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New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

TIME outstanding feature of the first
year of war has been the sudden
transformat of Anne rca's young
and able manhood into ar army Mat 20
day numbers 123,801 officers and ,52S,-
924 enlisted men, whereas one year ago
the total actual strength of this uni
formed force was but 1924 officers and
202,510 enlisted men.
substantial vanguard (military ex-
pediency prohibiting actual numbers)
of this army is meeting the enemy in
France to-day, or is encampcd there
awaiting the call to the trenches; in
sixteen cantonments and sixteen camps
and on numerous aviation fields and in
variety of other schools in all parts of
the United States the men Of the re-
naming army are hardening and train
ing for their part in the great contest
overseas.
Behind the activities Of this vast
force lies great industry organized
to produce an adequate supply of mu-
nitions, equipment and provisions, and
to provide transportation to the firing
line, almost every branch of essential
industry of the country having been
drawn upon to produce these material
requirements.
The expansion of the army is shown
in the following statement by the adju-
tant general:
April 1917. April. 1918.
0fhcers. Men. 0meess. Men.
Regular army s.7s I2I7e7 1859 59s. .!a2
National Guard 1888 1918 1888 43i .5a5
ssrviee) ......... 1000 sS2Io 1850
National Army. 5i6,830
Totals ......... o.s24 2O2sio I2s.soI i52s.ea4
Since the declaration Of war Con-
grcss has made the following appropri-
atoms for the War Department:
Civil establishment. et.............. $lG7os, ,iA3 90
Military atabli ish mont. 7.4i3e35 .S63 io
Riswy and harboss ............ 3473i, $50 90
TOTALS ~. 49, 77i ,75Gu&S
Withdrawals from the Treasury have
been made under these appropriations
during the period from June Is, 1917, to
March 8. 1918, as follows:
ClNi establshmsat ....,....,... ss.si7,ois7o
Miiitary establishment. ........ q gSi sos Ss5 IS
hWefs ano bafpofe. ............-.. 1857. ca. 10
Tesas -,................... 50. COG 76i .907. Is
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

A MERICA'S first gear IN the great a0ar ended yes-
II terday By dramatic and fitting coincidence,
the closing action of the gear acas the gift TO the
AIned connmanders 4z OF all Ame1vcam fighting re,
10ithout reserve of every and every cartridge to
be used they may ftsuch gift IN spirit as no
The gear has been largely of gigantic prep
araom, of turning peaceful nation to ava of train
ing and a17ning ON industrial giant. The record Is
yet be told, but achat be made hno1cn o1U is
published here, IN the official reuieav of the first gear
of the By the Committee Public Intorn1atlon
The statements giuen all authorized by the War
Department, the Napy Department. the United States
Shipping Board and the TREASURY Department.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
Calling Nations
Men to CoLors

TINE declaration of war suddenly
l. presented the urgent necessity for
the rapid transformation of Americas s
potential power into military effective
uess and the translation of her unor-
ganized mass of available resources
into an orderly organization TO meet a
great emergency.
The immediate raising of large
army was imperative; maintenance Of
industry and agriculture no less i'm
portant. Congress proclaimed by the
enactment of the selective service law
that our army should be raised by a
systematic selection of those who can
be absorbed into the military forces
with the least disturbance to the indus
trial, agricultural and domestic inter-
ests of the nation.
This law was approved on May 18,
1917, and in four days the provost mar
shall general was formally csignated,
and on June 5, less than three weeks
after the enactment of the law, between
dawn and dark, the male population Of
the United States within draft age
approximately 100000 men pre-
sented themselves before some four
thousand boards and were registered.
Within forty-eight hours, due to the or
ganlzation previously perfected, practi-
cauy complete registration returns we're
recorded in Washington.
The success achieved has surpassed
expectations. With the intention Of
evolving the entire quota by the end Of
September, before which time it was
then thought the cantonmcnts would be
ready to receive it, the boards pro-
ceeded to call and examine over 800
600 men. The first rcgistrant was as
simulated by the army as early as July
80, and by September the local boards
stood ready to deliver 1S0 900 men. the
first 80 per cent Of the entire quota, to
the cantonments.
The experience of that draft gave
birth to the new selcctivc service repu-
lations, the two principal accomplish
ments Of which are: First, the com :
pllation of scientific and complete in
Ventory of our man power, including
the qualifications and Industrial and
domestic circumstances of each reg
lstrant; second, the definite class:!ica-
ton of all registrants into five classes
according to their relative availability
tor military service with regard to their
industrial, agricultural and domestic
Importance to the nation. This definite
classification and dcfermcnt of skilled,
key and pivotal men has done much to
dissipatc previous unrest which was
due to che lack Of approximate knowl-
edge Of draft liability
The per capita cost of the sclective
service system, nationally, to the end Of
the first draft was as follows:
t.oHt I"r mar called Observation-Disclosures. s9
tos. per man scccpte, for service ...... A IA
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
Getting Our Men
To theFiring Line

MILITARY necessity particularly
AV1 forbids detailed review of tho
activities Of the American expedition
ary forces.
General pershing and his staff ar
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14

true to be humorous, although 1t
may cause you to cease worrying
about any danger of my getting tho
gout.
Putnam just came home after be-
ing gone a week. He had gone TO
Paris to fly new Zing here, and got
lost on the way, due to not watch
ing his map carefully. His gasoline
playing out, he came down near u
big town 200 miles from camp,
which shows how badly he was lost.
Replenishing his gas" and oil he
started out again, and once again
got lost, only this time he wasn't so
lucky-or maybe, he was, according
to how one looks at it. for when his
gas" played out the second sime
there was no nice smooth field under
him to land on. He was right over
wood, and down he came, n tree
tearing one wing off and spinning
him around in the air like a top.
All he got was a hump on the head,
but as he remarked to me if he
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14

hopes again to assume the advan-
tage In underwater warfare.
Announcement of the new German
scheme is made by George Leygues.
the French Minister of Marine. in an
interview received here yesterday in
an official dispatch from France.
No details regarding the new U-boats
were given by NJ. Leygues. but from
information from other sources 1t
appears that the cruiser submarines
will be heavily armed and armored
and will be designed especially to
meet the torpedoboat destroyers,
which have proved so effective in
hunting down the smaller subma-
rines now in operation.
NJ. Leygues declared that the AL
lies are ready to meet Germany's
new efforts, and that they will not
rest upon the fine results obtained"
in the past.
I'VE shall not stop" he said, "un-
til we have cleaned up the sea as
one cleans up n trench"
Just how effective has been the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14
C0RNS ACT LIKE
A PUSH BUTTON
Tells why they are so painful
and how to lift them
right out.


II you push on an electric button
you form contact with a live wire
which rings the bell. When your
shoes press against your corn it
pushes its sharp roots down upon a
sensitive nerve and you get a shock
OF pain.
Instead of trimming your corns,
which merely makes them grow. just
step into any drug store and ask for
quarter of an ounce of freeZone.
This will cost very little but is suf-
fcient 10 remove every hard or soft
corn or callus from ones feet A few
drops applied directly upon a tender
aching corn stops the soreness in
stantly. and soon the corn shrivels
up so il lifts right out. root and all.
without pain. This drug freezone is
harmless and never infiames or even
irritates the surrounding tissues or
skin.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14

how much of this dare tell better
stop, else the letter might not get
through.
Here is a little poetry that arose
to the surface after one of our usual
meals:
INDIGESTIBI.E FACTS FROM
THE FRONT
There's garlic in the "viande"
And pebbles in the beans,
And the soup is made of onions
And numerous other weeds.
And turnips aren't filling
And carrots have no taste,
For the use of salt and pepper
They certainly think waste.
Thus we're sure fed up on carrots
And other things 'pas-bon":
But We'll win this war, by golly,
If our stomachs last that long.
No Danger of Gout
All of which, unfortunately, is too
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14
BURIAL OF PAUL KIsrER

WormleysburE, Pa. May 14.-Fu-
neral services for Paul Kister. aged
Il, who was killed when crushed be-
tween two cars while at work in the
Marysville yards of the Pennsylva-
mia railroad on Monday morning.
will be held from the home of his
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Kister.
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock.
The Rev. S. E. Vance. of the Church
of God, will officiate and will be as
sisted by the Rev. \. b. Mower. of
the United Brethren Church. Bur
ial will be made in the Camp Hill
cemetery
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14

war against the U-boats Is shown by
figures on destruction of Allied ship
ping given to the Naval COMMITTEES
of the French Chamber of Deputies
Saturday by Minister Leygues. They
reveal that sinkings of merchant
men have, fallen off to the point
where new construction is exceeding
the destruction even now before
American yards are in full swing on
the great building program mapped
out by the Shipping Board.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14
GERMANY SEES
U-BOAT DOOMED
AS SEA MENACE
Plans New and Larger Sub
marines to Withstand
Destroyers

Washington, May IA. Realizing
that America and the Allies have
gained the mastery over the present
type of submarine. Germany now is
said to be planning a new series of
big U-boat cruisers. with which she
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14

U. S. Silk Flags on block stats
with gilt spears
12x18 ms, 75c 16x24 ms, $1.OO
24x36 ms, $500 32x48 ms, $3.75
Service Flags in various ma
terials and sizes. Special orders
promptly filled.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14

hadn't hit that tree he would have
gone down a steep hill and into q
town below and surely killed him.
self. I kidded him quite lot about
getting lost, and told him he better
stick to shooting down Boche. as he
is more successful along that line.
WALTER.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14
Flags! Flags!! Flags!!!

U. S. Standard Wool Bunting
Flags
3x 5 it,, $3.50 Ak 6 it., 5000
SIX 8 it,, $1,000 OK 9 it,, S12.OO
6x10 #, $3.50 8xl2 it., 5000
BoWMAN's-FourthF Floor
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14
Centemeri Gloves Just in
From Greenoble, France

These new importations in fine
kid gloves that are considered the
peer of any in the glove market to-
day, should be of interest to those
who appreciate the value of dressy
glove that is unsurpassed for style,
material and workmanship. Glove
styles expressive of the most ad-
vanced fashion and adaptable for
the widest range of practical uses.
Your glove problems can be
solved easily here, as this store has,
unquestionably, the largest and most
complete variety of gloves in Har-
risburg and vicinity. We have spe-
cial reasons to feel proud of the va
riety and completeness of the glove
stock, considering the adverse war
conditions which confront the manu-
facturers and importers. We could
write chapter or two about the
glove market and what may be the
situation next fall 1t might inter
est Won to know with vyba AZ infinite "a,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14

Bull Dog Flags = same weave
as wool flags but more durable
3x 5 it., S275 Ak 6 it., $3.50
SIX 8 it., $500 OK 9 it,, S6.25
6xlo it,, $6.75 8x12 it,, $1,000
i0xl5 it., $500 15x25 it., $500
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14
Other Suits at $3.50 & SIS.

These reduced prices represent great saving and
be had in most all materials and shades that popular
this year
At these prices can be found suits for we'll as
the slender figures.
BowMANs
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14

in
w OF
many war Stamps possibly afford
ndcard
with the fidelity with which soldier
true soldier would never desert the standard he had
as taken but is loyal to himself herself
fund the
ntlt
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14

est you know with what infinite the kdskns
ed the making OF the delicate Paris Point embroidery and
other minute details in thread and stitch that 4S
of experience has evolved the making of the highest grade
glove.
But at present you only interested in knowing that
the famous Centemer gloves available here in all
and i'll the newest color effects.
Prices range from $2.5O-$4.25
F1oor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14

Many clever combinations of coors with rues plats and
embroidered motifs to relieve the straight lines.
Heahebloom pettcoats in sateen purple, rose, Copen
green black fancy striped and figured S1OO to 1925
Tub Silk petticoats in high coors gray purple Copen
and green pS.JO
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-05-14

BELL 1891 I-:3SG UNITED
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23

clubs, and the subject brought to theattentiOn of the public through the newspapers. so that in time the citizens will attach enough impor tance to the question to appropriate the funds necessary to improve the milk supply. Atpresent Pine Bluff is drinking a very inferior sort of milk and paying we'll for the priv ilege.
 An inspector of the 1pye mention ed should be provided for Ey city or dinance. A considerable amount of his time would be required visiting the dairias and assisting milk pro ducers in so squipping and managing these places as to ensure the putting out of a wholesome product. Samples of milk should be seized, at frequent intervals, from every public source of supply, and the analyses of these, both as to chemical composition and bacteria content, should be made a i matter of record and published in the daily papers, yet there are few con sumers who, once convinced of the i dangers attendant upon the use of an unclean milk supply, would hesi- tate to pay tke slight increase in price.
 i By making public the nature of the milk supply. individuals are giv- en fan opportunity to select their dairymen intelliGently,, and also is it true that the honest producer. who is making a conscientious effort to inn prove the character of his porduct i may thus profit by his labor. Any
 the name. will require the establish milk. inspection system worthy of
 ment of a laboratory where the necessary tests may be made These may be carried out by the milk in spector, providing the services of
 man with proper training are se- cured. or by the health officer. and through such means only it is pos sible to permanently improve the na- ture of the food supply or to protect the health of those who are depend- ent upon this omportant food.
 At the end of the report. in tabu-
 lar. are Mr. Dodd's findings"
 The report covers nearly 50 Da ges
 of typewriter matter, entirely too
 long to be published in one issue of g. newspaper. It is information how ! ever, that the peorle should possess.
 and. in order to give the public op-
 portunity to familiarize themselves
 with conditions and the remedy.
 The Graphic plans to print the re-
 port in sections. publishing one each
 Sunday. The first will appear, to- morrow.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23

sometimes appear in ground water exposed to the sunlight, and which impart an unpleasant taste to the water though they do not make it un wholesome.
 While Mir. Dodd. the Delineator bactoriologist, was in Pine Bluff. he made numerous tests of the water, results of which are to Ne found in table at the end of the report. Twenty-two tests of the top water showed minimum bacterial count of 5 per cubic centimeter, and a maxi mum of 245. the average being 77.5. The high counts. MT. Dodd believed, were due to the fact that some con structiOn work was in ,CrOcess on one of the wells, during which the water was used as usual. Of the tests of the four wells. three showed low counts. but that of the fourth well, on which the construction work was being carried on. showed count considerably higher than the others. Numerous tests for the presence of the colon bacillus. which is generally taken as the indication of fecal pol lution. showed that it was absent. The public water supply of Pine Bluff is of good quality
 Besides the public supply, there are about 250 dug and tubular wells in the city; nearly all of ttem are in the negro quarter. The dug wells have an average depth of 20 feet to the auuifer. and the tubular of 40. No tests were male of these wells but it was noted that many were of poor construction. and that in all probab- ilitv they are polluted
 ''tn the house-tO-house canvass, in two sections of the city that were in habited bv citizens of the bette, class. eieht wells were discovered !. and. of taem. five had the rublic wat. CT supply available so that connect ion to it mieht be made. No wella ware dis"overed in use by people of the middle class in the two sections that were canvassed. It thus ap- pears that people of the well-t0-do and middle class arc using the public supply, and that the poorer people are using wells. mary of them of a doubtful character II is unsafe for any city to permit polluted wells to exist because if it is possible for pollution to reach the water. ii is ad- so for Infections material The pol luted well only awaits the advent of some person sic', with intestinal dis. ease ir it's vicinity and his disc1ars- ca to he disposed of in such manner that they reach tho water. for the we'll to hncon1e the distributor of dis ease to the peorle who use it. in which case an outbreak of contsgion starts, which may rapidly develop i'm
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23

to an epidemic unless it is promptly detected and measures taken to stop the use of the well. This is a chance which no city can afford to take. So the effort should be made to close up all wells of questionable purity in Pine Bluff.
 Milk Supply.
 "The city of Pine Bluff has no sys- tenn of milk supply such as has been developed in the modern city. It is in primitive state, much of the milk being supplied by neighborhood traf- fife. the owners of one or two cows selling their surplus production to people who live near them. Besides these. there are four large dealers who care for the bulk of the trade. No system of controlling the milk supply has been developed. The con sequence IS that none of the improv- ed methods of producing and hand ling milk nas been introduced. and much of the milk that is sold is sophisticated in one way or another. despite these conditions. milk sells for good price. bringina 40 cents gallon wholesale. and 14 cents q quart retail.
 "Mr. Dodd, while In Pine Bluff scored three of the dair;es. The highest score obtained hv any of them was TOP. and the lowest 43.3, out of a possible 100. The principal cuts in the score were Tor lack of proper equipment mad methods in milking. for inadequate equipment for sterilizing, and for only fair meth ods of cooling the milk.
 "In order for milk to be clean and l wholesome. it must be produced from clean COWS. by clean men. and must fe mllked into clean sterile utensils. It must be cooled promptly right af- ter milking.. and kept cool until de- livery. After milk is received bv the consumer it should he promptly pus l into cool place and kept cool until used. The milk should. at all times. be protected from flies. and the miIk hottie. or other receptacle in which l is held. should not be allowed to stand on the dOOrsten where cots and dogs can get it. The housewife who allows milk to staNd on t',r doorstep for hours before ta'Sire it into the home advertises to the public her ie- ! norance and her indifference to the health of her family. Milk SO stand ing is bound to get warm and when milk gets to above a temnerature of 90 degrees fahrenheit bacterial m,ll- | tiplication takes place. which produ- ces decomposition of the milk Milk generally sours. hut sometime Detre- fies under such conditions and in either case is unsuitable for infant feeding.
 "Mr Dodd collected 21 samples for analvsis: nine of them were taken di- rectly from delivery wa oons. These had an average hutterfat content of 3.95 per cent. Three samples show ed skin1ming. and two watering. AL SO. eight other samples were collect ed from stores and restaurants. These had an average butterfat con tent of 2.63 per cent aud practically all of them showed evidences of skim. ming or watering. or both.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23

Ten samples of milk taken di- rectly from wagons were submitted to bacterial tests, with hatisfactory results. All of them had low counts, their highest being 16.000, and the lowest 800. The result of the tests on the store and restaurants samples was far from being as satisfactory The highest obtained was 100000 bacteria per cl bic centimeter, and the lowest 800. Five of these samples were under 60.000. the rest were above 2,O00000: all save one was above 500.Q00. Tn a city the size of (Fine Bluff. where the milk is produ- ced near at hand. there is no excuse for milk with a bacterial content of over 100000 per C.. c. being sold.
 With regard to the bacterial con- tent of milk. it should be noted that the tests were made in winter time. when the temperatures arc low and bacterial multiplication consequently
 restrained. Moreover. none of the milk was more than few hours old Therefore, even though it had been seeded heavily with hacterial in milk ing, the germs would not have had much time to multiply. Consequent- ly this factor operated to produce low counts. It is wholly probable that in summer time. when higher temperatures prevail. the bacterial have materially higher. Also. any
 milk older than thai sampled by
 Mir. Dodd would show higher counts. Paying High for Water.
 ''It is evident that the citizens Of
 Pine Bluff are paving a good price
 high bacterial content and that the milk which was tested for butterfat 1 and bacterial content was not of the
 purity that the children of the city
 ought to have
 "Of the milk sold Inv single COW
 owners to their neiehbors no tests
 were made. As this mart of the SUD-
 ply is not under supervision of any
 sort each mans conscience and judg-
 ment being the standard of pro
 duction, ii is presumed that the quail tv of the milk will Mn variable. and
 that a large percentae'a of the milk will 'be Of a character unsuitable .ror
 infant feeding
 "Since these are inc conditions that obtain. 't is advised that an at tempt he made to moderni7e milk
 production in Pine Rlnff. This cen best be done under the lnaderehiN of ! a man trained at the Stale Arricul- tural college. or bv a farmer who has been successful in n,odern dairy farming. Such man would hace to he well for his services If the money is not forthcoming for his en- plCvment. the mothers of the city, in order to improve tho milk supply. will have to heein rampagn oe education. Bulletins on the milk question. such as are issued bv tho Dairy Division of the Tinted State, Department of Aericn,tnre. and IT the state university. shonld he placed in the local library and so should standard text books nr the milk prob lem. The methods of modern milk production and the care of milk in Fthe home should be discussed in the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-02-23
Overlooked Element.

"The three R's of writing poetry" began the fellow who knows almost everything, "are Rhyme, Rhythm and Reason, and of the three the last Is most neglected.