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BY OUR OWN R1 7* well al 1 of a syf l\ A am now a b / ^\ as you are a t / p . | la a different fa 1 have lerned 1 \ |)v new yeres. rr)T\\)J 1 thing 1 am Tl v?V if- al witch seems t thing but a blf foot crossed o stand up stral no. of feet eve them for stand my chest to sumthing just up. now my ch stick & my nei bent like the fourwerds Inst these thingi things becaus every ammery< strait up & do Is doing the biggest thing any countrj and make It so thp kids witch are kid ing them watt to da wen they get to 1 of ben in this as a soldger now a things 1 cood tell you a bout watt 1 tl glad it Is coming & 1 thipk it will be ; diffront weigh of writeing letters 19! will be a new yere In 1 weigh if Agj know me al. of course 1 hope to be 1 as posslbel bat it wood be a grate 1 missus Jim back their in the U. S. of not sure yet that big boob Slacker Is get a dragg with Aggie all though hei & 1 get a letter every day sum days.. well al outside of Aggie their is li yeres for me newer than any other v only see me now as a soiager in in lerned has made a nother man onten a nother man as a better 1 not that soldger becaus you are doing your biti this will be a new yeres becaus i things that are newer than anny thini is to lick them germ mans & maik th only ime afrade they wont never get the rest of the world is all rong becaui watt i say as i look into the new yen dont know watt their doing, i hope know it will be for me. Birdmen Wil The war will be won in the air. This Is the opinion not only or me great army of rocking-chair strate. gists, but also of some of the best Inx ' formed military leaders. Just what Is It that the aeroplane does In warfare? The lay mind conceives of some wonderful feats of reconnolssance, of map-making and of directing artillery fire. But In Just what measure does the aeroplane contribute to victory or defeat? The whole story of the aeroplane's contribution will not be known until, in those quiet hours following the war, men that have actually taken part in aeroplane encounters can write the stories contained In their brief and fragmentary notes. General John Maitland Salmond, head of the Central School of the Royal British Flying Corps, in an article published in the New York Tribune, tells in detail of some of the feats of the nation's airy navies. He explains the fact that the German reports tell the names of machines and even of engines and of the rank of British pilots and observers by the statement that the Allies retain air supremacy. If the Allies did not hold this supremacy, he argues, their aeroplanes would not fight and fall over Oerman lines and It would be impossible for the German Intelligence Service to have such detailed information. Were the supremacy held by the Germans their aeroplanes would be fighting over the Allied lines. rrxiP u/YWrVP PHI .1. X 11JU Last week Trench rand Camp told how Hawaii had sent more than twice her quota of volunteers to the army and how she had asked that credit be waived so that more of her 26,337 ellgibles might be chosen under the selective draft. Now comes the following: Larne County, Kentucky, had 132 men as her quota for the National Army. Only 132 were examined. None claimed exemption. All the 132 were accepted. Connecticut will send double Its quota Into the army of the United States. When the recruiting closed on December 11, the total accepted In Connecticut stood at 4,306. Only 2.228 were called for. y- * THEY'LL APPRBCIATK IT ?L' The home folks will appreciate Trench and Camp. Send It to them so that they may read the news of your camp. Into The New Year | >G W. LAEDNER . bout calm to the end of this yere 1917 out to be in a new yere 19^8 the salm tout to be In It only 1 am going to be :lnd of a yere than you are al from watt It will be a different Jim that cornea to diffront In al Is the weigh 1 stand now like a small thing but It lsaent a small 5 thing In the stead of standing with 1 ver a nother & leaning vs. snmthlng 1 t all the time & on 2 feet witch is the rybody has only they dont use both of ling wen their sivillyuns. r 1 other thing is a chest now & not the salm as my stnmmick only hire est al sticks out wear it is supposed to Ek goes up strait in the stead of being " letter C from walking with the head ead of up and down, i are little things al & yet their big now ime a man strait up & down & :an shood have his head up & his neck wn & his chest out becaus his country ' has ever did witch is get into the war b now wont to have no germ mans tellbe not kids but men. 1 for 3 mos. or more & their is lots of bink of the new yeres coming on. i am a new yere in other weighs than just a L8 in the stead of 1917. for me al it 5ie can only see it the weigh i do you n frantz befour very long just as soon ;hing for me to feel that there was. a A. hopeing that her Jim was 0. K. ime ent hanging a round their & trying to : little sister hasent said nothing lately jts of reasons why this will be a new ritch wood be clear to you u you coou ie stead of a slvlllyun. all watt 1 of me than watt you knew not so mutch you are leps than 1 for not beeing a t too wear you are. rill have sum chants us to do sum new g I of ever did & the biggest 1 of them era guys hindendorf & ludendorf sorry sorry for nothing but will die thinking 3 it Isent germ man. well pity them al is 38 & for give the poor devulls for they ! the yere will be as new for you as i youf freind PRIVATE JIM. I Decide War The German reports for a given i month claimed 78 British machines. The British, for the same period, claimed 152 German machines as victims by actual crashing to the ground ana 1ZZ anven out. or control. General Salmond surveys the work on all fronts. He says the artillery co-operation resulted In such careful ranging in a single week of the given 1 month that 226 enemy batteries were 1 "successfully engaged for. destruction." In the sphere of reconnoissance thirty-eight long tours of survey, | each more than three miles, were made; 4,272 photographs were taken in enemy area. In the sphere of actual offensive , squadrons carried out several deliberate attacks with enemy infantry , concentrating for counter attacks, i All the counter attacks were broken up, troops being thoroughly demoralIzed by machine gun fire from heights of one hundred to three hundred feet. Also in the sphere of actual offensive, . bombing was continued in all weathi era, day and night. No enemy alri dome opposite the British front escaped unmolested and "rest billets, ammunition dumps, roads and rail ways were attacked assiduously." Thus It will be seen that the aeroplane assists in directing artillery fire,' In making and preventing re connoissance, in destroying enemy morale and in scattering his forces during respites from front line effort. SOLDIER'S WATCH LAUNDERED Being laundered did not hurt a watch owned by a soldier In camp near San Antonio, Texas. The watch was thoughtlessly left in a pocket of an army shirt by the owner when he sent the garment to the lanndry. The timepiece went through the big washing machine and was not discovered until the shirt was put into the wringer. It was removed from the pocket and found to be running in perfect order. wAirr.n m.iMiVATR TAX Congressman Carter, of Massachusetts, has introduced a bill in the House to exempt officer* and enlisted men of the military and naval forces of the United States from payment of war tax on railroad tickets. A bill to exempt officers and enllBted men from the payment of war tax on tickets of admission to places of amusement has been introduced by Congressman Sinnott The Man Who B7 H. ADDING Have yon ever heard of the spirochaeta pallida? i Do you know what It la? Do you ' know what It can do? i Are you aware that It isxone of the worst enemies menacing you as a i soldier for Uncle Sam? You do not have to go abroad to < encounter It. Yod are in danger from i It even now. Here, on our own soil, it Is waiting a chance to attack you. And It is i cunning In its method to entrap you. It masks itself in attractive guise, i It comes to you, not as an open foe, i but as a aeemlner friend?a young i woman, eager to help you amuse yourself when off duty and away from i camp. True, the face of your would-be "friend" is not quite so fresh and J pleasing as the faces of the girls you know and respect back home. i And the mode of entertainment she i offers is not one approved by your ! moral sense. But you feel lonely. The flame of youth is burning brightly in you. The temptation is strong to forget the teachings of morality?Just this once. Tremendous Risk Involved Yield to the temptation, and forthwith you make yourself liahle to suffer the physical pains and mental anguish which the spirochaeta pallida knows well how to inflict on its victims. Prompt help from men expert in fighting it may save you from its cruelest tortures. But it is indeed a : foe whose grip is harffate loose. Years after you think you are entirely free from it, you may one day discover that it was only biding its time to strike you a new and deadly You may even find yourself in the miserable plight of a certain successful business man, who one day confided to his wife: "I'm afraid I'll have to see the doctor. Something queer is the matter with me." "But," his wife objected, "you eat well and sleep well. Your health seems to be as good as usual." "I have strange pains in my legs." he told her. "They are sharp, shooting pains, like a stab or an electrical shock. "When I walk, it sometimes feels as if I were walking on cotton or sand, not on firm ground. And when It Is dark I have trouble controlling my feet. "I ha've noticed, too, that I almost fall if I stand with my eyes shut. Certainlv I must ask somebody about it." The doctor consulted was not long I in giving an opinion. The Barracks Wheeze By PRIVATE C. W. SHAFER (Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich.) Army life And the drama Are closely Related. Both depend Largely On the Rising action for Success. The inventor of the mess kit is safe, but Providence should keep a watchful eye on the composer of the poncho. Needless waste?Sending an engraved wedding invitation to a private in the army who believes in the liberty loan, insurance and a family allotment. A safety pin in camp is a diversion. Aesculapius would never have consented to be the patron saint of medicine if he had known what army surgeons intended to do with iodine. The biggest crickets are often j found under the smallest stones. You can't watch your step and be a good soldier. Rememher vour narcels And? "Faaaal In!" Every soldier Has a duty To perforin? On? And the one Who gets The brass buckles Is the one Who knows His Military Skin-the-Cat The Best. Did Not Know gg?i TON BRUCE ?|1| = "I think you had better let a neu- S rologist examine you," he advised. == ? 'Your nerves seem out of order, and ? ^ mtfy require special treatment." At the neurologist's there was a ~ prolonged session of physical testing. .= S As it proceeded, something in the spe- == == :iallst'8 manner sent a chill of dis- EE ? may through the business man. ==: ~ "You might as well tell me the == = worst," said he. "I guess I'm pretty = = sick." ~ EE "Your nervous system is not in Err ~ guuu uutiye, me IICUIUIU5101 auiuit- - ?. ted. "In fact, I am afraid that you rjr are suffering from locomotor ataxia." = = "Which means," the business man = ~ groaned, "that I shalk soon become a ~z. ^ helpless cripple." ? ~" "It may not be as bad as that. ^ = Modern methods of treatment may?" | = "I know, I know. But I have seen - = H too many men afflicted with this ter- ~ rible disease. Doctor, how did I get ? = 5 ^ Enlightened Too Late ""=L ; | 5 The neurologist parried the qucs- ^ | ?F tlon, answering It by a vague refer- = _ ence to nervous injury in earlier "*r ' fi , years. He did not deem It wise at \ that moment to enlighten his agonIzed patient concerning matters about which he should have been given enlightenment in the days of his youth. Tharofnro h? fllri not show him. 88 Yv/S/y/y/yysifj'. he might have done, a picture of the spirochaeta pallida. He did not say, as he might have said: iiijy "This curious little corkscrew- V , shaped creature is the source of all ; your trouble. J)' i "It is disease-germ which got /yj into your system when you were fr?V ^jyoung and foolish. It is the germ 3|=^|g which causes syphilis, and which is now causing your locomotor ataxia as ^===S==^~ a sequel of the syphilis you contracted in your years of indiscretion." There was nothing to be gained in telling this long after the harm had JjgEy been done. It would only have drawn Y'Wmffl frojn the unhappy patient, as it has drawn from many another sufferer, the bitterly regretful cry: "If I had hut known!" But there is much to he gained by Wu letting other men know, before it is too late, the harm that the spiro- y////**chaeta pallida may do to them. W/jym/nnjti And Uncle Sam wants to put every one of his boy's on guard against this v/tWA insidious enemy. He wants them to know that the \lltllJllffl/i/l/l\ surest way to protect tnemseives mmirjuinn against it is to lead clean, sexual lives. //j He wants them to know that, if ,11 SEfl they do not lead clean sexual lives, \\lJj1WmKt. they will be incurring risks as deadly IM rim/i to health and to life itself .-is any they jlfmll. will incur on the firing-line. Win ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE IN 1?I? Wjlff/Mk These are the army officers who w in the normal course of events m. /Mf/M'/A would relire in 1018 on account of the age limit. They probably will iH all Ik; continued in service, due to <9 the need of experienced officers for ^ the copduct of the war: R Col. ^Horatio G. Hickel, 12th U. 8. Cavalry?Jan. 15. 25 (3fi Col. William A. Simpson, A. G. Department?Feb. II. Brig. Gen. James Darker (Major General N. A.)?Feb. 20. Col. Henry P. Birmingham, Modlral Corns March 15. Col. John P. Pinky, Infantry? April 11. Col. Henry H. Ludlow, Coast TV Artillery?April 15. \ fui)l// Brig. Gen. Kbcn Swift (Major l If General, N. A.)?May 11. oJMy Major Gen. Krasmus M. Weaver, U j( C. A. C.?May 23. \J, Col. George K. MeGunncgle, Infantry?.June 23. In/k . Col. William O. Owen. Mediral f /m Jf Corps?July 6. I 'JX^y Col. Ahner Pickering, 11th U. ' i- S. Infantry?July 11. ,?. Brig. Gen. W. A. Mann (Major General, X. A)?July 31. Col. Rudolph C. Ebert, Medical Corps?Aug. 29. A// - ^ Major Gen. W. C. Gorgas, Sur- V\ /?/ geon General of Army?Oct. 3. NA4' Col. Augustus C. Macomb, 14th' <5c\ C. 8. Cavalry?Oct, 17. /T Brig. Gen. A. P. Blocksom (Maj- '/ \ or General, N. A.)?Nov. 7. ?, Col. C. Richards, M. 0. (Brig. gT Gen., N. A.)?Nov. 10. v Col. Frank L. Dodds?J. A. G. jffS Department?Dec. 8. ML/]/ CVvl VI' r ltrnwn CiivxIpv m// ^ | Pec. 19th. ^ | M A GOOD SOUP II ^ "That's what I call a good soup," remarked the lieutenant, putting tMCI down his cup. _ . "Thank you, sir," replied the mess sergeant, "but we have been serving It as coffee."
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