The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-07-08


Of money and they are prone to lavish
it in the search Of amusement.
Prussian officers on thn kaiser's L
boats try to carry out their presump
ton that they are made Of stuff supe
rior to their men and they never asso
ctate with them when submarines are
out on cruise.
1T often amuses me to think Of the
n7arvels OF modern flying" saws Mai
w A Bishop Rritains premier air
warrior our machines are not only
called upon to fly farther, but fly
faster than the swftest bird. And We
do stunts that no bird ever did Who
ever heard Of a blvd flying upside
down. There are plenty of pilots
who delight in doing this"
March discipline is essential in the
interests of the troops themselves II
is "A truism, but in the army men are
made to march in step because eX-
perience has shown that, when
number of men do the same thing in
the same way, the physical and men
tai strain on the individual is appre
cia bly, lessened. And that is why in
a good battalion on the march you
will find that the men, though march
ing at ease''-that is to say. with
their rifles not at the correct slope
keep In their proper fours, maintain
the correct distance between COM
panies and do not SLOUGH along with
their shoulders bumped up and their
heads down.
Discussing army beds, one soldier
said:
The boards, you discover. are
really boards. There is nothing yield
ing or elastic about them. To look
at them. YOU might take them for in
nocent deal boards in need OF a scrub
bng But when YOU have spent one
night on them YOU have a fairly vivid
notion OF how the ancient martyrs
felt after a course on the rack.
And the mattresses, 1t is a snare
and a delusion 1t has Jumps in ii.
There are big humps and small Jumps,
and there are also spaces where the
top and bottom meet through lack of
straw
Still. with luck. you occasionally
fall asleep on the humps. and dream
that your ear is on the Rocky noun
tains your shoulder in the Mississippi
valley and your legs on the Allie
ghenies.
But you need not worry. The
dream won't last forever. There are
various ways or waking up. One Is
.
your hands, for the tressels raise YOU
only few inches above it, Another
is the collapse OF the tressels them
selves"
Here is the way they make armor
used on many battleships;
Plates OF steel are planed smooth.
The plate Is then put into a special
furnace. with the planed surface up.
ward and covered with a layer of
animal charcoal equal in thickness to
itself
Another steel plate is then clapped
I on top of the first.
Both plates are then covered with
sand and kept at a temperature of
500 degrees for a fortnight.
Another week is needed for cooling
off and then you have your armor
I plates ready for machining.
French folk residing near Ameri-
! can camps have been quick to pick
up American slang,
Though American warships operat
ing with the British is foiling Hun
sea endeavors have been forced to
order to further the cause of co.
operation. the native customs of the
men remain. They are closely
watched by the British sailors.
When the German submarine COM
mander does not record a ship sunk
for every torpedo used he imme-
diately Is brought to book by his SUI
periors. Germany has no torpedoes
to waste. This accounts for the gem
eral use OF shells in sinking ships.
The war has played havoc with the
ZOOS in England. The short rations
occasioned by the conflict has queeriy
! affected many animals.
I Perhaps the most striking change
that has come over the zoo in war
/ time is to be found in the monkey
houses. There is little revelry there
now, for the numbers have been
greatly reduced and there are not
/ Shredded parsnip and beetroot are
the dslicacies which YOU are invited
/ to offer The monkeys accept them
grudEingly. stare at the proffered
mcuthful unmoved. or run away chat
tertng their disgust