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i , lit ' " "V , U , K' I, J " ' 1 5! v jjT ! v PMONTISA. E. h CENTRAL IK MM . General Pershing's Headquar ters Now Made Known. ... - - - Jr 4.':' -I -".le City, of the Haute Marne Has ) '-en Kept Out of the Dispatches Tati Now Geii.cral 1-ersnms Lives car By. - f - MEN IN FRANCE WILL i NOT SUFFER FROM COLD Quartermaster's Corps Has Stocked Up Adequate Clothing For Soldiers This Winter. ly ChSLumertt, France. Nov. 20. (Ccr & rapondenc of the Associated Press.) .r'ilThs little city of the Haute Marne 'lia the home -of the rrerferal headquar S ters of the .A merloan .expeditionary ; forces. Until now its mention has I " been taboo aud the .whereabouts of G. H. C " one of tne ' secrets of the t' ' Here lives the-' commander-in-chief v and in- the buildings or the French 'garrison is housed' the offices of th.e 1 -general staff and all the auxiliary or t . "ganizations that gro with it the nerve f center of the armjf A city of normal t ly about 13,000 inhabitants Chaumbnt J i lies on the eastern ra:;way lines, 163 q miles east of Paris. It was) formally V'the capital of Bassiny and is bow the ; fcapital of the department of theHaute : fJVIarne. ? Like mostof the elder cities of .- France, Chaumont seems to have been ?. (iounded on a -site of strategic defen ds -ive value. It crowns a high plateau between the Hariae anC the Suize and .from the walls ami towers of the old ! icity 'is a wonderful view of the- valley : -of the Marne. here tne river being 1 Jiardly as wide as -the Marnfe canal ; that flows beside it between its poplar . J bordered banks. Northward over the : 'narrow vale of the Sule the view . i" stakes in a wide sweep of .rolling forest crowned hills. General headquarters were g-emoved 'from Paris here in September' of last year, Chaumont being selected after a (careful search of available locations. ' It lies in the center of what ws the American training area, every Cutp as well as the Toul sector in which, the American forces first saw battle, And all the lines from Toul eastward where x j-we were located, being within read : ilv motor. The French post occupied as head-1 quarters offices is typical or rencn ra i-T-i enr a T'nrpp lnns- fmir-st nrv. red v tile roofed barracks form three sides f !of a great quadrangle facing a wide avenue. A group of lesser buildingrs and the customary iron fence and or inamental gates is the remaining boun dary. On either gate post ies the tri color and the Star and stripes. Sentries pace their posts on evcry hand, the quadrangle is filled with ifcurrying officers and orderlies anri clerks, hands flash in salute bugles give their almost hourly calls for the va rious military events and periods of (the day, staff cars and motor cycles ;roll in and but and now and then the ,-centry at the gate stiffens even more ' 'rigidly and fcrings his piece up with ; jnore snap we. en a great olive drab car, shining like a yacht, slides in, the ' scarlet tab on tfce wind shield with four white stars dignifying the commander-in-chief. Frequently the general's car ap proaches unheralded a.id so swiftly that the sentry's cry or "Turn out the puard," is too late' and the commander-in-chief is gone before the guard can tumble from the guard house. Until last spring General Pershing '"jiaade his residence in a large villa near 'headquarters. He soon found how ever, that so near the workshop of the l army he could not have the quiet and ; (lack of intrusion necessary . to his. i growing responsibilities and he re-! l5noved in May last to a beautiful cha- j Ueau five miles from town. Here, in a i great rambling castle situated in the j Marne valley among groves and wide j ' 'sunlit lawns, he lived with his personal j .staff. . Connected by telephone with . every divisional, corps and armj IheadquaTters, his own offices n Chau Snout and with Paris he did his work .there when not with the army. ' Chaumont itself has "Decome almost Americanized by the presence of the headquarters. Its little hotels are al fways crowded with officers. It has ifoeen very hospitable to the American occupation. Nearly every home with fa spare roorn is thrown open as a bil Het for officers and many of the finest residences have been taken over en tirely by the hundreds of messes. In ' jfliany of them the officers have install ed electricity and hath rooms and in isome cases central heating plants and with French servants live comfort ' ably, almost luxuriously as measured in military terms. Hundreds less for . tunate or lacking in rank take their tchances on whatever billet may be found in the crowded town where a ,bed is always at a premium. Tours, Nov. 14. -(Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Mothers, sis ters, and sweethearts in America need not worry about protection of their soldiers in Kurope against the rigors of coming winter. The quartermas ter's corps specialists In France de clare to the Associated Press that the boys are better equipped than the majority of them ever were in civilian life. Each soldier has two pairs of heavy nail, clinched and dlibbined shoes which are impervious to water, five pairs jit wool socks, three suits wool underwear, two complete wool uni forms, two wool O. D. flannel . shirts, one short but heavy overcoat trench style, and one pair of wool knit spiral putees 10 feet long. ...... The quartermaster's corps estimates' that the average soldier in campaign wears out one pair of trousers every two months and makes provision on this basis although the normal life of a pair of breeches is six monthis. Every soldier has also an overseas cap that has a felt protector to pull down over his ears. He is not allowed to .wear the old issue of campaign hat 'that his folks at home are used to seeing. He has wool gloves and one finger leather mittens over them and each soldier is provided with at least three blankets and a waterproof slicker. In addition to all this, every soldjer oti outdoor duty has a leather waist coat to wear 'beneath his overcoat. This leather waistcoat is newly issued and much admired. Apart from what the men have on them and in their possession, the quar termaster's corps in Prance has in well distributed stocks available fr" issue: Breeches and trousers, 1,504,000 pairs; wool coats, 200,000; underdrawers, 5, 000,000; undershirts, 2,714,000; wool gloves, 2,960,000; leather waistcoats or jerkins, 1,068,000; mittens, 746,000; overcoats, 379,500; wool spiral puttees, 1,718,000; field shoes, 2,570,000; wool O. D. flannel shirts, 2,349,000; slickers, 633,000; heavy wool stockings, 7,807, 000; blankets, 721,900. This after the quartermaster's corps in France turn ed over to the medicar corps more than one hundred thousand blankets. A Hint For Hays. The gas and flame divisions will be the first to come back. Maybe Will Hays can utilize 'em. Washington Post. DECOY SHIPS USED TO FOOL U-BOATS Their Activities Form An Excit ing Chapter of War. ' A. Small Fleet Of These Vessels Oper " ated By the British and Several Of the Huns' Undersea Craft Are Accounted For. Iiondon, Nov. 25. '(Correspondence of the Associated Press.) One of the most exciting chapters of the war against German. U-boats is a series of accounts of notable engagements be tween British decoy snips and the sub marines,' made public by' the British admiralty. While the., whole story of thte part played by tnese decoy ves sels, "mystery ships" o "Q" craft has not been revealed, it is evident that several of them were used to lure the Hun undersea craft" to their destruc tion. Some incidents in the campaign have already been made known,' deal ing chiefly with a few of the exploits of Commander Gordon Campbell as master of the decoy vessels; but others In which he and other captains par ticipated now are available. That at least a small fleet was used in this work is evident from the fact that Campbell at different- times appears as the master of the Farnborough, the Pargust, the Dunraven and the Q.5. The Prize, another decoy ship, was commanded by Lieutenant William E. Sanders and the StocK 3?orce by Lieu tenant Harold Auten. Stories of the encounters between these ships and the U-boats are filled with deeds of heroism and instances in which the discipline of the British navy Jas displayed under the trying circurSitances. For many months the decoy ships heavily armed but with their guns hidden behind false bul warks, steamed zig-zag paths in the seas which were the hunting grounds of the submarine. In their character of lazy colliers or slow cargo craft they presented to the submarine commander an inviting ob ject of attack but once he was well within range of the British guns, the false superstructure hiding the guns fell away and the helpless collier be came suddenly transformed inito a fighting craft, bent on destruction.1 It was ' "dangerous: work ' requiring.." the high order of courage .for- the .subma-r rine 'mustr be lured near, before the guns could Safely begin their work; Meantime the-Hun frequently had sent his torpedo home and the decoy ship was disabled, sometimes on fire and part of her crew wourwied. In that condition the battle -was fought and often the submarine destroyed. l. "Panic parties" was one of the ruses practiced by the decoy ship's comman der to coax- the submarine alongside. When 'the mystery ship was torpedoed hese panic parties took to the boats, apparently abandoning their vessel but always leaving on board another crew to man the guns and finish the sub marine it it caine near enough. The first encounter mentioned by the admirality took place in March, 1914, when the Farnborough, disguised as a collier was attacked by ' a submarine. The '.'panic : party" took to the boats and when the . submarine closed ln to about 800 yards the Farnborough cpened fire on her. The U-boat sub merged and the Farnborough passed over her dropping depth-bombs.' The submarine ' reappeared standing al most on end. Five rounds were fired into her, at nearly point blank range and she went to the bottom of the sea. Prior to that action the Farnbor ough had cruised throughout the entire winter without being attacked. Within a month the Farnborough coaxed another submarine near enough to sink her by ' gunfire. Commander Campbell' later was transferred to the command of the Q-5,and in the follow ing February, 1916, his vessel was tor pedoed by a submarine which event ually approached so near that a shot from the Farnborougn neheaded the U-boat captain as he climbed out of the tower, the submarine was sunk with her conning tower open and her crew pouring out. Destroyers towed the Q-5 in and beached her. For this exploit the Victoria Cross was awarded to Campbell. The decoy ship Pargust with Camp bell in command was torpedoed on June 7, 1917, while disguised as a British merchant vessel. The sub marine came within 50 yards of the Pargust which then opened fire on her with all guns. The submarine crew poured out of the conning tower and held up their hands in token of sur render, but the U-boat steamed away trying to escape in the mist. The Pargust again opened fire on her and sunk her with one man clinging to .her bow as she went down. The decoy vessel was towed back to port by. Am erican destroyers. Two Victoria Crosses were awarded for this success ful action. Unrepentant. It is rather difficult to be sorry for Germany while Germany is not sorry for anything. Philadelphia Press. 4fi RGBS DEVELOPMENT OF JAPANESE NATIONAL LIFE Tokio, Nov. 30. Addressing the pre Vfectual governors of the empire, Take Ijiro Tokanami, the home -minister in .the new Hara party caDlnet, indicated the other day that the government would bring about. a revision of the 'Suffrage system so as to promote con stitutional government in Japan! The present suffrage in Japan is extreme ly limited. Local self-government, he said, also would be extended, j The minister paid a tribute to the patriotism and devotion of the allies in the present war. He said, "It is a remarkable fact t that every nation has, on account of the war, enormously strengthened its national ideas. The unity and solidarity so well achieved by the allied nations have been ac 'complished by the virtue of individual initiative on the. part or the people. me urgent need tor us is that the ad mirable qualities inherent to our na tional character be rully developed through' the awakening of each indi vidual; thus will the noblest traits of our national life be sperfectly realized. What Reward Gould Be Greater? Miss Elsie Janis, who has been in France for more than six months, Kinging and entertaining soldiers in training camps and hospitals, says in ?Th Red Cross magazine for October: "Every soldier, from general to doughboy, to whom I have ever sung lias always been so grateful and so '.enthusiastic that it has made me feel Ahat although I can't carry a gun I (have been able to do my bit in my town little way. Said a little cockney to me once, when I svmrtathized with Ihim on the loss of his arm, 'Lor, 3uv-'ye. Miss Janus, it moight 'ave been j worse. Oi moight 'ave lost me heye , -sight an' then I shouldn't 'ave, been liable to see you. miss . University of North Carolina 1795 1917 Immediate and tEorougK preparation in school and coUege for the great tasks of the next dacade is the duty and personal opportunity of every young man. The period that will follow the war will have extraordinary need for men with trained powers, and with real values to offer in reconstructive service. There is no difference of opinion on this subject. Business leaders of vision throughout the nation, and leaders of public life in our own State have spoken to this effect with clearness and emphasis. England, France, Canada and Germany1 in the midst of a struggle infinitely more exhausting than our own, have doubled their educational efforts and expenditures. No young man in North Carolina, with a deep desire for a rich and steadily growing productive life, should hesitate to make any temporary sacrifices necessary to. get now the full est and best preparation possible. To young men with a purpose to lead lives of efficiency and deep genuine usefulness: Make your decision now, and see it through. The University of North Carolina offers excellent training under the highest standards of scholarship in The College of Liberal Arts The School of Medicine The School of Applied Science The School of Law The Graduate School The School of Pharmacy The School of Education The Summer School The Bureau o f Extension The work for the remainder of this college year will be di vided into two quarters, and the schedule of courses will be so arranged that a student may begin at the opening of the winter quarter and pursue courses as complete units durinsr thpse quarters. No advantage will be gained by waiting until tfye opening of another college year. 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