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Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-20
CAMP LIBRARY GETS.
1000 NEW VOLUMES
Books to Be Made Up in Small Col
lections and Placed in
Barracks.

The camp library has recently re-
|ceived 1000 new volumes of fiction, and
these books will be made up into small
collections of about fifty volumes and
will be placed in the barracks. orders
from division headquarters have been
given for the construction of shelving
in the barracks and a number of can
tains have already obtained these small
Libraries for their companies The col
lections will be changed from time to
time
The library has also recently received
about 800 government manuals and
regulate books pertaining to the in
fantry, cavalry, field artillery, Quarter
masters Corps, cooks and bakers, ma
chine gun. courts martial Judge advo.
cate. field service, engineers, military
railWays' gunnery and explosives, medf-
CAL interior guard duty, small arms
pfactlce, Saber exercise, military Law
slgnal troops and sanitary troops. Al
though government printing presses
are running overtime they have NOT
Deen aDle TO meet the demand for books
of this nature
The ordnance supply school has fur
nlshed the library with books and
pamphlets pertaining to that branch of
the service me library now has more
, rnI;t wv volumes In its collection on
mlItary science. In addition to this
mere are several hundred scientific and
.echnical books, among which are vel
umes' on mathematics, Chemistry.
PHYSICS, electricity, automobiles. gaSo,
me me ana steam engines, aeropianes.
eelegraphy, engineering, construction
agriculture and business methods.
"A number of. gift books have also
pee. Dsen received from. officers and men
VINO having read these books of their
own, are anxious to pass them on for
the use of others oi Ao'
T. IN ADDITION to the main library. which
atd iocateo next to the new Liberty The-
ater, oranch Libraries have been estah-
.isned IN the Y. NJ. C. A. buildings 60
rnae i poohs are easily accessible for All
netn h IN camp: Another station has bern
estapIshed for the use of the natienta
IN In the base hospital. The camp iibrary
n ons how on its shelves and at the yari-
and tbin more than $4,000 volumes
creased. steaolly in
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-20

Corporal, Warned, Receives Forcible
=, Safety Razor Treatment.

Soldiers who think that q. mustache
is requisite for true military bearing
had better change their idea.
At least there is one company that
will not allow it's members to wear
that form Of decoration unmolested.
And woe to the man who is brave
enough to return to the barracks from
furlough with the least semblance
of mustache.
/ That company is toe 18th of the 154th
Depot Brigade. Witnesses to the
"shaving-off" process that took place
the other night Just before the lights
were turned off in the barracks say
they are glad that they have kept
clean faces since coming to Meade.
Corp. Donohue who halls from
Philadelphia was proud of his upper
lip decoration until Friday night. A
number of the fellows had warned him
to shave it off. but he thought they
were. Kidding" Just as<he was pre-
pairing to turn in a number of the
fellows. including Top Sergt Moore
grabbed him. Then, while he strug-
gled, safety razor mercilessly sepa-
rated the mustache from the victim.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-20
GEN. KUHN GETS CHEERS
UPON RETURN TO CAMP
Recently Made Tour of Front-Line
Trenches on the European
War Front.

After resting four days at his Wash i
ington home following his return from
study of conditions in the front-line
trenches in France and Belgium, Gen.
Joseph f. Kuhn arrived at Camp Meade
Monday and Immediately took charge
of putting the finishing touches to the
training of the soldiers at the big
cantonment A round of cheers greet
ed the general as he drove up to head
quarters in an automobile.
Gen. Kuhn has been away from the
camp ten weeks. During his tour of
inspection he Visited most of the
front-line trenches and was with Gen.
Pershing the greater part of the time.
He avoided any expression of opinion
as to military conditions in Europe.
He would not even mention the places
he had visited.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-20
ONE CASE OF TYPHOID
ONLY AT CAMP MEADE
Now on Road to Recovery and Pa
tient Is Pleased With Treatment.
Brought to Camp.

One case of typhoid fever, the dis
ease that once was so much dreaded
in the Army and which caused so many
deaths in the Spanish American war,
has been discovered here. The patient
was George Besore, newly drafted
man from Chambersburg, Pa. The SOL
der. with the close cropped hair that
is part of the treatment. is now on the
road to recovery, well pleased with the
treatment he received at the base hos
pital.
He brought his typhoid to camp from
Chambersburg, Pa. There he was
working on job, building barn on
an old farm, when he was tempted to
drink water that was regarded as i'm
pure. Two other men-W. c. Sehlichter.
the boss carpenter, and his son. Nor
man Schlichter-drank also from the
we'll. All three had typhoid-Besore
here, the others at their home.
The Army medical force went after
the typhoid case with as much vieor
as the Department of Justice would GO
after some other dangerous enemy of
the fighting forces. No typhoid has
occurred in the camp. The antitoxin
has worked in the thousands of cases.
probably preventing the development
of the fever even in the cases of men
who faced the germs on visits back
home from camp.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-20
LUTHERANS ARE ACTIVE.
Services Sunday and Monday-Cam-
paign for $750,00o Planned

Lutheran services Gre held every sun
Day morning at 1880 o'clock in the Y.
II. G. A. auditorium. The next COM
manion service for the soldiers will be
held on Sunday. March 3, at 1890 a.m
and also at pm. Rev. Frederick w.
Meyer is acting Lutheran caMp pastor.
lie is assisted by Rev. A. L. Kreyling.
The Lutheran soldiers in camp have
. get-together meeting every Monday
evening at O'clock at the Hostess
House. Here the men become ac-
Quainted in & way that could not be
brought about by any other means.
The national Lutheran commission
for soldiers, and sailors welfare is
planning q campaign to raise $3.50. 900
this year to send camp pastors to all
the environments and to help in the
equipment of the Lutheran chaplains.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-20
Learning to Rescue Wounded

men mere are to learn a lot
ABOUT the work of rescuing wounded
men over there. Gen. Nicholson issued
an order today directing all of the
units CHARTERED in the environments to
attend lectures at different times to he
given by W. z. LongfeIlow. 6ala
agent in the Red Cross Live-savine
Corps. In addition to this he will Lac,
ture and show moving pictures of the
work over there s"e
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-20
Uncovers Good Wrestler.

Father Munster uncovered a good
wrestler in Goretzke of Battery D, 31Oth.
who suffered defeat at the hands of
Poehlman of F,fS12th,. in good three
fall show. Goretzke gave good &C
count of himself, and helped to make
the wrestling as popular as the boxing.
A lot of fun was furnished by Fehnen-
berger and Usher of the 312th Field
Artillery, who pulled boxing bout of
an amusing character. The latter bat
tier mistook the wall for his opponent
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-20
31OTFI FIELD ARTILLERY GETS
SQUARELY ON CAMP MEADE MAP

several times and took an awful lacing
Bill Roach of f won the cracker eat
ing contest, while Joe Chernoff of F.
took the cake as fast smoker of
forty horsepower cigars.
Sipple won from Joyce in the pillow
hght on pole, much % the enjoyment
of the spectators
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-20

The newly arriving drafted men are
writing home copiously about their i'm
pressions. No less than 1000 letters
and 5000 postals were sent in one day
from the ''Y" building near the depot
brigade, where the new men are en-
rolled
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-20
"Real Feature" This.

But the real feature of the evening
was the Knockout punch administered
to Jim Walsh of Battery 3, 310th, by
Joe McGurk of the Headquarters Com
pany, 311th Field Artillery. The audi
ence was divided in it's support of the
scrappers, and there were many calls
for each boy to slip over the necessary
blow for a haymaker
Col. Briggs led the cheering for Joe,
while Col. Landers took charge of the
applause melted out to Jim, and the
boys gave a fine exhibition of boxing
and, footwork, with some crowdinG by
Walsh. The lads had met before about
two years ago in Scranton and knew
each others. STYLE
The shot to Walsh,s jaw came just
three seconds before the sound Of the
gong in, the last of four-round go.
Walsh had given Mac some punishment,
but the pace was too fast for the
heavier lad. and Joe. executed the re-
treat and advance so quickly and with
such formidable caliber that Jimmy
visited the land of dreams for a full
two minutes. after the fall of the cur
tain. Joe expects to take on George
CLANCY of Baltimore this week. This
should be great bill.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-20

The 310th Field Artillery placed it
self squarely on the map of Camp
Meade Friday night with stunt that
few organizations of that kind have
ever attempted and certainly with no
such success. 1t was held in 90 Y. M.
G. A.
Not only was a varied program of en-
tertainment provided, but the regiment.
or Battery F, to particularize, opened
it's heart and pocketbook and fed with
a number one feed about 500 soldiers
of their own and neighboring bodies.
And there was no Hooverizing. Lieut.
Iredell Iglehart. in charge, saw to that
and to any number of pleasurable ar
rangements. The commanding officer
comes from Baltimore, where enter
tanning Is q fine art.
Chaplain Munster laid aside his cleri-
cal role for the evening and undertook
magnificently to play the part of man
ager and announcer. Band Leader An
derson, an old Army man, opened with
a crashing piece Of music, and this was
followed by bullet of a number. by
Frank Ferrese on combination guitar
and mandolin.
This was followed up by Corp Leisen-
berger of the S12th Field Artillery with
a hodge-podge of comic stuff which
.tickled the risibilities of Brig. Gen.
Hero and the vast audience which
packed the auditorium.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-12-19
= e W ~ ,ha+ q VS.
Who Built III

Summing up his Interpretation Of tho
Amiens cathedral. the "Bible of
Amiens." Ruskin asks:
"Who built 1t, shall we ask? God
and man Is the first true answer. The
stars In their courses built it, and the
nations. Greek Athens labors here,
and the Roman Father Jove and
Guardian Mars. The Gaul labors here
and the Frank kingly Norman, mighty
Cstrogoth and wasted anchorite Of
1dnmea. The actual man who built It
scarcely cared to tell you he did 50 {:
nor do the historians hrag of him.
Any quantity Of heraldries of knaves
and faineants you may find in what
they call their history; but this IL
probably the frst time you ever read
the name of Robert Of Luzarches.
say hs scarcely cared we are not
sure that he cared at all. He signed
his name nowhere, that can hear Of.
You may perhaps find some recent ini.
tials cut by English remarkable visit.
ors DESTROYS Of Immortality. here and
there about the edifice, but Robert the
builder, or at least the master OF that
building. cut his on no stone Of it,"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-12-19
stWar Iimen

a novel mementO Of the great war is
n clock, which is made from munitions
both enemy and aIlied-collected on
the Somme battlefield by soldier,
who afterwards used them for this
purpose. The body Of the clock is q
German shellcase, and German cart
edges form the legs. OF the three
cartridges on top Of the tinepiece, the
two outside are German, and the one
groring the center French, while the
two small ornaments between these
are Belgian bullets. The side Orna-
Tnents are made from Verey-light
cases. pierced to ADMIT of British
cartridge projecting through the top.
The pendulum consists Of five
French bullets, and the figures and
hands are bent to shape from copper
wire taken from German trenches.
To complete the whole, the clock
movement inside Is also of German
make, and, after necessary repairs, Is
found to be entirely adequate.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-12-19
look to Africa for Food.

The worldwide shortage of food and
The certainty that this shortage will
continue in modified form for years to
come has reused France to utilize more
fully her great colonies just across the
Mediterranean. Comprehensive plans
are being formed--and started on the
way to fulfillment-for refrigerating
sxsd packing plants in Algeria, so that
sahe animals need not be shipped across
the sea alive. These institutions, too,
apili give much reader and steadier
market than has been available hither
TO, and that is probably all that is
naedcd to Iuadruple the meat exports
~ North. Africa.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-12-19
MONKEYS ACTUALLY At WORK
ingenious English off'eer Devised
Scheme by Which They Earn
Their Daily Bread.

Monkeys actually are made to work
IN Malabnr, india, which Is perhaps the
only place in the world whore they
earn their salt. The Malabar monkey
IL Of the fine species known AZ the Ian
CUR. IT is very warm at Malabar, and
there is fan called the punka, which
used to be kept in motion by slave.
II required a slave to work each pun
ka, but now every punka in Malabar
Is worked by monkey. 1t was an
English officer who conceived the idea
Of making the langur work In that
manner. The fan Is movable frame
covered with canvas and suspended
from the ceiling. The motion is caused
by pulling a cord. The officer tied the
hands Of langur to one Of the cords.
and then by means Of another cord put
the machine In motion.
OF course, the monkeys hand went
up and down, and the animal wondered
what sort Of game was being played
Then the officer patted its, head and
fed 1t with candy till soon the langur
thought 1t fine fun to work the punka.
The experiment was successful, and
now thousands Of monkeys are In har-
ness.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-12-19
Give covert" a Chance.

Many a fine adjective has been
spoiled by being hooked up, In some
facile phrase, to commonplace noun
For example, overt. Never in my life,
writes II. l.. Mencken in the New York
Sun, have encountered overt save in
front Of act. Thus Joined and poisoned,
1t Is mouthed abominably by lawyers
and newspaper editorial writer's; the
literate fauna Of superior type avoid
1t almost altogether And yet 1t Is
fine adjective, juicy adjective, an
adjective worth knowing better. Why
not overt honesty, overt destiny, overt
love? l once had an overt black eye.
Earlier In this life made overt eyes
at girl overtly red-haired, and re.
member her oleaginous kiss every
time the BARRIERS brush slides across
my face. Let us appoint committee
to get overt out Of Jail.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-12-19
NOT so EASY TO Be BAD
One Who Trlss II May Come - ~,
taeh New Meaning % Biblical
Injunction.

II 10 a popular fallacy that II 10
much easier to Do bad than good. %
firmly rooted Is this error that It 10
universally accepted. H. vafey writes
In Judge.
Yet II Is very easy to demonstrate the
sbsurlity Of 1t. Imagine yourself, for
q moment, having decided to be as bad
as possible. Throw of all thought Of
convention Of law, Of caring for the
opinions OF others and of needing the
still, small voice within you.
Here YOU are then. ready to be bad.
Not Just ordinarily. pretty bad-but
bad to the nth degree.
What shall you DO? Murder? That's
silly. for there IL mono you hate enough
and II there WIS the fear Of eventual
~ sitting in a chair not upholstered
for comfol but for speedy demise
would deter you from murder.
Rob a bank? However delightful
the prospect, you can't tear open iron
bars with your bare hands nor dig
through granite with your fingernails.
Elope with your neghbor's wife?
That is the most ridiculous Of all, for
you know your neighbor and that re-
moves any wish to endure, even for q
moment, what he suffers indefinitely.
So you stand, and mentally 20
through the whole category Of badness
without finding single thing you can
do without much more trouble than
you could perform some good deed.
The worst you can picture yourself do
Ing Chat IL fessible) IL such com.
mon peccadillo that you must despise
It for Its very littleness.
So yon see the difficulty Of being
Just little bad-the utter impossible
ity Of being really bad.
Then the Biblical injunction comes
to you with an entirely new meaning:
''The way CT the transgressor Is hard"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-12-19
BROTHER OF MINOT
MAN COMMITS SUICIDE
Bob" Williams, Noted Lynn, Massa-
chusetts Newspaperman and Poet,
Kills Himself While Demented.

Bob" Williams, noted newspaper
correspondent and poet. employed on
the Lynn, Mass, Item, committed sui
eide Saturday afternoon by stabbing
himself with pair of shears, while
in demented condition. He was SO
years of age.
He was a very clever writer and
known thruout the eastern section 4
the United States.
He is survived by two brothers,
John Williams, of Granville, N. Y.
and Woodruff Williams, Of Minot, N,
D.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-12-19

Eckman Lad Dies From Pneumonia,
The een-year-old son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. Yenney, who reside near
Eckman, passed away from pneumon-
ia, following Influenza, Sunday.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-12-19
A uaefui Husband.

"Why In the world does his wife call
him Picket FenceT'
well, she says he's. easy to see
through"
And, then. he's very useful around
the house"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-12-19
Dogs and High Price Of Wool.

Dogs ana HIgn FrIce u WU0l.
Dogs running at large are driving
out the sheep industry. Few care to
go into or continue sheep when some
stray dog may kill a part or all Of the
flock the same night The fewer
sheep, the higher price Of wool. If
you find that wooden garments are
high, remember that dogs running at
large have helped to boost that price.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-12-19
Another Matter.

"How do you propose to support my
daughter. young Man?'
"But I'm only proposing to marry
her, sir"
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-22
c. B. OWENS
Mrs. Smith Recommends
 Chamberlain's Ia


 Chamberlain's Tablets ''I have had more or less stomach trouble for eight or ten years, " writes Mrs. G. H. Smith. Brewerton. NY. "When suffering from attacks of indi- gestion and heaviness after eat ing. one or two of ChamberIain's Tablets have always relieved me. have also found them a pleasant laxative." These tab lets tone up the stomach and en- able it to perform its functions naturally. If you are troubled with indigestion give them a l rial. get we'll and stay we'll. -ad
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-22

w. D. Heinbaugh of Phoenix, director of Navajo and Apache county War Work Campaign, was in town Monday.
 MT. and Mrs. Lee Webb of Show Low were guests of the Commercial last Sunday.
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-22
State of Arizona ss Cn1ntv of Navajo "

o 
  fn a
 Board Bd Supervisor
The Holbrook news., 1918-11-22

J. W. Parker shipped three cars of cattle to Santa Paula. California, this week, where they will be placed on pasture for the winter.
 w. L. Porter and wife of Springerville, were in Holbrook Sunday and Monday.
 Hon. J. E. Jones, recently elected Judge of the Superior Court of Coconino county, spent last Saturday in Holbrook look ing after legal business.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-01-25
AUSTRALIANS GREAT HUNTERS
Knowledge of the Habits of Animals
Makes Up fer Crude Weapons
and Lack of Endurance.

In endurance and speed the Aus
tralian aborigine is not the equal of the
American Indian, and his weapons of
wood and poorly fashioned stones are
effective only at short range, says the
National Geographic Magazine. But
as a hunter the native Australian is
marvelously adapted to his environ
ment. His success lies in an intimate
knowledge of the habits of the animals
on land, in the ground, in trees and
under water, and his wonderfully de-
veloped power Of observation.
He decoys pelicans by initiating
their crys, catches ducks by diving be-
low them, locates an opossum in a
tree by marks on the bark or by the
fight of mosquitoes, finds sharks by
observing the action of birds and fol-
lows bee to its store of honey.
Any animal which leaves q track
however dim in sand, on rock or in
grass falls an easy prey to the native.
Children are taught to track lizards
and snakes over bare rocks and to find
their absent mothers by following
tracks too indistinct to serve as a
guide for any European. When a white
man is lost in the desert or a child
strays from home the final resort is to
secure "black tracker."
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-01-25
MAKES FLAG OUT OF METAL
Iowa Man Designs One Which Is De.
clared Satisfactory Substitutes
for Silk or Bunting.

Because flags of silk or bunting, no
matter how good~the material, will
eventually become faded and torn In
spite of the best care, resident OF
Boone, Ia, has designed metal flag
which has proved a very satisfactory
substitute. It is not angular and In
artistic as might be supposed, for the
hollow tubing, special wire CLOTH
brass, tin and copper of which it is
made are combined so skillfully that
IT a little distance it looks exactly
like q cloth flag unfurled by mod
crate breeze. The wire cloth is used
in such way that it allows the wind
to pass through it, thereby reducing
the W. pressure. In spite OF the
mater1!as used, it is comparatively
light. An American flag Of this sort
flies from the top of tall bank build
ing in Boone, and it has been found
to possess many advantages over
cloth emblem. 1t needs to be taken
down but once in two or three years
to receive a fresh coat of paint and re-
mains gracefully unfurled even When
there is no wind. -
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-01-25
Why nFsba Is NOT sUfNANg
Net Used Like Black, White and
Brown, Because 1t is Modifiea- II
ton of the Original Word

Black, white and browIsSre common
surnames in English, IN there IS nc
Erglish family cansd Red. The for
rIar names ', ere given originally be-
anse of the complexion of the persons
WHO RECEIVED them. 1t seems strange
II t IN a people among whom red
noads were common none should have
.uired the name ""Red," especially
a. this is frequently bestowed as a
rsckname.
The Century Dictionary explains this
as follows: -
'Red, like lead Qed), with which II
is Theoretically parallel, had in Middle
English a long vowel, which has be-
come shortened. The long vowel re-
mains, however, in the surnames Read,
Reade, Reed, Reid, which represent
old forms of the adjective, and the ex-
istence of which as surnames explains
the almost total absence Of the expect
ed surname, Red, parallel to Black,
Brown, White, etc."
The equivalent of "red" in foreign
languages is just as common sur
name as are the equivalents of "black,"
white" and "brown," for the reason
that in them there has been no modi-
fication of the original word. In French
we find "Lenoir, Leblanc, Lebrun and
Leroux; in German, Schwartz, Weiss,
Braun and Roth; in italian, Neri, Bian
chi, Bruni and Rossi; in Spanish, Ne
gro, Blanco, Moreno and Rojo as the
corresponding surnames.