The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-09-26
THE DEMOCRATIC ADVOCATE SEPTEMBER 26. 1910
THE HAND GRENADE i'm WAR
Description OF One OF Most Deadly
Weapons Oh Great World Struggle
Idea Originated Aim 14s7-Dap.
gerous Missils Now Savings Banks.

Idea Originated Aim 14s7-Dan.
gerous Aissils Now Savings Banks,
~, Once again the old prophecy
Lney shall beat their swords into
H n'lt ~ is being fulfilled
lily, thls time, it should be trans
poseo 70 nh more modern reonira-
tha;r <nd read, They shall turn
e. grenades into savings banks .
~ unions Of the one-time deaJi,,
av u%pons, now robbed of their hirh
Slt and provided with a slot +o
d1,+1l ntes and dimes, are doing
- DIS savings banks for. childro1
saIeae g the original adiar
snnariS TOT ms mental and phvsioaI
tha Ut. .oty IN the olden days, so was
Will A. 4I In the trenches entr,sto1
adj dangerous business of eran-
five LIVING only when he was a+ac-
gent 80 LUCK In Judgment, 1ntelli-
ST. anu FEARLESS" Entstinp ;n 81
great army of youthful erer 49, Cne
should, for these reasons 1-a1 aolers
inspiration to children oP or an
Ior special qualifications ara da ases
adiers. So 1nrlrt Gren-
10 every child under tho .
seventeen years will be eivan VI
opportunity Of enlistment Nv Ellis Gnls
At une local bank each ono , oatlns
cure hand grenade savines ~, Sc
odl Tor the summer mon+h. 60
eHuuen money is saved ia n,,.sl -
une or more War Savings Sta Snd aS
sLenade becomes the proper4v ~ Inc Inc
I ~ at the end of a, specified t; ene
~ was originally intended to r,n1t
ne roam period for the snmTnar A< I'm
d"1n only, but due to unavoido ~
iH the preparation OF tha honS
e. eaIes TOT savings banks. II h.
uecided TO extend the time
- lnls way only children with .-,,
~ At .t and ambition will comn
- Tue possession Of a grenade -
WI Taxa Initiative and com,.aoa
tnu perseverance for the riJIio,t,
Doys and girls who will be waIonD VI
-LCo tne ranks of the thrifty ~ 91
ways OF making money thjs s, ~ nnd
anu 10 mold on to it until the nracj-.1,a
savings stamp is within roant1
49, - wiz take intelligence and ~
lnusiasm. 1t will take the "ah,I:ur
~ tnro"lng which is aIwavs
Gulreu or grenadier, for thev viii
20 concentrate their effort+s ~
one OBJECT and throw straight .ao1
SIlons In that direction. ~liu
IN snort, it will take ali tho binh
91anues OF the traditional and r.
neseht-day grenadier. Thro,,a1,
tnh a'. thrift to acquire a eranaSa
D. y Will according to Thao1ore
Roosevelt, lay the cornerstone ne
on S11 dcter. Roosevelt said:
NtldFagance rots chara,tar
IAN etaln youth away from it. On ebe
," .ner nand, the habit of savine
h tlGney, while it stfffens the will aIse
~ btasntens the energies. If Won would
sure THAT you are beginnino
iismt' HDegln to save"
lne opportunity to acouaint tho
mhners or the grenade banks With
tne significance of their standinp snd
the Importance of their service ~
themselves ~ and their country will not
e l0st' school teachers throupbo,1t
NE oIe land Will dig out all the evaI1N
@ole dala about the grenade and The
= enauier. Not child but what will
nlaae TO understand the high MIR
49, ~ LIES mission. He will be told
&c <a' lne word grenade is taken from
no apol1esranate, which is filled with
eeeus: In similar manner. the pran-
ade for military purposes is all
with various kinds of ayn1os;1,eS
converted to the WAYS of naaoe Is
explosives are replaced by savinas
ana thus one Of the most destrncti1o,
instruments of war becomes ono -
lne most constructive instrumante w
peace The grenade reverts to tho
type from which it got its name and
gamers seeds of prosperity for it's
owner, LUZ LIS
Grenades were known to have haan
In use five centuries ago. In 1907 at
the siege of the Fortress of Cas-
amaggiore on the river Pc. tha do
Tenders used a primitive grenade
made of a glass bottle filled with
powder. Grenades were usad at ~
siege OF Rouen in 1862, and az +he
siege of Vamtendonck In the low
Countries in 1888. When the con.
talner developed from glass to ir,n
tney made tremendous effect.
Durlng the reign Of Louis XIV, in
1868, the pocket used for carving
Srenades began to be known as the
&renadiere, and it was not long until
the picked soldiers who secured the
country in advance of the line of
march, entrusted with the deadly
hand bombs, were known as the
grenadiers.
In English history, as well, the
grenadiers are found from the seven
teenth century on, and on the Con-
tinent, during the wars of the first
part OF the nineteenth century,
grenades played a large part.
1t was left for the Russo-Japenese |
war, in 1904, to develop the hand
grenade nearest the enes in the Great |
War, and the history Of this develop
ment is extremely interesting jam
tins, tomato cans, any kind Of metal |
recepticals, were saYed-even at the |
beginning of the European war-and |
filled with explosives, bits of shell, |
shrapnel balls, nails and mud to |
hurl at the better prepared enemy.
The brush, the "cricket-ball,"l
etc., were the next steps in the |
evolution of the modern Mills bomb, |
which was the final type used by the
English and American armies.
1t is the Mills Defensive Bomb, |
Mark III, which will be used to equip |
the school children of the United |
States in their fight on waste. En-
listed by classes into companies of
Thrift Grenadiers, they will jam
their grenades full of pennies and
dimes with which to buy Thrift and
War Savings Stamps. With the aid /
OF the grenades, by drilling in steady !