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according to the personnel chart OF
the corps, is to be 154.747.
The Army motor trucks. with this
unit will number 40,803: there will
be 4,250 motor cycles. 1906 passenger
carrying motor cars, and 6.598 ambu-
lances, with a total of approximately
100000 drivers and riders. The Of
ficers will number 1928 and the non
commissioned officers 10000.
The headquarters or executive or
ganiEation for this service will con-
sist of 1922 men and 679 officers. and
the total repair personnel in the 273
service parks provided for the upkeep
of the army of motor vehicles consists
of 34,319 men, large percentage of
them trained mechanics. Each addi-
tional American army will, of course.
require q similar motor transport
corps personnel. BY the time the
United States has 100000 troops in
France nearly half million of them
will be engaged in motor transport
work
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ny RENE FE1BELNIAN.

Cablegrnm to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
AMSTERDAM, September 14.-Ger-
many's propaganda service is trying
hard to represent to the public what
defeat would mean with a view to
causing the people to steel their
hearts and bear with courage what
cannot be avoided.
From information which reaches
me privately from over the German
frontier it appears, indeed. that the
German morale is so low that even
small victory on the western front
that is all the optimists dare to hope
for-would help it. Germans travel
ing in Holland admit so much with
out hesitation. They say:
Cannot Stand Much More.
1--WE have suffered too much even as
victors, but now that we are losing
we cannot stand it any longer"
1t is doubtful whether Hindenburg' S
homilies and the kaiser's kilograms OF
overdrawn pictures by anonymous
officers will again whip the German
masses into the so-called "hurrah
Every one feels that the idol OF
militarism has fallen. While for
merly it was considered an honor to
drive nails into Hindenburg's wooden
statue in Berlin, any lunatic who
| would try that game ow would be
lese majesty.
The Cologne Gazette prints an ar
ticle under the title. Gin the Midst OF
the Hurricane" signed by Prof
George Wegener, the papers repre-
sentative at military headquarters,
he had chat with an important
active officer comma nding on the
western front. whom he designated
with the initial "a"
DR.. Wegener asked: what are the
allies driving at? Why are they TAX
ing such enormous risks?" The Of
fcers made a long reply and this re-
ply is considered to be the reply OF
Gen. Ludendorff to the question which
every one in Germany is asking either
openly or in secret!
Says Political Goal Is Sought.
'"The allies. said the officer, ARE not
seeking so much a military as a po-
litical goal. They simply want to
break down German confidence to
make us lose our heads and nerve.
SO bad that we are ready to collapse.
His devilish propaganda is working
feverishly to hasten this collapse. If
he succeeds he knows that every
thing in Germany will Immediately go
to pieces.
eff those at the front are no longer
confident then everything is lost. But
we. at the front cannot understand
how the feeling could be prevalent at
home that surrender is preferable. OF
all the solutions suggested one never
hears of this at the front, where all
| with few exceptions, stick to the
motto: we cannot be beaten by force
of arms. We shall remain in the
enemy land as long as our leaders
want to and until the last American
division has been broken against our
bayonets.' When the front is not in
doubt why is the country plunged in
anxiety?"
Later in the interview the officer ad-
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Destroyed Foot Bridges.

With tenable positions across the
marshes, the Germans had construct
ed foot bridges, which they had
broken in several places after the re-
treat across the Somme canal, fore
ing the pursuing British to employ
pontoon floats made of cork and
empty gasoline tanks. which were
hooked up with a sort of blackboard,
well known in wet trenches. when the
final movement on Peronne was pro-
pitious.
The reader may remember what
was cabled about August IL of Brit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15
nv PAIL AyREs ROCKWELL

CabIexrnm to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 19ls.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES.
September IL can only repeat
about Nesle what 1 have already SAID
regarding other little French cities
that have met tragic destruction at
German hands. Its houses are mere
empty shells. sad in their desolation.
The church was wrecked by timed
mine nine days after the Germans
had departed, but fortunately the ex-
plosion injured no one Territorials
had already cleaned the rubbish from
the towns main street. but the very
cleanliness of Nesle adds to its
pathetic aspect.
We turned toward Roye. ! am not
overstating it when j say that the
country, bounding the Nesle-Roye ma
tional highway is one vast cemetery
There were graves all along by the
roadside. many being placed right
under the tall trees which form an
avenue along the road. 1t Is aston
fishing that the Germans did not chop
down the trees, but perhaps they
spared them because they shade SO
many German dead.
Mounds Scattered Through Fields.
Scattered across the fields as far as
one can see are mounds, some four
years old and some exceedingly new.
I noticed more than one grave in
which the enemy had buried valiant
Frenchman who defended the route
last March. The region is almost
without villages. Tethonvillers. Marche
and Carrepui have been blasted.
Roye from a distance still looks like
a city, but most of the buildings have
been ruined by shells or bombs. Roye
was stubbornly contested before the
Germans We're finally driven out. We
circled around the town, which is
surrounded and criSScroSSed by earth
works that appear homogeneous along
side of the old reddish brick fortifi-
cations. which still extend along a
portion of ,Roye bordering on the
Avre river.
Quitting the city through ST. GILES
faubourg, where the poiluS first
gained a footing in August, we took
the wretched road toward Lassigny
] believe that the battlefield over
which we rode for miles is the final
word in frightfulness of aspect.
Stretching away into the distance on
both sides of the road-which is but
an uneven trace winding in and out
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Jews of the East Side have more than
done their duty. Jewish participation
in any of the aforementioned actiyi-
ties will serve to illustrate the new
spirit of the East Side, but nothing
serves this purpose better than the
third liberty loan.
THAT the East Side has changed
heart is encouraging because it shows
that one by one the elements of
Americas .polyglot of races are lin
ing up solidly behind the nation. It
also shows the, final crystallization of
the conviction that Germany is the
worlds common foe. And this unity
of spirit is unsusceptible of being
crushed under the weight of the
Prussian military machine"
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Cornell Man in War Position.

DR.. Floyd X. Richtmyer. assistant
professor at Cornell University. has
accepted "a temporary civilian ap-
pointment as radio engineer in the
Signal Corps of the Army at WASH
ington. The appointment was made
as a result of research work done by
Prof. Richtmyer during the last sum-
mer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15
BY e. PERCY NOEL.
Cablegram to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Dnfly News. Copyright, 1918.

Cablegram to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Dnily News. Copyright, 1918.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY AT
THE FRONT, September 14.-Follow-
ing Gen. Haig's fourth army under
command of Gen. Sir Henry Raw1in-
son in it's relentless pursuit of the de-
feated Germans accords an opportunity
to examine fresh marks of the enc
my's late occupation. One sees the
strength of the positions that inspired
confidence in the troops holding them
and one finds unmistakable indica-
lions of the enemy's intention to WIN
ter upon this ground which the Aus
tralian and English troops in close
touch with the French on their right
have forced the Germans to evacuate.
From the River Omignon, about
where the British khaki meets the
French horizon blue, to the region
north of the Cologne river the Fourth
Army's front runs parallel with the
st. Quentin canal through machine
gun nests and irregular ravines and
ridges. There are only about three
ish front and the old Hindenburg line
where it runs north from st. Quentin.
Left Everything But Food.
Through all the territory that has
been regained the enemy left unusual
NQdantities of supplies Of all kinds ex-
cept food. In certain places there
were many dead, notably at Mont st.
Quentin, and in northern suburb of
Peronne, where many Germans were
killed in. their seven counter attacks
against the Australians. After this
failure the enemy despaired of hold
ing Peronne itself. It's rear guard of
machine gunners defended it we'll to
permit the main body of the enemy
to escape, but the great majority fell
prisoners to the Australians awaiting
them across all avenues of retreat.
On approaching Peronne through
Herbecourt to Biaches, on the west
ern bank Of the Somme canal. 1 saw
like a flash the strength Of the en-
emy's former position at Perenne on
the eastern bank. Before me lay the
canal. and beyond it marshes of about
little to the north was the high St.
Quentin hill and it's adjacent ridges.
With all the bridges along the
Somme destroyed, Peronne seemed
impregnable. except to one who knew
how the tanks preceding the Austria
lians and English had moved north of
Peronne and at the same time, Slip
ping across the canal south in the
region of Brie, had not only taken
the city, but those of the German
troops remaining to defend it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15

Lieut.. Coningsby Dawson of New
ark, N. J.. of the Canadian field artii-
lery, has been wounded in action a
second time. He is the author Of
Garry On" and many other books
and poems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15

Lieut.. c. r. James of Chicago was in
stantly killed and enlisted man named
I4antz fatally injured at Fort Worth
Friday when their airplane crashed
to earth in a spin. Lantz died shortly
after the accident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15
WAR 0FF|CEPH0NE
SYSTEM LARGEST
Surpasses in Size All Other
Private Exchanges; Big
Operating Force.

The largest private telephone branch
in the world is the one which serves
the expanding needs of the War De-
structed three-story building contain
ing forty-four positions" an Office
larger than the central" in many a
city. Thirty more positions" are
being installed.
On July / this branch served 3,17S
extensions; on August 1, 1926. 1t re-
quires 1875 trunk lines for incoming
calls, IS trunk lines for outgoing
calls, local and suburban toll, II pri-
vate toll lines to New York. Phila-
delphia, Baltimore, Detroit via Cleve-
land, Hoboken and Newport News and
los tie lines to other government sta
lions in Washington. A large in
crease in the number of private toll
lines is probable.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
An average of four records taken
during July shows 32,93S outward and
1864 inward calls in twenty-four
hours. In the peak hours the calls
often run as high as 1884 an hour.
The operating force consists of
ninety persons, but more are urgently
needed, and the call to patriotic serv-
ice which is bringing other groups of
workers to Washington is awaited in
this field. The work day is eight
hours, minus thirty minutes for lunch
con, and there is a very attractive
restroom, with lunchroom in the
rear containing a gas stove for light
cooking and matron in charge.
Young woman employees receive all
possible consideration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15
Canada Not Included.

Canada. technically speaking, is not
classed as officially belonging to Pan
America. but if we include it geo
graphically under that term and add
it as a national entity. in addition to
the United States and the twenty Latin
American countries. we have q total
of twenty-five all-American nations.
fifteen of which have formally broken
relations with the central allies and
ten have officially declared war on
them AS showing the combined
weight of pan-American cooperation.
under this classification in the war.
it can be said that four-flfths of the
population. fve-sevenths of all its
governments, eight-ninths of its i'm
mense area and nine-elevenths of its
enormous foreign commerce have al
lied themselves against the central
allies. According to the best statis
tics, moreover, the pan-Amerfcan
allies. aside from the United States
and Canada, could provide. IL re-
quired. within two years. an army of
100000 competent fighting men. AS
it is, they and the neutral countries of
pan-America as we'll are supplying
vast quantities of food products and
raw materials which are absolutely
essential es sns d.. for the successful conduct
Certainly the above is showing
for pan-America which will interest
all those who are watching the at
titude of the nations Of the world in
this mighty struggle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15
Heart and Soul With Entente.

1.-THE Rumanian army and it's officers
are heart and soul with the entente,
while the people are united in a feel
ing of deep bitterness against the Ger
mans. This feeling has been increased
on account of the treatment of their
fellow-countrymen who fed from
Wallachia and were hindered from re-
turning home.
News of the entente's victories is
received with enthusiasm by the
crowds, which openly manifest their
pleasure in the streets of the capital.
The entente nations are not considered
as former but as present allies. The
Germanophile government is not able
to stop these demonstrations of pleas
ure.
1.-The German newspapers are now
beginning to see danger in this at
titude of the Rumanians, and Field
Marshal Won Mackensen has refused
to send any of the German troops oc-
cupying the country to the west front.
declaring frankly that the situation in
Rumania is critical. He even asks that
more troops be sent to reinforce the
garrisons.
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Bar Was Commodious.

A bar occupied half of the space
in one of the downstairs rooms
1t was q commodious bar where I'M
doubtedly much stolen French wine
was sold along with German beer
such as it is today. Evidently the
club had been evacuated in the first
stages Of the German retreat when
bombs were falling day and night on
the bridges across the Somme canal.
In the town hall where a white
sign Hotel de Vile" had been trans
lated into "Rathaus" I discovered. a
sort of freight depot where numerous
articles had been left because of the
lack of transport facilities. including
number marked Soldiers club
Among the articles obviously looted
was a harmonium from nearby
church with two gilded candlesticks
which bore tags saying that they
should be shipped with the organ.
The Cameronian major VINO accom-
panied me sat down at the organ and
played as entered the next door of
the city hall. I had just passed the
dead body of a German who lay in the
doorway. when I heard the organ
pealing forth the beautiful Handel re-
QUEEN. L went into the ammunition
Uttered courtyard of the city hall and
then peered into other rooms. One Of
these was filled with rifles, machine
gun and pistol cartridges.
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Speed in Equipping.

In equipping this branch all records
for speed were broken. Messengers
were summoned from distant cities
under instructions to carry needed
material by trunkloads. paying ex-
cess baggage, and taxis awaited them
at the Washington station. 1t was
found, for example, that for some
specific circuits $50 relays on thirty
two mounting plates were needed i'm
mediately. The material was all spe-
cial, and Sthe parts had to be manu-
featured and the coils wound. The
a certain Friday to the factory of the
western Electric Company, at Chi
cago, Ill. A messenger left there on
the next day with the equipment. and
it was in the building in Washington
at pm. on Sunday.
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are doing what they believe con-
scientiously to be right. None of
them. in their opinion, has had actual
official cause to declare war, and
therefore their present attitude is
justified. They do not deny the right
of any country to act as it sees best,
and they contend that they have the
same right.
A careful scrutiny of the leading
newspapers in the neutral countries
shows that an overwhelming ma
jority of them are most friendly to
the United States and the European
allies. Only a very small minority
are what could be termed pro-central
allies. 1t is also believed by many
that the so-called neutral countries
are able to be of greater service to
the United States and the European
allies by being neutral than by de-
claring war. If they took the latter
step they would be involved in vast
expenses. in conservation of their
own supplies and in the shutting
down on what they can send to the
United States and the European al
lies They would also require large
sums of money for armament and
protection, and these sums would
necessarily have to be supplied to a
considerable extent by the United
States and the European allies.
A careful consideration of the edi-
torial comment in the representative
papers in all parts of Latin America,
of the special articles which are ap-
pearine in it's press. of speeches that
are being made in its congresses, of
special addresses that are being de-
livered and of pamphlets and books
which are being distributed. would
lead to the inevitable conclusion that
the war has justified beyond all ex-
pecta tons the best principles of Pan
Americanism. and proved. from q
popular standpoint, the actual solidar-
ity of the western hemisphere.
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RUMAN|AN CROWDS
APPLAUD ENTENTE
Oppressed by Arrogance of
Germans, They Openly
Show Sympathies.
PLEASED BY VICTORIES
| BY BASSETT DIGBY.
| Cablegram to The Sunday Star and

Cablegram to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, September IA.
Tho ,entente's victories on the west
front have made very strong impress
sion in Rumania, says Georges Derussi,
until recently Rumanian minister to
Sweden.
AFTER forcing a detested peace at
Bucharest" he declares, "the Germans,
who are very bad psychologists, thought
they could reckon on our affectionate
devotion. Now, think, they are begin
ming to abandon this illusion, for all
classes of the community without ex-
ception loathe them. Even the hack
drivers frequently refuse to drive Ger
man officers.
Prussian Harshness.
1.-THE presence Of German troops, who
despite the peace continue to force them
selves on our capital. adds to the bad
feeling. They conduct themselves with
true Prusstan harshness, and in the
country districts as well as in the cities
have aroused the bitterness Of the peo-
pie to the limit.
THE peasants have literally been
robbed of all they have. The Germans
take from them not only their stores
or grain. but even poultry to the last
FOWL. They are not allowed to keep
more than single hen and must
yield some of the eggs for German
requisition. If the bitterness openly
makes itself felt in the provinces oc-
cupied by the enemy you can under
stand how the position is in the So
called free region, namely, Moldavia.
Here the German iron hand is not di-
rectly felt, but the tyranny makes it,
self manifest, thanks to Premier Mar
ghiloman's impotence, for he has no
greater authority than the hetman Of
the Ukraine.
Supporters of the great patriots,
Take Jonescu and NJ Bratiano, are
more numerous than ever. In Jassy
they are enthusiastic and absolutely
convinced of the approaching triumph
of the nations interests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15
Must Judge Fairly.

Everybody. however. should be fair
IN judging the attitude of the seven
neutral countries. 1t is, in my
opinion. unjust to say that they are
against the United States, or that
they are pro-central allies. 1t is the
honest belief of those familiar with
the situation that the highest officials
Of each of the neutral countries, in
determining the policy Of their lands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-15
Germans Left All Supplies
But Food in Per0n1e Fiqht
Stripped Officers Club and Its Commodious
Bar; Where They Had Planned to Spend
the Coming Winter Evenings

ish airmen bombing the bridges
across the canal and swampS in an
endeavor to stem the retreat of the
enemy. When I saw the remnants OF
these essentials to an eastern move
ment appreciated better than ever
before the effectiveness of air, bomb
ing, for the hits had been SO accurate
that not one German bridge to Pc
rome remained.
My car traversed the makeshift
bridge recently built by the resource
full British engineers to arrive at the
city beyond. There was a fine steel
bridge which was destroyed at the
time of the March retreat, and along
which the enemy built later was in
ruins. This could only have been ac-
complished by airmen flying very
low, for it was not much of target
The same was true of the little bridges
from the highway to the opposite side
Officers Club Stripped.
There wasAmple evidence in the city
of Peronne Of the Germans hasty re-
treat. Their intention to remain there
Indefinitely was not changed before
August at the earliest. One of the
most significant signs of their idea OF
permanency was soldiers club OF
''Soldatenheim." as a large sign in a
window proclaimed. It was roomy
house which had been barrlcaded by
strips of lumber when it was evacu-
ated. The door was locked. One OF
the window timberings had been torn
by shell. and through this 1 pene-
trated into the club, where every
thing had been removed except the
chairs, table and some of the deco
rations.
I burst open a door and mounted a
staircase to find comfortable reading
room with a wicket window from the
library in the wall, and another room
for writing, both rooms being filled
with furniture from the floor below
The meaning was obvious. The Ger
man command had found it difficult to
keep the soldiers content with their
miserable lot and had provided this
club for their benefit. with plenty OF
all that was required to amuse them
and make them satisfied with their
disagreeable job of fighting the Brit
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-22
Books Received in Week Ending Sept. Is
Biography.

The LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOEL
CHANDLER HARRIS. BY JULIA Coll
LIER HARRIS. The creator OF Uncle Remus
was copious and engaging letter writer,
and his daughter law has had rich
mass of biographical material TO select
from. The book has chapters on early
plantation days, on Ilarris's first quaint
experience of journalism, on his years OF
newspaper work on the Atlanta ConsfL
tuition, on his first success and on his
family life and friendships. Boston:
Houghton Miillin Company. 500.
GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE HIS LIFE
AND ACHIEVEMENTS. BY francis
H. LEurP. The romantic life story of the
boy who invented a rotary engine at the
age Of II, who is best known as the IN
vcntor of hc.automatc air brake, who IN
vented the automatic railway signal AMI
who is responsible for the introduction of
alternating current machinery. Boston:
Little, Brown & Co. ~.
W ESLEY AS SOcIOLOGIST, TIIEOlO-
GIAN, CHURCIMAN. BY JoHN ALFRED
FAULKNER. The author il professor of
church history in Drew Theological Semi
nary. New York: The Methodist Book
Concern. - cents.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-22
illustrated Editions.

BEN BUTCHER ILLUSTRATED Ed.
TION OF a HOUSE OF fOMEGRA-
MATES. Besides tn. fairy tales Of Oscar
Wilde's 4 House Of Pomcgrdnat's this
book contains his story The Nightingale
and tie Rose. There are fourteen page
illustrations in black and white 10y Ben
Kxtchcr, whose work il in the general
style of that Of Aubrey Beardsley. Wilde
the artist is discussed in an introduction
by II. l.. Mcnckcn. New YORK: Mofat,
Yard 4 Co. So.