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I ENGLAND. Aug. in. Another eon-|
| signment of American man power that
might he labeled "Made in England"
Is ready for shipment to the western
front. It is the personnel of the first |
American tank battalion.
Trained by veterans of the British
tank service, and equipped with the
most modern of the land warships, the
new force is expected to give an ex
cellent account of Itself The Brit
ish coaches of the American crews
have expressed their approval of the
manner In which their pupils have
adapted themselves to the operation
of the machines, and, unless they are
mistaken, the men whose training In
England Is just being completed will j
l he given enviable roles Their ma
chines have the best points of both
the British and French tanks and the
training of the men has been in the
' light of experiences already gained by
, the lighters of France and England
| To every man in the American out
| fit there have been imparted the
stories of mistakes made In the early
history of tank warfare. Enlisted
men and oflicers have been told what i
to do and what not to do; all their
admonitions have been based not on j
theory but on actual experiences, j
gained in the face of German fire,
f loosed always upon the slightest in
" tlmation that the tanks are lumbering
I to the front.
Hut as a reminder, perhaps, that
the enemy’s ttre is seldom effective. Is
the insignia adopted for the American
I
I tank corps—two salamanders, crawl
i ing creatures that worm their way
unharmed through the flame and
smoke
It is expected that because of the
excellence of the weapon with which
it will fight and the training it has
undergone the American contingent
will prove itself exceptionally et'ti
fieient; for, even as the American en
gineers have been careful to combine
in the American tank the best fea
tures of those now used by the Brit
ish and the French, so have the In
structors of the personnel been scru
pulously careful to inculcate the most!
advantageous methods of offense and j
defense.
Further cause for believing thei
American lank corps will live up to
the estimate of the British instruc
tors is thi' character of its personnel,
both men and officers. They are care .
" fully selected men. picked from the I
thousands who volunteered when the
call for tank men was made Two
base reguisites were insisted upon
tirst. every man must be physically tit.
and second, temperamentally adapt
able The training every man has re
ceived has meant either that he is de
livered to the commanders at the
j front as a wonderfully efficient unit
i or is mercilessly thrown out of the
service. He is turned over to the
lighting force as an expert mechanic,
a man drilled in the operation of both
machine guns and heavier ordnance,
a tactician and strategist, and finally,
as a man with no evidence of "nerves."
British trainers at the little country
“ town where the Americana have been
3 coached have been careful to explain
to the men, as they weeded out the
unfit and those not temperamentally
suitable, that only the best can be used
| There Is perhaps no branch of the
I army service that makes a greater
demand on the physical endurance of
the man than the tank service, and
certainly none calculated to test the
nerves more, for within the very small
fighting space there is combined the
roar of the heavy ordnance, the rattle
of the machine guns, the acrid smell
of burning powder, and the suffocat
-J ing fumes of burning oil and gaso
- line. Into this little space, not more
| than eight feet long and four or five
j wide, and with a celling so low that
9 a man can not stand upright, there is
ss
jg crowded the crew.
Ii ur at iiini t *|tci u in cn til iut' m ir
ish Instructors, many of whom were
in the first tanks used in the war,
have been reproduced in the most min
ute detail for the instruction of the
Americans. Little has heey left to the
imagination: the practical has been
substituted for the theoretical. Huge
shell holes, not dug out with pick
1' and shovel, but blasted by mines as
gl though by the German shells, have
• I torn up th« training field; trenches
Identical wi^h those I Ijaj mark the
battlefields of France and other ob
structions that tnnks encounter have
!>een built, and it is over these that
the Americans huve been drilled and
drilled until. In the opinion of their
instructor*, they are prepared to take
their place on the line
Practical problems of getting out
of tight places have been provided,
and in anticipation of some of the
predicaments that may be encountered
careful instruction in reconnoisance
work has been given Strenuous work
in target practice has been a daily |
schedule. Indeed, almost the only ex
perience not yet undergone by the
Americans is the pounding of the tier
man lire.
Another bit of training the tank!
man has had is in the use of the com i
pass, and just as a lesson demonstrat
ing the reason for this they have been!
given the experience of handling the|
tanks at night, when the analogy be-i
tween these land warships and those
of the sea is seen.
Although the Americans have been
trained in British tanks, it is not ex
pected they will find any trouble w hat-I
ever in operating the newer and heav-j
ier machines from the United States.!
The differences between the two
kinds of tanks are technical and have
to ilo with the mechanism, but they'
are not radical. The lighting and op
erating principles are the same, and;
it has been explained to the Ameri
cans that the man who can handle j
one can handle the other, much as
the pilot of one make of automobile
can easily learn to drive another type.
ENGLISH WOMEN WILL
DESIGN THEIR OWN SLITS
LONDON. Aug. 10 - Man always did
set a had example!
The clumsiness of the men's stand
ard suits has proven to the fair sex
that mere man must not attempt to
have a voice in choosing a suitable;
standard uniform for women.
Women are unanimous in declaring |
they must select the style and cut;
themselves.
A consensus of feminine opinion in
dent students of physiognomy As
dines to have quality and price of
materials for standard dressed fixed,
also prices for making. There Is aj
demand that steps should be taken to
place these standardized articles on
the market in readiness for the cold
winter weather
"Hut." says a leading W. A A. (\
officer, "don't let men make any mis
take fiirls are wearing uniforms for
the war's sake, but none of them
really like it. My girls are always
telling me how they long to break
forth Into bright colors, and when the
war is over there'll be no holding
them back in this direction. They
have the good sense to wear plain
filings, and they are sensible enough
to work for the nation; therefore they
lire sensible enough to choose the cut
of their suits." And woe betide the
man who iries to "lay down the law "i
on this point!
HONESTY GREAT TRAIT
AMONG ITALIAN PEOPLE
HEADQUARTERS ITALIAN ARMY,
Aug. 10.—"Italy ought to be called
the country of unlocked doors," said
F. C. Thwaits of Milwaukee, who Is
now In charge of the American Red
Cross work on a large section of this
front.
“I think honesty is the chief trait
of the Italians," he said "The beat
proof of this general statement Is that
I never lock my hotel door anywhere
In Italy, nor do any other Americans
after they hare been here a few
weeks. We go away from our hotels,
perhaps for days at a time, leaving our
doors unlocked and all our persouai '
belongings at the mercy of the first
comer, and yet wo never dream of
losing anything, either through hotel
servants or transients
"Out on the front you can leave
your automobile standing anywhere
you like, with your overcoats or any
other belongings, and be sure that
nothing will be disturbed At that
there may be plenty of poor fellows
about who would most gratefully ac
cept any small present."
FIRST [LECTION OF KINO
TO BE HELD IN FIFTY YEARS
LONDON, Aur 10.—For the llrat
time in fifty years an election Is to
be held shortly In the Ldtidon (luild
hall for the post of "city aleconner.”
The position carries a Rood salary,
but apparently no particular duties.
The "aleconner" was originally an of
ficer who inspected and tested any new
brands of ale.
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TIGHTWAD BY HIS FACE
LONDON. Aug. lu Hag-day pro-'
miters for the thousand and one war
charities of Kngland have ascertained
hat their best flag sellers are p rof I -
Practically all of the boys have
me day In three Is a tag day for some
charity or another, the girls who sta
Ion themselves at the busiest street
corners to nab all comers make It a
-tile not to tackle persons who look as
hough they won't "come through "
According to one of the most suc
cessful taggers, the man with a frown
sn't necessarily a tightwad or hard
:o approach. On thp other hand, the
man with a stock smile may have a
mint something in hfs expression to
betray htm as a nickel-pincher and
therefore not worth a buttonholing for
i small contribution
The promoters deny that the tag
sellers are becoming timid. On the
contrary, they have reached the tag
selling business to a science, and no
longer waste time and effort on peo
ple who. their knowledge of faces tells |
them, can not he persuaded to “comei
across.”
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LATEST IN GERMANY
AMSTERDAM. Aug. 10. Experi
ments to perfect a flourless louf to
take the place of bread have been re
cently conducted in Germany, accord
ing to word recelvced in Amsterdam.
Advices from Berlin say that the
workmen's food control commission I
has successfully carried on the ex
periments, with the result that bread
without flour have been made. The
experiments are said to have been
satisfactory. The formula for the new
bread substitute is not given
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discontinued until further notice.
D C. CZERWENKA, Scoutmaster. _
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