| ' HOME-READING COURSE FOR j
i CITIZEN-SOLDIERS
(Issued by the War Department and all rights to reprint reserved.)
This course of thirty lessons is offered to the men selected for u
} service in the National Army as a practical help in getting started M
| in the right way. It is informal in tone and does not attempt to give jj
• binding rules and directions. These1 are contained in the various ||
! manuals and regulations of the l nited States Army, to which this n
| Course is merely introductory. • |
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LESSON 1.
YOUR POST OF HONOR.
You are called to serve as a soldier
in the National Army, because that
is one of your obligations as a citizen
of the United States. The citizens of
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a republic must always be ready in
the hour of need to leave their own
homes and take up arms in defense of
their rights and principles. Otherwise
the Republic could not long continue
to exist. The men who now enter
military service deserve the gratitude
and respect of their fellow citizens.
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sacrifice in order to perform this duty j
to your country. Hundreds of thou
sands of other young men and their;
families are face to face with similar
sacrifices. All our citizens will sooner
or later be called upon, each to bear his
or her share of the burden. Men and
women, rich and poor, all alike must
do whatever is necessary and must
give up whatever is necessary. For no
personal interests or feelings can be
permitted to stand in the way at a
time when the safety and honor of the
country are at stake.
As a citizen soldier you are chosen
for a post of special distinction. Amer
ica is justly proud of the soldiers of
the past who have won for us the ,
rights today denied and put in serious
danger by the high-handed attacks cr
the German government. America
will be no less proud of you, as you
fight to uphold those rights.
Your personal responsibility is
great. As warfare is today conduct
ed, the individual soldier counts tor
more than ever before. Your own
skill and bravery, no matter how hum
ble your rank, may easily be im
portant factors in deciding whether
an engagement is to be won or lost.
You can not depend upon anyone else
to carry this personal responsibility
for you; you must depend upon your
self.
Some American Soldiers
Americans are well fitted to meet
this test. During the Civil War, at
the battle of Antietam, the Tth Maine
Infantry lay, hugging the ground, un
der a furious storm of shot and shell.)
Private Knox, who was a wonderful,
shot, asked leave to move nearer the
enemy. For an hour afterwards his
companions heard his rifle crack,
every few minutes. His commanding
officer finally, from curiosity, “crept
forward to see what he was doing, and j
found that he had driven every man
away from one section of a Confed
erate battery* tumbling over gunner
after gunner as they came forward
to fire * • * At the end of an hour
or so, a piece of shell took off the |
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breech of his pet rifle, and he return
ed disconsolate; but after a few min
utes he gathered three rifles that were
left by wounded men and went back
again.”
In the Confederate armies individ
ual soldiers were no less skillful, cool
and brave. On both sides they were
Americans.
Here are a few ci*>es quoted from
official records. You must read be
tween the lines to get the full benefit
of the stories they tell of resource
fulness and courage.
On June 1), 1862, Jrivate John Gray,
5th Ohio Infantry, “mounted on an
artillery horse of the enemy and cap
tured a brass 6-pound piece, in the
face of the enemy’s fire, and brought
it to the rear.”
On October lt>, 1863, Private Mi
chael Dougherty, 13th Pennsylvania
Cavalry, “at the head of a detachment
of his company, dashed across an open
field, exposed to a deadly fire from the
enemy, and succeeded in dislodging
them from an unoccupied house,
which he and his comrades defended
for several hours against repeated at
tacks, thus preventing the enemy
from flanking the position of the Un
ion forces.”
From May 8 to 11, 18(14, Private
John 1>. Lynch, 2d Indiana Cavalary,
‘carried important dispatches from
the President to General U. S. Grant,
passing through the enemy’s country,
escaping capture, delivered his mes
sages and returned to Washington
with replies thereto.”
On April 27, 1890, Private Edward
White, 20th Kansas Infantry, during
a fight with insurgents in the Philiu
pine Islands, “swam the Rio Grande
de Pampanga in face of the enemy’s
tire and fastened a rope to the unoc
cupied trenches, thereby enabling the
crossing of the river and the driving
of the enemy from this fortified posi
tion.”
On May G, 1900, Private William P.
Maclay, 43d U. S. Volunteer Infantry,
“charged an occupied bastion, saving
the life of an oflicer in a hand-to-hand
combat and destroying the enemy.”
In all these cases medals of honor
were granted. The incidents, however,
are typical of the army. Thousands
of similar stories might be told. They
represent the spirit that will inspire
the National Army when the time is
at hand to show the stuff of which it
is made.
Tales of heroic courage can be
found in the annals of all armies and
of all nations. But the American
Army has its own special tradition,
which these incidents illustrate. It is
the tradition of intelligence, self-re
liance, and individual daring on the
part of men serving in the ranks.
The Individual Soldier Counts
Other things being equal, an army
made up of self-reliant, thinking men
has a great advantage over a merely
machine-like army, and this is espe
cially true in present-day warfare.
Maj. Gen. High L. Scott, Chief of
Staff. U. S. A., remarks on this point:
“The conditions under which modern
wars are fought are ever making in
creasing demands on the individual
soldier. * * * The individual soldier
must know how to interpret accurate
ly orders and signals, for the enemy’s
fire may often so isolate him from his
leader and comrades, perhaps only a
step away, that he may be thrown on
his own initiative in making his ac
tions conform to those of the whole
line; he may have to use his own judg
men in opening fire, in advancing, in
trenching.”
Fair Play
A second tradition of the American
Army, which need only be mentioned,
is that of fighting fairly and treating
even the enemy with as much human
ity as his own conduct will permit. As
for slaughtering or enslaving the ci
vilian population of captured terri
tory, attacking prisoners or assault
ing women, American soldiers would
as little commit such crimes in time
of war as in time of peace. In this
respect most of the civilized nations
of the world think alike.
Fighting for Rights and Principles
SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.
Reginald Kerr, Plaintiff, vs. Margaret
P. Kerr, Defendant. Summons.
In the Name of the President of the
United States of America, To the
Above Named Defendant, Margaret*
P. Kerr, Greeting:
You are hereby summoned antr
commanded to be and appear in the
District Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Third Division, and answer
the complaint of the plaitniff within
thirty days after the date of the ser
vice upon you of this summons, and a
copy of said complaint, and you arc
hereby notified that should you fail
to appear and answer said complaint,
the plaintiff will take judgment
against you for a decree of absolutt
divorce upon the ground of wilful de
sertion for more than two years next
preceding the date of the commence
merit of said action.
This summons is issued for persona!
service upon you outside of the Terri
tory of Alaska in accordance with an
order for publication of summon*
herein entered ori the 2nd day of July.
1917, by which it is directed that the
summons be published in “The Seward
Gateway,” a newspaper published at
Seward, Alaska, at least once a week
for six consecutive weeks, but alsc
provides that personal service by a
«opy of summons and complaint upon
said defendant, Margaret P. Kerr,
outside of the Territory of Alaska
shall be equivalent to the publication
thereof and depositing in the Post Of
fice.
WITNESS, the HONORABLE
FRED M. BROWN, Judge of the above
entitled court, this 2nd day of July,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and seventeen and of the
year of our Independence the one
hundred and forty-first.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk
By JOHN B. MILLER,
„ Deputy Clerk.
Pub. July 7, 14, 21, 28; Aug. 4,
11,18, 25.
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There is a third splendid tradition
of the American Army which you will
help to carry forward. It has fought
always and everywhere in defense of
principles and rights — never merely
for territory and for power. Kven the
Civil War resulted from the clash of
an indivisible Union upheld by the
North, and that of freedom to with-|
draw from the Union upheld by the
South. I
To protect the rights or citizens, ui<*
American people have several times
opposed tyrannical governments — the
English government in 177G and 1812,
the French government for a short
period in 1798, the Mexican govern
men in 1848, the Spanish government
in 181)8. The final effect in each case
has been to advance the cause of lib
erty and democracy throughout the
world, even in the countries against
which we fought. Our weapons have
not willingly been turned against any
peoples, but only against the rulers
who misgoverned and misled them. In
fighting for our own rights, the Amer
ican Army has fought also, in Presi
dent Wilson’s phrase, for the “rights
of mankind.”
For a like high purpose, the Ameri
can people have entered into the pres
ent war against the German govern
ment—a government which in our be
lief misrepresents and misleads the
German people. Only by so doing can
we make America and the world “safe
for democracy.” Hut one ending can
be thought of — an ending that will
guarantee the continuance ot all those
principles and rights which the
American Army has in the past so
nobly fought to establish.
Never lose sight, even for an in
stant, of the fact that all your train
ing, your efforts, and your sacrifices
have this one great object in view,
the attainment of which is worth any
thing it may cost.
NOTICE OF SALE.
H. J. Raymond Company, a corpora
tion, Plaintiff, vs. John W. Dudley,
Defendant. Notice of Sale.
In and by virtue of a Writ of Exe
cution issued out of the United States
District Court at Juneau, Alaska, in
the above entitled cause, and dated tho
3rd day of July, 1917, 1 have levied
upon all the right, title and interest
of the Defendant in and to the fol
lowing real property, to-wit: Lot
Twenty-nine (29) in Block Thirty
(30) of the Town of Seward, Alaska,
as the same appears of record in the
Recorder’s Oflice for Kenai Recording
Precinct.
Notice is hereby given that I will
on Thursday, the 23rd day of August,
1917, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon of
that day at the oflice of the United
States Marshal in Seward, Alaska,
sell all the right, title and interst of
the defendant, John W. Dudley, in and
to the following real property: Lot
Twenty-nine in Block Thirty of the
Town of Seward, Alaska, at public
auction, to the highest and best bidder
for cash, to satisfy said execution and
cost.
Dated at Seward, Alaska, this 21st
day of July, 1917.
(Seal) F. R. BRENNEMAN,
United States Marshal.
By ISAAC EVANS,
Deputy.
First Pub., July 21.
Laat Pub., Aug. 18.
Serial 01 (>86, Sur. 184
In the United States Land Office, Ju
neau, Alaska, May 24, 1917.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
NOTICE is hereby given that An-1
Irew Grosvold, as assignee of Deborah
V. Luthy, being entitled to the bene
fits of Section 2306 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the
Amendments thereto, has applied to
nake entry of the lands embraced in
United States Non-mineral survey No.
L84 situate on Northerly shore of Bird
island, Shumigan Island Group, Dis
trict of Alaska, more particularly de
scribed as follows, to-wit:
Beg. Cor. No. 1 on beach at ordi
nary high tide Pacific Ocean, cor. not
set, wit. cor. bears South 1.59 chs.,
from which wit. cor. top of Twin Rocks
bears North 22 deg. 05 min. W.; U.
S. L. M. Sur. 184 bears N. 69 deg. 17
min W. 3.61 chs.; thence from true cor.
No. 1 South 9.17 chs. to cor. No. 2,
thence West 12.91 chs. to cor. No. 3;
thence North 14.44 chs. to cor. No. 4,
cor. not set, wit. cor. bears South
1.62 chs.; thence from true cor. No.
I meandering beach Pacific Ocean at
ordinary high tide (1) S. 51 deg. 38
min. E. 3.28 chs.; (2) S. 68 deg. 46!
min. E. 4.16 chs. (3) S. 74 deg. 49
min. E. 6.72 chs. to cor. No. 1 place
it beginning. Area 14.46 acres. Var
iation at all corners 20 deg. 00 min.
East. Latitude 54 deg. 49 min. 56 sec.
N. Longitude 159 deg. 44 min. 00 sec.
W. |
As additional to original homestead
entry of Deborah A. Luthy, widow of
Godfrey Luthy, No. 5199 and 5973 en
tered at Boonvillc, Mo„ which said
scrip is filed in Juneau Serial 01654.,
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any portion of the above de
scribed tract of land are required to
file with the Register and Receiver
)f the United States Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, their adverse claim
thereto under oath, during the period
)f publication, or withing thirty days
thereafter, or they will be barred by
die provisions of the Statute.
ANDREW GROSVOLD,
By NEWARK L. BURTON,
Attorney in Fact.
Eirst publication June 25, 1917.
Last publication Sept. 5, 1917.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the
foregoing Notice be published for the
stautory period in the Gateway, a
newspaper of general circulation,
printed at Seward, Alaska, the near
est newspaper to said above described
:laim or survey.
C. B. WALKER, Register.
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