Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-26
4sAMMIEss NO MORE.

"SAMMIES" No MOhEs
The word Sammy, recently so fire.
quent in news report and comment
and one the lips of civilians, has al
most disappeared The change is
rather sudden They are Yankees
now, or plain "Yanks."
That. it appears. is what our Joys in
France prefer to be called. The peo-
pie at home have no sooner learned in
dubitably of the preference than Trey
have put II into effect. Everybody
recognizes that our fighters have
right TO anything they want Besides.
il so happens that the people at home
prefer Yankees" too.
That good old epithet would never
have been sidetracked except for two
things-a feeling that our Southern
soldiers would not like to be called by
a name reminiscent of Civil War bit
terness. and feeling that there ought
TO be some informal application for
American troops comparable with
Tommy" and "Poilu."
Inc ldlAtI EbhSihtAdAlDii A'Nbi h1
served much respect, because it meant
a deliberate quest for a nickname,
when, as everybody knows, nickname
10 succeed must come naturally and
spontaneously. The former turns out
TO be unfounded. The old sectional
animosities have really disappeared.
The new generation does not recognize
them. Southern soldiers join with
those of the North and East in answer
ing with pleasure to the once oppro-
brious term.
Our allies, too. prefer the word, be-
cause that is what they have always
called us. There is just one little diff
ference. They put more friendliness
into II than they used to.
Now that everybody is agreed on it,
let us all drop Sammy" for good.
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COAL.
Private consumers nearly every
where have responded readily to the
request that they order their next
winters coal Now they read with
growing alarm, reports that in spite
of this foresight. there is likely to be
another shortage.
Dealers i'm most sections find it diff
ficult to get the necessary coal for
summer delivery The public natural
~ wonders whether they will get it
at any time during the summer or fall,
and whether householders will be
Obliged to beg for coal next winter as
they did last winter.
There is little disposition to find
fault with the government The Fuel
Administration. unquestionably, is
working hard to meet a difficult stu
alton and produce and distribute more
coal than ever before with inadequate
facilities But people are asking
whether some guarantee cannot be
found against the threatened short
age.
If cars are still lacking, it is sug-
gested that the coal be accumulated at
the mines ready for transportation.
If there is trouble with local distribu-
ton. il is suggested that great guam
titles be piled up at convenient points
TO provide reserve. to be drawn on
later as needed. Enough cars, pre-
sumably. can be provided somehow
or other under present management
when the need becomes sufficiently
urgent
o The main thing. in the opinion of
most observers, is simply TO dig the
coal. There is an undeniable labor
shortage But cannot that shortage be
overcome, in view of the Importance
of the task? Cannot enough miners
be provided. somehow or other, TO get
the requisite supply of coal above
ground before it is too late to distrib-
ute il for the winter?
We are solving the shipping prob
lem. the food problem, the munition
problem, the airplane problem, salts
factorily. Can we not solve the no
less vital coal problem?
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