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The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-06-22

and he United States must play her
part or prepare for such humiliation
as a free people never endured-not
even devoted Belgium" said Mr.
Hoover
Some of the things that Jackson
ville's 100000 allotment in the 500,
000,0OO campaign for the Red Cross
will be used to amelorate the follow
ing conditions;
Disease and distress everywhere. a
million women and little children
homeless and starving. Frances mil
ion of blind and mutilated men,
dreadful, pitiable wrecks. Spreading
tuberculosis. Human bones lining
the roadways.
The DeporabIe Picture
Following is picture of deporta-
ton, written by John ii. Gade, of the
commission for relief in Belgium:
"At half past 5, in the gray of the
morning, on the 18th of November,
5000 men at Mons walked out, myself
and another leading them down the
cobblestones of the street, with the
German soldiers on each side, with
bayonets fixed, with the women held
back. The degradation of it as they
walked into this great mrket square,
VI 1u
as if they were cattle-all the great
men of that province, the lawyers, the
statesmen, the head of trades. There
they were collected; no questions of
who they were, whether they were
busy or what they were doing or what
their position in life. They we're
turned to the one side or the other
Trains were standing there ready,
steaming. to take them to Germany.
You saw on the one side the one
brother taken, the other brother left.
A hasty embrace and they were sep
arated and gone. You had here a
man on his knees before a German
officer, pleading and begging to take
his old fathers place; that was all
The father went and the son stayed
You saw the women in hundreds,
with bundles in their hands, beseech.
ing to be permitted to approach the
trains. to give their men the last that
they had In life between themselves
and starvation. a small bundle OF
clothing to keep them warm on their
way to Germany You saw women
approach with bundle that had been
purchased by the sal eof the last OF
their household effects. Not one was
allowed to approach to give her man
the warm pair of stockings or the
warm jacket of they went
walked the street sof Mons all that
evening. There was not a street
there was not an alley, where the
shrieking of women did not deafer
your ears.
80 they went Then we saw then
came back, too. | read the report:
the next day in the paper at Brus
sells OF how Germany had announced
to the United States that, in hel
great mercy. she was taking the idl
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-06-22
Release Staff
Who Go For
Duty Nearer
The Front
lAMERicAN FORCES ARE NOW
ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN GREAT
WORLD WAR

British Headquarters in France,
by the Associated Press, June %.
Quietly and with very little cere-
Iuony 20 % to escape practically all
except odlcial attention, American
doctors, nurses and enlisted men
have taken over six British great
general field hospitals, releasing the
British staffs for duty nearer the
front. American surgeons have been
rendering valuable aid also in the
forward casualty clearing station
during The battle of Messines.
Americans are much impressed by
the British hospital system
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-06-22
Inquiry To Be
Made Into The
Production OF
Coal, Steel
And Copper
(By Associated Press. J

Washington, June % The Sen
ate Interstate Commerce committee
decided upon an exhaustive inquiry
into the production, prices and
transportation of coal, steel, copper
and other basic materials over which
the government supervision may be
proposed during the war Coal will
be taken up Tuesday.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-06-22
APPROPRIATION Of
$50O,0O0 IS ASKED
With WHICH TO
KEEP BOIL WORN
IN MEX. OUT us.
(By Associated Press. J

Washington, June 22 Secretary
of agriculture Houston has asked
Congress for "a half million dollars
emergency appropriation to prevent
the pink boil work from entering
the United States from Mexico by
establishing cotton-free zoen fifty
to one hundrew miles wide in
Texas
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-06-22
AMERICAN DOCTORS AND NURSES
now IN Charge Of SIX
BRITISH FIELD HOSPITALS
ON french FIGHTING FRONT
FLETCHER GOES TO GREEN
WILLIE TO SEE WOOD

Washington. June Ex-senator
Fletcher has gone to Greenville, S.
c.. to confer with General Leonard
Wood in regard to establishment of
an army camp at Black Point.
All but four of the camps have
been announced and Jacksonville Is
in a bad row as far as prospects are
concerned Camps were ordered es-
tablished today at Greenville and
Spartanburg, S. c., Augusta and
Macon. Ga, and Montgomery and
Admission. Ala
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-06-22
THE WAR NO PASSING EFFORT

Apparently few people in this coun-
try have begun to estimate the war
at anything like its full significance.
When the war opened it was general
ly believed, even in parts of England,
that six months would see it's end
The late Lord Kitchener was roundly
criticised when his first public COM
ment was uttered that the war would
last fully three years. Were he alive
today he would doubtless feel justi-
fled in extending his prediction two
or three years longer.
On this side the public, with only
their hopes as basis of judgment,
declared it would not only be soon
over. but could never involve the
United States. Time has now pro
longed the struggle into nearly three
years, and the United States Is it.
self i'm the war. We must not allow
our own sanguine hopes which are
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-06-22

ORDERED NOT
TO DISPLAY BANNERS:
TWO ARRESTS MADE
(By Associated Press. J

Washington. June 22 The po-
lice ordered suffragists not to dis
play their banners in front Of the
White House. Miss Lucy Burns of
New York and Miss Catherine Norey
Of Boston were arrested after they
refused to surrender banners.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-06-22
LAKELAND, FLORIDA FRIDAY, JUNE %. 1917
UNIFORM PRICE
FOR STEEL TO
Be FIXED BY
FED. TRADE Com.
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, June %. chairman
Denman of the Emergency Fleet
Corporation will soon ask the Fed
eral Trade Commission to fix uni
form price for steel and steel prod
ucts for all industries throughout
the country
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-06-22
STEAMER
DID NOT CARRY
PRISONERS FROM
German RAIDER
(By Associated Press. }

An Atlantic Port, June %. The
fritish vice consul here said there
is no truth in the report that a Brit
ish steamer arriving here carried
prisoners from German raider.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-06-22
Mules and Horses
To Be Shipped
From Newport
News, Va.
(By Associated Press. J

Washington, June 22.-Army or
ders show that New Port News will
probably be a shipping point for ar
my horses and mules to Europe.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-06-22
Great Need OF Red Cross
Funds Explained By The
Red Cross War Council

The Red Cross War Council at
Washington sends out the following:
The most stupendous and appeal
ing call in the history of the world
to aid suffering humanity confronts
our Red Cross. The great drive to
answer the outstretched hands of the
suffering hords of Europe com
mcnccs tomorrow. For six days
this week the hundred million people
of these United States will be given
an opportunity to render succor to
those who have bled that those prin-
ciples of liberty which are the foun-
dation stones of our constitution
shall still exist They will also be
given an opportunity to lend help
ing hand to our own soldiers and
sailors who will soon be in the
midst of this world conflict
Are the American people going to
come in before they awaken to the
realization that this country Is at
war? Are the American people 60
ing to hesitate to sacrifice dollars
when thousands upon thousands of
our youths in the prime of life are
going forth to do battle for us and to
sacrifice their most precious lives for
us. Its dollars on our part and far
dearer thing: life; on their part
Where is the comparison?
What is the answer of those Amer
"It serves so noble and beneficent
a purpose that it must appeal to all
who love their country and who love
humanity" said President Woodrow
Wilson in commenting on the great
Red Cross war fund campaign for
s100, 1000 900 which is being carried on
this week throughout the nation.
Gen. John ]. Pershing says: "The
feeling among our people is very lax.
They have not begun to realize that
we are in this great war" Frede-
rick Wolcott says: There is a mad,
wild dog loose. That system has be-
come so ingrown that it threatens to
involve the German people them
selves. | tell you, ladies and gentle
men, it is worth while, If it costs ev-
erything in the world, to stop that
system"
What Hoover Says.
Herbert c. Hoover, in charge of the
food situation in this country. who is
now in the limelight, ask: Are the
American people going to let the rest
of a liberty-loving world struggle and
suffer for us and eventually be strick-
en- down, taking with them in their
fall the only barrier that now stands
between the Germans and our selves
These are no speculations. They are
facts. Unless we in America wake
up; unless our minds take fire with
the inspiration for service, unless we
open our pocketbooks and our hearts,
then mary my words. there may be a
German overnor-general in Manhat-
tan.
"The crisis in this war is at hand,
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-06-22

The rubber business of the United
States is approximately 5000 900, 900
annually.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-06-22
FINEST MANHOOD or THE
NATION IN TIKI NEW ARATY

washington. June is.--Amertca'
armies win b. made up % tho fin
est physical manhood % the nation.
Army surgeons today estimated
that nearly 60 per cent of the men
brought to the eolors BY aeleetivo
draft win be rejected upon the first
physical scrutiny. 80 severe are the
must be drawn to get the e26 .eo0 for
the first levy At present the reiee-
tioins In the regular army average
40 TO 50 per cent OF the appiicAnsa-
After undergoing regulations i'm
posed. tho chosen ones will form tho
best army physically in the world. In
no other army arc tho physical ro-
lalrements 80 hard TO meet. Even
.Germany'a armies arc picked ON Q
stringent scale OF requirements,
Here are the general requirements
for tho army:
Hol9ht---Not less than feet 4
nchos. nor more than 6 feet.
Wotght.-Not laaa than las pounds
II moro than 1910.
Inafa ard heart muat DO well nigh
ny heart "muTmGT" dia-
daatoa, Hearing and slight must
We good Color blindness 10 NOT ne
eeasRrtly disqualification.
chFonic diseases or mental dim-
orders cause rejection. Loaa OF fin
gers or toes. or nm ear. arc dlmaaali-
I tieattonH, The surgeons examine
| . W for any affections Of tho hid
neya or chest AZ least four molnF
teeth arc necessary.
"Thia war win be won by yOunG
men," said an official OF the madi-
cat corps. That's why we win Gin
we've got the most and the best
young mon,"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-06-22
TWELVE REASONS WHY
GERMANY Is YET STRONG

CF. w. Vile in London Daily Mall
l. All the men. women and chill
dren In the empire regard themselves
as being al war and are conducting
themselves accordingly.
.. The empire has a government
which governs with no other consid-
Grafton whatever than that OF waging
and winning the war.
5. The government leaves abso-
lutely nothing to chance. anticipal-
ing contingencies and not temporia-
ing with them after they have arisen
4. The nations food supply. thn
dlsastrously low. has been organized
since November. 1914. on a baain
which makes starvation" impossi-
BILE.
5. Failures In public office-mil
itary. naval and civil--are ruthless
ly relegated. no matter how high
sounding a name or brilliant r1pu-
tation requires to be sacrificed.
g. The Industrial classes realIa-
ng that their own existence as wolf
rs that OF Germany il az stake. ara
eorking tooth and nail In the na-
ienll cause.
4 Strikes are mercilessly dealt
tn and broken before they have
time to spread by treating would
DC strikers and their leaders as com-
m enemies OF the state.
S. Despite their failinga and dis
agreeable qualities as a nation. thu
German people are thrifty, frugal
.ghly patriotic. and endiessly will.
ing to sacrifice for the FatherlRnd
.. The German armies. after 81
months OF fighting. are still in occu
patton, with minor exceptions. OF thV
vast territories which their superiol
preparedness enabled them 20 con,
quer and hold.
4 10. The German fleet Ia still IN
tact, numerically more powerful
than ever. capable Of risking DARING
sorties into mined British waters
and is sinking hundreds OF thoua
ands OF tons OF allied and neutra
shipping per month.
IL. German man-power. ~hiel
rests on a pre-war population 0
roundIy 10000 900. is no neare
exhaustion" than the man-power o
the United Kingdom with n pre-wa
population of 100000.
10. German statesmanship. 81
} chewing war measures" like th
stoppage OF racing to save oats. deal
! with burning necessities like ra
! tioning OF bread stuffs. The Gel
: man government will not shrink froi
} rationing the air men breath Il
3 will promote the winning OF the wa
And Ii Will not wait until the nj
I tion has no more breath left befor
2 issuing breath-cards.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-06-22

the American EngiRe@rs' reserve
corps which will aid IN transportation
and other engineering work. and n
being organised ~ the request Of our
allies.
The duty OF this regiment will be
10 get out timber needed BY the arm
ies-railroad ties. trench timbers.
mine props, bridge timbera. lumber
and eordwood. The work win be
performed behind the battle linea In
France but may fail within the dan
ger none.
The regiment will be made 40 Of
picked woodsmen. Service IN II viii
give such men a chance to take tho
part In the war for which their life
and training have peculiarly fitted
them. For the logging crews skilled
axmen, sAwyers. tie hewers. skldders.
teamsters and hlacksmiths arc want
ed. Millwrlghts. sawyors. and enEi.
neers are needed TO man portable
sawmilis which will form part OF the
equipment: helpers are required for
the various activities connected with
woods operations and the mainte
nance of large camps.
Recruits must be between the ages
OF is and Is years and must be CT
iRens of the United States or ha =
declared their intention Co become
such. Thoy will be subject TO the
same physical examination aa that
required for other military service.
Enlistment will be for tho period
OF the war.
Tho regiment will he made up ~
six companies OF f6S men each. Raidc
from battalion and regimental atAffa,
drivers. and commissioned officers,
II will be recruited at once and aent
overseas aa soon an organised. train.
ed and equipped. II viii first b
assembled at two training camps. the
regimental headquarters and one
battalion Rt the American universi.
~. Washington. y, c., and ono bat
TALON AZ ~. Leavenworth. Kansas
While designed 20 serve primarily
as mobile logging and milling
crew, the regiment will be organized
on military llnea and ita members
will be uniformed and armed like
other units In the United States
Army The first duty OF ita officerI
and men will ba 10 learn milltar,
discipline and team work through
thorough going drill at training
camps.
The monthly pay OF the men rang
ea from $50 for buglers 20 t5l 70
first sergoanta. while In tho Unite'
States. while the men are In for
, eign service the pay IL increased Z
&36 a month for huglerp and s6i.a
for first sergoants. Pay will begi
. al the date OF enlistment TrAyeilu
expenses will be furnished by "a
government from the place OF enlist
ment TO the training camp.
r Forest Supervisor Simpson 4
Montpelier. has been Designated aa
II listing officer. Applications will b
b received and information furnishe
II Mt the supervisors office.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-06-22
GETTING IN THEIR
WORK ON ARMY CONTRACTS


Washington, June 2O.-The de-
velopment of graft in connection
with the building Of the cantonments
for the army shows procedure along
lines of such simplicity that all Wash
ington is amazed. In their desire to
display haste and to show that they
could do things. the officials OF
the war department have merely
shown that they were superlatively
easy marks.
Proceeding upon the assumption
that speed was necessary-and 1t
was-contracts were let for the con-
struction of the environments upon a
basis of cost. plus seven per cent of
profit. There were no safeguards to
the government provided In any way;
and contractors, either weakly thru
excess of temptation or deliberately
through excess of opportunity, pro
ceeded to make spurious contracts
for material and labor at double the
prevailing market rates and to draw
/
profits upon the padded totals. The
total estimated expenditure for the
sixteen cantonments was $77.00O.-
600, upon which the allowed profit
would amount to the tidy sum of
nearlf five milIions--which, 1t must
be admitted, is doing very we'll. ev-
en- for deserving Democrats. and In
consideration that we are yet In the
initial stages of war when the re.
finement of grating methods cannot
be expected to have reached its zen
18th.
It 10 significant that this fraud
upon the government was not brot
: to light through any of the agencies
OF "pitiless publicity acting under
administration auspices. Nor was II
discovered by any OF the numerous
boards and commissions and councils
which now throng Washington and
which are usurping the statutor,
powers OF regularly constituted de
: partments. Neither was II exposed
by any OF the watchdogs of the treas
ury who bear q Democratic label ii
tCongreas and who are supposed Il
be on the Job all the time. Il ma
be that the fact that the location o
the first observable graft was in tn
u solidiy Democratic State Of Georyi
had something TO do with the impen
r etrable silence with which the Demo
" Gratis in Conbress regarded the mai
ter.
" But the folks back home" wer
more alert. II Is tSair money whic
. is being poured out for the Libert
Loan and they have no desire to Sc
= 1t poured into grating Democrat
ratholes. So, In private letters. Coz
= gressmen were tipped off. and fro
them the word was passed to Il
war department. Secretary Bake
over his own signature. has admittt
We virtual Justification OF the accus
lions. Il Is asserted that steps ha'
been taken 70 prevent a recurrence
but thus far George Creel's offiei
bulletin has not said what these ste
M are.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-06-22

II hardwood floors are badly spotted
and dirty. the best way to clean them
Is wiping up with gasoline. Moisten
a clean piece OF cheesecloth with gas0
line and rub the surface OF the floor
vigorously with the moistened cloth.
changing IL as soon as II becomes
much solled.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-06-22
any. Artillerymen carry pistols and
not revolvers.
Troop Movements.

Troop Movements.
Troops generally move in columns.
(The usual column is four men
abreast-two ranks comprising q
squad, with the corporal az the man
on the left in the rear rank.) They
go into the firing line in extended or
der-sometimes referred to as a
skirmish line. Troops are sent into
battle or engagement as the firing
line, the support and the reserve.
The tactical unit in the line Of bat
tie or engagement is the battalion.
A picket consists of several men
| generally squad. One of the picket
a sentinel or sentry. In front and
IN the flanks of all troops in camp
ire outposts-pickets. All troops
loing guard duty, picket duty, out
cost duty, etc.. are commanded by
the officers of the day." designated
or a period OF "a hours, as are the
roops on guard duty.
Ponchos and Slickers
Troops carry ponchos-rubber
blankets. Not rain coats or rain
sapes. Mounted troops and drivers
are equipped with slickers.
A bayonet is kept in scabboard
A rifle or carbine is loaned with Q
clip.
Fatigue duty refers to work to b
done about a camp.
A camp La policed when it is clean
ed up-rid of rubbish and the like
A cavalryman is called trooper
A recruit is not rookie" unless
you want to use slang. The phras
new recruit" is redundant.
Troops are mustered into the ser
vice and out. Also they are must
cred each month for the benefit 0
the paymaster-that he may knoV
whether dead men are drawing pay
Insignia Explained
n The insignia, of United States o.
a ficers designating rank are:
q Second lieutenant-Brown brai
: on cuffs, gold-black hat braid. U.
on collar, leather leggings.
. First lieutenant-One bar o
shoulder. other insignia correspond
n ing TO second lieutenant.
"a Captain-Two bars on shoulder.
,e Major-Gold leaf on shoulder.
T. Lieutenant colonel--Silver leaf {
al shoulder.
I. CoIoneI-siIver eagle on shoulde
Brigadier general-One silver st
~ on shoulder.
le Major general-Two silver sta
an on shoulder.
az Lieutenant general-Three sily
I'd stars on shoulder.
es Full general-Four silver stars
shoulder.
n. All grades wear brown braid
"a cuffs. goId-black cord on hats, Leaf
"a, err leggings and U. s. on collar.
Marks of Different Service
The insignia worn by the vario
branches OF the service are:
sh' Infantry-Two crossed rifles.
Cavalry-Two crossed sabres.
ne Artillery-Two crossed cannon
~ Medical-Mercury wand with
Do twined snakes.
ore The designating colors for 81
shl branch are: Infantry. blue; car
N ry, yellow; artillery. red; medi
corps, maroon.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1917-06-22
Boes Remedy for Nhooplng Coagh.


Last winter when my little boy
had the whooping cough / gave him
Chamberlain Cough Remedy,
writes Mrs. ]. d. Roberts. East 81.
Louis. III. eft kept his cough loose
and relieved aim Of those dreadful
coughing spells. Il Il the only cough
medicine I keep I'm the house be-
cause I have the most confidence An
II. Thia remedy Il also good for
colds am cxomR.