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IT FORT OGLETHORPE. TRAINING CAMP PltACfC OF HARD AND ?TBADY WORK. Read Information mm Tmm Ufe /mmm Routine That Applicants for Oeuaaaunaoaa In the Array mtm mmlmm ana> / -> y# Fart Oglethorpe, Ga., May 27 ?The aast week has been one of serious stork for the applicants In ths Fort dfteihorps Officers' Training Camp. Tfce reel work of making officers out of civilians Is now In active process and the next ten weeks are expected t* complete this training. Much has been learned already and there are still many more subjects to be master ad. , I Tmm pest week has been spent In of the Infantry drill regulations, which te by far ths most Important a military man's books, and many parts have bean learned by heart, have been put Into execution an often now that the "rookies" muke the msrssjiiiiis with ease and accu? racy, at least most of thsm do. Thsre ere some, however, who are still fit eaa4M)atee far the awkward?squad, aeaa wKo are not adapted to military A feature of the camp life lot men ttc.ied la my last letter was ths even ana} loot urea, or conferences as thsy are sailed. Bvery evening after sup? per, which opines at I.eO p. m., which enema raihsr early fur Carolinians, we gre at had Into the amphitheatre, an glads with a small box stand for Baakers, and benches in a semi tr front of ths applicants, and a lecture on our duties as sol or ths duties of soldiers, what of man they should be and are ettneeted to be. and what they should know. We have had several very good technical talks along various Unas on military subjects. During the past week we were hon? ored with a visit from Gen. Leonard Wood. Gen. Wood spoke of the great onion* the men who were In camp had earns to follow and the aacriflces tkwy must make in entering the army, which ha,said was a profession of sacrifice. He pointed out ths fact liegt America was In the war and should 4o fts own fighting and not de? lta allies to do the Aghtlng Ha stressed the Importance *ttfg military details and re? ferred to a number of other mattere of mtereat and Importance. He made a food. , strong stralght-from-ths sheeddar talk, emphasising the mili? tary element and *?ne In everything ha said, as do all o . speakers, who 0. are all army office.?. In hie talk Wood referred to the fact that of the men here would not and stated that a weed would be put into ac? tion shortly, whereby many would be Igelsri A of their duty in camp. . H? far there have been compara? tively few who have been weeded out. AH of these wei-e relieved of duty be of physical untltmw for the It le anderstood In camp, that beginning with this there will be a more active ellm prooass put Into effect and that a large number of men will be weeded out. Tn carrying out this pro? gram another phyaloal examination, according to? ths camp rumor, will be at aji of the men hers this T ,,rm v* ?*4'oa f*r rt,v in? out p Una ebon So far the health of the camp as a erhole lute been excellent. There has bean comparatively little alckneas. A number caught colda from the dust Jeat week, but ralna cams and reliev? ed the dry condition and made the much more comfortable. The "shot" of typhold fsver aerum given Thursday and Friday and many of the men, aa reault, have a little fever and ssvers palna in their arms, but few were sent to the hos? pital, bearing their aches and palna until after Inspection Saturday, when Ccould go to bed, and rest until felt better. From Inspection Sat? urday morning, which enda Juat be fare dinner, until 10.30 o'clock Sun pmy night the men In the training ramp are given leave to go and come as they please. Many of them apend tha time in Chattanoga. Home who live nearby go home, and othera re? view their work of the week and atudy the demHi? week's work, as there is little enough time during the work days for study. From 5.IK a. m. to l.l* at night it la a conatant grind, witfi little time for rest or recreation. As) one of the Chattanooga papers enys: "The rooky goes to bed ut 9.30 or 10 ou with nothing to do until sun V I referred to the conferences we have In the evenings. last week Gen. Wilder and Gen. Evans made the talks at the conference and told of the bat? tle of Chlckamauga. Both of them on ths federal aide, which aeonv m little oat of place, or strange at to southerner*, but SS prac Alt of the army men are strong ry federal In their vlewa and as the ?satin rri t even here Is partially that way. It was la truth not so atrangs aa WILL BUILD SHIPS. GOETHAL8 AND DEX MAN NOW IN AGREEMENT. Harmony Will Result In Quick Action to Thwart Submarine Campaign. Washington. May 28.?Any differ encsa between Chairman Denman of the ahipping board and MaJ. Oen. Qoethals over construction of the great merchant fleet have been entire? ly cleared away, it waa abated today, and both officials are in agreement for harmonioua action which will result In the speedy building of ships to thwart the submarine campaign. This announcement followed the re? turn here of Gen. Goetha s today. Under present plans 200 of the ships will be of wood and the remainder of steel. Secretary McAdoo, announcing to? day that $9,000,000 had Just been placed to the credit of the shipping board, said the board and Oen. Goe thala had not been held up for a sec ond for want of money .and would not be. . Referring to a atatement attributed to Oen. Qoethals In his recent New York spsech thst no attempt had been made to sell the $50,000,000 of Pana canal bonds, through which con? gress authorised the raising of funds for the board, Mr. McAdoo said it was not necessary to sell the bonds immediately and that the board had been notified long ago that all the money required was available on re? quest. Defore today's allotment the board had aaked for and received $1,000,000. *V HAIL INCH IN DIAMETER, Window Panes Broken In Resldencea at Georgetown. Georgetown, May 28.?One of the heaviest hall storms, of ahort dura? tion, recalled by the proverbial oldest Inhabitant passed over Georgetown about 6 o'clock this afternon, break? ing window panes In a number of residences and damaging to some ex? tent gardens and truck farms. Its radius sxtended but a few miles be? yond the city limits and no great damage to crops is reported. The hail [stones measured over an inch in diameter and remained on the atreets like snow for several minutes. Columbia, May 29.?Gov. Manning la among those who have subscribed generously for Liberty bonds. The chief executive has purchaaed one for | every member of his family, which Includes himself and Mrs. Manning, one daughter, seven sons and ten grandchildren. Three of the sons are In the military service and two were on the Mexican border last winter. It seems. Gen. Wilder, who is about 87 years of age, had a pretty aqueaky voice, but he made It sufficiently loud for most of the men to hear. He, I according to his own statement, and he did not seem a bit bashful about it. licked the Confederates eingle handed at the battle of Chlckamauga by disobeying his senior command? er's orders, saying that he could not withdraw by reason of his peculiar I situation, without losing all of his man. He armed and equipped a brigade of Illinois troops and was of course appointed in command o* them, something that President Wil? son snd Gen. Wood have not allowed Roosevelt to do In this war. Gen. I Evans, who came afterwards, and he secured his title in civil and not mili? tary circles, having been only a quar? termaster sergeant in the battle, and, aa he said, arriving on the battle? field after all danger was past, made I an eloquent speech, telling of the bat? tle which was fought here. He said that the Yankeea were licked. He said that there had often been a contest as to which side won the battle, but that the Confederates were i left In command of the field after the battle and If that was not winning it, he did not know what was, despite Gen. Wilder'? assertions. He gave in fluent language a description of the battle, with names of places and com? manders on both sides, number of men and other statistics, which he hud probably given In congress when he was seeking to have this place con? verted Into a national park, as it now Is. He was quite familiar with all of the details of the battle and made an excellent talk. Recently the food In the mess shacks has been considerably im? proved and the men are feeling much better In consequence. In fact most of them have been so hungry at every mess since they have been here that they were willing; to eat Just about anything which was set before them, but they were not opposed In any way to the improvement. At the snr.e time many go in to Chattanooga once a week, on leave days, to secure what they call a real dinner. I had intended to give the names of all Bumter men and their compa? nies and offices at this writing, but will do so another time. All of tbem are well and enjoying the vamp life. VOLUNTEER PLAN NOT SUCCESS NOT BRINGING IN ENOUGH RE? CRUITS FOR REGULARS. Campaigns In Prospect for Raising Army to Its Newly Established War Strength. Washington, May 29.?War depart? ment officials are pointing to the daily recruiting figures as proof anew that the volunteer system again has broken down in time of national emergency. Yesterday's regular army recruiting brought in 2,237 men, making a total of 87,518 since April |, But army officers declare that a great drive for volunteers to fill the army and Na? tional Guard to the new war strength will be necessary unless there is to be serious delay in organizing the newly authorized regiments. These, of course, are for the regular army and quite apart from the army to be rals- | ed by selective draft. Despite the fact that the nation is at war and American regulurs are under orders fcr the fighting front in France, less than 200,000 men have enlisted since April 1 in the regulars and National Guard. The present rate of enlistment? 1,200 to 1,500 a day?officials say, must be increased to 10,000 or 20, 000 a day if the forces which in all probability will be among the first to follow Mnj. Gen. Pershlng's division to Europe are to go forward prompt? ly. An appeal to the country from the president may be necessary to get the men. The National Guard la in an even worse situation. The present total strength of the force is less than 200,000 and raised ~> n var footing, as has been ordered, shou.d total 330, 000. In addition the 16 National Guard division plan on which the war department is working would require nearly as many more to fill necessary additional regiments. The most striking fact hi connec? tion with the recruiting rate for the regulars, officials say, is that even the announcement that Gen. Pershlng would lead a division to France with? out delay failed utterly to stimulate enlistment. The daily average re? cruiting has dwindled steadily. If voluntary enlistment fails, de? spite the recruiting campaigns that are in prospect, the only recourse will be to fill the regular and Na? tional Guard with men selected for nxr :| military service under the draft. COTTON AS FOOD PRODUCT. Seed {^rushers Point Out its Advan? tages. Washington, May 29.?A committee representing the Interstate Cotton Seed Crushers' association today of? fered the government the entire facil? ities of the organization for the. period of the war. They also called on Her? bert C. Hoover and emphasized the possibilities of the cotton yield aa a food crop, declaring the government had underestimated Its value in the food growing campaign. Mr. Hoover was told that the cot? ton crop was one of the nation's best food sources and that an ordinary acreage, besides the cotton staple, would yield approximately 1,450,000, 000 pounds of cottonseed oil, $2, 22-5,000 tons of meal, 1,200,000 tons of hulls and 1,20 0,00 ) bales of Unters, the latter invaluable for ammunition. Besides the great value of the meal for animal food it was stated that re? cent experiments had shown 20 per cent, of cottonseed flour mixed with 80 per cent, of wheat or corn would make a palatable and highly nutri? tious bread. In the 11 cotton States, the com? mittee told Mr. Hoover, an annual saving of 100,000,000 bushels of corn could be made by mixing two pounds of cottonseed meal in the food of each horse or mule. This would replace four pounds of the 14 pounds of corn fed each animal daily. The crop of 1915, it was said, pro? duced 167,000,000 gallons of vegeta? ble fats, of which 987,794,000 pounds was converted into edible oils, cook? ing lats and butters. If one-third of the oil now going into soap and cheap industrial products could be diverted into food products it would add 400, 000,000 to 500,000,000 pounds to the nation's supply of futs. The committee was headed by Fielding H. Wallace of Augusta, Ga., president of the association, and in? cluded W. v. Reynolds, Charlotte; T. C, Law, Atlanta; John T. Ashcroft und C, W. Ashcroft, Florence, Ala.; J. J. Culbertaon, Paris, Texas; W. B. West, Columbia, S. C? and H. E. Wat kins, Atlanta. AGAINST FOOD STORAGE. Senate Promise* Substitute for House Food Osamas hui. Washington, May 19.?The senate agriculture commltteo has directed immediate consideration of legisla? tion to prevent food storage by ?leal? ers. It Is a substitute for the house measure providing for a food census and production stimulation. FOOD SURVEY BILL HOUSE PASSES FrttST OF ADMIN? ISTRATION EMERGENCY MEASURES. Dopa it men t Can Furnish Fairly Ac? curate Estimate of Resources With? in Three W'eeka After Measure is Signed by President?Senate to Act Soon. Washington, May 28.?The admin-j istration's food survey bill, first of the food control measures, was passed by the house today without a record vote. It appropriates $14,770,700 for an immediate investigation of the country's food resources and for measures to stimulate production. A similar hill is under debate in the sen? ate and may be passed there Wed? nesday. The agriculture department expects to present a fairly accurate estimate of food resources within three weeks after the bill s signed by the pres? ident, Secretary Houston said today. As soon as the measure becomes a law the department will start in its 17,000 employes and the 150,000 vol? untary crop reporters to work in the investigation. The preliminary report to be made within three weeks will be supplemented with monthly reports and probably by a further complete report within six months if necessary.. Material gathered will bo turned over to Herbert C. Hoover, who will be named to head a food administra? tion board as soon as the pending reg? ulatory food measures become law. Th survey bill leased virtually as it came from' the committee. Miss Rankin, the woman representative from Montana, inserted an amend? ment which would require the depart? ment of agriculture to advise women in the survey work whenever practi? cable. An amendment by Represen? tative McKenzie of Illinois would make all persons employed under the bill liable to military service and another would permit citizens to re? fuse to go more than 300 miles from their homes or places of business to testify in a food inquiry. As original? ly drawn the bill carried more than $18,000,000 but the committee changes reduced the total. These are the prnieipal amounts ap? propriated: For seeds, $5,778,000; ed? ucation for increasing production by waste elimination and conservation, $4,348,400; general survey, $2,522,000; eradication of live stock diseases and live stock improvement work, $885, 000; miscellaneous items, $547,400; eradication of plant diseases and in? sects, $441,090. Many representatives, Including Former Speaker Cannon, repeatedly attacked the measure as wasteful. Chairman Lever of the agricultural committee declared heatedly In close debate today that they were raising a false Issue. "It is not economy that these gen tilemen desire to propagate that ac? counts for the opposition of the bill," he said. "It may be that the opposi? tion may bo accounted because we are carrying power in the hill to go into storage concerns and find out who is hoarding and who is speculat? ing." The senate devoted the day to de? bating and adopting an amendment by Senator McKellar reducing the ap? propriation for the eradication of the cattle tick and other live stock dis? eases from $2,083,000 to $825,000. A motion to eliminate an appropriation of $2,500,000 for seeds to he sold to the farmers at cost by the department of agriculture and for the eradica? tion of plant diseases was pending when the senate adjourned. RASEBALL AT VIMY. Canadians on French Front Organize League. British Headquarters, France, May 2? (From Staff Correspondent).? The baseball season on the western front is under way. In the shadow of Vimy ridge two Canadian teams of the organized league played a game yesterday on a diamond on which the shell holes had been tilled. Half a mile away an occasional German shell exploded while the airplanes hummed overhead. A rough grandstand for Officiate was filled, the audience in? cluding one general. The aoldlers are anxious for the Americans to come so they can have interleague games. TAX ON NEWSIWPEK.S Administration Influence Thown on Scale for Increase in Postage. Washington, May SO.?Administra? tion Influence has been brought to hear in favor of amending the war tax hill to increase the postage rate on newspapers and other publications enjoying the cent a pound rate. Post? master General Burleson conferred with Chairman Blmmona of the senate Annnoe committee which is revising the bill and urged the adoption Of amendment of Hardwlck of Georgia to Increase the second class rates. He stated that this would add twenty mil lion dollars to the annual revenue. THE banks or t itv roUM as. sociation to PROMOTE BALE of bonds. Committees Named for Each Town? ship in tbe County to Facilitate the Purchase of Liberty Bonds by The People of Slimier County. All of the banks in the city of Sumter have formed an association to facilitate the purchase of Liberty bonds by the people of Buinter county. Our nation is at war. The war can only be won if we furnish our allies with money, foodstuffs and other sup? plies. Money is essential. Every one should do his bit. It is a call for patriotic services of various kinds. Patriotic services entail fre? quently personal sacrifice. In the matter of the purchase of Liberty bonds the committee appoint? ed by the banks recommends that] e\ery man, woman and child in Sum-| ter county purchase one or more Liberty bonds. These honds are is? sued in denominations of $60, $100 and upwards. They bear 3 1-2 per cent, interest. In purchasing a bond you are only lending the government money at 3 1-2 per cent, with the dis? tinct agreement that if the rate is hereafter increased on Liberty bonds you will be allowed to exchange the bond purchased for one bearing a higher rate of interest. Honds are apt to increase in value. They are now being sold at par. The banks are handling transac? tions incident to the purchase of bonds without any profit to themselves and without any expense whatever to the purchasers. Two per cent, of the amount subscribed is payable now, and the balance in easy installments, the whole amount to be paid in by Aug. 30. The banks of Sumter have arranged to lend on these bonds as collateral to all such persons as can? not complete payment by the lime the government calls for final pay? ment. The rate will be six per cent. Everybody can afford to make some slight sacrilice for the government. Bonds in the hands of individuals are absolutely non-taxable for any pur? pose whatsoever. Subscriptions may be made through any bank or banking institution in Sumter, and will be promptly handed over to the central committee, which will look after all details. The undersigned constitutes a sub-committee for the purpose of bringing this matter to your attention and for the further purpose of asking your cooperation in the matter. A committee has been appointed in every township in Sumter county, and a copy of this letter is being mailed to each member of the various com? mittees. These township committees are asked, as a patriotic duty, to canvass every township, asking every person ' to subscribe to and purchase one or more Liberty bonds. We do not think it would be patriotic for any one to subscribe beyond his individual means, nor do we think it would be wise for any one to undertake the purchase of bonds and the burden of debt in order to purchase Lib? erty bonds unless the debt can be liquidated without interfering with the regular business of the subscrib? er, but we do believe every person in the county, by making some little sacrifice or by practicing some econ? omy, giving up some proposed expen? diture, planting a little extra crop, selling truck, or in some way, can add to the general welfare of the na? tion, ami can in that way easily pur? chase the Liberty bonds referred to. Now wont you meet with the other members of the committee of your township, arrange for a canvass, each member of the committee to take cer? tain territory, see the people, explain the situation to them, and urge them to try and purchase the bonds to be paid for out of some extra earnings or some savings as the result of economy. I?et( us know the names of all per? sons who desire to subscribe, the amount subscribed, ami we will at once make the necessary arrange? ments, AH this information ought t<? be in hand before June Bth. The president has set apart Juns 6th for two purposes: First, for registration under the selective conscription act. and secondly, for subscriptions to the Liberty bond issue. The township committees are as follows: Hhiloh K T Mims, r hair man; W. W. Green, J. K. McKlveen, Isadore Trulurk. May es v I lie Township- E. \V. Dabhs, rhairman; A. J. Pringle, .lohn Ii. Wilson, Itobort Muldrow. Town of MayesvHIe?C. R. Mayen, chairman; J. F*. Bland, Ii. F. Des Champe, lt. A. Chandler. Concord Township?J, 15. lhitton. chairman; .1 M. Brogdon, Howard Jones, <;. W. Mahoney. Privateer Township?S. A. Marvin, chairman; n. i>. Tlndal, J. M. Koih, J, Mi Jackson. .Manchester Township?YV. J. Ardis, RACE RIOTt RASES. MOBS RENEW ATTACK OX NE? GROES IX EAST ST. LOUIS. Om More Negro Killed and Several Others Shot?Negroes With Arm? Arrested. East St. Louis. 111., May 29.?Three negroes were shot, one probably fatally, end throe white men were wounded in the lace riot which broke out afresh here tonight. Croups of white men continued to form in the streets but for the most part the police and soldiers on patrol duty have isucceeded in disbanding them peace? ably. One of the negroes shot to? night was on his way to work when he was accosted by a white man to know his destination. The negro re? fused to answer and the white man shot him. A crowd gathered quickly but police disperse] it hy using their cluba freely. A few minutes later another negro was made a victim of the nob when he said that the "blacks would put up a light if trouble came." His wound is not serious. Six men of the First regiment, National Guard of Missouri, were ar? rested charged with inciting to riot. A negro carrying a sack contain? ing eie.ht revolvers and ammunition was arrested on the Illinois approach of Eads bridge. He had come from St. Louis, Mo. Thomas Ritchie, a private watch? man of the Baltimore & Ohio rail? road, was patrolling the tracks when he saw a negro approaching with a shotgun. Ritchie challenged the ne? gro, who fired, wounding Ritchie in the shoulder. Two white men were taken to a hospital In a serious con? dition as a result of gunshot wounds. Their identity has not been estab? lished. They were unarmed. At 11 o'clock Col. E. C. Clayton, who is in command of six companies of militia on guard here, declared he expected little more trouble tonight. Col. Clayton stationed his men, each armed with a rifle with 90 round? of ammunition, 100 feet apart in the sections where trouble was feared. Orders were issued to let no one pass into the "restricted zones" without being challenged. Three engine com? panies of the fire department re? sponded to an alarm on north Third street, heavily settled hy negroes, and were met with a volley of shot when they arrived, but none was hit. Sev? eral other false alarms were turned in. The race riots began late last night shortly after a committee from the labor unions met with mem? bers of the city council to protest against furtber importations of ne? groes from the South to work in the stock y&res and packing plants and were given impetus by a report that negroes had insulted a white woman and had held up two white men in this city. At that time large mobs were formed and in the rioting which re? sulted one negro was shot, several were badly beaten and hundreds of negroes were driven across the river into St. Louis, Mo. Later the rioters attempted to de? stroy a portion of the negro district by tire. Three houses were razed be? fore the blaze could be checked. Despite efforts of National Guards? men, small groups of white men per? sisted in forming and the mere pres? ence of a negro on the street was a signal for violence. Police estimate that at least 1.500 negroes have been driven from the city since the rioting began Monday night. Scores of negroes were arrested when arms were found in their pos? session as they attempted to return from St. Louis. One of the negroes arrested carried a bomb, according to the police. The National Guardsmen arrested charged with inciting riots were MUSfd late tonight. Th police and militia otllcers de? clared at midnight that the situation was well in hand. WILL BUY BONDS. Training ( amps Students Each Buy a Bond. Watertown. N. Y., May 30.?Every one of twenty-live hundred officer students at Madison barracks train? ing camp will take a hundred dollar Liberty bond. chairman; George T. Geddings, Mil? ler Coulter. Middleton Township ? (Including town of Wedgefleld) E. A. Ay cock, chairman; S. Weinberg, M. L. Parier, W. II. Ramsey. Stateburg Township?Of orge Mabry, rhairman; C. J. Jackson, J. L?. Frier ron, Ii. C. Richardson, Rafting Creek Township?D. V. Keels, chairmani J. I* 1 rby, E. K. Rembert, Julian B, Baadern. Providence Township?B, P. Gail la rd, chairman; Paul Bowman, J. C. Dun bar, B. McLauchlin. Bumtcr Township?(Excluding the city) Willie Shaw, chairman; J. H. Myers, John F. Jenkine, E. P. Brad lord.