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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Sapper Also Burrows
Under Enemys Lines

The sapper's work does not end when
he has constructed a trench system. He
still has on hand the arduous and dell
cate business of mining and sapping.
He has to start from point In his own
lines which cannot be spotted by Ger
man aviators, and 10 run shaft deep
into the ground. Then he must begin
to creep forward, foot by foot, shovel
ling and scraping his way, working in
silence. working night and day, work
ing and listening all the time for the
sap which the Germans may be build
ing under him. He has TO go on until
he has placed his explosive at the
fringe of the German trench, and II, at
the last moment, his careful ear
catches the faintest sound of German
sapper working beneath him, ne has
to retreat, dig round and under, and
place his explosive charge still lower
down, under the German counter mine.
When he has placed a mine and wired
it he stands ready for the explosion.
In the communique of the next morn
ing you may read that "at K we
blew a mine and occupied the crater"
To the sapper that means much. He
has laid the mine, wired it for blow
ing. and as soon as 1t went up'in the
air he has seized pick and shovel and
followed the infantry across No Mans
Land.
Trenching, barbed wire entangle-
ments. bridge building, railway build
ing for which they have a special
school in England, demolition, mining,
sapping these are the chief features
of the sapper's work. But the engineers
are not limited to these. The r. +. Sig
nal Service do not receive sapper's
training as regards engineering work.
Their training is entirely separate.
They have charge of the wonderful sys-
tenn of telephones which cover North
orn Franco
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
American Tradesmen
Must Learn to Do
Many New Tricks
While Under
Fire
By GILBERT SELDES

London, July 2.-This is an article
sbout "those id sappers." Their
official name is Royal Engineers
Thew claim to date from William the
Conouerer, and to be very dignihed' but
whenever a job has to be done at 'he
front and no one else can handle 1t the
word is always, Leave it to those
id sappers."
Next time you see war film pay par
,iculsr attention to the machinery, the
transport columns, the wagons trench
TOOLS, barbed wire, telephones, water
tanks. huts, plumbing Off you get a
chance to see any plumbing), signaling
everything connected with physics
and manual training and electricity ana
chemistry.
Perhaps you will see a mine expi0o-
ed. There may be raid, and you may
see a trench blown in, or perhaps a
GROUP of men converting a captured
trsnch so that it faces toward the
Rhine instead of toward Paris. Stop TO
think of the men who are dong TINS
work. They are the sappers'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Denmark Able to Live
On Her Own Supple
Commission Reports Ms''
Production Will Have
To Be Cut

Copenhagen, July e.-rhe s''1
ment commission appointed IN "
to investigate the problem OF TIE "
supply reports that Denmark VIZ
able TO feed the population from "
supplies, but probably will have ~
duce livestock and meat produe'e'
a certain extent on the basis Of
amount of home grown fodder :"
able after the necessary aaoD"
human consumption is furnished
The commission. which inelude'"
cultural and dietary experts. t0''
a basis for its calculations the ave-
home production Of food prcdus"
the acreage planted in recent yesn
well as the February census o. =
stock, and found that reckon"
the terms Of calories and alounss,
would be possible 20 furnish : ~
of from 20 10 20 per cent soo" -,
average requirements ana a ~
the additional amounts requ""
the Woodworking classes. IA, d
The fodder supplies would 80 q
maintain the necessary nu" s.r,
horses. but the commission - 20
viii be necessary 70 reduce 'ns 81
he. Of swine from Sepiemo'' al
80 and possibly 80 per Gem
number raised last year. !, ~
The crop report shows tnS' ,,os,ss
sequence of recent rains tne XII y
is somewhat improved ana "a ~ 80
yield. particularly of whest ~ y, >.
toes. will be only a little beio" -"
die harvest expected. - ~
One OF the first results -. prs
studies ard of the reports OF ~ ,rs 4
able restriction of foreign ii s ,uy;I
an order forbidding entirely 70. II
of swine fat suitable for nun" .sess
sumption. the export OF whlens srl
ing 70 the National lidena.. AL
mate recently. has been pe'yrIl vi
and 1905 Kilograms v eenn ssns
final order was preceded ~ Ear ~
restrictive orders. retaining uP|
consumption first 90 ana INV"
cent Of lard produced.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

Time after time since the war stiff
ened into the zig-zag lines OF France
and Flanders this knowledge on the
part of the sapper has been the de-
cisiye factor in minor engagement
When a detachment has been shot 10
pieces and reserves have been held up
by barrage, the sappers have come IN
and held the bit of trench until help
came.
The main portion Of the sappers
four months training is in field WORK.
For the past two years this has meant
trench work, and il will continue 70
include trench work for some time 70
come-probably until long after the
American army has come over. Strate-
eists are pretty well convinced tnat
the greatest Allied success must De
won BY pushing the Germans back from
one system Of trenches TO another at
cost which eventually the Germans
will not be able to pay.
To the civilian and TO the casual
soldier the trench is only very I'M
comfortable ditch, zig-zagging from
point to poiont. To the sapper a
trench system is work Of art. The
sapper designs a trench for two pur-
poses, fighting and living. lie may
build a dugout 80 feet deep for the
company commanders Office, and that
dugout may be smashed to bits in a
bombing raid the next night. Or he
may build front-line trench, with
fire steps and concealed gas tanks and
all the paraphernalia Of defence, and
that section of trench may remain I'M
scathed for three months. He has to
build for safety and he tries to build
for comfort. He knows, and every one
who has been there knows, that at best
the trench is rotten, dirty, inhuman
place; he knows that it is a bitter
necessity just now and he tries to
make it livable. The result is so in
tricate that any soldier may get lost
in his own trenches and needs signs at
every corner to tell him where they
are,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

conscious display of exhilarating pros
perity.
"But you buy rather new set OF
parlor furniture or piano. and clothes
for your urgently persuasive daughter
or an automobile or jewels and tapes
tries and antiques, If you belong IN
the goulash baron class. In short,
the business as usual motto certain
" VOL apply to the manufacture OF
luxuries in the United States.
even in Canada the unusual pros
perity incident to the war is manifest.
Take jewelry. The demand for II IS
so great that Canada is four months
behind on her orders for that. alone.
"In England my reports show an
enormous market for cheap musical IN
struments. That demand comes from
the laboring class. And don't forget
what is more signiticant-that II the
laborer buys photograph his son or
daughter will buy a piano for their
children. The first string of beads a
savage makes a trade for is the pre-
cursor of dress suit, if you under
stand my metaphor.
Army Behind the Lines
"And this is because the war has
shown that no matter how great a
genius a general may be, his efforts
come to nil if he has not behind his
million men at tie front second army
of ten million laborers TO munitlon
him. Which means that of the billions
of dollars spent for the war 50 70 80
per cent goes to the working class. II
is prosperous as il never has been in
the history OF the world. And with its
prosperity will come knowledge Of
its power. Should this war last three
more years we will see more socialism
in practice than hundred years of
peace would have brought us.
"For it is different sort of democ-
racy than the one we are fighting for
that the war. paradoXically enough,
will bring. We see its NEST dramatic
sign in the free Russia of to-day. But
significant TO me is the espousal of So
cialistic precepts, as cXemplified by the
war tax, by men who control corpora
tons, the money power of the country.
at would amaze you to hear as |
do, on every side, enthusiastic express
sions of satisfaction with scheme Of
taxation against which they would have
arrayed themselves bitterly ~ ordinary
times. They don't want return 10 the
old system after the war, either, be-
cause they feel that this radical cut
ting down of their money power is
more equitable, is fairer to every one
concerned in democracy.
"In short, from being the rampant.
lawless individualist that he was, the
American business man, through the
short months of our participation in
this war, has got a social sense, has got
a passion for cooperation, has had i'm
planted within him a consideration Of
the good Of the mass as whole. and
hei is a most potent and surprising
factor for Socialism in this country.
American Socialism, let us call it. be-
cause the American business man is
beginning TO believe in il because il is
good business, because IL is just and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

Engineering at Chatham. Here once
stood the engineers who went out with
Wellington. Here, too, Lord Kitchener
took his course in military engineer
ing, in 1871.
The first five weeks of the engineers
training are devoted to soldering. The
sapper is usually near the front; he
goes over the top with the first or sec
ond wave of an attack; he is always in
close touch with raid. As result
he must be able to do soldiers work,
not merely in self-defence but as part
Of the offensive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

detachment Of engineers to France TO
reoreanize the railway systems in re
occupied territory. 1t may also lay
down railroads in Russia. But wherever
it works, the American engineering
corps will surely cooperate with the
British. and will be able TO learn much
from the men who have kept their en-
gineering science abreast of every de-
velopment Of the war.
In order to give Americans an idea
of what work their engineers will be
doing in the war got permission re-
Gently TO visit the School Of Military
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

because il seems 70 bear no rsss
blance to the ritualism that sss's
the alpha and omega Of the inpsA
variety of communism. -,
"LuXuries bought by an svsrs.
prosperous workingman and sold y
enlightened business man VIII pr
an invaluable socla. good 70 tins o. q,
try, you see. SO that sltogetnS ;
war time market for luxuries n'r@
thing"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
lob Not SO Dull
AS 1t Would Appear

Dull Job, you think. Perhaps. But
CAPTAIN Jimmy Wright probably dlo
not think so. He won the Victoria
Cross for connecting up the lead which
demolished a bridge at Mons and Tor
getting a pontoon bridge in shape for
the 5th Cavalry Brigade at Vailly. He
did both these things under fire, and so
had the V. c. before tho war was four
months old.
Lance Corporal c. A. Jarvis, 57th
Field Company, Royal Engineers, is an
other sapper who justifably thinks his
work is not dull. In the great retreat
Jarvis was at Jemappes when the Ger
mans tried to cross the canal under
cover of their heaviest fire. For an
hour and half Lance Corporal Jarvis
worked in the open, exposed to hurri-
cane Of machine gun and snipers' bull
lets. until he had fired every charge
and demolished the only bridge the
Germans could have used. That was
not specifically inglorious.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

advanced firing line. As you return
you will see the places where the Royal
Engineers have worked out their
drainage system, carrying off all the
water of the wet earth into No Mans
Land.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Allies Must Maintain
Offensive in the West

At the present moment IL u a~
utmost Importance that the o.cs'
should lie and remain with the IA
on the Western front. This issrrl
Of keeping the French morale At,
present high level ana of Lowering,
German morale. To do this IN
must be equipped with munltiont
supplies in limitless quantities y
own stocks have almost given x
They must be renewed by Amena
If this is n war Of starvation, .
starvation that affects both sides, VI
Germany can renew herself interi'
far more rapidly, for a far log
period and far more effectively n
either France or England. Fn,a'
supplies. can only be renewed III
America. And il must be done at ga
Thus. the answers 70 the questH
how long France will fight src =
long France can fight both lie y,
America. TIE spirit OF France, pt''l
and army. is superb. u rests v
America 10 keep il up in all us glohs'
strength. France lives and hgnn
day in her faith in America. She Ger
il. And she will not fail Amerlet y
will give her last man 70 hold ".
America can get into line. But Ase
lea must not fail France. she rs
prove herself by actions, not v,'a
living men, not promises OF bs'an''
On paper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Machine Guns and
Gas Tanks at Front

When you get used to the twistings
of the front line trench you will have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
France Looks to u. S.
For Quick Aid at From
Her Man Power Is Almost Used Up, and How
Long She Will Fight Depends on Americ.
Morale of People and Armies Still Strous
By FRED B. PITNEY

This is the third of series of articles on conditions in France
Piue The Tribunes correspondent who has Just returned fro.
country in France chen the "dr started mas been sending
n this papc euer since and able report many fa
he'd bu mail or cable.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
France Will Hold Line.
Until Americans Arriy.

France will fight. until her Ia.
is dead in the trenches 10 IN
lines until America can take a.
JOB. if America shows not bv
but by actions that she is in A..
to fight at once. W
But we must not expect N.
human of France. We mus
ize that this war is now a.
war. If there is a failure. Il ~
Americas failure. II there is.L
it will be Americas fault. for No..
late. for promising for the futu,s
stead of acting in the present
There is nothing the matter witt :
morale of the French people ana !
French army. The spirit Of Ii. az.
at the front is always better M. :
of the civilian at the rear, but ,l.s
nothing the matter with the NOR. !,
either soldier or civilian in Pn,'
The time has come. however. =.
America must support that moral. !,
every ounce of energy she can -
to bear.
How long will France fight! yvvr,
bout. To the ultimate whisper
How long can she fight?
The answer 20 that question. Al, !,
here in America. A nation a, /,
longer fight on the morale Of h |,
pie and armies. Material and sur.
are as important as men. Mor,r.
under modern conditions mou.
ponds largely on supplies, and
action OF an army depends on Il.
tillery supports.
When in the French offensive n
scissors 10 Auberive two regimen,
the famous Goth Corps refused 70 IN
their trenches no one could Tn
their morale. Those regiment, Va
the fouragere, meaning that thy n
been cited three times for gsllsntg |,
the general orders Of the srnI
was not a question of morale. tg Z
the work of the artillery. That 4
not been done properly. The msr rs
that for them to advance 10 the ,sas
would be merely slaughter, and u
refused to move.
II material and supplies for ttsrr
give out in France, If there st a.
of shells and cannon, the army carr
fight. whatever its spirit may BE-. 4
an army that cannot fight rapidly b
teriorates in spirit. 1t is highly |,
portant thing TO keep an army o. .
offensive, TO keep up its oifensiy,ys
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08
Americans Will Learn
Sapping from British

The American army will not only en-
gage in this work on the Western front.
In all probability it will send special
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-07-08

to train our army in the autun, !, :.
only be ready in the spring "a y.
France to finish training. rh,",
he too late.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-02
THREE AMERICAN
STEAMERS SUNK

London. June 1.-The American
sailing snip Dirieo has been sunk by
a German submarine The crew has
been landed with the exception Of
John Ray, third mate who was
drowned when the small boats were
being launched. The boat was attack.
ed without warning
A statement issued by the British
admiralty says the Diri'C was fired on
by a German submarine without warn
ing and subsequently sunk by bombs
after ii had been ransackel
The admiralty also reports that the
American sailing vessel Barbara was
attacked by gunhre CT q German sub
marine. All the members ol the crew
were landed at Gibraltar
The American sailing Ship Frances
NJ was attacked by guniire, according
to a report from Cadiz Am the mem
bers OF the crew are al Cadiz.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-02
AUSTRIAN EMPEROR
OPENS REICHSTAG

Amsterdam, June I'm his speech
from the throne at the opening Of the
reichstag in Vienna Emperor Charles
after affectionately recalling the
memory of Emperor Francis Joseph
said
Summoned in a fateful time to di
rect the state have been conscious
Of the immense seriousness of the
task Providence has laid on my shoul
ders.
II feel, however, within me the will
and power Loyalty to discharge my
duties, following the example OF my
illustrious predecessor, and to do jus
tice. with Gods help, to my sublime
Office
THE interests of the state no longer
shall be deprived of that effective
furtherance which Jealous cooperation
of a popular assembly rightly compre
hending its powers, judicious and con
scientious, can provide"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-02
Renewal OfOffensive Against
GermanS Reported.
SOME GROUND IS GAINED
French Occupy More Advantageous
Positions. and the British Push For
on German Posts in Belgium.

London, June Dispatches from
the French front indicate a renewal
OF the offensive against the Germans
there as soon as the moment is con
s.dered ripe for an attack. The French
are in more advantageous positions
LOW than when they began their of
fensive in April and are still further
improving them.
One OF these minor but collectively
important operations was carried out
when a German post in the Chevreux
district near Craonne was captured.
The British on their front to the
north are again reporting gains after
a period in which only raiding opera
tiCns were attempted The advance
was scored in the region OF Cherisy,
between Croisilles and the Arras
Cambrai road In one of their big
attacks during the height OF the Ar
ras battle British troops We're report
ed as having reached Cherisy. but
We're not able TO hold it at the time
They now have pushed forward
again a little to the west OF the town
Many tons of bombs have been
dropped by British aircraft on the
Belgian towns OF Ostend, Zeebrugge
and Bruges. an official British state
ment SAYS
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-02

FELONY TO HOARD FOOD
Senate Adopts Dractic Amendment TO
Regulation Bill.

Washington, June > Hoarding
storing or destroyiug food, fuel or 9th.
er necessaries of life TO limit supply
or affect prices would be a felony un.
der an amendment 10 The government s
first food bill adopted in the senate
without a record vote
Several senators protested the pro.
vision is too drastic and would pre-
vent legitimate storing to equalize
markets. but all efforts to modify IL
failed.
Violation of the section would be
punishable by Imprisonment for not
less than six months nor more than
three years Holding by farmers or
others of the products of land culti
waited by them is exempted.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-02
ENGINEERS GETTING READY
First American Expedition to Europe
viii Start Soon.

Washington, June departure OF
the first expeditionary force OF 10000
American engineers for France Is i'm.
minent
Plans for the activities of these en-
gineers have been filed. the list OF
men who will 90 with the force has
been completed and final plans have
been made for the equipment of the
force.
The departure OF the force will not
be published Neither will its mobil
ization at an Atlantic port The first
word that will reach the American
public will be that this force has land
ed safely on French soil.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-02

Hungarian Crisis is Becoming More
Serious.

Copenhagen, June Austrian dis.
patches to German papers intimate
that the Hungarian crisis is gradually
working toward a dissolution of par.
lament and new elections In the in.
terim a majority ministry would hold
office.
The address of the Budapest mu-
nicipality to the king, thanking him
for his stand in the franchise question,
reveals the fact that King Charles
desires a universal secret ballot
Reports from Vienna say that stimuli.
taneously with the opening of the Aus
trian parliament thousands of work
men ceased work and attended meet
ings in different parts of the city. A
great procession paraded the streets
as demonstration for peace.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-02
JUDGE DENIES INJUNCTION
Rules seIeotive Draft Army Law is
Equitable and EEcient.

Kansas City, june Judge Daniel
Bird in the circuit court here denied
an injunction to prevent state officials
from enforcing the draft registration
next Tuesday
Judge Bird. in his decision referred
TO the selcctiye draft army law as
the most equitable anl efficient" this
country has ever had
Raymond l. Moore and Thomas Sui.
Ivan, who sought to obtain the injunc.
ucn we're arrested hy federal officials
They were arraipned before federal
commissioner
Kline Smith ana Elea Iukoskey also
were taken into custody The latter
operated a photograph gallery He
is charged with having ai3ei in the
iietributio' Of anti-sousoription litera.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-02
ROLLING STOCK Is SCARCE
Germany VIII Restrict Passenger
Train Service.

Copenhagen. June "A Berlin dis.
patch says passenger traffic in Ger
many will be restricted in the most
drastic manner in the near future.
Railroads will be limited to one fast
train daily in each direction. The mill
to confscate rolling stock of private
railroads
The measure IS due to the shortage
of rolling stock and the impossibility
of keeping in repair or replacing
equipment of the state railroads.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-02
ARMY OFFICERS IMPRISONED D
Disorders Occur Among Soldiers at
Barcelona, Spain.

Madrid, June 2.-Disorders partici-
pated in by soldiers have occurred in
Barcelona. Several officers have been
imprisoned in the fortress.
When reports of the disorders be-
come current here the minister of war
was questioned and confirmed the
fact and furnished the additional in
formation that a number of officers
had been locked up in the Montjuich
fortress, adjoining Barcelona.
The officers include colonel, lieu
tenant colonel, a major, a captain and
two lieutenants.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-06-02
WILL BE ABOUT 100000
Number OF Mnnesctans Who Are Ex-
pected to Register.

St Paul, June ? - About 10000
young men between twenty-cne and
thirty years old Will register in Min
nesota Tuesday under the selective
draft proclamation
That's the best guess on the state
registration total vontured by Adju.
tant General Fred B Wood. who is in
charge of arrangements The general
had canvassed county population re-
turns in the 1910 federal census, find
ing total of 2,075,7OS.