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Pets in Wide Variety
Found at Army Posts

Old-time regulars in the Philip
pines hold to fixed opinion. Put
soldier on a desert, uninhabited is
land, leave him there six months.
and when you go back to pick him
up you'll find the man with a pack
age of homemade cigarettes, deck
Of playing cards, and dog" Her
bert E. Smith, writing in the United
States Army Recruiting News, says
that the affection of regulars for
dogs-and vice versus proverbial.
He states that there are few army
garrisons today which do not own a
wide variety of canine population of
divers sizes. shapes and lineage.
Although dogs may come first in
the list of preferred mascots, they
are by no means the only barracks
and camp pets of our service men.
Second in popularity to the dogs are
the common or alley breed of cats.
The choice of the mascot usually de-
ponds upon the location of the army
unit. Along the northern tier of
states, at such posts as Fort Mis-
soula, Mont, and Fort Smelling,
Mimi, one will come across some of
the wilder species. A coyote was
once conducted into the mascot serv-
ice by some experimenting Fort Mis-
soula soldiers, hut the draftee did
not take kindly TO the life and soon
decamped. A bald eagle, taken sore
ly wounded and tended carefully at
Fort Smelling, also went lover the
hill" after a short time.
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Under Col. c. j. Symmonds' able and
energetic direction construction to COW
er an area Of II square miles was go
ing forward with all possible speed.
Colonel Symmonds was gradually put
ting order and system into the place.
Regardless Of the adverse conditions
under which the line of communica-
tons was laboring there was every
where a fine and enthusiastic spirit
among the officers and men, who, with
out exception, were cheerful and opti-
mistic.
After all, considering the lack of
men and material. we were making
progress on the physical side of the
organization that would feed, clothe
and furnish munitions for the great
army we hoped to have.
One obstacle, however, was TO be
found in the number of independent
bureaus represented at the ports and
the larger centers Of activity, not only
in our own system but especially in
that of the French, and the conse-
quent difficulty of securing teamwork
among them. AS a remedy ! sent TO
each base section a competent general
officer with an organized staff to CO.
ordinate and systematic the man.
agement of affairs, and in brief time
considerable improvement was notice
able in methods of handling troop ar
rivals and cargo and in the increased
progress of construction.
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Nothing Modern About Liking for "Flip-Jack

Mardi Gras jollification in old Eng
land reached climax at noon on
Shrove Tuesday when the so-called
Pancake bell was rung from the parish
church tower, signaling rush for fry
ing pan and batter on the part of the
village goodies, and general feasting
and rejoicing of Tom. Dick. and Harry
over successive patches of pancakes
until far into the night
In the words of a Seventeenth CEN
fury chronicler: "Shroye Tuesday
there is bell wrung, call'd the PAN
cake bell. the sound whereof makes
thousands of people distracted and
forgetful either of manners or hui
mantle. Then there is thing called
wheaton fioure, which the cookies do
mingle with water. eggs. spice. and
other tragicall, magical enchant-
ments- and then they put it by little
and little into frying pan of boiling
suet. where it makes a confused dis
mall kissing. until at last by the skill
of the cooke. it is transformed into the
form of q flip-jack. call'd a pancake.
which ominous Incarnation the ig-
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Eyeshade Useful When
Light Is Not Perfect

The eyeshade, symbol of the an
cient bookkeeper, was given boost
by DR.. Paul ]. Pontius, attending
surgeon at Wills Eye hospital, in
bulletin issued by the County Medi-
cal society.
Lights" he said, should be ar
ranged TO avoid crossed rays. That
is, the direct rays of light and the
reflected rays may strike the eyes
from different angles, causing strain
and suffering. Light should come
over the left shoulder and illumine
the work in order to be restful. If
this is not possible, wear an eye
shade to eliminate crossed rays"
Persons with defective vision are
better mentally and physically when
the strain is corrected. he said. and
many children thought stupid are
really suffering from defective vi
sion.-Philadelphia Ledger.
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Table Tells Amount of
Grain Dairy Cow Needs

A dairy cow that gives daily 80
pounds of milk. testing per cent of
fat. should have rs pounds of grain
daily; if the outterfat content was
4 per cent she should get 10.1 pounds
of grain, according TO the new dairy
feeding table devised by j. W. Avery
of the New York State College of Ag-
riculture for dairy record club MEM
bers.
For cow giving 40 pounds of milk.
the same difference in test changes the
grain requirement from 11.2 pounds to
14.7 pounds. and for 50-pound COW,
from Is pounds of grain to 1872
pounds. The table gives the amount
of grain ordinarily required by cows
giving from to 50 pounds Of milk
daily. ranging in test from 2.5 to Z
per cent.
The table emphasizes the need Of
knowing both how much milk cow
gives and the rest of feed economical
Iy. Mr.. Avery suggests feeding more
grain if the cow is thin; If she is not
eating her full allowance of roughage;
if she continues to give more milk; II
near the end of the lactation period:
and heifers still growing should ge'
from to 5 pounds more grain than
the table indicates.
The feeding table with explanations
of its use and suggestions for rations
using homegrown grains is available.
free. on request to the department
of animal husbandry at the New York
State College of Agriculture at Ithaca,
New York
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CHAPTER XIX

Breakfasting with me in Paris No
vember 4, 1917, the British prime min
lister, Mr.. Lloyd George, referred to
the Italian defeat at Caporetto as be-
ing a most serious disaster. and point
ed out that sending British and French
divisions TO Italy had materially weak
ened the lines in France Mr.. LLOYD
George also spoke at some length on
the lack of concerted action among the
allied armies.
l agreed with him and added that
in my opinion there never had been
real cooperation on the western front
between the British and French, thar
when one was attacking the other was
usually standing still. and that the
Germans were thus left free to concen-
trate their reserves against the threat
ened point.
We were facing a grave crisis next
year. if not sooner, said Mr.. Lloyd
George, and no one knew how it was
to be met. The enemy might attack
each one separately, with the same
results DIS LII luG case VI Ildly. uc
then asked what l thought Of Great
ing a supreme war council.
Having in mind councils called to
decide upon military operations in the
field, told him that the advice of war
councils was not usually of any great
value and that the proposition did not
appeal to me. l said that authority
should be vested somewhere to co-ordi-
nate the operations on the western
front, and suggested the possibility of
having a supreme commander there.
Lloyd George Favors Council.
Mr.. Lloyd George replied. in effect,
that it was unlikely that the allies
would agree upon any one. as the
French would object to any but
Frenchman and the British might not
like that. He thought the council
would be useful for the purpose pri-
marily Of bringing the heads of the
allied governments together at inter-
walls to determine general policies.
/ admitted that such an organiza-
ton might serve to unite the allies in
common purpose, but that the conduct
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lated post of the Sixteenth infantry
November 8, 1917. group was caught
in box barrage and although the men
made a courag eous resistance, three
were killed, five wounded and twelve
captured.
These were the first casualties that
had occurred in our army to units
serving in the trenches. The dead
were Corporal James B. Gresham and
Priyates Thomas F. Enright and Merle
d. Hay, all of company f.
The French took charge of the fu-
nerals and turned out a formal guard
in addition to our own. The services
were conducted by the French general,
Bordeaux, who came with his full staff
and delivered a beautiful Grafton over
the graves. A large number of French
troops also came informally to pay
their final tribute. This joint homage
to our dead there under the fire of the
guns seemed to symbolic the common
sacrifices we were to make in the same
great cause
Ammunition Question Acute.
The ammunition question again be-
came acute at that time, despite our
agreements with the French and their
positive assurances that they would
make prompt deliveries, but their ex-
PLANTATION was that we had not fur
rial required.
In my early reference to the pros
poets of procuring artillery of 75mm.
and 155mm. calibers and ammunition
for its use, it had been expected that
nothing should diminish our efforts at
home in their manufacture, but when
the probability of delay and possibly
failure of the French to furnish am
munition for these guns was reported
to Washington my cable met the COM
placent reply, much to my surprise,
that ''the French government must
furnish it, for there is no other way of
getting it. At the present time there
is not in this country any actual OUT
put of ammunition of the types men
toned. None has been expected"
Home Ports Overcrowded.
The difficulty Of providing the
French with raw material was largely
traceable to the lack of shipping, and,
of course, the unscientifc use of what
we had. The fact is that the ports at
home were overcrowded with all sorts
of material and supplies awaiting YES.
sells The French had over 100000 tons
of supplies at seaboard. which they
were unable to move, and were clam
oring for 10000 tons additional Of
steel rails.
ITO BE CONTINrED1
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DAIRY
FEED EXPERIMENT
WORTH MILLIONS
Saving to Dairymen Total Sc
for Each Cow.

More than S6.0O0.0O0 a year Is the
difference between feeding more than
a million of New York states dairy
cows a 16 per cent or "a per cent
protein concentrate grain mixture.
This represents a saving of Sc year
for each cow. to those dairymen who
formerly fed the "a per cent protein
concentrate. The animal husbandry
department at Cornell university has
conducted the cooperative Grange
League federation protein feeding trial
since the fall of 1923.
Ut. e. S. Harrison says that, with
medium clover mixed hay and corn
silage. a 16 per cent protein concen-
trate mixture of grain gave as much
milk as 20 or "a per cent mixture,
and that there was no evidence of any
stimulating effect of protein on milk
secretion; also that the total digesti-
BILE nutrients in the low protein ration
were utilized by the cows with the
same efficiency that the high protein
ration showed. the meaning of this
being that Is per cent protein content
is not low enough to effect the balance
of dairy ration so as to reduce the
relative efficiency of its other ingre-
dents.
Farmers who raise their own oats
and barley will be further benefited
because they will be able to use
much larger proportion of home grown
grains when mixing their own dairy
rations Whereas, it was necessary
in mixing a ton of "a per cent protein
concentrate ration. TO use about 1.2OO
pounds of expensive high protein feeds
for every 500 pounds of homegrown
grains such as ground oats and barley,
il is now known, as result of the
experiment. that a very satisfactory
dairy ration with 10 per cent protein
content may be mixed. using only sou
pounds of the high protein feeds for
every 1900 pounds of ground oats and
barley.
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joint study Of the military problem of
the western front as whole and then
had seriously undertaken to pull to-
gether, as though under one control,
the supreme war council would never
have been born.
The supreme war council made a
favorable start and gave the impress
sion that wise and conservative ex-
ercise of its really unlimited powers
would characterize its actions. 1t re-
Trained from interfering directly with
military commanders and operations
and confined itself largely to questions
of policy, such as the coordination of
allied resources and the conservation
and distribution of allied strength.
However, as time went on. the SUI
preme war council assumed greater
and greater authority over military
questions.
Conflict With Wilson Ideals.
As to the political situation, the un-
dercurrent at the moment, as nearly
as could be learned, showed a con-
tinued lack of accord among the differ
ent nations, which were not at all In
agreement with President Wilson's
ideals. Each had its own aspirations
and each sought to gain some advan-
tage over the others. Some of the d.
vergent war aims had to do with ter
ritory distant from France and troops
were sent that might have been more
usefully employed on the western
front.
In a letter to Secretary of War
Baker / inclosed memorandum which
was a report of a conversation held by
a man in my confidence with a British
official high up in the counsel of Great
Britain. The date of this converse
ton was October "a, 1917.
Perhaps it should not be taken too
seriously" 1 wrote, 'but it is an indi-
cation of the British attitude"
Sees Difference in Aims.
In this conversation the British
official declared:
"The European allies and America
are not fighting for the same thing.
Mr.. Wilson thinks great deal more
Of his ideas of people governing them
selves, of friendly working arrange
ment among all the great powers after
the war, than he does of territorials
or specific things going to this or that
country. What he wants is to smash
the German military power and have
a society of democratic nations after
wards. But to England, France and
Italy these things are phrases, useful,
perhaps, but of secondary interest.
England wants to maintain her
colonial possessions to keep her posi-
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Pipe Lines of Glass

Thanks to recent advances in the
technology of glass manufacture, the
familiar laboratory glassware Of the
chemist is now available for the
large scale operations of the fac
tory. Glass pipe lines of pyrex are
being used for handling many liquids
because such pipe does not corrode.
is heat resistant, and permits con-
slant visual inspection of rate flow,
color and consistency. Pyrex fittings
permit the same fiexibility of layout
as metal pipe and fittings. Installa-
ton requires no specialized skill, no
tool other than a wrench. A section
of glass pipe in one modern chemi-
cal plant runs through the Office of
an executive who is thus able to see
the condition and rate of flow Of the
liquid by merely glancing up from
his desk.-Scientific American.
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Clean Milk Utensils

II is estimated that fully 70 per CEN
of the bacteria in milk immediatel,
after it is produced can be traced tt
the utensils in which the milk was
handled The contamination resulting
from improperly cleaned and steril
lied utensils can be reduced by rinsins
the utensils in a chlorine disinfectam
Immediately before using. The disin
fectant does not take the place Of
proper sanitation and cleaning of the
utensils. however Thorough washing
and scalding are imperative.
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of operations by the combined armies
should be under military direction. /
got the distinct impression that while
he was seeking to secure greater unity
of action, he also sought some means
of controlling the activities of the
British army. During previous months
that army had been engaged in almost
continuous offensive operations, prac-
tically single-handed, with very heavy
losses and few compromising advan-
tages.
Mr.. Lloyd George went on to say that
there was to be meeting of the prime
ministers at Rapallo, Italy, and that
he hoped they might reach some agree
ment that would result In a council
such as he had in mind. He thought
that the United States ought to be rep
resented at this meeting and suggest
ed that should attend. AS the pur-
pose Of council seemed TO be more
for political coordination than for
purely military control, l told him that
it seemed best for me not TO partici-
pate without some intimation from nv
government TO do so.
In the afternoon, at NJ. Painleve's
request, / called on him, and he also
told me of the proposal to form a su-
preme war council and wanted me TO
go to the conference in Italy. | gave
him the same reply that / had given
Mr.. Lloyd George.
Shortly thereafter the Rapallo meet
ing was held. resulting in an agree
ment among the prime ministers of
the governments participating. Great
Britain, France and Italy.
Approved by Wilson.
The creation of the council did not
meet with universal approval. the
commanders Of the British and French
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ment with shavings for the cold stor-
age plant instead of steel billets for
the manufacture of guns when tons of
sawdust and Shavings could have been
obtained from the logging districts in
France.
Trouble With Russians.
Continuing the inspection, we went
IN Sunday to COrnau. about forty
miles from Bordeaux, thinking it
might possibly be available for our
use later on. 1t was then occupied
by a brigade of disaffected Russians,
who, like most of their fellows, had
defed their officers and refused TO
participate further in the war. After
being withdrawn from the line they
had given the French so much trouble,
even to committing depredations on
the people. that they had to be sent
out of the zone of the armies to this
rather remote camp, where they were
held practically as prisoners.
There was no transportation to car
~ them back to Russia, and as they
AdO bCCB 0iApNSu " hCCp dI LIS
it was difficult to enforce discipline
among them. l spoke TO two colonies
and criticized the lack of sanitation,
but it was evident that they were IN
able TO compel the men to work, even
to the extent of cleaning out stables.
latrines or drains. and the conditions
may be better imagined than de-
scribed. The men were a heavy. stu
pidIooking lot, who. in their new es-
tate. apparently did not care how bad
things were so long as the French
continued TO feed and clothe them.
Progress Is Noted.
Gievres, which lies 100 miles direct
~ south of Paris, became the site of
ous principal supply depot In France
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Water for Calves

Growing calves need water TO drink
in addition to their milk, as demon
strated with two lots of calves at the
Wisconsin experiment station by W
Rupel
One lot of calves received II pounds
skim milk daily. the other received
the same amount of r1ilk and In add
ion had free access to fresh water
they drank more water than L1ilk-
The milk lot gained 1.36 pounds
daily and the water lot gained l8e
daily
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CHAPTER xvlII-continued.

The assaulting lines of infantry, &C
companied by numerous tanks, sue
ceeded without difficulty in reaching
the limited detectives. Fort Malmai-
son. the key point, was reduced to
a heap of rubbish by the very heavy
artillery fire concentrated upon it. The
capture of this dominant position by
the French caused the immediate with
drawal of the Germans on the right
and left, and during the succeeding
fortnight they retired behind the
Ailette.
Victory Is Offset.
This achievement of the French In
capturing positions against which the
April offensive by Nivelle dashed IL
self TO pieces had a very stimulating
effect upon their morale, but it would
have been more lasting had it not been
followed so soon by the serious de-
feat of the Italians at Caporetto Oc-
tober "a.
After extending thanks to our host
we left for Compiegne, literally COW
cred with mud. stopping there to con-
graduate General Petain on the sue
cess Of the day. While at Compiegne
we dropped in at the dispensary where
some American women under Miss
Elsie De Wolfe (who afterward be-
came Lady MendD maintained a clinic
for badly burned gas cases. We also
made a brief call at the hospital near
by TO see Colonel Bunau-Varila of
Panama canal fame, who had lost
leg at the recent French offensive near
Yerdun. From his cheerful mood he
seemed to be rather proud of his
wound
In 1927 l took part in the dedica-
ton of the Ossuary near Verdun, ar
which Colonel Bunau-Varila was pres
ent. On the rounds TO inspect this
fine monument we passed the many
bays which contain the bones of men
who lost their lives in the great bat
tie. When we came TO the bay cor
responding TO the sector in which he
fought, he jovially remarked that he
thought his leg must be in there.
Dock Construction Delayed.
Toward the end of October, accom-
panied by Gems. Richard n. Blatchford
and Mason NJ. Patrick, and Coils.
Charles r. Krauthoff and David S.
Stanley, I visited Bordeaux, one of
the ports chosen for the use of Amer
lean troops. AS facilities were only
sufficient to accommodate a limited
amount of additional medium draft
shipping, we had started the construc-
ton Of new docks at Bassens, u miles
below, where deep water would per-
nit vessels to come alongside. Al
though considerable quantities of ma
terial had been sent over, this new
construction was delayed principally
because of the lack of piling which the
engineers had planned to have brought
from the Pacific coast.
An incident happened in connection
with the shipments of piling from
home that would have been amusing
If it had not been so serious. One
ship that reached Bordeaux was sup
posed to be loaded with especially long
piling, but upon inspection the engi-
neers found it much shorter than pre-
seribed. Upon inquiry it was learned
that TO get the piles in between bulk
heads the supercargo had sawed the
ends off. While speaking Of forest
products another example of ineffi-
cheney that occurred a little later
might be mentioned.
One of the vessels from home was
loaded by the quartermasters depart
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Duty of Big Business

1t seems to me that economic so
ciety owes the faithful and efficient
worker three things and these are:
the highest possible wage. security of
employment. and provision for the
days of retirement. A worker who is
not obtaining these three things cam
not function at full efficiency.-Owen
ID. Young in Golfers weekly.
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norant people do devoure very greed
file"
By which it win be seen that there
is nothing new under the sun. and
that fapjacks are prepared and con-
sumed now in much the same fashion
that fip-jacks were in the Seven
teenth century.
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General PerSIliuQ'S
Story of the A. e. r.
By Gen. John j. PerSzaing

ton on the sea, and her commercial
place in the world. We know what
France wants-Alsace Lorraine, as in
demnity and security for the future.
Italy has definite territorial claims.
Thus the governments of these coun-
tries think a great deal about what
they want for themselves and less
about ideals, unless these ideals are
incidental to success. So there is no
clear unity among the allies in Europe
and America"
CHAPTER Xxx
Soon after the First division en-,
tered quiet sector of the Vosges the
peaceful aspect of the situation was
disturbed by a German raid on an iso-
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KiLLS.RkTS.oNN
Section Overstocked

Too much game is what is the
trouble with the Olympic peninsula,
vast wilderness stretch across Puget
sound from Seattle, according TO F.
S. Mayis, United States forest serv-
ice worker. Roosevelt elk. a distinct
species indigenous to the peninsula,
are protected by the law. As a re-
suit, the animals are multiplying so
fast grazing land is disappearing,
Mavis asserted.