The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, May 09, 1918, Image 2
OUl MEN TRAINED
DY RIFLE_EXPFRT
SOLDIERS IN TRAINING CAMP
TAUGHT HOW TO USE AND
CARE FOR WEAPONS.
BRITISH COMMUNAL KITCHEN
They ProveSuccessful in Saving Foo
and Fuel - State Councils of De
t-nse Will Advise War Risk Clairr
ants.
(From Committee on Publito Inormatlon.
Washington.,-The Nalttona arnia
and many organizations of the Nation
al Gul rd having been equ ipped witi
the hUnied Sttes rifle, mtoclie oif 191'i
th ntd.ttStte allo 11(mod ified Enfield), it beeonme neces
vary to devise s(omeIC plan whereh
troops could be etilcien tly tlrined in
the use of this weapon in short time.
A Statleent au1thorized by the ord
nance (lepartment tells how explerts la
shooting, maniiy of themi memberiwts 0
United Stlates teams whlich won inter
national shooting mniutthes, were ('orll
iiSoned tand stt to vaiou enmp villt
to instret oIllicrs and inell in shout
ing aml i the operation 111n(d 001re o
the rifle.
In One ('ninlp oflirers unitelr lost ru
tioni from these iel gove 11 dnilon
stration in disiniounting 1n111 a5St'nl
hling this rife whiile- blind(fhlell'd, tlhe
record tine being 7 uinuties for di
mounii Ing and 22 IlmIluts for sse'nl)
hi ng. 'l'here are cRt partS to ith rill.
chatle's' ('linsses, the nuecChtI iiies 'eins;
Ianl's' ('111550s , 11he H i m ies betln
trained to minke repairs to rifles in tih
field. F'requently they will have to do
their work at night, whie they will
not be Illowed to use I gbs, 1nn1d tlere
fore they must be thoroughly trained
in tatkig down the rifle 111(1 putting
in new pa1rtS by sense of touch.
Coimnunal kit (lhens are heing estah
lished thiroughout (reat Itri tin ani1d
are provintg successful in saving food
and fuel, according to reports to0 tle
(Ipartmni'l t otf ('orn)u1 erce. An articl e
from i re'ent issue of an English
newspaper is quoted
'"The war has brought home to the
public that the Communal or notional
klitchen is at ne'eSSity and1( enn he
made nt succe'SS. \\'lthin1 n comparat
tively short period there will prohnhly
be instalild o11m1 Iliri(I'e(1s of these
establIshments throughout the coun
try. 'i'The nlutnat kit ehen was origi
nally interield to supply ploor people
with nourishing and at traetIvely pre
pared food at low prices, but there is
consderlhie prospect-certainty, in
fact-that the more prosperous will
form a fair proportion of the custo
mers.
"As an example of the outfit of a
people's kit('hen thltt at Hanmernsmth
(London) may he taken as a model.
This supplies nhout (,000 customers a
week, whieh probably represents 12,
000 to 15,000 consumers, as a custo
mer commonly purchases for his or
her family."
The council of notional defense has
urged the stnte councils to prov'idr
voluntary aid for dependents of metir
In the service in collecting allotmentl
of pay and family allowances, arreor.
of pay, travel pay, extra pay, or othie'
money (due estates of dleceased sol
dhiers and sailors.
Allotments and allowances uinde
the war-risk insurance law are paih
directly by the treasury departly5nt tF
the personis entitled thereto ; e'lim
for lusura'nce token out under the In'
should he addlressed to bureau of wou
risk insurance, treasury departmen
Washington, n. C.; claims for arretir
of pay, extra pay and travel pay (
dleceasedl soldiers and sailors and a
other claims should he oddressed I
auditor of the war department, WVasl
ington, D). C.
Consul General Thackara, at Part
cables: "A decree of April 5, publishl(
April 0, gives notiee that all imerehn
dime prohibited from importat ion
law of Many 6, 1910, will he seized nr
mold for profit of the state unless
regular import authuortzation he pr
sented within five daiys aifter' amriv:
For first 30 days after promulgatht
of this dlecr'ee requests for derogaltioa
fro'm its provision coo be addressed
the mintster of finance, in etase par
cular circumnstancesa justify aln exe
tion."
Two per cent of the etisted persc
nel of the divisions and detached utni
of the regular army, National Gulal
and National army, excepting ti
coast artillery and-various staff corn
will be designated to attenid the four
series of officers,'.. training schon'
iyhich wvili open Mfay 15. Admissih
- has also been granted to s011e m<
who have had at least one year's ml
tary training under army oficers
educational~ institutions which ha
earned government recognition.
Night driving of motor-truck sutpp
trains from thle WVest to thet. senhoal
has been started by the quarterma
ter's depar'tment as a step toward fin
training to fit nten for service
Frane'e.
According to the council of natin
*iefense, the exper'ientce gained
cross-country coinvoy wor'k hats mnilt
the truck companies able to traivel e
tir'ely independent of the countrysil
Camps ore made at the regular boil
no matter where the company is I
cated, except that open country is gi
en nreference ever cities.
Optical glass eqitaut the proauct
of European manUIufatourers. frot
whom only it formerly could be ob
tailned, Is now being produced for mili.
1 tnry use by the bureau of stan(lrds of
the United States departitent of com
moerce and several privately owned
factories. One slil pimient from the glass
factory in Pittsburgh, for use by the
S navy department, containedl 78O pounds
of high-grade optical glass---enough
to prvid(le lenses for probably 750
binoculars.
l)evelojment in glass mannufnctur
ig in the United States has been sl
aiir to that of dlye tling. Before the
war mnunfacturers o opticnl goods in
this country were contret to import
f all their glass from Europe, them
selves loling only (Ie grinli11ng, Plis -
lug, ( and m1(ountin1g. Europe an gl:s
fct orie's, n1111' of the Ilre ('hi rgest be
ing loented in England, one in I"'rnce,
1(ndi one' in Germanay w ere closely
gua:rtled1 to pro itect secr'ets of the trade !
som1etImeos a century old. It was e(In
sidiered( impossible to pronil11(1 (lllelernt
glass without fortmulas annl faetory
processes developed by many years of
experiment at Ion.
One of thr problems facin-z thr hu-j
ren'u of stand wheinII , wI"1 h 11 ini (.ial
41tupalne1ies 1in4 , Ann'Irt , it iIIarl II rIe
place w ith locally e(1. t idle rotinetls 1he
sulilly If I urop1en1I n pli hanI gl(iss ihiicl
f18ha ben cutl oil by ther war, wais to
pro\(1d' suitabh. pots for meltliir. III
oea irocess of its manuig fneture t'
;:In' s te hicst hne k('tat l'te In-ratures ats
hi1ght as :'.()() eleg"re s 1-'., when it
wil li tilrl' 1''lly (Ilylve I e oln 1ner
inrle of iron. steerl.,or (Ithe.r met:1!.
('ots i ow her:: uisel i whi h sntisfe -
forily withsttneC d Ii' h :-tt :111 1 ie nie il
' (tioIns (If mollen.t ;;lass are made of
ctay futhtd in the i'nited States.
1n Ab4liti11n to ih factory (eraotet
by fhe burt au of stalturds at Pitts
sutr;h, sveta ptrivat ely I ' qu11e11
511nie's 41r1' 0ow 0 furnishing optienl gfiss
fr milita1y use in telesoi's, ino(u
tors, h-d glasses, peris(' opes, a lth
or technical and sgegntile Instruments.
Thle (qua)rtermasster cor"ps, (harged1
wjith the rsponsibility of feeding nd1,(
clothing the soldiers, is rigidly inspect
ing the footd purchasedl for the troops
to Fee that only purr article's are supl
ihd. As an intlietion of tlie 11amo'tmt
of food that m st be obtainod -1c , says -
statement nuthorize(d hy the quarter
master general 1,500.00t0 men con
sume dailfy 1,500,000 pounds of beef.
"25.000 potunds of hacon, 210,0(0
p'11mps. of ham. 135.00(0 (n11) of ton-l
nes, ant 225,000 Ints of jam-with
other articles aggregatlg r,7o0,000i
1Mounds.
hiefose tnantits of foodstuffs are
subjected to splireugh inspection.
whch begin at Ie source amd byin
Ipnue until the fod is netually con
sume(1. 1Each depot of the quarte'r
master corps is a central subsistence
business of its Own, supplying the
camps, nntonment, atIon fields.
and other posts In its territory. The
subsistence ofiers are held responsi
ble for the quality of the goods they
receive.
Before the supplies rench the depots,
however, they are passed upon by in
spectors in the packing houses, can
neries, and other sources of origin.
The records at Washington show the
capabilities, character, and standard
of every establishment furnishing food
for the army. The speciaetions
whtc other postmetr
c latives eandct. d fsvea o
he inspemctnanchav mainisc
wuroen fore fud unel'ableldiers names
unrelile inrodcts rqurngted tli
mnton be setlers'ir whoaving beni
Rlatives andb fr1ends tof eneral lr
thersoi ary cxapsltave ben tvc
wte soir funds bune (slaerd nam
monly hae 11nt by1o siecualing Iden
fIIteton, or ofmllt general11111 de~llrver
('d to his) ('ompalny.
The following is a typical telegrant
"sent to the father of a soldier in I
(1southern ctup:
"I iave been dlischal~rgedl. Comnl;
'homle. Gloinig to Atlanta through coun
try tonight. Piease wire me $60 a
41Atl1ant1a so T mnliy pay for uniform ani1
1t4)n1 as I am11 not knowna in Atlantri
in WVi'e ('n15h quick so) 1 can get It to
1h'fore' bein~g comp11lIed wvith, any re
qluest for1 mioney' to be sent undicer suel
Pcondl~itionls should he4 ver'ifledl by a let
te'r o)r tele4gr'ama to the commlianding of
flemr (of the4 (enm11 in whle(h the mnai
wI ~ hose name is signed to the r'oe 'test t:
Is .stationied.
ie Th'le United5 States governmenlt II
1a, lookinlg for meni who can take chargi
thl of bra nch oflices (of t he buriIeaul of for'
a, eignand11( dlomestie commlnerce, diepart
mn mtent of ('ommierce, aind men't to act av
m) assistanits in these offices. Tiranche
I- are loentedl in the princIplal cominer
it elal cities. The sailaries rage froi
re $1,800 to $3.000 for mainnagers anm
from $1,200 to $1,800 for assistants.
A n11(onompetit ive exatniination wil
ly lhe held( May 16 in variouis Parts of th
'd ('ounltry. Applicants will be examine
5- ini 'xport-tradel techntiue, promotto1(1
ai of commerce, andl econotnic geograph3
ill and1 credit will be given for' knowledg
of foreign laniguafges. TheI' XI nxaimi
11 tions5 will bie undl~er the direct ion c
n 1114 ('ivi'l service.
Ie --
r- Tlhe miinister of agricultuire of Braz
e. has beenu author'ized to estalish 1mo0
r, e'I'n expeimuental farms and( agricu
n- tural colonies, especially for the edt
r- entionl of orphans and abandoned chi
rern.
1N
1-French skirmish party in the
at Zeebrugge which were reported d
Panaretoff, Bulgarian minister to the
ationi of wvar against his country.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
Naval Forces of Allies Make
Dashing Raid to Bottle Up
Hun U-Boat Bases.
GREAT BATTLE IS RENEWED
Germans Gain Little by Heavy Attacks
-Holland Being Pushed to War's
Brink-John D. Ryan Made
Director of Aircraft Pro
duction.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Last week brought forth one of the
most spectacular and dashing opera
tions of the war--the raid of British
and French naval forces on the aer
man U-boat Bases at Zeebrugge and
Ostend. Five obsolete cruisers andl
two old submarines were sacrificed.
The former, laden with concrete, were
to Be sunk in the channel mouths, and
the latter full of explosives, were driv
en against the moles. These vessels,
escorted by destroyers and all making
a dense smoke screen, approached the
Belgian coast in the night ut wei'e
dliscoveredl and dleluged with shells
from the shore batteries and from Ger
man dlestroyers. The chief fight took
place at Zeebrugge. There the cruiser
Vindictive ran inside the harhor under
heavy fire,'and landed her crew on the
mole after a great gap hal bieen blown
in it by a sumlarine. The men cleared
the mole, destroyed all its guns and
sank a destroyer and were able to get
away again, though their losses were
severe. Meanwhile three of the block
ships were sunk at the entrAnce of the
canal or in the harbor, and one of the
old submarines was believed to have
destroyed the lock gates, letting the
water run out of the Bruges canal,
At Ostend the operation was simpler
and at least one of the block ships has
been observedl from airplanes block
Ing the greater part of the channel.
At this time it Is not known just
how successful the operation was ini
bottling up the U-boat bases, but prob.
abmly it was no more so than was Hoh
son's attempt to bottle up the Spanish
teet in Santiago harbor. However, it
was a gallant enterprise, fearlessly
carried out, and Ameriean navy men
hope it will be followed up by addi
tional naval exploits.
There was compamrative quiet alonp
the hattle front in France and Flander.<
during t he first halIf of the week, andi
both thme allies and the Germans tool
adlvant age tf the opportumni ty tc
strengthen their positions. In thm(
minor operations the former had rathem
the best of it usually and the Hlum
were pushed back in various sectort
by bothm the BritIsh and the French
Meanwhile the Germans were bringing
up their heavier artiller-y, a difhleull
thing because of the nature of the ter
rain andi were evidently making prep
arat Ions for a re~sumption of the attack
This camme on Wedlnesday, when
after an intense bombardlment, the en
emy attacked wIth v'ery considerabbt
forces the allied positions south of tht
Somme, andl along thme Avre, in thi
regions of H:an'.ard, iHles and Sene
cat wood. For the time being thes<
assaults were successfully repulsed ex
cept at Hlangard, which village agair
fell into the hands of the Germans
The reports from Paris said thal
American troops wvere fighting witi
the French on this line and that theti
-vsiatence to the attacks of the Hunt
was dlespierate. About eleven milem
Idirectly east of Amiens, the Germar
objective in thIs region, the British
Iwithdr-ew from the village of Villers
Bretonneux, but elsewhere they stoot
firm.
At the same time the Huns launchei
-attacks against the British In Flandern
and there was fierce fighting on the
lIne between Bailleul and Merville ani
near Bethune.
Next (lay by a smashing counter-at
tack thme British retook Villers, takini
-some 700 German prisoner-s and find
lag the enemy dead heaped up abou
the village. The. Huns also attacke<
stongly on the south slnoe of Mann
;., , S
)pen1, som.iewhere in the Metuse sector. 2
stroyed in the allied naval raid on the C
United States, who many Americans th
Kemmnel, southwest of Ypres, but the
French deft nding that sector drove
them hack with severe losses. So, at
the time of writing, the German gains
in the renewed ol'fensive are almost
nil.
The terrific slaughter of Germans
since their offensive opened. due to
their custom of advancing in mass
formation across open ground, has
been more than they could stand. and
Ludendorff has put a stop to that
method of attack. The Buns now dash
forward in smaller and separate par
ties and take shelter when the chance
offers.
In the assault on Villers-IBretonneaux
the German'tanks made their first ap
pearance, leading the infantry, and
a spectacular battle with British tanks
ensued. Several of the heavy Hun ma
chines engaged two light British tanks
and disabled one of them. A big Brit
ish tank rolled up to the rescue and
after a sharp fight put one of the Ger
man monsters out of action and drove
the others from the field.
General Doyen's fine brigade of
American marines, it appears, has been
in the thick of the battle in France
and the casualty list sent over proves
the "soldiers of the sea" have main
tained their best traditions, for the list
shows 34 killed, 244 wounded and not
one taken prisoner. The heaviest loss
sustained by the marines was In the
forest of Apremont, in Lorraine, where
two hot attacks by the Germans were
repulsed by the Americans.
The Americans in the Toni sector
have not been seriously attacked since
the battle of Seicheprey. Belated de
tails of that conflict tell of the heroic
conduct of our boys while they were
being driven back from that village
and were retaking it and re-establish
ing the lines. Though their casumties
were about 200. General Persitg e.
ported thley killed at least 300 Ger
mans. Otlicers anid men alike dilstin
guished themselves by their brav-ery,
indlvidlual deeds of hlerolsnm in tile
face of great odds being nutmerotus.
There was great activity amlong the
air fighters on the wvest fr-oat last
week, and thle outstandinrg event was
the killing of Baron von tlehthlofen,
011e of tile foremost Gernman aviators
and leader of the famous "circuls." lHe
was engaged in a fight withl two r-it
151h planes and flew low over the Bit
lih lines, whiere a bullet pIerced is
hleart. WVith chlaracterlstle chivalry
the IEngilih gave him a fine funeral
payinlg trib~ute to the memory of a gal
lant and1( brave foe.
Several American aIrmen reached
tile coveted distinction of tbeing num
h~eredi amlong the "aces"-those wh'lo
hlave diownedl at least five enemIly flyers.
And some of our aviators also met
dleath.
Little news camne out. of Russia, hut
it is evidlent tile Germans are still
pursuing thleir plans of annexation.
In~deed, tile kaiser is being openly urng
ed to assumne tile kingshIp of Livonia
and1( Ist honia', and it is -announaced thlat
a valuabile part of Poland wvill be add
ed to Prussia. German forces have
reached Simferopol in the Crimea, cut
tingK tile railroad conlnection of tile fort
ress of Sebastoptol wvith tile mainland.
'lThe governments of the Crimea, Minsk
and( Homel( have askedi to he incor
porated In the U~kraine. All attempts
to Opent peace negotIations between Uk
rattle and1( Rtussia have faIled, In Fin
lanld tile Ger-man forces co-operating
wIth the Whilte guards have made fur
tiher pt-ogress and tile F'innishl hoishe
vIki govermnlent has evacuated Viborg.
There was considlerable severe fighlt
iIg on thle Italian front last week, but
without dlefhItlte resulit, and In Mace
donia the allies made considelrale~ ad
vances, capturing several townsl.
Poor little Holland seemls on the
polit of beIng dlraggedl Into the-great
Iconflict, dlespite her earnest efforts to
ma1itin hei11r neutrality. Berllin Is re
Ported to have malde dlemainds which
Imay wvell result in adding tile Dutch
to the list of Glermaniy's acetive enemies
and that probably would mean Hiol
land would become anoth ler BelgIum,
- ovetrr~l un ad ravaged, for the allIes
('ould( not wvell help her except from tile
sea. Thue (lerman dlemlands have to
do wIth the treaty permitting I the
I transportation of sand and( gravel'
throughl Hollandi for the repair of
-'rhe lock gates of the Bruges canal
rmanlii U-boat bases. 3-Stephen
nk should be sent home by a declar
Helgian ron ds. The Netherlands gov
ernment refuses to permit Germany to
-ita
Tke tloc ate il th rughs Dnutch
The Guntemala tioal Ssemnly
Ia doclared that Guatemala occupies
Bhe same position towNrd the European
melligereuts as does the United States,
which in diplomatic circles is consid
ered a declaration of war on Germany
and her allies.
The rapidity with which American
troops are being sent across the Atlan
tic is heartening the allies and dem
onstrating the intention of our govern
ment to put in the field the greatest
possible force in the shortest possible
time. Many of the men nre going by
way of England, and the fact that they
are being transported across the Eng
lish channel in safety has aroused the
Germans to such an extent that their
naval authorities have had to apolo
gize for the inaction of their fleet.
It is not permitted to tell how many
men the administration proposes to
send to France before the end of the
year, but it is so great that when Di
rector Generial Schwnb and the ship
ping board were told by General Goe
thals the amount of shipping he would
require they were staggered. Mr.
Schwab, however, believed the esti
mate could be fulfilled if certain steps
could be taken to hasten the deliveries
of ships, these steps including the re
duction of some of the requirements
of the navy so that the steel can be
diverted to the uses of the transport
fleet.
In Washington it is understood that
as rapidly as ships can be provided the
soldiers will be sent across, whether
they are fully trained or not. It is re
ported the draft will be accelerated by
calling 400,000 men to training next
month, a number far in excess of previ
ous estimates.
In line with the pr-esent policy of
speeding up and making eficient all
war prepar-ations is the appointment
of John D. Rlyan, the copper magnate,
as director 'of aircraft product ion for
the army and the re-organization of
the avintion section of the signal corps.
General Squier hereafter wvill dlevote
his attention to the administration of
signals, and Brig. Gen. William I. Ken
ly is made director of a new division
of military neronautics. Howard Cof
fin retires fronm chairmanship of the
nircraft boar-d but remains a member
of the ndlvlsory commission of the
conneil of national dlefense.
Thie reports on the airpilanie situa
tion made to the president b~y the
Marshall committee and by assistant
secretaries of war we-e not made pub
lie, but it is admitted that they sub
sttiaiited the report of the senate
commit tee that the program had coh
lapsed.,
Hoth houses of congress have passed
the joint resolution to register for mil
itar-y service all males becoming twen
ty-one years old since June 5, 1917,
The lower house adoptedl an amend
ment putting the newly registered mn
at the foot of their respective classes
and sustained the military committee
in refusing to exempt those wvho have
entered medhical or (divinity schools
since June 5.
The Chamberlain 1b111 to turn sedi
tionists over to ilitar-y tribunals for
trial by court martial met its fate
wh'len President Wilson declared his
firm oppositiim to it and ether au
thorities saidl It was uinconstitutional.
It was, of cor-se, introduced because
of charges that the department of jus
tice hais been lax in combating enemy
piropaganda, but these charges are re
futed by the department, which ,re
lporns it has secured at least 3,900 con
victions in the last year, dlespite the
lnadhequacy of federal laws against
sabotage and disloyal utterances. The
numb~er of acquittals has been relative
ly small,
The senate devoted much time last
wveek to (dehating the Overman bill for
the co-ordinat ion of govei-nment activ
ities andl it gainedl suppoi-ters daily,
Senator Clhaimberlain bieing among
those who dieclaired lie would v-ote for
it, JM opposiing the bill1 Senator SheIs
mari of' Illiols fouind opportunity- to
make a bitter attack on various mem
hers of the cabinet andl~ on George
Creel,
A JUARTER MiLLION
CALLED THIS MONTK
EVERY EXISTING CANTONMENT
IN THE COUNTRY IS TO BE
GREATLY ENLARGED.
FIFTEEN BILLION FOR ARMY
Over Eight Thousand Men Called,
From North Carolina Go to
Camp Jackson.
Washington.-Simultaneously with
the announcement that 232,000 men
from 45 states had been called to
Join the colors in May, Secretry Baker
indicated the scope of the govern
ment's plans for increasing its fighting
strength by stating that Congress had
been asked to appropriate approxi
mately $15,000,000,000 for the army for
the next fiscal year. That amount is.
exclusive of funds provided in the for
tifications bill which not only covers 0
coast defenses, but as a rule provides.
the bulk of heavy field ordnance.
The call for a quarter of a million.
men (luring May, goes to all states ex
cept California, Oregon and Nevada,
which with the District of Columbia
already have supplied so large a part
of their quota that it was decided not
to include them this time. The move
ment in most states will begin May 25.
and will be completed in five days. By
this order the war department abai
dons its plan of assembling men in
even monthly increments of approxi
mately 100,000. Under the original
program it was intended to call out
not to exceed 860,000 men during 1918.
The call for 110,000 in April and 233,
000 this month will bring out in two.
months half of the number originally
contempfated for the year. Officials
made it clear that it is now the pur
pose to mobilize all the mon for whom
equipment and training facilities can.
be provided.
Need All Camps.
In preparation for this tremendous
increase in the army, the hna: mill
tary committee was tolu ouay that
every existing cantonment in the
country will be enlarged and every
national guard camp utilized to its
full capacity . It is regarded as prob
able that some new cantonments must
be built, but in the interests of speed
and economy of effort and material,
pressure will be placed upon expand
ingg existing facilities. Ground has
already been obtained in the vicinity
of several cantonments for the expan
sion and details of the new construc
tion are being worked out by the gen
eral staff.
The men called out this mnnt)' vi r
be mobilized generally at Ine canton
ments to which the men from the -,
same states have previously been
sent. In many cases they will find the
divisions originally c'reatel at those
camps gone. Some of the camps will
have been converted into renlacemient.
divisions, and the new men will be
redistributed in accordance with their
qualifications.
To Fill DIvisIons at Home.
It Is regarded as likely that the
April and May drafts wvill be used
largely to fill up divisions at home
while the seasoned personnel from
those divisions is sent overseas to fill
Eno gaps. Since the number of di
Visions on the other side is rapidlyI
and steadily increasing, the flow of
replacement troops must increase pro
portionately.
The apportionment among the states
of the men called today includle:
Alabama, 6,820 to Camp Sevier, *
S. C.
North Carolina, 8,114 to Camp
Jackson, S. C.
Pennsylvania, 7,700 to Camp Mead,
Md., 4,000 Camp) Lee, Va.; 3,000 Camp
H-umphreys, Va.; 2,923 Camp Green
leaf, S. C. -
South Carolina, 1,900 Camp Jack
son, S. C.; 288 Camp Wadsworth,
B. C.
Tennessee, 4.130 Camp PIke, Ark.
Virginia, 6,135 Camp Lee, Va.
West Virginia 4,797 Camp Lee, Va.
New York, 6,800 Camp Dlx, N. J.;
6,850 Camp Hancock, Ga.; 7.600 Camp
Upton, N. Y.; 9,700 Camp Wadsworth,
S. C.; 1,380 Camp S3evier, S. C.
NEW GERMAN PEACE
OFFENSIVE IS EXPECTED
Lndon.--In the personal opinion of
Lord Robert Cecil, minister of block
ade, that failure of Germany's "knock
out offensive" on the western front
will result in a tig peace offensive,
directed mainly against Great Britain
and possibly made in an attractive
.form, but which will not afford any
terms the allies can look at. In this
opinion made in a statement, Lord
Robert expressed the further belief
that the low peace offensive would
be largely for German consumption.
GERMANS USED UP 44
DIVISIONS IN NORTH
London --A representative of Gen
oral Radcliffe, director of re try
operations at the wrir office - ns
up the military situation on ( wet
ern front as follows:
"Ini the north while the
failedl in their main objecti
madeo their right flank secure i'y '
capture of. Kemmel, but we nt'
gardl the operation from the vion 'ti
of economy of men and they usedl u .
five divisions from the general eerve