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jjj\ Trench and Camp nnJ CutofimrBd for th? ??l?llrr? of the NslUuwl Hndqurtrr*. ' New Vorfc City ADVISORY BOARD OK CO-OPERATING ha # a h pvbi.ishkrs I* * ^ I JOHN STEWART BRYAN. Chairman. I* * * I H r Adlrr, Chattanooga Times. * I H A Urn. Montgomery Adrrrtlser. ** * I I" Anderson. Maron Telegraph. ^ a a P S Raker. Tacoina Tribune. WlitffeftiMafl -'"hn Stewart Bryan. Richmond Nrwillarrv ('handler. I.o* AnrHm Timee. Anion r. I'artcr. Kort Worth Star TeleElmer K. Clark*, l.iltle Rock Arkansas *] lieniwrat. lijrdnrr Cowtes. T?es Moines Register. | J I! A. Crothers. San Francisco Bulletin. J CharlCM S lurhl. San Antonio l.tght C9 W A. Ell loll. Jarkioinrillo Tlnies-tlnlnn. 1 ! K K. (lay lord. Oklahoma City OklahoK P Glass. Birmingham Wk?. ^S [truer llaldeman. laiuisvtlle Courier' "*1 ? Journal. j ("lark Howell. Atlanta Constitution. Firming Nrwbuld. Washington Kvcntnx C-'orh J Palmer. Houston Tost. nfasL 1 Howdre Phiriliy. Augusta Herald. Kudolph C. hireling. Charleston News and Charles H Taylor. Jr.. Boston Globe. u..nal War Work Council of the Y. m. C.'a. ? f the lulled States, with the co-operation vCiXX'Vh ' ! the papers aboro named. " Distributed free to the soldiers In the g? DISTINCTION IN RANK ONLY Hf** IN INTEREST OF DISCIPLINE JL VZ Distinctions of rank in the U. S. I tm li 11-mv SmrvK- nn encisl distinction and fl \ vj are solely in the interest of military discipline. according to Secretary 11} /? Maker. This statement was made by W f him in a letter to Vice-President Marshall in response to a Senate resolution asking whether there are War jBdepartment rules and regulations to ?Sf/a t\M P^vent social intercourse between Ufa !H officers and men. Citing paragraph 2. Article 1 ol jW/aSmL. the Army Regulations. Secretary ? Maker said in his letter: In this paragraph will be seen &c endeavor to arrive at a true balance in the proper relationship between /^8R' oflicers and enlisted men on the one ha"d 1? encourage and exchange con ^ iden. c and co-operation between the officer and the soldier, and on the /S? other to avoid personal intimacies be ( tweeu an officer and any particula: HMIfJ soldier or soldiers, which might havi a tendency to lead to favoritism oi i he suspension of favoritism in as s'i;"rnc'nt8 for duties or cause discon 'ent on the part of those not selectee for special intimacy by the officer ii 'luest'on- distinctions of rank in thi VfKfrA military discipline. They imply n< J social distinction; indeed, in a conn try like ours the advantage of edu nay! cation and culture very frequenll; P Hirjl will be found in favor of the soldier Qffllf )1 and yet it is necessary that the sol I Mil) " 1 dier should acquire by continuou JiLm and unvarying practice the habit o instant obedience to his superior ?This is as true of officers as it is o tt Ifi In the emergency of battle, whe: '?vj every condition tends to dlstrac ?-y*y- men's attention and peril is on ever side, safety for a command frequeni gBBBBWaB ly lies only in its organized and cc til I III 111 III IS ordinated activity, and this can pr< MMl'I'I'liiM -eed from one inspiration alone?th 1***1 instant, unquestioning compliance b " oil tt-i'h fho vole# at authoriiv. Whll *** 9 here and there instances undoubted g*** 9 ly occur of thoughtless and incoi I a j i 9 siderate conduct on the part of o BimiMllllllffl firers and of unreasoning complaii PmjlmM on the part of the men who hai IMI1IIIUII-I fajied t0 understand the just obligi KT tions of this disciplinary relationshi] 1 am still persuaded that in the grej -j58 Arm>" *'e now k*Te in an<* ' training there is a growing realist JJMgga tion that it is both possible and ust fui to be faithful to military dit V cipline and at the same time to tl democratic ideals of our country." TRENCH A j HOW MANY GENERALS ! HAS U. S. ARMY HAD? ; Promotion of Major Qeaeral_.Per- j hinv tn thA rank Of General hU i caused considerable discussion as to i the number of men who have held that rank in the United States Army. I It is contended by some military writters that only three men. Generals Grant. Sherman and Sheridan, held the rank prior to the elevation of | General Pershing, while others insist | that George Washington shonld be j added to the list. j Commenting on the subject the , Army and Navy Journal has the fol- j lowing to say: > "The U. S. Army was organized ; (September 29. 1789. but it was not until nine years later, July 3. 1798. I that Washington was appointed lieuj tenant general and commander of the ; Army, which rank he held until his death. December 14, 1799. This was the highest rank Washington e*er held in the U- S. Army. The rank : of General and Commander-in-chief 'of all the forces raised or to be raised' (otherwise the Continental Army) was held by him from 1775 to 1783, but this was in the Continental Army. Heitman puts Washington as among the Generals in his list of 'general officers in the Army of the United States from June. 1775 to 1903." but it must be understood that the Army of the United States included all troops raised in this country, whereas the United States Army was not organized until 1789, six years after Washington resigned his rank of General of the Continental Army." WAR TO END THIS YEAR SAYS NOTED ASTROLOGER l* fmn ho atatori more or less re I liably that the war will end in the summer of 1918. We have the word of an eminent astrologer lor It. He reads it in the stars. While there has been considerable discussion as to who started the war, where it started and how. this astrologer settles the matter by blaming the whole thing on the solar system. Hear him: "Thus the beginning of the great war came in 1914, when together the sun and moon struck adversely on I the chord of the conjunction of j Jupiter and Uranus in the proceedI ing spring, symbolic of the warring "To those who look below surfaces the determination of the end lies with the United States and Japan, said to be ruled respectively by Gemini and by Libra, symbols of the power of thought, the guidiug intelligence and work of the hands, and the Libran ability to perceive both sides of a question, throwing its weight on the side of the just cause.'* After commenting on the facts that last July there was "a major conjunction of the forces of law, order and endurances with the forces of universal love and sympathy working through chaotic disorder, the astrologer says: "Thus it would seem that the world war must be ended by the summer of 1918. though it would be folly to expect Utopia until 1944." It's easy when you know how. EXPENSE ALLOWANCE FOR OFFICERS Announcement has been made by tne war ijeparimem. mai an ?iuw?? y ordered abroad for the purpose of observing the operations of the Al-( lied armies will be entitled to reimbursement for the actual and necess sary expenses while on duty at not f to exceed $6 a* day, from the date of arrival in a foreign country to date f of embarkation for return to the United States. "WAR OK 19177" Thin far the nnlv official attempt to give a title to oar war against Germany has been several references >- to it as the "War of 1917." It would y. seem that "the Enropean War" would be a more fitting appellation since this is the first time American y troops have ever fonght on that conc tinent. Moreover, if the war conl tinues for several years longer the mere limiting it to 1917 in "its title will be scarcely adequate to the prospective gigantic task the country has it of fighting a war 3,000 miles from e home, to Bay nothing of its added tale of years.?Army and .Vary Jourl~ nal. P. * MAIL IT TODAY 11 Relatives of soldiers appreciate i- Trench and Camp, for it is "a vital j_ transcript of life in camp." See that your mother and other kinfolk get a copy each week. A one-cent stamp ' wUl do the trick. Don't delay. Mail it today. mil in iNP CAMP E<HKH?0O0?HWHWtf*iMHK CANTONM THE CR] CKHWHJWKHKHKHWKHWKK r.-TUM-TA-TA! Tum-ta-ta-ta-h music. Half light. Sniffling funeral procession? No! One ing the private soldier?American, i ners of the mouth are drawn down, heavily as in thought. This is camoi inside the low forehead of thiB ape rhe movement is slow and suggestive When he begins to talk it has t all dampers and drafts has on a Are darkens, finally becoming full black haugs his weight of lead to every pi and mess-hall. One of his tribe wa Was he merry? Did he beam with i Ah, not the crepc-haager. leave home Christmas night!" The crepe-hanger tries to slip poison every cup, adding these little Hanger. His life is not an enviable radeship or popularity. He is shunn He'll follow after, hang his crepe, fcr It is a splendid indication of Crepe-Hanger has a negligible folio' a menace. If there were not a buoy which make him a joke. But have you ever felt the urgi in sullen flood? Perhaps yon have crepc hanging aelf, "Guilty, to be ke In Marl By CHAUN Somewhere in France. It did not mean mock to th American soldier boys to be told th house was a perfect model of th Petit-Trianon. It was like no houa tfcnv h?H oror RAAn before but by fa the grandest Pink marble facades and gorgeou wrought-iron gate way and imposln door created an impression that tb rest or the house deepened. In th great hallway a batter in liver ushered the men into a cloak root and relieved them of their hats an coats. Coming up the marble staii several of the men slipped and skate precariously on the smooth flooi They made their way in awed silenc up the mammoth red marble stall way. eyeing the gold walls and maf nificent pictures. Iu an upper room some one ws singing and 200 American servic men were sitting in magnificex chairs in the music room. The cat ing attracted every one's attentio first. It was high and vaalted o which & sunrise picture was painte with delicate brush. Concealed elei trie lights throw a soft glow upon : from a gilded moulding. The onl visible lights in the room were a hui dred new waxed candles, glitterin amidst the crystal bangles of thi glass candelabra. On walls wei heavy, huge "has relief sculptures and o life-sized bronze statue stoo in the corner. A woman was singing at the pint and the hostess?an American wt had married abroad?stood at tl door shaking hands with the new a rivals. The men applauded at tl end ot the song and another wi sung. The men would have liked 1 I have her use the golden harp thi stood by the music rack. Most i them had never heard a real hai played. Needed Reinforcements After the music the men mov< down a long marble hall at the ei of which a snowy refreshment tab WAR? WHAT'S YOU WED W Baltimore Man Sought to Eti but After Eight Months to Fight f War may be all that a disti guished American general describ it to be?yet. there may be wor mings. i u?c ia vw?.~ er In Baltimore who has reached tl conclusion. The man is thirty years old, aj he told the draft official of whom asked assistance in filling out I questionnaire that he had attempt to evade being called out under t first draft by the matrimonial roufc "But," aaid the astonished officii "you said here you had six childr to Bupport." "She had 'em when I married hei aaid the young man. "There are eome thing* that e much wor* than war," he west < darkly, "and I aia s*w to the fnmt whenever UnSs Si calls me." "" -7 | ENT TYPES EPE-HAKGEB KHKH?JKH>OOOCl>5HKHW?H>^^ i-ta-tum! Tnm-te-tnm-te, etc. Dirge and low moaning off stage. Eater? , long figure. In regulation garb denotiny company, any regiment The corhorso-shoo style. The brows are knit iflage. There never was a real tnougni ctmen. Shoulders are bowed slightly, i of excess gravity?in the feet, he same effect on the spirits as closing i. The color of the world darkens and He allows no joy to float free. He leasure. He tacks up his crepe in tent 8 given a four-day leave at Christmas. mticJpation and satisfaction? Did he? a fella off a coupla days and make him a fly into every ointment, attempts to j ' duties to his chosen calling of Crepeone. He knows no such thing as corned, but it avails naught to pass him by. id pass on, grimly satisfied, the spirit of the new army?that the wing. For he might be pernicious and ancy and humor among his co-soldiers e of crepe-hanging rise within yourself Then Isn't the verdict on your own pt permanently in the guard-house?" ale Halls UEX HtLDbm was piled high with choice viands, e Pour stern-faced butlers stood behind e the table as the hungry, abashed mule titude approached. When about four e feet from the cloth, the front line T halted and blushed red. Pressure gently increased from behind and the s front rank embarrassingly tried to , g back through into the second line J e which held firm. An awkward pause f e ensued during which four hundred v eyes looked over the plates of cakes q and creams and wondered how many d he would dare take when his turn I a came. d The hostess noticed the halt and . hastened to the rescue. "Come on, a boys?don't be bashful! What will you have?" said she, addressing a particular man. The color swept over ' J his face and he could not say a word, i Ion flho nn him a dish of Ice frappe e and a few small cakes. The ice broke t about one second later and the fonr ^. I butlers who had never faced a hunn gry American crowd before, learned n something hew. It was not a mad rash and snatch. Absolutely not. Every man was ? most polite and deliberate, but they took the hostess at her word and 7_ heaped their plates with the first ? ' delicatessen" they had tasted in ? France. They then retired to chairs , to enjoy themselves. After refreshments there was more i music, then a good-bye to the hostess, a quick scamper for the subway and the party was over. But, like the stone in a millpond?the waves of its ,j description will radiate In ever-increasing dimensions until the story of " the "Swellest Party in Paris" reaches the uttermost confines of American . soldiers' camps in Frauce. , Through the medium of the Y. M. C. A. many of the wealthiest American homes in Paris are open to Amp erican soldiers in the French capital and many a soldier returns from leave witn tales 01 magninceai nuniea ;d and gay parties attended instead of id the gaudy demimonde on which he le' had planned to squander his money. WAR WHEN rIDOW WITH SIX? ade Draft by Matrimonial Route, He Declares Hi mac If Eager or Uncle Sam gd and that be not only had become ready to go to the front, but intimated that he had received some train*" ing which would Increase his value as lis a fighting man. But the harden of the statement was the following, ad which he repeated several times: he "I've been married eight months, iIb and I am now ready for war. I don't ed want any exemption." ~ he It was Sam Weller, who quoted the J. charity boy, who boasted that he had al, mastered the alphabet, presumably en not without the aid of sundry endings and other chastisements snch as were r," wont to accompany the pursuit of -}-M knowledge. . ire "Yes, 2 knows it," mUL the boy. a w. "from a toJssardU but vethsr^t^voa J S aaait Jr
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