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CL ASSES FOR FOREIGN BORX
SOLDIERS AT I. S. ARMY CAMP
An interesting practical ex
periment in Americanization has
recently been carried ou-t ia the
Engineers' Training camp at C^nip
Humphreys, Virginia. The man who
conceived the idea behind the ex
I'eriuaent was a private soldier of
u-ilia^u birth, Salvatore Cudia by
limine. On his own initiative Private
Cudia tmilt up a system of educa
tion among the thousands of Ital
ians at Camp Humphreys which, has
been in operation since early sum
mer. f
Several years of experience in tho
newspaper and theatrical world*
tiaj brought Private Cudia into
close contact with many iudividuals
and he knew especially the psychol
ogy of the foreign born. Realiz
ing that the Oest way to attract his
men was through giving entertain
men. he began by assembling and
training a. small orchestra, the cost
oi which was defrayed out of his
own earnings as reigmentaj tailor.
The first musical program which
be offered' to the men was one cal
culated to attract them and the
Italian born soldiers at Camp Hum
;>hrtvs gathered in full force.
(.An Experience Meeting)
After the musical program Private
Curia offered to assist any in the
the audience ia solving the every
a>. problems which beset privates i
me army. Knowing the s°rt of stor
ies ue was to he^r, Cudia nail
i'itUlCU Ul-LUSCli. *>4tU "DIO. ~
private lit once arose aaid coin*
piained of the way in which he
believed the government * was
treating hiin. He had » wife an<l
children in Italy; for soui© reasou
they had. received no money from
tbt-j American Government; for
suine re^on the allotments bad no
been received. The i>oor BOjdier,
v> ui^se understanding of the sicu'atiu
was anything but ciear, thought he
was being cheated out of his pay.
He even even confessed that he felt!
uo particular loyalty toward a
country not his own, a country
whicn he intended to leave a8 soon
as ne could, a country in whose ar
my he wa» serving really against
his will.
T .9 frank statement of this fel
Ica's ca»e arousod the keenest in
terest among the Italian born sol
diers present an4 Curia was called
upo* to square the matter. Having
investigated a similar case in the
past Cudia wa$ ready with, an aais
w&r. Hg immediately sprang to
big Xeet and asked the men whether
tney knew Knglish. .Many of thtam
admitted that they did not. He
then told them that many of the
draft boards and camp officials
simply could not learn their name6
aud that because many European
hern people who had come to Ameri
ca to earn a livelihood had not
been willing to learn the English
language tney had involved them
6elves in a great deal of trouble.
The Government was net so much
at fault, he bald their., as they: them
, selves. He would be glad, of
! course, to help theia straighten out
their difficuly but 4is a step to*
ward doing away with uoh difficul
ties in the. future, he proposed that
they should all join classes in
English which h« would Btart for
them.
INFORMATION FOR MEN
ABOUT TO RE DISCHARG
ED FROM THE ARMY.
Tlij Introductory portions of the
booklet entitled "When You
Cet Home," which has
oeec issued- by the de
partment of civilian relief of the
American Ret> Cross for distribu
tion at cantonments to each dis
charged soldier. yr&s printed in
Tte Official U. S. Bulletin on No
vember 23, together with the para
graphs in reference to Government
insurance and compensation. The
booklet also contains the following
Information in reference to arrears o
PaJ', legal advice, the soldies* and
sailors' civil relief act, and other
matter® which it is essential for a
discharged soldier to know:
The Dally Alaskan "Will publish
sections from the above named regu
latiojns aUd advice in its Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday editions, in
order that those who have not oeen
receiving the Official Bulletin, nor
e cod" of the Red Ctosb Home Serv
ice, and It might be well for sol
diers ha.ving served under the col
ors and the families of those having
relatives who have served under the
colors to clip these articles and Pre
serve for future reference:
IF MOKTQAGE PAYMENTS
OS YOUR PROPERTY
ARE OVERDUE
Payments on a mortgage on your
property may have become overdue
while you have been in the Army.
Even though the provisions of the
mortgage provided, that the mort
gages flight sedl the property .when
you fell behind; in your payments,
nevertheless the Civil Relief Adt
forbid® .«uch a s«le unites by spe
cial order of the court, until three
months after you have been dis
charged. This applies cnly to a
mortgage executed' before March 8,
la IS, on property which you owned
(x.'fore you went into the Army.
WJiile you na>-e been in the Ar"
i my taxes or assessments may have
become overdue on property belong
ing to you. If you or your family
occupied the property before you eli
te ^ed the Army, and if they contin
ued to '.ccupy it after you left home,
tfle Civil Relief Act provides that
if any person ou your behalf filed
! 3 certificate with the tax collector,
stating that you could not say the
taxes or assessments becaaise you
"erg in military- service, the prop
erty could not be &oltf to collect
the taxes or assessments without
a special order of the court per
mitting the sale. Even if such pr°p
erty has oeen sold for unpaid taxes
or assessments while you were In
th » Army, the Civil Relief Act per"
m Its you to redeem i /.by paying the
principal and 6 per cent interest
w ithin six months after the termfna.
ti on of the war has been proclaim
ed by the President.
IF PAYMENTS OX PRIVATE IN
SURANCE POLICX OVENDUE
I Tn© civil relief aji permitted you
>io apj/ly to the Bureau of War Risk
i insurance to protect your private
^insurance policy, or fraternaj. Dene
liit insurance policy, or fraternal
benefit membership, from lapsing
> tor nonpayment of preiuma while
I you were in the Army, jf you tooit
idvantage of thi« provision, do not
[Jorge' that .•und'er tnig act you must
1 ©V the bacji premiums, with the
agreed intenest thereon, within one
J'ear after discharge or (if you are
discharged after proclamation of
ipeace) withtu one year after suca
.proclamation. If you dv not make
the payment? in this time "-he pol
icy or membership will lapse and
02ooine void.
TRAINING .FOR DISCHARGED
SOLDIERS
If you bay,® .come back with a
gold- stripe on y our right eQeeve, or
i* you have bee; a discharged be
cause of disea»« °r disabili ty; incur*
re<i ia line of du ty before you had
a chance to go overseas, the Gov
ernment will ,<*ive you the best of
«ar». Ia the Arm, y hospial you fwill
receive special 2 oied'tcai oar©, in*
Trhich -will both 1 elp you get W.oll
eluding "oecupatia nal treaftmenjt,'
and give you training which, will im
prove your chances for the future.
It ycu have lost an arm or a lee"»
a t3mpor»iy Pitlficiai iiml> will be
furnisned while you are in the
hospital Laior, the Government,
through tne Bureau of War Risk In
surance. will provide you free with
a permanent aitficiaj limb of the
most modern type. You. yourself
will sleet this limb with the belP
ai^ advice of a skilled surgeon rop
lesenting that bureau. This artificial
I'm-) will be kept in repair at Gov
ernment expense and replaced whai*
worn out.
If you need' further medical treat
ment on account of your disabili
ty, after your discharge, the Govern
ment, through the Bureau of War
Risk insurance, will supply it.
I* you remain permanently dis
abled, the Government will pay you
for the rest of your life a disabili
ty compensation which will not be
reduced, no matter ho-w successful
you may be In overcoming your
handicap and increasing your in
come.
GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR
DISCHARGED SOLDIERS
Th« Government is doubtless mak»
in,? ul-Vns which will affect you and
your comrades after you leave the
Army. As soon as these plans are
adopted information about them
will be seut to the home service sec
tion in your tqwn. Apply there
for advice as to these t>lans an$
also for the latest information
to any legislation or regulations
affecting discharged soldiers.
brutal ri le of
THE HOIIENZOLLERNS
As. German Kaisers the Hohenzol*
lerus have lasted forty-seven year»»
as Kings iu Prussia 217 years. Be
fore their elevation to royal dignity
111 17U1 they had. been Electors of
Brandenburg for 2St> years, and
German princeietg sinc^ the iirst
part of the twelith century.
They originated in Sw&bia, down
near th® Swiss border, and where
the modern family buill, aoout tor
'v year® ago, the magnificent Castle
of Hohenzoileru on the ruing, of the
ancestral strognhoid of tlle Bauie
nanir on a height near Heohingen.
Tney were always thrilty, a qual
ity not lacking: in the present family
which is tl'iiscribt'd ag being some
thin.,' more than "near." The very
foundation of their fortunes was
a uawnbroking deal, in 1411 the Km
peror Sigismund pawning th© pro
vince of Brandenburg to Frederick
VI 01' Hohenzollern, who foreclos
ed the mortgage four yea^rs later.
With the acquisition of thip prov
ince Frederick became not only Mar
iTravc of Brandenburg, but an Elec
tor of the Holy Roman Empire.
They kept on grabbing, never let
ting go of anything they got their
hands on. They added the du^hy Of
East Prussia to iheir dominions iu
161S, and in 1666 got hold1
Cleve, .Mark and Ravensberg. Hal
oerstadt, .Minden, Kammin and
Magdenburg fell into the Hohen
zollern bag in 1648 and in 1675
Frederick William, the Great Elect
or, seized Pomerania.
In 1701 his son, the Elector Fred
erick III, was strong enough to
ii.sist on recognition as King, and
oecame Freiierick 1 of Prussia,
Hut as Brandenburg was still u
vassal state of the empire, while
I Prussia was an independent duchj
outside the empire, his title and dig
nities were limted to beng King iu
Prussia, not elsewhere.
His grandson, Frederick th«
Great, stole Silesia from Austria an
West Prussia from Poland, thereby
filling up the gap between Branden,
I ourg. and1 his tiny kingdtom of Prus
| sia. Frederick the Great's nephew
J and successor, Frederick William il
stolp. more of Poland, including r""
s^u and tho city of JJantzjg, in. the
second and third partitions.
In 1815 Frederick William III ob
tained from the Congress of Vienna
large territories on the Rhine, hall
o* Saxony and what v/ap left ol
Swedish Pomerania. la 18C4 Prus
sia, under the guidance of Bismarck
held up Denmark like a highwayma
and looto<3 her weak neighbor ol
Schl-eswig-Holstein. In 1866 sh<
fell upon Austria and seized Han'
over, Hesse-Cassel, Nassau ant
Frankfort by the right of might.
After Bismarck had tricket
Frauce into the war of 1870 anc
torn Alsace and! Lorraine away fron
her, the Prussian King, under hi£
guidance, was stiong enoughi tc
unite all Germany in the empire
which was proclaimed January 18
1S71. when AVilliam I became Ger'
man Emperor ag well ag King ic
Prussia. He was succeeded by his
son, Frederick III, who diod » few
months later, leaving the itnperia
and royal crowns to William II, wh<
h»< just relinquished them both.
Thus, after 800 years of grabbing,
culminating in an attempt by the
latest Hohenzollern to grab the
whole world, tltfs predatory family
has had. to throw down the whole
bag.—San Francisco Star.
British Reticence
I Is Overcome
For Once
I
The Frenchman takes no shame to
himself when he weeps Or sings in
public Oil being stirred; the Yankee
is a]>t to laugh very loudly; the
Englishman •will be mute and will
exhi&it slight confusion, which by
some might be mistaken for men
tal awkwardness. But there are ex
coDtiong to all rules.
So war as the rule pertainB to
the Britisher I am thinking of en
excetlon. The incident wa« told to
mo oy a man who was present ^en
it occurred.
lie said he was passing through
Charing Cross station one night
when he saw a c»uple of Canadian
au Dal terns emerging from one of
the refreshment booths. Both.
them had been wounded. One had
his right arm in a ellng and limped
a8 he walked. The other was that
most pitiable spectacle the war can
produce—a. young man blinded A"
eiosg his eyes wa$ drawn a w ite
doth band, and he moved' wit* th®
uncertain, fumbling gait of one up
on whom this affliction has new
come.
With his uninjured arm the lam«
you'ii wa8 steering his companion.
The two boy»—f»r they were onl>
boys, my informant said—halted la
an arched exit to put on their top
coats before stepping out into the
drizzle. Tae crippled officer releas
ed his hold upon hie friend's e -
bow to shrug his own garment upon
his snoulders.
Tb€ second blesse was making a
sorry job at finding the arm holes of
hl« coat when a nandsonie elderly
officer, with the badges of a major
general upon his shoulders and a
breast loaded with ribbon decora
tions, stepped UP and, with the
words, "L<et me help you, wont
you?" held the coat in the proper
position while he deftly guided tk®
bUn-1 boy s arms into the sleeve
openings.
lu a second the unexpected' de
nouncement came. The youngster
reached into his pocket, thea felt
for the hand of this volunteer who
htwi come to his assistance.
"Thank youf Tery much!" he
said; and there in the Paim of the
astonished general jay a shilling.
The other lieutenant, the youth
with the bandaged arm stumbled to
his tomrade'ft aide. He may bave
meant to whisper, but in his d.ls
tress he fairly shouted it out:
"You'v® Just handed a tip to a
major general!"
Horrified, the blind' boy spun a
bout on his heel to apologize.
"I'm sorry, sir!" he gasped1. I 1
thought it wa8 a porter, of course.
I otg your pardon—a thousand
times sir. I hope you'll forgive
me—you know, I can't see any
more, sir." And with that he &eld
out his hand to take back the mis
erable coin.
The splendid-looking old man P'u<
both his hands upon tUe lad's shoul
ders. His ruddy face was quivering
and the tears were running dowt
his cheeks.
"Please don't! Please doa't!" h«
gulped, almost incoherently. "3
want to keep your shilling. If yoi
don't mind. Why, God bless you
my son, I want to keep it ®1'
ways. I wouldn't take a thousani
pounds for it!"
And then, falling back back on<
pace, he saluted the blind lad wit!
*11 tne reverence he would bavi
accorded his commander in chief oi
his king.—Irvin S. Cot-b in S«tur
day Evening Post.
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