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wanted to hear his story, and 1 was not
far from the American Ambulance any
how.
This is what he told me:
AS you see by my uniform. I am in
the til Chasseurs.
One night the captain asked for
volunteer for a dangerous mission. We
all stepped forward, so that in order to
avoid hurting any ones feelings he had
us draw for the honor. The "sacre" ace
Of spades fell to me. and the captain
explained what was wanted
There was pile of rock between our
trench and the Boches. An attack was
planned for the next day. and it was
necessary to know. beforehand. what
was behind the rocks.
1T Is not enough that you should see
for yourself what is there said the
captain. 1T is necessary that you
should come back and tell U.s."
At about two hours after midnight I
started out. 1t was very dark. wrap
ped myself up in canvas in order to get
through the barbed wire, but lost this
covering before 1 was half way. The
rest Of the way l lost most of my ca
pote and a great deal of my skin.
There were two "mitrailleuses'' and
two Boches behind the rock pile. One
was asleep and the other was sitting
with his back to me. holding his gun,
bayonet fixed, between his knees.
had my trench knife only. but. See
ing the "cochons" SO unprepared. forgot
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the captains caution and went for
them.
The sleeper never even sighed. I got
him in the back Of the neck, but my
knife caught in his wooden mufner. and.
before could get it out. this fellow
came at me, running his bayonet into
my groin.
fixed him before he could give the
alarm. but the pain was SO great that /
lost consciousness.
In the meantime, the boys in the
trench three hundred meters away were
worrying about me. but the cap
tain would not permit any one else to
start out for fear of enchanting a bat
tie which would put the Germans next
to our preparations for the morrow's
attack.
At last. my "copaia," Gilbert. had an
idea. He rolled the puppy in the mud
to disguise the wilderness Of him. tied
a pencil. paper and a vial Of mint
cordial to his collar and sent him to
look for me.
He found me all right. without
making a sound. neither barking. bay
ing nor even stirring the cans on the
wire entanglements.
The healthy cold Of his muzzle woke
me from my swoon. I took a swig of
cordial wrote a report. offered a sug-
gestfon that occurred to me and sent
him back with the paper.
The captain acted on my suggestion
and sent some men to me. Two of
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larger than foot in diameter. and
much Of 1t is around eight inches.
These northern French forests suggest
the wood lots Of Massachusetts,. Vir-
ginia. Maryland and Connecticut. and
the most careful operation and use
Of the timber is necessitated.
For many years the woodlands Of
our sister republic have been pre-
served and utilized with superlative
skill, and II we are to accomplish good
in the opinion Of NJ. Poincaire's people
we shall have to exercise much
thought as we'll as labor. One of our
important tasks will be to cut these
forests to the requirements of French
forestry. The French. notwithstand-
ing tho reputation of the Germans in
this line. are the best foresters of Eu-
rope. They are just as intensive.
They get the best maximum growth
of wood possible. To respond to their
methods in our efforts to aid them we
must have trained foresters directing
our regiment. Future production Of
wood must be considered.
'-rhe War Department designates
our regiment as the 10th Reserve En-
gineers (forest). There are, with the
two Regular Army officers, fifteen for
esters from the service and two from
the forest branch of British Columbia
One lumberman from the Indian for
est service is singled out for member
ship, and there are thirteen foresters
and lumbermen taken from private or
institutional labors. There are three
captains taken from chairs in univeri-
ties, on account of their wide expe-
ience in practical woods work. These
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them undressed the dead Boches. put
on their uniforms and took their places
at the machine guns. The others took
me back with them to our trench. It
was about time. i had lost much
blood
The next morning the assault was
launched from our trench. 1t was only
local offensive to straighten out a
salient in the line.
Our men jumped out of the trench
at the signal and got past our wire,
which had been cut during the night.
The Germans took IL very coofly.
They counted on their two machine
guns to stop us. not knowing that,
those guns were firing over our heads.
Hundreds of our men fell in front of
that pile of rocks. but suddenly the
machine guns were turned on the Ger
man trench, which it enfiladed, and
then all our sham dead. taking advan-
tage of the excellent cover the pile
afforded. poured hot fire into the
Boches. They had no chance. Those
who were not killed surrendered.
I got the war cross for my part, but
I explained the pups role to the gen.
eral, and he mentioned his name in
dispatches soon after. when he was
citing the sanitary canine section" in
the order of the day.
copyright. 1917. by the Bell Syndicate. Incl
Another Foreign Legion story by Mr.
Brandon. telling of life in n French
training camp. will appear next Sunday.
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ers recruited. and the salaries monthly
while in training or active service will
run from $40 to $51 while in America.
and from $36 to $61.20 when in foreign
service.
The Canadians have organized forest
units and sent them to France. Our
head forester. Henry s. Graves. has
gone into the same districts there to
size UP the situation as to the number
of regiments needed. where they should
work. tho scope Of the equipment re-
Quired. etc. With him is Capt. Barring
ton Moore. a trained forester. Word
from them indicates that the demand
is very great for the kind OF help we
hope to render
There will be about 1900 men in
this first regiment. One battalion Will
be in Washington at the university
training camp and one at the engineer
ing camp at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
about the 1st OF August. By the end
of August the second battalion will be
brought to Washington. and from here
will go abroad
"Organized, trained and equipped for
their prospective duties. the forest reg
iment will consist Of six companies Of
1854 men. the battalion and regimental
staffs the commissioned officers and
the necessary number of drivers. Re-
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League of American PEN Women Takes UP War Work

work than can ever be obtained from
exhaustive treatises on these subjects.
Our members are writing articles to
encourage the sale of war bonds, to
at a moment when the world is looking
to this country for it's food supply, to
stimulate enlistment in Army. Navy.
Marine and Aviation Corps. to advocate
food control. protesting against the
continued high price of certain foods,
such as sugar, when crop conditions
do not warrant it. and to create for
the food Spectator an atmosphere Of
censure little to his liking.
"Who shall say that one of our mem
bers may not write the stirring war
song that shall be the American Mar
seillaise? We see the need for more
commentator of our President. who
has thrown down the gauntlet as the
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great quantities of lumber are con-
sumed for this alone.
I'm fact. the whole military opera
tion consumes enormous amounts of
wood. Every mile of railroad. for in
stance. takes 1000 ties. and railroads
are being extended and intersected to
such a degree that one of the most
immediate needs of our allies Is sci
entif1cally cut lumber. The demand is
pressing.
THE forest service has been asked
to undertake the job. and Lieut.. Col.
Woodruff is designated as commanding
officer. l am going with him as major.
for the regimental stan. The War De-
partment sends Beverly c. Dunn. cap
tain of engineers. as adjutant. The
rest of the officers are from the forest
service, and the men come from the
ranks Of the lumbermen.
I'VE are organizing a force of ten
complete sawmills. a whole feet of
auto trucks. tractors and trailers-
those large lumber wagons which may
be hooked on in strings behind the
tractors-450 horses and mules, to act
as a floating squadron of lumber
camps The idea is to have a mobile
service Of lumber camps and sawmills
to go wherever required and get out
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boards will always pass a man who is
anxious to do his bit.
1t is a great deal easier to get to the
front than to get away again: I mean
by any other than the heavenly route.
But. then. I have no right to hint that
Michelon wanted to quit. although the
life must have been hell for him. For
Michelon. what with his ninety kilo-
grams Of weight. was not very light on
his feet, nor was his wind very good.
nor was he very energetic. In fact. his
squad fellows swore that he was the
LATEST man in the engineering branch
OF the service. which service is no place
for any one who loves the dolce FARM
ente."
Michelon's work for him. and they told
him SO very frequently and as luridly
as that most expressive Of slangs. the
'argot" of the trenches. permits. II he
had only known how to take a joke,
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cruits must be under forty years Of
age and unusually well fitted phyoi.
cally. No youth under eighteen is ac-
cepted. And all enlistment covers
merely the duration of the war. The
organization is conducted purely along
military lines. and every woodsman en-
rolling therein will be uniformed and
armed. Just as other units Of 'Sammies.
The first duty of both officers and
men will be to acquire the sense OF
discipline. the necessity for perfectly
harmonious teamwork. and az much Of
this as is possible will be incuicated
in the regiment in rigid drills at the
training camps here and in Kansas.
Pay will begin on the day of enlistinE.
and all travelling expenses will be fur
nished by the government from tho
point of enlistment to the training
camp designated by the officers.
THE interesting feature to me in this
newest idea for a regiment is the in
dicatfon thus the more directly point.
ed out that this war is taking on
an industrial aspect. The scope OF
present-day military operations is al
most past comprehension. For ex.
ample, they are sending nine regi.
ments of men just to build and operate
railroads in France. and now the regt.
ment OF lumbermen and foresters."
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are wounded and lying in hospitals,
seem always starved for word from
home. She has seen them read and re-
read one another's letters and actually
vie with one another to see who re-
ceives the most mail from the patriotic
French women who are conducting q
godmother service from Paris
The league is purely a professional
body. Its members are paid writers.
publishers or illustrators. One of the
requirements for membership is that
the woman must present as credentials
samples of her works which have been
published in book. newspaper or maya
zine form. and for which she has re-
ceived remuneration. Many prominent
names in American letters are to be
found on its membership list. Anna
Katherine Green. Mary E. wilkins
Freeman. Amelia Barr. Mrs. Annie
Nathan Meyer. Mrs. Albert S. Burleson,
wife of the Postmaster General. and
Miss Natalie Sumner Lincoln are a few
names of league novelists who are ma
tionally famous. Among the magazine
writers and editors, Cynthia Westover
Alden. editor of the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. and Sopie Iren Loeb of New
Others.
Mrs. Carrie Jacobs-Bond and Mrs
Eleanor Everest Freer. both nationally
famous American song composers, are
active members of the league. Mrs.
Cornelia Templeton Hatcher of Alaska
is one of its lecturers. her lyceum work
being especially well known in the
west. Newspaper editors. critics. au-
thors. scenario writers, magazine pub
fishers. illustrators and all of the kim
bred workers. who compose the jour-
nalistic and literary fields are repre-
scented in the league. which has for its
purpose the banding together of such
professional women for mutual bene-
fit.
Concerning the period after the war;"
Mrs. Pearson explained, I'VE are consider
ing the educational project of standardiz-
ing literature-that is. giving new books
stamp Of approval in the way that the
film censors approve moving picture plays
and the Drama League indorses dramatic
productions.
..Further. as an effort to help re-estab-
lisil the homes. one Of our members has
advanced the proposition to introduce
power-loom weaving into the realm of
home industries. You know, the revival
of all Industrial arts in the home is i'm
minent. The European women have long
maintained prestige as manufacturers OF
textiles. embroideries and other articles Of
decorative nature, which provide
through foreign exchange great source
of revenue. There is no reason why
Americans cannot do similar work.
Miss Ida Tarbeil, one Of the members
of the woman's committee of the Council
of National Defense. is now considering
these weaving plans. She suggests that
perhaps the woman's committee will
indorse the work, with a league
member at the head of il. Already a
western manufacturer is interested and
has promised to undertake the. manu-
facture of power looms IL the move.
ment can be established and sponsored
by the womans committee"
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ropean-American alliance. according to
plans submitted by Mrs. Anna Bogen-
holm Sloane, vice chairman of the COM
mfttee. This will mean that league
members will write for foreign jour-
mails. especially those OF neutral coun-
tries, articles that portray the various
phases of American life, her immense
wealth, industrial resources. produc-
ton, her solidarity of purpose in regard
to the war, her noble ideals and the
fact that it, is impossible for her to be
beaten. Obviously, Mrs. Pearson points
out. If such pages will pulsate with the
true spirit Of the American atmosphere.
they will help greatly to counterfeit the
German propaganda.
y
X \.
I'VE may fail in some of the things
that we hone to do" said Mrs. Pearson.
but. not failure. but low aim. is crime
The fate of the alliance is now. in the
hands of the woman's committee. DR..
Shaw has already expressed approval.
1t is fine plan. il our writers will come
forward and the State Department ap-
proves. One of our members has said,
THE seditious pen is always busy. We
need to write much and well to over
shadow the enemy and his treacherous
work.
ALLIED with the woman's committee.
the league is cooperating with the
publicity committee of the food admin
istration," Mrs. Pearson went on to say,
land there is possibility of our sup
plying as an organization an L. A. P. w.
ambulance for the Red Cross. Indi-
vidually, the members are training in
service camps, serving on special COM
mittees of the Red Cross, engaging in
reconstruction Of France. providing for
the blind and crippled children of Bel
GUM and participating in many of the
other patriotic agencies now busy all
over the country. We have members in
every state of the Union. Alaska, Ha-
wall and the Philippines. with aux
iliaries in the south and west"
Mrs. Pearson, who was elected to the
of the league in May, is a
well known clubwoman of Washington.
She is a national director of the Ameri-
can Waldensian Aid Society and has
been engaged in Waldensian work in
America for q number of years She is
vice regent of tho American Liberty
HAPPIER, d. A. r.
Before her marriage she was Miss
Margaret Seager. and is able to trace
both branches of her family back to
the personal---very. period. As presi-
dent of the League of American Pen
Women. she is qualified to represent
ganization encourages. She is both
writer and lecturer. Her travels abroad
have been extensive. and II was as for
eign correspondent of newspapers that
she financed her first tour OF Italy,
Spain and France.
The league Is preparing to take up
another war work through it's god
mother service committee" she said,
to outline its patriotic plans.
Herbert Corey. VIE Of an American
war correspondent. She says that the
soldiers, particularly the French. who
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are David T. Mason. professor of for
estry at the University of California:
Dorr Skeels. logging engineer and
professor of forestry at the University
of Montana. and w. N. Millar. pro-
lessor of forestry in the University of
Toronto. Canada. Supervisors from
the Florida national forest. the Cocomimo
forest. the Sawtooth. in Idaho. and
the Idaho national forest are enroll
ed as officers, either as captains or
first lieutenants. From the Caribou
national forest. in Idaho. the deputy
supervisor is being sent to join tho
regiment.
with only 1000 men required from
the large numbers of woods workers in
the United States, active enlisting is a
surety. The right type of men must be
secured and a group of forestry Off
Gals has been selected to procure and
consider applications from woodsmen
in their various vicinities over the
country.
There will be sergeants of various
kinds, corporals. cooks. first and second
class privates. buglers. saddlers. wag-
oners, stablemen. horseshoers and 9TH
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07 7HEN Mrs Isaac Pearson.
MAN. president of the League Of
WV American Pen Women, rose
" to address the gathering of
seventy-dve presidents of national
women's organizations assembled be-
fore the woman's committee of the
Council of National Defense, she was
introduced by DR.. Anna Howard Shaw,
with these words: "If there be one set
of women / envy it Is the women of
the pen. We ought to be exceptionally
interested to hear how the pen women
Of America are planning to use their
power"
At that meeting. which was held in.
Washington in June. Mrs. Pearson was
able to announce only little Of the
war work planned by the league. Its
undertakings then were just beginning
to crystalline. In telling the story now.
after a souple Of months have elapsed.
one hardly knows where to start,
varied are the avenues by which it is
triotic service.
1.-THE chief part that the League Of
American Pen Woman must play to
help win the war is one Of education"
to tell what her organization Of woman
writer's, artists. lecturers and compos-
ers is planning to do during the COM
ing seasons.
women in Europe" she continued,
ARE doing mems work along all lines.
In England their work in munitions
plants has been considered as even
more patriotic than Red Cross work.
Women in the United States. equally
patriotic and able, are organizing for
similar service in this country. The
league as an organization stands ready
to fill the places in magazine and news
paper Offices of men called to the col
to the press Of the country in case Of
need. In so far as the training of the
members goes. they are prepared and
will give as confcientious and devoted
a service as women have given along
the lines of food conservation, hospital
and relief work. farming and the other
kindred branches.
~ believe that we. pen women may
teach many valuable lessons suitable to
present-day conditions 1t is not from
learned books on the subject that paci-
fists and Observation-Disclosures will be
made to understand that every country
which remains neutral is aiding Ger
many.
I'm some home chat corner people
will be told how economy and ef-
eomfort mnst FOOD e cana replace anp pasa
bly, and from the dietetic standpoint
other foods that are scarce. what
menus are practical and wholesome
and within the possibilities of the av-
erage cook. Advice to girls on a
woman's page of magazine or news
paper may contain much sound advice
that will protect the girls called to
the world work by the exigencies of
war. Simple instruction for food con-
servation. Invested of technical terms.
will result In more volunteers for this
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has been very keen since the war
started. You know there are very few
forests there and few skilled timber
workers. Recently the New England
states took this up as a private en-
terprise to raise and equip ten porta-
BILE sawmills to send to the British
Isles. Horses. mules and a sufflcient
number of men were also sent for OPP
Grafton Of the mills. This organiza-
ton is to work in England and Scot
land, but 1t is not a military organi-
zation like ours. and has no connection
whatever with the Army.
Our purpose is wholly unconnected
with the New Englanders. 1t orig
mated when Gen. Bridges came here
with the British commission. 1t was
an especial request of his, made to the
War Department. that a regiment Of
foresters and lumbermen be organized
for the purpose of going to northern
France to work there for the British
army m getting out railroad ties. ma
terial for tunnels. etc. Trenches are
lined with timbers. you know. and
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Gerald Brandon, Sol
der of Fortune, Tells of
Life and Battles of This
Famous Force, in Which
He Served For Year and
Half-Thrilling Series of
Narrative Stories, Show
ing Spirit and Pictur-
esque Type of Foreign
Legion, Told First Hand.
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they might have excused him. but he
was not even a good butt for humor.
getting quite "ratty," as the Tommies
say. when reference was made to his
size. Not that 1t ever did him any
good.
For nearly a month squad had been
working on a mine that was to be ex-
ploded under a German blockhouse.
The tunnel started from one of our
"boyaus" hardly nve feet in diameter.
and wormed its way forward and down.
ward for about 300 hundred yards,
when 1t widencd out into a goodish-
sized chamber, which we had filled with
explosive and connected by a wire to
a decorating battery in the trench.
A long prepared infantry offensive
was due that morning. The mine was
to be exploded a few minutes before
9 o'clock, Immediately after which the
infantry, massed overnight in our
trenches. was to advance and occupy
the crater under cover Of our curtain
IRE. II was necessary to eliminate the
hlockhouse before the men emerged
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champion of true world democracy
against the foe of humanity. AS a
body of writers we want to state the
truth concerning the real issue of our
war with Germany and help our Presi-
dent win the war"
During this fall and winter the league
will have two patriotic committees. the
national aid and defense. committee.
which is allied for work with the
woman's committee of the Council Of
National Defense. and the godmother
service committee.
Through its national aid and defense
committee. the league has decided to
take up the work OF organizing q Eu-
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material needed from: tho forests Of
France. - 2
what Is the character Of the French
woodlands? Well. take southwestern
France, between Marseille and Bor-
deaux. and forests there are very much
like those Of Florida. The region is
hot and rather dry. In the central and
northern parts Of France. oak. beech.
hornbeam and other hardwoods are
most prevalent. It Is these we shall
work with most. In the mountains. the
foothills of the Alps. are coniferous
forests. -st
"Our work in northern France will
largely be in cooperation with Brit
ish and American forces. and may lie
frequently within the danger zone. On
the other hand, our labors may lie one
or two hundred miles away, wherever
timber is to be had and wherever best
located for transportation. Such an or
ganization for military purposes Is
something entirely new in the United
States.
when sent behind the battle lines
our men will convert the timber of
the sprout forests there into railroad
ties. trench timbers, mine props.
bridge timbers and the cord wood needed
in the military operations Of the British
army. There is some pine in this dis
trict. and all the wood, pine or not. is
small in comparison with American
timber. The greater part of 1t 10 no