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Boards Get
Final Orders
On Exemptions
Gravity of Task Empha
txit? in Solemn Language
by General Crowder
pcw Federal Employes
Will Escape Draft
Wilson Directs Only De?
triment Heads Can Claim
Immunity From Service
fiihington. July 2.??.- The gravity of,
.??talk which faces member? of local
?ft exemption boards is called to
?XT attention in solemn language in a
^Bin'jrication sent broadcast by the
Wir Department and made public to- :
j,. by "Provost Martha] General |
^e?tT.
?The fflictcd man offers his life,"
4? General Crowder. "It will
^-.??en yiu to remember that for
.. exemption or discharge that is
,i?> for individual convenience or to
^ijn* personal loss of money or prop- ,
^?y or favor or affection, some other '
_,'-?hose li?t would not otherwise
.jTi come must incur the riik of los-1
gib life." I
filaon (Irder?? ( areful Examinttion j
Prriiden". Wilson to-night issued an |
.?KUtivr order directing government I
iciils t0 txtrcltt "the greatest care" |
i ?iiuinR exemption affidavits to em
^yes in the civil executive depart
?-?-?_, emphasising the high national j
jjortance of carrying out "the ?spirit ?
Ml selective service act and of se-!
?jriBg its fullest effectiveness by hold- j
-g to military ?ervice all drafted men ;
,*,? ?re not absolutely indispensable"!
v department ?vori*, lie says dia- j
?itjtfti should be reduced to "mini
,,?- numbers consistent with the '
maUnance of vital national interests i
ftring the emtrgency of war."
'It is earnestly hoped, moreover," j
:? order -onclude?. "that, acting in |
m MM? ?pint as the Ke'eral depart
?i-iital officials, all citizens who may
s rilled upon, a? employers, under
ir-tiin H ?*f the regulations, to make
ifidatiti for securing the discharge
'pmons deemed to oe indispensable j
? national industrial interests during'
baaaWCftncy will ..?xerrise the same (
aicientious and scrupulous cauHion, |
?tie tvA that there will appear to,
t? favored or exempted class among j
???citizens called by law to the na-j
mil defence."
html Crowder's communication,
????d to all board?, reads as follows:
"You are entering on a difficult
i-1?, the gravity of which is beyond
?lythinf? that ran be ?aid in the way
1 disruf-ion. You realize the sig
?tMCt of what you .?re to do, anl |
?l kapva thai a responsibility heavier
?rriaps than eny you have ever faced !
? upon v.u.
"Wir demands individual sacrifice to |
?J?? common can1??. No people ever ap- i
?*!*nrhed war with a calmer appr?cia- j
*??? of that sacrifice, or a firmer re- |
a??? to brar it and to present them- '
tires *to be classified for service in
?a? place to which it shall best serve
?? common good to call them.' This
?i? deternvraiinn could not exist
ir* it not for the confidence of the |
?? o- It its ?nttitntiona. In this
?Wie confdence is found the very i
0'V\ of the ?elective service law.
"The m?-??-. ?-..? red rights of country, >
"??lind faniil) are intrusted for ad- j
"?i-ettinr? to local eitiztat and ofTi-'
Bsg, Ittlinated by state Governors ;
**i tfpo'.r.'r-i\ by the President. The i
**???? equitaU?' tules that could be de- ,
'?'?mi have been prescribed for guid- |
?*?? anl ,ke i.d?ninistrati??n of these
iTaiind the -acrifice that is offered
?i" **tr nuphbors intrusted to your
I-a*
"8ympath> Must Be Dropped"
Tr-on- ever-,- e,ne it demanded a sac- ,
*'?. But thtrt i ?ne thought to be.
ft aiway? m your mind. The se
?__*Baa offert hit lift. There is no
_jaa*r ???. ng than this, and that |
}msMt should guide you always. !
JMat-y t.?. a few w->io will urge upon !
**icl?im? for exemption or discharge'
**s *li?*?ver may be your inclina- '
?atef ?ympathy or affection, you will
**-*o*Jtht not to be granted. It will ?
?katthen you to remember that for ?
?*?*?"* tttmption or discharge that is i
?*?-* for individual convenience, or to
"**** personal loss of money or prop- i
*_??" for favor or affection, some ?
*Mt m*ti ?hose t:me would not other
**** hav? r??-? must incur the risk of
***B hh hfe.
"?We can be no room for hesitation
8.*****r* a case.
"Aaother fundamental thought is
??j
/?-"tt are not a court for the adjust
*?*t,?f differences between two per
JJ""? ?oatrovtrajr. You are agent? of
? ?Jttrnment, engaged in selecting
**? ?or tht government, and there is
t*****rov?rsy. You, acting for the
"****?mer.t, are to ?nvestigat-* each
"*?**} the interests of the nation and
v",n the mtereits of an individual.
r?_ ?** not one exemption or dis
r*9* in ?he ??w or regulation? that is
*_*?*? for the benefit of any indi
_**?? All are there for the benefit of
T_"--*?on. ?r.d to the end that 'the
2f* n?'-ion mav be a team in which
. ?J*" ?hall play the part for which
?* * ***t fittttf:
f>r?onaI Klememt Excladed
^l.|**,,??',*'*,?. no one ha? a vested right.
t_J_**^ or by attorney, to urge, by
7?M**t or pleading, hU individual
r_ *Pen yo?? You ?hould rigidly ex
**'?? 0,''*i''--'"ily you shout?! act
?fi?? f",^'v'?1*- It you deaire more
"T^Ution yo?j may proceed to get it.
i^JJ? doubt the affldayit? you may m
^**?**?t?? other peraons. If you de?ire
?4,. ****>* yoo may get ?t. But no
trmt.': ha* *? ?"'?ht to ?ubmit other
-7* ?at** thtt eallo-J for bv regula
^??tr.ar, that vou mav rail for.
*-tt?l: ,ho''1'* ?>?? no ru'le? like those
fsy^r I-'oe-'dure, no technical rule?
^^?nce. Yoi ?h?,uld proceed to ?n
?JJJr "**"' ?bout whi?*h yon ?re not
*tt*\t ??*???-1 i y a* you ?s an individual
t?r*J^?>ceed ??, inform ytnrttlf of
?^tb??,a? ?h,rt, yryt a? |n rioubl
**i\ *: ' * ???ponar.t to"?)iy a
*M*t ?a. i!" r"'ir own "-??ri?e* Th?
***? *rfci?iT ' ''"" '"'*'"' l>*#n '*??*** ?*
?a? tM*fh '"' man would seek sav* In
'?r?-*?',^?',?,,,**?* r'f "'"* '-f 'be highest
'**n,*tl-7 dotie?.
? ?*??>? Appr??-iat#iJ Kaertfire"
*t*spplw\'* *?'''? ?" ???y ret? ?ens?, any
**sttg\\n*','r< He?.u?e thou??nd? of
**M4s?.!!t~*tl *?*>** member? of lora'
l^tf ?_"# ""' }" >'*"* ''? ? P??'
-Mag.,**.[/?'mina; iheir gravai dtiti??
<?r??'?|ii!?ti(?iii provide that,
T tat i?rv,t? ?hall bt uneom* I
i pensated. Because it was not desired
I that any man be prevented from ren
I dering the service by the necessity for
I earning his daily bread, a small remu
! neration was provided.
"The nation needs men, and needs
I them quickly. The hours will then be
I long, and the work absorbing. The duty
? is always to take and never to give, anil
human nature is such there will be
I little praise and some blame. The sar
; rifice of many of those whose cases are
to be decided is no greater than that of
, the men who are to decide them; and
your only reward must be the knowl?
edge that at great personal sacrifice
! you are rendering your country an in
: dispensable service in a matter of the
u'mo?t moment."
Very few employes of the civil
branches of the government wi'l be
exempt from the draft, accordin?,* to
the official ruling published to-day by
Provost Marshal General (row.1er
At the White House Secretary
Tumulty is the only employe name! as
exempt. He was over the regiatrrtion
age anyway, but all other emploves of
military age are liable for service Th"
line has been drawn as closely in all
other departments. In all the execu?
tive departments none but the execu?
tive heads are exempted by the ruling.
< lerks. ?tenographers and "many other..
who expected to be exempt becaustr of
their government service will be dis?
appointed.
Senate to Take Up Alien
Draft Rule To-morrow
Washington, July 28. Senator Cham?
berlain to-night completed revising his
resolution to meet objections to draft?
ing of aliens under treaties prohibiting
their compulsory service. It will be re?
ported to the Senate Monday.
The resolution provides that all aliens
of the European Allies residing in this
country for one year or more who have
not declared their intention to become
citizens shall be subject to the army
draft, law. Subjects of neutrals would
be exempt if their treaties give them
exemption, provision being made for
the waiving of such treaties, and such
aliens claiming exemption would be al?
lowed to leave the United States with?
in ninety days.
other provisions of the resolution
especially exempt Japanese and Chi?
nese, and provide that Americans who
enlisted in Allied armies shall not be
expatriated.
Jersey Troop Units
Will Be Separated
Some Will Go to Newly Cre?
ated 29th Division; Guard
Dissatisfied
IB?- Telt-gr?***: tr? The TrinuneJ
Trenton, N. J., July ?."??.--Orders to?
day from the Department of the East
notified New Jersey's military author?
ities that under the new scheme for
forming Guard divisions to be taken
into the army of the United States, n
ttth Division had been created, to in?
clude certain troops from New Jersey,
Maryland, Virginia and the District el
Columbia.
This announcement ha.? caused much
cl agrin among Guard officers, who
ha\e hoped that all New Jersev'i
trocps might be gathered into one di?
vision. In the 29th Division, Jersey
will be represented by five infantry
regiments and three batteries of field
artillery.
This means that the 2d and 3d regi
ments of infantry will be placed with
troops of some other state, and that
the remainder of the state's rej-imeni
of artillery will also go into anothei
division.
It is possible that the order will b?
modified in the case of the artillery, bul
officers believe that the infantry as
signments will not be changed.
For the present Brigadier Genera
Charles W. Barber will be in eommani
of the 29th Division, and Governor Edg?
is urging that the War Departmen
make him a major general and give hin
permanent cimmaml of the unit.
21 Boards Examine
Men Here Thursday
Local draft boards which have issuei
the call for resistrar.t.< to appear o?
Thursday for examination are:
No. IS, Publi.' School I. 173d Stree
and Fulton Avenue, The Bronx.
No. 22. Public School 33, Jtrrmi
Avenue and 1H4th Street. The Bronx.
No. 25, Public School 7, York BtnMt
near Bridge Street, Brooklyn.
No. 71, Public School 56, Ma^isoi
Strett and Bushwick Avenue, Broo'lyn
No. 74, 305? WyclorT Street, Brooklyn
No. 79. Public ?School 108, Arlint-to'
Avenue and I.vnwood Street, Brooklyn
No. 110, M7 West Thirtv-fifth Street
No. 115, Public School 17, Forty
eighth Street, between Eighth an.
Ninth avenues.
No. 118, Stuyvesant High Schoo1
Fifteenth Street, near First Avenue.
No. 119, 239 East Eighteenth Stree*
No. 120, West Side Y. M. C. A., 31
West Fifty-seventh Street.
No. 124, Public School K7. Seventy
seventh Street and Amsterdam Avenui
No. 129, 217 (entrai Park Wc-t.
No. 137, 170 Eaht Seventy-scvent
Street.
No. 142, Public School 77. Eighty
sixth Street and First Avenue.
No. 145, 211 A Main Building, Col
lege of the City of New York.
No. 151. 1586 Lexington Avenue.
No. 159, Public School 18, 121 Bal
Fifty-first Street. ,
No. 170, Harlem ?"hamber of Corr
merce. Lenox Avenue and 126th Stree
No. 176, 2'1-A South Eighth Avenui
Whitestone.
No. IM, 359 Fulton Street, Jamaica.
?-at-?
'German Herold' Edito
In Draft; Ready To G(
Will Not Claim Exemption
Physically Fit, He .Says
The "German Herold** last nigl
1 made this annoincement :
"Max F. Wolff, for some years or
! of the associate editors of the 'Germn
I Herold.' has the distinction of beir
! the- only Gerrr.an-American editor i
' this city in the first draft for the re|
! ular army. Mr. Wolff, who resides ?
449 West 124th Street and is marrie
said last night ?hat he will not clai
exemption, but that he will answer ?t
call of this country if he is four
physically fit."_
Urges Horse Contcriptior
State Veterinary Dean Su*
gests Measure to Aid Army
inscription of horse? n the larg.
I -.ties of the country is suggested .
L war measure in a letter W. Ho
?r- Hoskins, dean of the New "701
-in??- V'e'er;narv < ollejje, has sent
Major Gerald E. Griffin, head of tl
1 army veter.nary ?ervirc at Washin
'""Green hor-es or horres bought i
1 ,,rt from Western dealers, fattened/
?te unseasoned and m a most peri
able' condition," Dean Hoskms pom
"?. * are now being shipped ?*'?'"'"?
government at a terrifir U,mn. [
I F-onarripting the sea.oned hor-<-? m tl
bir cities, without regard for prive
' iw'n.reh.p:. ?bisen be largely oDvia.
?nd the horse conserved for ttrii.y M4
I'eain llork.n? ?uggests that for evr
seasoned horse conscripted a gre
borseof e-iu.r value be given to ow
ers in exchange.
Stars and Stripes Flv Over the Vaterlaid
l&mtbat m ?ttmWmot * CMaseeA **?' T.I
The Vaterland, the biggest passenger vessel in the world, has been taken over by the United States.
She was formerly a Hamhure-American liner and is one of sixteen vessel?* taken over by the government,
all of them damaged by the Germans on the eve of this nation's entrance into the war. The work of repair?
ing them, which was liegun under contract, has heen taken over by the Navy Department. Repairs to the
Vaterland cost more than ?1,000,000. Work on all the vessels is hein**" pushed rapidly, and it is helieved
that this tonnage will be. devoted to transport service.
Most of National
Army's Officers
Will Be Regulars
I From Th? Tribune Burei'jl
Washington, July 28.?While rruch
speculation is being indulged in at
this time regarding the plan to be
adopted in officering the Natioral
Army, it was stated to-day that the
War Department has not yet reached
a definite decision on this point
It is considered fairly certain ?hat
the great majority of officers will
come from the regular army. It has
been estimated that at least 50 per
cent of the captains now enrolled in
the regular service will receive tempo?
rary promotions as majors, or even, in
some cases, colonels of the drifted
forces.
It will be the endeavor of the de?
partment to eliminate, so far as is
humanly possible, any taint of poli?
tics in assigning officers for this
branch of the American army. In
selecting army officers for d'tail
seniority will be the first requisito nnd
experience the only other.
The War Department has ha?! under
consideration a proP?*al to reorganizo
a great many regiments of National
Guard cavalry as field nrtillerr on 'he
same basis as was nnnounced for ei^ht.
of tiie new regular army cavalry regi- '
ments.
Th?- purpose of this reorganization
'was to supply light artillery, in w'ii*h !
arm the Guard is deficient, as much a? I
to enable the department to utiliz*
c.avnlry regiments, for which there is
; no opportunity for service in Furope.
! It was stated to-day. however, that the !
I Guard regiments will not be so re?
organized for the time being, but will ,
I be ordered to their encampments a? ?
! at present constituted.
N'o additional equipment wi'l be ?
.furnished, however, pending the -?et"
j nite* settlement of the question or ,r- ,
j organization.
Books for Troops Abroad
New York Publishers Aid Red
Cross Library Plan
Forty-two publishing houses of New
York City have already responded to
i the appeal made by the Publishers'
J Camp Library Committee of the New
York ?'hapter of the Red Cross for
I reading matter for the men in France.
Among those that have pledged their
i aid are "Air Travel," 500 copies a
! month; Collier'*-, 47 books; ?"urtis Pub?
lishing Company, 200 copies of its pub
! lication?; the John Lane Company, 100
books; Little, Brown & Co., 400 book?,
the Century Company, 100 books and
500 magazines, and many other.;.
! Chocolate To Be Navy
j Ration in Emergency
[From Tl.? Trl!?nrie Biif.?i |
Washington, July 28. Surgeons of
i the navy have recommended a new
emergency ration, for issuance to th?
i marines ar.d saiiors who may be or?
dered into action under circumstances
which may result in their being sep
arated for more than a day from their
base of supplies.
The ration will consist of biscuit and
! either a highly nutritious form of
j chocolate or peanut butter. The latter
is considered preferable, but there ll
doubt as to whether it can be stored.
1 Until this is decided, the Secretary of
I the N'avy is withholding his approval
; of the ration.
?-? m - -
More German Diplomats
Bound Home From China
San Francisco, Julv 28. The third
. party of German diplomats and their
, families to arrive from the Orient on
the way to Berlin Hre here to-day. The
group consisted of thirty-one person.?,
h'-aded by Consul J Merk!inghaii?. of
I hang-ha. He will arrange transporta?
tion, through Swiss consular officials
here, to New York. I'nited States Se
| eret Service officials will accompany
i them Fust.
Colonel Orin B. Mitcham
To Command N. Y. Arsenal
Th? Trtlmie B?area'?1
Washington, July 2S. It is learned
. tl:nally that Colonel Orin B. Mitcham
of the Ordnance Department, who vas
retired on account of asre last Tl-'ir
day. is to be ordered bark to srti\"
duty and placed in command of th<
New York trseasl.
Colonel Mitcham is one of the most
promin?nt member? of the Ordnnnce
l'i pertinent, having had a leading part
in Ihe cvoluticn of America'? new
h 'svy artillery, the twelve-inch mobile
I ft-lllOll.
L?nine Hides as Captive
Petrograd, July M, Accordinj.- te
the "Gazcta." Lenin?*, the Radical agi?
tator, il being concealed in Krnnetadt,
in the guise of a prisoner, by the Mam
mslistl.
Plattsburg Camp Graduates
Are Making Good in France
Regular Army Veterans Amazed at Dash and Efficiency of
Young Officers Fresh From Civil Life?Expedition
Settles Down to Routine of War Training
IBf flM A<?'?*la*??<* fret? ]
WITH THE A.MKRKAN FORCES II
FRAN'f'K, Friday, July 27. The liar
training which the American troops ar
now undergoing is bringing out
marked degree of efficiency in youn
officers uhr hut ?ecently joined th
army, having undergone training a
riattsburg or at other camps. Regula
army officers are particulH.lv strucl
by the enthusiasm with which thesi
men have plunged into their work
They declare that the quality of thesi
officers .sets at rest any ?loubt us U
the high standard of leadership ir
America's vast ne.v army.
The young officers have adaptor
themselves very quickly to the new
conditions met here in training wit!
French instructors, and seem to ap
precinte fully the most minute details
They have won unstinted praise from
older officers who have seen long year.?
of service.
Complimented by Veteran
The colonel of one of the old-line
American regiments, standing to-day
watching the work of one of his bat?
talions, in which many reserve officers
are serving, exclaimed:
"They arc simply splendid! I cannot
I iy taon***! nlnut them. I have never
.-ein ? liner class of young officers
anywhere. With very little preliminary
guidance they have shown themselves
capable of taking over entire direction
of the battalion. They have brought
to their work not only much of the
technique of professional soldiers, but
the high morale and enthusiasm of men
v.lio have been attracted to military
s? rvice by natural inclination."
The colonel further expressed what
s.-ems to be the opinion of most officers
already here, that as many of these
officer? from training camps as can
pomibly be spared should be ?ent to
France at the earliest possible date to
undergo intensive training in the actual
war zone, and also to have experience
in the trenches, so that they will he
fitted to act as instructors to the
American troops as they are landed.
There It a feeling that these young
officers should not be held in America
until the regiments to which it is pro?
posed to assign them are actually
formed, hut should come in advance
of their regiments, so that they can
direct the final training of their men
here.
I'nder this plan a certain number of
officers would be ??signed more or les?
permanently to training duty in Amer
ira.
The men of the expeditionary force1
have settled down into the routine ol
the new training very quickly. The?
are up a' I o'clock in the morninf
and reach the training grounil r.oi
later than 7:J.">, drilling und digginp
without interruption until 11:30. Aftei
half an hour for luncheon and anothei
hour for rest they drill again, from 1
until 1:7*11 o'clock."
Like Homb Throwing
The American soldiers have taken
naturally to bomb throwing. When they
are not hurling dummy metal missiles
they may be seen practising with heavy
stones, dummy shell hole**, having been
constructed as target?. The Ameri
cans are wonderfully accurate, and the
French instructors are amazed at their
skill, so easily acquired. This, of course,
is due largely to baseball training, al
though bombs an* thrown with a
straight-arm swing quite different from
the elbow motion of the baseball
pitcher.
Word \?as received from headquar?
ters to-day that the expeditionary
force f:e 1.1 bakery would be in opera?
tion within the next few days, supply?
ing the soldiers with "home-made"
American bread. They have been liv?
ing thus far on the regulation French
war bread.
Representatives of the Salvation
Army arrived at headquarter? la day
arid will ?oon make arrangements to
hold meeting? in the various billeting
areas.
The hard and willing work of the
troops in training has made th" officers
more keenly anxious than ever to pro?
vide wholesome amusements for them
in their moments of 1-isure. They now
have band concert-, given by both their
own and French bunds, and it is hoped
soon to have moving picture outfits
available for every battalion. The sug?
gestion has heen made that war picl
'ure?, such as the English film of the
Somme battle and later pictures from
that front, should be shown to the men
repeatedly, giving them an accurate
idea of what actual fighting conditions
are like.
Even the British soldiers who have
heen thr lUgh many battles crowd their
moving picture places to the doors
whenever battle films are shown. Their
instinct in this respect is like that of
the motorman who spends kit day off
by riding around on ine front platform
of another car.
It is now- being planned to take both
officers and soldiers to the French front
in detachments from tjme to time, so
that they may see and study life in the
trenches before they are actually called
i upon to take their places there. These
trips will all he made during the train
1 ing period, and men who have been in
?the trenches will instruct other squidi
in what they saw and learned there.
2 More American
Units Take Over
French Hospitals
Red Cross Forces. Now With U.
S, Army. Ready to Care
for Wounded
American Training Camp in Prance,
July 28. Two American base hospital
units, organized under the direction of
the Red Cross, but taken over by the
I nited Sutes Army, have just arrived'
in the American army zone in France,
and are established some twenty mile?
'.part. Both unil*i have taken over;
French hospitals, where, however, there i
are few patients
The uork of caring for the American
s ck anil wounded sent back from the r
?tranced field hospitals and the1
(i.sualty clearing -tations will soon be !
01 gani7ed.
'I he tirst oi" the units to reach France I
v a? Ha??? Hospital No. 18. organized at!
Jfhns Hopkms i n;v?-r>ity. Baltimore.
?This was quickly followed by Bate1
Hospital N'y. 16, fiom Roosevelt Hos- ?
? p.tal. New York, the latter being or- j
S ganized and equipped largely through
the intere?t of Clarence Mackay.
Fach of these organizations is ca-i
, pable of ranne Tor 1.000 to 1,500 ?
patients. They ha\ ? brought over large j
. Mipplie?, but one ot thp gleat problems :
' they will have to meet '? that of keep- |
i nig warm this winter, for a serious
cal shortage is threatened.
The Roosevelt Hospital unit i? now
? stablisheH in summer hotel?, which
are not provided with heating facili?
ties for winter, but plans are already
under way to install stoves or. if pot
s ble, set up a steam heating apparatj*
The Johns Hopkins unit is temporari!
housed in a French base hospital bu
may later take up its quarters in bar
racks, really easier to heat than th
barnlike hotels.
The two American units includ
rrnie well known American surgeon
and physicians, who while awaitini
American patients will probably vi?i
most of the French hospitals in t h i i
ten?. America'? medical aid is nov
very great at the battle front, con
??-lering that six great Briti'h hos
r'tals were taken over in June.
New U. S. Hydroplane
To Aid Coast Patrol
?I*mm Th? Trtbur? Bur??*.]
Washington. July 28. Army aero?
nautical experts expect effective re?
sults from a new type of hydroplane
just perfected by the ?"urtiss company.
It is declared to be well adapted to all
?he purpose.? r,' modern war in the air
and particularly well adapted to coast
patrol.
The new machine d.ffers from pre?
vailing types principally in the fact
that the motor is in?talled in the body
of the "boat," instead of over the
operator's head. Another innovation
.. ::ppliances which give th" operator
I ttWOt to cut loo?e entirely from the
plane?, throwing the nower of his en?
gine to ? regulation marine propeller
for aquatic propulsion.
In ?hi? way it is expected that the
peri! of roui;h weather work the bane
of com?' patrol will be eliminated to
a large .-?.ten:. If sudden gsle? neces?
sitate a descent to the surface of the
sea the aviator ?imply converts his
machine into a motorboat and chug?
cheerfully for the neare?t port or
friendly ship. The new plane is
equipped with an engine of 250 horse?
power.
*
558,858 Fighters
Enlisted Since
U. S. Entered War
Armed Forces at Present
Total More Than
850,000 Men
Figures made public yesterday show
that, since the I'nited Statt! Mitrad
the war, on April 6, l.iiOO.WO men hav?
offered their services, and of this num?
ber ftun.fibri have b?en accepted for duty
in the military and naval servi*?. This
enrolment brings the armed fore? ? of
this government to more than "SO.OOO
officers and men.
Army officers in this city think that
before Octoi-er 1 1.000,000 men will t?e
in the service, in addition to the first
draft army.
The following figures show in round
numbers how the r.?-i.nno men entered
the war ?..?r?'ire of the country:
10?.**>3**! enlisted in the regular army.
1**,000 enlisted in the Marine Coi*ft.
1*9.000 enlisted in the navy.
25.000 enlisted in the Quartern? ter
Reserves.
10,000 enlisted in the Engineer Re?
serves.
8.000 enlisted in the Signal Corps
Reserves.
2,000 enlisted in the Aviation Sec
tion Reserves.
12.500 enlisted in the Medical 4 orp?
15,700 enlisted in the New York Na?
tional Guard.
1.10,000 enlisted in National Guard
in other states.
20,000 enlisted in Philippines. Ha
?ra?M an I Porto Rican units.
f.OOO enlisted in the Naval Militia.
10,000 enrolled in the Naval Re?
serves.
rifi.OOO enrolled at Officers' Training
Camps.
|(*,000 enrolled for Second Training
( ?.nip?.
10.000 enrolle,) at college camp?
ZJBS9 enrolled in American Ambu?
lance Service in France.
.1.00() were commissioned in Ofletrt"
Reserve Corps.
1.000 were commissioned in Nat'onal
<iiiard units.
The exact total is 111,111.
The 1st Battalion of the *_'d Fiel 1
Artillery, N. ('. N. Y., ?tarted ye-let
day afternoon for Fort Niagara for ^ ,
period of intensive military trainln**.
Three batteries strong, the battalion j
left the armory, at l**>5 Clermont \ve
: lie, Brooklyn, at 1:710 in the after?
noon, and inarched in platoon forma?
tion to the Atlantic Avenue subway
station, where a special subway train
for Manhattan was hoarded. The men
left for the Fort Niagara camp at XiSO
from the Twelfth Av? nue yards of the
New York Central. Major Pe %'itt
C. Weld command? the battalion.
Student Candidates
For Army Officers'
Posts Announced
List of Successful Men in New
York. New Jersey and
Connecticut
Washington, July 2?. -The names of
candidate? who have pn-sed the exami
nations held in April for provisional
appointment as second lieutenants in
the regular army were announced by
the War Hepartment to-day. Follow- j
ing are the successful candidates from '
SaM York, New Jersey and Conne:ti
Malone. i'harle? Booth, jr.. fir?t lieutenant,
I' S. A.. 7". Cat??? A\enue. Mont.-l-iir. N. J.
Swift. Q??IH? Warner. Korestville. N. Y.
tlenni?. tteam I'hapmnn, Sprue? Hay. N* Y.
Ward. I.'.man I'aae. 13th Company, train
intr military branch. Hem Yo-k Infantry,
Chattanooga. Tenu.
Bradford. William Hr-??ke. care? V S.-ntt.
New York I 'avalrv. V.'ct 1'alm Bea?*h. Ha.
Kveritt, Edward Mien. ?r? privat?, Troon
A. I?t S?|iiadron I avalrv, New Jersey Na?
tional Gaar_ \B4 teem* ksretsme, Oraaajo, N. ?'
Harruh, Kdwnnl, private, Company I, 7th1
Infantry. New York National Guard. 22 Tm
Sixty-???cor.d Street, New York.
Ccrriatan. Rcb*rt William, private. Tom
pany L. Tth Infantry, New York Nation*
t.uard. Si Riiitrewoci Rosd. South 0-an?j?*
N .1
Hitoheock. Harvev Re-v'ord. jr.. ?erjreent
I'attery B. Ohio National Guard, care Fire
? rone Tire and Rubber Company. New York.
1 ? ve, Peter To?n?end. private. Compan?
K. Tth Infant-*., New Yor'?. 174 West Fift?
rinth Street, New York.
Btxiley, Inr.es Ha.-wood. ?er?*t*ant, Fiek
Artillery. unassisrH. Ya!e I'niverslty.
Mor'or?. Clarenee Littleton, privat?*, fir?!
etaee, 4?h company. Coast Artillert, Vori
T?rv N Y
F;>nn, Walter Vehatlm ?er?rean?. Com
ptats K. 7th Infant?-?-. N Y. 2 West Forty
eeveath Str-?et, Ne* York
Smith. Adrian Beaumont Charle?. private
?'?-mrany B, Fr?? Ca airy. N. Y. MS St
James i**?.*-*. Bnokfara.
Khhert. Peter W.llvam. ?ersteant, Compan;.
L. ?th Infantry. Pater.<on. N Y.
I.aGi.ard.a. Ranhaldi. Columbia I'niversity
Moo-*. Cadi Ra;.. .. North Ferry .street
ftirhrnesladj
MlMker, Anthony ! ispenard. Company K,
Tth Infantry. Nets York. ?; West Ninet>-f!r?t
Street. Hew Yo-'k.
Williford. Ettwfn Allen, rare Or '.. C
Mare. |4* Net? York Avenue. Brooitbn.
B?!ti, William F.lward. Sl< West C?ntr?
Street, Medina, N *i'.
Melntnah. Kenneth. US Riverside Prive.
New York.
Wo'tf. Fred R.c.naM. H Fast F.iahtieth
fit-??-*. Net? Yor?.
Blair, Jame? Arthur, care Joseph Campbell
Ci mpany, Camden. V J
7 ??'or. Richard K rue tu?. 21 University
I'r.-o. Schenectady
Ferra II, Jame? Tat rick. jr.. IT Larchmont
Avenue, Lapehmonl Mener
Nelson. Georife Aagustae, jr. HI Mom
iir?iie [Ira?, ("feet Y? rk
W?wn, Philip PaeWs, *'h Company. 1?t
Providence Training Retriment. Plattshuri
N. Y.
Gillie?, Robert Carlv'e. Princeton. M. I.
Howard. Krank ?harle?. ?t Newton Ave?
nue. Woodhury. N. I.
SchiefTelin, William Jay. jr.. ?eeond lieu?
tenant Supply ?"ompany. 12th New York In
fratiy, N Y. N. G. H East Sixty-.ixth
Street. New York.
Weiskopf. Edward Franci?. SS4 Summit
Avenue. Mount Verno-i. N. Y.
l.'pson. Everett I.nncdon, New Britain,
Conn.
Meager Cornelius Henry, apartment sf.
II" Audubon Avenue, Nee- York.
Killouk-h. Walton Rarr, sK* Monroe Ave?
nue EHsabeMi, N. J.
Marble. Jarrie Carter, 1*" West Sixth
S'tect, Kavonnc. N. I,
Kittredtte. Geor-re Davi?. 412 North Broad?
way. Yonker?.
riv?r. Herbert Arthur, 2*1 I.lden Street.
S.-henectadv.
Cm, Frederic Roland, PIatt?hur{r.
Hart. Harry Tee. _'T Menande? P.?ad. Al?
bany.
Ditmar?. Walter K.irk. Tth I ompany. Madi?
son Barracks, New York
Wood. James Rushmore, 14^ Park Avenue.
Ne?- York.
Callatrher. William Jame.. 141-147* Ham?
ann Street. Brooklyn.
G?nther. Walter. IT South A verme. Ithac?.
William?. Norman Paul. IHM Fast Fa>ett*
Street, -a.raru-e.
Rigirin. ? harle? Holland. 1?'.2 Everett
Place. East Rutherford. N. 3.
?I.Mahon. Norman John. 4? Klliotl Street.
New Haven.
Scarr. Jaese? Bernard. New Jersey Infan?
try, Fort Mver. Virginia.
Tolman, ? rittenien Ander?on, Men's Hotel,
Buffalo
Olivetti. CUfferi Michael, 4T (*lin?nn
Street, Platt?hur-r.
Names of Successful
Plattsburg Students
Will Be Kept Secret
Plan Meant to Keep Organiza?
tion Intact L'ntil (amp (.loses
Plattsburg. July H, An ordej- issued
by the War Department and posted in
the officers' training camp here to-day.
forbidding any offic?*!- to disclose to th.
press or to the students the names of
those chosen to receive commissions,
caused considerable comn-n'nt among
the men. The order states that the
names will be made public from Wash?
ington at the close of the camp. Lieu?
tenant ?"olonel Wolf, commander of the
camp, expressed confidence to-day that
commissions would be issued to all
0 ho had qualified.
The holding back of the public an?
nouncement of the .name? of the men
recommended for commissions is being
done chiefly, headquarters states, to
prevent those not commissioned from
leaving the camp at once and dii-or
ganizing the regimental commands. At
the close of busine?s to-day it was
stated that all the elections for com- I
missions had been mad'* by the boitrd .
of officers for *he nine infantry com- ;
parties of both regiments, and to-mor
MW the two cavalry companies and the
first battery of bcth regiments will be |
under consideration Monday the 2d
and 3d batteries of New York and New
Fngland v? ill be given attention, the
names turn?.I over to the force af type?
writers on Taasda** tat? OH the follow?
ing morninc -ent to Washington by
?paeial messengi r?. who will wait th?*r-*
?4> bring hack the commissions.
V. F.. Paltou. of l.onkeis, and John M.
Hedge?, jr., of Brooklyn, were ph\.-i
cally disqualified *n-day.
U. S. Able to Send
1,000,000 Soldiers
Abroad in a Year
Transportation for 100,000
a Month Ready in a
Few Weeks
i"~?-i TV T"-'*"i"? B .?? 1
Washington. July 2". Despite many
gloomy st.itenien'? recently, the Navy
Department will be in a poiition in a
few weeks to transport men and their
impe<iimcnta to Furope at the rate of
about 100.000 a month. This condition
will he reached as soon as the nece?
sary repa'r? and changes are made in
?ome of the ?essels considered for thi?
purpose
It is stated that not only can 1.000,
000 men hi? taken abroad in a year.
with the-r equipment, but that ther?
trill he ihlpt enough at the disposal of
the Navy Department to carry over
all the supplies wh'ch may be necenary
for their continuance in the field.
One of the principal difficulties, it it
believed in high quarters in the Ad?
ministration, will rot lie in the necea
?ary ship space for the army and its
supplie?, but in th<? railroad facilities
from the base to tkt permanent camp
which American troops are to occupy.
This trouble is similar to that which
the Rr-ti-h have had. but which they
have successfully met
The difficulty, however. r?n best he
illustrated by the statement of an
finny officer to a Senate sub-committee
reren?ly that it tad he?n necessary for
'he British m ionic instances to tear
up one track of double track lines in
'"ngland and relay the track between
tli? ir base and their liiie?. Some
months ago the British hud laid more
than ."..oii'i mtlct of railroad on the
Continent, or enough track to reach
from Ntw York t.. Sun Francisco and
bath again e? f?.r a? Chicago.
So that not only will the huge quan
titjr of ?upplirt which mii-f he tak ?n
nbtoa.I for each Military unit be con?
sidered, hut also ?bo movement of rail.?,
locomotive j, fi-t-ifhl car* in prodigious
quantities, |f?tai tracfcl will be sent
abroa?! at a rate exc^din-r the capacity
of the country's factories to produce
them at the present time So that
vl.en it is Itattd that the Navy De?
partment cm transport men and tho
supply at ft rati of 10*),.I a month,
it meaat eoi -;?)i rably more than tran?
porting ifi.i.oiio passengers to Europe
for a summer's vacaron, ns was done
prior to the otithre.ik of the war.
Marriage Hush Breaks
Record of City Chapel
License Cleiks Rrlieve the New
Draft Order Is v ause
In the half-day thnt the marriage
chapel at the Municipal Building wa?
open fttttrdaj i"I nen, most of them
of draft ag*. appeared wi'h their bride?
and were marrie.I. They established a
record tat Saturday narriagtt at the
c'nupel and also la.?I themselves open
io the ?aapieion that thtir '?tiling hope?
tf tWMiag se'\.?e b.. taking wives to
? h. in.v.vH had b'-en revived.
Marriage lictatt clerks believe that
the tttddeti rush is due to an announce?
ment from the provos* general, re?
ceived at Trenton a few day? ago, which
ha? been construed to P'ad that men
who have married since the ?leclaration
of war would be exempt, along with
those ?vho took wives earli?r.
Yesterday's marriages, while estab?
lishing a record for Saturday, were sur?
passed in numb?'r on June I the da?
before the draft regittratloa. when 149
couples were wedded.
Buttons for Men Exempted
Washington. July 2?. The little
brontt button? that trill be worn by
those exempted fran itnrltt in the new
N'ttiontl \rm>. r? rt heiag sent out to
til?* local boards to Bay Ertrj* man
rejected trill ?-?< one. On the button
there appear the rord "Kxempt,"
above the national <">at of aims, and
bantath are the ?rordi "Unltad States."
UieWillofthe
People and My
Own Good name
*zr<sz
UJ
a?
?aSx.
In Washington's Infl'iiurnl Mer$sa***e he
promised to sustain "Ti.e Will of tha
People and My Own Good Name.''
And so it is in tke world of business. Cummer?
cial honor can. successfully be built only on qual?
ity and personal pood faith. By the "will of the
people" 8nd the name, "Mr. Firestone has built an
or&aniTiation which stands for leadership.
?j, CORD
? TIRES
Stamped on every tire is a pledge of Most Miles per Dollar
wherever motorists travel. On Firestone super-si-te Cord
Tires it indicratcs the hifch-water mark of luzurious, effi?
cient tire performance. Whatever the type or style of
tire, the Firestone name is a p!e<l>>e that it shall fulfill
every demand of safety, easy riding and economy.
And this pledge is carried out by an orf\nniiation of
which 11,000 employees are partners in the business,
?personally interested in -jervin? "the will of the people."
Fire-atone Tire and Rubber Co., Inc.
-,tAiA?.-X., 1871*75 Broadway, N.Y. RAJ?.
Ham? Office tvatit I aclor? ; \kron. Oh??
Rranehea and Dataient I- ? er?*? here