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STARVOL. X XX III. EAST H AM PTO N , N. Y ., SEPTEMBER 13, 1918 NO. 43

Y. M. C. A . Hut Openedat Monta.uk Naval Base

LAR GE ATTEN D AN C E A T SCH OOL OPENING

A reception was held at th e ' re­cently errected Y . M. C . A . hut at Montauk, Thursday, S eptem ber 5th at four o ’c lo ck in the a fte rn oon , to celebrate the com pletion o f the w ork o f construction and fu rn ish in g o f the small bu ild ing w hich w ill pro­vide com forts, recreation s and pleas­ure fo r the Naval R eserves stationed at Base 4 during the balance o f the period o f the war. The bu ild ing was crowded with the fr ien d s o f the Y .M. C. A . from S outham pton, East Hampton and the su rrou nd ing cou n ­try. Lieut. C om m ander Richard Welling, U. S. N ., w ho is in com ­mand o f the base, presided and gave a brie f outline o f the extent and character o f the w ork ' bein g carried on by the R eserves a t Base 4, and told o f the great need fo r such a place o f re fu g e , rest and recreation fo r the men as the Y . M. C. A . hut provides. L ieut. W ellin g ’s rem arks were as fo llow s:

‘ ‘ Is it not hopeless adequately to express our thanks f o r this beautifu l building when the Chairm an o f the Committee, Mrs. M cLanahan, lim its me to three m inutes and m y m en a c ­tually threaten m e i f I attem pt to do it in less than fifteen ?

“ The on ly w ay to b rin g hom e to you the gratiture that we m ust fee l is to contrast the days b e fo re we had this building w ith ou r situation today. Last w in ter w e lived in fish­ermen’s shacks, tw o o r three m en to a shack, and the w inds b lew and the men once huddled up to a stove stuck there fo r the even ing, and th ey , de­veloped little cliques and petty je a l­ousies and m issed the esprit de corps and com m unity sp ir it that need a b ig m eeting room to g row in. A t that time we had n ot even a mess hall big enough to contain us all at one tim e.

‘ ‘Mrs. M cLanahan asked m e to rep ­resent ou r p light to the W ar C ouncil o f the Y . M. C. A . and on e day in April w e called upon him and I heard him sa y : ‘ W e n ever g ive huts to sm all isolated posts.’ But I re co lle ct that a light cam e into his eye as he said,‘You mean to say you have lived that w ay this past w in ter? ’ I said w e had, and I saw him m ake a pencil note.W e le ft very sh ortly and it seem ed to me that I heard som e one shout down the elevator s h a ft : ‘ Y o u ’re g o in g to get that bu ild in g !’ A ctu a lly we had the essentials, coa l, kerosene, fo o d , blankets, and good com m u n ication by telephone, so that w e cou ld realize , C A S U A L T IE S T O BE E X P L A IN E Ddaily the prom ptness and success o f -------------our look -ou t reports. | M ore detailed in form ation has

‘ My fr ien d s in the N avy Y ard , been prom ised to the A m erican pub- suffering with co ld , asked m e w hat it lie as to casualties in the A m erican was like here, and I alw ays assured E xp ed ition ary F orce . A new plan fo r them that it c lose ly resem bled the the handling o f a ll A m erican casual- balmy quality o f a F lorida clim ate. ties Was announced by G eneral P. C.

‘ ‘ Here is the bu ilding with its M arch, ch ie f o f staff, charming appointm ents and fu rn ish - From n ow on G eneral P ersh ing w ill ings in daily and con stan t use by all rep ort by cable on ly deaths and m iss- o f us and d istin ctly con tribu tin g to jng. A ll lists o f w ou n ded , including our efficiency. I entire hospital record s o f each case,

“ But m any people ask w hat do w e 1 w jH be brou gh t back by cou r ier and do and w hy are w e h ere? W e are ^ v e n ou t by the W ar D epartm ent, not w aiting to g o to w ork. W e are T h e departm ent n ow has in operation already assigned to the d u ty first, a system w h ereby tw o cou riers fro m last and all the tim e, o f keep in g a F rance return to W ash ington each strict look -ou t about 70 o f us and 70 w eek.coast guards w ork in g w ith us and un- A t first g la n ce , the plan o f bring - der my control. j nf, casualties back by cou rier , w ould

The base extends from M ontauk seem to be a s low in g up o f the pro- Light, w here w e have five m en post- cess. A ctu a lly it is a speed in g up o f ed, fo r fifty miles o f A tla n tic and the system . It developed recen tly that fifty o f S ound-C oast to S h in n ecock G eneral Persh ing has n ot been re- Light w here other five are posted , p ortin g all A m erican casualties. Only

------------ the m ore serious aases o f w ounded(C ontinued on P age 6 ) m en have been rep orted . G eneral

------------ : ------------- M arch stated that up to A u gu st 20Mothers, take y ou r babies and ch il- there w ere 20 ,000 cases o f men

dren under school age to the R iver- s lightly w ounded, w hich w ere n ot re ­head Fair to be w eighed and m eas- p orted b y G eneral P arshing a t all fo r ured. I f they are n ot up to stand- the reason that in m ost cases the men ard you w ill b e told w hat to do by w ere back in service b e fo re the re- the doctors and nurses in a tten dan ce, p ort cou ld reach the U nited States.

High S chool O pened M onday W ithPrin . W m . W ood and 15 Teachers

at Helm

The East H am pton High School opened M onday m orn ing o f this week fo r the fa ll term . A fte r spending a de ligh tfu l vacation this sum m er both students and teachers again enter upon another year o f intense w ork and study. W e find a num ber o f new nam es o f teachers am ong the list this year besides a num ber o f teachers that w ere re-engaged fro m last year and fo rm e r years. The fo llo w in g is the fa cu lty f o r this y ea r :

W m . M. W ood , P rin cipa l; H azel Bush, E nglish ; A m elia Brew ster, French , G erm an, B io lo g y ; Ethel L. Gates, H istory , Shorthand, T y p e ­w ritin g ; A rie l M. W hitney, Latin, A l­g ebra , M u sic ; W in ifred A ndrew s, 8th G ra d e ; B rem er H atch, 7th G rade; R achel H olden , 6th B ; Catherine J. M iller, 6th G rad e ; H arriette Rosen, 5th G rad e ; Jeannette C. Leek, 4th G rad e ; A n gela L uckert, 3rd G rade; Ruth D. D avis, 2nd G rad e ; M rs. R os- I alie D . T u ck er, 1st and 2nd G rade; M rs. J. S. W ade, 1st G rade; M ary E. E ldredge, K indergarten .

A ll o f the courses that have been given at the school in fo rm er years w ill be con tin u ed this term wiith fitted teachers as instructors in the several classes. In the fa c t that sev­eral o f the high school pupils had a l­read y com pleted one o r m ore years in the study o f Germ an it w as n eces­sary to con tin u e this study in order that these pupils w ou ld be able to finish their courses in the prescribed tim e and obtain the counts that this study gives.

In the k indergarten and first grade the room is a lready crow ded . The idea o f having the advantages o f a kindergarten and teach er seem s to m eet with read y approval w ith m any o f the m others abou t tow n. W e are advised that the kindergarten class at the N eigh borh ood H ouse w ill be con tin u ed this year with M iss M ary E ld red ge as instructor.

HELP COVER IT! ‘Moke” Bennett Wounded

W ith Our s at the Front in France

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Interesting Letters FromThe “ Yank" Line o f battle

T he fo llo w in g letter from an There you are dad. I w rote up to A m erican b oy in F rance, w hich we the above poin t in about three spurts, publish through the kindness o f M iss Then w e w ere issued som e bits o f F b , equipm ent and ordered to pack andJeannette G oldstein , is one o i a Lo r ,j( 0h io rd, w hat a rushn um ber w hich w e hope to publish there w a s , j di(1 n oth ing but run occasion a lly and w hich we con sider o f t _e ro pes an(j m ake packs andespecial interest as show ing the view yelj f o r twQ hoUrs. point o f the typ ica l A m erican n o There was o f course a com pletelov in g w ar but determ ined to do his ;n terruption o f letters. W e w ere out best in a cause which he thoroughly the roaJ untjl m id n jgh t. a t whichbelieves to be ju s t : ’ urne som e o f us w ere detached from

June 17, 1918. thg battalion , allow ed to b ivouac fo r Dear D ad : the n ight, and the n ext day sent to

A s an upstarter, Dad, this w ould a school, this tim e a F rench one. I be a great p lace fo r you . W e are am there (o r h ere) now . It (the ju st now sleep ing in a hay lo f t tow n ) d oesn ’ t date back quite to the w hich was bu ilt in 1695. That m ay 0ther tow n. The oldest house I can g ive y ou an idea o f the tow n we are jn(j w ent up in 1697. There are b ille tin g in. I f on ly we cou ld get n0 ^i{,s B ut there are m ore cows, in to such a place, settle dow n and than m ost 0ther tow ns boasted, many stay f o r a decen t w hile, w hat a fe l- m ore ch ick ens and m ore roosters, low could see and learn. W e don ’ t, happily these last are n ot so noisy, h ow ever. W e ju m p fro m place to W e are study ing a F ren ch , rifle p lace like so m any m ilitary m osqu i- The instructions are given us by toes. W e have been here (a fte r a French non -com s and officers, dad, cou p le o f hundred m iles train r id e) it>s Qne o f the m ost in teresting pieces f o r bu t a fe w days and w ill leave in o f WQrk j haVe ever done. Im agine a day or tw o. So that ju st about bein g a com plicated piece o fw hen you get rested, learn how to m achjn ery by a man w ho doesn ’ t find y ou r be lt, you r shoes, your speak you r ianguage, o r by m en w ho spoon* and y o u rse lf som ew here in have serveii jn this serious business the hay pile w hen first ca ll blow s, f o r years> with w ound stripes and learn w here com pany headquarters crosses b f w ar (C ro ix de G uerre) and the co o k w agons are, learn w here Sew ed all over them. W hen y ou ’re to buy figs, and choco la tes , g e t your n ot bein g told or signalled (m ost o f socks w ashed and are ready f o r sight- oar com m unication is b y signs, the seeing, you g e t orders to m ove out. F rench habit o f using shoulders and I f w e d idn ’ t, I ’d certa in ly learn hands f o r speech com es in handy) F rance fro m A to Z . som e trem endous experien ces , you

E v er since h ittin g F rance w e have jm agine then. Last n ight I talked been liv in g o u t-d o o rs ; eating , sleep- f or an hour at a dark cross-roads ing, shaving, w ork ing and studying, w ith a grou p o f w ell-lit F rench N. C. when we studied, there. M ore than Qs. L ord , what m en ! One fe llow this, it has been a cou n try life , iess than five fe e t tall, tw enty-one ’m on gst chickens, cow s, p igs and all years 0ld , an A lsatian, speaking o f that. T h e last tow n I w as in had F rench well and a fe w w ords o f Eng- n iore eggs than w e cou ld bu y , which j jsh w jth a Germ an accen t, has five is, you can read ily perce ive , som e service stripes, a C ro ix de G uerreeggs. W hen I say ’m ongst, I m ean w on three tim es, one fro ig eu r (athat th ey ’re w ith us a ll day. The un jt d ecora tion ) and corp ora l’sfirst th ing, at abou t 3 a . m ., a fu n n y stripes and he w ouldn ’ t w ear one.old fe llo w w ith a fu n n y o ld bugle n ow he says he has w ork to do. w ill b low a p igs ’ reveille. F rance has A pres la gu erre— ah— then a prom - m ilitary pigs. W hen the bu gle blow s J ennader les boulevardes. One had corps o f them com e w addling through five w ounded stripes and w ouldn ’ t a lley w ays, streets and by-roads, s u r - ' w ear them . M y sergeant instructor round the o ld gentlem an and fo llo w has been in the w ar (in it, n ot in- him o ff som ew here. O ne h ou r later a : stru ctin g ) since its beginn ing, since b attery o f roosters lets go . T hey . the first terrib le A ou t. He has w on a cro w and crow and crow . A m erican cou p le o f decoration s, and has not roosters cock -a -d ood le f o r a respect- i e ven been scratched, able w hile, ju st it alw ays seem ed to The first th ing w hich strikes one, m e, fo r a fe w m inutes, until a ll their and fo r c ib ly , is the w ide gap betw een obed ien t w ives w ere aw ake. These j the ch aracter o f these people and terrib le fe llow s are as insistent as that o f those I have known. The bell boys. T hey begin and don ’t stop j Englishm en I cou ldn ’ t ju d g e so well, until every sold ier in tow n is awake. ' I had so very little to com pare them T he fu rth er you d ig under the blan- w ith. Y ou can ’t com pare y ou r first kets, the lou der they crow . A nd so fore ig n ers fa ir ly with y ou r ow n peo- on d u rin g all the day until I have pie. It m ay seem pecu liar, bu t the gotten so used to thatched r o o fs , hay, j first fo re ig n e r you m eet you r mind barnyards, and grass that the c ity uses to a d ju st its im pression o f you r is sure to be a strange w ide-eyed j ow n natives. I used the E nglish, it m atter o f in terest to m e when I fin-1 seem s to learn m y ow n. W’ hen the a lly hit it. contrasts and sim ilarities m ade them

I find this sort o f life , in som e clea r I first began to learn English- w avs, com forta b le . There is a b ig - men. A s per usual, by that tim e we ness abou t it, som e indefinable spir- w ere ready to leave the Englishm en, itual exh iliration which makes it ( and w e le ft . N ow I can talk and w orth w hile. D on ’ t im agine I am jo k e with these fr o g and fire-eaters en jo y in g it— not by a lon g s h o t M y (m y F rench im proves w o n d e r fu lly ), occu p ation prevents that, ju s t as it bu y them w ine and sit fa r above, prevents the com plete fe e lin g o f open 1 w atch in g and learn in g them happy freed om which w ide spaces. The first th ing n oticeable about p retty view s and fresh a ir should the F rench their trem endous dis- give. B ut there is a novelty o f sim ilarity to ourselves o r the English, fe e lin g and experien ce w hich is m ore L ife m eans noth in g to them except

in cArm by ShrapnelR AILRO AD REPORT

BY M cADOO

Extracts Show H uge Traffic Has Been Handled Effifficiently

Under G overnm ent Control

The fo llow in g extracts are taken from D irector G eneral M cA d oo ’s re ­port to the President, o f the cond i­tion o f the railroads under govern ­m ent con tro l:

On D ecem ber 31, 1916, the total steam railw ay m ileage in operation in the United States (a ll tracks) was 397,014 miles. This m ileage wasow ned or controlled by 2,5)05 com ­panies, em ployin g som e 1,709,814 persons. T hey outstanding $10,875,- 206 ,565 o f bonds and $8 ,755,403,- 517 o f stock (par va lu e ).

The inland w aterw ays system in­cludes som e 57 canals, 3,057 miles in length, som e o f which w ere ow ned or controlled by the railroads, and m any thousand miles o f navigable rivers, lakes, bays, sounds, in lets, travers­ed b y innum erable cra ft.

O f the 2,905 railw ay com pam es 185 operated m a jor system s, each o f w hich had an anual operatin g rev ­enue o f $1 ,000 ,000 or m ore ; 221 w ere sw itch ing and term inal com ­panies; 1,434 w ere “ plant fa c ility ” roads, constructed prim arily f o r the purpose o f serving som e particular fa c to r y or in du stry ; and 765 were what have com e to be described as “ short line” railw ays, dependent up­on one or m ore o f the larger sys­tem s f o r through connections.

A plan has been p erfected f o r the adoption o f a universal m ileage book that w ill be good when presented by the bearer on any G overnm ent-con ­trolled railroad in the country. The holder o f it w ill n ot have to purchase a ticket. H e can board any train w ithout delay, allow the con du ctor to detach the necessary m ileage cou ­pons, and g e t o ff at destination . A t their cash value the cou pon s w ill also be receivable f o r excess-baggage charges. T hese books w ill be sold at $30 per thousand miles plus the war tax o f 8 per cent, and it is believed that their general use w ill greatly lessen the pressure on the tick et o f ­fices and dim inish the congestion now com plained o f.

F or m any reasons it is n ot perhaps in the public in terest that a com plete statem ent o f the traffic that has been handled f o r the G overnm ent should be published at p resent, bu t som e idea o f the service perform ed m ay be had from the statem ent that from M ay 1, 1917, to Ju ly 31, 1918, about 6 ,455 ,558 troops had been m oved on orders fro m the W a r and N avy D e­partm ents. O f this num ber 4 ,304 ,- 520 or n early 68 per cent, w ere car­ried betw een January 1 and Ju ly 1, 1918. These figures do n ot include soldiers, sailors, and officers traveling at their ow n expense.

| The m any frien ds o f Stanley Ben- I nette w ill be glad to read the fo l- I low ing letter, w ritten by him in a

hospital som ew here in F rance, where I he is recovering from a w ound re ­

ceived in the fro n t line trenches:August 19, 1918.

; D ear P op :I suppose mom has received m y

letter by now and you already know ! I have been w ounded.

I am gettin g a lon g fine, bu t be- | lieve me, I ’ve g o t an ugly hole thru I m y arm. Y ou can im agine what a

p iece o f high explosive three quar- . ters o f an inch square and a half

inch thick w ill do. j I was lucky a t that though. The

same shell kicked one fe llow off and ' broke another’s leg so you see I g o t ! out o f it best o f all at that.1 It looks like a case o f laying around | a couple o f m onths or so b e fo re I can I get back and get another crack at

the cuss. The doctor told me this m orning that m y old w ing w ould turn out all right, but it w ould be stiff f o r a lon g tim e on accou n t o f being so high up.

1 Believe me, P op , the old cuss is | sure gettin g hell. I w ish I cou ld tell

you som e o f the things I saw before he g o t me.

1 T ell m other I ’m sorry but she will have to w ait fo r the p icture I prom -

1 ised her. I had it all right but lost it up in the line. That w as no place to be adm iring you r photograph, be­lieve me. Y ou w anted to be w atch ­in g your hide o r y ou ’d lose it.

T ell her 1 m ade a m istake on one o f the addresses I sent and to look ou t fo r it. Instead o f A . P. O. 780, I put it 180, which is w rong. 780 is correct.

I f you ever see B. Z., ask him what he thinks now . T ell him I say they g o t me dow n now , but they are go in g to pay fo r it as soon as I am able to g e t back.

W ell, I guess I w ill have to call it - quits. D on ’ t do any w orryin g about

me because I am being w ell taken cared o f and am gettin g a lon g finely.

Give my regards to all tho boys and tell them I was asking fo r them. D on ’ t fo rg e t to let me hear from you soon and I ’ ll do m y best to keep you posted on how I am com ing.

W ill c lose with love to all and tell them not to be a fra id to write.

Love,M oke.

L O C A L C O A L A L L O T M E N T

D IN IN N Y — R Y D E R

A t the hom e o f the b rid e ’s parents on W est avenue, Patchogue, last T uesday m orn ing, Miss A ddie Mae R yder, daughter o f Capt. and Mrs. M onroe S. R yder, and Leon R. D in­inny, o f K ane, Pa., w ere united in m arriage by the Rev. Dr. W m . H. B arton . T h ey w ere attended by Miss Jean W elsh and S ergean t-M ajor Lew ­is, o f Cam p U pton, and the cerem on y was attended on ly by the im m ediate m em bers o f the fam ily . The groom is ch ie f field clerk at the headquar­ters o f the 152nd D epot B rigade, at Cam p U pton.

The allotm ent o f dom estic anthra­cite coal fo r East H am pton is 5,620 ton s ; fo r A m agansett is 900 tons, and f o r M ontauk is 500 tons.

The m axim um price per net ton o f 2,000 pounds which m ay be charged fo r screened coal delivered to cus­tom ers by chute within a radius o f one and on e-h a lf miles o f y^rd or siding shall be as fo llow s from Sep­tem ber 1, 1918, to M arch 31, 1919, in clu tive :East H am pton, A m agansett, M ontauk B roken & E gg S tove & N ut Pea

$10.25 $10.45 $9.70Unscreened coa l shall be sold at

tw enty cents per ton less than above prices.

A dditional charge o f th irty cents per ton m ay be m ade f o r Lykens V al­ley Coal.

A deduction o f seventy cents per ton m ay be m ade on all coa l sold at the yard or siding.

A ddition al charge o f fifty cents per ton m ay be m ade f o r bagg in g and carry in g in.

A dditional charge at the rate o f seventy cents per ton m ay be m ade f o r each m ile (o n e w ay) o f extra hauling.

W ith Our Boys at the Front in France

June 20th.i

(C on tin u ed on P a ge 6 )

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Germans, have been manufactured In abundance In the war pa l sister republic, and many ha\e l>e*-n lent to «u r artllleryin arrival o f our own runs from Am erica. Liberty Bond* wl irnpp with lb* guua Ut dlfach U*e victory