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A WAR CREED
Superintendent W. P. Kink, of
Newport. Ky., has prepared the fol
lowing "Creed of An American Citi
zen" for distribution among princi
pals and teachers of the various
schools as a basis for instruction
along patriotic lines.
The Creed of An Ame-ican Citizen
1. I believe in God, the eternal
arbiter of all world conflicts.
2. I believe in my country, my
government, my president, first, last
and always.
3. 1 believe in our flag, the un
sullied emblem of truth, of justice,
of honor.
4. I believe in the American home
as the bulwark of American liberty.
5. I believe in the kind of justice
my country stands for.
6. I believe in red-blooded, hard
fisted, unadulterated Americanism
7. 1 believe in the men who want
to stand up and be counted when
the issue is between right and
wrong. .
8. 1 believe in the citizen who is
willing to die for the principles of
justice as my country sees them.
9. I believe in men—American
men—who are willing to die that
other men of other lands may en
joy the blessings of democracy.
10. I believe in a loyalty that
puts my country before all other
countries.
11. I believe in an American pat
riotism that knows no allegiance to
any land save the land that pro
tects my life, vouchsafes my liber
ties and exalts my home.
12. I believe in the abolition of
autocracy and the elevation of dem
ocracy.
13. I believe in the democracy of
my land, a program that challenges
the admiration of the world.
14. I believe in the torch of
American liberty that lights and in
spires the world.
15. I belive in the golden virtue
of the admonition from the Prince
of Peace. "Whatsoever ye would
that men should do unto you, do
ye even so unto them ”
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OUR EXPANDING NEEDS
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| The need of saving and economy
by our pecp'e, the need for the most
liberal anci loyal financial support
I of .>ur Government l*y the people
j and incidentally the need for some
such financial machinery as that
] sought to be secured by the war
finance corporation recently approv
j ed by congress, are not only veri
| fied by the extraordinary demands
j made upon the United States to
! meet its war needs and the war
! needs of the Allies, but are also
j emphasized by the growth of our
own domestice trade.
! The domestic trade of the United
i States for 1917 was estimated by
j Prof. Anderson, oA Harvard Uni
jversity, at $64,000,000,000; in 1913
: it was but $30,000,000,000. The
strain on the financial machinery
j and resources of the country to take
| care of this tremendous increase in
! our domestic trade as well as meet
the extraordinary demands of the
war can be appreciated by all.
The secretary of the treasury, in
drafting the war finance bill gave
thorough study to the measures
adopted by our allies in Europe, and
to the conditions in this country,
and it is believed that the proposal
and it is believed that the bill is a
| wise and conservative war measure
to give relief during the period of
the war. It is primarily a measure
to enable the financial institutions
of the country to furnish necessary
credits to industries and enter
prises essential to the prosecution
of the war, and Secretary McAdoo
is of the opinion that the mere
exisitence of the machinery estab
lished by this act would be so ef
fective in maintaining confidence
that the actual exercise of the power
would seldom be used.
The Fairbanks city council will
name a new dog catchetr on May 1,
and rumor has it that George Tree
will get the job. Tree formerly
held a similar position in N'enana.
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fund that will be known as the
“Associated Charities Fund.” It will
be placed in the hands of a com
mittee for disbursement as help to
the unfortunate when investigation
has proved that help is desrved. It
will do away with the indiscriminate
charity collections—that in the long
run would cost you several dollars—
and many of the attempts to raise a
fund by means of an entertainment
that frequently result in net loss in
stead of a surplus.
If one thousand tickets are sold
the winner will get $250 cash out
of it and the balance will go to the
charity fund.
Remember only one man can win,
and in the ordinary pool the losers
have nothing with which to console
themselves. It is different with this
one, for you know your dollar will
do a heap of good and will also save
you several in the future. And
surely the man who wins $250 for
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AMERICAN ENFIELD FIRES
TWO SHOTS TO GERMAN
MAUSER’S ONE, IS CLAIM 1
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The chief or ordnance is authority '
for the statement that American
troops are armed with a faster firing
and more accurate rifle than used
by the Germans, according to our
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expert designers, manufacturers, and
marksmen. One miltary critic and
writer, Edward C. Crossman, claims
that the German Mauser does not i
permit the most skilled user to get
more than 50 per cent of the firing
speed of the modified Enfield adopt
ed for the United States service.
Two Bullets to Enemy’s One.
If the rapidity of fire of one
i army’s rifle is twice that of the
I weapon used by enemy riflement,
| and the forces numerically the same
j strength, the former has in effect
other things being equal, two rifle
men to the enemy’s one. Hence to
make two bullets fly where one flew
j before has been one of the main ob
jects sought in gun design since or
iganized fighters found a more ef
I fective way to battle than the primi
! tive stage of throwing missies at
one another.
I The superiority claimed for the
j American weapon is supported on
three counts: (1) Quicker firing as
a result of bolt-diandle design; (2)
easier and quicker sighting as a re
sult of sight design; (3) greater ac
curacy of bullet flight as result of
bullet design, and greater mechani
cal accuracy of chamber and bore.
Each of these points is explained
: hereafter.
Point! of Superiority.
; (1) In both the attack and de
! fense of trench positions the rifles .
' are fired without removing them
, from the shoulder at a rate called
i “rapid fire,” which is the most rapid
i rate of magazine fire consistent
with quick accuracy.
When the Mauser rifle, with which
j the German troops are now armed,
j was designed in 1898, no one could
forsee the development of “rapid
fire” from the shoulder which fol
! lowed, and the necessity for which
' is emphasized by present-day trench
| warfare.
In all modern rifles a ‘bolt handle’ j
j is used to lock the cartridge in the
j chamber for firing. After each shot
the right hand must leave the trig
' ger, grasp the bolt handle, unlock
the bolt, eject the empty shell, thrust
home another cartridge—all done
by movements of the bolt handle—
then push the bolthandle into the
position which again locks the cart
ridge in the chamber. Thus the
| position of this bolt handle in refer
ence to the trigger is of great im
portance to rapidity of fire.
The Mauser rifle has the bolt han
die projecting horizontally from the
| rifle so that, in locking the bolt for
firing, the index or trigger finger is
■ left several inches above the trigger.
When the United States rifle
(model of 1903, popularly called the
Springfield) was designed, the length
of the barrel was reduced from 30
to 24 inches, so that the rifle thus
shortened could be used by both
. infantry and cavalry. The carbine
i had been carried by the cavalry for
years in a leather scabbard attached
to the side of the saddle. To allow
the Springfield rifle to go readily
into a scabbard and. to protect its
rear sight the bolt handle was bent
down toward the trigger so that it
locks a little in front of it. It was
little realized at the time what great
advantage this design would ulti
mately result in.
In the United States rifle (model
of 1917, popularly called the modi
fied Enfield) the bolt handle is bent
not only down, but also about an
inch to the rear so that upon lock
ing the bolt for firing the index
finger is guided naturally into posi
tion for firing. This feature was
adopted from the British Enfield
rifle, model of 1914, as made in
America for Great Britain. The
speed of firing thus gained is con
siderable.
Placing of Sights
(2) The contrast in the posi
tions of the sights in the two rifles
is best illustrated by a simple ex
ample. If a pencil is held betwen
the eye and a door knob it may be
seen that the farther the pencil
from the eye the greater the move
ment of the head necessary to cause
an equal amount of lateral displace
ment in the position of the pencil.
Assume the pencil to be the position
of the rear sight of a gun and the
door knob the front sight, the near
er the rear sight to the eye the
slighter movement of the head brings
the eye in position to sight the gun.
The rear sights on both the modi
fied Enfield and Springfield rifles
are placed nearer to the eye of the
firer than in the case of the Mauser
rifle. The rear sight on the Mauser
is placed well forward of the re
ceiver on the barrel, while the rear
sight on the Springfield is placed
right against the front end of the
receiver immediately in front of the
eye of the firer.
Advantage of Large “Open Peep"
The modified Enfield is also pro
vided with a large "open peep" near
the eye, through which the eye eas
ily looks and quickly and auto
matically centers itself in aiming.
This large “open peep” combined
with its rearward position gives a
good field of view', permitting this
rifle to be quickly pointed at an
advancing enemy. Incidentally the
rearward position of the rear sight
on the modified Enfield rifle length
ens the sighting radius (or distance
between the front and rear sights)
resulting in increased accuracy.
(3) The weight of the Mauser
bullet is slightly greater than that of
the United States bullet and the
bullet is propelled at a somewhat
greater velocity; but the Mauser bul
let is of a peculiar shape, such that
at the longer fighting ranges it is
not considered by many of our rifle
experts as accurate as the Unitel
States bullet because more apt to
tumble or “key-hole” at those ranges
especially when the wind is blowing
across the range.
It is also known that the Mauser
rifle produced in large quantities
for the German government and
others, is not made with the me
chanical accuracy demanded in the
manufacture of the chamber and
bore of the United States rifles.
One of our rifle experts, who re
cently fired a captured German
rifle, states that the bore was not
as accurately finished as in the
Springfield rifle, nor was the rifle
ammunition as accurate.
Demonstrated in Iests
To form some idea of their stand
I ing, the records of the Springfield
: rifle and its cartridge in interna
| tional competitive tests with the
' military rifles and cartridges of
other countries may be considered:
In the international (Olympic)
: shoot of 1908, held as Bisley, Eng
land, the United States, United
Kingdom, Canada, France Sweden,
Sorway, Greece, and Denmark par
ticipating and scoring in the order
just named, our rifle team won first
: place with the Springfield rifle.
j In the international (Olympic)
; shoot of 1912, held in connection
| with the Olympic games at Stock
holm, Sweden, national teams all
using their military service rifles
'from the United States, Great Brit
ain, Sweden, South Africa, France,
Norway, Greece, Denmark, Russia,
and Hungary scored in the order
;just named.
World’s Record for United States
In 1912 at Ottawa, Canada, the
■ American team firing Springfield
rifles put on the targets the world’s
record for any military rifle at
800, 900, and 1,000 yards. This
; record still stands.
In the Pan-American International
Match, held at Buenos Aires in
11912, in which the United States,
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. Argentina, Chile, Peru, Brazil and j
1 Uruguay scored in the order named,
i Springfield rifles and cartridges won ;
first place.
In the Palma Trophy Match, held '
at Camp Perrv, Ohio, in 1913, the j
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: United States rifle, modle of 1903,
caliber .30; Argentini, with the
t Mauser, caliber 7.65 mm.; Canada,
i with the Ross rifle, caliber .303
, Sweden, with the Mauser, caliber.
.256; and Peru, with the Mauser,
caliber 7.65 mm., scored in the order
named.
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Victory Over Fifteen Nations
1 Teams armed with the Mauser
I were defeated at these matches j
, whenever used. In winning all 1
i these victories for the Springfield
i rifle and the American cartridge '
great credit is given the man behind
the gun—the American marksman.
In all, the present Springfield rifle
was used in the defeat of the mili
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! tarv rifles of 15 nations,
i The modified Enfield rifle has
been received with satisfaction in ■
the national army camps, and some
remarkable scores for men untrain-!
I ed in military-rifle shooting have j
been made.
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The men’s entertainment of last1
Friday night and the ladies’ good (
eats sale of Saturday, afternoon ;
which were supplementary efforts in
; behalf of the piano and painting
I fund of Grace church, met with
' most gratifying success. The enter
1 tainment netted $201 and the sale ]
$60. The community as a whole is
indebted to all who so generously
assited in making both events such
a success, and words of heartiest
appreciation are heard in every
quarter.
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