THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS. LIcCCNNELLSBURO, PA.
How Millions of Men
In War are Moved, Fed
Work of S. 0. S. in France Ex
eels All History of Mil
itary Feats.
QUICK SERVICE IS THE RULE
Army Utet 1,500,000 Pounds of Refrlg
rated and Fresh Beef Each Day
Immense Supplies Needed to
Feed Yanks Worka Like
a Machines
By CHARLES N. WHEELER.
(In the ChliftKO Tribune.)
In the H. O. S. Sector, Frnnce. The
matter of feeding the army In France
Is an epic story. It la truly of heroic
proportions.
JuHt now It require about l,WX),iD00
pound of refrigerated and fresh beef
to feed the army In France each day,
besides the hundreds of thousands of
pounds of bacon, mutton, ham, corned
Tieef, canned aulinon, and dried and
pickled meats and fish. More than 200,
00 cans of tomatoes, corn and peaa
kelp to make up one day's rations.
Something like 230,000 cans of Jam,
8.000 cans of peaches, 5,000 Jars of
pickles, 8,000 bottles of catsup, car
loads of canned lobster and other aea
foods, more than 2.000 boxes of choco
late, fresh white bread made of Amer
ican flour and all the boys want, even
the good old corn bread served hot, be
tides the Immense quantities of pota
toes, beans, prunes, coffee, sugar, milk,
pepper, salt, vinegar, clnnnmon, sirup,
and about everything found In a well
stocked former's pantry In the United
States are laid before the American
army In Fronce every day and It Is
11 there right on the dot.
Worka Like a Machine.
It Is there In every section of France,
from Solssons and Tout to Marseilles
and from the Sw'ss border to the Bay
f Hiscny. All France Is a great In
dustrial place and there Is hardly a
pot In the whole country, Including
the aectlons under heavy shell Are,
where the 8. O. S. Is not standing at
attention when the dinner bell rings.
Meantime, men ond munitions, and
all manner of supplies are moving up
to the front continuously, and the
fighters are coming back for a little
rest. The machinery works smoothly
and efficiently. There are aide lines
of great Interest. One of these Is the
traveling bathroom. An outfit that re
quires only three trucks Is now sent op
to the lines to greet the boys as they
eome out of the trenches and give
them a fine scrubbing. Each outfit
will wash T00 boys an hour.
L Meantime the S. O. S. Is filling orders
from the front. It may be a few thou
sand Infantry, an artillery regiment
r severnl such regiments, machine
gun companies, and so on through the
list. They are delivered Immediately.
The wounded have to be brought
back to the hospitals. The trains and
ambulances are ready and they move
Tike clockwork except that getting
back from the flrst-ald stntlons at times
Is not quite as slow as a clock. The
wounded are sent to all corners of
France nnd the big mnchlne works on
almost fuultlessly.
Whole armies of the mobile sections
now ore transported quickly from sec
tor to sector. It Is up to the 8. O. 8.
to see that all this equipment Is pro
Tided. Salvage Work Important
The 8. O. S. besides doing nn enor
mous business In the manufacturing
line, conducts a large snlvuge plant, or
plants, Into which flows a steady
stream of battlefield wreckage. In the
clothing branch of the work alone they
are sovlng the taxpayers back home
$.V00,000 n month. More Important
than the money saving Is the saving of
tonnnge.
At one Rtntlon mnmmoth American
locomotives are assembled "while you
wait." Six of these leviathans are put
together every day and are doing their
bit the next day.
It was found advisable to operate a
special train for American military
men between two widely separated
points In France. As soon as tho neces
sity presented Itself the train was In
stalled. It Is called the "American
' Bpeclal." It Is manned by Pullman car
porters negro boys who have had
. long training on the de luxe trains back
home. They are rated as first class
wagon men here. Amerlcnn railway
conductors have been assigned to this
train, or trains, one running each way
every 24 hours.
Of one thing the mothers bnck home
may be thoroughly assured, and that Is
, that not one of their boys wants for a
single thing In the way of subsistence
end medical nnd surgical attention. No
army ever took the field better pro
vided. And while the appreciations are
being passed around It Is not out of
place to observe that the subsistence
division of the war department at
Washington Is entitled to n decoration
for the efficiency It hns achieved.
Something over 300,000 enlisted men
and about 25,000 women comprise the
"help" In the S. O. 8. organization. A
large number of ofllcers, of course, are
required for tho supervising positions,
but practically all of the workers are
men In klinkl who have been termed
the "ammunition passers."
Employs Army of Women.
Of the 25,000 women In the work
most of them are French women. A
two-fold aim Is achieved In the utiliza
tion of these women. A large per
centage of . them would be charges
"ANZAC" FROGS CLIMB POLES
Australian Variety Declared to Be Big
Nulaance to Telegraph
Company.
8ydney, N. S. W. One of the great
tnemles of the overland telegraph line
to Central Australia Is the common
green frog. In order to save the Insu
lators from being broken by the light
ning they are provided with wire
"droppers" leading round them at
I against the state unless afforded this
means of sustaining themselves.
Not tho least serious of the problems
confronting the war department was
the question of distribution of sup
plies In Frnnce.'A million men might
bo landed In French ports, together
with the necessary equipment, but how
under the heavens was this vast store
house to be transported to the Interior
and on up to the lines, with the mani
fold exactions that would have to be
met .In doing It speedily and orderly
ami with the French transportation
facilities already groaning tinder the
home load? The German staff agreed
It could not he done,
Itlght here seems a good place to
Introduce Prig. On. Johnson Hagood.
He Is chief of stuff of the S. O. S.
He bus served In the war department
with every chief of staff of the army
since the general stalT was created by
congress. He Is a native of South
Carolina, a nephew of the late Brig.
Gen. Johnson Hngood of the Confed
erate army and one time governor of
South Carolina.
Thepresent chief of stnff attended
the university of his home state from
1888 to 1801 and graduated from West
Point In 1800. He has served as per
sonal aide to Oeneruls Bell and Wood.
General Hugood Is one of the young
er generals of the army. lie Is small
of stature, quick of action, and a hu
man dynamo. Ills mind works like
chain lightning.
"How did you do It?" I asked him.
A flicker of a smile flitted across the
fnce of the West Pointer.
"Well, we had to do It and we did
It. That's oil.
It was a mere statement of fact.
There was no philosophy to It. Just
had to be done, nnd was done!
It would be Impossible for me to
tell you how this plan has been worked
out," he added. "Moreover, I am not
permitted to give out Interviews to
newspaper men. But In this case I
understand you have been Authorized
by General Pershing's hendquarters to
get an Interview from me, so I will
try to tell you something about It.
Undeceiving 'Themselves.
"In the first place, It Is the biggest
military undertaking In the history
of the world. No military authority
ever laid so bold a plan on this earth;
nothing thnt Alexander the Great,
Julius Caesar or Napoleon ever
planned compnres with It In scope or
daring. The Germans laughed at us
when we proposed It, and even those
of us of the old army who snt around
the war college wondering what we
would do In a great war, never
dreamed the United States, the most
unmllltary nation on earth, could put
4,000,000 men In France. To supply
such a body of men from a base 4,000
miles away, to organize them, to fight
'em, and to fight 'em ns well as the
best soldiers In Europe today Is the
greatest military accomplishment of
nil times. '
"So far as my end of It Is concerned
It Is all a matter of team work. The
work Is that of the bureau chiefs.
You might compare me to the quarter
back of the team. I give the signals
and pass the ball, but they really do
the work, and they have done It ex
ceedingly well. We ore way ahead on
our program, we supply twice ns
many men In France as the most
optimistic of us had expected. And
at the present rnte It will not he long
before we will be supplying In France
an army four times as largo as that
we had originally contemplated.
"As to tho character of the work,
we have had to build and repair rail
roads. Wo have built permanent docks
and wharves at the ports, and some
of these ports are more prosperous
now than they ever have been In
their history. We have constructed
aviation fields, repnlr shops, salvage
plants, supply depots, hospitals, cold
storage plants, water supply, etc.
Rushing a New City.
"It Ih rather difficult for one to
visualize the proposition of going Into
an open field nnd constructing a 10,000
bed hospital. It means In reality a
YANKEE AUTO TRUCKS ARRIVE IN ITALY
j 1 1 li'i'iii 1 1 1 h iimi ifi
1 TOV&r5 : : Jf " V rati
In this, one of the first pictures to arrive In this country of the acton!
landing of American troops In Italy, Is seen a long trulnload of automobile
trucks belonging to the American forces.
little distance to conduct onto the
Iron pole In case of need.
The frogs climb the poles and And
the Insulators cool and pleasant to
their bodies, nnd fancy that the "drop
per" Is put there to furnish them with
a back seat.
After a nap they yawn and stretch
out a leg until It touches the pole
result, sudden death to the frog, and
as the body continues to conduct the
current to earth there la a paragraph
In the papers to the effect that "In con
sequence of an Interruption to the
ASTRIDE PLANE UPSIDE
DOWN; RIDES TO EARTH
London. A British airman,
while flying at a height of 1,000
feet, had the tall of his machine
shot off by a direct bit from a
shell. The machine turned up
side down and the pilot was
thrown from bis seat, but he
managed to clamber onto the
bottom of the fusllage, on which
he remained astride.
Although the machine was
out of control, he managed, by
moving forward and backward,
to balance It and glide steadily
downward. Under a strong
nntl-ulrcroft fire ho crossed the
German lines successfully a few
hundred feet from the ground.
Ills mnchlne came down with a
crush and he received some In
juries, but will recover.
city of 15,000 Inhabitants, with nil the
necessary appliances In the way of
water, sewerage, store, fire protec
tion, lighting system, etc. Imnglne all
the retail stores In Chicago consoli
dated Into one, and you get an Idea
of whnt It means when we sny a depot
containing ninety duys' supply for
1,000,0()0. Think of a crdd storage
plant where 20,000 head of cattle, or
80,000 quarters of beef, con be pro
vided for under one roof.
"Of course, we only handle this end
of It. Our Job over here Is to get
the stuff off the ships, get It on the
trains, and pnss It on up to the front,
It comes In n never-ending stream.
The problem of the staff depart
ments Is divided Into four grand groups
transportation, construction, supply,
and hospitalization.
"Under transportation," continued
General Hagood, "we group ocean
transport and Inland waterways, all
railways, Including stnndard gauge
and narrow gauge ; all horse nnd mule
transportation, Including wngons nnd
pnek animals, and all forms of motor
transportation. No possible form of
transportation hns been overlooked.
"Under construction we have to con
sider the building of railroads, the erec
tion nnd assembling of cars and loco
motives, the building of wharves,
docks and storehouses; the construc
tion nnd repair of barges and other
vessels for use on the canals and nnvl
guble streams, bridges, and, In fact,
everything from the cutting of the tim
ber In the forests to Its final assem
blage for practical use.
Their Own Manufacturers.
"Under supplies we Include water,
food, clothing, fuel, animals, forage, :
guns and ammunition, airplanes, etc. J
We have taken over a great many man- I
ufnetures. We mnke our own choco
lute, and manufacture bard bread,
and a number of such commodities. ,
There Is one bakery In the center of
France from which we send out ev
ery day fresh bread for 500,000 men.
"Under hospitalization we Include
receiving and caring for the sick and
wounded evacuated from the front. I
"In order to decentralize this Indus
trial Institution the zone of operations f
Is divided Into nine sections the ad- i
vanco section In which the armies are
actually engaged, the Intermediate sec
tion, containing the great central por
tion of France nnd seven base sections
which Include the ports.
""TheTwhole thing Is llke'a greot net
work. General Pershing has placed
the responsibility for Its operation
upon General Harbord, the command
ing general of the 8. O. S. I am his
chief of staff. Associated with me are
about fifty general staff officers,
through whom all the activities of the
S. O. S. are co-ordinated. The balance
of the staff here consists of about 1,
000 officers and 2,000 enlisted men and
clerks.
"One of the most Importnnt agencies
we have Is the general purchasing
board, presided over by Col. Charles
Gates lawes, formerly of Chicago,
This board Is charged with the pur
chase of all supplies that are obtained
In Europe, and also represents us In
co-ordinating the supplies of the allies
In such a wuy that there Is no dupli
cation among the great nations con
cerned. lines probably caused by a cyclonic dis
turbance In the Interior, we are unable
to present our renders with the usual
cables from England."
More Honor to Pershing.
Kansas City, Mo. Plaza road, a
well-known drive near the Union ata
tlon, has been renamed "Pershing
road" In honor of Gen. John J. Persh
ing, by the city council. The council
has authorised the Improvement of
the road by widening and removing car
tracks which are on part of It.
ill! KILLED
IN BB EXPLOSION
Shell-Loading Plant In
Jersey Blows Up.
New
MANY TOWNS ARE SHAKEN
Firemen And Reicuere Crave Death
To Remove Victims From Plant
Of T. A. Gillespie, At
Morgan, N. J.
Perth Amboy, N. J. Many men were
killed and scorn of others Injured In
a tremendous explosion at the plant of
the T. A. Gillespie Shell Loading Com
pany, at Morgan, near here. This ex
plosion, which shook the countryside
for miles around and caused citizens
of South Amboy to flea from their
homes, was followed by a series of
less severe explosions and by a fire
which for hours defied the efforts of
Ore department! summoned from all
nearby cities and towns.
Estimates placed the number of
Wiled and hurt at from 60 to more
than 100.
Ambulances sent from here and
carrying 23 doctors returned with
many of the Injured and for fear that
the city hospital would not accommo
date all the victims brought here, a
hotel was prepared to receive the
overflow. Ambulances dispatched from
Elizabeth and other cities were report
ed to be taking other victims to those
cities. United States Base Hospital
No. 3, at Colonla, sent ambulances and
doctors to aid In the rescue work.
Among those reported to have been
killed was Arthur H. Stanton, of
Perth Amboy, superintendent of the
unit In which the first explosion oc
curred. The report of his death baa
not been confirmed.
The plant, which Is being operated
for the government by the Glllersplo
Company, employs several thousand
men and women, working In three
shifts, but officials said that there
were only about 500 men In the plant
when the explosion occurred.
The plant was engaged In loading
high explosive shells. With the first
explosion government officials tele
phoned to nearby camps for soldiers
to serve aa guards, and several hun
dred, with a detachment of Coast
Guards, were rushed to Morgan.
The plant, which 'covers an area of
12 square miles, comprises many
small buildings situated along Cheese
quake Creek. The first explo3!oa oc
curred In one of these buildings In
which T. N. T. was being made, and
the flames, spreading to other struc
tures, caused a series of further blasts.
Explanations regarding the cause
of the explosion vary, but according
to one account, excessive heat waa
applied to a vat of T. N. T. Another
account had it that a shell, which
was being lifted, fell and exploded.
The first blast was terrific. It shat
tered nearly all tho glass In South
Amboy, oner and a half miles away,
and was felt for a radius of nearly 10
miles.
DOWNS GERMAN AIRPLANE.
American Aviator Wins In Spite Of
Cranky Motor,
American Army Northwest of Ver
dun. Aviator Rollins Meyer, of Oak
land, Cal., shot 'down a Oerman air
plane near Very In a apectacular fight.
Although his own motor was working
badly he attacked the enemy machine
and riddled It with machine gun bul
lets, forcing It to land. His own ma
chine came down Immediately after
ward near the German airplane whose
officers surrendered to Meyer. Carry
ing the machine gun of the German
airplane as a souvenir, Meyer brought
the enemy airmen In on foot.
NO MORE FANCY SHOES.
Number Of Styles To Be Reduced
To 150.
Washington. There will be no more
pew shoe lasts until after the war,
nor any more two-colored or other
fancy models of foot gear. It was dis
closed that these are among the pro
visions of the conservation and stand
ard price agreement between the War
Industries Board and manufacturers,
under which the number of shoe styles
will be reduced from about 650 to 150,
HUNS BEATEN IN AFRICA.
Remnants Of Force Thrown Back Be
yond Rovuma River.
Paris. Portuguese forces In Africa,
In conjunction with the British, have
thrown the remaining German troops
In German East Africa buck across the
Rovuma River, according to the Petit
Parlslen. The Rovuma runs from the
region of Lake Nyassa to the Indian
Ocean and forms the boundary line
between Germany and Portuguese
East Africa.
METZ RAILWAY BOMBED.
Airdromes Also Raided By British
Fliers.
London. The independent British
air force Thursday night bombed the
Metz-Sablons Railways and airdromes
at Morhange and Frescaty, according
to an official communication. '
TURK MINISTER OUT.
Holder Of Portfolio Of Interior Re
ported Out.
Amsterdam. The Turkish minister
f the Interior has resigned, according
to a Constantinople message.
Uncle Tim Dyer, a Vlnalhaven fish
erman, who has nearly attained hit
ninetieth birthday, astonished the iM
lives by towing In a halibut whirl
weighed 332 pounds.
PREMIER OF CANADA
SPECTATOR OF
l
If. V."
The photograph shows Sir Robert
of the winners of the uthletlc meet
front In France.
Sir Robert viewed the gomes with keen Interest nnd professed himself
as being satisfied that the Canndlan soldiers were getting their share of
exercise and recreation.
EVEN TEMPER SWIMMING AID
Claire Qalllgan Also Tells Mermaid
Not to Be Afraid of Water and
Get Much 8leep. .
Claire Galllgon, the famous girl
swimming expert of New Rochelle, N.
T., discloses some of the secrets of her
prowess In the water for the benefit
of other girls. She says: t
"Eight years ago I couldn't swim a
stroke, but I never was afraid of the
water.
"The girl who would become a rival
of mine must be a glutton for sleep.
"Curfew rings for me at 10:30 and 1
sleep from eight to ten hours.
"I am always In perfect condition be
cause I nm always In training.
"Candy and pastry should be avoided
ctalre Galllgan.
they make you heavy as lead If
eaten to excess.
"Don't be afraid of the water It's
the best beuutlfler In the world.
"I am Just beginning to know I am
In tho water at 220 yards. At 440 I am
ready to begin, but I don't hit my
stride until I have reached the first
half mile.
"In order to become a good swimmer
n girl must be In perfect control of her
self. How many could swim 100 yards
without weakening?
"Ho persistent, get plenty of sleep,
do not dissipate, und, above all, be
cheerful. An even temper will never
let you sink."
KID ELBERFELD HAPPY
Norman ("Kid") , Elberfeld,
who played In Detroit nnd New
York beforo winding up bis ma
jor league career as a member
of the Washington club In 1011,
Is now nn athletic Instructor at
Camp Shelby, at Huttlesburg,
Miss., specializing In baseball.
"At lust I'm happy," says tho
"Kid." "I know blamed well
none of my players can Jump tho
team."
Nutmeg State Soccer Boys to Colors.
Connecticut boasts of over COO soc
cer football pluyers nnd officials with
the colors.
LISTER JOINS NAVY SCHOOL
Acting as Boxing Instructor for Offi
cers' Naval Reserve at Municipal
Pier In Chicago.
Edwin Lister. Jr.. Is boxlne Instructor
for the officers' naval reserve at mu
nicipal pier, Chicago, but there prob
ably are a numner oi rans who will not
recomlze the Instructor by that name.
They probably will remember him as
"Eddie ltetsu," ror mat is the name he
adopted when he boxed professionally
In various ports of the country under
the management of Harry Ollmore. For
a time Lister gave instructions to the
students at Notre Dame university.
8peaker Has Made Flights.
Trls Speaker, who has made appli
cation for entrance Into the naval avia
tion service, already has made a num
ber of flights In seaplanes, and en
Joyed the experience.
Good Work by Mabel Trask.
Mabel Trask has trotted heats In
2:01 In two different races this year
In the eastern Grand circuit races.
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V L-iWMlirn Nawipaprr Union f ;J
IS ENTHUSIASTIC
ARMY GAMES IN FRANCE
Borden, premier of Canndo, with some
held recently by a Cnnudlon corps at the
UMPS WAS ROTTEN
Gus Axelson, veteran Chlcogo
baseball scribe, tells this one:
"In the National league there's
an umpire named Harrison. He
was having a rotten day of It at
the Cubs' park nnd, while stand
ing bnck of third base, heard a
fan cry, 'Hey, Umps, remember
Youngstown?
"Hnrrlson, who comes from
Youngstown, was tb kled to hear
at least ono friendly voice, nnd
waved to the fan, nodding thnt
he did remember the dear old
place.
"'Remember the old Todd
house?' cried the fan.
"With a grin on his face Har
rison shouted, 'Sure do.'
" 'Wasn't It rotten?' cried the
fan.
"'It sure was,' rejoined Hnr
rlson, who was dumfounded
when the fan fairly roared :
"'Well, you're worse I'"
LINDSAY DUNHAM IS IN ARMY
Champion Tennia Player of New Jer
sey Receives Commission as a
First Lieutenant
Lindsay Dunhnm, once stnte tennis
champion of New Jersey, hns received
n commission ns a first lieutenant in
Iho nuurtermuster corns of the annv
Dunham will be attached to tlie motor
department. Dunham is a former
holder of tho Untiring and Tennis Ca
sino enp nnd tho Atlantic const title,
which he' lost this year.
DISTANCE RECORD IS BROKEN
Harold Throckmorton, Now Sergeant
In Heavy Coast Artillery, Sets
New Tennis Mark.
Harold A. Throckmorton, former na
tional lnterscholnstlc cbnmplon, now
a sergeant In the henvy coast artillery,
defeated Harold L. Taylor, tho Brook-
' C Wilrn Ntwibatwr Union r
Harold A. Throckmorton.
lyn schoolboy, In tho (lrst round of the
great national tennis tourney at Forest
Hills, L. I. In winning this gruelling
contest at 08, 02, 110, 1311,
Throckmorton broke the thirty-year-old
distance record of 80 games by
playing 82 at a stretch.
GOLFER KEPT SABBATH HOLY
Alexander MoKellar, Enthusiast of An
elent Game, "Collected" Ball
In the Plate.
Golfers of the old school were very
familiar with the name of Alexander
McKellar, perhaps the greatest enthu
siasts the royal and ancient game ever
had. All day and every day be played
over the Bruntsfleld links, and at night
he found It so difficult to relinquish his
beloved game that he played the put
ting course by candlelight Yet all this
devotion to golf notwithstanding, be
never became a great player. The
Sabbath was strictly observed by him,
and on that day he acted, as doorkeep
er at a chorch In Edinburgh. One Sun
day morning Douglas Gourley, a well
known golf ball manufacturer, came to
the "kirk" and, Instead of his usual
donation, he placed a brand new golf
ball on the plate which McKellar ex
tended. It requires bat a small flight
of Imagination to determine what be
came of that ball.
Wnirni'NnrabaMr Union fa
BASEBALL IS QUITE
POPULAR IN FRANCE
Soldiers Turn to Game Just as
Soon as There Is a Lull.
Play Is 8tarted While Enemy Shell,
Are Shrieking Overhead War lt
Entirely Forgotten Amonj
American Boys,
(Tty E, A. BATCIIKI.Ort )
Saturday morning tho Germans haj
held tho position. Sunday nfii.rn,J
Amerlcnn artillerymen were ,n)il
ball there. Thus tho Yankee imtlonal
game follows the ling.
It might seem strnnge that s.,l.l!er
after days nnd nights of battle, m
of fatigue nnd danger, should turn to
baseball the very first moment there
came a lull, hut this has been the ml
rather than the exception all maimer
In France.
Sometimes the play starts while an
occasional enemy shell Is still sirP,.
Ing overhead, though the auV,r (0
not encourage that sort of reckless ex
posure to danger.
The explanation for the soldier's lots
of play at the extreme front Is Hint hit
nervous system nns oeen so upmt that
he needs action. He cannot go from the
excitement of battle to the calm of
complete repose all nt once. He mutt
let himself down gradually, just u
men who have been working In com
pressed air must go through the air
lock before lt Is safe for tlum to
breathe the atmosphere nt lis nor
mal pressure,
Baseball serves the purpose mimir
ably. It gives them something to do
with their bodies while nature Is ail
Justing Itself, and something to think
about that will ennblo them to forsi-t
the horrors they have Just ts,4
through. It Is both a physical ami
mental tonic.
In the particular cose mcntlnnM
nbove a group of artillerymen wore
firing two big "lflr" rifles placed hHile
n rond. The two nieces, served with
the regulorlty of clockwork by a part
of the battery, were harassing the re
treating Huns. The men not actually
engaged In shooting snt and lay nroiind
with nothing to do but think. They
were too tired nnd excited after the
advance to sleep.
A. Y. M. C. A. van enme nlnug the
rond nnd one of the men In It raiM
out to ask whether nn Indoor baseball
could be used there.
With one voice the artillerymen an-
swerd "yes." The "Y" man threw wit
a new ball and one of the sMlen
caught It.
"First hitter!" he yelled.
"Second hitter," yelled another.
"Pitcher." shrieked a third. And n
nn until all the desirable places were
claimed.
A pick-handle answered for n bat
In a minute the game was In program
The batter stood between two gnw
nnd tho fielders were spread out In
front, so that they got the full force of
tho terrible blast when the pieced were
fired.
They paid no more nttention to the
enr-spllttlng crack of the guns Minn tn
tho buzzing of the files aroiiml the
mess tent. War was forgotten and
they were Just Amerlcnn boys at play,
Instend of men engaged in the busi
ness of slaying.
An officer snw the game and smiled
lie knew that the morale of that bat
tery would go fur over par -us a result
of the ploy. It was Just tho thing that
they needed, but he feared that some
of the men In the field might suffer
horni from having the guns fired rhlit
over their heads, and ordered the
scene of action shifted across the rond
where everyone would be behind the
long rifles.
This Incident Is typical of what
sport Is doing to keep up the nmmleor"
the American army In the comhut ne.
The Y. M. C. A. hns wisely concluded
thnt here the work of tho physical de
partment Is more Important than In
the more remote areas, and Is putting
forth every effort to supply the 'ma
terlnl." Physical directors are not belnl
sent Into actual fighting because thej
would be In the wny there. While en
gaged In grappling with tho Itoche,
even the most enthuslnstlc sportsman
hasn't any time for games.
Put the minute the men are uMe
think of ploying, the Red Triangle U
there to look after them. As soon
a unit Is brought bnck to rest nftcr
few doys of hard fighting, tho "Y" b
gins to put on an athletic program
Officers heartily Indorse tho von
nnd several milt rommnndcrs hi"
made formal requests for physical di
rectors In the rest billets.
The results have been most gratlff
Ing. Units thnt have come out or u
lines badly used up have been able
to get on their feet In a few day
the men have gone back to the bow
ness of killing the IJoche wim
newed "pep."
GRIDIRON GAME IS PROPOSED
Johnny McGovern, Ex-Gopher Star,
Anxious to Play Against
Mater This Fall.
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jonnny nn.-voveru, uu - .
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the University of Minnesota, I
lous to ploy against his alma b .
this fall. McGovern Is in u
rlno base. The school will have
eleven and the Gopher luarterl
will be a member. He proposes s
test with Minnesota at Mlnneapo"
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