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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORB,. OREGON, THURSDAY. 'AUGUST 2, 1917 PAGE T1IIIEM P ' RED CROSS TO TAKE TOUCH OF HOMETOSAMIVtY How Hundred Millions Will Be Spent Special Service Secured for Supplies for Troops in France Already Working in Trenches : Recreation Centers Provided. .WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. "The first money from the $100,000,000 Red Cross fund will provide for the comfort and well-being of American soldiers, in France and in this coun try. The army and navy will do their part, but the Red Cross must supple ment their preparations." Henry P. Davison, Red Cross war council chairman, said this when ask ed his organization's first big Job. Prepares for Hcally Big Army. "The Red Cross has an eye to the tremendous demands a really big Am erican army In France will make. Just one example. Red Cross supplies used to get across the ocean somehow, anyhow. Space was found on crowded sblps. Thru the generous co-opera' tlon of commercial steamship lines and foreign transport service all of the needed space has now been pro vlded. But more than this thru President Wilson's personal interest and the co-operation of the shipping board, additional space will be provid ed when needed. "When Red Cross supplies are landed they will not cluttetr up the already, overtaxed French railway lines. The Red Cross will, have Its own land service. huge motor trucks using the splendid French military roads. It has already bought a fleet of motor trucks In Cleveland. We ex pect eventually to have many hun dreds. These will carry our supplies from the French ports to troop de pots. . I Already at Work. "The Red Cross already has -Major Grayson M.1 P. Murphy at work lu France with a force. Hospitals man ned with Red Cross units are In serv ice the first unitts to carry the Am erican flag to thte front. "But, just as Important, the Red Cross and the Y M. C. A. are arrang ing recreation centers. When English Tommies get a furlough, they can run over to England. The French pollu can go home. '" " "But our Sammies can't. Well, wo want to arrange so they can come to Paris, for Instance, get a room In a club house, with baths and clean beds, see American newspapers and maga zines, and have the feel of homo. In the Trenches Also. "The Red Cross is going to look after our men In the trenches, too. We recently made a preliminary pur. chase of one million pounds of wool yarn. Red Cross chapters will knit this Into sweaters and mlttons, Red Cross workers are preparing ono mil dlon comfort kits tor our boys. Each costs close to (2. At American cantonments, the Red Cross will be on the Job. We will hare warehouses at each, with supplies of blankets, etc. We will work there, too, with the Y. M. C. A., in providing recreation centers. For Instance, down at Fort Oglethorpe we have already provided swimming pool and a home for convalescents. There will -be a hundred things Uncle Sam doesn't do that we shall try to do." FEAR ANGLO-SAXON 1L0F ZURICH, Aiijr- 2. Tim military critic ot the Munchcncr Ncuestc Nn eliirchtcn regrets that Hritish dip lomuey has been more clever nml successful than the German. He says it has bt-cn constantly making new allies until now there ore l.:t."n,(mo,100 foes against Germany's 150,0110,0110, and declares that Grout Britain's greatest gain in this rcsH'ct is America.. , "Kconomicnlly, politically and financially un Anglo-Saxon circle hns now been funned nnd threatens to rule the world unless wc oppose a central Euroeun and Asiatic enm bination against it," ho nays, "Tin military importance of America is equally ureal. She requires only time to become effective." PHILIPP NOMINATED MINISTER TO COLOMBIA WASHINGTON. Aim. 2. Hoffman I'liilipp, former secretary of the em bassy at Constantinople, was nom inated today bv President Wilson to be minister to Colombia. deonre I ritl Inuerwn or Hinire- GIGANTIC TASK II NFS UN ARMYINFRANC E Railroads and Spurs, Bridges, Roads, Wharves and Piers Constructed, Power Houses Built, Wells Drilled and Water Pipes Laid Thru Miles of American Camp Cities. WASHINGTON, Am?. 2. The enormity und variety of tasks con fronting American army engineers in making tho first expeditionary force in France a successful organic unit, independent of British und French aid, were emphasized in a statement today, issued by the engineers' corps of the uriny, which also dwelt on the gigantic tasks ahead. Not only mustnarrow-guuge spun be built and bridges, roads, wharves and piers constructed and repaired continually, but timber for a score of purposes, must be cut from tho for ests of Franco bv a regiment of trained foresters. Great under ground electric power houses must be established to supply current to tho trenches und dugouts, scores jf wells must he drilled nnd miles of water pipes laid through American camps cities somewhere ill France. Concealing Operations, Sign painters nnd artists, will have to be taught the craft of camouflage to conceal military operations from the enemy. Expert miners will direct vast underground burrowing; not tic maps of enemy territory must be. made and a multitudo of hospituls, refrigerating plants, machine shop.' arc to be constructed. ' "The value of railroad materials and rolling stock alono, now beirii; purchased,;' says the statement, "is about fivo times that of all pur chases made annually in this coun try for tho'Pannma' canal during the Inst four or fivo years, Amene.-m engineers will equip the wharves nnd piors in Frunec, utilized by Ameri can forces with the terminal facili ties required by our armies. It is the duty of the corps of engineers to furnish an adequate wutor supply for the large bodies of men sud denly placed in localities whero the entire water -supply is utrcudy liecd ed for the civilian population.. The engineers' corps will carry its own rolling stock to the theater of war. This in itself will be n gigantic op eration. . ' Special Mining Companies. "Special mining companies will be formed for the purpose of carrying: on the intricate operations involved in modern trench' warfare. For this work cxort miners will bo chosen. The engineers will go into the study of battle maps, making on a large scale under expert Ilrilish and 'French instructors. Ilattle field il lumiiiulion with searchlights, trench lights, flares, .star bombs and rifle grenades will be handled by our cn ginccrs. -Appliances for this work will die of American nianufaclure. "It will be the endeavor of the en uineers to prepare accommodations ahead of troops us fast as theV ore sent over." FEDERAL ACTION WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Drastic action by the government lo meet the labor disturbances in the west and southwest," which officials are sure have been stirred up hv German propaganda, will be taken if the sit nation shows any growth. Intimations of an attempt to call out the United Mine Workers should (he 'government not intcrveno on be half of the Industrial Workers of the World in luhor disputes in certain sections of the west have resulted in the department of justice undurtnk ing a broad general inquiry. The inquiry has not yet reached the stage where definite action has been formulated, hut officials assert that nothing possible will be left un done to prevent the tieup of indus tries deemed vital in the conduct of the war. 4 PARIS, Aug. 2. A Urge group of American staff officers Is expected to return to the American headquarters today from tha Flanders front. The group Include men from the Intelll HOOVER S PLANS WORKED OUT TO 3HANDLE FOOD Efficiency Methods to Be Employed Whenever Congress Gives Power Potatoes Rotting on Ground When If Bill Had Been Passed, All Would Have Been Utilized. Animals Given Same Treatment as Humans, With Periods of Rest and Reposes-Great Confidence Repos ed in Canines, Which Effectually Prevent Surprises. WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 2. A hint of tho efficiency mothods that will be introduced into the handling; of foodstuffs by Herbert Uoover's food organisation, when congress finally gels thru mulling over the food control bill and gives Hoover some authority to pet, is shown in plans already worked out for taking nrs of tho great potato crop. Next to cereals, potatoes wi'l be America's biggest crop. And next to whont, potatoes are most needed for export to our allies and to our own soldiers in France. . Kvcry. Potato 'Needed. Last spring everybody was ab jured to plant potatoes, potatoes, po tatoes! . Back yards and front yards unit vacant lots all over the country wero turned into potato patches. The result is unless other than normal methods of handling the crop nrc provided n very large part of it will go to waste. Although cvqry potato is needed. Already in the big early potato sections ot Virginia and eastern Maryland thousands of bushels arc being left to rot in the ground be cause local markets are glutted and transportation cannot be secured to outside markets. Had the food bill been passed bv July 1, this enormous wnsto could hove been avoided. Hoover expects to be able to check it within a very short time after it is enacted. As soon as the bill becomes law, the food administration will provide storage- facilities in every center of potato production and will buy at good price any surplus growers may not be able to place immediately on the market, or for which they cannot get transportation. To Equulle Supplies. From these stocks the government will'be able to equalize supply in a big cities, removing any excuse for inflated prices due to local manipu lation or shortage.? In cases where n particular market is glutted, .with consequent danger of loss to grower or of wastoage, the government wi take up the surplus and thereby stabilize both supply nnd price. Immediately on passage of the law- steps will be taken to equip n number of largo dehydrating or evaporating plants for potatoes. Kxcess stocks of potatoes will be put through these plants as rapidly as possible, rclicv ing the demand on storage space and providing a potato product for export which will save millions of tons ot shipping. l'otutocs contain 8.1 por cent wu ter. With this water tuken out, the potato requires less shipping space, weighs less and will keep infinitely better. Itemovo the Water. Out of each 1000 tons of iHilutocs for export to France we will first remove 8"0 tons of water. Only l.'iO tons of vessel space will he required instead of 1000 tons, and the 8."0 tons of water can be put back in again when the potatoes lire prepar ed for eating in France. These dehvdrated potatoes lose none of their nutritious or edible qualities in the process. Sweet potatoes, of which the south promises a greut harvest, will be handled in the same way. Many other vegetable crops may be pre served simialrly. All that is lacking lo start the wheels of Hoover's bin food regulut ing machine is a final, vote by con grcss. Till that chinos his hands arc tied and manipulation, lin.-tahic prices nnd waste will continue. CANADA 10 BE PUT ON RATIONS OTTAWA, Aug. 2. Canada Is to be put on rations and there Is to be a penalty If the orders a re. not obeyed. W. J. Hanna, food controller of Can ada, baa made recommendations to the minister of Justice that the people of Canada shall be requl.ed to ob serve two meatless days a week, two baconless days a week and that every caterer In Canada who serves dally 2. meals must supply bread that Is other than pure wheat bread. The FRENCH FRONT. June 20 (corre spondence). Dog sentinels of the French army lake their regular turn of repose together with their human comrades in the "rest enmps" of the second line, where they are relieved for a time from the nerve-ranking thunder of the cannon which is their daily lot in the front trenches. ' The Associated Press correspond ent today saw a number of these ani mals frisking about with their soldier friends in the waters of a canal run DOG SENTINELS GIVE WARNING 0 F MIDNIGHT RAIDS ning thru the territotry of the Somnic whence recently tho Germans were driven. The dogs appealed to enjoy their relaxation just us much as the men, with, whom they hud just marched back from tho trenches ut ter a spell of duty lasting twelve days. These , dogs', mostly of tho sheep dog species, do most vuluablc ser vice, ut night more especially, in company with the lookouts who have the tusk of keeping nil unfailing guurd on tho front lines. The dogs have beoomo quite accustomed to the roar and bursting of shells, which, when tho animals were first sent to the fighting line caused them to run off with their tails drooping. ' tlogs Prevent Surirlsc, Now when the human sentinels are posted right in face of tho enemy the dogs tnko up their position quite naturally besido them nnd keep il sharp watch out ovor "no man's hind." Their ears perk up at the slightest rustle in tho darkness vin front, but tho dogs do not bark or growl. Instead they call the atten tion' of the soldier sentry by wagging their tails and moving about nerv ously. On many occasions they havo given notice in Ibis way of an enemy patrol moving about stealth ily in front and havo perceived tlio approach of raiding parties of Ger mans long before their human com panions had any idea that any hos tile movement wus in progress. In fact, a considerable part of the French success in healing off Ger man raids has been due to the dog sentinels' acute vision and hearing. Ono battalion of the famous Alpine Chasseurs, which possesses a num ber of these animals, has, owin to their alertness, been enabled to pre pare timely defence on six occasions this mouth aguinst Gorman night at tacks. When the Germans arrived at tho French wire they found the riflemen waiting for them, and they were driven bock with heavy losses, while the Chasseurs themselves never lost a man killed. Confidence In Dogs. All the soldiers nt tho front have learned to havo very strong confi dence in the instinct of their dog companions, who participate in all their perils and often save them from death or capture. The dogs arc placed on the regi mental rosters in the sumo way as tha soldiors and they also draw re ular rations. In (he front trenches they sluiro with the soldiers all the discomforts of underground lifo, and when the men nre relieved they go with them to enjoy the comforts of cantonments. Then they nro cleanly housed in kennels, nre washed and brushed and regulurly fed, and they nre nt all times petted by the men, who regard them as true comrades. The utilization of dogs for war work is extending daily, and those animals found unsuitable fur activo service ut the front nro proving of practical use in the guurdinir of munition works and other dcpoW in tho rear. WE FRENCH SHIPS AND FOUR ITALIAN LOST PARIS, Aug. 2. 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