Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-07-03


Old GlsrF in Germany with the
American fsrces fighting German soil.
And the best Of all is that the HillsbSrO boys
who enlisted in Go. ID. Third Wis. N. G.
1.aOng the drst United States sorces TO hold
trenches on sold that the KaIser's before
the war. These boys belong to the l2sth
infantry. The government authorized publ
cation OF this fact last week. The division
" I'd of Wisconsin, and Michigan sol
diers, many of whom received their first taste
Of war whxm theiE transport, the Tuseania,
was sunk OF the coast of Ireland By a German
submarine.-Sentry-
OF course iS deadly. Dat it would cake
"a nice comparisons could ~ list be compiled
! Of all those killed by other means than war
since this struggle started. It would surprise
great mary people to how close to war
Killings coma the killings of peace.
! Gardens afftzsd of the;r sehedIuIe; send
ing troops to France is ahead of schedule;
Austrians are retseRting ahead of their re-
treating schedule. All gathered together fsu
good. il would seem.
Miss Helen Peterson. SoIdars Grove, Of the
University sdass of 13 has h-sen chosen of
the alumni council which win raise $1,000
$1,000 for the Rel Cross aGd $4,000 for the
Y M. c. A. canteess, service.
In the course of a speech IN Lacrosse Fri
day night. GovernE Phillip said that on An
gust first Wisconsin would have $4,000 SCI
diers actively in the field or the trimming
camps This is oEiy 10000 less than we fur
nlsned du1nR inc, entire N1Nu war Our pop
nlation at that time, however, was snly 7O0,-
600. as asRinst 2.iJO.0OQ at present. The gov
ernOr adted that the state will BIZ able ia
furnish 100000 nen. if necessary, without in
creasing sn DIMINISHING the military age.
As a result of the studies at the fnont meth
DDS have been developed whereby more than
so per cent Of The wounded, who originally
remained at thes military hospitals fon months.
are now cured and returned TO tin. forces In
three four weeks. In order that army
at mt MT
and other military hospitals in this country
may thoroughly understand the latest treat
partment has had established special classes
of instruction to which sem selected Of
fcers who, uaan completion of their courses.
return to their hospitals aud instruct
other surgeons in these methods
In Army camp there are SIS battalion
baseball teams, beside tie headquarters. staff,
brigade, and division teams. Standard safety
razOrs are being issued to in the
pednionary forces. I'm addition, each
is issued ssOth-brush. comb, aair- brusA- soap
and towels.
Slf Sehrsiner is private at Camp Shelby.
M1ssissippjiand in btters to hSgre folks praises
tke life of a sOldisp. Aft Is among thsse who
made no small sagJs6ee in business way by
estering the countEE's servics but to use his
own words, rather than be explaining the
psst of gis: days he did nat ask exemption.
Maybe this is paint that hasn't been cons
sidered by soma sf the boys who sought ex-
What Russia lhst and &srmany gained By
the BrRst- Litoyak treaty Is indicated by the
striking fgurss recently given sut by tfte
commissioner of commerce of the Bolsheviki.
Russia lost 100000 square miles of land
about one-sisfh of her European territory:
IS, 1000 northumberland one-third of her
total population in Eurepes 1880 miles of
ralway-abaut ane-third of her total maage:
PSI sugar rsfkneries; Sls textile factories
574 bEewexiss: 1873 tobacco factories; 1855,
distfilsriss 244 chemical factories; 6lS paper
mi1ts; 1.0f3 machine factories: 1900 savings
ba axis. The lost territories formerly yielded
annual revenue of Sl25.6o0. 000.
In q recent speech delivered before a Mad
isoR audSenee Colonel Theodore Roosevelt said
Every traitor in the United States shOuld
be inferred, not 'lnterned'. Meres &c the
traitor Is cruelty to loyal men. Weakness in
dealing with traitors is disloyalty to m<ss
at the front
Tvs cut of every 900 men IN the army
have to have their shoes made to order. In
several camps entire regiments have had their
feet measured, and hundreds of drawings
were made of odd shapes and sizes. At the
present time the army between 2.0e0, goo
and 100000 pairs of shoes . month. Facts
brought out in tests seem to prove that men
in the present army are larger than those serv-
ing in preyioHs wars. Not eRly Is this shswn
BY the larger sizes of shoes called for, but
BY the larger sizes of outer clothing that is
being required Records in the Quartermaster
corps show that q size larger. on the average.
is being demanded in blOuses. shirts, and
breeches than have ever before been used.