Carthage courier. (Carthage, Tenn.) 1913-current, 1918-10-03

over one thousand negroes have
received commissions as captains and
I heutenants.
The British Government is now
paying the wages of 100000 men,
who are either soldiers, in munition
! factories or other war work of the
/ Government. Besides men, close to
! 100000 women are employed.
1 To-day the British public debt
/ is SIS, 100000. France is $21, 900 900,
while the United States debt is
$10,000,000 and Austria's close to
$4,000, 100000. Of all these counties
the United States, the wealthiest by
far, owes the smallest amount. Aus
tria, which was in bad shape financial
~, is really in the worst condition,
with Germany next.
The health report of the Americans
at home and abroad was exceptionally
good. The death rate from all causes
was only about one third of what it is
for the male civilian population be-
tween the ages of 81 and 80. Sickness
amongst the troops is much more pre-
valent at home than across the seas,
caused by new recruits catching differ
ent diseases before they get used to
camp life.
In one of the British advances late
ly, British plane flying over a Ger
man trench was fired at. Diving to-
wards the trench, they killed two
Germans and wounded three more by
machine gun fire. The Germans had
enough, so went to waving their han
kercheife as a token of surrender.
As there was no infantry at hand, the
plane descended right close to the
ground when the pilot directed the
Germans in what direction to march,
which they proceeded to do. The
plane few round and round them
until they met up with British troops
when the plane went back to its
work. There were sixty two Ger
mans in the bunch.
An American division commander
in thanking the Young Mems Chris
tian Association for its services to his
division in the st. Mihiel battle,
enumerates the services. Before the
attack it distributed 10000 dough
nuts, it gave to each soldier four
packages of cigarettes, two bars of
chocolate, one box of matches and a
package of chewing tobacco, without
cost. During the drive it distributed
to the wounded and men retiring IT,
600 packages of cigarettes, 1000
packages of biscuits, 1000 boxes of
matches and 5000 cigars. Half a
million cigarettes and a quarter of a
million cookies, were distributed free
when the division was replaced.
The Nashville Bridge Co. is going
into the shipbuilding business, as the
; Government has accepted its bid to
! build eight steel ships for carrying
oil. These oil tankers, as they are
called, will be built at Nashville and
each one will be 218 feet long, 35 feet
wide and 20 feet deep. They will be
divided into seven compartments,
which can carry different kinds of oil
and the capacity of each ship, will be
100000 gallons.
The total loss of the Canadian
forces is 1896. This includes kill
ed, died, missing, prisoners of war,
discharged because medically unfit
discharged to take up other work and
hose receiving commissions in the
] imperial army.
France, or rather the French Gov
eminent, is busy with the preparation
of scheme of self government for
: he people of Palestine.
: The Turkish Government announces
that the retirement of the Turkish
army IN Palestine is takeing place
according to a prepared plan They
failed to state that it was Gen. Allen
2 by's plan and not theirs.
!. Gen. Franchet D'Esperey, who is a
Erenchmen, is the commander of the
2 allied army that has made the Bull.
garians cry enough. This army is
: composed of French, Serbians, British
{ and Greek, Italian, Roumanians anC
j Jugo-Slav troops. Jugo-Slavs are
inhabitants of Southern Austria. but
q are bitterly opposed to Austria. They
were captured by the Italians, many
n OF them deserving from the Austrian
'. and form y e-Av n So
e n Macedonia, while other Jugo-S lavs
? are helping the Italians fight Austria
E LIEUT.. General Won Stein, Prussiar
minister of war, has resigned
{ These strategic retreats of linden
{ 'urgh are causing a whole lot of Ger
: nan Generals to lose their jobs
The first German trench system II
( 'front.' of the Americans, who attacked
Thursday, was called by them Hager
s Stellung. In case of being attacked
e hey were to retire to and defend
sheir second trench system, calico
e Wolker Stellung, but the American.
took both these systems of trenche.
: md then captured a third trench sys
S tenn called Kriemhides Stellung.
: Lieut. Jacques Swaab of New Yorl
j City is credited with shooting dowr
: three German planes on Sept. 18th.
Marshal Foch is commander of al
9 The forces of the allies all over thu
Is world. In France Gen. Pershine
Q commands the Americans, Genera
0 Petain the French, Field Marsha
! Haig commands the British. II
I italy Gen. Diaz is the main command
: er, having Italians, French, British
Americans, Zecho- Stevens and Jugo
h Slavs under his command; in Mace
S donia Gen. Frances D'Esperay is il
7 command of very mixed army. Gen
n