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THESE TWO MEN
REFIT THE ARMY
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Lively Work of Major Fawcett
and Captain Thrall at
Camp Blank.
SPRUCED UP FOR OVERSEAS
Hungry and Ill-Clad Soldier* Well Fed
and Made Spick-and-Span for
the Voyage to Battle
Front In France.
Washington.—Mnj. George W. Faw
cett Is the camp quartermaster at an
American embarkation camp. It is his
first business to see that troops going
overseas find comfortable, healthful
temporary quarters, and have plenty of
food. The camp Is more than a rest
{assort for travelers. When It was
established less than a year ago In
coming troops were warned that they
must not rely on getting any of their
overseas outfit here. This Is so com
pletely changed under Major Fawcett’s
administration that there Is nothing
an organization can possibly need
which this camp will not supply nearly
as fast as the then can be inarched
up lo his warehouses to take the sup
plies away.
Major Fawcett has a ten-foot square
office In an unpalnted shack. He sits
at a little desk with two clerks, one be
hind him and the other at his side. A
telephone receiver Is strapped over his
head all the time. The officers requir
ing supplies for the present nnd fu
ture who come Into this camp make
mistakes, big and little, but not one
of 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
you know be wants,” the major says,
"than to waste your time, his, nnd the
government's, by quarreling with him
because he has not put his needs In
proper shape.”
Makes It Easy for Them.
Arm> regulations require particular
printed formulas for requisitions, pre
pared with scrupulous attention to
small details. Major Fawcett has
taught his men to accept any scribbled
memorandum on the back of nn envel
one or a bit of wrapping paper, tell the
applicant for supplies to come back
In half an hour, anil, then, when he re
turns. hand to him n perfectly arranged
form of requisition, stating all his
needs with military exactness, and at
the same time directing him to a store
house where his supply Is already
waiting.
The Interior traffic of the camp hns
Increased until 100 big motortrucks
are tearing through the streets from
dawn until dark, nnd half of them
BROTHERS IN ARMS
I
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Fvery wearer of khaki who Is now
with the American expeditionary
forces in I'rauce lots been taken into
the hearts of the French families and
our sons are as their sons. There is
no bond like that which arises from
fighting In a common cause for high
Ideals. I
work far Into the night. The more the
enmp 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 ns good
as new, hns 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 an Incredibly short time dress
ed up like a show window display.
Ills lieutenants in charge of money
disbursements, subsistence, construc
tion, transportation, and reclamation
are at his 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 men 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 nnturnlly 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 Capt.
C. F. Thrall. Q. M. It. C. Captain
Thrall has counted It a big night when
he hns had more thnn four hours’ sleep
since the war started.
Captain Thrall has never been
caught rattled. He swears now and
then, but laughs at himself when he
swears and ho never lets anybody else
got rattled. Captuin 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 f-iendly grin and
straighten them out us they go along.
.Major Fawcett left the regular array
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
Photo by
Wtttern Ntwtpapfi Union ^
This machine gun operator Is care
fully aiming a Lewis gun at a raiding
Gotha. It tnkes a dead shot to bring
down one of the birds when it flies
high.
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 Frnnce, 150
more In training schools here may soon
he added, leaving a reserve force of
400 more on file out of nbotit 8,000 ap
plications.
The telephone Is referred to as the
“nerves of the army,” and the young
women who hnve been accepted for
this work have undergone tests as se
vere as thqse to which a soldier at the
front Is subjected.
The telephone exchanges often are
only a short distance behind the
trenches, and tlie operator must pos
sess 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 Purls It takes from
I 40 to 00 seconds to complete one call.
Our girls are equipped to handle 300
j calls an hour.”
'Other reports thnt hnve reached the
j war department from Frnnce show
that the American hello girl Is mnklng
i good rapidly In a task ns difficult as la
j 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 lit military cantonments. The
course Included talks upon personal
hygiene.
The tlrst contingent sailed on March
2. Other groups 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 loynlty 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
cloth and strnlght-brlmmed hat of blue
felt, while the regulation ornnge 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 sice* the
United States entered the war Soldiers
have been victims of women fortune
hunters. Girls at various camps ere
being arrested charged with having ftn
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 gqve
their names ns 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 wus
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.
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l WHILE OVER THERE HE l
S GETS DIPLOMA OVER HERE *
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J Knoxville, Teun.—Although •
Clay Barber, Knoxville lad, is •
• “over there,” a formal presenta- J
• tion of a diploma to him as the I>
J only boy graduate of the Carter *
» High school occurred here. Pa- •
• trons attending the school’s ex- •
• erclses beheld the seat of the »
• only boy graduate draped with *
Old Glory. •
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Madagascar, the world’s third larg
est island, has an area equal to France,
Holland und Belgium combined.
‘MERRY WIDOW’ TO DIE
French Woman Found Guilty by
Court-Martial.
Sold Military Secret* to the German*
In Letter* to Her
Children.
Purls, France.—Brief announcement
has Just been made that a Paris court
martial has condemned to death ns
a spy Mine. M-, thirty seven years
old. Her son, Noel, sixteen years old.
who was accused of being her accom
plice, was ordered to a penitentiary
colony until he comes of age. The
court believed he was too young to.be
held responsible for his nets.
As the case was not heard In public
only n few details have become known,
such as that Mine. M.’s husband was
killed at the front In March, 1016, and
that the wife soon started a life that
earned her. In the circles she frequent
ed. the uutue of "The Merry Widow.”
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 avlutlon service In order to obtnln
information to he supplied to Germany.
A writer in the Baris Midi Identities
the Greek ns the head of German prop
aganda In Spain and director In par
ticular of the service for arranging ex
plosions In factories. He was n reg
ular visitor to the girls’ school at Bar
celona. whore he went to see three
little girls whose guardian he was
supposed to be. Oue 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 Mine. M. The
“Merry Widow” used to puss on any
Information that she obtained to her
sou, who wrote It to his young sister,
placing It In the middle of tils letters,
which were never really examined,
when it wus seen that they were let
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ters from a brother to a little sister
at school.
•DUKE” JUST A HORSE,
JOINS RED CROSS BODY
Seattle, Wash.—The life and
services of Duke will henceforth
he devoted to the Red Cross.
Duke Is a pet horse and be
cause Its owner, Frank Lnrson,
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.
Beggar Had $500.
Memphis, Term.—John Johnston, n
professional beggar, cursed a white
woman when she refused to buy a pen
cil from him. He was arrested. At
the city Juil when be was searched
$.r>U0 In currency was found la hie
clothe*.
DAIRY!
FACTS
STUDY NEEDS OF LIVE STOCK |
Dairymen and Stock Raisers Are Cau- j
tioned to Feed Only Balanced
Ration to Animals.
(Prepared by the United States Depart- j
ment of Agriculture.)
In order to save feed—to see that '
none of It Is wasted—dairymen and
live stork men should study the needs
of their animals und see that only the
required feed Is given in a balanced
ration. This is particularly impor
tant at the present time, since an in
crease In feed and more live stock
are needed to supply the needs of this
nation and the allies.
To reduce the problems involved in
the selection of feeds on the basis of
their nutritive value—which are meas
ured in terms of protein, carbohydrate,
and fat contents—in order to make
them apply to every-day feeding, has
not been simple. In a bulletin re
cently Issued by the United States de
partment of agriculture tables are
given which make the balancing of
rations a simple matter of multiplica
tion and division. It is explained that
protein, carbohydrate, and fat con
tents of a feedstuff are not the only
factors affecting Its feed value. Pro
teins differ in their nutritive quali
ties, while some Substances not In
cluded in the classes mentioned are
necessary to the proper maintenance
of the bodily functions. The palata
bility and succulence of a feed has
much to do with Its value as a feed.
Many feedstuffs have physiological ef
fects entirely apart from their nutri
tive qualities. A ration may be per
fectly balanced from the standpoint of
relative content of protein and en
ergy producers, and yet be quite Im
practicable, the specialists point out,
because It Is too bulky or too con
centrated. Consideration’ if a feed
stuff or a ration based only on chem
ical composition, therefore, is to be
taken merely as a guide, It is ex
plained, to be followed in the light of
all the knowledge obtainable about ani
mal nutrition.
The selling price of a feed Is not a
reliable guide to Its relative feeding
vnlue. The carbohydrate feeds—corn,
oats, barley, kafir, and various others
—and the protein feeds—cottonseed
meal, tankage, and brewers’ grains—
are found on the market at various
prices. The feeder desires to know,
with certain given prices, which Is
the cheapest feed to buy—the true
value of a bushel of oats, rye, or bar
ley for feed when corn is worth 80
cents a bushel. lie wishes to know
the value of a ton of brewers’ grains,
linseed meal, or bran when cottonseed
meal Is worth $.10 a ton and corn $1
a bushel. By the use of the tables
presented In the bulletin, which show
romparative costs based on nutritive
values, these questions can be an
swered.
RAISING CALVES FOR DAIRY
Young People Can Help by Caring for
Young Animals—Task Is Made
One of Pleasure.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
In the calf club nn effort has been
made to centralize the energy of the
boys and girls in raising and caring
for dairy calves. The objects of the
cnlf club are many; the chief one, how
ever, is to develop in the boys and
girls a desire to engage in live stock
husbandry and at the same time teach
Dairy Club Boys Taught How to Se
lect Good Milk Producers.
them the value of thrift Many plans
of organization have been used in these
clubs, but the best one seems to be
a plan that provides for the calf to
be raised by the boy or girl and event
ually added to the milking herd of the
parent. In this way the juniors are
Instructed in all the essentials of the
raising and caring for calves and dairy
cows, instead of the care of the dairy
cattle being a task it becomes a pleas
ure. The extension department of the
state colleges and also the department
of agriculture assist in this work.
DUAL-PURPOSE ANIMAL TYPE
Some Breeders Incline More to Dairy
Breeds While Others Prefer to
Develop Beef.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
As there ha? been a constant ten
dency for some breeders to Incline
more to the dairy type of animals,
while others prefer to develop the beef
tendencies, there has been, and prob
ably ufways will be, a wide varia
tion in the types of dual-purpose ani
mals.
INCREASED FLOCKS ON FARM
Ways Outlined of Hastening Develop
ment of Sheep Business—Source
of Wool and Meat.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Though much Is yet to be done to Im
prove the carrying capacity of the
■western range lands and to furnish fa
cilities for increasing the production
front those areas that should always
be used for grazing, and though the
possibilities of sheep ruising on cut
over timber lands are very great, neith
er of these advances can be made to
contribute so extensively and so quick
ly to market supplies as an increase
of flocks on the farms of all parts ol
the country. Only one-tenth of all
holdings now classed as farms main
tain sheep. The establishment of flocks
on as many as possible of the othei
farms that are suitable for sheep offers
the greatest opportunity for quick re
suits.
This Is not wholly a war matter.
When peace comes it will still be nec
essary for farmers to accord greatei
Importance to live stock. The require
ments of the country and the most eco
nomical use of farm crops and farnc
labor call for a much more general
keeping of fnrm flocks of sheep, en
tirely aside from the war situation.
The magnitude of such an undertak
ing argues against large results in a
short time, but if the true facts and
prospects can be adequately realized
by farmers, within a space of two
years it can be expected that the sup
ply of both wool and meat will be In
creased materially.
An obstacle to any Increase in the
number and size of fnrm flocks Is found
In the prevalent Idea that wool and
meat prices, after the war, will recede
quickly to low levels and cause a loss
to those who have Invested In higher
priced stock for breeding purposes.
The statistics of the world supplies
and requirements, however, and the
trend of prices prior to the war indi
cate that we already had entered a
new era with regard to the live stock
industry. While it Is not possible to
give a guarantee as to future values,
the great use of wool by all countries
Good for Wool and Mutton.
at war undoubtedly will deplete stocks
rapidly, and this will tend to Influence
the market for some time to come.
The belief that sheep do not have a
place upon high-priced, highly produc
tive land also is inapplicable at pres
ent. It is true that the development
of the sheep industry on the rougher,
cheaper, or drier types of land has
prevented and in some cases destroyed
the business of sheep raising upon
farms of high productive capacity.
Conditions now are changed. The
sheep toi'ay provides a profitable
source of meat no less than an income
from the sale of wool.
The large use of forage and pastur
age and the small use of grain favor
the keeping of a flock on the farm.
Sheep are most profitable and most
healthy when kept upon pasture lands
or used for gruzing oft such forage
crops as cereal mixtures, rape, cow
peas, etc. Where large grass pastures
are available the forage crops may not
be required, hut under common farm
conditions the forage crops will have
a part in the best flock husbandry.
With good roughages, made up in part
of leguminous hnys, little grain is need
ed for wintering breeding stock, and if
ewes do not lamb until they go to pas
ture grain may be wholly eliminated
from winter rations. Lambs are most
in demand and most profitably disposed
of when weighing from 6f> to 90 pounds.
Ordinarily the lower weight will be
reached at from four to five months
of nge and without the use of grain
if stock is of good breeding and kept
upon good pasturage. The lamb car
cass requires less fat to render it suit
able for the table than is necessary in
any other class of meat. This fact
particularly adapts sheep raising to sec
tions that are not adapted to produc
tion of grains but can furnish good pas
turage and forage crops. It also en
ables the flock to produce a cash re
turn from forage crops and other graz
ing included in a diversified plan of
cropping. The rapidity with which
Iambs attain marketable weight insures
very quick returns ut a low cost.
The comparatively small amount of
tabor required in curing for sheep is
another argument in favor of the farm
dock.
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BUILT ON LINES OF BEAUTY
Structures for Industrial Establish
ments Need No Longer Constitute
Blots on Landscape.
Itecent years hn\e seen a marked
advance in (he architectural treatment
of office buildings, shops and even
“loft” buildings—tlie last built essen
tially for commercial purposes.
“Architecture,” indeed, as applied to
building, has been proved a beneficial
asset rather than an esthetic ideal.
Several architects of Chicago and the
middle West have attained remarkable
success in distinctly architectural ren
derings of factory buildings; and ar
chitecural ideals are by no means in
compatible with a type of building us
ually regarded by most of us us “hope
lessly” utilitarian—buildings for power
houses and pumping stations.
A Pacific coast architect, however,
has distinguished himself for years
hy his unusual rendering of this type
of building. “Plants,” which In most
Instances have been accepted as Ir
remediable blots upon their immedi
ate localities, have been given the
architectural dignity and grace which
are commonly regarded ns the special
requisites of “architectural” buildings,
such ns libraries and the like.
Perhaps the spell lias been broken—
perhaps those people who need most to
dream dreams and see visions of ar
chitectural beauty have been and are
being gradually awakened, by the pa
tient endeavors of a few earnest and
inspired architects, to a realization
that there may be Ideals in everyday ,
architecture—that a garage may be a
beautiful building, a storage ware
house a structure of fine dignity and
strength, and that a factory may be
clothed In an architectural mobility of
concept which will be commensurate.
In terms of the better and final ideal,
with the commercial significance of
the great Industry which it houses.
CURVES MADE FOR BEAUTY
Well to Follow Nature in Avoidance of
the Straight Line When It
!s Possible.
In avoiding straight lines we must
not go so far as to violate what com
mon sense dictates. It is not expect
ed that a path 20 feet long running
from the public sidewalk to the front
door is capable of many or, in fuct,
any curves. The shortness of the dis
tance precludes the possibility of
these, and straight lines must prevail.
On a place of greater extent or where
fhe house is situated farther from the
public highway the need of curves is
indicated, for If one having no path
way marked out should carelessly
walk from the street back to the front
door over a freshly raked soil surface
looking backward he would discover
that lie had made a line composed of
very faint yet beautiful curves, and
this line might properly be uti
lized for outlining the subsequent
path. The one thing to avoid in paths
of this kind is abruptness. It will lie
noted that the course of a river con
sists of broad, graceful sweeps, and
wherever abruptness occurs a short
curve may be forced by the water
leaving a rocky bank or some other
natural Impediment. We should make
our abrupt curves nppear equally nee
cessary by planting a shrub, tree or
some other natural impediment. We
force them from a line of travel other
wise necessarily straight or nearly so.
PRETTY SHINGLE FENCE
Surrounding a Shingle Bungalow, or
One Built of Bowlders, Logs, or
Weathered Shlplap, a Shingle Fence
Is Often Attractive.
—Popular Mechanics Magazine.
What’s A Watt?
A current of electricity flowing
through a wire Is like a stream of wa
I ter flowing through a pipe. And the
pressure of the water, the speed with
which It flows, we call the volts or
the voltage of electricity. And the size
of the stream of water in the one or
two-inch pipe Is amperes when we
measure the size of an electric current.
Hut the actual volume of water that
Is flowing through the pipe Is so many
gallons, while with electricity we meas
ure in watts—so many watts for au
hour or so many watt-hours.
What It Takes.
Pn not consider that a town is great
because It has mountains, lakes, rivers,
trees, or blue skies. A town Is never
great unless it has men and women
to stamp it with character and assure
It destiny. There is more iu a soul
than a body, and this Is not less true
of towns than of persons.— Corpus
Christ! (Texas) Caller.