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NOME, ALASKA, AUGUST 18, 1915.
The announcement that the War
Department has decided to comply
with the request of sundry and divers
business and professional men of the
Puget Sound country who seek in
struction in military matters, indicates
perhaps more than any other example
could, that the general body of the cit
izens are commencing to appreciate the!
perilous situation of the country in the
absence of adequate military protec
tion. It is somewhat unusual to find
the citizens of the higher ranks of so
ciety taking more than a philosophical
interest in such matters and the fact
that they are anxious to lend their own
persons to the difficult exertions re
quired in the building of a soldier de-i
monstrates fully that they are thor- ;
oughly aroused to the lamentable |
weakness of the nation and the neces
sity for military perparodness. A morel
active demonstration of the wishes and
inclinations of the people in this re-1
spect could hardly he found and the
spectacle is surely one to put to
shame the “peace at any price advo
cates” and also the proponents of na
tional disarmament. Throughout the
history of mankind, except in such
countries where enforced conscription
was the rule, tills class has always
been the last to give their services in
the defense of their country. Not that!
they are to he held less patriotic than |
are the citizens of tile more humble
walks of life, hut rather because that
the conditions of their existence are of
such nature that it is difficult, both
from the physical and ethical stand
points, to answer the call to arms until
there is an imperative need for their
services. Considering that it is usually
from among those classes that the
directors of national affairs arise it
may he assumed that their preserva
tion, as long as there Is no absolute
need for their military services, is a
matter of paramount consideration to
the nation. Knowledge, thought ca
pacity, and business training and the
ability to conceive and execute are i
usually theirs and these qualities are I
nearly as essential to the welfare of i
the nation in times of war as are the |
-r———- i i.-—
m libers who Jo the fighting. Many
there are who will criticize the blue
ness or professional man for afiling to
I'usn to me front at the call to arms
Liut only the unthinking will tail to
perceive tliut they are generally per
tornung adequate service hy remaining
at nome. The majority would probably
make but indifferent soldiers in the
held in any event as Lhe bodily habits
of both classes are such as to greatly
reduce the capacity for enduring the
toils and hardships ot a military cam
paign. If the choice must rest between
.t poor soldier and a useful civilian
L'llisen, it would seem the part of dis
cretion to keep the doubtful ones at
home where they could he using their
natural talents to the best advantage
In helping to maintain the lighters at
Uie front. Every inclination of busi
ness or professional life leads more or
away from conditions required for the
development of an effective fighting
unit and it is thus somewhat startling
to behold that class of society seeking
Instruction In the methods of arms. This
can betoken, in the present instance,
nothing but that they recognize that
they are facing conditions wherein
there is a strong probability that they
will be called upon to take a more ac
tive part than usually falls to their lot
in the event of national conflict. In
preparing themselves for such an even
tuality they are also throwing back
U]Min their numerous opinionated crit
ics the charge that they have little in
terest in their country aside from the
desire to accumulate dollars therefrom
and also the equally pernicious charge
of the more radical element that the
business and professional classes are
the ones who are the most active in
fostering wars because of the profits
to lie derived therefrom. If the busi
ness and professional men of the coun
try should adopt the attitude display
ed by those of the Puget Sound sec
tion it would constitute an absolute
| r. filiation of the allegation that they
are interested in starting wars as It
is a moral certainty that no sane
minded person is going to start that
which Is likely to bring personal in
jury to himself. Another excellent:
effect that would he produced would
be the stopping of the oonstnnt cry
■if a certain Innocuous portion of our
citizenarv that they are the ones who
have to save the country In every
emergency. If no other effect than
the muzzling of these loud-voiced
barkers were produced, through the
action of business and professional
men in preparing for military duty,
it would be a relief to the ears of all
fair thinking citizen*.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that bids will
be received at the office of Daniel A.
Jones, Nome, Alaska, between the
hours of two and three o’clock I’. M.
on the 23rd day of August, 1915, for
the construction of eleven sections of
road around Cape Nome. All infor
mation including plans and specifica
tions will be furnished at said office
between the date of the first publica
tion of this notice, and the 23rd day
of August, 1915, at ten o’clock A. M.
of said day.
The undersigned reserves the right
to reject any and all of said bids.
All bids will lie publicly opened at
3:30 P. M. on said 23rd day of August,
1915, and all bidders are requested to
be present at said time.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, this 17th
day of August, 1915. i
. DANIEL A. JONES.
Territorial Road Commissioner.
R. L. MORRIS, Assistant Territorial
Road Commissioner.
A. (J. BLAKE, Assistant Territorial
Road Commissioner.
Aug IS, 19, 20, 21.
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MEN ARE GREENISH GRAY
WHEN POISON CLOUDS
FLOAT OVER THEM
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uumme >.s uie ouaues ana wouuub,]
mnue ti.v sliul ana i.ueu, lilt lesu t» 01 ; i
me ueailiy gases uial UaU' ueeli 11
niuugui imu me a. ut ope an war ur* ! I
in'ae uislnsBUig to which. me men ,
overcome uy lue gvises luru it gteeiiisii )
gray color, r.v en louse w ho uo noi ]
vi e lrom asphyxiation enow lerriolc ,
results.
.in .vmeiicuu woiu.ui wno lots ueeli I
n at me scene or war iu France luus l
w tiles ol tin- gas victims; An lue men (
t saw were a greemsu gray, wim tilt (
uiosl peeuuai sueeii or gloss on tue 1
sain, wiueU was ligiit suelclieo. <
tlands, arms, neck, ami even feet, t
looaeu as tnougu they Had been var- 1
lushed wun a dirty brush, livery man 1
was propped up; they could not lie
down they wuuio have died—ami the
noise ot their breaming could be heurd
naif a block away. There seemed to
ue nothing to do lor them at first, ex
cept to try to get down salt water. It
they could be made sick the conv ul
sion helped to bring the fouin out of
tne lungs.
it is awful torture. The labored
breathing, once heard. Is hard to for
get, and the sight of the awful looking .
boys will haunt me, used though one
becomes to sad sights if one stays
even a short time near the battle line.
The iirst knowledge many of the
boys in the trenches had of anything
unusual was a sudden stinging of the
eyes and biting sensation about the
nose and lips. The men on higher .
ground saw a fog rise suddenly from .
the ground, not gray, but shining, al
most beautiful, with a sheen like that
of a soap bubble. It came down the
wind, which was setting toward them,
and almost on the instant they were
prostrated, clawing the ground in
agony. Their ga--ps brought the deadly
and pungent fumes into the lungs, in
many cases obliterating the lung cells.
The strunge color of the victims
seemed to indicate congestion and
poisoned blood.
tine of the Canadian contingent told
me the first gas was not from bomhs
but was projected from a short piece
of rubber hose, as it seemed. The op
erator had an add contrivance strapped
to his breast, part of the frame extend
ing above his head, making him look
something like a man in a diving suit.
He was entirely covered as to the face
and hands, making the resemblance to
the diver complete. My informant said
that the moving figures—for there were
several—rushed forward and dis
charged something from the pipes,
which could not lie seen except as a
cloud rising from the ground, to which
the pipes were directed. The deposit
of this particular chemical was bright
yellow, and It settled on bushes, trees,
fence rails and the soil in every direc
tion.
The French are certainly clever, for
almost Immediately this deposit was
subjected to analysis and a few days
later we were all working our hardest,
at the Paris Young Woman’s Christian
Association, making slings to lie worn
over the nose and lips of the soldiers
as a preventive of gas poison. It was
quite simple—a handkerchief-like ban
dage with a lump of cotton batting
wide enough to cover the nose and
mouth and button over the ears and
dipped in a solution which counteracts
the compound found in the yellow de
posit. These bandages have now been
improved upon, for the eyes are af
fected by the gas from the bombs,
which finally were used. A hemlet with
mica eye covers and a wad of treated
cotton for the mouth Is the present
equipment.
The gas warfare is having a dreadful
effect on the nerves of the men. So
little can be done in defense; no cour
age. no splendid enthusiasm, can stand
against a poison taken into the lungs
with the air one has to breathe to even
move, much less light. I came down
from the north of .England with a
compartment full of soldiers who had
been Invalided home wounded In the
late winter. They were all most sor
rowfully returning to their regiments.
It seemed so unlike what we wish to
think of fighters that I tried to find the
reason. It was soon given, for every
one talks these troubled times. All the
old restraint of tongue has passed, all
want either to tell what they have seen
or listen to what you have been
through. Some of the boys unblush
inglv said: “War was hell, anyway,
before the use of gas; now It Is seven
hells In taking the heart out of the men
with the fear of gas." None of them
was so particularly afraid of being
killed, but to be tortured In the killing,
or live for years in agony from the ef
fects of gas. had such a hold on the
Imagination, the spokesman of the
party said, that if he thought of It
mueh more he would probably jump
overboard from the transport.
It Is only a little more than a month
since the use of poison gases has been
admitted by the warmakers. Early In !
the game strange stories came of rank
on rank of men standing dead in the
trenches with not a wound, hut the
stories were later discounted. Now |
horrible as they are, they are only too
true. It is ns when “the Assyrian
came down like a wolf on the fold, and
his cohorts were gleaming with purple j
'and gold," until “the breath of the
Ix>rd” smote them. As mysterious and
awful are the gas clouds that float out
over the hattleflelds of Europe leaving
men, greenish gray, in their wake.—Ex
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