New Iberia enterprise and independent observer., August 31, 1918, Image 2

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'EXPERIENCES AT CAMP BEAURE
GARD.
Mr. R. F. Broussard who reported *o
Camp Beaureard, La., on May 28th, last,
in the company of 51 drafted men from
Iberia Parish, paid a week end visit to
his relatives on Saturday and Sunday
last.
When Mr. Broussard enlisted in the
service he was anxious to get in the line
forces, because, he realized that promo
tion was much more rapid, together with
the fact that the 39th Divsion was ro
leave shortly for Overseas duties, but his
desire was disregarded by military au
thorities at Camp Beauregard, and he
was assgned to the Quartermaster Corps
of the National Army, as a private.
On June 3rd he was ordered to report
to the Conservation and Reclamation Of
ficer for duty. When Mr. Broussard
was asked by one of his friends what
were his ch'ef duties in the reclamation
■division, he said: "Two and one-half,
months ago, when I was assigned to the
Conservation and Reclamation Division,
any soldier could hav easily performed
my duties, as I was merely checking
clothing, hats, shoes, and various other
articles of wearing apparel and equip
ment." For two weeks on the sandy
Bills of Rapides parish, enjoying the h«t
summer sun under the skeleton pine, *ir
being bearded with moss and in garment
green, did I check truck load after truck
load of reclaimed articles. The Con
servation snd Reclamation Division, is
merely one branch of the Quartemaster
Corps. There are thirteen divisions and
eighty-seven sub-divisions, which tofcùs
ene hundred, better known as one hun
dred per cent efficient. After two weeks
•f hard work, I was ordered to report to
the office, to relieve the chief clerk who
was ordered to report to some other
camp. This is when I really learned
the important duties of the Quartermas
ter At first I thought that the
ter Corps. At first I thought that the
Quartermaster Corps was fit for a
"Slicker," but but after my appointment
•s chief clerk I learned differently. The
army as a whole is divided, as yon doubt
less know, into two mfin divisions, name
ly, the line and the staff, briefly the line
fs that part that does the fighting, and.
where I wanted to go, *nd the staff is
that part which keeps the line in fighting
condition. The staff must see to it. that
the line has nothing to do but fight, **
must fnrnish supplies and equipment
where they are needed, means of trans
portation, manufacture or procure tup
plies and equipment, transport troops,
snd attend to casualties.
After all these appurtenances of the
staff are in motion, yon can well under
stsnd the necessity of some branch of
the service that will take care of all uu
s--viceable articles those fit for renova
tion, and those that are condemned. It
was the British who in April 1916, first
organised the Reclamation branch, then
fke Americans in April 1917, organised
Iheir Reclamation breach, and adopted
•ems of the British's important and effi
cient means of handling the tremendous
amount war beaten/articles. The BMtish,
X learn, from authentic reports, saved
twelve million dollars during their last
ffscal year, in actual money, and the
United States, is not far behind in its
saving, though, it only recently has
"isea In s position ts complete the or
gsaiastion ol its Reclamation snd Con
serration Division, In each csmp
throughout the United Ststes and Ovar
The index system in the Conservstion
end Reclsmstion Office covers some five
fhoussnd six hundred srticles Issued Vy
As United Ststes Government for the
msintensncss of its Army. Each card
covers one espsrate article (sad some arti
cles necessitate the filing of three csrds
psr month, on scceunt of the first two
being filled.) Our ssving, slone, ex
cluding the erticles reissued, after being
repaired, snd wnovsted, for the fiscsl
yesr ending Jans 30th, 1918, wss about
earn hundred thossend dollsrs. The sg
grsgste savinga of the Reclamation, In
cluding reissued srticles, snd
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cluding reissued srticles, clothing, snd
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'fclst and everybody's druggist has aotioed
• greet falling on in the sals of ralosasL
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Liver T om I s taHag Its pises.
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personally gnarantssd by
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constipated bowels.- It
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jibe next day like violent lake
st dose of Salome! today sad tomorrow
JVÜ1 fed week, sick sad aaaseaftsd.
bat s few rents sad
Wis to give es ay relief In every ease
Ihrer sluggishness and oonstipatkm, w
**JL e to aak for your money beck.
Dodsoa's Liver Tons is a pleaaai
tssting, purely vegetable remedy,
less to both childrat and adulte. Take
• spoonful at night and wake u
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Drawn by Goar William«, Division of Plotorlal Publicity.
Food savings of millions of Americans during our first year of war enabled this govern
ment to send enormous food shipments abroad for our fighting forces and the Allied nations.
Our savings in cereals out of a short crop—-amounted to 154,900,000 bushels; all of which was
shipped to Europe. We increased our meat and fat shipments 844,600,000 pounds. This was
'America's "box from home" to our army abroad and the civilians and military forces of the
[Allied nations.
ordnance, easily exceeds a half million
dollars.
The Reclamation work is very inter
esting, and now that I have success
fully passed s written examination cov
ering each division and sub-division of
the quartermaster corp, I was recom
for , Commisgion „ Second
Lieutenantj q. m . C ., NV A., and by
Rext Mondayj j expect to report t0 Jack .
j gonv ;u ei pj, ( f or father ,'instruclions !
j f or overseas duty. I
At first, I was keenly disappointed, by !
not being able to go in the line, but
after learning what discipline was, I
took my orders, reported to the Reclama
tion Officer, and though I failed to leave
for France, with the 39th division, I will
soon report to the port of embarkation.
In fact I hope so.
I have only had a few months of ex
perience in the army, but to my friends
between the ages of 18 and 45, who will
soon be called to the colors, by
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the j
special Act of Congress, let me quote a
negro soldier who is assigned to the
Labor Bstallion, in the Q. M. C. This
is whst he said after hearing the bugle
to two of his friends, who , were wit
nessing a baseball game: "Betta git
yore sef togeder boys, dis ain't yore
mamy callin, dis am yore onkle."
JIM Reward, llOt.
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W. S. 8.
AMERICAN RXD CROSS.
Wsshington, Q. C, August 30.—Thou
ss ds ef Armenian refugees st Pert Ssid
sei many homslses fsmilies In sad assr
Jerusalem sow srs being csrsd for by
the American Red Croee, according to
cable advices Just received by Ameriesn
Red Cross War Conseil from the Rod
Cross Commissoin to Palestine, headed
by Docto John H. Finley.
Relief work thia part of the world un
dertaken at the requect of General Allen
by and is being carried on under tke
direction of Military Governor. One of
the first movee of the American Red
Cross wss to establish Bureau where'
applications for relief were received snd
investigated, the organization co-operat
in g to the fullest extent with relief
sgencies of sll denomination:.
The Red Croee hss established gene*. 1
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dispensary and hospital with children's ,
the organization has taken over two
orphan asylums with four hundred chil
dren. Three hundred Russian refugees
also being cared for in Jerusaem by the
Red Cross.
Cable from Dr. Finley dated Cairo fol
lows:
"Reqnest General Allenby we are car
rving on industrial and relief work nn
der military authorities at large Ar
menian Reftt ? e Camp. Port Said. Al
ready have five members staff refugee
camp 'in Western Palestine Are now
tuam ; S g medical Social Industrial Re
lief for refugees in and near Jerusalem
! Russon refugees about three hundred,
I Have established local application
under direction military governor. Es
tablishing general dispensary well as
hospital in Jerusalem also experienced!
clinic. Employing seven hundred women
in work rooms sewing, knitting and
weaving. Have at request of govern
ment taken over most important orpha
nage for boys and one additional orpha
nage with total of about four hundred
orphans. Have also assumed care of
! vestigation Bureau and co-operating
fullest possible extent with Jewish,
Protestant Catholic and other relief
agencies."
No Worms la s Healthy Child
All children troubled with worms have en un
healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a
rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance.
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly
for tWo or three weeks will enrich the blood, im
prove the d iges ti o n , and act as a General Strength
ening Toole to the whole system. Nature will then
or dispel the worms, and the Child will be
in perfect health. Pleasant to take. 00c per bottle.
(Advertisement.)
WHOM DO GREAT MEN MARRY?
Women, of course. But they show the
same diversity of taste that is 1 seen in the
lower rsnks, snd on the whole, mske
werse mistakes. They, however, general
ly show the ssme sense in chooeiag
wives thst they show in managing other
people's sffsirs whether it be good or
bad.
John Howard, the great philanthrop
ist, married his nurse. She wss. alto
gether beneath him in social life and
intellectual capacity, and besides this,
was fifty-two years eld while he was
but twenty-five. He would not take
"No" for an answer, and they were mar
ried, and lived happily together nntil
iher death, which occurred two years
afterward. '
Peter the Great, of Russis. married
peassnt girl. She made an excellent
wife and a sagacious empress. Hum
boldt married a poor girl because he
loved her. Of course they were hsppy.
Shakespeare loved and wed a farm
la almost aap
am whs knows Mother 's
Is shs rem in iscent ot
g£ be?
1* P "? «p a r t a nt mothers derived the earn
fort and blessing of this famors t a rai» .
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there is e
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n» Sdtoa of Mothers Friend nukes the
■■das ftea, pliant and responsive. When
dy arrives they expand easily, and pain
_ . ... at the crisis la naturally less.
. Stra in upon ths nerves and ligaments is
MKMd and in place of a period of discom
fort^ and consequent dread,, it is a srssnn of
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«atareposoand happy anticipation.
Mot her's Frlend enables the mother to pre
T a. her health e nd natural grace and
«mains s pretty mother by having avoided
the pain an d suffering which more often
pm otherwise accompanies such sn occasion
Wh«a nature to unaided.
Write the Brad field Regulator Cot,
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2*» J" the meantime do not by mtj
çnaace fail to purchase s bottle of iMwi
Priced _from Oe druggist and thus fortify
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lag Wittj He utm o st regularity. »
, er* s daughter. She was faithful to her
vows, but we could hardly say the same
of the great bard himself. Like most
j of the great poets, he showed too little
| discrimination in bestowing his affection
_ . , , . ,
Burns married a farm gal
on the other sex.
Byron married Miss Milbank to get
money to pay his debts. It turned out
a bad shift.
Robert
with whom he fell in love while they
worked together in the plow-field. He,
too, was irregular in his life, and com
....
mitted the most serious mistakes in con
ducting his domestic affairs.
Milton married the daughter of a
country, squire bnt lived with her but
a short time. He was an austere, ex
acting, literary recluse, while she was
rosy, romping country lass that could
not endure the restraint imposed upon
her, and so they separated. Subse
quently, however, she returned, and they
lived tolerably happy.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were
cousins, and about the only example in
the long line of English monarchs wher
in the marital vows were sacredly ob
served and sincere sffection existed.
Waahington married a widow with
two children. It is enough to say of her
that she wss worthy of him, snd th*t
they lived as married folka should, in
perfect harmony. John Adama married
the daughter of s Presbyterisn clergy
msn Her fsther objected on sccount of
John being s lawyer; he had s bai
opinion of the morals of the profession,
Thomas Jefferson married Mrs. Mar
tha Sketlon, a childless widow, but she
brought him a large fortune in real
estate. After the ceremony she mounted
the horse behind him snd they rode
home together. It waa late in the even
ing, and they found the fire out. But
the great statesman bustled sround snd
rebuilt it, while she seized the broom snd
soon pnt things in order. It is needless
to say that they were happy, though Jef
ferson died a poor man on account of
his extreme liberality snd hospitality.
Benjamin Franklin married the girl
who stood in her father's door snd
laughed at him as he wandered through
the streets of Philsdelphis with rolls of
bread under his arms, and his pockets
filled with dirty clothes. She had oc
casion to be hsppy when she found her
self the wife of such s great and good
It is not generally known that An
drew Jackson married s Isdy whose hns
band was atill living. She was sn edu
cated but amiable woman, and was most
devotedly sttsched to the old warrior
and statesman, who, wth all his rough
ness and aterness, was s tender and
faithful husband.
John C. Calhoun married his cousin,
snd their children were neither diseased
nor idiotic, but they do not evince the
talent of the great "States' rights" ad
vocate.
Edward Lyttn Bulywer, the English
atatesman and novelist, married a girl
much his inferior in position and got a
shrew for a wife.
Gen. Sam Houston lived happily with
a squaw wife. Edward Forrest, tie
great tragedian, married a beautiful ac
tress, from whom he was divorced. Gen.
Fremont married the daughter of Thos.
H. Benton, against the letter's wish,
_
which obliged him to elope with her on
* stormy night The union proved a
k* PPT oa« >» spite of the equally be
ginning. Horace Greeley married a
tt
D. W. Griffith's
THE
GREAT
LOVE
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Delicate Touches of Bright Sparkling
Comedy are Blended Perfectly with
the Dramatic Features and Love
Scenes as only the Genius of Mr.
Griffith knows how to do.
ELKS THEATRE, SEPTEMBER 10-11
schoolmistress whose sense and good
ness satisfied him.
Gen. Sherman married the daughter of
Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, who was a
member of Gen. Taylor's cabinet. This
alone would have been a good start in lif s
for any young man. Jeff. Davis, for his
first wife, won the hand of Zachar/
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Taylor's daughter, and Gen. Grant mar
ried a Miss Dent, of St. Louis. She ap
parently had more sense than show, and
was therefore fit for a President's wife.
— S. L. Wells, in Wedlock.
w.s.s.
CLIP THIS AND PIN
ON WIFE'S DRESSEF
Cincinnati man tells hew to shrive'
up corns or calluses so thex
lift off with fingers.
of a drug called freezone when applied
to a tender, aching corn or hardened cal
lus stops soreness at once, and soon the
, corn or callus dries up and lifta rieht
ofl without pain p a ,uw r, ^ n '
; to a tender, aching corn or harden
| He says freezone dries immediately
and never inflames or even irritates the
J**rrounding| skin. A small bottle oi
■ freezone will cost very little at any
. drag store, but will positively remove
j every hard or soft corn or callus from
a OI !?' a tee }- •Millions of Ameriesn women
Ouch ! T ! T ! ! This kind of rough
talk will be heard less here in town ii
people^ troubled with corns will folio*
the simple advice of this Cincinnati
authority, who claims that a few drops
> will welcome this announcement aince
I the inauguration of the high heels. If
rour druggist doesn't have freesoae tell
tim to order s small bottle for yes.
r-W. S. - - -
STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE.
Baton Rouge, La., August 24.—One
the most important features of war
work is the detection of army and navy
deserters and delinquents including tech
nical draft deserters, that is; registrants
who have failed to file questionnaires;
appear for physical examination,
otherwise comply with the Selective Serv
ice Law. In order to arouse public
sentiment in this mstter the Adjutant
General of the War Department, through
the Council of National Defenae, has re
quested Secretary John Marahall, of the
State Council of Defense, to give wide
publicity to the work being done by the
parish snd community rouncils in co
operation with the Department of Jus
tice. The parish and community organ
izations touch the most remote rural dis
tricts of the Stste, and the following
program is issued for their guidsnce in
this vt^jf: '
1. Give publicity to the activity of
the Department of Justice; the Stste
Council of Defense, snd other sgencies.
in spprehending every deserter within
the state boundaries. This will tend *o
discourage desertion.
2. Instruct Psrish snd 1 Community
Councils of Defense to undertake this
work in such s wsy thst esch member
of esch Council shsll feel a pAsonal
responsibility in detecting the deserters
in every community. A list of deserters
from sny neighboring Army Post csn
Gel Rid of Those Un*
desirable Bedfellows
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SECT POWDER lato sU ü*? S
«uit live where
it it used. Can't injurs human
beings or domestic »ninuTu
Bee Brad Insect Powder
Hiss sad
fia In a few
Will k~m ant%
roacbes, bed-bug
and bogs of nan».
kind. Direction
PKfege. .Look for the
Bee Brand Trade Marie.
Bee,
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imum
. generally be obtained from the Post Com
mander.
3. Influence each Community Couu
cil to investigate the case of any strange
man in uniform whose presence is not
^ fully accounted for. If he is on a le •
gitimate errand he will have with him
evidence to establish this fact. A de
j
serter usually seeks a neighborhood
1 where he is unknown, and any stranger
in uniform whose business is kept secret
^should be regarded with suspicion.
4. Influence Community Councils lo
investigate also the case of any unknown
civilian of from 21 to 31 years of age
and endeavor to find out whether he hîs
his registration card or exemption card
and whether he is not deserting from
the Army. If it is found he has failed
to register the nearest agent of the D»
partment of Justice should be notified of
the facts found.
5. In conjunction with the agents of
I the Federal Department of Justice and
s t9 t* Secret Serv.V* «„mri..
State Secret Service conduct surprise
roundups at which men apparently of
draft age are ordered to display their
cards in order to establish the regularity
of their standing. If they are unable
to do so they should be taken into custody
pending proof of their innocence. The
plans for and conduct of such raids
should be made only under the direc
tion of the Department of Justice Agents.
On the night of the roundup arrange
ments # should be made with the draft
boards to have a sufficient number of
clerks present at draft headquarters to
answer inquiries as to spprehended reg
j istrsnts. ^
I 6. Inform each Community Council
j that sny deserted from the Army should
I be delivered at once to a military post
I for disposition snd that any draft da
serter should be reported or delivered to
the local agent of the Department of
Justice. Expenses may be recovered
from the War Department or the De
partmnt of- Justice ss the case msy be,
and in the case of sn srmy deserter,
there is the slternstive of a reward of
$50.00. A more detailed atatement of
the procdure of reimbursement for the
delivery of any army deserter to s mil»
itary post is given in Army Regulstions,
Jsnusry 31, 1918, and for a draft de
serter in Amended Section 140 of Se
lective Service Regulations.
If it is widely hnown thst the Council
of defense is taking sn sctive psrt is
the detection of deserters it will result in
the citizen reporting suspected esses, snd
will be s deterrent in the minds of
would be deserters.
W. S. S
Chronic Constipation.
It is by n 0 means an easy mat
ter to cure this disease, but it can
be done in most instances by tak
ing Chamberlan's Tablets and
complying with the plain printed
directions that accompany each
package.
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Italy Has "Stets Sugar."
Especially drastic régulations gavera
the aee ef sugar la Italy. Its meat*
facture, (Hetiibetloa and ssle are dose-t
ly controlled, end In part actually
taken over by the state.
Bacchsrins Is permitted to be soldi
sad used as s substituts for sugsr sad
the government msnufsctures s mi»
ture of sacchsrine snd sngsr osHed
i "State Sugar," which Is largely usedL
German Sugar Ration Adequate.
Germany, before the war, produced
a great surplus of Bugar snd exported
large quantities. Todsy the Germans
have virtually gone out of the export
business, but hsvs plenty of chesp
sugar for home use.
Wholesale prices prevslent In the
Allied nstlons, according to Informa
tion received by the United States
Food Administration are ss follows:
England, 10 cents s pound ; France,
12 cents ; ftsly, 26 certs.
While these high prices are being
paid abroad the American wholesale
price is being held at 7% cent*
_ -W. S. S
For Indigestion, Constipation or
Biliousness
Jjjsttnr one 50-ce nt bottle of LAX-FOS
WITH PEPSIN. A Liquid Digestive
i-axauvb pleasant to take. Made and
«commended to the public by Paris Medi
cine Co., manufacturers of Laxative Bromo
Qui nine and Grove's Tasteless chili Tonic-