davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
Spare ~Jloebranoe.

WisiouIa, Ront., Sen SSe Suli:
@oloiomme Sfogbran6e roIer
Seiuap., Clearwater, Geno 6'Sreil-
le. og aanifiusifo9ene, % Sc bar
bibtil aqereoe foitet ct Wenreifelio.
6. 9. Gamer ira &i6lano Gen.
ter, @is., en- al Dem Tom bar Delta.
get / gefiPmpelien al gran6en /
Glearapterifogen, blep rommet al
ct neoitprtenoe Gre og orpbt paa
Steoet.
granoiititationen err pberit trllen.
De. S%pereneite ~oiiponibel Manb er
blet ien0t ira set i~eoeraIc 1orItfon.
tor heriteos.
en- itprt 8inb briper 5lammerne
irem me6 riuenoe Surtigbeo, % oen
~Iangparige Serfe bar eiort Sfoge.
ne terre Tom Snuff.
GgIaa / California raier Ippre
Sfoebrnnbe. sra San 5rancisco
t~elesraferes ben Zoe Suli: Stog.
o. 9ruitbranoen / IRrbeoen al
Wan5anilaiisen / 9asien 9ountp.
buor oper 100 Warb | ire Ooge bar
holot paa at befiGTlpe oen, err M
ontaseIig braSt unber aontroI. 81.
gelebes baaber man mart Of iaa
gugt meo en- mesct ~alporIig grano,
Iom bar raiet | Den neore Del al
alamat Tiper-G iitrittet | Sisfipon
Gpuufn
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
SpYtter paa SIaoet.

Moline, Sa, Sen 4be SSuIi: On
A gar gamneI Spenifc, @eter
@o'iner, bIep ioa9 toget / 3orparinq
AZ Ell Slot cipiIe 9orgere % SoIoo.
ter % oOerIeuerct til oe isoerale
Wpnoi9beoer iorot bope npgtet at
tn9e Satten al, GA set omerifunife
6lo9 borcS iorbi / en- Ace SltIipa.
raoc.
@an beIfpIoeS ogion iorot bare
ippttet pao 6Iogct, eiterat ban bar
bIeoet iretteiat Tor life at bape toget
&atten al.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
Serommelie OmtaIe.

8aibington Den CITE Suli: 9lonot
Dem, JON ifelge ct omiiicieIt Telegram
ira oct frantic Sooe6fuorter / Sranf-
rig er bIet bergmrgeIig omtnlt for
nopiit Woo og Gapperbeo / en- ipe-
ciel Oagsbefaling nGpneS 6aneiun.
fer Carl 5. Noritrano, aommanoer-
Iergeant @omunb Z. MaoIen ira
&%lebenbaort, Sanmarf, aorporol
Wiainm @anien ira Bortlano, Ore,
eon, og &orporal &arl @. 2ofe.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
Gre eserioloater hcnot

Gre NegerioIoater / Camp Googc,
Soma, Gobert Sobnion, StanIcp
SramImea oe Sreo 9laer, ale ira
Ilabalna, blep ON Morgeten ben
ste SuIi offentlig b9ngt for ct brli-
talt Sperfalo paa en- II @or lam
mel Tise. orange al be miIitpre
Silifuere b~eipinreoe.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
n=Saao &rtgcm.

Sen interesIantelte &rigSnpbeo D
iibite Gage er @fterretningen ON, a
oct otter err begpn0t at bli liuligt
Mlbanien paa 2itiioen al Slbriater
bapet.
Gfterretnimgen bar iprlig Snter
este oerpeo, at 2inlerne %tpersoper I'll
banien iom befienot mn uogier oel
peitlige 6Isi al ben mafeoonilfJ
Sront. Oct er Stalienere, iom boil
ser benne Slsi operfor Siterrigerne
Itsttet al enbel iranife afoelinger.
Set par ben 6te Sllli, at Sta
lienerne be9pnbte @ngrebet / @lba
MEN, / Norb for Salona. Mtco slsii
itance al ct fraftigt 9ombarOemert
ira italienife Wonitorer tGt inounbel
apiten blep ben siterrigife Slei n9r.
melt Sisen "freaet op" al italienli
Snfanteri.
&en raieoe ferit paa n 80 Wil
breo Sront, men ben iprebte Jig bur.
tigt eitober, iaa Den mart omfatteoe
Ell 100 Wtil breb Srolt mellem Iori-
aterbapct og ct 9lunft / Sect for Mafe-
boniens Sopeoitao Wonaitir.
2iterrigerne blep iororepet fra
megct iterfe Sti1imger / 9lbonien og
blcp paa enfelte Yltnfter brebet til
bage fenlten Mil. Stalienerne flor
meoe ire 9per, fog 1900 Sanger og
gioroe ct b~etpoeligt &rigsbptte, De
iibite Welbinger fortpller ON betpoe.
Zig Sirfiombeo al oct it~alienife &aoas
leri, builfet tpoer paa, at mo MI er
fommet uo al Sfpttergrapene for
goot og fiGmper paa aben Warf.
Snor itor ben aliereoe Stprfe er
paa Sen peltliee Salpoel al ben mafe.
ooniife 6ront pioes life, men iioit
man bsrte noget berom itob Ser /
Mlbunien minoit Ell balp Wiaion
Stalienere unber &pmmanbo al @e-
neral Imeglia.
Spis benne Mffpre ubpifler iig til
ct iterre aaieret Ingreb peo ben ma
feboniife Sront, fan oct fon1me til at
faa ben iterite Snolpoelie paa @egi-
pcnbeberne peo be eprige Sronter,
ferit % fremit Sronten | Stalien. st
alieret oellptfet Sremiteo giennem
Serbien e1er gulgarten benimoo
9agberen til Siterrig.llngarn fan
eilbnu fomn1e til at epe Den itsrite
Snoflpoelie paa &rigens llofalb.
Weooelelier fra oct frantic Sobeo.
fparter / Wafebonien tpoer paa, at
ben bulgarife Irme life Longer er
iuit / Den beoite Sprfatning. 0eierta-
TONER tiltager itaoist, % oisie 9eier.
terer forteler, at Silitanoen i Bull
garien MI er utaalelig, oe at Solicit
bar opginet etbpert Saab ON Ell enoe.
Zig Seir.
Sertil er Ser opitaaet err nteget
ippnot SorboIb meleml gitlgurien pg
Sprfiet %angaaenbe 0eling al oct
Butte, iom blep ranet ira HlnGnien.
Oct er 10 Storebror, Spiflaro, ium
bar foreitaaet 0elinsen, men buerfen
9,lgarien eler Sprfiet ipnes, at Sc
bar facet, boao De tilfommer, oe iaa
bar De TO eipet fig til at Triangle mo-
bprbes om @rGnielinier.
Sioen Der iioit foregif nosen Spe-
ratipner al getpbning peo Den mafe-
ooniife Sront, bar osiaa 8r9fell-
lamb i1btaget Hlabs beo oe Iaiereoes
Sibe, os Sen greife Stprfe pes Sron.
ten blep nplis ppgipet til 200, 900
Mano.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
0orolfiolp.

@aIbin9ton ben Soc Sui: st
SoroifiGlu al betpOelig %oIoiombeo
notereoes iOag al SeiSmo9roien /
@eorgetoun llniperiitet. Sfipluet
antages at bape iunoet Steo ca.
$500 0fiI ira @oibington, antage.
Zig / Spoamerif etIteoS.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
J~nitruftcr.K urler.

@aIhirgton oen Soc Srli: CT go
inteniiot Sreningstirius iii
llbbannelIe al Snitrllftsrer for De
RilitGraioelinser, Tom til Soften
fol Oprettes peo 2anoets llniperii'
og Colleges. aabnes ben 1Soe
Suli / g~lnttsburs, u. g., Sort She.
rioan, Sa., % Sbe Ereiibio, Gal.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
Kpinoelio
Senatorfanoioat

@nIbinston ben ste Sui: Zen
fpinbelise aongresreprRIentant fra
Nontana, Niis Seanettc &anfln.
funbsiorbe ioag. at bun aatebe at
itiae Jig Tom repubIifarif Senator.
fanbioat peo Erim9rpaIset | Dson.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
Den ttdlienife front.

SEQ Sronten / Stalien er Sitila.
tionen I'LL omtrellt ben famine inm
6ranfri9. Ger er forbploSpis itint
operalt, mel Der ligger iom Ell gnelie
/ 2uften ON, at npe, itore @egipen-
beber foreitaar.
Stalienerne penter ct mt fort
fienotligt Ingreb, men / Sre1tino
oennegnng, altiaa norofra.
Spifernes rimeligpis it6ritc Self
bcrregeni General S~uoenoorff ifal
bore fonlmet til Srentilo for per
ionlig at tage Situotionen / gieipn,
% itore siterrigite Soriterfninger
foncentreres M / Srent og SIMS
brltcf / Sprol.
Oct rpeteoes for en- llges Sib iioeh,
at Spiflalb baboe tilbrbt at uolaane
General bon 9elom til Elterrig iont
E-oeritfommanoerenoe oper De otter.
rigif-ungarife Stribsfr9fter / Sta
lien, og at ban ffuloe bringe meb fig
tire tpifc Irmeforps fra Geitfronten,
lon1 ifllloe poiteres oppe / Ilpefron-
ten etIteos. Wen MI telegraferes ira
&om, at Giterrig ifuloe bape neetet
at nfceptcre General bon @elom iom
Speritfommanberenoe, forbi Splfluno
negte at ienoe meb bam ~ tpife no
iegte 0ipiiioner.
Spab iom er Sanbbeb og @iptning
eaer leie Gpeter / aft bette er life
gobt at bloc. Oct eneite, Tom err OBJ
iolllt iitfert err, at SiterrigerneS for
imeoelige Neoerlag / Stalien for.
nplig bar bragt aoifiaig Sorpirring /
General 2uoenoorffs Hegneitpffer.
X
Der meloes fra &on1, at flere al
De eiterrieife Grissfanger blep oper-
1naabe forbauiet, Ga De al Stalienerne
fit bloc, at amerifa er meb / &ri-
gen. 0ette bapoe De life bort for.
ga Den amerifanife milit9re Mis-
lion / Stalien forleoen Dag itanieoe
meb lin Iittomobil forun en- 9lfbeling
Sanger, raabte en- al San-
gerne paa uomerfet Gngelif:
"SSa) er BET ianot, at Snfel Gam
er meo / &rigert, iaa baaber ieg, at
Imerifanerne peoblir at fomme, inb-
til De blir iterfe nof I'll at binoe &rt.
gen. &i fam Ga faa en- Gnbe paa belle
oenrte Glenoigbeo, oa ieg fan faa
oenbe tilbage til @merifa."
X
Se italienife Slpnere er fuloitpn-
big &errer / 2itfterl oper oen italienife
0ette fremgoor fart al De
officieae Spgaber, iom M, foreligger
ooer Sperationerne / be 10 Sage,
9iterrigernes beorspelige Sffeniip
onreoe / forrige Waaneo.
S%talienerne operereoe 100 Sager.
g%eroplaner, % meb oisie eoeIagoe be
luz elterr1glte Ieroplaller % Z OBJ
observation-disclosures.
S~talierernes Sab bar 7 Iero.
iom blep ffuot ncb bag 6iell-
,ens 2inier, os ire @alloner. Sre
lliereoe Slppere blep or9bt, 6 iaare.
,es og Z James.
5000 Sotograiier blep unoer Sla.
yet taget at be italienife 6lppere, og
5000 Bomber til Ell @est al 20 Cons
,leu faitet neo oper De fienotIise
Stillinger.
Stalienife observation-disclosures Tia.
laliierebe neiten 1000 fienbtlige Or.
iaeriitiainger og biriaereoe Sloen
ra n9iten 1000 Ganoner.
s De italienife Slppeforps err Der
'aaoe frantic, brittle os amerifanife
sInoprp ion nnino SON ;toEnnife
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
peffronten.

Sirsbag bar oct 5ranifm9noenes
Tur til at eaa paa igien. Com ct
2eo ! be baslige allierebe Spnansreb
her og Der langs Sronten flenlte
Sranifmpnoene paa meaem Nont.
cibier og GIpen DIE, altiaa | Sposit
for amiens.
9ei par bare en- Stump af 6ronten
paa 21a NiI. iom bleu ansrcbet. men
Der oren be 3piferne tiIbase omtrent
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12

armeoepartcmcntct opIuier, at ale
colleges, ION fan msnitre 100 uaa.
penlere Stuoenter, oil bli onmooet
ON at lenoe ct pit AntaI Gleper til
elsie &uyIer.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12

taua oen.27be Iuglgit. Ser bar
biotiI life meIot iig nogen aroen
republican, aanoioat. Senotor
@alib err aanbioot for @icnuaIa
paa Den oemofratiifc @~aIgieooel.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12

8eiamotmprbet / Muifpa % be mn-
liae Tslscr beraf. = Gseffo.Slo To-
oafernes betpbningsfnlbe CptrG-
ben / Sibiricn.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
Gilmans Gfterfcloer.

Columbia, Soutb Carolina. 3. s.
SuIi. Gbriitie Senet, en- Sagfsrer
bcri Suen, err Of 8upernsr Ian.
nina uonppnt Ill aiosoe Senator
SillmonS G~iterisIger. Gen npe
Senator. ser or 80 Mar sammel.
oil bli ct al oe pnsite Teolemmer
al Senatet.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12

SorbplSsuis title / Tranfris % Sta
lien. Eaa besge Steber pemtes Der
me, iture fienotlige Nngreb.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12

Tripcr Eiterrigerne tilbase 10 Wtil
nrrmeit Moriaterbapet, taser tire
Sger, 1900 Sanger % sjpr ltprt
&rias6ptte.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12

Or. &meblmann trGber at ium inf
ltSenrigsminiiter. Zen tpife 8e-
ianbt /ariitiania hans Gfter'
muno?
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
Verden$kriQen.

9e Mliereoe begpnber ct itprre gin.
greb / Wbanien, ipm banner Den
neitlige 5lpi at ben mafeSuniife
Trpnt.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
Ruslano.

Zen tpIfe 8eianot iii GusIano
@rep pom Mirbachs Morb / Ioitpa
/ forrise llse oil rimeligpis iaa blot
rGffenoe Gslser babe | ben enc %
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
Horife Sfibsta6.

WaIhlnGton oen ste SliIi: Sppe
norlte Stibe, paa tiliammen o..
S33 Sruttoton5, er bleuet iPnfet al
llbaaoe eaer Miner / SUM. meIoer
ct o%fiicielt Telegram til Ben berpG.
renoe norlfe Segution. 5reoiue
N'nno iaones % antages at p1re
nmfnnne.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
Norif Sfib irnfct.

sra Ell atlantiif Sauu m~eooeles
ocn S0e Sui: gi uetop anfommet
TRANSATLANTIC Camper brinacr Np,
beoen ON. at oct uorife GGmpifib
"Attgualo" or bIet ipnfct miotpeis
noe paa Occnuet.
9ampercn meobrdgte If Nuno
al ~eiPtninaell, iom par 6Iet optag.
ne ira Dc Babe buori Sc laa % oreu
noe pad oct nabne Sao. Dc holoeS
afitGngte omboro paa Qamperen,
loa De rprmere Smitpnoigbeoer
peo SPnfningen life tunoe eriares.
@n Aouariel er bIet ienot uo ON,
at llnbcruonosbaaoe muligens far
poatrGifeS / Strsget mellem 80 or
40 @rabers II. greooe. Zen ste
Sui befanot G iicnotlig timber.
u~ano5baao Jig paa 1882 Graders
II. 9reobe og 1880 8raoers D.
Spngoe.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
nordi$ke nybeder
HnrsnSIstcrne / Suerise betesnes
lom aicnncmaaaenoe aooe.
Norif Winiier taser Mineo

Stocf6oIm. Suerige, Soc Suli:
Som 6eIge al Oen gooe Aseobsr /
Den iioite Salooel al SUM % set
paofsIgenoe parnte Teir er aarsuo.
ligierne BERT Suerige M giennem.
gaaenoe gooe % pna line Steoer
enSog iortrinlige og bar blanot
Meolemmerne al Yrouionterinas.
commissioner ooft 6aab ON, at
GrsSrotionering life pil bli neopeu.
0ia til Soften.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
Zen nurife Trupiantminiitcr tager
Nfifco.

ari'tiarin oeu 6tc Slili: Troies.
Ior FrDt3 BroUanterirgsminiiter I
ocn norifc &esiering iiocn Tpril
1917 too Hfifeo iona. Gariaser
I'll bans aitrpoen iigeS at bare
6rpgt for. at 9eitemncIIerne /
Cpercn@tomiten me0 Sc 6oreneoe
Stater piloe irembuoe Gauiteligbe.
Der og uiIoe itabe ell Situation. ior
builfen ban life piloe tage 9lnIua-
rnt
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
Spoernc nopiics al TinlanS.

StocfboIm. Sperige, t0Se SuIi:
Zen iinife Hegiering bar iislse Ell
al Oct beruprenoe is0iite Tresiebu.
reou mootaget 9eretuiug beor0ret
llooisningen ira 6inIauo al ale ~.
Der incen Den 30te September
De itnIfe Sober bar uoIteot ct
Cpradb Ill Geroen ON SiPlp.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12
Sueriae sisr ltnoifnlSning.

NmiterOnm, 6oQnro, ste Suli:
Siolge "aslmite 3eitung" bar Den
@iueuite &egieriug for ben tpite Ii.
nIiter / StoctboIm uotalt lin getla.
geIie ouer Ben iuenife Socialiitisrer
6iuimur DRAWINGS uotalelier !
Son0ou 'orleoen.
ltnber lin RProprelie oeo Oct bri.
fife Grbeioerpartis aonierence /
Sonoon erfIGreGe Sr. Granting / ct
Srteruiep oen 26oe Suni NJ set
par BAN en- @IPoe at flnme iige. at
Oet iuenife Soft itnoig blcu mere
oaieretiinoet. men at ban ies liz
o~uerbe0iit en-. at Sperige pil0e ior-
hi neitralt.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-07-12

G0rifsties paa eibe (
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-23
Hospital Nurses.

An orderly was on duty in an OPP
Grating room for the first time and was
TO witness an amputation. He Won
dered whether he would get nervous.
He also noticed bright-eyed. rosy
checked nurse, and he wondered If she,
too, would blanch under the ordeal.
Following the operation, he admitted
TO the nurse that it had been his first
operation. She congratulated him on
having borne up so well.
"Wbat did you feel like during your
first operation?" he asked the nurse.
"This morning was my first opera
ton" she said. "But l didn't know
that men could stand those things as
well as women"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-23
Surprise to Mother.

The little girl worked herself up into
that form of bad temper which is gen.
orally known to parents under the
name of "a tantrum."
But her mother did not make the
common mistake of chastislng her
while she was in that mood. She
called the little girl to her side and
argued with her.
Dear child" said the mother, don't
you know that when you get yourself
into such state nobody loves your"
Dear mother" answered the cLiid,
controlling herself with difficulty and
speaking through her clenched teeth.
when l am in such state i don't
care darn whether anybody loves me
or not I'-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-23
Technical Training of Seasoned Mechanics Solves Problem of Keep
ing Up Adequate Supply OF Licensed Men to Drive New
ShipS-Land- Trained Engineers Taught Secrets
of Engne-Room Practice on Salt Water

new idea for training engineers. Pro-
fessOr +. +. Miller, head of the engin-
eering section of that high-elass insti-
tuition, holds a marine engineers IL
cense, and is an authority on marine
practice In engineering.
The first shipping board class at
'"Tech" approved of Professor Miller
and the college stuff" so decidedly
that 1t had not been at the college a
week before the value of the new sys-
TEN was fully demonstrated.
Professor Miller had been designated
by the board as its chief instructor in
marine engineering. and classes were
started at other technical lleges, in
Guiding Tulane university at New Or
leans, Armour Institute at Chicago,
the Case School of Applied Science,
Cleveland, University of Pennsylvania,
Philadelphia. Johns Hopkins university,
Baltimore. and Washington university,
Seattle. Later schools were stirted at
the University of California, (Berk-
eley). In New York City and Jersey
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-23

City and at the Pratt institute, Brook
lyn.
The attendance at these schools 10
date has been more than 1900
The course of instruction Is based
on the premise that the man taught
is already a thorough mechanic. In
stlnction is given him in the things ne
would find hard to pick up by rule of
thumb experience.
Some OF the schools hold day SEES
sions only, others have evening class
es in order that the students may fol-
low their usual occupations by day.
Subjects for Intensive Study.
In day school. as at the Massachu-
sets Tech the forenoOnS are usual
~ devoted to lectures and the after
moons TO laboratory and demonstration
work.
The men are tested first In simple
mathematics and given a text book 10
aid them. They are then instructed I'm
such subjects as the action of salt wa
ter under heat, chemical tests of wa
ter, the character and use of fusible
plugs for boilers, capacity of coal bunk
erS. the character and combustion of
coal used on ships, the relation of coal
consumption to speed the character of
propellers, the element of slip"
pumps. valves, gauges and Indicator
cards.
For demonstrating work the class of
sixty or seventy members is divided
into small groups, each under an in
structor, who conducts the tests These
for the first week include engine de-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-23

tails, slide-valve setting, gauge testing
Indicator card taking and finally indi'
Gator card reading, which involves
familiarity with a special instrument
the planimeter.
During the week every man in the
class has his special practice in these
matters. In the second week the sub
iects are measurement of horsepower,
lining up of engines, piston valve set
ting and the condenser and air pump.
The third week the laboratory sub
iects are the salinometer, duplex pump,
water column and safety valve, while
in the last week there are exercises
with injectors, turbine-driven pumps,
and an afternoon spent in large sta
tionary power house.
Special Courses for Special Work.
This is the course at Massachusetts
"Tech." 1t may vary at other schools,
but the underlying principles of in
struction are the same. In the school
at Philadelphia the largest in attend
ance, now holding its sessions In the
Bourse building with a class well over
a hundred, special attention is given
to refrigerating machinery.
1t is part of the plan of the board to
train men in knowledge of every
kind of special equipment carried in
the mechanical outfit of a modern ship.
Turbine ships, for example, must
have specially trained engineers. The
latest development in these wonder
machines for driving ships are in the
geared turbine, a complicated and high
ly delicate piece of mechanism.
To provide a proper proportion Of
turbine engineers to meet coming de-
mands the shipping board has sent
picked men to the works where most
Of its turbines are made. with instruc-
tions that the men grow up with their
engines" An engineer so instructed is
supposed to watch his engine grow
from the castings TO its final assem-
bling in the shop. and then follow 1t
aboard ship, superintend its erection
there and run it when finally the ship
is ready for service.
The same idea of special instruction
is applied in the case of watertube
boilers, the engineers who are to han
die them being given a special course
in the Wpfks where the boilers are
made.
one of the most recent developments
in the driving machinery of ships be-
ing the so-called Diesel type of crude
oil engine, the shipping board is now
planning to instruct Diesel engineers
In addition to those trained TO handle
the ordinary types of engine.
In order to reach the men it wishes
for training, the shipping board re-
cruiting service employs officials in
various rarts Of the country known as
section chiefs who supply infOrma-
ton to constantly growing number
of applicants. Much of this is contained
in a pamphlet entitled How to Be
come an officer In the Merchant Ma
rine" National headquarters of the
recruiting service Is at the custom
house, Boston.
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Washington-"Whe you going to
get engineers for all them ships?'
This somewhat colloquial inquiry
was directed many times to represen-
tatives of the United States shipping
board recruiting service when the big
ness of the plan for bridging the At
lantic with American cargo carriers to
supply our armies and allies In Europe
first projected Itself upon the lay mind
of the country.
The public had been told there were
not even enough marine engineers who
We're citizens to man the ships flying
the flag in peace Zines. So the man
in the street could not see where the
supply was coming from for the thou
sand ships to be manned as merchant
men out Of the 1000 to be built by the
shipping board for the new merchant
marine
The shipping board has provided,
and continues to provide, an answer to
the question through training system
for marine engineers which It has de-
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-23
Mords otten MlsneIIed.

The most frequently misspeIled
words in the newspapers are. accord
ing to sharp. patient watcher:
Hailed" as in the sentence ''haIed in
to court"-it is often spelled hailed" /;
and identify" which curiously enough
in instance after instance is spelled
indemnity; the third is ecstasy"
which Is often spelled "ectacy" or
"ecstacy."
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veloped since the war began. This
system is entirely novel and distinctly
American. Under it no outside talent
has been required To provide instruc-
tors and no student not citizen has
been given instruction.
When TIE wal began the board pro-
eeeded on the theory that there was
plenty of material in the country for
an adequate supply of marine engn-
GERS. 1t estimated that there were sew
eriil thousand men in the engine rooms
and tirerooms of existing merchant
ships-oilers. water tenders aud fire
meu-who could be made into engin-
GERS by little encouragement and in
struetion. II estimated also that there
were many hundreds Of murine en-
gineers following other pursuits ashore
when the war began, who could be in
terested by the government in a propo-
sition TO rctu,n To the sea.
Finally II estimated that there were
thousands of stationary engineers, To-
connective drivers and machinstS who
had worked on marine enginesconstruc-
tion or repairs ashore who could be
quickly trained to become marine en-
glneers. These men were known To
have the groundwork of knowledge
necessary for handling marine en-
gines. II remained merely question
Of teaching them the things they should
know about saltwater practice in en-
gineering and to give them their "sea-
legs" before starting them off on voy-
ages in the new merchant fleet
college Stuff" Makes Its Bow
OF the many revolutionary training
practices growing out OF this war, none
was more striking than the shipping
boards plan for giving these men tech
meal drilling. The plan originated in
Boston with Henry Howard, the
boards director of recruiting Mr..
Howard, is graduate Of the MasSa-
chusetts Institute Of Technology and Il
firm believer in the value of technical
training to every kind Of mechanical
worker
His idea was to give the men needed
rs marine engineers a short, intensive
course Of training at the best techni-
cal colleges before sending them to
sea
The idea was so novel that the
grimy minded mechanic was little
inclined t. shy at 1t. college stufr''
seemed too "hifautn' to be worth
much. The ol3-fashioued engineer got
his knowledge in the same way as the
boys In the Dotheboys hal by manual
demonstration. He was "showeF' by
his superior on the job. That had be
come the accepted way OF training en-
gineers on American ships.
But the new method had not lonl
made its bow before mechanics seem
ed TO see something in it, The firemer
and oilers took 10 il: and they cam,
out with second or third assistant en-
gineer'S licenses in such surprisingl,
short time that the method OF theil
advancement commanded respect.
The Massachusetts Institute q
Technology was chosen to launch I'll,