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YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. isaoap gEin-WKKKLT. l. m. crist-s ftons, pobiubm. \ g ^amilg Hewsgiger: Jot lh^ jgromolion of Ihj galilital, Jt^riaT, S-gri^altiiral and Cammtrcial Jnlwsto of flu gwpl<. | TE""w?Sf^i^.E"inc"mance ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, 8. C. FRIDAYj'DEOEMBER 2Q, 1918. JSTO. 10a" I m?<kniai? Iiiinrnnirilinn Imiiphr all of ua towaalari >nil ,i?i. GOING OVER THE 10P Soldier Wbo Has Been Tells How It Feels EXPERIENCES ON FIGHTING FRONT Mix Up of Machine Guns, Big Guns, Little Guns, Tanks and Other Engines of Destruction?Graphic Description of How It Feels to Associate In Close Contact With Death In the Dark. [The following letter is from Sergeant U. K. Henry of the American Kxpeditionary Forces, to his lather. -Mr. J. J. Henry of Howling ureen. aithough the fact is not mentioned in this letter, from other letters it is known that Sergeant Henry has been over the lop no less than four times in as many tierce charges. He has seen (lead men by the thousand and has rendered first aid to the wounded by the score. He was slightly gassed some time ago; but at last accounts was as sound and well as ever. His letter is dated November 18. one week ufter the collapse of the Herman armies. J "It Is pretty cold here this morning. Kvorything is damp, but we have a good fire, so 1 am happy in its security and in the greater comfort that comes from the knowledge that the fall of the Potsdam gang of militarists has been accomplished. "1 know you are ull rejoicing there that it is over and you have. I can now K.-1V more cause to do so than I believe your Imagination ever conceived of as to the hitter realities of the struggle for supremacy over those sometimes (?) hard fighting 'square heads' we have been pitted against. "I cannot and perhaps am not permitted. to picture In any measurcable degree of actuality to the mind of one who has not had the good fortune to have been here the horror, or what should have been, and sometimes ludicrity in the scenes of resplendent fighting. "It Is only when one gets up front and things begin to huppen that the stern and long training he had undergone coines into play. A soldier there must he able to do what is expected and required of him without thinking, for I believe that it takes near a superman to get anything through what we soldiers are pleased to call our minds other than the spasmodic and flighty thought. 'Will the next one get me?' That is what happens when Kritst is throwing everything at us exrept the kitchen stove and our batteries and machine guns are sending over in condensed forms for their verylives all the products of Idberty bonds, taxes. W. S. S., and everything you people at home can get together which can be converted into missiles, whose ingredients constitute a good 'iron ration' for such an enemy as the Boche r.as oeen. "I think there were very few of us who did not 'get the wind up' (I'ritish for being scared) during our first periods of being strafed, when In the lines, but it soon wore off. It is said by old timers that once a man had the feeling that they would get him, his career would end at least four times out of five, and I know several instances which verified this. During all our operations I never once had this feeling except at those times when the odds were too strongly against me. It makes one feel a bit like the negro soldier over here on whom this was told: His friends were exhorting him not to be afraid, as a man could not die until his time came. He replied. "Yassah. I knows dat. but dem "nine-point-twos", dey bring de time with them." "The greatest experience came when we went "over the top" on the days designated to remind Fritz that a war was on- To begin with we would come up to the front, to the Jumping off place, as it is called, mostly during the early hours of morning if they were the darkest. No lights were permitted, not a cigarrette. which was the hardest. As always, when you should like to keep stirring there were many halts necessary and if Fritz was not strafing, all was O. K. but he usually did strafe at some point. Then his airmen with their "eggs" would always come over to make themselves , V,? r-.?, ll.rhtu of (I llUIKUUt' UIHI ovuiv.. ..p the anti-craft batteries would play on them while their gunners tried for them to the accompnnient of the machine fnin'? rat-a-tat. These birds would occasion discomfort because unless the night were dark the contrast of the column of troops would stand out clear against the white road. Alter a while we would always get into position a few yards behind the front lines and in a low road or shallow trench if there was one. to wait the coming of dawn which would let Fritz have ever new experiences. That time of waiting could not be called any too happy hours, and they seemed like hours too even if only a few minutes. Sometimes I slept but would always he awakened every few minutes either by the near whine of a shell or worsen comrade'scleated. and generous as to bulk, feet using my hot id as a prop. At a certain zero time the officers would say 'Here it comes.' and almost simultaneously every Allied battery would come to life sending out crash after crash so fast that it was a continuous roar and of a kind only seen on this side of the Atlantic. That barrage which precedes the attack is a grand and perfected thing. a9 to war. AH the guns open up. from the one pounders to the twelve Inch or more, which are miles behind the lines, and put a red curtain of bursting missies out on the enemy which is glorious in terrifleness. At a given time after our barrage was open the infantry fixed bayonets nnd advanced under its protection. The indispenslble tanks crawl out ahead or the infantry and ride right into the thick of Jerry's machine gunners who left after the barrage had passed over. Those tanks are one of the greatest implements of war ever invented I think. They are immune to rifle and machine gun fire on account of their armor, and can ride right down or up the steepest incline you can Imagine and anywhere there is a bunch of Germans giving trouble. The Jerrys would always fight on$ for a little while but when It came on regardlea*. which it did, they would get in line behind each other and advance with their hands up. The fact that they surrender each behind the other is sufficient to show that they fear thern. I tried to get Into that branch ulso but was unsuccessful. It is a good branch. I'sually about this time, or before, there would be a casualty and I being a medical man, would have to g t *.o work on hlrn which consisted of merely stopping the hemorrhage it there v.a:; one and bandaging the wound and seeing that he got off the field. So you sec 1 could not follow up the infantry to any extent for Jerry would usually have a lew guns left unsmotherod by our lire to open up and let down a counter barrage upon ns. That is the most trying moment for the doughboy and there are usually a number that become casualties. In fact, if the tanks are plentiful enough there will be few inure until our objectives were attained. LV., I. I.nllnlinn V.rwl o ,llu tunee designated by map to gain and it was seldom that we did not get there ahead of schedule time. I was once working along where the infantr> had jmssed over and wsis astonished to see six Jerrys come out of a dugout in the air saying "kainerad." The pallor of their faces was most noticeable and one woidd not wonder at It from fresh shell holes around their underground homes. Of course the other medical men and I had no arms but neither did the Jerrys, so we accepted their surrender toute d' suite and put them to work taking in the wounded. They are most valuable for that and display a great willingness to be of use, once they see you are not going to kill them. All except the officers, and they are easily persuaded .f not too gentle methods were tried. Hut now it is nil over, and the condition of their Empire Is worse, I think than most supposed. Most certainly they will be unable to renew hostilities as you have seen the drastic conditions of the armistice. It is the one we have been expecting nnd wishing for but it certainly surprised me that the slogan of the first American forces, which you know, was, "Heaven. Hell or lloboken by Christmas." will come near to being realized, as to the last port mentioned. It was an expression to the spirit in which they fought. Of the men. and they were nn-n, who made great sacrifice for this greatest cause, any amount of tribub and retncinbcrance is too little, for the Olicc thev cheerfully paid tin* imijcra of the world are answered to them we are indelited for the riddance of the 11 mi who remainid a I Inn and a Vandal to the end." As ever, your son George. POLITICS IN PARIS. Government Prevents Socialists From Making Demonstration Before Mr. Wilson. The political newspapers cf Paris arcin a state of more or less excitement over an incident in which the Socialist party llgurcd with President Wilson upon his arrival from Brest last Sunday. Of course all parties in France, as well as reuresentativcs of all Allied nations were anxious to get as close as possible to the president immediately upon his arrival. Among other things it had been planned that the president was to .review a procession by and receive an address from the Socialists. The parade, according to the arrangements which had been made with the Socialist leaders, was to have been reviewed from the Murat palace, which is the president's home while in Paris. It appears, however, thut the government as represented by Premier t.'lemeilccau. unknown to Mr. Wilson, took steps to break up the parade. Also the representatives of the Socialist members of the chamber of deputies who had been delegated to visit Mr. Wilson at the Murat palace and present an address, were hampered by the police in their efforts to get into the building. At the appointed hour Admiral Grayson asked of members of the French chamber of deputies when the parade was coming, as Mr. Wilson wanted to be at the window to salute it. He was told that plans had been changed, and he was assured also that the president would not want to interfere with French internal politics. The Socialist deputies, however, submitted their prepared address, which was to the effect that not only the Socialists of France; but all over the world, were in full accord with the president's "Fourteen Principles." The delegation set forth that they represented 100 members of the chamber of deputies and 1,500,000 v voters of France. The president's reply to the address was as follows: Gentlemen: 1 received with great interest the address which you have Just read to me. The war through which we have just passed has illustrated in a way which never can be forgotten the extraordinary wrongs which can be perpetrated by arbitrary and irresponsible power. It is not possible to secure the happiness and prosperity of the world, to establish an enduring peace, unless the repetition of such wrongs is rendered impossible. This has indeed been a people's warIt has been waged against absolutism. and these enemies of liberty must from this time forth be shut out from the possibility of working their cruel will upon manmna. In my Judgment, it is not sufficient to establish this principle. It is necessary that It should be supported by a co-operation of the nations which shall be based upon fixed and definite covenants ar.d which shall be made certain of effective action through the instrumentality of a League of Nations. I believe this to be the conviction of all thoughtful and liberal men. I am confident that this is the thought of those who lead your own great nation, and I am looking forward with peculiar pleasure to co-operating with them in securing guarantees of a lasting peace of Justice and right dealing which shall Justify the sacrifices of this war and cause men to look back upon those sacrifices as the dramatic and final processes of their emancipation. sW When we know the value, then It'e time to ask the price. HISTORY IN THE MAKING. t t Current Events That Are of Future Importance. * Upon hie arrival at Brest laet Satur- 1 day President Wilson was declared a 1 citizen of Paris. The only other for- 1 elgner upon which this honor has ever been conferred was George Washington. I The United States navy department has under way an attempt to fly across the Atlantic ocean. A gTeat airplane has been in course of preparation for some time past at Rockaway Beach. New York, and also a dozen others that are being subjected to severe tests at different points. For some time It has been expected that the attempt would be made before now; but within the past few days, it has been announced that it has been decided to Y wait until early spring, for the reason that conditions for flying are not so fa- *" vorable in winter- The Rockaway ^ Beach plane has a cruising radius of 0 1,500 miles, hardly enough to ensure ^ safe landing at the Azores islands. But other nations are also looking forward * to being first to cross the Atlantic. a The Germans are said to have an im- * mense Zeppelin with which they expect to accomplish the feat, and the Italians ' are expecting to get there first with a ' giant Caproni machine. r The steamer George Washington. a which took President Wilson to France, is now on her return to Ameri- 11 en with four thousand soldiers on 11 board. She left France on her return s voyage on last Sunday, within two days ^ after the president and party went ? ashore. ' The president is tentatively sched- n uled for a visit lo the pope when he goes to Rome and the matter is caus- n ing a lot of animated discussion n throughout religious circles the world n over. Following the revolution of 1848 ? and the complete abolition of the tern- d poral power of the state by the annex- c ation of the Papal states to Italy in ' 1860 and 1870, there has been much n feeling between the adherents of the f Italian government and the adherents n of the claims of the Papacy. Any sug- n gestion of the recognition of the tern- s poral power of the pope makes feeling, tl not only in Italy, but throughout the world. It is pretty definitely settled o that the president intends to visit King 3 Victor Emanuel at the Quirrinal in a Rome, anil the question Is whether he o will visit the Vatican. Italians who ace e Catholics would rather the president would not make this visit, and there is n a feeling also that America should not '? be committed to any such recognition !< of what is commonly regarded as the fi temporal claims of the Romish church. Non-Catholic Americans who have de- V cided convictions on religious ques- v tions, feel the same way?that Ameri- li oa should not recognize the temporal a claims of Rome and that there is no p possible reason why any American in a s representative capacity should commit p the *couiitry**Fo such" recognltTdrT fo Rome's spiritual claims as would be p involved in the visit. A The great American war fleet which 1< has been doing duty in European wa- c ters since beginning of the war, has saiedfdor hrome. All but a few of the vessels left for various duties, are now a 1 on the way across the Atlantic and n \ they are expected to arrive in New )j York harbor about the 23d. The fleet tl includes drcadnaughts, cruisers, gun- tl boats, torpedo boat destroyers and va- si rious other kinds of craft. It will be the greatest fleet that has ever been tl seen in American waters and thou- a sands of visitors will go to New York .J to see it upon its arrival. b , m . a SPRINKLES OR IMMERSES. " Rev. E. L. Flanagan Has Come to Do (1 Thinga. S( [Rev. K. L. Flanagan, quoted in this ^ article, is from Bowling Green ] "You may think it strange that I, as ' a Presbyterian minister, have been baptizing of late by immersion when the method of my own denomination is ' sprinkling," said Rev. E. L. Flanagan, ? formerly of this city, and who was (1 here today from Camp Morrison, 0 near Newport News , where he is a y chaplain In the United States army, "but the world war," he continued. " "has brought about some unusual c things. "I find myself with a willingness to ^ use immersion as well as sprinkling as n a mode of baptism?when the former " mode is preferred by the candidate." w In the Presbyterian denomination " baptism by immersion is not unauthor- b ized, it is said, but that in practice it is b rare. b Rev. Mr. Flanagan, when in Norfolk, was pastor of the Park Avenue Pros- w byterian church. Brambleton. and went from that church Into the United '' States army for service in the war as " a chaplain, with rank of first lieuten- ,f ant, and his duty has been on the e! transports earning soldiers to and Z) from Newport News and Brest, France, n he having made two round trips be- ri fore the war closed?and he expects to nbturn to the transport service for a duty in bringing the boys home. "It has been a wonderful experience for me." said Mr. Flanagan, referring ri to his religious work on the transports. n "and do you know," said he, "that my ? own faith has been deepened and t< strengthened by seeing: what a marvelous faith our soldiers have, together with a wonderful Interest In and love b for the religious life, since they have been in the midst of the dreadful ex- a periences of the great war: and my s Judgment is that the churches will * have to revise some things?must be- v come broader and make their appeal more vital?If they are going to hold t< our soldier boys." 0 Baptism on Shipboard. 0 During his service on the transports, Rev. Mr. Flanagan preached to the P cnUlow onii ministered to them COn- v stantly. and had the satisfaction of n having 119 of them profess conversion t and send their names to their home * places?to the churches of their choice e ?for church membership, and of the c number he baptised 74?of whom he r immersed 22, using a bathtub on ship- o board for the purpose: sprinkling the tl others. ti He says that on the return trips P from France his ship brought back a n 1 great many wounded men and men y who had been gassed, "and," said he, ii "the experiences of these men have n been such, and their Interest In rellgi- i ous matter is so deep, that there Is r.j n need to preach fear, hell and dumna- ii Ion to them, but they are ready fol| he Christ life from pure lovo of It." J He tells of two cloeo calls his ah? tad in one night from a U-boat, one orpedo passing his ship 100 feetfroni he bow, and another going astern <* hem.?Norfolk, Va-. Ledger Dtspate? PAYROLL TANGLES. nefficiency and Red Tape Give Mucl| Trouble. jX Thousands and thousands of pa* llotments to the wives and relative! if the American soldiers, many ( '.'horn are In serious need of monej| ire being held up through the un3 varrcnted and unauthorized action Of I he quartermaster general of the army n taking the distribution of the solders' pay away from the War Rislf bureau and directing that the wortj ie done by his division, it is declared ?y Congressman Edward Saunders, o 'irglnia, writes a staff correspondent f the Philadelphia Ledger fronj Washington. ^ Mr. Saunders is so wrought up ov?r he matter, which he styles a wantoit ssumption of authority without action by congress, that he has lntrd"luced a bill directing the quartermaaer general to begin Immediately payng the allotments to the soldiers' de^ ?endents and to promptly pay up alj r rent ages. "The abominable delay in making ayments of the monthly salary allot* rients to the wives and families of th* oldlers has all been brought about iy the action of the quartermastef eneral in taking over this Job from he War Risk Bureau," said Congression Saunders. "The War Risk Bureau had tackleq n enormous Job that of distributing lonthly allotments and allowances to tore than 5,000,000 soldiers and sall^ rs, but after a series of vexatious clays was getting along in pretty ood shape until July 1," continued Jr. Saunders. "Then the quartermaster general of the army took away rom the War Risk Bureau the paylent of allotments where there wer* o accompanying allowances, and the aid checks would be sent direct bjr he war department. I "The quartermaster general set$ ut what Is known as General Ordet8 to all commanders, instructing thak 11 men make out papers for allotmerfr f salary upon printed forms supplid by the department. , ' "Orders were Issued by the quarter'laster general discontinuing all paylents of allotments not carrying aliwances until receipt of the printed 1 arms. ? 1 "In cases where the men were neaj ' Washington and where prompt action ' ;n? possible there was not much de?y In the taking up of the monthly llotment payments of the war deart ment. But in thousands of In- ' tances the blanks were not returned ' romptly and papers from thousand* J f other soldiers 1n Ffaflce HBlf athm ' oints have not yet been received. ' is a consequence, the payment of al- ' itments to the wives and families has eased since July 1. Soldiers' Families Suffering. "The result has been that thousnds and thousands of soldiers have 1 ot returned the printed forms, chief; through no fault of their own, and he families are suffering because hev have not received any checks ' ince July 1." The navy department also took over ' he distribution of allotments to the Ives and families of the sailors on ul.v 1, it is learned but there have 1 een no complaints of delay In salary I llotment payments by the depart- ' lent. Inquiry at the war-risk bureau toay as to the reason the war departicnt has not made payments to the | aldiers' beneficiaries, while the navy epartment has made them promptly, rought this reply from a higher ofcial: "The navy nas a peri ecu y siuwu.unning organization while the quartrmnster general's division of the war epartment Is all in the air and withut any organization at all; that's 1 our answer briefly." 1 This high official of the War Rlak iureau then explained that before the 1 hange was made on July 1, the navy epartment sent out orders by radioraph to all commanders to have the ecessary papers sent in quickly from ae men making allotments and they rere sent in. Even without these au- 1 horitles the payments could have een, and they were made promptly 1 y the navy department, because It l ad on file duplicates of all papers in ' ae War Risk Bureau, he said. The ar department did not " The Saunders bill after declaring 1 i its preamble that the War Risk 1 luroau was established to pay the al >tments to beneficiaries; that the nlisted men filed the proper authoriation papers, that payments were fgularly made by the War Risk Bueau up to July 1, and thrff on that t the quartermaster general of the rmy. pending receipt of new autiority to allot from the enlisted men iscontinued nil the payments, dlects the quartermaster general to take allotments indicated by papers n file with the War Risk Bureau and 3 promptly pay up all arrearages. In a speech to the retiring draft oards in New York last Saturday, Ma?r General Enoch H. Crowder made n appeal for the retention of tho draft ystem for raising armies in time 01 rar. In support of that appeal he reiewcd the record of the board in regitering 23,700,000 Americans in eighy?n months, putting into the field S,00,000 fighters and having ready I,00,000 more when the armistice was Igned. These fighters, he said, had roved themselves equal to the trained eterans of France, both In aggresslveess and soldierly bearing. The counry, no doubt, most heartily agrees rlth General Crowder In this matter, specially on the proposition that the onscription plan is the best way of aislng effective armies for use in time f war. But as to how the conscripinn nittn is solnsr to apply to the rats ag of the smaller armies tn time of eace seems to be the big question ovr. It Is eminently desirable that all oung men should hare military trainig: but to accomplish this without taking us a military nation Is the paste It Is generally agreed that we do ot want to be a military nation except i time of war. TO TAKE OVER WIRES. Postmaster Ganaral Want* Govsrnmant Ownarahip of Talaphona and Telegraph. Ownership by the government of the telegraph and telephone systems of the nation is characterized as "Imperative" by Postmaster General Burleson in a letter to Representative Moon, chairman of the house committee on post offices and post roads. Mr. Burleson said the system can be acquired "without the appropriation of a dollar from the public treasury" by applying to a mortization fund for 25 years the savings made under government ownership through elimination of duplications in plants and operating expenses. In support of the government ownership resolution Introduced in the house last week by Representative Moon, the postmaster general quoted from the recent letter of Theodore N. Vail, president of the American Tele pnone ana reiegrapn company, auu from the annual reports of a number of the postmasters general since the civil war, all of whom agreed, he said, that government control or ownership would greatly contribute to the efficiency of service "The economic importance of the proposition to acquire the properties by the government is very great." Mr. Burleson wrote. "Private capital is Invested in public service enterprises with the expectation of 7 to 8 per cent and often a greater return on the Investment. This, of course, the public Is expected to pay while the government can borrow money at 4 1-2 per cent. The public, however, pays the charge lb either event. The difference between 4 1-2 per cent and 8 per cent for the mpney invested in the wire system of the United States would maintain and pay for the property in 18 years and nine months. The government, as an owner, would no more expect to charge for Interest in the investment than it would for money Invested In postal facilities, navy yards or other public property. As justification for the permanent taking over of the wire system, Mr. Burleson said: "To establish and maintain means of Communication as much for function of the government as it Is provision for national defense Moreover, It is essential to the development of the country and to the progress and prosperitx. of its people. It is a defense of the national interests els much In peace as in war. Extension of the wire service should be determined by public needs, not the opportunity for private gain. The postmaster general said he believed that an effective plan could be worked out by which the waste of rompetition can be eliminated and the Bcarch, investigation and experimentation not be lost. ?plli4 j|H I?IIII the fact, tbati under the existing law, the telephone and telegraph properties will automatically revert to the private owners upon proclamation by the president of a state of peace, the letter says that many of the independent companies could not take back the properties without serious loss to the investors m<l great detriment to the sendee. Many of these companies, the letter says, were operating at a loss owing to waste incident to competition and diversity of state regulation, and as proper depreciation funds have not been set aside, the properties were drafting into a condition where proper public sendee could not be rendered. PRESIDENT IN PARIS. Mr. Wilton Breaks All Manner of Precedents. President Wilson has been smashing all kinds of precedents in Paris and he continues to do so. He is not asking anybody what the custom is with regard to certain things; but whenever he wants to do anything, he does it after the American custom of making rather than following precedent. On Sunday the president attended service at the American Episcopal church and heard a sermon by Rt Rev. W. A. Guerry, bishop of South Carolina. This was in me anernuuu. During the morning he had attended the service of the American Presbyterian church. When distinguished visitors desire to place wreaths on the tombs of distinguished dead, the procedure is to order Ihe wreath from the florist, who places It on the tomb desired, with the card jf the donor. Mr. Wilson sent Admiral Grayson to buy the wreath. The florist wanted to follow the usual precedent. Admiral Grayson Insisted, however, in taking the wreath away with him. The president carried the tribute to the old Picpus cemetery, and placed It on the grave himself. With the wreath he left his personal card, on which was inscribed: "In memory of the great Lafayette from a fellow servant of liberty." Also it Is the custom of high dignitaries to send for the persons they want to see. Whenever the president wants to see any Frenchman or anybody else, he goes to see him. He spent some time In the office of Premier Clemenceau on Saturday, accompanied only by Col. House, who remained outside with a French general, while the president and premier talked for an hour. Old Time Printers?There wai >hel!?.? iriah cniint as he styled him self, who would come occasionally for a month or bo from a round-theworld trip, making the circuit without a dollar and all his baggage crammed In his vest pocket. If he had a vest; If not It didn't matter. When he blew into a printing office here In Atlanta. New Orleans or Charleston?anywhere?he was as welcome as a keg of beer at midnight, and that was some welcome. The count was rated as one of the swiftest printer*, and where some made $6 the day he could easily make $8 or |10. Bnt a day's work was a nionH' ?f a time. In the days when the late Col. W. A. Huff was mayor and presided over the police court, the police had orders to let the count alone unless he rot to fightinp. but unlike old Limerick, he was not a fighter. On the other hand, the drunker he got the jollier be became. And yet he had his sober moments, even when drunk. It was his habit to sleep all day. for night was his time to work and to ~ play. Generally he would pile him- V self in some out-of-the-way corner of an office or under the stairway or in the cellar and sleep. He loved the hours of midnight or the small hours of the morning. Sometimes seeing a number of men on the street together he would mount a dry goods box or H barrow and recite Poe's "Raven" or some other poem. Being a born actor and possessed of | a ricn ana resonant voice ne wouia stir his hearers to that pitch they thought him equal to Booth or Forrest. Following his recitation he would launch a tirade against the world for w not recognizing true genius and up- ^ braid the crowd of listeners for not ^ furnishing sufficient coin to fan the a dramatic spark which he possessed in- n to flame. It was such exquisite nerve 4 that the coin was forthcoming. With his pockets full he visited the print- gl ing offices, bade the boys an affection- ir ate farewell and was off.?Macon 01 Telegraph. ^ SOLDIERSHIP TO CITIZENSHIP * Unnaturalized Americans Merely Sign c] Their Names. g( Unnaturalized soldiers in the Amerl- a] can expeditionary forces are to become citizens of the United States by simply o] signing a paper. They may become citizen* even if ? they had lived in the United States only a few days before they enlisted. ^ Subjects of enemy nations, too, who ]y are considered loyal to the United g( States may be the one simple proce- t? dure renounce their allegiance to Wilhelm II or Charles I?whichever sover- . St elgn the accident of birth gave them ?and become as real citizens as If they were born In Pittsburg in 1885. All this la provided for In G. O. 15'., sl. directing that company commanders r( immediately carry out the provisions of the act congress passed last May to permit naturalization of aliens lighting In Uncle Sam's armies. w The procedure has been made pur- ^ posely simple. The one paper, to be ^ signed In duplicate, combines all the requirements of the usual naturaliza- uj tlon process which takes five years. It combines the petition for naturalization, the affidavit of witnesses and the . 8l oath of allegiance. After an alien- dj born soldier signs the paper, he Is to ^ be regarded as an- Ami -lean citizen. j with no "ifs" or "ands." The notation T] will be made on his service record. 80 But?before he signs, his command- ^ er must have assured himself that the ^ candidate has fully understood the w nt Iko tit art he In tn VI nff and that . he Is sincere in his intention to return to the United States to live after the p war. His character must be good, aJso. ? Tl.e alien-born must be told that ^ they are not compolled to take out the wishes the right to be given purely on w a voluntary basis. The government will see that the *( granting of citizenship rights by the ^ paper signed is made a part of the ^ court records of the nearest naturalization court to the place of the regis- h) trant'8 former residence- It will see also that he eventually receives a final certificate of naturalization when he 01 returns to the United States. Final , te certificates will not be sent to soldiers ^ abroad, because the papers might fall into the hands of the enemy. An alien may change his name also ^ at the same time ho signs the paper, ^ by simply making a notation on the r( margin.?Stars and Stripes. .. tr ' * in BUSINESS IN THE WEST. ri Some of the Hustlers Practice Novel Stunts. oi The merchant who is able to do tli something out of the ordinary has no Sl mean advantage over the one who Is ^ content to go along in the same old u way, year in and year out Of course ci it is Impossible for The Forum to give w a complete and comprehensive plan tj adaptable to every line of business, but w the following hints may awaken the -p sluggish thought germ In your mind, SI thus causing the idea to bear fruit. st A shirt dealer in Chicago, "blessed" with a bald head, advertises his pict- jr ure in street cars and public places, with the words printed across the bald w spot reading, "meet me face to face." m A shoe store in Iowa has built up a gt big trade in shoe trees by showing a h pair of shoes in a small closet, demon- t( strating how well shoes will keep their 01 shape equipped with trees. A printer in Indiana calls himself the e, "True Promise Printer," stating "every job will be finished the time promised or a discount be given." People In a ^ hurry bring all their rush Jobs to him, ^ and, as he keeps his word, he has a a] monopoly on hurry-up Jobs. w A photographer In Indianapolis advertlses that he keeps the negatives of ^ all pictures in filing cases, so a per- b >,aa nnrs had a photo taken can order duplicates by number of a| filing: case. A duplicate of the file a number is given to each customer, to work out the plan. a, A merchant in Montana, who Is a proud of the number of years he has y been in business, prices every item tj with the number of years he has been u established. For example, this is the |t twenty-third year In business, so all jj goods are marked "23 cents" or "31.23" u or "J3.23," as the case may be. Next it year the figures "24" will be used. m Thus by this simple method he contin- tj ually reminds people of the number ^ of years he has been established. h A florist In Chicago gives with each n sale a short treatise on the care of the a plant you buy. l3 A western maker of check protect- n ors gives you a written guarantee to w make good any loss arising from rais- M ed checks when his device is used, w thus at one stroke he makes you safe g from the check raiser when you buy one of his machines. h A tea and coffee dealer in Lima O., 0 keeps a pot of tea ready for those who ^ like a sip before they buy, and a but- M ter dealer on & small hot fresh-baked ti - murnn. a A. merchant In Louisville gives a a discount to all those who will haul ? their own furniture home. A banner c or flag Is given with the words thereon, "Furniture for blanks." The t store Is known as "The self-haul t Store." g The rise and fall of nations Is the * ebb and flow of agriculture. ? I'tKSMNU (IIWUMMUd Id Timer Tells of Escapade li Mexico LC0I10L FOB HORSES USED FOB MEN low Soma Thirsty Soldiers Got Liquor for a Jag and Made Brutes of Themselves?But the Wise Old Gensral Left Them to Their Own Punishmen. By James D. Grist Camp Sevier. December 1".?"I ould not slander General Pershing by -ying to make you think that he essems a drunkard as highly as he does man An (hot Ka Tt'AIlM nlflAA HI OVUU liiau, VI vuut IIV T.WV..V. r.Mvw luch reliance in a man when he ia runk as he v/ould in his right condion; but I am here to tell you that the enoral has never been disposed to put l his time worrying about the drunk lies, and he has never been disposed > hold an offense of this kind against man after the man got sober." The speaker was the same old timer have been quoting in previous arties?my friend who was formerly a 'rgeant of General Pershing's cuard. tid who is now one of the most thorigh-going and efficient commissioned .'fleers at Camp Sevier. Of course I ive a good opportunity to spend a iod deal of time with him now that e have so much time to kill, and as Is stories about Pershing are generalso interesting, and It is so easy to it him started along that line, I like > draw him out. It was from a hint * suggestion from me that he told the ory I am giving you now. "As I was telling you the other ight," said my old friend, "if your in is clean and you know how to loot and you are not always on sick iport, General Pershing is for you id he doesn't care a darn what you j when you are not on duty. I recall little Incident that happened when e was down on that punitive expedian into Mexico?that time when we id Villa, and politics in Washington something else unknown to me, kept i from getting him. "Of course sentiment among civilians different and I guess the day of the 1 * K.i* ^1/HA.H will UII IS ttUUUl SUIICi uul> ouiuici o n... ink liquor. Yes, I've drunk my tare and while I ain't proud of it, I n't got no apologies coming about it. he wife who is now oat in California, ys I am the best man in the world id at the same time the worst man in ic world and if the wife is satisfied ith me, why I should worry about le rest of the folks. "I started to tell you about Gensral ershing and booze. We was down in exico and more than a hui.dred miles om Namqulppa, which was the nearit port where 'tokella,' that is to say aagafi www tind'iwy. &HI& mm ill make you believe the world Is >urs) was to be had. Several of we Mows began to get powerful dry and lally it come to the point where we >uldn't stand it any longer. "General Pershing had a couple of >r es and he had an orderly whose b it was to keep 'em in shape. I am >t saying Just how it happened; but te day when those horses were trotd out, their legs all wrapped up in d bandages and swelled to beat the ckens. Then that orderly got a rejisltion on the veterinary eurgeon for couple of quarts of alcohol to rub le horses' legs. They were rubbed all ght; but in some mysterious way tern two quarts of alcohol was turned to two quarts of water which were ibbed into the steeds. "Well, first thing you knew an empty 1 can was made fairly clean and lem two quarts of 'alka,' which was lpposod to have been rubbed into the orses, was poured into that can. Soon lereafter a gallon of these pie peachi that you often eat at your mess ere missing from the kitchen and ley found their way into that oil can ith the two quarts of horse medicine. hen me can was uucu nun f"aring water and the mixture sat cady that night "The men with Pershing had a bathtg place in the river near where ley were camped. The bathing place as always crowded. The day after the lixture mixed. General Pershing's able orderly, his motorcycle orderly. Is clerk. O'Brien, who is now a lieu nant-colonel in France, myself and nc or two more?there were seven of s in all, got permissions from thegenral's adjutant to go down the river ireo miles to another bathing point "Well, we seven lit out in one of the >odgc cars that we had on that expeItion. The five gallon oil can of 'alka' nd peaches and spring water went ith us and we hadn't gotten out of ?o car good before we started into iat stuff, drinking out of one of these ig aluminum cups that you use for aur coffee. It was some mixture, lad, nd stout, whew?man, it would make bull dog break his chain. "Thtn we got into the river, jumping nd diving and swimming and Laving good time generally. I remember lere was a big tree in the stream at iat point. Some of its branches were ader the water and a dangerous tree ? rhr />not mo mV wu, ueanuc tv *j , fe. I made a dive or two out of it as 1J the others and finally I fell out and lto the water where my head waa in >me manner caught in the branches iat were partly submerged. If 1 adn't been lit to the gills I sure would ave drowned- I believe it was thirty linutes before the rest of my pals, beluse of their drunken condition, realted my perilous position and came tc ly rescue. I was almost all in; but it -as some cussin' out I gave them. If ras all smoothed over though, and w< re re soon hitting the can again and etting drunker all the while. ? ?* l-??? tlum wvsis no U1UH uaic dujvu ours, when we came to a realization f the fact that It was getting late anc nat we should return to camp. W? rere a beautiful bunch. A couple 01 he fellows decided to ride on the ra iator, a couple were on the fenders nd the rest of us were in the car aloni nth the can and the remainder of lb on tents. "We came into camp and proceedet o quarts ra Who should we run lnti iut General Pershing and his adjutan tandlng In front of his headquarter* rhlch we had to pass? He looked a is long and hard. We were som th* two on the radiators burning up bscause the darn thing was hot. "Oo see what Is the matter with I those men,' he said to his adjutant, and Major Hinds came over to look at ua "Where you been?" tho major ln| quired, and we told him as promptly as wc could that we had been in bathing some three miles down the river. We didn't even attempt to get down olt the machine and come to attention when the major spoke to us. We knew we couldn't and he knew it too. " 'Well, go on to your quarters now,' he said and turning upon his heel, left us. a smile on his face. "I learned later that he told the general we had been in bathing down the , river and were a little late in getting i ,n' . "But General Pershing knew the trouble. His eye took in the whole situation at a glance and he'd seen birds in the same kind of condition before He sent the major to us because he knew the major would order us to quarters, whereas otherwise we might walk around and raise the devil, though there wasn't a chance of it on that occasion. "Were we much sick? We seven had quarters pretty close together and a series of the most pitiful groans you ever heard went out from us one after another during that night. Alcohol, pie peaches and spring water was scattered over the floor in a most disgusting mess next morning. "The general give me the once over next morning: and I thought I detected Just a sparkle in his eye. But he didn't say a tvord. "He doesn't worry so long as you are on the Job." VALUE OF LIBERTY BONDS. Selling Below Par When Really Worth a Premium. Riohnrd Spillane, the well-known financial writer, discusses the status of Liberty honds as follows: Rare has there been such a financial or, rather, investment paradox as that presented by the New York stock exchange quotations on Liberty bonds and bonds of the city of New York. The market for Liberty bonds has been sick. The market for New York city bonds has been steady. And yet Liberty bonds are the prime security of the world while New York city bonds might have a doubtful eye turned toward them. Here nre comparisons of late market prices ar.d income yield. Liberty Bonds. .1*8 ........ ... _..97.60* 3.64 : Sacond 4s 93.60 4.44 {Third 4is 96.10 4.73 ^Jg Fourth 4 is 96.90 4 60 New York CHy Bond*. ^ 4is of 1967 .'.".'J!!J"1t02.60 4.37 There are perhapa 30,000,000 bonds. Many of them may not understand why the bonds of the republic sell below par and why securities, such as those of New York city, that bring smaller returns sell at a decidedly higher price. The explanation is that many persons, in their patriotism, bought more Liberty bonds than they were able to carry and have been forced to dispose of them. Other persons, through one vicissitude or another, have been com polled to have money nt once and to get it. have sacrificed their Liberty bonds. Pay no attention to the quoted price of Liberty bonds. It means nothing except a temporary dip. It would not be worth noticing except that hundreds of thousands, possibly millions of earnest persons who bought the pledges of the government, may misunderstand the facts and worry or think there is basis for worry. The Liberty bonds that sell today decidedly below par will sell in five or ten years decidedly above par. Various of the issues now quoted between 9SJ and 964 arc likely to sell in less than ten years at 110 and in less than 15 years at 115. Hold on to your Liberty bonds. They are better than gold. They are the greatest security in the world. A financial analyst might draw a terrific Indictment of the investment public for buying New York city hot ds when Liberty bonds were to be hiul. Here arc the counts on which the indictment might be drawn. New York city has a population of 6.000.000 and a debt of $1,490,000,000. This is $248 per capita. The debt of New York city is greater than was our national debt before we entered the war. The United States has a population of 106.000.000 and a debt of $18,000.- ' " ~' 000.000. That is $170 per capita. Uncle Sam is buying back Liberty bonds to reduce his debt and has purchased and retired $224,000,000 of them already. Mr. McAdoo took advantage of the low market price, getting the bonds at an average of 96 and making a lot of money for the government. The secretary of the treasury Is au- - thorlzed to buy in the open market I $500,000,000 a year of Liberty bonds. There will be another issue of independence bonds next spring and probably that will clear up our war i finance needs. Then you may look for I a steady advance in the quoted value of Liberty bonds, i ? . "Twenty-Three."?The slang phrase. I "Twenty-three for you!" dates from ' the dramatization of "The Tale of Two Cities." and was introduced by ? a it niokona. it me aciurs WIIW )/ia7vvi ..? > will be recalled, describes the women ' sitting about Paris endlessly knitting ' They would knit twenty-two stitches, s one for each suspected person, and I when they came to the twenty-third stitch the pereon for whom that stood I was doomed. Sidney Carton's stitch i was the twenty-third. ' I According to the traditions of the ! stage, the actors In the play got Into f the hahlt of saying to any intruder or to a man who bungled or blundered, ? ? "Twenty-three for you." meaning that A f he must get out as he was good for nothing or that his room was better than his company. The words spread 1 from behind the scenes into the ? streets and for four years were a Igfc t of the colloquial language of the v?? 88 >. pie. The expression Is not u**d t often as It used to be. b?* ??* be*r* ^B9EQgpR| it occasionally ereps4?w- jjiwfflp