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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-12-24
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
ESTATE OF ABBIE j. BURGESS

The Undersigned having been APP
pointed by the Honorable Probate
Court for the District of Bennington
COMM SSIONERS TO receive, examine
and adjust the claims and demands OF
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-17

qualities aS O witness he is subject
to croSs-examination the same as any
other witness, bat he is not subject
to crOss-examination on an unsworn
statement.
So much for the rigid question Of
rights. The laws assistance to SOL
diers goes farther, however. The War
Department, realizing that the fight
ing men may require assistance In
matters that go beyond military rou-
tine, has made the entire legal de-
partment of the Army an instrument
to help the private soldier In his per-
sonal troubles. IL any man I'm the
United States Army uniform wishes
legal advice about his own or his fam
tly's affairs, he may appeal TO the
Judge Advocate of his division, or
his assistants. AS means Of facili-
tating these appeals. the War Depart
ment has been granted permission to
detail Judge Advocate assistants as
lieutenants and captains in the vari-
GUS units. When this arrangement To
perfected, legal assistance may be ex-
tended to the soldiers through battal-
ion headquarters, thus eliminating
the delays that attach to an appeal
for help to division headquarters.
In addition. the Red Cross has
placed its legal department at the call
of the American private soldier. II
one of the men in General Pershing's
army, for example,. learns that his
family in the United States is threat
ened with eviction proceedings, or
other legal difficulties, he may take
his troubles to the nearest Red Cross
field director, or associate field direc-
tor. That representative will take q
complete report OF the case and for
ward It to Red Cross headquarters in
the United States, with the result that
the Red Cross legal department in
this country will take up the matter
and provide expert legal assistance
for the soldiers family.
It is obvious, therefore, that the
soldier fighting for the American flag
may count ON legal privileges as well
as legal rights
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Enlisted men I'm the Army OF the
United States are subject to military
law and liable TO be tried by military
courts from the date of their muster
or acceptance into the service. in case
Of those who enlist. and in the case
of those drafted, from the day on
which, by the terms Of the draft or
der, they are required to obey the
same. ga A. W..
A soldier charged with a crime or
a serious offense under the Articles
of War may be placed in confinement.
For minor offense he may be placed
in arrest. (69th A. W.. Ordinarily
no one but a commissioned officer has
the right to place q soldier in arrest
or confinement.
The 10th Article of War provides
that no person shall be held in con-
finement more than eight days, or
until court-martial can be convened,
except at remote posts or stations. A
person placed in arrest is entitled to
be served with copy of the charges
on which he Is to be tried within
eight days after his arrest and to be
brought to trial within ten days there
after, unless the necessities of the
service prevent such trial. In that
event he must be brought to trial
within thirty days. II charges are
not served or If the person is not so
brought to trial, the arrest must
cease, but those 80 released from
arrest may be tried, when the exigen-
cies of the service will permit, with
in twelve months after such release.
When soldier is brought to trial
before special or general court-mar-
tial, he has the right to challenge
any member of the court (18th A.
W.. The usual ground of challenge
Is that the officer is a witness in the
case, or that he has investigated it, or
that he has signed the charges or
formed an opinion as to the guilt of
the accused. He may also be chal-
lenged on the ground of personal bias
or prejudice. The accused is also
accorded the right to be represented
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by counsel, usually OF his own selec-
ton.
For minor offenses ne may be tried
by summary court-that is, q court
composed Of O single oficer-and in
this case the right OF challenge does
not apply. He Ia never required to
give evidence against himself, but
may. II he chooses, quality as o wit
ness In his own behalf, or make any
statements he may desire without
qualifying as Q witness i'm his own
behalf. that is, not under oath. II he
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The Legal Rights OF The PyiOate Soldier

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A DUDE

New Recruit: when do we have
army uniforms issued to us?"
c. O.: you will get them in a
few days. In the meantime, wear
your civilian clothing; it will give
you chance to wear 1t out"
New Recruit: Eyes, sir, but I
wanted to keep these clothes clean
and in good shape for Sundays and
evenings"
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Private said, saint that bugler
playing grand?''
Of1cer-What's that?
PRIVATE said, "Ain't that bugler
playing grand?"
Oficer-Aw, / can't hear o word
you are saying because Of that darned
sour bugling.
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i by counsel. usually Of his own selec- q
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MAKE GREAT GAINS

LONDON, July 1S.-French troops have gained the ravine at the river CTise, running into Soissons on a five mile front down to the east of Buzancy which means a maximum advance at this point of five miles, according to news received in London tonight
 The Americans operating in the re- zion west of SOissons, the dispatch adds, have taken 40O0 prisoners, thirty guns and much other material which has not yet been estimated.
 South of Vierzy, on the heights north of the river Ourcq valley, the Ger mans hastily counter-attacked and the situation at that point still is obscure.
 Up to o'clock this afternoon French troops had captured the heights oyer- looking Fontenoy on the extreme left end had progressed to Mont De Paris, within a mile of the city of SOissons.
 An American division cooperating with the French troops in their counter attack today have captured the town 7e Vierzy. about 6 miles south of Sois- sons. and have advanced three miles beycnd the town, the adyices said, within a mile of the city of Soissons.
 The French are or the western out skirts Of Chouy and Neuilly-St. Front and from there to Belleau Wood the average depth of the advance is about three, miles. East of Rheims the allies hare captured Prunay.
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ACR DU UEDER
 HERR corr, WILLY
 SEES DER FIGHT
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AMSTERDAM, July 1S.-Empero. William watched the opening of the latest German offensive from an ad- vanced observation post northwest of Rheims, his favorite correspondent, Karl ROsner, reports in a dispatch to the Berlin LOkal Anzeiger.
 The emperor" says the correspon- dent, listened to the terrible orches- tra of our surprise fire attack and looked upon the unparalleled picture of the projectiles raging toward the eneniy positions.
 The emperor, who desired to par ticinate in the battle from its very beginning amidst his fighting troops, went during the night of July 14 to the region of the impending battle and spent the night in an advanced cb- servatiOn post
 "A few minutes after our storm, which burst forth at 4:50 o'clock, he had in his hands the first reports of good progress. Until night fall, deny ing himself a minutes rest he stayed with the troops and remained on the battle field, facing the contested ground all day = day which brough new and fine successes on the Marne and southwest of Rheims"
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(Continued from Page One) offensive on the Champagne and the Rheims mountain fronts on the 15th, 10th and 17th, the French troops, in conjunction with American forces, at tackled the German positions on the 18th, between the Aisne and the Marne on a front of foTty-fiye kilometers Approximately twenty-eight miles). The front comprises Ambleny, Long pont, Troesnes and Bouresches.
 ''We have made an important ad- vance into the enemy lines and have reached the plateaux dominating Sois- sons on the southwest and the region Of Chaudun.
 Between Villers-Helton and Noroy- Sur-Ourcq, violent engagements have been in progress. South of the Ourcq our troops have gone beyond the gen. eral line of MaTiZy, Saint GeneVieve, Hautevesnes and Belleau.
 More than twenty villages have been retaken by the admirable dash of the Franco-American troops, as well as several thousand prisoners and i'm portant war material"
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American rights interests and honor, and make of our sacrifices a sacrilige to be made again by our grandchildren.
 Third, for a sane preparation now For a solution of the problems i'm measurable in their cOmplexity and magnitude which will come after the war. We are as unprepared for peace as we were for war. Every country except America is preparing for peace.
 we will establish policies which once again will build up the wounds of war, which will renew our prosperity, which will administer the affairs of this government on a sound basis and which will enlarge our strength at home and abroad"
 Mir Hays said that the war does not lessen but rather accentuates the American peoples responsibility in the matter of being self governing.
 "I do not want any allegations from either one side or the other concern ing disloyalty in this coming cam paign," the speaker said.
 Such an allegation will give a to- tally false impression of conditions m this country and the enemy and the man or committee or party who starts
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and tanks and captured some ground.
 Our reserves, which were held in readiness, took part in the battle"
 'The general headquarters state ment dealing with operations of yes terday. says.
 Yesterday the army of General Von Boenm was lighting heavily throughout the day Reinforced by newly brought up divisions, the enemy after several hours artillery preparation again launched a great united counter at tack against the whole of our front south of the Marne.
 By evening the battle was decided in our favor The enemy's attack broke down with the heaviest losses. Our counter attack threw the enemy out or small places south east of Mareuil into which he had temporarily penetrated.
 On the north bank of the river the enemy also endeavored vainly to contest our successes"
 In storming the ridge south of Pourcy we took its defenders and regi- mental commander prisoner and cap tured several guns.
 ''Twenty-three enemy airplanes were shot down yesterday"
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HAYS MAKES SPEECH

i SARATOGA, N. r., July 19.-The re- publican party today supports "every possible means to win the war now" demands a peace with victory and never peace by compromise, and stands for sane preparation now for the solution of after-the-war problems, Will H. Hays, chairman of the republi- can national committee, said today in addressing the delegates to New York states unofficial republican state con- vention. meeting here.
 Just returned from a coast to coast tour O. the country and optimistic of republican success this fall, Mir. Hays gave a win-the-war talk and in wit ness of what his party was doing in Washington he said that flor all mem bers of both houses of congress pres. ent and voting on all war measures, the republicans have furnished 76 per cent and the democrats 24 per cent of the total war support.
 Tn this, the greatest of all crisis, our party, with the control of the gov ernment in our hands becomes the war hands of the nation, insisting on the right of a sull participation, giv- Ing 10 lne ldsl OL Oui Oioou duu OAi treasure, standing immovable against an inconclusive peace.
 "The fact that the party in power refused to prepare for war in 1914 and 1915 has not lessened the support by republicans in congress who so strong ly urged it.
 'The republican party stands today for three things:
 First to use every possible means to win the war now
 Second, for a peace with victory and never peace by a compromise bargain. ing of principles which would violate
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 the United States had declared war at that time we would have had Q couple of million men across seas months ago, Russia would never have broken and the war would have neevr now"
 The colonel adhered closely to his prepared speech, except on one or two occasions, notably when he appealed to his hearers to perfect their ideal of citizenship. At no time did he refer to the death in France of his son Quen- tin, but his audience felt he had this keenly in mind when he said:
 Tn this great world crisis, perhaps the greatest in the history of the world during the Christian era, when the events of the next few years will pro fOundly influence for good or for i'll our children and our children's chll- dren for generations; surely in this great crisis where we are making sac Tifices and making ready for sacri- fees on a scale never before known 1; surely when We are rendering such fealty to the idealism on the part of the young men sent abroad to die; surely we have a right to ask and 10
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READING HIGHLY PLEASED

lflV ReVieW Lcase- WITcI
 WASHINGTON, July IS. Lord Reading. British ambassador to the United States today expressed to The Associated Press his qualification at the success of the Franco-American troops in their offensive launched be- tween Chateau Thierry and Soissons
 q am very gratified," said the am- bassador, "by the news of the battle to- day and especially by the admirable work of the American troops. That was what we all looked for, but it wgs none the less gratifying to know that our expectations had been realized"
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AMERICAS HEART BEATS PROUDLY FOR
 BRAVE SOLDIERS
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 from General Pershing," MT. Baker said, official confirmation of the op ening of the counter offensive along the line indicated in the newspaper dispatches. American troops are par ticipating both as complete divisions and as units in association with the French.
 The first objectives seem every where to have been attained. No accu. rate count has been made but it is clear that many prisoners have been taken and many guns and much war material
 The most promising consideration of the counter attack, officers believe aside from renewed proof of the fight ing qualities of the new American armies is the fact that General Foch now has sufficient force to unloose a major counter stroke, for the blow to- day is nothing less than that. however, limited its fixed objectives for today may have been. The supreme com mandeT now has shown clearly that a definite turning point has been reach ed where his resources in men and mu- nitions are great enough for him to assume at least an aggressive defense.
 Whether the present counter stroke will enlarge into an allied offensive cannot be known until the events of the next few days are known. If the present Franco-American thrust should realize all the possibilities seen in it by observers abroad and force the Germans out of the whole Aisne- Marne salient it seems highly probable to officials here that General Foch might feel warranted in expanding that success through offensive opera tions on other fronts. A narrower con struction on today's events fixes the stopping of the German drive west of Rheims as the purpose of the allied at tack. In that case it is already certain that what was accomplished today will go far toward ending any menace the German assault may still have.
 It was suggested tonight that a thrust on the British front on a wider scale than anything attempted there since the great German assault began last March might develop as a com panion piece to the Franco-American effort In that case it was said, t would be clear that the tide of battle had definitely turned and the German drive of 1918, their greatest military effort of the war and the campaign on which they have counted to achieve victory by arms, had been defeated.
 CHICAGO CELEBRATES
 CHICAGO, July 1S.-0ne big shou of joy swept Chicago today as the news Of the American victory III France spread. Late in the afternoon on orders from Mayor Thompson al the fire tugs and pumping stations ble Wtheir whistles for 15 minutes anc thousands of people on the street; threw their hats and shouted with de light.
 On the board of trade all business was halted while cheering groups gathered about the bulletin boards.
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expect a loyal idealism in life from the men and the women, who stay at home.
 "Our young men have gone tU the other side-very many of them to give up in their joyous prime all the glory and all the beauty of life for the prize of death in battle for a lofty ideal Now while they are defending you can't we men and women at home make up our minds to try to insist in public and private on a loftier ideal ism here at home l am asking for an idealism which shall find expers- sion beside the hearthstone and in the family and in the councils of the state and nation.
 And I ask you to see that when those who have gone abroad to endure every species Of hardships, to risk their lives, to give their lives-when those of them who live come home, that they shall come home to nation which We by our actions have made Q nation they can be proud to have fought for and to have died for"
 Besides Colonel ROOseyelt's address, the convention listened to a patriotic keynote speech by former Represents tive J. Sloat Fassett, elected him tenn. porary chairman, named platform ani credentials committees and received and referred to the platform commit tee several resolutions. One of these demanded that United States Senator Wadsworth support the federal sui frage constitutional amendment or re sign.
 Another called for a referendum on Sunday baseball
 The platform committee subsequent ly elected Miss Mary Garrett Hay 9i New York, as chairman, she being a compromise candidate acceptable to the rival factions. The platform com mittee continues at work tonight.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-19
YANKEES GIVEN
 BRAVERY MEDALS

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN LORRAINE, July Is (By The Asso- ciated Press) General Pershing has awarded the distinguished service cross to Lieut.. Walter R. Flannery, ot Pittsburgh. who swan the Marne un- der heavy fire on the night of June : and brought back wounded soldiers who had escaped from their German captors, but who were unable to get across the river. For this rescue Lieutenant Flannery recently received the French war cross.
 Distinguished service crosses have also been awarded by General Persh- ing to Lieut.. Jos. J. Brown, Sgt. James Hyde and Cpl. Henry Willard for gal lant conduct in Eelleau Wood and to Sgt. Charles Cunningham for driving off an enemy raid in Alsace after he had been wounded.
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anything like that will be guilty of the worst kind of disloyalty.
 "Our candidates will be of such character that a republican victory this fall will mean primarily one thing an ever increasing vigorous prosecu- tiOn of the war. A republican con gress means a war congress which will be a warranty of its own pSr- fOrmance and a guarantee of com plete fulfillment of every department of the government. Every republican vote cast is another nail in the kaiser's coffin; every republican congressman elected is another stone piled on his tomb. I want the november elections to be a bOmbardment that will shake Berlin greater than any grand battery of a seventy-five mile gun"
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Lemon Juice e
 For FreCkIeS
GIrIsI Make beauty lotion at home for a few cents. Try 1t!

Squeeze the juice of two lemons into a bottle containing three ounces of or chard white shake well, and you have a quarter pint of the best freckle and tan lotion, and complexion beautifier, at very small cost.
 Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will sup ply three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion into the face, neck, arms and hands each day and see how freckles and blemishes disappear and how clear, soft and white the skin be- comes. Yesi It is harmless. Adv.
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 salient extending southeastward across the occupied region from Soissons to Rheims With Chateau Thierry its southern apex, but possibly would re- suit in the capture of thousands If Germans operating there, many of them comprising the best soldiers of the German empires armies. So fast has the advance progressed that all ready Franco-American troops have reached or are aStride several of the important roads of supply for the Ger man armies in the south, particularly the line running from SoissOns to Chateau Thierry.
 It is not improbable by reason of this fact and the inability of the en- cmy instantly to remove them, that further quantities of supplies will be taken.
 Six miles apparently was the deep est point of penetration made by the allied troops in the first day of the fighting This was at Buzancy, south of SOissons, which they captured and passed through eastward. At several other points distances of from four to five miles were reached from the orig inal starting line. At Soissons the Americans and Frenchmen came 10 within a mile of the city Altogether more than twenty villages fell into the hands of the Americans and French along the battle front.
 All along the fronts on both sides Of Rheims the entente troops continued to hold the Germans. East of Rheims the entente troops continued to hold the Germans. East of Rheims the Trench have Tecaptured Prunay. but south of the Marne in local fighting they have lost some further ground. The German official communication asserts that in this region success at- tended the German efforts.
 Southwest of Villers Bretonneux, n the Amiens sector, the Australians again have smashed into the German line. this time on a front exceeding a mi'e in length, capturing guns and prisoners. East of Hebuterne the Brit ish also improved their positions. The Germens are continuing the lombard ments of various sectors held by the British in France and Flanders.
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BRITISH OFFICIAL

LONDON, July 1S.-Eield Marshal Haig's report from British headquar- Jers in France tonight says:
 yorkshire troops carried out a sue cessful raid this afternoon southeast of Robecq and captured thirty pris- Oners.
 Beyond artillery activity on both sides in different sectors there is noth- ing further to report from the British front"
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AUSTRIAN OFFICIAL

VIENNA, July IS (via London) - The Austrian official communication today follows:
 Early Wednesday several squad rons of enemy airplanes and seaplanes dropped about 200 bombs on Pola. Two persons were killed and several wounded. The damage was insignifi- cant"
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RRITIsH AlR OFFICIAL

LONDON, July 1S.-The ot1iciaI statement on aerial operations says:
 On July F we shot down three enemy machines and drove one down out of control. We lost one machine. We also shot down six hostile balloons in flames"
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PARIS RAID FAILS

PARIS, July 19.-Several enemy air. planes attempted to raid the Paris dis trict last night. The air defenses were put into action immediately, says the official statement, and the batter ies opened fire. The alarm was giv- en at 11:5S and all clear" at 12:40 a. m.
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cEcIL PREREQUISITES POST

LONDON, July IS. - Lord Robert Cecil, minister of blockade, has relin- quished his post and will become as- sistant secretary of state for flo. o.eign affairs.
 Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, who has been parliamentary and financial secretary to the ministry of munitions, has been appointed to succeed Lord Robert as minister of blockade.