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Lancaster, Pa., March 22.-Sergeant
(audlee, of the leoal United States
marine corps recruiting station, is
still suffering from the shock he ex-
perienced recently, when Oliver F,
Shields, of Marietta, Ohio, ambled
into his office and set down a big
package of dynamite and a battery to
discharge it. "Mornin', sarge," he
said casually. "How's biz in the mar-
ne corps?"
Gandee realized that this was no
time nor place for discussing recruit-
ing business so he hastily backed the
Mariettiah into a corner and made
preparations for a hasty get-away.
"Say, can the rough stuff," cried
Shields. "I'm not a German spy.
That's dynamite for a plant at home
where I work. I came here to enlist."
Then Sergeant Gandee and Oliver
Shields sat down and talked "busi-
ness," the result of which later found
Shields on his war to Paris Island,
S. C., to train as a member of the mar-
ine corps.
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Some of the eating houses have in-
alled sugar shakers in place of
wls, and, according to the persons
to have adopted them, the waste
s been decidedly lessened. Others
y that this has been unnecessary,
students have taken the ini iative
saving.
FACULTY DRILLERS'
STATUS EXPLAINED
"Members of the faculty are not in
the R. O. T. C. in the same status as
the cadets, but are enrolled as in-
AIRPLANES TO BE
BUILT IN JACKSON
As a'result of the delay of definite ac-
tion regarding the purcnase of the New-
ton Haggerty Ladder company for an
airplane factory, F. H. Lewis, of the
Lewis Spring and A el company at
Chelsea, announced yosterday that he
had already procurred a site for a
factory in Jackson.
The $2,000,000 contract for air-
planes with the government called for
their immediate construction, and, ac-
cording to Mr. Lewis, it was imper-
ative that he find a place at once for
manufacturing them. He said that
there were already 50 men at work at
the new plant. Both factories are
now large enough to take care of the
immediate needs.
However, in order that the ,proposed
purchase of the Newton Haggerty Lad-
der company be carried out, Mr. Lew-
is leaves today to consult the govern-
ment, officials at Washington, in the
hope of procuring government orders
that will necessitate a factory in Ann
Arbor. Mr. Charles Brooks, chair-
man of the finance committee of the
Merchants' Credit association f o r
raising money for the deal, said vo:3-
terday, after a talk with Mr. Lewis,
that there were favorable prospects
for enlarging the government orders
for airplanes. He declared he was
very hopeful that the proposed plan,
would be carried out.
structors. They are permitted to wear
insignia prescribed under war order.
No. 49," said Lieut. George C. Mullen
yesterday afternoon, regarding seem-
ing inconsistencies of articles pub-
lished during the past two days.
The order under which the R. O.
T. C. is organized specifies what the
cadet and the company officers may
wear. When a man has been pro-
moted to second lieutenant he may
wear leather puttees, but cannot wear
the gold bar such as officers of equal
rank in the .regulai and national ar-
mies wear. A shoulder decoration of
a disk containing the letters U. S.
R. O. T. C. is substituted in this case.
For a first lieutenant two disks are
worn. Variations of the number and'
shape of these emblems are worn by
other officers of the R. O. T. C.
"The R. O. T. C. men are not rated
at all in comparison with soldiers in
the regular army and privates in the
officers' training camps such as is be-l
ing conducted at Camp Custer," ad-
ded Lieut. Mullen. "It would be like
comparing a high school boy and a
college student."
IRUMAN BIRDIES, TOO, START
BUILDING NESTS IN SPRING
Spring seems to be a stimulant for
nest building. Since the first of the
year, 88 marriage licenses have been I
granted by the clerk of Washtenaw
county and most of these have been
filed during the last two weeks. After
a summation of all the happiness that
was contained in these 88 marriages-1
the wedding cake, the bridal gifts,
honeymoon trips, and new flats-baneC
realities appear in -the fact that 15
divorce petitions have been filed in
With the American arny in Franc
March 22,-Officers emerging from
little hotel in a town at the -rear c
our sector today saw an America
soldier rush up to a gray-coated Ita
ian soldier, seize him by the han
and then throw his arms 1arouind hin
Then the pair began to talk rapidi
in Italian, both their faces wreathe
in smiles, one occasionally pattin
the other on the shoulder. k cur-ou
captain walked over and asked th
American soldier what "all the excite
ment" was.
"This is my brother," 'said the An
erican soldier. "I have not seen hir
for nearly five years, when we botl
were in Denver."
Then the soldier told this story, th
brother in the Italian uniformi nod
ding all the while:
Five years ago the two brother
werk working for ai mining compan.
in Colorado, One saved his money
and decided he would go back to Ital:
see his mother. The pair went to Den
ver where they separated. Upoi
reaching Italy the homesick one o
the two decided he would stay a while
He did; then the war came on anc
he was taken into the army. Later
brother number two enlisted in th<
American army, and so they men
here.
After talking two minutes they dis
covered that the Italian soldier ;
attached to a unit doing some work
not five miles from the American s'old
ier's billet. The Italian soldier had
permission to be absent for the after-
noon. The American soldier got a
similar permissionon the spot and the
pair disappeared arm in arm.
UNIVERSITY Y. M. C. A. HAS
IANY UNFILLED POSITIONS
John C. Parker to Speak Today
f. John C. Parker, of the elec-
engineering department, will
: at 12:40 o'clock today at -the
rsity Lenten service in the Bible
house, corner of State and Jef-
n streets. The subject of his 20-
e talk will be "The Compensa-f
For the first time
niversity Y. M. C.
.partment has more
the local court sir
The vital stati
show that thus
have been more
Record has been
as against 103 dea
registered since t
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