine afternoon. Most OF tn0
people had brought their cakes alons
with them, and then ordered conee'
When we returned home we went y,
another way. and over on the olhei
side Of the lake were a number OF nus
sian prisoners saving wood. A guaiu
was watching them from the hill. no
was not stationed there to keep them
from escaping, but to keep them WorA
Ing.
In the evening we went to varle"
show. The performance was rathe'
poor, but the large theater was apso
lutely packed. Men composed haif 'n'
audience, and more than half the nne"
were soldiers. Between the acts every
body paraded up and down the corrr
dor and drank beer.
The next day all the flags weio
taken down, and Unter den LihueI
was dull gray stone once more
only hope that can be on Unter oeD
Linden WI an peace IL declared,
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-22

could see it, for Brummel always said
that simplicity and elegance were the
keynotes of fashion. German generals
wear great bright red stripes down
their trouser legs. These stripes are
about six inches wide, and can be seen
German square. Most of the gem
erals are rather pompous looking, and
find the leutnants, oberleutnants,
oberarzts and hauptmann more fetch.
ing. They are all very handsome and
they are the finest, cleverest men in
all this glorious, young Germany. They
stand so straight and look so soldierly.
After we left the cafe we went to
see the exhibition of war things that is
being held at Geological gardens. They
have everything here that belongs to
war and soldier. They have a num-
ber OF captured cannon, British
French and Russian. They have two
English aeroplanes and a number of
motorboats. They have uniforms of all
the warning nations. Some of the cos
tunes were very beautiful. The Bull
garian were especially so, but they
were almost too gay to be very practi-
cal. The models that wore the uni.
forms were very funny. They have
hands and feet Of wooden dolls, but
their faces were most realistic look
Ing; indeed, some OF them seemed to
be winking at you.
Just Like Real Trench.
Outside the main exhibition build.
Ing, on large lot, trench had been
built. 1t had been built by soldiers
that had been in the war, so 1t was ex-
actly like the real ones. You enter q
trench by going down steps, and this
one was about seven feet high and
about three feet wide. Radiating from
al the sides OF the main part of the
french were other passages and rooms.
The Monte Vista journal., 1916-04-22
SraWn,

Do you ever make "brawn?" I buy
meaty shank, four or five pounds,
boil until quite well done, remove from
liquid, put lean meat through meat
chopper, add salt, pepper and sage to
taste, moisten with beef liquor. Press
down hard in dish. Have dish small
enough SO 1t will be filled about full.
Place plate over 1t. weighed down
with an iron. Let 1t stand overnight
in cool place. Slice when cold. Very
nice and economical. This with a
nice vegetable or tomato soup made
of remainder of liquor makes a nice
dinner.-Boston Globe.