Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-07-26
MAKING PLANS TO
HONOR ITS HEROES
ksAVY DEPARTMENT WANTS PHO
ToeRAPHs OF ENLISTED MEN
WHO PERISH IN WAR.
FOR MEMORIAL GALLERIES

FOR MEMORIAL GALLERIES
slze of Army Camps and cantonments
Increased In Past Six Months
Improvement in Ship Loading Helps
Our Allies.
(From Committee on Public Information.)
Washington.-The navy department
ls collecting photographs of enlisted
men who lose their lives in the war
that their memory may be perpetu-
Rted. Secretary Daniels asks relatives
Or others having such photographs to
lend them to the navy that copies may
be made for the navy's records. Orig
lnals will be returned to the owners
rs fast lis copies can be made.
A photograph of each man is to be
forwarded by the navy department to
the training station where he began
his career in the service. At each OF
these stations a memorial gallery Of
honor or a hero's corner is to be es-
tablished so that for all time the face
Of the man Of the navy who has made
the supreme sacrifice may be honored
by the youth Of the future sent to the
station for training.
All pictures, loaned or contributed,
should be securely wrapped for mail
Ing after they have been marked with
the name, branch of service, and train
Ing station the young man entered aft
er enlistment. They should be ad-
dressed to the recruiting division, bu-
reau of navigation, navy department,
Washington, D. c. Care will be taken
to return safely the photograph to
the sender, when desired, together
with one of the copies made of it
More than S22,0o0,000 has been ex-
pended during the past six months IL
der the direction of the CONSTRUCTION
division of the army In making addi-
lions and improvements to camps ana
cantonments. This sum does not in
clude the cost of additions to the hos
made at other army stations.
The Improvement work consisted of
| additional buildings for housing the
men and providing for their comfort
and needs. Among buildings erected
were quarters for officers and nurses,
repair plants, kitchens and Bakeries,
and theaters. New roads were laid and
sanitation work improved and ex-
tended.
Many additional buildings are con-
templated, and general construction
work will be rushed to completion dur
| ing the summer and fall. In some in
stances the camp work has been ex
tended to drainage of an entire district
surrounding the camp to remove dan
/ ger of disease arising from the proXim
J ity of swamps.
Liberty theaters have been erect
ed at oil National Army cantonments
Each of these theaters has an aver
age inclosed seating capacity Of 1000
/ Theaters and amusement halls have
been erected also in the Nationa
Guard camps and at other points wher'
troops are in training.
Economies of approximately 20 pc
cent.in shipping weight and so per cen
In shipping space have resulted iron
Improved methods Of packing merchan
disc for overseas practiced by tn
army quartermaster corps. This i
equivalent to about $500 tons spac
per month.
For the shipment Of clothes an
equipage. including such items a
blankets, barracks, bags, towels, she
ter tent halves, bedding, and othe
dry goods. in addition to wearing az
parel, bailing has been substituted fo
boxing, and the weight of the lumbe
has been saved. The bales averag
80 by 15 inches and weigh 80 pound!
They are bound with not less tha
four cold rolled unannealed stet
bands. Burlap over waterproofe
heavy paper is used to cover the bale
and there are two sears on bot
ends of the bale for handling,
Women are stevedores on the dock
In France There is a law they sha
not be required to carry package
weighing more than 20 pounds. Pacl
ages shipped to the American eXped
tionary forces are standardized S
they shall not weigh more than Z
pounds for handling by one woma
carrier or more than 140 pounds b
two women carriers. Men handle til
heavier packages and the boxes mu.
be used instead of bales.
The quartermaster corps recon
mends to manufacturers supplying tt
army similar economies in packing an
shipping which will result in eve
more pronounced space and weigl
saving. Round cans and containel
entail waste in space Of % pt
cent. Square containers are urged.
is estimated that every inch save
through bale compression is worth
! cents, in ship space.
Illinois is the center Of agricultur
production of the United States sa,
the department Of agriculture. Stat,
Of greatest production during 1917 are
: Iowa, S1,33O,0o0,O00 Illinois, $1,25s
100000; Texas. $1,O45, 100000; Mi
souri,, $947, 100000; Ohio, SS51, ,000,00C
Nebraska, Sta, 100000; Indiana, $76(
100000; Kansas, 100000; Ne
York, s700,000.00O; Minnesota, $64t
100000; Pennsylvania, S636,000,00t
: Georgia, $605, 100000; Wisconsi
. s598, 600; California, $575,000,O0'
Michigan. $534.0o0o00; Kentuck
S52o, 100000.
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Superstitious Mexicans.
In former times superstition prS