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COMMISSIONS FOR SEPT. REGISTRANTS < ( ^uiing Dcsicj.iates Manner of i Securing Them?Affects Me:i 10 to 45 Columbia.?Major Richard E. Car'wile, executive officer of the State selective draft headquarters hero, has received a ruling irom Adjt. Gen. Henry Davis, of the general staff, designating- the manner in which reg . istiants of the September, 1918, class and those given certain deferred I'l.'lSJVl'fifofiAno -tj- -v t(UI I VtUi YC UUiH" /ponasions in the United States anny. The memorandum provides that qualified registrants between the fjiges of eighteen and forty-five placed in class one for general military service, or those given deferment for occupational or industrial reasons, including agriculture, first must be inducted into the army before consideration will be given their appli-' > cations for commissions. Regis grants placed in class one for limit- j e?\military service, those who would j be classified in this group, but for j occupational and industrial reasons, j including agriculture, and qualific 1 ! men giving deferment (U p r dency can be commssioned from civil life by the usual procedure. The i)ulletin of Major Carwile, sent to the local boards of the Slate, lurtHer says: "A qualified registrant who does not fall within the foregoing rules because he has not been finally cla ified, or examined physically, mr.y have his classificaton or physeal examination advanced upon pre: eat a tion to his local board of a certificate fv< ni ill- chi f of a corps or de partment of the army setting forth that he is a e; nit.late for a commission. "Kor those who are r.ot required to go through the offcers' trailing I camp, arrangements will be pcificted whereby the appointment a officers will immediately follow indu. tion into the service. All staff crop ! will be required hereafter to submit their recommendations for appoint-] nicnt.s from civil life to cominiss'on-* in the army to the personnel branch of the operations division of th general staff before action by the admendations will he accompanied by f i [Serge | Brow li I was h IKi ^ IH?' 1 to Sflt f,v Four m; #, pretty fair S leave a pe Germans ? i: The ha: ' # stop him. W:& Shrapnel v not heed. ] |Let s lend | c V i i list or abstract showing nam^, j ?rtu'.c, age, education, qualifications. I md physical condition of applicant, lis selective service classification, md a brief statement as to why it is tcsirable to appoint fiom civil life. "The individual inductions rcquir- j ?d by this order and certain others j hereinafter noted cannot wait upon I the completion of the classification.and physical examination of all regi; trants and it will bo necessary to classify and examine out of their turn certain registrants of all age? for the two following purposes: "To determine the status of th^ registrant in order that the army may consider him for a commission. "In order that certain registrants may be voluntarily inducted at the request of the army, navy or marin corps. "In order to carry the foregoing Illtu V. , I \,v V f VI I*' lUL^I UVUJ 1..1 Mlci.l proceed to the classification an! phv sical examination, according to the regular procedure, of any registrant within the ages of eighteen and forty-five, inclusive, immediately upon his presenting to his loc .? ; board a certificate from the chief of j l corps or department of the army J to the effect that he is a candidate i for a commission." WATCH VOl It KIDNEYS. Inhaling the fumes of turpentine} and white 'ead oft< n woakt ns th kidneys. That's one reas' n why so | many painters have bad backs arc I sick kidneys Exposure, freque it colds and chills and the strain of i climb'ng up and down ladders help ; start th? trouble. If your back aches, if sharp pains j strike you in the hack when : to pping, lifting or working-; if you haw headaches, dizziness. rhumali pains; if the urine i- discolored oi passages painful and scanty, try Doan's Kidney I'ills, the vo.r.dey s> widely u;<:d and so w< li recommend cd by nu n in the painting trad . Here's Conwnv tostinic nv. Harmon Mcu end. painter, sr.y : "1 thin]: inhaling the fames or Lurpe a', in is what weake ncd my kidnvya. I k.ad to get up very eft'n a4 night to pass the- kidney seer tions and they were unnatural. Finally 1 got i nan's Kidney Pills at the; Conway Drug Co., and in a she rt tine my back got stronger and the kid nev sc' ^'-tinns became natural." Mr. Jlousand is onlv one of many Conway people who hive gratefully endorsed Dean's Kidney Pills. If your back aches?if your kidneys bother you. don't simply ask for : Vidro** i-rnvdv?ask distinctly -or DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS, the' snrn that Mr. Houaand had?the rented h'-ekod by home to:tim? nv. GOe* a all storen. Fcstev-Milburn Co i Prnns., Buffalo, N. Y. "When Your ' P*"-k is Lame?liememberr the Name."?adv. :arit|9 ' * 'wL rn : % ard J isfy ' achine-gun crews tc record for one day's rfectly good trench Brown didn't, il of machine-gun 1 He was not th /as bursting all aroi HEis rifle was so hot ? - - - 5've got a big job c ! clothing for met rd to victory* Let* as he foug . J, ' , . \ Coi T^B HOBBY TOR A LI DERMANS HARASSED li ON FOUR SECTORS / i Sreatest Aliicd Offensive Sine: Beginning o; War Now Proceeding j HEAVY INROADS INTO HUH LINES Toll of Prisoners Mounting as' T1 - Jt _ j 1 _ i-? Auuons rrogress on Many Fronts Over a fient of more than 250 i.?ilo-* from the North S.'-a to Yerdur | 11.o allies a o smashing* into the CI r j man dcihnrcr on four wide and in: per bant sectors. The enemy is face with the j7'o.ntcsi aiiied oil* .mi.e of : iduo - I'm beginain : of ii. > w ar. On all hie rectors the FFtish, F 'on h, A vac i leans and BeVM i mors are pi- pros-hp; . uac 1 fi.ily. j Seilous inroad arc bring made hi tl e vk rrn. n do on. i\ sr stem north : . !' Ypres, m n; 1 Canib. ;.i, north ofj the Aisne and en I he Gh ui iv.gnc-j Verdun :-ect> r. Additional ;>rls ner. have be( ii u< ded to the a! bed total o" 27,000 for the last t nice days an! everal bund1- -d more gun o' :d calibres have been taken 1 rom t)v enemy. Vital sr-cos'-es are being gained by the British in their nev drive for iC'ambrai in which American ti\>cp; are elding In .he reg'on we. I of L Catelct. The capture of Carnbrai by the British would appear to b* near, .'rom the voit the British are within one and three-quarters miles o* Onmbrai at two points and all natural obstacles have been overcome. The ;m.o is true on the north, where the British are pu diing for.vard rapidly, lou'hwost of Cainbrai Field Marshal ITaig's men are fighting for the rossing of the Scheldt canal. German Bane Threatened. Douai, the German bare no rib. we si i A rras and ene of the outlying ch ruse,-, of the great fortress of 1.1:1 . iu'^o \ '.\vw -cii.Ml hv the C nbr: i cpe'atioriR. The British have crosst cm' the high road between Douai and > his credit was a work. But why i half filled with jullets could not inking of them, jnd him. He did he couldn't touch >ver here, too. W< i with the spirit c s do our job as he <3 :ht?let's b This Stace Contributed nway Na >, COWWAT, 3. O Csmbrai tn<l the railroad connectir:g them is useless to the Germanv Southeast of Douai the British are repot too. to have taken Arleu::. Btlg'un troops entered the great offensive movement S:luri!ay by beginning an < pr ration ir. conjunction! with the British in the Pixmud?-1 Vpits area. The allies are reported Lo 'have pushed forward rapidly and were reported fighting' their way through to Houthelst forest, which has been looked upon as the keystone ef the enemy defenrive system b tween Vprns and the sea. General Mangin resumed his slo progress toward the hrights of the Chemin-des-Dames, the southern do- ] fense line of the great ami impcrtan' . massif of Laon. Ground has been gained south of the high poir.t a Fort lualmaison and biWevly contested villages of Jcury and Aisey have I fa!'en to the French. Or. the west j oir. flank of the Charnpagno-VerdiM i c'r V':- ive, the French are pushing cv-! (' the he'ghts behind the Iliiu'.cn-1 burg leu. K "om the Argour.o to th? j rrva \ro Alill'C. the Ameicais iU'O ! pyvv?. r thf 'i- way i tr the Brr.nohi'. : J r ry'.'J'-.i . S -,e ?-roun<i hro h< . . ^ t I <yrnc< "o v o .nryonno tore I lr 1 I the Anv "i r. -no-roso SrAurdv a ; ar. /v.! / > ... I cV on son fi o:n the '! v V . I I. .<y - \ '.'i: !IH . \/i .' 4 (< a" x "ai?w ov r j ivmort i. < nI ; ' , M: ;' Voch k; '1 *( C-a".-v. c v,.?.'v] in tifi'ki n'ncc. Or " < ' f .. s ' c 3 \ -v ; 'o !' r . ' : "r : l:. : 03 ' vl V uU?. Yn 'c .0 * j'ine . '[' v: Gc".'.n..i con: a.! n \ I \'j]y . !'] have I rouble in vir.O < it* j "osri'V'" t?* the Y.1 ivnr.'am O.a J rllios :.!c in a p-v-?r!rr> to r ':r or it'* ni"]' rector- if Mar kal 'A'd: hir.k ; r e r. :vy. In Mr.cct1 in the : Ih'cs arc proa i ing the <!< foa'.o.' CYrmnns and Bid jfc.-rians into llvhj-ria. on the ca . into A'baria on the vt t : ml to ward I l:nV> on the nnvth. Ti i Sei bir.n , wha arc at the apex oV tr i 1 | a'reiU, arc movii.i; toward I'sVu *. | navmg xai-'on \ c.os an'1. 'Is rai ri on. They also arc approaching the Bulgarian border from east of the Yr*rdar. Iii the Doiran reyior. the ad lies arc working their way over the ; mountains toward the important line i of the Struma River, i It i - reported that the Austria'* forces in Albania are being withdrawn. If true, thi'5 is the logical re: u't cr the nllic 1 drive in Macedonia as the Austrian.- would bo in a. pre ivvions position hovd:1 they attorn to hold their line in Southern A! brniu. it, so he laid it kept on firing; t eradi" and thro1' forgot danger ar alone against s He forgot ever ,u And he walked hundred and fift 2 must provide gui >f Sergeant Browi lid his?fearlessly, uy Liberty to Winning the War by tional Bi WIDE RETREAT GOMING fl FDR GERMAN FORCES Paris.?A wide retreat of the German foices on ihe Western from is ? foreseen by the Derlin department meat of propaganda. In a sta.ement published by that bureau Germany is said to bo actually shaking under the assault? of the reassembled entente forces. It is necessary for Gc rnvuiy. the V statement adds, that a portion of the German defensive positions be maintaine 1 in Belgium and France so that the ?. t ( : land will be kept safe j . v *.wv i...vvs now bring decided. The Gorman statement thm "?cvl cd that the American offensive b* ' iSvcofi the Mouse and the Ar snr.e is dying down and that the French offensive in the Champagne remains entangled in the first zow* of the * Urr;t ;.ii defense system. CLi? TKiS A WO PIH ON WIFE'S DRESSER * Olr.cinnaH roan tcl!3 how to shrivel up cor us ev or-ileuses so * hoy lift off with fingers. i ! Ooo.h !?!?:: rlkir 1 of *vw\ ; ; 1 k vl : be hwd I s in tov. N I w \:\ ' tr-'V.l)' x ! v. h us \v i 1' . dd..?w . i? ndv : this ; in ! ronati .mthovity. wit , c'-ii.rc ?h.?t : j w drenn <v ; (\: <* < vlled fret /.<?:w i . 1. nt a; d to a tv! V .. i c.er: j hard ' d wll'.v , v"' * j n? d . d.. ; . > r t dd.. ; | up and lots id .Vit ef.' \. i'd . prin. i ; i\' say.- i$v? :w:;v -i:;0' r.r ; "no novo) im'Ia a ?s or > n irriiate ! urrovmuiai: ; him A ! situ 1 . . ? i ' '? c'vn vi'ii co. i v. ry 111 i " a. an i Iras fttorc, but wiil pcsitivGiy rom?v? j j? v .y hard or soft e ar. oi * , j from oaths foot. Million* of Amor ! . n women v. ill \*- loomo '.Ms :u 1 neuncrr.v nt si r.c<"- the iuang vial ion of the hiyh hi els. I.' your dru^gi doesn't have frceiiono tell him to o j dor a small bottle for you.?adv(2). The sueec-s . of Marshal Foch'u ! tactics, M net alone in the liberation jef villages and town, and prisoner ; en 1 cannon capture.h but in first doi ! :\j\!viu'v f.io German;- of thoir hbrrt | of action, then requiring tlum to | disperse thoh receiver. that they ' I were nowhere able to concent rat the ma sea necesru vy to rrair.trr n the positions inclndng evrr. th. rcdoub-:: ble Hindenburg dm . nt "I am JPJfc ^ ng ! to brln' tipper1' 8 ' port tng, *''* on ine." |st" lirowi -vSaf /ier- , in the hollow of h :he Huns kept on ye! wing down their gin id death, he forgot t\ l hundred and fift1 ? ything but his job proudly into camp :y-nine prisoners. us and shells and fo _ >?_ _ ? * * [i?to sena tftem t persistently joyous Bonds to < ank TIE'S GRIP BROKEN WASHINGTON SURE Hermans Hard Put to Extricate Their Armies Without a Crushing Disaster VHCLE PLAN OF RETREAT MAY BE UPSET BY FOCH Inemy Preparing* to Quit the Eolgian Coo.st---Possible A.tacl; From Sea. V. a nj; "'i.?Tlio German grip on '\r-ih r:i LV.nec Helgium ha-* c n C< .'in i !; broken. Even the no t caut!(".:% military observers in kW.s'.ir ion agree that the Hinden < ? l.n is d >; integrating and army i or .o ied vlic'i whole atten : c.-.mu- of the German r a !c: iv cxG a to their armies i r e> : -1. ! t h sartor. \:m - .1 * < j ?* \ i'i pa rat'"on 3 v ?. .. . :: < . La- an eaeoust ' d ? ; r I. .. os there are -.i ' .' !'.< a . . A>.\-1 offices : ' . i v lorage house-, ... .> L>. puvtrnent : . <. . . - > vidian authorities . ' .. ie< Med and hvth ;; \he mari .*t . r. shoved. : K. V.: t i-Uv*. . . in 1 . vn and in the C" r; a.;? he K ivieuh-. V? line aire. . \ a err .e a "o able, when i . a-"*; 'r.j i. today . r e f M:. nhn. The inv : c .. .fount e, c'ty by v'u !V i. the v:fl widening; of 1 !i : > :lr? aj\l an-, tlio rapi?.l p * * ?. ' v e; ' hh:<.\> in 1>. Ig'ilim, it i heht vpii he o, may possmij upset ha who o German .-ehome of retiro> it. v.hich a 1 racdy had begun on te 1'he'rns front . | British penetration of the line, it v,a>- < i id, n ay furnish Marshal Foch v jrn r. v.\> ans to embarrass the Ger, mail retreat, always with the possiidi.y of precipitating a rout. \ Ti i iiurtien of the Germans is nnb r.ctp i)y grave. The drive in ; Belgium i: menacing vital communications on one side, while Ameri' car an \ French troop:; in the ChaniI nr.gne are singing* toward equally ) viutl supply V.rus on the other. ' _ri '-yd - V % W> \ i',A -V \ Y/ ' ?w: -x. vxv t' u <?my? ^ .* +***> ''''" i^^C^ives I THR AMERICAN ARMY IN Th^Ti HAM PAG NE, July 18 (United Inp Ji ?After killing oin capturing the jje | f four machine guns and raking tiouj ? nn-iilled trench with his auto- t0 J iS ifle until the survivors surren- conf rjj[ 3ergt. J. F. Brown walked iuto flief {$ in headquarters late yesterday tie&>*9 0 prisoners. SoiX 1 sorry, sir," tliat I was unable planVM ; in all I had," he said in n> neces\| "but four of the wounded died it flirv* a, separated from his platoon, is arm and lling "Kamns. Brown ' -;M ^ /\'i 5 hat he was ' aM y Germans. -Victory. ,||f > with one ; ( m; od orly. >ur utmost I