Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-01-12

ments still need nurses to bring the
quota for each up to the minimum Vi
65 considered necessary, although
since the urgent need for nurses was
made public in December nearly 2,UOo
requests for application blanks nave
orcn received.
In order to get the enrollments up 10
the needed nuinber some of the re-
lureMents heretofore imposed nave
seen waived According to estimates
there are between $1,000 and W.OOO
registered nurses in the country ana
bout 100000 other graduate and prac-
teal nurses.
The equipment of no soldiers is COM
p,etc without emergency food ratlohs.
United States troops are supplied WIN
three different parchcd malze-'he;''
packets and three chocolates. Ihe
former is a revival Of the maize-me;'i
IF the American Indians, on which they
could exist for days while hunting Or
IN the Warpath.
The "chain. shot" ration furnished
Belgian. French and Te,ltonic soldiers
IS Il winter food Of compressed meat.
There are more than Il dozen varieties
Of compressed teas used by the Rus-
sian cOiilmisslry. Compressed rice an"
macaroni is supplied Oriental forces.
Dat bread in sausage form is used by
ser.e of the north British troops.
A curious ration is the compressed
tig coffee of the central powers, when
MAJ either be utilized for food as II Is
or converted into Il coffeelike drink.
Smoke-Gried pears are used IN inc
same armies. The Swiss soldier re-
:eiveS an emergency ration OF Wlli!e
chocolate, made entirely of cocoa but
ter and sugar.
An Italian army chocolate is i'll saul
saye-lel..th fern, Willie their PLUMP dun
goes into beef Ecnhrar'-.
Tn to December l, $29.S24,635 had
been pad cut to farmers on = per cent
| longtime loans, according to report
covering the operations of the IL fed
c.al lane! banks. The total OF loans
approved. Including those closed ana
those awaiting ver.iica;ion Of title and
other fornG.lities, is $1O3. 136,o229.
The interest rate under the farm
loan system las been increased from
| TO 80 per cent, to apply to all apphca-
tions which have net yet been ;p-
proved.
Borrowing is done through co-oDera-
tive farrl-Ican associations organized
by farmers, each association Dells
conlpostd of ten or more farmer Dor
rowcrs and each group borrowing at
least $4,000. Up to December l the
farm loan board had chartered 1,S39
such cooperative associations.
From the annual report of the secre-
tary of the interior:
"in this department we have during
the past year had Il glimpse of the eX-
handing romance Of chemical Stu!y.
We have found adventure in the search
for the hidden secrets of petroleum,
natural gas ant. COAL TAR, of coal SMOKE
and the refuse from hundred FUR
naces and smokeStacks. We appear to
have suddenly driven into chemical
age or perhaps il would be more ac-
curate to say that we have suddenly
realized that we are such an age. New
explosives, new fertilizers, new Sources
of power. of food, new materials for
construction and destruction, new
preservativcs of life, and new agencies
for the sweetoning and who!escnain= OF
Efc-theSe are to the credit of the
modern chemist, and as Il by-product
of this war we are to have Il higher ap-
preciation of this branch Of science
and our genius for discovery which has
so greatly been applied to problems OF
mechanics will find in analytic and
synthetic chemistry Il field Of oppor
tunity subject to almost infinite ex
pension"
All wooden Christmas boxes for sol
diers Of the cXpes'i;ionary forces re-
|
termed 70 the Scnsiers If return postage
is mailed 10 the superintendent, raj!
way mail service. New York. n. y.
To aid in supplying suitable materia
with which to illustrate sermons, lee
lures and school work. the division o.
pictures, committee on public infor,na
ton, is preparing official stereOpticOl
slides showing Americas participation
in the war.
These slides will he made available
soon for general use. at nOmina
charge to cover actual cost.
An embargo has been placed on tn,
expectation Of butter. except to nation
associated with the United States il
war.
The first reQuiSitiOn under the ney
selective-service regulations is 70
bricklayers. In sending the call tn
provost marshal general asked TO
1000 men to fill an urgent need Of til
| armies in France.
Only whit" men are wanted. The
report to TIE aviation section, Sign:
corps, Kelly field, San Antonio, Tex.
Upon the recommendation of Gcners
| Pershing commissions have been i.
, | sued to several American citizens VIII
, ! have seen service with the Lafayctt
Eacadrille Of the French army.