New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 30, 1917, Page 6

] ql.mpdln;. thq Mexiean' éphodel. the M econd Class Mail M u by carriér o any part of the city mu-u a week, 65 cents & wonth. tiony for peper to be sent by mall, in advance, 60 : rtoluhl. & adverlising medium in Circulation books and press | Goa.”* War of 1812, nnd otherl. fo the Span-; ish War, we think: ‘ot /the aays to €ome, and/the fieroes unborn who are yet to lay their lives on the altar of the nation. selves one. question: Why' did these : meén and womerr forwhom we today hold Memorial services do the things, why will others do the things that deserye perpctuation in the hearts and minds of others here and others yet to”come? And we answer in this way: “Théy did so,and they will do 80 ‘because they helieved ad must be- lieve in & country that is'the nearest approach to Christian idealy the Race of Man has ever known, a form of government the nearest human kind has attained toward the perfect,—the Republic of Man and the Kingdom of And having answered that, we find behind it all,-in back of Meémorial Day; the one great embleni, ¢he one great banner, that draws all men, all #omen, and all.children of this Re- public together, the flag of Betsy Ross, ] “The" Star - Spangled '’ Baaner,” . the may’ assuage fhe anguish bereavement ‘and leave the cherished - memory loved and lost, and_the pride that must be yours Aan, “Red, Whits and Biue,* and 8try of Anherica—but after ‘Old: (101y.” ' There we find the story of Memorial Day, the day when Enst and West, North and South, pause to clafp hands and bow heads “The Stars thou«vho helped make this a ‘nation; ‘the Ancrlun men, women and chil- dren' who have gone before,—the pa- triotic dead of ‘America, b s il WORK FOR THE POLICE. Veterans of the Grand- ‘Army - and Other patriotic ornnlntwu, as- | sembled ‘Bunday snight' for their an. nual. divine services; were shocked ‘atf | the recitation. by an eminent clergy- man of & crime Gommitted mm the ‘American ‘ticular family in. their kitchen m y,n the ‘national’] 5| émblem and took - delight in walking upon ;the American “colors. The 'po- @r the flag are laws of Con- who commit a government, = and flag is a crime of € In time of war orities may take’ An insult to the “New Bfifath must not stand 1dly by and ‘fet the American flag suffer in- ‘pol 38t ‘the. respect. it de- hven o euft must He made upon’some | American flag'ihas been heaped with “Jinsult. ‘| @0’ with a city official, One case in particular has to a man who | works for the people of this. com- “the - wonderful- ‘ifttle ‘woman "her boys'to the ‘flag'is no and revered than the in- nurse, the Sister of Charity, who & the troops to the battlefield ‘cared for the wounded, the the dying. . ) ate the things the American § recall on Memorial Day of this "No place where “Old_ Glory” . the bresse but what these mmu. We look back fithe struggle thet rended’ this soil ’fi"i to 189%, four long vears of ‘and turmoil, and we see the George Washingtos. Goling $ihe Deginning, we Mark the 9# the Revolution and the men munity; in fact, it is said this man is a member of the police force. When the residents on ' the ' strest upon which he lives approached this officer with the request that he display the American flag in front of his house along with other residents, he either refused or falled to. do so. At any rate an American flag l:as never graced And then. we ask our- pet for their kitchen “floor. Ba.viu done this the police can then turn ‘their attention within their own hoyise and, if /it contains an ‘unioyal Ameri- .can, they should set it in order.- The citizens of this city do.not want to’ pay their good- American money to men who are not in truth gnod Amer- ican’ citizems. The Bivouac of the Dead. The muffled .drum’s sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on life’s parade shall meet That hrave and fallen few. On famels eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards#ith solemn round, The bivouid of'the dead. No rumor . of the foe’s advance Now swells upon the wind; No troubled thought at ‘'midnight haunts ‘Of loved. ones. left behind; No. vision of the morrow’s strife +'The ‘werrior's dream- alarms; No braying horn, nor screaming fife, At dawn shall ull to arms. Their shivered lwordl are red with :| Rhe his, portals. = Further, when a mneigh- hor sent him a, flag-pole as a dona- tion this man ordered the donor “of the staff to move from premises which ‘unfortunately are owned by the re- calcitrant. American. These charges may and may not.be true. - We have the 'sacred. word ‘of /several substan- tial citizeps that they are true. We have heard no . refutation 'of ' the rumors, They have not been branded as lies. In the event they are true, who gave their $HNAL ] 1np man Who works for the. city gov- might Be born to. Tepresent ydth.rflu.naungtmnco,’ atate. . On Memorisl Day wé American names Jefferson, Johu Adams, Fraokiin ‘We traverse the | :h:-. back; to the day of -and his all’ inspiring m Virginia court- an American’ # ‘Liberty,—Death, ‘gver these inspir- these noble ‘confipe ourselves jon of the pass- thisning -ranks’ of o ernment and who. refuses, under ' the citcunistances,” to place' the American flag in front of his premises should, mind dwell wphn the M‘fllllll\ in, honor, resign from the force. Such a man is fiot @ good citizen if, indeed, he ‘is an American. -No man should be allowed to ig-'| nore, neglect, or disrespect the Amer- ican flag at this time. It is bad enough to have enemy aliens harbor in their hearts. ivicked : ‘thoughts against the country and ‘the which represents it.. To ‘have an American citizen, naturalized or na- tive born, desecrate the American | flag, eitber by thought, word or deed. is intolevable. When the :police de- ; ‘partment gats m. Ats chiet officials’ sheuld hvm l‘oty“!flld‘ be- fofe the Grand Army men ‘on ‘Bun- d-y m and ferret out ths. h-u; flag:| Their plumed heads are bowed; Their haughty banner, trailed in dust, Is now their martial shrowd. And' plenteous | funeral tears luve washed {The réd stains from each brow, And the proud forms, by battle gashed, Are free. trom anguish now. mlshlng troop, the flashing blade, The bugle's stirring biast, The charge; the dreadful-cannonade, The din and shout are past; No war's Wild note nor glory’s peal Shall mlu ‘with flerce ‘delight Those breasts that never more feel T - The rapture of the fight. 3E Like the flerce northern hurricane That sweeps his great platenu, Flushed with the triumph yet to sun, Came down the sérrie. foe. ‘Who' l,\urd the thunder of the my Break o’er the flajd beneath, Knew: well the watchword of that day W-a ‘Vlewry or: death.” Lou h-d the doubtful conflict raged O'er all.that stricken plain, * For fiever-flercer fight had waged The vengeful blood of Spain; . And still the storm of battle blew, 8till swelled the gory tide; Not long, our stout oid chieftain knew, Such odds his lh‘ntfil ‘ould bide. " ‘T'was in that hour his mrn command Called to a martyr’s grave 3 ‘The flower of his beloved land, £ / The natlon’s flag to save. By rivers of ‘their father's’ go:\ His first-born laurels grew, And mll h. dumd ‘the sons would -nmr llvu ftor glnry too. Pull many n\ norther’s breath has swept O'er Angostura’s plain— And long the pitying sky has wept Above the mouldering slain. 'The raven’'s scream, or eagle’s m‘ht,: um or* !h‘bfielfl'l pensive lay, Alone awakel: each- sullen height T'Ilt mfi.d oer thl.t dread fray, Sons of uu Dark. ud Bloody Gronnd . 'Ye must not,slumber thers, . ‘Where. stranger steps and tongues re- sound Along the heedless.air; Your own proud land’s heroic soil Shall be vour fitter grave; She claims from war his richest spoil— The ashes of her brave, S0, 'neath their parent turf they rest, Far from the gory field, Borne to a Spartan mother’s breast, On many a bloody shield; The sunshine of their native sky Smiles sadly on them here, And kindred eyes and hearts watch by 'mm heroes® sepulchre. Rast on, embalmed and -.lnted dead, r as the bleod ye gave; No \mp\ous footstep here shall tread The herbage of your grave; Nor. shall _your glory be forgot ‘While Fame her record. keeps, Or Honor points the hallowed spot ‘Where Valor, proudly sleeps. Yon marble minstrel's voiceless stong, In deathless song shall tell, ‘When many a vanished age hath flown, The story how ye fell; Nor wreck, nor change, nor winter's / blight, Nor Time's remorseless doom, Shall' dim e ray of glory's light That gilds your deathless tomb. —THEODORE O’HARA. FACTS AND FANCIES. ‘We used to admire the ruins of Eu- rope: now we deplore them.—Phila- delphia Public Ledger. ‘ Prussianism is one disease that the world has united to wipe out.—Gal- veston News. It takes two to make a . quarrel, but only one to keep on talking.— Albany Journal. The German Crown - Prince may find himseif’ a nominal Prince with- out a crown in lllht—--Mbnny Jour- nal. Have you noticed the man in uni- form $s the first to arise in a crowded car? He's a soldier and a nnuemu —Portland Oregonian. Addington Bruce: “The child say- eth nothing but what he heard at the fireside.” Yes and the little rascal inevitably blurts it out at the table when ¢ompany is present.—Houston Post. We . Boosting throush the selling. of 10,- } 000,000 bushels of wheat by a man who hasn’t got it to a man who can't pay for' it—Cleveland Leader. The 225,000 or 250,000 men um Wdlt’- army will- be acceptable, ot course, in the regulars, if they SELF HE Fthat omctal by ; aOON TO BE. CALLED INTO FIELD . i mmwmmmm&nvmwm uumenpm n ‘America’s stm EXTENDED ORDER. The purpose of the close order drill through which we have ‘just been put | with the company is three-fold. . In the first place, it confers the benefits cited at the beginning of this series, namely, discipline and uniformity of movement, In the second place, by pleasing thé eye with the movements, it not only teaches with concrete ex- ample the fundamentals of military precision, but contributes an import- ant moral élement knowm as espirit de corps. A company which is in-height of drilling or marching together has a Vastly better spirit than one which, however, well-trained as individuals, has been bled but asshort time. The third efit is.a practical or me- chanical expression of the second. ‘This is *“Teamwor £ Teamwork is 80 important\to troops in combat that the Infant: Drill ; Regulations select this athletic term in | Drolgrmo' to, the “whole - mmhr.vl to ‘explain action, Teamwork l- indispensable, and teamwork can only be learned, to begin with, in close order, just as _teamwork with a football squad “can be properly leearned only by signal practice, But Wwell developed teamwork is the more Indispensable. with deployed = units because the comparatively. wide fronts ingrease the difficulties of control. :| This brings uk to the consideration -of extended order. Because of the increased dificulties | 6f control, mon-commissioned officers' are given htltude in the execution of ; extended order work. We have al- ready seen, in the article devated ‘to the corporal, how that individual's !| importance increased the moment the aqoad ‘was deployed in line of skir- L mishers. The success of the whoh. in care to vfluntnt ~4yruuu Po.t Standard. g soldiers on_ the -east- ern front are beginning .to suspect the pouon tvy.—~Kansas . City’ Hungarian gypsies have ‘" fled Spain to escape war services. Which ‘probably won't' do - Hungary much barm—but how doefp Spain Hke it.?— Clmund Pl.um Dealer. Iuly thunn for the legislation that per & N per ‘to print ‘a..pic- ture of the flag - without _becoming :I:;Nhy e lawbreaker..—Boston H People are becoming crazy about planting. 'A farm publication urges its readers to ‘“plant every acre, no | matter. how m-u"—-cmmo “Trib- % 8 In these tlmu of war and. hunger what has become of the scientist who could put.the neurl-hmnnt of a pound of beet stéak in a capsule?—Florida r.all,’ it i{s Russia’s own busi- ness if she wants no indemnities and no annexation as a result of. War. If she can fight better under' these conditions, well and good.—Toronto Mail and Empire. The Gerlan chancellor n.yu “Even today I see'no advance for peace on the part of England and France’— a scintillating remark, which, in fts| negative results, is another vh:'tc;§;v for German research.—Dallas News. COMMUNICATED. A CRIME. Desecration of the Flag Should Be Punished No Where Act Is tted. New Britain, Conn., May 29, 1917. To the Editor of the Herald: I was somewhat surprised and shocked to. read in Monday night's Herald the account of the person who ‘was desecrating the American flag and who could not be brought to account for it, because he was doing it inside his house. Perhaps the police au- thorities were right—they should know what they can and cannot do— but it seems to me and to others to whom I have spoken that it is a sad state of affajrs and one that. would not be tolerated in every locality. We have always thought that desecration of the flag at any time is a erime, but now, when we are &t war ‘with a foreign counfry, it seems that every effort should be used to prevent sich action- 4 If we are right and it is'a crime to trample upon the flag, then.it would seem that one may do just as he pleases, so long as he conflnes his activities to the interifor of his home. Gambling, prgstitution, forgery, rob- bery or even murder may be com- imitted with inpunity under the shel- ter of one’s own roof. If we are! wrong, then it is my belief that it is about time to make it a crime in day- light or dark, inside or outside the house, in private or public to per- form such treasonable acts as the one described. in the Heuld of Monday night. Yours re-ptcmmy. “CITIZEN.” COAL COLLIERS IDLE. l Hasleton, Pa., May 30.—Efforts of | the coal companies in the Hazleton in order to Keep production at a max- | imum on aceount of war proved futile. Only'two colliers of the Lehigh Valley. Coal company started and ‘they sus- pended at neon. Two-of the four breakers of the Markle Coal company | ideal. bflct. in the word of the regulations, “depends largely upon how well each: ‘subordinate co-ordinates" his work with the general plan.” In further illumination of this state- ment, officers and men are instructed that “it is far better to do any intelli- gent thing consistent with the aggres- sive execution of the . general plad than to search hesitatingly for ‘the This is the true rule of con- duct for subordinates who are .re- tq,lw to lct upon their own initia- Ve But subordln-us are immediately warned that independence must not become license. The subordinate of- ficer should at all times have the gen- eral plan of action in mind and cause his own adts to conform thereto: The test 18 for him to‘'ask himself whether he is reasonably sure that hissuperior in the given circumstances would is Sue-the identical order. If the he recelves 1s obyiously based upen Incorrect view of the situation, igdm= possible of execution, or has become impracticable because. -0f:s changes which have occurred;since its. pro= Tpulgation, the subordinate i com- pelled to use his own judgemeist and take the responsibility upon ‘himself, if he is unable first to commiunicate the situation to his superiors. These instructions are direted to officers primarily but they tively true of the responsibility ‘which devolves ‘upon the squad or ~platoon leader; and for this reason have their places in the consideration of the company when deployed in line ' of skirmishers. .Tomorrow’s article will fludlbe the "company in line of skirmishers. (Copyright, 1917, by The ‘Wheeler _Syndicate, Inc.) ~ fflflfiflfllll]l.llfl 3. A e Bach Bligile Man Mt Riport " i His Own Ward — New Britain’s general registration committee, in charge of the niilitary cehsus of June 5 has completed ‘all ar- raugements for emrolling all - males between' the ages of twenty-one and thirty-one years and in each of the six city wards'a special registration place has been selected. It must be remembered by those who will reg- ister that' everyone must register in ward in which ‘he resides: This rule is mandatory. . The: general commit- tee, composed of Mayor G. A. Quig- ley, Dr. T. E. Reeks, Dr. D. W. O’Con- nell, Stephen. Robb, Albert F. Corbin, James J. Watson and John W. Alle: has selected the follo places registration, ‘which will be open' on Jine § from 7 a. m.3t0 9 p. m. First ward, Richard M. Healey's au- tomobile salesroom &% 168 Arch street, in.Bardeck’s block. Second Ward, Burritt Mission hufld- ing, Cherry street, between -Whiting and Liluc streets.. Third ward, second floor of City hall. Fourth ward, Herald butiding, Church street. Fitth ward, Dobson’s block, corner Broad and Washington streets. Sixth ward, Swarskey's block, cor- ner North and Willow streets. Remember These Seven Things. In regard to tite registration, there are seven vital points that must be remembered. As summarized by the war dopl-l't— ment thy are: 1—There is only ONE duv for tes- istration, June 5, 1617. 2—Every male resident - of the United States who has reached his twenty-first and has not reached his | thirty-first birthday MUST register on the day set, June 5, 1917. The only exceptions are persons in the militapy or/'naval ‘service of the United. States, which includes all officers and enlist. ed men of the regular army, the reg- ular army‘reserve, the Officers’ Re- serve corps, the Enlisted: Reserve corps, the National Guard and: Nation- al reserve, reeognl,hed “by, ‘the militia bureau of the war depattment' the. navy, the.igarine. ¢orps,’. ‘the Coast Guard and the Naval: Militla, thesNa- draft. No matter vrlut ‘Just claim you have for exemption you must. regis- ter. 5 4—Registration is.a public DUTY. For those not responsive to the-sense of this duty, the pehtlty of imprison- ment, not fines, ll vrovidad in the draft act. $—Those ‘who, thwugh * sickness shall be unableé to :‘register should cause a represéntativesto aphly to: the county ar. ‘elerk’ for & copy’ of the ‘clerk W gtve be ‘majled by the sick” u:on‘ or de- tivered by his agent to: the re of his home district.. The sick person will enclose & sbif-addtéssed stamped envelope' for the reiurn te him of hlu registration certificate. 6—Any person wHo expects to be absent from his, voting . precinct - on registration day, should ‘spply as soon have had enough. of price | district to operate their mines. today | as practicable for a registration card to the county eclerk of the county where he may be stopping, or if he is in a city of over thirty thousand to the eity clerk. The clerk will record the -answers on the card and turn it over to the absentee. The abséntee should ‘worked. “Practically all of the other | mail this card to the registrar of his colligtien were idle Jhome district so. that' it-will reach !if he has any possible. Bhould be enclosed with i card 4o ensure the return to the- mfl, a registration certificate. il B 9 7—Registration booths a from 7 & m. to’ mn.,flm tion day, June 5,917, o5 /. How o Register on June- l. x 2 - On Juns 5, dupi licity given the p?o; there wlll ht numerous instances where do not understand just what flo ln order to register. A few carefully prepared questions to answers pro- pounded by a mythical Samuel L. Brown have been prepared by the | war department for the ' general guidance .of those about to register. . They. follow: The first thing which young Browt will, be asked to .do, is to state his | name in tnll and hbm in years. ‘This that Brown is to give in full has first,, middle and last name. When 1t cmds to the giving of his age, young Brown will give. it in years, ' months, - weeks and days. i his last birthday, he was "'!ntv-mur years of age, the ; enter ‘‘twenty-four card. Young will asked to give his -damme must- give it in ‘flnll 80 that there can, be. no "possible. He should give the street, its number,, village, or city, and the | county ana ‘state in whichihe lh-. ‘While the age is to :Qi only, Brown will be to lin his | birthday, the day of -the month u\d the year in which he first.ssw light. It would be well for yousg: Brm;n. for rm himselt “regis- doubt in the matter, to dition in lite is, citisenship. If'he is' inquiry should not go should inform himself status in case he were : forelgn country. It out: d- ‘in e#sen- L Of course there will be many young Browns in the United Statés who are native to the soil and who have not taken out their naturall n papers, and whose parents pe! -ull are alien. In ‘cases lke thi in- quiry will be made’ by zfi.w to determine just ‘wi B status. is under the lawa gove ‘relating .to ‘sliens. Young, Brown will bs. his. present trade, in & machine shop, a tory, or other indust + If it should be thuf &own u officer of the state or he should so e, It = llnm asked if he has a IWEN wife or child. under twbive pedrs: age, or a sister or brother m same age solely dapenwt n'bn for support. ‘When the iyoung | s’ married or sin concern itself wi attion. married now * No youns man, inclusive, Samuel Brown or any \of his fellows, is exempt from the duty of registration uniesw.hie is serving in the United l"l’ or navy, or in that part of { ‘Mva ‘corps in active ennection with this mili- ; young Brown will ‘ "NI‘ has had sny k‘;{‘ of military ‘whatsoever. e must be specific “in - answering these uestions. : “Do you elalm exemption from draft?” TS guestion will be asked “yon"m Itheny'y::‘.ll‘ie reasons. briefly, n must tlvwk o by i Dhis nnn claim' of ewemption. b;sve ample opportunity to dater. The a n s give the government sta- on. It should be un- all young men that they {are not exempt from registration be- cause they happen. to belong ta some class from among which exemption may be made.' Registration is one thing, and. exemption is another. All ' men between the ages fixed in the law "must register, with the few exceptions ymed above. m‘l‘hm is nothing formidable to con- nt Samuel L. Brown: on ttlr:n day. The questions are simple and'the answers are easy. Frankness and directness are -all that are 're- quired of young Brown or any of his fellows on June 5th between:the hours of 7a.m, and 9'p. m. London, May 30.—A Viénna dis- patch forwarded from Amsterdam ‘by. Exchange Telegraph says that at th ‘annual meeting yesterday of the:Aus- trian ‘Lloyd Shipping company it was stated that the company’s I 1916 were more than fl.“‘l 000 kronen. This figsure already has exceeded in the present year. m directors believe the company’s ships with the leading German linés has' been attempted but without ' succens | thus far. _ | Washington, May 30. —-Seek(ng mar- kets in the Far East for Pacific Coast fruft, the department of agriculture BT 'Edlcltd N and Women | ga More Service to Washington, May . 30.—An anpeal to pupils to remain in ‘fachool next fall as a patriotic hus been issued by Dr. P, P. United States. commimsioner of tion. Dr. Claxton points out there are in the high schools of United States this -year miore one and .one-half miilions of boys girls, and soméwhat' more. than | Oooo!thu’ and next. /In an ordinary year or more fo these would next fail ¢ ‘college, normal school or muumfim viee: to , state snd ‘nation oan be have received educstion beyond’ ‘which the high schools can give sys ‘“‘many, - college presidents ‘athers fear that on account trance into the war few will enter college next ithe. total college :Mu- very mail. :The number o ever, to bé mueh larger thn “The more mature young men ASN the mor eserviceable they are in til Of one per cent. More than hall thése live in cities and cannot be ployed in agrciuityral production cept as a few of them find work m.um-dnfln'mnm to collégs will not lower dq capacity of the country as wholthmyt{mhm colleges, normal echools, and cal schools’ whit a1F ' be speil “‘With diminished wluumlnmnmmwu will cail for' large numbers. of. m of the same kind. ‘n:lfw i plants, shipyards, our; L abroad will’ ‘oall for ucmy num be made nmulmbmm training as have utvqr: e to any country. - Thers will be & a¢\ need for a_much higher ayersge:; general intelligence . for - 4 thin has been The world will have to /be: . MA-.H&I ecll-'c -pad vcmmnlqytmnlm ' we must feed ouir’ own lnamnbv. ulation and-a large part of popu. latign of western and hso ‘Burops: ‘We must readjust our ustrial ‘and ' ndummm-mwm ‘We must extend our foreign cowm- merce. ‘We must increase o duction ‘to pey ‘dur large nr‘n mwmntumw the general welfare which have sun but ‘many-of which with. be:¥ 3 tarded as the war continues. - China: and Bussla with their new democea- cles. and . their: new developMents which will come as’'a result will % and ask our help in many land, France, Italy, and powers will all be geing process of ' re should be ready to give ously every possible Help. leges and universities are now professors are fighting and dying in = the trenches, or are already d-d.{u - are many of thefr older scientific literary men, artists, and others whoss . work i8 necessary for the enlargément" of the cultural and spiritual ‘life and, M all tm makea for higher civili- . For many. years after the “ some of these countries - will - Mxmfl' to: support their col- - and’ Wl myst come ready -to ties and world which . X of the-old world which is:now way in the d of.the War. what ‘extent and has ordered a representative to.China, | able to do this wil