The Ames Review. (Ames, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, September 28, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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THE AMES REVIEW AMES OKLAHOMA
111 FRANCE
DISCIPLINE
Officers Are Inclined tt Follow Stiffneck British System But French
Democracy Is Invading Ranks— Our New Crop of Reserve
Officers Are Greater Sticklers for Form Than
Most West Pointers
B i HEVWOOD BROUN
(Accredited to the Pershing Army In
Fi ance by the New York Tribune and
'Syndicate)
Ani-rktui Expeditionary Army —
"Tin- most Importnnt factor In the
Aini risiiii army will be discipline” said
an ortver shortly after the troops came
out the training camps “If It has
lined idscipline it will he a good artuy
If It has had discipline It will lie a
had n rti y 1 can watch a regiment
stand at attention and tell you wheth-
er or not it can effectively"
The question remains as to what sort
of discipline the American army will
have Some observers say that there
are t-’t kinds of (food discipline —
French discipline and English disci-
pline I'nder the French system there
are let-down periods Off duty an of-
ficer may fraternize with enlisted men
to an extent which would scandalize
the English army This Is due in part
to the fact that the armies are com-
posed differently The English artuy
Is much more stratified than the
French It has as the American army
had before the war a distinct officers'
doss An Englishman of certain edu-
cation receives a commission as n mat-
ter of course I'nder the volunteer
svsteii which prevailed at the beglil-
ninif of the war the English volunteer
of die upper or iipsr middle class
did not offer Ids services until lie was
prepared to fulfill the duties of an
officer The Freuch draft on the other
hand thrust many a distinguished citi-
zen into the ranks A sergeant in
the Instruction division here was one
of the most popular playwrights in
France before the war and the other
ility a grimy little mail climbed from
a coal cart to tell me in perfect
English that lie laid been an assistant
professor of Romance languages iu
one of the great American universi-
ties — Cornell I think — before the call
came
Of course when the word English
discipline Is used It falls short of the
I’rirish army Australian discipline
and English discipline are vastly dif-
ferent Thpre is a iopiilnr story about
an Anzac colonel In Egypt who drew
up his men and told thorn:
“An English general is coming here
today to inspect the regiment and re-
member d you don't call me ‘Bill
until he goes"
Canadians Well Disciplined
An instructor nt a British training
rHtnp told me that the Canadians werp
now among the best disciplined troops
In the army but that the Australians
still gave occasional trouble "Every
now and then" he said "a couple of
them will sneak down to the woods
and cainp out alone for a couple of
days"
British officers will tell you that al-
though the Australians fight well their
losses iiri intteh higher than they
would be with hotter discipline If
there Is such a possibility as an ab-
solutely democratic army it lias been
much impaired by the poor work of
the Russian republican army Tin
scheme of submitting curb plan of at-
tack to the soldiers before it Is or-
dered cannot he said to hsne proved
effective
The question of discipline in the
Americnn army Is complicated lv many
factors Before llie war there was a
gulf between officers and men fully ns
wide as tiiat in the English army It
was not due to luck of democracy It
was a gulf founded on fundamental
differences of character and education
VANITY CASES FOR NURSES
Red Cross Lassie Going to France
May Beautify Themselves to
Heart's Content
New- York — Bed Cross nurses going
to France to do their hit us arduous as
tho soldier In the trenches are not
being forgotten lit the distribution of
“siniill bundles of comfort" The army
and nuvy Held comfort committee Is
planning 10000 special "vanity” cases
for the nursea who will serve with the
American troops The articles which
will he contained In the cases are:
One bottle toilet water
One cake toilet soap
One box talcum powder
One tube dental paste
One tube toilet cream
tine vanity liox with mirror etc
Though the retail value of the cases
would utmost double the amount the
nurses' boxes are packed nt a cost of
one dollar
t
It U btlimd that th maguolia wsr
MtH gftef MefsM d MpBsHe
ARE LEARIIIIIG
OF FOREIGN ARMIES
On one hand there was the officer
class -carefully selected and eurefully
trained and on the other hand the en-
listed men haphazardly accepted from
the floating population Professional
armies the world over are recruited
largely from the Industrially Inefllelent
during times of peace
An American regular of an great
promise was bewailing the fact that an
officer had hopped him because he
executed a command Imperfectly
"Well" his companion answered
“wouldn't the farmer bawl you out If
he told you to feed the horses and you
didn’t give them us much as he told
you?" It was the typical point of view
of the old type of professional sol-
dier He was drawn from the “bunded
out" class and he could he governed
only hy "bawl out" m-khods
Things are largely changed now
More than half the American artuy In
France is made up of men who Joined
after the declaration of war They
were not Jobless or inefficient Multi-
tudes of reasons sent them Into the
ranks A few wanted to make the
world safe for democracy Many more
desired adventure an ocean voyage
and a trip to I’arls and perhaps Ber-
lin "I wns marching my men along the
ntlieE day" said a young' captain
"when I heard it private give the cheer
of the University of Nebraska I ran
up to hint anil said : ‘You didn't do that
v--rv well Fin a Nebraska man myself
Bet's do it together'
All Sorts of Officer
There are then men drawn from
many classes In the army and there
will he more Already there ure all
sorts of officers There Is the regular
from West I’olnt the occasional regu-
lar from civil life the officer who came
through the Fort Leavenworth training
school the reserve officers and a num-
ber of former "non-eouis” recently
elevated to commissions The greatest
sticklers for discipline are the reserve
officers
"I was talking to a soldier In the
street" said an old West Pointer “and
lie was telling me he had too much
money to spend ‘I can't use half of
it’ he said ‘and I waste it on things
I don't want Look at the bunch of
cigars I bought Take a hnndful’ I
took three but I' was mighty sorry
afterwards because I had with me a
young fellow Just commissioned sec-
ond lieutenant and he was almost
shocked to death that I should take
cigars from a soldier"
The officers who rose from nn-coins
arc also somewhat stiff and forpial in
the exercise of their new-found honors
All have been transferred from tlieir
regular regiments so that they slmll
not he associated with the enlisted men
they knew before they held commis-
sions Some officers believe In leading
their men while others In driving them
while still a third class combine the
two methods One of the best young
officers I have seen In the army is
absolutely informal with his men nt
times Me eomes to their eoncerts ami
lmnds cigars to the quartette and con-
sults with them as to what song they
-hall sing
"Captain do you like ‘t'athlpen?’ ”
the big soldier who sang tenor would
ask and Iho captain would nuswpr:
"Poes it go like this?" humming a bar
and then add: “Yes that's a good one:
let's have it" He could be stem
enough Usm occasion and he had the
best bombers In the army hut liked
Ids men to know the reason for thing
I German Coal Shortage
Amsterdam — The coal famine Is ht-
j creasing from week to wi-ek tbrough-
out Germany Although a large num-
j her of luiners have been brought buck
! from the front und thousands of war
: prisoners ure employed in the pits
! even the ammunition factories cannot
get sufficient fuel The use of electric
power und gas has been reduced 20
per cent everywhere hut this measure
fplls to bring relief Muny titles have
been compelled to prohibit cooking
and heating with gas and large num-
ber of towns hud to shut down their
lighting plants The manufacturers
of war materials have warned the gov-
eminent that they will not be able to
fill their contracts If the present con-
ditions continue
To Remove Grease Spots
To remove grease iqiots from car-'
pets mix fuller’s earth and magne-
sia together tn equal proportions by
scraping aud pounding Fora this
Into a pasts with hot water and spread
on the spots The next day brueb U
nit sndt 1 necessary rapost the pme
I -
He was fond of letting them get hi
point of view about tlilug Thus
when be found some soldiers drinktug
too much soon after their landing lie
called a conference and told fltom that
It had to atop
If the Whole Army Drank
"Some' of you men are spending all
your money on booze" lie said "ami
getting atlnko pinko sloppy drunk It
won't do A few old privates get
drunk but don't ropy them It’s Just
because of (list they're old privates
I'm going to choose my non-coms from
you but not the men who drink Ton're
drank yourselves out of n commission
sergeant I was going to recommend
yon but lmw can 1 do It now? Just
look at the way 1 see It ( If I took my
pay lu a lump I could buy every saloon
In the town and stay drunk for two
years (“I had to exaggerate a little"
lie confessed when he told the story to
me afterward) What do you suppose
would happen then? Suppose the
majors and the colonels and (lie
generals and the whole bunch got
drunk what would happen to the
army? Don’t forget that this is your
aruiy as much a It Is mine That's
ull today"
The cltief and most able member of
thei English school of discipline is
General Pershing Hu puts the drive
in the aruiy His iusiiectlons are
masterpieces of ' thoroughness and he
Is exceedingly stern with all lnetfi-
dents whether they are officers or
soldiers Slouchy bearing aunoys him
fearfully aud he takes an active and
penetrating luterest tn shoes buttons
and bright metal ' He Is exceedingly
chary of praise t'robably nobody In
the army will ever call him Papa Per-
shing blit for all that he is a Roman
father to his men '
NOTED BEAUTY HELPS
- Latest photograph of the beautifuH
Mrs Ava Willing Astor first wife of
tho lato John Jaeob Astor who has
been living in London for several
years
She is now devoting her life to war
relief work She is one of the most
industrious workers among the society
women and nobility in London She
teems to be Indefatigable for every
moment of her time is spent advantage-
ously Mrs Astor has won a place high in
London’s tocisl sphere and it much
sought by nobility Her daughter
Muriel aide in the relief work
- It is reported thst Mrs Vincent As-
tor paid her mother-in-law a visit
whilt on a short stay in London - Mrs
Vincent Astor is now in France aid-
ing in the organization of a hospital
behind the lines
! ALLIGATOR FOUND IN SEWER
Employee of Pittsburgh Bureau of
Highways and Sewers Pulls
Out 3-Foot Saurian
Pittsburgh — Tiie North side has
been famed fur tUHny tilings Now It
is the habitat of the alligator
If you don't believe it ask Georae
iloul a perfectly reliable employee 'of
the Bureau of Highways and Hewers
He ha the proof on exhibition nt Ids
home in Lockhart street He got It
yesterday when he was sent to fix
n sewer In ltoynl street
He had lifted the manhole und vn
prodding to remove the obstruction
when a strange face with rather evil-
looking eyes bobbed in Ids range of
vision
After tbe first shock Moul grabbed
the head and drew forth a 3-foot alli-
gator Il got a rope end led It to bis
home and ie trying to dope 4ut itc-r
the Florida native got thle far Nortlu
? 8t Louli bee on factory whlglt t'J
thle year qametimf lPOJOOrt feel
lumber
FUTURE FARMER
The future farmer will lie the
best educated man lu Atuerlcu
He will he a chemist with
knowledge hi cnablo him to han-
dle his soils his fertilizers and
lit food stuffs ns to make them
yield the maximum of profit
lie will be a botanist with
knowledge to enable him to take
advantage of the laws of here-
dity to breed disease-resisting
and frost-resisting plants He
will keep pace with every move-
ment ' of the scientific world
which ran be turned to his ad-
vantage lie will he nble to
greatly to Increase the quantity
and quality of-hi wheat und
corn vegetables and fruit cot-
ton and wool without having to
add a single acre to his field
PLAN’TO KILL GRASSHOPPERS
Use Device Like One Shown In Illus-
tration to Get Rid of Peet When '
They Come Next Year
There are sections where the grass-
hopper is an nuntiul pest When they
come next season try this old device
The Hopperdozer '
for getting rid of them It was first
used during the migratory grasshopper
years of 187-1-187(5 It consists of shal-
low sheet-iron pans containing oil or
tar mounted on low wheel or sled
runners An upright screen at the hack
catches the "hoppers” as the machine
Is drawn forward
COTTONSEED MEAL INFERIOR
Fine Grading and Adulteration With
Feeds of Lower Value Are Mesne
Being Employed
Thnt cottonseed meal despite its
Jjigh price Is generally Inferior In qual-
ity this year Is the conclusion reached
by chemists at the Ohio experiment
nation Fine grinding and adultera-
tion with feeds of lower value are
mentis used to make a low-grade prod-
uct The removal of the lint from the cot-
ton seed to make gun cotton allows the
hulls to mix with the meal A flve-ton
lot of cottonseed meal bought by the
fxjHriment station wns guaranteed to
contain as' per cent protein but "tie
sample analyzed 273 per cent und a
Second only 174 per cent It contained
a large amount of finely ground bulls
which have a lower feeding value than
oat straw or corn (Rover A carload
lot also contained less protein than
guaranteed Of ten brands in the lut-
est Inspection bulletin of the Ohio
state bourd of agriculture nine were
below their guarantee
BENEFICIAL TO STIR DEEPLY
Where Soils Contain Much Organic
Matter It It Best to Get Some of
Subsoil on Surface
When soils contain much organic
matter as all good garden soils should
very deep stirring is nt all times bene-
ficial Get a portion of the subsoil In the
surface nr workable soil
To do this in sandy soil often dilutes
the rich surface soli with sand very
low In plant food
SILAGE RATION IS FAVORED
e-enteen Per Cent More Milk and 28
Per Cent More Butter Fat Secured
at Ohio Station'
Because of the economy and conven-
ience tu feeding silage more silos are
being built every season This year
will likely see u larger number erected
to "cun” the coru crop
Seventeen per cent more milk und 28
per cent more butter fat wps produced
by dairy cows fed largely sllugo than
by others fed tuulnly a grain ration In
a feeding test conducted at the Ohio
agricultural experiment station The
silage ration produced butter fat at 13
cents n pound and the grain ration at
22 cents Two pounds of dry mntter can
be produced In the form of siluge at
less cost than one pound In sugar beet
other tests Ituve shown
- Reclaim Waata Land
Tlta dralnaga reclaims waata land
It ought to be stay tbasa days of two
dollar corn
Watch cropi constantly so aa ta 41
gpvef Hi tembei tnavat pest
FERTILE SOIL FOR ALFALFA
Unless Manuring or Fertiliaing la Prac-
ticed on Thin Land Very Law
Ylelda Will ReaulL
—am
Alfulfa require a rich soli Unless
manuring or fertilizing I practiced at-
tempts to grow It on Utln land wrtll re-
sult lu failure or In very low yields
Isolated alnlfa plunt -are often seen
growing on thin laud even In od und
tho Inference Is drawn-thut It Is adapt-
ed to such soil When one attempts
to seed It thickly on title some land
however little return Jenccurvd
Various experiments pertaining to
alfalfa fertilization have been -made by '
the University of Missouri college of
agriculture The results show that
lime bttrnyurd manure and phoe-
phffte ure the treatments which usu-
ally bring returns Lime Is not called
a fertilizer In the true sense of the
word It is a soil sweetener und al-
falfa falls on soils which are very sour
Barnyard manure and phosphates are
true fertilizing materials however and
it Is to these that one must look for
making thin lands suitable for alfalfa
and the crop Is suffieicntly valuable l
warrant heavy applications of these As
three or four ucres Is as large an area
as one should begin with on land not
well suited to the crop barnyard ma-
nure in qtiuutftie up to ten or twelve
tons per acre can usually be supplied
If three or four hundred pounds of
uchl phosphate is applied with this
success Is probable provided of
course that all the other essentials to
successful alfalfa culture are met On
land to which alfalfa Is not naturally
adapted much care must he exercised
In meeting all the requirements of the
plant such us drainage a sweet soil
thorough soil preparation inoculation
aud thu use of good seed IVhlle all
of these are important the fertility of
the soil is the prime essential to large
yields und even to a successful- and
permanent stand If the soil is not fer-
tile It must he made fertile or large re-
turns will not he had
PREVENT INJURY BY INSECTS
Striped Cucumber Beetle and 8quash
Bug Are Often Confounded— Treat-
ment Is Different
By F L WASHBL'ltNl
The striped cucumber beetle Is a
biting Insect and the squash hug a
sucking Insect They attack cucumbers
and squashes aud are often confound-
ed Ixith being called “squash bugs"
Tills is unfortunate because they call
at
Cover Protects Plants
for radically different treatment W
would suggest planting an excess of
seed for the first named Insert dust-
ing plants with one pound of parts
green mixed with 50 tmunds of Ilnte or
I cheap flour The beetle can be to a
j certain extent driven away by nir-
slacked lime alone dusting It liberally
on and about the plants tn each bill In
the true squash hug we would recom-
mend hand-picking of hugs In tbe early
morning also hand-picking of the large
yellow eggs Destroy nil vines after
- harvesting crop
To prevent injury various coverings
! may he used over the plants A cheap
frame may be made and covered with
gnuzc or similar material and held In
- place with earth packed about the edge
( to keep the plants covered This cover
or frame may he used year after year
Weeds Take Moisture
’ Every weed takes from Iho soil some
three hundred times Its weight In wa-
ter during the season Cultivation con
serves moisture
Drainage Is beneUciul to land iufest-
ed with certain kinds of wlroworms
Plow In lute summer or eurly fall
land thut is Infected with hillbuga
Spraying bus not proved successful
against chinch hugs except on a small
scale
Plowing kills wlrewortns by destroy-'
Ing their food supply and Interfering'
with their prepnratlous for winter
Spray In September with arsenate of
lead or zinc to control the sweet pota-
to leaf-folder
Plow eurly In the fall aud then disk -grouud
thoroughly where corn Is to be
planted next year In order to combat
tbe enro-root aphis-
S'
Sedges rushes chufa and large
swamp grasses ars the natural food of
blUbugs therefore destroy all such
pltnti OP lend to He planted te gore -etrt
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