The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-05-17
AN ARMY PUBLICATION

Sargeant Harry A. Young, formerly
unty surveyor, and now a member
the 18th Engineer regiment, some-
here in France, and where the regi-
en has made an enviable record
pth for efficiency as engineers and
)ady fighters, sends us the February
hmber of "The Spiker," published at
gimental headquarters "by the men
the Eighteenth Engineers Railway,
S. Army" The publication is in
Rgazine form, "a pages, and crowded
Dm cover to cover with interesting,
tertaining and amusing articles and
ems, personal and otherwise, per-
ining to the regiment and the part
is taking in the great adventure.
course the information published
within the rules of censorship, and
als little with the activities and To-
tion of this particular unit of the
herican expeditionary force. To add
the attractiveness of the publica-
Dn are numerous excellently eXecut-
cartoons. 1t is eviden. from the
ntents of "The Spiker" that the men
M the Eighteenth are as handy with
re pen as they are with the tools Of
(keir trade and the guns they carry
- any emergency, and know SO well
Nv to use when the emergency
Uses. We publish an article from
The Spiker," appearing under the
BAD, "To the Folks at Home" which
Drries a message that we should all
IKE to heart in it's demand that the
lpme people should stand loyal, true
nd steadfast to the boys who have
1Dne so far away to fight the battles
"a our country and willingly offer
heir lives to save this land from in
vasion, with all the hateful ruin, de-
ynstation and outrage that has mark
"a the footsteps Of the Hun upon the
ooil of such countries, or parts of
countries, that have been SO unfortun-
lite as to fall into their power:
Il ITO THE FOLKS AT HOME"
Samuel J. Kirkwood, Secretary OF
tlc IlllCllOi Tie NdOihOto Va N'A
dents Garfield and Arthur, while Wal
Governor of Iowa, in the year 1861
made a speech from the steps of the
Old capitol building in which he said
in substance:
4 "These are troublesome times and
There are traitors and spies IN oul
midst who would destroy this Union
IF any man in this state Is traitor
to the cause or insults the flag, shoo'
shim in the act. or in the uttering o.
the word. l am the Governor; youl
pardon awaits you"
What the United States needs at the
present time is forty-eight War GOV
ernors like Samuel ]. Kirkwood.
AS a people we have too much EGG
in our Cosmos. We do big thing II
big way but frequently neglect thu
details. Just now we are on the big
gest job the world has ever known
and it is up to us to get down to tn
materialistic and utilitarian.
We who are in France and thos
who are to follow have no fear TO
the months of toll and battle that lii
before us.-but we do want to know
that the spies and traitors who ar
seeking to block our avenues OF sup
plies and munitions shall not succeed
Alien enemies should he watche
and accounted for. For three night
the writer was with French patro
in one of the largest cities in France
that made the rounds from 1O:3O p n
to 2 a. M Different patrols starte
in different directions from centra
base and literally fine combed tn
city. Sleepers in the parks were rou'
ed out, hotels and lodging houses wer
invaded, pedestrians were held up an
each was made, civilian and soldie
alike, to show his credentials. In Ger
ters of population this is the rule l
France. France is original and effic
ent in her methods.
For years Germany has permeate
the earth with her spies-both mil
tary and commercial who preache
German efficiency, and TOOK observe
tions on the side.
Germany pioneers in nothing b'