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New Britain herald., 1917-08-23
A PATRIOTIC EXAMPLE.

Since the beginning Of the war with Germany the. Grand Army of the Re- public has exerted all it's efforts and used all it's resources toward fur therance of Americas interest, as it has ever done since it's organization. Tn April the officers of this veterans association pledged themselves to help Uncle Sam carry on his war activi- ties. As if this were not enough. the officers yesterday at Boston again went on record as re-affirming this pledge. They reiterated the previous process of pledge taking.
 Aside from the attention it will call throughout the country, the officers of the Grand Army of the Republic need not have gone to this trouble. The nation knows them, and where they stand. They are patriots, first, last, and all the time. They heard the call stood ready to- answer it's summons again. Age only interferes with their desire to step forward once more and don the uniform of fighting men and the implements of war. Their deVo- ton to the country at all times merely proves the statement, Once Patriot, Always a Patriot.
 How different the action of the off, cers and members of the Grand Army of the Republic from the stand of the slackers and towards who are parading throughout the country under the guise of a sweeter softer name; usually, pacifist. The old boys who wore the blue have never yet whimpered and whined. They have never tried to block the parade. They have never carried on an insidious or surreptitious campaign for peace, when they know that peace can only be purchased at 8 price far greater than the signing of a document that might be used at any time as a scrap of paper" to be torn up by German hands The Grand Army of the re- public has set an example that might we'll be followed by the young men of 1917.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23

started this paper and who has long
 without much ado, came in the office
 one day and announced he was going
 to France. The boys on the staff gave
 him a pipe and a few little tokens of
 Field service now, across the great
 divide. Shortly after Bob" went
 away his brother Jack" joined the Navy. There went our managing
 editor, and Johnston Vance is now
 doing service for Uncle Sam.
 The fever had caught on. Irving
 Ellis, strong of body and big of
 heart, went to New Haven one fine
 day last month and donned the uni
 form of a blue jacket. He is now
 Somewhere on the Atlantic" chasing
 coast cities from attack by the enemy.
 William w. T. Squire, who just came
 back to us, after an absence of some two years on other newspapers, has successfully taken the examinations for Plattsburg and will join tho camp there tomorrow. Thus have four members of the staff been lost to us while furnishing a gain for the country.
 Yesterday the grand finale came. Thomas F. Jackson, assistant business manager, went away. Our Tom" He went for training with the Off, cers Reserve Corps, and with him went the heart of every man on this sheet. After twelve years in the har- ness, after twelve years faithful serv- ice he leaves his peaceful pursuits in the realm of newspaperdom and takes up the science of Soldiery. 'Tom' was the veteran of the staff. of New Britain who does not know Tom There are few men of prom. thence in the city who have not come in contact with him. His loss is mighty blow his place will be hard to i'll. And yet there are some who say the newspapers have not done heir bit
 Nor are the aforementioned all who ried to get in the service from this 'taff We have had volunteers ga ore; but they were not acceptable to he rigid examiners of Uncle Sam Their hearts were all right; their l bodies had succumbed to the ravages if Time. Weak eyes, from long hours l if writing; other physical disa bilities, l re the only things that prevented 1 he entire staff from going to the war. n the mechanical end of the business, he same holds true.
 So, we think we have done our bit. We have sent our best friends, our brothers of the profession, to the 1 ,ront, and we stand ready to make | he best of it. Periodically. we are glad to see them go and we are sorry they have gone. We are glad, be- cause they are doing what every young man of military age should do,-serve his country. We are sorry, 1 because our little newspaper family | is on the point of disintegration, be- cause our partners and pals have gone | away and may never come back again. That is all there is to it, That is all there can be to it, when war strikes home.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23

he lays bare developments, conditions, purposes that are as much a menace to the harmony and we'll being of the world as Is Prussian militarism. .''- New York Times.
 Fiction.
 Anne's House of Dreams. by l.. M.
 Montgomery.
 "A wholesome novel of a sea-coast community by the author of Anne of Green Gables,' etc., in which Anne, now Mrs. Gilbert Blythe, is the hero inc. Gayety, common sense and hap pirress pervade the story. Publish CTS note.
 Carmen's message, by Harold Bind
 loss.
 "In Canada with Bindloss again. Exciting events follow one another, quickly in this novel-ranging from a thrilling cross-country chase over England to a dangerous climb up the slippery side of one of California's S highest mountains.'' .''-Publisher's note Christine, by Alice Cholm ondeley.
 Letters of a young girl who went to Germany to study the violin, to her mother. They tell the story of her art, the people she meets and of her love affair with a German officer, and give a vivid picture of German char acter and life in the days just before and after the outbreak of the war" Probably fiction.
 His Own Country, by Paul Kester
 "A story of the South involving the race question. MT. Hester has intro duced most of the popular Southern characters in fiction. The story is sl1illfully and dramatically handled" A. L. A. Booklist.
 Royal Outlaw, by c. B. Hudson.
 "A story of King David which shows a careful study of Bible times and oriental life. The book is we'll written and the characters seem evry human n.'-Publisher's Note.
 Library War Service, Bulletin 1.
 The American Library Association has been requested by the war depart ment to provide adequate library facilities at the 32 cantonments and National Guard training camps.
 Frame buildings will be erected which will provide reading rooms and accommo dations for eight or ten thousand books. The Y. M. c. A. and Knights of Coumbus and other Well fare agencies will be utilized as dis trtbuting agencies Smaller training camps and isolated groups of guards and hospitals will also be provided with books and periodicals. Each public library is expected to be a col lecting center.
 The Collegiate Periodical league, Miss Francesca Traut, local secre- tary, is collecting current periodicals and cooperating with the library.
 See what you can spare. We want books, interesting to young men and popular periodicals not more than two years old. For more definite informa- tion ask the library.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23
THEN AND NOW.

@. tall, slender, athletic young man
 rches away with his regiment.
 .re are those who see him go. His
 .her, if she is living, will have a sce in the front line of spectators l she will be crying, as mothers Then there might be a few sis ], or perhaps only one. And, if he married. his wife. At any rate .-e will be a sweetheart. How their Frts will throb as he steps away to ' martial music of the military Id. There will be the choked
 3, and, mayhap a sigh will be rd. The boy has gone to the col They are proud of him; but at same time they hate to see him His friends, too, feel the same 7 about it. This Is true to life. gre has not been boy from New tain who answered the call ot cle Sam but what such descrip- a would fit his leave taking. We -e proud of the achievement, proud sthe patriotic impulses that spurred ,, on. That being the case then should not forget him now. Ii name has not been sent to this
 ce to be added to the roll of honor
 re is no better time for doing sucf
 his name today, someone else
 yht have forgotten to do so.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23

The enlistment of Adam Litke in the regular army was a perfect dem- onstration of the patriotism shown by the boys in the wars of '76 and '61e They offered their services for the sake of democracy when they were yet in their early teens. So it is with young Litke. He is only 16 and one of the youngest boys in the United States to respond to the call to the colors.
 Litke enlisted April 23, 1917, at Fort Slocum with the coast artillery of the regular army. At present he is stationed in Panama, as is his brother Emil, who also is a member of the coast artillery of the regular army. >' The young soldier Is the son of MT. and Mrs. Oscar Litke of 306 East St.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23
WAR STRIKES HOME.

1t used to be said that death is no
 &pecter of persons, or persona ges,- |nch is true. Equally so is war kurber of the regular order of
 sngs. When the clarion call of the gle sounds over the distant hill, en the young men are called forth the defense of the nation, families ] friends must feel the weight of lief. For it is a sad thing to see |s young fellows go, however noble @ cause. Sad, because the depar- Ne is not usually associated with &1nd- "trip tickets and the like. There , the long nights of watchful wait 4 and wondering to come after. EWhen the first talk of war filled |t air the newspapers throughout (A country were vilified for "caus- the war" The yellow press, as Ene deemed to call it, Drought on |e war" The newspapers did it so E to make bigger sales and profits S Iscrifices the nations press would Nike along with other industries,-
 e high cost of print paper, the cut fg down of advertisements, etc, but Ger and above all: the men sent to
 colors. Despite the fact that
 erping critics railed and raved about 6 newspapers not being involved to
 6 extent of losing men, the news
 vpers have been hard hit by the war.
 At the beginning of the war the
 ssra1d staff was a happy family.
 tere were boys who were practically
 tsed on this paper, and who are
 Wv with the forces of Uncle Sam Kit of nine men on the reportorial eaff we have sent away five, not at H bad showing. In proportion 8ere is no other organization in
 Awn which has done so well; more !an fifty per cent. reckoned in num- ,,rs And we were sorry to see them |A. It makes a difference in the lace
 X First, there was young Bob" EAnce who was just breaking into the Ed newspaper game, following the ut of his distinguished father who
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23
COMMUNICATED "FOOD KICKER" RIDICUDED. Eight Loyal Sons of Uncle Sam Resent Statements Made by Ddsgruntled
 "ROOkio.D


 Fort Ethan Allen, Burlington, Vt, Aug. 21, 1917. To the Editor of the Herald: In regard to the article which ap- peared in your valuable paper, Satur- day, Aug. IS, a few statements were made which the New Britain boys To- cated at Fort Ethan Allen wish to have contradicted in the columns of the Herald.
 Regarding the statement made by the author of Saturdays article, "that the food served here is very poor" will say that the author of the article IS, not in any manner qualified to voice any sentiments on the food, as, in the fourteen days that he has been here, he has eaten but one meal at the fort, the rest being secured at a nearby res- !; taurant. The rest of the boys havo eaten all their meals here and find no i! fault whatever with the food, and we wish the readers of Saturdays article to know that the disapproval of the food voiced by the writer of said ar ticle is confined to himself and is but the opinion of one individual. We also wish to inform them that there was meeting called by said individual to discuss the civic life or. political activities of New Britain. Neither are we interested in the Honorable Mayors' political ambi-, tions, nor have we ever referred to him as George, the best Mayor New Brit ain ever had"
 No doubt but what the days are very long for the author of that ar ticle, because as yet he has not been accepted; but to the boys who are drilling and studying first aid work the days are very short.
 Hoping that this will find space in the columns of your paper, and; thanking you in advance for your kind favor, we remain,
 Yours in the best of health, L. W. BRYANT,
 J. L. HASSAN,
 G. F. SPOONER, .
 H. c. KEMMERER,
 E. W. JOHNSON,
 CHAS R. SELTZER,
 c. B. JOHNSON,
 JACK H. HORWITZ,
 PETER DALENA.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23
No Hearsay Evidence.

(Boston Transcript Now, madam,'' said the crotchety Judge who had been annoyed by the digressions of previous witnesses i've want no hearsay evidence. Tell us only what you positively know. Your name, please?"
 Margaret Jones'" replied the wit ness.
 Your age?"
 "Well-er-I have only hearsay evidence on that point, so won't an- swer''
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23
Not Bothered.
(Boston Globe.)

(Boston Globe.) The Slum Visitor-I should think you'd be afraid to live here. ThereA no fire escape.
 The Slun Dweller-I don't need one, lady. Whenever the cops come up after me I make my getaway over the roof.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23

By the time a commuter can catch a train without worrying over it his youth is gone and he is fit for little else in life but catching trains.--New York Evening Sun-Dial.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23
FACTS AND FANCIES.

To show that we aren't entirely liv- ing in the present, witness the talk about the presidential possibilities in 192O.-Meriden Record.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23
His Supreme Misfortune.

(From the Detroit Free Press.) He's in a, bad way"
 Broke, eh?"
 Worse than that. He's down to the point where nobody will lend him money any more"
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23

Rumored that style will decree women's dresses are to button down the back. If the men don't like the job, they can join the army-New Haven Union.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23
The K.itchin Idea.

Philadelphia North American.)
 Congressman Kitchin is opposed to punisling murderers unless the man who blockades sidewalk is treated with equal severity.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23

The Indianapolis News mourns the great loss of amusing fiction result ing from the disappearance of the Overseas News ; agency.-Hartford Times.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23

place in the general plan for turning out an efficient army of self-reliant citizen soldiers in the quickest possible time,
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23

It was predicted that American in- ventive genius would do big things in this war; and the ingenious excuses got up by the exemption claimants abundantly proves it.-Meriden Jour- nal.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23

Ten years or so after young woman marries the sweetheart of her girlhood she suddenly becomes aware of the fact that there are a number of other men in the world.-Capper's Weekly.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23

By the way, has anyone heard from dot little Cherman bandt2"
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23

When Bob La Toilette asks What are we fighting for?'' does he mean what we Americans are fighting for, or what the kaiser and the crown prince, whom he attempts to aid and comfort, are fighting for?-NeW York Sum-
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23

Any man who can say that Case ment was a traitor has no right to tread on the holy soil of a free coun- try like America.-A soap-box orator.
 The essence of soap-box oratory is to
 deny to others the freedom of speech it demands for itself.-New York World
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23

Probably Bill Bryan, If he made that celebrated speech today would roundly perorate "In case of danger to our beloved country million men would spring to the boards to be exempted between sunrise and sum- set."-Springfield Daily News.
New Britain herald., 1917-08-23
HOME READING COURSE FOR CITIZEN SOLDIERS

to men donal right No informal issued by the War Depart
Evening journal., 1917-04-07
COrmOrant, Interned Sea
Fighter, at Guam, is De-
StrOyed by Her Crew While
United StatesS Sailors Prepare
to Seize Ship---Two Dead,
Five Missing---Kaiser's Yes
sells at Hawaii and Porto
Rico Seized.
By The United Press.

WASHINGTON April 7-The German interned cruiser Cor
morant has been blown by its in the hsbor Guam, the
Navy Department announced today.
The ship destroyed by the German officers United
States marines going to seize the vessel.
Two German warrant officers and FIVE German enlisted
killed.
Twenty German officers warrant officers and 231 enlisted
of the vessel taken prisoners.
The reached the Navy Department this morning
radio dispatch from the United States Governor at Guam
No other details than the above given Immediately by
the Navy Department
1t said there would be a fuller dispatch later.
The Comorant converted cruiser active the early
days of the radng Allied in the south Pacific
Officers here unable for the being
in possession of sufficient quantities of explosives accomplish
destruction of the ship. At the time of her nemen accordance
with standing orders, all ammunition and explosives every
character and the breeches by
authorities.
Officers believe the explosion premature
intended wait until the ship boarded by American
before firing the explosive.
later statement by the Navy Department indicated that pos
sby of the officers and four of the enlisted
men originally reported dead, may have scaped
One warrant officer and enlisted reported as
known dead One officer and four enlisted
missing"
Coincidentsly the department announced the taking over
without incident of the German nterned ships Geier Loks
at Hawaii, and the Odenwald at Porto Rico.
No resistance, stated made by the of these
three ships.
still later official navy department statement was as foos
"The German auxiliary Cormorant blown up
habor of Apra Island of Guam today by Comoran
sinking Immediately. One enlisted man
dead officer and four missing 20
officers IL officers and 321 enlisted
prisoners.
"On October 2S 1914 the 35oot Comber en-
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Evening journal., 1917-04-07
State Asks for Home Guard
of Men Between Ages 1855

The organization Of these COM
panies will be made in pursuance
with the authority granted by the
General Assembly to the Governor to
increase the State forces, in time of
national emergency, to such strength
as is necessary, which additional
strength shall be mustered out when
such emergency ceases to exist.
The order issued this afternoon,
which gives in detail the plan of or
ganization. follows:
"State OF Delaware.
'Office of the Adjutant General.
wilmington, April Z. 1917.
"General Orders No. 10.
81. Under the provisions of para.
graph 294, Section >. Revised Code.
1915, and the Senate Joint resolution,
approved April .. 1917, and I'm order
to meet the existing emergency that
may require the use of troops for
State purposes i'm excess of the Ma.
tiOnal Guard, there will be organized
companies OF infantry, Organized Mi.
lila Of Delaware. and in order Ia
carry this into effect there will be eS.
tabliShed i'm the State armOrieS at VIII.
mingtOn, New Castle. Newark, Dover
and Milford. this State. Offices for .he
enrolment of applicants who may de.
sire TO enlist in the Organized Militia
of Delaware for State purposes.
"2. I'm view of the fact thai the Ma.
tiOnal Guard Of Delaware affords an
opportunity TOR service for able bodied
citizens between the ages of Is and IJ
years, applications will only be con.
sidered from citizens between the
ages of i5 and 30 years. or those who
have had previous service in Che army
navy, Marine Corps, National Guard OF
Organized Militia. and who are moi
now eligible for Federal service.
"3. The enlistment period will be
for three (3) years, unless discharged
by proper authority. If the present
conditions cease TO exist, these troops
will be mustered out, as required by
the laws of Delaware.
"By command of Governor Town,
send. /. p. WICKERSHAM,
@The Adjutant General, Chief of Staff.'
Evening journal., 1917-04-07

Men unable TO enter the Federal
service, by reason of being past the
enlistment age limit of 45 years. will
be given an opportunity to enlist IN
the State service as Home Guards III
the present national emergency. re-
Iieving effective men of military age
for Federal service. Men between 10
and 81 years Of age are eligible for
State service as Home Guards.
The Inauguration of a movement for
the organization of companies of Or
ganized Militia of Delaware, for strict
~ State purposes was launched by
Adjutant General l. p. Wickersham,
by a general order. early this after
noon. The order was issued in pur-
suance of plans prepared by Governor
Townsend and General Wickersham
sometime previous to the announce
ment from Washington that a state
Of war existed between this country
and Germany. Even the most minute
"details OF arms, equipment, drill and
instruction were included and pro-
vided in these plans, which have been
aeld in abeyance until today. when 1t
was considered that the time had ar
rived for action along this line.
Each accepted applicant for enlist
ment i'm these companies will be re-
quired TO enlist for three years, sign
a declaration in which he agrees TO
report for drill and instruction three
evenings a week, and the order speci-
fically provides that no man eligible
for Federal service will be accepted
in these companies TO be raised under
this order.
Evening journal., 1917-04-07
CITY HOSPITALS OFFER
BEDS TO Government

Mayor Price today received letters
from Thomas f. Bayard, president of
the Delaware Hospital. stating that
fifty beds had been set aside at that in
stitution for the use of the government.
DIR. /. Lewis Chipman, of the Physicians
and Surgeons Hospital, also reported TO
the mayor by mail that the hospital
would cooperate with the government in
whatever manner the government de-
sired
Several days ago Mayor Price ad-
dressed letters to the local hospitals
asking for information as to what they
could do toward assisting the govern
ment in time of war, and today's letters
and offers were in reply.
Evening journal., 1917-04-07
DELAWARE QUOTA
OF SOLDIERS 2.259
This Number States Share
If Army of 100000
Men Is Called
TWO FULL BATTALIONS
BRING TOTAL TO 3.55I

Delaware will be called on TO supply
1851 soldiers should the present plans
of the Federal Government for the rails
ing of an additional army of 100000
men and the recruiting of the eight
companies of National Guard of the
State TO their maximum strength be
carried out.
The army bill, prepared for subm IS
sion 10 Congress, provides for 'propor-
tionate) quotas TO be supplied from the
respective States, determined upon
population
Under this bill should the President
call for an army of 100000 men. Della
wares quota will be 2,259, and should
only 100000 be asked for Delaware
would then be called on TO furnish l.l3O
of that number. These figures are based
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Evening journal., 1917-04-07
Store WAR material
IN COURT HOUSE
Old Building Eventually
Will Be Headquarters
of QuartermaSter
NO CALL YET FOR
SECOND BATTALION

The old Court House, use OF which
has been granted by the Board Of
Park Commissioners, will be utilized
for storage purposes and possibly for
offices Of some of the supply depart
ments of the National Guard of Della
ware. Whether headquarters will be
established there has not been de-
cided, but it is probable the great
quantity of supplies now at the
Armory will be moved into the old
Court House, and any further equip
ment as fast as it arrives will be
placed there. The entire quarter
masters department of the guard
will be placed there. it is under
stood.
Request for the use Of the old
Court House was made to relieve the
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