The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, August 16, 1917, Image 4
V
REORGANIZE ARMY
SMALL DIVISIONS ADAPTED TO
THE EUROPEAN WAR
MANY MACHINE GUNS
IncrciiMC of Artillery In Proportion
to lnfiuitr>' Ih future of Reorgan
ization—('avalry , IVOtached—Na
tional (auard AIko Affected—Reg-
o
ular Army Already Reorganized.
A reorKanlzation of American
army units under which the division
totalling 28,000 men, found un
wieldy for service on European bat
tlefields* 10 abandoned for the conti
nental unit of about 19,000 men has
been ordered by the war depart
ment.
Under the new plan a division
will include only two Infantry bri
gades of two regiments each, in
place of three brigades of three reg
iments each under the old system.
Many other organization changes are
made, including a material Increase
in the artillery and machine gun
strength of each division. The cav-
'Hlry regiment now included in each
division is detached, a new trench
mortar battery is added, and the old
army corps plan abandoned after the
War of Secession Is put again in
operation.
The it; divisions of the National
(Juan) as now constituted vull be re
aligned In conformity with the m w
plan after the (iuardsmen roach
th« ir training camps No changes
In ramp assignments, it Is presumed,
will Ih* Involved The national army
will organlied fr,,ni the start tin-
d* r tht* plan far as the regulars
are fMn>«-rne.| it ha- t*e«*n understood
t».at th»- re«»rganirat »on already has
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mental organlfatlon are also With
held for military reasons
The new order provides f»r army
corps and arml«*«, units which bnve
pra< tl< ally eiiatisl only on paper
since the Uivll War t’orps were or
ganised during thu Spanish War. but
were not actually operatt'd as such
to any great extent.
"Each army corps will consist of
three infantry divisions, corps head
quarters and certain army corps
troops not specified. Each army will
normally consist of three or more
army-corps, army headquarters and
certain army troops not specified.
“I nder the new order each infan
try division will be composed as fob-
lows, the changes Vom the present
organization being as indicated:
"One division headquarter (same
as at present).
"One machine gun battalion of
four companies (new).
"Two infantry brigades of two
regiments and one machine gun bat
talion (four companies) each. (The
present division is three infantry bri
gades of three regiments each.)
"One field artillery brigade of
three regiments and one trench mor
tar battery. (Same except* trench
mortar battery is new.)
"One field signal battalion (same).
"One train headquarters and mili
tary police (same).
"One ammunition train (same).
"One supply train (same).
"One engineer train. (Same ex
cept that pontoon and searchlight
section are not included in new
plan.)
"One sanitary train of four field
hospital companies and four ambu
lance companies (same).
"The reorganization provides for
no cavalry In the division. The divl?
•ion as at present 'constituted calls
for one regiment.,of cavalry. The
present division also calls for one
aero squadron while the new plan
calls for non#, 'he aircraft nnlta be-
lag otherwise p >vl4ed for
•"The order • ■ trifles 1 €
of the a of lone l • ay u> be
and nembevwd r m
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if
MAY ATTACK
DCs tern! n Imn.
Germany may try to trample Rwlt-
zerland under foot and awing her
armies around tha southern end of
tha west front, unless tha mountain
republic yields to Tauton importuni
ties for a loan.
That is the dismal prospect inter
national authorities saw Wednesday
in Germany's pressure for gold in
return for coal supplied Switzerland.
HhouW H *vm<4K / a situation come, it
would) mean great readjustment of
existing batt|e Jlnes. and while per
haps not fatalTit would at least be
discouraging fo the west front situa
tion. > . ' r- -
The fact that Switzerland is re
sisting the loan proposal came as a
surprise in Washington. .Switzer
land, composed-of German, French
and Italian stock chieTly, is regard
ed pro-German and Germany several
months ago used her as a go-be
tween to make a pseudo peace offer
to the United States.
In the circumstances authorities
are not entirely able to fathom the
present situation.
Incidentally there has been sug
gestion that the United States would
do well to swing her forces into the
southern end of the western line,
flanking Switzerland. Such a move
experts hold, would tend to keep
Switzerland In line. Inasmuch as the
Influence of her sister republic
would probably prevent her being
too friendly to GermhOy.
Aside from the possibilities that
Germany will strike Switzerland If
she stands firm In .{ler refusal, au
thorities here potftt out that <
many’s demands for a loan Indicate
the growing financial strain within
the empire. Further arid—cs cum
r»Teni|y In state department advices
showing there had haen name |n-
«rea*e In Germany's gold reserve—
it thing hitherto ueheowa
With a drain gnlag on. the pres
sure Mioner or later will heeeme tee
marti fur Grrmaey aed she will eel-
lap**- naturally, say the eaperta.
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of the rich.
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If that ate hefd IP the <
IKlNI^ III
Rvedaticma that the neat
raw trtiupt |» gw
1» slteagfleh fie
made !■ the Senate hy
of llllaola
"The west legione of eur map to
go forth." aeld he. **wfH he 4p tern
•la to support the loyal KusaAaP
armies now fightlag uader the pftP
npled of our maklpg. Te theae shat
tered. but struggling people we must
go a Mh f»MMl and supplies and also
with our men "
Secretary Raker declined to deny
or affirm the statement made In the
Senate by Senator l*ewls to the ef-
Ivit that American troopa would be
sent to Russia and Italy^ When the
attention of the secretary of war
was called to the statement, he re
plied: "I have no comment to
The care of growing chlcqs dur
ing the summer is one of the most
Important factors In poultry raising.
The chicks may be hatched from
strong, vigorous stock and
brooded ; but unless'they receive the
proper attention during the warm
months their growth may be retard
ed. Ip other words, they should be
so managed that they will mature
into well developed fowls.
Growing chicks should be provid
ed with a house that will give them
a place to stay in bad weather and
at night. No particular style of
house is recommended, but it should
be po built that it will provide the
chicks with ample ventilation, dry
ness, sunlight, freedom from drafts,
and be so arranged that it can be
cleaned easily and frequently.
The lumber from piano and dry
goods boxes can be used In building
such a house, and when covered with
ordinary roofing paper so as Jto keep
out- the rain, will make desirable
quarters. It is suggested that such
houses he built on the colony plan,
so that they can be moved from
place to place, thus providing the
chicks with fresh ground to range
ever. Elevating such a house six
Inches above the ground will assist
in keeping the floor dry. by means
of the circulation of air. and such
space will also provide shade for the
(hicks.
la placing the chicks In tlrdr
growing house for the first time. It
hi.heat to confine them for ae%eral
days by erwcilng e temporary )ard
wherein they can run f«»r « or <
days, until they U
turn wh«n the feu<
they *rr allowed I
■howl*! |*r taken
vlilrka by placing
owe b»«-c w i.« a |
the grosier part uf
It 4* aw ie«lb allow
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hr lktiaw*4 owl. a
•wwaMflh-enwwwvMMHM
ipt delivery of agtert f ls for the
trurtion of the a>tny caatoa*
ta the Railroads* War Board has
pi.
and set in the
ists of the Cnlt
of Agriculture.
It'should be recognised, the aped- assigned i\ R. uwohc/.
allsta point out. that most Of the the president pf the Nickel Plate
garden crops of early spring which Railroad, to the quartermaster’s de-
ordinarily can not be grown* to good rnrtment In Washington during the |
advantage in the open after dry hot period, of construction. . Mr. Denny j , ; . ’
weather sets in, can be grown satis- *111 make headquarters in the of-1 - , -
factorily at such a time in cold flee of Col. Lit tell, • where he will MVoxxacr l »w)
PUN DRAFT ARMV
jboot mm«» at At
READY UNDER ARMS ,
WORKING OUT DETAILS
on
Organization-—
where to rc-
ren: lived end
lihefty. t*eiw I
o crowd in
frames. Among such vegetables are keep in touch with all phases of the
lettuce, radishes, and early beets, construction work and furnish ad-
All these plants thrive best under vance information with all phases
cool, fairly moist conditions. The of tl)e. construction work and fur-
sides of the cold frames furnish a nish advance information . to the
partial shade and a good protection Commission on Car Service of the
frm drying winds and so help to Railroads' War Board concerning
stimulate conditions found in the the government’s orders and the
spring in the open. If it is desired, ( number Of cars required to fill
slats spaced an inch or two apart,, them.
or light cheesecloth, may be placed ‘ There are 16 army cantonments
over the cold frame to still further and lt> guard camps. , All the ma-
increase the shade. j terial for the cantonments will take
Lettuce and radish seed may be about 64,000 freight cars. The
planted together in the frames. The camps will require about 40,000 car
radishes wil Imature first and will loads, all of which must be moved
be out'of the way by the time the promptly and without delaying in
space is needed for lettuce. It plant- any way the usual traffic of the
ed thick, the surplus lettuce should railroads.
be removed when the plants are a a safeguard • against delay in
few inches high. If spaced an inch deliveries of cars an experienced
or so the surplus plants need not Le railroad man has been assigned as a
removed until they are large'enough fc enera l agent at each cantonment
to be eaten. The lettuce which are 1° work In co-operation ■ with the
to be allowed to head should be left construction quartermaster .there,
about 6 inches apart. '• These agents will make daily re-
Beets may be planted between the P°*1* °n the number of carloads of
rows of lettuce after the latter |* material received, the number of
well along, and permitted to grow ’ unloaded and The number left
after the lettuce has been harvested/ 00 h* 0 ' 1 f° r unloading. What this
By planting the*#~rrop« secret-! Ieomworl1 *• accomplishing ia al-
*i\e|y cold flames may be put to In T9m *y apparent. Within thirty days
tensive use Throughout the growing front the date that the government
Lgoggo, — placed Its first orders lor canton-
_____ i meat materials, the railroads had
» T.. < ... < ..m. I d-U*er«l n*.r* than I tmr
— r *' I load* u( lumlH-r •Mi Ml» r balMiU
t an ns sown after the eore fts gefih mpplie* to the sixteen as. tonal army
erwd as possible. Remove beshah hmh gfw to tmmm Mm
■ed • Ik ttlaech by pie* leg le hell 11
I leg
nr file fuieete* Remove
find division
celled te the
Men From Bmfted Vuota Will
Not Be Needed (<>r Hither Regu
lars or the (lUAJ'd. Rut Will ■ Re
Assigned to Reserve Depots.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
and his assistants are at work on
the fin$l set of regulations to be
promulgated this week to complete
the organization of the selective
draft war army. They will govern
actual mobilization of the men se
lected. J
Statements issued by the war de
partment show that preliminary fig
ures place the total force of Nation
al Guard taken in the federal ser
vice August 5 at 13,093 officers and
419,834^ men. Another statement
showed that 180,766 war volunteers
have been recruited for the regular
service since April 1, leaving only
about 2,000 vacancies in the regu
lars at war strength. *
• Tbcftc figure* mean that approxi
mately 725,000 men are under arms,
exclusive of the navy and marine
corps, to Ufe supplemented within the
next few weeks by <ftx«,eee raised
under the selective draft. Of tbe
latter number *ee,eu«« will compose
tbe third great element of tbe war
army, the NnuRptloMl army, and
the remainder will go te fill up the
; fnggiMWidMRd I hr Ueard end their
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SLAVS GIVE UP TOWNS
KusNians lieavo Two Cities Along
. Dniester and Rug.
The newspaper Novoe Vremya, of
Petrograd, reports tha). the Russians
have evacuated Proskurov in Pilia,
on the Bug,'as well as Kamenetz-
Podolsk, 53 miles south.
Kamenetz-Podolsk is the capital
ol Pilia, on the Smotritch, an afflu
ent of the Dniester. Under the Poles
it was an important fortress. Its
population is 34,000. Prosdurov 1s
on- the main road from Kamenetz-
Podolsk in the same province, is
an important garrison town and has
a population of 25,000.
HARVEST Of GRAIN
- r < o *— •;
Gi nnaiiNM R«*ap t'ropa
Taking advantage ef the retreat
of the Russians went of the Zhroeg
River, where the disaffection Ih Gen
eral Brua|loff s ary made It virtually
a rente, the AhSlrliM tm ~
are harvesting hemily the
behind
ll fta pcM-iiii**, (
d be allowed f
mmv dbimlm mm
l feed na they m
• in* rbleh*
rangr. ««*
»• h natural
in addition
to bugs and worms. When green
feed ran not be obtained on range,
•uch feed an sprouted outs, rut
mangel-wurzel beets, etc.,
be fed dallg.
importance of clean, fresh
for chicks ran Hot be over-
In very hot weather
fresh water should be given to them
twice a day. Whenever possible the
pan of water should be placed in the
shade to keep cool. The water pan
should be cleaned every day before
fresh water is added.
Plenty of shade should be provid
ed for growing chicks. When allow
ed to range in an orchard or corn
field they will not only find ample
shftde and green feed but will ben
efit the trees or corn as w'ell as
themselves by destroying bugs and
worms. Sometimes sunflowers are
grown for shade. Artificial protec
tion against the sun’s rays may be
obtained by supporting frames cov
ered with burlap a few feet above
the ground.
■ Every effort should be made to
keep the coops and houses clean and
sanitary. Disease most frequently
starts in unclean,, poorly ventilated
houses. The house should be clean
ed at least once a week. Sand or lit
ter of some kind should be scattered
over the floor of the house, so as-to
assist In keeping It-clean. When
chicks are confined to • limited
range, tbe ground should be spaded
up at frequent Intervals, so aa to
provide fresh ground for them to
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•iu« iii« tbe number of aetmala killetl * It* u»er dispatch fr«»rn uu+irr-
on railroad track* On tbe railroad! •" r« p«»ried from a
of the l olted hlalea many tboea* 1 ®® 9 *J*°* aouree that Oermaoy le*
and* of rat lie and bog* are killed; "oon to ronrentrate her 011b-
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h*o fie*llg I* * corra^ondlngly
England.
Such a change of policy as is sug-
large decrease* in our available meat | * n Amsterdam dispattb
»ui»d1v ^ would mean that the German ad-
«n z- Its activities
responsibility for this loss. miro * ty wou,< * ^J^ e U P
marily on the ow ner of the, ^®C_| OOB 0
The
rests primarily —, # . 4 . . . It .. .
animals who allow them to stray on ^ 90 the
direct Its ef-
the railroad right of way. When
they are killed tho law places the re
sponsibility on the railroad and the
owner suffers no direct pecuniary
There is. however, in addition
to the serious reduction of the meat
blockade which was proclaimed
against the British Isles when the
u-hoat warfare was begun.
Statistics show' that British shtp-
ping has: been feeling the chief
brunt of the submarines’ assaults
supply of the country, a further eco-ijT 0 * 11 J lie beginning, with the other
nomic loss through the payment by
the railroad of money whbch is ur
gently needed at this time for in
creasing the transportation facilities
of the country, the lack of which for
the movement of his products 0 to
market may cause a loss to the far
mer greater than the amount ht) re
ceived for the animals killed on the
railroad. extent of this loss
may, be indicated by the fact that
the Southern Railway System alone
Entente powers suffering less even
than some of the neutrals.
EXAGGERATE DISORDERS
Root Says Russia Is Almost as Or
derly as the U. S.
Elijiu Root, with other members
of thto v American mission to Rusaia
paid out in the twelve months ended l 1 ? ^u C 5fL° 1 _ 8 J!.?
June 30, 1917, more than $200,000
nm if nJiiiM *
for animals killed on the right of
way. This sum, even at the present
high prices of equipment, would be
sufficient to buy more than 100
standard box cars capable of han
dling at a single load more than
3.000 tons of freight, and the con
stant use of this many additional
cars would tend to the relief of the
present war-time yonxcation of traf*i
fk
-la It not the patriot!, dmly ef
ns srjrxtrjz.-* l-> 555-jw *
ter df fact there is Scarcely more dis
order in Russia than there is in the
United States.
. "Certain disturbances are inevita
ble in a change or government so
radical as Jhat of Russia/' said Mr
Root, "and cable dispatches .* deal
largely with - these disturbances.
Hence the public baa gained an Im-
that there ta little going on
1 earept demonstrations. If
on^American affairs dtasem-
■v*c* Hot a.
like K sawfta
the same p4rl*r*
ea that ee **v have el them
I
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14*0 ef Ike^gms 40 mrac
lie* te* e%: *#e «4 ta*
I e**f «4 ««* VflCtamal j
rasehis*
le *44tl«a* «•—f*ftft«*g
che t-sein • 4A ••pe
cews ell (RWNI wh* inleei
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I left* the ’'VNHPW' . twit *sr
•CrrWflfh ftfl r*ech*4
ft le 9*«et4e4 ee Hhety thet the
mehiHaetlB* fv*eletle*e see* te he
ia**** wilt straw thet the eerptwe ef
drafted mee la le he sa*4 ea a re*
•mlt rsetrvoftr eed that all the mee
will he put seder 1 raining ea qeftek-
fy ea pose 1 hie. A recruit depot will
be eaftahlluhed In France from which
regiments at the front sill he kept
filled up. drafts of men from the
main recruit depot In this country
being sent over to this distribution
center as needed. In the same way,
sick or wounded men will be return
ed to th* front when recovered and
a steady flow of recruits to main
tain active regiments at top fighting
efficiency will be provided In this
way. . #
^ The only hint of tKe probable
method of mobilization of drafted
men lies in a recent ruling by Gen.
Crowder which shows that the ad
jutant general m&y summon the
quotas of the districts in incre
ments. Division of each quota into
five equal parts is suggested, each
part to be called up separately *as^
needed.
. Under this arrangement, it will be
possible to call out at once the men
to form the new national army, and
to summon later those who are to
compose the reserves for all ele
ments of the army. Men tempor
arily needed in harvest fields or else-
w’here could be classified by local
boards into the latter increments to
meet emergency situations in their
districts without delaying organiza
tion of new forces.
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