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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
Officers Should Stimulate
Enthusiasm of Their Men

THE first condition in order to
stimulate the interest of the men is
the enthusiasm of the officers" says
Major H. M. Nelly, Adjutant saith
Division, National Guard, in an official
bulletin dated at Camp Cody, Nm.
"inspiration is contagious, and if the
commanding officer has it, it will
his organization. Then the purpose
of each drill must be made perfectly
clear to each man. American soldiers
have not yet acquired the habit of
doing things simply for the purpose
of doing them. The war value of
each exercise should be clearly set
forth in meetings with the non-com-
missioned officers, and these instruct
ed to explain it to the men. The writ
err, for example, knows nothing more
tedious than constant repetition of
the trigger squeeze exercise as thing
for it's own sake. Done day after day
for an hour or more, it is enough to
drive even a dull man insane. But it
sis the only way to learn to shoot accu-
rately. And looked at from this. an
gle it is a means of the very sort of
efficiency most needed in trench and
open fighting. The same is true of
bomb throwing, gun laying. fuse set
ting, trench digging, patroling, and
all the thousand and one little things
we are instructed to do day after day.
If the officer will see to it that he
enters into the supervision of the
drills in the same spirit in which he
wished the men to carry them out,
much of the dreariness will disappear.
What we learn to do now under sim
ulated battle conditions are the same
things we shall have to do later when
bullets are flying. If we can keep
our interest to learn to do them weIl
now, we shall be so much the safer
and more efficient when we do them
in front of the enemy"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
COOKS AND BAKERS SCHOOL
School Conducted by Men of Long
Experience in This Art.
BY H. E. FISHER.

In order to train cooks at Camp
Funston for oversee duties, the cooks
of Company C, 314 field signal bat
talon, are helping to make up the
quota of about 100 men from the
Eighty ninth division who will attend
the school for bakers and cooks. The
school is conducted by regular army
cooks and bakers of long experience,
most of whom can give Director Herb
ert Hoover a few points on food saw
ing and conservation.
The term of instruction for each
man will be two months, the course
of the theoretical and practical in
struction to be as laid out in the
manual of army cooks
In their daily work the students
prepare the MONDAY mess under the
direction of competent instructors and
if some boarding house keeper could
put out a meal, and a good one, too.
for little as it is put out for the
school for bakers and cooks. she would
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
Only Complete City Ever Built
in Army Camp.
City Is Divided Into Civic and
Commercial Centers.
WAR Dept WANTS PLAN
Captain Foster Planned and
Put in Operation.
Built Without Cost of One PEN
ny to Government.

Camp Funston has the only city ever
built within an army camp. This city.
known as the Zone, is so successful
that the war department has asked
Capt. Dick E. Foster, under whose
supervision the Zone was built, TO give
them a detailed plan so that a similar
city may be built in some of the other
army camps.
The Zone is divided into two sec
tions-a civic and commercial. All
that portion lying west of West boule-
ward is taken up with commercIal IN
situations, and all that sector east OF
West boulevard is formed into CIVIC
center, the building including the Y
Nj. C. A. auditorium. office of camp
exchange and camp activities ana
amusements, officers club built by the
Y M c. A the knights of Column
bus building, library. the Jewish board
for welfare work and in the near
future a gymnasium and swimming
pool will be built.
The Zone as planned by Capt Foster
was built without cost to the govern
ment. When the plan was first pre-
scented it was termed by some as FoS-
ter's dream but the realization of II
has been that the original scheme has
been carried out in full, except that
many of the buildings that were orig
inally planned as one-story structures
have been increased 90 two stories.
Operating on the Zone are fltty-tVe
firms. representing all lines OF pusi-
ness. The Zone is ,. 500 feet in length
Each concessioneer builds and pays
for his building, the ownership OF
which, as soon as completed, reverts
to the government An average or
121% per cent of the gross receipts
is then paid to the camp exchange
officer and distributed to the men of
the various commands.
A complete community power plant
has been built for the use of the bust
100000 1t is equipped with return
vacuum system.
Also a complete waterworks system
has been installed, the water supply
being from drilled wells. Both hot
and cold water is found in the bust
ness houses at all times.
A recommendation has been made
to the war department that trees and
shrubbery be planted along the park
ing, giving the city a boulevard effect
The department has sanctioned the
placing of eight inch water mains
along the Zone at a cost of $40. 900.
BY special arrangement made with
the department on training camp ac-
tivities the private owned theaters on
the Zone accept at full face value all
Smileage coupons
The following letter in regard to the
building of the Zone was recently re-
ceiyed by Captain Foster from the
war department: Due to the need
of establishing an amusement Zone in
certain other camp locations, W.
would like very much to have from
you a general suggestion or report Is
to the success of your project and any
suggestions you would have to make.
We're you to esta another Zone in
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
The MISSOURI BUILDING
The 354 Infantry Project Is Meeting
With Favor.

The St Louis chamber of com
merce. after hearing the proposition
of Captains Lincoln and Davis of the
@54 infantry, Immediately voted to
support the proposition and the APP
pointment of a committee to canvass
the city assures the success of the
movement at hand.
Breckenridge Jones. ]. A. Lewis,
Mayor Harry w. Kice, John o. Bal
lard, George Naison Brown, Joseph
F. Shepley, John Roberts, J. d. P
Francis and W. C. Anderson were
scheduled for the committee and they
ase closely following the situation.
With representative citizens Of their
caH15er behind a movement of this
nature, success is assured and the Of
ficers and men of the 354 are to be
CONGRATULATED on so staunch u con-
necti3n-
The vigor and vim that is being
shown by the committee and the lib
eral responses that are being re-
ceived at this early date are very graft
flying to the officers of the regiment
Missouri has never been found 10
be lax in loyalty and the entire situa=
ton and attitude of the people are very
elevating and concisely stated in an
extract from the mayors talk at the
CITY club when he said: We cannot
hesitate in this matter. or in any 9TH
er measure which involves me COM
fort of the soldiers Any sum is in
significant when it comes to helping
our own men to such comforts as they
need
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
TRENCH LINGO

Here is some trench lingo
translated:
AMMO-Ammunition
BAT-Battalion
BULLY BEEF - Canned
corn beef; called "Tinned
Willie" in the U. S. Army.
CHAR-Tea derived from
the East Indian Lam
guage)
CLICK-To die. To be
clicked means to be killed.
CHAT-Officers' term for
vermin which the men
call COOTIE.
DIXIE-An oblong iron box
of five gallon capacity and
used on field kitchens for
making coffee, soup, etc.
FAG-Cockney English for
cigarette.
GRAYBACK - A German
soldier. Applied because
the Hun wears a field gray
uniform.
GROUSING-Co Complaining
and kicking.
KIP-To sleep. FLOP and
DOSS mean the same.
MILLS-A hand grenade
resembling a lemon in
size and shape.
NAPPER-The head.
STOKES eleven-pound
bomb hurled by mortar or
by hand.
TIN HAT-Steel helmet to
protect the head from
shrapnel.
ZERO-A military term in
dicating the time at
which any contemplated
move is to be started. The
time before and after is
reckoned as plus or minus
zero.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
KILLED 80 HUNS

A Bronx, N. Y, school boy, thir-
teen years old, claims to have killed
thirty Germans on the French front
by bayenetting or shooting them. He
is unusually large for his years and
when he told a Canadian recruiting
officer he was eighteen he was accept
ed and shipped cover There" When
he was wounded at the front and sent
to a hospital behind the lines, his
mother was notified by cable and i'm
mediately informed the British au-
thorities that the boy was only thir-
teen years old. Upon recovering the
veteran of several battles who says he
counted thirty Germans that he had
killed was sent back to the United
States and has resumed his studies in
school,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
Camp-Wide Observation on
Hillside East of Headquarters.
Music by Ten Regimental Bands
Led by Lieut.. Kalina.
DR.. MCCONNELL WILL SPEAK
COlOrs of Each Regiment To Be
Draped About Cross.
General VIM Will Introduce
the Speaker.

A camp-wide observation of Easter
will be held Sunday morning, March
81, under the auspices of the Army
Y. M C. A. in conjunction with the
military authorities. DR.. H. G. Rogers,
pastor of the Linwood Boulevard
Presbyterian church of Kansas City, is
arranging the details of the outdoor
program.
The program will be held on the
division athletic field, just west OF
the headquarters of the S9th division,
An immense cross will be arranged on
the hillside and will be draped with
the flag of Belgium, typifying the sac
rifice that country has made in the
cause of democracy. The regimental
coiors of each regiment or similar unit
will be PLACED around the cross, sig
nifying their stand in defense. At the
foot of the hill the Funston Sammies
will be grouped so that they will be
given the best possible view.
DR.. Lincoln Mcconnell of Atlanta,
Ca, will deliver the Easter message
He is noted orator and has been
making tour of the training camps
delivering his celebrated lecture. He
has two sons in the aviation service at
the present time and a cousin was
killed in action in France
One of the features of the service in
commemoration of Easter will be the
"a NoiS pOlhS al dHSeu ny 4. II. JuIn-
RE, division song leader The consol-
idateda bands of ten organizations IN
der the direction of Lieut.. Karl Ka-
lima of the 342 field artillery are in
daily practice, and one of the most
artistic programs ever presented on a
similar occasion is promised The
band will be composed of 500 pieces.
The military authorities, represent
ed by Capt. Thomas r. GoWenlock.
acting assistant chief of staff. are
lending every effort toward the ar
rangement of the biggest affair ever
presented for the Funston soldiers
The program will open with a call
to worship at 8 o'clock by the buglers.
Followed by the singing led by the ten
regimental bands, Holy Holy, HOLY.
Lord God Almighty" and then the in
vocation. Then will be the mass sing
ing Onward Christian Soldiers" As
this song is being sung the regimentaI
colors will be placed around the cross
upon which is draped the flag of Bel
GUM. Then will be the responsive
Scripture reading in which all the men
will join. The speaker will be intro
duced by Brigadier General Frank L.
Winn. At the close of DIR. McConnelI's
address the Easter hymn, up From
the Grave Christ Arose." will be sung
and the program will close with the
singing of America.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
Sd OFFICERS CAMP
The Training Camp Will Close
April 10.
Their Work Is ThOrO and Com
plete With Plenty of 1t.
BY H. E. FISHER.

Only four more weeks remain of
the third officers training camp,
where enlisted men are being pre-
pared for commissions, ending April
10. And now they have more than
the hope OF commission as vacancies
occur.
A recommendation has gone from
this division to the war department
asking that the graduates be commits
stoned at once upon graduation The
plano are that white bands will be
awarded at the completion of the
school, with commissions to come as
the new officers are needed. A fault
is pointed out in that system, that the
new officers should not be allowed
to become rusty before being COM
missioRed, but should be put imme-
diately in charge of platoons or as
assistant platoon leaders.
The quality of officer coming out
of this school is going to compare
favorably with every other class :
officer including even the West Point
graduate. Thei' work has been thero
and complete and here at Camp Fun
stoE the men are taking extra study
and work in addition to the strenuous
program laid down.
Ono of their lessons of the next
four weeks will be practical They
will assist in training new draft re-
cruits going into the depot brigade
as iieutenants to all intents and pur-
poses during their stay there. Small
platoons will be given to each student
Officer and grading done on the speed
of his work in whipping the recruits
ito shape.
Men left in the third camp are the
hes. of the number that started. APP
~ ,x.Inately $40 are left out of more
thar 700 who started, the others
falling by the wayside under the
strain of a program of work with but
few moments for rest
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
CONCERTS NET $4,000
341 f. 4. Band Makes That Amount
for Red Cross.

A more enthusiastic welcome can
hardly be imagined than that accord
ed the 341st Field Artillery band at
Wichita Saturday and Sunday. when
a series of three concerts were put on
in that city for the benefit of the Red
Cross. Both Saturday afternoon and
evening large crowds attended and en-
joyed the high class musical programs
but Sunday afternoon was the record
breaker, when the big Forum was
packed to its capacity, 1000. The
concerts melted $4,000 to the Red
Cross
The band was accompanied by
Capt. J. w. Diamond, Lieut.. Allen,
Cha plain Griffith, several Y. NJ. men
and Charles Adams, soloist. who
sisted at all the programs. They We're
Immediately taken care of in small
parties of from two to six by the loyal
citizens and were shown the city in
autom obiles. then assigned to different
homes in the city where they were
made "at home" during their stay
The kindness of the Wichita people
will long remain pleasant memory to
the 341st bandmen, whose only re-
greet was that their stay had to be 40
short and so much had to be crowded
into the short time allowed.
Saturdays concerts met with the
hearty approval of the big audiences
and especially did the numbers ~
Corp. Chas Adams win his hearers.
Wichita papers saw reflected in the
Lockwood and were profuse in their
admiration and praise of the organ
liza ton. =
Saturday night the Masonic order
took charge of the bandsmen, enter
tanning them at their magnificent tenn
pie, an elaborate luncheon was served.
At midnight the mem bers went to prf-
Vate homes.
After each concert a community sing
was held and the voices of thousands
rang with patriotic songs under the
able leadership of Guthrie and Wea-
therwaX of the Y. NJ. c. A.
The bandsmen were entertained at
the beautiful Country Club Sunday
night, lap suppers being served con-
sisting Of sandwiches and coffee. Here
the bandsmen met Wichita's best peo-
pie. both male and female and a splen-
did thine was had until the time came
to depart for home.
1t splendid trip and fine re-
suits were had and from any and an
angles it was thoro success.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
Government Takes Charge
OF Air Around Reservations

For the protection of the Army
and Navy" President Wilson issued
proclamation forbidding any but Ii
censed aviaters to fly the air over or
near any military or naval camp, can
Torment, fort or station. The licenses
will be granted by joint board of the
Army and Navy, but it is not expected
many will be issued.
The Presidents proclamation con-
tanned this paragraph: I'm case any
aircraft shall disregard this procla
nation or the terms of the license, il
shall be the right and duty of the
military or naval forces to treat the
aircraft as hostile and to fire upon il
or to otherwise destroy it, notwith.
standing the resultant danger to hu.
man life"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
1T is A LONESOME JOB
For the Man Left in Regimental
Headquarters These Days.
BY RICHARD c. KRoEGER.

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If a stranger were to drop in on
the $50 infantry during these strenu-
Gus times, he might recall-if he
ever read the tale-the story of the
Deserted Village, for he would scarce
ly meet a moving creature except,
perhaps, an occasional dog about the
barracks. The entire regiment is
moving out day after day on various
problems, and there is no one left
behind
the Kansas dust blows freely and
unmolested about the regiment; the
lone hawk wheels slowly above the
eE1pty camp imagining all manner of
queer things, no doubt, and there is
no place to go and no one to go with.
For a lonesome soldier left all alone
in the barracks or headquarters the
day is long and full of strange ghost
like imaginings, and he longs for
ence in his life to be out on the march
with the rest of the fellows. The
ever crowded places have a sem
blance to Fifth avenue or Broadway
on a deserted early summer Sunday
morning when the white wing is the
sole figure on the landscape. Pack
up early, take your lunch and hike
off with the rest of the crowd if you
do not wish to have scary memories
of a graveyard and other deserted
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
WORDS AND PHRASES

TIME words and phrases are given
first in their real French SPELL
l. ing; then in a special spelling
that shows how they are to be pro-
nounced; then the English meaning
is given,
donnez-moi, done mwa, give me
de peau, duh oh, some water
du lait, dd lie, some milk
du cafe, dti KATE, some coffee
de la soupe, duh la soop. some soup
des pommes de terre, de pom duh
ter, some potatoes
sill vous plat, ee VOC pie, please
monsieur, muhsyuh, sir
merci, mersee, thank you
voulez-vous? vool6 VOC? do you
want?
out, wee, yes
In the special spellings that show
how words are to be pronounced:
sounds like in English father
e sounds like in English met
sounds like in English fate
ee sounds like ee in English beet.
In making E. e, and ee, draw back
the corners of your lips.
o sounds like o in English softer,
oh sounds like in English go,
90 sounds like 90 in English boot,
ali sounds like e in English fern, when
the is not pronounced.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
ALL-KANSASBAND
Greeted With Crowded Houses
in Each City.
Second Trip Is Now in Progress
Covering Kansas Towns.
BY RICHARD G. KROEGER.


For a half day the Ail-Kansas 353
Regimental band returned to the fold
just to show the wolves that they
were still alive after an exciting trip
among the shearers, and the stories
that were brought forth from the diff
ferent thermometers were so discord-
ant that we, the recipients thereof,
were almost dubious of the successes
attending the first portion of the tour
of Kansas.
But there was no doubling the out
side appreciation and enthusiasm
which was poured in with the entry
of the band from the diverse cities
visited en- route. The were constantly
met with crowded houses and greeted
with plaudits and delighted response
in every corner, and the receptions
that were attendant upon the trip al
most put the boys in a second heaven.
There were constant dances and
oVations, and in one town we were
proudly told of a dinner at the may
or'3 home and all the ceremonies i'm
dressed upon their arrival. From this
point, however, the number of tales
forthcoming are at variance. and the
most of them are to be taken with a
grain of salt. There was the story
of the scenic artist, whose speaking
part constituted the following dra-
lnatic delivery: Halt, who's that ?'
VINO, upon DelnS served IL finger DOW1
thought that it was another one of
the nectarlike potions and sought to
quaff the contents of the bowl at one
swig. Then the tale of the mashed
potatoes, when another follower of
the pipes of Pan started to eat out
of the service of potatoes when he
was being helped by a black butler.
But these things are necessary fac
tors on a band tour where such an
original cOnglomeration of artists are
especially when one knows
that artists are always bit peculiar
-and they are having a good time.
- The second trip is now well in its
zenith and the same company of men
are delighting the towns of the state
of Kansas not covered by the first
tour. The group left on March 10
and will return to camp after the
final trip on March 81. We may then
expect to hear further stories of
brave encounters, and victories over
the feminine hearts. and the delights
of dance and such. The cities routed
by Lieutenant Reese, who is accom-
panying and caring for the welfare
of the men, are as follows. Beloit,
'Concordia. Norton, Phillipsburg, Lo-
gan. Cawkcr City, Miltonvale, Russell,
Ellsworth, Great Bend, Hoisington,
Lindshorg. and back to camp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-03-30
LESSON I

In making o, oh, 90. and uh, stick
out your lips.
The letter u indicates sound quite
is made with the lips in the same po-
sition as for 90 and the tongue in the
same position as for ee. To practice
this sound, get the lips rounded as for
whistling, and then, holding them
firmly in that position, try to say ee
Notice that French words are not
spelled consistently; and notice in
particular that many letters that ap-
pear in the spelling of the French
werd, especially final consonants, are
not pronounced at all.
Notice that the expression for
some" is different before different
nouns.
EXERCISE
I. Try to understand these senten-
ees, and then pronounce them care
fully, according to the pronunciations
indicated above: Voulez-yous de
l'eau7 Ooi. monsieur, Donnez-moi
des pommes de terre, sill vous plat
Merci, monsieur. Donnez-moi du
cafe, sill veus plat. Voulez-vous de
la soune? Merci. Voulez-vois du
lait, monsieur? Out, merci.
Q. Say in French: Will you have
some coffee? Yes, thank you. Give
me some potatoes, please. Do you
want any soup? No, thank you. Give
nae some water, please.
Cut this lesson out and keep It, and
watch for Lesson next week,