Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-07-31
WORLD WAR NOTES..

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Conscientious directors at Camp
Grant whose conduct has not been
~1agrantly d~isloyal, will be paroled to
work on farms during the harvest
season.
Along with heavy taxes on war
contractors the government is con-
sidering a retrieve tax law which
will gather in excess profits made
during the first year of the war.
$1,000 masks issued to the troops
of the 85th division have been order
ed returned. New masks will be is
sued before the boys go overseas. 1t
is said that the new masks are great
ly superior to the old.
A. E. f. boys in training in France
have devoted their spare time to the
raising of war gardens. Tons of
fresh vegetables have helped out the
commisary in feeding the boys and in
cidentally made for health and hap
piness among the soldiers.
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Thousands of filings have been put
in defective teeth by the 60-odd dem
lists at the Battle Greek cantonment.
Silver filings are paid for by the men
but they can have gold by paying cost
for the materials. Uncle Sam has
gone oyer the teeth of every man in
every army camp.
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Harry Winfield, a Camp Grant SOL
der just released from the hospital,
drowned in Fox river. Winfield
plunged in and tried to swim across.
1t is said that he called for help sew
eral times but laughed when rescue
came. His last call was a serious one
but no attention was paid to it. The
body vas recovered.
Chewing gum rations will be issued
to the army and navy boys in the flu
ture. The officials claim that gum is
an essential as tobacco. 1t allays
thirst, dispells nervousness, creates
a flow of saliva and satisfies a crav-
ing for liquor. Flyers nearly always
carry gum while in the air. Chewing
gum is a war essential.
$4,000 Filipinos are trained and
equipped in the islands for service
under the grand old flag. The island
ers are said to be completely recon
ciled to the government and as a
proof took ten millions in Liberty
bonds. The men, ONE and chill
dren work day and night to raise
money for wal purposes.
Brent Dow Allison, world famous
conscientious objector, is in bad
again. Allison awaited sentence from
a recent trial for d~isobedience. Dur
ing his incarceration in the Camp
Grant guard house he bribed a guard
to carry a letter for him. The letter
is said to have upset his defense
planned for the appeal. Bribing a
guard is also a punishable offense.
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Here are some points you may want
to know. Our boys in France are on
a latitude just about the same as
Lake Superior, and they r exactly
a quarter of the way around the world
from us. When we are eating dinner
they are eating supper. At 6 p. n.
here it is midnight over there, and
when we are sleeping soundly at mid
night, they are just getting out of
bed for a new day.
Captain j. Allen Simpson, a Shulls-
burg boy, won the Gilbert-Barnes
trophy, said to be the finest for which
shooting is done. 1t is valued at $500
and is diamond set. The match was
held July 4th at Marshall, Mich, with
rs contestants including two winners
from the Grand American handicap.
Simpson won the championship of
the United States and Canada but
army rules forbid his wearing the
medal while in the service.
The largest single order for pre-
pared meats in the worlds history
was recently placed with the Chica-
go packers. 1t calls for SO, $50 900
pounds of bacon and 134, 900 900 lbs.
of canned meat. 1900, 900 hogs will
supply the bacon and 100000 cattle
the meat. It will be filled before Jan.
1st. Not a complaint has been re-
ceived by the packers in regard to
meats furnished the soldiers although
thousands of tons have been shipped
across.
Wlu0 SpEGdU 1mpIOSSAOu ludL lHSu1-
ance of men in the military service
is paid in a lump sum after their
death led the war department to make
the announcement recently that pay
ments of benefits under the war risk
insurance act are made over a per-
iod of twenty years. The insurance
is payable, on the death of the insur-
ed. on the basis of $5.75 per month
for each $1,000 of insurance for 240
monthly installments. For the max
imum of $40, 900 the beneficiary would
receive a payment of $57.50 per month
for tw~enty-four years.
More than $22, 00O, 900 have been ex-
pended during the past six months
under direction Of the construction
division of the army in making addi-
lions and improvements to camps and
environments. This sum does not in
clude the cost of additions to the hos
pital equipments or the improvements
made at other army stations. Liberty
theatres have been erected at all ma
tional army cantonments. Each of
these theatres has an average inclOs-
ed seating capacity of 1000. Theat-
res and amusement halls have been
orcctod also in fha National Guard