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WAR DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE CONSTRUCTING oUARTERMAsTER
CAMP PERRY PROVING GROUNDS
PORT CLINTON, OHIO

| CAMP PERRY PROVING GROUNDS
| PORT CLINTON, OHIO
DATE: Oct II, 1918.
From: Constructing Officer Camp Perry Proving Grounds
To: Whom II may
Subject: Recommendation of Walter s. Anderson
l.. Walter S. Anderson was employed
by me on the Camp Perry Proving Grounds
June 10Th, 1918.
2. From that time until August 18th
he was Chief Of Party on building constrc-
ton and location This work included two
large machine shops and power house; the
entire laying out of foundations walls, an
chor bolts, etc, was under his complete
charge.
3. Since August 18th he has been en-
gineer and chief inspector on all the build
ing construction.
4. He us a competent engineer and
| high class construction man, is thoroughly
familiar with the various types of construc-
tion and has given, everywhere, excellent re-
| suits.
5. He is clean cut, conscientious,
| working man of the best habits and loyalty,
and ! am glad to recommend him for the
! commission of Captain.
JAMES j. OVERN,
Major of Engineers.
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BANNER CLASSIFIED ADS. PAY
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If am defeated shall still feel that have
rendered better services than if had been So
Letting votes.
If elected feel perfectly confident of being
able to take care of Knox county's problems.
Under these circumstances your support
will be fully appreciated.
Sincerely,
Y WALTER S. ANDERSON.
Construction Diuision, u. S. A.
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Passing the Buck

There's q clever Nttle game that has
toon Hndying fosne;
In the Army, it's developed to per-
lection. -.
Anything yoa soont to kroso, 90 and
talk to So-ond-so,
And hen steer Don in the right dsrec-
tion
Hen say "taM to Mr. White" Mr..
White soiH say '-oH right"
And he'H send yoS in to talk to M.
Hopper.
hr. Hopper toiH look soise, and then
he'll close his eyes
Asd say, perhaps yot'd better tats
to Topper"
Then tohen Topper Foh do reach, he
hos gone 6oton to the beach,
And he scon't be back until q soeek
from Monday.
Then the clerk soiH quickly add, "per-
hops you better had
go in and h0ce talk sCith Ar.
Sunday"
He toiH send you into Black, Ar. Black
toilI send yoH back
To Mr.. So-and-so, 4oifh tchom yos
first had storted
Oh, irs dandy, handy game. every.
body KNOBS its NOME
Though our thoughts of it should
cper be Nnchdrted.
b. CARL r. GRAFT.
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CURTAILMENT OF PARCELS
A MILITARY NECESSITY

A statement has been issued by the
War Department explaining that the
recent order forbidding the sending
of merchandise to American soldiers
lover There unless they requested
it was military necessity.
Records furnished by officials on
the transatlantic steamers showed
that every week $50 tons of mer-
chandise has been sent to the MEM
bers Of the American Expeditionary
Forces by their relatives in this coun-
try. 1t was not only the weight but
the bulkiness of the hundreds of
thousands of packages that took up
so much room on the steamers as to
crowd off war equipment actually
needed by General Pershing's force31
It Is explained by the War Depart
ment that the recent order does not
mean that the relatives and friends
cannot send articles to the American
soldiers in France, but each package
must have in it the request the SOL
der sent that such articles be for
warded to him. Unless the package
contains the soldiers request and
the sender writes, This parcel con-
tains only articles sent at approved
request of addressee, which is en-
closed" ON the package, it will not
be sent to France. The request of
the soldier must be approved by his
commanding officer.
In France the American soldiers
can buy a great variety of articles
and it is not necessary to send them
to the fighting men. The list of arti-
cles the soldiers can buy abroad in-
cludes the following: Biscuits. books.
brushes, bouillon. candies, candles.
canned goods. holiday cards. chewing
gum. chocolate, cigarettes, cigars.
combs. dental creams, various soft
drinks, flashlights, fruit, handker-
chiefs, heaters, jam, knives, leather
goods, matted milk, condensed milk,
evaporated milk, mirrors, nuts. PEN
ellis, pipes, razors, shoe polish, shoe
laces, soap, sponges, tobacco, towels.
and wooden gloves.
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listed men who have had the pleasure
of witnessing Twins performances de-
clare that he has a head line act. and
that they have never seen anything
in big time" to compare with it
The remarkable feature of this
negro's talent is that he doesn't dance
for the amusement of other people,
but simply because he loves it him
self. He doesn't have to be requested
to do his stunt-a snappy, rag time
air within hearing sets him crazy in
the feet and he ceases only at long
intervals which exhaustion necessi-
tates.
The soubriquet Preacher ne just
ly earns as spiritual adviser for his
SIND company associates.
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CAMP COM M ENT

Women Y M. c. A. workers in
France are giving their lives for de-
mocracy. 80 '. IS than the boys who are
serving IN ~5.e trenches. The death by
a G,r - shell of Miss Marion G.
Crandell. formerly of Davenport, Ia,
at Toul. has just been reported by the
national war work council Of the Y.
M. c. A. Miss Crandell is the second
American volunteer to sacrifice her
life. The first in Y. M. c. A. service
to be killed by a German air bomb
was Miss Winona c. Martin of Rock
Vile Center. L. I.
The Liberty Revue Girls which was
the attraction at the Hippodrome
theater last Sunday played to packed
houses for both performances.
Sugarfoot Gaffney was the princi-
pal black face comedian, and is a
well known character in the theatre
cal profession; having played in all
the principal theaters in the east. The
Dixie quartette was well received by
the audience, Gaffney, Earl Lane, Jack
Ripple and Charlie North furnishing
sweet melodies and was compelled to
appear several times before the crowd
had ceased their applause. The chorus
was made up of many pretty feminines.
Gene and Margarie Black. sisters, be-
ing among the group.
Walter F. Landes, for many years
a successful manager of some of the
leading cafes turnout the middle west,
announces the opening of the Military
cafe in Army City. Mr.. Landes has
spared no expense in securing the best
equipment that could be produced by
the Albert Pick & Co. of Chicago.
Cleanliness and service is Mr.. Landes's
motto and the public will be given
prompt attention at all times. He will
appreciate the patronage of the Off
GERS and men of Camp Funston and
| invites you to visit the Military cafe.
Sergt. Bob Canniff of the sur
geon generals Office of Washington,
D. c., is in Camp Funston this week
making an educational survey of con-
ditions about the camp.
I. G. Mccormick, camp secretary,
and Coach A. r. Kennedy, athletic d.
rector of the Army Y. M. C. A, are in
| Chicago this week on business of i'm
| portance to the Funston Y. NJ. work.
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men Of EVERY PROFESSION
Detention Camp Full of Unique Char
acterssrPreacher'' Is Ono.

The butcher, the baker. the can
dlestick maker" tall men, short men,
lean men, fat men; men of every race
and hue; rich men, poor men: men of
every trade or profession; every class
OF man imaginable goes to make up
each draft quota. However, the 62nd
Company of the 164th Depot Brigade,
located at Detention Camp No. 2,
claims the distinction of having the
most unique character that has been
indicted into service
Recruit Willie Irwin. or preacher"
as he is tenderly known to his asso-
ciates, is a wiry, lanky son of Ham,
hailing from the cotton fields of
southern Mississippi. Recruit Irwin
is one of the very few darkies who
can do the old southern buck-and-
wing dance; he also can sing blue.
weird negro ditties, accompanying
himself harmoniously on the guitar.
All of these accomplishments mas he
and his stellar role has not yet been
mentioned. He possesses in a marked
degree the originality characteristic of
his warm, southern blood which he
displays in a highly entertaining man
ner in his own terpsiehorean inter
probation of the daily drill schedule
which Lieutenant Colonel Crimmins
so carefully prepared. BY combining
his buck-and-wing antics with his
idea of Squads right" the facings
and marchings and the dreaded ty-
phoid and smallpox inoculations
| Preacher" presents a screamingly
funny dance which he entities. LAS
you wuh." All of the officers and en-
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SOLDIERS CAN HELP

Soldiers in training who do not
feel that they can carry any more
Liberty. Bonds can be of inestima-
BILE assistance to their country by
urging their relatives, friends, and,
in fact, every one with whom they
come in contact, to purchase them.
1t Is believed that IL the soldiers
take up this task they can make a
great success of it. Every parent
who has given a son to the nations
fighting forces should purchase
Liberty Bonds to help keep that
son supplied with the essentials of
war.
That is what is being done with
the money raised through the sale
of Liberty Bonds: buying food
clothing, equipment, rifles, bullets.
bayonets, etc, for the American
soldiers, and with which they are
confidently expected to win the
war.
Aside from the patriotism
shown by buying Liberty Bonds.
such purchases represent the best
investment in the world. All of
the money in the U. S. Treasury
and all the propertv owned by the
United States Government backs
up these bonds and they are as
good as "old wheat in the mill. -
In addition to this, the rate of in
terest, Az per cent, is generous
and will make a good return on
a stable purchase of Liberty
Bonds.
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SAVE FOR THE SOLDIERS
Folks at Home Are Urged to Cut
Down on Tobacco.
BY II. e. FISHER.

BY H. E. FISHER.
One who has received and appre-
ciates the home weed.
Let me urge that those who smoke
while they do their work at home,
cut down the amount of tobacco they
consume and send the savings to the
other toilers-the frontiers-men, who
are notably clearing up that unimagin-
able wilderness of German savagery.
For believe that the powers of
civilization are now doing for the
minds of the world what our own
pioneers did for the ancient savage
wilderness of the world; if it was diff
ficult to clear away the forests and
Indian observation-disclosures ones; how
much more difficult is it to clarity
the minds of the Teutons. that last
refuge of bestiality and loathsome
mental stagnation, witnessed in the
minds of the Huns.
Our soldiers of Frances battlefields
are clearing the way for civilization
One comfort we can give those SOL
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Graduation Exercises Held Fri
day Morning at Auditorium.
One of Most Strenuous Courses
Ever Held To Fit Men.
GENERAL WOOD SPEAKS
Exercises Attended by Large
Number of Funston's Officers.
Successful Officers Distinguished
by White Service Bar.

Thursday night and Friday morn
ing mIrked the close of the third Of
ficers training camp, which is noted
as one of the most strenuous courses
ever held to fit men to become COM
rnissioned officers The camp started
January and was continued two
weeks after the allotted time was up
that the men might get additional
training in administrative matters
The graduating exercises of the
camp were held at the Y M c. A
auditorium Friday morning at 10
o'clock. An address to the student
officers was made by Major General
Wood, after which each man marched
to the platform, saluted the general
and shook hands with him. The ex-
ercises were attended by large num-
Der of the officers of Camp Funston,
as courteous expression of interest
in these young men, who may soon
attain commissions in the army.
All candidates who have success
fully completed their course will be
distinguished by a small white serv-
ice bar on the sleeves and will be re-
turned to their original companies to
await the time when they will be COM
missioned. The, candidates have been
granted furlos of fifteen days, in
which to rest and visit with home
| panies from which they came.
DO your work properly. do it
| thoroly and do it fearlessly," said
| Major General Wood, in his address
to the student officers. Always do
whatever task you are assigned to
promptly. Respect your superior Of
ficers and obey them cheerfully. Do
your duty fearlessly and you will
| make a. good officer and one who will
, render the most efficient service to
| his country.
Respect your uniform and never
| take it where you would not be will
| ing to take your mother, sister or
other relative. Be courteous at all
times and ever keep in mind that it
pays to be a gentleman"
! Thursday night a farewell dinner
| and smoker was held in each COM
pany, at which time short talks were
made by student officers and their
| commanders. The evening was an
extremely pleasant one for the young
| men who have been devoting every
| in the best possible manner, the duties
which have been assigned to them.
The keynote in each talk, the chief
| impression to be gained from the
| times to the senior commander.
| The various companies of the third
officers training camp set a very COM
mendable record in the subscription
to the third liberty loan. The candi-
dates subscribed for a total Of s34,-
pany set the pace by taking a total
Of $14,6e0 and the second company
followed with $3.50, while the bat
terry of artillery secured subscriptions
to $S.400 and the third company,
composed of the colored. students,
took a total amount of $1,000.
The men who have just completed
| the strenuous course are in the best
physical condition and say it has been
the best training, both from a physf-
cal and mental viewpoint, that could
| have possibly been given them.
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CANTONlNENT TYPES
THE COMMON COLONEL

NJ untoo your FURNISHED shining vanity
IS al
formidable close to
o a ma una
This Colonel
Of
the
and
Will
of By them and for he
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diers in France is all the tobacco they
need, and those who stay at home
can do those soldiers of the moral
frontier of the world favor. and
very likely bring a needed moderation
to our tobacco consumption by seeing
to it that no soldier lacks for such
solace as may be had in cheerful
smoke where the cannonade takes the
place of the ripping streams and
whispering night voices
The weed has been much appre-
ciated ".over there and it is sug-
gested that each community in the
country see to it that a local com
mittee is organized to see that each
man at the front who wants tobacco
shall have ample for his needs.
When a soldier has a moment of
relaxation he should not lack for any
thing to make that moment restful
and reminiscent of his home1and's
concern in his happiness and welfare.
Let our representatives on the battle
fields have our heartiest help and CO.
operation and send them all the to-
bacco they want.
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BASEBALL SUITS DONATED
st. Louis Browns Supply Engineers
With Uniforms.
BY CHARLES S. STEVENSON.

BY CHARLES S. STEVENSON
Company E, 314 Engineers. re-
ceived ten baseball uniforms last
week, donated them by the st. Louis
Browns. The gift came to Company
F, thru the efforts of Corp. Willie
Divers. of that company, who is
personal friend of Manager Bobby
Quinn, of the Browns.
The ten uniforms received consisted
OF pants. shirts, belts and socks All
that remains for the engineer ath-
letes to buy is caps and they have
been purchased. The suits received
were somewhat dirty, but that made
, no difference to the ball players, whs
Immediately stepped out in their new
toys, dirt and all. The laundry got
the uniforms this week, however, and
in a few days Captain RAIDERS men
will be the prize team of the Engineer
Baseball league. as fa- as appearance
is concerned. The only thing now
necessary to complete themselves is
shoes and most of the men have those.
SC this company is probably the best
outfitted of any company in the di-
vision. The other teams in the En-
gineer league will probably be equip--
ped with uniforms in the near future
The suits received were all white.
with brown stripes down the side OF
the pants and the words ''St- Louis"
| on the front of the shirts Company
z will have the Browns name taken
/ off and theirs put on, including a cas-
| tie. the insignia of the engineering
| unit
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Colored Soldiers Will
Do Their Full Share

In presenting a stand of colors to
the 367th Regiment, colored, Governor
Charles S. Whitman of New York.
said:
ION behalf OF the Union League
Club, commit to your keeping the
most sacred trust ever committed to
nan-the nag Of the United States Of
America. l charge you by all that Is
sacred to defend this banner with all
the strength and power that God has
given you; but in doing SO l feel and
know already that you will never per
NIT 1t to be dishonored, to shame your
selves or shame those who have given
it to you to-day. Your country will
trust you to be true to yourselves, true
to the land of your birth, true to the
record of those other soldiers of your
race whose valorous deeds have
brought glory to these Stars ana
Stripes"
Col. James Moss, commanding the
regiment, responded as follows:
THAT the colored men Of this COM
mand will protect and honor this flag
is something that goes without saying,
and let me say to you to-day that when
this war is all over there is going to
be another presentation of colors here
beside the clubhouse. Mark you well
what say to you in this presence to-
day, for 1 am an officer with, eighteen
years experience with coIored soldiers,
having commanded them in two cam
paigns; these men are going to pre-
sent you men in the Union League
Club with cofors on their return from
France The colors they win present
you we want you to hang upon your
walls, where they can tell with silent
eloquence in all the years to come q
story of valor and unutterable patriot
ism to which all Americans, including
our 100000 of black citizens, can
listen with a THRILL of pride and salts
fac.inn.'
The motto of the s67th Regiment is
sSee II Through"
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OUTDOOR BOXING BOUTS
Champions of seth Division to Be
Chosen in Series of Contests.
BY II. z. FISHER.

It has been announced that the box
ing championships of the Ssth division
will be decided in a series of outdoor
bouts It has been officially said that
these outdoor bouts will likely COM
mence on April "a. in a specially con-
structed arena which has been built
at Camp Funston. Many classes will
be represented. with some of the best
men in each weight, the 100, 135, las,
$50 and IT'S and the heavyweig hts
have been arranged whereby they will
be fought out in three round trials.
with six round finals
Some of the men who will likely be
seen in these events are as follows:
Uvick. Mauch. Rice. DAILY. Weltner,
Foster and others who have been max
ing names for themselves in the army
boxing will be among the competitors.
Those who have seen these men in
action ION previous occasions have
placed great confidence in their out
come.
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THE HELLO GIRL HEARS MUCH.


The Kaiser called the Devil up
On the telephone one day
The girl at Central listened to
All they had to say.
Hello" she heard the kaiser's voice
us old man Satan home?
Just tell him this is Kaiser Bill
That wants him on the phone
The devil said Hello" to Bill,
=. And Bill said, How are you?
I'm running here a hell on earth,
So tell me what to do.
The kaiser said, Now listen,'
And 1 will try to tell
The way that I am running
On earth a modern hell.
And I've st started ted out out to Kin
That IL will be a modern job,
You leave to Kaiser Bill.
Ny army went thru Belgium,
Shooting women AMI children down;
We tore up all her country,
And blew up all her towns.
My Zeps dropped bombs on cities,
Killing both old and young,
And those the Zeppelins didn't get,
Were taken out and hung.
started out for Paris,
With the aid Of poisonous gas,
The Belgians, darn 'em, stopped us,
And would not let US pass.
Ny submarines are devils, :
Why, you should see them fight
They 60 sneakfng thru the sea,
And sink ship at sight
was running things to suit me,
When a man ea1led d WSodrow wllson
Wrote me to go more. slow:
He said to me, Dear william
We don't want to make you
So be sure to tell your U-boats-
To sink our ships no more.
we have told you for the last time,
So Bill, it's up to you,
And If you do not stop II,
You have got to fight us, too.
did not listen to him, RI.
And he's coming after me-
With a million Yankee soldiers
From their home across the sea.
Now that's why called you, Satan,
For I want advice from you,
knew that you would tell me
Just what 1 ought to do.
Ny dear old Kaiser wilhelm
There's not much for me to tell
For the Yanks will make 1t hotter
Than 1 can for you in hell.
I've been a mean old devil,
But not half as mean as you,
And the minute 1 get you here,
1 will give my job to you.
I'll be ready for your coming,
And I'n keep the fires all bright,
And I'll have your room all ready
When the Yanks begin to fight
For the boys in blue will get you,
| have nothing more to tell.
Hang up the phone and get your hat
And meet me here in hell.
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LESSON 6

NEW WORDS AND PHRASES.
IN aIlemand (uhn almah), a German
les hommes Qez om), men
in homme (uhn om), man
un officer (uhn ofeesye), officer
rofficier Il ofeesye), the officer
les officers Qez ofeesye), officers
ihomme Il om), the man
un oeil (uhn uhy), eye
roeil Il uhy), the eye
les yeux Cez yuh), eyes
une oreille (un orey), an ear
roreille Il orey), ears
allemand talmah), German
bon (bo), good -.4-s
qu'est-ce que c'est que ca? (kes kuh
Sc kuh sal, what's that?
qui? (kiJ, who
je regarde (zhuh ruhgard), look, look
at
vous REGARDED woo ruhgarde), you
look, look at
j'ecoute 9Th ekoot), am listening
vous ecoutez (vooz ekoote). you listen
j'entends (zhahtah), hear
vous entendez tvooz ahtahde), you
listen
comprenez-vous (kophupne voo?), do
| you understand?
ne :. pas (nuh =. pal (verb betveen) I.
not
trop (troh), too, too much, too many
gins with a vowel un is pronounced
uhn, and lie, la are shortened to +.
Examples: uhn ofeesye, un officer;
l uhy, roiel, the eye.
Before feminine word that begins
with a vowel, la is shortened to p
forei1Ie: the ear. Before a plural word
beginning with vowel les is pro-
nounced lez, as in lez ofeesye, the Off
ciers.
To make a verb negative me" is put
before the verb and pas" after it, as
je ne mango pas Il do not eat; l am
not eating); ii ma pas Che has not).
EXERCISE.
1. Count in French your fingers;
the number of words in each line Of
this exercise for 10 lines; the number
of corporals in your company.
2. Quest-que c'est que ca? C'est
I'm AlIemand- Que faites-vous? je re-
garde pAllemand Est-ce gull parle
anglais? Non, il parle allemand. Com
prenez-vous ra1iemand? Non, mon
sieur. II parle trop vite. Ecoutez-
vous? Oui, j'ecoute, mais je n'entends
pas. Avez.vous des yeux lie tete?
Oui, TAI deux bons yeux ct deux
oreiIles. Je regarde rAllemand avec
les yeux ct Jecoute avec les grizzlies.
Regardez vous rhomme? Oui, qui est
ce? Cest un officer, I'm capitaine.
Que fait-i1 what is he doing?)? II
travaille. Nous ne sommes pas en-
France; nous sommes en- Amerique.
Allez vous en- France? Oui, a Bor-
deaux. VOLTA lie chemfn de Bordeaux.
g. Negative all verb forms in all
the lessons, as lie mai pas, je ne parle
! pas, ie ne suis pas, vous n'eteS pas
ETC.