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
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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.'
W. J. LEO
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