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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