The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, July 26, 1917, Image 7
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!ABLE ERROR RESPONSIBLE FOR
MISINFORMATION
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CRASH CABLE DISSENT
Writer Said *‘000,000” Nof
m>0” Tons W’oro Ijost Month
to ao4 HirlodiM no of fori lo
!h#m in a defined nnrner bt tbe nee
of mine*. dobtro?er«. rbaeert. Air
plane* and dirigible*
'Tbe aaeault on lb« Oermnn 'Ham
and bntldtnft pinna might bn rnrrlod
out by both fleeta and nlrrmft The
I henry of the Hrltlah hna been that
I heir fleet would be victorious If they
could keep IS nate.
“There are many difficulties Tn
the way of an American naval offen
sive. the chief of them being the
fact that (Air naval warfare la head
ed by the British navy, and whatever
the United States is doing and does
is under tlte'direction of the British
navy*”
; One of the highest ranking offi
cers of the navy; was recently urged
—German Claim Nearly a Million to make public the figures shovying
the toll of merchant tonnage destroy
ed by German submarines, but ho
DRAFT CALLS MEN TO COLORS;
DRAWING HELD IN WASHINGTON
—American Naval Policy Ls Regu
lated by Britain But Of tigers
Want More Action.
An error In the traiLsmisalon of
<1iarles H. (irasty’s cable dispatch
to The New York Times, printed
in ; Saturday's pa|»er, in which Mr.
(irasty called attention to the se
riousness of the submarine situa- s
lion, made the dis|»atch state the
loss of ships by submarine as
*'f.04H 1,000 tons a month" instead
of *‘<100.000 u»ns a month," as Mr.
Grasty wrote it.
The error came to light through
a private dispatch from Mr. Ora sty
to The Times, sent in reply to in
quiries based on the startling fig
ures received as' coming from him
In reply to these inquiries he rabfed
answered that it would be highly im-
propet* to give out such figures as hft
had. This was said to be in line
with the British government’s wishes
and policy, the admiralty having
prevented ,it was asserted, the pub
lication of Lloyd’s figures on ship
ping losses.
American officials generally be
lieve the toll taken by the subma
rines is 1,000,000 dead weight tons
a month. Some think it is not quite
that much. The apparent reduction
in the amount of tonnage sunk is
said to be only apparent, because the
Britisli government furnishes only
figures .representing the number of
British bottohis lost, which is mis
leading inasufuch as it creates the
impression that a reduction in the
number of vessels sunk shows a re
duction in the number of vessels
’ The figure* sixteen hundred ftutik shows a reduction also In the
NUMBERS ARE RAPIDLY DRAWN TO DECIDE WHAT PRECEDENCE
REGISTERED MEN SHALL BE SENT ABROAD TO
FIGHT FOR VICTORY
tliouiand did not appear In my dls-
patch as filed on Wednesday, The
passage should read as follows:
'The loss of ships by submarine has
lotalad dOu.uoo tons per mouth, or
from two to three times the total of
•ew roast run loss * | have laetrwrt*
t tfce Wesfrra I m«»n to repeat this
■age to yoa as filed **
| fcort|y after re«e.pt of this mes-
# rame owe from Ike Vtrstera
Ml cable MffPe la l<—doa whore
•fiftwal dlspatcu was filed «mr imwatHa eoiimaio at Meal
rsvtlaa the paeseg* la qweetbea lo Mach of aomiiahle l«wm
amount of tonnage lost. The esti
mate of l.iHiu.uoo tons a month rep
resents losses of Allied and available
neutral shipping from all causes, in
cluding wrecks mines, ami subma
rines
In attempting to appro*imale the
Irwe situation as regards shipping,
there moat b^ • on side red not only
the amount of a* alia hie tonnage lost
bet a Ian the amount ol new too wage
being bum Tab tat the mace raw-
Secretary Raker, in opening the
drawing at 9.30, said:
“This is an occasion of great dig
nity and solemnity. • "
“The young men selected today are
honored by the privilege of serving
their country."
The secretary then emphasized the
exhaustive plans and efforts of the
government to make the drawing ab
solutely fair and impartial. .
Secretary Baker drew' the firit
number; Chamberlain of the Senate
militray affairs committee the sec
ond; Chairman Dent of the House
committee the third; Senator War-
rene, ranking Republican member Of
the Senate military affairs commit- I
tee, the fourth; Representative
Kahn, ranking Republican member I
House military affairs committed, 1
the fifth; Actlg Chief General Blis*, '
the sixth; Provost Marshal General
Crowder the seventh, and Adjutant
G*neial McCain the eighth
It was a solemn scene.
Dignified Congress inemberc — !
only a handful Secretary dT War*!
Baker. General Enoch II Crowder.
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the uwhaHMbbe mew
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deefiwa by the I n«Mtf abate* firswi
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1 ekfee et Mke • * nag* ■ s s • ue^eewus
Major Hugh J•
lea Gnllllon. movie men dirking •
the fateful picture, and new* m
flashing owl the awmhrr* wove I
owiv witnepnen*
General Cfwudef enfovved si lew
The UMsUotonous drone ad i
nouneer* telling off the draw in
was tbe enty —and
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weebad The Huh^Mmupk
var« - Kin «g
the aameoat* fnsi rtha I be a hdw
beard aed ee leMj aheata elk
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of cards under the jurisdictiou of
any board.-
‘ The only change in the plan will
be that there will be one drawing
insTGad of two" , r t ,-
“The advantage will be greater
simplicity. The disadvantage will
be that the drawing wilL require ten
hours to complete."
The stage setting for the great
lottery has jiot been changed. It
will take place in the public hearing
room of the Senate office building.
The invited guests who will sit with
Secretary BaWo^iJ th e war depart
ment and watch flfb proceedings will
i»e members of the Senate and House
military committees.
The only other persons present,
according to plans, will be a limited
number of new spaper cot respond
dents, photographers to take both
still and moving pictures of the his
toric event and the officials of Gen
Crowder’s office wUo will conduct
the drawing
In the drawing Itself there will
be nine actors Tbe principals wll
be a blindfolded man who constant
ly stirs the Id.^ga black capsules It
the great glass howl in which they
have tMrwa placed, a not h*
folded ms a who draw* me ra|
from the howl, owe at a time, and
two annopnceca «*oe standing at
swell *4de of the bowl and to whom
‘the rsp*ute* will be bswdod In lUfU
aa they are drawn
The annwwncwrs will bewak the
canuwtuo ns they eerwtee tbogg* ea
- -rue* toe »»OV Sttp w f|«opet WO t»
a nwtobee «ill be •« • wiped and < stt
line u«mfcef |w tntue loUg ji—k■
TV- U fffk-n W he• bed tO sU
blind ..
* , |ing
SpSoie*
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f ••
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that If the !.••• grwup were ftem
drawn in the ItttM mttsry. all tbe
men bearing aerial nambers in tbe
kbb would have been railed for
uly first and In the order in which
(heir serial number* nine not In the
big draw mi
Ka« h exemption - district Is com
posed of several election districts
hlch were the registration precincts
in the first revolution of the drift
machinery. The rugistration cards
wer»* turned over *to the exemption
"hoards with Instructions to shuffle
them before placing on each its hp
rial number. In some districts, how
ever. instead of the individual cards,
it was packs of cards, each repre
senting a complete registration pre
cinct that were, shuffled. The first
pack was opened then and the serial
number one placed on tbe first card.
Serial numbers were placed in rota
tion until the pack was exhausted
then continued with the next pack
picked up.
Supposing that a pack contained a
thousand cards and was numbered
from 1 to 1,0♦)0. Then if the 1.000
group happened to be the first drawm
in the little lottery every registered
man in this specimen registration
district must have been called for
service before his neighbor * Just
across the street but in an adjoining
precinct were summoned
The drawing was fixed at 10,r»u0
numbers because an exemption dis
trict in l^ansing. Mich., has 10,263
registered men. That is the largest
district on record Seven state* have
failed thus far to report their maxi
mum district*, however, and Id.fiOO
name* will be drawn to take care of
tbe improbable (»n*s!bt!!ty that a
larger UUtrlH will abow up Inter
Tbe change In plan throw* an
enormou* burden of work on Gen
Crowder** office which bad to be
completed la owe room a arore of
| r|erk* pound* <1 away with number
marhiWw* tbroagb tbe n i * ‘
making up tbe b.ktNI additional kev
number* werewaary la AWotber foow»
• • men. girl* and boy* MW lad ever
bowl* of black nap**I** rwOiaa up
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U-BOATS IMPROVE
" w ■ —
ALLIED TASK INCREASED BY
FOUR NEW DEVICES
HELP SOBS TO ESCAPE
Anti-Submarine Campaign Hna Fail
ed to Keep Race With (ierman In
ventions an<k Tasks of Guarding v
Shi|vi Become Harder—Pmmpa
Hold CTAft Motionless.
Four important improvements are
known to have been adopted by Ger
man submarines since April 1, but
the progress made by this country
and its allies in perfecting devices
for the destruction of U-boats is de
clared to have been almost negligible
in that time. The four known de
velopments since April 1* are.
1. Four small pumps, regulated by
electrical devices, enable the subma
rine to remain motionless under the
water. Formerly the submarine was
obliged to come to the surface, like
a whale; It planed up. assumed a
level position on the surface, and to
submerge It planed down for the dive,
tbe operation requiring two and one-
half minutes.
It was obliged, also, to continue In
motion always, unless anrborsed to
tbe bottom, being In this reaped Ilk#
aa airplane, which baa to keep going
or fall to the earth. Tbe subma
rine before lbe new devlen was In
stalled. would e|iher sink nr rike in
the •*rfa*w If It stopped
tk itb the pempe If tbe tend*ary
Is In rtet when tbe t* bam la mellaa-
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ton*
official returns Issued by tbe
nrltlsh, French sad Italiaa govern
ment* each week deal with gro*s
tons, but none of the*e governments,
for reasons of their own. has In re
cent months been disclosing the ag
gregate of tons sunk. There has
b?en systematic concealment of ton-
naee losses.
The policy of concealment adopt
ed by the British government with
respect to the aggregate tonnage loss
caused by submarines has also been
♦ followed in Washington. If there is
any official who is keeping a close
and accurate check on submarine
losses in a careful and scientific
way, and aggregating their tonnage
in uniform terms, that official is
very far under cover. None of the
departments in contact with facilities
for obtaining this information has
admitted that it keeps such a check.
In fa<t, they profess not to have ac
curate data.
The statement was made by a per-
sn in a position to know that all the
younger’ officers of the navy and
most of the older officers believe
_ that there should he adopted a naval
policy directed toward carrying out
an offensive "plan on more intensive
lines. It was hinted that the pres
ent policy of the Entente regarding
the submarine was to protect mer
chant ships after tiiey had reached
the Atlantic and rover as large an
area as possible with their patrol
boats, notwithstanding the fact that
the area covered la and must remain
an Infinitely small oercentage of jibe
total Atlantic sep Area
la other murnt It was declared,
tbe Allied and Apneriraa aavtaa have
aa their oh Mi tbe protect loo at mer
chant vmaeU including, of
oil aitpotof for kitted
If a
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A surprUiag reveiatioo i* tha.
the praeeore and eflft lent work of
tbe American destroyer torree had
not only greatly inspirited the Brit
ish forces fighting the submarine*
hut had actually Imrenaed British
naval nctivHle* ahd daring The
British now feel it I* said, that they
are under observation, and to main
tain their tradition* and not be “out-
clone by the American sea fighter*,
had accepted greater risks.’ One of
the controlling principles in the
British, navy has been to save its
ships. The Americans have not been
guided by any such principle, but
rather by the spirit of the famous
dictum. “Damn the torpedoes.” and
the surprising thing, from the Brit
ish viewpoint, is that they have not
lost any ships.
I ntil there are new devices, how
ever, it is not expected that the ratio
of elimination of submarines, will be
greatly increased. It was declared
to be a mathematical fact, however,
that the amount of destruction al-
ready inflicted by the submarines
has lessened tbe number of their
targets, and as the sinking of mer
chant, ships continues there will be
even fewer targets unless manv new
ships are completed.
While the fresh and enthusiastic
efforts of the American naval forces
give promise ot a larger degree of
success in fighting the submarines,
the improvement possible under the
present system was admittedly in
adequate, as initiative is limited, and
tJlM* hunting down" of the enemy
craft therefore Is almost .non-exist
ent In the present methods
It Is hardly probable. In the opln-
Ion of some expert*, that the ram
t*aiin against submarine* vtU resntf
usni a changs la mad# In the meth
ods of fighting them m deetnvlig
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thrwwabsnt tbs tweaifi w»ee msie*»-
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a peur
m requiring sol
more than aa boor and involving
one set of numbers from 1 to l.euu.
and another from * lo is. It will be
ae<eaaarv to draw one at a time at
lea«t |o.26l number*, I’robably to
make certain that every registrant In
the largest d!*trl€*t I* placed. 10,!i<Hi
drawings will he made It will re
quire at leaMt ten and a half hours
and official* In rharge believe it will ,
take 12. The proce** began at ft.30 I
a. m.
The number* will be publicly an
nounced for telegraphing to the
newspaper* over the country as fast I
as they are drawn. Gen. (’rowder
at first considered a plan under
which they would have been held in
confidence for publication every
where Saturday morning, but that
suggestion was abandoned.
Following is Provost Marshal Gen
eral (’royvder’s -explanation of the
sudden abandonment of the double
drawing plan which it had taken
weeks to work out in detail and
which was, made public only a few
hours before it was discarded:
“Advices received by long distance
telephone this afternoon indicate
that in certain* areas the boards, in
numbering registration cards, havq
kept the cards segregated by r elec
tion districts and that serial num
bers have been assigned to the whole
group for a board while the carls
w’ere thus segregated. If the draw
ing is conducted as originally plan
ned, iu groups of 1,000, the result
will be that considerable proportion*
of certain election districts will be
brought up for examination to- ^
gether'
“This will result la drafting per- *
son* from one locality within the
jurisdiction of a board before any j
person la drawn from another local- !
Ity within tbe sama jwrudb't.oa For
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te»** at ft** eenn’fp *a *ome IM*|
negro nnd white ceg let rants had
heew r la**4 fled la sepacale greaps
and the eertnl namher* ran accord
intlv la other* alleaa were aepa
rated aad given their owa groap of
aerial number*
It wa* a hopeless tangle. If the
double drawing system were carried
out one election district In any ox*
Tmpttoa division might be swept
clean of all Its young men to fill tha
quota, while the other election dla-
trios in the same exemption area
furnished no men whatever. In oth
er cases It might he necessary to
pass upon and exempt a thousand
aliens before a single American was
(ailed to service. In others a
thousand negroes might be taken for
examination before a white man was
called! or vice versa.
. There was only one way out, and
the war department promptly an
nounced that tbe whole intricate
method of drawing devised fo save
time and labor would be abandoned
in favor of the simple, direct plan
of drawing sufficient numbers to fix
the place of the last man in the
largest exemption district. That was
tbe original plan, and it was intend
ed for w’eeks to draw in that way,
but the enormous amount of labor
and the time Involved prompted the
effort to devise a short cut that
would be fair to all.
Officers of Gen. Crowder’s office
congratulated themselves that tbe
difficulty in the way of the double
drawing was found rather than after
the drawing. It was certain to hawe
bettft discovered immediately after
ward and then it would Have been
necessary to declare Its results can
ceftti and draw again.
-The difficulty that fofred aban
i donment of tbe more elaborate meth
od grew out of the detAlla of the
plan ft was proposed to list All
refftstrAPts In each diet rid by tbowe-
tad* or fraHlope of t bow so ad* as# a
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towo mw owe kwoo* Mww aswwy
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fero. ww ww# raw
awy Jwei hww axwwy now it ka wham*
totwly worooowry lo pal ww tbM I let
\ Hom^at • refle*now oii| prove
that the wholo 1 P.PPP.PWP no*4 ho
dor of oaawilwwtloo
given their placoo ow the Hot of or-
**ICvory registered maa la la a
Mato of aarertataty Ho dooo not
know when he will be called. He
hesitate* to plant a crop for fear he
will not reap It. Employers hesi
tate to engage his services, fewrlng
they will he but temporary. This
condition ought to be cured for the
repose of the public mind. It can be
cured to Koine extent by putting
every man on the list.
“For this reason, the whole 10.-
000.000 names are to be given places
on the list of order of examination.
“Tbe segregation into groups:
“Obviously no single agency could
examine 10,000,000,. Therefore tbe
10,000,000 are segregated into
groups of suitable size for conveni
ent examination. There are 4,557
of these groups. For each group a
board has ‘been appointed to exam
ine for selection by far the greater
number of these groups consist of
approximately’ 3.000 men.
“Since this is so, our problem is
not to put tbe whole 10,000,000
names in one list, arranged rn the
order of examination. It is to de
termine the order of examination in
each group. »
“The neresjtfty for drawing:
“Since all registered men stand in
an equality of right and duty, the
question of priority can only be de
termined by lot or drtwing. It
would be possible to have 4,557 sep
arate drawings—one" for each group
but slhce methods will vary and
since supervision and absolute in-
suranew against tbe rbsrg# of frau
dulent manipulation could wot be
bad la tbat way. every cowaldwrm*
Doe of eipwdtwwry and-Met Me urge*
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siwc>e* wbbrb bate keen publlebwd al-
tog tag tbe dtecwvery wf effective watt-
sebmsrtae device* H was awerted by
aa awtbortty tbat aw rwwl progrese
hwd been made, wwd tbat tbw Mary
Department haa. qultw ow tbw con
trary, settled on a definite policy for
righting tbe submarine#, comprising
two features which have been known
for months, but which it was popu
larly supposed were being augmented
and elaborated by new devices.
The policy was said to be the em
ployment of. first, the naval type
of vessels, and. aeeond, the 110-foot
submarine chasers. A related part
of the policy was said to be the con
struction of every merchant ship pos
sible to offset*the expected destruc
tion of bottoms by German subma
rines.
Some naval critics asesrted that
the true solution lies in protection
of merchant craft, rather than the
construction of new bottoms, holding
that the building of fighting ships Is
more essential than immediate con
struction of other vessels, as the
necessity is to bend every energy to
ward the destruction of submarines.
Tbe criticism was based on the
dictum that it is easier to preserve
existing tonnage than to construct
new, and a further advantage was
said to be that the country, at the
end of a given period, woui^l have
not only the tonnage destroyed, but
also that which is new, Jn addition
to the newly built fighting craft toitb
which to protect all of It.
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