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"N. G.," "N. A." AND "U. S."
Heretofore we have had three Am
erican armies. There was the regu
lar army, existing before the war
and swelled to war dimensions by
Tolunteers; there was the national
guard, composed of rolanteer state
militiamen taken Into the federal
service; and there was the national
army of selective service men creat
ed aa a body capable of indefinite ex
pansion to provide as much addition
al man-power as the war demanded.
These branches hare been kept sep
arate. They have had tbeir own or
ganizations, their own fighting units,
their "N. O." and "N. A." ano "U.
8." Initials to distinguish them from
each other.
That ia all changed, and changed
for the better. By order of the war
department, we bare now only one
army. It really doesn't matter what
we call it, seeing that under any
name it is a- "United States army"
or a "national army," or a "national
guard," according to the way yon
look at It. The matter is simplified,
however, by giving every man in it
the good old "V. S." designation
It satisfies the men better, because
It avoids Invidious distinctions. It
la of practical benefit, too, because
It makes It possible to mingle In the
same division regiments of different
branches, and to transfer men or of
ficers at will. It gives the guards
men oficera, too, a better chance of
promotion.
This merging of our various fight
ing forces is a natural step,' follow
ing the merger of all the allied
forces. There is now literally one
army fighting Germany. Even the
"V. 8." is not Important any more,
nor the Insignia of Britain, France,
Belgium, Italy and the rest. We
are all allies, pooled to win the war,
standardized and Interchangeable.
GERMANS AND THE RED CROSS
Firing upon the ,Red Cross when it
protects allied wounded la one side
of the German medal of dishonor.
Here Is a picture found on the other
aide. : J
. When the American troops storm
ed Hill 200, in the Soissons-Rhelmsj
salient, they observed at the top of
It an old signal tower, one of many'
built by Napoleon. There was a big
Red Cross flag waving over It. Ac-1
cordlngly, the Americans took care'
that their artillery and machine gun'
fire should not touch tire tower. I
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Finally, when the attacking party
reached the top of tba hill, two ma
chine guns suddenly opened up on
them from the tower, killing many
of tham. Their surviving comrade,
of course, soon put a stop to that
by killing the gunners at their guna.
Invariably the Huns have attempt-'
ed to defend their attacks on Red
Crosa hospitals, ambulances, drese
tng stations, etc., by declaring that
they were being used for military
purposes. Invariably the charge haa
been refuted. And here we have the
Germans doing the very thing they
falsely charge against their foea, and
getting away with It because of tbelr
foes' own honesty and good faith.
No wonder the Americans tend
more and more to. give no quarter.
An enemy who cannot be trusted can
not be spared.
The "state of enhanced protec-
ttn" established by Germany In
Lkriinla didn't do Flell Marshal von
Elchhorn much good. Will Prussians
evr learn that the best way to pro
tect yourself against yor.r neighbor
I not '' pt'nch thit nc!.bor's Jaw
and tteal Ma wife x sUrve hla
children and rob bis hen rst, but
Just to he relghborlv 10 I a ;
"Forward with God, who will be
with us as he was with our ances
tors!" shouts the kaiser. As God was
with their ancestors when the French
under Napoleon marched to Berlin?
Speaking German may be all
right, but we don't want any think
ing in German.
"JUST ANOTHER ONE"
London, July . 10. (Correspon
dence of the Associated Press) Ma
jor James B. McCudden, recently.
killed in an aviation accident, wag
an extremely reticent boy who hard-'
Iy looked bis 23 years but who, with-1
In a little more than two years of'
flying, had won a long string or dec-'
orations and had come within two
victories of being the premier flier!
of the British and Canadian forces.!
He was in quest of these victories'
when killed.
While with a party of friends ln
London one night shortly before his
death be lamented the fact that he
soon was to be ordered to Instruc
tion work and probably would not!
have another opportunity to better j
his record of 52 Hun machines. He
confided to friends however that he;
planned to slip across the channel
soon from a British aerodrome and
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attempt to down two more German
machines before he settled down to
the aata Instruction work.
' McCudden'a flying peer la a Cana
dian with a record of S3 but who
has been transferred from combat to
Instruction work. It was this situ
ation coupled with the fact that he
was ao close to gaining the highest
flying honors that stirred young Mc
Cudden to his last fatal effort.
True to his plans ha drove a fast
battleplane from a British aero
drome to France and was flying to
ward the German lines at a low al
titude when his machine, crashed to
tho ground. Those who witnessed the
accident are certain something hap
pened to the airplane but the real
cause of his death may never be
known.
STIRRED BY GREAT PARADE
Many Will Think That the Little Man
Waa a Trifle Unjust to Hia
Own Importance.
The swelling roar of cheers outside
made the Little Man drop a pnper
weight on hla ledger leaves and bolt
to the nearest window, says Collier's
Weekly. Down the street came the
guard of honor, mounted police pre
ceding some sunburnt regulars from
our Mexican border, apd behind them
swung half a company of real French
Minx, Ihe sort that turned back the
Boche from Terdun and the Chcmln
de Dames. Short, quick stepping,
steel built men of France they were,
with keen, dark faces under the lop
ping tarn o' shanter headgear of the
Corps Alpln, rolling along with their
Noah'a ark packs and bayonets set
for action. The cheering actually
seemed to shove the buildings back
from the street Long ago the Forum
must have welcomed thus the legion
aries who had saved Roman civiliza
tion from the barbarian In those bit
ter struggles through Gnul and Dacla.
Every mnn'a sleeves showed the stripes
thnt meant wounds, and his breast the
decorations that meant vulor.
"Tliey did make one feel so old nnd
useless and out of It," ns the Little
Man told his wife next niornlnif. So
he ground 0ut the day's work with his
tf't!i set hard, bought some more
thrift stnmp took tne first car for
home, spent the rest of the daylight
hours In raring for his beans, pota
toes and cabbage, got through a war
fare dinner and put In the evening
selling Mr. McAdoo'a pet bonds to
some boss metal workers whom he
had met In the lodge last winter. Get
ting home at 10:.ri0 p. m., be routed
out that 1017 model straw hat, cleaned
It up for another campaign, and some
time later fell into bed as If It bad
been a dugout
"If thla gets much worse I'll learn
to knlf was his last waking thought,
"and If they want to keep me out of
this war they'll have to put bolta on
It." After all, things seen are mightier
than things heard, and the Little Man
and Tennyson are both right
3 KILLKD WIIKN lLAKH
COLLI DK AISOYK (LOli)S
Pensacola, Fla., Auk. 14. Three
aviators attached to the training
school here were killed late today in.
a collision of their planes above the
clouds.
TRANS-
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New York, Aug. 14. Huge air
planes capable of carrying 100 paa
senKara, aud flying front New York
to San Franctaco or from New York
to London in from 36 to 48 hours,
will be built before very long, accord
ing to Capronl, designer of the fa
mous aeroplane of that name.
Startling aa thla prediction may
appear to the layman, to the expert
of these giant air liners are but the
cold logical development of the tre
mendous stride forward the neces
sities of war have forced airplane
engineers to make.
At the Aero club of America today
the 100-paaaenger flyer waa dlscu
sed by a number of Amortcan and al
lied aeronautical engineer, not one
of whom doubted tor a moment that
the era of the paenger plane I now
dawning.
Butter Wrappera printed to com
ply with the law at the Courier.
Unshaken Testimony
Time la the teat of truth. And
n.in'a ifMiiAv Pill, him Mtnnil the
test in Grants Pass. No Uranta
Pass resident who suffers backache,
r annoying urinary Ills can remain
uuconvlnced by this twice-told testi
mony. W. A. Trefren. 7S1 Highland Aw.,1
tays: "I suffered for a long time :
from my back and kldneya and never
found anything thnt would give mei
much relief until I begun using
Doan'a Kidney Pills. They strength
ened my back and eased the dull
pains that had settled across my
kidneys." (Statement given March
24. 1913.)
On March 20. 1916, Mr. Trefren
said: "I am still a strong booster
for Doan'a Kidney Pills, for I don't
know of anything their equal for
lame back and kidney trouble. They
always do mo a wonderful lot of
good when I have to takn them."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Dnn't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
ret Doan's Kidney Pills the same
that Mr. Trefren had. Foster-Mll-burn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
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WOUNDED AT THE FRONT
I.oiird Hutchinson, a Y. M. C, A.
war worker at tha front received a
compound fracture of the leg when
a ahell burst In the mouth of hi
dug-out.
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at the Courier Office.
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