THE “MILWAUKEE” AGAIN TO THE FRONT
V Through the extensive nmin-line Electrification of
Its mountain divisions, the "Milwaukee" lias again
made good its claim to being the I’ioneer Line. This
colossal undertaking has attracted world wide atten
tion and wonderfully increased the safety and effi
ciency of the road.
For additional information call on or address
TOM TALLENT. Agent.
V CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RY.
r A. E. Harris, T, P. A., Juneau, Alaska.
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THE HACil'E, Netherlands, June 2
— (Correspondence of the Associated
Press.) — An army of 1.300,000 men ,
as Holland's military strength in any
future European struggle Is the pre ,
paredness program of the "Volksweer
haarheid," or National Defense Asso- .
elation, which enjoys a state subsidy ,
and had Ho branches and nearly 14.- ,
000 members.
Under this program every able- ,
bodied man and woman would be en
listed for the country's defense; there ,
would be universal service instead of
the limited compulsory system which
now obtains. The association is con
vinced that “freedom and indepen- j
dence can be assured only when all
who are able, conscious of their duty,
prepare themselves in service in tfte
country's defense forces, with a view
in case of necessity to being able to
defend those most sacred possessions ^
of the nation."
The concrete scheme of the asso- j
elation takes the form of general com-;
pulsory training, with limited repeti
:j:- tion training and service, and local
and provincial training and organlfca
tion. Starting out from the principle
that the basis of all defense must be J
the forming of a powerful race, the
program would provide physical exer
:'<• else in the schools, and subsequent
preparatory training of the youth of
the country. After this the time ac
tualiy spent in the ranks would be
comparatively short, the association
argues, citing what has been seen In
that respect in the present war.
Only a few of the large levies thus
| obtained would suffice to form the
I field army. Thence the men would
, pass out into the "local troops"—Ter
ritorial defense forces. These latter
would he so organized that, together
with the strong localized frontier and
poast guards, they could be ready to
fake the field in a few hours.
While the "local troops" would, in
the first place, serve for defense, the
field army would be destined for of
fensive operations. The two together
would form a force of about 800.000
men, fully trained, while there would
still be a reserve in the depots of
more than 500,000 men, making up the
total of 1,300,000 mentioned.
Summarized, this new national array
would be constituted as follows:
Frontier and coastal troops, 134,500 \
•J men; field army, 107.000; position
- troops, 15,500; marine, 5,000; local
troops, 534,500; total, 790,500 men. j
Reserve: Local reserve, first ban. |
400,000 men; second ban, 170,000 men;
total, 570,000 men.
With such an army, which is repre j
sented as quite feasible, the old axlo- [,
matic principle of retiring behind the '
famous Dutch "water line” might be ,
abandoned and positions taken up im
mediately behind the frontiers, the as ,
sociation points out. !.
me basic loea oi rue program is
said to enjoy wide sympathy and sup
port, and the plan is expected to come
up for serious consideration in one .
form or another when the present ,
crisis is past.
In a talk with the correspondent of i
the Associated Press, the secretary of ,
the association laid special stress on
_, the fact that the women must also
be organized and trained to co-oper- ,
ate, presumably largely in Red Cross
work.
Apart from its propaganda activi
ties, the National Defense Associa- ,
tion has been instrumental in raising
nearly 10,000 volunteer Landstrumj
troops to reinforce the mobilized
army. j -
Since its birth in 1899, the organiza-,
tion has provided extensive facilities
for rifle practise and the aequlremerft j ]
of other military arts, furthered gym-:
nastic and athletic clubs, trained wo-1,
men for Red Cross work, and* founded
summer training camps.
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NOTICE.
All persons having claims, against
the Cordova Packing Company, or
F. A. Turner, representing same com
pany, please present same to J. H. •
Deever, president.
June 6, 1916.
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BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
•'RANCH, May — (Correspondence
if the Associated Press, t — Between
he British and Herman modern ma
•hine warfare wherein every man was
lupposed to have become a pawn with
>ut initiative of his own, has been
leveloping perhaps the deadliest form
>f sport imagination can conceive—
yhere every combatant places his
tunning, his strength and his skill
n hand to hand fighting against those
if his adversary.
Hardly a day passes that there is
lot a trench "raid'' by one side or the
ither .and sometimes several such
lallfes Commanders do not want to'
et the enemy know why their raids j
rncceed or fail or why the enemy’s |
succeed or fail. Invention fights in
,-ention, secrecy fights secrecy.
All the elements of boxing, wrest
ing, fencing anti mob tactics, plus,
he stealth of the Indian who crept I
ip on a camp on the plains and the'
earn work of a professional baseball
line are valuable to the player.
The weapon that is least needed is
l rifle. A club or a sandbag or an
Indian battle axe or spiked club is bet
:er. A good slugger without any wea
pon at all may take an adversary's
oaded rifle away from him and knock [
lini down and then kick him to death j
Life Monotonous.
The monotony or trench existence
hese days is broken by preparing for
■aids and against them. Battalion
commanders work out schemes of
itrategy which would have won them
[ame In smaller wars. Fifty or a
thousand may lie engaged in a raid.
It may be on a front of fifty yards or
i thousand. Its object is to take as
nanv prisoners and kill and wound as;
nanv of the enemy as possible*in a
’ew minutes; and then to get back to
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heir own trench. The assaulters -try
,o hold on to the piece of trench they
lave taken, the guns are turned on j
hem, the bombers close up on either j
lide, and machine guns and rifles are
jrepared to sweep the zone of retiro
nent.
An uncanny curiosity gives the sol
iiers incentive for the raids. Ordl.
larlly they never see their enemy hid
len in his burrows across "No Man’s
Land" from their own burrows. Un
leen bullets from unseen snipers
crack overhead. Unseen guns sud
ienly concentrate in a deluge of
ihells. For months this sort of thing
;oes on and the trenches of the ad
versaries remain always in the same
ilace; the grim monotony of casual
ies and watching continues. This
irouses the desire to "get at” the
snemy which the trench raid satis
'les. It means springing over the
larapet and rushing across "No Man’s
..and" into the very houses of the
inemy and man to man on his door
itep proving which is a better fighter.
Guns Protect Raiders.
To go over the parapet ordinarily
ueans death. In order to make $ny
uteh rush there must be "interfer
mce," as they say in football, and the
jarbwire in front of the enemy’s
reneh must be cut. This is usually
lone by the guns, which become more
md more deadly in their ability to
urn accurate sprays of destruction
m given points. They cover the rush j
md they cover the return of the raid
srs with their prisoners.
But the guns are not all; there is
ill kinds of organized trickery in or
ler to enable a body of soldiers to
set into the enemy's trenches for a
ew minutes of activity, when the oe
nipants throw themselves on their
nvaders at such close quarters that
t is a question if even a revolver is
io\v a practical weapon. It cannot be
hrown over a traverse and a bomb
:an. Running into a German around
he corner of a traverse,- a blow may
ms better than a shot.
There have been trench raids where
svery man who went out was respon
dble for a casualty or prisoner, while
:he raiders’ own loss might not have
jeen one in ten to the enemy’s. There
ire also failures. Success requires
.hat every detail should work out
■ight. The British inaugurated trench
■aiding, which the Germans promptly
lidapted. Where its development will
jpd no one dares venture to say, One
i^vantage of any mM *a thatr thoaa
vko retarn are bound to hrta* baa*
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some brmatlon of value to the In
telligence corps.
Shrapnel Dangerous.
On average days In the trenches the
main danger is from shrapnel bullets j
and fragments from shell explosions,;
which tnay inflict ugly and fatal |
wounds, preventable by comparatively
thin protection to such a vulnerable
substance as human flesh Together,
a corselet and a steel helmet pretty
effectively shield vital parts against
missiles of low velocity.
The use of the corselet is limited
virtually to officers who pay for them J
out of their own pockets. The ex-1
pense and labor of supplying all ranks j
of a great army with them would seem |
out of the question. But gradually all i
the British soldiers are being supplied
with the steel helmets after their sue
eessful use by the French, who first |
introduced them. The French pattern ;
is quite graceful beside the British.!
which is round and something the j
shape of a toadstool. The British ia
heavier than the F'rench. and there ia
method in its soup plate grotesque
ness. Thanks to Its form, a bullet
which strikes It in front, instead of
going through the head ns is the case
with the French helmet, glances and
follows the inside of the helmet, pass
ing out nt the rear.
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TO ABANDON VESSEL.
TOKIO, June 7. — The Toyo Kalsen
Kaisha has decided to abandon the
trans-f’arifle steamship rhiyu Mara,
which was wrecked In a storm twenty
miles south of Hong Kong recently.
Many American passengers were on
the steamer at the time. No lives were
lost. The owners expect to receive
atiout $1,850,000 from the insurance
companies, who in their turn could,
on account of the high war price of
iron, dispose of the material in the
hull for about $350,00, it is believed.
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