PUBLISHED DUiZLir under order of THE PRESIDEHT of THE UNITED STJiTES by COMMITTEE on PUBLIC INFORMJITION GEORGE CREEL, Chairman -k it: -k COMPLETE Record of U. S. GOVERNMENT Activities VoL. 3 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1919. STEPS TAKEN TO ACQUIRE THE CAPE COD CANAL ARE OUTUNED IN A' STATEMENT BY^ THE SECRETARY OF WAR REFUSAL BY OWNERS OF $8,250,000 OFFER ”T Attorney General Is Then Asked to Begin Condem- — nation Proceedings as Last Resort Under Law, Mr. Baker Explains — Status of Prisoners at Fort Leaven- worth Discussed. • Press statement by the Secretary of A\’ar. February G. 1919 “ The legislation on the subject of th*e Cape CoG Canal required the Secretary of IVar, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of Commerce to pass uiwii the question as to whether it was desira- ble to acquire the Cape Cod Canal by the Federal Government. We three met and discussed the question, and came to the conclusion that it was desirable ; we were unanimous about that. Next Step Provided by Law. “ The law next provided that in the event of it being decided by the tlwee Sec- retaries as desirable to secure the canal property, the Secretary of War should undertake to negotiate a price at whicli the property could be bought, and if he could agree with the owners of the canal property that he should make a contract for the purchase of the canal, subject to its ratification by Congress as to the price. The act further provided that the Engineer Corps should make .studies as to the value of the canal, and that the ne- gotiations as to the price by the Secretary of War should be informed by the studies made by the Engineer Corps. Very elaborate studies were made by ex- pert accountants in New York and one or two boards of the Engineer Corps, and on the basis of their findings I undertook to negotiate a price, and finally offered the Cape Cod Canal owners ?8.250,000, which they declined to accept. I was unable to offer them any moi'e, and then took the last step which the law pro- vided in the event the Secretary of War was hot able to reach an agreement, ^nd I asked the Attorney General to begin condemnation proceedings and reported the f;u-t to Congress.” The Secretary .stated that he did not know anything of the details of the so- (Contlmird on page 2.) TREATS ALSACE AND LORRAINE AS BEING STATES OF FRANCE Alien Property Custodian Or- ders Demands Against Resi- dents After January 8 Withdrawn. A. Mitchell Palmer, Alien Property Cus- todian, makes the following announce- ment : 111 view of tlie order of the War Trade Board under date of .lajiuary 8, 1919, au- Ihoriziiig all persons in the United States to trade and communicate with persons residing in the States of Alsace and Lor- raine, the Alien Property Custodian will not hereafter require reiiorts of iiroperty belonging to persons residing in Alsace and Lorraine, unless such persons fall Mithin the enemy class for reasons other than tlieir resideiigo. In other words, residents of Alsace and Lorraine as of .Taiiuary 8, 1919, and thereafter will be treated as residents of France. Demands tor such property issued by this oltice before .Tanuary 8, 1919. must be complied, with, but demands issued after that date will be withdrawn and no further demands for such property will be- issued. BELGIUM ASKS U. S. TO LOAN RAILWAY ENGINES AND CARS Tlie Belgian Government, through the Minister of Railways, !M. Kenkin, has ad- vised the- American Legation at Brussels of Belgium's great need of rolling stock. The .-Vinei^-an Army in France had re- ceived 3.19 locomotives which the Belgian Government placed at its di.sposal, of which 187' have been returned but 172 are still in possession of the Army. M. Renkin recommended that the United States lend the Belgian Government 400 locomotives and 2,000 passeiiger coaches in addition to the return of the Belgian rolling stock now in use by the Ameri- can Army. Coffins Being Rented For the Dead at Moscow Unofficial advices to the Btate Depart- ment state that practically all stores of JIoscow have been municipalized as a rule without compensation to owners. Eggs are quoted at 11 roubles, and matches at 4 roubles per box. Individual coffiii|^are reporte{l to be no longer used, but are being rented out. Mortality is rated as very high, with typhus, grippe, and erysipelas especially being pi;evalcut and overcrowding the hospitals. No. 532 NO DELAY TO SOLDIER LETTERS WHEN CORRECTLY ADDRESSED, SAYS CABLE FROM PERSHING QUOTES POUCH RECORDS REPORTS No Accumulation of Incoming or Outgoing First - Class Mail at French Terminals, According to Director of Postal Service. The War Department authorizes pub- lication-of the following cabled communi- cation from Gen. I’ershiug in reference to statements published in the United 84ates relative to accumulation of mail in .\incrican Expeditionary Forces: “ Col. Howe, Director of Postal Express Service, submits the following: ‘There is no accumulation of correctly addressed mail arriving in France from the States. First-class mail moves on scheduled pas- senger trains and reaches present rail iieads of army of occupation in six days from time of arrival in France. There is no delay or accumulation in France of mail bound for the States. Revealed by Pouch Records. “ ‘ Statistics taken from pouch records of Bordeaux tenr.inal by civil postal au- thorities and submitted to this service shows tlmt it takes an average of 4i days for mail di.spatched from divisional rail heads to reach Bordeaux terminal, and an average of 2.20 days for imtil dis- patched from fixed i)Ost offices on line of communications to retich Bordeaux termi- nal. Bordeaux terminal repot t their lloors are cleared of mail after each .ship- ment to the States. If there is any delay in mail from France other than these figures show, it is on the water or else- where. Mail Incorrectly Addressed. “ ‘ Mail arriving in France incorrectly addressed requires comparison with rec- ords of Statistical Section and readdress- ing from these records. The quantit.v of this incorrectly addressed letter mail at the central post office undergoing redirec- tion is 1.210 sacks. This quantity could be placed in one American car. Over 100.000 line pages of this mail are being redirected daily. The qiiantity of dead letters shipped to the States during .Janu- ary, up to the 2Gth instant, as taken from records submitted to this .service by civil l)ostal agent- at Bordeaux terminal, was 126 sacks.’ • “ Pekshing.” AMERICAN CONSULATE BURNS. A dispatch to the State Department from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, states that tlie American consular agency at San Pedro Sula was consumed in flames on January 31, iiicluding all official records.
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PUBLISHED DUiZLir under order of THE PRESIDEHT of THE UNITED STJiTES by COMMITTEE on PUBLIC INFORMJITIONGEORGE CREEL, Chairman -k it: -k COMPLETE Record of U. S. GOVERNMENT Activities
VoL. 3 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1919.
STEPS TAKEN TO ACQUIRE
THE CAPE COD CANAL ARE
OUTUNED IN A' STATEMENT
BY^ THE SECRETARY OF WAR
REFUSAL BY OWNERSOF $8,250,000 OFFER
”T
Attorney General Is ThenAsked to Begin Condem-
—nation Proceedings asLast
Resort Under Law, Mr.Baker Explains—Status of
Prisoners at Fort Leaven-
worth Discussed.' •
Press statement by the Secretary of
A\’ar. February G. 1919
:
“ The legislation on the subject of th*e
Cape CoG Canal required the Secretaryof IVar, the Secretary of the Navy, andthe Secretary of Commerce to pass uiwiithe question as to whether it was desira-
ble to acquire the Cape Cod Canal by theFederal Government. We three met anddiscussed the question, and came to theconclusion that it was desirable ;
we wereunanimous about that.
Next Step Provided by Law.“ The law next provided that in the
event of it being decided by the tlwee Sec-retaries as desirable to secure the canalproperty, the Secretary of War shouldundertake to negotiate a price at whicli
the property could be bought, and if hecould agree with the owners of the canalproperty that he should make a contractfor the purchase of the canal, subject to
its ratification by Congress as to theprice. The act further provided that theEngineer Corps should make .studies asto the value of the canal, and that the ne-gotiations as to the price by the Secretaryof War should be informed by the studiesmade by the Engineer Corps. Veryelaborate studies were made by ex-pert accountants in New York and one ortwo boards of the Engineer Corps, and onthe basis of their findings I undertookto negotiate a price, and finally offeredthe Cape Cod Canal owners ?8.250,000,which they declined to accept. I wasunable to offer them any moi'e, and thentook the last step which the law pro-vided in the event the Secretary of Warwas hot able to reach an agreement, ^ndI asked the Attorney General to begincondemnation proceedings and reportedthe f;u-t to Congress.”The Secretary .stated that he did not
know anything of the details of the so-
(Contlmird on page 2.)
TREATS ALSACE AND LORRAINE
AS BEING STATES OF FRANCE
Alien Property Custodian Or-
ders Demands Against Resi-
dents After January 8
Withdrawn.
A. Mitchell Palmer, Alien Property Cus-
todian, makes the following announce-
ment :
111 view of tlie order of the War TradeBoard under date of .lajiuary 8, 1919, au-Ihoriziiig all persons in the United Statesto trade and communicate with personsresiding in the States of Alsace and Lor-raine, the Alien Property Custodian will
not hereafter require reiiorts of iiropertybelonging to persons residing in Alsaceand Lorraine, unless such persons fall
Mithin the enemy class for reasons otherthan tlieir resideiigo. In other words,residents of Alsace and Lorraine as of.Taiiuary 8, 1919, and thereafter will betreated as residents of France.Demands tor such property issued by
this oltice before .Tanuary 8, 1919. mustbe complied, with, but demands issuedafter that date will be withdrawn andno further demands for such property will
be- issued.
BELGIUM ASKS U. S. TO LOAN
RAILWAY ENGINES AND CARS
Tlie Belgian Government, through the
Minister of Railways, !M. Kenkin, has ad-
vised the-American Legation at Brussels
of Belgium's great need of rolling stock.The .-Vinei^-an Army in France had re-
ceived 3.19 locomotives which the BelgianGovernment placed at its di.sposal, ofwhich 187' have been returned but 172are still in possession of the Army. M.Renkin recommended that the UnitedStates lend the Belgian Government 400locomotives and 2,000 passeiiger coachesin addition to the return of the Belgianrolling stock now in use by the Ameri-can Army.
Coffins Being RentedFor the Dead at Moscow
Unofficial advices to the Btate Depart-
ment state that practically all stores of
JIoscow have been municipalized as a
rule without compensation to owners.Eggs are quoted at 11 roubles, andmatches at 4 roubles per box. Individualcoffiii|^are reporte{l to be no longer used,but are being rented out. Mortality is
rated as very high, with typhus, grippe,and erysipelas especially being pi;evalcutand overcrowding the hospitals.
No. 532
NO DELAY TO SOLDIER LETTERS
WHEN CORRECTLY ADDRESSED,
SAYS CABLE FROM PERSHING
QUOTES POUCH RECORDS REPORTS
No Accumulation of Incoming or
Outgoing First - Class Mail at
French Terminals, According to
Director of Postal Service.
The War Department authorizes pub-lication-of the following cabled communi-cation from Gen. I’ershiug in referenceto statements published in the United84ates relative to accumulation of mail in
.\incrican Expeditionary Forces:“ Col. Howe, Director of Postal Express
Service, submits the following: ‘There is
no accumulation of correctly addressedmail arriving in France from the States.
First-class mail moves on scheduled pas-senger trains and reaches present rail
iieads of army of occupation in six daysfrom time of arrival in France. There is
no delay or accumulation in France ofmail bound for the States.
Revealed by Pouch Records.“
‘ Statistics taken from pouch recordsof Bordeaux tenr.inal by civil postal au-thorities and submitted to this serviceshows tlmt it takes an average of 4idays for mail di.spatched from divisional
rail heads to reach Bordeaux terminal,
and an average of 2.20 days for imtil dis-
patched from fixed i)Ost offices on line ofcommunications to retich Bordeaux termi-nal. Bordeaux terminal repot t their
lloors are cleared of mail after each .ship-
ment to the States. If there is any delayin mail from France other than thesefigures show, it is on the water or else-
where.
Mail Incorrectly Addressed.“
‘ Mail arriving in France incorrectly
addressed requires comparison with rec-
ords of Statistical Section and readdress-ing from these records. The quantit.v ofthis incorrectly addressed letter mail atthe central post office undergoing redirec-
tion is 1.210 sacks. This quantity couldbe placed in one American car. Over100.000 line pages of this mail are beingredirected daily. The qiiantity of deadletters shipped to the States during .Janu-
ary, up to the 2Gth instant, as taken fromrecords submitted to this .service by civil
l)ostal agent- at Bordeaux terminal, was126 sacks.’ •
“ Pekshing.”
AMERICAN CONSULATE BURNS.
A dispatch to the State Departmentfrom Tegucigalpa, Honduras, states thattlie American consular agency at SanPedro Sula was consumed in flames onJanuary 31, iiicluding all official records.
2 THE OFFICIAL “H. S. BULLETIN: FRIDAY, ^BRUARY 7, 1919.
CHANGES IN BELGIAN IMPORT
REGULATIONS ARE ANNOUNCED
Restrictions Arc Removed on
All But Limited Number of
Commodities.
The War Trade Board amiouuces in anew ruling (W. T. B. R. 585), for theinformation of exporters in the UnitedStates, that they liave been informed ofthe following announced changes in theimport regulations of Belgium
:
idle import restrictions have been re-
moved on all commodities imported into
Belgium, with the exception of foodstuffs,
tobacco, wines, spirits, malt, shoes, cloth-
ing and accessories, cloth, perfumery andaccessories, and coal.
Application Eequirements.
Pi'evious regulations issued by the Bel-
gian Government, providing that licenses
_for the importation of foodstuffs, cloth-
' ing, textiles, and tobacco must be applied
for from the ministry of industry, labor,
and revictualing, have been amended to
provide that It is necessary to apply to
the above-mentioned ministry only whenthe application covers sugar, tobacco(raw or manufactured), wines, spirits,
malts, barley, oats, and cereals to makebread.No Belgian import license is required
before shipping oats, sugar, tobacco, andwines if such goods are sent to public
bonded warehouses in Antwerp or Brus-sels, but import licenses will have to beobtained for the release of such goodsfrom the warehouses.
Small Parcels Exempt.
Ijicenses for the importation into Bel-
gium of shoes, clothing and accessories,
clotli. perfumery and accessories, and coal
are issued by the ministry of economicaffairs.
Applications for all import licenses
should be made on special blanks and,
if possible, by representatives in Belgiumof American firms.
Parcels weighing less than 2 kilos
(about 4.4 pounds) are exempt from im-
port license, also parcels sent by indi-
viduals to their families in Belgium, whenthe articles contained therein are not
meant for trade.
POUND DEAD IN FLANDERS.
Body of Lieut. MacLeish, U. S. N. R. F.,
Discovered on a Farm.
Secretary Daniels authorizes the fol-
lowing :
d'ho Navy Department has received a
dispatch from Admiral .Sims stating that
the body of I.ieut. Kenneth MacLeish,
United States Naval Resehe Force, re-
ported as missing since October 14, has
been found on a farm in West Flanders,
belonging to August Glement, at a place
called Schoore, where the body was bur-
ied. Arrangements have been made to
transfer the body to a military cemetery
at (lalais.
Lieut. MacLeish when last seen was a
pilot with a squadron of American fliers,
juid was with them in combat with anninber of enemy planes.
l.ioui. .MacLel.sh was a resident of Illi-
nois : lather, Andrew MacLeisli. 4"i0 Ijong-wood .\vemio, Glencoe, 111.
Official CommuniqueOn Peace Conference
The following official communique wasissued at Paris on February 5
:
The President of the United Sthtes,
the prime ministers and ministers of
foreign affairs of the allied and as-
sociated powers, and the .Japanese
representatives met at the Quai
d’Orsay this afternoon from 3.30
until 6 o’clock.
M. Kramm and M. Benes stated the
claims of the Czech-Slovak Republic.
Commission of two members for
each of the following powers, viz:
France, Great Britain, Italy, and
the United States of America, will be
appointed to examine the technical
aspect of the question.
The negotiations will be resumed
at 3 o’clock to-morrow afternoon,
when the delegates of the King of
the Hejas will be heard.
97,039 PERSONS BROUGHT TO U.S.
, BY NAVAL VESSELS IN JANUARY
13,1^)3 Carried by Cruisers and
7,538 by Battleships, Re-
port Shows.
Secretary Daniels authorizes the fol-
lowing :
The Navy Department has received areport from the commander of the cruiser
force (Atlantic) showing the number of
troops brought back to tlie United States
during January by American vessels, in-
cluding the battleships and cruisers in
transport service. These figures do notinclude the troops brought back in ships
belonging to other nations:The report follows
:
“Ninety-seven thousand* and thirty-
nine passengers were returned to the
United States by ships of cruiser anti
transport force during .Tanuary. Of this
number 12,192 were carried by cruisers
and 7,528 by battleships. The total rated
capacity of vessels arriving was 105,593.
STATEMENT ON STEPS TAKEN
TO ACQUIRE CAPE COD CANAL
(Coutiinied from page 1.)
called strike at Fort Leavenworth, but
.said
:
“ Each prisoner has and exercises the
right of immediate appeal to the Secre-
tary of War. Before a man is sent to
Leavenworth his case comes to me for
review, and I .S]>end a great portion of
my time going over courl-martiul records.
After a man has gotten to I.cavenworth.
if he writes to me that he thinks#ie hasbeen there long enough, the requc*st Is
invariably sent to Col. Rice for report,
and the case is decided upon its merits.
BOARD TO REVIEW THE RECORDS
OF ALL ARMY FLYING OFFICERS
Appointed to Pass Upon Qualifi-
cations and Merits for Ratingsand Pay Increases.
The War Dei>artment authoriztjs the
followdng from the Dii-ector of Military
Aeronautics
:
A board of offiefers to pass upon the
qualifications and' merits of flying offi-
cers who have distinguished themselves
in action has been appointed by Maj,
Gen. William L. Kenly, Director of Mili-
tary Aeronautics. The board will even-
tually review the records of all flying offi-
cers who were in action, with a view toawarding them such ratings as - their
achievements and abilities may warrant.These ratings will carry an increase inflying pay.To date only the pursuit or fighting
pilots have received any recognition ; this
being in the form of a list of 63 fliers
who have been credited with shootingdown five or more enemy aircraft each, alist which is not complete. The newboard will not only consider the fighting
pilots and observers, but also all officers
who were on other details just as danger-ous, tedious, and often requiring a greateramount of skill and practice, though notas spectacular. The work of the pilots
and observers in the Day and Night Bom-bardment Squadrons, Obseiwation andReconnaissance Squadrons, and BalloonCompanies, which included artillery con-trol and photograph work, will now bereviewed and appropriate awards madein the form of ratings, carryiijg an in-
crease in flying pay.
I have had a great many cases of this
kind, and lyive commuted the sentencesof a great many men for lK)th military
and civil offenses.“ With regard to the statement that
the men are complaining of the inequality
of sentences imposed for the same of-
fenses, this occurs also in civil courts—one judge will sentence a man to 10 yearsfor a certain offense and another judgewill..pnly impose a two-year sentence. It
depends upon the culpability of the manand not entirely upon the offense charged.
Change in Military Laws.
“ Referring to the agitation for achange in the military laws, this wholesubject is being deeply studied, and I told
Mr. Page.' piesident of the American BarA.s.sociiition, with whom I have talkedabout it, that if he would apiwint a com-mittee of thi- American Bar Association
to confer with Gen. Crowder and to go
over the records, we would greatly ap-
preciate their advice and counsel.“ There is now being held in AVashing-
ton a conference on military discipline
of the commanders of the different mili-
tary prisons, Gen. Harris, Gen. Crowder,and others, with the object of comparingexJAerience and making suggestions witha view to such modifications, if any are(leeme<l 'desirable, in our system of prison
administration, and making our prisons
as tnoderu, remedial, and helpful ns po.ssi-
ble.’’
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TIIK OFWCIAL U. ^ Jil'Ll.H'J IN : FKIDAV, FKIilll.'A UV 7,
CHANGES IN ENEMY TRADING LISTANNOUNCED BY WAR TRADE BOARD
WASH OF SOLDIER PATIENTS
PART OF “HOSPITAL LAUNDRY”
'Die War Doiiartnu'nt niiUiorizes the
followiiiK stalcinont from (he oHice of
I
The War Trade Hoard announces the: following chaiiK*^ in the Enemy Trading
, List as of date of L'\>bruary 7, 1919:
ADDITIONS.Argentina :
Itreuor & Co., Uucuos Aires.• Dolivia :
Moiscs, Jacob, & Ilermanos, Cuzco.Chile
;
l’ayot«Jorgo D., Africa, Antofagasta.Cuiia :
Fronime. W. O., Santiago.Doiniuicnn Krpublic;
tiaslfy, Theodore, San Pedro do Macorls.Guatemala :
I'Miica Armenia (Hermann Wundram),Pie de la Cuesta.
Wundram. Hermann (Fiuca Armenia), Piede la Cuesta.
We.Nico :
ilotica del Leon (R. A. Bremer & Co.),Monterey.
Falirica Rio li’lorid.l (Ketcisen & Degetau),Santa Rosalia de Camargo.
vik.Thomsen. II. Th. A., Reykjavik, Iceland,and Thorshavn, Faroe Islands.
Mexico :
Ciudad de Mexico {A. Salman y Cia.), SanLuis Potosi.
Compania Tiigumapan, Vera Cruz.Garcia Alvarez Ilermanos, Mexico City.-I.egaspl, Pedro Sanchez, Mexico City.Salman, .4., y Cia. (Ciudad do Mexico),San Luis I'otosl.
anger.Heilemann, A., Christiania.Hermetikfabrikernes Inkjopskontor, Aale-
sund.Hillevaak Blikemballagefabrlk, A/S.,
Hillevaak near Stavanger,Hiorth. Olaf, Christiania.Holmens Co. A/S., Sandnae.s.Hordaland Sardine Co., .V/S., BergenHusvaer Canning Co., Husvaer i Alstad-
haug, Sondre Helgeland, and Stavanger.Ingolv, J.. Stavanger.Isebarn, Hans, Bergen.Iversen, Carl M.. Bergen.Jaeger, Olav, Stavanger (formerly of
Haugesund )
.
Jaeger Sardine Factories A/S., Hauge-sund.
Jensen, Hermann, Christiania,Johnsen, A., Skein.Johnson, A., Meyer & Johan, Heldal.Kaffekompagnier.Kavli & Saebjernsen, Stenshavn, Haroen
Rom.sdals Amt. ^Kleiberg. Berge T.. St.avanger.Kock, W., Trondhjem.Kvie, Karl, Stavanger.Lexow, E. B., A/S., Christiania.Lofotens Hermetikfabrik. A/S.. KabelvagImndoner Bazar, Bergen and Christiania.Lund & Brogger, Christiania.Lunde, Ferdiu.and. Christiania.Lj-osund Canning Co., Lyosund Jossund
Ilerred. Sondre Trondhjems Amt.Midnatsol Preserving Co., Harstad.Jlillierg, Daniel, Christiania.Moe. J. M.. Haugesund.Moller. F. D.. Christiania.Motsfeldt & Sanner, Christiania.
_ Mydiand, L. A., Canning Co. A/S., Sta-vanger.
the Surgeon General
:
Chnnge.s in the innnuni of tlie Me<l-ieal Deiiartinent iinnounced by tlie
Surgeon General of the Army providefoi’ the washing of all soiled (.•lotldng ofpatients in all Army hospitals in thiscountry or in France as a part of the“ hosjiital laundry,” and therefore to betaken care of by the ho.siiital authorities.
I’aragraphs 222 and 2G7 of the Manualhave been changed so as to define the ho.s-
pital laundry as “the washable clothingof patients under treatment in hospitals,”and to further state that “ the soiledclothing of patients will be washed as apart of the hospital laundry.”
Notification of these two changes hasbeen sent to all department surgeons,camp surgeons, sui’geons at indciiendentposts, at ports of embarkation, to all gen-eral and baj^ hospitals, and to the chiefsurgeon, American Expeditionary Forces,France.
Norway—Continued.Neco A/S., Stavanger.Neptune Canning Co. A/S., Stavanger and
Harstad.Nilsen, Olaf, Trondhjem.Noitral A/S., Stavanger.Nordiske Grube Kompagni A/S., Trondh-jem and Melovar i Senjen.
Norrig Sardinfabriken, Stavanger.Noreng, Helge, Christiania and Frcderik-
Office: No. 8 Jackson Place,Wasliinglon, D. C. Tel. Main 5600.
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MILK AND PORK EXPORT LICENSE
TO FRANCE NOW FREELY GRANTED
The War Trade Board, in consultationwith the Food Administration, announcesin a new ruling (AV. T. B. R. 587), thatlicen.ses will liereafter be issued freely for
the exportation to France of pork andpork products, and condensed, dehydrat-ed, evaporated, powdered, and preservedniillv. as these goods have, by action ofthe French Government, been placed onthe list of commodities which may be im-
ported without governmental restric-
tions.
Exporters wlio desire to ship such milkand pork and pork products to Franceneed, tlierefore, no longer make their com-mitments througli the Allied ProvisionsExport Commi.ssion. It will be a condi"
tion of the issuance of a license to exportpork and pork products to France thatthe application for export license musthave attacl'.ed thereto, before being filed
with the War Trade Board, a certificate
from the United States Food Administra-tion to the effect that the commodity de-
scribed in such application has been sold
for export at a price approved by the
United States Food Administration.
British Import License
For Sheep and Goat Skins
The AVar Trade Board announces, in a
new ruling (AA^ T. B. R. 584), for the in-
formation of exporters in the UnitedStates, that they have been informed of
the following announced changes in the
import regulations of Great Britain
:
General licenses have been issued, andwill remain in force until July 1. 1919, for
the importation, without special license,
of tanned goat and sheep skins anddressed sheep and lamb skins.
SUGAR BOARD MOVES OFFICES.
The United States Sugar Equalization
Board, which has for some time had its
offices in the Food Administration Build-ing, in AA'ashington, has removed to NewYork City. Its permanent quarters fromnow on will be at 111 Wall Street, NewYork Citj^
Total of U. S. Imports and ExportsGiven by the World’s Grand Divisions
^otal values of merchandise importedfrom and exported to the world granddivisions during December and the 12
with corresponding periods of the pi’eced-
ing year, are made public by the Bureauof Foreign and Domestic Commerce of
montlis ended December, 1918, compared the Department of Commerce, as follows
' Total 566,007,113 600, 135,000 6,149,392,647 6,233,512,597
Passengers Saved FromBurned Army Balloon
PAY FOR HOLLAND’S SOLDIERS
AFTER DISCHARGE FROM ARMY:
The AA^ar Department authorizes the
following
:
All the passengers in the free balloon
reported burned near Salisbury, Md.,
AA^eduesday afternoon, February 5, are
safe, according to telegraphic advice re-
ceived from Capt. L. B. Montfort by the
Chief of the Balloon and Air.ship Branchof the Army Air Service. The balloon
left Potomac Park, AVashington, D. C., at
10.35 AA'ednesday morning, pilotwl by A.
Leo Stevens, Aeronaut, with Lieut. Cols.
Dargue and Hunter, and Capts. Phillips
and Montfort as passengers. The details
of the accident are not known to the Di-
vision of Military Aeronautics. Col.
Dargue telegraphed that the entire party
escaped in.iury.
Regulations GoverningExportation of Cheese
The AA’ar Trade Board announces, in a
new ruling (AY. T. B. R. 581), after con-
sultii^n with the United States Food
Admi^tration, that they will now con-
sider applications for licenses to export
chee.se to all countries except Great
Britain, France, and Italy. Purchases
of these commodities for shipment to
Great Britain, France, and Italy will con-
tinue to be made by the Allied Provisions
Export Commission, acting on belialf of
the Governments of these countries.
Exporters should acquaint them.selves
with the import restrictions of the coun-
tries of destination before consummationof their husiness, as in some countries
the regulations which were in force prior
to the signing of the armistice are still in
effect.
Commercial Attache Paul L. Edwards
at The Hague reports
:
Everything possible is being done in
Holland to forestall idleness among the
soldiers of the Dutch Army, which is nowbeing demoliilized. The Government hasjust announced that soldiers upon whomotliers are dependent for support will re-
ceive full pay for a period of 60 daysfrom the date of their release from mili-
tary service. Those upon wliom no oneis dependent will nevertheless be assisted
financially by the national relief com-mittee.As each soldier leaves service, he will
receive one new pair of shoes and one newsuit of underclothing from the military
stores. Ill case of necessity soldiers re-
turning from the front will also be able
to obtain from the national relief com-mitee reimbursement for expenses con-
nected with the moving of their families
and household effects back to their orig-
inal place of residence. Special meas-ures are to be taken to lend temporary,
financial support to members of the class
of smaller tradesmen. Arrangements for
such assistance wiil be made by the na-
tional relief committee, and necessary
funds will be furnishetl by the State. '
The Government is urging all employ-
ers to take back into their employmenton full pay soldiers who are now return-'
ing from the army. In cases where em-^
pioyers feel themselves financially unable
to do this, it is urged that the return-'
ing men should receive part pay. Sucir
emplo.voes will also be able to secui'e fur-
ther financial assistance from the na-
tional relief committee. ^
Become a stockholder in the Unitec
States—buy war-savings stamps.
j
THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1919. 5
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES BRIEFLY TOLD
SENATE.After a siiiriled illscussion, participated
In l).v Senator Poincrono, cliairnian of the
lOleetions Couiinittee, and Senator Town-
send, Uepublicnn, of Mieliljian, there were
indications wlien tlie Senate adjonrne<l
last eveninR- that a coinproiuise would hereached on (he pending re.solntion for aniinmediiUc investigation of the Ford-Kew-berry senatorial contest in Michigan thatwonld he acceptable tt> botli sides, llc-
publicans have objected to an investiga-
tion by this Senate, contending that sucha right belongs only to tlie Senate whichwill convene after March 3 next. Lead-ers are considering a plan tinder whichthe iimnodiate action to bo taken wonldIw re.stricted to the pre.servation of evi-
dence upon which the next Senate mightmake its decision. Senator Townsendsaid such an arrangement would be sat-
i.sfactory to the opponents of the resolu-
tion in i!s present shape.Discussion of
.the Kritish import em-
bargo order was resumed yesterday after-
noon brieflj', but with Senators on bothsides of the chamber asserting that Eng-land was acting within her rights in de-
fending her industries and contendingthat it was- nothing more than the UnitedStates had done in the past or would dojn the future if conditions require it.
The resolution of Senator Weeks went to
the calendar, where it can only be called
again before the Senate by a direct vote.
Senator .Tohnson, of California, made anunsuccessful effort to call up his resolu-
tion declaring it to be the sense of theSenate that American troops should beimmeiliately recalled from Russia. TheHouse bill, gimng soldiei’s who served in
the present war or on the Mexican borderhomestead privileges similar to those of
the Spanish and other war veterans, waspassed.
Director General Hines, of the Rail-road Administration, concluded his state-
ment before the Interstate CommerceCommittee, and the spokesmen of therailroad labor organizations began thediscussion of proposed railroad legisla-
tion to-day before the committee. Sec-retary Baker was a witness before theBuildings Committee that is investigat-ing the Chicago speedway hospital proj-
ect He discussed general questions, butliad no knowledge of the details of this
transaction, as he was abroad'at the time.
The Commerce Committee, at the solici-
tation of Senator Calder, incorporated anamendment in the' rivers and harbors ap-propriation bill authorizing a survey of
the practicability of a seagoing ship canalbetween the Great Lakes and the HudsonRiver. The same committee designatedSenators Calder, Ransdell, and Sheppardas a subcommittee to investigate the dif-
ference in cost between the. operation ofAmerican ships and those of other mari-time countries. The Propaganda Com-mittee held a ses.sion to arrange its plansfor continuing its work under the en-larged authority recently granted. Al-bert Rhys Williams, a writer recently re-
turned from Russia, and who addressedthe meeting in Washington condemned in
the Senate debate Tuesday of this week,was summoned as a witness. He de-
manded that he be heard in open ses-
sion. He was told to hold himself in71°—-19 2
readiness to appear upon the call of thecommittee. The Banking Committeepostponed until next Tuesday considera-tion of the nomination of .Tohn SkeltonWilliams to be Comptroller of the Cur-rency. Acting Chairman Hitchcock stat-
ed that a number of witnesses opposedto the reappointment of Mr. Williams hadasked to be board. Testimony in con-nection with tlic inquiry into the packingimlusti-y was continued before the Agri-cultural committee with Henry Veeder,counsel for Swift & Co., on the stand. Headmitted tlmt certain campaign contri-butions had been made by the packingconcern in congressional campaigns.
HOUSE.Consideration of the naval appropria-
tion bill continued until a late hour last
night. The House agi-eed to the increaseof the enlistefl personnel of the Navy to225.(XX). On objection by Mr. Butler, ofPenns.vlvania, a member of the NavalCommittee, the proposed increase in theMarine Corps from 17,400 to 27,297 wasstruck out, Mr. Butler basing his objec- -
tioii upon the contention that the reor-
ganization of the Marine Corps should_
be undertaken at a later time. The ap-'propriation for naval aviation was re-
duced from $25,000,000 to .$15,000,000,with an amendment that no part of thefund should be u.sed in the constructionof any factory or building for the manu-facture* of aircraft. The provision mak-ing the rates of pay during the presentwar permanent went out on a point oforder by Mr. Stafford, of Wisconsin.The war revenue bill conference report
was laid before the House by ChairmanKitchiu, of the Ways and Means Commit-
The War Department authorizes pub-lication of the following infonnation
:
The cruiser Huntington sailed fromBrest Febraary 4 and is due to arrive atNew’ York February 15 with the follow’-
ing troops
:
One hundred and sixty-third Infantry, sup-ply company. Machine Gun Company, 3d Bat-talion headquarters, Companies I, K, L, andM, Camp Dix, 39 oCSeers, 977 men.One hundred and sixty- fourth Ambulance
officer, 113 men.Four casual officers classified as follows
:
Air Service, 2 ; ordnance. 2.
Other casuals : 2 civilians.
The transport Heredia sailed from' St.
Nazaire February 4 and is due to arrive
at New York February 20 with the fol-
lowing troops:Detachment Base Hospital No. 66, 1 officer,
9 nurses.Detachment Base Hospital No. 15, 1 officer,
29 'nurses.Detachment Base Hospital No. IS, 1 officer,
47 nurses.Three casual officers classified as follows
:
Medical, 1 ;Engineers, 1 ; Infantry, 1.
The transport F. J. Luckenbach sailed
from St. Nazaire February 4 and is due
tee. It may be called up for considera-tion on Saturday, d'he bill as agreed to
in conference is estimaled to yield slightly
more than six billions this year and aboutfour billions annually thereafter.
William A. Glasgow, jr., counsel forthe Food Administration, before the In-
terstate Commerce Committee, deniedthat charges of Edward C. Lasater thatFood Administrator Hoover bad beenguided by the five big packers in the ad-ministration of his office. Before thecommittee that is investigating the activi-
ties of the National .Security League, for-
mer Senator Elihu Root, of New York, ex-plained his connection -with the organi-zation and indorsed the fight made by it
against Henry .Ford and Miss Rankin,Member of the present House, on thegrounds of patriotism.
Secretary Glass transmitted to theHouse a War Department deficiency esti-
mate of .$350,000 for the purchase of ad-ditional land for the Walter Reed Hos-pital. ,The Foreign Affairs Committee modi-
fied the Gallagher resolution on Irelandand ordered it reported. As thus modi-fied the resolution states “ that it is thehope of the Congress of the UnitedStates of America that the peace com-missioners now sitting in Uhris in passingupon the rights of various peoples will
favorably consider the claims of Irelandto the right of self-determination.”
The Agricultural Committee agreedupon a bill giving the President authorityto create a new agency or utilize someexisting agency to maintain the Govern-ment’s guaranteed price of $2.26 for the1919 w’heat crop. The bill proposes a re-
volving fund of $1,000,000,000.
to arrive at New York February 20 withthe follow’ing troops:
lo'ws : Ordnance, 1 ; Air Sei'vice, 11 ; Infantry,as : Motor Transport Corps, 1.
Other casuais : Civilians, 4. Included inthe above are sick and wounded classified asfollows : Requiring no special attention, 20officers : also 6 naval officers and 339 navalenlisted men.
The trausport Eurane sailed from Bor-deaux Februai’y 2, aud is due to arrive
at Newport News about February 16 withone casual officer of Military Police
Coiqis.
List of Transports and Army UnitsSailing From France for United States
6 TIIK OFFICIAL
DR. FARRAND EXECUTIVE HEAD !
OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
Dr. Liviiif-'stoii Farrand, i)rosideiil of
llie University of Colorado, iia:^ beenai)pointed by President Wilson ebairiuanof tbe central coininittee of tlie Americanlied Cross and in Unit capacity will be-
come executive bead of that organiza-
tion.
This annonnceinent was made Satur-
day .simultaneously with another to theeffect that the Red Cross war council
would retire on March ], on wliich dateDr. Farrand will assume his new posi-
tion.
Dr. Farrand arrived at national head-quarters February 1. Until March 1 hewill devote his time to acquainting him-self with the affairs of the war council
and the Red Cross generally before ofli-
cially a.ssuming the leadership of the or-
ganization.
The Original War Council.
The war council was appointed byPresident Wilson on May 10, 1017, whenit became apparent that war relief workon an unprecedenteil scale would have to
be done and that large amounts of moneywould Inive to be raised by voluntary con-
tribution tor that purpose.For the purposes of the war the per-
manent organization of the Red Crosswas subordinated to an extent to thewar council. Tlie original members of
the war council w(‘re Henry P. Davison,chairman: Cornelius N. Rliss, ,ir. ; Maj.Gray.son M. P. Murphy; fhiarles D. Nor-ton, ami Kdvvard X. Hui-ley, with Wil-
liam Howard Taft and Eliot Wadsworth,chairman and vice-chairman of the cen-
tral committee as ex-oHiclo niemb(*rs. Mr.Hurley re.signed to become chairman of
the siiiitping Board; Ma.j. iMurphy re-
signed to go into active Army service;
and IMr. Norton i-esigi.ed on account of
stress of personal afl'airs. .Tohn D. Ryanwas appointed to succeed Mr. Hurle.v.
Harvey 1). Gibson and George B. Casewere appointed to till the vacanciescreated by tla* resignations of Maj. Mur-])hy and Mr. Norton. Subse(piently, Mr.Jtyan and Mr. (Jibson resigned, their
places being filled by .lesse H. .Tones andGeorg(' F. S(‘Ott. •
Dr. Fai'raml, the new chairman of tlie
central committee. bi>cam(> ])resldent of
the University of C'olorado, .lanuary 1,
1914. He was graduated from Princetonin 18SS: and in 18t)l from the college
of physician and surgeons. He .studied
latei' in (tambridge, England, and Berlin,
specializing in antropology and psychol-
ogy and afterwai’ds came to be knownas an authority on mailers of public
health. In 1t)05 he became the executive.sccn'lary of the National Association for
the Study and Prev('ution of 'ruhercu-losis. He was also ti'easurer of theAmei'ican Public Health Associ.ition.
Services in France.
On account of Di-. Farraml's standing
as an (*xi>ert in public health mattersho was cho.sen ^oon .after the (mtry of
the United States into the war as director
of the I ubenailosis work in Fiaince of theinternational health board, serving in
that capacity until lu' returned to this
country Iasi w<>ek.In his I ulH'iaailosis work in I'rance, Dr.
I'arraud came in .cio-ic contact with the
i.
r. rf. mXLKTIX; FEIDA.Y, FEBKUARY 7,
Text of Fuel Administration OrderSuspending All Fuel RegulationsExcept in Three Specified Instances
The United States Fuel Administrationissues tliq following:
Jaxcaky 31, 1919.
The United States Fuel Administrator,acting under authority of an Executiveorder of the President of the UnitedStates, dated August 23, 1917, appointingsaid administrator, and of subsequentExecutive orders, and in furtherance ofthe purpose of said orders and of the actof Congre.ss therein referred to and ap-
proved August 10, 1917, ^ereby ordersand directs:
Section I. That all rules, rcgulation.s,
orders, or proclamations, except thoseenumerated in Section II of this order,
lieretofore issued or promulgated by, or
under autliority of, the President of theUnited States, or by, or under authorityof, said United States Fuel Administra-tor, fixing the prices of coal, coke, char-
coal, or wood, or regulating the produc-tion, sale, shipment, distribution, appor-tionment, storage, or use thereof, or re-
quiring the obtaining of licenses to en-
gage in or carry on the busine.ss of dis-
tributing coal or coke, or establishing
rules .and regulations in respect to theholders of such licenses, m- otherwisecarrying out the purpo.s<'s or provisions
of the act of Gongre.ss hereinabove re-
ferred lo, and the operation and effect
of such rules, j-ogulalions, oialers, or
proclamations, be, and the .same herebyare, suspended, until further or otherorder or orders in the itremises by the
President of the United States, said
United States FueJ_. Administrator, or
other agonc.v created by the Presidentunder said ;ict, in resi)ect lo all coal,
cok(', charcfuil, or wood jiroduced, sold,
shipped, distrilmted, affiK)i‘tioncd, stored,
or u-sed after .Tauuary 31, 1919.
Section II. That the following rules,
regulations, orders, and proclamationsshall continue in full force and effect
lishiiig a regul.ition entitled ' Kegulationsrelative to tlie making of contracts for thesale of coal or <‘oke liy operators, producers,jolibcrs, sales agents, or purchasing agentsof coal or coke.”
(2) Order of said I’niled .States Fuel Ad-ministrator. dated JCovemlier U, 1917, entitled” Oriler relative to tidewater transshipmentof coal at Hampton Koads, Italtimore, Phila-delphia, and .\ -w York, ami for the enqdo.vmentand cooperation with the tidewater coal e.\-
change so called as a common agency to fa-
lililatc triuisshipment and to reduce delaysin tile use of. coal cars and coal-Carryingvessels."
(9) All rules, regulations, order.s. or proe-lamatious. in so far as such rules, regula-tions, ord(‘Vs, or iiroelamatious confer uponor dele.gate to .said Fnlt'd States Fuel Ad-ministrator. either individually or acltugthrough that goveruimntal organizationcalled the Fnited Stales Fuel Administra-tion, any powers or authority for the carr.v-
ing out of the pui'imses of the act of Con-gress heivinahove referred lo.
! operations of the Rod ( 'ro.ss, not only' in tubi'rcu'osis work, lull in other rcliof \
linos. •
Sec. III. That no order or regulationrelative to the prices of coal, coke, char-coal, or wood, or relative to the profits,
'
margins, or commissions on sales thereof,or relative to the production, sale, .ship-
;
ment, distribution, apportionment, stor-
age, or use tiiercof, shall be made aftertlie date of tills order by the Federalfuel administrator for any State, or by _any local fuel administrator or committee,pursuant to authority heretofore dele-
gated or conferred, unless and until suchproposed order or regulation sliall havefirst lieen submitted to and approved bysaid United States Fuel Administrator.
Sec. IV. Tliat nothing in this ordercontained shall be construed to cancel orrevoke tlie designation or appointment ofany per.son tis an officer, tigent, repre-
sentative, counsel, assistant or .subordi-
nate of said United States Fuel Adminis-trator or of the Unitetl States Fuel Ad-ministration.
H. A. Garfield,United t^tates Fuel Administrator.
Approved : (
Woodrow Wii.soX.
SEALED PROPOSALS INVITED
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.Sealed propos.ils will he opened by the
liighthouse Superintendent, Baltimore, hid., at2 o’clock p. m., March 1, 1919, for the pur-chasing of boiler and spare parts for the light-house tcnilcr Juniper. Information upon ap-plication to the above ofiSce.
MARINE CORPS.
Marine Corps, Qnarternia.<ter’a Department,Washington, I). C., February 1919.
—
Sealed propo.^aks in duplicate to.be publiclyopened in thi.s oHice on Februar.v 18, 1919,are hereby invited for furnishing two steelsafe cabiiiet.s, to be delivered to the depotquartermaster. Marine Corps Wharf, foot ofColumbus Street. Charleston, S. C., markedfor post quartermaster, marine barracks,naval station, Guantanamo Ba.v, Cuba. Pro-posal blanks and other information may be.obtained upon application to this office. Theright is reserved to reject any or all bid.s orparts thereof, and to waive informalitiestlioreiii. Bids from regular <icalers only will1)0 considerrsl. (Schedule No. lOlo.) C. L.McCawle.v. brigadier general, quartermaster.
Fnited States Marine Corps, Quartermaster'sDepartment, Washington. D. C., February 0,Itiltt.—Sealed proposals in duplicate to be <
publicly opened by the quartermaster. UnitedStates ' Marino Corps, Navy Annex P.uilding. i
Washington. D. ('.. on February 21, 1919, arehereby Invited for furnishing 2O0 reams paper. ’
Mills," 2(>-ponud It! by 21 inches ; 200 sheetscardboard, 1.” by 21 inches: 2i >0 sheets card-hoard. loi by 111 inches : ami 200 sheets card-l)oard. 9', hv’l4 inches; to he delivered to thereceiving clerk, post quartermaster’s office,
room 4.1S, Navy Annex Building, Washington,D. C. I’riiposa'i blanks and other information i
may be obtained iq'on application to thi.s ;
ollic.v The right is re.serveii to reject any or(
all bids, or parts thereof, and to waive in- -
formalities therein. Bbls from regular dealersonlv will he tonsldered. (.'Schedule No. 1018.)C. 1.. McCawiey, I’.rigadior General, Quarter-master.
Proposals will he sent upon application.
E.asy to lui.v. convenient to handle, no
red tape—Get .9 WAR-SAVINGS STAMPto-day.
THE OFFICIAL U. S. BULLETIN: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1910, 7
Separate Hospitals for ''Shell-Shock'"AndReturned Soldiers TreatedasInsaneAs Planned hy Surgeon General's Office
ORDER DEFINING “PRODUCER"' AND REGULATING CONSIGNMENT
OF BITUMINOUS COAL AT MINE
Tlie United States Fuel Adniiiiistra-
lion issues tlie following:
January 31, 1919.
The United States Fuel Administra-tor having, hy an order dated January
1. 31, 1919, sus]K'nded from and after 7
n. m., February 1, 1919, tlie operation ofthe so-ealled zoning regulations rehi-
live to the sale, shipment, and distrilm-i- tion of bituminous eoal, and it appearing* to said administrator that with no re-
, strietions upon the territorial distrihu-
i
tioii of said eoal there may be heavy con-signments thereof to large markets and
,to railroad rate-breaking points for re-
consignmeut at such markets and points,
t which will result in congestion of tenni-, nal and triifisportation facilities and de-
,
lay and hamper the shipment and distri-
^ bution of bituminous coal to the ultimate^ consumer thereof, and th.at it is essential
for the better distribution of bituminouscoal that the method and shipment
’ thereof should be regulated as hereiu-after provided and as has been required
’ since Augiist 30, 1918.
The United States Fuel Admini.strator,acting under authority of an Executiveorder of the President of the UnitedStates, dated August 23, 1917, appointingsaid administrator, and of subsequentExecutive ordei-s, and in furtherance oftlie purpose of said orders and of theact of Congress therein refern=Kl to amiapproved August 10, 1917, hereby ordersand directs:
( 1
)
That the term “ producer of bi-
tuminous coal,” as hereinafter in thisorder used, shall include every person,firm, corporation, or association operat-ing as owner, lessee, or purchaser of theentire output of a mine.
(2) That from and after the effectivedate of this order no producer of bitumi-nous coal shall accept any order for the
;shipment of such coal unless such order
|. specifies the final consignee and the ulti-
i mate destination of such shipment.(3) That from and after the effective
date of this order no producer of bitumi-^nous coal shall ship or consign any ship-ment of such coal except to the final con-
^signee and ultimate destination of suchshipment.
(4) That from and after the effectivedate of this order every producer of bi-
tuminous coal be, and he hereby is, ex-pressly prohibited from making any ship-ment of such coal for purposes of re-consignment.
i Provided, however, That nothing here-i; Inabove contained shall be construed as' prohibiting tlie acceptance of orders byany producer of bituminous coal for
t shipment to, or the shipment or consign-t ment of such coal, to the Tidewater Coal
Exchange, the Ore & Coal Exchange, orany railroad assembling yard in or nearthe mining district in which the particu-lar shipment originates, for the piirpose
,of there applying original billing to the
1final consignee and ultimate destination
j;of such shipment.
' This order to become effective at 7
^
a. m., February 1, 1919.
H. A. Garfield,' United States Fuel Administrator.
The War Department authori/x^s thefollowing statement from the OHice of theSurgeon General
:
The clearly defined policy of the Medi-cal Department of the Army from the be-ginning of the war has been to differenti-ate carefully between the nervous, or so-
called “ shell-shock ” cases, and tho.seof the insane or mentally alTectetl, and totreat the two classes in separate institu-tions.
The necessity of this policy was empha-sized by the early experience of England,which country, when plungeil into thewar, had no special preparation for thereception of the nervous and mental caseswhich were returned from France in suchlarge numbers. These patients, unclassi-fied and undistinguished, found their wa5
’
to the insane asylums. The folly of thissoon became apparent and was corrected ;
but the lesson was one which made a deepimpression on the Medical Departmentof the United States Army when its turncame to organize methods for the distri-
bution and treatment of patients of thesetwo classes.
Need for Sharp Distinction.
The very first memorandum on thismatter which took form in the Office ofthe Surgeon General definetl the abso-lute necessity of a sliaiT> distinction be-tween purely nervous and mental cases.This policy has been follou'ed out strictly
in France, where the evacuation andtreatment hospitals fof’ the nervous orso-called “ shell-shock ” cases are alongquite different routes from the hospitalsfor the insane.This policy of differentiation and seg-
regation undergoes no change on the ar-rival of returned patients in this country,except that at the ports of debarkation it
may be necessary at periods of greatstress to keep patients of diffei’ent cla.ssesin the same building for a few days. Butimmediately after distribution from theports the policy of classification and seg-regation is rigidly followed. The cases ofnervousness or “ shell shock ” go toUnited States General Hospital No. 30, atPlattsburg, N. Y., which has always hadmore vacant beds than patients and whichhas never been obliged to refuse admit-tance to patients who should be sent there.A second shell-shock hospital, which hadbeen provided at Carlisle, Pa., was foundunnecessai-y and was not used for thispu Impose.
Insane patients are sent to special hos-pitals devoted ta their exclusive care, or
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to special wards in certain general hospi-tals, the choice of which hospital being de-cided so far as possible with reference to*the location of the patient’s home.
All commanding officers at points for.special treatment of the insane are di-
rected in all excejit incurable cases to givethe patients the benefit of four months’treatment in the military hospitals, 'rtiis
rule was initiated for the purpose of re-
moving any distinction between tempo-rary mental di.sorders and other disiaises.
So that if the patient recovers within fourmonths of his reception his statu.s on dis-
charge is the same as that of a soldierdischarged for any other disease.
Disposition of “ Incurable ” Cases.
Incurable ca.ses and those in which thetreatment is practically certain to extendbeyond four months are sent to St. Eliza-beths Hospital, as provided by Army Keg-ulatiou.s. St. Elizabeths Hospital Is un-der the Department of the Interior, andbeyond the jurisdiction of the SurgeonGeneral of the Army.A misconception embeilded in the popu-
lar idea of shell shock has caused muchmisunderstanding in regard to these pa-tients. It is that the soldier has beenblown up or has been buried by somehigh explosive, and his whole centralnervous system is supposed to have beenshattered. Such ca.ses occur; but theprobabilities are that of the cases of shell
shock that reach this country, less than5 per cent have suffered any such physicalinjury. The remainder of the cases, areessentially those of nervousness resultingin a large part from unfitness for thehardships, suffering, and mental stress ofexpeditionary campaigns.
Liability to Mistakes.
At the same time to a superficial ob-servation, or even on hurried examina-tion, pui'ely nervous symptoms may bemistaken for those of mental disease, andit was a surprise to medical officers thatin the several thousands of cases of thisclass returned to this country .so feivmistakes have been made in classification.
The mistakes that have occurred have notoccurred in the manner popularly sup-posed. namely, that shell-shock cases aresent to hospitals for the insane. This hasnot happened ; but at the beginning theopposite did. When the woundeil beganto return in large numbers, the command-ing officer of General Hospital No. 30, atPlattsburg, complained that his patients.were hampered by the presence of insanepatients sent there by mistake. Uponnotification these mistakes were immedi-ately rectified. There has been qp official
complaint that shell-shock patients hav’ebeen sent to wards designated for the in-
sane, and a specific inquiry in this matter,made November 14, 1918, of the superin-tendent of St. Elizalieths Hospital, showedthat only two cases which might be con-sidered as shell shock had been admittedto that hospital up to that time, and bothof these had mental symptoms. Subse-quent inquiry on Januaiy 16, 1919. showedthat the facts brought out in the earlierinquiry are still true.
THE OFFTCTAI, TT. S. BTILLETIN: FRIDAY, FEBETJAEY 7, 191».
Review of Operating Results of Federalized RailroadsContained in the Annual Report of the Director General
In the chapter of his annual report
devoted to operating results the Director
(leneral of llailroads says, in part
:
In order to understand tlie operatingpi'ohleius presenting thenDselves with tlie
inauguration of Federal control it will benecessary to recount some of the potent
causes producing tlie serious conditions
of congestion which resulted in the rail-
roads being taken over by the FederalGovernment, and I will enumerate the
steps which were taken to overcome them.
Difficulties Encountered.
1. Accumulation of export freight at
North Atlantic terminals, which was re-
llecting itself immediately in an inability
to successfully handle domestic freight.
There was no coordination of rail andoverseas transportation. The accumula-tion was chiefly disturbing because it wasstationary and frequently comprehendedunloading on the ground to be afterwardsloaded upon cars and moved to piers. Thelack of coordination between rail lines
and the overseas carriers was overcomeby the creation of the Exports ControlCommittee, and export freight wasbrought forward from the interior only
when ocean shipping was available.
2. Shortage of motive power. As a re-
sult, engines had been kept in service un-der pressure of necessity which shouldhave been thoroughly overhauled, and oneof the immediate effects of the severewinter weather was to render enginesof tiiis class entirely unavailable.
3. Heavy building operations by differ-
ent branches of the Government, the con-
tractors for which ordered materials for-
warded far in advance of their ability
to receive and unload. There was at onetime over 5,000 carloads of piling alonefor the Hog Island shipyard in excess of
its ability to accept.
Feverish Demand for Materials.
4. On account of the feverisli demandfor materials of all kinds, manufacturerspurchased raw materials from unusualmarkets in excessive quantities, with the
frequent result that arrivals were badlybunched and unloading was slow and diffi-
cult. ff'hls was particularly true in theheavy manufacturing districts north of
the Potomac and east of Pittsburgh.5. The necessity for giving priority to
shipments of Government freight and thelack of a central control, even in a single
department, to decide upon the degi’ees ofimportance in prioi'lty. This had result-
ed in many instances through the in-
sistence of some energetic officer handlinga single class of material in a preferencemovement being given to freight of minorrelative importance.
6. The withdrawal for overseas serviceof Atlantic coastwise vessels, both of rail-
road and independent ownership, result-
ing in a call upon the rail carriers for thetransportation of an enormous amount oftonnage which ordinarily moved by water.
lessons learned.
Certain general conclusions can safelybo drawn from a year’s experience ofoperation of the railroads as one unit.Given average weather conditions, andwith tlie exception of the 1‘ittsburgh gate-way, which merits especial treatment.
there is no question of the ability of therailroads to transport to destination all
of tlie freight offering, either domesticor for overseas, provided there are fa-
cilities for prompt disposition and unload-ing at destination.The controlling factor throughout our
experience lias not been in the road trans-portation, but at the ultimate destina-tion, and any serious conditions of con-gestion obtaining on any of the trunklines en route has been the reflex of theconditions at the terminals themselves.
Practically all tran.sportation in theUnited States has been based primarilyupon the desires and necessities of theconsignor rather than upon the abilities
of the consignee to receive and digest thefreight.
The winter conditions, beginning aboutDecember 1, 1917, and which were at theirworst when Federal control began, con-tinued until well into March, and werethe most severe knoum to railroad his-
tory, and continued for a longer periodof time.
The Congested Area.
The congested area was, generallyspeaking, in the territory north of theOhio and Potomac Rivers and east ofthe Mississippi River and Chicago.Due to the causes above enumerated, as
w'ell as to the fact that the movement it-
self was of unusual volume, there was inthis territory when the railroads cameunder Federal control 62,247 carloads offreight which was being delayed shortof its ultimate destination, in additionto which there were lield by the lines atand west of St. Louis 31,421 carloads;at and west of Cliicago, 24,836 carloads;at and south of the Ohio River gateways,14,061 carloads; and at and south of thePotomac River gateways, 15,545 car-
loads.
The majorit.v of this freight was fordestinations within a line clrawn fromPortland, Me., through Albany, Roches-ter, Harrisburg, and Baltimore. Thiscongestion was practically cleared upMay 1, 1918.
Bituminous Coal.
The most serious situation presenteditself in the case of bituminous coal.
This condition was the result of threefactors
:
1. An actual shortage of cars at themines on account of the number delayedunder load in the congested area and thelimitations upon transportation due to .heextraordinarily blizzard weather
;
2. The lack of systematic distribution,
which the Fuel Administration was ar-
ranging to provide for ; and3. The dislocation of the New England
supply, which was the result of the with-drawal of coastwise steamships, and whichpresented, on January 1, 1918, the' mostserious single situation.
The bituminous coal production for thepreceding year had been the largest in
the history of that industry, approximat-ing 54-1,000,000 tons, an increase of about12 per cent over the preceding year. Thesevere weather conditions pre’. ailing inJanuary, 1918, re.sulted in a decreasedprodiicticn, almost entirely due to carsupply, of 65,294 carloads. Immediate
and drastic steps u'cre ttiken to remedy,this situation.
A very considerable proportion of thecredit for the increase in the coal pro-duction must be attributed to the opera-tion of the zone plan, which overcame the.cross hauling of coal and insured its pro-vision from the nearest accessible market.
The Food Situation.
Another serious condition arising early ;
in the year was the threatened shortageof foodstuffs for the allies. A programhad been arranged by the Food Adminis-tration, by which approximately 1,160,000tons of food of all kinds per month wasto be forwarded to the allies. Early in j
February the matter was brought earn-estly to the attention of the RailroadAdministration by the Council of Na-tional Defense, the Food Administration,and the representatives of the allies. Ap-proximately 750,000 tons only had beenforwarded in January, and at the tlien
rate of progress only 500,000 tons wouldhave been forwarded in February.The situation was represented to be of
the utmost importance and was takenhold of with vigor: Empty box cars weremoved in preference from all portions ofthe East and South into the westerngrain States, with the re.sult that byMarch 15 the vessel capacity of the allieshad been satisfied and there was avail-able at North Atlantic ports an excess onwheels of 6,318 cars of foodstuffs, ex-clusive of grain on cars and in elevators.This situation has not at any time since
presented any embarrassments and hasbeen fully and satisfactorily met.
Furnace Situation.
Lease of Locomotives.
Tlie severe weather conditions and theresulting car shortages had produced aVery serious situation with respect to theblast furnaces in the eastern territory.On January 12, 1918, out of a total of 169furnaces 17 per cent were out of blast.This situation was accentuated duriugthe month of January, until on February1, 22 per cent were out of blast.
This was given special considerationand a steady improvement was made un-til Jiiiie 1. Since then the situation hasbeen practically normal.
At the beginning of Federal controlthe Baldwin Locomotive Works and theAmerican Locomotive Co.’s plants wereoccupied in the construction of locomo-tives for the Russian Government, which,on account of the conditions prevailing in
that country, it was impossible to deliver.Two hundred of these locomotives werepartially constructed and practically all
of the material was fabricated. These200 locomotives were taken over by theM ar Department and lea.sed to the Rail-road Administration and are in service.
While it is not possible in a report ofreasonable length to epitomize in detailthe action taken under unified control tosimplify and economize methods of trans-portation they can be briefly stated ascoming under the following generalheads;
Unification of terminals .—This has beengeneral throughout the country at bothlarge and small stations, but has been of
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the Riviitest Importiincc at the larger
f termiiinls, where toriiiinat iiiaimgcrs havebeen appointed with jurisdiction over tho
facilities of all lines. Where unnecessarymileage was not involved, a consistent
. efl’ort has been made to route freight so
, as to arrive at tho specific tcrniinal whereIt was to be disposed of, and, so far aspracticable, interchange switching in ter-
minals has been eliminated.
HauliAg of Freight,
Short hauUn;/ of freight .—Instructions
were issued immediately upon the inau-
guration of Federal control providing for' the movement of freight by the shortestpracticable route. This practice has beenconsistently followed, except wliere bet-
ter grade conditions and less congestion
; were favorable factors on a somewhat‘ longer line. Agencies were createdwhereby failure to observe the correctrouting was detected and remedied.
It is impossible, of course, to estimate
I the total saving accomplished in this di-' rcction. An instance, however, is avail-
c able in the case of the Northwestern re-
gion, where the correction of improperrouting, within a period of five months,on 31,941 carloads, resulted in a saving
L of 4,054,455 car miles.
S Solid trains .—This practice was inaug-i urated of creating solid trains for definite' destinations by building up at Chicago,
Minneapolis, and St. Paul, St. Louis and' Missouri River crossings, which resulted
in a natural decrease in intermediate ter-
, minal switching and the expedition of es-i sential Oovernment freight. This hasbeen especially valuable in the transpor-tation of e.xport food of all kinds, meats,
E; grain and grain products, and of muni-^tions and steel for ’shipbuilding plants.
Nonessential Passenger Trains.
- Elimination of nonessential passenger
i trains .—The question of duplicate andt unnecessary passenger-train service hasV been given tlie most careful consideration,with the result that a number of trains
^ have been discontinued which fell in one; of these classes. Between the important^ terminals the remaining trains have been
^so spaced as to actually afford greater
^ variety and extent of service than was" possible heretofore where, through com-petitive conditions, tho trains on the sev-
reral lines practically duplicated eachr other. The saving per year in passenger-train miles by regions is as follows:Eastern 16. 253, 914Alleulicuy 4, 870, QOOSeuthern 1, 702, 480N'orthwpstorn 23. 280. 400Central western 16. 772. 524Soutliwe.stern 4, 411, 244
Use Of Eew York iuhes.—On account ofthe very serious conditions arising fromthe unprecedented ice troubles in NewYork Harbor, the Pennsylvania passengertubes were utilized for the movement of
anthracite coal from the .Tersey terminalsto Long Island.- which afforded a verysubstantial relief at a most critical time.Under its franchise this could not havebeen done by tbe Pennsylvania Railroad
! under private operation.
r The Pittsburgh Gate-way.
: Pittshlirgh gatcKag.—The extraordi-nary development of industrial activi-
ties in and tiround Pittsburgh, and theenormous tonnage which is handled lo-
71°—19 :3
cally, makes it very didii-uU to use this
gateway for trunk-line trallic, and this is
especially (rue when the through andlocal busine.ss increases coincidentally, asis usually the case-. Physical conditions,which embrac(> :i narrow gorge and alargo city, remler the solution of this
problem e.xceedingly dillicult of local
treatment.It is my conviction that as soon as
practicable tho trunk -lin(> railroadsthrough Pittsburgh should be relievedby the construction of an entirc'ly nowline for freight purposes, connectingthem east and west of Pittsburgh, butentirely avoidin.g the industrial area.This presents the single notable exceji-
tion to the statement made previouslyregarding the capacity of the railroads.
The Coal Zone Plan.
The experience of the railroads underprivate ownership, especially with a de-
mand for coal far in excess of the ton-nage produced, was that shippers reachedout into markets far beyond the terri-
tory in .which their particular coal hadnormally been sold in previous years.The result was a veo’ considei-ablc wasteof transportation, in that a much greatercar mileage, reasonably estimated as run-ning into millions of car-miles, was nec-essary to supply the country with its
normal coal requirements than wouldhave been the case had shippers chosento content themselves with normal mar-kets.
To meet this situation the Railroadand Fuel Administrations jointly estab-lished’ what has come to be known asthe bituminous coal zone plan of distri-
bution. k
Separated Into Districts.
Under this plan the various bituminouscoal-nduing districts east of the RockyBlountains were separated and each as-signed a definite territory wherein it
could market its coal. It was furtherprovided that coal from any district couldbe shipped to destinations beyond the
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zone allotted to that district only uponpermit of the Fuel Administration, whichwas recognized by the Railroad Adminis-tration as constituting exemption fromthe railroad embargoes which w'ere laiddown to give force and effect to the zoneplan. This permitted proper distributionbeyond zone lines of certain specialgrades of coal, coal for byrproducts usebeing a specific example. ^The coal-zoning plan, however, did not
merely save car-miles, and thus permitthe production and transportation of sev-eral millions more tons of coal than wouldotherwi.se have been possible, it furnished,in addition, the means of utilizing coalproduced in the Plains States, whichwould not otherwise have been produced.This was made pos.sible by prohibitingthe shipment of certain eastern coalwhich the war program required to bekept in the East to territory in the West.
General Results.
It can be said, by way of summary, thatthe deliberate pui’pose and the i:ltimateresult of the plan was to compel thegreater use of western coal and conserve,for war purposes, eastern coal, and topermit the greater production of both byavoiding useless waste of transportation.
The zone lines laid down, elTeetive .\j)i-il
1, 191S, liav(* been very <-losely adliercfl
to sinee, slight niodification.s Iiavlng lieen
nlad(^ from tiUK' to time as domeslii- andwar conditions demand.
Marine Department.
The foilowing matters have iieen lian-
(ii(!(l
:
1. (Jenerai suiicrvision of all watertrans])ortalion under Federal control onthe .\tlautie and Pacific Oceans, Culf »fMexico, their trilnitaries, and also theGreat Imkes.
Tlu; following .si>ecial subjects havealsf) l)oen iiandled :
1. I’rotection of coal supply for theNew- England ytates.
2. Protection of pulp-wood supply toin.sure ample supply of news-print paper.
3. Cape Cod Canal.4. Foreign coal supply for New Eng-
land railroads under Federal control.5. Movement of potatoes from Maine.This department has had direct .super-
\ision over thc^- marine facilities of theDivision of Operations. The followingrailroad-owned coastwise steamship com-panies were taken over December 28,1917
:
Southern Pacific Steamship Co., OceanSleamshii) Co.. Old Dominion Steamshipt’o., Chesapeake .Steamship Co., BaltimoreSteam Packet Co., San Francisco & Port-land Steamship Co., New- England Navi-gation Co., a total of 61 ships.
In addition to the above, by presiden-tial iiroclamation the properties of thefollowing steamship companies weretaken over on April 13, 1918
:
IMallory .Steamship Co., Clyde Steam-ship Co., Southern Steamship Co., Mer-chants & Miners’ Transportation Co., atotal of 51 ships. The properties of thefour latter companies were returned totheir owners by an order issued on De-cember 6, 1918.
Unusual and Unexpected Tonnage.
The original withdrawals of .ships
from the coastwise service threw uponthe railroads a wholly unusual and un-expected tonnage, which, unfortunately,moved into and through the most con-gested areas. It was not possible toutilize privately owned steamship lines
for this purpose, because, naturally, theywere disposed to seek that class of ton-
nage which paid the highest rates andwhich they could concentrate for a sin-
gle port. Under^ederal control the ton-
nage which would most relieve the rail
lines has been turned, to the CoastwiseSteamship Section.
In the operation of the CoastwiseSteamship Section tonnage was divertedfrom the Southwest as w'eil as from theentire South, and the supply of cottonfor New England mills and of raw ma-terials for eastern ^ar industries wassuccessfully accomplished through SouthAtlantic ports, at a time w'hen rail gate-ways were partially closed.
To relieve the northern trunk linc.s,
seven cargo vessels were ojierated be-
tween Lake Michigan ports and Buffalo,handling a total for the season of naviga-tion of 599,811 tons.
The cessation of war activities haslightened the burden upon coastwise rail-
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10 THE OFFICIAL U. S. BITI.LETI^: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1919,
OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS RELEASED BYHIjTorical branch, general staff
The following United States olficial
photographs are released by the His-torical Branch, War Plans Division, Gen-eral Staff. Prints may be obtained at
2 ~) cents each from the Photographic Sec-
tion, Signal Corps, Eighteenth Street and"Virginia Avenue NW., Washington, D. C.
;
l)hono. Branch 3783, Main 2570:
:i.540C. Meinbors of Company M, Sixth In-fantry are In a happy frame of mind the dayalter the signinK of the armistice. Near Re-nioiville, Men.se, France, November 12. 1918.
85407. Shouts of joy as doughboy readsforms of armistice to ills pais. Company M.Si.xth Infantry, near Remoiviile, Meuse, l*’rance,
November 12, 1918.85408. Civilians from Louppy, but a few
days before been prisoners of the enemy, whohad been oceup.ving their town for four .years,
come to greet bo.ys in the front line. NearRemoiviile, Meuse, Prance, November 12, 1918.
3.548G. View looking through arch on hill
showing lower Dun and its foreground. Leftto right : Miss Christina L. Burns and MissMinor D Gregg,. United States Army nurses.T)iin sur Meuse. Meuse, France, November 14,
1918.85493. Orphans grouped around listening
post that was used to locate hostile planes.Sergt. Moore, of the Nineteenth Antiaircraftbattalion, in background. Port of Stains. 10miles from Paris, Seine, Prance. November 24.1918.
35494. Close up of a war orphan (LucienneEeidacher) Vith pet dog of the antiaircraftschool. Port of Slalns, 10 miles from Paris,Seine. France, November 24. 1918.
35496. Miss Marie Perrin, of the Red Cross.She is the mother of more than 2.000 of thesechildren. Miss Perrin is talking to Pvt. Rose,of the Stars and Stripes, and Pvt. -T. E.Timer, of the photo section. Port of Stains. 10miles from Paris, Seine, Prance. November 24.
1918.35497. Little war orphan tormenting dog
in can. Port of Stains, 10 miles from Paris,Seine. France, November 24, 1918.
35501. View of Jean and Lucienne Reida-cher en.ioying their pie. Port of Stains, 10miles from Paris, Seine, Prance, November 24.1918.
35504. Good-by to their venerable ‘ par-rame.” Members of the 319th Infantry ,80th
division. Left to right: Pvt. John Milsop.Pvt John Frye. Pvt. Stephen Doyle, and Pvt.Paul Currier. Florent Marne, France. Novem-ber 15. 1918.
35577. Three hundred and sixty-ninth In-
fantry (formerly the L5th New York) seeingr-ith lOl.st Divi'slon (French). Left to right:Othcers. Col. William Hayward, commanding869th Infantry: Gen. Le Rous (French), com-manding officer, 161st Division : Maj. E. W.Whittemore, medical officer 369th Infantry ;
Mai. A. W. Little, commanding 1st Battalion.869th Infantry; Capt. Clark, commanding 2dBattalion. 369th Infantry. Ungershelm. Al-sace. Prance. December 11. 1918.
35591. United States Flag and 369th Regi-ment flag just after having been decoratedwith croix de guerre. gersheim, Alsace,France, December 11. 1918.
35602. Sergt. John B. Cochran, Company A,S57th Infantry, receives a distinguished .serv-
ice cross. Maj. Gen. H. T. Allen pinning themedal on the breast of the soldier. In the val-ley of the Meuse, just south of Stena.v. Meuse,France, November 16. 1918.
3.5603. First Sergt. W. G. Greenfield, Com-any G, 357th Infantry, receiving his cross,n the valley of the Meuse, just south of
Stena.v. Meuse. France. November 16. 1918.
35605. The five dla#in,guished-service crossmen of the 3,57th Infantry saluting after re-ceiving their crosses. Left to right : FirstSergt. W G. Greenfield. Sergt. .1. E. Morphew,Corpl. Andy Keaton. Corpl. Bart L. Shadrlck,Sergt. .Tohn .1. Cochran. In the valley of theJleuse. just south of Stcnay, Meuse, France.November 16, 1918.
35609. Gen. Allen wdth the two distinguished-service cross men of the 315th Engineers.Reviewing the troops of their regiment, pa-raded in their honor. In the valley of theJleuse. Just south of Stenay, Meuse, France,November 16. 1918.
25619. Corpl. Andy Kenton, Company G,«.>7th Infantry, receiving his dlstlnguished-Bcrvlce cross. In the valley of the Meuse, just
south of Stenay, Meuse, France, November16, 1918.
35857. Members of the 18th Infantry, 1stIdvlsiou, going through a muddy road nearBois De Beliefs, Ardennes, France, November9, 191.8.
35376. Maj. Gen. Frank Parker, command-ing general First Division, at headquarters.Verrier en Hesse farm, Meuse, France, October29, 1918.
85877. Group of officers of the First Di-vision. Left to right : Maj. Gen. Charles P.Summerall, Brig. Gen. Prank P. Parker, andBrig. Gen. Francis C. Marshall. Verrier enHesse farm, Meuse. Fiance, October 31, 1918.
35559. Allied generals. Metz welcome toPresident R. Poincare. Metz, Lorraine,France, December 8, 1918.
35560. M. Georges Clemenceau, Premier ofFrance, 1ind President Raymond Poincare,.seated in carriage at station. Metz, Lorraine,France. December 8, 19-18.
35569. I’residont Raymond Poincare ad-dressing crowd. Strasburg, Basse, Alsace,France, December 9, 1918.
35570. Vergers in front of cathedral on theoccasion of President Poincare’s visit to Stras-hur.g, Basse, Alsace, France, December 9, 1918.
35576. Visit of President Poincare to Col-mar. Three proud little ones dressed up forthe occasion. Colmar, Alsace, France, De-cember 10, 1918.
35594. Crowds along tlie^ Champs ElyseesBoulevard waiting for the arrival of KingEmanuel, King of Italy. Paris, Seine, France,December 19, 1918.
35612. A notable ceremony. French officersand civilians at Mouzay gather in front ofthe city hall to see the mayor of Mouzay givean American flag to Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen,of the Ninetieth Division In appreciation ofthat organization’s efforts in the cause ofliberty. November 15. 1918.
356K5. Close up. The mayor of Mouzay,M Paul Lallemand. holding the colors. Capt.H Le Mire, of the French Mission, on left.Mouzay, Meuse, Franee. November 15, 1918.
35614. M,a demoiselle Raymond Magny pre-senting liouquet of flowers to Maj. Gen. IT. 'T.
Alien, Mouzay, Meuse, Prance, November 15,1918.
35386. Wire cart of Company B, NinthField Signal Battalion, crossing pontoon over’Meuse River. Bridge was thrown across atmidnight by the Fifth and Seventh Engineersand 406th Engineers. Dun Sur Meuse, Prance,November 6. 1918.
31189. Gen. Peyton C. March.31190. Gen. Peyton C. March.60755. United States Signal Corps snap-
shots of the disturbances in Berlin. Squadsof machine gunners on top of the P.randeuliurgate in Berlin. Troops loyal to the Ehert-
. cheidemann government command the en-trance to Unter den Linden and the near-byGovernment property. .Tamiary 7. 1919.
50756. Portraits from “ over’ there.” Brig.Gen. William Mitchell, ehief of the Air Serv-ice of the American Army of occupation inGermany beside a surrendered German planeat Coblenz.
50760. With the American Army of occu-pation in Germany. .Another " grand fleet
”
surrenders : Over the hills to Montabnur,Germany, winds a long procession of Germanmotor trucks to be surrendered (under theterms of the armistice) to the American Armyof occupation. December 24. 1918.
50761. With the .American .Army of occupa-tion in Germany. Surrendered German motortnieks : A procession of German camions, de-manded for the Americans under the terms ofthe armistice, arriving at Montahanr. theheadquarters of the American First Division.December 23. 1918.
50763. With the American .Arm.v of occu-pation In Germany. “ Fraulein's, halt!”Sometimes it seems a Joke to the Yanks inthe army of occupation 'n Germany to haveto in.speet a cartload of meal and to ehallengptwo smiling, well-nourished frauleins—butcamp orders are to take no ehnnees. (26thInfantry, 1st Division.) Hnnd.saugon, Ger-many. Deeember 29, 1918.
50764. With the American Army of occu-pation in Germany. “Frauleins. pass !” Y.aiikdoughboys on sentry duty in the .AmericanArmy of oeeupntlon in Germany are carefulbut not necessarily stern In carrying out theirorders. Hundsaugen. Germany. December 29.1918. Sentries of Twenty-sixth Infantry. FirstDivision. N. B.—No hunger amon.g the ci-
vilian nopnlntlon to he noted hero.
50766. A United States Signal Corps snap-shot portrait from Berlin. Count and Coun-
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can now easil.v be handled by the railroad-owned steanisbip.s and the rail lines.
Ueference has already been made to theserious conditions resulting from theshortage of enicient motive power, par-ticularly in the eastern section, aud thecondition of the existing locomotiveswhen Federal control began.
On February 9„ 1918, Mr. Frank Me-Jlanamy, chief inspector of locomotivesfor the Interstate Commerce Conun Issi on,
was appointed manager of the locomotB^erepair section, and authorized to coordi-nate the repair of locomotives. On July1. 1918, he was promoted to assistant di-
rector in cliarge of the mechanical depart-ment, and his jurisdiction extended to in-
clude car repairs, supervision of mechani-cal standards, and of tests for new de-vices. Later he was given jurisdictionover the enforcement of Federal laws forthe promotion of safety for employees.
To utilize any of the large manufactur-ing plants for repairs would very .seri-
ously limit their effectiveness in the pro-duction of new locomotives, and on ac-count of the competition of high wagespaid by the shipbuilding plants and warindustries generally there was a consider-able shortage of skilled mechanical work-ers in railroad shops.
Volunteer Overtime Work.
Immediate relief could only be securedby working a greater number of hours.On a large number of railroads therewere in existence contracts with tiie me-chanical crafts which limited the numberof hours per day. The railway employ-ees’ department of the American Federa-tion of I.,abor, which represented the me-chanical crafts on such railroads, verypatriotically met this situation and volun-tarily agreed that they woiihl. during theperiod of the war, waive their privilegesin tills re.spect.
As a result of this, railroad shops onmany of tlie important lines were placedon a basis of 70 lionrs per week, and theremainder on 60 hours per week, wh'chwas approximately an average increaseof 20 per cent in shop lunirs.
In .June all sliops were placed on the60-honr-per-week basis, which continueduntil the si.gning of tlie armistice, whenarrangements were made for readjustingthe hours which were reduce<l on Xovem-ber 2.5 to nine, and Decemlicr 9 to eighthours per day.
toss Von Bornstorffs pose In Jlorlln for a snap-shot portrait by a photographer for the Unifi-dStates Signal Corps The fount reraarke ' tothe photoprapher • “This is like olil tiiiio.s inWashington.” January 7, 1919.
5076,8. Wi’h the .Anierlean .Army of oernpa-tlon in Germany. Just for contrast a photo-grapher of the United Signal Corps pos<-' aYank doughboy beside the armo- of a feudalknight of old- Germany in Sayn. Germ.any.The doughboy is a niemi>er of the .'n’orieanFirst Division in the -Array of o-eupation.
50777. Two le.aders of victory. MarshalPetain of the Arm.v of Franee and Gen. Jo’.in
J. Pershing, oommander-in-eh1ef of f'c .'n>e-i-
ean Expedittonar.v Forces overseas, togeflieron tlie ocrasion of the iiwaril by France of21 deeorstions to 'n’erienn offl -ers. 10 com-manders in the Legion of Honor 10 off! •cc-j ofth' Legion ard i Clievalier. Th ceremonyheld at American General Headquarter^ebaumont, France, January 14, 19..9.
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SECTION 1, FEBRUARY 7, 1919.
The folknvlii}; casuaUies are rciiorted
I>y the coininaiulinj; f;eiieral of the Ameri-can lOxpeditionary Forces:
Wounded severely 143
Wounded Severely.
I'ACTAlS.
LAXIKU, Felix T. Mrs. Lord T. Maury, 12-14
Cummings Street, Memphis, Tcnii.
I.IECTENANT.
JENSON. William N. Nick N. .Tciison. 1819North Thirteenth Street, Sheboygan, Wls.
SiaiOEANTS.
AI/riZEU, Arthur B. Mrs. Roxle Altlzer, 840Thirteenth Avenue. Huntington, W. Va.
FESTfS, Eugene. Mrs. Jane Festus, Morton,I’a.
HETTKL, Robert Frank. Mrs. Mary Uettel,308 East r.reckeuridge Street, Loulsvilie,Ky. ‘
NOGAN, Harry. Miss Olive Nogan, 907 Fa-lencia Street, San Franqisco, Cal.
HUNECKE, Walter A. Mrs. Walter A. Hu-neckc. lOS Oates Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
JENNINGS, Luther F. Miss Lucy Jennings,Bosham, Te.v.
ORMSBY, John F. Mrs. Mary Ormsby, 075East One huiulreci and thirty-third Street,New York, N. Y.
OUIMETTE, Louis B. Mrs. Dora La France;Brattleboro, Vt.
FHEI.I’S. William E. W. C. Fhelps, 2431Custom Avenue, Bronx, N. Y.
PINNER, Ralph F. James F. Pinner, 305Bird Avenue, Buffalo, N. Y.
SHIELD, Ole. Mrs. Anna Skold, Rinakaby,Kristainastado. I.an, Sweden.
SMITH, Leopold .T. Mrs. Annie Smith, 1730Amsterdam Avenue, New York, N. Y.
.VON SPRECKEN, Emil B. John VonSprecken, 718 East Foster Street, Ludlng-ton, Mich.
WILSON. Joe W. William F. Wilson, Qua-nah, Tex.
YOUNG, Fred L. Mrs. Kate W. Young, 209Prence Street, Dublin, Ga.
COKPOKALS.ALLEN, Asa. M. W. Alcorn, R. F. D. 20,
Windsor, Mo.ANDERSON, John. Mrs. Rose Anderson, 04
Washington Street. Hoboken, N. J.CHRISTENSEN, William H. Mrs. Tina
Christensen, 84 Magiee StreetTT'Ihnlstee,Mich.
CIMINO, Harry 1>. Mrs. Elnora Gallentine,R. F. D. 5. box 1 ,
Missing in Action, Previously ReportedWounded (Degretf Undetermined).
private.
FORAKER, Masculine. Charles Forakcr,Woodland, Smyrna, Del.
Killed in Action, Previously ReportedMissing in Action.
SERGEANT.GRANT, Thomas. Mrs. Bertha Sheher, box
444, St. Ignace, Mich.
CORPORAL.
RICE, Berttle. Joe Rice, Blackstone, 111.
privates.
CHILDS, E. Richard. Frank A. Childs, WhiteSalmon, Wash.
GOLDSTEIN. Hyman J. A. Goldstein, 1214Thirtieth Street, Oakland, Cal.
GOSTOS, Tom P. Peter Gostos, Thevis,Kokla, Greece.
JENSEN, Hilmer W. Ole W. .Tensen, R. P. D.1, box 154—A, Sebastapol, Cal.
LANDRY, Sanford A. Martin Landry, Bide-ford. Prince Edward Island, Canada.
LANGLE, Cyrus M. Mrs. Anna E. Langle,Wiseman, Ark.
.WILLIMOTT, Dudley V. Mrs. L. S. Willl-mott, Suquamish, Wash.
Died, Previously Reported Missing inAetion.
private.
WEBB. Will. Mrs. Nellie J. Webb, Big Tim-ber, Mont.
Wounded Severely, Jreviously ReportedMissing in Action.
CORPORALS.KELLY, .Joseph A. Mrs. Mary Kelly, 115
East Canal Street, Ottawa, lU.GANNON, Edison L. Thomas Gannon, Joliet,
N. Dak.GRAY', Walter. Preston Gray, ICingston, Ohio.KLAUS. James A. Mrs. Sophie K. Grohow-
sky, 1627 Pontius Place NE., Canton, Mich.
Wounded Slightly, Previously ReportedMissing in Action.
CORPORAL.KIMJIERLE, William. Mrs. Emma Kim-
merle, 613 Bradford Street, Baltimore, Md.4
MECHANICIAN.
OGDEN, Info.Mo.
John A. Ogden, Forest City,
privates.ItOY’I), John. Henry Boyd, Tinglcy, Iowa.FERAGEN, Andrew. Andrew Feragen, sr.,
R. F. D. 1, Thief River Falls, Minn.Fl.E.MING, .Tolin. John J. Fleming, Etty, Ky.FRAZElt, Frank E. Mrs. Catherine Frazer,
1080 Seventy-ninth Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.j,GI!.\NT, James A. F. O. Grant, Bolton, La.GRAY, Dan. Spencer Gray, Barboiirville, Ky.GltEEN, Edgar. Henry Green, Leday, Tex.GROFENBERGER, Joseph R. Joseph Grofen-
hergor, 10 Hinds Street, Tonawanda, N. Y.HARL, .Toseph M. Mrs. Anna Harl, 1016
West Illinois Street, Evansville, Ind.HOWE, Edward 1’." Jacob Howe, Kellogg,
Minn.NABH.VM, Hatem. Elias Nabham, CO Ber-
wick Street, Methuen, Maas.WELLS, Harris C. Mrs. Corn Wells, 1416
North Commerce Street, Fort Worth, Tex.WESTCOTT, Ray SI. Sirs. Anna Westcott,Oaks Hotel, Clear Lake, Iowa.
Woiyided (Degree Undetermined), Previ-
ously Missing in Action.
KRATZ, Earl,ville, Slich.
CORPORAL.
Sirs. Henry Kratz, Forest-
PRIVATES.
BON.YMOSSO, Domenico. Sliss Marie Caruso,316 West Sixty-ninth Street, New York,N. Y.
CIIRISTOFFERSON, Ernest. Alfre'd Peter-son, 349 Williard Aveaue, I’ort Chester,N. Y.
COSIISKEY, John SI. Slichael A. Cemiskey,727 Spruce Street, Brooklyn, N. Y.
THE OFFICIAL U. S. HULLETIN’: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1019. 15
CASUALTIES REPORTED BY GEN, PERSHINGDOWNS, Frank .t. Oporf;? W. Downs, 22U
Wt'st Union Siroet, West CliCBlor, I’a.
DUltST, Waitor ,i. .Tohn Durst, U. F. D. 0,Ni'lllsvlllo, Wis.
DYKU, William F. II. Mrs. Bc.ssic Dyer, 0Fri'iicrlck Street. I'rovidencp, II. I.
DAOIJ!i, Herbert Dixon. Mrs. lUllie Hagle,box -l;!, I’errysburg, N. Y.
EVANS. Aflrlnn U Cliarles Evans, It. B’. D.2. IIloomlnKburK, Ohio.
EWlNCi, Hugh. Love II. Ilarrel, Centralla,Fla.
ADCOCK, William It. William Adcock, Man-• too, Va.ALEXANDEII, Ollie. Mrs. Marie Alexander,H East Main Street, Ardmore, Okla.ANDERSON, Ernest S. Olaf Audereon, R, F.
I). 2, Watkins, Minn,BONNER, Charles B. Frank Bonner, IG7
W.vomlng Street, Hazleton, I’a.BOUTEUI,. Teless. Mr.s. Alexonla Borftell,• Tupper Hake, N. Y.BUTI.RR, .John D. Mrs. Margaret Butler,
36 Bolliar Street, Brooklyn, I^. Y.CARLSON, Allx'rt M. Otto T. Carlson, R.
B'. I). 1, box 24, Badger, Minn.CARLSON, Andrew V. Carl J. Carlson,
Ilone.vford, N. Dak.CARLSON, Arthur C. Charles Carlson, R. P.
DWYER, Walter. Mrs. Margaret Dwrer, 414Fifteenth Street. West Now York, N." J.
DYER. William F. Mrs. Anna Dyer, 43GSixtieth Street, Brooklyn. N. Y.
EVANS. Oscar. Mrs. Susie Evans, R. F. D. 3.Hillsboro. N. C.
FIELDS. B’ay. Miss Elsie Pate, 576 HenryStreet. Marion, Ohio.
FIER, Sam. Miss Fannie Pier, 49.5 East Onehundred and seventy-fourth Street, NewYork. N. Y.
FIORILLO. Ralph. Mrs. Philomenl Florillo,139 Eleventh Street, Nia,gara Ifalls. N. Y.
FLINT, Arthur. Mr.s. .Josephine Flint, 28Sanford Street. Buffalo. N. Y.
POUTY. Roy. I’ete B'outy, Yale, 111.PREE5IAN, Bertr.am H. Thomas D, Freeman,
IS Hove.v Terrace. L.ynn, Mass.GEORGE, Erwin. Adolph George, Bulverdo
Tex.HARLAND, Thomas M. Mrs. Ida Harland,
Rush Sprin.gs, Okla.HARPER. George M. Mrs. M.argaret B. Har-
per, 49 East Baltimore Street, Hagerstown,Md.
HARSKOVITZ. Peter. Mrs. Peter Harskovitz,283 Bay Street north, Hamilton, Ontario,C.anada.
HEROD, Herman W. Jesse Herod, R. F. D.1. Thornton. Tex.
HERREN, Earl G. R. N. Herren, Villa Grove,
HERRON. .John. Miss Maggie Herron, 2000Cayuga Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
LYNN. Fred. D. A. Hoel, Frazee. Miun.HOELBL. Prank. Lee Hoeihl, 1445 Mohawk
Street. Chicago, HI.JACKSON. Charles B. Green W. Jackson,
Sardis. Miss.JANS. Willhim B. . Ferdinand Jans. R. F. D,
4. linffialo, Minn.KENNY, Fr^ G. Mrs. Elizabeth Kenny, Glen
Snrings, Watkins. N. Y'.
KLEMAN, Archie M. Mrs. Anna Lcaz, Beat-rice, Nebr.
ECNII'E. Noi’man C, Miss Vivian M. Knlpe,New Harbor Avenue, New Harbor, Me.
E-ANE, William. Mrs. Ida Mae Morgan, 34South Lakeview Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio.
LENZ,_ George E. Frank Lenz, Tomah, Wis.I‘, LIS, I'rank. Carl Bochulak, 93 Grove Avenue,^ r.nnsing, Jlich.t LOR.VNCE. Ray M. Liston P. J<orance, Mountt Park, Okla.
LUKENS, William ('. Hurry W. Lukens, 40CYork .V venue, Lansdale, Pii.
1.U\ER.4, Jost‘ph. Mrs. JIury Liiveru, II. F.D. 1, East Long Meadow, Mass.
Mc.MICHAEL, Howard Rosa. Mrs. Ella V.Mc.Mlchuel, 445 Broadway, Carnegie, Pa.
MALONEY, l.auncolot .1. Mrs. Dennis Uluckin,ColumbiKs Road, Burlington, N. .1.
MARTIN, .lames C. I’atnck J. Marlin, 6109Rosetta Street. Pitt-sburgli, Pa.
ANIUCUSON, Judson Benjamin. James N. An-derson, Eolia, Mo.
BENNETT, .lamas J. Mrs. Rose Bennett, 730Second .Vvemie, New J ork, N. Y.
BEN.NETT, James Ritsey. P. J. Bennett,Urban. Ky.
BE.NNETT, Jesse H. II. I». Bennett, Circlc-ville. W. Va.
BENNETT, John E. John E. Bennett, PortMomnonih, N. J.
BENNETT, Joseph. Mrs. Catlieriiie Bennett,II. F. D. 1, Bridgeport, Pa.
BON.\S, Arthur F. , Adolpli Roassae, 1243IVest Thirty-second Street, Chicago, III.
BON.IOUII, Ira S. Mrs. Millie Bonjour,Onaga, Kans.
BORSAJII, Aldo. Mrs. Mary Norsarl, 1312Snnih hlole .street, Philadelphia, Pa.
ROURAY, Thomas F. Mrs. Ella Bouray, R.F. II. I. Colony, Kans.
BUTRIMUS, .loe. Tony Bntrimus. 1828 WestCanal Roth .Avenue. Chicago, 111.
CARLSON. .Arvid C. Leonard Carlson, Ilutte,Tex.
CARLSON, Axel. Clinrlic S^str.and, Atkin-son. III.
CEDERSTIIOM. Herbert E. Elias Cedcr-strom New Germany, Minn.
CONROY. Bernard. Mrs. Mary McDermott,42 Clairmont. -Avenue, Brooklyn, N. YL
EA''ANS', Aloiizo G. E.gcrton K. Evans, 519Nortii Ottawa Street, Grand Rapids, Mich.
FALIN. Ransom. Mrs. Bottia Falin, R. F. D.3. Clinehport. A'a.
FELIX, Floyd F. Mrs. Uachacl Felix, Salix,I’ll.
FIEICZAK. Frank. Martin Fieiczak, 1401EPston Street. Jllchtgan City, Ind.
GARLAND. Samuel M. Paulus P. Garland,H. F. D. 3. Amherst, A'a.
GREEN, I.ouis O. Mrs. I/illie Green, Ash-down. Ark.
HACKER, ClaTborne. Alford Ilackcr, Hector,Ky.
HARGROVE. William E. Mrs. Fannie Har-grove. II. F. D. 1. Falkville, Ala.
HARRIMAN, Charles D. Airs. K. W. Harri-m,'>n, Newt'in Road, Plaistow. N. H.
ions $76, $3,800.Parkersburg Iron Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.,
3,000 boiler tube.s, $11,375.
FIVE BUSINESS CARS FOR SALE
BY INTERSTATE COMMISSION
The Interstate Coiumerce Commission
issues the following:
Tlie Interstate Commerce Commission
has for sale five business cars with their
contents.
These cars were purchased from thePullman Co. in 1914 and 1915, and werestandard Pullman cars of wooden con-
struction. overhauled and refitted to servethe purpose of office or business cars for
use of field parties in our Bureau ofA'aluation.
Sealed proposals for the purchase ofthese cars f. o. b. as thej’ stand, at loca-tions shown below, will be receivetl at theoffice of the chief clerk and purchasingagent of the Interstate Commerce Com-mission, Washington, D. C., room 205,and there opened at 10 a. m. on Tuc.sday,Februar.v 23. 1919. The terms of thesale will be cash upon making the award.The Inter-State Commerce Commission re-serves the right to reject any or ail bids,or to make the award to the highestbidder or otherwise, as the best interestsof the Government ma.v appear.The cars to be sold, their location, and
the person to be called upon if it is de-sired to in.spect the car before bidding,are as follows
:
Car init.iil
and No.Location. Person In ebargs Addres;
I.C. C. 2
1.C.C..Sl.C.C. 13....
1 Milwaukee. Wis.. on tracks ol C*., .\I.
( & St. P. R. R.Mr. n. E. Byram, Tedcratmanager. ^Chicago, ti'.
l.C. C. 38.... Roan.ike, Va., on tracks of N. & W. ilr. A. Kcaruev, S. .M. P Uoano',re, Va.R. R.
l.C. C. «.... Denver, Colo., on trades oi Cola 6:
Sou. li. K.Mr. Robert Rice, general Denver, Colam^ina^er
Furtlier particulars will be promptly iigent, Interstate Coiumerce Commission,furnlslicd upon appliciition to W. JI. Wa.shingtou, D. C.