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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-05
AMERICANS ARE
READY To SERVE
President Tells Confederate
Veterans All Must Be
Sacrificed to Principle.

Washington, D. C. June 5.-Presi-
dent Wilson, welcoming the 5000 Con-
federate veterans to their reunion
here today, declared the country was
beginning to see why the nation was
kept united The president said that
as he was coming TO the meeting his
mind was turned toward the long
lines OF young men all over the coUn-
try who are registering for army ser
vice.
There is not a man Of US who must
not hold himself ready to serve the
government under which ne lives"
the president told the veterans. and
they responded with a rOusing cheer.
Must Sacrifice for Principle.
There comes a time when a nation
must sacrifice everything to the prin-
ciples which il processes" said the
president Il am thankful for the
privilege Of self sacrifice which lends
a happy day, day Of noble memory.
a day OF dedication and a day Of the
renewal of that spirit that has made
America great among the nations of
the world"
The old soldiers WAVED their hats
and the hall resounded with the rebel
yell" when the president mounted
the platform Many veterans crowded
around him ana SnOOk lanQS DeLOre ne
began his speech Thousands stood
on the streets outside the hall
A Warning to the World.
The president said he felt there
was some significance in the coincl-
dence that az the moment he was well
coming the former host Of the Con-
federacy TO the capital they sought to
destroy, millions Of young men were
registering themselves for service to
keep the world free
These solemn lines OF young men
going today all over the union to the
places OF registration" he said. fought
10 be signal to the world, TO those
who dare flout the dignity and honor
and rights of the United States, that
all her manhood will flock TO that
standard under which we all delight
10 serve and that he who challenges
the rights and principles Of the United
States challenges the united strength
and devotion Of a nation"
We're Ready Now to Spend.
We have prospered with sort of
needless and irresponsible prosperity.
Now we are going 10 lay all our
wealth. II necessary, and spend all
our blood, il need be. to show that we
were not accommodating that wealth
selfishly but were accommodating il
for the service Of mankind.
We have been allowed to become
strong in the providence of God that
our strength might be used to prove,
not or selfishness but our greatness.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-05
Emir Of Bokhara Is
Preparing For Safety

Petrograd, Russia, June 5.-A tele-
gram from BOkhara states that, in
Consequence of the influence Of the
Russian revolution. the emir of Box
hara has published a manifesto pro-
posing extensive internal reforms and
containing an order for the liberation
Of all political prisoners
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-05
BULGARS CLAIM HEPULSE
OF ALLIED ATTACKS

Sofia, Bulgaria, June 5.-The re-
pulse OF numerous French and British
attacks on the Macedonian front is
claimed in an official statement is
sued by the war office Monday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-05
BIDS WANTED.

BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED Up TO
JUNE STH. 1917, AT THE OFFICE OF
CITY PURCHASING AGENT FOR
THE CITT'S COAL REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE WINTER bills. PAR
TICULARS AND SPECIFICATIONS
FURNISHED ON APPLICATION.
A. II. JOHNSON.
CITY PURCHASING ACT.
Adv CITY HALL.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-05
NERRAsKANS GET UP EARLY
AND RUSH TO REGISTER

Omaha. Neb.. June 5.-Reports from
the registration precincts indicated
that about IS percent OF men subject
TO registration presented themselves
during the first hour. No disturbances
were reported.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-05
ONLY MINOR RAIDS
REPORTED BY BRITISH

London, Eng, June 5.-Only minor
raiding operations are reported from
the British front in France. Several
prisoners were taken by the British
near Ypres. the war office announced
today.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-05
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
TnkN GrnTea

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because IL contains the
well known properties OF QUININE
and IRON. sec
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-05

Recleaned fancy native-grown Mex
lean June Seed Corn. $3.50 per 100 lbs.
Ell Paso Seed Co., Inc.
523 z. San Antonio ST.. one block east
Of City Hall and Court House.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-05
COMPANY k IS
HEREFOR DAY
FL Paso Soldier Boys Wei
coined by Friends on Way
to Brownsville.

Company K. FL Paso's military or
ganization in the national guard,
which is en- route from Elephant
Butte. n. N. to Brownsville, Texas.
spent Tuesday in FL Paso, the mem
bers visiting with relatives and
friends. The headquarters Of the
company arrived from Elephant Butte
Monday night at 7 o'clock and the de-
tachment which was stationed at
Logan, y. NJ. under the command of
Lieut. Cliff Elliott, arrived Tuesday
morning. The company is due TO
leave on a special train this afternoon
over the G. H & S A for Browns
vile.
Are Given Refreshments
There are 102 members in the COM
pany which arrived here and the Off
GERS are Capt. Walter Jenkins. Lieut.
Cliff Elliott and Lieut.. William G.
Gooch. About 50 members of the
company have their homes elsewhere,
and having no friends in the city to
spend the day with, the chamber Of
commerce provided a feast for them
during the afternoon Ice cream and
cake were sent to the men OF the
company and several crates of
oranges were placed aboard the train
for them, so that they viii have fruit
en- route to their destination Mrs.
George II. Clements and Mrs Y del
Campo composed the committee which
provided for the young men.
and II there is any ground for thank
fulness in a day like this, am thank
full for the privilege Of self sacrifice
which is the only privilege that lends
dignity to the human spirit"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-05
Tenement owners.

Are you getting. all of the money
your house should bring? Ask Lee
Newman. specialize on tenements.
Phone 1904. sos IL S. FL Paso.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-05
To sLFEP WELL.

Take HOrSfOrd's Acid Phosphate
Half a teaspoonful in a glass of
water. taken before retiring, insures
restful sleep. Buy n bottle.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-05
Merchants Lunch 4Oc

Campben's Cafe. Music with meals.
ADV.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-26
26 Plattsburg Men
Made Officers on
Ordnance Staff

PLATTSBURG, Nov. 20. - Colonel
Paul A. Wolf issued to-day the list OF
those members Of the Second Officers
Training Camp who have received COM
missions in the Ordnance Department.
There are sixty-two men on this list
bringing the number of newly made
officers in the camp up to nearly $500.
The second camp breaks up to-mor-
row. At II o'clock in the morning the
commissioned men will assemble in the
camp theatre and listen to talk by
Colonel Wolf on their duties and be-
hayior as officers. At the close OF the
address the actual parchment commits
sions will be distributed.
The camp will break at noon. and
the first train from the samp siding
will leave at 1 o'clock, this being a
Boston special, and the fist New YORK
snecial departs fifteen minutes later,
arriving in New York City at 1880 p
N. There will be three other Boston
and New York specials running out up
TO 10 o'clock at night.
Austin VI. Malone. of 1919 West Fifty
sixth Street, New York. a member of
the 18th Training Company, through an
error in compiling the list Of commits
sions at headquarters, was left out. He
should have been among tn, first lieu
tenants in the aviation section, squad
ron Of Notifying officers.
An unfortunate situation affecting
twenty men commissioned yesterday,
whose names were printed in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-26
Nation to Exempt
All Men Necessary
For Shipbuilding
Essential Workers Will Es-
cape Drafts So Long as
Services Are Needed
Shipyards Are Notified
Their Work Vital to Carrying
Out the Governments
War Programme
Shipyards Are Notified
TStdf Correspondencel

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-All men Of
draft age who are certified by their
employers as essential to any phase Of
the emergency ship construction pro-
gramme will be exempted from military
service, according to a statement made
to-day by Meyer Bloomfield, Of Boston,
head of the industrial service depart
ment of the Fleet Corporation.
Essential ship workers will not only
be exempted from service under the
next draft, Mr.. Bloomfield stated, but
under all succeeding drafts. so long as
the necessity for their services on ship
construction continues. The industrial
service department of the Fleet Cor
poration has already forwarded to all
shipyards working on government con-
struction a set of forms and regula-
tons governing the exemption OF ship
workers. Explaining the exemption
policy to be followed by the Shipping
Board, Mr.. Bloomfield said to-day:
Shipyard Employees Exempted
an order to assist in the rapid com
pletior Of the ships needed for the
American army on European battle
fields the Secretary of War has dele
gated to the Shipping Board authority
to release from army service all men
whose work is needed in the shipbulld-
ing industry now and to exempt all
shipyard employees from future drafts
so long as their services are required
in the building of ships. The War De-
partment has made most important
concession in favor of the shipbulld-
ing programme. II may be taken TO.
granted that the Emergency Fleet Cor
roration will leave nothing undone to
protect this concession from abuse.
men who work on ship construc-
ton arc doing as vital a work for ma
tional defence as anything that one
can mention at this time. Our allies
are all in agreement on this.
Will Keep Emergency Fleet File
"For this reason men whose work IS
needed in the shipyards will, II they
are Of draft age, upon our receiving
word TO this effect from the shipyarLs.
have their names registered through US
with the local exemption boards as spe-
cially deferred as far as the call to
military service is concerned. Local
exemption boards will keep a special
file for this purpose, which Will &c
known as the Emergency Fleet file.
Employment in the shipyards is best
effected either through application at
the yards, through state and Federal
employment Offices or through the
United States Department OF LABOR
The Emergency Fleet Corporation does
not place men.
"The men most needed in shlpyards
are either those who have had previous
experience in such work or possess
skill in kindred trades. so that inc
transfer Of occupation may be accom-
pished with as. little loss OF time as
nossible."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-26
[Stnf Correspondence1

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-"Organize
a local chapter of the War Ananias
Club and nominate for membership
every man and woman in your COM
nunitv who is circulating malicious ru-
mors and repeating false reports that
tend to cast suspicion and distrust upon
our government and thus hamper the
successful prosecution of the war;
This is the message to-day being sent
out by tho National Committee OF "a
triotic Societies, through its honorary
chairman, Lieutenant General ,. Is. NJ
Young. and William Mather Lewis, ex-
ecutive secretary, to the loyal citizens
Of every city and village in the United
States. II further suggests that
membership list be posted on some con-
spicuous corner, and that the stories
and names Of the narrators be sent to
the local newspapers and TO the head
quarters of the national committee IN
Washington.
Americans boast of sense or
humor and a lack of gullibility which
should make them proof against the
German inspired lies now being so per-
sistently circulated" the Patriotic So
cieties say.
Wild Tales Circulated
"From every corner of the country
come tales that prominent government
officials have been shot as spies at Fort
Leavenworth; that our soldiers at the
environments must buy their own food
or starve to death; that the govern
ment officials are about to raid home
kitchens and commander the food.
at is whispered about that an Amer
lean battleship has been sunk with all
on board and that the Navy Depart
ment is suppressing the news; that
hundreds of wounded American soldiers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-26
100000 Gifts for Fighters
Red Cross Sends 100 Tons of
Christmas Packets Abroad

One hundred tons of Red Cross
Christmas packets have been shipped
to Red Cross representatives in Europe
Cor distribution among American SOL
diers and sailors overseas. A similar
quantity for shipment abroad has been
assembled at an Atlantic port. These
shipments, it is estimated, contain
about 100000 Christmas packets.
Announcement was made yesterday
by the Red Cross supply service that
the packets needed to complete the full
overseas allotment have been provided
and that no one in the expeditionary
force need lack Christmas gift from
the Red Cross.
Christmas packets for environments
ant camps in the jurisdiction of the
Atlantic Division are pouring into the
divisional warehouse. This warehouse
has received and shipped about $1,000
packets
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-26

list Of commissions this morning, has
arisen through orders arriving here
this morning from the Adjutant Gen.
erals Office in Washington ordering
their discharge.
The men are dropped after a delayed
pcrusal of a medical report from the
camp hospital. Lieutenant Colenel Jo-
seph A. Baer, camp adjutant. stated
that physical disability covered their
cases. The action is final. and their
discharges were ordered made out TO
date from tomorrow. The New York
men on the list Of those dropped are:
James Dorsey. 81 Madison Avenue:
Charles Broderick, 34l Broadway.
James A. Doyle, 1900 Townsend Avenue.
The Bronx; Owen c. Torrey, 81 Wall
Street; Samuel c. Webers, 700 West
End Avenue; Joseph Handy, Stapleton.
Staten Island; Gilbert Gabriel, 253 West
Seventy-sixth Street; James A. Lewis
$50 West 123d Street; Herbert A. IIilder
233 West Seventieth Street; Edmund
d. Alderman, 4i Pinehurst Avenue;
Edward Carpenter. los East Fifty
ninth Street: Harold Stiles. New Ro-
chelle; August Van Derventer, 81
Broadway; Isham Henderson. 80 Mas
sau Street, and Edward f. Stowell S29
/ Park Avenue.
The New York men among the sixty
two commissioned in the ordinance Of
fcers' reserve corps, inactive duty,
I are:
Major: Edward S. Brussell.
Captains: William l.. Adams, John l..
Crosswaite, Frederick Gilman, Jacques
/ C. Nordeman, Robert A. White, Rich
ard r. Vincent. Joseph p. Fleming,
Joseph F. Mollere, William NJ. 0lhaber,
Frederick Vieweg, jr., Frank j. Wag-
ner.
First lieutenants: Lorenzo NJ. Arm
strong, John Curtin, Louis S. Latimer,
Paul G. Mehlin. Henry j. McCadden,
William +. Trubee, Samuel j. Cheese
bro, Morton W. Leon, Alexander A.
Matiney, Conrad F. Sjoberg, James
McB. Webster.
Second lieutenant: Carl F. Green.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-26
Need 9 Regiments of
Civilians for France
Ordnance Department Wants
Mechanics and Clerks for
Back of the Lines

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-owing 10
the failure of the regular civil service
CT annels to meet the situation. the
Ordnance Department of the army has
been compelled to begin direct recruit
ing for the nine regiments of mechan-
ical and technical men required to man
the tremendous shops and the incl
dental business organization behind the
lines in France.
General Pershing is clamoring for
these regiments to be forwarded with
all possible speed, so everybody who
enlsts is certain of early service in
France.
Men proficient in every mechanical
trade are needed, and there are also
places for stenographers, accountants
and Office men. Qualified men are cer-
tain Of almost immediate promotion to
the rank of ordnance sergeant, which
will mean about SIS a month besides
clothing and keep" SIS a month al
lowance for dependent wife or mother,
and SIS for each additional child, be.
sides the army opportunity TO carry
life and indemnity insurance for a
song.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-26

all these dreary, weary past u..a
and months, when had been su.,s;Nas
but my faith, comforted but BY ths ass
repeated valor of the poilu. At ls,,,
We went on through mud and wat.
and mist and ramon to the frn...
line. There we found the tren.s sas
newer, .unlined with interlaced tw;sAs
and further out in No Mans Land ns,
they had been, was told, few monts,
before.
Finally, a sharp turn brought n, ;.
an observation post, set low in ~
trench and rooted over with corruea,ss
iron. Peering out from it toward ~
barbarian beyond was a mitrailsr..
and beside it a tall, well-built you,e
American figure, his khaki as wet a.
his helmet, vigilant, waiting, ready "a
his bit. on active service, barring NJ.
little piece of the way with those a;
France and England and Belgium on
this front, where in the end the wa,
is 10 be won.
He was only there for the top Of III,
training, of course-but the gods Ia
praised! he was there! And after
little. as time goes, he will be there in
the hundreds of thousands and ths
millions, ready and eager and wilhns
to take the place of France, tired, val.
liant, heroic France!
thought these things as my con.
freres, most of whom had never been
in front line trench before, were ash.
ING questions and looking with ali
their eyes. They saw what / saw In
the tangible before them; but they saw
not, nor could they see, the vision
looming up white and clear in the grsy
of No Mans Land beyond-the yision
that was mine; the avenging Of nv
brothers death, the avenging OF those
of my line who died in 1870, the set.
thing of a score recent but deep in.
grained; the desecration of graves, Of
graves unknown to me, OF graves con.
tanning the bones of unknown ances.
tors. the sacriege of Gods housesl
Among my confreres there are two or
three for whom | have a genuine and
atfectionate friendship. One turned to
me and said: whats the matter, Bal [,
What are you locking at that soldier
like that for?'
Nothing, Junius." replied; moth.
ing, was just going TO ask him to
let me have the honor OF shaking his
hand and wishing him bonnie chance to
the end of the war"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-26
Camp Mills to Fight R. R.

CAMP MILLS, L. l.. Nov. 25.-rt.
soldiers encamped here are contempls,.
ing a declaration of war upon the Long
island Railroad. The price of the fare
between Hampstead and New York Is
said TO be the prospective casus bell.
The railway carries men from Camp
Upton to the city for so cents round
trip. The round fare from Hampstead
only a quarter of the distance to zap.
hank, is S1.1O.
The men have become bitter over
what they believe to be the unius.
treatment by the railroad. Unless a
revision downward in price is effected
soon. they threaten to be- ard the train,
pay the conductors 30 cents and ask
them what they are going TO do abOu.
il.
Although the thermometer registered
freezing temperature this morning
all the regiments held outdoor religious
services. During the afternoon many
of the troops went to Freeport TO see
the ocean. For most Of the Middle
Western soldiers here it was their first
glimpse of the sea they will soon cross
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-26
Barnum Heads Camp Fund

William Henry Barnum, of III
Broadway. was appointed yesterday
chairman Of the City Advisory Com
mittee. which will engineer New York's
portion Of the campaign to raise s4.-
100000 for the War Camp Community
Fund. The money will be spent on
healthful sports and entertainments
for the troops in camp. New York is
expected TO raise 81 200, 900 Of the en-
tire fund.
Secretary Of War Baker, in tele-
graphing TO Mr.. Barnum notification of
his appointment. expressed most hearty
approval Of the campaign and its aims.
81 know" he wired. "that the Ameri-
can people will join with President
Wilson and the War and Navy depart
ments, in striving 10 build an army
vigorous and sound physically. men
tally and morally, an army which shall
bring home no other scars than those
won in honorable warfare ----
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-26

(Special Correspondence o. Inc N'"
York Tribune and Philadelphia
Evening Ledger
downright. 1sl7-Al Rights Reserved
AMERICAN FIELD HEADQuAN-
TIERS IN FRANCE, Oct. 2S.-The gun
was so we'll camouhaged that SIX iee'
away no living soul could tell 1t was
there It was a French 49," pointed
toward invaded country, as are anu
have been many thousands OF ITS lel-
LOUIS these last few years. The interest
in it and the reason for TINS "rl'i"s
were in the facts that its crew were
Lbaki clad soldiers, and that at exactly
6:27 o'clock upon recent oe'o'ei
morning its lanyard was pulled oy al
American gunner, launching the nrS'
hostile shot in the war defenuihs
American honor against barbarism ana
the Kaiser's rule.
We stood, seven accredited CORE
spondents. in company with the Amer
can major, who is our chief press ON
Ger. ankle deep in rich red mud ahiu
driving rain. 1t was Sunday afternoon.
Above us, upon a rise in the ground
between the gun and the telephone sta-
tion. stood the lieutenant commanoing'
a youngster of perhaps twenty-five
SLIGHT. smooth faced. brown halreu,
bezel eyed His voice was low ana
n,usical with something of southern
drawl although he told US afterwaI9i
La emo from Indiana. | wish | couId
toll his name and the name OF the gun
w.. "a Pnt there is the censor, forbid
ding. .ho off.
coris helmet and upon ours for all lhe
world as upon so many TIN roofs, any
trickled in streams from the sleeves OIL
our raincoats, he told US this story IN
terruptinp himself to give orders as the
niece was internationally discharged
Gun Placed by Man Power
at was raining like this, only harder,
We were told we could hre as soon a5
the gun was in position; but the muu mug
was so thick it was Impossible 10 pun
II 70 this place with our horses; 30, IN
eagerness to get on the job, the crew
unanimously agreed to drag 1t by mana
If I gave permission. 1t was some JOB.
II was the hardest Job perhaps we ever
tackled together. The morass was as
deem AS the hubs and over our knees;
But in the dark and the rain we turned
the trick"
"Three five hundred" interrupted a
voice at the phone, a phone camou-
tagged as was the gun. 81,
Three five hundred" repeated Ihe
lieutenant: "watch that bubble!'
Ready to fire." continued the voice.
Ready TO fire. again repeated the
lieutenant.
FIRE." came the voice from the
phone. And as we opened our mouths
and. placed dripping gloved fingers TO
ears the lieutenant repeated, FIRE.
With the flash and the following
bang. he resumed his story. Six times
during its brief recital he interrupted
to transmit a different range, the or
der. Ready" followed by Fire."
eve had eighteen shells, including
five shrapnel. We did not wait for any
range. We just showed her nose where
you see it, jammed a shrapnel home
and let 'er fly beyond No Mans Land
over there. We wanted to beat any
ether battery to it, and we did! The
whole crew took part, of course, even
if that lanyard was pulled by Sergeant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-26
Expect Gen. Crozier
To Be Sent to France
[Staf Correspondence

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-It is re-
ported in military circles that Major
General William Crozier, chief OF the
Ordnance Bureau, will take personal
charge of the immense ordnance ar
senal and depot to be erected in con-
junction with the main American base
in France.
The contract for this construction
has been let to Boston firm on a
cost-plus basis, the necessary materials
and skilled workmen being transported
from this country. If General Crozier
is relieved from his duties IN wash
ington Brigadier General Rabbit, ms
assistant, will become acting chief o,
the bureau.