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May 29.
fOU ARE GOING OUT TO
VINDICATE THE MAJESTY
.| OF THE U. SAYS McADOO
In addressing the soldiers in a Tex
as training camp, Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo said:
"We did not seek this war. It
was forced upon us. The Kaiser had
a notion that America would not
fight. He had been told so repeatedly
, by spies and propagandists in this
country, and he actually believed that
he could%insult this Nation, that he
could transgress its vital rights with
impunity and that American manhood
was so debased that we would not
strike back. But we have given him
the surprise of his life. The thing
that Is going to determine the issue
in this great war—and that issue is
really the vital question of the future
. of civilization itself—-rests in the
stout hearts and the strong right arms
Os you gallant men, yon patriots who
are going out to achieve victory and
rescue the world from the blight of
German oppression and military dom
ination.
“I want to give you the assurance
that never were the American people
so determined as they are today and
that they are going to back you men
to the utmost limit.
‘‘War is serious business, but, my
friends, there is nothing of such in
estimable value as liberty and inde
pendence and democracy. There is
nothing more worth fighting and
dying for.
“Until this war broke out, we had
supposed that it was impossible, in
, tho enlightened stage to which hu
manity had brought itself, for a
world-wide cataclysm of this kind to
occur. It was an illusion. Strange
to say, it was in these modern times
that a despot was developed who rep
resents in himself the combined lust
for dominion of Caesar, of Alexan
der, of Hannibal and of Napoleon.
U. 8. to “See It Through”
“Germany’s military rulers set out
fifty years ago with the deliberate
purpose of metamorphosing the soul
of Germany, of changing the soul of
a great nation and making it believe
that force and not right is the com
pelling power and ought to be the
governing power in the world. These
military autocrats have constructed
the most formidable military machine
ever created in the annals of time.
That is the hateful thing we have got
to destroy if we would save this Na
tion for ourselves and for posterity.
That is tho thing that America has
Bet out to do and she will never stop
.until the job is done.
“It is a glorious thing to die for
country. I envy the man who
gives his life to his country.
I do not care whether he
gives it in the serried ranks of the
I Army or in the clash of fleets in the
;Navy or in the undramatic toil of
Civil life, it is a glorious thing to die
for country. What nobler use can
n man make of his life than to trans
mute it into liberty for the benefit of
mankind Such lofty sacrifice is the
one thing that makes civilization
worth while and fills the future with
promise—that men are willing to go
cut and mako the supreme sacrifice
for tho rights of humanity. 'That is
What you men are going to do. You
«re going out to vindicate the majes
ty of America, tho might of right,
and re-establish civilization upon the
secure rock of justice, humanity and
liberty.
“I wish you all godspeed, and I
want you to know that there goes
with you, wherever you may be, the
affection of a great people backed by
their determination to stay with you
to the death and until a triumphant
Victory is won.”
I
j TO CONSERVE O. D.
f So widespread has become the use
of olive drab cloth that tho War De
partment is making a determined ef
fort to conserve the supply for the use
of the military forces.
The authorities are considering is
suing a request that all women’s
motor corps shall adopt a uniform of
;t>lulsh gray cloth. Organizations
now using olive drab will be asked to
replace the present uniforms when
worn out with the new model. New
ly formed branches of the women’s
motor corps will be requested to pur
chase no olive drab uniforms.
■ The War Department is reported to
be considering a plan to nationalize
the women’s motor corps under the
general direction of the American
Red Cross.
A NEW LIGHT
A clever inventor has devised a
light which can be attached to the
Jrnndie of a safety razor and enable
Soldiers to shave in the dark. The
light brightens the face 30 that the
bluslve whisker may bo taken pain
lessly. The device also can be at
tached to fountain pens, thus making
it possible for soldiers io write let
ters in the dark.
TRENCH AND CAivir
STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT WILSON
The twin Commissions on Training Camp Activities—one for the
War Department and one for the Navy Department—were appointed by
Secretary Baker and Secretary Daniels early tn the war to link together
in a comprehensive organization, under official sanction, all the agencies,
private and public, which could be utilized to surround our troops with
a healthy, wholesome environment. The Federal Government has
pledged its word that as fft> as care and vigilance can accomplish the
result, the men committed to its charge will be returned to the homes
and communities that so generously gave them with no scars except
those won In honorable conflict. The career to which we are calling our
men in the defense of democracy must be made an asset to them,
not only in strengthened and more virile bodies as a result of physical
training, not only in minds deepened and enrithttl by participation in a
great, heroic enterprise, but in the enhanced spiritual values which come
from a full life lived well and wholesomely.
I do not believe it an exaggeration to say that no army, ever before
assembled in history, has had more conscientious and painstaking
thought given to the protection and stimulation of its mental, moral
and physical manhood, Every endeavor has been made to surround tho
men, both here and abroad, with tho kind of environment which a
democracy owes to those who fight in its behalf. In this work the Com
missions on Training Camp Activities have represented tho Government
and the Government’s solicitude that the moral and spiritual resources
of the Nation should be mobilized behind the troops. The country is to
be congratulated upon the tine spirit with which organizations and
groups, some of them of national standing, have harnessed themselves
toge’i' ■ ' leadership of the Government’s agency in a common
mr !’ the army and navy.
We See Ourselves “Off Duty”
The first book telling the complete
story of how soldiers and sailors
spend their leisure time in training
centers in this country will appear
the latter part of May. It is called
“Keeping Our Fighters Fit—For War
and After,” and has been written by
Edward Frank Allen, of Now York,
the former editor of the “Travel”
magazine, with the co-operation
of Raymond B. Fosdick, Chairman of
the War and Navy Departments’ Com
missions on Training Camp Activities.
Most chaps take the opportunity for
organized athletics, for sings, shows,
reading in a well-stocked library, rec
reation rooms and so on, as a matter
of course, in the arrangements of
army camps. They do not realize that
such features ha,ve been introduced
into military life only since the en
trance of the United States into the
war—and that the United States, al
though the most unwarUko of the
nations engaged, is the first in the
history of the world to supply her man
in training with a program of social,
mental and physical interests outside
of the regular military routine. As
Mr. Allen says, “To be sure, Napoleon
said that a fighting army is a content
ed army, but it remained for the
United States Government to apply
the theory to practice."
President Wilson, in a statement
which appears in the book and which
is reproduced in full in “Trench and
Camp,” points out that the benefits
derived from “a full life lived well
and wholesomely” are but the debt
owed by a democracy “to those who
fight in its behalf.”
It was the unfortunate conditions
obtaining in our camps on the Mexi
can border, where the War Depart
ment had sent Mr. Fosdick to investi
gate during the summer of 1916, that
U. S. Will Not Call Any More
Guard Units Into Service
From a telegraphic order to the
Governor of Minnesota from the War
Department ordering him to disband
the Second Minnesota Artillery, it has
been assumed that no more National
Guard units will be drafted into the
service of the United States.
Since the outbreak of the war a
number of additional units have been
formed. Some of them were organ
ized in order to bring the quotas of
the various states up to the prescribed
figure. Now that the work of consol
idating these units has progressed to
the point where there is no need for
any more State units, the whole work
of the War Department will be con
centrated upon the training of the
draft increments for service in the
National Army.
Complying with the various State
constitutions, new military organiza
tions have been formed, as, for in
stance, in New York State, Where
more than fifteen thousand men have
been enlisted. But these troops are
not a part of the National Guard sys
tem. They will not be called upon for
service outside the limits of the States
in which they are raised.
In the ease of the Second Minnesota
Artillery pressure was brought to hear
upon Secretary Baker to recognize
the now organisation. Re sustained
the judgment of his military advteers
when the appeal Wan heard and Issued
what was the second order for dis
banding the regiment. Froua tide
Hraling there is no appeal.
caused tho President and Secretary
Baker to plan a Commission on Train
ing Camp Activities “in the interim
between the President’s war message
and the actual declaration of war by
Congress.” Quoting Mr. Allen:
“I want on organization,” Secrotary Bakov
said to Mr. Fosdick, "that will link togstlior
the Y M. C. A., the Recreation Association
of America, and ovary other agency that can
contribute to tho social wnll-boing of troops
In the Held, on that will itself
supply any eapn in the program."
How different the conditions now to
1916!
’Tile collection of Hquare-fronted, one
»tory buildings and the drab adobe twits
provided Itttle in the way of ontortatnment.
18ven with the poeyttiHity of a brush with
the Mexicans. It wan doll. Several thousand
men were jrtaMur tho same faces and flolnx
tho sixma thing*) every day, and they were
bored, whoro was nowhere to go for any
sort of daeept diversion la their ‘off' time.
CXUumbes, Near Mexico, had none of tho at
tractions to which these men had been ae
enstomed; there waa no movie show, no li
brary, po club room for lounging, no organ
ised Ontortalnmeut of any kind for tho men.
There was not oven a place where auxin
00-jld go and wrtto a letter. »• * Moo
were hopink that Pancho Villa would hap
pen by, Juai to liven things up; anything
would suffice for * change. But the soldiers
just waited, with nothing to do outside of
their military routine Reading matter wae
at a prontlmn. and the soldlere begged for
worn-out magsialnes from travelers.'’
In his tour of tho cantonments no
activity either administered directly
by the Commissions or by the organ
izations such as tho Y. M. C. A. and
American Library Association, etc.,
which they co-ordinhto and super
vise, has escaped tho shrewd observ
ance of Mr. Allen. From educational
classes to minstrel shows, he pictures
tha “doins” of the boys in camp.
Tho book is official, but simply told,
and sparkling with human-interest
anecdotes. It makes a lively, enter
taining account of the significance of
the soldiers" leisure hours as seen
through the eyes of a keen civilian.
Total Eolar Eclipse June 8
Bj DAVID TODD
Professor of Astronomy, Amherst
College
On Saturday afternoon, June 8, an
eclipse of the sun vzill be total every
where within, but nowhoro without,
a very narrow belt stretching diag
onally across the United States from
Washington and Oregon southeasterly
to Alabama and Florida.
When thp eclipse becomes total,
the sun's corona appears, and the
length of time thia radiant halo can
be seen Mil vary from 50 seconds on
the Florida coast to 120 seconds bn
the Pacific Coast. The time of total
eclipse will range from 2.55 Pacific
Standard Time bn the Pacific Coast,
4.23 Mountain Timo at Denver, 5.30
Central Tlmd at Enid, Qkia., to 5.42
Central Time at Orlando, Fla. Pre
ceding totality, the fenn will go
through all stages of partial eclipse,
beginning on the sun’s west edge fully
an hour before the total eclipse; and
In the reverse order for nearly an
hour after. At all places in the Uni
ted States, either north or south of
the shadow path, the eclipse will be
visible in its partial phases only.
Much assistance will be rendered
astronomers who are studying the
corona, if outline drawings of It a ro
made by those who have erven moder
ate skill fa sketching, it a field glasp,
spy riaea or teleshopd 6t moderate
size fe avalhbie, tho best use It can
be put to fe to outline skatchimj those
parts of tbs corona near Uto pol« of
U. S. SOLDIERS IN FRANCE
MUST MAINTAIN HIGH
STANDARD OF CONDUCT
The deportment of American troops
in France has won for the soldiers
from the United States a real wel
come. The presence of American offi
cers and enlisted men in French
homes is not merely tolerated. The
French people gladly receive them.
In order that this happy relation
may continue, an official bulletin has
been issued for the information and
guidance of all concerned. It reads
as follows: t
“The attention of every officer is
directed to the importance of prevent
ing any damage whatever to property 1
belonging to the French. When any
damage is done the matter should be
adjusted and settlement made on the
spot, no matter how small. It will
save you trouble explaining in the 1
future.
“When billets have once been as
signed, changes cannot be made with
out authority of the town major. All
information may be obtained from
local town major. One-half franc
per day is the customary rate to pay
for personal service. It is Important
that all officers be careful not to leave
without making settlement.
"No matter how long an officer
stays in a billet, he would do well to
pay for service at the rate of fifty
centimes a day. Failure-to do this
gives rise to unfavorable comment on ’
tho part of the inhabitants, who are |
then less inclined to billet officers.
The French authorities can, of course,
force the inhabitants to billet officers,;
but tho way is smoother for all con
cerned if officers are appreciative and
give some outward and visible sign of,
Inward appreciation. i
“The respecting of private property
is of capital importance. Officers and •
men should be careful, too, not to
offend the French people, who are
quite sensitive. Altercations should
be avoided. Most matters can bo ad
justed in a few minutes with the aid
of an interpreter. It should be re
membered that the billeting is ac
tually handled by the French, who
should be consulted by anyone Who is
not sure of his ground. The proper
procedure is to refer the matter to
the American Town Major, who will
take it up with the French author
ities.
"According to the French law, the
inhabitants receive pay for billeting
officers and men only when they have
stayed more than three nights in the
same month. It is only fair, then, in
the interests of all, that an officer
who is billeted for fewer than four
nights should reimburse the pro
prietor to the extent that the pro
prietor would have been paid by the
government, i. e., one franc per night.
It is the custom to add to this a fee
for service at the rate of fifty centimes
a day. This may be paid to the per
son actually performing the service
of cleaning, making beds, etc., or to
the proprietor.
“Men must be cautioned that they
must not tpuch any wood box, or any
property no matter how small or
seemingly unimportant, without first
obtaining permission. The rustling
of lumber, wood, etc., as is custom
ary for soldiers in the United States,
must not be permitted, as it will not
be tolerated in France.
“It is important that all instruc
tions of the French officials be fol-,
lowed explicitly. Also that the con
duct of officers aqd men be such that
tho French people will have no cause
for complaint. It has been found that
the treatment accorded our troops has
generally been based on the conduct
of the troops who were last to occupy
the town. When in doubt on any
question, consult the French town
major, through the American town
major.”
FIVE MILLION, QUICK!
“Get five million men to France,
and do it quick!”
This is what President William H.
Crawford, of Allegheny College,
urges.
“I consider it the duty of the Uni
ted States to get five million men into
France just as goon as possible, and
with full equipment and supplies.
Nothing will do so much to discour
age Germany as a big American war
program backed by the united senti
ment of a united people.”
PICKET DUTY
"So, your son is in the army, it
he?”
“Yossuh, he’s on picket duty.”
"Picket duty? What does that
conAiat of?” i
"Why, you see, he wuks in de
kul’uej’s kitchen and every time de
colonel wants chicken fo’ dlnnah mah
boy has to pick it,”
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