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MONDAY. .II'I.Y T2, 1HIS
A DESERVED TRIBUTE
111 ii_a<1 i«■»' <:« n«*r.il Charles V Doyen
'nr-g..ni/er. drill master and fighiiim
< ominander oi our marines, whose dar
ir.g vi<-tnries on the Marne lia\e ihri!
led • he nation, inis he*»u unalided
home just as tame crowned him and
in .'ii The tactics and spc< *• of
his brigade have been the admira
tion of the allied nations, and if will
rot !*♦• unprofitable m inquire who* her
their training or leadership have been
along special lines offering h**I| Ini
hints for preparing future troops
While our army forces abroad are
drilled and comanded by West IN tint
or. . > r by those whose tactics and in
spirations are ot military academy on
gin. and whose lives have been spent
on shore, the higher marine officers
were trained at Naval academy and
ha\t been sailormcn for years. Gen
eral Doyen, the actual field com
mander, is a member of the naval acad
cmy's famous class of 1 MS 1; so are Ma
jor General Harnett, commander in
chief of the marine corps, and Brig
adier General Lauchheirner who, prac
tically speaking, is the chief of staff of
the corps Br’gadier General i.tjcn —
who has gone over to relieve Doyen
and the two regimental commanders,
-the gallant Colonel Gatlin, severely
v. n iuled in leading his regimen:, and
Cartel Nevrle- '..horn Vera C’c.*. will
;oii£ 14 member- are all AnnapMK men
. ho r.ro sailor? ly education ami by
pr;H t ice.
Conditions in tin* army arc s*. di
I * *s * nt from t hose in tile navy t fiat
Intuitions and drill methods are not
(lie .-tame in the two service-. I.ift
on ■ hipboard and work in smalt boat.*
lend to develop individual inliiati-.e
more than does tin* barracks system ot
squad control For trench preparation
ttie urm> system lias obvious ailwtii
tages, lint we should, nevertheless, ex
pi , t the marine In handle himsell
somewhat better than a soldier in
tin* spe-ial eases of an attack acres*
broken ground Then, aboard hip
target practice individual target ptin
lice is almost a subject of worship
Till* records nl national anti Interna
null..I title matches are witness to the
ability of our instill marine corps ol
pre-war days to wrest laurels ttou
the large services. H may be notieei:
too that Major Holcomb the spirit
nt marine corps target practice ha*
leen effectively busy with tin* marinet
who are in France The development*
of french fighting have led the arnij
! i tin* use of the hand grenade, tin
machine gun. etc. perhaps to tin
unavoidable slighting of ritle instrue
t loti.
The navy has watched with intores
the working out of these two sys
tents in our training cutups in France
We have seen General Pershing's sol
diers receiving the best America!
army system of training, modified h;
lessons learned from our allies. A
the same time we have seen Genera
Pershing approving and encouragln
the somewhat different drills Inst
tilted by Doyen for his marines. I
Doyen's camps there has been rifl
practice every day and for everybody
Conventional targets and know
ranges ranges have been almost t*
boo. Instead there has been a serie
of posts crowned with tin cans t
represent German helmets; tall post
f and short ones, posts erect and post
recumbent, some posts in the opet
some in trenches, some in shell hole:
Hut every post had its can. Throng
these stage armies of Huns the tint
ines have advanced daily—and nightl
in sunshine and rain and fog an
snow. Sometimes they ran, agai
they walked or crawled or wiggle
snakcllke on their bellies, but ever
tin can was punctured repeatedly u:
soon as seen, and between shots wen
bayonetted or smashed with rifle but
or barrel.
Hroadly speaking, the army trainee
for trench or open field work, will
J rbe emphasis on the trench, and tin
) marines trained for the open or the
) trench, with emphasis on the open.
Then, after a preliminary tryout it
tin* trendies the murines were malice
to the neighborhood of Chateau Thier
M ry. where they were given theii
r chain e* They kne*w tln*ir superiority
I in the open and wore lucky in finding
i the (leruiiin.' just digging into tempor
ary trenches. And the marines we*nl
^ torward. chucked the Huns out ol
the d itches and "mixed it up" in the
open Kvery Fritz was a post and e*v
cry helmet a tin can. and even tin
seasoned French and Hritish were
I amazed to see men equally expert in
tin* use of the bayonet, the butt and
‘ the* sights. For the first time in about
tinee years the* rifle ( aim* into its own
in tin* hands of experts who handled
it as a fowling piece or pig sticker
or a shillaleh.
Against permanent trenches the
army training methods have little to
he desired, hut between here and Her
1 in there will In* much lighting in tin*
open, and our 7."».unu marines will mr
nish many wakes.
To every officer ami man in the
army well as in the navy it i. a
i! all- i of regret that just at the
hoi i i»i victory (bunual Doyen's health
tailed under tin* strain of arduous work
ahund .ntly well done Hut. whooverr
gave tin order "torward." Doyen was
the man who huilded victory and hi- is
flu- triumph \t this, all who know
him rejoice gr-.-atlv. He is a man nt
most lovable qualities. For example,
parent, and triend- n| h ; men wrote
him hundreds of letters inquiring as to
those under his command. There was
a standing order that the adjutant
should answer all let let s show ing signs
that the writer was well-to-do, but that
every h fter showing poverty, distress
or grief should he brought to the gen
era 1 to he answered by him personally,
at night, when drills were? over and
others might rest
His absence from the front is a
distinct loss to the nation. Hut there
will he compensation. His strong
will and vigorous patriotism will large
ly ignore his -physical condition and
his disappointment at leaving his men.
Within two weeks he will probably he
readv to take charge of a great train
ing camp where his talents and ex
perience w ill prepare a new and bigger
host of marines to he the navy’s rep
resent? lives on the Holds of France.
It is gratifying to know that Gerernl
Harbord of the army, who took tempor
ary command of the* marines, and (Ion
oral IVrshing. as well as the French
general commanding the division, have
officially placed on record high trib
utes to (leneral Doyen’s personal and
official worth, to the skill with which
his men wer»* trained and to the valor
and strength with which they struck
when their chance* came*
UNCLE SAM AS A MOTHER
t’licle Sam looks after his soldier
hoys ill rump as carefully as a hen
v ith one chick does after her off
spring. When it comes to tie health
of the army nothing is too small to
take into account The pernicious
microbe is microscopic in size, but it
could do a lot of damage it let alone.
The grounds about the camps are
kept free of rubbish and decaying mat
ter Garbage cans are covered and
screened Traps are set to catch flics.
The instructions given the men are
explicit and leave no room for per
sonal views as to sanitation. War is
being made upon disease as scientif
ically as upon the Kaiser
Talking of feet, the government
pays a great deal of attention to the
"number nines" of the troops. Or
! thopedists examine bad feet, proscriht
I exercises, and give treatment. As ;
result the disability is often removed
and the feet restored to normal
• • Special attention is given also ti
i j shoes. The army shoe is in itself ?
• panacea for almost 7.r> per cent of th«
t Ills foot is heir to As a result o
1 this sensible shoe the corn crop it
; some camps is a total failure. Mino
• ailments also disappear. Service It
i the army will save thousands of ou
9 boys from the sufferings that conn
In middle age from wearing ill-flttlni
t shoes in their young manhood.
Another matter that comes unde
s the keen eye of the medical authoritle
3j 1 s shaving A general order has beet
s | Issued requiring all barbers employe*
sjat the various camp barber shops t*
1.1 wash their hands with soap and wate
1.1 before attendance upon each man
1 Towels used for one patron can no
be used again until laundered Cup
y and brushes must be scalded after eacl
1 shaving.
a A recent survey of the physical cor
d lltlon of the men at one of the camp
y shows by comparison with the dat*
> taken at their coming that they hav
■ taken at, their coming that they hav
i gained from a half inch to one inc
in height and from 5 to 25 pounds i
weight 'Phis is a convincing demor
i, Miration, both to the men themselve
and to the home folks, of the vain
■ of substantial and nourishing food, ret
ular hours, sanitary environment, an
regular exercises Stooped shoulder
have been straightened, raved in ehes
has been straigtened out. saggin
"tummies'' made hard and able to holi
their own in file place where natur
intended them to be, and steps tha
once drugged listlessly move with ■
springiness ami vigor that hidie.ite
the iiea ft by man.
It your hoy is in the army, io t»
I lie is in better health than In- in
ever been in Ills life 11«• is beini
looked after outside, and one migh
almost say inside, as lie has ne\ei
been before And If anything is wront
with him if will he put right it seen
and skill can do if.
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TO BE BUILT AT
Div isional Road ('ommi-sinner I. I
Wilson will commence work at Cot
< 1 ov.i soon on a road entailing an •
pendilim* ot approxitn.11• * 1 > $|u,ih»-i i.
extend from a point south ul K street
to () 1 d Town and the ccrneterv at
Kyak lake The road will be thirt
feet wide and will he about litre*
fourths of a mile long. Some work
wa < done last fall in clearing tie
right of way for this project.
Mr. Wilson reports that the bridge
of the Xi/.ina river. feet long
and tin* one over the Kuskalina river
:1feet long, have just been emu
pleted
Piling and lumber is being prepared
for the building of a bridge 1.5no feet
long at Katalln It will extend across
the Katalln river and sloughs and Dll
provide a route from the town to ih»
St Klias oil fields. The contractors
are now ready to commence work or
this projecr
A road front McCarty over S«*ur
dough hill to the Xizion is now under
construction.
In the Anchorage district severa
, crews are at work, and contracts /oi
road work, ditching ami grading wif
hi* let this week on the Seward branrft
road
The new addition to the }fars»*shi»
building is completed on the outside
and wilt he ready for occupancv in ■
few day*. Tin* pninhTs are at air ,
now
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The “anglers'* say “we It iv \.
right kind of tackle to get the V
ones." Hotter outfit from Die Nut
w estern 1 lard ware < 'o
Your eye* fitted Compound ani
astigmatic lense* replaced Sc© O*
burns
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m PROGRESS BEING
MADE ON NEW THEAIEF
The new concrete theater am
apartment building being erected hj
Captain A K Lathrop is fast assum
lug proportions, and when completet
will he oner of the finest sfnn tares oi
tie- kind in Alaska, a credit to (’or
dova and a monument to its owner
who has shown confidence in the sta
bilily and future greatness of < or
dova
The main floor of the theater i-» fin
is lied and the framework of tin* pro
s< eoiiitn and balcony will lei in plan
tins week Over to per cent of the
concrete work has been completed
and a large force of men is today en
gaged in plating tie- hoav) girders in
> ^
the basement of the First street part
of the lot
It Is experted that the structure will
be up to the second floor by Saturday
night.
Captain Kathrop is anxious to have
tin* new Km press theater ready for
ort upancy as early as possible, and
Architect C.eorge it Purvis is strain
ing every effort to that end
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A new stuck of and .*#0’-ea liber
Newton rifles for your inspection at
tin* North western flanlwan Co
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