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WAR WORKSHOP FOR " '<* FITTING MEN RAPIDLY i Youths Vv'li; Hever Saw Sea Before Learning How to \Smasli S.tmarines. ' j- PI i L Tin bl; of t'.-.? meet powerCu! P fk.cx ever ui over the American tiaM? F "when \ i.silv d lyat respondent of [ the Associated I'rc , through a.vI' r:,i.!:(inci.t with the committee on public information, wore working- day, , and night to bring about the oc.'cat , of Germany on the sea. Ready foi ' battle, they are spei ding- the waiting / period turning out sailor:;. j T.^, fleet temporarily, is a g; eat 1 workshop of war. Already it is iui nj inj. out one of its lini-Ob product:;-^ nun who can fight. T.iry are v ^ ir ; the.' gur 4 on Amei'iean armed r?iei ' el ant 1 ips. It cthor pvcdvel- -men { 2 v e; tap f.,0 , Vi r.U. t U.r aka.i., K fleet th- United States will us? t< |i feed th Allies- will Lc icr.dy as soo f* as the ship;;. i j| 1":ve-inc.li gunr, the kind pi in -'pad;, f i ^d against submarines, arc there bj j the Jumdred.s. O:. the doeks great f! luijMfe house Ion;11 and 12-ineh ( rifles? three ro two to a turret. On ^ high platforms guns u.-ed for d? f< n.-" P ai'amst airplanes point to the sky. j I.rars is always shining, steel is. al, ways polished, paini is aiways ik i ?l'cks are always white with sciubi b } . The men behind tkc gur.s have lost sr. pmates in the war they were pun.-' f cr< ws en merchantmen sunk by (T rr. an suhmai ines, And ollu r ship i .atcs m e en duty aboard the destroy t/.? operating* with the British and j jeiuh fleets. The mni with the At].M tie fleet. -are working to prepare j tI'm ne lees to avenge the killing o.' j t.i mates. On the after dotrc Infest, arri\al. i\t ear.! the ship were set to work every day upon the loading' nun limes. They eousi.sl prir.cipu/Jy of a looser a d block and a slide thai carle: ay dummy projectiles aji<I powd r hi Office is witis j'icp writhes in their f hands l-"L one crew after another t-? v. <ik; the idea h* big to develop extreme loading speed by competition. The newest momheis o! the snips' companies vroik for days at these K jtdis.g; machines. Tlio neat step ii. their training carries them to the ^ grns. Hut liny ait; not yet read;, to ^ r. the regular charter. One ;?vii.*.d ers, that sro off v. iii ;s siiaru crack, a:v lashed on top of the hig guns and tin crews go through all the motions t thing, but instead of a big she!!, a iittle o..e wei; bag a pound speed i'o' in- (.a v?i i when the i>u?;zei sounds or when the turret captains in chaigi c" tlit higjrer rifles veil 4*Kire!" Turrets One Busy I'lace. Aft'r a period of firing with tiic suiealbor at rangement the crews gel " down to n al hsitt.'e practice. There a.v'- tewii husier places than a tune' in .action. Concave steel walls are ah around, and a ster! roof is* just above 11 e heads of the gunners. The point ( I a ior iorw<uu, uiiuci oouui inr I rffrr/s o]' the guns. Little seats like those on a motor cycle are there lor tiiem and on every side are insUun.ents. As the turret begins to lire, a lift, bearing the huge projectile, % bangs up from below, great bags of powder slide from the magazines into a long brass trough. Husky hiu ja< Sets toss the powder into another brass trough that is slipped into position at the gigantic breach. Tne pn jecti'e, almost as hu ge as a man, meanwhile has been rolled into the trough, a long automatic rammer has jj/jA^ed from the rear and shoved it into the blind. The powder bags are driven home, a man at the breach swings a lever, a ton of steel swings up with a hiss of compressed air. The breach block turns and locks, a buzzer sounds, the charge is ignited and with a rush of air the guns recoil about a Recommended by Dnfttnr PnfltMiti uuoiui uuuiioiii Dr. T. E. Cothram is a well-known pharmacist of Alexis, Ala. And when he gets bilious or needs a purgative medicine, what do you suppose he does? Out of his whole big stock of kjir medicine he selects and uses Granger Liver Regulator, He says "There is none better," That's a pretty strong endorsement, don't you think, from a man who knows all about the merits of the different medicines on the market? Granger Liver Regulator is jpurely vegetable, does not jfrijjc iiLn itiitavo iho delicate lining of the stomach and bowels and always gives quick and pleasant results. It is the best system purifier known. Your druggist can supply you?25c for large box. Accept no substitute. ( yard and then jump back into position. There is a loud "swish?swish" as the guns come back and then go 01 ward. Inside the turret not much Mere than that is heard. Outside, it is much different. There i> a flash, a ixnir, a rin^ of smoke ant,f the loud whistle of the projectile mshing through the air. So great is the concussion that every man outside has cotton or some other substance in his ears to save his ear drums from being broken. -\i '.eon seconds from "Cvi'iimcnci firing" to "Fire" i? considered pretty good time for the big- guns in the navy. T1 icy have new guns' crews in training now who never saw salt water until three weeks ago who arc doing- the thing easily in 1(1 seconds. Some nights the ships of the fleet cruise in waters nearby for night bat tie practice. Other nights they are anchored in the base waters, where crews are drilled at torpedo defense. The guns are manned and dummy toi pedoes and submarines are picked up by the searchlights and theoretically destroyed. Torpedo Defense. The fleet has gained efficiency in to pedo defense. They tell a story in the ward rooms of an American submarine which <1 eided to change its anchorage without giving notice. The fleet is dark after a certain hour at night. Hot a light shows, hut the watch is intensely alert. One of the deck officers saw Urn submarine outline itself and a gun quickly was trained. The submarine vns hailed, but the men on it failed i t hear. The fact that the submarine was tunning behind the patrols was ! the only tiling that saved it. A fiveinch gun probably would have blown it to pieces if the maneuver had taken place on the other side of the net. Hew submarines don't move around like that at night. It was dangerous business. Training (iunnc i s. While the guns' crows are hein? trained on some of the shins, aboard 1 i others are being trained men to run Hi hundred oi more Germm, vessel 0\( Un tod States will op? rate as soon a jena ii s are mml" 1 ilw.ii- #?n?. v. i i" - . :ii?<I the fleet of mcrchuntnicnt being built tr? carry foo<l and supplise U) the Allies. The fleet is training ongin < ,electi i<*ians?nu n to iill every I?c .-iitio;i. Tiic Atlantic fleet is confident that it will be able to supply full oompio rent for every ship, fo 'the navy is getting men now faster than ever before, and if the officers an proud of their ships, the guns on the deck'!- and the power of the engines in their hulls, they are doubly proud of tlie spirit of the new* men who an* coming into the navy. A rank iug officer said: "These men have come into 111. u?y to fight and they want to gel into the thick of it. We arc turning < nt gnus' cicws every day and every day we get orders tor more. In three months from now many hundreds of guns' crews will have left tlie fleet for places where they may sink German submarines or cheerfully give up their lives trying. And these boys? lor most of thein are no more than that?can shoo'." A largo majority of the new men in the ileet, their officers said, have come from farms, especially in the .Niiddle West. On any ship may be loiuai >outi.s who until Lite wa? begun w< re following plows. "In this fleet," said one of the office rs, "more than 90 per cent of the men are native-born Americans. TIutk -ii'" i ..... ??j ^ 11. j hi cign-uorn men here." %r' i On any ship may he heard tludiawl of a South Carliniun or a Georgian, the New Yorkecs of the East Side; the twang that is New England's the lismg intonation 01 western Pennsylvania and the tone that only comes from west oi" Chicago. So fast is the enlisted peisonnei of tinnavy growing that there is no room for the new men at the training stations ashore. A man enjists one da\ in Kentucky and three days lalei finds himself at a loading machine on the deck of a dreadnought, i Many ships have aboard them the 'naval militia from the various States. | Some of the militia are pronounced i good sailors. j On nearly every ship are men who ! used to be in the navy and who have gone back to their old, and usually low, ranks because their country needs them. They are regular officers. * On one of the ships is a Wall street broker. He graduated from Annapolis many years ago, resigned and later came back into the service rlnr-J?o ? (, the Spanish-American war. He commanded the Hist in several fights in Cuban waters and knows how it feels to be under fire. \ "The Navy Needs You" was the sign that got me back this time," said he. "When I read that sign I knew it meant me and I fixed it right off So I could come back. I left the navy a: the close of the Spanish-American THE HORRY HERALD war and have been in the brokerage' ( business in New York ever since." { On another ship is a little man with gray hair?a grandfather?who wears the uniform of an ensign. "1 resigned from the navy many years ago," lie said. "1 have grandchildren now. When we went to war with Germany I k?.?.w the navy need- I e l trained men and I offered myself. They accepted me and here 1 am with the junior officers. 1 suppose I an. the only grandfather ensign in th< ........ M ' J The "grandfather ensign" is just as anxious to fight as the newest recruit ^ at the loading machines, a:.d he is j capable, too. s They've got a slight attack of spy ( si-i.ro in tne navy. Oilicers SUHl thai it was quite possible there were tiern.ans on the ships. The spy who is . caught very likely to fin I liiinsc!' looking into the business ends of tin t rifles of a firing squad. livery now and then suspicions of the of fleers and men are aroused and a quiet in ventilation iy vorduded. lliue jack Ot: are suspicious of anything unusu- j al. One new recruit brought suspi- ^ eion against himself because he carried aboard ship with him a geometry t he ok. j Visit by Mayflower. The President's yacht May flow.'. ^ has just visited the f'oct. Aueard i j were Secretary !>anie!s a:. I Sctreiary linker. The Presidential yacht, glir . toning white in sharp contrast to tie ^ dirty business-looking gray of th fighting ships, slipped into the has. v waters one So.i.e.ay morning. Kxccp , fei the strains, of the national : tin : ( "irsl from on ) ship and then fro: . another, a* the Mayflower, the tv. secretaries' flags flying from he masts, passed down mile after milof war vc v hs, there was quiet. Puff ing ships' launches and boats goiui-< and from shore lay to as the. glisle ning bow of the yacht cut through tin water. The n?vy airplanes tides high in the air. The two seen tai its inspected so in j of the ships and men and then heart: ed the admiral's gig. which carried them to a new relaxation field fixed up fur the many thousand men of tie t'eec t)y the Navy Leap,uf. Hasvba diamonds cover acres of grourd ;.n? they are well patrorii&eil; many gam es were in prcgiess win. 11 ti e .vjov tarics arrived. Secretary i>ak< r gut so ir.lorcsic i". a game that he* si/pood over t:c oil j line. A husky sailor, not reenj.' id'/.ine the visitor, addressed him b' 1 yelling, "Hey!" and then followed h up with a demand that lie get hack i. a hurry, .-everal choice adjectives be ing raided for the sake of force. 'Ida secretary moved, and right smartlv tOOL Several bluejackets stepped up anve'e iveognis,od as hoys from ("lew land, where Secretary baker former Iv was mayor. All shook hands and the Secretary of War chatted with them for some time. There are other recreations besides those fount! ashore at the base of the ; fleet. Kvery day mail comas and ! ! goes. There are band concerts each j 'evening, and every ship has a moving picture machine. Screens are set up on the decks and for an hour and a j half comedies, dramas and dark mysI teries are shown. The men crave ! amusement after a hard day's work and they set at it. Pictures of children are especially popular and loud "Ha-Ha's" resound from each ship showing a drama as the villain is foil Gil. So-called custard pie comedic grc( ted with howls of delight. o Many a man has lost valuable time trying t() run down something on the great value for nothing; pian." OESPERAT^ENCOUNTER WITH GERMAN U-B0A1 Philadelphia.?-Tales of a dcsporat' encounter with a (lernian submarin* off the north coast of Africa \ver? told by sailors on a British ftvigh steamer which arrived yesterday. Th< battle took place shortly Ih fore da. break on the second day out. In the darkness the two boats maneuvered about, the British steamer's gunners locating the hostile cral" only by the glare that went up as sin fired volley after volley from hci small guns. Officers of the steamei declared the U-boat fired at least G."> shells and then sent a torpedo. it missed by a narrow margin. The British gunners returned the file. Then the U-boat fled toward tlu African coast and Mtotiicrgco j The freighter escaped without dam ago. C0LD3 & LaGBl^PE 5 or 6 doses 600 will break any case o! Chills & Fever, Colds & LaGrippe; it acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. Price 25c. >, CONWAY, S. C. SECOND TORPEDO ( SANK TRANSYLVANIA ? ? t ' n Vlost of Casualties Resulted ft ! ti From Explosions?Nurses g Saved. r< London.?Survivors of the torpedo) runsport Transylvania who arc now *! n England say that the vessel wa- M truck by the first torpedo at 10 " ,'clock in the morning. The ship was ^ jreatly damaged hut the engines) vcre uninjured and the captain tried v? reach shore, several miles distant, lJ n the hope of beaching the vessel. A 01 juartor of an hour later a second tor- ; (" ?edo hit the engine room and the ship ' r< cits brought to a standstill and be-| * an to settle. The first torpedo is believed t > i ? lave Id led a large number of men.; 1 vhile tbe sre : (1 caused the death of " most of thosv in the engine room an ;tokehold, \\ . v :1 the mnchin?i\ nit out the ck" .. lights ar.d t iway a large part of the side of u\c I ;c?sol. 1< also struck a loadrd hor.t.j'.dowjne i\ to p?v.-\,;. j 11 All the boats wove :rp:"ly lo\ cvcl, 1 he nurses aboard embarking first, * die soldiers who wore i. en! up em a leek, shouted jocular fare a ells and 0 wng "Tipp< rary" and other soldier* 1 scngs. Destroyers raced to the r< s ' 1 me and worked energtically u In ( * crowded to capacity with survivor.-,.' many of whom were injured. All Nurses Saved, , Accounts of the rescue work diffe. ,1 Some say all \vh0 survived the explo. N sion were save<l, and other accoun.s 1 claim that owing to the lump sea am. 1 the dangerous position of the steame: , 1 a party of about 150 soldiers couM (1 not be rescued. Ail accounts indicate 1 that the great bulk of the casualtie was due to the explosion of the tor lienors and mat none ol the mu^v1 I wore lost. The ship sar.k ii ty minutes after a second torpedo still, k hc? ami th.e survivors were landed ail 2: a port where tliey were given a gre.r" inception. !l Captain Broucll, who jumped iut< th.e sea when the docks of the ship!J wits awash, was picked up in an o\-\ hnustcd condition and died ia a hoepital ashore. One of the nurses says that th< | lifeboat in which she embarked wasp much overcrowded and, notv;ithstand . 1 ing constant bailing, was soon In 11* ol water owing to the roiiyh sea. JS'n j' v as w ashed overboard nut s^amp back. The occupants of the boat wer v.L rescued by a destroyer after twi.! ' ouis at sea. Some of the p.en svaiv | . bore. ' i WHAT IS , I 9jLm LAX-FOS IS AN IMPROVED CASCARA | A Digestive Laxative r CATHARTIC AND LIVER TONIC Lax-Fos is not a Secret or Patent Medicine but is composed of the following j old-fashioned roots and herbs: j | cascara bark |( blue flag root rhubarb root , black root MAY APPLE ROOT SENNA LEAVES AND PEPSIN , In Lax-Fos tlie Cascara is improved by the addition of these digestive ingredi- * ents making it better than ordinary Cascara, and thus the combination acts not , only as a stimulating laxative and cntharWc but also as a digestive and liver tonic. ' Syrup laxatives are weak, but Lax-Fos.j combines strength with palatable, aromatic taste and does not gripe or disturb the stomach. One bottle will prove j I IvAX-Fos is invaluable for Constipation, ' Indigestion or Torpid Liver. Price 50c. j waoei meets" 1 RECEIVE DEGREES: Charleston.-?In the presence of . < large audience in the Hibernian ball f the annual commencement exercise of the Citadel were bald last week t the annual orator being Dr. J. C. do Roulhac Hamilton *of the University ii of North Carolina. Diplomas were J presented to the graduating class b\ 1 Orlando Sheppard of Edgefield, chair a man ot the board of visitors. Gov. t Richard I. Manning was one of the r distinguished visitors. The scholarly I address of Dr. Hamilton was much ( enjoyed and was particularly appro, f priate. o ? I Whenever You Need a General Tonic p Take Grove's a The Standard Grove's Tasteless ^ chill Tonic is equally valuable as a ^ General Tonic because It contains the v well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and liuilds up the Whole System. 50 cents. I 4 Sreatly pleased at russia's stand Paris?Julius Cambort, general secEtarv of the industry of loreign aflirs, referring; to the Russian silo;.- I on in the light of the assurances iven by jtlie Russian foreign minis r, M. Teresclitenko, which were :ad in part in the Chamber of lb piles Tuesday by Premier Kibot said: "The dispatch is notable for the enlusiasm with which it foresees Rus- \ r.'s iminediate resumption of mitilry activities and her pursuits of 10 war until German is complete!\ ! c feu ted. "The French people are intensely ilerested in the coming of the Am- l ricar. division to France." M. Camn added. Their reception will be rjual to, if it does rot exceed, that io American public nave .M. Yivnn r.'.l Ocn. JoiTrc. In fact tk? arrival ! Airorier.n troops cn I'rcr.cin roil egarded by our people as tin final troke which will precede victory.*' o WANT CJUICK ACTION. Washington. May .'10.?Recent Fg-j dation w hich authorizes eniistn enln | n 'he 1*. S. Marine Corps lor the icriod ol* the war only. coupled with he fact that the .Marines w ill form part of the first and succeniinv j vcrseas contingents, has done more n the recent stimulation of recruitng for these "Soldiers ol the Sea* han any other factors, say Marin*1 ,'orps officials here. It is thought that many young mi n 1 C'q would not ordinarily select a i ilitary career as a business, but i 'ho would lay aside presort fin; iu'iai | iiul personal gain for U?ve of counti., . tnd future benefit, take to enlist- j uents "for the war only," and this I vpe are generally eager for quick iction. j SIMMONS I Ai: KKLli:r j (Complaint Nut Served.) Court of Common Ideas 5TATK OF SOUTH CAROLINA. County ol* Hurry. *al motto Ciocerv Company, IMain'.if. vs. duluvy Watts :in<! licit Watts, Do fondants. IX) THK DKKKNhKXTS I)ub\;:\ Watts ami H?ert Watts: VOU A UK HKRKH.Y SI'MM ONK!) and required to answer the comjinint H) V1::sj ucien which is fiich ; T.e office of the C cik of Cot! t c-i Jomi ion Haas or t'.o said Com t, tad to serve a cop,* of vour ar.MMi I . > 11ac .mid ci);.?}?!:;ii:t on the sab I ?iribcr at his office in Marion, yaitl | Carolina, within tv.c.dy days : fin J hi service hereof. < xc'usive of ths lay ol .arii service a.id i! you fail t? ! rnswer the complaint will'.in K ? ime afore aid. tic plain if." in t i. iction will ap?pi\ to il;< Court foi tii clief di iiiaudcd in the cornpiaint. W. H. STACK liOCSK. l'.h-.iiitiff's Attorn y. dated May 2!st, 1917. I'o the Absent I > iondnr.t.q Oubu \ Watts and Hon Watts: TAKK NOTICK That the coadaint in the above stated action was iied in the office of the Clerk of dourt for Horry County on the 'JIM lay of May, J hi 7, and that you are (quired to answer the same a.> set '(uth in the foregoing summons. W. V. STACKHOLSK, riaiiuu i s Attorney. Anted this; May 21st, 1917. judhit rou appoint.miont .ok Gl AliDIAN AO I.l'IKM. Court ?>t' Com mo*; Pleas. >tate OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Hori'v. 'almctto Grocery Company, Plain-i tiff vs. , )ubury Watts ar.cl Pert Watts, De-j f (Mutants. On reading and filing (lie potiitonl ?f the plaintiff in the above stated ase for the appointment of a Guarlian Ad Litem for the infant dc fendmt Bert Watts, on motion of W. F. Stackhouse, Attorney for the Piainiff, it is ORDERED That A. 10. Wait be, ind he is hereby appointed Guardian Vd Litem of the infant defendant i a - i* A i >n-i yyhus ior me purpose m tins j iction, unless within ten days after he service of a copy of this order ipon him, he, or some one in his born1 f shall procure t<> he appointed a jiiardian Ad Litem for the said inant defendant; that a copy of this rder shall be served upon the said ?ert Watts, infant defendant bv the! publication thereof in the Horry H :r- 1 dd, a newspaper published in the1 'ouuvy ami Stale aforesaid, once a! i?eek for six weeks. W. L. BRYAN, Clerk of Court, Horry County. I )ated May 21st, 1917. THREE SPAIN IS FACING ANOTHER CRISIS Constitutional Guarantees to Be Suspended Again in Two . or Three Days. ...?511 SITUATION BECOMES INCREASINGLY GRAVE Count Romnnnoc Tni?Lo ivr .......VV/U AUUilkO iUV v C* ing cf Pro-Allies Sympathizers of Importance. .vV Madrid.?According 1q the newspa|H't'S t *:0 ClliStUUtil IV.il guarantees will bo suspended u?*iiin ir. two or three days. l'ormei premier Count Komuwon has ili\'r. ;e<! *o an in. male l*ri? r ! that hi* re;. retted he v.;. not invued to thi' mass "-' i n, belli by pio-A' i? s syir nuthi...; s last Jf aridity. He .m i?! it he hivvi coca j>i e:niv 1 o v Mmi have maintained th? dcuta on t ions made in his >t.;v 4o king Akfonsn at the limn by resinned. he udiUd that many libf -v.Is. who v e?r pe.r.tis-tins of tit? A11 iov, Wvuiii also haw Iikoil to have Imen present. Diacus.-ii'p, the same subjeet with the correspondent of a From h newspaper Count Uomatumes said: "The meeting was of enoi mous importance. It will perhaps exercise a gr.ater influence on fa: sign than here policies." * Ashed vhv1. ,.> thought of "Sbiovi,.. nation iv. Spain, ilv former rveiaivi drjared thai it I < emv.e ir.xie grave tt:n! more confttsVi "eve:,'1 day and | every hour of tb.e 'b y." Questioned I a.i to whclhe" hf .how hi the ' orU x_ wcuid he r.e.f. v_ t Kcniaaor.e.: ny. i'.c ! .! : v.: c.'.d: . 4 "I am too .*vr? of thai. ' ^ i Minister , i the interior lUwvls his nrokii/.Ud all lie manifestation* r? dative to inkt nalk nal cjurslions as "dunn'-vetts to the an'/re > ' iT-ui.try in vie""' oi' the i rr.v t . v ulpic inr.tiv* no actsu '< r.r r o x noi . on.' Severn! sueh 'Unnaos'. -v.! ions he T* been ph"?V'c\i in X. h; other eit.* ' S? ; ?*? . h " *!5 \M iiti-.r i\ ; . ' ; 11). i \. S 1*0 rvi?pe?.n!(?.! in. Son! . .:t the nd >' j Mt.r.h ,ol!ov.in:f soy. ml .striker una j ser ous i ii r.- tk"v ?; ho! t'v e-. u I trv. It v.'as "eps t?\. in WashhiaU s \ -\' 4 ' ' ' ikr. n 'eve ni. :: ry n'.eve'.net-i was . In pro; v . l et thi.. was denied uv i , - ,, . , line ?>pani s aoi. a-: . 1 u opei ;u ' 1 i o i;of the1 vensnrship have off ret nite ii foryuo. ion l e^r.. t!h\v;' . < i nt . te-i nr.! : .in. :i in S_ a,a ' HECilOITiG WOfflf IS UNSATISFACTCfir I ro^ress reemitdig* uusatislrrt* . \ I lass then in'lv p'oeent war o?Jota I ' ii<yiiliir mm\ obtained si>:t> days. I Kilty-one new leg'.ncnts now foivn| at eigditet n stations need one nun j <h e<l thousand roc nuts immediately. \ alunblo time tor traininu' and prrJ pa ration new being lost. Keenest ei operation le al press and patrioticcommittees. Speed up rce'iiiting* to maximum intensity. Alter regular array is u roup, lit to maxima a. 1 I M rcngAll roovi, h ing ~crY\ce will hav jli.-k of obtaining qunva to maintain that strength. Continue without ic! ril to hours. I ?MeOA IK. I'M i tors are earnestly requested to give wide pubhYivy to the foregoing telegram, and Postmasters are requested to (t'splay this levter con. pii uou.dy. To K'htoiv* it is suggest ed that they draw attention to the fret that there now exists for pntricdic young men, who desire to serve ti'oir country, over lb.000 vacancies in the grades of Sergeant and Corporal, and over ,'>.000 vacancies in the grade of Lieutenant. Young men (IS to 40 years) who a?T ambitious and who have ability,, may realize tho right to wear shoulder straps in a very short time., and will have chevrons on their arms, it' they work, in a much shorter time, but to do so ihoy must act promptlyThe U. S. Army is a training1 schoolt -? ?..<? umiur new nietnods can train men for higher rank in a remarkably short time. Therefore,. those who join immediat-ley will have a decidedly positive advantage over those who wait? whatever may be the cause fo?* delay. ? 0 Directions for muling the war Leave out about every ether word by reason of the diffiiu'tr ot proMuiu ir.tion.