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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
STORY o%FFlGHTlNG
UNDER TWO FLAGS"
BY j. W. PEGLER.
United Press Stair corresno,

United Press Staff Correspondent.
London. (by rlail).- Griffiths and
Rass are out OF it, for ~good--resting
IN a Pieardy cemetery with wild flow
ers blooming and war still surging all
around them.
! Lieut.. GO Richard II. Griffiths and
Major al .Xandsr Rasmussen lad been
out of it, hefore--7the colonel four
times, With II wounds and Rass just.
once, Wien he picked up q fusing hand
grenade IN the dark and threw it back
at the boehes. AS soon as the hos
pitfalls gnade them fit they went back
for mere.
IheS We're professional soldiers.
Fighting was their life job. Crusaders
they were AMI always on the side of
conscience and the little fellow.
Botl fought under two flags, tho
Stars and Stripes twice. and the Union
Jack OF Griffith's native England.
Shsrtly after we came into he war
Griffith got his transfer and hopped
tho FIRST trair-for he had proceeded
back 70 France in the maantime-to re-
port TO General Pershing. He was
taken Immediately and given command
OF a battalion of the, 18th infantry
tho Happy Heinie' regiment. Thus
lie stepped down from his British rank
OF lieutenant colonel to that of major.
but Ie soon regained his old grade,
for DO wore the silver leaves of a lieu
tenant colonel when a shell stopped
him at last in Picardy.
Passmussen was a biz, handsome
man; fearless and a sporting dare
devil III wal ~ pitliess to our flushers
anywhere, any time. His American
home was in Portland, Ore, but he was
q scandinavian by birth and his pro-
nunciati5n of sorae words were Just
sibilant enough to prove it,
from Mexico where lie was lighting in
Obregon's army, to join the Canadian
American lesio:l. then forming. He
had been a major in Obregon's razy
force, but Rass was just the right
sized man to enlist as a buck" in
he American legion and win his COM
mission.
The legion had troubles galore.
There were buns and deserters and
just plain thieves who enlisted to draw
he pay through the Ole weather and
go over the hill" when it looked as
though tie 9th battalion was about to
sail. One day Rass was a private.
and q week later he wore a majors
crown He found himself ou~transing
his for1pM, commanding officer.
But at last they sailed, about 900
strongly per cent of them American
and most of them hardened veterac
soldiers IF the United States army.
navy and marines. One of the yellow
haliies who had deserted was an Of
fcers. He went to New York and
he described the legion as the Lost
Legion" OF tramps. The story was
published and copied by other papers
and it took the blood suffering OF
hundreds CT lonely, expatriated Yanks
to live dowa the SANDER.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
BY Associated Press.

With the British Army In France,
Sunday, July Tn the German counter
attack against the positions gained by
the Australians and Americans around
Hamel two American and i've Aus
tralians were captured by the enemy.
Volunteers were called for and an
american party brought back the cap
ltured men and a German officer while
12 Australians brought the number of
German prisoners to so.
The story of this incident as told by
al American officer Who took pf + IN
the fighting follows:
THE boches did not bother US until
Thursday night when they made their
counter attack which was repulsed.
They did succeed in the first rush, how
ever, in getting hold of two Americans
and five Australians whom they carried
back.
1--WE Immediately called for volun-
teers to go out after these captured
lads and all our men at once began
Yelling for the chance. Corp. Ray
,mond Powell was first up and he was
given a squad Of men for the work.
The guns had out down a heavy
.barrage but the corporal led his chaps
straight through this fierce fire and
charged hot foo after the %retreating
enemy. The Germans retired to a
strong point. but the corporal with the
other Yankees went in after them.
Round Up SO Huns.
Our two boys were taken along with
the I've australians and the corpora
and his party also captured a boche
officer. In the meantime ~ Australians
had circled round and Joined the
American party with the result that Sc
German prisoners were brought back.
That night a boche sniper caused
a lot of trouble from a nest in the front
line. INC one OF. my men went out
across No Mans Land alone after him
The Yankee got him and left him dead
on the field"
Recounting a stocy he had heard OF
h grit of an American corporal, the
officer continued:
"An Australian officer was TELLING
me about one of our corporals who die
h was considered a fine piece OF
work. This lad had charge of a ma
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
TABLE LINEN
TN GERMAN CLUBS

Amsterdam, (by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and napkins will soon be but a mem
DRY OF pre-war days In German res
t%aurants, hotels and clubs, according
to newspaper dispatches. A Berlin
telegram published recently in the CO.
|logne Gazette said that the use OF
table linen would be forbidden. Hith-
erto certain exceptions had been al
lowed. Use Of tablecloths will be per
mitted solely on festive occasions and
even then they must be supplied by
the guests. The telegram says that the
cloth thus released will be particularly
valuable for the provisions. Of babies
clothing, the demand for which is be-
coming more and more urgen through.
out Germany.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
Tho Pride Of Race
G. Nasrnith. In "On the FIRING
OF the Great Fight"

Col. Vi. T.. NasFa1th, In on the Fringe
OF the Great Fight"
Streaking across the fields towards US
came a dog, bent on one purpose. to put
as great distance as possible between him.
self and the Germaps. He had been
gassed, and had evidently been the first
to get out ofnkhe trenches. Looping along
at a gait tat he could, If necessary,
maintain for hours, he fled by with his
tail between mis- legs, tongue hanging out,
and ears well back. Then. came q sight
that we could scarcely credit. Across the
fields, coming towards us. we saw men
running, dropping fiat on their faces,
getting up and running again. AS they
came closer we could see tina they were
Moroccan troops, and evidently
badly scared; some of them oven threw
away their equipment after they lac
passed, and they all locked at us with
the same expression hat the dog had,
evidently considering us to be madmen to
stay where we We're. Then our
hearts swelled with pride that comes but
seldom in a mans life-tle pride OF race.
Up the road from Ypres came a platoon
Of soldiers marching, rapidly. they were
Canadians. and we knew that our reserve
brigade was ever now on the way to
make the attempt to block tho German
road TO Calais.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
Americas Sea Power.
Arthur Pollen, in Land & Water, London

admitted to be serious on the pre-war
program of construction. But, as we
have Sould in u W service, highly
efflcielt Seamen can be turned out with
great rapidly where the candidate is
not OF ly willing but desperately anxious
to qualify, when the right kind of effort
is made to train him, and when every
step IN the training is made in the
atmos phere and under the stimulus of
real war.
The: normal curse on shore before
going to sea is four to five months.
but f.w men have been SO fortunate as
to get the benefit of SO long a prepara-
ton. For the 700 ships that used TO be
yactf.s, traders, liners. coasters and
the like, and are now patrol boats,
transports and so forth, have fad to be
manned somehow, so that in the major
ity o. cases. not much more than the
rudirhents of drill and discipline, of
gunnary and the simpler forms of
shfpS technique have been learned on
shore. But notwithstanding the hurried
character of the training, | learned
from many quarters that there is no
grouad whatever for complaint against
the newly enlisted personnel.
Tie main factor in this almost trop.
ical production Of seamen has been
the wor of the officers and warrant
officers of the Atlantic fleet. My visit
to the squadron composing it was brief.
itit"il SoAilSEa IL SIloW- lllS SSdlG Oh
whiAh the process OF training nien. was
being undertaken. The ships were an
extraordinary sight. l came on board
the flagship at S a. m. on a glorious
Jun. morning. 1t looked as if 500 men
had been sleeping on the deck of every
d~rendnought. Literally / believe the
buik of the ships Carried double COM
pleinent, and the whole of each working
day seemed to be some continuous
effort, wonderfully strenuous, still more
wonderfully cheerful, to each the new
corners the accomplishments Of their
older messmates. 1t was to the battle
ships that the msn from the camps
were sent. ard from the battleships
that the yacht. Transport and patrol
crews were chosen
I'he imagination reels a little at con
templating what all this work must
have meant to the COMPARATIVELY small
nu nber of regular officers on whom
tn. sole responsibility for it fell. For
th.se, in addition t. turning out TIC, 900
selnien, had also 20 do their share in
Grating more thar 10000 midshipmen,
ensigns and lieuteL. ants.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
Others Wish TO Know.

FYOm the journal.
The New York Evening Mail. tho old
time standpat republican paper OF which
we have heard so many stories. is telling
its party that the old tariff stuff has
played out and that the farmers now need
attention. And now. as If that even were
not enough, it starts another campaign
against Its party leaders. It accuses re-
publicans in the Senate OF being blin to
opportunity It asks leaders Of the party
why they did not get ahead of the presi-
dent In his recent demand for new tax
legislation. 1t asks them why they have
insisted on party division. until now the
whole country sn arms has forced them to
consider only the interests of country. It
asks them why they have let the presi-
dent, a democrat. get ahead OF them In
suggesting all the important legislative
matters. 1t asks these questions and
more.
What can the republican leaders am
swer? 1t looks as though the Mail had
them ssumped. At the same time. Champ
Clark's exhibition of ~partisanship gives
the democratic organs something to ex-
plain.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
Americans Recapture Men Taken
Prisoners BY Teutonic Raiders
Follow Hsns to Stronghold and Recover Comrades and Aus
tralians-Yanks and Anzacs Become Fast Friends
-Antipodeans Praise u. S. Troops.

chine gun squad. Early in the push
all his comrades were knocked out by
shell fire n he was left along with
the gun
II knew the u was needed, 80 he
started forward with It himself. It was
no light job. but he kept setting it
up and working until he got through
to h objective, where he made his
final stand. He was pumping away
r~eligiously at he boches, and the Aus
tralian officer was watching him with
interest. for he knew he was a green
carrying on; Suddenly the corporal
raised himself up and then dropped to
his knees again with his head hanging.
Gun Refused to Kick.
Whats the matter, Yank, are you
hit?" called the officer.
No sir" replied the corporal quickly.
but do you know this darned thing
don't kick at ALL" ~.
his sA fsn f sish sa 'onn ma tba dosnns., With With
only then made that big discovery and
he simply stopped firing for a moment
to inspect his gun with new interest
We We're surprised" the officer add
ed, at some of the prisoners taken
Most of them We're strapping fellows
big. were young. The boche put owe
some gas at n time. but 1t was only
a good experience for our men as they
We're equipped with the masks.
II wantstoasay here that those Aus
ITALIANS are magnificent fighters. We
have been LEARNING the game from
them. Our fellows watched tho vet
Grams closely and it wac a case Of imi-
tation without a second, lesson"
During the evening Of the day the
correspondent spent with the Ameri-
cans o big bunch Of mail arrived from
home n there was jnbilation among
the men. One young fellow came tear
ing around waving u torn dollar bill
which he had just found in a letter,
delight.
give francs. kid" laughed an officer
who was standing near.
Its amt five francs. It's a dollar
and its from home" and the boy was
off with his treasure.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25

THE ETERNAL MOTHER.
From the New York Tribune.

\ From the New York Tribune.
= Strange things happen wen in the
\ prosaic depths OF the subway. Once
= in a while the curtain Of convention
\ draws away and for All instant one
\ looks deep into life itself before the
= jealous curtain falls again.
= He was a private of artillery. His
= Eoyish face held lines Of WEAKNESS.
: n as he slumped down into a
\ corner sea Of the car his red
= corded hat fell off, revealing that
y his hair was yellow II curly. He
= did not stoop to pick it up. for he
fell asleep almost as soon as he hit
! the seat.
\ Few noticed the gray haired
: woman who sat opposite. watching
y him. She WAS gaunt and shabby.
= One wondered what II was doing
y abroad at that early morning hour.
4 She never took her eyes off the
= sleeping lad. Presently she arose to
\ leave as the train jolted into q
= station.
\ AS she passed the boy she bent,
4 lifted the battered campaign hat.
\ laid 1t IN his lap and then kissed
\ him softly on his tumbled yellow
\ hair. He did not stir and she almost
\ a from the car. The curtain that
\ bad lifted for a brief moment fell
= again, and at least one sat watch
= ting the sprawled figure OF the SOL
= der, wondering.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25

When America came into the war,
there were vessels to our order dis
placing over 1000. 900 tons, actually, !
believe, iii course of construction. But
it was just at this moment that the full
gravity Of the German submarine
menace was realized. The unpleasant
truth was daWning on the world that
ii the thing went on as it had begun,
no matter how great or we'll equipped
the armies might be hat America
would raise, they could be Of little
value in the war without shipping to
take them to Europe Or to keep men
supplied there. IN other words, it be-
came apparent that the first necessity
of, the situation vas to multiply the
~shlpbuilding capacity of the country
to the utmost. American necessity and
not American capacity dictated what
was to be done. "A program for the
launching and completion of 4,000,0 900
tons, in addition to the 1000, 900 already
under construction. was set out, and
every effort is being made to make its
realization possible.
The number of ships actually in COM
mission has risen from about 800 to
about 1000. The personnel Of the navy
proper consisted a year ago of 4.5OO
officers and $4,000 enlisted men. To-
enlisted men exceed 254, 900. The num-
Der of naval stations gre from 1870 to
SS2; the navy yard employees > have
doubled. So that, emitting the marine
corps. over 10000 strong. the naval
establishment on shore and afloat en-
braces now over 800. 900 men. Roughly.
we may say that everything was null
tipled by three within nine months
everything that is to say, except the
scale OF expenditure, which had been
multiplied by more than seven. The so
destroyers authorized in August, 1915.
were all contracted for very soon after
the appropriations were finally passed.
This program has been very greatly
added to since. Last October 1925. OOO.-
900 were voted for this class Of shin
only, and again every unit authorized
was contracted for Immediately.
In the mu2itions specially necessary
for antisubn3arine war-and this. in
cludes ordnance for the arming, of mer-
chantment, merchant auxiliaries and
every other form Of patrol boat-the
navy department has been fortunate in
placing its contracts and therefore in
securing early deliveries. Generally
speaking, go far as antisuomarine pro-
visions go, the material within the navy
departments activities has been admir-
ably taken care of. More remarkable
than this, which is after all a question
Of good business management. ALWAYS
a conspicuous mark Of this branch of
the national government has been the
way the problem of the personnel has
been met. The shortage CT men was
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
HOOVER IS SCHEDULED
FOR WORLD WIDE JOB
1!ay Be Made Dictator of Food
Supply of All the Allied
Countries.

London, July 22.-Herbert Hoover,
American D administrator, Is sched-
lled to become world food dictator,
according to reports circulated here
,oday.
Hoover came here to confer with the
'ood controllers of Great Britain.
france and Italy. 1t was declared that
he conference Will take up the ques-
lion of unified food and control, and
hat Hoover undoubtedly would be Sc
ected.
There is no danger OF the allies
Osing the war on account of lack Of
'ood. There are great prospects of
The largest production Of meat and
yillgrain this year. Hoover said today.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
RUM|A|INIl|Il|1RllE||'lnl||DI|l|'lR||E|Ul !
ADES0lA|TEMASIE
Restruction Wrought BY War q.
Evident Every Way
One Turns.

SY ~ 81 - 4Aie.S go
a.otsuoct IS
d~eaolate and barren country@today.+an
.y,f,,, 1a..a.ar ..@A
! 4 ss I " sSeHsS ~
years II YVES Of the garden
countries OF the world. tcernaYr with
cut rcaIthS a,f rro.ra,,4v
Nsora 49, 49, nnc 800 * he 49,.
49, !. ~ aSussaAn oIoisEs
lived init and on tt for nearly yenf,
and they left little behind them.
Anyone who has known Rumaniasns
shesAvas then peace was forced ,ipon
her by xha cei1frnl r,oW,er,s ,,,,,sf IN
convinced that ii viii Sc wears hefors
Germany can draw from her fic!ds ana
orchards any vesy val,abIe B
MOI is the German control 81 RtI-
mania's petroleum production likely III
be a vsly proatable investmant IA.
some time. In the so called ~soccpnied
territories the destruction Of he Oil
fields was SO coirplsta that Germany
after is mouths OF effort. is able to
measure her supplies from this eource
in quarts.
In the rest OF Tun1anfa it Ii cOaht-
fulfil production can be much ~increased
beyond that of tl,s mast vca,. ana I,,r-
ing the past year pstrcieum f,nn beet
ono of the ssareest articles In the
country. obtainabie only under person.
nj and special license from, III. Gov
rnmen
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
Women ADOPT Bees.

From the New York Times.
Bee raising to increase the stock Of
honey is Ole Of the latest forms of war
work for women. One Of the most prac-
ticai ideas for bee raising Is being devel-
opel by the school for horticulture for
%olnen at Amber. Penn, Is miles out Of
Philadelphia. 1T Is the schools war work,
to stoin with it and keep a bee" With
ali the ideas which have, been advanced
for farming. in flats and onfroofs and in
all sorts Of Impractical places, this Of
the Amber school seems to be the only
one which will enable the flat dweller TO
do something really successful. You raise
youf own honey for your own table, but
you do it vicariously. The school keeps
your bees. they are cared for by an ex-
pert. and you supply the bees or tho
money equivalent. It Is a community bee
club, and it Is hoped at the school that
many such clubs will be started in differ
ent parts Of the country.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
THROW IN RESERVES.
BY WEBB MILLER,
United Press Staff Cores

Paris, July %, 1925 a. M
The Franco-American sweep be-
tween the Aisne, and the Marine
has already greatly improved
the general war situation. The
Germans are pouring In their
reserves, which had been held
back for the supreme effort.
Half the campaigning season
OF the year has passed. The
threat toward Epernay has been
warded off. Villers- Cotterets
forest has been cleared Of the
enemy. The German divisions
south of the Marine are in a
perilous position. The most i'm
portant phase, however, Is that
the allies have taken the initia-
tive.
During the last 80 hours the
Germans are reported to have
brought up $4,000 Of their pre-
etous reserves. In the same
period, the French and Ameri-
cans have captured more than
1000 machine guns.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
O 8

Washington. July zO.-Safe arrival
It an Atlantic port of the steamship
gan Jacinto bearing the entire crew
If h American steamer Oostereijk
which was sunk In a collision with the
Gan Jacinto on July 10 about 500 miles
rom the American coast was an
iounced today by the navy depart
Nent.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
The Executive Succession.

From tae Vancouver Province.
In a recent examination paper for a boy
clerks post was this question:: IF the
premier ard all the members of the cabl-
lie. Should die. who would officiate?"
Robert, a buy of il, thought for a time,
trying in vail to recall who came next
In succession. At last a happy inspiration
came to him, and he answered: THE UNI
~dertaker."
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25

that counts Critics Of the administra-
ton who nno show an accommodating
horny handedhess are shooting wide Of
the target. A cabinet officer with . squirt
u full! Of arsenate of lead or bordo lead
10 . dangerous man for a desk authority
to tackle. Jean Francois Millet's THE
Angelus'' and THE Gatherer of Beans"
corrected to sho@ highbrows active with
the hoe and in the fields. might profitably
engage, the time and attention OF our
artist lovers. IL
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25

To Vespasian is attributed as an ex-
pirfng sentiment: "An emperor should
die standing" which seems to nave APP
pealsd to two 18th century English
bishops -Woolton. whose last utter
ance - recorded as. "A bishop ought
TO die on his legs" and Sewell, who
declared. "A bishop should die preach.
inH.'
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
SUBS REAPPEAR Off
U. S. ATLANTIC COAST

barges have been sunk by the U-boat
Admiral Palmer. acting secretary Of
navy. In announcing the latest: report
OF enemy activity in waters of the
Atlantic coast, declared that he had
received no details of the attack VI
to 1890.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25

Washington, D. c.. Jauly 22..Ger-
han submarine is reported operating
opposite Orleans. on the Massachusetts
coast between Cape Cod and Chatham.
Coast guard station No. 40 reported
that a tug was OH fire. and that three
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25

To notify his mother Of his safe ar.
rival at camp. Bud Naumann. released
a homing pigeon that he had carried
with him. In four hours after he ar.
rived at Fort Thomas. Covingtou, KY.
his mother in Ptttsburg was notified
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
3

London, July 20.-British casualties
reported In the week ending t6day
total 1881 compared with the Aggre-
gate Of 14.s11 reported In the previous
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
%PREpIcTEp,

Washington, D. c., July 2o.-Mis.
souri, valley: Showers probably Mon.
day with some moderation In temper.
nearly normal temperatures.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
The Horny Handed Today.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.

" TIUIII tItC ICUONlyN EaSIC.
s4ecretary of Commerce Redfield has
bl.sters on his hands due to handling the
hoe In his Washington war garden. Sec
re AIRY Redfield is Going the work Of two
man he has released to work on ship
b,.flding. That is cae sort of leade fship
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25
CONFIRM DEATH Of
YOUNG ROOSEVELT
German Aviators Drop Note In
American Camp Setting
at Rest All
Doubts.

Paris. July 22.-German aviators
have dropped a note into American
aviation camps confirming the death OF
Lieut.. Quentin Roosevelt,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-07-25

Agricultural stations, especially for
the education Of orphans and aban-
doned children. will be established by
the government Of Brazil.