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page a THE PUBLIC LEDGER How Aviators Plan to Get "Huns" Among the possessions of a British naval squadron co-operating with the "army that flies" along the front i& a. foolscap manuscript notebook bear ing the superscription "Notes on Areial fighting." The younthful au thor of these notes will never handle a pen again, but he had left behind him a document which in its way is an epic of war literature. It has since been printed (in expurgated form) and has doubtless found its way into textbooks and treatieses on the subject. But to be appreciated to the full it should be read in the original round, rather boyish hand writing within hearing of the contin uous murmur of the British guns and the drone of the scouting fighter ov erhead. It contains ten commandments which, for a variety of reasons, need not be recapitulated here. But the introduction epitomizes the spirit of them all: "The man who gets most Huns in hi. lifetime is the man who observes these commandments and fights with his head. The others either get kill er or get nervous in a short time and the country does not get the ben efit of having trained them." The commandments conclude with the following ehortation: "A very pleasant (sic) help in time of trouble is to put yourself in the enemy's place and view the situation from his point of view. If you feel frightened before an attack just think how frightened he must be!" A Frenchman Appears Thus fate introduced the French man to the stranger within the gates of the navy that flies. The flying man landed on one of the airdromes of the navy that flies, a florid faced young man, chubby and blue eyed. The squadron strolled out to greet him with ready hospitality, and hero worship. "Bon jour, N.," said the squadron commander. "How goes it?" "Translate, George," said the com mander of the squadren. "He says he's on sick leave," ex plained one of the hosts. "He's just flying to keep his eye in. He scuppered five boches last week." "Qui," said the Frenchman, nodd ing, and held up his hand with out stretched fingers, "cinq!" "Good on you, old sport!" said the squadron commander. They shook hands again, and the remainder clus tered rather curiously around the sinister machine with the black skull and crossbones adorning its fusliage. "Makes one sort of sorry for the Hun, doesn't it?" said one avaitor musingly. "George," said another, "ask . him what that doo hickle on the muzzle of his gun's for." He indicated a detail on the mounting. The Frenchman explained at some length, and the interperter interpret ed. "Bon!" said the squadron com mander. f "Qui;" said the Frenchman. "Tres bon! You 'ave not eet-cette com ment dites vous doo hickie? No? "No" was the reply. "Mais nous blooming well allons." Definition of a "Doo Hickie" The Frenchman presently climbed back into his machine and took his departure. The squadron comman der summoned his chief armorer and for awhile deep called to deep. "He's a redhot lad, that French man," said the squadron commander when the chief armorer had gone. "I fancy he only came down to let us see that doo hickie of his on his gun. You ought to hear him spin some of his yarns, though." The stranger within the gates of the navy that flies gazed after the aetrial speck against the blue of heav en and his soul was glad within him because it was all the purest navy. "That's all right," he said. "But what I should like to know is, What the duce is a doo hickie." "A doo hickie?" replied the squad ron commander. "A doo hickie? H-m-m! George, how would you de scribe a doo hickie?" The officer appealed to puffed his pipe in silence for a moment. "Well," he said at length, "you know more or less what a gadget's like?" "Yes." "And a gilguy?" "Yes." "Well, a doo hickie is something like that, only smaller, as a rule." There was silence. Then the squadron commander leaned forward and fished a speck of fluff off the shoulder of the stranger within cthe gates. "There you are!" he exclaimed tri umphantly, "that's a doo hickie!" "Have a drink anyway," said the officer who answered to the name of George soothingly. The stranger within the gates of the navy that flies had the drink and from that time onward forbore to ask any more questions. But he still sometimes wonderes what are the functions ofCa doo hickie. : NATIONAL GUARD DRAFTED. Proclamation of President Drafting State Troops into Army of the United States. - .: ; Washington, July 9. The President's proclamation, drafting the Na tional Guard into the United States service, is as follows: The President's proclamation follows: 7 "Whereas, The United States of America and the Imperial German Government are now at war, and having in view the consequent danger of aggression by a foreign enemy upon the territory of the United States, and the necessity for proper protection against possible interference with the execution of the laws of the union by agents of the enemy, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the constituion and laws of the United States and through the Gov ors of the respective States, call into the service of the Unitd States, as of and from the dates hereinafter respectively indicated, all members of the National Guard and all enlisted members of the National Guard reserve of the following States who are not now in the service of the United States, except members of the staff, corps and departments not included in the per sonnel of tactical organizations, and except such officers of the National Guard as have been or may be specially notified by my uthority that they will not be affected by this call, to-wit: "On July 15, 1917, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska. "On July 25, 1917, Maine, New Hampshire Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut,, New Jersey, Deleware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. "The members of the' National Gruard of the various States affected by this call will be concentrated at buch places as may be designted by the War Dapartment. "11. And under the authority conferred upon me by clause second of section one of the Act of Congress 'To Authorize the President to Increase Temporarily the Militaray Establishment of the United States,' approved May 18, 1917, I do hereby draft into the military service of the United States, as of and from the fifth day of August, nineteen hunderd and seven teen, all members of the, National Guard reserve of the following States, ex cept members of the staff corps and departmnts not included in the person nel of tactical organizations, and except such other officers of the National Guard as have been or may $e specificlly notified by my authority that they will not be drafted, to-wit: "New York, Pennsylvania, . Ohio, West Virginia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Maine, New Hamshire, Vermont, Masschusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Deleware, Maryland ( District of Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Illinois, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, Ore gon, Indiana, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oylahoma, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Ariz ona, Utah and California. "III. All persons hereby drafted shall, on and from the fifth day of August, nineteen hundred and seventeen, stand discharged from the militia, and, under the terms of section 2 of the Act of May 18, 1917, be subpect to the laws and regulations governing the regular army, except as to promo tions, so far as such laws and regulations are applicable to persons whose permanent retention in the military service on the active or retired list is not contemplated by law. "IV. The members of each company, battalion, regiment, brigade, di vision, or other organization of the National Guard hereby drafted into the military service of the United States shall be embodied in organizations cor responding to those of the said army. Officers not above the rank of col onel of organizations of the National Guard who are drafted and who are drafted and whose offices are provided for in like orgnizations of the regu lar army, are hereby appointed officers in the army of the United States in the army staff corps or departments, and in the grade in which they now hold commissions as officers of the National Guard, such appointments to be effective, subject to acceptance, on and from the fifth day of August, nine teen hundred and seventeen; and each of them , subject to such acceptance, is hereby assigned as ofxsaid date to the organization in the army of the United States composed of these who were members Of the organization of the National Guard in which at the time of draft he held commissioned of fices. The non-commissioned officers of the organizations of the National Guard, the' members of which are hereby drafted, are hereby appointed non commissioned officers in their present grade in the organizations of the ar my composed of said members, and shall in each case have the same rela tive rank as heretofore; and all other enlisted men are hereby confirmed in the army of the United States in the grades and rating held by them in the National Guard in all cases where such grades and ratings correspond to grades and ratings provided for in like organizations of the regular army, all such appointments of non-commissioned officers and confirmations of other enlisted men in their grades to be without prejudice to the authority of subordinate commanders in respect of promotions, reductions and changes in enlisted personnel. . I "V. . Each organization of the military force hereby created will, until further orders, bear the same name designation as the former organization of the National Guard of whose members it it composed. "VI. , All necessary orders for combining the organization created by embodying therein members of the National Guard reserve hereby drafted into the military service of the United States into complete tactical units will be issued by the War" Department." " - SATURDAY, Jtit.v 14Tr Pay your subscription bow! r An Ambition and a Record THE needs of the South are identical with the needs of the Southern Railway the growth and success of one means the upbuilding of the other. The Southern Railway asks no favors no special privilege not accorded to others. 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