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FROM OTHER VIEWPOINTS
CANTONiENTS AS HEALTH RESORTS.
BY ALFRED Il. WILLIAMS.

Fer the week ending November 90
the death rate from disease among all
In France, computed as per year. was
1922 per 1000. That is far less than
the rate in the healthiest cities. but
In the cities, OF course, the reports in.
clude both sexes and all ages. while
the soldiers are young and sound men.
ra,S am %as heSe IN
among those In France. where they
practically escaped the Influenza. The
divisional camps and the ..departm entail
or other troops" as officially dcsig-
mated In the camps on this side the
was less thans7 TO, 1000 per annum,
not a third Of the rate among civilians
in cities OF the highest rank in
rural communities which enforce reg
istration. n
Evidently influenza and the pneumo-
MIA resulting from IT. made cruel havoc
to reduce both death and disease rates
TO unprecedented mlnimums. The an
Closing August 30. showed the 'd DEATH
rate for the year among all troops in
this country s.27 per 1000. In that
showing. due to lack Of preparation
and the epidemics OF measles and pneu-
monia the first winter OF occupation.
experienced surgeons. The depart
mental and other troops" had but SIG
deaths per 1000 men. More than four
Of each 1000 who died the first year
were victims OF pneumonia. The worst
pneum onia and measles record for the
year was that OF Bowie. at Fort Worth,
Texas. The lowest proportion Of pneu-
inonia was at Camp. Hancock, Augusta
Ga. Deonled by Pennsylvania troops
That camp, however. is catching its
share OF the inalady this year, having
had last week the fourth largest num-
her OF cases reported from the thirty
eight environments. Camp Lee last
week had but four cases and last year
less than Il per 1000. which was. be-
low the average. In passing. 1t Is in
teresting 10 note apparent evidence
that climate has no effect on pneumonia.
While at Augusta the cases were re-
markably few. Camp Wheeler. at Ma
ond worst record and Camp Devens,
Mass. had three times as many cases.
in PROPORTION. AS Camp Dix. y j.. and
not half as many as Camp Cody. in
New Mexico.
Perhaps the most accurate test OF
the general health record is The av-
erage number OF '.nonenectives," mon
too sick for duty. at tho dates OF wccm-
ly reports. In this respect Camp Grant.
at Wrightsvi,le, H., stood nrst and
best for the year. with an average of
twenty-one noneffectives TO 1000 men.
Camp Custer, ct Battle Creek Mich,
WAS next, and Hancock a good third.
The worst showing OF nonencctives
vas at Camp Dodge. Des Moines. Iowa.
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New York. December 5. Isl
Onern Cold Comfort.

To the Editor OF The Times Dis pa tch
Sir.-If Winston Churchill. Minister
of Munitions. voices the British gov
crnments view the hope for any sub
stantial reduction in the worlds naval
armament is vain. In speech evil
Gently aimed at the idealism Of per :
sons holding great Office, Mr.. Churchill
declarcs: We do not intend. no mat
ter what Arguments and appeals are
addressed To us. to lend ourselves in
any way 10 any lettering RESTRICT IN )
which VIII prevent the British navy
MAINTAINING it, well-tricd and we'll
de1eiNed SUPREMACY
. These words contain cold comfort for
those who te:iaTcd that if the va: &c
ronplisaed 10 cher purpose ii would,
at laas,, end forever the hea-y AK
penditurcs of governments for naval
and army purposes. II there is to be
no limit &c increase in the size OF tho
navies Of the world, it follows that
tnnre Will be no reduction in the size
OF armies and in the number ~ air.
cFaft. fer ali Of these are but paris Of
the genera! military establishment
Not only does the position OF Mr.
Chnfchi!l fail to accord with announced
views favorable to general disarma :
mcnt, but 1t is in opposition to the plan
for forming a league of nations. For
IL will be noticed that the minister
uses the term lettering restrictions
a. league Of nations. such as is pro-
posed. would; of necessity, impose
lettering restrictions" upon all the
naVies OF the world for, lacking pow e r
to enforce it's decision, it would be A
vain thing and be the subject OF gen
esal ridicule.
Mr. Churchill is often given to.ex-
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Restore the Commission to power

- lNCE the government took over operation
~ of the railroads. the status OF the Inter
state Commerce Commission has been one of
suspended animation. Its service largely is
perfunctory. Under the measure by which
the railroads were taken over, authority was
conferred upon the President TO initiate
changes i'll rates. subject only TO review nv
the Interstate Commerce Commission This
power 10 make changes was promptly availed
OF by the railroad admin list ration to increase
rates much above figures for which the rail-
roadS under private control had commended as
talr and reasonable, and these rates have
continued III force ever since In other
words, the Interstate Commerce Commission
is now without power 10 perform the es-
sentiaLServce for which it was created, and
for which it is better equipped than any
other agency OF the government.
The emergency which occasioned the trans
fer of the rate-making power, so as to as
sure prompt action in meeting a stressful
situation, having ceased TO be acute there is
growing demand that the Interstate Com
merce Commission resume it's normal func-
tioning, pending definite determination of the
future policy OF the government toward the
railroads. TO meet the situation. Senator
Hoke Smith. of Georgia. has introduced in
the Senate bill providing for the immediate
repeal of all the sections OF tie railroad con-
troll law relating TO the subject and restora-
ton to the commission OF it's former powers
Of rate-making. Since it is certain consid-
erabie time will be consumed by Congress in
arriving at the future-policy Of the govern
ment IN respect to railroad control, the pro-
posal OF Senator Smith would seem TO be
in the public interest. Whether the roads
are TO be returned to private ownership and
control or continued under the present ope-
ration for a prolonged period the commits
sion is admittedly better qualified, by reason
OF its familiarity with the subject. to deter
mine what are reasonable rates than the au-
thority in which that power now is vested
Lnscientfc rate-making TO accomplish an i'm
mediate public necessity may be all right in
grave emergency, but ali wrong when the
emergency no longer exists.
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where men from hve Northwestern
S Ssa1es M We're assembled Ms led Last week
proportion of nonenectivcs Cams
sssd a. per 1000 end las last wee Week sv ths
The worst showing for diseases OF
Jackson. Columbia. S. c.. the troops
$50 cases to each 1000 men. p Cam.
G snsa, Was elSanest Of ell in this re.
how, rapid and effective has been b., s'i INV
mor rss of the ,h snrgeons and authorize
Eases the first year for all troops In
MS country were l26 per 1000. Now
f fney are ,r r Ss L., In the expeditionary
TO consider all these fisures fairly
Ne, we must recall the facts. We were
miracle. We know now hove urrene
, WAS me, me nee need for frantic haste. In
everywhere 100000 civilians and MI,
them into camps and under training.
Nobody outside this country believed
.ers. who had studied the art and sci
ence OF war all their lives, said W.
m1aiu bsea three years to orsaniz.
hercely efficient and war winninr
army OF 100000 in less than a year
we had TO Just throw things together
There was hurry and scramble and
much necessary use OF makcshifts ana
neglect OF detail. Recruits were bur
rted fro mtheir homes to uncompleted
cantonments and camps Cold weathc
came before any human driving and
pushing could make ready for it, Then
another mass OF green and unseasoned
recruits. replacing those sent abroad
encountered one OF the worst epidemjcs
in history. Yet We had a death rate,
the first year. OF 61-2 to the 1000, and
last week the rate was less than
In the environments. with influenza and
the pneumonia resulting from II YET
raging in some places.
The hgures'-promge that when the
environments are thoroughly eauinncd
and prepared and the zones abou,
them cleared. they will be the safes
places for young men and the best
health resorts in the world. If We
have universal compulsory military
training they will save and make in.
stead of destroy men. The tlnid mr.
uniformed who look with dread 10
such experience for their young sons
have every reason not only for com
tort and hope. but for extreme salts.
faction. SO far the vast maiorify
or the boys who probably Will go into
cantonments are concerned they will
ind better care for their health morals
and training than they possibly coui1
find at home. and education and broad
enns OF mind that no money or ef.
fort could secure for them otherwise
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inStoh win copy of the
certificate in his pocket What next? 1t was
not given out by the court just how tho two
Judges on the bench stood the question but
everybody knows that il Chief Justice
Chase who favored the motion TO uuash and
Underwood who was against 1t.
The military commissioners in Virginia have
been ordered TO report to the comma nding gen
monwealth's attorneys in their several districts
who are disqualified from holding Office nv the
third section of the fourteenth amendment.
This has given rise TO the report that General
SLOVENIAN has made up his mind to issue orders
rgdly enforcing the amendment named.
Thomas D. Neal Is canvassing the city for
members OF the State Agricultural Society and
the attention OF merchants and business men
generally is called to the Importance of sub
scrbing literally TO this society.
Wellington Goddin sold at auction on Satur-
day building lot the north side Of Cary
Street, between Twelfth and Thirteenth for
$50 per front foot
President Johnson has completed his MESA re
to Congress, ana inEse In position to know,
tanning very plain and pointed language from
beginning end. That he rakes Congress- fore
and aft is fact already known in washington
After a brief indIsposltion Secretary of war
Schoieid is again at his desk.
Nearly all OF the Congressman arc in Wash :
ington, and there will be no lack OF n nuorunS in
either mousse when the roll is called at noon
to-day.
Chicago claims TO have erected thirty four
miles OF substantial buildings this year. .
Rev Thomas u. Dudley Jr now nas.or -. ., !.
called to- and accepted the rectorship of cbriat
Church. baltimore now in charge Of Rev. Henry
A. Wise, Jr., whose feeble health compels hn,tt =
retire from active duty. S ''t W
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the Austrians to overrun Montenegro and
sweep the valiant Serbians out OF Albania
Following this event, in 1915 Nicholas fed
the country and took refuge with his eldest
son, Prince Danilo. in France At the same
time he sent his second son, Prince Mirko. to
Vienna. thus seeing to it that representatives
of his household were present in each camp
TO insure the interests OF his precious dynasty
regardless of how the war terminated
AS generally happens in such matters his
treachery found him out Soon after he fed
from Montenegro the Austrian government
inconsiderately published correspondence be-
tween himself and the late Emperor Franz
josef One after another of the treacherous
monarchs adherents deserted him. During
recent months lie has passed his time in
friendless seclusion at Neuilly, France.
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rho nelfrx of nruSe..

The capture of Bruges by the allied
troops adds another victory TO the
Vision In LongfelIow's poem. 1.-THE Bel
fry OF BruGes":
In the market place Of Bruges stands
-, the belfry old and brown,
thrice consumed and thrice rebuiIded,
still 1t watches DER the town.
AS the summer morn was breaking on
that lofty tower / stood
And the world threw off it's darkness.
like the weeds OF widowho0d.
Not sound rose from the city at that
early morning hour. -
But heard a heart OF iron beating
In the ancient tower.
l beheld the Flemish weavcrs. with
Namur and Juliers bold.
Marching homeward from the bloody
battle Of the Spurs OF Gold.
Saw the fight at Minnewatcr, saw the
. White Hoods moving west,
"a" the great Arteyelde victorious
scale the Golden Dragons Nest.
And again the whiskered Spaniard all
the land with terror sinote; 3iisl
And again the wild alarum sounded
from the tocsin's throat. SO.
Till the bell. Of Client RESPONDED DER
lagoon and dixie OF sand: 80
am noland! ] am Roland! there
Is. victory In the land!" ,s
Then the sound OF drums aroused me.
The awakened city's roar
chased the phantoms I had summoned
BACK into their graves once more.
Hours had passed away like minutes:
and before was aware, ~. ~
Lo! the shadow of tho bcifry,. crossed
the san-illumincd square. S5ie&
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
ny HENRY EDWARD WARNER
A LETTER TO SANTA.

Dear Santa Claus: am a IIttIe boy OF tortx
Who really. truly. honestly think. a Who'll.
lot of you,
And 40 Tonight grab my pen md play my
safe bet
by letting You know I'm advance ms, ,xb,t
Id like get:
I'D like TO have new machine-the one T
hnSe is old
And srits too much and chokes too much
when II Is stin and cold;
I'D Ike to have Cancelled notes-mx
struggling spirit pine.
For some new Kind "f pruning shears To
Trim my mortgage vines.
i want n cxcusc give the wife when
stay out
Some tale to tell that's guaranteed to settle
NIL her doubt!
And when around the green / sit disportine
with my Fntc,
Plcaro tell me how n Gimp can I'LL an Inside
busted strniEht!
1 want n raise: 1 want to know how 1 can
make the firm
Go pale and tremblc when 1 strike-T wnnta
make 'em squrm.
wat ten tons OF conI. clean anthracite, to
Nil my bin
want the to haul wnnta watch ,em
chute 1t In!
Down on my firm I want some hogs, four
cows, six Percheron head,
Twelve cords of wood sawed. split and piled
neatly Within my shed;
want balance Mt the bnnk when 1 have
freely checked
A surplus that will make the cashier trent
with respect:
Dear Santa Claus: 1 am n little boy of
fOrty-two
Who's betting you, banking on you, got
his you;
Though l have faith, I've learned II doesn't
pay to take chance,
And I'm writing these few lines to tin
yam In advanced!
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1t is at last realized by the Huns what
their position at the peace conference is TO
be, and this is their crown of humiliation
They will have no voice in the dec:sionsr
but. as Austria's former Minister of Justice
sadly admits will receive only the mandates
from the allies While in attendance, should
they be permitted to attend at all, they will
be housed in remote suburb of Paris and
kept constantly under guard This is far
cry from that negotiated peace which the
mperialists sought 10 force, and the table
about which their diplomats expected to Sc
cure by stealth what they had failed to gain
in war.
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Another Royal Rascal Out

THE dismissal OF King Nicholas OF Monte
negro offers another candidate for that
expanding association of deposed monarchs
VINO undertook TO play fast and loose with
the fate OF their peoples. The Skupshtina OF
Cettinje has passed resolution Of good rid
dance, as far as this unsayory adventurer
is concerned, and. in the name OF the people,
has proposed formal union with Serbia
with Nicholas it was case not only OF
betraying his people. but OF endeavoring to
straddlc two horses He schemed to the end
that whether the allies or the central powers
won the war the fortunes OF Nicholas and
his family would be safeguardcd. 1t mat
tered little to him that. in playing his double
game, he permitted the Montenegrin army,
under command OF his youngest son, Prince
Peter ITO be disgraced by the treacherous
surrender Of Mount Lovchen, thus permitting
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of the one man in Germany most capable of

OF the one man in Germany most capable of
leadership in a movement designed to lay the
foundations for such government is not
sought Failure to call him to the assistance
of THE present movement betokens the utter
insincerity back of it. The same influences
that controlled Germany in the past are in
sidiously directing the course of events, and
ii is i'll keeping With their scheme that only
confused authority shall exist until they are
ready to set up Il government obedient to
their will. For the present it suits their pur-
pose to blink at. if not to encourage directly,
chaotic conditions. They will see to it that
the German people do their bidding when
the time is fully ripe to assert their power
and develop their plans.
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Need Money for Edue.,ion.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-I notice your Governor is ask
Ing for suggestions az to needed leg
islation in Virginia. AS Il former Nir-
what Virginia needs above all else Is Il
decent common school system. SO that
large part Of your population, white
up as iliiterate as Mexican poems, due
TO the fact that you do not spend one
half enough money for the purpose OF
has more children than has Minnesota.
and yet Minnesota spends annually in
support OF common schools over $50. 900,
or only little over one-third as much
The newspapers OF the State should
talke up this matter vigorously.
w. B. c.
New York. December .. 1918
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Spectacle of allied airplanes circling over
Berlin and dropping ton after ton of high ex-
plosives was denied. Perhaps it is just as
we'll but to those peaceful cities which suf-
fered under Hun bombardment from the
skies and saw their women and children need
lessly slaughtered it would have been graf
flying. There are those who regret, and not
inhumanly that the signing of the armistice
terms was not delayed a few hours or until
the American air expedition already formed
for the German capital had gotten under
way.
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Health Talks, by DR.. VIM. Brady
The PhthIsIcnI Teacher.
downright. 1918 National News ON per S,rvfes

70 snell consump,ion. which is a father oSso.
1t In This connection .sn because TEACHERS SO
II Teeenty invited
get acquainted with the profession She seemed
judging BY my opinions as espressed IN this
eonlumacious column q keep Webster's opus
iections as possible in an article like this. hop
ing that the teachers may find it Instructive for
My reply to the Pittsburgh teacher has been
deaysa be sa ASKED n me
hE1gsrity as ether prSessonai persens and
just SO readng the
October. 1918. Health Bulletin of the North Caro-
state health departments that issue literature
for the layman that a doctor cam read, ENJOY
item
Teachers and TubcrcuiosIs.
bereuloss among sehosol teachers than among
stonerutters and barkeepeIs The reason for
room. lack of ventilation. overneating lack of
light. and sedentary oesupation."
ribly short-lvcd ciass-so very short-lived that
insurance companies refuse 10 be! on; their life
and teachers i'll the mortality tables, but as the
North Carolina health department assures US
shade.
suppose one reason why / hail the North
cause they IRE so sensible Tha! is they agree
the lack of ventilation overheating. lack OF
4 Chicago health department head recently
wrote me very interesting letter about venti-
lation. mechanical ventilation in particular
many scientific reasons for mechanical ventiIa
ton in preference TO natural topen window
pressed the opinion that less than per cent
Of the vcntiiating systems in~schoo buildings
Teachers fear, like we'll domesticated hus-
bands. Old practical nurses and overworked do:.
tors. fond OF fresh air as long as they can t
feel IL move.
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Looking Forward,

If there is such thing as Santa Claus
And IL he thinks OF Me. Id like TO say
There is one thing Id sure appreciate.
II he will be so kind on Christmas Day
It's this, When UP my stocking goes, hope
That GraHdE2ld Imposition will come by
And drop In some Deed done. that 1 can feel
VIII make folks miss me. when come to die!
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-09

russian workmen begin to understand
oimiE mat no power on earth can compel
business and industry to move amid riot and
miscellaneous murder nor force money not
backcd by security 10 buy anything worth
having There is pathos in their simple
minded complaint. as told by visitors to Petro-
grad and Moscow, that although they own
everything now they can get neither food
nor clothes.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-09

BY our valued contemporary, Stars and
Stripes, organ af the, Grst-inc men of the
American exredirionary force, we are re-
minded that tn arrnistice was signed at IL
O'Clock on the eleventh day OF the eleventh
month It is safe to surmise that in every
army craps game since then shooters have
neglected the once favorite "seben" and all
the call and COMPUTATION and beseeching have
been come, yo 'leben,'
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One curious fact brought out by the cas-
ualty lists is the number Of men who cannot
he identified and of whom nothing can be
learned. In all the large cities, and in some
Of the smaller. there is daily evidence that
reporters can find no information about killed
and wounded men AT the addresses they gave
at enlistment
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The ex-Eaiser in a formal statement says
he would like to send a message to the Amer
lean people, because he still has some friends
among them. If he will just indicate who
these friends are. Department OF Justice
agents VIII look them up. Any friends that
the Kaiser may have in America will bear
watching, il not already under guard in in
ternment camps.
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1t is astonishing 10 note how the Hun
Grown Prince has gained in intelligence and
responsibility Of association. He has reached
now such stage OF intellectual afIluence and
propricty OF department that he is not only
permitted, but encouraged, to engage in con-
versation with American newspaper men.
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News of Fifty Years Ago
From the Richmond Dispatch. Dec. Q, 1859
In the Circuit Court of

In the Circuit Court of
the United States on Sat
urday Chief Justice Chase
ANNOUNCED that the court
mad failed to agree upon a
decision in regard to the
motion TO qnash the indict-
nent against Mr.. Jefferson
DAVIS. Counsel for the de-
tense then ask ed that the
iact he certified to the Su-
nreme Court of the United
States. The court signified
us acquieScenc.. and the
proper paper was accord
inSly entered. Mr.. O'Conor,
OF counsel for Mr.. Davis,
left last night for Wash
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The st. Louis Republic calls those members
of the House and Senate who are furtherng
resolutions TO declare the Office of President
vacant during the absence Of Mr. Wilson at
the peace congress. Congressional asses"
We protest. The comparison unjustly reflects
On an animal whose public usefulness has
never been questioned
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-09
MONDAY, DECEMBER >, 1918.

If the Republicans in Congress would in
troduce resolution declaring the office held
by George Creel vacant because Of his abb
sence at the peace conference, they did in
the case OF President Wilson, we dare say
the resolution would pass without a dissenting
vote.
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travagant language, and IL may be that
IN mis- Dundee speech he exaggerated
the views OF the British government
The curtain soon rises on the Versailles
conference and we shall see. A. b. "
Richmond, Va. December 6. 1918