Show EVERY IDEA uncle sams burea bureaus us maintain open mind blind policy men of high and low degree give army officials tips on an how to v win the war uncle sam saw in pro eluting tho the war Is ende to t ake ike ad of every ery lka that a citizen of the country m kiy ty han have e regarding the proper method of conducting um ducting military rif attain fairs itt gardar this polle the war N ar depart aunt has made the folk foll ing statement o 0 ince the baates en tred tho the unsent war ur it han been the police of the war ar to bring its iti executive e pt I 1 as much alpos as possible into contact con tact with mith the tilt sort of peo po plo mho nho come to wa washington hington with anil ideas this attitude aas 1 bittl nury ahti idled the tile open igind policy and although it gets tho the bernu heads hi ads and ek cutie officers in for a gnat deal leal of extra work vork any body who nho carries with inith him the seed of it useful ia iden li 19 welcomed iel coined finel hia his plan ghen the inot moat ino t thoughtful consideration tion in a word nord tho the war nr de partin tnt wants to make use of r the tile brains of the american people and la Is willing ing to comb out a great mass of fanciful schemes sch etnes knoring kno NIng as they do that the thousand and first idia submitted to bluni might contain the germ of radical improvement Improve mint in our method of carrying out our end of the world conflict to maintain the open mind policy requires a great deal of patience and forbearance forb tarance on the part of officers who ordinarily would be too huy busy to listen to dal arate amateur elins for the tile nr many of the propositions have nothing to recommend them but the charm charin of and romance it lias has h boan pu said that tillit the late julia verne thought of more iElli tary innovations than zeppelin or edison lver dreamed of but the record for dreaming la Is held by several of the applicants who nho in the past few fow weeks ibave come with abt ast projects to help the government in its lits present crisis lor instance one enterprising boung man has a brilliant plan to make the record number of recruits in the shortest possible time lie ile has applied for permission to walk tho the streets clad in a patent suit of clothes of his own designing the suit butt consists of a half in half so built that if you look 1001 at him film from the right bide ilde the wearer presents the appear appearance of a khaki clad private of infantry but the view from the left sido thoms owns the astonished spectator a rather effeminately clad civilian wearing earl ng a monocle and a straw hat the front luw of this apparition ie to that of a triad cut into two ill III matched watched halves side liero hero left side tango lizard itie lite placard to go with ith this mot mor icy it make up Is dont he ile half a man aery hour bour a great many men and some women come coine in with plans to reorganize the army plans to ira im proe e the card index s stein of keeping track trach of enlisted men HIM plans to speed up military till clency by meing me ins of numbering 11 tle e buttons on sold soldiers lers 10 its As fast as the details of each cach tire discussed the tili applicants are ure turned over to the proper experts ind the merits merit or demerits of each cie cle carefully considered the case cage of tho the who how to locate lurking s liy by means of i lck of sen it gill 4 ruined to hoier hoer nd pounce upon tilt hideta monster 1 14 nim no a matter of rc nard rd new NA fl as 9 auns tuns of if arin discipline are continually baing ing olad and on of the rounds tint alie ure re found anti before the tilt chit war ur day a at many men of imp lini rtin co and rippoll come in to offer also nun mn hith irto trio frequently submit idias and of or atit tit import tn acl ic in fact the tile war nur riep tins fills profited profi tid d linin enst 1 by its polk of the tile aln mind and anti ni in great plans quite naturally tilly kept secret have act bitic a I 1 lorn orn of these simple serious con with lit nil all comers corners who thinh think allt tha ila hae ilae e found something which may aid the government |