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MNE CORPS TO GO WITH PERSHIN ALL THREE ARMS OF AMERIGA FIGHTING FORCES TO THE FIRING LINE. APPROXIMATELY 40,000 ME American Destroyers Already Comba ing U-Boat-Making Preparation For a Military Census. New Force to be Called. WVashington.-All three arms o America's fighting forces, the army niaviy and marine corps. soon will hi represented in the war zones. With American destroyers alread: combating the U-boat menace in Eu ropean waters, and army regulars con centraiing to carry the flog to the bat tle lines in Belgium and France, a regiment of marines was designated today to join the expeditionary force and round out the nation's representa tion in the field. The marines will be attached to the ar-ny division under Generat Pershnig, which is under orders t< proceed abroad as sooun as practicable Although details are not being made public. it was calculated that with the marine regiment, the total American force now designated for land service in Europe Is close to 40.000. An army division at war strength comprises thout 25.000 men. and upwa.rds of 12.. %)11 are expected to be in the nine .olunteer regiments of engineers now being recruited. The forestry regi ment and the mwiine regiment each will number moro than 1.000. The Atrength of the naval force in Euro. gean waters has not been revealed. General Pershing and his staff will sail for Europe ahead of the troops, as there is mtich to ho (lone on the other side to pave the way for final tr.ning of the force and for the huge army the United States is preparing to pour across the seas after it as rapidly as men can be trained and equipped. For obvious reasons, no In. formation as to the time of the Aier van commander's departure or his destination will be made public. In all parts of the country state officials redoubled their efforts at re vru ting tho National Cuard to war !'reng1h. Authorization reached then almost sinultanetous: y with the sign mng of the army il!. The war do Partmem unf,''ldd now elements o its plan for the fmarl. disclosing the departments In whihh each division will be trained. Geographical Distribution. . milar 'able of g-ographical dis tribuion of divigions for the new sp lei-tive army also was given out. I foiows rloo!v th ulines of the Na tional Guard division. DIstribution of the country ha s!ates into the areas that will provide :lhe sixteen divisions of the selectivi diraft army, as announced by the waa departmen t. inclutde: Fifth dlivision--New Jersey. Dela ware. Mar yland. Virginia. Eastern Department. Sixth division - - Tennessee, Nort1 'amilina. South Sarolina. Southieasl ern Deparrment. Sevenlth 'lvislon&Georgia. Floridi Alabama. Southeastern D)epartmen E'igo h div isoni - West Virginis Central Department. Twelfth division--Arkansas, Lo~uu iana. Mi.'issippi. Southeastern Di p'artment. AIRCRAFT POLICY IS FORMALLY ANNOUNCEC Washiingtoan. -- Formal announe' mon~rt of the Government's policy a~s all type-s of aircra-ft except Zeppelin WIL maltde by the Council of Nat ion: IDefense through Howard E. Colffi rmem'rb'-r of the couneil's advisory con mfissiomn andi head of the aircraft pri dluctiona board, recently created. The object aimed at for the firn Yoar. a'cordhing to Mr. Coffin, is thm iproductin of a minimum of 3.60 'aning and battle aeroplanes; th Cduc~ation of from 5.000 to 6.000 avh tors~ and the douling or more of th pr.uing capacity (luring the se'onl pJli arns inc lude the establisi mernt of nine aviation training field: th ree of which alread y h ave bee selewt-d by the War Deopartment, an construction work on which will b< gin at oneIC. E'ach will provide ft tw'o aero .squadrons of 150 monti (Sat and have hangars and shop1 equi merit for 72 machines It w'il c0n approximately $1.00.000 to eq~ui eac~h field. Six America~ colleges am to give cadlet eourses by July 1. Tt first classes (,pont-d May 10 and Prc Hiram Hlinghiam. of Yale Universit I. assigned at the War Deopartment charge of this instruction. CLASH BETWEEN FRENCH AND GERMAN FLOTILLA Paris.-Frenich toredo-boats 11 encouinter with a German flotilla. official statement says: "A patrol four French torpedo-boats about o'clock in the morning enicuntere~ flotilla of German destroyers maki towaurd port. After a brief eniga anefnt, the enemy flotilla at full opt in the direction- of its base. Our ft torpedo-boats 'ettattled. One of th suffered some damage." PERSHING TO LEAD S TROOPS IN FRANCE N AMERICAN GENERAL WILL COM MAND EXPEDITION ACROSS WATERS. V IREGULARS TO O AT ONCE t- America's Answer to France's Appeal. B -Troops Go at Earliest Practicable Date.-Pershing to Precede Soldiers. Washington.-President Wilson or f dered that a division of regular troops. commanded by Maj. Gen. John J. Pershing, be sent to France at the earliest practicable (late. This is the answer of America to France's plea that the Stars and Stripes be carried to the fighting front without delay to hearten the soldiers battling there with concrete evidence that a powerful Ally has come to their support against German aggression. Announcement of the order follow ed signing of the selective draft war army bill by the President and the issuance of a statement that under the advice of military experts on both sides of the water, the President could not employ volunteers nor avail himself of the "fine vigor and enthu siasm" of former President Roosevelt for the expedition. The army law provides for an ulti mate force of approximately 2.000,000 mien to back up the first troops to go to the front. When the bill had been signed. the Preside.t affixed his name to a proclamation calling upon all men in the country between the ages of 21 and 30, inclusive, to register them selves for military service on June 5. next. The proclamation sets in nio tion immediately machinery that will enroll and sift 10,003,000 men and pave the way for the selection of the first 500,000 young, efficient soldiers with out crippling the industries or con merce of the nation or bringing hard ship to those at home. Orders For Guard. Even before the bill was signed, the War Department announced that the full strength of the National Guard would be drafted into the United States Army beginning July 15 and concluding August 5. Orders to bring the regiments to full war strength im mediately accompanied the notifica tion sent to all governors. A mini mum of 329.000 fighting men will be brought to the colors under those or ders, supplementing the 293,000 regu lars who will be under arms by June 15. The Virginia., North (%rolina, South Carolina and Tennessee guards will be mobilized July 25. It is from these forces that the fir-st armies to Join General Pershing at the front will be drawn to be followed within a few months by recurring waves from the selective draft armies, the first 500,000 of whom wvill be mob ilized September 1. COL. ROOSEVELT WON'T BE PERMITTED TO GO .Washington.-Colonel Roosevelt will not be permitited to raise his volunteer exp~edition to carry the American flag against the Germans in France. Orl signing the war army bIll, President Wilson issued a statement saying that .ac'ting under expert advice from hotl1 .sidles of the water, lie would be un able to avail himself at the preseni stage of the war of the authorizatior to organize volunteer divisions, There was talk in army circle, of the possibilIty that a way would be found to use the former presidlent'm servIces in niother way, but officia comment on thie sub)ject was lacking BRITISH SUFFER IN NAVAL BATTLE IN THE ADRIATIC CruIser Damaged and Fourteen DrIft t ers Are Sunk. a l~ondon.-The Blritish admir'alty an 0 nounc-ed thait 14 dIrift ers had beeni sunl a in a raid by Austrian light cruisers Irl Le the Adriatic Sea and that the Biritist1 e lIght cruiser Dartrnouth was tor. i pedoed in a subsequent engagement with the Austrian warshIps, but roach | d port safely, The text of the statement reads: (I "The admiralty announces that Ifrom reports received from the i-eat 'admiral commanding the Adriatic h squadron, supplemented by the Ttal - Ian officilal communicationi, it ap ~t pears that early Tuesday morning at P AustrIan force conslsting of ligh cruisers, subsequently reinforced by Sdestroyers, raided the Allied drifte line andl succeeded in sinking 14 Brit n1 ish drifters from which, according ti prisoners were taken. SBRITISH ARTILERY IS CO-OPERATING WITH ITALIANS ad British heavy artillery is co-operal ing with the Itallians in their latest at ntempt to drive the Austrians from the of line of the Isonzo. 1 Against the combined British ani a italiani artIllery fire, the Austrian; ng have failed in attempts to recapturi ~e- lost ground between Gorizia and Tel ed milno. Under cove- of the artillery, ti ur Italian. are fortifying captured posh mn tions and prepaa-ing for another for ward movement. UNITED STATES BA U. S. VESSELS REACH EUROPE AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS HAVE JOINED IN HUNT FOR SUB MARINES. Squadron of Torpedo-Boat Destroyers Has Crossed Atlantic and Reported To British Flotilla Commander. One Has Brush With U-Boat. Queenstown.-A squadron of Ameri can torpedo boat destroyers has safe ly crossed the Atlantic and is patrol ling the seas in war service. . The American Navy's actual entry into the war zone has already been productive of a brush between a de stroyer and a German underwater boat, according to an announcement by the British Admiralty, but the re sult of it has not been made public. The destroyer squadron arrived in Queenstown after an uneventful voy age across the Atlantic. but almost immediately after a formal exchange of greetings with the British Naval officials, put to sea again for the hard work that is before it. A crowd of several hundred persona-, several of them carrying tiny Ameri can flags, lined the water front and cheered the dlestroyers from the mo ment they first sighted the flotilla until it reached the dock. The crowd cheered again when a few moments later the American senior officer came ashore to greet the BrItish senior offi cer and Wesley Frost, the American Consul, who had come down to the dock to welcome tne flotilla. Every thing was done in simple, business like manner. There was an entire ab sence of formality. The commander of the British flo tilla was waiting on board his ship and sent wireless greetings to the Am erican units as soon as they hove in sight, steaming in a long line into the harbor. After the exchange of shore greet ings and the British commander had congratulated the American officers on their safe voyage, he asked: I"WhIen will you be ready for busi ness?" "We can start at once," the Ameri can (commandler replied promptly. This response, so charactistically Amer'ican, surprised the British com m nander, who said he had not expected the American would he ready to be gin work on this side so soon after their long voyage, When he had re covered from his surprise, however, he made a short tour of the dlestroy ers andl admitted that the American tars looked prepared. FOOD LEGISLATION TO BE RE-DRAFTED. Washington, - Re-drafting of food legislation pending in~ Congress to meet the views of the Administ'ration was fore-cant in the request of the Senate Agriculture Committee that the House Committee name a sub-conmmittee to assist. it in drawilng new bills. Mem bers of the committees of b)oth houses received a clear idlea at a conference of what the Administration wants enacted into law. FRENCH WAR MISSION EXPRESSES GRATITUDE. - Washington. --- Speaking for Vice Premier Viciani, Marshal Joffre and other members of the French war mis sion, General Counsellor Hovelaque is-, sued a statement thanking the Ameri can people for the reception accorded the mission during it recent tour, "The whole mission," he said, "was deeply gratified by the reception it met with every/where, and not onfly gratified, but surprsd at the univer sal enthusiasm sho. ITLESHIP WYOMING W9 ----- REFUSES PEACE PROPOSALS 3ERMAN IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR WILL NOT ENTER INTO DIS CUSSION OF PEACE. Declares He Won't Be Put "Under Spell of Any Party or Clique." Would Rejoict Over Peace With Russia, Berlin, via London.-In one of the nos t vigorcus and plain-spoken ipeechies hie hia! yet made before the Reichstag since the outbreak of the wvar, tige Imperial German Chancellor bluntly refused to enter into a discua. 31on of Germany's peace aims an de. manded in interpellations by the Con, servatives and Socialists, Dr. vor> Bethmanin-H-ollweg asserted that thesc called tor the Government's specific peace program, the announcement o1 which would at the present time nol only be premature, but which it would be difficult to formulate, and also o: no practical ser-vice to the Nation it the present situation. While appreciating the passionato desire of all clases to know the Gov ermn' iwth hnelrsA that e wold nt perit hmsel t<; be wye y rsur ro9n sore n hth a o ne the sell f anypart o' clqe h bestlarests Won' the Pton erb Wouled demandedthat Pehe iticnc eria, iaposedon.ise of thfct ot coninuoucs carnce planecebe tilethes hoen as yet e beasr tur teihataguchinceure woutdbe enoe< byar the Nionra Gerga, whaccoi blunutly refuly rouente ito aEmpero maorit of hen' eaes aim the Re "Thde in interpelations demandefron emandefliestasetedto tht ques ctlle o ur h Goemet'sai thechan cerogr"To make suhanouatement o whc l tthe present timeetwol no ev the difnicult tefrmues, an lst, or nore d'cl rvicomae t.h Nin the wthepresef s914-1aihveben.rs Whlew areomang tde, nowsfronath de.here.o aullclase to knteorwa thems einen'ssvies,thdetanEllory da the ~ay weeedmande from me.nT sorce, and thatpehewansttemptnda mavedemacntre tha thene regardc heg hd ipogram ohef i the a ofniuous caor asncereembent tist momet wamst ripe Hesoastour tNewt Orally.-rundeds ofmBpero miiTes antdplatmons n fro lpat mof thefnt rie staemet toan th ue anulnetion of outhreim, sademar tconltre intereMayts. Amust, t foest ble peend to he tSinentho winr coridera1on wihav been prpsi etlio fronslaon o thde no fome tnh oreign .\biclyso starde ond war Sun they wehoo deand. whioh maeen Thi forcet me nth dpeoban ttmp.w Wahngo.--O the eveian of the dem part~ueio pthAmesas agrmenst1 Againstia thsatems deanrenolteha thew Gerlan-overetds not meept mmn'trigus and l-oaynd fro allrakt down the R~n are pro-,- tonatttl govrn mIillli ent bin ofw! t lo manrto forc 'onrli-n -w~Ilt be'y p~rti infrn oi~a o fth oea ARMY BILL GVEN FINAL APPROVAL FINAL CONGRESSIONAL ACTION IS TAKEN ON BIG ARMY BILL. ADOPT CONFEREES' REPORT Machinery to Register and Draft Men Allready Set Up.-Date of Registra tion Will 86 Designated By Produc tion. Washington.--Final action was tak en by Congress on the war army bill, the second of the major measures of the war. The Senate, by a vote of 65 to 8, adopted the conference report accept ed by the I-louse. Vice President Marshall and Speaker Clark signed the bill and sent it to the White House for President Wilson's approval. As finally approved, the bill provid ed for raising by selective conscrip tion a .war army in increments of 500. 000 men from 21 to 50 years of age. It also authorizes, withox.t directing, the President to raise volunteer forces which Colonel Roosevelt desires to take to France and greatly increases the pay of all enlisted men. Machinery to register and draft the first 500,000 men already has been set up my the War Department. Imme diatelly after the President signs the bill, he will by proclamation designate the day for registration of the ten million or more men of the prescribed age. Registration books will be in the hands of state and local authorities who are to co-operate in the work and Brigadier General Crowder, the pro vost marshal general, expects to have h.s complete lists in Washington within five days after registering be gins. Then will come the task of selecting the first half-million, exempting the physically unfit, those with dependents and men who are needed on the farms and in industries. The process of se lection probably will be completed long before the men are wanted. Sec retary Baker said that because of lack of supplies, the new army would not be called to the colors for training be fo. e September. Roosevelt's Fate. Whether Colonel Roosevelt shall be permitted to raise an expedition rests with President Wilson. His views have not been disclosed, but it is be lieved that lie probably will postpone decision while the draft system is be ing put into operation. As during the early stages of the long dispute in Congress, the closing debate centered upon the so-called Roosevelt amendment. Colonel Roose velt was vigorously attacked by Sena tor Stone, of Missouri. and as ardently defended by his friend, Senator John soni, of California. The Senate's approval of the meas ure agreed upon by he conferees and adopted by the H-ouse came late in the day after attemp~ts to send it back -to conference and an earnest appeal by Senartor Chamberlain, chairman of the Military Committee for final ac tion. - The eight senators who cast the negative votes were: IDIemocrats-Gore, of Oklahoma; Hlardwick, of Georgia; Kirby. of Ok rlahoma; Stone, of Missouri, and Trammel, of Florida. - Republicans--LaFollette, of WIs consin; Gronna, of North Dakota. and Norris of Nebraska. The bill backed . by the administraton and adloptedl in .the Senate April 19, was passed April 28-in the Senate b ya vote of 81 to 6-and in the House 39l7 to 24-has .since been tiedl up in conference, re turnedI thereby twice by the House to -include the Roosevelt volunteer pro vision and further pay increases for enlisted men. its chief provisions are: Raising of armed forces by the selective draft system imposed uponl -all males betweeni the ages of 21 and 30 years. inclusive, subject to regis tration and cert ain exemp~tionis from service. Increasing the regular army to maximum war strength. Drafting into the federal service of National Gnard units. lRaising of an Ijpitial force by con scription of 500,000) meni, wilh addition of 500,000 if deemed necessary. lRaising, if the President, sees nII, of four divisions of voluntary infantry (the RtooseveltI amend ment ) Inicre'asinig the pay13 of all enlis-ted mecn as follows: I Fi ft een dollars additiolnalI mon thlIy - for those no wrecoiving less than $21. (01compr ig thle bul1 k of thle artmy, grad. uated dlownward to $6 adlditional i for- those receiving $45 or more. Prohibiting saie of liquor at or near army training ('amps andi otherwise protectinig morals of the soldiers. CRISIS IN RUSSIAN ARMY HAS BEEN AVERTED Petrograd, via London.---As a re suit of a meeting in Petrograd of the commaners4 in chief fromi all tihe fronts excep~t the Caucasus, General Birussiloff and Gurko have withdrawn their resignations, and reporte of fur ther resignaltions refuted by the defI nite announcement that all the comn mnd~ers have decided to. remain at their posts. Thus the crisis in the army. WILSON ,OUTLINES ADMINISTRATION'S FOOD PROGRAM. Washington-President Wilson has outlined the administration's food con trol program in .a -statement. The president's statement follows: "It is very desirable in order to pre. vent misunderstandiigs or alarms and to assure co-operation in a vital mat. ter, that the country should under stand exactly the scope and purpose of the very great powers which I have thought it necessary in the cir. cumatances to ask the Congress to put in my hands with regards to our food supplies. Those powers are very great, indeed, but they are no greaiter than it has proved necessary to lodge in the other governments which are conducting this momentous war, and their object is stimulation and con eervation, not arbitrary restraint ur injurious interference with the nor Mal processes of production. They ar eintended to benefit and assist the farmer and all those who play a legitimate part in the preparation, distrtbu-tion and marketing of food stuffs. Sharp Distinction. "It is proposed to draw a sharp line of distinction between the nor Mal activities of -the government rep resented in the department of agri oulture in reference -to food produc tion, conservation, and marketing on the one hand, and the emergency ac tivities necessitated by the war in ref erence to the regulation of food dis tribution and consumption on the other. All measures intended directly to extend the normal activities of the department uf agriculture in refer ence to the production, conservation and 'the marketing of farm crops will be administered. as in normal times. through the department and the powers asked for over dietribution and consumption, over exports, imports. prices. purchase and requisition of commodities, storing and the like which may require regulation during the war, will be placed in the hands of a commissioner of food adminis tration appointed by the president and directly responsible to him. "The objects sought to be served by the legislation asked for are: Full inquiry into the existing available stocks of foodstuffs and into the costs and practices of the various food pro during and distributing trades; the prevention of all unwarran-ted hoard ing of every kind and of the control of foodstuffs by persons who are not in any legitimate sense producers. dealers or traders; the requisitioning when necessary for the public use of food supplies and of the equipment necessary for handling them properly; the licensing of wholesome and legiti matte mix-tures and milling percent ages. and the prohibition of the un necessary or wasteful use of foods. Authori-ty is asked also to establish price, but not in order to limit the profit of the farmers, but only to guar antee 'to thenm when necessary a mini mum price which will insure them a profit where they are asked to at tempt new crops and to secure the consumer against extortion by break ing up corners and atitempte at specu lation when they occur by fixing tem porarily a reasonable price at which middlemen must sell. Hoover Accepts. "I have asked Mr. Herbert Hoover to undlertake this all-important task of food administration, lHe has ex pressed his willingness to do so on condition that he is to receive no payment for his services and that the whole of -the force under him, exclu sive of clerical assistance, shall be0 employed so far as possile upon the same volunteer basis. He hasaex pressed his conlfiden1ce that this diffi cult matter of food administration can 1)e successfully accomplished thriough the voluntary co-operation and~ direction of legitimate distribu tors of foodstuffs and with the help of the women of the country. "Although it is absolutely necessary that unquestionable powers shall be placed in my hands in order to in sure the success of this administra tioni of the food supplies of the coun try. I am confident that the exercise of those powers will be necessary only in the few cases where some small and selfish minority proves uin willing t~o put the Nation's interests above personal advantage and that the whole country will heartily sun port Mr-. H-oover's effort by supplying the necessary volunteer agencies. **e "The proposed food admInistration is intend(edl, of course, only to meet a manifest omer-gency allid to continue onily while the war- lasts. Since it will be0 conmposedl foi- the most part of volunteers, there uneed be no fear of the possibility of a permanent bu reaucracy arising out of it. All coni tirol of consumption will disappear when the emergency has passed, it is with that object in view that the~ Administration considers it to be of pro-eminent importance that the ex isting associations of producers and distributors of foodstuffs should be mobilized and made use of on a vl untaeer basis. The successful conduct of the projected administration by such means will be the finest possi ble demonstration of the willingness, the ability and. the efficiency -of de morcracy, and of its Justified reliance upon the freedom of individual ini tiative.