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LARGEST CAMP
IN THE U. S.

TACOMA, Wash, Sept 24.-SUuads
of soldiers from Pacific Coast and In
termountain States are taking THEN
first army drill at Camp Lewis on the
shores of American Lake near Taco
ma.
1t is the largest army environment
in the United States and when the full
force of the selective draft is carried
out. not later than October 5th, it will
contain $1,000 officers and men. The
cantonment site covers $4,000 acres
and embraces seven lakes, forest,
stream, prairie and salt water reser-
walton. 1t was presented to. the gov
eminent by the people of Pierce Co..
Washington, of which Tacoma is the
largest city. They bonded themselves
for 100000, bought the land and
turned it over to the government. At
that time it was intended to use it
for a division post as war had not been
declared.
The site was selected by Maj. Gen.
j. Franklin Bell, now commanding the
department of the East, who first sur
veyed it in 1895, and saw its value as
a training ground and strategic point.
When congress created the nation
al army the government built on this
site a military city in eight weeks,
employing 10000 men and costing $4,-
100000. This is exclusive of the base
hospital now under construction which
will cost S5O4,OOO and will have equip
ment worth another half million dol
lars. 1t will have a capacity of 5000
beds. Permanent water, sewerage and
lighting systems have been installed
sufficiently extensive to meet the
needs of a city Of 100000 inhabitants.
The barracks and mess halls are built
in rows for miles. The stables at the
remount station will accommodate 49,
600 horses and mules.
The Nisqually prairie where maneu-
vers will be held, is seven and one
half miles long and four miles wide.
The climate Of the Puget Sound re-
gions will allow for training twewe
months a year. The earth formation
sheds water easily.
Maj. Gen. H A. Greene, a soldier
for more than forty years, was mad,
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MYSTERY SHIPS ARE
TERROR OF SUBS

LONDON, Sept. 24.-Not until Ger
many has been aoored for the ten
count, will the world have a peep a.
the mysterious odd shaped fighters
that are beating the submarine today.
In England they are referred to vague
Iy as mystery ships" and "hush
boats" Imaginative people give them
fantastic shapes and endow them with
powers beyond the dreams Of the
greatest naval designers. SO perhaps
the land faring folk will be disap-
pointed when it's all over and the
hush boats come out of the haze to
be looked at by seaport visitors.
Privileged visitors to the great ma
val bases are extremely reticent about
the hush boats. For weeks the news
papers have been limiting about some
thing they know but have crossed
their hearts not to tell - something
about the new and mysterious sea-
rowdies which despise naval fOotwork
but prefer to rush in headlong and
scrap it out with the U-boat till one
or the other goes down.
Z The mystery ship ranks with the
tank as a feat of invention and con-
struction, according to the jealous
guardians of the secret. King George
inspected two new types of vessels
during his June visit to the grand
feet. They were in class of their
own, and the class was never men
toned to the public, Sea monsters
mystery ships, hush bOats-they ac-
count for some of the high honors re-
Gently conferred on naval officers.
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nation. See the enemy in front Of you
and act precisely as you would act if
the enemy were real Only in this
way can you get the full benefit Of
these exercises.
Don't fail to keep in mind also that
you are a member of a big team and
that every member plays an import
ant part in contributing to the success
Of the team. "The one requisite nee
essary to win the battle is intelligent
teamwork. The army is handled just
like football team. A part is on the
first line facing the enemy. Another
part, like the half backs, is held back
as supports. Another part, like the
full backs, is held as a reserve. Each
unit, like each player, has certain
duty to perform. When the signal is
given, all work together-all play the
game-teamwork" manual for Non
commissioned Officers and Privates, p.
I49)
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commandment at the post, with four
bdgadier generals under him. Many
Of the younger officers, 400 in all,
were trained at the Preside, Of San
Francisco, at the first officers camp.
Provision has been made to teach
the men every form Of modern war
fare. Trench work, throwing Of hand
grenades, machine gun practice, rifle
usage and the like. Camouhage also
will have its place and men from the
moving picture studios Of California
will aid in this.
Postal authorities have urged the
correct addressing Of mail so that the
thousands of soldiers will have NO
trouble obtaining their letters. Here
is a correct way to address a letter.
Private John Smith,
Company H, 264th Infantry
Camp Lewis, Washington.
The company and the regiment, as
we'll as the arm of the service, is nee
essary to insure delivery.
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in which both horses and men took u
part in an exciting struggle, the team
from the Royal Engineers finally de-
feating the Army Service Corps on
points.
There was also a Victoria Cross"
race, illustrating the methods by which
men rescue comrades in the actual
fighting Of today. This was followed
by mimic exhibitions Of bayonet fight
ing, and a bindfold drill competition,
in which blindfolded non-commission-
ed officers of various units vie with
each other in putting their blindfOld-
ed detachments through the complex
movements of open field drill.
Meanwhile the women of the gar
rison had baby show, in which Mrs.
Corporal Tootle's twin boys secured
an easy victory. The first prize med
al was handed to them by the Queen
herself.
Outside the circle Of army wagons
were the side shows, including comic
bull fight which the King declared the
best thing of its kind which he had
ever seen.
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uO.gu during the attack.
But YOU are not to remain too long
i'm one place, no matter how we'll You
may be concealed Your value as a
soldier depends ON your ability to adj
vance from cover to cover always Sc
Icstng before YOU leave one place the
position YOU are going to occupy.
learn that "a man running rapidly to-
ward am enemy furnishes a poor tar
get" Remember also that man iy-
ing da, ON the ground is not easily OBJ
served from the enemy's lines.
TIM. n-ncfpre applies also if you
ar, ever fired upon while scouting or
acting independently drop TO the
ground and seek cover and then try
to- locate the enemy.
These are some of the main points
81, keen i'm miud. many others will
...,. Dr., during your training. Grad
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and skill in taking advantage OF cover
as he advances. 1t is especially i'm
oortant that you should obey at once
any directions that may be given to
YOU as to resetting the sights on your
rifle and that the rapidity of your fir
ing should be controlled by the or
ders of your captain.
Going "a step beyond the extended
order drill your company and regi-
ment will take part in felo I'D COM
bat exercises, in which conditions and
movements Of actual warfare are re
produced as closely as possible. Here
YOU will put into practice everything
learned during your previous drilling.
You will practice correct methods of
attacking and Of defending yourself
both with the rifle and bayonet and
with other weapons now in use. Don't
fail to enter into the spirit Of these
exercises with as much enthusiasm
and intensity as if you were on the
actual battlefield. Use your imogin-
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A. R. {. GUESTS
ENGLISH TROOPS

American Engineers Training Camp
in England, Sept. 20. - Correspond
euce of The Associated Press. - A
large delegation Of the American Rail
way Engineers spent a day recently.
as guests Of the British troops en-
camped at Aldershot, where the King
and Queen, with other members OF
the royal family were present at the
largest program of field sports that
has ever been held on Salisbury Plain.
The Americans brought with them
a tug-of-war team which provided one
of the features of the afternoon in
long-drawn contest with the champion
ship team of the British Engineers,
the result being finally declared a
draw.
The big fete was arranged by the
British garrison at Aldershot as eel
ebration Of the bringing in OF its har-
vest. For months past men Of all
ranks and regiments in the garrison
have been practicing, in addition to
their military duties, the patriotism
that seeks to defeat the enemy by pro-
viding the nations with homegrown
food. Turf that had never before
known the ploughshares was ploughed
and sown, and men who had never.
learned the first rudiments Of farm
ng toied strenuously in their spare
hours under the guidance Of their
more skillfuI comrades. The result
exceeded all efforts. The AldershOt
harvest was so bountiful that men and
officers simultaneously agreed that a
great harvest festival was eminenty
the thing, and that nothing would sat
isfy them short of the attendance Of
the King and Queen.
The King, who knows a thing or two
about farming himself, accepted the
invitation and a committee of ar
engagements representing every unit in
the district began work forthwith on
a suitable program. The center OF
the days festivities was a huge tent
with tables laden with samples of the
AldershOt harvest. There were fruits,
vegetables, grain, shrubs, and roots OF
various kinds. The Royal party mo-
tored down from Windsor, arriving
early in the afternoon and remaining
for three hours.
The arena in front Of the harvest
tent was surrounded by a great cir
cular "grandstand," composed Of a
double line of ancient and modern
transport wagons which afforded seats
for the soldiers and their friends. For
sixpence, the gate money all going to
local war charities, the American Wis
itors found they could have their pick
Of a number Of desirable positions,
either in the drivers seats of big army
lorries, or on benches alongside friend
Iy delegations Of British Tommies and
Non-CommissiOned Officers.
1t was like a mauy-ringed circus.
While the field sports were in progress
on the ground, there was cOntinu-
Gus performance of high-diving, SOM
ersaulting, trapezing, and all varie-
ties Of aerObatics by q squadron of
British airplane men up alOft. Relay
RANGES and tugs-of-war were the most
popular items on the program, but
there were many unusual and very
spectacular types of field sports, such
as q mounted wrestling competition,
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Home READING COURSE FOR
CITIzEN-SOLDIERS

ISSUED by War Department and all rights to reprint reseryedJ
This course thirty offered TO the selected for
service i'm the National Army practical help in getting started
the right informal and does not attempt to give
binding rules and These contained in the various
manuals and regulations the United States ARMY to which this
Course is merely introductory.
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FISH PRICES

Price at noon, Sept 18th, at
Seattle, as reported by the Blu
reau Of Fisheries, are:
Halibut, 1870.
Sable Fish 41ac.
Red Snapper, 21hc.
Picked Sable Fish, S14 per
Dbl.
Picked Herring, first grade,
SIC per Dbl.
Picked Salmon, pink, $145O
per Dbl.
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SEWARD AS SEEN BY
ONE WHO is A STRANGER

In the September issue Of the Over
land monthly, we find the following
well-written story of Seward, as seen
by Miss Grace A. Hill, in her short
stay here while a passenger on the
Northwestern" from Nome to Seat
tie, August 18th to September II,
1916. 1t appears in this months is
sue and says:
I've awakened at two o'clock this
morning, September 3, to find our
selves in Seward. We had been four
days and half on the water, and
were making our first landing. We
came on dec, sleepy and shivering, eX-
pecting to SIZE, as in all towns farther
north, the distant lights of town,
with a lcH line Of hills in the back
ground. We found ourselves a little
glow-worm at the feet of great
black Silhouette of a mountain, which
lowered straight above us into the
sky. 1t was as though a great black
blot had covered half the starry sky
And to add to the strangeness Of the
scene, fringe Of northern lights was
sending up its Quavering fingers above
the mountains. The bright lights of
the town were beside us, and danced
on the water all about us. When we
looked about it was easy 10 imagine
ourselves in a quiet Jake hemmed in
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by imposing mountains. Almost i'm
mediateIy, gray dawn" began to ap-
pear, and before we left at five we
were taking pictures.
Seward is modern as we'll as beau
tiful, with wide streets and paved
sidewalks. There is a picturesque
grouping of shade trees near the
waterfront, and behind rise snow
streaked Matterhorn-Hke mountains.
These are clothed far up with trees
and a rich green growth of shrubs and
mosses. AS we steamed out, their
tops were bathed in a pink glow from
the rising sun, and they threw a beau
tiful reflection out upon the water
Resurrection Bay, as we crept out
between its walls Of tree-cIad, snow
laden mountains, was like a fairy-land.
1t was so fresh and wild in the cool,
clean, morning light that it seemed
we were the first human intruders
upon Natures choicest retreat. And
all was so still it seemed the world
was awed by its own beauty. When
we passed Resurrection Cape it was
draped in a band of billowy mist which
was rolling in from the sea, and into
which we shortly sailed.
Five hours later we stopped at La
touche, where we were TO load with
copper ore"
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Practice Fighting

The problem of each individual sol
aler is To- obey the commands and at
the same time to use his judgment
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Scratch pads-fOr scnool, for your
desk, for the counter, for the work
room-1Oc at The Gateway.
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Andy's Express, phone Madison 14S.
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Meet me at The Branch.
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WANTED-Five cents a pound will
be paid for good, clean, cotton rage
by The Gateway. u
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City Express. Pao4e Main ~.
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A. MeIYer, lIeehged undertaker
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Proof Of labor blanks FOR sale at
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FOR RENT-FOur-roOm house on 9Th
Avenue. See Cooper. II
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Long distance telephone booth at
The Branch.
Waterfll and Frazier whiskey at
the Branch.
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We carry Symphony Lawn Station
sry. Seward Drug Company.
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Ask your grOcers FOR Seward
Bakery Bread.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-24
Associated Press.l

Washington, Feb 24.-Nearly every
government department was devoting
its energies today to searching for
the cause OF the sudden rise in food
and fuel prices or to seeking RENE
dies. sA i
Most cabinet members were inclin.
ed to'believe the general car shortage
and freight congestion were respon-
sible and those conditions were
brought on largely by the suspension
of many transatlantic sailings on ac-
count Of the German submarine cam
paign, or by withdrawal of vessels in
trade between the Atlantic and Pacific
coast through the Panama canal.
.. . No Food Embargo.
The Interstate commerce commits
sion and the car service commission
of the American Railway association
held that no food shortage is appars
ent, and that investigators must look
elsewhere than toward the country's
distributing system for the cause of
high prices.
Interstate commerce commission re-
ports showed that hundreds of empty
cars are being dispatched westward
to relieve car shortage in the interior,
but that export freight is piling up
rapidly at eastern ports. Railroads
have orders from their own co-opera.
tive organization, the car service COM
not to declare embargOes on
fOOdstuffs. .#'.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-24
TEAMS HEAR
+" |MUSH" CALL;
CAMPAIGN ON
Big Drive for Members for Com
mrcial Club Started at 10
.E A. NJ. Today
SECRETARY ISSUED
STATEMENT AT NOON
PAY as You Enter" Beet. Steak
Dinner Given Last Even
{=a , i,a~

Ten captains and their members
heard the call of "mush" at 10 o'clock
this morning and second later the
big drive into the heart OF the bust
ness district of Bismarck for men,
berships for the Commercial club was
on. With the mercury in the govern.
ment thermometer jumping Is degrees
in Ave hours and Old Sol shining,
nothing was in the way to retard the
progress OF the competing teams dur
ing the first day.
keniston Issues Statement.
At noon, Secretary G. N. Remission
was forced by the Tribune to issue a
statement concerning the whirlwind
campaign which is expected to boost
the present membership of 400 to the
500 goal or better. His words were:
"The unity with which the city off,
cials, the clubs and the various busi-
ness organizations are working tOgeth-
er is certainly gratifying. The boys
tell me they are meeting with sue
cess and encouragement at every
door. In two hours time more than
so business men had been interview
ed" "
No Date For Closing.
Most Of the principal business Of
fees and houses were visited this af-
ternoon and the open reception given
the team captains and their members
indicated that all of Bismarck is for
the Commercial club and that the
campaign is going to get the endorses
ment of nine out Of every ten people.
No date has been fixed for the clos
ing of the campaign, but it is under
stood 1t will not last more than six
days at the most
Team Members Report.
Reports from the various team
members were made at the Office OF
the Commercial club at $50 O'Clock.
The brigade of teams had pay as
you enter" beefsteak dinner last night
to discuss their. assignments. Talks
filled with enthusiasm were made by
President Goddard, former President
G. l.. Young, F. l.. Shuman and Sec
retarv G. n. Keniston.
Letters are reaching the secretary
daily in response to inquiries that he
mailed out early in the month, ask
ing reasons for belonging to the Bis
marck Commercial club.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-24

Food Trust Responsible
for High Cost Of Grub
Says Illinois Congressman

Bakers explains that the increased
prices are due to- the campaign of ed
ucation. In the same letter, it calls
the many bakers who refused to Join
in the price boosting nothing less than
renegades. There is a bill in the
ways and means committee to repeal
the tax which would divert 60, 900 900
bushels OF corn into the bread making
market every year. Every effort to
report out the bill meets with Oppo-
sition by the bakers.
A prayer for relief of the food situ-
alton was delivered in the house to-
day by Chaplain Couden.
1--WE pray" he said, "in this land of
peace and plenty that the authorities
in state and nation may find ways and
means by which the abnormal prices
of foodstuffs may be brought within
reach OF the struggling classes, the
poor and needy; that the spectacle
enacted in many of our cities recently
may not be repeated"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-24
Omitted Press.)

Washington, Feb. 24.-The exist
ence Of a trust to curtail the -four sup
ply and to boost the price of bread in
the United States was charged by
Representative Rainey Of Illinois in
the house today.
II base my statement on facts OBJ
tanned by a personal investigation"
he said. "Over the doors of one Of
New York's biggest grocery stores
hangs a sign advertising bread one
day old, two loaves for sc. Why do
they want 10 cents today, when they
are glad to charge sc for two loaves
tomorrow? i charge there is a trust
| have submitted my report to the
federal trade commission and am
ready to testify at any time. Bread Is
cheaper in the warning countries in
Europe than 1t is in United States"
he said.
A recent letter received by Repre-
sentative J. M Bell from the Master
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-24
THOUSANDS PAY
LAST TRIBUTE TO
GEN. funston
Military Funeral Held at San
Francisco Attended by 5000
People
BODY LAID TO REST
BESIDE THAT OF SON
UNITED Press.)

San Francisco, Feb. 24.-With the
most impressive military ceremony
ever witnessed in California, "Fight-
ing Fred Funston was laid to rest
today in the National cemetery in the
Presidio, beside the body Of his little
son, Arthur Funston. Amid the sol.
emn booming of guns, the clear notes
Of taps and finally the three crashing
volleys of rifle fire over the grave,
stood an assembly of people, number
ing 5000.
At 10 o'clock the body was taken
from the city hall. where it has been
lying in state in the rotunda, and
placed on a caisson draped with AM
erican flags. Two regiments Of infan-
try stood outside the building at pre-
sent arms, as six soldiers carried the
body from the building. Five promi-
nent men formed in behind the cais-
son. In all, there were IS companies
of artillery. several marine corps,
Spanish war and Civil war veterans,
national guardsmen. a cadet corps and
a platoon of policemen.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-02-24
FlIllBUSTER ON.
UNITED Press)

Washington, Feb. 24.-The Republi-
can old guard and the Progressives
alike today cast off all hint of dis.
guise and started anew on their ad.
mitted filibuster, shortly after con.
gress convened yesterday afternoon.
Little doubt was expressed regarding
the Republican purpose. The minor.
ity members are determined Presi-
dent Wilson is not going to shove
them off the doorstep and run the in
ternational affairs by himself, as one
leader put it.
AS far as their plans have gone,
they have wended their way through
many speeches, including Mexico and
financial matters. AS whole, it has
been a huge Republican session. In
a session last night that continued
until midnight, the Democrats could
do nothing. Time after time, Sena-
tor Simons tried to make progress on
his revenue bill, but lust as he got
started someone would get up and
call no quorum, forcing him to start
all over again. 81