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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

organized the Recrlit Educational
scheme.
In this small detachment fourteen
nationalities are represented, as TO-
lows: Spanish. Lithuanian. Italian,
French Canadian. Norwegian, Finn
ish, French. Polish. Russian, Ar
menian, Greek, Dutch, Jugo- Slavish,
Danish and American. All OF the
men formerly were llliteratcs.
On the drill field at Camp Upton
one day last week tney bawied out
their own orders IT acceptable Eng
lish. counted Of, perfectly, and
with the customary military flourish
and after an admirable drill, formed
in q semciro.e ana sarr "Anlerica"
and popular song. sounding the
words more clearly tran The average
music hail singer. IL &c singing
they were led by Pedro Araez and in
the drill by Lieuteraa- Fra Weld.
an impressive dr.liur er.
Let freedom ring vas the
phrase flung loudost 70 the whipping
winds of Long Island, and as these
fourteen men concluded America"
the air seemed filed with new and
vibrant Americanism, Tor surely
here was Americanism where none
formerly had been asked or expected
The officer personnel in charge Of
the Recruit Educational plan Includes
Colonel Bernard Lentz. its founder:
Major JOHN J. Burns. commanding
officer and formerly The director Of
vocational training a. Chattanooga
Captain r. = Heeter adjutant, II
active charge OF tne vocational
training that is beng carried on a.
Camp Upton in addition 20 the Re
cruir Educational plan Lieutenant
B. p Currier, for fifteen years
pedagogue and the man who ar
ranged and has charge Of the r. K.
{. curriculum, and Major Samuel
Stewart and Lieutenant ". H
Wells, who have charge Of the in
formation and publcify departments
Of the K. +. {.
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Under such conditions, is it sur
prising that these illiterates and
semi-illiterates are ready prey to
destructive radicalism? Where can
the Darkroom demagogue find blind
tools so readily as among these men
who, lacking education and under
standing, are not able to think for
themselves? Are not education and
the sense Of Americanism the surest
cure for the spread Of fallacious
theory?
Brigadier General William J.
Nicholson, commanding officer at
Upton, who saw service in France
and during the Spanish-American
War, e fine, outstanding, handsome
American soldier, believes that the
answers to all these questions are to
be found in the Recruit Educational
Center plan.
eff man actually desired to be
thrown out Of window" said Gen
eral Nicholson, II know of no surer
way by which he might accomplish
his ends than to walk in on these
young men we are here teaching
Americanism and speak favorably
of the Bolshevists. We are breed
ing Americanism heYe--!American-
ism that cannot be debauched by
casuistry and Anericanism that will
never remain passive in q national
emergency.
"Consider that we have to edu-
cate men who represent forty-four
different nationalities, ranging from
the Persian to the Greek, from the
South American to the Irish, all of
them illiterate, all of them economi-
cally handicapped in the industrial
system of the United States, all of
them young and physically able to
give service to their adopted country,
yet denied this privilege through an
antiouated legislative provision that
has outgrown its usefulness. at
least, We hope to prove, and think we
are proving, that this provision not
only is dispensable but actually dele
ferrous.
"The men Of these forty-four diff
ferent nations were attracted to the
United States by various reasons.
Arriving here, each of them was def
nitely handicap to himself and to
his newly adopted country. If he
had in him the right kind Of timber
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

this country and themselves, that to
forego this opportunity longer
would be inexcusable negligence"
Upton University!
That is much of the preaching
that is being practiced at Camp
Upton. Camp Upton is no longer a
seething pot Of military activity.
The military still is there. but. in
addition, there is the aspect of the
university, with books and classes.
Rotations and examinations. Pho
netics, reading, writing, arithmetic,
geography, civics and American his
tory are among the subjects that are
pursued by bright-eyed, eager young
men who have undertaken their
education with full sense of their
individual responsibilities.
The abstract Of nationalities in
the Recruit Educational Center last
Monday showed the following coun-
tries represented and the number Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

-entleness. These are strange vir-
-ues to be coupled with the gets
your-man, fight-to-the-finish doctrine
20 which the riders also hold. But it
has worked for two years-is still
working.
When the average citizen read
that the "constabulary" had round
ed up thousand suspected ''Reds"
here a week ago, ten chances to one
he had no clear vision Of what man
ner Of men these were. If he Wis
Toned them at all, it was probably
as Che supermen that certain writ
ers Of quasi-fction hive made the
Pennsylvania police. He pictured
them a-horse, iron-faced and forbid
ding, armed and quick on the trigger
-implacable representatives Of i'm
placable law.
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They no longer laugh at the
troopers, but smile admiringly or
grin ruefully, according to the con-
dition Of their consciences. For the
fifty-eight gray riders are keeping
crime down through the entire bro
ken stretch Of their territory. If
there were more Of them undoubt-
eddy their work would be better, for
they would be relieved OF the ire
mendous pressure that continues to
grow as farmers and small town
residents turn to them more and
more for aid and protection.
In the two years that they nave
existed the troopers have rooted deep
into the body polite and social Of
the ten counties through which they
ride. They have supplanted almost
entirely the be-starred constable"
Of an earlier day, who was always
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broad-winged structure that was
once the palatial stable Of million
aire and is now, thanks to the abil-
ity of the trooper to turn his hand
TO anything, most serviceable and
comfortable barracks, with room
and to spare for tifty-eight men and
horses, which constitute the full
strength Of the troop.
When Troop K arrived from the
training camp at its new home, in the
summer Of 1917, the stable had stood
vacant for six years, save for a week
each year, when entries at the West
chester Horse Show were housed
there. Stalls filled the space>that
was to be the barrack room. During
some one Of the winters Of neglect
the pipes had broken, and there was
no running water. Walls were dirty,
floors were filthy, partitions were
splintered and seemingly held TO-
gether only by cobwebs.
There was work for a dozen car
penters, as many plasterers and
plumbers and q whole company of
painters and scrubbers. Troop X
asked for no outside help, but
straightway turned to setting it's
house in order. There we're days
Of banging and saving, of splashing
and scrubbing, but when the dust
and spray cleared away the bar
racks were more than habitable:
they were comfortable.
From this headquarters Captain
J. A. Warner, a Harvard man, for
mer cavalry officer and a man who
is in the service from sheer love Of
it, with his subordinate, Lieutenant
Chrisman, conduct their part in the
outpost warfare that the department
is continually waging. with a total
force Of 232 men, against crime
throughout the state.
Fifty-eighs men in Troop z patrol
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of his breeches took him 10 the
lookup.
Other things besides calls for help
come to the barracks Of Troop K as
testimony OF the love that the law
abiding nave come To feel for the
boyish troopers. Loads u apples
froa orchards from which the rio
CTS have driven thieves, deer from.
the preserves of men wEo havr
grown 10 know the value Of troop.
ers; jellies and other rural expires.
sions of admiration.
Farmhouses welcome them. Men,
women and children hail then,
on the road with grlns Of friend
ship. Back Of the trust and feeling
of security that the troopers lnpart
20 the most isolated district there Is
growing up genuine affection for
the men in the service thnt is per
haps the greatest tribute that could
be paid them.
This takes many forms Of expires
sion, even The conventional one OF
poesy. Recently there came TO bar
racks q lengthy pastoral from the
pen of a spinster of Peekskill, &C
dressed to the State Troopers--noe
to any specific one, mind you. One
verse is probably enough:
AS brove aud gallant ns knicM
OF bod romance he passes:
His horses hoofs make music fioa.
Upon the ssays.de grasses.
Clsar hazel are tis fearless eyes.
Tloin pools OF iove ana laughter:
| scGtch ham DER the distant rise.
And, on my hcGrt goes after"
There are other verses, and every
Trooper in the outfit wants to tell
he world that hs is not their "a
piration.
These are the men that the rsdi.
al press insist on hailiug a. "Blaels
Cossacks."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
The ''Shosc Init

The americans ALL detachment.
is the show unit at Camp Upton,
and, in the words Of one admirer,
West Point never developed Z more
military looking lot of soldiers
This detachment recently toured
the Middle West and the East as
demonstration Of the work being
done by the Recruit Educational plan.
They were app!auacd everywhere,
and their cadence drill,' which
serves the double purpose of teach
ing both English and drill, is one Of
the prettiest bits of educational
training fostered by the Colonel
Bernard Lentz plan. It was Colonel
Bernard Lentz. Of the General Staff,
by the way, who mapped cut and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

?" dIRTY of them came into
New York City q week ago
last night and, aided by de-
tectives Of the Bomb Squad,
Went through the many headquar-
ters Of the Community party like a
Cyphoon, sweeping the meeting halls
clean Of all occupants and gathering
during the course Of their vista
ton several tons Of literature tinged
with anarchistic red.
Newspapers referred to them vari-
ously as "the Constabulary," "the
State Police" "the Mounted" while
radical journals went further af1eld
and termed them "the Black Cos
sacks"
This last aopellation is resented
somewhat by Troop K Of the New
York State Troopers. In the first
place, they point out that their uni
forms are gray; in the second, they
refer to their record as proof that
their only similarity to Cossacks is
That they and the former henchmen
OF the Gar ride horses on occasion.
1t Is not at the wish of the troop
ers or the desire Of their superin-
sendent. Major George Fletcher
Chandler, that they have entered the
city for the purpose of spreading
dlsmay among the spreaders of rev.
olutionary propaganda.
Strictly speaking, they are rural
poiice--that and nothing more. From
their barracks at Gedney Farms, on
the outskirts of White Plains, they
ride patrol through ten counties, do
ing efficiently and persistently the
work that until their creation was
performed In slipshod fashion by
deputy sheriffs and town constables.
From the beginning Of tina depart
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10 Sergeant Broadneld, patroling
through Northern Westchester by
auto, came hurry call from q dep
uty sheriff in South Salem, where
an otherwise respectable citizen had
gone crazy with drink, had chopped
up his family with u large axe and
was announcing his intention Of de-
CAPTIVATING the entire community.
TIE deputy explained that lie {
Just as soon arrest him, but ne
thought IL would be more Official
like if trooper did it, and besides
ne was pretty busy. Broadfieid
turned the PROV of his car toward
South Salem and on the outskirts
Of the town met the axeman stag
gering along with his weapon on
his shoulder and an ugly CLEAN in
his eye
Broadfeld waved gaily and called
his name, stopped his car abreast
Of the naaman and held out his
hand with 2 pleasant grin. The
man took il.
Broad Of shoulder and strong Of
arm IS the sergeant. He jerked
and the territier of deputies landed
athwart the top Of the Ford door
with jolt that knocked the wind
out Of him. The axe few away and
the methodical Broadfield. after
hauling hissprisoner In by the slack
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

probable that the feasibility " this
plan, which is the outprowtb OF the
battalion development idea that
was utilized in the war against
Germany and which has attained a
scope beyond the hope Of It's found
ers, would be brought home more
effectively than the printed word
can do i. In six months The de-
velopment battalions handled over
$4,000 illiterate soldiers. 1t vas
conclusively proved that such men
could be readily trained into good
soldiers almos. as quickly az men
who understand English, by coupling
a course in English with military
instruction.
The work of teaching is divided
into eight grades. The men at Camp
Upton are given three hours Of in
struction every day, with the ex-
ception of Saturday afternoons,
Sundays and holidays. The follow
ing chart shows the system Of In
struction:
Grade Letter formation and
sound value. Word construction.
Phonetic drill with simple sentences.
Grade 2-Phonetic drill. Reading
simple sentences. Simple spelling.
Writing simple sentences from board
Grade 3-Phonetic drill Reading
simple sentences. Spelling Writing
simple sentences from dictation.
Grade 4-Phonetic drill. Reading.
Spelling. Writing sentences from
dictation. Numbers.
Grade 5-Reading. Spelling. Writ
ing from dictaticn. Arithmetic.
Geography.
Grsde Reading. Spelling. Writ
ing. Composition. Arithmetic. Geos-
raphy.
Grade = Reading Spelling. Writ
ing. Composition. Arithmetic Civ
les. Geography.
Grade leading Spelling. Writ
ing Composition. Arithmetic Civics.
History.
A visit TO the classrooms showed
an encouraging industry. The in
structors say these men are eager
to learn and are keenly disap-
pointed when they do not master
each lesson.
Tell these men," as;d General
Nicholson, that there viii be only
bread and water for supper and
there will not be murmur But
tell them that their classes have been
called off for one day and they will
be Almost openly IN revolt"
One instructor dec. Hed that his
experience showed that often the
men with the most unintelligent ap-
pearing faces had the brightest
minds. imagine" said ne, 1.-The
double handicap such men suffer
through iliteracy."
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they were counted by the score.
People have learned that the troop
ers will go anywhere, at any time,
to make an arrest Even the local
police and deputy sheriffs have
learned this, and on occasion where
there is more danger than qlory
ahead phone frantieally for the gray
AOrSemen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

Nh T. work being done by the
United States Army Recruit
Educational Center is summed
up eloquently by the following let
ter:
Camp Upton, New York,
September 4, 1919.
Dear Sir:
II was born April ~, 1898, IN
Slowvien nee, Russia. State Of Grodno-
veleg. wss twenty-one years old
when ! left my country and came to
she United States of America ar
rived here March 10, 1918, SO have
been in this country six years.
nave been occupied as day laborer.
Not understanding English, couldn't
secure coed job. joined the
army May 90, 1919, and am learning
20 read and write very we'll. Before
I came into the arm. couldn't write
ny own name. Now | am an Ameri-
can SO der and stand for the United
States OF America. After l an dis
N@AcA StA A4Oti- t!iS al NY " Al DC 6DIS
10 get better position as we'll as
being citizen Of the United States.
Sincerely,
Joe SHESTAK.
go. 3. Recruit Educational Center"
The improved estate of young Pri-
vate Shestak has been made possible
by the development of a new idea in
the United States army, an idea at
once sweeping and revolutionary
and strange to the man who has
known our army as an organization
OF hide-bound tendencies and Grim
son-taped standpatism.
IN brief, the army is willing TO
undertake the proposition Of Aneri-
canizing America. II a small way,
now, it is doing that. If affirmative
legislation is passed-and there is
reason to believe it will be-the idea
will bloom into radiant flower, find
'eg root here and there across the
United States and making Ameri-
cans of all those who live in Amer
lea.
The draft showed there was plenty
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lain, as an offset to the "Act to
Regulate Enlistments in the Army
OF the United States" approved
August !, 1894, which stipulates
that ''in time Of peace no person
Except an Indian) who cannot
speak, read and write the English
language" shall be eligible to join
the United States army, is passed.
Senator Chamberlain bill also will
be introduced in the House by Rep
resentative Kahn.
1t is important that Congress act
favorably on this measure or the
Recruit Educational Center plan
which has been developing so pros
perously at Camp Upton will arrive
at an automatic death.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
Seeing Is Believing

If Congress in body could visit
Camp Upton and perceive the work
that has been carried on by Major
John H. Burns and his staff it is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16
BY Louis Lee Arms

.HE work being done by the
United States Army Recruit
Educational Center is summed
up eloquently by the following let
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-11-16

Camp Upton, New York,
September 4, 1919.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-10-03
FIRE DESTROYS KAUAI HORSES

Fire destroyed the stables and three
well-known race horses, Kapaia Girl,
Kuyana and Waipouli, Jr., owned by
John Fernandez, at Waipouli, be-
tween the hours of l and 2 o'clock
last Sunday morning, says the Garden
Island. That it was the work of an
incendiary there can be no doubt, as
the fire started from the roof, and as
the stable was entirely isolated from
other buildings there was no chance
of it catching fire from sparks.
The mare Kapaia Girl recently won
a $1,000 purse against a field of horses
owned mostly by Japanese.
Sheriff Rice has offered a reward of
5000 for information which will lead
to the conviction of the person or per
sons who set the fire.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-10-03
THEATERS|
Something To Do"

something To o
Bryant Washburn in something to
Do" will be one of the attractions
shortly to be seen on Maui. This is
considered by many as the best pic
ture in which the star has appeared.
1t tells the story of a wealthy idler
who refuses to find something to do
until his doctor advises him that con
tinual idleness will cost him his health
The young mans valet occupies his
evenings in assuming a nobleman's
estate for the benefit of a newly rich
social aspirant. The latter believes
that blue blood" is only found in the
nobility, and a social bureau supplies
the demand in servants who mas
querade as ladies and gentlemen of
title. So the idle millionaire becomes
a nobleman for IN evening and meets
all of his faithful retainers, as well as
a pretty girl whose father has been
placed in an asylum by her step
mother (the hostess) so that the lat
ter can come into the family fortune.
How the idler is inspired to mend
his ways through the girls influence,
how he exposes the nefarious scheme
Of the hostess and shows up her social
ambitions, how he aids in effecting the
inmates release and proving himself
a man of character, form a series of
interesting events that are delight
fully told on the screen. We feel sure
you will be satisfied with this human
comedy drama. Mr.. Washburn con-
tributes a pleasing performance and
invests his work with his customary
breeziness. Excellent support is CIV
en- him by Charles Gerard, Adele
harrington and Ann Little.
"For Better, For Worse"
Cecil B. DeMille's newest Aircraft
production, For Better, for Worse"
is unusual in many ways, as all the
DeMille special productions are. One
of the most unique things about 1t is
that it has no villain.
All the characters are real human
beings, graphing with human situa-
tions, and the sympathy of the audi
ence goes out to every n Of them,
in spite of their mistakes and rash ac-
tons. The picture deals with the most
vital of modern problems raised by
the war, which are now engaging pub
lie attention.
In this play DeMille shows you the
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-10-03

feelings of a woman face to face with
a man she loves but who is, N her
eyes, a despicable coward. The heat
of her anger at the man she loves,
yet hates, shocks you. The punishment
she meets out to him makes you say
to yourself, SERVES him right" But
the sublimity of his sacrifice makes
you halt judgment for a momen and
then
Creased Lightning"
One of the best comedy dramas in
which Charles Ray has appeared for
sometime, is Creased Lightning" his
latest Thomas H. Ince-Paramount pic
ture.
The story deals with the trials and
tribulations of a small town inventor
struggling for fame and the heart of
the skinflint bankers charming young
daughter. Andy Fletcher, the charac-
ter assumed by Mr.. Ray, has capped
a series of inventions with a ponder
Gus Little Giant Potato Peeler." He
wants to raise capital to promote it
and arranges a big demonstration at
which he proudly notes is the banker.
The exhibition starts well but the
blamed machine eXplodes and bonn
bards the entire company with pota-
toes. Andy trades his potato peelef
for the remnants of a smashed auto
mobile and proceeds t. manufacture
a joy wagon and enters it in a big
auto race. Creased Lightning" the
name he has given his %speedster,
balks at the scratch and just as he
gets 1t in working order, word comes
that the banker has been assaulted
and robbed and the Williams are dis
appearing yer the hill in a powerful
car. Andy jumps in Creased Light
Ming" passed all the racers on the
track, dashes over the field to the open
road and hits a pace that wins.
1.-THE Strange Woman"
Gladys Brockwell is to appear at
the Maui Theaters next week in a
picturized version of the stage success
1.-The Strange Woman" which ran for
an entire season on Broadway. The
production was written by William j.
Hurlbut and was later novelized by
Sydney Mccall, more than 1000, 900
copies of the book being sold.
The story has to do with marriage
and free love. The picture presents
many marriages for what they are and
woman who refuses to be shackled to
a man, even though she is desperate
ly in love with him, and other women
who have been bound by a wedding
ceremony.-Adv.
The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-10-03

Too much eXuberance of spirit dis,
played by Crockett, forward of the
Rubes, and by Silva, guard of the Ath.
letics, almost brought about a free
for all fight last Friday evening,
Among the less observant fans were
many loud in their de%nunciations of
Silva.
There is no getting away from the
fact that this player, as well as Crock,
EFT, should have been ruled off the
floor when, in the second quarter Sill,
va let loose on Crockett. In the
writer's opinion Crockett is as much
to blame for the fracas as the other
for his playing, while not open was
not above suspicion.
Drastic measures should be taken
to put a stop to fans jumping on the
floor when there is a disturbance
down below. In case of trouble the
officials can cope with the situation
and the meddling of others tend to
oSSloNolt luultClo. ouIn a Sidlt vi
affairs should be stamped out; it only
brings discredit to the game. There
has been too much of it and it is
time that all concerned take a tumble
to themselves. If they cannot do this
they may as well put the lid on bas-
ketball.
In justice to the players it must
be said that after the fracas the dark
cloud was turned inside u and the
game went on in most amiable fash,
ion.
The Rubes have improved consider,
ably. Their short passing had the
Athletics baffled during the earlier
part of the match. The shooting OF
Herbert Rodrigues and the floor work
of Ed. Rodrigues and Mcdonald, feat
ured a very peppery match.