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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-07

The third liberty bonds have all
been delivered to the banks through
which they were purchased and the
local bankers wish to urge all buyers
that the bonds are being held at
their risk. and they should call and
receive them at the earliest oppor-
ttInttv
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Sept. TIA
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-09-07

G. o. Broxon, b. F. Cation and sew
eral other members and clerks of the
Idaho industrial insurance board
were in this city Wednesday investi-
eating the case Of Basque sheep
men who was injured at Monesterio
Bros. camp in the uniper country
some time ago.
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trains and troop columns yenturins
along the roads and trains near the
battlefield; 1t IS they who watch for
the possible launching OF a counter.
attack. always to be feared. and which
they must announce at the right mo.
ment to. the infantry and to the com.
mandcr IN charge.
lhahkS to the promptness Of their
reports. sent by radio. the commander
IS enabled to make his authority felt
"u7'hE me progress Of the operation.
When IN tho midst OF the hazards of
battle the energies OF the combat nts
become scattered. causing confusion
ana disorder the scout planes. BY tho
accuracy of their reports. permit the
Ea%monizinG and co-ordinatinc Of Of.
lott necessary to the final victory.
Evidently it is the observer who
must have charge Of tho mission Of
reconnaissance. Of photography. OF ar.
f'IIerF adjustmcnt or OF infantry com.
municauons; but he IS greatly assro..
Cd ny the pilot. whose skill and de-
'iSioh contribute in no small measure .
10 the successful ACCOMPLISHMENT of
the aerial task"
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ion before the Pennsy Gettysburg battlefield

Every West Pointer knows Gcttys-
burg from \ to Z. Glasses come every
year from the Hudson TO study 1t. 10
chart. it and fight it all over again in
tho light OF modern warfare.
But enough of the memories. The
thing N hand was IL seq something
Of In" tank recruits in Camp Cnl,' and
. {" hear something Of thcr WORK..
Thousands OF men have come up 10
. Gettysburg sine" the camp WAS es-
tHhlIShcd. until il is nov LAID ont ~
. 4 permanent CIntonmcnt with rows
ana rows Of barracks that are TO
remain Iniil The Cr"wa Prince has
whincd for mercy and the Kaiser has
turned his bloody sword over 10 Cen
eral Blackjack PcrshlnG.
What kind OF Il man makes the
host tank man." l asked Captain
Eisenhower
''Nlust Be Fighting Type"
First uI all. Il i"i'mutch. r.cun-cut
fighting man" he answered. Got to
l." rrLckcrjark lighting type all the
way through. or "" can't handle them.
Men who know nothing OF fear. 1t
Is Il very good thing for them 10 have
the mechanical bent. To know SONG
thing OF automobiles. or machinery:
but this is not entirely essential The
type of man we select Is the all-arOuud
adaptahle youth so VERSATILE that he
readily takes 10 the ms and outs OF
tankinG"
Bo it known far and wide that the
men who comprise the now American
tank corps are crack Americans in
every way, from the standpoint of
physical perfection ami mental apti-
Jude. Every big CantUnmcnt in the
country has been comtrrd for TN" super.
fine officers and men who make up the
various regiments now encampcd on
tho battlefield at Gettysburg. Give
Us the kind Of men we want" said
the Washington officers put in charge
Of this work. Take your pick" re-
piled Uncle Sam. pointing from tho
ada 10 Mexico. The recruiting Of
ficcrs who brought in the rockies
brought only those who measured up
70 tho strictcSt kind Of specifications.
II YOU could hear any one OF these
tank men tell Of the psychology tests
through which they are put just as
heard Il from one Of the men in the
quiet Of his tent YOU would know that
tho "tankCrs' are some boys. 1t
would hc telling things to relate the
conversation in detail. Eut it would
do your eyes good 10 sec one Of these
companies come sweeping into camp
after Il long hike 10 Timber up" Tn
Ill recently Gettysburg WAS mobiliza-
ton point where the boys were as
scmblcd and given only infantry drill
and other fundamental military cduca-
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Modern Military Bndtnen
Must Be Versatile Youths

T1E vast responsibilities which de-
volve upon the youthful airman be.
fore Il successful Infantry attack can
be made on the western from; are thus
set forth by un experienced French
aviator:
The time has passed when one
could make IN improviscd attack upon
the enemy. relying simply upon SUI.
perior numbers and the morale Of the
attacking troops TO gain the victory.
To search out in all their details
the defensive works If the enemy
tbarbed-wirr acknowledgements. trenches.
biock-housesi. the position Of all his
batteries; 10 locate the trails. rail-
ways. munitinn and supply depOts. and
headquarters of the comma nders-
such Is tho work to be performed BIZ
the scout plane hrfore every often.
sive operation.
TO direct The firing Of all tho ,r.
tllcry. whose ask is To DESTROY the
harhcd'wirc cntanElrmcn. and tho
trenches: 10 h"mhlrd the batteries
and destroy the larger par; of them:
to set on fire the munitiun dcpots
within its range: 20 prevent or rcn.
der perilouS any passing along the
roads and railways. tn dclay traffic in
the supporting; railway stations; to
control the destruction of objective;
and the efficacy Of lnnG.range firing
such AZ" III" principal tasks Of the
scout planes during the preparatory
period "f an ATTACK.
"Morcovr:. they. assume the cncr.
nous responsibility nf the faithful OK,
ecut!on al this program. which l. car.
ried out entirely through the interme.
d!at!on Of ;hcir eyes.
FINALLY. on tho day OF attack. Il
is they who flying at low altitude
cver the ASSEMBLING waves OF tho In.
fantry. signal its progress To the gu
periOr command: il IS they who dis.
cover tile active batteries and reduce
them to silence hy cIuSlnS them to
come under destructive fire; it is they
who cuur- the dispersion OF WACO
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Perfect PoIiteness

nirEF is an aged caiored woman q,
richmond. Va. who has hoo,
'"N inF many yearS-hoth in pr,yate
1nhl!si"s and ii boarding houses-,nd
Sh" "'tcn comments upon the fact AZ
a''"E"d by her, thar quarrels and harsh
words are much more FREQUENT IN mo
families. than in the boarding house,
Finally. ieappears. she obtained :,
situation in private family whar.
rca"" reis"cd. One day ane said 70
her mistress:
EXCUSE me- ma'am. but is this all
yo' family?"
Yes, Martha" was the resnons.
why do you ask ,"
well. nobody would have. though,
it," WAS the rcjoinder. They act so
nice to each other that YOU would
nix. they was perfect strangarA.
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ton. Thence they were sent abroad
To- complete their training with Allied
tanks on English soil 1t is bruachirg
no secret to say that number OF our
tank regiments have gone abroad. now
that regent dispatches have told Of tho
operation OF American tank units III
thu lighting along the Marne.
ErIt now the boys are G";unS first
hand training at the Pennsylvania
camp with bona -lidc tanks. The morn
in= l was in camp Il rumble and q
ciauk over the brow OF Il hill be-
tokened the advance OF some kind Of
machinery. In moment tank
drew up In sight and catcrpIlarcd
along 10 its StatiOn--;I new rookie in
camp greeted with loud cheers by the
boys who had been playing tank"
with II papicr mache creation set up
over n fiivvcr.
To get back 10 that company col
umn that ] saw swinging down the
famous old EmmitsburS road on this
June morning. Along tAcN came IN
column OF tours. their leaders hitting
up the pace and counting "one. two.
three. four" the men Striding free and
easy. Well set up. moving gracefully
and in unison they looked like simon
pure veterans
Must Of had those chaps n long,
long time" ] Queried OF Lieutenant
T"nncy.
Less than three weeks out Of Slo-
cum" ne answered
They had just come in from n hike
70 the Devils Den. tho celebrated
chaSm jus: west Of Little Round Top.
that tel into the hands Of the Con-
fedcrates on the second days fight.
inE and from which they had poured
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the companies ankcrs NORTH SOUTH and

ii: last February to establish a train
ing camp for tank recruits here on the
historic battlefield
l took my leave Of this merry com.
pany of travellers as we climbed down
out Of tho coaches and slipped my
friendly Dixie sergeant a cake Of Choc-
olate that l had packed for emergency
rations in L ramble through the tank
camp. He was hungry-oh, yes-~-what
soldier isn't hungry after a four days
travel from New Orleans? But. like
the typical American soldier. he said
lie was most concerned with getting a
bath and 4 clean shave.
In Heart of Battlefield
Fall in" came the order. and In
u few minutes more, after a cursory
inspection and riseinS Of credentials,
together with q welcome from a tank
captain and his aide. the Southerners
were packed into 4 huge motor lorry
and whizzed away to the headquarters
OF Camp Colt. laid out right IN the
heart OF this historic old battle-ground.
Their route took them directly through
the town where Ruford's Union cav
airy grappled with Heth's division OF
Hills Confederate corps. and where
next day on that memorable July l
ReynoldS'S two Federal corps. falling
back after the death OF their magnetic
leader, fought through the streets OF
the town in their retirement to Como
terry Ridge.
Soon We were all at the headquar-
ters Of Camp Colt and viewing Srimly
the monument-dotted battlefield, with
It's historic and strategic battle points.
This camp where the boys Of the
North and the South in 1918 are pre-
pairing to man the land battlcships Of
oU:' army in the great battle for civili-
zation and the democracy conserved
and glorified at Gettysburg in 1863 Is
pitched directly In tho center Of the
old battle arena. Directly on the line
between Seminary and Cemetery
1kluSGS, ONcT "IliCu S"cpl lChGll
immortals in the famous charge. stand
tho barracks housing the khaki
blended Blue and Gray. From the
headquarters Of Camp Colt Il is only
five minutes walk to the sacred stone
"hi:h-watcr mark"
What a contrast between 1863 and
IolS. on there in the dim distance the
thin blue line Of Seminary Ridge. from
which Lees hosts debouched in the
titanic blow at tho floodtido of the
struggle. Here, 10 the back. Gene
tcry Ridge. with Its nshhook line run.
ming from Culps Hill 10 Big and Little
Round Tops-that Marno OF tho long
ago. where the Unionists stood with
their backs to the wall until they
hurled back those $4,000 FirHinians
sent forward by LOnEstrcet. under
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Pickett. at the hehcSt Of Lee. Not
foot OF soil trampcd today by the
lcEtons OF democracy but is hallowed
by the memory of that terrific struggle
ftty-five years ago.
Talk about casualties today. they
had some figures here in 10" I WAS
stirred from my rcvcries by the voice
Of Captain Dwight d. Eisenhower.
West Pointer but twenty-eicht years
old, n Clran-clIt. handsome man, To
whom Uncle sam has intruSted the
training and development Of the thou.
sands OF yuunl; Americans who have
come from north. east. south and
west to be fitted for the crack tank
corps.
Lee had about 10000 men here in
'63 and Meade approximately $1,000"
he unused. more than 10000 men
engaged. The South lost more than
$4,000, or about onc-,hird OF Lees
army. Tho Union lost more than
10000. or very nearly onc-quarter Of
tho men engaged. Terrific losses!
But SEQ how il rues today?" he
added. The English arc said to have
something like 100000 men In
France Their losses have averaged
some weeks as high rs 10000 men. In
three days at Gettysburg the Union
lost Il quarter and the South third
of their armies. No such averages
are maintained today. 4 man has in
tinitcly more chances now than he had
then. Notwithstanding all the powerful
Instruments devised since Gettysburg,
and more particularly since the BIO.
ginning OF the world war"
The Deadly Parallel
Here again the contrast. The bat
teries that hurled their grape and
canister from Seminary Ridge 10
Cemetery Ridge and vice versa rs
against the scvcnty-milG guns with
which the German" bombardcd Paris!
The cavalry of Stu 1T and Buford that
secuted ont tho positions OF The OPP
posing forces rs against the winged
cavalry OF the air that fit miles above
the Marnc ana the Ourcq In duels OF
the clouds. The carhiu"S with which
Hoods sharpShoutcrs picked off War.
ren'S men in the CraGGy dcllS between
tho two Round Tops against tn" auto
matte rifles OF the camoutlagcd sharp
shooters today! One can speculate at
length in this modern tank camp ~ 20
what Pickett might have done in his
cpochal charr" up Cemetery Ridge hail
his N!rrinian& been led hy slamhl!n%
big tanks. equipped wtth Lewis ma
chime rIrr nrI hrnh Erpnah"S
"llpp" "" find omn hnttlriirldS like
this over there in Germany when we
get going toward Bcrin," so!iIoulIizcd
Captain Eisenhower with II sweep OF
the battlefield. Nothing better"
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that stood Oh / siding coupled 10 i
passenger coach that shu;tles back
and forth daily from Berlin, Pa. to
Berlin junction.
/; WAS 4 great party while il lasted
S"uHy South i; the remarkable coin
cai"llce ct emCounteriuS Berlin juno
zion just as thc% were arriving ~
Gettysburg for the training that would
start them shortly il the general d.
rect!nu -: ths EerIin OF Germany that
de- hell hi.,h carnival here on tho
$:a.irH platform. y huge bread basket
from :, York bakery afforded them 4
ready "cntiu" III which ~ lock up one
OF their comrades rs Kaiser Bill" and
hold mock funeral ceremony over
HIM.
Il vas thus that these boys from
the Southern States came UP 70 Get
tySbrrS just on the exc of tie fifty.
third anniversary of the battle of Get
tySburs-tnc sons and graadsons.
many OF th"ln. ut men who had been
units in I.""'S splendid Flower OF
Virginia" that penetrated into Penn.
sylvia Mia back there in the hot July OF
1863 10 ;iiS hlgh-water mark Of tho
rebellion. This route from Hanover
over TO Gettysburg followed by the
Western Maryland morning express
OF 1918 Was the same course taken by
Heth's division of General D. II. Hills
corps as II swung into Gettysburg
from the west on the morning of June
30. 1868. preliminary to the decisive
battle Of tho Civil War.
Then and Now!
1t WAS an odd ci:Cunstance-this
coming up To Gettysburg now con-
trasted with the invasion OF more than
half century a-o. and could not
lelp but rema:king on it to the lanky
smiling sergeant with whom l was
sitting.
Yep n whole lot different" he re-
pli"G. AL tnr ore now. and always
70 Gettvsbur:, refore--hut some or our
folks were hcrcahouts some years
ago." he crawled with light laugh.
III" rcxt station after Berlin
Junction" was New oxford and
the southern boys were quick 10
catch it.
Getting right close now; must be
son,"whe-e IN t:3@land." sang out a
thin-vo!ccd tenor who was struggling
with his kit.
Soon Il" train Ore" into the Same
N;t.e sleepy Gettysburg that Lees
vanguard encountered in its big drive
from Cu!pcper. Va. headed for Har-
r:Sburr. its main objective in the en-
ciyclinS movement around Washing
ton and Philadelphia. Only bus!er
GETTYSBURG. now since Uncle Sam saw
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deadly fire on the Union ranks. A
swung in from the direction Of Rock
Run and Cups Hill. where the Blue
and Gray struggled heroically during
The three days fighting.
Treat EN- rough" the motto
adoptcd by the boys at Camp Meade
for the first American tank contin-
cents sent out, is the slogan OF the
boys at Gcttysburg-and they are az
fine fighting bunch rs ever have
been brought together in the history
OF the world, There are thousands OF
them up hcrc-it is not possible to say
lust how many or TO 80 too much Into
detail! OF their work. hut they are
marvellous lcgions of picked trained
men of superlative cal!bcr and they
are going to give q great account or
themselves.
Lincoln's Message
Here they are in the famous Valley
OF Death" of Gettysburg. AS I wan.
Il, red among them, talking first with
an officer and then with an enlisted
man, all the while noting the eQueS
TRAN statues and the marble monu-
mcnts with their inscriptions, could
rot help but recall the words OF Abra.
ham Lincoln. who in November. 1853.
after this battle, came. up to this very
same Gettysburg TO dedicate the ma
tional cemetery where lie the Blue and
the Gray. And as I thought OF the
southern boys who had come in on
the same train that I had, and OF what
North and South are fighting for in
this hour Of the world. il seemed that
each silent monument and each living
American in this Camp Colt, Of tank
fame. was repeating over and over
those words of Lincoln:
We cannot dedicate. we cannot
ground. The brave men. living and
dead who struggled here have conse-
Grated it far above our poor power 10
add or detract. The world will little
motto nor long remember what we say
here. but 1t can never forget what
they did here. 1t IS for us. tho living,
rather TO be dedicated hero to tho un.
finished work which they who fought
here have thus far so nobly advanced
It IS rather for us TO be here dedicated
70 the great task remaining before US,
that from these honored dead we take
increased devotion to that cause for
which they gave the last full measure
OF devotion. that we here highly re-
solve that these dead shall not have
died in vain. that this nation. under
God. shall have 4 new birth Of free.
dom. and that government of the peo-
pie, by the people. for the people shall
not perish from the earth"
Republican farmer., 1918-05-10
AMBIGUITY OF
RUSSIAN treaty
CAUSES TROUBLE

Moscow, Thursday, April Is, via
Vladivostok, April 26.---By The AS
ISOLATED Press. 1.-THE ambiguous
wording of the Brest-Litovsk peace
treaty is causing considerable friction
and a constant exchange of protests.
The provision relating to Russian
warships, STIMULATING the transfer to
Russian ports or their disarmament
Germany interprets as obliging them
not to leave ports and not to cruise in
territorial waters. M. Tchitcherin, the
foreign minister objected to this in
depreciation and suggested that a
commission be appointed to settle the
dispute: This was accepted by Ger
many and the commission will meet
in Berlin.
At the same time Foreign Minister
Tchitcherin demanded a guarantee
that the Black Sea feet, a report of
whose capture by the Germans has not
been confirmed, be given immunity in
the CFimea-
Germany has refused to admit into
the territories occupied by her 100000
starving refugees who are gathered
near the frontiers, as requested re-
peatedly by the Russian foreign min
lister.
It is reported from Irlcutsk that
China is claiming territory near Chita-
The Siberian soviet government has
protested to- the Chinese government.
Republican farmer., 1918-05-10
.cOSSACK LEADER
MAINTAINED THE
IRON HAND RULE
Gen. Semenof Was Feared
and Respected Through
out Siberia.

Harhdn, Manchuria, May s.-Core-
spondence of the Associated Press. -
Inc name Of General Semenoff, the
Cossack leader who opposed the rule
OF the Bolshevik government in ST.
per1as was feared and respected
throughout that country until his
force recently was driven into Man
chur1a. He ruled with a stern hand,
according to the many stories that
are Circulating through Siberia
Boisterous and disorderly Bolshevik
parties returning from the front to
their homes in Siberia became sud
denly quiet when their trains entered
the sector of the trans Siberian rail-
way line controlled by General Sem
enoff.
According to these stories, Sem
enofs methods were not gentle.
Aoout a month ago, the Bolshevik au-
tnTTt1es in Irkutsk sent delegation
to Semenon offering him a large sum
OF money and a high position in their
ranks If he would cease fighting
against them, and join their ranks.
Ihey requested a written reply.
General Semenoff is said to have
ordered his Cossacks to strip the del
egates and give them rs Iashes with
the knout. When this had been done
he told the delegates to return to
lrkutsk and show his reply, at the
same time threatening to serve all
Bolsheviki who fell into his hands in
the same manner.
On another occasion a train load OF
reservhsts going to their home through
Semenoffs section were all shouting
what they would do to the officers
when they got to their homes. Then
Semenon and two of his men boarded
the train. The Cossack general made
himself known wherepon the reseTv-
lists sprang to attention and saluted
and begged to serve under him. Sem
enof ordered them to stand at the
salute until he ordered them to dc
otherwise. When he left the train
they gave him three ringing cheers.
About the middle of January, the
Bolshevik government at Petrograd
despatched the acting Minister of Ma
rine to Vladivostok to purchase GER
tain supplies. This acting minister
had been a sailor on one of the wal
vessels. According to stories which
came from Siberia, he and his staff
insu1ted passengers, fired reNolvers
through the windows and demanded
that kilograms should be sent ahead
for all troop trains to be sidetracked
so as to allow his train a, clear road.
The train was stopped at Douria
station, the minister and his staff
were ordered to go on the platform
where Semenoff questioned him and
then prt1ered him before a drum-head
court martial. The court pronounced
him traitor to his country, and
Semenoff, in pronouncing the death
sentence stated that all traitors who
fell into his hands would be treated
the same way. The execution took
lace on the station platform, one Of
Semenof's officers shooting the min
lister through the heart
The troops under Semenof are IN
der strict discipline.