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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 2, 1919)
FACTS .Ily "Scott' This article will be more Interest log to you who care for statist leg than to those who delight more In fiction and in beautiful descriptive iMUwaKcs. I am sure anyone will benefit by clipping this article and roving It, as questions about the war are bound to come up In the future and you will have the answers to ninny of them right here. The following "Facts About Amer ica," from The Stars and Stripes, are of Interest to all who have been A. K. F. Inhabitants of Europe for any length of time. It Is enny to forget the habits and custom of your own country after you have been gone a I year or two, especially when things are done so much differently in the foreign land where you may happen to make your abode. Consequently, this "handy manual for A. K. F. tourlBts to the United States" should receive a large sale among the 100, 00 American soldiers who are still "over there." "On arriving In this country you will meet many civilians who speak English, fluently. Do not be sur prised. The language is commonly taught, even In the lower grades. "New York possesses many Inter esting sights, but you would do well to make the most of the water front. You may be otherwise occupied for some time thereafter. "In boarding trains, do not allow habit to force you into the box cars. Your motives will almost certainly be misunderstood. , "On entering the Ritz dining room do not demand, 'Have you meat to day?' or 'Have you eggs today T' Mr. Ritz is unaccountably sensitive on the subject. "You will have no better luck in passing off your Napoleon francs in America than in France. "'Promenade' means one thing in English and another In French. "If you are taken ill, you will find civilian physicans who may have the temerity to prescribe something be sides iodine and CC pills. Fill the prescription; then throw it away. Innovations are dangerous. "It you wish to know whether a passer-by is an ex-member of the A. K. F., scratch yourself. If ho scratches back, shake hands. "Unbutton your coat If you want to. The C, IV (civilian police) are lax in prosecuting high crimes. " 'No compre' is not considered an adequate excuse for declining to va cate a cafe at closing time. "The habit of picking up stray hats, overcoats or other personal property as peace souvenirs is dis couraged In this peculiar country. "In writing to your girl, it will not be necessary to show the letter to your employer before sealing and mailing tt. "After dining out, do not stick the knives, forks and spoons in your pocket, nor the dishes under your arm. The family has a female K. I detailed to take care of them. "Curbstones in America are used to designate the dividing line be tween street and sidewalk, not aa a convenient place to change your socks. "The only significance of 5:45 a m. or 9:30 p. m. in America la thai It is 5:45 a. m. or 9:30 p. m. "If the French head waiter does not understand your rendition of his language, you can get away with by employing any of the following remarks: 'Oh, he speaks the tongue of the pas bas; I learned only Paris lan French.' 'He's had all his life to study his language, and you see know more than be does already' 'I bet his name is Cassldy, anyway.' "Subway entrances and exits may be used as hiding places for former buglers and mess sergeants. "Lining up on every possible occa sion may leave the impression in cer tain quarters that you used to belong to a chala gang. "It is considered poor form In America to roll and strap the bed clothes to your back after spending a night at a friend's hous". "If you have adopted a war or phan, explain the facts carefully be fore referring to 'my little boy in France.' "Though It might have been rod taste In French billets. Ameii an hostesses discourage the hab t of building fires In the middle of their drawing room floors. "The principal Industries of the I United States are: Prohibition, 'knocking prohibition, manufacturing German helmets as souvenirs, telling liea about war experiences and sell ing battlefield postcards photo graphed on the spot where South Main street In Pes Moines, la., was being torn up. "American drug stores contain di rectories which will enable you to lo cate the address of the man who sent ) you the booklet on 'See America First,' which arrived as you wre l sewing on your third service rtrlpe. "That flapping sensation around ; your ankles will not neceFsarily mean that your spirals are coming down. "If you're a married man, go through your pockets carefully be fore showing up at home. "And, for the love of Mike, watch your step when you talk." The following facts about the war with Germany are taken from gov ernment statistics and should be r.nvod by everyone for future refer ence; The number of men serving In the armed forces' of the United States during the war was 4,800,000, of whom 4,000,000 served in the army. In the war with Germany, the United States raised twice as many men as did the northern states in the civil war, but only half as many In proportion to the population. The British sent more men to France in their first year of the war than we did in our first year, but it took England three years to reach a strength of 2,000,000 men in France, and we accomplished it In one-half of that time. Of every 100 men who served, t'n were national guardsmen, thirteen were regulars and seventy-seven were In the national army (or would have been had t e services not been consolidated.) Of the 54,000.000 males in the population, 26,000.000 were regis tered In the draft or were already in the service. In the physical examinations, the states of the middle west made the best showing. Country boys did bet ter than city boys; whites better than olored, and native bodu better than foreign horn. Twice as many men were recruit ed as In the civil war and at one- twentieth the recruiting cost. There were 200,000 army officers. Of every six officers, one had previ ous military training with troops. three were graduates of officers' training camps, and two came direct ly from civil life. The average American soldier who fought in France had six months of training here, two months oversea before entering the line, and cne month in a quiet sector before going into battle. Most soldiers received their train ing In infantry divisions when are our typical combat units and consist of about 1,000 officers and 27,000 men. Forty-two divisions were sent to France. More than two-thirds of our line officers were graduates of the offi cers' training camps. France and England Bent to the United States nearly 800 specially skilled officers and tion-com mis sioned officers as instructors in our tralnng camps. During our nineteen months brought home to America. I The use of machine guns on a Most of the troops who saile I for large scale Is a development of the Franfe left from New York. Half of them Ian led in England and the other half landed In, France. Among every 100 Americans who went over, 49 went In British ships, 45 in American ships, 3 in Italian, 2 In French Rnd 1 in Hussion shipping under English control. Our cargo ships averaged one complete trip every seventy days and our troop ships one complete trip every thirty-five days. The cargo fleet was almost ex clusively American. It I cached the size of 2,690,000 deid weight tons and carried to Europe about 7,500, 000 tons of cargo. The greatest troop carrier among all the ships has been the Leviathan, which landed 12.000 men, or the equivalent of a German division, in France every month. The fastest transports have been the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific, which have made complete turnarounds, taken on new troops and started back again in nineteen days. The distribution of supplies in the expeditionary forces required the creation of an organization called the service of supply (S. O. S.), to which one-fourth of all troops which went overseas were assigned. American engineers built In France 83 new ship berths, 1,000 miles of standard guage track and 538 miles of narrow guage track. The signal corps strung in France 100,000 miles of telephone and tele graph wire. Prior to the armistice, 40,000 trucks were shipped to the forces in France. Construction projects In the Unit ed States cost twice as much as the Panama canal, . and construction overseas was on nearly as large a scale. When war was declared the army had on hand nearly 600,000 Spring field rifles. Their manufacture was continued and the American Enfield rifle was designed and put into pro duction. The total production of Spring field and Enfield rifles up to the signing of the armistice was over 2,-500,000. European war. In the American army the allowance in 1912 was four machine guns per regiment. In 1919 the new army plans provide for 336 guns per regiment, ' or eighty-four times as many. The entire number of American machine guns produced to the end of 1918 was 227,000. American production of rifle am munition amounted to approximate ly 3,500,000,000, of which 1,500, 000,000 were shipped overseas. When war was declared the. Unit ed States had sufficient light artil lery to equip an army of 600,000 men. It was decided to allot our artil lery to training purposes and to equip our forces in France with ar tillery conforming to the French and British standard calibers. The number of rounds of com plete artillery ammunition produced (Continued on Page 5, Sec. 2) An Inside Bath Makes You Look and Feel Fresh Says a c'ass of hot water with . phosphate before breakfast keeps illness away. This excellent, common-sense health measure being adopted by millions. w-ar more than 2.000,000 American soldiers were carried to France. Half a million of these went over In the first thirteen months and a million and a half la the last six months. The highest troop carrying records were those of July, 1918, when 306, 000 soldiers were carried to Europe and May, 1919, when 330,000 wore Physicians the world over recom mend the inside bath, claiming this is of vastly more importance than out side cleanliness, because the skin pores do not absorb Impurities Into the blood, causing Kl health, while the pores in the ten yards of bowels do. Men and women are urged to drink each morning, before breakfast a glass of hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in it, as a harmless means of helping to wash from the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels the previous day's indigestible material, poisons, sour bile and toxins ; thus cleansing, sweetening and puri fying the entire alimentary canal be fore putting more food Into the atom' ach. Just as soap and hot water cleanse and freshen the skin, so hot water an limestone phosphate act on the elsm lnatlve organs. Those who wake ud with bad breath. of I coated tongue, nasty taste or have a dull, aching head, sallow complexion, acid stomach; others who are subject to bilious attacks or constipation, should obtain a Quarter pound of lime' stone phosphate at the drug store. This will cost very little but Is suffi cient to demonstrate the value of In side bathing. Those who continue it each morning are assured of pro nounced results, both in regard to health and appearance.' 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