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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
FRIDAY, JULY 13, 1917
Summer Is aTrying
Time r or bick
Folks
The poor unfortunates who are" compelled to stay
jn-doors during the warm season should be pro
vided with ever possible convenience which may
promote comfort.
Our stock contains a great number of aids which
will lessen suffering and make sickness -more
bearable,
INVALID CUSHIONS, SICK FEEDERS,
ICE BAGS, BANDAGES, GAUZES,
INVALIDS' FOODS, ETC.
We also have everything that will lessen the labor
for the attendants and aid the work of the phy-
gician.
La Grande Pharmacy
Quick Delivery
ADOLPH NEW LIN, Manager
La Grande, Oregon
Phone Mai 41
etlers from
&he front
.(Letter from Andrew R. Marker, of
CBliccra' Reserve Corps, S. F., to R.
side of warfare, as well as its tactical
and theoretical side.
Our tactical education includes the
various forms of field service out
post, advance guard, support, re
serve, rear and flank guard, recon
naissance, infantry and cavalry pa
trols, light artillery formation, con
voy escort, trenclh building, marching,
bivouack and camp, tent pitching, de
ployment in attack and defense. We
study the theory in the books we
have a whole library of military lore-
and then march out on the field and
put the theory into practical execu
tion. For example: The enemy is op
piroadhing in force from a certain di
rection; you will defend this position.
Now deploy your troops in such a way
as to make the best use of the terrain
at this point. Go to it! Then the cap
tain leaves you to work out your mili
tary salvation with fear and trembl
ing. After you have issued your or
ders and deployed your men, the cap
tain wants to know why and where
fore. And if you cannot justify your
plan with good, sound tactical horse
sense, then may the God of Abraham
and Isaac and Jacob have mercy on
your soul, for the captain will have
none. The captain is an austere
man, with a tongue set at hair trig
ger, and his words have the whiziof
bullets.
Our senior captain, by the way, was
General Pershing's chief of staff In
Mexico; he was also one of the six
American military observers with the
German army during the first year
of the war. He quotes alternately
from the German military writers,
! Shakespeare, Bernard Shaw, Kipling,
i Napoleon, the drill regulations ana
the Bible. He is there with bells.
After you have worn your legs
down to bleeding stumps in ong prac
tice marches, skirmishes ana bat
talion drills, you lay aside your rifle
and field pack, and take up a heavy
compendium of military lore, such as
field or army regulations; infantry
tactics, or the manual of courtmartial.
It is really appalling what the modern
officer is expected to know. One mo
ment he may be called out to deploy
his company on the skirmish line; the
next he is required to make a mili
tary sketch or map of an important
strategical position, requiring speed,
skill and tedhncal knowledge of a no
mena order. And then, when he gets
that done, he may be informed that
he has been selected as judge-advocate
of a court martial. A company com-
t
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J. Green, of this city.)
Presidio, Cal., Mr. R. J. Green, At
torney. La Grande. Oreiron. Mv Dear
Mr. Green: We have been practicing JnandoT not ",y.n"3 10 , "T
bomb-throwing, jabbing simulated fig- j
uires with the bayonet, rushing "out
lined" enemies in thin lines of skirm
ishers, and tomorrow we leave for a
five days' shooting course at the tar
get rango at, Fort Barry. So you see
we have the practical, cold-blooded
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SACRIFICE
Wio thought uppermost in every mind today concerns
the war. Ilere is a tale of self-sacrifice and devo
tion that is stirring and inspiring.
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lead, drive, discipline, deploy, feed,
clothe, father and instruct his men,
but he has to know, also, how to lay
down the military law to them. He
is a sort of Moses the leader, libera
tor and law-giver of 150 men.
' This morning, for instance, our in
structor shot this test in military law
at us: You are a member of a general
'court-martial, before which Private
John Jones, Co. A, 1st Infantry, is be
ing tried for having deserted April
10th, 1917, and remaining absent in
desertion until April 12th, 1917. Af
ter the reading of the charges to the
accused the counsel rises and says:
"May it please the court: the accused
respectfully submits a plea in bar of
tfae trial on the ground that He nas
already been tried for the same of
fense and in proof of this respectfully
submits Special Court-martial Order
No. 32 of this post." The Judge Ad
vocate says: 'U admit the validity-of
the court-martial order, but it was
disapproved by the reviewing author
ity on the ground that the court was
without jurisdiction to try the ' of
fense.' Counsel: "The statement of
the reviewing authority is his opinion
lonly.- While it is true that, special
court has no power to try the offense
of desertion, when committed in time
of war, still, in this case the accused
pleaded euilty of absence wifhout
leave ONLY, and was found guilty I
of absence without leave ONLY, as
appears in the order, and the ccfurt
had authority legally to trv that of
fense." Now: 1. Would YOU vote to
sustain the plea of former jeopardy
under Article of War No. 40 which
provides that no subinct of military
authority shall be TRIED twice of
the same offense. 2. State in not
more than 50 words your reason!
Military sketching an4 map draw
ing is another part of our "intensive"
training. Military sketching is an
art that ordinarily requires a long
course of high(y specialized training
Wo 'have to grab it in the middle and
chew both ends as we go nlontr. It
is liko requiring a degree of Master
of Arts of a college ' freshman' in
three months. It hns to be done to a'1
scale of 6 inches to the. mile: that is,,
six inches on the map represents a
mile on the ground. ; It not only has
to sihow tho "lay of the land" in flat
detail, liko nn ordinary map, but also
must indicate the vertical inrline or
contour. It must indicate the alti
tude of the hills, the dooth of the de
gressions, the slope of the terrain,
the streams, bridges, fences, build
ings, trees, roads, and all other fea-
! tures of military value, so that the
commander mny know at a glance
j whether or not the hills are too stcop
for artillory; whnt natural advantages
J the ground affords for the deployment
I of infantry, cavalry and artillery, etc.
To get all this you are equipped with
an ordinary drawing board, a pencil,
! and a pair of lees thnt register so
, monv strides to the mile.
I We have a very interesting and in
telligent lot of men. Thev represent
the winnowed manhood of the nine ;
Western states comnosing the dennrt-
I ment. All departments of civil life
are reoresented; there are fully a
dozen lawyers in our comnnnw: two or
three are renutod to be millionaires:
war, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, West
Point, and many other notable educa
tional institutions are represented.
Yesterday tho captain asked us to
submit an essay in 150 words on this
subject: "How will you handle youir
men so as to maintain discipline in
your company' in the new national;
army?" Now, that is a pretty big'
subject for 150 words when you come
to consider it. The new national
army will be composed of all sorts
and conditions of men, representing
all grades of intelligence, traits, ca
pacities and individualities as varied
as the colors in Joseph's coat. Very
few of them will be willing subjects
of military discipline; they will know
about as much about military life as
an elephant knows about crochet
work; and some of them will submit
to it about as willingly as a cat being
dragged up hill byvthe tail.
It is a big job. It will require the
utmost that is in a man. How can
a captain speak to such men with
power except by being more of a man
then they?, The price of leadership
must be the life of the leader. For
myself I shall strive to win their re
spect, not by being a "good fellow"
but by being a good officer. I shall
study the traits of each man and suit
the method to the matt .Exact ex
plicit obedience with impartial firm
ness justifying, discipline, not as the
fiat of authority, but as the vital
necessity of military efficiency. Tem
per impersonal firmness with personal
kindness, as far as consistent with
discipline, using severity, like profan
ity, only when absolutely necessary.
Regarding my men as so many pieces
of gold comprising my country's for
tune, and I as charged with their
stewardship. J
I do not know, of course, whether
or not I will get a commission, but I
am studying, striving, pounding away,
endeavoring to keep the passions
fresh. If I am sent home at last, I
can go with a good conscience, know
ing' that I have offered all I have, and
rejoicing that my country has better
men than I am to serve heir in the
hour of her need.
I trust that business is good. With
personal regards and good wishes, I
remain, with great respect,
Sincerely and faithfully yours,
. A. R. MARKER.
5th ' Company, Officers Reserve
Corps.
July 6, 1917. t
social in the basement of the church
Friday evening, July 13, beginning at
6:8L 1Adv. 7-ll-3t
Red Cross Payments.
Red Cross subscriptions are now
due and pnyable either at the Y. 'M.
C. A. or at either one of the banks.
All bills in connection with the cam
paign should also be presented to J.
G. King at the Y. M. C. A. Adv.
7-10-tf.
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Call For Bida.
Bids are called for for repairing the
South Methodist Church. Contractors
are1 invited to see the plans and sub
mit bids to the committee at the
church at 7 p. m. tonight. Bids will
close Friday, July 20 at 7 p. m. The
committee reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
COMMITTEE M. E. CHURCH
SOUTH. 7-12-8t
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank the many friends
...i. MA .ii i.i.j . j : xi..
" . illness and death of my wife and for
m oii LV : the beautiful floral offerings,
months old. Phone Main 746. Adv u' Wl iKW1-
.. 7-13-ltp.
I NOTICE TO PATRONS
j OF EVENING TELEPRAM
Announcements
Liberty Bond Subscribers.
Subscribers to Liberty Bonds are
notified that the next payment on the
same should be made to the banks of
La Grande on or before July 25th.
Adv. 7-U-tf.
Owinjr to the illness of Guy Fuller,
vho was thrown from his bicycle yes
terday,, he has had to put new car
rier boys on his route. If mistakes
I occur, please phone all complaints to
Red 3092 and they will be promptly
.attended to.
Adv-7 13-lt. MRS. L.'A. FULLER
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The Weather.
Portland, July 13. (United Press)
The U. S. weather forecast: "Warm
and fair."
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