The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, October 10, 1918, Page 6

BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE WHY IT COSTS “UNCLESAMSO ~ ‘MUCH IN WAR Simply Because Americans In- | sist Upon Living on Higher Plane Than Alties. THE YANK IS WELL FED Nothing But Good Grub Coun- tenanced by Soldiers—Equip- ment on Same Level. Washington, Oct. 9.--Why does it cost the United States so much more to make war than it costs any of its co-bellige ’ What i ing done with the tens of billions being raised from Liberty sand taxation? One ofter hears stions. lo do anything than it costs a else in the ‘That is the “ans should buy Lib: erty bonds. | ‘The American army is composed of | workingmen. ‘The Aimer working man demands a higher standard of | everything than any othe: working man in the world. When he becomes a soldier he ca amare with him, and, ‘apoleon repeated, that an v on its stomach. So naturally the of the American soldier st in the long bill which is | rapidly running to $50,000,000 a day. The regular t of the Ameri | ean army ¢ ferent | items of food. It includes many things ( which are luxuries to the’ soldiers of | the foreign arm At that, it only | costs 32 cents acday to feed a soldier. | The figure is low hecause the govern | ment hag the adyantage of dealing in| billion s where the individ us aby | dea the army ha 6 of living because it cost only 1 cents a day to feed a soldier du. the Spanish war. | Take into uccount the almost slag: | gering sums the guvernment has spent for food alone since the war began: $37,000,000 worth of flour, $14,000,000 » worth of sugar, $43,000,000 worth of * bacon; $12,000,000 worth of beans; $9, 000,000 worth of canned tomatoes 000,000 worth of ri Tt sounds al: ; most like a food bill for a nation Without any disparagement whatev- er of the rationing system of the co-| belligerents it may be said that while the food of the British soldier com- pares favorably with that of his Amer- ican cousin, the French ration is Jess acceptable to the American and that | of the Italians would ge a very cold | reception. The equipment of the American sol- dier is no less up to standard than his food. Since the begnining of the war the government has spent $126,000,- 000 for shoes. Only recently a con- tract was let which is intended to keep | every soldier with two pairs—one for! marching and one for general wear. | The price in quantity of millions was well over $5 a pair. Old soldiers of the regular army can remember when the government issued “brogans” fa re- moved in quality fom the army shoe 0 ftoday. The American soldier's clothing so far has cost around $50,009,000, For | is blankets the government has spent | 100,000. Everything else is in pro- portion for in every particular of his enuinment the government has sup plied the soldier with the same rela- tive high standard he w ‘customed to at home in civil li The extra cost of maintaining an army on. for- cign soil has entered into the huge ; bill because it has been found thi costs $ to equip and maintai soldier a year ¢ $3) at home. goes for food. The rationing expe at home is $189.80 The high standard has been carried | | to the soldie y. For all practical | purposes of estimate the American 81 ay | Girl Harpist’ Who Plays for Soldiers x Says Big Guns Make “Glorious Noise” Miss Mary Seiler Tells of ‘Thrills When Colonel of Indiana Regiment Al- lowed Her to See Ar- tillery in Action ( HE first American girl ever per- mitfed to be present at a war § conference in France, Mis Mary Seiler, dred and Eleventh street, York City, tells o¢ along the Front.’ Over here, Miss Seiler is known t talented young Over there she great audiences M. dge on her arm, and a gas ready for instant use. so near the firing American camps that she has looked on while fired upon as one oi the American harp: is playing befor of American bo. C. Ag mask at hand, Sho had gone line in ber tour of the ith a Y. 2 battery of indiana bo the Bor Not she! 36 West One Hun- New. ‘ap exciting day ffiss Seiler oming of the guns “the wi 7,3 T heard.” her to it. oi though the h that. HAS AN EXCITING DAY “i'm sitting on a sunny somewHere in‘ France, trying write Jetters under tracting conditions. ine 2 military funeral for American ‘They've just. fini Chapin F 1 procession * On the ne’ ure booming, can see from the forest are concealed. are crackling ev le Altogether it is yng the front. March, and at the Boche where the asked the Paris office to be sent as near the front line trenches as women are allowed io go. got it! tour weeks are price dreamed of vlaying fo cnces. The response you get sim- ply sweeps you off your feet. And ali the time ' ‘ee! at (im gaining more than ‘’m «giving. “There are men over here who have not 3een an American girl for All they ask is just over a year te stand around and !cck at yoy. Hew they ‘ove to ‘eli you: about jetters from home, and to show you their phetograph albums! ‘ sweethearts and wit of the soldie! ous, even in moments oF great Deril. TONIC TO THE FRENCH “) thought that when { got this near the front, ( would find a very tense and dramatic atmosphere. Not at all. There is an air of easy | soldier is the highest paid fighting man! in the world. He actually gets more: than the average German off: {the $323 a month a private r from the government is added a sum | for his dependents, depending upon , their condition and number. Canada” and the other British colonies more | the pay of the r than any others of the ‘co-belligeren Taking into consideration all the: items it is not strange that America’s war bill is greatest ay wis se —— Separate Fat From Water. The recovery of valuable fat re- maining in water used in washing wool is now being accomplished by Menus of a new machine resembling a cream s Popular M a - In the past vari- | attempts to do this have | proven satisfactory. ‘The wash water runs directly into a bowl making 6, | | 000 revolutions per minute, and the fat | Is separated almost snstantly. | ae) | imeon that thes: who are enga lin such a holy crusade should be clean jof speech and esp: lly that’ those lboys who are not accustomed to use| anit ay for Fletcher’ - The Kind You Have Always Senda and which has been in use for over thirty years, has borne the signature! of hillside <o the most dis On one side oF some soldiers is in progress. ned playing the the winding down the hill. xt hillside some big guns and ¢ thes black smoke rising guns Vhe anti-aircratt once in n exciting We My experiences of the last 1 never uch audi- About 2 thousand have iold me that J took tly like their wives or sisters rhe g6od humor is. marvel- | whic , the front a. not |, | women beloved in her 's who have heen listening to her play wouldn't t Here is what she mnonchalance about the way things is are done. and the men show derfuls poise and confidence titude: of ycod checr amung ibe ericans is a Wonderful ionic .c ihe tired French. “Perhaps the one ovtsianding crait of our boys is their curiosity. uring sheli ‘ire or Sn sir vaic. ihey stand out in the cpen to watch the fight, and cap aardly be nduced to take shelter. ‘They waut ic see everything. “The girl who tis craveling .with me is Grace Kern New York City. She is 3 sopranc 1 at St Bartholomew's. aud hes one oi the most glorio voices ' Save ever heard. 1 nave my tthe Gia harp. with which « viay ner sc companiments, and harp seics Most of our programs we give aut doors, because it possitie to get the crowds inside. Our saudi ences number from 200 to 3.080. We give two programs 3 day, no toring .from\ our hotel or billet.te 3 the various camps. We asuaily + have juncheon and dinner each day with the officers. ~GIRLS TREATED ROYALLY “The flattering attentions that an American girl veceires over here are beyond words! To say that ye. are treated royally ‘would be putting it mildly. “While touring our jast section we spent a very interesting “eve ot 3 The dYe cver Sere amply can- % oe described! tt has ta be ed. ot is act of all what + ex- #0 fiw Goyernor Fr nee a Rev. merly of fl tion of the work |P Herbert. G. Markley, milton, aid who went to |] aplain of thé Smashing |c Second, is doing among the Yankees |t over there. Chaplain well known and much admired here | for the lent patriotic work which | ¢ Second was still hi who knew him will read-with intere: the following: story: - iF The American Expeditfonary Fore Anti-! Swearing League. it has arr who he Yes leader ion but ti initiative has been lacking. the men in khaki are more than those in the shops at hom e not present and t lof expression is the rule. amps an or; Such a n| jidea is contrary to fact but, it does |er should fall at the front it, would Bed ip G profanity at home should find every inducement to keep on the same High jlevelin army life. So strong was this conviction in the thought of Chaplain | |Herbert G. Markley, a Methodist min- | ister, by the way, from the North Da-| kota Conferenge, and believing that | y, if not the majority of the fel- j i to be encouraged and to realize how; e comrades, even if séeret- ly, cherished the same principles, this live leader of his regiment dared to! put forth the challenge for an organ- ning with Generai‘eitwards and his staff in’ a cmagnidces: oii chuteau hich had been iseuex ‘nto divi to attends “war cisderence. are the “first American girls who have ever been alterwed ca listen to dreds there standing apoa <xcther, “ven chis destruction ‘czma>i 2 ofthe French sane. : lovelier France at itis ~ be. fields you see women vito snpear to be xt east nine: SEES ARTILLEZY HW ACTION “While. ft Colonel Robert Ot a ramt cers ne to see txts de cars! am gin ic see ap fuitune datiery dring upon claps palis aithos i. ’ re Weagertiey mma oy heir Warmest prise the serrize. ger “rom ues wat gay as che soldier, ana tes, srutr gost Wt ibe. yee7 tas: ane who Uminics cn 5 aus s m4 sagp & wiong. ‘work 45 Sasi us areuicua und in many plizes Bs petinis as che 30) diar’s. “The cuktesa worms are doing Tainers sro Clavenze 2udimgica <Xaltand, the pocted tt is Sigger every way. The opportunities ‘or inffnita cud ube oun dividends are shaply exormeus. - OEE FIGHTING CHAPLAIN OF SMASHING SECOND ORGANIZES ANTI-CUSSING ASSOCIATION AMONG THE YANKEES has received fron from |with the expressed desire of General for- at. General Headquarters that Chap- Markley was ary Forces. 4 in j only one officer. aiting orders. Those |ed “are kept in the Chaplain’s office | and a small white card which will fit Every moral ‘er of this card, worked in the army | qualified member of the American Ex- realized the need’ for such |peditionary faith, or the |League, and as such is commended to Not that /all Christian men when returned to a sorrowing mother or sweetheart. She and Miss Groce Kerns First American Goris Ever Permitted to Attend 2 War. Conference at. Front ix France ( |and this victory junique and encour jo it here we dined ith the sta. anc were vermitted: We th ‘tl jt war confereres “We *ave mo.orea chrough hun- of sheilec «iiages. where 3s titeraity sot one stone pe. Anything ne chrough year when . zdame would Qu: om the than |sI hard to, ima, rewy old doing orice, The any wo cor f aave met vndali, of In- regiment is ibe One evening wer 1e alowed saiery im sction, irst 4imerican ro ane the Bothe- tach. ‘howitzers the guns: Avere bi. Ther eizde ike Mesh ¢oriaus aise ‘'ve ever beara. “Mis Serms miz { unched with the Cobaref say “ts satiate cheir 3 8 inmber of in- 4 due wot ihey "eB SOTIMEries E's Ther “cr ue same dan-- their any: warker Yheir ia momar TOC FEW EKTEXTAMERS Yeroabls weck arg che enter: aa soe Jew. Our aook- signt bebind i Hoster and cag sge Y¥, M,. service are Pershing and the Chaplains in charge and his associates are ertain that it can ly be spread hroughout the American Expedition- | lain Markley The organization is very simple, here being no dues to be paid and The ecards first sign- | nto the Testament is given to the} ing upon it this certifica- ‘his is to certify that the hold- Forces Anti-Swearing for encouragement In addition it has the signature. This ‘card | a reminder to the one who help.” haplain eve! urries it and if by chance, the bear- most acceptable kéepsake prove a Undoubtedly the extraordinary suc- FREE TO Pile Sufferers Don’t Be Cut—Until” You ‘Try This New Home-Cure That Anyone Can Use Withoilt*Discomfort or Loss of Time. ‘Simply-Chew Up a Pleasant Tasting’ Tablet Occasionally and Rid Yourself Permanently of Piles. «{this camp is dué somewhat to the j i !eess'of this Anti-Swearing League in lglow of the religious services. For |the Sunday Mid-Week , meetings the A. hbt is crowded, the -sing- rd is soul stirring and the Gospel ap- {peal direct and emphatic. ‘From fif- {teen to thirty at every invivgtion and joften times more come forward to the {platform to express openly their de- |termination to live the Christian life. |Thus even in the army a manly eet ‘forward evangelism is proven to have it seffect in the every day life | which 'Chaplain Leg ized the league perhaps the one who {hag done the most to make it popular | among the men is the valuable a: Joseph, Hirtenstein which stands out ng in the moral is a.tribute to ual fervor for Chap! Markley’s mini8try s been noted. As.a fusther pledge | hat ghe good work will continue is he fact tnat sociated with bim is ontests of the wa he alterness @ i » William Graham of tl rch of the same city. thaplain’ Markley who organ- istant in the Chaplain’s office, Pvt. Ruy Tribune Want Ads Bring Results. 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Estimates cheerfully given on all THis establish- ment is ran un- der strict union conditions, there- / of this organization, promising before ae Aaa pumeaites’+ Bor aiore thas thirty years it hae God to do my best to refrain from all been in’ constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising Aherefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep. - Tae Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend. cenuinE. CASTORIA aAtways Bears the Signature of jmanner of language that J would not before my wife, my mother, my sister, or my sweetheart.” And how} they. 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