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Newspaper Page Text■» K»c ß BUSY BEE LUNCH ROOM 657 BROAD STREET. OPEN DAY. AND NIGHT QUICK LUNCHES. Ifffiffiemor&is F * Shoe Polishes QUALITY VARIETY Especially adopted for cleaning and polishing leather boots and pattees. Easy to apply and quickly gives de sired results. Put up in either Oxblood, Brown or Russet. Oldest and Largest Manufacturer in the World. ‘ COLUMBIA GRAFONOLAS All the Latest ffifg S’ RECORDS AND SONGS. H COME IN AND HEAR THEM. H i P' Manning Music Co. Augusta’s Musical Center. J 311 Eighth Street. KBV "JHMKUUHSBSS WSW>WgWtWWMWIWigrT-TXrimWBIWMWI lllllf IL LIJIILILBLI_M.I_J_L._L FLOWERS FOR ALL OCCASIONS —AT— “THE PRETTIEST SHOP IN TOWN” CONVENIENT TO ALL CARS. STULB’ NURSERY “Augusta’s Leading Florist.” 203 Eighth Street. “Just Off Broad.” Phones—Nursery, 549. Store, 570. Special to Men in Khaki This Coupon and $6.50 in cash at the Rembrandt Studio will purchase one dozen of our SIO.OO per dozen Portraits. This offer is good until December 20. REMBRANDT STUDIO CORNER NINTH AND BROAD. “The Best in High Class Photography.” DRINK : - i i HAVE YOU TRIED IT? Makes you glad you’re thirsty. Ask for it at All Drink Stands. Bludwine Bottling Co. Phone 755. 919 Marbury St. Announcement ar3Wf aagggcßjaauatrr wrim iw. w • '«■—i iiWMKMMWiw«KBWCMWM»BaMW We take pleasure in announcing the opening of our New Studio, now located at 853 Broad Street over the V. & L. Restaurant. Formerly corner Ninth and Broad. Your inspection of our new studio is cordially solicited and any order left for our attention will be handled with the same efficient workmanship and service as hereto fore. Plenty of time for Christmas Photographs. Yours to serve, The Wight Studio WHMBaMnaKiaMnumaacMMMMVMWBMBC ]> IN RECOGNITION OF SERVICES RENDERED I BY "Y" SECRETARIES - - I Recognition of the self-sacrifice and willingness to fac-' death on the part of men who put aside their businesses to I serve in the war zone, under fire if nec- I essary, as Y. 31. C. A. workers is being given by the Red Triangle organization in the form of certificates of honorable discharge to those volunteers who were not srint. overseas. In a statement an nouncing this, th' l personnel division of the National War Work Council V. 31. L,. A. sets forth the particular need of t specialists instead of general hut secre- I tarieg, developed by the War Depare ment’s speed in returning the merican Expeditionary Force. [ The statement follows: . “The Young Men’s Christian Associa tion as one of the larger organizations i nat have been serving our military for ces overseas finds itself confronted, L»l- K l lowing cessation of hosttlites. with the necessity for a radical revision of its oev program. The character or much of the work required under present conditions is quite different from that called for while men were entering, leaving or in the trenches. i “Immediately following the armistice it was thought that a largely increased’ I force would be needed, and a call was made for more men. Later, when the, return of the army from Great Britain was put into effect immediately, and the early demobilization of the American in France was begun. It was found that ; entire < lasses of men heretofore needed in considerable numbers by the Y. M. C. I A., would not be required. • “The ’Y’ now has over 5.000 workers in Franc- alone. Hereafter the require ments will be limited to certain spec ialists and experienced leaders. This change of program will assist very ma terially in conserving the gifts of (he j nation. Educational work will be. largely / Increased for the. armies of occupation, and to an even greater extent than be ** tore, an all around Red Triangle pro gram will be maintained. This will limit recruiting to specialists. “Manv men, some or whom already ' had reached New York on their way over seas. have had to he returned to their I homes because the. Particular form of work for which they were chosen will not now be needed. “They will add to the number of men m every community disappointed because they -lid not got overseas but entitled to equal honor with those whose, unselfish and patriotic desire has not been twarted All will receive certificates of honorable discharge in recognition of their pa- Itriotism.” The following cert if irate has been given to all men who offered their service and yvere accepted: This is to certify that Young Men's Christian Association War IVVork Overseas, is not now being sent forward. simply because the changing character of th<* Overseas work follow ing the armistice, will not require the form of personal service that he would have been able to render under war con ditions. His character and personal worth are unquestioned, the information obtained from his references being very satis . factory. The fact that he cannot now be sent forward detracts nothing from our high appreciation of the fine unsel fish psirit. he has shown, in thus freely offering himself for the help of country and of fellow men. A. G. KN EBEL. ’ Executive becretary War Personnel Board. Y M. C. a. War Work Council. THIS YANKEE ADMIRAL J WAS A REAL CRUSOE g London. -The story of Robinson Crusoe ■ has been enacted over again by a small I section of the American navy on an is- S been karne.q since approaching peace has H lifted the ban of naval Intelhg nee. # An American naval officer in charge of a small but efficient squadron of vessels, fowl rrnself one day ‘•based’’ on the island just mentioned. His “base,” when I he arrived, consisted only of a sandy b-ach with inland hills covered with' I tangled vines and fig and lemon trees I His chief equipment for establishing a real ‘base” «a«- bie na meo. “Nelson”' I and the ambition to Jive up to the record I created by the famous hearer of It. But that ambition, coupled with Amor jican ingenuity, achieved in three months th-- desired results. When he arrived he found there were no roads to connect his landing with the big ollied base on the other side of the island. He immediaie l.v improvised squads of road builders 3 from the “gobs” aboard his ships. When he ran out of blasting powder he empt | ied the contents of 6-inch shells and used that as a substitute. He made a good road. capable of taking 5-ton motor trucks. Then he found that his ships would need shore iepair shops. He did not have lime tq send homo for the neces- Isary material, so (he. aforesaid •‘gobs’’ ; built rh-m out of packing-case boards, rooted with tin from gasoline cans. Pow er-driven lathes were installed from ina • chines aboard his vessels or from pans made aboard them. The power itself is transmitted by cable from the main “de pot” ship anchored out in the harbor. Ha .- ng provided for the essential need of carrying on the war. Nelson then turn ed h.s i t tention to the comfort and wcl ffi.'-i-. of his men. He wanted a cooking range on shore, but. there were no steel plates to be had from the native supplies. So he fished up a lot of spare boiler plates irom the ships’ stores and ererifd one of the largest ranges in existence. There also was an excellent Y.M.C A. hut for the use of the crews, well equipped baths and plenty of good food, supple mented by unlimited quantities of native fruit which would make the mouth of a —J New Yorker water The reason for all these preparations can 1 given in one word—submarines. This American naval unit was part of the greai lived and mobile barrage which 1 ■helptd to clear the Mediterranean <»f! j thees sea pests. The allied commander in-chief in these waters. Admiral Gau chet. and also the local Italian admiral, | are loud in their praises of the work of the American fc: ('••., particularly of the activities of the speedy motor-boat chasers. Here, as with the British grand fleet and elsewhere around the British l::i. s, the co-operation and cordiality between the American and Allied units was ail that could be desired. Scattered about this part of the world are also some American sea-plane bases. These co-operated with naval units in i fighting submarines and carried on their 1 ! own independent work against Austrian - I seaports. I Here arc long rows of sheds housing the latest types of piano, Th- equip ment of the shore stations would s rve '■ a model for any in the world, Hos-j ipitaj. dining-hall and bathing facilities I are above reproach. i One of these stations specialized iu | I bombing th" Austrian naval base of Dur- 1 azzo. During one raid the one machine I was hit and put out of acti m. just as the Amencar. pilot was about to return. The Pilot’s senp.i l ions arc best d-.? ii.'d in his own words. “i feP bull”” he said, “exon though I knew i v.a •. in a tight fix, for I had dro; - ' P"<l all my ‘eggs’ on the assigned obje< - : | tbee. I managed to bring m? disabled I i machine down on the ocan outside of; the Austrians' range of fire. ! “Well. I thought. I’ve got to get bark . to my b;-.s- : tl'.ere isn’t any food in Aus tria and I’m mighty hungry. Al:-. ~ though I had some cigarettes, 1 was out cf ; matches. “So J stuck to my machine, knowing l I must get back to the base somehow. And sure enough, pretty soon one of our I planes came along, spotted me and glided i dowo to the water. 1 grabbed a strut. | hosi.-.u myself aboard, and we- missed only the first course of supper.” FIRST IN ST. MIHIEL I New York.—Miss Philis .1 Walsh, ai I Philadelphia society girl, who h.:s be n I [driving a ri ambulance i France for th" past ycai. a-rive.l here today aboard I [th" steam;-i. ip Wallnr-r Castle. Miss i | Wall the distinction of being | th*.- fi st woman to enter St. MihieJ after ■J | its capture by the American t -uopr. French and camp HANCOCK PERSONALS First Lieut. J. Douhitt, of the Sani- I tary Corps, lias been asigned to Sani | tary Squad No. 1. In addition to this I he will also act as Supply Officer for , i Detachments, Medical Departments. | and the Groups. j Relieved from duties with the Gen eral Medicine Board. Lieut. Thomas Aaiken has been assigned to the Base . Hospital. , The following men have been ap pointed to Examining Team No. I: Capt. Samuel Emanuel Schwartz, as general examiner; Capt. Noah ' IV. Clark, as tuberculosis examiner, and Lieut. Sidney Israel as ear, nose and throat examiner. To Team No. 2 these officers have been added: Capt. John O. Woods, as ttuberculosis examineer, and Lieut. Joseph E. AVindbeil. as ear, nose and throat examiner. The visiting h-urs at the Base Hos pital are announced as 2 to 4 p. m. On l l.v under exceptional circumstances w.ll visitors be permitted at. the insti tution at any other time. Second Lieut. Walter J. King has been assigned to the Motor Transsport Corps. Private Charles H. Austin has been appointed sergeant. The follow ing men have been attached to Motor cycle Co. 307: Sergeants. First Class, Gregory McGovern. Ralph W. Snyder, Harold H. Bridwell Herbert M. Is aacs, t larence Mann, and Sergeants Ira M. Elder. Thomas A Cushman Jr Harry N. Hanks, Carl W. Priehetk Earle H. Rothwell, and Clinton C. Steely. Second I.leut. James A. Durntord is now with the . üb-Depot Quartermas ter. Sergeant Thomas A. Pierce lias been made temporary sergeant, first class, and Sergeants Oscor s. Elythe and Fremont L. 'Whitney have also been raised to the rank of temporary first class sergeants. Corporal Roy L. Lower has been elevated to the grade of sergeant, and Private Christian F. Hetzel and Frank Capeci are now cor -1 porals. There were many promotions in Headquarters Company, Machine Gun Training Center, during thee past week. The. following men were made , sergeants: Corporals Edward J. Sin ner, William L. Glover, Louis W. Der by. George Stimpson. David F. Bred, and Privates. First Class. Bred Emil I Miick and Ar nr L. Stevens. Private Chester Mathicson has been made cor poral and Privates Oscar T. Fleischer and William A. Paletsky are now first : class privates. Additional pr. motions are: Cook Ocie C. Wetheerbee to the rank of ser- ■ geantt, and the fcdlowin to be corpor- 1 lais: Privates First Class. Joseph W. ' Parker, I'l. I>, Anderson, Ralph I ibat, H. M . Forsythe. Samuel Cohen, Horseshoer R. E. Long and Privates < John F Gill, I. P. Chapman and M. D. ■ Rogers. i t Capt. David E. Schmalhorst, who re- | cently was transferred to Camp Han cock. has been appointed Camp Edpi- 1 demiologist. OUR ARMY COOKS Domestic training has a. vital part In the military training program. Sol diers must be cooks as well as athletes and fighters. Before they are ordered to overseas duty every man in the American army, from field officers to privates, is taught how to cook a meal with his own mess kit. Man'- of the "Sammies” make splendid cooks. Every camp has a bakers' and casks’ school. The teachers from these two i schools go into every one of the sev , oral hundred kitchens in each camp, i with authority to inspect .and to in struct the men assigned to kitchen i duty, and to enforce the regulations, i Among these kitchen rules is one | that there shall Ire no waste in the kitchen - and this is rigidly enforced. The order includes the mess table.. Rules have been posted in the canton ments ordering that, no soldier should ask for more than he needs at a. meal. After obtaining a second helping he must eat ail of it. Violation of this order may involve isolation at mess. Every soldier in the American army today carries with his (besides his fighting and shelter equipment) suf ficient food and water to enable him to lake care of himself in case lie should become separated from his company. Tn his mess kit are meat can, knife, fork, spoon and cup, and utensils which he has been trained to use in cooking a simple meal in short order over a small fire. For even with the modern system of army cookery It is Plain that there are times in cam paigning at the front, when the men in certain duties cannot depend on the. regular commissary department. The United States army cooks are trained not only with a view to work in barracks' dining halls, but also for field service. The best-trained cooks are those which are alike proficient in tho use of the field ration, the field vnn/vA 4 „.11t..„ I. » 1 .x r-j.nge, the rolling kitchen, and the fire less cooker. The most important is the fireleEß cooking and cooker, where food is pre pared in the rear of the firing line, car ryd to the men, and served hot. The field army cooks understand how long food should be cooked on the range be fore it is put in the fireiess cooker, ’ and how long it ahould remain there. They know, too, how to Improvise a fireless cooker if no other is at. hand. The mess sergeant and cook under stand also how to prepare and serve meals on railway' trains, on transports, and on the march. Good, substantial, well-cooked food is required and must cooked and served quickly. In the field, especially, careful planning is necessary to make the limited ration >-'O around, so that, none shall go with out and no food be left over. The chief training • enters for army cooks in the cantonments are sending out trained detachments, whose places are filled at once by fresh details. A steady supply of trained cooks and baker; is secured by assigning each month two men from arch company ; h?.-I battery to the cooking school, i When graduated, these men cooks are ; competent to cook every army dish l from the famous El Rancho stew to • < amp-made mince pies; and to pre ; pare within a pound’s margin the proper portions for a hungry snnad of two hundred nr more. There are few k-fr-overs in their management: and in the use of any scraps they are able to give pointers, it is claimed, to the i most economical of housewives. Ope of the most interesting demon ration;- of the work of army cooks was given recently at a prominent ’intel in the national canital. Con gre'-smen. rmv'-rnnT-nt officials, army nd ”avy t ffi< ■ eompeted actively ; for the urivHcr" ■■ < f lining up and cat | ing regular soldier fare cooked by the armv conks in a. big tractor kitchen at the Marine Barracks and carried in steaming tanks on a cold autumn day to the hotel and waiting guests, each of whom was armed with a tin mess outfit. Lining un. they passed in front of ‘o’-ving men stationed at the tanks d then took their places at moss ta bles of blanks placed on wood sup- • ports. After this novel “Trench Din i ner” there were toasts and speeches in ■ praise nf the army conks, and the af i fair was voted a great success from j e\ r ry standpoint by all the soldiers | and civilians present at the demon ; ration. —Jane A. Steward, in the j Wc: tern Christian Advocate. URGE MEN TO RETAIN ' THEIR INSURANCE Tho Bureau of War Risk Insurance, which has carried on the great task of insuring the soldiers of the American army, has issued a circular in which it urges the men to continue their insur ance. As a question of common sense, it tells the soldier why it is to his advantage to keep up his insurance with the gov ernment after his discharge, at the spe cial low rate which the government is offering. The insurance which the government offered the men upon their entrance into the army can be conveniently continued when the soldier returns to civil life. To keep it up all that is required is that the payments be continued, and these should bo payed monthly. The payments may b ? made by a check or postoffice money order made payable to the treasurer of the United States and mailed direct to the Bureau of war Risk Insurance, Washington, D. C. It also may bs deducted from the pay or deposit, or any way the insured may choose. In case the premiums have not b?en paid on time, and more than thirty-one days have elapsed, but within six months after tho lapse, the insured may apply for reinstatement. But the application must also be accompanied by a certificate which would show that he is of sound health, and must be signed by two repu table physicians. A check or money order covering all the back premiums must also accompany the application. Upon being discharged, (he applicant can have the amount of his insurance decreased by notifying the Bureau of War Risk insurance. Those who applied for insurance prior to July 1, 1918, will continue to pa\ the present premium rate, until July 1, 1919. and annually thereafter for a period of f.'ve years the rate, will change to the rate for the age one year higher according to the premium scheduled rat. eThose who took out insurance after July 1. 1918, will not change the present, pre mium unfl July 1, 1920. Government insurance other than term insurance may be obtained. The pres ent form of Insurance may be continued for a period of five years and during (hat time it may be changed into standard forms of insurance, which will be .of fered by tho government .and which will possess the usual features of private in surance policies. Government insurance will cost lose than private insurance, for the United States government operates on a less ex pensive scale, and is therefore able to offer it sinsurance. at 30 per cent less than private companies Upon being discharged, the soldier should keep up the war risk insurance, I for dropping If will mean that he loses [tho valuable right of changing it into ihe standard forms of insurance. Under the war risk insurance, a sol* dier is entitled to compensation for per sonal injuries suffered in line of duty. A surgeon’s certificate of disability will - cable tho discharged soldier to obtain this compensation during the time his in juries or disease contracted in line of duty prevent him from returning to for mer trade or some other gainful occu pation. Papers applying for this compensation must be filed prior to the insured man s discharge, or one yec.r following. The applicant must have a certificate of phy sical examination showing he received the disability* iu line of duty, before he can claim the compensation. Bureau of War Risk. Washington. D. C., will fur nish additional information. 00,000 SOLDIERS FREED DAILY IN THE HOME CAMPS Washington, D. C., Dec. 21.—Reorgani zation of the United States army on . permanent lines has been started. Major General Charles T. Noehr. form- ; erly commander of the Rainbow Divi- | sion and later leader of the Sixth Corps, has been named by Chief of Staff March as director of the air service. Noehr is now on his way home, but pending his arrival Col. John James A. Morris will be. acting director of the ser vice. This organization is consequent upon the resignation of Secretary Ryan and William (’ Potter, who headed the air service. General March announced these facts today and at the same time confirmed Secretary of War Baker’s announcement yesterday that a 30.000 daily demobfli- q ration rate had b r en reached in this country on the basis of a slx-day week. For the week ending December 11, '■’amps in this country dismissed 188,562 men This madea iota) of over 300.000 demobilized, officers dismissed since the armistice signing total 26,903. In this connection, Marh pointed out that the 1916 army register listed only 4,840 of ficers as the army total. When March met newspaper men last Saturday ho announced that 824.000 meg had been designated for early demobili zation in the United States. Today he, pointed out that 900,000 designations have b?en made. American prisoners evacuated from Germany number 3,210, and search is now being made for isolated prisoners, par ticularly sick or wounded. The above figure constitutes the bulk of Amer icans known to have been captured. An interesting sidelight of the trans port. Mervice under General Hines was revealed by March when he showed that j tho Leviathan carried an average of 9,418 mon per trip for ten tripe, the Fin land, 4.088 men per trip for nine trips; to* Agernenon, 3,521 men per trip for ten trips: tho Great Northern, 2.750 men pet trip for ten trips; and the Northern Pa cific 2.192 men per trip for ten trips. Answciing specific questions. March f aid the war department, is not thinking o flaking over New York harbor; that Hie 83rd Division never fought, though some of its troops may have been in battle as replacements, that there have been con stant difficulties in communicating with the American forces at Archangel re cently (but apparently there was no rea son for concern as to their conditions whatever); that coast artillery (except divisional) and the air service abroad are being demobilized as rapidly as possible. • A system has been worked out whereby men designated for early convoy can ob tain their mail without interruption. Location of ali units in France will be announced Monday it was stated. “SOLDIER PSALM” Richard J. Ellenson. Thirteenth Com pany, Group 2. Main Training Depot, hag written the following “Soldier Psalm:” The company officers are my shep herds, I shall not want They leadeth me over the sands of Hancock, and on ten- 1 mile hikes. The.'- restoreth my health with cathar tic pills: they inspect rny equipment for 1 their own sakes. Yea, 80, I am trained to fight so J shall fear no fat Dutchman, for my of ficers are with me, my rifle and my bay onet will protect me. The. rooks prepare! h the mush before me and cover it with milk and water i my stomach goeth empty; my thirst is I' quenched with issue coffee. Surely the non-coms shall follow me all the days of my enlistment and I shall ■ live in fear of inspections forever and forever, Amen. WILHELM'SCASH IS $5,000,000 Berlin.—The private fortune of the former kaiser is estimated at $5,000,- 000. in cash, rr. st.y deposited in var ious banks. His income from this source is $225,000. The government has declared that the private 1 .ids of the Hohenzollerns will not be seized, but crown domains will pass to the national treasury. There are 9C forests, farms, parks and castles and other estates which the Hohenzollerns nave held, and only seven of the. are crown lands. Os the cash holdings of the ex-kais-■ rr. $1,125,000 was p id to Wilkam I in’ 187:. and camefrom the indemnity paid by the French. : : r - _ I 1 Hlk '■ ■?! iifiJMil THE LENWOOD Augusta’s New Brick and Stone I ourist Hotel. East Front of The Lenwood, showing the South Wing, the Main Building and the Auditorium—The Three Buildings, with Connecting Glass Corridors, Have a Total Frontage of 360 Feet. The Lenwood Near Camp Hancock. EUROPEAN PLAN. Club Breakfast 40c to $ 1.00 Table de Hote Lunch, SI.OO. Dinner, $1.50 —or a la Carte. —■Wr.IWKMW Music 7:00 to 8:30 P. M. Beautiful Ball Room. 1 he Ideal Place to Hold Balls, Social Affairs etc. POPULAR PRICES. PHONE 6717. SANITARY. SOLDIERS WELCOME. , The New Barber Shop Taylor and Miller, Proprietors. i HOT SHOWER BATHS. LAUNDRY AGENCY. DRY CLEANING. LENWOOD HOTEL. CAMP HANCOCK. AU Hats Cleaned and Blocked while J Old u Made H«f c Lenwood Barber Shop nLwi/ ■ Opposite Base Hospital. lIVwV —TTTIIMII IT 1 T-r »«■»»■-- rmiTIU ■! 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