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Show OUR MEN TRAINED BY R1REEXPERT3 SOLDIERS IN TRAINING CAMPS TAUGHT HOW TQ USE AND CARE FOR WEAPONS. . I BRITISH COMMUNAL KITCHENS a ' They Prove 8ucceuful In Saving Food and Fuel State Council of De-fenee De-fenee Will Advise War Riek Claimant. Claim-ant. (From Commltt ea Public Informitlon. Washington. The National army and many organizations of the National Nation-al Guard having been equipped with the United States rifle, model of 1917 (modified Enfield), It" became necessary neces-sary to devise some plan whereby troops could be efficiently trained In the use of this weapon In short time. A statement authorized by the ordnance ord-nance department tells how experts In shooting, many of them members of United 8tates teams which won International Inter-national shooting matches', were commissioned com-missioned and sent to various camps to Instruct officers and men lrt shooting shoot-ing and In the operation and care of the rifle. In one camp officers under Instruction Instruc-tion from these men gave a demon- stratlon In dismounting and assembling assem-bling this rifle while blindfolded, the recordl time being 7 minutes for dismounting dis-mounting and 22 minutes for assembling. assem-bling. There are 80 parts to the rifle, chanlcs' classes, the mechanics being hanks' classes, the mechanics being; trained to make repairs to rifles In the field. Frequently they will have to do their work at night, when they will not be allowed to use lights, nnd therefore there-fore they must be thoroughly trained In taking down the rifle and putting lu ww parts by sense of touch. Communal kitchens are being established estab-lished throughout Great Britain and are proving successful In saving food and fuel, according to reports to the department of commerce. An article from a recent Issue of an English newspaper Is quoted: "The war has brought home to the public that the communal or national kitchen Is a necessity and can he made a success. Within a comparatively compara-tively short period there will probably be Installed many hundreds of these establishments throughout the country. coun-try. The national, kitchen was origl- j nally Intended to supply poor people with nourishing and attractively prepared pre-pared food at low prices, but there Is considerable pronpect cerjnltvty, In fact -thnt the more prosperous will form a fair proportion" of the customers. custo-mers. "As an example of the ontflt of a people's kitchen that at UammersmlMi (London) may he taken na a model. This supplier about fl.OOO customers a week, which probably represents 12.-000 12.-000 t 15.000 consumers as a ensto-' mar commonly purchases for his or her family." The conndl of nstlonal detoise has nrged the state council to provide voluntary aid for dependents of men In the service In collecting allotments of pay and family allowances, arreara of pay. travel pey. extra pay. or other money due estates of deceased soldiers sol-diers and sailors. Allotments and allowances under the wsr-rlsk lnswnce law are paid directly hy the tressnry departi'nt to the persona entitled thereto; claim for Insurance taken out under tha law shonld be addressed to bnrean of war-risk war-risk Insurance, treasury department. Washington. P. C; claims for arrears . of pay, extra pay and travel pay of deceased soldiers and sailors and all other claims should be addressed to auditor of the war department, Washington, Wash-ington, D. C. Consul General Thacksra, at Psrls cables: "A decree of April 5. published April 6, gives notice that all merchan- 1 dtae prohibited from Importation by law of May A. 191 U. will be seized and sold for profit of the stae unless a regular Import authorization - ha presented pre-sented within fiva days after arrlvnl. 1 For first SO days after promnigstlon of this decree requests for derogation from Its provision can be addressed to tha minister of flnsnce. Ia esse particular parti-cular circumstances Justify an exception." excep-tion." Two per cent of the enlisted person-1 nel of the divisions and detached units j of the regular army, National Ouaid. , and Nstlonal army, excepting the j coast artillery and various, sfnff corps. J will he designated to attend the fourth j series of officers' training schools. I which will open Msy 15. Admission j has slso been grsufed to some men who bnve hnd at lest one year's mlll-tnry mlll-tnry trnlnlnt: under army oftirers at educations! Institutions which huve earned government recognition. Nliilit driving of motor-truck supply trnlns front the West to the senbonrd hn been stnrted by the qiinrtennns-ter's qiinrtennns-ter's department ss n step toward ftnnl Irulninz to fit men for service In France. According to the council of nnllonnt defense, tlie experience gained In cross-country convoy work hns ninde the truck companies hle to travel entirely en-tirely independent nf the Count ryslde. CnmpN arc iminV nt the reRiilnr hour, no t'ltitfer where the compsny is located, lo-cated, except thi't open country Is given giv-en preference over cities. |