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BRING IN YOUR WANT
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sures Correct C.lassification
pirijmund Eimc^Pi^patch
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RICHMOND, VA., saturday, april 7, 1917. - TEN pages.
?fair
price, TWO cents
U. S. TO TRANSPORT
IN SEIZED VESSELS
Nearly 100 (Icrman Ships
Taken Over by Ameri
can (iovermnenl.
CREWS WILL BE REMOVED
TO DETENTION STATIONS
To Be Treated as Aliens Admis
sible to Country if Able to Pass
Immigration Tests.
i ONSIDKK Mtl.K UWAIK WOltK
I'Diiiirrn of sioiiiiiv^ <'?? 111< 1
Cjirr.i 10,01)0 Troop*.
?iii due Trip.
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broken will rc'i>:tlr'cO hh early as
possible, ami in I.:;? put Inlo III'
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tonnage of 54,w0 I W to enter
any of ?.. ii In
will ha \ ? I ? ? .. ? 11 j i ? ij'.'u \
?looked. "I'liv ? ? | .? i ? < i. t . -1
p'it any of ! ; .
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wollld Ik made of ' ? ? ? . ami th< -
l?or :uU111 ...I'.I ' -
irlea or ?? i- ? reliant Mp- Mo-t <? i
them woui.j itiuli ? .?.?iii-iii troop Irani -
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? ansport?-?! ?: th. <-nI i?<- ii'. u' iWIi;
MTi.-an iii'-r. l.a .. Jloet.
.-'oin? ollniain ititl to-d.'j that 'In
hips couWl not l?e tJikon over l?y tli'
i'nitfl ~':aii formally ami p'l' int..
i-rvii i; witlio .' all act <if yrr.
i.ist iir snips h]:i/.i:o i\
pint i s hi* i \iti-:ii ?"i \ j i>
follow I iik shljts wore .scl/.vMl
\t S'<W N n . ? \ Ki .'ilnl. r?t.'.'sV '". s
j. . i.. i vv .. vt ii.
K aI.?K't- Willi. I I I 1 ; I i! ? iii
l.iiloolli, IS.I'M: l'i'~ t Uralil. IS.dTl;
1lillSV I Vil 11 i i ' ?;.?. ? k II :*! ; <?.-1.
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I. ,>no, 1".I"i-?? ? <1 > i; I'.-r ? ii ??? s ? in,.
7 7 1: 11 >1 ? I?i: 1 . Ko'-niv Wllhelm
II, '.i.il'): i* iiouiiii. > ill AriiK'iiia.
5^4. .Vilsini:-' i in.. .*>,1"' I'isa. I.!m5" :
Prinz .Joa.-ii! i. 1.??!??; I'rlnz Ultcl l'*rie<l
l i.'ll, -II... t . uxiliar: "f siiih' it:? i:ii
at Phila?h.'li?hi;i i : Alfvnuini.t. l.tlilO;
.Madjii'hurp. 1.1?"; ll.irhury. 1.171':
Rnvia, Portonla. ".77S: .Maia.
?.'.:,r?5; Clara Mt-iiniv, I.CNa; I ltdra. 1.710;
.Matador, l.liis.
At Uo.->t"ii?AinvriUii. "J'J.O'J'J: Klun
|iriiiz?>ssln iV. ill<\ 111.a0?.; <*::i ?intiati,
li;.:{:$0: Koln. 7.1*?s*: Witiekind. .">.'>10:
('rUcnfoh. ft.0--'I.
At New hoiplon Will.''had, 4,7f.l
At II.ill i: n ?? re Bulgaria. 11.140:
Cliein, I: \*????iiiir, '.t.s
At I'lilladelptiia -ltha?'lia. i! .000;
Prinz Osfcar. O.'iJti.
Al N?'W|n?rl News - Areadia. ."V, 1.VI.
At Wiliiiiugton, .\ ?'.. Ktel, l.l'.il;
N'i?-aria, 3,97 1.
At Savaiintli ? 1 lohf nfeldo. 2.97 1.
At Charleston?l.iohenfels. 1,525
i jircvlously i.
At Peima.jola Itiidolph-Hluinbersr,
1.7C>9; Voj;<-:-.eii. 11.710.
At .laeksonville?Fried l.conliartJt,
At New Orleans?Krcslaii, 7.521; An
dromeda, 2.551.
At San l-'ra neiseo?Sera pis, 1.750;
Noptun, 4.107; Ottawa, 5,050.
At Portland, Ore.- Dalhek. 2,723.
At Seattle?Saxonia, -1.424.
At Wins low. Wash.?Steinhek, 2. Mil.
At Astoria?Arnoldns Vlnnen. l.SIU;
Kurt, 3,100.
There urn also nine at Hawaiian
portP. one In Porto Hleo. one in Samoa
and twenty-three at Philippine ports.
?|'UANSri5UltKI> TO limit.It \TIO\
STATION 0\ KM.IS ISI.ANO
NKW VOItK, April C. ?Seizure of
tlerman chilis in New Vork harbor,
twenty-seven in number, and a?rj;re
jjatitiR more than 275.000 tons gross,
from tlie 54,000-ton liner' Vaterland
down to the 1.468-ton hark .Matador,
van oom|ilcted early to-day, and llieir
1,500 men and ofllcera were trans
ferred under military guard to the
immigration station on Kills Island.
Later to-day navy experts examined
the ships to determine the damagir
w hleh It has been reported the crews
inflicted on llioin.
At Rills Island each man will l>? sub
jected to the same examination given
alt Immigrants, and future disposition
of them will depend upon regulations
adopted hs to the treatment of (Jer
(Continued on Fifth j^age^ v
60 German Plotters
to Be Held Prisoner
for Duration of War
.1/rests of A lien Enemies,
Under A tlorney-Generul's
Order, Made Without
Reference to Courts.
Ill \ ? ?? .< i *?| | *r* I
W ASIIlNii'l'i i.V, April ?; Tin- ;iri f?t
"f sixty a I !> (;<'?] rlnu bad.; in >;.rmail
'?lot::, i ?? 11 [? r.i ? i< . and i 11: i ? -) 11) i ;i t i ? > 11 ^ ill
tii<- I *li M ? <J State- was orih'i-ril to-day
\ ?tolu? ?>-<;,- ,i. r;, | i ; fvuorj :: 11 ? 11 ? - ? i i
t".y after I *??? ? id1 lit \\ i1: ? ? n 11;?<1 : i tr * i ?* 11
. ?? war r< : olut ion.
I.-. man w !:..? ?? a'r.- t \ as <?r<l< if.)
> .i 'Iffcait i jtiz.ii. aii.l i Known I.
I " pa it me n t . i .1 i ii... it wa -i .
li.-i itati\?ly Mti.l. t.. |ia \ <? pat ti. ipat. d
it < ? t j v ??!; :n il.rman intricuc* in tl.i
? <?*i ii t t'y, a i i.l i i . ua r?l? ?! > i a da a;ccroilJ*
I ? i ??ii to I.. a t i ^
Call will 1..- r.-in -d in t-a.-li it
A ? -aid, a nil lit-- < n t t i i- i; '111 w j 1 i (if.
>1 hi. fin lb* . 1 * I ra t i > >ii ..f tin- .. |
I "ulti ?? t loi, ? a:' Iliat of
o'll.r arr. t - Will 1..- or.!* i.-.l ?.>:!' ;j.
ill" 11. ? . t f. ? , |. f y..
Tlii- in. ti arr. t?-.! arc f>l.i? . ?! in tin*.
groups |!|.. . who have 1.. on < on vi-t < ?!
of violation .. f .\mori?-an n< ulralliy n
f urt Ii. rii u. 'I'M::.!; plot s of ,ui.
oi l a 'id .? ? ? .it ill., i ' ? i in!? r 1
a " ail . 11 _ .It. action of 1.1 l; Ii ? r . o 11 ?
? Ii"' ?? ? lio have In-. II i 11 ? I i t .-<] |?y I ? .!
? ? u ? ? -I ' i r,. foi -pilar off.- n.
? ?:?! ? i at !; i ? 111 ? I. r bond a ? ?: i n l;
a I | . I ?! i.. ? I . Ill'lil t.-.| ?
? ???ivi. t. <| I ? i! ? w 11.. -. ;. ? i \ i' :. ?, a .
i ? ? li .;i? i? ? r u i vci I iat.c.
1 or t|i<- lii". t tn.i.- p, tiior.- tliatl a
? uturv. arrets of ;il,. ii <-i.<-i.i |.-- !iiid<-r
In- Attorney-General^ order will lie
a.l I ? In. 'J t t .-f.l-.-lj.-.- to the l-ourtv
or obtaining warrant-. The President
i !?inpuv. r.'il to adopt tins course j i
'ITU.- of war under a a.-' of Collar.
? i -< d In 1 7H. a ltd not . .-olsr .1
? \< .ir with <Jreat Pitai'i in 11.
'I nm n mis or" hi:si-:k\ in-|\
i x orit v ticm i Min i:tc.i, \ s< i
'1 ?!' -lit ft n-r at ha. u ml ?? r >-1 r i -t ? i .
v.;-1: .a -i ?? i lion- .-id . i.; 11**!", i a it r.-.TV
: ' i- .l. it In th- I'niti.l at.-, who
! ? ?! OI ha iti_- i.. .-ii , <.|, ,j
v air. all >? I.l .njglit to liu-lit
?I ai- ui.|o,|. .! In 'ore j.rff...-! ion.
?ho lii<-. " Ih-.-ii - i \ ? ii i;.tii;;.|i
" - ?< mI: >>i be.-a i; cs of ' h.-tr a ?
' - ' ???"?*1 '?.<?: r*?I ?||.? ? J.-riu.. i;
---ii i^'H nrr. rr-'.-.-,i*<i. <( 11U
? ' , . ? ? Ii. hi ". f. St ft - of ? ?
' ' i* ? '! i.:.* ' ll>- W ?< I
I low ati -. i . .. i: r> v.-r vi.-t.' j r
" * ii 1 ? -11 f ' ...f {hi- l.'liftC'l Stat.s, a I, i :
' aid To-nfjL-hf. ?- lar^-.'l* . ? -at.
'? ?.?. ? ?; i J * ii i- This (??'i.-lal'." I.eli.-f
.t :|f tit!" :h?.-|- -a : ;. .1 l.-t.vf. tl
1 Mill 1 11 -Ji ?. <) I.
' f f. ??? ? i-. i ? rj-. i: >va: aid. ;?r?
in* " ji ? iddI? Sit* ..I* I? n<I or in.mi
? > -. 'v \ . I>. .-ii it) th>- . ? .isiit :? > f..r sr.
it.any y.;ir- th' t th- Ir .<ynipathlos ir?
th. -T.'.-.-nt ?= I-1. . . otis'i). |-< d
vii-iuall> as h-ivlr-j ho.-n iranspliintcd
t" ?' t't.il. d Stat.
Thfr !??. liowovfr. i' \\a s said, an
aiinj ..f li'twoi'ii 1 r., o On and l?.nitn
yojnir Or'niii- i? .???-?;.?. || til is-- .-..iiii
liy i") tin- nr'p-. of life who hnvr h.-'-n
hor. so short a tini--. not more than
ir. i'i three t.. iiv"i years, that th.-y iniu'
h.' j?ro||.-rl> i-.pai-.Ud !?oi.-ntial
smiri-os of tronhio. l"|ioti '.his army tho
Si-rret S.-rvl.-.- and tl?r l?in? an of in
vestigation have . on.'titrato<i mu.-h of
ih<-it- fnertr>. l-'or ohx ion.s i-. isons. tho
I '<|>:irtinoiit of ,in.-ii.-.- witlilwld th<>
naiiK-s- of pr-rs. iis o| dfr. d apprr-hond. d
to-day. Iiijt it. was said that virtually
all . f llictii .-..iild t.-.svd ;i>: quasi
ollirials i f th< ti riiiiiii trovi-rnmi-nt.
.Many of th. ni. i: i- al!.-s?c<l. w ? ;-r- tho
instriimoiitallt if-s throti^h which ?'ai>
t-iins Hoy-lal and Von Papon .-arriod
"lit their a.-ti\i!ie.s in this rmin'.ry
ngainst tho allies. A f.-w of the niini
h?^r. it was said, rutilil properly he
t-lassed as spies.
OI-' VJIUKKTS
IM ItKJ.I \V A K- l'IMi: STMI*
The df p-.?rtinont is prepared to tako
to the highest . "iir: ;iu\ .-lYort made t..
obtain th-- liheratiou under hond or hy
halioa-- eorpus i.'-?M-t ??dings of the tii'-n
order.-d :t rresi ???! to-day. The inanner
in whi. li ih< arrests- were ordered made
hy I'tiited States marshals furlhut>h.
vititont reference to the courts, is a
purely war-time step, unauthorized in
time of peace, and there arc but two
precedents on the statute books to
, cuide legal authorities in the flglit in
the courts which is expected to follow.
These precedents concern one man.
i t.'harles l.ockingion. a British subject.
residing in Philadelphia at the out
! break of the War of ISP.'.
Hi? ease ra me up !irst in the Pntiii.
; sylvania courts, and lat.-r before Jn.??
tice Washington, who sustained the
President's action under the act of 170S
iu an opinion in which he said:
"The power of the President under
the ilrsl section of the law to estab
lish hy his pro.-lanutt ion or other public
acts, rules and reuulat ions for appre
hending, rest raining, securing and re
moving alien enemies, under the circuii. -
stances stated in the i.ectiou appears to
me to be as unlimited as the l.egisla
; ture could make it."
The case was never carried to the
I Supreme Court of the Pniled States, and
! the ancient law has, therefore, never
j been passed upon by the highest court
i of record.
ai.i.i-;<.i:i> ('?\,?ii>iii vtoh.s
T.\KI-:\ INTO ClSI'tHIV
NIJW YORK. April 6.?I'opuly Unile<l
'States marshals and agents of the De
l partnient of .fuBtioo, acting upon orders
I from Washington, took Into custody to
j niglit a number of persons who, it is
alleged, ha 1 been identified wlltt tier
j man conspiracies iti this country,
j Although the authuritlea refused to
Intake any statement, it was learned
that Paul Ivocnig, who was at liberty
on ball on an Indictment growing out.
of the plot to blow up the Welland
(Continued on Second PagJ7)
American Flag Raised
Over Confederate Home
f I?;. Asmm I.'UhI I'ro.vs.)
lt.\ M'.lt.ll. N. rM \ prll ??.?l-'or the
ilr*t time in the liUlury of the North
Oarolitui 11 iiiim* for < o?ifeilernle \ ct
finns here. tlir M?r^ unci Mrlpr** \\ti?*
rni-n! lo-t!a>, r?*|.Ineiti(; flu* Stnte
IInil. IIm* U'lrrann ?iilnte?l flie nn
ti<?iinl cinltlcfii willi (lir Annie en
IIiiinIuvoi (Ih'J fonnrrlj nhourd to
'ho siiirx nml llnr*. ilrrrlofiiro. the
institution liriim imiJer Stntr imiii
I ml, onl.% the North ( nrolinn hnnnrr
?i:ih n|i|?eiiml on the tint pole of the
home.
I're^nJont Mt'iinral, in >| i?s>? to
t'iitiurcss, .\s|vv That Such
State l$r DcHarH.
WWTS TO .MI) l.MTi:il STAT MS
I'iaiis AI>'cn?I> A(lviinrf.*(l for I'.conotii
ical of I'ooil Ke
vci j !????>- ? Senate Appoints Coin
i??it I to Take I'p ICcqucst.
? l: A -miHhusiI Vrr1
HAVANA. April C. -President Meno
? nl !"-'!.?%? s-tit a inessace to ? "ongrf
:? -'; i f? u llia? body t.. declare that ;i
- r:?r ?? i.f var 'X'.sts bet*.* 'pen i'ulia :t ti<I
' ;? runt 11 v.
The I'f-s il'T.t's rn? vase starts h\ r- ?
11:: t!f s? :idtn- 11y li'rmany of
Iit )???'!?? nf uiir< "rii-fd sublux ri in1
warfare. !:? f< rrinu 1 ?? ? "ut?:?"reply tu
th<- < ii- .ill ii'?tI>-ill? nt >1'-noca 1
** i ? > f "P :ii- In1 th' ?? ruts of the
a . ii ml' i.i ?? t li ?? 1 ?? p? rt im'lit "f St e. le
?? I ? :r >? 11- ii iti ? '1 111' illllllineii'" of ;i
?! ? 1 i 1111. riii. tin ? if t! i ?? imperial civ
et11in<-itl |? i-i in t* s new plan of
'ilirna rin- w ? r, emphasizim: our in
'?iiiifurmit; in ! "t'> in :t. ? ? ?.i-fl? 111.? with
Hi in ii.-" r ..f nil livtpr.eil nations."
Will. I!i:( (IV IIKMI MK\si t( i-:s
to ur.i-T.Mi Tt'mirroitv
f'i" :i? "1 111:111 'onM'ioii.Hi)'-.-.- that
! ? i *ru111!i:nt-- one "f my i. ?? t mutci)
?!u:" although with profunml setiti
nv 11f. l?'"i>a\y?r- I -?111 about to propose
;? is:- n which > Mi pluMgi our
i-..nntTv ini" t li o dangers <>f the great -
? ' i I'.ifr. fun in hhtory. I'Ut with
i_ "diuin 11 pi ? ii or without
:i:i.iiio: imiiifil tli" German nulion.
but .?oiiviii'' <1 that wo are compelled
?' t 11 . ? lit:?. step by our international
"1>1: :ja t ii'i'fi. and th' nriii'i pi < of jllS-"~
t ? < ar.'l lilioriy. 1 appeal to th*- honor
able < "onirri ss in tin- usi of it s exolu
?siV' fa. Illl ' >. Willi fill'. Knowledge of
'.1 tli<' antecedents in the liiyp, ami
with the mature deliberation its Im
portanee claims. to resolve as a result
. f tli' S" unjustifiable and repeated acts
i.f iii:i:ri's> tin liv submarines. notw.th
stuniliiiu tli-"- protests of neutral sjov
i ir.!:>"ii'.-. aiming' tlK in I'ulia. that there
h:ts In en ??reated and i-xists a state of
v . r I"-: w* i m lite n-pulilic of i 'ulia and
tin imperial tierman government, and
adopt all measures ne.-c-ssarj'. which I
res. rve 1.1 myself tiif right ti> reeom
im-ml at tii^ proper moim-nt. for the
ma inn? nri of our rights: t" ?1 ? f?-1n 1
our territory, to provide for our
security and to co-operate decidedly
in tlo.-" ? mis with the I'uitcd Stales
eovernm-'iil."
At r?.5" ti'elock this afternoon the
Senate. afti.r the reading of President
Minora!'.-' messiige, appointed a i-mn
mi.-M"ii of live Senators to meet a line
commit11 ? from the House of Itepn
>'"iitatives to consider tin- message and
ri i?ort.
TO SKI/.I-: (ililtMA.V SHIPS
NOW l.\ HAVANA IIAItllOlt
NKW YOltK. April ?With the
finmal dei'Iaritlion hy i'ulia of a slate
of war with '.lermany. the I'lilian ijo\
j i rnmeiit. following tlo cour.-'e of tlo
I n i i I'O Si ales, intends to sr-is- three
i :< rniaii sliii?s now in Havana harbor.
This wi.s announced to-day liv the
i ptil'li' of i'ulia iie? s bureau le i ' , a
I'lthan goveriiineiit ag'-m-y.
The ships are the Havana. tons;
the Adellieid. "J.-ITC tons, and Kydonia.
L'.i'.PO tons.
An Austrian ship, the Virginia, 3.5C3
tons, is also in the harbor.
There was no doubt that the I'uhan
?'onu Vi-s:: would acced< to Presiili'iit
MenocaI s reipiest for a war declaration,
it was i-aiil by J. V. Knight, director
iif the liiireau. which received to-day
from I lie President a copy of his ad
dress to i''ingress. Alreai y plans were
w ? 11 advanced for the munic mo
bili/aiioii of I'uba's food resources, he
: .u?i, so thai l he republic would be in
a position to help the l.'nited States to
its fullest extent.
"It is not generally Known, but it is
a fact," Mr. Knight said, "that the
tactical plans and organization of the
i'uhan arm "f 12,000 men. excellently
trained, disciplined and e.piippi <1. and
I the resources of the i'uhan navy as
well, comprehend intelligent and close
| eo-operitlii ii with the armed forces of
1 ihe I"niled States.
TARNOWSKI MAY QUIT U. S.
i Slliil to Have Iteen Instructed lit lind
ItelatloiiM If War With ticr
iiiany In liattlied.
I liv Aswoehitoil Press. |
1 .ON DON. April fi.? Vienna newsna
j pers say that Count Tartiowski. who
' recently was sent to the United States
as Ansiro-llungarian ambassador, has
been instructed, in the event of ratillca
tlon by Congress of President Wilson's
recommendation for war with Germany,
' to break diplomatic relations with tho
United States and demand passports
for himself and his suite.
(
Means Addition of 15.000 Men,
Reserve and Militia. Within
Two or Three Days.
TO ORGANIZE COAST PATROL
Further Moves Toward Muster
ing Great Army Await Ac
tion by Congress.
'<\ \s .in latei| f'ro-M ]
WASIII.\?;t? ?.N\ April B.- Measures to
make ready fi.r actual host ititles with
win f .rward swiftly to-day
at the A\ar and Navy Departments,
ami Pr?*si 1< mi Wilson iv^ij? ?} a state.
?i? 11? iir^intr tli. i?r? .?n |>t 1 m?tit of
Hi. is ?!!<?, a! vtaffri aniiv plans. to b.
taken up t-.-morrow l>y ?11^ l|.>u.se AI5I
Itii ry ' '..in in 111 ? . .
Complete mob li.'.at i..it ,f t|,o ,IH\X
was ordered l.y S.. r. tar\ Daniels im
lii. 'Iiat.lv j.ft.r | ]| e I "'li'in^l m r> e t i || j?.
'I II.- naval milit! i an.I naval reserve,
totaling nearly 1-..fnirt men. will join
"I I"".' Wit I i|| ; ,,r | J, ,-^r> ?1;| V S.
Mob: lira t i? n meat.s 111?- iiiunrillatc
"r?n f i/.a tl?>n ..t the ..... t-patrol jcrvi.-e,
ami site taking nvr <if the swift,
privji tely owmd motor .-raft already
ciirnlli 'I. Volunteer rri"? ji for
boats will lio called out also. While
Hi'- men wit" hmji.nibling. tcl'sraphi.
orders t<? contractors in ai: parts of
ill* vountry were on the wir*s provid
ing supplies of iv !) kind that will be
ssm ry.
I ii'Ii.t the call for iU> rfsorves.
of ri tif <1 naval .flliccrs are
-farting t?> posts previously seie.-trd
f..| til. Ill to relieve fVfr; a.-live oili.-er
now oil shore fluty, ami wb<>> services
<an be spared. Tin a. live lion will so
t<> tlir? fleets, ai'tivf and reserve, and
to merchant craft to be drafted into
tin* Federal service.
In 111?? War I ?epartment. further
moves toward mustering' a great army
a wait action l?y * *o*tigreys.
m:\\s ok m tit ixAsiir.n
TO M.I. AIUM AMI .N.tvv POSTS
News tliat the war status had been
proclaimed by President Wilvot. was
Hash -d to army and navy posts and
'11'through on the world as soon a.s
the war resolution was hfg-ned at the
\\" h ? * c 11?>11y.
The only other tiling that van be done
tli<- War Department without con
gressional action is t."> order the tegu
lar army expanded to full war strength.
In his statement President Wilson
formally sot himself on record as .sup
porting the general staff's plan* for
?It'' army in every detail. Secretary
i:.?ker will take the stafT plan and Its
accompanying J3.000.000 budget before
the House Military Committee to
morrow. Chairman Dent, of the Mili
tary Committee, said to-day that he
<-ould not forecast the sentiment of
t 'ojigrcKS. but that be personally was
prepared to surrender his own objec
tions i j compulsory service and do all
in 1 Is p< *v f to secure harmony ->f
action between Congress and the ad
mit'.U:t atlon.
? Man ? have been laid for calling tno
full strength of the gc-neral staff to
Washington to help in administration
of the husro task of army building.
Wide latitude has been left to the
President in the selection of genernls
under the staff plan. They may Re
appointed from any part of the forces
to be raised, or from civil life. up
to and including the grade of colonel,
it is liesit-ud by the military officials
that men who have had recent expe
rience in handling troops shall be se
lected. So far as possible, it is pro
posed to select regular army officer?
e.t experience to head all new regi
ments.
AT I.KAST .1(1 M A.IOIt-<;r.\i:it A I.S
AMI O V Kit I (Ml lilt l<; A II110 IIS
With thirty-two infantry and iou?"
cavalry divisions to be organized, there
would be at least thirty-six major
generals and three times that number
of brigadiers to be selected and com
missioned, with colonels and majors in
proportion. The grad" of major is the
highest provided for reserve officers,
and tnat of captain for the provisional
list >.f enlisted men.
riie creation of sixteen training cen
ters would provide for two infantry
divisions at each post. Presumably the
centers for the four cavalry divisions
.would be ? some where in the region of
the .Mexican border. so that this
mountcd force can take over the border
patrol work to a large extent, reliev
ing the 00,00 i regulars now there.
With tlu- calling out of the first
,.00.ilf?0 of the new army, provisions
would be made for a new complete di
vision at each training center, the
forces already there supplying the in
structors ami all other machinery of
organisation, so that the hali'-million
young men could be absorbed into the
I army structure.
No further steps toward calling out
the National tluard will be taken until
Congress has acted, (t is proposed le?
dratt the entire guard into She Federal
service when that has been done. Kven
th<- liO.i>00 guardsmen now in the ivd
era I service on police duly will be
(Continued on I*"onriit Puge*.)
The Marines at Work |
l ife In the ( tilled State* Murine |
Corp* in the xuhject of nn urlln- |
He booklet, elaborately lllimtrilled,
x\ li leli The Time*-Dispatch In noh
nfl'erlnu free to It* render*. The
little bonk Im official, bottled by the
i koi eminent of the lulled State",
find explain the many Interesting
detalln of marine work in pence, nt
iiar. on lancf and *en Any reader
of The Tlnien-lllnpntch may iicrurt
thl* booklet for n il-eent ?tan?t? t?
pay return poMlitge. Itequentn foe
Jhe Marine'* Hook ahould be n d
drexned to
The Tlmcii-I)|?|iittrh Informntlon
Durenn,
Tlmea-DUpateh Iliilldlng.
nicbmond, Va.
\
PRESIDENT SIGNS
WAR RESOLUTION
America for Second Time Since 1814
Enters Into War With European Power
WAMIt.NWTO.V. April H A Mnte
of wiir rxlNlH bflwrm the I nltcd
Mntr* and t.erinmiy.
U hfii I'rrnldent \VII*on wluned hi*
proi-ltimn t ion lii-Unv decliirlnt; (lint
n Kliilr of iinr eilntM. the I'nlloil
Mnlr\ for thr xrrontl time ?l?re
1st I. rntrrnl Into nnr n llh n I'.ii
ropenn |iimrr. Srlr.urr of nil *rlf
Internril Orninn ohl|m In Amerlenn
unlrrn lins been i-nrrlnl out, :<ml
wnr meiisurr* lire lie inn hurried, to
eompletloo l?y t oiigrr<i!i nittl I'edernl
nml Mnte n ii t h or 11 ten.
While the I nltcd Mntfi l? the
(lr?it republle of tlir Hcnli'rn Ilem
Upliprr to Join thr rnnKi ^if tlir hel
lltsereiit* In the world ?iir, there
nrr lodienf Inn* thnt lirr *tr|i xoon
niiii he followed by other*. Pres
ident Metiornl, of Cilhn. Iin* timed
the ( iilinn I oncrfM to ileelnrr tlmt
n >tntr nf wnr exist* between the
nruril republic of the New" World
nnd tiermnny. A ntl-tiemuin frclliiu
I* reported liltrh In llru/ll. Jifter llie
ninktiie of ii ttrnr.lliati mrri'hHiil w?
*el. nnd the Inrtcent republic of
>onth A merlen *l*o niny Join in
defending herself ncnlnnt tiernimi
method* of nnvnl wnrfnre.
The nrre?l of ulit.r etieiny alien*
under the rPKulallnn.H wn? ordered
ill onee liy Attornc y-ticnernl lircn
ory, nml Hepnrtment of .luittlec
nicentH throughout the eountry Ini
inedliitely beunn to untlier them In.
'I'he Semite pti**ed mi npprnprln
tIon of Sltn.tHHMHltl to he plneed nt
the ili*posnl of the I'resldent for Im
?neiliiite win- expenditure*. nnd C'on
urrsx committee* lii'cnii the nhlrU
I it <? coitsiilcrii t Ion of >? ?ihi*k of wnr
Icicislii t Ion. The I'rexldent nml III*
< nblnei ri'ili'H ell the plan.* norkril
? nit by tin* \nvy Department for
ni'tlie cn-npcrnl Ion between the
on % y of the I lilted State* nnd the
?? litent e n:i \ ic*.
'I he I nblnel incctiiiu llkenlxr
went mrr in detnil the problem of
on |>pl .< iiic the el* II population nml
keeplnu' (he nation'* Industrie* In
tni't iluriub the period of the wnr.
'I he entire *tretiRlli of the Amer
irnn inn t. approximately (tilt Nh)p*
nml llMf.tMMl men. wits plneed upon n
w ii r bii?li to-nlRlit. when uiuhil
i/.ntioii iinlrri to etery unit in the
! lilted Mutes mi\nl ?enlce were
dispatched by Secretary of the \m y
Daniels. m ihe I'rcsldcat** direction,
n fi-iv iiioiuentH nfter the t^iblnet
meeting; at (he Wliilr lloune.
Commander of Blues' Cavalry Di
rected to Notify Command and
"Govern Self Accordingly."
MAY CAIX UNSERVE LIST >IH\
Curie's Nccli Farm Is Ofl'cred to
State for Mobilization Point?How
itzers Continue Active Iterruiting
Campaign.
Oflicial notification of the entry of
th* United Elates into war was re
ceived yesterday evening by Major K.
j \V. Bow les, commander of the. First
j Squadron. Virginia Cavalry, from the
headquarters of the Eastern, Depart
mem. The telegram says:
".State of war with Germany exists,
liovcrn yourself accordingly. Notify
every one of your command."
With tin- exception of tlie engineers,
whose status is as yet uncertain, the
Blues* Cavalry is the only complete or
ganisation of t It ?? stale militia in the
Federal service which has liead(|uar
ters in Richmond. The question of
whether the engineers arc in or ou<
of the Federal service has not been
settled satisfactorily by the War De
partment. It Is thought that the tele
gram received by .Major Bowles is :
form message, such as was prohahp
Kent to all organization commanders.
(If the organizations in the State serv
ice are notified at all, it is thought that
it will be done through the Adjutant
i.ieneral. General Sale had received no
notice of the declaration of war at
midnight last night.
Organizations remaining in the serv
ice of the Stale are the First Regiment,
commanded by Colonel William .1.
. Perry; tlie First Battalion. Field Ar
tillery. .Major T. M. Wortham. and
( Company A. Signal Corps, only a re
cruiting detail of the Richmond llow
! it/.ers and the Richmond Grays' Bat
talion are in uniform now. It was ex
pected yesterday afternoon after the
President signed the war resolution
that all State organizations would lie
j called into the Federal service, but no
j orders came.
: >1 \ % ( M.I. ON lti:?ilOH VKS
TO It A 1,1, \ TO COI.OttS
In case the members of the National
G%ard reserve should be summoned to
t he eoloes. the Slate fiu'r^s wt.Mlhl tie
increased by Iimi or more trained men.
All those mm who took the Federal*"
oath last summer, and whose term of
j active service has expired since, arc
members of tlie reserve, subject to call
tor three years more. The State has
several men also in the reserve oflicrs'
corps.
? ?f the four liattorics of Virginia
Field Artillery, only Battery I >. of
Hampton, is in the Kederal service at
present. The battery has been de
t ache J from the First Battalion, am)
Battery ithe Crimes Battery, of
Portsmouth, put in its place. . Battery
1> v.as a detached organ (/.at ioti until
last .1 ulie, when, the Portsmouth bat
tery being unable to meet the require
ments for muster-in to the Federal
(service, it was assigned to the lim
itation under .Major Wortham. Captain
Frank II, t'ouch commands Batterv 11.
and Captain I. Branch .loliusou. Bat
tery i*.
The Howitzers secured two recruits
yesterday, making eleven in all since
recruiting headquarters were opened on
? Broad Street at noon Tuesday. Those
I who enlisted yesterday are Arthur I,
Bryant. 'JSOS I'arringlon Street, and
Roland B l.iggan, IJ24 North Twenty
j eighth Street. I.Untenant Pollard, who,
I has charge of recruit in?;, said last
[ night thut he had the promise of scv
| eral men to join the battery to-day.
I Ct.lii.K'N \KCK I'ARM
foh cavalhy !
Curie's Neek Farm, the 5,000-acre ?
estate .if C. K. C. Billings on the:
j .tames Ulver below Kiclimond, has been
! offered to the War Department for use
u s a cavalry mobilization camp for
mld-Atlantio States. Adjutant-General
Sale has been asked by the ICnstcrn De- 1
(Continued oiTaecoi7d T'ugeT) j
DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS
IN ME OF GERMAN MM
American AinliassHilor Sharp lleports
on lOO-Mile Trip Through
-Northern France.
IILMH:i:i)S TAKIi.N AS CAPTIVK8
Towns Totally Destroyed for No Ap
parent Military lleasott ? Never
llefore in History of World Such
Thorough Instruction Wrought.
! Hy As*ocbitod Press. 1
WASIIIN'iJToX, April ft.-?Never be
fore in tho history of the world has
there been sueh a thorough destruction
wrought b.v either a vanquished or vic
torious army as that which the f?er
111:1ns wrouglit in Northern Franco, ac
cording to the report of a hundred
mile trip in that section by Ambassador
Sharp, made public to-day at the .State
I >ep:i rtnient.
"Towns were totally destroyed." the
ambassador reported, "for 110 apparent
military reason, and in many of the
smaller villages scarcely a house re
mains with roof intact."
From the town of Hum. several hun
dred people, nearly half of them girls
and women over fifteen years of ace.
were reported taken away as prisoners.
The statement given out at the de
partment follows:
"A telegram from the American am
bassador at l'aris, dated April I, states
that, upon the invitation of the French
jroveriniient. he visited 011 March
many of the French towns recently re
taken tn tin- invaded territory. Me was
a ?compunied by one of the mititur<
attaches to the embassy. He found
that the various reports circulated in
France which have uppearcd in Amer
ican newspapers in regard to the de
plorable conditions were in no way ex
aggerated.
SI KMC OK OKMH.ATIOX
IN HKl'O.\<11.'KitI'lD HKtilON
"Throughout the reconquered terri
tory there reigns a scene of desola
tion, and this is not only true where
< Serman military operations might pos
sibly excuse destruction in the blow
ing up of bridges, telegraphic and tele
phonic connections, railway lines and
the blocking of highways by felling
trees which protected the German re
treat, but towns were totally destroyed
for no apparent military reason. Pri
vate houses along 1 lie country high
Way. including Mc.ie of the most beau
til'itl chateaux of great value, were
complotclj trit11??? I by explosives syste
matically planted <>r by tire. Agricul
tural implements on the farms were de
stroyed. churches ami cathedrals were
reduced to ;i mass of ruins by tire or
by explosives.
"At the town.of Mam the mother of
six children told me that her husband
and two daughters, one eighteen and
the other fifteen years of age. had been
carried away by the Germans ;>t the
time of the evacuation. I'pon remon
strating. she had been (old that, as an
alternative, slie might liud their bodies
in the canal in the rear of her house
She stated that out of the town's total
population. He vera I hundred people had
been compelled to accompany the iler
tn.tiis, nearly hull' ??(" v\ lir>?n were girls
and women over fifteen years of age.
A large tu oilier of French people, it i
belle v cd, in the evacuated (own and
surrounding country were compelled t
j:o with the Germans, from the fact
that few are now to be found there.
"I inspected 011 my trip more than
I Oft miles in the invaded territory, and
left with the conviction that never lie
fore in the history of tbe world bad
there been .such "a thorough destruction
wrought by either a vanquished or vic
torious army."
ACTS SUSPICIOUSLY; SHOT
Tno .Men Wounded by tinnrdftiur 11 oil
Duty at Itallroad Tunnel
Near 'I'renton.
| Hy Associated I'ress-!
TRKNTuN. N. J., April 7. Two men
who were said to acting suspicious
ly wore shot and wounded here early
to-day by national guardsmen on duty I
at the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel j
under the Delaware and Rurltan Canal, !
and an approach to the Delnwaro River I
bridgo of tho railroad company. J
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AMERICA YIELDS
PLACE AS NEUTRAL
Great Preparatory Meas
ures Laid Before
Cabinet.
PLANS FOR CO-OPERATION
WITH ALLIES DISCUSSED
Complete Mobilization of Navy,
Calling All Reserves and
Militia, Ordered.
AK.MV MAKKS NO NEW MOVE
Negotiation* About Complete for A<1?
mittiiiKT of I". S. Armed Ships
11?I?> Neutral Europettn I'orts.
I It) A' I'ro."*?.)
WASIUXGTOX. April fi.?Tho United
States to-day accepted t.'Sermany's chal
< Iciige to Mar ami formally abandoned 3
1 its place as 11?o grcatt-st neutral of a <
world in arms.
President Wilson at IMS (oflicial j
timet o'clock this afternoon signed the i
resolution of Congress declaring: tli,a !
existence of a state of war and author-:^
izing and directing the chief executive
to employ all the resources of the na
tion to prosecute, hostilities against the ?<
?'Senium government to a successful
termination.
Speaker Clark had fcigned Hie resolu- '?
t i"n soon after it passed the House 1
in tlie early hours of this morning by V
? lie vote of to ."if. and Vice-President .
Marshall had sinned it soon after the
?Senate convened at noon. The. en- $
grossed copy was sent at once to the -i
While House, it whs waiting for theJi
(President when he returned from afl
' fhort walk with Mrs. Wilson.
! i'iucsir?F..vr to imikskhvk
I'EX WHICH HE USK!|/S
The President signed the resolution"j
I with a pen handed to him by .Mrs. J
j Wilson, and which he will preserve;
The act was done in the executive man- 3!
sion. The President then went to 7;
lurch, and later to the Cabinet meeting. "
All army departmental post contr
manders in the United Slates and in
sular possessions were notified by tele
graphic orders from the War Depart- ?
meat. The message conveyed 110 in- <
structions.
The Navy Department immediately }.
wirelessed or telegraphed all Its sta- ,
tions. navy-yards and ships as follows; {
"The President has signed an act of ?
i Congress which declares that a state
of war exists between the United ?
States and Hermany."
I?y proclamation the President art- v
uounced tjio state of war. called upon
all citizens to manifest their loyalty,
and assured Hermans In this country
that they would be unmolested as long
; as they behaved themselves. Orders' ?>
I were issued soon afterward for the '
j arrest of sixty ring leaders in CSer- "}
man plots and intrigues.
t OJIl'l.K'rii .1IOIIM.I'/.ATIOX
or XAVV OKDRHliD
Complete mobilization of the navy, |
calling all reserves and militia to the
j colors. was ordered by Secretary
Daniels. The War Department, already
I having taken virtually every stop con
I t em plated before the raising of a real
! war army Is authorized, waited o'n |
Congress.
The President went over ail tlie I
ureal preparatory measures with tlie |
? Cabinet, discussing what has been
accomplished und dwelling, it is under
stood. upon arrangements for co-opera
tion w ith the entente allies against tho 1
common enemy. Plans for co-operation
are said to have taken very detlnite
shape, though there will he no an-'
mm nceiiient on the subject for the
present.
The seizure of Herman ships laid up ?
in American harbors was the subjects
of interested comment, and legal of-'
tleers of the government began con
sideration of the quostion whether the
I nitcd states can confiscate the ships
outright or must pay for them after
the war In any event, as soon as they
can 1m; made seaworthy, tlie fine, iner-<
chant llc*'t thus acquired will give
America a merchant marine that could
not be duplicated in several years and
add more than I'OO.OOO to the tonnage^
available for the transportation of sup
lilies and munitions to the allien.
Koth houses of Couuress have ad
journed over until Monday, so that
their commit tees may be free to-','I
morrow for preliminary work on war ,
legislation. jg
Word that King iSci.ry and Prosit^
dent Poincare had dispatched messajtf^
of congratulation to the President wa?t I
received unotllclally. Unly unofficial in-***
formation, also, came concerning tho
action nt/ President M, no. al, of Cul-a, 1
in recommending a declaration of tvar:.|
against Hermany by Cuba, and the
tsrow ing sentiment for war in Brazil.
KUItKIH.V It I'.I.A'I'IO V S!< ||>.?
I > l)Klt(aO tiltCAT CHA Vf.E.
Koreign relationships of the UnltedJj
States to-day underwent the gre?t??t^3
change in the country's history,
ing away practically all the Intern#**
tional ?niestions of the past two ycurx
ami sub?:it 111ing entirely new proSj*
lenif. As a result, the S*nte Depart^
ment is being entirely reorganised,
the great mass of routine which hjyId
overwhelmed even the highest ofMeluljr'i
Is to be redistributed along uc">v llnta,
,K>