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The citizen., 1918-08-01

So I planted him one In the kidneys
and another In the mouth. and he went
clean up against the rail. But he
came back nt me strong and we were
at II for some time.
But when II was over the gold stripe
came down from the bridge and shook
hands with mel
After this they did not haze me
much. This was the beginning of q
certain reputation that ! had In the
navy for fist-work. Later on I had a
reputation for swimming. too. That
first day they began calling me
"Chlnk." though ! don't know why,
and II has been my nickname In the
navy ever since.
II Is curious thing. and I never
could understand II. but garbles and
marines never mix. The marines are
good men and great fighters. aboard
and ashore. but we garbles never have
n word for them, nor they for us. On
shore leave abroad we pal up with
foreign garbies, even. but hardly ever
with marine. OF course they are
with us strong In case we have scrap
with a liberty party OF some foreign
ship-they cannot keep out OF fight
any more than we can-but after IL
is over they are on their way at once
and we on ours.
There are lots OF things like that
In the navy that you cannot figure out
the reason for, and / think IL Is be-
cause sailors change their ways so
little. They do a great many things
In the navy because the navy always
has done them.
1 kept strictly on the job as fire.
man, but | wanted to get into the gun
turrets. II was slow work for a long
time. i had 10 serve as second-class
fireman for four mouths, first-class
for eight months and In the engine
room as water-tender for a year.
Then. after serving on the U. S. S.
Des Molnes as "A gun-loader. ! was
transferred TO the Iowa and finally
worked up To gun-pointer. After a
time | got my c. +. o. rating-chief
petty officer. frst-class gunner.
The various navles differ In many
ways, but most OF the differences
would not be noticed by any one but
n sailor. Every sailor has great deal
Of respect for the Swedes and Nor
wegians and Danes; they are born
sailors and are very daring, but, Of
course, their navies are small. The
Germans were always known as clean
sailors; that is. as in our navy and
the British. their vessels were ship
shape all the time, and were run as
sweet as clock.
There is no use comparing the varl-
Gus navies as 10 which Is best f; some
are better at one thing and some at
another. The British navy, OF course.
Is the largest. and nobody will deny
that at most things they are topnotch
least of all themselves; they admit
II. But there is one place where the
navy of the United States has II all
over every other navy on the seven
seas, and that is gunnery. The Amer
lean navy has the best gunners in
the world. And do not let anybody
tell you different.
The citizen., 1918-08-01

Ter then, too. for that was before my
introduction TO kultur in German pris-
on camps, and life there Is not exactly
fattening-not exactly. l do not know
why II Is. but II you will notice the
navy flremen-the lads with the red
stripes around their left shoulders
<~ou will find that almost all OF them
w. small men. But they are husky
lot.
Now. In the navy. they always haze
n newcomer until he shows that he
can take care of himself. and l got
mine very soon after / went into I'm
Gle Sans service. l was washing my
clothes in n bucket on the forecastle
deck. and every garby (sallor) who
came along would give me or the
bucket kick. and spin one or the
both OF us. Each time l would move
10 some other place. but l always
seemed TO be In somebody's way. FL
nally / saw a marine coming. l was
nowhere near him. but he hauled out
OF his course 10 come up TO me and
gave the bucket a boot that sent II
twenty feet away. at the same time
handing me a clout on the ear that
Just about knocked me down. Now,
did not exactly know what u marine
was. and this fellow had SO many
stripes on his sleeves that i thought
he must be some sort OF officer, so
just stood by. There was gold stripe
Commissioned oflicer) on the bridge
and l knew that II anything was
wrong he would cut In, so kept look
Ing up at him. but he stayed where he
was. looking on. and never saying a
word. And all the time the marine
kept slamming me about and telling
me TO get the hell out of there.
Finally l said TO myself. "rll get
this guy II It's the brig for month"
The citizen., 1918-08-01
CHAPTER ..
In the American Navy

My father was seaman, so. nat
urnlly, all my life I heard n grent deal
about ships and the sea. Even when
was n little boy. In walston. PA. /
thought about them n whole lot and
wanted TO be n sailor-especlally a
sailor I'm the U. $. navy.
You might say was brought up on
the water.
When was twelve years old I went
TO sea as cabin boy on the whaler
Therifus, out OF Boston. She was an
old square-rigged sailing ship, built
more for work than for speed. We
! were out four months on my first
cruise, and got knocked around n lot,
especially in storm on the Newfound-
land Banks. where we lost our lnstru-
ments. and had a hard time navlgat-
Ing the ship. Whaling crews work on
shares and during the two years was
on the Therifus my shares amounted
20 fourteen hundred dollars.
Then | shipped as first.class helms
man on the British tramp Southern
down, n twin-screw steamer out OF
Liverpool Many people are surprised
that fourteen-year-old boy should be
helmsman on an ocean-golng craft,
but all over the world you will see
young lads doing their trick at the
wheel. | was on the Southerndown
two years and In that time visited
most Of the important ports OF Eu-
rope. There Is nothing like a tramp
steamer II you want to see the world.
The Southerndown Is the vessel that.
in the fall Of 1917. sighted German
U-boat rugged up like sailing ship.
Although liked visiting the foreign
ports. ! got tired OF the Southerndown
after while and at the end OF a voy-
age which landed me In New York I
decided 10 get into the United States
navy. After laying around for week
or two / enlisted and was assigned 10
duty as n second-class fireman.
People have said they thought was
pretty small 10 be a fireman; they
have the idea that flremen must be big
men. Well. am o feet ~ inches In
height. and when | was sixteen / was
just as tall as | am now and weighed
l6S pounds. | was whole lot husk-
The citizen., 1918-08-01
Economic Garden.

Now that so many are looking to the
economic rather than the ornamental
side of gardening, we are minded of
the plant of the Jews as recorded in
the Bible: 1--WE remember the fish
which we did eat in Egypt freely; the
cucumbers. and the melons, and the
leeks, and the garlic" What a savory
meet the atmosphere fairly reeks with
IT. II seems the pyramids were built
on the strength of the breath of the
Egyptians. Herodotus. writing 400 B.
c., states there was an inscription on
one of the pyramids stating that 100,.
600 men were employed for 80 years
in building the pyramids and that they
consumed garlic, leeks. onions, ETC., to
the value Of 1,600 talents Of silver, OF
nearly S1,500,0O0. This must have lent
strength to the enterprise.
The citizen., 1918-08-01
CHAPTER u.
The War Breaks.

After serving four years and three
months In the U. s. navy. ! received
an honorable discharge ON April IA,
1914. l held the rank OF chief petty
officer, first-class gunner. 1t is not
uncommon for garbies TO lie around a
while between enlistments-they like
a vacation as much as anyone-and II
was my intention TO loaf for few
months before Joining the navy again.
After the war started, of course,
had heard more or less about the Ger
man atrocities In Belgium, and while
/ was greatly interested, l was doubt
full at first as TO the truth of the re-
ports. for l knew how news gets
changed in passing from mouth to
mouth, and l never was much OF a
hand TO believe things until l saw
them, anyway. Another thing that
caused me TO be interested in the war
was the fact that my mother was born
In Alsace. Her maiden name. DER
vieux. Is well known In Alsace. had
often visited my grandmother in st.
Nazaire, France, and knew the coun-
try. SO with France at war. II was
not strange that l should be even
more interested than many other
garbies.
AS have said. did not take much
stock In the first reports OF the Huns
exhibition Of kultur, because Fritz is
known as clean sailor. and figured
that no real sailor would ever get
mixed up In such dirty work as they
said there was In Belgium. l figured
the soldiers were like the sailors. But
! found out l was wrong about both.
One thing that opened my eyes a
bit was the trouble my mother had In
getting out Of Hanover. where she
was when the war started. and back
to France. She always wore a little
American flag and this both saved and
The citizen., 1918-08-01
BIG Fl0CKS ONLY SOLUTION
Why Idea Of "a Sheep for Every Fam
lily" Would Be OF Little Value.

The idea Of "a sheep for every fam.
lily" is good In intent and purposes.
Both manufacturers of wooden goods
and meat distributors would like to
see a larger supply of raw material.
Sheep raising, however, is not like
gardening, says the Albany Journal.
To be successful IL must be conduct.
ed in the open and on a large scale.
Breeding itself Is q large and COM
plicated matter. Also, the nature of
the woOl-growing animal is unsuited
10 combined commercialism and do
mesticity. The family who had a sheep
running around the dooryard would
form an attachment for the animal
that would cut the latter on the foot
ing of a family pet, that could be
separated from its valuable wool only
II the sleeps comfort were consid-
cred.
AS for the use of family sheep for
meat, such would be rare. LED like
a lamb TO the slaughter" has more
than literary meaning. One who
could see sturdy steer felled by a
hammer blow or an uncouth and
squealing pig slashed in the throat.
would turn from the sight of lamb,
without fight, held helpless while slow
ly bled to death. Most people like
lamb or mutton. and most people re-
Quire wooden clothing. but for both
food and warmth the sheep-raising In
dustry will depend upon commercial
lized flocks.
The citizen., 1918-08-01
How Binder TwIne Is Made From
Palmetto Trees.

At last the palmetto tree is coming
into Its own. II has been posing for
two-thirds OF century in Southern
poetry and Southern oratory. and now
Florida and South Georgia and other
Southern states have turned upon II
and said: snow you be useful as
well as ornamental. You shall take
the place OF Mexican sisal for the
manufacture of cotton bagging and
binding twiDe and. instead Of being
used for broom-making 10 sweep igno-
BILE floors. you shall become useful to
the nation"
A newly invented machine spins the
fibre out Of the palmetto leaves. They
are stripped green from the trees, fed
into one end OF the machine and
emerge balls of binder twine from the
other end.
In four months the stripped tree will
have another coat of leaves which will
be cut on at their stems and fed to
the machine. and 80 on three times
Q year.
The citizen., 1918-08-01

The U-boat will soon become a use
less boat.
The citizen., 1918-08-01
TORCHES FOR THE TRENCHES
How Uncle Sans Soldiers In France
VIII Be Kept Warm.

School children In many cities are
making trench torches TO be used by
the Sammles across the sea.
The torches are made from news
papers, which are cut In column widths,
Eight of these columns are required
for one torch. The paper is rolled,
one strip at time, until the article is
complete. Then II is boiled four min
utes In paraffin.
The torches are TO be used to warm
the hands Of the men In the trenches
and TO boil their coffee. They first or
iginated with the Italian soldiers in
the Alps. One and half million have
been used by the Italians. They are
only slightly more than two inches
high, but burn long time.
The citizen., 1918-08-01

ra VIII always rule undscpned democracy The other ds
pine comes from whnhs the discipline democracy
IL law OF the universe that discipline rules and there going
against the laws of the universe
IN football team each player does not play for himself but for the
whole Nam and must be with The disciplined
orda the lesser needs of the individual the larger needs of the
group and thus disciplined people has the teamwork
racy VIII win In the present only the democracy
VIII so sacrifice that good teamwork is accomplished
Much has been said recently about spending money freely order
keep In circulation and thus make for prosperity In this the people
should careful to whether the money kept circulation spent
on fvo and nonessenta in which help the
ernmen invested Liberty bonds spent and will circulate and
will do much good will also that given Young
Christian association and the Red Cross while spent
peacetime uiviaties simply makes for exchange.
Exchange good thing only permits specialization produc
on and under these conditions work will be Exchange
simply for the sake of trading vaueess from standpoint
because nothing is produced.
The citizen., 1918-08-01

HOW OCEAN CABLE DIFF
LIZ w FERS FROM TELE-
GRAPH LINE.--Although an
ocean cable is In fact a telegraph
line, II is so differently construct
ed that the rules for working
land lines are almost entirely dis
similar. With the first long cables,
great difficulties were encounter
ed In sending through them a
current Of electricity Of sufficient
power TO record the messages
rapidly. The methods for over
coming these difficulties, and In
use at present, are described as
follows:
Keys which, when depressed,
transmit positive and negative
currents, are employed at the
sending station In connection
with the regulation battery. The
current Of the battery does not
pass directly into the cable, but
into condenser, which passes
II into the submarine line.
This greatly increases the
force Of the current used and
serves to cut off interfering
ground currents.
The instrument first employed
In receiving cablegrams was a
rejecting galvanometer. Upon
the magnet of this instrument is
carried a small curved mirror.
A lamp is placed before the mir
ror and behind a screen In which
there Is vertical slit. Flashes
Of light moving across this slit
as the needles moved from left
TO right, indicated to the trained
eyes Of the operator the letters
In the message being trans
mltted.
But this method of recording
messages was found TO tax the
eyesight of the operator severe
ly, a few years work often rem
dering them almost, II not total
ly blind. Recognizing the fact
that there must be something
wrong with such a system, In
ventors set about repairing the
defect, which resulted in perfect
ing the syphon galvanometer,
which has all but superseded all
other receiving devices.
The citizen., 1918-08-01

HOWDISASTE TO
liz w TURKS rs FORE
TOLD BY "SHINING STONE"
-Constantinople, famous city Of
mosques and mlnarets. Is the
subject Of many prophecies. II
h-s been the battle-ground Of
Christian and Mohammedan
since the twelfth century. None
Of the prophecies respecting the
expulsion of the Turk from Eu-
ropean soil is more remarkable
than that Of the shining stone"
In the famous "apostate cathe-
dral" now the mosque of Santa
Sophia.
Years ago there was brought
TO the city Of the sultan a great
slab Of luminous marble. white
and translucent. Specimens of
this stone are exceedingly rare.
and no other fragment as large
as the shining stone is known to
exist. II was installed in the
west side of the great gallery Of
the historic mosque of Santa
Sophia.
What first invested the fa-
nous stone with supernatural
qualities is not known. The Per-
SLAMS regarded It with awe, and
upon its installation in the Con-
stantinople mosque it was de-
clared to be the mystic dial
wherein the fate of Islam should
be reflected.
It's peculiar vitreous quality
makes 1t ready reflector of
light rays. During the hours Of
daylight 1t emits q particularly
brilliant light. These rays are
considered Allah's assurance to
the faithful that all continues
well in the empire of the true
believers. When Islam has ex-
perlenced political or religious
triumphs In the past, according
TO the guardians of the shining
stone, the brilliancy of the mar
BILE slab was such as to serious
ly discomfit human eyes.
When disaster permanent
and all-embraclng - threatens
the Turkish empire, according
to the prophecy that accom-
panied the stone out of the mys-
tic Orient and into Europe, the
stone will no longer reflect light.
1t will be no longer luminous
and translucent, but clouded and
opaque. To hint that the shin
ing stone was undergoing such
a transformation was in times
past to incur the risk of a speedy
and violent death.
The citizen., 1918-08-01
World as Now Constituted Unsafe
Place for Undisciplined Democracy
By DIR. THOMAS NIXON CARVER
Professor Of Rural Economies, Harvard Uniyer,tv

Is democracy worth saving? A democracy may
be just as bad as an autocracy depending the kind
it is 1t may be made up of undiscipned persons, or
may be the kind of democracy in which every person
does just he peases regardless Of anyone elsethen
it is not worth saving
The world as it is constituted is an unsafe
place for undisciplined democracy The world has
always been ruled by disciplined people, and of these
there is more than kind First there is the disci
pne Of the benevolent despot and Disciplined autoc-
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-06-26

.dIi ! 5OIrierze
przoszl; wisIana ton, ma
zowieck;o }anv pok}onilv sic i'm
W. ,,s z~,szrnia1v wraz 2 woda
w~i5Iana. Ida luz ida me VOICE..
A 1osv zwartem ko}cm stanely,
iakhv ;ch os}onic chcialy pred
wrooiem. A oni ida rzedami w
rozwar b;twv, w ogien, w krew...
Witaia ich iacvs nieznani bracia
= witaia dzic~~zcta kwiatami /
wstvdliwvr 'icem... Ach
tc KieIce .!
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-06-26

I ma blotnistym brzcgu Nidy
trzymali polska straz.
A potem krwawy Przepiorow,
TarI6w i Urzed6w, i Reduta Jast-
kowska i Kamionkowskie pola
barwiace sic czerwieniu mak6w...
I Bug poblyskuje zlocista fala, i
Stochod rozlewa sic grzezkicm
bagnem; i krwawi sic Lasek Pol
ski. Siedzq pred kapliczka I
modlq sic wspomnieniami, a las
sunni dokola.
Nagle powstaf Pilsudski:
- Obywatcle! DIS druga ro-
cznica naszyck walk "a WolnoSc!
Drugi rok mia, a zolnierz jest
wciaz w swej Ojczyznie tulaczem.
Drugi rok bojow, "a Mani dfugi
Rad krzyzow wyciaga ramona
ku niebu! Wy! co5cie wszystko w
wiernoSci przetrwafi, dis dosta-
niecie skromna odznake: Ia
wierna sluzbe!" Tel, co Eye be-
die waszem tetnem krwi. Wszy-
stkich tn rowne zas}ugi - ola
wszystkich jednaka odznaka.
Geese tyms co w grobach! Geese
tym, co przeszli i przejda w tru-
die zofnierskim, by otworzyc
wrota Wolnosci! Geese wan zol-
nierze!
Skohczyi.
Sosnkowski. Jemu pierwszemu
przypiai odznake. A potem do
kazdego Z kolei podchodzii sam
brygadyer i wiasnorecznie przypi-
nal kazdemu ten czarny krzyz.
Va wierna sluzbe"
e cyklu I'D Nidy do Styru.")
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-06-26
Ma Wolna Chwile.

ia bladem Swiat}em, ktore dry
ia faldach bialego obrusa.
Pred kapliczka ma lawie sic
dzi czterech zoinierzy - bryga-
dyer Pilsudski, Sosnkowski, Sni-
cry i Belina.
Ia mimi stanai maly zotnierski
oddzialek - to pierwsza kadrowa
kompania. - to ci, co pierwsi
weszli " grantee Kr6lestwa. Jak-
zez ia garStka zmalala. Dwuletni
bojowy trud tax ia wyszczerbil.
Wszystkie boje ~przeszli, wszyst-
.k;c troski schowali w swoich zol-
.nierskich sercach. Sill dlugim
krwawym szlakiem - pod bialy-
mi krzyzaml ma rozstaiach pu--
stych braci swych grzebali...
SZll do WOlnoScl - l oQtad sig
ME zatrzymali - ale czy dojda?...
Ia mimi druga, grupa zoinierzy
- to delegaci Z puikow i Z bry-
cad. - Reszta ley W okopach /
broni ziemi ojczystej.
Wyszedi ksiadz re Msza -
.dzwonek zabrzeczal jakllwle...
Kaplan zaczyna polszeptem cd
prawiaG Msze = las mu do wtoru
sunni, las powtarza diuga pos
miertna litanie.
Ksiadz modli sic i las sic mo-
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-06-26

Spodziewac sic nalezy, re Po-
lonia tutejsza wezmie liczny u
dial w pogrzebie, oddajac o.
statnia posfuge zmar}emu pol
skiemu zofnierzowi, kt6ry padf
luz ma stanowisku. Pogrzeb Cd
bedzie sic najprawdopodobniej
w poniedziafek 1-go lipca, W
koSciele Niepokalanego Poczecia
Matki Boskiej, r6g Spaulding i
Grace ul.
S. p. Benedykt urodzii sic
dnia 2O-go marca, 1894 r. w Chi
cago. Chociaz tn rodzony, jed
max SERGE miaf polskie i rycer-
skie, kiedy to SERGE ciagnefo go
tam, gdzie tylu braci jego po-
szfo, do Walk "a droga Ojczy-
zne. Jake American Boy, ME
by1 nigdy obecnym ma zadnym
wiecu, ma kt6rym m6wcy nasi
nawolywuja do w~stepowania w
szeregi Armii Polskiej. Poszed1,
BIO rozumiaf, re chociaz ma obcej
ziemi urodzony, winien Polsce
wiecei anizeli tylko imie pol
skie, kt6re dostaf w spusciznie
DO przodkach. Zrozumia} swoj
twardy ~obowiazek i spe}ni} go.
I "a to, Geese jego bohater--
skiej pamieci!
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-06-26
Ks. FIR. Gordona, c. r.

~poprawicnS odb'tRe
DLiennika Chicago3xIego
vxbogscona licZnem.iiu
strscy AMI
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-06-26
OSWIADCZENIE.

Niniejszem oswiadczam, re powola
nv rozkazem Komisyi W~ojskowej, o.
puszczam g~oscinne injury Chicago. z
roZkazu tel Komisyi zostaje prZenie-
stony ma takie samo stanowisko do
Milwaukee, Wis. Me mogqc inaczej,
bodaj przez lamy pism zegnam wszy-
stkich znajomych i prZyjaci6l, kt6--
rych w ~przeciqgu kr6tkiego czasu
zdolaIem pozyskaf. R6wniez tym,
kt6rzy mi W mel cieikiej piracy w
.iakikolwiek spos6b pomagali, mai
serdccznlejsze podziekowanie skla-
dam.
J. ROSKOSZ,
Sieriant Rekrutacyjny.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-06-26
+
S. p.
Benedykt Czapski
Ochotnik Armii Polskiei
umarl W Obozie
Kosciuszki.
Zwloki ~sprowadzone beda do
Chicago pochowane z
honorami woj-
skowymi.

SmuCHa oCILyllldl
onegdaj z obozu Niagara on the
Lake p. j. F. Czapski, znany o.
bywatel w Chicago, kt6ry pro-
wadzi buffet PREY 3661-63 Elston
ave., mianowicie o Smierci syna
swego Benedykta, ktory zapisaf
sic do Armii Polskiej W dniu 5go
czerwca i wyjechawszy do obo-
zu KoSciuszki w Kanadzie, w
dniu 1890 czerwca, tam zakon-
czyf swoje aycie.
S. p. Benedykt Czapski, FOL
nierz Armii Polskiej, rival sic
do wojaczki cd dawna. Wstapif
on ma ochotnika do Armii Sta
now Zjednoczonych, gdy Prezy-
dent Wilson wezwa} mfodziez a.
merykanska ma BOZ z Prusakiem.
Zwolniony re sfuzby ochotniczej,
zostaf poraz drugi powo}any do
obozu Armii Amerykanskiej,
gdy zaczeto brac przymusowo do
sluzby pod gwiazdzistym Sztan-
darem.
Pc 9-ciu tygodniach pobytu w
obozie, zosta} honorowo re s}hz-
by wojskowej zwolniony. Me
m6g} jednak Eye w hezczynno-
sci, a chocby i PREY nailepiej p1a-
them zajeciu w fabryce. l OTTO
wkr0tce pc przybyciu z Camp
Grant, 5-go czerwca zapisuje sic
w szeregi Armii Polskiej, a w pol
tora tygodnia potem wyjezdza
razem z innymi ochotnikami do
obozu KoSciuszki w Kanadzie,
by tam nabrac potrzebnych via
domosci w obchodzeniu sic z bro
MIA, by poznac komende polska
i wyjechac ma pole walk do
Francyi "a wielka i Swieta spra-
we.
Lecz w wyrokach Bozych ina
czej by4o napisane. Me by1o MI
przeznaczone zginac ma polu
Walk. Podobafo sic Panu zabrac
go do swego ordynansu jake
dzielnego zofnierza, w tydzien pc
przybyciu do obozu.
Gdy tylko ojciec s. p. Benedyk-
ia dosta4 smutny telegram cd
pufkownika La Pan, donoszacy
o zgonie syna, poczynif wszelkie
starania, by zwfoki zostafy spro-
wadzone do Chicago i tn z wszy-
stkimi honorami wojskowemi
zostaiy pochoWane.
Pogrzebem zmarlego zaimuje
sic jego rodzina. o dacie i in
nych szczegoiach ME omieszka-
my powladomic, gdy tylko o.
trzymamy wiadomoSc o przyby-
ciu zwlok S. p. Benedykta, kt6re
ada dzien nadejda.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1918-06-26

Kto chce czytae rajlepsze co
izienne pismo polskie, nieei. sii
rde do pana F M. PAWoLL.
naszego agenta ma Duncan ] oko.
lice i zaabonuje sobie .Dziennil