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PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS,
VOL.23. No. 45.
MONROE, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1917.
$1.50 PER YEAR CASH.
MR. roi'S TALK ON THE WAH
Distinguished ljtwyer of Raleigh Was
Culled l'Min Wednesday anl Marie
a Mowt Illuminating Seerh in
Monroe Courthouse Cutting An
alysis of tierniaii Iretensi' -.
Hon. James H. Pou of Raleigh was
one of the lawyers engaged in the
Efird, trial. On Wednesday after
noon; when it became apparent that
no speeches would be made in the
cases, some of the audience, know
ing that Mr. I'ou bad made a close
study of European politics and of the
war, requested him to make a talk
on that subject. He consented and
was introduced by Hon. R. B. Red
wine, and for an hour and a half,
treated the audience to a most il
luminating discussion. The Journal
reporter could not be present, but af
ter the speech asked Mr. J. J. Parker
to make a report of it. Mr. Parker
dictated the following excellent re
port from memory, and without
notes, not having known till after
the speech that he would be asked to
do so. The words of Mr. Pou are
not quoted exactly, but the course of
his speech is indicated in broad out
line. He said:
On the night of September 6, 1914,
it seemed that the Kaiser of Germany
and the Crown Prince were destined
to become the rulers of the world.
For years they had made preparation,
and in a few brief weeks their march
had been irresistible, and on the
night of September 6th they were as
near Paris as we are to Charlotte,
and it seemed that nothing could
stop their onward march or prevent
their entering Paris within a few
days. But on the night of September
6th something happened. The pious
Catholic of France believes that the
patron Saint of Paris, St. Genevieve,
appeared and promised that Paris
should be saved. We Protestants be
lieve that this is but a pious myth,
but certainly it was on the next day
the onward sweep of the Germans
was checked. The booming of the
German guns can still be heard In
Paris, but the dream of a world em
pire by Germany Is at an end. On
September 7th the German armies
were defeated, and since tben the
Kaiser has never risked his military
prestige upon a single battle field.
Not Much (tood For Germany. ,
Germany has been preparing for
this war for many years. Since 1848
the German nation has been making
preparation, bending its every energy
to the conquest of the world. The
King, .ot. .Prussia, ha conquered the
states of Germany and made them
eubservant to Prussia, and having re
duced the German States to submis
sion and made himself Emperor of
Germany, the King of Prussia has
sought to conquer Europe with the
idea of ultimately conquering the
world. This lust for power on ti
part of its sovereign has crushed all
that has been best in the life of the
German people. For the past 50 years
Germany has contributed nothing to
human happiness or to human
thought, except in Industrial efficien
cy and and the philosophy of greed
and power. German morals have de
graded. In 1870, when the Germans
captured Paris, they used as an as
sembly room the Hall of Victory in
the Palace of Versailles. The rooms
of this hall were adorned with mag
nificent paintings, most of which cel
ebrated the vfctory of the Trench over
the Germans, and when the Germans
left Paris In 1873, not one of these
paintings had been defaced or injur
ed. In the war now in progress the
most splendid monuments of medeval
art, which can never be replaced,
have been wontonly destroyed by the
Germans. In 1870 the Germans took
Sedan and for three years they oc
cupied it as a conquered town; and
during this time there was not a sin
gle complaint made by a woman that
she had been mistreated by the Ger
man troops. But now a woman would
be, safer amid a tribe of gorillas In
the Congo Valley than In a company
of the "kultured" officers of the Ger
man armies. In 1870 the soldiers of
Germany sang by their camp fires the
noble air of the "Watch on the
Rhyne," and the beautiful melodies
of love of their fatherland and their
kindred. Now they sing only hymns
of hate, praying that God may stran
gle somebody.
This is the kind of civilization that
Germany seeks to force upon the
world In order that It may gratify the
lust for power of its rulers. The civ
ilization which it seeks to destioy Is
exemplified in the government of
France. We believe that the United
States of America is the greatest
country In the world, and it is. But
every country has Its distinctive fea
tures, and the distinctive character
istic of the French people Is their
humanity. Our Supreme Court has
held that the constitution does not
follow the Hag. In our Island posses
sions, rights which we regard as the
birth-right of the American citizen,
exist, If they.exlst at all, by virtue of
Federal statute. In some of the
possessions of the United States the
fundamental rights of trial by jury
and the writ of habeas corpus do not
exist at all. This is not true of
France. Wherever the Trl-color of
France flies. French Institutions ex
ist jurt as they exist in France.
France has possessions on five of the
continents of the world and the
Frenchman In Afilca, in Asia or in
South America, is Just as much a
Frenchman, lives under the same
laws and Institutions "and enjoys the
same rights as the Frenchman of Par
Is. In fact. It has been truthfully
said that no people have ever been
governed by the French for as much
as thirty years who have ever been
willing to relinquish the government
of France; and no people have ever
been governed by the French for thir
ty years who do not look back to tne
period of French rule with pride and
affection.
The government of France is the
highest exemplification of democra
cy, and it is this government which
the government of Germany seeks to
destroy in order that the Kaiser and
the line of the Hohenzollerns may be
come masters of the world.
Three1 INosihle Terminations.
There are thiea possible termina
tions of this war. In the first place
Germany may conquer. If that should
happen. 1 would not care to live in
the world any more. It would mean
the destruction of the rights of the
people. There was a time when we
Tought with muzzle-loading shot guns
and swords. Then it was possible for
the people to achieve their freedom
by revolution against the government.
But it will be forever impossible for
an unarmed people to achieve their
freedom if they are once brought to
subjection to an armed state, such as
Germany is. Another possible solu
tion is that neither side shall win, but
all the nations be restored to the po
sition which they occupied before
the war. This would mean a perpet
uation of the infamous spy system;
and all of our brightest and smartest
young men would be reared to be
come the most detestable of human
creatures, a spy. We would live in
peprpetual fear, in an atmosphere of
hatred and deceit; and such a state
of affairs would be intolerable. The
third solution is a victory by the al
lies, not a victory by points like a
base bail game, or an athletic con
test, but a complete and sweeping
victory, which will completely de
stroy the Prussian government. Such
a victory will not only mean the
safety of popular government, but it
will mean the end of all wars forever.
We some times think that this is
not our war, but the truth Is that the
future of our country will be deter
mined on the battle fields of Europe.
We do not see the death and the deso
lation that the French people see,
but everything that America holds
dear trembles in the balance and de
pends upon the outcome of the Euro
pean conflict. '
We came into the war not a minute
too soon. We waited as long as we
could. I think that we waited too
long. Like the little prophet Samuel,
God had to call us three times be
fore we answered and we only an
swered when we did because we saw
that the allies, who were fighting for
the civilization which Is our civiliza
tion, were op the verge of defeat and
that we could 'no longer stay out.
France was bleeding to death, Eng
land whs bleeding to death, Russia
had retired from the conflict, and un
less we should enter it would seem
that the battle for civilization was
lost.
Democracy Is Slow Hut Kure.
A democracy like ours, when it
enters a war, is always inefficient. It
can never fight much at first, but un
less It is defeated at the outset of
the war, it gatthers strength and be
comes more powerful as the war pro
ceeds. That is the difference between
despotism and democracy. Despot
ism grows weaker as the war pro
ceeds and democracy grows stronger.
We entered this war weak and ill
prepared, but the French and British
and the Atlantic Ocean will make it
Impossible for the enemy to destroy
us and within a lew months, and
certainly within a few years, from
our hundred of millions of people
we will develop the most powerful
fighting machine that the world has
ever seen. In a few months our boys
will be going from the town, from the
farm and from the factory to fight
the 'battle of civilization on the fields
of France, and I want to tell you
that the boys who go are the boys
who will run this country after the
war is over. When the soldiers of
the confederacy came home defeated
to a poverty-stricken people they
took charge of the country and ran
it ; but when our soldiers return from
Europe they will return as victors to
the richest people that the sun ever
shown upon. They will take the lead
in political and industrial life of a
united and a grateful people.
While they are fighting in the
trenches of Europe, .we ought to sec
that they are properly cared for. The
government Is going to pay them the
highest wage that has ever been paid
to a soldier. The government will
care for them with all the necessities
and comforts which they may re
quire. You may ask, then, what is
the need of the Red Cross. I an
swer, have you ever seen a man tak
en sick in a strange town? He Is
taken to a hospital, put under the
care of doctors and nurses, and has
all that human ingenuity and money
ran purchase for him; but he is mis
erable until In a day or two some of
the folks from home come to see
him; then he is filled with hope, and
the whole world wears a different as
pect. Th's is the work of the Red
Cross, to carry to our soldier boys in
the trenches not only physical com
forts In their distress, but the touch
of their kindred, for whom they are
fightln?.
Another work that we' ought to
see carried on properly is the work
of the Citizens' Committee to trans
act the business of the soldiers Rt the
front. The soldiers will be unable
to communicate with their people;
and a committee, composed of one
lawyer, a business man, a farmer,
and probably others, ought to take
it upon Itself to see that the business
of those at the front Is properly car
ed for. No soldier's life insurance
ought to be allowed to lapse, and no
man's home ought to be sold under
mortgage when he Is fighting for the
honor and civilization of his country.
Let us aid In the great organized
work of the Red Croes Society, which
HOPEFUL VIEW OK
KUSSIAX ACTIVITY.
The (icneral Who Would Not Move
Till He Had Plenty of Shells I
Now On the (iO ami Things liiMik
Different.
For days now the news from Rus
sia has been good, and the offensive
which started the first of July is now
headed for the town of Lf niberg
which has been fought over so much
before.
Late dispatches say that the Rus
sians have captured Halicz, the key
to Lemberg, the Capital of Galicla.
and they are sweeping forward with
such momentum that a large section
of the Austro-German line is in dan
ger, says the Charlotte Observer. The
capture of Halicz makes the fall of
Lemberg, the scene of violent fight
ing in earlier days of the war, appear
to be Imminent, and the day that
news of the fall of the Capital of Ga
licla, now confidently expected, is ca
bled around the world will be a glad
day for the Allied cause. It will not
only bring rejoicing to the Allies be
cause of the importance of that point,
but because it will wipe away the last
vestige of doubt that the Russian
Army is a rejuvinated, re-spirited or
ganization, a force that will be a vital
factor in the winning of the war.
For obvious reasons, the news of
the fall of Lemberg will be as dispir
iting to Germany and her Allies as
it will be Inspiring to Russia's Allies,
and doubtless will have a great
weight on the German-Austrian mind.
From a country with which Germany
and Austria believed they would be
able to negotiate a separate peace,
the Russians have become a far
greater terror to the Teutons than
they ever were during the misrule of
Nicholas Romanoff, and no longer
will it be possible for von Hinden
burg and the German General Staff to
neglect operations on the east front,
withdrawing thousands upon thou
sands of troops there to be hurled
against the British and French on the
west.
General Brusiloff is credited with
having said that he would not begin
this third advance with his army un
til he had what his army was woeful
ly lacking in during the ill-fated first
and second offensive, an amplpe sup
ply of shells. From the noise he has
been making and from the thousands
of prisoners they have been taking,
Brusiloff must have been raining
a veritable storm of shells against the
Austro-Cerman line, and there is the
beet of reason to- believe that Brusi
lbl'8 Army Is better equipped, better
munitioned and better spirited than
it ever was before the epoch-making
revolution which sent Empercr Nich
olas and his German wife into the
discard.
General Scott, the American Army
chief of staff, sends back most en
couraging reports of what he saw
along the batllefront. He got there
In time to see the beginning of the
present Slav offensive, and appears to
have been most agreeably surprised
by the fine spirit the Russian soldiers
showed and by the zeal with which
they went Into battle, riom what
he reports, the Russians are filled
witit zeal for their cause, and will
stop at no sacrifice to di've back the
German Invaders and do their rhare
toward winning a peace that will
mean eternal liberty rr their land.
The able manner In which their op
erations are being conducted also
proved something of l surprise to the
American general.
And it must have been a most
pleasant sensation he experienced
when, not long after t le battle was
under way, he saw thousands of tol
diers come running his way. The gen
eral appears to have believed for the
time that the day was tost, and that
the Russians had not only been re
pulsed but routed. Imagine the relief
he felt when he found t'.:at the sup
posed Russian rout was nothing more
nor less than thousand) of Austrian
soldiers rushing into the Russian line
to give themselves up. Their eager
ness to become prisoners rather than
continue fighting in a war they are
weary of is not the least significant
thing heard from Europe in recent
days.
With General Prusiloff's army
sweeping fonvard with the momen
tum it has gained of late, the very
excellent news may be expected be
fore long that they will Again have
ctossed the Carpathian, and ar.j
sweeping down on the plains of Hun
sary. When that becomes the ;ae,
it may be the Austro-Hungarians in
stead of the Russians who will be
dickering for a separate peace.
Heath of a Young Man.
Mr. James Baker of Buford town
ship died, last Saturday morning at
the home of his aunt in Chesterfield
county, where he had zone to work
for the summer. He was the son or
Mr. Emanuel Baker of Mt. Pleasant
neighborhood ar-d Is survived by his
parents and several brothers and sis
ters. He was only 23 years old and
engaged to be married soon. The re
mains were buried at Liberty Hill
and services were held by Rev. M. I).
L. Preslar.
will beadministered by the best busi
ness brain and genius of the coun
try; and let us organize in each lo
cality to see that those who go out
to do battle in our behalf are cared
for as they should be.
I am glad that we have had this
opportunity to take our minds for a
while off of a very unpleasant occur
rence. Let us not forget that good
men sometimes In the heat of passion
do things they are sorry for; and
when they come up and confess their
fault and make restitution, we ought
to be charitable enough to forgive
and forget.
Mori: about registration
Not Known When the Lists Will He
t omptcted Hut the (iovernmenl
May Call lor the Work at Any
Time Now Necessarily a ood
hile Kelc.ie the Men Will He
Called Out Union County's li-oh
able (Juota.
When the government will call for
a completion of the work of the local
regi-titttioa boards which have com
pile 1 tiie names fr;m the selective
dra;t registration ct June 5th is not
known. It is stated that the call will
pot be made until the reports from
every county in the United States
have btea received, and only twenty
one states have yet made full reports.
Cliaivii.ua Redwir.e rtnted to The
Journal yt.-terday that the Union
county board had completed its work
until tarther Ui-ections have been re
ceive!, and tatt one list has been
sent to the Provost Marshal of the
United states at Washington, one to
the Adjutant General at Raleigh, and
one posted in the lobby cf the post
office. This list is simply the num
bers which have been attached to the
registration cards which were made
out on June fiftu. The local board
did this work last Friday and Sat
urday, as stated in the last issue f
The Journal.
It is believed that the process of
actual drawing will be something like
this: When Instructions and direc
tions come from Washington the
board will take the numbers, running
from one to something over 2700,
with no names attached, and put
them in a box, and have them drawn
out one at a time something after the
manner of drawing a Jury. When a
number is drawn the list already
made will be turned to and the name
to which the number is attached as
certained. This man will then be
number one in the list of those lia
ble to be called to service. The
next one will be number two, and so
on through the entire list.
Then the board will begin with
number one, and so on, in the work
of examination. The first thing will
be a medical examination. This will
be given first by one doctor and then
by another, one doctor to be appoint
ed by the Governor and one by the
board. If the drafted man fails to
come up to the medical and physical
requirements, he is stood aside and
ceases for the present to be consid
ered. If he conies up to requirements
lni a physical way, then the matter
o$ his claims for exemption, if any,
tdty rp for consideration. Those
claims for exemption which are spe
cifically denned, such as engagement
in the ministry, civil and military of
fice holding, and support of depend
ents, will be decided by the local
boards. But claims for exemption on
the ground that one ia engaged in
important industries such as farm
ing, railroading, manufacturing, etc.,
must be passed upon by district
boards. Appeals may be taken from
the decision of either board, and
rules for making the same will be
furnished in time. When the list is
completed it will show those who
may be called by the government for
military service, and each will be no
tified. He will then go about his
usual business until the government
notifies him to report at a designated
place for service.
How Many Will Be Called.
Late dispatches from Washington
say that the number called for the
first army will be based upon actual
population of States, counties and
cities. The number will be two-thirds
of one per cent of the total popula
tion. This would make about two
hundred and twenty-five men de
manded from Union county for the
first draft. But the number enrolled
in the Bickett Battery may be sub
tracted from this and thus cut it
down considerably. Now, the pre
sumpption is that this number will
be selected by numerical order from
the list of available men, beginning
at number one and going up to the
number required. Then the drawing
will cease until the second call u
made, when the number will start
where the first dfart left off. This,
however, has not been covered by in
structinos. It only seems to be the
logical order, and Is a matter of no
consequence. The simple object will
be to seee that the drawing is impar
tial and that all take the same chance.
It now seems probable that men
who are as small as five feet one and
weigh one hundred and ten pounds,
may be taken in, if otherwise sound
and fit.
Military Instruction at Oak Ridge
Institute.
Oak Ridge. July 12. During the
coming year military Instruction will
be offered at Oak Ridge Institue to
all students desiring it. To this end
a teacher who has had army train
ing has been employed. Military in
struction, however, will not be com
pulsory. The only uniform required
will be the regulation khikl outfit,
viz: hat, shirt, legslns, pants. This
departure is In response to the- re
quest of many parents for military
training for their sons. There will
be no extra charge for it.
The crops in this immediate ",
tien have never looked better. The
wheat and oat crops were harvested
wilhout mishap. Vegetables are grow
ing in greatest abundance for
years. For some years now interest
in tannine: has been Increasing In
this neighborhood. Quite a numhr
of the farmers are raising registered
cattle. Prof. T. E. Whitaker I mak
ing a specialty of Holstein and Prof.
E. P. Holt of Jerseys.
If when people are charged witi'
thi-ir faults they were credited with
their virtues, there would be more
good neighbors in the world.
Latest War News.
Anotbtr step in the outflanking of
the Austro-German armies protecting
Lemberg on the east has been achiev
ed by the Russians, who bve crossed
the river Lomnica and captured Kal
usz. Beyond the Lomnica and south
of the Dniester, west of Halicz, Gen
eral Koinilon's advance continues.
When the Russians occupied Kal-
usz after forcing a passage of the
Lomnica they had advanced twenty
miles northwestward from Stanislau
in live days. In the same time, the
eighth Russian army took Halicz and
crossed the Danic-ter there and be
gan an advance between Stanislau
and Bohorodozany. A great wedg?
has been torn in the Austro- German
line south of the Dniester and the
army headquatters in that region was
occupied in the taking of Kalusz.
The taking of Halicz Tuesday was
a threat against the Austro-German
line northward through Brezany
along the Ziota Lipa and the crossing
ot the Lomnica and an advance be
yond is a blew to the security of the
line protecting Lemberg. Should the
Russian advance west of Stanislau
continueunchecked. and should large
Russian forces be thrown across the
Dniester in the region of Halicz, the
ZIota Lipa line, unbroken by the Rus
sian onslaught of July 1, w ill be turn
ed, making a general retirement in
evitable.
On the southern end of the Stanis
lau front, which is in the foothills of
the Carpathians, the Russians are
not advancing as rapidly as on the
northern end. The enemy is u
advantage of the hilly country and
has checked momentarily attacks
west of Bohordozany.
In France, the British have driven
off German raiding parties near the
Belgian coast and west of Queant,
southeast of Arras. The aerial ac
tivity on this part of the front has
been more pronounced and ten Ger
man airplanes were driven down, six
out of control, by British airmen,
three of whom failed to return to
their base. Behind the German line
near the coast of Flanders, British
airmen have attacked military ob
jects, causing fires and explosions.
Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg. the
Imperial German chancellor, reports
in German newspapers say, has re
signed. The emperor bas not yet
acted on the resignation. Other re
ports are to the effect that the entire
government w ill resign with the chan
cellor, and that strong demands are
being made that the government de
clare its stand concerning peace, and
internal reform. The crown council
has met again, this time with the Ger
man crown prince In attendance, and
an Imperial proclamation is looked
for in some quarters.
Kinsman of Mr. Piatt Decorated Af
ter His Itcaih.
The New York Times recently car
ried the following story about the
lute John H. Cathill, a first cousin of
Mr. W. J. Pratt:
Friends of John H. Cahill, vice
president, general counsel, and a di
rector of the New York Telephone
Company, who died on Thursday in
his apartments in the Buckingham
Hotel, revealed yesterday for the first
time the story of one of his philan
thropies born out of love for the
French people whereby four women,
whose husbands had been killed ;n
the service of France, were enabled
to live in comfort.
At the funeral services held yester
day at the home of his sister, Miss
Mary J. Cahill, 663 Jefferson Avenue,
Pro.. Raphael D'Armour, friend and
confident of Mr. Cahill, unfastened
from his lapel his own decoration of
Officier de 1'Acadeniie and pinned it
on the coat of the dead man in recog
nition of this philanthropy. Had he
lived a day longer Mr. Cahill would
have received from President Poin
care of France his authorization as
an officer of the French Academy.
It was through Prof. d'Armour
that Mr. Cahill, while studying the
French language, became interested
in the people of that country. When
the wy broke out he told his teacher
that he wanted to do something sub
stantial to help the citizens of France.
Professor d'Armour communicated
with M. Rousset, a prominent mer
chant of Paris, interested in many
charities, and from him obtained the
names of the four women who had
been widowed by the war.
The names were turned over ' "
Cahill, who wrote to them that there
after they would each receive a check
for J 50 every month to defray the
cost of their maintenance. That was
more than two years ago, and every
month since Mr.' Cahill remitted the
amount to the four women whom he
never saw.
When Mr. Cahill during his illness
began to realize that his end was
near he sent for Professor d'Amour.
He told him he wanted to leave a
sum of money to French charity.
Professor d'Amour suggested that it
would a splendid act to leave $10,000
in a trust fund for the benefit of the
lour women whom he had been help
ing. Mr. Cahill thought a moment
and then announced i!at he w
leave the four women $50,0(10. to be
apportioned among them.
Professor d'Amour was so deeply
affected by his friend's generous act
that he immediately laid the matter
before the French Consul and askert
thtit Mr. Cahill be given the thanks
of the French people. The fact?
were cnminunict'tcd to Ambassador
-- "and in Washington, who cabled
the story to President Poincare. sug
gesting that Mr. Cahill be made a
member of the French Academ- -President
of France took immediate
action, and the announcement of Mr.
Cahill's election was cabled back to
this country, the message arriving
shortly after his death.
CHARLOTTE GETS THE CAMP
Also AI.VTION CAMP
WITH 2..-,oo MK
Sorietary of War Yesterday Keeoin.
mended and the Matter is Settled
Means a Monthly Pay K,, f m
Million and a Half.
Sectetary Baker took final action
in the matter of the transfer or the
military camp from Favetteville to
Charlotte yesterday afternoon, giving
lormai approval to General Wood
recommendation for reasons already
stated. The Charlotte camp will get
the fifth division, composed of Maine.
Massachusetts. New Hampshire.
Rhode Island and Connecticut noons.
thirty thousand men in all.
In addition, there will be an avia
tion camp with 2.500 men and 1.2wt
aeroplanes. Twelxe thousand horse?
is another item in the Charlotte
camp.
Conservative estimates place the
monthly payroll at $1.225.on(t. The
more enthusiastic say $1,500,000.
Encampment affairs are now about
concluded. North Carolina troops
will go to Greenville, along w ith those
of bouth Carolina and Tennessee.
consisting of the ninth division.
The tenth division, composed of
Alabama. Georgia and Florida, will
go to Macon.
The sixteenth. Ohio. West Vir-
giania, Indiana and Kentucky, will go
to Augusta.
The eighth, New Jersey, Deleware,
Maryland. District of Columbia and
Virginia, goes to Spartanburg.
The eighteenth, Arkansas, Louisi
ana and Mississippi, goes to Mont
gomery. The Observer says:
The designation of Charlotte as one
of the sixteen points at which the na
tional guard will be trained for ser
vice on the European battlefields
means that an armed city with a
population two-thirds that of the city
of Charlotte will spring up Just out
side the city almost overnight.
It has been Indicated that the na
tional guard of the New England
States will be assigned to the Char
lotte camp. They number about thirty
thousand, and of course are still re
cruiting, so that the number may ex
ceed that figure by the time the units
I io in New England arrive here. In
addition to the infantry, cavalry, ar
tillery, engineering and sanitary
troops from New England, a cinpatcti
to the Observer from Washington last
night said that there would be an
aviation unit, comp.lsing 2,500 men,
with 1.200 aeroplanes. It will be an
inspiring sight to North Carolinians
to see such a large body of men in
training for the service of their coun
try, w ith cavalry and artillery at their
spectacular drills, in the masses of In
fantry marching in heavy columns or
deployed in battle formation, and the
aviators darting about overhead like
so many huge birds.
Ordered Out July ii.V
When President Wilson issued his
call the other day, ordering the na
tional guard into the federal service,
the date fixed for the New England
troops to be called to the colors was
July 25, now less than two weeks off.,
so that it is now but a short time
until Charlotte will hear the tramp of
the soldiers.
Nothing has ever before happened
in the history of Charlotte that meant
so much to the city as does the locat
ing of an army camp here. Looking
at it from the business or financial
side, it means the bringing of enor
mous new trade to the city. The low
est paid soldier in Uncle Sam's ser
vice receives, under the new amy
pay bill, $30 per month, and the av
erage per man is not less than $35.
This means, for 35.000 men, and not
less than that number will be here,
their pay will be around $40,000 a
day or $1,200,000 per month.
This means that something like U
million dollars a month lu pay alone
will be put in circulation during the
months the troops are here. The ad
ditional amount that will flow
through local trade channels from the
buying of food, feed and supplies is
not to be estimated by a layman, for
he doesn't know where to begin.
Of course, trainloads of supplies
will be shipped to the troops here,
but by no means all of it w ill be sent,
in, for a very large part of the food,
feed arid supplies will be bought on
this market, partlculary fresh vege
tables, fruits, etc. There will b
something like twelve thousand
horses and mules at the camp, and
that much stock will consume a con
siderable amount of feedstuff.
Hard to Realize.
A city that has never had a mili
tary camp can hardly appreciate Just
what a mammoth thing a camp for
35.000 men is, and it w ill not be un
til it is actually here that Char
lotteans will really appreciate Just
how much it means to the city to be
designated for a mobilization point.
While it has been announced that
the national guard will he sheltered
by canvas, instead or being placed
in the wooden buildings such as are
to be built for the men drafted Into
the national army, not ail their
houses will be or canvas, by any
means. In fact, it is said to tie thr?
plan of the war department to wall
the tent.-', using canvas for roofftiR.
and besides, it will be necessary ti
erect a lavge number of wooden
structures for headquarters, meM
halls, supply houses, etc-. The rarnpx
are by no means to be Just temporary
affairs, it appears from the plans that
are said to have been approved ly
the war department.
It would take seventeen guardian
angels and a dozen policemen to ktr
some men out of trouble.