4 SIXTEEN CANTONMENTS AND FIFTEEN TENT CITIES BUILT IN NINETY DAYS No Feat of Construction Has Ever Approached Prepara tions For Concentrating American Armies in the War Washington, May 15.—Even in America, "the greatest builder of the past," no ieat of construction has ever approached that involved in .the completion in 90 days of 16 cantonments for the national army and 16 tent cities for the National Guard, says the official war "mater ial" history made public to-day by the War Department. The task in volved the erection and equipment of 31" cities capable of accommodat ing 40,000 persons each, with all the requisite witter, lighting, sewerage, hospital and heating utilities, and in addition the preparation of the strictly military features, such as $3.00 ROUND TRIP War Tax 8 per cent additional TO Pittsburgh Sunday, June 1 Special Train Lctven Harrlaburg 5.00 A. M. Returning;. Special Train leaven Pittsburgh 0.00 P. M. Vialt Sebenley Park and Phippn Conservatory *v|th their beautiful floral dls playn, Innpect Carnegie Institute with Its Inter esting museum nnd mag nificent Art Gallery, nee ••The Zoo." free to the public, in attractive Highland Park nnd en joy a pleasant day's out ing in the Metropolis of Western Pennsylvania. See Flyers Consult Agents Pennsylvania R. R. SOUTTER'S 25 CENT DEPARTMENT STORE tuy Here Not Alone Becanse Prices Are Lower, bat Because Qualities Are Better Stylish Modes In Summer Millinery Smart new Creations which possess the in diyidualitv and economy pricing character \ Leghorns, Milans, Georgettes, Maline and the New Taffeta Hats Turbans, Pokes, Sailors and Large Hats with medium and high crowns. i' I WTiite, navy, green, purple, tan, rose and $2.29, $2.48. $2.98, $3.29, $3.59, $3.98, $4.48 and $4.98. V \ U Trimmings in tlie latest novelties in flowers Benefit By These Bargains in our Reduction Sale of Fashionable Spring Hats Trimmed, Sailor, Ready-to-wear and Untrimmed Shapes in milans, lisere and pineapple straw braids. Tripimed Hats Tailored Hats Children's Hats $6.00 and $7.00 values. $6.00 and $7.00 values. Special Values Reduced to ... $3.88 Reduced to ... $2.98 $4.00 and $5.00 values. $4.00 and $5.00 values. **®v ?J*4B, Reduced to ... $2.98 Reduced to ... #1.98 ||-|. *1*8; Untrimmed Hats Sailor Hats and $3.88 $7.00 and SB.OO values. $6.00 values. Trimmings Reduced to ... $3.59 Reduced to ... $3.48 $6.00 values. $5.00 values. Many new arrivals in Reduced to ... $2.98 Reduced to ... $2.98 , ... $4.00 and $5.00 values. $3.50 Values. staples and novelties, in- Reduced to ... $2.19 Reduced to ... $1.98 eluding flowers, wreaths, $2.50 and $3.00 values. $2.50 values. fruit foliage, ostrich tips. Reduced to ... $1.59 Reduced to ... $1.48 .„ ... $1.50 values. $2.00 values. quills, ribbons, etc., Reduced to 88<" Reduced to 88£ 25£ to $1.59 /Oy SOUTTER'S ff *l} Bsi. ]\ 25 Cent Department Store JJ Where Every Day Is Bargain Day 215 Market St. Opp. Courthouse a A A A A A. A A \ '■ ' ~ ... . ... • "... ( . FRIDAY EVENING. HUQUBBCItG TELEGMUTX MAY 16, 1919. i parade grounds and riflo and artll . lery ranges. The creature comforts enjoyed by 1 the American soldier of 1917 is con- I trasted with those afforded the man i of '6l-'65. Substantial barracks, • heated by steam or stoves, took the II place of tents; chemically pure . i water replaced that secured from • the casual spring or stream; scien . tific laundries cared for the national ; army recruit's clothing, and field . 1 bakeries gave him the modern suc ,; cessor to the ashy hoe-cakes. ( ) Lumber used in tpe cantonments |' alone, the report says, was equiva . i lent to a board walk 12 inches wide s! and one inch thick "to the moon , i and half way back." while the nails I of one popular size would "girdle | j the earth three and a half times." The race between the contractors ; to complete the cantonments in the | • time for the initial draft is eloquent ly described, the builder of Camp ! Taylor, Louisville, Ky., winning by a narrow margin. The cantonments ! occupied 167,741 acres of land, j which cost an average of $3.93 per : acre, and the contractors' profits are (given as less than two and a half | per cent of the gross cost of con struction. FRECKLES Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These Ugly Spots. There's no longer the slighest need of feeling ashamed of >*>ur freckles, as Othine —double strength —is guaranteed to remove these | homely spots. Simply get an ounce of Othine — ! double strength—from any druggist | and apply a little of it night and morning and you should soon see that even the worst freckles have 1 begun to disappear, while the lighter ! ones have vanished entirely. It is seldom that more than an ounce is needed to completely clear the skin i and gain a beautiful, -elear com. | plexion. Be sure to ask for the double I strength Othine as this is sold under ' guarantee of money back if it fails to remove freckles. Expenditures for the cantonments represented 7 per cent of the total for the Panama Canal, but the time consumed was less than 90 days against 10 years for the canal. Supplementary building projects un dertaken by the Department aggre gated a much larger project than the cantonments and Included enor mous storehouses, factories for var ious purposes, proving grounds, army posts, embarkation facilities, docks, magazines, railroads, aviation fields and hospitals. Billion for Construction "On November 11, 1918," the re port says, "the construction division was conducting 535 operations In 442 localities, involving an expendi ture of $1,000,000,000. These touch ;ed every State but one." As the construction crews devel ' oped team work, remarkable in i stances of speed were reported. Pre cautions taken to assist the contrac | tors Included the detail of a disburs- I ing officer on the spot, "with check : book ready," so that material could Ibe paid on delivery, and so that ; special equipment could be obtained at a fair rental and a steady flow jof building materials be insured, j The last feature finally necessitated ( the sending of soldiers Into the for est to cut logs and piles and to load I them on railroad cars, which were ] guarded by soldiers to their destin ation. When a shortage of stoves threat ened the hfsnlth of the new army, officers of the construction were sent ito the factories to speed up produc tion, with the result that the army "obtained' 15,000 in three months, although that number is a year's output of the industry." Fire prevention at the various army projects was so efficient that the per capita loss was only 46 cents, compared with the civilian rate of $2.42. , TWO HARRISBURGERS GET WAR CROSSES [Continued from First Page.] higher rank "which his services and skill warranted, but he was removed to the United States by reason of another wound received while lead ing the battalion." Colonel Joseph H. Thompson, who i led the 110 th Regiment home and i in the parade at Philadelphia yes ! terday, also strongly recommended ! the wounded Harrisburg officer in an official communication to head quarters. HAS TO BE GCTDED "This electric Iron is very useful." "Does it do all the work?" "Not all. You can't leave it alene and go out to play bridge."—Louisville Courier Journal. AMERICAN SOLDIER GAINED AN AVERAGE OF 12 POUNDS IN WAR Soldiers Who Fought Against Spain in 1898 Lost Twenty two Pounds, Report Says Washington, May 16. "Soldiers who fought against Spain in 1898 lost in weight on an average of 22 pounds each; the average American soldier at the end of the fighting in 1918 weighed twelve pounds more than he did when the selective ser vice act or his own volition brought him into the Army." Thus the success won by the Aryiy's subsistence branch in the great war is epitomized in chapters of the official war "material" history made public to-day by the War De partment. The food problem of an Army of 3,700,000 Americans is visualised in the history by considering the force as a single man and the entire war period as one dinner hour. Articles comprised in the Army ration as sumed these tremendous totals: 1 Army Rations Roast beef 800,000,000 pounds; bacon, 150,000,000 pounds; flour (bread) 1,000,000,000 pounds; but ter, 17,500,000; oleomargarine, 11,- 000,000; baked beans, 150,000.000 pounds; potatoes, 487,000,000 pounds, onions, 40,000,000 pounds; corn, beans and peas, 150,000,000 cans; tomatoes, 190,000,000 cans; prunes, peaches and apples (for des sert), 107,000,000 cans; sugar, 350,- 000,000 pounds; coffee, 75.000,000 pounds; evaporated milk, 200,000,- 000 cans. The bill for this "meal" amounted to $727,000,000 to December 1, 1918, the per capita cost having risen from 4 cents in 1897 to 48 in 1918. At the time of the armistice, American soldiers in France were consuming 9,000,000 pounds of food daily. Moving this stupendous quan tity over the 3,000-mile line of com munication was the principal ob stacle to be overcome. This and necessity for conserving cargo space led directly in the later months to the shipment of dehydrated vegeta bles to the American Expeditionary Force. "The problems were solved only by the assistance of the American food industry." (he report says, and while instances were found of food specifications being violated, these are declared to have been very few and in most instances not inten tional. The emergency ration of the American soldier, designed to be used only in cases of extremity, was per fected during the war to consist of three cakes of beef, prepared with a bread-compound of ground cook td wheat, each cake weighing three ounces; three one-ounce cakes of chocolate, three-fourth ounces fine salt and one dram black pepper. For Invalid Soldiers A special ration was designed for the use of invalid soldiers, includ ing potted chicken, dried eggs, pud dings, etc. Importance attached to the supply of fresh coffee for the men is evi denced by the decision to ship the bean In the green form and have it roasted near the front. This led PRETTY GIRLS TO SELL DOUGHNUTSJN STREETS [Continued from First Page.] half a dozen of the attractive pos ters in their headquarters. What Yanks Tliink The whole country is waking up now to the significance of this drive, for the soldiers are telling just what they experienced. "The first Salvation Army girl I ever saw abroad was Just before Metz," narrated two Harrisburg vet erans of the famous Twenty-eighth Regiment, Robert J. McCarthy, Company K, One Hundred and Twelfth Regiment, and William Mc- Carthy, Company D, One Hundred and Twelfth U. S. I. "It was only a few days before the armistice and we were in some jam; German shells falling all around; we needed rein forcements. It was death to show your person anywhere, and there one morning came three Salvation Army girls who made coffee and doughnuts until we had to abso lutely carry them off to save their lives. They Hud arrived at mid night in that advanced position; had a bit of a shack and seemed not to know what fear is. They wore raincoats and slickers and, say, the funny thing is I used to think the Salvation Army was a kind of a joke. Now I would give every cent 1 have saved to help them get es tablished. They deliver the goods." These veterans and hundreds more will figure in the campaign which officially starts on Monday next to raise $35,000 for Dauphin county; the ultimate aim being to build a substantial headquarters here and thus eliminate the tam bourine and all "begging." J. William Bowman, treasurer of the local executive committee, start ed yesterday with a systematic drive to reach all industries; the number being 300. These enterpris ing plants came across In grand shape for the other drives, organiz ing individually. A soldier who has been in the thick of it will call at each establishment for the receipts. The businessmen of Harrisburg are, therefore, asked to take immediate steps to organize toward this end. WELCOME PLANNED FOR RETURNING MEN [Continued from First Page.] Tuesday. She carried on board the 312 th Field Artillery, complete, and the 312 th Machine Gun Battalion, both of the 79th Division. The ves sel is scheduled to land at Newport News, Va.. and it is expected on Sunday, May 25. The transport Tiger with the 310 th Field Artillery complete, and a de tachment of six officers from the 110 th Machine Gun Battalion, of the 79th Division, sailed from Ratnt Nazaire on the samfe day. The Tiger is expected to dock in New York on Monday, May 26. The 812 th Field Artillery, which is on the Virginian, is composed of field, staff, sanitary and ordnance detachments, supply and headquar ters companies. Batteries A, B. C, D. E and F. including fourteen officers and 1,431 men; the 312 th Machine Gun Battalion Is made up of head quarters. sanitary and ordnance de tachments. Companies A. B. C and D, nine officers and 594 men. On board the Tiger are the field and staff, headquarters and supply companies, sanitary and ordnance detachments, veterinary companies 3 and 4, and Batteries A, B, C. D, E and F, 49 officers and 1,314 men., I i to the invention of portable roast- , ers capable of handling several tons i a day. "Noting that tobacco has estab- j lished its claim to a recognized place i in the soldier's life," the report says j probably 95 per cent, of the Amer- < ican Expeditionary Force used the ; weed in one form or another. ! Monthly shipments averaged 20,- ! 000,000 cigars ana 425,000,000 clga rets. The soldier's sweet tooth was satis- I fled by a monthly shipment of 300,- j 000 pounds of candy during the early ! part of the war, but this increased, ! in November, 1918, to 1,373,300 ; pounds, and in the following month ; the War Department made candy a j part of the regulation issue, "l% : pounds being issued to each man I every month. A close companion in • population' was chewing gum, more j than 3,000,000 packages a month be- i ing consumed. Clothing Demands More than half of the Fifth Lib- j erty Loan would be required to pay for the clothing and uniform equip- | ment of the American Army. One I chapter of the report gives a short I history of the events which led the | government finally to take over the I domestic wool clip and to comman- j deer the output of practically every I factory. Interesting statistics are given of : economics effected by changes in i design. For instance elimination of j lacings and eyelets in trousers saved ; J17.000.000 and redesigning of the ; coat cut the cost of these garments t $5,000,000. Expert cutting reduced i i the consumption of cloth 23-100 of a ' yard and saved 2,300.000 yards on ; the total order. Cotton textiles pro- • duced for the Army would furnish a • strip three feet wide and of suffl- j cient length to wrap eighteen layers j around the equator. Innovations resulting from short- j ages in material included the sub- i stitution of American dyes for the j German product and the use of vegetable "ivory" in button mak ing. The activities of the quartermaster corps (afterwards taken over large ly by the Bureau of Purchases, Stor age and Supply), included also the furnishing of hats, shoes, boots, fuel, oil, paints, tools .harness and har ness equipment and even music. Prominent cdmposers volunteered , for the work of selecting a "balanced J ration" of jazz and more restrained orchestrations for the Army bands. To give the American aviator the j surest fuel possible, the department took over every drop of "257 degree fighting naptha" and confined its use to the service planes actually on the front. Conservation of shipping space re sulted in the revolutionizing of pack ing methods. Clothing was com pressed into bales, shoes shipped in | bags and trucks were dissembled and crated. The New Tork Baling Plant, according to the report, sav ed the government $55,000,000 in tonnage expenditures. HOBBLED D. B. reports having overheard this bit of conversation on the street: "Dearie, do you think it would be fun if you had both your limbs inside one trouser leg and you were trying to walk?" "Certainly not!" "Well, please wait for me. I can't keep up with you with this skirt on."— San Francisco Chronicle. Cocoanut Oil Makes A Splendid Shampoo If you want to keep your hair in good condition, be careful what you wash it with. Most soaps and prepared sham poos contain too much alkali. This dries the scalp, makes the hair brit tle, and is very harmful. Mulsifled cocoanut oil shampoo (which is pure and entirely greaseless), is much better than anything else you can use for shampooing, as this can't I possibly injure the hair. Simply moisten your hair with water and rub it in. One or two teaspoonfuls will make an abund ance of rich, creamy lather, and cleanses the hair and scalp thor oughly. The lather rinses out easily and removes every particle of dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive oil. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves it fine and silky, bright, fluffy and easy to manage. Tou can get Mulsiiled cocoanut oil shampoo at most any drug store. It is very cheap, and a few ounces is enough to last everyone in the family for months. To. Have Red Blood, Strength, Nerve Force, You Must Purify Clogged Digestive System You can be the man or woman Nature Intended you to be It you will just understand Nature and pull with her instead of against her, says an authority on- the building of bodily strength and vital nerve force. -What gives the athlete his strength? Red blood. What drives the business man and the worker, too, up the steep hill of success? Red blood. What makes the glowing beauty of woman? Red blood. What makes rosy-cheeked, bright-eyed chil dren? Red blood. Rich, pure blood is the driving force of life. And what makes red blood? Nothing, except the regular assimilation of nourishing food. The red blood of life depends on the di gestive system. If your food does not digest, but instead, lies as waste in the digestive tract; if your liver is torpid, your kidneys sluggish, or your intestines Inactive, the red blood supply loses and body failure starts. Science In I'laln Words For this condition scientists have a long name. They call it auto-in toxication. But, in plain words, your digestive system is clogged with waste matter and your body is be coming a poison factory. Auto-in toxication Is self-poisoning. Scientists can trace auto-intoxica tion from its start, and the part the blood plays in it. The chemical ac tion of food in the intestines the same as If you should toss a piece of fresh, raw meat out into the hot sun and let it rot. Most of the digestive and assimila tive process takes place in the Intes tines. When, instead of active, reg ular, healthy intestines, animal and vegetable matter lodges there and ferments, putrefactive germs are set to work and almost at once gases and i body toxins the poisons form. I In the intestines are the tiny ves j sels that take up nourishment for the blood and tissues. These vessels go k 1 SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE! 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