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reached, and in some of the camps II
provided rest and recreation centres
Communication. however. was difficult.
and the commission was able to do
very little work outside Of the armies
IN Virginia Two years of my service
were spent in Louisiana and a large
part of the rest In North Carolina, and
can say that during the whole term
of the war secured from the Sanitary
Commission no further service than
was represented by a single sheet OF
notepapeT.
THE Christian Commission gave CO.
operation in the work OF the Sanitary
Commission and took upon itself az a
special responsibility 10 provide for
preaching. particularly in the camps
which were not provided with chap
lains. Revival ceilings were held and
Bibles, hymn books and literature OF a
kind classified as 'wholeso were dis
tributed. The Christian Commission
also. however. had difficulty In reach
ing the camps that were furthest away
from Washington or from the bases OF
supply.
"Some work was done by the Young
Mems Christian Association, but that
association was very far from possess
ing the magnificent organization that
it has succeeded in building up for the
present war, The friends and families
at home did what they could from
time to time, and particularly OF course
at Christmas, in the sending Of boxes
and packages, The difficulties OF trans
portation. however. prevented the dis
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disease. trench fever, pneumonia and
the like. There has. however, been a
great development in the methods or
killing.
Civil War Conditions.
During the first year OF the civil
war very little could be done. or GER
taInly very little was done, to care
for the morale of troops at the front
The Sanitary Commission was organ
lied early in 1852 to do what might be
practicable in instruct;ng the boys at
the front in regard to sanitation ana
in reaching them with changes OF un-
derwear and with medical and surgi-
cal attendants when the requirement
was greater than could be taken care
OF by the surgical STATS of the army.
"The Sanitary Commission also
made provision for increasing the eff
ficiency as the war went on of the
work Of nurses in the base hospitals
and often in the field. At the outset
the army surgeons discouraged the
cooperation of volunteer surgeons and
of nurses. They took the ground that
they preferred TO work with their reg
ular organizations. Under the pres
sure. however. of the increasing needs
of the wounded and of the sick the
army surgeons promptly changed their
position and made larger requirements
not only for surgeons and physicians,
but for nurses, than 1t was possible
to meet
THE Sanitary Commission took upon
itself the forwarding OF home pack
ages to the troops that could be
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The Duchess d'Uzes's letter IT,:
please tell the American women how
grateful we are to their splendid
country. Every day those Of them
who have come over to France give
us proof of its generosity. of its de-
voted and loving sympathy. Make
them feel how thankful we are-it is
more than words can express
Paul Strauss. president of the Com
mittee' for Female Labor, wrote in
the names of French women en-
ployed in war industries: You will
tell each known and unknown friend
OF our infinite gratitude for their min
istry Of sympathy. You will be better
qualified than any one to carry to
| American women our tribute of re-
spectful admiration"
Nine. Avril de Sainte Croix brought
letter from Nine. A. G. Jacob, SUI
perin,endent of the arsenal at Pu-
| teaux near Paris. ALLOW me to ask
/ you to take to American women the
| feelings Of deep gratitude which al
our workwomen have expressed Col
| them. Thanks to the American Y. NJ
! c. A. our arsena. Is going to have g
| foyer. How much Joy it will give
| There were also letters from Nine
II Gervais- Courtellement, superln
| tcndent OF the Pyro;echnie OF Bourges
one Of the most important munition:
! factories in France.
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4 AJOR GEORGE HAVEN
PUTNAM contrasts the work
l. of the welfare organizations

of the welfare organizations
which minister to the needs Of Amer
icas fighting men in the present war
with the few similar efforts made in
behalf of the civil war soldiers. What
the seven agencies now joined together
for "a United War Work Campaign are
doing Is 80 tremendous, however, COM
pared with the cheer extended to the
civil war soldiers that at frat the idea
of contrasting the two seeSLd aim ost
absurd to the Major.
THE veteran" said Major Putnam,
realizes that the boys of 1861 received
no such attention either for physical
Gaze or for moral or mental welfare.
Notwithstanding the enormous differ
ences that have taken shape in the
last half century in the methods Of
warfare, there are certain essential
features OF war that remain practically
the same.
There Is the continued peril OF
death or of disabling: there is still this
fatigue Of the long marching and OF
the endurance of trench conditions:
there Is of course always risk OF hun
ger and thirst as a result of the cap
ture or miscarriage OF the commissary
wagons and of the water casks, or OF
the cutting off from their base sup
plies by barrage fire or in other ways
of the troops who are in the advance
line.
There Is also to-day. as heretofore
the plague of vermin and peril from
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fighting lines and OF the instruction
given to the individual soldier marks
an enormous advance in science, in
intelligence and in thoughtful care.
Pains have also been taken under the
direction of the Red Cross, the Y. NJ.
c A, the knights of Columbus and
the Sai' alton Army to provide enter
tainment OF one kind and another. but
always of course Of good kind.
sermons. lectures "alks, moving
picture shows and dramatic entertain
ments are going on in the convalescent
hospitals, the base camps and at all
the posts where there is leisure and
where there is nothing to stand in the
way. all of which was practically un-
known to the men who fought in the
civil war.
"Pershing and his intelligent asso-
ciates have recognized that diversion
from the monotony OF trench and camp
| life by means OF recreation is not only
desirable but essential in order to
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What the Y. w. G.. A. Is Doing.

THE Y. W. A. WAR WORK COUNCIL has its
the of the War Department Commission Training
Camps Activities
w. A. War Work Council maintains nnyone hostess
aviation thirteen of them for coored
Special foreign tongues provided
W. A. Council helps cheerful
the flag.
The Y w. c. A. War Work Council makes bit of home within
during visiting
friends and babies.
girls club
" W. c. A. War Work Council make uniform
homelke social
War service provided by the Y W. C. A.
girls
khaki
Hostel houses have been provided by the Y W. A.
Council for the girls of the United Signal
wires for the in France.
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WOMEN SEND GREETINGS
UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN.

letter is written personally by the
sender. Mmc. Avr!l de Sa!nte Croix Is
now in New York for a few days and
will spend considerable time in Wash
ington,
she carries letter from Mile. Marie
United Socialist party. who says:
Daughters of free and generous
America, we would tell you every day
at every moment how moved we are
by your sisterly cooperation with us.
Your armies and ours defend one and
the same cause. the cause> Of out
ragged humanity.
I'VE thank you for this. And we
thank you for I'll the material help
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tribution of such packages from being
general, and large number OF the sol
diers. including those in my own army
corps. the Nineteenth. were able to Sc
cure very little material of this kind.
No Recreation Provided.
There was practically no attempt,
or at least no organized attempt, to
provide recreation for the soldiers.
Now and then n regiment was fortu-
nate enough to include In It's member
ship fellows who could sing, or who
had some dramatic ability, and these
men were of course always utilized
when time and place permitted, but
there came from outside practically no
help or suggestions in the direction of
entertainment. We veterans may.
therefore, have an inclination to break
the Tenth Commandment when We
learn OF the extent and comprehensive
ness Of the work that Is being done for
the soldiers OF to-day.
THE advance OF surgery and of in
telligence in hygiene has made the
hospitals places OF civilized and intelli-
gent care instead OF Gas was the case
In Louisiana in the '60s) breeding
places for maggots and for germs OF
all kinds. The work OF nursing has
itself become a scientific profession
and the patients are intelligently cared
for with great deal more effective
ness than was possible half a century
back
1.-THE supervision Of hygiene In the
camps. on the transports. and on the
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and the moral comfort you bring our
brave women war workers"
Tho first Liberal Jewish temple
erected in Paris was founded by two
women, Nine. Brandon Simon and
Mime. Eugene Simon. They write:
"1N you, dear sisters in America, who
came 90 us in our need. to help us
carry our burdens and 70 cheer US,
We send our endless gratitude.
And now your husbands, your
brothers and your sons are coming to
us by the thousands. exposing their
bodies as living wall against the wild
rush of the Huns. They are saving
18th their blood not only France but
all humanity
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FOREIGN BORN, BUT LOYAL
tTHE War has brought to hight
the extreme devotion and


the extreme devotion and
L. loyalty Of the foreigner who
has uprooted himself from the customs
and habits Of his native land and
staked his all on America"
So spoke Miss Ruth Crawford of
the Young Women's Christian As
sociations foreign born women's de-
partment the other day.
1.-THE men. when they have under
stood what the draft meant, have
promptly marched to camp. The
,men at home have entered the in
dustrial armies or followed the die
tates Of Hoover and they are doing
their share in the Red Cross" she said
Miss Crawford. vassar graduate
and an interested student of foreigners,
spent several years travelling about
the world, studying the future Ameri-
can on his native heath and has visited
practically every country of Europe.
when you realize that there are
100000 people in this country who
do not speak English, and that there
are more Italians in the city OF New
York than in Naples. Il isn't hard to
see that our department has lot of
work to do" said Miss Crawford. AT
present We are working with thirty
seven different nationalIties and our
STAFF comprises 1885 workers in forty
eight different centres"
The work includes home irforrna-
ton, training camp centres, foreign
born community work and thirty-three
centres to help in drsft registration
Government bulletins have been trans
lated into thirty-seven different lam
cuages. Eight hundred foreign pub
l!cations have been supplied with in
| formation about the United War Work
campaign.
When the labor situation OF the
South brought 5000 Mexicans into this
country In the mining districts Of Ari-
iona and New Mexico, together with
their families. the y w. c. A.. through
its International Institute. made a spe-
ciai effort to establish a strong, y y
international friendship on this side
Of the border.
1.-THE sacrifice Of the European
women in this war" Miss Crawford
said has been very great In the be-
ginning they gave their brothers and
husbands to the armies OF their native
lands. and then they gave their Amert-
can born sons. when we entered the
war. to our service. And later they
offered themselves for work for our
Government. in the munit!on plants
and uniform factories.
Every day new problems arise. Al
present there are thousands o" retu-
gees crowd'ng into Seattle. waiting 70
go back TO their native lands by way
Of Nladivostok. That presents great
problem and one which we are pre-
pairing to meet as best we can"
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maintain good vitality for the boys
who have to do the fighting. An artist
like Capt. Bairnsfather. who can cheer
up the boys with his clever sketches,
an artist with a sense OF dramatic
humor like Harry Lauder or Lindon
Smith constitute 4 positive asset for
the fighting force of the soldiers.
THE army of to-day owes an enor-
nous obligation to the seven great or
ganizations--the Y. NJ. G. A, the Y. w.
c. A" the National Catholic War Coun-
Gil and X, OF c., the War Camp Com
munity, Jewish Welfare Board, Amer
can Library Association and Salvation
Army-which are taking so much OF
home and cheer to the fighting men ia
the field and afloat. Similarly the ma o.
ton owes these agencies its unstintcd
support In their coming campaign for
the *l7o'Soo'Ooo that is required for
them to continue their essential rcr-
vices"
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I'VE bless you. American women.
from the bottom Of our hearts"
No woman in France holds a higher
place in the love and respect Of her
country than Nine. Jules Siegfried.
president OF the National Council OF
Women. She sends these words to
America, where she has countless as
sociates and friends: How happy
am that you are the one to bring to
the United States the sisterly greetings
Of the National Council Of French
Women. We have no words to express
our thankfulness. and the feelings Of
comfort which fill our hearts when we
think OF the devotedness, the sacrifice
with which our sisters from America
have backed their glorious soldiers in
the greatest and most sacred cause
nations ever had to defend. They have
given us untold help in our social
work, particularly just now.
May Gods blessings be on all
American mothers. wives. sisters-all
these women who stihed the anguish
OF their hearts and gave those they
loved best In the world.
Dear allied sisters, look beyond
your beloved soldiers and you will see
the freed and better humanity fol-
which you have consented to suffer"
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. h cir Host SIS
Houses Follow the
Flag and Meet a
Real Need 80 I'm
portant Work
Done Among For
eigra Born Women
in America

Franco ana the result IL equally good
for both men and women, said Miss
Moberly.
"The Girls show unusual bravery
and tboughtfulness," she said. "For
instance. one time nre broke out
near the mems camp. A terrhc con-
Migration resulted. necessitating sew
era1 hours Of intensive work FOR the
men. The w. A. A. C.s heard about it
and they collected their own ratons
cooked them and fed the men through
their long vigil.
"The effect upon the men them
selves was manifested by an incident
which occurred In an once that en-
| pioyed only men. It hhnlly was de-
cided to install a woman telephone OPP
orator. and a British w. A A. G. was
sent for. The men were enlisted
chaps, working at q Government Job.
and, as often happens when men are
together and away from woman. their
language became q bit lax. From the
day the girl entered. however. the
whole tone Of the once changed She
was treated with the utmost considers
ton and respect. and never during her
| period Of service there did she hear
coarse joke or vulgar remark.
1.-THE comradeship between the men
and women Ia beautiful" Miss Mo-
berly added, land instead of uniting
the women for homes their work As
w. A. A. C.s will tend to make them
better and ADLER wives and mothers"
Miss Moberly Is eager to tell the
women Of England how enthusiast
cally and whole heartedly the seven
organizations have cooperated In their
United War Work campaign.
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Y. w. G. A.

1T is the business of the Y w. c. A.
backing the In France nurses and
French
girls working telephone
after Y w. c. A. hotels the Co
Y W. c. A.
toll among the These organization women are an nJs
pensable Of the - N ~'~ ~ A'A"Ae-
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~ NE of them holds the title Of
l Duchess. Another one is a
Socialist leader. Some are
Jews. some Catholics. and there are
Protestants among them. But all Of
them have united as French women
to send greetings to American women.
These messages are personal greet
ings from Frances prominent women
to all women in this country. They
have been carried to our shores In the
personal handbag of Nine. G. Avril de
Sainte CroiX. who is in the United
States to assist the Y w. c. A. in it's
part in the United War Work Cam
paign set for November IL to is. Each
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-04-11
WHERE BITES ARE TREATED
Mission Dispensaries Cure Many Afrt-
cans Who Sustain All Manner OF
Dangerous Injuries.

Africans go to the mission dispen-
saries to be cured of bites from all
kinds of animals, and a large num-
Der of them are cured. The common
est bites are from snakes, say a writer
in World Outlook. In Inhambane are
IS to 20 varieties of poisonous snakes,
some very deadly, whose bites mean
fight for life. Hyenas kill or carry
off hundreds of children each year,
and most Of those who are rescued
have terrible scalp wounds, as the
hyena carries a child by the head.
Other biting pests of the region are
lions. from whom few escape alive
scorpions, very poisonous and fond of
getting into beds; hypo flies, large
flies that in biting take huge pieces OF
flesh and cause great swellings
sharks, of which the bay is full.
But the most common, bite and
seemingly the hardest to heal, is the
human bit. The Africans when they
get angry use their teeth to good adj
vantage. There is scarcely morn
ing that several do not come to the
dispensary. One boy had his lower
lip bit off, and for him a new lip
was made.
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1t VIII Pay You
tc ONE q 1.
la1 advertiser n
is ! Paper

Not all thought is travelling. The
supposition that when one thinks OF
the moon ones thought travels to the
moon is a mistake, for the thought Is
formed in the mind and remains there.
The time taken to "think of anything,
declares writer, occupies some
small fraction of a second. Light
travels at the rate of about 10000
miles a second, and if 1T is thought
which travels in what is called tele-
pathy it would have to travel at the
same speed because ether, the medium
which transmits light, would also
transmit the brain vibrations that &C
company thought. The telepathic the
DRY Of Thought which travels has
been objected to on the ground that
after travelling considerable distances,
such as are sometimes claimed for
telepathic communication, the brain
vibrations would be so diffused and
weakened as to make no impression.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-04-11
CONVERSATION
Between Mr.. Doubtful and Mr.. Right

Mr.. Doubtful: II don't see how /
can buy any more Liberty Bonds. /
bought all / could last fall. I'm not
rich man and don't think it's fair or just
to expect me to do anything more than /
have DONE"
Mr.. Right: Lets see-your next
door neighbours boy enlisted, didn't hep"
Mr.. Doubtful: Eyes, he's over in
France now. Mighty fine, stalwart boy,
that!"
Mr.. Right: Exactly, and some day
that splendid boy, the pride of his par
ents' hearts, may 60 over the top in gal
liant charge, stop German bullet, and fall
in the mud and debris of No Mans Land.
Isn't that asking too much of him, and of
his family? Is that 'fair?' Is that 'just?'"
Mr.. Doubtful: "Why, it's awful, of
course, but it can't be helped. This iswar,
and men have to be killed in it,
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-04-11

Mr.. Right: "You've said it-thlS u
war! To win the war it might be neceS
sary for the government to take YOU
factory away from you, and ruin YOU
business. 1t might be necessary to taA'
your house and turn you out in the str .e'.
What of that? Is that as great a sacrlnSSS
as your neighbor makes, or stands reau!
to make, when he gives his boy 10 1 wt
country? Yet you don't think it's YOU
duty to pinch and save, and borrow ~ =
need be, in order to buy Liberty bon t".
and thus help shorten the war, make : Wv W..
tory certain, and cave the lives OF ta I"r.
sands of American boys who will QUIZ
wise be uselessly sacrificed.
Mr.. Doubtful: ST guess that's uT ri
MIR. Right, have been thoughtleSS; nnt
stop complaining and criticising, ano p
up my last dollar if need be, TO n'T
win this war;
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-27
PARIS AND VENICE

IL is an impressive fact that at the
present moment the two most lannon's
and IN many respects, most precious
cities OF the world are directly ano
immediately menaced by the guns OF
ruthless foe. A short advance by
the German army in France would
oring Paris within range of the enc.
Hys heavy artillery; an even shorte,
advance by the Austrians in ItaIv
would enable the cannon of the EN-.
oeror Charles, to reduce Venice TO 9
pile of ruins.
In this fact is epitomized the whole
sreat struggle. AS the Hun stand
u the gates of Paris and of Venice
% he stands at the gates Of the civil.
"ation which we cherish. What he
"ill do to Paris and Venice if he i
aoie is exactly what he will do T.
civilization if he is able.
IL may be that by their sacrifice
hese two priceless cities will he'll
'ave the world. 1t has been hinteS
some dispatches from abroad that
on either the French or the Italian
,ront the enemy makes further ad-
yance, the evacuation Of Paris or of
venice, as the case may be, NAV be
considered as a means Of averting n
commandment that would DESTROY ir-
'epiaceabie treasure of art. We can
'ot believe that any such plan has
zen entertained for moment BY
ne Allied leaders. Let the Hun de
troy Paris and Venice if no will
that Will only make more certain hi,
loom, for there would then be not a
IAN IN France or Italy, Britain OF
america, who would not rather lay
Town his life than to make peace
With the Hun.--Charleston News &
Courier.
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oRDER NUMBERS IN DRAFT
TO BE DRAWN TuIros

washington, June 25.-Tbursda :.
u this week was fixed by the war IL:
partment today as the date for az I
iIawing to establish the draft ordae I
III nearly 100000 young men of o.
Eho registered for military servi.a
me drawing will be held at tho
'e"te office building. 1t will besir
,boun; q, M m and according to the plan.
"1uid be completed before noon
IN the first drawing it was nnoos
'ary 70 use 10000 numbers in ord,
% cover the lists of the largest d..
noards. This time it is estimated
mat Inc longest roll of new roeis
rants hardly will exceed Oe0 co
zoo capsules with numbered s,;ns
III be drawn from the BOWL
from 1 o'cock in the morning until
tter z o'clock the next morning was
year. 'as'
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1918-06-27
TEAL'S MILL.

Some of our young boys left for
Camp Jackson Sunday.
We are glad to report Mrs. Roe
Swink is improving.
Mr.. Ernest Wallace is spending a
while with his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lige Wallace near Chesterfield.
Crops in this community are look
ing fine.
Mr.. Paul Jones and Roy Boat.
wright were in this section Sunday.
Mr.. Everett The.rell, of Chester
ned was in our community Sunday.
Misses Alline ard Dora Bell Huney-
cutt visited their sister, near Ches.
.erfied Saturday night and Sunday.
they were accompanied by their bro
ther, Mr.. Francis.
Mr.. Boyd Atkinson was the guest
1t the home of Mr.. George Whitaker
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. Charlie Swink visited at the
home of Mr.. Sam Hicks Sunday af-
.ernoon.
The Red Cross speaking at Mace
ionia was fine and enjoyed by a
'arge crowd. There will be another
Red Cross meeting Friday afternoon
ut a p. m. Every body invited 20
come.
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FRIENDSHIP

Mr.. r. A. Melton and son spent
Sunday in Cheraw to see the boys re-
port before going to Camp jackson
Monday.
Rev. Clayton Jenkins preached a
very interesting sermon at the
Vaughn school house Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. F. w. Rivers spent a part of
Sunday in our community. We were
real glad to see Mr.. Rivers out again.
Misses Dora Bell and Alline and
Master Francis Huneycutt, of the
TeaPs Mill section spent Saturday at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Mer-
riman.
The committee on War Savings
Stamps met at the Vaughn school
house Saturday night and arranged
for the campaign Of the district.
Those present bought literally. We
hope the full amount will be raised
for this district.
Rev. Philips spent the noon hours
1T the home of Mr.. j. II. Gardner
Sunday.
Mr.. P. o. Melton spent Saturday
night and Sunday in the Wexford
community.
Rev. Julian Campbell preached a
ine sermon at the Vaughn school
house Sunday night.