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THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS FT The Monroe journal PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK - TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOL.24. No. 58. MONROE, N. O, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1918. ,50 PER YEAR CASH. r. OFFICERS EXPRESS THK1K APPRECIATION TO CANTEEN Mr. Monroe Receives Two Letters From Officers Who Passed Through Monroe During lite Early Hummer Enclosed Were Kodak Pictures Taken at the Station Here Many Good Effect of the Can teen Work Seen By Colonel Hall A few days ago Mrs. A. L. Monroe received two letters from officers who had passed through here and had been hospitably treated by the can teen worker. Colonel Harrison Hall commanding the eighth Field Artill try and whose home is in Dayton Ohie, wrote the following letter from Camp Merritt. New Jersey.: Red Cross Committee, Monroe, N. C I desire to express my appreciation of the courtesies extended by you committee, recently, to tho officers and enlisted men of tho eighth Field Artillery. It appears to me that you are probably unable to see the good effects of the kind of work you are doing. On this account, fe!t assur ance from me that the eighth Feild Artillery derived a great deal of pleasure and comfort from your of forts to serve us, would be an f ncour- agement to your very efficient organ ization. HARISO"4 HALL The second letter was written by First Lieutenant E. A. Spries, a phy sician now stationed at the American Training School for Sanitary Troops in France. Lieutenant Spies with .u other officers had breakfast In Mon roe and later was served by Mrs. Wal ter Henderson's team. While wait ine here he snapped a number of ko dak pictures, the negatives of which he sent to Mrs. Monroe. A part of hiR letter is Quoted here: I am sending these negatives in the hone that you will get half the Joy cut of them by recalling the day we went through your town as we aia in eoine through. Our enlistei men will never forget the sweetness of that Iced-tea, nor the kindness of those who gave it. Many of those brave boys are. up in front now more than glad to do their hit as representatives of the country that claims as daughters such noble KHcriflcln women, as in your town You couldn't even begin to appreciate what that iced-tea meant to those men unless you had ridden some days i n a hot trooD train. God bless you all, and many thanns again. . ... Sincerely Tours, EDWIN A SPIES, A Tribute to Mrs. J. M. Bclk. Our friend and neighbor has slip- red into the great silence, ana we iong for the touch of a vanished nena nd sleh for the voice that is still for she sat in a mansion beside the road and was a friend to man. No beggar ever went hungry or empty- handed from her door. uecause or 111 health she staid at home and thought over the Bufferings una poverty or those about her and dwised ways and means to relieve them. What a hnut shnii rlfip nn in that dav and say of her. "I was hungry an.; ye gave me meat; I was sick and ye minister ed unto me; I was naked and ye clothed me: I was a stranger and ye took me in." Mrs. Bclk was a woman of deepest consecration pity, she always exniou ed the greatest reverence of God She bolived much In prayer, and God. She bllvd mucn in prayer, and often her conversation wa3 of "The far-away home of the soul." She nev er failed to reach a 'ugh standard in pointing her children to the things that ore lasting and eternal, vemy they rise up and call her blessed! Mru Rellr loved the hest of kooks. She was widely read. She. had in her home a magnificent libtary and wr familiar with their many pages. She hnil traveled extensively In Europe. the Holy Land, Cuba, Canada, Cal ifornia and all over the United states, and was therefore a vory Interesting rniverontlnntillst. She would Sit for hours, patiently and lovingly, relating to a little boy i Know me many inter esting and wonderful things she- had seen and he was ner triena ana sue wig hla. In sneak Ine of her death. after a silence he said, "Well. I hope to meet her again." Ana ne win, tor "Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen." She loved children, little children, and loved so much to see tne vr.nr.tr fnlka have a rood tinn In the right way. She was of a happy, Jolly disposition; but often behind a smile there was a hidden pain. To the tongue of the gossip she gave no quarter and the breath of rcandal was silenced In her presence. She enthusiastically encouraged those about her in ministering to the many soldiers that pass through our city. She entertained many of them in her home, and many a young soldier went from her presence with his morale brightened. Flowers! How she loved them! The breath of their perfume and the glory of their coloring spoke to her of Him whose love to us is such that He dots the fields in boauty for our pleasure. For sixteen years I have lived beside her with never a Jar to mar the ties of friendship. She came to me in her Joys and in her porrows. She was a friend in whom I could and did re pose the greatest confidence. What a priceless possession is a friend like this! The spirit of kind end loving service was ever upon her. The path or the righteous is m the dawning light that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Into that perfect day may we bid her good morning. A. B. A. SOME TALL LYING DONE BY THE GERMAN PAPERS Printing False Statements That Forty V. S. Troop Ships Have Been Sunk The Zeitung Believes That Com pulsory Military Service is Widely Opposed in America and Thinks Casualty Lists Will Increase the Feeling. Amsterdam. An antidote to the opinions of Generals von Blume and von Liebert, who see a menace in a large American army on the western front already has appeared in the Co logne Zeitung. To calm the German public the Tuesday edition of the Zel tung contained a long article attempt ing to prove by statistics that Ameri ca cannot possibly send 300.000 men to Europe in a month. The article declares that more than forty troop ships alreay have been sunk. It con tinues: "If Americans at the front an fighting well that does not need to cause surprise for it is the fine flower of American manhood which is now at the front, namely, the old regular army, plus, about 40,000 of the most sturdy and most adventurous ele ments which all nations have, who volunteered at the outbreak of the war Then there will be contingents recruited from the New England States who are the best educated and keenest fighters because their heart is in the business. "So we get an aggregate from 200, to 250.000 picked men, but onco these are used up the picture will be altered because they cannot be re placed." The Zeitung believes that compul sory military service is widely op posed and is being evaded In the Unit ed States and it builds hope on the slender basis that American casualty lists will increase this alleged repug nance. The article concludes with these arguments: "The Americans are not supermen militarily and less so than in other re spects. America may build standard ships but he cannot turn outs tand- ard soldiers. "America has done more than many expected, even in America, but desnite all surprises American expert opinion that the full weight of her military power will not develop De- fore 1919 or even 1920 still holds good." SOUTHERN HOSPPITALITJI!V , FINDS THE WAY TO FRAXCK People of Herndon, Fairfax county, Virginia, Subscribe Wheat For Carload of Flour A locul Milling Company Ground it into Flour and It Is Now on Its Way Across the Seas, a Gift to France. (Literary Digest.) Herdon, Fairfax county, Virginia, has discovered a way of extending Its hospitality which teems to be of the true Southern sort, across the sea and right Into the midst of the French families that need it most. In three days the people subscribed the wheat for a car of Hour, the local milling company ground It free for its part and one of the local baking companies contributed sacks to put it in. It is now on its way, a gift to France. The wheat harvest is Just begin ning all over tlip country. Perhaps Herdon, suggessts one of the citizens who promoted the movement o give a car of flour to France, may have started a campaign that other wheat raising ommunlties will follow. It was easier than he imagined would be possible; farmers, millers, and bakers were glad to co-operate in filling the car. Then they all got together for a little ommunity celebration, and, af ter listening to stliring stories from France, brought by two invalided French officers, says the Herdon Ob server: The band played the "Star-Span gled Banner" and the Sunday-school escort led the way -to the car at the station and the trucks of flour which had been contributed by the citizens of Herdon and vicinity to the glorious sufferers of France wro had sacrific ed so much. The service of dedica tion was performed by Rev. Pearse Pinch. The first sack was loaded by ex-Governor Montague, who kindly officiated in the place of Governor Davis. The Pathe weekly made films for a moving picture which It Is hop ed will be the means of getting the suggestion to not only all through Vinglnla, but all parts of the country. Meeting of County Board of Election. The county Board of Election will meet Monday August twenty-sixth to hear any request for changes iu vot ing precincts or any other business in connection with these lines G. B. CADWELT, Chairman Episcopal Clmrch. St. Paul's 13th Sunday after Trin ity. Sunday school at ten o clock a. m. morning service, eleven o'clock a. m.; W ednesdav evening. litany and ad- ress, 8:30. S. L. Rotter, Rector. -In tho last Issue of the Pllco, a trade organ of the Philadelphia Life Insurance Company for which the Gordon Insurance and Investment Co. are state agents. Is a picture of Mr. W. M. Gordon and under the picture are the words, "A dern good picture." In the same Issue of the paper there appears a picture of the Farmer and Merchants Bank building showing where the offices of the company of hlch Mr. Gordon is the president are located. TWO SUITS AGAINST S. A. L. BEFORE SUPERIOR COURT C. A. Gibson and Andrew M. Le Sue For $40,04)0 Each For Damages Resulting From Personal Injuries Jury Selected Other Cases Al ready Disposed of. Due to the fact that a number of cases scheduled to be heard at this week's session of Superior court were disposed of f-arly Thursday morning court adjourned until Monday morn ing. On Monday morning the hearing ot the case of Mr. C. A. Gibson against the Seaboard Airline Railway, suit for $40,000 damage resulting from personal injury sustained while the plaintiff was in the employ or the railway rampany, will begin. This is one of the largest damage suits ever brought in a Union county court. Mr. Gibson claims that the injuries for which damage is sought were sustain ed in a freight wreck near Matthews in December of 1917. He was thrown against the side of his cab. striking the wall head first in somewhat of a crouching position which dislocated two vertebrae of the spine and in jured his nervous system he claims. He has suffered considerable pain due to the accident since it occurred, he alleges, and has been unable to work. He has employed the law firm of Stack and Parker as counsel. Immediately after this case has been disposed of another case of oqual importance will be taken up; in which Andrew M. Lee, the plain tiff, will sue the S. A. L. for $40,000 damages. The plaintiff contends that injuries received while in the employ ment of the Seaboard through their negligence in allowing a defective throttle on an engine on which he was working incapatate him for fur ther work at his profession as a skill ed mechanic. It will be remembered that Mr. Lee suffered a broken leg at the roundhouse in May of 1917. The leg failed to heal readily and when it did was very crooked. He then went to a hospital in Richmond where skilled surgeons broke the leg again and reset it. However, when it knit togeher it was still crooked and out of shape. Mr. Lee has been un able to work since then. An abcegs has formed on the leg where it was broken. i A Jury for next week will be select ed from the following: W. H. Collins, W. D. Hasty, M. K. Laney, J. T- W- Corkle. O. W. Davis, W. T. Latnatt, J. J. Perry. J. C. Braswell.' W. F. Phlfer, J. Baxter Williams, G. H Robinson, E. L. Long, James E. Grif fin, J. Vernon Griffin, J. Helms. R, L. Womble, Jesse L. Moore and J. Frank Preslar. The following cases had been dis posed of when court adjourned Thurs day: Walter Alexander against Ellen Al exander: suit for divorce. Divorce granted. Laura J. Moore and others agairs- W. R. Hill. This was a case cone " Ing a tract of land In New Salen township. The plaintiffs won the de cision. Alonzo Smith against Rena Smith; suit for divorce which was granted. P. L. G. Whitley against David Plyler. This suit was brought by the plaintiff to force payment of dent. The Jury awarded a decision to the plaintiff. Ernest C. Godfrey vs. D. S. Davi.i and others. This action was concern ing the title to a tract of land In Jackson township. The case com promised. Ella Davis vs. P. A. Davis, action over debt. Compromised. Probably the most Important case disposed of this week was that of Mrs. Hortense Mullis, adminstrator ot the estate of J. L. Mullis, against R. M. Sanders. This was a suit for dam ages as a result of the death of , Mullis at a saw mill owned by the de fendant. The court decided that Mrs. Mullis was entitled to $1000. The W. T. Rawleigh Company against J. W. McCormick, H. F. Gib son and others. Suit over account. Judgment for plaintiff against J. W. McCormick only in sum of $644. eu. Young Women of Baptist Church Hold Interesting Meeting. On Tuesday af.ernoon the Young Woman's Auxiliary of the First Bap tist Church held an unusually inter esting meeting, notwithstanding the fact that only a very brief period of time was consumed In preparation. The subject for tie meeting was Young People in Homq nnd roreign Lands." We had two very entertaining vis itors present, Misses Rosa Blakeney and Jenkins of Murfreesboro. Al though Miss Blakerev- is really a Monroe girl we have not been so for tunate as to have her with ua for some time, so it was a real treat to have her with us again. She made a splen did talk on "What We Can Do For Our Young People." Miss Jenkins, the attractive guest of Miss. Annie Mae Ahcraft, who Is possessed with much musical talent. added greatly to the meeting by slng- ng so very sweetly "Abide With Ale. Misses Helen wray ana Annie wae Ashcraft also talked most Interesting ly on the young people of Japan and Africa. There Is a great deal of talent among our young people that should be used more along the line or mis sionary work, helping to further ad vance the Lord's work here. Secre tary. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Hill and son. Link Hill. Mrs. Smith Holler, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. McCrae of Charlotte pent Wednesday here as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Crowell. TRAWLER MAOB INTO RAIDER BY CREW OF SUIIMAIUNE Vessel Captured And Being Used Against Fishing Craft in Northern Atlantic Xavy is oo the lert and Officials Are Coufi l.l.t the ld.ider Will Soon be Caug!.L Washington, Aug. 22.--Navy de partment officials tonight confidently awaited a wireless oispatcii telling or the capture or destiuci'.on of the trawler Triumph, which was seised by a German crew put aboard, the vessel armed and started on a raid ing expedition against the defenseless fltft of fishing smacks operating on the rCand Banks. Eve-iy precaution has been taken, it was .said, to pre vent the raider slipping through the line stretched around the ashing le gion. The department, through Admiral Benson, acting secretary, requested newspapers to make no mention of the type of craft being employed in the hunt. It was said, however, that these are numerous and swift enough to make the eventual apprehension of the converted Dishing vessel absolute ly certain unless the enemy crew destroys the ship or attempt to en gage one of the pursuers in unequal combat. Officials here expressed the belief tonight that the German commander realized the utter hopelessness of his new associate continuing operations for more than 24 hours. Some con sidered that a rendezvous with the submarine had been arranged by the crew of the Triumph, after which the Triumph would be sunk so that the patrol flotillas would find It necessary to continue their hunt for several days. This would result, the German officers might hope, in a large force being held along the Grand Banks, lessening the strength of the coast guard at other points. The answer uiade to this possibility is that ade quate forces are now in service at every vital point to protect all ships. The only dispatches received by the department today concerning the newest maneuver of the German sub marine flotilla off the American coast was a brief message from the com mander of the first naval district at Boston. This dispatch merely con firmed the landing of the captain and $rew of the Triumph and reiterated (he story told by these sailors. Six hours earlier this Information was given to the navy department through nrss dispatches and was flashed, by naval wireless to orncers in command of patrol forces in the vicinity. "The department has taken steps to protect fishing on the Grend Banks and to counteract the effects of this raid," Admiral Benson said. He expressed the opinion it would be im possible for the Germans in the limit ed time at their disposal to equip the Triumph properly as a raider. Such a task, he pointed out, would occupy the New York navy yard nearly a week. With a crew of 17 men, how ever, armed with revolvers and a ma chine gun or two, the Triumph would be able to capture and then destroy a number of small crait. me maxi mum military advantage the German can hope to obtain, it was held, was the depletion of the supply of canntd fish for the army. Admiral Benson refused to place much credence in the decision made by the submarine commander of tbe Triumph that six U-boats now are operating In American waters. Very careful checking of all information regarding the activities of these craft has convinced naval officials that only three have been actively engaged. The acting secretary warned against the public placing too much hope in stories of German submersibles being destroyed. In this connection he di vulged the fact that the claim of v. British merchantman having sunk " submarine after a long range gun duel already has been definitely con troverted. It was on this same marine, several days later, that Cap tain Evans, of the steamer Penix'o- was detained after his ship had beer. captured and sunk. Red Spider Damaging Cotton, (Progressive Farmer.) Considerable damage Is being done to cotton in many sections. Farmers ordinarily speak of this trouble as "rust," overlooking the mite because of its smallness. The dry hot weather of the past few weeks has been very favorable to this mite, and is probably the cause of the present unusual outbreak. The presence of the pest Is revealed by the appearance of red spots on the leaves. The entire leaf may then red den or turn a rusty yellow and fin i' ly drop. The webs can be seeen or the under side of the leaf and the mite itself can be seen with a magni fying glass, being somewhat pinkish in color. Preventive measures are more ef fective and much more economical than repressive measures. Repressive measures consist of spraying witr potassium sulphide (three pounds to a hundred gallons of water) or lime sulphur (summer strength). A later a second spraying is necessary to get the mites which were in the egg stage at the time of the first spraying. Extreme care shoti'd r-' excerclsed in spraying to strike all parts of the plant, especially ,Jhe un der side of the leaves. Spraying is practicable only on a small scale. At this time plantations which have shown no damage by this pest should be closely watched, and the first plants showing any signs of it should be quickly removed and burned. This may be the means of saving many acres of cotton which might otherwise be destroyed. j THE GERMAN RETREAT IS INCREASING IN SPEED In Some Cases They Are Retiring In Disorder Mangin's Troops Ad vance Seven Miles During the Night And Thursday morning. With the French Army in France, August 22. The retreat of the Ger mans before both the third and tenth French armies continued to-day with increased speed over a large part ot in battle front, and in some cases in disorder. General Mangin's men are ap proaching the Coucy forest and are nearly on the line held in April along the River Ailette. They have also widened their hold on the Oise to Bretigny, midway between Noyon and Chauny. The French advance towards the roads leading to Chauny adds another menace to their line of retirement and explains the acceleration of the enemy's retreat. Bourgignon, S t. Paul-Aux-Bois and Quincy fell into the hands of the French to-day, giv ing them command of the valley of the Ailette from the region of Coucy-le-Chateau to the Oise. General Humbert's troops also are pressing the enemy vigorously. Hav ing occupied the height of Piemont, Just South of Lassigny, which they surrounded yesterday, they have cap tured Thie-scourt, which completes the conquest of the group of hills known as the Thiescourt masif. The enemy now has but a precarious hold on the valley of the Divette river, In which French cavalry is now opera ting. Several thousand prisoners have been taken since Wednesday evening and trophies in such great quantities that it has been impossible thus far to count them also have been cap tured. General Mangin's troops advanced seven miles during the night and this morning were rushing the enemy's rear guard so energetically that the retiring columns were thrown Into confusion. POLES ARE DYING OF HUNGER; FOOD TAKEN BY THE TEUTONS Even Crops Are Watched During Harvest to See That Nothing Goes To Natives Country is Now Strip, ped of Every Useful Thing. (By Beatrice Backerville, Staff Cor respondent of the World.) Zurich. A rich manufacture escaped lrom Lodz, which is under German domination, being interview ed by the World regarding conditions in I'olana. said: "Conditions are terrible: the peas ants and the poorer townspeople are merauy ay ing oi hunter. I mean dying, not merely living on . commons. The Germans take away all food stuffs, requisitioning the grain and potatoes, which are gathered while armed guards watch so that the own ers cannot touch the food. Never b(' fore in all Poland's history have the Germans been so hated as now. "I was refused a pass from Lodz by the Germans, who allow nobody to loave Poland lest the truth will be told. But finally I did get a pass to lenna. where I obtained a permit to remain abroad thirty day3 !ecr.ns? the Austrians are more leniei t. than tlii Germans. But when I breathed Switz eiiand's free air I d termined never to return until the Allies win the war. I am going to England, hoping to be accepted in the Britisn Army, for I feel I must kill some of the Germans who have insulted, robbed and out raged everybody they could. "Only those who live iu Lodz and Warsaw can realize what the Prus sian hoel mens, and how they have stripped Poland bare of food, cloth ing, machineiy and every serviceable article. Only the rich people can now koep body an1 soul together. Even they spend almost their entire income getting food. "Vienn Is short of food. So are Berlin. Breslau, Nuienburg and other large German cities, yet with money people get enough to supplement the rations. But in Poland nothing is left for the native Innabitants." Regarding the nomination of Arch duke Karl Stephan for King of Po land the manufacturer said that "Kail Stephan probably is popular with the aristocracy, whom he knows well and has entertained for years. He mar ried a son to a Polish Princess. Hut the majority of the Poles want a re public for a real Pol'sh King, al though all feel that ihe Polish ques tion cannot be decided until the peace conference. "To show you what tho Germans do, I will tell the experiences of a Lodz manufactuere whose machinery was requisitioned by the German gov ernment so that he was obliged to stmt works. Then his workmen wore forcibly deportel to Germany. After some months the O-th.-.v offered him his marhine-j b::r;;, demanding four times the p-iee they raid when rcouisitionlng it. "The Germans still are st-ong and disciplined, although a minority erumble. They refuse to beliove themselves beaten, thinking that the present retreat is only an episode In the war. The public ignores the Im port of American help and fiink the Americans are merely bluffing. The press has orders to keep qu!et about the American efforts, though the gov ernment knows the truth and keeps Its own counsel." Misses Mattie and Mary John Smith of Wadesboro spent Tuesday here as the guest of Miss Beatrice Crowell. THLSEEM TO GO ON V r:TREME I V WADES RORO Mr. C. A. Winfree Has Trouble With His Thermometer One Burst Dur. ing the Cold Sell Last Winter, ami Another During the Recent Hot Wave "Jot So Anxious to Crawl Out the Top That It Foired IN Way, Breaking the Glass in ilie Ef fort." (Wadesboro Ansonian.) Mr. C. A. Winfree takes an acute interest in the weather and is always anxious to know Just how hot and how cold it is when there are ex tremes either way, but he has been experiencing hard luck during the past year. When the coldest weather for years came last year, he ooueht a brand new thermometer and was equipped to note the variations to a fine point. But when the mercury reached the extreme limit, downward, the thing "busted." Mr. Winfreo for a time gave up his efforts to keep tab on the weather man but this summer when the temperature began crawling up, he came to' town and invested in another tube of mercury. Things went well until last wet-k when the hottest weather in 37 years was noted and as a result of this sudden heat wave, the mercury in Mr. Wlnf roe's thermometer got so anxious to crawl out the top that it forced its way, breaking the glass in tn effort. At this particular location things seem to go on the extremes and it seems that Mr. Winfree will have to rely on sec ond hand information and fiat is al ways unsatisfactory, especially when it concern the weather. MARINE OWES HIS LIFE TO IT. S. FIELD ARMY HAT Its "Giving" Qualities Are Especial ly Commendable Rail Struck the Helmet, Making a Larue Dent Sent to Headquarters in Order That Ordnance Experts .Might See the (rood Ouolities. Paris. The case of one American marine who wont through a hail of fhrapnel and machine eun flr at Cantigny and is now convalescing from a wound in the great American military hospital at Neuilly, in the Paris suburbs, seems to have demon strated that the American field hel met, commonly called by soldiers, the nn-ntx" is a thoroughly reliable ar ticle when put to the supreme test. This marine owed his life to his "tin hat," the peculiar qualities of its steel in giving slightly without shat tering. In the midst of the action went down with a ball striking the top of the helmet and pressing down to the skull. He was brought back, along with the helmet which showed a deep indentation about the sin ' half a baseball. It was this indenta tion which had pressed down to the scalp, making a wound which requir ed trepaning. But there it stopped, and the metal of the tin hat after giving to the missile until its force was spent, had stopped It in its deadly flight straight toward tho brain. The trepaning operation was only slight and the marine was well on the way to recovery . - The indented helmot was preserv ed, not as a souvenir, but to be for warded to the ordnance experts at Washington, to show tliwn the good qualities of their helmets. It Is said that a hard and brittle steel, which would have resisted without giving, would have been shattered to bits by the impact and the ball would have gone straight through the brain. In an adjoining ward a stalwart young marine who had been in the same Cantigny fight stood at atten tion with no apparent sign of wound. But the surgeon, feeling the boy'ff throat, nodded approviugly aud then remarked that this was on of the most remarkable cases that had ever come under his observation, and prob acy tne only case of the kind on rec ord. A bullet had struck the soldier in the left side of the neck and had gone through to the gullet, where it stopped, and had then descended or been swallowed into the stomach. Ad X-Ray examination clearly showed the ball in the Intestines. But instead of removing It bv an opera tion the surgeons decided to await the course of nature and see if the soldier would digest the rifle ball. And this he did. One of the sur geon remarked that the chances of such a thing happening were less than one in a million, but a colleague added that the chances were far less than that as he could not recall any line case in the whole range of mili tary surgery. Many of the French pollus under American care were In the wards of the Daughters of the American Con federacy, with the beds marked with the names of the well Kt'own Soulh ern figures, such as Stonewall Jack son, Senator Zebulon Vance, General Wheeler of Alabama. When the big dietary kitchen was Inspected later there was a savory smell of American dishes and daloties being prepared for.the wounded men, and one of the surgeons cheered the cooks with the remark "i'our dishes do more good than all our medicines." And this is literally true-, for these American wounded do not want for eign foods, but long for the simple old-fashioned dishes of home, like boiled custard, malted tiilk, egg-nog and bread and milk. So that, even In the food American cooks are doing heir share, ami down to the last de tail the Apier'ennium of the big mili tary hospitnl I? proving n blessing to Lie Amerlcaa main'crt and wounded who have rome back from the front.
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