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PROVE THEIR METTLE AS SOLDIERS.
How Christian Science makes for the fighting eliic
iencv ot the American soldiers who are its diciples, en
abling them to bear the brunt of battle with fortitude atm
contributing to their welfare and happiness, is described
bv -lames Arthur Seavey, in an article on "Christian Set
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t mists as Warriors.”
"If all the Christian Scientists in Pershing’s army
were brigaded together, there would be, in the belief ot
many persons, a surprisingly large number of fighting
Americans* writes Seavey.
-When the national bonnet was tossed into the ring,
the Christian Scientists went in after it. They hustled into
their fighting cloths, and they are never going to shed ,
them until the scienceless and godless and Gott-invoking
German emperor sees his hosts of darkness broken anri|
vanquished by the battallions ot light. Not even Henry
Ford is more determined to 'carry on until the allies ha\*
won this war than are the Christian Scientists. Theii |
iirent organization is on a w ar basis and their war work i
going on in every training camp in tiiis country and in the
camps, tin trenches and the Hospitals of Finders and Fran
ce.
. SCOPE OF WORK
"Todav, in the thirty or forty cantonments in th«
United Suites, there are Go Christian Science camp work
ers. Id welfare room attendants, with 45 automobiles, am.
hundreds of other workers, as members of local and state
camp welfare committees are giving all the aid and com
tort possible to the men who have been called to the col
ors. The Christian Science organization is spending $40,
000 a month in this work.”
Seavev descrilies the wav in which the Christian Scien
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ce camp workers bring about the happiness and Content
ment of the soldiers, saying :
“The happiness card is one of the trumps that the
Christian Science workers play at the training camps. In
just as short a time as possible after a Christian Scientist
arrives at a camp, one of the workers makes his acquaint
ance. He is asked whether he is comfortable, or needs any
thing, permitted by the army or navy regulations, that
can make him more comfortable. \\ hatever he asks for
that is proper for liim to have he gets, gets quickly and
with one of those persusive and expresive Christian Ccien
• ce smiles. • x,
“T be is asked how things are at home, whether 1
the home folks are likely to want for anything while he is
fighting. If he can think of anything that his family does
or may need, the address of the family is taken, and for
warded to the Christian Science church nearest the boy’s
home. Someone from that church is directed to visit the
home, and from that moment that family will want for
nothing until the boy comes home. The boy in camp knows
it. his mind is at rest, and he hasn’t anything to do there
fore but learn to be a soldier, put his education behind
the guns over there and be happy.
“It is possible to realize, and with no great mental ef
fort, that an American soldier overseas, certain in his
mind that all is well at home , and having neither camp
grouch nor trench grouch, will fight harder and more in
telligently than the soldier whose mind is troubled and dis
traught. It' that be true, then the Christian Science brand
of happiness handed over to the rookie in the training
camp makes for fighting efficiency. If it does, more pow
er to it! Congress ought to make a special appropriation
for its general distribution.
“And these Christian Science soldiers meet another
brigade of happiness purveyors almost as soon as they de
bark from the transports, in the Christian Science army
welfare workers in charge of Paul Harsch. To Mr.
Harsch’s committee is forwarded from this country the
products of the Christian Science C.F.C. forwarding com
mittee.
Branches of this committee are working in every state in
the union. The Christian Science women work along lines
similar to those of the women of other organizations.
Thev knit socks and sweaters and helmets and wristlets
and gauntlets, and they prepare comfort kits which carry
>-eal comfort to the Christian Science soldiers over there."
SHOW NO FEAR.
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Reminding that Christian Science teachers that fear
s an error of mortal mind, Seavey argues:
“If a Christian Science soldier has no conception of
'ear, then fighting ought to he the best thing that he does.
Applying further, if the entire American army the force
hat it will finally muster on the west front, were compos
'd entirely of Christian Scientist, Pershing would be lead
big the grand march into Berlin before the Kaiser knew
"hat had hit him.”
1 Seave.v cites instances where Christian Science sot
diers have been unharmed in tight comers on the battle
field, in support of the Christian Science belief that shells
bullets, and bayonets are unreal mental phenomena, and
that by realizing that, these weapons are not made of
things ‘that do appear’, Christian Scientists will not be
banned bv them.
He comments: “If that theory works in France and in
"landers, it’s all off with the Kaiser and the rest of the
•entral powers. Or, rather, it would he if we could have
not e Christian Scientists in our army than anything else
"or if our shells and shrapnel and the bullets of our ma
chine guns and rifles can annihilate, and the shells, and
shrapnel and the bullets of the enemy can do no harm then
it is absolutely certain that the Germans can’t win if they
tight a million years, provided the allied armies are made
up entirely of Christian Scientists.”
Cases where Christian Science soldiers are claimed
to have recovered from wounds that appeared mortal are
•e'ated by Seavey in substantiation of powers of spirtual
healing.
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Throe full squads wore given the
actics last night at the A. l». Hall,
ho regular drill night of the Seward
Military I'nit. When roll call was
nade it was plainly evident that the
iirival of steamer at Seward means
nany abstentees.
Owing to the expected arriva 1
Gov. Higgs in Seward during the next
-even or ten days, a special drill will
**e hold beginning at 7 o'clock tonight
and lasting only until 8 o’clock. Ir.
poction will be the instructions to
night so as to have the guns in excel
lent shape when the Governor read' ;
here. .
BOLSHE\ IK! TAKES TOWN
STOCKHOLM, Sept, 14— It is re
ported that tlie Holsheviki h*ve cap
tured Simbirsk onthe Volga river. 105
miles southwest of Kazan. The Hol
sheviki cavalry is pursuing the count
er revolutionary forces.
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OFF FOR THE SOUTH
Henury Fathers, wife and two
| children, intend leaving on the Alam
eda for the states. Mr. Fathers has
completed packing up his wall pap*
,ir and paint stock nd practically
’h*' on til*' shipment is now on the
j wharf.
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NORTHWESTERN COMING
Steamer Northwestern, which sail
ed from Seattle last Tuesday, should
l>e out of Juneau at the latest some
time this forenoon. The Northwestern
makes calls at Skagway and Fort Win
H. Seward as a rule.
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PARIS. Sept., 14— A transposit
ion unit of the United States Avia
tion seiwice adopted as a maseot a fo*
presented to the unit by a French poi
1u• at Chateau Thierry. Sergeant A. W.
Berger, of New Yory City, has taken
charge of the fox.
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AUSTRIANS USE
GRAIN FOR CASHj
WASHINGTON ,1). C. Sept., 14—
Industrial conditions in Austria, have
become so bad that money has en
tirely disappeared and business has
reverted to primitive barter. Grain is
the measure of value, and the govern
ment is offering to trade various ar
ticles to the farmers for it.
After three attempts to comman
deer grain and flour without getting
enough for army purposes, the gov
ernment isnow trying to coax wheat
out of its hiding places by offering,
for example, a pouch of smoking to
bacco for a peck of flour or a peck
and a half of wheat, a pair of shoes
for a barrel of flour or its equivalent
in wheat a spool of thread for a bus
hel of wheat; a shovel for two bushels
of wheat, and so on.
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MANY JAPANESE VESSELS
WITHDRAWN FROM PACIFIC
T0K10, Sept., 14— On account of the
American restrictions on Japanese
imports many if the non-subsidized
and individual steamship lines of
Japan, unable to transport Oriental
rice and other products to South Am
erica via tno united Mates, unloading
the vessels at American ports on the
western coast, have been obligaed to
withdraw their steamsr from the
Pacific service.
This fact, however, has proved a
boon to the South American services
of three representative Japanese com
panies. One of them recently placed
an extra steamship the Panama Marti
in South American commission, and
is planning to dispatch another boat
to meet the demand for the rtnas
portation of Oriental lice, Japanese
emiprants and expoi-t goods. Another
Japanese company also intends to tn
large its luine.
! AIRCRAFT PROBE BY
THE SENATE STOPPED.
WASHINGTON, Sept., 14— The
senate is to make no further invest -
gation into the airplane situation but
all the information in the possession
of the committee will be turned over
to the attorney general who will take
such action as may be deemed necess
ary.
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