AN ARMY DIVISION
t
<loinplled from dnln not hitherto
published, the National Geographical
Society has issued from its headquar
ters in Washington the following bul
letin on the units and equipment of
an infantry division of the United
States army as reorganized in the light
of the lessons learned during the 31
months of warfare in Europe:
“As reorganized for the war with
Germany, air infantry division of the
United Slates army will number 65
per cent more men than a division
of the German army as now constitut
ed. The enemy's divisions are made
up of 17,000 men and 4,000 horses;
(lie new United States division, at
maximum strength, will be composed
of 28,235 men, 0,834 horses and 4,875
mules.
“The average layman has little con
ception of . the various mvils wh'ei.go.
to make up an infantry division or I te
enormous cost of its equipment. Ac
cording to estimates made two years
ago, tile cost of fully equipping a di
vision amounts to $7,030,550, I mV since
that time the cost of materials h.,is ad
vanced so greatly that a conservative
estimate requires :;l9*dddltion of ?0
. •oni to this amount, m.iking the
total In excess of $9,000,000. And this
lakes into consideration the immense
saving effected by the council of na
t'loal defense in providing for the
purchase by the government of mun
tions and equipment at a profit to the
manufacturers not to exceed 10 per
cent, which is far less than the profits
ordinarily realized on materials sold
in the world markets.
“The new United States army divi
sions will be composed of the follow
ing units:
Three infantry brigades, 18,579 of
ficers' ad men.
One field artillery brigade 4,030 of
eers and men.
One regiment of cavalry 1,579 offi
cers and men, 1,541 horses.
One. regiment of engineers. 7.nos
officers and men.
One field signal hattalian, 259 offl
sers and men.
One aero sqaudron, 173 officers and
men, 12 airplanes.
. Total 25,871 officers and men.
Total, with wagon trains, 28,235
officers and men.
Vital with motor trains, 28,335 of
TOOTH OF PREHISTORIC
HUMAN GIANT FOUND
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Can you imagine u prehistoric man,
whose V,,,(h would weigh four ounces,
a tooth which would take a wire
cable to pull? Such a tooth has been
found In a coal bed, more than ,600
feet under the ground. The tooth
Wits found about two miles northwest
of Pittsburg, Kan.,.- fn a coal'mine1.
Dentists claim that because of cer
tain formations, 'it could be nolhing
but a grinder from the head of a pre
lusloric man. Willie it is light and
appears to be bone. It is in a perfect
slate of petriftnation. « ,
The prehistoric giant, who laid
such u tooth, easily could have op
ened his mouth twelVe inches wide.
He must have been about twelve feet
in helghl amicable to'have taken a
six foot step. ... .. .v .
It is practically impossible to de
termine at what age this man lived,
but it must have been many year^
before the birth of Christ, because of
the depth at which-* the tooth was
found. However, 'it is possible ttiut
tin- molar could have" been placed
tli.it deep in mother earth by an up
..caval at some time.
The coal mine in - wihch it was
i and lias been in operation many
year and is oik* of the deepest in (he
country.
Many persons at first believed the
.noth was ihat'bf a prehistoric anl
mal rather-than of a man. However,
il was taken lo several dentists, who
said that, hecaftse of certain forma
tions in tile human tooth which are
absent in teeth df animals, the molar
must have been that of a prehistoric
human being. ■
INVENTORS’ FORTUNES
The greatest inventions ilo not al
ways bring the largest financial re
wards.- Holler* skates are said to have
brought their inventor $3,000,000,
while nearly $5,000,000 was realized
by the man who tirst devised boot
laces. The inventor of the safety pin,
ho took the idea from a reproduc
tion of a Pompeian fresco, made
$l'5,000*,000. On the other hand, Chus.
ltourset^, ptho ;<l|iscovered and de
scribed the principle f the telephone
in 18X5,, died pour, Alichuux, the in- j
ventor of ^the bicycle, ended his days
in’ the utmost penury, and Frederic
Sail vagi-, who is credited with the in
vention of the screw propeller, was
imprisoned and died bankrupt and
insane.
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FEDERATED CHURCH.
At the Congregational cliureh Sunday
(lig following services will tie held Kev. j
John Parsons, pastor.
11a. rn. Bible school and children’s
service. It. B. Julien, superintendent.
7 p. m.—Christian Kndeavor.
8 p. in. A beautiful children’s day
pr&gram will be given by the Sunday
school, ] consisting of songs, recita
tions, exercises and the audience room
’is appropriately decorated.
The public Is Invited In all the ser
vices of the church.
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fleers and men.
"The number of commisioned offi
cers In a division is 817, with 90 ad
itional officers for the wagon trains;
92 if the division is organized with
motor trains.
"The medical department of a divi
sion is composed of 125 officers, 1,332
enlisted men and 48 ambulances.
"If the division is equipped with
wagon trains, 1,009 wagons are re
quired, supplemented by G7 motor
trucks; if equipped with motor trains,
493 wagons supplement the 027 motor
trucks.
“The total number of riding horses
required for a division and its wagon
train is 4.r. 1G together with 2,218 draft
horses and 4,875 riding, pack and draft
mules.
“More than 20,000 rifles tire required
to arm a division and its trains, to
gether with 8,(100 pistols. The artil
ler consists of 50 three-inch field guns
firing either high explosive shells or
shrapnel, each projectile weighing 15
pounds; and 25 3.8-inch howitzers, the
shells for which weigh 30 pounds. The
number of machine guns with which
a division is to be equlppodf Is still
l»n open question, but the number
which will appear in army charts soon
to lie printed is 72 for the division
itself and 20 additional guns for the
wagon trains.”
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COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
Following »re the lowest recorded
temperatures for this year and last
on the days lesignated. The minus
sign before a number means below <
Eero.
IT. S. Weather Bureau.
1916 1917;
June 1. SO 35 j
lune 3. 30 38
lune 4. 36 42
lune 6. 38 36 ,
June 6 . 28 14
June 7 . 27 42
lune 8 . 27 42
June 9. 27 40
June 10. 44 3G
lune 11 . 44 34
June 12.43 36
June 13. 39 40
June 14 . 36 42
June 15. 36 48
June 16 .36 44
June 18. 35 38
June 19 . 36 40
June 20. 41 3G
June 21 . 41 44
June 22 . 32 37
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