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GEN PERSHING TELLS
OF AMERICAN VALOR'
Reports That United States Army Paved H ay for Allied)
Triumph Declares Deeds of His Brave
J Troops Are Immortal
M'nulriiiKtfln, Ijco-. u ' pan with chosen French dM&lorm With-I
The report of General Jo'.in J. Persh- i ut "'e usual llrl(,f arnlnK of n pre-
o-i,.i., ,.,,,.,. - i,), ... i llmlnarj bombardment, the lua&sed .
ill, giving acoount or His steward- Km,cn J(ind Amerleon &riiell nrlnB by
ship as commander of the American I tlm map, laid down ith rolling barrage
expeditionary forces .In Trance, win
macio public by Secretary of War Bnftor
last nlslit. It covers operations up to
Kovcmber 2", after the slfnilnB of the
armistice. In tho report lie refers to
those who served under him In thCBo
Vords: '
TTlien I think of their heroism, their
patience under hardship, their unflinch
ing tplrlt of oti'enslvo uctlon, I am filled
with emotion which I am unablo to ex
press. Their deeds are Immortal and
they have earned the eternal gratitude
of their country."
General Pershlnc n.ado special men
tion of tho American aviators as bav
in ff few equals In skill and prowes,
v.'lth a record of courageous deeds that
will adorn a brilliant paso In tho an
nals of the war. lie also mentioned the
tank corps as having responded cal
lantly on every occasion vith cour
age of the highest order.
General Pershing reICRs Uo tally
encounters this year in which Ameilcun
troops participated, as a part of their
training, and dismisses them briefly. On '
March 21 the great German
offensive
was launched and a crucial situation
developed in tho Allied lines calling for
the prompt i.sc, of four Aucri.M.' Opi
nions. Combats in Training IVriod
''During our periods of training 1 . t.ie
trenches some of our divisions had en
gaged tho enemy In local combats, tho
most Important of which was feeicho
prey by the Twenty-sixth on April CO,
In the Toul sector, but none had par
ticipated in action as a unit. Ihe First
Division, which had passed thiough the
preliminary stagea of training, had gone
to the trenches for its first period of
Instruction at the end of October and by
March 21, when the German offensive in
PJcardy began, wo had four divisions
with experlenco In the trenches, all of
which were equal to any demands of
battle action The crisis which this of
fensive developed was such that our
occupation of an American sector muat
be postponed
"On March 28 I placed at the disposal
of Marshal Foch, who had been agreed
Upon as Commander-in-Chief of the Al
lied Armies, all of our forces to be used
as he might decide. At his request the
First Division was transferred trom tho
Toul sector to a position in roservo at
Chaumont-en-Vexin. As German super-
iorlty In numbers required prompt ac
tion, an agreement was reached at the
Abbeville conference of the Allied
Premiers and commanders and myself
on May 2 by which British shipping was
to transport ten American divisions to
the British army area, where they were
to be trained and equipped, an addi
tional British shipping was to bo pro
vided for as many divisions a3 possible
for UBe elsewhere.
"On April 2 tna First Division had
rone lntn the line In the Mor.tdldler call- i
.4 U- 7,1 3.. l.n.1- n. n..i..
cm. on wu i-icai.ij uuit iimii, j.accicj
had been suddenly revolutionized to '
mono 01 open wanaie, una our men, . v mages from enemy eiom'natlon and es
confldent of the results of their train- I thlWhed our lines in a position to
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morning of May 28 this division attacked
fh rnmmnnrllnrr nprmnn Nn.clHnn nn ttn
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rront. taking wttn spienuw dash the )
town of Cantlgny and all other object-
Ives, which were organized and held
steadfastly against vI"lou3 counlorat-
attacks and galling artillery fire Al- '
Though local, this brilliant action had I
an electrical errect, as It demonstrated
,our fighting qualities under extreme bat
tie conditions, and also that the enemy's
troops wero not altogether invincible
The Germans' Alsno offensive, which
began on May 27, had advanced rapidly
toward the Iliver Marne and Paris, and
the Allies faced a crisis equally as grave
as that of the Plcardy offensive in i
March. Again every available man was i
placed at Marshal Foch's disposal, and
the Third Division, which had Just come '
Trom Ha preliminary training in tho '
trenches, vras hurried to the Marne. Its '
motorized machine-gun battalion pre
- ceded the other units and successfully I
hetd the bridgehead at tho Marne. op- j
poslto Chateau-Thierry. The Second Di
vision, in reserve near Montdidier, was '
. sent by motortrucks and other available I
transport to check tho progress of tho
enemy toward Paris. Tho division at
tacked and retook the town and rail
road station at Bouresches and sturdily
held its ground against tho enemy'a best
fjuard divisions. In the battle of Belleau
"Wood, which followed, our men proved
their superiority and gained a strong
tactical position, with far greater loss
to the enemy than to ourselves. On July
1, before the Second was relieved, it'eap
tured the village of Vaux with most
plendld precision.
"Meanwhllo our bcond Corps, under
Major General George W Itead, had
been organized for the command of our
divisions with the British, which were
held back in training areas or assigned
to second-line defenses Five of the ten
divisions were withdrawn rom the Brit
ish area in June, three to relievo di
visions in Lorraine and the Vosges and
two to the Paris area to join the group
of American divisions which stood be
tween the city and any farther advance
of the enemy In that direction.
"The great June-July troop movement
from the States was well under way.
lyid. although these troops were to be
firfftlven some preliminary training before
being put into action, their very pros
ence warranted the use of all the older
divisions in the confidence that we did
,not lack reserves. Elements of the
i SVrty-second Division were in tho line
east of Hhelms against the German of
fensive of July 15, and held their ground
unflinchingly. On the right flank of
this offensive four companies of the
Twenty-eighth Division were in position
in face of the advancing waves of the
German Infantry. The Third Division
Was holding the bank of the Marne from
the, bend east of the mouth of the Sur
melln to the west of Mezy, opposite
Chateau-Thierry, where a large force of
German Infantry sought'lo force a pasv
,sge under support of powerful artll
xlerjr concentrations and under cover of
smoke screens. A single regiment of
rt the Third wrote one of tho most brll
. llnt pages in our military annals on
' this occasion. It prevented the crossing
i,, at certain points on Its front while, on
k !elthr flank, the Germans, who had
fanned a footing, pressed forward. Our
. SI men, firing In three directions, met the
- German attacks with counterattacks at
' critical points and succeeded In throw
ing two Gorman divisions Into complete
.confutlon, capturing GOO prisoners.
'"'"The rreat forco of the German Cha-
, . jteau-Thlerry offensive established the
, ,' ieep" Mame salient, but the enemy was
""taking chances, and the vulnerability of
i ' ,thls pocket to attack might be turned
' .'to"h!s dlsadvantagev Seizing this oppor
tunity to support my conviction, every
" jiJvWon with any eoi of training was
rps'fn available for use in a counter-of-ismliii
The place of honor In the thrust
IfMW'ona P"dUiy- was Biven iq
. "t daan -nhlle tli Infantry licuun Its
, charge. The tactlrnl handling of nur
troops under these trying conditions was
excellent throughout the . tlon. Tl.c
enemy brought up largo numbers of re
serves and made a stubborn d.-fmse both
with iliachlnc Kuns and artillery, but
through H das' lighting the Klrst Pi
lsIon continued to advunce until i: bad
gained the heights above t-olssons and
captured the Milage of llerz-te-irc The
Second Division took Ileau Itepalru fatm
and Vlerzj in u ei rapiii .nl.inee and
reached a position in front of Tlgny at
the nd of lis second daj. Tlieso two
dhl'lom captured 7000 prisoners and
oer t '00 pines of ai tiller, ,
-UdOiM ill M. Jlllilel
'J he report des.-ribei m detail the worlt
of completing trie reduction of the sal
ient, mentioning the operations of the
Twcntv-slth, Third, Tourth, Kort5 -second,
Tlnrt -second and 'lwent eighth
Dhisions. 'With tho situation tlius le
ttered, i.encral lvrsliing wtite. hi could
turn to tho organization of tho Kirbt
American Army and the i eduction of the
fat liihlel t.illeut, long planned as tho
purely Initial American enterprise
A tioop concentration, aided by gener- " "Vh i .r Z , V i,v . , l"P
ous .intrlbutloi.s of artillery ami air T"n '" ',' " fj? 'rom Rhelms and of
units by thr Kiench, began, Involving ' ,'f(11sP e'd 'f ln r'h,p, Thlrty
th movement mostly at night of 600.000 I seventh and Mntty-llrst Divisions sent
,-. . I In If. in flirt rroiir.li ntMi. f ll.lnh..
men. A sectm- ieacnmg irom tore sur
I Sellle, fast ol tho Moselle, westward
through ft .Mtt.ici to crumi, aim iaier
enlarged to carry it to tho edge of the
torcst of Argonn. . was taken nve-, tie
.Second v'olonlal K-enfii holding tin tip
of the salur.t opposite bt. Mihlel und
tho French bevciitcenth Corps on the
heights ubo-vo Verdun being transferred
to General ivrshtngs coirmand.
General Pershing gives tuo following
account of tho i eduction of tho St.
Mihte 1 la'iei t .
"After lour heirs' attiller," pie,.ara
tlon, tie ifcven Ameiican divisionj in
the tiont lino advanced at 5 a m , on
September 1- assisted b u limited num
ber nf t..nUs manned nartlv b; Ainerl-
cans and paitjy uy ine i r.-ncn. iiie.se i ... .i.. fu, mi-Be- minus .vurus are quite
divisions, accompanied by groups ef wire. Inadequate to express our gratitude,
cutters and others aimed with bangaloie ' Theie can ne no doubt that the rela
toipedocs. went through the nucessive tiona growing out of our associations
bands cf barbed wire that protected the hero assure a permanent friendship be
eneiny's front lino and support t enchos tvvvn the two peoples Although we
In irresistible waves on schedule time, jhave not been so Intimately associated
breaking down all defense of an enemy j with the peoplo of Great Britain, yet
demnrallzed bv tho gieat voiui.-o of r.ur j their troops and ours when thrown to
nrtulery lire and our sudden approach gether have always warmly rraternlzed
out of th tot; Tho reception of those of our forces
"Our First Corps advanced to 1 nlau- ' w.ho havo Passed through England and
t- . - ,... .h .ot tnoas who havo been stationed there
court, vu.iio o - louitn Corps CL..cdha3 alwayB been cntnusla(ltlc Alto
back ti tu southwest through Non- gether it has been deeply impressed UDon
sard. The beoond colonial "-encn
sard. The fceooml colonial
Cora3 made tho align' advance required
of U on verv difflou.t ground, and the
Fi'th Corps tool. Us tnrce -idges and
rniiiRi :l . ouiitcr-attac'. A rauld
i march brought reserve regiments of a
division of the Flftii Corps into VIg- '
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Iiemies la CIIU c-unj inuiuins, nno " -
lll,,l ... Ill, ..ntrnla n nur Vnm-tll
linked up with patrols or our l'ourtn i
Corps, closing the salient and fomlni
a new line west of Thlaucomt to VIg-
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ami 41J guns, a great quantity or ma-
trrial. released the inhabitants of many I
inreaten .vieiz. cnis signal success w
1 the American First Arm) In
ItS flrSt i
offensive was of prime Importance
Tho
Allies found they had a formidable army
to aia them, and the enemy learned
flna,y that t 1 ad oiu' to reckon with "
Cleare.i 1 ay for "i ictory
The report shows for thei first time
officially tnat with the brilliantly ete-
cuted coup General Pershing s men had
oitared the v. a :o.- tho great effort of
the Allies and American forces to win a
conclusive virtue The American army
moved at on o toward tho crowning
achievement, the battle of the Meuse.
The general tells a Btory of this battle
In three ulstlnct phases, beginning on
the night of September 27. when Ameri
cans took the placea of the French on
tho thinly hold line- of this long-quiet
sector. The attack opened on Septem
ber 26, and the Americans drove through
entanglements across No Man's Land to
tako the encmj'a llrst-llno positions
Closing this chapter. General Pershing
says :
"On the Cth a division of tno Tir3t
Corps reached a rolnt on tho Meuse op
posite Sedan, twenty-five miles from our
lino of departure. Tho strategical goal
which. v as our highest hope was gained.
"We had cut the enems 's main line of
communications, and nothing hut bur
render or an armlstlco could feave h!a
arrrv frim complete disaster
"In all forty enemy divisions had been
used against us In the Meusc-Argonne
battle Between September 28 and No
vember S we took 26.05& prisoners and
4C8 guns on this front Our divisions
engaged w ere the First, Second. Third, '
Fourth, Fifth, Twenty-sixth, Twenty
eighth rwentj-nlnth, Thirty-second,'
Thirty-third, Tnlrty-flfth. Thirty- I
seventh. Forty-second, .Seventy-seventh,
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Ueneral Pershing, rofcrrinc to
tho plan b which tho American
expeditionary forco v,-as supplied
Vwth artillery, in lile report, said:
"Tho wisdom of this cqurso Is
rully demonstrated by tho fact that,
although wo soon began the manu
facture of these classes of guns nt
home, tlicro were no guns of tho
calibers mentioned "manufactured
In America on our front at the
date tho armlstlco was blgned. The
only guns of these type? produced
at homo thus far received In Tranco
aro 109 TC-mllllmeter guns."
Seenty-e'ghth, fceenty-nlnth. Klghtleth,
i:ight -second, Eighty-ninth, Ninetieth,
i and Ninety-first. Many of our dMsIons
remained In line for a length of time
that required nerves of -iteel, while
others wero sent in again nfter onlv a
few diys of rst. The First, Fifth,
1 Twenty-sixth, Forty-second, Seventy-
' seventh. Klghtleth, Hlghty-nlnth, and
Ninetieth were In the line twice. Al-
j though some of the divisions wero fight-
' Ing their first' battle, they soon became
equal to the best."
' Tho rominander-ln-ciiief does not lose
sight of the divisions operating with
1 rench or British armies during this
time. He tells of the work of the Sec-
' ond ("orps, comprising the Twenty-
seventh and Thirtieth Divisions, In the
UrltlBii assault on tho Illndenhurg line
I where tho St Quentln canal passes
through a tunnel ; of how the becond and
' Thirty-sixth Divisions got their chance
In nltivtvnH Vi V,ili.ir nr-rl 1 .. t . if
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At this point General Pershing men
tions the co-operation of tho Allies, In
the following passage'
' c ..-operation among the Alhet, ha3 at
all -lined been most cordial. A far
greater effort has been put forth by
the. Allied armies and staffs to assist
us than could have been expected The
French Government and army have
alwia stood ready to furnish us with
supplies-, equipment and transportation
and to aid us In every way. In the
towns and hamlets wherever our troops
have been stationed or billeted the
Trench people have everywhere received
them mora .is relatives and intimate
friends than as soldiers of a foreign
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us inai me ties or language and blood
I "ring tna uritisn and ourselves together
"- mseparabiy"
j Developing a Winning Army
i n training and organization of the
army General Pershing sayj
"After a thorough consideration of!
Allied organizations if was decided thati
nur combat .llvlnlnn
-Ur ""nat UUlSlOp
should consist of
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frtuura of an a,ie de of
"lrco regimenis, a macmno-gun DattaJ,
inn
ion,
an engineer regiment, a trench
mortar bnttery. a signal battalion.
agon trains, and the headquarters
staffs and military police. These, with
medical and other units, made a total
i or over -b.uuu men. or v rnmi v .inn.
of over SR.non men
Kip n Rl.ft nf TVpr.Ml nr r.a-msn l
ision Each corps would normally con
sist of six divisions four combat and
ono depot and ono replacement division
and also two regiments of cavalry, and
each army of from three to five corps.
With four divisions tully trained, a
corps could tako over an American sec
tor with two divisions In line and two
In reserve, with tho depot and replace
mont divisions prepared to fill tho gaps
in tne ranKE. ,
"Our purpose was to prepare an in-1
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tegral American force which should be
able to take tho offensive In evory re
spect. Accordingly, the development of a
self-reliant Infantry by thorough drilt
In the use of the rifle and In the tac
tics of open wnrfaro was always upper
most. Tho plan of training after ur-
rUat In Franco owed a division one
month for acclimatisation and Instrue -
tlon In small units from battalions down.
a second month In quiet trench sectors
by battalion, and a third month after It
cama'out of the trenches '
when It should
bo
trained c -n onmnt.fi -,itvrlnn In
war of movement.
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"Very early a system of schools was
outlined and started, which should have
the advantage of Instruction by officers
direct from the front. At tho great
school center nt Lnngres, one of the
first to be organized, was the staff
school, where the principles of general
staff work, as laid down In our own
organizations, wero taught to carefully
selected officers. Men In tho rankc, who
had shown qualities of leadership, wero
sent to th Hchonl nf candidates for
commissions. A school of the line
taught young officers the principles of
leadership, tnctlcs, and the use of" tho
different weapons. In the artillery
school at Saumur, young officers were
taught the fundamental principles of
modern artillery; while at Issoudun an
Immense plant was built for training
cadets in aviation. Theee and other
schools, with their well-considered
currlculums for training In every
branch of our organization, wero co
ordinated In a manner best to develop
an efficient army out of willing nnd In
dustrious young men, many of whom had
not before known even the rudiments of
military technique Both Marshal Halg
and General Petaln placed officers and
men at our disposal for Instructional
purposes, and we arc deeply Indebted
for the opportunities given to profit by
their veteran experience
"To build up such a system there were
talented men In the regular army, but
more experts were necessary than tho
army could furnish Thanks to tho
patriotic bplrlt of our people at home,
there -came from civil life men trained
for every sort of work Involved, In
building and managing the organiza
tion necessary to handle and transport
such an .army and keep it supplied.
With such assistance the construction
nnd general development of our plana
have kept pace with the growth of the
forces, and the Service of Supply la
now able to discharge from ships and
movo 4C.O0O tons dally, besides trans
porting troops and material In tho con
duct of active operations "
On the strength of the American army
In Franco General Pershing says:
"There lTc In Kurope altogether, in
cluding a regiment and some sanitary
unltH with the Italian army and the or
ganizations at Murmansk, also Includ
ing those en route from the States, ap
proximately 2, 053,34? men, less bur
losses Of this total there are In France
1, 538,16? combatant troops. Forty di
visions have arrived, of which the In
fantry personnel of ten have been used
as replacements, leaving thirty divisions
now In France organized into three
armies of three corps each. .
"The losses of the Americans up to
November IS are: Killed and wounded,
36.145; died of disease, 14,811; deaths
unclassified, 2204 ; wounded, 179,625 ;
prisoners, 2103 ; missing. 1160. We have
captured about 44.000 prisoners and 1400
gun, howitzers and trench mortars."
Karly Deficiencies Ororcome
Referring to equipment. General Tir
chlng sayo that entrance Into tho "war
found the army with few of the auxil
iaries necessary for its conduct. He
mentions among the most important defi
ciencies, artillery, aviation and tanks. He
says the army accepted artillery from
the French Government. Ills report on
this situation says:
our entry into the
of the auxiliaries
conduct In the moder
Our entry Into the war found us with
necessary for Its
ern cense. Among
our most Important deficiencies In ma
terial were artillery, aviation, and tanks.
In order' to .meet our requirements as
rapidly as possible, we accepted the
offer of the French Government to pro
vide us with the necessary artillery
equipment of seventy-fives, ono fifty-five
millimeter howitzer, and ono fifty-fivo
G P F guns from their own factories
for thirty divisions. Tho wisdom of this
course Is fully demonstrated by the fact
that, although we uoon began tho manu
facture of these classes of guns at hpme,
there were no gun3 of the callbere men
tioned manufactured in America on our
front at the date tho armistice was
signed. The only guns of these types 1
proaucea at nome tnus far received In
Franco are 10D seventy-flvo millimeter
guns.
"In aviation we were in the same situ-
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atlon, and hero again tho French Gov
crnment came to our aid until our own
aviation program should bo under way.
Wo obtained from the french the ncees.
eary planes for training our personnel,
and they have provided us with a total
of 2678 pursuit, obuerrntlon and bomb-
(ft -' nm ' nVsi alrntancYralwd
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Ianos, crossed mo uerman line
pianos, crossed tho German lines on
.August 7. 1818. Aa to tanks, we wero
nlso compelled to rely upon the French.
Here, however, we were less fortunate.
for the reason that tho French produc
tion could barely meet the requirements
of their own armies.
"It should be fully realized that the
French Goternment has always taken
a most liberal attitude and has been
most anxlouj to give us every po'slblo
assistance In meeting our deficiencies
In thcic as well as In other respects. OUr
uepenaence upon 1'ranco ror artillery.
aviation, and tanks was, of course, duo
to the fact that our Industries had
not been exclusively devoted to military
production. Al credit Is due our own
manufacturers for their efforts to meet
our requirements, as at the time the
armistice was signed we were able to
look forward to the early supply of
virtually all our tieccssltlea from our
own factories."
FOCH THANKS BRITISH
Union in Battle Ileflcctcd in Reception
in London
London, Dec. 5 Jlarsfjil roch, in a
statement iS3Ued to tho British publlo
on tho ove of hiu departure from Lon
don, said
"Tho reception was a erltablo reflec
tion of the sincere und Intimately close
un'on uhtch has animated us on the tleld
of honor and which will continue to bind
us ono to tho other. I fully reciprocate
the hentlraenta which I have had ex
pressed to mo here, and I am happy and
Croud at havlnff inspired them."
Unseat Alaskan in House
Washington, Dec. D,--James WlcUer
oham, Itepubllcan, waa elected Alaskan
delccate In 1016 by a plurality of forty
seven votes more than Charles A. Sulier,
Democrat, the Houoo elections committee
formally reported in deciding the
election contest. Mr. Sulzer obtained a
certificate of election after court litiga
tion In 19 IT and mnca then has occu
pied tho eeat.
Auitrians Abandon Equipment
AuiKtrrdani, Dec. C. Two Austrian
divisions and half of another division
on the way from the western front broko
up near Heilbronn, north of Stuttgart,
in "tt'urtemberg, and left all their equip
ment behind, according to the Berlin
Kreuz Zeltung. The abandoned material
Included two batteries) of large hoWlt
tcrs and other guns, in addition to 600U
horses.
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When Hotel Pennsylvania Opens
The largest hotel in the .world (2,200 rooms, 2,200 baths)
opens in New York next month and will be operated by
the Statler Company.
That fact is goocT- evidence (isn't it?) that you'll make no
mistake in choosing the Statler Hotel whenever you're in
Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit orSt. Louis.
HOTELS STATLER
Yoti will also be pleased with
HOTEL PENNSYLVANIA
(Opens in January)
Opposite the Pennsylvania Railway Terminal, on
Seventh Avenue, Hotel Pennsylvania is nearing
completion. It will be opened about January first.
It is the largest hotel in the world in number of
rooms, ground space, cubical contents, or by any
other standard of measurement. It has. 2,200 guest -rooms,
each with private bath.
In appointments, service 'and character Hotel
Pennsylvania will be worthy in every way of Ameri
ca's first city, her greatest railway 6ystem and her
most prominent hotel chain.
Bc--B.!!.
SAYS AUSTRIA TRUSTS
TO FAIRNESS OF U. S.
Vicnnu's Peace Envoy Doesn't
Know Whether He Will
Be Hcurd
By l7ic j.iociafcd Preii
Vienna, Dec. E. Dr. Kranz Klein,
former Minister of Justice, who will
represent Austria nt the Peace Confer
ence, gavo Ihe following Inters lew to the
correspondent:
"If wo are permitted to attend the
conference I presumo it will be merely
to receive its mnndatos, though wo trust
we will bo heard. However, no far we
have no information as to when wo
ONE of the important things to remember in saving coal is
to keep your heater fire burning as nearly as possible at a
uniform rate both day and night. In letting the fire get low at
night and then forcing it up in the morning a great deal of coal
can be wasted. Added to the waste, there is the discomfort of
a cold house in the morning, and frequently the stiff task of
nursing the fire back to an energetic temperature.
The following directions for keeping a good fire oVerniglu
were prepared by the United States Fuel Administration, and
we publish them believing they will be of practical value to
many coal consumers:
Before banking the fire at nfght, turn the grates with short quick strokes of
the shaker to sift some of the ashes throughand make room for the new load.
In severe weather shake until a glow appears in 'the ash pit; in mild weather a bed
of ashes should be left on top of the grates.
Do not disturb the top of the fire with the poker, as this may cause the fire
to go out. ,
Add fresU,coal until the fire box is filled to the bottom of the coaling door in
tiont, and have your fire bed slope upward toward the back of the heater if the
construction of your heater permits.
In banking with coal reclaimed from ashes by sifting, first put in a little
fresh coal, then some of the reclaimed coal, and to'p it off with fresh coal.
In using a mixture of two sizes of coal you must be guided by the condition
of the fire. If it is burning 'freely add the larger coal first and top it off with the
mailer coal. If the fire is low, put on the smaller coal first, then the larger, and
cover it with the smaller.
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the responsiveness of your particular heater.
I3e sure the ash pit is kept free of ashes, because ashes obstruct the draft
and prevent parts of the fire bed from receiving a supply of oxygen,
GEO. B. NEWTON COAL CO.
shall attend or the conditions attached
to our attendance.
"It Is to bo hoped that the conferonco
will arrive at a solution satisfactory to
nil tho new republics of tho empire, bo
that wd may be able to live peaceably
In the future. Wo feci that tho Ameri
cana surely will bo fair. It would' bo
advisable for tho Allied to send hero
groups of Htatesmcn and business men
to look Into conditions before trying to
settle matteru. Outsldcra might find a
solution of thn dlflic-uliles which wo our
selps have been unable to find.
"You may say that the Auetrlan ro
publlo'certulnly wants no moro wars,
and has no ambition other than to llvo.
"The present sepiratlpn of the peoples
of the epiplre Is the last stage In the
dissolution ofwhat never really was an
empire, but groups of people demanding
freedom.
"It will be difficult for us to reform a
now union in order to save ohrsehes
from commercial ruin. It will bo moro
difficult to live alone, each republic for
itself. But If the Allies do not' find a
solution, seeds of new Wars will bo nown,
HOW TO BANK
YOUR FIRE AT NIGHT
To-' get the best results in damper regulation, jou
bhould have a check draft damper (a) in ydur smoke pipe,
besides the turn damper (b). The check draft damper
should be opened to check the fire; and closed to burn
the fire up.
After banking the fire at night, the check draft damper
should be opened wide, checking the fire; the turn damper should
be fixed to give a small draft.
The draft damper (c) in the ash pit should be depended
upon to give most ot your draft at night. How far it should
be opened depends upon the temperature of the weather,
upon how warm you wish to keep your house, and upon
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Our Innlltutlona ore butlnets tralnlnz
camps. The month'a Intensive course Is
equivalent to yeara of experience.
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