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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16

lresting equally upon the heels and
balls of the feet. al
L. Note especially that you are not re-
quired to stand in a strained atti-
tude. You are to be alert but not
tense.
One of the very best things you can
do today is to spend fifteen minutes
practising this position, getting it
right. Keep this up every day until
you report at camp. In the army,
In every day life, first impressions
you make ON your officers and fell
lows will depend more than you
probably realize, on the manner in
which you stand and walk.
| Making Yourself gift,
l. If you can devote part of your time
| between now and the opening of
camp to physical exercise you are
fortunate and should by all means
take advantage of every opportunity.
Climbing, jumping, gymnastic exer-
cises, all kinds of competitive games,
swimming, rowing, boxing, wrestling,
/ and running, are all recommended as
excellent methods of developing the
skill. strength, endurance, grace,
| courage and self-reliance that every
soldier needs.
| There are some simple rules of eat
! ing and living which all of us should
follow regularly. They will be es-
pecially helpful to you if you put
them into practice in preparing for
-camp life.
Perhaps the most important of
these rules is to use no alcohol of any
i kind.
If you have been in the habit Of
z1ri H. +1Ir
your wind, your nerves and your di-
ton.
Eat and drink moderately Chew
your food well. It is advisable, how
ever, to drink a great deal of cool
mot co1d) water between meals.
Don't eat between meals
Keep away from soda fountains
and soft drink stands. Learn to en-
joy simple, nouriShing food.
Accustom yourself to regular hours
for sleeping, eating and the morning
functions
Don't take, last fling" It may
land you in the hospital At the best
it will probably bring you into camp
in an unfit condition to take up your
new duties with profit and enjoy
ment. There are strenuous days
ahead of you and it will be good
sense on your part to make reason
able preparation for them,
Look Forward With Confidence
] You will find nothing required of
you in the army that is beyond the
powers of the every day American.
fsYou will see clearly ahead of you
! after you have read this course, the
:. path which you are to follow. Look
forward with confidence Enter the
service with the firm determination
of doing your best at all times. of
| playing square with your superiors
your associates, and yourself. and of
taking care always of your assigned
duties whatever may happen.
You will find that everyone else
will treat you with courtesy and fair
ness-for that is the inflexible rule
of the army. Out of that rule grows
the comradeship and the attractive
Il ness, even in the face of all dangers
and bardships, that are characters
tic of the American army life.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16
GETTING READY FOR CAMP

( preceding lessons, 1. Your Post
iof Honor. 2. Making Good as a Sol
idier---a. Nine Saldierlx. Qualities.)
Your real training for your duties
.as soldier will begin after you and
your comrades. are assembled at the
training camps However, there are
"a few simple things you can do dur
ing the next few weeks which will be
of decided value in getting you start
ed along the right lines. T.! y
The simplest thing. and perhaps the
most useful of all, is to begin at once
to practice correct habits of stand
ing and walking. Even in civilian
life a mans reputation in his COM
munity-yes, and for that matter his
own self-respect-is determined to a
surprising extent by his bearing. The
man who slouches feels like SLOUGH
The man who holds his head up faces
the world with confidence and cour-
age.
If this is true in civilian life,' it is
ten times more true in military life.
For a soldier must always be strong
ly marked by his snap, his precision,
and his vigor. He can not have these
traits unless he carries himself like a
soldier. @
The Bearing of a Soldier
Few people without military train
ing have correct idea of what is
meant by the position and the bear
ing of soldier. They are apt to
imagine that it means a. strut or an
extremely strained attitude. Or,
more frequently. they think that the
term can properly b applied to any
erect position. The truth of the case,
however, is that there is definite
no in RI MI
yourself in what is known in the army
as "the position of a soldier" it is
the position which. the. dismounted
soldiers always assumes at the COM
mand Attention. except as it may
be slightly modified to enable him to
carry properly any arms he may have
in dis hands. ~ 'st-1
1t will be well for you to memorize
paragraph 81 of the Infantry Drill
Regulations, which gives the complete
and accurate description of the posi-
tion of the soldier. This paragraph
is slightly paraphrased and simplified
in the description following: Keep in
mind that there are ten elements
which must be properly adjusted to
eacfnsother, and check yoeFself up to
see that each one of them is properly
placed. -
near each other as possible; most
men should be able to stand with
heels touching each other
2. Feet-turned OUT equally and
forming an angle of about As degrees.
8; Knees-straight without stiff
ness. .
A. Hips--ievel and drawn back
slightly; aJodB aFeeeaad testing equal
ly on No. HO q SHHx
- s. Chest-lffted and arched.,
8. Shoulders-square and falling
equally.
z. Arms-hanging naturally.
8. Hands - hanging naturally.
thumb along, the seam of the trous-
ers.
9. Head erect and squarely to the
front uS shin drawn i'm no that axis Of
head and necf9Rs saEfdcHl lmeans that
d straigtae lau& R9R rRon16tsh the CEN
ter of the. head and neck should be
verticaD eyes straight to the front.
10. Entire body-rweight of body
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16
'SAMMIES' ARE
TO Get PARCEL
POST SERVICE
Government Provides for Sol
diers at Front Getting
Needs

Postmaster Charles r. Greene has
published the following order recent
ly issued by the department at wash
ington: r.. = IF-rs s
Parcels OF fourth-c1ass or domes-
tic parcel post matter not exceeding
20 pounds in weight originating in
the United States orsany of its possess
sions for TRANSMISSION to the United
States or any of its possessions for
transmission to the United States Elk
peditionary Forces in Europe and
such parcels originating with those
forces for transmission to the United
States or its possessions, are subject
toh the United States domestic classi-
fcation, condition and rates Of post
age, the eighth zone rate of 1 2 cents
for each pound or traction thereof
being chargeabie on parcels subject
to pound rates, but such parcels may
not be registered, insured or sent c.
o. d.
Parcels intended for members of
the United States Expeditionary. For
ces in Europe should be addressed in
the following manner: CD Name Of
addressed; co Officiar esignation of
unit to which addressed belongs 90
The words t-American Expeditionary
Forces" Under no circumstances
should the location or station of a
military organization be included in
the ADDRESS on mall for any member
Of such forces.
Every parcel must bear the sender
name and address which should be
placed in the upper left corner of the
address, side, and 1t. Is Of the utmost
Importance that parcels sent to the
Expeditfonary Forces be securely
packed and wrapped, fully and plain
Aiy addressed I'm accordance with the
foregoing. and have proper postage
prepaid thereon.
Parcels addressed to the American
Expeditionary Forces shall be dis
patched in the same manenr as other
mail intended for those forces"
The Importation into Great Brit
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16

1.-THE evacuation. of French terri
tory. On the part of other belliger-
ent parties similar restitution of the
German colonies.
GAS regards the territorial ques-
lions, as for example those which have
arisen between Italy and Austria and
between Germany and France, there
is reason to hope that in consideration
of the immense advantages, of dur
able peace with disarmament the par
ties in. conflict would wish to ex-
anime them with a conciliatory dispo-
sition, taking into consideration as
we have said formerly, the aspira-
tions of the peoples and the special
interests and of the general welfare
of the great human society.
THE same spirit of equity and jus
tice- ought to be followed in the ex.
animation of other territorial and
political questions, notably those
relative to Armenia and the Balkar-
states and territories making part
of the ancient kingdom of Poland,
whose noble and historical traditions
and sufferings which it has endured
especially during the present war
ought to conciliate the sympathies OF
nations.
Such are the principal bases
Whereupon we believe the future reor-
ganization of the peoples ought to be
built. They are of a nature to render
impossible the return of similar con-
if1cts, and to prepare a solution of the
economic questions important for the
future and for the material well be-
ing of all be1ligerent states.
Therefore, in presenting to you,
who direct at this hour the destinies
of the belliegerent nations, we are
animated to see them accepted and
to see thus the conclusion at an early
| date of the terrible struggle which
more and more appears a useless
massacre.
"The whole world recognizes that
| the honor of the armies of both sides
| is safe. Incline your ears therefore
to our prayer. Accept the fraternal
| invitation which we send you in the
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16

tain of printed forms, writing paper
with printed headings, calendars,
show cards, labels, posters and color
or photographic printing, and other
printed and coated paper and paper
hangings will not be permitted.
Also, the importation of such print
ed matter as newspapers, magazines,
periodicals, catalogues, price lists, and
books (bound and unbound), other
than single copies sent through the
post. is prohibited, except in special
cases for which a license may be
granted in exceptional circumstances
and except by parcel post within a
weight limit of pounds
Employees affected by the above in
structions will govern their actions ac-
cordingly.
G. F GREENE,
Postmaster.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16
HOW TO DRY CABBAGE


Select well-deve1oped heads of cab
bage.
Remove all loose outside leaves. Is
Split the cabbage and remove core
Shred or cut into strips a. few in
cnes long.
Place in square of cheesecloth OF
wire basket
Plunge into boiling water for s3e=to
: nnsnutes
Dip Tor a. moment in cold water
Drain, and remove surface moisture
by placing between towels or by ex-
posing to sun and air for a short
time. A
Spread thinly on trays or earthen-
ware plates.
Dry in sun, in oven. over kitchen
stove, or before the electric fan until
1eathery.
Stir from time to time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16

William H. Cook a soldier in the
23rd Us S. infantry, was arrested In
Brooklyn for shooting two boys who
he alleged. threw stones as he drove
by in an automobile.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16

Paul Maic1use. a mute prizefighter
known in the sporting world as "Dun-
my Evans" died yesterday OF a frac-
tured skull received in a bout the pre-
vious night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16

L. H. Meakin, of Cincinnati for 20
years head Of the Cincinnati Art Mu-
scum, and widely known as a painter.
died after an operation in a hospital
az Boston.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16

FLORAL BOUQUETS
AND DESIGNS.
JOHN RICK g SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16

Fifteen German Socialists were ar
rested at Hutchinson county, Sioux
Falls, s. D., on charge of violating
the espionage act and obstructing the
draft law.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16

General army orders create a new
division in the army general staff,
which will handle all business pertain
ing to shipments of troops and sup
plies to Europe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent . wes1
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

Guatemala has notified the State
Department that all persons entering
the country must have passports and
that departure will be supervised.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-16

Captain Karl Boy-Ed, former mill
tary attache to the German Embassy
in Washington. resigned from the dip
lomatic corps for active service in the
navy:
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-21
&@z& &fc&ze9 Z&s
WHEN FRIGHTFULNEss CONES HOME.
APRIL II, 1917.

All Germany shocked and Mortified recently
when squadron British and French aeropanes at
lacked the town o Frelburg. killing soldier three
men and seven women, and injuring considerable
number OF men women and children.
This nefarous attack" as the official German state
ment calls IT, was undertaken reprsaI for the tor
pedoing the British hospital ship Gloucester Castle
by a German submarine-the last Of a long series of
German attacks allied hospital ships They were
all plainly marked with the Red Cross. that their
nature and use have known TO their assail-
ants. vessels always been immune from at
tack by the law and custom Of civilized nations. Lately
she has sunk the Belgian relief ships.
The German government justihes sinking OF Red
Cross ships while foaming at the mouth the bar
barity Of bombing open city" like Freiburg.
And naturally. it says nothing Of the barbarty with
which German Zeppelns have bombarded open cities
in England and German aeroplanes have bombarded
open cities in Apparently. it all depends on
whose city
Attacks Of this horrible and revolving even
when by of reprisal and intended lessons
discourage repettons of the onense by the original
perpetrator. isn't how differently they
are regarded in Germany and outside of Germany? we
cannot help wondering n this country whether the
people have any realization of the crimes their
government committed beyond their frontier.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-21
APPROVES AGRICULTURAL
ARMY.

Mishawaka, April 10, II.
Editor News-Times:
beg TO commend the suggestions
and thought in your editorial of last
evening to employ a large efficient
army in reclamation of the desert
and swamp land and other public
work i'm the United States, giving
time for drill.
/ venture the suggestion that the
feature of the military agricultural
army proposal as it appeared in
your paper last week, requiring all
OF such army, except school boys. TO
remain i'm the country during next
winter. would serve for the nation
as the very object lesson that you
seek to impress in your editorial.
Moreover, should the war end.
why should not this army be a great
stabilizer Of American industry and
economic conditions and prevent the
terrible slump that has been predict
ed will overwhelm the country and
wreck its prosperity upon the close
of the war.
Again. with this organization of
men as proposed, why would il not
be easy. working in connection with
the standing military army, TO COM
pei an annual To-day service by all
bows between Il and y in just such
work as you propose, giving them
the maneuvers and benefit of camp
life? And while accomplishing
this, il would not be necessary tC
pay a high wage, either. For, il
American institutions and the Amer
lean ideals are worth upholding. il
is certainly worth the giving by each
boy this much service. even without
compensation. 10 his country.
Very truly yours,
ISAAC KANE PARKS.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-21
WHO ARE THE BONEHEADS2

Because the council talked it over. made no
definite decision left the future something
that kind assuming that such is the way was.
the Main oracle that there are men.
connected. somehow with city government who
ought towel be hanged for treason. without trial
The thing talked over is &c have been whether
or they-the councilmen.-woud participate in to-
days patriotic demonstration. fact Of the matter
that oracle" has merely gone half cooked.
It based its upon that appeared the
morning NewsTimes, without taking the trouble up 70
the time edition. whether
or not there had been further Developments.
There had been. The council had decided inform
ally, a a meeting to most Of the individual
members preferred. joining the parade
as body they march with various organiza-
uons to which they belonged. Boneheaded. was it?
to make any decisions without first consulting sir
Oracle, that their conclusion Of necessity
be If they wish to take such chances let them
suffer the consequences. OF course.
Blu; the Truth Of the matter is that The News-Tmes
item published. a fact but as a bait and
the suckers" swallowed it and swallowed it whole.
Those councmen decided from the do exactly
as have quoted them as determining a last.
The decision definite. and the consequence illus
trates former the Main myself
and God" Of local journalism, the sources
Of its news.
1t is the old story. Approximately seventy
per of the happenings in South Bend that make
news. during late afternoon and at night.
The morning NewsTmes gets it together, presents it
in the morning, and the afternoon papers We do
ourselves and the Main article is virtuous
than The edition o contemporary is
nothing mere less than a rehash of The News
Times morning edition; their reporters. and
re-wrte does the From there runs on into
the evening edition. with little, if any attention, given
to possible developments Of the meantime; which
attention than give it ourselves
We apologize to the counclmen for having published
story without the consent of them, that
suited in all of them being put down "boneheads
but these little decoys necessary to
exposition of "sackers'-such let somebody else do
their work for them. and then there being
'slackers' in other lines than not going to war, or
councilmen bursting parade in identified body.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-21

Onions. both Of the green. spring
variety and of the dry sort used for
stewing and favoring. because Of
their immense yield, should he i'm
every small garden. says today's
bulletin Of the national emergency
food garden commission. co-operat-
ing with this newspaper to increase
the food supply by planting home
gardens as war measure.
Onions grown commercially some
times yield as much as 500 bushels
to the acre Therefore even a small
bed in garden will produce a large
supply.
The careful gardener may disre-
gard directions and plant onions
even closer than the rules advise.
The two requisites in very close
planting are rich soil and thorough
cultivation Weeds are fatal 10 heavy
yields of onions. Frequent, shallow
hoeing or, if the rows are too close
together for the hoe. stirring the
soil with a hand wedding fork-and
plenty of water are essential in good
onion cultivation.
Green onions are grown from the
small bulbs. called sets. Onions
planted i'm this way will come into
bearing rapidly The usual method
Of planting sets is 10 make a hole
in the soil with the finger or "A
small stick one inch deep and cover
up the bulb without pressing the
soil on top. For intensive growing
plant the sets an inch and a half
apart in the rows. II the rows are
10 be hoed they should be at least
a foot apart, but they can be closer
together if the cultivation is 10 be
done with a hand weeder. A quart
and a half Of sets Will plant Toe
feet of row sOwn thus thickly.
Late onions are usually grown
from seed sown thickly in drills u
10 Il inches apart. Do not be alarm
ed when you read on seed packages
that they must be sown in drills. for
in such cases the drill meant is not
a tool but a shallow trench. For
onion seed the drill should be a lit
tie less than an inch deep. When
the plants come up thin them out
20 three inches apart.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-21
BITS OF INFORMATION.

The British naval boot is Of a
light patterns. owing TO its being
chiefly used for deck duties.
The Talmud enumerates rue
among the kitchen herbs and re-
CARDS it as free Of 1.-THE as being a
plant not cultivated in gardens. The
name rue occurs only in Luke XII. A.
A blow on the jaw by his cousin,
John Liskas, in a friendly boxing
match at Newcastle. Pa. brought
Mike Liskas' voice back 10 him after
he had been unable to speak for a
year.
Lachnite mounted and cut in the
approved fashion. can scarcely be
distinguished from the real dia-
mond. This imitation is said 10 be
able 20 stand every diamond test
fire, acid and the diamond file.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-04-21

home that that method is the only
fair one / nave in mind now
strong. healthy siX-fOOter, well able
to fight, who, unless compelled to
serve, Will stay at home and play
the piano. Is il just that the pa
triotic men should go and run the
risk Of death, and that ne be al
lowed TO stay at home and enjoy
himself But if we adopt the volun-
teer system instead OF compulsory
universal service, that is what will
happen.
In the second place. universal
service is the only really efficient
method. Instead of an army formed
as the whim of men makes forma-
ton possible, it gives us an army
formed when ii should be-namely,
before disaster comes. Does anyone
doubt that Paris would be in the
hands of the Germans if France
would have had to raise an army
ty the volunteer system before she
could fight? 1t is because she had
compelled her men to train before
hand that the Hindenburg line is so
far from the city today.
These two reasons, then.-justice
and efficiency-make il imperative
that we adopt universal service. To
offset possible opposition 10 the bill
when il comes 10 a vote. ] urge the
patriotic people of South Bend 10
use all their influence in getting the
senator's and representative from
Indiana TO support the bill. Send
letters and kilograms to them and
urge others to do the same Simil-
arly, messages Of approval sent 10
the president will not come amiss.
The Importance Of this matter can
not he er-emphasized. Let the pa
triotic people of South Bend arise
and do. and do it now.
Respectfully yours,
HARLEY w. ZEHNER.
Harvard University.
Perkins Hall.
April Il. 1917.