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Army and Navy Notes

The medical department of the Army
about 500 officers, to a
Doctors and war organization of 49,
COS. The profession has
VIZ ""A' given to the service
1857 of its best practitioners. The new
growth has sprung up about the old
Regular Army Medical Corps. but its
mass has come from the $4,000 men,
bers of the medical profession to the
Army by way of the Medical Officers
Reserve Corps.
Some of the great sanitarians .and
organizers of the profession have put
in humble administrative offices in the
department Physicians of high
standing have left their life work be-
hind them. entered training camps and
as privates worked in the ranks to &C
quire that military knowledge they
needed better to serve their comrades
in arms.
The surgeon general. with the aid
of leading civilian doctors. has care
fully selected the new body of medical
officers. He has rejected 1000 original
applicants, and has dropped from their
rank more than a thousand. Every re-
ment is investigated by the Army in
spector general, and upon an unfavor-
able report from him the surgeon gen.
eral takes prompt and drastic action.
The medical department, besides pro-
viding all sanitary, ambulance and
hospital units for the armies, has
equipped fifty base hospitals, and soon
-.Al-
the divisions in France. Each base hos
pital contains 1000 beds. there being
a sufficient number of them with each
division to insure the care of all sick
and wounded 1t has provided a capac-
ity OF 10000 hospital beds in this
country in addition to the recuperation
hospitals abroad for sick and wound
ed. who after time may be restored
to the fighting ranks.
Despite all the department has &C
complished, it foresees that, when in
the near future reports come from
abroad of sickness and hardship, rela-
tives and friends under tension will Sc
verely crittcise the department for
many. things that it win be claimed it
has failed to do and for many things
that it will be asserted it ought to have
foreseen.
Instances Of delay, even of seeming
neglect, may arise, but most of such
when the surgeons will be engaged for
hours beyond endurance of man. The
department has thus far provided all
the medical and surgical supplies called
for, but a time may come when trans
portation will fail to get them across.
The department months ago asked
for hospital ships for the return of the
sick and wounded Its recommendation
remains undecided. and the sinking of
one transport with wounded will raise
a cry of rage from the land against the
medical department.
So the department continues its eff
forts to secure the best that it can for
sick and wounded of the armies, trust
ing that those efforts will be appre-
ciated and bring relief to those in need
of the medical professions aid.
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Spring Flowers and Blooming Plants.
You'll find the finest me-grown spec
linens at GUIDES. Prompt service. 1914 F.
advertisement.
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VYES-We have a big stock
of photo goods and at
: reasonable prices.
N. A. LEESE s: e - - &
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was receiving modified
Rifles in Enfield military rifles
Quantity. munitions concerns at
such a rate that it now has a reserve
stock of 10000 in its arsenals, and
supply pouring in of a quarter of a
million a month, means much more than
relief of an embarrassing situation. The
quantity production coming at least two
months ahead of the prediction of Gen.
Crozier of it's time due for arrival
shows how completely the American
manufacturer is able to cope with
question when it is fully before him,
and the thorough organization of the
Army ordnance department in its abil-
ity to handle the Unexpectedly early
production
Another thing in this condition now
of concern to the department is what
to do with the producing factories.
belief in the Army that the National
Guard units would go abroad much ear
lier, and the need for a great reserve
of rifles came at an early day. For
reasons satisfactory to the War De-
partment the troops have not been
sent abroad in any considerable num-
bers and there is now no rush to accu-
mulate a big reserve. Although the es-
innate is that five rifles are required for
each rifle carrier. that does not mean
quite much as it would il all the
men in an infantry division carried
these weapons. when the fact is that
! only about two-fifths of them are so
armed. In consequence there is now
engaged in this manufacturing of
rifles more manufacturing power than
is really needed to maintain the rifle
supply.
| Divisional commanders. with the ap-
prevail and support of the War De-
| partment, are quietly
( Efficiency but thoroughly wedding
out from National Guard
In oMcers. and National Army all
officers who do not measure up to the
size of their rank. There has been no
| blowing of trumpets over this i'm
| portant action, but study of the
| special orders issued from ,the War
Department shows steady process of
| Improvement by elimination.
The War Department has announced
4 that it will not knowingly send abroad
1 an officer not believed to be in all
respects fit for the duties he must per-
form there. The safety of the men
tiers too serious to be trusted to in
| efficient officers. and the department
| will not tolerate them.
l. Many of the officers no longer con-
nected with the service have had to
i give up by reason of some disability,
and have been honorably discharged
after physical examination. 1t is said
i that an appreciab1e number q Ma
tional Guard officers of high rank, as
! might perhaps have been expected.
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SOLDERING MAKES
WRITER'S OF TROOPS
Post Office Data Shows Big
Increase in Amount of
Mail They Cause.
MEADE BUSINESS HEAVY

How the American soldier falls TO
the lure of correspondence-tot the ex-
tent of building up list of personal
correspondents that he never even
knew in civil life-is reflected in sta
tistics Just compiled by the United
States Post Office Department.
In civil life the personal correspond
ence of the average man of military
age is a negative quantity. He writes
a letter occasionally to his relatives,
but his personal correspondence for the
most part, if he is unmarried. consists
of notes to young women, occasional
greetings to some male friends, etc
These are facts established by post Of
ice statistics.
But Immediately the government
makes a soldier out of him and SENDS
him away, either to camp or Foreign
service, his inclinations for letter writ
ing begin to assert their force. AS
proof of this the government during the
month of last December did military
postal business in this country alone
of more than half a million dollars.
The total expenses for operating such
\ service came slightly upward of
$4,000, or 27.32 per cent of total re-
ceiptS.
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Divisional commanders. with the ap.
prevail and support of the War De
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The medical department of the Army
has expanded from a peace footing of
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The good news sent out to the coun-
try that the Army ordnance department
New Britain herald., 1918-01-30
City Advertisement
BOARD OF RELIEF.

The Board of Relief of the City of
New Britain hereby gives notice that
they will meet at their office in the
City Hall
AT TEN O'CLOCK, A. M.
=e. FRIDAY, FEB. 1. 1918
to attend to the duties pertaining to
said appointment. Meetings will be
held on Tuesday the 9Th, Friday the
Sth, Tuesday the 18th and Thursday
the 14th, days of February, 1918,
from 2 p. m. to p. m. and from
7:30 p. m. to p. m and every even
ing from February LIST to February
14th, except Sundays, from 1880 p.
m. to 9 p. M, also on the evening of
February 21st, from 1850 p. m. to 9
o'clock which is the last day on
which application for relief can be
made and to make transfers, deduc-
fions and attachments as the law di-
reefs.
WILLIAM SCHAEFER
WILLIAM MIDDLEMASS
JOHN /. ROSS
Board of Relief.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-30
Charles w. Cowdrey VS.. Mary Cowdrey
Order OF Notice.

Order Of Notice.
State of Connecticut, County of Hart
ford, So. New Britain, January
%, A. D. 1918.
Upon The Complaint OF The Said
Charles w. Cowdrey praying for rea-
sons therein set forth for a divorce
and custody of minor child now pend
ing before the Superior Court in and
for Hartford County, to be held on
the first Tuesday of FEBRUARY, A. d.
1918. 1t appearing to and being
found by the subscribing authority
that the whereabouts Of the defend
ant is unknown to the plaintiff.
Ordered, that notice of the institu-
ton and tendency of said complaint
shall be given the defendant by pub
fishing this order in The New Britain
Herald, newspaper published in New
Britain once a week for two success
sive weeks, commencing on or before
January "a, 1918.
GEORGE A. CONANT,
Clerk of Said Court.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-30
ORDER OF NOTICE.
No. 967.
Savings Bank of New Britain
Edward Wuka, ct al,

Edward Wulxa, ct al,
State of Connecticut, County of
Hartford, S., New Britain, January
rs, 1918.
Upon The Complaint Of The Said
Savings Bank of New Britain praying
for reasons therein set forth for a
foreclosure of a certain mortgage
dated September 10. 1905 and re-
corded in New Britain Land Records,
Vol. 46. Page 400. now pending in
The City Court of the City of New
Britain to be held within and for
said City on the first Monday of Sep
TENDER, A. D., 1917.
1t appearing to and being found
by said Court that the whereabouts
of the defendant Edward Wuka is
unknown to the plaintiff;
Ordered, that notice of the insti-
tuition and tendency of said COM
plant shall be given the defendant
by publishing this order in Il news
paper published in New Britain once
a week for three consecutive weeks
beginning befor February /, 1918.
EMIL J. DANBERG,
Clerk of Said Court.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-30

Have you lost a sum of
money? Our records show
that it pays best to advertise
this particular loss. Glasses,
Pins and Rings are found
in surprising quantities and
turned i'm at the Herald. Your
money will surely remain lin
the finders hands if he does
not know who lost it.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-30

The Classified Columns are
your agents-the penny ads
reach hundreds in the city
every week night and the
chances are that several read
ers out of the hundreds will
be interested in your propo-
sitiOn.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30

Huron, Sept. 80. - Early this
spring these four women, wal work
ers for the Young Women's Chris
tian association, went to France to
investigate the work which their or
ganization was carrying OF in that
war ridden country. Miss Henrietta
Roelofs, at the left, is on the commit
tee in charge of finance, and Miss
Ella Schooley, at the right, is the
executive of the committee of the fl
nance department. Miss Blanche
Geary, in the center, is in charge of
buildings and cafeteria, a most inn
portant branch of the work, and Miss
Mable Crafty, sitting, is the general
secretary of the national board.
Last August these women return
ed with very favorable reports of the
work which has been commenced
over there, but with renewed pur-
pose to speed up the work at home
in order to meet the increasing de-
mand for help from the women work
ers over there. The stories they
bring back are manifold. In one OF
the foyers established near one of the
munition plants, the girl gathered
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
STATE NEWS.

volin-Bee owners of this vicinity
who are quite numerous. are receiy.
ing large sums from their honey
products. One of them, +. f. Var
Ing. has this fall sold honey TO tue
value Of s226.
Huron-V. G. Bonesteel, cashier ol
tn James Valley bank here, mas
been appointed national bank exam.
liner for South Dakota to succeed
Thomas Campbell. who has become
cashier of the First National bank
here.
Huron-LLeut. Martin j.. Kuehn,
commanding officer of the students
army training corps at Huron col
lege. has arrived to take up his du-
ties here. Lieut.. Kuehn will be as
sisted by Lieut.. p. w. Branch.
Huron-Fifty-eight head OF hogs
will be sold to the highest bidder
here October 29 at a sale to be held
under the auspices OF the Rose Hill
boys pig club, which is one of many
such clubs formed in Beadie county
by o. P. Drake. county agent.
Brookings - Letters from many
South Dakota boys indicate a current
rumor that the State colleges quota
OF students In the student army train
ing corps has already been filled.
This is not true. The State college
has yet room for probably as many
young men as fare to enter. although
Il il advisable that those desiring to
enroll should send in their applica-
tons at once. If the quota Is ex-
sceeded. a waiting list will be drawn
up.
Milbank-Nels Swan, a farmer liv-
ing near here, had a narrow escape
from death while threshing. Hi:
trousers caught on a set screw while
the thresher was In operation and hs
fell. In falling, his foot struck the
whistle cord and blew the whistle
This attracted the attention OF Other
members of the crew, one of whom
rushed to the engine and shut II of
in time to save Swans life. Ever
- a was, practically all the clothing
was torn from his body and he wal
badly bruised and cut.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30

Walla Lu Lu and from there to Pen
niwick, fording the Columbia river.
Sandy on east of river for 10 miles.
Good macadamized roads from river
to Penniwick. Penniwck to Prosser,
good roads, fruit and general farm
ing. Prosser to Grand View and
through Sunnyside to Zillah. Here l
found Henry Cuisine at work with
his crew on the 100 acre fruit ranch.
He has a fine crop this year and is
getting good prices. Called on MI.
and Mrs. Frank Fits and Joe.
Found them feeling fine and 1t gave
them quite a surprise to see us.
Their ranch is 20 miles south of Yak
ina. Arrived in Yakima September
10th. Camped at T. G.. Westaby's
ranch on Summit View avenue about
five days and broke camp and com
menced living at 419 18th avenue s,
Yakima, Wash.
1t is impossible to rent a good
house here, but can buy at reasonable
prices. Market prices are good on all
products, some of which i give be-
low: Watermelons, Is to 35 cents;
musk melons, 10 to 25 cents: pears,
so cents per box, peaches. 80 cents
to s1.25 per box; choice grapes, a
C ,nts per pound; flour, SO pounds,
$2.75; no market only on early APP
pies, $45 to $55 per ton; butter, SIS
to 60 cents; eggs, 55 to 81 cents.
The most enjoyable part of the
trip was the 400 miles through the
Rockies and Bitter Root mountains,
although 1t got chilly at night.
With best regards to all.-Burt
Stacy and Family.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
Last Chapter in Mystery Case.


With Local Applications. AZ they cannot
xooc1 the seat Of the disease. Catarrh
- = blood or constitutional disease. and
- 70 cure 1t you must take In
tognnl remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure IL
TAKEN Internally. nj acts directly upon
~ bleed and surface. Halls
&Zkoxrn Cure ~ not = uuack medicine.
- 40 PRESCRIBED BY one OF the best
04y14c1ono A this country for years and
81 a ene oeDt tonicB known. combined
I'LL the oeet blood purifiers, acting d.
lNrely On b mucous surfaces. The per-
4oct ocmb1nation or the two inrredienta
W1At produces such wonderful re-
I'LL. q curing catarrh. Send for testi-
11e1ns-1ree- 3. - Cheney n Co.,
449po.s Toledo, @. Sold BY Druggists.
49, 5fcs Take Halls Family Pilis for
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30

every noon hour for luncheon and
for a bit of recreation. The hostess
in charge was one day surprised.
when asking if someone could play
an accompaniment, to have a pretty
young woman come forward, clothed
in the dirty, greasy garments of a
munitions worker, and seat herself
at the piano.
To the surprise of all present, aft
er the song was finished, the girl
brought forth from the piano such
music as is rarely heard. After play
ing again and again in response to
the applause, she turned to the hos
tess and said: 1T is such a pleasure
to again touch a piano. / haven't
for a year or more"
The girl had been one of the most
famous pianists in France who had
given her services to the dangerous
muntion work when her country
called. Daily she came to the Y. w.
C. A. foyer to play for an hour or so
and her gratitude to the American
women for the opportunity afforded
was pathetic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
ONION SEED FOR RED CROSS
Texas Grower Makes Present of 500,
600 Worth to the Organ
ization.

Laredo, Tex.-Federico V. Varela,
an extensive onion seed grower of Ten
erlffe, Canary Islands, has written a
letter to the chairman of the local
chapter Of the Red Cross, I. A. Austin,
advising him that he had instructed
Thomas g. Casey Of 80 Warren street,
New York city, to send 95k pounds net
of Varela's true yellow Bermuda onion
seed and one ease containing 74h
pounds of Varela's white crystal wax
onion seed Of the present crop to the
Laredo chapter of the Red Cross to be
sold by them at auction and the pro-
ceeds to be applied to the Red Cross
fund. The donor says the auction
should realize $1,000.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
FALLS 1000 FEET, LIVES
Young Sergeant in Air Service in
France Has Remarkable
Experience.

Marshalltown, Ia.-Word of the seri-
Gus injury of a M%arshalltown boy in
France came by mail recently when
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Newcomer re-
ceived a letter from q French hospital
telling them that their only son, Her.
bert Il. Newcomer, was suffering from
q fractured skull received in a fall
of 1000 feet from an airplane on
June %.
Young Newcomer, who is a sergeant,
was a former local high school football
star and student in Coe college, Cedar
Rapids, prior to his enlistment here
on May 16, 1917. He has been in
France since August 81. 1917, and has
been trained as a motor mechanic. At
the time he was injured he was being
taught to fly.
The letter to the young mans par
ents was written by III. w. Stunkard.
an alumnus of Coe college, class OF
1912, and a fraternity brother of New
conner, now an instructor In aviation.
He was with Newcomer when the ac-
cident happened and also was badly
hurt.
Presenting that the war department
already had notified the parents,
Standards letter was written for the
purpose of giving details of the acct
dent and to assure the parents that
their son probably would live. Sunk
ard says that when up 1000 feet one
Of the wings of the machine failed TO
operate. This caused the plane TO
drop in a spiral.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
Exemption for Farmers.

Washington, Sept. 30.-Agricultural
advisers charged with furnishing in
formation as to farm labor require
ments to district draft boards were
named by the Department of Agricul-
ture for six states. The condition in
each state as to farm labor will be
supplied each adviser by the Depart
ment of Agriculture and the adviser
will inform the district boards as to
the essentially of granting deferred
classification for farmers in the var.
ious districts.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30

The United States has started q
drive for peach stones. The stones
are reduced to a charcoal powder and
this filters the poison out of the gas
and ' the lives of our soldiers.
Here are shown a couple of pretty
misses throwing peach stones into the
barrel set aside for that purpose.
Last Chapter in Mystery Case.
New York. Sept. 2S.-The last chap.
ter In the mysterious disappearance
Of Miss Helen lone Bennett, Missouri
girl, was believed to lave been writ.
ten when Surrogate Cohalan here ap-
pointed Halran Douglas, Montclair.
N. J, administrator OF her estate.
Miss Bennett disappeared while at.
tending New York university. No
trace Of her ever was found. Benefi.
Charles Of the will are Drury college;
the Rev. Pearce Pinch. Fairfield, Ia:
The Rev. John Brereton, Springfield.
No, and Mrs. X. r. Little.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
HOW I'LL BAr1sHEp BAcxAcHE.

Mrs. Effie E. Kl-ppe. Averill. Mimi.
writes: II was at a sanitarium three
weeks at one time, two weeks another
time. for rheumatism and kidney trou.
BILE and got no relief. On my return
began using Foley Kidney Pills: u
immediate relief: half bottle completed
the cure. Always use when / feel pain
In my back" Sold everywhere.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
RHEUMATIC AND KIDNEY ILLS.

Troubled with rheumatism, kidney OF
bladder affections? You need Foley
Kidney Pills. Mrs. Frank p. Wood. II.
y. d. 2. Morrill,. Maine. writes: II
found relief as soon as / began taking
Foley Kidney Pills. My husband also
received much benefit from them. He
was lame. could not stoop over: now
feels no pain" Sold everywhere.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30

Mrs. William J.. Smythe, a New York
society woman, as a member of the
American Defense society has obtained
5000 signatures on a petition to con
gress urging the suspension of all Ger
man-language newspapers in this
country. Every mother that has a
son at the front or in camp here should
protest against the continuation of
these papers," said Mrs. Smythe. 1T
breaks my heart to think that the Ian
guage of the enemy our boys are fight
ing Is still being used In the United
States and papers are being daily pub
lished In It,"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30

Coughs or colds which persist at this
season usually are of al obstinate ma
ture. All the more reason for using a
reliable remedy. Mrs. Margaret Smale.
Bishop, Cal, writes: "Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound is a grand remedy.
Suffered from a cold last week. used
the medicine and II acted III a charm
Sold everywhere.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
Special Elections Ordered.

Madison, Wis, Sept. 30.-Governor
Philip ordered special elections to
fill congressional vacancies in the
Sixth and Eleventh districts. Election
will be for the unexpired terms of the
late James Davidson, Oshkosh, and
Irvine Lenroot. the latter elevated to
the Senate last spring. Special pri-
maries will be held in the two districts
Oct. %, while the special election will
take place at the time of the genera
election, Nov. 8. This means there
will bs two elections for Congress In
the two districts Nov. s.
hlRc NAIL IAN ChNTl-