The Washington herald., 1918-08-01

commissioned in the army are:
Samuel 7. Dana, Department Of
Agriculture. captain. national army.
Adam g. Adams. jr., 1857 Columbia
road. second lieutenant, Ordnance
Department, national army.
Earl J. Carmine, Arlington, Nd,
FIRST lieutenant, Ordnance Reserve
Corps,
Richard H. Tyner. 2so1 Eighteenth
street, second lieutenant, Ordnance
Reserve Corps.
Thomas Hill. Army Medical School,
second lieutenant Sanitary Corps,
national army.
Frederick NJ sibley, Harrington
Hotel. first lieutenant, air service
(production).
Charles n. Temple. q NJ street
northeast, second hentenanL air
service (production).
Two oficers OF the navy and one
Marine officer have been dismissed
from the service following convic-
ton by court-martial OF violations
OF the regulations. They are: Lieut.
Julius W. Simms, U. S. n, of the
U. S. S. Dixie. convicted of gam
bling with enlisted men; Ensign John
s. Upton, L. S. n. Reserve Force,
convicted Of absence without leave
and drunkenness, and First Lieut..
Edgar Hayes. =. s. n. c., convicted
OF conduct unsecoming an oficer and
q gentleman.
Clemency was exercised IN two
other cases Lieut. q. CD Constan-
tine Clay, U. 8. N, was convicted
OF neglect OF duty. resulting IN a
navy vessel being stranded, and sen
fenced to lose thirty numbers in
his grade and to forfeit SIS pay Der
month for twelve months. The por-
ton Of the sentence involving loss
OF pay was remitted. Ensign John
]. Fingleton- U. s. Naval Reserve
Corps. was convicted OF striking his
superior oficer and sentenced to be
dismissed. The sentence was reduc-
ed TO the loss Of pay at the rate OF
IS a month for six months.
The cure OF a little village church
down in the s. o. s. got il into his
head that his parishioners were ever
charging the Americans for laundry
work, for chocolate, for souvenirs
and other things. Being a downright
sort Of person he decided that some
thing must be done about II.
Next Sunday. in his church, filled
one-half with his own congregation
and the other half with les soldats
americans. he proceeded TO read the
former the riot act. In accents strong
and French. he laid down the law,
"Nous demandez cinq francs quand
vous aver droit q un franc seule-
ment!" was one OF the points he laid
stress on again and again by way Of
telling the faithful that some Of them
were asking five times more than they
had a right to.
Cinq Francs By the BusheL
The Americans didn't know much
French, but they had been over here
long enough TO know cinq francs
when they heard II. They heard IL
so often in the course Of that SER
mon that they thought that was
what the good man wanted from
each one Of them.
So when NJ. lie cure started down
the main aisle right after the begin
ming Of the credo to take I'D the COL
lection he was fairly swannped with
hve-franc notes. Every o. D. blouse
was unbuttoned and from every one
came the little blue paper. By the
time he had got down the main elsie
and was going to turn up the side
aisle. they had so exhausted the COL
lection baskets capacity that he had
to make an apron out of his cassock.
And he couldn't understand IL at all.
The chaplain Of the particular Amer
lean unit that thus shelled out sat in
the back Of the church. Knowing
French-and also the boys-he was
surprised at the outlay. Later he In
quired and found out what promoted
1t. Then the boys and he had a
mighty good laugh.
Not 50 the French priest when he
heard about 1t. He was horror
struck. 'T must get that money
back to them! 1t is not right! I must
give It back," he exclaimed.
"No. you mustn't, brother" laughed
the American chaplain. ''I told the
boys all about II, and they say the
lesson in French was cheap at the
price. Besides, your sermon hit home
so hard they've more than saved five
francs apiece this last week in town."
From the Stars and Stripes, France.
Rear Admiral Henry B. Mansfield,
U. s. Navy, retired, died on July II
in Brooklyn, N. Y. He was y years
old. He had been III fourteen years,
having suffered the first OF series of
paralytic strokes when he was in
of the battleshlp Iowa.
Born in Brooklyn Henry B. Mans
field was educated at the United
States Naval Academy. to which he
was appointed from Massachusetts
February q, 1858. He was a nem-
Der of the Eclipse expedition to ST.
IBERIA In lsss. A few months later, as
of one OF the Mohican's
I lanpnhAo ha portfri,,a~S A.