Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1917 — Page 2

French Expect Big Things of Qur Fighters

American Officers, However, Think Hopes Will Not Be Realized for Months. PRESSURE OF STRUGGLE FELT Army Men Want Joffre Back at the , Front—“ Morale” the Problem That Is Confronting the Foreign Belligerents How the Censorship Works. By LINCOLN EYRE. ((Correspondent of the New York World.) Paris. —A few minutes before the special train bringing General Pershing and his staff from Boulogne rolled into the Gare du Nord the other duy a trainload of “permissionalres”—soldiers on leave from the front —arrived at the same station. The “poiius," leaning out of their dusty third class coaches, caught sight of Marshal Joffre standing on the platform waiting, with M. Ribot, the premier; M. Vivlanl. minister of justice, and other dignitaries, to welcome the American (Commander in chief to the capital. “Vive Joffre!” shrieked a “permisBlonaire,” and the cry was taken up all along the line of dense-packed cars. “It’s he who spared our lives in useless attacks,” shouted a bronzed, bearded veteran, “we want Joffre back at the front!” yelled his companions, **We want Joffre, who doesn’t waste our lives ! Give us Joffre I” The Problem of Morale. Fortunately the cry, which could not have failed to reach the ears of (the prime minister as well as the marshal, died away in the excitement of General Pershing’s arrival. To those Who had heard, however, and who are aware of the situation on the front and In the interior of France today, its significance was not lost. To me it meant that after almost three years of incessant slaughter, the “poilu” has learned to distinguish very clearly between leaders who sacrifice their men uselessly and those who, like the victor of the Marne, never make a move without counting, the possible cost in lives. It was, moreover, another bit of evidence that there is no more important problem among all those at present confronting belligerent governments than that of “morale." The spirits of the men in the trenches, as well as of their wives, sisters, sXveethearts, parents in the rear, must be kept up to the mark. Every day increases the strain upon soldiers and civilians in war-harassed nations. Tight-strung nerves are spanning apart everywhere in the cities and villages, far from the ring line, as much as in the zone of the armies. That is why the comIng of Pershing and his division is of such immeasurable value in the neverceasing propaganda going on over all France to maintain at the necessary level France’s determination to win the war. American officers, who have sensed this Insistence upon the greatness of the aid to be provided by the United States are a bit fearful that expectations difficult of realization will be aroused among the French army and people. They know the obstacles that lie in the way of immediate military co-operation on a grand scale and feel that a great many months must elapse before the weight of American arms can itself felt in the fighting. Allow for Frightful Strain. “Today our principal preoccupation mist be the prevention of that lassitude and discouragement which, as our enemies hope, will weaken our national defense by corroding the iron of our arms.” was the way Compere Morel, one of the heads of the Socialist party in the chamber of deputies, sadd in a conversation I had with him re--cently. “Authority must be used with greatest ease, justice must be unwavering. More than that, allowances

KINGDON GOULD AND BRIDE

Klngdon Gould, son of George J. Gould, recently surprised his family and friends by quietly marrying Miss Annunziata Camilla Maria Luccl, an arjtiet and former governess to. Klngdon Gould's; sister. Klngdon Gould is a grandson of Jay Gould and is a tvellknown sportsman.

must be made for the duration of the frightful strain under which soldiers and folk at home alike are laboring. Discipline ’ must be maintained, of course, but this is not the time for martinets. “Without indicating the moral state of. our troops, it would, be nevertheless vain to deny that those engaged in this appallipg conflict are morally and physically tired. To pretend that we are as strong spiritually as we were at the time of the M» rne ls absurd. Disaster is certain to follow a refusal to recognize the wear and tear upon the nerves of men, and women, too, bearing the fearful burden of this war." Little of the tremendous pressure of the struggle upon individuals is visible to the casual observer. One might travel through France from end to end and never get a glimpse of it. The soldiers one sees seem cheerful enough. There i$ bustle and movement in the streets of the cities. Even in the’ slums the surface of things reveals no tragedy. Listen to the talk of “poiius” among themselves, however, and sit alongside a circle of gossiping housewives of the poorer class, and one will soon detect the tautness of their nerves and the weariness pervading their thoughts. The newspapers are silent about all this; firstly, because of the censorship, and, secondly, because they necessarily tfre part of the conscious or unconscious propaganda for the maintenance of morale. When incidents occur they print only what they are told by the official press bureau. A paragraph like this, for Instance, means little to a reader not familiar with such matters : “Last night at seven o’clock on the Boulevard de la Vallette a brawl started* for trifling reasons, among five soldiers. Some Kabyles emerging from a nearby factory and passersby were mixed up in the scuffle. The police intervened, to re-establish order. Several arrests were made.”

What really occurred, though not a newspaper so much as hinted at it, was Father more serious. The soldiers who were on leave from the front, had heard that the Kabyles, who are Arabs imported to clean the streets, were to be used to repress disturbances among the civilian population. They had been told so by their wives, one of whom had been ogled by a Kabyle. When the “poiius” attacked them the Kabyles naturally resisted, and a riot ensued in which a dozen persons were severely wounded. This affray was preceded by an even bloodier affair, in which a number Of Annamite soldiers w’ere attacked by a crowd of women and “permissionaires" and several were killed. An Annamite battalion was brought to Paris at a time when the strikes were at their height, and the rumor spread with miraculous swiftness all through the city that the Annamites had been summoned because the French garrison would refuse to fire upon the crowd in the event of a riot. Depressing Rumors Flood City. That there was any truth in this may be doubted, but certainly the presence of the Mongolian troops at so stressful a period was unfortunate. Annamites are anathema to all Parisians nowadays, simply as a result of the rumors and the really furious fight that arose out of them. Yet, beyond a formal communique ho more communicative than that about the Kabyles, there has been no mention of the matter in print. Paris is flooded with rumors these, days, as it has never been since the first weeks of the war. Most of them are depressing and doubtless a considerable percentage are deliberately inspired by pacifists and pro-Germans, of whom there are a good many to be found in the Greek, and Spanish colonies. Whether they are true is of little consequence; the Important thing is they are believed to a large extent, even by persons well Informed about tlie situation as a whole. One of the minor problems connected with the “permissionalres,” who, released for the time being from direct discipline, have a tendency to become unruly, is the evil that lies in wait for them at the railroad stations in Paris. Almost all of them pass through the capital on their way to and from the front, and at the stations they are preyed upon not only by merchants of vice, but by the agents of anarchy and pro-Germans as well, who seek to inculcate peace-at-any-price ideas, and the desire to revolt by'spreading stories of the terrible conditions prevailing in the rear. The “poiius” learn in their own homes that most of these yarns are not true, but on the other hand they hear a mass of rumors which have almost the same effect upon weaker characters, and they believe them all the more really because they come from their own wives or relatives.

DOG “RUSHES THE GROWLER”

Master Is Fined for Violating Law Requiring That Dogs Shall J Be Muzzled. New York.—Atilio Gatzi told Magistrate Naumer that the only reason he kept his dog unmuzzled during these hot days was because the pup took the place of an errand boy. Gatzi was up for violation of the law affecting dogs. “I w’as short of help,’’ he said, “and sending Bill out for beer for my patrons saved me the expense of a boy." He was fined $2.

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BAKING THE BREAD FOR GIANI ARMY

Organization and Methods Employed in Preparing Staff of Life for Soldiers. * THEIRS IMPORTANT SERVICE One Million Fighting Men Require 4,000 Bakers to Supply Needs—- “ Frills” Eliminated While on Active Service. Washington.—A bakery company at war strength in the United States army is divisible into four sections of tliree units each. The sections are lettered A, B, C, and D, and the units are numbered from 1 to 12. In peace times there are nine units to a company, but for war service this is Increased to 12 units a company. One bakery company is designed to supply normally a force of the strength of a division ; a section, an infantry brigade, and a unit, an infantry regiment of war strength. The organization and equipment are such that each unit, section or company is complete In Itself, so that orders directing assembly may specify simply the number of bakery units, sections or companies required at a given destination and the authority to whom to report. The total enlisted personnel of a bakery company is 61, of a section 12 and a unit 4. Thus for 1,000,000 fighting men about 4,000 bakers will be required, the Baker’s Weekly states. Composition of a Bakery Company.

There is one commissioned officer in charge of a company, his title being assistant to the quartermaster; there Is also a chief baker, with the title of quartermaster sergeant or sergeant, first class; four assistant chief bakers, one for each section, w T ho are sergeants of the quartermaster’s corps; there are 12 bakers who titles of sergeant or corporal, each one being in charge of a unit, and eight other bakers for assignment to duty with the company or with detached subdivisions, according to the necessities of the case; 32 assistant bakers, are corporals or privates of the first class; two cooks for each company and two other cooks or general police make up the total enlisted strength of a bakery company. The commissioned officer in charge of a bakery company in the field is responsible for the operation of the bakery and the training and discipline of the personnel. He is responsible and accountable for all the results also, and can consider his work well accomplished when the men are well supplied with good bread both in camp and on tne inarch. The chief baker has general supervision of the bakery company and the field bakery. He keeps the company records, prepares bread-cost statements, and is general custodian of the supplies. The chief of each section Is responsible for the general efficiency, cleanliness, etc., of his section, and it is up to him to see that the bread produced is of the proper standard. He inspects each run of bread after it is baked and before it is put in storage. Each field bakery receives from the quartermaster general a complete equipment, which Includes,, for example, 432 bake pans, 36 folding bread racks, 4 ranges, and such other minor articles as axes, brushes, buckets, cans, hatchets, fire hose, measures, paulins/ scales, scoops, dough scrapers, etc. Field and Garrison Breads.

Bread used in the army posts in peace time is known as garrison bread. The term field bread is applied to a type of bread having a greater density, a thicker crust and a consequent higher capacity for retaining moisture than garrison bread. ed for consumption by troops at a distance from a field bakery. Garrison bread is used whenever the troops are not more than a day’s journey from the bakery. Seven runs of garrison bread can be made in the army - working day, insuring <a production of 1,512 pounds of br4ad to the unit, or 18,144 pounds to ■the bakpry company at war strength. Tn making field bread, it is possible to have seven runs in 16 hours, which is an average day’s work in the army field bakery. Seven runs will produce 1,008 pounds a unit each day, or 12,096 pounds for an entire company at war strength. An army division in camp at Galveston, Tex., for two years, composed of approximately 12,000 men, drew on the average about 8,000 to 9,000 pounds of bread a day. The field oven in which the bread is baked Is of the portable, knockdown variety. It will bake approximately 41,500 pounds of issue bread, or 2,000 pounds of field bread a day if operated continuously. Mobilization of the 4,000 bakers who will be needed for an army of a million men will take place gradually, being regulated according to the necessities. Army bakers will be required to bake many other things besides bread. Rolls, cakes and sometimes other delicacies are provided for the men when it is possible to do so, though/when the army becomes engaged in active field service the “frills’’ are eliminated in favor of substantial food. .

CHICAGO FANS DREAM OF WORLD’S SERIES

OWNER OF WHITE SOX AND SOME OF HIS STARS.

The continued success of the Chicago White Sox leads the baseball patrons of the Windy City to believe that the two contenders for the championship of the diamond next fall will be the Giants and White Sox. While ft is rather early as yet to pick the Sox as w’inners of . the American League pennant still it must be admitted that the team from the west looks to have a mighty good chance for the flag. The Sox have the pitchers and batsmen to delight the heart of Charles Comiskey. First base, a. weak spot since the slide of Jiggs Donohue, is now acceptably filled by Chiek Gandil, who can hit as well as field. Risberg fills the shortstop portfolio commendaably and Weaver is better at third than any other position on the Infield. Eddie Collins has not been hitting up to form so far this season, but is likely to cut loose at any time. In the outfield Felsch has come through better than any young outfielder in the country. There are untold possibilities in this alert young man who is playing the game up to the

BOBBY WALLACE AS MANAGER

Former Manager and Brilliant Shortstop of St* Louis Browns Takes Over Wichita Teamr

Bob Wallace, the Browns’ former manager and brilliant shortstop, has assumed the management of the Wichita (Western league) club, replacing

Bobby Wallace.

Frank Isbell, who also owns the club, but has been forced to find a successor because of the illness, of his wife. , Wallace should make a good minor league leadeX while he is still able to play a good infield.

MACK GETS COLLEGE PLAYER

Pat French of University of Maine to Get Try-Out With Athleticsla AIJ-Round Star. ■ c-. The war is responsible for Connie Mack getting another college ball player. Pat French, the University of Maine athlete, who will try out with the Athletics, never' played ball until this spring, devoting all his energies to other branches of athletics, but the baseball team of the college was short of men because several players had gone into the army, so French turned out to mOcthe team. He was a winner from the start, hitting hard and fielding likeja veteran. He Is a tensecond man, a champion broad jumper and holds good marks in other track events,

hilt in all departments. Joe Jackson in left field drives the ball with tremendous power and Leibold is an ideal fight fielder. Behind the bat, Schalk is a catching machine, one of the best in the country. The Sox pitching staff, consisting of Cicotte, Scott, Benz, Faber, Russell, Wolfgang, Williams and Danforth, has been going great guns. A White Sox pennant this year would be extremely popular and at the same time be a good thing for baseball, The Red Sox have copped the event with too much regularity to suit the fans—-outside of Boston —and they welcome a change. The Giants should be able to land at the top in the National league. McGraw has a very strong team in all departments and the other clubs will have a job oh hand in holding the Giants in check. The Phillies have done surprisingly well and if Pat Moran can keep his present gait he will be entitled to all of the praise that can be lavished on him. The Cubs also seem to have possibilities.

BASEBALL STORIES

Umpire Bill Byron is sflll doing duty as one of the members of John Tenet’s staff. • .* • One of the St. Louis scribes has dubbed the Reds the “stein-fed pretzel eaters.” ♦ * * Clark Griffith has picked up a collegian named Billy Murray to try out at short. * * ♦ Hellmann, the right fielder of the Tigers, is doing a lot of real hitting at present. • • • Ty Cobb is leading the batting list of the American league by a very safe margjp at present. “ St. LouiS must be baseball mad — most every week there is a pop bottle brigade in action. . • ♦ * • Perhaps the Reds would like some insurance to assure them checks in the absence of world series money. * * » John McGraw has not given out any more interviews since he repudiated the one about President Tenet. '* * ♦ By brushing the memory, a bit it comes to light that little Bobby Byrne of the Phillies is well in the veteran class. • • ♦ Joe Kelly, who was sent to the Braves by the Cubs as a part of the deal for Manager Mitchell, is hitting the ball hard. __ ♦ » » : Baseball players are subject to draft. It is to be hoped when front the force of habit will not make them Uy home runs.

The Boston lied Sox are still clinging to the fond hope that they will perform a miracle and come under the’ wire winners next fall. * ♦ • Joe Tinker does not seem to make friends with the umpires in the American association any faster than he did when he was in the National league. - " • * * Walter Cruise of the Cardinals, is a youngster who is causing a lot of talk this season. He is sticking around .340, which .is unusual for a. newcomer. z a • • Grover Alexander, peerless Phllly pitcher, is batting at a remarkable clip for a pitcher. He is hitting the ball often and hitting it far. ■—

SQUEEZE PLAY TRIED

Yankees and Red Sox Used It to Good Advantage. ~ ■ *- > 'Tough Job to Stop Maneuver If Player at Bat Is Capable Bunter—No Defense Against It If Batter j Taps Ball on Ground. - The New York Americans have used the squeeze play with good success this season, and so have the Boston Red Sox. It is a tough job to stop this play if the man at bat is a capable bunter. Unless the pitcher or catcher can foretell that the play is to be attempted there is practically no defense against it if the batter taps the ball anywhere on the ground. McGraw does not like the play and rarely uses it. If the catcher calls for a pitch out he can of course make the man coming in look bad. He is caught half way down the base line and is an easy victim. McGraw figures if the play goes-Wrong he sacrifices a man at third, who might be brought in with a hit or sacrifice fly. The Yanks, however, met their big success with it by the daring way they ( used it, especially against Johnson. They practically beat Johnson in two games by this play. Johnson is not the easiest man to bunt against, but with all his speed he could not check the play even when it was right in front of him. In a ten-inning game with the bases full in the tenth inning, Malsel bunted the first ball direct to Johnson. Walter did not have to move a step for it, and fielded it as quickly as could be possible. But by the time he got the ball the short distance home, Miller, who had started home with his wind-up, j was over the plate. This individual play shbws how effective this play is against perfect defense. Both the Athletic champions of 1910, 1911, 1913 and 1914, and the Red Sox world’s champions of the last two years, have foundlhls play quite a useful one with which to win close games, but no team ever used it as consistently as the Yankees in the last week. Donovan called for it almost every time he got a man on third, and the pretty part of It was that it always worked.

GOWDY ROBBED OF FOUR HITS

Batting Average of Boston Catcher Reduced From .324 to .250 by Decision of Tener.Hank Gowdy, the Boston catcher, who made such a big name for hlmsell during the world’s series in 1914, was robbed of four hits and his batting average given a hard jolt by a recent ruling. April 17 he made four hits ir a game against the Phillies. This game was protested, and subsequently the protest was allowed by President

Hank Gowdy.

Tener of the National league. The Braves won the game largely as the result of Gowdy’s batting, but their victory was eliminated from the records. Gowdy also loses credit for his four hits. ... Before President Tener allowed the Phillies’ protest, Gowdy was*batting .324. After the decision his mark dropped to .250. The ruling also deprived the Boston catcher ol one-third of his hits. ■-

TED EASTERLY IN TROUBLE

- President Comiskey Goes to Aid ol /Former Big Catcher Who Passed Worthless Check. ' Ted Easterly, formerly catcher with the Chicago White Sox, who joined the Feds and then went from bad to worse until he was caught passing a worthless check in Bakersfield, Cal., has been releasecLon probation by the judge who sentenced him to jail. Easterly, whpn in trouble, appealecbto President jZfiarley Comiskey of the Chicago White who. interested himself in his former catcher’s behalf. • X ,N

WAR BLAMED AT WASHINGTON

Manager Griffith Wrought Up Over Es-, fort to Transfer Senators to Some J Other City. Clark Griffith of the Washington team is much wrought up over the ef-' forts of the American league to transfer the Senators to a more salubrious climate. Griff blames the war for the slim attendance, but has hopes of getting some of the coin back in time i£ they permit him to remain.