M. Rollett's disposition was subscribed and sworn to before Secretary Frazier on January 9, 1918, and a copy of it is in the archives of the American Embassy. ---- MARINES ADVISE SWIGGING. ---- For Hikers They Say, It Is Better Than Sipping. ---- Quantico, Va.--The drinking of water at frequent intervals while on long hikes is not recommended by U. S. Marines, stationed here. While the average man should consume, according to medical authorities, from two to three quarts a day, troops on the march should drink this amount at regular periods and not sip a mouthful at a time, say the Marine officers. In Haiti, the Philippines and other countries where the Marines have been compelled to hike long and hard, men who constantly sipped at their canteens were the first to become exhausted. On the contrary, the men who drank their fill every two or three hours, and not between times, proved to be the best hikers. ---- FREE SEEDS FOR SOLDIER FARMERS ---- Congress Votes Us Packets but Overlooks Hoes and Spades ---- PRIZES FOR BIG PUMPKINS ---- A.E.F. Garden Enthusiasts Speculate Upon Probability of Flower Pots in Tin Derbies. ---- _Sergeant Carey, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? Tomato buds, and Kerry spuds, And string beans all in a row?_ That's the song some of us will be singing when the ground gets a little softer--oh yes, it will be much muddied before long--and the grass, what there is left of it, gets a little greener, and the dickey-birds, begin to sing sweet "Oui, oui," in the tree-tops. For be it known that by and with the consent of the Congress of the United States, that ancient and venerable and highly profitable body which votes the money to buy us our grub has, out of the kindness of its large and collective heart, extended its privilege of free seed distribution to the United States Quartermaster Corps. So, if you haven't received your little package of bean seed, pea seed, anise seed, tomato seed, lettuce seed, pansy seed, begonia seed, and what not, trot right up to the supply sergeant's diggings and ask him when it's coming in. Oui, Oui--Spuds and Beans!