March 1, 1919.] 



THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



303 



SON OF GEORGE B. HODGMAN HONORED IN FRANCE, 

 Corporal Alfred P. Hodgman, of the United States Army 

 Ambulance Service Attached to the French Army, has. 

 recently been decorated with the Croix de Guerre for bravery 

 during one of the German ofifensives last summer when he ad- 

 vanced beyond the front lines and rescued several wounded 

 French soldiers. He is the second son of George B. Hodgman, 

 president of the Hodgman Rubber Co., Tuckahoe, New York. 

 MR. KIRK, BOXING INSTRUCTOR. 

 More and more it is becoming evident that the men who 

 toiled "behind the lines" did as much to win the war as those 

 who went over the top. A case in point is that of the manager 

 of the New York office of the Thermoid Rubber Co., J. N. 

 Kirk, Jr. Always in- 

 terested in athletics, 

 and a splendid boxer, 

 he was called upon 

 early in the game to 

 train recruits in the 

 manly art. So suc- 

 cessful was he that 

 all of his spare time 

 and much that was 

 not to spare was 

 given up in showing 

 the embryo soldiers 

 how to account for 

 themselves with 

 credit when brought 

 face to face with op- 

 ponents of any cal- 

 iber. 



Although the 

 armistice is signed, 

 Mr. Kirk finds that 

 when he is not selling 

 rubber goods he is 

 still called upon to 

 continue his training 

 work. 



Incidentally he has learned that this extra work has been of 

 great advantage to him. A 260-pounder at the beginning he 

 now weighs 185 pounds and, as he explains it, instead of feeling 

 fatly good-natured he is all of the new fitly good natured. 



MARTYRS TO THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY. 



THE total number for former employes of the United States 

 Rubber Co. and associated companies in military service 

 was 4,298. In all, 49 casualties have been reported, as follows : 

 killed in action, H. Bartlett, Stanley Dublinski, Stanley Rikeski, 

 George Lawson, T. F. Deady, Eopim Vorasoks, Salvatore 

 Missri, Henry Pappagallo, G. A. Waldo, L. E. Richardson, J. F. 

 Potter, Antoney Spino, F. Charles, James Mosher, R. Dulmage, 

 T. F. Ryan, S. H. Young, M. D. Bacon, M. F. Cassidy; died of 

 wounds, A. N. Allyn and Olaf Flink ; died of pneumonia, in- 

 fluenza, accident and other causes : M. Bickerdike, Loren Smart, 

 S. A. Sharles, J. H. Johnson, John Wasnick, George Shetler, 

 M. Esikovich, R. MacDonald, J. Kerber, E. Whynott, H. Klein, 

 Fred Cummings, Ira Valentine, Joseph Green, O. P. Fnend, 

 H. B. Bragdon, W. P. MacDonald ; missing in action : N. 

 Carabillo, F. G. Swan, C. H. Drechsell, T. McDonough ; 

 wounded, J. Marinitis, F. N. Champoux. J. W. Towsen, T. 

 Farrell, O. Schaeffer, F. E. Topping, H. Fahrenholz. 



Private C. Puorto, of the 316lh Infantry, who was formerly 

 employed in the carton department of the L. Candee Co., New 

 Haven, Connecticut, has been killed in action. 



The Allied Governments have materially increased the quanti- 

 ties of commodities allowed to be imported by Norway, Sweden, 

 Holland and Denmark, All quantity limits have been removed 

 from rubber tires, clothing and machinery. These commodities 

 may now be licensed freely, subject only to the condition that 

 appropriate import certificates have been issued. Exporters 

 should request their customers in these countries to apply for 

 such certificates. 



INTERESTING LETTERS FROM OUR SOLDIERS. 



SOLDIERS TO CARE FOR STILL. 

 'T'HAT there are soldiers who still need and appreciate gifts 

 ■* from the home folks is ZKfidly shown by the letter that 

 follozus. It was written to a member of the staff of The India 

 Rubber World who, through a friendly colonel, discovered a 

 private tvithout kith or kin and "adopted" him as far as sending 

 cheering letters, tobacco, books, magacines, etc. There are 

 others and they "sure appreciate" attcntwn. 



On the Mexican Border. 



DEAR FRIEND;— Received your package of sox, tobacco 

 and papers. I don't understand how you happen to under- 

 stand my needs, but you come to the rescue every time. We 

 happen to be so far from civilization that there's hardly an 

 essential within fifty miles of this place. Last Saturday when 

 your package arrived there were only about six smokes left 

 in our crowd and those went after breakfast, and just think of 

 it, we didn't have a smoke until three o'clock that afternoon 

 when the mail arrived and I received the package. I don't be- 

 lieve a soldier ever received a package that was more appreci- 

 ated than that one and also the magazines — the boys just went 

 loco over them. I guess you know how much I thank you. 



I asked the Captain if I could do a little trapping during my 

 spare time and he said I could. As there are grey fox and 

 coyote in these parts you see I will have something to do to re- 

 lieve the monotony. 



It may be six months before we get a discharge from this 

 district and so I am still in hopes of another good scrap with the 

 "Spicks." We feel a little bit as if we had done our "bit," and 

 knowing that our regiinent has guarded almost 2,000 miles of 

 the Mexican border line, perhaps you will realize our task is 

 no small one. I'd do ten years more in service just to be able 

 to show those "Spicks" a good cleaning up. 



This place is sure some place. It is 105 miles from the rail- 

 road, right on the edge of the desert, a town of about 300 

 people, most of them miners, and a sort of a supply base for the 

 troops on the river. The mails go out but once a week by 

 motor stage. When we first arrived my old job of "skinning 

 mules" was mine again and I had some great trips across the 

 desert for supplies, usually all-night trips, and it sure was some 

 cold. 



When I get my discharge I hope to join the Government 

 Ranger Forces on the border, and have already sent in my 

 application. 



I've got to close as I have to get about my duties. Thanking 

 you again for your many kindnesses, 



Respectfully yours. 



MORE ABOUT THE THIRD BORDEAUX SAMPLE FAIR. 



Literature concerning the Third Bordeaux Fair, to be held in 

 Bordeaux, France, from May 31 to June 15, 1919, which has been 

 received by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce and 

 its district or cooperative offices (refer to File No. 110760a), 

 includes (a) application blanks for participation in the fair; (b) 

 sample contracts for advertising space in the official catalog; 

 and (c) pamphlets describing the plan of the buildings and their 

 location on the Place des Quincones, together with data relative 

 to accommodations, etc. 



John M. Chapman, 101 Park avenue. New York City, is the 

 official representative of the fair in this country, and further 

 information may be obtained from him. 



