New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 6, 1917, Page 6

v NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1917. tain Herald. LD PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprietors. &afly (unday excepted) at 4:15 p. m., st Herald Buflding, 67 Church St at tie Post Ofce at New Britain Becond Class Mail Matter. he ity carrler to any part of ¢! 16 cents a week. 65 cents a month. D aper to be sent by mail, - ye e a by only profitable advertlsing medium in the ’en‘;_ Circulation books and press room alwavs open to Wdvertisors. Herald' will be found on sale at Hota- lings Nevs Stand, 42nd St. and Broad- way, New York Cit! Ase lantic City. and Hartford Depot. TELEPHONE CALLS. Office al Rooms Noble and Patriotic. | We are convinced that the fu- freedom and security of our ountry depend upon the defeat German military power in ths present war. Wl urge the most vigorous possible prosecution of the war th all the strength of men and terials and money which the jountry can supply. ‘'We stand for thé speedy de- tch of the American Army, owever raised, to the battle- front in Europe, where the med enemies of our country n be found and fought and ere our own territory can he defended. ‘We condemn all attempts in Bongress and out of it to hinder 4 embarass the Government of United States in carrying on ‘war with vigor and effective- Under whatever cover of fism or technicallty such at- imps are made, we deem them B(be In spirit pro-German and in ffect giving ald and comfort to enemy. —AMERICAN BAR ASS'N. NO TIME FOR TREASON. t the opening session of the lerican Bar Association at Sara- N. Y, yesterday, the aforegoing ’-""fi were adopted. They rep- nsus of opinion among . in lawyers throughout '8 . A® for the pacifists, the ¥on of this great association of ers is that “Pacifism has no case 1L In this instance the American Bar oclation should be appointed insel for the entire patriotic side America. The resolutions drawn and whipped into shape by the 1l lights of this association should dissemminated throughout the gth and breadth of the land. They a reminder that patriotism is not that love of country is still e. t is time the American people let lbe known that they are tired of Germanism in whatever form, nder whatever cover of pacifism or hnicality’” disloyalty parades it buld be promptly and flatly crushed der the foot of patriotism. This no time to allow aid and comfort the enemy. This is no time for son. PERSEVERANCE. jif the war has taught us nothing e, it has demonstrated the value perseverance. In the old copy book school there was a line that read rseverance brings success” and in other instance in the world’'s his- y has the truth of this saying been pught home so strongly as in the esent war. [From the very beginning of the r perseverance, supported by de- mination born of justice, has been victor, and will be the victor. en Kaiser Wilhelm's trained rlans overran little Belgium, it was bar- ly perseverance on the part of that | that held back Prussian employed then known to put-hearted country fe invader. The fe sreatest artillery ankind in an effort to blast his way rough what appeared to be an Im- tent people. Perseverance by the plgians, whose herolsm was the itstanding feature of the early part the war, cheated the Prussian of prey. France was enabled to mo- lize a semblance of an army and en the Kaiser finally succeeded in ashing through the barrie und himself facing rank after rank patriots, not prepared for the ti- nic task before them but determined persevere. In the dark September, P14, perseverance, and perseverance ione, checked the Hun tide swiftly Ipproaching to engulf Paris. Joffre's nd on the' Marne, the halt of Von luck’s host, the beginning of the t back to the border of the he days of i 2 o Fatherland—all were due to perse- verance on the part of the French. French blood and flesh, crushed under the juggernaut, blocked the pathway and the Kaiser his first real was given bitter taste of disappointment. The day was won by perseverance. Again at Verdun, it was persever- ance—the kind that from the soul—that administered another crushing blow to the self-appointed Overlord of ‘the Earth. oot by foot the Irench ground, odds. their were blown into the air or wrested by the enemy. This was to be the oc- casion “bleeding for bringing La Belle knees in supplication. sian never springs we forced to battling against overwhelming One give, by one France white,” France to her But the Prus- did understand the psy- chology of Democracy. Blinded by greed and did not understand that powder and steel are naught against perseverance. Back and forth the battle line swayed. Po- sitions hand$ the French struggling their beloved soil Prussianism. for selfishness, he changed hourly, manfully to from inally, was the taint of the deed was done; accomplished. Verdun French hands The gateway to Paris was closed. For the Kaiser drank deeply of the bitter dregs ol defeat. Perseverance won. the aim’ remained in the second time Across the channel a recent convert to the spirit of democracy was pre- paring to test its shafts with an un- tried army. Again the Prussian failed in his interpretation of phychology. England's soldiers were scoffingly re- ferred to by appelations which, to the disciples of autocracy, apparently de- scribed well the object of their witticlsm. But when England went ‘“over the top” at the Somme, the Prussian forgot to scoff. became serfous—and 1t has remained serious ever since. in entering the fray. Indeed, seemed to be a hopeless task to at- tempt to construct of raw material an army capable of crossing swords with such an accomplished trained foeman. But with character- istic energy, those In authority set about to build their war machine. The Somme was the first fruit of per- severence. There have been others since then, but that was the sweetest. and well- It gave England the necessary con- fidence to attempt greater tasks. i The British military machine was only | a child in those days. For many months it was capable only of creep- | ing. At the Somme it aspired to take | its first step—and perseverance won | again. America should not overlook the | mora] taught by the experience of her | Allies on the other side of the Atlantic. | Our military machine is far from per- fect. In fact it is not on a par with that British expedition that plunged into the holocaust because Belgium, the innocent, had been raped. But | we can win. We will win. For years | America has been growing soft and fat. The pursuit of the dollar and Its comparatively easy capture has made | us callous to things spiritual. That can be overcome by perseverence, the kind that falters not under the heavi- est blows, the kind tnat made the United States of America possible, the | kind that preventea 1ts dissolution vears afterward, the kind that will bring us through the present conflict unsullied, unashamead, glorified. Perseverance brings success. A DUAL ANNIVERSARY. defenses | save | His mien | England was late | 1t | | to | Paramount.” | to claim exemption. FACTS AND FANCIES. The sole issue now with the kaiser is to hold his job.—Greenwich News and Graphic. What some of the anti-American orators seem to need is more soap and fewer soap boxes.—Norwich Record. “truculence and needed for York A government of treachery”—no more is poses of identification.—New ‘World. It does not always reform a man to get married, but it usually makes | him more cautious—New Haven Tnion. | Kcrensky appears to be laboring | under the impression that the first | duty of a dictator is to dictate.—Bos- ton Transeript. That colored regiment which seems so anxious for trouble should be | transported to France immediately. —Detroit Free Press. If Long Island golf clubs are re- fused liquor licenses can the gameé flourish under the enforced conditions | of drought?—New York orld. Being exhorted to practice marks- manship, the boys are gaining much skill knocking off fruit from _thelr neighbors’ trees.—Paterson Press- Guardjan. In their efforts to put a stop to the little war in Europe the pacifists seem to have started a bigger war between Kalser Bill Thompson and Gov. Low- den.—Springfield Union. | The next liberty bond issue is said | to be set for October. People with | their gasoline and summer vacation { bills ipaid, will please take notice.— | Berkshire Eagl | i Farmers are demanding that farm- hands be cxempted from the draft. Why not permit the farmhands a lit- | tle pleasure? Going to war will be | the first soft snap they ever had.— Capper's Weekly. German newspapers are simply horrified at the usurpation of dicta- torial powers by Kerensky. These are times when poor Kerensky must wish that he was really a dictator in- | stead of merely being called one.— ! Springfleld Republican. | | | Next year will mark the silver ju- | bilee of the introduction of moving | plctures. Nothing in the world’s his- | tory has happened to so stimulate the | early serving of the evening meal.— vancouver Sun. One's heart-felt sympathy goes out the poverty-stricken moving plc- ture players. Note this item:i— “Alice Brady leaves her papa’s com- pany to get $1,750 more a week with Note that coy word “more".—Springfield Daily News. The man who is a “good American but—" is not a good American of any kind. He may be a loyal devotes of the kaiser, or a good hater of Eng- land, or a good guardian af his own precious hide, but he is distinctly not a good American.—Bridgeport Tel- egram. Exemption chatter: “T think Smith has a horrible nerve Now, it was dif- ferent in my case.” . “1 feel awfully sorry for Jones. I lke his wife. But I'm glad about Brown. 1 hate his wife."—Spring- fleld Dally News. The Music-Makers. We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams; World-losers and world-forsaker: On whom the pale moon gleams; Yet we are the movers and shakers Of the world forever, it seems. of With wondrful, deathless dittles We build up the world's great cities, And out a fabulous story We fashion an empire’s glory; In various cities throughout the country today is being observed as the birthday of the great French soldier patriot Lafayette. It is also the anniversary of the battle the and, as such, a double meaning for Americans. It was the youthful Mar- quis who helped their independence. It was the battle of the Marne that was the pivot which swung the German hordes in the direction of ultimate defeat. Had and of has Marne, Americans gain ambition the United States of Amer- | ica, at that time totally unprepared / prey. His paid agents and destroyers munition factories and bridges were already operating here. the the an- at the same time, we have much to reflect upon would have been e; of In honoring of Layfayette, niversary that comes memory and As would the far as time is oconterned, take about three minutes, to fill a the name and age and address of a New Britain boy with the colors. To return the blank would a two-cent or a streets. 3 gt outside, out require little In either case pended and the cost are They are not to be stamp the ci labor e negligible, sidered; but | membered: over the con- Unless every person in- terested does his or her part in help- roll there may be a name omitted. Rather than have one name left off the list it were better that the data be not compiled. Now is the time to perform this service. the War Lord ever attained his first | blank with | journey | this much must be re- ing to complete New Britain's honor One man with a dream, at pleasure, | Shall go forth and conquer a crown, i And three with a new song’s measure | Can trample an empire down. i We, in the ages lying | " In the buried past of the earth, | Built Nineveth with our sighing, | Ana Babel itself with our mirth; | And o'erthrew them with prophesying To the old of the new world's worth; | For each age 15 a dream that is dy- ] ing, Or onec that is coming to birth. i —ARTHUR O'SHAUGHNESSY. The Idttle Oyster Crab. (Christian Herald). | The captain of a foreign ship, in | port at Baltimore, at an enterfain- ment given by friends was)delighted with the oysters which were on the Just before the ship salled friends sent to it several bar- < of these oysters as a present to captain. When he made the {rip back to this country his friends \sked him how he liked the oysters. | He said: “Don’t you know, we had to throw nearly all of them over- board. They were no good. Prac- tically every one of them had a live | insect on the inside, and, knowing | they were not fit to eat we let the | whole lot go to Davy Jones” In- | vestigation showed that the insect was the little oyster crab, which s a great ! delicacy, preferred by many to the | ovster themselves, and which the epicure knows as a sure guarantee of | th quality of the bivalve. It was a good joke on those sending and the ! one receiving the present, at which ‘ neither side laughed very much. Not in Parched Throat Brigade. (Knoxville Journal and Tribune.) When the prohibition amendment to the national constitution has been adopted, will the senator from Texas be known as “the good Shepherd.?” NEW BOOKS AT THE INSTITUTE | France of Joan of Arc, by Andrew .« v Ireland’s Literary Renaissance, by E. A. Boyd. v Mastery of Nervousness, Based Upon Self-Eraducation by R .S. Carroll, | M. D. C. P. Haggard. i | | i .o ox Nurse at the War, in Belgium McDougall. e Our Philadelphia, by Elizabeth Rob- ins, Pennel, “An intimate personal record in text and in picture of the lives of the famous author and ertist in a city | with a brilliant history, great beauty, immense wealth, with an exclusive soclety elsewhere unparalleled in America, called “slow” because it has the quiet strength to be profound- | ly indifferent to what anyone thipks of it.” g A » Nursing Adventures ! and France, by G. LR Poems, by Ralph Hodgson. A poet worth knowing. e Poetic Year for 1916, by W. Braithwaite. " e Quiet Corner in a Library, by Wm. Henry Hudson. “Two Willlam Henry Hudson’s are a bit confusing. This is the Shakespearean scholar. ... S. B. by hievements, by A. Neil Lyons. .. Russian koff. “It deals with matter before the author’s time and ends with the year of his birth. . . The whole scene, in which a multitude of characters ap- pear is entirely dominated and per- meated by the tremendous personality Gentleman, by Serge Aksa- ' of Aksakoff’s grandfather, Stepan Mi- ' . Stephan Mihailovitch ' hailovitch. . . is more like a Homeric hero than a man of modern times"—Book Review Digest. “Half-imaginary memoirs is the' best description we could give of this ' book. -As for its merit, it is simply this, that every page of it is inter- esting with a qulet but intense terest.”—Times (London.) .. Russian Realities and Problems, Paul Milyoukov, and others. e Russian Revoution; by I. D. Levine. “The author is foreign news editor of the New York Tribune. The causes | which led to the disintegration of the Russian autocracy, the reaction- | ary efforts of the ‘dark forces’. . . are | shown in clear and convincing fash- | ion. The last four chapters describe the revolution itself. Very interest- ing and compact.”—A. L. A. Booklist. « o Single Tax Year Book, by . in- | by D. Miller. ! | cent books on the art of war. Robert Blatchford, the Sketch of a| Personality, An Estimate of Ac- | | condition. ‘1y lead up to state prison shriek from | the pages of t work, ! joy rides and frolics Woman’s Effort, a chronicle of Brit- ish Women's Fifty Years' Strug- ' gle for Citizenship, by A. F. Met- | calfe. .o Fiction. Amarilly in Love, by B. K. Maniates. | PR Broken Gate, by Emerson Hough. ! . e ow . Film of Fear, by Arnold Fredericks. “A movie detective story.” P In the Night, by R. C. Barnes. “A detective story written during recovery by a wounded British sol- | dier.” “An interesting story, carefuly worker out with a pleasant back- ground of English country life.”—N. | Times. by B. M. the page. Lookout Man, Bower. Review on .. Sunny Slopes, by Ethel Hueston. “More chronicles of Prudence of the Parsonage.” e The library has a collection of re- | Young | men who expect war service will find them of value. “The junior Plat burg manua “The and “The Field Handbook’ are the latest additions. P Library War Service. Bulletin No. 3. 190 volumes have been sent on the first stage of their journey to the | camps. * All were suitable and in good | The periodicals are await- | ing orders from headquarters as to their destination. . “The Lookout Man" (Little, Brown & Co.) by B. M. Bower $1.35. Those little devils of alcohol which we are taught while young will sap our minds and strength and eventual- B. M. Bower's latest “The Lookout Man After a few paragraphs the reader imagines he has suddenly fallen in for a tem- perance lecture. That would not be | ! so distressing if the picture were true to life but it is apparent that the | author received his impressions of with Bacchus at the Wednesday from debates ! morning League to Correct the Morals of Young Men, if there is such organization. Wealth is not always with education, or vice versa, but it is unusual for|the scion of a noble family to use such slang as that which Mr. Bower's hero utters from cover to cover. The book appears to have been written while the author was running for the last train and his word pictures are poorly drawn. It properly comes under the heading of “light fiction.” an associated American Efficiency. (Metal Worker, Plumber and Steam Fitter.) German efficlency has been held up as a degree of excellence unattain- able by a democracy. The accom- plishments of the United States since April 6 last refute the truth of the claim. In the short space of time since that day the United States has accomplished the following: Declared a state of war as exist- ing between this country and Ger- ! many. Seized 91 German ships and began repair work on them. Authorized unanimously a war fund of $7,000,000,000. Appropriated $600,000,000 for mer- chant shipping and as much for air fleets. Agreed to loan our allles 000,000, and advanced them proportion of that sum. Passed a selective draft law, and ! in a single day reglistered nearly ten million men for military service. Enlisted 600,000 volunteer soldiers in the regular army and in the Na- | tional Guard of the states. Senf a commisslon to Russia to ald democracy there and a body of raflroad men to Russia and another to France to advice and assist in rajlroad transportation in those coun- tries. Begun the construction of 32 camps for our soldiers. Sent to England a fleet of destroy- ers and 'to France a detachment of troops. Authorized and now enforcing em- bargo, whereby our enemies will re- | ceive no more food or material from us. Passed a food conservation law. Organized many voluntary commis- sions and boards who are aiding the government and the people in the speeding up of work, conservation of food, and other national movements. Drafted by lot 687,000 men for military service. While the government was accom- plishing these things the American people have loaned the United States $2,000,000,000 and ' offered $1,000,- 000,000 more, over four million citi- zens subscribing to the loan. In addition, they have given over $100,000,000 to the American Red | Cross and $3,000,000 to the Young Men's Christlan Association. All these things were accomplished while our soflswas not invaded, or even threatened with invasion, and without any disturbance of business conditions. All was done with the $8,000,- a large | | tion. | of | proposes to try to correct defects by calm determination and judgment of an earnest, patriotic people perform- ing a service for civilization and mankind, and maintaining the rights, the dignity, and the honor of the greatest nation in the ‘world. The German leaders derided Amer- jca’s entry into the tar as a bluff. | This is our answer. The German imperial government was nearly fifty yvears in perfectitng lits military efficiency. In less than four months the American republic has made such strides as to indicate that in less than two years' time the boasted superiority of German efM- | cienry will have been discredited. There is such a thing as American ef- fictency, and time will prove that | that we German efficiency cannot withstand it, fighting as it is for liberty, justice and humanity. Wise New Britain. (Hartford Post.) New Britain is learning its lesson and is entitled to credit for its prompt- ness in makiing use of what it has learned. The selection of the na- tional army had demonstrated that as a race we are in poor physical condi- Too many of our young men cannot stand upright, do not know how to breathe and are generally carriage which should be theirs. Uni- versal military training, it is known, would do away with much of this evil and give us a race of upstanding, straight young men, who would be morally better, in the broad sense of the term, because they would ba physically better. But New Britain doesn’t intend to wait for the adoption of a system universal training. New Britain preventiing them. It is announced that more attention will be pald to physical training in schools, particu- larly in the lower grades, so that when the boys and girls attain man- hood and womanhood they will be physically fit. An extra physical in- | structor will be engaged and care of the bodies of boys and girls will be treated as equal in importance with development of their minds. This is a sound common sense bus- iness Policy and worthy of adoption | by every town and city in the state. We talk of men being straight as an Indian, forgetting that there Is no goad reason why the Indian should have » monopoly on straightness. spoiling Old Friendships. So far as men are concerned, the warmers friendship 1is that which oxists between two fellows whose wives have never met. A friend that we have known and liked for years has drifted away from us, and we sup- | vose he feels that we have drifted | away from him. ™We liked each other so well that we wanted our wives to meet and he good friends. Finally they met, and, as might have heen expected, they cared nothing in the world for each sther. In fact, one of them said she couldn’'t see what on earth anybody could find in her to ad- mire, and -ve suppose the other said about the same thing. We felt ‘hat our friend knew what our wife thought of his -vife, ind we were a little ashamed to “e in his tompany. Probably he felt the -ame. At any rate, we haven't had much of any- thing to do with each other since. We speak, but no one would »ver guess | nce were bosom friends.— Claude Callan in Fort Worth Star- Telegram. “Vhat He Was Bound For. (Washington Star). ‘Do you think vour boy Josh is go- | ing to remember the advice you gave | him when he left home for ‘.hei army?"” “Not this trip,” .eplied ¥armer | Corntossel. "By sheer force of habit his mother told him to he sure ~and keep out of trouble.” i squad ! once any directions that may be given . learned during your previous drilling. | you are a member of a big team 1nd | Another HOME READING COURSE FOR CITIZEN SOLDIERS Thirty daily lessons offered to men selected for service in Na- tional Army as practical help in getting started in-the right way. .No attempt. is made to give binding rules or directions, the course be- ing informal in tone. These lessons are issued by the War Depart- ment which reserves right to reprint. LESSON NO. 21. Extended-Order Drill. (Preceding lessons: 1. Your Post of Honor. 2. Making Good as a Sol- dier. 3. Nine Soldierly Qualities. 4. Getting Ready for Camp. 6. First Days in Camp. 6. Cleanliness in | Camp. 7. Your Health. 8. March- ing and Care of Feet. 9. Your Bquipment and Arms. 10. Recrea- tion in Camp. 11. Playing the Game. 12. Teamwork in the Army. 13. Grouping Men Into Teams. 14, The Team Leaders. 15. Fighting Arms of the Service. 16 Staff Branches of the service—I. 17. Staff Branches of the Service—II.- 18. Army Insignia. 19. The Army System of Training. 20. Close- Order Drill. 21. Extended-Order Drill.) Extended-order drill will give your its first lesson in the methods of advancing against enemy lines actually used in present-day warfare. You will first be shown how to de- ploy as skirmishers. Moving at a run you and the other men will place yourself in one rank, the interval be- tween men being about fifteen inches instead of 4 inches as in olose-order drill. This is the simplest form of deployment, which may be roughly ' defined as spreading out a body of troops in thin open lines so that they may more easily advance even in the face of enemy fire. i This means that you become to a greater extent an independent unit. When pushing forward in skirmish lines you must rely in part on your own initiative and judgment. The next step in exetnded-order drill is to practice kneeling, lying | down, and advancing at a run. In the meantime, you will be getting practice also in rifile loading, and a Httle later will begin to carry your rifle when advancing as a skirmishers and to practice loading, aiming, and firing from the skirmish line. Use of Cover. One of the most important fea- tures of this part of training will!i consist of learning to conceal yourself from the view of the enemy by tak- ing advantage of hillocks, trees, heaps of earth, rocks, gullies, ditches, Adoorways, windows, or any other cov- | er that may be at hand. Your ob-| ject is to reach ths enemy. The more | skillful you are in the use of cover | the smaller the chances of your being disabled during the attacks. But you are not to remain too long in one place, no matter how well you may be concealed. Your value as a soldier depends on your ability to ad- vance from cover to cover, always selecting before you leave one place the position you are going to occupy. Learn that “a man running rapidly | toward an enemy furnishes a poor target.” Remember also that a man lying flat on the ground is not easily observed from the enemyls lines. This principle applies also if you are ever fired upon while scouting or acting independently; drop to the ground and seek cover, and then try to locate the enemy. These are some of the main points to keep in mind; many others will come up during your training. Grad- | ually you will become highly skilled in this form of attack. Nof only will your skill increase but also your con- fidence. You will learn in time that troops standing on the defensive be- hind entrenchments seldom lire upon an advancing enemy with steadiness and accuracy. The greater deter- mination and energy you and your comrades show in the advance, the smaller will be the chances of your suffering severely from the enemy’s fire. The advance of a company in ex- tended order is directed by commands transmitted to the individual soldiers chiefly by the use of signals, since the noise of the firing makes it imprac- ticable to use the voice effectively. Practice Fighting. The problem of each individual soldler is to obey the commands and at the same time to use his own judsg- ment and skill in taking advantage of cover as he advances. It is especial- ly important that you should obey at to you as to resetting the sights on your rifle and that the rapidity of your firing should be controlled by | the orders of your captain. Going a step beyond the extended order drill your company and regi- ment will take part in fleld and com- bat exercises, in which conditions and movements of actual warfare are re- vroduced as closely as possible. Here you will put into practice everything You will practice correct methods of attacking and of defending yourself both with the rifle and bayonet and with other weapons now in use. Don't tail to enter into the spirit of these ceercises with as much enthusiasm and intensity af if you were on the actual battle fleld. Use your imagina- tion. See the snemy in front of you and act precisely as you would act if the enemy were real. Only in this way can you get the full benefit of these | :xercises. i Don’t fail to keep in mind also that that every member plays an im- portant vart in contributing o the success >f the team. “The one re quisite necessary to win che battle ‘s intelligent teamwork. The \rmy 1s | handled just like a football. A part | is on the Arst line facing the >nemy. part, like the half backs, s | held back as supports. Another part, | like the full backs, is held as a re- | serve. Each unit, !ike sach player, has a certain duty to performa. When | the signal is 3iven, all work together | great DOING HIS BIT | HAROLD BACON. Seized with a desire to enlist Har¢ old Bacon presented himself at th( recruiting office in New Haven, Majy 25, 1917. He was accepted in the ca« pacity of wireless operator in the na val reserves and is now stationed “somewhere on the coast.” Bacon is the son of Mr. and Mra. Willard J. ‘Bacon of 70 Monig street and s well known among th( younger set in New Britain. After graduating from the New Britain Grammar school he attended the High school for one vear. He wa( employed as a tool maker and ma« chinist by the Pratt & Whitney Coy in Hartford at the time of enlistment/ Heart of the Young Soldier. (The Omaha Bee.) Men of medical science are finding much of deep interest in the exper( ience of the present war. Surseon; have accomplished real triumphs an look ahead to others. One of th( most notable advances has been i the combat of infection. Out of th newer methods of destruction cam( infection of a sort science knew; aw{ dinary antiseptics were of little or n¢ use and discovery was demanded This has been met, until now abso¢ lute cleanlinass and consequent req covery is available. But some of th( lessons of older wars are yet rememq bered and applied. One of these i{ the fact that transition of young m:’ from sedentary to active life, such going from the counting room to ti( training fleld, has a bad effect on th( heart, and not infrequently incapacic tates the young soldier. This wa{ studied at the time of the Civil war and is now getting deserved attend tion from army doctors. In the Brit« ish army it has been met not onl with heart stimulants, but more ef( fectively by graduated exercise so tha{ the recruit is worked up to his oa« pacity through degrees that develo¥ him without any undue strain. Th( task of shaping up our new army involves no end of detail, nns the least of which is this factor o physical >ndurance. American eur« geons are hopeful, however, of bein able to eliminate ‘“soldier's heart from the list of diseases to be faced( Where Is Berchtold? (Cleveland Plain Dealer) vho ~aused the war?” Already the man whose hand actually set th{ match to the tinder is all but forgot« ten. But Austria-Hungary toda: starving and suffering untold hard<¢ ships, may remember. It was Count Berchtold, Austro. Hungarian premier and minister of foreign affairs, who actually starte the conflagration. Creature of th( Prussian system, relying on Prussiag backing in his determination to ridé roughshod over Balkan independenc( Berchtold precipitated the war whicy otherwise might have been postponed Berchtold dropped from sight whex the blaze he had started raged fai beyond his control. He retired to pri« vate life, doubtless thankful for th( ybscurity which soon Jescended upor and comparatively few in Austrig know :oday “he whereabouts or th( activities >f “he 3reatest incendiary of history. " 'here They Would Be Welcome. {Syracuse Post-Standard). —all play the gume—teamwork.” (Manual for Noncommissioned Offi- cers and Privates, p. 149) Texas wants the negro ‘roops I moved. TFrance would mighty wel iuke to receive them,