STATE'S DRAFTEES WILL BEDRILLED Council of National Defense Arranges For Extension . of System Generally * All men of draft age in the state who are likely to be called out soon will be offered military training such as the Harrisburg Reserves have been giving to the young men of Harrisburg at the Island and at Millersburg, Willlamstown, Eliza bethville and other towns of the upper district and the Steelton Re serves at Steelton. The extension of the work has been arranged by the State Council of National Defense. In this county the work has been under way for weeks and as soon as the Paxtang board announces its plans drilling will begin in the east ern end. A statement from Philadelphia says: "Every selective service man in this state will have an opportunity to take military training before he enters the cantonments,' according to arrangements that have been completed by T. DeWitt Cuyler, director of the Military 6ervice De partment of the Pennsylvania Coun cil National Defense. From 80 to 90 per cent, of the draftees who have trained with instruction boards, Home Defense police or other units, have been appointed non-commis sioned officers soon after they enter the United States Army," said Director Cuyler, "and it was the pre liminary training that won the pro motions. Promotions mean higher pay and better living conditions." "To train the "awkward squads" of drafted men every military and semi-military unit in the state is be ing utilized bjt the boards of in struction of the Military Service De partment. The boards, according to Mr. Cuyler, are being organized in every part of the state, in Phila delphia 600 men are already study ing the setting up and bayonet ex ercises as well as rifle practice. "Director Cuyler is making a spe cial campaign to reach the men of the 1919 class and bring them into these training units. "Our aim in doing this," he "is to give Pennsylvania the highest position for the standard and character of men sent into the army." Nation-Wide Sunday School Drive to Begin Sept. 15 The united effort of the Sunday school forces of thirty and more Protestant churches of the United states and Canada is to be centered upon the promotion of teacher and leadership training for one month beptember 15 to October 15. 1918, The Sunday t-chool Council, repre-. senting thirty denominations, inaugu rated this movement. Over I'OO.OUO Sunday schools with 19.000.UU0 schol ars, are represented in this drive. This JS by far the most pretentious effort ever made on the part of the Protes tant churches in this continent. George T. Webb, Winipeg, Can., secretary of the Sunday School Council, is the ex ecutive secretary of the drive, and is devoting his entire time for four months to the movement. The International Sunday School Association at its recent convention ■ Buffalo endorsed the movement and pledged united support. The United States and Canada were divided into a number of districts, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey representing one of them. At a recent set-up meeting in New York City, composed of the official Sunday school denominational lead ers and state general secretaries, Sun day, September 29, 1918, was set apart as Teacsher and Leadeship Training Sunday. Up until that time and on that day an effort will be made by all Sunday schools to have a class in training for leadership and teacher training at the Sunday school hour and the regular teachers in a training class on a midweek night. Every Protestant minister is asked to preach upon some phase of this sub ject on that day. The drive will be run by states in csharge of a special committee com posed of one representative denomi national Sunday school man and the general secretary of the State Sunday School Association. The Rev. Edwin Koboch, of the Sunday School Spec ialist of the Methodist Episcopal Church for Pennsylvania, was chosen as state chairman of the drive for Pennsylvania. Pesrasyivanians Get Army Appointments Washington, Aug. 20. —Appoint- ments in the United States Army an nounced yesterday include: Captains, Quartermaster—Charles D. Brady, .Century building, Pitts burgh, Pa. Second Lieutenants, Quartermas ter—John Henry Filbert, Womels ilorf, Pa.; Roger August Humbert, Butler, Pa.; Elgin Harloman Len liardt, Norrlstown, Pa. First Lieutenants, Chemical War fare Service—Harry Forman Hither, Oakmont, Pa. . Second Lieutenant, Sanitary Corps —Francis L. Olweilor, Elizabeth town, Pa. Second Lieutenant, Sanitary Corps —John W. Rice, P. S. R„ Williams port, Pa. 10 Per Cent. Raise For Western Union Approved Now York, Aug. 20.—Postmaster General Burleson, in control of tele graph and telephone' systems, has approved the ten per epnt. increase in wages of employes of the Western Union Telegraph Company. The increase applies to 47,000 workers and will add about $3,000,- 000 to the company's payroll. The advance aggregates ten per cent, to all employes except messengers and others working on commissions and those on salary receiving more than $3,000 a year. BURGLAR IN SAILOR'S UNIFORM ROBS HOME Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 20. —Garbed in the uniform of a United States sailor, a burglar Sunday nigfht en tered the house of Harry D. Rohrer, and when he heard the master of *i'ie house approaching he pretended to be asleep in the parlor. He said he had crawled through the window to get a place to sleep, was walking to Philadelphia to Join his ship, hav ing lost his ticket. Mr. Rohrer offer ed him some breakfast and while he was preparing it the stranger got away with some silver plate and jewelry and a small amount of cash. NAMED MISSION HEAD San Francisco, Aug. 20.—Reports that Henri Bergson, French phil osopher, had been tendered the post of civilian head of the French Eco nomic Mission to Australia, to suc ceed M. Albert Metln, deceased, were confirmed to-day by M. Andre Sieg fried, secretary of the mission. MINER LEFT 4 ORPHANS Mahanoy City, Pa., Aug. 20. Literally roasted when caught tn a gas explosion at the Mahanoy City mines yesterday. Peter Nokor, twenty-nine, died shortly after ad mittance to the Miners' Hospital in great agony. He leaves four orphans. 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