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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-23
american Training Has Proceeded Remarkably Fast Says Be After
Visit Win the Uned States T1Oobs Their French Training Camps

| prepared by the war to organize
their resistance, lay in their abii
ity to make or procure vast
number of new heavy pieces and
munitions for them. Today
their supply of guns and howitz-
ers may not equal the enemy 5.
considering his captures in Rus
STA and after the battle of Capor-
ettO. But their power of muni-
tiOnment is still superior and
probably will become increas-
ingIy superior.
The crux of the whole matter
lies in the training of the gun
crews. | do not know by what
multiple the French had to in
crease their establishment OF
heavy artillery-that is, the
numbers of their trained gum
ners-but | believe | am right in
saying that in the case of Great
Britain the multiple was some
thing like ninety in the first two
years for every artiIIeryman
who was under arms on the day
that war started.
IT is a commonplace that of all
the arms used in this war the
heavy artillery is the most diff
cult to create. 1t is, so TO speak,
learned arm. It's effect de-
ponds upon exact and elaborate
mathematical calculation, IL is
complicated by a great variety
of types Of guns and shells, and
in the case of howitzers, by var
iety in the size and power of the
charges. It's use in modern war
depends upon the exact co-ordi-
nation of vast numbers of fac
tors-acCurate observation from
the air, extreme accuracy of the
delivery Of the shell once the
target has been found, the Sc
cure defence of the observer In
the air, accuracy in map max
ing, great skill in Distinguishing
the true emplacement of the en-
cmy guns from the dummies
which he has constructed as
camoufage, a keen judgment in
differentiating between the var
ious targets, the organization of
supply, the provision of mobility
for heavy pieces and for their
rapidity for empIacement, and
ali the rest. On top of that you
have the indefnable personal
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-23

Upon my return this week
from visiting the American
troops in France, both at their
training camps and in their front
line trenches, number of points
of interest regarding them sug-
gest themselves to me, although
any description of individual
units or of the special points
where they are in training or in
action is, of course, forbidden.
| think that the most import
ant Of these points is the relation
that exists between the special
training that the American
troops are receiving in France
and the rate of supply that they
can furnish of men available for
the front, either to make good
casualties or to extend the line
which they are already holding.
ALI through this war the chief
business of the publicists has
been to present military prob
lens as they develop in such a
way as to prevent false judg-
ments on them by the people at
home; and the chief danger in
forming a correct opinion in con-
nection with the enormous new
factor in American Intervention
is the natural impotence of the
public both here and In America
to see the results of this inter
vention on the battlefield.
| have already pointed out in
q past article the essential diff
Guilty Of establishing communi-
cations from the base ports for
the new armies and the vast
volume of new work which has
had to be done on French soil by
the American forces before this
great increase in numbers could
be made available at the front.
But there is another factor of
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-23

through which the supply must
pass has hardly come into play,
because the finished product has
been delivered so far upon only
a small scale. The heavy work
Of the last few months has been
the supply of raw material, so
to speak, from the main source
across the Atlantic, the organ
ization of the special training
camps in France, and, still
more, the organization Of the
communications. But from now
onward the feeding of the front
with the rapidly expanding body
of trained soldiers will soon
show exactly land those who
can today guess the best have
the strongest reasons for not
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-23

telling when the maximum OF
the curve of production will
have been reached-that is, when
the proportion of the front to
be supplied with men will have
put on the schools through which
the supply has to come the heav-
lest possible strain that they
will bear.
But it can safely be stated
now that the rate at which the
organization and expansion of
these schools is proceeding is a
good augury for the future.
| found in connection with
this problem during my visit to
France a very interesting point
with which, no doubt, most Am
orleans are familiar, but which
is new to us in Europe, in spite
of the careful study of the Am
erican army which has naturally
been made by observers here in
the last months.
That is the peculiar aid given
to this task of training the Am
erican troops by the existence Of
the great American coastal de-
fence system and its specially
trained body of men. The great
arm of modern siege warfare as
it has developed on the trench
lines during the last three years
is the heavy artillery. An ac-
curacy hitherto unneeded and a
volume of fire never dreamed of
before this war have been devel-
oped and acquired.
In barrages the gunners are
frequently required to lay their
shells on a trajectory passing
within a foot of the heads of the
men who are advancing to the
attack, while guns fired from
miles behind the lines must be
able to destroy the first line of
the German trenches without
dropping shells into their own
trenches fifty yards away from
this target.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-23

great and vital Importance
which your public opinion at
home may be in danger of for
getting-that is the special
training to make troops effective
which is required on this side of
the water over and above the
training they have already re-
ceived in their camps at home.
Facing New Conditions
With New Weapons.
Trench warfare in the last
three years has been fought I'M
der such totally new conditions,
with such new weapons and up
on such O. scale of munitionment
all previous knowl-
edge-and with such new tacti-
cal methods that the last part of
the training of troops, the finish
ing touches, can be given only
by men who have, gone through
the experience of actual fighting
themselves and only in places
that are within touch Of the
work along the front. New
methods and new weapons are,
in fact, developed SO rapidly that
the instructors in the last stages
must be very fresh from the
trenches and must keep con-
tinually in touch with them day
by day. -.
The consequence of these con-
is that there is hating
stage, as it were, between the
supply Of men reaching Europe
Though they have already been
thoroughly trained in the Unit
ed States) and their delivery at
the front lines, fully prepared
for the present trench warfare;
and this necessary hating stage
is an element of delay which
public opinion in America as
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-23

well as here must reckon with
and accept.
In the old days an army train
ed upon its own known and fam
iliar grounds could be transport
ed over seas and be ready for
action the moment the men had
been restored from the fatigue
of their voyage. The present
campaign in the West, however,
absolutely demands the new in
termediate stage of which l have
spoken, and everywhere in
France you may see the Ameri-
cans hard at work to pass them
selves through that stage.
Show Great Aptitude
For Newest Warfare.
One may add that the rapidity
with which this training is go
ing forward with the American
troops is very remarkable, even
allowing for the fact that three
full years of experience have
perfected the instructors in the
work they have to do, and it is
an admirable proof of the apti-
tude for the new warfare of the
American troops which have
been supplied to those instruc-
tors.
The problem is not the simple
one of supplying aScertain out
put of troops at the front from a
certain reserve of material over
seas. 1t is problem involving
between the source Of supply
and the finished product a pas
sage of the men through chan
mel which is narrow when COM
pared with either the volume of
supply at the entrance or with
the demand at the exit. It is
like supplying water from a
large cistern to a three-inch tap,
while between the cistern and
the tap there is a squeeze" of
only an inch in diameter. It is
the problem of the hour glass.
The cistern is the immense re-
serve supply of man power al
ready in existence and in train
ing on your side of the Atlantic.
The tap is the raiIhead at the
front and the demand for men
in the front-line trenches. The
squeeze through which the
has to pass is represent
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-23
Artillery Won for
Germans In the East.

The success Of the Central
Empires in the East was mainly
due to their overwhelming
superiority over the Russians in
heavy artillery and munition-
ment, the power Of the Western
nations, which were caught ill
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-03-23
Shoe Aptitude for Ne1O
WarM Methods; Expansion
OfFOrCeSLSMadeQ Quickly
by HdLAIRE BELLc)

Of
military
Copyright 1ss-The sTrbune)
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-02
Motorieing the OIL Fields.

s. G.. GaAsAway Of Los Angeles.
Cal, l.. r.. Motehardt OF oklahoma
city, and o. A. Jennings OF Dallas,
all departmental heads Of the Gem
eral Electric company are In Tulsa.
They are looking over the mid-con-
urenJ field with q view to It's ulti-
notta motorlzaton and have already
contracted 70 equip a large number
of wells in this field. The Empire
Gas q Fuel co. have contracted
for electrical equipment for 1000
wells Some ~ the Gladys Bell wells
age being equipped
Mr.. GasEaWay says that his com
pauy has between 2,4O0 and $500
OH well equipments in the Calf
fornia field and that electrical oper-
atlons are going on on 1875 leases.
The SchelI company is running seven
electrical drills in It's California
field. Mr.. Gassoway. who is an
electrical wizard. perfected the cleo
trical drill.
f. 6. Hathaway NJ the Tulaa Of
flee, has the electrical visitors in
tow.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-02

We will shine in the future by rra-
son of this military experience
II have nevcto been 80 happy or
50 thoroughly at peace In all my
me- said another youngster In
the face of this tremendous expert
erce every little worry that / have
ever had has passed away I'm
sorry for the fellow who must stay
behind
That II Is a big iob. waiting for
good doing seems 10 be the con-
sensug of opinion OF all thor" who
loft last night 10 Join the forces
across the sea,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-02
CARRIER and Billings

The Round l'p ON s. cos Coz of
HartIcvyIIe su. ON tho Cockrell
,,r,, b, r,,. ..o,,Ic,., ,orDer north.
'a't "3.af.' west I"7 MUGS "'h'
ana five north or Htr""I' f'i'.'I d
gas p"'t"i or a. row "f gas 'l ,aS
y"WHf sa ~ "7iI''" d'p'n or i''
rect IHIH VOL .. ~" q 'ol"e 81, %
'''rd fhd mapped "F It"h'N''n, me
F''''E'..' VINO '''k," iH' .",hlot'
l'l 'h' l'I o'1''-"n 'h" l''i''' ''''l',
The Roar creek ON company III
n'' NE j" TOOLS .' NJ. on ne W.
i".,' ilI'n nor 'h'isi 2 ~ q"
Ih' I''H 'h'Et on .',.t p'ny Is
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-02
Md-Co Gets n Big One.

The Mid-Co Petroleum company
drilled in its Washburn No. II in
section 15-23-2 on Friday night and
got a 1000 barrel well. The sand
was found at 2,020 feet Brumfield
No. 5 belonging to the same COM
pany In the northwest of 22-2S-2 got
the sand at 2,052 and is good for
l50 barrels. This gives the Mid-Co
about $3.50 barrels production on its
Billings property.
The new S-inch line from the
Billings field to Black Bear has been
completed and oil was pumped
through for the first time Friday.
The line has a capacity OF 800 bar
rels an hour.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-02

drilling. II win give Mr. Young
a most commanding position In oil
circles and will give him oil apleny
for his refining properties located
at Okmulgee ana at Tulsa,
Mr.. Young has been exceedingly
successful m tho management OF !ho
Okmulgce Producing and Refining
and has by his purchase of the Pan
American Refining companR brought
about coalition that must be
rcckoned with for years 10 como.
The, conMderation is reported as
being IN tho ne&hborhood of L0o0.-
600 and is doyMlcss a good purchase
inasmuch as Mist Of the acreage Iy-
ing In section. 6,l2.l2 s now proven
and AN thnt viii he ntceraary VIII
be dGepor drilling
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-02
Big Well at Okmulgec,

The Okmulgee Producing & Re-
filming CO. No. l. Lucy johnson farm,
In l-l3-11 is making 35 barrels an
hour through a 2-inoh line and is
pinched In at that 1t ia the big SEN
sation in tho news OF the day and is
Thought by the owners TO be good for
several thousand barrels. 1t is in the
Youngstown sand at about 1900 feet
deep and is the first big producer
brought In in this sand outside OF
the original Youngstown pool
II Is in line and shows the trend
TO be running north and south and
viii probably broaden out in this
vicinity Wells like this help win
the, war.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-02

The Rust well is In the sand 6
feet, the top Of Yhich was found at
2,AA6 feet and Ne hole Is standing
fun Of oil. Ithas made several flows
and drilling IS s,il going on. The
sand is very hard.
The shook well has been making
$50 barrels daily but the tools have
beon dr/pped In the hole and is only
making Zoe barrels around the tools.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-02
y. Il Sbnok Nm Pc ucr,

y. H. shock president of the
Western RefiuerS' association is due
In Tulsa Monday and win he able 10
give mAGh valuable information at
tho meeting ~ the retiuers and mar
koters. which is 20 na held az the
Petroleum club Tuesday nigh.
Tie is coming direct from Wash
ins.or, and is therefore. IN close
touch with he situation
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-02
Now Aero Gns Specifications.

The new specifications for domes-
tic aviation gasoline are received by
T.. r. Braun, district manager of the
oil branch of the war petroleum
board. are as follows:
II shall he water white, free from
acid. sweet with doctor test, not
more than 5 per cent below l40, not
less than per cent below 167, at
least 80 per cent below eel, at least
80 per cent below 81, at least 90
per cent below 3i7.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-02

The subcommittee appointed by
the pstroleum division Of the war
service board for the mld-continent
field, is preparing report to be
submitted TO A. c. Bedford on al
legged "oil boarding" in the mid-con-
tlnent field.
The committee is made up of
Frank Haskell. chairman, Henry W.
McGraw of the Gypsy oil company,
Frank Breene of the Winona OIL
company and Deering MARSHALL OF
Wichita. This sub committee ex-
poets 10 have its report ready on
Monday or Tuesday, and. II 1t Is ap-
proved ny tho committee as whole
IL will be forwarded 10 Mr.. Bedford
for his consideration.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-02

on the Lively farm In section 10, a
quarter OF mile east and little
north OF Barnes No IT,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-02
Jmnortant WeIl ~ IeonnrJ

still taxed at So per barrel. the same
as II is here In Oklahoma.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-02

Ardizzone ana Braden have COM
pleted their No. I, Stel farm IN he
northwest corner Of tho southeast Of
me southeast OF 21-!7.l4 IN sand
found from 1895 to 1852 feet and
II Is good for 30 barrels natural
This well is about 3-s Of mile from
production.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-02

HENRYETTA-The ArtesIa oil
company No. 2 on the H. Robinson
farm in tho center OF the south line
OF the northeast Of the northeast OF
I-ll-1t ~ q 1O-barrel weld after shot
at 1873 feet
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-02

A. Sanderson have made a locat'on
in the northwest corner Of the
northeast ofathe southwest OF the
northwest Of 8-2l-13.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-02

sKIATOoK--H. II. Porter and c.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-11-16
-W.S.s.--
RATS WISER THAN MEN.

investigates of mining conditions
md the peculiar dangers to which min
ers are subjected recently have taken
much interest in the practice of Yves
sern gold miners to make pets of the
ats which commonly infest mines. On
ne mother lbde vein Of California it
las been found that the miners invar-
ably feed the rats and take care Ct
hem, believing that the rodents are a
source of protection against accidents.
rms is due, the men say, to the instinct
fthe rats, Which warns them when q
tunnel is unkafe. Anr when the rats
leave tunn,I it is almost impossible
20 get the miners to work there. This
recalls the belief among sailors that
rats will leave doomed ship. The
miners also have found that rats arc
much more susceptible than humans to
the dangerous gases that so pften cause
loss of life IN the mines Long before
the miners themselves are eectcd by
these gases the rats become sick and
show symptoms of distress So the men
keep close watch on the rats good
health.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-11-16

tive countries. During that long per
,od they will have virtually all of their
time on their hands. Their tempta-
lions will he more numerous and per
aiStent. There will be a tendency to
let down standards and relax discipline.
The period of rehabilitation should
not be allowed to become a period of
Generalization, but rather should be
enc of growth in knowledge and work
r,g sfff-psesSS1&sLd of the stEeagt aasaiag
Of the character.
10. An Army Educational Commits
sion, composed 70 group of the lead
ing educators of America are being
sent oversees TO cooperate in establish
ing what i'll popular language would be
described as "A University in Khaki
British and French Universities are
helping in this vast undertaking and II
win take at least eight million dollars
Tor text books, and books of reference
Ger the coming winter alone.
II. If there are no other reasons
,han to meet promptly and efficiently
emergencies and crises which are sure
70 ccme, there should be a large over
subscription.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-11-16
MORBIDITY WEEKLY REPORT.
Week ending Nov. Q. 1851

Week ending Nov. 8, 1879
Infiuenza-Last week 25,64j. Camp
8eauregard 49,. This week 11,lS3.
Camp Beauregard H.
Poliomyelitis: Lincoln |, Orleans l.
Typhoid: Avoyelles |, BOssier /,
Evangeline ,, Iberville |, Orleans 3.
Pneumonia: Allen ,, ConcOrdia 8,
,eSoto l, Ouachita 4, Rapides st
.Hartin l.
Influenza: Acadia 2S7, Allen 81, As
-ension 80, Assumption 220, Avoyelles,
52f Beuregard 80, BienvilIe %, Bos
,er 81. Cadd0 344, Calcasieu 1872, Cald-
;ell IS5, Catalonia 50, Claiborne 100,
oHcordia 50, DeSoto 29j. L. Baton
&ouge 285, Z. Carroll /, f. Feliciana
81, EvangehRe l29, Franklin 81, Grant
,, iberia 81, Iberville 102, jackson
|, Jeerson -, Jeerson Davis l59, La
Iyette 40, Lafourche 800, LaSalle AZ,
lincoln 1876, Livingston 1913, Madison
IS, Morehouse 162, Natchitoches 1877,
orleans 727, Ouachita 800, Plaquemines
u, Pointe Coupee 81, Rapides 500,
ed River 81, Richland l27, Sabine 70,
t. Bernard Is, st. Charles IS, st. He
ma -, St. James 9Gl, ST. John AS
t. Landry $50, St Martin 10, st. Mary
%, ST. Tammny 1879, Tangipahoa PSI,
lensas 1874, Terrebonnc s., Union 1854
ermilion 80, Vernon 300, Washington
,, Webster 1S9, w. Baton Rouge %
'. Carroll 76, W. Feliciana Is, VIM
81,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-11-16
WY WE NEED MORE
THAN $40, 800, 10000

|. Because of the remarkable in
.cease of the American ARMY and its
inevitable continue dincrease, the pres
mt budget is outlined on the basis OF
het work with one million American
soldier in France by November list
and total number of three million
n the whole American Army. Before
he end of the year we will have be-
wcen four and five million.
>. Because of the marvellous eX-
,ansion of the American Army and Ma
w. Relatively the organizations which
ire united in this campaign have ne
elected the Navy. If we are to serve
he united purpose of this campaign
! much larger sum of money must be
included i'll the respective budgets,
3. Because this var. unlike others
is not alone a var of armies ana ma
vies, but al entire people. Industry
is being militarized. Millions OF men
and women are at work in arSenais
navy wards and countless other lndls
ensable war Industries.
/. Because the burden of tals wal
alls so heavily upon the women OF
america and the Allies. They have re-
oascd millions Of the men for the fght
ng forces, Many are engaged IN max
ng munitions and other essential wal
activities. The needs Of these women
Effected by war conditions conviheeS Us
that a larger financial provision should
be made for. them.
). Because of the comprehenslyeness
Of the ministry Icing renceret t!e
american Army and Navy and the FOR
ccs of our Allies. We are trying tc
represent to them the American home
school, library, Religious institutions
and the best American ideals. A large
expenditure i'll this direction 10 nee
essary because of the growth OF the
Army and Navy.
6 Because Of the continuity OF tne
service we are seeking II render. we
are following increasing numbrs OF sol
diers and sailors from the time the!
leave their home, while they are ~
transit, in training camps, at port' o.
embarkation, while on ship-bcard, ano
Turing their stay at the ports OF d'
Variation, ms we'll az in their traihih9
overseas, and lii the actual zone o'
combat.
7. Because of thu, imperative need
Of placing all of these helPf,d facil
ties t the service Of the Allied Armies
whose claims were not sufficiently rec
ognized in framing our budget.
:. Because of the indescribahle ae2e,a
of millions Of prisoners Of war, Whisn
number is rapidly increasing and "n'
n1uet look us solely for conprehenl
sive program in the interest Of the;l
physical, mental, social and moral well
being. al
9. Even though the war were to enc
in a few months or weeks, We Should
stand In great need Of fund Of more nor,
than s176,500, 10000 because this Wora
would have TO be continued Throughout
the entire period Of Decentralization
It would take from twelve TO engineer
months to convey the armies OF lAs
Alljs new In conflict TO tAs'r rs'geS
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1918-11-16
NEED FoR,FURTHER EFFORT
BYlALL THE HOME FOLKS

The folloSing telegAm received by
the Progress explains itself, and should
he needed W our people:
New Orleans, La, Nov. Is, 1918.
Editor Abbeville Progress:
impression in some circles that the
war is overland that no need for fur
Their effort bf home folks is endangering
the success iOf the United War Work
Campaign. All authorities agree that
vital important work carried on by the
seven organizations will be more neccS-
Sary now slice the men will not have
stimulus of battle. Will you not print
the president s letter and strong cdi-
torial urging the people to give gener-
ously for the MEN lover there who
have given rs cause for happiness. The
president s litter is in Sundays paper.
Louisiana mast not fail
L. f.. BENTLEY,
Chairman Publicity Committee.