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token for looo than 2Be for first laatr*
tl«'w. C*mU iwmit Bponwiiimy ordor.
WANTED
jmATrsranRrrrwWave:—rv$rrt
SvE sharpen safety rasnr blades better
than new, 26c doxen. Send them parcel
post. Robert Prowell Stove Co.. Bir
mingham, Ala. 6-14-tl
WE buy second hand clothes.~shocs, few
cash. Phone [phone]G Second. 1-20-tl
I BUT flret mortgages and well secured
fn notes amounts $60 and up, J. VV. Dukes,
425 Woodward bldg. ' 12-20-tl
GOOD, clean coal, cheap. Phone 862.
12-31-71
WANTED—HELP _ _ _ _~~
WANTED— Railway mail and postal
clerks; examinations soon; over 2000 ap
pointments yearly; prepare at home;
write for plan No. 36 of payment after
appointment. Philadelphia Business
College, Civil Service Dept., Philadel
phia, Pa. 1-3-tl
WANTEIj—FEMALE HELP
LADihiB, if you desire legitimate Home
, work during spare time which paye
$25 to $75 monthly, send your stamped,
self-addressed envelope for free par
ticulars. Manager, 430 Kiser Bldg., At
lanta, Ga. 1-3-31
_WANTED—MALE HELP ~~
WANTED—Railway mall and postal
clerks; examinations soon; over 2000
appointments yearly; prepare at
home; write for plan No. 86 of pay
ment after appointment. Philadelphia
Business College, Civil Service Dept.,
Philadelphia. Pa. 12-4-30t
__ BUSINESS CHANCES
FOR SALE—Half interest In llrst class
hotel In fastest growing town In Ala
bama. Address P. O. Box 462, Decatur,
Ala. 12-30-lQt
PAWN SHOP in- heart of business dis
trict of Ensley; will take about $2000 to
handle; quick sale necessary account of
other business interests. Apply 100 19th
st., Ensley. l-i-a
FOR SALE—Half Interest In limestone
quarry, well located on railroad In
Alabama; four steel jacket kilns and
other appurtenunces; plant in operation;
320 barrels daily; lime 99 per cent pure;
unknown quantities rock; good market
for lime, concrete, stone, screenings
This plant Is making money and will
stand every Investigation. For particu
lars. write R-99, owner, care Age-Her
ald. l-3-4t
ONE CENT A WORD
MATES—One cent a word a dan u id
taken for lean than 2Se for tint Inane
r*,,t — «»■♦ ■nriiWMitv wr<»
SITUATION WANTED
THE City Employment Bureau"^wlTl"'~oe
glad to furnish free any class of help
wanted. We Investigate all applicants,
the record of all applicants for posi
tions of responsibility. This bureau la
under the auspices of churches of Bir
mingham. We earnestly ask your co
operation. Phone Main 1870. 2212 1st
ave.1-38-tf
POSITION by prescrlptlonist with 16
years' experience. Address W. H. Wad
lit,gton, 1424 N. 32d st., city. Phone Main
4992-W._ l-3-3t
BOOKKEEPING or any kind of office
work, by single man, with years of ex
perience In different lines of buslnes;
best city references. Address T-99. care
Age-Herald. 1-8-31
WANTED—By a settled white person,
position as housekeeper; refined, neat,
clean and always attentive; also hard
worker. Address Q-99, care Age-Herald.
____ l-3-3t
WANTED—Permanent or temporary
position in city by first class lady
stenographer; experienced and well
educated; best city references. Cal!
Phone 2289 Main. l-3-3t
WANTED—Position by experienced cash
ler In cafe; also experienced In laun
dry office work; a position of any kind
and small salary considered; best of ref
erence. Phone 2797. Room 36. T. V*.
C A. l-2-2t-sa-mo
WANTED—Position by young man who
has had several years’ experience lit
general office work; can give A-l
references. Address R. C. H., 119 N.
20th st._]-4-2t
WANTED—A position as shipping
clerk; must have work at once; will
start at a reasonable salary. 1113 N.
19th st., City._ 1-4-lt
MONEY TO LEND
TALK~~WITH ALAN J EMI BON. *
Main lOHM U
WE negotiate loans and sail real estate
Can handle desirable farm lcana. Me
lone-McConnell Co.. 2106 lit'ave. 10-29-tf
HEAL ESTATE loans to suit you In
amount, terms and Interest; can pay
back monthly or yearly; will taka sec
ond mortgage. John W. Prude, 106 N.
12d at. Bell Phone 240._10-16-tf
MONET immediately available; well se
cured first mortgage loans. Leonard Ri
ley Co., 726 Woodward. 1-1-tf
MONET TO "LEND—We have money to
lend In amounts tlOOu to 19000 on im
proved real estate; straight loans;
money Immediately available. R. C.
Hemphill, President, 1001 Empire Bldg.
1-3-tf
^ WANTED - -SA I .ESMEN - .
■WANTED—Experienced stock salesmen
to aell stock in an oil company that al
fS ready had producing wells In the Elec
HJf tra Held, and acreage in Caddo, Electra
P and Oklahoma fields: and has Increased
Its capital stock to extend development;
liberal commission; references required.
Address Room 813. Praetorian Bldg.,
Dallas, Tex.l-3-9t
WANTED AGENTS
WANTED—Agents to sell the best insur
ance policy on easth; $50,000,000 company;
age 20, $10: age 30. $13: age 40. $16; age
AO $1$; stipulated rates. Write S. W.
Joiner, Southern Manager, 008 Temple
t Court B'de. Atlanta. Oa. l-3-10t
ANNOUNCEMENTS ~
DRAFTING! mechanical sketches, and
notes called for and work delivered.
Phone 412-W. West End.12-20-211
WANTED—BOARDERS ~
tlOOMS .with or without board very
•heap; hot dinner 12 to 2. 1916 5th ave.
l-3-10t
1
HOTELS
>01* tth At*.
Cleanest and brlshtest rooms in city
Hot and cold running water. Baths
free.
HOME COMFORTS^—HOTEL SERVICE
I B-37-tf
PERSONAL ~
LADIES—$1000 reward; l"positively guar
antee my great successful "monthly'
remedy; ssfely relieves some of the long
est, most obstlnste. abnormal cases In
three to live days; no harm, pain or In
terference with work; mail, $1J0: double
strength, $2; booklet fras. Dr. South
ington. sb Long Bldg.. y»m- city.
Mo . m-is-if
STOVE KRPAiiUAU
STOVE repairing, lowest prices, work
guaranteed, experienced workmen; let
us get your heaters and ranges In shape
for winter. Phone the Mffisr Stove
Works. Main dot U-t-U
ONE CENT A WORD
IUTB»—Oae seat a wail a ian aa aA
takes far leaa thaa 2Se far ftrat lasar
tl«»a. Caali m»i«t aeeamaaaF ardar.
__ FOR SALE
TXerwiTH'ALAN JBUieoi»r~'~
loot Jag Co. Bank Bldg. Hgl
B. J. BURNS CO
REAL. ESTATE. PHONE THl
__
WE will build you a boat Birming
ham Building and Imp. Co.. 414-li-ld
American Trust Bldg. 1-16-U
SACRIFICE sale at Thoraby. AlA.. about
6 acres good, fertile land with well
built <-room house; only 3 blocks from
L. & N. station; has big variety fruit
trees; also strawberries and grapes;
especially adapted for trucking and
poultry. Price, $1630, on very easy tsrms.
Phone Eastburn, Main 4300. 11-12-tf
ALBEMARLE PIPPINS—The flnest'da
vored apple, the favorite of the late
Queen Victoria, and of the present
royal family of England; $3 per box,
less than 3 cents apiece; we grow the
genuine Albemarle Pippin. The Albe
marle Orchard Co., Charlottesville,
Va-_ 11-28-tf
FOR SALE—Cow peas—planting peas.
Buy them now. Weevil-proof pack; 12
per bushel f. o. b. Delta, La. Delta
Mercantile Co., Ltd. 12-30-7t
FOR SALE—320 acres timber and min
eral land in Winston county, Alabama.
G. W. McCarty, Atlanta, Qa. l-2-7t
GOOD, clean coal, cheap. Phone 862.
12-31-7t
klHMI.MiHAM -j'KHMI M. yrvriflTT
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23 New York 11:20 pm 30 New York 9:00 am
20 New York 5 ;4B pm 34 New York 4:00 pm
11 Atlanta 5:00 am 12 Atlanta 12:15 am
28 Atlanta 13:20 pm 40 Atlanta 6:30 am
20 Atlanta 6:45 pm 90 Atlanta »:00 am
30 Atlanta 10:00 pm 24 Atlanta 4:00 pm
16 Columbus 11:15 am 11 Greenville 6:45 am
12 flreenvllle 7 :68 pm 10 Moblle-Selma 7:00 am
28 Selma 11:36 am 27 Selma 4:40 pm
20 Mobile-Selma 7:00 pm 15 Columbus 8:43 pm
IB Jacksonville 12:20 pm 24 .Inekaonrllle 4:00 pm
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1 Cincinnati 10:25 pm 1 N. O. A Shr'pt 10:38 pm
2 New Orleans 6 :20 am 2 Cin. A N. Y. 6 :80 am
3 Cincinnati 10:50 am 3 New Orleans 11:05 am
4 New Orlaana 7:00 pm 4 Cincinnati 7:10 pm
5 Chattanooga 11:43 am 8 Meridian 4:10 pm
21 Chattanoram 0:00 pm 6 Chattanooga 4:00 pm
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?22 ^atlMa Clw 6:lflam 104 Kansas City 10:30 pm
of? 10:15 am 02U Amory 3:25 pm
fla^Memphia 6:55 pm P22 Memphis T OO am
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1 Macon 10:10 pm 2 Macon 7:#0*m
2 Jacksonville 12:15 pm 10 Jackson villa 4:35 nm
3_favannati 12:01 nm 4 Savannah .1 M ™
__FOR SALE_
HOTEL LEASE FOR SALE.
50-room, new, modern, complete
ly furnished hotel, centrally
located; will sell lease for a
period of two years on reasonable
terms. Now on paying basis.
Possession may be had at once.
Apply
J. MORGAN FLOWERS, PRES.
FLOWERS REALTY COMPANY.
Lyon-Terry Bldg., Birmingham,
Ala.
Phone 4968 Main. l-3-3t
STYLISH bay horse; spirited, but gen
tle; safe for ladles, buggy or sad
dle; not afraid of automdbiles or
cars; about 12 years old; thorough
bred; price $200; trial before pur
chase. Write C. K. Bryan, Blounl
Springs, Ala. 1-3-St
l • i . ' /
CABBAGE PLANTS
LETTUCE PLANTS
For the next 80 days we will give abso
lutely free to each purchaser of 1000 ol
our plants at II.BO per 1000 (f. o. b.),
1000 plants free. We guarantee count
and satisfaction. These plants grown
by best of seed and make large heads
ATLANTIC COAST PLANT CO..
YOUNGS ISLAND, S. C.
U-U-Ot
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9
DO“ you want a bargain ? Here is a> I
room, modem-to-the-mlnute home In the
beet part of Norwood, on 15th ave. and
list st.; faces south on corner. Can
wake terms to suit, phone owner. Main
4115-J. _11-81-It
ip you want land in Florida see T. L.
Hendrix and go with him to Florida
January 6. 403 Jefferson County Bank
Bldg. Phone Main 5458._12-81-et
FOR SALE—831 acres. Improved very fer
tile Yasoo, Miss., delta farm; about 800
cultivation, balance ready take In; ?tt
miles Indlanola; price, 140 acre; can rent
place 3 years IIBOO year; write for par
ticulars. W. T. Pitts, the Land Man,
Indlanola. Miss. 12-80-It
FEED at a bargain; the best ani
cheapest hog and cattle feed at Jack
Daniels' Distillery, 1215 Ave. B.
Phone Main 2353. l-4-10t
' JOB PRINTING
-- bell" printincTcS
mitt Sd ave. Charles Roberts. Wyllys
Roberts, proprietors. Commercial Print
ing and quick delivery a specialty. Tele
phone IOTA Mail orders special atten
tion. U-U-U
ONE CENT A WOOD
lATjBB «m( • • tftrt M ■*
<»!*•■ for !**■ than 2Rr fur first Irmn
flow ****** w*u»t wi»«nwMn!r wnlw.
FOR RENT—ROOMS
fiJFO^xi^^crfsrTssxsroMidi
rooms; modern conveniences; moderate
prices; baths fres. SlOii 5th ave. 7-12-tl
WANTED—To rent lo suitable party a
comfortable suite of rooms, with
sleeping porch, southern exposure
also one single room with private
bath; In furnace heated home on
Highland ave.; with or without board.
Apply 2177 Highland ave. Phone Male
239S-J.11-17-tl
ELEGANTLY furnlehed rooms with ot
without board. 1912 «th ave.. north.
_ 12 12-191
NICELY furnished upstairs front room;
elegant heated bathroom; hot bath at
all hours; price reasonable. 2212 4th
ave., north. 12 15-tl
FOR RENT—Large, nicely furnished bed
room and kitchenette, furnished com
plete for light housekeeping; all modern
conveniences; only *3.50 per week. Also
bedrooms from *2.50 to *3.50 per week;
close in. 2113 5th ave. 12-25-tl
LOVELY rooms for rent near finest and
most reasonable meals on Highlands.
Phofle 7431-33’. 12-29-111
NICELY furnished rooms, modern con
veniences. steam heat; also want room
mate for gentleman; walking distance
to city; rent reasonable. 1921 Ave. H.
1-1-81
_ ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OP PASSENGER TRAINS. BIRMINGHAM
cuararUeedWine' *che<*u*e ***• publlahad only as Information, and ara not
HIHMI31.H Ul
Seaboard Air Line By.
Arri" fr«“— No. Depart to
S' J°Lk Hilo Pm 6.New York 8.80 nil
iJ ?.•* V,,rl" 1:10 Dtp 12 New York 8:00 pm
0 40 l>m 22 Atlnntn7 :30 on
llllnola Central By.
No- Arrlea ream— No. Depart to—
9 Chicago-.iiW 0111 10 Chlctao 18 46 dpi
LOUSVII.LB a NASHVU.I.B STATION
l. A N. B. H.
No. Arrtra from— No. Depart to—
1 Cincinnati 1:01am 1 New Orlaane 0:00 am
1 New Orleana 1840 pm 1 Cincinnati 12:02 pm
8 Cincinnati 8:02 pm 8 New Orleana 8:10 pm
4 New Orleana * :37 pm 4 Clnclnnall 8 43 pm
5 PESS1' ,, »«P* •# Dacatur 0:49 am
i?n<?nn‘u 8:90 am 8 Clnclnnall 11:35 pm
10 afimtromory 7:18 pin 0 Uontgomerv 0:00 am
•13 Decatur 10:18 am 14 Decatur4 00 pm
.. _ BlrmaluKham Mineral
No. Atrtro fro*— No. Depart to—
80 Draco "8:15 pm 38 Draco 8:23 am
4« TOncalooea 11:10 am 41 Blocton 0:30 am
43 Blocton 7:23 pm 40 Blocton 2:94 am
43 Analeton 10:40 am 44 Anniston 3 40 pm
47 Anniston 0:90 pm 49 Anniston 1:88 am
103 Tuscalooao 8:90 pm 101 Tuacalooaa 7:00 a.m.
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23 ItoanoVe 11:80 am SC Manchester 7:38 am
OK IfnnnliMtAr A‘AH nan 41 finownb. A.m __
Trains marked thus (•) run dally except Sunday. Other trains run dally. Central time.
FOR RENT—ROOMS
rooms. 2200 7th ave. 12-81-6t
TWO or three connecting rooms for light
housekeeping near Five Points. Main
6744-J. 1-1-7t
Fl V E-ROOM flat, furnished complete;
possession at once. Main 9129. l-l-7t
LARUE room, with or without private
bath. In a choice South Highland loca
tlon. Main 8066-.I. l-2-3t
ROOM furnished complete for bachelor”,
steam heat, tile bath, 312.50, Richmond
apartment. Dillard Investment and In
surance Co. Phone 7560. l-2-7t
FOR RENT—NICELY FURNISHED
ROOMS, PRIVATE FAMILY; CLOSE
IN: REASONABLE. PHONE M. 4490.
l-3-3t
FOR RENT—Cheap, unfurnished connect
lng rooms close in; lights, hot and cold
water and phone tree. Call Main 6130-j.
l-3-2t
filCELY furnished front room, private
family; 8476 Highland avs. Phone
Main 8466-X2. I-3-3t
6nE small room for gentleman, single
bed, 32 per week; hot bath, etc. 728 N.
_20th st_ l-3-3t
FOR RENT—Nicely furnished front bed
room; every convenience and close 1n.
Rent 33 per week. 826 N. 20th st. 1-3-tf
FOR RENT 1
nlshsd, good proposition for experienced
hotel man. Write H. H. Montgomery,
Jacksonville. Ala. 12-28-7t
GOOD, clean coal,.cheap. Phone 862.
12-31-71
RENT—Bargain; I-room family- apart
ment, 811 S. 12th it., 38.60 and 311.60; good
neighborhood; water furnlehed. Two
new 5-roora bungalows, Falrvtew, 810;
worth 317.60. Dillard Investment and
Insurance Co. Phone 7660. l-2-7t
Tivo rooms and kitchenette, unfur
nlahed; hot and cold water and lights;
conveniently located; reasonable
rent; in new bungalow; private en
trance. 1121 Cotton ave., West End.
1-8-21
PRINTING, RULING,
BINDING,HIGH GRADE
WORK — EFFICIENT
SERVICE, LARGEST
AND MOST MODERN
PLANT IN THE STATE.
ROBERTS ft SON, (Inc.)
"TBB BIO ALABAMA HOtlSRF
ROBT. W. EWING, President
1812£r,SS«lfc3dAve
Wheeler Hotel
fcuiaw, Ala.
Good bervice and Up-ttt
Date in Every Respect*
Shooting-Fishing
Excellent duck shooting and aalt
water fishing. Competsnt guides with
full equipment. Accommodations un
surpassed. Write for bpoklst.
J. B. MOUITOB. Mar.
B»W«s MU Csisa. Ala
How Britain Would Resist Invasion
By JOHN 8. STKKL,
LORD AND LADY DESBOROUGH
Lord Desborough, who was a famous all-round athlete, is at the head of
the unoficial home defense forces in England
^^ONDON, December 24.—(Special
I I Correspondence.)—"What can
r 1 we do to defend our country
I_I if the Germans come?" Is the
question that a Rood many
Englishmen are asking today and so
far the government has not answered
It. The reason probably Is that It la
feared that the publication of any
plan of defense, such as a possible levy
en masse, might bo misinterpreted by
the public, and lead to something like
a panic. Pew people In this country
think that a serious Invasion by the
Germans Is possible, but a great many
people, Including a man of such mil
itary experiences as General Haden
Powell, think that a raid by anywhere
trom 20,000 to 70,000 Germans might
be attempted to inflict as much dam
age as possible and might succeed In
landing. Such a force probably would
be soon exterminated, but It coulil do
a great deal of damage before It was
wiped out and what the civilian pop
ulation of England Is asking is, what
is It expected to do and what will bn
Its status In the case of an Invasion?
A cognate question and one which
must be considered in answering the
first Is. "What arrangement has Eng
land for calling out all her avullable
| manhood In the cbbc of Invasion or
other national emergency?" Thue Is
a lot. of loose talk In this country about
the necessity of legislation providing
for what Is erroneously called “con
scription"—but which is really uni
versal service, the very opposite of
conscription. The fact Is that no leg
islation Is necessary. England now has
In the militia ballot act a law on her
statute book Which provides for the
calling to the colors If necessary of the
whole able bodied manhood of the
country. The act Is In a state of sus
pense, but all that Is required to put
It In force Is an order by the privy
council. That can be Issued In five
minutes and all that Is needed then
Is a telegram to the lords lieutenant
of the counties ordering each to fur
nish his quota of men to the King s
forces. As the title of the act Implies
the men are to be selected by ballot
If the number required is small, but
there Is nothing to prevent the whole
manhood of the nation being called out
under this act In which case, of course,
a ballot would be unnecessary.
In the case of an Invasion It seems
entirely likely that the militia ballot
act will be revived, not so much be
cause the men will be needed, as for
their own safety. No one who knows
the British character will suppose for
a moment that British civilians will
see their homes ravaged and their j
property destroyed without making n
fight for It. If they fight as civilians
they will be shot or hanged nut of
hand by the Germans, hs the French
franc tlreurs were In 1870 and many
Belgians In the present war, while If
they are members of a legally organ
ized militia and equipped with some
military badge, even If not In uniform
—an armlet is sufficient—they must he
treated as combatants unless the Ger
mans refuse officially to recognize
them.
I have reason to believe that all ar
rangements have been made for putting
the militia ballot act In force at short
notice. Tt 1s believed that If the Germans
do attempt an Invasion It will be on the
Yorkshire coast, where they could make
a dash on the rich Industrial towns of
Yorkshire and Lancashire and Inflict un
told damage before they were extermi
nated. A few days ago the lord lieuten
ant of the East Riding of Yorkshire Is
sued confidential Instructions to all the
magistrates In hls district as to what
they thould do In the case of an Invasion,
and I understand that similar Instructions
have been Issued by lords lieutenant of
other counties on the east coast. The
terms of these Instruction*, of course,
are kept etrlctly secret, but I understand
that broadly they authorize the magis
trates to assemble all the able bodied
men of their districts and enroll them
at once In the organised militia. Ar-‘
rangements have also been made to serve
out arms. It Is a mistake to suppose that
because England Is slow In Issuing rifles
to the men of Lord Kitchener's new
army she Is short of arms. The new
trpops ure receiving rides as fast as they
are ready for them and the units fac
tories, both at home ami abroad, ure
, turning out all that are required, and as
fast us they are assimilated. It Is es
sential, of course, that the troops lit tile
field should ull be armed with the same
typo of rifle and that the best, hut that
does not apply to hastily levied inllitu
for home defense. There Is In this coun
try an immense store of rules of old pat
terns which have been withdrawn from
the tegular army and kept for Just such
an emergency as the one now being dis
cussed. Tney have not the range of the
modern rifle, but they are perfectly effi
cient weapons for home defense wot It.
A number of them have already been
Issued to the new volunteer forces which
arc springing up all over the country.
These have Just been recognised by the
war office and told that they may select
a uniform, which must not, however, be
similar to that worn by the regular
forces. It lias been decided to adopt a
gray cloth like that worn by the Confed
erate troops In the American civil war.
Steps are being taken to centralize the
organization of this force and provide it
with officers. The force now consists of
about 1,000,000 men, all cither over Jo or
unable for some reason to join the regu
lar forces. No man Is accepted unless
he can give a good reason for not Jotn
the regular army or the territorials.
The men drill in the evening and on Sat
urday afternoons and Sundays, and most
of the ults are now quite effloieiit for the
work they are Intended to do. They sign
only for home defense, but the war of
fice reserves the right to call upon anv
of them for foreign service If necessary.
It Is Interesting to note that In this
volunteer movement history Is repeating
ltaelf, as It has dons in many othnr
phases of the present war. It was the
fear of a raid by Napoleon that called
the original British volunteer force Into
existence. That force continued to exist
for nearly a hundred years, when the
desire for a more efficient home defense
force under stricter central control led
Lord Haldane to turn the volunteers Into
ths territorials. The territorials, of
course, were Intended only for home de
fense, but at the outbreak of the present
war most of them volunteered as regi
ments for foreign service, anil most of
them are now abroad. In tills connec
tion It mny be Interesting to explain a
little scare In this country a few days
ago. The news leaked out—It always
does leak out, for although the censor
can stop the newspapers from printing
it, he cannot stop the people from talk
ing—that thousands of men of the new
army were being moved to the east
coast, Uveryone, In the absence of In
formation, Jumped to the conclusion that
the government had news of a coming
attempt at a raid by the Germans. What
really happened was that the last of the
territorials, who have been guarding the
east roast since the departure of the
regular army at the beginning of the
war, had been sent abroad, and that they
were being replaced by the more for
ward units of the new army. When these
men have completed their training on
the east coast, they, too, will be sent
to France, and their plact-B will he taken
by more recent levies and so on.
I am also told that arrangements are
being made for laying In a store of uni
forms which will be Issued to the lords
lieutenant for clothing their levies In case
of need. The Germans might refuse to
recognize an armlet such us the Boers
wore In South Africa, and which was rec
ognised everywhere by the British. The
plan Is, I am told, to provide the militia
levlaa with tunics of khaki or
gray of destlnctlve military pat
tern. which must be recognized aa uni
form- The rifles Issued, although not of
the latest pattern, will all bear the King's
bread arrow, which marks all government
property.
It It came to a levy en masse like this,
and like what has already been dona In
Austria and may soon be done in Ger
many, Britain could raise an Immense
army. The registrar general has been
making a special Investigation and he
finds that In this country theer are at
preLent 5.596,739 men between the ages of
20 and 39, the military aga In Britain.
Of these, roughly about 2,000,000 are now
under arms, In the regular army, the new
arifiy and the territorials. Kord Kitchen
er has asked for another million which
would leave a reserve of over 2,500,000
young men to be drawn on If necessity
demanded. In addition to that there are.
It la estimated, at least 6,000,000 more men
of an age suitable for service at home.
These might be from 16 to 20 and from
40 to 56, or In many cases even older With
such an army as this available anything
like a successful invasion of England Is
impossible.
It must not be thought, either, that these
men are mere "gun fodder." Nothing has
been more remarkable In recent years in
England than the growth of rifle shooting
as a sport, and England owes Its large
supply of trained riflemen to the late
loot'd Robert*. That veteran soldier, about
h) years ago, foresaw wbat was coming,
and the need that there would be for
the improvisation of a great army. He
knew that shooting was the most essen
tial thing for a soldier, and at the same
time the hardest to teach him, ami he in
augurated the miniature rifle movement.
German experts laugh ted at this shoot
ing with "toy guns," but they are not
laughing now, for many of the soldiers
whoso marksmanship is working such
havoc with the enemy learned their first
shooting with the miniature rifle, which is
a replica of the service rifle, of small
bore, and is used on a 26-yard range. The
targets are carefully proportioned so that
shooting on the 25-yard range is equiva
lent to work at 500 yards with the service
rifle and target*. Tin re Is hardly a big
business house In London or the provinces
that has not It* miniature rifle club with
a range in the basement or on the roof,
amt hardly a village where the lads do
not learn .shooting in a convenient Held.
Lord Roberts’ ambition was to make rifle
shooting to the modern Briton what arch
ery was to his forefHther*. whe# the young
men of the village spent Hunday afternoon
after church at the butts. These Sunday
afternoons made the archers who won at
Aglncourt. and the week-end work with
the miniature rifle lias made thousands of
the riflemen who will he lighting soon in
Fiance against another foe.
Since the outbreak of the war there
has been, of course, a great boom in
rifle shooting. I know dozens of sober,
middle-aged citizens who have rigged tip
ranges in their gardens and spend their
Sundays shooting and teaching their boys
to shoot. The crack of the miniature
rifle is now the most familiar sound in
the London suburbs. The result of it
is that there are today comparatively
few Englishmen of any age who do not
know how to use a rifle and many of
them are fair shots. A man who can
not score at leant 75 out of a possible
100 on the miniature target I* likel>
to feel that he Is a good deal of a duf
ler, and to improve his score by assid
uous practice before be begins to brag
of it among bis friends.
The enthusiasm among staid citizens
may seem to some to have Its ludicrous
side, but to those in contact with it it
is really inspiring. This is particularly
so In connection with the local defense
forces already mentioned, which are now
to be organized as regular volunteers.
One’s first feeling at seeing one of them
on the march with elderly, bearded men.
the local butcher anil the baker and the
| milkman, with the parson and the school
master stepping out In a muddy road,
is to laugh, but when one realize* that
It means a good deal for these men to
leave their business and their comfort
able firesides on these December days,
one realizes that they are not made of
the stuff that will easily be beaten. And
one realizes It still more when one sees
them after a few weeks of training. At
first they are a mere rabble of middle
aged inen marching in almost any order.
After a few weeks of drill they march
like veterans and many of them seem
to have renewed their youth.
(Copyright, 1916, by Curtis Brown.)
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Jail Warrant*
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bids up to Monday, January li, 191o,
at 12 o’clock, noon, for the purchase
of $300,000 of said county warrants,
bearing interest at 5 per cent per an-,
num, payable semi-annually. Salu war
rant* be Issued to contractor, low
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erect for said county and to be Is
sued work progresses in denominp
tions ot $500. Said warrants to ba
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date of Issuunco and to be payable In
the proportion of $60,000 per year. The
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June 1, 1.915. No bid below par will
be accepted. Board reserves the right
to reject any or all bids. Detailed in
formation will be furnished upon ap
plication to the undersigned.
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President of Board of Revenue, Jef
ferson County. /Hrmlngham, Ain.
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