HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1916-6-1, Page 2THF STORY OF THE "EMDEN"
(Concluded from last week.) la promise from him to the effect that
the Germans would not attempt to
At about 9.20 a.m., while this wort: 'damage his ship, Captain Glossop em -
was still in progress, the causer blew barked all -the survivors. The work
her siren to recall her men. .Soon ' of transporting the wounded was a
afterwards a cloud of smoke was seen very difficult task, for the heavy swell
on the horizon, and presently this me en the reef made it- dangerous for
solved itself into the Sydney, steam- boats to go alongside the 'stranded
ing toward the island at twenty knots. raider. Some of the erew had mans
Von Muller, leaving his party. kishare, aged to get ashore in 'spite of the
at once proceeded to rneet her, and surf; a11td it was Irene, it is Enid, that
soon afterwards • tired the first • shot several o fthe more badly wounded,
of the engagement. The Sydney re- unable to help themselves, Mere at -
plied, and to start with the tiring on tucked by the enormous land -crabs
both sides WAS very accurate. The with which the islands abound. The
AT 35 HE HAS
HUGE FORTUNE
TARCELLUS HARTLEY DODGE IS
VERY RICH.
Was Left $30,000,000 and Made 860,-
000,000 Himself in War
Munitions.
Mr. Marcellus Hartley Dodge, of
New York, is, at the age of 35, the
richest individual of his age in the
United ,States to -day,
put of the smoke of cannon and
ON THE FARM
This Experiment Favors Pasture.
The problem that many farmers
are endeavoring to solve is the proper-
relationship
roper
relationship between number of acres
and numbers of cows. Generally I
would say that it does not pay to
put a large herd of cows on a farm:
too small to afford pasturage for
them. Our results at the Ontario
Agricultural College go to show that
as cheap milk cannot be produced in
the stable in summer as can be produc-
rifle fire in Europe has come most of ed on pasture, At Guelph we pastured
his immense fortune, now estimated 32 cows, which produced in four
at $80,000,000. And, through the Eu- months 31,650 Ibs, of milk at a east
Australian ship, however, being the :tory hays often been put down as un- ropean conflict, it is increasing daily et $408 23, This figures out to
frister vessel armee with the heivic.r :rue; but frem personal experience of production co~t of 46 cents a cwt of bushel"; beets, 61bs.; cabbage, is lb., now they will not consider it a defeat,
at threeiiu of thousands of dollars,
gone, could .hole her own range ft•r heeling Coca:. the writer can affirm MarcellusHartleyDodgei a ew ; milk, and 11 cents a pound butter fat, one ounce equals 2,000 plants, car- If it had fallen after only two or three
r a ar - arcellu es _ n In the stable we fed 15 mature cows, rot, albs.; cauliflower, ?s lb.; celery, ;weeks of assault, it would have
fighting, and steaming to and fro that the crag,, ferocious -looking type of the American (,roesus. Ile ,. r r
across the bow;; of her opponent, creatures a foc;t to eighteen inches never hasspeculated, and he never They were better individuals than the ,e Ib.; cow peas, e bushel;; cucumber, been a great victory for the Germans,
poured in a heavy fire with out reveiv- `atro•e, exitit large claws strong en- n p ` t cows ori pasture, In the same four 2 lbs,; kale, 4 lbs.; lettuce, 1 Ib., particularly on account of the poral
p, , g C i has gone Wealth
to gets who he was af- `. months theyproduced 56,290 lbs, of equalling 1-3 ounce to 50 feet of row; effect on France, but it would a
ve
ing much punishment in return, The ough to break ,cire...,„h the .hell of a ter. Wealth always has come to him, r, is c of o figuresmelon, musk 3lbs•• melon water, 4 no moral Effect now. The French pee-
effect of her 6 -inch iy ddite shells roust ripe taco -•nut. are quite capable of at- 'milk ata cost of .,4. ,,_3. ti�hich ,,
seems gr, dfathe his reeltu out to 86 cents a cwt. of milk and 22' Ibs.; millet, I to 3 pecks; onions, 5 pie know how dearly the Gerutaiis
Have been appalling, for the raiclei's tacking ., 'vasn.lcd man oho in ung His grandfather, 14lareeIlus Hart -
fire slackened very rapidly, and %fore Fable to drive them a f, ley, owned a firearms and sporting cents a pound butter fat, or 'Very lbs„, equalling . x ounce o 50 fe t of have paid for every trench,
long her foremost funnel and fore- The state tf come of the Emden'e foods store on Broadway. He alsornearly double the cost of milk pro row, parsnips, 6 lbs„ potatoes, r Saving Soldiers.
dosed on asture, 12 bushels, equalling 25 tubers per ° offensive r
eF cares uses- ; '
One
Tea
spoon-
full
•
.t'
r
of "SALADA” for every iRw'a cups—boiling
water ---and five minutes' Infusion twill produce
a most delicious and invigorating beverage, I -x91
SENO .FOR A TRIAL
PACKET
ilial]
-us a. postal saying
how much you now pay
for oraiipary tea, glial lee
Diens] you prefer-431ack,
e Mixed or Green.
"SALADA,H TORONTQ,
TEA
i
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mast were shot d'r'ill Then ,: bawl wc.;lr,alea wt's clepterable, Alread controlled the Remington Arms and p If the German oT continues
,, g One of the causes of high costing 60 feet of row; pumpkins, 5 lbs„ at Verdun until it is no longer worth
fire broke out in the ter f ai:d the many of isles her,. were gangrenous: no nnu ; Ammunition Company and the Union ` milk in the summa may he too much radish, 10 lbs,; spinach, 12 lbs., equal- eh people will
second and third funnels fell. But but with infinite care 'U14 no little < 3ietallic Cartridge Company, Ife liad poor past The. natural i ee• o , to 50 feet; uasb, 4 Ills. while holding, the French p p
'� rill. they were all tFi1Fc One p r pa. tire, The ..atural grasses ling � z, be randy and anxaris to give it up
even then Von Muller at no: intend ••s �n on board the two daughters, of them: became in Ontario do not produce pasture for to 0 lbs,; sweet potato,] 15e to 4 before the army is ready. For :it i$
to surrender his ship, thou h, oyer- , Sydney, sh ie the doctor, assisted ' Mrs. Jenkins and the other Mrs. the cows for more than ore -half of bushels; tomato, la, lb, or 33 plants in 1 business
matched as he was, he certainly hada i y the uiru a :;nal :oma as i:tant Dodge, iso an. expensive holding
iustifiable excuse for doing n; and at ; , �. l'ie station, did all he could , , liv d 1411 s• D d re. Af- ., the summer, and there is no part of 50 feet; turnips, 1 lb, ore ounce to "Verdun and the French are becoming
J frcm tht .a Hertic-r Deft e o g thefa 'h e. d d n. 5u feet of row.
`ter her death he took a great interesb
eleven o'cloeic, with his (leeks cover e,l to alleviate their eufi'ering Over farm where a manor., an see can
• h dead 1 c� de"i and hi -1 i f ._ f the He had the 1 with be more Profitably expended than in
chary of the lives of their sons. So
it ea and wounded, . , ; (rFaA lrilndlea v titer antinicn a, 'ire her MOM c Dov 'vi ' far Verdun has Bost the Germans be-
i le more then a floating wre•a l:, r ,: • • been killed durin the •n possible. H a rained i the production of an annual pasture Rats and Bran far, the Calf. o ttveen 140,000 and soca and
el 1 tt Erna.. n had 1 n i >~ him as much . s p s ti p t;The beef -calf must be kept
he turned for tlia, Leash at North keel- ..; icon whee fill • fifty more had be:•n him carc,falle in burineee :ern eco seeding mixture that 1 snowing ; has cost the French 150,000 00,000, The
cti , methods, would recommend for this ur ole from the start. In the pure-bred '
inti Leland, et about 11.20 she sues -•E wearnded, and of these several abed .:ant him through High school, and p p :French will on continue o suffer in
is one bushel of spring 'wheat, one herds it generally sucks the cow from 'that proportion from now on and will
the coral -reef with a crash, blazingub,sequently. I then to Columbia University.
furiously, but with her calors ::till
reached, gage The ship he..elf was in a terrible ^ Inherited ..1,0 000 000,
flying. Th. Sydney app stat.'•. All three funnels and the One acre of tine annual pasture will ed roots, silage and alfalfa ar clover 1
her a cc:uple more his; aisiue to fiTi:sh „"1'1'4lr ai faxlen 'visile su ier.ra- ? Just before he had finished his The French, having already an eye
,� and then =teams'^1 Fite in pair : fa
1 . stuuie at (:aiumhia hie grardfabher produce more feed than three acres of bay, In looking over the beef herd , to the end of the war, bate to lose that
her il, ai ,.his i bad 'lure' tjka;its. deck fittings, and hull -died. «'hen the 'v]il 'c;is read he natural grass pase ure. An experi- „ at
the Ontario kgricultural Collt ge a :many sons , though they in#lirfi a loss
h. t- sh• i
er •riddled , , men can uc e ue ii t as s.
have in si;rh during tee aatia,ri,,� �, • �., ,� failn(t him�clf worth $„t1,(tG0,0ot?, iia:t-' �fe'
bushel of oats, one bushel of barley the beginning. As time goes on it not pay a total of more than 130,000
and five to seven pounds of red clover. ' is necessary to give some grain, pulp- a against the German 300,000.
�u=t , f ,, me. i ail ship '" were through and through t d t d at G l 1 last um '• days ago.we e remarked that never more than twice as large on the Ger-
w the earner mama., with 3ligla e� plc„-r'e Shell splinters. , es heel left 10,000 0 0, and the other -ries illustrates this full, a had five seen' at that Institution, abet- xn:ons, a my the lose of German ef-
Tlai.. vassal a” :m The yainey • ca ualete, were e , , ^, In one field we• had 28 acres of ars f
Hirsch lead been ciipttired by the e p •. 1,,,_ .; e,ea a it 'vent to al.., Jeri; ins. ter lot of calves, all in excellent can- ectivencss at each assault nlul:es It
i end of September, anti ll.a-Ztiv", eget, Only three men . • GnH [�f the first honUrs f es#a+wed on
able ]rind, faun acral in natural grass dition and apparently good doers. tine. worth while for the Drench to stay,
seen at the 3 is i Via galeal ing i.ildc>+.1 and fifteen wounded, and h:n -liefeie he has reached. ills ma- Pasture, end four acre:, in rraugli land enquired11 as to what they were being ' Most of the French losses were right
ton ti'hii�h -1 c .,,..a aadurii .. i to they all oreurred at the start of the • _ , „and woad., The nurture mention= IN beginning
to i enle ni p her ec�al alFtring her ,3ad ,�« G . teiritti was tri election as a tlbi'eetL. , fed. flf course. they were sucicuig at the fthere of the battle. They
s n v,he:•n :lra eri� a*me , ,,, The ale ,vas ug hit e;i rite F.c nit tbie Life Assurance So- ed ssas sawn on April 30, with an ad- the cows, but calves frier, five and six were so great during the first week
at I�ee,in„ 1.+.0.. Feet tc+n time• and was barely damaged. j
ey ame u with her it was found ' ciNt,•, That was Before he left the ,dition of two and one-half pounds n months "old were gatting, besiales a11, that Gen. Jaffro wanted to give it ups
Sydney c e damaged by ° The details of the two yes els tive:e u, iver.f:v. #''hen he was graduated Canadian Blue glass; t'vo and one- g the good hay they 'would eat, about •
but Gen. de fire wanted
to give it in
that she had la:cn battle Iamar a, fa�llc+'w5: Syainey- 5t�ltt tons, '?;+.:i ;< halfpounds meadow fescue, these
her prize crew and woe in oinking orae of ha, friend, gold ttk him: See S - 4 three pounds per day of S mixture Chief of the armies in the field, beg-
' �,,+ r►mcay_ knt., nitre 6 -inch gun.., four ,3 -pound- heir, ?+1t�i•cellus, sou've'vori*b'd pretty gra,seti being added to provide pas composed of half rolled oats and half gad permission to send up Gen. Detain
condition; .,t+ Captain Glossop twelve
Emden ---gun tone 2.1.5 knots, h 8
ed the men, fired a few shelle into her hard, �i'hy dent you take a rest , -4
twelve �1.1-iiia.h „ons. From that it � , p + turned this field 14 t
to expedite the feunde:ring, and then
rrica ti i .r. I:ui ope'voald help a lot,
returned to the Emden and aeked by «ill ile leen that tine Sydney ]fad a "'got for me," he replica. '`I'm go-
surrendered. No reply great advantage, particul'rly as her ; it r to work, anLep
going tui -day-
sinal if .he .. i su erior eed and heavier guns en- : "I' was instantly forthcoming; but after p p (rood -bye, boy.,And then he Sump-
'bled her to keep off to a range at
another bri+tf l�omlrarainnent the Gt'r- W. the German's weapons could in-Cortind on a ear
�oaisn toreclnh redown
lristo the Altogethe�'3e pastured an the field?
man hauled bite he cuor Find h flirt little damage, { P g fi head of cattle from June 8 to August
showed the white ea She caribi father bad his office; That was the
en little else; her career was at an' But Von duller, overmatched as he beginning of his career. 21. Then the 32 cows were taken off
was, fought his ship very gallantly, For three years hlarcellus ilartley to second growth clover, and on Sept -
and and throughout the whole of his ! ,� i ember 8th the 14 beef cows were re -
Meanwhile the three German eine-Dodge kept his nose to the grind -
ars ;tad forty men who had ]finder? air : career he had behaved in what, for 5 atone." Then, in his steam -yacht moved,
the other island had seen their ship want of .a *better word, may ^all a 1 stone a he went on an extensive cruise There was not time during the sea-
steam away to engage the Sydney, never ghlti i e urniecess manner. IIe 1 in South American waters, including , son when that pasture could not have
and, after watching the preliminary never took life unnecessarily, and was ! a voyage of exploration up the Ama- i carried more cattle. I will admit
stages of the seta e ward hisvictims; and .when th; Ad -1 That was his first vacation. And
what the result would be had seized8
and privisioned the 70 -ton schooner , miralty gave orders that he and his yet it wasn't a real "young man's
Ayesha, belonging to Mr. Ross, the officers were to be accorded all the outing," for be took with him a party
owner of the islands. They had with honors of 'wan•, and were to ile allow- s of scientists who studied the Mora
ed to retain their swords, their lord- I and fauna of the Amazon rasions.
them four Maximieguns and a the ships only voiced the sentiments of i
tion, and sailed at 6 p.m", while the the British public, in whom a love ofd Married Miss Rockefeller.
Sydney was still absent at North of fairplay is innate. Captain Vont In 1907—the year following the Am.
Keeling. The subsepuentp adventures Muller was a `sportsman,' His ex- azon cruise young Dodge married
of this party must have provided ex-
ploits were rather akin to those of Ethel Geraldine Rockefeller, daughter
reliant material for a most interesting the celebrated Lord Cocluane; and in of William Rockefeller and niece of
Oceanofor,nr sail,ter crossing the Indian carrying on his wan: against British !John D. The match was a romance
under thehey schooner even- i
tually arrived at Turkish port of commerce he ran daily risks of being pure and simple, and strangely enough
Jeddah, in the Red Sea. Here her brought to action and destroyed by a the grim god Mammon didn't figure
crew left her and went ashore, and superior force, while all along he must in it, although each of the young
after an overland journey through have realised that his eventual cap- I people was worth millions.
ture was only a matter of time, 1 Miss Rockefeller brought to - her
Asia Minor, with many adventures, husband fully Yet he
including several attacks by bands of He did his work well, too well from !husband
not bakone envy of it.
• t f ••- but enemy though p
tune for the next year. On June bran, It looks as if this was a good
ac ernes into is a mature mixture of grain for the calf being
beef cows, six beef heifers one to two raised as these calves are, in fact it
years old, 17 dairy heifers one to two is not a very bad grain -mixture for
and one -]calf years old,'four dry dairy . 'any
calf.—Farmer's Advocate.
cows and 32 milking dairy cows. .,—..--e
5
•nad guessing always courteous and considerate to- ; ton. that last season, with its extreme
humidity, was unusually favorable to
such an experiment as this. The
only supplementary feeding was to
ome cows running in Record of Per-
formance. In an ordinary season the
results might not be so goad, but in
any season they would more than
justify this method of feeding. Na-
tural grass pasture requires two acres
to an animal, or $5 a cow, rent or
intere:•t on moderately priced land.
Then there would be another ;tis for
the supplementary feeding necessary,
or $10 a cow. Our pasture carried
75 head at a total cost of $548, or
$,7:50 a cow.—E. S. Leithch, in Farm
and Dairy, O. A, C.
Business Methods in Farming.
wandering Arabs, eventually arrived our polo o vi ', ,
in Constantinople.he was, his sporting behaviour rather
Early on 10th November, the day appealed to the hearts of British peo-
following the engegement, the Sydney pl The Sydney rendered a great ser -
set about succouring the Emden's vice in ridding the sea of the notorious Ammunition Company and the lemon
wounded. Captain Von :Muller him- raidtr, and the congratulatory mes- Metallic Cartridge Company, those
self was unhurt, and after receiving sage front the First Lord of the Ad- plants having been lefty to the family
miralty—`'G4 armest congratulations on by his grandfather.
the brilliant entry of the Australian It was a steady "grind" for him
navy into the war, and the signal ser- until August, 1914, when his great
vice rendered to the Allied cause and 1 opportunity came. The war in Europe
The young man's duties when as a
benedict he settled down to the rou-
tine of business life consisted in look.
ing after the Remington Arms &
sasFoR
f an] 'm
I�j sigest i
and
iliou e s
Indigestion, biliousness, head-
aches,
eadaches, flatulence, pains after
eating, constipation; are all com-
mon symptoms of stomach and
liver troubles. And the more
you neglect them the more you
suffer. Take Mother Seigel's
Syrup if your stomach, liver, or
bowels are slightly deranged or
MOTHER
SYRUP
have lost tone. Mother Seigel's
Syrup is made from the curative
extracts of certain roots, barks,
and leaves, which have a re-
markable tonic and strengthen-
ing effect on all the organs of
digestion, The distressing symp-
toms of indigestion or liver
troubles soon disappear under
its •beneficial action. Buy a
bottle to -day, but be sure you
get the geiruxne Mother Seigel's
Syrup..:. There are many halts, -
tions, but not one that gives the
same health benefits, ,Ola$
is the
est e
y
Holt ',Olen Tl.' TWO stzES pray.
FInI5i .,pttcat.CCJ TII:IAI,51ZE,PricebOe
unearemserprerenessammemeaseeseestreneressor
enee .
to peaceful commerce. by the destruc-
tion of the Emden'—was thoroughly
well deserved, more so than ever be-
cause many of the Sydney's men were
Australian seamen, who behaved mag-
nifiicently under Are.
The news of the Emden's destruc-
tion was received with great acclama-
tion at Lloyd's and by shipowners gen-
erally, far her successful forays had
put the premiums up and bad oeca-
sioned no little concern on the insur-
ance markets. Duding her com-
paratively brief career she sank ves-
sels worth about six hundred and fifty
thousand pounds, carrying cargoes to
the approximate value of three mil-
lions sterling; and this result only
shows what an enormous amount of
damage could have been done on our
trade routes if the Admiralty methods
of dealing with hostile commerce de-
stroyers had not been so effective and
efficient.
It is believed that the Common
wealth Government" has recently ac-
cepted a tender for the salvage of
the Emden and her removal to Aus-
tralia. If the venture is a success,
Australia will have a monument oaf
whichshe may well be proud; for, it
it does nothing else, it will show that
her home-bred seamen are as capable
of giving as good an account of them-
selves in action as are her gallant
troops now adding to their already
fine record in the Gallipoli Peninsular
(The End.)
It isn't difficult to retain your
friends if you do not put them to the
gold test.
brought it. He secured a contract
from the British Government for $3,-
200,000 worth of ammunition.
Early in 1915, soon after the execu-
tion of this contract the alert Mr.
Dodge organized the Remington Arms
Company of Delaware for the pur-
pose of manufacturing military rifles,
as distinguished from the sports-
man's rifle turned out in the Bridge-
port (Connecticut) .. factory of the
Remington Arms and Ammunition
Company. - •
Big Order—No Plant. . ,
That was a 'master stroke in busi-
ness. The first thing the new com-
pany did was to obtain a contract
from the allies for the manufacture
of 2,000,000 Lee -Enfield rifles. And
at that time ithad• no plant. But it
leased the Eddystone plant of the
Baldwin Locomotive Company and
equipped it for a large rifle produc-
tion.
In October, 1915, the Midvale Steel
and Ordnance Company was incorpor-
ated for $100,000,000 in Delaware. At'
its first meeting, held in New York,
the new corporation acquired the Rem-
ington Arms Company of Delaware,
paying $20,000,000 in stock, or in
other words, giving Mr. Dodge 400,000
shares of New Midvale securities.
The par value of the New Midvale
stock then was $50 a share. One
month later, after the new Midvale
stock had jumped from 50 to 97 and
then settled down ab 76, Dodge had
soldout the greater part of his hold-
ings.
When a man is paid for playing he
calls it work.
CAN GET VERDUN
FOR 300 000 MEN
THE PRICE GERMANY WILL
HAVE TO PAY.
When They Got the Town They Would
Find it An Empty
Victory.
If the Germans want the overrated
fortress of Verdun badly enough they
can take it by the middle of July at a
total cost f 300,000 men, says Amo
The present is an opportune time
for putting the live stock industry on
a more business -like basis, says E. S.
Archibald, B.A., E.S.A., Ottawa, in an
address. I do not think that any one
would deny that there is room for
great improvement along this eine.
Even on the best of our farms there
is a constant waste. Our endeavor
should be to plug the leaks. The
only secret of improvement in this
regard is the application of more bus-
iness -like methods. The present
time, when the demands upon our
farmers are so great, seems to me
to be a very opportune one for im-
provement in farmmanagement and
for introducing more efficient methods
into our farm practice.
The fixed charges on a farm are the
same whether it is run at a profit or
a. loss. The interest on the capital
invested in farm, buildings and equip-
ment is a constant charge against the:
business. These overhead or fixed
charges cannot be eut down, but their
relative amount can be very material-
ly lowered by increasing the volume
of business and cutting down losses.
By keeping better cows and feeding -
them • better, and by growing more-
and better feedstuffs from the hatne
ground, the volume of the business
can be increased. Reasonable co-
operation in buying and selling and
in general community work in breed-
ing will greatly increase the income of,
the individual farmer without increas-
ing the overhead charges he has to
meet. This increased income direct-
ly tends,therefore, to increase the
profits on his business.
with his crack troops, the mobile army
of France.
A Million Shells a Day.
The Germans opened their otrensive
against Verdun in February by drop-
ping a. million shells a day into the
French trenches. It seemed like mad-
ness to try to hold out in a disadvant-
ageous position against them, and
Joffre, looking to the military advant-
age alone, wanted to abandon the fort
and withdraw to the shorter, stronger
lines west of the Meuse. But Gen. de
Castelnau, leaving his ear to the
ground, and realizing the bad moral
effect, argued him out of it.
'When the two Generals fought it
out in council at the very height of
the first attack, de Castelnau talked
for two hours straight before he won
his point, and raced to Verdun late ab
night to take command, The Ger-
mans at that time were coming stead-
ily on, the French falling back, on
orders, before them. So de Castel-
Dosch-Flemst, writing in the New a o , nae raced in a closed motor car, with
York World. Then when they get it
they will find they have a hollow vic-
tory. The French will simply withdraw
to a much stronger position they al-
ready have fortified on the west bank
of the Meuse.
Verdun has been in a precarious
war maps on his knees, and the trench
commanders heard nothing mare in-.
spiriting over the telephone than a
curt command to hold.
Before de Castelnau was able to
organize his defence, the Germans,
marching under the protection of a
ge ofalready
position ever since the beginning of Dauamont ShellsThey'ad had the townached and
the war, when the Germans in their . ib seemed so certain they would have
original rash against a half -ready the fort _too that they announced the
French army seized ' among other fall of the fort a little too soon. For
places the strategical position on the it did not fall. Just at that time the
heights of the Meuse at St. Mihiel. counter -offensive hit the German ad -
They swept around three sides of Ver- vanee. Gen. Petain arrived with his
How Mach Seed. Per Acre .?
Amountof seed to sow per 'acre is
as follows.:. Alfalfa, 15 to 26' lbs:,;
broadcast or, drill; barley, eight to
ten pecks; blue grass, 25 lbs.; bronie
grass, 12 to 20 lbs.; buckwheat, 1
bushel; clover, 16 lbs.; corn, 10.quarts;
oats, 2 to 3 bushels; orchard grass, 30
lbs.; peas, 2 bushels; red top, 10 lbs:;
rYe, 3 to 6 pecks; wheat, 6 . ,to 9
packs; asparagus, 5 lbs.; beans. 1%
dun and could nob be dislodged with-
out paying a price in lives which the
French General Staff has never con-
sidered worth while.
Forts of Little y'alue.
Since that time the value of forts
as forts has greatly diminished. Ver-
dun by itself could have been blown
to pieces, but the new trench fortifi-
cations in front of it have protected
it from assault. The trench fortifi-
cations have done the real work,
and for months now Verdun, as a
fortress, has not been worth fighting
for.
The French people, whose morale
is one of the most important con-
siderations at this tense moment of
the war, are beginning to realize the
facts about Verdun, and ifit falls
picked army of 450,000 men, the mo
'bile army, the best body of troops in
Europe,
Kept Out of Verdun.
First
the Moroccan volunteers,
Frenchmen who had been serving
in Africa, were thrown against the
Germans. They are the most ad-
venturous ofall the French troops
and they would have been insulted if
any other troops had been sent into
the danger before them. They caught
the full force of the German rush on
Douaumont, and their acts of heroism
under the annihilating shells would
have to be counted by the thousands.
They paid for Douaumont and so did
the divisions that followed, but they
prevented the Germans from sweep-
ing into Verdun.
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