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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-02-20
HUNKA TIN

(Reprinted by Special Request from the
American Field Service Bulletin, Paris.)
You may talk about your voitures
When you're sitting round the quarters
But when it comes to getting blesseS in,
Take a little tip from me,
Let those heavy motors be,
Pin your faith to Henry F.'s old Hunlla
Tin.
Give her essence and Peau,
Crank her up and let her go,
You back firm. spark foulin Hunka
Tin.
The paint is not so good,
And no doubt you'll find the hood
VIII rattle like boiler shop en- route
The coolers sure to boil
And perhaps she's leaking oil.
Then oftentimes the horn declines to
toot.
But when the night is black,
And there's blesSes to take back,
And they hardly give you time to take
a smoke,
It's mighty good to feel,
When you're sitting at the wheel,
She'll be running when the bigger cars
are broke.
After all the wars are past,
And we're taken home at last,
To our reward of which the preacher
sings,
When the ulIulele SharpS
Will be stunning golden harps,
And the aVi2tOrS all have reg lar wings,
When the kaiser is in hell,
With the furnace drawing well,
Paying for his million different kinds
of sin,
If they're running short of coal.
Show me how to reach the hole,
And I'll cast a few loads down WITH
Hunka Tin
Yes, Tin, Tin, Tin.
You eXasperating puzzle. Hunka Tin.
I've abused you and I've fiayed you.
But by Henry Ford who made you,
You are better than a Packard. Hunka
Tin
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THE NATIONAL ARMY
(F'rom Army and Navy Register,

(From Army and Navy Register.)
In the exercise of its functions the
draft machinery has compiled mass Of
detailed information as to the inmost
life of the country that viii be of great
est value through all future years when
it is properly tabulated ana arranged. It
physical census of more than 1900 600
men for that was the number examined
to obtain the 687 900. Contained in that
voluminous record is the most detailed
and personal history of each one of the
5000, 600 In the hands of experts it will
reveal things about American life never
known before. things that the doctors
have longed to know, that every econo-
mist has guessed at in formulating his
theories; that congress has grouped for
in framing legislation. Its value, supple,
mented as it win be by the records OF
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AN IRISHMAN'S DREAM

Ashes to ashes and dust to dust.
So we are told, everyone must
Return again back to the earth
And leave this land which gave them
birth.
But before leave this land of toll,
And shuttle off this mortal coil,
There are some things I'd dearly love
10 answer for, when l go above
The first for which I will ever pine
Is to find the guy who made Iodine.
This mans a menace to our welfare,
For his darned stuff's painted every
where.
He's got our doctors in the notion
That a broken leg is just lost motion;
And If they paint it with his dope
It doesn't matter how bad it's broke
1t IL mend the joint and be first rate
And the patient can hop at the same
fellow like this has got some gall,
And I'd like to make him drink il all.
The next is the gent from the Sunny
South,
Who went up North with careless
mouth,
And. with a tickle and heartless plea,
Slipped it over" on the powers that be.
This mans the meanest that ere was
born,
For he told them Georgia was always
And seemed the finest place for troops
They never would have colds or groups,
Some night in our tent, when the fires
To see il he didn't make mistake
In regards to the weather of Georgia
state,
I'd also like to find the man
Who makes the blankets for Uncle Sam
And have little chat with him,
Because he makes them too darned
1t seems to me a foolish waste
To make blanket out of paste,
And roll it out like q small thin dime,
To warm. a fellow in this cline.
For l have found this Southern breeze
Requires more than wrappings of
cheese
To keep a guy from shaking apart
And prevent the cold from stopping
his heart.
Another whom have on the bill
And gave it to our medical staff,
Claiming it makes. all sick men laugh
1t cures all colds, all aches and pains,
SO we are told by men of brains.
And all diseases you ere heard tell,
This little pill will make you well.
The magic power of this curse
Is that it only makes you worse.
And jam them down him tin he'd
choke
Last but not least 1 am looking for
The guy who started this mans size
war
For him I've got special brand.
At which I'd like to try my hand.
I'd like to paint him with Iodine
And bring him among the Georgia pine
And wrap him in my blankets thin
Feeding those wonder pills to him.
Ia like to drill him every day;
Make him alot his whole daEn pay;
/ wouldn't give him any booze,
And I'd make him hike in ''hobnailed"
shoes.
If I could deal these men their fates
I'd bow with joy at the Pearly Gates.
Leo L, Carroll.
Co. D, 10th Infantry.
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1t Takes Steady Nerves

Guarding lines ike guarding heahwe must encourage
the bodan organs for bodily endurance efficiency
take advantage Of all the known
health 1t is not much necessity light disease
cultivate health for long life happiness and contentment
prevent old coming the sudden attack
umbago rheumatism increase chances for long
eDr Pierce says: Keep kidneys in good ordrl Try to
eliminate through the skin and tesne the oons that otherwise clog
the kidneys eating much possbe avoid too much
salt alcohol tea Try milk and vegetable diet Drink plenty water
obtain Anurc double strength at druggists and exercise you per-
skin helps eliminate toxic posons and uric acid
For e for those easily recognized symptoms
of Inflammation backahe ading water uric acid in the
the drug store for send Dr. Pierce vads Hotel and Surgical
Institute N Y Toe for trial pkg You will find Anurc many
times more potent ha eliminates uric acid hot water
rne sugar trial will convince Send sample Of your
water to Dr. and will be tested free of charge write for
free medical advice to the Invahds' Hotel
Anurc regular insurance and life for all big meat eaters
and those deposit mesalts in their joints Try 1t m0w
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League Misunderstanding aside the old
tradition that a soldier who marches at
the route step" will travel farther and
with less fatigue than while at "atten-
tion," United States marines have adopt
ed the latter type of hiking, exclusively.
1t has been proved that the old ''go-as-
YOU please" method, 50 long in vogue in
military units. will tire out the men much
quicker than the correct military style,
have used the route step" during long
distance hikes in the Philippines, Haiti
and elsewhere, have adopted the "atten-
ton" method to conform with the prac-
tice in vogue in Europe.
The use of the term "Sammies" to de-
scribe ur troops is almost unknown in
France, according to dispatches received
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from the United States officers in the
oversee expedition. How the term came
into use is explained in this wise: When
the first to light" contingent steamed
into port the people on the wharf shout
ed ''Vivent les amis''-pronounced 'VeeV
lays ahmee!" What this means is 'long
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live the (our) friends but 'les amis" may
sound good deal like lies Sammies," and
the newspaper men so interpreted it, I'M
mediately the folks back home" began
calling our troops ''Sammies," but the
French have yet to acquire the habit.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-30
Orce 1t Awed Us
From The Aojscu9le Cit.sea)


low thoroughly has the myth of German
efficiency been exploded remarked ore of
Asheville's leading citizens not long ago to
the writer, yet for nearly three years the
Huns had the whole world bluffed along this
line"
And nothing is truer. Yet now, we feel
convinced, the worldwide belief in German
efficiency and thorouehnees of detail was in
spired largely BY carefully prepared Ger
man propaganda, form OF education at
which The Germans undoubtedly excel. For
instance, the world was awed bv the re-
peated recital of the fact that every German
soldier had double row of suspender hn+-
IONS on his trousers, and that every private
ana otncer carried two cases of needles in
stead of one. Come 70 think of it. anv old
woman embarklng on long journey would
do as much in the way of needles and
thread and would not be given credit for
any undue foresight. Then Won will re-
member how inspired writer's told us that
between every German toe on each German
loot there was little wad of cotton to pre-
vent chating on the march. How the world
gawked and gaped What marvellous
brains to harbor such foresight! And, bless
you while the ordinary British Tommy
carried two pairs of woollen socks, the Hum
carried three--so how could he be defeated?
But when it came down to real fighting.
10 human endurance and to unwaverine
courage, what awaited the Huns double row
OF buttons, his needles and his thread. his
extra socks and the wads of cotton between
his toes? Doubtless he withdrew the latter
to make better speed when he started to
run
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of his trenches; then slipped northward
IN the night, easily beat the British de-
tachment posted at Princeton as the next
day dawned and had it's morning, and
could have taken or destroyed Cornwall
lls's stores at New Brunswick had his
men been adequately shod to outstrip the
British following hard behind them. AS
1t was, he satisfied himself with having
completely thanked and thwarted his foe,
and withdrew safe to the heights of Nor
ristown' This campaign of hit and run
was hailed by Frederick the Great as
the most brilliant of the century. Corn
wallis, after his surrender, exclaimed:
"But. after all, your excellencys
achievements in New Jersey were such
that nothing could surpass them"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-30
Abundant Ocean Tonnage

Public attention often begins to be-
come focused upon serious problem at
time when in reality the solution is
we'll under way. One of our largest
shipping firms comes forward now with
the prediction that Atlantic ocean-going
tonnage will within six months show a
possible excess over the present outlook
for the available shipping offered 1t
declares that there is a great deal of
shipping to be released from the block
AIDED ports Of the Central Empires and
Russia, and there will likewise be a
steady decline in the need of ships for
war purposes. During the war the
pressure for tonnage was eastbound,
with much empty space westbound The
reverse will now be true, and with the
progress of rehabilitation this pressure
will be gradually lifted.
The assertion is made that Europe
cannot recover industrially all in mo-
ment and that the volume Of production
will be relatively small and purchasing
power for consumption correspondingly
low. Only the event can determine
whether this is the case or not. 1t may
be pointed out that all the neutral
countries, from Holland to Scandinavia,
are filled with money and have been
heavily short Of opportunities 70 spend
it. Furthermore, they are actively trad
ing with Germany, trading for goods and
trading for German money. And moth
ing will ever down the persistent idea
that war ever meant a very heavy de-
crease in production or productive ca
pacity, save where it is bitterly long
contest, in a bottled-up country like our
South in the Civil War, in which the
game is played to the last card.
But it there should be abundant ton
mage there is one certain fact: 1t would
present to the United States a most eX-
traordinary opportunity to dispose of all
its surplus goods, food and manufactures
and every kind Of product at very high
prices. Given abundant tonnage, the
gains Of the United States in the next
year would outriva even it's enormous
profits from the war in the last year
before it actually engaged in the strug-
gle. Particularly would large amount
of available tonnage open up immense
possibilities in Russia The establish
ment of stable government in that
country, the resumption of it's manu-
features and the reopening of its ports
to trade would open to this country i'm
mense opportunities for trade
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-30
Rhetoric and Retreats

The commander in chief Of our army
shares one notion of military tactics with
the strategists who write the war plays.
OH men probably do not realize the
President said in his Christmas address
to the soldiers, with what anxious at
tentlon and care we have followed every
step you advanced and how proud we are
ihat every step was in advance, and not
IN retreat; that every time you set your
face in any direction you kept your face
in that direction"
This point of view, which would in
terpret the success of an army in terms
ot FIRST downs, is human and plausible,
but would President Wilson have been
any less proud Of the American army if.
IN accordance with the strategy of Cen
eral Foch, it had been called upon to
effect retirement at any point in the
line? The implication that there is of
necessity any stigma in retreat is quite
mistaken. 1T is well to remember for
Instance, that both the first and second
Marine Victories were the direct result of
difficult and skiIful retreats bv the
French army, which led the Germans into
unfavorable positions a retreat NAV be
Just as dangerous to an adversary as an
advance. 1t may represent nothing more
than man@uvrc to strike with full
force. We are sure Mr.. Wilson would
have found no difficulty in making vic
tory speech to Washington's army. Here
was general who declined the issue of
pitched battles again and again during
The first years of the war until he was
strong enough to strike. 1t might even
bc said that our Republic owes it's very
existence to an army which knew hoW
TO retreat. All tacticians know that
there is such a thing as being too shrewd
to fight. The most brilliant campaign
u Washington was a combination of at
tack and retreat He set his face in a
good many directions during this cam
paign as it is described in one of the
standard histories of the American peo-
pie. H. detailing the course of the cam
paign after the battle of Trenton the
historian Woodrow Wilson says: "Mov-
ng only to change his position little,
he Washington dared to wait until his
adversary was encamped, at nightfall Of
the I'd of January, 1777, within earshot
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-30
Glory Enough for All


To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Mr.. Jules Raucourt's reference in
your current issue to my article who
Won the War;" and to Bclgium's contribu-
ton, emphasizes the futility and Injustice.
as ! sought to point out, of bestowing upon
any single participant the chief honors
of the war. MIR. Raucourt is quite right
in his modest claim for Belgium 1t was
the valorous tenacity of her soldiers at
Liege, overwhe lmingy outpumbered and
heavily outclassed in guns, which held up
the German avalanche and allowed France
those extra few days making ready when
every day was precious; and Mr. Raucourt
could have added with equal accuracy that
it was the brave stand by Belgian unit
west of Brussels which again DELAYED the
Germans and gave the British and Bel
gians in Antwerp their better chance of
escape.
SO likewise might an Italian with the
same truth assert that it was Italy's on
perfume neutrality which enabled the
French to concentrate all their available
troops against Germany on the first Marine
instead of putting a part of them on the
Italian border, as would have been neces-
sary had ltalys attitude been uncertain or
unfrlendly. Belgiums part in beating the
Germans needs no demonstration; it is es-
tablished. Not only at Liege she won
for herself the prelude and with no other
help than her own pluck" but she saved
the situation for her allies in those first
terrible days Of the Hun wave rolling on
to the User.
So say again: There can Be no comnari.
sons of contributions to the winning Of
this war; nor any division of its honors
Victory was not the achievement of any
one but the crown to the devotion, and the
sacrifice, and the fighting of all
CASPAR WHITNEY.
New York, Dec "a, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-30
Sloppy Statutes

10 the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Why are soldiers and sailors IN
New York so lax in the matter of saluting
officers, had occasion recently to 60 70
San Francisco. What impressed me at Oncs
IN walking about the streets of that cit
was that every soldier, soilor or marine
when passing an officer of any branch what
ever Of the service always salutcd The
men would frequently go out OF their wa
10 salute, and snappy, cheerful sort q
salute itInvariably WAS, as if to say: "Yoa
and | ara both in the same game, sren.
we 20 Ths officers always seemed to make
1t point 20 give a full military salute u
return. The result is that there is an
tente cordiale-rea. democracy among Of
officers and men ii sAn Francisco that /
have discovered nowhere else among Ouf
military or naval forces, either in this cOun
try or overseas. Go into any of the service
clubs, or even in any of the hotel lobbies
OF San Francisco, and you cannot help bus
see It. The outward sign of that good feel
ing Is the punctilious salute
When l returned to New York !, O.
course, discovered something entirely dit
1erent. found that the usual procedure
was for the soldiers and sailors to SLOUGH
past the officers, often staring them full II
the face with sullen air especially i
the officer had lady with hm-and gen
orally not making a pretence OF salutias
at all, or else saluting grudgingly in q
non military manner that is worse than ne
salute at all. Only the Marines seemed
called upon to render real sodiery salute.
And the officers arc just as bad offender
Often they fail 20 acknowledge salute
sometimes apparently being too lazy to take
their hands from their pockets or the''
cigars from their mouths, and at ether
times their return salutes are but fseO''
limitations of the real thing
What is the explanation? Is it because
there are so many soft, safe billets in New
York that the result is soft unmilitary S.
diers and sailors? Or is it because Nes
York wishes to aaunt to the world hes
right to be called fhe hotbed of America
Bolshcvism and considers the salute ress
of autocracy? If the latter is true how ag
you explain the snappy. happy salute o
the doughboy and COB CT the democracy
loving West and the wonderfully heai'n'
feeling existing between officers and me'
stationed near San Francisco?
r. W. H.
New York, -5ccember IS, 1918.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-30
A Foreign Securities Censor

| can imagine that by common and volun-
tary agreement some sort Of a future Capt
tai Issues Committee might be organized
in each Federal Reserve district to give its
stamp of approval to every prospectus be-
fore the quotation on the Stock Exchange
be granted or the offer be made. Such ap-
prevail would not signify the passing upon
the intrinsic merit of the security m
volved, but it would give assurance that all
essential facts, and nothing but authentic
information, be contained in the prospec-
tus and that they be stated over the sigma
ture of the borrowing government or cor
poration and the issuing house.
For more than four years many coun-
tries have not been able to secure foreign
funds IN substantial amounts, and their
accumulated appetite for foreign capital
must now be large. There will be new de-
mands, and we shall soon be driven into
position of great Importance in interna-
tlonal finance. This responsibility will be
facing us long before we may expect to
see our market for foreign securities de-
volop enough adequately to meet the stu
alton.
believe that so called "investment
trusts" will ultimately play an important
role in solving this problem. AS their
name indicates, they invest their funds in
foreign securities, and against their assets
they issue their stocks and bonds for sale
in the home market. One important cor
poraton of this description has been
launched in the United States More such
companies, think, are bound to be estab
lshed But it will take years to establish
their prestige and standing all over the
country and to prepare for their securities
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-30

vide animals into those that feed low and
those that feed high. so analogous
parting of the ways splits the latter into
the predatory vcgctarians and the prcda
tory carnivorcs
Professor Thomson, being true SCI
enlist, refuses to pursue his adjectives
INTO the realm of human life beyond a
sentence to show that he is quite faml-
lar with the famous William ames dis
tnction between the "tcnder' minded
and the tough minded The introspec-
tive and eXtraspectivc were older tags
along the same line of thought, and in
the latest parlance Of the psycho-ana-
lysts are the introverts and the extro-
verts. All well enough and helpful, no
doubt. But give us the soft-mouthed and
the hard-mouthed every time!
On the one hand we sec the sedentary,
anabolic, low-feeding, soft-mouthed
vegetarian sea-cucumbers of life--thc
John Galsworthies On the other that
intensely active, luminescent, high-feed-
ing, eswimming, aggressive, frolic-
some, katabolic, adventurous, spending
and predatory carnivore, Mr.. Fl. G..
Wells. What could be simpler and
clearer!
Yet there is one note of caution to be
added from Professor Thomsons wis
dom. That is the existence of a Ella
media. We are too addicted to the two
horned dilemma, he suggests. Because
OF our two eyes, two ears, etc, we in
cline to bilateral logic Which is quite
unwarranted by nature. Dichotomy is
there no absolute affair
There are many organisms that balance
income and expenditure, closely and
subtly there are Intermediates between
plants and animals; there are intergrades
between the tough mouthed and the ten
der-mouthed, instinct and intelligence are
often subtly mingled, radial and bilateral
do not exhaust the possibilities, many
creatures not wholly male or wholly
female. AS often as not the path of life
shows trifurcation, not dichotomy.
So you may be neither hard -mouthed
nor soft-mouthed, but both. We suppose
an extreme trichotomist might 1utter
between the characteristics of any bar
nacle and that favorite frolicsome shrimp
of Professor Thomson's Which only
goes to show, as Hermone might say.
how wonderful nature u.s. Especially,
we would add, human nature.