The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, May 09, 1917, Image 10
EIGHTEEN FULL DIVISION8
FOR FIRST WAR ARMY
(Continued from Page One.)
all flve additional increments provid
ed for in the national defense act
have beei added, will total 11,233 of
icers and 293,000 men of all arms.
Upon the president's approval of
the army bill, the first hicrelnent will
be added to the regulars. As soon as
possible tIereafter the r'eniainling in
Ciements vWill be created, existing reg
ilmeniits Ibeing divided and expanded to
fornai tile now iinit s.
Already orders suinioi ng otticer$s
of the regu La r service for examina
tions for ad vance in grade have been
pepared.
Ti'l re:ul'It of this expaniisioni will be
to create 5,11 vacaneles in t lie grade.
of first and second lieiteniaits in tle
army. .\lore thain a thollalln( youhlis
In civil life already have applied fol
exami nation for '."ond liutenait anti
.1.0"11 w\-ill be zi'ent ()1d froill thie or
fieirs trai(iga", camilpi.iz
To provideo geniieral oll'lers to coil
mand11( the( !N S 4i% isional Itrainling.
Oap4,iut! 'Inmb of .1rmy13 volonehl.
may 11t examin61l i. .\s thevre exists al
ready one vacancy il th grade o:
biairgenevral. 1!, new\% g-enerall or
fleirs zitilst h( a'noiintel S0011 sooad thc
ariiy bill prov!d. that the president
may selcit thbese ieni fronzi any so rce
in aly evoIt thev pesnclit gelleral of
ficers; of wide experienec probably
will be selected, as far as possible, to
coiimand divisional camps.
The full streingih of the National
Guard units now existing will be 9,
S-17 ollicers and 329,951 tien, giving
a total regular and National (Guard
force to be wiipped ito slialie he
fore the new army is calleI of 21,080
oflicers and 1;22,951 nien. New unit
11111M he created, however, to till on
tactical organ izations and proba bly
the total of this first force will ox
eced 700,000 active troops, hacked l
abouti 2-50,000 inore inl the regimonta
recruit battalions.
From l this force will be formed I
divisions ec.-'respondilig to the organli
izationi of the first new army. Fron
It. also early in1 Sentemberr will b
drawn s,)mv 2011,mo) W1':!irs and nion
comiisiond ofii'rs wIho wil (o;)
sitti( the, frilvwokl on wihch Ill
neW army1 will bw Thaa!. Thy wl
bo. withl the 10,00 0 ofilies ! o beI IW
inf:.uctors of ih ist aniy and 0!
111ir er!icelency r'ts the wh)o" miln
I.. a r:i e ih t i t o) be 1mil u:1.
S en rl - 1 1. 11hn wIll be 1 ') pro
vhlo a '2.ui ar: 01li1 to (oom
iand eacli new re'glliIilt, with .11
adeplate nu1mbie r of reguhir or Na
tional Guizard otlcers of experience t(
carry on efllelent ly the adiinistra
tive dities and to superv)isc instriue
tion.
Dutring the interval bethwen the ire
organization aid thie calling out o
the new army the regOilar and Nation
al Guard divisions will lie at worl
preparing the m)obilizatI ion camps an
with their own traizilng. To tlien
also will coiittinue to fall the (lity o
protecting public and ivate pro1)
erty. The commander of each train
ing district proibably willl direct thih
worik under the orders ol' the comn
nmander of the milItary deplartmient 1r
which his campll Is located.
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** 011*0*00IILL EWS.
Cross Hill1, May 7.-The Cross 11111
school closed its 1916-'17 session last
Friday. Thursday eveninig the imi
prTovement Associationi gave a, play,
* 'uaIds andl Matrons", which wvas well
attended and a financIal success.
Friday evening the coinmencemzent
exercises liroper wore bzel, These
consisted of thle uisua Il rograin biy thle
graduiating class. TIls class was
*comnposedl of Itwelvye membhers as fol
lows: Jack I lasor, .\azy (Gritlizi, \\illie
.Jones, Illeleni liitt, lhay tChandler,
Sarah Pi nson, Vivian Na nce, Edea nor
Dial, Frank .\iller, I iara l)ukes, Lou
Ise Thompisoni anid lItorrow Ilill. The
*literary addreiss1 was d'liveried by llev.
Walter I. lie rhet of Greeniwood. Thei
speakecr's sune was':I "Simziis from
Ithe Life of 1roa . \V illard."and was
an excellent ad .:-s. liinein. to
viw the Imp hortant (hlarnlerist ics and1(
the great. work ini the life of his1 sub
j ect, Mr I lerberlt withI empthhasis ajz
p11( lie nie to the( iniidua~lzl life of
Stoday. TIo all who areo seek inzg to
knowv the good in lifte thle address was
a pleasing and1( whbolesoime imessa ge.
Twenty'-thrzeo pupiils are entitled to
perfect at tenda nce but1tons, amziong
these Is Al ma C oleoman aga in, whob has
complleteld hen sixthi year iwithlout m niss
Sing a dlay. The1 dIilom~ias to the grad (
unating class and~ several hrlzes to Jil
pilts for ellicient work were 10 delvered
by the pr'licipal.
Alli of the teaehiers havye been3 re
olected( btinI it is niot kno1(wn .1yo whIo
of them will nelcept. The school has
Xexperieced a ver ;Wg'od yeair, both lin
,t('liendance111 anlie work aecoin hih
Sed.
been a 1r...1 help i.,ie plaren andi
is able to i'as .c . sindid rlin feor
t o' iianialrelort than
theY were able to do a year ago.
Miss Lizzie Griffin, primary teacher
of the Cross 1111 school, was called to
Edgefleld last Monday to the bedside
of her aunt, Mrs. Victoria Evans, who
died on 'iThursday morning afterwards.
On this account .\liss Lizzie, to her
own regret, as well as that of all oth
ers, could not attend the commence
ment exercises.
The 11. W. Ball cliapter i)augliters of
lie (onfederacy, will observe next
Thrsday, 10th, as mIIIemorlal day. Ex
r i' ises will be held at the sciool
bui ilding at I o'clock in the afternoon.
.\iong otlier things oin the program,
a speaker will be seenrel flr- the oc
Casion. After the excreises at the
school bulidnlug tile members, togeth
er withi0 hers inl attiendianice, will
march to the cemetery and (decorqte
le Con feeilrate u raves. Everybody
will bev invited toittnd
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.\lidhll. May c.-.\ iold east rain
ha..; coiW", to us witi the entrance
of .\lay. Crops will be 1t a stand
stilt till the sun shi.1cs again.
li. W. .1. Liangston of Colunbia was
Shail g hands with relatives liere
8uni day afternoon. spenlding tlie Iiglit
witi ihs brotiher T. S. I ,aigston. 1)r.
Langston had been called to Greers on
aeco unt of (lie serious illness of his
graild-daughiter, little Iu ra litts
liniglies and called by here to see
homiefolks. Ile left the little one bet
ter we were glad to hear.
Mirs. Josie lartin has begun her
practices for 'lic annuil Children's
)ay at New Prospect held the -itli
Saturday in lay. She Is assisted as
usial by 'Miss Sisie I.,angston who
has charge of the music. '\liss Carrie
,alngston will have clarge of the ex
Creises in the afternoon for memorial
to tlie ('onfederate soldiers buried In
Prospeel cemiletery.
All who are interested (and tiis
takes inl a1 good portoii of the town
-hiip thatIi the graveyard at New
Prospect will he cleaned off Friday,
Niay lSih . I1st all come plidepared to
h> a 1good day's; wor.
Ml l nd Mrs. aThurmia l''inley and
(-!h.;1n wereI* tho spen ld-the--day
etso, .\llr. 1?nd .\'.Simpilsonl Hailey
l 11 \'irginia, daul t o f ., \1r. and
(' -Iuh, I-.inley was tinie . "c ho
Swek. Dr. ('huitoplir was ea!l
.1I i~ -i w re "1h1( to tfate thlit tile
ue s imp;ro'vinmi.
.\lr. .1ohfin Thomt:ison. who las heemi
ill Florila for th le past wiiter, camie
hoime' oi a short Visit to his parents.
-Jludge and Mrs. 0. G. 'Thllomp0)sonl.
b**A** ** * *** * ** *Se
E * IHARiONY NEllS. *
I lar mony, .lay 7.-This commniilty
was very imuch shocked yesterday ev
ening when it became known that Mr.
'C. A. loore of this place had very
suddenly been called to the Great He
yond.
Mr. Moore hiad been in feeble health
for several years but was able to be
up and about. lie attended tho school
picnic at tils pilace Saturday and
seemed to enjoy himself fine. The
writer, on his way to Sabbath school
ab~out 0:30 yesterdlay morning, met Mr.
Mooro near his~ home. ie seemiedl to
be more cheerful than usual. It Is
said he ate a hearty dlinnler about 12
o'clock. He and( Mrs. Moore were go
ing to visit some of their neighbors
In the afternoon. At or near 5 o'clock
lie got up to start and fell into the
beyond, bringing a shock on thle coim
iiunity, the church and1( to his wife.
Mr. Moore miovedI inito this conm
imunit y severial years ago andii attachiled
himnself to Ihis church and has been
a faithful, loyal miemiber until death.
.\r. -M\oore was aii old( veteran of the
warI btictweeni thle s a tes andii was sev ~
enty--tive yeais oild.
The family is expectinug the pastor,
Ile v. 0. h. WiillIims cf 'ross Anicohr
to preach thie funeral at 2 p. mn. today
a t this lalice, af ter wich thle body
will lbe laid Io rest. ini the cemetery
micaihoy.
Mr~is. .\looie has the symp~athiy of the
A\ good lnan is gonme,
I 'ene( to his ashes(1.
0n "Wei(ar-k~ver"' .\liuinumi warie.
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hiso :1 1he li An it ~ i preente inil
a1 iinner u'hati wi ive lon i th e iOi'
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On the surface there is evecry indi- (oet i o ~01 intli l
eat ion thlmt the Second regiment wj / 4ill ~O tB
be ordered into the federal service at S M & ii W1,%1i&Co
rr vecry ear ly dlate. The Charleston
lAight Dragoons and the Coast At Il
lery w.ill probllly he0 ordered( out at
theO samte time.
i,auirens (ontty Boy lionored. jts frtld pae
At a recent inspection of the corps eyiteBtouigt
rnf Clemson College by a ti. S. inspec-__________________________
lor, 22 .Iuniors were selected to take
sp~eeial military training for the ,re- W TD--U K
5(erve' ofleers corps5. One of this num
boer wvas .John W. Wofford. Mr. Wof
ford has taken great interest in mill- ALKNSO
tary servie while at school, lie has
also taken an eritually hi1gh stantd in OL RN
Alutm nae IEditor or "rTe Tiger"', the
college monthly and~ Military IEditor of D 2
"Ta ps", the college annual for next ~AI ~ uau
siession. lie was also awarded at the
*meent annual celebration of the Cail~
houn I,iterary Society, the medal forBrsC pe;'Hd,
I he best oration. lleligious activities
of college life has found in him an ar- etat.Mrt
lient HsupporteCr having been elected P ie
teacher of a large lible class of
Frsm nearly in th is session, lie -
has made a fine record wvhile'in col- IYI N i1 RE
lege-one of whlch hils family, frIends
sizes)tyma vllh rod in s SLo e l . iti