THE NENANA DAILY NEWS
Application made April 1, 1918, at the postoffice at Nenana, Alaska,
for eniry as second class mail matter, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
“WHERE RAIL AND RIVER MEET”
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Company, at First and B Streets, Nenana, Alaska.
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IRISH RECRUITING
Ireland soon may become a ‘‘patch
work quilt” of conscription districts
and non-conscription districts, ac
cording to members of the Irish re-!
cruiting council, whose allotted time i
for raising 50,000 volunteers as an
alternative to Description, is draw
ing to a close, with the allotment
as yet unfilled.
The council, which is composed of'
five Ireshmen, representing all par- i
ties, has divided the country into |
ten districts, reports an Associated j
Press correspondent, with a quota!
for each, has arranged with the'
government that in districts which'
fill their quotas, conscription will j
not be applied, even though the j
total of volunteers falls below the j
required 50,000 men.
It is generally predicted that some ]
of the districts will fall far short!
of their quotas. And there, con- i
scription is expected to be inaugu
rated, even at the cost of resistance, j
The objection of many young1
Irishmen to entering the army, and
the traditional Irish hostility to the
war office is being met by recruit
ing agents by pointing out the spe
cial attractions to the Royal Air]
Force- This service is not under
control of the war office, and it has
the added advantage of having many
non-fighting positions.
Political feeling runs high, how
ever, and the class of young men,
who make the best soldiers, the
“missle troops”, are not volunteering
in large numbers.
Two or three members of the
Irish Parliamentary Party have iden
tified themselves with the recruit
ing campaign, but the party as a
whole, has held aloof.
Side by side with the operations
of the recruiting council, Colonel
Lynch, member of parliament, is
conducting a crusade of his own
with the view of organizing a brig
ade which he hopes to command.
Colonel Lynch fought on the side
of the Boers against Great Britain,
but his feelings towards the present
war have led him to lay aside all
racial feeling and come out on the
side of the Allies.
LONDON.—Twenty pounds of
quinine has just been shipped by the
American Red Cross to the leper
colony at Farafangana, South Mada
gascar. for the use of the Sisters
of St. Vincent de Paul, who are in
charge of the work of the colony.
Owing to the prevalence of malaria
there, large quantities of quinine
are necessary, but the regular sup
plies were suddenly stopped by the
prohibition of the export of the drug
from France. An appeal was there
upon made to the American Red
Cross, which obtained the required
amount in the United States.
The body of Fritz Ritter was
found recently on the west fork
of the Chulitna river. Death was
probably due to drowning. Ritter
was last seen in March, when he
separated on the trip with John
Frame, of Anchorage, while on a
prospecting trip.
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NEGRO TROOPS
EAGER TO FIGHT
WITH THE AMERICAN'S.—The
American negro soldiers in France
are a source of never-ending interest
and amusement to the French, who
do not tire of watching and listen
ing as they wield picks and shovels
and chant as they work in a wierd
minor key.
They have shown a fearlessness
amounting to almost utter indiff
erence— if their white officers are
with them, a carelessness where per
sonal danger is involved that is at
once amazing and sometimes annoy
ing to the officers, and a desire
to fight that amounts to a mania.
The American negro soldier, in
the words of a colonel who com
mands a regiment of them and has
for years known a good deal about
their characteristics, is very close to
a fatalist when it come to fear.
Repeatedly his own troops bandy
remarks among themselves, the gist
of which is about as follows:
“Don’t worry about that shell,
Rastus. It ain’t got your number
on it.”
And the shell screams by, the
negroes who believe it had not their
number stand idly around and ex
pose themselves as they should not.
The colonel frankly admits being
afraid when big shells are flying
about, and seeks cover.
The first regiment which went
into action, long ago now, went in
primarily because it threatened to
decimate itself in inactivity. Razors
and knives came more and more
freely into play, and the men de
manded so frequently and so in
sistently of their officers why they
might not get some action that it
was finally arranged for them They
proved quite as strenuous fighters
in the line as they had behind it.
It goes without saying that the
negro soldier is as boastful as any
in a similar profession. The Marines
had just covered themselves with
glory in the Chateau ThieVy fight
when a delegation from a negro
regiment in line in a quiet sector
waited on the commanding officer
and asked if they too might not
get in on the “fun.”
“Let us go in, colonel,” they said.
“We are the only real fighters. The
Marines are all right, of course,
but just let us have a whack at the
Boehe. Then the Marines won’t be
in it.. And as Cor the rest, Lord
they don’t count at all.”
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\\ riting to a friend in Nenana
from Camp Meigs, Washington,
D. 0., Asa Pittock, formerly store
keeper at the A. E. C. store at
Nenana Crossing (43-mile) tells of
the nice treatment received at the
hands of the Red Cross on his way
across the continent from Seatle to
Washington, D. C. His letter, in
part is as fololws:
“Just a word about the work in
this country being done by the Red
Cross and the benefits I have re
ceived through the Red Cross work
ers.
“From Seattle to this city, clear
across the continent, we boys were
treated royally, especially in Spo
kane, Wash. At most of our stops
we were given refreshments, flowers,
; cigarettes, chewing gum, etc. Here
in the capital city they are doing
a great work, and believe me, if
the folks up North could only be
in our shoes for a while they could
: see how much help this society is
to the boys away from horn There
are rest rooms like the one I am
in now, where a stranger can drop
in and write a letter and many
other places, too numerous to men
tion. This one is in the Union
Sation, and is a beutiful place, so
cool and comfortable.”
GERMANS USED MOVIES
TO HELP OUT ATTACKS
WITH THE AMERICANS—Be
fore going into battle German sol
diers in certain instances are shown
moving pictures of the country thru
which they are supposed to pass dur
ing a proposed advance.
Information reached the American
officers recently that moving pic
tures had been put on the screen
for the benefit of the Germans who
took part in the offensive which
started July 15 in the Marne coun
try, the pictures showing certain
stretches of land so as to familiarize
the advancers with the terrain.
Some of the wooded districts and
fields shown on the films were never
reached by the Germans owing to
the counter atack of the French and
Americans, which began on the
morning of July 18, completly up
setting the German plans.
Tom Smith, proprietor of the
Southern hotel, is recovering from
a severe cold.
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Trustee.
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