Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-09-14

tailor shop in Berne to supply then
with proper uniforms. according to in
formation just reaching the bureau O
prisoners relief.
The officers, it seems, in being hus
tied back from the front by their cap
tors lose their overcOats. blouses an(
even trousers. Frequently their leath
ca shoes, which are greatly coveted b,
the Germans, are taken from them. ant
they are forced to wear wooden shoes
The clothing of others is so damaged
in strenuous fighting as to need re
placement.
To outfit the forty commissioned
Americans known to be in the German
camps and others who may be captured
later, the Red Cross purchased tail.
or shop in Paris and moved tailors and
outfit outright to Switzerland. This
shop is now turning out each week 1:
uniforms made to measurements sup.
piled by mail by the various prisoners
in the various camps. The men are
supplied also with undertaking. shoes,
toilet articles, towels end food. The
food is particularly necessary to sup
plement the meager prison fare for
which the Germans make the captured
officers pay in money.
The stripping Of prisoners apparent
IL takes place only at the front in the
heat and confusion of battle. Camp
committees, appointed by the prisoners
themselves. see that American prison
ers receive supplies sent them.
Experienced flying officers are being
returned from abroad to act as special
instructors in the more advanced cours-
es of aviation training which is being
developed by the air service.
Recent practice in elemental train
ing now gives the candidate more time
il: the air with his instructor than here
tofore. The new plan is known as the
Gosport system or Cali Thru" as it
is popularity called here, and insures
closer contact between the cadet and
instructor When the cadets arrive ut
n flying field from the ground school.
where they have learned much OF the
theory of flight, engine control and re-
pair, radio, signaling and other kindred
subjects. several of them are assigned
to IN instructor who stays with them
until they are qualified in elemental
flying. They are then sent to the spe-
cial schools for final work and train
Ing in their particular line, as pursuit.
reconnaissance, artillery control. OF
bombing pilots. The old practice OF
giving Il cadet so much time in the air
under instruction and then turning him
loose for his first $50 flight, in "sink
Or swim" fashion, is being discontinued.
and what is believed to be Il more safe
and sane system is being adopted.
Organization of forty air squadrons
has been authorized. Four will be To-
Gated at Houston, Tex. and sc. or a
training brigade of three wings, on
Long Island. N. Y.
The base CT this Long Island train
ing brigade, as now planned. will be
H:zclhurst field, near Minecla. The
squadrons will be quartered in groups
nt four or nine outlying fields. These
SQuadrons are to serve under field con-
ditiOns Stimulating, as nearly as prac-
ticable, the conditions behind the lines
in France.
Information received by the chill
lren's bureau OF the department Of
labor seems to indicate that every
where in the United States children
are receiving less milk than they
should have. Such decreases are un-
lCubtedly due in part to the nigh cost
Of milk. 1t is the poorest families
that have been forced to make the
greatest reduction in the amount of
milk purchased. But that reduction
would perhaps not be so great. the
bureau says, if all mothers
fully realized the value Of food in the
liet Of their children.
Milk has been called the perfect
'O0d." Authorities agree that it sup
,lics the elements necessary to the |
growing child in the most digaStible |
'Orm. In spite of it's increasing cost.
{ supplies those elements also in the |
cheapest form. 1t is estimated that,
)n the basis of its nutritive value.
milk compared with steak ut 40 cents
! pound, and eggs at - cents q dozen,
should be priced at about 27,1a cents
quart.
Workers fer Chldren's Year. to
whom the weighing and n.asurinG
est for children under five Years Of
lge has revealed how many children
II the United States are undeveloped
IS IL result of improper diet. are en-
aged in campaigns to brin. the I'M
'5rtance Of milk to the attention Of
mothers and to make it possible for
hem to procure enough milk to keep
heir children strong and we'll. Many
nix stations where mOther>: may re-
Give pure silk at Il nominal cost, or
rec. II they cannot afford 70 pay for
/, have been established in cOnnec-
ion with children's year work. and
ublic measures for ensuring a pure
nd adequate milk SUPPLY have been
Undertaken in many communities.
mOng these measures are the eStab-
shment OF pasturization plants. the
lSpection Of the milk supply. and the
assing of regulations controlling dis
The total value Of all imports into
nc United Kingdom during the
rSt six months of 1918 were $3,173,-
)1.129: Of exports. $1.2O1.211, OS6.
or the same period of 1916 the val
eS were: Imports S231O 7.alO3S. ex- |