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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (May 24, 1917)
TRAINING THE OFFICERS WHO WILL COMMAND UNCLE SAM’S NEW ARMIES Thirty-Five Thousand Bright, Earnest Young Americans Assemble at Fourteen Camps Scattered About the Country to Be Drilled in the Science of War— Picked for Mental and Physical Qualities. WiiNlilDKlon. — Thlrty-flv# thousand "During the first mouth o f the »rlKlit, energetic, earnest young Atner- camp those In attendance will be di Irani are assembling ut 14 ramps. scat vided Into 15 companies, regardless o f tered throughout the country, to form the arm o f the service for which the tbo nucleus of Uudi) Ham’« new ur- Individuals are destined. During this JlltH. month the qualifications o f curb man From them will bo rhoarn tbroo will be studied, with n view to as noritlii hone* tbo 10,000 subalterns signing the necessary numbers for fur seeded for tbo tint unity Increment ther Instruction In tho separate urrns tf fnto.ooo, wbo will begin training o f the service. ibout tbo tint of August. "At the end o f the first month men Tbo war department called for tbo will be reassigned In due proportion *n>oit experienced natural louder« tlio so as to form nine Infantry companies, jountry possesses" to till tbo officers' three butteries o f artillery, two troops training camps, nnd blub nillltury offi- of cavalry and one company o f engi rials boro agreed to) to Ibo Due rubber neers. other men wbo will huve been >f tbo niuterlul obtulnod. selected for the coast artillery will pro Kvery one of tbo 35,000, beside* reed to Fort Monroe, Vu., or Fort Win > iixn I h k a rigid physical examination, field Scott, ( ’ill., f,,r the remainder of n oltbor a college graduate or bau bad their training. Those wbo remain at i business career IndlratliiK his «pedal the division ramps will receive two ntelllgcnce, pcrHouallty ami capacity months' training after the reassign 'or organization ami Inspiring leader- ment mentioned above. ih Ip. "A t the end o f the whole period the Tbo 33.000 tbomaelvea are picked regular army officer In churge will se non. Even of tbouo wbo passed tbo lect from each compuny, troop and *equlroinonta only a part, tbouo battery the officers for one regiment loomed most promising, can be accom- of the corresponding arm. Thus we tiodutod In tbo camps. And when It I h shall have carefully selected officers tonsldered that only two out o f every lor sixteen Infuntry divisions and two •even men attending tbo cntupH will bo cavalry divisions by the time that the isslgncd n |w<<t In tbo new armies at | supply departments can furnish equlp- ‘.be c I oho of tbo three month«' grueling j incut for these troops and by the time itudy and drill. It I k obvloua no drone«, i the necessary machinery can be put In in "bonobeada” and no weakling« ; motion for procuring the enlisted men. >by«lcally, mentally or morally, ubould “ Each company, troop and battery fet the coveted alignm ent«. must furnish approximately 45 officers. ISut tboHo wbo fulled to obtain en Those wbo are not selected for lm- trance to a camp, or wbo are not | mediate use will nevertheless be coin- tboacn at tbo end o f tbo first three I missioned In the officers' reserve corps, Month« need not give up hope of I If found to be competent, nnd will be irrvlng their country um ofllcera. An- available fyr use In connection with >tber net o f camp«, probably larger any additional force thut may be uu- ban tbo find, will Immediately follow . thorized. diene, nnd tbo facllltleH for turning “ The totul number o f officers re »ut leader« for the now troop« will be quired for tho 10 Infantry divisions ixpanded a« America gradually de ami the two cavalry divisions Is ap- relops the full force of her power. i proxlruutely 10, 000 . These should be Have an Advantage. preferably mature men and the most Many ot the young fellow « now at \ experienced natural leaders that the tlie mobilization point« already have | country possesses. It la recognized xmimlsslons In the o(fleer«' reserve I that there are thousands o f men torpa, other« have bad good record* In throughout the country between the ‘Jie National Guard or other military agea o f twenty-one and forty-four who irganlr.ntfon«, or «ebool training for have hud more or less military experi wnr work. Tbeae men have an ad- ence, either In the regular army or rant age over the reat, for no one I* National Guard or at nillltury schools. jarred from the cumim by entire lack With the basic ex|>crlenee supplement- it direct military experience. The j ed by nuturul aptitude for handling More experienced, however, are ino«t ! men as demonstrated In business or Ikcly to get their commlKHlon« llr«t. I otherwise, a splendid corps of 10,000 The re«t may attend n second or even reserve officers should be uvnllable by i third camp and then be drafted Into the middle of July. the new armlet. "It Is necessary that ‘the flrst ten Training In (he rnmpn will he In thousand' should be the best that the tensive n* possible, but will be severe country baa. In planning our military ly handicapped by a lack of suitable ! forces we must assume that the war Is Instructor*. Ofllcera o f the Itrltlsb and by no menus drawing to a close, and French armies, some o f them wounded, tbnt the country must expand Its mili have been coming back from the wo«t- tary forces as rapidly and effectively ?n> battle front In the last few weeks ns the resources o f the country per tnd It 1« expected the Niimll corps of mit. The 10 Infantry divisions nnd regular army Instructor« at each camp j two cavalry divisions aggregate ap- Will fie materially assisted by these | proxlroately half a million men. The veterans, wbo nre fresn from the most ' officers o f these forces must receive iw ful struggle In history. substantial promotion to meet the de The eyes of the whole nntlon will mands o f forces to be raised Inter. It be on these camps, a unique establish Is conceivable thut many men who nre ment In American history. Every town appointed In ‘(he flrst ten thousand’ ind almost every village bus furnished must be promoted one grade with each » camp member, and his career will be successive addition to our nillltury rloNely watched by bis friends and force. For this reason the war depart relatives. ment hopes that mature men will seek The beat account o f how the camps appointment In ‘the flrst ten thousand.’ will be conducted Is given In an order "Other similar camps must follow Issued by the adjutant general ,at tills flrst enmp. Young men must be Washington, brigadier general II. H. admitted to the flrst camp, but not to McCain. The details will have to be the exclusion o f maturer men. In the worked out at each enmp nud It will second nnd following camps youug men be a strenuous business, for minutes will predominate. count. General McCain says: “ In making provision for Instructors at these training camps the resources o f the war department have been taxed to the utmost. The number o f Instruc tors la not nearly us great u* It should be, but It Is hoped and believed that many reserve officers him ] candidates for uppolntinerit as such who would be In attendance ut those rumps will have special qualifications to teach certain subjects and In this wuy will be o f materiul assistance to the regular army ofllcera. This depends so much upon the personnel of each Instruction com pany that the mutter must be regulut- ed by the regular army officers In charge o f each company. Book Will Be Furnished. “Tho outline o f the entire course of Instruction will be prepared In the war department and furnished to the com manding officers of the camps. "Hooks, maps und printed matter In general will be furnished by the gov ernment. Those who attend the cnrnps should bring whatever books they pos sess, but the authorized and necessary books for Individuals will be fur nished on arrival In camp. “The minimum nge of those who at tend is twenty years and nine months. This enables the war department to appoint suitable young men who are twenty-one yeara o f uge at the end of the training period. The maximum age Is forty-four years. It Is expected that students at colleges who nre members o f the Reserve Officers’ Training corps nnd who nre especially fitted to become members of the ‘flrst ten thousand' will be selected by the regular army officer on duty at the college and admitted to these camps. Much students should preferably go to the cnrnp that per tains to their home states. It Is be lieved that college* In general will graduate seniors who attend these camps.” fnnm rrrinnnpp^^ ciramr SPEAKS GERMAN ONLY, GIVES SON TO NAVY < \ \ Yoakum, Tex.— Nuvnl recruit- Ing officers here were forced to look for an Interpreter when G. Ilolm eg of Shiner personally brought In his seventeen-year- old son, Otto, for enlistment In the navy. • Ilolmeg, a farmer, was born In Germany nnd cannot speak the English language. Through the Interpreter he said: "Please uccept my son. It Is my offering to America." < < J « \ < , J , ] < ] - ' ICE CREAM MAKERS RAP LAW Protest Against Provision Requiring 14 Per Cent Hutterfat. Ice cream makers o f the Northwest at a conference at Spokane with E. F. Benson, commissioner o f agriculture, entered a vigorous protest against en forcing the law passed by the last leg islature regarding butter fat content for ice cream. The law provides that the commis sioner shall enforce a standard not be low that o f the Federal department o f Agriculture’ s regulations regarding foods. I t was contended that the state law reads that the state authorities shall follow the Federal standard. The Federal standard calls for 14 per cent butter fat. The ice cream men contend that the government never has enforced the 14 per cent standard, be cause it was found unwise to do so. It was said by several speakers that 8 to 10 per cent butter fa t gave a better quality o f ice cream than the higher standard. Coos Bay again is threatened with an invasion by I. W. W. and prompt measures are being taken to prevent the organization obtaining a foothold there. The referendum petition directed against the Gill bill o f the last legis lative session has been filed with Sec retary o f State Olcott by the Clack amas Fishermen’s union. The petition contains 16,160 names. E. B. MacNaughton, an architect o f Portland, has been named by Governor Withycombe as a member o f the In dustrial W elfare Commission to suc ceed Father E. V. O ’ Hara, o f Port land, who has submitted hiB resigna- toin. The appointment becomes effec tive June 1. The State Highway commission w ill hold a joint session on June 1 at Fossil with the Wheeler County court and award a contract fo r six miles o f im- | provements between Fossil and the I Wheeler County line on the John Day Farmer Operates Tractor He Invented. highway. It is expected the improve Winlock— A tractor designed espe ment w ill cost about $10,000. cially for use on the Pacific Coast, The past week has seen several mad where the excessive rains make all dogs in Lakeview, and it is feared that other types useless except in dry an epidemic is about to break out. A weather and dry ground, has just been dog belonging to F. M. Duke went mad completed and a patent obtained for it a short time ago and had to be killed. It is feared that this dog ran at large by Henry Korevaar. Mr. Korevaar, during one night and infected a num who is a prominent farmer livin g on ber o f dogs throughout the town. Cowlitz fta irie , has a full sized work Bids fo r contracts for paving the ing model in operation on his farm. The motive power is supplied by an Siskiyou Highway from the summit of eight-horsepower gasoline engine. It the mountain to the California line are has a harrow attachment behind, to be advertised for at Ashland, ac which cuts out the necessity o f a sec cording to State Highway Engineer ond operation for harrowing, end will Nunn, who is in the valley to attend plow a 17-inch furrow eight to nine the tri-state good roads meeting. inches deep. The tractor can be man Work is to be started immediately and ufactured in normal times for about finished this summer i f the money holds out, according'to Mr. Nunn. $350 and weighs about 1400 pounds. Hog Cholera Found On Tieton. North Yakim a— A case o f hog chol era was discovered on the Tieton re cently and steps are being taken by R. P. Bean, agriculturist for the proj ect, to check the spread o f the disease. The stock belongs to M. U. Brady, who is a tenant on the Thomas Fear place on the north end o f the project. Tw o shoats out o f a herd o f 20 have died. There was cholera on the same place two years ago. Vaccine has been ordered and w ill be administered rJLkJLkSLkJiSLjLSLSlJLSiSLSlJLSLSLSJlSSJtJSíj» as soon as it arrives. Governor Withycombe has appointed the men who w ill serve on the State Lime board under the provisions o f chapter 397, enacted at the last session o f the legislature. The appointees are: Benton Bowers, Ashland, recom mended by the Taxpayers’ League; B. G. Leedy, Corvallis, recommended by the State Grange; John Simanek, Crabtree, recommended by the Farm ers’ union. W ith the business streets o f Rose- I burg gaily decorated with carnival col ors and patriotic emblems, the citizens entertained several thousand people at the festivities attendant on the open TESTS RECRUITS WITH FISTS ing o f the Ninth Annual Strawberry Festival Thursday. Although a “ straw Tom Riley Made Sure That the Men berryless” Strawberry Festival, there He Recommended Were Real was no lack o f enthusiasm on the part Fighters. $2.67 o f the visitors, and the first day’s pro Wheat— Bluestem 2.64 gram was pronounced the best ever Chicago.—Tom Riley o f West F if F o r ty fo ld ........... 2.63 witnessed in Roseburg. teenth street was told at the recruit Club.................... 2.62 ing station that he was too old to Red Russian . . . . A number o f farmers are making ap Vght, although he begged for an op Oats— No. 1 w h ite .....................$50.00 plication to come under the Workmen’s portunity to enlist. Barley— No. 1 fe e d ..................... 48.00 Compensation act, since the recent “ I guess I'm too old to fight,” he ruling o f the Supreme court, which de Cattle— Steers, p rim e... $10.50(311.25 suld as he twisted his gnarled and clared farm hands were protected un bony hands, “ hut mayhap 1 can send Steers, g o o d ................... 10.00@10.50 | der the Employers’ Liability act when Steers, m ed iu m ............. 9.50(3 9.75 ye lome lllaely lads. Whin they come engaged in hazardous occupations. A t In, cap, und tell ye they're fr'rn Tom Cows, choice................... 9.50@ 9.75 the present time, a statement issued Cows, m edium ............... 8.75@ 9.25 Riley, take me wor-rd they'll be all by the commission recently says, an Cows, fa ir ...................... 7.50@ 8.50 ! right." average o f 11 employers are daily H e i f e r s .......................... 7.00@10.00i Tills was one day last week. Since bringing their operations under the then more than 25 huskies have come Bulls................................ 6.00(3 8.50| act, and during the last 20 days 215 C a lv e s ............................ 7.50@10.00 ! In, saying they were "recruited" by additional employers have been listed. Tom Riley. Hurrlng black eyes and Hogs— P a c k in g .............. $15.50(316.25 Jacob Trott, o f Echo, who was ser j bruised faces, they were Ideul recruits Rough h e a v ie s ............... 14.50@15.0u Pigs and s k ip s ............... 13.00@13.75 iously burned Wednesday while start and were gladly uecepted. Old Tom himself appeared again at Stock hogs...................... 12.00(313.00 ing a gasoline engine, died from the the station, nnd was Informed that all Sheep— W ethers............. $ 9.75(3,12.00 burns at a Pendleton hospital. o f his recruits hnd been nccepted. The E w e s .............................. 9.00(311.50 Damage from the cloudburst at sergeant In charge desired to know | L a m b s ............................ 10.25(313.50 Heppner probably w ill reach $100,000. why all of them bore marks o f having Crops, roads, bridges and fences are Flour— Patents, $12.90. horn thoroughly manhandled. Old Tom M illfeed — Spot prices: Bran, $41 ruined, and wires are down. Some chuckled nnd rubbed Ills hands. per ton; shorts, $45; rolled barley, stock was killed. "'T Is a little way of me own,” he $58; rolled oats, $56. Though the weather has been show I confided. "I knew ye wanted good, Corn— White, $72 per ton; cracked, ery, the majority o f the farmers o f two-handed scrappers, and I wint $73. the Gaston section have taken advant about the streets lookin' for thlm. 1 Hay — Producers’ prices: Timothy, age o f every available moment to get ' engaged In n thrifle o f an nrgument wld every wan of thlm, to make sure Eastern Oregon, $30@32 per ton; val their plowing done and get their grain they was scrappers. Afther It was ley timothy, $22(324; alfalfa, $20(323; crops in. There is no scarcity o f help valley grain hay, $18(320. so far, and plans for a larger acreage over I slnt thlm In.” Butter — Cubes, extras, 36Jc per than usual are going forward. pound; prime firsts, 35Jc. Jobbing The stigma o f “ deserter” w ill be prices: Prints, extras, 39c; cartons, lc extra; butterfat, No. 1, 39c; No. removed from the National Guard rec ords o f Carl von der Ahe and Arthur 2, 37c. Eggs— Ranch, current receipts, 33c Lofts, the Hood R iver young men who recently were posted as deserters when per dozen; selects, 34c. Poultry— Hens, 16J@17c per pound; they le ft the Tw elfth company, Oregon broilers, 18(320c; turkeys, 22(324c; Coast A rtillery, and enlisted in the navy without first having obtained ducks, 18((> 22c; geese, 12(313c. their discharges from the Tw elfth com Veal— Fancy, 143(14 Je per pound. pany. Pork— Fancy, 19Jc per pound. Vegetables — Artichokes, 85 (3 90c Crumbling like tinder when the abut per dozen; tomatoes, $4.25@4.50 per ments gave way, the county bridge at crate; cabbage, 5(3,6c per pound; eg g Island City, three miles from La plant, 25c; lettuce, $1.65(31.80; cu Grande, dropped into the Grand Ronde cumbers, 90c(3$1.50 per dozen; cel river Monday, and now rests on the ery, 75c<3$1.25; cauliflower, $1.00 bottom o f the turbulent stream. Some per dozen; peppers, 20(335c per estimates place the total land under pound; rhubarb, 2(33c; peas, 5(36c; water in the Grand Ronde valley fo l asparagus, 5(36c; spinach, 4(36cj>er lowing the recent high floods and pres pound. ent inundation at 20,000 acres. Potatoes — Buying prices, $3.50(3 4.00 per hundred. A box factory and sawmill located on Green- Fruit — Strawberries, $1.75 N eil creek, seven miles south o f Ash per crate; apples, $1.35(32.75 per box. land, form erly operated by the Ashland Hops— 1916 crop, 3(36c per pound; Manufacturing company, but which 1917 contracts, nominal. have been in the hands o f the First Wool— Eastern Oregon, fine, 45(3 48c National Bank o f Ashland for the past per pound; coarse, 50c; valley, 45(3 year, have been sold to a group o f Los 50c; mohair, 55@61c. Angeles capitalists, who expect to Officers of u National Guard regiment enrolling new members as the regiment mobilizes In response to the presi Cascara Bark — Old and new, 6Jc have 100 men at work in the woods dent's call. per pound. and at the mills inside o f 30 days. SPEEDING UP NATIONAL GUARD RECRUITING NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT!