THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURQ, PA.
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BASEBALL CAPTURES LONDON
American Army and Navy Team
Draw Big Crowds British Officers
In U. S. Give Instruction in Gas
Defense.
The Browning machine pun lins suc
cessfully undergone a tost to deter
mine Its vulue for use with aircraft.
This Is one of three types of machine
guns with which the rate of (Ire can'
be so synchronized with the revolu
tions of the propeller of a tractor air
plune thut the gun cun tie fired hy the
pilot of a combat plane through the
t revolving blades.
Airplane propellers revolve at from
800 to 2,(XH) revolutions per minute.
The machine gun Is connected with
the airplane engine by a mechanical
or hydraulic device, and Impulses from
the crank shaft ure transmitted to the
"machine gun. The rate of fire of the
machine gun is constant and Its Are Is
synchronized with the revolving pro
peller blades by "wasting" a certain
percentage of the impulses it receives
from the airplane engine and by hav
ing the remaining Impulses trip or pull
the trigger so that the gun tires Just
at the fraction of the second when
the propeller Wades are clear of the
line of fire.
The pilot operates the gun by means
of a lever which controls the circuit
and allows the impulses to trip the
trigger.
"As the latest wonder of the world
London has taken to baseball," says
a committee on public Information
representative in London. "The Eng
lish never before had much use for
our great game. They called it an ex
aggerated form of rounders and won
dered what the noise was all about,
but the American and Canadian sol
diers in England have been educating
them.
"A regular league of eight teams has
started a summer schedule, and the
English public Is learning what It has
missed. Big crowds witness the game
which is played every Saturday, and
the sport bids fair to become widely
populur. Here is the way Thomas
Burke, the short-story writer, reports
a game in the London Stur of Muy
"'Last week I discovered baseball.
The match between the Army and
Navy teams was my first glimpse of a
pastime that has captivated a conti
nent, and I can well understand its ap
peal to a modern temperament. Be
lieve me, It's good goods. And the
crowd I I bud heard and read much of
baseball fans and their method of root
ing, but my conceptions were nothing
near the real thing. The grandstands,
crowded with army and navy fans,
bristling with megaphones and tossing
bats and demoniac faces, would have
made a superb subject for a lithograph
by Sir Frank Bnigwyn.
"The game got hold of me before
the first pitched hall. The players in
their hybrid costumes and huge gloves,
the catcher in bis gas mask, ond the
movements of the tealns as they prac
ticed runs shook me with excitement.
Then the game began and the rooting
began. In past years I have attended
various football matches in mining dis
tricts where the players came in for a
certain amount of ragging, but they
were church services compared with
the lurlous abuse and hazing handed
to any unfortunate who failed to play
ball.
I "'There wns, for example, an explo
sive, reverberating "A-h-h h-h h" which
1 have been practicing In my back yard
ever since, but without once catching
Its true quality. You should havu
heard Admiral Sims, as college yell
lender, when the Navy made a home
run lilt, wlih his "Attn boy; oh, atta
way to play ball," and when they got
un error he sure handed the Navy
theirs.
. " 'Yes ; I've got It. From now on I'm
a fan. I'm going to see every baseball
match played anywhere near London.
I shall never be able to watch with ex
citement a cricket or footbull match
ufltr this; lt'd be like a tortoise race.
Come along with me to the next match
and Join me In rooting uud In killing
the umpire.'"
In March and April the secretory of
agriculture, on recommendation of the
otllce of public mails and rural engi
neering, approved 212 state road-hulld-Ing
projects Involving more than 2,."(H)
miles of highways under the federal
ii Ul road act. The estimated cost of
these Improvements to the states is
about $1.'.(KM).IKMI. The federal aid ul
. lowed is more than J."..t)(iO,(M).
Bottlers of soft drinks In the United
States may save approximately fiiMHKl
tons of suar annually hy using other
sweetening materials, according to In
vestigations by specialists of the bu
reau of chemistry. United States de
partment of agriculture. The bureau
of chemistry Is preparing to furnish
bottlers with sweetening formulas that
Will allow the actual sugar content In
soft drinks to b cut to GO per cent or
less nod at the same time wll preserve
the customary taste of the beverages.
Starch sugar, starch sirup, maltose slr
, up and honey ure the substitutes used.
' Increased demand for common In
- bor ure shown by a recent employment
survey by the United States employ
ment service. Fifty-three centers have
culls exceeding t ho present supply,
Willie but three cities, fill In the West,
report a surplus. Normal conditions
ure reported by 21 cltb-s.
Arrangements have been made for a
reduced railroad fare of approximately
cent a mile for soldiers and sailors
, v. ho desire to visit their homes before
going oversea
The army ordnnnce department has
negotiated approximately 12,000 con;
tracts since this country entered tlui
war, Involving within $175,000,000 of)
the totul funds directly available for
the department for tip present fiscal,
year $3,383,280,045. Addltionar con-,
tracts totaling $1,003,703,741 have been
entered into on the authority of con
gress' pending appropriation of an
amount aggregating $1,071,400,750.
The magnitude of the tusk of the
ordnnnce department financially is evi
denced by the disbursement recently In
a single day of more than $25,000,000
on ordinary contract vouchers. Ils
bursements for the month of April,
1018, ran to $350,884,803, an Interesting
amount as compared with the $5,05!),
204 disbursed by the ordnance depart
ment In April, 1017. These disburse
ments were mude at the ordnance of
fice in Washington. Amounts dis
bursed at government arsenals are not
Included.
One check recently drawn by the ord
nance disbursing officer for ordnance
material was for $1S,750,000. One re
quisition made recently by tills same
officer on the treasury was for $109,
000,000. This is the lurgest single requi
sition ever made by any United Stutes
disbursing officer.
Trior to two months ago, before the
ordnance department established Its 11
district offices which zoned the country
to expedite payments to contractors
and relieve the strain upon the main
office In Washington, the disbursing
officer ot Washington signed from 500
to 3,000 checks a day.
Because of the Instruction of gas of
ficers who have been at the various
camps for the last six months, the
troops which are going forward tol
F ranee are well posted on method! of
combating gas attacks, says a state
ment authorized by the war depart
ment. A group of British gas officers
has been In this country since last
summer. One of these men has been
at each of the training camps, advising
and assisting the division gas officer.
All the men going overseas are sur
piled with gas helmets. .Under the di
vision gas officers und their assistants,
the men are drilled in the use of
masks, taught how. to detect the pres
ence of gas, and given actual experi
ence with different sorts of gases.
MlmlC gas shells and cloud attacks,
used often at night In connection with
high explosives, help to make the train
ing realistic. ,
The United States has been able to
build on the experience of the British
and French, to whom gas attacks were
unknown when they entered the war.
No American troops have been sent to
the front without practical experience
In defending themselves against gns.
The training of Instructors In gas de
fense Includes a course of about one
month. Most of the gas officers are
commissioned first lieutenants.
One of the Interesting developments
of the war, according to a statement
authorized by the war department, is
the rapid expansion of the various, bu
reaus of the wnr department. At the
outbreak of the war there were less
than 3,000 employees on duty. The
number now is approximately 25,000,
an Increase of 800 per cent. While this
represents a tremendous expansion,
the Increase In the army Itself has been
more than 1,500 per cent.
Only four out of every 100 officers
in the service were in the army at the
time the war began.
m r
The gns defense service Is now manu
facturing about 5,000 horse gas masks
per day. These are being sent to
France, and It Is expected that within
a short time every horse connected
with the American expeditionary
forces will be equipped with the new
masks.
The gas defense service haR a com
pletely equipped factory for the manu
facture of the masks. In less than
three weeks a building was selected
and the factory was producing masks.
The Introduction of riveting machinery
has done away with the heavy hand
sewing of the frame which supports
the masks on the faces of the horses.
The masks are so constructed that no
metal or chemically Impregnated parts
can chafe the horse.
In Bavaria the monthly meat ration
has been cut 20 per cent from 1,000
to 800 grains according to German
newspapers. The monthly meat ration
in Saxony has been reduced from 800
to 700 grams. Public ofilclnls are re
ported In the Prussian press as discus
sing the possibility of a further reduc
tion of the bread ration In Prussia.
A Munich pnper reports that from
the beginning of the war to March 1,
101S, Bavarian hog stocks have de
creased from 2,100,312 to 700,391 head.
The Danish hog. census shows a do
crease from 1,051,000 hogs July 12,
1917, to 789,000 December 5, 1917, or a
decrease of one-third the number at
the beginning of the war.
The restriction on the importation of
crude rubber has been followed by re
strictions on importation of four com
modities possessing some of the char
acteristics of rubber, and capable un
der some circumstances of being used
as substitutes for natural rubber.
Acting on n auggctslnn of Ononil
Pershing nn order has been issued In
creasing each regiment's band from 2S
to 50 members. Band leaders huvlng
had more than five years' military ex
perience as band leaders will bo made
first lieutenants; those with less than
five years' experience will bo made sec
ond lleutenahts.
Beside enlarging the bands a bugle
and drum corps will be added to each
regiment. Each corps will Include the
company buglers of Its regiment, and
not more than 13 drummers.
South African Dyes.
What Is considered to tie an Impor
tant discovery has been made at Mar
It.burg, Natal, by an old established
dyer, who claims to have made a dye
from wattle bark which will largely
solve the question of the shortage of
dyes In South Afrlcn. It Is stated that
the discovery was made several years
ago by accident, and that subsequently
experiments have revealed that 27 dif
ferent shades of color can be obtained
by treating the wattle bark. The pre
dominating color Is said to resemble
closely that obtainable from logwood.
HUN THREATS FAIL
TO FREE SPY
J. S. Refuses to Exchange Rinte
len for American Held.
WARNS AGAINST REPRISALS
German Government Advised To Con
sider That There Are a Great
Number Of German Sub
jects In America.
Washington. The German Govern
ment, threatening mistreatment of
Americans because of the imprison
ment of the bomb plotter Franz Rinte
len, has been warned by the United
States to remember that such a step
will draw swift retaliatory action upon
the thousands of Germans In this coun
try. 0
Germany's threat and the answer
of the United States were disclosed
by the State Department. In a note
presented by the Swiss Minister here
the Berlin Foreign Office proposed to
exchange for Rlntelen Siegfried Paul
London, a German-born, naturalized
American citizen, serving 10 years in
prison in Germany for acting as a Rus
sian spy. Notice was given that an
answer to this proposal was awaited
before putting into execution contem
plated measures of reprisal against
Americans in Germany because of the
failure of previous efforts to relieve
Rlntelen.
Secretary Lansing replied with a
terse communication refusing to con
sider the exchange, and suggesting
that, while the United States does not
acknowledge the principle of reprisals
occasioning physical suffering, It would
be wise for Germany to consider that
if it acts upon that principle it in
evitably will be understood to invite
similar action on the part of the
United States.
On April 20, 1918, the Swiss Min
ister presented to the State Depart
ment a note from the German govern
ment, which said, in part: ,
''Up to the present time the efforts
of the German government to effect
an improvement in the situation of
Captain-Lieutenant Rlntelen, who pass
ed into the bands of the American au
thorities by reason of aets of the Brit
ish government, contrary to Interna
tional law, have been unsuccessful.
The attempt to bring a halt to the
criminal proceedings brought against
h.'ra in America and to secure his re
lease has likewise been without re
sult. In order to lend greater em
phasis to the protests which have been
lodged with the American government
the German government contemplates
some appropriate measures of re
prisal. It would, however, prefer to
avoid the contingency that persons be
taken and made to suffer because the
government of the United States was
apparently not sufficiently cognizant
of its international obligations toward
a German subject.
"Before making a definite decision
the German government believes it
should propose to the government of
the United States that Captain-Lieutenant
Rlntelen be set at liberty by
exchange for the American citizen
Seigfrled Paul London, who was con
demned to death for espionage and
whose sentence was later commuted
to ten years' penal servitude, and that
Captain-Lieutenant Rlntelen be per
mitted forthwith to return to Germany.
Should the government of the United
States agree to this proposal the Ger
man government would take steps that
London's uncompleted term of im
prisonment be remitted and that he be
eet at liberty in order that he may im
mediately leave the country."
To this communication Secretary
Lansing sent the following reply
through the Swiss Minister:
"In reply I have the honor to advise
you that this government cannot con
sider the exchange of Rlntelen for
London, nor can it consider the release
of Rlntelen nor Interference in the due
process of law in his case.
"The threat of the German Govern
ment to retaliate by making Americans
in Germany suffer clearly implies that
the government proposes to adopt the
principle that reprisals ocasionlng
physical suffering are legitimate and
necessary In order to enforce demands
from one belligerent to another. The
Government of the United States
acknowledges no such principle, and
would suggest that it would be wise
for the German Government to con
sider that if it acta upon that prin
ciple it will Inevitably be understood to
Invite Blmilar reciprocal action on the
part of the United States with respect
to the great number of German sub
jects in this country. It Is assumed
that the German Government, before
acting, will give due reflection and due
weight to this consideration.
"I beg that you will be good enough
to bring the foregoing statement to the
attention of the German Government."
London is a native of Leipzig, Ger
many. He was born In 1862, and when
20 years old came to New York, where
he lived from 1882 to 1900. He was
naturalized May 23, 1887, in the Court
of Common Pleas, New York. Just
when he went to Warsaw is not known
here, but he was there in 1903. His
citizenship is questioned by the State
Department because of his long
expatriation.
50,000 TURKS HOMELESS.
Fire Sweeps Mohammedan Section Of
Constantinople.
Amsterdam. Fifty-thousand persona
are homeless as the result of a fire at
Stamboul, the Mohammedan section of
Constantinople, which devastated tho
whole eastern part of the Sultan Sellm
quarter, according to the semi-official
Norddeutsche Allgemelne Zeltung of
Berlin. Buildings on both sides of the
mosque In that district were destroyed,
hut the mosque was spared.
11. S. MARINES
FORGE RUNS BACK
Chateau Thierry Scene of
Furious Fighting.
MARINES START IN EARLY
Begin Attack At 3.45, Before Sunrise,
And By 7.45 .Attain All Their Ob
jectives In Time For Break
fast Gain Vt Kilometers,
American Army in Picardy. Amer
ican marines attacked the Germans
at dawn and gained three and one
half kilometers over a four kilometer
front and captured 100 prisoners in
the Chateau-Thierry sector.
The French attacking at the same
time on the left took 160 prisoners.
The Americans now hold all the
Important high ground northwest of
Chateau-Thierry.
The fight started at 3.45 o'clock
and the Americans had attained all
their objectives by 7.45 o'clock.
The Americans have been pressing
the Germans so hard that the enemy
has been forced to throw three new
divisions of his troops in the line
during the last three days.
The Americans are like tigers.
Their commanders have all they can
do to hold the men back. Even the
wounded are enthusiastic and eager
to fight. They are proud of their
wounds.
A general who visited a field-dressing
station raid he was elated by the
sight.
The Americans sang and whistled
Yankee Doodle and cheered as they
went over the top. They made their
way swiftly through the German dead
that lay strewn in No Man's Land.
In addition to prisoners, the Amer
icans captured 10 machine guns.
Cerman prisoners said they had not
been fed for four days, owing to the
deadly fire from the French and
American guns', which prevented the
bringing up of supplies. These Ger
mans were without helmets. They
were tired of the war. They hail
been told that the British opposed
them, as their commanders were
afraid to let them know that It was
the Americans.
The Germans were cleared out of
Veuilly Wood also by the Americans,
whose guns are thundering against
the enemy. The fiercest fighting was
In progress at last reports near Torcy,
which lies about two and a half miles
east of Veuilly.
The French attack was to straighten
out the American line and It was a
brilliant performance. In this they
were assisted by the American forces.
American Infantry cleaned out one
group of 35 Uhlans, who were
mounted.
"Don't let one escape," shouted a
big American. All but one was
killed; he was captured.
The Americans advanced in a solid
phalanx, their strong, determined
faces and great physique an inspira
tion to their gallant French com
rades, who now regard them with"
brotherly affection.
On Tuesday the Americans faced
a Saxon division: on Wednesday a
eunrd division; Thursday a crack
Prussian division and also a battalion
of famous Jaeger sharpshooters." The
Americans caught one scouting party
of t-ltrht sharpshooters and killed
them all.
Extraordinarily heavy railway train
movements from the northeast to the
westward in the rear of the enemy
lines northwest of Toul were reported
by the American patrols.
Aerial observers made similar re
ports, saying that at one time the
flares from the funnels of the loco
motives of several trains were visi
ble simultaneously.
The trains, apparently headed in
the direction of St. Mihiel. passed
during the better part of the night.
RIFLES FOR 2,000,000 MEN.
Over 1,500,000 Produced For Army
Since U. S. Entered War.
Washington. More than 1,500,000
rifles have been produced for the Unit
ed States Army since this country
entered the war, says an announce
ment by the War Department. 01
this number, 1.140.595 are modified
Enfields, 176,796 Springfield models of
1903 and 251,270 Russlnn rifles.
"Besides the rifles made since war
was declared," said the announce
ment, "there are 600.000 Sprlngflelds,
model of 1903. in use. Only about
one-half the soldiers In an army carry
rifles. On this basis the Ordnance
Department has enough rifles, Spring
field and modified Enfields.
CREEKS ON WAR PA'TH.
Anti-Draft Riots Break Out Among
Indians And Three Whites Killed.
Henrietta, Okla. Three white
farmers have been killed and 200 In
dians of the Creek Nation have armed
themselves and taken refuge In the
h'lls surrounding the old Hickory
stamping grounds where the Crazy
Snake uprising occurred 10 years ago,
according to reports reaching here.
The report of the triple killing could
not be confirmed.
MAKES NEW RIVETING RECORD.
Belfast Workman Drives 12,203 In
Nine Hours.
Belfast, Ireland. To drive 12.209
fcven-ehtht Inch rivets In nine hours
Into a nt.mdard ship was the feat ac
complished at the yards of Workman
and Clark here Wednesday by John
Dr.ilr, who last week beat the hour
record for the United Kingdom. In
his work Monday, Omlr drove In moro
than a thousand rivets every hour
and on two occasions passed the 1,400
mark.
C Smewhere he U' S, A.
SIXTEEN DROWNED
FROM CAROLINA
Survivors Tell of Fight With
Storm and Death
AN EMPTY BOAT RIDDLED
Nineteen Survivors Landed At Lewes
Bring a Harrowing Tale Of the
Sea Caught In a Storm, Their
Little Boat Capsized.
New York. The toll of dead and
missing from the raid of German sub
marines against shipping off the
American Coast apparently stands at
58, all from the steamship Carolina, ot
the New York and Porto Rico line.
Sixteen of this number are known
to have perished when one of the
ship's boats capsized in a storm Sun
day night after the vessel had been
sunk. The fate of the others Is not
known but it Is hoped they have been
picked up by a passing ship and will
reach shore safely.
Officials of the company have placed
the number of passengers aboard of
Carolina when she was attacked 125
miles off Sandy Hook at 220 and the
crew at 130, making 250 in all.
Captain Barbour of the Carolina re
ported to the company that he was on
board the schooner Eva B. Douglass
with 150 passenger and 91 of the
crew.
A boat containing 28 suvivors, 21
passengers and 7 of the crew, arrived
at Atlantic City.
Another lifeboat with 18 passengers
and one member of the crew arrived
at Lewes, Del., with the report that 16
of the 35, who had started from the
ship, had lost their lives In the storm
Sunday night. If the company's fig
ures, as to the number aboard, the Ill
starred liner are correct, this leaves
42 unaccounted for. That number
might have been crowded Into one life
boat. The only possible clue to their
fate was found in the fact that an
empty boat marked with the name of
the Carolina was picked up at sea by a
British steamship. It had every evi
dence of having been riddled by gun
fire It may have carried the pas
Knpers and sailors who still are mist
ing There was no official confirmation
of a report that several bodies had
been washed ashore at Beach Haven,
N. J. The commander of the coast
guard at that point refused either to
deny or confirm the report and re
ferred all inquiries to the Navy de
partment. FIGHT INDIAN FASHION.
From Tree To Tree Americans Drive
Germans Through Woods.
Paris. Whpel by wheel the French
and American seventy-fives went Into
action on the crucial front between
Solssons and the Marne and did ter
rific execution among the German
hordes.
The French press acclaims the
American's debut on the big battle
field with unbounded enthusiasm.
Special French correapondents near
the battle line describe admiringly
how the Yankees went Into the fray
without a moment's pause, though
necessarily tired from their long
march. On all sides the Americans
are hailed as reserves of the first
order.
American patrols and machine gun
ners Instantly established contact with
the American 75's and promptly Join
ed In the rigging up and dispersinq; of
the German columns.
The Americans fought In Indian
fashion, from tree to tree, In the
Neullly Wood, making good use of
grenades, pistols, bayonets and ma
chine guns. Then they dashed up the
northern edge of the wood and caught
the retreating Germans. Hundreds of
American guns immediately' raised
the'.r ranges and caught the German
reinforcements in their fire, while the
Yankee infantry splashed through the
Clignon River shouting "Stop and
fight."
ECONOMY PLEA BY M'ADOO
Loan Workers Urged To Make War
Savings Day Success.
Washington. .Liberty Loan work
ers were asked by Secretary McAdoo
to do all In their power to make a
succpss of National War Savings Day,
Friday, June 23, when the campaign
to obtain pledges from every Ameri
can to economize and purchase War
Savings Stamps will close.
A new oil-burning. apparatus heats
and lights the room at the same time.
AMERICANS
CHECK HUNS
Hurl the Germans Back Across
the Marne
U. S. GUNNERS DO NOBLY
American Troops Given Credit For
Not Only Holding the Germans Back,
But Driving Them From Posi
tions They Had Taken.
American Army In Picardy. Ameri
can troops co-operating with the
French west of Chateau-Thierry, north
of the Marne, the nearest and most
critical point to Paris reached by the
enemy, have brilliantly checked the
onrushlng Germans, beating off repeat
ed attacks and inflicting severe losses,
thus adding to the glory of American
history.
The troops began to arrive on the
battlefront on Saturday and par
ticipated in the fighting almost imme
diately. They not only repulsed the
Germans at every point at which they
were engaged, but took prisoners, with
out having any prisoners In turn taken
by the Germans.
The Americans entered the battle
enthusiastically, eager to fight, after
a long march. On their way to the
battle lines they were cheered by the
crowds In the villages through which
they passed. Their victorious stand
with their gallant French allies so
soon after entering the line has elec
trified all France.
The work of the American machine
gunners was particularly noteworthy.
There was at least one Instance where
an entire attack'ng party was wiped
out.
Owing to the fierceness of the bat
tle, It has been difficult to verify de
tails, but there were Instances of the
stlffest of hand-to-hand fighting. In
this the Americans acquitted them
selves in a manner which won the
greatest praise from their French com
rades. MACHINE GUNNERS BUSY.
French Army on the Marne. Ameri
can machine gunners only an hour or
so after their arrival on the banks of
he River Marne, took a most active
part In the defense of Chateau-Thierry
when the town was menaced with Im
minent capture by the Germans.
Scarcely had the Americans alight
ed from their motor-lorries when they
were ordered Into Chateau-Thle.vy
with a battalion ot French colonial
troops. The Americans immediately
organized their defenses and by rapid
action and excellent shooting caused
the approaching enemy to hesitate.
The northern half of the town of
Chateau-Thierry was finally captured
by the Germans. The southern half
of the town, lying to the left bank of
the River Marne, still Is being firmly
held by the Entente Allied forces.
U. S. ANTI LYNCH LAW URGED.
Army Intelligence Officers Before
House Committee.
Washington. Enactment of a fed
eral antl-lynch law as a war measure
was urged before a House committee
by Major J. E. Splngrln and Captain
Hornblower or. the Military Intelli
gence Servlte. The committee Is con
sidering a bill to Impose the death
penalty on those convicted of partici
pating In lynchings, to punish county
or other local officials who fall to
enforce the law, and to penalize by
fines communities in which lynchings
occur.
TO PAY WITH CERTIFICATES.
Their Use Urged For Income And
Excess Profit Taxes.
Washington. Internal revenue col
lectors were Instructed by Revenue
Commissioner Roper to encourage the
payment of income and excess profits
taxes due June 15, with tax certificates,
If this is not done, It was explained,
banks are threatened with great dis
location nf deposits between June 15"
and 25, when the certificates are re
deemable. BOSTON TO DARKEN DOME.
State House Too Good A Target For
An Air Raider.
Boston, Mass. The glided dome of
the State House Is to tie painted or
covered with canvas so as to make
it less conspicuous to possible air raid
ers'. The State House commission de
cided on this after a conference with
army and navy officials. The. dome is
gilded with 23 carat gold and In nor
mal times Is Illuminated by nearly 500
electric lights.
1,000 CALLED
MILLION REGISTER
New Draft to Put Nation's Army
Well Over Two Million.
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NEW REGISTRANTS GO SOON
Three-quarters Of Young Men Who
Have Just Turned 21 Expected To
Be Found Physically Fit
For Active Duty.
Washington. While a million
young Americans Just turned 21 were
being registered for service in the
war for world freedom, orders went
out from the office of Provost Marshal
General Crowder to the governors of
all States except Arizona for the mo
bilization between June 24 and 28 of
200,000 more registrants. This was
In addition to 40,000 negro men requi
sitioned from 20 States and brings
the total number of selective service
men called to the colors to 1,595,704,
and when they are Jn camp the na
tion's Army will number well over
2,000,000 men.
The registration apparently was at
tended by the perfect order that
marked the enrolling a year ago of
10,000,000 men, who form the great
reservoir upon which the nation Is
drawing to furnish the balance of
power on the western front to crush
the German war machine.
The men who appeared before the
4,600 local boards over the country
have become of age since the first
registration day, June 5, 1917. Mili
tary authorities estimate that from
their number there will be had 750,
000 men fit for active duty.
While an act of Congress requires
that the new registrants be placed at
the bottom of the class to which they
are assigned, many of them probably
will exhaust the first class in some
States. While no formal explanation
was made, this was believed to have
been the reason why Arizona was not
Included In the day's call.
Registration days for men here
after becoming 21 years of age, prob
ably will be fixed every three months.
It Is estimated that 1,000,000 become
of age yearly, and the new registrants
are expected to go far toward keep
ing up the first class In each State
from which thus far all men for the
national army have been drawn.
Assignments for the men called to
the colors under the order indicate
the rapidity with which troops now
are moving overseas. In nearly every
Instance the registrants under the
requisition are assigned to National
Army cantonments, whereas recently,
when calls were made It was neces
sary to send the men to National
Guard, Regular Army and other
camps, because the cantonments were
filled.
Illinois Is directed to furnish 28.500
men under the latest call, more than
double the number called from New
York, which is second on the list.
Pennsylvania Is to furnish 12,000 and
Minnesota 10,000.
The quotas and camp assignments
follow, In part:
Alabama, 2,000, to Camp Pike, Ark.;
Connecticut, 1,200, to Camp Meade,
Md. Delaware, 150, to Camp Meade,
Md.; District of Columbia, 300, to
Camp Meade, Md.; Florida, 2,000, to
Camp Jackson, S. C; Georgia, 4,000,
to Camp Gordon, Ga.; Kentucky,
6,000, to Camp Taylor, Ky.; Louisi
ana. 2,000, to Camp Pike, Ark.
Maryland, 2,150, to Camp Meade,
Md.; Mississippi, 1,000 to Camp Tike,
Ark.; New Jersey, 5,000 to Camp Dli,
N. J.; New York, 10,000 to Camp
Upton, N. Y.; 4,000 to Camp Wads
worth, S. C; North Carolina, 2.000 to
Camp Jackson, S. C; Ohio, 8,000 to
Camp Sherman, O.; Pennsylvania,
9,000 to Camp Lee, Va.; 3,000 to Camp
Greenleaf, Ga.; Rhode Island, 1,200 to
Camp Meade, Md.; South Carolina,
2,500 to Camp Jackson, S. G; Ten
nessee, 6,000 to Camp Gordon, Ga.;
Virginia, 3,000 to Camp Lee, "Vs.;
West Virginia, 3,000 to Camp Lee,
Va.
The House Military Committee re
ported a resolution by Chairman Dent
making retroactive the bill basing the
draft quotas on the number of men
In class one, so as to legalize any ex
ceeding of authority as to the number
or quota which may have been made
In the first drafting of men. The
resolution was recommended by the
War Department, Chairman Dent an
nounced. "3 FRENCH FLIERS KILLED.
! Airplanes Co'llde Near End Of Trial
Flight.
Paris. Three French aviators
named Galllauroux, Hutln and Flam
and were killed at tho American air
drome when two airplanes collided
Just as they were about to land after
a trial flight.
RAID SURPRISES LONDON.
British Public Stirred By U-Boats' Vis
it To U. S.
Loniion. The first news that Ger
man submarines were operating of?
the Atlantic Coast of the United
States was published here Wednes
day afternoon. It came as a complete
surprise to the British public.
HUNS IGNORE SAFE CONDUCT.
Takes Norwegian Ship In As A
Prize.
Washington. The Norwegian
steamship Elkundasund, which had a
German Bafe conduct, has been cap
tured by a German submarine and
tdken to Swlnemuende as a prize. The
ship was on Us way to Stockholm with
a cargo of herring consigned to the
Swedish Food Commission,
Only a third of South America'!
population 1b of pure white blood.