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Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19
STORIES OF THE WAR
New Gas Shells of the Germans

New Gas Shells of the Germans Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Further details have been obtained about the new gas shells which the Germans are now using, and their ef- feet upon the persons who breathe the fumes.
 Armentferes is the first town in the annals of history to have been lit- erally poisoned to such degree that it's civil population has had to be re- moved lest it should be entirely des- troyed.
 While heavy shells were rained on the houses, forcing the people to take refuge in the cellars, a multitude of small shells, not powerful enough to smash a pavement stone, fell every. where in the street and coprtyary and garden. These shells contained no gas or powder, but calarless liquid which spreads over the ground. Only very slightly volatile. the liquid leaves ploded: It evaporates very slowly, pro- duces a heavy gas which filters downward and reaches the cellars whsre refuge has u,ts been sou sought; a.aa,. nsx made more victims among women than among men, because it penetrates the hair and remains there, while to- bacco smoke has proved an unex-
 
 is described by some as recalling ace tylene, by others as resembling mig nonette, but the majority say it is like hot mustard. It takes some time to
 Inhabitants of Arn1entieres who have breather its enaanations fin the norn- ing. when walking in the town. have been able to return home without feel. ing any effect but five or six hours 1a4er they have been obliged to go to bed, and their condition has rapidly become serious.
 The bronchial tubes are affected first the eye1ids become swollen, and little by little the sight is lost. All the mu- cous membranes are attacked and the body seems on fire inside, while burns Swh1ch, doctors described as . of .in the Continuous coughing sets in, with a fe- yer temperature the skin becomes dull and sickly and the affiiction proves fa- tai in many cases. A
 tected by a mask, exposed himself to the gas for quarter of an hour as an experiment, and was burned all over the body, except where the mask pro- tected his head and on the wrist where the strap of his watch offered protec- tion.
 Father Camelot, dean of Saint Vaast at Armentiers, was poisoned little by little, as he performed his sacred du ties. The town, since November, 1916 has been reduced to single parish and Father Canelot took charge of it, wishing, as he said, "to remain there as long as single soul remained" He is the fifth priest of Armentieres to be a victim of the war.
 The British Army Medical Service Is making every effort to analyze the liquid thus used for producing the gas. | It's emanations have an analogy with 1 the tear producing gas, which blinds l for a time, but the effects of the new poison are infinitely more severe. l
 French investigation of the liquid | tends to show that it is not new
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19
HOME-READING COURSE FOR CITIZEN SOLDIERS
 War
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in one place, no matter how well you may be concealed. Your value as a soldier depends on your ability to ad- vance from cover to cover, always se- lecting before you leave one place the position you are going to occupy. Learn that "a man running rapidly toward an enemy furnishes a poor tar get" Remember also that a man ly- observed from the enemy's lines.
 This principle applies also if you are ever fired upon while scouting or act ing independently; drop to the ground and seek cover, and then try to locate
 These are some to the main points to keep in mind; many others will come up during Nour training. Grad uai1y you will become highly skilled in this form of attack. Not only will your skill increase but also your con- f1dence. Ydu will learn in time that troops standing on the defensive be- hind entertainments seldom fire upon an advancing enemy with steadiness nation and energy you and your com- rades show in the advance, the small CT will be the chances of your suffer ing severely from the enemy's fire.
 The advance of a company in ex- tended order is directed by comma ands tran smitted to the individual soldiers chiefly by the use of signals, since the noise of the firing makes it impracti- cable to use the voice effectively.
 Practice Fighting
 The problem of each individual sol dier is to obey the, commands and st the same time to use his own judge, ment and skill in taking advantage ally important that you should obey at once any directions that may be given to you as to resetting the sights on your rifle and that the rapidity of 6riy ch hn 1oI Jx,< <tn orders of your captain.
 Going step beyond the extended order drill your company and regi- nent will take part in field and com bat exercises, in which conditions and movements of actual warfare are reproduced as closely possible Here you will put into practice everything learned during your previous drilling. You will practice correct metn~ds of attacking and of defending yourself both with the rifle and bayonet and with other weapons now in use Don't fail to enter into the spirit of these exercises with as much enthusiasm and intensity as if you were on the actual battle. field. Use your imagination. See the enemy in front of you and act precisely as you would act if the en- smy were real. Only in this way can you get the full benefit of these exer- cises.
 Don't fail to keep in mind also that you are a member of a big team and that every member plays an important part in contributing to the success of the team. "The one requisite neces- sary to win the battle is intelligent teamwork. The army is handled just like a football team A part is on the first line facing the enemy. Another part like the half backs. is held back as supports. Another part, like the fun backs, is held az a reserve. Each unit, like each player, has certain duty to perform. When the signal is given, Ill work togetber-aH play the game (Manual for Noncommis- stoned Oh1cers and Privates, p. 149.)
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19

By 0ustavus ohIinssr of The VigiIan-
 tes.
 (Mr Oh1ingef is g. lawyer of Toledo, Ohio. His book, Their True Faith and Allegiance" published a year or more ago, called the attention Of the American. people for the first time to the perils in the wide spread net of German propaganda in the United States.)
 Have we deceived our: elves? Are we Americans of German descent standing in the way of our own pro- gress? Why are we isolated in this coufftry. of our adoption: Why, in this crisis this feeling of estrange- ment which meets us on every side ?"
 These questions, recently propound- ed by newspaper published in the German language are the most prom ising indication that has come from the German language press for many years. Many German Americans are asking themselves the same questions. That they may result in serious heart searching is the. prayer Of every pa triotic American who has the welfare not only of his country, but of every section cf its population at heart.
 The German element in the United States finds itself isolated because for twenty years it has been deceived and led astray by men who have
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19
TO GET IN TOUCH WITH / WAR
 LEGISIATiON.

Whether or not congress will feel that it ought to have more informa : tion as to what other nations are do- ing in order to better cooperate in the conduct of the war. is a matter which it will have an opportunity to express it's opinion upon. if the plan which is being discussed of naming a joint committee from the two houses to go to Europe following the adjourn ment of the national legislature for the purpose of talking over with the parliamentary bodies of the entente countries is presented to it for ac- tion.
 There have been such conferences between members of the allied nations in Europe from which it is claimed much beneficial legislation has re- suited, and the suggestion that this country should get the benefit of such insight by sending a committee to Europe comes from the other side of the water. It is the idea of Vice Pres ident Douillon of the French chamber of deputies. and in the discNssion of such a plan the suggestion Mas been made that such a committee be made up of 25 members consisting of eight from the senate and the remainder from the house.
 How the administration will .look upon such an idea remains to be dis closed. It can be appreciated that the utmost care would have 10 be used in the selection of the committee, but there is an opportunity for the study of conditions from which much good might result. Such a committee would. of course have no power to enter into any agreements or to take any ac- tion. It's duty would be to observe, discuss and inquire about war legis- lation and to report the result of its work upoh the return
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19
LESSON NO. 21
Extended Order Drill

6XI9nQed OF0oT kTtiI (PEeceding Lessons:s a.1 1 Your sost so,s,ss of
 3. Nine Soldierly Qualities. 4. Getting
 Ready for Camp. 5. First Days in Camp. 6. Cleanliness in Camp. z.
 Your Health. 8. Marching and Care |. of Feet g. Your Equipment and
 Arms. 10. Recreation in Camp. II.
 Playing the Game 12. Teamwork in
 the Army. IS. Grouping Mem into
 Teams. 14. The Team Leaders. 15.
 Fighting Arms of the Service. Is.
 Staff Branches of the Service-L IT.
 Staff Branches of the Service-II.. IS.
 Army Insingia. 19. The Army Sys-
 tenn of Training 20. Close Order
 Drill. 21. Extended Order Drill.) '
 Extended-order drill will give your squad it's first lesson in the methods of advancing against enemy lines &C., tually used in present day warfare. You will first be shown how to de- ploy as skirmishers. Moving at run you and the other men will place your self in one rank, the interval between men being about IS inches, instead of is the simplest form of deployment, which may be roughly defined as spreading out a body of troops in thin open lines so that they may more easily advance even in the face of enemy fire.
 This means that you become tc a greater extent an Independent unit. When pushing forward in skirnish lines you must rely in part on your own initiative and judgement
 The next step in extended -order drill advancing at a run In the meantime, you will be getting practice also in rifle loading, and a little later will begin to carry your rifle when advan- cling as sisirmisher and to practice loading aiming and firing from the skirmish line.
 Use of Cover One of the most important features of this part of your training will con- sist of learning to conceal yourself from the view of the enemy by taking advantage of hillocks. trees, heaps of earth, rocks, gullies, iditches, doorways, windows, or any other object that may be at hand Your object is to reach the enemy The more slxil1ful you are in the use of cover the smaller the chances of your being disabled during the attack.
 But you are not to remain too long
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sought to exploit its traditions and
 sentiments for ultericr ends. Some of these wouid-be leaders have been
 paid emHsaries of the German gov
 who i1atrered by decorations. gew- gaws and audiences bestowed by the
 All Highest" have Dartered them selves 10 further the aims of Pan- Americanism. For twenty years these false prophets have been industrious ly spreading the tenets of Kultur in the United States, telling Americans of German descent of Anglo Saxon and industrial efficiency, 1siuding and fatterins their hearers with sense of racial superiority as compared with other elements in our population, warning them against the jealousies and enmities of the "nativists." An ing theri to maintain racial solidarity, so that they might participate in the g1ories of the day when German thought, German science, and the world
 Twenty years ago the German 1an- guage press had fulfilled its mission the only mission which it ever had in this country-that of serving as medium between the German inn migrants of the se's and their new en- vironment in the United States. In the 9Os that immigration practically ceased, and the German language press was presented with the alter natives ofV either adopting the lan- suage of the country or Of facing extincticn. Just at this Juncture it received an artificial re:rudescence from this new propaganda. It pro- .onged its life as an alien language press by making itself the mistress and hand-matd of Pan -Germanism.
 Ku1ture has produced it's proper fruit in the theory Of the state as su- prene over the individual, a theory that denies to government every mor- al attribute and makes power devoid of every ethical consIderat ton the only end to be attained. Against this we invoke the ideals of the Declaration of Independence, with its concept of government deriving its just powers from the corsefat of the governed.
 Let our German American friends expel these false prophets in their midst, rsnounce forever Kt,ltur and all its works and turn to the life giving principles which underlie our govern ment. In countless churches through out this land congregations daily re- peat the Apostles Creed. No believer has eve suggested that this frequent iteration was a reflection either upon his faith or his pfety.
 Let our citizens of German descent, by word and deed, pledge again and again their devotion to their country and its ideals. Their isolation and their estr angement will cease and they will be children in their fathers house.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19
VALUATION OF RAILROADS.

Some time ago congress became i'm
 pressed with the idea that there should
 be obtained a valuation of all the rail-
 road property in the country in order
 that 1t might be used in connection with the fixing of rates. It appro- priated large sum of money for the work and it imposed a part of the ex pense upon the railroads. The work has been underway by a small army of men. The progress has been slow and by the time the work. has been completed it will be necessary to start in again to bring the valuation up to date. In other words the valuation will be of little use by the time it is completed and in the meantime mill lions of dollars will have been spent by the government and by the rail- roads.
 The manner in which this effort is working out. and the much greater need which the country and the rail, roads have for the money that is being put into it. especially since the i'm pression is steadily growing that the completed valuation will be practically worthless, have resulted in demands being made for the abandonment of the undertaking. It will mean of course that what has been done will be of no value whatever, but with the promise that the completed job will be no better it would appear to be good judgment to abandon it where it is and take the loss as 1t stands with out continuing and pi1ing up more millions to be thrown into the dis card. At a time when conservation is being urged and the useless ex- penditure of money deplored, congress would do we'll to consider the advtsa- bility of stopping this waste right where it is.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19
LETTERS TO THE EbI1o7
Why All Ehis Medical Advertising?

Mir. Editor: There seems 50 be so much news in the papers of late about the Backus hospitals offer to the re- jected candidates for the army, and pr. Agnew's letters. that it causes us geons connected with the BacIxus hos pital, or to wonder if we are right in asking if Dr. Agnew is the oldest mem Der connected with the hospital staff and the only one who might render such a service, or why this special combination of the hospitT and Dr. Agnew, and why not the other sur geons who have had many more years of experience and connection with the hospital? Why are they allowed to be dropped out of consideration for the more new and untried?
 Dr. Agnew is a very estimable young man; he has practiced medicine in Jewett City, and within a very recent period has located in Greeneville. Since
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19

thing but mixture of sulphlde ana chlorine, already studied and known, but never before used in this manner The proportion of deaths to the num- Der of people affected is not high, not one per cent. for the northern towns but the number of people affected may be very great.
 The public has been advised that if during an air raid, the smell of mus tard essence Is noted, to move to the uppeS stories. and to breathe through a compress soaked with a certain so- lution. Women have been told to wrap their hair In wet cloth. Saw dust, sand or earth should be thrown on any of the liquid that may be seen before it has evaporated, the authori- ties have warned; and finally if any serious case arises and no octor is at hand vomiting should be produced as rapidly as possible and then large quantities of milk should be drunk,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19

Although the official reports record a quiet day on the battlefronts, it is highly probable that those quiet days" would furnish plenty of excite ment for the average reader, if he was there
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19
SHOULD BE THROWN OUT.

All of the points on which the sen ate and house have disagreed on the war revenue bill will be taken up by
 the committee in conference, it is to be anticipated, but it will be surpris- ing, and it is believed that a serious mistake will be made if the effort to
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19

The removal of the civil population from Roulers and Ostend by the Ger mans indicates that they are getting ready to fall back or else they need more workers than they have pre- viously drafted.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19
wher. soap is Poweryess

Soap, says MT. Oswald Schatte in a dispatch from. Switzerland to the Daily News is one of the scarcest things in Germany. Probably the Kaiser, like Lady Macbeth has been trying to wash the blood from his Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19

Castro says he has given up the business of being a trouble maker, but if his never again" amounts to no more than it does with many peo- pie it will mean only until the next outbreak
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19

It may be all right for Germany to agree to give up Belgium. but the time has passed when the allied ma tions will accept any promises from the present German government.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19

Secretary Daniels in referring to tine strengthening of the navy failed to mention that young woman typewriter who sank six submarines instead of one.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19

There is litt+ wonder that many harsh things are being said of the weather man when he furnishes an early autumn after having provided late spring.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19

Those members of congress who fully understand that they have got to explain to the people at home are not anxious to have congress ad- journ
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19

Sweden presents better figure by acknowledging the corn and promis- ing to do better, than by trying to ex- plain against the evidence.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19
Sounds Suspicious

There's something suspicious about la person of foreign birth who pro-
 claims himself pro American" in
 stead of just plain American. Hyphens
 are still in bad odor-Cleveland Plain Daeler.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19
EDITORIAL NOTES,

The man on the corner says: Dis gust is the first sign of convalescence after a long siege of bad habit.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19

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Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-19
Views of the Vigilantes
TO OUR CITIZENS
 or GERMAN DECENT

By 0ust~vus ohIinssr of The VigiIan-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-23
AMAZES
FRENCH PEOPLE
Villagers Who Had Been
Under Germans Say U.
S. Saved Them.

With the British Armies IN France,
Thursday, March 22-CVia London.
/ Eng March 23.-From = stan Core
spondent OF The Associated Press
The real human interest in the great
retreat OF the Germans lies in the half
ruined villages formerly occupied by
them. The Joy Of the people over what
they proclaim TO be their liberation IS
wonderful 10 see. = package OF well
5uttered ham sandwiches distributed
among the children OF one village
caused greater excitement than the
evacuation Of the Germans.
1t is butter cried several shrill
little voices 20 show their mothers.
erandmothers and srandfathers what
they had received. Through the open
doors could DE heard such expressions
as: Praise God, there is butter again
in france"
Distributed Other Supplies; No Butter.
The American relief commission has
been able 10 distribute flour. coffee,
sugar. lard. limited quantities of rice.
some cearels. soap, salt and vinegar
bat no butter.
The Associated Press correspondent
today had a cup of American coffee,
sweetened with American sugar. with
peasant family living next door to
the charred ruins Of German dugouts
near the bank of the Somme There
was loaf OF brown bread on the table.
American Help saved Them.
That also Is from the Americans"
81 the peasant mother, who was
holding = child Of two years on her
lap. We shall never forget the assist
ance given US by America. Il saved US.
We have had nothing else since soon
after the beelnning of the German
occupation When the Germans first
began taking our goods. our horses,
our cattle, our sheep. our vegetables
and everything else we raised on the
farm. they gave us bits Of paper off
cially stamped by regimental com
manders. which they said were bonds,
telling US We should present them to
president Poincsre for payment Here
are some OF the bonds, she said as
she displayed at least two score Of
scrubbed acknowledgements Of obliga-
tons.
Encouraged To Farm; Then Robbed.
But in the last year or so all we
have been able TO raise has been
taken without even these bonds" she
continued We have been encouraged
10 cultivate our farms, then every
thing was taken and We were com
PEELED to live on American relief. Il
Is terrible, sir, but you are an Amer
lean Please have another cup of
coffee.
Five Eggs Weekly Per Hen.
For time, the peasant. say. they
were allowed TO keep hens on the con-
dition that they produce five eggs for
Nh hen weekly for the German
authorities II the hens did not Law
I'VE eggs the peasants had TO borrow
them from their neighbors and they
were delighted when the hens at last
were confiscated.
Within q week roads have pene-
trated almost countless trench posi-
tons and extended themselves over
what once was No Mans land Run
ming along these roads in broad dav-
light IL is hard 10 realize that six
days ago one dared not lift an eve
above the paTapet OF the front fire
trenches
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-03-23

10 call at Bergen and then proceed 20
Rotterdam.
Only Six American Survivors.
Amsterdam, Holland. March "a
six Americans among the survivors OF
the Healdton- Capt Christopher Is
among them
German Assurances Unreliable.
In its account Of the sinking of the
Healdton. the Handelsblad says.
The unreliability Of the German as
surances regarding the so called safe
zone is shown by the report Of the
crew Of the Healdton and the crews
Of fishing boats.
HeaIdfon Chose Northern Route.
For safety's sake the Healdton chose
the northern route. Wednesday even
ing at SIS o'clock. a submarine sud-
denly made a treacherous attack. With
out fully emerging and without
warning II fired two torpedoes which
hit the steamer amidships SO that the
vessel, because OF the dangerous char
acter Of her cargo ana an explosion
II the engine ROOM caught fire
Third Boat CsPSized.
"The crew in three boats tried 10
leave the ship. Two sloops with -
and seven men respectively. succeed
ed in getting away. but the third. con-
tanning q men. capsized and nearly
all were drowned.
The crew OF Dutch trawler which
observed the fire from q great dis
tance believed the glow 10 be that OF
the aurora borealis and did not 60 10
the rescue. The next day, however
seeing a sloop under sail. they at once
stopped fishing and steamed in the
direction of the sloOp whose occupants
we're so exhausted that htey were IN
able TO maneuver their boat alongside
the traWler.
Ship1vrecked Men Cared For.
The captain OF the trawler finally
managed to approach the sloop ana
some Of the Dutch fishermen jumped
into the craft and brought Il alongside
the trawler where the shipwrecked men
were taken on board cared FOR and
supplied with dry clothes All the
property OF the crew was lost
After the attack the submarine at
once submerged and disappeared with
out troubling over the lot Of the ship
wrecked sailors