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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27
Work! Work! Workl-- That's the Program Every Day
For Young Aspuants to Army Commissions

PLATTSBURG, N Y May 2s.-WOrk! work! Work!
That is the way this camp is And undoubtedly
the rules all the camps throughout the
country where the the 10000 would-be young
American army officers being beaten shape.
Perhaps there young business social idler
or college UNDERGRADUATE here who has ever worked
harder in his life than he is doing just now Anyway
such would be hard to finland he certainly
mi ruptured the labor laws do il.
From $3.50 a. m. 10 p. m. it is sweat and bone.
When a student officer isn't Juggling a musket he's
wrestling with text book Time is grudged to eat
When something isn't down on the regular schedule
boys just hike their rough barracks lie
under the and absorb book-leaning in a
that would make veteran college proctor's eyes
stick
And they're cheerful about it, Complaints are un-
known All anv one laments is the inability Of the hu-
body and brain take education at more than
a certain rate That maximum every last rookie
approxmates. for this is giant competition with
definite prize held the lucky in four.
The spur which urges this remarkable exhibition
o application is the 10000 commissions to be
handed about Aug. 1. No man came to this camp
without a sou-grpping resolve to honor his alma
his corporation. whatever he came from
by annexng one of the coveted bits of paper from
Washington which will make him subaltern in Amer
real of 100000 men. recruited the
business principle of seective CONSUMPTION.
THEY'RE GREASY GRINDS.
The laboring student officer may have stick
to-it-iveness to continue on in camp should
fail in the rst-but he isn't going to nger the
ond course if he can help It.
SO they're all greasy grinds the girls at Vas
sar and proud of r.
ter blankets inadequate when they arrived;
a broiling makes it uncomfortable TO
Springfield that 53pound pack in the middle
Of the day But those minor matters Work is the
thing that absorbs the mind almost
the extent OF finding time write home and tell
folks all about il.
One who had service in France with the
Canadians left TO back TO the trenches and
a rest" the cutters. if he mighty
few
camp instructors getting lots Of pointers in
their from visits the Canadian camp st.
Johns Quebec. The normal school method" is being
followed. each gets chance teach the
others the graduates will spend months
teaching the privates of Uncle Sans The
primary object of this camp is produce we'll
drilled companies" said instructor, recently. The
main object is to train men to train others"
work is hard and the rules strict. but the demo-
cratic spirit prevailing makes things slide along easily
Commissioned reserve officers for the the
same footing with the greenest
added spur 10 action is the fact the camp curri
been arranged that the
terminated at the of months three.
will leave about July for active duty at
the mobilization camps where the first
scripts will be turned into soldiers
Here is the daily routine OF the camp (there be
changes later, when the hours for drill
4bo~a
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27

charts and conpesses. Only the by day and thrs
stars by night gave any notion % our vherea boz "a
II restful feeling
We were moving the OF Is knots an hour.
There was nothing vague about this That was our
speed TO the inch and second
rate maintained by the closeup battleshtp and his
distance from Us at the end OF given hour within
inches Of what Il had been the beginning
marvel OF batueships IS the precision with which
they move and keep their distances mind their
manners II is only less marvellous than the mobility
Of their trrets great guns turret revolves
without sound. II may be turned that you
got IN the way the business end or the gun would knock
head or be turned so SLOWLY that 70
the eye II is not turning all.
That day 1 attached myself a group Of boys who
were learning 20 be and who afternoon
would hear fred for the first time in their lives
would fire and would Try Although
did none OF the hard work, think that shared
an equal in all their mental processes and know that
suffered Just much they did when. after re-
hearsals and dress rehearsas the finally and very
suddenly and horribly
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27
II.
RATTLESHIP A CITY.

have said that battleship is a man II is not 1t
is a city
That IL walled city. defended by terrible cannon.
every man knows 1 shall here and speak
OF the magic eyes with which IL the approach OF
the enemy. thick with which il repels his
fov nor Of the terrible cannon with which returns
chem shall speak rather of ships cooks and bakers.
of buElers and blaCksmiths OF carpenters and
plumbers printers and electricians. of surgeons and
coppersmiths musicians and bandmaster of barber
shops and laundries of amusements and gossip And
! shall have something TO say or Justice.
The government is the flagship The admirals
the governors states and che captains and
ulanders the mayors of cities and towns II is a
complete civilization. hoaCns 10 which the
devotion of SIS seamen and dremen Is necessary
that OF its admirals. captains and commanders
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27
III.
OUR SHIPS AT SEA.

day I learned that the following morning
we going out" Close my room one OF the
tubes through which the anchor chains slide. and
very early Weakened by a that If
a dozen adjoining alleys giants bowling and
making A the
Of the engines I did need TO look at
watch. The captain had said that going out
a Sis. and had learned by that when the
says 5:15 it means 5:15 the second
thought OF my newspapers and said, Il ought TO
get up" I thought the censorship I said: NO
1 had better not know where going nor how we
got there"
1 breakfasted at S and went deck. There
nothing water and blue sky, a closeup
battleship which resembled pea resembles
another several far-O battleshlps that looked
IL they had been cut out of cardboard
INTO THE UNKNOWN.
All the time that out kept away from
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27
SHOPPING ON BOARD.

I sing o loaf and smoke make friends:
Of yeomen typewriters, OF paymasters and book
keepers And / sing too, OF him who has money and
goes shopping. If he for cleanliness he may buy
violet glycerne naphtha; cake Of pine is his
cents; for the same he may purchase
o. lilac violet, delcately,
heiotrOpe sandalwOod.
10y 1 sing OF what be bought upon
batteship: carriers that never bind, taIcum powder
mirrors pen points and dioXogen embossed writing
paper plain clay pipes and corncobs. Welingtons
and brars I sing with JOY Of what goes in them: Bull
Durham and Lucky Strike, Piper Heidseck and Sensa
ton
Rapturously sing Of shoe laces and tomatoes, Of
sardines peanut butter pork and beans and pickles
of chocolate covered cream cakes marshmalows
nougatines and peppermints, Of maple walnuts
peanut brittle. fudge. of butterscotch and velvet
kisses, of Nabisco and Social Tea biscuits!
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27

brought their families 20 live Plasburg and be
near the camp wish they had left them a home
that is the wel-defned impression hereabouts
THE BRITISH CAMPS.
England France and other nations have officers
training camps like almost beginning OF
war. Below is account Of such a camp Great
Britain, written by young Britisher attendance
there
"Of course the school soldiers the battle
field but send boy TO Elton until ne
has made acquaintance with the three RS at a pre-
paratOry establishment
so with the soldier-offcer non-commissioned Off
,er or private. Before can be a good efficient
lighting machine ne must acquire a deal o. ele
mentary knowledge. and for that purpose there
training selected easeEs and n0n-corais
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27

officers that they may due course
impart their knowledge to their comrades
"One Of these centers is established a large bar
racks where also quartered hundreds OF
the sight Of the latter drill smu
lates terrtorials members of the armies
that they also acquire that splendid smart
and carriage that distinguishes the
British soldier the world
The battalion pupis-composed o officers
from majors down 20 ccrporals, all working
cheery by side-usually falls a before
o'clock in the morning The patoons then allotted
their respective tasks. One of for bayOnet fight
ing physical exercise in the gymnasium another
studies reading in the lecture hall. The others in
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27
BATTIEsHIP A RONfANCE

7 have said thai battleship IS a I have aid
a city II neither. II Is a romance n
recall searchlights that the heavens and
OF the that crossed The
starry calls or the buges the sea-sat names OF
things. Have you lived Arcadia Well 7 have lived
in the Junior officers Country"
7 remember a night OF firing OF gave OF
that you could the long lovely curves OF
flights searchlixhts which spoke 20 each
other easily and freely a speaks a
But what Is best in navy the machines
the drives the controls. O. he death
dealing Hfe-saving appliances I IS the spirit %
these who. through discipline self-sacrihce.
have learned ind the values life
meaning Of that hag for which any they
ready lay down their lives
/ speak only or admirals and captains OF ward
officers junior officers but OF ts boatwans
naa4a d-<hasautlsted ELAz.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27
Life on Board i. S. Man o War; Now "Sorneluhere
European Waters" Doing Its Bit Against the Submd

helped them the truth instead browbeatng
them and trucking them helped the put his
IN better shape than he able 10 put them
himself. and extremely short period of time
brought the whole truth 20 light, found verdict
passed sentence, recommended mercy their
findings up 70 the captain
And this ono. who has passion for probation be
OF the good that he has OF IT, will be
merciful and sensible the good Of the service will
alo IN 70
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27
ATTOCRACY RULES HERE

n h not republic. but autocracv. II
has not however. the faults and vciousness OF the
usual autocraCy. II the admiral who is all is
am bilious DE can only higher through
eousness. lie cannot gain even temporary glory by
robbins cheating o- exploiting those he
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27
DAW IN THE NAVY.

The city has it's law court And then day
justice administered ii ought administered
all cities whether they of the of the land
Four bUsiness-like but very serious young took
slim black Bible in their hands and swore they
would what right Thereafter. instead of
quibbng and fencing, they straight after the
truth of the in hand, called the witnesses,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27
LEARNING TO SHOOT.

First they taught how 10 load. For this bust
ness short dummy With a genuine brush
box and plug is provided. not speaking OF
guns of lesser guns whose bark how
ears. eyes nose spleen. liver. toes spine scalp
speaking of which has the highest muzzle
velocity Of any in the world, and much the most
disagreeabe voice.
This is how you load a. The plug man with his
right hand swings lever. the plug swings the
breech box and side. With his left
hand the plugman slips into its chamber pIus
primer Gmagine - calibre blank cartridge
place the exploded which has been automatically
extracted. Then the pugman swings his lever again
and closes the breech of the gun.
That is what the plugman While he Is doing
it five other are doing other things of equal
portance. The moment the gun open trayman
slaps into the form box a metal continuance which
protects It's fine and edges from being injured
by the sharp point OF the heavy wheel. which
guides the shell itself into the the gun.
The brush being open and the in place.
shellman with all his might hurls the opening
shell that he has been holding. the first powderman
tray the breech closes, the sheman
has turned without using his feet and received
the second shelIman fresh she'll pow
derman has turned and received from the second pow
derman a fresh bag powder.
That is how the gun is loaded. II a matter OF
In practice the shell powder baz
(omission by censor2) 10 keys the junction OF two
lines that each other right the
OF the bullseye A third pointer same
thing with another pair lines. wheel
eevates the muzzle of the end depresses
of all the in the compartment OF that particular
he is the luckest, for he the only knows
the moment when the bang IS coming. He
by pressing a button any moment while a certain
is buzzing. lines are on the
bullseye he is at liberty 10 fire the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27
BY Gouverneur Morris

poos tooth pullings of pills administered and
pendces removed, OF potatoes peeled and of Justice
administered little Filipino servants. who have
jolly sringed orchestra OF their own starry bugle
calls and the wig wa gging OF flags
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27

Somewhere Near America--On Friday, May II,
received permission visit feet OF United States
warships. told where 70 find IT, how to reach It,
nd given especial permission, must not
convey the newspapers which represent any OF the
impressions that IL should make nor all or the
impressions until the end Of the
Il may Of interest 90 the public TO know that the
which visited is somewhere in American waters,
and that backed by the proper authority, it may be
reached in several ways More than this an not
permitted say. may give the composition OF the
% the ships composing II, nor OF
any OF the officers governing those ships
rnu mpostves. II 1 faults or virtues
must not partiCuariZe In short I must tell about
the feet without telling about f. and give general
impression with most Of the Impressions left out.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27


A NJ. ?. NJ
5:15-FIrst call 1:25-First call 10
5:SO-ReVeie. drill
formation. 1:3O-Assembly.
6:OO-AIess. 4:3O-Recall.
6:45-Sick call. 5:25-Retreat.
655-First call 53O-Study
drill 6:O0-Mess.
7:OO-Assemby. 7:OO-Schools
i1:OO-Recan for 9:O0-Tattoo
dinner. 9:30-Quarters
12.OO-MesS 10:OO-TapS
There much versaton these days about the new
organization o go about l. when cav
airy infantry. artillery and engineering regiments
be formed. No one may pick his Of the
ice-each has promised 10 do the duty Uncle Sam
hnds him most fitted for
sunday. which supposed be day Of rest is de-
voted 20 study by practically every man in camp They
summer boarding place. The few student 0fhcers who
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27
RATTI.EsHIP 4 NAV.


shall deal then. rather with the humanities of the
fleet than mechanics; with its aspects rather
than its potentialtes. And with one particular snip
rather than with many.
II has been said that a modern battleship is
machine. IL Is not IL is a His eyes may no
longer have the vision OF youth, through
hundred pairs whose vision is twentytwenty magnhed
many diameters by lenses eXquisftey adjusted; MS
may large strong, but they have WITHIN
them almost a gods power 10 destroy.
II is as If his had multiplied his eyes and made
telescopes OF them had increased his body TO an
omnous and beautiful abominaton displacing $1,000
tons. heightened his arms and strengthened
his hands they could reach out clear away over
the rim OF the world there smash and crush and
and kill
20 years since had set foot on a battleshlp
There vas something familiar about him and some
thing II like meeting promising frlenu
Of your boyhood after he had grown into a man. q
will not bessie warships. be-her them. They are
men) He lac grown older. wiser, grayer. stronger,
broader taller swifer. And though neither OF US
had forgotten best the worst of those things
which we had had in common, he eyed me
;askance, and I felt embarrassed and shy.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27
BLAST OF THE GUNS.


We steamed slowly down the RANGE a number OF
times. and all the compartment guns
the ship slowly left right, point
kept the crossed lines the bulls eve And we
all line because knew that practise
brought 10 that real run when the awful
blasts that ANTICIPATED would 10 be endured
somehow
We turned and steamed slowly toward the range
We were in the compaI tment the gun crew and
the officer in charge myself and twenty thirty
he6sng seamen, who were there pick up what they
could by
have never in one time place many
forced smiles. one OF them lad
served with absorbent cotton and had plugged ears
The cotton made mems voices sound nd far
off It had effect whatever upon voice OF the
The steel doors OF the compartment been closed
and locked There escape
The range came over the speaking
pointer repeated il and made adjustment There
came voice, even through cotton. believing
Coming on the rangei Coming the ranger There
dead silence. Then low. clear insistent like
the deadly rattle Of native snake.
the buzzer
had forgotten about the gun In the next compart-
ment shall never forget il again IL on
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27
LIFTED BY THE CONCESSION

sitting the and rnv feet were swing
ing clear OF the deck D had nothing Jump into
But rose in the air and down. Then our gun
went The fash brighter than sunlight u was OF
intoerable brightness and all but ntolerable was
that with g.. The less upon
the body than upon rhe soul 1I did
an.
went out 10 see nov shots
not get used 10 t. ! know that, FOR onoe did ses
the recoi go back place. Try % I would
that white hot. deafennS my eyes tight for
watched second from the bridge
pleasanter. The bang-stcks farther or and
could the tall white splashes the rcochet-
ting shells ] that could keep my eyes open
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27
MARsHIP NOW MORE KIND.

The officer of the deck spoke TO a seaman And by
the tone of that friend battleshp had
not only grown stronger greater. but sure of
himself that ne could afford courteous and
more Kind Things happened. A meal and went
one threw cigars. one lost One listened
and talked and began TO associate IN the oack
head this face with the Hghtful name or It's
owner and insignia with the office of its wearer
No OF the uniformed men around the long
narrow table OF the ward room mess were alike But
they clean cut faces of vigorously educated
men In the pink physical condition. Like all travel
ers they we're broad-minded, and like all men who
have been brought among true values they were
without anectation OF any kind.
No two faces we're alike. and two men, think at
that long from the city or even from
the and yet with certain strongly marked
and fine identities the service had stamped them all
WHAT UNIVERSAL SERVICE MEANS.
These men were a telling and thrilling answer TO
those who raise objections TO universal service Iney
we're the proof by training and self-sacrlnce
sectional lines jeaousies day be a0ollshed
among that man. ere his suspicious are
laid will need inquire whence another man comes
let me tr, TO show YOU what I From the
tones of their tried the localities from
which thew came II played this game with civilians
should hit some bullseyes in instance
my shot flew wide Of the mark 1 guessed that this
-ns Ms from south Carolina: Iowa was his state.
Another credited Maine; his birth had done honor
70 ne tni zlled me and sought solution
not give Annapolis the credit, because the chaplain
who so resenbled others breeding, courtesy ana
common sense. begun his naval career as an
enlisted man. I gave Annapolis good deal OF the
credit and the / gave the service itself
The Identities of the sort that should Ike TO
secs
upon his face. upon his body and upon MS MANNERS
rhev were the identities which result from learning
GOOD habits & when the average boy is learning
bad habits which result from travel from stahus up
straight having normal vision and always looking
,eople in the eyes which result from common devo-
ton 10 something which bigger than any individual
which result from individual responsibilities almost
continuously borne that Infinitely greater re
soousbiIity he borne In common.
Vet no two Of them the least alike The
executive officer would command staggering salary
as the head OF a department store; the navigatoTs
for gre
nireon shooting: there one who dreamed or bal
Iistics dreamed OF their wives and their babies
md their sveethearts And there another, by no
means the oldest a lons driving man with face Ike
an eagles passion the ship and for every
river screw thread lens shell. cannon, torpedo and
character made the ship efficient and terrible
whom all revered-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-27
CONTENTS

Editorial Comment. School PAGE.
wonan's Section and other Fea-
lures OF General Interest
Evening journal., 1917-06-22
Bv H. c. HAMILTON.

United Press cthu ColAoafoHN~
NEW YORK, June 22.-A baseball
club without at least ono star pitcher
would DO an absolute joke a. a champion
of one Of tho two major leagues. Rang
inc back over history discloses the fact.
Every one Of tho many clubs which have
risen 10 heights and refrigerated Is fea-
tured bv at least one hurler OF star pro
portions. Since the American League
came into being this fact has been even
moro pronounced.
Inspect tho record Of the chicago
white Sox Of 1905, one Of tho most re-
markable worlds championship feats IN
the games annals Ed Walsh was Just
about tho entire exhibition In those
DAYS. with the able assistance Of Ut
White.
Tho obstreperous Braves present an
identical case, with forgotten BIZ james
the mainstav Of their endeayoru.
Connie Mack had his Jack Coomos
his Eddie Plank and his Chief Bender
Christv Mathewson added grace and I'm
petus TO the Giants payroll Joe WOOD
drew much money, both in the payroll
and at the gate while he was doinf
championship duty for tho Red Sox
wild Bill Donovan, I'd Reulbach, Nor
Evening journal., 1917-06-22
Patriotic Shoot Over
Bellevue Traps Tomorrow

will be shot on handicap basis and
the high man in every class will re-
ceive a Wilmington Trapshooting As
ISOLATION silver spoon. The five high
men on the fifty targets will be award
ed silk honor badges with appropri-
ate inscriptions. These badges are
donated by the A. A. T. A. II must
be understood, however, that no
shooter can win two prizes.
Another event which is attracting
q great deal OF interest is the open
competition for the Delaware two-man
championship cup which will also be
staged tomorrow. The teams must be
picked before the match starts, and
the winners will be the team making
the highest score on the FIRST fifty tar
gets each man shoots at The winners
are subject to challenge at any time
The Avondale Gun Club and the Ok
ford Gun Club of Oxford. Pa. have
challenged the Wilmington Trapshoot.
ing Association to a three-cornerec
race to be held at Avondale. on Sat.
urday, June 30. The members OF tbs
local club will decide tomorrow
whether they will accept the chal-
lenge or not
Evening journal., 1917-06-22
Supporting Unit for Each Club

decai Brown, Philippe, BABE Adams.
Grover Alexander, JET PfefTer, all have
had their fling at fame az stars who
have boosted clubs almost individually
into a worlds series cut.
The One-man feature rests with near
ly every club. They all have some man
around whom defense or ofense Is cen
tered.
The Chicago White Box would Be n
sorry outfit without Eddie Collins. Char
ley Herzog adds fre TO tho Giant attack
and defense. Ty Cobb Is the main part
Of the Detroit mechanism. George Sis
Ter draws pay for being about two
thirds Of the BrownA Rogers Hornsby
is about the speediest thing the Gard
mails know Of larry Doyle has made the
Cubs almost entirely over. The loss OF
John Evers as a regular has had a had
effect this year on the Braves. Jake
Daubert mainly controls the destinies Of
the Dodgers. Walter johnson is team
and then somo in Washington. Grover
Alexander performs tho same feat In
philadelphia. a. does Wally Schang
Wally Pipp Is the big affair IN the Yam.
kees' lives. Hoinie Groh and Hall Chase
are splitting the difference in Cincinnati
Jack Barry IL indispensable 20 Boston
and Iris Speaker is a bit moro than .
circus attraction for the Indians.