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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1919-01-09

were raised four feet of th,
ground and placed on posts ant
steps to get up into them.
Various modes Of punishmen,
were invented 10 punish 'thost
who disobeyed orders. The :oht
most. common was a wooden
horse made from a piece Of scant
ling and get up on legs at each
end about 18. feet. high. The
guilty parties were compelled to
climb up on that horse and ride
astride sometimes Tor hours at a
time. The boys named the horse
"Morgan's mule and it was
known all over camp by that
name, and there was scarcely an
hour in the day that "Morgan's
mule" was idle, sometimes there
would | ea hall dozen on him at
one time; Another mode was to
cut a hole u.the. head of a sugar
barrel and place the barrel on
the shoulders with head and face
above, and compel.the rarty. to
walk a beat so many hours each
day, and the offense for which
be was punished written on the
barrel So 1t could be read BY all
who saw him. | remember one
mar walke1 the beat several
days with "Disobeying or. iers''
written on the barrel in large
letters and did not know his Of.
tense. The discipline in camp
was very rigid on account Of rest.
lessness among the prisoners. We
were compelled to go to bed at
dark and lie till day, and If per-
sons we're caught talking during
the night they were punished for
it. ... 49, :
During the summer Of '64 our
ratious were diminished about
one half, 10 retaliation they said
for the treatment OF their pris
oners who were confined at An
dersonville, Ca We we're allow
auced to ~ OUNCES Of: beef and
"a ounces bakers bread to the
man per day with potatoes or
beans enough to make. soup
twice a week, and that was cook.
ed and issued to us twice q dav,
and to say we were hungry all
the time Is putting it mildly.
There was not much sickness
in camp except.small pox which
became an epidemic over the
country that year. When a case
OF small pox developed, the par.
ties were taken to a small pox
hospital q mile or two from the
city, and not. more than half oi
them returned. Two laen OF Co,
A were stricken; one came back,
the other one was buried. .ihaye
seen as many as Eve broken out
with the disease in one day tax.
en- from the barracks where l
stayed. We had compulsory
vaccination or I suppose all the
prisoners would: have taken it.
Those on whom the treatment
was successful rarely took It and
If they did it was 10 a mild form
During the latter part OF Jan.
uary and early, In Feb. '65 there
was very cold weather and much
suffering among the prisoners g
was reported. One morning
some we're found frozen to death
and after that We were allowe,
to have fire during the night and
twd persons wers detailed to
keep the fires, burning, one till
midnight, the other from that
time till day. The night that
those parties were frosen Isuffer.
ed much and couN barely walk
for a week or more from stiffness
and paiu in nv knees, ut after
We we're allowed fire. at night l
suffered very little.
Ito he continue6.)
A BILIOUS ATTACK.
When you have a bilious al.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
BOY Dying From Shot
Fired i'm Street ScufTlc
Poiiceman's Revolver Dis.
charged When Prisoner Tries
to Snatch Weapon

John Gray, a fifteen -year-old mcs-
senger boy, living ct 1881 Second Ave
nue.. is dying in the Harlem Hospital
az result Of n shot wound in the
chest. He was wounded while watch
ing the efforts of policeman to take
Il .prisoncr to the East 104th Street
police station
Policeman William Hahn. of the f,as
lodth Street station, while patrolinq
along Second Avenue late last night.
saw. three men beating up push cart
pccdler. Hahn caught one Of them who
aciterward identifed himself as John
COOK, of ls1 East 102d Street.
lhc policeman started to walk his
prisoner to the station house. GRAY
was in crowd that followed. When
few feet from the station n man
who later said he was Edward Shan.
non, of 200 East 1O4th Street, steppcd
up to the policeman and told him he
had better let the prisoner 20.
r., Hahn drew his revolver and ordered
Shannon to march ahead, telling him
he was under arrest. Instead. Shan.
non, according to the policeman.
snatched at the gun. In the scufTle
~ ~ was discharged. The bullet struck
cray squarely in the chest.
MARK Shay, OF 1883 Second Avenuc
was arrested later.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
Baker Asked TO Speed
Cambria Heroes Return

Relatives and friends of the 11th
Engineers, the American unit which
dropped its picks and railroad too,s
10 help the British rcpcl the Germans
1nessamd nS oambral al in n. November 1917, sent
lary OF War Baker, on the Lcyiathan
gTe,manding T, The regiments return home
Inc me message, dispatched by the 11th
Engineers Association, recited that
the regiment had been on the nrior;tv ;t'.
ssiallihg list since January, and CHARGED
that 1T was the victim Of djscrimina. !"
ton in violation of the War Denart-
ment rule of first over, first back. The
llth Engineers were the first American
troops TO sustain casualties.
ROBERT Lynn Cox, of the Metropoli-
tan Lie Insurance Company, who is
treasurer Of the 11th Engineers Asso-
cation, said after meeting of the
organization yesterday that on six oc-
casions since February 16 a sailing
GATE had been named and the transnort
specified, only to be changed and the
impatient men left i'm France to make
place for other commands.
An Indignation meeting was an
n,ounced for next Sunday evening in
the auditorium of the Enginecrs' So.
clety, 20 West Thirty-ninth Street.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
Sergeant Kaufman Wins
Congress Medal of Honor
Single Handed He Scattered the
Grew and Captured Machine
Gun After Being Wounded
Ne,c forh Tribune


WASHINGTON, April S.-When the
nth Division was in the thick OF ac-
ton in the Argonne Forest last Oc-
tober First Sergeant Benjamin Kauf
man, whose mother. Mrs. Anna Kauf-
man, lives at 2113 Pitkin Avenue.
Brooklyn, slenced machine gun, was
included in list Of seven American
soldiers decorated with the N,ngres
sional Medal of Honor for gallantry
on recommendation Of General Per-
shing.
The citation of Sergeant Kaufman.
issued by the War Department to-day,
said:
"For conspicuous gallantry and in
trepidity above and beyond the call
OF duty in action with the enemy in
the Forest of Argonne, France, Oc-
tober a, 1918. Sergeant Kaufman took
out a patrol for the purpose of at
tacking an enemy machine gun which
had checked the advance of his COM
.pany Before reaching the gun he
became separated from his patrol and
a machine gun bullet shattered his
right arm.
without hesitation he advanced on
the gun alone, throwing grenades with
his left hand and charging with an
empty pistol, taking one prisoner and
scattering the crew, bringing the gun
and prisoner back to the first aid sta
tiOn.S
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
Manned Heroes Ask Music

At Base Hospital No. s. at Hemp
stead. Long Island, there is ward oc-
cupied exclusively by manned soldiers.
recovering slowly from wounds re,
ceived in action.
Ihey ask no compensation from q
grateful country save that it restore
them to health that they may venture
out into the world and earn a living.
but the period of convalcscence in
some of the cases will be long. There
must De some recreation and the mon
wish nothing more than music. The
following letter speaks for itself:
we have Victroa here and are in
need OF some records and needles. 1t
Is impossible for any Of US wounded to
go aitcr them and we would greatly
appreciate somebody sending us some.
we are patients Of Ward 8 u, Sec
ton 25.
PRIVATE MAX ROSENFELD.
base Hospital No. s, Hcmpstend, T.. l."
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
Wingate W ants
Army Drill for
Boys Continued
Plan Has Not Been Tested
Sufficiently TO Justify Its
Abolition, He Urges; Asks
for Trial During Peace

If the State Military Training
Commission is abolished, as recon.
mended by Governor Smiths recon-
struction commission and approved bv
the Governor, fatal bow'' viii
nave been struck against the cause
GI I'M universal l,s military training in the
Wlngate, advocate of the Slater and
Welsh acts, under which the commits
sion was created, said yesterday.
General Wingatc, who is president
of the Public Schools Athletic Learue
and father Of Brgadicr General
George A. Wingate, Of the 9th Di-
VISION, suggested that the training
commission be given another year Of
trial under peace conditions. In the
tee. of the Legislature be appointed
to investigate fully it's activities and
obtain definite information on which
the state would be able to decide next
year as to the permanent future of the
commission.
Thinks Action Premature
The Governors action is prema-
ture,"' General Wingate said. "The
creation Of the commission here and
tne attendant experiment in the train
ing Of our boys has been watched by
educators and friends Of preparedness
all over the country, and if New York
aabandons yhc plan a severe blow will
nave been struck against universal
military training
urge strongly that the Governor
sign bill now before him, which
gives the commission an appropria-
ton with which to continue it's work.
Then let the Legislature appoint
committee to investigate the matter
thoroughly and formulate some def
mite policies so that by next year the
people will have definite information
upon, which to base judgment as to
whether the commission should con-
tlnue to function
The fact is the Military Training
Commission has not had half chance
dous and it has been functioning for
about two years, laboring under dis
advantages and handicaps brought
about as a result Of the recent emer-
gency, and its funds have been small.
1t ought to be given an opportunity
to do its work under normal peace con-
dltlons. Given such a chance I am
positive the commission will vindi-
cate itself and its work.
The state summer camps which it
IS proposed to establish will accom-
phsh little good. if they lack the fun
damental principles Of discipline un-
oer Dr. "hlch .F, military camps operate.
1T would be q grave error to scrap
the commission, as the Governor nov
proposes doing. Give it chance. If
the thing fivvers here fatal blow
VIII have been struck against universal
military training and we will be giving
capital to the Bolsheviki and pacifists
thriving among u.s."
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
4. 5. ''Ton,n,ies'' Must
Prore Nationality or
Be Treated as Aliens

WASHINGTON, April s.-Commis-
sioner OF immigration Caminetti said
tonight that the 200 officers and
men, including many American, who
arrived in New York yesterday on the
Mauretania after having been dis
charged from the British army, would
be treated as aliens until their nation.
ality was proved.
Since the ship sailed from England
without a manifest list" Mr.. Caminetti
said, "the immigration officials have
no way of telling whether the soldiers
ever lived in this country or not. |
understand that besides the Americans
on board there are many who lived in
England and the West Indies before
these men will have to be treated as
ordinary immigrants. The Americans
will be released as soon as their iden-
tity is proved"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09

total Congre ssional representation. and
tne temporary committee urges that
aiternates be chosen also. They invite
the Governors and adjutants general
S,an %i all states to attend as delegates of
honor, and urge all veterans Of the war
to communicate with the Temporary
committeeman from their respective
states, so that in preliminary state
conferences all may have voice in the
selection Of their delegates to St. Louis.
.u, 10 Follow G. A. r. Lines
we expect about 900 delegates to
attend" Lieutenant Colonel Roosevelt
sald, and we hope to organize along
the lines of the G. A. II. and the Con-
1ederate Veterans Association.
'':Aithough we shall be interested in
politlcs IN anything that makes for the
welfare of the country at large" he
added, Eve shall take no part in party
politics. We are to be a distinctly
organization"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
u. 3. s'IO1ll1nies''
Are Held as Aliens
On Arrival Home

More than $500 Americans. veterans
Oh inc great war. spent last night at
Camp Mills, still under the official
designation Of ALIENS" held prisoners
by the immigration authorities.
Man! OF them were among the first
americans to see service. They are
Ihe men who, when the arrogant Ger
man hosts were menacing the gates
~ rams chafed at their country's de-
lay ana slipped over the border to
oanada' or overseas to Britain, in an
s"er to civilizations call. Monday
night on the Mauretania thew CANE
pack to what they supposed was home
came back, 2,754 strong, men who
had fought under Maude in Palestine.
nau mao raced the Turkish guns and the
levers at Gallipoli, and who durino
Che Gays of diplomatic note exchanpes
swept the skies with the British Az
service, men who wallowed in Fland-
cfs' trench-mud in the uniforms Of
scot'lsh units because they could not
'h ,hen nave borne share there in the
A"ah' OF the U: S. A. Others had been
meolcai officials after this countrv's
entry INTO the war and, rather than
oe out of it," had gone into the Brit.
10" service, where .he medical tests
were less rigorous. 0''0
Greeted With Arrest
Some of them had engaged accom-
m odatlons here in the city for Mon
day night. Scores of them live in
New York, or just outside As thew
passed the Statue of Liberty they set
up yell that almost shook the great
bronze torch fame. The JOY of inter
mlnable months Of anticipation was
IN their answering shouts and wavings
to the blaring bands of the Official
welcomers. Then they stepped ashore
prisoners, "aliens!"
On the signing Of the armistce
these men told the British government
that they wanted to return home. The
British government decided that dis
charge papers and transportation were
the least of their due. United States
immigration officials, however, later
interviewed and informed the British
provost marshal's Office here that all
of the men would be considered as
aliens except in cases where individual
containing scores of ques-
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09

ions, were produced For some rea
son about manifests were provided 70,
only about 100 men. These were Der
mitted to land. The rest were Eel,
on board the Mauretania.
Deprived of Food
many looking forward 70 home din
n,ers, mad omitted to attend mess. As
sne hours wore on they sought food
rom the Red Cross workers VINO were
on 0he dock. But the Red Cross work.
ers were not permitted aboard. SO the
men waited, "alens," through the
night, unfed, unwelcomed. Yestcrdav
they were herdcd together and shipped
to Camp Mills. 7''ppeu
The, British authorities have ar
ranged to send large staff to Camp
MINIS to-day to rush the preparation N
OF the requisite n,-aifests. But that
has scarcely mollihed the resentment
OF these American aliens" Arrange
ments, they declare, had been made be-
tween the British and American GOV
ernments tor their return without the
lormailty of manifests, and C. r.
Speuding' purser of the Mauretania,
backs them up in this assertion.
Even the Germans would treat a
British officer with more consideration
than this" said Lieutenant Alexander
Gordon, of the Scotch Guards, formerly
member of Company L OF the old 7th
New York Regiment
New York Man Protests
Never in my whole experience across
the seas did l have such treatment as
this" said Lieutenant Macmillan J. |.
Page, OF the 4th British Hussars. a
former member of Troop c of old
Squadron A, who makes his home at
the Manhattan Club
II was fifty-eight years old" said
F. j. Hawley, of Croton- on the Hudson.
"and they wouldn't let me in any of
the American branches of the service.
but determined to do my bit | finally
succeeded in getting into the Royal
Engineers. Now, they won't even let
me get off the boat to telephone nv
family, who are waiting for me over in
New York"
At the British provost marshals Of
ice it was said that it had been ex-
oected that the United States immigra-
ion authorities would recognize the
certificate given each man
oy the British Foreign Office. These
we're issued, it was explained. onlv
after searching investigation bv the
British authorities. Heretofore. it was
added, the custom has been for return
ng Americans who have served with
he British forces to march in small
bodies to the British Consulate and
lave the necessary manifests made out
here
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
Notable Welcome
rendered Sims as
lie Enters Capital
Received by Naval Depart
ment Heads and Gets
Cablegram Greeting of
Prai ge From Daniels

WASHINGTON, April S.-Rear Ad-
mlral William S. Sims, who arrived in
New York Yesterday from London,
came to Washington late to-day to
MAKE personal report to the Navy De-
paitn,eht on his services as comman-
ger IN chief of the American naval
forces in European waters during the
war. 10 ~
After brief stay here the admiral
VIII go to Newport, R. l.. for a
rest before rcsuming the presidency of
the Naval War College, from which he
was called for overseas duty a little
more than two years ago.
IS ne stepped from his train at the
Ohion Station Admiral Sims was greet
ca &c: py ACTING Secretary and Mrs. Frank
lih u. Roosevelt and the heads of the
bureaus at the Navy Department and
escorted to the Presidents suite in The
station, where an informal reception
was was held. When the officer arrived at
ene gaze from the train sheds he was
Sreeted with martial music bv naval
oano and the cheers of hundreds who
mad gathered in the station. He stood
at attention until the band had finished
ana then passed between double col
umns OF yeowomen reaching from the
gate to the station buildiny'
IN greeting Admiral Sims today Act
ing Secretary Roosevelt handed him
.ne followlng cable message received
I1So.aay 1S'. from Secretary Daniels in
ri regret that absence from the
onlted states prevents my greeting you
upon your arrival home and extending
IN IN person the thanks of the navy, and
t the e: whole country, too, upon the signal
tp11l'y tan+ you have shown in the impor-
"a os"I anu oelIcate duty intrusted to you
naval forces in European waters dur.
ing the Great War, in which the naval
lorces under your direction won the
praise and commendation of the world
Inc American people will give YOU
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09

the great welcome your distinguished
service merits. In the new duty you
are to assume as president Of the War
College, which assignment | was clad
to make at your request, you will have
the largest opportunity for usefulness.
10 your leadership in that great posi-
ton the navy looks for that initiative
ard direction which VIII impress the
who.e service with the spirit of prog
ress and decision which have marked
naval performances during this war.
With my congratulations upon your
great work il these years of trial and
success, and with sentiments o. esteem
and regard, JOSEPHUS DANIELS"
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
Taxi Strike Settled
State Mediators Intervene and
$50 Drivers Return TO Work

Through the intervention of the
State Board of Mediation and Arbitra
ton the strike of $50 drivers of the
Black and White and Town Taxis, Inc,
was settled yesterday, and the men
are returning to work to-day.
Employees committees are to be rec
ognized by the companies. The terms
were agreed to by W. Bundy Cole,
president of the companies.
Negotiations were instituted by Colo
mel M. ]. Reagan and John J. Bealin,
mediators. acting under the direction
of Miss Frances Perkins, of the State
Industrial Commission.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
National Convention To Be
Held in St. Louis in May;
1t. Col. Roosevelt Chair
man of Temporary Body
Will Follow G.. A. II. Lines
All Men in Service, Overseas
or Otherwise, Eligible;
Objects of Body Outlined

A nation wide convention of army
and navy men is called in st. Louis
on Nav 8, 8 and 10 to take steps tow
ard formation of non bipartisan, non
political and non-sectional association
OF the veterans of the Great War.
The object of this great associa-
ton, which will be a permanent ma
tional organization" said Lieutenant
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, chairman
OF the temporary committee in charge
of the meeting, "shall be to keep
alive the principles of justice, free
dom and democracy for which these
veterans fought; to preserve to future
generations the history and incidents
of their participation in the war; and
to cement and perpetuate the ties Of
comradeship formed in service.
at is an association in which all en-
listed men are gble-those who went
over seas and those who didn't. 1t is
an organization in which the private
will have just as much to say as the
officer"
Idea Started in France.
The idea Of the convention originated
in France. In February of this wear a
temporary committee of American Of
fcers serving overseas was formed to
get together from the whole army two
great gatherings which should repre-
sent respectively the troops in France
and those who had been retained in or
returned to America. Its purpose was
to form some such association as that
now under way.
In accordance with these ideas the
temporary committee convened in
Paris on March 10 meeting of nearly
one thousand officers and men who were
leaders OF their units and who repre-
sented all the combat divisions and sec
tions Of the A. E. f. This meeting ap-
proved the steps taken by the tempo
rary committee, adopted the name
american Legion" and tentative con-
stitutlon. 1t appointed representatives
to act jointly with committees which
should be appointed by the meeting to
be held later in America, and the tenn
porary committee. in preparation for
this American gathering, increased its
number by the addition of some two
hundred members, representing all the
states and territories and the District
OF Columbia.
VIII Adopt Constitution
At the st. Louis meeting tentative
constitution will be adopted and an
executive committee appointed to act
IN conjunction with the Representatives
OF the Paris meeting in perfecting the
organization of the American Legion.
will be made whereby
all officers and enlisted men who have
served in the military and naval estab-
lishments Of the United States at any
time between April 6, 1917, and No
vembcr II, 1918, will participate in the
election of representatives. to a CON
vention to be convened on or about
next November II. This convention
will be composed of delegates from all
states. duly elected by the veterans,
and will meet with full power and au-
thority to adopt, modify or reject the
steps taken by the meeting and to take
any further action necessary.
Each state will send to st. Louis a
number of delegates equal to twice its
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09
This Weeks Mold Offers

The end labels shown at top are accepted at zoe
each these rnolds, II they bear tho name Logan
berry, Pineapple, Limo or Mint Labels from other
Aavors count for 1oc each.
All molds are pure aluminium.
= Individual Dessert Molds pictured are valued
at 10c each They In assorted styles. Six
OF them will full package of Jiffy-Jeu.
Send labels for as many you want.
Vegetable Salad Mold Style Dis valued at
with Lime Jify~Jen and vegetables mixed In Tho
six indentations mark our six individual servings.
Frult Salad Mold - Style r holds a one-piut
dessert made with one package of Jify-Jell. The
value is SOC.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-09

-, Pnt Dessert Mold Style BIS heart sbaoed
like Style S at top It serves a full nact.1s ~
JiffJsJe. Value Soc N' p"OAAse o'
Pint Dessert Mold-Style C--is futed like stv,e
q at top. 1t serves full package. Value soc.
State in the coupon the molds you want. Send
labels as per our offer to the value as steted
For instance, three labels worth acc each On this
offer will bring six Individual Dessert Molds. But
It takes six labels worth loc each
You can send labels to pay for all the molds you
want II your grocer is out of the favors you
you prefer not to send labels, send grocers sales
slip. showing amount of your Jify-Jell purchase
and the 7avors