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Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-04-05
WASHINGTON CALLS
FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS

WASHINGTON, April 5.-A call
has been issued for four hundred
photographers registered in the
draft TO mobilize at Madison Bar.
racks, at Sackett's Harbor, New York,
on April 18th. This call has been
forwarded to fifteen states by Adju.
tant General Crowder. The object of
the call is believed to be the further
training of these men as observers
and photographers of enemy posi-.
tions and special training along these
lines will be given them.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-04-05

rangement.
The committee from Lovelock is
composed of John G. Taylor, w. c.
Pitt, L. n. Carpenter and E. d. Perez
The meeting was held in the First
National bank. A committe went
down the river today to see ranchers
who were not represented at the
meeting. and tomorrow the commit
tee will go to. Battle Mountain and
Elko and ask the ranchers who car
spare the water to do so.-Reno Ga
zette.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-04-05
WARNING

Hunting, Fishing and Shooting lie
strictly prohibited on all o; ouI
ranches, on Mary's River and both the
SeVentyOne ranches Tresspasser'
will be prosecuted according 20 law.
Nevada Land \ Livestock Co
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WESTERN.

The British tank ship Mirlo was
torpedoed by German submarine off
Cape Hatteras and according to re-
ports reaching Beaufort, N. c., nine
members of her crew were drowned.
One hundred leaders of the Indus
trial Workers of the World were found
guilty as charged in the Indictment"
by the jury at Chicago after one hours
deliberation at their trial for conspir-
acy to disrupt the nations war pro-
gram.
All male persons who have reached
their twenty-first birthday since June
5, 1918, and on or before Aug. "a, 1918,
must register on Aug. "a, 1918. These
men should consult with local draft
boards as to how and when they
should register.
British and Canadians in the United
States have final chance to enlist
voluntarily in their own armies. After
Sept % they are subject to the selec-
tive draft of the American army and
will be inducted into the war service
of Uncle Sam. The ages affected are
20 to A.
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SPORT.

Before a crowd of nearly 10000, the
first municipal water carnival Of the
season was held at Washington park
in Denver. 1t was replete with thrills
and excellent swimming.
Ralph DePalma, the daring autolno-
bile driver, won the International
sweepstakes contest at Sheepshead
Bay speedway in New York by captur-
ing all five heats. Ralph Milford was
second and Resta third.
All favorites managed to put across
wins in the race events held at From
tier park at Cheyenne, Saturday,
thereby continuing the record which
has been established so far during the
meet A moderate-sized crowd was in
the grandstand.
Vincent Richards of New York,
national boys champion, and William
T. Tilden II of Philadelphia won the
national lawn tennis doubles cham
pionship when they defeated Beals G.
Wright and Fred B. Alexander of New
York in the finals of the national dou-
bles tournament at the LongwoOd
Cricket Club in Boston. The match
went five sets, the score being G-3, Ga,
So, 2-6, 6-2.
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FOREIGN.

The city of Darmstadt, capital of
the Grand Duchy of Hesse in western
Germany, was attacked by allied air
men Friday.
A railway more than 130 miles in
length behind the French front has
been built in less than 100 days and
opened for traffic
Gen. Hans Won Boehn, the German
retreat specialist" has been ap
pointed to the supreme German com
mand on the Somme front
Rumania's toll of deaths since her
entrance into the war, in August, 1916,
has been more than 100000 persons,
or about II per cent of the total popu
lation
German newspapers comment bit
terly upon the manifesto issued by
Great Britain in recognition of the
CZechO-Slovak nation, declaring it
Hypocrisy"
Maj. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., was
cordially received by Premier Clemen-
ceau in Paris. Maj. Roosevelt's
wounds still were unhealed and he is
using crutches.
The government of northern Rus
sia" has been formed with M. Tchai-
kowsky as president and minister of
foreign affairs, according to a British
wireless service.
Ten policemen have been wounded
seriously and many rioters injured at
Nagoya, Japan, over the high cost of
rice. Fifty persons have been arrested
at Nagoya and 800 at Ohaka.
The total production of wheat in
France this year is estimated at So
100000 quintals Q83,5OO,000 bushels),
being an increase of 25 per cent over
last years crop, according to the In
transigeant.
The old French cruiser Dupetit
Thouars has been sunk by a German
submarine, it is officially announced
in Paris. Thirteen of the crew are
missing. American destroyers res
cued the remainder.
Women street car conductors in
London refused to take out their cars
until they had been granted five
shilling-a-week bonus, which had been
given the men but not the women.
The women secured the active sup
port of the men conductors and driv-
ers who struck in sympathy.
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CALL DRAFT MEN 1s TO 10 LAST.
Change in Age Limits Expected to
Win War in Year, Says Baker.

Neutrality-suspicious. from IS to 10
years who will be made liable to mill
tary service in the new man-power
bill will be taken last, Secretary of
War Baker told the House milit; ry
aIIairs committee Monday. There
would be no objection, said the secre-
tary, to putting the men of the 49,
year-old class in a separate classifi-
cation, to be called las far as prac-
ticable" only after the older classes
have been exhausted. He explained
that Provost Marshal General Crow
der is now preparing regulations that
will put the men from 19 to 36 in sepa-
rate classes which will be subject to
the first call.
Extension of the American draft
ages from Is to As is designed to win
the war for the allies within the next
twelve months. Success is practically
certainty"
Eighteen states were called upon by
Provost Marshal General Crowder
Monday to furnish 500 white draft
registrants of grammar school educa-
ton fit for general military service.
The men will entrain Sept. !. Volun-
tary enlistments will be accepted un-
til Aug. 26.
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That Pot of Beans.

We were talking with some of the
boys who shortly before had served in
the trenches with the first detachment
assigned to the firing line. They told
us of the fighting and the raids and
how young Enright and Hay had met
their death.
But how do you like life in the
trenchesY'
ooh, not SO bad! Gee! You ought
to have seen those beans. 1t was this
way. The cook had just cooked a pot
of beans for supper and had put it on
the edge Of the trench to cool, when
along came q German shell and hit it
square. Gee! l guess it must have
rained beans for an hour and we didn't
have any supper. 1t was great ~
Francis Rogers in the VigilanteS.
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FOCH TAKES ROYE
AND3,OOOB BOCHES
FRENCH GAIN TWO MILES AND
ENTER HAMEL AND CAPTURE
MORSAlN.
.PETAIN VICTOR ON OISE
BRITISH BEAT OFF VICIOUS COUN-
TIERS NEAR MERRIS AND IN
FLlCT HEAVY LOSS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service

Western Newspaper Union News Service
With the British Army in France,
Aug. 20.-British troops, after captur-
ing Outtersteene ridge, in front of the
town OF Merris, have beaten off a
vicious counter attack and inflicted
heavy losses on the enemy. More than
500 Germans We're captured by the
British.
The Germans ON three important
sectors of the western battle front
have been compelled to give up posi-
tions of great strategic value under
the onslaughts of the British and
French troops.
In the Lys sector, west of Armen-
there's, the enemy has retreated over q
front of nearly six miles, leaving the
town of Merville in British hands. Be
French have fought their way to the
western outskirts of the dominating
position of Lassigny, and farther south
in this hill and wooded region have de-
bouched from the Thiescourt wood
and also captured the town of Pim-
prez, situated in the Disc valley on
the Noyon-Compiegne road.
Around the curve in the battle line
northwest of SOissons the French from
near Carlepont to Fontenoy on the
Aisne, a distance of approximately
nine miles, have driven back the en-
emy to an average depth of more than
a mile and captured several villages
and 2,200 prisoners.
Unofficial reports record the cap
ture by the British of the railway sta
tiOn on the western outskirts of Roye,
one of the pivotal points on the battle
front between the SOmme and the
Disc.
The gains are most important for
the allies, for, aside from wide areas
over which the enemy has been COM
PEELED to acknowledge defeat, the
wrenching in the German defense is
becoming daily more noticeable.
Under the new gains of the British
around Roye, and particularly those
made by the French from Lassigny to
the Disc valley and northwest of Sois-
sons, the Germans now are in bad
predicament.
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GEN ERAL.

The estate of Gottfried Kruger of
Newark, N. j., valued at several mil
lion dollars, was taken over by the
alien property custodian.
Arrested as Villa spy, Jesus Pra-
do was tried by court-martial and ex-
ecuted in the penitentiary plaza in
Chihuahua City. Prado was charged
with having furnished the dynamite
which Villa and Martin Lopez used to
blow up trains at Consuelo and Bach
imba pass.
United States Senator Jacob H.
Gallinger OF New Hampshire died at
hospital at Franklin, N. H.
The United States and Great Brit
ain joined in diplomatic representa-
tions to the Mexican government
dent Carranza, which it is contended
amount practically to confiscation.
Spain has notified Germany of her
intention to compensate herself for
future outrages against Spanish ship
ping by confiscating a corresponding
amount of tonnage from German ship
ping that has found refuge in Spanish
ports.
A million-dollar endowment fund to
establish a Catholic publicity service
was proposed by Matthew ]. W.
Smith, editor of the Denver Catholic
Register, at the eighth annual con-
vention of the Catholic Press Associa-
tion in session at Chicago.
A proclamation and executive order
by President Wilson putting into ef-
feet the aliens control law, passed by
Congress on May %, was made public
by the State Department. 1rOn-bound
regulations governing the departure
of all persons from the United States
were Immediately issued.
President and Mrs. Wilson went to
Manchester, Mass, for a few days
rest in the seclusion Of colonial man
sion on the picturesque north shore.
Visits were interchanged with Col. E.
NJ House, the Presidents intimate
friend, but most of the time was spent
in the out-Of-dOOrs enjoying some of
the most delightful weather of the
present summer
Four men were seriously wounded
during a pistol battle with three rob-
bers, who blew the safe in the Bank
of Greeley, Kan, and escaped with
between $4,000 and $4,000.
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THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
4, CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF The WEEK
SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
Western Newspaper Union news service.
ABOUT THE WAR.

The Canadians captured the village
of Parvillers. A number of machine
guns and prisoners were taken.
The town of Ribecourt, on the road
leading to Noyon and six and one
quarter miles southwest of that town,
was captured by the French.
The allies unanimously are agreed
on the necessity of proclaiming mar
tial law at Vladivostok owing to the
threatening attitude of the local Boil
aheviki
After an extremely bitter contest,
the British and Americans have
gained fOothold in the important lit
tie town of Bray-sur-Somme, on the
northern bank of the Somme.
In Lorraine, where the Americans
captured the village of Frapelle, near
st. Die, Saturday morning, they have
pressed on and gained more ground,
notwithstanding a heavy lombard
ment.
Over a front of four miles between
Bailleul and Vieux BerQuin on the Lys
sector, the British have advanced
from 1000 to 1000 yards, taking the
village of Outtersteen and 400 pris-
Oners.
Allied forces occupied Villers-les-
Roye and st. Aurin, and reached their
old line trenches east of Armancourt
Friday. Farther north they pressed
forward toward the Chaulnes-Roye
line, taking Damery wood.
The French made further progress
Saturday north and south of the Avre,
having taken 1000 prisoners and nu-
merous machine guns. Marshal Foch
has at last definitely connected up the
battles OF the Aisne and the Somme
The Americans early Saturday morn
ing captured the village of Frapelle
and eradicated a considerable German
salient in the allied lines. Prisoners
were taken by the Americans and the
Germans evidently suffered heavy cas-
ualties in killed and wounded.
From Archangel allied troops have
made good progress southwark toward
Vologda and apparently are operating
In three columns against the Bolshe
Wiki, whose opposition is reported to
have been fairly determined. The oc-
cupation of Baku by British troops
who came north through Persia from
Bagdad is blow to German and Turk
ish pretenses in the Caucasus.
Some severe air conflicts occurred
on Aug. 8 in the sector between AL
bert and the Amiens-Roye road. The
air fighting resulted in the destruc-
ton of forty-eight enemy machines,
while seventeen others were driven
down out of control. Fifty British ma
chimes did not return. During the six
succeeding days 1876 enemy aeroplanes
were destroyed and eighty-nine
driven down out of control, making a
total of 339 German machines for the
week, compared with 123 British aero
planes missing.
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WASHINGTON.

The threatened crisis in the rela-
tions Of Mexico with the entente allies
and the United States apparently has
been averted by a modification of the
new Mexican Oil tax decree by Presi-
dent Carranza
The Bulgarian and Turkish minis
ters to Russia have arrived in Berlin
from Moscow, according to an official
dispatch from France.
Tentative plans of the treasury pro-
vide for three big Liberty Loan cam
paigns within the next year each to
raise $5000,000,00O or more. The first
will be from Sept. % to Oct. 19.
1t is reported from Uruguay that the
wheat crop in that country has been
damaged to the extent of $2,500,000 by
wheat smut. The damage is con-
firmed by the Uruguayan Department
of Agriculture
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More EerociouS.

"By gad!" pridefully calculated a
prominent resident of the RumpuS
Ridge region of Arkansas. "The way
them American soldiers fight the Ger
mans Is sight on earth! They are
reglar ring-tailed catamounts in bat
tie. and then SOme"'
"Uh-huh !" returned Gap Johnson.
"But you Ort to see my fourteen chill
dren fight amongst themselves over n
sack of mixed candy when I bring it
home from town for 'em !"-Kansas
City Star.
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Chicago Live stock Quotations.

Chlcago -HOgs-Butchers 1885 a
1885; light, $4,000 9.65; packing,
$1750@1S.70; rough $1725 1850; bulk
of sales, $17.90@19.50; pigs, good and
choice, $1S.00Q1S50.
Cattle-Beef cattle: Good, choice and
prime, $16.50Q1S.85; common and me-
dium, $4,000 665. Butcher stock
Cows and heifers, $725@14.0O. Can
ners and cutters, $6.50@7.50. Stockers
and feeders: Good, choice and fancy,
$10.00Q 1900; inferior. common and me-
dium, $7.50Q10.00. Veal calves, good
and choice, $1675@17.5O.
Sheep-La mbS: Choice and prime,
$1S.00@1S.S5: medium and good $3.50
1900; culls, $1O.00M13.75. Ewes:
Choice and prime, $4,000 1875; medi-
um and good, $11.5O@13.25; culls, $3.50
$3.50.
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Hughes Wealth to Widow and Family

Dallas, Tex.-Bequeathing over five
million dollars to relatives and en-
ployes, the will of the late Col. Will
liam Edgar Hughes, Denver capitalist
who died in Denver July 20, was filed
in the Probate Court here. Under it's
terms Mrs. Annie c. Hughes, the wild
ow, is principal beneficiary She and
Mrs. Annie Clifton Hughes, grand
daughter of Colonel Hughes, are
named executives without bond and
the bulk of the vast Hughes estate
goes to the widow, the granddaughter
and the three great-grandsons.
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Army Subdues Japan Food Riots.

Toxic, Aug. 20.-Soldiers have been
called out in practically every large
city of Japan to aid the police in re-
straining mobs which have resorted
to wanton destruction of the property
of rich men. The riots are the out
growth of the rice riots which began
a week ago. MObs at first contented
themselves with raiding rice shops
and demanding lower prices. Japan
ese farmers have boarded 120,000,000
bushels of rice, the rioting people de-
clare.
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pound ever since

pound ever since and give you my per-
mission to publish this letter."-Miss
Flo KELLY, 476 So. 14th ST., Newark,
N. j.
The reason this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Kelly's case was because it went to the
root OF her trouble, restored her to a
normal healthy condition and as q result
her nervousness disappeared. y
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down and got so
weak ! could hardly
stand, and had head
aches every day. I
tried everything l
could think Of and
was under a ply
sician's care for two
years. A girl friend
had used Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compoundand
she told me about
it. From the first
day ] took It'll began
to feel better and
now ] am we'll and
able to do most any
k in d of work. /
have been recon-
.and;nU tho Com.
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Woman Slain in Hotel Room.

Denver-The police are conducting
a city-wide search for Cecil w. Nc
Clure, wanted by them as suspect in
connection with the murder of Bessie
Ramey, 80
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MlSCELLANl MARK IcTS.
Prices Ouoted for Metals

Boulder, Colo.-Tungsten concen-
trates, 60 per cent, $2O.0O@22.5O pei
unit; 25 per cent, $12.00@12.50; 10 pei
cent, $9.40@12.20
New York.-Lead-$S.
Spelter-East ST. Louis delivery
$S.50@875.
Copper-$25.6214
Bar silVer-993ac.
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Chicago Grain and Provision Prices.

Chicago.-Corn-No. yellow, $1.S5;
No. 4 yellow, $1.7S.
Oats-No. 3 white, 6SA q 69c; stand
ard, 6812 06912c.
Rye-No. 2, $1.5611.
Barley-95c q $1.03.
Timothy-$6. .00@D9.00
Lard-s26.00.
Ribs-$24.25 @24.75.
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Kansas City Produce.

Kansas City, .-Butter-Creamery
42c; firsts, 4oKc; seconds, 4Oc; pack
ing, 34c.
Eggs-Firsts. 3Sc: seconds, SIC.
Poultry-Hens. 25 1Ac; roosters, 1Sbc:
springs, 26c; brOilers. &c.
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HIDES AND PELTS,
Dry Flint Hides.

Pound
6utcher 30c
Bulls and stag, Nos. and flat ..16c
Culls and glue hides 16c
Sailed hides, &c to &c per lb. less.
HorsehideS One-half to two-thirds
the price of green salted.
Dry Flint PeIts.
Wool pelts, butchers and mur-
rains together 44m47c
Short wool pelts. ............390 a 40c
Butcher sheaTlings, No. 1...27G030 30c
No. murrain shearlings. gs.....12014c
Bucks, saddles and pieces of
Green Salted Hides. Etc.
Heavy cured, No. l cover 25
lpS. ID GD 40
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Any woman can keep a secret per-
tanning TO the fact that her new dress.
is but an old one made over.
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New York Cotton Prices.

New York.-CottOn-Octob BOAT.
December, 1896; January. 29S3: March
1880; May, 1888; middling, 1886.
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HAY AND GRAIN MARKET.
#. o. b., Denver, Carload Price.
Hay.

Colorado Upland, per ton. .s16.OO@17.0o
Nebraska Upland, per ton. $1,000 1900
Prairie Hay, Colorado and
Nebraska, per ton ...... 15.00@16,00
Timothy, per ton. 17.O0Q19.00
Alfaifa. per ton .......... 14.00Q 800
South Park, per ton ...... 1S.00@20.00
Gunnison Valley, per ton. .17.O0918.0O
Straw, per ton . 500
Grain.
Oats, Nebraska, 100 lbs, buying $3.50
Colorado oats. bulk. buving.. 2.30
Corn chop, sack selling. ......... $50
Corn in sack, selling. BAT
Gluten feed. sacked. selling. ...... 2.99
Bran, Colo, per 100 lbs selling. 1.30
Flour.
hungarian Patent, 98 lbs, sacked
=, subject to discount. .$5.l4
auhearlan. 48 lbs, sacked, subject
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A NERVOUS !,
M M N n N - -
i BREAKDOWN
Miss Kelly Tells How Lydia
z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Restored
Her Health.

Newark, N. J.-"For about three
years / suffered from nervous break
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Fruit.

Apples, Colo, box. 1.5O@25O
Cherries, Col. pie, 24-Qt. crt. 3.25 " $50
Peaches crate e.......... 1.00Q1.65
Pears, Bartlett box....... 3.2504.O0
Pears cooking ......... 1.75@2.25
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Butter.

Creameries, ex. 1st grade, lb. 46
Creameries, I'd grade, lb..... AZ
Process 40
Packing stock ............33 Q331
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POULTRY.
Dressed Poultry
Live Poultry.
Eggs.

Eggs, graded No. l net, F. o.
b. Denver ,,....,.. ~
Eggs, graded No. z net, +. O.
d. Denver ................ ~
The Washington times., 1918-02-27
COLLEGE WOMENIN
CAPITAL TO OPEN
CLUBHOUSE MAR. I

\ clubhouse for college women en-
gagged in war work in Washington
will be opened here on March =, it
was announced today.
The clubhouse is tho result OF the
efforts OF the Association Of College
Alumni to provide home for the
large numbers Of college women who
have given their services TO Uncle
sam for war work.
Two buildings. ZOO and 2JOS X
street northwest, have bee leased for
four years. They are surrounded by
an old-fashioncd garden that will
soon lose its fashioned ideas I'M
der the energetic direction OF the
women, who intend to make of it a
war garden to supply fresh veSe-
tables for their own use from it.
On the committee in charge Of the
work are Mrs. r. Is. Morgan, Miss
Mcdonald. OF the Cathedral School:
Mrs. Thomas Sidwell. of the Friends
school: Mrs. David Wing, OF the Ma
deira School: Miss Alice Beal, Of the
public schools: DR.. Julia VI. Green.
Mrs. Theodore coal, Mrs. Theodore
Janncv Brown. Mrs. Louis Austin.
Miss ClaribeI Barnett, and Miss Ellen
NintOn.
The Washington times., 1918-02-27
Y. v. c. .FROWNS
ON MISS DUKES
OLIVE DRABPANTS

CAMP MEADE, Nd. Feb. 2T.-The
7. W. c. \. does not approve OF
Lieut.. Beatrice E. Duke. Woman's
Military Emergency League, who APP
peared here clad in olive drab, with
the regulation pants and leather put
tees of an officer. The staff of the
association objects most of all to the
pants.
why should she wear such a rig
here at an army camp" one Of the
hOstesses asked.
Miss Duke-the lieutenant herself
had been asked that same question.
and replied that for active field work,
up near the front, with field hos
pital such clothing was necessary. In
Miss Dukes unit there are l. 400 wom-
en-. and they all wear wants.
II is certain that IL the whole force
appears here it will get 4 hearty well
come. The soldiers gave the fair
lieutenant a hearty greeting.