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Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-27

Amy old kind of a Buffalo Sundat
with shipped cream and a maraschinc
cherry ON 3 tOOthpick would bring 9
5O-franc note ON q poor market.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-27
OFFICERS ARE GIVEN
AN OPPORTUNITY TO
FIND EMPL OYlaENT

Every effort will be made to re-
duce the commissioned personnel to
the minimum required" says Gen.
March.
To accomplish this result officers
have been classified in three classes.
Under class one comes those officers
who desire to be discharged for do
nestle or financial reasons; class two
involves those officers who are 10 DO
retained in the service for the time
being, and desire Reserve Corps COM
mission: class three covers those ON
GERS who have applied for appoint
ment in the Regular Army.
No distinction is to be made be.
tween class one and class two ofii-
GERS in the matter of discharges.
Where q discharge Is desirable on ac-
count of domestic or financial rea-
sons. the greatest leniency Will %
used.
In determining what officers are to
be placed in class three final decision
rests with the officer having authority
to discharge. Officers who have been
placed in class three may, upon con-
sideration of their application by the
War Department, be found insult
able for retention in that class. Like
wise officers who desire appointment
in the Regular Army may be found
by commanding officers unsuitable,
and some officers formerly placed In
class three will request reclassifica-
ton for their own convenience. All
such officers will be placed In classes
one or two, and will be discharged.
The War Department order rela-
tive to retention in service until en-
ployment is secured, applies to en-
listed men only, not to officers. Ii
an officer in class one or two certifies
in writing that he is unable to secure
employment and he desires for that
reason to be retained in the service
temporarily, he will be assigned to
duty. If there is no suitable vacancy
at his station to which this ofdcer can
be assigned, he will be permitted to
remain in the service thirty days
after the date he would normally be
DISCHARGED, provided he agrees TO
make every effort to secure employ
ment.
AS to those onncers who are pa
tients in hospitals at camp or sta
ton, the question Of discharge is
totally left to the discretion OF the
commanding officer Of the camp or
station. When further treatment 10
unnecessary, he may send such ohl-
GERS to their former commands. as
sign them to duty or have them dis
charged, according to circumstances
in each individual case.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-27

was torn down in the summer of 1919
to give place to an 100000 show hotel,
in which the late ]. P. Morgan was
heavily interested. After the death of
Mr.. Morgan, litigation beset the prop
erty and for years it stood great yawn,
ing hole surrounded by dilapidated
fence
With the litigation disposed of, =
great Office building was begun, and it
was this Office building which President
Wilson took over for the Bureau of
War Risk, paying for it from the $780,
100000 emergency war fund, provided
him by Congress.
The new building has a basement
and two sub Easements and eight stories
above ground, a total of eleven floors.
1t has twelve fast elevators and its own
telephone exchange with q semi-auto-
matte intra-bureau system of communi-
cation On the first floor are the infor-
nation desks, the appointment division,
the medical examining division and the
emergency hospital. and one of the larg-
est cafeterias in the city has been pro-
vided. where the workers may obtain
nourishing, wholesome food at mini
mum prices.
The scattering of the various sections
of the Bureau through the city naturally
! had the effect of producing a lessened
coordination of effort between the vari-
Gus divisions and slowing up of the
processes of handling the Bureaus bust
ness. In the new quarters it is antici-
pated that this condition will be cor
rected. Housed under one roof, where
close contact and intimate understanding
of the work and problems of other sec
tons is possible, and working under
ideal conditions, it is confidently ex-
pected that there will be tremendous
gain in efficiency and acceleration of
processes.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-27
EX-TANKER'S RESOLVE Is
ADOPTED IN MANY CAMPS

Starting with one of the early de-
mobilized units of the Tank Corps,
the voluntary pledge of discharged
soldiers to live up to all the standards
of the service while they wear the.
uniform has spread to other camps.
All the ex-tankers agreed that 40
long as they wear the army uniforms
they will conduct themselves accord
ing to army customs. This, of course
means that they will continue to 50.
lutte commissioned officers during that
time and be amenable to discipline.
Military officials praise the idea as
a fitting example of the splendid
morale of United States fighters. In-
cidentally, they point out. 1t is . gem
uine tribute to the officers of the
corps.
I'VE came to fight" said one sol
der, after his discharge from the
Tank Corps. I'VE didn't get the
chance, but we glory in the achieve
ment of our army, and 1t would be Q
pretty poor specimen OF American
manhood who would not desire to
conduct himself as a soldier as long
as he is in uniform. AS to saluting
Commissioned officer, men Of the.
Tank Corps who have been dis
charged will consider that a privilege
as long as they can wear their uni
FORMS"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-27
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Now Ideally Housed For Its Work

The Bureau of War Risk Insurance
has home!
This is the first home the bureau ever
has had, and it is by far the largest
bureau in the entire government.
Organized in October, 1917, after al
most every available bit of Office space,
desirable or otherwise, in Washington
had been taken over by war bureaus
and commissions already in operation,
the Bureau of War Risk Insurance was
confronted with the problem of dispos-
ing of the thousands of clerks made
necessary by the almost immeasurable
volume of work to be undertaken.
First the National Museum, which had
no recommendations as an Office building
beyond the fact that the specimens of
one sort and another could be packed
up and carted to storage leaving vacant
floor space in which desks could be in
stalled, was taken over for the War Risk
1t proved to be far from ideal In sum-
mer, with its wide areas of glass in every
wall and located in one of the lowest
sections of the city, it was so hot that
heat prostrations were all too common
Yet in this building, day and night
worked the thousands of young women
who handled the soldiers allotments and
allowances.
Ninety per cent of all the employees
OF the Bureau of War Risk are girls
and more than half of the remaining
ten per cent. of the employees are chauf-
fers, mechanics and messengers, which
places the number of men doing execu
tive and clerical work in the Bureau al
about four per cent. of the entire staff
i But to return to the matter of hous.
| ing, worse yet than the Museum wa:
the garage which was taken over a:
quarters for the thousands of girls max.
ing up the staff of the disbursing clerk:
of the Bureau. 1t is an enormous build
ing of six stories, with stairways SC
narrow that but one person may pass al
a time, tremendous elevators moving
with the rapidity of a snail and big
enough to carry seven-passenger motor
car, for which they were intended.
These and sixteen other buildings
more or less of the same sort, were thu
best that the Bureau of War Risk In
surance was able to obtain during tn.
crowded period of the war, and under
these conditions, sticking to it like sol
diers to their sentry duty, the thousand
of girls, who did the work of the Wa
Risk Insurance Bureau, stuck to theil
posts all through the war.
Il Now they have a new home-a won
derful new home-which represents al
outlay of 100000, of which a million
dollars was paid for the site and the re
rlainder for the building.
The War Risk Building occupies tn
site of the Old Arlington Hotel. which
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-27
NEXT OLYMPIC GAMES MAY
BE RUN OFF IN ANTWERP

\The question of the scene of the next
Olympic games will be settled on the
occasion of the twenty-ffth anniversary
of the revival of the Olympic games and
the foundation of the international
Olympic committee at Lausanne, when
the committee, comprising Baron Pierre
de Coubertin, its president; Baron God
troy de Blonay, of Switzerland, and
Baron de Laveleve. of Belgium. will
render a decision
Antwerp seems to be the favorite
selection at present, with Amsterdam,
Rome and Berne still candidates for the
honor.
Ali nations will be invited to take
part in next years games, it was de-
clared. the war not being considered in
issuing the invitations.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-27
IDAHO LEGAL1zEs BOXING

= Il don't want my sons to be molly
coddles. This bill will prevent . race
of mollycoddles." said Representative
Carrie White, championing the TWEEN
ty-round bill which has become
state law in Idaho. Mrs. White, an
other woman legislator and q minis
ter. were active supporters Of the bill
which had been strongly urged by re-
turned soldiers.
The measure has been signed by
Governor Davis. Under it, twenty
round bouts with four-ounce gloves
are legaliZed. A commission of three
will control the game.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-27
america WILL NOT FORGET
President wilson has sent to the

President Wilson has sent to the
wounded soldiers Of the Amer
lean Army" the following mes
sage:
II could tell you what the sac.
riflceS you have made have meant
to all the world.
II could tell you what history
for all time to come will say of You
and Of the sulRerings you have ex.
periemced on your great crusade.
But these things others men will
tell You.
II prefer to remind you that
your wounds are the nOblest
badges of honor any man has ever
worn; that they exalt you to q
supreme place in the hearts and
minds Of your cOuntrymeM and of
all the world.
II prefer to assure you that
America realizes that she has NO
moro solemn obligation, NO more
patriotic duty than to express fin
practical terms the gratitude that
every American-man, woman and
child-feels for every one Of you.
America will not forget"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-27

NEXT TO SWALLOWING
YOUR GUM THE HAEDEST
THING TO TAKE IS II TRANS
FER FROM THE SECOND
TEMPORARY REGIONAL RE-
PLACEMENT DIVISION INTO
THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-27
HOBLITzEL TO QUIT

Lieut.. Richard Hoblitzel. first
baseman Of the Boston Americans,
has been released. 1t is understood
the player will retire from prOfe8
siOnal baseball.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-27

4 lot of Them ztIH haze to DEFEND OF
mother for suggestions Just as they did
back 81 the days of the Cradle Roll.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-27
COVER THERE"

LOVER THERE
By PVT. CHET sHAFER
American Expcditionary Force,
Somewhere I'm France
The
Only real
Souvenir
Is the
Green
Place card
For
The troop
Ship
Going back.
And one more look at the Statue
of Liberty will convince most Of them
that the only man to vote for is the
Secretary of the Interior.
NEXT TO SWALLOWING ,
YOUR GUM THE HAEDEST
THING TO TAKE IS Il TRANS
FER FROM THE SECOND
TEMPORARY REGIONAL RE-
PLACEMENT DIVISION INTO
THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION.
OF course, the less French you
learn the less you will have to forget.
Whtn 70" drag yourself out of a
cold billet
And shiver yourself into position on
The yeyeiile line
And the tob-cNttey announces an in
Win full packs
Which sfH be attended BY a byiga-
der general
Who 7wU come do0Vw in his limou-
sine
Then boy
Yon begin to aCondey if you'll evey see
Old Man Miyth again.
Any old kind of a Buffalo Sundae
with shipped cream and a maraschino
cherry ON q toOthpick would bring a
5O-franc note ON o poor market.
When yoM get SOS you can iinaoinc
BnUy Beef is pressed Chicken a la Kino
then the Oveyseas existence begins to
look rosy.
Its getting so now that when
Hooks takes q bath he lists the
activity under the head of Real
Estate Transfers.
: There IS
One
Book th0t
Is
Seldom REMOVED
From
The Soldiers
Library
The Investors
Gside."
"What were the earnings Of the
common stock?''
"Thirty-thrce dollars each month"
Won't lines collar feel cold ovoNnd
the neck, thought
And-is there anyone I'm the
house who knows how to tie =
four-in-hand?
J"st hosV do they pct on bdjGmas?
Or remove underwear, socks,
breecheS or shirt before retiring?
a lot of Them ztfH haze to DEFEND or
mother for suggestions jNst as they did
back in the days of the Cradle Roll.
PRETTY NEAR TIME AGAIN
FOR THE ANNUAL ELECTION OF
OFFICERS OF THE HARD-BOILED
GANG.
"ANfERICA WILL NOT FORGET"
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-27

It's getting so now that when
Hooks takes . bath he lists the
activity under the head of Real
Estate Transfers.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-27
BY PVT. CHET GHAFER
American Expedittonary Force,
Somewhere I'm France

And one more look at the Statue
of Liberty will convince most of them
that the only man to vote for is the
Secretary Of the Interior.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-27

OF course, the less French you
learn the less you will have to forget
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-27

Or remove underwear, socks
breeches or shirt before retiring?
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1919-03-27

When YOU get SOS you can inaqin.
BnHy Beef is pressed Chicken la KIM
Their the overseas existence begins t.
look rosy
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
More Suitable

The aunts and uncles had come to the long enduring sisters home to have their monthly argument over the fam fly affairs which interested all of them. They had argued even longer than usual and the children were get ting weary and wished that they would go. So tweIve-year-old Frances decid- ed she would put record on the Vic troa and play them down." She played several popular songs. among them being "rill We Meet Again" After that had been played through once she adjusted fresh needle and began it all over again.
 Then Thomas. the fifteen-year-old member of the family, whose opinion of relatives would not be printable, gave growl which every one could hear. Don't play that one over again for goodness sake" he commanded, "Instead. hunt out Farewell to Thee"
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All the Kittens Fault.

My father and mother were married at St. Paul. The room in which they were to be married had white cloth tackled down over the carpet and aD altar arranged at one side.
 Just before the wedding party en- tered little black kitten ran Into the room and jumped about on the white cloth and in front of the altar until some one drove 1t out. Some said it was sign of bad luck, but the others laughed at their superstition.
 The couple travelled to Chicago on their honeymoon. The night they ar. rived the old COW kicked the lamp over and Chicago burned up They lost their entire wardrobe. and all their money, barely escaping with their lives.-Exchange.
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Man.Eatlna rlaera

Man Eaters" begin their scourge of villages in India only when age begins to stIffen their muscles. and when hu- man flesh Is once tasted they crave for nothing else, according to Paul Dreyy. in the World Wide Magazine.
 Increasing difficulty in seizing the small and agile denizens of the jungle. writes Drevy. leads the tiger to attack persons as means of gaining his food. The success with which the man eat CTS have been able to secure human flesh has led them to throw of the old instinct of terror of man.
 Incursions. of man eaters in India often die down for ten or fifteen years says Drevy. and then ssme commnn ity finds within few da lst ans
The courier-index., 1919-10-03

number Of ius nemD>.s uisap- peared and 6 search is made for the animal. In one district of the cen tral provinces, 32 persons disappeared in 45 days. The beast was finally kill ed by an English officer.
 In another section 12 villages were the scene of invssi0ns for more than three months. Finally, more than g. 000 armed men set out to find the man eater. but without result. The animal, on one of its incursions, bounded over . garden fence and impaled itself on . stake.
 In India few animals under hfteen Enars of age have been knswn te &Sk persons It N generally al0 that age that they begin their attach on human lives.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
FINALLY LOCATED HIM

It seemed impossible to locate the home of witness called by the prosecution in the Henderson Brandy murder case recently.
 What is your name?" inquired Assistant Prosecutor R. J. Odonnel John Smith," was the answer.
 Where TO you live?"
 "At Leo"
 Where is Leo?"
 About six miles from Hamlin' Where is Hamlin?"
 "In Jackson township"
 What county?"
 At this point the assistant prose. cutor began to get a little out of sorts for he had spent four times as much time as was usually allotted to the question of residence.
 Well now, tell us just how fai from the city of Jackson do you live"
 About eight miles north. - Columbus Dispatch.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
DESERVED TO SAVE PUPPIES
shrewd old Mother Coyote Wasted No Time Trying ts Get Them
 Out sf the Sack.

The coyote is unpopular both among human beings and among it's fellow animals: hut the coyote is very intel ligent as well as unpopular. evidently sharing these peculiarities with the fox.
 Two young men who lived near Gar field in the state of Washington Mathews and Babcock by nsme-were blowing one spring when they cafne upon a family of three young coyotes. They took possession of the little crea lures; and meantime the old coyotes. the little ones parents. kept lowering about in an unpleasant way.
 By and by, to get rid of them, Mathews went to his house, got his brother Henry. gun and a gunny- sack. The little coyotes were put in to the sack, which was then securely tied st the mouth. The old coyotes now disappeared. but in the hope Of turing them so near that he could get a shot at them Mathews went to fol lowing the plowmen about the field leaving at the end the bag with tho little ones. Two or three times ths party went around the field; but al though the old coyotes were seer they kept at a safe distance. But soon as the plowmen and thu gunner came around toward the place where they had left the sack the. saw a strange sight; it was the olt mother coyote. with the sack in he mouth. making off over the hill a | full speed.
 Henry fired at her. but without ef feet. She made good her escape witt her puppies tied up in the sack. an' doubtless she had no difficulty in rip ping the bag open and liberating tn young ones as soon as she reaches safe place.
 If she had been so foolish as to al tempt to open the sack before pickin up the puppies she would certainl have lost the young ones and her If,
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
ANGLER DISCOVERS SNAKE
 WITH TWO DISTINCT HEADS

Waynesboro, -Pa.--A local angler has discovered snake with two heads. The snake has two distinct and well-formed heads, separated at the neck, and each is perfect in tongue, eyes, fangs and shape. While fishing for live bait, s. E. Fitz was attacked by a large water snake. He struck the assailant with the pole of his net and killed it. Af- ter taking it to the shore he dis sected it and released twenty-nine baby snakes among which was the freak.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03

Mrs. L. M. Osborne delightfully."-
 entertained the Fortnightly Club at her beautiful home on Tuesday af- ternoon of this week. There were ten invited guests. The feature of the entertainment was a Mental Nut" contest. The nuts to crack were pen and ink sketches of diff ferent kinds of nuts with comical legs attached, and on the side of
The courier-index., 1919-10-03

Prices, we are told, will come down in the near future Maybe that near future is like near beer, something that isn't.-Nash- vile Banner.
 Call us when you want anything moved. That's our long suit Leaks & Wells, phones 13 and 1s2. atf
The courier-index., 1919-10-03

the sketches were the connundr'' The contest proved a most lntsls ing and comical one and was Y oughly enjoyed by the guests !, pries were won by Mrs. Geo N bern, Miss Macon Derrick \ Doddridge McCulloch. Mrs E Mayo won the consolation p Delicious refreshments were x' after the contest.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03

While the telephone sy,ts'ii' as,i'.| under the government 's.a bpl1 repair man went ,n', !" reuair office in New York to q 'sIS lS ua!. phone. He finished ..si,a ,l Y the and a,d then stood wates'ae ten eesysnp CT for two hours a' " exnenSe. -.
The courier-index., 1919-10-03
LET SISTER TAKE CHANGES

Chatting with one of her neigh bors not long since, woman related her experience when converted many years ago as follows: Il used to be very gay and fond of the world and all it's fashions and the Lord showed me my folly. I liked silks and ribbons and laces and feathers but I found they were dragging me down to hell-so I gave them all to my !"-Buffalo Commercial
 The wise merchants ar adver- Using their goods in the Courier Index. It pays them we'll.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-02-21
SQUABBLE OVER CITY WALLS
People Of Canton, China, Divided Over
Question Which the Progressives
Have Put Forward.

There's tempest in teapot" and
q China teapot at that, over the pro-
posal In Canton, China, to take down
the ancient city walls. Shades Of our
ancestors" say some of the Cantonese,
ut Is sacrilege. 1t is an evil plan
inspired by foreign devils. Never has
1t been done. Never shall it be. II
our forefathers got along with city
walls, so should we"
such feeling against removal Of the
walls Is expressed in the form Of a
protest by some OF the members of the
Merchants guild to the civil governor,
according to the Canton Times, which
hi fer the removal Of the walls ION
account Of the congestion Of population
and Of facilitating communications in
tho city" and because public health
demands wider roads and more air for
the people"
After admitting that the protest is
based on the grounds that demolition
Of homes along the walls would deprive
hundreds Of thousands of their liveli-
hood" the Times, with true Oriental in
difference as to the effect of such treat
ment on said gentry, says: IF the
gentry think otherwise they should be
dumped into the river"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-02-21
PLAN FOR BETTER PASTURES
Cut Useless Trees and Remove All
Rubbish and erush-Top Dressing
OF Manure Is Good.

prepared ny the United States Depart.
ment of ASriculture.)
Cut or deaden all trees except those
needed for shade, and clear off the
brush and rubbish. Pasture plants can
not compete with timber. One should
decide whether he desires woods OF
pasture and act accordingly.
Have the shady places on the higher
parts of the field and not along run.
ming streams or around ponds. Much
fertility is lest from grazing lands be
cause this rule is not more generally
followed.
Fertilize as you would for a good
meadow. There is nothing better thar
an occasional top dressing of. stable
lnanure. This should be applied in tbs
fall or winter. Acid phosphate and
basic Stag are very efficient in promot.
ing the growth of tame grasses and
cloyers and they in turn tend to crowd
out the weeds. The weed problem in
closely grazed pastures on rich soils is
practically nothing.
Reseed an old pasture only as q last
resort. If pastures in the East fall, 1t
is usually because of depleted fertility
and not from lack of seed. Reseedine
should be done in q thorough and not
shpshod manner and only after the
fertility of the soil has been restored.