The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 11, 1918, Image 2
YOUNG MEN TO DO FIGHTING
FOR THE NATION IN FUTURE
?
WiiHhlnKt'Hi. Jan. ?*? ? All men for
the war armlen wtill to bo rained by
tho IJnltod Htaten win come from
Class 1 wilder tho new selective aer
vlee plan. That means the nation's
tiKhti?K Is U> Im? doue t>y young wen
vylthout families deixmdent ui>on their
labor for support ami unskilled liv
necessary Industrial or agricultural
work.
Provost Marwhal General Crowder
announces the new policy in an ex
haust Ive report u]>un tho oi>erailon of
the selective druft law submitted to
day to H<rretary IJaker and sent to
OongiVMH. He says flans 1 should
provide men for it 1 1 military *nceds
of the country, And to nwvmpllMh
that object urges amendment of the
draft law ho as to provide that all
men who have reaehed their twenty
UrNt birthdays since June ftth, 1017,
shall he required to register for elas
sltleutloi). Also in the Interest of fair
distribution of the military burden,
he propose* that the quotas of states
or districts be determined hereafter
on the basis of number of men In
(Mass 1 and not upon population.
A valllable figures Indicate, the rej>ort
says, that there arc 1.000,000 physical
ly and otherwise qualified men under
tho present regulation who will he
found In ( 'lass l when all question
naires have heen returned and the
classification period ends February 1 rs.
To this the extension of registration
to iihm) turning Ul since .lunh f> of last
year and thereafter will add 7<M),(X>0
effective men a year.
Class l comprises:
Single men without dependent rela
tives, married men who have habit
ually failed to support their families,
who are dependent upon wives for sup
port or not usefully engaged. and
whose famlHcs are supi>orted hy in
comes Independent of their labor; un
skilled farm laborers, unskilled Indus
trial laborers, registrants by or in res
pect of whom no deferred classifica
tion Is claimed or made, registrants
who fail to submit questionnaire and
in respect of whom no deferred classi
fication Is claimed Or made, and all
registrants not Included In any other
division of the schedule.
N'a r rowed down under the analysis
of I he lirst drafi made in the report,
the plan places upon unattached sin
gle men and married men wltli Inde
pendent Incomes most of the weight of
military duty, fur the aggregate num-l
ber of men in the oilier divisions of
' 'la I is- v rr,\ Small. |
Ccp.-r.;! rr.mdi-r finds that the first'
draft surpass,., | i } t? ? expectation of the'
friends ol* t be -elective service idea.'
Ife pays high tribute, not only to the
thousands of civilians who have given |
?Migrudgiii:: service in making the plan '
a success, inn al<o t<? the hgh patriot
ism of the \merican |>eople as a
whop-.
"At the Prt'HklfiU'M call," lie say*,
?'all ranks of the mm Hon, reluctantly
enuring the war nevertheless respoud
ed to the first call of the nation wkh
a vigorous nut! uiwelllsh cooperation
that subtiiericed all Individual Interest
in a single endeavor toward tho 000*
summation of tho national ta?k. 1
take It that no groat national project
wan ever attempted with ho complete
a reliance U|H>n the voluntary co-opera
linn of citizens for lt? execution. Ctjr
talnly no hiu'Ii burdensome and sacrl
tidal Htatute hatl ever before been ex
ecuted without a grout hierarnhy of
olllclil Is.
- " This law has ?eeu administered
by civilians whose otUelal relation lie*
only In necessary powers with which
they lire vested by the President's des
ignation of them to perform the ddtlos
that are laid ujM?n them. They have,
accomplished the task. Tliey have
matle some mistakes. The Kj'stoui of
fers room for Improvement.
"Hut the Kis*at thing they were call
nl upon to do they have done. The
vaunted efficiency of absolution of
which the (icrmnn empire stands as
the avater can offer nothing to com
pare with it. It remains that ultimate
lest and proof of tho intensh: political
Idea upon which American Institu
tions of democracy find self-government
have* been based."
Analyvdnu the first draft, (Jeneral
Crowder shows that 9,580,508 men Isv
tween the ages of 21 and ?'U years
registered themselves. I'p to late In
becember only 5.N70 arrests had been
made of those who had sought to
evade registration and that number,
12. were released after having reg
istered and there remain only 2,005
cases to l>e prosecuted. The roj>ort de
clares that in the llnal analysis It will
he shown that only 0.2(1 ]>er cent of
the men within draft a^e evaded res
ist ration.
A rough figure of 8.2 per cent Is
given as | he number of registrants
who failed to ap|>ear when called l>?
their local boards for examination, but
(Jeneral Crowder hastens to explain
that most of these men already are in
Kurope in the American, Ilrltisli and
French armies. They did not await
i lie draft processes in their eagerness
to get Into action.
"The final data will undoubtedly
show," (Jeneral Crowder adds, "that
the number of those who willfully fail
ed t?> ap|K>ar for examination when
called is inslgnflcant."
Of the total registration of 9,586,
?".os, r ho number called and examined
was 3.0S2.040 and of these 1,057,303
were certified by the boards for mlll
tar.v service.
Since the tirst call was for only
0K7.<MX> men, there now remain 370.
.'503 men awaiting summons to mob
ilization camps.
of all men examined 730,750 or 23.7
Lobster Sardines
Pickles Sausage
Oysters Spaghetti
Swiss Cheese
Goulash Raviola
Chile-Con -Came
These make up the usual
Dutch lunch ? but what
will you serve to drink?
For years the host and hostess have been
asking themselves that same question? > es
pecially whenever the occasion hsppens to
be one of those cozy little after-theatre or
?'in-between-times'* parties. Now, there is
a ready answer ?
>T4 wit q>t
Thii distinctively new creation in toft
brinks it sparkling? snappy ? delicious. It
is healthful with the wholes om ens sa of the
choicest cereals ? appetizing with the bou
Set and agreeable bitter tang which only
oice hops can impart. It is sure to "hit
the spot"? sure to encounter no prejudices.
Bcro ? the all -year* 'round soft drink
Guard Against Substitute*
have tbe bottle opened In your pr?a??e?. flr?t mlm tbat
the ?\ h*? not been broken. and that the crown to?
bear* the Fox. Bevo U ?oid in bottle* only? and to
bottled exclusively by ?
anhkusrr uusca t rr. louis
BI SCH DISTRIBUTING CO.
Wholesale Dealers COLUMBIA, 8. C.
WORKMAN GROCERY CO.
i/ocal Dealers CAMDLN, S. C.
per were rejected for physical
iwnoum. That, it Im pointed out, Hhowa
an encouraging improvement In the
pbyakil condition Of tho young men ot
our nation aim** civil war day*, for at
tiiut time the draft autbo|itle? re
jected 32 P*r 00111 ot flli ^nou
oil physical grounds.
Alxuit one half of all men called or
1 .."^10,570 claimed exemption. Tho claims
of 78 /per cent of itH*e WW grunted,1
showing, in tho opinion of otlirlala, that
very few fraudulent claims were Med.
of those exempted, 74 i>er cent were re
leaned becaurte of dependent iflatlvoa,
90 \h ?r cent because they claimed alien
birth aud nationality ; upd only alx per
eeut on vocational grounds. I'ahni than
1 iK?r cent of the exemption* were
granted to religious objeetora or ti>
those morally unttt. Moat of the lat
ter were convict# now in prison.
The total cost of the first draft, ex
clusive <<f the oost of the provost
martial genera 1*h ofllce here, waa $5,
311,005. Thin amount has been re
funded to the states by the federal
government. It represents an average
eoat <?f $4.03 I*'r man accepted for mil'
Italy service and with the provoat mar
slml general's expenses Included $5
i>or man, agalnKt a coat of $24.48 per
voluntary recruit In 1014: $10.14 in
1015 and $28.05 In the fihd nine months
of 1017. Prior to the draft act dur
ing the civil war, the cost per man waa
about $34, and after the draft was
enforced, about $0.84.
lit discussing the future of the draft
General Orowder said the first duty Is
to provide an adequate army. Eco
iiomlc considerations must l>e regared
?n selecting men, he rays, but not at
tljc ex|>pnso of an efficient lighting
force. Viewed beside the efforts Ger
many and Austria have put forth to
olaee man power In the field, he adds,
"It little becomes us to emphasize above
i whisper as a substantial national
nroblem anything we have yet been
failed upon to do."
Tables accompanying the report show
many striking results of the draft.
Taking the total of 1.243,801 aliens reg
istered It is shown that of the 457, tl3
called up for examination 70,545 were
certified for military service having
voluntarily waived their right to ex
emption as aliens and In effect volun
teer Tor the battle for democracy. Even
of the 281,108 exempted, 40 per cent'
went out on other grounds than their
alien status.
There was evident some variation of
nractlce among the states on the ques
tion of exempting married men. A
total 103.115 married men hfttc been
"ertlflcd f'>r service. In Mississippi the
boards held 38 i>er cent of all married
men called for service; in Wisconsin
?ind North Dakota only eight per cent
were held. After further study of
I he results It Is expected efforts will
'?e made to unify the practice of boards
more closely In this regard.
Montana led among the states In
-he number of men called who filed
mo claim for exemption. Figures for
that state show that 80 per cent of
tneq called up were ready to go to
the front. Kentucky had the greatest
number of exemption claims 52 per
cent filing affidavits. The average num
ber of claims was 40 per cent.
His Sentiments on Questionnaire.
Now Haven, Conn., Jan. 4. ? Mnrl
iu 11 Ian von Hoegon, a lawyer who has
if times attracted notice by pro-Ger
man utterances, returned his draft
Hiestlonnalre to the draft hoard here,
it was learned today, with "Deutsch
land uber alles" written across it and
bating that he lias "an t>ver\tfhelm
ing desire to see Germany victorious
!n the war." At one time he claimed
to bea n agent of the German govern
ment and a representative of the for
mer German ambassador to Wshing
ton, Count von Bemstorflf. Secretry
Eliot Wat rous of the hoard said the
paper had been turned over to ? the
federal authorities.
Compelled to Make Retraction.
New Haven, Conn., Jan. 5. ? Maxi
milian Von Iloegen, a young lawyer of
this city, who returned his question
naire to the draft board here endorsed
"Deutschland Uber Alles," was com
pelled tonight by a self-appointed com
mittee of citizens to make a public
retraction. He was arso compelled to
kiss the American flag, to sing the Star
spangled Banner and to declare that it
was "America first, last and always."
I/ater Von Hoegen made complaint
to the police alleging that he had been
severely beaten. No arrests were made.
To Withdraw Many Passenger Trains.
Washington, Jan. H. ? Hundreds of
passenger trans on railroads east of
the Mississippi will be withdrawn from
> service under orders soon to be issued
by Director General McAdoo, based
upon recommendations made today by
a committee of Eastern passenger traf
fic officers. The committee was divided
b\H to the advisability of withdrawing
most parlor and sleeping cars, leaving
ally those considered most necessary ;
fir important travel routes.
IfJenrpe K. I.andesdale. a prominent]
cftiron of Wlnnsboro died Wednesday
n\ornlng. j
A Night in a
Metropolis
Bf ALAN hinsdale;
(Cvpjrrtefet, 111?* W?tU?Q Union.)
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?^ .In tha-grcat ?Atauof New. York there
la no night.' . Ti^uru tH darkness in
spota; (hero It} artificial illumination ;
but tlie great living current does uot
cease to flow.
One night I lay awake listening
a clock In u church tower strike the
houra. There wan a I ho a confusion of
Bounds, the principal oue beiug the
passing of elevated tralna aome dls
tauc* from me at Intervals of a few
minutes.
When the clock Htruck two 1 robe,
dressed myself aud went out on the
street. The ongoing was the same as
At noonday. In my wanderings I
reached an embankment of the Hudson
river that bad been made Into a park.
Sitting on a bench I gave myself up
to meditation. Yeara ago savages ' had
looked down on the black Htream an I
was now doing. A time would come
when not one of those who made up
the stream of life behind me would be
alive. And yet the human current
would roll on. Where? Who knows?
The day may come when the waves of
an ocean may roll over Manhattan Is
land as It rolled uges ago.
I was conscious of someone sitting
at the other end of the bench on which
?I rested, and turning my head saw a
woman. Thore was lamplight enough
for me to tell that she was a girl,
somewhoro between seventeen ttttd
twenty years old. I did not
close proximity with a woman at That
hour and was about to arise and move
on when she addressed me.
"Don't go," she said. "I haven't a
friend In the world. I hnvo coino from
the center of thnt city of sin and sor
row, of good and evil, to find rest from
suffering. I find you here alone, and
you fear me."
She bent her head down, concealed
her face with her hands and moaned.
There was no acting In what she did
or said. Such grief as hers was not to
be counterfeited. I asked her to tell
mo her troubles. She said that she
was one of the many tributaries to
tho great human stream ever moving
on the island. The flow of country
girls to the city like the current It
feeds never ceases, despite the count
less wrecks. She had wandered all
day looking for work and found none.
She was tired and hungry and when
night came she had no money with
which to buy food or a place to sleep.
She had come to the river fuis.from
the mad throng, where she cofild at
least suffer alone,
"You mean,'' I said shuddering, "thnt
yon have come to the park embank
ment where you may find a bench to
rest on."
She made no other reply than moans
and tears. I took money from my
pocket and handed It to her. She re
fused it.
"It will avnil nothing now," she
said. "It would hnvo availed nothing
hnd it come sooner. When day comes
I would hnve been doomed to go from
store to store, from factory to fnotorv,
looking for work. I nm not nblo to
continue the dreadful tramp. Resides.
I have reached a polrtt where anything
seems more merciful than that merci
less flow of humanity."
With this she lenned bnek on the
bench nnd wns silent, motionless. It
occurred to me that the most practica
ble thing to do would be to go for one
of tho city's men appointed for such
work. Rising I told her to remain
where she was and I would return
with someone who would take care of
her during the night, and on the mor
row I would interest myself on her be
half.
I left her and going a short distance
found a policeman whom I told that I
had found a despairing woman who
needed the city's care.
"The town's full of 'em." he said. "I
wouldn't advise you to get mixed up
with ono of them. You'll only get
yourself in trouble."
?Til lookout for that," I replied. "It's
your duty as a policeman when I call
upon you for aid In such a case to
give it."
He reluctantly came with me. We
had not far to go. I had kept my eye
on the figure on the bench, and when
we started for it I saw It plainly.
But as we advanced It seemed less
distinct instead of clearer.
"Where are you going?" asked the
policeman.
? "To that bench," pointing.
*1 thought you were taking me to a
woman."
' "80 I am, don't you see her leaning
?gainst the back of the bench?"
"There's no womnn there."
I looked sgaln. The policeman was
right; the bench was vacant.
I was too astonished to reply. I
'stood staring at the point where I had
left the girl.
"She's given you the slip," said tho
cop. "It's the old story. As soon as
she saw you come for me. she lit out.
Tou're not the first young Innocent
that has been fooled that way."
I had nothing to say, but I was not
Influenced by his words. I went to my
room. Daylight was pouring In at the
windows. Throwing myself on the bed
I tried to snatch a little sleep, but
failed.
All that day I tried to banish my ex
perience of the night, but it would not
be banished. On the elevated train In
the afternoon I took up an evening pa
per. One of the first Items that caught
my eye wes n statement that a young
girl hid irowned herself the night be
fore. at the point where 1 had nvea?
what?
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From HrtlW* <?
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,,v- ?,,, Infortnullon If1?*
,1,, ??,
I chlr< I on rules governing ' r
I of A merle, h jim HorVlu# wil
j foree* to tl)i> Americau M
I their present wtatiM wjl
J turbed except in mjkvIi
whore the tritnsfvr "I* 1
infer, .*t of the rnited State*." J
This decision, If Is nakl. was reachefl
Ion the follow l uk grounds:
I h-sf That Amerlcaus who ?J
liMod With the NritUh forow Oil*
J haw been [?romi?to<l by p? t riotic W0>
I lives t" do arxt that therefore it
Idol's not matter whether they re??tj|
British or an' transferred to Ihoif
| own tl.t;'. .since they would bo flgktinj
for the same cause.
I s? - ?? oid lo some oases, particularly
I >\ i ! h the Canadians, many of who?
I are Amerieans, transfers might w?f|.
ousl> disorganize units.
While ii. > official statistics an? aralfr
?tide, if is believed then* are from 25,
(xh.i t.? !U ),000 Americans in the Oanafl.
Ian foivos alone and perhaps half aa
many more scattered through other
I Hriii-h contingents in France, ilQffr:
| pofainia. Palestine and olsewborR
j Hundreds of letters have been sent to,
'Me American authorities in London
begging for transfer hut the author^,
j tics say they an* unabJo to niujftl
concessions to any special number of;
men without taking over the men u
a whole. .
In many cases, it is j>oIntot! ont, the
desires for transfers are not prompted
l?y patriotism but because of (to
chance to enjoy greater hene/itii and
the higher pay of the American /oropi1
1'ottavUle, Pa., Has Coal Famine*, j
Potfsville. Pa.. Jan. ?!.? This
built on top of one of the richest cml
I basin s in the wprid, surrounded by
anthracite mines working full time and
with one of the largest coal clasailS'
eat ion yards, faces a fuel fanilue. The
retail dealers are unable to obtain a
sufficient supply of coal to meet the
demand. The railroad yards on the
j outskirts of t he city are crowded with
j loaded coal ears waiting for move
I mcnt to uther points.
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The fight is half won
To the young busiVess
portance as
It may be small a
large, but it should
payment should be
It's helpful? it's
This bank \v
small.
Uncle Sam
It isn't at all
The principal
Ket the right qUa
Wheatless,
lose their
bruits and v
Come in and
ln groceries.