The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1918-04-12

> The committee on public information
las Pade the following translation Of
I'm article appearing in the Bremen
BuergeI-zcitung:
"A soldiers wife who had gathered
wood in the common forest of VALID
kirch, near Freiburg In Breisgau, was
sentenced for the offense In the follow.
ing terms.
Mrs, Clara Ganter. on June 10,
1917, has removed from the common
forest Of WalGkirch, Sec. %, one
fagot Of dry fr twigs of the value of
10 pfenning. In punishment thereof
she is sentenced to fine Of mark
and one days Imprisonment
The husband OF the culprlt has been
for three years at the front, she her.
self has four small children to support
In the dIrest poverty. Similar reports
of punishment should be reported In
greater numbers. Our bureaucracy I'M
derstands how to employ this period
of shortage of wood and coal on q
large scale for the benefit Of the treas
ury."
In a bulletin on the employment of
women in the storage and warehorstng
depots Of the United States army Is
she following:
"The census of 1910 reported that Of
every 100 men and boys ten years Of
age and over, only 10 were not gain
fully employed. This group Of 10 In
Guided old men not able to work, chill
dren too young to work, the sick and
handicapped, and men in schools and
colleges.
Assuming that 100000 Of the num-
Der called by the selective.seryica law
have had some form OF gainful employ
ment, we may estimate that one out Of
every 60 men in the industries and
professions of the country has been
called into military service, while an
other In every 60 has voluntarily join.
ed the forces OF the army or navy.
Thus, about per cent Of the galnfulIy
employed men have been taken out Of
their OCcup0ttOuS.
The largest shoe factories in Italy
have started manufacturing the nation
al standard shoes, using leather sup.
piled by the ministry of industry COM
merce, and labor. The standard types.
were established by the central shoe
committee in Rome, but every factory
is making little notifications, accord.
ing to its means and system Of manli-
featuring.
The government Is organizing sys-
TENS of sale of shoes to the public.
they provide FOR the opening Of stores
in the principal italian cities, to be
engaged exclusively in the sale of ma
tional shoes and to be controlled by
the government authorities. 1t is like
ly that buyers will have to obtain
cards.
The private shoe stores will be sup
piled with an adequate number of
shoes and will be granted a reason.
able commission.
The army and navy commission on
training camp activities, In addition to
the work being done in army camps
and cantonments, now has Its repre-
sentatives in every training station Of
the navy and at every place where en-
listed men are preparing for sea serv-
ice.
There are SO clubs for sailors at
camps and in adjacent cities. There
are reading and writing rooms, assem-
bly, halls, and some Of the cities have
arrangements for athletics, swimming
pools, and gymnasiums. In the Is
camps there are given each week 92
entertainments ranging from profess
sional performances, lectures, and exa
hlbitions to club nights and weekly
dances.
More than 10000 books have been
furnished ships and stations by the
American Library association. The Y.
M. G. A. has AZ buildings and tents in
the various camps.