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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1918)
rim onncox statf-SMav; wrosm, an ORGANIZATION OF 'BRAINS OF ARMY' SKILLFULLY MADE Men in French Aririy Careful ly Sifted Out for Pecu liar Tasks r STAFF WORK DESCRIBED "First Comes Theoretical Course, Then Real Prac tical Work FItfcXCIJ FROX Jan. 14- (ror respondenee) fA few precise detai;. as to the organization of an army staff that branch of th. r lilitarv body . known as the "train? of the army" show what great care and minute eontropare necessary in th selection of officers who have In their hands the direction of battles. The correspondent of the Assoc-iatea Closing Out Auction Sale The, Variety Store ' S30 X. rOMMKKCIAL W. : Today 10 a.m. I I. M. and 7 V. M. j : ,Kverything must got In- i eluding Ktock immI fixture. Xte: ?f yo can't come during the Liy, tnme ut .nt-jlit. Press has during more than three yearsof war watched closely, the de velontnent of the staff work of th allied: armies, and has thus obtained his information at firrt hand under actual war conditions. In the 'French army when an aug mentation of the number of star officers was found necessary a se lection was made among the officers of the reserve and those of the regu lar regimental officers without etaff experience. The first category was found to comprise many officers w'ir although full of energy and marfal spirit, lacked in a smaller or larger degree the experience of handlin" troops, while the second ' category was unaccustomed to the methodi cal studv of documents. It w:ts therefore. decided to form a staff school through which all these can. didates for staff work had to pa. before undertaking their important duties. Operation Closely Studied. The aspirants first make a study of th various branches of the armv -r artillery, cavalry. infantry, engi neers and aviation and with the aid and euidance of experienced of ficers belonging to each of these arms learn to foresee and provide for the needs of the different units. The nert vteit is a course in the or ganization of th command of a staff and the working of the various serv ices connected with It. This is fol lowed by study of the preparatory work of a military operation and the mechanism of issuing orders, as well as the employment of troops and the work of a staff during a battle, ali of which is explained by experienced Lstaff officers. t. P.- - . . .a- f A nerlod or aiout ten wee is usually sufficient to (rive a thorough foundation to the aspirants, who are then divided into two rrouys, the first Intended to become divisional staff officers and the second to go to hrfade staffs. .Those chosen for divisional work proceed lo a course of practical training, the opening stage of whih is a period of eightj day passed in some other brench or service from thnt out cf which thev have been se lf ctM. , Th" second stage is a period of flying lasting eight days. The next sten fm a neriodsof three weeks in the staff office of an army com THsing several army corps, after -which they go into the staff office or an army corps for a! term lasting a On" the completion of tics practical work the officers. return Ho the Staff school for a month to have the fin al touch given to their instruction be- Your Money Back t It FaSs This extraordinary remedy for skin affections we fully anid confidently guarantee. re- If one tube does not move your Skin Trouble its retention by the allies means moral incentive to victoiy oer Cfrman. he declared. If for tna no other reason. lie placed great stress on th ht-ad fastness of purp4.se of the you 114 man who. even as a gnx-ei teiV Fells more than, actual weight of sup 'sir or colfee by kelitng a fait of hi- ood cheer with I he good. A mart, he said, to succeed- in an vocation in lire, must ell more than the time his employer pays ror or le will not succeed in tb- lonK run. "It has taken nearly seventy-five years of my life to realize this card inal fact to its full -xtent." he said. '.The iliuroh is a good place tt. advertise in, but it is no place 'for the hypo rite. Nine out of ten young men make a fatal mistake in their lives by always h.nvlug a crouch over something, and giving only that measure of service, for which, they happen to be paid. If you sell a bed 11 ul, ,,nr ! the night to a man. do Jt with) cheer. Will give baCK your ' d h wI hIep weU u,erwlm he v . , u.lv.ill have a niglili;iaie.' money. We take all the , you get all tne , jnH I STRICTER SAVING OF FOOD SUPPLY HEDNECESSARY! JUST RECEIVED ANOTHER CAR LOAD OF MAXWEL ONE TON TRUCKS we chances benefit- Try it anyway. W . ' I'm II A. Srhaefrr, jnd Mt ! hot drug: star I err, Itton mn clly la be e.lry GOING! -'GOING!' -'GONE!' Not-Vet Hut Sooii; It willl take 11s alK)ut,C weeks to sell our stock of Clrocerjes autl then ve will hike to Seattle 300" people A'isotetlr store yesterday and bought Groceries. If you .weed Jiroeeriea now i.V the- tiirv to lay in a iiupply: Everything goes reganlleHsoi cost : . 1 iuir t chimxeys-u ; , , Clltwlng Ont' Price '. . ; ... ' 23a tut JUiOOM , jfrzt Price AV. y."k 75c CMFiASS WASH UOAIUS : CingOut Price-. . , . . . 83c 1IUM1M'AXXKI FHUfr Quart Jar Uolng tor.. . ; l.v". SO IKC2; ALBERM ATS Closing Out Itice ... g5c 25c CXS IUK1X; 10VIKH Closing Out Price . ...... 2c BEST POTATOEH I Closing Ont Price, Wk Ajpij-a .: Hand picked, f rce from wrm Per ftoy . , . . . . . 70c hVS MA1I KA1SIXH Closing Out Price, pkg. IQc tOc Ilislng Sun Move PoIUh. Spex-togew for .... .'. . . 25c; 1O0 Ih. sack of Oyster Shell (Towing out iHioe, sack i , 93c 406 Wcel Cat .Coffee going 'at ....... v.'i.. 85c S3c Steel Cot Co f fee goings , at . ... . :J0ct SOc Steel Cut Coffee going - at . . i . . , .V. . 25c 2 Steel Cut Coffee going at 20e Oc Tea goirtf- at the pouml 4rtc' 15c package Aunt (iemima Pancake: VUntr (none bet-! ter) closing out price, the .package ... .. . JOc ' . - . k Hundreds of fteofde are now taking advantage of our clos ing out sale price and buying : supplier enough to -la theni: ho or 69 darn. Make our your list of need and bring' it to our store. - ;-i-..y;,,fc. DAMON Everybody's Grocer 855 N. Commercial Street ! Phone 68 .Store and Fixtures for T-nt -Who Wants a Ooo'd ' Husiness Location ! i'ors tbt-y axe appointea to a uivi- sional staff In the field, the entire training having lasted rive montns. It is only by the closest application to study that an officer can succeed in mastering staff work .in this brief period, even although he has already gone through the ordinary military training of an officer. Staff Work Described. Those who are intended for.br1 gade staffs work through the same steps of the preliminary theoretical course, but as their training Is? in tended to fit them to severe with smaller units only, they do not pur sue so long a practical course, which in their case comprises a wek with a branch of the service oth,rf than that to which they originally belong ed, a week of aviation and two weeks in a divisional staff. ' The work of a staff dealing witJi operations is divided into five beads, as follows: The study and prepara tion or the elements necessary to reavtf a decls'on concernfn? an op eration; the decision Itself;, the noti fication of this decision to the units trhich are to carry it out; the execu tion of the plan; the control of the xeciition. The decision is the task if the coinmandf-r-in-chief )f the troops engaged, while its execution 'ays in the hands of the troops ehm selves, thus leaving the three othr heads to be worked out by the offi cers of the staff. . ! To. do this work an army staff is divided into four bureaus. The first of which has the task of keeping up o date information concerning .the effectives at the' disposal of lije gen eral., The second records all Infor mation ' obtained . nbout the enemy. The. third deals with the operations and the' movements and instruction of the troops. The fourth is con cerned with the food supply, trans port and communications. A further Action is responsible, for the trans mission c orders. NOTED TEXAS RANGER DEAD Captain McDonald Was Body guard and Friend of Sev eral Presidents BAPTIST MEN K HEAR CONWELL Celebrated Lecturer Gives Advice at Meeting of Church Club WICHtTA KAI.I.S. Tex.. Jan. 15. Captain J-IHll" McPonald. noted Texas ranger and personal friend snd bodyguard of several presidents. di"1 here st 6:3o p. m. today. McDonald, who was United States marshal for northern Texas, was -famous for his control over most des perate characters of 'the Mexican border and Texas. On the recommendation of Colonel f ftdward House, close friend and per sonal ambassador of President Wil son. McDonald had twice been nanu?d by the latter as niarshal of the northern district of Texas and per? itoml bodyguard of the president. During" bis career McDonald was Identified with manvl of the most sensational and romantic crime cases of which the southern border abounded. Adventurous and romantic Inci dents of his life have from time to time been used in newspaper and macazine stories of border life. "''he regard bv Texans of McDon ald's daring and persistency is best HlusratM bv the remark of a mem ber of the Texas delegation to the federal investigation of the Hrowns ville raid, in which McDonald played an important part as a peace officer. The delegate said: ) " Hiir MciK.nj.ld i the man who would charge hell with a bucketful of water." 1 Hoover Proposes to Protect Loyal Millions Against Wasteful Few NEW LAWS ARE IN VIEW Law, Not Voluntary Action, Planned for Eating House Control WASHINGTON, Jan.. 1 .'.-Stricter economy of food Is to be required cf the American people by new laws put in the making today in congress. Kbod Administrator Hoover has approved them and they are expected to pass promptly as supplemental to the present food control act. Wheatless and meatless days and other economies necessary that America may help sustain her co belligerents would become manda tory by law instead of voluntary as at present. Such new laws, the fool administration holds, are necessary to protect the millions of loyal Americans co-operating in food sav ing against the wastefulness of a few individuals , and of public eating houses which are said to handle probably. 50 per -cent of the! food supply. j In the senate, the administration bill was introduced by Senator Pom--rene. Id roe ho'.e It was intro duced by-Cbairman Lever of the ag riculture committee. The bill was referred to committees In 1 both Kngineered with till the fefiiieint nis -and wuliops'oi' erLtly. tliree.and five-ton trueks.-, .11ns I lie same type of worm drive-eleel ru: litrhls ' and gene rn tor-ten foot loading Kpjie ample for piano ami furniture fradvs for coMPand 'wood und.iet dealer -hiK" eiioiifrii ami strong eiiougli for foundry liaulinjf liglit eiiouKh for fast delivery. Ituns ou roads that big fellow can't take and uses less gas at fuH'eajtacity than they spend to liatrt thenvKelvefi alone. - The Wig truck is too clumsy, too fond of-repairs, too spacious for economical service, , It takes tfK .many half-full loads. It has no sense of economythe expense account can't afford it. The Maxwell truck, is super-efficiciit no false starts sticks to the job till it's Ih roughs consumes the least gas and wears the few est tires. Ami wha't is still dearer to the heart of a close-fisted calcu lator the price is !pM7."r with eab and windshieloi F, O. 11. Salem. Several hundred dollars cheaper, than any other one truck, in the world. 'V' - ' '''. Thousands of users "in scores of different trades and speeialties can show by their balance sheets that -tlie'Maxwell buys itself back in less than tt year. And thereafter cams the value of another truck an nually. - v . - So simle lliat a greeir hand (and nowadays practically no other belli is available) cm run it like an old timer, America must Jiave inore trucks every year and more of them in this transportation tangled period Jliau can Ik supplied. 1 HALV0RSEN& BURNS, the MAXWELL DEALERS, wiU ht giaa mo aemonsiraie ims ituck lor you ac any tune. she had known Spoermann three years and had been engaged to him a year. Tbeyi Intended to marry when the war was ended. Fiancee Is llorHflcl. "I was dumbfounded and horri fied when I read that Walter hrd been arrested and charged with b ing a spy," said Miss Stoop, "al though on account of him being a German I have been opposed, to hi being employed around camps. 1 told him so several times while w were discussing Stories in newscn pert about spies and plots1 but he said that he liked the employment "J saw the statement that Mr. Spoermann had landed In this conn houses. - It provides that whenever 1 try on a German boat at Newport the president shall find that It is es-j about a year ago, the U-63, and that sentlal "to limit further restricted i he was a German naval officer 1 LEAGUE TEAMS FETE TONIGHT Hausers Meet Ships and Bish ops go up Against Bankers' Bunch use, manufacture, sale or distribu tion, of. food and foodstuffs, he may by proclamation modify, limit or dis continue their use to the extent nec essary to assure an adequate supply. Anv YG ran ri urhn f o II a r aiAlMaAl o modify; limit or discontinue the sale, nse. manufacture or distribu tion of such articles would be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punishable be a maximum fine of $5Qfi), six years' imprisonment, or both. The law would cease to be in ef fect when the war between the Unit ed States and Germany is over. An Arizona woman has captured a live mountain lion with her bare hands- a ; method that up to this time has been monopolized by Jim Abernethy, the Oklahoma friend or Col. Roosevelt. know that he has been In this coun try for six or seven years. tl wr.a also said that Walter had receive'" large sums of money. 1 don't be lieve this any more than other state ments because I know that at times he really needed money and wai very anxious over his affairs In this connection. ... 8pertnann Innocent,' Khe Rays. I am an American girl through and through, first, last and all th time and I would not do a thin? against my country, and I would break my engagement with him and never-speak to him again If ho was a spy. But I know that he Is not and I know that he can prove that he la not. w ny, oniy, last weeir ne sent ma, a beautiful American flag from the camp near Newport where be was and I have never heard him say a word against thij country, lie la a German though, and for that reason, 1- was opposed to his going to the campe." While the agents of the United Siates marshal's office here are reti cent It is known that so far the only persons held as witnesses In connec tion with the case are Spoermann's brother. Frederick, and hf former friend, Marvis Asdl, who volunteereil information to the authorities. SP0ERMAN IN JAIL (Continued from page 1) Consider This Advantage '.-'. . -. j ' " ONE'S name signed to a check drwn ioii the United States National not only speaks for his financial eon nection but represents that desired "MONEY IN THE BANK" stand in J Every Thrift and War Savings Stamp . . purchased helps both the investor and his Country. 7 ''' "' ' ' -:' N ''''.' -.- ''. :- S '; WE ARE ALWAYS GLAD TO HELP YOU HELP , V' YOURSELF Tho Commercial Basketball league teams of the Y. M. C. A. will com plete the fin-t round of the tou na ment tonight when the Hauscr Urol hers team will, meet th- Watt Shipp company U am in. the first game of the evning at -7:30 una the Hishops will meet the Capital National-bank team in the second game at 8. With i tonight's series completed each team will have met each other team of the. league. Already the captains are beginning to strengthen the weak places by substitutions and alterations in the positions of the men and the games ought to increase in interest and Intensity as the sea son progresses. The captains this year soom to be more alive to the situation and are making their teams work hard and th practices have come as more frequent intervals than in former years. vAVIth the inany young men mem bers of the association in the army and navy more time is available fcr the playing or basketball and the members of the several teams are taking advantage of this. mm Salem allank The regular monthly myelin,? of the Young Men's club of the BaptlsJ church was siganllzed la.t nighit by having two guests of honor in the person of Bruce Fans. the evang elist and Dn Iluscell II. Conweli of Philadelphia, the ce'brated lecturer, whq later In the evening at the arm ory, delivered his world-ramous lect ure "Acres of Diamonds." which has heen delivered thousands of ttnles in the past, but always v. ith new beau ty epots In it. ; About seventy members of the club werei present last night when President II. S. Glle called Ihe meet lug to order around the banquet board in tlierbasement of the church. The banquet consisted of rilcasee of chicken, tike" mother used U make at home on Sundays when she expected the preacher to dinner, flanked by green peas, just cut of the garden -f-Iast summer but as fresh as front the vines mashed potatoes in cream, olives and' coffee. Mr. Gile called on the chairman of the different committees and acr. showed progress in bis particular part of the club. - Chairman G. Kd Ross of the rro- iAui luiinimirp a u noun tea a meei- . . t 1 1 '1 mg or the dub February i9. at f Lecturer Ueclares i Lumber which time the subject ol Patriotism will be discussed, the speaker of the evening being Governor Wlthycomo.. uruce Kvans held a little meeting of his own In which he took occasion to eulogize Dr. Holt, the pastor of the church, as being a little superior as pastor to any one on the Pacific coast, not excluding his own pastor In Portland, Dr. Brougber. His sub ject for the evening was Moses, ho decided against the riches offered him by Pharoab. in order to leaa the Jews out of captivity in Egypt, and stated that it was that spirit ery young man required to succeeo in life. Roosevelt had it he said, and it often made him trouble, but he conquored. just the same. When Dr. Conweli was called, he was greeted-by a regular ovation, which almost took away his seasoned t.elf command, but he tald that it was just like be rag at home among his. own young men, where he. had about 4,000 in the university to look out for. 5 ;' He said the last word he read Just before leaving the hotel was "Jerusa lem, and the first word he heard, as- he entered the church door was "Jerusalem", and it remlned him or the many times he had been there personally,.and enjoyed the scrednetj of its surrounding. Now that Ch. Jet- lannity had captured the Holy City irom tne nands that held it for cen Tncse statements, so far as could be ascertained wero never veriried 1 y federal agents. Papers seized in his rooms here' la Baltimore last week, fclong with those Indicating aeanngs with Bernstorff, and Boy id. indicated that be had "reported for service" in Gerrrany after the war began in Aug ist, 1914, HA LI MQ RE. Jan. 15. Miss M?y Stoop, the fiancee of Walyter Spoe' rqann .who Is locked up in the Ha' timore jail tonight as a suspected spy, believes him innocent and says she is confident he can prove hla in nocence. Miss Stoop is an American edrl and a violinist who has been playing at Baltimore l and Warshlnz ton hotels. Her home is . firBalt more but she is now in Washington. She is about 22 years old, attractive and talented. , Ina statement tonight she said Overstoc Med SHOE- SALE Friday, January 1 8th '"'I- ' V.!. : I' . . : "I - Taj::v::;,'':);:,.r Saturday, Jan. 26th WHO?? WHERE?? See Thursday's Papers 10 per centc CONWELL SEES MI1I0NS HERE Should Leave Only in Man ufactured State The lefturo ef RuU H. Conweli. "Acres of Diamonds." drew "a full house to the armory. The galleries had been partially strengthened in enaratlon for the lecture and were filled. ; f The famous lecture drew much laughter and frequent applause from the audience. Mr. Conweli was loud ly applauded when he called atten tion to the need of factories in Salem that it may find the acres of dia monds that exist in its own environ: He declared that lumber should not be shipped out of the city until it is m ?iii fact urd Into' furniture er other article that are made of wood, and said that factories to utilize the lumber in this way would save mil lions of dollars to the city. Dr,rnnrp" said at the outset thct he never (delivers the lecture two tfmo oxictly alike. This is readily realized because of the application he makes of it to local conditions. The lecturer brieves that It is a person's duty to'; become wealthy. nvinf as nis- reason tjiat money, means nower more power to do rd. sd- he declares that nearly j ail millionaires are honest men. 10 per cent Offl Acres of Diamonds' ' has hesn turies, he considered this one of the ' published widelv and Is found in all big Tictorles of the present war, and first class libraries. , 10 1.0 10 On Everything in This Store 10 EXCEPT FLOUR, SUGAR and SOAP This Week Qnly 3, farmer's Store lily A. W. SCHRUNK 270 N. Commercial St. 10 per cent! Phone 721 ZjIO per cent