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Show SUGAR SUPPLY IS ASSUREDPAGKERS FOOD PRODUCTS MANUFACTURERS MANUFACTUR-ERS ADVISED THEY WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN NECESSARY NECES-SARY REQUIREMENTS. EQUIPMENT OF WAR PLANES Each Aircraft Need Extra Material and Staff of Skilled Men Removal of Officera From Medical Reserve Corps. Washington. Mimufacturers of essential es-sential food products have been advised ad-vised by the food administration that they will be able to obtain their full requirements of sugar for manufacturing manufactur-ing purposes during the coming year. This applies particularly to packers of fruit, condensed milk, such vegetables vege-tables for the preservation of which sugar may be necessary, as well as to the housewives, for usage In preserving preserv-ing purposes. As soon as the car shortage Is relieved, according to the food administration statement, supplies sup-plies of sugar will be. available for these purposes. Shipments from Cuba are steadily Increasing. All canners have, been advised to bold for war purposes such quantities of canned corn, peas, tomatoes, string beans, and salmon as they may have on hand. Such quantities as are not wanted will be released within a few days after receipt of reports showing stocks on hand, which must be submitted sub-mitted to the food administration before be-fore March 15. A memorandum made public by the war department concerning the use oi armed guards about industrial plants contain the following: "The soldier in training who has offered of-fered his life for the defense of country coun-try should not sacrifice his effectiveness effective-ness by performing police duty in the protection of property back of the lines. This is the duty of. the citizen at home. . "The theater for operations for armed soldiers is the battlefield of Europe. Each civilian should aid his country by acting as a guard for the detection and prevention of intrigue, deceit, and all the familiar stealthy operations op-erations of the enemy, in our midst. Each soldier unnecessarily detailed as a guard in this country aids and abets the enemy In Europe, " ' "Often a guard rany be needed for the safety of a factory. When it Is. it should be supplied by the owner of the factory, by the municipality, or by the state. "These measures apply not only to manufacturing plants, but are equally applicable to shipyurds, grain elevators, eleva-tors, and stores of supplies." The necessity for thorough and continuous con-tinuous training of troops in gas defense de-fense Is shown by a statement proved by captured German documents: ' The Germans at a certain position on the western front knew the British were planning to deliver a gns attack at-tack on a German division equipped with masks, but poorly trained in their use. In spite of the fact that they had several days to drill before conditions condi-tions were suitable for the British at-" tack, when it was finally made hundreds hun-dreds of German casualties resulted. Many kinds of gases are used In modern warfare. Some merely affect the eyes temporarily, and are more inconvenient than serious. Other gases l' are terrible In their effect unless proper prop-er protection is available. They are employed in clouds, or in shells, bombs, and hand grenades. It Is the work of the field training section of the gas defense service to bring home to the American soldier the Importance of his gas mask, to thoroughly drill him In Its use and j to inspire confidence in Its efficiency. After three years of warfare the total to-tal number of airplanes able to take the air at any one time on either side of the western front has not been over 2,500. Each plane In the air requires a force of 4C men, two replacement re-placement planes on the ground, and one training plane for every pilot who eventually reaches the front, with an extra engine for each plane. The life of a plane Is not more than two months, and the engine must be overhauled after each 75 hours. Now that American battle planes are going overseas, the great problem Is to secure se-cure the thousands of skilled mechanics, mechan-ics, englnemen, motor repair men, wood and metal workers needed to keep the planes in perfect condition. This engineering and mechanical force at the airdromes, the flying fields, and repair depots, both here and behind the lines in France, Is a vital Industrial link In the chain to air supremacy. From the declaration of war to February 23, the "surgeon general of the army has removed 1,050 officers of the Medical Reserve corps. In the following table the reason assigned for discharge does not Isolate under "li aptitude for the service" all ' those whose dismissal was in . considerable degree due to Inefficiency or, Incompetency, Incompe-tency, since these reasons had weight in many cases otherwise classified. Discharged for physical disability, 411; inaptitude for the service, 154? to Join other branches, 8(K5; domestic difficulties, 59; resignation, 88; needed need-ed by communities, hospitals, schools, 82. During the same period there have been 2,205 promotions, Including some officers promoted more than once. t " Mans have been announced for the organization of "Junior Four-Minute Men" In every school In the country. According to the division of Four-Minute Four-Minute Men of the committee of public pub-lic Information, bulletins especially prepared for school children will he sent during the third Liberty loan campaign cam-paign for distribution by superintendents superintend-ents to all schools In the United . According to an announcement by the wnr trade board a special license has been Issued covering shipments made by persons In the United States to, and for the personal use of. Individuals Individ-uals serving in the United States army or navy or the American lied Cross abroad. ' This license does not permit shipments ship-ments by persons In this country to American prisoners of war, .but has been Issued to facilitate small personal shipments to soldiers and sailors and Red Cross workers by doing away with the necessity of securing an Individual Indi-vidual export license In each case. Shipments by mall under this license must be made in accordance with the regulations of the post office department.' depart-ment.' If It becomes necessary later 1 to limit this license to certain specified speci-fied commodities notice will be given through the press. . .. The United States rifle, model of 1017, commonly called the modified - Enfield, has now been tested in the service of the arjny a sufficient time to warrant the assertion that It more than justifies the claims made for it, according to a statement authorized by the secretary of war. The ney, rifle takes' a ?.0-cnliber cartridge, car-tridge, which' has the advantage 'over the British Enfield of being rimless. It has been found that unless rim cartridges car-tridges are fed through the magazine uniformly with the rim of the top cartridge ahead of the rlra of the one Immediately below, Jains are likely to occur. The model of 1917 has an over-all-length of 40.3 Inches; a total weight Including oiler and theng case and hnyonet of ten pounds and five ounces. The breech mechanism Is of the bolt, type. States. Addresses will he prepared from the material In these bulletins just hs regular Four-Minute speakers In motion-picture houses prepare their own speeches from bulletins supplied by the government. , ' In each school the children submitting submit-ting the best speeches are to deliver them' in public. According to plans the "boy or girl awarded first prize Is to get a certificate from the United States government as a Junior Four-Minute Four-Minute Man. Packages containing dutiable gifts sent to members of the expeditionary forces temporarily serving In England Eng-land will be delivered free of duty, provided the contents contain bona fide gifts, the quantity Is not beyond the personal requirements of the addressee, ad-dressee, and that the parcels are addressed ad-dressed for delivery to the regimental address of the recipient. A nnvy base hospital with a capacity of 500 beds has renched the war zone. It will take cure of navy personnel, both ashore and afloat, and If accommodations accom-modations exist will also be available for army and allied sick and wounded. All persons or firms engaged In Importing, Im-porting, manufacturing, storing, or distributing dis-tributing fertilizers of fertilizer Ingredients In-gredients must secure licenses on or before March 20. Application must be made to the Law Department, License Division. United States food administration. adminis-tration. Washington. D. C. It Is reported from Germany that wood Is beinfj largely used In place of celluloid, ivory, and other substances for the. manufacture of combs. Kt- ce'. it toilet conUis are made from thinly cut birch and beech wood. . ... In the new school opened at Rochester. Roches-ter. N. Y.. to train phntogrnphers. for the Signal corps, the primary training train-ing will cover four weeks along highly high-ly specialized developments brought out In the wnr. At Its close the successful suc-cessful graduates will be sent on for a month's advanced training, after which they will be orgnnlzed Into units and sent overseas. Men with the highest grades will be given still further training for commissions commis-sions as photographic Intelligence officers, of-ficers, first at a school and then In actual ac-tual flights at the flying fields. During the month of January $11.-7.7.rl7 $11.-7.7.rl7 were pnld ont to farmers of the United States by the federal land hanks on long-time first-mortgage loans, according to a statement by the federal farm loan board. On February 1 the total amount of money pnld out to farmers since the establishment of the federal land hanks was j;.r0.7S2.432. covering 24,020 loans dosed. The total amount of loans applied for up to February 1 was 920O.fUi8.801, representing 112,140 applications. Near beer and temperance drinks coming within the designation of malt liquor are Included In the President's proclamation limiting brewers of beer to 70 per cent of the amounts of grains nnd other food materials that were used lust year. Massachusetts and Michigan chapters chap-ters of the Daughters of the Revolution Revolu-tion nre establishing "mending rooms" In cantonment. These departments :irf opened for hospitals, where hun-Ireds hun-Ireds of garments are mended each vek. |
