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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-20

five weeks after the call to arms. The
Oregon guard is still so CT COZ mer
short, and recruiting or RS art
securing the state for men. Since the
prospect of actual hostilities became
remote martial ardor has perceptibly
cooled Under our present system
men will not begin to get ready for
service until the time comes when
they should have been ready.
Mobilization, however, has proved
the value of a system of military
training conducted while men pursue
their civil vocation and while. boys
pursue their education, which Mr.
Chamberlain proposes to make uniyer-
sal. The guardsmen are undeniably
farther advanced toward efficiency be
cause of the training they have re-
ceived, and those among them who
were trained by regular army officers
at the Oregon agricultural college
have proved their superiority to the
rest by rising to high rank in their
battalion. The senator's proposal is
10 require all young men to undergo
military instruction between the ages
Of II and 81, They would then be
better qualified for service than the
best of the guardsmen now are.
The purpose of Mr. Chamberlain's
bill is not to make every man a sol
der, but to make him potential
soldier. II is to put him through the
primary grades in military instruction.
Under his plan, if wGr should come,
the government would call for volul-
teers for active service. but with the
knowledge that every man who vol
would have made such pro-
gress in militcry science that he could
dispense with the several months Of
training needed by green me1. As
men who have seen service or have
had training ere now the most ready
w thInt' 81 l-Ol u4IlS II tIiiS Vi
would probably be stimu-
lated by the training which all men
would have received when this system
was in full operation.
In Swiss schools the preliminary
gymna stun drill and physical train
ing without arms IRE carried en- until
boys reach the Gg1 OF Is Some boys !
of this age are enrolled Is cadet corps |
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-20

which are compulsory in some "an
tons and which practice marching
map reading and target shooting with
miniature army rifles. After leaving
school boys voluntarily join military
/ preparation companies for instruction
by officers or non commissioned of.
ficers until they reach the age of 90
Their compulsory service then fegins
with drill and instruction for eli ,hs 10
nine hours a day during sixty 70 nine
ty days. They are then finished sol
diers and until they reach their thir-
ty-second year they train for two
weeks each year; from their thirty
third TO fortieth years two weeks each
third year. They finally pass into the
landsturm, which is called out only in
extreme emergencies, at 40.
This system could easily be adapted
to American conditions under Mr.
Chamberlains plan. American boys
could receive in school the same de-
gree of training as Swiss boys re-
Ceiye in school, and between the age
of 15 or 1G and 81 could receive that
which the Swiss have in the prepara-
tion companies. Then if they should
volunteer, they could with two or
three months intensive training be-
come as good soldiers as the Swiss
elite. They would be all-around, we'll
trained citizens, but under no COM
pulsion to serve, unless great emer-
gency required.
AS to the manner in which not
merely compulsory training, as Mr..
Chamberlain proposes, but compulsory
service is regarded in Switzerland
Capt Remy Faesch says in his pamph-
let, The Swiss Army SYSTEM"
General conscription in Switzer-
land is unanimously considered to be |
a blessing for the population.
Military service does, of course. !
to certain extent, interfere with |
business and he universities.
The Swiss, however, knows that it |
cannot be helped. He considers this
sort of sacrifice to be his duty for the
sake OF his country.
every Swiss is proud to serve and
to wear his uniform.
General conscription and service
for a short time adds enormously to
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-20
INVENTOR OF THE MATCH
Apothecary Spilled on the Fire SoIu-
ton That Held the Secret.

To the ordinary man matches are
quite inconsiderable, since he thinks
of them by the box, so often obtained
for nothing-or next to it. But it was
less than century ago that one John
Walker, an apothecary of Stockton
on-Tees. found the release of the
smoker from the tinder-box or the live
Goals in the CRATE.
It was an accidental spilling of the
solution that took the fire which gave
the hint and not long afterward, in
1927, he placed on the market his
boxes of -lucifers-contain
ing fifty each at one shilling. They
lighted on sandpaper But he neg
lected to patent his invention and the
Reading schoolmaster, Isaac Holden,
who little later hit on the same
idea, made the same mistake. It was
not long before the "box of matches"
fell to penny and finally was given
away to the purchaser of tobacco
New York Morning Telegraph.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-20

in wells, due to fluctuations in the
height of the surface of some neigh
boring body of water, have been OBJ
served all over the world. 1t is GUS
| tomary to explain these changes by
supposing a direct connection be-
tween the river, lake, or bay; but in
many places, as in eastern Virginia.
such connection is clearly impossible.
owing to the depth of the wells and
the nature of the intervening beds.
some of them dense, tough marls and
clays. These beds, however, though
they do not transmit water, neverthe-
less contain it, and as water is prac-
tically incompressible, any variation
of level on the river or bay is trans
mitted to the well through the water
filled gravels, sands, clays and marls.
When a porous bed is tapped by a
well the water rises to the point of
equilibrium and luctuates as the hand
OF the ocean varies its pressure on
the beds that confine the artesian
flow
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-20

the feeling of national duty. 1t is the
best education for citizenship; in
fact, it is the most thorough training
for life"
Surely a system which is thus re-
garded in free, democratic, unaggress-
i've but defensively strong Switzerland
should prove good for this republic
which possesses all of those qualities
except defensive strength. If Swift
zerland can safely go the whole
length of compulsory service, the Uni
ted States can go so far as compul-
sorry raining.-Portland (Ore.D Ore.
gonian.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-20
Deep Wells That Feel the Sea.

In their investigation of the under
ground water resources of the coastal
plain of Virginia the biologists of the
United States Geological Survey have
collected data relating to the many
hundreds of artesian wells that yield
excellent waters in large areas of the
coastal region. Particular note has
been made of the quantity and quality
OF the supply afforded by wells that
give flows at the surface The water
of most of these wells is admirably
adapted to household uses, though
that of some of them contains enough
mineral salts in solution to make
trouble in boilers used for steam pro-
duction.
The variation in flow exhibited by
these wells with the rise and fall of
the tide is of peculiar interest, the
flow being notably greater at the flood
than at the ebb tide. 1t is the gen.
eral opinion among well drillers that
practically all flowing wells near
tidal rivers OF inlets from open bays
do feel the distant sea, but some of
them so slightly that the variation in
flow is not noticeable.
The geologist in charge of the
Investigations in Virgin
ia states that changes in water level
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-20

c. A. Williams, agent for the Chev-
roet has recently occupied his new
quarters on b street -. w. in the
stand formerly occupied by Tom
Cooper. He has recently remodeled
the place and will have an up to date
garage for the benefit of the general
public. He has secured the services
of Mr. Leo Rice who spent several
years in the Chevrolet factory who
will have charge of the repair de
partment
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-20
Train the Boys for Service.

Practical experiment with our mill.
tary system by means of the concen-
tration on the Mexican border has
furnished Senator Chamberlain with a
forceful argument in favor of his bill
to make military training compulsory.
Ia five weeks we have been able 20
assemble at the most 10000 regulars
and 100000 national guardsmen on the
border That is the extent of the
mobile force with which we are able
to confront an invader. The Army
War College tells us that we should
have 100000 men ready, trained and
equipped in the first line, and in case
of war another half million in training
to fill gaps and back up the first line.
We not only have not any such
force, but we make slow progress in
that direction. The increase of 10000
men in the regular army voted by
congress last March, has not yet been
completed. The national guard has
not yet been recruited to war strength
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-20

Apply a cotton cloth wet with BAL
LARD'S SNOW LINIMENT to all
wounds, cuts, burns, sores or blisters,
and note its wonderful healing power.
1t is prompt and very effective. Price
25c, SOC. and $1,O0 per bottle. Sold
by Ringer Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-20

If you sit in a cool draft when you
are heated and get stiff neck or
lame back, you will be looking for
something that will ease the pain. Fix
your mind on BALLARD'S SNOW
LINIMENT and don't be talked out of
it because it is the best pain relieving
liniment you can get anywhere. Price
CSC, SOC. and $1O0 per bottle. Sold
by Ringer Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-20

Tom Cooper and the little Ford
car are about the most popular paiT
in the local trade Toms only trouble
is in securing cars to fill orders, he
says that ninety per cent. of the peo-
pie who walk into his palatial garage
on main street emerge in one of the
universal cars and all are well salts
fled. Mr.. Cooper has established
what is perhaps the biggest agency
in the state outside Oklahoma City.
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8, !, :: !: :: :: - - - - u u :. I! u
:: AUTO TRADE NOTES. =
:, :. II /. . 4. !: ~ :, &. I; = {. {.

The Ardmore Auto company, agents
for the Stearns Knight and the Stude-
baker cars are continuing to please
a large and growing patronage. These
two popular high class cars appeal
especially to those who desire high
grade motor vehicle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-20

Moss Patterson has purchased the
interest of his partner L. c. Turman
In the Patterson-Turman Auto sales
company and in the future will have
complete charge Of the business. He
handles the Hudson Super Six and
the Dodge and beside has recently
added a full line of accessories.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-20

l.. c. Slaughter, agent for the Max
well has been busy all week assemb-
ling cars for immediate delivery to
customers. The Maxwell is growing
in popularity in this section.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-20

TRANSMISSION
Is of
tca nickel steel heattreated in oil
shifting positive
The transmission designed to handle the car with
and grade Of Transmission not
usually found ia this price
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-20

The Overland sales company have
made several deliveries in the past
week and this popular car is getting
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-20

The Frederickson tire company
have made some recent additions TO
their mechanical force and are bet
tered prepared than ever before to
serve the demands of the public Their
repair plant is one Of the most com
plete in the state.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-20

The Ardmore Cadillac company
have recently opened sales rooms on
b street n. w. and are doing good
business. The proprietors report that
their sales have been good since their
establishment and this high class car
is one of the most numerous to be
seen on the streets of the city
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-08-20

to be a prime favorite among those
who do not care TO invest too heavily
in a motor vehicle.
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$40 A Street, N. w.
Formerly Occupied by Tom Cooper

Chevrolet Company special following
the tremendous
succe of 'FourNiney' model
duplex springs (paent pending),
is the se riding FOL is the world
friction, heating and patent pendng)
the wheel bearing carried the wheel hub just
bearing being
ordinary This bearing carried
the oadte axle shaft carries no load
a and
sector simplest ad
Unstable tPatent pendng)
a power plant transmission brackets
which accessibility clutch and allows
mova OF transmission if necessary, in 20 minutes
1t has special brake arrangement paten pending which in
smooth Emergency
internal eXpendng Service brake external contracting
have single hinge joint squeak spring shacke
will be found the entire
(From August DuPoHt MdgdSine)
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CYLNDERS-Cas bloc with half of crank Head
detachable.
LIGHTING SYSTEM twoun system
VALVES--11ain Inch enclosed
CONNECTING ROD BEARINGS-2ts ~ DGhler
CRANKSEAFT BEARINGS-Front 2& IL; /
3kX
CENTER MAIN BEARING-DGhler
CAMSHAFT BEARINGS 2 916 X 516 932;
oLING sYSTEM-spash with positive individual oil poc
cts for each connecting rod dipper Sight dash.
CARBURETOR-Zenth improved double jet.
1GNITION-New improved Connecticut gnier system.
CLUTCCone leather faced with adjustable
TRANSMISSION three
Thermosyphon system radiator
REAR AXLESemiloaing running on
Hyatt roller beraings. Gear o l.
FRONT AXLE-Dop forged integral ends
and steering spndles Wheels cup
ball bearings
BRAKES external
12inch
TlRES-32 S1s inches on
DRIVE-Leftside
STEERING GEAR-Wom 17inch steering wheel
with inserted spider.
GASOLINE SUPPIY-4galon rear of car pressure
feed with automatic check valve.
touring
instrument board Extra wide concealed hinges
FIN1SII-Chevroet green.
WEEEIBASE-1O6 inches
EQUlPMENT-Mohair tailored and side
three lamps Singewe lighting small
lamp and large lamp in the headlight
necessity for seghts Electric
able rims with extra rimtre ironslioense complete
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-05-26
Reinterments at Gettysburg.

The work of reinterring the dead on
the field of Gettysburg began on the
twenty-seventh Of October, 1868, and
was completed on the eighteenth of
the following March. The number re-
buried was ~thirty-five hundred and
seventy-1ve. This does not mean that
even half the dead were found, for the
whole field was dotted with graves.
In reinterring the bodies in the ceme-
terry every effort was made to discover
the identity of the men and this in
many cases was done and the relatives
Of the dead soldier had his remains
taken home, the Identification being
made through articles found On his
body. An entry of each article found
was made. These things are kept and
numbered to correspond with the num-
Der of the gravestone of him upon
whose body the articles were found.
The following is an example of the
record:
John Sykes-Ambrotype of a young
girl; sixty cents; comb.
Unknown - Pocketbook; lock OF
brown hair: picture OF man supposed
to be his father.
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Looked as If he'd Just laid down to
go to sleep until I turned him over
and saw the place in his forehead
where the bullet had. gone through.
All / could do for him was to take his
trinkets-a picture, a testament, and
a few other little things-and see that
they were sent back home. Want
many of my chums left to get to An
dersonville, and three of them that
did get there never came out"
At the end of the row of benches a
robin hoped from a bush where pur-
pie lilacs nodded, and it chirped as If
the first spring the world had ever
known vas the one at hand. William
Scott, his beard gray and his eyes
dim, cleared his throat and pointed
with his ane in the moist earth.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-05-26
Wanted Him to "Stick."

Mary? Oh, she lived up in Wilkes
Barre, where l enlisted from as a kid.
/ was only seventeen and was working
as a patternmaker when the war broke
out. Three of my brothers had gone
before. I'll never forget how the band
played The Girl I Left Behind Me-
After I'd gone Mary wrote to me a
good deal and said she wished l was
home. and still she wanted me to stick
till 1t was w When / got a piece of
shell in my leg at Spottsylvania I
didn't think for a while there was goin'
to be any goin' home. But, pshaw.
'twan't long after that that I helped
the boys raid a sutler. two miles out
side the camp. He'd been over
chargin' us pretty stiff. 1 ran the
whole two miles in the dark that night
luggin' q big box. Thought 1 had a
prize. Ha, huh!-that box was full of
pepper!
Mary hardly knew NE when / got
home. You see, when 1 left 1 didn't
have any whiskers en- my face, but l
want long lettin' her know who I was
and we didn't waste much time about
gettin' married. Dear girl, wish ]
could see her now"
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-05-26
THE BOYS"
IN SOLDIERS HOME
Veterans Reminiscent of the Clio
ries and Hardships That Were
Theirs During the Great
Civil Conflict.

" EATED on the benches in the
sun were a bunch of the boys"
y "a part of the 5000 living at
the National Old Soldiers home
at Dayton, o.; comrades Of the 1900
sleeping beneath the row upon row Of
marble slabs, all precisely alike, just
beyond the barracks.
"The boys"-yes. The fifty years or
more between "be hanged" James D.
Newberry, being wheeled about in a
chair, was Jim" again back in Ken
lucky. Just "goin' on twenty" and let
ting his folks, who were "rebs," get
mad at him If they wanted to; Peter
Buolt, his eighty-three-year-old shrunk-
en- body wrapped tight in an army
overcoat, was a dashing young French
man enlisting at Toledo; and Israel
Wirts, with a crippled right ankle
from a wound at Peach Tree creek,
and hobbling on c%rutches, was once
more seventeen and the best foot rae
er around Palestine, o.
There were fine girls in those
days." unused John Lynch, pulling at
his gray goatee, land I'll Eve forget
the n that I took buggy riding the
moonlight night before us boys left
New York state. / was living in a
little town on the Hudson river and
was captain Of a boat, the Bella, If /
wasn't but nineteen years old. I had
come down the river with a load of
lumber, and on getting back in town
/ got hold of a New York newspaper.
In 1t I read of the battle Of Bull Run.
Coming up on Main street I found all
the boys were talking about it. There
were Is of US in the gang and they
said they would go If / would. That
night we all took our sweethearts for
a buggy ride and then had refresh
ments at Miss Duffy's ice cream par
lor. We boys-merchants' and farm
ers' sons not a N of US over twenty
were all combing our hair like Gen.
eral Mcclellan. Cad, those girls! I
can see them now in their crinolines,
and they all backed US to the limit
about leaving.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-05-26

They came onto a rail fence and
tried to pull it down. When they
found they couldn't tear the fence
down they started to climb over it.
Then we poured canister into 'em.
We moved 'em down like grass. But
l tell you at first there at Gettysburg
l thought they was goin' to get us.
They hadn't stopped for anything, and
their yell was enough to make your
heart freeze. Did you ever hear the
rebel yell? 1t sounded Just like a
lot of women yellin', but when we saw
EN- waver and fall back-then we
yelled.
1T was the liveliest Fourth of July
I eve saw. 1t was load and fire as
quick as we could. I was a corporal
in charge Of a gun and there were
twenty men lost in Jul battery. Coin
down the Baltimore pike after the
fight and after the rain the cutters
was runnin' with blood. When Mary
heard. about Gettysburg and knew I
was in it she was pretty anxious, I
guess.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-05-26
Captured in evidences"

well, it was along about this time
of the year-early in May-that we
boys who had chummed together up in
New York state were pressing through
the woods in the battle of the Wilder
ness. The trees were 80 thick that
we couldn't see into them 80 feet.
The commander of our division was
to blame. He let himself be out
fanked. All at ono I heard firing
behind us and l knew we had gone too
far. / hadn't any more than looked
around than I heard a Johnny say:
Put that gun up. Yank. Put 1t
up or I'll blow hi out of you'll
The fellows who had coFnered US
were boys Just like ourselves except
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-05-26
DAY

Hats off! IT'S here they make
Their last, unbroken camp,
Nc bugles shall them wake.
For them no war-steeds champ,
The captain and his troop,
The corp'ral and his squad
Form n all-equal group
Beneath the peaceful sod.
Hats off! For here they come
Those others, still on guard,
Who follow to the drum,
By time and tempest SCARED.
The private and his chief,
The blouse and chevroned sleeve
Together ranked in grief,
As comrades Joined, to grieve.
Hats off! Unto the van!
Hats off! Unto the rear!
They mingle. man and man.
In mem'ry, and midst tear.
Now sadly sounds the ''taps!"
Slow moves the guard away,
Again are drawn the flaps
Until another May.
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that they had on butternut uniforms.
Why, when we rode with them on
top Of box cars, on the way to Ander-
sonville, I had a knife they wanted.
They could have taken it away from
me, but they insisted on giving me
$500 in confederate greenbacks for it.
Afterward l gave the $500 for a water
melon, and we ate tired. white,
green, and all.
Took His Sombrero.
Course we didn't know we were
going to a place like A~ndersonville
when those 'Johnnies' told us to hold
up our hands, but there were a dozen
of them to u one and we didn't ar
que. They took US back of their lines
that night and corralled US on a
beautiful meadow and we slept fine. l
was wearing a sombrero that my
brother had sent me from a Fifth
avenue shop, and n Of the guards
came up and grabbed it. It made me
SO mad that l told him / could lick
him. but he just laughed. / had to go
bareheaded until the next day, when
I picked an old cavalry cap out of the
ditch. Wore that cap all through An
Jacksonville with the sun beating down.
You know what A~ndersonville was.
I'll eve forget that little curly
headed Ninlan Fox. Saw him lying
in the bushes there in the wilderness.
The Penn's Grove record., 1916-05-26
Made Mary Anxious.

I'VE was about here when Pickett's
division came out of the woods here
and charged up to within 1900 yards
of where the batteries was" he ex-
planned, tracing a map on the ground.
The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1916-06-14
but that can't make any diff

But that can't make any diff
ference?"
"You don't know about that
Women is curious. When she
begins TO think of me gathering
up and down with aswooden pin
and realizing that I've got to GO
stumping around for life, she
may feel a disgust. Give me-
two or three days more in which
to get a letter."
The surgeon consented, and in
two days the letter came. Bib
was very nervous and excited,
and he asked me to read the
epistle and give him the news.
1t wasn't from his wife. but
from her sister, and she wrote:
ION the day that you wrote
Mary that your leg would have
to come off we started to drive
over to Uncle Ben's. The horse
ran away, smashed everything
up, and Mary's left leg was so
badly broken that it was ampu-
tated yesterday. She has the
best of care and is doing WELL.
She sends love and advises you.
to have your leg taken off at
once"
"Whoop!" yelled Bill, in a.
voice which aroused the whole
ward. It's her left and my
right. Two wooden pins to 60
catering up and down! Two
| legs to hang up on the wall when
we turn in at night! One of you
nurses go and tell old Sawbones
to come in here and open his
butcher shop as soon as he pleass
es and some of you boys write to
Mary that Wen be the happiest
couple in the whole Buckeye
staleI"