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NprHT I mJSSIAHJNVASION FAILURE TO 8IQN PEACE COMPACT BRINGS ON RENEWED FIGHTING IN RUSSIA. BOLSHEVIKI CAPTURE KIEV Austria-Hungary, Not Confirming to Germany's Policy Toward Russia, Will Confine Herself to Problems Nearer Home.?Italians Active. fc With Russia in the grip ot internecine strife and her battle line denuded of men as a result of the peace declaration of the bolsheviki, Germany already has beghn the carrying out of her threat of invasion because of the failure of the bolsheviki to sign a peace compact with the central powers. A despatch front Berlin announces that Oermun troops have crossed the Dvlna river. Reports emanating front Sweden say taht the Germans have begun pushing forward their troops into Russia's two remaining Bultlc provinces?Esthonia and Livonia?the taking of which completely isolated , Russia from the shores of the Baltic i . and give the enemy. In addition to the ' V1' ' l^e c',y ?' Veva'. sltua, ' . vvtoV.on the Gulf of Finlund opposite .Operate against Petrograd by sen. Although Austria - Hungary had shown dissatisfaction over tho stand that Germany hns taken toward Russia, the dual monarchy evidently has been placated by a promise of Germany that any Gorman military activity will be confined to northern Russia. and Austria-Hungary left to deal with whatever other problems may arise In the territory adjacent to her borders. Belated dispatches from Petrogrnd tell of the capture of Kiev, tho new capital of Ukraine, by tho holshcvikt. * The fighting is described as having ^ been of an extremely sanguinary character, 4,000 persons having been killed and several thousand wounded. Great destruction was wrought In the town by shells and explosives dropped by aviators. At Odessa another big battle has been fought between the bolshevik! and tho moderates during which warships in the harbor bombarded the | city. Polish legions nt Minsk are de- , clared to have been sanguinarily defeated and nut to rnnt wh(U> ?h? hni. I shevlkl also are reported to have captured Tongorod on the Black Sea. and Voronezeh. capital of the province of the samo name. STRIKES IN SHIPYARDS HAVE COME TO AN END Termination Is Result of the President's Intervention. Washington. ? President Wilson's Intervention has terminated the enstern shipyard strikes. Reports to the shipping hoard from union heads in all districts in which carpenters are out said the strikers would go back to work. William L. Hutcheson, president of the Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, did not arrive, hut is expected to take up the situation with government officials. Although heretofore Hutcheson has declined to leave to the shipbuilding labor adjustment board a settlement of the carpenters* do- [ lands, officilas believe that after President Wilson's message he at least j will he willing to renew relations with the hoard. The carpenters' brotherhood, it was brought out. was made a party to the creation of th? adjustment hoard by the signature of its vice president, but Huteheson overruled his subonl?nate's action. This fact, according to V. Fverlt Macy, chairman of the adjustment hoard, is causing the present trouble at Seattle, where cr.roente-s are trying to enforce a closed chop. All carpenters in tho western vords agr^od to the Pacific coast wage aw; d. Mr. Macy said until they lon-'cd recently that Huteheson had repudiated it. SIX VIOLENT DEATHS REPORTED BY PERSHING Washington. ? The deaths of four privates as the result of explosions. % tho killing of ('Hdet Lindley II. !>? Garmo. Pidghwnod, N. J., in an airplane accident and the suicide of Li?utGordon Loring Hand Lawrence. L. !., attllPhAfl t r\ ?ho att'oflAn oaa?I/v? .WX ..VM v??x Iif muuii IIUII Ul 11IC I signal corps, wore reported to thA war department by Ocr.pral Pershing. No details wore given, but it is assumed the explosions wore of hand grenades. URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Waslnirton The WIMfln.flnllap nrffi.nt deficiency appropriation bill, carrying half a million for tho military establlahment and large sums for the navy and other branches of the government, wan passed by tho house without a record v-0' S. In direct appropriations and in authorisations for obligations during the remainder of thla fiscal year, the total of the measure Is 1,107,220,000. It I , ? MRS. N. DE R. WHITEHOUSE V 1 Mrs Norman De. R. Whitehousa, : chairman of the New York atate suffrage party, who has been selected by , Chairman George Creel of the federal , nommittee on public information as one of a group of prominent persons to br'ng to the German people, through neutrals, the war aims and Intentions of the American people. She ie the first woman to go abroad on such a , mission for this government. SERIOUS FACTS OISCLOSED PROBE INTO SHIPBUILDING MAY . LEAD TO A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. American International's Contracts for i Building May be Cancelled by the Government. Washington.?Investigation by the department of Justice of the American International Corporat ion's construction of the government's big fabricat in* steel shipyard at Hog Island, Pennsylvania. was ordered by President Wilson with a view to criminal prosecutions if the fa?ts develop more than reckloss expenditure of government money. At the same time Chairman Hurley \ of the shipping board, who had re-; quested the move, indicated that the j tho yard and ships involving many corporations' contracts for building millions of dollars might be cancelled, whch was taken to mean that the government might take over the yard, f complete Its construction and build | the ships Itself This step has been urged by members of tho senate com-1 mittee investigating shipbuildng. The president asked for the invest-, tigation In the following letter to At-1 torney Oeneral Gregory: "Mr HurlftV r>f t hahinnintr KaoiwI hns called my attention to some very serious fucts which have recently been developed with regard to contracts made In connection with the shipbuilding program with the corapunr' operating at Hog Island. "They are ao serious indeed that I , do not think we can let them be taken core ftf merely by public disclosure and discussion. I would be very much obliged if you would have some trustworthy person in your department get into consultation with Mr. Hurley about the whole matter with a view to Instituting criminal process 1 | in case the facts justify it." PAUL BOLO PASHA MUST FACE FIRING SQUAD 1 I Paul Flolo Pasha must face the firing squad. The first man of the coterie of French and other propagandists fa- j vornble to Germany, who by their; ma*hlnations sought to disrupt the' soldiers and populace of prance and bring about a separate peace between the republicd an the Toutonic allies. ; has been sentenced to death by a French court-martal. Thorough lavish expenditure of Ger-| man money. Bolo aided in a conspir- ' | acy, which in some instances met with | success to corrupt French statesmen and political leaders and to subsidise I the French press into expression of I 'ho Mao On* ? ? ? * --v. ! ...v >?v? l? ? i uvi iiinn) wan lurncoie ' at arms and '.hat France should take fme by tho forelock and cease her military activities against her enemies In order to save herself from ultimate 1 vanquiahmout. ' 1 FINAL DISCUSSIONS OF BREST-LITOVSK STORMY Zurich,?The Munch, Bavaria corre- , spondont of The Neue Augsburg Zel- | tung says he learns that the discussion at Brest-Lltovsk between Dr. von 1 Kuehlmann, tho German foreign secre- 1 tary; Count Czernln, the Austro-Hun- ' garian minister of foreign uffatrs. and Leon Trotsky, the bolshevik! foreign 1 minister, were particularly stormy 1 and ended in a violent rupture which 1 bore all the seeds of a fu'ure conflict. |( FOR' FORT BOLL, S AMERICAN TROOPS " Oil THREE SECTORS \ *RE PROVING THEMSELVES TO BE FIGHTER8 OF THE HIGHEST CALIBER. HARD TO HOLD IN RESTRAINT Stories of Their Intrepidity Come From the Fropt?la Their Desire to Be Up and at the Enemy. American troops in France now are in battle on three sectors?on their nwn line east of St. Mihiel and with Ihe French in Champagne and on one jf the most famous battle fronts '11 the world, where ruined villages and the devastated country generally tell the tale of hard-fought battles when th Germans pushed forward their line and ultimately wre driven back by the French.. And everywhere the Americans are proving themselves fighters of the highest dialer, winning enconiums from high French officers for their business-like methods of warfare and especially their skill In the use of artillery. Already the men are veterans. I for nothing the Germans have in stock t remains to be shown them except a ? great mass attack. Thus far every- < thing has been tried by the enemy < against them has been discounted, and in some instances doubly discounted Stories from the front by the Asso- I dated Press tell of the intrepidity of the men in trench riadlng operations. of their coolness under fire and in returning fire, the accuracy of aim of the gunners and the intense watchfulness at observation posts to see that the enemy obtains no undue advantage in a surprise attack. Hard to Restrain. ' The only criticism thus far heard regarding the Americans is their desire to be up and at the enemy. Like their brothers of the north?the Canadians?they are hard to hold In re- , straint. As one distinguished FVench , <? ? ? Ua,,.<;iinuu It, lilt-; It I r IUO tlllXlous to get at grips with the enemy." | ! HUTCHESON IS GIVING I THE ENEMY COMFORT i President Wilson has wired William { L. Hutcheson, president of the Car- I pontera' and Joiners' Union now out on 1 a strike, as follows: "William L .Hutcheson, general president. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, New York: I have received your telegram 1 of yesterday and am very glad to note the expression of your desire as a patriotic citizen to assist in carrying on the work by which we are trying to save America and men everywhere I : who work and are free. Taking advantage of that assurance. I feel It to he my duty to call your attention 1 to the fact that the strike of carpenters in the shipyards is in marked and painful contrast to the action of labor in other trades and places. Ships are absolutely necessary for the winning of the war No one can strike a deadlier blow at the safety of the nation and of its forces on the other side than by interfering with or obstructing the shipbuilding program. "All the other unions engaged in this indispensable work have agreed 1 to abide by the decisions of the shipbuilding wage adjustment board. T.hat board has dealt fairly and liberally with all who have resorted to it. I ' ' must say to you frankly that it is your J1 duty to leave to it the solution of your present difficulties with your employers and to advise the men whom you represent to return at once ' to work pending the decision. "I do not see that anything will he gained by my seeing you personally until you have accepted and acted J upon that principle. It is the duty of j the government to see that the best j nossibie condition.* of inW ??-? ?*???? ? i tained, as it is also Its dutjj to see to j it that there is no lawless and eon- j! scienoeloss profiteering and that duty | the government has accepted and will j ' perform. Will you co-operate or will you obstruct? "WOODROW WILSON." \ J SEABOARD CLERKS GOT 20 PER CENT INCREASE < 1 Washington.?Details of an arbitration agreement giving all Seaboard 1 Air Line railway clerks 20 per cent t ' Increase in salaries and a basic eight- I hour day were made public here. The < agreement was signed here after ne- ' Reflations sir.ee last September when i the clerks went oufon strike. They returned to work after being out three : < weeks pending the negotiations just i romnleteil thrnni?ii i ,>t?t? ? * - *- 1 . ....... tciiiiuii ui in" j i department of labor. N < GERMAN TROOPS REFUSE TO .1 MOVE TO FREC.NH FRONT Petrograd. ? German soldiers at Grodno and Kovno, according to a re- f port -eceived here from Moscow, have jt tefuaed to obey a command to move 1 to the French front. The troops have |i entrenched themselves under the pro- jt lection of their own artillery and 1 have defetead a detachment of loyal J i forces which the German staff sent to jl punish them. This may be an echo of {< an earlier report of mutiny among l German soldiers. Jl 2 / -T' % . '% /* , \ V r Mi 5 C., THURSDAY, FEBRUA DR. MIUNKO VESNITCH I I *% ^HBRHL^^SHDmStfi^^Q Dr. Milanho Vesnitch, Seroian min- I later to France, who heads the diplomatic and military miaaion to the Unltid States. Doctor Veanitch represent?d his country at the interallied conference in Paris. FRENCH ARE OPTIMISTIC 147 DIVSIONS RELEASED BY PEACE WITH RUSSIA MOVE TO WESTERN FRONT. Germany Will Soon Have 2,340.000 Men Facing Allies?Long Advertised Offensive Has Not Begun. Although under the good weather Lhe terrain in France and Uolgium is fast drying out and the Teutonic allies are continuing to pour thousands of troops to positions behind the battle line, there still has been no indication that the enemy is ready to begin his much advertised offensive. Bombardments and patrol encounters along the sutire front are still taking place as for many days past, but the roar of the big guns nowhere has reached that volume of drum tire which in the pust has always heralded an in fantry attack of great proportions. While the German reinforcements have been coming up the entente commanders have not been lying idle and waiting for the offensive to begin. On the other hand, they everywhere have strengthened vheir positions to meet any enemergeu^y, and optimism is expressed both from British and French sources that should the Germans strike?no matter how early the moment?they will meet the most stubborn resistance from gun and man power. French authorities consider that the total number of the enemy now facing the French. British, American and Belgian troops or held in reserve nggrgeutes 2,340,000 men. Recent statements from the British military authorities in Great Britain have been to the effect that the preponderance of weight in both an and gun power still lies with the entente armies. Several additional successful raids by the British in which German officers and men were captured and others killed, heavy artillery fighting be iween me Krencn and the Germans on various sectors sums up the activities that have been in progress on the western front. The American sharpshooters and artillerymen are keeping up their good work against the Germans in front of ther positions, having with their shrapnel fire compelled the enemy to almost abandon their first line trenches and with their sharpshooters and rapid fire guns forced snipers to quit their posts and peek safety nt other places. GEN. PERSHING WANTS MORE ARMY CHAPLAINS Washington.?General Pershing has recommended to the war department hat the number of chaplains in the army be increased for the war to an average of three for each regiment i with an additional number assigned in order to t?e available for such detach-1 I'd duty as may be required. The present law provides only one chaplain for each regiment, hut there a pending in Congress a bill incrcasi21C that rnililhpr tn nun f/vi- ? '*? I onn urn in all branches of the military establishment. The measure has tho approval of the war department and idininistrnlion leaders have urged Its early passage. RE SALES OF WHEAT MILL FEED TO BE ELIMINATED Washington. - Elimination of re- i sales of wheat mill feed within the rade and the fixing of reasonable limts of profits by brokers, commission r?en and Jobbers have resulted, it was innounced. from a two-day conference lere between representatives of tho ndustry and the food administration. Retailers will bo required to exact inly a fair and reasonable profit hrougb control of their supply from liensed dealers I pp: .5 \S?: v "r Vy' jr V T.T, T RY 21, 1918 DEMAND THAT MEN; RETURN TO WORK i 1 * ! SHIPPING BOARD DE8IRES THAT SHIPYARD WORKERS RETURN PENDING ADJUSTMENT. LABOR LEADER IS I DEFIANT; Local Draft Boarda Begin Calling Striking Workers Who Would Return to Work But for Hutcheson's Refusal. Washington. ? A renewed demand that William L. Hutcheson. president or the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, send striking shipyard workers in eastern plants beck to work pending an adjustment of their grievances was made by Chairman Hurley, of the shipping board. Earlier in the day Hutcheson had unswered a previous appeal with a communication declaring it would be impossible for him to act until he had some definite proposition from the ! shipping board asto working condi' tions. i Hutcheson's virtual defiance of the | shipping board presents a situation on ; which olcialp declined to comment. Mr. Hurley's request that the men be put back to work immediately carried no threat and shipping board officials would not say what steps they have in mind. Reports that local exemption boards are preparing to call into the military service striking shipyard workers within the draft age prompted the shipping board to send telegrams urging that no such action be taken. Deferred classification for shiDvord work ers has been put by the provost marshal general's office in the charge of the industrial service section of the shipping board desires that all draft questions he decided in Washington President Wilson is known to be given personal attention to he labor situation and is following every move iu the shipyard strikes. In his communication to Hutcheson. i Chairman Hurley points out that the heads of the carpenters' and Joiners' union were the only ones who declined to leave adjustment of difficulties to the shipbuilding labor adjustment board. Even the carpenters' locals, despite this attitude. Mr. Hurley declares. have asked to be included in the agreement. CENTRAL POWERS STILL AT WAR WITH RUSSIA. ; v Trotzky Declares, However, Russia's Withdrawal and Declares it Real. Aiinougn reports or tne conrerenoe at the imperial German headquarters between Emperor William and the military and political leaders have indicated the probability of further fighting between the Teutonic allies and the Russians, the bolahoviki government's withdrawal from the war has .been reiterated by Leon Trotzky, the | foreign mniistor. A wireless com| munication from Petrograd snsy Trot*jkj' informed the All-Rur.sian Work;men's and Soldiers' councils that Rusjaia's withdrawal was a real ore and that all ar reements with hor former ; allies had been vitiate'l. The councils ;approved Trotzky's policy. At War Declares Kushlmann. Amsterdam.?That Germany and Austria were still at war with Russia was the belief expressed by Dr. Richard von Kuehlmann, the German forjeign secretary, at the concluding session of tlm. recent peace conference |at Brest-Litovsk after Leon Trotzky, the bolshevik! fort ign minister, had made his final rtatement that Russia ;was out fif the war and her armies would he demobilized, but that she would desist from signing a formal peace treaty. Tl.? - ~ ~ - I I lie ana HI war. uocior von Kuehlimann said. ended when Russia and the Teutonic allies signed the arm's lice. but when the armistice ended the warfare must be revived. He added tha* because one or two of the contracting parties had demobilized their armies, this fact would in no wise alter the situation. ; BOLO WILL APPEAL FROM DEATH SENTENCE Paris.?Bolo Pasha, who was convicted by a i-ourtmartial of treason and sentencr-d to death, has appealed. uoio, much to tils surprise, was . dressed in prison crarb and taken to I th? donth cell on his return to Santo ! prison He passed a restless night | hut was apparently hopeful that the ' decision may be reversed on appeal. | He said to the guards: I "I am perfectly tranquil. 1 have a ! thousand grounds for appeal." CAPT. VERNON CASTLE KILLED WHILE FLYING Forth Worth.?Capt. Vernon Castle, i of the British royal flying corps, who j braved death for more than a year over the Germ&h lines with but only a minor wound, met death on a peaceful flying field in an effort to avert a ; collislt^ with another aviator. The cadet aviator with whom he was flying, R. Peters, was only slightly Injured. Captain Castle was one of the ; beat liked men on the aviation fields ITWfcHflPBUgfl?WyV ' V ? ? v > " - ^ * i ; "~i , / * ?R?^ ' f 1 :* ' 7"?%< .7' '1 f "' .V/i ; ^ "* * , >* , :'- # f V TMES uki Tfl SOUTH CAROLINIANS On Amcr.icn Rests Responsibility to T . Crush uermar.t, Says Sena'.Or . r Conjairhin Ryan Tillman. t'oiu-nkla.?Replies are coming fronj All par.s of (he slhU; to i-iurace L.. 11 I'.'Z 'tnun, in charge of the work of . un eligible list of men avail- j :io.c iir work in the shipyards of the j u.imry. Mr. Tilghmau s office is ia lie U:uon National Dank building. Comhla. He ?eoIs optimistic about -siting the 4,000 men needed from || SouMi Carolina. Will im Banks, who is a?3 sting Mr. Tilghmun in this work, I'Vd.veti the following message from ^ i'.e::ator Tillman in Washington, chair- j :::an of the senate's conimitte on nn"a! aiYaits: "On America rests the responsihilty of placing her almost infinite stores of men and munitions and food quickly on the western front to crush, once p for all, the strength of the German Junkers. America now has the train- (>. <?:1 men and resources to accomplish y this end. Only one thing is lacking t.j o place those resources where they tf ?v .1 prove decisive?mat tiling Is j( bhlpa. i p| "She has the materials, she has tlie tc plants to produce them, hut to pro- u dure them she must have the men. li preferably trained mechanics, ready to it sumo the task and with willingness 111 and enthusiasm push it to a success- f;i ful conclusion. Can the response for si a moment he doubted? tli "I think if we have any men in to South Carolina who can help build ships, they ought at once to make up p their minds to go to work for the gov- y\ ernment and enlist in that gr^at n cause. General Pershing and his gallant army need reinforcements and (? "uy ona who can contribute in the p least ought to get to work imtnediately." a Most Enthusiastic Ever Held. Clemson College.?-Tim meeting ?u P the South Carolina farm demonstr.i- 1 Rt tlon agents adjourned after the close of the best conferences ever held at Clemson. Or. W. W. Long made the J1 following statement in regard to the 11 meeting: '' i tn "The meeting of the demonstration agents that has Just cloned at Clemson College was one of the most entliusi- }l astlc ever held bv the organization. ' The program was prepared with the 1' idea of stressing those things that it is necessary for our farmers to do in ,r order to meet the demands of the government in waging the war. The na- 1)1 cessity of a large acreage in spring sl oats was discussed and recommended. Inasmuch as there is less roughage in the State than there has been for a ' number of years, an increase in acreage in corn was also recommended to assure our people of an abundant sun- " ply of b^ead for human consumption and grain for our live stock. | a "The possibility wns recognized that j In the months to come nil Western ; wheat might he shipped to our allies ; u and our own armies. It wns stated that ni there was never a time in the historv \ w of this State when a larire nnrn rrrin W was so necessary for our people. An ' entire day was devoted to live stool:. Much time was Riven to swine produo- a' tion and dairying and It was pointed out that It was with tho hog and the a dairy cow that we had to depend upon to meet boll weovile conditions. I am sure that the people of the State will ^ agree that such a program .nust mean 1 P great good to the State." i J1 Dr. Bradford Knapp spoke eloquent w ly on the pntriotic duty of producing food in the mass for man and boast. n: lie wos followed by B. B. Oo?Hett. who ? snoke of the work of the fuel ndmfnls- t h t.ration In tiding over the coldest wintor on record with a minimum amount ; of suffering. lie said that there is at enough cor.l in this country to last 4.- ; ? 000 years, hut that the difficulty Is In a the scarcity of mining help and trans- n portation. 01 _ tl Goodwin New Examiner. Columbia?J. William Pole, who " has been the federal bank examiner for South Carolina for the past two years and a half, has made his last w examination of a hank in this Stat" ' ni Tie leave* this district to go to the ^ federal reserve district with Cleveland, Ohio, as h^s headquarters. His time n! will he piven to the three cities of j nl Pittsburgh. Cincinnati and Cleveland. He is succeeded by Mr. Ooodwin. who j ' cornea here from New Copland. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS, ITEMS. U te Mrs Sallie O. Spigner has been tr awt rded $27,500 bv a Richland count* n,1 cl Jury for alleped injuries brought aboiC s1 when the Seaboard Air Line train, on tt which she was to he taken to a Co j cm lumbia hospital, left her at Fairfax. ; al The Rev. H. G. Hardin, of MeColl. ?< will succeed his brother as pastor of T Mt. Vernon Place Methodist church, tl' Sunday. February 17. was the f>3t? s? anniversary of the burning of Colun s< hia. al Captain James .1 Rouse, a prorr nent Confederate veteran, died at Ins (j home in Lattu at the age of 7S. I-Ieut. Frank R. Pershing, a nephew ^ of General Pershing, is now stationed ? at ('aitif Jacksou, Columbia The mills of the Granlteville Mauu ^ facturing Company at Granlteville, i". the Horse Creek Valley. Aiken conn eI ty. are closed and the machinery Id' P' whle between 500 to f>0 Ooperaflve? *n mon and women, are on strike d :u u ' Ing substantially a 20 per cevt 1 crease in wages. The closing dun '? the mills was made necessary l?y a< walking ou: of the operatives. * V ' t: AaWMBw v * ijia . ... .J; $1.25 Per Year. IEWS OF THE WEEK ROM GAMP SEVIER 7 AND 118 INFANTRIE8 ARE INCLUDED IN EDUCA TIONAL SCHEME. VDEXING OF MEN BE6INS orporal Earl B. Huitt Acquitted oi Shooting Lieut. Tripp of Easloy, S. C~ anri WarnoH "fcln* D - Cm r<>n idont the Next Time." Iu ar. exhibition boxing match, the roceeds of which were divided hereon the athletic associations of this imp and Cunip Wudsworth, Frank oran. runner-up for the heavyweight lainpionship, and now boxing instruc?r aV Wads worth, punished Sergeant >nes. 105th Kngineer. the local cliamIon, so severely that he was forced > retire after only two of the schedled ten rounds. Several good preminaries, however, gave the crowds s money's worth. Three thousand or lore soldiers gathered to witness the minus pugilist in action, and the conansus of opinion after it wus over lat Jones was a brvae man merely i enter the ring with him. Corporal Karl B. Huitt. Company B, >5th Military Police, a native of laiden. N*. C.. has been acquitted of le shooting of Lieut. Charlton M. ripp. Medical Corps, of Easley, S. , on December 23 last. It appoars lat Corporal lluitt attempted to halt ieut. Tripp, who was driving a car, nd that when the oft leer misunderood him and went 011 lluitt drew his Istol and tired at a tire of the mnliine. His bullet went wild and ruck Lieut. Tripp in the shoulder, inieting a wound which incapacitatedim for a short time. Corporal Huitt as been returned to duty, with a warnig not to he so confident of hie marktansliip in the future. Reports that the'camp here might i? abandoned along with that at Char>t.te have been discountenanced since ic arrival of a consulting engineer in le constructing division of the Quarirmaster Corps to locate sites for aditional buildings which will probably R authorized here. Beside that, contruotion authorized only within the ast three weeks will total in cost isily a quarter of a million dollars, hese facts, the opinion of the engicer. who declared that the site was iccellent. the camp well laid ofT, and le entire plans good, and other things 11 indicate that Camp Sevier will be permanent training centre. Attention to conservation in the 1th division has resulted in getting long on two-thirds tho bread allownce, ami this merely by cutting out aste und not by limiting the amount hich anyone may have. The division 1 allowed about 30,000 pounds of read a day. trhereas it is getting long on about 10,000 2-pound loaves ally. All r'.sen bread is supplied by bakery company, a regular army ocanization. The indexing rg' every man in the (vision according lo his industrial exerience and technical ahilites has ist nee* completed. Kvery single man as called up and interviewed, each iterveiw requiring ten minutes or tore. and tho facts thus learned noted n an indiv dual card. These cards ave now baen tiled according to an a borate system by which it is possile to run down the line and pick out t a glance all men of any particular ccupatipn. A consolidated summary a also been prepared, showing the umber of men of each trade in every rganizution in the division, as well us >e totals by trades. The whole gilt n tic task was dene by f'apt. William . Kyle, of Memphis, division personel officer, assisted by six second untenants who specialize In such ork. The system should be of the lost immense value in selecting men ?r any future drafts. I v t......a .xfpi,.,.- t IIUIIM ?/iMUiin.ii\yiac<i will* XJ I Ml I III* cdical department has arrived to inruct specially enlisted men in mothis of. carrying on a campaign of eduition among the soldiers on the sub>ct of venereal diseases. The camThe eontpulsory education scheme >r all illiterates has just been exinded to the 117t hand llHth infunies, some 700 men from which are dw attending reading and writing asses four hours a week. Such inruction was put into efTect about iree weeks ago in the ROth Brigade, omposed of North Carolina troops, Imost 1.000 of whom are going to hool to the teachors provided by the . M. (' A., which is given charge of le lessons, or found by association >crotaries pniong the soldiers themslvos Teachers are excused from II other military duty. Rooks especially written by Associaon workers are used in these classes, ivaity and patriotism, the principles f military discipline and obedience sing inculcated whenever possible, lectures on American hlsitory and io causes of the United States' preatco in the war have nlso been preirnd to he read to the elasaes by the istruetors. The "Y" at the 50th Infantry Brlide has attain been opened, after havg been closed for some time on 'count of a case of meningitis which ive'.ooed there. * 4 '' *1