Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 13, 1917, Page 2

FRIDAY. APRIL 13, 1917. : vEsoooiworwoes ML AR N WILL TAKE A YEAR TO TRAIN AN ARMY Doubtful if United States Will Send Troops Before 1918. MILITARY LEADERS DICTATE Imperfect Division Sent to the Trench- es Would Be Only an Impediment, Military Man Asserts—Our Regulars No Match Now For Veterans of the Kaiser on Western Front. “A United States army to be of any service whatever in France or on any other battle front of the European war must first be fully equipped and thor- oughly trained. This is a matter of a Jyear or more. It is idle to talk about sending a small army to France for setimental reasons. It would not be a drop in the buck This statement was made by a mili- he gets into a uniform and puts & gun on his shoulder. This is non- sande, even if the man happens to be ‘s American. i *Bvery man must be drilled and before he is a soldier. In mod- ch warfare he must have a different training from that of here- tofore. Why, the situation in Europe is changing from month to month. Bvery general staff in the war has had 1o ‘scrap’ most of the rules and prac- tices it had when the great struggle ftarted. o Must Be Perfect Machine. “Assuming that we bave a' real army thoroughly trained and fully equipped and send it to France, of eourse it would be an invaluable aid to the allles. On any other basis an American army would be an impedi- ment, if not a menace. We can send a perfect military machine to Europe it given sufficient time to prepare it. Nothing else should be sent. “An American army of several hun- dred thousand men if placed in France after having been thoroughly accli- mated would be worked into a section of the long battle front, just as new troops from England or France or Russla are worked in—a little at a time, a complete section ultimately being turned over to the American con- tingent. “Before this is done it would be necessary for the American field com- mander to establish his own lines of communication, his own bases for sup- plies and, in short, assume complete control of everything military on his section of the front. All of this would take time. “There is every indication that pub- lic clamor will scek to force the send- ing of troops to France before they are prepared to go. This will never be done wiih the consent of our mili- tary men. We are absolutely oppcsed to sending a small contingent of the regular army, the only force now pre- pared to go. “To do so would be suicidal since -—_— e we have not nearly enough officers as it is and shall need every officer and competent enlisted man that can be spared for the training of new troops. Year at Least Needed. “The country is in for a distinct dis- appointment if the people generally ex. pect to see American soldiers rushed to Europe immediately and put into the trenches on the other side. Every man ought to have at least one year's training and should have more. “It must be remembered that the German army is composed of veterans and that the kaiser’s best troops thick- ly line the western front, which is the most vital to both sides. Amerlcan soldiers of our regular army, who ‘have had no experience in trench warfare. would not be a match at the outset for German veterans. They, too, must learn the game. The Germans, like the French and the British, now know the game from the bottom of the trenches up. “France and Great Britain want an American army sent to Europe, but they want a trained army and would have no use for any other kind. If not fully trained here before being sent across such an army would be detained far behind the trenches until the Brit- ish or French authorities deemed it fit for trench work.” SPREADING WILSON'S GOSPEL British Aviators Drop His Speech In- side the German Lines. President Wilson's address to con- gress, translated into German, is being distributed liberally over the German lines by British aviators. It is understood the same thing is be- ing done by French aviators. A message froat an American citizen of the middle west to Attorney General Gregory suggested that the president’s message be trauslated into German, printed by the thousands and dropped into the German trenches and in Ger- man territory by aviators of the allies. The suggestion speedily found its way to the embassiea of the allies in Wash- ington. The result has been the receipt of news from London that the plan was being carried out. The words of Presi- dent Wilson, which undoubtedly will be held as seditious by the German authorities, are being disseminated throughout the territory of the central powers. Wrens Good Insect Eaters. The wren, according to A. A. Saun- ders of Norwalk, Conn., is a valuable and interesting bird. It has a cheerful song, and during the summer months it sings almost incessantly. Its food is largely insects. A pair of wrens will work from daylight to dark dur- ing long June days gathering cater- pillars and other harmful insects to feed their young. I have known them to visit the nest with insects on an average of three times in five minutes. The number of insects destroyed by a pair of wrens and their young in a season is enormous.—Tree Talk. Bay State Road Improvements. Expenditures for road improvements increased 2053 per cent in Massachu- setts in 1914 over expenditures ten years ago. according to road statistics made public recently by the depart- ment of agriculture. The Bay State spent over $6,000.000, giving her a per- centage of 45.53 surfaced roads. Approximate expenditures for the other New England states were: Con- necticut. $3.640.000: Maine, $2,642,000; New Hampshire, $1.590.000; Vermont. $1,024,000. and Rhode Island. $446.500. It Pays to Buy the Best Roofing to buy a new cream separator. You know fhere are several to choose from and at quite a wide range of price too. Suppose you were going Yon know that ‘he clieapest one is cheap because it’s made to' sell cheap. And you know too that the highest priced one doesn’t cost very much more than the cheapest but that it must have un- usual quality in it to command even a little more in price. And vou know too that the higher priced machine is very likely to last twice as long as the cheaper machine and be the cheapest by far in the end. The Same Thing Is True With Roofing You can buy roofing at most any price you -want to pay but for long wear and real service a roofing like Robinson will stand up and give you rea] protection. Roofing The long, heavy fiber in this roofing which is thoroughly saturated and heavily coated with the waterproofing material makes this brand of roof- ing dependable under severe strains. ‘When the wind blows, or the sun is hot or the weather is way below zero this roofing will stand the pressure. ‘We have a large new stock of this dependable Robinson roofing ready for spring business your choice of one, two and three ply. Smith-Robinson Lumber Co. (One Board Or a Carload) LT s i i HE PROPOSED 1,000 TIMES. H. G. Farnum, 34, to Wed Viola True- man, 16, Betrothed at 5 Years. Miss Viola Evelyn Trueman, a six- teen-year-old Roxbury * (Mass.) girl, will be married March 28 to Harry G. Farnum, thirty-four years old, of New York, to whom she was betrothed on her fifth birthday. Miss Trueman's parents had to give their consent at New York city hall because of her age. When Mr. Farnum was a student at Cornell he proposed on a visit to the Trueman home. Little Viola and Mrs. Trueman consented, but Mr. Trueman objected then and had been objecting ever since till recently, when he was won over by the combined pleadings of his wife, daughter and proSpective son- in-law. Mr. Farnum ip telling of his engage- ment said: “When I asked Mrs. Trueman for her daughter’s hand at the time Viola was only five it wasn’t a boyish prank, and she understood me as she has through these years and consented. Her father tried to laugh my plan down. He has tried it for eleven years. Now, how- ever, he knows I am serious and admits that I was when I first popped the quegtion. 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