The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1918-02-06

back from the boys III these canton
ments, and facts are being brought
out by the investigating committees
OF Congress, showing that the camps
are far from complete and in fact laci,
the very essentials to make them de-
Gently inhabitGblc. 1t appears that
the construction and equipment OF
hospital facilities was deferred until
the very last, and then the contractors
were so eager to leave the work that
scarce attention was given to the med
ical needs of the camps. The hospital
buildings in many cases were con-
struc.cd of boards that are Low dry
ing out and opening large cracks, ven
.natOrs in the roofs i.rc leaking, ster-
llizing apparatus is lacking, there is
an insuiliciency OF surgical instIu-
.aents, operating rooms are so con-
structed as to preclude thorough
cleansing or disinfecting, ard, to cap
,he climax, some of the hospitals are
today without water and sewerage
systems.
Much more might be written about
other features of the camps TO show
that the rosy stories of completed"
cantonments should be taken with sew
crll grains of salt, but the distressing
letters that are being received daily
| by devoted and patriotic parents all
over the land bcar stronger witness
than any printed matter can possibly
convey to the hcartrcnding conditions
to which our soldier boys have been
subjected, which until recently have
been kept securely under cover
thanks to the censorship of the war
department.
In Memoriam
Appropriate recognition of the ser
vices that the late Maj. Gardner rem
dered the country during his sixteen
year term in the house of representa-
tives as congressman from Massa-
chusctts, and later in tho army, is
proposed in bill introduced by Con-
gresham Fred A. Brittcn of Illinois,
a leading republican of the naval af
fairs committee. The measure directs
/
of the the new torpedo destroyers the
I"Augustus p. Gardner" and to keep
in the naval service, as long as such
craft form part of our fleets, de-
stroyer of that name. Boats Of that
class arc customarily named from
prominent men in the naval or mill
tary history of the country, and the
proposition of Mr.. Britten is quite
within the rules of the navy depart
ncnt in that regard.
| Men of the Faith
| More than two hundred plants and
more than two hundred million dol
lars are now engaged in the American
dye industry. So long as the war lasts
these plants, these dollars and the
thousands Of men who are given en-
ploymcnt will have the American mar
ket to themselves. After the war
they will meet competition-chiefly
from Germany. How shall that com
petition be minimized? By protcc-
tive tariff, of course. But to get such
I tariff it will be necessary first of
all to elect Congress which believes
n protective tariff.
| Government Bookkeeping
Conumdrum: When is law not
law? Answer: When it affects some
thing that government bureau
wishes to do. This is prompted by
recent ruling of the legal staff of the
postoffice department to the effect
that the federal statute which excludes
from the mails going into dry ter
ritory publications which carry advcr-
tisements of intoxicating liquors does
not apply to such advertisements when
they are inserted by the government
The question arose in Baltimore
where newspapers were offered ad-
vortiscmonts of an auction sale of
liquors seized for violation of the
internal revenue law. These adver-
tisements may circulate freely any
where, Mr.. Burleson's lawyers say
Time, the old adage says, was made
for slaves. Laws, it would appear,
;rc nowadays made for the people
and not for the officers of the law.