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AFTER LINCOLN
BY Joseph K. Cotton
Machine Gun Training Center

(This verse was written in February Of
this year on the anniversary of Lincoln $
birth and was published in various news
papers, originally in Massachusetts, 1t
IS taken from book of verses published
during the summer by the writer)
a world Of freemen-that was Lincoln 5
A league q brotherhood upon the earth,
Shoulder to shoulder each to prove his
worth
And have his bit Of land beside Lies
No potentates to rob or wreck mems
No seourging whips-but fellowship and
with gentle trust and faith in Him
above
Welding the universe and all its parts
a world of freemen-that was Lincoln's
And some day think you will it come
to pass2
When some one like him stands from
out the mass
Tn make the multitude a striving team,
To pull away from sordid schemes Of
strife.
Forgetting SELF and crushing fierce desire.
Their souls rc-SiUdied by a heavenly fire,
To find the way unto the joyous life2
world of freemeu!-that was Lincoln's
Then look you now beyond the stormy
seas
To where an army, hearkening to the
pleas
OF ravished countries, keeps it's vgils
slowly but surely win that dream come
true
Although the earth be running red with
blood.
IN time no earthly force may stay the
flood
OF men Of purpose with a vision new.
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THINGS THAT CANNOT
BE SENT SOLDIERS
AS CHRISTMAS GIFTS

The American Red Cross which has
been delegated by the government to take
care Of Christmas packages. has issued
the following list Of articles which are not
mailable
L. All spirituous vinous, matted, fer
mented or other intoxicating liquors
e. All kinds Of poison and all articles
and compositions containing poison.
r. Explosives Of all kinds
q Infiammabte materials including
friction matches.
s. Internal machines and mechanical
chemical or other devices Of compositions
which may ignite or explode
Note:--Under his classification would
come cigarette lighters etc.
g. Liquids OF lqUehahle articles. fra
gle articles and other admissible matter
when not packed jpn accordance with the
requirements Of the Postal Laws and
Regulations
Z. All other articles which may kill
or 10 any wise hurt harm or injurc an
lniure the mails or other property.
Every package intended for the boys
must be handled hf the Red Cross and
can only be sent in the special box is
sued by them These boxes are only pro-
durable by persons presenting the label
mailed them by the boy in France.
These orders were made by the gov
aroment because Of the scarcity Of ship
HuG facilities No boy in France viii be
'rgotten unless his people at home lose
1e slip he sends them for on no condi-
t17 viii a duplicate slip be issued
All packages must he in the office Of
'r- local Chapter of the Red Cross not
Atcr than Novem is.
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KEEP FIT TO FIGHT

big program clear with all these de-
tails coming every moment to con-
fuse2 Have you ever thought that
one OF the greatest of Marshal Foch's
duties is to be able to sleep after the
tremendous mental activity OF the
day? Have you ever thought what
might happen to the world if Marshal
Foch could not sleep, if he ever had
nerves" if he were not always abso-
lutely Eft" If he were to make the
mistake chat Ludendorff is hoping he
may make?
All the strategy would be valueless
without the poise and fitness.
To be IF" that is the essence Of
the soldiers job. That is the acid
test of his manhood and Of his ability
to play a mans part in this war which
demands all that every man has Of
manhood.
The lives of a company or Of regi-
mental any time-depend upon the
fitness, the poise, the calm, steady
nerves and quick thought Of any sol.
der in the ranks, And no soldier ever
has those things unless he deliberately
builds them up in himself. II sounds
preachy, but it is a fact nevertheless.
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Marshal Foch has spent his whole
lifetime in perfecting the strategy
which is winning the war.
An unusually intelligent nian--con~
to the utmost for a few
months--might possibly learn from
Marshal Foch the most important
points in that strategy,
But the knowledge would be abso-
lutely valueless to him unless he pos
sessed the other thing which it has
taken Marshal Foch his whole life
time to pefect--tfe thing which is the
most important part Of every soldiers
equipment; the thing without which
all the rest is of no value.
That is poise--the ability to keep
your head no matter how tremendous
the excitement about you; the ability
to keep utterly calm. cool and col
lected; the ability to keep always
clearly in mind the big IDEAS into
which all the details must be properly
fitted.
Have you ever thought of the tens
of thousands of facts which are
brought to the Allied Generalisino
every day. Have you ever thought
how difficult it must be to keep the
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OVER THERE

,,r- s." means Trrcooa{tior91 e,,~rs,,t-
or
The Huns are JIM the 18Th week of
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NN'00''N 10 'eN' 'i"i'' DS''''''
,
sill = 0ls7 {i7 tooaE Houheu an the
garian territory within thirty days She
considers this part Of her Fan house
cleaning
1sfh-Tha Teutops are taking high and
are cvacuatine the territory Of Serbia,
Albania and Montenegro
,o. -r,. r,.7.i,,,., l,-.-4 ,,44~,l,.
SUI .'e NJ - Ri, y
lLseU 45ou' S,iS ~ al, b.-,. .,ss . 800
80, "'S 'NN's '''''7 '-'- 0'''
"s"iH'
,.-+ =.
l9th-General Mafeh announces ln4l IN
the past iour Gays lhe Yer ile"is nave
sWrendered SuV square miieS ol territory
20 the alles,
1qtb-Kaiser Wilhelm had a dream. He
draamt the Attn Liberty Loan In the U. S.
was failure. Dreams always so 90 the
contrary when upon money matters and
lova affairs
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peoples in the old world the liberty
and freedom, the freshness of soul and
the cleanness of mind our great coun-
try has given to all who have come
under her unsullied flag.
Just as we can close our eyes and
see the American colors carried by
from every corner of the whole vast
expanse of America; can see it flown
by great fleets of warships and trans
ports across the sea; can see it borne
along the roads of France and Elan
ders to the frontiers of civilization, so
men of ali future time will close their
eyes and see the American flag car
ried bravely and triunphantly across
the pages of history; will see it come
as a symbol of great, human aspira-
tons to bring freedom and peace to
an harrassed world.
Think how men will be stirred, how
they will thrill and be uplifted, when
they read of Americas Crusadel They
will conjure it all up from the begin
ming, will see it unfold before them as
some marvellous and inspiring pageant.
They will see America going steadily
along on her career of peace. They
will see the Great War begin, and
Americas shocked and Mortified
amszsment. They will see the years
1915 and 1916; the valiant fight offered
by the Allies; the incomprehensible
horrors and atrocities committed by
Germany; the slowly developing de-
termination of America.
They will see a great nation, stand
ing squarely back OF the great Presi-
dent, who so marvelously voices the
thoughts of all the nations, slowly
strip for action. They will see the
cities and towns and villages, the
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WHEN AMERICA FIGHTS

New fighting methods as we'll as
fresh fighting men have gone to the
western front under the American col
ors. The Germans were given taste
of these methods when the Canadians
went overseas to join their British
comrades, but our men from the
United States have introduced ideas
Of modern warfare that differ even
from those put into practice by the
soldiers of the Dominion. Absolute
confidence in the superiority of weap-
ons with which we soldiers are thor
oughly familiar is one of the charac-
teristics that have made the soldiers
under General Pershing's command a
superb military organization.
"A large number Of the American
troops that got into the thick of the
lighting when the last German often
sive was converted into a defeat were
made UP Of seasoned regiments.
Many of these men had gained valu-
able experience in the old regular
army, in the national guard, or in the
marines. They handled their rifles
and automatic pistols in actual battle
as cooliy as if on the range. They
kept their heads and made their am
munition count. Again and again.
according to the testimony of CORE
spondents, they stopped German
rusiles by the precision and steadiness
OF their firing. And the feature of
this defensive work that particularly
impressed their French Allies on
either side was the fact that they used
long range sights on their rifles and
began dropping individuals in the
enemy ranks at distances that amazed
the observers. Throughout the fight
ing, they gave remarkable demon
stration of individual fighting skill
controlled, but not curtaiied, by per
feet discipline.
1t is this combination IN the Aneri-
can lighting man that puzzles the Ger
mans. They had been told that Amer
,ea is nation of sordid money-grab-
bers and that men drawn from banks,
atorcs, factories and shops could not
be transformed into soldiers in time
10 effect tho decisive battles on the
western from this year. 1t is quite
possible that she members of the Ger
man general staff were entirely honest
in this belief. Their opinions are
based on actual experiences in the
training Of their own men for military
service. 1t does not seem to have oc-
CURED to them that a nation as highly
Intelligent as the United States and a
eeople as naturally adaptable as
Americans can take up any business,
even the business of war, in a fraction
OF the time required by the Teutons.
The DrOQf that this is trrIe ssyar fttv
niahed when the German military ma
chine struck snag last month. AL
though, as we have said, large num-
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ATHOME


The 4th Liberty Loan was oversub-
scribed last Saturday.
The army death-rate Is IS per thoua-
and, The death-rate for the civilians Of
the corresponding ages is 6.i per thous-
and,
1Sth-It was announced by Fuel Admin
istrator Garfield that an average OF )
millions gallons Of gas was saved each
Sunday during the observance OF case
less sundays. How much gas is s millions
gallons? Enough TO run 81 Ford around
the earth $500 time, at the rate Of 20
miles to the gallon or enough to run
a large Army truck for $4,000 days in its
regular line Of duty.
lSth--A war salvage commission Of sew
en- members is provided by a bill which
passed the House yesterday. The duties
survey Of all Government property after
the war and determine what shall he
done with il. Who wants job on this
Commission? The salary provided by the
bill is $4,000 per year.
19th-Chairmau Hurley of the shipping
Board. states that the month Of Septem-
Der broke all previous records in the de
iveries Of ships from the L. S. ship
building yards. Thru the month there
We're a vessels built and delivered to
the shipping Board.
2Oth-From the reports Of Brig. Gen
eral Wood Acting Quartermaster Gener-
al Of the Army. some interesting facts
may be gathered The reports Indicate
just what II cCsts to maintain a soldier
"over seas" ana in the United States. We
will state it briefly. 1t costs our govern
ment S42337 4 year for each soldier over
seas and 3277S for each soldier in this
country.
20th-The Food Administration made
some figures talk for his department He
shows that each soldier eats his own
weight Of food every 81 days. The aver
age weight of our soldiers is about 100
pounds soldier eats 4.3 lbs of food
each day. There are now millions sol
diers in France. So it becomes necessary
to send 1859 100 tons of food TO France
every 81 days.
2lst-Fewer soft drinks for the soldiers
in the Camps is the new order from the
War Department. Soda pop will not be
so Plentiful in Army Canteens as here
tofore. The Food Administrator has or
dered that onlyq so per cent as much
sugar can be used for soft drinks for the
coming year as in 1918. oh well, Baechus
is willing
21st-The United States today grant
ed additional loans TO our Allies as fol-
lows:
5000. 600 600 to Italy and 500. 600 to
France. The total amount of money the
u, s has now loaned to the Allies is ST.
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SOLDIER AND SAILOR INSURANCE

SOLDIER AND SAILOR INSURANCE.
The business of insuring our soldiers
and sailors is scarcely year old, and
We. we have written more than $4,000
900 900 Of insurance, insuring approx
mately three and a half million Of SOL
diers and sailors. This gigantic business,
employing 10000 individuals and doing a
greater business than the largest insur-
ance company Of the world has all been
organized in less than 12 months. OF
late the bureau has been doing mbre
than a billion dollar a week business; the
total for the month Of August will ap-
proxiamte SIS 000. 0o0, 90 in new insurance
on one day 9225S pieces Of mail came to
the bureau.
II is a great work. an intricate work.
work that every American APPROVES or
More than 90 per cent Of the members
OF our military and naval forces and in
sured, and this Insurance has strengthen
ed the morale of our fighting men and
brought comfort and courage to their de-
pendents at home. In addition to the in
suranee there are added soldier and sailor
family ailotments and Government allow
ances to dependents, the disbursement Of
allotments and allowances already total
ing more than $4,000 0oO.
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crowded streets and the quiet country
lanes, from which brave men, laying
aside the old interests of peace take
up the ways of war, determined that
Prussianism shall no longer be per-
nlitted to exist. They will see soldiers
arise as by magic; see them trained
and sent TO the erubarkation ports.
They will see the transports move out
bearing the crusaders who 60 TO risk
all with no hope of gain and no selfish
motive. They will see the hard strug-
gle, the triumphant end They will
see the transports bearing back to
new, ennobled, exalted America the
valiant spirits who participated in the
fight. They will see the years Of
happy peace that follow. They will
see Americas young men slowly
growing old, ever more and more
proud of their participation in the
great struggle, ever more and more
honored BY the rising generation,
looking back always to the unbeliev-
ably splendid days Of their fortunate
and wonderful youth.
The very names of the boats that
bear Us over the ocean, back to the
lands from which our ancestors came,
will be remembered. Every name Of
every transport will figure in the
poetry, the literature, the art, the his
tory of the future. Generation after
generation viii remember and think
Of these experiences we are under
going today. Let us determine to see
the adventure as they will see it. Let
US understand the great privilege
which is ours Let US be infinitely
glad and happy that we are living in
such epic times and have been granted
the honor of participating in the great
est adventure of history.
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Grin-AidS

After being with the family for "a
number of years Mary Jane suddenly
announced TO her mistress the news
Of her approaching marriage, and ii
was received with great coustern4-
don.
Il hope. said the mistress, that
you have given the matter very serious
consideration.
oh. yes. indeed have, ma'am,
said the girl very earnestly, i've been
to two fortune teIlers and a clairvoy-
ant, and dreamed on a lock of his hair
and been to one Of these asterologers.
and they an says SO ahead. [ amt
one to marry reckless like, ma'am 49,
Tit-Bits.
1t was at a technical class for young
students The usual lecturer being
absent. his place had been taken by a
substitute. AT the end Of his discourse
he told the boys he would be pleased
to answer any questions.
There was only one response to the
invitation.
IF you please. sir, can YOU tell us
when the other lecturer Will be back"
The valor and candid simplicity Of our
Indian Babu is proveUbjal a story goes
OF one auent the German east campaign
was about the most laConic, competent,
deadly earnest station master and marks
man combined that ever lived A regi-s
meut of men like him would end the
war, for this is the wire he sent
"Oue hundred Germans attacking
ton. Send Immediately one rifle au.
leo rounds of ammunition
A soldier of the Seventh Illinois. ac-
cording to Major Brady was hmpiug
around camp "lison. Gown in ieHas'
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Washington. D. c-The magnificent vic
tories of the British forces under General
Alenby in the Holy Land gives timely
interest to war geography bulletin is
sued today by the National Geographic
Society. The bulletin which is based on
communication to the Society from
William II. Hail says;
Where Turkey joins to Egyp! is Pal
estine, No spot on earth in all the world
bears such memories for so many and
suvma variety of peoples as the rugged
mountain slopes narrow valleys, and half
desert wastes OF Judea and Galilee Peer
rus8lem-~the mere mention Of these
names tells the stiry of Abraham and
Moses and David, OF the prophets of Israel
and OF the Son of Man.
Kings and priests and people come
from the north and the south, from the
east and the west. and bring the glory OF
the nations to do homage TO the memo-
RIGS that cluster about these sacred
shrines.
I'm Syria was the one green spot of
Turkey-the Lebanon Mountains, In 1860
because OF maSSaCres the European Pow
ers Insisted that these mountains be made
autonomous And since that date this
little district has been living demonstra
ton Of what good government win pro-
duce and of what the people of the land
are capable of becoming.
The steep mountain sides have been
terraeed TO a height Of 1900 feet and
planted 20 olives. figs. and vines Taxes
have been low. safety to person and prop
erty secured. good roads built and kept
in repair The people have constructed
more comfortable homes and have sent
their sons 90 schools and college
THE story of the achievements Of the
Lebanon and its sons during these sixty
years OF autonomy would be thrilling
narrative in itself. Now that autonomy
has been taken away. the Labanon is
PROSTATE IN famine.
practically the wohle Turkish Er1pire
is Of the same surface condemnation
high mountain ranges along the sea- coast
with elevated plain and plateau in the
interior. These inner plains are geuer-
ally fertile, being constantly renewed by
soil washed fro mthe surrounding moun-
tains. Where rain is sufficient, or where
watM can be obtained for irrigation, they
produce fine crops OF grain.
I'm ancient times the mountains were
everywhere covered with forests. The
cedars of Lebanon not only furnished
timber for the building Of Soomon's Tenn
pie in Jerusalem. but the kings of Egypt
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CHAFF-ERoM WILD OARS
BY URSUs. Camp shelby

DOG-irots here asd there,
AWAITING results 2gfth
PALLID face.
THE landscape looks
Glenn as hounds tooth
UNTIL last-4'sStsate sand40rtn
DEPOSITS fhrre iaches of
DIRT on everything!
THE SKber-cr8hc yldes ab en-
An Gato He steps or aud
GREETS the Colonel, the C0laFeI
HANDS him q good cigar and
HOLDS a lighted mGtch
IN The crcitement the match
BURNS the CoIouei's haHd--cs5
He losses IT 9agnyi
UNFORTUNATE ocfl
THE SHber-crstic t4rns
4POPLECTIC, seieeS the burr
STUB of the match for eUsdeH..
Tries to sbeaA-but sobS and
LEAPS into his auto seat
THERE to zugJfe: "SdHitdiioa
or camp uery bad."
.4FTER has. he Colonel skins
THE Sanitary Inspector and the
INSPECTOR gees home ~ Square
CaHP,
KICKS has deg of tAs porch. aad Cd
BUYS his mother -is-lazy
ONE-R44Y ttckef to her home. 80
NORTH. He edyHS no cross
BUT the cross he beor5. No
WONDER thst has sose Sc
PERPETUALLY brittle!
HIS c0ascieace IS ksS
ONLY soarie of compliment,
4 bYssT fas- a.
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THE GREAT ADVENTURE

The men who sail on the American
transports today embark on the great
est most unselhsh and most glorious
adventure of all history. For thou
sands of years to come men will
eagerly read and talk of the great en-
terprise in which Americans of today
are privileged TO participate. For
thousands OF years to come, men
worthy of the name will envy those
who are permitted to fight for Amer
ica's splendid ideals in the epic strug-
gle of all time.
From the great countries of Europe
which have served as the cradle for
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the civilization to which we belong,
brave, valiant and adventurous spirits,
hungry for freedom and liberty, have
sailed across the ocean to this clean
and fresh America, the very name of
which has slowly come to mean so
much to all the world. America has
taken them, given them happiness,
freedom, riches and contentment in
the fullest possible measure.
Now their descendants return across
the ocean to destroy the bestial thing
which is the eternal foe Of all the
ideals America represents; return
across the ocean to bring to oppressed
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lLL-ADVIsoRY.
Bureau Of Information,
(By A. Einson)

(By A. Einson)
Dear Editor: Now that Germany
IS willing to accept peace it looks as
il this war is nearing the finish ! am
mn ambitious young man, with little
money to invest in some safe, sane
nd substantial business after the war
settled and I am released from The
rmK Kindly advise me OF a good
plan. Yours.
WANNA MAKE A DOLLAR
Ny Dear Wanna Make a Dollar. Buy
small farm and raise canary birds.
Canary meat is sweet and tender nd
ran serve as chicken substitute The
birds eat polly seeds You can plant
that ON your farm at little expense. AS
"a trim for ladies' hats nothing is bet
ter The feathers Of inferior grade
can be used for pillow and mattress
stuhings. This is a unique plan be-
cause when the boys return from
over There they viii need p!llowo and
mattresses on a large scale. Go to if.
Good luck to you, Yours. Editor.
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THEY say nobody
LOVES a fat man
BUT fat man Is a
SOUL-mate for movie
VAMPIRE, If you compare
HIM with that
INDIVIDUAL called the
SANITARY Inspector!
A brief for the
SANITARY Inspector!
DAY Ia and out nc
1'ROTS, smiling for
STRANGE odors, getting
C9OsE-UPS Of things
UBSRgENTEONABI4EE, writing
NOTES, sK1inning all who
WILL not maintain things
In a sanitary manner.
HE is as popular as
CLOWNS S& a funeral;
THE moro efficient he is
THE more his friends
AVESET their faoes--hs
COULDN'T borrow
TEN spot If his
LIFE Depended on 1t.
IN rain and under hot
SUN, he trudges along, and
PRESENTATION erawIs over and
DOWN military channels.
EVER faithful, he Ia
EVER cursed
AND there comes a
GREAT day, when the
SUPER-critic wires his
IMPENDING arrival for
INSPECTION. Brooms friction,
AND nops are worn down to
HANDLES. The Sanitary Inspector
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You can't beat these South Carolina
girls that's all Two issues ago we
printed a message IN verse, which we
answered. Right off the bat Clara
Louise fyep, that's her name) comes
closed under special delivery
When next he called, upon his lap
SHE took her usual seat.
IAN fitted out In over&iloes
And macintosh COMPLETE.
s,And all went well, until of love
She vainly tried to speak;
The shock 1t was too much for him,
4 His heart began to leak
But even then the loving pair
Loved on without stop.
Until he developed drops-y
And down she slid--ker nlop.
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Americans have always had fond
ness for visiting Germany. From the
present outlook the Sausage SINGERS
are going to see great influx of Amer
lean tourists this winter.
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Newspaper accounts carry the news
shat lzxet Pssha has been appointed
the prsrior of Turkey. What we want
to know is lxzet human?