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A Rainbow Led the
T do set my bow in the sky and it
Bhall be fox; a token of a covenant be
tween me and .the earth. Genesis ix,
13.
"By many signs is the divine power
seen in earthly things ... so that the
army was encouraged much more and
more eagerly desirous to face dan
ger' wrote Herodotus t twenty-four
centuries ago in retelling the legend
of the supernatural re-einforcements
that came to the aid of the hard pres
sed Greeks on the Delphic plain.
Ages have passed since the star
flecked cloud from whose ghostly
depths swelled a majestic song of tri
umph settled down over-the masts of
the waiting Greek ships at Salamis
and since the flaming cross in 'the sky
guided Constantine the Great to vic
tory, but still the supernatural augu
ries seemingly appear to lead armies
to success.
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brought references to the unfailing
appearance of a brilliant rainbow just
before the Rainbow division of the
American army went into battle. The
letters, sometimes fraught with some
thing akin to awe, stated that the men
of the Kainbow division had come to
regard the heavenly phenomenon as an
auspicious omen, a portent of victory.
Col. Frank L. Travis, commander of
the Kansas ammunition train, which
was included in the Kainbow division,
affirms these reports of the strange
recurrence of the rainbow and of the
manner in which the men of the divi
sion came to regard it. TTulonel Tra
vis is now state superintendent of in
surance in Kansas, having returned
home after a physical breakdown
caused by the strain of the war.
"The rainbow appeared to us before
virtually every engagement in which
we participated," said Colonel Travis.
"At first the men looked, upon it as a
rather remarkable . coincidence, then
they began to attach a more serious
importance to it. Finally at the close
of the war it had become a sort of su
perstition, yes, something more than
that, a spiritual augury of victory.
''It was early in the spring when we
. first noticed it. The division had re
ceived a hard pounding up in the Bac
carat sector and was awaiting an at
tack. The rainbow appjared and the
attack failed.
The Rainbow at Chateau Thierry.
"I shall always remember the rain
bow that we saw the day we moved up
into the Chateau Thierry fight. It was
a wonderful sight a great rainbow of
extraordinary beauty and one end of it
touched the earth not more than two
hundred yards away from us, fairly
bathing the spot in a vari-colored
light. Well, everybody knows the
outcome of the Chateau Thierry oper
ations. "Again, before St. Mihiel, that first
operation carried out solely by Amer
ican troops, we saw a magnificent
rainbow. By that time all the men
of the division had become imbued I Many Similar Instances in History,
with the feeling that the rainbow was The legend of the rainbow preceding
the siorn by which we like Constantino, j tho division that bore its name into
were to conquer? There could be nojbattle probably will go down in his
Btonning the men of the 42d. tory along with those other mystori-
"Whcn we went into the Argonne ous phenomena that have influenced
the rainbow again heralded victory foremen in bnttlo from the Angels of Mons
us. And we saw it over the Meue and to the song-filled cloud above Salami.
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on the advance toward Sedan. Why,
you could not have persuaded a lot of
the men that it was not a supernatural
omen of success. They say that a fine
rainbow dipped into the Rhine the day
the boys went across into Germany. '-',1
know they came to look for the rain
bow every time that we were due to
go into battle. And when the rainbow
would appear, there would be remarks
go up from the fellows that were go-
l(i g to win sure. '
'They were a bit reverent toward!
it, too, near the last, though some
joked about it at first. A soldier gets
to feel a sort of spiritual" dependence
when in battle. I don't know what it
is or particularly what causes it, but
I know that men feel a little more in-
clined to look for signs and portents,
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that are not earthly'in character. Per -
jha?s it is the strain and hardship, the
pain and loss of sleep that makes the
i imagination rather feverish so that
tfien see unusual meanings in things
that otherwise would pass as mere
coincidences. And, maybe there is
something deeper, something super
natural to such things. I don't pro
fess to know. But a lot of those men
who fought in the Rainbow division
are convinced that we were guided o
victory by a something greater thi?n
man."
In a letter from her husband re
ceived by Mrs. John Carlisle Johnson,
wife of an infantry officer in the
Rainbow division, the statement is
made that "The rainbow has been to
us a vision and an omen only equalled
by Jeanne d'Arc of France."
A Line Officer's Letter.
"In every successful attack that we
have been in I have seen a rainbow in
the sky," says the writer of the letter.
"The only time our division did not
make its objective was in the first
day's fight at Coe de Chatillon. The
next morning the rainbow appeared
and we smashed through the "Klein
hilde Stellung" with Iowa and Ala
bama troops in the lead. I saw the
rainbow in Champagne at day break
July 15 and 'they did not pass.' I saw
it again at the Ourcq the last of July
and there we finished that task and
the next day we captured the positions
that kept us from Fismes.
'.'I think you would find that faith in
our omen in the hearts of every one
of the few men and officers left to
tejl the tale. You know that I am not
a believer in signs, usually, and in
cmens, but that one thing has done
more to convince me that we were led
by an unseen hand than any other
thing. The men don't talk about it
much, but when the rainbow appears
you can hear a murmur go down the
line. As we came over the last big
hill and started down into the Rhine
valley we saw the rainbow, and in
stantly you could hear the shout go
down the line:
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Herodotus relates three instances,
and imparts a measure of credence to
them, of where supernatural re-enforcement
appeared in behalf of the
Greeks. One of these was at Mara
thon, where the revived Theseus,
wielding a brazen club, led the van
guard of the Grecian forces against
the Persians. Again ho tells of two
white figures that blazed along the
Delphic plains when earthquake and
fire led the charge from Olympus. The
night before the great naval battle at
: Salamis, which was to end forever the ! ",' . " i'" I ,
I Persian dream of dominion over Hel-I1 .v'slt' 1,hnt out and honest old
las, so relates Herodotus, a great cloud f Pamsh cavalier, Bernal Dial, re ates
! studded with stars and vivid with ! "". "tory and Macauley, ever alert for
lance lights, settled slowly down upona s'K"of the Peatural, gives it to
the masts of the Greek ships. Cut of :' U .s,Mms ,tha' chaplain of Cor-
the cloud came a tremendous song of
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; triumph, high and clear and strong.
The Creeks, previously fearful of the
odds that thev must face on the mor- Pculu""' ",c ua' V 11
row, took heart and the victory thevuP' According to the tale St James,
won the next day is one of the undying gray charger sudden y dash-
feats of arms cd to the forefront of the battle when
Then there" are the Great White il,'e Cnstilian adventurers were being
Brethren of Macaulav's poem, "Jhc : f' ed b?ck- Before the miKhty blows
Battle of Lake Regillus," a poem!" the saint the Indians, so the story
founded on a legend that long existed I.?0' m a" st and the Span
among Roman fighting men. Theiar',KBmlnK th?'r ' courage, leaped.
White Brethren fought beside Aulus,ifol'w'ar'' nml won the dn'' , lt
the dictator, when the armies of the " of the more recent of these su
Thirtv Latin cities were sorelv Dress- pcrnntural phenomena of battle was
M were suieiv uibsk -
So runs the legend
nig the Romans.
as told in the poem
So spake he and was buckling
Tighter bluck Auster's band,
When he was aware of -a princely pair
That rode at Vis right' hand.
So like they were no mortal
Might one from other know;
White as snow their armor was,
Their steeds as white as snow.
Never on earthly anvil
Did such rare armor gleam
And never did such gallant steeds
Drink from an earthly stream.
The Romans, the legend says, trem
bled and grew pale at first, but tho
white horsemen reassured the legion
aries with the statement:
And for the right we come to fight
Before the ranks of Rome.
As the strange horsemen couched
their spears the foemen grew affright
ed and Aulus shouted:
,-iEome, to the charge!. .
The gods who live forever,
Are on our side today.
The Great White Brethren were de
clared to have been Castor and Pol
lux. twin sons of Jupiter and Leda,
whose names now are given to the two
brightest stars in the constellation
Gemini. In the verses is the prophocy
Back comes the. chief in triumph
Who in the hour of fight
Hath seen the Great White Brethren
In harness on his right.
Safe conies the ship to haven .
Through billows and through gales
If once Che Great White Brethren
Sit shining on trie sails.
EVen the most matter of fact his
tories record the. vision of the flam
ing cross that appeared before the hes
itant Constantine and his legions be
fore Constantine resolved to risk bat
tle for the domination of the Roman
world. Outnumbered greatly Con
stantine sat upon h;s horse, ponder
ing, when in the enstern sky there
pnnoarrd a great, finrv cross nnd in
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his ears was whispered the message
"Uy this sign conquer." Constantine,
reassured and confident, dared battle
and won. Moreover, he bee am e one of
the great figures of history, a man
whose power in time came to be felt
nearly throughout the known world of
his era.
St. J tunes and Cortez's Army.
It is strange that in the'plundering,
gold-crazed ranks of Cortex thero
fhu''! havo.nppeared what men of
' ""h 0 ' ' " .,
the conquest of Mexico, first told the
tale and that others of the Cortex ex-
! that rel'tei1 uv the Serbians after the
battle of Prilep. The story, too, has
official authority ,for it is told by
General Mishatch, commander of the
Serbs at the Prilep engagemeiltT 'Th'e'
Serbs Jiw.aited at afoot of a hill-bo-lov?"?he
'castle of Marko for an order
to charge. Their artillery waa'battor
ing away at the fortress.
"At the first cannon shots we no
ticed an, effervescence among our
troops and BoSn afterwards we heard
them sh6uting'"frantjcal!y and ; saw
them running like wolves straight to
ward the castle"' General . Mishi'tch
says. "The commanders irl yain urged
the men to stop. My blod frozen I
closed my eyes. Disastrous defeat;
My own degradation wns certain.
"In a little while our artillery ceased
firing. A few minutes later we saw
the Serbian colorsfloatihg on the don
jon of Murko s castle. The Turks
were fleeing in'great disorder.. , ...
"1 praised my heroes for their brave
conduct, but reproached them bitterly
for their disobedience. At my last ad
monishing words I heard from thou
sands of soldiers in majestic unison:.
" 'Kraljavitch Marko commanded us
all the time, calling to us" "Forward!"
Did you not see him on' his' famous
steed?'" i " -
This Kraljavith Marks, whom ; the
victorious soldiers asserted came . to
their aid, was a famous Serbian prince,
dead five centuries since.- The legend
was handed down from -generation to
generation that Marko iiad promised
to return and lead the Serbs once he
time was ripe for driving the Turks
from Serbia. Many Serbian officers
and men, nfter the battle of Prilep,
told of seeing the heroic figure of th
prince on a white charger, climbing
the hill at the van of the Serbian
tioops.
Ghostly Bowmen of Agincourt.
The story of the ghostly bowmen of .
Agincourt, "the Angels of Mons," who1
came to the 'aid, of the beleaguered j'
British rear guard, , is one of the most
! widely known legends 'of the recent
war. With it haft been told again nnd J
I again, when the'.veteraus of '14 and
i'15 gather, the story of "The "W-hitoj
Comrade of the. Yacrt" he who; so;
! wounded Frenchmen: aid, cume to;
soothe their pain and bind, lip thcii
i wounds, i The foundntion for the "An-
'gels of Mons" is now known a Brit-j
iish ficlionwriter started it in, a story,
in a UiiBtim newep9er and thejever- !
:ish Imagination of a war stricSen pco -i
'pie took.jt lip. But nevertheless thuorc
have .been soldiers or 'the "first huh-
dred thoasantK' who insisted that they1
isiiw the angel host sweep down upon,
the German hordes mid fling thvm !
reeling bavk. i . . 1
Strangelfsoiind these stories In the
iVf-ry material rulerof-science world to-'
.day. Yet, they prwve, as an Knglisb !
writer on the subject says, that "Man-'
kinrft.in the mn$s is not so old, even if;
; history is.'-' Of what good would be
4he-Vipp!ying 'pf the acid test of his-
'tcric criticism; to them? ; Is it not bet-1
ter n agree withRutckin:
; "Thcr is onfething In the near.
coming of .the shadow of death, some-!
ithing in Bthe devf.ted fulfillment of
mortal duty, that' rWcals the real God )
though darkly."
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iii..f-rlalli!e, a i-e tlon 8 of Tlnt'
.oulnt)i n'tt-!l will he marked with
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the street mif Iw naiod Victory
str$t In honor of Pu(,tlo county sol-i
dior. the trent Is one that motor
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Argument In Favor of Qiimllnu for
Hpoclal KliH'tioii U Kllml WltW
Hocrolary of Htato.
A clear-cut statement of the pur
poses of the proposed $5,000,000 re
construction bond Issue is mado by
Senator B. L. Eddy and the other
members of the committee, who sub
mitted an argument for publication
lu the voters' pamphlet In support of
the necessary constitutional amend
ment authorising the bond Issue. The
argument which bus been riled with
tho secretary of statq says:.
Senate joint resolution No. 2B pro
vides amending the constitution uf
the state so as to authorize tho Is
iunnco of bonds nor exceeding J6,
000,000, to be known as reconstruc
tion bonds of the s Into of Oregon.
The details as to the Issuance of
these bonds and the use of the
money thereby obtained aro embrac
ed in senate bill 200, which Is printed
olsewluire in this pamphlet, Sena
ate lolnt. .resolution NO; ,26 and, son
tit bill 2(tf .iro'theYefore companion
measures, and both should be .sup
ported by tho voters.
Conditions In the industrial world
may arise wltliln tho next year or
two causing many n.oii to bouuem-.
ployed. The natiiraj tendency of -meu
out of work is to listen to anarchis
tic agitators Und stale 'and munici
pal authorities unite In , urging that
it Is of- the greated: Importance to
make available a fund such as Is
now proposed, In cSo of need. The
Btate board of control ls'glvon the
discretion,' under sonate bill 286. to
issue the bonds when conditions shall
demand.
Bonds for Throe T'lrposcs
The Bonds are to bo applicable to
three different pMrosos, namely;
First,' a building Program v for Ihe
construction of various public build
ings, all of which aro now needed,. at
a total expenditure of not to oxcoed
$2,352,500; second, to land snltlo-
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mont 111 providing farm homes for
returning soldiers and others at an
expenditure, ot not to exceed $647,
600; and third, to land reclamation
ut an expenditure not exceeding J2.-
000.000, and lhia to be expended on
ly In case the government shall ap
proprlato a like sum for' reclama
tion of Oregon lands.
"Senate bill 2(!f, i tinted eloswhe'ro
In this paniphlut, lists the public
buildings which may bo constructed.
It Is woll kuowii that the present pen
itentiary Is wholly unfit, and la con
sidered a dlsKr.ice to the state . The
proposed reconstruction hospital at
Portland is Intundnd primarily for
operation under the Jurisdiction of
tho stale Indusirnl iccidout commis
sion and the. im-diecl school, ot tho
University of Oregon, and Its chief
sorvlr.o will bo In providing facilities
for phyr.lril reconstruction of men in
Jin cd in tho industries of the state,
and. In case of need, for disabled
soldiers. This Institution will do
a great work for the soldiers of In
dustry, similar to tbi't which the en
lightened governments of the world
are now dolnj; for their defenders In
war. Kvot-y one acquainted Willi
the state educational Institutions
knowB that they hnvo outgrown their
housing inclines and thero Is a cry
ing r.eed for supplying new buildings.
"A comprehensive plan ot laud set
tlement Is of tremendous Importance
to nil? cuinnionwo.uth In these days,
and such plnns aro being provided
throughout the wurll, primarily for
soldiers, but also for others. The
United States government will doubt
less cooperate with the stnte. Good
farm lands are everywhere rising in
prlqo. andthere aret many men who
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tually cost the auto anything, .be- '
cause theBe lauds are to be sold and'
not given away, and the money pro
vided for this purpose will become
a revolving fund, t- be used again
and again. As to the $2,000,001)
to be made available for reclamation
'.if lands, nono of this money Is to ha
used oxcopt to most a like expendi
ture by tho United States ot Amer
ica, aad the importance to the state
of Oregon ot having her arid and
other waste lands reclaimed and
turned Into productive homes Is too
obvious to need any argumont. This
money will also como back to the
state." .
LOS ANCIIil.KH CHILI) IlKY
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LOS ANGELES, March 28. School
children of Los Angeles purchnsed
817,000 Thrift Stamps, totalling
$204,450 maturity value, during
1918", according to a report just
nudo by Miss Grace M. Mogle, In
charge of War Savings work in. tho
Los Angeles city school district.
The report of the activities of the
students does ' not cover a period of
three months during which ' tli9
sclioots were closed ou account of the
epidemic ot Spanish Influensa, when
practically no sales cf stumps wai'o
made. Miss Mogle Bald however, that,
with the new year r.icwed Interest
was taken In the campaign.
From month to mutuh, t'.vi iopt.it
says, 140,278 students purchased
Btnmps; 45.21!) thrift cards were
completed nnd 30,904 students com
pleted cards.
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