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M B W| . - : yx :?.$% ;v; MB H I Abbeville Press and Banner SIS v lft<LA $1.50 the Year. Abbeville, S. C., Friday, June 28, 1918. J Single Copies, Five Cents. 75th Year. BIG ARMY PRO I BEING Blan Goes Before Con gress Within Next Three Months. BKope of measure NOT YET APPARENT jHftready Calculations Upon Which EMS'ending Army Bill Was Formed HH Have Been Exceeded and War M Department Revises Plans BflB on New Basis. ^KS iishington, June 26.?Secretary r disclosed to the senate milicommittee today that within months an enlarged army pronow being worked out will be f nted to congress to represent} naximum fighting effort of the I eady the calculations upon I i the pending army bill has framed have been exceeded, he war department is revising an on an enlarged basis. i full scope- of the new meast not yet apparent. , Baker disclosed the new plans plaining his reasons for opposny change now in the draft units. Later, during > general a in the senate figures were j 3ed showing the great strides j jBeing made toward bringing AmeriHan fighting power to the front in 8hX General March, chief of staff, alHeady has announced the army is Hive months ahead of schedule in I Hroop^ movements, 900,000 men hav-l Hng been sent abroad. During the ^ ebate today, however, it was dis-! Hlosed that if the highest hopes are ^Jealized 1,450,000 men will havej preached France some time in AugHst and there will be a total force Hinder arms of approximately 3,500,- j M)00. A statement read into the; |?enate record by Senator Chamber-' ain .chairman of the military com-, nittee predicted Class 1 probably, arould be exhausted during October. Man Power Adequate. Secretary Baker and General. Uarch were positive the reservoir >f fighting man power would meet; ill calls upon it under the best pos-: ible conditions of mobilizations and) ransportation until congress has anj pportunity to take up age exten-' ions later. II The question of available shipping j [to haul the men to France is the [vital factor. At present much British and French tonnage is employed on the work. j Under previous estimates May was expected to be the month of [high record in troop shipments the | | # I allied vessels being withdrawn thenj to carry foodstuffs and munitions j needed in France and England. It I is now indicated they will not be! withdrawn before July. This probably explains the pro-j posed schedule of mobilizatio"n readj I into the senate record by Senator Chamberlain, showing a declining rate after August. The table shows a total strength in Class 1, of 2,362,082, deductions of 334,634, for delinquents; 36,770 jfor the emergency fleet list, 215,539 j toir limited service classification andi 50,268 for remediable defectives, J leaving 1,724,871 fighting men of| ? ??- ? ? ?11-~ in Ploaa 1 I (nose uriginaiiy piaucu m wu?aU To that number it is estimated 200,000 will be added by the reclassification process now going on, and 400,000 from the class of 1918, to be drawn tomorrow. / Calls for This Year. With the July call deducted, the ; table fixed 877,359 as the number of availables left in the fighting ranks of Class 1, and the estimated calls for the rest of the year are placed at a total of 875,000, which1 would leave 2,000 men still in the class January 1, 19l9. The calls for 1918 are given as August, 300,000; J IJECT I WORKED OUT Call For Youth J Sounded Yesterday1 ORDER NUMBERS FIXED FOR] MILITARY SERVICE. Washington, June 26.?National |1 lottery machines will be set in mo-j tion for a second time tomorrow for the drawing of the order numbers of the 744,500 young men who attained their majority during the jc year ending June 5, the first anni-j ^ versary of the selective draft regis- c tration day. a g Secretary Baker plans to draw the first capsule containing a master number from the bowl at 9:30 o'clock in the same committee room of the senate office buliding in which 0 the first lottery was conducted last 2 July. s The officials of Provost Marshal General Crowder's office will take . up the work and the^ast capsule is expected to be drawn by noon. * While it will be attended' by the ^ same ceremony, the drawing this v year will not be fraught with the e significance to the men affected as g Was that last year. The order in which the numbers are drawn simply will determine the relative posi- ^ tion of the men at the bottom of I the class to which they will be ps- ^ signed under the classification sys V tem after they return their questionnaires which now are being mailed them. r s However, young men without dependents not engaged in an essential industry will be placcd at the bottom of Class 1, and as the men p now in that cl&ss soon will be ex-| hausuted they ^undoubtedly will be J called within a few months. Those |1 placed in the deferred classes are i not likely to be called at all, cer-; tainly not for some time. MEETING OF CITIZENS. Is ; p A meeting of the citizens of the c Abbeville School District was held j q in the Court House Tuesday, after- j s noon at seven o'clock, pursuant to -j advertised notice, for the purpose of v electing trustees and for the . trans- js action of any business pertaining to e the affairs of the school district, j s James Chalmers was elected <i * Chairman of the meeting and Joel j ^ S. Morse, Secretary. Chairman c Barnwell made his report, showing ! y the amount of taxes collected, with J ^ the expenditures for the year, the' p report showing that the school dis- n trict last year lived within its in-; v come. i r The following were elected as. i: trustees: For three years terms,! t Wm. M. Barnwell, J. D. Kerr and;C J. C. Thomson; for two year term, R. S. Link; and for the one year F term, Horace R. McAllister. This was the first meeting heid; under the new law changing the! time for the election of these offi-11 cers. It had been hoped that, as P the time was changed for that pur- b pose, the people would show greater C interest in the affairs of the schools, ii but less than twenty men attended t the meeting and voted for trustees. S i ! li O 1 -ten AAA . 1 KA OCptCIIIUCl, X UUjUVU y VWtUUW XUVfl ^ 000; November 150,000; and Decern ber 125,000. I F Mr. Baker has started a careful I ^ study of the probable effect upon j ^ essential industries application to j | the draft to men of more than 31; e years woulu have. That has not! ^ been completed. It is regarded as s nKvinni! Vinwpvpr that onlv a DrO- _ portionately small number of fight- i _ ing men could be derived from this | source while an enormous amount' of labor would be involved in the! registration and classification of all! men between 18 and 45 years of J C age. ; I . ; 's. s j ' .. HER CALLS " FOR 124,325 MEN Mobilization Will Take Place During Month of July. 27,257 WHITE MEN JULY 5 Various Calls Will Remove From Civilian Life 367,961 Men Next Month. Washington, June 26.?White and :olored draft registrants numbering .24,525 were summoned to the col rs for general military service in i call issued today by Provost Marhal General Crowder. Mobilization rill take place during July, starting eith 27,257 white men on July 5. Today's call combined with that if 220,000 to be mobilized July 22!5 last night and with the various pecial calls will remove from civil an life during July ?67,961 men. The call issued today is divided nto four sections for entrainment mrposes. From July 5 to 9, white egistrants numbering 33,259 are to ie entrained; from July 15 to 19, whites 21,255; July 16 to 20, colord, 45,000; and from July 29 to 1, colored, 25,011. Although the order issued last light for 220,000 men robably will deplete the present availables in lass 1 in most of the draft districts he bulk of the men called for July nil not go to camp until after the aiddle of the month and by that! ime it is expected the additions ained by reclassification and by the j ew registration 01 twenty-one-year. Id youths will be available. IRST CHEROKEE SOLDIER BURIED! | .arge Crowd'At El Bethel To Pay Last Tribute to Young Soldier of Cherokee. ' A large concourse of people as-' embled at El Bethel last Sunday to ay tribute to Seaman Richard E.; Jallman, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. J.1 Jallman, ,who was the first Cherokee oldier to lose his life in the war. 'he young man volunteered for ser ice on April 18th, 1917, and was tationed at Norfolk, Va., untH Novmber 20th, 1917, when he was as-j igned to duty on the submarine de-: troyer Manly, where he served un-| il March 19th, 1918, when in a i ollision with another vessel the oung man was wounded in one of [is arms. He was taken to a hosital in Brooklyn, N. Y., for treatlent at the naval hospital there, t'here he died on June 16th. The oung man was born near Cowpens, i ti this county, in 1899 and was,' herefore only. 19 yean* of age.? i Jaffney Ledgert* tUNAWAY SOLDIERS ^ j CAPTURED IN A1 lain i a ! Chief Richardson was notified onj he 24th that the Oakland car re-j iorted by Hoyt Rivers as having j ieen taken off by two soldiers from! "amp Jackson had been recovered ti Atlanta. The provost guard in he Georgia capital turned the trick. Two boys in khaki left Columbia Saturday afternoon driving an Oak-j and touring car. The machine wasj o be returned at 1 o'clock. The carj _ ailed to show up and the owner ap-i lealed to police powers. The solliers headed west and as they were lassing through Atlanta military poice called for passes. This put an nd to the trip. The men were taken' o headquarters and a message was ent to Columbia. The men and the j lUtomobile will be returned to the j ity.?The State. TO CHESTER. Mr. Ed W. Acker was taken to iJhseter Thursday for examination.) le is improving every day. KERENSKY ON WAY TO AMERICA Former Premier Suddenly Appears i n London. COMING OVER TO \ EXPLAIN j Member of Commission Announces; Slavs Will Welcome Military Intervention. Washington, June 26.?The unheralded appearance in London today of Alexander Kerensky, former1 provisional premier of Russia, together with his announcement that ( he is on his way to America and that he is certain Russia soon will ^ be fighting again with the forces of ( democracy against German domination, furnished the subject fon a dis- j ctfssion in omciai ana diplomatic ^ circles that covered a wide range. As there apparently had been no intimation of Kerensky's intended visit to this country, speculation naturally centered around his purposes in his coming. The belief seems to be general that he not only will! seek to enlist the support of his own people in this country in his efforts to rehabilitate Russia and cast off the German yoke, but will discuss the' subject with the officials as well. GENERAL DIAZ REPORTS GREAT VICTORY GAINED \ "Appalling Number" of Austrian Troops Kilted, More Than Forty j ti 1 n_:? T_1 1 , 1 nuUUUU A riiuucri i aAcn uuw x Enormous Booty Captured, Says; Italian Commander. j i ] < Washington, June 25.?Austrian j losses in the retreat across the, ^ Piave included an "apppalling num-j ber" of troops killed, more than! . 40,000 made prisoners and an enor-:,, mous amount of war booty, said a j report 'from General Diaz, the Ital-' ( ian commander, which was cabled! i from Rome tonight to the Italian j( embas?v. ' ! j ?i "Yesterday we obtained a great! victory," said General Diaz's mes-1 ] sage. "Owing to the extreme pres-'l sure of our troops and the continu-' ous fire of the artillery and air-, planes, the enemy, after having des-1 perately clung for eight days at the cost of appalling losses to the right |' bank of the Piave, on the night of:y I 1 the 23rd began to retreat to the. left bank under our terrific fire. 1 i "The retreat continued during the, entire day, protected by strong ma-j chine gun contingents and rear.' guard units, which opposing obsti-j1 nate resistance were successfully! overpowered by the impetus of our! troops, which enveloped Montello! # and swept over on the entire Piavej line with the exception of a short t section at Muzile, where the fight-1 ^ ing continues. ^ / ! "Thus far 40,000 prisoners have^ been counted and an enormous'^ amount of booty captured. An ap-i^ palling number of Austrian corpses k litter the ground, bearing witness > of the unfortunate bravery and of ^ the crushing defeat of the enemy." I y . ' \\ NEWS FROM LIEUT NEUFFER. \ * ? h IJICUI. UUIUUU rv. iicuuu, navj we^t overseas in advance of his | ^ regiment, the 118th Infantry, hasj^ been heard from by his home folks'^ and the news is good news and, ^ cheerful. He had a pleasant and . ^ uneventful trip over, only one sub-j * marine scare livening things up. | The young soldier is going through j some intensive training at a "dingy little fort", but expected to move ? on the front in a few days. ji: Mrs. Joseph Hicks of Calhoun ^ 1 Falls, was in the city Thursday 1 shopping. F REST FOR ITAL . AMERK Rigid Rules Made | f For Use of Sugar ] I r' 1 11 THREE POUNDS PER CAPITA j MONTHLY. N Washington, June 26.?Regulations for carrying out the new restrictions upon sugar consumption M by commercial users,, effective July * 1, were made public today by the food administration. The new re- . itrictions it has been announced will apportion the 1,600,000 tons of su?ar in sight for the six months be- ^ ginning July 1 on the basis of three^, Pi pounds per capita monthly in order to supply the needs of the allies and ^ st jf the American troops. The apportionment is about dou- ^ ale the compulsory sugar ration of ^ England, France and Italy. .. Commercial users of sugar will re- ^ leive their supply under a certifi- m :ate ' system. No manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer will be permitted to sell sugar to any one ex- ca :ept householders unless a certifi- ^ :ate issued by the local food admin- *1( ofi?o fnr ie P flfail ara mav ^ SVlttVVL 1J VUV llWUl A?VVt?tlV4d U1UJ sell not more than two pounds , at er he >ne time to a town customer, nor ive pounds at one sale to a country . ustomer. ni Candy makers, soft drinks and 013 loda fountains, chewing gums, choc- j )late, cocoa, tobacco, flavoring ex- , ha ;racts, invert sugar, syrups, sweet ^ jickles and wine manufacturers, etc . vill be allowed 50 per cent, of their ^ lormal supply. !, I ly Commercial canners of vegetables | :ruit and milk and manufacturers i tj )f medicine, explosives and glycer- ^ ne will be allowed sufficient for fa ;heir necessary requirements. ; ta Hotels, restaurants, clubs, dining; a, :ars and all public eating houses | ex vho take care of 25 or more-persons' ni nay purchase three pounds for| & I* ;ach 90 meals served. 1 0f x Bakers will be allowed 70 per ar :ent. average amount used during |jt fune, 1918. i ra Any attempt to 'accumulate siocks ?rior to July 1 will be construed as ^ loarding, the regulations stated. ! BACKING UP HER BOYS. | 9 ' k, Alvin Wilkinson is back at Camp * Sevier after being in New York-81 ,vith the supply train of the 81st i ajl Division for a month. Alvin is the p; :hird son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Wil-i* * iC cinson to be in the service of his :ountry, while Julian is at Clem-: *e son taking special training. This s a proud record indeed, and the nother of . all ttfese fine boys is as: landsome and as lively as she was, ed wenty-five years ago and is back-j ho ng up her boys in their endeavor H< ;o save the country. . 11 th W) trj k v: Jo t 264 PRISONERS TAKEN V Lj, k BY MARINES. V n0 w V|no k. Paris, June 26.?The num- V.jn i ber of prisoners captured by. V; tj. k the Americans in their op- V he k eration in Belleau wood was V| a-j k 264, according to the war of- V k fice communication tonight. Vj wc k The French raided the Ger- V| nQ k man line northwest of Mont- Vj k didier, adds the statement, V ' I CO k inflicting losses aiid taking V< pr k prisoners. V; ^ V V! I ar kVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVch )RAFT CALLS FOR sti NEAI SIA MUINIM3|ai Washington, June 26.?Army Senator Chamberlain announced ate today that it is proposed to call i n August 300,000 in November Mi 50,000 and in December 125,000.'ca: rhese 875,000 men, he said, are ex-j att >ected to exhaust class one. I H:i IANS :ans in game ; / / ^ershing's Men in Belleau-Wood Launch Attack on Huns. ' 1 .V ESTS OF GERMANS BROKEN UP BY FIRE uch Hand to Hand Fighting BeFore Control Passes Entirely to United States?Diaz Continues to Press Austrians in Retreat on Piave River. While the Italians have been isily engaged in cleaning up the iave battle front, gathering tosther th$ spoils of war and making raggling Austrians prisoners, the merican troops stationed in the 1 j slleau Wood northwest of Chateau , lierry have been devoting their ne to showing the Germans again e ghting timber of which they are ade. f , In the demonstrations the Ameri,ns gained control of the wood in > entirety, advanced their posi>ns materially northwest of the Dod and made prisoner 264 of the * lemy, in addition to inflicting > . -fn iavy losses. , The attack was launched Tuesday gm; with the purpose of driving it the few remaining nests of Ger- <. * ans in the wood?nests from * lich. enemy parties constantly were . irassing the Americans. It follow1 a hurricane of artillery fire/ the tensity of which stunned even ose of the Germans who previoushad gone through the terrific J T? u limine ui me uiiusu unu riciicu. ' ie hammering of the guns was >pt up for 13 hours before the inntry set out to accomplish its , /VJ sk and the havoc wrought by the nerican shells, many of them high :plosives, was evident from the v~ imber of enemy dead. The capture of \Belleau Wood is considerable strategic import- < ice, owing to the fatft that' from ? ' H> the Germans had been able to ke the allied positions on all sides it. Its eastern and northern ges also command the railroad bend the German lines' running to lateau-Thierrv. r?? All the positions still held by the ustrians on the lower Piave con- ' ituting the Capo-Sile Bridgehead ve r.ow^been taken by the Italians, ) id the entire western bank of the ave is clear of the enemy. Nearly 10 prisoners were taken in ?he enrprise. NEWS FROM "W. D." Lieut. W. D. Wilkinson has landin France and has written his me folks an interesting letter. ? n i went- lium ocvici mui kuw / <yv?j 8th Infantry, and writes that ' v/j ey had a pleasant and uneventful p over. W. D., Preston Speed, hn Calvert, and Willie Jones are together, though he has seen thing of Claude Wilkinson, and thing of Gottlob NeufFer. He is camp with every nationality in e world and is near enough to ar the big guns. The German * raids liven up things at night t the cheering message is "don't irw thftv are after nroDerty, and t men." ' \Ki W. D. says he wishes his mother uld hear him order a meal m >ench. We would all like to hear This young man has many friends ound Abbeville and his blythe and eerful letter has done much to ffen up the morale of the people . . H nome.' HERE FO THE FUNERAL. Mrs. Lizzie B. Farr and Mr. and :s W. L. Brissey of Anderson, ne to Abbeville Wednesday to :end the funeral of Mrs. A. B. irnlin. m '.-vr . ' I .