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Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10

service He has a number Of his own
racing at Laurel.
eve took in $1,000 last week at our
company canteen." said the guard in
guard was there, by the way, to see
that no soldier nor officer thoughtlessly
spent good coin in this canteen that
might be passed across the counter at
the company exchanges. His company
Is l. of the 10th New York. located on q
high hill in the camp The $1,000 has
given the company such a big fund
that IL requires ingenuity to find things
to buy. The men have as much chicken
as they want to eat. There is nothing
too expensive for them Their one fad
now is to try to make the inky black
ness look like Broadway. They have
bought up many of the new-fang1ed
gasoline lamps that burn NANTES and
give almost as much light as an arc
lamp. Amid the glare they eat food
good enough for a king
The S13th. THE Maryland regiment.
almost a Baltimore unit. has now
opened its own canteen. Good things
the fellows serve there and the profit
is that much toward the 313th funds.
There are many at camp struggling
hard to speak French. to be able to
talk 70 the French soldiers when they
get over there" It was a bit OF a
students to hear negro 1aborer pour
ing out the finest kind of French q few
days ago. Mahomet Said, a Christian
Abyssinian: has come all the way from
his far-off land as a sailor and gone
to work on this job. Men from ali the
ends of the earth are here.
Firm as Casabianca stands JEFF Riley
on bleak hill, from which every thing
was dynamited except q few tomb
stones. Sentimental dynamiters pass
ed them by and many q toe may stub
over them in the night work that is
ahead Of the soldiers. Jefe belongs to
the 10th New York Regiment and has
been placed UP there to guard the
telephone exchange. in which there are
about twenty-five girls. Any one who
prowls by night too near the exchange
10 likely to feel the sharp point OF steel
and to receive as O permanent souvenir
OF the occasion a solid shot from a
rife.
Three kinds Of army rifles are now in
use here at the camp. The 10th New
York regiment has the regulation
Some of the Baltimore
men are getting the old Krags for use
In drilling. The new Enhelds are arriv-
ing but not In quantity enough to sup
ply the needs.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10
ONLY FOR ENLISTED MEN.
Civilians to Be Barred at Third Of
ficers' Training Camps.

Civilians will be barred at the third
officers training camps, which will
open early in the new year. Student
officers for these camps will be selected
entirely from nom accomplishment and
enlisted ranks Of the National Army,
National Guard and Regular Army.
with a small percentage to be drawn
from colleges giving military instruc-
ton.
Training courses will be given at ALI
the big military camps, according to
present plans, eliminating Fort Myer
and the camps now giving officers
training courses.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10
10TH DIVISION WILL BE ABLE
TO DEAL MIGHTY BLOW TO, HUNS

The 18th Division. composed Of Mary
land. Pennsylvania and District of Column
bia selected men, will be a mighty fight
ing force 1t win carry into battle 27.152
men. leaving behind q depot brigade Of
impressive magnitude. and win make the
might OF these men felt by the use Of an
enormous and highly diversified amount
Of ordnance. Acres are already covered
by the transportation equipment of this
tremendous organization, and many train
loads more are to be received here
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10

All past ideas Of offensive equipment
seem puny beside the machinery the 18th
win carry into battle in France. This d.
vision will have every device for smash
ing like a great ramrod through the lines
that Hindenburg has stretched across
France. 1t will be prepared to deliver q
staggering blow to the Huns.
Much that is told about the division Is
the result Of the most recent action OF
the Army authorities Every day sees
new and more terrible weapons put on
training.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10

guess that's when they named the sta
ton down there Admiral"
An old clothes man could do all
kinds of business here IL he could get
q concession to buy all the civilian
clothes. rapidly being discarded by the
men as they get their uniforms. Most
Of the men are holding on to the outfits
In which they arrived, but many are
sending them back home by parcel
post.
Private Walter Stahl is the liberty
lad" from Dewart, Pa, the only one
to come from his town. He looks like
has sense Of humor which was dis
closed when he said: you know
there were only two Of US who were
drafted and when It came to figure As
per cent for the first quota, that would
have taken a couple of arms away
from me. The board puzzled for a long
time and then decided / would be As
per cent IL left my dog at home"
The following conversation was over
heard on the platform at Admiral sta
ton:
soldiers carry swagger sticks?
Private Binks-That's to keep their
hands out Of their pockets.
Private Jinks-Then you had better
carry two Sticks.
Private Binks-Why should I carry
two of them?
Private Jinks-To keep your hands
out of other peoples pockets.
Here's a new way to win promotion,
but it is doubtful If it will work out
the way II did at Camp Dix.
IT want you to be fair with me-"
said Capt Kalberer. cit doesn't make
any difference whether you are lazy
or not, but 1t gives me an idea just
how to speed up lessons. Ready now.
all men who know they are lazy. step
forward"
The entire lire. with one exception,
moved forward. The exception was
Coulter Shepard Of Delaware. Capt.
Kalberer turned to him and asked him
why he did not step out with the rest
and confess the truth.
"Why didn't you step forward. Shep-
ard?" he asked.
'T'm too lazy" Shepard replied. and
was forthwith made a corporal.
Know where Capt Meade's camp Is?
Not one person in a hundred who Wis
it's Camp Meade finds this camp. IT liz
the remount camp, q ninety-acre stock
yard, possibly the largest in the east.
This camp Is about two miles from
Admiral along the railroad toward An
napolis junction. There 10000 horses to
be detrained within the next few
months. The horses come in suffering
with travel fever and an enormous vet
Urinary hospital is open and ready for
thine. Corrals LOO feet by 2.40O feet
are being fenced of for them and sheds
from 900 to 700 feet long have been al
most completed for them. The horses
will be hardened to outdoors by having
open stables. The sick ones will be
blanketed.
There will be great sport at the re-
mount camp when the breaking in Of
horses begins. A force OF expert rid
ers is being modified for the purpose.
Capt. Peter F. Meade's assistants in
clude Lieut.. w. b. Watkins. Lieut..
Durrell Hall. DIR. e. F. Fitzpatrick and
Sergt. John J. VanderVeer. Lieut.. Wat
kins is such lover of horses that he
does not see enough of them in the Army
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10

'Where'd they get the name Meade
for this camp?" one rookie was heard
asking another at the division post ex-
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-10-10

guess that's when they named the sta
ton down there Admiral"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-08-31
In Which Class
=. Do You Belong

The following is taken from The
Evening Alien Talks to- Robert J.
Wildhock OF The vigilantes: 'E's =
"You got a saying hare, United we
stand, divided we fall" that people
are going to remember some day so
that they will never forget it, be-.
cause they are going to fall,-divid-
ed. Count 'em yourself, the divisions:
I. w. w. and the German.language
press the 1rish-anti.English ;G lot OF
editors, William Randolph Hearst, the
speculators, politicians, and million
kinds OF pin heads who can't under.
stand anything as big as this war
what you are up against, both IN
congress- and out, and the slow-pokey
officials who allow the Germans to
get all the military information they
wish, the anarchists, the anti-war$
socialists, slackers, conscienceless
objectors, and dgo on and count 'em
there's q plenty. All German
sympathizers and under German in.
duence-or plain boobs.
And All Of 'em$ diyidingy Just as
hard as they can every minute, and
believe me, jnnger, after the fall.
you'll never stand q, gain Germany
win SEQ to that.
The 1917 German rive ins the Unit.
81 States y q |. can stop q a N
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-08-31
HEAVY FINES, AND JAIL
SENTENCES FOR DEsTRoYERs

jamestown, N. D., Aug. 22.-L.. w.
WIS started their first real activity at
trouble making in Stutsman county
for the 1917 season at Montpelier
when they threatened to destroy
machinery and set fire to the farm
homo Of Chris ITendffck wen
known Montpelier farmer, There
were nine "wobblies" in the gang and
they were receiving $4.00 per day,
with room and board. They struck
for higher wages, which brought on
the clash. Sheriff Ross made a hur-
ry up trip to Montpelier and disper-
Esed the 81 Won't Workers without
further trouble. e. 's-''--,-'sst .1It
Three field secretaries Of the organ
Iization, namely: Arthur J. Kelly,
Thomas Jenkins and Andrew Lind
blade, arrested in this city last week
flor disorderly conduct in attempting
to sign up members in this communi-
|ty were sentenced to 43 days in Jail
and fined $50 apiece when arrested.
q "This looks like kangaroo court
to me,n9 said Jenkins bitterly when the
sentence was imposed. >'''.'n .'~ q
"Ten days more for contempt: Of
court" said Police Magistrate Muir
ply. = ]. .f,,Es s:s...ss - i
we can't get justice here" spoke:
|up Kelly, when sentenced. well
have to take matters into our own
hands. 'Theren be general walk-out
declared here in short order. We
can get square deal for we've got
Governor Frazier back of u.s." '~@
Sheriff Ross and other officers are
preparing for further trouble here and
lit is likely special deputies will be
sworn into service at once. &.u "s.S =
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-08-31
DRAFTED Men Who Do Not Report
VII Will Be Accepted Auto .,o
.o matically
1852 MEN WILL LEAVE
s.;. (. f. STATE FOR CAMP SEPT. S
Accommodation for Men Must Be
I of the Best, Government
- Warns

When the call comes for the men
to report they will meet in Washburn
and within short time will be en-
trained for Fort Dodge. where they
will receive their training. 2s5 49,.
Government regulations have been
received by the members of the local
exemption board, giving details OF
each step that Is to be taken in get
ting the army together. '-'< c
The men will be ordered to assem-
BILE at the county court house, not
earlier than "a hours and not later
than IL hours before the time set for
roll call. Retreat roll call will be call.
ed at $3.50 in the evening. All the men
ordered to report will be lined up at
$3.50 and as his name is called each
man will step two PAGES to the front.
This is the formal act of enrolling in
the UnitedStates army. e.:
They win be provided with a place
to eat and sleep at the expense of the
government: This will be done by
the local board issuing tickets or or.
ders for each man. The tickets or or.
ders will be issued on local hotels or
restaurants, and the government will
redeem them for their cash value.
The government has issued strict
and implicit orders that each man
must be fed and lodged in clean and
sanitary quarters, special stress being
laid on this feature soff the regulati lions.
All that will be required from each
man ID his ordinary wearing apparel
and one light extra suit of light under
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-08-31
Farmers Assured
Fair Wheat Price
President OF Federal Land Bank Ex-
peets Announcement in Short &
Time aj@
" WAR CEASES e
PRICES WILL LOWER:
Plenty Of Wheat is Being Harvested
In Russia and Also India This =
Year -

Farmers will receive a fair price
for their wheat" said E. G.. Quamme,
president Of the st. Paul federal land
bank, who returned from Washington,
where he conferred with the grain
price fixing commission as the repre-
sentative Of the northwest. -
Il feel certain that DR., H. A. Gar
field, chairman, and the other mem
bers of the board will treat the north
west squarely," he continued.
When asked If $3.50 bushel for
wheat at Chicago would be set, he de.
.clined to discuss the matter. It is
strongly rumored that such a price
will be made.
"The wheat price will be fixed soon,"
Mr.. Quamme said. Because of the
intense interest taken in the subject,
every precaution will be taken to
guard the price until it is announced"
Fare Better Than British
Washington, Aug. 27.-The prospect
is that the food commission will fix
the price OF this years wheat crop
soon
Those who are in close touch with
the food situation declare the farmers
of North Dakota, who are objecting to
50 wheat, are not we'll informed, and
that is fair price for this years sup
ply. Should 1t be- lower, It is asserted
that the American farmer will un-
doubtedly get more than England's
colonies. e,
The North, Dakota farmers should
consider the possibility of sudden
cessation of hostilities," said one man.
Members Of the Root commission
have brought back word that Russia
! is full Of wheat. The crop in India is
large. Suppose peace should come.
The price Of wheat, under normal con-
ditions, would go down below 81 over
night. Where would the farmer be
then? His wheat would be werth only
the market price," ~;
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-08-31
Drafted Men to Leave
Quickly ner the Call
TO Report Is Given

clothes, which he must provide him
self. rss~4.s Ia -. X.
It is expected. that yithin twenty
four hours after the retreat roll call
the men will be entrained and on their
way to the mobilization camp.
No doubt one of the members of the
local selection board will accompany
the allotment Of men to the mobiliza-
ton camp and deliver them according
to the list. ...,.
4 From the time the men step forward
in retreat roll call, they will be under
government pay.
The trip to Des Moines will consume
more than "a hours, Pullman provi-
sions will be made. Each man and
each piece of baggage will be tagged
before leaving the local mobilization
point. .-~'''. -. .-. =.
The plan is to move fifth Of the
men from each local mobilization
point each day, in order that conges-
ton of transportation facilities may
be avoided. Mclean county will send
so men on the first call.
Drafted men who fail to report for
service will be classed and punished
as deserters. They will be accepted
automatically and their privilege of
claiming exemption denied.
The latest ruling is that five per
cent of the drafted men will leave on
the 5th, forty per cent on the 10th,
forty per cent on October LIST, and the
balance a little later
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-08-31

II anyone with a thirst had a good
stand.in with the sheriff Of Morton
county he might have a look-in at
the wet goods he has stored. He has
forty-six hundred gallons of wine
seized at Hebron two years ago;
$500 gallons more seized this spring
that is stacked near It; cask after
cask of beer; barrel and cask, and
case of whisky stacked in another
corner. and,s there is good supply
Of champagne. The total estimated
value is $9,7O0. Il ~s ;;;sS$:fass z ,4s5&
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-08-31
How Much Are You
Saving at Present?

The st. Paul Dispatch: Many
members of the local exemption
boards have been wonder struck
and more than one has been appal
led at the evidence of lack of
thrift broadspread among the people
of st. Paul. In conducting their in.
Quiries to ascertain the soundness of
| the grounds advanced for exemption,
these board members obtain intimate
knowledge of the financial condition
tof families, and it developes in num-
erous cases that in the course of
years not the slightest effort has been
made to lay by any propotion, small
or large, Of the family earnings. The
thought Of saving money seems new
Ter to have occurred to many of them.
With incomes from their earnings
running from $500 to $4,000 annually,
men frankly admit they have not saw
ed cent. And theAW feature is
that 1t appears in most cases that
earnings are in excess of actual ne
cessities and the candid confession is
made that indulgence in pleasure and
luxury has taken the place Of a saw
ings account. I. 81. 81 :
IN We are not an unthrifty commune
ity, here In ST. Paul. This alarming
statezof affairs Is not peculiar to any
locality. Largely 1t is an american
failing. Improvide ence have grown In.
Ito habit People hayeza sparrow
like absence of thought for the NOR
row, though the indiff fference is not
based upon q serene reliance upon the
providence of the Almighty. 1T To- q
smug and stupid matter Of living for
the day alone. safz I,
Where 50 much has been urged OF
the vaIue ofS stematic saving, large
Eor small, II is difiicnlt to make the ap-
peal stronger Il ought g be brought
home % every Garner. The capacity
20 save iii as valuable as the capacity
to earn Time and circumstances
Will bring "a every Garner the time
when he no longe can earn ID
nheiieyable that any Garner has not
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-08-31
Laboring Man viii
Be Gef1nany's Goat
Clarence Darrow, Chicago Attorney,
Talks on War to Labor Union
In Fargo
ITS AMERICAS
WAR, HE SAYS
Germany and Her Autocracy Must
Be Crushed Before Common Folks
Can Live

II was pacifist before the United
States entered this world war, and ]
may be again, but not until after
Germany has been decisively beaten
and the world has been made safe
for democracy" said Clarence Darrow,
Chicago attorney, champion of labor,
speaking under the auspices of La.
boris Loyal legion at Fargo last Satur.
day.
"The world will not be a fit place
for a working man, or for anyone
but despot until Germany and her
autocracy have been crushed. No
working man could live in it, and en-.
JOY moment of his life.
There is only one answer that the
American laboring man can make to
the German menace, and that answer
is the one that General Grant made
to General Lee at Appomattox in
1855 when the latter asked his
terms for surrender. General Grants
answer was unconditional surren.
der"
Mr.. Darrow, who was formerly
prominent in the administration OF
the Socialist party and who defended
the Mcnamara brothers in the fam
GUS dynamite case at Los Angeles
set at rest all doubts of his attitude
toward the draft law, declaring thai
he was not going to defend the Min
Inesota agitators charged with at
tempting to incite mutuny and dis
obedience to the military. laws anl
said that men who directly oppose
these laws or advised others to dc
so should be punished.
II am for free speech always
said Mr.. Darrow, "and I don't want
to see the time come when we will
lose that right for a minute. We
don't have to give up free speech
to win this war, but we must be
broad and calm. We must be sure
that man violates the law before
he is punished.
! Some men will say harmful
things because they are misinformed
others will do 1t maliciously. The
malicious should be punished, but
we must not put all the fools in Jail
The jails would be too crowded.
"Yes, the draft law is hard; it
calls for great sacrifices and to many
it may appear wrong, but this war
must be won. Germany must be
completely whipped. No measure
should be neglected, that will aid in
crushing this nlenacing autocracy.
THE, German keiser says that he
gets his authority from God, and
that he is not responsible to the peo.
pie. Until such a despot is removed
there can be no peace in the world.
'This Is as much Americas war
as it is the !. war Of England or
France. Our own interests are just
as much at stake as are theirs"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-08-31
Mclean. County
HONOR: ( / ROLL ]! I II.
-- -

Arthur Peterson, Garrison
Leighton Kunkel, Garrison. 4
/ Clarence st. George, Garrison, I
Waiter Anderson, Garrison
Victor Winters. Garrison
] Dan Miller, Garrison a'sf. ~
], Burt s. Oderkirk, Garrison i 4
! Edmund E. Wacker, Garrison ;:
Harry e. Nohr, Garrison
Louis Larson, Garrison x *
! Joe Fitzgerald, Garrison sy.a:
@ 20. Mason, Underwood =.
Clarence Eisenmann, Under.
wood .ss3sais 3as:E 1'.G.$,iE s.l
/ Ed. Fischer, Underwood ~
Bert Collins, Underwood
Leonard Jenny, Underwood So
Clifford Stevens, Underwood
Earl Russell, Underwood
VIM. Collins, Underwood Fl:
VIM. Ryne. Underwood l N.
Dean Zeller, Unde derwood n
Alex Nesland, Underwood
Oscar Johnson, Underwood
Frank Eisenmann, Underwood
Leo schafer, Underwood
John Haley. Underwood
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-08-31

M zbout 47s u hay q been draft
sd into thMe e nat tional 1 M AIM in I grisons. ID,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-08-31
Foreign Born Citizens
Are Changing Mind

Bismarck Tribune:-The alien who
has been voting occasionally, holding
office, even, and otherwise availing
himself OF. the privileges Of citizen,
ship, but who now seeks to avoid pay,
Ing the penalty Of American citizen.
ship by representing himself as an un-
naturalized alien, presents a problem
to the local exemption boards of North
Dakota. - ~ =
A number of instances of this kind
have been reported to the district
board. In many cases, it is stated,
the claimant for exemption as an alien
has succeeded in amassing tidy for
tune during his residence here; his
rights as a citizen never have been
questioned, and he never has hesitat-
led to avail himself of such rights, but
now that he is asked to do his bit for
Uncle Sam he suddenly discovers that
he is a subject Of some other country.
The practice in such cases seems
,5-f. lis1s - -" y.
to be to place the burden of proof on
The shoulders of the alien. Unless! he
can satisfy the board that he is not
a citizen, he is considered as an Amer
lean, and il accepted, is certified to
the district board as such. In any
event atiidayits Of such registrants
cannot be easily verified.
ssT The board has completed certifying
lists of accepted regtstrants for the
present TO county boards and the ad-
|jutant general; and the next two days
viii be devoted "a Preparations for the
|conside 4. alton 81 gricultural and oc.
cupationaI claims and Of appeals. Next
Monday II sis anti icipated more names
will be ready to certify.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-08-31
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Labor DAY Poem by Angela Morgan

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w Thank Cod for the might of it,
The ardor, the urge the delight of it
Work that springs from the hearts desire,
Setting the brain aid the soul on fire
Oh, what is SO good as the heart of it,
And what is so glaa as the beat of it,
And what Is so kind the stern command,
Challenging brain and heart and hand?
WoRk!
For the beautiful cpnquering tide of it,
Sweeping the life IN its furious food
Thrilling the arteries cleaning the blood,
Mastering stupor and dull despair,
Moving the dreamefI to do and dare.
Oh, what is good as the urge of it,
And what is SO gladfas the surge of it,
And what is SO strong the summons deep,
Rousing the torpid ssoul from sleep?
WoRK' >
r w Thank Cod for the pace of it,
For the terrible, keen, swift race of it,
Fiery steeds in full control,
Nostrils aquiver to greet the goa -,
Work, the Power that drives behind,
Guiding the purposes3 tanning the mind
Holding the runaway1 wishes back
Refining the will to one steady track,
Speeding the energies faster, faster
Triumphing over disaster.
Oh, what is so good as the pain of it,
And what is SO great.as the gain of it? :
And what is SO kindzas the cruel goad.
Forcing on through the rugged road?
Wonk. !.
Thank God5sfor the swing Of it,
For the clamorng, ihammering ring of it,
Passion of labor daily hurled
On the mighty .anvils of the world.
Oh what is SO fierce As the flame of it,.
And what 80 huge the aim; OF it? =
= iThundering on thro,igh dearth and doubt,
Calling the plan of the Maker out,
Work, the Titan; Work, the friend,
Shaking the earth to a glorious end
Draining the swamps and blasting the hills,
Doing whatever the Spirit wills
Rending continent apart,
To answer the dream of the Master heart.
Thank God for a world where may shirk-
Thank God for the splendor of work!
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