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VOL. 2 WASHINGTON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918. No. 124 No Lasting World Peace Is to Be Obtained By Any Compromise With ( entral Powers, President Wilson Declares in Speech at the Opening of the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign NO SPECIAL INTERESTS Advertisement W ritten by the President OF ANY COUNTRY OR ANY For the Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign GROUP SHALL PREVAIL Asking the People to Subscribe Freely TIME TO SPEAK PLAINLY

The following is a copy of the text of an advertisement written by Must be a Common Stand- President Wilson for the fourth Liberty loan campaign, which began ard for all Peoples and to-day: Those Who Sit at Peace 4 GAIN the Government comes to the people of the country Table Must Come Ready -a with the request that they lend their money, andlend it upon And Willing to Pay the a more liberal scale than ever before, in order that the great war Price-Germany Can Re- for the rights of America and the liberation of the world may be deem Herself Only by Her prosecuted with ever increasingvigor to a victorious conclusion. Future Conduct And it makes the appeal with the greatest confdence because it knows that every day it is becoming clearerand clearer to think- WILSON in an P RESIDENTaddress at the opening of the ing men throughout the Nation that the winning of the war is fourth Liberty loan campaign in an essential investment. New York, Friday night, Septem- HE MONEY that is held back now will be of little use or ber 27, said: MY FEILOW CITIZENS: value if the war is not won and the selfish masters of Ger- I am not here to promote the loan. many are permitted to dictate what America may and may not That will be done,-ably and enthusi- do. Men in America, besides, have from the first until now astically done,-by the hundreds of thousands of loyal and tireless men and dedicated both their lives and their fortunes to the vindication women who have undertaken to pre- and maintenance of the great principles and objects for which sent It to you and to our fellow citizens our Government was'set up. They will not fail now to show throughout the country; and I have not the least doubt of their complete success; the worldfor what their wealth was intended. for I know their spirit and the spirit of the country. My confidence is confirmed, too, by the thoughtful and experienced BATTERY NAXED FOR WOMEN WAR WORKERS SOLDIER. PARADE. cooperation of the bankers here and every- The War Department authorizes the Women war workers in Washington where, who are lending their invaluable following: are invited to take part in the parade be- aid and guidance. I have come, rather, Ing arranged for by the women's commit- to seek an opportunity to present The 12-inch battery at Fort Crockett, tee of the National Liberty Loan drive, to you Tex., has been named " Battery Leon- and approved by the Secretary of the some thoughts which I trust will serve ard Hoskins," by order of the Secretary Treasury, on Saturday, October 5, at 2 to give you, In perhaps fuller measure of War, In honor of Second Lieut. p. m. Marchers will be required to wear than before, a vivid sense of the great Leonard Hoskins, Coast Artillery Corps. white shirt waists, white skirts, and will issues Involved, in order that you may Lieut. Hoskins was the son of Daniel F. be furnished with certain colors to wear. Hoskins, 620 Washington Avenue, East Government employees are requested to appreciate and accept with added enthu- Las Vegas, N. Mex. He was killed in ac- notify their chiefs whether they will slasm the grave significance of the duty tion June 28, 1918. march. of supporting the Owernment by Your 2 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918. "Germany Will Have toRedeem Her Character Not Only by What Happens at the Peace Table, But by What I ollows" men and your means to the utmost point fairs, by arbitrary and irresponsible interest is crossed; and not only impar- of sacrifice and self-denial. No man or force or by their own will and tial justice but also the satisfaction of woman who has really taken in what this choice? the several peoples whose fortunes are war means can hesitate to give to the Shall there be a common stand- dealt with. That indispensable instru- very limit of what they have; and it is ard of right and privilege for all mentality is a League of Nations formed my mission here to-night to try to make it peoples and nations or shall the under covenants that will be eflicacious. clear once more what the war really strong do as they will and the weak Without such an instrumentality, by means. You will need no other stimula- suffer without redress? which the peace of the world can be guar- tion or reminder of your duty. Shall the assertion of right be anteed,. peace will rest in part upon the haphazard and by casual alliance, or word of outlaws and only upon that word. "Fresh Consciousness Gained shall there be a common concert to For Germany will have to redeem her Of the Meaning of the War" oblige the observance of common character, not by what happens at the At every turn of the. war we gain a rights? peace table but by what follows. fresh consciousness of N hat we mean to Constitution of League of Nations accomplish by it. When our' hope and Issues of the War Accepted as expectation are most excited we think Facts and Not as Men Made Based on Guaranteeof Peace more definitely than before of the issues No man, no group of men, chose these to And, as I see it, the constitution of that that hang upon it and of the purposes be the issues of the struggle. They are League of Nations and the clear defini- which must be realized by means of it. the issues of it; and they must be set- tion of its objects must be a part, is in a For it has positive and well defined par- tled,-by no arrangement or compromise sense the most essential part, of the peace poses which we did not determine and or adjustment of interests, but definitely settlement itself. It cannot be formed which we cannot alter. No statesman or and once for all and with a full and une- now. If formed now, it would be merely assembly created them; no statesman or quivocal acceptance of the principle that a new alliance confined to the nations assembly can alter them. They have the interest of the weakest is as sacred associated against a common enemy. It arisen out of the very nature and circum- as the interest of the strongest. is not likely that it could be formed after stances of the war. The most that states- This is what we mean when we speak the settlement. It is necessary to guar- men or assemblies can do is to carry them of a permanent peace, if we speak sin- antee the peace; and the peace cannot be out or be false to them. They were per- cerely, intelligently, and with a real guaranteed as an afterthought. The rea- haps not clear at the outset; but they are knowledge and comprehension of the mat- son, to speak in plain terms again, why clear now. The war has lasted more ter we deal with. it must be guaranteed is that there will than four years and the whole world has We are all agreed that there can be no be parties to the peace whose promises been drawn into it. The common will of peace obtained by any kind of bargain or have proved untrustworthy, and means mankind has been substituted for the par- compromise with the governments of the must be found in connection with the ticular purposes of individual states. Central Empires, because we have dealt peace settlement itself to remove that Individual statesmen may have started with them already and have seen them source of insecurity. It would be folly .the conflict, but neither they nor their deal with other governments that were to leave the guarantee to the subsequent opponents can stop it as they please. It parties to this struggle, at Brest-Litovsk voluntary action of the governments we has become a peoples' war, and peoples of and Bucharest. They have convinced us have seen destroy Russia and deceive all sorts and races, of every degree of that they are without honour and do not Roumania. power and variety of fortune, are in- intend justice. They observe no cove- But these general terms do not disclose volved in its sweeping processes of change nants, accept no principle but force and the whole matter. Some details are and settlement. their own interest. We cannot " come to needed to make them sound less like a that No Nation Can Stand terms " with them. They have made it thesis and more like a practical pro- "Plain impossible. The German people must by grammne. These, then, are some of the Aside and Be Indifferent" this time be fully aware that we cannot particulars, and I state them with the We came into it when its character had accept the word of those who forced this greater confidence because I can state become fully defined and it was plain that war upon us. We do not think the same them authoritatively as representing this no nation could stand apart or be in- thoughts or speak the same language of Government's interpretation of its own different to its outcome. Its challenge agreement. duty with regard to peace: drove to the heart of everything we cared for and lived for. The voice of the war No Peace Is to Be Obtained ImpartialJustice Meted Out had become clear and gripped out hearts. By Any Kind of Compromise Must Involve No Discrimination Our brothers from many lands, as well as It is of capital importance that we First, the impartial justice meted our own murdered dead under the sea, should also be explicitly agreed that no out must involve no discrimination were calling to us, and we responded, peace shall be obtained by any kind of those to whom we wish to fiercely and of course. between compromise or abatement of the prin- be just and those to whom we do not The air was clear about us. We saw ciples we have avowed as the principles wish to be just. It must be a justice things in their full, convincing propor- for which we are fighting. There should that plays no favorites and knows no tions as they were; and we have seen exist no doubt about that. I am, there- standard but the equal rights of the them with steady eyes and unchanging fore, going to take the liberty of speaking several peoples concerned; comprehension ever since. We accepted with the utmost frankness about the prac- Second, no special or separate in- the issues of the war as facts, not as any tical implications that are involved in it. terest of any single nation or any group of men either here or elsewhere If It be in deed and in truth the com- group of nations can be made the had defined them, and we can accept no mon object of the governments associated basis of any part of the settlement outcome which does not squarely meet against Germany and of the nations which is not consistent with the and settle them. Those issues are these: whom they govern, as I believe it to be, common interest of all; Shall the military power of any to achieve by the coming settlements a Third, there can be no leagues or nation or group of nations be suf- secure and lasting peace, it will be neces- alliances or special covenants and fered to determine the fortunes of sary that all who sit down at the peace understandings within the general peoples over whom they have no table shall come ready and willing to and common family of the league of right to rule except the right of pay the price, the only price, that will Nations; force? procure it; and ready and willing, also, Fourth, and more specifically, Shall strong nations be free to to create in some virile fashion the only there can be no special, selfish eco- wrong weak nations and make them instrumentality by which it can be made nomic combinations within the subject to their purpose and inter- certain that the agreements of the peace League and no employment of any est? will be honoured and fulfilled. fonrm of economic boycott or exclu- Shall peoples be ruled and domi- That price Is impartial justice in every sion except as the power of enonomic nated, even in their own internal af- Item of the settlement, no matter whose penalty by exclusion from the mark- THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918. 3 "Germany Finds That the World Does Not Want 'Terms'; It Wishes Only the Triumph of Justice and Fair Dealing" ets of the world may be vested in the and circumstance have revealed them to above all others, entitled to a reply whobe League of Nations itself as a means me as to all the world. Our enthusiasm meaning no one can have any excuse for of discipline and control; for them grows more and more irresista- misunderstanding, if he understands the ble as they stand out in more and more language in which it is spoken or can International Agreements and vivid and unmistakable outline. get someone to translate it correctly into Treaties to be Open to the World his own. And I belief that the leaders Fifth, all international agree- National Purposes Supplanted of the governments with which we are ments and treaties of every kind By Common Purposes of Mankind associated will speak, as they have oc- must be made known in their en- And the forces that fight for them draw casion, as plainly as I have tried to speak. tirety to the rest of the world. into closer and closer array, organize their I hope that they will feel free to say Special alliances and economic rival- millions into more and more unconquer- whether they think that I am in any de- ries and hostilities have been the pro- able might, as they become more and more gree mistaken in my interpretation of the lific source in the modern world of the distinct to the thought and purpose of -issues involved or in my purpose with plans and passions that produce war. It the peoples engaged. It is the peculiarity regard to the means by which a satis- would be an insincere as well as an in- of this great war that while statesmen factory settlement of those issues may be secure peace that did not exclude them in have seemed to cast about for definitions obtained. Unity of purpose and of definite and binding terms. of their purpose and have sometimes counsel are as imperatively necessary in The confidence with which I venture seemed to shift their ground and their this war as was unity of command in the to speak for our people in these matters point of view, the thought of the mass of battlefield; and with perfect unity of does not spring from our traditions men. whom statesmen are supposed to purpose and counsel will come assurance merely and the well known principles of instruct and lead, has grown more and of complete victory. It can be had in no international action which we have al- more unclouded, more and more certain other way. " Peace drives " can be effec- ways professed and followed. In the of what it is that they are fighting for. tively neutralized and silenced only by same sentence in which I say that the National purposes have fallen more and showing that every victory of the nations United States will enter into no special more into the background and the com- associated against Germany brings the arrangements or understandings with mon purpose of enlightened mankind has nations nearer the sort of peace which particular nations let me say also that taken their place. The counsels of plain will bring security and reassurance to all the United States is prepared to assume men have become on all hands more sim- peoples and make the recurrence of an- its full share of responsibility for the ple and straightforward and more unified other such struggle of pitiless force and maintenance of the common covenants than the counsels of sophisticated men of bloodshed forever impossible, and that and understandings upon which peace affairs, who still retain the impression nothing else can. Germany is constantly must henceforth rest. We still read that they are playing a game of power intimating the " terms " she will accept; Washington's immortal warning against and playing for high stakes. That is why and always finds that the world does not " entangling alliances " with full compre- I have said that this is a peoples' war, not want terms. It wvishes the final triumph hension and an answering purpose. But a statesmen's. Statesmen must follow of justice and fair dealing. only special and limited alliances en- the clarified common thought or be tangle; and we recognize and accept the broken. Two Large Flights of duty of a new day In which we are per- mitted to hope for a general alliance Leaders of Governments Must Army Pigeons Planned which will avoid entanglements and clear Make Answer to the People the air of the world for common under- I take that to be the significance of The War Department authorizes the standings and the maintenance of com- the fact that assemblies and associations following statement: mon rights. of many kinds made up of plain worka- Arrangements have been perfected for Issues Standing Out Clearly day people have demanded, almost every two large flights of pigeons, 1,000 and time they came together, and are still de- 3,000, respectively, from Washington to Which No Man Can Pervert manding, that the leaders of their gov- New York, a distance of approximately I have made this analysis of the Inter- ernments declare to them plainly what it 220 miles. The first flight will take place national situation which the war has is, exactly what it Is, that they were Sunday, September 29, and the second a created, not, of course, because I doubted seeking in this war, and what they think week later, Sunday, October 6. whether the leaders of the great nations the items of the final settlement should Each flight will start from the base- and peoples with whom we are associated be. They are not yet satisfied with what ball field east of the Union Station and were of the same mind and entertained a they have been told. They still seem to opposite the Liberty Hut. The flights like purpose, but because the air every fear that they are getting what they ask will start at 9 a. m. The pigeons will be now and again gets darkened by mists for only In statesmen's terms,-only in liberated by a detachment of men from and groundless doubtings and mis- the terms of territorial arrangements and Washington Barracks, furnished through chievous perversions of counsel and it is .divisions of power, and not in terms of Gen. Abbot, of the Engineer Corps, and necessary once and again to sweep all the broad-visioned justice and mercy and under the direction of Maj. Frank J. Irresponsible talk about peace Intrigues peace and the satisfaction of those deep- Griffin, head of the pigeon section of the and weakening morale and doubtful pur- seated longings of oppressed and dis- United States Signal Corps. pose on the part of those In authority tracted men and women and enslaved The first flight, September 29, will be utterly, and If need be unceremoniously, peoples that seem to them the only things known as the " Futurity flight " and will aside and say things in the plainest words worth fighting a war for that engulfs include the liberation of about 1,000 young that can be found, even when it is only the world. Perhaps statesmen have not pigeons, all under 6 months of age. The to say over again what has been said be- always recognized this changed aspect of purpose of these flights Is to Increase or fore, quite as plainly if in less unvar- the whole world of policy and action. exercise the " homing " instinct of these nished terms. Perhaps they have not always spoken in birds. As I have said, neither I nor any other direct reply to the questions asked be- man in governmental authority created or cause they did not know how searching ARMY LIBERTY LOAN HEAD- gave form to the Issues of this war. I those questions were and what sort of QUARTERS. have simply responded to them with such answers they demanded. The War Departigent authorizes the vision as I could command. But I have Every Victory Bringing Nearer following: responded gladly and with a resolution Army headquarters for the fourth Lib- that has grown warmer and more confi- The Final Triumph of Justice erty loan have been established in the dent as the Issues have grown clearer and But I, for one, am glad to attempt the new Army Building, Potomac Park, clearer. It is now plain that they are answer again and again, in the hope that Washington. Brig. Gen. H. M. Lord, in Issues which no man can pervert unless I may make it clearer and clearer that charge of the Finance Divisions of the it be wilfully. I am bound to fight for my one thought is to satisfy those who Quartermaster Corps, is the Army Lib- them, and happy to fight for them as time struggle in the ranks and are, perhaps erty loan officer. 4 THE OFFICIAL U. .SLBULLETIN: .SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918.- (Ofirial 31. *. Vullftn I"DEFECTION OF BULGARIA" WILL NOT RECOMMEND FIXED Publishpd Every Week Day, Except Legl Rolidays, by the Committee PRICE ON RAW COTTON NOW on rublic Information. RESULT OF CONCENTRATION Cotton Committee Gives Warn- Olce: No. 16 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C. Tel. Main 5600. OF FORCES ON THE WESTERN ing Against Unauthorized Copies of THE OrFIClAL BuLETiN will be Reports and Umnors. furnished without charge to all newspapers FRONT, SAYS _EN. MARCH and magazines; to every post office in the United States (to be posted daily, for the The following announcement is made benefit of the public, under order of the Post- "NEWS by the Cotton Committee: master General) ; to officials of the United CONTINUOUSLY States Government and all governmental insti- The public and in particular the cotton tutions equipped for the dissemination of of- BETTER," HE SAYS Interests are warned against giving cre- flcal news.-EDWARD S. ROCHESTER, Editor. dence to unauthorized reports, rumors, RATES BY MAIL. Germany Can Spare No Divi- and information purporting to come from One year ------$5. 40 the Cotton Committee or the Conmittee Six months ---- 3.00 sions to Aid Its Balkan on Cotton Distribution. All authentic Dally.J One year, postage- prepaid to information will be published over the 7- foreign countre. .G Ally, says Chief of Staff- Six months, postage prepaid to signature of Thomas Walker Page, chair- foreign countries ------4. 50 Latest Move, if Successful, man of the Cotton Committee, or Charles Make all cheeks, money orders, and drafts J. Brand, chairman of the Committee on payable toTHE OrIcIAL BOLLirN. Foreshadows Isolation of Cotton Distribution. The Cotton Committee now makes the EXECUTIVE ORDER. Turkey and ProbableRe- following announcement: I hereby create a Committee on Pub- 1. The committee will not recommend lic Information, to be composed of the entrance into War of Rou- that a price be fixed on raw cotton at the Secretary of State, the Secretary of mania-Americans Have present time; nor will it so recommend in War, the Secretary of the Navy, and a any event before suilicieut time has civilian who shall be charged with the Taken 8,000 Prisoners in elupsed to test the effect as a stabilizing executive direction of the committee. influence of the work assigned to the As civilian chairman of the commit- Latest Drive. Committee on Cotton Ditribution, un- tee I appoint Mr. George Creel. less in the meantime unexpected changes The Secretary of State, the Secretary Press interview by Gen. March, Sep- occur in the cotton market of such vio- of War, and the Secretary of the Navy tember 28: lence as to threaten the welfare of legti- are authorized each to detail an officer mate interests. Last week I told you that the news dur- orofflwers to the workof the committee. ing the week had been continuously good. 2. The Committee on Cotton Distriblin- WOODROW WILSON. This week it has been continuously bet- tion has been organized, and has been April 14, 1917. ter. The defection of Bulgaria, their de- directed to effect as quickly as possible an equitable distribution of cotton as to sire for a separate peace, is not only im- portant toward the conduct of the war, quantity and also as to grade among both from the standpoint of diplomacy, and its domestic and foreign manufacturers, of with a special view to providing for the American Communique general effect upon the grand strategy proper utilization of the surplus of the war, but it also illustrates to a strik- grades below middling. ing degree the results of the present con- Nor.-It is planned to accomplish this centration of forces on the western front. American Oficial Communique, No. 135. part distribution by regulations applying to Previous to this time whenever any foreign and domestic manufacturers IEADQUARTREns, AMEmCAN of the central empires' front was threat- without interference with the usual trad- EXPEDITIONARY FORCES, ened it was possible for Germany to de- ing between farmers and buyers or mer- September 26, 1918. vote and divert some German divisions chants. threat- Section A.-This morning, north- with German commanders to the 3. All purchases both for foreign and west of Verdun, the first army at- ened front, while they held the western for domestic consumption will continue relatively. smaller force. tacked the enemy on a front of 20 front with a to be made at market prices through the miles and penetrated his lines to an That day has gone past. By concen- marketing and distributing agencies average depth of 7 miles. trating the entire American force on the commonly used, unless and until the Cot- Pennsylvania, Kansas, and Mis- western front, that force, together with ton Committee shall determine and an- souri troops serving in Maj. Gen. the British and French armies, under nounce that a necessity has arisen for Liggett's corps stormed Varennes, Gen. Foch, holds the German Army there, making a change. Montblainville, Vauzuols, and Chappy and we see the result in Bulgaria demand- In view of this announcement the Cot- after stubborn resistance. Troops Ing a separate peace. The obvious im- ton Committee hopes that agencies en- of other corps, crossing the Forges portance of -this move, which would fore- gaged in the cotton industry will pro- shadow, brook, captured the Boisdeforges if it goes through, the isolation' ceed in the normal transaction of busi- and wrested from the enemy the of Turkey and the probable reentrance ness without uncertainty or hesitation. towns of Malancourt, Bethincourt, of Roumania into the war, needs only to THonAs WALKIE PAGE, Montfaucon, Cuisy, Nantillos, Zept- be mentioned. It is perfectly clear to Chairman. zarges, Danneoux, and Gercourt-et- everybody. Drillancourt. The prisoners thus far Fighting on Western Front. reported number over 5,000. Reverting to the western front, since been reported, Gen. Gourard's Fourth I spoke to you last, during the first part French Army on a 20-mile front in the Tent HospitalPlanned of the week, the fighting was limited to Champagne, between the Suippe River local attacks by the allies for objectives and the Argonne Forest, and our Army for Camp Stuart, Virginia along the Hindenburg line. Last Tuesday east of it, on a 20-mile front reaching up the British and French were closing in to the Meuse River. The War Department authorizes the on St. Quentin and had come within 2 American Offensive. follon ig statement: miles of the town on the nowthwest and For the purpose of establishing a tent southeast in spite of strong resistance. The American attack was characterized hospital adjoining Camp Stuart at New- Vigorous counterattacks by the enemy in by the sharpness and rapidity which has port News, the War Department has the region north of St. Quentin and at the always marked the handling of our troops leased 10 acres of land from Mrs. Martha west end of Chemin-des-Dames were re- In France, and our advance on the first .P. Taylor, at a monthly rental of $100 for pulsed. day was to a depth averaging perhaps the period of the war. The land is well On Thursday the Franco-American 5 or 6 miles, while the advance of the suited for hospital purposes, it being high, forces between Rheims and Verdun at- French on the continuation of that line and has a water frontage. tacked on a front of 40 miles, as has (Continued on page 15.) THE OFFA . S. : , PTEMER 8, i918. .5 RAWING OF SERIAL NUMBERS PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONGRESS BRIEFLY TOLD FOR ALL DRAFT REGISTRANTS SENATE. filed an extended brief, in which a um- TO BE HELD MONDAY, SEPT.30 All of yesterday was occupied by the ber of features of the war revenue bill Senate in the further discussion of the was opposed. The brief declared that the IN U. S. SENATE OFFICE constitutional amendment for universal principle of invested capital as defined by BUILDING suffrage, and again without any action. the House bill is " unsound " and urges Chairman Jones, of the Suffrage Commit- an " adequate and uniform war profits About 17,000 Containers in Bowl tee, refused to agree to a motion to ad- tax that would make unnecessary the so- journ over until Monday, and intimated Palled alternative excess profits tax," and To Be Drawn One at a Time- that notwithstanding the desire of several declares that " under the bill the Gov- Senators to absent themselves to-day, he ernment would practically confiscate the Impossible to Send Results by would press for a vote to-day. Several Income of one class of stockholders and Wire, Gen. Crowder Explains. senators among those opposed to suffrage give to the other class what it has taken have speaking engagements for the open- unjustly from the first class." Statement by Gen. Crowder to the news- ing day of the Liberty loan campaign. paper correspondents Friday, September When no arrangement for adjourning HOUSE. 27. 1918: over could be reached, majority leader During consideration of the emergency The drawing to determine the order of Martin and minority leader Lodge gave power bill the House yesterday afternoon liability to military service of the men public notice to these Senators that they defeated a proposal to limit the measure between the ages of IS and 45 years, both might proceed with their engagements, as to an authorization instead of a direct Inclusive, who registered on September they would undertake to see to it that no appropriation of $175.000,000. A pro- 12, will be held in this city beginning at vote was taken during their absence. vision was inserted in the measure for- noon Monday, September 30, 1918. Looking forward to the reconstruction bidding expenditures under "cost plus" Although this drawing will give to anys that must immediately follow the contracts. every man who registered an order num- war, Senator Weeks yesterday introduced House leaders have abandoned all ber, registrants will be called in accord- a resolution providing for the creation of plans for a recess between now and the ance with their order numbers within a joint Congressional conunittee to study November elections. Necessity for pass- their respective classes, as shown after-the-war problems and devise by the means ing the next deficiency appropriation bill classification list, and within the ages of solving them. Problems affecting la- which will not be ready probably for an- from time to time prescribed by the Presi- bor, capital and credit, public utilities, other week, and the warning of many dent as immediately liable to be called for the demobilization of industrial and mili- members that they would not agree to classification and for military service. tary war resources, foreign trade, new any unanimous consent recess plan put industries, the tarIff, fuel production and a stop to further serious discussion of a Numbers In 17,000 Containers. distribution, housing, shipping, disposi- recess. There are a number of minor As heretofore, the drawing will be held tion of war legislation, " and in general matters pending that members believe in the Senate Office Building. It will be all matters necessarily arising during the should be disposed of and the consensus necessary this time to draw, one at a cl'ange from the activities of war to the of opinion among the leaders ye'terday time, approximately 17,000 containers pursuits of peace" would be taken up by nas that the House could be kept reason- containing the serial numbers, and it has this committee If created. Its member- ably busy upon important matters. been estimated by the officers in charge ship would consist of six members of the The war Department has recommend- of the preparations that whereas the Senate and House. ed to Congress an amendment to the first great drawing of July 20, 1917, con- The subcommittee of the Judiciary Com- Fiftieth article of war so as to give the sumed 161 hours, it will require this time mittee Investigating the alleged political conunanding general In the field, depart- approximately 26 hours of uninterrupted and propaganda activities of brewing ment, or division power to mitigate or drawing'to complete the task. Interests yesterday requested Alien Prop- remit any sentence of death or dismissal Because of the time and the mass of erty Custodian A. Mitchell Palmer and in'tead of leaving It to the President. figures involved, the press associations of Attorney General Gregory to send to the The change was requested by Gen. the country have united in informing ine committee all documents In their posses- Pershing. that It will be impossible for them to un- sion relating to any association or con- dertake the sending of the numbers over nection that might be shown between the their wires as they did on the occasion brewers and the newspaper which Is al- THE WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST of the first and second drawings. They leged to have been purchased through the have agreed upon, and proposed to me, a aid of funds supplied by such brewers. The Weather Bureau issues the follow- plan whereby copies of the " master Fund to Fight Influenza. Ing forecast for the period September 30 list," as determined by the drawing, will to October 5, Inclusive: A resolution was Introduced by Senator be sent as promptly as possible direct Weeks yesterday North and Middle Atlantic States.-Gener- from this office to the 154 district appropriating $1,000,000 ally fair during the week except possibly rain boards, to be used by the Public Health Service Monday In New England. Temperature which will be Instructed to make them in combating the Spanish influenza epl- slihttly below normal early in the week, nearly available Immediately upon receipt to demic. In submitting normal thereafter. the newspapers within the area of their the resolution Sen- South Atlantic and East Gulf States.-Fair ator Weeks briefly referred to the spread weather during the week exc'pt in East Gulf jurisdiction. This plan I have approved of the disease through the various Army States where rain is probable after the mid- upon representation from the responsible camps dle of the week. Moderately cool Monday, heads of these and among the civilian population. nearly normal temperatures thereafter. associations that they have The resolution was submitted after a con- West Gulf States.-Flatr first half of week, Individually canvassed the opinion of ference with the public health authori- probably occasional rain second half; nearly their respective clients and have found ties. normal temperaturps. probably slightly above them all, with Tuesday and Wednesday. possibly one exception, fa- Senator Kirby, Democrat, of Arkansas, Ohio Valley and Tenneae---Fair Monday to vorable to the Idea of not attempting to was yesterdiy made chairman of the Thurday, inclusive; probaUy rain toward the handle them by wire. Committee end of the week. %)emperaturenearly normal on Expenditures in the De- although slightly above about the middle Request to NSewspers. partment of Agriculture. the week. Senator Gerry, I take this ocason, of Rhode Island. was assigned to the Region of the Great Lakes.-Enemrally fair therefore, to re- Committee on Rules, and Senator weather during the week, with nearly normal quest of the newspapers of the country Ashurst, temperatures. that none of of Arizona, to the Committee on Privi- E'pper M sislpp and lower Minuourl Val- them Individually attempt to leges and Elections. leys.-Generally fair weather during the week, carry these numbers from Washington, -although some greability Senator Chamberlain, chairman of rain after the but will withhold publication of the list of the middle of the week In southern portions. until Military Committee, introduced a bill to Nearly normal temperatures. It has been released to them by the appropriate $7800 to reimburse citizens Northern Rocky Mountaia and Plateau district board having Jurisdiction in the reglon--enerally fair weather during the amea In which the respective newspapers of Colorado for firearms and ammunition week except occasional saln firat blmff in taken from them during the labor troubles western Plateau region. Weariy normal tem- are located. I make this request in or- in that State In 1914. peratures. der, as far as possible, to place the news- Before the Finance Committee the Southern Rocky Mountails am Platau ,papers In the several localities of the In- region.--Occoslanal rains first half of week, vestment Bankers' Association of America generally fair seegad imm. Nearly normal country on an equal footing as far as ob- 71'-18--2 temperatures. (Continued on page 15.) 6 THE- OFFICIAU UF'S. BULLETIN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28,' 19187

Fifty Enemy Airplanes and Seven Fatalities at Flying Fields in Past Week

Balloons Downed by U. S. Airmen With The War Department authorizes the following: Herewith is a summary of deaths British Forces July I to August 25 due to aviation accidents in training at flying fields in this country for The War Department authorizes the drome, and a chateau on the northeast the week ending September 21, 1918: following statement: corner of the aerodrome was also at- Place at which No. of tacked with machine-gun fire. The fol- fatality occurred. fatalities. Fifty enemy airplanes and seven enemy lowing damage was observed to be caused Dorr Field, Arcadia------1 balloons were brought down by American Ellington Field, Houston, Tex - 2 by this combined operation: A dump of Love Field, Dallas, Tex - aviators with the British forces in the pe- petrol and oil was set on fire, which ap- Souther Field, Americus, Ga - riod from July 1 to August 25, according peared to set fire to an ammunition dump; Taliaferro Field, Fort Worth, Tex- 1 to a summary of British Royal Air Force six Fokker biplanes were set on fire on Total ------7 reports just received here. the ground, and two destroyed by direct The seven deaths during the week . The Americans mentioned are the early hits from bombs; one large Gotha hangar ending September 21 represent 1 graduates from flying cadets sent to Eng- was set on fire and another one half de- land in the first months of the war before molished; a living fatality for every 2,129 hours flown, hut was set on fire or 171,320 miles air American flying fields, training planes, and several hangars travel. At 22 were oeen to be flying fields other than those men- and instructional forces could be got smouldering as the result of phosphorous tioned above there were no fatalities. ready to train the hundreds of men on bombs having fallen on them. In spite of hand to meet the enlarged aerial program. most of the machines taking part being They, like other cadets sent to French hit at one time or another, all returned and Italian schools, were afforded the best safely, favorable ground targets being at- S C. 4650 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, advantages of the fully developed train- Pa. tacked on the way home; Squad- Paul V. Burwell, first lieutenant, A. S.. S. C. ing systems abroad, and were later sent to rons bombed the aerodrome after the low Dr. I. L. Burwell, father, 204 South Charles the front attached to active squadrons for flying attack was over, and demolished Street, Baltimore, Md. final training over the lines and until such Thomas J. Herbert, first lieutenant, A. S., the chateau previously referred to. S. C. John T. Herbert, father, 1644 East time as they could be incorporated into "Lieut. R. G. Landis, in a general en- Eighty-sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio. complete American units. gagement with enemy scouts, shot down a Harry A. Schlotzhauer, jr., first lieutenant, The acceleration in speed and the en- A. S., S. C. 1200 North State Street, Chi- Fokker biplane, which crashed near cago, Ill Harry A. Schlotzhauer, 1030 South largement in numbers of the American La Bassee. He then attacked a triplane, Sixth Street, Terre Haute, Ind. aerial program made possible by this which was on the Edwin P. Shaw, second lieutenant, A S., tail of a Bristol S. C. 7087 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood. whole-hearted cooperation by the allies is fighter whose observer was appareLitly Cal. a matter of grateful acknowledgment at hit, and getting below its tail brought JFames Alfred Keating, first lieutenant, A. S.. this time. down S C. 3748 Peoria Street, Chicago, Ill. Mrs. this machine also. James A. Keating, wife, 2232 West One hun- Contests Specifically Mentioned. " Lieut. Williams, - American dred and ninth Street, Chicago, Ill. Squadron, was hit in the back and his Field E. Kindley, first lieutenant, A. S., The following contests of American air- petrol S. C. Uther Callahan, cousin, Gravette, Ark. tank pierced by machine gunfire. Glenn D. Wicks, first lieutenant, A. S.. S. C. men were specifically mentioned: In spite of his wound, he came back with Mrs. Lucie C. Wicks, mother, Sanquoit, N. Y. " Lieut M. L. Campbell and Lieut. L. A. his finger stopping the hole in the petrol Frederick E. Luff, first lieutenant, A. S.. Hamilton encountered 5 enemy airplanes tank, and landed successfully after hav- S C. Hi. J. Luff, father, 3046 Lincoln Boule- over Armentieres. Lieut. Campbell shot vard, Cleveland Heights, Ohio ing engaged transport (i. e., attacked Jesse F. Campbell, first lieutenant, A. S., 2 of these down, which were both seen to a supply train) from a height of 100 feet. S. C. Lee Campbell, father, 016 South Cen- crash by other pilots. Lieut. Hamilton ter Street, Royal Oak, Mich. List of Flyers Honored. Joseph Ellwood Boudwin, jr., second lieu- also accounted for 1. tenant, A. S., S. C. J. H. Boudwin, father, "Lieut. R. G. Landis, after a combat The British distinguished flying cross 1400 L Street, Washington, D. C. with a hostile machine which he sent has been awarded to the following officers Robert Miles Todd, second lieutenant, A. S., of the American Air Service: First Lieut. S. C. Mrs. L Hf. Todd, mother, 4020 Stewart down in a cloud of smoke, attacked a Place, Cincinnati, Ohio. hostile balloon, but, observing an enemy George A. Vaughn, jr., First Lieut. Irving P. Corse, second lieutenant, A. S., two-seater near, diving east, engaged and Thomas J. Herbert, First Lieut. Morton S. C. 2301 First Street, South Minneapolis, L. Campbell, First Lieut. Lloyd A. Hamil- Minn. shot it down. Returning to the balloon, Howard Clayton Knotts, second lieutenant, he fired into it at very close range, where- ten, and First. Lieut. James K. Keating A. S., S. C. Edward C. Knotts, father, Car- upon it went down in flames. according to American Communique linville, Ill. 132 B-2, received from Gen. Lawrence Theodore Wyly, second lieutenant, " Lieut. J. A. Keating and Second Lieut. Pershing, A. S., S. C. Mrs. G. A. Wyly, mother, 721 Simpson, on returning from a bomb raid September 24. Seventh Avenue, Duluth, Minn. were attacked by two large formations The following men are mentioned in Aubrey Fred Diamond, second lieutenant, the British reports, some A. S., S. C. Mrs. Emma J. Adams, mother, of the enemy scouts. The first enemy air- several times, Baltimore and Rose Streets, Mobile, Ala. plane to attack at close range was shot as having brought down enemy planes or (Officer gives residence, room 888, Y. M. C, A.. down in flames by Lieut. Simpson. A balloons: Cleveland, Ohio.) Reed G. Landis, first lieutenant, A. S., S. C. George V. Seibold, first lieutenant. A. S., little later, a second enemy airplane Hotel Windemnere, Chicago, Ill. S. C. Mrs. G. V. Selbold. 756 Rock Creek which was attacking from the rear was John Owen Donaldson, second lieutenant, Church Road, Washington, D. C. also shot down in flames, and during the A. S., S. C. Gen. Donaldson, 1825 Wyoming William D. Tipton, first lieutenant, A. S., Avenue, Washington, D. C. S. C. 1810 Guilford Avenue, Baltimore, Md. pourse of the combat two more hostile George A. Vaughn, Jr., first lieutenant, A. S., A. S. Tipton, father, Jarrettsville, Md. machines were seen to spin down and S. C. George A. Vaughn, father, 441 Wash- Donald S Poler, first lieutenant, A. S., S. C. crash, all of which had been fired at by ington Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. E J. Poler, father, 405 Academy Street, Harold G. Shoemaker, first lieutenant, A. S., Medina, N. Y. the observer. Lieut. Keating's machine S. C. E. Shoemaker, mother 225 East Com- Noe.--Lieuts. Williams and Simpson, men- shot about and he tioned in the British report, can not -be defi- had been very badly merce Street, Bridgeton, N. J. nitely identified. was obliged to land soon after crossing Morton L. Campbell, first lieutenant, A. S., S. C. Charles L. Campbell, father, Wakeman, our lines. Ohio. THREE NEW LIBERTY THEATERS. Raid by Squadron. Orville A. Ralston, first lieutenant, A. S., S. C. 1141 H Street, Lincoln Nebr. Mrs. The War Department authorizes the "A raid was carried out by Nettle Ralpton mother, Avoca, Nebr. following statement: Henry R. Clay, Jr., first lieutenant, A. S., American Squadron on - aerodrome, S. C. H. R. Clay, father, 1703 Summit Ave- The construction division has been au- in conjunction with squadrons of the 5th ine, Fort Worth, Tex. thorized to construct Liberty theaters at Group. After the first two squadrons had Elliott W. Springs, first lieutenant, A. S., Camp Wheeler, Ga.; Camp Wadsworth. S. C. Leroy -Springs, father, Lancaster, Pa. 'dropped their bombs from a low height, Lloyd A. Hamilton, first lieutenant, A. S., S. C.; and Camp Hancock, Ga. Each of machines of - American Squadron S. C. 49 Bartlett Avenue, Pittsfield, Mass. these buildings will cost $38,700. The dived to within 200 feet of the ground and Jesse 0. Creech, first lieutenant, A. S., S. C. buildings will be similar to the theaters 6614 Harlan Place, Takoma Park, Washing- released their bombs, then proceeded to ton, D. C. erected in other camps. Work will begin shoot at hangars and huts on the aero- William J. Armstrong, first lieutenant, A. S., at once. THE OFFICrAL . S. BrMWi1 SNTAMmAY, SEPTEMBER'4,'IR18.

RED CROSS HOME SIERVICE Information for Soldiers' and Sailors' Families, Issued by Department of Civilian Relief.

for to Start for not received; whether they should re- port. In asking for the allowance Information for Men About them you will have to state how much you Training Camps. ceive a Government policy if you have Government Insurance; what have been contributing to them. Talk taken out this has Tile department of civilin relief of the to do If the Liberty band for which you over with them just how much American Red Cross has prepared a book- is not delivered; how to been. Estimate not only the average have subscribed kave given them let entitled " Before You Go-" whien correctly address a letter to you when you amount of money you will be distributed by each home-service Is not neces- each week, but the value of what they are in France, etc. It of sectibn to men who have been selected to Washington to have given you in return in the way sary for them to write is the difference, and called by their draft boards to re- learn these things. Washington sends the board, for instance. It port for military duty. An effort has been latest information on these points and or the nt amount that you contributed, made to present in, this booklet in brief to our home-service section which will determine whethar you can se- many more them and how much and simple form a synopsis of the im- for the use of your family. Tell them to cure an allowance for portant information in reference to allot- the Red Cross, that allowance will be. take their inauiries to allot- ments, illowances, compensation, insur- will be answered accurately The Government will add to the where they your pay ance. the civil-relief act, legaI advice, and and promptly. ment which you make from Red Cross home service, which the men $10 a month to your dependent mother should talk over with their families be- or father, or $20 if both of them are de- Compulsory Allotment Forms fore they go. pendent on you, and also $5 a month for The booklet has been approved by the Provided Each Man at Camp. each dependent brother, sister, grand- Provost Marshal General's office, which You and they need to know that when child, or grandparent. If you have no de- will officially distribute 15,000 copies to you ct to camn you will be furnisbe'l pendent parents but have dependent ameibers of boards of instruction through- with a printed form upon which to make grandparents the latter will receive $10 out the country for their Informntion. en allotment of your pay to your family. each. Sohliers and sailors and their relatives Your officers .will ive you oetniled in- The Government will not pay these and others to whom this booklet muay be sructions as to filling out this form. but sums unless the amount which you for- of use may obtain copies from the near- thore are certain noints which you and nmerly contributed to these relatives was est houme-service section of the Red Cross. your family should mutuilly unrderstand as much as the pronnsed allotment and The introductory portion of the booklet before you leave home. Yon will be re- allowance put together. is printed below and alo the paragraphs nired to allot $15 a month from your a llowances in reference to allotments and pay to vour wife. if you have one, or to Be Sure to Name All Who Are Depend- which coitain in simple language the your eild or children, if you have chil- ent Upon You. minimum information on these sub.ects drn and your wife is not living. The which every soldier and his family should amount of this comnnlor allotment will In filling out the form which will be understand before lie leaves for camp. not change if your pay Is Increased. given you whea you get to camp, he sure To selectcd mcn: you name all of your brothers, sisters, Wife and Children. and parents who are dependent upon you, You have been selected to serve your Family Allowance to and for whom you wih to secure the country. We who remanin behind depend To this nm the (overnment will tlad a family allowance. Only those you spe- upon your courage and efficiency to help fnmily nllowance of 515 to your wifo or cifically name will get it. You cnu1 ap- you a debt of win this war. We owe RS2if eInu have n wife and child: .932.50 po)rtion your allotment or the Government grmatitude which We canuot repay. and if von have a wife end two children and will divide your allotment among this which you are not worrying about. But q- mo-rp for pnea addlition-l cbild. If vou group and also pay to each member of the you will fight better for knowing that Pave chlidren but yoner wife is not livin, group the family allowance to which such while you are gone your folks at home tho amount which the (overnmet will member is entitled. However, tile jotal need lack for nothing In times of emer- acd to the enmensory allotment is 95 for of all the family allowances which xilI be pency and anxiety which friendly inter- one cbild: 1.12.50 for two chiilren: -00 paid to your relatives, including your est and ample resources can supply. The for three children: 5.Z0 for four ehil'ren, wife and children, is limited to $Z0. if Red Cross can not take your place; but and $5 more for each additional child. any of these dependent relatives to wioln we who put this book in your hands can you have allotted part of your pay do be depended upon to do many things for not receive the family allowance, they your family that they can not do for The Voluntary Allotment to Dependent may learn at the home service section themselves and which you can not provide Parents, Brothers, Sisters, Grand- how they themnselves may apply for it. for during your absence. We may need parents or Grandchildren. If any one of these relatives becomes ie- only to supply Informntion of some kind. to mnke any allotment pendent upon you after , ou leave home, But that will be given promptly and accu- You do not have the home service section will advise un- rately. Whatever it may he that we shall of your pay to your parents. brotlhers, ss- der what circumstances and how that per- have opportunity to do, we shall gladly ters. erqndparents. or crandehilren. but family allowance. will not reelve the son may secure a do through the Home Service Section of unleo you do they The allotments and allowances dis- the Red Cross. family qllowance from the Government- cussed above are paid by tihe Bureau of To at this allowance for them you mast if you War Risk Insurance, which is a branch Before You Go, Talk These Things Over alot $15 n month from your pay of the United States Treasury Depart- are not malin a comulsory allotment, mont. With Your Family. or .5 a month If von are alreqdy making Here are some things which you will a compnfsory allotment to ynour wife or Voluntary Allotments to Other Persons. wish to talk over with your family be- clhl. You mar allot tbi sum to seycr-l fore you leave and about which you and of them eolertlvely. and the Government If you wish to allet a portion of your they may obtain further information from will divide It among them. pay to some relative who is not dependent the home-service section. upon you. or to your nnee. or to somc Every soldier's family needs Informa- The Family Allowance to Dependenit friend, or to any other person, or to a tion about the war-risk insurance law and bank, you may do so upon another forrm Parents. Brothers, Sistersi, Gsand- whicb wiR be fanmihed you by your com- other legislation or regulations for the or Grandchitdvwv benefit of soldiers and their relatives. parents manfuag ofkeer. The amount winch yo Your home folks will want to know what Even If you do make this allotment allot is discretionary with you. The GW- to do if the Government allotment is de- from your pay to these relatives they ernment will not pay any allowance to layed; how to apply for a family allow- will not receive the family allowanee un- sh persea. These allotments will be ance if they are entitled to one and it Is les they are dependent upon you far sup- (cluae on pag 8.) 8 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: SATUBiDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918.

1. The memorandum froni 'the Adjutant EXAMINATIONS OUT 'OF TURN General's Office, dated August 14, 1918, pro- hIbiting consideration of application f6r ap- pointment from civil life between the ages of Red Cross Home Service OF CIVIL LIFE REGISTRANTS 18 and 45, Inclusive, is hereby revoked so far as concerns Staff Corps, but subject to the con- APPLYING FOR COMMISSIONS ditions and restrictions stated below. (Continued from page 7.) (a) Qualified men, between the ages of 18 and'45, placed in class 1 for general military paid through the office of the Quarter- service or who would be placed in class 1 for ORDERS SENT LOCAL DRAFT BOARDS such general military service except for In- master General. dustry, occupation, or employment, including When you arrive at the camp your agriculture, must be first Inducted into the name and Directed to Proceed to Classification service before consideration will be given to a great deal of other informa- their appointment as officers. tion about you will be recorded by the According to Regular Procedure (b) Qualified men, between the ages of officers in charge. Be very careful that 18 and 45, placed in class 1, meeting the on Presentation of a Certificate physical requirements for limited or special your full name is given and is spelled military service only (Included in what is correctly. When you tell your officer in Showing Candidacy. known as group C, Medical Regulations Form charge what your name is he may write 65), or who would be placed in class 1 for such it down just the way it sounds, although special or limited military service except for authorizes the industry, occupation, or employment, includ- it may not be spelled that way. Watch The War Department Ing agriculture, and qualified men between the how he writes it and call his attention to following from the office of the Provost ages of 18 and 45 placed in deferred classifi- it if it cations is wrong. This is very important. Marshal General: on grounds other than industry, occu- If your name or the names of your rela- Instructions have been sent out by this pation, or employment, including agriculture, may be commissioned direct from civil life by tives are wrongly recorded, the check office to local boards throughout the coun- the usual procedure. which the Government sends to your fam- try providing for the classification and (e) A quglified registrant who does not fall ily will be wrongly made out and they physical examination, out of their turn, of within the foregoinu rules because he has not been finally classified or examined physically may be unable to cash it or the Post registrants in civil life who have made may have his classification or physical exami- Office Department may be unable to de- application for commissions in the Staff namion advanced upon presentation to his local liver the letter containing the check be- Corps of the Army. board of a certificate from the chief of a corps or department of the Army setting forth that cause they can not find anybody of that These instructions direct that the local he is a candidate for a commission. name. boards " shall proceed to the classification 2. For those who are not required to go and physical examination, according to through the officers' training camps arrange- ments will be perfected whereby the appoint- How Soon to Expect the Allotment. the regular jirocedure, of any registrant ment as officers will immediatelv follow in- within the ages of 18 and 45, inclusive, duction into the service. All Staff Corps will After you have made out a form allot- immediately upon his presenting to his be reouired hereafter to submit their recom- ting part of your mendations for appointments from civil life pay to members of your local board a certificate from the chief of to commissions in the Army to the personnel family, arrangement must be made to a corps or department of the Army to the branch of the operations division of the take this sum from your pay and the form effect that he is a candidate for a com- General Staff before action by The Adjutant General. All will be sent to Washington. Your family mission." such recommendations will be should not expect accompanied by a list or abstract sho p to receive a check a Those Included in the Order. name, grade, age, education, qualificationq, &I few days after you leave for camp. It physical condition of applicant, his selective generally takes six weeks to two months service claqsification, and a brief statement The orders apply both to the registrant ae to why it is desirable to appoint from civil after the form is made out in camp be- who may be appointed to his commission life. fore a check from Washington is received direct from civil life and to those whose HARRY DAVIS, by the family. If no check is received in appointment as officers, under the terms Adjutant General. two months, your relatives should seek of the recent order of the War Depart- 3. The individual inductions required the advice of the home service section. ment, dated September 23, would inimedi- by this order and certain others herein- ately follow their induction into the mili- after noted can not wait upon the comple- tary service. tion of the classification and physical registrants into the Students' Army The advanced classification and physi- examination of all registrants, and it will Training Corps. cal examination of such registrants will be necessary to classify and examine out PERMITS TO DEPART FROM THE UNITED be for the purpose of determining their of their turn certain registrants of all STATES. status in order that the Army may con- ages for the two following purposes: 6. The attention of local boards is espe- sider them for commissions; and in order (9) To determine the status of the reg- cially directed to section 156, Selective istrant in order that that certain registrants may be volun- the Army may con- Service Regulations (second edition), tarily inducted at the request of the Army, sider him for a commission. concerning the procedure to be followed Navy, or Marine Corps. (b) In order that certain registrants upon application for a permit to depart may be voluntarily Inducted at the re- Text of Instructions. from the United States, particularly to quest of the Army, Navy, or Marine those portions of the section which relate WAR DEPARTMENT, Corps. to the procedure to be followed when the OFFICE 1lARSHAL OF PROVOST GENERAL, (1) REGISTRANTS SEEKING COMMISSIONS, request for permit is presented by or on Washington, September 25, 1918. 4. In order to carry the foregoing order behalf of a registrant who has not been From: Office of the Provost Marshal into effect, the local boards shall proceed finally classified and physically examined. General. to the classification and physical exalmi- LIMITATIONS OF THESE INSTRUCTIONS. To: Draft executives in all States. nation, according to the regular proce- '7. Nothing in this letter shall Subject: Advancing the classification and dure, of any revistrant within the ages be con- of strued as affecting the procedure concern- physical examination of certain regis- 18 and 45, inclusive, immediately upon trants of the class of September, 1918. his presenting to his ing the classification or physical examina- local board a certi- tion out of regular order of any regis- 1. My general telegram B 3400 of the 16th ficate from the chief of a corps or depart- instant directed that registrants between ment trant who does not fall within the express of the Army to the effect that he is a provisions the ages of 19 and 36, inclusive, be im- candidate for a commission. of these instructions. No reg- mediately classified; and my general tele- istrant shall be involuntarily inducted gram B 3670 of this date directs that (2" INDIVIDUAL VOLUNTARY INDUCTIONS. into the military or naval service until his physical examinations be begun in ac- 5. Whenever a local board receives age group and class and order number cordance with section 122, S. S. R., as Form 2007 authorizing the individual are reached in regular course. soon as local boards receive the new voluntary induction of a registrant, be- 8. When inquiries are made of the local Regulations and place registrants in tween the ages of 18 and 45, inclusive, it boards for information concerning indi- class 1. shall proceed forthwith to the classifica- vidual induction of registrants, the local 2. The following order of the War De- tion and physical examination of such boards should 61rect inquirers not to partment was issued under date of Sep- registrant according to the regular pro- write to the Provost Marshal General con- tember 23: cedure and shall induct such registrant in cerning the same, but to apply directly to From: The Adjutant General of the Army. accordance with the provisions of section the chief of the corps or department of To: The Provost Marshal General, Washing- 158 F, Selective Service Regulation the Army, to the Mobilization Division, ton, D. C. (second edition), complying also with the Bureau of Favigation, Navy Department, Subject: Appointment of officers from civil life. provisions of section 150. Nothing con- or to headquarters, United States Marine The Secretary of War directs that instrue- tained in this paragraph shall be con- Corps, all at Washington, D. C., as the tions substantially as follows be issued to all strued as changing the arrangements out- case may concerned. These instructions supersede be. similar instructions of September 15 and 16, lined in my letter of September 5, 1918, E. HI. CROWDER, 1918. concerning the individual induction of Provost Marshal General. THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918. 9

LIST OF CASUALTIES REPORTED AMONG THE UNITED STATES FORCES OVERSEAS

SECTION NO. 1, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918. FATSEAS. Paul. Theodore Patseas, Fatsa- ZASLONA, Stanley. Mrs. Stanley Zaslona, dica, Cythira, Greece. 16l Parnum Street, South Lawrence, Mass. The following casualties are reported HEIR, Morris Mrs. Katie Heir, 370 Johnston LEVESQUE, Leo. Rodrique Levesque, St. Avenue, Jersey City, N. J. Louise, Quebec, Canada. by the Commanding General of the HERSHBERGER. Collin. Abraham Herabber- American Expeditionary Forces: ger, Middlebury, Ind. Died from Disease. HILL, James A. Mrs. Jennie Hill, 216 Lib- SERGEANT. Killed in action ------55 erty Street, Bath, N. Y. ARRINGTON, Hamp N. Mrs. Emily J. Arring- Missing in action ------10 KEANE, Patrick. Thomas Keane, 109 Caro- ton, Iredell, Tex. Wounded severely ------82 line Avenue, Jamaica Plain, Mass. KELLEY, Daniel 0. Mrs. Ethel B. Kelley, 105 CORPORAL. Died from wounds ------27 North Fourth Street, Richmond, Ind. WALTZ, Roy 0. Virgil B. Waltz, 1404 Free- Died from accident and other KESLER, Robert I. William H. Kesler, Madi- man Avenue, Toledo, Ohio. causes ------4 son Heights, Va. PRIVATES. KITELINGER, George. William Kitelinger, Died of disease ------13 Wainut Bend, Pa. CUMMINS, John A. irs. Nettle M. Cummins, Prisoners ------3 LA PAVER, Andrew R. Mrs. Cora La Faver, 121 West Chestnut Street, Washington, Pa. 1040 Regan Street, Sunbury, Pa. GILLEY Charlie W. Mrs. M. J. Thompson, LINSKI. Otto August. Aneust Linski, 41 R. F. b. No. 1, Tyler, Tex. Total ------194 Milfred Avenue, Detroit, Mich. LORENZEN, Henry A. Fred Lorenzen, 545 LOCKE, Daniel Evans. Mrs. Nettie Locke, Seventh Street, South Mason City, Iowa. Waynesboro, Miss. MOYER, Allen Benjamin. John William Killed in Action. LOONEY, George W. Will Looney, Augusta, Moyer, Richard, Mo. Ark. REILLY, Edward A. Gertrude Sammel, 1410 LIEUTENANT. LOTZ, Robert H. Casslus Lots, 1801 Fifteenth Putnam Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. WARK. Frank M. REID, Samuel J.j- Jr. Samuel J. Reid, 757 Street West, Canton, Ohio. Mrs. Jessie M. Wark, 24 Hancock Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. LUCKETT, Benjamin H. John James Luck- Bengal Street, Pelloksbaw, Scotland. ett. kirkland, Ill. AVERY, Billings Theophilus, jr. Billings T. SERGEANTS. LUOLA. Antonas. Miss Luesa Bura, 121 Avery, R. F. D. No. 6, Norwich. Conn. APPLEWHITE, Thomas D. Mrs. F. W. Ap- Greenpoint Avenue, Blissville, N. Y. CANN, Will W. Daniel W. Cann, Prairie plewhite, The Alamo Apartments, San An- LYLE, TILMAN 0. T. M. Lyle, Amory, Miss. Grove, Ark. tonlo, Tex. MCCOLLUNL .Ti-i G. William G. McCollum, COOK, Otto E. James D. Cook. Luling Tex. BAKER, Francis P. Mrs. Elizabeth Baker, 66 Springville, Miss. DEUTSCH, Anton. Mrs. Rosle Deutsch, Clarendon Avenue, Lynn. Mass. MCGOVERN, Thomas. Mrs. Susan Cairiln, Eden, 8. Dak. GRAF, Kurt. Henry Graf, Black Wolf, Wis. 272 Second Street, Jersey City, N. J. FENWICH, William D. Mrs. Annie B. Brown, LEWIS, Worth. Mrs. M. M. Lewis, 1500 Berk- MCKENNY. Fred Carlton. Matt McKenny, 4312 Sheriff Road, Washington, D. C. ley Avenue, Bessemer, Ala. Milton. W. Va. MICHAEL, Lester J. John T. C. Michael, 105 MCLEAN, George, Jr. George McLean, 6150 Died of Acident and Other Causes. West McIntyre Avenue, N. S., Pittsburgh, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. LIEUTERANT. Pa. MARTINI, Angelo. Byron Boesse, Hancock, SCHULTZ, Herman V. R. H1. Schultz, Bet- WENTWORTH, Lester J. Mrs. Nelson Went- Mass. tendorf, Iowa. worth, R. F. D. No. 1, Seymour, Conn. MIKOLASEK, Bobumlel. Charles Malott, 108 WOOLERY. Burton. Henry A. Woolery, 315 Highland Place. Yonkers, N. Y. CORPORAL. East Seventh Street, Bloomington, Ind. MOORE. James W. Mrs. Vera Moore, Wat- GARLAND, Robert C. Mrs. B. B. Garland, WYNNE, Patrick J. A. J. Wynne, Crosswood, son, Ala. Warsaw, Richmond Headford County, Galway, Ireland. County, Va. Died from Wounds. PRIVATSS. CORPORALS. LIEUTENANTS. BECK, James H. Mrs. Harriet J. Beck, Ma- BARENT, Walter F. Miss Catherine Barent, son, N. H. 38 Wood Street, Natrona, Pa. GREEN, Douglas B. Mrs. Edward D. Smith, DISCH2R Frank E. Mrs. Minnie Discher BARTON, Wilbur E. Mrs. Barton, Ogdens- Pottsville, Pa. 894 Madison Avenue, Brooklyn, N. y. burg, New York, N. Y. MCMINIMY, .oseph L. Mrs. J. W. MeMinimy, CRAIG, Walter R. Mrs. Mary E. Craig, 1019 Frankfort, Kans. Wounded Severely. North Church Street, Rockford, Ill. CORPORAL. MAJOR. DIEFENTHAL. Clement. Charles H. Diefen- SHIVERICK, thal, 349 Seventy-eighth Street, Brooklyn, ROBERTS. Bernard. Mrs. Barbara Roberts, Nathan C. Charles Shiverick, N. Y. 1203 John Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Rye, N. Y. KNOWLTON, Guy R. Harry H. Knowlton, LIEUTENANTS. Glenwood Park, New London, Conn. PRIVATES. BALDWIN, Benjamin B. Mrs. Alta F. Bald- LINDHULDT, Fredolph. Mrs. Lydia Ziegler, EDZARD, Edward. Mrs. Alvine Edzard, 2983 win. Mendon, Ill. R. F D. No. 4, Dassel, Minn. GREENEM, Leslie C. Mrs. Jerome B. Greene, Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. .11 WEAVER, Culver E. Alexander Weaver, IENSARLING. Jesse L. Thomas P. Hensar- Orange Street, Atlanta, Ga. Johnstown, Pa. ling. Hattiesburg. Miss. MCLAUGHIJN, Richard M. Frank McLaugh- MECHANICS. KERNER. Leo J. L. J. Kerner, lin, 630 Symes Building Denver, Colo. Ottawa, Ohio. McMAHON, William J. Mrs. Loyola Frances LEEDOM, Horace Seel. Mrs. Mary RAY. Holwrt. Jim Ray, Sweeden, Ky. B. Lee- RYALL, Thomas. Mrs. McMahon, 350 North Fifty-fifth Street, dom, 33 North Yewdell Street, Philadelphia, Martha Jarvis, 109 Philadelphia, Pa. Pa. East One hundred and thirtieth Street, New York. N. Y. NORTON, John H. Mrs. Paul J. Norton, 113 MORRIS, James. Mrs. Catherine Blakely, 23 School Street, Springfield, Mass. Cross Street, Fall River, Mass. HOLMO3REEN. Mandus. Mrs. Helen Holm- green, Black River Falls. Wis. SERGEANTS. COOK. INGRAM. Roy J. J. J. Ingram. Hamburg, Ark. CLARINO, Bengt. Mrs. Alma Clarino, 10 FIALA, Lon. Frank Fiala, R. F. D. No. 1, Ru- KUNERT Otto M. John C. Runert, R. F. D. Carlsbergs Street, Stockholm, Sweden. pert, Idaho. No. 9. Kent, Ohio. FOLEY, Jesse. Miss Lillie Foley, Webbs Cross KUSZMAUL. Harold. Earl Kuszmaul, 15 PRIVATER. Roads, Ky. Russell Avenue, Akron, Ohio. HICKEY, John V. Mrs. Mary Hickey, 23 ALLEN, Leon Ellsworth. John Allen, Hart- LASI Dec. John Lash, 706 Waverly Street, Sharon Street, Boston, Mass. land Center, Mich. Flint. Mich. . PITMAN, Arthur. R. Pitman, Copperhill, BAKER, Floyd William. Wesly Sherman LESSARD, Chester* 3. Alfred Lessard, 11 Tenn. Bak.r, Santord 'Sherwin N. Y. Street. Waterville. Mo. SWEENEY, Charles John- Miss Mary Sweeney, SARAN, John. Glipolit Posymbin, 352 East LEVINE. Abe. Mrs. Rachael Levine, 54A 1335 North Forty-ninth Street, Ihiladelphla, Forty-first Street, Erie, Pa. Clifford Street, Boston. Maas. Pa. BARRY. Bernard. Patrick T. Barry, 265 West LEWIS, Wilburn. J. I. Lewis, Powder Mills, THATCHER, Burrill William. Mrs. R. S. One hundred and thirty-second street, New Ky- Thatcher, 8616 Blaine Avenue, Cleveland, York. N. Y. LOWENSKY. Frank X. Mrs. Maggie Koslow- Ohio. BELTZ. Claude. Mrs. Luna Belts, Washing- !zkY. 534 Third Avenue. Brooklyn. N. Y. CORPOR1ALS. ton Avenue. Dravesburg, Pa. LUCKING. George J. Mathles Locking, R. F. ADERHOLD, BODAH, William. Albert Bodab, D No. 4, Hastings, Minn. Monroe M. E. A. Aderhold, 10 Quebec 1946 West Madleon Street, Chicago Ill Street. Indian Orchard, Mass. McCRERY, Chester. Mrs. Minnie McCrery, DONNELL, BRADEN, Wayne Scott. Mrs. Mary E. Bra- North Lewisburg, Ohio. Nickolas C. James D. bnnell, den, Orchard, Colo. McGEARY. John. Miss Mary McGeary, 883 R. F. D. -No. 4. Greensboro. N. C. DONOVAN, Timothy i. T. Donovan, Chero- CAMAL1, Giovanni. Antonio Camall, Supino, Tenth Avenue, New York N. Y. kee, Iowa. Rona Italy MCNAMARA, John. John McNamara, Caze- CAMPBELL. Garrett. Jerry M. Campbell, DORN, Credo. Mrs. Maggie Dorn, 100 Thir- Vendor, Ark. norta. Wis. teenth Avenue, Newark, N. J. FILPOT, Thomas COTTON. William R. Mrs. Lee Ella Cotton, MANUEL, Sidney. Artare Manuel, Mamon, La. B. W. H. Whistance, Wag- Elizabethtown, Ky. NUSS., Lewis W. Mrs. Harry Minerva Nuss, oner, Mo. 510 West Alry Street, NoriAstown, Pa. FRANDSEN, William. H. Frandsen, I. F. D. DEAN, Shirl E. Mrs. Lola Dean, Durand, Ill. box 39. EVANS, Arthur R. Mrs. Bert Peden, Bethune, TUTOR, Wilzie A. J. W. Tutor, Toccapola, Council Bluffa, Iowa. Colo. MISs. GLENNON, James A. Mrs. Enward Neary, 26 Columbia Street, West RVANS, William Albert. James Robert VIVOLA, Antonio. Onarlo Vivola, Boguol Orange, N. J. Evans, Meadows, Tr. LEE, Henry D. Mrs. Mary Lee, 419 Grant Tripino, Province of Avellano, Italy. Street, Mountain, 71*018-3 Iron Mich. 10 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918. CASUALTIES REPORTED BY GEN. PERSHING a NICKLAS, George. Al Nicklas, 10 Quail SEXTON, James H. Mrs. Viola Sexton, DVORAK, George. Mrs. Mary Janechek, 1873 Street, Albany, N. Y. Smiths Creek, Ky. South Eleventh Street, St. Louis, Mo. RICE, Jay .H. Mrs. MApry A. Rice, Santa Ma- STURM, Henry. Henry Kanzeler, 589 East DYVAD, Carl C. Nels H. Dyvad, Albert City, ria, Cal. Seventh Street, Flatbush, Brooklyn, N. Y. Iowa. SCHWARTZ, Harvey Russell. Antone Wil- TAYLOR, Jose R. Willis W. Taylor, Mis- EDINGER, Henry. Newton Edinger, Marys- liam Schwartz, 615 Church Street, Neenah, souri Valley, Iowa. ville, Iowa. Wis. THEKAN, Frank Martin. Paul Thekan, 475 FACUNDAS, D. A. Mrs. M. E. Cline, Eye and SHEEHAN, Dennis P. Mrs. Margaret Shee- Fortieth Avenue, Milwaukee, Wis. Ear Hospital, New Orleans, La. han, 17 Montgomery Street, Cambridge, TOWNSELL, Lee R. Mrs. Susie Morris, GAZERRO, Giovanni. Givacihine Gazerro, Mass. Rockrun, Ala. Tori, Italy. SIMMONS, John F. Mrs. Frank Simmons, TRIMBLE, Richard R. C. John C. Trimble, HAMELAKIS, James. Mrs. Anne Hamelakis, Toledo Avenue, Marion, Ohio. 222 Elm Street, Greensburg, Pa. Hereon Cata, Agare Pedeados, Yrakllon, SIMPSON, Alex. S. Mrs. M. Simpson, Cla- TURNER, William Joseph. Mrs. Alice Turner, Cretes Candear, Greece. rinda, Iowa. 493 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. JEFFRIES, Willie Forde. Willie Forde Jef- SLAUGHTER, Oscar E. Jerry Slaughter, UHLIR, Theodore. Mrs. Eleanor Schmaus, fries, 1010 Morton Avenue, Chester, Pa. Woodstock, Ohio. Paradise, Pa. KRUG, Charles E. Mrs. Charles E. Krug, SMITH, Dale. Mrs. Sybil Smith, Marseilles, VISINSKI, Stephen. Mrs. Felicia Shilon- 1218 Polk Street, Indianapolis, Ind. Ohio. gocky. 682 Seybert Street, Hazleton, Pa. LA SCOLA, Giovanni. Mrs. Anna La Scola, SWIFT, Charlie 1. Mrs. M. Swift, Akron, WAGNER, Walter. Mrs. Beulah Wagner; 100 Sicily, Cantania Province, Italy. Iowa. North Fourth Street, Raton, N. Mex. LEATH, Webb A. Andrew J. Leath, Blanche, WELLS, Edwin L. Mrs. E. S. Wells, Glen- WARDLOW, Robert Cassatt. Mrs. Lulu Ala. hazel, Elk County, Pa. Wardlow, White Oak, Ohio. MOSES, William A. Anthony Moses, 636 SMITII, Samuel T., bugler. Mrs. Serilda WARFIELD, Oakley. Mrs. Josephine M. War- Bennett Street, Luzerne, Pa. Graves, Harrodsburg, Ind. field, Oella. Md. MURPHY, Glen R. W. 0. Murphy, North WINKELMAN, Oliver M. Enoch Winkelman, Ridge Road, Perry, Ohio. BUGLER. Hutchinson, Minn. O'CONNER, James T. Mrs. Mary O'Conner, TAYLOR, James. Rev. William Dunlop, St. St. Mary's Street, Phoenixville, Pa. Davfit's Manse, Buckhaven, Scotland. Hissing in Action. OLSEN. Carl. Carl Olsen, Bocholin, Den- CORPORALS. mark. MECHANIC. PARCEL, Clarence M. II. E. Parcel, 1511 FEID, James Francis. Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, South Twenty-third Street, Centerville, SMITII, Tracy L. George L. Smith, 226 South 4201 Lowe Avenue, Chicago, Ill. Iowa. Fourth Street, Aurora, Ill. GOEHRING, George Andrew. Mrs. Anna E. PIZZUTI, Daneto. Dominic Palumbo, IS Goehring. 2236 West Lehigh Avenue, Phila- WAGONERS. Congress Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. delphia, Pa. TRAVIS, John M. Miss Hattie Travis, Victor, COYLE, Andrew. Mrs. Bridget Coyle, 32 LANDOR, Edward. Walter A. Landor, 617 Kans. Notre Dame Street, Roxbury, Mass. Fulton Road NW., Canton, Ohio. WAGNER, Stanley L. Thomas Wagner, Shef- EADDY, Cecyl F. Catherine Vanik, 71 Linden PRIVATES. field, Pa. Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. CALDWELL, John R. Ezra Reynolds Cald- MORRIS, Charles W. Mrs. Fannie Cooper, PEDERSON, Christian. H. G. Pederson, well, 633 Fifth Avenue, Williamsport, Pa. 1930 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Mich. Richey, Mont. CONN. Frank. Mrs. Mame McCue,. 360 Dur- REBER, Charles. Mrs. Kate Reber, Shilling- for Street, Philadelphia, Pa. toin, Pa. PRIVATES. CRITES, Logan B. Mrs. Olie Crites, Reaton, SALLADE, Raymond. Miss M. A. Sallad, BENDER, Adam. Adam Bender, 121 South Wash. care of Monongahela National Bank, Pitts Twenty-eighth Street, Billings, Mont. DAVIS, John E. William U. Davis, Amite, burgh, Pa. Iowa. SALYEARS, Virgile. Henry Salyears, Hum- BROWNING, Elijah A. J. J. Browning, phrey, Ky. Waynesboro, Miss. DU BOIS, Frank Bacon. Jeremiah Du Bois, SAUNDERS, CONNERS, Robert E. James Conners, 471 Essington, Pa. George L. Mrs. Ellie Saunders, Degraw Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. HOPINGARDNER, Lee. Charles A. Hopin- 7191 North Sixth Street, Terre Haute, Ind. gardner, R. F. D. No. 2, Laverne, Okla. SHELTON, Leroy C. Eugene Shelton, R. F. COZY, Harry. Mrs. Josephine Cozy, Clay D. No. 2, Rochester, Ind. Street, Meadville, Pa. HOUSTON, Frank J. Mrs. Bridget Houston, SPENCER, James HI. Mrs. Clara J. Spencer, DERABOSSI, Guiseppi. Mrs. Filomena Dera- 408 Lawn Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. 419 Hallett Place, Bellevue, Pa. bossi, Ascolt, State of Picino, Italy. Prisoners. TEDDER, Willie. Willie A. Tedder, R. F. D. DURKIN, Michael J. James Durkin, 823 Cru- No. 1, Fyffe, Ala. cible Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. PRIVATES. TRACY, Clarence. Daniel Tracy, 423 Han- EMERSON, Heneral W. Mrs. Mollie Emerson, Va. MILLER, Lawrence D. William L. Miller, gard Avenue, Rochester, N. Y. 1127 Smith Avenue NW., Roanoke, 1515 Third Avenue, New Kensington, Pa. UDIC, Harvey. Elmer Udic, 86 Dale Street, FIELD, William P. T. J. Field, 1403 Seventh SCHICKLING, Charles. John Schickling, Oshkosh, Wis. Avenue N., Fort Dodge, Iowa. Sayreville, N. J. VIDACOVICH, Demetre. Nicole Vidaco-vich, PRANKS, Howard L. Mrs. Maude Blakeley, WILKANOWSKY, Joseph J. Mrs. Francesco 3826 Tulane Avenue, New Orleans, La. 1502 Fourteenth Street, Council Bluffs, Wilkanowsky, Keasbey, N. J. VORIS, Charles E. Mrs. David Tomlin, St. Iowa. Regis, Mont. GODARD, George Francis, Jr. Mrs. Nora WEATHERED, Charles B. Mrs. Marie A. Godard, 1300 Mifflin Street, Huntingdon, Pa. SECTION NO. 2, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918. Weathered, 548 Riverside Drive, New York, GOULD, Peter. Thomas Gould, Brigham N. Y. Street, Northboro, Mass. The following casualties are reported WEBSTER, Henry G. Bevern V. Webster, HARSHFIELD, Armand. Ed Harshfield, West by the commanding general of the Ameri- R. F. D. No. 3, Edinboro, Pa. Mansfield, Ohio. WEEBER, Frederick A. Mrs. Helen Weeber, HART, Joseph George. Mrs. Anna Hart, 1220 can Expeditionary Forces: 230 East Eighty-ninth Street, New York, Brockway Street, Melrose, Wis. Killed in action ------49 N. Y. KUSMIS, Alex. Wasil Kuzmich, Box 96, ------10 WEINSTEIN, Isidore. Mrs. Fannie Wein- Hinckley, N. Y. Missing in action stein, 97 Avenue B, New York, N. Y. LEARY, John P. Peter D. Leary, 2349 Sixth Wounded severely ------92 WEST, Warren Winslo. Truman Frederick Avenue, Troy, N. Y. Died from wounds ------27 West, Star Route, St. Ann, Nebr. LIEN, Tom. Ole Lille Lien, Olstad, Pr. Faa- Died from aeroplane accident.---- 1 WORMS, George T. William Worms, Meta, berg, Norway. Mo. LINDSAY, James. Mrs. Mariah Talbot, 707 Died from accident and other WYNNE, Matthew. Mrs. Fanny McGuinness, Tennessee, Paducah, Ky. causes ------4 163 West One hundred and Twenty-second LINDSAY, Samuel. Mrs. Mary Lindsay, Em- Street, New York, N. Y. porium, Pa. Died of disease ------10 YOCHUM, Walter L. Mrs. Jaie Yochum, MAGNUSSEN, Thomas A. Karl Magnussen, Baxter, Mo. Sandmark Street, Copenhagen, Denmark. Total ------193 YOUNG, Henry A. Mrs. Fannie Young, 62 MANCINY, James. T. Manciny, 83 West Lime Street, Somerville, Mass. Street, Walpole, Mass. ZOLOTOROV, Sam. V. Goldberg, 446 Album MARTIN, Robert Anthony. Mrs. George W. Killed in Action. Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Martin, 226 Calder Street Harrisburg, Pa. MIKRUTA, Michael. Jake Slikruta, 18 Her- SERGEANTS. Died from Wounds. bert Street, Amsterdam, N. Y. HOLMES, Oliver W. Mrs. M. A. Jones, Coun- LIEUTENANTS. MILLER, John. Mrs. Mary Snieder, 703 Bay cil Bluffs, Iowa. Street, Rochester, N. Y. KIMBERLIN, Clarence R. Miss Marjorie GREEN, Harry J. Mrs. Harry J. Green, 14 OBERST, Gustav C. Mrs. Clara Oberst, 1844 Kimberlin, R. F. D. No. 1, Glennie, Mich. Broderick Place, Troy, N. Y. K Street, Lincoln, Nebr. conroRALs. VANT HOP, Bernard. Kryn Vant Hof, 424 PAIRADEE, Archie R. Mrs. Georgiana Paira- Sweet Street, N. E., Grand Rapids, Mich. dee, 74 Hampden Street, Holyoke, Mass. ARRUPE, Seferino. Mrs. Juana Arrupe, 41 WOODBURY, Robert B. Mrs. Ruth Wood- PARKINSON, Albert. Mrs. Mary E. Parkin- Hurst Street, Liverpool, England. bury, 1023 Mahantongo Street, Pottsville, son, 242 Weeden Street, Pawtucket, R. I- DUNN, Morris. W. F. Dunn, Council Bluffs, Pa. PERL, John R. Mrs. Adolph Heck, Payne, Iowa. SERGEANTS. Ohio. EBERT, Fred. John Ebert, 848 South Seven- teenth Street, Columbus, Ohio. BROWN, William Joseph. Mrs. Marie Brown, RICHARDSON, Barton F. T. M. Richardson, 41412 Carter Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. Barbourville, Ky. FROELICH, Albert. Frank Froelich, 407 ROBERTS, Lawrence Mose. Mrs. Sarah Sapp, Fifth Street, Milwaukee, Wis. BURKE, Walter K. Mrs. Walter K. Burke, PRIVATES. 123 Maryland Avenue N. E., Washington, Cheboygan, Mich. C. SAUL, Steve. Mrs. Mary Saul, Fifteenth ARCHULETA, Jose F. Antonio Archuleta, D. Street, Conway, Pa. Springer, N. Mex. SCHMIDTMAN, Bernard H. Mrs. Dorthy SAWYER, Charlie. J. A. Sawyer, Morrow, BROWN, Edmond F. Mrs. Mary Brown, 15 Sehmidtman, 1225 East Clark Street, Pasco, La. Lake Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Wash. SCHENCK, Loney L Mrs. May Schenck, DURR, William M. Martin Durr, 7 Lathrop WALDO, George A. Mrs. George Pecere, West a Johnsonburg, Pa. Avenue, Norwich Town, Conn. Pawlet, Vt. THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918. 11 CASUALTIES REPORTED BY GEN. PERSHING CORPORALS. YOUNKIN, Frank B. C. H. Younkin, 415 East CARVER, Vincent. Mrs. Susan Carver, R. F. CARADINE, Johii G. Hector Caradine, 119 Fourth Street, Ottumwn, Iowa. D. No. 4, Williamston, Mich. CHERRY, Benjamin D. William A. Cherry, We-t Russell Street, Monroe, Wis. SERGEANTS. DENANDRE, Tony. Mrs. Jennie Desandre, Washington, Iowa. 171 Springdale Avenue, Meriden. Conn. ANDERSON, John B. L. C. Anderson, Bain- CHURCH, Harold C. George Church, 1773 DIETRICII, Walter C. Mrs. Barbria Dietrich, bridge Ohio. Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y. 3418 Cherokee Street, St. Louis, Mo. BECK, deorge L. Miss Anna Beck, 1304 San- CLARK, William E. Miss Virginia Clark, City WATT, Earl J. Robert Watt, Enon Ialley, dusky Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. Hospital, Macon, Ga. la. BRADLEY, Clifford. Charles Bradley, 1513 CLARY, John J. Mrs. J. Clary, 40 Brownell WHALEY, Wellmon P. Wellmon P. Whaley, Fourth Avenue, Rock Island, Ill. Avenue, Hartford, Conn. White Castle, La. ELLIS, Raymond J. Mrs. Emma A. Ellis, CLELAND, Clarence E. Mrs. Rebecca Cle- 1369 Lucile Avenue, Los Angeles, Cal. land, Riverton, Iowa. WAGONER. KALBERG, Carl J. Carl J. Nattson, 260 Sil- COBBLE, Monroe J. Mrs. Sally McGee, R. F. VAN ELLS, Andrew V. Andrew Van Ells, ver Street, South Boston, Mass. D. No. 4, Mineola, Tex. 514 Main Street. Port Washington. Wis. COGAR, Willie. Isaac Cogar, Plckens, W. Va. PRIVATES. CORPORALS. COMPTON, Frederick W. Anna Compton, AVERY, Jesse. Miss Claudia Avery, Duke, BIELEJESKI, Edmund. Mrs. Mary Biele- box 054, Milton, Oreg. N. C. Jeski. R. F. D. No. 3. Foley, Minn. CONKLIN, Dean. Mrs. Charles Bolt, Villisa, DOITNOTT, Eura. Albert Boltnott, Prince- BUCKLEY, William D. Mrs. Mary Moly- Iowa. ton, Ky. neaux, 1915 Bonsella Street, Los Angeles, CONLEY, Samuel L. John E. Conley, R. F. BOSSARD, Harry Vern. Layton E. Bossard, Cal. D. No. 2, Milan, Ga. Papillon, Nebr. CLABAUGH Philip R. Mrs. T. H. Walling, CURTIS, Wesley T. Mrs. Martha Curti., CHAFFEE, Orlo S. Mrs. Orlo S. Chaffee, 650 1200 South Avenue, Shenandoah, Iowa. Owensmouth, Cal. Herron Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. DUKES, Russell E. William H. Dukes, 513 DEVLIN, John M. Mrs. John F. Devlin, 301 CONWAY, John. Mrs. Hattie Conway, 4325 West Ohio Street, Rockville, Ind. Emmett Street, Phoenixville, Pa. North Main Street, St. Louis, Mo. HAGGERTY Frank J. Mrs. Margaret Hag- DIAMOND, Morris N. William Diamond, COX, Aubrey. John Sidney Cox, Greenwood, gerty, 1113 Pittston Avenue, Scranton Pa. 2146 Crystal Street, Chicago, Ill. Wis. HARTSHORN, Karl P. Mrs. Louisa A. Hfarts- DIANGELES, Seratino. Mrs. Diangeles, 584 DAFFIN, Jim M. S. S. Daffin, Atoka, Okla. horn, Bishop, Cal. Fifteenth Street, Los Angeles, Cal. DEWILLIS, Charles Edwin. Mrs. Cecilia B. HAYWARD, Lester A. Mrs. Etta Hayward, DODGE, Chester 0. J. T. Dodge, Terra Alta, Dewillis, East Falmouth, Mass. 509 University Place, Syracuse, N. Y. W. Va. DOLAN, John. Miss Mary Dolan, 271 Bleecker HENN, Adam George. George B. Henn, 94 EATON, Roy C. Mrs. Gertrude Eaton, 214 Street Brooklyn, N. Y. West Lincoln Avenue, Mount Vernon, N. Y. Petroleum Street, Oil City, Pa. DORMAN'4, Frank Herbert. Mrs. Meta S. Dor- KNUDSON, Peter II. Anders C. Nelson, Al- EDDER, Roy G. Mrs. Maggie Edder, Salina, man, 1682 Montpelier Avenue, Dormont bert Lea, Minn. Pa. Boro, South Hills Branch, Pittsburgh, Pa. LAMB, Ernest C. Mrs. Adeline Lamb, box 90, DUWE, William. Alvin Duwe, Sturgeon Bay, Portville, N. Y. EGAN, George W. Mrs. Adeline Egan, Eaton Wis. MALONE, Thomas. Rapids, Mich. Mrs. Fred Austin, Belle- EULETT, Isom. T. B. Horsley, Harris, Ky. FLEMMING, Patrick Francis. Patrick Flem- fontaine, Ohio. FRAZIER, ming, 6506 Chatnberlain Avenue, St. Louis, MARSHALL, George H. Leo A. Marshall, 411 Andr4w. Harry B. Frazier, 1909 Mo. Perrysville Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. Machon Street, Toledo, Ohio. HICKEY, Kieran. Miss Annie Hickey, FONTANA, Fren. John Fontana, 734 East TAYLOR, Carroll. Mrs. Laura A. Taylor, 343 Elm One hundred and fourth Street. Chicago, Ill. Street, Concord, Mass. South Ninth Street, Newark, N. J. JAZDZINSKI, Leon J. Peter Jazdzingki, box HANDY, Leslie B. Mrs. May Handy, R. F. D. VOLKERT, Fred. Mrs. Dora A. Jackson, No. 2, Indian Lake, Manistique, Mich. 113, West View, Ohio. Hicksville, Ohio. JOHNSON, Allen R. J. W. Donahoo, WARD, Philip S. Mrs. Margaret Winner, Died of Disease. Ward, 14 S. Dak. Neptune Street, West End, Pittsburgh, Pa. KANE, Ralph D. Mrs. Elizabeth Kane, R. F. WASSON, James H. Mrs. Frances Downing, D. No. 2, Finleyville, PRIVATES. Beaver Falls, Pa. Pa. FOSTER, Vitcher. Edward Poster, R. F. D. KELLER, Joseph. Mrs. Mabel Keller, 2624 WHITE, Robert A. Mrs. Stella P. White, 124 South Sartain Street, Philadelphia, Pa. No. 1, box 51, Luverne, Ala. Jackson Street, Phoenixville, Pa. HOLLOWAY, Hughie. Mrs. Ella Garner, KINNEMAN, Paul S. Mrs. A. Kinneminn, Jayess, Miss. WILT, Francis A. Mrs. Josephine Wilt, 1014 R. F. D. No. 1, Dover, York County, Pa Sutherland Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. KONGEAL, George. Mrs. KELBERER, William D. Mrs. Clara Kelberer, Josephine Ewers, 828 West Pierce Avenue, Niagara Falls, BUGLERS. 209 Cicotte Avenue, Detroit, Mich. N. Y. KUHL, Kall. Hans Kruso, Solvang, Cal. STACK, William Aloylsius. Michael Stack, KUKAWINSKI, John. Mrs. John Kukawinski, NASH, Oscar K. William H. Nash, Oneonta, 87 Lott Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 2907 Elm Street, Toledo, Ohio. Ala. AKERS, Walter Arthur. Mrs. PERNELL, Frank. Mrs. Laura H. Pernell, R. George Smith, LAUER, Ray H. Mrs. Virgle Lauer, 335 East F. D. No. 1, box 2, Selma, Ala. 611 East Second Street, Monroe, Mich. Philadelphia Street, York, Pa. RANDALL, LESLIE, Preston. Mrs. Belle Goodin, Dun- Charles L. Mrs. Emma Cooly, CIEiFr MECTANIC. kirk, Kans. Idaho Falls, Idaho. ECKLES, SMITH, Ivan E. George A. Smith, R. F. D. George H. Edward T. Kaiser, 1112 LESSIG, Thomas E. Mrs. Mary J. Lessig, No. East Ryder Street, Memphis, Tenn. Hackett, Pa. 6, Fort Wayne, Ind. LORENTZ, WESTMORELAND. Reagan Q. Joseph H. MECHANIC. William P. Mrs. C. E. Vance, Westmoreland, St. Joe, Houston County, 106 North Harrison Avenue (no city or Tex. ANDERSON Joseph L. Mrs. Barbara Ander- State given). son, 228 F~lrst Street, Greenfield, Ohio. LUDWIG, Lawrence. Mrs. Karl WILLIAMS, John W. George E. Williams, Ludwig, 221 Dolphin, Va. WAGONER. Railroad Avenue, Carnegie, Pa. McKEE, WISE, Forest Alvin. Charles Wise, De Graff, MARTIN Wayne Stoddard. Theodor Martin, George. Mrs. Maggie McKee, Hub- Ohio. bardstown, W. Va. 1328 East Wilson Street, Madison, Wis. MALON, Joseph J. Peter Malon, 825 O'Fal- Died from Aeroplane Accident. PRIVATES. Ion Street. St. Louis, Mo. ABRAHAMSON, Herbert A. Ole Abraham- MAPHET, Earl L. Genice C. Maphet, Gate, BELL, Spencer M., lieutenant. Mrs. Allee son, Oconomowoc, Wis. Okla. Bell, Lemon Grove, Cal. ACKERMAN, Jess Carl. Michael Ackerman, MASSEY, James R. Joe Massey, Bridgeport, Ala. Died from Accident and Other Causes. R. F. D. No. 1, Mount Pleasant, Mich. AINSWORTH, Homer. Thomas H. Ainsworth, MELILLO, Angelo. Dominick Matturrl, 108 PRIVATES. Vandergrift, Pa. Ashland Avenue, West Orange, N. J. ALEXANDER, Herbert. Guy Ovlatt, Dun- MELVIN, Earl Jesse. Mrs. Beatrice Melvin, FREY, Frank W. Mrs. Mary Frey, 118 Put- 4220 Ludlow nam Street, Paterson, N. J. can, Iowa. Street, Philadelphia, Pa. ANDERSON, Harris. Mrs. H. P. Freler, 819 MORGAN William Brinley. Mrs. Margaret IEMENZ, Nicholas Casper Anthony. Mrs. Ward, 205 Arch Street, Camden, N. J. Ma Hiemenz, 1184 Orchard Street, Utica, West Fifth Street, Cedar Falls, Iowa. 7 AUEN, Clarence A. Mrs. Katherine J. Auen, ORZECHOWSKI, Joe. John Orzechowski, 5025 West Fisher Street, JUDY. Howard W. Virgil 115 Charles Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. South Bend, Ind. T. Judy, Cornstalk, AUSTIN, Tillman. Mrs. Barbara W. Va. Ann Austin, Missing in Action. SITANKLIN, Carl Ashby. Mrs. Margaret 339 Valerla Street, Nashville, Tenn. Shanklin, Creamery, W. Va. BAIN, Earl. John F. Bain, Wayland, Iowa. PRIVATES. BEALES, Frank H. Mrs. Anna F. Munson, Wounded Severely. 810 Amity Street, Homestead, Pa. MARCE, Edward. Waiters' Union, Local 14, BLOOM Clyde. John Bloom, Doland, S. Dak. 1923 Curtis Street, Denver, Colo. CAPTAINS. BROS, Joseph. Leo Kaczent, 1640 South Ash- MARTIN, Thomas F. Thomas S. Martin, R. F. JOHNSTON, Charles. James A. Johnston land Avenue, Chicago, Ill. D. No. 2, Eldon, Mo. Chamber of Commerce Building, Richmond, BROWN, Martin F. Mrs. MarIe Brown, Dra- MAYERLO, William J. Michael Mayerlo, Va. voaburg, Pa. Leadville, Colo. VONKUMMER, Ferdinand Gustav. Mrs. F. G. BURGER, Harry E. Mrs. Clara S. Burger, MEIXLER, John Jack. Philip Meiler, 1416 Vonkumner, 122 Grand Avenue, Jamaica, 2044 Estaugh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Newport Avenue, Northampton, Pa. N. Y. CARROLL. Patrick I. Miss Lena Carroll, MINTIE, John F. Mrs. Adel Mintle, 1335 LIEUTENANTS. box 65, Independence, Iowa. Colburn Street, Toledo, Ohio. RIBERA, Andrea. Roman Ribera, 334 Gar- BRODY, Glenn M. Irwell Brody, Lawton, cia Street, Santa Fe, N. Mex. Mich. ROBINSON, Walter 8. Mrs. Eleanor Robin- DRESBACK, H. A. Mrs. H. A. Dresback, 963 son, 24 Green Street, Lawrence, Mass. South Third Street West, Salt Lake City, STARK Carl A. Robert Stark, 912 East Sec- Utah. A country worth fighting for in ond Street, Jamestown, N. Y. KING, George L. Mrs. George . King, Ards- ley, N. Y. a country worth saving for. Buy TAFT, Niels P. N. Nelson, 1436 Peralto PUTNAM, TaUrT BTAMEs Street, Oakland, Cal. Wnlleld M. Dr. Wilet S. Putnam, WHALSTROM, Verner E. Herman E. Whal- care Cooper Union, New York, N. Y. strom, Canby, Minn. 12 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918.

Health Conditions at Army Camps Within the United States as Reported to the Surgeon General for Week Ending Sept. 20

The War Department authorizes the the preceding week. The death rate for ds- South and West. The number of new cases of following:.ase (4.4) Is nearly double that of the pre- special diseases reported follows: ceding week (2.3). The outstanding cause This Last Herewith is a detailed report on the health of the higher rates is prevalence of epidemic week. week. conditions of troops in the United States (in- Influenza, together with pneumonia as a cluding Porto Rico) for the week ending frequent complication, in many camps and Influenza ------15, 265 Not re- September 20. The report of the Division of stations. The disease is at present chiefly ported. Sanitation to the Acting Surgeon General of prevalent near the Atlantic seaboard, but may Pneumonia ------778 332 the Army for that week as follows : be expected to sweep westward and involve Measles ------612 589 1. General: All sick rates are much higher other stations in its course. Mortality and Meningitis ------11 11 than last week. The admission rate-for dis- morbidity rates may be expected to show a Malaria ------142 154 ease is 1,464 and the noneffective rate 45, as continued increase in the next few weeks as Venereal diseases ------4, (313 9, 512 compared with 1,007 and 35, respectively, for the disease spreads to other camps in the 2. Divisional camps : Only two camps of this group (Camps Syracuse and Logan) report Summary. epidemic influenza. Camp Syracuse reports 269 cases and Camp Logan 77. There were 136 new cases of pneumonia reported from Death rate. camps of this group, of which GO are charged to Camp Wheeler and 25 to Camp Syracuse. ______Noneffective rate. Weekly admission Out of a total of 106 new cases of measles in Troopsrate for disease. camps of this group, 42 are reported from Troops, All causes. Disease Only. Camp McClellan, 85 from Camp Sheridan. and 30 from Camp Shelby. A few cases of malaria are reported from Camps Sevier, Beauregard, This Last This Last This Last This Last McClellan, Logan, and Shelby. week. week. week. week. week. week. week. week. 3. Cantonments: Sick rates for this group, as a whole, are nearly double those of last week, due to the high incidence of epidemic Divisional ceamps...... 46.8 40.3 23.2 20.6 3.7 1.0 2.5 2.4 inituenza at Camps Desens (8.653), Dix Contonments...... 52.2 15.7 29.4 236 6.7 2.6 1.2 2.4 (1,569), Upton (929), 1Me (900), Gordon Del'artmental, etc...... 34.1 10.7 17.5 14.0 4.3 4.5 2.6 2.2 (879), and Jackson (561). The number of Pew cases in each camp is indicated in brackets above. In several of the camps of this group sick rates are normal. Fivn hundred and fifty- Health conditions for the week ended September 20. nine new cases of pniumonla are reported from camps of this group against 254 last week. Camp Dovens leads In the number of new cases Non- with 267, Camp Dix is second with 85; Camp Mala- Venereal Mea- Meuin- Searlet effec- Taylor, 41; Camp Travis, 27; and Camp Camp or department. moia.Pneu- Dtery.yson- ria. disease.' sles. gitis. fever. tive per Lewis, 25. Camp Las Casas reports 101 new 1,000. cases of measles out of a total of 446 cases for all camps of this group, Camps Punston, Tay- lor, and Gordon report 72, 56, and 47 new Beauregard...... 28 2) ...... 63.27 cases, respectively. 4. Departmental and other troops : Influ- Codvie...... 2 116( 4)...... -- 32.30 Cody8()...... 8.99.11 1...... enza prevails at Camp Merritt, but in other orrest_ ... 62 ( ?).4.29 stations of this group had not appeared in any considerable number of cases up to date report. The Southeastern 7 (12) 1 ...... 4..18 0 covered by this GGreenleanf--3...... r ...... 103...... 12 26 ( 5) 14...... 40.0 Department is charged with 24 new cases of Lreon...... 26 ...... 1 30 ( ) 4...... 2 ...... 467.1 pneumonia out of a total of 03 for all stations S-e-y...... 1...... 10 4 7 0 ...... 1 21. of this group. Shean...... 181 71(210)24(6) 92...... 2 ...... 46.3.01 Seacrhu...... 3...... Seanrcock ...... 3 ... 2) . 22...... 124 Causes of deaths by camps.

Cser.l. -...... 2 -...... 10 2 ( 9) ...... 17.34 Wadesoth...... dancus...... 3.271 1 ..... i 1 522(5)4...... 168.1) ( 6) 1 ...... 41.68802 Caon or Number Causes. Sei.s...... Weeer...... 60...... 3. . --- 2 18 1 7 ( 10)?) ...... 2 ...... 1589.4103565 department. Ifdeaths. D-o ...... 116 (13) . 7 ...... 6.20 F eutis..--.-...... 0 3 1 ( ) 16 ...... 30 unstern...... 2...... 105 ( ?) 72 1-----1 43.14 Beauregard 0 Derdn...... 20 ..... 30.65 ( 4) 4...... 1.12 Bowie...... 0 a3 2...... 1 64 ( 6) 72 - .. 1--.--1.08 Cody.-...... 0 uimg h-ey...... 1321 1,12 ( 1) 19 -..-.-.. 1.----60.79 Eustis -----.. 0 Fremont.-.--- 0 Forrest ----.. 0 Lssors.. .-...... (4 10 3 ) 4 ...... 402 Greene...... 3 Pneumonia, 2; meningitis, Gr.t.Jackson...... 31 ...... 1 348 ( ?)) 16...... 64...... 95.1067398 1. J.Lw F. Jonstn...... i-s...... 25 6...... 1. 45 10112.(304) ( 7) 19...... 72...... 1. 439.13. 9 Greenleaf..-- O -ade--...... 1 14 ( 6) ...... 1...... 5.33 Hancock --..- 10 Stroptosoccus, 3; nephritis, i...... _-.-- - 9 ..-...... 5 . 125( ) 14 . -...... 2 .12 1; traumatism, S. Lhe an.1...... 10 60 ( ?) 1...... 4. 10 Kearny...... 0 Tl ...... 1 ..... 11 (1) 9 . .1-. 6.67 Logan ------1 Meninitis. 1. rai--...... 27 4 108 ( 7) 10 - . 46.93 MacArthur... 2 Concu ion of brain, 1; Cenrad epartm...... 1 266 ( 2) 7 2 . .30.8 mouln;itis 1. South.m.. e __tn...... ~...... 14 772063 ( 33) ) . 1 ...... 1-...... 43.1312 McClellan --- 1I Pnumonia. 1. W es-nepartmen...... 1 ...... 18 ( 8) 4 1 41.68 Sevier-----..- 0 talr---...... 418 5 92 10)( 1 ...... 67 Shelby ---...- 3 PueumonA, 2; typhoid, 1. Sheridan.-.--- 0 Crura-- ---De at --e-- t .- ----.. . .- .- .--. ------6 21--) 17 23238 Syracuse ----- 3 Cause not given, 3. - --:------144 ..... 430.83) Wadsworth.-- 0 TohrnSFaist-- f...ure ep-r-men...... inti.... column for---...... e .....cmpgi1 e 1un- 8) 1 1 23.4 Wheeler. . 0 parenteshe r ofpartmenthose.casi 24 contact drin.. t 6) m6ei31eek 1 Custer_.... 0 Devens.---.-. 38 Pneumonia, 33; cerebro- spinal lever, 1; imluinz, 2. Dix...... -...- 16 Pneumonia, 16. Dodge...--.- 1 Shock following heri- olomy. 1. Funston...... 1 Undeterminal, 1. Gordon...... 0 Pneumonia, 2; moningitis, 1; peritonitis. 1: tuber- atith ige icntanthi e disfreae hcapdiffece thereforeishnumber of csesfrtrre during the week iuei culosis, 1; undeterminel, 1. which were eith-r (e) cases brought from itilian life by recruits, or(b) cases brought by men transferred from other Grant..--...-.- 2 Tuberculosis, 1: suicide, 1. camps to the camp under which thsecase is report, or (c) old eases which have previously cevaded detection. Humphreys... Pneumonia, 1; traumatism, An interrogation poini signifies that the report from l camp did not segregate ases contracted at the camp from 2; heart disease, 1. other eases. Jackson..--- 1 Causs not given, 1. Johnston..--.-- 1 Septicsmia, 1. New eases of typhoid fever were reported from following camps: MaeArthur, 1; Mclellan, 1- Sheridan, 1; Las Casas....- 0 CtGer, 2- Gordon, 3: Pike, 4; Travis, 1; Eastern Department, 1; Southeastern Department, 1,; Southern Depart- Lee...... -.- 5 Pneumonia, A; gunshot ment, 1; and Merritt, 1. wound, 1. THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918. 13

Camp Sherman, Ohio-Continued. Pvt. Leo A. Ebrenfried, 115 Sycamore HEALTH CONDITIONS AT THE ARMY CAMPS AND Street, Tiffin, Ohio.* Pat. Adolph Logman, 118 West Green LIST OF SOLDIERS WHO DIED DURING THE WEEK Street, Michigan City, Ind. Camp Taylor, Ky.: Causes of deaths by camps-Continued. Camp Devens, Mass.-Continued. S.ergt. Alphus C. Crall, 1201 Huestis PMt. William A. Wilcox, It. F. D. No. 1, Avenue, Port Wayne, Ind. West Lubec. Me. Pvt. Patrick Elhue, 240 Guthrey Street, I Pvt. Chancy Williams, De Leon Springs, Memphis, Tenn. Camp or Number Pvt. Charlie department. of deaths. Causes. Fla. Everett Hall, Pilot, Ky. Pvt. Will Williams, Lakeland, Fla. Pvt. John Oliver, Citronelle, Ala. Pvt. Earl E. Yorke, Wellsbeach, Me. Pvt. lenry Pryor, R. F. D. No. 9, Mar- Pvt. Francis L. Zeno, 104h N Street, tinsville, Ind. Lcwvis...... 6 Pneumonia, 3; toxic psy- Burlington, Vt. Pvt. Samie Smith, Smyrna, Ky. choais, 1; traumat -im, Camp Dix, N. J.: Pvt. Lee Tobin, Burksville, Ky. Meade...... 4 Pneumonia, 2: suicide, 1i; Pvt. Louis D'Amato, 29 South Street, Camp Travis, Tex.: traumatism, 1 Orange, N. J. Pvt. Aubrey Storey, Cameron, Tex.* Pike.....-.-.- 3 Pneumonia, 3. Pvt. Albert R. Dunmon, Paris, Tea. Pvt. George Taylor, Westoff, Tex.* Sherman. 3 Pneuonia, 2; tubherculo- Pvt. Maurice Etzler, Newmarket, Md. Camp Upton, N. Y. : 5, 1. Pvt. Melvin Hamlet, Lakeland, Fla. Pvt. Frank H. Burnham, 84 Market Street, Ta lot...-.-- Pvt. Arthur J. Keiffer, 68 Bushwell Lawrence, Mass. Traxvis.------2 Pneunioiia, I; typhoid, 1. Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y. Pvt .Tohn Dougherty, 61 River Street, Upton...... 5 Pneumonia, 4; undeter- Pvt. Oscar L. Keith, R. F. D. No. 6, Co- Rutland, Vt. iminpd, 1. lumbus, Kans. Pvt. Herbert Frank Stiegler, 309 Eastern.------2 Meningitis, 2. High North Pvt. Charles Mcollough, Lone Wolf, Street, Lawrence, Mass. stern. 5 Pneumonia, 5 Okla. Camp Wheeler, Ga.-Pvt. Joseph Johnson, 412 Southeastern.. 2 Pneumnonia, 1;' traumalisma, Pvt. George E. Vogler, 295 Scuyler Ave- Caledonia Street, Calumet, Mich.* 1. iue, Kearney, N. J. Fort Bliss. Tex.-Pvt. Emery J. Hebert, Abbe- Southern..... it Pnumonia, 1; traimatism, Pvt. Harry Witman, R. F. D. No. 1, Liv- ville, La. 9- typhoid, 1; appendici- erpool. N. Y. Fort Des Moines, tis, i; septicemi, 1. Iowa.-Pvt. John Speck- Central...... Camp Dodge, Iowa.-Pvt. Albert Mitchell, bacher, 661 West Second Street, Casper, 5 Pnieumnia, 1; tuberculosis, 1412 West Broadway Street, Fort Worth, Wyo. 1, cli5ti 1 peritonitis, 1; Tea. Fort McHenry. Md.-Pvt. Walter J. Mayston, Camp Fremont, Cal.: 1238 Park Avenue, Hoboken, N. J. West ern.....- Pvt. Henry J. Arnhart, Filer, Idaho.* Aviation 11 Tranaotisin, 10; pnuma- Fort Riley, Kans.-Pvt. Henry Gray, St. Ret. Johnnie E. Baker, Cottonwood, Cal.* Joseph, La. camps. Pvt. Joseph Bucholz, 2117 Cortland Me ritt 2 Thronatois, 1; causa Fort Sam Houston. Tex.-Pvt. James M. Wil- net Street, Chicago, Ill.* liams, 1290 Bellvue Avenue, Detroit. Mich. Pvt. Guiseppe Ellena, postoffee box 415, Stuart-..---- 1 Pneumuosia, 1. Fort Stellaceon, Wash.-Pvt. Roy W. Fitchett, Westwood, Cal. box No. 281, Bishop, Cal. Pvt. Chester M. Wileox, 625 North Six- Columbus Barracks, Ohio.-Recruit William J. Deaths: teenth Street, Salem, Oreg.* Norton, 2727 Warnick Street, Philadelphia, Lamps....------23 Last week------21 Camp Gordon, Ga.: Pa. Cantonments.-. Jult Last week.------39 Pvt. Henry L. Hicks, Banner Springs, Keywest Barracks, Fla.-Pvt. Emillo R. White, De p ar t me ii t al Tenn. 2810 Pansy Street, Ybor City, Tampa, Fla.* troops...... 44 Last week...... 48 Pvt. Joe Jenkins, 16 West Boundry Street, Schofield Barracks, Hawai.-Pat. Aurelio Savannah, Ga.* Orbe, Magallano Cebuyan. P. I. Total.--...... 172 Total...... 103 Pvt. Jim Jones, Bartow, Ga.* Whipple Barracks, Prescott, Ariz.-Pvt. Pvt. Casa A. Nuble, R. F. D. No. 4, Glea- Joseph G. Miller, Winerr, Germany. son, Tenn.* Barron Field, Everman, Ti*x.-Capt. Wagoner Harvey Walker, R. F. D. No. 2, Robert T. box 21, Thomaston, Ga. Isett. 37G3 Bourier Street, Philadelphia. Pa. Camp Grant, Ill.-Pvt. Elas Thompson, gen- Call Field, Wichita Falls, Tex.-Second Lieut. Soldiers Who Died Last Week. eral Francis R, McGiftin, care of F. M. Romain, delivery, Tindall, S. C. 2035 San Joaquin Street, Fresno, Cal.* Camp Greene, S. C.-Pvt. Richard Weaver, R. Kelly Field. Tex.: F. D. No. 1, box 59, Herndon, Va. Pet. Harvey Bruhy, West List of names of soldiers (not mem- Cam Hancock, Ga.: Bend. Wis.* Pyt. Paul Arnone, 1741 Wallace Avenue, Pvt. (first class) Roy Rothwell Smith, bers of the American Expeditionary New York City, N. Y. Palorvorde, Ariz. Langley Field, Va-Master Electrician Henry Forces) reported to the Adjutant Gen- Pvt. Frank Lewandowski, 561 May Street, T. Tebelmann, oral's Office as Appleton, Wis. 6811 Waterman Street, St. having died during the Pvt. Reuben M. Rentschler, Balne, Mich. Louis, Mo. week ending September 20, 1918. (In- Pvt. Ralph Roehrborn, Ladysmith, Wis.* Rich Field, Waco, Tex.-Pvt. (first class) eluded in this list are the names of sol- Camp Humphreys. Va.: Frank John Oliver. Onawa, Iowa.* dierii (not Pvt. James Baldwin, 1976 Clinton Ave- Souther Field, Ga.-Sergt. Walter Albert Hil- members of the American nue. Bronx. New York City, N. Y. den, Vacaville, Cal. Expeditionary Forces), not previously Pvt. Robert E. Bremiline, Pleasant Val- Arcadia, Fla.: published, who died prior to the week ley, N. Y. Second Lieut. John Langdon Norris, 45 Pvt. Charles T. Jourden, Whiteside, Md. Glenwood Avenue, Jersey City. N. J. mentioned and subsequently to March 8, Campewis, Wash.: Pvt. (first class) Guy Wehliand, Monrovia, 1918. These names are indicated by an Pvt. Donald M. Gray, Philomath, Oreg.* Cal. asterisk.) Pvt. Alexian E. Koshaba, 18 South State Austi" Tex.-Pvt Bruce Pinkney Gadd, Mor- Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. rilton, Ark.* Camp Custer, Mich.-Pvt. Harrison H. Ah- Pvt. Roy Vanderkirk, 210 Oak Street, Bel- Baltimore. Md.---Capt. Samuel Oscar Brum- rent It. F. D. No. 6, Manitowoc, Wis.* lingham, Wash.* baugh, Huntington, Pa.* Camp Devens. Mfass.: Camp Logan, Tex.-Pvt. George Rodefllat, Boston, Mass.-Pvt. Theodore Peter Undrel- Pvt. Mellen V. Adams, Belgrade, Me. 2,07 Barronne Street, New Orleans, La. ner, 300 Stagg Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Pvt. Albertus A. Baker. Ashford, Mass. Camp McArthur, Tex.-Pvt. Charles B. Wil- Brooklyn, N. Y.: Pvt. Gus Byrd. Brookville. Fla. liams 738 Clinton Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Second Lieut. Eugene Hartman, 1365 Pvt. Edward S. Cogswell, 52 Temple Camp 'McClellan, Ala.-Sergt. Arthur W. E Street SE., Washington, D. C. Street, Fitchburg, MaSs. Kempf, Putnam, Corns. Corpl. George Von Lubken, 6118 Fifth Pvt. Cornellus Edward Corbett, 149 Pearl Camp Meade, Md.: Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Street, Stoughton, Mass. Pvt. Domenico Cacciola, War, W. Va. Cambridge. Mass.-Pvt. William C. Rieck, Pvt. Willie Cox, R. F. D. No. 3, Carters- Pvt. Ben. Garbedian, 10 East Commercial 025 Cornelia Avenue, Chicago, Ill. ville. Ga. Row, Reno, Nev.* Chicago. Ill.-First Lieut. Samuel B. Leiser, Pvt. John Hampton, Mount Clemanville, Camp Merritt, N. J.-Pvt. James T. Wallace, Herscher, Ill. S. C. 119 Russell Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Ellis Island, N. Y.-Pvt. John W. Greek, Pvt. Richard P. Hastings, Turners Falls, Camp Metuchen, N. J.-Pvt. Eddie H. Wil- Rimer, Pa.* Ma-... liams, Railroad Street, Minersville, Pa. Frankfort, N. Y.Pvt. Robert Maynard, Pvt. Bcn). fl. leiald. Lovell Center, Mass. Camp Mills, Long Island, N. Y.-Pvt. Charlie Frankfort, N. Y.* Pvt. William E. Hebenstreit, 1 Becket W. Myers, Morton, Miss. Hoboken, N. J.: Street. Worcester, Minn. Camp Pike. Ark.: Pvt. Jesse Allred, box No. 373, Big Pvt. Roy Howland, R. F. D. No. 1, Houl- Pvt William B. Adams, route 2, Olustee, Springs. Tex. ton. Me. Okla. Pvt. Eddie Harlow. University Station, Pvt. Horatio Machup, Kivelsky, Poland, Pvt. Maurice Chlasson, L Fayette, La. Charlottesville, Va.* Russia. Pvt. Frank Corbin, Norton, N. C. Pvt. Harrison Jackson. 324 West FortIeth Pvt. Thomas H. Melville. 34 Dickinson Pvt. Chester Golf, route 2, Plum Bayou, * Street, New York, N. Y. Street, Somerville. Maes. Ark.* Pvt. Richard Windybank, Loreauville, Pvt. Levi Pierrie, 236 Chestnut Street, Pvt. William McClaskey, R. P. D. No. 4, La.* Franklin, Mass. - Newkirk. Okla. Keller, Tex.: Pvt. Irving B. Rich, 394 Riverway, Brook- Pvt. Lee Roy Pennington, Trenton, Ala.* Second Lieut. James L. McKeever, Love- line, Mass. Camp Shelby, Miss.: field, Dallas, Tex. Pvt. George Freeman Sprague, R. F. D. Pvt. Roscoe 0. Clark, Proutworch, IlL Second Lieut. John M. Widenhams a751 No. 1. Harrington, Me. Pvt. Luther Doyle, Aplin, Ark. Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, (al. Pvt. Julius Stafankiewlez, 118 Webster Pvt. Mark T. Goza, R. P. D. No. 3, Ruther- Kingsville, Tex.: Avenue. Cambridge. Mass. ford, Tenn. Second Lient. idward C. Davidson, 57 Pvt. William H. Stiles, P. 0. box 31, Ret. Golish Roundt, Hipley, Miss.* North Broad Street, Elizabeth , N. J. Sudhury, Mass. Camp Sherman. Ohio.: First Lleut. Robert 6. Glllett, 10 Mar- Pvt. George C. Stokinger, 108 Heming- Pvt. John Dennis, 219 Carr Street, Chat- shall Street, Hartford, Conn. way Street, Boston, Mass. tanooa Tenn. Takewood, N. J.-PvL Benjamin Calientime, Pvt. Arthur F. Tregembo, 316 Water Pat. Wi m Dilri, I7T Caston 1reet G6enhcton, Ohio. Street, Hallowell, Me. Toiedo, Ohio. (Continaed an page 18.) 14 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETINs SATURDAY, SBPTEMBER 28, 1918. ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT Increase In Earnings and No Congestion TO THE FOOD ADMINISTRATION Reported for Railroad Lines in South CONCERNING PRICES OF HOGS Director General McAdoo has made have established inexpensive tickets agen- public the following report from B. L. cies at the following military camps: MARKET AND FEEDING CONDITIONS Winchell, Regional Director of Railroads Wadsworth, near Spartansburg; Greene, for the Southern Region: near Charlotte; Jackson, near Columbia; Effort to Stabilize Costs and Avoid September 8, 1918. Gordon, near Atlanta; Johnston, near Both Extremely High and Low Hon. W. G. McADoo, Jacksonville, and at the marine camp at Director General of Railroads, Paris Island, S. C. Prices Should Be Made-De- Washington. In a general way, we have no conges- DEAR SIR: Conditions in the Southern tion down here; most of our lines can mand for Pork After War. Region handle more business, although some are are somewhat more satisfactory. on power, but I am insisting upon Final figures as to the earnings for close The Agricultural Advisory Committee July are not in for all lines, but those re- better engine-miles per day. has made the following recommendation ceived show Our principal roads are loading more the following increases: coal than ever before; they can load still to the United States Food Administra- In gross revenue------$12, 442, 161 from In expenses ------more with better return of coal cars tion: 7, 557, 74 connections (which matter is in hand), The following members of the subcom- In net revenue from railroad with some enlargement of facilities at a mittee of the National Agricultural Ad- operation ------4, 884, 413 few points of restriction (which work is visory Committee on Live Stock, to wit, The largest actual increase in net so in hand, or is beng planned), and with Messrs. F. J. Hagenbarth, Spencer, Idaho; far reported is by the Southern Railroad, better car-miles per day, which essential H. C. Stuart, Elk Garden, Va.; Eugene $2,388,042. The Nashville, Chattanooga is being followed insistently. Funk,- Bloomington, Ill.; N. H. Gentry, and St. Louis road reports more than 200 We must soon have more coaches for Sedalia, Mo.; W. L. Brown, Kingman, per cent increase in net ($549,463). our regular trains or less travel. The Kans.; Isaac Lincoln, Aberdeen, S. Dak.; We still have a heavy lumber traffic in coach demand for military service is over- John Grattan, Broomfield, Colo.; C. W. sight and can turn it into earnings as car taxing our southern lines' possibilities, Hunt, Logan, Iowa, and together with supply permits. One hundred and thirty- and the demands for extra equipment for the following gentlemen, invited by the five southern mills report as balance of regular trains necessary to meet the pub- chairman, Mr. H. C. Stuart, to sit with orders on their books more than 24,000 lic convenience can not always be met. them, to wit, Messrs. J. H. Crockett, car loads unshipped. The crop prospects generally are excel- Wytheville, Va.; J. H. Mercer, State In order to reduce pressure on our con- lent; we will surely have more cotton House, Topeka, Kans.; W. H. Tomhave, solidated city ticket offices, and to better east of the Mississippi than a year ago. State College, Pa.; X. G. Brown, Monon, accommodate the traveling public, we B. L. WINCHELL. Ind.; J. C. Crawley, Lawson, Mo.; Prof. J. H. Skinner, LaFayette, Ind.; S. P. Houston, Malta Bend, Mo,; A. Sykes, Ida would be likely to fail, with disaster to eral survey of market and consumption Grove, Iowa, and Prof. John Evvard, the producer. On the other hand, it must conditions, it was agreed that a fair price Ames, Iowa, offer the following report: be recognized that the costs of produc- interpretation of the ratio for the month The Price of Hogs. tion are necessarily greatly increased, of October would be an average price, for and that to maintain production fair re- the average of packers' droves, of about The committee has been asked by the turns must be assured to the farmer. It $18.50 per hundred pounds at Chicago. Agricultural Advisory Board to meet in is, therefore, in the fundamental inter- It cannot be expected that the day-to-day conference with the Food Administration est of the producer and consumer that market prices, with the fluctuating flow in consideration of the commercial both extreme high and low prices should of demand and supply, can be maintained methods to be pursued by the administra- be guarded against. at any fixed and definite figures, but that tion in the interpretation of the policy Definite Price Basis. it should be the aim to maintain about outlined on November 8, 1917, with re- an average during the month. gard to the price of hogs, which was as (2) In order to effectually carry out (5) The indication of war demands are follows: the above policy of the Food Administra- that the supply of pork products for the "The prices so far as we can effect tion, it is recommended that in dealing future should be kept up to the present them will not go below a minimum of with the packer in respect to the coordt- level of production. about $15.50 per hundredweight for the nated purchase of pork products that average of packers' droves on the Chicago directions should if necessary include a Response by Producers. market until further notice. * * * As definite price basis in advance from The producers have responded magnifi- to the hogs farrowed next spring (1918), month to month for the packers' purchase cently and are placing at the hands of we will try to stablize the price so that of hogs, upon which such orders will be the Government the hogs with which to the farmer can count on getting for each based. . carry over the allied and domestic neces- 100 pounds of hog ready for market 13 (3) It is recommended by the commit- sities for the next twelve months. It is times the average cost per bushel of corn tee that the "average cost per bushel of obvious that after peace the world de- fed into the hogs. Let there be no mis- corn " for the purpose of determining the mand for pork products will be greatly understanding of this statement. It Is price of hogs be considered as the aver- increased over the present large war de- not a guarantee backed by money. It is age " farm value of corn," or the average mands. The Food Administration should not a promise by the packers. It Is a selling price of corn at local railroad endeavor during the war to maintain statement of the intention and policy of stations, as determined by the Depart- prices for hogs that will be profitable to the Food Administration which means to ment of Agriculture, and that the general the producer and fair to the consumer, do justice to the farmer." corn figures be arrived at by taking these and to give this assurance to the pro- Recommendations of Committee. averages and weighting them according ducer, the committee recommends that to production over the eight leading hog the Food Administration should at once The recommendations of the committee and corn producing States for a period of announce its intention to maintain the were: five months preceding the month the hogs minimum price of not less than $13.50 (1) It is recognized that the Food Ad- are marketed, or prior to the month for continuously during the war. ministration has no power to fix the price which directions are given to the packers. Special subcommittee: of hogs or corn, and can only influence The price of hogs should be calculated Eugene P. the hog price so far as the Funk, John M. Evvard, John H. Skinnor, volume of con- on the average of packers' droves at A. Sykes, N. H. Gentry. trolled orders for the Army, Navy, allies, Chicago. and export trade will absorb the surplus :Fair Price Interpretation. production. If prices should go so high No trouble to buy, cheap, convenient. as to curtail consumption at home and (4) . To illustrate: Based upon the abroad, then in this event the stabiliza- prices o( corn figured on the above basis a real investment-W A R - S A V I N G S tion of prices during the next winter during the ISt five months, and a gen- STAMPS. THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918. 15

master list, containing all 17,000 numbers in the order in which they were drawn, DE1ECTION OF BULGARIA will be sent to each of the local boards. On receiving it each board will cross out DISCUSSED BY GEN. MARCH all the numbers on the list above the highest number of registrants under its (Continued from page 4.) I can now announce that the command- jurisdiction. What is left will be the Ing officer of the American troops at serial numbers of the registrants in that reached a depth of 3 to 5 miles. The Archangel is Col. Stewart. The Ameri- board's jurisdiction in the order in which official reports indicate that the number can force is under the command of Gen. these numbers were drawn at Washing- of prisoners taken by each Army is prac- Poole of the British Army, who is com- ton. In this form, with the name of a tically the same, our Army now having niander-in-chief of all forces in that vicin- registrant beside each number, the list 8,000 prisoners and the French 7,000- ity. The American Ambassador, Mr. about 15,000 in all. Will be posted. And it will be the duty Francis, Is there, and we are in daily of the individual registrant to find his The American advance has proceeded communication with those people on entirely beyond the Hindenburg line and number on this list and note the order in phases of the problem that arise in that which it appears. is now facing what they call the Kreim- vicinity. hild line. Example of Master List. On Friday the British advanced in the vicinity of Cambral. They attacked on a NUMBERS As the number of registrants in the va- 15-mile front, crossed the Canal du Nord, DRAWING OF SERIAL rious jurisdictions vary so will vary the and this morning they were within 3 TO BEGIN MONDAY, SEPT. 30 final appearance of the list at each miles of the town on the northwest and board's headquarters. For example, let west. Ten thousand prisoners and 200 us assume that the following represent guns have been reported captured at this (Continued from page 5.) the first 12 numbers drawn at Washing- ton in the order in which they are drawn: point. taining the list is concerned. This is not Balkan Drive Tremendous. 12258, 67, 5, 798, 3, 144, 2375, 9002, 4432, intended, however, to debar correspond- 889, 13571, 329, and 24. The local board A glance at the positions marked on the ents, in writing their accounts of the having not more than 3,500 registrants map of the Balkan front reveals the situ- drawing, from using the first 100 num- under its jurisdiction would have as- ation there so clearly that I do not need bers drawn. signed serial numbers running only from to add anything to it. That is a tremen- Apart from this the procedure of the 1 to 3500. Therefore this board, on re- dous drive, and carried out by relatively drawing will be practically identical with ceiving the "master list," will strike out small forces. The distance measured to that followed on the two previous oc- all numbers above 3500, leaving the fol- the apex of the salient north of Ishtlb. casions. The numbers will be drawn lowing sequence of serial numbers to rep- In this quick advance the Serbs crossed from a glass bowl by officers blindfolded. resent the order In which its registrants two rivers-the Czerna and the Vardar These numbers have been printed on would be liable: 67, 3, 144, 2375, 889, 329, Rivers-and captured the railroads which small slips, and rolled up before being 'and 24. It is estimated that the average follow the valleys of the two rivers, and inserted in the containers in such way local board would have between 2,800 and which have been the main lines of supply that only the reverse side of the slip, 3,000 registrants, which means that the for the Bulgarians on either side, as well which is of blue, will be visible from the average board will strike out all numbers as their chief lines of escape. The result outside. of the " master list " above, say, 3000. has been a general disorganization of the The Serial Numbers. retreating forces, particularly those Original Glass Bowl to Be Used. caught betwen the Vardar River and the The serial numbers within the individ- mountains of Albania which sought too ual containers will run from 1 to 17,000, Fortunately for the historical aspects late to get out to Veles and Uskub. The the latter representing the highest pos- of the drawing, we have been able to se- British and Greek forces are cooperating. sible number of registrants in any single cure for the occasion the same glass bowl East of the Vardar they have crossed the local board jurisdiction, with an excess that was used at the first drawing of July mountains leading into Bulgaria, and to cover future registrants. The number- 20, 1917. This bowl, the property of Capt. have captured Strumpitsa, the chief town ing of the slips has been done by machine Charles R. Morris, of this office, was of that region. to prevent the possibility of duplication presented by him after the first lottery The picturesque movement of the Brit- or omission, and, as a further check, the to Independence Hall in Philadelphia. ish in Palestine has also been a feature sealed containers have been counted The custodian of Independence Hall has of the week, resulting in very large cap- twice by hundreds and again by thou- contributed for the occasion a wooden tures of troops and the whole movement sands to make sure that the total number ladle made from the original rafters of In- being conspicuous by the flight of the is correct. The sealed containers are dependence Hall. Around the edges of the German commander in chief, who appar- locked up in a safe awaiting the day of table upon which the bowl will stand will ently got out in advance. the drawing. be a wooden frame made from the tim- I could not announce the date for the bers of the old frigate Constitution. Questions and Answers. drawing until I had made certain, by Method of the Drawing. Q. Has the 84th Division arrived safely inquiry and telegraphic reply, that each in France? . one of the 4,557 local boards throughout The officers and enlisted men who will A. Practically all of It has arrived. the country had assigned to the regis- handle the drawing will work in three re- Q. What is the location of the 56th trants within its jiuriWlctlon the indl- lays of one hour on and two off in order Pioneer Regiment? vidual serial numbers of these registrants. that there may be no interruption in the A. We have no separate report on that You may assume, therefore, that this has drawing. Cots will be provided for those oragnization. been done. off duty, as well as food. One officer, Q. It was reported that Gen. Covell blindfolded, will draw the numbers from was relieved from command of 126th Safeguard Against ".Juggling." the bowl. Four others, receiving them Regiment, 32d Division, American Ex- This Is a necessary safeguard against from him in rotation, will break open the peditionary Forces, and it Is now report- the possibility of any juggling of serial containers, open up the slip containing ed that he has been assigned or returned numbers in the interest of favored regis- the serial number, and will call out the to command. What is his status? trants after the order in which thepe num- number to-the three officers manning the A. According to our file of special or- bers were drawn in the lottery here in tally sheets and to the one who records ders from the American Expeditionary Washington has been announced. The the numbers on the blackboards. After a Forces Gen. Covell was relieved from the regulations require not only that the se- teller has called out a number, he passes 63d Infantry and ordered to report to rlal numbers shall be assigned registrants it to another officer who verifies it and the commanding officer of the Army before the drawing is held, but that each strings it on a thfh wire in the order in Schools for duty. board, having so assigned them, has post- which It had been drawn. It is impossi- Q. We hear that Col. Kemp and CoL ed them opposite the names of the regis- ble for any mistake to be made that can Brown, 110th Regiment, Pennsylvania trants In a conspicuous manner in the not be checked for correction. National Guard, have been relieved of offices of the board. their commands and that Regular Army When the 17,000 serial numbers shall men have succeeded them. Can you all have been drawn from the bowl, or Easy to buy, convenient to handle, no please verify or deny? rather during the process of the drawing, red tape-Get a WAR-SAVINGS STAMP A. We have no report whatever on this. a "master list " will be printed. This to-day. 16 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918.

11. Discontinue issuing holiday and Rules for Publishers of Farm Journals other special numbers except as have been regularly issued In the past. Issued to Promote the Saving of Paper Additional Regulations. Discontinue selling advertising with a B. M. Baruch, chairman of the War In- as the annual tonnage of the combined guaranty of circulation requiring a re- dustries Board, authorizes the following: publication the average monthly consump- bate if circulation falls below the guaran- Agricultural periodicals must reduce tion prior to August 31, multiplied by teed amount. their consumption of print paper 15 per twelve. Because of the absolute necessity of cur- cent beginning October 1 next, under The individual publisher will fulfill the tailing the use of paper no new publica- regulations for the conservation of news present demands of the pulp and paper tions may be established during the print paper adopted by the War Industries section of the War Industries Board if period of the war unless it can be shown Board. he follows the regulations printed below that such publication is an absolute ne- The pulp and paper section of the War and makes the reports promptly as from cessity. Industries Board, of which Thomas E. time to time required by this section. Any contemplated combination of two Donnelley is chief, has agreed with a com- Wasteful Practices to Be Eliminated. mittee representing the publishers that or more agricultural publications after the saving should come out of the indus- 1. No publisher shall use for body stock August 31, 1918, must be referred to the try as a whole and has accepted recom- paper heavier than supercalendered, 25 by pulp and paper section of the War In- mendations to that end made by the com- 38 inches, 50 pounds; machine finish, 25 dustries Board for a ruling as to the ton- mittee. by 38 inches, 45 pounds; news print, 24 nage that will be allowed. Use of Lighter Paper. by 36 inches, 36 pounds. For cover stock Publishers shall as far as possible pro- Included in these recommendations are no paper heavier than has been used dur- eure paper and all their materials from use of lighter body paper, discontinuance ing the past year. All stock on hand may the nearest available source of supply, of subscriptions in arrears, free ex- be used regardless of weight. provided it is consistent with the price, changes to be cut off and free copies to 2. Discontinue all subscriptions in quality, and service. advertisers and advertising agencies to arrears as follows: After October 2, all A sworn statement will be required be restricted, abandonment of sales at subscriptions in arrears over six months; each month, giving tonnage and circula- nominal or exceedingly low price, of prize after November 2, all subscriptions in tion figures. Blanks will be sent from contests for subscriptions and special or arrears over five months; after December this office. holiday numbers, except such as have 2, all subscriptions in arrears over four THoMAs E. DONNELTEY, been regularly isued in the past. months; and after January 2 and there- Chief Pulp and and Paper Hection. Establishment of new papers during after, all subscriptions in arrears over the war is prohibited unless the necessity three months. for thent can be shown, and combinations 3. No publisher may give free copies of of two or more agriculture periodicals his periodical except for actual service Soldiers Who Died Last Week. must be reported to the pulp and paper rendered, except to camp libraries and section for a ruling as to paper tonnage huts or canteens of organizations recog- that will be allowed. nized by the Government, such as the (Continued from page 13.) Red Cross, Y. M.- C. A., or Knights of Laredo, Tex.-Pvt. Ramond Barnett Byrnes, List of the Regulations. Columbus; except to the Library of Con- box 11, Bible Grove. Ill. Following is a full text of the regula- gress and other libraries which will agree Madero, Tex.-Pvt. (first class) Otes Messen- ger, R F. D. No. 6, Cassapolls, Mich. tions issued: to bind for permanent keeping; except Marshfield, Mo.: To publishers of agriculturalperiodicals. for Government departmental libraries Pvt. Howard H. Carter, Nederlands, Colo. The priorities board of the War Indus- which use said publications in their work; Pvt. Seize Romero, Cenicero, Colo. Pvt. William D. Scilley, 916 Cleveland tries Board has listed paper mills as an and except to agricultural institutions, Street, Loveland. Colo. essential industry, and has rated them in experimental stations, employees of na- Pvt. Charles W. Smith, La Salle, Colo. fourth class for priority for coal, on the tional and State departments of agricul- Pvt. Glenn E. Turner, 132 North Howe Street, Fort Collins, Colo. distinct understanding that the greatest ture, and then only when said publica- Pvt. Leroy D. Van Valkenburg, Sterling, possible economy in the use of paper be tions are for public service. Colo. exercised, and that the reduction in the 4. Discontinue free copies to adver- Pvt. Jose E. Vigil, Allison, Colo. tisers or advertising Pvt. Theodore C. Walschon, Fort Lupton, use of paper by the agricultural periodi- agencies except one Colo. cals shall be 15 per cent. copy for checking purposes. Pvt. Herman N. Yunker, Kenwood Park, Each paper mill will be put upon the Stop to All Exchanges. Iowa. priority list for coal, conditional upon Pvt. Emil W. Zimmerli, 1321 Steele Street, 5. Discontinue all Denver, Colo. their signing a pledge that they will fur- free exchanges. New Brunswick. N. J.-Pvt. Leroy Lichten- nish no paper to any consumer who will 6. Discontinue printing or circulating haha, 1121 Railroad Avenue, Wilmington, not also sign a pledge in duplicate that free copies except for the above purposes Del. and except for Newark, N. J.-Pvt. (first class) James W. he will exercise the greatest possible econ- advertising or subscrip- Fla. tion purposes. The total Ester, Wildwood. ony in the use of paper, and will observe number of free Otisville, N. Y -Pvt. Joseph Scott, R. F. D. ill rules and regulations of the conserva- copies for all purposes shall not exceed No. 4, Lumkin, Ga tion division and of the pulp and paper the quantity so used during the past year, Rochester, N. Y.-Pvt. George Ross, R. F. D. section of the War Industries Board. and under no circumstances shall exceed No. 2, Pulaski, Ill. more than 5 per cent of the paid-up circu- San Francisco, Cal.-Lieut. Col. Ernest A. Out of Industry as a Whole. lation. Greenough, 1015 Sherman Street, Alameda, (The paid-up circulation in- Cal.* The war committee of agricultural peri- cludes only cash sales and subscriptions San Juan, P. R.-Pvt. Antonio Lopez, Santo odical publishers feels that the necessary that are not in arrears at all.) Domingo Street, Yauco, P. R. saving of 15 per cent should come out of 7. Discontinue selling publications at South Biud, Wa,;h.-Pvt Douglas T. Christis, Garwood Grange, Bamiffshire, Scotland.* the industry as a whole, and in order'to ac- an exceedingly low or nominal rate. South Bethlehem, -Pa.-Pvt. Philip Klein, 59 complish this purpose made the following 8. Discontinue selling publications to North Sherman Street, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.* recommendations, which have been ac- anyole below the subscription price ex- Union Grove, Wis.-P1t. Lymon B. Horton, cepted by the pulp and paper section of cept in subscription clubs or when clubbed Union Grove, Wis.* Valparaiso. Ind.Pvt. Charles Alfred Harri- the War Industries Board and are to be with other publications, when in either son, 1602 East Ganson Street, Jackson, effective October 1, 1918. Should, on case the price shall not be less than 75 Mich.* November 2, it be apparent that these per cent of the regular price. Washington, D. C.-Pvt. (first class) Frank E. regulations do not accomplish the desired 9. Discontinue selling premiums with Kaufman, 706 Woodward Avenue, Brooklyn, reductions, further consideration will be subscriptions for periodicals unless a N. Y. Washougal, Wash.-Pvt. Albert 11. Moller, given to the question at that time. price is put upon the premium for sale Thomasville, Ga.* The period upon which the combined separately and the combined price is at Williamsbridge, N. Y.-Pvt. Roger 0. Sellers, tonnage of all agricultural periodicals least the full price of the premium and Dublin, Ga. will be figured Is the year July 1, 1917, 75 per cent of the published subscription Wilmar, Midin.-Pvt. (first class) Enoch Hog- publica- price of the periodical. lund, 415 Andjohn Avenue, Wilmar, Mlnn. to June 30, 1918. Any periodical Tuma, Ariz.-Pvt. Alfred B. Wilson. 69 One tions combined between the dates of July 10. No new prize contests for subscrip- hundred and thirty ninth Street, New York, 1, L917, and August 31, 1918, shall take tions shall be started hereafter. N. Y. THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918. ' 17 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS REQUIRED NATIONAL BANK STATEMENT OF ALL CARRIERS BY WATER OWNED FOR WEEK ENDING SEPT. 27 Applications to the Comptroller of the Currency during the week ending Friday, OR CONTROLLED BY U. S. RAILROADS September 27, 1918, for authority to or- ganize national banks and to convert The Interstate Commerce Commission for other purposes," approved March 21, State banks into national banks; char- has issued the following: 1918, being required to ascertain and cer- issued; charters extended and re- annual ters To carriers by water, owned or controlled tify to the President the average extended; increases and reductions of by railroadcompanies: railway operating income for the three- capital approled; changes of title ap- year period ended June 30, 1917, as in The President, by proclamation of De- proved and national banks placed in vol- the said act defined, for each of such sys- untary liquidation. comber 26, 1917, having taken possession tems of transportation making returns and assumed control of " each and every APPLICATIONS FOR CHARTER. to it; Capital. system of transportation and the appur- For organization of national banks: tenances thereof located wholly or in It is ordered, That each carrier by The Puente National Bank, Puente, part within the boundaries of the con- water owned or controlled by railroad Cal .------$25, 000 located wholly or partly with- The First National Bank of Wood- tinental United States and consisting of companies worth, N. Dak., to succeed the railroads and owned or controlled sys- in the boundaries of the continental First State Bank -- 25 000 tems of constwise and inland transporta- United States shall prepare and file with The Prlncetbn National Bank, Prince- ton, W. Va., to succeed the Prince- tion "; and this conunission, by the pro- this commission, not later than Novem- ton Banking Co ------100, 000 visions of section I of " An act to pro- ber 1, 1918, a statement showing sepa- vide for the operation of transDortation rately for each of the three years ended Total ------150, 000 systems while under Federal control, for June 30, 1915, 1916, and 1917, respec- CHARTERS ISSUED. just compensation of their owners, and tively; Original organizations: The First National Bank of Item Account Chagrin Palls, Ohio.------$25, 000 No. The First National Bank of Ar- No. cadia, Cal 25, 000 1 WI 1. -Water-line operations-Revenues The First National Bank of 2 WI 14.- -Water-line operations-Expenses - Ephrata, Wash ------25, 000 3 Net revenue (deficit in red) from water-line operations-- The First National Bank of Ma- pleton (P. 0. Mapleton De- 4 WI 16.- -Water-line tax accruals ------pot), Pa.------25, 000 5 Water-line operating income, exclusive of auxiliary opera- The National Bank of Andes, tions...... N. Y ------25,000 The American National Bank of Idabel, Okla.: succeeds the In addition thereto each carrier will for each of the three years ended June 30, Idabel State Bank, Idabel, compute and show upon the face of the 1915, 1916, and 1917. Okla ------30, 000 statement, using the figures returned, Returns should be on paper approxi- which are to be exclusive of revenues and mately 8 by 11 inches, and should be Total------155, 000 expenses arising from auxiliary opera- mailed to the Bureau of Statistics, Inter- CONVERSION 0F STATE BANKS. The First National Bank of Garden tions, its average annual water-line oper- state Commerce Commission, Washington, Grove, Cal.; conversion of The ating income for the three-year period D. C., verified by oath in the following Bank of Garden Grove, Cal---- $25, 000 ended JTie 30, 1917. form: The First National Bank of Roland, Iowa; conversion of The Roland The account, "Water-line tax accru- OATH. Savings Bank, Roland, Iowa ----- 30, 000 als," for the year ended June 30, 1917, The First National Bank of Walden, should include one-half the war taxes, as- State of ----- Colo.; conversion of The Stock County of ------, ss: Growers Bank, Walden, Colo ---- 25, 000 sessed under the act approved October 3, I, the undersigned,------(title of offi- The First National Bank or Knapp 1917, against the income from operations cer in charge of accounts), of the .- Wis.; conversion of The State Bank (full name of reporting company) Company, on of Knapp, Wir.------25, 000 for the calendar year 1917. my oath do say that the annxed return has It is not intended that the returns here been prepared under my direction; that I have Total ------105, 000 ordered to be made shall include a state- carefully examined the same and declare the same to be a complete and correct statement of CHANGE OF TITLE APPROVED. ment of special matters on which carriers the specified items, and that the various items The Citizens National Bank of Pella, may expect to base a claim for exceptional here reported were, to the best of my knowl- Iowa, to "The Farmers National treatment as edge, information, and belief, determined in ac- Bank of Pella." to the amount of compensa- accounting rules promul- tion. Such claims should be presented to cordance with the INCREASES OF CAPITAL APPROVED. gated by the Interstate Commerce Commission Amount. the Director General of Railroads. for carriers by water. The First National Bank of Coalgate, The respondent shall also submit a P. 0. Address...... (Okla.; Capital Increased from $50,- statement showing all substantial changes 00 to $1010,000 ------$50, 000 in the quantity of, and investment in, its Subscribed and sworn to before me this The First National Bank of Quitman, ---- day of --- , 191_. Ga.; capital increased from $100,- property and facilities used in earning its By the commission : 000 to $150,000 ------50,000 water-line operating income, GEOaE B. McGiNTY, Secretary. The First National Bank of Bristol, as reported, Tenn.; capital increased from $100.000 to $150,000------50,000 The First National Bank of Wilming- days after the expiration (late of the ton, Cal.; capital increased from $25,000 to $50,000 25, 000 REGULATIONS ON EXPIRATION license; or The Commercial Ntoa ako (d) If the railroad notice of arrival Fond du Lae, Wis.; capital in- DATES OF EXPORT LICENSES Issued at the port of exportation is dated creased from $125,000 to $250,000 125, 000 on or before the expiration date of the Total ------The War Trade Board announces, in a license and if the ocean bill of lading cov- _ 300, 000 new ruling (W. T. B. R. 241), that on and ering the same slipment is dated not after September 30, 1918, export licenses later than 10 days after the expiration signed not later than 30 days after the shall be deemed to have been used within date of the license, provided that the pro- expiration date of the license. the period of their validity- visions of this paragraph (d) shall apply The railroad agent issuing a through (a) If the through export bill of lading only when the merchandise is exported export bill of lading (combination rail Is Issued and signed on or before the ex- on vessels loaded at railroad docks, where and steamship bill covering goods to piration date of the license and subse- dock receipts as provided in paragraph destination) will forward to the Bureau quent to October 9, 1917; or (b) cannot be issued by the vessel or Its of Exports, War Trade Board, Washing- (b) If the ocean bill of lading is dated agents; or ton, D. C., one copy of such bill of lading on or before the expiration date of the (e) If the shipment is on a lighter after there has been noted thereon the license; or which arrives on or before the expiration port of exit through which the shipment (c) If the dock receipt is dated on or date of the license, alongside the vessel will pass. before the expiration date of the license upon which the shipment is to be loaded, These regulations supersede those an- and the ocean bill of lading covering the and if the shipment Is, in fact, loaded on nounced in W. T. B. R. 152, made public same shipment Is dated not later than 30 that vessel and ocean bill of lading Is June 29, 1918. 18 THE OFFICIAL 7U. '8: BULLETIN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918. HALF BILLION ISOFFERED Programfor Paper Box Manufacturers INTREASURY CERTIFICATES According to Industries Board Plan The Treasury Department issues the following: B. M. Baruch, chairman of the War writing, satisfactory reason for demand- Ing same. The Secretary of the Treasury under Industries Board, authorizes the follow- act approved Sep- Effective September 16, 1918, there the authority of the ing: use of flies and 1917, as amended by the act shall be eliminated the tember 24, Paper and cardboard box manufac- bottom papers. This regulation shall not approved April 4, 1918, offers for sub- s'eription, at par and acrued interest, turers will enforce a new program in refer to S. and S. work, where it is clearly reserve banks. $500,- connection with their business as a re- demonstrated that such work is handled through the Federal with the greatest consideration for con- 000,000 or more Treasury certifientes sult of the placing on the preference of indebtedness, Series IVG, dated and list servation. There shall further be exempt- by the priorities division of the War ed from the above bottoms which are less bearing interest from October 1, 1918, Inlustries Board of paper and board payable January 30, 1919, with interest mills with the distinct than 25 square inches. the purpose being understanding not to interfere with the work of auto- at the rate of 4 per cent per annum. Ap- that the greatest possible economy in the plications will be received at the Federal use of board and paper be exercised. matic machines in combination bottom reserve banks. The and top processes. war service committee of the set- Effective September 16, 1918, all boxes up box manufacturers presented to the Books Closed Oct. 8. more than 3 inches deep shall be end-et pulp and paper section of the War In- or molded.or set-in bottom, except Subscription books will close at the dustries Board plans of curtailment and style close of business October 8, 1918. Cer- conservation where special macelinery has already been for the industry, which are installed for other methods of manufac- tificates will be issued in denominations accepted, to become effective, unless of $500, $1,000, $5,000, $10,000. and $10.- otherwise stated, Monday, September 16. ture, and same can not be discontinued 000. Said certificates shall be exempt, without serious economic loss. both as to principal and interest, from all Scope of the Plans. Effective September 16, 1918, all num- taxation now or hereafter imposed by the Stocks on hand on that date are not bers below 70, basis 26 by 38, shall be United States, any State, or any of the covered by the plans, but such stocks eliminated except Nos. 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, possessions of the United States, or by shall be used wherever practicable in con- 55, 60, and 65. Where Intermediate num- any local taxing authority, except (a) fol mity with the regulations, which in- bers were previously used, the next estate or inheritance taxes, and (b) clude: lighter board above mentioned shall be graduated additional income taxes. cola- Box makers shall reduce the number of used. The war serfrice committee of the monly known as surtaxes, and excess colors and grades of cover papers to the set-up box manufacturers has agreed that profits and war profits taxes, now or here- lowest possible point. Box makers shall wherever practical, manufacturers now after imposed by the United States, upon discourage the making of small orders, using numbers above referred to will shift the income or profits of individuals, part- particularly where varied colors and spe- to board five numbers lighter. nerships, associations, or corporations. cial sizes are involved. Where n customer Trimming Papers Eliminated. The interest on an amount of bonds and demands of the box manufacturer, un- Trimming papers shall be eliminated certificates authorized by said act ap- usually small orders, particularly in wherever used entirely for decorative proved September 24, 1917, or by said act varied colors an( special sizes, he shall purposes, except where material is dis- as amlended by said act approved April furnish, in writing, satisfactory reason tinctly a by-product and would otherwise 4, 1918, or by the act approved July 9, for demanding same. be wasted. 1918, the principal of which does not ex- From September 16 to December 31, Box makers shall discourage the use of ceeI in the aggregate $5.(0, owned by 1918, box makers shall not use paper all interior parts of boxes requiring use any individual, partnership, association, hae to the extent of over 30 per cent of of box board or other material to cover or corporation, shall be exempt from the the amount used by them in the corre- dead space, except in instances where taxes provided for in clause (b) above. spouding three and a half months of 1917, special machine methods are in use and and beginning January 1, 1919, box Redeemable on 10-Day Notice. can not be eliminated without serious eco- makers shall not use over 15 per cent of nomic loss. Upon 10 days' public notice, given in the amount used during the year 1918. All lined board for boxes shall be eliml- such manner as may be determined by the No lace whatsoever shall be furnished nated where practical and plainboard Secretary of the Treasury. the certificates by box makers unless customers shall substituted for same, and box makers of this series may be redeemed as a whole give, in writing, satisfactory reason for shall make every effort to bring about at par and accrued interest on or after demanding same. such substitution. any date, occurring before the maturity of From September 16 to December 31, All ribbons used for decorative pur- such certificates. set for the payment of 1918, box makers shall not use tapes to poses shall be eliminated. the first installment of the subscription the extent of over 50 per cent of 1he The war service conunittee of the set-up price of any bonds offered for subscrip- amount used by them in the correspond- box industry has pledged itself to use tion by the United States after the offering ing three and a half months of 1917, and every effort with its members to report and before the maturity of such certifi- on and after January 1, 1919. there shall to Washington any case where a customer cates. The certificates of this series, be used not over 30 per cent of the aiount unduly demands boxes of such a charac- whether or not called for redemption, will used in 1918. No tape whatsoever shall ter as to conflict with the spirit of the be accepted at par, with adjustment of ac- be furnished unless customers give, in above regulations. crued interest, if tendered on such install- ment (late in payment on the subscription price then payable of any such bonds ub- the definitive certificates. Qualified de- scribed for by and allotted to holders of positaries will he permitted to make pay- 146,322 Machine Guns such certificates. The certificates of this ment by credit for certificates allotted to Accepted Since War Began series do not bear the circulation privi- them for themselves and their custoners in paynient lege and will not be accepted up to an amount for which each shall have The Army Ordnance Department au- of taxes. The right is reserved to reject qualified in excess of existing deposits thorizes the following: any subscription and to allot less than the when so notified by Federal reserve banks. The Ordnance Department announces amount of certificates applied for and to As fiscal agents of the United States. Fed- the following figures shon ing the pro- close the subscriptions at any time with- eral reserve banks are aithorized and re- duction of machine guns. rifles, and pils- out notice. quested to receive subscriptions and to tols up to September 21, 1918. Total num- Interim Receipts. make allotment in full in the order of the her of machine guns of all types accept- receipt of applications up to amounts spe- ed since the war began. 146&322. Total Payment at par and accrued interest cified in the respective districts. for certificates allotted must be made on number of all types of rifles for the same period, 2,437,297. Total number of pis- and after October 1, 1918, and on or be- Better than money fore October 8, 1918. After allotment and because they earn tols accepted since the war began, 221,801. upon payment Federal reserve banks will money; buy a WAR-SAVINGS STAMP issue interim receipts pending delivery of TO-DAY. Bar Barbarism by Buying Bonds. THE OFFICIAL t.'S. BULLE'kiI SATtfRbAY, SEPTEMBE89 , 1918. 19 HOW TO SEND CHRISTMAS GIFTS UNLOAD COAL CARS PROMPTLY, MANY TRADERS DISCIPLINED TO MEN INTHE NAVAL SERVICE FUEL ADMINISTRATION WARNS BY THE FOOD ADMINISTRATION Instructions Issued Applying to The United States Fuel Administration The Food Administration' issues the issues the following: following: Those Both in Home Waters It appearing to the United States Fuel Miner, Read & Tullock, wholesale gro- and Abroad. Administrator that certain concerns at cers, of New Haven, Conn., have contrib- whose request and for whom coal and uted $5,000 to the Red Cross, the largest Secretary Daniels authorizes the fol- coke is obtained by the United States amount so contributed to that organiza- lowing: Fuel Administration are failing to accept tion in their State, for averaging selling The following instructions regarding and unload such coal and coke promptly prices in such a way as to net excessive the mamier of packing and shipping upon arrival, and that as a result of this profits. Revocation of license and closing Christnias packages for men in the naval practice the railroad equipment contain- the firm's doors would have interfered service both in home waters and abroad, ing such coal and coke is kept out of too seriously with necessary food dis- have been prepared by the Bureau of cperation, tribution, the Food Administration de- Supplies and Accounts of the Navy De- The United States Fuel Administrator, cided. partment: acting under authority of an Executive A member of the firm, in a communica- (a) Packages forwarded by parcels order of the President of the United tion to Federal Food Administrator post must comply with the postal regula- States, dated August 23, 1917, appoint- Scoville, said that the company was glad tions and should be inclosed in substan- ing said administrator, and of subsequent to make amends, that he believed the tial boxes with hinged or screw-top Executive orders, and in furtherance of contribution was greater than the extra cover to facilitate opening and inspecting. the purpose of said orders, and of the act profit the firm had made, and gave as- (b) All boxes shipped by express are of Congress therein referred to and ap- surance that salesmen had been instructed limited to 20 pounds in weight, should proved August 10, 1917, to obey Food Administration regulations measure not more than 2 cubic feet in Hereby makes and establishes the fol- in future. iolume, be of wood, well strapped, and lowing regulation, effective September 20, Because the New Gin Co., Greenville, have a hinged or screw top to facilitate 1918, at 7 a. m. until further or other Tex., violated the regulation forbidding opening and inspecting. order in the premises: a dealer to pay more for cotton seed in (c) No perishable food- product other the Prompt Ac- one district than another, they have con- Regulation Requiring of the than those inclosed in cans or glass jars ceptance and Unloading of Coal or Coke tributed $400 to the Texas branch should be packed in parcels post or ex- Shipped Under Orders of the United Council of National Defense, in lieu of press shipments. States Fuel Administration. a more drastic penalty. be ad- (d) All mail matter should Ignorance of Rule. dressed as now prescribed by the Postal SECTION 1. Every person, firm, associa- Pleaded regulations. All express packages should tion, or corporation for whom coal or coke The company pleaded ignorance of this be forwarded in care of Supply Officer, has been requisitioned, diverted, or re- rule and said that it believed it had the Fleet Supply Base, Twenty-ninth Street consigned by the United States Fuel Ad- right, before the recent stabilization of and Third Avenue, South Brooklyn, N. Y. ministrator or by his representatives in cotton prices, to pay prevailing local (e) All packages must be plainly Washington in control of distribution and prices at its several plants in Texas. marked with the name and address of the apportionment of coal and coke, or by any This plan was not accepted because the sender together with a notation indicat- district representative of the Fuel Ad- rule requiring uniform payments has ing the nature of the contents, such as ministration now or hereafter appointed been in effect for a long time, and is not " Christmas box," or " Chrismas present." by the United States Fuel Administrator dependent upon the stabilization of cot- (f) The supply officer at New York will as his representative in any coal or coke tonseed prices for this season's product. cause each express package to be opened producing district, or by any State fuel The offer to make the contribution was and carefully examined to see that noth- administrator, shall accept and unload accepted, instead of enforcing a revoca- ing of an explosive or other dangerous such coal or coke promptly upon receiving tion of license, because of the extreme character is forwarded. notice of its arrival at destination and hardship which the closing of any of the The shipment of Christmas packages shall also promptly assume and pay all company's plants would inflict upon pro- for vessels abroad should be made so as tran sportation charges accrued thereon. ducers at the already crowded gins at to reach New York as early as possible SEC. 2. Whoever knowingly violates or Greenville, Caddo Mills, Royse, and and not later than November 15. refuses to conform to section 1 of this Cumby. where the company's plants are regulation will he subject to the penalties situated. prescribed in the food and fuel control 13TH REGIMENT U.S. MARINES act. Indian Trader Contributes. The above regulation promulgated this Sever Simonson, an Indian trader at REPORTED ARRIVED INFRANCE 19th day of September, 1918. Pryor Crow Reservation, Mont., has been H. A. GARFIELD, permitted by the Food Administration to With their regimental song, " Onward, United States Fuel Administrator. Christian Soldiers," the 13th Regiment contribute $100 to the Red Cross, in lieu of United States Marines has arrived in of a more drastic penalty, because, as he France. Word of their arrival reached admitted to the Federal food adminis- the right to medals won on the rifle range. he had paid little the Navy Department in a cablegram on This is one of the nearest percentages trator for his State, Thursday. attention to the regulations of the Food that ever has been made to a perfect concerning the wheat- In connection with its departure, the marksman, sharpshooter, and expert rifle- Administration number " 13 " played an important part. substitute rule, believing that his isola- man personnel. among the Indians justified his The regiment left the overseas depot at Theoretical perfection in shooting calls tion slackness. It was Quantico, Va., on Friday, September 13, for one-seventh of a given unit to qualify pointed out to him, with many of the men using the number however, that half his trade is with as expert riflemen, two-sevenths to and that he runs a mess as a lucky omen. Numbers of them shook qualify as sharpshooters and four- white farmers hands with each other 13 times, said good- sevenths to qualify as marksmen. This hall at Pryor. bye to comrades 13 times, and sang 13 equation held good almost to the man Various Bakers Penalized. songs on their departure. One marine throughout the 95 per cent of the Thir- Various bakers have been penalized made an effort to take along 13 black cats, * teenth Regiment of Marines. Of the total for violation of baking regulations by but was unable to carry out his ambition. of 3,653 Who qualified, 506 won expert order to cease turning out products other Word of their arrival In France came 13 riflemen's medals, 951 qualified as sharp- than bread and rolls during the periods days after their departure, on a date shooters and 2,196 as marksmen. designated: Townley Baking Co., Long twice 13. September 26. Nor were the members of the Thir- Branch, N. J., four days; Buckley & The Thirteenth Regiment is rated as teenth chosen for their shooting ability. Co., San Francisco, two weeks; N. Kuz, one of the crack units of the Marine The personnel consdts OT the usual ima- K. Moll, San Francisco, two weeks; Corps. A record of efficiency was at- terial of a Mairing regiment and their Cheyenne Steam Bakery, Cheyenne, Wyo., tained by it in marksmanship shortly be- qualification is Vt testimonial to the ex- 60 days. fore leaving Quantico. Of the entire regi- cellent training that is being given the Wheat conservation will not be per- ment consisting of 3.850 officers and en- men, combined with the natural intellI- mitted to go by the board, even though listed men, 3,653 or 95 per cent now hold_ gence of the Marine recruit. the harvest is large. 20 Tilt 61IdfAL'i.1Y. EUI'LTIN: 'SAMtUiAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1918.

Gypsum City Mill & Elevator Co., Gypsum, Kans wheat oflor. E. oby & Co., Brattleboro, Vt, corn meal. LneHrmann Hay & Grain Co., St. Louis, LIST OF QUARTERMASTER PURCHASES Mo., timothy ha-y. Valects Evaporated Milk Co., Madison, Wis., evaporated nliak. ' PASSED BY THE BOARD OF REVIEW Metropolitan Box & Lumber Co., New York City, crates. Kops Bros., New York City, summer draw- II f ers, The War Department authorizes the C. H. Andrews, Enterprise, Ala., peavine following: hay. Important Notice to American Mfg. Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., manila During the past two weeks the Board rope. of Review in the office of the Quarter- U. S. PurchasingAgents Boston Land Co., Westhaven, Cal., straw. master General, which passes on all con- J. L. Shultz & Co. (Inc.), Skaneateles, N. Y., timothy hay. tracts and purchase orders over $5,000, for the varl- George Hollenbeek, Yale, Mich., timothy has approved several hundred contracts Purchasing agents hard- ous Government departments and Ihe McMillan Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., tim- for clothing, equipment, subsistence, States war ad- and metals, fuel and forage, and the special United othy hay, ware ministrations are earnestly re- Pratz, Kline & Pratz, Waterloo, N. Y., tim- other materials for the use of the Army othy hay. minded to send to the Official Unit d Shoe Repairin Machine Co., Bos- which is purchased by the Quartermaster at the earliest pos- ton, Mass., nailing macnines. The total amount of some of the U. S. Bulletin Corps. sible moment all copy for bids to Porcelain Enameling Association of Amer- more important contracts and purchases be advertised and purchase awards, ica. Sheboygan, Wis., pots. are as follows: American Mfg. 2o., Brooklyn, N. Y., ma- in order that these may he nila rope. Flannel shirts ------. 3,338, 550. 00 promptly and correctly' printed in Cincinnati Grain & Hay Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, alfalfa hay. Wool coats ...... 597, 412. 20 the Bulletin in accordance with The Cincinnati Abattoir Co., Cincinnati, Denim olothing ---.. 28, 152. 00 the orders of the Secretary of Ohio, ham and baoen. Norfolk suits for nurses. 224, 440. 00 War and other heads of depart- Morris & Co., Chitago, Ill, cheerse. G. H. Hammond Co., Chicago, Ill., oleo- Overcoats for Army ments. margarine. nurses .--- - - 79, 550. 00 The task of preparing this copy Architectural Cornise & Skylight Works Raincoats for Army for publication, with a view to ab- (In.). New York City, ration containers. nurses - Plymouth Cordage Co., North Plymouth, 30, 240. 00 solute correctness and continuity, Mass., manila rope. Blankets ------467, 530. 00 is a considerable one, but, with Waterbury Co., New York City, manila Leggings - - 15, 180. 00 the cooperation of the purchasing Raincoats ----...... 3, 861,939. 00 Armour & Co., Columbus, Ohio, lard sub- agencies, should result in a great stitutes. Melton cloth ------4, 401, 225. 00 help, not only to the departments Lard Milling Co., Waemgo, Kans., wheat themselves, but to bidders through- flour. New Bedford Cordage Co., New Bedford, The following Is a list of contracts ap- out the country, all of whom, Mass.. manila rop. proved by the Board of Review of the through the medium of the Offi- United Shoe Repairing Machinery Co., cial Bulletin, are desirous of Boston, Mass., nails. Office of the Quartermaster General of National Packing Box Fartery, Brooklyn, the Army: keeping informed of the Govern- N. Y., crates. ment's needs. Mound Ridge Milling Co., Mound Ridge, September 7, 1918. Kans., wheat nour. CONTEACTS. Plant Bros. Co., Manchester, N. H., inner- solos. P. Lowentraut Mfg. Co., New York City, September 9, 1918. Brockton Heel Co., Broekten, Mass., beels. belt punch. Weyl Zuckerman & Go., Fort Worth, Tex., Gordon & Ferguson, St. Paul, Minn., PURCHASE ORDERS. potatoes. leather jerkins. W. E. Thomas & Co., New York City, rope National Enameling & Stamping Co., Phila- Robitshok Co., Minneapolis, Minn., leather slings delphIa. Pa., wash basins. jerkins. Utah Condensed Milk Co., Richmond, Utah, A. Braun Mfg. , St. Lonts, Mo., pickles. Chas. F. Baker & Co. (Inc.), Boston, Mass., evi porated milk. Wilber-Freeman Ce., Salina, Kasa., wheat loose nails. Denmark Condensed Milk Co., Denmark, flour. Atlantic Ice & Coal Co., Augusta, Ga., arti- Wis., evaporated milk. National Vinegar Co., St. Louis, Mo., ficial ice. Waterloo Creamery Co., Omaha, Nebr., evap- vinegar. Fred L. Sayles Co., Pascoag, R. I., melton. orated milk. Swift & Co., Columbus, S. C., lard substi- George C. Retzel Co., Chester, Pa., melton. Gilinsky Fruit Co., Omaha, Nebr., potatoes. tute. The Geo. K. Runhardt Corp., Lawrence, Varley & Co.. Minneapolis, Minn., potatoes. International Mereauttle Marine Corpora- Mass., melton. The R. A. Kelly Co., Xenia, Ohio, manila tion. Baltimore, Md., soft coal. Coronet Worsted Co., Mapleville, R.*I., mel- rope. National Biscuit Co., Cambridge, Mass., ton. Wall Rope Works (Inc.), Beverly, N. Y., hard bread. Belle Vue Mills. Clinton, Mass., melton. manila rope. B. A. Dean & Son (Inc.), Auburn, N. Y., Mount Hope Finishing Co., North Dighton, Columblan Rope Co., Auburn, N. Y., manila hay. Mass., dyeing and finishing duck. Prats. Kime & Prats, Waterloo, N. Y., hay. E. Goldman & Co., Boston, Mass., leather ro ock Island Mfg. Co., Rock Island, Ill., Atlantic Ice & Coal Corporation, Montgom- jerklns. vises. ery, Ala, ice. J. B. Pearson Co., Boston, Mass., leather Rinek Cordage Co., Easton, Pa., manila rope. CONTRACTS. jerkins. American Tobacco Co., New York City, B. Greenwald Co., Boston, Mass., leather cigarettes. La France Novelty Co. (Inc.), New York jerkins. Baltimore Pearl Hominy Co., Baltimore, City, chevrons. Corn Products Refining Co., New York City, Md., hominy. Southbridge Printing Co., Southbridge, sirup. L. J. Upton & Co., Norfolk, Va., potatoes. Mass., duck. Geneva Cutlery Co., Geneva, N. Y., razors. Van Camp Products Co., Indianapols, Ind., B. Krontbal & Co., Mishigan City, Ind., Coluate & Co., New York City, soap. evanorated milk. shirts. Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, Bayonne, ISwift & Co, Trenton, N. J., ham. Russell Manufacturing Co., Middletown, N. J., aviation naphtha. American Guarantee Roofing Co., New York Conn., webbing. Consumers Biscuit & Mfg. Co., Brooklyn, City, crates. Forsyth Dyeing Co., New Haven, Conn., N V.. hard bread. Humboldt Machine Stamping Co., Brooklyn, tent duck. Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co._ Long Island City, N. Y.. ration containers. Elmer, Evans & Co., Oshkosh, Wis., leather N. Y., hard bread. Waterbury Button Co., Waterbury, Conn., jerkins. Leon Israel & Sons, New York City, green buttons. Pacific Coast Borax Co., New York City, coffee. Utica Willowvale Bleachery, Chadwicks, powdered borax. Liak Mfg. Co., Canandaigna, N. Y., pots. N. Y.. sheets Robertson Bleachery & Dye Works, New La., APPROVED B TELaGR'A. Houston Packing Co., Lake Charles, Milford, Conn., twill. EMERGENCY PURCHASES beef, ham, and bacon. Peck, Stow & Wilcox Co.. Southington, National Biscuit Co., New York City, hard R. C. Williams & Co., New York City, Conn., calipers bread. asparagus. United Shoe Repairing Machine Co., Boston, Walter M. Lowney Co., Boston, Mass., American Tobacco Co., New York City, eiga- Mass., pad awls. chocolate candy. rettes. Commercial Label Co., New York City, a.rm W. F. Schraft & Sons Corporation, Boston, Minot, Hooper & Co.. New York City, gray brasards. Mass., chocolate candy. twill. Harlem Dress & Skirt Co., New York City, SUPPEIENTAL CONTRACTS. Franklin Sugar Refining Co, Philadelphia, arm brassards. Chicago, Ill., escort Pa.. sugar. Carlisle Hemstitching Co., New York City, R. Karpen & Bros., G. H Bent & Co., Milton. Mass.. hard bread. arm brassards. wairon parts. Pulton Winkler-Crimm Corporation, South Bend, Ba & Cotton Mills, Brooklyn, N. Y., Turner Halsey Co., New York City, 0. D. burlap cloth. drill. Ind.. escort wagon parts. Acme Burlap Bag Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., bur- CONTRACTS FOR GOODS TO BE PURNISHED As lap cloth. Pacific Mills, Lawrence, Mass., flannel. REQUIRED. Refining Co.. New Orleans. Smith, Hogg & Co., New York City, osna- American Sugar burg. The Fleishmann Company of California, San La. sugar. Francisco. Cal., compressed yeast. Ismert-Hincke Co. Kansas City, Mo., wheat Paragon Worsted Co., Providence, R. I., The Union Ice Co., San Diego, Cal., ice. flr. melton. THE OFFICIAL U. -8. -BULLTN: SATORDAY4 "SEBTEMBER '28, 1.1& 21 I QUARTERMASTER PURCHASES PASSED BY THE BOARD OF REVIEW

John McCann & Co., New York City, dish P. 0. 3823. J. L Shultz & Co. (Inc.), Ska- P. 0. 10-1. tcwels. nea lbs, N. Y., timothy bay, Z10,200. P. 0. 3240. Hogan, sas den & Co., Indian- The Livingston Worsted Co., New York P. 0. 3284. Pratz, time & Pratz, Water. spoili. Ind.. evaporated milk, $3.200. City, inelton. loo, N. Y, timothy hay, $9,360. P. 0. 722-G. Van Camp Packing Co., In- Delaine Mills, Moneyunk, Pa., melton. P. 0. 3289. Pratz, Kime & Pratz, Water- dianapolis. Ind., evaporat, d milk. $3,200. Wmi. Whitman Co., Boston, Mass., shirting ico. N. Y.. timothy bay, $7,200. P. 0. 317. Clark-Graham Co., Seattle, flannel P (0. 974. California Feed Co. (Ltd.), lion- Wash., salmon, $19,690. Groveland Mills, Groveland, Mass., melton. olulu, E. T., potatoes, $7,875. P. 0. 3011. Marathon Fishing & Packing Co., The Cleveland Worsted Mills Co., Cleveland, P. 0. 3407. Homan & Starr, Lodi, Ohio, Seattle, Wash.. salmon, $3A.00. Ohio, flannel. timothy hay, $6,240. P. 0. 307. Marathon Fishing & Packing Co., Meteialf Bros. & Co., New York City, flannel. P. 0. 3372. W. L. Edmundson, Houston, Seattle, Wash., salmon, $13.500. French River Textile Co., Mechanicsville, Tex., prairie hay, $13,200. P. 0. 318. Copper River Packing -Co., Cone., molten. P. 0. 3379. Houser & Button, Newton, Ill., Seattle, Wash., salmon, $3,340. Windsor Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pa.. timothy hay, $7,500. P. 0. 3124. Clark-Graham Co., Seattle, flannel. P. O. 3404. The MeMillen Co., Fort Wayne, Wash., wahnon, $19,948. Hall, Hartwell & Co., Troy, N. Y.. shirts. Ind., timothy hay, .$7.800. P. 0. 438-9-B. Mount Hope Finishing Co., Harry Coodman, New York City, raincoats. P. 0. 3412. Carlisle Commission Co., Kan- North Ditrhton, Mass., dyeing and finishing Coier Mfg. Co., Da3 ton, Ohio, raincoats. sas City, Mo., prairie hay, $7,500. duck, $7,560. Bli.s, Fabyan & Co . New York City, twill. P. 0. 3367. W. L. Edmandson, Houston, P. O. 4270-P. Peter Graff & Co., Worthing- J. R. Karim & Co. (Inc.), Philadelphia, Pa., Tex., prairie hay, $14,400. ton, Pa, blankets, $6,400. flannel. P. 0. 3348. H. Mueller Grain Co., San An- P. 0. 423i8 A. The Hudson A ohlm Co., Tip Top Waist & Dress Co. (Inc.), New tonio, Tex., prairie hay, $7,800 Greenville. S. C., sheets, $1,57t.80. York City, convalescent suits. P. 0. 3300. W. H. Alien & Son, Newport, P. 3. 778-PH. Morris & Co., Chicago, Il., Waucantuck Mills. IUxbridge. Mass., flannel. Nebr., prairie hay, $8,800. cheese. $0,592.30. Holyoke Worsted Mills, Holyoke, Mass., P. 0. 3264. Van Wise & Moorhead, Chi- P. 0. 4454-B H. H. Rice Corporation, New flannel. cago, Ill., timothy hay, $9,000. York City. shc'ets, $12,803. Bt. F. Goodrich Rubber Co., Akron, Ohio, P. 0. S 147. Hickel Commission Co., St. FF-26-3-1, FF27-3-1. FF-28-3-1, FF-30-3-1, raincoats. Louis, Mo., butter, $9,300. FF-31-3-1. Atlantic Refining Co., Philadel;phia, PAragon Worsted Co., Providence, R. I., P. 0. 934-G. Beerner Fry Co., Iowa City, Pa., valve oil, compressor oil, turbine oil, aelton. Ion a, flavoring extract. $18.496 92. transformer oil, $3,478.26. L. lalchmann & Co., New York City, flannel. P. 0. 6849. A. M. Gutterman & Sons Co., Purchase orders and contracts on commodl- Kurs an Bros.. New York City, venetins. Bl.ton, Mass.. soles, $9,700. ties purchased at board of trade or exchange 1. Wochsler & Co., Boston, Mass., wool serv- P. 0. 1-3430. Magee, Lynch Grain Co., prices on Food Administration allotment, com- ice coats. Cairo, Ill., oats. $10,700. mandeer order, or by embarkation service: Joseph Greer, Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa., P. 0. 13428. Crowell Elevator Co., Omaha, P. 0. 20. Sockeye 1almon Co., Seattle, flannel. Nebr., oats, $11,100. Wash., salmon, $79,100. Grosvenor-Dale Co., Providonce, R I., sateen. P. 0 927-G. McNeill & Higgins Co., Chi- P. 0. 310. Abercrombie Fisheries Co., Seat- Standish Worsted Co., Plymouth, Mass., cago, III., pickles, $17,005. tie. Wash., salmon. $50,582. melton P. 0. 33. Sohlueter Mfg. Co., St. Louis, P. 0. 273. Ward Cove Packing Co., Seattle, Montrose Worsted Co., Voonsocket, R. I., Mo.. Lard bread cans, $5,180. Wash.. salmon, $38.400. melton. P. 0 46. Morris & Co., Chicago, Ill., butter, P. 0 696-PH. Libby, McNeil & Libby, Chi- Worrenton Woolen Co., Torrington, Conn., $20,308 30. cago, Ill., frwh beef, $430,613.78; canned melton. P. 0. 211. We1, Zuckerman & Co., Fort corn beef. S444.087.16. liritish-American Rubber Co., St. Louis, Ie., Worth, Tex., potatoes, 5,028. Sub. 120-2-286. American Sugar Refining raincoats 1. 0. 1. Heid Bros. (Inc.), El Paso, Fox., Co., New York City, sugar, $30,693 Bliss, Fabyan & Co.. New York City, twill. prairie hay, $12.250. Sub. 21-2-297. American Suaer Refining Co., Waucantuck Mills, Uxbridge, Mass, melton. P. 0. 174S. Chickasha Milling Co., Chick- New York City. sugar, $26.239 50. The eebe Glove Co. (Inc.), Richmond, Ind., asha, Okla., wheat flour, 85,200 Sub. 112-2-314. W. J. MeCahan Sugar Co., gloves. P. 0. R-124. Kehler Flour Mills, St. Louis, Philadelphia. Pa.., sugar, $36.603. Milling Co., EMADIENCY PURCILASES Mo., wheat flour, $18,375. P1 0. S-146. George B. Pla~nt APPROVED BY TELEGRAM. P. 0. 3861. Carlisle Commission Co., Kan- St. Louis. Mo, wheat flour, $20,800 J G. McCann, Roxbury, Va., wood. sas City, Mo, prairie hay, $14,100. P. 0. 718-0. Libby, McNeil A Libby, Chi- Tanners Cut Sole Co., Boston, Mass., top P. 0. Z40. Giinsky Fruit Co., Omaha, cago, Ill., evaporated milk, $54,600. lifts. Nebr.. potatoes, $23,800. P. 0. G5SPTT Swift & Co, Chicago, Ill., APPROVAL OF RSICE ON FOREIGN PURCHABE. P. 0. -3450. Houser & Sutten, Newton, Ill., bacon, $1,893,145.45. Doin tic Specialty Co., Hamilton, Ontario, mixed hay $9,000. PURCHASE TRANSACTIONS APP OVED. shoe dubbing. P. 0. 303. Glendale Creamery Co., Chima- gum, Wash., butter. $5,300. Contracts smnder 823,000. September 10, I1S. P. '0. 370. Western Soap Co., Spokane, Wash., soap, ;5,250. IIC-485-T. E. C. Atkins & Co.- Indianapo- Purchase orders and contracts under P. 0. 3378. Rosmer Robinson Co., Boston, lis, Ind.. meat-qaw blades, $1,586.10. Mass., IIC-480-N. C. I Osborn & Co., Newark, $25,000 made on open-market purchase or timothy hay, $7,800. Sub. 714. The George Close Co., Cambridge, N. J, ticklers, $659.0. let to lowest bidder and gubmitted to the Mass., stick candy, $14.000. HC-490-N. C. S. Osborn & Co., Newark, board for consideration after execution Sub. 763. Lovell & Corel Co., Boston, Mass., N. .. , creasers. $2,063.14. stick candy, $14,000. HC-434-N. Stanley Rule 1 Level Co., New and delivery: P. 0. 3896-A. Woodward Baldwin & Co., Britain Conn., hammers, $5,118.17. P. 0. 223. Gladney Milling Co., Sherman, Piedmont, S. C., gray sheeting, $5.343.75. PO-3793-P. 14 K. Brewer & Co., New York Tex., flour, $5,386.90. P. 0. 4374-N. Rudolph Liebmana Mtg. Co., City. guidons (field hospital), $1.148.40. P. 0. 170. Kimball Milling Co., Wolfe City, Newark, N. J., buttons. $17,080. P0-5704-P. H. K Brewer & Co., New Tork Iex., flour, $17,850. P. 0. 726-B. Pred C Mansfield, Johnson City, guldons (motor trucks), $12,059.30. P. 0. 232. Gladney Milling Co., Sherman, Creek, Wis.. evaporated milk, -$16.900. Contracts gvcr 42,00. Te-., flour, $19,224. P. 0. 719-G. Denmark Condensed Wilk Co., PO-6082-B. Ru'enll Mfg. Co., Middletown, P. 0. 4--640 J. J. flaines & Co., Maltimare, Denmark, Wis., evaporated milk, $10,400. banding. $36,040. Md., cotton Cone., spindle mops, $16. P. 0. 725G. Wisconsin Butter & Cheese Co., P10-6007-B Catlin & Co., New York City, P. 0. 4372-C. T. A. Shaw A Co., New York Elkhorn, Wis., evaporated milk, $5,290. blanket wrappers, $337,500. City, blankets, $10.B80. P. 0. 3277. Hewitt Bros. (Inc.), Locke, P0--8017-B. The Warren Woolen Co., Staf- P. 0. 206. Weyl-Zuakerman & Co, Fort N. Y., timothy hay. S5,760. ford Springs, Conn., melton, T200 000. Worth, Tox., potatoes, $13,524. P. 0. 728-. Carnation Milk Products Co., PO - 042 - B Aetna Mills, Watertown, P. 0. 4313-A. Caine & Co., New York City, Chicago, Ill., evaporated milk, $13,G75. Mass.. melton, $837Ji00. gray duck, $14,547.30. P. 0. 729-G. Carnation Mflk Proacts Co., PO-6065-A. Frederick Victor & Acbelis, 1. 0. 13-107. 11lly Milk & Cereal Co., Chicago, Ill., evaporated milk, $27,350. New York City, ticking. $44 844. Portland, Oreg., evaporated milk, $5,470. P. 0. 730,G. Carnation Mik Products Co., PO-6057-P. A. L. London & Sons, Pitts- P. 0. 923-G. Wisconsin Condensed MiTk Chicago. Ill., evaporated mlk, $6,383.49. burgh. Pa , slickers. $68,000. Co., Burlington, Wis., evaporated milk, $13,- Emerg. 2-177. John K. Lasher, New York PO-1459. John Groves Co. (Inc.1, Charles- 225. City, butter, $12 055.13. town, Mass., potatoes and onions. $39.720. P. 0. 842-0. M. Plowaty & Sons, Chicago, P. 0. 3318. Carlisle Compission Co., Kan- FF-13-3-3,FF-R-3-4.FF-9-3-4, Ill.. potatoes, $14,445. sas City, Mo., prairie hay, $15,300. FF-20-3-2. The Atlantic Refining Co.. Phlla- P. O. 803-G. Carnation Milk Products Co., P. 0. 3317. Chas. Schaeffer & Son, Brook- delphia. Pa., sero and motor oil, $78.897 50. Chicago, Ill., evaporated milk. $16,410. 13n, N. Y.. timothy bay, $6,720. P. 0. 871-G. Carnation Milk Products Co., P. 40. 43518-P. Annin & Co.. New York City, Emergency purchase approved by tclegrame. Chicago, Ill.. evaporated milk, $11,050. flags, $5.S52 PO-1456 Monarch Metal Mfg. Co., East P. 0. 872-G. Carnation Milk Products Co., P. 0. 737-G. Carnatin Milk Products Co., Cambridge, Mass., tin cans for hard bread, Chicago, Ill., evaporated milk, $10.264.80. Chicago, Ill.. evaporated milk, $15.387.11 $37,500. P. 0. 3337. R. L. Church & Co., Skaneateles, P. 0. 2-2996. Amaerlcan Quarantee Roofing Contract under $25,000 orarded to other than N. Y., timothy hay, $5,700. Co., New York City, ration containers. $28.625. lowest bidder. P. 0. 3329. Langenberg Bros. Grain & Elay P. 0. 2-2995. Acer & Whidon, Medina, N. Y, Co., Kansas City, Mo.. prairie hay. $14,100. ration containers, $15.750. HC-466-C. George W. Diener Mfg. Co, Chi- P. 0. 3413. Langenherg Bros. Grain & Hay P. 0 5-S. swift & Co., Chattanooga, Tenn., cago, Ill., gasoline caus, $1,000. Co.. Kansas City. Mo., prairie hay, $14,100. lard, $7,527.66. SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRACTS. P. 0. 3326. J. 'L. Shultz & Co. (Inc.), Ska- P. 0. 732-G. Carnation Milk Products Co., 6, 22, 18. Hartford Hosiery Mills, cotton neateles, N. Y., timothy hay, $13,440. Chicago, IBl, evaporated milk, $0,378.02. stockings; contractor to bale for overseas P. 0. 3286. Pratz, Kine & Pratz, Waterloo. P. 0. 260. Brainerd Commission Co., New shipment instead of packing in wooden boxes N. Y., timothy hay, $17,280. York City, rye, $8,581.96. and to receive 50 cents additional per bale. P. 0. 3343. Charles Schaeffer & Son, Brook- Sub. 114-12. Pioneer Flour IMtA, San An- 6, 12, 18. 14. A. Sweeney rhipyard & lyn, N. Y., timothy bay, $11,760. tonio, Tex., flour, $6,617A0. Foundry, Jeffersonville, Ind., 400 army ranges, 22 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETINi SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918. LQUARTERMASTER PURCHASES PASSED BY THE BOARD OF REVIEW] contractor to lacquer all ranges at additional P. 0. 790-PH. G. H. Weaver & Co., Chi- Contracts under $25,000 awarded to other than cost of 50 cents per range. cago, Ill., butter, $5,709,60. the lowest 5, bidder. 20, 18 and 7 19 18. Geo. B. Carpenter P. 0. 788-PH. Cudahy Packing Co., Chi- HC-498-B. & Co., Chicago Ii., t1uck covers and paulins; cago, Ill butter $10,727.50. North & Jodd Mfg. Co., New Brit- tQ read for domestic paulins 28 cents, truck P. 0. 216. Weyl-Zuckefman & Co., Fort ain, Conn., end clips, $3,870.32. Covers 22 cents; for overseas, paulins .955 (1 Worth, Tex., potatoes, $6,552. Emergency purchases approved by telegram. to balef and tiuck dovers .955 (2 to bale). P. 0. 218. Weyl-Zuckerman & Co., Fort 10045. Vacuum Oil Co., New York City, Gar- 6, 25, 18. Evansville Overall Co., Evans. Worth, Tex., potatoes, $15,120. goyle cylinder oil, $33,160. Ville, Ind., 8,000 each coats and trousers; per- P. 0. 403. San Juan Packing Co., Seattle, HM-6-1. Pacific Coast Borax Co., New York mission to substitute brown duck or khaki Wash., salmon, $19,432. City, soap chips (borax), $145,200. twill for denim; contractor to receive 3 cents P. 0. 4-614. J. A. William Co., Baltimore, 10029. National Biscuit Co., New York City, addition per garment. Md., tomatoes, $9,000. hard bread, $43,037.50. 4, 12, 18. Bray, Robinson Clothing Co., P. 0. 397. Northwestern Fisheries Co., Louisville, Ky., denim clothing; same clause. Seattle, Wash., salmon, $21,000. - September 12, 1918. 6, 25, 18. Louis Lewin Co., Chicago, Ill., P. 0. 405. Straits Packing Co., Seattle, PURCHAsE TRANSACTIONs 17,000 garments; same clause. Wash., salmon, $6.864. ApRoED. 6, 25, 18. The Crown Overall Mfg. Co., Cin- Sub. 114-2-272. Washburn Crosby Co., New Contracts under ;25,000. cinnati Ohio, 300,000 garments; same clause. York City, corn meal, $6,150. HC-481-B. American Brass Co., Waterbury, 5, 24, 18. United States Overall Mfg. Co., Sub. 117-2-346. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Conn., end clips, $15,900. Cincinnati, Ohio, 40,000 coats and trousers * Co., New York City, tobacco, $24,150. 6092-P. Fox & Moore, Pine Grove, Pa., contractor to bale all articles at request ol Sub. 114-2-821. American Tobacco Co., New flannel shirts, $6,360. United States and receive .955 per bale for York City, Tobacco, $11,106.72. 6135-B. C. F. Hathaway & Co.. Waterville, new burlap and .75 per bale for old burlap. P. 0. Sub. 185-9-1. Consumers Biscuit Co., Me., flannel shirts, $3,180. 5, 28, 18 and 7, 23, 18. The Globe Overall New Orleans, La., hard bread, $21,775. 6113-B. H. L. Judd Co., New York City, Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, 776 dozen suits; same ' P. 0. 8302. A to Z Business Bureau, Wash- split rings, $2,198.30. clause. ington, D. C., guide cards, $9,825. 5986-C. Milwaukee Tanning & Clothing Co., 6, 25, 18 and 8, 9, 18. Evansville Overall EM-1409-9-3. American Sugar Refining Co., Milwaukee, Wis., leather jerkins, $15,300. Co., Evansville, Ind., 16,000 garments; same New Orleans, La., sugar, $18,301.50, 6072-P. F. W. Maurer & Sons Co., Philadel- clause. EM-1317-9-1. American Sugar Refining Co., phia, Pa., white stay binding, $5,308.35. 6, 25, 18 and 8, 9, 18. The Van Wert Over- New Orleans, La., sugar, $21,961.80. 6087-B. Farwell Bleachery, Lawrence, Mass., all Mfg. Co., Van Wert, Ohio, 10,000 gar- Sub. 185-9-2. Klotz Cracker Factory, New bleaching jean, $1,125. ments; same clause. Orleans, La., hard bread, $9,760. 6085-B. Crystal Springs Bleaching & Dye- 6, 25, 18 and 8, 13, 18. Miller Mfg. Co., Sub. 13-17. Ira D. Cardiff & Co., Yakima, ing Co., Assonet, Mass., bleaching twill, Dallas, Tex., denim clothing; same clause. Wash., carrots, $6,210. $1,706.28, 6, 25, 18 and 8, 13, 18. Adam H. Bertel P. 0. 895-G. Squire Dingee Co., Chicago, III., 6031-J. Blue Jay Mfg. Co., Huntington, W. Co., Richmond, Ind., 15,000 garments; same pickles, $5,947.20. Va., denia clothing, $7,600. clause. P. 0. 399. Fybus Bay Dishing & Packing 6084-B. Slatersville Finishing Co., Slater- 6, 25, 18. Crown Overall Mfg. Co., Cincin- Co., Seattle, Wash., salmon, $10,836. ville, R I., bleaching jean, $7,312.50. nati, Ohio. 800,000 garments; same clause. Sub. 10-2-410, American Tobacco Co., New 6086-B. Robertson Bleachery & Dye Works, 4, 16, 18. The Levy Overall Mfg. Co., Cin- York City, tobacco, $6,142.97. New Milford, Conn., bleaching jean, $1,170. cinati, Ohio, denim clothing; same clause. P. 0. 894-G. C. F. Claussen & Soas, Chicago, FF-49-3-29 and FF-50-3-12. Gulf Refining III., pickles, $6,753.60. Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., lubricating oil, $8,355. September 11, 1918. Sub. 114-2-390. Washburn Crosby Co., New Contracts York City, rye flour, $5,220. over $25,000. Purchase orders and contracts under $25,000 Sub. 10-2-403. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co., 6080-B. Russell Mfg. Co., Middletown, made on open market purchase or let to low- New York City, tobacco, $15,390. Conn., webbing, $101,360. est bidder and submitted to the board for Sub. 205-2-160. Rockwood & Co., Brooklyn, Ree. 17-2-2. American Laundry Machinery consideration after execution and delivery: N. Y., cocoa. $13,750. Co., New York City, flatwork ironers, $31,800. P. 0. 331. Snohomish Dairy Products Co. P. 0. 13-107. Holly Milk & Cereal Co., Port- Rec. 17-2-3. Adams Laundry Machinery Snohomish, Wash, evaporated milk, $5,560. land, Oreg., evaporated milk, $5,470. Co., Troy, N. Y., washers, $56,880. P. 0. 337. Northwestern Fisheries Co., Seat- Sub. 10-2-401. American Tobacco Co., New Rec. 17-7-4. Troy Laundry Machinery Co., tle, Wash., salmon, $13,200. York City, tobacco, $23,996. New York City, flatwork ironers, $31,800. - P. 0. 335. Kadiak Fisheries Co., Seattle, Sub. 114-2-333. Quaker Oats Co., New York Rec. 17-7-6. Poland Laundry Machinery Co., Wash., salmon, $8,676. City, Graham flour, $5,208. Boston, Mass. steam tumblers, $43,680. P. O. 3Z. Federal Condensed Milk Co., Emerg. 2-211. Fitch Cornell & Co., New York Rec. 17-1-9. Empire Laundry Machinery Mount Vernon, Wash., evaporated milk, City, butter, $16,981.79. Co., Boston, Mass., extractors, $39,600. $13,900. Emerg. 2-209. Fox River Butter Co., New HC-488-B. G. E. Prentiss Mfg. Co., New P. 0. 651-478. David Kahnweller's Sons, York City, butter, $17,428.78. Britain, Conn, bar buckles, $39,040. New York City, metallic life rafts, $13,750. Purchase orders on commodities purchased 6107-B. Hinsdale Woolen Mills, Hinsdale, Sub. 114-7-27. G. H. Weaver & Co., Chicago, at board of trade or exchange prices, on Food Mass., melton, $40,000. Ill., butter, $15,372. Administration allotment, commandeer orders, 5954-C. Monarch Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, Wis., P. 0. 13 LA-0159. Globe Grain & Milling or by embarkation service: leather jerkins, $85,000. Co., Los Angeles, Cal., hay, $10,440. P. 0. 400. Pacific American Fisheries Co., 6151-B. United States Rubber Co.,# Boston, P. 0. 776-PH. G. H. Weaver & Co., Chicago, South Bellingham, Wash., salmon, $28,200. Mass., raincoats (Army nurses), $30,240. Ill., butter, $13,176. P. 0. 412. Columbia Salmon Co., Seattle, 6103-P. George W. Watt Woolen Co., Norris- P. 0. 197. Weyl-Zuckerman & Co., Fort Wash., salmon, $36,612. town, Pa., melton, $60,000. Worth, Tex., potatoes, $8,536.50, P. 0. 390. Alaska Pacific Fisheries Co., 6101-N. Bound Brook Woolen Mills, Bound P. 0. 322. Johnson-Lieber Mercantile Co., Seattle, Wash., salmon, $26,400. Brook, N. J., melton, $98,750. Seattle, Wash., corn oil, $11,942.37. P. 0. 4-541. Phillips Packing Co., Cambridge, 6094-B. Metcalf Bros. & Co., New York City, Emerg. 2-196. Fitch Cornell & Co., New Md., canned tomatoes, $399,000. melton, $202,006. York City, butter, $14,360.71. P. 0. 4-613. J. Langrall & Co., Baltimore, 6102-B. The Talcott Bros. Co., Talcottsville, P. 0. 929-G. Grand Lodge Milk Co., Detroit, Md., tomatoes, $198,000. Conn., melton, $100,000. Mich., evaporated milk, $22,482.50. EM-1409-Sub. 208. American Sugar Refining 6112-N. H. Labovitz Clothing Co., New York P. 0. 4363-B. William H. Evans, New York Co., New Orleans, La., sugar $36,603, City, overcoats, $36,200. City, tent duck, $5,134.57. P. 0. 394. Northwestern Visheries Co., Se- 6158-B. Geo. C. Moore Co., Westerly, R. I., EM-1085-Sub. 110-2-190. American Sugar attle, Wash., salmon, $24,500. twill webbing, $32,840.80. Refining Co., New York City, sugar, $10,797.64. P. 0. 393. Northwestern Fisheries Co., Se- FF-52(7)20. Standard Oil Co. of Indiana, P. 6. 204. Weyl-Zuckerman & Co., Fort attle, Wash., salmon, $32,585. Chicago, Ill., fuel oil, $42,880. Worth, Tex., potatoes, $13,279. P. 0. 392. Alaska Pacific Fisheries Co., Se- 10061. Prudential Oil Corporation, New P. 0. 402. Petersburg Packing Co., Seattle, attle, Wash. salmon, $52,986. York City, motor gasoline, $54,000. Wash., salmon, $23,172. P. 0. 395. Northwestern Fisheries Co., Se- 10055. Larkin & Co., Buffalo, N. Y., soap, P. 0. 227. Weyl-Zuckerman & Co., Fort attle, Wash, salmon, $28,000. $209,644.42. Worth. Tex., potatoes, $7,656. P. O. 744-G. Libby, McNeil & Libby, Chicago, 10039. Colgate & Co., New York City, hand P. 0. 45. Cudahy Packing Co., Chicago, Ill., Ill., evaporated milk, $89,930. soap, $35,576.64. lard substitute, $5,337.50. 10051. Larkin & Co., Buffalo, N. Y., hand P. 0. S-5. Cudahy Packing Co., Kansas PUacHAsio TRANsACTIONs APPROvED. soap, $79,206.34. City, Kans., lard substitute, $10,550. Contracts ,Contracts awarded to other than the lowest P. 0. 5-6. Swift & Co., Kansas City, Kans., under $25,000. butter, bidder. $9,250. HG 491-N. C. S, Osborne & Co., Newark, P. 0. 8-7. Armour & Co., Kansas City, N. J., glass handle slickers, HC-487-B. North & Judd Mfg. Co., New $2,262.88. Britain, Conn., end clips, $6,100. Kans., oleomargarine, $5,540. RO-499-B. American Brass Co., Waterbury, P. 0. 219. Weyl-Zuckerman & Co., Fort Conn., end clips, $8,700. HC-477-J. Warren Tool & Forge Co., New Worth, Tex., potatoes, $9,590. York City, punches, $3,966.48. HC-525-J. Turner, Day & Woolworth Han- HC-478-B. P. 0. 1022. Theo. HI. Davies & Co. (Ltd.), dle Co., Louisville, Ky., ax helves, $9,875. Fulford Mfg. Co., Providence, Honolulu, Hawaii, sugar, gelatin, and to- R. I.. tongueless bar buckles, $20,250. bacco, $10,584.56. Contracts over $25,000. HC-506-B. American Brass Co., Waterbury, P. 0. 3406. Kerr Grain & Hay Co., Melvin, HC-468-B. Traut & Hine Mfg. Co., New Conn., tongueless bar buckles, $14,250. Mich., timothy hay, $14,400. Britain, Conn., end clips, $27,000. HC-503-B. Waterbury Buckle Co., Water- bury, Conn., tongueless P. 0. 3871. Niezer & Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., 5070-B. M. J. Collins, Boston, Mass., jerkins, bar buckles, $36,000. hay, $14,880. $165,000. Approval of price on foreign purchase. P. 0. 3409. Hosmer Robinson & Co., Bos- 10028. American Writing Paper Co., Hol- Graham's (Ltd.), Belleville, Ontario, Can- ton, Mass., timothy hay, $6,900. yoke, Mass., printing paper, $33,428.87. ada, potatoes (dehydrated), 25 1/6 cents per P. 0. 396. Northwestern Fisheries Co., 10021. Sawyer Biscuit Co., New York City, pound; turnips (dehydrated), 25 1/6 cents per Seattle, Wash., salmon, $7,000. hard bread, $27,500. pound; carrots (dehydrated), 30 cents per P. 0. 388. Kadiak Fisheries Co., Seattle, 10040. Wallace Wash., & Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., pound. salmon, $12,831. candy, $28,000. Acme Glove Works (Ltd.), Montreal, Can- Sub. 114-9-28. Pelican Cracker Co., New 5385-N. Kurshan Bros., New York City, Ye- ada, 16,085 pairs laeod leather boots, $4.75 to Orleans, La., hard bread, $6,425. netians, $41,799.20.__ $9.50 per pair. THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918. 23

LIST OF PURCHASE ORDERS AND CONTRACTS PLACED BY THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT OF THE U. S. ARMY

The .Arny Ordnance Departnwnt au- Montgomery Ward & Co., Springfield, Ill., Arthur Brock, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., longi- blacksmith's tudinal levels. thorizes publication of the tools. following list Bridgeport Hardware Mfg. Co., Bridgeport, Angle Window & Door Co., Buffalo, N. Y., of contracts and iurchmase orders: Coun., hollow-handle tool sets. loading trays. American Sheet & Tin Plate Co., Washing- The Chapin-Stephens Co., Pine Meadow, Fox Motor Co.. Philadelphia, Pa., and tel, D. C., manganese steel sheets. Conn., smoothing planes. Presto Machine Works (Inc.), Brooklyn, X. Y., inspection The Madison Trading Co., New York City, Shapleigh Hardware Co., St. Louis, Mo., gauges. ,1over'% needles. saddlers' knives. Vaughan & Bushnell Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill., Ohio Canvas Goods Mfg. Peck Stow & Wilcox Co., New York City, cold chisels. Co., Toledo, Ohio, hand punches. Allison Experimental Co., Indianapolis, Ind., paulin-, tractor Knmpr Thomas Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, lan- C. S. Osborne & Co., Newark, N. J., rivet drawings. torn Drauket pads. sets. Weston Electric Instrument Co., Newark, N. J., voltmeters. Porter Bros. & Collins, (Inc.), John Hassell (Inc.), Brooklyn, N. Y., meat- Framingham, can pins. Ward & Co., Washington, D. C., wrapping Mass.. laversa(ks twine. William H. Evans. New York; Mount Ver- Brooklyn Alloys Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., solder. United States Finishing Co., New York Albert T. Otto & Sons, Washington, D. C., non-Wootberry Mills. (Inc.). Daltimore, Md.; miscellaneous machine tools. lussel Mfg. Co., Middletown, Conn., olive- City, gray duck. Bay State Tap 4 Die Co., Mansfield, Mass., C. II. Crowley, New York City, and Madison drab webbing. Trading Co., New York City, needles. General Electric Co., Schenectady, screw plates and taps. N. Y, Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co., Providence, R. Stanley Rule & Level Co., New Britain, motors anti control. I., Conn., hand braces. Smith & Ilemenway Co., rifle-bore gaugcs and containers. (Inc.), Irvington, U. S. Cartridge Co., Lowell, Mass., cartridge Henry Diseton & Sons. Philadelphia, Pa., N. .T., screw drivers. and Montgomery & Co., New Po I Engineering & Machine Co., Balti- cases. York City, file Goodell Pratt Co., Greenfield, Mass., breast handles. 'ore, NId., cartridge cases. Marlin-Rockwell Corporation, Philadelphia, Fl0olmer, Clogg & Co., Lancaster,-Pa., para- drills and handles. chutes. Remington & Sherman Co., Philadelphia, Pa., wrenches and cap plates. Chase Rolling Mills The Holt lfg. Co., Peoria, Ill., tractor Pa., conveyor parts. Co., Waterbury, Conn., equipmont. Holcomb & Hoke Mfg. Co., brass rod. Indianapolis, Progressive Knitting The Nash Motors Co., Kenosha, Wis., truck Ind., fuse containers. Works, Brooklyn, N. equipmnent. Interstate Iron & Steel Co., Chicago, Ill., Y., tool rolls. hot-rolled forging bars. Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co., Hartford, sdaIsaac ash. Winkler & Dro. Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, Derby Mfg. Co., Derby, Conn., copper driv- Conn., machine-gun tools and fixtures. Cleveland Twist Drill Co., Cleveland, Sargent & Co., New Haven, Conn., belt-load- Ing bands. Ohio, ing machines. Illinois Steel Co., Chicago, IL., shell-steel twist drills. billets. Nicholson File Co., Providence, R. L, files. Singer Sewing Machine Co., New York, N. Y., Western Cartridge Co., East Alton, Ill., sewing machines. Moltrup Steel Products Co., Beaver Falls, storage facilities. The Keystone Pa., cold-drawn stool. Nfg. Co., Buffalo, N. Y., Whitman Turner, Day & Woolworth Handle Co., ratchets. & Barnes Mfg. Co., Chicago, III., Louisville, Ky., pick-mattock handles. Pratt & Whitney, Hartford, Conn., star harness parts. Plant Bros. & Co., Manchester, N. II., black- The Eureka Co., North East, Pa., drills. gauges. The Bassick Co., Bridgeport, Conn., Peter A. Frasse Co., Hartford, Conn., Bes- smith's tool kit. hand semer screw United Color & Pigment grenades. stock. Co., Newark, N. J., II. J. Baker & Bro., New York City, as agents Vulcan Iron Works, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 40- asphaltum paint. for Antony Gibbs ton Ianoder, Adamson & Co., Philadelphia, Co., nitrate of soda. locomotive. Pa., L. Schutzinan & Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., pow- Mathews Gravity Carrier Co., Ellwood City, emery cloth. der U. R. Hame Co., Buffalo, N. Y., bags. Pa.. gravity conveyer eluipment. belt fas- Aetna Explosives Co., New York City, ni- Wellington, Sears & Co., Boston, Mass., 0. D. teners. trate of ammonia. duck. Eberhard Mfg. Co., Cleveland, Ohio, har- American ness-strap hooks. Steam Gauge & Valve Mfg. Co., Nash Motors Co., Kenosha, Wis., truck Boston, Mass., machining, assembling, and chasses. Aluminum Co. of America, Pittsburgh, Pa., sheet aluminum. packing fuses. KurM Downey Co., Chicago, Ill., packing The Bartlett-Hayward Co., Baltimore, Md., boxes. Landers, Frary & Clark, New Britain, Conn., shrapnel. Central Stamping Co., New York City, com- cup hinges. Cambria Steel Co., Philadelphia, Pa., shell mercial cups. W. R. Grace & Co., New York City, and steel billets. American Car & Foundry Co., Washington, Wessel Duval & Co., New York City, nitrate National Blank Co., Holyoke, Mass., pistol D. C., pack frame sides. of soda. American magazines. American Chain Co. (Inc.), New York City, Brass Co., Waterbury, Conn,, IL. C. Craig Mfg. Co., Washington, D. C., harness towgles. brass rods. screw drivers. Everlastik (Inc.), New York City, 0. D. The Fairbanks Co., New York City, mill- Grafton & Knight Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, webbing. Ing machine. Pa., leather Washington belting. Du Pont Powder Co., Wilmington, DeL., Steel & Ordnance Co., Wash- Grant Motor Car Co., Cleveland, Ohio, gun detonators. ington. D. C., cupro nickel bands. drawings. Fayette R. Plumb (Inc.), Philadelphia, Pa., Wheeler Reflector Co., Boston, Mass., car- Poole Engineering & Machine Co., Baltimore, packing cases. tridge diaphragms. Md.. ammunition and te'f. Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Scovill Mfg. Co., Waterbury, Conn., haes, The American Mills Co., Waterbury, Conn., Pa.. lcomotive type trucks. Liberty Belting 1Mils, Paterson, N. J and 0. D. webbing. Fayette R. Plumb (Inc.), Philadelphia, Pa., Moore & Burgess Webbing Co., Concord !nnc- Hercules Powder Co., Wilmington, Del., flatters. tion, Mass., 0. D. webbing. powder. Hale & Kilburn Corporation, Philadelphia, Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., Stamford, Conn., Champion Blower & Forge Co., Lancaster, Pa., body drawings. yale locks and chains. Pa., forge parts. R. Mi. Newbold. Washington, D. C., test and Grant Motor Car Co., Cleveland, Ohio, gun Smith -Worthington Co., New York City, development of truck lighting, maintenance, drawings. harness needles. and repairs on motor vehicles. Allison Experimental Co., Indianapolis, C. I. Crowley, New York City, sacking nee- Sandusky Tool Co., Sandusky, Ohio, smooth- Ind, tractor drawfngs. dies. ing planes. Union Drawn Steel Co., Beaver Falls, Pa., Fairbanks Co., Washington, D. American Axe & Tool Mfg. Co., Glassport, cold-drawn steel. C., miscel- Pa., shingling laineous pulleys and shafting. hatchets. Carbon Steel Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., armor George W. Diener Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill., The Irwin Auger Bit Co., Wilmington, Ohio, plates. rivet sets. auger bits. Geo. W. Diener Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill., fire Noera Mfg. Co.. Waterbury. Vonn. oie Detroit Copper & Brass Rolling Mills Co., extinguisbers. F. P. May Hardware Co., Washington, D. C., Detroit, Mich., brass rod. Evriaik (Inc.). New York City, and Buf- socket Chisels. Warren Tool & Forge Co., Warren, Ohio, falo Weaving & Belt Co., Buffalo, N. Y., 0. D. The Eiseman Magneto Co., Brooklyn, N. Y., crowbars. webbing. magneto breaker. Ansonia Novelty Co., Ansonia, Conn., thim- Canvas Products Co., St. Louis, Mo., spare- The bleo. barrel cases. Nash Motors Co., Kenosha, Wis., truck Keytone Mfg. Co., Buffalo, repair parts. N. Y., ratchet Kemper-Thomas Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, can- The Mfg. Co of America, Philadelphia, Pa., rills. vas buckets. tin containers. Aetna Woodworking Co. (Inc.), Brooklyn, IHinckley Mfg. Co., Turners Falls, Mass., N. Y.. hickory mallets. Riegel Sack Co., New York City. bandoleers. knives. The Gorham Co.. Providence, R. I., screw Rock Island Mfg. Co., Rock Island, Hl., Penn Toy Co., Pittsburg, Pa., periscopes. hooks and thumb nuts. aises. Brown & Sharpe Mfg. ., Providence, IL L, Bartlett-Hayward Lamb Knitting Machine Co., Chicopee Falls, Vernier Co.. Baltimore. MId., dia- gauges. phragms, brass tubes, copoer bands. Mass.. draw gauges. Tennessee shrapnef, Champion B lower & Forge Co.. Lancaster, Coal, Iron & R. R. Co., Birming- primers, tracers, can handles, packing cans, ham. Ala., and Jones & Ipughlin Steel Co., shra e cases. and brass rings Pa., forge blowers, extension tops, gear wheel Pittsburgh. handle,. and hand and drive wheels. Pa.. shell-steel billets. Counmblan Hardware Co., Cleveland, Ohio, Taft-Peirce Mtg. Co., Woonsocket, R. I., steel Hyde Park Lumber Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, vises. and St. Louis Wood Products CO., St. Louis, IL W. parallels. Mo.. packing boxes. Johnm Manville Co., New York City, Brown & Sharpe Mfg. Co., Providence, R. I., speedometers. The Ruse Co.. Cleveland, Oblo, fuse boascb Amerlean Brase Co., Waterbury, Cons., lathe mandrels. The American Mills Co., Waterbury, Cane, hinge Lamb & Tilden. pins. Washington, D. C., ordnance and Everlastik (Inc.), New eek City, CL D. Plant Bros. & Co., Manchester, N. i., ma- scal press, lead disks, and spools of wire. webbing. chine rifle belts. 24 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETINi SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1918.

LIST OF PURCHASE ORDERS AND CONTRACTS PLACED BY THE GENERAL ENGINEER DEPOT OF THE ARMY

Contracts have been awarded by the Chandler & Taylor, Indianapolis, Ind., sets Bucyrus Co., South Milwaukee, Wis., spare of pipe fittings, valves, etc. parts for shovels. General Engineer Depot, War Depart- Te P. B. Yates Machine Co., Beloit, Wis., Corliss Carbon Co., Bradford, Pa., carbon. hand jointer and planer. Geo. D. Wetherill & Co., Philadelphia, Pa.. ment, as follows: Greenlee Bros. & Cor., Rockford, Ill., rip-saw fire retardant paint. bench. Whitman & Barnes Mfg. Co., Akron, Ohio. September 6, 1918. The Lufkin Rule Co., Washington, D. C., wlenches. The Hercules Gas Engine Co., Evansville, tapes, pocket, Cleveland Stone Co., Cleveland, Ohio. mount Ind., gasoline and kerosene engines. Remington Typewriter Co., Washington, D. ed grindstones. Davis Bournonville Co., Washington, D. C., C., typewriters. Hibbard, Spencer & Bartlett Co., Chicago, September 9, 1918. III., tin cups. oxygen and acetylene regulators and spare Bausch & Lomb Optical Co., Rochester, N. Y.. parts. The Zenith Carburetor Co., Detroit, Mich., reading glasses. The Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadel- parts for carburetors. The American Axe & Tool Co., Glassport. phia, Pa., locomotives. Hilgartner Marble Co., Baltimore, Md., Pa., double bit axes. Crescent Tool Co., Jamestown, N. Y., com- marble slab. Keystone Mfg. Co., Buffalo, N. Y., ratchets. bination pliers. Commercial Camera Co., Rochester, N. Y., The Link-Belt Co., Chicago, Ill., locomotive photostat paper and developer. cranes. September 7, 1918. Western Electric Co., Washington, D. C., Wright Mfg. Co., Lisbon, Ohio, chain hoists. Electric Wheel Co., Quincy, Ill., lumber leather nail heads. Lufkin Rule Co., Saginaw, Mich., metallic buggies. The Virginia Leather Co., Richmond, Va., tapes. Electric Wheel Co., Quincy, Ill., lumber belt planers and scrapers. Union Cutlery Co., Olcan, N. Y., machetes. buggies. Vane Calvert Paint Co., St. Louis, Mo., G. W. Bradley Axe & Tool Co., Jersey City, A. B. Farquhar Co. (Ltd.), York, Pa., loco- paint. N. J., machetes. motive rigs on wheels. The Lufkin Rule Co., Washington, D. C., Kelly Axe Mfg. Co., Charleston, W. Va., axes. National Electric Supply Co., Washington, bridge construction tools. The Petrpleum Iron Works Co. of Ohio. Buffalo Steam Pump Co., Wahington, D. C., Sharon, Pa., corrugated metal culverts. D. C., dry coils. fire pumps. Duplex Engine Governor Co., Brooklyn, N. t Jones & Laughlin Steel Co., Washington. Y., cable ends, connectors, etc. United States Steel Products Co., Washing- D. C., barb wire. Bethlehem Steel Co., Washington, D. C., ton, D. C., barb wire. Brownell Company, Dayton, Ohio, spares ground throws. Winsted Edge Tool Works, Winsted, Conn., for throttling engine. National Sponge & Chamois Co., New York sets chisels and gauges. Davis-Bournonville Co., Washington, D. C.. City, chamois skins. Midwest Engine Co., Washington, D. C., oxy-acetylene welding outfits. Sherwin-Williams Co., Washington, D. C., centrifugal fire pumps. P. B. Yates Machine Co., Beloit, Wis., knife Western Electric Co., New York City, elec- grinder. paint. trical supplies. David Kahnweller's Sons, New York City, Van Blerek Motor Co., Washington, D. C., Greenlee Bros. & Co., Rockford, Ill., chisel life preservers. parts for fire pumps, etc. mnortiser. Smith Dixon Co., Baltimore, Md., corru- Industrial Works, Bay City, Mich., wreck- Morris, Wheeler & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., gated boards. ing cranes. steel angles. Lakewood Engineering Co., Clevelind, Ohio, switches. Connecticut Electric Mfg. Co., Bridgeport, Conn., knife switches. William Sellers & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., locomotive boiler washers. Western Wheeled Scraper Co., Aurora, Ill., dump cars. LIST OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS MADE Evansville Tool Co., Evansville, Ind., hatch- ets. James H. Channon Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill., BY BUREAU OF AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION heel, spring, etc., dollies. Clipper Belt Lacer Co., Grand Eapids, Mich., belt lacers and hooks. 30011-A-3. The Brownell Co., Dayton, Ohio, throttling The following is a list of purchases con- 1867-D. Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation, New Brunswick, N. J., engine engines. tracted for by the Bureau of Aircraft spares. Smith & Hemenway Co., Irvington, N. J., Production: pliers. 460087. 4627. Duplicator Manufacturing Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Washington, .[NOTE.-The first number at the beginning Co., 1307 N Street NW., Washington, D. C.. of each paragraph is the ORDnR NumBiR, the commercial duplicators with supplies. D. C., rubber hose. 710220. Theo. Alteneder & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa., sceond the CONTRACT NUiMsan.] 4643. Pittsburgh Steel Products pens. Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., steel tubing. Simsbury, Conn., Cor- September 4, 1918. 710221. 4644. Bordentown Steel & Tube Ensign-Bickford Co., Co., Bordentown, N. J., steel tubing. dean brass unions. 710216. 4628. Hayes Manufacturing Co., Orton & Steinbrenner Co., Chicago, Ill., loco- 710228. 4649. Watts, Stebbins & Co., 44-46 Detroit, Mich., cylinder jackets. Leonard Street, New York, N. Y., balloon motive cranes. 720472. 4620. Liberty Iron Works, Sacra- cloth. Hewitt Rubber Co., Buffalo, N. Y., locomo- mento, Cal., spares for planes. 710229. 4651. Batesville Lumber & Veneer tive supplies. 720475. 4626. Fisher Body Corporation, De- Co., The Texas Co., South Washington, Va., Tex- Lawrenceburg, Ind., lumber. troit, Mich., spares for planes. 710230. 4650. Louisville Point Lumber Co., aco motor oil. 730299. 4615. Iron City Products Co., E. C. Atkins, Indianapolis, Ind., saws. Louisville, Ky., lumber. Pittsburgh, Pa., engine spaces. 710232. 4652. The Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer American Woodworking Machine Co., Roch- 730301. 4614. Chicago Metal Products Co., ester, N. Y., pattern-makers' lathes. Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, lumber. Chicago, Ill., piston pins. 720470. 4603. James Cunningham & Sons Eagle Lock Co., New York City, wood 730316. 4624. Splitdorf Electrical Co., screws. Co., Rochester, N. Y., balloon windlasses. Newark, N. J., spark plugs. 750038. 4646. Foxboro Co. (Inc.), C. E. Jennings & Co., New York City, draw- Zenith Carburetor Co., De- Foxboro, ing knives. 730323. 4625. Mass., air speed indicators. troit, Mich., spares for carburetor. 750039. 4645. The Bristol Co., Waterbury, Turner, Day & Woolworth Handle Co., 30442-53. 2250-2. Wright Martin Aircraft Louisville, Ky.. chisel and hammer handles. Conn., air speed Indicators. . D. C., Corporation, New Brunswick, N. J., engine 750040. 4647. The Bristol Co., Waterbury, Pittsburgh Steel Co., Washington, spares. Conn., air speed indicators. barb wire. 750036. 4616. The Bristol Co., Waterbury, Kokomo Steel & Wire Co., Kokomo, Ind., Conn., venturi tubes. September 7, 1918. barb wire. International Harvester Corporation, Chi- September 5, 1918. 710215. 4621. Splitdorf Electrical Co., New cago, Ill.. gasoline and kerosene engines. ark, N. J., engine spares. Davis-Bournonville Co., Washington, D. C., 710217. 4623. W. H. Mullins Mfg. Co., 720473. 4653. Kuena Radiator Co., Toledo. acetylene lamps. Salem, Ohio, cylinder water jackets. Ohio, radiator spares. Westinghouse Electric and Mfg. Co., Wash- 710219. 4641. Watts, Stebbins & Co., 44- 720481. 4658. Candlor Radiator Co., De- ington, D. C, switches. 46 Leonard Street, New York City, balloon troit, Mich.. radiator spares. Teppan Boat Mfg. Co., Boston, Mass., 4-oar cloth. 720491. 4660. Splitdorf Electrical Co., New- rowboats. 720478. 4630. Stewart Hartshorn Co., 250 ark, N. J., spark lugs. Jameson, McKenzie & Evans, Baltimore, Md., Fifth Avenue, New York City, tie rods. 730341. 4642. urtlss Aeroplane & Motor angles. 730020-1. 2250-5. Wright Martin Aircraft Corporation, Buffalo, N. Y., spares for planes. Industrial Works, Bay City, Mich., wreck- Corporation, New Brunswick, N. J., engine 840052. 4648. Marlin - Rockwell Corpora- ing cranes. spares. tion, New York City, N. Y., boxing radiators. Lidgerwood Mfg. Co., New York City, swing- 780308. 4619. Willys-Overland Co., Toledo, ing engines and parts. Ohio, engines. .September 9, 1918. Cant & Karwiese, Chicago, Ill., cape chisels. Henry Disston & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa., September 6, 1918. 381010. 4664. Pyrene Manufacturing Co., saw clamps. 130039. 4629. Western Electric Co., 463 care of H. B. Vandergrift, Continental Hotel, Southern Building Supply Co., Tacoma West Street, New York, N. Y., fittings for Washington, D. C., fire extinguishers. Park, D., C., fire brick. antenna systems. 710236. 2431. Tennessee Valley Iron & Rail- Union Carbide Co., New York City, carbide, 20207-A-3. 2168-A. Fisher Body Corpora- road Co.. Collinwood, Tena., locomotive and lump. tion, Detroit, Mich., propellers. crane,