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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-17
DISCIPLINE IN THE AMERICAN ARMY

man lives gold that perhaps could be
spared, as Lieut.. Col. George Applin
of the 14th Hussars stated, but blood
that no nation could afford.
The awful imperatives Of the war
we're heard. Men began to submerge
themselves in the larger life of the
nations. Previously they had offered
to die II needs be; now they came to
live as the nation might ordain, sub
hitting themselves to the collective
will This was the needed response to
the dictates of the highest human i'm
pulse. love of country.
Discipline came to have q new mean
ing Hidden values became disclosed.
Then came change. The discipline
OF faith as contrasted with the dis
cipline OF force became q fact.
Again in the words of Col. Applin,
1--WE began to click exactly ON time.
We showed the Germans what dis
cipline meant. We taught the teach
ers Germany once had the finest
fighting machine in the world I use
the past tense advisedly. 1t Fl To
day the French and British surpass
the Germans and when we meet them
we beat them"
America, too, will achieve this dis
cipline of faith 1t is even now achiev-
ing it; but the task is far from accom-
plishment yet The time will come
when the click of America will be so
well timed that it will synchronize
with that OF her Allies and produce
but single SQUAD.
Some of our troops have achieved it
oil mi
from the sectors held by our men. All
of our troops must achieve it.
To the great tasks before us we
must sacrifice ease, ambition, associa-
tons and personal inclinations-al
that we have and are.
Then and then only can America
function in that perfect discipline of
faith,
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-17
nLooD is the life fluid Of the Amer
lean army. But a SECONDARY LIQUID

n LOOD is the life fluid of the Amer
X lean army But secondary liquid
- crowding it close is gasoline
lymph to the military body. Dissect
the roar of victory in modern warfare
and you will lay bear the healthy pound
of a motor. Bread, beef, bean,
"blesses" and bullets-sinews and
symbols Of struggle-all depend to the
greatest extent on gas-impelled We
hicles for ultimate power.
AS do all throbbing things, the might
of military motors, too, is dependent.
Man is the prop against which this
strength in weakness leans. These mil
itary motor men, the brawny, stall
wart chaps who guide the destinies of
the countless lorries, trucks, ambu-
lances, despatch cycles and plain fiiv-
vers, make an interesting human seq
ment of the eantonment life. Their
hands are rough There is little silk
in their manners or speech, but they
arc Great Lot. May this be puny
tribute to the place they have had in
bringing organization and order out
Of crashing, whirling chaos
The Old-Timer whose memory can
unroll to cantonment formative days
knows the giants part borne by these
motor men In building the camps. The
New-Timer realizes their present por-
tion-seeing them in the jolting jaunts
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-17
I'm AND OUT"

The courageous spirit in which
American soldiers "Over There" have
received their wounds is Illustrated
by the case of Yank whose right
arm was splintered by a shell. Asked
if the wound were serious, he re-
piled:
Nope. I'm just in and out. I'll
be back in the trenches in a week. ."
Another American soldier suffering
from a severe wound which rendered
him incapable of walking, apologized
to the stretcher bearers for his
weight,
Pm sorry I'm so heavy" he said.
This thing doesn't hurt very much.
l think I can walk out if one of you
will just steer me around the turns"
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-17

America entered the war to bring
it to successful close, and to insure
permanent peace in the future. With
her boundless resources, thousands of
factories, and millions OF skilled men
and women. America intends manu-
featuring the materials of war on a
scale which Germany could never hope
to reach. 1t is not going to take any
thing like forty years for America to
produce more war materials than Ger
many evor thought could be manu-
featured This manufacturing is go
ing to continue so long as the materials
are needed to carry out the job of
bringing THE Mad Dog of Europe" to
bay.
Before this war is many months
older, writer's are going to discard
that pet expression with characteris-
tic German thoroughness and eff
cheney" and adopt in its stead with
characteristic American thoroughness
and efficiency"
You could put Germany in Texas
and Texas would never know it was
there-it would take up so little space.
Before this war is over the whole Ger
man war plant will look like a small
tool house in comparison to the Amer.
lean war plant.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-17
NOT WATcHMEN

The War Depar aent has refused to
furnish soldiers to suard private man
ufacturing plants in which munitions
and equipment for the Army are be-
ing made. The soldier in training
who has offered his life for the de-
Tense of his country should not sacri-
flee his effectiveness by performing po-
lice duty in the protection of property
back of the line" said the depart
ment's reply to the manufacturers.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-17
BIRTH OF "OLD GLORY'

William Driver, a Salem, Mass, sea
captain, is said to have first applied
"Old Glory to the Stars and Stripes.
In December, 1881, when he was
about to set sail from Salem on the
brig Charles Doggett, bound for the
South Sea Islands, he was presented
by friends with a handsome flag.
When the colors were hoisted to the
halyards Captain Driver exclaimed
There is Old Glory!"
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-17

Marshal Joffre, with the reticence 80
frequently characteristic of great mill
tary commanders, spoke very seldom
while on his tour of this country 1t
was not alone because OF his inability
, to speak our language that he was 30
seldom heard; but because he Is
man of action.
When he spoke his words were
eagerly heard 1t was felt that he
would not speak unless the occasion
demanded some word from, him and
unless he, had something to say. He
coined one epigram that will be as
ISOLATED with hin,so long as his name
shall cndure-and the hero OF the
Marine is not likely to pass soon from
the memory of man. This was the
epigram German soldiers are dis
ciplined by force; our soldiers by faith.
In that single sentence he spoke
volumes; his message compensated
for the many long and sometimes awk-
ward silences.
America is coming to know just
what the marshal meant by the dis
cipline of faith The Prussian Kaiser
to whom might is right and whose COS
pei is that of the sword could not
comprehend this discipline. America
rs fighting force win be negligible,
the Kaiser told his counsellors and his
troops, for discipline in democracy
is impossible and without discipline
there can be no military efficiency"
For many months 1t might have
seemed that the Kaiser was right. The
instant click achieved by force was
not attained by the French or British
troops-not, by the admission of their
own officers, until months, even years
after the outbreak of hostilities. To
learn the lesson of discipline cost mil
lions in money and thousands of hu-
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-17
TWENTY SHEEP NEEnEn

1t has been estimated that the wool
from twenty sheep is needed to sup
ply each American soldier for year.
This means about 100 pounds of
wool, The garments worn by the sol
diers calling for wool are, overcoat,
two service uniforms, three suits
heavy underwear, two olive-drab
shirts, four blankets, two pairs of
gloves, six pairs of light and four
pairs of heavy socks.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-17
NOT PROHIBITED

Announcement has been made by
the War Department that there is no
regulation prohibiting Army officers
from carrying life saving suits on
board ship with them when they start
"Over There" The weight of the
suit, however, must be figured in the
baggage weight allowance for OFF,
GERS.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-17
CHINESE EXPECTED

ty battalions of Chinese En-
Sin S, about 10000 officers and
men, are expected on the French front
within the next few weeks if sufficient
transports can be provided The
Chinese Engineers are said to be anx-
ious to see actual service and arrange
s for their appearance back of
nes have been completed by the
b and Chinese general stats.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-17

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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-04-17
DINNERS NEEDED

In No Mans Land DINNERS have TO
be placed over the Illuminated figures
on the dials of watches to prevent be-
traying the wearer's presence.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
IPAY TOP MARKET FOR
Poultry, Eggs, Hides, Furs, Rabbits
s.. L. Mckay. The No Commission House
7E Sd ST.. ST. Paul. Mimi. Write for free price s
COULD ANYTHING BE SIMPLER
Yet Probably Many Who have Sud-
denly Dismounted From Mule
Never Saw Things That Way.

A young soldier was watching the
efforts of his fellow privates to ride
refractory mule. Not one of them
could stay on its back for two sec
onds.
At last the looker-on approached and
drawled:
II say, let me show you how it's
DONE"
"Come on, them" said the soldiers.
The youth sided up to the mule,
swung himself on the animals back,
wrapped his legs beneath it's body
and took firm hold on the reins. The
mule made slight effort to dislodge
him, but the man stuck. Another
slightly more strenuous effort by the
mule also failed. Then, laying his ears
back, and taking a deep breath, the
mule shot his heels into the air at an
angle of 65 degrees, and the young
man was propelled to the ground.
He slowly arose to his feet, screwed
his fare into a smile, and said:
snow, that's the way, boys! When
you see he's goin' to pitch you off, just
get off,"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
Army Needs TeIesraphers.

Washington, Oct. 18-The Signal
Corps needs $50 bonus telegraphers
for service in France. Men skilled in
telegraphy between the ages of Is and
81, inclusive, the War department an
nounces, should apply at once for de-
tails to the chief signal officer Of the
army, Washington. acquisitions have
been received from General j. j.
Pershing for this number Of bonus
Morse telegraph operators to be sent
to France between now and June 80,
1919.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25

Vice Admiral Sims, commanding the
American naval forces In British wa
tiers, and Major General Biddle, com
handing the American military estab-
lishment in Great Britain, attended
the opening luncheon.
The restaurant has been placed in
charge of committee of English and
American ladies, Including Mrs. White
law Reid, Lady Gilbert Parker. Lady
Arthur Pearson, Mrs. John Elliott
Mrs. Donald Armour, Mrs Percival
Griffiths, Mrs. H. s. Waite and Mrs. A.
n. Walker.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
"eooD FRIEND IN AMERICA"
Warm Tribute From italian Soldier
Whose Wife the Red Cross Or
aanization Had Befrlended.

His wife had been very i'll, and was
sent by the American Red Cross to re-
cuperate in one Of its country summer
ZONES, unknown to "Gigi," who
was doing his country's work in
the trenches. This Is the way he ex-
presses himself when he learns what
has been done:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25

Most illustrious officers of the Red
Cross:
II feel that it is my duty to tell
you how thankful I feel for your kind
ness to my wife. When I got LET
ter from her. In her own handwriting,
telling me how your good people had
picked her up and carried her off to
most comfortable home in the noun
tains, where she is feeling better every
day, well-I just cried tears Of Joy,
and am not bit ashamed of them |!
We Italians have good friend In
America"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
FOR OFFICERS ON SERVICE
American Red Cross Has Recently Es-
tabiished Restaurant In London
Which Will Be Appreciated.

Mai. William Endicott of the Amer
lean Red Cross opened an officers res
feurant at American army headquar-
tiers in Grosvenor Gardens, London.
The restaurant will serve $50 lunch
cons and dinners to American officers
attached TO the military and naval Of
ices.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
To Practice on Real planes.

Riverside, CAL, Oct. Is. - Chasing
che Hun at home is the latest plan for
training aerial fighters in how to
shoot. Training at March field has
reached a stage where planes are to be
equipped with machine guns and In
struction given in pursuit flying. An
ancient plane is being disguised by
camoufleurs to represent a Hun air
ship and the regulation American
planes are being mounted with ma
chine guns. The Hun plane will be
launched and the student fiiers will
pursue. firing their aerial machine
guns.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
No Change Desired.

A company of colored soldiers was
which some negro convicts were en-
ployed.
Thinking he would have some fun
with one of the convicts trooper in
CURED: "Hey, BIO, how bout us
changin' jobs?"
The convict replied: "Gwan, niger,
don't want no change. l knows
'zactly how long Use in fer and youse
don't"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
ENCOURAGEMENT.

"How. did your war garden turn
outf"
Zine" answered Mr.. Crosslots. 81
raised enough weeds to prove that the
soil would be simply wonderful for
something else IL could make 1t
grew"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
The Result.

"This dry agitation Is geing to, be
conducive to melancholia."
"Why so?"
Because what will men d. when
they get out Of spirits1"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25

Hastings, Minn.-'T
used DR.. Pierce's Fav-
orite Prescription to
help me during ex-
pectancy and can say
that it is all that g
claimed for it. I also
took the Pleasant Pei
let's at the same time
and think they are q
splendid purgative. I
have four children and
we are all in perfect
health.
The Peoples Com
mon Sense Medical
adviser has been q
great help to me in
l gladly recommend
hose who need them"
Mrs. A. j. Allen.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25

There was never time when the sac
rifces and the help of women were more
appreciated than at the present time.
Women should learn war-nursing and
nursing at home. There is no better
way than to study the new edition Of the
Common Sense Medical Adviser -
with chapters on First Aid, Bandaging,
Anatomy, Hygiene, care Of the Sick,
Diseases Of Women, Mother and Babe, the
Marriage Relation-to be had at some
drug stores or seud Soc. to Publisher, 654
Washington Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Ii a woman suffers from weak back,
nervousness or dizziness If pains afflict
her,. the best tonic and corrective is one
made up of native herbs and made with
out alcohol, which makes weak women
strong and sick women well. It is the
prescription of DR.. Pierce, used by him
In active practice many years and now
sold by almost every druggist in the
land, in liquid or in tablets. Send DR..
Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, loc. for trial pkg.
for liver and bowel trouble.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
erinoino Drama up to Date.

f. E. Atkinson of Boston says he
saw an unusual performance of "Ro-
meo and Juliet" at town in the midi
die West. The players introduced
game Of cards In the balcony scene.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25
FIRE SUFFERERS TO
HAVE FULL RELIEF
EVERY MEANS OF GOVERNMENT
TO BE USED IN GIVING AID
FOR REHABILITATION.
PEOPLE TO BE ASKED TO AID
State Executive Pledges Homes, Food,
Clothing and Other Necessities
100000 Needed for Immediate
Demands-Fearful Toll of Fire.

PLANS OF RECONSTRUCTION.
Plans for the rehabilitation of
the fire-stricken district of north
ern Minnesota, as so far worked
out with the backing of state, fed
eral and local officials, are as fol-
lows:
Immediate supplying of food and
clothing to survivors and feed
for animals.
Financing and government super
vision for rebuilding settlers
homes.
Supplying labor for the rebuilding
and reconstruction of the dis
trict.
Making complete survey of live
stock situation and preparing to
restock district and supply food
for cattle and horses.
Helping banks in burned towns to
weather the situation and re-
open for business.
Rebuilding of factories burned In
Cioquet and homes needed in
Duluth.
Policing Of burned district by
Guardsmen and Motor Reserve
Corps to recover remaining
dead, prevent further spread of
fires and relieve distress of sur.
sivors.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25

When the breeze blows off a mans
hat, he blames the hat, not the shape
Of his head.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25

st. Paul, Oct 18.-This is the mes
sage of Governor j. A. A. Burnquist
to the people of the fire-swept district
Of northern Minnesota:
Keep stiff upper lip. The state
of Minnesota is going to see you
through. Don't be discouraged at the
tasks ahead of you or give up fight
ing because you have had losses and
bereavements. The relief organization
is in splendid shape and will supply
those who need it with food, clothing
and feed for livestock. It will help
you with seed and with new livestock
in the spring, and it will see you
through until you are on your feet"
Fearful Toll of Fires.
Preparatory to the work of recon-
struction, surveys were progressing in
all parts of the forest fire district, I'M
der the direction of state and private
agencies. When the work is complete
the Minnesota Public Safety commits
sion will know just what the state
must do. Preliminary reports COM
piled at the capitol indicate that:
Twenty-nine towns have been de-
stroyed.
Settlers homes on 10000 square
miles are gone.
Eight hundred and fifty bodies recov-
cred or located.
More than $4,000 persons made
homeless.
Property valued at $75.o0o,0O0 to
s100, 100000 burned.
Practically all the horses and 50
per cent of other livestock in the dis
trict was destroyed.
Some OF the states most valuable
hardwood timber areas were devas-
tated.
Telephone and telegraph lines sut
fered approximately 100000 damage.
State bridges in all burned sections
were destroyed.
Early movement back to the farms
and burned areas and the cultivation
Of burned areas will prevent growth of
underbrush and save millions of dol
lars
To See Sufferers Through.
1--WE are going to see the people
through" said the governor on his re.
turn to the capitol. Cali who have
lost homes and possessions through
the fires will receive help as they
need it. We want them to stay and
restore their towns and their farms
The plans and the organizations un
der way will give them all needed help
Liberal Contributions Asked.
Liberal contributions are needed fol
relief funds from every county and
community in the state. w. A. Nc
Gonagle, chairman of our general re
lief committee, who handled the re
lief organization for the Baudette and
Spooner fire, says that 100000 will
be needed. We have s284,000 in all
in the Safety Commission fund, and
that will be drawn on while it lasts.
81 want to say that the relief work
has been handled wonderfully. We
could not have made out at all with
out the Motor Reserve Corps.
No Extra Session Needed.
"No extra session of the legislature
Is needed. The Public Safety commits
sion has done everything needed fol
temporary relief, and the legislature
will meet In regular session In lesi
than three months"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-10-25


servation and reclamation division re-
paired in the camps total Of 1882
1876 articles Of wearing apparel-hats,
uniforms, leggings, shoes, underwear,
sweaters, blankets and the like. The
dry cleaning and pressing shops clean
ed and pressed L618, 1863 garments, and
there were Numbered 6,l19,611 pieces.
The revenue from reclamation was
S70,567. 40. The revenue from laundry
work was $1s4,719.
Thirty thousand beds are now ready
for American wounded in southern
France, and American hospital units
are being detailed at Nice and other
points along the Riviera. Their work
will cover Cannes, Mention, Beaulieu
and Monte Carlo.
At Nice, hotels are undergoing con-
version into hospitals. The Astoria,
Majestic, Suisse and Winter Palace,
are to be devoted to this use. The
leases run for term Of one year be-
yond the conclusion Of the war. Ex-
most of the buildings.
Flying at a high altitude, often
above clouds and out of sight Of the
earth. when the course must be main
tanned by compass, is as difficult for
the pilot of an airplane as navigating
by dead reckoning" is at sea. Such
instruction to cadet flyers as will en-
able him to steer his ship by compass
although more monotonous than
stunning" and other feats taught on
the training fields, is equally impor,
tant. In consequence, more attention
Is being devoted to 1t by the war de-
| partment.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-30
PROVOST MARSHAL
URGES MORE SPEED
every Resfstrmnt should Know His
standing Soon Possible That
Rusines. May Proceed.

Washington. Sept. 2s.--Speed, more
speed. Get the class Ha~n into cnynu
Keep the necessary Industries on their
Jobs, Don't destroy the Industrial ia
brio. but speed; more speed
such is the spirit OF long telegram
Provost Marshal-Gcneral Crowder sent
TO all the district draft boards today
He sought again to impress. them with
the fact that they are the original au-
therft*es- In ,aererrn ming deferred rsas-
s'ncations on .eccarstionAa grounds and
In most cases the fnaf authorities on
appeal in dependency cases
with the need that every registrant
know his standing as soon As possible
SO that business and industry may pro.
coed with AS little arrangement as must
he. he urges the boards to hasten their
classification of registrants,
All class | mon under thirty six may
expect To be in training camps within
two months and IL Ia urged that the
district boards clear the way tor this.
Reports from over the country indi-
cate very large iistetof claims for occu-
pational deferments and the district
boards are likely to he eougested for
weeks but they will be urged to clear
the simpler cases as rapidly as possible
and proceed in way to make as great
a man power available as possible in
the shortest possible time.
Reports en- the total Of IN. rextxtra-
ton NJ September ~ were received
from two states today. Figures from
ar" subject To change Maine went
over the top with a registration ~
1857 against a preliminary estimate
OF SOTO while Alabama fell behind
with only 235.7Ss registered against an
estimate of 24327l