THE MORNING OREG ONI AN, TUESDAY, - JULY It, 1916.
THIRD BATTALION IS
ON OUTPOST DUTY
Oregon Troops Find Much to
Learn in Entering Upon
Life of Soldiers.
HEALTH IS WELL GUARDED
Men Become Accustomed to Plain
Army Food Show Girls Visit
Proves Bracing Stimulant. '.
All Have Good Time.
SAJi YSIDRO. Cal., with the Third
Battalion. ' July' 5. (Special.) Every
member of the companies of the Third
Battalion was snot this morning. Lined
in single rank the men were plugged
one by one. It was a busy day for the
surgeons. Bight days ago the men re
ceived their vacinnations and the first
'"shot" of anti-typoid prophylactic. The
second administration was due yester
day, seven days after the first.
The vaccination for smallpox and
the first typhoid Injection was in the
left arm. As a result many of the men
have, nursed sore left "wings" for a
week and their troubles were Just
about over when the music had to be
faced again this morning. This time
the injection was in the right arm.
There is to be a third Injection. .
For the men who got the prophylactic
there Is little drilling today. Some are
on leave at San Diego and others feel
too miserable to care much what
they do.
However, when the soreness is gone
all hands will be Insured In the most
approved fashion against the two most
dangerous diseases likely to stalk
troops in territory such as this, typhoid
and smallpox.
Health Campaign Thorough.
As I have said before, a very
thorough campaign Is actively con
ducted against dirt and disease among
the Oregon troops. If the men got
nothing else out of this experience but
the everyday lessons of clanli-less in
camping and sensible care of them
selves, it would be worth the sacrifices
made.
So far as the Third Battalion is con
cerned, drastic steps also are being
taken to prevent diseases of a nature
which too often In the past have been
common Incidents of troop life away
from home. No doubt similar precau
tions also are taken in the other or
ganizations, so that everything possible
will be done to see that the men return
to Oregon in as fit and clean shape
physically as when they left.
"When we left Clackamas I receipted
for 135 men in first-class physical
- shape." is the way one captain an
nounced his plans to his non-commissioned
officers. "I'm responsible that
my men are returned in as good shape
as I got them."
Last night new blankets were issued.
Now each man has two regulation
Army blankets. Shoes are still short,
as are bayonets and other equipment.
The lack of shoes is the most vital.
Supply Department Unprepared.
Certainly the biggest examples of
unpreparedness have been shown in the
supply department. Those responsible
were not prepared to equip promptly
an army of 100.000 men. If 1,000,030
men were needed In a hurry, chaos
would have resulted so far as equip
ment, is concerned, and, as has already
been said, even reasonably passable
training . for them would require
months. That fact we are learning
here, in a remarkably Impressive way.
It is rumored about camp unoffi
cially that some time this week we
will join the regiment again. Presum
ably Colonel McLaughlin's entire com
mand will be united at some camp site
not far from here. Joining the larger
command and assuming our duties with
it will give new experiences. It will
also give the writer opportunity to
offer some description of what the
other companies are doing. Thus far
the Salem, Dallas, Woodburn and Cor
vallis organizations have been segre
gated and we have seen nothing of the
other two battalions of the regiment.
Show Girls Visit Camp.
At noon today a bracing stimulant
was given the entire camp. We were
Invaded by a batch of would-be re
cruits. But after looking us over and
sampling our grub, they lost their
patriotism and refused to sign up.
The visitors were a dozen maidens
from Fantages circuit. They came out
from San Diego to see the boys on the
border. Incldently they sang and then
just to cheer things up, they visited all
the squad tents briefly and administered
to the sick. Be it added that the offi
cers exercised their prerogatives and
saw to it that the enlisted men had
no monopoly.
to conduct a double barrier, one aimed
at our front-line trenches and the other
falling some distance behind. This lat
ter opened at the moment of our ad
vance and was, perhaps, as formidable
even as the machine gun and rifle
fire through which our men had to go.
"In this double barrier, which was the
enemy's favorite device, he used both
high explosives and shrapnel. " The
shrapnel was of larger caliber than
usual and gave a black smoke on ex
plosion. The detonation was" much
sharper, than the older type, and. pre
sumably, its velocity and penetration
power were also great.
Machine Giai Mark New Era.
"As for machine guns, one Is tempted
to wonder whether the era is not com
ing In warfare In which the rifle will
become subordinate and the line of evo
lution will be like the naval contest
between projectiles and armament, a
constant struggle to produce on the one
side a more impregnable machine and
on the other bigger and bigger guns
to destroy it.
"In places the enemy made most cun
ning machine gun shelters. Out c half
a dozen machine guns hlddc-'on the
face of the slope, if two or -.re a sur
vived bombardment, any i-.ifantry at
tack across the open ground In front is
hopeless, at least In daylight. The pro
portion of our losses due to rifle fire
will be found very small. The great
est factor has been machine guns and,
next to that, heavy artillery. Jt was the
massing of artillery and hidden ma
chine guns which prevented us from
making more progress."
Former Moose Are Selected In Knr
Jersey . Ohio Illinois New
York and California,
NEW. YORK, July 10. The roster of
the campaign committee of the Repub
lican National Committee was an'
nounced today. It is composed of the
Republican executive committee and
six Progressives. The members of the
campaign committee are:
J hn T. Adams, Iowa, Republican:
Everett Colby, New Jersey Progres
sive: William Crocker, California, Re
publican; F. W. Estabrook, New Hamp
shire, Republican; James R. Garfield.
Ohio, Progressive; James E. Hemen-
way, Indiana, Republican; A. T. Hert,
Kentucky, Republican; R. B. Howell,
Nebraska, Republican; Harold L. Ickes,
Illinois, Progressive; Alvah H. Martin,
Virginia, Republican; Herbert Parsons,
New York, Republican; George W. Per
kins. New York, Progressive: S. A.
Perkins. Washington, Republican: Ches
ter H. Rowell. California, -Progressive;
Oscar o. Strauss, New York, Progres
sive; Charles B. Warren, Michigan,
Republican, and Ralph E. Williams,
Oregon, Republican.
FRENCH GET VITAL HILL
(Continued From First Pae.)
In France, sends the following review
of' the week's battle on the Somme
TroU: .
"At some points on the northern front,
where the enemy had massed an
enormous weight of guns, he was able
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MAESH'FIELD, Or.. July 10. (Spe
cial.) Florence Dye, 22 years old, was
run down and killed last evening by
n auto one mile outside of Myrtle
Point. Chris Moller, the driver, wae
not held, as the officers are convinced
that it was an accident. They say he
was new at handling a car. The woman
crossed the .road to escape the car and
even stood at one side, but the machine
swerved. -
The injured woman was brought to
town In a machine, but lived only a few
minutes.
WILSON IN SPEECH
DEFENDS HIS PARTY
President Says Democrats as
Organization Are Not Un
friendly to Business.
ALL ARE INTERESTED ALIKE
Scow town Dispute in Court.
C. B. Canuto, "Mayor of Scowtown,"
and Louts Level, whose houseboat the
former is seeking to oust from its
moorings at the foot of Wood street.
well be given a chance to present their
rival claims before the Circuit Court
as the result of an order signed by
Juda-o McGinn yesterday. Petition for
the order was filed by Deputy District
Attorney Ryan. In the meantime the
two men will be restrained from at
tempting any proceedings in the Dis
trict Court.
Peace Also 'Urged In Address to
Salesmanship Congress at Detroit.
Rear-Platform Talk Brings
Out Crowd in Toledo.
DETROIT, July 10. President W1I
son urged peace reached by mutual un
derstanding rather than force and de
fended the Democratic party as a friend
of business in speeches today to en
thusiastic Michigan audiences. De
troit streets were lined with thousands
of persons, who shouted greetings and
waved American flags at him wherever
he appeared, the hall in which he spoke
to the World's Salesmanship Congress
was . Jammed, an audience of several
thousand persons greeted him at the
Ford motor plant and tonight in Toledo
another throng listened to his brief
rear-platform address.
"Peace." was the shouted response
of the salesmanship audience when
the President asked them what they
desired when the present world strug
gles are at an end. He added that
"permanent peace" was his desire.
. President Defend. Democrats.
At a non-partlson luncheon in the
Detroit Athletic Club the President
sprang to the - defense of the Demo
crats. A prominent Republican had
told . him during the day that he had
been deriving pleasure from association
with Democrats and the executive re
cited the incident and declared that he
long had enjoyed the friendship and
companionship , of Republicans, be
cause, being a teacher, he "would like
to teach them something."
"We have been trying, ome of us
for a good many years, to teach In
politics as elsewhere this lesson that
we are all in the same boat," he said.
"We have common interests and it is
our business to understand and serve
those common interests. The great
difficulty that has confronted us.
gentlemen, has often been that we
have deliberately looked at these com
mon Interests from self-chosen angles.
which made them look as if some of
us were separated from others and as
if some of us wanted to depress busi
ness, for example, and others of us
wanted to exalt business.
All Interested In Good Times.
"I dare say that you have noticed
that the same necessity to make a
living is imposed upon Democrats as
Republicans, and I dare say you are
ready to believe that Democrats are
just as willing to make a good living
as Republicans. Therefore, it seems
to me logically to follow, though I have
been quoted as having no regard for
logic, that Democrats are naturally
as much Interested in the business
prosperity of the United States as any
body else. So that If you believe they
are not as fitted to guide it as other
persons, you cannot be doubting their
Interest: you are only Impugning their
intelligence."
"The suspicion is beginning - to
dawn," he added, "that the busines
man understands the business of the
country as well as the extraordinary
man. So I offer the thought." he
added, "in what I believe to be an en
tirely new non-partisan spirit to the
democracy of business. An act recently
passed in Congress that some of the
most intelligent business men of this
country opposed men whom I knew.
men whose character I trusted, men
whose Judgment I believed In. I re
fer to the Federal act in which we
intended and succeeded in taking credit
out of control of combines and place
it In the hands of the real commer
cial men, and those who opposed It now
admit that it saved the country from
a ruinous panic when , the war came,
and It is the salvation of every aver
age business man who is In the midst
of the tides that I have been trying
to describe.
Exceptional Vision Keeded.
"What does that mean, gentlemen?
It means that you can get a settled
point of view and can conscientiously
oppose progress if you do not -need
progress yourself. That is what it
means. I am not impugning the in
telligence 'even of the men who op
posed these things, because the same
thing happens to every man if he is
not of extraordinary makeup, that he
cannot see the necessity for a thing
that he does not himself need.
"When you have abundant credit and
control of credit, you, of course, do not
need that area of credit to be broad
ened." Addressing the salesmen. President
Wilson declared In part:
We desire permanent peace; per
manent peace can grow only In one
soil. That is the soil or actual gooa
will, and good will cannot come without
mutual comprehension.
Mexico Not to Be Overwhelmed.
I hear some gentlemen say that they
want to help Mexico and the way they
propose to help her is to -overwhelm
her with force.
That Is the long way, as well as
the . wrong way. Because, after the
fighting, you have a nation full of
Justified suspicion and animated by
well-founded hostility and hatred, and
then will you help them? Then will
you establish cordial business rela
tionship with them? Then will you
go in as neighbors and enjoy their
confidence? On the contrary, you will
have shut every door as if It were
of steel.
"What makes Mexico suspicious or
us. is that she does not believe as yet
that we want to possess her. She be
lieves we want to possess her. And
she has Justification for the belief in
the wav In which some or our lellow
citizens have tried to exploit ner privi
leges and possessions.
"For my part, I will not serve the
ambitions of those gentlemen, but I
will try to serve all America so far as
intercourse with Mexico is concerned.
by trying to serve Mexico herself."
Virginia BUI of Right. Indorsed.
The President Insisted on the right
of the United States to defend her bor
der, but as to going further, stated
his position by a reference to the Vlr
glnia bill of rights. -
'The bill says that a people nave a
right to do anything they please with
their own country and their own gov
ernment," he said. "I am going to
stand by that belief. That Is for the
benefit of those gentlemen who want
to butt in."
The President then spoke on the
value of mutual understanding and
added: "You cannot hate a man you
know. I- know some rascals that I
have tried to hate. I have tried to head
them off as rascjfcls, but I have been
unable to hate them. In the relation
ship of nations with each other, many
of our antagonisms are based upon mis
understandings, and as long as you do
not understand a country you cannot
trade with it. As long as you cannot
take Its point of view, you cannot
commend your good so Its purchaser."
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British.
LONDON, July 10. The British War
Office today Issued the following
statement:
"In the last 48 hours particularly se
vere fighting has centered, around
Trones wood, which is triangular in
shape and measures eome 1400 yards
from north to south, with a southern
base of 400 yards, and has been strong
ly defended by the Germans with
trenches and wire entanglements.
"On the morning of July 8. after a
heavy bombardment, we captured, the
southern end of the wood. Subsequent
ly we extended our position toward the
north and drove back a determined
counter attack, with heavy loss to the
enemy.
"Yesterday afternoon, as already re
ported, two more German counter at
tacks In mass against our positions In
Lhe wood were crushed by our artil
lery. Again last evening the enemy
bombarded the wood, and launched two
strong attacks against it from the east
and southeast. The first of these was
completely repulsed. The second pene
trated the southern, end of the wood,
but the Germans were immediately
ejected with -heavy losses. Later in
the night a desperate attempt was
made to drive us from our positions,
but this also was completely . crushed
by our fire.
"The enemy's - casualties In these
three fruitless attacks have been se
vere. - "At other places on the battlefront
progress has been made. Northwest of
Contalmaison we captured a small
copse and three more guns and this
morning we have taken several hun
dred more, prisoners.
"On the Flanders front the enemy's
artillery -was active and heavily bom
barded . our trenches near Hooge for
three hours. In this neighborhood we
made three successful raids into the
German front line."
Germans on Eastern Front,
BERLIN, July 10. Today's, official
announcement concerning the nghtlng
on the eastern front says:
"On the northern section of the front,
apart from fruitless Russian attacks
in the region of Skobowa, nothing of
importance has occurred.
"Army group of General von Lin
singen The enemy advancing toward
the btokhoa line was repulsed every
where. His attacks west and south of
Lutsk were unsuccessful.
"Army group of General von Both
mer There was activity on the part-of
our patrois, wnich engaged In success
ful encounters in advanced positions.'
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Germans on Western Front.
BERLIN. July 10. The text of to
day's official statement regarding the
lighting on the western front:
"On both sides of the Somme fighting
continues. uur troops repeatedly re
pulsed the entmy to his storming posi
tions. and wherever, as the result of
his closely following waves of attack
they temporarily were forced to yield
ground, we quickly , ejected him . by
counter attacKS.
"In the- wood of Trones, for Instance,
which had been penetrated by the Eng
lish, and the farm La Maisonette and
the village of Barleux, which had been
stormed by the French, we reconquered
and consolidated against the enemy.
"Between Barleux and Belloy oft-re
peated attacks continually broke down
with the greatest losses. Between the
sea and the Ancre. and also on the line
""f the Champagne and east of the
Meuse, artillery battles were revived
from time to time. Infantry encoun
ters took place west of Warneton, east
of Armentierres, In the region of "Ta
hure (Champagne), and on the west
edge of the Argonne, where French
detachments were repulsed. Near Hul
luch, Givenchy and Vauquoixe we
caused several mine explosions.
French.
PARIS. July 10. The text of today's
official statement is:
"North of the River Somme the night
passed quietly. South of this river our
troops, continuing their progress dur
ing the night in the region of Bar
leux, captured a line of German
trenches situated between the village
of Barleux and La Moisonette. We
took a total of 950 able-bodied prison
ers in this sector yesterday and last
night
"In the Champagne district two sur
prise attacks by French troops resulted
successfully. One was southeast and
the other west of Tahure. West of
Butte de Mesnil we delivered two at
tacks on a German trench we occupied,
and organized a long front of about
500 meters.. . Ilsre we took 10 prisoners
"In the Argonne a French reconnoit-
ering party penetrated a German trench
near Four de' Paris, which it cleaned
up with hand grenades.
"North of Verdun the bombardment
has continued in . the region tot Chat-
tancourt, Fleury and La Laufee. A
strong patrol of the enemy has been
dispersed with hand grenades north
west of Fleury.
"In the Vosges detachments attacked
our positions in the region of Chape-
lotte at three points simultaneously.
They were checked, however, by the
nre of our machine guns: found It lm
possible to secure a footing and were
completely repulsed."
Tonight's supplementary- official
statment says:
"North of the Somme the day passed
quietly. South of the river we made
some progress in the region between
Blaches and Barleux. In the neighbor
hood of Blaches we captured a field
fort, where a detachment of the enemy
still maintained themselves. We took
113 prisoners, of whom 10 were offi
cers.
"Southeast of Biaches a brilliant at
tack enabled us to capture Hill 97. a
height which dominates a river, and
had been strongly held by the enemy.
"We also took La Maisoinette fort
and a little wood to the north of La
Maisoinette. Some aof the enemy still
hold a redoubt at the extremity of this
wood.
"North of Verdun the enemy artillery
violently bombarded our positions In
the region of Froide Terre, Fleury and
the Fumin wood. Our butteries re
plied energetically. There was no event
of importance on the rest of the front."
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AVAR IS ONLY LAST RESORT
President Says Ife Will Respect Sov
ereignty of Mexico.
TOLEDO. O.. July 10 "The United
States will go to war only in case of
unmistakable necessity," said Presi
dent Wilson in a five-minute talk at
the Union Station here today on his
way back to Washington from Detroit.
The President was met and welcomed
by Representative Sherwood, who
lauded the Executive in a short talk.
declaring the President stands only for
peace, progress and prosperity.
Continuing. Mr. Wilson said:
"Our rights, our border citizens and
our sovereignty must be respected. We
will respect Mexico's sovereignty in re
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