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Show THE TIMES-NEW- S. NEPHI. UTAH ilA SCOUTS (Conducted National Council ol the bvuuu of America. by Bo LOCAL ROADS FOR LONG HAUL Highways Now Being Improved Should Be Deigned to Care for Increase In Traffic. ROTARY INDORSES SCOUTING At a Itotnry club conference held In Duluth, Mrtin.. on tlie lGtli and 17tb of March, the following resolution was (Prepared by the United Statea Department of Agriculture.) unanimously adopted: The United States Is now In a period Clubs WI1EKEAS. we. the Rotary of great highway development, and In of the Fifteenth IMstricl, recognize a few years many roads, which now the, splendid contribution which the carry only locul traffic originating Hoy Scout organization Is making to within five or ten miles of the the boy life of the nation and to our largelywill be carrying a large percentown district. In the upbuilding of roud, of through traffic, much of it com age most character during the Impression ing from outside the state. This Is able years of a boy's life, and the opinion of officials of the bureau WIIEKF.AS. Hoys' work is natlonalof public roads, Vnlted Stntes Departiy and Internationally recognized as ment of Agriculture, bused upon the of the highest importance by llotary report of two traffic censuses taken by international, and with the the bureau In WHEUKAS, The Boy Scout motto, state of Connectidepartment highway "Do a Good Turn Dally," is Identical ' cut. In spirit with our motto "lie F'roflts wore selected The roads part of a Most Who Serves Hest," thereby makof highways. system complete fairly the and ideal Scout the ing Iioy of deal of service one and the same The first census showed an average 2,907 passenger cars and 2S1 trucks thing, therefore, a day ; HE IT RESOLVED, that we approve passing the recording station second, 3,832 cars and 511 and indorse the work of the Boy and the Forty-seveper cent of the Scouts of America; that we recognize trucks. came from within the state. in it Ideals Identical with our own ; cars as to length that we do thereby declare that Drivers were questioned and results the for travel of day, inwherever possible we will lend our of 70 miles and fluence and leadership to forward the showed average figures 52.4 miles for the two censuses. Boy Scout movement in our district, The average haul for truck traffic nnd that our hoys' work committees be Instructed to call upon Rotary for was 47.5 miles, some of them hauling of 250 miles. Officials point any "service that It may be able to ren- aoutdistancetraffic of this nature has dethat der to the Iioy Scouts of America. a of something like in period BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that veloped ten years on a road which prior to this resolution he spread on the and records of this conference and thut a copy of the same be forwarded to the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America, New York; Ko-ta- rj n m'n-ute- s City. ,1 FAMILY (Hurtorlan. By JESSIE DELL, Quartermaster Corpa. United States Army.) THE quartermaster corps of the united States army has. fallen the reverent task of bringing home the soldier dead, returned for burial under the stars and stripes. On March 30 last, the army transport Cambral reached New York with 1.224 coffins. With her arrival, the solemn duty of the quartermaster corps of returning the bodies of those who fell in France, was practlcnlly completed. There are left over seas now only 325 bodies to be brought back to the United States, the last of the 44.418 of those Americans who will be burled in the homeland. About 82,000 more will sleep forever overseas, according to the desires of their next of kin. At this time It Is fitting to tell our people Just how America has been returning to the bosom of their native land the mortal remains of thousands of her sons who followed the flag kO to local storage under constant guard of American watchmen. And thus the days work Is done. All evacuations being completed within thnt section, the bodies are then removed from the local storage, and accompanied by convoys anil guards, are taken by rail or river barges, as con- ditions allow, to the concentration point for thut particular section. Tort officers mulntntn at all times a close liaison with the field operating unit In order to obviute misunderstandings, to prevent delays, and to permit satisfactory and definite plans being made In sufficient time for sailing. These concentration points nre under the personal and constant supervision of commissioned officers and watchmen who are honorably discharged American soldiers. The ports chosen as shipping bases are: Brest. St. Nuzalre, Bordeaux, Toulon, Cherbourg. Calais. Frunce; and Antwerp, Belgium, through which, during last year, 20,018 bodies were returned to America. Cherbourg has had the greatest number to handle, us evacuutlon of bod let for return from areas of ' Romugne, Thlacourt and Belleuu all passed through this port, to the number of 25,000.' Finally the news comes from one of the six Into that realm whera battle flaca are farlea porn that the transport is ready for Its precious And war drumi throb no longer. Officers, convoys and guards then place cargo. 'ThU sacred duty, under the direction of Major the dead on special French trains or barges which General H. L. Rogers, quartermaster general of have been wth American flags. Departthe army, Is performed by the graves registration ' ure Is takendraped amid large gatherings of the populaservice through the cemeteiial division, and the tion of the town and a guard of honor, comprising effilccnt, sympathetic and reverent manner In two or more companies of French soldiers who Is a source which it done has been of satisfaction come to pay homage to our dead. to every one. Quickly the news spreads that "les Amerlcalns" That one may visualize the work Involved ore taking their dead heroes home, and all along Its methods and operations in preparing our solthe line of the Journey many are waiting. Priests dier dead for the last Journey we will endeavor are there, and these men of God gently and lovingto draw a picture which will Bhow, step by step, ly chant the prayers for the dead, whlle'chlldreu how this has been accomplished. with arms full of flowers are waiting to place them Early morning sun finds the field operating units In the care of the guards' or drop them on the rendy for the day's work and with trurlm conbarges as they slowly pass by. Every honor Is taining all materials necessary tools. Implements, shown both by civil and military France; and so caskets and shipping boxes they stnrt on their the Journey becomes a triumphal procession of our to the sacred regions where lie soldier way America's heroic dead. dead. Each unit has Its corps of The port is reached, and there on Its great Tier and technical men In mortuary affairs of the Dead" the bodies are gently laid side by undertakers and technical assistants) ro side, under the watchful care of the military perform this service. The working squads or la"Guard of Honor" comprising a company of men men. borers are composed chiefly of detailed from the American forces In Germany. Guards and watchmen attached to each unit Befoy it goes on the transport, each shipping are also discharged American soldiers, and during case containing a body Is carefully gone over to the time that the bodies are under the Jurisdiction ascertain If It Is In perfect condition for oce:m of operating units, this guard Is constantly on transportation. The tag showing the name and address of the duty over them. A commissioned ofnr filling a dual capacity of commanding officer and Inspector consljnee, which lias been tacked to the side of Is in command of each unit. the box. Is then removed, nnd name and address stencilled on the side Instead. The port officers, Once at the graves, excavating Is commenced. who are commissioned ofllcers of our army, are When the bodies are reached, only one Is alIs done, the quarterlowed to be lifted to the surface of the ground at present when this stn'-llllnmaster genernl holding them personally respona time, in order that no possible chance will be sible for all discrepancies and Inaccuracies. Evtaken in confusing Identities. This is a requirement rigidly adhered to. The outer wrapping of erything finished to the satisfaction of these offthe hotly Is removed and search Is made for Identiicers, the bodies are finally placed on the transport, fication tags and marks; when found they are sethe warning, bell is sounded and the transport slowly moves away. curely fastened to the remains; he body Is then The military attachments stand st "Attention" wrapped In a new, clean blanket. while their bugles salute the dead. All flags nnd The Identification disk and long narrow strip of aluminum, shsVlng name, rank nt.d organisaensigns of shipping, or those on vessels of the various navies of the world, which may be repretion, taken from the cross or tar which marked sented In the harbor, are lowered as our funeral the grave, is pinned to the blanket over the chfst of the dead. Tenderly lifting and placing the body ship solemnly passes out, and then begins the In a metallic container Is the next step, using lotig. Inst voyage of our soldier dead. Simultaneously with the sailing of the transport, soft, flat cushions as padding to hold the body a cable message bearing the names of the dead steady; after this a soft, cte.'in sheet Is carefully tucked In, further Insuring nun in sit the shifting returning speeds on Its way to Washington nnd Is received by the chief of the cemeterlal division, of the body during transportation. who Immediately takes steps to provide that every After this the metallic container Is plnoed In care and Attention shall be attendant upon the arcasket of chestnut wood or oak, nnd Its rival of the sacred cargo at the home port. It, too. Is securely fastened ; across the head of Let us leave for awhile our dead ns they cross the lid Is attached a narrow aluminum strip showthe serial rank and the great Atlantic and let us get a glimpse of organizaname, number, ing the fields of honor In whose beautiful, brond, white tion of the soldier, and the nuu.lter of the grave seres will repose for all time those whose nearest and cemetery from which the body was taken. of kin desire that they shnll stay sleeping In The. casket Is then placed lu the shipping box, France. The quartermaster corps has spared no which has been secured by the blocks of white effort In making lovely and lasting monuments to wood or chestnut, covered with white plush to the boys who made the supreme sacrifice. Grounds prevent marring or scratching the casket. graceful and majestic, were choen and arranged Name, rank and organization Is theti steuriled with a simple dignity that seems to be eminently on each end of the shipping case. A tag giving flUing for the resting places of the dead. the name and address of the consignee Is tacked At the present time, only five cemeteries In to the side, and the whole box is enveIoied with France and Belgium have official approval and our flog, which remains until the body Is placed sanction for their permanency, but the sdvlanblllty on tl.e transport for sailing. of Increasing the number of national ceineterle The sun sinking low In the West sees alt bodies broad Is receiving favorable consideration ; It Is which have been exhumed entirely prepared for which that Thlaeoort has been added to the Is another for this recently requirement shipment, nuniW. In this cemetery lie so many of the men Is rigidly adhered to. The bodies sre theo placed ?OOD-Z5X- flag-drape- d highly-specialize- d silk-line- d BELIEVES 7, If) IN SCOUTING 7 of the nlr service whose daring and brilliancy will ornament muny pages of the World's war history. Already extensive plans are on foot to make our cemeteries over there great national memorials ; and to Insure the success of the undertaking, plans for beautifying and ornamenting have been placed in the bunds of a special commission appointed by the secretary of war. It Is headed by the chief of the cemeterlal division; other members are: Charles Moore, secretary of the National Fine Arts commission ; James L. Greenleaf, New York landscape artist; arand William' Mitchell Kendall, the tist of New York. Their Idens when carried out will make the "American Fields of Honor" the most Impressive war cemeteries In the world. And every one will be an outpost of America In Franee or Belgium, for wherever lies the grave of an American soldier, lies, too. a spot that Is forever A Federal-Ai- d 1910 carried almost entirely locul traffic. It must be concluded, therefore,, they say, that roads which are now being Improved to form purt of through, highway routes should be designed" to take care of a great deal more thar the local traffic or that which la to originate locally with the well-know- n ' coming of better rouds. America. Itomagne, which Is our Argonne cemetery, originally held In Its bosom 23.000 of our men who e offensive. America's fell In the greatest battle There every State of the Union, us well os the territories of Hawaii, I'orto Rico, and the Philippine Islands, had representation. No spot In France Is more historically famous than this, tl.e Argonne sector, where lies our largest field of honor. Here France's greatest battles have been fought, but none so great as that of 1018. when America and France again fought side by side, as In the days of Wellington and Lafayette, and again for the principles of freedom and liberty. So, our beautiful and largest cemetery, stands as a monument to America's share In the world's greatest struggle. Belleau. whose name memory lovingly links with the heroism and sacrifice of our men of the Sec ond tllvMon. lies In a green, fertile valley, densely wooded, with loved and shattered Chateau-Thierr- y near Its portuls. This cemetery Is and always IM be of the greatest national pride and glory to the Vnlted States, for It was nt Chatenu-Thlerrthnt the American soldiers cried, '"They shnll not puss!" nnd, like a barrier ncross their path, halted the Huns on their way to Paris. Suresnes cemetery. In the winding valley of the e Seine nnd surrounded by a of bills. Is like a white gem In an exquisite setting of emerald. Old Fort Vnlerlen, whose massive gray wnlls crown one of the hilltops, stands like a grim sentinel guarding our dead. Lying off In the distance can be seen one of the world's greatest cities Paris whose beautiful Washington boulevard, curving In graceful lines, connects It with our cemetery. Flanders Fields, familiarly known by Its old name of Bony, Is the spot made historically famous to America by the Twenty-seventand Thirtieth divisions, whose united effort as the Second corps, furnish one of history's most brilliant pages. Boys of the North and South, sons of the men who wore the Blue and the Gray who can sny thnt. In spirit, the grent commanders of that long past war were not boar to guide their boys, as they advanced to meet a common enemy, on the buttle-groun- d of Flanders Fields. in smashing the Hindenburg line, many of the division's bravest sons were left to sleep In the field they hail so gallantly defended "In Flanders Fields where popples blow" the deep, rich crimson of those popples; how they cover every hillside and dell Growing thickly among them are the white lilies of the.alley and the beautiful blue cornflowers. And "Old Glory," floating high and wide, finds Its colors reflected In these flowers below. So peaceful and lustful! It seems such a little while ago that the boom of cannon nnd the cream of shell bad sent fleeing from their native haunts the sky larks now returning whose little throats all through the day pour forth floods of melody psalm of thanksgiving requiem over the dead, to the Great Creator for bringing again to their borne peace and quiet. Muese-Argonn- y seml-clrel- Road. Gravel MORE WAR EQUIPMENT READY The Hmdmarcn family of Pittsburgh, Pa., believes In scouting. The accompanying picture shows three good reasons for their faith, namely, Milton Hindmarch, William both second-clas- s scouts, a;.d Charles Hindmarch, tenderfoot. Hind-marc- SCOUTING . h, Five million board feet of lumber and $220,000 worth of other surplus war material, consisting of steam and equipgas engines and machine-shoment, all unused, recently wus made available to state highway departments for road construction. The material Is to be distributed by the bureau of public roads, Vnlted States I'epartment of Agriculture, as were large quantities which were helpful to many states 1n roud building lust season. Most of the lumber was Intended by the army for the construction of a pier at Charleston, S. C, and Is suitable for highway bridges. The machinery and equipment are stored as ordnance supplies at the Plcutlnny ursenal, Iover, Iel. This material is particularly in demand and an allotment has been requested by euch of the 43 states. IN PORTO RICO Scouts are as enger to he helpful In Porto Rico as their brothers in the States are. A scoutmaster of Aguar-diil- o reports that during a recent epidemic of bubonic plague his scouts canvass distribmade a uting board of health Instructions. On another occasion when a lire broke out In the center of the town al two o'clock In the morning, the scoutmaster got In to his uniform and hurried along the street blowing his whistle. The s'g-isi- l was heard and obeyed. In a moment six proud scouts were by his sld.;. reaily to do whatever was required of them. The two who had charge of the first-aipouch bad occasion to demon-strnt- e their skill In this line bv rendering assistance to a fireman Who had cut his hand, and the othern stood on guard duty over property when it was carried to a plac of safety. house-to-hous- Large Amount of Lumbar and Other Material Made Available for Road Construction. e i FRENCH PREPARED SCOUTS rnvld Stein, a San Francisco boy scout, while In ramp luxt summit fell oter a 2t foot embankment, striking bis head against a rock. Two fellow scouts. Homer Sweettnnti of Troop 2."i and Lugene Brown of Troup 2S. were lin kily on hand and ran promptly to the Injured lad's assistance. Having no firt alii kit with them, they tore one of their on slilrts into strips fol bandages which thty used to bind up their friend's wound. This done, they with poles nnd Improvised a their routs and gut the patient to camp, where he received regular medical treatment from the? camp physician, who thnt the boys' prompt and Intelligent nctlon bad doabtless saved Kt.Mn's life. stri-toho- SCOUTING THE BIGGEST VET ROADS BROKE Some persons have pointed to the macadam roads of France as the type of roads that America should adopt. Yet thee iiersons hae, perhaps, not thoroughly Investigated present conditions. Thet-roads, which have been a mutter of pride to France for centuries, are all maintained by patrolmen. Knch man devotes his time the year around to the keeping up of a few hundred yards of roadway. But, even so, when these rouds went to plei-eheavy traffic was put on them during the war. These roads were built for horse and foot traffic, and served that purpose very well, but motor lorries, guns, etc., cut up these roads quickly. e i s Prevent Road Destruction. In a campaign to prevent destroc tlon of the highways by overland vehicles, the stat department of public works of Massachusetts has Inspectors stationed on all of the Important traffic routes In the state fof the purpose of weighing the loads of motor trucks. Lieut. F.rroll P.. Hay. scout muster of Troop 142, Philadelphia, has bad n venturous life, sufficiently having served In the National Gunrd along the Rl Grande during the Mexlcnn trouble, and In the thick of thlnirs during the recent wsr oversens. He hn .addled the river Jordan and sojourned Money Spent for Roads. along the Nile also, but he snys his During li21 fiViO.O o,0f0 wns spent greatest, most thrilling adventure Is n Mchways In the Vnlted St.te for being th leaW of troop of bo; state, county rd other roads outsld scout Of cities. |