| Show Editorials bythe bythe by bythe the People PIGS OR GIRLS I SHEEP OR Ott MEN MENI I Editor Telegram I was nas reminded on reading tho the report of ot S Secretary speech at Iho tho wool TOwers growers convention of or how closely close close- ly his hla remarks paralleled thos oC some Bomo of or our legislators some soma few tew years yeans ago when It was was proposed to appropriate funds runds for tor fora torII a II domicile for Girl students attending the tho state university It may be remembered that nn an appropriation appropriation appropriation for rol hOI hog pens etc for Cor the tho tate state fair fall grounds was mado made with but little opposition soma citizens In tho went v side say Kay some soma of ot the stench of ot that appropriation ap ap- Is still present In tangible form Corm while tho the suggestion of ot tho the domicile domicile domi domi- cile clie for girls was nat taken en as a joke Now comes Mr McClure telling us In effect that tho the policy of ot tho the government In making homesteading easy on public lands Is Js ruinous to the sheep Industry Pigs Pitts M or 01 girls Sheep or m men n Well ell Mr l E Editor give us the tho men every time and therell there'll I bo be plenty of ot room for the sheep too A WOULD BD HOMESTEADER I OF THE PEOPLE Salt Satt Lake Lako City Nov 11 Friend of or tho the People wilt Will you jou ou please give I G several se of your readers an Idea of the exact status of ot a prisoner of war Also tiny any Information concerning the general rules of ot civilized countries r regarding the tho medical officers and wounded would b be appreciated b by b a number of ot your subscribers subscribers who o ha been discussing discussing- discussing this Hoping for tor an early reply repy I am am vcr very trul truly RESIDE RESIDENT T. T As soon Boon as 1 a l man Is taken prisoner of or orwar war he becomes neutral and must not bo ho killed No matter whether the country holding him prisoner Is defeated and its army almost wiper wiped out a all the the- prisoners in custody are absolutely safe owing o to toa toa toa a rule of ot war fir which makes them neutral Of course err e everything connected with medical ambulance work Is 15 kept strictly neutral Hospitals are arc considered neutral as as long Jong ns as they contain any sick or wounded nn and must be bo respected b by the belligerents but If a hospital should bo be used as a military office It Immediately loses Its neutrality and Is open to fire tire As sick or wounded persons ore are re regarded regard regard- rd- rd ed as noncombatants It naturally follows that those who tend and look after aCter them such such as purses and doctors doctors are aro also regarded c BO so The superintendents of the medical staff and those engaged In lookIng lookIng look look- Ing after tho hospital and tho the transport of or sick and wounded are arC also neutral A surgeon ma may not be bo ordered away from rom the bedside of a A. wounded man by an any nyi of the c opposing army but should a British doctor In In sa say a German encampment en en en- come to the conclusion that his patient would receive recel more sId skillful 1 treatment treat treat- ment from Crom Gorman a medical man ho he would be quite at liberty to leave him and rejo rejoin n his own arm army and the Germans would ha have 0 to assure him a perfectly y safe passage pasS e to his lines JInes There Is one orie rather funny tunny point In connection with Red Cross work ork A German Gorman Gor Gor- man ml might ht fire tire at ot a man who by some chance chonce he knew lenen quite well to be bo a surgeon surgeon sur- sur geon and would bo be within his rights In killing him providing pro providing tho the surgeon BurgeOn had no nu Cross badge on hl hit arm if however the badge was there and tho the German Germah fired tIred he would bo be breaking one of or tho the rules of ot war If It while seeing to the tho wounded an ambulance killed bm or ce disabled attendant dant were accidentally an ordinary soldier would bo ho allowed to take Ills his place and provided ho he took the trouble to transfer the Red Cross badge from rom the other mans man's arm ann to his own own he would become for tho the while a noncombatant Clergymen are considered neutral and as long JonG as ns they devote their services to cheering tho the wounded and d dying and assisting in hos hos- pital work the they are ate quite safe sate Neither may thebe the the-I be killed while the engaged In conveying con con- the wounded away from the front Thc They must not however bo In tho field for Cor any other purpose FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE Salt Inks City N Nov 1 V Vm 12 Friend of U the People Will Ill you oU please e tell tc a number of ot your our r m readers deT who aro are very anxious to know something In this regard just Jua how v many men constitute a Q battalion among the European armies armies- Yours Youra truly READER it tt Is' Is Is difficult t to give siva you OU an exact answer r to this owing to the tho lack of ot uniformity uni- uni among ons f tiro tho Eur European P an armies in fn M this matt r. r Among the French Fr and Russian soldiers there thero Is not always Q n stipulated number of men for tor a battalion but amon among tIle the others It runs from 80 to o 1000 men that Is In peace and war strength Wi Wo We understand and that Jn Sn the present war crisis the French and Russians have ha sought to keep eeR this thlu figure neure uniform In keeping with the others You will 1 see i that a European battalion Is much larg larg- er or r than one of ot our United States army troops In peace footing an American i battalion number four times 6 65 63 or 60 60 men plus officers in war time our batt battalions Increase to war Battalions men plus DIu of- of ft You will observe that t the the term tenn regiments red red- r gt- gt ments is seldom used officially In European European Euro Euro- dispatches In fact tact one of their battalions practically conforms to ono ono one Ui of ot our regiments FRIEND FRIE-D OF THE PEOPLE |
