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ATTERBURY URGES
UNIVERSAL SERVICE
Brigadier General Appeals for
Preparedness and' Co-ordina
tlon of War Industries
GENERAL STAFF FAVORED
General Atterbury's
Suggested Army Policy
i ?"Th. formltin of a national
nolle"0 nd " defiDlte nntIonal
2 The formation of a competent
general staff. "jpeienc
3-.Co-orlnatlon of Industries so
as to function smoothly In time of
national emergency.
..d&rot,oB br se,cct,on
"rrmy"11 for th
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Brigadier General IV. W. A .,.
who served nlth much distinction In
'Charge of the transportation department
In France during the war, last evening
gave his views as to the future military
policy of the United States before a
large crowd of his fellow members of
' the Union league and their friends.
General Atterbury was introduced by
former Governor Edwin S. Stuart, who
presided, and the speaker was received
with tremendous applause, the audience
rising to greet him. He broke at once
t t ?. ils subject. "The Future of the
United States Army." with' the asser
tion that the world is now and for
many years uill be involved and tu
multuous. The old order of conditions In
this country can never return. Con
tinental enmity and political and racial
hatred have not been eliminated and we
mny as well make up our minds that wo
are now in world politics and we arc
today the one strong nation of the
i world.
preparedness Needed
' A reasonable amount of national pre
paredness is vital to our continued
well-being, and to obtain this it is
necessary that the army, the navy and
our great industries be co-ordinated.
The first step in this program is the
formation of a national defense board
and a thorough agreement upon a na
tional policy. The ultimate need will
be the entire manpower of the nation,
but the immedinte need is for an or
ganization which can be summoned to
the nation's defense nt any time. '
Then there should be a general staff
iormed. The outbreak of the war found
each department working out its own
salvation, often to the detriment of
departments equally important. The
great lesson of the war to the United
States is the necessity of a general
staff.
General Atterbury recommended for
the regular army the volunteer sys
tem with a short service term. Here
he took the opportunity to say a good
word for Secretary Baker, who ho de
clared had accomplished much with the
instruments with which he had to work.
For the second line of defense, he
said, the enlisted militia system was
entirely inadequate. The militia of
Pennsylvania was so efficient and did
such wonderful work that it -is hard
to make Pennsylvanlans realize how in
adequate the National Guard system is
as a whole. But nevertheless, in Au
gust, 1010, when the strength should
have been 2."i2,000, it was 'found to be
only 133,500 and other figures which
he quoted bore out his assertions.
Universal Service
The volunteer system has regularly
broken down for the second line of
defense as has been shown by every war
that the country has had, from the
Revolution 'to the present day. Any
system other than that of universal
service means injustice to the individual.
General Atterbury urged the adoption
of a system of universal service, which
has been successful in many republics
and limited monaichies. It is not at
variance with our ideals, for it is a
great builder of the democratic spirit
and its value to the physical well-being
of the national alone is worth while.
He suggested six months of military
service at the age of nineteen followed
1y three weeks' work in the field. This,
' he computed, would add more than
half a million young persons annually
who could thus be called to the national
defense when needed. It would not lead
to militarism nor Inculcate a military
spirit Into the youth of the nation.
Modern war, said General Atterbury
Is an exact and highly developed science
and It Is closely affiliated with our In
dustrial life. In times of peace these
essential Industries should be so co
ordinated as to function smoothly with
the military power In time of war. A
proper general staff, he said, would
have eliminated the necessity for Im
provised emergency forces, which, how
ever efficient and enthusiastic, have
not the training nor the data required
for the intricate work they arc called
upon to perform.
Discusses West Point
General Atterbury also paid his re
spects to certain things about West
Point. He said that as we find our
colleges are constanly In need of new
blood, the worst thing that can happen
tncro is to have a large portion of the
faculty graduates of the Institution.
But at West Point, there arc cases
where the roster shows the sons, grand
sons and great-grandsons are descen
dants of army officers. Ho strongly
advocated the uso of civilians on the
West Point faculty In those lines which
are not military science per se. The
traditions of West Point are strong
and class after class follows the routine
of those of fifty or more years ago. The
general staff'work for military preparat
ion is a real science and the men
assigned to it should have an especial
training.
General Atterbury also advocated a
system of promotion in our army by
selection and elimination, making
seniority a purely secondary matter.
He gave Instances of how the present
system had not always worked out to
the best interests of the army and
pointed out that the Germans never
promote an officer above the rank of
major who has not proved his actual
efficiency in the field and in the handling
of men.
Praises Pershing
He also urged that civilians take more
Interest in the army and its officers and
men, and spoke of. his own difficulties
in the early days of his work abroad,
duo to the fact that he himself was
guilty of this national fault. The army,
he declared, was our salvhtion In the
hours of our trial.
General Atterbury closed with a fine
tribute to General Pershing and Gen
eral Harbord, who, he said, were the
chief men responsible for the splendid
success of the American expeditionary
forces in France, nnd with another to
tho man who almost alone had aroused
the country to a sense of tho danger of
unprcparcdncss and who had organized
the training camps which played so
great a part in the rapid organization
of our army, General Leonard Wood.
After the address General Atterbury,
who looks to be in fine physical condi
tion, being bronzed and stury, was con
gratulated by many of his fellow-members
of the league, a sort of an im
promptu reception being held in' the
meeting hall.
Electric Iron Sale
Closes Monday, June 30th
This is your chance to buy
the best iron ever made
on the easiest terms ever
offered. The special June
terms are:
50c
with the order and six
monthly payments, of $1
each.
Every household has use for
two or three electric Irons.
The special terms make it easy
to buy an extra iron if you
already have one.
Remember after June 30th
these irons will be sold on a
cash basis.
Snd In jrpur order today to your
District Offie. or to th. Electric
Shop. OrphonaWaInut4700and
hava your Iron aant out to you.
The PHILADELPHIA
ELECTRIC COMPANY
Tenth and Chestnut Street
I S. 40lh Street 1Kb inj Clumtl. Att.
JIM Ktnilnilta An. 4100 Fr.nif.rd Ati.
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EVENING PUBLIC LED GERr PHILADELPHIA, THUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1919
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WORK ON WAR R
TO
All Service Men in City to Fill
Blanks Regarding Work
In World Conflict
CANVASS BY POLICE
The kind of cake that
"Mother used to make"
was good, sure enough. But
Mother didn't use any better ma
terials than Ivins' uses.
Mother didn't have the big, "heat-tested"
ovens or the scales that weigh to the
fraction of an ounce, or the 76 years of
baking experience that Ivins' has.
Nor would Mother stand around a hot
oven if she knew sins could hxf such
delicious cake at the grocer's, such as
mmuwnae
tfvimftcimd
Baker of
Good Biscuit
in Philadelphia
Since 1846
rbiladplphia's war record is to be
written by the men who made It. By a
census plan adopted by the Philadelphia
Council of National Defense, the com
pilation is to be made by a house-to-houso
canvass, beginning tomorrow, in
which the police will serve as enumera
tors. Distribution of the blanks prepared
for the purpose begins tomorrow. These
will be left nt every house whero there
is a record of an occupant having served
in tho United States army, navy or
marine corps or in the military forces
of the Allies.
Where more than one man is record
ed as having becft In military service
sufficient additional blanks .will be left.
Collections on Monday
Next Monday the police will again
make their rounds of these houses and
collect the data as furnished by the
families of the service men. This will
be forwarded to the Council of National
Defense in the Liberty Building.
The work of compilation v. ill then
begin. During the wnr the Mayor's Per
sonal Service Bureau got together a
partial list of the Plilladclphlans in the
United States forces.
This will be available to the Defense
Council and the new data and old wfll
be compared. Where names are found
in the old list that do not appear in the
new the names will be traced out, and
if found correct will be included in the
new records.
In tabulated form the data compiled
will then become part of the permanent
records of tho city of Philadelphia. If
a memorial hall Is built they will be
placed in this building.
The Pennsylvania War History Com
mission has furnished the. blanks that
vrlllbp used In taking this new census.
J. Jarden Gticnthcr, executive manager
of the Philadelphia Council of National
Defense, is supervising the work.
The forms to be used In the census
call nrst for the name nnd address of
the man who served. Then the name nnd
address of his next of kin and the relationship.
Another feature Is the asking of the
rather s name and the mother s mhiden
name. Mr. Ottenther was asked as to the
necessity for this Information.
"That is to settlo disputes of the
future," he replied. "This will com
plete the genealogical record so far as the
man is concerned. No doubt in the far
future there will be world-war organ
Nations. This information as to the
mother nnd father of tho service man
will be of aid in such cases,"
The age of the man upon entrance
Into service is next asked, as well as the
date he entered. The department of tho
army or navy In which he served is
the next question.
Thero is also provision for casualties.
ItelatlvM nre asked to fill out the forms
for those who died. They are asked to
give all the known circumstances of
death. The wounded and gnssed men are
asked to give similar data.
Then comes the question of decora
tions and citations. All information on
these points is to be appended to the
forms. The last question Is the date of
discharge, if the man has left the service.
Kennedy g-Bro.
JEWELERS
102.S.THIRTEENTH SI
Cop. Vrury Lone
WATCHES FOR, MEN
Unique Designs and
Unusual Shapes
Thin Models
A watch with a 19-Jewe!
V,r"en .movement, platinized
dial, sold .numerals. "Verlthln"
model In green gold.
$160.00
OTHER WATCHES
918.U0 to S330.00
CHERI
Popular Prices far Particular People
Re : Ice Cream
Soda
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Wouldn't you go
several squares out
of your way if you
knew you could get
most delicious class
of Ice Cream Soda in all
Philadelphia?
Well, we think we have
it and that one visit will
convince you and you'll
come back again, and
then again and again.
Ice Cream Sodas and
Sundaes All Kinds.
FIFTEEN CENTS
Plut War Tax
124 South 13th Street
132 South 15th Street
And After AH.ratloni Are Complete
1604 Chestnut Street
NOW OPEN
CHiRh-SHOP
Confections and French Pastry
142 South 15th St.
Corner Walnut
CHEI
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Long
short
styles,
trimmed.
923 MARKET STREET
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$15
We Reduce
A Special Lot of
New Dresses
$
Former Prices Were .
to $25.00
An unequaled saving. In
deed, on frocks most
wanted ror summer wear.
Silk taffetas, satins, fou
lards and Georgette crepe .
combinations. Navy blue, black and colors
15
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200 Voile Frocks
$Q.75
Values to $12.50
Delightful summer
dresses In plain color
and figured olles.
Second Floor
$8.75
$1 Voile Waists
79c
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A brand-new lot
showing a e v e ral
styles with lace or
embroidery - trim
med fronts. All
sizes.
$30 Georgette
& Crepe de Chine $0.89
Silk Waists a
$1.25 Wash Skirts
89c
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Gabardines, piques,
repps and novelty
materials. Belted
and button trimmed.
All sizes
$2 JO Wash
Skirts... $1.79
A dozen
styles for
choice. Of best wash
materials
Topless &
Medium
Bust
Corsets,
$1.00
Street Floor
Envelope
Chemise,
79'
Pink or white.
Lace and em
broidery trimmed.
Corset
Covers,
29c
Lace and em
broidery trim
med. White.
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Slip-on m
and I.
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$9.25 i
Coat
Sweaters,
Street Floor
Women's Gingham $)&
and Voile Dresses
Two big racks full of most unusual wash f locks each mm ,
than our special price. Plain colors, stripes and checks 1 Iff
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Women 8 Washable
Suits
Of linens, tn
white and llcht
colors. All sizes.
$4.89
Women's Silk
Dresses $0 fiQ
nich satins and Y(VV
taffetas. Values
ii ranga up to 16.
Girls' $3.00 Voile
Dresses
Dainty flowered
and plaid designs.
Sizes 6 to 14
years.
$1.85
Children's Dresses
& Rompers yift
TOC
Of white lawns,
llnenes and ging
hams. Sizes 2 to
6 years.
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, THIS STORE WILL BE CLOSED DAILY AT FIVE O'CLOCK
Many Things for Vacation
and the "Fourth" Among the
Strawbridge & Clothier
Anniversary Sale Specials
Don't Miss Your Share of the
Anniversary Sale Values in
Summer Dresses
These are the Dresses vou would bo most
likely to choose, if there were no special price
inducement, and selecting is just as satis
factory as it would be if the finest regular
stock were at your disposal. The only differ
ence is, that during June the prices are con
siderably lower. EVERY ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING IS A REMARKABLE
VALUE :
Summer Frocks, $5.00 to $9.75
Voiles in white and dainty colors, and ginghams
in checks and plaids; made in straight-lino and
tunic styles, some with white collar and cuffs.
Afternoon Frocks at $25.00
Taffeta, moire taffeta nnd embroidered crepe de
chine, in draped, tunic and surplice styles. Black,
navy blue, white, flesh-color, French blue, gray and
taupe. One model sketched.
Lovely Silk Frocks at $22.50
Taffeta and crepe de chine, including black, navy
blue, taupe, beaver and French blue, and made in
various draped, tier, tunic and coat ettccts.
Organdie Frocks, $16.50 to $19.75
White, pink, orchid, mais, green, black and navy blue; made in
tunic and straight-line styles, also with the new deep tucks in the
skirt; some beautifully embroidered, others lace-trimmed.
Flowered Organdie Frocks, $10.75
Small and medium patterns, in pink, blue, gray, green and an
tones, some combined with plain organdie.
Imported Gingham Dresses, $19.75
Fine imported checked and plaid ginghams, in unusually distinctive
patterns and colorings, some smartly tailored, others lace-trimmed.
iTU Straw brldco & Clothier Second floor. Centre ,
This Smart Wrap
Reduced to $30.00 .
Is One of Many Extraordinary
Values in the Anniversary Sale
It is of dark blue serge, braided in black and
finished with a graceful deep hood collar, in a lovely
shade of henna, and beautifully lined throughout.
Others equally attractive in this group at $30.00,
worth one-third more.
Wool Velour Capes now $27.50
Graceful Long Capes in light shades of tan, blue
and gray, finished with deep hood-like collar.
GREATLY REDUCED.
Black Taffeta Coats at $18.50
Lustrous Black Coats, unlined, cool and dust
shedding. Excellent for traveling. WORTH ONE
THIRD MORE.
Strawbrldge & Clothier Second floor.
Centre
Golden Special To-morrow
1500 Fresh
New Royal
Waists
Exceptional Value
At $1.65
Fifteen hundred fresh, new Royal Waists, of sheer white ba
tiste, beautifully tucked and trimmed with neat, carefully-selected
embroideries, or with a pretty touch of color on collar and cuffs.
Some have flat sailor collar, some roll collar, and others are made
in slip-over style. All sizes from 34 to 46.
Str.iw bridge L Clothier Second floor. Centre
PECIAtJ
Suits for Men and Young Men in the Sale
ODD LOTS FROM OUR REGULAR STOCK REDUCED AND ADDED TO THE SPE
CIAL UNDER-PRICE PURCHASES AT $21.50, $23.00, $28.50, $36.00 AND $41.50
Added to the special groups recently received from the best Clothing manufacturer in this city, and marked at an
average SAVING OF TWENTY-FIVE PER CENT., are several hundred Suits from our regular stock at substantial re
ductions. The extraordinary activity of the month has broken the size-range in many favorite lines which cannot be re
ordered, and all these broken lines are grouped with the special "Alco" Suits, thus strengthening each of the FIVE RE
MARKABLE LOTS, at $21.50, $23.00, $28.50, $36.00 and $41.50. Practically every man and young man can be fitted and
suited at the price he chooses to pay, and be assured of a GENUINE SAVING OF MONEY. The fabrics are from the best
mills WORSTEDS, CASSIMERES, CHEVIOTS, FLANNELS and TWEEDS ; in neat gray and brown mixtures and plain
colors ; also BLUE SERGE SUITS. Please remember Suits that would be excellent values at from $25.00 to $50.00, now
$21.50 to $41.50.
MILLINERY
Special Values at
$6.00, $8.00 and $9.00
Hats that
would sell regu
larly at one
third and more
than one-third
higher. They
are Straw Hats
faced with crepe
or taffeta, and
trimme'd w i t h
fancy ostrich
feathers to
match. The Hat
sketched, at
SG.00. is of white straw with over-
Drim 01 wniie crepe, anu inuuiieu
with white feathers.
Special at $4.85
White Milan-Hemp Hats an ex
cellent assortment of shapes, with
pretty, summery trimmings; many
trimmed with white ribbons and
flowers. ""
Special at $3.95
Ciepe Georgette Hats with the
fashionable droop, in medium and
large sizes, trimmed with ribbons,
flowers and ostrich fancies. White,
pink, navy blue and lack.
Strawbrldse ft Clothier
Second floor. Market Street, West
The Sale of Men's
Straw and
Panama Hats
Continues with excellent assort
ments of kinds and styles for satis
factory selection and values well
worth securing immediately.
Sennit Straw Hats $2.65
Soft Leghorn Hat $3.65
Split Straw Hats $3.15
Genuine Panama Hats $4.50
Genuine Panama Hats $5.50
Genuine Panama Hats, $10.50
Summer Caps now $1.35
Strawbrldse k Clothier
Second floor. Market Street, East
Men Who Want
Shirts with the
Collar Attached
Will be glad to know that we now
have a good collection of
White Cheviot Shirts
Special at $2.50
These are very serviceable and
comfortable in cut, and the at
tached collar is in a particularly
neat and desirable style. Out-of-the-ordinary
value at the price.
Strawbrldge Clothier
East Store. Eighth Street
Women's
Bathing
Suits
FIRST
FLOOR
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"EVERYTHING here for this cool,
" healthful, invigorating sport. And
some cood savings during the Anniver
sary Sale.
SPECIAL AT $1.95 and $2.95 Of black
satine, round-neck style, with piping in color
A smartly simple model.
AT S3.65 Bathinc Suits of black satine with
slit belt, piping and buttons to lend a pretty note
of trimming.
SPECIAL AT $5.00 Of fine quality surf cloth,
several styles, some with round or V-neck, others with
collar, nplng and buttons in color make them attractive.
AT $6.50 to $10,00 A delightful variety of unusually
smart Bathing Suits of surf cloth.
$6.90 Bathing Suits of worsted, in black and colors
'colors.
fr $5.00 Annette Kellermann Silcoknit Suits in black
with vfojte band trimming.
AT $7.50 to $15.00 Many styles of Jersey Bathing Suits, in
biacK ana colors, inmmea in smart ways.
- AT $10.00 to $50.00 Silk Bathing Suits, distinctive styles, charm
ihg in line, trimming and color.
Men's and Young
Men's Blue Serge
Suits at $25.00
Another shipment of these won
derful Suits, ordered long ago and
now worth onc-thiid more than the
price. All-wool serge; single- and
double-breasted models. Practically
all sizes and proportions.
Men's and Young
Men's Suits, Odd
Lots, at $17.00
Remainders of lines in one well
assorted group, in a good range of
sizes. Medium and light shades;
good fabrics,. well-tailored. Worth
from one-fourth to one-third more
than this special price $17.00.
Two-piece Hot
Weather Suits
These Suits are more and more
popular as the days grow warmer
and vacation days come. PALM
BEACH SUITS, which can be
washed and kept spotless and in
nrr1 chin. .nj.mAl A. Oft f i
$13.50 and $15.00. MOHAIR ?""
a una, wen-tailorcd, and marked Jw.tW
at considerably less than other - ' fSSTY
stores' prices for equal qualities i :
special at $16.50 and $20.00. V
Trousers by Thousands
Hundreds of men will ask for separate Trousers tomorrow and
Saturday. Great variety here, and all THE FOLLOWING AT SPE
CIAL PRICES: Striped Trousers, at $3.50, $4.75 and $5.75. Serge
nd Flannel, unusual at,$6.75. White Flannel at $7.75. White Duckj
at $2.50. Khaki Trousers at $2.75. f
MEN'S MOTORING DUSTERS, THIN COATS, SUMMER
RAINCOATS HEADQUARTERS.
Youths' Long-trousers Suits at
$11.50, $14.50 and $22.50
SPECIAL VALUES three attractive lots of Suits for the hard-to-fit
youth of 16 to 19 years.
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