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New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
THE Art of Being
L. a Soldier

Until Camp Humphreys sprang into ex-
istence the sappers were largely drawn
from Washington Barracks, and were three
months In training. Aside from the men
specially recommended by cantonments az
being skilled in some calling needful To
pioneer regiment the entrants at the bar
racks were frequently civilians direct from
the local draft boards, which might have
been asked to furnish masons, carpenters
plumbers or whatever needs could be snn-
piled by them from the men classified IN
the draft questionnaires.
At the barracks these men we're given
for one month the inescapa5le infantrv
drill, which may have irked them consider.
ably, but for which they were later pro.
foundly grateful. They learned the funds.
mentals Of the art Of being solder-dru
guard mount, ,nfrequently, and inadvert-
emily kitchen police, together with all the
little soldierly essentials, which includes
grumbling considerably in private about
life in general and life with the engi-
neers in particular and Dragging consider
ably in public about the incompatible glory.
Of being an engineer
About the time they had taken on weight
a2H appetite and had begun to despair of
ever getting to France, they were trans
ferred to Fort Foote down the river. an
ancient Civil War landmark, where they
discovered there was considerably more
they did not know, inclu-ing making camp
digging trenches and cheerfully hiking the
two-day trip to Annapolis and back for
rife practice. This they did for another
month.
By the beginning of the third month they
were nearly soldiers, but not yet sappers.
so back they Mt to the barracks for voca-
tional training. If by chance they were
superclious concer ng a simple little
trade, such blacksmithng or carpentry,
considering that they had learned all that
there was to be learned in practical civil
life, another surprise began to come to
them. There were countless tricks to their
particular trade that had been developed
for military purposes to a high degree, Of
which they suddenly discovered their own
ignorance. They were not working by the
hour or by the day, moreover They we're
learning to work by the job at jobs that
might mean life or death to regiment in
actual service. They worked side by side
with men who were learning for the first
time what to them was an old story, and
occasionally the newcomers were amazingly
intelligent at picking up the knack which
the old-stagers overlooked.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01

such grandeur as the world never
knew, is a weed grown waste in Missouri
town; and the streets of that town, instead
of being paved with gold, are of asphalt
and macadam. But still the chosen people
do not despair, and that weedy waste is
kept sacred, for in His own time thes Lord
will come in the night, and when morning
dawns there will stand such temple as
mortal eyes never saw.
That is the law. 1t was given in divine
revelation to Joseph Smith, founder of the
Mormon Church and uncle of President
Smith, who died last week Salt Lake is
the City of the Saints, but it is not Zion.
Zion is the town of Independence, Mo-, now
a suburb of Kansas City. There was the
Garden of Eden, and out from it went Adam
Tor his transgressiOn. Only a few miles
away is pile OF stones where the First
Man. driven out with his mate from the
Garden, raised altar and offered sacri-
fees unto the Lord.
Those things are Mormon gospel. The
first Joseph Smith said they were spoken
by God through him, and they stand to- day
among the Mormons as a divine revelation.
Among the latest of his acts before he was
shot by lynchers at Carthage, ILL.,, was the
reiteration by Joseph Smith that Inde-
pendence was the real Zion and that the
Mormons should one day return there to
gamer about the great temple. And as a
matter OF fact, the Mormons are returning
there. For years they h We been quietly
drifting back to the place from which
mob drove them more than three-quarters
or century ago, and now independence,
little city of $1,000 persons, is entirely
dominated by them. They have clustered
as much as possible about the temple site.
but have not infrnged upon it, Their
church, the biggest in the town, stands Just
across the street from the temple site. 1t
is a fine structure of stone, but it will
stand only until the building Of the Lords
temple.
The revelation regarding Independence
was given in the early and troublous
days OF the Mormon Church, or, to give it
its official title, the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints. The Angel Moroni
had appeared to young Joseph Smith at his
home near Palmyra, N. Y, and had revealed
to him the hiding place of the plates Of
gold on which was written the Book of
Mormon. Smith and his followers, finding
New York unfriendly, had moved to Ohio
and again found themselves unwelcome
Then Smith sent scouts into the wilderness
TO ind site where the church could have
peace The scouts returned with glowing
reports or the country in and around the
little frontier town of Independence No
Smith resolved to see 1t FOR bimself He
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01

able pride at the barracks that a reason
ably literate candidate can be taken in
hand by the stenographic instructors and
in six weeks be competent to undertake
any clerical work necessary at headquar-
ters. In four weeks he should master the
fundamentals of stenography and typewrit-
ing, and since his practice Is concentrated
upon the usual clerical needs of the post,
he acquires the practical application sim
ultaneously with the technical knowledge.
During this four weeks his military train
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01

possibly amateur zeal was abruptly brought
to proof by three curt questions, each with
two subsequent dotted lines upon which the
over-eager volunteer had to confess him
self: "(1) What experience have you had in
your first choice? (2) What experience
have you had in your second choice? (3)
What experience have you had in any other
trade mentioned on the other side of this
card ?"
If the questions were not accurately
answered any discrepancy was sure to be
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01

IA ing IL oT AuulNE a pSItSf iS tuo Pso-
~ occupation of most Of
About seventeen months ago the
selective service act began taking away that
preoccupation from several-odd million
Americans, and indirectly turned their In
dividual Jobs over to temporary substitutes.
The several-odd million went into training
for an entirely new job, the overthrow Of
militarsm, and when last reported we're
definitely headed In the direction Of ccnsid-
cradle success.
Now, with the signing of the armistice.
has come frenzied question, "What will
happen to the old job?" The temporary
substitute would perhaps prefer to be per-
manent- "When the boys come back" has
threatening sound to him; and while he
would not for worlds have had the war
maintained for his especial benefit, he is
slightly anxious and very interrogative.
His Interrogation may be answered briefly
and authoritatively. 1t is unlikely that the
soldier for whom he substituted is going to
return to that particular job, because there
for which that particular soldier is quail
flied by this time, provided that he has prof
tied by his advantages
In other words there are going to be Jobs
enough to go all the way round and lap
over The conscientious war worker who
has made good at his assignment will have
every chance Of continuing indefinitely The
only worker who need worry is the indus
trial Stacker who has slipped into COM
Portable position that Is entirely too big for
him and that he found in an hour of stress
full labor shortage.
1t was with the intention of conducting a
bit of research into the future lob Of the
soldier that the writer went to Washington.
After three days of predatory interviews
with sundry courteous staff officers it ap-
peared that the story of the preparation Of
the American soldier for ultimate civil life
can scarcely be compressed into scant space
Therefore, instead of the comprehensive,
it seemed wisest to consider the intensive,
concentrating upon the training given
very small segment of only one fraction Of
the army-the engineers, erstwhile termed
the "sappers" in recognition Of their for
mer chief function of digging saps and
mines beneath the enemy Notifications.
Apparently the growth Of the engineers
has been consistent with that Of the entire
army, as at present every important func-
ton of skilled labor seems to be part of
the repertory Of the "sappers," and al
though nominally q non-combatant branch
Of the service, there IS on record for all
time the achievement of the pioneer regi-
ment that stopped the German advance a
year ago with shovels and picks and main
tanned the liason of the Allied forces at
strategic point After observing the very
stern bayonet drilling of several engineer
regiments, l am inclined to consider that
the "shovels and picks" were bit of poetic
embroidery; but the fact remains that the
Germans were stopped-and stopped by
"sappers." And any engineer, private or
officer will furnish further details most
willingly
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
livery Vocation in
IL the Dictionary

1t Is possible to follow through the vari-
Gus activities Of this imaginary division
and its dependence upon the pioneer regi
ment indefinitely, since the vocational
schools at Camp Humphreys, Virginia, in
cude almost every practical vocation in
the dictionary, from blacksmithing to well
drilling. Some few Of the subjects are:
Carpentry, foundry work, lumberin~, min
ing. printing, photography, rigging, survey
ing, typng, dock construction, steam en-
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01

pleted their training for pioneer service a
regiment" was sent across to France to
be used there according to the needs Of
the organized regiments at the front; ten
gas engine men might be sent from the
port of debarkaton to one pioneer regl-
ment; two backsmiths and five stcnog-
raphers to another, and so the regiment"
would be split until it ceased to be recog-
nizable. Meanwhile a successive "rcg-
ment" might arrive in France, and still
third be in training at the barracks; while
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
Will He Want the Old Job Back?-The Soldiers Pr0ble

revealed by the candidates. first days work,
although there was no unreasonable objec-
tion to giving q serious worker q second
chance at another school than that for which
he considered himself best fitted. SO it
frequently happened that mediocre car
penter did much better at rigging, and if so
he was transferred according to his better
talent
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
W7heere the
w Sapper Comes in

Picture division advancing. There is
not mile during which the success of that
advance does not in some detail depend
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
By J. w. Morrison

"A MOTHER head of the Mormon
~ Church is dead, and still the site
- -As of the great temple, q temple of
New-York tribune., 1918-12-01
By Cornelia Sterrett Penheld

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-02
REPRESENTATIVE HEARD
IN APARTMENT SUIT
Sublet His Rooms and the Cairo
Now Wants Occupant
Ousted.

The Cairo apartment house, 1915 @
street, today applied to the Municipal
Court for q judgment to secure pos
session Of an apartment which 1t
rented to Representative Alexander
w. Gregg Of Texas, but which is now
held by a family to whom the rep
resentative sublet it.
Testimony by Representative Gregg
brought out that he had q verbal
agreement with the apartment house
but that early in September he sub
let the apartment to Lander Jones,
employed in the chemical warfare
service of the Army. In q written
statement filed with the court the
representative set forth that he is
not now in possession OF the apart
ment, and does not want possession.
TENDER 5 to Jones.
Capt. julius I. Peyser Of the hous-
ing and health division of the War
Department, who appeared in the in
terest of Jones, argued that as there
was no written agreement between
ment house against subletting, the
Salisbury law gives Jones the same
right to remain in the apartment that
1t would have given to the represent
alive had he desired to remain there.
Counsel for the apartment house
took the position that they have no
agreement with Jones and that since
Representative Gregg no longer
wanted possession Of the apartment,
the Cairo company was entitled to a
judgment. Such q judgment would re-
suit in the eviction Of Jones.
Judge Robert H. Terrell, who heard
the testimony, took the case under
advisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-02
KING GEORGE FELICITATES
ALLENBY AND MARSHAL

LONDON. November British
wireless service).-King George has
sent the following telegram to Lieut..
Gen. Sir w. r. Marshal. commander
of the British forces in Mesopotamia:
II am delighted to hear that you
have finished the campaign in Meso-
potamia by the capture of the entire
Turkish force on the Tigris. with its
commander. In congratulating you
and all ranks on this success I wish
to record my grateful appreciation of
the part played by the Mesopotamian
expeditionary force in the complete
capitulation of the Turkish army
To. Gen. E. H. H. Allenby. command
er of the British forces in Palestine.
the king sent the following message:
Il wish to express my admiration
for the spirit and endurance of the
troops under your command, who. re-
gardless of fatigue and hardships,
have SO pressed the retreating Turk
ish columns as to overcome all re-
sistance. Their efforts have been de-
servedly rewarded by the complete
surrender of the Turkish forces. This
is a glorious and memorable achieve
ment, and on behalf of your grateful
fellow countrymen l thank you and
all ranks of the Egyptian expedition
airy force. In recognition of your emf
nent services 1 have much pleasure in
promoting you to be a knight Of the
grand cross of the most honorable
order of the Bath
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-02
GALLANT BRITISHERS
lAUDED BY U. S. ADMIRAL

Acting on instructions from Secre-
tary Daniels. Admiral Sims has writ
ten letter to the British admiralty
expressing the Navy Departments
high appreciation Of the gallant
achievement Of Lieut. Cravens, COM
manderi Of the destroyer Munsey. in
rescuing approximately 600 persons,
including 80 American soldiers, from
the British transport Otranto. wreck
ed in collision on the Irish coast Sun
day, October 6.
On receipt of press dispatches tell
ing Of how the destroyer Munsey eff
fected the rescue of so many from the
Otranto under very difficult conditions,
Secretary Daniels cabled Admiral Sims
to verify the reports and to extend
the Navy Departments thanks to the
admiralty.
In his report today Admiral Sims
says 1t appears from the official re-
ports that Lieut.. Cravens' actions and
handling of the destroyer were ex-
tremely gallant and creditable," and
involved an exhibition of the best sea-
manshfp.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-02
Eighteen INFLUENZA
DEATHS ARE REPORTED
Dscreasa of 1872 in Number Of New
Cases for Twenty-Four-
Hour Period.

Eighteen deaths were recorded from
influenza for the twenty-four-hour
period ending at noon today. Tho same
number Of deaths were reported for
the twenty-four-hour period ending at
noon yesterday.
There were SO new cases Of influenza
reported for the Same period. This is
a decrease Of 152 cases, as compared
with the previous days record, when
the new cases totaled 2o5. This, with
the death list stationary, would indi-
cate, the health officials say. that con-
ditions are even better than they had
hoped for just at this time.
The deaths reported to noon today
follow:
Paul J. Simonton. "a years, Garfield
Hospital; olin R. Miller. 81 years, 1928
18th street northwest; Walter Oates.
SO years. Providence Hospital: VIII
helm Seebers. A years. st. Elizabeth
Hospital: Amy Carter, 80 years. U. s.
p. III. Hospital No. 2; Jennie B. House.
IS years, 242S K street northwest;
Margaret c. Jenkins. 80 years. 1904
18th street southeast: Grace E. Cam
bell. So years. "a G street northeast;
street northeast: Mary J. sugrue. %
years, % r street northeast; William
Hardy, % years. Walter Reed Hos
pital; BERTHE Reeder. 80 years. U. s. P.
H., Hospital; Lydia M. Dawyenbaker. AZ
years, 1889 18th street northwest:
Emma Radcliff. ~ years, Providence
Hospital: Dorothy May Henson. Is
years, 457h Ridge street northwest:
George Hass, jr.. % years, 1892 !
street northwest; Clarence s. Wilson.
Wood, IS years. St. Elizabeth Hos
pitaL
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-02
FEDERAL AGENTSRA|D
BOOZE TOTERSON TRAINS
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, November g.
Raids were made last night by agents
Of the Department Of Justice on num-
Der of southbound trains carrying per
sons believed violating the provisions
Of the Reed law by transporting
liquor into dry territory.
Sixteen men, all bound for southern
points, thirteen OF whom were colored,
were taken in custody during the night
and the agents also confiscated about
500 quarts Of liquor. One is also
charged with carrying a pistol.
The prisoners were arraigned before
United States Commissioner William
P. WoollB and all except three were
held for the action Of the United States
court for the eastern district Of vir-
ginia. In default OF bail they were
committed to jail. 1t is expected that
some Of those arrested will later ar
range for bail.
This is the first raid in many
months that has been made by the
federal authorities here for violating
the provisions Of the Reed law. and
it came as q genuine surprise to
those arrested. Previous to this all
arrests that have been made were
those made by the state officials, and
they were accordingly tried under
the state law. Bootleggers henceforth
will have a hard time lodging the
state and federal authorities.
According to reports. a number of
persons having whisky when they
realized a raid was in progress
threw it from the car windows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-02
CORN DROPS SHARPLY ON
GERMAN ALLIES FALL
Oats Also Yield, But Provisions
Soar on Expected Higher
Prices for Hogs.

CHICAGO. November Corn swept
rapidly downward in value this week
chiefly as result Of the wipine out
Of all of Germany's allies. Prices this
morning compared with q week pre-
vious showed a descent Of sX to 12M
bushel. At the same time oats were
down 81 to 4. Net changes in pro-
visions varied from 20 of to 1.67 adj
vance.
From the moment when news be-
came public that Turkey had made an
offer which amounted to unconditional
surrender the corn market underwent
an almost vertical fall. knowledge
that hog prices for November would
be advanced and that consequent
ly demand for corn to feed hogs
| might be much enlarged failed
| to check the weakness, for signs
quickly multiplied that the collapse
of Austria would soon follow that of
Turkey.
New notes sent by Germany and
Austria relative to an armistice more
| than Offset talk OF an after-the-war
demand for cereals. Month-end ad-
justment Of trades, however, led to
| temporary rally, but fresh breaks en-
sued on bearish crop estimates tc
gether with the final capitulation OF
Turkey and the rout Of the Austrian
armies.
Oats dropped with corn
Provisions went soaring because OF
expected higher prices on hogs. The
depression Of grain, though, served
, later as q counterbalance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-02
THE WEATHER.

The District Of Columbia-FAir, con-
Itinued cool tonight. with heavy frost:
tomorrow fair, slightly warmer; light
variable winds.
Maryland and virginia-F4ir to-
night and tomorrow. with heavy frost
tonight; light northerly winds.
West virginia-Fair tonight and to-
morrow; frost and freezing tempera-
iture tonight; warmer Sunday in west
lportion.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
Tho following were the readings of
the Thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours beginning at pm. yesterday:
Is pm, Al: IL midnight, a.; today. 4
am. Al; am. 40. Maximum. SO. at
Il 80 pm. yesterday; minimum, 80, at
y am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum. A.; minimum, 30.
Barometer-Yesterd I pm- 3o.o5:
a am, 30.19; 8 am. S0.26.
Tide Tables.
compiled by United States coast and
geodetic survey
Today-Low tide, 1:13 am. and lis
pm: high tide. S:5s am. and 7:os pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 1853 am. and
|1:57 pm; high tide. 1885 am. and
|7:46 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
| Today-Sun rose 6:35 am: sun sets
sos pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises $3.50 am; sun
sets sos pm.
Moon rises 5:2s am; sets AIS pm.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY. W. Va, Novem-
Der 1.-The Potomac river was muddy
and the Shenandoah cloudy this morn
ing.
Weather In Various CitieA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-02
WALL STREET MARKET
SLOW; PR|cESEAS|ER

NEW YORK, November faction In
the stock market was attended with
the usual Saturday evening-up proc
ess. accumulated by the further fact
that Tuesday will also be q holiday
and that many traders will be out OF
the city over Monday.
One hears more of the money pool
and money committee control of the
sinews and the putting on Of brakes
so that the wheels Of speculation seem
to have a hard time in going around
in the face of SO much friction.
Demands for more margin were
ing in compliance with the edict OF
the committee regarding margins. ana
this caused considerable liquidation:
1t is much easier, from the marginal
standpoint, to be bear than bull.
Funds in Banks.
There seems to be plenty Of funds in
the banks. but the increase is largely
due to the advance payments OF the
fourth liberty loans. but bankers gen
orally understand that these deposits
will be- left with the war deposit &C
count but a short time at the longest
and that they cannot be counted upon
as lOdHdDle OlHcI LID IL oh ono y
call. and banks find better use for
funds in commercial paper.
So it is that stock trading must be
curtailed and this is hardly possible
without bringing price recessions.
There has been no very important
action on the part Of the bears in the
operations of the last few days. The
market has gone down under its own
weight and high marginal demands.
After selling of in the early hour.
most of the industrial list came back
partially in the final hour of the
session on covering at the profits Of
fered and on new commitments made
on the prevailing low prices on some
high grade dividend payers.
Railroad shares were relatively
steady with very little activity other
than in Reading. the Pacifcs and
Union Pacific which were all strong
and fractionally higher, save Cana
dian Pacific, which displayed a reac-
tionary trend for points loss.
Mexican Petroleum gave another ex-
hibitfon Of wild action, selling on 10
points for q starter and recovering G
points to q close around 1861, the loss
evidently being due to calls for 80 per
cent MARGINS,