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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-06
QUIET REICNS
AT C0FFMAN'S
POLICE COURT

Judge O. Coflman's police eolrt
has been enjoying a vacation for the
past llew DAYS ahe Judge and nis
corps OF assistants have had but few
cases on docket this week and are
still looking for excitement to begin
its regular periodical burst to stir UP
the peaceful scenes at the city hall
Jimmie AShby on charge ofplan
drunk. was taxed S5 Frank Fillmore
made cash bond 10 the extent Of s.
for his appearance later in the weea
t. answer to charge of speeding on
Chickasha avenue. The charge Of
speeding filed against Clifton Thomp-
son was dismissed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-06
W0ODMEN CIRCLE
INITIATES CLASS
IN JOINT SESSION

District conventions Of the Wood
men Circle and the W. @. w. met in
Joint session here last night for the
initiation Of the Mothers Dlv
Glass in the former order. and "a big
impetus was given in the member.
ship drive now being put on by the
two. orders Delegations were pres
ent from several Oklahoma points
and state managers from Oklahoma
City as wellas district deputies from
Duncan and FL Reno were here to
assist in putting on the work. The
full drill team Of Bl Reno paitici-
pated- in the initiation. Rcfresh-
work or the convention was dispensed
with.
Officials Of the two orders who
We're here included Dr c. A. Brown.
supreme physician and medical ex-
aminer Of Omaha Nebraska: AIts. NJ
c. Meadows state manager Of the
Woodman Circle from Oklahoma
City; Mrs De Bolt supreme banker
Oklahoma City Mrs. Howe. district
deputy Duncan; Judge J. w Man
sell, state manager Of the w. o. W.
Oklahoma City; ". r. Brown. dis
trlct deputy w o. W. Oklahoma
CITY; Mrs Phoebe Brown. district
manager Woodmen Circle. Oklahoma
City; and Mrs Laucks. district dep
uty. Oklahoma City
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-06
RED CROSS NOTICE

i All parties are hereby notified thar
before giying benefits Of amy kind for
fhe Red c'i!6ss or Using the name ot
the Red Cross in connection With the
same. permission must be secured
from the executive board of the ioaa.
chapter This is in accordaneo rr1
The laws governing the American red
Cross. 1t is contrary TO the po.icE
o. the local chapter to apnrnve bono
lits for +he nurpose OF raising chap
ter funds Mrs. w. II. GiliIey' chal'-
man Grady County chapter America"
Red. Cross
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-06
Norfolk Virginia

Dear mother and father. | am
writing YOU to tell YOU of my life in
the navy and the good times am
having The ship am on is Ger
tainIy IA big one and has mounted on
it, some Of the biggest guns ! ever
saw and they sure make the hoise5
The reason you have not hoard from
me is that haze been across to
France We FOOT soldiers over to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-23
AMERICAN BOYS TO RAISE
$1,0O0,0OO FOR SOLDIERS

One hundred thousand American
boys throughout the United States
have gone to work at odd jobs to earn
million dollars to help the Y. M G.
A. pay for some extra comforts for
American soldiers and sailors at home
and overseas.
All of the boys are in their teens.
Each of them has pledged to work un-
til he has earned at least $40. They
will accept any honorable work.
Their task means some aching backs.
tired bodies and personal sacrifices.
but they are determined to "see it
through"
The gameness OF the youngsters is
illustrated by the case of Samuel Rri-
ent, fourteen-year-old Texan. For
several weeks he tried in vain to get
employment in his home town to earn
his pledged $40. A Y. M. c. A. Sec
rotary heard of job OF milking two
cows at $50 O'Clock every morning.
Samuel BRENT had never MIXED a
cow in his life, and $40 Am. was the
middle of the night to him, but he
took the job and got away with it in
fine style. He has earned considera-
BILE more than his promised $40. This
same spirit is being shown by boys
throughout the country, and the prob
abilities are that they will earn more
like two million dollars than one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-23


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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-23
HIS OWN FATHER-IN.LAW

An Eastern district exemption
board certified for military service
thirty-yearold man who became his
own father-in-law. His wife died
before the United States entered the
war and when the selective service
law went into effect he had no one
dependent upon him. He married
his mother-in-law a month after reg
istering on June 3. The members of
the district board thought the young
man had gone to extremes in marry
ing his mother-in-law to escape the
draft. They finally ruled that any
man brave enough to attempt tc live
with his mother-in-law need have M
fear of the trenches.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-23
FRENCH HOSPITALITY
CAPTIvATES U. S. SOLDIERS

Some idea of the warmth and hos
pitality with which American soldiers
are received by the people of France
may be gotten from the following let
ter written by a lieutenant now Over
There to a friend at home:
you have doubtless seen cartoons
showing a man wearing small lump
of coal in place of a diamond shire
stud, or putting. an. egg in safe de-
post vault. I have lived to see sucn
conditions in reality. At one place I
was billeted, with woman over sew
enty years old, there was little lump
of coal which reposed on shelf IN
front of the stove. She burned tw1gs
and looked at the coal to keep warm.
One day she dug down behind some
papers in a cupboard and pulled out
an egg, which she showed me with all
the pride in possessing diamond
necklace She said she was saving
it for some day when she was sick
..She was a dear. sweet old lady,
and insisted on folding our pajamas
when we packed to leave, saying she
was our mamma. -
1.-The women of France are Won
derful to us-and l refer now to the
real women You can't always speak
their language, but they can read in
your eyes that you are hungry and
tired and I'll wager there isn't cot
tage in all France where an American
wouldn't be welcome to meal and
bed. Often they haven't much 70
offer, but it is yours for the asking.
, In the part of the country where We
are now there are almost no hotels
and we are entirely dependent on the
hospitality of the inhabitants.
There are no men in France, out
side of the army, unless you happen
to be near a manufacturing CENTRE
In the country it is all women and
children and the village priest. They
are all in mourning. almost without
exception. In one house where lived
the woman had lost seventeen in tina
war, counting cousins and nephews-
AT present we are taking our
meals at the village bakery. We sell
tied down there before the regiment
arrived and have continued since, as
our stay here is only temporary, and
they haven't yet located an officers
mess near enough to a fire to make
overcoats and gloves unnecessary at
meals. We are well cared for, though
we eat many strange things some
times and say nothing.
The woman who runs the place Is
brisk and smart. Her husband Is
employed guarding German prisoners.
She bakes splendid bread in the form
of huge doughnuts. with a great hole
in the centre, through which the arm
is slipped for convenience in carrying
While we are eating breakfast the
whole village passes in review 20 get
their morning bread and we get all
the town gossip, bon jouring' back
and forth with greatest abandon"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-23
Realistic Touches Are Added
To Training At Camp Nc Clellan
BY THOMAS A. RIPLEY
tor the Camp Mcclellan edition of Trench and c.

stories you have read and the pictures
you have drawn in mind of the con-
f1ict lover There"
There are the trenches, and mo
Mans Land" We can even detect
without the aid of our glasses the
brown snake-like figures of the rec
onnoitering party. Over to the right
with our glasses to our eyes we can
make out the artillery ready for &C
ton. Then drawing our eyes across
the valley to the southeast we watch
the working of the signal corps. All,
they are working fast. Something is
up! Let US keep an eye on the
trenches and artillery, for the boys
are about to go lover the top
Our eyes travel back to mo Mans
Land; back to where we were watch
ing the brown bodies worming their
way across the vast expanse, and they
look so tiny, just like we have seen
people on the streets far below when
we looked over the top of a high
building in our cities. They are work
ing their way in and out and around
the she'll craters. In some of the
holes we make out the unmistakable
lines of the machine gun, though it is
partly hidden from view by mud,
weeds and other camouflage
For a moment our eyes leave the
camp beyond. The rows and rows
of buildings and tents are almost be-
yond comprehension. You rub your
eyes to make sure, but there it is all
before you. Along a road towards
the front-line trenches moves cavalry,
and behind the line of horsemen
sweeping forward we see a massive
supply train coming up from the
rear. And still more; away to tha
right we see new troops coming. Re
Inducements. 1t is all so real! So
trained to an expert in his task
The artillery is hammering away.
The machine gunners are at work. We
hear the incessant putter, putter, put
ter of the guns Just az we are about
to look away they go cover the top"
Scampering across mo Mans Land"
just as though they were under fire,
the khaki-clad hordes go, and with
business-like rush take the enemy
trench. All, yes, it is all make-be
lieve, yet so real, and we can picturize
it all just as though it we're true and
the battlefield was lover yonder."
We scramble down the hillside and
trudge back into camp. The day is
over and with it Games "off duty"
time, Then you see some real sports
at Camp Mcclellan, for there are real
athletics at this camp. Boxing, wres-
ting, volley ball, soccer, baseball,
tennis. basketball, track meets and
just everything that goes towards ma
king the American soldier the health
! lest in the world. and they are sure
healthy at Mcclellan.
Retreat again and then more sports
! for the evening until Taps, and the
day ends. Such a wonderful day!
OH say, If you want to see what is
what sure enough, you had better
come up, down or over to Camp Nc
! Clellan.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-23
ECOUTEZ
is FRENCH FOR LISTEN.

1t H do aceH for the purpose of this announcement Ve
soldiers american army that
of French
every the
country.
important that American soldier who Cover
There have knowledge of French Trench and Camp
regards country assist
learning simplest method the shortest
possible time.
The of lessons hieh start in the of Trench
and Camp prepared by the Romance Language Committee Of
made of fe of the most eminent French scholars
schools colleges universities throughout the United States.
The lessons simple that child understand
them fail French read these short
lessons which will appear each week.
If already studying French this nevertheless
anH be valuable
WATCH FOR THE FIRST LESSON.
read that will eagerly look forward to the others
the lessons possible This will help remember the
words meaning you will thereby
valuable soldier your than
before learning to
PARLER FRANCOIS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-23
ORIGIN OF KHAKI

With khaki to the right of them,
khaki to the left of them, khaki in
front of them and khaki all around
them, very few American soldiers
know much about the origin of the
uniform they wear or the meaning of
the word used to describe its color.
Khaki is an East Indian word
meaning dust color" The fast,
yellowish-brown dye used in making
khaki clothing and equipment was
discovered by two Englishmen whose
names have not been preserved in
history. They first extracted the dye
from coal tar in 1885 and it was i'm
mediately used in the manufacture Of
clothing and equipment for British
soldiers.
The value of the neutral shade OF
uniform was at once appreciated by
Lord Roberts, who, in 1885, ordered
that all of the clothing worn by Brit
ish soldiers sent to Egypt and the
Sudan be of the khaki hue. Even the
cannon and their wheels, as we'll as
those of wagons, tents, mess kits,
canteens, etc, were painted or dyed
with khaki.
The American army adopted khaki
from the British and in recent years
improved upon it by using olive drab
dye for wooden clothing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-23

quested. A booklet outlining this
work and giving the names of all the
stations at which this canteen service
is availa BILE will be placed in the hands
of the commander of each troop train
when leaving camp so that he can
sired.
I'm no way will the activities of the
Red Cross interfere with the authori-
ty and responsibility of the officers of
the army in the camps, hospitals or
anywhere else. The Red Cross activi-
ties are all to be conducted in CO.
operation and subject to the approval
of the officers in charge. In this way
the Red Cross will be able to render
great service without in any way in
terfering with the discipline and au-
thority> of the army
Mr. Wallace's statement gives a
very clear idea of what the Red Cross
is organized to do among the soldiers
in this country. The field directors
and their assistants in tl4e army camps
and cantonments thruo1t the country
are charged with the duty of seeing
thct the vast quantities of knitted ar
ticles which are being collected from
every part of the United States are
fairly and eQuitably distributed to the
men who need them. Plans for secur-
ing adequate supplies of knitted arti-
cles for next winter have already been
laid and there is no letup in the cam
paign for membership. Over 100000
new Red Cross members have been
added to the rolls since January 1.
This means a host of new willing
hands which will be working for the
comfort of our soldiers.
At Camp Funston practically every
man who is now or has been here has
been given sweater and heavy wool
en- socks. The newly selected men
who are now arriving will be given
sweaters as fast as they arrive. Dur
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-23

American soldiers wear hoods and
cloaks of the color of the earth and
streak their faces with grease paint.
Green and brown goggles are worn to
prevent the whites of the soldiers
eyes from showing.
Near Amiens French troops had to
use an open road three miles in
length. There was no other way to
their objective point. German avia-
tors would have seen them on the
open road and the poilus would have
been shelled. At night a stretch of
canvas three miles in length and
painted to represent an open road,
was propped up over the entire high
way and under this canopy the SOL
diers marched nearer to the German
lines.
A fake line of trenches was painted
by French artists and placed behind
the real bitches occupied by the poi
lus. The Germans shelled the fake
trenches and then dashed toward
them to catch the French soldiers in
their dugouts. En- route to the fake
trenches, however, the Huns suddenly
and Unexpectedly encountered the
French soldiers in the real trenches
and were annihilated.
The Germans make diabolical use
of camoufage. After an engagement
they shell Red Cross workers attempt
ing to gather up the bodies of French
soldiers At night the Germans at
tach high explosive bombs to the bod
les When French soldiers creep up
under cover of darkness to recover
the bodies, the bombs are exploded by
the lifting of the arms or legs of the
fallen poflus and the rescuing party
is blown to atoms.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-23
~JaWboneo

Older soldiers take issue with q
man who signed himself ''Old Sol
der" to a newspaper article at
tempting to explain the origin of
the use of the word "jawbone" for
credit in the Army.
According to the "Old Soldiers"
version, sjawbone'' originated
about twenty years ago in Manila,
where a Chinese storekeeper, who
exhibited a sign bearing the Span
ish word, ''jab6n," meaning soap,
extended credit to American sol
diers. The soldiers, he says,
thought "jabon" was the China
mans name. When they got mer-
chandise from him on credit they
referred to the deal as getting it
ION jabon," which they mispro-
nounced as 'jawbone."
Sounds interesting, but It does
not stack up with tho stories of
Civil War veterans who tell the fol-
lowing version:
Outside the camps during the
War Between the States there were
suffers who sold all the articles
now found at regimental canteens,
and a few that are not found there.
When soldiers did not have the
money with which to pay for their
purchases they said: "I'H square
this with you ON pay day" In
other words they worked their
'.jawbones' to talk and ''stand Off,
the suffers. The word ''jawbone"
has been used in the Army as slang
for credit or ION tick" since the
Civil War.
Some writer's think it originated
with the American troops sent to
the Mexican border in 1915 and
others still more benighted believe
it was coined by the men now in
the training camps throughout the
country.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-23

when the fracaS is over and Camp
Funston does not intend overlooking
any bets. Here is the standard that
is expected of each man in the di-
vision: A 1O0-yard dash in twelve
seconds, one mile in six minutes. six
teen feet in a running broad jump.
four feet six inches in a running high
jump and a 40-yard throw with a 22-
ounce grenade.
The 341st Field Artillery band will
appear in Wichita today. Saturday. A
concert will be sgiven this afternoon
for the school children and one for
adults in the evening The concerts
are for the benefit of the Red Cross.
Advance sale of seats indicated that
the popular Camp Funston band
would be greeted by a capacity house
for the evening concert. Charles
Adams, soloist, accompanied the or
ganization.
Y NJ. c. A. Secretary Lesley H.
Lucas, building secretary at No. 8,
ton camp, reports March % at Cali
fornia university. Berkeley, Cal, to
join the early spring class of the
aviation officers reserve section of
TIE signal corps. Secretary Lucas is
the fourth membe, If the Camp Fun
ston force to leave tie camp re-
Gently to join this popU:Lr branch. of
the service. Messrs. Kranz, Ni,..=l<a
and Hasemeier reported to the Js-.-
versity of Texas last week. RoDtra
Collins, formerly physical director at
No 6, reports upon the same date as
Mr.. Lucas. Collins has been taking a
months vacation prior to enlistment
A Washington dispatch says tf-e.
over $1,000 worth of smileage cou-
pons were received upon date OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-23

After nosing its way through the
gentle slope of Alabama hills the
train rumbles into Admission. Then,
after the general clamor heard
around most any small city train sta
tlon, regarding the almost pathetic
cry OF cabbies begging you to patron
lie them. you walk few blocks and
grab jitney to Camp Mcclellan.
nice little six miles of beautiful
scenery is then slowly-maybe slowly
II the jitney driver feels at his lei
sure-jogs past, and you arrive safe
~ perhaps safely. should say. and
then you ride around bit through
rows and rows of mess shacks, tents
ana guards and everything else mill
tary until you arrive at your destina-
ton.
Let us say that you have arrived
In the cantonment just as the sun has
Critted beyond the distant hills-just
as retreat is sounding and the flag is
slowly gliding down the high white
pole up at Division Headquarters
The bands are playing the Star
Spangled Banner" and the bugles are
heard everywhere Soldiers are stand
ing at attention. | think that it is
the most wonderful part of the day,
the most inspiring moment of the
soldiers life-the elimination OF the
days labors, its trials. it's joys, its
mishaps and it's sorrows-it is the
supreme moment of the day here at
Camp Mcclellan.
Inspiring Night
Mess, then comes night. The warm
pacifying night. The kind here in the
hills of Alabama that stirs the heart
strings and makes the blood Jingle
with patriotism. You go to rest con-
tented, to dream of home and the
folks back yonder, and how you wish
that they could be here with you and
see it adjust for one day, be in the
greatest camp on Gods green earth.
You sigh with resignation and turn
over Then. suddenly right near you,
then all round from everywhere, over
the hills and from the valleys comes
the blast of bugles-Taps,
he nearest ceases, the next, the
next and so on until the last sound of
the final call gradually dies. Family,
family and it is gone, just as an echo
from the tirst.
We go to sleep wondering at the
beauty of creation.
At dawn we are awakened by the
first blast of bugles-reveille. new
day begins. Every day at Mcclellan
is new day, great day and a day
of marvellous achievements.
Again you see the oganization
come out in all it's splendor. Such a
spectacular body of men, all equipped
to the highest mark of efficiency.
A View of Camp
We journey to the top of'a distant
hill which affords a perfect view OF
the entire camp in all it's activities
1t is tiresome trip to the peak of the
infant mountain, but once at the sum
nit we are thankful that we spent the
energy to make the climb, for one
sweeping view of all that is below is
worth a dozen more difficult ones
To our left and down a little we see
the battlefield. 1t reminds you of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-23
Ancient Greeks Practiced Canaouflage
When They Sent "Loaded" Horse To Troy

Although the word camoufage has
been added to French slang since the
war started, the art or science of fax
ing. pretending or deceiving in war
fare, which the word describes, is by
no means new.
Camouf1age is as old as the fighting
instinct. One of the earliest and most
notable instances of the employment
of camouflage to fool the enemy was
when the Greeks sent that huge wood
en- horse into Troy, since which time
it has been regarded as the better
part of discretion to Beware of the
Geeks bearing gifts
Lieut.. H. Ledyard Towle, of the
Seventy-first Infantry, New York Ma
tional Guard, and instructor of the
first camoufage school to be opened
in the United States, tells of the fol-
lowing remarkable cases of camou-
f1age in the present war:
French troops establish listening
posts and lookouts in No Mans Land
by digging tunnels from their own
trenches out to a dead body lying on
the field and attaching periscope
to the boot of the fallen soldier.
At night French soldiers set up a
barbed wire fence in plain view OF the
Germans, expecting it to be sheIled
the next morning. 1t is promptly
shelled, but one or two of the posts
supporting the wire remain standing.
The next night tunnels are run out to
the standing posts and periscopes at
tached to them.
To prevent being seen under the
light of star shells sent up Dy both
sides every night, French, British and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-23
SCOTCH ECONOMY

An English, an Irish and a Scottish
soldier were returning to camp after
a drill. They were footsore and tired,
and a kindly farmer on his way home
from market gave them a lift on the
road.
The soldiers were very grateful and
wished to reward the farmer for his
kindness.
Said the Englishman: Let's stand
him a drink
Sure" said Pat, chat is agin the
law. Let's give him him some
backy."
"Hoot, ma laddies!" interjected the
Scot Don't be extravagant. Let's
shake hands with the mon and wish
him guild nicht.''