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EDITORIAL
"OLD GLORY"
"America For Americans"
THE EFFECT OF THE SHORTER
DAY
All advancement is a process of
education. How much of the in
creasing intelligence of the people
is Uuq to the shorter workiug day?
If a man is overworked all his life
he is quite likely to be a chump.
Give him time for recreation and
reading and he is almost sure to
become a useful and progressive
citizen. Note the difference be
tween the mea in crafts with fair
working hours and laborers Who
e*x>end all their physical and men
tal energy at hard work thru long
h.ourj.—Tacoiua News.
H MT, TO CHINA
Hats off to China!
The land of Confucius has joined
the cause o£ right.
The republic of 400,000,000 souls
J>as thrown ia her lot with democ
racy. Yesterday she cast off the
mantle of neutralism and today
stands a full-fledged member of
the Entente galaxy of nations.
Thus does the world's most popu
lous nation align herself against the
hordes of Hundom.
The Hohenzollenis and the Haps-!
burgs and their junker satellites
thus see one more powerful factor
blocking their vay to world con
quest. I
China has not entered this war
without some struggle. She, like
other nations, was beset with Ger
man spies and agents. Teutonic
gold worked its insiduous Influence
for a while in the great Oriental
lepublie. But the hearts of the
■oeople of China were right. Bribes
tendered a few renal and traitor
ous leaders could not affect the
masses. The pusillanimous pu
pets of the old monarchial regime
quickly were crushed In the recent
attempt to restore the ilanchus.
A president with grit and deter
mination, reflective of the spirit
of progress and democracy, was
placed at the head of the nation,
and today the Entente nations be
hold the welcome spectacle of the
last Dowerful cation of Asia taking
her place in the charmed circle of
those who will rid the world of
Prussianism.—Dawson News.
The Juneau Empire says In |one
of its heads "Another Alaska in
Army." We didn't know there
were more than;one.
The Tacoma Daily News says ' I
•w W. Accused of Burning Feet of
Ranch Hands." Question: How
many feet has a hand?
Daily Points For
Citizen Soldiers
(Issued by the War Depflrtoieut
jAiui all rights to reprint
Reserved).
iUi; BK.UU.NC: OV A SO-LDIER
Few people without military; train*
ins have u correct idea, of wfiat is
meant by tue position auii the bear
ing of a. soldier. U'hey »r« apt to
imagine that it means a strut or an
uxtremely straingd attitude. Or,
more frequently the^ think that
tlie term can properly be applied to
ajiy erect position. The trut& of
the case, however, is that there
is a definite procedure to follow
m order to place yourself in what
is known in the army as "the po
sition oi a soldier," it is the po
sition which the dismounted soldier
always assumes at the command
••Attention," except as it may be
slightly modified to enable him to
I carry properly, any arms he niay
have in his hands.
It will he well for you to mem
orize paragraph 51 $>f the infantry
Drill Regulations, which gives the
complete and accurate description, of
the position of the bOidier. This
paragraph is slightly paraphrased
and simplified in the description
following: Keep in mind that
there are ten elements fsvhich must
be properly adjusted to each other,
and check yourself up to Bee that
each one of them is properly, placed.
1, Heels—on the same line and
is near each other fts possible,,
most men should be abl© to stand
with heels touching each other.
2_ reet—turned out equally and
farming an angle of about 45 de
grees.
3. Knees—straight without tstiff
aes*. ! : • : :
4. Hips—level and drawn back
slightly; body erect and resting
equally on hips.
| 5. Chest—lifted and arched.
6. Shoulders—square and falling
equally.
! 7. Arm.;—hanging naturally.
( S. Hands — hanging naturally,
thumb along the seam of the trous
ers, > i
9. Head—erect and squarely to
the front; chin drawn in so that
axis of head and neck iS vertical
(.means that a srtaight line drawn
through the center of head and
neck should be vertical) eyes
straight to the front.
10. .Entire body—weight o£ body
resting equally upon the heels and
bails of the feet.
[ Note especially that you are not
required to stand in a strained at
titude. You are to be alert but
not tense.
One of the very best things you
can do today is to spend fifteen
minutes practising this position,
getting it right. Keep this up
every day until you report at
camp. In the army, as in every
day life, first impressions ara im
iportant. The first impression you
make on your officers and fellows
will depend, more than you prob
ably realize, on the manner in whicS
I you stand and walk.
| Leehey Says
Airplane Best
To Win War
That the airplane is regarded by
[all the best informed ag the best
means for ending the war wais the
statement made last week by Maur
ice 1). Leehey, a mining attorney of
! Seattle and Alaska. Mr. Leehey re
turned Sunday from a two months'
visit in the East, during which he
visited Montreal New York City and
Washington, D. C.
Mr. Leehey complains of the cry,
"Leave everything to the presi
dent," charging that it has result
ed in a bureaucracy and a vast
amount of confusion.
"Tiie allies have developed a bu
perplane capable of carrying more
than a ton," said Mr. Leehey. "That
means two large bombts and fuel
enough for about 2,000 miles. A
fleet of several hundred such
planes, flying in the fog and
mist so prevalent along that bor
der, could visit awful destruction
upon the enemy.
"It will be necessary, though, to
have a fleet of many thousand scout
or destroyer airplanes to protect
the larger machines, which are not
the kind for air fighting. That is
the important problem before us
now. As one man expressed it to
me, we can be thankful that Ger
many bent her energies upon the
submarine, bad ag it ft, ratheT than
GENERAL KORSILflFF NEW
IDOL OF ALL THE RUSSIANS
Hero of Successful Offensive In
Galicia Was Born In a
Log Cabin.
Russia Is ringing with the name of
the latest hero of the war, Lieutenant
General L. G. Korniloff, victor of Ga
licia, whose astonishing feats first
proved that the new advance is no
mere flash in the pan. General Kor
niloff is the most daring, chivalrous
and scholarly officer In the army. For
a romantic rise from humble origin
Russian history has only one parallel
—that of Michel Vasslllevltch Lomono
sof, fisherman's son, poet, philosopher,
creator of the modem Russian lan
guage, in the first half of the eight
eenth century.
Prom log cabtn to general Is the lit
eral test of the chronicle of General
Korniloff's career. Born forty-six years
ago, son of a need stricken Karnallnsk
Cossack lu western Siberia, who later
reared a largo family ou a pittance
gained as the village clerk, young Kor
niloff early began rough forest work.
At the age of ntue ho received his first
Instruction. When barely thirteen he
by his own exertions and all night
studies qualified to enter the Siberian
Cadets' corvs, largely composed of sons
of local men of affairs. Thanks again
to his own efforts tills Indomitable Si
berian pioneer character gained free
training at the Mlchuilovsk Artillery
school, where bis amazing mathemat
ical faculties brought approval from
the authorities, even though he was
suspected, with reason, of being a se
cret revolutionary.
Nest General Korniloff was an officer
In the Guards and, being penniless,
was obliged to serve in Turkestan. In
the Japanese war he received the rank
of colonel and was Intrusted with a
desperate misslou—that of covering the
retreat I'rjin Mul.dcn of one of General
Kuropatklu's shattered armlea. It was
executed with such resolution and skill
that he received the St. George cross.
Later he traveled all through Turkes
tan, the Caucasus and Kurope, study
ing, observing and writing Invaluable
books ou TurUestau and the countries
of central Asia.
MEASURING A DRAFTED MAN.
He Must Come Up to Specification*
Given Below to So Accepted.
Tile doctors who examine the men
for the draft army nru.it follow the
table given below for weight, height
and chest measurements, all chest
measurements to be taken on a level
Just above the nipple:
Chest Me.iB'ment
Heltfht Weight. /.( lixp'n Mobll'y
Feet Inches. Po'undu. Inol js. Inches.
5 1-12 «1 US SI 2
$ H2 02 la/ SI 2
3 3-12 63 124 31 2
i 4-12 64 IS S: 2
3 6-12 (V, 130 32 2
5 6-12 (tf 132 32H 2
i 7-12 t! 131 33 2
5 8-12 « 141 33\4 2H
5 9-12 13 l b So!i 2bi
5 10-12 70 153 34 2H
511-12 71 162 24'i JH
i 72 1)3 344i g
J 1-12 72 176 35U S
tj 3-1! 74 1F3 86 "4 3
6 3-12 76 l'.« 36% S\
i 4-12 76 107 JTii
<j 5-12 77 SH 37'4 3%
i «-12 7S 211 3SH 4 -
The following variations below the
standard triven In the table are i>ermls
slbie when the applicant is active, has
firm muscles anil is evidently vigorous
and healthy:
Chest at
Height Expiration Weight
Inches. inches. Pounds
61 una under 64 1 8
■V4 and under 1$ 2 10
•J8 and under III 2 12
•S and under 70 2 IS
70 and under 73 2 20
i3 and upwurd 2 24
To be acceptable men below sixty
four Inches in height must tie of good
physique, well developed and mus
1 eular.
Variations In weight above thestnnd
f ard are uot disqualifying unless snffl
clent to constitute obe -ity. Unless ex
j eeptlonally well proportioned men
: above six feet six inches In height
Should be rejected.
His Bit.
,Two hundred acres of wheat on the
Oren Smith farm ut Valley Center.
Kan., now being thrashed, ai'e averag
ing fifty bushels of high grade wheat
to the acre. Farmers say this is c
Kansas record. Seven measured owe*
yielded slxty-eitrht bushels to the acre
tho airplane, for with the proper
sort of aii air fleet they could drive
every si?ip from the sea. Indeed,
the greatest fear now is that Ger
many may beat us to It with su
perior aircraft. Anyway, airplane
construction must he puuhed with
the utmost vigor, and a prime ne
cessity for it is all the spruce that
Washington, Oregon and Alaska can
furnish.—Seattle P.-I.
RED CROSS DAY
AT BANTt OP ALASKA KLDG.
Monday and Thursday from
2 to 5 p. in.
All women of Skagway arc
urged to come and help In this
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YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU
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A, B. meets every «eo
oud anft fourth1 Tues
day evening at 8: SO P
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lX welcome. Edward A. Raamuson,
Arctic Chief. W. B. fiargraves, Arc
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