TTTE 3IORXIXG ORECOXIAX, FRIDAY, FEDRUATIT 7, 1919.
BIG NAVAL GUNS AID
Batteries Fire Shots From
Railroad Mounts.
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COMMUNICATION IS BROKEN
DeTbert Stanard, Portland Student,
Relates How Yankee Sailors
. Opened Way for Attack.
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How the United States Navy fur
nished some of the largest caliber guns
employed during the world war and
helped smash communication between
the northern and southern German
armies between Sedan and Metz Is told
by Delbert C Stanard. who has just
returned to Portland, having been
placed on an inactive status In the
United States Naval Reserves. Mr.
Stanard is a graduate of Washington
High School and the University of
Oregon, and resides at 361 Benton
street.
Mr. Stanard, attached to the Medi
cal Corps of the Navy, accompanied
five United States naval railway bat
teries to France, leaving New York
' early In May, 1918. All five of these
batteries, working with the American
expeditionary forces, helped pound the
Eoche into submission, staging a rev
elation in ordnance, each one of them
firing an average of more than 150
rounds. Three additional batteries were
sent across later and were turned over
to the Army, but did not arrive at
their base until November 12, the day
after the armistice was signed. In
all 782 rounds were fired by the five
weapons.
Way Opened for Attack.
The batteries operated 14-inch, 50
caliber guns on railroad mounts. They
paved the way for the French and
American armies on their attack on
Laon, firing 199 rounds from Soissons.
Most of this work was done by Bat
tery No. 1. Battery No. 2 tore up cross
roads, railroads and everything ahead
while firing from the Compiegne For
est, Fontenoy-Amleny and Charny on
Montmedy. Battery No. 3 played havoc
with things in general while the French
and Americans were advancing from
Thierville and Charny onto Longuyon,
Mengiennes, Louppy, Remolville and
Montmedy. Lieutenant J. R. Hayden,
U. S. R. N. F., directed the firing of
122 rounds from Thierville and Charny
on Mengiennes, Montmedy and Louppy.
All lines of communication and the
Hun hordes were ripped up by Battery
No. 6 while the allied forces were
tearing from Thierville to Mengiennes
and Longuyon.
Five Batteries See Active Service.
"The Navy's first fleet of land ships
got splendid results," said Mr. Stanard
yesterday. "It is the general belief
that Secretary Daniels will continue
the Navy's work along this line. All
guns of the United States Naval Bat
teries are United States Navy Mark 4,
Model 1, 14-inch, 50-caliber, B. L. R.'s
of 2800 feet per second initial velocity.
The cars were especially designed for
us and built in America, shipped across
'knocked down.' We placed them on the
cars ourselves at St. Nazaire., Our five
batteries were the only American rail
road artillery which saw active service.
The first gun was fired in the Laon
drive, making the way clear for the
Frenchmen In August."
It took the battery Mr. Stanard was
with a week to move from St. Nazaire
to Soissons, from the place the Ameri
can gobs fired on Laon, at a range of
'27 miles. "The French are real sol
diers," declared Mr. Stanard. "They
would not allow us to shell towns,
which would, of course, have been fool
ish, but nevertheless you didn't see the
baby killers missing any chance 'to
shell large and small burgs when they
were on the offensive.
Our mission was to break up all of
Ludendorf f's army railroads and make
the country over which his men
marched impassable. We did It to a
queen's taste."
When America declared war the
Navy had eight 14-lnch. 50-caliber
guns lying Idle. It was the intention
to place them on new battle cruisers
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being erected, such, as the United
States ship California, which was un-1
der construction at the Mare Island
(Cal.) Navy-yard. Finally it was de
cided to place 16-inch pieces on this
type of battle wagon, and as a result
five batteries were manned by 600
scrapping sailors and shipped to the
war zone. The other three arrived too
late to see action.
Every engineer, fireman, conductor.
electrician, radio operator, railroad
worker and every other man working
under Rear-Admiral Charles P. Plun
kett. United States Navy, commanding
officer, was a member of the Navy.
Most of the bluejackets who saw
actual combat with the big tjabies
have returned to this country, com
ing back with the Atlantic fleet, with
which Mr. Stanard returned. The guns
remain in France, having been turned
over to the Army. One officer and JO
men are keeping them in fine fettle.
Havoc by "Big Bertha" Small.
These guns, weighing approximately
98 tons, fired projectiles weighing 1470
pounds Into territory then held by Kai
ser Wilhelm. With a 1070-pound pro
jectile, they are capable of shooting
over 35 miles. This range is practically
twice as great as that of any other gun
used on the western front, with the
exception of the German "Big Bertha,"
which was nothing but a freak used
for its moral effect and not for the
material damage done. Officers who
have seen results by the "Big Bertha'
say that it did nO more wrecking than
an ordinary five-inch gun.
"An examination of the various tar
gets fired upon by these 14-inch guns,
after the Germans evacuated, has dis
closed that the damage wrought was
terrible and their accuracy marvelous,1
declared Mr. Stanard. v
Mr. Stanard belonged to a company
of National Naval Volunteers for about
one year prior to the United States'
declaration of war. He went to Brem
erton on April 8, 1917, boarding the
United States battleship South Dakota.
After a cruise In South American
waters- his ship shoved off for New
Tork. where he joined the United
States Naval Batteries in May, 1918
Mr. Stanard will continue his studies
In the University of Oregon medical
department, in which he was a student
prior to answering his countrjrs call.
TROOPS TO BE GREETED
Hood River May Give Returning
Men Fruit as They Pass Through.
HOOD R1VJJR, Or., Feb. 6. (Special.)
That the 65th Coast Artillery will re
ceive a welcome should they pass
through Hood River on their way to
Camp Lewis Is evidenced by the In
quiries regarding their arrival. Mem
bers of the canteen committee of the
Red Cross will distribute fruit to all of
the men.
Provided the men are not mustered
out all at once a celebration will be
held later for all of the incoming local
boys in the service. It Is planned to
hold the greatest Fourth of July cele
bration that the Hood River Valley has
ever known.
Kelso Girl Ordered to New York.
KELSO, Wash.. Feb. 8. (Special.)
Orders to report to Y. M. C. A. bead
quarters In New Tork by February 12
were received yesterday by Miss Mar
garet Hull, a popular Kelso girl, who
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Like the wonderful-tasting pancakes for which south
ern cooks became famous are the pancakes you can
make with Aunt Jemima Pancake Flour.
And to make them you need only beat up the flour with
water. All the rich ingredients needed to make per
fect pancakes are already in the flour even the milk.
Nothing could be easier and as you lift the hot, golden
cakes from the griddle, as you cut into their tender
deliciousncss you will say that nothing could possibly
taste better!
In Aunt Jemima Pancakes you get the subtle flavorj
is principal of the Wallace school. Miss
Hull Is a talented entertainer, singer
and dramatic reader and was In the T.
M. C. A. entertainment service last
Summer. At that time she made appli
cation for overseas service, but she was
younger than the minimum age at
which overseas workers were being
taken. Her unexpected summons at
this time indicates that she has been
given an overseas assignment. She
has been granted a leave of absence
by the school board and will leave at
once for New York. Miss Hull Is a
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daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Hull,
of this city and is a former University
of Washington student.
MEMORIAL IS PROPOSED
Hood River May Erect Monument
to Veterans of War.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 6. (Spe
cial.) Upon the solicitation of W. R.
Winann. of Winans City, in the upper
can - Never ia bulk
that only milk can give and so rich, so fine-flavored.;
is the flour that it needs no eggs.
With milk and eggs at their present high prices, Aunt
Jemima is more than ever the breakfast for you!
Order a package of Aunt Jemima today from your
grocer. See what wonderful waffles, muffins and
breadsticks it makes, too. And for variety get a pack
age of Aunt Jemima Buckwheat it's in the yellow
package.
Aunt Jemima Mills Company, St, Joseph, Missouri
valley, a petition started hero in the
ity yesterday within a few hours con-
ained the names of a big majority of
he business men and a number of
farmers. The petition suggests that a
memorial monument to the fallen
eroes of the valley, as well as to the
returned soldiers and sailors, be lo-
ated in the city of Hood River, prefer-
My near the Junction of th Columbia
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River Highway and State street, near
the concrete bridce across Hood River,
or on the Courthouse grounds.
Xote of Progress Sounded.
VLADIVOSTOK. Amid the revolu
tion In Siberia is sounded a note of
progress. The government -telegraph
ae.nry at Omsk reports: "Organization
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Luncheon Suggestions
Serve Snow Flakes the dainty
salted cracker with bouillon
sardines, creamed fish, salads,
Welsh rarebit, etc.
Don't ask for Crackers, say Snow
Flakes.
Your grocer can supply you.
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Tim ft row,
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of some sort of agency for exploring
Siberia has been found by the cabinet
of ministers to be necessary and has
called a conference in Tomsk on Janu
ary 15 to consider it. Forty thousand
rubles have been assigned for the con
ference." Rad The Orec-onTan clarified al5.
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