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Sanitary Division, First Lieut.. P. F. Doran of the Dental Division, Major Clarence Quinan of the Sick and the Finanre Division, Major S. Strauss of the General Transport Division, First Lieut.. J. W. Dennin, the liaison officer and Lieut.. c. D. Wise of the Historical and Statistical Division. Second in command to Colonel Ken nedy is Lieut.. Col. c. T. King.
 "Our plan" said Colonel Kennedy yesterday, which has been carefull:' worked out, may be briefly described as follows: When the wounded and III from overseas arrive in New York harbor they will be transferred to one of the three debarkation hos pitals, which are now ready, and from the debarkation institutions to what we call receiving hospitals, of which three are now ready and several oth- CTS will shortly be acquired.
 "As soon as they are transferred to the receiving hospitals the men will be segregated according to wounds or disease, after which, and at the earl jest possible opportunity consistent with the proper care and treatment of the patients, they will be transfer red by boat and rail to the proper re- construction hospitals, whenever pos sible to the institution nearest the home of the patient
 T may mention that among the places where orthopaedic patients will be sent are hospitals near Washing ton, Baltimore and at Colonia, N. J., while homeopathic cases will go to Fort Porter. N. Y, and probably to an institution which is contemplated in New Yock city. The general re- construction hospitals are situated i'll all parts of the country"
 In New York city the Medical Corps-has 4lso organized a fleet of six hospital boats, which will be ready for operation whenever Colonel Kennedy says the word. Picked crews man these ships. while the American Red Cross has supplied the nurses. Every thing possible to make for the com fort of the patients has been installed on these craft.
 The three debarkation hospitals now ready :n New York are at Ellis Island, Fox Hills,a S. T., and Eigh- teenth street and Sixth avenue, New York, the fast named being the ole Greenhut department store building | The fact that the government was ne. | gotiating foc the Grand Central Pal.
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futably established proof of extrava- gance, of faulty ammunition, of scar city of equipment, of want of co-or- dination and many other things be re- vived?
 If a Republican Administration, Republican Senate and a Republican House did not cover themselves with glory then, why should they now,
 If Then-Why Not Now?
 Unity of action in Washington is as essential to the success of the present war as it was during the spanish-Arn- erican war, if anything more so, be- cause the task is much more gigantic. Republican leaders claimed it then, Democratic administration might we'll claim 1t now, and the claim in both instances would be well founded. The chance for unity of action is in creased by electing to both Senate and l House men of the Presidents party. Support the President" was made 1 the issue in 1898, when Republican leaders made the concerted plea to the people that the defeat of Mckinley s party at the polls would be misinter- preted in the capitals of Europe. Support the President" should be the issue now, when the election of men of Wilson's party to the Senate and House will indicate that there is as little break in the ranks here as there Is in the ranks on the battle- field "over there" and when the con trary now-as claimed then-would be misinterpreted in the capitals of Europe and construed "aG a refusal to sustain the war" and our aims in the war.
 And so the principal issue in the fall campaigns this year is the same as 1t was in the fall campaigns in 1898. The Republicans used it then. The Democrats should use it now. It won
 out then-it will win out now.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04
THE DRoMEDARY OF TAKDoM
(Henry Se1del Canby in the October
 Yale Review)

(Henry seidel Canby in the October
 Yale Review.)
 It was with the Whfppet that im- agination touched the Tanks. The Whippet---so named I suppose from the speedy dog which chases rabbits to earth---is the pacing dromedary of Tankdorn. She is light---only a few tons I should guess---and instead of Accommodating man Jonah-like in her entrails, carries cab like a cameps hump, from which one can look, some- times perpendicularly, behind. The Wh1ppet has two engines, one for each of her paw series, and that &C., counts for her eccentric motion. As she runs her eight, ten, up to a con- ceivable 20 miles, an hour, she squeals raucouSly. At a rock or a stump both bad for Tanks, which can be 'hung up' on their "bellies" ---she wh1rls with unbelievable rapidity, till your eyes are looking one way and your stomach another. Then she rum- bles gaily over the field seeking for trees under 12 inches through to prac- tice on, sees trench, rises on her hind quarters, drops below skyline
 
 further bank, rolls up screaming and charges off for more.
 A bank attracts her. She noses 1t until she finds an angle 1tot quite, but almost perpendicular, and sticking her nails in the sod, worms up, while you cling to the machine gun, and look at grass which is both back of and be- low you. And as she goes she spits oil, blows dust, and flattens the world behind her. If an enemy, you may escape her by lying on the bottom of trench; you can smash her with a shell if you can catch her on the wing. which is not easy; but the preferable place with a Whippet is Dn top. Never was devised a more dangerous, hu- morous, human engine of warfare than this.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04
THE WAY THEY DO
 IN CAYUGA COUNTY

W. II. Depew, President of the Cayu- ga County Farm Bureau Association, has written to the Liberty Loan Com mittee as follows:
 "With reference to the Fourth Liber- ty Loan would say that the farmers of Cayuga County have responded ad- mirably to every opportunity to loan to the Government and will gladly buy as many bonds as they possibly can with out any exhortation whatsoever.
 "We may have to GIVE our boys, but only LEND our money"
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low and red, and they are in three vertical bars, named in the order they occupy from the flagstaff to the flying tip. This flag today Is a symbol of sacri- fee and courage and commands the admiration of the world.
 Belgium's colOrs are those of Brabant, a former Duchy, and Belgium's national motto Is Union Makes Strength" On August ?, 1914, the German armies invaded Belgium, there by forcing her into war. Brus- sels was occupied by the enemy on August 20, 1914.
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France Is land of supermen, whose names ring as easily and as pat on our tongues as do those of our own gen. erals. Here is one not so well known General Weygand. His smile augurs well for the future of the war, so far as France is concerned. Help him all you can. One way to do 1t Is to buy Liberty Bonds It helps you and il helps your country win the war. Buy till ~ hurts
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04
A PERMANENT PEACE.

. The enemy hints ana the enemy pre- poses peace according to his ideas, but we will never have a peace except . permanent peace; and the way to make a permanent peace come quickly and surely Is by backing up the Fourth Liberty Loan and buying
 bonds! r
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04

 "A VIRTUE

Twin the War" is the foremost task of our nation. To that we all agree. How to win the war; is attempted to be made the issue in the fall cam paigns for United States Senate and the House of Representative by Re- publican politicians.
 They advocate the election of Re- publicans to both houses of Congress, but fadl to state in clear-cut terms why; and that is what the conscien- cious voter wants to know.
 To lay claim, as the Republicans ambiguously attempt, to a monopoly in men of caliber and brains is ri diculous and not borne out by fact. There are men with unusual qualifi- cations in both parties The Presi- dent has recognized this by calling them to his aid, regardless of politi- cal affiliations.
 If Not Then-Why Now?
 Why a Republican Senate and a Re- publican Congress should be better tQualified to conduct this war, any fair minded man must fail to see. Can such claim be based upon past performances?
 Though infinitesimally small, when compared with the present war, our Spanish-American war was conduct ed by a Republican administra ton. We won-its true. But was 1t con- ducted in such an amazingly efficient manner from Washington as to reflect discred1t upon the present?
 Has it been forgotten that well founded and most severe criticism was given nation wide publicity then.
 Should it be necessary to mention lack of sanitation and lack of many other things in our camps both here and abroad during that war?
 Must the "embalmed beef phrase be brought to light? Must the ire
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04

gIum adopt ed her na- tional flag In 1881. The
 colors of this flag are black, vel
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04

Merchant tonnage completed in British shipyards in September amounted to 144772 tons.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04

Total sale of War Saving and Thrift stamps to date in New York is placed at $30, 78O, ,349.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-10-04
Belgian Flag Day.

New York, Sept. 2S.-Today Is Belgian Flag Day in the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign. Bel
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CHAPTER II.-continued.
Ter royal highness--"

"Her royal highness--"
"Annunciata is q fool" said his ma
jesty. Then, dismissing his daughter
with a gesture, "We don't know how
to raise our children here" he said
ampatiently. "The English do better.
And even the Germans"
1t is not etiquette to lower ones
eyebrows at a king and glare. But
General Mettlich did it. lie was rather
a poor subject. 'The Germans have
not our problem, SIRE" he said, and
stuck up his mustache.
"Pm not going to raise the boy a
prisoner" insisted the king stubbornly.
General Mettlich bent forward and
placed a hand on the old mans knee.
S'We shall do well, SIRE" he said
gravely, ito raise the boy at ALL"
There was a short silence, which the
king broke. "What is new?"
1--WE have broken up the university
meetings, but fancy they go on, in
small groups. / was gratified, how
ever, to observe that a group Of stu
dents cheered his royal highness yes
terday as he rode past the university
buildings. The outlying districts are
quiet So, too, is the city. Too quiet,
wire.'
"They are waiting, of course, for my
DEATH" said the king quietly. IF
only you were twenty years younger
than I am, it would be better" He
liked the general with shrewd eyes.
A'What do those asses Of doctors say
about me?"
'Even at the best, sire" He
looked very ferocious, and cleared his
throat. He was terribly ashamed that
his voice was breaking. "Even at the
best, but Of course they can only give
an opinion"
"Six months?"
"a year, SIRE"
'And at the worst!" said the king.
with grim smile. Then, following
mis- own line of thought: "But the
people love the boy, / think"
'They do. 1t is for that reason,
sire, that advise particular caution"
He hesitated. Then, "Sire," he said
fCdlHSolIy, lucIC ID SUIHcC1AlnS VI
which / must speak. The Committee
of Ten has organized again."
Involuntarily the king glanced at
the photograph on the table.
Forgive me, sire, If l waken bitter
memories. But I fear"
'You fearl" said the king. "Since
when have you taken to fearing?"
Nevertheless" maintained General
Mettlich doggedly, II fear. This quiet
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(ro BE CoNTINUED.l
Looked Like Money.

He was a ballroom boy, but so we'll
groomed that he looked like ready
money. She was sweet young thing
and he was striving hard to make an
impression, muses. a Gotham exchange.
They were standing before an automo-
bile display window in Broadway.
There" he said, pointing to an exc
hibit marked $1,000, ''is the car I'm
going to get for the girl marry. I've
had more expensive ones, but FOB
standing up qualities and class at the
same time you can't beat that model
there" "Oh," she cooed, beaming with
rapture. won't that" "Why, he.4
10, Eddiel' The fantasy was inter-
rupted by loud, cordial voice as the
intruder laid his hand on the young
mans shoulder. 81 haven't seen you
since you quit the taxi game. hear
you're driving for the Blanks now.
How'd you like it?" And little while
later the girl was saying with a little
sigh: "Let's go to the movies. / see
where a new nickel show has opened
over in the avenue"
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Perhaps the old kings memory was
good. Perhaps there was change II
Mettlich's voice.
"A good boyY
"None better, sire. He is devoted
to his royal highness. He is outside
now"
"Bring him in. I'll have a look al
him.
Milky, summoned by a chamberlain
stopped inside the doorway and bowed
deeply.
"Come here" said the king.
He advanced.
"How old are ycu?''
"Twenty-three, sire"
"In the grenadiers, I believe"
Milky bowed.
Like horses?" said the king sud
denly.
'.Very much, SIRE"
"And boys?"
'T-some boys, sire"
'Humph! Quite right, too Little
devils, most Of them" He drew him
self up in his chair Lieutenant
Larisch," he said, "His royal highness
the crown prince has taken liking
to you. I believe 1t is to you that our
fright today is due"
Nikky's heart thumped. He went
rather pale.
ut is my intention, Lieutenant Lar
isch. to place the crown prince in your
personal charge. For reasons / need
not go into, it Is imperative that he
take no more excursions alone. / want
real friend for the little crown
prince. One who is both brave and
loyal"
Afterward, in his small room, Milky
composed aneat, well-rounded speech,
in which he expressed his loyalty,
gratitude, and undying devotion to the
crown prince. It was an elegant lit
tie speech. Unluckily, the occasion for
1t had gone by two hours.
I'll am grateful. sire," was what
he said. "I-" And there he stopped
and choked up. It was rather dread
full.
81 depend on you, Captain Larisch, y
said the king gravely, and nodded his
head in gesture of dismissal.
Milky backed toward the door, struck
a hassock, all but went down, bowed
again at the door, and fled.
"a fine lad" said General Mettlich,
shut no talker."
GAIL fho hnttnrw ronlin6 his ma ioS-
ty. 81 am tired of men who talk
well. And he smiled family Il
am tired Of you. You talk too well.
You make me think. I don't want to
think. I've been thinking all my life
It is time to rest, my friend"
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game fairly. The guard at the rail-
way, he felt, would not have yelled
and wept. "Oh, well, / threw a piece
Of paper. That's all. / didn't think
it would hurt"
Miss Braithwaite rose and glanced
at the carpet. But Milky was quick.
Quick and understanding. He put his
shiny foot over the paper wad.
"Paper!'' said Miss Braithwaite.
'sWhy did you throw paper? And at
NJ Puaux?"
T-just felt like throwing some
thing" explained his royal highness.
IT guess it's the sun, or something"
Milky dropped his glove, and mirac-
ulously, when he had picked it up the
little wad was gone.
''For throwing paper, five marks, y
said Miss Braithwaite, and put 1t
down in the book she carried in her
pocket 1t was rather an awful book.
On Saturdays the king looked it over,
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CHAPTER III.
At the Riding School.


His royal highness the Grown Prince
Ferdinand William Otto was in dis
grace.
He had risen at six, bathed, dressed
and gone to mass, in disgrace. He
had breakfasted at seven-thirty on
fruit, cereal, and one egg, in disgrace,
He had gone to his study at eight
o'clock for lessons, in disgrace. A
long line Of tutors came and went all
morning, and he worked diligently, but
he was still in disgrace. All morn
I ing long and in the intervals between
tutors he had tried to catch Miss
Braithwaite's eye.
Except for the most ordinary civil.
tiles, she had refused to look in his
direction.
| The French tutor was standing near
a photograph of Hedwig, and pretend.
ing not to look at it. Prince Ferdinand
William Otto had suspicion that the
tutor was in love with Hedwig.
Prince Ferdinand William Otto did
rot like the French tutor.
He also found the sun unsettling
Besides, he hated verbs. Nouns were
different. One could do something
with nouns, although even they had
way of having genders. Into his
head popped recollection of de.
| lightfuI pastime Of the day before
nothing more nor less than Tipping
paper wads at the guard on the scenic
railway as the car went past him.
Prince Ferdinand William Otto tore
off the corner of a piece OF paper
chewed it deliberately, rounded an6
hardened it with his royal fingers, and
aimed it at M. Puaux. It struck him
in the eye.
Instantly things happened. M
Puaux yelled, and clapped hand to
his eye. Miss Braithwaite rose. His
royal highness wrote rather shaky
French verb, with the wrong termina-
ton. And on to this scene came
Milky for the riding lesson.
Milky surveyed the scene. He had
Of course, bowed inside the door, and
all that sort of thing. But Milky YVES
an informal person, and was quite apt
| to bow deeply before his future sover.
eign, and then poke him in the chest
"Well!" said Milky.
"Good morning." said Prince Ferdi-
nand William Otto, in a small and
nervous voice.
Nothing wrong, is there?" de.
manded Milky.
4
M. Puaux got ont his handkerchief
and said nothing violently.
"Otto!" said Miss Braithwaite
| "What did you do?"
Nothing" He looked about. He
was quite convinced that NJ. Puauz
was what Bobby would have termed
a poor SPORT and had MOI played the
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and demanded explanations: "t'or
untidy nails, five marksl A gentle
man never has untidy nails, Otto. For
objecting to winter flannels, two
marks. Humph For pocketing sugar
from the tea tray, ten marks Humph
For lack Of attention during religious
instruction, five marks. Ten of for
the sugar, and only five for inattention
to religious instruction. = What have
you to say, sir?"
Prince Ferdinand William Otto
looked at Milky and Milky looked
back. Then Ferdinand William OttO's
left eyelid dropped. Milky was
astounded. How was he to know the
treasury Of strange things that the
crown prince had tapped the previous
afternoon? But, after glance around
the room, Nikky's eyelid dropped also.
He slid the paper wad into his pocket.
81 am afraid his royal highness has
hurt your eye, M. Puaux." said Miss
Braithwaite.
Not at all" said the unhappy young
man, testing the eye to discover If he
could see through it. II am sure his
royal highness meant no HARM M.
Puaux went out, with his handker-
chief to his eye.
While Oskar, his valet, put. the
crown prince into riding clothes. Milky
and Miss Braithwaite had a talk. It
began by Nikky's stating that she was
likely to see him great deal now,
and he hoped she would not find him
in the way. He had been made aide
de-camp to the crown prince, vice
Count Lussin, who had resigned on
account Of Illness, having been reused
at day-break out Of q healthy sleep
to do It.
Not that Milky said just that. What
he really observed was: 'The king
sent for me last night, Miss Braith-
waite, and-and asked me to hang
around"
Thus Milky, of his sacred trust
None the less sacred to him, either,
that he spoke lightly. He glanced up
at the crossed swords, and his eyes
were hard.
And Miss Braithwaite knew. She
reached over and put hand on his
arm. "You and l." she said. "Out
Of all the people in this palace, only
you and I The archduchess hates
him. I see 1t in her eyes. She can
never forgive him for keeping the
throne from Hedwig. The very
guards down below. the sentries at
our doors, how do we know they are
loyal?"
"The people love him." said Milky
doggedly.
1.-THE peoplel Sheep. do not trust
the people. I do not trust any one.
I watch, but what can I do? The very
food we eat"
"He is coming" said Milky softly.
And fell to whistling under his
breath.
Together Milky and Prince Ferdi-
nand William Otto went out and down
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.9has afternoon Size N.es

ms afternoon size WIS -
Lounging at a window was TIE laug
who was waiting at the time, the
Countess Loschek. Just now she v,,s
getting rather wigging, but she vas
remarkably calm.
1.-THE last three times" the arch
duchess said, stirring her tea, ''you
have had a sore throat In my opinion,
you smoke too many cigarettes"
The Countess Loschek was thirty,
and very handsome, in an insolenE
way. She was supposed to be the best,
dressed woman at the court, and to-
although it was known that they
quarreled great deal over small,
things, especially over the coal fire.
Some said that the real thing that
held them together was resentment
that the little crown prince stood be-
tween the Princess Hedwig and the
throne. Annunciata was not young.
but she was younger than her dead
brother Hubert.
The countess yawned.
where is Hedwig?' demanded the
archduchess.
"Her royal highness is in the nurs-
cry, probably"
"Why probably?"
"She goes there a great DEAL"
The archduchess eyed her. 'Well,
out with It," she said. "There is
something seething in that wicked
brain of yours"
The countess shrugged her shoulders.
Not that she resented having q
wicked brain. She rather fancied the
idea. "She and young Lieutenant Lar
isch have tea quite frequently with
his royal highness."
Little fool!" said Annunciata. But
she frowned, and sat tapping her tea
cup with her spoon. She was just q
trife afraid of Hedwig, and she was
more anxious than she would have,
cared to acknowledge. "How far do
you think the thing has gomez"
HE is quite mad about her."
sand Hedwig-but she is silly
enough for anything. Do they meet
anywhere else?"
AT the riding school, I believe. AZ
least, T."
Here a maid entered and stood
waiting at the end of the screen.
Ellis excellency, General Mettlich,"
said the maid.
The archduchess nodded her august
head, and the maid retired. go
away, Olga" said the archduchess-
"And you might" she suggested GRIM
ly, 'gargle your throat"
The chancellor had passed trou-
bled night. Being old, like the king.
| he required little sleep. And for most
of the time between one o'clock and
his rising hour of five he had lain in
his narrow camp bed and thought. He
had not confided all his worries to the
king.
Evidences of renewed activity on the
part Of the terrorists were many. In
| the past month two Of his best secret
agents had disappeared. One had been
found the day before, stabbed in tina
back. The chancellor had seen the
body-an unpleasant sight. But It
was not of the dead man that General
Mettlich thought. 1t was Of the other.
The dead tell nothing. But the living.
under torture, tell many things. And
this man Haeckel, young as he was,
knew much that was vital.
| At five General Mettlich had rfsens
exercised before an open window with
an old pair of iron dumb bells, had fol-
lowed this with cold bath and hot
coffee, and had gone to early mass at
| the Cathedral.
He entered the boudoir Of the Arch4
duchess Annunciata, and the countess
went out another door, and closed it
behind her, Immediately opening It
about an inch.
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of the last few months alarms me.
Dangerous dogs do not bark. / trust
no one. The very air is full of Sc
dition."
The king twisted his blue-veined old
hands together, but his voice was
quiet. "But why?" he demanded, al
most fretfully. "If the people are
fond of the boy, and think they are,
TOTO carry him off, or injure him,
would hurt the cause. Even the ter
rorists, in the name Of a republic, can
do nothing without the people"
'"The mob is curious thing, sire.
You have ruled with a strong hand.
Our people know nothing but 20 obey