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Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-28
Sentry ObeYed His Orders.

Lieut.. Hogan OF the 312th Machine
Gun battalion, tells this one on a
private of the Quartermaster's Corps
who was detailed TO pace sentry in
front Of a warehouse. He was also in
structed to challenge anybody who
came within distance of the structure
when it came time to be chaI-
lenged." said the lieutenant, this fellow
shouted: Halt. who's there? sOHicer
of the day. replied. 9Oh.' he shouted.
hello, lieutenant, it's you, is ie' I"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-28
24-Hour Passes Curtailed.

No passes for 24-hour leaves for the
selected men will be granted, except
under such special conditions as de-
mand it. 1t seems the division chief
tains have been prcdigal of these fur
loughs. but that the men have abused
the privilege, the officers state. to such
an extent that it was deemed best to
curtail it entirely, except in pressing
cases. This will not interfere in any
way, however. with the passes for boys
to go home Thanksgiving, nor will it
affect the leaves TO attend the foot ball
game against Camp Dix at Franklin
Field
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-28
CAMP MEADE BUILDINGS
ARE NEAR COMPLETION
Million Dollar Base Hospital, With
Bed Capacity of 1000, a
Feature.

Camp Meade, which is the home ri
nearly 10000 men of the National Amy,
has now reached the stage of develop
ment where the tenants begin to doll up
the premises.
Not all the buildings nave been COM
pieted and there is still plenty of con-
structive work for visitors to see, but
the huge government enterprise is near
enough finished to permit the plain
citizens to drop in and marvel.
To look at the neat, two-story bar
racks that stretch in the shape Of a
horseshoe for many miles, the visitor
would scarcely imagine that few
short weeks ago the site was given
over to scrub pine and oak and thickets
Of matted vines.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-28
Fighter in More Ways Than One.

"Chief" Russell of Battery of the
310th Field Artillery. comprised of lads
from Lackawanna county, Pa, is a
half-blood Apache Indian. He vies with
Chief Bender, John Tories Meyers. Gus
WEIGH, Jim Thorpe and other celebri-
ties in rejecting honor on the red race
for athletic powers.
The "Injun." as he is also nicknamed,
is a fighter in more ways than just a
military sense. He can put on the
gloves and can handle himself like a
champion.
'Lackawanna is willing to put the
entire months pay of the county on
him." said Private Fred Rathenslerber
valiantly,O "all we want is an opponent
Ror ha sChfof,O
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-28
Million-Dollar Base Hospital.

Perhaps the most interesting and best
constructed buildings OF the entire
cantonment are those included in the
$1,OO0,000 big base hospital. When the
surgeons of the Army go lover there"
they will be prepared to minister to
the injured soldiers with approved
Army surgical methods to be taught at
the hospital here.
Following the plans in the other
camps. the base hospital consists of
more than seventy buildings
Professional work is divided into sew
eral services, each under it's chief, who
has number of assistants. All medical
wards are under the supervision of
Maj. N. B. Foster of Ann Arbor, Mich. :;
Maj. Arthur M. Shipley of Baltimore is
in charge of surgical service, Capt.
Walter Van Swerigen of Washington is
the X-ray specialist, Capt. Francis M.
Chisholm of Washington, is one of the
eye, ear and throat specialists, and
Lieut. George Won p. Davis is a third
National Capital medical officer sta
toned at the base hospital.
There Is a special ward for mental
and Nervous cases. A meteorological
laboratory is also one of the features
Of the institution.
Could Accommodate 5000 Men.
The hospital is located on an eleva-
ton one mile from the center of the
camp. Every ward is so placed that an
abundance of sunshine can enter. The
hospital has a bed capacity of 1000 pa
tients, but in case of necessity nearly
5000 could be accommodated.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1917-11-28
FOUR WIRELESS PLANTS
FOR CAMP MEADE MEN
Radio Service Attracts the Majority
Of the Hardy and Adven-
turous Chaps.

Metaphor has christened the aviator
the eye of the army. If that be true
and who can gainsay 1.-THE Signal
Corps is the tongue and ears of war.
Mars roars through the big guns. he
trumpets in the bombardment by the
howitzers and mortars. But when he
wants to Whisper a secret to his COM
manders he Dust uses the signal
branch of the service for that pur-
pose.
The invisible finger of the Marcon
wireless is a great asset for the war
god. Through it he reaches into the
ozone and tears from the grasp Of the
enemy some of his plans. BY 1t he over.
hears much.
Meade is going to have four of these
"eavesdroppers" installed here. One of
them. capable of hearing every single
bit OF martial gossip along the Pacific
coast. will be erected on the barracks
of Company of the 3O4th Field Signal
Battalion, the radio unit of that val
liable member of the division.
Three other wireless plants will be
scattered at the edges of the canton
ment all of them with their wise ears
cooked and primed to gather any in
formation that may be useful. The
four plants will permit the company
to CLEAN the necessary instruction in
receiving messages. For the War De-
partment has ruled against sending
from the war camps, as 1t would inter-
fere with the official wireless stations
now in operation.
Field Signal Battalion.
field signal battalion is comprised
Of enlisted men. That is the 3O4th, al
though attached to and Incorporated
as part Of the 10th Division here In
addition TO wireless work, 1t handles
anything that smacks of electricity In
warfare. The men stand amid the
rockets red glare and the bombs burst
ing in air. as the Maryland songbird
sang in our national anthem. And
every time that a rocket casts its GRIM
son glare somebody is talking i'm fiery
language to somebody else. The bomts
bursting in air, too. are nothing but
an explosive alphabet at work where
it will do the most good.
Semaphores, heliographing, wigWag-
ging, anything in the telegraph and
telephone line-all of these things fall
under the jurisdiction of the field sig
nal battalion, not to mention the con-
struction OF .outposts, which is some
of the hardest work in warfare. The
outpost company has charge of the
immediate consolidation of the trenches
gained as the men go over the top.
1t also handles the construction of
eeries where silent soldiers may listen
in" as the enemy gets ready for the
charge or the retreat. or any military
move he has in mind.
The radio company naturally attracts
the majority of the hardy and adven-
turous chaps, because there is a lure
about Signor Marconfs invention that
gets the best of them. There is a
feel" so to speak, in handling the
keys of a wireless instrument that
gives you a thrill right down to your
toes, and the youngsters all admit that
they must have this thrill.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-16
PRAIRIE SCHOONERS AGAIN
ON THE MOVE IN THE WEST

Occasionally there passes through
the towns Of the intermountains re-
glon relic Of the old prairie schoon-
er moving the goods of some ranch
man back into new country where
"schoolmarms," telephones, barbed-
wire and cartoned cereals haven't
begun to supercede the coyote and
the open range. These men are jour
neylng from Northern Idaho, where
they sold improved farms at 500 per
acre, down into Utah's Dixie" in
the extreme southern edge of the
state, 250 miles from railroad,
where Uncle Sans homestead lands
are still waiting for pioneers and
where their nearest neighbors will
be the Navajo Indians. In their 500
mile trip no hotel or restaurant keep
er will see one nickel of their money,
for they camp ont continually
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-16

Armenians should live even in mem
DRY.
After the young men had been cut
down the old men, women and chill
dren were led away. Oxcarts were
waiting to start them along the roads
that led nowhere. Onward they were
sent into exile, until famine and ex-
haustion swept through their ranks.
Some of the girls were saved for
a worse fate. They were sold at from
81 to S4 each. The Rev. Mr.. White
saved three girls by buying them for
$40 and taking them to safety
Besides the Armenian students
more than 900 of the Protestant con
gregation of $50 persons in Marso-
van were killed DR.. White finally
was ordered by the Turkish govern
ment to leave the country, because he
had protected Americans.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-16
Over a Million Lives Taken
In the Late Armenian Massacre

The massacres of Armenians bv
Turks, in Asia Minor, have resulted
In the deaths of between 100000 and
100000 victims, according to the
estimates of the American Commit
tee for Armenian and Syrian Relief,
in New York city. The committee
declares that another 100000 are
living in great need of food, clothing
and protection.
One massacre of Armenians was
witnessed by the Rev. George E..
White, president of Anatolia college,
at Marsovan, in Northern Asia Minor.
The Rev. Mr.. White has just reached
New York city after having seen
1000 men, including all the Arme-
MAN members of his faculty and stu
dent body, sent out to be killed with
axes.
Used Axes to Save Bullets.
The massacre occurred at night,
and was carried out by Turkish peas
ants under instructions of their gov
! NAAAilGlil' L ilS IHuEu6EGfS received
the privilege of stripping the cloth
ing from their victims as pay for
! their work. The Turks used axes be.
cause cit was a shame to waste bull
lets on Armenians." Long trenches
had been prepared in advance, and
into these the bodies of the helpless
victims fell as the axes thuded into
their skulls.
One group Of boys from the col
lege asked permission to sing before
they were killed. The words of ''Near.
er My God to Thee" waited over the
scene of the murder and a moment
later the singers were in the trench
es, each with his head split open
The men and boys were led out ir
groups of 100 or 200 and killed. The
Turks then plowed up the trenches
and other Armenian cemeteries anC
planted grain as symbol that ne
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-16
Does 1t Pay to Raise Pork?

With feeds as they were a year
ago, pork could be made with the
use of concentrates on good pasture
at not over &c pound. 1t sold for
1Oc; profit, &c per pound The pres
ent price is 18c--a profit of &c at
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-10-16
the lowest figure Why worry?-
Southern Ruralist.

Every important war in which the
United States has been involved. ex-
cepting the war Of 1912, had its be-
ginning in April.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-03-06
INTERIOR WATERS.

The committee on Interior Waters will
give public hearing in the land office
at the State House. in Augusta,
TUESDAY, March 6, at 2 p NJ
.H-143. An Act authorizing Ward and
Bradbury incorporated, it's successors ana
assigns. to erect and maintain piers
piles and booms, in the St. John and St
Francis rivers.
H-260. An Act authorizing the Ameri-
can Realty Company to acquire, erect
and maintain piers and booms in the ST
and in the plantation of St John.
E162. An Act to authorize Allan f.
Hammond and his associates to erect
piers and maintain booms in the st. John
river in Hamlin Plantation.
H-140. An Act Authorizing Stanley
Burrill and Frank w. Mallett of Fort
Kent, county Of Aroostook, and Maurice
0. Brown of Dover, county of PisGata-
outs, to erect and maintain piers. piles
and booms in the Allagash river
H-139. An Act authorizing Fort Kent
Electric Company, it's successors and as
signs, to erect and maintain dam across
Wallagrass stream and Wallagrass
Plantation, ArooStook county at it's pow
er station as now located on said WalIa-
grass stream.
SLAB. An Act to amend Section 3 of
Chapter 1874 of the Private and Special
Laws of 1888 as amended by Chapter l43
of the Private and Special Laws of 1896
entitled An Act to incorporate the Shirley
Dam Company.
S-159. An Act to authorize the cree
ton Of dams and water storage basins on
Bog brook and tributaries in Dead River
Plantation in Somerset county.
ARA CUSHMAN, JR., Sec
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PENSIONS.

The committee on pensions will give a
public hearing in its room at the State
House, In Augusta,
WEDNESDAY, March Z, 1917 at p NJ
Resolve in favor of Bertha A. Gleason
of Portland.
Resolve in favor of Nehemiah GuptilI
of Addison.
Resolve in favor of Chas. S. Robbins of
Lewiston.
Resolve in favor of Inez Sutherland OF
Ashville Plantation.
Resolve in favor of Give Stevens of
Herman.
Resolve in favor of Maria H. Rhoades
of North Berwick.
Resolve in favor of Sarah E. White Of
Princeton.
Resolve in favor Of Charlotte A. Arey
of Brewer.
Resolve in favor of Margaret II. Root of
kittery.
Resolve in favor of Luella Darling Of
Oxbow.
Resolve in favor of Arvesta NJ. Conrov
Resolve in favor of Abigail Munson Of
Calais. u
Resolve in favor of Annie Howe.
Perry. H. SECRECY
THURSDAY, March 8, at 2 p NJ or
Resolve In favor Of Susan J. Five ~
Freedom. iye VI
% I Resolve In favor of Willie Milliken Of
a. Resolve in favor of Jennie M. Goudv
Corinth D. Learners,
Eusta. A'eiia Nooiey' AL
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125. Resolve appropriating money to
aid in rebuilding the Lee road in the
town Of VIM.
1N. Resolve appropriating a certain
sum of money for repair and permanent
improvement of highway in the town of
Trenton.
12S. Resolve appropriating a certain
sum of money for the repair and perma-
nent Improvement of highway in Els
worth.
129 Resolve to reimburse plantation
No. 80 in the county of Hancock for over
expenditure on State aid road.
100. Resolve appropriating money to
aid in building road around Chick hill,
Hancock county, and the town of Clifton
in Penobscot county.
49, Resolve in favor OF the town Of
Newburgh, Penobscot county, for repair
ing and building road.
1872. Resolve in favor of the town of
Exeter for repairing and rebuilding road.
1874. Resolve in favor OF repairing and
building a road in the town of Carmel,
county of Penobscot.
1875. Resolve in favor of repairing and
rebuilding road in the town of Stetson,
county of Penobscot
139. Resolve in favor Of Marray Broth
ers Company of Bangor.
40. An Act authorizing the municipal
officers of the town of Machias to close
a bridge over Underwater.
III. Resolve appropriating a certain
sum of money to aid in the reconstruction
of a bridge in the city of Ellsworth.
lis. Resolve in aid of rebuilding Rae
coon Gully bridge and repairing Raccoon
Gully Hill in the town of Lyman.
e. P. WASHBURN, Sec.
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SEA AND SHORE FISHERIES.

The committee on sea and shore fish
cries will give "a public hearing in its
room at the State House. Augusta.
TUESDAY, March g. 1917, at =. M.
on the following:
No. 20 An Act to amend Section "a of
Chapter As of the Revised Statutes, re-
lating to fishing for smelts in West Bay
and West Bay stream, in the town of
Goudsboro. Hancock county.
No. &C. Petition of "A. E. Gray Of Mas
keag in favor of the repeal of Chapter 50
of the Private and Special Laws of 1915,
relative to close time on Holsters from
Naskeag to Bar Harbor
No. II. IN Act to establish the legal
length for Holsters in York and Cumber-
land counties.
No. 2S An Act to amend Sections /, s,
and u of Chapter 126 of the Public Laws
of 1874. relating to the preservation of
salmon. shad and alewives in Georges
river and tributary streams.
No. %. An Act relating to fish wardens.
No. 81 An Act to repeal all special
and Private Laws relating to the taking
of fish in Dennys river.
No. 30. An Act to amend Section 73 of
Chapter 10 of the Revised Statutes, re-
lating to salmon, shad, alewives and bass
fishing.
No. 30. An Act amending Chapter 121 of
the Private and Special Laws of 1915, es-
tablishing a closed time on Holsters in
CLARENCE GOLDTHwAIT. Sec.
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The Need Of extra" sese;o,

In his demand for Unlimited no,o,
|" dealing with foreign AFFAIRS Pres
'ueh' wilson furnished the strongest
argument in favor of an extra ord;ro,,
session Of Congress. In his ono,;,,x
'eh'ehce ne declared that I'VE arc
moving through critical times d,,r,r,
~hich 1t seems to me to be NV duty,
10 keep in close touch with the houses
u congress- so that neither counse,
nor action shall run at cross purnoses
between u.s." Later in his adaross
a" excuse for asking plenary power
he said that at would take an unus,,a,
Tune to assemble and oreanize +ho
Congress which is to succeed" tho nros
ent.
once the constitution rests in Con-
sress alone the power to declare ,v.,
ana since 1t is also true that we are
passing through critical times during
winch 1t is the Presidents dutv RI
keep in close touch with Con,o
Is every reason why the new
congress should be Immediately con-
vened
Just as true as it is that the neon,o
are with the President in his demand
Tor authority to- arm American mer.
chant ships. is the assumption that the
people want the President to have the
Congress at hand every hour in this
Crisis OF the country's affairs. We
nave no use for relationships or CEN
'railzed power. Our government is
fundamentally representative govern
'Ae"' ana the more any individual
shows a disposition to dictate tho
more closely We should set guard over
his ambitions.
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thorouhly organized espionage system
of the German Empire is awake to the
possibilities in this as in every other
situation. It's agents undoubtedly
prompted Carranza to his neutrality
note and to his threat to cut off sup
plies of oil to the British navy; they
undoubtedly were concerned in stirring
I'D II not financing the revolution IN
Cuba; and they are quite capable OF
making the most of whatever situa-
ton may arise in Colombia. But SUCH
a barometer is worth more to show
the hand of the foreign intriguer than
the cost of it if the possible menace
became real. The Colombian wolf Is
not a dangerous animal. but when we
have not more important affairs on
our hands we should see to 1t that Co
lombia has no cause for grievance
against the United States.
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No Trouble with Columbia

The failure of the Senate to rat;rv
the treaty with Columbia is not nee
essarily fraught with disastrous con-
sequences to the United States, despite
any efforts which German agents NAV
be making at Bogota to embroil ia
with Columbia
The treaty is much more essentia,
to Columbia than to us. The financial
balm which it carries means quite as
much to the sensitive Colombian as
the quasi-apology which the treaty
compels us to make-and the Colom-
bian politician is as eager as any other
for the main chance.
Moreover. there is no time limit on
the treaty. That is. its ratification is
not necessarily to be made within a
given time; and inasmuch as the SEN
ate is a continuing body and will be
in extra session for the purpose Of
confirming nominations whether
there IL an extra session of Congress
or not--the Colombian treaty may be
taken up at any time.
Of course. the highly efficient and
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In Congress 474 to ~.

President Wilson's appeal to the coun-
try. characterizing in singing language
the little group of senators VINO nave SET
at naught the honor OF the patton. VIII
find instant response in the hearts OF
Americans.
II is unthinkable that group OF petty
partisans, hiding behind Anticipated rules,
bolstered by an amazing seif-este ei III
shall hold in their hands the destinles OF
America in this great crisis.
What inference will the world draw.
Germany will hail 1t as crushing de-
feat for the President; beaten IN ms r ap-
resentatives Of the people and helpless
and deserted before the world AGAIN
the German government VIII pic' W.
America shivering in fear perore tne
threats of Berlin and rendered impotent
nv the skilful diplomacy of DR.. thinner
manns appeal to Mexico and Japan
Boston Post.
We cannot fully agree with our Bos-
tor contemporary. That Congress mas
failed the President and the people IN a
critical hour there can be no question:
but we believe every government on
earth will understand and Will have
only contempt for the methods by
which it was accomplished. Germany
can hardly hail it as crushing defeat
for TIE President" when seven to one
IN the body that has betrayed the
national sentiment are in favor OF
granting the Presidents request. The
national House also is overwhelmingly
in favor of the Presidents proposal
403 to 10.
President Wilson knows that he has
the moral support of the Congress as
representing the people and that the
citizens are making their desires known
TO their representatives, Enthusiastically
for the protection of American lives.
We need not impugn the motives of
that small number of men who ehgi-
neered and maintained the filibuster to
defeat the public demand: let us leave
that to the conscience of these men
who may think they are representing
the population of their several sections.
But the people of the country should
not for day hesitate to let the Pres
ident know their desire for an extra
session Of Congress-
That the President is perplexed there
can he no question, but he knows that
hllbuster in the dying hours of a
Congress is widely different PROPOSE
ton from that of new body organized
to deal with the problems on which the
olc congress failed. If these gentlemen
wish to pit their strength and endur-
""ce against seven times their number
ior race of couple of years. the
sooner they are started on the race the
oetter' They should be promptIv
shown the temper of the peonle and
the PRESIDENT should lose no time in
doing his part.
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The committee on Public Utilities will
give a public hearing in it's room, l13, at
the State House. in Augusta,
WEDNESDAY, March T. at 2 P. M.
on the following:
3d. An Act to grant additional corpor-
ate powers to Maine Title q Utility Co.
81 An Act authorizing the town of
Cape Elizabeth to issue its bonds for the
construction of sewers.
So. An Act to authorize Oxford Elec-
trio Company to extend its electrical
lines to and within the town of Hebron.
and to purchase the electrical equipment
and franchises Of trustees OF Hebron
Academy.
&C. An Act to incorporate the Grand
Isle Light & Power Company.
81. An Act to incorporate the Smyrna
& Oakfield Water Company.
49, An Act to amend the charter OF the
Peaks Island Corporation.
50. An Act relating to railroad tracks
crossing Congress street near the Union
station in Portland for the better protec-
ton of the public.
GO. An Act to extend the charter of
the Brewer Water Company as extended
and amended by Chapter 9S of the Pri-
waite and Special Laws of 1913.
81. An Act prohibiting Bar Harbor
& Union River Power Company from
charging discriminatory rates in sale of
electric current.
60. An Act to incorporate the Dirigo
Water Company
So IAN Act to extend the charter Of the
Farmington-O Oakland Interurban Railway.
81 An Act to amend Section IA Of
Chapter IS of the Revised statutes, relat-
ing to the extension of charters of street
railroads.
Co. An Act to authorize Lewiston. Au-
gusta and Waterville Street Railway to
discontinue its present tracks on State
street in Augusta.
&C. An Act to enable the town of
Princeton to supply electricity and water
Ct. An Act to repeal Chapter 453 of the
Private and Special laws of 1868 and all
acts additional and amendatory, relating
to the ferry. across the Penobscot river
between the towns OF Orono and Brad
ley.