THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for enzry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
Published every afternoon except Sunday, by the Nenana Printing
Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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OUR FUTURE ARMY.
Cne of the big tasks before the
present Congress, points out the
Tacoma Ledger, is the formulation
of a permanent military policy.
Just now the peace treaty and the
fight on the cost of living monopo
lize attention at Washington; but
the military problem cannot be long
sidetracked by either. The plan of
the war department for the crea
tion of a permanent military estab
lishment has been offered to Con
gress. It differs in no vital par
ticular from bills already offered in
the house and the senate.
There is agreement in the war
department and among leaders of
Congress that there should be some
kind of universal military training.
The fact is generally recognized
that, Quite regardless of the ou:- j
i
come of present peace negotiations j
and whether or not the League of;
Nations is esfhblished, it would be'
the height of folly for the United
States wholly to abandon universal
training. Practically every soldier
who has returned from service in
France or in camp at home is a
living argument in favor of such
training.
The war department measure con
templates a regular army of a peace
strength of 510,000 enlisted men
and a war strength of 1,250.000.
Youths in their 10th year would be
called to the colors for a three
months’ period of training, the es
timate being that this would pro
vide an annual class of 600,000.
men to undergo intensive military
| instruction. For two years after
their period of training the men
would be required to submit regular
reports. In case of war, men in
this status would be first called to
serve.
This plan ffas been worked out
in detail bv the general staff and
may probably be accepted as hav
ing administration backing. Its es
sential provisions will be indorsed
by thoughtful Americans generally.
Three months of training may, how
I ever, be considered too brief a
period to secure the best results.
Possibly the Chamberlain-Kahn sug
gestion for a six months period
• would better fit requirements.
This is a matter of detail. So
far as the essentials are concerned,
there will be few differences of
opinion. j
The United States cannot permit
itself to lapse back into the lament
ably defenseless conditions in which
the war found us. Both for the'
sake of national safetv from at
■
tack and for the sake of the physi
cal well-being of millions of young
men, some plan of universal mili
tary training should be established.
There need be in peace times only
a relatively small army, but it
should be so organized as to consti
tute a skeleton organization readily
expansible into the larger force re-!
quired in case of war.
Congress will put the war depart
ment proposal to many tests befo-e
action is taken on it. There should,
however, be no issue raised against
.the acceptance of its vital features.
FAMILY OF OLDT1MER
COMES FROM OUTSIDE
Mrs. L. Y. Stanley and two chil
dren reached Xenana on the steam
er Tanana this morning, having
come from the Outside to join Mr.
Stanley, who mushed over from
Circle several weeks tgo. The Stan
levs have taken a house on upper
Front street and will locate here
permanently.
ADVERTISED LETTERS.
TO THE PUBLIC:
The following letters in the Xe
nana postoffice uncalled for, month
ending September 30, 1919.
Mention letter being advertised
when you call for same.
R. S. McDonald, Postmaster.
Anderson, John G.
Boyle. T. A.
Dorence. Mr. Herb.
Hunter. Mr. Walter.
Holmes, Wm.
Kamboll, Sam A.
Leonard, William E.
Owen, Harry.
Henana. Wvere Ralls and Rivera Men
ANCIENT SEPULCHER IS
DISCOVERED IN ITALY
BRIXDISI. Italy.—A sepulcher of.
terra-cotta has just been discovered
in the excavations for the new
docks here. It dates back to 27 B. j
C. Besides the bones of an ancient:
warrior, it contains many coins and
trinkets, some of which relate to
the consulship of Marcus Vespasani
us Agrippa. The sepulcher will be
placed in the Italian Civic museum.
LOCAL MERCHANT BACK
FROM VISIT IN IOWA
Harry A. Davis, of the Terminal,
returned to town on the steamer
Tanana this morning, after an ab
sence of over two months, the
greater part of which time was
spent at Ottumwa. Iowa, where Mr.
Davis was called by the illness of
his mother. He did not reach home
in time to see his mother, however,
death having called her shortly be
fore he reached Ottumwa.
ALASKA INDIAN YOUTHS
GET OPPORTUNITY TO
ATTEND OREGON SCHOOL
KETCHIKAN. — Alaska Indian
youths are being offered an op
portunity to attend' the United
States Government school at Chema
wa. Oregon. Recently, I. S. Loos,
superintendent of the Chemawa
school, passed through Ketchikan,
bound for Kodiak and other Western
Alaska points to tell the Indians of
their opportunity. The Government
pays the fare to and from Oregon.
Wenana. Where Malle and Rivers Meet
NEW NURSES ARRIVE
FOR LOCAL HOSPITAL
Among the arrivals from the
States on the steamer Tanana this
morning were Misses Emma L. Flutz
and Viola C. Smith, who have come
to Nenana to join the nursing staff
at the Government hospital.
George F. Bemis, well-known jew
eler of Tanana, was an arrival on
the steamer Tanana this morning.
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JUAREZ, Mex.-—Francisco Villa's
method of evading pursuit by Mexi
can government troops is almost
identical with that used by a covey
of quail to escape the hunter. Even
the detail of protective coloring has
been applied by Villa, for his men
always wear brown cotton clothing
which blends with the desert land
scape and dust clouds through which
they travel in campaigns.
Hunters know that the quail in
stinct direct it to scatter when dan
ger approaches, seek cover in the
nearby landscape. Villa and his
rebel bands do the same thing when
a superior federal column approach
es. Often Villa’s band will number
2,000 men under his chiefs, An
geles. Lopez, Diaz, and Garcia.
They make a column which coils i
across the plains like a giant snake
and leaves a great cloud of dust in
its wake. But let General Castro's
government troops approach with
artillery, machine guns and cavalry
mounted on former American army
horses, and the column will break.
up into little bands of" 100 under
petty chiefs, will disappear in some
mountain canyon and go into hid
ing until the federals pass. Once
the danger of attack is over, the
column reassembles, occupies some
town in its path, and again disap
pears with its loot.
Villa’s men have been known to
hitch'their horses to plows in the
fields of the irrigated districts and
be industrially plowing when the
federal scouts appeared. They have
learned various tricks of deception
during the years of evading the fed
erals, and even drive a herd of
burros with them so they may trans
form themselves into wood venders
on occasion. During the Pershing
expedition it was claimed by Mexi
cans that Villa himself stood in
Namiquipa disguised as a peon with
a blanket wrapped to his eyes and
watching the Pershing column pass
through the town in pursuit of him.
This has been denied and its source
questioned, but Villa has played
many equally daring tricks on his
Mexican military enemies.
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Harry Phillips, who underwent * an
operation for acute appendicitis at
the Government hospital several
weeks ago, left the institution today
and will soon be able to resume his
duties.
In Poor Company.
1 The Belgians ought to do the
right thing by King Albert and elect
him president of Belgium. He de
serves to be taken out of the king
class.—Albany Argus.
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NOTICE
Passengers leaving on the train
for any point on the line south of
town are required to purchase
tickets before entering the train.
Tickets can be purchased from
the station agent, whose office ii
in the employment office, on the
ground floor of the general office
building, Alaskan Engineering com
mission.
Tickets will be on sale at any
time during office hours, and can
be purchased in sufficient time be
fore the departure of the trains.
Regular trains leave the foot of
A street on Wednesdays and Satur
j days at 8 a. m.
On and after july loth the freight
on the North side of the river at
! Camp 415 dock will be shipped out
' Tuesday and Friday of each week,
j leaving at 8 a. m., until further
notice.
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