Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1917 — Page 1

No. 188.

TP. REPORTS OF WAR FUND

VARIOUS TOWNSHIPS MAKE REPORTS ON RED CROSS WAR FUND. August 23, 1917. Pledges Receipts Unpaid Total Barkley $394.-75 $120.25 $515.00 Carpenter 682.50 449.75 132.25 Gillam .. 196.50 42.00 238.50 H. Grove 319.25 214.25 533.50 Jordan 224.35 '50.75 275.10 Kankakee 170.50 68.00 238.50 Keener . . 85.50 99.50 185.00 Marion 1,853.95 443.50 2,297.45 Milroy . . 31.25 81.00 112.25 Newton . 361.25 155.75 517.00 Union .. 220.30 269.75 490.05 Wheatfid 812.10 ' 655.50 1,467.60 Walker 173.50 69.00 242.50 Total $5,525.70 $2,719.00 $8,244.70 j Miss Ida Milliken, who is the secretary of the Jasper County Red Cross Chapter, has made the above report of the war fund for Jasper county. This is a most excellent showing. It will be observed that the total amount pledged for this fund is $8,244.70. Of this amount $5,525.70 has been paid in and $2,719.00 is still ,due. It is . urged that all who have not taken care of their pledges do so at once. It is understood that Charles G. Spitler, chairman of the county, will in a short time appoint an auditing committee who will check over all receipts and and a re{>ort of this committee will- be pubished. In the meantime all can be assured that every dollar" collected will be used as represented and the great mass of work that has been necessary to take care of this movement has been done without compensation. No one receives a cent except the secretary, who has been allowed a very nominal sum.

Roosevelt May Take Stump.

From Oyster Bay comes the report that Theodore Roosevelt is making plans for a stumping tour of Minnesota in September. The object of the tour will be to offset treasonable agitation against the administration’s war policies, it is said.

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The Evening Republican .

Pleased With Camp Shelby.

Camp 1 Shelby, Hattiesburg, Miss., Aug. 23.—Company B» Fourth Indiana infantry, reached Camp Shelby yesterday from Rushville, Ind. Officers believe this is the first national guard unit in the United States to reach its permanent training quarters. The special'train bearing the Hoosiers arrived at Camp Shelby shortly after 2 o’clock in the morning, but the men slept until daylight. Captain John H. Kiplinger is in command, with A. P. Blackledge as first lieutenant and W. A. Kreber as second lieutenant. The company is 145 strong and is made up practically entirely of recruits. Shortly after noon the men were temporarily quartered in one of the big warehouses. They have no cots but brought their blankets with them and will remain in the warehouse until their tents, cots and other equipment arrive. No sleeping quarters have been prepared for them here. Their mess hall and kitchen are complete but the construction officers of the camp had expected each unit to bring its own tents. -

The company left Rushville Monday afternoon at 5 o’clock. Had the trip been made without delay, it would have reached here Tuesday afternoon, but a rather circuitous route had been selected. Their special train consisted of one Pullman and three tourist coaches. “It was a fine trip,” said Lieutenant Blackledge. “Not a man was ill and everything was as pleasant as could be. The site looks good to' me and to the other officers. “When we reached here it was raining in torrents, and we imagined we would have to plod around in mud all morning. Of course, we were pleased this morning to find the ground practically dry. This soil is certainly ideal for training purposes.” Lieutenant Kreber and several of the men are suffering with sore arms from recent typhoid vaccinations, but on the whole the company is in fine shape and in fine spirits. The members of the unit are from Rush, Decatur and Fayette counties.

Now that the Catholic Sisters have returned from their trip they will be at home and ready to resume their music classes. Anyone .contemplating taking lessons on piano, organ, violin or mandolin is most cordially invited to call or phone No. 40.

Another Raise In Gasoline.

The wholesale price of gasoline went up one cent a gallon Friday, making the wholesale price 21 cents. Another raise of 1 cent a gallon is expected next week and this will probably be followed by raises every few weeks from now on. Fof some time the consumption of gasoline has exdeeded the output of the wells, the reserve supply being drawn on to supply the demand. The demands of the war is expected to draw on the supply of gasoline to such an extent that another year the price may be prohibitive to the average owner of a car, and it may be necessary for the government to entirely . prohibit the use of automobiles for pleasure purposes, as has already been done in some of the foreign countries now at war. The Russian supply has been entirely cut off from other countries, which accounts to a large extent for the scarcity in this country, which has had to supply the countries formerly supplied by Russia. _

Thomas Callahan will leave today for Chicago and will bring home with him a fine Buick automobile. The firm of Kellner & Callahan have taken the agency for this car. Miss Fean of Chicago, who has been visiting Angela Kolhoff, went to Hammond today to spend Sunday. She will retur nhere for a longer visit.

* ' RENSSELAER, INDIANA. SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1917. -

HOME-READING COURSE FOR CITIZEN-SOLDIERS

(Issued by the War Department and all rights to reprint reserved.) This course of thirty daily lessons is offered to the men selected for service in the National Army aa a practical help in getting started in the right way. It 'is informal in tone and does not attempt to give binding rules and directions. These are contained in the various manuals and regulations of the U. S. Army, to which this course is merely introductory. TEAMWORIt IN THE ARMY.

In a factory or store or office—wherever large numbers of people are working together—there is almost always some one in direct charge of each group of workers. This person may be called a foreman in the shop, a chief clerk in an office, a floor walker in a department store, or by any one of a number of other titles; in the army we call him a corporal or a sergeant. Going up a step, you know that in every large concern there are numerous officers who take charge of various departments of the business such as the superintendent, the traffic manager, the advertising manager, the sales manager, the secretary, the vicepresident, and so on; in the army we call the men in corresponding positions captains, majors, colonels, and generals. Finally, you have at the top of the business concern a president or a general manager who directs everything; in the army he is a commanding general. This general likeness between busi" ness organization and army organization' is helpful, but must not be carried too far. There is one vital difference. The average business concern is somewhat easy-going; the responsibility for each piece of work is not always definitely fixed. In the army everybody, on the other hand, is held to the strictest account. There is very seldom any doubt as to the man to be held responsible for each task. Within each rank, from major general to private, every man has his individual ranking, depending upon his length of service in the office which he holds. This ranking insures that in every situation somebody always has authority and is responsible for whatever is done. Even if two private soldiers are working together without supervision, the one who has been longer in the service takes charge and the other must obey his orders. This rule applies everywhere. In civilian life there is time for argument. You may have better ideas than your boss about how a certian thing should be done and possibly may convince him and get his original orders changed. In army life nothing of this kind can be permitted. The officer in charge always it is to stand still and debate. Lack

No New Call Before Spring.

Washington, D. C., Aug. 23. There will be no second draft for the national army before next spring, in the opinion of army officers here. Every available camp site will be crowded by the 687,000 men called in the first draft, and training and transportation facilities, they believe, wilFnot permit of the army using any additional force of men within six months. Gen. Crowder said the subject of a second draft had never been taken up at any conference at which he had been present. Gen. Crowder is understood to be preparing a complete report on the draft and making recommendations for possible future drafts. The general believes, moreover, that the shortcomings of the first draft, which cannot be ascertained entirely until after the mobilization and first period of training, may make it necessary to amend thetselective draift law before another call is ordered. Active preparations for mobilization of the first increment of national army recruits on Sept. 5 began yesterday with the receipt by the quartermaster general’s corps of meal tickets to be furnished the men enroute to their camps. Each ticket is made out in triplicate form and provides for meals not to exceed 60, cents apiece in value. The local boards will issue these tickets. Once the men are on the trains, the new soldiers’ railroad fares and meal tickets will be turned over to a leader* selected by each local board. The railroad officials will provide places where the men can eat, or else furnish them box lunches. The public is warned that the vouchers the leaders will turn over for meals must be accepted when properly endorsed and are as good as cash when turned over to the nearest army quartermaster, whose location will be stamped on each ticket. The war department issued orders aimed toward economy in clothing allowances and quartermasters are instructed to fill requisitions only for necessities. This will discontinue the former practice of giving soldiers upon enlistment an extra allowance of $3.05 in clothing.

Company M and Wheatfield will play a game of ball here Sunday. Captain Garland says they will take Wheatfield to, a cleaning. When the score of the game played at Monticello by Company M and i?«mpany C today is known it will then »e all ajnple time to put their dough l up on Company M.

of immediate action in the crisis of a battle might mean that the army would be defeated, thousands of lives tion, even though the thing may not be done in the best possible way, than has the full responsibility. Whatever orders he gives must be instantly obeyed. It is far better to take aclost, and possibly the honor of the country stained. Think over this difference between army organization and civilian organization. The longer you think about it, the more clearly you will see why your own interests demand that you should fit into your place in the army and follow instructions much more strictly than is necessary in civil life. Bhe army is governed by military law. This means that soldiers are not brought to trial in civil courts, except for certain serious crimes, but are subject to military courts of inquiry, summary courts, and courtsmartial. However, this will never be a question of much importance to the great majority of men in the national army. Success in winning victories is the object for which the, army exists. In comparison nothing else counts. Every officer and every soldier must be ready to make any sacrifice, big or little, to accomplish this object. An officer may spend years in working out solutions to military problems, only to find in the end that all the credit for what he has done is swallowed up in the general reputation of the army. If this proves to be the case, he has no cause for complaint. It is the rule of the army that everything must be done “for the good of the service.” In the same way you may be called upon to carry through some dangerous mission or to perform un-l pleasant duties. Every such calb is an opportunity to show your loyalty to the service and to the nation. Remember in all these cases tjiat, hundreds of thousands of other men : n the army, from top to bottom, like yourself are working first and all the time for the success of the team. It is usually the army with the strongest team spirit that fights its way through to victory. Try to cultivate that-spirit in the national army both in yourself and among your comrades.

Death of Ed Greenawalt.

Mrs. Elmer Gwin received word Friday of the death of her brother-in-law, Ed Greenawalt, at Taylorville, 111., and she went there to attend the funeral. No particulars were received as to the cause of his death. Mr. Greenawalt some years ago lost both his legs in a railway accident, but this is not supposed to have been the cause of his death. He leaves a wife and one son.

Fred Hammond Dies In Kansas.

Mr." and Mrs. W. V. Porter, who were called to Coates, Kans., last week by news of the serious illness of Fred Hammond, found upon their arrival there that he had already expired. The cause of death was heart trouble. Mr. Hammond moved from Jasper county to Kansas about thirty years ago. He leaves a wife and two grown sons.

Seven Take Examination For Postal Clerk.

Miss Fame Haas, clerk in the Rensselaer postoffice, is holding an examination today in the court house. The following are writing on this examination : Wilda Littlefield, Rensselaer. Ruth Wood, Rensselaer. Nellie Waymire, Rensselaer. Lilia Peek, Rensselaer. Paul Norman, Rensselaer. Blanche Marshall, Morocco. Mabie Brant, Morocco. The purpose of the examination is to fill the position made vacant by the resignation of Gaylord McFarland. . . It is understood that it requires about four months to get re|urns from these examinations. In the meantime Wilda Littlefield is the acting clerk, v Miss Littlefield is very anxious to take a musical course and hopes to be relieved about the first of the coming year. . The position pays from SBOO to the start to a possible $l,lOO which is paid after a certain length of continuous service and mental attainment. It is significant that there is but one male applicant, the other six being young ladies.

Russell Warren, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Warren, left today for Indianapolis. Russell was accepted as a naval recruit some' time ago but on account qf the crowded condition was not called into service until now. "L r

Letter From Vern Davisson.

July 30, 1917, 1,700 Miles From Land, S. S. Chicago. Dear Father and Mother : We are all O. K. and .sailing along fine. Neither one of us got seasick. We sleep until* about 10:30 in the morning and stay up until 12 at nisht. We passed close to three big ships. So far none of them were enemies. When the man in the crow’s nest spies a ship in the distance he signals with a bell and the gunners and spy glass men get busy. The gunner gets his gun pointed in the direction of the approaching ship and they all remain at their posts untl the ship coming is pronounced safe. Today they are getting the life boats all in good condition and polishing up the guns. * From the 31 to the time of landing we are in the danger zone. None of us are allowed to appear on deck in our military uniforms. We run without lights at night and no smoking on deck goes after 6 o’clock. '• Convoys come out from Bordeaux and escort us the balance of the way in. We land Aug. 3rd. We are getting so we can talk some French now. I can ask for anything I want at the table. There are Red Cross, aviators, artists, field service, architects and French soldiers going over on this boat. We play all kinds of games on deck, such as deck tennis, relay racing, leap-frog, broad jump and spot racing. Our boat is about 500 feet long by 50 wide.

Every day we have to set our watches ahead 20 minutes. The gunner that handles the gun on the front end of the boat has sunk five or six submarines and was also on the ship that was sunk by a submarine some time ago. As soon as we land at Bordeaux we get our military passes and must go to Paris on the first train. I will write more tomorrow. August 1, 1917. 600 miles from Coast of France. Now we are in the danger zone. All of the lifeboats are swinging out and hanging over the sidfes of the jjteamer ready to receive the passengers at Any time. Everyone is ordered to sleep on deck with their clothes on and life savers by their side. Three long, sharp whistles is the sign to hike for the lifeboats. There are extra guards on duty now, two in the very front of the boat, two on the mast, one half way up and the other clear up to the top; four on the bridge with field glasses, two on the back end. Two guns and four gunners. We average almost 30Q miles a day. The sea is very rough today and several of the passengers are throwing up their lunches. The boat is pitching and swaying to beat the band. A funny little thing happened today which will go to show how people act when a ship gives the signal to man the life boats. Our wireless apparatus, which is swinging from the very top of the two masts, one end of it fell, paused by a high sea and pitching of the boat. ,As luck would have it, it fell on . the wire which is attached to the whistle and it pulled the whistl®, which gave a long, sharp screaming sound like something was wrong. Everyone was scared. Talk about scrambling for life boats and running for deck. It was a sight to see. The Rensselaer fire whistle would not. be in it at all. I was in my cabin, down almost to the water line, and Sam was asleep. I punched him in the ribs and made him- get up. He was the worst scared fellow you ever saw. I was not the least bit scared. The people flew by my cabin door like bullets. It was finally discovered what the trouble was and soon the riot was over and everyone had a good laugh. We get very good eats on this boat, three meals a day and about 3:30 p. m. we have tea. Yesterday we passed within talking distance of a big French freighter. The gunners were some busy men until they were sure what kind of a boat it was.

Say, for John’s sake, send me some Climax chewing tobacco. I cannot get anything but cigarettes and I don’t like them. Send one of those two pound tin containers. Billy Waymire knows what size. Cannot get chewing in France. In your letter tell ine how many and who the boys are that were drafted for service. Yesterday I saw two whales alongside of the boat. They were very large. I understand we will sight land some time tomorrow, then it will take about eight hours sailing up the river. I did not know there was so much water in the world. I have told you about all I know so will cable whe.i we reach Bordeaux or Paris, wherever we have time. .. VERN C, DAVISSON

Celebrates 82nd Birthday.

Medaryville Journal. . R. L. P. Massey says he wishes his birthday would come every two weeks, as nearly fifty relatives and friends met Sunday at Duanes bridge to celebrate his 82nd birthday. A bounteous feast was spread on long tables loaned for the occasion by the ice cream man of that place. In the afternoon the crowd was entertained by a free for all swim in the cool waters of the Kankakee river. The “prize” was voted to Fred Yarger, as diver. —~

Training School For Motor Drivers.

A training school for reserve officers of th<s ordnance department of the army will be opened at Kenosha, Wis., for instruction in the operation of motor trucks to compose the ammunition trains of the national army.

BRITISH SOLDIERS IN CHICAGO

BRITISH RECRUITING MISSION IS ACCORDED GREAT INTER- ■ NATIONAL COURTESY. The establishment of the British Recruiting Mission in the United States marks an event of historical significance. It is the first time in the history of this country that such an international courtesy was ever extended to any foreign power, and •more than anything else, it marks the entrance of the United States into the arena of world politics and international affairs. For the first time in more than one hundred years armed British soldiers on active duty have walked the streets of’an American city and like the hanging of the Stars and Stripes from the public buildings of England and France a few months ago, it is epoch-making. Not only has the United States government opened its doors to foreign recruiting and is co-operating fully with its own recruiting machinery in the work of the British mission, but tne military' training camps association is also ’ending its facilities for recruiting in over 1,500 cities. It is now possible for a Briton or Canadian to enlist at the nearest U. S. recruiting office, be examined and sent forward to the Chicago depot. What this means to the half million British-born men of military age residents in this country, is shown by the rate at which they have rushed to enlist since- it no longer means a long trip into Canada at their own expense with the chance of being' rejected in the end for physical reasons and the loss of time and money that few could afford. -Men are enlisted for the duration of the war and a further six months after the termination of hostilities, unless sooner discharged. Free passage back to the United States is provided on discharge to those desiring it. Applications are accepted between the ages of 18 and 45 inclusive, except in the case of skilled workmen, when the age limit is extended to fifty years. “The fact that men of British birth come neither under the provisions of the draft law in the United States, nor under the compulsory service act in England, makes the appeal a double one,” says Colonel J. S. Dennis, commanding the western % division. “No man with British blood can resist the call to serve under his own flag beside his country men, now that enlisting is made easy for him. It is a duty to the United States under whose protection he has lived and prospered.” That British bom are going forward enthusiastically, is proved a by the recruiting figures, which have set a standard sb high that King George '* recently cabled his appreciation of their loyalty to British siibjecst in the United States.

Kills His Baby Brother.

Bert Kern, the 4 year old son of Earl Kern, a prominent Lawrence county farmer, was killed by the 7 Eear old brother, Walter, when the itter pointed a loaded shotgun at the child in their home, pulling the trigger, the entire charge taking effect in the shoulder, back and right side. The older boy did not know the gun was loaded.

Weekly U-Boat Toll.

The number of British merchanmen sunk by submarines Or mines in the last week was slightly larger tnan the previous week, when a considerable filing off was noted. Fifteen vessels of more than 1,600 tons were sunk and three vessels of less than 1,600 tons, in addition to two fishing vessels. - *

WEATHER Fair tonight and Sunday.

SATURDAY Robert Warwick and Gail Kane in A Big World-Brady Picture The False Friend MONDAY * Theodore Robert* in The American Consul TUESDAY Nigh and Hawley In a Comedy Drama - Life’s Shadows ~ WEDNESDAY Robert Canness and Mabel Trunnell in The Martyrdom of r Phillin Strong Also THE FATAL RING, Episode No. 5. ? THURSDAY. Crane Wilbur in ’ The Eye of Enyy Aho a One Reel Comedy. “ . FRIDAY Fanny Ward in The Winning of Sally Temple._ SATURDAY * t Ethel Clayton in Stolen Paradise A Strong Program For the Entire At The StarTheatre

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