nd they
may not go within three hundred feet of any wharf or dock.
Secondly, those whose conduct has been suspicious, or who have displayed
active sympathy with the enemy in speech or act, as well as certain
persons who were in official relationship with Germany, are interned for
the duration of the war. Internment means that they are under close
guard in a camp, or in a small district, but otherwise have considerable
freedom.
In the third place, German sympathizers who have committed or have
attempted to commit crimes endangering the lives of our citizens, or
interfering in anyway with the conduct of the war, have been sent to
prison for long terms.
SUGGESTIONS FOR STUDY.--1. Define cantonment; camp;
barracks; army post. Describe the insignia of different
grades of officers in the army and in the navy. Find some
fact about General Pershing; about Admiral Sims. What is
meant by propaganda? What is an alien enemy? 2. On a map of
the United States mark the chief camps and cantonments.
Locate the chief shipbuilding centers. 3. Make a collection
of Food Saving notices and of literature and posters about
Liberty Loans and War Savings Stamps. Make copies with names
and dates of interesting letters from the front. 4. Collect
pictures of shipbuilding and of transporting food to Europe.
5. Why did the navy go first to Europe? 6. How does the draft
put a man into the army? 7. What factories near your home
have done war work? 8. In what ways can a boy or girl save
food? 9. Name five things on which you have to pay a war tax.
10. What can a boy or girl do for the Junior Red Cross? 11.
Why do clothes and shoes cost more than before the war? 12.
Why are some alien enemies put into prison or into detention
camps?
REFERENCES.--_National Service Handbook_ (C.P.I.);
_President's Flag Day Address with Evidence of Germany's
Plans_ (C.P.I.); Pamphlets from National Food Administrator;
Pamphlets from National Fuel Administrator; _American Red
Cross, Teachers Manual_; _German Plots and Intrigues_
(C.P.I.); _Conquest and Kultur_ (C.P.I.); the _World
Almanac_.
CHAPTER XIV
QUESTIONS OF THE COMING PEACE
There are two kinds of problems which must be solved by the American
people before permanent peace conditions can be established. One group
of problems is composed of international questions, largely pertaining
to the
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