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f FRIDAY, APRIL t2, IS THE LA THE FACT THAT CLOSE TO A milli THEIR LIVES FOR MORE THAN TV ARE SO CARELESS WITH THEIR CI FORM REGARD IT AS A GOOD THII THERE ARE A THOUSAND AR WITy THEIR GOVERNMENT AND N< ING AND ANXIOUS TO INSURE EA LOW COST. INSURE TODAY. TAPS ONLY DISTINCTIVE Ij lurmrtv dttp.I f Pil l. Ympy Ten o'clock. "Taps." Nothing to do till tomorrow. In a marine camp out West, where the.bugle for more than two years has sounded "bedtime1, for Uncle Sam's boys, they got fo discussing that "call" the other night. And one old-timer said: "How many people who have stopped to listen to 'taps,' or how many buglers who have sounded it, or how many soldiers, marines and sailors who have obeyed it, are aware that it 13 the only all-American call of all calls used in the service?" That is the fact.~ The author of "taps" was Brigadier General Daniel Butterfleld of the Army of the Potomac. It was first used in July, 1862. "* One' writer in describing It says: Bap "There is something singularly beauivr tiful and appropriate in the music of this wonderful call. Its strains are melancholy, yet run or resi ana peace. Ita echoes linger in the heart long after its tones have ceased to vibrate in tho air." * "Retreat," the sunset call used at the lowering of the colors, has a pe- | culiar history. It appeared In the opera "La Damnation de Faust" -and was sounded after the soldiers had \ marched by on the plains of Hungary. ; It is a French cavalry call, and is traBfe;** ' ditionally handed down from the Crusade. "Tattoo," from which "taps" was derived, is. partly French and partly Eng |E~?.' lish, eight bars being taken from the ; 'C'HRfc V former ana iweniy uurs irum me iuiter. DUring the Thirty Years" War the call was established for the purpose .p^fcV of stopping for the night the drinking , bouts of the soldiers, and at the call a" b,,nS3 were 'put in the casks and marked with chalk and were not to be removed until morning; hence the . .word "tattoo," which means "tap to." '.\v< 8SfJ58 "I * 7 r FORGET YOUR INSURANCE.' 'ECT YOURSELF AND THE FOLKS . Y TO-DAY OR REGRET TO-MORR.I ,ST DAY FOR SOLDIERS TO TAK ION AND A HALF OF UNCLE SAM ZELVE BILLION DOLLARS (WE D PHERS THESE DAYS), SHOWS ^ VG. GUMENXS- IN FAVOR OF FIGHTI DT A SINGLE ONE AGAINST IT. T iCH AND EVERY SOLDIER'S LIFE " ' 'i IN AUSTRALIA Trench and Camp is read with much interest in Australia, according to a letter recently received by Private G. Adolph Fischer, at Camp Funston, Ft. Riley, Kansas, from David Service, in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. / The letter reads in part as fol lows: "We very much appreciate the copy of Trench and Camp you sent. Have passed it around to friends, who have enjoyed it as much as we did and call for more copies. "We are Immensely pleased here at the way you Americans are doing things io connection with the war. Of course, you are much closer to the scene of action than we and can consequently better appreciate the need for determined action." Few Slackers Provost Marshal General Crowder'a report to the Secretary of War shows that out of the 3,082,949 selective service registrants called by local boards for examination for the first draft, 2,830.655, or 91.82 per cent, appeared, while 252,294, or 8.18 per cent, were reported as failing to appear. Analyzing this 8.18 per cent. Genefal Crowder shows that 150.000 of the 252,294 were aliens, most of whom left the country to join the armies of their native land, and that a great iuhjuiu; who failed to appear were unable to do so because they had already accepted commissions or enlisted in some branch of the nation's fighting rorces. In conclusion, the statement is made that less than 50.000 real slackers were included in the 252,294 absentees. _____ /' / (. v v\ \T HOhfE >w E OUT GOVERNMENT INSURANCE. 'S FIGHTING MEN HAVE INSURED PUT IT IN FIGURES, ONLY PEOPLE 1AT A MAJORITY OF MEN IN UNING MEN INSURING T^EIR LIVES; HE GOVERNMENT IS READY, WILL-| : FOR $10,000 AT A RIDICULOUSLY | IJ Jewish Board Will Supply <A c?u;a.-c. The Jewish Board for Welfare Work announces the completion of plans for supplying suitable reading matter to Jewish soldiers and sailors; reading matter which will meet the needs the men have expressed, and which will form a valuable addition to the library ! facilities already pfovided through the American Library Association. The Jewish Board fof Welfare Work j is actively co-operating with the American Library Association and makes an appeal to the Jewish public to contribute books on Jewish subjects in liberal quantity, both new books and those which can be spared from private libraries and from institutions. It is announced that especially useI ful to the cause will be gopies of the ' Jewish Encyclopedia, Graetz's History of the Jews, together with essays and addresses on Jewish subjects, particularly those dealing with religion, Bible history, economics and nationalism. Only complete individual volumes and sets in good condition can be used. The Jewish Publication Society has placed sets of its publication at "the disposal of the Board and similar gen eroslty has been shown by both Jewish and non-Jewish publishers. The Library Committee of the Board has addressed an appeal to all the religious, educational and communial organizations throughout the coantry, requesting their" co-operation and asking that they in turn make an appeal to their members for donations of books in both Yiddish and English on Jewish subjects. Tl.n ?m.nil tea in eh-irce nf the i Jewish Library Campaign consists of George Alexander Kohnt, Chairman; Harry L. Glucksman. L. George Dob sevage. A. G. Robison. A. S. I-'reidns i iiud Charles L. Bloch. U S. SOLDIERS EXPECTED TO PLAY BASEBALL &TOK0I "In the spring the soldier's fancy Jyjj[ tf^jQ * turns to baseball." . And the War Department Commlssion on Training Activities and the otlier organizations which have under- ^V, 7jj| taken the task of providing recrea- *^a| tional facilities for America's soldiers j . . arc up against a Herculean job to pro- I MlB vide all the boys in kliaki with para- iS ?rH^jr2<^R| phernalia with which to play the na [,:] jfey * ??'zm. tional game. HIT' That baseball is no less popular wmM with the American soldiers overseas | jw A /1 than it was with them while they 1 were at home is evidenced by the fact that recently a shipment of 1J4.000 H bats. 79.680 baseballs. 8.000 fielders' J LjKaHK gloves and 2.000 catchers" milts was M . ' sent "Over There" and this is only a mi\mrOrM^P&;-. lieelnnlnp \." M. Realizing that "few games develop ^ the coordination of mind and muscle WS. and judgment of distance like baseball" and that the national game will .'?? be of invaluable assistance to soldiers in the trenches and in open fighting. the War Department Commission on Training Activities has adopted es its American soldier a baseball player." There are about 4.000 companies of soldiers in training in the various. camps and cantonments throughout the United States, and the Comn.is sion, through Dr. Joseph A. Raycrofl. (t,r general director of athletics, intends ti* Jmi vjK ' organizing just that many good base 'T *. ball teams. Camp teams and camp leagues are also being organized by WVs/ffi'lfcDr. Raycraft. N'o divisional leagues ' / A* * are contemplated because of the scat /j/' tercd local ions of most of the canton , ?< | mcnts. but where travel conditions 'tr' permit, inter-camp games will be There are any number of big leaguers in the catnps to coach and ?i<veloped crack teams and some hot jSRW/WM games arc expected on the numerous Wy boasts of sixteen diamonds. ^ Among the big league stars now in ^*<*32 the service arc included "Rabbit" .Maranville, Krnie Shore. Del (iainer. itj?' . k Chick Shorten, lierh I'ennock. John hKmHI Barry. Jack Learv and Jim Scott. An All-American Army team undoubtedly I would be able to "knock the sox off WjRHrtZA of the pennant winners in either of ggr Dr. Raycroft estimates that about J?" 70,000 baseballs will be "Bfficfnl.'y" K used In the various camps and can If . tonincnts during the coming season In addition to witnessing games be tween soldiers, the men in the camps bjrahlcDQj will be frequently treated to contests McBuUBS in which major league teams "partlei period, but after the leagues have gers have signified' their intention of taking their nines to the camp on <M davs on which championship game ^ 'fl. are not scheduled. ^ ANANIAS & CO. A Civil War veteran sends the following to Trench and Camp: 1 J!. ;;j$k We had a man in our company (I). | \ ''jIII 21st Iowa) whom we will call Hugh. j i "1 ;lf [I for that was his name. Kvery time lie ? / J drew his pay until it was all gone he "/ was of no manner of account to (he f branch of the service to which he be longed, nor to any other branch of the . * service, for the matter of that. ft It became impossible for him to oh- * * , tain a pass, so he had to run the J/j guards. That brcanie monotonous after f^t iy a while and Iv resorted to the following plan to get out: He went to the colonel's tent and ' said.: "Colonel. I lust got a letter from my wife saying that our little boy was very sick and she wanted to know if I r could get a shirt leave." Sy The colonel knew his. man ami at * '? once replied: "Why, Hugh. I Just got . W a letter from y.?ur wife asking me uol to let you go, as you would spend al! j ~ ^ our money and not send her any." Hugh stood .'or a moment in blank A amazement. Backing toward the door he ask.ed: "Colonel, may I say a .word "Certainly." replied toe coionei. ? ynujM-?i "Well, all l'*e got to say is thai :H there are two j liars in this tent, fo. '*"'jSP I have no wife.NO UXIOifg IX THK.NCHKS American soldiers now in training \V\3W///w V had best get accustomed to working //III a long hours. W.ire are'no unions in AVVl/lll fi the trenches, sixteen hours' work is Vital J J ?.! a short day "C *r There." | /fjfjftF .'.!J One cent sts.sp to send Trench and <Ej!3Smmi sHj Camp home tc- 'he members of your 0^ family who w?t to read every line 1 - .Jj they can lay li.*?r eves on about your iftaB camp. The Y. iV\ ('. A. huts have tlie stamps and V n havo tliis paper ia I your hand. !..?.? so!
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