New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 25, 1917, Page 6

ILY HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 2, torn SELF HELPS FOR EW SOLDIERS . SOON TO BE CALLED INTO FIELD Advice By United States Army Officer Which Is Valuable to Those Eligible For Service n America’s New Legions. England on $oil formerly devoted ex- | clusively to' ‘farming. Again, thofi-! sands of factories are now covering territory that in Civil War days was THREE WONDERFUL VALUE GROUPS ' WOMEN’S TAILORED SUITS WISE, SMITH & GOMPANY, HARTFORD the Rhode Island State College gives ! at-the Post OMcs at Néw Britats | another reason’ for the present plight - BORA C0uke Mat) Ma of New England as regards. agricul- | ture. He says: *“‘We have had disin- tegration in farm work, for every man Jhas been working on an individualistic plan. There has been no co-operation, no mutual help, no common efforts to splve the common problems. The re- | sult has been discouragement and the | 2 abandonment of the farm for the city.” ..om | Rhode Island, small as it is, is now 938 | doing great work toward reviving in- terest in farming.' There are more | than twenty-two organizations there doing all in their power to promote | GROUP 1. WOMEN’S $18.98, $19.98 AND $22.50 ! TAILOR-MADE SUITS s sigos, o $12 | ‘While this collection of stylish suits does not include a complete as- 2 sortment of any one model, the range is se great that no woman ocan fail to find one that is pleasing to her. Many suits are of navy blue and Bel- gium blue as well as’the higher colors. that can give up essential toobtain a 'little tem- ‘ ‘safety deserve meither iy nor safety. ~—BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. “DOLLARS AND DEEDS. ow that New Britain's branch of ‘American Red Cross {s assured nt headquarters, through the peity of Wm. H. Hart, the work ocruiting the unit here up to full trength should go on Wwith re- jod_vigor.. War strength for Red § ;work ‘means the enlistment in Ml service of all those folk not ‘connected with the military. 0, woman and child able to b to this philanthropic en- must lend a hand. Dollars and the two things looked for. en estimated that a fund of B8t $100,000,000 will be needed to ce the work of the American Red during the wpr, according to an- ement made in Washington yes- g by Henry P. Davidson at the of the new Red’-Cross of which he is chair- tatives from forty dif- gresent. at the invi- President Wilson This huge money will' be ‘used not only ricans but for destitute per- the foreign war zbnes régard- ‘'of nationality. n suffering upon-:the ‘esrth is at this.time. This sum ti- as the'working basis for the n Red Cross is no larger than The work ahead of the Red | Is gigantic It will .reguire ‘the ndeavors of each -sind every in every city and town in the Therefore, New Britain can- hirk. This city must'do its part. _obligaton is a spiritual-one. tality is not the only phase f AN who are not themselves risk- heir lives in the trenches and on fronts of Europe must help the suffering at those places. r, they must help take care of women and children back of the lines, the homeless and. har- * Dollars and deeds are the ntials. A dollar to purchase ffs, or an afternoon devoted to ng of bandages. ! Either one. perica has already sent™ its men to’ Europe Its doctors rses have preceded the armed The Engineer Corps will soon work of rebuilding the French ways. There are twelve thousand i in this first corps. In the allied ¢s of Europe there arc now some r of a million American boys ‘men. Within a year there may g million American fighting men a At least this many will be in They will require medical at- and the best means we have nding to their wants in this the American Red Cross. Hos- stores. must be harvested like s of the fleld. There must be no o them. Bandages and supplies, kinds are needed. The time to work is now. Chairman Dav- points out that gallant Canada i & population of 8,000,000 raised ‘army of 450,000 men, and that ity thousand of these men are dead jured. . To take care of her sick ‘wounded Canada raised in value $000,000 for the Red Cross.” Ame, ; with a population and an army ortionately larger than those of . must: make. even‘ greater And New Britain must help k by its dollars and deeds. DO] s battl IND 1917 IN NEW.ENGLAND. rto an agricuitural expert shusetts, New England in five millions more acres of \dér "cultivation than in 1910. { 1910 to 1917 the area has again B lessened, though probably not a on. dcres. There is perhaps no . .mection of the country where has béen such a wholegale aban- ment of men from the farm. Ot it must be remembered that ‘bave, sprung_up. in New the production of food. Massachu- setts’ is following along the same lines. Vermont and Maine may be ex- pected to double their efforts this year. And Connecticut? The Food Conser- vation Committce, appointed by Gov- ernor Holcomb, is losing precious lit- tle time in rounding up all available land for planting and then in awaken- ing the people to the need of culti- vating the land. ,ln the end, Con- necticut may show the way to all New | England states. She has a good start. Through her efforts the New England states may be able to beat the record of 1861. attention. The crops are almost as important, if not more so, than the munitions that must be manufacjured for the fightng men of the world. We are making the munitions here, we must also do something toward feed- ing the world. s Thé great western country 1s now getting ready to harvest its wheat crop. Texas to the cooler spots of Minne- sota and . Illinois - the harvesters will soon be at their work of reaping the | grain. It is a late season for wheat, but the farmers have hope for a big- ger crop than that heralded some time ago. By September 1 the crop will be raked off the flelds and placed in the This year of 1917 demands | From the sunny stretches of | i i The Two Most Difficult Movements. ‘We now come to the two company movements most difficult to master. They are ‘“on right (left) into line’ and “right (left) front into line.” Both movements must be executed from column of squads. To form the company line on the right or left from the column of squads, the command is ‘“on right (left) into line, march...... com- pany, hait......front!" At the preparatory command from the captain, the corporal of the first squad gives his own men the com- mand ‘‘right turn;” the corporals of Company bins. New England, of course, can take no part in this work; but the work itself should be a source of in- spiration to all farmers here whe have lately been taught that the.world is in need of food and that any crop ir better than no crop. We have as good land in Connecticut’'as can be found in many states in the Union.. It may not be particularly fitted for wheat, or alfalfa, or timothy, or oats; but it is fitted for the raising of staples such as corn and potatoes and onions and to- matoes “and ‘sundry other things. If we are five millions acres short of what was cultivated in New England at the start of the Civl War, it is the duty of every man who owns a piece of land to see to it that the old record Is beaten. 1917 must be a bigger year than 1861. - ONE INCH UNDER HEIGHT. Rejecting men who apply for en- listment in the Navy merely because they do not measure up to a certain height has, to many persons, seemed the very essence of foolishness. Yet, there must be a limit one-way or the other. For purposes of uniform Uncle Sam does not want his ranks filled with seven footers on one end and five footers on the other. The following story as reported in the New York Herald gives an insight into what standards Uncle Sam has set up. According to the Herald reporter, down in the Marine recruiting station in Twernty third street, one James Herbert Owen offered himself to the service a few days ago, Owen ex- plained that he had come East from Idaho within the month, had obtained work immediately, had tired of it di- the remaining squads give ‘“‘forward.” At ‘march,” the command of execu- tion, the leading squad turns to the right on a moving pivot—that s, it executes ‘“right turn” as taught in the school of the squad. The command “halt” is given when the first squad has advanced the de- sired distance in the new direction. Thig command is from the captain and will halt the whole company squad by squad as the successive squads place themselves in line with the leading squad. As soon as the halt is exe- cuted by the first squad the corporal commands ‘‘right dress” and the squad continues to remain at the right dress until the mavement is completed by the company and the captain orders “front” after confirming the company alignments. The other squads, in obedience to the comamnd “forward” from their corporals, continue to march straight to the front until each is opposite the right of its place in the line. It then executes “right turn” at the commgnd of the corporal, and is halted on the line at the command of its corporal. He then gives ‘“right dress.” Each unit in succession dresses on the first unit in line. e To form company line in the front, when in .column of squads, the com- mand would be “right (left) front into line, march......campany, Halt—-. Diagram Showing How “On Right Into Linc” Is Executed, Always From Column of Squads. Front!” At the preparatory com- mang, all corporals, except the leader of the first squad, give the command “right oblique.” 1If the company is at a halt, the corporal of the first squad commands ‘“‘forward.” {He usually does this anyhow, for the instruction of his men although it is not re- quired by the regulations if the col- umn from the captain, the first squad moves straight to the front, while the rear squads each. oblique as indicated. ‘When the leading squad has ad- vanced the desired distance, the com- mand “halt’ is given by the captain. The squad halts, and the corporal gives the command “left dress.” Eacn of the succeeding squads when, by obliquing to the right, has reached a point opposite its position in line, marches “forward” at the command of its corporal; by his command it is also halted and executes the “left dress.” All dress on the first unit in line. In this movement it will be observed that there is a variation from the usual series of commands. For ex- | ample, although we have “right front into line,” followed by “right oblique,” this is not brought to a conclusion with “right dress,” but with “left dress.” Yet the reason is obvious to the new soldier when he has once seen the movement executed. The leading squad remember, marches straight to the front and the other squads oblique to the right. This causes them to form on the right of the first squad when they reach the line. The first squad, therefore—the squad upon which all the others are to dress—is now established at their left. It is necessary, then, to give ‘left dress.' Conversely, in “left front into line,” the command would be “right dress’” because ‘“left front into line” would place the first squad on the right of the new line. Tomorrow’s article will tell how the company is turned on a fixed or a moving pivot. (Copyright, 1917, by The Syndicate, Inc.) Wheeler e notes, shaking the bullding, James Herbert Owen drew himself to his full height and delivered himself of this paragraph which has some military value: *“I come here with two pair of in- side ‘heels in my shoes and you make me take the shoes off. What 'm I goin’ tuh fight in, me bare feet?” Which’is a question that interests many a man under the .prescribed height but who has other require- ments that should prove him valuable timber, for Uncle Sam’s Navy or Army rectly, could fight like a tiger, was probably able, to lick his weight in wild-cats, and now that there was an opportunity to fight he was ready to do so. Papers were set and signed and James Herbert Owen was told to take off his clothing for a physical exami- nation. His teeth were perfect, chest enormous, health remarkable; but he was one inch short in height. He was too.short for the service and the re- cruiting sergeant told him so, just as recruiting sergeants in New Britain have told applicants the same thing. What followed in the case of Owen, however, has probably not been re- produced in New Britain or-any other recriiting station in this vicinity. ‘When James neglected to grow the additional inch required to gain him admission into the Marine Corps Uncle Sam lost some valuable fight- ing ability. For James, upon his re- jection, threw down the gauntlet to the whole TUnited States Marine Corps. He then and there offered to fight any man in the recruiting station or the biggest man in any marine corps in the service. There was no doubt about it, James Herbert Owen was mad. He was mad clear through.. And he didn’t care who kndw it. No siree, even if he was one inch under: height. ; or Marine Corps. In looking over his book of records, G. H, Grimes of 865 Stanley street notes that he has subscribed for the Herald from its first day of publica- tion to the present time. Forty-one years a constant reader of one news- paper is no mean record. We ex- tend congratulations to Mr. Grimes and all those who have faithfully fol- lowed the career of this paper fram its infancy to its prime of life. There are no friends like the old friends, the ones who start out with you and re-' main’ tru& to the trust. Buy a Liberty Bond and help Uncle Sam win another war, FAOTS AND FANCIES. The activity of our artists in draw- ing recruiting cartoons for Uncle Sam is going to take a lot of bathing girls off the magazines covers this summer.—Boston Transcript. For the bhenefit of those about to give way to despair we will say that even should there be forbidden the production of booze made from ce- reals ag considerable amount of ac- tion can be obtained on hard cider.—— Hartford Times. American newspapers knew when the torpedo fleet sailed and how many were in it, They>weresthelx'own | serve labor as much as possible censors. And that beats any autoc- ratic censorship a thousand ways— ‘Waterbury Democrat. Pension applications have begun to come in for the “War of 1917.” It's a case of coming events casting their shadows before. Who can guess what that pension list will figure up when it is completed, or how long it will ‘be in effect?—Brooklyn (N. Y.) Eagle. Home rule question is keeping Eng- land agftated all of the time. Local home rule questions keep the average Connecticut city stirred up also.—— Middletown Penny Press. “Black: Jack” Pershing, as he was familiarily known in his younger days in the army, is the logical man to lead the American troops to France and his selection by President Wilson will meet with united approval— Hartford Post. If many more reports of millions lent by America to the allies reach Mexico, that country will climb onto the band wagon with the nations fighting Germany.—Waterbury Re- publican. When the flotilla of . submarine chasers is constructed the destroyers will probably rejoin the fleet which dépends upon them for scouting in default of fast cruisers.—New Haven Union. Americans can rest assured that they can proudly await news of our troops’ fighting prowess in France, for these regulars—as good fighters as any in the world—are led by one of America’s best—Bridgeport Stan dard. — The hardest superstitution to die, and the one at the fouhdation of all the others, is that a woman’s time and energy have no money value. The most expensive thing in life is human labor. The organization and system. atizing of housework in order to co!:- s the first thing for a modern woman to learn. 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The Cremo Brewing company contended that the sale was an absolutg one and that Miller had a clear title that author- ized him to dispose of the animal.- - George Mackay of 70 Talcott street, injured in a fall from a pole at Dwight and Smalley streets yesterday morning - while engaged in repairing wires, re<:’ mains in a grave condition today af. New Britain General Hospital. 8u geons fear serious injury to his ‘wth a possible fracture of.th Definite diagnowsis ‘outcome will nét be khown fog' Y &