Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 5, 1918, Page 6

Se eee ea ere THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5. 10) 100 KILLED IN Hearned it was such a» short distance | my train was almost due so I wrote DECLARATION OF ARNY PROGRAM “MUST AWAIT PEACE PLANS, SAYS PATIENTS BRAVE DEATH 10 CHEER WAR SECRETARY IN HIS REPORT FOR THE “ALLIES Fall of Sedan America’s Greatest Con- Italy Goes on Jamboree When tribution to Winning the War; Strik- “; s ° 7 ¥ G he official news |- ; . W ing Accomplishments Are Set Forth - Mercy Hospital by the Germans. | The official news| ing the first half of the week @ Ret | or over, = Pag PenstN most excitement it has. ever been my|°T@! coating of snow made the feed-/ For mformation and appl Ps News of the signing of the armi- plessrreto ee ing of livestock necessary in many bilan apply to the local se [By Associated Press] stice by Germany was received in * 23 vicinities. Ranges are good except ——————=+ News of Armistice is Received, Writes Nurse at Genova WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—The question of permanent or- ltaly between 1 and 2 o'clock in the ganization of the army has betn deferred for consideration ™°ming of November 11 and cre- mafter the close of the peace conference. Secretary Baker, in) his annual report made public tonight, says this course is de- Sy n¢ermined upon since “the military needs of the United States, pheannot be prudently assessed until that conference shall have one girl’s peydetermined the future international porelations of the world.” jis For temporary purposes. however, Mr, Baker announces that he will lay torbefore congress a plan of reorganiza- prftion for the regular army, “and shall percontinue as the nucleus of any fur- thather military establishment.” un] The secretary also indicates his: in- tention to press for perpetuation by taijaw of the strong general staff or- caifanization built up during the war. “T have refrained in this report,” ieMr. Baker says, “from making spe- »i] cifie recommendations for future .enlegislation for two reasons. In the santirst place, the signing of the armis- andice has not formally closed the war. veyWe have at present a great military -orestablishment which*tan not be im- jmediately dissolved, and the activi- ties of the department for some time ngat least mucht be concerned with yntWhat we have. In the second place, ngthe peace conftrence is about to ay hasemble and the military needs of heshe United States can not be pru- or plently assessed until that conference yhall have determined the future in- -e- ernational relations of the world. -anthe department will present to the sulpongress a plan for the maintenance yn 2f a regular army which shall con- fy cinue as the nucleus of any future iJstilitary establishment, pending the natime when the experience thru which vile have gone can be digested and the naruture needs of the nation maturely vitponsidered. “In any case it is clear that the feo" of officers and a constant study of the science of warfare will e necessary, and it is my hope that the great military academy at West jfroint can be supplemented by an en- argement andibroadening of the spe- tial schools which are at present or- ganized but should be made to take Nn more the character of postgrad- aate courses and to develop and train research specialists in the several Sirms. This subject, however, is one ep apon which casual comment is not °€\elpful and I refer to it only because t seems the only clear indication trom our experience as tu our future Policy.” +4 no oe his brief: recital of the events of reene war, Mr. Baker selects the battle " ft the Meuse as “from the viewpoint ca of military strategy, America’s great- an28t contribution to the successful out- jorome of the war,” since by that at- orr#ck of the Amerigan armies the Se- jegian-Mezieres railway, the main ar- harety of the German supply system, ] nas — cut, The entire available at strengih-of.the American army in rance, 28 divisions, were in line in che second week of October, he says, eaeaking yard by yard progress against owlesperate enemy resistance which xpw2s finally worn out “and on No- vember 1, the American troops broke thru.” The object of the drive the Istrategic conception of which includ- nagd the British drive at the northern aeend of the railway system.and the N. French advance in the center, was heaccomplished on November 7 when onthe Americans entered the outskirts vh@f Sedan to be joined the next. day ca.by the French. ‘ro. “The meeting of the French and © Americ troops on this historic orspot,” Mr. Baker says, “signalized locthe defeat of the German arms, a de- lanfeat as decisive as that forced upon vhiFrance 47 years ago at the same spot. If there had been questions before $Ags to the acceptance of the armistite terms, the Allied advance culminat- ing in the meeting at Sedan left no yrhoiee in the matter.” hh In sketching the building up of the Y'Qvar army@Mr. Baker selects a few f " striking figures as illustrations of | what each step meant and what has nqoeen accomplished. nore than 23 per cent of the entire ai male population of the country be- nel ween the ages of 21 and 31 was in “the military service, the army hav- ‘ing reached a total of 3,664,000 men, more than 2,000,000 of whom. were fti - an Europe, as compared _ with a °'strength of 189,674 in March, 1917, c@ week before war was declared. « To illustrat> the speed of his ex- ansion, the report cites the fact that he British army. in France had reached its high mark in the summer of 1917, three years after the be- Winning of the war, and that figure iinwas “slightly more than 2,000,000 ‘amuen.” It took 19 months for the United States to reach the same acstrength there, but Mr. Baker points neput that during those years ef bat-,9r@ph was taken at Mr. Gariand’s . shane the tread is om ‘hc cas'ng as long ertle British manpower had been heav- heme in Warwick. as the fabric is good. We will do the | SSE SS Vy called upon to replace casualties, ‘rowhich for many months the flew of vhAmerican troops all went to augment omwhe force being assembled. To some ‘orextent this was offest, he adds, by the far greater trangportation difficul- ¥ies of the American project. Vh Recapitulating the total American casualties, 236,108 men as already | corded to women which th 1 Qn the day the} armistice was “signed, he declares | due to battle alone were 36,000 an that half of the wounded reporte: “probably suffered slight injury.’’ H adds that federal battle fatalities i the Civil war totaled 110,000. Japa lost 59,000 men in the Russo-Jap anese war and Germany lost 28,60 in the Franco-Prussian war. . Mr. Buker gives much space to th ated as much enthusiasm and joy | there as it did in Casper or any other city in the good old United States. A rather_interesting description of experiences as a Red 'Cross nurse in Italy and a few inci- dj}dents relative to her work and play d|are contained in the following letter e | received yesterday by a reporter on n|The Tribune staff: n American ‘Red Cross, p= Genova, Italy, 0 2 November 11, 1918. My Dear M—— e It is ages, I know, since I wrote aircraft problem, including the pro- to you, nevertheless I have thought duction figures published from tim to time in the past. He shows that Were along f you many times and wished you e | 0 with me to enjoy the 8,189 Dehaviland and 101 Handley-| Pleasure, and, yes, even the hard- Page machines were produced in this ships of the country and 1,909 planes had bee: shipped to France before the armis- % On the other side, ful time. tice was signed. life of a Red Cross nurse in Italy. As you see, I am still \in Italy where I have had a wonder- I came by way of France n 2,676 planes of service types had last April, landed at Bordeaux, went been provided for the America! squadrons by the French government. On September 30 General Pershin, had 32 air squadrons at the front, th first of them to be equipped with American planes having reached the battle areas in July. Air service casualties, the report says, have been higher than in the artillery and infantry and reports to October 24 showed 128 battle fatali- ties of 224 of accident overseas. A total of 262 men had lost their | good time occasionally. After Rome, lives in this service while in training) it was Genova and this time it was in the United States. The general health of the army has been surprisingly good, the report shows, the death rate for ail forces, at home and abroad, up to August 30 having been at the rate of 5.9. per 1,000 per year, or a little more than the civilian rate for men of the same age groups. It compares with a rate of 65 per 1,000 per year during the Ciwil war and 26 during the Spanish war. Pneumonia caused 56 per cent of the deaths. There were 316,000 cases of in- fluenza among the troops of the United States during:the late summer and fall, and of the 20,500 deaths between September 14 and Novem- ber £, 19,800 are ascribed to the epidemic. Discussing the embarkation service Mr. Baker says that in 19 months.a total of 2,075,834 men and 5,153,000 tons of cargo were shipped overseas, the great bulk of these movements having been handled after January 1 of this year. When hostilities ceased, the service was engaging 3,000,000 deadweight tons of American ship- ping and 800,000 more tons had been allocated to its use, with a half million tons additional per month being de- livered. ——2>r CHARLES GARLAND é | Charles Gariand, an American mil- lienaire, served,»with the British cav. alry and was honorably discharged. He became a naturalized Britisher and is a candidate for parliament as rep- resentative of the discharged soldiers of the Warwick division. This photo- The first ecclesiastical convocation’ in America was a’ synod especially convened to sit in judgment upon the religious views ,of Mistress Anne Hutchinson, who demanded that the same rights of individual judgment upon religious questions should be ac- reforma- announced, Mr. Baker said the deaths ' tion had already secured to men. n|to Paris where I stayed five days, then traveled to Milan over the Ital- g ian Alps. They are so wonderful, so e gorgeous, that the scenery took my breath quite away. I shall neyer ‘told the reason |About half an hour heard the worst racket vutside and a note and sent it by messenger. _ Tonight we had a little dinner party when two of the boys came over to the hotel. We had a gooz time and I was late on duty but why worry. Dr. Schofield says it is a breach of military etiquette. “Tomor- row I am going with the doctor to inspect a camp fifteen miles from here. 3:20 a. m.—After lots of excite- ment I am going to finish this letter as I am too thoroly awake now to want to sleep. The excitement was due to the signing of the armistice TERO TEMPERATURE 1S OVERNMENT CLEAN EXAM 1S COMMON IN STATE FOR WN GASPER FEBRUARY 157 PAST WEEK (5 REPORT 2%... ao clerical exam ion will be held this city on February 1, 1919, to tablish a register from which 5 tion may be made to fill as they may oecur in~the C Internal Revenue and other b of the government service. ~E salaries range from $1,000 to § per annum. «Age'limits are 18 3 By GEORGE W. PITMAN (W. S? Weather Bureau; Cheyenne.) | ‘The first part of the week was cold and temperatures below zero were ‘common over the.central and western parts. of the State. Light snow oc- curred in the extreme north. Dur- The church bells started to ring and the orderly went out to find out the reason, “saw some natives who and also said the students were ringing the’ bells. after this we here were about 1,500 or 2,000 boys and mén with torches, cheering America and inviting the band to come out and play. Before we could say anything they were piling into the Barracks. I went down to look for my orderly and you can imagine my surprise when I saw the crowd up- stairs with lighted torches, and they smoke was dense. There was one woman in the crowd and, believe me, I sent her out P. D. Q. An Italian officer salited me and the crowd began to collect around me and proceeded to cheer thgir heads off. American and Americans surely got their share of praise that night and altho I am English born the in the southwest where thefe is com-! plaint of a shortage of water and water-holes. Livestock are in good condition. ~ Snow on the ground (inches): Weyncote, none; Foxpark, 10.0; Casper, 1.0; Evanston, 3.0; Lander, 2.0; South Pass City, 2.0; Valley, 1.0; Buffalo, none} Dome Lae, 10.0; Sher- idan, none, Le eee Kansas is believed to have a larg- er proportion of women office-holders | tian any other state. i BENS eee ais December 13 will be the centennial anniversary of the birth of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln. p SERA Ee het The Nebraska Federation of Wom- en’s Clubs will celebrate its silver jubilee next year, having been organ- ized at maha in 1894. oe RIG TIMBERS GAS ENGINES good old U. S. A. was my haven of refuge and my heart swelled with pride and love when I heard the cheers for the U. S. A. I told the men to put out their torches and by sergeant came to my rescue. When I returned here were two of my newly recovered pneumonia patients out of bed and standing~by an open window in their pajamas. I did not bawl them out. They hopped into bed so quickly I. think their heads will ache tomorrow. It really is wonderful to think that the war is really over after four years of fighting. I really don’t blame these people for being excited but wish they would choose a.more con- venient time of day or night—2 a. m. is neither late nor early. Why don’t you come over? a great life. ‘again have that wonderful*sensation of seeing them for the first time but) I shall always have that memory— the impression was lasting. In Milan I stayed ten days, then on to Rome to stay six days. Was busy all the |time but I managed to squeeze in a for five long months but I hated to leave there and wished I could have |remained there indefinitely. | Two weeks ago last Friday I was called for military duty, went back to Milan for two days, then here. We ‘had to hurry so that the trip was, made by auto, bag and baggage. We ‘found two or three of the boys dreadfully sick, one dying the second |night that I was here. There were only two nurses so we had to hustle | quite a bit. Everybody was busy and as all the army nurses were busy they called on the Red Cross to help them out. At the request of the col- onel here, two nurses were sent, a girl-whom I had never known until) | then, and I. We have seen very lit- | tle of anybody or anything until yes It is Mamie Madlock, who shot and se- 'riously wounded Alberta Holling- 7 worth last Sunday evening, waived | terday. 1 have been ae night duty ¢.amination when arraigned Yor a and she on days. Another nurse se preliminary hearing before .Justice here today to help us so we have 2) mybbs and was bound over to the | little more time. district court. |a place about from here, Villafranca, and Verona, he was released on bond some weeks \2ight miles further west. It was @| ago. The two are awaiting trial in’ nice trip, needless to say. I did not the county jail. sleep much yesterday but made up jfor it today. During the time we) Sadie %. Harman has instituted |have been here that is the first time | suit for divorce against her husband, we have been out. It was 2 wonder-- ¢. &. Harman, with sensational ful day, the sun shone, and the roads grounds give: s cause. ;were fine. We saw many barbed ——— wire entanglements and concealed trenches. } Coming home we passed about 1,- Results Will 500 Austrian prisoners who were marching to Verona. They :re a Startle Casper sad looking bunch, very ragged, dirty People report quick results from and almost shoeless. They all seemed ure Lavoptik eye wash. A girl with | glad to give up, a pogr lisheartened’ wenk, strained eyes was helped by | bunch. ONE application. I heard from C——— a short time not sew or read because of eye pains. ago. She is still in France‘at the In one week her trouble was gone, A base hospital to which she was first small bottle of Lavoptik is guaranteed | assigned and where they have been to help EVERY CASE weak, strained jvery busy. I did not see her when or inflamed ey ONE: WASH star- |1 came thru, altho when only five tles with its quick results. Aluminum |miles away I had an eight-hour wait}eye Cup FREE. Casper Pharmacy.— | |at_ Bordeaux. Of course when | | I’ Adv. Notice to Car Owners Tires at. One-Half Price Call at the Acme Rubber Com- _ pany, 121 West First-Street, and see what we are doing with old casings and be convinced that you are wasting your money by throwing away your old casings, when they can be retread with new rubber. and vulcanized: on the casing the same az it is done at the factory. Understand, it is raw rubber vulcanized on—not glued or stuck on, and is guaranteed 3,560 miles and we are here to hack it up. We can furnizh you any number of testimonials from reople here in Casver and Natrona county that are using them and get- ting from 3,500 to 6,000 mies wear out of them._ It doesn’t matter what rest. You are invited to call and sec our work und while vour car is idle during the winter months, have your old tires made over like new. Acme Rubber £o., 121 W. Ist St. the time they had cheered enough a ‘WOULO-BE SLAVER WAWES - EXAMINATION. IN COURT Be Tex Madlock, hus-/} Yesterday we had a car and visited | band of the woman, was also locked | twenty-seven miles wp on a charge of assault from which | Her mother could | CARD OF THANKS We desire to thank our friends and | neighbors for the kind acts and sym- pathy shown during the illness and death of our son and brother, Herman | Shrader. | | MRS. RICHARD SHRADER, | . MRS. PHILLIPS, Alcova. ’ FACTORY | OFFICE HELP | { PULLING FOR 7 - Up for YOU Every Day i our WANT AD Columns TRIBUNE WANTADS CHILE: QU 4) TOWN LEVE (By Tnited@Pres.) BUENOS AIRES, .Dec hundred killed im an en Persons a thaucke w! terday destroyed the t: lenar, Chile. 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