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i'HESE TWO MEN REFIT THE ARMY Lively Work of Major Fawcett and Captain Thrall at Camp Blank. SPRUCED UP FOR OVERSEAS Hungry and Ill-Clad Soldiers Well Fed and Made Spfck-and-Span for tit« Voyage to Battle Front in France. Washington.—MaJ. George W. Faw fott is the camp quartermaster at an American embarkation camp. It is his Prst business to see that troops poing overseas find comfortable, healthful temporary quarters, and have plenty of food. The camp is more than a rest resort for travelers. When It was established less than a year apo in coming troops were warned that they must not rely on petting any of their overseas outfit here. This is so com pletely changed under Major Fawcett's Administration that there is nothing jin organization can possibly need phieh this camp will not supply nearly fes fast as the men can be marched lip to his warehouses to take the sup plies away. Major Fawcett has a ten-foot square Office in an unpainted shack. He sits Bt a little desk with two clerks, one be hind him and the other at his side. A telephone receiver is strnpped over his head all the time. The officers requir ing supplies for the present and fu ture who come Into this camp make tnlstnfces. big and little, but not one them has ever got anything worse than an amused or an astonished grin from the camp quartermaster. "It Is easier and quicker to give a man what yon know he wants," the major says, "than to waste your time, his, and the g overnment's, by quarreling with him ecause he has not put Ills needs tn proper shape." Makes It Easy for Them. Army regulations require particular printed formulas for requisitions, pre pared with scrupulous attention to email details. Major Fawcett has itaught hlR men to accept any scribbled memorandum on the back of an envel ope or a bit of wrapping paper, tell the applicant for supplies to come back dn half an hour, and, then, when he re turns, hand to him a perfectly arranged form of requisition, stating all his Ineed* with military exactness, and at the same time directing him to a store house where his supply Is already waiting. j The interior traffic of the camp has Increased until 100 big motortrucks are tearing through the streets from dawn until dark, and half of them BROTHERS IN ARMS arer of khaki who is now American expeditionary ranee has been taken into if the French families and e as their sons. There is :e that which arises from a common cause for high MERRY WIDOW'TO DIE oman Found Guilty by ;ourt-Martial. Secrets to the Germans stters to Her Children. e.-^Brief announcement nade'tbat a Paris court- ondeiuned to death as --, thirty-seven years Noel, sixteen years old, aed of being her accom lered to a penitentiary te comes of age. The he was too young to be le for his acts, was not heard in public tils have become known, dme. M.'s husband was ont in March, 1916. and soon started a life that fLi circles she frequent )£ ■''The Merry Widow." work far into the night. The more the camp speeds up the more troops Major Fawcett invites the war department to send through the camp. The Ideal of seeing to it that no man crosses the sens for service with clothing and equipment which Is not new, or as good ns new, has Just about been reached. Troops are detrained from the interior in dusty, faded clothing, patched and pulled out of shape, and go onto their ships in nti Incredibly short time dress ed up like a show window display. His lieutenants in charge of money disbursements, subsistence, construc tion. transportation, and reclamation arc at hts door with brand-new com plications every few minutes. Bewil dered supply officers, who have come to the camp without the slightest Idea of what Is expected of them (and who would have resigned before coming had they known) appear at his door look ing scared; they listen for a few min utes to the general run of his tele phone conversation, forget their scare, answer his questions with a prompt ness and a definiteness which seem to surprise the nn*n themselves, and go out with their heads up, smiling confi dently, and accomplish changes and refittings and substitutions such as they had never dreamed of. Work Well Divided. The work under Major Fawcett sub divided itself naturally so that no dis proportionate burden falls on any one department, with one exception. For accounting purposes it is absolutely necessary that one man should have charge of what. In quartermaster lan guage, Is called "property." He must sign every Invoice and assume respon sibility for It financially. This Job under Major Fawcett Is that of Cnpt. C. E. Thrall, Q. M. R. C. Captain Thrall has counted It a big night when he has had more than four hours' sleep since the war started. Captain Thrall has never been , GIRLS DO GOOD WORK # American Telephone Operators Now Serving in France. Hundred Who Were Sent Over Giv ing Such Efficient Service More Will Be Sent. Washington—To the 100 girls from America now doing service as military telephone operators in France, 150 more In training schools here may soon he added, leaving a reserve force of 400 more on file out of about 8,000 ap plications. The telephone Is referred to as the "nerves of the army," and the young women who have been accepted for this work have undergone tests as se vere as those to which a soldier at the front is subjected. The telephone exchanges often are only a short distance behind the (reaches, and the operator must pos ses» both courage and calmness under dangerous circumstances. "These girls." said Capt. E. J. Wes son, who recruited the unit, are going to astound the people over there by their efficiency. In Paris it takes from 40 to 60 seconds to complete one call. Our girls are equipped to handle 300 calls an honr." Other reports that have reached the war department from France show that the American hello girl is making good rapidly In a task as difficult as is to be found back of the front line trenches. The first group of operators entered training school here on January 12 for instruction in advanced telephony. They received practice in the largest New York exchanges and were then tried out at military cantonments. The course included talks upon personal hygiene. The first contingent sailed on March 2. Other gronps sailed In March and April and were stationed at supply de pots and debarkation bases. In addition to speaking both French and English fluently, every one of these girls has stood a loyalty test which proved that she could be trusted with military information. The uniform prescribed consists of a coat and skirt of navy blue serge, shirtwaist of navy blue Palm Beach She soon ran through the money she Inherited, and, to obtain more, commu nicated with a Greek living In Spain, an agent of the spy bureau established in Barcelona by the Germans. When mother and son were arrested, the boy was just about to engage in the aviation service in order to obtain Information to be supplied to Germany. A writer in the Paris Midi identifies the Greek as the head of German prop aganda in Spain and director In par ticular of the service for arranging ex plosions in factories. He was a reg ular visitor to the girls' school at Bar celona, where he went to see three little girls whose guardian he was supposed to be. One of the youngest, about eleven years old. handed over to him, on each visit, several letters, which he carried away. These three little girls were French, being the daughters of Mme. M. The "Merry Widow" used to pass on any information that she obtained to her son. who wrote It to his young sister, placing it in the middle of his letters, which were never really examined, when it was seen that they were let ciinght rattled. He swears now and then, hut laughs at himself when he swears and ho never lets anybody else get rattled. Captain Thrall is a much more tired looking man than he was a year ago—but like his chief he has found that the best way to keep men moving is to meet ignorance and stu pidity alike with a friendly grin and straighten them out as they go along. Major Fawcett left the regular army 17 years ago and was for many years purchasing agent for the Philippine constabulary. Captain Thrall came from the ranks of the regular army. GETTING A ''BEAD" ON A HUN • •-. v*- ***** . • Photo b y W—tern Newspaper Union, This machine gun operator is care , fully aiming a Lewis gun at a raiding Gotha. It takes a dead shot to bring down one of the birds when It flies high. cloth and straight-brimmed hat of bine felt, while the regulation orange and white cord on the left sleeve is used to designate their rank, as operator, su pervisor, chief operator and so on. "WAR BRIDES" DUPE SOLDIERS Women Fortune Hunters Arrested for Having More Husbands Than Law Allows. San Diego, Cal.—Almost since the United States entered the war soldiers have been victims of women fortune hunters. Girls at various camps are being arrested charged with having an over quota of soldier husbands, and In every case the question of insur ance was the motive. This city has been no exception to the rule, and with the thousands of soldiers and sailors In training at the camps near by federal officials are always on the alert, and as a result two girls are under arrest. They gave their names as Miss Mae Smith and Mrs. Elsie Byrnes, and both are pretty. They were caught In the act of mailing about 20 letters to sailors and soldiers asking for money for clothes and traveling expenses. In every letter written by the girls was the phrase: "I wish you oceans of love with a kiss on the top of every wave." The girls also received 18 letters from ardent lovers and each letter contained money. ☆•☆•☆•☆•☆•☆•☆•☆•☆•☆•☆•☆•■ft* ! WHILE OVER THERE HE 5 • GETS DIPLOMA OVER HERE 5 » _ • • 2 J Knoxville, Tenn.—Although " Ö- Clay Barber, Knoxville lad, is • J. "over there," a formal présenta- » • tton of a diploma to him as the *> % only boy graduate of the Carter jj. High school occurred here. Pa- • * trons attending the school's ex- • • erclses beheld the seat of the J * only boy graduate draped with r> J Old Glory. J Madagascar, the world's third larg est island, has an area equal to France, Holland and Belgium combined. ters from a brother to a little sister at school. LXA -f. -1, JXIwl PTTTtTTTTTTTT "DUKE"JUST A HORSE. t JOINS RED CROSS BODY t _ 4* Seattle, Wash.—The life and ? services of Duke will henceforth T he devoted to the Red Cross. ? Duke Is a pet horse and be- Î cause its owner, Frank Larson, -i* had no money to contribute to ^ the Red Cross, he gave Duke. + The animal was brought to the ^ Red Cross headquarters and duly receipted for. 2 Beggar Had $500. Memphis, Tenn.—John Johnston, a professional beggar, cursed a white j woman when she refused to buy a pen ' ell from him. He was arrested. At j the city jail when he was searched $500 in curreacy was found In his i clothes, THIEF SMACKED BY SMOKED FISH Ketchup Bottle in Hand of Nim ble Lady Aids in Robber Rout. "SPORT" ALSO ASSISTS Hound Distracts Bandit by Taking Mouthful of His Person—?The Diversion Gives Ladies Chanca to Act. Chicago.—Well, sir, after what hap pened the other day Grin Dunning of 350 Englewood avenue is beginning to believe fate indulged in a mirthful lillip when he was named. Grin is large, loose, and shambling and a soulful look adorns his Ethiop ian phiz. Gn the day In question he provided himself with a portentous six-gun and laid a course for the deli catessen of the Miles. Agnes and Alice Crane, young women of his own raco, j at G651 South State street. It being Grill's notion to provide himself with j a free snack of victuals. Now, Agnes and Alice keep store j with the aid and encouragement of a j nondescript hound called Sport. Sport does not take kindly to strangers, cor did he now relax his vigilance when he beheld a sad and nervous king of the Congo poking a revolver toward Miss Agnes Crane. He slid quietly round the end of a counter and quickly and expertly took a mouthful of Grin's per son. Swat! Goes the Halibut. Thus distracted from the business of robbery, which until this moment had been most Important in his mind, Mr. Dunning opened his capacious mouth and gave vent to a shriek w hich might well have been heard out at One Hundred and Eighty-ninth street. Miss Agnes, being neither dull wit* ted nor slothful, seized this interval with great happiness and dealt Mr. Dunning a powerful swat with a smoked halibut, this being the only _4~ A w 4 tr M«* Expertly Took a Mouthful of Orin'a Person. weapon convenient. Mr. Dunning dropped his revolver and Miss Agnes snatched it up with amazing celerity, thrusting the muzzle Into Mr. Dun ning's midriff, which is a terrifying thing to think upon. "Come here, Alice," said she to her sister, "you take this smoke wagon and keep It aimed at this gentleman lessen he gets fresh whilst I call the police." Orin's Tactical Error. Alice did as she was bid. But she must have been nervous, for when Agnes returned, Mr. Dunning had re summed possession of the revolver and now it was Alice who stood stretching her hands aloft. This was where Sir. Dunning erred. He should have loped away and not remained to gloat. Miss Agnes, returning, was annoyed beyond measure. She grabbed up a bottle of ketchup and let it fly with such zeal that the bottle bashed Mr. Dunning abaft his nigh ear, spatter ing him with ti ' rich, red condiment and stretching him faint and helpless upon the floor, bathed in the gore of preserved tomatoes. Then the police came. Grin abides in the Grand Crossing jail and Miss Agnes wants to know who is coming across for the price of a bottle of prime ketchup. BEAR HOLDS EXPRESS CAR Breaks From His Corral and Mes senger Takes to His Heels. Vicksburg, Miss.—Breaking from his crate In an express car, a big black bear being shipped from Shreveport to an Alabama point had complete pos session of the car all the way from Shreveport to Meridian—a .'500-mile ride one Sunday. When the bear broke loose the mes senger scurried from the car and bolt ed the door. It was not until Meridian was reached that an improvised bear trap permitted the capture of the ani mal. On the journey the bear had a pleasant time, eating a crate of chick ens and three five-gallon buckets of ice cream. Relative Hardships. "Well, l'ete" said Meandering Mike, "I guess we'll have to go to work." "1 s'pose we will," answered Plod ding Pete. "Wid ail desu antlloatin laws under way, it's harder work dodgin' work dan it is workln'." ........ „ ______ ... . system. 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