Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-01-24

;,s ~ ,.,n.-u etar-'s At IT'S ma x1lanm !
arength aggregated 272,0OO men and
officers. The army in the field ard in
training now is practically six times
as great as the maximum number I'M
der arms in the Spanish-American war.
About $4,000 officers were commits
stoned from civil life in the two series
of training camps, nearly eight times
as many as the number of officers In
the regular army April /, 1917.
Postmasters are directed not to &C.
cept for shipment to members of ex-
peditionary forces packages contain
ing matches, cigar lighters, or solidif1ed
alcohol, including the preparation call
ed "Sterno" or canned heat.
1t is not deemed safe to admit these
articles to mails for foreign countries
or for United States naval vessels, In
Guiding marines on shore In other c0ln-
tries.
Contractors working on orders for
the navy. are required to provide
watchmen and devices to protect their
plants and property ands the work in
progress against espionage. acts Of
war and Of enemy aliens. Upon re-
quest they must report the citizenship;
country of birth, or allen status OF I'LL
employees.
A second training camp will be held
at Porto Rico starting February l..
The attendance of 400 will be selected
from citizens and residents Of Porto
Rico.
The committee ON public information
las made the following translation Of
an article appearing in the Bremel
Buerger-Zeitung:
"a soldiers wife who had gathered
wood In the common forest of Wald.
kirch, near Freiburg in Breisgau, was
sentenced for the offense in the follow.
ing terms:
"'Mrs. Clara Ganter, on June 13.
1917, has removed from the common
forest of Waldkirch, Sec l 50, one
fagOt of dry fir twigs of the value OF
10 pfenning. In punishment thereof
She is sentenced to fine Of 1 mark
and one days imprisonment
"The husband of the culprit has been
for three years at the front. she her
self has four small children to support
in the direst poverty. Similar reports
of punishment should be reported IN
greater numbers. Our bureaucracy I'm.
uerstandS how to employ this period
of shortage of wood and coal on a
large scale for the benefit of the treas
ury."
In a bulletin on the employment Of
women in the storage and warehousing
depots of the Emitted States army Is
the following:
''l'he census of 1910 reported that Of
every 100 men and boys ten years nf
age and over. only ~ were not gam
fully employed. This group of 10 in
cluded old men not able to work, chill
dren too young to work, the sick and
handicapped, and men in schools and
colleges. z.
Assuming that 100000 of the mum
ber called by the selective-service law
have had some form of gainflll employ
ment. we may estimate that one out of
every GO men in the industries and
professions of the country has l,cen
called into military service. While am
other in every GO has voluntarily join
ed the forces of the army or navy.
Thus. about 3 per cent of the gainfully
employed men have been taken out of
their occupations" ):
The largest shoe factories in Italy
have started manufacturing the nation
al standard shoes, using leather sup
piled by the ministry of industry. com
merce, and labor. The standard types
were established by the central shoe
committee In Rome. but every factory
is making little notifications. accord
ing to its means and system Of manu-
featuring. ~
The government is organizing 'syS
| tens of sale of shoes to the public
| They provide for the opening of stores
in the principal italian cities, TO be
engaged exclusively in the sale Of ma
tional shoes and to be controlled b,
the government authorities. 1t is like
| ly that buyers will have to Obtain
cards.
The private shoe stores will be sup
piled with an adequate number o.
shoes and will be granted reason
| able commission.
The army and navy commission OF
.-a1pipg caWn sctivitias- In addition +