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Schwab of the Shipping Board, as he launched a newly com structed ship to toke American troops overseas. “Thank God he had the stuff in him to fight and die like 2 man.” An /i_men'can mother, upon being told her boy had been kiled in action in Lrance. “An inconclusive peace would be a greater disaster than comtin uance of the war.” | Jom Hodge, British Minister of Pensions. “The sixldsons of the Kaiser are the safest insurance risks in the world.” ‘ James Gerard, former American Ambassador to Berlin. “The great thing is to make Germany feel that the hundred millions of America are going as one man to beat the Germans.” Elihu Root, former Secreiary of Stale. “We regard American intervention as an event destined to change the course of the world’s history.” A military writer in the London press. A Sketch Of The General Geography Of France, No. 2 On the basis of variatiems in cli mate, topography, soil and resulting économic activities of the people, France may be divided into fourteen natural regions or geographic prov inces. They are as follows: 1. The Central Piateau, 2. The Paris region, 3. The region of the morth or northeast, . 4. Normandy, . 5. The region of the middle Loire, 6. Britanny, 7. Western France between the Loire and the Garonne, 8. The Pyrenees, 9. Aquitaine, or the plain of the Garomne, 10. The region of the east, or Lorraine and the Vosges, 11. The Juras, 12. The Alps, & 13. The plain of the Saone, 14. The Mediterranean region. THE CENTRAL PLATEAU, be cause of its disseeted character and because of its long, harsh winters and ¢ool summers, is a region of rather sparse, backward population. The grazing of cattle aud sheep and the raising of some oats, rye and barley are the chief means of livelihood. Coal deposits near Creusot, St. Etienne and Alais are the foundation of fairly important manufacturing in dustries at the western edge of the plateau. . THE PARIS REGION is the ‘“‘mag netic pole of France.” It is a low, fertile plain, in whieh the rivers con verge on the capital city and give it a commanding position. Outside of Paris agriculture dominates the re glon, with wheat and sugar beets as the principal crops. Both of these products thrive in the none-too-hot or rainy summers of this region. Small farms, carefully worked, enable a dense agricultural popalation to make a good living. On certain more sunny slopes in the eastern parts of the Paris region there is produced the famous wine called “champagne.” 1 THE REGION OF NORTH is in part a low, poorly draimed coastal plain, bordered by sand dunes, in part a higher plain on which are low hills. It is a rich .agricultural coun try, with an important produetion of wheat, sugar beets, hemp, flax and dairy products. Plants which require hot summers, such %mcorn and the vine, do not thrive . Situated between England, Belgium and the Paris region, this part of north France is crossed by several impor tant railroad lines, Paris to Boulogne and Calais, Paris to Lille and Brus sels, Paris to Maubeuge, Lid¢ge and Berlin. ’ Excellent railroad facfilities, many canals, position close to the ocean, and a rich field of coal, all have en couraged the development of impor tant manufacturing industries in this region. These manufacturiag indus tries and the intensive agriculture make nossible one of the densest pop ulations in the world. thera beinz ——— g e BT P o = B o s e i aaad iy o] Teti inemas s TR eSO R > £ 4 D RNSHIERE /B ¢AR e R S T SRR o S gy eo e L RN S .'.'!.~) il ’l"'-.;ii=i;’:. eg =e ‘\,§ ,7":\’%\-;?"‘ ‘), eSS 5‘3 g& . Oe Tl l\‘x A~‘ .—{ :'.“ ¥ ~_.‘.)‘ FERTT LT il ie eA T H RNG ROIESSS N A .s v SRR ) R gy ALK BRI BT LI !}‘( 3:::::; ; : S 5" RS [V SR R©NI }f-"l,/rz B R LetT § W Til 4 ; : yTP W . 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THE REGION OF THE MIDDLE LOIRE is a plain characterized by agriculture much like that of the Paris region. Important railroad | lines, Paris to Toulouse, Paris to Bor deaux, Paris to Nantes, cross this | lowland area which separates the | higher regions of Britanny and the ' Central Plateau. Tours, the chief t city of the region, is a picturesque | place on the Loire, at the junction of two important railroads. Nantes, at |the mouth of the Loire, is a seaport | of some importance. | BRITANNY is a peninsula with an | irregular seacoast, and with a climate '| even more maritime in character than that of Normandy, the winters being ‘| mild and the summers cool. The | country is for the most part hilly, and | it has poor .sofl. As a result of all | these conditions, Britanny has had a | development largely independent of | that of the rest of France. A scanty | agriculture, some dairying, and fish | ing as the dominant industry, fur | nish a poor living for a population | which is sparse everywhere except | along parts of the coast. ‘ WESTERN FRANCE, between the | Loire and the Garonne rivers, is an undulating plains region with a mari | time climate. It is exclusively agri cultural, except along the sea coast, | where fishing, oyster gathering and | the evaporation of salt from sea wa | ter, are supplementary industries. In { the central portion of this region is ithe Pass of Poitou, a low place { through which run the old roads and the modern railroads from Paris and the middle Loire to Bordeaux and Spain. | THE PYRENEES form a high mountain barrier between Frafice and Spain. The French side of the range is steeper in slope, more rainy, and has a larger number of valleys suited to settlement than the Spanish side. The ¥Freach side is largely forested, and the rather sparse population en gages in amnimal raising, with some agriculture in the valley. The Pyrenees are an effective barrier to easy communication between France and Spain. Railroads pass only at, the extremities, along the coasts. This separation of Spain from France is described in the old saying that “Africa begins at the Pyrenees.” Camp Dix Is An Ideal Spot To Train Husky Hun Hunters oBT ot S eßote si 2 Fortunate indeed are the young men of the National Army who are assigned to Camp Dix, near Trenton, New Jersey, for their preliminary training in the war that is to extend and establish American principles and ideals and make the werld safe for demoeracy. : Ideally situated in central New Jersey, Camn Dix is within less than an hour’s ride of Trenton, the capital of the Garden Btate, while Philadei phia and New York, two of the lar gest cities of the country, are only a little more distant. Washington, the! capital of the Nation and the western seat of the great world war, {3 within | four howrs’ ride by train. The New Jersey cosst, with its perts of em barkation for Europe and with its { numerous pleasure resorts, the ‘“‘play ground of America,” is not far away, and the mountains of Pennsylvania, | known everywhere for their pie | turesqueness, are almost as near. Near Historic Tremton ; Trenton, the nearest large city, his | torieally famous from colonial and revolutionary days, and of special in terest as the seat of state govern | ment, is a popular visiting place for { officers and men on pass and leave, as well as for their relatives ana friends who may call upon them in camp. As one of the leading pottery, rubber and iron centres of the west ern hemisphere, Trenton contains much of interest in an industrial and commercial way, together with many other attractions for sightseers. The surrounding country, rich farming territory on both sides of the Dela ware River, is traversed by splendid automobile roads reaching out to many pretty and prosperous towns and villages. The scenery every where is of umusual beauty, partic ularly throughout the Delaware val ley, where may be visited such places as Washington’'s Crossing, made fa mous by the ice-hampered, snow-en cambered river trip and land march which preceded the battle of Tren-| ton, the turning point of America’s first war for freedom; and the far famed, Delaware Water Gap, the beauty of which has been heralded everywhere. t‘tCulp Dix, in :wm to 1;11 of ese natural an 1 advan tages and sceaic e!m blessed with splendid climatic conditions. Located on a sandy, well-drained 'plateau, at the edge of the Jersey “Pines” and within a few miles of the Atlantic Ocean, the air at the great cantonment is alike exhilarating and health-giving. It is especially beneficial for men who have been weakened or under-developed by in door life and occupations. Under = Y \ / ?‘/"//l / S L. A : A .M/“[’w ; fire ‘é 5 / ‘ 7, oVi ,“}? ”_,‘ . Z ‘T ‘& —’—3_“__2. W (68, X I e B V& FRON =7 5 12? N R “:‘_‘ %,:fi ; "', i/ //. |" :"‘”,;:’ &/ 4 _—;-. G~ WL TR | 4 % WA ——" Y ; b ”;.'—:‘ ( SN Y Bsl - : y S BP, i X /f.:_(u" ~ ”~ --_4’ - v' "‘_ o i There’s a $lO bill, commonly denciiiinated as a “ten-case-note” among soldiers, in the Nationmal Headquarters of “Tremch and Camp,” Room 504 Pulitzer Building, New York City, for the best title for this picture, drawn by Private Ben Wellwood, Company 13, Depot Brigade, Camp Upton, Long Island, N. Y. The competition is limited to soldiers in the training camps and cantonments The “best title” means the most suitable, the cleverest, the shortest, or the most hamorous. All titles should be written on a sheet of paper bearing the soldier’s name, rank and company and regimental designation, together with the name of his camp or can tonment. There is no limit to the numbeér of titles a soldier can submit. All titles should be sent to Room 504 Pulitzer Buildng, New York City, by IO(I: July 1, the day om which the competition closes. Let’s go! such comnditions and with the training . and reégular living which are the por tion of all army men, it s no wonder that even the fraitest of ‘‘rookiles” may be speedily developed into flme specimens of vigorous manhood. “Husekies,” indeed, as an admiring London' crowd has called them, are the finished soldiers that Camp Dix i{s turning out to hélp America win the war. o Whalesome Conditions Prevail Then again, it is not alone in scenle sarroundings and climatic conditions j that Camp Dix excels. In its social and moral atmospbere, too, there is overy reasohr for satisfaction and pride. Federal supervision has cleaned up and kept cleaned the im meadiate territory, boot-leggers and cther undesirable camp followers having been quickly roated {ruom even the most secluded hiding 'places. Trenton, the mecca of mo . visitors from camp, has long b~ regarded as one of America’s clenn <. und best governed cities. It has loc¢y hieen here alded as such by a perscnage no less than ‘‘Billy” Sunday, the ‘baseball evangelist,” and ‘‘Billy,” it must be agreed, is some judge and critic when it comes to discussing morality and civic righteousness. And it is not in a negative sense only that Camp Dix is protected from wrongdoing. At the cantonment it self, in the nearby settlement of Wrighistown, as well as in other places not far away, and particularly in Trenton, ample provision has been - made along many lines to furnish aids to right living. Aside from the really remarkable work in the way of entertainment and entertaining that is done at the camp by the Young Men's Christian Association, the Younz Women's (hristlan Assocla- - tion, the Knights of Columbus and the Jewish Welfare Board, numerous - civic and religious organizations, in cluding the municipal government of Trenton, are doing everything pos sible to make the rest and recreation | time of the soldier a period of real pleasure and benefit. Then in addi tion to what Trenton is providing at Treatdn, groups of Trenton singers and other entertidimers make frequeat pilgrimages to eamp to cheer the boys Th their barracks and recreation halls. Taken altogether, Camp Dix is ideally located and splendidly main tained. It has from the very begin ning been recognized as one of the best of the National Army cantfu ments, and under the efficient man agement of ity military officers and with the assiutance of its civilian friends, it has accomplished much to wards turning thousands of American men into the finest soldiery the world bas ever known. i | P ( T " (e > '3 v i % ", A 3 Al it v sl # b; @b (R e Fi N : ‘ ;Q*g Fus, " el ' Lo 5:“ ‘\. 13500 7 R \g ~!1 Ei? o>l A : # ‘ 1 %'3% !‘u\ 1\ et I 3 g ‘I PP ( e ¥ /7 r . (7 lg '?‘3"’:;' 5 . ;,N/ | i {,fi ';",'. " X?J o E 7 % /7 ‘.K‘ ,‘{'. sgi?. 2 - \“ f &‘ L1 = ': !. b - i, Q:-\—, . o 2 ey b s RS