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Lb 1 >568,661 Rifles Produced For Army
By Ordnance Bureau Since War Began
jjlljfcjjjhe following is authorized by the
Department:
of rifles for the United
sK3|K'.es Army has passed the million and
■Wwtjalf mark. A report from the office of
.' - Acting Chief of Ordnance, Brig. Gen.
C. Williams, shows that since the
& : s?<£ited States declared war against Ger
4, ?ny, the Ordnance Department has pro
<>•'l *' e d 1.568.661 rifles. These are ap-
as follows:
<\<»del of 1917 (modified Enflelds 1,1497595
of 1903 (Springfields) .... 176.796
: ssina rifles 251,270
Equivalent In Spare Parts.
♦ In addition there is the equivalent of
Z 0,000 Enfieds, made up in spare parts,
•' c id of 100,000 Springfields, made up In
a are parts since war was declared. All
ese rifles and parts, with the exception
the Russian rifles, go into the hands
soldiers destined overseas. The Rus
an rifles are being used for training
jrposes and for the equipment of home
uards.
J”"”? Besides the rifles since war was de
rT&lared, there are 600,000 Springfields,
nodel of 1903 in use. Only about one
>VA alf the soldiers in an army carry rifles.
’ )n this basis the Ordnance Department
*’ rt as enough rifles. Springfield and inodi
fltreied Enfield, for an arm - of about 2,000,-
ihi |l,< ' 1 ’ a H° win S> wastage for one year.
- Daily Average 7,941.
Last week’s total production was 35,-
* oo i4o rifles, or a daily average of 7,941. This
igure was reached with only five plants,
r Ojf the eight that have been working on
it- 'ifles, busy. Higher records were made
t Lfvhen all the plants were working in the
?: vinter months. Some of the plants have
jeen slowed up on rifles and put to work
y Ie tn machine guns and automatic pistols.
K e s Ninety thousand men. women, and chil-
Y le ,:'iren have been engaged in rifle Making,
iks. Quantity production of rifles is success
, ul, experts pronouncing the modified
or P‘Infield one of the best rifles now made.
.ests are being conducted regularly to
’ as nake sure that standards are maintained.
v report received recently from a test at
k - atni> t’P ton shows that in the firing of ‘
fDARING DEED OF
E PITTSBURG LIEUT,
ke
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Second Lieut. John T. Bissell'
Faced Machine Gun Fire at
:onc< Chateau Thierry in Order
to ’ His Company Might
Oross Bridge.
t Wilt, the American Forces on the
arno—Second Lieutenant John T.
itrokeissel, of Pittsburgh; has been recom
:er, tended for the French legion of honor
>r distinguished gallantry played
>rom’ cent,y at Chateau Thierry.
The story of his conduct offers a
s hthrilling example of .-in officer's disre-
L terl gard for his own life in order that the
L s men under his command might reach*
■ly safety. it was on June - that Lieu
gi! tenant Rissel with a party of ten ma
chine gunners was thrown in to help
| siem the German advance.
J ■ The partv was ordered into Chateau I
e TII ierry where they crossed to the North I
bank of the Marne and set up theii
gdns in the streets behind what ever
r protection they could gather, using
boxes, tables and stones.
Americans Heid Out.
. The town was drenched with shells
—. but the Americans held out until the
r*'Germans finally rushed the town and
.some of the enemy crossed a bridge to f
the southern side of the river to one |
side of Bissel’s position. The bridge I
l ? ot was they blown up.
h%i Meanwhile American and French
] le machine gunners on the southern bank
of the Marne began a fire”that swept
the second bridge, Lieutenant Bissel’s
’ n T:>nly avenue of escape. The lieutenant
,g U n ,iaw the situation, lie. left his men in
place of comparative safety went out I
tad” > the north end of the bridge and sac-!
jure jg a pjai machine gun bullets got ’
nto a position where the gunners on i
e inhe south side of the ri>er ifiild see
sing ism.
Bullets sang around him until the I
! Americans and French on the other I
Rftj.ide saw that it was an American who ,
t p r ared to show himself. When the fir- ;
jewing ceased Lieutenant Bis-.el returned 1
:ose.;o the place where he had left his men i
PO°j.nd rushd them acress the I -idge. Alli
|th e >xcept one reached saftely. ’.Vnat hap- I
jened to him is unknown..
HOUSE
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in a private room or strolling
oout the camp, and the baby, in the
room, under a. watchful eye, is. I
Mffiryxere the baby belongs, in the crib
JVfL ’jantime, about this hour, names in a
1 sergeant; he has been ill, very ill,
,ra ‘it he has been discharged from the
■p ispital and, weak and languid, he st’-
wn. as he has done days and dais
SEBpCore, in a rocker by the window; he
'•“fcbks abcut'Tiim on "resh flowers every
rn 'here on the tables and mantels, rests
•w«l.s soul, while quiet, cheerful, smiling
< ®n'en pass a bout him and say a word.
Com s Ahey did "at home" when once before,
i wo ors ago, he was getting well,
dha he sits- he nods to corporal, a
IrilH ur>k r- ruddy corporal, standing a little
(jjjjjjWkwardly and rumbly. for the corporal
Submitting to an operation—a hostess
by him, "plying her needle and thread.”
KHgesewing to his sleeve his torn chevrons
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TRENCH AND CAMP
850,000 rounds of ammunition with the
1917 modified Enflelds, there were only
three minor accidents and practically no
malfunctions. Two of the three acci
dents were caused by the. soldiers care
lessly sticking the muzzle in the dirt or
mud and choking the bore. The Chief of
Ordnance has received many other re
ports from the camps where the 1917
model rifle has been tested, the great ma
jority tending to show the weapon is
thoroughly successful.
Caution in Practice.
Precautions have been taken to guard
against injury to the new men while
they are learning to handle the pieces.
There is a pressure of 51,000 pounds on
every square inch of the chamber in the
United States rifle every a cartridge is
fired. The Hiring is done close to the
flrer’s face. To guard against danger to
the men learning to handle the weapons,
a corps of trained men of long experience
in rifle firing and instruction were com
missioned and assigned as rifle demon
strators.
These officers are equipped with prop
er guages and tools to enable them to
give the rifles a safety inspection similar
to that made of coast and field artillery
pieces. With these precautions in force
the number of burst rifles at the training
camps has been reduced to a small per
centage.
Small-Arms Firing School.
Many of the rifle demonstrators and
safety experts have been transferred
from the Ordnance Department to tile
small-arms firing school, recently estab
lished at Camp Perry. Ohio. Col. John
T. Thompson. United States Army, re
tired. advisory engineer to the Acting
Chief of Ordnance, is now recruiting for
the Ordnance Department a new corps of
trained safety experts, it is hoped that
enough of these men will be obtained to
enable the department to supply each
camp witii an officer who can demons
trate the 1917 model United States rille
to all new troops and at tlie same time
teach them how to safeguard themselves
against accidents. These men must be
above draft age.
or, it may be. a button.
The Cafeteria.
In another and larger room is a scene
of more animation. There are scores of
people in it. men and women, and there
is a line—in which the women always
have first place and turn—the cafeteria:
line.. Near the head of it are two girls. |
and a hostess overhears part of a con- |
versation: "You go and sit down, Jen- I
Inie; I'll bring your lunch; you are not
| well enough to stand." Then the. hostess !
goes to hex - guides her to a table, brings i
her soup and other food, talks kindly j
with her, discovers that she is of the I
company that performs that same even- |
ing in the great camp theater, that, she ;
is just recovering from a week in bed
with tonsillitis, that she is nervous, that
she is frightened, that she fears that she
will break down in the coming entertain
ment. The House car is at the door,
hostess and gill in five minutes arewat
the base hospital, the girl is under ex
amination by a great specialist of high
reputation, he encourages her, gives her I
strengthening medicine.’ sends her away j
in a little while "a new woman.” back to
the Hostess House for an hour's rest be
fore tlie performance and. when that is
ended, she is again at the House where
site finds tha the specialist's prescription
, obtained by the hostess, awaits her.
Under Y. W. C. A.
The Hostess Houses are under the di
rection of the National Women’s Chris
tian Association and part of it. Six hos
tesses are the staff at Camp Jackson and
I the Y. W. <'. A. in Columbia, lias a "hos
tess board” that co-operates with them, j
Every day a commute of women from
Columbai are assisting and that is why '
so much is accomplished. Sometimes, a [
thousand or twelve hundred men and wo- ]
men (and some little babies) visit the
Hostess House in a day and more than a !
thousand things are done for them. Ev- j
erything is free except, the meals, ices, I
GREAT NAVAL
EXHIBITION ! I
—at— |
I LAKE VIEW PARK |
Saturday Evenin'-
June 22.
I
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Reproduction of the Sailing
Ship Henry P. Frey, Destroyed
I by Torpedo.
. .Captain S. D. Bloudell, of
i New York Citv will lecture cn
life-saving and submarine war
fare as it is today
TIME OF LECTURE 8:45 p.m.
ADMISSION:
Adults 25c I
Children 10c
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Opening of Public Dancing
at the Park for the remainder
of the season.
FINE MUSIC.
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Phone for Dancing Dates 1700.
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C. C. SLATTERY,
Lessee and Manager of Park.
HAMPTON TERRACE ANNEX
Georgia Avenue.
North Augusta, S. C.
AMERICAN PLAN.
At Pine Heights Station on the Augusta-Aiken Trolley.
Fifteen Minutes from Augusta, Ga.
Special Rates to Soldiers’ Families.
GOLF AND TENNIS.
GOOD WATER. PLENTY OF SHADE.
Special Attention Paid to Dinner Parties.
IDEAL FOR CHILDREN.
PHONE 1322.
candy and postage stamps and to the
welcome there is no end.
There is a hurrying tramp of many
feet on tin* steps and the piazza. Sixty
soldiers, enlisted men and otiieers. dusty,
hot. travel-worn but beaming, crowd into
the hall, "We're from Camp Lewis, Se
attle; we're just off the cars—-of course
we've come ,to the Hostess House first—
why, we've got the best Hostess I louse
in America al Lewis!” But they have no
misgivings about a Hostess House in any
camp and in a moment, with their iced
tea and sandwiches, they are at home in
this one of Camp Jackson.
This has been written that all the. lads,
enlisted men nd officers, and their wives
mother and sweethearts, the new men
from the homes as well as from Hie
camps, may know, as the boys from
('amp Lewis knew, what the ~ Hostess
[Napdeoii Once Said:-
<-**A Fotitsoife terntiy Ss Ars
j Army ItefeateeL” 1
Men from every community c
! are drilling for Military Ser-)
t vice. For all these men tlxej
> frequent use of ALLEN’S)
S ft- - FOOT EASE, the antiseptic?
( l powder, shaken into the)
‘ i Slxoes and sprinkled in tlie?
!i Ejwwl foot-bath, increases their xtfli-)
Qt* A tj ciency and insures needed?
physical comfort. The Amer-)
ThV i'' an ’ British and French?
J troops use A lien’s Foot-Ease,)
? because it takes the Friction?
? I®4 from the shoe and freshens)
t _waL the feet. (
' 'j'he ITattsburg Camp Man-)
' soidior* u*» ual advises men in training?
) foox e.»o to shake Foot Ease in their)
(-hoes each morning. Why not order a?
)dozen or more 26c. boxes to-day from)
?vour Druggist or Dep t store to mail to?
)\-oixr frien'ls in training camps and in)
J’the army and
A Complete Line of Military Books
at
DeDqaest’s New and Old Book Shops
HEADQUARTER’S for MILITARY BOOKS
213-215 Seventh St. (Ne. r Broad) PHONE 653
FmESS SERGEANTS,
I ATTENTION 1
FOR FISH AND OYSTERS
CALL ON THE
BIG WHOLESALE HOUSE
wqptyaara— riiiirTiriiMiniß iium .-.TRW.iTr-r
FRESH ARRIVALS DAILY
NORFOLK OYSTERS.
PHONE OR CALL
AUGUSTA FISH CO.
1115 Fenwick Street. Phone 2666.
House is and that under its roof is a. wel
coming and helping hand of a woma'n
for every one of them. And jhe sunshine
and tlie flowers never fail.
Two British soldiers went into a
restaurant at Salonica and asked for
Turkey with Greece. Tlie waiter said;
“I'm sorry, gentlemen, but 1 can't
Servia,” whereupon Hie Tommied
cried, "Fetch tlie Bosphorus!”
When tlxat gentleman arrived and
heard the complaint tlie manager
said:
"Well, gentlemen, 1 don't want to
Russia, but you cailfxot Rouxnania."*
And so Hie pool' Tommies had to go
away Hungary.
Kodaks
Kodak Supplies
Kodak Finishing.
Our Kodak Work is done
in our own shop. Special
care is taken to insure per
manent prints.
The 'Aiken Gift Shop
227 Eighth Street.
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