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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-13
PALESTINE REFUGEES
TELL OF STARVATION
Arrive at Bern With Tales of Great
Suffering in Jerusalem-on
Way to q. S.

BERN, Switzerland. August 10
About 100 Palestine Jews. principally
the wives and children of men who
emigrated and were naturalized years
ago in the United States. have arrived
here from Jerusalem on their way to
New York. They are travelling at the
expense of the United States govern
ment
Nearly 500 other Jews were left be-
hind in Palestine, but will follow the
present contingent as soon as the
United States government can make
Concerning the conditions in Pales-
tine. the travellers said there was much
misery. All foodstuffs were extraor-
dinarily high in price and many per-
sons were dying from hunger
Formerly" said one of the travellers.
half of Jerusalem lived from Ameri-
can money, especially the poorer Jews
Christians and the Greeks. Now Amer
lean money no longer arrives and the
needs of the people are growing. We
willingly left the country. where the
government does not care for the poor
people. The Turkish government actu-
ally cares only for soldiers and munition
workers.
All the railroads are occupied solely
with the transportation of war ma
terials and foodstuffs for the troops
Nothing is being transported for the
people. who have no money. For in
stance. the country near Jerusalem is
extraordinarily fertile, but in the
towns close by the people are starv-
ing"
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Fire"
There was a loud explosion. a shell
whirred over my head 1 gazed breath
less. A long time seemed to elapse
Then a black geyser as high as tree
spouted up somewhere behind and to
the left of the far gray spot. I knew
1t was behind only because the spot was
not yelled by the smoke. When one is
shooting at mark on ones own level
three miles away accurate observation
is not easy.
Long" said the lieutenant.
Less twenty-five, augment by one.
the captain ordered.
Less twenty-five, augment by one,
echoed the telephonist.
''Ready-Fire."
The geyster in the distant field sprung
this time directly in line with the gray
spot. but still behind 1t.
Same elements" ordered the captain
Still long" said the lieutenant.
The devil" said the captain. Same
elements. Less twenty-five. Fire"
All, The geyser sprang full in the
center of the gray spot. The captain
grinned at me.
''Inscribe the elements he ordered.
"lnscribe the elements" repeated the
telephonist
Back in the battery. some one was
writing on a chart the figures which
would enable the gun to repeat exactly
that shot at any time.
One by one. the fire of the three
other guns was regulated in the same
way. My elbows resting on a clay
bank: l watched the geysers Of ex-
hnally hit squarely on the shelter. and
heard the captain, COMPRISING his lips
with satisfaction, give the triumphant
order: Inscribe the elements"
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CARDINAL GAsPARRI REMAINS
Not Removed as Secretary Of State,
Vatican Announces.

ROME. August 13-Reports from
foreign countries that Mgr. FREDERICK
Tedeschini had succeeded Cardinal Gas
parri as papal secretary of state are
denied at the Vatican. It was stated
at the Vatican that Cardinal Gasparri
enjoys the full confidence Of Pope
Benedict. and that no change in the
office of secretary OF state has taken
place.
The official French bureau OF infor-
nation in New York made public Aug
ust 10 a cable message received from
Paris indicating that Mgr. Tedeschini,
the under-secretary of state at tho
Vatican. had succeeded Cardinal Cas-
parri as Pope Benedict's prime min
lister.
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farther of the two lines. which is
theirs"
While he was giving the preliminary
commands ! studied the plateau. far
glimmering in a mist of afternoon sun.
Those two yellow threads seemed dan
gerously close together. Would II
really be possible to hit the one with
out threatening the other?
First piece, ready. fire..
when / saw where the shell had
fallen l drew quick breath The cap
tain and the lieutenant We're staring
at one another.
short" said the lieutenant grimly.
Yes" said the captain, puzzled and
annoyed Right between the two
lines" Then to the echoing tele-
phonist: First piece. verify the ele-
ments. Plus 200. Ready, fire."
This time We saw no geyser what
ever.
1T hit beyond in the ravine." the
lieutenant suggested.
First piece. same elements. less fifty.
Fire.
"stin long" said the lieutenant.
And to the right" added the cap
tain. Less twenty-five. Diminish by
two Fire.
Long, and to the left"
The devil" exclaimed the captain.
Less twenty-five. Augment by one.
Fire"
Another Hit on the Line.
Bang, went the gun half a mile be
hind me. l let a couple of seconds
elapse before raising my glasses. and
was Just in time to see column of
smoke spouting up directly on the sec
ond yellow line.
An" the lieutenant breathed.
'Inscribe the elements" cried the
captain. Second piece. ready" And
so the work went on-the daily work
of a battery commander. patiently as
certaining the range of every object in
his zone of fire.
/ watched it through I was fasci-
mated For ! knew that some time the
French would probably take the Of
fensive in this sector. The captain $
battery would he one of many employed
to deluge the enemys shelters and
trenches with projectles. The ranges
] had just seen obtained would cost
the Germans dear.
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Lesson I.
Your Post of Honor.

You are called to serve as a soldier In
the National Army. because that is one
Of your obligations as citizen OF the
United States. The citizens of a republic
must always be ready in the hour of need
to leave their own homes and take up
arrsB in defense of their rights and prln-
cipleS. Otherwise the republic could not
long continue to exist. The men who now
enter military service deserve the graft
tude and respect Of their fellow citizens.
You are doubtless making a heavy Sacrl-
ice in order to perform this duty to your
country Hundreds Of thousands OF other
face with similar sacrifices. All our cltl-
gems will sooner or later be called upon.
each TO bear his or her share of the bur
den. Men and women. rich and poor, all
alike must do whatever is necessary ana
must give up whatever is necessary. For
no personal interests or feelings can De
permitted TO stand in the way at a time
when the safety and honor of the country
are at stake.
As citizen soldier You are chosen for
a post OF special distinction America
is Justly proud of the soldiers OF the past
who have won for us the rights To-Day
denfed and put in serious danger BY the
high-handed attacks of the German ses-
eminent. America will be no less proud
of you as you fight TO uphold those rights
Your personal responsibility IS great
As warfare is today conducted the indl-
vidual soldier counts for more than ever
before Your own skill and bravery. no
matter how humble your rank, may easily
be important factors in deciding whether
an engagement is TO be won or lost You
cannot depend upon any one else 10 carry
this personal responsibility for you you
must depend upon yourself.
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signals, for the enemys fire may otter
40 isolate him from his leader and COM
rades, perhaps only a step away. that he
may be thrown on his own initiative IT
making his actions conform to those OF
the whole line: he may have to use his
own Judgment in opening fire, in advanc-
ing. in intrenching"
Fair Play.
A second tradition of the American
Army. which need only be mentioned. Is
that of fighting fairly and treating even
the enemy with much humanity as his
own conduct will permit. AS for slaugh-
terfng or enslaving the civilian popula-
ton OF captured territory. attacking pris-
oners or aSSaulting women. American
soldiers would as little commit such crimes
IN time of war as in time Of peace. In
this respect most of the civilized nations
of the world think alike.
Fighting for Rights and Principles.
There is a third splendid tradition of
the American Army which you will
help to carry forward. 1t has fought
always and everywhere in defense of
principles and rights-never merely for
territory and for power. Even the civil
war resulted from the clash of oppos-
ing principles-the principle of an in
divisible Union. upheld by the north
ana that OF freedom to withdraw from
the Union. upheld by the South
To protect the rights of citizens the
american people have several times op
posed tyrannical governments the
English government in 1875 and 1872
the French government for short
period in 1898, the Mexican government
IN 1883, the Spanish government in 1898
The final effect in each case has been
TO advance the cause of liberty and
democracy throughout the world. even
IN the countries against which we
Fought. Our weapons have not willingly
oeen turned against any peoples but
only against the rulers who misgov-
erned and misled them In fighting
Tor our own rights the American Army
mas Fought also, in President Wilson s
phrase, for the rights of mankind"
For a like high purpose the Ameri-
can people have entered into the pres
ent war against the German govern
ment-a government which in our be-
lief misrepresents and misleads the
German people. Only by so doing can
We make America and the world safe
for democracy" But one ending can
be thought of-an ending that will
guarantee the continuance of all those
principles and rights which the Ameri-
can Army has in the past so nobly
fought to esta blish.
Never lose sight. even for an instant
OF the fact that all your training. your
enorts and your sacrifices have this
one great object in view, the attain
ment OF which is worth anything il
may cost.
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ported. rs many committeeman are absent
from Washington.
Army Of 800, 600 Men Planned.

TN September approximately SOC. 900
men will be sent to Army camps
throughout the country to train as
soldiers for the greatest war of all
time" says Secretary McAdoo in his
statement. Americas chance of win
ming the war-and IL is the power and
resources of America that must win
this war-will be UNNECESSARILY in
creased If the war insurance bill, now
pending in the Congress. is promptly
enacted into law.
las soon as these men go into camp
an immediate and pressing problem
confronts the country.
Their wives and children, or mothers
and fathers, who are dependent upon
them for support, will be Immediately
thrown upon the charity and generosity
Of the communities in which they live.
This must not be done. America
must not be disgraced by failure to
provide for the support of the families
of the men whom she takes from their
homes and places upon the battlefields.
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Norway Favors o. s. Ship Policy.

CHRISTIANIA, Norway. August 10
The decision of the United States gov
eminent to take over ships under con-
struction in American yards elicits ia
vorable comment in the Norwegian
press. The newspapers agree that IL Is
TO Norway's interest If the tonnage Ia
used under the American flag. because
the taxation then is more favorable
than under the Norwegian flag. For
this reason several Norwegian ships
already have been transferred to
American registry
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Tries for German Trench.

And now" said he. for the boche
first line trench. Look farther to the
right OF the two faint yellow lines
the nearer is ours Look, There is
piece of CANVAS lying over it which
flaps in the wind making that alter
mating spot of light and shadow Well,
shall fire just at that point on the
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Time to Hearten Soldiers.

This is the time to hearten our men
as they enter upon this supreme serv-
ice of sacrifice for the nation. This is
the time to enhance their morale and
to sustain and comfort those who are
left behind and are required to make
sacrifices as great as those who die
upon the field of battle.
II earnestly hope that the measure
now pending in the Congress will be
supported by such an unmistakable ex-
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Banker Favors Purchase Tax.

NEW YORK. August 13.-otto II
Kahn. banker, advocates a war tax on
purchases of IS and over as being tho
best method by which the government
might raise revenue to meet its extra
ordinary expenditures.
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preston Of public opinion that it VIII
be enacted into law before the FIRST
soldier of the new National Army be-
gins active military duty"
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HOME READING COURSE
FOR CITIZEN SOLDIERS

by tn Wa Deartment nc all reprint
In
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Th aree he and o the
ties Army, to WI 4
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GRAY SPECK FOUND
WRENCH GUNNER
Method by Which Captain Gets
Range of Targets in Far
Distance.
HOW GUNS ARE SIGHTED
BY PAUL SCOTT MoWRER.
Especial Correspondence of The Star
and Chicago Daily News.p

l. and chicago DnllS NcWH.l
| Copyright 1917. by the Chicago Daily News
Company
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES, July
ls.-Leaving the battery concealed in
a thicket, l followed the telephonist
across a ffeId. lie himself was follow
ing his wires. lifting them out OF the
wheat and running them through MS
hand as he walked. lest they Shouio
have been cut in the recent BON para
ment. There We're, in fact. FEW snell
holes scattered among the yeilowlns
grain. and. though we did not use II,
muddy bayou zlgzagged across lHe
field. to end abruptly near the edge OF
the plateau. The telephonist leaped
like a rabbit into it, stopped INTO a
dugout, unslung the leather case from
his back. took out telephone anu %
gan attaching il to the ENDS OF the
wires A moment later We were re-
joined by the captain and the leuten-
ant. who had come to regulate the nre
of their guns. The process IS interest.
ing. and this il is which ] have SET
out to describe.
Below us Law broad valley. Oppo-
site, shree miles away. the plateau
stretched on again. at our own level
We could see the ruins of the village
of :" high up on the opposite Slope,
Beyond across the plateau itself. ran
| the two faint yellowish lines OF hostlle
| trenches.
Except for the telephonist. who was
| crouching at the entrance of the dug
out receivers over his ears and the
| telephone in his hands. we all stood
| breast deep in. the trench. peering
| through glasses.
Picks Out German Shelter.
| The captain said:
| DO you see that half-plucked wood
toward the middle of it. taller than
| the others. Follow it down toward
! the trenches until you come to a sort
| of grayish spot in the fields. That IS
a big German shelter. | was up near
there myself yesterday to have a look
| at close quarters before doing this
| work today 1 am going to regulate
\ first on that shelter
| In the orders that followed the cap
tain used several technical words
| Plus" means to lengthen the range and
| Less to shorten by given number OF
| yards. Augment" means to fire more
| TO the right and diminish" more to the
| left by given number of degrees or
| the sighting apparatus of the gun The
| elements" are the various figures reg
istered on the guns sighting apparatus
when the shot is f. ed. A piece" is a
| gun.
| Direction. shelter. Five thousand
| yards"
First piece" repeated the telephon-
| ist into the instrument Direction,
shelter. Five thousand yards
| Firing From Three-Mile Distance.
knew that somewhere in the thicket
| half a mile back, men were pointing a
cannon at a mark they could not see
| But for my part. / could not take my
gaze from that gray spot near the
horizon. 1t seemed impossible that we.
| three miles away. should be able to hit
| that tiny mark.
| Ready" said the captain.
| Ready" repeated the telephonist.
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The Individual Soldier Counts.

Other things being equal. an army made
mp Of seh-reliant, thinking men has a
great advantage over a merely machine
like army, and this is especially true in
preeent-day warfare Maj. Gen Hugh L.
Scott. chief Of stan. U. s. A. remarks on
this points
The oQuditions under which modern
wars are fought are ever making increas-
ing demands on the individual soldier.
The individual soldier must know
how to interpret accurately orders and
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Some American Soldiers.


q furious storm of shot and shell. Pri-
waite Knox, who was wonderful shot,
asked leave to move nearer the enemy.
For an hour afterward his compan-
ions heard his rifle crack every few
minutes. His commanding officer,
finally, from curiosity, 'crept forward
TO see what he was doing, and found
that he had driven every man away
from one section of a Confederate bat
terry. tumbling over gunner after gum
ner as they came forward to fire.
At the end of an hour or so a piece of
shell took off the breech of his pet rifle
$and he returned disconsolate: but after
few minutes he gathered three rifles
that were left by wounded men and
went back again"
In the Confederate armies individual
soldiers were no less skillful, cool and
brave. On both sides they were Ameri-
cans.
Here are a few cases quoted from Of
hcial records You must read between
stories they tell of resourcefulness and
courage.
On June 9. 1852, Private John Gray,
9th Ohio Infantry. "mouated on an ar
tlllery horse of the enemy and cap
tured a brass six-pound piece. in the
face of the enemy's fire. and brought it
to the rear"
On October u. 1853. Private Michael
Dougherty. 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry
at the head of a detachment of his
company, dashed across an open field,
exposed to the deadly fire from the
enemy. and succeeded in dislodging
them from an unoccupied house which
ne and his comrades defended for sew
eral hours against repeated attacks,
thus preventing the enemy from flank
ing the position of the Union forces"
From May to IL. 1864, Private John
3. Lynch. Sd Indiana Cavalry, carried
important dispatches from the Presi-
dent to Gen. Grant, passing through
the enemys country. escaping capture
delivered his message and returned to
Washington with replies thereto"
On April 81. 1899. Private Edward
night with Insurgents in the Philippine
Islands. SWAN the Rio Grande de Pam
panga in face of the enemy's fire and
fastened rope to the unoccupied
trenches. thereby enabling the crossing
OF the river and the driving of the
enemy from his fortified position"
On May S. 1900. Private William P
charged an occupied bastion. saving
the life of an officer in a shand-to-hand
combat and destroying the enemy"
In all these cases medals of honor
were granted. The incidents. however
are typical of the Army. Thousands of
similar stories might be told. They
represent the spirit that will inspire
the National Army when the time
comes to show the stun of which il is
made.
Tales of heroic courage can be found
IN the annals of all armies and of all
nations But the American Army has
Its. own special tradition. which these
incidents illustrate. L is the tradition
OF intelligence, seh-reliance, and indi-
viduai daring on the part of men serv-
ing In the ranks
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