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to a group of casual or replacement men.
Part Of given replacement draft may
be sent to one replacement camp in
France, part to another. Mail forwarded
to soldiers in this situation goes to Tours,
where it has taken time to learn to which
camp the particular man had gone, and
where a lot Of such "hoaters' maif has
got mixed up with the accumulation of
misdirected mail. 1t is estimated that
100000 letters a month were misdirected
from this cause.
That delay will occur no longer, for
ii has been arranged TO have each replace
mcnt unit up to $50 men, as 1t leaves
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il we could have counted on a new
destroyer every month or two, we would,
in the opinion Of some, have been lucky.
This would now be the rate if the navy
had gone along without laying plans far
in advanceand realizing what future
conditions would be.
As it is the United States at this criti-
cal time is getting about one new destroyer
every second day! 49,.
Because Of the Importance Of destroy
ers and other anti-submarine craft little
has been heard Of the American battleship
fleet, but the feet is very much in being,
exercising precisely the function it was
created to exercise in war.
Our feet, like the British grand feet, is
the big hitting force which waits in the
background and closes the seas to Ger
man heavy ships. Were the British grand
feet eliminated German battlcships and
battle cruisers could come out and clear
the seas. And if the American feet were
not always ready for battle, the German
ships, should they reach our coast, could
work indescribable havoc. Destroyers and
other small fry, no matter how numerous.
cannot consistently cope with heavy bat
tleships or cruisers.
Some people ask why the battleships do
not go hunting enemy U-boats. To do
this would be very much like sending
man with million dollars in his pocket
into dark alleys to look for thieves. Risk
ing "heavy stuff" in a submarine hunt
would be playing directly into the en-
emy's hands.
Steamship Lanes Now Closed.
The obvious object of the German u
boat raids on the American coast is 10
distract our navy's attention TO this Sec
ondary phase Of warfare, thus weakening
its operations in the war zone and in the
ship convoy system. The vital work is
TO be given precedence, whether the Ger
mans send over two more U-boats per
month or a dozen. The protection Of the
Atlantic seaboard and the work of guard
ing really important lanes is now SO sys-
temstized that submarines can only hope
to bag small sailing vessels, an occasional
steamer and fishing smacks, and even this
small game will soon be closed to them.
A rough summary Of the work being
done by the navy on this side Of the
Atlantic follows:
A line of patrol vessels has been es-
tablished virtually from Newfoundland
to the Gulf Of Mexico, and even if
U-boats slip by the navy knows it in time
to warn shipping and guard all important
lanes. 1t is noted that in nearly every
case the small craft so far attacked have
been vessels not equipped with wireless.
Protection Of all important lanes from
the Gulf of Mexico, in order to insure the
oil supply which Germany of course real.
lies is coming steadily from that quarter
Establishment of chain of aircraf,
stations along the coast with full equip
ment. ....
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Rear Admiral Albert Gleaves, u. S. NJ,
with headquarters in New York, is in COM
mand Of the so-called transport and cruiser
forces. He has large staff Of officers
and men, for the magnitude Of his work
has already greatly increased, and is in
ercasing daily.
The navy personnel on duty in troop
carrying transports is now more than
$4,000. Approximately 1900 naval off,
GERS are so engaged. The cargo carrying
ships call for navy personnel Of $4,000,
with 5000 officers. Before long this num-
Der will be about 100000, with 10000
officers.
Vast Size of Projecting Fores.
In the protecting forces used by Admit
raj Gleaves in connection with overseas
transport there are 1880 men and GOO
officers. In the destroyer convoy force
alone there are 5000 men and 300 officers.
During the last nine months or there
abouts the navy has conveyed more than
1000 troopships and cargo carriers to
Europe. Before that time the navy had
not really taken hold Of this work, as
troop transportation had not begun to
flow freely and ships we're not available
in large numbers.
One of the first tasks the navy under
took was getting the former interned Ger
man ships in readiness for service. This
work was done in six months, although the
Germans firmly believed that by smashing
cylinders, throwing away valves and dam
aging boilers they had baffled the navy
engineers. Records were made in speedy
construction work. For example, four
and five boilers were refined in q single
week.
In addition to repairing damage done
by the Germans the bulls had to be
rcarranged, extra galleys and equipment
provided, quarters fitted up, guns in
stalled, &c.
In a general way the navy has had to
equip the ships, man the ships, protect
the ships and feed the soldiers in transit.
The procurement Of hundreds of thou
sands Of life RATS, life jackets, life belts,
&C., alone has proved big job, and pro-
curing the coal supply has been another.
Close to Maximum Efficiency.
The regular navy ration is served
aboard the transports, and men overseas
write back how well they Jared. Statistics
here show that during the last three
months there was only a drop Of s
per cent. below estimated maximum eff
cheney in connection with avoidable de-
lays, loss Of time due to formation of
conveys, &c. The figure is regarded with
great pride in naval circles, as ideal per-
lection is unattainable.
The naval building programme is now
returning harvest of destroyers and
other craft. A destroyer cannot be built
in much less than twelve to sixteen
months, and the average time taken be-
fore the war was nearer two years. Thus
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were arranged for, but the main intention
was to strike at the U-boats where they
lived.
This decided, the navy never wavercd.
Admiral Sims was sent abroad early to
arrange the building up of American naval
forces abroad. From handful of de-
stroyers his command was presently aug
mented by every available type Of craft
that could be of service. The war zone
had first call on ships. The rush constric-
ton programme Of new destroyers, the
creation Of the submarine chaser feet, the
communicating Of private vessels from
fine yachts to seagoing tugs was begun
primarily to increase the striking power
of Admiral Sims's command.
We now have naval vessels Of every
description operating in the war zone, in
Guiding a number of battleships and mine
layers.
Our number Of destroyers of the most
modern type is now between fifty and
hundred, more than ten times as many as
we had when the first hotilla reached the
The number Of submarine chasers is
over the hundred mark, and we have had
more than hundred to turn over to our
allies.
We are undertaking mining operations
on such stupendous scale that we are
really doing the major share of that ono
great naval task.
We have n string of airplane stations
and our own airplanes and seaplanes and
airmen on European soil.
We are operating a convoy system in
European as well as American waters
which has given protection to thousands
Of ships carrying on war work.
Army in Entire Care of Navy.
The navy is entrusted with the task of
transporting the army and its enormous
supplies safely overseas. From the time
the troops are embarked until they are
safely landed they are entirely in the
care Of the navy. 1t is responsible for the
safety Of the ship, for the time taken by
the voyage, for the food, the accommoda-
tions and even the sleeping quarters Of
! the men. An officer of the regular navy
is in command of the transport, naval
gunners are on board her, navy paymas-
tiers keep the accounts and a naval crew
has charge of every phase of work on
board until the vessel lands. The navy
therefore is entitled to the credit for the
splendid record made in the overseas
troncnnrt spryicp in American vessels
To arrive at the results of the navy
system one might ask, first, how many
troop transports has the navy taken over
seas, and, second, how many of these
have the Germans sunk?
German U-boats have not successfully
attacked one single outward bound Amer
lean transport. This record is so extraor-
binary that naval officers have hardly be-
lieved it could continue
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Aiming strategic points along the coast

Aiming strategic points along the coast
with guns, &c. ~
Organization in each naval district OF
effective means to cope with enemy
U-boats no matter where the point OF
attack might be. - - u '.
Naval experts, by means OF charts,
keep up to the minute with the news OF
all submarine activities. The exact spot
Of sinking is charted and cable wires
fash signals between Admiral Sims and
Admiral Benson, Chief of Operations, SO
that no item Of information escapes.
What the navy now knows about the
German U-boats-the number in opera
ton, number under construction, number
destroyed, &c.-would stagger the German
Admiralty if they were aware of it.
When the German U-boat commander of
the New England coast announced that
there were six U-boats in operation in
American waters our naval officers
smiled. They knew that there were not
more than three. When he said the
U>boats had been here three months the
officers smiled again. They could have
told him just when he had come and when
be would 60 back if he was lucky.
Latest Figures About U-Boats.
The number of U-boats now in opera
ton in all parts Of the world is close to
10.
The number of U-boats~ already de-
stroyed is in excess of 200.
The fine spirit shown by the navy per-
sonnet is becoming more and more a mat
Ter of comment There have been many
hardships endured about which the public
knows nothing, especially by men on the
dcstroyers and yachts off the European
coast in bitter weather, with lights out at
night and heavy seas occasionally washing
men overheard, which prompts other men
to have ropes tied around them and to
plunge in and rescue their comrades.
The devotion to duty Of the men on the
transport President Lincoln, commanded
by Commander Foote and sunk bya U-boat
500 miles out at sea, and on board the
transport Covington, commanded by Capt.
Hasbrouck, was luminous. Admiral Sims
has commended the officers and men on
the President Lincoln for their fine dis
cipline and courage. But chance remark
of an American sailor on that ship tells
more eloquently the spirit of the men.
He was in one of the lifeboats after the
ship had sunk when an officer on the Ger
man U-boat, which was cruising about
among the boats and life RATS, moved over
toward the gun.
Fully expecting it would be turned on
the lifeboats and life RATS the sailor called
out:
Gee; here comes the fireworks nowr'
Like the rest, he knew the boats and
RATS were at the mercy of that gun. But
they apparently did not know what fear
meant, and they were ready, as the men
in the naval service ever are, to die in the
discharge Of their duty.
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U. s. Employment Service, 26 N. 18th St.
 Service Free
LOVEMAN, JOSEPH & LOEB
Store Closes 6 D. m. Saturday g D. m.
4 sale 0f aU Silk Suits choice half price 4

This sale marks the beginning of a series of drastic reductions in the Wom ems Garment Store.
 The reductions, which have heretofore been placed on our silk suits, were slight compared to the manner in which they are reduced now for final clearance in the midst of the silk suit season. We haven't even put new price tags on these suits. The old price tags remain. And to determine the present price of any suit in which you might be interest ed, simply note original price and di- vide it by two.
 Every silk suit included-all silk jer- seys, silk mohair, rajahs and shan lungs.
 Our least as well as our most expensive suits all take part in this sensational 7 clearance beginning today. I'd Floor
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Shapes $3.75

This is group No. 2. It includes shapes of broader assortment, including those prettiest for for misses and for children. They among the finest shapes in stock and very special at 3.7s each -2d Floer
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Ear Rings
 59c
Set 7vith pearls

DeI UIlH peUTIS A popular summer
 jeweHy fad . Every time we receive a shipment of pearl ear- rings the demand quickly exhausts them.
 So now we announce a newly arrived shipment that is large enough to meet all demands.
 These are very pretty and very fashionable and are made on gold filled French fasteners. The price is low, but they are splendidly made bits of summer jewelry. Main Floor
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Shapes. $2

In clearance of shapes offer two groups and this is group Mo- l. It includes at 200 lzeres of the best quality in the best and most becoming styles and in the leading colors for midsummer.
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Hats $2.5O
Hats $3.95

few trimmed colored hats, black hats and soiled white hats, which formerly sold for double and mo the present prices included in this group at 395
 Many unusually worthy sports hats included also.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-05

Economy paragraphs Written in the Millinery Shop With but few exceptions every group of hats in our Millinery Store represents an economy. The millinery season is we'll advanced and even the latest arrivals are priced in accord with the ad- vanced season. But for real economy we call at tenon to several very interesting groups that have been on hand 30 days and longer-the savings in those instances are extraordinary.
 Hats $1.5O This group of sports hats for misses and children. There neat staple colors in Mans, about six differ ent styles to choose from, and all special at 1.5o.
 Hats $2.5O These also sports hats, but for women and misses The lot includes Mans, leghorns and lizere straws Their former prices considerably higher than their present price,
 Hats $3.o5 few trimmed colored hats, black hats and soiled white hats, which formerly sold for double and mo the present prices, included in this group at 395 Many unusually worthy sports hats are included also
 Shapes $2
 In clearance of shapes offer two groups and this is group No. 1. It includes at 200 lizeres of the best quality, in the best and most becoming styles and in the leading coors for midsummer.
 Shapes $3.75 This is group Mo- 2. It includes shapes of broader assortment including those prettiest for for misses and for children. They among the finest shapes in stock and very special now at 37s aachs --2dF Floor
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Are your Furs safe?

During the summer months furs must be protected against moths, against heat. and against dust and dirt
 If your furs are in a cedar chest or in an old trunk with moth balls, they may be safe from moths, but they aren't safe from other things equally as dangerous.
 The one best place for your furs is our cold storage vault. Here. in a clean, pure. dust less atmosphere. they will be carefully hung in absolute { safety.
 When turned over to us they will be carefully cleaned and when they come back to you they will be more beautiful more lustrous because of the invigorating effect the cold. pure air has on the fur.
 Our charge for this. service is very modest. based on the val ue of your furs.
 Phone the Women's Garment Section. Main 4700. and tell usI when to call. -2d F1eorI
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One-Man Pontoons.

Building bridges under fire, the
greatest ordeal that the army engi-
neers Of other campaigns were sub
jected to, bids fair to go out Of fash
ion. In future regiment going across
stream will, If recent invention
meets with approval, merely wade into
the stream and drift across, meantime
utilizing both hands to manipulate his
rife.
The new invention is sort of glori-
fed "water wings" arrangement and
is adapted to the fording Of deep
streams without the necessity Of
bridge building. The encircling buoy
is blown up by the soldier. 1t holds
him upright in the water with his
shoulders and arms clear Of the sur
face. In experiments recently con-
Quoted a man made several bulls
eyes on a target 3Q yards away while
floating across the stream.
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Enemy Son of British Princess.

Claremont, the fine old mansion and
property at Esher, In England, where
the greatly lamented and once tre-
mendously popular Princess Charlotte,
daughter of George ", spent her mar
ried life, has been turned into girls
school under the pressure of war. The
duchess of Albany owns it now, whose
son, the duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha.
is married to a niece OF the German
emperor, and is in the war against us.
There is a pretty strong feeling in
England against permitting him to in
herit the beautiful property at his
mothers death.
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CHAPTER xVill-Continued.

EXACTLY. And they saw nothing"
"Your pardon, my colonel. They
came back in cold sweat, and they
spent the night on their knees. The
woman was there again. You have
seen the salt sea at night? Well, her
face was aglow, like that, so they said.
They heard the clanklng Of chains too,
and the sound of hammers. coming
from the very bowels Of the earth. 1t
is all plain enough, when you know
the story. But it Is terrifying"
"rhis is indeed amazing" CObO ac-
knowledged, "but Of course there Ia
some simple explanation. SPLITS, II
indeed there are such things, are made
OF nothing-they are like thin air.
How, then, could they rattle chains?
You probably saw some wretched pa
cificos In search Of food and imagined
the rest"
Indeed Then what did hear with
these very ears? Whispers, murmurs,
groans, and the clinkety-clink Of old
sebastlan's chisel. For his sins that
old slave is chained In some cavern Of
the mountain. Soundless! I'm no
baby | know when I'm asleep, and /
know when I'm awake. That place Is
accurscd, and / want no more of It,"
CobO fell into frowning meditation,
allowing his cigarette to smolder down
until it burned his thick fingers. He
was not superstltious man and he
put no faith in the supernatural, ncy-
erthelcss he was convinced that his
sergeant was not lying, and reference
TO Pancho Cueta had set his mind 10
working along strange channels. Hc
had known Cucto well, and the lattCr's
stubborn belief in the existence of that
VarOna treasure bad more than one
impressed him. He wondered now if
others shared that faith, or If by
chance they had discovered clue to
the whereabouts Of the money and
were conducting secret search. 1t
was fantastic idea, nevertheless.
Cobo told himself that if people were
prying about those deserted premises
II was with some object, and their ac-
tions would warrant observation. The
presence of the woman--a woman
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CHAPTER XIX.
How Cobo Stood on His Head.

wv" WV SkoSo VII TtSd0.
All that day, or during most of II. at
teast, Rosa and O'Reilly sat hand In
hand, oblivious of hunger and fatigue,
inpatient for the coming Of night,
keyed to the highest tension. Now they
would rejoice Historically. assuring
each other Of their good fortune, again
they would grow sick with the fear Of
disappointment. Time after time they
stepped out of the hut and stared ap-
prehensively up the slopes of La Cum
bre to assure themselves that this was
not all part Of some fantastic illu-
sion; over and over. In minutest de-
tail. Johnnie described what he had
seen at the bottom of the well. He
tried more than once during the after
noon to sleep, but he could not. for the
moment he closed his eyes he found
himself back there In that pit upon the
ridges crest. straining ut those stub
born rocks and slippery timbers. This
Aactior was maddening. al, fatigue
Wondered bin feverish and kr,teble.
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Il Was Cobo.

well-make you rich" In desperation
he raised his shaking hand to dash out
the candle, but even as he did so the
colonel spoke, at the same time care
fully lowering the revolver hammer.
"You are right. What am thinking
about? There must be no noise.
Caramba! A pretty business that
would be. wouldn't it? With my men
running up here to see what it was
all about. No, no! No gunshots. no
disturbance of any kind. You under
stand what 1 mean, eh?"
His face twisted into a grin as he
tossed the revolver aside, then under
took to detach a stone from the crum-
bling curb. "No noise!" he chuckled.
'No noise whatever"
O'Reilly, stupefied by the sudden ap-
pearance of this monstrous creature,
stunned by the certainty Of catas-
trophe to Rosa, awoke to the fact that
this man intended to brain him where
he stood. In a panic he cast his eyes
about him, thinking to take shelter In
the treasure-cave, but that retreat was
closed TO him, for he had wedged the
wooden timbers together at the first
alarm. He was like a rat In pit, ut
terly at the mercy Of this maniac. And
Cobo was q maniac at the moment; he
had so far lost control Of himself as to
allow the stone to slip out Of his grasp.
It fell with q thud at O'Reilly's feet,
causing the assassin to laugh once
more.
"Ho, hot" he hiccoughed my fin
gers are clumsy. eh? But there Is no
need for haste" He stretched out his
arm again, laid hold Of another missile,
and strained to loosen It from Its bed.
"Jewelsl Pearls the size Of plums
And q poor mani can't believe II
yet" He could not detach the stone
SO he fumbled farther along the curb
ing. "Pearls. indeed! woulo send q
dozen men to he'll for one-r
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his head from side to side for bet
ter view. He seemed to rock over the
mouth Of the well like huge, fat,
black spider. He was the first to speak.
"Am | dreaming? Or-haye you
really discovered that treasurer" he
queried.
OReilly's upturned face was ghast-
ly. He wet his lips. lie managed to
whisper Rosa's name.
"The riches of the Varonas! What n
findw Cobos teeth shone white in the
grin OF avarice. "YeS, l see nova
cavern in the rock. Wei, we'll And
you are the spirit of Sebastian, chained
in the bowels of La Cumbre. Ha
These are the ghosts" He began TO
chuckle. but the sound of his malevo-
lent merriment was like the hiccOugh-
ing of n drunken man.
Rosa! What have you done"
Cobo ran on unheeding: at must be
great treasure, indeed, from all ac-
counts-the ransom of a dozen kings.
That's what CuetO said, The ransom of
a dozen kingsr Those were his very
words"
The fellow continued TO sway him
self back and forth, peerlng as If his
eyes were about TO leave his head. For
a long moment or two he utterly diSre-
garded OReilly, but finally as he
gained more self-control his gaze shift
ed and his expression altered. He
changed his weight to his left arm and
with his right hand he drew his re-
vOlver.
What are you doing?" O'Reilly
cried, hoarsely.
The colonel seemed vaguely sur
prlsed ut this question. Fool Do you
expect me to share it with you" he in
quired.
wait! There's enough-for all of
u.s." O'Reilly feebly protested; then, as
he heard the click Of the cooked
weapon: "Let me out. I'll pay you
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with the glow of phosphorus upon her
face was puzzling. but the whole affair
was puz2lng. He determined to inves-
ugate. After a time he murmured, II
should like to see this spirit"
The sergeant shrugged. 1t was plain
from his expression that he could not
account for such a desire. Another
night is coming" said he.
"Good! ! shall visit the place, and
II see anything unusual I-well,
shall believe what you have told me.
Meanwhile, go see your priest by all
means. II will do you no HARM"
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The Horrors of War,

This war Is dreadful!"
"Why, what's the matter now?"
"One can never tell when the laun-
dry is coming home."-London Tit
Bits.
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Not Always.

"The young fellow who's calling on
your daughter. Smith. has lot Of
'go' In him."
'Not any to notice when he's calling
ON my dspShtyss