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KH OFFICERS mil |IN MILITARY COURTESY . Caonel Boice in Charge of Dail ^ Drill and Instruction of . Commissioned Men. fA new departure In Camp Green te a special order to all officers t report every day this week for Ir attraction lA military courtesy, incluc ing the theoretical and practical fea mres. This Instruction has been give fo all majors In the camp and thi week all other officers are require to appear every day at 4 o'clock a camp headquarters. It hr an Interesting sight to ?e some 600 officers in dress uniform ap . Jar peering foe Inspection and gpiri ;: A- lliretifTt military tactics. Yesterda the class was under the supervisloi of Colonel Boicc. of the 817th plonee .""'lifltlllijf. which was to have bee: formed here, and the drill and prac tic? under his supervision, assisted b; Major Moorehouse. will continu every day until the officers are pro bounced proficient. It is the theor of those who are in charge of the In spection and drill that if officers can not do the about face, salute, an properly approach an officer, they ar not properly qualified to teach th ijien under them the very things tha are most required of them. . The officers were divided into nip sections and each section was place* In charge of a captain for the in atruction. Every man then was re quired to learn tho proper way t salute, to about face and the prope way to approach a commandin: Priv^t^ Slick ITP FOR ] Private SLICK And Private SLACK Are soldiers of our nation. Give them a gun. The Hun they'll run Completely off creation. How, Private SUCK Js swre to quickLy win your admiration. Just watch his step, He's won a rep In ways of Conservation! ARMY "OLD CLOTHES MA: CUTS HUGE WAR COST MA V'aflnn ? # Wniitaixi" Kovn \ aver heard us called that? You you have! The "thrifty Frenc the "careful, canny Scotch," 1 "slow-and-sure British"?all are miliar national types. But wl Americana are referred to, it usually as "those extravagant, hap go-lucky, spendthrift Yanks." Now, that's a bum rep to have - live up to in war times. And so, ea in the fight, the wise ones decli that America, having wasted gl< ously, even to the point of wast time in getting into the scrap, i henceforth never going to waste other scrap of aaything! Result: Conservation and Re< matlon, now and forever, one and separable?amen! It is not the p poso of this palaver to stir souls vi Salvage Division statistics: So m tons of this or that conserved; many thousands of something < salvaged; so many millions of < lars saved. In the first place, yc never read 'em. and in the second annoys us fearfully to pound out 1 lions on the office typewriter. The point is this: The Salvage vision is working night and day Sundays to cut down in every poss way the money cost of waging v It has become the tailor, the laun< Span, the repair man, the junk i iff the whole army. Ivooking thro 'pfcnservation and reclamation s fades we have seen things in a and economical light. The trif tin can. the simple scrap of paper, ^significant inch of iron, the pa aaach-stone -all have assumed fjnity and value. Nothing is wo M. Even the hairs on the hid e oossedest army mule in captl e numbered and valued; and, w fLo mule has done with them, for the country's enrichm And let no one in this day and ip his nose at a garbage can Iff the erv sanctum of saving; mrory lowly K F. has a chance ti % fcexo as its friend and guardian Ye< the Salvage Division is a * httl-3 ikorker hut tand here's traight dop? on the subject: neMs help from every man in c Wore It can attain real efficiency somebody once observed . "You can lead a to water, \'Ou cannot make her halt Y'oh can tell a run he onghicr ' But you cannot make htm rar e The folks back home are aa " owadojrs, you can just bet * ... A ^ ..v + f l t - v * $ ' . '*' .' * ? . v. i; ] offlcvr and each day this work will be * taken up along with other military tacttoe which are In erery day use in (the army The ottlbera In charge of the sections in order are as follows: Captain H. V. Melssner. Captain W. H. Dwyer,. Captain B. L. Chapin, Captain B. R. yQleason, Captain L. \V. Boykin. CapTain Carl Swanland. Captain EJ. A. Jensen. Captain L. Ax Sherburn and Captain T. W. Metcalf. A n ! TROOP LOSS AT SEA IS . I LESS THAN 2 PER CENT .O I -1 . i ] Twenty one Million Five Hundred ' Thousand Soldiers Moved n j During War. la | , *1 BY H.UIOLU K. BEIHTOL. ? J IiOndiui. Eng.. Nov. 115.?Frost the e I beginning of the war 21.500,000 froops _ of all the allied nations were tranu" ported by sea. by the allied navies. "land only 4,391 men. or .020 per cent ? j lost At sea. rj More than 86.000.000 tons of supq I plies were transported for the use' [of the British naval and military y j forces and more than 24.000.000 tons e additional taken across for other allies. y In addition the allied vessels 'trans ported more than 2.000,000 animals. ?. Since the beginning of convoys in d March. 1917. the sailings of all the ? allies have totaled 75,929 and losses e numbered only a few hundred ships .t despite the ruthless submarine warfare. '. e The percentage of losses was highest d in local Mediterranean traffic. The British fleet (including auxlli arles) grew from 2,500,000 displace o ment tons to 6,500,000 tons during the r war, and -the personnel of the British g navy from 146,000'to 406,000 men. tms eiVaiion EAH*d jbn PriVmU SlicV _ "PuMieltij Section UK. DepotQ^frtrmmUr,Cliiu*, I > * /r h - + \ \ Private Slack INSPECTION But Oh, alack ' Here's Private SLACK* The 'service he's disgraced. He's won great blame And much ill-fame By woeful ways of -uaste! Sow here they stand. Throughout the land Their fame is sure to run. Young SLICK is great To imitate, But SLACK'S a chap to shun' N" thirty bucks! Dad has given u sugar in his coffee; Sister Susie neve eats candy (unless ^somebody els buys it), and Mother?say, Mother i J?1* simply rushed to death trying t make Dad's salary do three time what it used to do, with one-third it former buying capacity. If you wer l*~ home you'd save, all right' ien For one thing, you'd take might 18 good care of your duds. You'd prob py" ably be wearing three or four servic stripes on your overcoat, one for eacl *? year. And shoes! YoU'd go to be? rly nights to save wear and tear on em led And eats: Say, man. if you ate thre "less" meals a day as they're doing you'd never get sore at the mess ser ?afl geant ftgaln. an" If jt)U were home, you'd save fo the sake of the boys in the arm> >la" Well, since you're not home, and ar ,n" in the army, wave for yourself, fo '**r" ; the other fellow in the army, and fn ,lth I the army and the nation itself. any Save anyhow. That's the spirit' so *lae ^ SLICK# SAYIN6S 711 The soldier that would treat h Dj. I be?t lid as if it were a flyswratter < and doormat would treat his best gi ible a I'"?* judgment, boys! var. iry- If you would know the value of nan clean shirt, try to borrow one. ugh * pec- if* never too late to mend, but tl new sooner the easier, ling the |j j.oa nr!?rr polish your shoes noi ltry dollar* to dimes you'll never g i a chance to polish your shoulder bai e of vity ' '*'* a manly part you're playii 'hen ! r*Chf now. Look the part* are lent. Kvery pair of shoe* kept out of tJ af?e discard by proper care add* Just th It much to Uncle Ham's rash on han anfj subtracts from Mm worries, (livid 0 be his difficulties, and multiplies 1 chances of winning the war. reat i ^jje j Stand back of the Government ) It this conservation dope?bnf not t amp back! . As I T>on't try to lilde ^ ripped leggi at inspection. Sew It tip and get medal for neatness. I ? Nobody loves a fat uian, least of a fat soldier. Watch that waist! ving ; light on the food and hoc v> on t your j exercise. II > wSk': T " * v v " *'^S Sf 11 WjLjV^ W? f OFFK KRS OK 3531t1 Stuuuiii^. left to rl?b>?litr ! * Hvlnuil, Donncly, ltior?lun, Curd, ! ! ' 1 '' IX UXCLK SAM'S MAIL. lle:-e are onlsr a few excerpts froir i letters received at the Camp PersonI nel office which will help to cxplair j nervous breakdowns and red tape. N( I copyright exists on these Une*4tnd an> ! parlor or camp entertainer is entltlec j to their use. "We have your letter. 1 am hli grandfather and his grandmother: H? j war .born and brought up In this i house according to your letter. "Will you please send my monej , as soon as possible, as I am wnlkliu around the city like a bloody pauper.' "You have taken my man away tt J fight, and he was the best I evei INDIAN WOODCRAFT FINDS FLAWS IN HUN CAMOUFLAGE Old John Si wash, the original falryi grandad of the Indian boy scouts. I ought to be proad of his sons to-day. I Reports from France credit the American Indian with being able to dlsI tlngulsh Boche camouflage trees from real ones with the same facility that the seagoing gull discerns a fish from a rowboat. A background of centuries of forest-trained ancestors, men who traced the deer and bear by their tracks through underbrush, and read their way through trackless woodland by the compass of their suri roundlngs, is proving valuable In j France to-day. v Whole sats of miniature trees are moved up by the Bocbe In the night to conform with certain movements, the trees concealing machine gun nests and observation post*. But Prl| vate Jim Rain-in-the-Faos Isn't fooled even for one little half-spurt In an Ingeraoll's life. "Humph!" says he In good CarII.|A Cn.ll.k "T nm nnclHtra that vnn. IIOIO UU(JUOU| A QUI (/WS1V4 ? VU??V JVM der group of asparagus trees and ma jestlc maples Is nothing but a lot o! goBh-darned camouflage. You may Are, Lieut. Grldley. with assuranc< that directly back there is a larg< nest of M.,G. crews and a nice new anti-tank gun." A few minutes' - test invariably proves the accuracy of the observa tlon. Now do you wonder that youi Uncle Sam pays out a lot of goo< ; money annually to those redskin res ' ervations? Why. man alive. th< ' Iroquois, Navajos, Creeks, etc.. art ' helping to Win the War! NINETY PER CENT INSLREI The American Army and Navy ar more than ninety per cent Insured according to the Bureau of War Rial Insurance In Washington. Durini the first year of the operation of th soldier and sailor Insurance law. 3, 900,000 'applications for policie | were made. Nearly $35,000,000,00 I of insurance was written during th i twelve months. In addition to pre 'viding this protection for the fam ! ilies of soldiers, the United State Government has disbursed more tha $200,000,000 in payment of -allow ances and allotments to the depend ents of the men In uniform. J THANKSGI\ By KAKL BAJ 8 from uj -anth\n the Tra 0 for 'notaries won. for i 8 I'or ideals we at first bi 8 14 e thank Thee, God, u So, Lord, our thanks, u y j Tor Thee?for we are " i The sharp pain, the sir * Thy Spirit, for Thou 1 h . I gain in suffering wor d . H'ith healing hands tin 1 Our thanks, then, Lord e For the good fight ben, ! For the long rest when And the birds sing and The Soldier * ; =S * &V Si .... . vLr >v. ?, ft\ tz=zzzi=iz=ii=ii=zz=z s. F"-" ?K tic < ? fr, fi$ J ?t? ' fy\ V f n? Uik ^ ?u 3^-" (;? "" THE GIRL'S SOI iL-to TRENCH AND C ? -1 ' iSK ? iTOt^y^jBR g ^Wf* [> LABOH BATTALION. C. VITA IN 1 ^tcgnntu Crohn. Cohen, Devers, Whl sbninons. Chase, VdorhunKer. lew, Hull. Gray, Berber. Burns, Jonc ! had?who Is going to keep me if j i don't?" ''My Bill has been put in chu; j of u spltton (Platoon). V\T1I I j any mor# money?" I "I f)Ltr\ writing to auk you wh> I have nevpr received by eiopmcnt 1 i "Please seiA my allotment. I hi i a little boy and kneed it every d j Iain't got no book lurni and wi j you for Inflaraation." j ".Tust a line to let you know thn ; am a widow and four children." i "Previous to his departure we w I married by a Justice of the piece. ; whs inducted into the surface." | "I have n four months baby a BUDDIES , . -s* * Not so very long ago there was ? incomplete sort of an egg who workc ten hours a day In a foundry at thought that every ,man who wore white collar and kept hla clothi policed up was something to 1 snarled at. He spent most cf h time In the local pool room rantli about the high-brows and the slicke and he generally closed hla evening entertainment with the emphatic a sertion mai iney wouia no?er ue ?x more popular!with him than a gur boil. At the same time there was a other canard who came of an arist cratlc family that owned a Ford ai entertained the Twentieth Centu Pedro Club when it was their tur He sat cozily on a $16 Job in the sh department of the Racket Store ai | changed his shirt three times a wee t When the factory whistles blew t 6:30 he stood under the awning o in front thumbing his vest and Jss . ing reflective congratulations on t ground that he possessed both brai and ability. j Then one day both the moulder a: r the clerk received invitations to t j same party. They RSVP'd in perse ? as the custom of the time permitt 'r for those between 21 and 31. The i ceptlon committee was cordial a f assigned them to the same cantc ment. On the way oyer the egg wc r overalls and a jumper and the cans I was Just onfe peg lower than qual cation for the annual dance of t B Protem Society. Apparently they h H nothing in common but the thick mosphere of the smoker. But that hifeht. after each b -J learned the art of lining up alpl J | betically and they sat on freshly-fll! c j straw ticks and contemplated 1 . I monotony of army vestments. 1 !c abyss between the two had b< ? hfidged. The seeming diatlnctl( e ol previous days had collapsed a - they talked?as private soldier to i s vate soldier. The egg learned tl 0 the canard wasn't such a bad sort s e the canard learned thht the egg i ' CI pieiiy guuu uuue. i- They discussed their former 1 8 lacies. n They laughed about their errors f- And they became buddies. ^ I- And they learned the simple 1 son of OD. ving in camp LDWIN THOMAS A hum<7 Camps. God. thanks? fove of Truth enclasped, it faintly grasped, ve of the chosen ranks. ipon the altar of our lore thankful for these days, uggle to the light?we praise vallc to-day Ids and touch ? torn and pam-wracked clay . for victories we have ;* <??. eath Your warming sun. toil and u>ar are done, stilled is each gun. s Girl In Camp . (fi .. LDIER IN THE CITY / 1 i J+ r ? *v- : vVyi AMP &AUFKK COMMANDING. Uflcld. Anderson. Salisbury, McCruni, I k. (Jvlwt, O'Sullivun. SIokp. ou ! he Is my only support." "Date of birth?not^yet but soon rBe "1 did not know my husband had Kyf I middle name and if he has I don't b B hieve it." r , j "Dear Sir: We have another wj ? i baby in our house, how much do ^et?" lve "As I need his assistance to ke? a>'- ! me inclosed.** ite | "Owing to .my condition which haven't walk in four months from t i j broke leg whoso number is 975." i "Your relationship fo him?Just mere aunt and a few cousins.'* pre ..tj* ur. ? ...i?v. .1 i 1ng to live on. He beat me for r reason whatever." ind "Both sides of our parents are o m I and poor." I "To whom It may consume." "Kir jjSlr or She." "I enclose. Lovingly yours. Plea; ! send me a wife's form." kn }'. "I'm left with a child seven montl . I old and she Is u bAy and can't work "Your relationship to the enllsti id j man?I am still, his beloved wife.' a ; "Father wrltes.-ahd says I have n received by son's money, mother h; dies, kindly change her address." 56 "I am sitting on the Y. M. C. . Is writing this letter while the plar ig plays in my uniform." . rs ; ? ;'s ! SPECIAL PROGRAM j^T "Y" 10 *- i On next Monday night, Decemb ly j 2. at 7:30, the staff of "Y" 106 e n- | pects to present the* biggest and be musical event of the season?probab n. the last big concert to be held the "Y." , Representatives of the music fact 1Q ty of Salem college, the oldest scho for the education of women In tl south, will come down from Winsto: 00 Salem to- put on a concert of re ad merit. ik. Dean H. A. Shirley, pianist, w at be in chartfe of the party conslstli ut of Miss Alfene Baker, contralto, ai Miss Ellen Yerrlnton, pianist. Dei . " Shirley is well known throughout tl ne state of North Carolina for his mui n8 cal ability, having been the first pre ident of the North Carolina Sta Music Teachers' association and tl he donor of the Shirley Cup awarded a >n. nually for the best musical compos ed tlpn produced by a North Carolinian PC_ The Misses Baker and Yerrint< n(j are accomplished musicians and rare treat is assured officers and m< next Monday night. >re ..y" 105 issues a cordial invitatb krd to officers and men to be present. Ifl- 0 he The government has stopped i ad construction work at Columbia, S. ( at- where $>00,000 had been approprU ed for radio school afid constru " . | tlon work. It is also expected th the $11,000,000 appropriated for ba 1 ~T racks and other cantonment projet lea . will also be stopped. :ne >ns .nd _ ?rlhat ; I Tq the :al- N I. F] CIVD s Hand.TTTST A V V> KJ A ^ Jk. I - . s us fir made ship l'orm Iven We unif< g tailcv is ju ' - form i sav t " ~~1 Men's Hand Men's Hand-1 London-mad< 2f ^ Men's SI V. /, n L . wpppu-'wj,' -wjfpip i , ?Photo by the Moons. *eck, Cnptnln Kaufer, Lien tenant* Shea. .. SOLDIERS ARE INSTRUCTED "a I IN GOOD GOVERNMENT lr | Camp Greene Morale Officer Giv1| ing Final Lectures to Men to !>p Be Dismissed. ! , j[ ! Under the supervision oC Captain Chapln. morale officer of Camp a Greene, all. the men of the development and labor battalions have t,. been receiving instruction in govlo ernment from men In the camp and the city. The rtrst lecture was Id given by Major A. Caccinl, o? the medlcul corps, who addressed 76 Italic ians in their own language, as they could not. understand English. These Be men all come from Development battalion ,No. 1. The instruction in the h8 principles of making good citizens by Major Caccini resulted In nearly jd every man expressing the desire to ; become an American citizen at once. 0t i Seventeen were naturalised at this aa ! gathering. ! Dr. Mangum. Y. M. C. A. camp A. j general secretary of Camp Greene, 10 < addressed another body of men on ' the same subject and enthused them with the desire of becoming better w citizens. These addresses.are given in Y 106 ?r and are largely attended not only *- by the .men detailed but by others as well. This is one of the final ly steps of the government In this camp al to give the boys who are soon to be mustered out, some of the last inll struction and finishing touches of ol what this country affords and offers he ! besides serving in the army, n- j ? aI 1 HALF OF OFFICERS HERE in | WOULD STAY IN ARMY jg i Preparations at Camp Greene headjd i quarters for the mustering out of ! army officers Indicate that about half tje ! desire discharges from the service ji_ j and half desire commissions in the I new regular army which is now in te ] process of organization. All offlceri he . applying: ror regular army con^misn. j sions will not receive such, and a il_ 1 rather high percentage will be mui| tered into the officers' reserve for re call to service . in the event of naa tlonal emergency, en j v The national prohibition measure on I has been signed and the nation will : be dry fnoxn >July 1 next, until the I army is\ddmobillxed. The manuffictil ture of wfne and the brewing, of beet must cease December 1 and the kt- manufacture of whiskey was stopped c- soon after war was declared. Aftei >at June 30, 1919, no lntbxicatlng liquor* ir- of any kind may be sold In thli :ts country for beverage except for ex port purposes. 7 boys who are back i who are coming!! RANKLIN SIM r t a "\t ni n V^LiVJ uits and Overcc Tailored?Ready-f or S FINE AS OUR UI OME shops would hesitate to m statement. Uniforms are not o le as civilian clothes. But we ha any distinction between the w we put into them. Even though s have been sold at actual cost, tl perfection itself in tailoring an know that if you liked our ham arms over there you would want c red civilian clothes over here. st a reminder that we are ready i you from khaki to mufti when he word tailored Suits tailored Overcoats s Aquascutum Overcoats . FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YOR tops?2 to 8 West 38th Street? > | 1 * I . "I ! ! SOLDIER ELEVENS IEET j| I THURSDAY TO BlEAK Tir ; Romount Station and Ursonftsl j Office Teams to SettA Rivalry Thanksgiving MorninL I The football eleven? of Vie Re- ] mount station and the rerscanel office. at Camp Or>ene, will dash at 10 o'clock Thanksgiving dayjpn the Wearn field gridiron In. the mpe pi f. breaking the tie and determhg tat' camp's title holder. This ought to be a splendL A ?>??>. I aa these teams played a 6 to\ tl<-'^ two weeks ago, and both nowYcl&lm that they can wallop the othen Bat,urday the Remount defeated Davidson with the assistance of * offlcef* "from the 810th Pioneer infantryTgiia those laurels have somewhat stirred up football sentiment and a mighty good game is In store for those whth attend. Captain Davis, of the Camp Per- g . sonnet team, says that his team Is working every day and ready tor any of them and althotmti the Re mount team naa Deen crippiea, mvy have repaired the men so that UMy , are loaded for bear. _ BOXER CHALLENGES ANYONE H , IN CAMP FOR A BOUT Harry Strlckler,' erstwhile champion boxer of Camp Qreene, -ha* ?! - - i sued an edict to the effect that he expects to hold on to the said title of c&mp boxing: champion unleee someone comes up And removes It from him. He boxes under the nam* of Harry Dillon and claims to held s*v- ' eral records with professionals az|d also is said to have boxed Battling Nelson for live rounds. Dillon has given Trench and Camp permission to Issue a challenge fdp*? >1 him to any white boy in the camp-for a regular boxing bout. He will bok for any number of rounds or a&y'way desired. What he wants is a- i| with someone and the man who fsebi that he can Interest him should It known by getting In touch With the athletic director at any Y building or leave word at Fifth company^-'. if Fourth recruit camp, where Dillon-Is stationed. : " j COLORED Y. M. O. A. HUT- \\ 'j The Y. M. C. A. has opened -up'*ai? other hut for the colored soldiers n*Sr the Dowd house, known as "YM lf6. It Is under the sole direction of Dt St. Clair, of Philadelphia, who Is oil* I of the ablest colored men In the s*rv-< 'ice. He is a retired physician and - ?' J loves the work. DON'T NEGLECT A RHEUMATIC PAIN Go after it with Sloan's Liniment before it gets dangerous. ' L Apply a little, don't rub, let it pen** .1 ? . etr&te, and?good-by twinge I UMD? i for external aches, pains, strains, stiff- ] ness of joints or muscles, lamsitjs*^. I bruises. N ,J| ' Instant relief without mussfnoos or \ | soiled doming, rveiiaoie?mo ninan p soiling liniment year after year. Bftrnomlcal by reason of enormoua sales, j Keep a big botUe ready at all times. I I Ask your druggist for Sloan's Unll^j v ^ j| i EKKBSSfflfifl g| ^ 3s 5 S md those ia ON - ' - ' J 1.1 ITHES m '-Service VIFORMS ! ;T'I D I ve never our uni- P id rnish. i-t red . *. And this II ever you . . . $25 to $65 $30 to $85 i I . . * $40 to $75 -Street Level. 1 I : ; '1!> I i 11 oTii i i4 ?
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