The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1917-11-08
LIVE NEWS FROM
TWELFTH COMPANY

A library has finally been established
at Fort Candy. In fact one old build
ing has been repaired so that it holds
the new library, small moving pic
ture auditorium, a small gymnasium
and a couple of general club or loafing
rooms. The library consists OF about
400 books, mostly fiction, from the best
writers of today. Ii is as good col
lection for the size of the library as
can be found anywhere. The books
were collected through the efforts of
the National Library Association, the
Y. M. C. A. and individuals who made
a canvass for books and money with
which to buy books. A small collec-
tion of military books will be added
later.
The reading rooms are fitted up with
tables and benches which may be used
for study and reading purposes. One
table has painted upon it four checker
boards and four sets each of checkers
and chess have been provided. Bishop
Paddock has donated a phonograph
which will be put in one of the rooms.
Because of a delay in securing some
electrical equipment the moving pic
ture machine has not yet been put into
operation.
A stock of knitted mitts has arrived
and the men can now keep their hands
warm when out in cold weather.
Those who are home on furlough
this week are Privates d. Slutz, S.
Slutz, Thomson and French, of Hood
River and Hesse, of Portland.
A kangaroo court was held Saturday
night of last week with Private Harry
v. Post, defendant; Corp. Kent and
Sgt. Hodges, prosecuting attorneys; ;
Corp. Bragg, attorney for the defend
ant; Sgt. Baker, Judge advocate, and a
strictly neutral and well chosen jury of
soldiers not members of 18th Co.. The
charges against Private Post we're two
offenses committed in the town of H.
waco. Private Post pleaded innocent,
but the verdict of said jury was quite
the opposite. 1t was actual agony for
the onlookers to keep their faces
straight while watching the frightful
countenance of said Private Hair
breadth" Harry Post while on the wit
ness stand.
Sgt. Carson, who has just returned
to Fort Candy from a conference at
tended by officers and men from the
western department of the army held
at the Presidio of San Francisco Octo-
ber 20 and 80, in speaking of the mill
tary and naval insurance bill approved
by the President October 6, says:
AFTER careful study of the act
am convinced that it is the most far
reaching and most democratic piece of
legislation ever passed by the United
States congress.
at deals with family allowances,
compensation and insurance and pro
vides what allotments must be made
by the soldier to his dependents in
order that they may get the benefit of
the act. 1t puts the punch into this
war, for any man knows that he can
go over the top assured that his fam
lily and dependents will be well cared
for. The cost will be apportioned
among those who are best able to as
sumo it. In fact, it contemplates the
duty of the soldier not only, but also
the duty of all humanity toward his
family and himself. Relatives of
breadwinners who are at the front
need have no doubt about being pro-
vided for because the government has
said it will attend to that and Uncle
Sam always does what he says he will
Then, too, it is not a matter of char
ity, it is a right, right defined. !
wish every person could familiarize
himself with this act. No nation
in time of a crisis like this ever at
tempted anything so manifestly right,
humane in principle and effect. 1t
truly expresses the sincerity of pur-
pose, the great fraternal and business.
like spirit of the nation"
A summary of the contents of this
bill will be included in an article in
the near future.