Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1917-11-23

ferent places along our cOastA New
York suffered heavily and now comes
Baltimore The soft word has been
accident" Some persons have be-
Iieved the soft word but few in Wash
ington believe it today. Energetic Of
ficials of the government have done
what they could to induce the taking
of proper punitive action, but mercy
heretofore has ruled the day. Mercy
TO the offender, it seemingly now Is
felt, is not mercy TO the offended.
Accident" was responsible. so II rs
said. for the blaze in New York whlch
destroyed thousands of busneiS VI
grain intended for the allies; II was
responsible for the blowing up or three
munition factories making shells ell
Their for Great Britain or the United
States, and for twenty-four hours II
was said to be responsible for the de-
struction of $5.OOO,O00 worth of food.
munitions and shipping at the docks
in the city of Baltimore. 1t Is curl
Gus that accidents happen only In
places where war material is stored or
is under process of manufacture.
Patience has quit the officials and
soon 10000 alien enemies who have
been working along the docks of the
cities of our seacOasts will be turned
away from the zones.
1t is being urged in Washington that
the army be given entire control of
the greater places Of war activities in
this country. Out of the nearly two
million soldiers already raised, 1t is
said here by officials who have studied
the situation that 10000 readily can be
spared to prevent the disasters which
are Just as bad as disasters on the bat
tlefield.
Army of Architects Volunteers.
Under the call of John Law
renee Mauran of ST. Louis, presi-
ident of the American Institute of
Architects, the mobilization of the
architects of the country for war sery-
ice virtually has been completed.
The call to duty on the firing line
as well as behind it was issued from
the historic Octagon house in Wash
ington in which the treaty Of Client
which terminated the war of 1872 was
signed. The response came from men
high in the architectural profession in
virtually every city of the United
States.
Scores of architects already are in
France supervising the building of the
aviation bases to be used by Americas
huge air forces, others are being train
ed in the camOuflage battalion at the
grounds of the American university in
this city, while still others are await
ing the call of the war and the navy
departments and the shipping board of
the United States. 1t is expected that
before the roster of architects is COM
plete 5000 of these experts and ar
lists will be doing their bit and more
than their bit for Uncle Sam.
AS soon as Mr.. Mauran received the
spontaneous answer to his call of the
brethren to the colors he offered to
President Wilson the services of the
architects of the country whose tech
meal training he knew would make
them peculiarly valuable in certain
branches of war work.
Offer Quickly Accepted.
The president expressed deep appre-
citation of the offer and it instantly
was accepted. The Quartermaster and
engineer corps, increased largely as
they were in size and in the scope of
their duties, were in special need of
the service of men whose training and
knowledge in the architects profession
had been broad an Ceep. The need in
the engineer corps vas particularly
sharp, directing as the engineers do
construction. topography, drafting and
sanitary and electrical work.
The architects in this branch of the
service are in charge of much the same
class of work as they have under their
professional superintendent in times
of peace. Military engineering tech
nique is, of course, a thing apart. In
France many architects are engaged
in the work of making maps out of
the photographs which are taken of
the enemy's lines from airplanes.
The signal corps or the United
States today has 500 volunteer archl-
tects and craftsmen in it's service. 1t
has just delivered" 800 architects for
service in foreign fields. 1t is these
men who will have charge of build
ing the great aviation bases in France
where they will direct at least 10000
French laborers and German prisoners
of war in the work of constructing
headquarters and working buildings
for the huge flock of American fliers
who soon will take up aerial work over
the line where the men of many ma
tons are engaged in 1.-THE Great Ad-
venture"
The architects who are now in the
service are all between the ages of
twenty-One and forty-five years. The
educational requirements are a good