The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-02-07
Gen. .Pershing Praises American
Fighting Men i'm France.

Gen. .Pershing Praises American
Fighting Men in France.
In a recent communication to Sec
retary of War Baker, the commander
of the American Expeditionary For
ces said:
There has never been a similar
body of men to lead as clean lives as
our American soldiers in France.
They have entered this war with the
highest devotion to duty and with no
other Idea than to perform these du-
ties In most efficient manner posi-
bic. They fully realize their obliga-
tion to their own people, their friends
and the country. A rigid program of
instruction is carried out daily with
traditional American enthusiasm. En-
gagged In healthy. interesting exercis-
es In the open air, with simple diets,
officers and men. like trained athle-
tes, are ready for their tasks. For
hidden the use of strong drink and
protected by stringent regulations
against sexual evils, and supported
by their own moral courage, their
good behavior is the subject of most
favorable comments, especially by our
allies. American mothers may rest
assured that their sons are a credit
to them and to the Nation, and they
may well look forward to the proud
day when on the battlefield these
splendid men will shed a new lustre
on American manhood"
New Courses Added to Medical Train.
ing Camps and Capacity is
Increased. '
Ten new sections are included in
the courses for officers in medical
training camps at Fort Oglethorpe,
TIA. end Fort Riley, Kans.' Fort Ki-
ley has capacity of 1000 men, ani
enlargement of the school at Fort
Oglethorpe to the same size has been
authorized, its present capacity being
$500. The ultimate needs of the
Medical Department of the Army
look to training camps with capaci-
ties totaling $4,000 to 1000 officers
and men.
There have been graduated from
medical training camps since June 1,
or are now under instruction, about
5000 officers and 10000 enlisted
men. Various groups now in active
service have been trained, including
officers and men, to operate ambu-
lance companies, field hospitals. evac-
uation hospitals, base hospitals, and
hospital trains.
Railway Systems of United States in
Three Divisions.
For purposes of operation railroads
of the United States have been placed
in three divisions, as follows:
Eastern railroads The railroads
in that portion of the United States
north of the Ohio and Potomac Riv-
ers and east of Lake Michigan and
the Indiana-Illinois State line; also
those railroads in Illinois extending
into that State from points east of the
Indiana-I Illinois State line; also the
Ohio, Norfolk & Wes-
tern, and the Virginian Railroads.
Southern railroads.-All railroads
in that portion of the United States
south of the Ohio and Potomac Riv-
ers and east Of the Mississippi River,
except the Chesapeake & Ohio, Nor
folk & Western, and the Virginian
Railways, and also those railroads in
illinois and Indiana extending into
hose States from points south of the
Ohio River.
Western railroads.-All railroads
lot included in the above definitions
md, broadly speaking, all railroads
n the territory west of Lake Michi-
ran and of the Indiana-Illinois State
inc to the Ohio River and west of the
River from the Ohio Riv-
# to the Gulf of Mexico, excepting
hose railroads in Illinois and Indiana
Included in southern territory, as a
ove stated.
)irectOr General of Railroads Will