Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-23
SOLDIERS DERIDE
U-BOAT DANGER
Writer Also Finds Men in
Embarkation Camps Who
Are Eager to Fight

New York.-Scorn for the subma-
.ine danger and eagerness for the
ray are the chief emotions exhibited
oy the soldiers about to depart Tor
France according to Going over.
newspaper printed by the Y. M. c. A.
International War Work Council on
The presses of The Brooklyn Daily
Eagle.
Going ovor. which carries news
from the Worlos four quarters, is de-
signed for free distribution to sol
1iers waiting in embarkation camps.
Time was when the Prusslan
propaganda thought to trlshten
America by telling of the power OF
the German submarine, says writer
in the newspaper who has studied at
first hand the soldiers in the country
embarkation ports. Keep TINS Wen
in mind, the Prussian was speaking
mis- own sentiments when he sought
10 hinder troop movements by such
propaganda. The Prussian has GER
tain quality of bravery-he Is praNe
when in groups and when these
him by himself and he is an arrant
coward. Remove the pistol and he
will turn and run.
The Prussian thought to proclaim
to the individual the menace of the
U-boat and to influence great groups
by the dissemination of his word-ot-
mouth alarms. But America was not
TO be intimidated. The more the
resolved on carrying out his avowed
purpose. Look at the RECORD OF
American transports and think of the
great Army that has been transport
ed in absolute safety"
The. soldiers about to board tne
ships are reminded that the strictest
sort of discipline is maintained, and
their attention is called to the fact
that the Navy Department takes
charge once the shore is left behind.
How carefully the health of the men
On the transports is safeguarded may
oe gained from this resume:
Spend Much Time On Deck
Before embarking a thorough eN-
animation of troops is made by the
Army medical officers to eliminate the
sick. Within five days of sailing the
commanding officer of troops sub
mits to the senior naval surgeon a
statement that all OF his men have re-
ceived protective vaccinations, and II
any have not he designates the men
to be vaccinated. After embarkation
all men must spend at least an hour
and a half on deck, each man bring
ing up his own blankets to be aired.
Commanding officers are directed to
see to 1t that their men receive thirty
minutes of physical exercise during
this period, and in addition the men
are instructed to stay in the open as
much as the. weather will permit
All men and their effects must be
Inspected at least twice a week. to
be sure the soldiers are observing the
rules of hygiene. The men must
sleep head and points" to prevent, as
far as possible, the spreading of in
fection by coughing. The officers are
instructed to see that the men sleep
with proper coverings and that they
do not sleep on deck or elsewhere
without plenty of blankets. Men are
not permitted to close the ventilators
or otherwise interfere with the proper
circulation of air. They are not per-
mitted to eat food In rooms. or in
other unauthorized places unless the
surgeon prescribes II.
Many clever poems enliven the
pages of Going over and there are
"Breezes," and written by Private
Chester w. Shefer, Three Hundred
and Tenth Sanitary Train; Camp, Gus
ter. Michigan. and another, Sunny
Side of Life" which is the work Of
Private +. c. McKenna, Company A.
One Hundred and Thirty-third In
fantry. The publisher of the sheet is
John Stewart Bryan, of Trench and
Camp; Chaplain Percy T. Edrop. for
merly attached TO the Forty seventh
New York, is manager and editor;
Louis A. Mcmahon is associate editor.
and Thomas S Rice. formerly of The
Eagle, is sports editor.
A line across the top of the edi-
torial page declares that every edi-
torial was written by soldier in SER
vice.