The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, August 1, 1918, Page 6

eared i . _ Their Training Makes Them Better All Round Men, »-Gays: Investigator. Who Has Seen What is Being Dene Both: at Home:and Abroad—Governmental and Other Agencies See That Their Health and Morals are. Safeguarded and That They are Prof- Hably Entertained, By William H.. Crawford OR the ‘Spartan mothers of America who have sent their sons to battle for * eturdy America and Eternal I bave a message—the message Liberty, —_— . they desire, It answers the ques tions that mothers would ask about thefr soldfer sons, not concerniny the’ ‘perils of battle, but about ti @angers of camp. A sense thipels them to say, “Go, my sor Yat theli* mothers’ hearts are an. , gus to know how their boys « Bethe cared for—tt ‘will their load fo know that every p: vision: compatible with the ste. Yeulities ‘of war has been made t: their comfort and protection. What every mother wishee M ‘nerated.* No heaps which breed se’ carrying files or of du 4 {3 abundant, Hous, ligh: zed diet. ‘THE DEATH RATE:INTHE ARMY, 19 LESS THAN-IT IS IN-CIVIL LIFE 28 are allowed to accumulate, wholesome, Skilled dieticians de- ne the proper proportion of -ssentials and -have regulated is (0 asaure your son an evenly He does not, get so candy and pie as a self-in- ‘of wholesdme body-bullding COME OUT OF THE-ARMY BETTER MENTALLY good as his” superior of- At one camp I had*th> appetite might desire, but “YOUR SONS SAFE EVERYTHING 1S DONE ‘TO BUILDUP PERFECT PHYSICAL MANHOOD YMCA LIBRARY ee mos: THE AVERAGE BOY WiLL THAN HE WAS BEFORE:AE WENT in, know is, in a sentence: “Are my pleasure of dining with eVery ran’: .+.80ldier.son’s mind, body and morals in the service from major ‘general being. cared for. properly?” unqualifiedly, The general's. meals. were serve a Unhesitatingly, to private, ada 2 tvuuu we emphatically and from careful in-™0re dalntily, that’s all. vestigation, 1 reply: “Yes.” His health {8 beftig ‘safeguarded by medical and sanitation “fie ts being well fed, at ,bours, on rations the equal of a general's. , His physical upbuilding 1s super- were few. Vised by expert athletic directors. is. being Uroadened under guidance of notable educa- ‘His educatiog i ‘The thought kept with hi ‘higimorel- standards. Gy g +,6lean entertainments andwhole- We! | galing sociability, often in the .com- Cor pany of’ prominent men and. tere“ and recently army, b. the | aYerage family. ith ‘a body of He enforces | to:insure. purity. ito ire purity. i en cantonment developing bim into-a well i being acco quires, alll this 1 pila Truthfully, never in my life have Tecen & more'healthy, rugged bunch Jp ga of aggnnesters shan srneee. congrTe- ardg At- gat in cantonments along gs the (compe alone eecond Atlantic coast. The boys in Fra! purpose of are equally robust. Boys who information of the tered the service:stoop-shouldered, Gof the bud to in message, to, of America. I shall téll ‘ten. | thiis story fully and truthfully. | HEALTH EXPERTS ON GUARD. ‘To each cantonment the\ medical @ after the proper seweraga for @camp,.and.directs the removal provision,. the death rate in He, has your boy’ is drained ‘cént, meaning ¢! experts. ly was charged last winter. regular ges were much exaggerated. officers took care to see from winter's ‘rigors, clothing.as at home. What women, _ “These* visited be Sallow, dull-ey.d, 4 the fect, ruddy-cHegked, alert y Large, thoroughly up-to-date. families, many ‘communities medical .attention is immediate. 46, (that proper sanitation an Your sa ont ds under ihe et p pECe in disease or dent ion. of 19 regimental mei the sanitary and officer, and at the si{ghtest sign of regulations are observed’ bona fide ind{eposition, is trans- ¢, clésely than: they are in the ferred to the hospital. The medical or, surgical care he réceives there dw..the very, best, for. the Army. | department .of the army has, as Medical Corps is not chosen hap- af a skilled sanitariat. His hazard. Many famous medical men | bust fs to keep the boys well gave up their lucrative practices [paging than. cure’ them after, they to go into government service, trained safeguard the health of, your \seesdesats ‘he .. carefully. scutinizes and to cure him when he {g ill. every possible means. of coi sickness. of all sort was 1.5 equally well-cooked.and wholescme. In the tremendous task of raising an.army 52.000 population. There were two of more than a million men quickly, eBingitis and one typhofd deaths. no doubt some did-not receive over- d ‘ . coats immediately. These instances 924 elghty-five nurees in this camp's The published char- 2O#Pital, so you see Tom bas.a better chance to stay well ia tha that the “"™@y and to get well, if he is sick, ten who had not .been’ clothed than he would have at home. properly’ were protected otherwise . Moreover, er, boys engaged in- their..strenuous jp of bee arta ind work they did not need as heavy g, ar is determined accurately‘ ac- ‘ding to health. requirements. re ings may Fee all right theoretically, but how does my boy 9; ft pat look”? the mother anxiously in- ne 2ote mbolest louchy now. aFe from a better, OUDE of view. In spite of all precautions, how- ever, some men are bound to be ill fs among g million or more. Your Bacilll, we know,‘are the greatest: hoy. may be one of those afflicted. enemiow, of life, prime causes of sickness and death, contaminating pitals are in each cantonment. They oar food and water. Proper sanita- compare favorably with the hos- will remove their menace, yet pitals in the large cities. ‘The , The hospital wards are scrupul- : of ‘the’ water and food sup- ously clean, thoroughly disinfected. quarantines, Nurses glide softly around, attend- ing every need. ‘As a result of the age. He army is legs than it {¢ in civil life, aie water analyzed properly ‘The report: of .the Chief. Medical } Officer at Camp Lee, representing -Milk,- frequently an active germ an average health report of all At- : Gstributor, reaches, the. soldier in lantic coast cantonments, form, sterilized and can- that from September 5 to wad under government supervision average non-effective .rate showed have well and sound on 16 .the does more to insure Tom from. welfare. than athletic exercise prop- hat three: boys out: case. yuce er Ueamnent, there were ouly PROTECTED IN WINTER. eight deaths, a much smaller. per- Fallur_ to clothe recruits proper- CeBt@ge than would bave ‘died cf this disease iu. a city af 40,600 There are fifty medical offic The HIS MORAL TRAINING, they without hight moral standards. less self-centered cured Christian Association centres are open for religious service every: Sunday and on one evening each week. Where the Knights of Columbus have no building they use the Y. M. C..A for Sunday morning mass, while on Friday evenings the Rabbis hold Z a Be Hebren soldiers, The plains use “Y” buts tor their churches, No religious denomination {s gtv- n preference but the religious workerabave a common ground on which to meet. They all work for higher life ard moral opbuflding. As a consequence of this Itberal bolicy the “Y” huts are filled with men of evéry denomination 2 {0 know they will be entertained, Y amused, instructed, that they will learn nothing fromoral and that nothing will be said or done de Togatory to thetr own PeltBiouw be- Nefs. The Gatholic, Protestant and Hebrew all meet on the platform of welfare work among the boys. FOR THE PHYSICAL MAN. In order to make good and ef- ficient soldiers it {s necessary to Nothing physical hos- the per erly directed to ‘ult his {ndividual In every Y. M. C. A. hut , thoroughly, the sewerage being as of every two hundred were laid there ts a physi goddor better than that.of.most. up by illness. La Nir he Saat ,otties,.and.far superior to regulations concerning wai that of due largely to In ‘December there a There was an increase. to 2.8 per the country or country towns. Army cent in October, ete dis- cination. Are enforced. most atrictly, an‘incraage to 4 per cent due'to in-this-Hne of work. Many of these physical directors were famous col- vac- lege or professional athletes, sport- was ing world heroes ofcyour son, who an will be influenced helpfully by their "ehus removing a source of possible epidemic of mumps. ¢No fatalities. direction. Lopntagion. - All -burnable -refuse is from’ th: \ at, Of course. Fron Séy These physical directors’ work in tember 5 to December -80 there q Were ninety-cight caees ot pneumo- aia but, due to the modern, open- Military sdiscipline ‘will correct these faults:seon. Any boy will be ‘when ke is only regiment; less con- ceited when he learns that be must obey, and that his laziness will be- quickly .by the drill, sergeant. dition to this bis moral stand- The “Y” man furnishes the will be strengthened by. his Our sense of duty performed, by a feel- nce ing he is working for the public en- good, that he is offering bis life for » bis country. He ill see things nobler, higher point The halls of the Young Men's A Yo fi to ‘3 Regardless of the opinion of dot- @ Mother, many boys grow up elf-centered, Jazy, bigoted; and cocperation with the army athletic officer aud the Fosdick commissica. The scldiers exe invited and en- couraged to take part in all ath- jetics.. They areexamined and par- uculer exercises gnited to their in- dividual needs are recommended. Sports at the camps include volley ball, basket ball, boxing, wr relay races and above all, baz S. Te ort- ing equipment free, referees boxing matches aud umpires ball games. KEPT PHYSICALLY FIT. Keen competition encourages in- terest in athictics, with tntercom- pary contests succeeded by regimental matches. The games — HE PONY! We Elementary English appeals to The wail thousands of our foreign-born sol- from the .cities, wives of- statesmen, - fields diers who came to America after doctors, passing school age and who have aprons to serve the soldiers. 1 had” been 20. busy earning a living they the horor to be served: bya United © have not learned our language. The States Inajority. are italiane an Boles, eeteot at learning their AB C’s with the of vclunteer teachers, frequently to: empbasize-.the~ breaking down i men of effairs in civil life.. With> of social, castes as a result of of comfort in closing: (ut any invidious comparison, I this war’s democratizing influence. wish to mention cne gentleman, and I sat at the. same table with @ fore this is published; Ifat: 1 trust ke will pardon me for this. brigadier .géferal,,a corporal, §.Col- battle, front of American pestonal reference. 1 use him only opel, a high private an as 2 type and refer to Mr. Cochran, A.sercretary. , educational director Meade. at Camp is ALL RIGHT | pthis .,eonnection + +I Arrangements for. “#0 mass games are alao’ are played absolutely on the and.any player who is unsportstmaa- Uke ts disqualified. Everything i done to build up perfect physical Manhood. The necessity for being physically ft restricts the ma: of Itving of many mes who not controlled by religious Influences. Summer, with the clock ahead an hour, meana longer hour daylight after amflitary dut! done, and these are given to out- door sports, Every available apace {3 used for athictle field or play- ground. The boys erowd around the bulletin hoarte announcing the games and contests. Organized aports will not exgage all the such as relay hall, tng-ot-w: other pastimes suggested b: t most popular person, the “Y” di rector. All the boys look up to him, want his approval and often seek his advise: Tom'e physical condition fs heing caved for proper- ty, he will not go back to you » physical degenerate ae & result of having served’ hia esuntry. Is he being given. @ ehance to study? Well, rather | the fargeat univer- aity in the world, with purely sted tive courses. Fle caw study or not, as he aces fit. The “Y” ig at His disposal with an edweational di- rector In each hut, Most of the boys want to lean Frenct for use on the other side, Tt fe necessary there. In Parts f saw an Amer- ican college professor geatteulating wildly..{n his attempt to make a cab man understand Where he wanted to go. MARK TWAIN'S NAME FOR CITY GOTHAM CHOICE gests That Samuel Clem- ens Be Honored That Bismarck drop the first syl- lables of the presetit. name, and do honor to yourselvés and to the fore: most among American humorists, mas ter player on the upiversal chords of human interest, son of your great northwest, philosopher of. the world; Samuel Lenghorne Clemens.” Samuel Clemens. wad not truly.a-son of the northwest, haying been born in the middle ground:of Hannibal, Mo.. where: he spent his bbyhood in the exploits which later. were :immortat- ized: in “Huckleberry Finn” and “Tom Sawyer.” In his river-boating days Mark Twain made one or two trips up the Missouri, and the late Capt Grant Marsh knew him as a pilot. . Capt. John Belk began running on the Mis. souri river about the time Mark Twain. Igbie of its name and Anglicize the} gave up His steamboating on the Mis: secoad to stand as a monument to the immortal. Mark Twain is the newest contribution of ‘the east to: the litera- ture which has to do with suggested changes in the name of North Da- kota’s capital city. Writing trom 160 Broadway, New’ York, Samuel W. Balch, mechanical engineer and so- licitor of ‘patents, says’ ina letter to The Tribune: “Your, city is seeking & distinctly ;)American . designation. “Jasti exchange. places\'with the syl- ssissippi, and he, had the pleasure of meeting the great humorist upon one or two occasions in, St...Louis. In the transcontinental'stage journeyy which Mark ‘Twain: desoribgs: in “Roughing It,” he traveled westward ttong the Platte; but he’ did later, in those pr oneer days, visit the gold fields at Virginia” City, Mont., and ‘the ‘north- west has some direct claim upon him. It, is altogether. probable. that .were Mark ‘Twain alive’ now he‘ would fi opportunity for some of his delicious humor and rare sarcasm in Bismarck’s predicament, and it is too bad that he cannot come back from that spirit land with whose denizens he some- times held converse, todo justice to this situation. ‘ BUY W, 8, §,——— Luxemburg Folk _In Situation To Rival Belgians’ >) London, Aug- 1.—(British’ Wireless Service)—The whole world under- stands and appreciates the tragic posi- tion of heroic Belgium and-Serbia.and all the allied peoples have deep sym- pathy for Rumania and Montenegro, but only scant attention has been giv- en to the bitter lot of: the pegple of Luxemburg. « For four years now the citizens of Luxemburg have lived isolate] under. tion. It is said there are 3,000 Luxem- absorbing eve Fis home had a retinue of eautiful Hal spate Fae ae celebrated ..baths, sate. ras Should. reactions. from french ting or camp nionotony_goad our Satine crave dissip itton, be x M...C. A, workers dre nf @lbow. to assist, to divert, amuée and, instruct. re volunteers jawyers,. etc, who don dine: Senator's wife when J Hostess... House. desire one " WAUBEVILLE , MOTION PICTURES, AND LECTURES CARE GIVEN FOR HIS ENTERTANGENT..- in the cantonments. He will) ‘te -pilleted in some French buihiingy-s: chateau, a farm house, or, owiug to crawded conditions, maybe a barn, but he will be bardened-to accept anything. His morals . Btephen 0 Le Matin, and a member of the French Ministry, told me recently that he believed ‘the morals France, outside of Paris, were. Dest in the world. not;be permitted to go 4 r his furlough, General Persbing bat: ing..issued an order. forbidding; pm -will.;epend his €quipment to the war: 2 “WHEN HE RETURNS 'TO°¥OU:.. One gerious' thought You may read sdon—pre aX. M..C. or maunded. ae Gere te great, and. cause, dnxfous, feet to, your boy's.en- clutch your heart, remigmber’ tertainmaent are numerous. Vaude- we are dealing in j:vest I found Mr. Cochrane busily en- ville shows are given weekly inthe ‘Compared: with: the numbeél gaged in teaching-a class in French, huts-and clean, light comedy‘in the involved the cksualties ; @iH, with the eazer young aoldiers:avidly Liberty Theatres..-The houses ugu- proportionately. very mall,‘ ' word. The hardest ally ate,packed. Motion pictures :great’ majority of American.\boys work te teacher bad done before gre shown three nights s week, the who went over, or are. gong-over war was the clipping of -eou- newest films by the best producers, theré will return to America) tuch Lecturers also are booked by the healthier for having served. abroad, We NMA. HOTS. | “ALWAYS OPEN-TO AEST Be? editor: of Your. boy wi Paris. on ‘urlodghs, : ots The physical instructors are.there to.encourage parttelpatts ' A invigorous. ‘happy . games :.w! | shake out the blues, “chasser:de © } -cnfard,’ asithe-French.say; “HOI runs are deity batted:on-shell:pitted and other Ametican geiies dard: averting thes bays behind: the ay! bly ibe ‘ if the numbers sedat fitt ov nwenty servants, Now he secretaries and atthe conclusion more fitted to cope with the world, Seay ! fe shining hia own shoes and serv- of each talk, the-boys crowd around broadened, éducated. ang,..better staers, and he toid- me that Kim while he answere their:volley: these days, spent fm giving assist- of questions. u : 0 ance to thee somes who are ready your boy ie-not being slighted or tented? They are. to sactifice their lives for America, mista because ler bars. © AG A HERO. IN-PRANCR. ave the happiest days of his life. Every camp has a large library furnished by the America Library Association trom which soldiers can |. ; borrow books. went in. & SOCIAL LION 18: HE... He fs becoming quite a soclal Kon, is befng splendidly entertained. homes Prominent cities frequently go to the camps women: from ‘nearby pi Hoys fond of read- . Your-boy is working herd. © ing find this @ great attraction. He is. playing bard. ~ The hoys throng the “Y” huts to 1 , hear the instructive. lecturers, -es- is becoming: more ruddy, more wan- you :{ pesially those who have been over ly, Hié.step is becoming; quicker, miss you.’ thege and. cam tel them -exactly -surer... His: habite-are better. He is. yphappiness. wv to expect. The average--boy {n-more perfect condition physically: him five minutes after basing nit will comé out of the army. better ang. moré- fitted.for bis life: work ten this, probably you mentally than be was: before he for beving served in.the- National him engaged fn 4 baseball. Army. He_will f tover theres, If , gtops ate ee Neue. in Eagle,Hut, centre in. Hedge Hving. out-in the open: He your: i it hen he. reac hes France, his: fou. maybe sur e,has no shoul ited ,to do their life work... Are. the boys happy:, én. jagu- -You,may get dome letters ahiteli ieee iSeemouns come haa goed mud! ey miss Mother :and | “much: they -want. to go.‘home, -Be- iin 4, - Heve. me, it. is done largelyea: a 2 his; -troop,: itp ingland “ay sthe at swell as iin. jon; and. hearts compliment to you-rather. sexpression of digconte: boy: really wishes ‘are equally . well shouting, :“You -robber!"" :°“ n ) @hip umpire!” and other. typical he will find @ réal ments that any healthy, icdn lad will utter. undgi j cumstances. AE EL i of the; Euglish The boys,are too busy to be hame- { 4. ‘sick, too. much engrossed in work | re--and play, too well-fed to.be hungry, ‘Mother, I ” Tt:-you--wer eo ite chaperoning parties of girls to. en- ception willbe a revelation.. ‘The too well cared for physfcally. to be tertaia’ the soldiers. and .be-enter- ‘French: gte demongtrative.in:openly il! and too well entertained to Be tained.. Our soldier boy.mayAnvite expressing thefr admiration for the discontented.. Your. -boy féhappy his wife, mother or sweetheart to brave Americans who have. crossed and well,-and withal, hag. a serie the camp and entertain her/in. the the: sea:.-to ‘fight for. them. and mission in lite If he fatls to write large reception: halls of the :Hos- liberty. They..will-sbow their, gra- to you as often as.you, desire Grit tess House under’ proper..chaper- -titude. freely, : onage and under better conditions .,.Eyery -Atierican fs a hero:.in WORRY—he is.all Tight.. than if he took them to the meas ‘France,’ Your The food is daintily ‘served to the: and {s sold at remarkably ‘reason: ities, ‘exercising ;the same ea! halls. able prices. vy whl bea printe French. he writes homesick. letters, DON’? Physically, mentally and .m ‘he military author. he is being made:a bette? man,am - @ -wafeguarded ‘his ‘health, honor to his: comtry and to you~’ ythey-uged Mother, your boy is all’ right, the yoke of German military doniinary’ by defensive fighting agaist the Ger- man legions on their own soil, but] war ‘has come by afr, and just as it has béen necessary for the entente allies to bomb. German biflets, in Belgium and French towns so they have fre- qttently.had occasion to bomb Luxem- burg with deadly effect. Naturally {he German propagandtats in Luxemburg; as ,in Belgium, have tried to arouse ,hostility. against the entente by exploiting the air raids.) But again as in Belgium their efforts have proved singularly unsuccesctul. The Luxemburgers persist, in spite of .all propaganda, in ‘regarding the German invaders as the real culprit; they recognize clearly that ‘Luxemburg is raided because the German is there. Protests by the Luxemburg parliament, and government against Germany's ac- tion -in .placing anti-airclaft guns around Luxemburg have been unavail- ing. . 5. i BUY W. S. S.. ‘ ‘Why kthe Colors Vary. “Pare: water, -according- to Lord burg volunteers in France’s foreign le- on the side of justice and humanity, Tt.is true that Luxemburg has not faced the cruel -devastation “wrought PAR Nas Ob yee (gion and that they“are galtant fighters |; -Raleigh, is greenish. blue, while pure P18 blue, because, according to New- ton’s dictum, the molecules of the air LABOR WILL BE DIRECTED NORTH United States Employment Serv- ice Supplying Men for - Harvest A. L. Barkman ofeKansas City,)Mo., will exercise the power of director labor in the state of North Dakota, subject to advice of State Director Lindley H, Patten. ‘He will have five men in the field who have worked up ‘thru’ the harvest fields of ‘Kansas, ; Nebraska and South Dekota, who: will kKow act as special agents. ta North Dakota, according to Director Patten, The United States employment. se?- vice, with headquarters in Fargo, has eight offices in this state. These are located in Fargo, Oakes, ‘Jamestown, Bismark, Ditkinson, Minot, ‘Devils Lake and-Grand Forks. “During. the harvest there will be branch .offices ithe’ immediate points general for the distrfbution of ‘farm ex ee a hi “aétivities of the dé SOUTHERN FARM. x ‘Vartugn’ Ot slate will’ be to stabil ‘ize Mabor “ard’ déé that’ the men are kept .at work, and that: the distribu- tion- of the mer available is made to where it is most necessary. to-'savethe trops,” said. Mr. Patten. Men..are now being sent-out from the Fargo, Jamestown and:Oakes of- fices at“$4°a day and it is expected What the Harvest will be in full swing inthe southern counties this week. The employment. service offices will ercise every means of supplying the needs o.fthe farmer in the way.of labor Mr. Patten ‘said, and present _indi- cations..are that while’ there may be some*delay fin-securing men, there will be no real shortage of,labor. “The old ‘pot gangs’ ofthe jungles, which used to cover:the state at har- Nematine, ig.a thing. of the past,” said Mr. Patten... “The men coming to the-state this year have paid their railroad fares and. all have money to pay for what they eat. Thru the free employment service, these men can«be: sent out to specific jobs at.a maintained at Wahpeton, New ‘Rock ure sufficiently: linge to reflect blue faye, ford,~Rugby, Mayville: and Langdon. set scale/of wages.” - aw Tribune Wani Ads Bring Results. MINNESOTA: IN _ CAMPAIGN ON + SOCIAL ILLS, St. Paul} Minh, Aug 1 —aeits offi clals and ‘army officers are this week Prosecuting a vigorous campaiga against social, diseases in. Minnesota and several women are Cooperating by tisewhatig Mmedicat phase’ of tha Roth meetings attended a A number of conterences were: Hel in Minneapolis and St.Paul lic eees. On Monday the campaign way extend: ed to Duluth and it:now has been branching, toward the four corners of the state. Although officials fay,there tai Powerful Jot: of -work..¢tfl-to fe, it is not violating militar {ndences to; say thatthe ene reat dls : : ease -rate-at Fort Snelling alone: dar- i ‘ ing the~past three; months las. been : 7 one» hait: of..the. averdge.tor: the two mrevious three months, aa ectures, motion: pictures: literatara and shar Peutoréenient Okrice laws all 4 > Gre being ‘used to qeatett: the -state's