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military system. there is little waste
either of men or of supplies and the
ma jority of the supply wagons are now
driven by men who are unable TO
fight, many of these being GONZALES
cent wounded, meat is packed in Ser
lin and Cologne and sent TO the front
by trains. 1t is then put in the mag
azines and taken out as needed, Hour
beans and other articles are forwarded
the same way and every day fresh
bread is baked at the field bakeries.
Medical supplies and hospital foods
go to the front over the nearest lines
of communications.
Potatoes are cooked with skins on,
in order to prevent the waste which
comes in pairing them. Every scrap
of meat is utilized in soup or hash,
in fact nothing is allowed to go to
waste in Germany today. When the
food reaches headquarters there are
hundreds of cooks on hand to prepare
it for tho men and the commissary
department has seen TO ii that the
cooks know how TO avoid the least
waste. The travelling field kitchens
are dragged about by horses and the
men receive their rations without
wasting much strensth to secure
them. Germany wants her men to
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has taught her officers n lesson, for
the men at both fronts have plenty TO
cat AT present, Although Russia has
tried the same tactics against Ger
many that wrecked the hopes OF the
little Corporal" she had not succeeded
perhaps on account of the increased
facilities of communication, General
Won BuloW in a recent interview on
TINS subject is quoted as saying, In
days when railroad is being built
a mile behind the advancing forces,
when thousands of motor-lorries are
close behind us, when asphalt roads
spring out OF the earth Inc strategy
which worked against Napoleon Is q
FAILURE. We drink German mineral
water, eat fresh meat direct from Ber-
I'm. We can build Il road my mlics
long If necessary in two days IL Is
therefore nonsense to speak or the
times ana strategy of Napoleon II
Is we'll known fact that Germany
has been preparing for this war Tor
years and her commissary department
tried out all sorts OF plans OF carrying
supplies long ago and tested nearly
every kind Of food which could be
used as rations.
Handling food supply in germany
Like everything else in the German
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held at night-one on Monday and thS
other on Tuesday 1ney consist Il
a number OF magnificent float tablcauN
representing such scenes as Sco'tf
romance of "Thc Taliemau." "Th(
tulprii Fay" "Alladin and the Won<
derful Lamp" "JerusaIcm Deiirored'
from Tas,o's poem. and in 19li ma
Krewe OF Menus gave series known
as odds and Ends OF Nonsense"
showing floats o. "The Goose Girl"
The Lady and the Tiger" "llumpty-
Dumpty." Mary, Mary. quite Cou-
trary." Easter Rabbits The owl
and the l'ussy cat" etc.
These parades are given with all
the dramatic effects and are indr-
scrbably beautiful, presenting ks-
leidoscope OF color and light which
seems like something unreal Trio
floats are each drawn by six or eight
horses led by negro men wearing red
dominoes' and carrying torches. Tho
ponderous floats are manned by men
in costume which make those of a
spectacular stage production pale into
insignitcance. AS the pageant passes
mp Canal street the whole city is il
Illuminated by thousands OF incandes-
turn from side TO side, bowling and
tossing strings OF beads and other bits
of icwclrv to the ladies OIL the stands.
The mass of people on the sidewalks,
many of whom have caught the spirit
of the carnival. yell with delight and
the noise of rattles and paper caps
fairly dcafens the onloolter, some or
whom have stood for hours waiting
for the rocket which pierces tho skv
with lurid light 10 announce the
starting of the parade.
! Carnival Spirit.
! Mardi Gras days are legal holidays
/ in New orleans and patrician and
plebian vie with each other in the
carnival spirit. When the procession
reaches the opera House tho maskers
descend from the floats and enter 10y
the stage entrance and few minutes
later the tableauX are on and the ball
| begins.
All over the city people dress IN
grotesquc costumes and go about the
streets playing harmless jokes upon
each other. There is no rowdyism
and general good humor prevails.
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man armies and each mans food for
one day at that time consisted of
about two pounds of wheat, rye or
barley, some pork and lentils and
other vegetables. \ supply OF wine
WAS also ii part of the rations,
Frederick the Greats success was
due 10 his ability as commissariu.
lie recognized the fact that 1t was
not enough 10 collect provisions in
storehouses but that these supplies
must be so arranged as to be within
reach of the troops in the field and
ON more than one occasion he Is sal
TO have changed his plan of cam
paieu in order TO III il in With the
mol cmcnts of his food trains. lie
always arranged things so that each
soldier had two pounds of bread every
day and two pounds Of meat every
week. other food the men purchased
out Of their pay
IAN army travels on its stomach"
Napoleon once declared that IAN
army travelled on its stomach" and
during several of his campaigns his
men were well fed. lie was the first
officer to establish magazines for the
provisioning of an army of invasion,
and in his carly campaigns 1t worked
well. However, it was the lack Of
food which brought about his defeat
in the Russian campaign of 1912 when
the commissary ran short in a cold
climate. lie had made provisions for
ralions for his men ana horses for a
term of fifty days His magazines
were set up Mt Thorn, Konigsbcrg and
panziz and literally overfowlnG with
food but these he left far behind in
his anxiety to engage in Il battle. In
deed SO eager was he to get at" the
Russians that he refused to wait fol-
his commssary train and pushed on
expecting to feed his men from the
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magazines of the enemy after he had
defeated them, but instead of finding
subsistence for his army Napoleon
came upon IA barren waste, the Rus
slams having burned everything "a
they rctrcatcd. The supplies were far
away and before they could be sent
from the magazines, starvation and
disease had 1hinned the ranks of the
army which finally became mere
rabble. Thus it was that inadequate
provisioning wrecked this great mill
tary enterprise.
In some instances armies have sub
sisted on the invaded territory. as in
the case of Sherman's march during
the civil War and of the insurgent
army of cuba in 1898. But this Is no
longer possible owing to the splendid
spy system which puts the enemy in
touch with the army movements. Dur
/ ing the Franco German war of 1870
~ the arrangement for feeding the
German army WAS the best which had
been devised up to that time. The
schedule included not only tho estab-
lishment of food reserves magazines
but the provision Of field bakeries and
other accessories for the supply of
]
people in tho invaded territory, added
TO the supply from the Fatherland
and stored away in magazines as near
as possible TO the battle lines.
What a "slip-up' means.
As compared TO the great European
war of today the numbers to be fed
were insignificant and the unpoctic
| business of feeding the hordes of SOL
diors of the present conflict is being
carried out with n precision far be-
yond the expectation of the commits
sary officers themselves. on one or
two occasions there was slight slip
up but these were smoothed out with
out the men suffering to any great en-
tent.
For instance in the carly part OF
tho war when tho Germans started
on their rapid march to Paris they
left the commissary trains far behind.
It is said that this little lack OF pre-
caution had much to do with their
| failure to take tho French capital,
While this may he mere conjecture on
the part of military men, 1t is II we'll
known fact that both the English and
French soldiers who were defending
the city were we'll fed. This little slip
up on the part of Germany, If true
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reserve their strength to combat
against the dampness OF the trenches
and to fight against the enemy. Soup
seems to be the real staff OF life TO
the armies of the present war Apart
from feeding her army Germany has
over million prisoners and these
must be fed rs well.
Russia.
Russia can feed her army II she can
reach them, but the roads OF that
country are far from good anu "nlie
she has railroads and motor lorrles
she depends upon the Siberian ponies
for hauling the greater part or the
food supplies.
one of the largest bases OF the
commissary department is located IN
Moscow and from this most OF the
supplies are sent to the front. Inc
Russian soldier was never well FED
even in the days of peace. as the
coarse black bread he was forced to
eat at the barracks was the most un-
palata BILE stun imaginable, but the SOL
diers of the car are stolid creatures
and If they are given soup and some
sort of bread they are satisfied.
Russia learned her lesson in feed
ing an army during the Japanese
Russian war when the latter country
was graft ridden especially in the
commissary department and the SOL
diers many times were on the verge of
starvation or disease owing to the
spoiled meats and other bad foods
which were sent to them. During the
present war this department has been
carefully watched and the men receive
full rations OF fresh food.
French and English.
France. too, has improved her COM
missary department and has kept her
line of communication open with lit
tie difficulty. Unlike the other armies
the French frequently take their cat
tie and pigs to the front ION the hoof
and have them slaughtered there. The
cattle are driven along i'm the open
roads behind the troops while the pigs
are loaded into motor busses and
driven behind the supply wagons. OF
course canned meats are used as well
The English commissary depart
ment is in excellent condition and her
soldiers live well. Long before the
war began an organization known as
The Army Service Corps set about to
make out system of feeding the
troops in the event of a European
war. They inspected the various de-
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pots, several of which were at once|
enlarged and fomented plans, ani|
when war was declared the food was|
ready but the difficulty was with thsI
cooks, and for 4 time the men whoI
went over to France suffered from IN
different food preparation. but finally
after no little difficulty these amateur
cooks were given other places and the
soldiers began TO enjoy real rations'
Then extras began to pour in and tha|
men were fairly deluged with luXuries
in the way of jam and sweets. "a
course the Enslishman must have his
tea and big tea wagons very like the|
German field kitchens, open up BENNY
the trenches every day at tea time
During the early part of the war brea "
was baked for the army at the tieldy
bases in ovens, with capacity %
ninety loaves per day. These werd
gradually supplemented by stean3
travelling ovens, each capable Of bak
ing 1000 loaves n day. Meat is KEPT
on board what is known as "frozer
meat vessels until needed, and then1
sent out in commissary trains 10 the
front. Motor lorries have carried sup
plies all along the battle front durin
SSNS VIC NiNdStliitllNo NlINi 'll sunny ~
casions mon rushed directly into ths
firing line with food for the sodierd
in the trenches.
Where troops are standing in moro
! or less fixed positions, the Army Serv
ice Corps feeds the Britishers we'll. n
the menu for the day shows: bacon
for breakfast, bread and cheese for
| lunch, hot meat, vegetables. and
bread with jam and tea for dinner
! While on the march hot rations are
served from time to time from fielC
kitchens. Each British soldier car
ries what is known as an iron ration'v
which he uses only in case of emer1
gency.
Water supply.
A word might be written about thu
supply of water. This is usually oh !
| tanned from local sources and empty
petrol tins have made excellent re
ceptacles for carrying it TO the troopsI
The utmost care has to be taken will
regard 10 the selection of the stream
from which the water is drawn to en-
sure the purity OF the supply. In
nearly every instance the water USED
/ by the German army has been SEM
from Germany. This is due to thu |
, fact that some OF the wells of Belgium
were found to be poisoned
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Gigantic Task Which Con-
fronts the Commissary
Departments Of the
Warning Nations, and
How They Are Meeting
the Situation.

COPYRIGHT, 1916, hy The international
syndicate
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FNnulfulS.
"LI. the teachings Of history
III have made it plain that the
successful commanders OF
armies must also be commits
sary experts. An lifted man cannot
do efficient work nor can he fight
This fact had been demonstrated in
every war which has occurred since
the Christian era and even before.
Take the case of Darius, who in the
pre-Christian era despatched an army
OF 100000 men across the Bosphorus
and then saw them go down to defeat
on account of an inefficient commits
sary. XerXps was u wiser leader and
demonstrated the real worth of the
proper subsistence of any army when
lie sent over two million men into
Greece. His first thought had been of
their food and he accumulated an
enormous amount of stores before
starting on tho march, and added to
these as he went along. According
10 Herodotus, his men as well as the
camp followers. were all well fed.
The system OF carrying individual
rations was first adopted by tho Ro-
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1897 and her second in 1899, and ever
since that time. with a few exceptions,
the festival has boon celebrated cach
year upon larger and grandor scale
Mystic Krcwc's.
In 1857 the Society of the Mysti"
krcwc of Comus was organized. and
during tho Mardi Gras of that year
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ZNEZINDL@y IELRZNLz2ze5o
IT zL LISn~ CrHAAI7R d
How the Crescent City Celebrates This Ancient Fete Spen
dor and Pomp of the PRE- Festival of This
Delightful Southern City,

the world which cannot be purchased.
Another unique custom Is tho
called out" card which Is sent 10
ladies' who arc TO he asked to dance.
A special place is reserved for those
receiving such cards and during the
bail they sit i'm thor places like Pa
ticnco on n monument" quietly wait
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-30
Two More Men and Women
Arresed as Blackmailers

Chicago, Sept. 80. - Two more men
and a woman were arrested by a
federal agent OF the Department of
Justice in a raid on a private apart
ment here at o'clock this morning
and held in connection with the op-
erations of the Mann Act black
mailers' syndicate recently brought to
light by federal officers.
Pursuing their investigation of the
case of wealthy merchant of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, who is alleged to have
been done out of $4,000 by the syn
dicate, federal officials to-day took
possession of a packet of letters said
to have been written by the merchant
to two Chicago girls whom he charges
with having lured him to their apart
ment in Chicago where the blackmail
was exacted. Attorneys for the girls
contend that the Iowa man wronged
his clients and paid them $4,000 as
recompense.
The officers later took into GUS
tody second woman said to have
resided at the raided apartment.
The four persons arrested to-day are
alleged to have blackmailed a wealthy
Eastern manufacturer whose name is
withheld.
Federal officers said opium smoking
outfits and great quantities of habit
forming drugs were found in the
apartment. Those taken into Gus
tody to-day are: ]. H. Golden. who
said he was a real estate agent: Mrs.
Grace Golden. his wife; John E. Law
renee, said to be travelling salesman,
and Mrs. Lawrence, his wife.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-30
$4,000 GIFT TO
FINDLAY COLLEGE
DR.. c. H. Forney Endows Pres
ident'S Chair in Church of
God Institution

The Rev DR.. C. H. Forney, of this
city, has declared his purpose to en-
dow the Presidents chair in Findlay
College, a Church of God Institution
in Ohio, to the amount of $4,000.
The Church Advocate says: 'It was
originally understood that DIR. For
ney would contribute 100000 for this
endowment, but in order to show to
the brotherhood that he has faith in
the welfare of -Findlay College, Dr.
Forney generously increases the
amount to the above-named sum. 1t
is such gifts as these that restore con-
f1dence, inspire others to give, and
give encouragement to those who
must bear the heat and burden of
the present work.
Coming at this time. when we are
in the midst of a campaign to raise
$4,000, DR.. Forney's gift is as timely
as it is generous"
The statement in the Church Advo-
cate is from William Harris Guyer,
President of Findlay College, who
recently visited DR.. Forney in this
city. AS a result of the conference
with him covering all phases of the
college work, DR.. Forney authoriz-
ed the announcement that he would
make the contribution of $4,000 to
the endowment fund.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-30
Secrets of BIackhand
Exposed in Murder Trial

Sunbury, Pa, Sept. 30.-Ralph
Manilo. of Kulpmont, a witness for
the Commonwealth. in the trial of
Frank Christiana for the murder April
Is, of Fuerilo Manilo. at Kulpmont,
swore to-day the blackhand society
has branches in all cites and towns
in the East. Manilo was shot in the
street and the crime was laid to the
hlackhand.
Manilo declared he is an active
member of the society. and paid SAT
to join 1t. Branches are established in
every city and small town in the East.
Most all murders are done by the
society. he told the jury The object
of the blackhand. he swore, is to col
lect money" Ito cut somebody" ''or
to kill somebody"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-30
MYSTERY OF ONE
TINY SNAPSHOT
STIRS COURTROOM
Court and Lawyers Smile
When Defendant Produces
Little Picture
STATE DIDN'T WANT IT
Lets See." Says Judge;
Lenney Trial Ends

What was shown on the tiny kodak
picture which was unexpectedly and
unofiicially introduced this morning at
the trial of Mrs. Grace NJ. Lenney.
charged with marital infidelity by her
husband. ]. NJ. Lenney "a moving pic
ture theater manager!
What further whetted the curiosity
of the jury. an Interested crowd in the
court and a few lawyers who didn't
get a chance to see il was the attitude
OF the court. of District Attorney
Stroup. counsel for both defense and
prosecution-and the blushing face of
pretty Ruth Albright, one of the State S
chief witnesses.
Guy Cunningham, who was charged
by Lenney with being the other man
in the case, produced the photograph.
When the Court Smiled
President Judge Kunkel smiled when
he saw it: So did Attorneys Hull and
kunkel, for the defense; so did Sen
ator John E. Fox and John r. Geyer,
for the prosecution.
And after a few other lawyers had
had & satisfactory look Mr.. Geyer
tucked it away in his pocket-"close to
his heart as Attorney Kunkel face
tiously said.
No- would Mr., Geyer explain the
mystery. even to the newspaper men.
Indeed l won't show 1t to YOU"
ture, rather interesting picture, of a
very nice little girl, and-but I've got
TO so on with this case" And he fed.
Didn't Want to Do Ii
Cunningham suddenly produced the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-30
Publishers Find Penny
Newspaper Is Thing of
Past Owing to High Prices

Reading. Pa, Sept 80. - Owners of
twenty Pennsylvania daily papers held
a special conference here to-day to
discuss the newspaper situation.
NO more cheap paper is the pros
pect that must be faced declared J..
II. Zerbey. of the Pottsvile Republi-
can. chairman of the White Paper
Committee of the PENNSYLVANIA Pub
fishers Association and of the Ma
tional Editorial Association. The con-
ference was held at the request of the
Federal Trade Commission, Washing
ton. which has been investigating con-
ditions in the paper business. 1t was
declared that overhead and running
expenses must be reduced and that lin
case of penny papers the subscription
and street sale price must be in
creased.
A. Nevin Pomeroy. of Harrisburg,
State superintendent of printing pre-
sided at the conference. 1t was the
consensus of opinion that the penny
paper would soon be thing of the
past.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-09-30
Won FALKENHAYN
STOPS INVASION
OF RUMANIANS
Former Chief of German Staff
Takes Field With Victor
iouS Result
FIERCE FIGHT IN SOMME
Ieutons Beaten Off by New
British Division With
Heavy Losses

The Rumanian invasion of Transyl-
wanna mas met with setback in the
Hermannstadt region, some twenty
miles north of the Rumanian border
according to the Berlin headquarters
statement to-day. A victory there
over strong Rumanian forces by
troops under General Won Falken-
hayn is announced
General Won Falkenhayn is one OF
the most noted of German military
commanders and was chief of the
general staff until recently when he
was displaced by Field Marshal Vor
Hlndenburg. To-day's mention of his
name in the official statement is the
nrst intlmation the he was in active
service in the field
me 1act that a general of such
note has been given command In
IransflVania apparently means that
an important campaign in this Aus.
Irlan territory is under way A new
1eutonlc offensive successfully press.
eo there would place Rumania he.
tween two fires, as large forces of the
central powers are in the field in the
oouthern Rumanian province of Dob.
rud1a under another of Germany's
martlal heroes. Field Marshal Vor
Mackensen.
Desperate fighting has been in prog.
ress along the northern end of the
Somme front where the British have
recently made important roads upor
German positions south of the Ancre
London to-day reports heavy coun.
terattackS by the Germans near the
Stuff redoubt and the Hessian trench
and declares that division of the