HOME-BEADING COURSE FOR
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
service in the National Army as a practical help in getting started
in the right way. It is informal in tone and does not attempt to gnr
binding rules and directions. These are contained in the various
manuals and regulations of the l idled Slates Army, to which tins
Course is merely introductory*
LESSON NO. IT.
STAFF BR \M HKS 01 HIE
SERV IC E—II.
The Staff branches reviewed in the
preceding lessons are the Genera: Stnf
Corps. Adjutant Generals Depart
ment. Judge Advocate General’s De
partment, Engineer t orps. anti Su na;
Corps. The other throe staff branches
which will directly touch every soldier
The Medical Department works
to keep everyone in the Army in gO"<i
health, and for this purpose keep.'
and buildings, of the quality and cook
medical sen-ice
Medical Department includes the Den
tal Corps, the Hospital ^ orps, ar«i
the Nurse Corps. Its officers are ex
rigid examinations. lt> enlisted men
are chiefly engaged in the di.V.cu * and
often dangerous work of rescuing * *e
Just as every man in the Army car
ries intrenching tools so that le may
protect himself without
the Engineer Corps when necessary,
so he also carries a “first-aid packet,
so that he may in an emergency per
form some of the duties o! the Med
ical Department. Every soldier learns
how to give dressing and treatment
to his own wounds when he is able to
do so. and how to assist wounded com
rades until men from the Medical Do
partment arrive.
Medical Department KHicienc.f
The Medical Department of the
American Army is regarded as one ot
the best in the world. A soldier may
uv\ assured he will receive every pos
sible attention in case ot need. 1 he
percentage of recoveries from wounds
in the hospitals manned by Americans
during the Kuropean W ai has been » x
The Quartermaster Corps is the
business manager of the Army. It
furnishes food, clothing, and most
kinds of equipment; provides horses
and mules; arranges for transporta
tion; takes charge of money; buys
The importance ot all this woik can
hardly he overstated. Napoleon said
“An army travels on its belly, mean
ing that soldiers must be well fed and
fectivelv. This is oven more neces
sary today than it was in Napoleon's
time. In modern wart are the scale oi ,
the Quartermaster Corps are multiple*!]
beyond any previous experience.
The officers of the Quartermaster
Many of them have held important
business positions. The enlisted men
pat ions as blacksmi thing, painting,
driving teams and trucks, baking «>,
Work of Ordnance Department
Of the same general character is the
work of the Ordnance Department,
which furnishes the guns, ammuni
tion, and other supplies needed for
fighting. Seevral times during the
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ef you was jes’ gettin’ ready to be
consoled, an’ one of ’em hauled
off an’ bit you.
present war whole armies have been'
forced to retreat or have suffered se-!
verely because of the lock of muni
tions. The quantity of ammunitions!
used daily is enormous. During the*
French offensive of June, 1917, 12,
000,000 shots were fired from artillery;
guns.
In the actual theater of war the
ammunition service is under the con-,
trol of the Field Artillery. Bringing
up supplies of ammunition to troops
and to batteries in action is one of the
most essential of all duties on the bat
tlefield/ The wagons or trucks carry
ing ammunition must be driven when
necessary within easy reach of the
firing line. Sometimes there is an op
portunity here for the display of re
sourcefulness and courage far above
the ordinary requirements of the ser
vice.
At the Hattie of Ypres in April,
1«)15, the Third Battery in the Third
Brigade of the Canadian Field Artil
lery galloped into position within a
few hundred yards of the German
front, where they did gallant work in
lighting against overwhelming odds to
hold back the enemy’s onslaught.
After a time it became necessary to
bring up high explosive shells. One
of the Canadian gunners tells how
they were brought:
“The ammunition wagon containing
them came galloping across the open
field under a heavy fire, the men lash
ing their horses and yelling like mad.
The horses were simply crazed. Some
of them had been hit with bullets,
and when they neared our guns the
men could not stop them. It looked
as though they would go right on to
the German lines. There was only
one thing to do. The rider of the
leading horses drew his revolver and
shot them dead. They went down,
with the other horses and men and
the wagon rolled over and over them.
With the high explosive shells we tore
the trees to hits and left the whole
place open; then our infantry, quickly
following up the advantage, drove the
Teutons back.” .
When the three fighting arms and
the nine stuff corps are all brought
together under one control they form
what we may call “the lighting team.”
This is the team in which you apd
every other soldier must he ready to
play your part.
The smallest unit in which all these
branches of the service is represented
is known as a division/ l nder pres
ent regulations an Infantry division
is made up of three Infantry brigades;
one brigade of Field Artillery; one
regiment of Cavalry; on* regiment of
Engineers; one battalion ot Signal
Corps; one squadron of airplanes; to
gether with field traini and combat
trains carrying rations, baggage, am
munition, and all kinds of supplies. A
i division, therefore, is in itself a com
plete small army. When at full
strength it includes 28,334 officers and
men. A field army is made up of a
number of such divisions.
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Good Rough Lumber of all
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delivered.
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$2.75 a hundred for rags.
$33 ton for cast iron.
27 l-2c pound for copper.
5c pound for rope.
18c pound for brass.
7 l-2c pound for rubber.
27c doz. for beer bottles.
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Seward
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RED CROSS PERFECTS ALLIANCE WITH
WAR RELIEF CLEARING HOUSE FOR
j FRANCE AND HER ALLIES
The American Red Cross authorizes
the following:
A working alliance between the 1
war relief clearing house for France
and her allies and the American Red
Cross has been perfected, centralizing
in the Red Cross the function of re
ceiving, transporting, and distributing
supplies abroad. This alliance is a
further application of the Red Cross
policy of co-operation with other re
lief agencies, as exemplified by the re-1
cent joining of forces with the Amer
ican distribution service, the national
surgical dressings committee, and the
American Ambulance Hospital.
The war relief clearing house made
announcement of its new co-operative
arrangement to its members in the
following notice, over the signature of
its executive secretary, Clyde A.
Pratt:
American Clearing House
“The American relief clearing
house in Paris was organized soon
after the outbreak of the war in FJ14,
and since the organization of the war
relief clearing house for France and
her allies it has been its distributing
representative in France. For about •
two years past it has also been the
official representative in France of the
American Red Cross.
“The entry of the United States
into the war has resulted in enormous
ly increasing the burdens of the Amer-I
ican Red Cross in France, and to aid
in the situation there has been organ-'
izcd in Paris the American Red Cross
for France and Belgium, to succeed
the American relief clearing house,
which as above stated, has for about
two years been the Bed Cross repre
sentative, and in order to secure the
greatest efficiency it has been found
necessary to place the administration
of the new organization on a strictly
| military basis and to vest in it full
discretion with respect to the distri
bution of relief supplies in France.
“The officers of the American Red
Cross for France and Belgium arc:
Maj. Grayson; M. P. Murphy, commis
sioner for Europe; James H. Perkins,
assistant; advisory council—William
G. Sharp, the American ambassador;
James Stillman, Edward Tuck; H. H.
Harjes, high commissioner for France
and Belgium (former president of the
American relief clearing house in
Paris and president of the American
Red Cross in France); H. 0. Beatty,
director general for France ami Bel
gium (Mr. Beatty has for more than
two and one-half years been the ac
tive and efficient head of the Ameri
can clearing house in Paris); Ralph
J. Preston, assistant.
Centralizes Supplies
“It is now desirable and necessary
to centralize in the hands of the Amer
ican Red Cross all contributions of
supplies which have heretofore been
handled by the war relief clearing
house for France and her allies. The
American Red Cross will hereafter re
ceive and forward to France all such
contributions of supplies, which will
there be received and distributed by
the American Red Cross for France
and Belgium.
“You are therefore advised that on
and after September 1, 1917, the ware
house of the war relief clearing house
at 133 Charlston Street, New York
City, will be discontinued. Thereafter
all contributions of supplies for France
and her allies should be delivered
either to the American Red Cross
supply sendee, export department,
Fifty-sixth street, and North river.
New York, or to the nearest Red
Cross chapter, which will receive and
forward your contributions without
expense to you.
“The war relief clearing house for
France and her allies, after full con
sideration of the difficulties in trans
portation, distribution, etc., due to the
existing military situation, is per
suaded that the arrangements made
; are most desirable and will result in
greatly increased efficiency of oper
ation.
Cash Contributions Suggested
“In view of the uncertainties of
transportation and the grave subma
rine danger it is most strongly urged
that contributions for France be made
in the form of cash with which to j
purchase articles in France wherever
possible, rather than in the form of I
supplies, except as information with i
regard to existing needs in France
shall be from time to time furnished
by the Red Cross.
“In view of the establishment in
i'aris of the American Red Cross tor
France and Belgium, the necessity and
wisdom of which we fully indorse, we
venture to hope that all those who
have so effectively worked with the
clearing house in the interest of the
sufferers abroad will recognize the de
sirabality of establishing and main
taining full co-operation with the Red
Cross and that ‘the distribution in
France of all supplies contributed by
them will b«» intrusted to the compe
tent hands of the American Red
Cross for France and Belgium.”
"BILLY” SUNDAY
TO PLAY BALL
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20. — Thej
Rev. William A. (“Billy”) Sunday,
evangelist and one time professional
baseball player, has accepted a chal
lenge to lead a team on the diamond
here Monday, September 24, to meet
a team of motion picture actors, head
ed by Bouglas Fairbanks. The pro
ceeds of the game will be devoted to
the purchase of baseball supplies for
the men of the National Army from
l.os Ang< les.
Douglas Fairbanks, who is now in
New ork, telegraphed a challenge
to Mr. Sunday, and the latter lost no
time in telegraphing his acceptance.
It was announced that the members
of Mr. Sunday’s party would form
his team, and most of them are ini
athletic trim, and baseball experts,)
because of constant practice with their)
leader.
There is plenty of “talent” avail
able in the motion picture camps, as
all the male stars include the usual,
forms of athletics in their training!
work.
The game will be played at Wash
ington Park, usually occupied by the
Coast League, and capable of seating
1:1,000 spectators.
LOCUST TREES
USED FOR NAILS
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 13.—Rep
resentatives of the wooden ship yards
on the Pacific coast have been buy
ing up the locust trees in the irrigat
ed country east of the Cascade moun
tains, to use the wood for nails and
pins in the wooden ships. Workmen!
in the employ of the buyers cut down
the locust trees, chop them up, take
away the stuff they wish and leave
the remainder on the ground. Ihe
shipbuilders *use the locust wood be
cause it is strong and does not decay.
The farmers in the irrigated country
grow the locust because it is the most
beautiful of all the fast-growing
trees. x
The locust is a native of Eastern
North America, and was formerly a
favorite shade-tree in Eastern cities,
but it is no longer permitted to be
planted there because of a boring in
sect which makes the tree trunk a
mass of running sores and at last
causes it to fall. The locust is threat
ened with extinction in its native
home because of the borer, but on
the Pacific coast the tree is perfect
ly sound and grows even more rap
idly than in the East. A locust tree
chopped to the ground is soon restored
by sprouts from the stump.
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Hy buying a through ticket you
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hind an electric locomotive—the
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and other particulars consult
your nearest Steamship Agent.
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A ait. Gen'I. Paiirnger Agent
Seattle, Waah.
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City Ticket Agent
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Seattle, Waah.
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Bids for the former Community
Christian church building, as it sets,
including doors and windows remov
ed, will be received tonight and tomor
row, by H .C. Munro. Mail or deliver
bids at rear of Ed. Crawford’s.
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