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iflAMP 'HOUBEOUSAWIBU-
Surest Means ui. uw.....b
Military Efficiency
Bl a Blaff Corrtttenitnt
KKP MDADE, Annapolis Junction. Md..
Oct. 26. . ... 0...Aitv.nlnfh niv!-
iSni".wfrnrth;kot
."V.. out Incompetents from aciiva uni
ji with VIKOr anu win iww iwh
Sf St dullard and inefficient sol
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k. . the wheat from tne cnarc is mo
1 f',. of an order Issued at division
j ,rlers and nn order that is ueniB
toiaqwters. oi u b c ofnecr
Kned with the personnel of the divl-
l . many men will be affected by the
f B ?,..nlmt Is not known, but It Is cer
t0,".f every man discarded from active
$. o? those who are transferred to depot
gd?i will have a slim chance to see
JW" ' .. t. ... ., ean tn EVntin.
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i,i ii.nno- hpm u such means a
u training period.
(Tli. housecleanlns Is under way In every
fJinlxatlon at Camp Meade, but particu
lar In the Infantry units. In these units
rij , . whn nrn fulllncr to
-m.?ure up to National Army standards are
JkM who do not understand the laneuage.
Their Inability to Interpret ordcra Is a
Sus handicap not only to them, but to
!k, lr organizations, for their Incompetency
nurds the development of their associates.
One captain when discussing this phase
f Camp' Meade life pointed to four men In
Ju company which was on the drill grounds.
.-.," iiir1 thn rantaln. "have failed
rruoso men. --
develop and nro retarding the devclojr-
nent of the company They are willing sol-
!... tnnwlsdce and In order to put tho
Weampany , a War footing It Is necessary to
ItrtMfer them. They wm be placed In the
j.pot brigades and artor six montns or a
m rtir Mil probably master tho fundamentals
Itf trmy life."
m What Is true of that Company Is true of
V ... -.. inmmnntr In l, Mtlin nnrl
rsntll the Incompetents aro weeded out the
division cannot uo raieu as a ciass a ur
imitation. That the Seventy-ninth will soon have
Hit rating Is the assertion of General
Kohn, and he does not propose to waste
nr time in trio enori. "vvo muse navo
fiup and pep, ' Is what he tells tho Junior
Fefflcers who arc training tho men nnd all
Tho do not develop tnose qualities muse
Ittp ailde. The weeding process Is .based
on a Bvstem evolved by tho War Denart-
Rmtnt, and Is ho designed that ecry man
Ki. U,a4haVnllnn!ii Armv pan iii(IE7l hit
erirtl training to good advantage. To make
fiiuch a ij-stem workable Involves a tremen
dous amount of work, nut Uencrl Kulin ue
llivts that It Is worth while. He bcllevea
that every soldier should have un opportu
nity to display his talents, and that when
the soldier's talents Indicate that ho would
B&Ke a Deuer man iur uia nruuery uiun
for the Infantry no time should be wasted
In the transfer.
How tho system works out is shown In
the case of Michael Lasky, of Tottstown.
Luky was originally assigned to a field
hospital, but when It was learned that ho
was ap experienced man In railroad con
struction he was transferred to the Thirty
fifth Railway Engineers, which Is being
onanlied at Camp Grant. Ttockfonl, III.
Julius Fischer, of Philadelphia, member
of headquarters company 315th Infantry,
failed to win honors In tho Infantry drills,
but owing to his training ns a cabinetmaker
has been sent to Franco, where ho will
Join a special unit that Is made up of car-
f penters ana Joiners.
B Tlpnii)hprn nnrl fnlAtiVinriA nnnrn tripa apa
fcbetter fitted for the signal corps than
hrmers, and places are being given them
In that organization. What applies to
these men also applies to stenographers,
automobile mechanics, painters and, In
fsct, every trndo and occupation.
GIBBONS TO BLESS'
K. OF C. BUILDING
CAMP MnAnK. Mil., ilct. 2G Cardinal
Gibbons will dedicato nnd bless the army
administration building of the Knights of
uimmbus, which will be opened to tho
Public hern next Sunday at 4 o"clock. Major
General Kuhn, on behalf of his soldiers,
will accept the structure as part of the can
tonment, and the exercises will bo of a
ceremonial character. Tho managers of the
sw Institution here say it will be entirely
onsectarlan. It will follow the general
Wea of the Y M. C. A. here and will en
'IJstvor to do its share In keeping the men
E Interested and amused while they aro In
B training. Every man, regardless of creed,
IH be welcomed to tho building, and on
t jjinday there will be masses fcT tho ltoman
I Catholic soldiers.
'e These voum? mm wlin nrA Hprvinir Uncle
Sm are to be Instructed that they owe
something to their relatives at home, and
campaign will be started to make each
selected man avail himself of the army In
wance. An officer from each regiment
met today at tho Y. M. C. A administra
tion building and discussed plans to place
ls matter before the men. It was de
cided to pgnvasfl anrtl, iit.lt nnrl hnlil meet-
Juis to explain this Insurance plan.
The athletic program In the Liberty Loan
bservance scheduled for Wednesday was
held VAafAT-riav nn TtnatntUnn T?lalr1 MnrA
Vim11! ,7B atnIetes 'roin n" tM0 companies
w .mijaicu, ine relay, mo Dig eveni, went
to the 3Hth Infantry, with tho 312th Ar
ry second,
th im toiiipitre one or tnene muiuoiicu
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LETTER OF A SELECTED MAN
AT CAMP MEADE TO HIS MOTHER
Cautions Loved Ones at Home Need to Heed
Alarming Reports as to Morals Spread
by Chronic Scandal Mongers
CAMP MEADE. Admiral. Mil . nt 9.
D
iEAII MOTHER I find l! nlmn.l nn
Impossibility to pen you a loiter with
out discussing a few of tho camp notables;
In fact, tho human side of the cantonment
Is all that Is Interesting, and today I shall
Introduce you to John Kopoluccl, who admits
that ho Is tho happiest man at Little I'cnn.
Kopoluccl is from Washington nnd a mem
ber of tho 312th Machine dun Dattallon,
which Is more commonly styled "Tho States
men's Suicide Club." Few men In damp
have moro reason to bo happy In regird to
their assignments than the Washingtonlan,
ror ho has been given a chanco to uengo
tho death of a brother.
Eopoluccl's brother was the first Ameri
can citizen to be killed after the declaration
of war, and sacrificed his Ilfo when one of
tho Oerman sea plratue sent an American
ship to tho bottom. John Is In his twenty
second year, and when accepted by tho
Washington draft olllelals asked them to
place him in n machine gun unit. They
Informed him that it was impossible for
them to grant such a request, and explained
that his status In the new nrmy was a
matter for tho staff ofilccrs to detrmine.
Despite this disappointment. Kopolurfcl
learned n few days later that virtually all
oMhe Washington men selected for tho Nn
tlonal Army would be assigned to sulcldo
clubs, nnd upon his arrival at tho camp ho
was overjoyed to learn that ho had been
chosen for that branch of the service.
I met him today, and a happier man never
lived. Ho told mo that he was working with
all the vim th'rrt ho could muster and that
ho would surely handle ono of the rapld-flro
gu when General Kuhn leads the Seventy
ninth Division against the Huns.
AVENGE UnOTHElVS DEATH
"I shall avenge the death of my brother,"
said tho Italian, "and will mako a few Ger
mans pay dearly for his murder. They may
get me, but I shall get n few before they
reach me."
Thero nro 343 men In this outfit at tho
present time, but that Is only half tho slzo
of tho battalion, for when developed to war
strength It will contain at least 600.
Tho Washington crowd i ersatllo and,
llko other units. Is cosmopolitan In Its char
acter. One of the notables Is Joo Annln, a
Washington newspaper man. Joe has been
attached to tho headquarters company and
Is tho handy man In that detachment.
Via Olmsted, nlso a newspaper man, has
been made a sergeant In Company I!, and
H taking to the work like a veteran. Vic
was on tho Mexican border for eight months
with a Washington organization and Is one
of tho few military authorities in the bat
talion. In your letter which renehed me this
morning you express somo doubt concern
ing moral conditions at the camp and ask if
you can do anything. Thero Is but one
thing that you and other mothers can do
toward protecting the morals of the boys
nt Little l'cnn. and that is an easy task
to perform. Just make a contribution to
tho Y. M. r A nr Knights of Columbus, and
those oiganlzntlon- will assumo tho respon
sibility or jafoguardlug the morals of Camp
Meado soldiers.
They are doing a splendid Job at It, too,
and can Co better If they obtain tho funds.
Tho Y. M. C A. Is spending a big sum of
money at tho camp and In tho ery near
futuro will ask Philadelphia to contribute
$1,000,000 toward the work. Tho Knights
of Columbus also need funds and nro
malting an effort to ralto money through
church organizations.
CAMP MORALS CLEAN
You have read General Kuhn's state
ment In rcgaid to conditions but to ease
your mind I shall permit Joo Annln, th
trained obscner, to say a few words on
that line.
"A better camp" says Annln, "does not
exist. It Is so Isolated that vice. In or even
near tho camp Is out tile question and can
exist only In the minds of Imaginative
creatures who are looking for trouble.
"Statements which detail tho hazards to
which tho men are subjected arc nbsurd
and reflect upon every man In camp. Be
fore any scandal monger makes an address
that deals with the terrible conditions ut
Camp Meado It would bo worth whllo and
in fact only fair to the soldiers for him
to pay the camp a visit"
This Is what Annln says and every man
In camp will substantiate his statement
I forgot to mention in mv last letter
that the heating plants nro in operation
?Ji't3r.yLS' $":?' ITiw??g!.iVf3' " aVTnrT.Viq.T.. T?vf7,vyyTri'Ti.,?w."tiiT'rjj
Facts About the Sugar Situation
Our Government has asked you to use sugar spar
ingly. We believe that the people of this country
will be glad to do their part to conserve the sugar
supply when they know the facts.
These facts are as follows :
More than two-thirds of the source of Europe's
sugar supply is within the present battle lines. This
has resulted in greatly reducing the production of
sugar in Europe. v
England and France and other countries have been
forced to go for sugar to Cuba.
Ordinarily, nearly all of the Cuban raw sugar comes
to the 'United States and is refined here, chiefly for
home use. This is not the case now.
In view of the exceptional world demand for sugar
there is no surplus, and barely enough to tide us, over
until the new crop comes in. The people of the New
England and Atlantic Coast States should use sugar
sparingly. No on.e should hoard or waste it.
This Company has no surplus sugar to sell. It is
working with the Government to conserve the supply,
and to take care of the Allies so far as possible.
Do not pay an increased retail price.
The Franklin Sugar Refining Company
"A Franklin Sugar for every use"
Granulated, Dainty Lumps, Powdered, Confectioners, Brown
n
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ftVENIftGF EEDGERr-nPHirABELXHlA; FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2G, 1917
nnd that nn ample supply of hot water
for tho bnthn In nnnfliAr IllTllrv An1nvd
by the boys. When ono considers tho great.
numoer or hardships that nro meted out to
us It Is worth noting that wo nro bearing
up under them with remarkable fortitude.
Good night.
Your devoted soldier Bon, BOU.
PHILADELPHIA MEN
SHIFTED AT CAMPS
Reserve Corps and National
Army Officers Arc Given
Permanent Assignments
CAMP MrCI.nLT.AN, ANNISTON. Ala.,
Oct. 26. Many of tho Philadelphia reserve
corps nnd National Army officers who came
hero from Koit Niagara training camp
aro being taken from tho organizations to
which they wero attached several weeks
ago and are being glxcn permanent assign
ments with the headquarters companies of
the threo nrtlllery regiments. Thero are
about twenty lieutenants In each of theso
companies, somo being assigned to tho
airplane, telephone, balloon, radio nnd othen
tcctlons.
Tim .rln of M:ior Lllls. of Camden, to
tho camp Is expected to provo of value to
him in tho elections this year. Ho tried to
moot personally every soldier from Camden
who was In thu camp, and he succeeded in
shaking hands with most of tho men.
Furthermore, tho Camden ofilccrs whom he
entertained nt dinner will not forget his
trip In a hurry.
Mnlor Wlnflcld S. Price, of Camden, has
been kept busy the last few days trying to
dispose of tho case of the prlate of tho old
Third Regiment who deserted from Sea Girt
last summer and later was caught. Major
Price was Judgo advocate of tho court
named to try the lad. but tho procedure was
never complete. When Mnjor Price wanted
to turn the case oer to the new courts
down heretthey handed It bark to him, and
he Is now assembling the other members vt
the court originally named to hear tho exso.
The chango from light to heay Held
artillery in no way botlicre the Atlantic
City battery In the 110th Field Artil
lery. With the Camden lyittery. under com
mand of Captain John IMttcss, it is differ
ent The heavy Held artillery game is en
tirely different from tho light, and the men
hae to begin at the bottom ngaln It in't
hard on tho men of Captain Sody's outfit
because they wcro neer equipped with Held
pieces.
Camden men, tnken from Compiny 11 of
tho engineer regiment, are helping to build
the big regimental exchange which Is belng
erected near the camp of tho original Cam
den company In the engineering outfit
Captain Thomas K. Hattley. of Philadel
phia, who Is with the military police, has
I eon doing special duty with Major Sander
ford Jnrmon, the division ordnance ofilcer,
for several days. They have been checking
up ordnance equipment throughout the
c.mp That Camden men lire forging to the
lead down here Is fhown In tho fact that
among the victorious team In tho tent-pitching
contestHjesteiday were a number of
Csmden men.
KARMKHS FORM ASSOCIATION
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Self-Paying Loans Plan of Towanila
Organization
TOWANDA, Oct. 2(1. A charter has bem
gianted to tho Bradford County National
I'arm J.oan Association, with main oflices
'a Towanda, by tho 1'nited States Treasuiy
pppartment. Tho membership Is Increas
ing The ofilccrs uio: president, C. 13
Drakp, I.itchlleld; vlco president, W. II.
Kennedy. Wyalusing ; secretary and treas
uicr. Mis. Mary C. Hoffman, Towanda.
Through tho association, farmers may
burrow money up to half of tho valuation
i ( their properly at 6 per cent Interest.
Fivo per cent Is Interest and 1 per cent Is
applied on tho pilqNiial as payments ure
made, so that In thirty-six years the loan
is free of encumbrance and the farm Is
fieo from Indebtedness.
CAMPS, HE'LL BE READY
HANCOCK DOES BIT
IN LIBERTY DRIVE
Subscribes $1,490,550, an Aver
age of More Than One
Bond Per Man
111TII LED ALL REGIMENTS
CAMP HANCOCK. Augusta. Ga . Oct. I
Camn Tlnnnirk'a xllti-icrltltlon to the SCC'
ond loan was ll.490.5S0. un nvernge of ap
proximately $55 per man, or moro than one
bond per capita. The figures were made
public by Captain W. P.. Churchman, Jr.,
shortly before midnight last night. Immed
iately nfler tabulation of tho lists.
The total may vary slightly upon check
ing, but not enough to make any material
dfferenco. Of the total as announced. Jl.
384.000 wns subscribed on tho allotment
plan, tho soldier paying u percentage from
his salary each month, tho remainder taken
through Augusta and Pennsylvania banks.
Tho 11 lth Infantry led the regiments of
tho division with a total of $257,000, the
105th Field Artlllerp ranking second with
$119,350. Tho banner company of the 111th
was C, with a subscription of J25.400,
whllo Rattery II led the 109th Artillery
with approximately J20.000 Tho enlisted
strength of tho 111th, officers and men, Is
395G; of tho 109th Artillery, 13C3 Com
pany n, of tho 103d Field Signal Dattallon,
takes the prlzo for tho highest per capita
subscription 105.
Tho campaign at Cano Hancock closed
Wednesday at midnight, having extended
ov er a period of two weeks The last day's
drive netted J570.BSO Tho division has
hade n truly remnrkablo showing this, voo,
in the face of the reorganization which, by
reason of tho multitudinous detnlls it en
gendered, greatly handicapped tho Liberty
Loan workers.
Captain W II. Churchman. Jr . and
Lieutenant E. 11. Frank, who have directed
the campaign nt the can, have laliored un
ceasingly to the end that tho division's; sub
scriptlon should pass the million mark and
tho results reflect great credit upon mem
nnd all who assisted them.
A great military parade celebrating tho
success of the Liberty I.oan drive at tho
camp was staged today, the honor units
participating. They wero the 111th In
fantry, under Colonel F. L. Kearns; the
109th Field Artillery, under Colonel Ashcr
Miner, and Company 11, of the signal corps.
Primarily for tho purpose of celebrating
tho success at the camp, the parado wns
nlso for the purpose of Instilling more
buy-a-bond spirit in the city.
STAGE MISHAP INJURES MELBA
Falling Lights Strike Singer, Who
Bravely Continues After Interval
FOIIT WORTH. Tex., Oct. 2B. Severe
injuries wero suffered by Mine. Nelllo
Melba, opera singer during tho presenta
tion of "Faust" here, when a row of lights
at the back of the stago fell and Btruck her.
She was bruised nbout tho body and for
ten minutes was In a semiconscious con
dition. Mme. Melba resumed her role after the
curtain had been lowered for twenty
minutes.
The Shoe Values
Here Are Exceptional
Royal Last, in Cordovan
Calf, $8.00
Soft Gun Metal Calf, $7.00
The Young Man's Shoe
In which stsle -and
quality aro assured
at Tins Aiinnnss ONLY
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PSYCHOLOGY SQUAD
Men at Dix Will Be Sub
jected to Strenuous
Mental Tests
WILL FACILITATE WORK
Bv n Plaff rorrf)Oitcffiit
CAMP DIN, Wrlghtstown. N. J , Oct. 26-
Preparations are now being made In tho
Raso Hoopltal here for the conduct of a
distinctly new departure In classification of
soldiers the psychological study of every
soldier in the camp. Considerable confusion
In the lay mind exists as to tho purpose
and methods of theso tests. The avcrago
civilian having lend of the nervous nnd
equilibrium tests which the aviators are
subjected to, pictures th rooklo as being
a victim to all sorts of tricks and traps
which will reflect tho measure of his cour
nge. nerve. Intelligence or ability to lead
men These tests nro associated In his
mind with firing revolvers, walking of a
chalk lino or machine that will record
tho time of nervous reactions
The real purpose of the tests Is to get
a laboratory record of tho grade of in
telllgence of the men In the National Army,
which will be turned over to tho company
commanders nnd will Fcrvo as another
means of helping tho captain of a com
pany to measure tho capabilities of his
men.
As a result of the examination tho men
will be grouped Into live classes by tho
psychologists nceordlng to the Intelligence
of tho men as developed by their reactions
These ratings will be A 11 C n fi Past
tests have proved that about five per cent
of the subjects will be In Class A. men of
unusual talent; Just below these men will
be tho 11 men. nbout IB per cent, who aro
above the avcrago In intelligence , then tho
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Spare-time subscription representatives wanted
everywhere. If you need more money, we need
you. Address Box 1624, Philadelphia, Penna.
TO MEET KAISER'S WORST
C class, whldi Is tho class of the majority,
tho nverugo In Intelligence, then the sub
average, about 15 per cent, nnd Inst, the E
men, nbout 5 per cent in number, who
Probably lack entirely tho qualities that
inslco n Kood soldier
Tho tests nro not designed to be an elim
ination process, but nro merely a general
classification nnd parallel to tho classifica
tion of the Personnel Hoard, which class!-
i?i.V p men according to their ncqulred
awilty and talents, while the psychologists
bii?t''y lh mMI nccordlnB to their native
Eight medical students here received their
illsehntgo from tho National Army today
as n result of orders received from the War
Straight from the Style Front
ALL CORDOVAN CALF $
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The "HeKent" Is an stniirt, sn ilrllelitfnlly desirable that '"
If ini tmd not rnnteniilnteil liulng Mouther pair nf limits It s
worm sirnriimii u point n jjrt u pmr. lour
llirnlnplrtr without It.
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before our ttock Vanithet from our thelvet to the
feet of Philadelphia' t ditcriminating
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All of which.except the fifth perhaps,
every man can do. And he would
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them. Sec what they are, and why
the President weighs more now and
is in better health than when he went
into the White House. It's all in the
November Ladies' Home Journal.
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Department Theso men will be sent baotl
to res u mo their medical studies Until such
time as they may be called back into ttte
service. In addition, they are automatically
drafted Into the enlisted medical reserve -corps
and aro subject to call. There are .
about 100 medical students In the division
here nnd all of these men will be return
Immediately. The eight men who were taii
charged today were from tho Buffalo dis
trict of New Vork State and all will return
to the medical school of the University of
Iluffnlo, where they were studying
This order Is the result of the long fight
physicians nnd medical colleges Itave wagpd
to have their students exempted from Im
mediate military service.
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