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MiM TRENCH < Fabl inhed wrrkly At the National Camps ' I Room'stM?' Pullt $Kl /' JOHN STEW A f j Chairman of Aihisary" Bo?rd i /J Camp aiul Ideation Xt? M mBI Camp Beauregard. Alexandria. La New Or! & Jm j Camp Bowie, Fort Worth. Texas Fort W< m JBl rarlatrom Aviation Field. Arcadia, Fla.Tampa C^W /mmI I ''amp Cody. Darning. N. Uei B1 Paso TTjr uo/hKI ' Camp Custer, Battle Creek. Mich Battle C \m rU uBIi ' Camp rK-vens. Ayer, Mass Boston I '/B\ mJKI HW Camp Dix. Wrlghtstown. N. J Trenton M.\ gyj Camp Doniphan. Fort Sill. Ok la Oklahon TlMDy Em | Camp Forrest. Cblckamauga. Ga Chat Lam W Mm J in Camp Fremont. Palo Alto. Cal San Fra 1 / AfO Camp Funs ton. Fort Riley. Kan Topeka 1^/ fj /An I Camp Gordon. Atlanta. Ga Atlanta 1^// /' %? Camp Grant. Ruckiord. Ill The Chi Kk /' y mf Camp Greene. Charlotte. N. C Char lot t Ea Zl Camp Haneock, Aucu*t.i. Ga Augusta Hi Vyl Camp Jackson. Columbia. S. C Oolumbl Camp Johnston. Jacksonville. Fla -Jackson' Camp Kearny. Linda Vista, Cal Iaw Anj dH ? Camp Lee. Petersburg. Va Rich sari KB JWJ i J Camp Lewis. Tacoma. Wash Tacoma V Ljn/ \ ( Camp Logaa. Houston. Texas Houston KV Vk jWL ) \ Camp Mr Arthur. Waco. Texas Waro M HJ Camp MeCletian. Annistoa. Ala Binning Camp Mi'uJr, Admiral. Md Wish.. 1 1^ ramp Pike. Little Rock. Ark Arkanaa I i Camp Sevier. Greenville. S. C Greenrll H> ' Camp Shelby. Hattiesburg. Miss New Orl Hi gjJ| Camp Sheridan. Montjomcry. Ala Mootgor flf-! ? Camp Zacbary Taylor. Louisville. Ky. . Loulaeill HKl _ Camp Travla. San Antonio. Texan....)- . . I 'Mir ?- Kelly Field and Camp Stanley J Wk .law " Camp Upton. Taphank. L I.. N. Y.. ..Macon 1 Camp Wheeler. Macon. Ga New To Charleston Naval Stat tow Chariest ly, Published under the auspices of the Nat tew / United Stales, with the co-operation of the ah IT IS IN THE HE The grandeur and glory of war"? this expression has been used many c times. To some it is a meaningless J ll * 3j nothing, just a high-sounding phrase, t V^uMA What is there, what can there be, r J| that is grand and glorious m war? J|| In the military, grand tactics are t Bj those involving large movements. The t term is technical, as for instance, a ^^*^33 grand totaL But the public mind would s BflFfli mi reicct any such explanation of the s WBm // S grandeur of war. Grand means someBrttEf I WL thing that fires the imagination. The \ SB? f fjjf man in the street conceives of large jHE7 y 'w movements as the mere multiplication s Jf[V \\v%, smaller undertakings. It is easy to u yfwk.ljrt understand the state of mind of the / V M^r, student of military affairs whose lar- n - S ai gest comman(I has been a company, ii M for instance, and who sees unfolded a Mr ^k before him in grand tactics all the t! Miw tremendous responsibilities of maneuM Hi vering an army and determining its t m ^ strategy. But to the man who is not c W 1 student of military problems it makes li J little difference as he reads of engage- c A A ments whether companies or armies a ^ M to?^ Par*- He is concerned to know Pwnetncr objectives nave Dten aiuuucu. v When the Kings of old went forth t to their Crusades they might have \ been thrilled, they must have been i thrilled, for there was then a pomp c and a pageantry in war such as has disappeared since war became an indus- t trial condition. The boy in school r ?thrills as he reads of the feats of arms r of these men in shining armor. As he a reads he sighs for the good old days a ^ that have gone. Who would not dare EM and die if the reward were to be the 1 LS favor of some Queen of Beauty? Lit- t tie Rufus thinks as he reads that no t sacrifice would be too great, no dan- < ger too threatening, if he could but j win the smile of little Gwendolyn, now j grown to womanhood and enthroned! < as a Queen of Beauty. Wearing the grown-up Gwendolyn's glove upon his j t breast, he would enter a tournament j l any day and fight so bravely for i 1 her favor. The detestable little Ar-n 'fcktoEjV thur, who sits in the next row would j t ^ find himself unhorsed and begging for; j mercy, which would gladly be extend-j 1 C(j t^at Gwendolyn might glory in the t - v. ???? manhood of Rufus. Yes, the glory has t -- - ^?; gone from combat, whether it be on i ?battlefield or merely in a tournament. ( Even the parades of today are color- 1 less?just miles of olive drab. Com- < pare l^at w't^1 shining armor! Where is the grandeur and the glory i n Liege? Dees not the mere mention / of the name kindle fires of memory j and compel admiration for the gallant \ bravery of a devoted little nation? < Louvain? It will never be forgotten ] ^ t so long as the memory of man endures, i Antwerp? Is not the glory of the < ancients duplicated in our own time? ! THE MEANING ( President Wilson, in his speech at i 1 the opening of the Red Cross Drive, ? told of an Indian who had returned to j his reservation after a period spent in ; a military training camp. The Indian was asked how he liked "Not much good." he replied; "too * 1 much salute, too little shoot." The reply of the Indian was char- , t J acteristic not alone of his race, but of BimmiiHUUHrfl the average American. IP yf rfflT The young man from any one of the | United States who has been drafted i tRHrenrI into the military service chafes underh discipline. Much of the routine to him' V - * fc CAMP and Cantonmarln for th* aoUiea of the Jq?rfif irr Ball din j l CKj BT BKTA> rf Ce s?trating Publishers 'spnper PabHnher lean* Time* Picayune D. D. Moore >rth Star Telegram Amon C. Carter Time* D. B. McKay Herald H. IX. Slater IreeK Enquirer-News A. L. M111er Blobe Cbariea H. Taylor. Jr. Times. James Kcrney la City Oklahomaa E. K. Gay lord aogti. (Tenn.) Times H. G. 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The Battle of the Marne? Civilizaion was at the cross-roads; bat fortiude stayed the hand of Ac destroyer. Verdun? How it calls to mind the pirit of France which said: "They hall not pass"; and they did not! Is there no grandeur, no glory in rar? Is it not rather that we see "but the hot and shorn, here in oar manhood's night outpoured?" The grandeur is hot in the mere nultiplication of fighting units. It is n high resolves, in indomitable courge, in unfaltering fortitude. It is in he hearts of men! The ?lory is in- the revelation that bese high resolves, this indomitable ourage and this unfaltering fortitude lave not been crashed and crowded tut of the lives of men because of ease nd comfort. It has taken the scourge of war to each men a new sense of values. The hings that are worth keeping are north struggling for; those that are lot worth keeping ?ive them no conern when the real issues are seen. It has taken the scourge of war to each men who had known no high esolves that they were capable of ising to unknown heights of courage ind of that quality which is finer till?sustained fortitude. The grandeur and the glory of war tave called to the souls of selfish men vho lived in the money marts; and he miracle is that they have heard the :all and heeded it. Their souls have pined the souls of heroes long since ;one and their bodies lie on the field )f France and Flanders. No, little Sir Rufus, you may not vear the shining armor and you may lever meet in a knightly tournament or'the favor of little Gwendolyn. But vhen you grow to manhood and Arhur is full grown, too, you will fight ?-* ? ?ic Corlifincr if ?? 7""? >c?but, please God, there will not be :he need. Side by side in the same trench yoa will fight with little Arthur, lot that you may win the favor oi 3wendolyn, but that her honor may be leld safe; and that your homes and rountry may be inviolate. Lady Gwendolyn may never wear relvet, and flowers may find no place on her corsage. Her dreams of the glories and the grandeur of war may be rudely shattered, too. For she may be wearing overalls instead of fine velvet, and planting potatoes instead of plucking lowers. But hers, too, will be a glorious part, as some day you will understand. 3F DISCIPLINE s meaningless. Especially is this true of the man who has lived in the oper and who feels that he is physically fit iie can understand why the man drawr From sedentary pursuits must be hardened by exercise in the open air; bu1 rn his own case there seems to be nc reason why he should not he sent tc he front as soon as he has learned how to shoot. And the chances are that he believes he is as good a shot as the man with the marksmen's medals. Upon reaching France the same impatience ra notedthat characterizes the period of their training in American Lumps and cantonments. The new soldiers are eager to go over the top, Ihey cannot understand why met who ate engaged in warfare should take aach elaborate precautions to conceal themselves. They seem to believe there is lenii lliing unmanly about taking advantage of every cover and they long {or the days when they can meet their foe face to lace. So general has been this trait among the new American toidiera that fpedal efforta have been taken to warn the men agaiast undue exposure of themselves. Several instances have bees reported of loas of Me because men had not been ao tacit disciplined that they would resist the temptation to go out into the open to do battle. Not only that; it is just as perilous to a military undertaking to more too soon as too late. . The first lesson of the training camp 1 A Sketch Of The ( OfF [Fp/jg I " I | / ^ I I j "."fx ?*?? | The most significant fact in the geography of France is its position. It is situated in the western part of the European continent. England is a near neighbor to the north; Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Italy are neighbors on the east, and Spain is on the sonth. The Atlantic borders the country on the west, the English Channel and the North Sea are on the north, and the Mediterranean is on the southeast. As a consequence of this position France is in close contact with the other important nations of Western Europe, and is able to reach all the rest of the world by sea. The result is that France all through its history has had manv and comnlicated rela tions with outside countries. Never has the significance of geographic position been more strikingly evident than in the most recent chapter of its history, that of the Great War. Hon Her Chief Enemy France's chief enemy is Germany, one of its eastern neighbors. ' France's chief ally is Great Britain, 1 the neighbor to the north, and two other allies are Belgium and Italy, neighbors to the east. The United : States has been able to join its forces and resources to those of France by 1 virtue of the fact that the ocean high; way offers a relatively easy connec' tion. in spite of the great distance be' tween the two countries. In area and In population, France is one of the medium-sized countries of the world. Its 207,000 square miles make it about the size of Germany, or not quite four times the size of Illinois. Its population is ~Wag. that nt iuii (./-uinu uii'tiuuo, nuuiviw wut*v U* : Great Britain is forty-five millions, i and that of Italy is thirty-roar mil. lions. Compared with the United i States, whoee area is something more . than three million square miles and t whose population is about one hun> dred millions, France is a relatively i small country. f About five-eighths of the area of : France is less than a thousand feet i above sea-level (see the map). Most of this lowland area is in the north l and the west, where most of the cul tivable land is located, and where, i because of absence of marked topographic barriers, communication and . transportation are relatively easy. i The south and east are mostly hills lute gracefolly. It is to make a man obey order* on the instant; to make Wm observant; to amU hia mind into die Urge mind of the military orWkn a man has become so well di?dp lined that he ceases to think of himself as an indtrataa^ hot i naaidi r* ~ the whole oegaaintiO^ the first ef- -I feet of discipline has hscome marked. ,Sll Beraaiw men are being trained in ^WHI what the Indian called "too much salute" they will be fit lor the day of J) action when, with Weil-ordered nerves, I, with their sense of observation well * >1. a 1 || naiaeaiuauKUHM?bAi?>^~/ oped, it will no longer be "too little -jtjjl snoot." $15 5*1 seneral Geography ranee o: T and mountains, and therefore have J relatively little cultivable land, and '"Sj are for the most part difficult to tea- * verse. ' .-IsjHj Some Mnd There, Too The climate of Prance may be do- (%$ scribed as temperate. Nowhere are j*gjj| the winters severely cold, nowhere jjjM are the summers extremely hot. All J. parts of the country have at least a *w3 moderate amount of rainfall, with 'Jl nowhere a very rainy or a very dry iSgb season. From place to place the ell- '-XWm mate varies considerably, due (1) to y the considerable north-south extent of the country, (2) to the dlstribution of lowlands and highlands, (3) ' uu variety ul yueiuuu wiiu icicicum "2Zr3MI to the ocean, and: consequent exposare to ocean winds. Because of dif- v.?j| ference in latitude the north is con- .Oj siderably cooler than the south, both in summer and in winter. Because of 'jjll difference in altitude the central plateau and the mountains on the south ?$] and the east have markedly lower A-Jfj temperatures, as well as heavier rain- *jig|j falls, than the plains. Western and northwestern France, because of proximity to the sea, have less marked seasonal temperature ranges and have more rainfall than eastern .'jaW France, whose climate is more con- -''aaaM tinental. There are many rivers in France, J3E1 since it is a country with plentiful Sjjffil rainfall, but most of the streams are ;j^^j short. The four main rivers, the Seine, the Loire, the Garonne and the p Rhone (see the map), are not long, as compared with any of the world's great rivers, such as the Mississippi. ; Of the four chief rivers of France, the /will Seine is most used for navigation. Of mineral resources France has '~h aKnnflant onnnlioo Anlv of hulldintr vBi 1 materials and salt The possession of ', { only moderately large resources of coal and iron, as compared with the _. resources of Great Britain and Ger- --.v;v many, has handicapped Prance in in- '-r -i*2 dust rial competition with its neighbors. " Agriculture is the chief industry of France. It engages nearly one-half &9 of the population, whereas only enequarter of the people are engaged in manufacturing. In a long-settled, . l'W highly developed, densely populated . country such as France, agriculture *73 naturally is of an intensive sort- The -isgK crops raised vary from one part of the country to another, depending on tfee climate, the topography and the soil.
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