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AN INDEPENDEN1- FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVO^rED  If) LII ElM'l UKE. LOCAL AND GEINERAL INTELLIGENCE
VOL. XXVII
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1918
NO. 31
CONDITIONS THKOUGHOUT TIIE fsiTKU STATI;H AM) ON
XHK i;attli<; i'kont.
Women stonograohers and typists jfo now being enrolled in tho Naval Reserve as yeomen.
. Over liOOO womoi' aro at work in the production of gas niaaka at the Long Island gas-dofonse plant.
About r.o subsistence inspectors of the Army attended a school of one week recently held at Washington, D. C., to receive insitructino in mothols to standardize tho inspection of food.
Monthly magazines to be sent to BOldiors should not bo moro than two months old, according to the Post Otiiro l>L'partmcnt, and weekly ptrbli- caiions should not bo moro than three weeks old.
In answer to aueiles regarding tho protection aflord'^.l against mustard gas by American masks, word has come from tho Expiditionary Forcea that no information has boen received that any box respirator of American or English manu'-Hctura has been peni'irated  in   th^lleld.
Three temporary office buildings, providing working space Cor 6,250 per.sons, have beeu built in 10 weeks in Washington, D. C., by tho construe tion division of the army, without the employment ot a coi;tractor. One, a 3-story structure, 491 feot iong, 2 60 feut wide, with a lloor space of 270,- 000 square feot waa ready for occu¬ pancy 24 working days after tho first spadeful of earth was turned.
Tho Army Medical Department has loveloped a hiobilo X-ray outfit tor use near the front, carried on a modi¬ fied Army ambulance. It consists of a staiuhird portable outfit made up of Delco gas electric set, high-tension transformer, special type Coolidge tubo and Includes an X-ray table, dark room, and complete set of apparatus for the loca¬ tion ot foreign bodies. Some of those otitlits aro already in service abroad and 55 aro in course of shipment.
Forty-six societies represent ing 22 nationalities of foreign-born citizens prepared monster celebrations, page¬ ants, parades, and speech making in the I'rincipal cities ot tho I'nitod Sta¬ tes lor July 4. Represented in the group wiore Armenians, Assyrians, Belgians, Chinese, Czechoslavs, Danes Dutch, Finns, French, French-Canadi¬ ans, (Iermans, Greeks, Hungarians, Italians, Japanese, I Hhuanians, Nor- wegiaiLs, I'oles, I'orLUgose, Russians, Roumanians, Soutn Slavs, Swedes, anil Swiss. In May these societies api)ealed to President. Wilson to Issu^ a proclamation calluii; upon all native Americans to unito with the foreign boru in observing the national holiday and plans for the many celebrations devi loped afler the proclamation was issued.
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The Nazareth Y. M. C. A. Building
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AR.MY  MKUICAL  HEPARTMK.VT DECLAIUIS WAR O.V KLIKH
AVU  MOSQUITOES.
An account of how soldiers are fed at sea is given in the daily newspa¬ per published on a transport:
"Outside of providing 210,000 meals at sea, the moss ofllcer of the ship has very llttio to do. Very llt¬ tlo.
"Ho Is only callcl upou to provide, by tho regulations,  180  different va¬ rieties   of   food.     That's     all.     Ever try to order  180 different things to eat?     Yot this is tlie authentic list. "The food needed to  feed soveral thousand mon at soa ranges beyond tho glutton's dreams.    You  get  tho [answer  in   tho  ship  down  below  tho water  lino,     wherj  7,290     loaves of bread   have  been  baked in  one  day, and where you stumble over every va- \ rioty, from 00,000 pounds of beef to j 132,000  eggs,   or  a  compartment  of brick ico cream in a lOdogree-above zero  vault. I      "And if this doesn't suit, you can i bninp  along   into   49,324   pounds  of potAtoea.     7,100 poirnds of ham and bacon, 7,800 pounds ot butter, 9,200 pounds of sugar, and  Gl,500  pounds of flour.
"If you can't got a meal out of this you can still fall back on 4,600 pounds of sausage, 3,400 pounds of sauerkraut, 20,000 pounds of apples, 19,800 pounda of oranges, and 4,200 poirnds of onion.s. And this loaves out 1,800 poun<ls of jam and 9,400 Iiounds of lima ;ind navy beans. '^
iiooverizk:    why?
The W. S. S. meeting in the Milch¬ sack .Memorial Auditorium on Satur¬ day evening was not attended as lar¬ gely as what the conimittoo in charge exiieetod it to be, bm an audience of interested and patriotic spirited peo¬ ple Were present.
The meeting was opened with a se- lectie:: by an orchestra of fifteen mu¬ sician.'; under the direction of E. C. Schneebeli, after which Charles Knecht, post master introduced the speaker of the ovei.ing W. J. Fox, of Easton, who delivtred a very inter¬ esting address. \
Hev. W. H. Vogler announced the benediction.
Tho Muota for War Savings Stamps l8 i^so.ooo of whieh only $16,000 has Ijuen raised and the citizens ot Xazareth ara urgently re¬ quested to respond more liberally to this very Important cause.
Tliere are only six months remain¬ ing ill whieh to raise this quota and the average amount per month will bi; approximately $1.1,000,
Of all tho various administrations created since Ihe country entered the world   war,   that  of  Food  Conserva-
j tion has perhaps given us the most occasion for fault-tiading and oppo¬ sition:—wero we right or not? Per¬ haps   wo   havo   not   understood   Just
I how  much  conservation of food  will
i do toward winning and ending the war. Accepting the invitation of Fred P. Laub, thu Federal Food Ad¬ ministration will send Thomas W. Elcock, Jr., Chief of the Conserva¬ tion Division, to Bath and addr,':>ss a public mass-meeting in the auditor¬ ium of Christ Church. Mr. Elcock will   make  clear  to  the people  thoso
, things which we cannot understand as necessary congeivation, he will give fhe "why" all orders of the .Vdministration.
Lincoln Eyre, an orator enjoying a national reputation will accompany Mr. Elcock, and a':so address tho meeting, Mr. Eyre Is recognized aa one of the best patriotic speakers in lho country, and hns spoken for the Public   Safety   Commission   through-
: out  the  west,   and  toured  tho  state
¦wilh Georgo Wharti.n Pepper. Resi¬ dents in the rural districts are cspe-
I cially urged to attend this meeting, seven-thirty, evening of Friday, July 12. Xo money drive; collec¬ tion.
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DEDICATION OF LOCAL Y, M, C. A.
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Building   F11II.V   Equipped   fiyinna-
siuui and Swimniliiy Exiiibitiuns
Hun. Judiju Mclieen ^iiciilis'
Kev. P. S. Meinert, i)astor of the Moravian Church, offered the dedica¬ tory prayer which concluded tho ex¬ ercises  in  the auditorium.
Tho patrons and friends of the association were then invited to in¬ spect the entire building and were also entertained in the gymnasium by a team from tho Ailentown Y. .M. C. A., who done some wonderful "stunts" as weU as A. H. Himmels- bach. general secreiary of  tho West
.  Chester Y. M   C. A. and his son who
Tho handsome new building of the   gave exhibitions     in  the    swimming -N'a/.arelh Y, .M. C.  \. , which cost close   pool.
to $100,000 with furnishings iuclud- Women and giris will bo given the ed was dedicated Tuesday evening opportunity of enjoying tho features wilh very interesting and appropriate of tho association, as every Wednes- exorcises. • day will be reserved for,iVomen and The lobby with its well selected Girls in the phy.sicat department and furnishings and open fire place aud game rooms. 'The Ladies organiza- the library are centers for the pleas- ation being known Ss the Women's ant  hours  which  can  be  enjoyed  by   .\uxiliar.^ ¦"'"   """     "'""   —'" "
100,000 MEN IN
HARVEST FIELD
sEcoxn c.xyw. of thk
p. AVn I'v. .wn PER¬ GOLA   THI.S   SEA.SOX.
DriNT.M, CORPS OF AlOIV
< .\V TAKi: C.M'.i; OF
5,000,()0t>   .MKV.
The dental requ'rements of an ar¬ my df more than 6.000,000 moa can now bo nut by tuo present force of the Dental Corps of tho United Sla¬ tes Ari'.i.\ Examinations have been closed and no further additions will he uaaile lo the corps for some time. Tho number of dental offices has e.x- P^inded sime v.'nr v.,.s declared from 5S lo 5,SlO, Commissions wero olf- "ed to ,^,,467 denti-:tB in all parts of the couniry. and ail bul 271 were ac¬ cepted.
The average number of tooth flll- 'ngs in the Army ranges from 225.- "*>" to 250,000 a month. Special lental infirmaries bave been establish ^; in the e.imps and cuntoiiiiients, to *tt:ch nev.-ly inducted soldiers are •«ni. for examination shortlv after "fival in lho camrs. A school for denial instruction has ««n  established,   where   85   officers
'l.T'Ff'^ '¦¦"¦'' '""ii'li to t-'l^e tho -mouths' course.
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Prwen.^l'^ ''"¦ «'l'iatlon Is belter at Cw ,, " " *>¦" »'f«° '^t any time •ilvlrn ' ^'""°*' ^'¦'^''3 according to "Aerio,^,'"'*"!   ""'   '•>"   Department
l»toVhI!r. \ '"°' ""¦'= ''OKan to move '«»« 0?, '"'¦'¦'*°'''' *'"' wheat-car- 'kelrin,, "" *^^''f'^<-'e' »<> have on Blount" "''¦^ than the normal a- "« beine ,"?''"'¦' by them. Care '*«tory WMe'" '° ^heat-loading >¦ Th« ?, *•'*'* I'nPOSBfhlo last ""t«ntin,' ^*'"' '^'''"'°"^""" *'*»» d t ",?, '" '"^^^ «»" Into "" Inai^ n^ " '°"« <»« there Is ^^''iH^Ced.    '*'  "^d'tional   cars
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Next Sunday afternocfn, July the 7th on the Dorne>' Park diamond at 3 o'clock the second game of a ser¬ ies of "three will he played between tho Philadelphia and Reading Pollco baseball club, of Phiadeljihla, and the Pergola semi-professionals of Allen- town. The first gamo which was payed sever.nl weeks ago ended In fa¬ vor of tho police S to 7 and that was the only game the Pergola oluh has lost Ihls season. Tho railroad de¬ tectives ns they a'e called are an all minor and major league club and have trimmed tho best teams in tho sfato and as man,- of tho fans know, gave the Pergola the best battle of the season. This tram with Miller, .N". Y. St;ito, Moore, Indianapolis; Sharp, Tristate; Ward, the big lea.i;- uo; White of tho Can.Tilian league; ^'ykes, of tho Blu i Uidgo; Mah^y, Southern leagire; Hnrtranft, formerly of tho Phillios; J.ochen, Tristate; ;;nd Resd, of the Delaware Co league.
Keehau and Ma.'^on will likely be the battery and tho tans can re*t as- *iired that tho abive players will be on hand as named. "This game will lie played Siiuda' afternoon at 3 o'clock prompt.
all citizens and friends of the old -Mo ravian lown and vuvnity. Tlie piano, victrola, checkers, etc., are attractive features. Tho Men's game roora in the basement, wilh bowling an 1 bil- liard.s offers a wholesome place to its u.embers.
Tho Gymnasium fully equipped with new ajiparattio of the latest typo will be found to bo the most popular pastime for llio men and boy.3, regu¬ lar gymnasium cla.'ises will be con¬ ducted together wnii occasional taur- naments will be enjoyed  by all
which will also conduct tho G rU Club. A public meeting for the ladies is being arranged for next Tuesday.
Information on any subject con¬ cerning the Y. M. C. A. or the Wo¬ men's Auxiliary and Girls Club will bo cheerfully given at the oflice in the ¦^ . M. C. A   biiiding.
IlK.Vn CLT OFF RY EI.KV.VTOIJ.
.\ii  unknown  :".m abO|)l ,55  or  GO years old  was  inst.iptly killod  about 1  ue eiijoyeii  uy an. 1-40 Friday afternoon when his head
The boys will always find a good was cut off by a henvy freight eleva- time in store for tbem iu the'r so- tor at William Lairbach & Sons de- cial rooms, with game lables, check- partment store Ka.ston.Tlu- man, it ers, good ho9ka atid magazines such appears, lifted the guard door on tho as will be found here, will satisfy any
.M.WV ATTUACTIOXH
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cA.>ip 'jhi:atkks.
There aro now 4:. theaters, which :'ost over ?500,OU0, ir. operation in camps and cantoiiiiifn's throughout tho country. Near y 100 vaudeville acts havo been brought from the large circuits to play in t.ieso tli^aters only; e.bout 50 acts liav.' 'Jeen secured from t'liautancjua and lyCi.'um bureaus; 35 cumtdy , coiiiiumiei aro playing lu these theaters exclusively. Some ot theso aro original Now York compan¬ ies, play.ng tho Su-niuer season only, with o.xpeuses reduced about two- thirds.
The camps have been divided Into two circuits. In oim tho Liberty thea- M rs scat 3,000 in ihe other the hous¬ es aro suialler, having, a capacity of a- bout 1000 each. U lakes from 14 to 2a weeks for a production to bo stag¬ ed ill each house of either circuit.
"Jimilage" books, sold throughout the ooyUlry under the direction of tho Commission on Ta'hing Camp Activi¬ ties, contain coupons good for admis- tiion to all altraciioiiti in c.uiip thea¬ ters.
ITiic'liiinicU Letters.
List of letters uacalled for al tho .\aziiroth. Pa., post ofllce, July 1, 1918, When calling pleaso cu-k for advertised  letters.
Grace IJoidelmiU, Tony Glowes, , .MacMMacGulre, Maik .Morse, Leonard .Mini-, Nellie .Morjo, Leonard Pickett, .Mrs. Elizabeth Savitz, Duelley H. Smith, Howard Siioyshor, iaverto Smorlo, John Marrone, Olrlaunl Mon- yatato and Cometio L aidl.
CHARLES E   ICNECHT, Poat Master.
one of tho younger friends
The dedicatory exo'cises were cpen od^ by music by an aiigmenttd orc:i.,'S- tra of fifteen men under the direction of E.  Schneebeli.
Tho St:ae Socretary J. It. Caruth- ers presided al the meeting reading several verses from the 2Srd and 24tli chapters of Joshua 'his \\.is lollovvod by a prayer by Kev. .-.. Jl. Dry, Paator ot St. John 3 Lutiieran Church.
A telegram ^^ ¦'- read that was s^'nt by John A. ."' .ei that on account ot important bi.i:uesi he could not at- tei'd and take part la the cxercL-es but wished tb? occasion his best w'shes.
t: . ; :.-. Il '1-Mi of tho Mllchsacfc Mei:...ittl Aualtortnm by William MUctisaclt in memory of his deceaner. wife was pre.'^ented to the rieard of Directors at this time and the presi¬ dent of tho board, R. O. I3o;tel, res¬ ponded by nee,nt-n ¦ th., 1, .11 ;¦ ... i,,-, V.  .M. C. A
State  See.l    ,1.'    1 .iruiiier^   i :ie.i   'ii-
troudced tho Hon. Judge McKeen, of
Pine^treet side of the building and siruck his head ki the opening as the elevator wus descending Ueuben .Messinger, of Bangor, who was .oper- afing the lelvator did not know what had liaiipened unti. he felt a heavy thud and looking nut into the street, .^aw the dead nia'i fall to the side¬ walk. Ills head was severed as though it had been cut with a knife and only one smtll portion ot skin ¦iicld it to the neck
William liorn, a i,river for the com¬ pany, was at the lie.ght eiitranco on¬ ly a few minutes before the accident happened and ho is po.^lt:ve that the door was closed at that time. It Is believed that the man opened the door to peer in an,! see it there was ;'ny wood below. I'ore'gners have beeu in the habit of doing this.
Dr. J. J. Condran. the health ofTl- 1T, was summoned shortly after the : ccidi nt occurred and directed tho body to bn removed to Ashton's mor¬ gue. The report spread immediately that tho irnfonunate man was an As¬ syrian and it was but a few minutes before particularly the ent'ire Assyrl-
Harvestinf]  War-Winning Crop-Every
Walks of AmRPican Life Kepre-
senttid in the Field.
Something like 100,000 men—may be a few thousand more, maybe a tew thousand less—are out in the Kan sas wheat fields, or will be before June and July have passed, harvest¬ ing  this year's     war-winning     crop.
Whore does this army of harvest hands come from? Well, where does Pershing's army of fighters come from?—from stores and ba.iks and farms and offices and shops, from every trade, every profession, every walk Cl" American iiie. Just so in Kansas. The army of harvesters i-omes from the village and towns and cities—men ot every calling, men of every kind, who left their town af¬ fairs for a few weeks and flocked lo farms for precisely the same reasons that their feratlves and friends came to the colors—to play a p:\rl in win ning the war.
Kan.^^as is using as much outside farm labor as could bo secured, of course, but that supply is sufli'jient to fill only a small part of the need. Kansas is doing that every stat? has dono or must do—harvest Us own crop with its own labor, for tho most part.
Kansas towns havo "shut up siiop" so to speak, during the heavy period of the harvest Men from towns and cities have left their comfy jobs and professions and are putting in a few weeks ot tllB' toughest work they ever tackled—doing it for sheer pa- trioiissi, although, of course, they eirn harvest-hand wages—doing it to
ve a food crop, the saving of which s   as  necessary  as  the  holding  of  a r- c or on the flghting line.
It is an inspiring picture of p.itr'\i- tism.     First the young manhood of a
 . "' ueiuio particularly tne entire Assyrl-
Easton, who was the spe.iker of the an colony from tho vicinity of Lehigh
evening,   staling   that   N:i?,areth   was and Bank Streets, was on the pceuo,
very fortunate in having such talent all of them ca.gcr lo gel a glimpse at
in its community. Judgo .McKeen said "the Y. M. C. A., was not sectar¬ ian and the bible studies conducted by the Association would broaden your views in that old record, the educaiiontil work nf the .\Hsocation was modern and progressive and thought could 10 exanir.Iified in a great degree and tho plivsica! end was something needed hy all business?
he man. Ilow.-'\er, the pollco re¬ fused to allow iinyjne except those in authority to view the ramalns until they had been taken to the morgue. Theu Coanty Detective Nelmc..'er ac- cempiny an Assyviun to the morgue :!nl he said that tho victim was not ene of his people.
Tho  man  -who  wag   killed   by
„,„.       ,.  ,      ¦  >...v,^^        ...u   ixiaii   WHO   »vas   mile'    ^v   the
mon.     It Is of great if^ortance how freight elevator at   Laubach'. 'sifnr^
our men return trjm 'over there  and was  Charles   (Haddock)   Barnes   for
he   \.   M.   r    A.   is   tho   medium   to "mny  years  a  w.^il known  character
bring   nbout  this  clange  for  bettor- about   Easton,     It  Im     a     surDrisin^
ment in  our men  whon  they return, fact   that   manv   persons   who   knew
.\,lter the war our country noed.s men Barnes for years lookeil at the bodv
that   havo a  training similar  to  the "t Ashtou's morguo but did not rec
training they get in the Y. M. C. A ('Knize It until a relative called     Tho
Dr. A. D. Thaele.-, principal of Niiz¬ areth Hall Militarv Academy explain- ed to the? largo audience what the V. M. C. A. was aill! his remarks whiih were brief sfenied to settle In lho minds of the largo audience in I ll.' auditorium.
General Secretarj V T. Brazlng- ton asked tho peopK' of N'azareth and vicinity   to
lhat this associatioli would moot with the grandest succcfs If such war the caae.
The Stato Secrerary J. B. Caruthors welcomed this Y. M. C. A. Into tho big family ot the V. M. C. A and al¬ so explained to the rudicnce the am¬ ount of money n3eded to keop up the good work of tbe Association there "
identification waa connrmed by rela¬ tives and  many otncrs later on.
Diirnes was abiat 6.1 voars of age and a lii^long resident of Easton. One of his relatives stated that he made his homo "wJiereviT ho hun? his hat." He is survived by his aged mother, Mrs. Sabine Ludwig, otisland Park, and the followiug children— Mrs   Johu  Black and     Mrs.     Victor
co-opo,,.t.   and   felt   sure   I    bb   o    Brook Ivn   „r,H •;',"• ,   ^''"°' lociatlou woi.1,1 me... »w.,   .,. .    «..;,..'''^^""'''y"' ""<' Charles Bar-
iies, Willard Barnes anl Earl Barnes Island Park. Uiilal.vos took charge III the body.
Surely  Would   Ba   Mlss«d. If 111!  Ihe fooll-Iuiess were suddenlf rickeii from the  w.irld, whnt  \\oul4 over   M»e people have to tlilak about lu tb* tature?
free pe"'''  r,-,.'. i- •.   ,,. f:v,'a>' li
fight   fe., :n;   now
lhe hoi,.    . ¦ i leavi' '
desk nnd sb ,' to the !
vest fields. the tlg'.r
and tho cii: ,g the fi
ers, may he '"it cent
'o a victorious end. It   really     ----i^ have won  i' fs th'> true ..
whei t> ii.i-u .   went  Into \ e;.!.-...   ri   for a  few  weeks  harden an.l  then  swept     across     the    gr, fields,  tolling  determinedly—not be¬ cause cf compulsion, not beoanso of wage    inducements,    ro' anything  under the ahii cept  'ohat  thoy are    Araen. therefore are willing    and  i work until they drop if tl: crush tho Hun.
The tov.'n- wonien of Kau.i.. venn- toered for the harvest array, and so did the boys. And thoy aro work¬ ing—the Women peeiing potMoes and washing dishes and cooking food for tho harvesters; the boys fitting in at every sort of odd job for which they are sufllciently siroiig or skill- lul—the men thus being free to de¬ vote their entire energy to the ac- tiral harveat.
For montha tho United States De¬ partmont of Agriculture has advoca¬ ted for every community and coun¬ ty ths policy which Kansas ha.s giv¬ en atattvwide application. The peo¬ ple of Nebraska, Minnesota, North and South Dakota plan similar con¬ cept of actnon as th-^ harvest swings northward. In every State and for every harvest, or crop emergency, this is tho safe and certain ami jia- triotlc solution of the farm-labor problem—the utilloatlon of town vol¬ unteers to the extent that farm-labor needs may require.
Be Ready Wh<n CKjmm Com««. Tlieie   is   sciipe   for   ctiaiKie   evefy» where; let yonr li<»>k be alv^a.t'-- Itao^ tng ready.    In the eddiea wht-ru /<M iMflt expect,It vUI be • nafa.—Orld.
Dear Mr. Editor: —
Il is a long time since I promised to write you concerning teh work of the Army Y. M. C. A., at Camp Han¬ cock—so long that ycu have probab¬ ly given me up tor lost; but all the whilo I have been very busy doing my share in that work, and now 1 want to lell you something about our organization and activities. - II has been a real pleasure to read, in tho recent issues of the "Item" of the activities of the new "Y" al home because the Importance to the War Work organization of tho Home As¬ sociation is so fundamental that ll cannot be overe.iliicated. Within the past month a National conference of Y. M. C. ,\. secreianes at Springfield, .Alass,, devoted mucn time to discus¬ sing the problem of flndlng secreta¬ ries to keep up with the constantly Increasing membership of the Home Associations—increasing in spite of the exodus of young men to the mili¬ tary service; if th-j War Work is to be continued on its present,^enormou8 and constantly exj'anding scale this Home Work muat be kept up to the highest efTicicncy, for it Is the basis of the entire War Work organization. A largo and active membership In the Nazareth Association will mean just that mucli more strength behind the War Work in our Camps and in France, and, consetiuently, that much more pleasure and help for the Naz¬ aretti boys who ar" in the service. When those boya return they will turn naturally to the "Y", their con¬ stant friend and helper.
A recent report of the National War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A. presents a few flgures which indi¬ cate the enormous size and scope of the Work. In this country there are now about 600 buiidinfs manned by more than 3000 secretaries and in P'rance there are more then 500 servi¬ ce stations for whichalmost 3,000 sec¬ retaries have been sen'Lacross. The sec rot aries in this country have disttri- hiited about 1,200,000 testaments., and approximately seven million men have attended religious meetings; with correspondiU'Tiy large figures in other departments.
Mere figu-res, bowever, give but little idea of the real meaning of the work; not until one visits a "Y hut" and observes the perfectly free and familiar w^y in which the soldiers como i« and make use of the facilities for entertainment, for reading and writing, and for education can be ap¬ preciated how deeply the "Y" has ta¬ ken root in the daily life and habits of the average soldier. During the day , of course Ihsre are militaiy du¬ ties and drill; but soon after the eve¬ ning mess the men begin fo come in, the first ones usually to write letters before the evening": program begins, the others merely to read the books and magazines, to play checkers and chess, to meet friends, and to be en¬ tertained. Here is the greatest op¬ portunity in the world to meet men face to face, as men, for army life soon removes the "camouflage" under which so many nf us travel in civil life; every active secretary soon ma¬ kes friends anl holda the confidence of men whom he will long remeriTber and who ho hope.-?, will not soon for¬ get him.
Every evening tnere is a program of some kind In euch one of the ten "Y" birildings in this Camp. Per¬ haps you will understand better the nature of these programs if I tell you what is going on In my own building (.No.77 ) this week. On Sunday there was a regimental service. In charge ot the Chaplin, at 9::10 in the morning, and after that Bible Classes in the various company mess halls; in the evening tliere was a song service with a short address by Rev. Walker, who represents the Presbyterian Church in the camp, Monday and Thursilay are .lUvavii movie nights; last  M,.' "Bab's
D.iirv". Clark,
v.-.'   were   Tuost    ' lined  by a grou- ^ '     boys   a' '
nt on a '
them  of  their
Special attention if- being given by the Medical DeparbUient of the Army in all camps to cleaning up spots whero mosquitoes and flies breed. In some cases it has been necessary to dig channels In streams, drain swamps and put In elaborate ditching systems to clean up stagnant pools and streams. In 'ca?es whore it has been iinpo.sslblo .ir Impracticable to drain swamps and do similar work, there has been Insliilled a system tor keeping slow-movir.g streams and still bodies of water covered with oil. At all points "vitliin the camp where there is the slightest possibility of nios'iuitoes or flies breeding dally spraying of oil is c'one.
Arrang(!ments hiive be<?n comple¬ ted with the Federa! Public Health Service to carry out a similar pro¬ gram in the territories adjacent to lhe camps. The Health Service has agreed to fill bogs, open streams, and drain swamps, a'ld continue the oil spraying for a distance of 1 mile a- round each camp.
Special precautio.iE have been tak¬ en to prevent the sriread of disease by flies. Instructions were given on the disposal of materials that were likely to become breeding spots. Arrange¬ ments were made to protect all food from flies. With this end In view, all buildings in which food is prepa¬ red or stored wfre screened. En¬ trances to the buiirtings have been vestlbuled. An average of 6,000 fly¬ traps have been placed in each camp. More than 22.700,000 si|uare feet of screening has been placed in all eamps.
MOXKV IVSTKAD OF
MKRCHAMUKK   SHOXHin
BE SE.Vr TO SOLDIERS.
The original order that the appro¬ val of a regimental of higher com¬ mander was necessary before pack¬ ages might be sent to members of the expiditionary frrces has been mo¬ dified so offlcers v/ith the rank of major and higher may approve ship¬ ments. The approval of a conipany commander is not sufflcient.
The (juestlon of the shipment of parcels to France c.igt came to the at¬ tention of the Wa. Liepartment when the commanding £ eneral of the expi¬ ditionary forces c'ibled that conges¬ tion ot such artijips had reached a point that French railroads were un¬ able to handle the load A board ap¬ pointed by the Secretary of War and the Postmaster Gancral examined S.¬ OOO sacks of pare )i-post mail, and found that the articles being sent not only, In the main, were absolirte- ly unneeessary, but undesirable. The investigation showed that the amount cf S'l 'h rnail had reached a total of pounds a week, anl was iucreasin.?.
Uelatives aud friends, according to a recent statement by the War De¬ partment, will flnd they often can do a greater service lo soldiers by send¬ ing them money .or the purchase of articles in France than by forwarding the articles. Tobi.cco is now being su-pplied as part of the Army rations, and merchandise ot' nearly all kinds may now be purchased In France through the hugh general store esta¬ blished by the Quai termaster Corps nt lower iirices than charged by re¬ tailers here.
FOOD  U.VTIO.V
TO HE CAIiUIED 1\ GA.S-PUOOF   COXTAIVER.
'.iuarterma-tl r's Department 16 n^'A- supplying ;i.-proof food con¬ tainers prevent seepage of gas into the containers and gaard against con¬ tamination of foo.l. The men carry their emergency rations In the con¬ tainers and all '" 1 brought irp to the  trenches in   the  new
tins.
he food is rficked In the con-
'v—: are hermetically scaled.
• to uso para nine for sea-
Me's    n   ft'e  orevlces  la
bo cut be-
¦- i oft    It can
be applied by running thei containers •'ir   :slt   a   t>iirafntie  bath.
'e supply of tin is Umlt-
•   1     ir>t be enough to
he    Army    the
.rlment Is expe-
wax  paper  box,
..    >iiat   these   boxee
ioua     satisfactorily.
. ..'.   li i\i'-s, both arc t -t  'a
¦r proof.
lei   with  her "li Th''- lad", win
atatU.ii  'l.ie:. sang  uagro 1     and  entertained     the so   much   "i' •nade an insi.. .. .        1     ,, l;':i!a,\' i \ •. iiliig there is tu be an outdoor entertainment by mem¬ bers ot the Ordnance Supply School, nii'de up of music,  instrumental and
¦        '       ¦  '    !y      Saturday  even-
1 Miss Gaston, pro- .. ....,,...., ,.i.,.-i.. i.ins now on a tour    "
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V IlKGn.ATIONf I-KOVIDE roi^   IMCOI'.IATION OF .M1..V1CAV  L.Vr.OR.
<JE|{>IAN FlllM
.\n\ EltTlsKS I'AIMIU
FOi; VAUIKU  USES.
An adverttsomeiit In a Berlin nows- pa;ier, reported d.' the "Information Belgee," shows some ot th omany uses to which i>aper ia being put in Germany.
"Paper staff for dresses and a- prons.
"Paper Stuff tor buslne.ss suits.
"Paper atuff !'>.• manufacture of suits.
"Paper stuff tor upholstery and tapestries.
"Paper staff foi  trunks and bags. ,
"Paper stuff (or bags, plllowcaaaa, i and maUreaeea. j
"SplendMly assorted lot for aala.   |
nneting   the   present
'1   labor  rostric-
rRrlly removed
111  ;,'!•¦ ''l'l labor
to   be   V. 'I ions,
¦; - ,  tUc  order by
t  ot Labor has
• J iK.iti; i orto Rican labor-
thls coui.try    for work on
rtiment     contracts.     It     Is estl-
1  that 75,000  Islanders can  be
i^lit   in   while   «ranaportation   Is
ivnilable.
Now regulations on the subjpct of Mexican labor contnln rigid pi'OTls- ions to prevent any attempt at explo¬ itation on tho part oP pr<>8p»H!tlve employers. Wage rates current for similar labor in fhe localities In whieh the admitted alien is to be em¬ ployed are assur-'d, as well as good housing nnd sanltnlion conditions.
Applications for permlnsion to Im¬ port Mexican labo.- under thf new provisions may b-? tiled with United .''tales IinmlgratlKn or eraploynent Bf-rvice offlcers, giving the number of laborers desired, class o* work, wagos and  place  if eiBploynaegt
Newspaper A&rurOmtng para. ¦oUett roar pmtroitmge. '
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