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Is Germany to win at the peace tab
n what she lost on the battle fields OF
France and Belgium? II begins to
look that way. From the latest cabled
reports they seem to have driven o
wedge between the forces Of the al
lies. The president has sent for his
good ship George Washington to come
over TO Brcst SO he can get out when
ever he wishes.
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Hon. Frank l.. Greene left this week
for France, going on the Leviathan as
a member of the party from Congress
going over with Secretary of War
Baker to get first handed information
relative to war conditions. We hope
for a safe trip over and back.
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We predict that peaches will be
cheap this year. The announcement
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Straws show which way the wind
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In this issue we are publishing a
very interesting letter from Principal
James Brooks, relative TO the great
work being done in France by the \.
III. c, A.
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The fishing season opens on the 10th
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your license before going out on the
stream. BE sure and have 1t signed
and in your possession for a game
warden might ask to sec it. Don't
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Trench and camp., 1919-01-30
Generals No More!

1t is probable that every gen.
eral officer in Meade will be
colonel after the war apd they
resume their places in theNRegu-
lar Army.
All were promoted for the
emergency of the National Army,
and it is understood that they
will be returned. to the special
branches in which they were in
tereSted.
Maj. Gen. Carter was a colonel
of cavalry. He later became
head OF the militia bureau, after
the war started, and then was
sent to Camp Meade 10 command
the 11th Division. Ifis possible
that he will be given a command
as brigadier general or, again,
Congress may take different
attitude toward officers of the
great war and See that they are
not denoted under the existing
order of military rules.
Trench and camp., 1919-01-30
FRANK H. MOSS TO PLEAD WITH
CONGRESS FOR SOLDIERS BONUS

II am familiar with Industrial con-
ditions and know that the soldier
is going to have hard time to get
work. I shall go to Washington and
use Whatever influence 1 have with
Congress to have a law passed giving
to discharged soldiers. six months
extra pay and a suit of civilians
clothes"
This statement was made by Frank
H. Moss of Philadelphia, a prominent
financier and philanthropist, who un-
til. about two months ago was camp
business secretary here for the "Y."
He visited camp several days ago,
after studying conditions in Phila-
delphia and elsewhere. and came to
the conclusion that the best thing
to save the country from confusion
thing by the men who fought it's bat
ties.
'The man who deserves credit" he
said, "is the man who had rifle on
his shoulder. He was prepared to
die, if need be, to protect the>1nter-
ests of his fellows who stayed at
home. 1t is but common decency IOr
us to go right to the front for these
men and see that they get a square
deal.
Lauds Their Work.
az am not the kind to say Let US
make gods out of our soldiers but
do say that if there is danger OF
doing so by giving them fair treat
menf we should take the chance.
Fair treatment consists in giving the
soldier first chance to make living,
and in order to do that during the
readjustment period we should give
them a monthly bonus to help them
pay their board.
Remember that these boys have
been deprived for months. and in
some cases nearly two years, of the
chance TO hold down a good job. They
have been serving the government for
almost nothing. They are not in a
position to finance themselves any
length af time. They have had OBJ
Iigations. such as assurance and al
Vt
Trench and camp., 1919-01-30
GOVERNMENT SAYS STAY"
TO MAN WITHOUT REAL JOB
Soldiers Urged to Remain In Army Until
They Get Promise of Work Outside. Six
Months Pay Urged Upon Congress.

What will do when / leave the
Army?"
This question, uppermost in the
minds OF the soldiers since the sign
Ing OF the armistice. has been an
swered in good many ways of late
by the government and other agencies,
with the result that the soldier who
ls "out of luck" is the exception
rather than the rule.
new order was issued stating
that 20 soldier who wished to re-
main in the Army until he had def
nitely accepted a position in civil life
would be denied the privilege of stay
ing. He can continue to be a SOL
dier, serving useful purpose, until
such time as he wishes to leave and
his right to immediate discharge at
the time he selects will not be af-
fected.
In some quarters there is a great
deal OF labor trouble, and men are
being thrown out of employment. The
result is that many discharged SOL
diers are walking the streets with
out visible means of support. In
Philadeiphia. for instance. the textile
WORKERS are about to be thrown out
OF employment and the building
trades, which ordinarily employ
10000 men,; are to practically cease
operations February L. Carpenters
unions demanded an increase from Is
cents to 81 per hour and the prospect
on cheapeF labor shortly made the
builders stop work.
A Patron" Saint.
So the government decided to take
care of the soldier who did not have
a job offered him. He will now look
upon Uncle Sam as a sort of patron
saint" instead of fellow who came
and took him for Army service just
as rufffan would come and take
something from him when he was in
defenseless position. The soldier
will have a chance to think things
oevr before he goes and sticks him
self in position where he might very
Trench and camp., 1919-01-30

easily become an object of charity
The government is doing every
thing that ingenuity can devise to
avoid a situation which may result
in general panic. Labor is to be en-
couraged to seek ne fields of en-
found that a mans regular field is
more than filled. 1t is for this rea-
son, largely, that the merchant ma
rine and the shipping board are rep
resented herR by men who promise
immediate employment at a highly
take up these branches.
Secretary Lane Of the Department
of Interior has urged soldiers to take
up tracts of land in the west which
the government is able to offer. A
man may go there who knows moth
ing of farming and learn the pro-
fession from old-timers woh will give
him employment. If he knows farm
ing then he may get a place of his
own and pay the government for 1t
at low rates in a long term of years.
In short. Mr. Lane is in position to
give soldiers the best possible terms
and place them in position of
if they Out show ordinary industry
and perseverance,.
Sentiment Growing.
= On the other hand there is a fast
growing body of prominent citizens
throughout the nation who want
Congress to enact a law at once
which will pay soldiers the same
amount monthly which they have
been receiving in the Army. payments
to last six months after discharge
is granted.
AS the plan would call for payment
by the month, there would be no
danger of a mans spending his
money without getting value receiv-
ed. In short. it would leave little
opportunity for going on a tear"
The money would aid the soldier in
tiding over the time between his dis
charge and the getting of place of
employment.
Friends of the plan advocate the
sending of letters by soldiers to their
congressman urging the passage of
the month pay bill.
Trench and camp., 1919-01-30

lotments. which bring them back
home without money in their pockets
Il ask everybody who has remained
at home while these boys have been
out fighting or getting ready to fight
If it is a fair proposition for us to
say to these boys, Well, we are glad
to see you back. You did good job.
Now shift for yourselves, as the coun-
try no longer needs you
my judgment tells me that the
country is not going to talk that way
to these returned soldiers. Just now,
however, I think we are fast forget
ting them in the struggle to make
business go and keep things in such a
state that all may find work Even
the cheers as the ships come in are
lacking. Unless the public is aroused
to it's duty there will be less consid-
Grafton than ever as the weeks go. by,
and the result will be that we have
let the soldier go to camp; we have
entertained and cajoled him and when
the time came to sign the treaty of
peace we have failed to show him
even ordinary gratitude.
Cheers Not Enough.
These men have done good job
for US. Let us get together now and
do something practical for them.
Shouts of approval and waving ban
ners and kisses are all right; I have
no complaint against that sort 'of
demonstration; but we should make
the soldiers feel that the country
thinks a little deeper than mere ap-
plause.
Money is the thing which pays the
bills, and our soldiers are going to
have their bills to pay. BY giving
them their usual Army pay monthly
for six months after discharge there
will be an excellent opportunity to
help them get started in civil life.
But a suit of clothes should go with
this, and if the soldier gets job
right away think the pay from the
government should go on just the
same for the same period. He has
earned every penny of it.
'.America's peace problems will be
hard to solve. but we will solve them
jast as we did those OF the war"
Trench and camp., 1919-01-30
GOT BOCHE GUARDS
DRUNK; MADE ESIl
Carl Hartman, With Others
to Act 90 Draft Horsess IT,
German Captors.

Carl Hartman, SOth Division, WIZ
home is in Indianapolis, Ina, is
in the United states now becauaS 8
displayed little Yankee wik 81
got away from his German capfarH
1t was over In Belgium. TzaszIn#0
had been captured In the ArNUnMN
forest and was taken into q U6I&IsI
town by two young GernaafaN These
were ten American prisoners G. tzIN
party and they became very fri6m4za
with the boches. Pretty soon IS
friendship reached the poimt WAeNN
the party repaired to q cafe, nsEz
all had drinks.
The day was fast dying and 1fax<
man and his friends began ila0ri8M
on getting away. Pretty eoo& fN&
Germans showed signs Oe 0eImM
drunk The guards were not so nasIN's
affected by the liquor that thAN &fM
not know what they were dofM MSs&
they thought the Americans WM#f
not try to escape and kept very lkkk
watch. Very soon they were 1&
without a prisoner.
Germans Demoralizod.
I'VE got away all right" said Ha86
man, who is now in o block, e4HH
We remained in the town three daz&
being cared for by the BeIgianw. WN&
were very friendly and who kept E
away from the Germans. 1t was 3a&
as the armistice was being signed, AN*
much confusion prevailed. The G&7
mans were SO upset that they ncMFc@5
knew what they were doing.
then had no trouble in getting ba6
to our own lines.
The worst experience we haN ##&
to be forced to act as draft hoN6A
for q wagon that was hauled iS&
the Belgian town where we n4*
our escape. We had to drag tAIRN
wagon, heavily laden. fifteen N1zHS
captured. The Germans were retire
ing and they made US haul a#
their ONCE furniture, crates az Gf(
ems and such stun as the 0fYcA
used. 1t was outrageous, but NI
could we do?
II was acting as dispatch bsas
for my regiment when / was caiI#
by a patrol, unawares. One 81 8
battalions had become separated 81
we were anxious to find its exact xN4
cation. / was sent out with inDtrs
tions and was fired upon twice.
lodged into a shell hole and thee
squad of Germans surrounded
render.
Saw Defeat Coming.
GAS I was being taken into ths1
lines 1 could see that the war
over. The look on the faces or kz
soldiers and the way in which
officers talked convinced me tE1
would not be long before we Wa#
have them licked. The officers
spoke excellent English. They a@eiM
to think the armistice would be H&S
up very shortly, and it. was
Hartman was drafted in PittsbnN
and was assigned to the division ff6F
Camp Lee. He fought with mas
boys from Virginia throughout H
battles centering around the ArconE
forest and was particularly offM
with the bravery they displayed
division, he said, was splendid IA
performances, and at times f0aA
near the 79th. from Meade.
He is now recuperating fron
we're illness contracted in the mN.
trenches in France.
Trench and camp., 1919-01-30
DID THE ARMY DO MORE FOR
THE ~ THAN. "Y'' FOR ARMY
Sergt. Ramsey, From Overseas, Once Bitt<'
Opponent, Tells Why He Quit 'Knock.
ing the Association.

adding the transportation chan4<
but the mere fact that they CO.,
tinued to buy at the "Y" shOwe& N#
Inconsistency Of that argument. &&
"" was right there on hand Wzz#
the goods and open when the mNzI
wanted them. The corhmissar& Nz&
either too far away to be acca6Az &E4
(Continued on Firth Paee. 5 :
Trench and camp., 1919-01-30
LUCKY" He DECLARES,
TO Be AT THE FRONT
Alvah Dean, With One Eye Left,
Says He Would Not Have Missed
His Service for Aught.

Alvah B. Dean, 26th Engineers,
Frederick. Okla, said yesterday that
he was lucky to be at the front
most of the time." that he was lucky
to get waiver on physical disability
from Secretary Baker so that he
could ''go across" and despite the
fact that he lost an eye In the fray
and took part in the bloodiest part of
the war.
Deans case was unusual. He was
in the engineers-the water supply
division, but they did every kind of
job that came to hand for engineers
to do and did it well. He was round
about Chateau Thierry; he took q
ming at st. Mihiel and when the 18th
Division captured Montfaucon he was
in "at the DEATH; the Argonne found
him still in the ring and he helped
out at Bethincourt; then the shell
came that put him out.
His captain had sent for him. He
went back through a Shell-swept road
and was knocked over as he walked
along. A she'll burst IL feet away.
1t was a German II, but it was
enough to do the work, and he fell
with the loss of an eye, his right.
He goes about Meade now with his
eye bandaged and he suffers a great
deal without saying much about it.
Waived Disability.
Somebody told him of boy who
could not get "over" because of phys
ical defects. He said he went "over"
because he had a pull with a couple
of senator's who persuaded Secretary
Baker to waive all physical disability,
even though he had suffered broken
pair of ankles and a concussion of
the brain in an automobile accident.
"One of the things that was inter-
esting" he said, was the laying of
water bags in front of the infantry
lines just before the boys were going
pieces of canvas and sewing them
together, covered up the spices with
tar, burying the whole bag thus
formed in the ground as far as pos
sible. We camouhaged it SO that the
Boche would not know what it was
and just when the boys were going
over the top and beyond it we would
turn on the water and fill up the
bags which held sometimes 10000
gallons. We would find good spring
and use that and then other water
that was purified by chemicals would
be pumped in by automobile engines"
Dean declared that his company
was used in the corps engineers and
went to many points on the line.
They served with the 33d Division,
the 10Th and 80th, and laid pontoon
bridges across the Meuse, the last
river crossed by the American 1st
Army before the close of hostilites
The Germans had the place covered
with artillery and the Americans had
to work at disadvantage, as their
own artillery could not be brought
into aetion owing to bad roads.
'Tn Gerincourt." said Dean, was
'Y' hut that was almost continuously
under fire while,I was there and the
girl who served at the counter did
not seem to mind it in the least.
At another place I was crossing a
field that was being shelled every
now and then and met an old man in
'Y' uniform. 1 told him I thought
he was in a very dangerous place
but he did not seem to mind it and
replied. "Yes, it is all dangerous up
here and waved his arms in several
directions as much as to say that
God would take care of him no matter
which road he took.
Cleveland County herald., 1919-06-05
Hart's tavern is enter taining|y serio-comic, when suddenly tragedy takes the stage-battIe, murder and sudden death.
(TO BE CONTINUED
Mother Wasp,s Good Work.

So far as known, only one small in- sect-a wasp of the spheX family among the millions of creatures belong ing to a lower order than man, has ever employed the aid of a tool to ac- complish a desired result The mother wasp of this family digs tunnel in the ground, deposits her eggs in it, and after the wasp has made it's tunnel and deposited the eggs, it finishes its task by ramming down pellets of earth, lit- tie stones, etc, into the mouth of the tunnel. This is the race habit of these wasps It is recorded on undouhted authority that one inventive mother, when the mouth of the tunnel was cov- cred to a level with the rest of the ground about it, brought a quantity of fine grains of dirt to the spot, and pick ing up a small pebble in her mandibles, used it as hammer in pounding them down with rapid strokes, thus making the spot as firm and as hard as the surrounding surface. Then she depart ed, brought more dirt, picked up the pebble again and used it.