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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-18
u. S. Stores Pile Up
At Syracuse While
New Army Suffers
Warehouses at Old Expan-
sion Camp Bullying
With Supplies
ISnecinl Correspondence


SYRACTSE. Dec. 17.-With the men
in the National Army environments
suffering from cold, due 10 lack OF
winter clothing, and handicapped in
their training through the failure Of
the government to provide equipment
there is about s25O,OCO worth Of sup
plies Of various kinds stored at the
Syracuse expansion camp.
The property consists OF Sl25,Ooo!
worth Of clothing and an equa.
amount of equipment, much or all OF
which probably could be put 10 lm-
mcoiate use IN other environments.
OfFcers at the local camp have re-
ceived orders to store the property
here, and they have obeyed.
There are enough woollen shirts al
the local government storehouse tc
supply 1900 men and enough over
coats for $500 men. an officer said to-
dav. There are several thousand
pairs of shoes and boxes of hats ard
trousers. There is sufficient guam
tity Of tents for five regiments, a.!
kinds of hardware, 400 brooms, 10
field ranges, hundreds of tent stovos
and enough saddles and harnesses tor
all the horses in the army. TWO Or
the large buildings at the state iair
grounds are filed with the property
left behind by the regiments ordered
into foreign service and TO Other
camps.
Most Of the property stored here
was received after some of the regi-
ments had been ordered away and 1t
was definitely known that the local
camp was to be abolished rs an eS-
pansion point. During the first few
months that the soldiers were here
they we're insufiiciently clothed and
lacked the full equipment. The first
two infantry regiments which left FOR
foreign service went away with many
of the men wearing summer clothing,
although it was then autumn. Many
OF them lacked oyerconts and wool!cn
shlts.
For weeks after the soldiers LETT
food continued to arrive at the camp
by the carload. end had TO be Sent
away again. When the final order
came to break camp there was suf'i-
Gent food on hand 70 feed $4,000 men
three weeks.
FOR many AdyN ANU tNN - 49,
regiments rad been filed TO the
strength authorized by the govern,
nent recruits continued 20 arrive, and
had to be sent TO other camps.
The training of the men was hsndi-
capped by lack of ordnance. When
the 4th Field Artillery was expanded
from the 10th it was understood By
the commanding officers that new s.
inch guns would be sent TO the new
unit. The field pieces never came,
however. and both regiments were
forced TO drill with the guns OF the
Fourth. The provisional battery or
artillery afterward organized at the
fair grounds never had any guns Il
all and had 20 drill as infantry. when
8 rifle range was to be bull. near
Tuily, y. Y, a vast quantity Of am
munition was shipped there and then
shipped back again when the plans
were cancelled.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-18

Is so light. SO you sec. it is q fright
full place IN which TO live.
"Thcrc is quite a lot OF pncumonia
there, and those who get IL seem 70
have a bad time on account OF the alti-
tudc. which affects their hearts
Mr. Dowell said he will insert Mr.
Gawsou's letter in the Congressional
Record" tomorrow TO got the subject
before Congress. Representative Harold
Knutsou. of Minnesota, who recently
visjtdo Camp Cody, expects TO make q
speech on conditions there immediate
ly after the holidays.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-18

least CONDENSATION for his extra ex--
ne,ses Ills request was forwarded
through the usual channels 10 wash
ington and the reply came on saturday
inforniuo Postmaster Dillon that Car
rier Harvey was at liberty TO resign -
on thirty days notice.
1000 Recruits Transferred
On recent of Colonel Kingsbury's
order 70 clear the piers. Mr.. Dillon
considered himself authorized TO TAKE
extraordinary measures. AID hired
motor trucks 10 cart the mall away
obtaining, as q mail car. a horse car
which was lent BY the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad.
One thousand Of the soldier guests
of the city were ordered TO the fort
to-day, but did not set foot on the
island. On their arrival at the pier
there they were transferred 70 another
boat. which took them 70 Hoboken,
preparatory to their departure for
Camp Dix. y. J. There are reports
that several thousand more Will be sent
TO other National Army cantonments.
Camp Devens, Mass, being mentioned
specifically.
Whether the men are TO remain there
, permanently or are simply 70 be eN-
amined and Quilted there is not
known. though the latter assumption
is deemed more probable.
This evening there we're entertain
nents for the recruits in all the
churches and clubs where they are
ouartered. The New YORK Athletic Club,
on Travers Island. where there are ESQ.
had several boxing bouts. Tomorrow
will be the big day, when the $500
which the recruits subscribed 20 place
a tablet on the City Hall in memory
of the city's patriotic hospitality will
be presented to Mayor Grifing.
Although there are indications that
the number Of soldier guests will
dwindle rapidly from now on. the
schools will be closed tomorrow and
Wednesday, and plans for the comfort
and entertainment o. the soldiers are
still the principal activities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-18
Stacker Sentences Upheld

BOSTON, Dec. 17.-Brigadier Gen.
eral John A. Johnston to-day approved
court-martial sentences for violations
Of the draft law OF twenty years each
imposed on John T. Dunn and Aoolph
I. Yanger, of Providence, and Of fif-
teen wears on Fritz Stepsnovtch, 81
this city. They were sent at once 20
the Federal prison in Atlanta. The
Providence men were found guilty OF
refusing to register and the Boston
man Of failing TO report for exam
nation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-18
Heaped On Pier at Fort
SIocum, Awaiting De-
livery to Recruits
1000 Men Transferred
Volunteers Ordered to Camp
Dix, in Jersey, With Ma
tional Army
(Staf Curespondsncel

NEW ROCHELLE, Dec. Folks a.
home whose boys joined the last rush
Of volunteers that swamped the faci!-
tiles az the receiving station at Fort
Slocum may be wondering why they
haven't received letters yet and blam-
ing the railroads in the good oldfash-
toned way. But for once the railroads
are not at fault. The explanation lies
heaped many feet nigh on a pier at
Dayid's Island, and consists of five hun
dred sacks of mail.
Until to-day there were one thousand
sacks at the island fort and on the
mainland, but peremptory orders from
Colonel Kingsbury, commandant OF the
fort, who had another use for his piers,
and extraordinary measures taken by
Gregory Dillon, postmaster Of this
town. cleared up half Of the accumulat-
ed mail In addition to the five hundred
sacks OF letter mail, however, there re.
mains an equal amount Of parcel pos;
matter, still unsacked.
Lone Carrier Swamped
The history Of that pile OF mai
goes back TO last June, when the Post
Office Department took over the hand
ling of mail between Fort Slocum snC
New Rochelle from the War Depart
ment. In the six months that have
elapsed since then there have been SD
carriers, and there might have beer
more except that the contract require:
thirty days notice in case OF cancella'
tion.
Clifford Harvey, the present carrier
is resigning as soon as the governmeu
will let him. The Postoffice Depart
ment pays ss3.33 a month for the de
livery Of letters and packages 90 an,
from Fort Slocum. The carrier provide
his own conveyance, quarters and oat'
or gasolene. Mr. Harvey buys oats.
For several weeks the influx of re
cruits has rendered his job no easy one
and of late, with 10000 men in the for
and 5000 in this city for whom there
was no room in the fort, Mr.. Harvel
fell behind the procession, although AZ
strove to keep up by hiring extra help
At last he told Postmaster Dillon tina
it couldn't be done for 1888 mont
or anything like it. and requested >
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-18
NJ Wrong Done

"Uave ! done anything wrong"
George Bower, aged twenty, naively
hurled this query TO a clerk in Local
Board 1875. which has headquarters IN
Columbia University. az.
Asked to explain, George said: I'm
twenty, and my sister read IN tne pap
70 draft boys from nineteen to thirty
ono from now on, and haven't regis
tered. Did DO anything wrong
The clerk replied that thus far only
.,..o rereons who fell between the
ages ages Of twenty-one and thirty-one on
.I9ne 5. the registration day, we're al
fected by the new QUESTIONABLE sys-
TEN. g..
Hundreds of other persons, 1t was
learned have been asking this same
question at the various local boards
and at the headquarters Of the adjutant
general. The authorized answer IS tha'
no change has been made in the origi-
nal age group. and that none VIII De
made except By act of Congress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-18

l'fNA ' s'0pN''
The clerks in Local Board 20. BROOK
lyn, were busily engaged in the routine
OF sending out Questionnaires. ihey
were striving to obey the selective ser,
vice regulations and were in no MOOD
70 be disturbed.
At , o'clock yesterday afternoon
when the uneventful hcadquarters were
particularly uneyentful. one, Robert
Henry Mckay walked in and told a
clerk that he had lost his seaman S
passport and would like a duplicate.
How did you lose it," he was asked co
oh" he said. "the freightcr on when
I was going across OF August % met a !,
I boat. and | lost everything had
aboard. except ny life. jumped over,
board and swan around for seyeraI
hours until | WAS picked up by lie
boat. in which ! stayed for two days
until we reached the coast OF Ireland.
200 miles away"
Mckay got his passport. although ne
had 10 20 to the Collector OF the Port
and the adjutant generals representa-
tive. lie expects TO sail in few days
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-18
Former German Soldier Ready
To Fight in National Army
Louis Rau Refuses 10 BE Cassed Enemy Aien-Negrc
Who Sweeps Postofice Claims Exemption as
Government Empoyc
Lost His Passport

replaced in the pos.osiee. j. the army
needed him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-18
sd infantry Brigade

Brigade headquarter5--First Infantry Brit
gade headquarters. G..
105th Machine Gun Battalion-Entlre squad
ron a, Cavalry, and portions OF lst Cav
airy.
f05tb Infantry-Entire I'd Infantry and por'
tions Of list and 18th Infantry.
106th Infantry Entire 93d Infantry Sno
portions OF f4th and 9th Infantry
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-09-27

a considerable portion of the raw ma.
terial used in his equipment.
All of this increased buying is going
to bring an added income to the small
communities, to the farmers and stock
raisers. Though the activities of the
people of this country are going to be
different than those in times Of peace,
there will be no lull. On the contrary
there will be more work to do tnan
there are men and women left on this
side Of the Atlantic to do 1t, To sup
ply our own army and navy with food
and equipment, and to furnish our al
lies with the wherewithal to continue
the struggle, is a task that requires
the unceasng energy of every Ameri
can.
Since so large a part Of the money
raised by the Liberty Loan will be
spent with the farmer, 1t is not only
patriotic duty but good business
proposition for him to invest in gov
eminent bonds. The increased income
from larger profits should be invested
In the safest and best possible way.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-09-27

many of the largest ndu 3trial cor
porations in their training classes for
apprentices and employees.
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farmer benefits from the war is as fol-
lows. The Navy Department in the
next twelve months will need canned
vegetables in the following amounts;
Corn, lbs .................. 6ooo'ooV
Peas, lbs .................. 100000
Lime and string beans, lbs. 100000
Tomatoes, beets and spin
ach, lbs, ................1 10 100000
Then, too, three-quarters of mil
lion pounds of dried apples, two mil
lion pounds of apricots and almost
four million pounds of jams and pre-
serves will be required
The rationing of the new Army, in
GLIDING the men who have been draft
ed, is a stupendous task. There Will
be sixteen cantonments, and these
will require annually:
100000 blu. of potatoes.
100000 blu. of onions,
$4,000 gals. Of pickles,
10000 gals. Of vinegar,
$4,000 bu. of navy beans,
10000 blu. of evaporated apples
10000 bu. of evaporated peaches,
100000 lbs. of butter,
25,000,000 lbs. of canned tomatoes,
100000 lbs. of coffee,
100000 lbs. OF sugar,
240, 900, 900 lbs. of bread,
$50, 100000 lbs, beef, mutton and pork;
and this does not include tea, milk and
fresh vegetables.
For every man in the trenches, -four
,,o,,on, ,ouot uork hehind the lines To
keep him supplied with food, clothing
and ammunitions. Not the least i'm
portant of these four is the farmer.
Remote from the scene of activity
often uniformed from day to day OF
the movements of our troops-none
the less does the duty rest upon him
of snpplying the soldier with food and
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-09-27
Governor of New York Fed.
eral Reserve Bank Issues
: Stirring Call on Liberty
Loan Bonds.
WORLDS BEST INVESTMENT
appeals to Patriotism First With SEQ.
ondary Assurance of Absolute
Safety of Federal Bonds-WiII
Organize Selling Machines.

Benjamin Strong, Governor of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
who led an army of patriotic workers
to such remarkable achievements in
the first Liberty Bond campaign, now
issues a call to the people of the
Second Federal Reserve District to
get ready for the next bond drive.
He asks that every person in his
district subscribe for bonds and that
every person enlist for some sort
Of service in connection with the
second Liberty Bond campaign. He
gives three distinct, emphatic reasons
that appeal both to the business and
the patriotic sense of every Ameri-
can. His statement follows:
1.-THE Government is Offering to the
public the opportunity to subscribe
for further issue of Liberty Bonds,
the safest investment in the world
: There are three unanswerable
arguments in favor of buying these
bonds. These arguments should ap-
peal to every man, woman and child
First, the bonds constitute an invest
ment. An investment means that you
lend your money for some one else
to use. And that your money earns
more money for you. You may lend
your money to your town to use for
building roads and public buildings.
You may loan your money to the
railroad company to enable 1t to ex-
tend its track or buy new cars and
engines. You have the opportunity
now to lend your money to the United
States Government. The Government
is using your money to help to fight
the greatest war in history,-the war
which is for the benefit of every man,
woman and child There has never
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-09-27

been war which was less a ricn
mans war than this one. The prin-
cipal object, in the words of Presf.
dent Wilson is. ito make the world
safe for democracy" This means to
make the world safe for every man,
woman, and child who obeys the laws
OF the country whether he be rich
or poor.
Investment in itself is a valuable
thing for all people because 1t makes
1t necessary to save; and saving Is
the foundation of independence and
success, both of people and of nations.
THE second reason for buying
Liberty Bonds is because they are
the safest investment in the world The
only thing that could make the bonds
unsafe would be the destruction of
the United States. And If the United
States were destroyed no American
citizen would be interested In any
investment. The entire honor and
credit of Uncle Sam, the vast re
sources of the American nation and
the American people are all pledged
to the repayment of This loan to
gether with the substantial interest
or rental which the Government gives
you for the use of your money.
The third reason for subscribing
to these bonds is because your country
definitely asks it of you. America
has offered you a splendid and peace
full land to live in together with an
opportunity more varied than is Of
fered in any country under the sun.
The United States very rarely knocks
at your door and holds out to you
a chance to give a specific service
in return. Now Uncle Sam is knock.
ing at your door, He asks you to
accumulate all the money YOU can
by saving or otherwise and take IT
to your bank; the bank will forward
it to the Government in Washington.
In return you become a bondholdeI
in the United States Government.
Your money is absolutely safe and
you can get 1t back at any time by
selling the bonds, and meanwhile you
are paid a substantial amount for
the use of your money.
These are reasons enough The
fact that your country asks 1t is
alone reason enough. But remember
that if you do not do it, the alter.
native may, in the end, be the de.
struction of the country"
Governor Strong. as chairman OF
the Liberty Loan Committee for this
Federal Reserve District, gave the
impetus at the beginning of the first
campaign to the building of the most
remarkable organization that ever
was devised in this country for the
sale of bonds. He and his assistants
appreciated at the close of the cam.
paign, however, that they could i'm
prove that organization and for
months they have been planning.
When the second campaign starts a
still more extensive and more thor.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-09-27
HOW CASH FROM BONDS
WILL PROFIT FARMERS
During the First Year Of the War Over
$5oo,ooo,ooo VIII Be Spent In
Feeding the New Army.

For the first year Of this war more
than half billion dollars will be spent
by the United States in feeding and
clothing the men who are now serving
in the Army and Navy, who have been
called into the National Army, or who
will be drafted in the next summons.
The greater part OF this half billion
his produce
There are at least 1,645,117 men in
the Army and Navy, and the first Ma
tional Army. If 100000 men are called
In the next draft, as seems probable,
there will be at least S,145,117 men to
be fed, clothed and equipped.
1t is estimated that 1t costs 35 cents
a day to feed man In the Army and
As cents in the Navy. This would mean
that $282,647,23O would have to be
spent for food in one year for the Army
and Navy, the first draft army. and
the half million who probably will be
called
1t is believed that It costs $50 to
equip man for the Army, and $50 for
the Navy. At this rate 1t would cost
$109,587,000 to equip the forces men.
toned above.
There must also be considered an
item of $118,625O00 for feeding horses
and mules In the Army. Taking all
these items together. the bill 10
$50, 800
The British army contains 100000
men. The British Government has
spent $1.25O,O00O0O for feeding and
clothing these men. That means that
$500,000,000 was expended for 1000, 900
men on the other side, or as much per
man as the United States Is spending.
Horses and mules accompanying the
American army to Europe must be pro-
vided every year with 100000 tons
Of hay 100000 bushels of oats, 49,.
100000 bushels of bran and 100000
tons Of straw bedding. In round fig.
ures, this produce will cost the govern
ment S325,000 every day, or $118.625.-
600 every year The farmer is the
one who pronts most from this great
expenditure on the part of the govern
ment Another instance where the
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-09-27
BUILD OR REPAIR
AT LOW COST

Through cooper in furnishing you the materials
best suited for purposes prices that right There
lot of difference in materials half of the time
necessary expenses created through the furnishing of
mateas suitable for your work There are also
times when costly material would pay bigger dividends
the way of usefulness and satisfaction. 1t
show you what have explain its good and bad features
and why il is best adapted your needs from
viewpoint. Your decision in the is the final word
and we will sell you just what you want. Our stock of
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-09-27
SLOGANS.

Your Bond will help to break the
HindenbuTg Line.
-:o:-
The Kaiser started thls-we can
finish it. Buy a Bond!
-:o:-
Help to sink the submarincs-Bu a
Liberty Bond!
-:o:-
Don't let your money be neutral
Buy a Bond!
-:o:-
Our Boys Bayonets must be backed
uD with Bonds!
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-09-27

Countries most remote from the
war zone have had to fall back upon
the assistance Of the United States,
because Of the fact that the nationf
which used to supply them are VI
able to- keep up their trade.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-09-27
Fresh New Lumber

is the largest and upto-date business history
and includes all the STANDARD sizes and styles hemlock
.o ONE, yellow pine and such other woods special
Jay require and all the prices surprisingly low
consider the quality and the way everything else
Ivanced in cost Our
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-09-27

ough machine VIII begin its opera
lions to get every person in the dis
trict to apply for bonds
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-09-27

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There Are Some |. c. S. Students
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On request we will gladly give you the
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borhood.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-09-27
,ofing Materials

uoe slate shingles and several kinds of prepared roohngs
nch for many purposes superior either slate
angles, and at less The OF prepared co6ngs is
growing and have only cheap kinds for cheap
slrucon hut the costly kinds shat last well any
other roofing, and always give satisfaction. We will show
you samples of them ALL Our line of
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-09-27
UNIQUE TEXTBOOKS

More money has been invested in
the preparation of l. c. S. textbooks
than upon any other textbooks ever
published. The Course in Architecture
cost $9S,0O0; the Course in Civil En-
gineering $88, 900; the course in Textiles
1000; the Agricultural Courses over
1925, 900. This superior service is al
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colleges and universities, in govern
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Navy Department in its Ship-Board
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1917-01-01
WE THANK YOU.

On the first day Of this glorious and
promising New Year, the Eagle wishes
to express its sincere thanks to every
decentralization, job printing and
advertising-for every favor, large
and small, during 1916. We haze done
our best to promte the general wei.
fare in every way possible, to faith
fully chronicle all happenings, from
the personal movements OF our home
people to matters OF worldwide mo-
ment, and the words Of commentator
that have come to us from our friends
vouchsafe to US the consoling thought
that our labors have not been in vain.
With our faces set gesolutely to tho
future, and with hope at flood tide.
the Eagle enters W New Year with a
firm resolution be of greater serv-
ice to nryaNa nra.oa county than
ever before. vnd to this end we ask
the good will and continued co-opera.
ton Of the entire citizenship.
We again thank you and wish for
each and every one peace, prosperity
and happiness for 1917.