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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
TO: EXTEND usefulness
ARMY MOTOR SERVICE
Plans Under Way Involve the Pool.
ing of All q. S. A. Passenger
Equipment in D. G.

Plans are under way to extend
the usefulness of the Army motor
service in this city. Generally they in
volve the pooling Of all the Army
passenger equipment in the District
and the organization :. of motor
! transport regiment. A large garage
on LIST street near street and num-
Der of smaller garages in various sec
tons of the city. already have been
obtained. The large force of enlisted
men required for their care and oper-
alton probably will be quartered in
the new cantonment just established
in. East Potomac Park. Nearly five
hundred men of the service already
have. been assigned quarters there,
and if the force is enlarged as pro-
jected the excess may also be domi-
ciled at the same place. If there are
accommodations for them.
Brig. Gen. Charles B. Drake of the
general staff, in charge of the motor
transport service, and Col. a. Owen
Seaman of the general staff. motor
transport officer for the District of
Columbia, are perfecting plans for the
proposed development of the motor
transport service in this city.
In recent report to the War De-
partment it was stated that the
Army motor passenger service estab-
lished IN the District saves the gov
eminent more than 100000 a month
IN transportation expenses.
Cars for Department Heads.
With the exception of thirty-three
cars assigned to heads of the depart
ments and corps. it is stated, all the
army passenger equipment in the
Dlstr1c. has been pooled Motor buses
are operated between the principal
buildings, occupied by the War De
partment and passenger cars are han
died on taxi system. with thirteen
principal dispatch stations. Both
services are for official use only. The
average number of cars in operation
per day is stated at 141 passenger
cars and eleven BUSES. The average
number of passengers in cars lately
has been 1880 per day and in buses
LOO per day. All these cars are
driven by enlisted men.
1t is announced that all automobiles
and standard trucks in possession of
the Army in this country will be re-
tanned for military purposes, but that
some non-standard trucks may be put
on the market for sale. Specific de-
NAL is made that certain passenger
motor cars are to be sold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
POTOMAC PARK CANTONMENT
READY SOON FOR SERVICE MEN

resume peaceful operations for the
Improvement of that section Of Poto-
mac Park Plans for these improve
ments include the establishment Of an
execution Of these plans were inter-
rupted by the building construction
for war purposes and the use of a
portion of the park as a war garden.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
Rather Rough.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
1.-The Judge assigned me to defend a
poor man without fee. Said that
young lawyers could afford to do this.
as it might lead to future business"
All true"
"ru have to wait a long time for
any future business from that client,
however. The judge then proceeded
to give him twenty years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
Smooth Work.

From the Birmingham AgeHerald.
"There goes chap who started on
a. shoestring and now he's independ-
emily rich"
.'He must be a man Of great bust
ness ability"
"Not particularly He married
money. The dainty boot of an heiress
came unlaced one day and he was
Johnnv-on- the-Spot."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
APPEALS T0C|T|zENS
TO REDEEM PLEDGES
D. c. War Savings Stamps Commit
tee Anxious to Meet Quota Of Sales
Before the Year Closes.

The District war savings commit
tee. in last-moment effort to assure
the realization of the city's quota of
war stamps sales for the year, is ap-
pealing to citizens who made pledges
in connection with the house-to-
house canvass last June and who
have not yet redeemed them, to do
SO before next Tuesday.
The war savings stamps year ends
at midnight December 81, and the
local committee is anxious to bring
to Washington the added distinction
of having raised the s7.500,000 desig-
mated as it's share before the next
war savings year commences. Aside
from urging these delinquents to
meet their pledges, the local COM
niittee appeals to every one in the
city to buy war stamps to the limit
Of their ability.
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while stamps purchased next month
will not mature until dvo years later.
paying interest at the rate OF only
40 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27

A small cantonment has been estab-
lished in East Potomac Park. It is To-
Gated Just east Of the Pennsylvania
railroad embankment and north Of the
barracks Of the battalion Of the 22d
Regiment Of Infantry, the members
of which have been employed for
months in guarding the White House
and grounds and tho railroad ap-
proaches to the National Capital. There
are nearly fifty two-story frame build
ings in the new cantonment, covering
an area extending to the new drive
way on the Washington channel side
Of the park.
These buildings are designed as dor
mitories for about 5000 limited service
soldiers employed in clerical and other
capacities in various branches of the
War Department in this city. Their
erection was authorized as war
measure. Notwithstanding the armis-
tice was signed more than q month
ago. while the work Of construction
was still under way. it was decided
to carry the project to completion.
That decision was based on the theory
that the rehabilitation of the Army
would require the services of the linn
tied service men for many months to
come.
Known as Washington Battalion.
Owing to the congested condition of
the city these men found difficulty in
getting quarters in private homes in
the city. Moreover as their allowance
for quarters was small, they were COM
PEELED to bunk three or four in a room
and sometimes more, in order to keep
their living expenses within their al
lowance for quarters.
The cantonment erected for their
benefit is now nearly completed and
will be ready for occupancy as soon
as certain drainage and sewer con-
nections have been made. The limited
service men on this station are known
as the Washington Battalion. They
have been assigned to the new quar-
ters in units of sixty-six men. All
will be messed in large central mess
building containing all modern I'M
Provision for 5000 Soldiers.
Provision is made for the Comfort
able housing and feeding of at least
5000 soldiers. All the buildings are
built on the standard models which
have proved so satisfactory at the big
regular cantonments established for
the organization of the Army for
service overseas. They are temporary
moved when the existing emergency"
is over. When that time arrives Col.
Ridley, the engineer officer in charge
of public buildings and grounds will
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at $4.23 pay interest at q rate Of
4.55 per cent, higher than at any
time during the year. They will
mature in four years. January 1. 1928.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27
Only Four Days Remain.

During the four business days re-
naming Washington must show war
stamp sales amounting to nearly a
quarter of a million dollars, if it's
quota is to be raised.
Many thousands Of dollars Of this
needed amount is represented in un-
red ,med pledges which, while ap-
parently made in good faith, have not
been completed for various reasons.
1t Is pointed out that war stamps
purchased during the current month
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-27

!. Ike Mopps has left his wife, as
he got tired O carryin' an cleo
trio iron down town.
Well, tn war has demon
strated one thing-most any
buddy can't run a elevator.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-06-28
Albuquerque Herald
Page Four
MEMORY ~JABBERWOCKS
~ DR FRANZ CRANE
Copyright. 1918, Hy Frank Crancl 4,

Now, said the teacher, this Friday afternoon am going 70 SHOW
you o few tricks We viii play some memory games.
Your memory IS q curious thing. II loves jokes and nbanrlitIcg
and nonsense. It has as laws, however, and il Won Will observe them.
and not be- afraid of being uudipuHhcd, you rn surprise yourself aud
others with your memory power
There are, for instance, .Dmr lists Of things we want to rcmcm
Der, that wc lear" again and again. bat that viii not stick. viii
give you two today.
They are books Of thc Bible oad The Presidents Of the United
Statcg. learned the Bible lists twenty years ago, and have never
forgotten them, because was taught 10 bring Nonsense 10 my nd.
Take the first five books Of he Bible called the Pcutatcuch. The
initial letters OF them ~ their proper order form the nonsense word
GIIND Fix that il your mind and you can easily recall Genesis.
Exodus, Loyticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
The other hardest list Is the Muor Prophets Very rcw people
ka0w them IN order. Now, using the FIRST syllable of each book. w,
form three words IN The Jalbcrworh language, which defy you 10
forget.
They are lHoJoam, Oh Jomi na. and lIahchnz ~ ma. There i
no sense M them. That's why you will remember then. Each syl
liable rs the first syllable Of Il book Of the Minor Prophets, as Hosea,
joel, Amos, and so ON.
These arr not all Of The books IN The Bible, bat they nc he
hardest 10 recall
Nov take ttc President. Lcaru tho npuarolc The INITIAL
letter "l each word D. the same a. the INITIAL letter ot ir President 81
name, aud oh are 90 the right order win writ, them on the black
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-06-28

~ learning tins nonsense story you viii be- able 10 surprise your
friend, At yor cl"yorncs, For you ou hy means ot 1t easily give
the last of Presidents without saying the story aloud
And VIII add one more Jabhcrwock word. for good measure
Ii
NlBGNOR
and stands for the colors of The rainbow. or the spectrum. 100 their
order. Violet. IudIgo. Blue Greer. yellow. Oraugo. aud Red
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-06-28

Don Make Your Uncle Sam Hunlme Hu@dfy Begging You to Buy Stamps Buy Them Voluntarily
BY Webster
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-22
Maps in Warfare :.
By Frederick J. Haskin

The Importance of maps in the present
war is not generally appreciated. Every
battle is fought twice-first on the sur
face of map at headquarters, then on
the ground, with maps and diagrams as
guides. If map is, through some slip,
inaccurately drawn or tempered with,
then unwise moves NAV be ordered,
sometimes with disastrous results. while
carefully drawn map may be the de-
Gliding factor IN victory.
1t Is not enough that military maps
be constructed accurately they must
be up-to date. This requires con-
siderable revision. where contours are
steadily changed by shell craters,
trenches and new roads. A map that
could be relied upon yesterday is a
valueless, even dangerous bit of paper
today, unless it Is revised.
In view of the constant use of maps
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-22
NUMBER IS

formatien, conduct investigations and
and maxi maps. Of the 157 men who
composer the technical and scientific
personn'l of the topographic bureau of
the United States Geological SURVEY
ITO are low commissioned and on active
duty ether abroad or in this country.
How to replace these experienced
men forhome duty and to furnish still
more tothe Army is a problem. The
Geological Survey states that topo-
graphic engineer can be developed only
after lolg practice under rigid field con-
dltlons. This field experience of sur
Vey mel, has been such that. when the
need car ne for experts trained in topo-
graphic and field life, its men were so
thoroughly INJURED to the life of desert
ard MOUNTAIN, and so used to working
in all so rts of climatic conditions, that
milton i to camp. training and routine
could be omitted for survey engineers.
Precision and quick results in map
maklng are secured today by special in
strumehts. The engineer no longer de-
ponds On tape line and scientific eye
to measure distances. Instead, he uses
an instr known as a plane table,
on which directions and distances are
guaged and the map drawn as the work
progresses, so that when field work on
map Is done, the map itself is out
lined and ready for coloring and engrav-
ing.
Since the outbreak of hostilities the
Geological Survey has confined its topo-
graphl1 work to turthering military
ends, abroad and at home. The war
mas awakened the United States to a
need ior further protection of border
ana cost, and in this connection survey
men hive been called to work on a
series # base military surveys.
EVei after the war topographers will
sui oeneeded on the battle ground to
make maps of new contours of the
countr1 wrecked by fighting. and to
STUDY the new formations underlying
SOIL am rock in the interests of science
and piogress.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-22

topographic sheet. which shows natural
features of a region and, in some cases,
trenches and houses, the exact amount
of detail depending UPON the size of the
sheet and the area covered. Thus a
map to hang on the wall of a generals
office may show the entire Western
front in space five feet square, with
minor features omitted staff map for
the use of Individual armies at the front
pictures the smaller towns and valleys
as guide to the planning operations; a
general trench map gives even closer
view of some section of the line, and
shows trench formations and location of
artillery detectives in clear detail.
What is known as detail map shows
with minute clearness a trench, town,
or battery. Only the first type men,
toned ever reaches the civilian for ex-
animation, except an occasional out-of-
date sample that missed being Destroy
ed. Drawings showing battery loca-
tons or plan of attack are given to
the officers in command only when
actually to be used. and some are so
valuable that they are meyer allowed
near the front line trenches for fear of
capture or disclosure to spies.
Various features are reproduced on a
Typographical sheet along the follow
ing lines. A hill is represented by
circling lines one within another, spaced
to indicate that each line is a certain
number of feet below or above the next
line. Mountains become on the map
chains of tiny, curving lines or are
shown in a different color. Military
information is given through special
colors and symbols showing supply de-
pots, weak spots IN enemy lines and ad-
vantageous sites for trenches. The
puzzling lines and figures which decorate
the military map are easily ineligible
to the initiated, no matter what his
nationality may be. Unlike maps show
ing political divisions, topographic maps
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-22

peril lies, it is in the fixing of the life
in its present state of impotencv that
lacks power. He who fails to witness
fails to count. He fails likewise to
share the joy of the emancipation of
souls.
THE MEANS OF WITNESS.
We think of words as the decisive
means. And it is thru the lips that
witness must come for the denial of lip
carries all else with it. But the hand
is Just as revealing and we must not
confine our requirement to any single
method. Faith is not way of talk
ing but way of walking. Not theolo-
gical orthodoxy or mystical illumination.
but the capitalization and publication
of conduct are the essence of the Chris
tian gospel" writes Peabody in the
Religious Education of an American
Citizen. James has the same practical
idea and one can not deny the witness
of the hand as being as valid as that of
the lip. But there is something beyond
both and that is the life 'unspotted. ;"
Is that true then all else may be safely
developed out of it. The testimony of
both lip and hand are needed as never
before but they can not be grated on a
rotten heart. Given living love for
Jesus as Lord all things are possible in
the expression of that affection. He
must be an experience and not person
in the Book. A missionary went into
the Indian fastness. Years later a
woman visited distant village and
told of Jesus who was the poor man s
friend, the helper of the hurt, the healer
of the sick, the loyer of childhood and
as she paused one cried, miss Sahib,
we know him well; he has been living
here for years. They had seen the
witness in his life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-22

are drawn up according to an interna-
tional code, and nearly all can be read
by soldiers of any army.
One of the chief uses of map at the
front is in directing artillery fire. Ar
tillery fighting no longer consists of
aiming at distinctly visible target and
firing until it is demolished. Modern
artilIervmen seldom see their objective
Pilot aviators, accompanied by OBJ
servers, locate the origin of enemy
shells and return with diagrams and
Photographic plates. The new data is
applied to maps in use. and in a short
time the disturbing gun is silenced. At
night, too, when raid is planned, the
ever useful map is consulted, so that
the men may be prepared for the pit
falls between them and the enemy tren-
ches.
A captain leading his company from
one town to another counts himself
lucky if he can secure a map of his
route. for French towns have a way of
losing themselves and French roads
branch alarmingly. But with his trusty
map in his pocket, the captain knows
that he will not turn up in the wrong
town or walk into the enemy lines.
knowledge of natural features of the
battle ground is always great advan-
tage in warfare. Again and again
topography has held back victory
when men, munitions and supplies were
available to force a conquest. The
strength of natural Notifications is
shown IN the incident of German gen.
eral. who was ordered by the Kaiser to
cross.the Vosges at any cost. When
repeated attempts failed, the leader
sent back word to the Kaiser. 1.-THE
Vosges cannot be crossed. Come try
yourself After this desperate mes
sage. the general committed suicide.
Geology of the European battlefronts
could not have been made to fit in with
strategic purposes so accurately, had
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-22

IN modern warfare, drawing, revising
and reading of military maps has be-
come feature in the training of officers
and many of the soldiers, with the re-
suit that their efficiency is raised some
25 per cent. The soldiers do not be-
come expert topographers or artists
over night, but they do learn to sketch
an enemy position calmly from a pre-
carious lookout. through periscope, or
even lying in No. Mans Land.
The mao most used IN warfare is the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-22

not biologists spent years studying the
surface and soil of Europe and pre-
serving the results by maps and scientific
notes. By knowing the geologic forma-
ton of section, tunnels have been cut
without danger of striking rock and a
mine laid below an enemy fertilization
The thorough work of biologists in
the past makes it possible for topogr a.
piers to give their services now in an
expert capacity to furnish valuable in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-22
Centennial Celebration.

Everything will be in readiness for
the Celebration Saturday morning at
McCr.m's Grove, Aurora, w. Va. The
parad, will form at Mt. Carmel and
start promptly at 10 o'clock. The
uhlondlstrict service flag will be IN
furiec at the Red Cross headquarters
Immediately after the parade disbands.
This 'ervice will be in charge of Mrs.
u. ia Sternple, secretary led Cr6ss:e
COMMITTEE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-08-22

LoST-Between Oakland and Kitz-
mIier, las Sunday, one white shoe. If
returned will paw finder for his trouble.
+. N. HENRY. Elk Garden, w. Va.
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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-01
MISSJOHNSON HAD.
| PIMPLES2YE YEARS :.
.0n Face and Arms. Dis
figured and Kept Awake.
CutiCura Healed.

my face and arms broke out with
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II had suffered for two years when !
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