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^dhSJS I^Wwi is the only nation whose fltGBcm shoot solid copper bullets from their rifles. All the other nations are using lead bullets. The French polios ere armed with Lafciel rifles. The cartridges, which few no Jackets, measure .315' of an > Inch in diameter. The bullet weighs 117 grams. Its muzale Telocity Is 2,296 feet per second and Its muzzle |enpnj 2,305 foot-pounds. ; German soldiers carry Mauser rifles which shoot cartridges measprjing .211 of an inch in-diameter, and (weighing 154 grams. The lead bullet [has a ferro nickflTJacket. Its muxzle : velocity Is 2.915 feet per second and imasBle energy 3,018 foot-pounds. L'. The Enfield rifle used by the British fires a bullet .303 of an inch in [Uameter, weighing 174 grams, barfag a muszle velocity of 2,450 feet m second and muzzle energy of 2.220 foot-ponnds. The lead hullet Is The Springfield used by the AmerIcan soldiers fires a ballet .300 of an toch in diameter, weighing 150 grams. The lead ballet has a cupro nickel jacket. The muzale Telocity is 2,700 feet per second and the muzzle energy 2,445. foot pounds. I Propelled by approximately fifty ifXilBa of smokeless powder, the Oerman bullet Is the most powerful at " SOrt range, but beyond 500 yards it K not 03 'effective as the bullets used j|jjf America and her Allies. IljreiNG SILVER STARS I'' With the consent of the Judge advocate of the Ceneral Department, U. KagsllTer stars are now being used jpwrvlce flags in the West to deslgiojito BOldiers who have seen service X&fTance and been Invalided borne. MTTOplying to an Inquiry as to or not It would be proper to Sit. the silver star, which he ap prqved, the Judge advocate took occasion to say: "You understand tjiat Che service flag Is not official, but it 1ft In general use, and the flying of It 'fa encouraged. Unfortunately It has been patented by .private parties. The matter of having an official service flag-iQOt so controlled Is under consideration by Congress." Medals And Insignia A With Army Rul tjiisril Orders. No. s. WAS Depastxixnt, WmsMtyUm, January 12, 1918. L"1'. By direction of the President the fol Mmft decorations and Insignia are natbor ^nmcvisHED - SERVICE: ~Jl fcroase crone of oppropriatc design and <>dhboa to-be worn In Ilea thereof, to he by the President, or In the none f the President, by the commanding Rental' of the American Expeditionary Forces Barope to any perxon who, while serrlng n any capacity with the Army. Shall here'fteir SlatinEiiiNb hlmxelf or herself, or who, HBSmrfl ft, 1917, has distinguished blmelf or herself, by extraordinary heroism in MBftSttNl with military operations against banned enemy of the United States under HaKtances whk-b do not justify the wigftlS of the medal of honor. '*" an L lee Medal Hnft Chevmns |fj& DMTIKGriHHKD - SERVICE -A hronsc medal of appropriate design, BdSia ribbon to be worn in lien thereof, ?. ha awarded by the President to Bay enaa who, while nerving in any capacity l}k the Army, shall hereafter dlstiuguish afian or heraelf. or who, since April 6, 01fi hM-distinguished himself or herself r ?Meptl*aaily meritorious service to the overament in a duty of great responsibility 1-IBM of war or in conuectloa with milltry operations against an armed enemy of OTtfted States. ; f<0> WAR-SERVICE CHEVRONS. A aoM chevron of standard material and atin, to be worn on the lower half of tlje ft- sleeve of all uniform coats, except 3ms coats, by each officer and enlisted ilfMia has served six months in the zone ! the advance in the war, and an addV tfnal chevron for each six months of almltfailts thereafter. Officers and enlisted dfc of the Aviation Service on combatriig daty in Europe will be credited for YThu en ili r chevron with the time they q?l* 0A duty. tfKK. The Wound Chevron j||: WOtXD CHEVRON*. XjMld chevron of pattern identical with at of the waraervlce chevron, to be worn lover half of the right sleeve of all ttftrai costs, except fatigue coats, by each icer and enlisted man who has received, or io aaajr hereafter receive, a wound in Ueffi with the enclby which necessitates HtBot by a medical officer, and an addldhi devran for each additional wound; t not more than one chevron will be worn r two or more wounda received at the time. Disablement by gas neoessitati Ilea I si mi I by a medical officer shall he |3nei-t? bf a wound within the mcanilf't*'' order. jMrdr'- oC Honor in France ! ! llii present emergency, whenjt '-n recwamendalion for the award of *> |j)|Vfi> of honor reaches the comjuaad.'-gweral of the American Expdltionnry ftfjfcta Ifcxrope. he is anthorised to cable I ?to hold the*0papers until a reply U p,fJ1 JWyiu! . - ! A"notorized For U. S. So es And Regulations Go iwrolvert in ?ho orpnl ihnl lils rrcom- , mcwlatlon Is approved, he will note the action taken la his Indorsement when forwarding the papers In the case and will present the medal to the recipient ax the representative of the President, or will delegate a sultaUR; officer to act in that capacity. . in any case where the person recommended for the award of the medal of honor Is at the time of the recommendation apparently'fa tally wounded or bo 111 Sat to endanger his life, the commanding general of the Expeditionary Forces In Europe Is authorized to act immediately upon the recommendation as the representative of the President, afterwards reporting his action by cable. 3. Whenever a recommendation for the nwnrd of the medal of honor Is approved by niMe, and whenever a report is received announcing the award of the distinguishedservice cross by the commanding-general of the American Expeditionary Forres In Europe, and whenever the disflnguished-servlee medal is awarded, such award, with a statement of the circumstances tu each cane* will be announced In general orders of the War Department by The Adjutant General of the Anuy without unnecessary delay. May Be l'ostiramously Awarded 4. The distingniShed-serrifc cross and the distinguished-service medal may be awarded postbumonaly-to persons killed In the performance of acts meriting such award or <r. n.m,n. show death from any cause may hare occurred prior to such award. The modal so awarded will be Issued to the nearest relative of the deceased person. 6. No individual-will be entitled to more than one distingulihcdoenrlce cross or one distinguished-service medal, but each additional citation in War Department orders for conduct or service that wonld warrant the award of either of these decorations will entitle the person so cited to wear npon the ribband of the decoration and npon the corresponding ribbon a bronse oak leaf of approved design, and the right to wear such oak leaf will be announced as a part of the | citation. Other citations for gallantry in action published in orders issued- from the headquarters of a force commanded by a renerai officer wlii be indicated in each case y a ailver star three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter worn upon the ribband of the distinguished-service cross and npon the corresponding ribbon. Forwarding of Recommendations 0. Recommendations for the award of the distinguished-service medal will be forwarded to The Adjuthnt General of the Army through regular channels. SERGEANT SKIPS A GENERATION One of the sergeants in a divisional jiera was boosting Government Insurance the other da?. He was urging every soldfer, no matter how he was "fixed," to sign up for a policy. "It will oe juse ine uuug iui juui children," be urged, "If you haven't any children. It will come In handy for yonr grand-children." 1 LEFT BEHIND "v '' / 11 ldiers In France, versing Their Bestowal 7. When an officer or enlisted man !: admitted to u hospital for treatment of : wound, or when un offlcer or enlisted mai is treated for a wound without being ad initted to a hospital, the commanding off! rer of the hospital, or. In the latter rnsr the medical ottn-er who treats the wound will furnish the ccmwauding officer of th< wounded person with a ccrtlfleate Ueserib lhg briefly the nature of the wound anr certifying to the necessity of the treatment This information may be furnished to con: wanders of higher units in the form o: certified lists, nail will bo transmitted hi them to the commanding officers concerned 8. Commanding officers will forward t( The Adjutant General of the Army, througl lullttary channel*, IMn In dnpllrutr of t^? officers and enlisted men oC their command who have been lionnrably wounded in action with a statement in the case of each ludi vldiial. showing time and place wounds wer received and organization in which the; were then serving. Whenever a report i: made of an action. It will be accompanied 1>; the above-described list, and by certifier copies of the medical officers- statements de scribed In paragraph 7. (Granting Kights to Wear i>. Upon receipt of liata of wounded tin commanding general of the American Kx pedltionary Forces In Kurope la authorize* to grant the right to wear the wnttm chevron to the persons concerned, and hi will note bis action by indorsement in tor warding the papers. 10. The right to wear the wound cher ron shall be confined to those who arc au thorixed to do so by letter from The Ad I jntant General of the Army or from tin petitionary Forces Id Europe. 11. Tbe war-service chevron and tb< wound chevron shall be as described ii paragraphs ltU and 84%, Special Kegula tlons No. 42 (Uniform 8 pec 111 cation) <ae< Chaoses No. 2) ; will be worn as describe! in paragraph 74%, Special Reflations No 41 (Uniform Regulations) (see Changes No 2) ; and will be furnished aa directed U subparagraph G of paragraph 66, Compila tk>n of General Orders, Circulars, and Bui letlns. War Department, 1881-1915. Verifying Mights to Wear 12. Requests for the issue of purchas4 of these chevrons will be Accompanied b] a list of the persons for whom they an desired, for the information?of the com manding officer who authorises the issue Tbe officer, before approving a reqnlsitioi or a purchase, will verify tbe right of tb< persons concerned to wear the chevrons re quested. Requests for authority to wear tin wound chevron on account of wounds re reived prior to the present war will Is forwarded with all available evidence t< Tbe Adjutant General of the Army foi verification through the War Departmcn records and appropriate action. 13. Section XI, General Orders. No. 134 War department, l'Jli. is resrinaru. (216.5. A. O. O.) By order of the Secretary of War: John Bimhc, Major General, 4ctiuf Chief of Staff. Offlrfal: H. P. lfcCaiw. The Adjmtqnl General. WIN THE WAR, SAYS BRITISH OFFICER Nearly every officer in Camp Wads- ! worth, including the 500 young men of the officers' training school, heard /Zbf a lecture by Lieut.-Col. George Applin, of the 14th Hussars, British The vast auditorium of Converse '\ftpEh College was filled when Maj.-Gen. >||^9agB2 O'Ryan introduced the speaker. But many officers bad arrived late. Col. Applin looked at his watch as he faced the audience. "It is now j four and a half minutes aften ten o'clock," he said. "If, when you get over yonder, yon are ordered to go .lrJ*rTT? over the top and yon start four and jHjgZQ^LW. a half minutes behind the appointed |aHMK time, you will be wiped off the face yBBBBp of the earth. It is mnch easier to go to a lecture than It is to go over the i top. If you can't get to a lecture on time, what Is going to happen to you when you get orders to go over the top at a certain hour? "The old adage that time is money rr. no longer applies. Time Is life, it is human life. And every day that we delay here is costing lives over eZ39t '-% yonder. Every day that the jteople |P of America delay backing up the V_- , army that they have sent across, r means the loss of lives in that army, %'y . -tfL I "We have come over here to help A". you. If we can. We want to help and advise with you. so that you may Vi avoid the mistakes that we made, *" the mistakes that the French made, \^/K, ^ rso that you will not have to pay the VT/k I price that we paid. </)/ "There never has been such a war Jfe 1 as this. In the summer of 1914 the (a I Germans had the most perfect war BSS' i 1 ' i machine the world had erer seen. It I was not merely an army: it was a . whole nation. It was organized and I I disciplined. There was not only inI' Lellfgent direction, but there was ab- ng||rvnSJj solute obedience to order all along pgb-*o!M| ? the line. I say it was the most per- IjMjffa *31 feet war machine the world had ever <i'j seen, and it was. You notice that I use the past tense. For it is no \ - ---S longer the most perfect. We have just as good discipline, it is even bet- | ter. We do the same things Germans jfi. k do, and do them just as well, only U we do them quicker. That is the advantage we have, and will keep. And it is the thing you must do, if you are I to be effective in this war. jEV'fe "The Germans Ihink the United jnWk'ijfri States cannot have discipline in their kmffjfjfjL army because this is a democracy. s The kai&cr says he djes not fear the ll l 1 entry of American army into the war ' ? y fjfrgj ! because the American army will * *"^^5 - never have discipline. And if the . kaiser is correct in his view, then I V -'vv-'-jL f? I tell you frankly that the sooner you f v - get out of the war the better. ' "The Germans' discipline is that i?t?jBag ; of brute force, hut there is another r and better kind of discipline. It is '| the discipline of democracy. It is II founded on mutual confidence and re 1 SptTl lirintvu e British array has it, the French army 8 has it. I don't know just how we J?' -1,/' ! got it, but we've got it. e "Discipline and efficiency mean the WpfiSr^ J same thing. Or putting it different- >? r ly, discipline Is the instant and willJ Ing obedience to every order, and in the absence of an order to what you ^r- believe that order would have been. - -> The obedience must be instantaneous, ^ ^ and it must be willing. Tardy obedi- -i i ence is not discipline, and it can never -**" I bring efficiency. Discipline, instant and willingly discipline, is a means to protection of life, and that is a |w-^l thing we are striving for as we go "The man who will win this war." the speaker continued, "will not he the officer who gives the commands, but the officer who executes them. W f j[l\ This applies to every officer, of every j Uf V rank, on down to the platoon commander. Discipline, prompt and will- I"Ja , vyfl. it?g obedience to orders, rests with | equal force upon all of us. "I "And let me tell yon, you can | |T never lead men unless you have |">4 II trained them. It is a great privilege In i , you young officers have of training , \ Hen. You must make them r<?pcA*?^^R| | : you and love you If you would get 2 " the full measure of discipline, and MB* a jrou can do that if you try. Begin I ? by respecting and loving your men, - and observing a rigid discipline of \ yourself, and it won't be long until ^ t you wifl find them responding to you. ^ _ II - jj. * They will give you just as much as [ you give them, and more. Would you know the secret of command, I will give it to you, and I want you to memorize it and carry it with you -STRENGTH OF CHARACTER. lff!S MULTIPLIED BY DETERMINATION. PLUS TACT, EQUALS POWER TO COMMAND."
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