| | { Shins. A ch i il PATTON COURIER —— A a in Ee men fu ESTABLISHED 1893 STAR PRINTING COMPANY 8. L. BUCK, Editor. W. H. BURD, President i A AAA 064 TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 per vear, payable in advance No papers discontinued uptih all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the publisher Entered at the Postoffice ut Patton as second class mail matter, ADVERTISING RATHS Legal notoes $150 per iuch for three insertions Cards of thanks $c per Una Resolutions be per line Business locals be per line Political advertising 19¢ per line or 20c per inch display, parable strictly in advance. Foreign advertising must be paid for iavarably ip advance No com mission pald to advertising agents A MISGUIDED CONGRESSMAN House of Representatives, U 8 Washington, D. C., May 5 1916 To the Editor of The Army and Navy Journal Referring to yours of May 2. in which you guedtion the accuracy of a statement made by me in a public address regarding desertion from the Army. permit me to say that my statements were based on figures given by Charles Johnson Post in Harpers Weekly in a series of articles early in 1514 The facts and Agure: given by Mr. Post. as far AS my observation has gone, have re mained practically unirhallenged until now According 0 Mr. Post in the year 1911 the proportion of number of men anlisted wan seven par cent; for the year 1912 It was: nine per cent. for the year 1%13 It wag 17 per cent The desartions from the 34 Infantry during the year 1913 were £16 por cent © 6th Infantry 2.09% pler cent: Wh Infantry 10 per cent: 4th Field Artillery, 1550 per cent ; 21st Infantry, 1687 por cent 12th Cavalry. 10 per cent: 28th In fantry, 10 per cent: Oth Field Art] tery, 11.33 per cent: 24 Cavalry 1635 per cent: 20h Infante, 1872 per cent Ot course, my statement was rather broader than thé actual fact I employed 3 round figure wo a8 better to present the case. 1 would iat Mount Vernor, men who deserted compared to the! have been fairly well within the mark Bad 1 said onesixth rather than one fifth, unless Mz. Post's figures are without hasis it seeps 10 me thal his figures would have best challeng ad Jong ago had they heen stant ¥ incorect My underst ing is that Mr. Post cond careful examination at th partment unt ¥ CHV eraa malar niorm whi jiitary sarvi I¥ seems to me probable eRtimate four and from F iy thes goriions A 1 8 DHIMETOUN IN CeTIRIN branches eR rhe anlar branches pith which £r Post was dealing in the articles on which 1 based my statements Assuring you that J have no pur pose of casting unmerited reflect pon the military hrandh of (Government, but at the same freely expressing miy belief that standing armies are incompatible with our democratic institutions, 1, remain. Warren Worth Balley We may be permitted to suggest to Mr. Bailey the fart wf which he should have been informed as a men ber of Congress, that there is much Letter authority for statements as to i ithe number of desertions in our Army than that found in his pox. mortem reference to Harper's Woek iy Mr. Bailey does not question the gecuracy of the report of his speech which ered ited him with saying that anefifth of all the men of the United States Army ware deserters Further reference to the last annual report of The Adintant General that for the faecal voar ending June 30 151% shows that Mr. Balley was even more (noorrect in the statement than waz charged in our paragraph of las! weed The Adjutant General savas that fram the total reported desertions during the year ending June In 1815 thers should be deducted 7% casen Im nraperly classed as deserilone, mos? if these cases being absence without leave The Adjutant General yer) properiy bases hi calealations of percentage, of Dae Lie pitength of the Army at any given period, but ny the “whide pumber of enlistment contracts in force during the vear” ix shows 8 percentage of 263 of actual desertions The desertions among oolorsd troops wers lear than one-half of one per cent Mr. Hatley now seeks to edrape the force of ose eriticisn ¥ deviaring that the pro Goesartions was hasnd not trength of the Army. hat of ven $* galt Aa thay have than one 4% they are again in this man! The assertion tA gulred sxiracrdinary researc! ascertain the facts iz simply This article was taken from Army and Navy Journal Giddap! vA Hoy, Mave a Heart! Dear Lake As the club physician 1 nominate Dr. 1 Maslerry of Scot tow. OO —Noeltlown Huh! “If you'd avolkl a busting hesd.” Cive day | heard a wise roan say “Heware tha wins when it is red Beware the rum when 2 is bay Oh, Joy! Dear Luke Rehiwieterman & Hine fake. the druggists of New Bremen, O., are on thelr way to dispense sweets and honey in the club ~H. 8 M Betcha! Dear lake-Can May K. Rippin, a! beautiful corn fod of this city. ce the swimming pool in the ¢lab?-HE M. 1. louisville Ky. Sure! Dear Luke Can Stone Ware of Don akison, La, be foreman of the cltbs pottery department > —~H. P Gone! [ear Luke What has become of the ald fashioned Loy who ose to say. “Yea sbrres Lob tall hosa fy VC K.P ‘When any of you young men come in and say: “I'm Interested in Good Clothes” and most of you will sooner or later--- 313 then we'll say 1 : want patch pockets or plain? ink button wiea!l mttern would you care WE HAVE STYLES and we Wound Appreciate the tisichier th { 3 OF UP.TO.DATE STYLES New Spring styles of by COIR ISLS Ey ine ~totsnn Hats Crther Hats at 22 00 and &2 50 - Shirts New Neckwear New Collars 7 EVERYTHING NEW AT / / W.L. THOMPSON'S PATTON, PA. USNL Sale on Ladies’ Suits, Coats and Waists Continues Taken Fromm The Patton Courier Thursday, May 16 THIS Base Bail Ciubs Organized The second base ball club ton has been OTEANITe following named players pitcher and Mahon, cat first hase Base: 0 Hunter. Hunter short stop Paddy right field: Mickaei Castalio fald, Paddy Meshan left lively games are expectad tween the above named nine third nite Miners of This District May Strike As a result of the fusing the fivecen! Incoreass Mr. T. A : dent of INstriet Noa 2. 6 ha PTpited Mine Workers, inelgdes Cam: bria county was Altoona Sunday night and talked with a newspaper ve raliorse re Hradies ‘reporter on the mining situation He said that the operators had fiztly refused to grant the fverent increase recently demanded miners of this district, but not prepared to say what come of the refusal wok matter now being savera! 1 union convention will be latter part of the monld lary sald. when the mat er gettind definizely. ag at thi determined tion it will he or not a strike would be th thing *All the oneriiors Are nO8 vy tivked ta the in erease the district pres: dent continued "We have sams of the heat onerators to he found any wheres right in this district while we yy have some not 80 good Ihe Ber wind White people are largest - oa ¥ * ys Ty % EN aperators, ard ther wirtuall Sd } prices pald miners 84 Dentist in Patton MC Kanney the dentist af Has singa will Lin At the of af The 1 5 Welds, Goes Patton Thursday MM. to} Brena red . vos of iy rey pperationg pertaining to dent etry in tha most careful manner Iie BnTey fa expecially skillful in the painless textraction of teeth and in making artificial plates Ha assures zatis faction In all Baptist Services Today (Thursday) recognition ser anarmations ONE YEARS AGO eowsd’ sy Balding tigen Preach M All are invited ii théss services Attention Firemen Patton Firetpen ate aarmestly revyueated to attend a seeling a the Firemen ¢ hdl toaigh! {Thursday} to assial in aking arrangenients ths concert May 23 i £; Patino waa vigiled DY siivrm Tuesday, May lth Miss Louse daughter of Prof B C. Youngman, of Celarfield, in visit ing Misa wee Tamaine MoPherion this Misa Lens Grove Brookville, who has Deen the guest of her platter Mrs OO Winslow, this week OPEN LAMP CAUSE OF GAS EXPLOSION That is Verdict of Jury at iagiang into the Raobindale Mire Disaster Indians, Mary 14--The jury at the fquest into the Robizdale mine dis Agler returned a yore oy hh remtprday nding that “open lamps in the hands af stnpioyes Woiled Ras and caused the death of «ight men in the Hobin- dale mine of the Conemasgh Smoke bass Coal Company near Seward yy The ingitesl was in charge of Coroner T. B Butesbaugh of In diana A number of mine inapectors vicinity, including MNieholas Evans and Thomas Df Williams of Johnstown were examined FER Fhe recommendations of the were as follows First, that a competent fireboss he engaged to perform hig duties as re hy aw axplosiveg ree. piathoritiss he tamped with clay or Mhar mon-combustihle material and the shot to be ignited hy competent emplovees with n aelactrie battery Forth, that due care he exercised in the use of electric lines in the said mines a —————— ——— Advertise in The Courter FIRST-AID CAR AT NANTY GLO Teams From Six Mines Taking In structions From State's Ex. pert Teams of five men from each of the six mines in the Naniv4ilo region are faking frstald work from the corps cof state experts in charge of the rescue arf that has been at Nanty Glo sines last Sunday. These 3 men are to be made experts In rescun work before the car leaves Nanty Glo May 27 They wil he given certificates of senfleiancy when their course ia ended The rar in question !s sent out hy the state hurean of mining Great attention is paid to the use of the axygen breathing apparatus In the crew with the car there ae two ax. parienced miners, a mining engineer and a mine surgeon. All the lvesav ing devices are the latest devised Al a moment's notice the car may be startad toward the scene of a mine disatser: and if one occurs in Penn sivania while it I» at Nanty Glo the course of lectures and demonstrations will he cut abort raminent citizens of Nantvr Glo are talking of a contest In firstaid work for the six teams sometime after the men get thelr officiener certificates. If the contest 's held Nantv Glo merchants and professional men will offer prizes TWO ARRESTED AS RESULT OF FIGHT RY i From HRartneshore Star) 5 Late last Saturday night, a fight oe ed near the Globe Motel. Had it it been for the prompt and quick act: of p vi Azzaro and Officer Coop have terminated in a tragedy, Tony Corneelly and Sam Frank scuasion, which started In the They be eames s¢ aolsy and were ordered to Jf the ghove hotel leave. and retired to the rear of the hotel and there surrounded by a large crowd of citizens, were trying to get a! each other Threats to kill each other ware made and Frank pulled while Corneelly produced a 28 calibre. from his pocket a 3% calibre long, About this’ time Officer Coop man. aged to get hold of Corneelly and his gun and just as Frank was about to. aim, Mr Azzaro grabbed his weupon and the two offenders of the law were goon behind the hart A trial was given them by tha squire, but were hold and on Tuesday afternoon, were taken to Ebensburg for farther trial
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