Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-12-06

THE BURLINGTON
CAN, MUST AND WILL BE BEATEN" BUT HOW
General Pershng sounded the slogan Of decisive vic
tory over the barbary Of the Hun He says in short Ger
Sen by he commander Of Uncle Sans soldier boys In
France to Bishop Luther Wilson, recently returned to the
mission mission forth for the YIN y NJ G. A. WV '''
The question that itself St nc i've is How.
back and in effect say let Persins and the American
Pershings slogan is manesty call service every
patriotic American man or woman boy girl It is based
on the suppositiGn that American will do his duty
would have been its opening sitting but for the extra ses.
5 s to 9 s ss BY It's
moving great war The thing for each one OF US to
Of Winning this at avoid Surprise like
that which came to Italy and now to Byng.
spirit characerizes the American people Some
of American leaders precisely where most of the Brit
in the conflict They said we shall soon have Germany Whip:
Ped KchsnsF warned them that they must be prepared
The conflict has already been well started its fourth
year. As Colonel George Harvey has demonstrated
view Germany has been winning the up to date in all
directions save toward Paris against most Of the allies We
t is stated officially that present have 100000 SOL
fsg sd % when FIRST on
to the front troops to take hand against the
% 9a r 1G r as Or
dom in number of Now are told the French have
another They insist that the American
whole must not to the front but must be trained
to become expert trench fighters Then they would have
forces to in body to strike tremendous blow
Whenever the American soldiers in France possess
sion of sector of the front and responsibility for
the Germans who will try to America they have
sought to punish other nations.
sity of having possibility in the direction of surprise
attack by the Germans anticipated and provided for I'm
ougy alive to this military necessity however shall be in
danger of a tremendous and humliatng surprise
picked German veterans transferred from the Russian and
our lines Pershing knows that but unless the Wilson ad
mnstraon and Congress and the American people insist
his being provided with necessity he will be
able to withstand assed German formation with thin
khaki ine than are the commanding officers Of our military
environments home able to ward off pneumonia when Con-
and the American people have been slow to act that
Of troops have entered the gos Of winter wearing
the best
That we have abundant ground for condemnng the ndf
people whole evident report Of Sur
Gensr Me-. G0ss sr g his inspection Of
numbering 5000 cases. with 500 cases pneumonia in the
in that one camp Surgeon General Gorgas Continues
1.-The camp is well situated and in generally good
evidently contact and anxious this fear
ing that be facing the beginning here of epidemic
of septic pneumonia We have had few of meningitis
few of scarlet fever, and of mumps.
Whatever the original Of the epidemic and the
present conditions all these evils accumulated by the
crowded condition of the camp The tendency pneumonia
has doubt been increased by the fact that the have
generally been exposed to the cold weather of the last month
with other protection than their clothing Cloth
ing is rapidly coming into camp and about twohirds CT
II recommend that it be insisted upon that all men in
this that such additional shelter be supplied as may
sary that fresh be brought into the camp until the
epidemic has that observation camp be establish
3D. and that all be kept under observation until the
main camp is free from infection"
Steps have already been taken to separate the to
greater degree says the department. "By the
of tents which held for due to be called to the
camp and with 1000 additional tts Immediately shipped
the number tent be reduced from nine to five.
The supplying of sufficient clothing has been delayed by
the necessity of equpng first those divisions in northern lat
udes and those which have been sent abroad The
Camp Wheeler now have good supply of underwear
and heavy outside clothing shipped days
should be arriving the camps but congestion of railroad
traffic has caused some delay in its delivery"
These conditions that have been allowed to prevail
here in the United States under it We
also know that training with wooden guns and wood
a that to Of Are