THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
PLANS FOR THE
FIRST U. S. ARMY
in This Department Our Readers in Fulton County and Elsewhere May journoy
Will Be 18,538 Officers and
528,659 Enlisted Men.
Around the World With the Camera on the Trail
of History Making'Happonlngs.
ALL IN READINESS FOR DRAFT
WHAT WAR'S RAVAGES HAVE LEFT OF CHAULNES
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l-Sci'iio of activity In one of tho Alliuilic const shipyards where already the building of a thousand wooden
niseis to ciiilv'it tin- submarine blockade Is being rushed. 2. Hear Admlrnl Leigh (!. Palmer, cliirf of the bureau
ef navigation, navy demrlineiit. .'I -Mine. Mariana Seva d Meiioenl, the beautiful wife of I'resldent Menoeal of
Ctjl i mid president of tlie C ulitin Ked Cross. 4 Tho fain uis cathedral of Solssons, ruined ly (ierinan shells.
REPAIRING ROLLING STOCK LEFT BY GERMANS
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Tills olliclal liritlsh photoKrapli shows Clmulnes, northern France, as It Is today merely imuses of shattered ruins.
PARIS MARKET IN WAR TIME
Scene in a market in 1'aris in war time. The prices of tin- veKetahles, established hy tlie autliorities, are plainly
marked, In centimes.
FLAGS ON BRITISH EMBASSY
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Colonel Milchnm, ordnance expert,
exumliiln sin-Its made, iu this country
for the cntentu allies.
Country People.
They stick to tho thins In hand; and
this is the vital qualify of n great
people. They work. Mfe Is a stiff
thing for most of them, but few' of
them shirk it. It comes to them ns
a slow-moving drama. Tlie looker-on
i Inclined to think It Is n common
place drama, but when he knows n
Uttlo more of it ho sees how It Is
marked by somber and real tragedies;
not melodrama, not hysterical revolts,
hut events which have all tho quality
of nature's tragedies, and everywhere
n r'pplo of comedy plays through the
drama. Sometimes, to bo sure, It
bursts out In something llko horse
play, but ns n rule It Is n continuous
current of humorous appreciation of
the life around. Ida M. Tarbell In tho
Atlantic.
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Vor the first time In the history of
the l ulled States an American flag
Is Hying from a flagstaff on tlie em
bassy of a foreign power. Tills picture
shows the top of (lie British embassy
In Sixteenth street, 'Washington, with
tho Stars and Stripes sharing honors
with the ltrltish emblem.
Shortened Decalogue.
A lowyer of the old school Is of the
opinion that the Decaloguo could bo
condensed to u very few words and
then possess all Its meaning and force,
lie objects to too many negatives uod
says that two nfllrmatives, composed
of live words ull told, will fully express
mo ion Jonuindinent8. Theso words
are: "Iio happy; make others happy."
While theso tlvo words may not fully
descrlbo what Is In the Decalogue, If
tney are reproduced in one's life there
will not be any need of n Decalogue.
Columbus (0.) Journal.
Brakeman Was Shocked.
Among tho tilings which passed
through the mind of n brakeman yes
terday was 11.0(H) volts of electricity,
says n New York dispatch. Now tho
man feels Just n bit snappier than
usual and ls going about his work with
no faculty impaired. Tho brakeman
climbed to the roof of a freight car
In the HronX yards of the New Haven
railroad In tho course of his work to
ease tho pressure of the car's side
door. Above his head tho giant feed
wire dangled. Ho started to walk to
ward the rear of the train and walked
Into tho sagging wire, llo does not
know thot he missed tho snappiest
acrobatic performance in the history of
railroading. When they climbed up on
tho car they found him yawning and a
bit mystified, but when nn ambulance
surgeon arrived there was nothing for
him to do but congratulate the brake-man.
RECRUITING STATION ON NOTED CORNER
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The Twenty-third street corner of the famous I'latlrun building in New
York Convened Into a recruiting station for tlie navy. The roof Is modeled
after tlie deck of a battleship, and two guns swing from a turret.
BRITISH AT GATES OF ST. QUENTIN,
Protects Eardrums From Concussion.
A French ear specialist, Doctor Bnr
,dler, has devised a protection for the
eardrums of artillerymen against the
concussion of explosion when firing
their cannon. It consists of n pledget
of cotton batting, loosely packed nnd
soaked In corbollzed glycerin, this to
bo Inserted In tho ear; nnd an ear
muff, loosely filled with cotton batting,
this to cover the whole ear and the
ports surrounding It. Of course, there
Is one for each car.
The loose pncklng of the cotton
makes It Interfere only slightly with
JJie wearer's hearing, but prevents all
shock to the eardrums.
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Officer! From Regular Vmy ano Na
tional Guard To Instruct New
Troopi 19 New Generals
To Be Named.
Washington. The full itrcngth of
the first war army organized under the
Soluctivo Draft bill will be 18,539 offl
cent und S28,Gr9 enlisted men, making
up 18 war-strength divisions complete
In every arm and supplemented by 16
regiments of heavy field artillery
equipped with lurge-culibre howitzer.
Virtually every detail of plans for
raising, training, equipping and organ
izing this force has been carefully
worked out by tho War Department,
and tho selection of the men will begin
as soon as tho draff measure become
law.
Groups Of Troops Arranged.
A revised list of officers' training
camp district issued by tlie department
Indicates that the divisions of tho first
half million new lighting men will be
formed as follows:
First Division Troops from nil New
England States.
Second New York Congressional
Districts 1 to I'd, Including Long la
land, New York City and a strip north
of the city.
Third Itemalnder of New York
State and I'ennsylvanla Congressional
Districts 10. 11, H, 13, 16, 21, 25 nnd 28.
Fourth Itemalnder of Pennsylvania,
Including Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Fifth Now Jersey, Delaware, Mary
land. Virginia and District of Co
lumbla. Sixth North and .South Carolina
and Tennessee.
Seventh Georgia, Alabama and
Florida.
Eighth Ohio and West Virginia.
Ninth Indiana and Kentucky.
Tenth Illinois.
Eleventh Michigan nnd Wisconsin,
Twelfth Arkansas, Mississippi and
Louisiana.
Thirteenth Minnesota, Iowa, North
and South Dakota and Nebraska.
Fourteenth Missouri, Kansas and
Colorado.
Fifteenth Oklahoma nnd Texas.
Sixteenth Montana, Idaho, Wash,
ington, Oregon, California, Nevada,
Utah, Wyomlni;, Arizona nnd New
Mexico.
Two Cavalry Division.
In addition, there will be two sepa
rate cnvalry divisions which probably
will be situated In the Southwest, near
the Mexican border. Officers for th
cavalry divisions will be trained at all
of tho 16 officers' training camps,
which will open within a few day
with 40,000 prospective officers under
training.
Each Infantry division will consist
of nine full rorlnmnta nf infunir.
threo regiments of field artillery, on
regiment of cavalry, one regiment of
engineers, one division hospital and
four camp Inflrmnries. The total
strength of the 16 will be 15,022 offi
cers and 4H9.792 men.
The two ravalry divisions combined
will have 1.214 officers and H2.0CJ
'fighting men, Including mounted
engineers nnd horse artillery units.
and each will have also Its divisional
hospital and camp Infirmaries.
The proportion of const nrtlllert
troops to be provided out of tlie first
500.000 will be 6fi6 officers and 20,000
men, with requisite medical troops.
Supplementing these tactical unit
will be the IS regiments of henvv flel.t
nrtillery, strength, 768 officers nnd 21,
104 men; eight nero squadrons, or on
new squadron to ench two new In-
fantry divisions; eight balloon com
pnnles. 10 field hospitals, 10 nmbulanco
companies. 22 field bakeries. rIy telr
phono battalions; 16 pack companies,
six ammunition trains and six supply
trains.
Recruiting National Guard.
In preparation for tho enormous task
of training this preat army, the exist
Ing regular establishment nnd the Na
tional Guard is being brought to full
war strength. Tho regulars, when all
five additional Increments provided foi
In the National Defense act have been
added, will total 11.233 officers nnd
293,000 men of all nrms.. Since Anril
1 nenrly 50,000 recruits have been ob.
talned, bringing the army up to nearlj
180,000.
This is tho town hall of St. Quentin, the 'French city from which the tier
mans seem ubout to be expelled by the victorious forces of Field Marshal Ilulg.
THE SUBMARINE TOLL.
First Lord Of Admiralty Admlti
Losses Are Increasing.
London. Replying to Questions in
the Houso of Commons Sir Edward
Carson, First Lord of the Admiralty.
said that as tho number of German
submarines had been Increased the
danger to shipping must be expected
tq lncreaso In proportion. As a mat
ter of fact, during April, he said, tha
loss to shipping In the English Chan
nel had been less than In nny preced
ing three months. This was partly
duo to the Increase of subiunrinrs in
other areas nnd partly ns tho result ot
nn Increased number of patrol boats la
the English Channel. Generally, the
First Lord said, the losses were liv
creasing.
BRITISH DESTROYER SUNK.
Struck Mine In Channel Officer and
61 Men Drowned.
London. The loss of a torpedo-boat
destroyer Hnd of probably one officer
nnd 61 men is announced by the Ad
miralty. "The Admiralty announce
that a destroyer of an older type struck
a mine May 2 In the English Channel
and sank. One officer and 61 men are
missing and are presumed to hav bea
drowned."