22 TTTE SUNDAY OREGONIAtf, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 4, 1921 ' p QiizeiiVeterarL BY IIARRT B. CRITCHLOW. THERE was a tradition of the old army which held It was much easier to replace a man than a mule. A well-trained man could be re placed with another equally as effi cient, but a mule never. No self-respecting man would enter a recruiting depot and admit the fact that he had a knowledge of "mule skinning," If he knew what was In store for him. Such an admission would. 10 chances to one. land him In the stables as the guardian of a couple of teams of wicked mules who had lit tle respect for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Modern warfare and Its Inventions kave In a measure cut down the num Hir of uses the mule skinner and his mules are put to. Chauffeurs and automobiles have taken their places to some extent, but as the Infantry always will be the strong right arm of the service, so tho mule will be an absolute necessity. There was little rest for the "mule skinner" during the late argument. Once he was assigned to a supply com pany and became custodian of the mules his troubles started. After "chow" In the morning he trotted off to the stables and thore assumed his duties. It Is Impossible to make a mule a thing of beauty, for he was not built that way: but the army decided that the mule should possess a shiny coat at all times. It was the "skin ner's" task to see to this and amid much profanity, often encouraged by contact with the hoofs of his charges, he performed his duty. At the front, when there were mu nitions to be carried forward, the mules came Into their own. They went forward into the rain of shell, mute and willing, and their casualties were' many. When tractors broke down and refused to haul their artillery it was the "mule skinner" who, with his charges, solved the problem. When they Invented masks as a pro tection for men they also Invented similar protections for mules and horses. When a gas alarm sounded the first duty of a "skinner" was to see that ho placed his mask over his face as quickly as possible. His next duty was with his mules, or horses, and he quickly saw to It that his team was protected against the fumes of poison. Headstones do not mark the resting places of mules who fell from shell and gas and little has been said in honor of the "mule skinners" who fell or those who survived, but both con tributed In no small measure to the winning of the war. "The Mule Skinners," a poem, was written by William Bradford, when In the A. E. F. It was first published In the "Stars and Stripes." later found a place In "Yanks," and Is as follows: A wet and ;i-tv road. And 'iuaky flgmes passing la the night, 1 he smell of steaming hide- and soaking leather, The muttered oath. The shnrp command as troops give way to rlrht Then clatter on tkrough mud and stream ing weather. The cretk and groan of wheels, And batteries that rumble down the road With pornrt and splash of hoof and chains a-ratle, Vl;e driver's spurr.ng chirp, The tugging as the mules take up the load. And 'bove It all the roar of distant battle. All night we do our Job, Haull-i.T the supplies up from the rear. 5Jast streams of tr-opa and shell-shot habi tation, Ihrough rut-worn road. By blackened walla without a light to chee, On through the n.ght and storm and dea- olaMin. Ihls Is the life we know. This seeming endless driving and the tram, The ewr pushing toll, without cessation, ?ieoeaslv to do, Through biting wind and cold and chll' lng rain, And sleepless nigaiE and lack of rest, pri vation. This is the life we lead. Reckless of screaming ahell and trusting chance, A soldier's humb.e task, a soldier's ration. Fut who of us would trade His soldier's let nor want to be In France ? Who would not ilve his life in soldier fasnlo'n? To relate the story that Is to fol low will Involve the name of one of the bravest men who ever commanded a "regiment of doughboys, and who today lies burled in Flanders, where he died gallantly leading his troops against the enemy. But he was human and were he alive and able to gaze upon these lines he would not disapprove. When the 361st Infantry was or ganised at Camp Lewis, Colonel Davis was placed In command. To him fell the task of whipping into shape not I only 3600 raw recruits from civilian life, but 100 officers! fresh and green from the first training camp. The commander Intended to make real officers of such men as Jacob Kanzler, Fred Brace. Douglas McKay, E. A. Valentine and others Who today reside in Portland, and he succeeded even though it re quired "hard-boiled efforts." One of the first orders issued was that "all officers will wear their high white collars from retreat until reveille." This order was enforced, much to the discomfort of those who had little use for white collars. After an officer had dismissed his company at retreat he hurried Back to quar ters and' there donnea a "choker," or he laid himself liable to confine ment to quarters. Fire call sounded at 2 o'clock one morning. Officers Jumped from their bunks and started to dress, when some wag recalled the high white collar order. "We've got to wear them from re treat to reveille," he declared. All officers grabbed the collars and strung the.m about their necks. Then, In only, their pajamas, shoes, cam paign hjats and "high white collars." they flocked out to the parade ground before their companies. No disci plinary action was taken, for they had only compiled with orders. Then came the song which was stmg to the tune of "Old John Brown Had a Little Indian" 1 paaBHIl Jiunrn W. Morris, one of mot iirtlve mrmlifrH of Portland post of A merle-no Legion. When th night to day Is turning As the whole damn place la burning. Just to show that we are learning, We atop to put our collars on. Chorus. nigh. hlgn. hlg white collars. Pish, hi-rh, high white collars Karly In the morning. Time multiplied the verses of this song. It was sung often in France before Colonel Davis and he enjoyed it. for by that time his methods had made real soldiers of his officers. Doughboys will you ever forget: The camp at St. Algnan, often ap propriately called St. Agony? How the "cootie mill" melted all the rubber buttons of your best and only blouse and left you at the mercy of the cold winds of France? How you used to purchase your eteak in the butcher shop, walk through the streets with It In your hands to the old French madame who was handy with tho frying pan? How you despised the overseas cap when first you had to wear It, and how finally you hated to part with It? How you were told and actually believed that you would be perma nently marooned In France if your comb was dirty, and was found so by the S O. 8. inspectors? How the French laughed when they found that the (tuff they washed their clothes In and gave to the cows was our national drink? How champagne was 6 francs a quart when you first arrived In France and had gone up to 20 when you departed? The largest crowd ever in attend unce at a meeting of Portland Post of the American Legion Is expected to morrow night, and for purposes of accommodation the Multnomah Coun ty Armory drill hall has been ob tained for the meeting. The annual election of officers Is to be held and the air around post headquarters Is seething with politics. Today the membership of the post is divided Into factions. Th-ese fac tions will go to the electiontomorrow night and there fight it out at the polls for leadership. If politics are played prior to an election, they should be played thereafter, to the extent that the first law of the poli tician, to learn to take defeat in a sportsmanlike manner, be observed After the officers 'have been chosen for the year a united post should get solidly behind them and make the activities of the organization felt In the community. The man who Is worth while, In any body, Is the man who can go down in defeat and come up smiling. "Colonel" E. N. Weinbaum of the Portland Chamber of Commerce has decided that the life of a single man. while having Its advantages, does not suffice. Miss Minna E. Barrow of Los Angeles has agreed with him in this matter, and they will be married some time early next spring. Tjol onel" was at Camp Lewis in the 166th Depot Brigade for two months during the war. The authorities at Wash ington soon learned that he was not of sufficient stature to become a first-class doughboy, so, much to his chagrin, he was discharged. Miss Barrow enlisted as a nurse from the state of Montana and went overseas with one of the base hospital units. The hospital In which she served was one of those bombed by the Ger mans and during this experience her work was trying. Both the "Colonel" and Miss Barrow are members of Portland Post of the American Legion. In an effort to place ex-service men of Oregon on farm lands under the provisions of the loan feature of the bonus act the state chamber of commerce and a committee from the American Legion have announced a plan and are now investigating avail able acreage. Edward J. Elvers, state adjutant of the legion, is one of the prime movers in the scheme and is now engaged in working out details. It is hoped to be able to have land owners accept a goodly portion of their payment under long deferred installments so that men who have no available cash can go on the farms, have a place to live, enough food to tide them, over and take full advan tage of the $:000 loan. Most of the land offered is in central Oregon in newly formed irri gation districts, and the appraisers and bonus attorneys In the respec tive localities are expected to report on its productiveness. It Is no place for men who do not expect to work, but the men behind the plan, state that it offers independence and a' good living for those men who can make good. The likelihood Is that only selected men will be sent out. and that state agents and experts will aid the men in getting settled. The first offers to co-operate in the scheme have come from the Ochoco irrigation district at Prine ville, where Fred Hoelscher. presi dent of Prinevllle post of the legion. Is also president of the irrigation district. Here they have 22.000 acres, some of which will be offered for settlement, all within ten miles of Prinevllle and all under water and proved in production. As soon as railway travel is resumed W. B. Tucker of the Prinevllle chamber of commerce wlM be In Portland to arrange details. Some 1200 acres In the Squaw Creek irrigation district, also in central Oregon, has also been offered. Portland post of the American Le gion has gone over the top in Its drive for notes to wipe out the debts of the organization, according" to an announcement made yesterday by E. C Mears. chairman of the drive. The debts are being paid off and for the first time in more than two years the post Is on a firm financial basis. A speakers' bureau to spread in formation regarding the veterans' bureau of the United States through out Oregon, Washington and Idaho has been organized. There are 46 speakers all told and those chosen from Portland are: Edward J. Elvers, Cassius R. Peck, Walter B. Gleason, James It. Bain, Arthur M. Geary and John A. Eckwald. These men will work through the American Legion and other organizations and urge the public to assist "cean-up" squads now In the field aiding disabled men in taking advantage of compensation and vocational training offered by the government. Colonel Charles Whittlesey, leader of the "Lost Battalion" and regarded as one of the greatest heroes of the world war. Is dead. No reason is given for his disappearance from the ship bound for Cuba other than the scenes of those bitter days In France coming back to memory made life unbearable. Whittlesey was undoubtedly a hero. When offered the opportunity to sur render and thereby save himself and his men, he cried to the German mes senger: "Go to hell." But hero as he was. that little band of 700 men whom he had led to Isolation from the American lines, and five days of starvation and death, were equally as great, as heroes go. These men several months previ ous had been recruited from the Jew ish quarters, the Bowery and from all other parts of the city of New York. They were American soldiers In American uniforms, fighting an American fight. A withering fire of machine-gun bullets swept them down, thirst caused them to drink the filthy waters of a swamp and hunger weakened their bodies to almost the point of death, but they stood stead fast and despite the cost in lives, held out until their comrades from the rear made their rescue. Medals do not make heroes. Paper heroes are made by an indulgent pub lic. Real heroes make themselves when duty demands and they do not falter. . K Marshal FoCh is going to have a difficult time finding storage room for the pets and presents he has gath ered in making his American tour, when he goes aboard the liner Paris on December 14. The problem of ftorlng his Montana bobcat and keep ing it from eating the game cock, pre sented by citizens of Sedalla, Mo., per haps will be a puzzle. An incomplete inventory of the marshal's presents, made before he started for the west, Includes Theo dora, the wild bobcat; a scorpion, em bedded in glass; gold flower bowl, from the Iron and Steel Institute; Wh'ite river pearl scarfpln. from Ar kansas; game rooster, from Sedalla, Mo., as all emblem of France; medals by the score, received from practi cally every city he has visited; Ogal lala Indian pipe; miniature boy scout statue; pot of beauty cream, from De troit; three gold swords, Indian war club, from boy scouts: gold distin guished service medal, presented by the legion; box of corncob pipes, from Missouri; scares of books of every description and numerous gifts of flowers which he has turned over to 1 ospltals along his route. Dean Coovert. who was a lieuten ant in the 364th infantry during the war. and now resides in Bend, was in Portland Friday and met old com rades at the luncheon table of the Hist division in the Hazelwood. Ben Dorris of Eugene took the place of Admiral Mayo at the banquet for Marshal Foch. The admiral could not be present at the meeting, so Ben took his chair. . Dr. Archie Van Cleve put himself on record as a speed artist on mak ing quick changes, Thursday night, before the Marshal Foch banquet in the Multnomah. A few minutes be fore the banquet he appeared In the lobby In civilian garb. His attention was called to the fact that he should wear his uniform. He entered his automobile, drove home and in a few minutes was back looking much the same as he did in 1917-18. A young French soldier dressed In the horizon blue uniform of his coun try, a member of the Marshal Foch rarty, stepped up to the clerk on duty in the Multnomah hotel Thursday evening. He talked in mumbling tones of broken English. "No drink." he said. "Portland par bon. All day I have had only two little drinks." "You're just two ahead of me." re plied the clerk. "You are to be con gratulated." More than 3000 service men of Chi cago will eat Christmas dinner as the guests of Fred Stone and Frank Bacon, the famous actors. They will aid in the staging of a benefit for the men. An effort is .being made by na tional headquarters of the American 1 ao-fnn t r, ...-. m h n wn& the last soldier killed before the signing of the armisf.ee. l ne r rencn govern ment has offered to erect a monu ment to the "last to fall." For the purpose of raising money for sick, needy and disabled veterans the women's auxiliary of Portland post of the American Legion will 1-old a bazaar in the clubrooms. at Sixth and Pine streets, next Friday and Saturday. The affair will close Saturday evening with a grand ball. All organizations of the city are be ing asked to assist in the affair. Home cooked lunches will be served from 10 A. M. to 2 P. M. each day. Jancy work, aprons, dolls and other articles will be sold. There also will be a "country store," where articles will be sold. TVio lmArlcan T.eir'nn nnd the Cltv will have loint control of the new community building which is to be erected in Brownsville soon. ine Kmnasium and clubrooms will be un iFtha rtnlrnl nf the lecrion and the city will have charge of the audi torium and entire second lloor. mm c npnrirA nnd John Dillard. prominent members of Lane county post of the American Legion at Eu gene, are fighting it out for com mander for the ensuing year. George was chairman of the convention com mittee when the state organization feAirt iti meetlne- In Eugene. Dillard has been vice-commander of the post for the last year, itaipn jacKson is in the field for vice-commander and Meador Fletcher is belns groomed for adjutant. The American Legion clubrooms at Klamath Falle are being furnished according to Dr. H. D. Lloyd Stewart, in charge of the committee to refit the rooms. As soon as the rooms are equipped a housewarming will be held, with members of the legion and the auxiliary participating. . . Carl W. Pendleton was made com mander of Lake county post of the American Legion at the recent annual election of the organization. Other officers chosen were as follows: Reid A. Corbett. Carl Fletsch and S. A. Mushen. vice-commanders; Glen C. Bagley, adjutant: W. V. Miller, finance officer; N. A. Christensen, chaplain: M. K. GuntheT. O. E. Smith, Charles Arzner, W. H. Fish and N. A. Chris tensen. executive committee. A croix de guerre with palm was picked up on the street last week and turned over to I. M. Kafka, at Port land post headquarters. Sixth and Pine streets. The owner may get the cross from Mr. Kafka. Prizes amounting to $500 were awarded to the winners of various contests In an athletic programme recently staged by Elgin post Jf the legion. Iver Slmonseii. athletic direc tor, had charge of the arrangements and reports that some of the local talent In Elgin put on good boxing bouts. Carl B. Fenton post of the legion will hold a smoker and boxing card In the armory at Dallas Saturday night. Arrangements for the pro gramme are In the hands of Tracey Savery, adjutant of the post. . . . Citizens of Springfield. Mo., and the American Legion of the state are pe titioning President Harding to wipe out the stain of a dishonorable dis charge given Harry W. Haley, an overseas veteran. Haley was wound ed and was on the battlefield at the point of death. He was picked up by Thomas G. Jones, an American com rade, and taken to safety. Haley later was captured by the Germans. During May of this year Haley re turned to his home and was to be married at 8 o'clock one evening, when Jones appeared and told him that he had deserted the army be cause he was to be sent to the army of occupation of Germany. Haley acted quickly. He told Jones to return to his wife and family, and he called off his wedding. He took a train to St. Paul and reported to the army authorities as Jones. He was sentenced to six months in prison and had served all but 18 days when It was discovered that he had repre sented himself to be the man who had saved his life. He was dis charged from prison and found a home with an R. P. Dickerson of Springfield, Mo. Eligibility and feasibility for vo cational training of disabled world war veterans must hereafter be de termined before the patient is dis-1 charged from any hospital In the Pa cific northwest, according to instruc tions received at the northwest dis trict office of the United States vet erans' bureau by L. C. Jesseph, man ager. Discharge from the hospital shall not be actually accomplished until training has been arranged if it is desired by the claimant, Mr. Jesseph stated. The order also Includes ad justment of all matters pertaining to the claimant's government compen sation be entirely completed by the time of his discharge from the hospital. TAX INCREASE IS GENERAL l.imi County Cities and Towns Re port 1022 Budgets. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 3. (Special.) Six. of the eight incorporated cities and towns of Linn county have filed their city tax budgets for the com ing year with County Assessor Van Vinkle and in every one of he six the tax to be collected next year will be larger than that levied this year. Albany, Lebanon and Scio increased their levies only slightly. The Al bany levy the coming year will be 14.6 mills compared with 14.1 this year. Lebanon's levy jumped from 19.6 mills to 19.8 mills and the Scio levy from 43.4 this year to 43.9 for next year. Halsey will have a levy of 9.7 mills next year Instead of 8.7 on this year's roll. Sodaville's city levy has Jumped from 4.6 mills this year to 7.2 mills for the coming year. Brownsville reported the largest in crease. Its levy this year was only 8.5 mills and next year it will be 19.4 mills. The two Linn county cities which have not yet reported their budgets are Harrfsburg and Sweet Home. SIX FIRMS INCORPORATE Papers Are Filed With Secretary of State in Olympla. OLYMPIA. Wash., Dec. 3. Articles of incorporation filed with Secretary of State Hlnkle include the following. Arquetlte Products company, Seattle; ;230.O00. F. A. Lindsay. A. E. Arquett, E. C. Kllboorne. To manufacture and sell "Arquetlte and ArquetUe products." Washington Consolidated Oil company, Spokane; $500,000. A. D. Lorraine. George H. Sanburn, W. A. Clench. Washington Transit company, Seattle: $20,000. Claude Van Wick. Cora A. O'Hare. C S. Marl. Automobile business. Electric Oil Burner company, Seattle; J30.000. R. A. Biggs. R. D. Fish. Fred S. Duggan. The Criterion, Seattle: $20,000. Harry Malakoff, Louie Hurwitz, Abe Hurwltz, millinery. West Shore Acres. Inc., Seabold, $5000. Kenneth A. Christiansen and Joseph A. Christiansen. Stores and inns. Youtli Killed by Rock. DAYTON, Wash., Dec. 3. John Nel son Jr., 19 years old, was killed by a rock hurled 350 yards by a blast her Friday. 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