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4 TWO DIVISIONS 10 1
GO TO FRONT
THUS MAKING A TOTAL OF C
38,000 MEN.
Final Allotment of State Yroops A
Among Army Cantonments
Are Announced.
Washington, Aug. 17.?Two army
divisions instead of one, comprising A
a total of at least 38,000 men, prob- j ?
ably will make up the contingent of t<
the National Guard to go to France. ! "
Although no offlcial confirmation tl
was obtainable, there were evidences tl
today that the composite Forty-sec- e:
ond division, whose organization re- v,
cently was announced, will be accompanied
by the Twenty-sixth,
made up of New England guards- P
men. No New England States are 1<
among the twenty-six having repre- t<
sentation In the composite division. n
The commander of the Twenty- b
sixth is Major Gen. Clarence Ed- P
wards, now acting as commander of
the department of the Northeast, and tl
It is presumed he would go to Eu- ^
rope with the division. o
? Tonnage Available. 1 L
A report was current today that ; tl
sufficient shipping will be available t<
for forwarding two divisions within tl
the time fixed for the departure of
the Forty-second and that the
Twenty-sixth had been elected to go
because it conies from a compact I ei
area and Is composed, for the most
part, of regiments of high rating. fi
The Forty-second division is being r<
mobilized at Mineola, Long Island, n
under the new European standard, rl
which requires that the strength of b
the individual infantry regiments be i b
increased more than 50 per cent. ! ii
Additional I nits. I n
The process necessitates the addi-1 n
tion of some units not included in tl
the original order, for where one a
company of infantry, for instance, o
was to have come from any State.
, companies have been consolidated to N
give the 250 men necessary. Thus w
hundreds of men have been trans- n
ferred to fill up the regiments select- a
ed to go. All the other National fi
Guard divisions will go through a | o
similar process on their arrival at .
their divisional camp |
No hint has been given as to the j si
probable time it will require to pre- ft
pare the Forty-second for embarka- i p
tion. As It is a wholly new organi- | s]
zatlon. it is logical to assume that it w
will take some time to get it into r<
working shape. a
The Original Plan. T
The original plan for a composite 7.1
National Guard expeditionary force a
Is known to have provided for two w
divisions made up of the composite
plan. f<
The war department announced a
'today the final allotment of State
troops among the army cantonments g
and made public the list of colonels a
assigned to regimental commands In 11
the various divisions both of the na- b
tlonal army and the National Guard, tl
Disposition at Cantonments. o
Secretary Baker today approved d
the disposition of the 687,000 men g
of the first draft as recommended by
the provost marshal general. The ti
average number of men allotted to p
each of the sixteen cantonments is ii
approximately 43,000. n
Those allotted to Atlanta, Include s<
the troops from Tennessee, Georgia, c<
Alabama, (part) 40,876. b
Colombia, S. C., South Carolina, fi
North Carolina, Porto Rico and
Florida. 46,215.
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MCHOLW (MI-LS CRITICS j n
OF WAR POLICY TRAITORS -*?: g
Union. 8. C.. Aug. 18.?Speak-* A
Ing at a patrotlc massmeeting ' U
here today Representative Sam- + li
uel J. Nieholls, member of the ! tr
house committee on military af- e:
fairs, said "Traitor is the appro- h
propriate word to apply to those n;
who are going about the country p
criticizing the government's war r<
j. policy." It
"Those who consider the war j
In the abstract," he said, "or k
that is not associated with the , S<
nation's full purpose to main- w
tain American rights, are not c<
with us."
M
HIE !Li
MI-WEEKLY.
IEVERS CONNECTION
WITH NAVY LEAGUE
OFFICIAL RELATIONS OR-1 i
DERED STOPPED.
Vork for Sailors Under Aus- I
pices of This Organization
Must Come Otherwise.
Washington, Aug. 17.?All unofcial
connection between the navy r
nd the Navy League was severed j
jday by order of Secretary Daniels <j
s a result of the recent action of t
le league headquarters in charging i
lat investigation of the recent fatal s
xplosion at Mare Island Navy Yard t
'as being blocked by influence of j
ibor interests. <
The secretary gave notice to the j
ublic that no representative of the r
>ague would be admitted hereafter
> any naval station or ship, and that \
othing whatever would be accepted j
y the navy from the league as at t
resent officered and managed. t
Thousands of women throughout t
le country are knitting sweaters, r
ristlets and other articles for sailrs
under the auspices of the Navy
eague. Today's notice means that
riese will not be accepted unless
mdered through some agency other
tian the present officers of the
ague.
Daniels' Notice.
Secretary Daniels' notice, addresstl
to the public follows:
"In view of the slanderous and
ilse statement of the Navy League.
eflecting upon the honesty of the
aval administration and the integIty
of officers of the navy, responsiility
for which has been assumed
y officials of the league, notice is
ereby given to the public that the
avy department has directed that j
o officer, agent or representative of |
tie navy league will be admitted to i (
ny naval station, naval reservation | j
r ship in the navy. i
"Persons who contribute to the t
avy League in the future will do so j
ith the understanding that the r
avy department will not permit the
cceptance of anything whatever f
"om that organization as at present f
ftlcered and managed." t
Denounced ait Time. t
When the league published its j
tatement, saying it had reliable in:irmation
that the Mare Island exlosion
was the result of a con- ]
piracy, and that the navy's inquiry e
as blocked by labor interests. Sec- j
etary Daniels denounced it as false ?
nd libelous and wrote Robert M. f
'hompson, president of the organi- t
ation, that that the best service he f
nd his fellow officers could perform t
ould be to resign. <
Mr. Thompson replied with an of- ,
?r to resign if the secretary would (
Iso get out. !
The Navy League is a civilian or- {
anization fromed some twelve years y
go to work for the enlargement and g
nprovement of the navy. Its mem- i
ershtp includes many former or rered
naval officers. Nine out of ten
f the members, Mr. Daniels said to- (
ay, are patriotic citizens, doing a (
ood work. j
Investigation of the Mare Island ?
ageay huii is going on and no re- fl
ort has been made. The secretary
1 his statement said it had been
nrrent rumor that the magazine was
?t off by a time fuse, but that ac[>rding
to custom no publicity had
een given the fact pending a report
om the naval board.
Another Attack.
Tonight the league headquarters
isued another statement attacking
ecretary Daniels, charging him with j
irottllng freedom of speech of (
aval officers and declaring that he |
uyy i vooou ?* \.</m |/i a i u i II (/111 V lie
dmlral Sims that American naval t
?rces in European waters were not v
iformed of the departure of the r
ansports bearing the first American
(pedltion to France until the ships
ad been at sea four days. Fight I
aval officers rear Admiral Sims, o
rotest, the statement said, and t
squired to place their initials upon v
I
The statement expressed the opln- s
in that the public would not permit
ecretary Daniels to dictate through t
horn their gifts to the navy should d
ime, 1
"The Information regarding the a
[are Island explosion which has led
> this persecution of the Navy t
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Lancaster, s. c.
M PRICES COME
UNDER AXE NEXT
PRESIDENT TAKES UP THE
MATTER.
>lead That No Move Re Taken
to Enforce Drastic Measures
of Provision.
I
Washington, Aug. 17.?Govern-]
nent control of the coal industry ap- !
>eared imminent today when Presi-j
lent Wilson turned his personal at- J
ention to the subject and heard the t
mine operators' and miners' pre- i
entatlon of the situation. The in-!
erests of the public now will be
>resented by the Federal Trade
Commission, which has just competed
its investigation of coal pro-1
luction costs.
The trade commission's report, it
vas learned tonight, will say that at ;
present prices coal operators, Job>ers
and retailers aer reaping exorbitant
profits, and that unfair disribution
is adding to the costs in
nany parts of the country.
Fear Food Hill.
Operators and miners who oppose [
sovernment price-fixing in the fear
bat prices will be pushed down to
oo low a level put their case before
he President today through Francis
2. Peabody, chairman of the coal
Hoduotion committee of the Council
if National Defense, and John P.
White, president of the United Mine
Workers of America; their idea of a
lolution of the situation as expressid
to the President, is tjiat a volunary
arrangement be made between ;
iperators. miners and the govern-;
nent and that no move be made tovard
enforcement of the drastic pro- i
isions of the food bill.
In Chaotic State.
The coal situation, according to
>fflcials who have studied the subject ;
s in a more chaotic state now than
t has been at arty time. Miners I
hroughout the country are threaten-j
ng to strike unless their wages are
aised.
Prices are soaring despite the
igreement made recently between
government hehds and the operaors
and many sections of the coun-.
ry face a winter with scanty sup- |
dies of fuel.
Most Idkely Program.
The program many officials believe
President Wilson is moat likely to
idopt under the power to control the
nduefry would provide that the government
commandeer all coal proluced,
dividing the country into disricts
and fixing a maximum price
V>r each district. Under this plan
here would be from seven to twelve
listricts and in each district a price I
vould be set based on an average
ost of production, plus a definite
)ercentage of profits. The district's
>utput would be pooled, and in this
way every operator would get the i
lame percentage of profit whatever '
night be the cost of production.
Size of District*.
Si* States produced about 85 per
:ent of the country's total bitumin)us
output. Since there are altotether
twenty-six coal producing
Itates, some districts would include
everal States. The aim would be to
orm the districts so production
losts iri each would vary but little. |
(Evidences that the country is
trowing restless under continued '
ilgh prices were seen by officials to- j
lay in the demand by represents-!
:ives of thirteen State councils 01
lefense meeting in Chicago that the
tovernment take immediate action.
One element that is giving officials
nost concern is the evident intenions
of labor to force immediate
vage increases.
Operators blame the unequal dis-'
ribution of coal on the railroads. !
vhich, they say, are not distributing i
ars promptly.
____________ (
?eague," it added, "was communl-;
ated to the league by an officer of '
ne ?jnueu maies navy. i nai man
can forbidden by an order of Jose- ;
thus Daniels to tell the facts him- {
elf.
"In communicating his informalon
to the league he violated an orler
for which. If hl^ name became
mown, he would be courtmartialed
ind broken over the wheel."
Secretary Daniels declined to comnent
on any part of the statement.
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. TUESDAY, AUG. 21, 1917.
ANOTHER VICIOUS BLOW ICO
AT GERMAN LINES j
CANADIANS ANI) FRENCH NE
RUSH FORWARD.
Artillery Fire From Newly Cap- Go
tured Ground Presages An- r
other Drive in Flanders.
Crown Prince Ruurecht, of Ba- c
varia, continues to hurl counter at- tesi
tacks against the new positions cap- aiH
tured by the Canadians in their re- "*ac
cent oP'eysive in the region of Lens. I *s,tM
Saturday morning the Germans j l,-v
forced their way into the Canadian n
trenches northwest of the French j t,ie
mining center, but after furious <!nl
hand-to-hand fighting they were co~'
ejected, leaving a considerable num- zat
ber of dead on the battlefield. ran
On the Relglan tront from the '
North seacoast to the Ypres sector, " V
where the British and French in Wai
their offensive begun in the middle
of the week took 1.800 prisoners and aRa
244 guns, the French again have ant^
pushed forward, capturing a strong ( ai
German point of support east of the SOn
Steenbeke river. The British have n( p
organized their newly conquered j no'
terrian and the artillery bombardment
on this front again has assum- '?
ed a degree of drum-fire intensity.
tl)(>
presaging another vicious blow at
jjnr
the German lines. The Berlin war I
office now admits the loss after se-' Int'
vere fighting of the Belgian village 1
of Langemarck northeast of Ypres, ro
, ,, . I npc
ami says me uerman troops nave ] ^
occupied lines in front of the posi- ! '
tions conquered bv the British.
] lun
French Hopulse Attacks. j
On the river Asm- front the Ger- I |af(
man crown prince directed a number | an(
of attacks on the French trenches. | rao
notably in the vicinity of Froidmont i W|t
farm, but all were repulsed. Prep- ; mil
arations for a German assault in the [ \ya
Massiges sector of the Champagne j 0-c]
region were broken tip by French | to
fire. On the Verdun front a spirited to
French attack swept over the Ger- i p)P
man positions in C.'.urteres wood, enabling
the French to retake all the i
trenches which had been wrested
from them by the Germans on August
16 and 17.
Aviators of all the belligerents on i
the western front were particularly | un(
actice as the week closed. French i rea
aviators shot down seven German! 5rj]
machines and forced eight others to nf
land in a badly damaged condition. ^ ?
On the night of August 17-18, j pai
French aerial squadrons dropped npc
fourteen tons of explosives on Ger- |jst
man aviation grounds, railway sta- j oot
tions and encampments. British air- j e(j
men destroyed twenty-three Teuton not
airplanes and forced thirteen others i
to land. Eleven British planes and tha
two French machines, according to ; Qf
the British and French reports, did tril
not return. The Germans claim to aon
have accounted for twenty-six en- njp
tente airplanes. I 0ve
Austrian* Take Much Booty. I
On the eastern front military ac- |
tivity was largely confined to the
Rumanian front, south of Grozechti
In southwestern Moldavia, forces of ,
Archduke Joseph, of Austria, at- j ^
tacked the Rumanian and Russian
t iv<
troops, taking more than 1,600 prosoners.
In the last month, according <011
to the German general headquarters ^aj
the Austro-Germans. fighting in 1
Galicia. Bukowlna and Rumania. *'
captured 42.000 officers and men, ,),(1
257 guns, 548 machine guns. 50,- ,ra
000 rifles and a large quantity of <(>
other war material.
gen
A recrudescence of fighting has ;
broken out in the Caucasian front, I .
w n
both the Russians and Turks taking
the offensive in sectors ,100 miles
wei
apart. Russians in the region of ^
Kharput, west of Lake Van. attackcor
ing for the first time since the rev- .
run
olution on the Caucasian front, oc- ,
of
cupied a series of Turkish villages. ,
gelt
Further west the Turk# at?n/>u?u
~ * - var
the Russians at Baneh, in the Mosul
region, and forced the defenders to
son
retire to other positions.
mo
British light naval forces on Au- i the
gust 16 engaged a German destroyer obt
In the North sea. The Teuton war- of
ship, though repeatedly hit, escap- thr
ed through the mine field in a mist, the
Later the British warships attacked '
several German mine-sweepers and, by
according to a British admlrality re- pot
port, severely damaged two of them. Wa
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**mwmm ai hw m "i*n wm* > actoa ^ New
LORED TROOPS N
ARE NOT WANTED
JGHOES MAY TRAIN AT P
COLUMBIA CAMP.
I
vernor Protests to War De- M
rient?Asks That Such Action
Be Prevented.
Columbia, Aug. 18.?String proagainst
the training of negroes di
I Porto Rican troops at Cau.p m
kson was lodged tonight ' with la
vton D. Baker, secretary of war. ti<
Governor Manning. The gov- st
or also addressed a telegram to Qt
members of the South Carolina tl
egatiou in congress urging their h?
operation to prevent the mobili- as
ion of the blacks at the Columbia wj
tonment. ar
governor Manning sent the fol- er
ing telegram to the secretary of nt
r: ta
'I protest with all my power
.inst mobilization of Porto Ricans di
1 negroes of North Carolina, South in
-olina and Florida at Camp Jack- !
. at Columbia. It is essential that J er
;roes and Porto Ricans should > w
be mobilized at same camp with ar
ites. I wish to protest in person to
you Tuesday morning next." I a
lovernor Manning also addressed ! w
following telegram to the mem- j pC
s of congress from South Caro- eE
>: ut
Newspapers report that 10,000 c.,
ops from Porto Rico, besides all i0
;roes drafted from North and
ith Carolina and Florida, will be
bilized at Cnmr> Jackson at fn.
ibia. Probably Porto Itican ar
ops arc composed largely of mu- hi
(oes and whites mixed together tl
I accustomed to conditions of q(
e equality. I urge that you unite j ,.a
h me to prevent this disaster to f0
3 Stale. Will you meet me in ,IV
shington at Willard hotel at 10
lock Tuesday morning, 21st inst., "i
protest to secretary of war and
insist a change of this order? , qV
ase answer." ' a
dt
[>LlTXTEERS FOR THE ARMY vi
al of Il?0,:i47 Places Regulars
Above War Strength.
Washington, Aug. 10.?War vol- j ^
eers for the regular army have ;
ched a total of 190,347 men. I
nging the roll to 7,000 in excess ,
the authorized war strength.
Since the total quota for the ex- <>r
uled army was filled, several days
t. recruits have continued to en- ,
i al
at an average of more than 1.- j s
> men a day. They will be need- I ^
and the recruiting service will w
relax its efforts. I
There still are twenty-five States ^
t have not supplied the number i
men allotted to them in the dis>ution
of the total quota, but
tie of the other States have fur- j
hed their quota several times I Sl
r.
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A Xs TO SPEED VP
AST1 I'-BOAT FLEET
la
iiders Decide Then Can Save av
Time and Money. 1 ni
Washington. Aug. 17.?Co-opera- I
1 purchasing of materials for ship *>a
istruction was decided on here to-!
' hy representatives of the coun- in
's shipbuilding plants to elimincompetition
and to insure
impt delivery of supplies. A cen- U1
1 purchasing officer will be named nf
work with Major R. E. Wood,
chasing offh er for the Emericy
Fleet Corporation,
rhe builders operating yards in +
ich the government has requisi- +
led vessels under construction. <
re called here hy Rear Admiral +
>ps. general manager of the fleet *
poration, to discuss speeding up I +
Iding of the vessels. Purchases *
materials for completion of ves
i will be made by the individual +
ds. +
The conference developed that
.<1 ~ i * a - ? I -A
ir mivr %.'\i in in 11 II1II l S lor I
re steel and other materials than +
y need and that others have not
alned enough. A readjustment
commitments will be made
ough the priority committees of
War Industries Board.
rhe buying agent will be chosen
the New York Shipbuilding Cor
ation and will open offices in
ishlngton immediately.
it ini<?wMric?niiri 11M m i>i r iii<?M <
$2.00 A YKAR
1ARRIED MEN AS
P.I ASS NOT FYFMPT
WU' IWW MUI L.f\LI Til I
OWER RESTS WITH PRESIDENT,
HOWEVER.
Ir. Wilson's Reply to Senator
Weeks Interpreted to Favor
Married Men.
Washington, Aug. 18.?Renewed
scussion of the status of married
en under the selective draft service
w has been aroused by publicajn
of President Wilson's letter to
nator Weeks dealing with this and
.her subjects. In many quarters
le President's statement that he
id no doubt Senator Weeks' point
tn t ho OYPnmtlnna of morrind mon
as well taken, was interpreted as
? indication that he approved eruption
of any of family who had
)t married merely to escape millry
duty.
The president has full power to
rect that the regulations governg
selection be amended to this efct.
A proposal specifically to ex11
pt all married men was made
hen the bill was in the senate, an
nendment to that exact by Senar
Smith, of Georgia, being lost by
wide margin. This fact, together
ith the regulations later promulited
by the president making exnption
possible only in case of actil
dependency, are taken as indiitions
that no general exemption
r married men as a class will be
vcn now.
In cautioning.local boards against
.. * ~ ci 11 k..
i i-iii \9 i i u ^ iu nil quutcir* u> ^'icruiig
i inequitable number of men who
ive waived exemption and are
lerefore, practically volunteers,
eneral Crowder said that greatest
re must be exercised In sending
rward at least ten per cent of any
iota.
"The last ten per cent." he said,
oust be sleeted with great care to
sure that no one in the whole
iota is sent for military duty while
selected person with an earlier or?r
of obligation for military serce
is allowed to remain at home."
ANTI-DRAFT MEETING HELD.
pponents of Conscription Pass
Resolutions.
Dublin. Ga., Aug. 17.?Opponents
selective conscription from three
unties met here today, heard seval
speeches against the Draft Act
id passed resolutions calling "on
1 to defend the rights of free
teech and the freedom of the
ess." Local newspapers, which, it
as auegeu, rfiuseu 10 puunsn au rtisements
of the meeting were
mounced in the resolutions.
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WIND HLKW MONKY AWAY.
orm Strikes t'amp as Soldiers Hereive
Pay.
Macon. Aug. 16.?A wind storm
at struck Camp Harris this evenig
while the Second Georgia Inntry
was being paid olT. carried
vay J 1,200 in currency. The
oney had been collected in a pan
r Lieut. John West, of the Alamia
company, in payment for canrn
checks, and he was approachg
the canteen to make the transr
when the storm broke. Four
indred dollars in bills were picked
> by soldiers, but the balance has
>t been found.
West was a banker before joining
e Second regiment.
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IRK AT INS UK OF TIIKASURY *
CKKTII K ATKS IS OltDKRKI) ?
Washington, Aug. 18.?An
other issue of treasury rertifi- *
rates of indebtedness, totalling
$250,000,000 and payable No
vember 30, was launched today
in furtherance of the prepara- +
tions for financing the second
liberty loan. A $300,000,000 *
issue of certificates for that pur
pose recently was offered and
largely oversubscribed.
Subscriptions are to close at
noon next Saturday. August 25,
and the certificates will bear in- &
terest at 3 1-2 per cent.