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The NUM-
tions Bill. :


general and the chief of ordnance. and
month. shall be excised from the de-
partment and transferred to NUM-
tions department, to be created for the
purpose of doing the buying.
Boiled down to nutshell the ques-
tion is whether the War Department is
capable Of doing that purchasing with
better economical results than a new
body to be composed of civilians in
stead of military officers. There is no
it the peace time method of purchasing
military supplies by the competitive
method is the best means of obtaining
prices; and for purely military reasons
the purchase should be conducted by
the Army.
But then the market is able to supply
the demand, and competition fixes the
price Now the market is far below
the demands of the war machine that
is in the period of creation, and whose
demand will become greater every sue
cessive week. Competition no longer
fixes the price, which must be deter
mined by the government: and stimula-
ton must be given to, the market by
some pcwer-in this instance some
branch of the government. The Navy
Department, which has had no difficulty
in procuring all the ordnance and quar-
termaster supplies it needs. since it ex-
ercised foresight and is much smaller
than the Army, has sought to keep
away from the markets of the Army,
but not always with success; instances
have arisen where ordnance has been
bidding against quartermaster, and
where all federal agencies have been
operating against the market of the
allies.
ficials have said that when war was
declared the Army was wholly unpre-
pared but that 1t has built up a great
Organization for securing ordnance
munitions: and the reorganization OF
stituted since the Senate began its in
vestigation, will. under the direction Of
Gen. Goethals. be able to meet all the
requirements Of the Army. They also
of National Defense or some other
agency it will be possible to coordinate
the buying for the several nations, de-
partments and bureaus, and to regu-
late and stimulate the market
They claim that it would be unwise to
shift or break up the organizations
built up with so much labor and
thought during the past ten months;
plies for the Army should be handled
by men familiar with the needs of a
military organization.
The Senate committee that has been
investigating the conduct of the Army
thus far In the war has heard many
men of wide business experience and
has asked many pertinent questions
about buying for the Army in the way
| that will give the best results in the
least time-about how to conduct it in
the way that a great business concern
would il ii were out for the results.
Senator Chamberlain has introduced
n bill for the creation of a munitions
department to continue during the war;
and IL passed It will affect every man
in the Army indirectly; and the thou
sands of enlisted men and officers in
the bureaus of ordnance and the sup
plies. The power and importance or
the War Deparfment-pcrhaps. the re-
suit OF the war-depend upon the ac-
tion Congress takes on this bin.
Unfortunately, its passage Affects the
purchase Of munitions for tho Nav5AAD
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Bills Last.
Erom Pearson's Weekly.

Erom Pearson's Weekly.
The following story comes to me from
q reader who is employed on munitions:
There had. II appears, been an ex-
plosion at a neighboring factory. and
the manager. who was snatching brief
holiday at the time. hurried home to in
vestigate.
How in the world did II happen?" he
asked the foreman. as he viewed the
wreck. who was to blame?'
We'll. you see. sir. was the reply. "it
was like this. Bin went into the mixing
room. probably thinking OF something
He
struck a match" exclaimed the man
ager, In aInuzement. II should have
thought 10 would have been the last
thing on earth he'd do"
~1a vaS. sir" was the Fctoinder.
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The Lone
Brigadier.

only brfgadier gen.
eral in the Regular Army.
All the senior brigadier generals Of
the old Army are now serving as major
generals in the National Army. and the
officers holding the commands of briga-
dier generals in the Regular Army are
acting under temporary commissions. In
consequence, Gen. Babbitt, when he as
sumes his new command, will be the
only brigadier general in the Regular
Army holding a command Of that rank
in the Regular Army.
Gen. Babbitt will be assigned to the
command of a brigade Of artillery in the
est command that the Secretary Of War
can bestow upon him until he receives
the second star that indicates the major
generals rank
This promotion to Gen. Babbitt shows
the appreciation of his record as senior
aid to the chief of ordnance. a position
which has placed upon him the respon-
sibilfty of administering the division OF
ordnance equipment and supply, of
supervising the increase of the bureau
from a peace basis to its magnitude as
a war organization and for months at
time acting. during the illness of Gen.
Crozier, as the chief of the bureau.
He has seen the personnel grow from
handful into small army, containing
now almost as many officers as there
were in the whole Regular Army before
it passed from the peace footing.
He has had an active part in almost
every big movement for the develop
ment of ordnance during the past three
and a half years. and it has been job
full of labor and anxiety. Now he will
have the artilleryman's ambition graft
fed; he will go at the head of the largest
artillery unit in the Army.
A division consists of two infantry
brigades and one artillery brigade, be-
sides headquarters. staff and special
troops. The organization of the artillery
brigade is not made public. but those
persons who have seen, one artillery
regiment with its more than thousand
horses. guns, caissons and ammunition
wagons, will realize some Of the re-
sponsibility that rests upon the COM
manding officer of the unit made up of
three Of those regiments. But no one
who has not been through the stencil
of battle can feel the thrill that passes
over the soldier who assumes such a
command.
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Army Nurse
Corps.

N u s e 3 1Or Tue
Army or the Navy come through the
Red Cross Society, when that organi-
cation has them to provide; but grad
uate nurses Of frst-class institutions
are eligible to enter the Nurse Corps
of either branch Of the service.
A nurse. whether or not she wears
the emblem of the Red Cross. once she
mas enlisted. becomes an Army nurse,
subject to Army discipline and draw.
ing Army pay. Upward of 1000
nurses have become members of this
disease abroad. and two have been
wounded by German shells somewhere
in France.
But that number is wholly out Of
assume the duty. The corps must re-
cruit $4,000 nurses for an Army of
1.000,000 men; and the United States
Army now is far in excess of that
ter to secure the full allotment. for
the requirements of admission are not
light. The nurses, to enter, must pos
sess perfect health. hold the diploma Of
ability and character.
When in the service they are held
under rigid discipline; and they are
carefully protected by chief nurses.
sponsibility for their treatment and
care of hospital nurses under them.
Miss Dora E. Thompson. the superin-
tendent of the Army Nurse Corps. sta
toned III the Medical Corps, Washing
ton, states that apparently an attempt
has been made to discourage enlist
mcnts through the publication of false
stories about the treatment of nurses.
For instance" she says. the story has
been going the rounds-and no con-
tradictions will put it down-that 500
nurses were on their way back from
the other side, dismissed as incompe-
tent; and that 100 of them. while wait
ing a chance to get back to this coun-
try, were killed. Another story, equal
ly without foundation. was that the
Army mad no surgical supplies. and
was depending upon the Red Cross to
make up the deficiencies. There was
not a word of truth in either story,
for no such body of nurses has re-
turned: and the Army has all the sup
plies that its surgeons have asked for,
and even little more than that.
Miss Thompson. as superintendent.
has general supervision of the corps,
under the supervision of the surgeon
general She performs all the duties
of a division chief; and. in addition to
her other duties. is directed to COM
municate with nurses training schools
and similar professional bodies to as
certain where acceptable nurses for
Army service may be found.
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ENGINES DELAY PROGRAM. :.
Completion Of Submarine Chasers
Now Placed by March /.

Although the submarine chaser pro-
gram of the Navy Department has
been delayed by slow delivery of en-
gines. it was stated today it will be
completed by March 1. When the con-
tracts were let, it was believed the
work could be done by January l.
The number of boats involved has
never been made public. A considerable
number are already in service, how
ever. some of them having been turned
over to France and most of the re-
mainder are over SIS per cent complete
No more are to be built, as they are re-
garded as useful only for inshore
work.
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Has Won Sixty Prizes.

In the last five years Miss Schulz has
won sixty prizes in gardening. canning
and home economics contests. She has
been made president of the Home Eco
nomics Club, large organization of
boys and girls interested in canning.
marketing, gardening, poultry raising,
sewing and other useful accomplish
ments.
Miss Schulz is only one of more than
a hundred thousand Camp Fire Girls in
this country whose work has been
recognized by the states relations serv-
ice of the Department Of Agriculture.
T. ]. Ne ybill, chief demonstration of
canning of this service, has written a
letter of appreciation to the Camp Fire
Girls.
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Surprise for
the Germans.

fS<IIf u eIIISVOI CSI anu
steamed out to sea, laden with Amer
lean soldiers. some pacifists and other
German sympathizers were gleeful, for
they were in the secret that. in addi-
tion to smashing and burning out ma
chinery which they thought could not
be repaired. the crafty Teuton engi-
neers had placed all sorts of secret de-
vices to destroy the engines and sink
the vessel.
Nothing happened. Their laughter
has turned to curses. and confidence in
their national efficiency has had a
shock.
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To Send Telephone Operators Abroad

The war Department VIII Send IUU teIe-
phone operators abroad. 1t is not neces-
sary that they should be experienced tele-
phone operators. but must be able to
speak French as fiuently as English. The
American Telegraph and Telephone Com
pany in New York city will instruct these
young women. Women wishing positions
should write to thsit company.
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Must Schedule Food in Stock.

The Department of Agriculture has
issued a warning to all food dealers
and institutions having more than $3.50
worth of foodstuffs in stock that they
must forward schedules promptly or
apply for extension of time. Blank
schedules mailed about December 81
were supposed to, be- returned within
ten days.
Evening star., 1918-01-13
Reviews Kind Acts Of q. s.

Commenting editorially on the peace
utterance of President Wilson, free
Poland reviews the kind acts of the
nations executive in behalf Of Polish
people in the past, and says that after
the war the nation will be able to at
tain a footing of equality with the
other governments in France.
The Polish people will not seek to
change in one iota the terms OF peace
which the President thinks necessary
for the welfare of the world, the organ
states. 1t continues:
"The sacrifices which the Poles and
descendants Of Poles are willing to
make in the American Army are ded1-
Gated to the entire American program
The Poles in America today are moved
by the same spirit as that which moved
Kosciusko and Pulaski to offer their
swords to the infant American repub-
lie, as moved the Poles who lifted the
siege of Vienna and saved Europe to
Christianity. and which moved the
Poles to fight for liberty in the Italian
and French armies; To-day. & as ever, =
bear without finching their share Of
the burdens of the world"
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Nelus of the Army and Navy

well as for the Army: and it might in
terfere with the successful operation OF
both these bureaus, which have worked
with perfect smoothness since the ma
tion entered the war, as they had been
doing for several years before the test
came.
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hands of the principal by January rs.
The semester ends January 81. The
class graduation will be held at the
school January 2S. For the first time
in the history Of the school the second
and fourth year graduates will hold
class night exercises at the same time.
Uniforms for the cadets at Business
arrived at the school Thursday after
noon.
A dance tc the January graduating
class will be given by the Alumni Asso-
citation at Business High School the
evening of February g. Admission will
be free to all members Of the class.
Others will pay small admission fee.
A set of posters advertising tho third
liberty loan is being made by students
of the major class in representative
drawing at Central.
The girls who have just passed their
examinations in swimming will be the
guests of the girls swimming team at
a party within the next few weeks.
After Centrars service flag is COM
pleted it will be exhibited before the
entire school. There are now l61 stars
on the flag.
A valentine party is being planned
the chapter of the club at Western High
School.
Sugarless candies are being made by
the Girl Scouts of Central High School.
The senior class elected a committee
for the Brecky, Central's year book.
at meeting at the school Wednesday.
The committee is composed Of Messrs.
Shaw, Bryant and Corbitt and Misses
Hopkins, Anon and Hensey.
The first issue of the Central Bulle-
tin. Centrars first weekly publication,
appeared Friday. The Bulletin will
mot supplant the monthly Review. but
sis to keep the student body In touch
/, with current school activities. The
price is cents a copy.
Uniforms for the cadets at Central
High School have arrived. The first
uniformed drill was held Friday after
listment of Regimental Adjutant Robert
E. Needs will be filled by promotion.
As a preliminary to the series OF war
games between the cadet companies OF
both regiments the ten companies at
Central are holding a series of unof-
Ifcial intercompany drills. Rivalry be-
tween the companies is keen.
Paul johnson of the 1915 class at
Central enlisted in the non-flying SEQ
tion of the Aviation Corps recently.
Two hundred abdominal bandages
have been made for the Red Cross by
the girls in Miss Grams Spanish class
at Central
Sam Houston. captain of the rifle
team at Central, has been elected chair
man of a new committee formed at
Central to welcome visiting high school
athletic teams.
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Chances for
Staff Office.

proved by the, Secretary of War. 1t
will be heard with relief by certain
class Of men aspiring to receive COM
missions, but who. under the Secre-
tary's order that men of draft age
were Ineligible to staff positions, could
not be appointed, even though their
services might be thought invaluable.
The resolution modifies this order and
provides that men required by the staff
departments, and having special quali-
flcations for the duty for which they
are desired. shall be commissioned if
they do not come in class l under the
new classification for the next draft.
Commissions will not be issued to per-
sons in class 1.
..CIass T. contains those men first to
be called in the draft-those men with
out dependents, unskilled laborers and
some few others.
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POLISH PAPER COMMENDS
UTTERANCE OF PRESIDENT
Indorses Plan to Shelter Nation
With International Covenant
Until It Gets Footing.

President Wilson's plan to shelter Po-
land by an international covenant until
it can get it's own footing will be
favorably received by the Polish peo-
pie. who, with perfect faith. have COM
mitted their cause to his hands, accord
ing to the current issue of Free Poland.
the eoff1cial organ of the Polish Ma
tional Council of America.
The President has again employed his
extraordinary sense of vision. the
organ thinks, in demanding a united
and Independent Polish state 1t IS the
same sense of vision which induced
him, January %, 1917, to make the
Polish question an international one,
land he has set forth in clear and un-
rnistakable terms, not only the manner
in which the territorial limits Of the
new state should be defined, but also
the necessity of sheltering the new ma
ton by an International covenant untll
such time as it has been able to secure
its own footing. 1-'st-
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Produced Valuable Food.

With a garden only few yards
square, she produced in one year food
stuffs to the value of $500. From April
1, 1917, to October she gave six talks
on canning. drying garden products and
her experiences in the state club con-
tests, nine canning demonstrations,
nine demonstrations of drying vegeta
bles, one in making a homemade fire
less cooker, one on inexpensive cuts OF
meats and one on meat substitutes and
an iceless refrigerator.
From June to the middle of Septem-
ber Miss Schulz supervised 81 gardens
every two weeks. She made thirty-four
exhibits of dried vegetables last sum-
mer, each exhibit containing twenty
five varieties of edible products.
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The Young
est Admiral.

nent title.
Admiral Peoples entered the service
in 1895 as an apprentice time clerk
at the Mare Island navy yard, and it
was not until four years later that he
won his commission in the pay corps
after competitive examination In
1914 he became assistant to Paymaster
Gen@-al of the Navy Samuel MCGOWAN.
He has originated many of the special
ties that enter the naval system, and is
the master of the details of the pur-
chasing branch of the Office.
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Nominated to Be Paw Director.

Paymaster c. ]. Peoples has been
nominated by President Wilson to be
a nay director. with rank of rear ad-
miral from July 1 last.
Evening star., 1918-01-13

Bolo Pasha, who is charged with hav-
ing conducted German propaganda in
France. will be tried by court-martial
beginning February 4.
Evening star., 1918-01-13
CITY ITEMS

bay-window brick near Lincoln Park;
$3.50. John Scrivener. 914 G.
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1t matters little what it is that you
want-whether situation OF servant
want ad In The Star will reach the
person who will MI your need.
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When the great
ocean liners of the
German mercantile
fleet that used to
tie up at Hoboken,
N. j., became Amer
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BOSTON CAMP FIRE GIRL
winner OF HIGH HONORS
Miss Hermine A. Schulz Is Champion
Farmer and Gamer
of State.

Judging from her performances, Miss
Hermine A. Schulz of 335 Cornell street.
Roslindale, Boston, Mass, member of
the Camp Fire Girls, certainly is
stanch patriot. She has entered the
food conservation movement with zest.
Through her assiduous efforts she now
holds many honors in the state of
Massachusetts.
Miss Schulz has the distinction of be-
ing champion farmer !of MaSSachI-
setts. champion Gamer of that state
and winner of many prizes in garden
Ing, canning and home economic con-
tests, as well as first prize in sewing
in the Massachusetts agricultural COM
mission competition. Miss Schulz is
seventeen years old, and is proving her
self a real patriot not only by working
in the interest of the food conservation
movement, but by imparting her knowl-
edge to others.
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The ordnance de-
partment has just
published Il reor-
ganiZation. 1t comes
out at about the
same time with the
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Rear A d m ir a l
Christian j. Peo-
pies. U. S. N. not
yet forty-two years
old. is the youngest
officer in the Navy
to hold that perma-
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The question of
the hour for the
War Department is
whether the pur-
chasing for the
Army. now done by
Evening star., 1918-01-13

Sam Houston. captain of the rife
! team at Central, has been elected chair
man of new COMMITTEES formed at
Central to welcome visiting high school
athletic teams.
Evening star., 1918-01-13

The new war
council of the Sec
retary of War at
it's tenth meeting,
held January 4,
passed a resolution
that haS heen an
Evening star., 1918-01-13

Two hundred abdominal bandages
have been made for the Red Cross by
the girls in Miss Grams Spanish class
at Central
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The final meeting to decide on those
pupils who will graduate from Business
High School in the current semester
was held at Business Thursday after
noon. All class marks must be in the
Evening star., 1918-01-13

Gen. Edwin B. Bab-
bitt, when his nomi-
nation is confirmed
by the Senate, will
have the unique dis
tinction Of being the
1, hr;nod;ar ~n,
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The Army Nurse
Co rps needs re-
cruits; and there is
a good opening for
highly tr a l n e d
young women.
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hands of the principal by January 25.
The semester ends January 81. The
class graduation will be held At the
school January 2S. For the first time
in the history Of the school the second
and fourth year graduates will hold
class night exercises at the same time.
Evening star., 1918-01-13
NIdwinter Weddings,

Guide furnishes the choicest flowers
and most artistic decorations. 1914 l. st.
advertisement
Evening star., 1918-01-13

Paul johnson of the 1916 class at
Central enlisted in the non-hying SEQ
tion of the Aviation Corps recently.
Evening star., 1918-01-13

Uniforms for the cadets at Business
arrived at the school Thursday after
noon.
Evening star., 1918-01-13

The first issue of the Central Bulle-
tin. CentraTs first weekly publication,
appeared Friday. The Bulletin will
mot supplant the monthly Review. but
lis to keep. the student body in touch
with current school activities. The
price is . cents a copy.
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1918-08-23

Best equipped Ford shop in
the state. Western Garrge'
Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1918-08-23
Don't "Spill the Beans"

Here in the Central West and
Southwest, the wheat crop Of
1918 has been safely gathered in,
and the tide of harvest has rolled
northward to the Dakotas and
the great Canadian wheat fields.
1t was a blessed, glorious har-
vest. A kind providence gave
fair weather and men from the
cities went forth by hundreds
and by thousands to shock the
golden grain.
So far, so good, but
Let the baker who thinks he
sees plenty Of new wheat flour
going to market, and new -four
coming from the mills in a CON
slant stream, think twice and
even a third time. A little scratch
ing of the head may also do good
for here is the rub.
While the new crop of wheat
will probably surpass that of any
year in the history of the nation,
the food crisis that called for
stricktest conservation the past
year has not been passed may
yet have reached its highest
point, and therefore the necess-
ity for rigid economy in the use
Of wheat flour during the next
twelve months is Just rs urgent
as ever.
II wogld be a grave mistake
for any baker 10 think the ban
on flour will soon be lifted, and
plan to go back to the good old
days" before the war. The fight
is still on. and every user of food
stutfs must be prepared to stand
fast; and if further conservation
is necessary for the maintain
ance of our soldiers and our
Allies, let's be ready to do it.
Don't be in too big a hurry to
go back. Stick it out to the end.