WBhin the first year of the war flic
_ i txl'ortt -nnivi'isli v. ().' T/T r> pr**;id(-d
.ftVttt* 2,300, three of.The smaller Wirth'r
"cVu .universities’ W: 'I’. < Vs’over jjKNi*
and tip- Inns of lUmrt <> 'I'. (Vs over
L’,.iUO. ft was f o und. in-vms>a
-ry roiflliiTSslT7mTefvV n~u7"i miver-
]rwty griiriimthnfcmq *-!+*• >'*«.>>aP 'W*
- fly nH pupils of
.<.*■• hi* f • it I,] i • ■ schnniK'upplh-d bir v-.mmis.
MowS.ils st>o^a,s lbov r.-iictu ii Hit' |ige
li-Yi-H+eut »iniIbrlnl £t*r ji^iior
^ :i s found jfitnoiib' tU.i>, > •tung
[*. luiXl i'on/- to" thi>'Vf , 1,oi.ii(‘> v "‘T
' vtgh coUii-lVi/-vvt( »■ ydqv .tip "h'rt rfc.-ui'.
u\Ja 1 hiu.n;« v.M^CioTti'g men'tya-ilvTjgErcr
Least Difficulty Found Was Ob
— -tajninu Men iniErrriy Dayr^ -
of the War.
System Is . FiUcJly Estabti&hcc
Early DJtmtfrmv^and the'
Day E itie ifctfeiri^w£~ f .ra
in France Is TeVimnny t
the Thorouyhnf.si of-"-
Then i .X eju
,7-r'rS,
W&&
oflive of 11 iv• }_• • j
li fg it trie!/ '.n /
Training •oV. fh<-
BrUailt w hull i
11 ri'n \ that at
v. ’ S’’ ,•
eatTy <lays ot ,\>
Lti ,ihr 1m'>1 1 .all
-tthder .jtlipm- arid expe-rv* «*•<■•! «f:ttit?'
>s proved •s-itr
war..olliCti sf*
i’Ccnj-dipg to •( ho . n-ciUtitiumda-
t Jm- hviuisvi *t •'t
Iii 'addition to
lias jilil^iiiiciL-U.
'TO Staff of -V| 11 .• t ^ .j, ,| ,, I I; with
troops'..,., g.* bacteriologists.
. iiur^K fii 11 i ■ ib ‘j.’ *1/
* »r. j s
..X\«;ij:!\ :i>J I l^nllk'i.XS wr.l'n■'
»k v -ti-io a- noiti bt*K«*s*t' .»ty.
1 anil .vfct^.'lyi 1 i 1<'I fJnSnsejy,*sJi
• 'I'l'or^iaiM
l.l'Urrtrrt’.'r
1 increase tlioirl
'ipT ’ f ,V r! < ■ 1 i < •. f
frrHteurv
Tin* I raining'
• inrcdl pra’-vtical |rn! - po'a*s-,_fiiost of
111.* infanTrw su1.;iltori,is r.f tin* now ar-
iiiiiosjiiul,to tThlp t ft.•niseiv»'S (Hiring.the
lirst five rnixfftlisNjf the war ns best
they could i;i tin* iiithrvals of training
their iijetr. If the olliebry were—mu;
truited.^thEaTndi+'+fiHHtisisititnM iillirers
pf .the new armies were In the -uuiki.
even less truiitted. This jiresented
tnarked contrast to flic really j««>o<
Meant of th^* old seU.uijtl^ytrh his
iftvd hinnor Jmd severitj'v putting :
'sipiad nf recruits thnntMli theit paces
the tyjie of KipliijM's I*ri,vajte Mulvnncy
There was some compensation for this
in.wow-r ; the fact that the heevstftTy o
Th.fritr the rionet’ftTftlff^TMoijiw 1 otIn r ers’ jo)
1 Maj. \VIjlijim Ha relay . I’arsT.n
I'rAt.ice. 2- Walter . Sid.lal! of Wasjiln
license'. (’otistnu'^in*; cement bar
exiles about, to embark :if Safi Francis
cifMifieer officers that will-gn to
a tirst-dnss wireless operator's
•MyerVa. 4—Former Kusslan
ITALIAN WAR MISSION TO UNITED STATES
mun
i. rivlilaAs had rA'ei’ ti'ansfot¥ned in- less
Ilian ciahTToontHs into an aruiy tvliich
! had inore prae’tleaK't rafnim; t’«>r war
j. Miami; had everl.ee.i'Kpos>ib1e, to>rfvy
to M'oops in KiimIhuiI liefnKi* Tbj>re vv/s.
l+i• added, a f»*el(nV i*-f 4'njdmvtna^ iyfrttl
ranks, due [lately to tin* ohoyfirzinM
poyver of a j short-li|itided st/vtrXbut
ebieily .to.the keenness (if alt ranksxni
nifike- themselves lit for thy front. Thy 5
•jxperTemvsj^flere record/il* uiv diiMlriy
i suMMestivo of our uwu >*y|Wieucos and
• they indi<aitc _th* t t>o'M|o(is. we’ sh;i|T
TiTive to fi.ljow in /freatind arinlyjr tCo
meet our ri-Mlt!av/*'\juiret,ietits.,•
•rent, accuracy, for musketry
ml there \yjis no dppoff.unity
’V in t.ln* ssohiier dr persoii.il
Is own title and the know!-
FAVORITISM IN DRAFT
dv'.x-Av
ive/Service Att Is Specific and
ws No Latitude to Registra-
V, tietn Officials.
wlnfn- the fijjljcimipletnptit of muiis had
mars
.tats l.ct n calrCtl to the XiUiK til:
exists in sotrn* parts of titwH’
that some nleiiihers of tm 1 .conn
"' r *^ rein strati on boards iTiav In:
hs»*n ijTrtst
; • a T'..
\\y ><anie pur|*ose
/ns as thesi* \vi*n
c no artillery In
dial siahts, nrrrgff
>. <*r sntm
romid"for mii
i t i'Miiu.1 allow
without
ter Hr resist rati'mi.iir.T’n the later iiiUJt-
TfT Tit eXt'mpfKMl frptTT 'iervf.ee. Ill
taet'-the law is se!fwxecutiiig. Kvefy
man within tlw‘ ime limits fixed by
tliij Sf-livtive-Mdivi'iS* net ui'm;t rrptfrrnr,
:ipd I fte [iolialt V of fife law for evasion
iif reListfiiffou will fall. no,t only on
Hm rnttti who fails t.o. .aimii-arj hut on
iuiy\taefuber of a Tefrisfrafiiut 'board
who Tally. Iie.sliowti to !w-«^i collusion
with 111*- person Wlh* aftetnpts. to Os-
Mw/ (
'| hci-' lyctijji aliirr
keopiiiMptI rehclt j><
ved th,!* e'x'ijKQcnt
b'vvetify' un/ppi'tM
TipUTrejl tile < j. ianaiis
Ik: Fri7tleh «en4X!Uitie’ll Xawiee. uses’’.
.Uoofis slm’wn in jfrie x fiieturc. fiV)»- tlds pnrpi>fa‘. T.JS’uu.spii^KFs'-nftdrf
XTtfoU-tojf.lfir*”’TuiTf'e>iis’.’ ’u'hieh {rrU^firUcTlcnify*irtvfstbh* at a MiO'af-jli(
I'm tltc.r than this, the remstrpfion
rboiittlls U.4icr-—wiff met a-s.. e\einpti,m
hoanls-s’vtiiH ill k’crtuiu speefUc oa-M>r
ytiuiTM man who ba's^retf-
istered^sliall claim -to be eiiiplinCed in
a Afedhral, state or local olhce. .uiid
t hereby doep; eome. w itliuT Hie exetnp-
Hiitwliuisc.e’f the stivtn’re.’ full rase
dike*: .this - the facljri^n'sv be entered 7
otlieially and ntfhtted. ‘ ,
Thedtiw provides tlm pcMafty 'uf tTEr
prisomiient with no afteriiaHvtr^f »i
iim>* fotminy-ollieinl or atiy ceMisfi-retl
tiHtit w ho .shall nnike a Ta,Jsv returtV or
cfuiiiTve nldnicb a prrfctice. The safe-
.::V:
vJidliiard (•», Mc.-Vdok, soli jo^jthe sec
retly In* treasury* The uniform
of tfii'bp^ew York' ^’tiVtM-bMilitiji. lie Js
elasseift as a thiYil-cfass idectriefivu thn»T
attached to tlio^n'eronaiHlrnl divfsfon
of the mititiaTft Ihiy SJiorc,
("litn^ut:*- as they 'were popularly
vailed). Some of thesd (Jid importalit
siirvfCtF^rnfTxUii'rs w erf~of iff Me value'
tmt bvln^pdnvtrndHte and laJikiMM the
capacity i»fmjjkTn^tAunM*lvi.'s so. Tlie
infantry drill;h5kl JieeTr^beiiaf aitd the
(lotthlc cofnparty subst HtlT(%T7ib tin* old
sinple Com)i:ipv x p ...^11. iYn.ijjr^s4
I InillMes ti:pj Iff^rr,^ i;ITmore not:d>Uj'hy
tin* iniepdfiction jnid uitnosi excJhsTvc
ARADE IN WASHINGT
Huportauf p:ir|.s o
11 Knniiy hunts w* i
lv dvticicnt.'’ Tin
v i ( v'/»v
. .4. . j
.suwilusf iutti been -added to the mix*-
tufe. Tin* prKborttons, of -one part of
! cement, two of^nid,. and Three <piar-
• ters .of siiXiLu.s-t -\vtt4 produce n .cpti-i’
TTFTe T7T which nails waMdiold. ^
. The mTditTbn of sa vydiisKapjioars to
: increase the tendency nf edhcn'te to
1 absorb .wafer., hut the npplicatj><n at
| Tffift^TprtiidLd-utiiit^ In-lps. to ( litiiinh^c^
this (TiflicuTty. * , *r • >v
■, •> "V*;, ». ♦ >
~ '^Tie ^TiTtpdudtvto tin*. ’ KOvernhnW’:
y* . S( by’h appeal. for voiuutcTdp scrvi'cc-dias heel
[•hones and . S) ,, ttVid McaeiSti. in its distri
in a.riuinucr htltion'Tjfwtt it is nssurwTipit in virtu
generations] ally)all fhg'dtstrlcts thi-ri* he of
tiei.ils w Imsi
quite, sipt to crunif'h* jind will not
stand iMUe.li usairo. It should-fie used
only itiTMoors - ami other i^acejs, where
it 4 s to.he covered with :Y protecting
>urface ofTToards or floorings of some
sortT^^ ■ —.. ’ '
tin* duties of- tin* oflice.are performed
in strict accordance with the lei/pilt#-
meats of tin* liiw. •
*_ So. far -mi. tlie othet*.. Tea sop -, for ex-
■ aw coiicvrrn'd,
Then engaged in pur-
imiy wyrk is moryuvah
(-ilrptidn.s- iinUi'r the Ijtw
-T^oTTiptTbmrb
^uits hi wide
-unh1e”'ii"t home tlnirVTndheT-servlcC. the
att+hority will He with a h«My:d of high
er .hiriwllctloii, Those who- feTM^tlmt
disfTlmlfiations' will be made thy
grmftids of personal frleodship or on
"thef grounds, may be assured that ev-
ery preeautlim wlU P? taK»m to make
It-certain that Ute registration will be
conducted, wlth'exact,Justice and that
the democracy of the law will dwell
id its spirit w In its letfer. J ^ <*'
. f-mtir ciimKInn. (tu\ t’nL-.n—h)iv«. re-
The now Aid< rtcro jted ipross building In Washington dedicated the m'ftine<T ns rnnehes. -Today tTfC r perrple
.ntbef ilay, and a pirirt of the exercises was the pumrip nf i tjffl womon^jQ ft’f^
Cross unifonus, which was reviewed by the president. This parade is shown
tnThe upper part of me Illustration. Below is a^group of Washington society
jvpxueo who have been training as motor ambulance drivers.
- -* * . „ .
hpi^recelveilf‘Temporary commission^'*
Tor service with-the new battalions. A
great many senior boygjrom thtnoadel
even corps of t^pe schools were hJro-given
musketry practice temporary tgnimlsslons. It is an indl-
.huiid around the cation of the value of these 0. T. C.’h
each bsttsUon as at a critical Junction of tbt war. that
and production, small farms are bet
ter. and a movement to bring’ this
shout Is under .way, ' '
PAGE TWO
ui) fi,!*(■(* pt Alrtm -liii!. uiid(-1\1 In- (’nwi-
, tllll inters- Wild I llvliJJivlA.Wa-h.ut—
tion, wns training 'such ns m-vcrduHl
been seen in Fngland’. Owing to trn^
stress,of circumsl'.invvs tin- 'training of
tin* new armies ■duriTtg tin- first period
•was less <'i>iiji.i• Ivt>-. 1 liaii- lbaT nif tIn* af-
trih-s Orgahiy.i-iT later TIP' tin* second
period, but both armies “were character-
l/.ed by tin- spirit which puts life lntoji
tlie InstructloifTh inilitaiAy^iUfrfrs.
TIm* pructlcnl training in si 1 uill -waw
find taught tin l’ritish soldi-i r Tlie : ines-
tltihd'je \ aim*.-ol . iivver ktiovviijg w*l>t*n L
he is Hi-titell,, tin• ’ Itusshuas saymg tl 1»H
the Knglish, ne\rr win mm-v 1 halt tine.
\ ietorv in a v.ar j l»ul that is-Hie las’!
'l’his* l a f|d* :r vM-oliT'. fi-';-i l-ip-n t ill fi-i'llll-:
Which has alwa) v hei-n vharacleristic
of tin- I’.ritish arm'w Imv«i been pre-
• *
si-r \' *4 in tin- arinn-s n.i’vy in ihr lield.
Men at First Responded. Quickty. 1 ^ 1
- This I'e-im.-nfril feeling v temi-s jo
TFffikt-TTttteei'V tilid m>*t| -,'»111 ■ htipp.V -fillIT
ily, | >r> ai'l > if t I'm msel v i
lolls to make tln-ir n
the liiat-Uh-a-iFfl+yv - IT -e idffvttTi - s a:'af'-pfrtt
Private Murdo. !. Mtirriursoii tak-v-.'
-+ltt- -sri+TlTn" iif the' aViafloti liel
Shecp-ln-ad May, I., i IU- is,c,*ri:iinl.wV
tin- i-mbntbmen.t of “young'‘Ainerica" l
with id--
big; bn
unli'orni,,st>Uliii'l v
jointly -mix :
in lent, a. glory, to
I hi* t hr
solitary ..eye
Main titles
O),, rt -esil 11 \yitr-«-n. |j >1 n t -pyj rti > ViTTiTTeTiT
t-,-‘ -loyalty iuid kimna siT
of Sv+t rrTtrmi
all tatvet
elplim
Is a broadminded and toh-rant ni'ethoif edgi* of its^idjosvnen^sies. -'ThTs sciircitv
upon tin* -orotig vt-n-o- ef dt4- fa 'ciiTtMtitt
hnd commimft.v of interest. ,-T-t
which insists, on smartness tuid on,duty
and dlseipliue atm -high courage and
courtesy, hut. not on hate
TJn* men whiten..,,j into tint aruiy as
recruits were tli<“ kind whfMxvero Pendv-
t(• respond to the ‘ Mrirish uh*t hoi 1 s pf-
tralnfng a' volmrteer arn^yT Tin* lyast
dittieiilty found w as- Ju ohjaining the
*nu*n in the early d;iy*cof the war. Ke-
emits came fasten uiati they could MtCc.
taken care of and s it) fpl tej I With | in • I a * r
equipn.ienr polite FoiumiO- triiops’’ were
housed in hired liuiJduigs and. otlys.n;
temporary (piarters, imt within a year/
huts to hold 1111 v 1 - qi!.-1 rte 1;s of ;it 1 ui 1JiOU-.
“TiTen,'"Vvirfi\w',yter and Tiglit laid on,’had
been built-, liesblc.-. various (ttiorniou
depots'fof .sto.rf
huts S(-(Utivd tv
of The couutrv ; om
land in tin 5 m id-1
’ since thi 1 driw.u . of
of -ritlos ifi t lie'
JLi;aUu«g. - -
In the artillery itN'as ipiite as had
in October, 15*14, tin-artillery of one di-
vlshffi the- tlrat new otrnrvTuTd iiiiTv
Ffj T'v'im,gliders altogether* Instead of
flsTfull eomnlcnient of bl; another had
only a few of'tho"ob>TiIeto lo poundv-rs;
in Anarch. PTl.T, some divisi<ftis had only, *
.two guns'|ior Tmttery.; ,c\on in Mnv.^
Itaj^ns w if r • n i i >>i oh .to j J uj gpuntry arrived quietly and i*‘now busy in Umshingtou. TleWo nn*,n«!>ers in the
'iition ure, loft to right . - Alvjsi* Mragadini of-tliv tr^u.sport^itioTj «t(*i«irtmentT <»«-n**r:il (iuglielnetti, tailitary
ji^fiqdie; Ktirico Arlotfa, minister of maritime and railway trans^ortutiornYif 1t:il> ;md head of the cotimiissiyn «-
< (Vimnijujk*r VannuU'IM. representing the^Tiax-y^h Pardo of the department „i industry ami coturiiem*. aud. (.aetatio
Pii'tnkof ttve agriguJttirtil department. • *' — .
YOUNG M’ADOO IN THE NAVY
arrived for tin-*—rit‘st new army dlv|
sions, the vipiiptnent of dial sight stele.
f(>F—hid I reels TayTiug. w^t still delicient
ITje ms4m4-l m*w-wns-nt'-t+mt' dTiTT ? ’
•in very “mmlr the same state, except
tli;tt-iii their case tin howitzer lliigad
These"! Iiad upr lMss+-dvli\ered. --T’1re third ntix\
pnTrg up in every part ; fdnrtltt ljew iimiics wT-re'still worsoMitV.
gr- at baremoor- • moutlis tjo- gunnyes in sTom* di
!11* 1 s, uninhabited \isiiitts_ had to b am whiit tliyy ,c(Wlt|
h.story, -had. I*h«'u ,,f »j Jr
roads, railwav-
even sei-urg one.
en\ i I'cil -w ith
Pnmi'U < -^nbi.- -111 1 u ti i ,y, _ P'.iyy cr.t_sUk-, ti<-,iF»u proVhh-d s-himmy wuyi'dpff gutis nf-[
Scldicrs’ Quarter's and Food.
Within a year the pi ohlom of quar
tering rile Tfi-iop.T i ri— J11 (
conti-rs h:uI Tk ijj.
1 h.ii-f drfli11ingV 2 1 ruw+t-n’t
'i’ire pri'vtrnis"
W'vlV " jUp'lt/erf fof"
\\ Lien some strnh
available
unvomfortaldV
the cause of bad discipline/and sToveip ] rS s
Jy training. ’ I W-Minatoly-a- sati-factory ttVised
tain article.s ’of- foo/l;mm-cia!ly^ment, j
wen* so exv(*ss*ve that,..gT - c:U/w;fsfe lV‘ ; !
sHiltod, also ow ing i iiicFMjttS^tlie. ligrii
inicy of the soldiers ijyfuvib-rrTYfr cook
then
. SVl^
tinder", ,TTir
. w liiflra ’rt
imprq-
u ‘ ^ ;i ‘ ‘
;Siu/fTarI\ horscs^TiTTmcss and
wagons Wgre hardly ever eoiiqtlet
i-for. itiiw- baitetw of the / ti.r'^K ttvre,
atjtllics 11)1 1111 Tb'
lug wuiy., ;iiyi-Pii.ipi'i,i\ «• 111(■ 111 t .^Hvwu
estuhlishTfii-nt ol' r scli*»Tds. in"ijisprTtcti.tm
in ry. a-m] -bhemdru* -11 tfhm t nmm-i i-
mtinding jot!jeers to lay *dress bn tli
s' variety In) the <•(»(»IvMiTgt>f*T! iTV '
*t
C(•* iKdiTgW>f tin ’ f< •<->(!. oh
cleanliness and on eCiPiioiny. , 1
('lothing lire recruits was {mother
alitliculty T-xiwum-nced at the beginning,
irtantd-arts .if tl)e*;cguipTmut such
g ti tui* 4a d-.
(i net it of old
plipns.' bhe erection of ih-w phmts^m^L
tur\* was a slow; and laborious process, j n . s .. „f indiVeci"laying,''- w hielij pYpr|t;e«1
\Vhen the w;ar,.started, ITiglaml seemed
to have,been as badly off in matters of
supplies rfs we.. They had
| in artillery .officers and nvhieonriul*?-
sioned (>flic(‘!"s- facilities-of rapid ohsece
less than vatidn j»mL '(Wpulnl.ionc tiguin tlic^Or *it«ii»l
800,000 rides, only half of tiiem 'the': operation of: . -m *
-latest pniuu-n: The wcekly -out-put -qt' j' was.n closed hook-to all' lliexdd schi)ol
rifles In the. United King(him was un‘!(;r i gunners; the use of tch-phones alul
Sawdust in Concrete.
be driven info .concrete iT
been Tldded t(T the mix’-
inrtion's, of 4».m* part of
2,(KK), which Could he inervftscti^soir
what by nlglit sliifts, bnt which at tiuj
Lest -wn's.. lnlinitvmuui- v^iaprirt.-d.* with -,i r'ili,C
the needs of the now nriiiy. 1'nfortaTo set-tr^gmilcers
nately tin- rifle, tlmugli imeded in lafger jCoiirst^N»w XV’tloT^hdr,‘jitul
qnantitles‘thau nny-f other w^-ntmri for we.re^XMuaMviind ,t!u
an army,, requires 'longer U«*eMha*£jtH
any other before its manufacture with
new plants can be started, owing lafj
ly to.the number of gauges .yf*-Msm*init
■“'IQftjnHScy"reqntred” fit:;. con-1 -sions. Thvre werp-nt
soquently the recruits had to wait , the^ war 22
l*rng.
By January. 19KT, the first new rrmy from the junior corps were given regu
hid "about 4(X) service rifles per tmt* j lnr cqjBfnissions at once mid large numr
tallon, and the s«*cond about 100, aadyjj
It was not until March; 191. r «, That thea
armies were beginning -to Be Hi
“ provide even
amount of drill and musketry practice
It was necessary i to^hand around the