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ONE CHANCE I THREE OF CALIMO ARMY How National Army Will Be Raised Under Universal Service System. READY TO START THE WORK j 'Rules for Exemption Boards Will Be Ironclad and Every Possibility of , * Misunderstanding Eliminated -First Call Probably Will ? Be for 750,000 Men. ! Washington.-Of nearly 9,500,000 ?men of military age who have been ?registered in accordance with the se Slective draft law, those who are physi cally qualified and are not exempted will have one chance in three of being called to the colors this year. This is the estimate that has been made by the military authorities in Washington. The first phase of the great task of raising an army under the universal service system has been completed. More than 10,000,000 men have actual ly been enrolled and, taking into con sideration the number of men of regis tration age who are now serving either in the army or navy or National Guard, the estimates made by the census bu reau upon the basis of population have been attained. All of the men subject to the law have responded to the call. Wait for Army Regulations. The second phase of the problem of raising a national army will begin as j soon as the president has approved the (exemption regulations which have been 'drafted by a special board under the ^direction of the provost marshal gen eral. In many respects it is the more .'complicated and difficult portion of ithe task. Approximately 4,800 boards -one for every 30,000 of the popula tion of the country-are to be appoint ed to pass upon the exemptions, to de cide who shail be subject to the call ,of military duty and who shall not. .Boards of appeal for every federal ju dicial district must also be designated ?by the president. When this has been accomplished the instructions to the primary boards, .which are to act in the capacity of courts of first instance in passing upon .exemptions are to be issued. Maj. .Gen. Enoch I. Crowder and his assist ants-among them some of the most distinguished lawyers of the country .have virtually completed the prelimi nary draft which is now before the president and the secretary of war. As soon as it ls approved and the word is given the huge machine will be set in motion grinding out the first incre ment of 500,000 men for the new na tional army. No Comment in Advance. For fear of confusing the 9,500,000 men who will be subject to the call, General Crowder has been unusually careful not to discuss for publication the system that has been tentatively devised. He himself has a very clear idea, he said, of what is to be done, but before the instructions are to be sent out every possibility of misunder . standing is to be weighed aud every chance for complication is tc be elimi nated. The rules are to be ironclad and as specific as human ingenuity can make them, so that there will be no .possibility of charges of discrimina tion and favoritism in the selection of the men who are to take up anns with ?the first 500,000. ' Military authorities estimate that the first draft will be for considerably :more than that number. In addition to the national army, the regular army and the National Guard will probably be brought up to war strength. There .also must be reserve training camps, which may be drawn upon to fill va cancies in the active ranks. It is not improbable, therefore, that the number 'to be selected will be nearer 750,000 'than 500,000. i ? Placing the number of men regis tered at 10,000,000, it is estimated that 5,000,000 will be exempted for general .reasons; of the remuinlng 5,000,000, ?2,500,000 will be rejected for physical . disability, according to the standards ;now prevailing for recruits. ? There will remain, therefore, subject ito call for duty at any time 2,500,000 I men, who will be ready at any lime to ?begin their military training. If 750, 000 are to be called, the man who has registered and ls physically fit and cannot claim exemption, has a little better than one chance in three to go ?Into active service. General Exemptions. ! It is probable rhat a certain propor tion of those who have registered will be exempted in classes-foreign sub jects, those who are obviously physi cally unfit, and In general persons em ployed in the public sen-ice, mariners, workmen in arsenals, armories and at the navy yards. The regulations will designate specifically how these gen eral exemptions are to be made. Those who do not full within these ?general classes must appear before the ?exemption board within their district ?and set forth their claims. The mere I fact, for example, that a man Is mar 'ried and has children will be no bar to ?his selection for service. He must ?demonstrate that he contributes to the i support of his family. The village ; idler whose wife takes in washing will probably have difficulty in convincing the board that he should not go Into training. The call ?will be made by the presi dent for a certain number of men suffi ciently large to make it certain that the necessary number for actual serv ice will be obtained after eliminations for one cause or another. The board which is now devising the scheme by which the men may be chosen has experimented with various devices for drawing by lot. It is prob able that this phase of the draft will be made a public ceremony, which will be carried out at the capitols of the states or in some other public place. If the registrunt has run the exemp tion gantlet he will present himself be fore the military authorities for physi cal examination. If rejected, he will be dismissed, but a record of his case will be kept. If accepted, he will be sent to one of the sixteen cantonments where he will undergo training to fit him for the rigors of war or held in readiness to enter one of the training camps which will be drawn upon to fill gaps in the ranks. A Tremendous Task. Army officials do not minimize the difficulty of the intricate task ahead of them. The president is wrestling with the problem of selecting the ex emption boards, so that there will be no basis for charges of favoritism or political preference. The normal board probably will be the same as that which conducted the registratlou, but there will probably be many excep tions to the general rule. An effort is being made to obtain men only of the highest character for the appellate boards. General Crowder and his assistants are very careful not to disclose even the most general features of the sys tem upon which they have virtually agreed. They fear that if it were ex plained now changes that might be made before its final approval by the president would lead to confusion. For that reason the word ls nor to be given until every detail has been pondered carefully, and when it is given there is to be no retracing of steps. POST FOR MAN HE DERIDED Lloyd George Picks Old-Time Political Foe Because He ls Best Man for Job. . London. - Premier Lloyd George picks his subordinates in curious ways. "On account of the food scarcity and the need for increased production, the premier was hard put to think of a suitable mun to fill the post of presi dent of the board of agriculture. A political colleague, overhearing Mr. Lloyd-George speak of his difficulty, said to him. "I know the very man you want for agriculture." "Who is that?" asked Mr. Lloyd George. "Prothero, of course," was the re-, ply "Prothero, Prothero," exclaimed Mr. Lloyd George. "Let's see, isn't that the man I had a controversy with the man I once called the duke of Bedford's butler, or something of that, sort? Why, that's the very man I want." Roland E. Prothero was an old time political foe of the premier's, but that made no difference so long us he was an efficient man for the post. INDIANA WOOD IN FRANCE Used in the Making of Gunstocks and the Wooden Part of Air planes. Noblesville, Ind.-Airplanes, the wooden parts of which are mude from walnut trees from Hamilton county, are flying over the battlefields of France, and gunstocks made from the same kind of wood, cut from the same territory, are in the hands of the British who are fighting on the western front. D. L Neher, who operates a saw mill in this city, is filling an order for the British government for walnut tim ber. The contract culls for 30 carloads, and all the lumber Is to be used In the manufacture of airplanes and gun stocks. Neher has contracted with A. L. Pursel for 25,000 feet of walnut tim ber in a strip of woodland in the vi cinity of Nora. It brought the top price of $6.50 a hundred feet. lntiil iii 1 Inf ? ? ? IXiAl 1..t.,tirfirt?rl--tiitiilutlili t TxTTTTTTTTTTxTTTTTTTTTXyTT I NO REGISTRATION CARD, 1 TWO NEGROES BEATEN * - * Kansas City, Mo.-Uncle Sam * uel has a misguided but willing j? conscription aid in William Mac 4? Clellan, twenty-two, a structural Jj steel worker. Shortly before mld 2 night MacClellan halted a pair 1|? of negroes. .?? "See this," he queried, shov el! ing one of the little blue regis * tratlon certificates under their % noses. "Got one?" + "No," one of the negroes re * plied, "and what's more, we ain't .?? goln' to wear one of them 5 things." T Whereupon the structural ^ 4, steel worker proceeded to dem * onstrate the ' superiority of ?fl ?j, trained muscle and shortly after- * * wards marched the negroes up In % ?p front of the sergeant's desk ut * T the police headquarters. It was % * a fateful match for the trio. All * ? three were charged with disturb ? ing the peace. 'f ? 'That's all right, sergeant," ? * said Uncle Sam's co-worker, T |? "just put 'em in u cell with me." * * MacClellan's request was not lg granted. ^ Jt T ? TT * T .T. .T. t\ ,J. M ,1, .T. il. |T. iT Ul TT TnlT atm naps s IN NEEDGFKEN , On the Hunt for Patriotic Teleg raphers for Service in the War. TRAINING CAMP IS PLANNED Former Operators Are Urged to Re turn to the Key to Release Elig? ; bles for Service with "the He roes of the Army." New York.-The United States gov ernment has leased 381 acres of lund at Monmouth Park, near Long Brunch, N. J., to be used as a training camp for the reserve battalions of the signal corps. This land has been acquired because of Its adaptability for signal corps work, involving all kinds of sig naling, telegraphy and maintenance of rapidly constructed lines of communi cation. ; The quartermaster's department will .build a large cantonment, consisting of temporary barracks, kitchen, store houses, and everything necessary to promote tho efficient training of the battalions, several of which have al ready been organized. The camp will be under the direct supervision of Lieutenant Colonel Hartmann, who will be assisted by oth er officers of the regular army. An In tensive course of Instruction will be given to both thc- officers and men of the signal corps, nreparing them for service abroad in every phase of mili tary life necessary to perform their in teresting work on the battlefield and to keep up the traditions of the signal corps. Experienced Men Needed. Only men with education and ex perience along signal corps lines, aside from the special lines mentioned, and cooks, horseshoers, farriers and me chanics are sought for this branch of service. Lieutenant Colonel Hartmann has been given one of the biggest tasks of the day in organizing this branch of the new national army. He needs some 3,000 telegraphers-and he needs them now. Telegraphers are scarce. The unusual number of men required cannot be taken from the commercial and railroad forces without Jeopardiz ing the prompt transmission of gov ernment business. Men and women who manipulated the key in former years-and they are legion-are being induced to return to the wire and release eligibles for serv ice in the signal corps. Brig. Gen. George O. Squier, present chief signal officer, U. S. A., is the man on whose shoulders rests the big re-1 sponsibility for keeping up to the mark | -and, if possible, a blt beyond-the "eyes, ears and nerves" of the army; better known to the layman as the sig nal corps. The signal corps has recently ad dressed a letter t? presidents of col leges and universities, asking their co operation in a plan of instruction for telegraphers and prospective telegra phers. Six thousand young men are needed for the first army of 500,000, and it is proposed to tench telegra phers the elementary knowledge of physics and electrical engineering; high school graduates and college men will be given this instruction, and a course of telegraphy in addition. Will Furnish Instructors. The signal corps will furnish expert telegraph instructors, and the colleges and universities are being requested to furnish the theoretical and laboratory Instruction. Young men desiring to avail themselves of this opportunity should apply at once. If found eligi ble they will be enlisted, assigned to classes and receive array pay, food, quarters and medical attention during the course of instruction, which is ex pected to occupy from three to five months, according to the ability of the student. In time of peace the signal corps ls perhaps the 'east heard of branch of the army. In time of stress lt Is a most vitally necessary arm. It ls the "nerves" of the army, and as such, a major factor in the conduct of mili tary affairs. In fact, the last three years of war abroad seem to indicate it as the paramount element in the control of modern warfare. Congress has recently doubled the pay of the private and Increased the remuneration of each noncommissioned officer. The signal corps has a greater percentage of noncommissioned officers than any other branch. The pay of a corporal Is now $36 per month, in addition to food and cloth ing and medical attendance when needed. The rating of a sergeant ls now $44, with the same subsistence; that of a sergeant, first-class, $51, and the master signal electrician-and many telegraphers have most of the requirements in this direction-$81. The signal corps is a mounted service. A knowledge of horses, if not already possessed, must be acquired, and a healthful life in the open is one of the most attractive offerings of this branch of the service. Savings Used to Kindle a Fire. Alliance, O.-Mrs. Rosa Cfefher, used an old handkerchief containing three $100 bills, six $50 and five $10 bills, the savings for three years, to gether v;ith some newspapers In kin dling a furnace fire. Not even the ashes of the currency remained. How easy it is for one benevolent b?ing to diffuse pleasure around him ard how truly is a kind heart a foun tain of gladness making everything In its vicinity to freshen into smile3. -Washington Irving. WAYS WITH BRAN. As the health bread is so popular it may be helpful to have a few ways to vary it in bread slfe & as well as other dishes. SkliSI?i Bran Bread ^?mM?? Use two cupfuls of clean bran, one ^J?^~~yi'il?T,v^)1 cuPful ?f flour, one UjgKSM^jftjgfl cuPful of butter '"^M^^^J m[]kt one-half cup ful of molasses or brown sugar, one teaspoonful each of soda and salt. Mix well and bake In moderate oven one and a quarter hours. Another good bran bread : Take two cupfuls of bran, two cupfuls of flour, two cupfuls of sour milk, one cupful of brown sugar, one cupful of raisins, one teaspoonful of soda, and one-half teaspoonful of salt. After sifting the | flour into a basin, add the bran and other dry ingredients. Mix the soda j with the sour milk and pour this into the dry ingredients, tum when well | blended into a well-greas?d pan and 1 bake in a hot oven one hour. Fruit Bran Muffins.-Take two table- ' spoonfuls of molasses, one pint of milk, I one cupful of bran, one-fourth of a ! cupful of walnut meats, one cupful of j entire wheat flour, one teaspoonful of salt, three teaspoonfuls of 'baking j powder and one-half cupful of raisins. ! Mix the molasses, bran, milk, flour, I salt and baking powder, nut meats and raisins cut in pieces. Bake in a hot | oven in muffin tins for 30 minutes. Bran Orangeade.-Take a fourth of a cupful of bran and cover with two cupfuls of cold water; let it stand over night, Strain, chill and add the juice of an orange and serve. Bran Gems.-Take a cupful each of bran and graham flour, add seven eights of a cup of milk, one teaspoon ful of salt, one tablespoonful of sugar, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder and four tablespoonfuls of melted but- ? ter. Mix the bran and other dry in gredients together, add the melted but ter, rum into Buttered muffin pans and bake in a hot oven 20 to 30 minutes. Bran Biscuit.-Take a half cupful each of bran and flour, a teaspoonful of baking powder, one teaspoonful of melted butter, a little salt and mix to | make a dough to roll. Cut In rounds and bake in a moderate oven. DR J. S. BYRD, Dental Surgeon OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE Residence 'Phone 17-R. Office 3. Land For ?Sale. The undersigned will sell 800 acres of land in Meriwether town ship, formerly the estate of M. (). Glover but now owned by Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Glover. The land has two dwellings and 12 tenant houses on 'it. Every farm has separate pasture fenced with cattle and hog wire. More than .300 head of cat tle can be pastured. One of the beet stock farms in the State. The place has more timber than is needed for the farm and also has ample supply of cedar posts to' keep ap and build additional fences. For further information, including terms, applv to Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Glover, Korth Augusta, S. O. Aug. 21, l'J17. 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