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'tiffiBmj!? *3 t ?W>. ,-ft - ; - TRENCH"AND CAMP! Lynn W. Blood, Editor. Published at the National Canton- I menta for the soldiers of the United ' States, under tho auspices of the National War Work Council ot the Y. M. . a A. #f the United 8tatee. l MMP GKRJENi: EDITION, i ^8W?hed every Wednesday at Camp Greed?. N. C., by the Army Y M. C A., with the co-operation of The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, N. C. , Business office at Y. U. C. A. Administration Building No. "Ibl. Phone W&I9&.: . \ News and correspondence received j. at all T. M. C. A. buildings on Camp Greene reservations when properly 11 71- r News stories, personals, anecdotes, poems, jokes, cartoons and clippings are wanted. Contributions should be delivered or mailed to the Editor's " office or submitted to a member of the staff before noon Saturday of each o I /.-ft 'S'Ma.'.. a MAILING SUBSCRIPTIONS. j?.-. Three months 25 b Six Months 50 c iSJ One year $1.00 s v Advertising rates upon application m* ?k. Qn.ln.u. nffioo n.t Thi fkurT - lotte Observer. 0' . h Editor's Notes \ I c ?! e BREAKING TIP HOUSEKEEPING. Tou know there comes a time once j*1 in a fellow's life when he feels that there is nothing under the sun can I hold him back. That time has about I M arrived for the men In the camps and ,j especially in Camp Greene is this { appUoable. The war is over and the ^ act of breaking up housekeeping. c leaving the old haunts and returning t] to the first love, wUl soon be under ^ > way. But it can't come any too soon for every man in the service. Every ^ man thinks his outfit should be dismissed first; he don't understand why he has to wait, why the government don't make one great big swipe of the ^ pen and tell the boya to go home. They want to get away from the drill _ life, away from the tents and the mess shacks, the routine and system ~ of army living and once more be able to look every man In the faco and tell him to ko to. ^ However, the government knows best In this matter and every soldier should make an unusual effort to cooperate with the government and in- _ stead of hindering the service, use . every precaution not to show any un- c easiness over the army life because it wont get your release one bit earl- L ler. Every system and means known will be utilised to get the men back u home Just as soon as possible. Every 1 man has established a record and the v government wants that record kept J clean and the men dismissed with a i_ system and It would not do to break; up the army in a helter skelter man-i ner. We all know that the army men ;' are anxious to get back home. No; \ one doubts that they are counting the hours and the days; that they are i anxiously waiting the time when they ! can get some of mother's cooking and 1 sleep in a real downy bed. That time 1 will soon come and tho men should |A. I screw un their cnum&re And hack- ! . bone a little tighter and grit their . teeth and stand it a -while longer, if , the other fellow can. This is a crucial time in the life of ' I every man In the camp in this country L i as well as overseas; it is a time when j i the real fighting spirit of the Amer- . j iean soldier Is being tried; a time! when his latent powers are over- T anxious to 'lend themselves to th% s devil, when the government and those , in authority as well as the welfare i workers need more co-operation and I sympathy and help from the soldier I than ever before. For that reason ' C 'it is the duty of every citizen anil j soldier to help with the movement and gamely" wait developments . which j are coming in the very near "future, p j Show your colors and back up the ^ . military, and help get the army back home in the quickest and most systematic manner. In other words help i uphold the morale. * In WE ARE COMING HOME. MOTHER j h ; We are coining home, dear mother.. tl W? are ooming home again. - e : Four long years of hell and horror. | I Four long years of sorrow and pain. # j But we've done our duty, mother, s' I For the Stars and Stripes and you. u We have cast him down unto defeat, ' He." who would our master be. v \V? are romine home dear mother. i Dear old home and thee. ! s Though comrades dear have fallen. ; 11 | Who will never rise again, i ^ ! They fell on the fleld of glory. ; God willed that some should remain, j 1 | And some should return again. j s I Return again to mother, J "Mother." dear old mother. A monument we will build to those 1 8 we left behind. I 8 Their faces, dear, will^evor cease to J* be upon our mind. I l1 As in that hell of fire, they fell be- I 11 fore the line. | Here's to those poor mothers. . Whose sons lio over there. : They gave up their young lives. , I Which was so dear to them. [ i Rushed into the midst of battle. < i Into a withering flre, I Through shot and shell and poison i Ka?. i That we may live in future years In peace and happiness. I 1 So let's not forget the boys, who have i fallen over there. . I God has spared us. mother. ' And we are coming home again , ; It Is over, over here, mother. I ! Mother, clear old mother. I PVT. J. D. BOI,KY. ! Co. 9. 4th Recruit Camp. j THE IWTSN1.YG G HUMANS. i The Germans are now running I For their home beyond the Rhine. I They are wondering and wondering 1 How such a thing could he. 1 They never dreamed of America Three thousand miles from there. I For they thought of their submarines 1 io n?f|> hit away. | * They couldn't think of Franco and I H Belgiutn ) Kver doing such a thing ' ' ; For they thought of going through ! Belgium . And almost going on to Spain, r r When something seemed to stop them j Which they couldn't understand. j For they were told the road was open f ' And to compter every land. For the kaiser had often told them | { Of a feast that was on the brink. ( But things have change,j ;i bit since i then. I *' For some have seen the Americans.) And when the word passed down the line It made them worry all the time. ' So now you know the reason why The Oerm ans were running to II," Rhine. .THAN. ,H MASONIC NOT It 'K. There will he a dance givon by the i j ladies of the Fastern Star, on the ! t night of December .1. 19 IK at the ( t Masonic temple All of the Masons iof the camp are expected to attend, j t for there have been extensive plans ! t made for this dance, and a royal f good time is In store for all, I? . ...... ....... ^ H *$Er v>*o; ? iUPERSTITIW UlS'lfflP ' IN MEN Will MM fouths Most Skeptkltfnt Home Fly With Crochetevflwl or { Other TalisfflM. With Pershing's Arnqf, Dec. 4. ,? J Vill Amerci&n airmen, who have ! ecome most superstitious of soldiers, use their faith in charms when they eturn to private life? Credulity has never been a weakess of the type of young men who I nake Vin T!nrlo >'? #????? But over here, in an aviation camp, ne Rasps at the superstition. It is lways in sight. In hearing, in the air. j Dare-devil flyers irom America -who : ack home scoffed at the petty things ailed superstition tell you with grave | Incerity that war flying has "con- I erted" them. The bravest aviator alive looks first j o see if he has all his treasured, mens about him. Then he looks at is engine. That is secondary. A pilot of a night bombing squadon stationed here alwaya carried a ig crocheted owl strapped to the eat beside him. He places implicit, hildllk* fuith in the pearl button yes of that bird of yarn. Others always go alo{t carrying a oy rabbit of cotton or a tiny doll. Silk Stocking Talisman. The greatest good omen of ali is [ girl's silk stocking, stretched and! rorn over the top of the head, under j be helmet! Lieutenant Blair Thaw never flew ithout his Airedale terrier, a former ; omrade of his told me. Ho believes' bat is the answer to the- mystery, of: ow Thaw's machine suddenly dived I nd smashed to the ground, killing ,1m. "I think the terrier became fright-1 ned and jammed againar the conrols, bringing the machine down,"l 'haw's friend said. Whether that explanation is cor-1 ect 1 don't know. But It is significant f the grip superstition has on theI lyers that the theory of Thaw's dog ventually becoming a bad "omen" ?ssened no whit the superstitions of ils fellows. , Every last one of them oarries the ow famous good luck twins, "Ninette nd Rlntlntin," the tiny knitted dolls f red and yellow yarn that came ito such vogue In Paris when the ity was first bombarded by long- j ange guns. The couple have a "baby" ! ow. named "Radadou," a tiny mor- j ?l of yarn that lies alongside "Nlnet-1 ^ and Rintintin" in every aviator's ocket. Believe In Hunches. By chance, I met Lieutenant Ger-1 Id C. Smith, a former newspaper lan of Baltimore. He never nran mi-1 erstltlous when I knew him In the Lates. He In now. though. He spent sveral months attached to the British ! oyal air force and made many trips ! ver Germany, bombing Cologne. Stut- ] art and other towns. "Twice the hut I lived in with five ther aviators was cleaned out of very man except myself.1* Smith said i a sort of awed tone. "Each time was the only one who escaped. Why Wouldn't I be superstitious?" They believe rtrmly In hunches, too -sort of subconscious hunches. They >11 of numerous occasions when an viator felt impelled to put on his I est uniform and boots and to take I ith him his rasor and toilet articles. | hen, in that same sort of awed tone mith used, they tell how he was [ther killed or captured. , I IULES TO OBSERVE WHEN YOU GO HOME lamp Cordon Soldier Makes i Suggestions to Men Used to < Barracks Lite. A Camp Gordon soldier has sub- j litted the following suggestions for is fellow soldiers to follow when ! ley receive their discharges, when- I ver that will be: Rule 1?If you are asked to suy ' . race and do not know how. turn , weetly to your partner on the left | nil say: "I pass." Rule 2?Care should be taken I 1 /hile at table not to get any large oreign substances like hairpins. | oup bones* or clothes pins in the j nouth with food, as it naturally re- I j uires Rome little time and tact to | < emove them. One accustomed to 1 he mysteries of parlor magic may | ' llde the articles into his sleeve ' rhile coughing, and thence into the j > ocket of his host, thus letting him- ' elf out of an unpleasant situation, nd at the same time producing m oars of laughter at the expense of; { lis host.- If. however, you are not 1 1 amiliar with slelght-of-hand you ; 1 nay take in a full breath and expel j ' he object across the room under the ] * -hat-not, where it will not be ob- ! ' erved until after you have gone. 1 ' Rule 3?In drinking wine do not : 1 rain your glass thoroughly and ' hen try to draw in what atmosphere ' here is in the room. It not only ! ' nterrupts the conversation, hut ! takes every one in the room wishing ' ??-ar hn<i longer i long 1 nough to get you at any rate? and' 1 eally it is not being dono this sea- | on anyhow. When you have draind your glass do not hang it on tit" able violently and ask your host ' iow much .It cost. This gives too rtuch of the air of wild, unfettered 1 reedom and the unrestrained hilar- I ty of the free lunch. Rule 4 i?When you got anything n [ ' our mouth that Is too hot don't wear about it. .<* It will only make', ithefM laugh at you. Remove the | norsel calmly and ask the waiter to j iut it on ice for a while. Rule r??Keep your knee off the j ' able. If you can't harpoon the ' tread with your fork send f*r one >f the folding vest pocket bread , ' loops navy style. Price six-hits. ent postpaid upon r?-. eipt <>[ price, latlafactlon guaranteed . r money rounded. , EXEMPTION BOARD CLERKS TO RECEIVE DISCHARGES Arinv Clerks Oilman l Alexander. \ > if the country draft 1? ml and C. A. , kiiflrcw-i. of the rity 1 have re-| eived order* tr? rep" at Camp , ircer.p today tn he di**. ..triced from I h?- arniy. Though th" "i-brs did not ' late whether or not : army 'Jerks erently assigned to draff hoards in' his state will be < .ili'-d to ("antp , Ireene and discharged it was pre- 1 timed l?y the hoards |-..m.? that in all. rtsiH where the local hoards have no, urther need for these t.ti that they v 111 receive their discharges The adutant general's department recently elegraphed local hon.ds asking If, heir clerks would he needed longer, tome of the hoards . ? tinderstood I o have requested th?* retention ofj heir clerks while others were willing: 'or them to ho released f-..m further J lervice. ' ?-L L J? WFW"' PERMANENT ORGAN: ARMY NOT YETj Question Deferred Until After Pe; His Annual Report?Wants S petuated?Briefly Recites th e From Specific Recommendati "Washington. Dec. 4.?The question of permanent organisation of the army has been deferred for consideration after the close of the peace conference. Secretary Baker, In his annual report made public tonight, says this course is determined upon since "the military needs of the United State t cannot be prudently assessed until that conference shall have determined the future international relations of the world." l'or temporary purposes, however. Mr. Baker announces that he will lay * before Congress a plan of reorganlza tin for the regular army, "which shall J < oontlnue ns the nucleus of any future j < military establishment." t The secretary also Indicates his in- i tentlon to press for perpetuation by i law of the strong general staff organl- ] zation built up during the war. 1 "I have refrained In this report." j Mr. Maker says, "from making spe- ] ciflc recommendations for future leg- j islation for two roasons. In the first 1 place, the signing of the armistice has | ] not formally clpsed the war. We have t at present a great military establish- < ment which cannot be immediately \ dissolved, and the activities of the i department for some time at least t must be concerned with what we t have. In the second place, the peace a conference is about to assemble and 5 trie military needs of the United States cannot be prudently assessed until t that conference shall have determin- t ed the future international relations t of the world. The ^department will t present to the Congress a plan for the i maintenance of a regular army which t shall continue as the nucleus of any ] future military establishment, pending i the time when th* experience through t which we have gone can be digested t and the future needs of the nation < maturely considered. < f'In any case it is clear that the ed- ' ucatlon of officers and a constant 1 Bfudy of the science of warfare will be necessary, and It is my hope that 1 the great Military academy at West * Point can be supplemented by an en- * largement and broadening of the spe- ? cial schools which are at present or- ] ganized but should be made to take on more the character of post-grad- 1 uate* courses and to develop and train j * research specialists in the several ' arms. This subject, however, is one ( upon which casual comment is not 1 helpful and I refer to it only because J it seems the oneclear indication from 1 our experience as to our future pol- J icy." 1 The story of the American army's part in the war overseas Secretary Baker leaves very largely to General Pershing, whose report covering operations up to November 11, following the cessation of hostilities, is attached to that of the secretary as is the report of Chairman Fosdick, of the commission on training camp activities. "An adequate account of the activities of the department for the year now ending can be written," Mr. Baker says, "dnly in the long reaches of historical inquiry when there will be time and opportunity to examine in detail not merely statistical exhibits which tell in numbers of men and guns what America did. but also to appraise the contributions of patriotic zeal and serxdce which came from field nnd factory, from civilian and soldier alike and which represent in their aggregate ^he life of the nation concentrated updn a single purpose." In his brief recital of the events of the war, Mr. Baker selects the battle i C APT. LEMUEL WHITAKEK BOYKIN, JR. Among the officers of Camp Greene 1 who are strict in the performance of their duty is Capt. Lemuel W. Boykin, Jr. Captain Boykin is the personnel of- j fleer of recruit camp No. 5. No ordl- | nary military officer can fill this im- i portant position. Ho must be a man j f good judgment, one who can act promptly and efficiently at all times. How well Captain Boykin is undertaking this very responsible position is well known in recruit camp No. 5. He is a very efficient and painstaking officer and the men who work under his direction have that snappy and wide awake -attitude that is so necessary in a well systematized personnel ' sfflce. Capt. Lemuel Whitaker Boykln. Jr.. I was born in Kershaw county. South Carolina, May 13. 1894. He comes from good old southern stock, that i Kind of stock that did not hesitate in the days of the American revolu- I ion to take up arms and fight for the ndependence of the new nation. When reached the age where it becomes ; 1 lecessary that he obtain an education | ' n a higher institution, he entered 1 :he Randolph-Macon academy, renaming there until the fall of 1911. lYhlle there he made an excellent rec>rd both In athletics and as a student. He then entered the Citadel, the miliary school of South Carolina, an\l graduated with tfie rank of captain. , tVhlle there his prowess as an athete was very evident. He was captain >f the scrub team in his Junior year, n the senior year he made tlsp varsity ,'ootball team and was awarded the coveted "C" that so many men work lard to get. He was also a member if the winning relay team. He gradlated in the year 1914, receiving the, IV S. degree with honors. j J In the fall of 1914 he was made principal of the Camden. S. ('.. high school. After staying there one year ( lie became the assistant commandant ] sf Clemson Agricultural college where | : he remained until the present war was declared. He left Clemson before the 1 new term of 1917-'1H began to enter! th*? sfiiond officers' training canto at Port Oglflthorpe, flu. He was pomiiiisiloned a captain I 11. C.. November 27. 101T, from Company No. 12 . ind assigned to the Klghty-first division at Camp Jackson. He reported Jor duty December 15. and was attached io the 371st infantry. On December 18 he was transferred to the Motor Mechanics brigjfde at Camp Hancock. ri:i. He organized and commanded the Twentieth company First Motor Mechanics regiment until the regular slg- j nal corps officers were assigned in January. He was then transferred to i the Third Motor Mechanics regiment and assisted In the organization of ?hat command, changing stations with the Motor Mechanics brigade when it was ordered to proceed from Camp Hancock to Camp Greene. On arriving at CMnp Greene he was relieved from duty with tho Third Motor Mechanles regiment and assigned 1 to casual camp No. 1 at the same time the other Infantry officers were re- I lleved. He was made commander of Company No. 7 of that unit until July 15 when he was made adjutant of the casual camp Me held this position until September 15. HH8. While there he disposed of more than two thoim and casuals who were on duty at this hi ljmm . . V * / TRENCH A IZ4TI0N OF THE j IEING CONSIDERED ice Conference, Says Baker in trong General Staff Plan PerEvents of the War?Refrains ons to Congress. the Mouse as "from the viewpoint military strategy, America's great?st contribution to the successful outcome of the war," since by that at.ack of the American armles^the Se- ' Jan-Mezieres railway, the main ar- ! :ery of the German supply system. J was cut. The entire available strength ! >f the American army in France, 28 | Jivlsions, were in line in the second week of October, he says, making rard by yard progress against desperV t ite enemy resistance which finally was | worn out "and on November 1. the j American troops broke through." The i Jbject of the drive, the strategic con- I :eptlon of which included the British | Irive at the northern end of the rail- 1 mrnv T7> V, ..A ? I n the center, was accomplished on I S'oyember 7, when the Americans en- ! :ered the outskirts of Sedan to be lolned there the next day by the French. "The meeting of French and Amercan troupe on this historic spot." Mr. Haker says, "signalized the defeat of he .German arms, a defeat an de- J Jlsive and humiliating as that forced . jpon France 47 years before at the i&me spot. If there had been questions before as to the acceptance of the armistice terms, the allied advance culminating in this meeting at Sedan left no choice in the matter." In sketching the building up of the ivar army, Mr. Baker selects a few itriking figures as illustrations of what >ach step meant and what has been iccompllshed. On the day the arnlstlce was signed, he declares more han 25 per cent of the entire male >opulation of the country between the iges of 19 and 31 was in the military service, the army having reached a otal of 3.664,000 men. more than 2,JOO.OOO of whom were in Europe, as :ompared with a strength of 189.674 n March, 1917, a week before war ivas declared. To illustrate the speed of this ex- | janslon, the report cites the fact that j he British army in France had i eached its high mark in the summer I >f 1917, three years after tho begin- | ling of the war, and that figure was | "slightly more than 2,000,000 men." It took 19 months for the United StateH to reach the same strength I here, but Mr. Baker points out that luring those years of battle. British ! manpower had been heavily called j jpon to replace casualties, while for t taany months the flow of American roops all went to ugment the force jeing assembled. To some extent this vas ofTset, he adds, by the far greater ransportatlon difficulties of the Amercan project. Recapitulating the total American casualties, 236,108 men, as already anlounced. Mr. Baker said the deaths lue to battle alone were 36,000 and hat half of the wounded reported 'probably suffered slight injury." He idds that federal battle fatalities in :he civil, war totalled J10.000; Japan obi oa.uuo men in the Ruaao-Japaneso var and Germany lost 28.600 in the Franco-Prussian war. Speaking of the selective service. Mr. Baker makes this observation, without discussing the question of jniversal military training, soon to irlse: "At that time ( his preceding innual report was Issued) there was imple evidence that the selective Iraft was a swift, effective and just neans of securing the military itrength necessary for the conduct of i great war. The experience of the last year has strongly reinforced that onvlction." :4mp. He was then transferred to re- i srult camp No. 5 and assigned to duty ia personnel adjutant October 11. J L918. He organized this office and i ho efficient manner in which every deail is handled demonstrates that a nan of unusual ability is responsible | for the well regulated manner in i vhich this office is conducted. We I night also add that while at the sec- j >nd officers' training camp as a can- ; lidate he had the unusual distinction j >f being made assistant instructor of I Company N*o. 12. He is an excellent *ifle shot and as a drillmaster he has ew superiors. He is a well infovm?d man in every detail of the camp ind the different candidates and lieu;enants who shower the questions up>n him, find that if they leave it to Boykin they usually come out all ight. He is fond of all outdoor sports, 'specially fishing and huntipg. havng spent h?n boyhood days on a 'arm and being at^ expert horseman, j he love of nature seems to awaken I he heart of this efficient and expert officer. Ho is a man who merits the ] respect of everyone who comes in I -onuni wun mm nv his genial and ' pleasant manner. 2,475 BRITISH SHIPS DURING WORLD CONFLICT London. Iler. 5.? 'British Wireless | Service.) ? During the war, 2.475 Brit- , sh ships were sunk with their crews, ! md 3,347 vessels were sunk and their j srews left adrift, according to a state- ] nent by Sir Eric Oedden, first lord the admiralty. In an address In upport of a* fund by the women of :he empire to erect a memorial to British merchant seamen. Fishing ressels to the number of 670 had been ost during the period of hostilities and the. nvrechanr ,marine service had suffered casualties exceeding 13.000 men. Sir Eric added. I ' ;J' ; i r. T. MA\(il M Citmp (.onrrnl Secretary. Ami) V. M. C. A.. Cnmp (Iiwiip, wli? leaves tho service lhis week to ico overseas. ND CAMP YANKS TO ASK BETTER ' WORKING CONDITIONS i c Expect Old Jobs Back and Are < Not Keen f,or Homesteads in ? the West, Says Lyon. i B? C. C- LiYON. j With Pershing's Army. Dec. 4.?For a the three million American doughboys ?after the war what? r When they go back home, many H of them will find women holding their t former Jobs; others will find that e young men who were exempted from service have climbed over their heads fl in the concern. a Maybe you think the average en- j ^ listed man?and officer, too?isn't do- J ^ ' ' > r. a 1UI VI nvuu uuiinili^ along nuv.iai i and economic lines! * I've spent a good many evenings ? sitting around dimly lighted dugouts or in tumbled-down houses and barns 71 out at the front listening to doughboys discuss their futures. ""If this war has done one thing 3 for ine above everything else." said 23-year-old sergeant, "it has made m4 c unafraid. 11 "By 'unafraid' I mean this: After going through this hell over here, go- 0 ing up against those German machine u gun nests with our bare hands al- P most. I'm certainly not going to %be f afraid of anything that ever confronts s me in peaceful civilian life after I get back home. h "Until I joined the army I never v had been a hundred miles where h 1 was born. I worked in ^.factory p ten hours a day and never ma.de c enough to save a dollar. I was always a worrying about losing my Job. t] War Brings Self-Confidence. P "Boys, this war game ha* opened ^ my eyes. Rubbing up against fellows from every part of the United ? States, I've learned a lot and I've . changed my mind about a good many 11 things. * "For on$ thing, I'll never go back and work ten housr a day for any r factory. Eight's enough, and then I'm c going to look arobnd until I find a n place that has decent working condl- P tions." -n "Yes. it's all right to talk that d way,' put in a timid boy. "but what are you going to do if you can't find v a place that has an eight-hour day and n good conditions?" t< "What am I going to do? Why. ii Buddie, I won't work, that's alt. Just tl let about three million of us returned c soldiers assert ourselves and see how p quickly the factory owners and the a politicians fall all over themselves to 1< give up a square deal." This One Will KM Candidates. f A soldier who said he used to work a in a clothing store up in Minnesota e before the war, got a hand another ii evening when he said to a big bunch a of doughboys who were talking along d these same lines: n "I'm going to have a lot of fun as I live 'soaking' candidates for public 0 ofliee and Fourth of July orators. You t know the line of mush they always v pull on the voters: Stand by the flag j, anu vote against tne otner party because It's un-American ami unpalri- ?. otic. t "Well, whenever I run up against _ any candidates who talk that way I'm ^ going to say: 'Hold on a minute I friend; Just where were you and what did you do in the great war?' The chances will be about ten to one that he was one of those who got cxomp- T tion. And then I'll tell him that no- ^ body gets my vote but a fellow who actually fought." * And This Vote Only for Veterans. "And I'm going a step Xurthe^," said P another doughboy. "After this war J there'll be about a million soldiers ? go back home and run for public of- ? flee. I'm going to make a distinction R between the soldier who held down a nice, safe bomb-proof desk job either N in America or back of the lines here P in France and the soldier who actually a faced German bullets." a Another soldier said he wasn't wor- o rying about the women holding on to the Jobs they took when the men went t away to war. t "For one thing, most of the sol- a iliers will be getting married within a year or two after they get home and 1; that will take a lot of glrlg out of a industry," was his idea. a "Then times are going to stay good * in America. In many lines wages aro s twice as high as they were a few years t ugo. Do you think we're going to let the wage scales fall? Not much. Q "One reason so many hundreds of << thousands of women were forced Into t industry and business in years past e was because the men in the family t couldn't make enough money to en- \able their wives and daughters to stay j S?w Plenty of Work to be Done. "It will take the world decades to reconstruct itself after this war and to the United States more than any other country, European nations must turn for manufactured products. There e will be plenty of work for everybody In America." t "I used to be a traveling salesman." safd another soldier one evening. "I'm v not afraid of not getting a good Job. Any fellow who's gone over the top over here a few times and carried c around with hint a few Boche s souvenirs will bo able to sell goods c and he'll get hearings where the buy- Y ers wouldn't feel like wasting their e time If the salesman didn't have an interesting history." ,rYes. but what about me?" said ; i? .mother. "I u?*d to be a bartender and jj the United States will be dry by the U time we get back. What am I going ] t to do'!" I r "Why. you can have a job In the \ league nf nations international police ' force." said the company kidde.*. t ^ i \ CAUCHT WHILE TRYING \\ TO START AUTOMOBILEl. James Kimbel. negro, was bound ; ' , over to higher court yesterday morn- i ^ ilng by Recorder Jones when prob-j | able cause was found on a c harge of ! . j larceny. The negro was placed under bond ?.f $2bn. Information obtain*-1 i 1 from the police was to the effect that | : automobile at tho Seaboard station , Wednesday. with tho appar ent inii-ut | of stealir.R it. when tho owr.er of tho i machine and an officer acco.?tod him. JOIN THE UNITED WAR VETERANS A National orRanlzation composed of veterans of the Civil war anil Span- , ish war and tho soldiers, sailors and marines of the present war. Tho oh- . .loots are: to unite in fraternal bonds throuKh national, slate, local and for- i1 Man orRnnidations, all soldiers and sailors of the United States to relievo j ( distress and to co-operate for the wel- . , fare of comrades and their depend- I ( I ents. to advocate national and state J ( i laws beneficial to comrades, to perpet- . uate Memorial Day. and to establish ! ; homes for orphan and dependent rhll- ! dren of comrades. Write for information pertuinlnR to orRanlzatlon <>f Camps and memberJ shlp-ot-lartro. UNITED WAR VETERANS , NATION VI. HKAligi AllTKIIS. I l KAI,ISI'i:l.I.. MONTANA. m, . .M ii 11 NTERESTIXG INFORMATION ! "I FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS j I The government at Washington | ?aa sent out the following bulletin i o every army camp and asked that j t be published everywhere it will be j ?f service: That the government is resolved o do its best to restore him to 8 lealth, strength, and self-supporting ictivity. ? That until his discharge from hos>ltal care the medical and surgickl reatment necessary to restore him o health and strength is under the urisdictlon of the military or naval uthoritles. C That, the vocational training which <j| nay be afterwards necessary to re- . tore his self-supporting activity is tndor the Jurisdiction of the fed- ** ral board for vocational education. tl That if he needs an artificial limb a' r other orthopedic or mechanical P' ppliance the government supplies it ree upon his discharge and renews d' t when considered necessary. n' That if, after his discharge, he w gain needs medical treatment on 01 ccount of his disability the govern- r nent supplies it free. h That any man whose disability On- 1*. itles him to compensation under ths a] iror.rijlk (nanrnnna O mnv Ka nnn ided by the federal board with a fr ourse of vocational training: for a jj lew occupation. tl That the government strongly rec- gj mraends each n^an who needs It to ni indertake vocational training and >ut himself under the care of the n? ederal board, but the decision to do at 0 Is optional wl.th each man. st That if his disability does prevent Ti ilm from returning to employment p< without training and he elects to fol- c< dw a course s.of vocational training p< rovlded by the federal board, the re ourse will be furnished free of cost, nd he will also be paid as long as t? he training lasts a monthly com- o1 ensatlon equal to the sum to which ** ie is entitled under the wa^r-risk in- c< urance act or a sum equal to the ay of his last month of active serIce, whichever Is the greater, but ? 1 no case will a single man or a mao ~ equlred by his course of instruction t> live apart from his dependents ecelve less than $65 a month, exluslve of the sum paid dependents; . or will a man living with his de- w endents receive less -than $75 a tj. lonth, inclusive of sum paid to ^ ependents. w That If his disability does not preent him from returning to employ- w rent without training and he elects 3 follow a course of vocational trainog provided by the federal board, hd^ course will be furnished free of ost to him, and the compensation B rovided by the war-risk insurance ct will bo paid to him, but no alowance will be paid to his family. That In addition to the above the j, amily or dependents of each dlsbled man will receive from the govrnment during his period of train- j trg the same monthly allotment and j llowance as that paid prior to his , lacharge from the army or the | avy. That upon completion of his course | f training he will continue to receive : tt he compensation prescribed by the b< rar-rlak insurance act so long as m lis disability continues. * That in nearly every case, by fol- j h? owing the advice and suggestions of , *1 he federal board, he can either get! Id of the handicap caused by his vl lsabllity or acauire new Dowers to cv epl&ce any that may have been lo9t. n< That if he is willing to learn and e< o take advantage of the opportu- al ities to increase his skill offered ilm by the federal board he can ^ sually get a better position than he , ni ad before entering the service. That If he fails to take advantage I n< f these opportunities , he will find w tlmaelf badly nandlcappe'd when he s oblige^ to compete with the able- J1 odled men who come back to work w fter the war. That the federal board, through Is vocational experts, will study his1?' articular disability and advise him 8 to the proper course to pursue *}j nd give him free training for the ccupatlon best suited to him. j ^L That on the satisfactory comple- \ ion of* hi3 training the federal board, * hrough its employment service, will! ssist him to secure a position That public authorities and ather i arge employers will In many cases, .t least, give the disabled soldiers | ^ ind sailors preference when filling i acant positions, provided they pos-1 esR the training necessary to fill I hem. All disabled soldiers, whether in p ?r out of the hospital, should ad- : Iress their communications either! o the federal board for vocational . education. Washington, D. C., or to I t he district office of the federal I t >oard of the district in which he is i tI ocated. J jr ? i h ! a SOME "END MAN" THINKS." } I R&stus? Who arc the two greatest J nemlea the kaiser ever had?" j "I don know boss, the French and ' ** he English I persoom:" ^ Sambo?"No Hah, 'IF and BUT* vahr de biggest." " "How you flgger that out nigger ?' Wahl it's jus' like this "IF" he ould've pessuade the people that ho J f hould be deir ruler he would've sue- \ edet "Bl'T" the wolld lubbed liberty >est. If's and Hut's becamo tho hard- i st problem for him, and lost. Mah I?ody! exclaimed a darky when ' le saw the Thanksgiving dinner on able, dis I'nclo Sam sho am good o his boys, an* I lubbs him so much f hat T could sit at his table for all i ny life. ^ One of our colored soldiers had ! wo large bundles, one in each arm ! vhen he passed an officer, and of ourse he could not salute him, but >n coining back he met him again, so le saluted the officer with both hands. "What's that for," said the officer. 'Don't you know how to salute?" "Yes sah," answered the darky, I 'I'se Jes gwine ter make up fo' the ' ast time." L. AI'PLETON. IN I SUFFER J FROM RHEUMATISM! ? Almost any man will tell you that Sloan's Liniment means relief' ? . l-'or practically every man hn? used i It who has suffered from rheumatic : sches, .nironrss of inuacles. stiffness of Joints. the resultr. of weather exposure. Women, too. by the hundreds of thousands, use It for relieving neuritis, laine harks, neuralgia, sick headache. Clean, refreshing, soothing, economical. quickly effective. Say Sloan's liniment" to your druggist ("Jet it today. ItOc. t>Ac. $1.20.?-Adv. 101 HOUSANDS SEE M l TROOPS MTftllSDt i 10th Pioneer Infantry Miches ' Through Business Secftn. | Reviewed by Col. Maconb. ?*? M Mil For the first .time In the hlstoky of harlotte a regiment of negroloo^y^f I lers, the 810th Pioneer lnftltirM&^'H om Camp Greene, paraded thrvgiv ?e business section yesterday, radio- ^ tousands of persons were ong the line of march. Though the n| ubllc apparently was deeply Infer- ?i jted in the negro troops, the crcbrd 'il splayed that lack of (temonstratiro-i. ess which has characterized three itnessing previous parades, in which - . . I aly white troops participated. Col. A. C. Macomb, commanding, : ^ amp Greene* Mayor Frank R. Moinch, and a number of other army Beers, Mrs. Macomb, Mrs. McNinch j ad other prominent women of the ty and camp, witnessed the parade | om the reveiwing stand at the City all, where the flags of the allied na- I ons were displayed for the occa- : on. Col. William Kent is the coraander of the regiment. The parade was formed at the cor- V or of Bland and South Tryon street : 3 o'clock and the troops moved eadily forward, led by their band, he sidewalks were massed with sople, the crowd apparently being >mpobed about equally of white jople and negroes. During this paide, as on former like occasions, the jectators seemed inclined to view ??. 1 le parade with seriousness. Army . Beers commented on the failure of le men in civil lfte to pay the proper mrtesy to the cdlors. At Seventh street the regiment rnedieast and turned again at Col- ' :! ge. continuing along that street to ast avenue and thence west along rade street and the Tuckaseeg? road the camp. The men were dectared by army of- '<* > fi :ers to have made an excellent showg. They were ready to go overseas hen the armistice was signed and " j le 3,300 men in the regiment will ' ; returned to civil life probably ithin two weeks. Col. Kent said lis probably would be the las?, and as the first formal appearance Of .! le regiment. ..'Mm AKSA GIRL ACQUITTED I ON CH'ARGE OF MURDER jdge Rosalsky Orders Her Re~ lease Following Convict's Confession of Guilt?Jury Not Satisfied. New York, Dec. 5.?Without taking le stand in her own defense, EllzaBth Baksa, the 19-year-old Free- * 'i ansburg, Pa., girl on trial for the urder of her boardlnghouse keeper ere, was acquitted this afternoon at le direction of Judge Rosalsky. When James Regan. Sing Sing con- ,1k let, called in rebuttal by the prose- II ition, persisted in his story as a wit- I] ess for the defense, that he had kill* H 1 Mrs. Helen Hamel last February, JH, 'terward threatening Miss Raksa's 11 fe when she discovered the crin^b, le court ruled that the evldr.nce need Dt be presented to the Jury. "Thank God, they knew I waa inocent," the youthful prisoner cried hen ihformed\ that she was free. ' After'a half hour ^>f conference th?* irors, who weVe asked by the judge < hat should be done with Regan, reirned a "verdict," as follows: "We do not believe the statements f Regan on the stand. We dp net Blieve he was ever In the house, nor ad he any connection with the marpr. We believe he committed periry." Judge RosalRky announced he ould confer with the district attor- i ey concerning what action should be i iken. ? ? , A 1ARSHAL VON MACKENSEN <I FLEES FROM HIS TROOPS V Paris. Dec.. 5.?(Havas.)?The rank fort Gazette prints a dispatch ' om Hermannstadt saying that Field I [arshal von Mackensen, the German )mmander in chief in Rumania, fled > an unknown destination, leaving ) his general staff the care of his oops which had made their way lto Austrian territory on their Way > jome. declining to see them din- j rmed. t ' ' j Mrs. Rctllcy Expected Today. i Mrs. Eugene Reilley is expectad ome from Raleigh today. She went 3 attend a meeting of the State ouncil of Defense, which was held Wednesday in the Senate chamber. it BARRACKS BAG LOCK EVERY SOLDIER NEEDS IT \Kvery soldier likes to feel that hie email. 1 personal belongings, his I :.p> A letters, etc.. are safe V '' #J\ from prying eyes and 1 a [IA pilfering fingers. One's yaMi jMB* r.omrsdes may be hoaest. but "accidents willx 9f happen" ? things mysterioualy disappear and, the only safe and sure, way Is have the narraoks Bag under! look and key with a mIWuIB Backus Barracks Bag luSlsIA I'" Ale t comes very Mhandy for Autoists for J^Bsuch as looking robes rail, suit esses robes to Price. ?aoh. nlokrl L .jj or dull blue * finish. KSHb mailed direct upon Receipt of aboTO prlee. '|H HA( Kl fl NOVETiTY CO., Smethport, Pm. [Napokioi^^ t \"A Footsore Army fa An[ ? f ! Army Half Defeated." i I ! v. ) -44- arc drilling for Military 8er-J \ Vy vice. For all these men the? ?{?bFv ; I iTjiJn powder, Bhaken Into (he WWSS ! V Shoos and sprinkled in tb^ IJR^L| foot-bath, Increases their effi- EH ; VdUk^iciency and Insures needed ; physical comfort. The A raer- ? ; \Jfy Jean, British and French? ?|9 troops use Allen's Foot - Kase fmM because It takes the Fr!, tIot? K'^lSnB AI from the shoe and freshens TSWattsburKCampHantMafglsgs men In training iOfiWre Foot-fease in their shoes each idsWBnj. Why not order a dozen or mo# 38c. boxes to-dav from your Drngftlst or Dep't store to-inan to ; y<?r friend* Ih talcing camps and in N 4'
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