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IT FOII OGLETHORPE TRAINING CAMP PLACE OF HARD AND STEADY WORK. Pent Hand Information en Tk? Ufe /mmn RoeUae That Applicant* for m Csn*mamsJoae la the Army ara Lead JPAV 'u / Fart Ogtethorpe, Ge., May 27.?The pant week has been ons of serious start: for the applicants in the Fort dfte thorps Officers' Train ins; Camp. The real work of making officers out of cfvlliana hi now in active process and the next ten weeks are expected t* ecmptete this training. Much haa keen learned already and there are still many more subjects to be master The past week has been spent In study of the fn fan try drill regulatione, Which la by far the moat Important a military man'a books, and many parts have been learned by heart, have been put into execution ea ?fem now that the "rookies" make the aiewnmanta with ease and accu? racy. |it least moat of them do. There are acme, however, who are still fit eaaesdetcs far the awhwar<L^?quad. seen ulvo are not adapted to mlUUry trainlna> A fa it u re of the camp life Cot men? tioned hi my last letter was the even? ing? lent urea, or conferences as they am called Every evening after sup? per, widen comas at 1.00 p. m., which eeemn tether early for Carolinians, we pre relied lpto the amphitheatre, an span glade with a email box stand for Mm epetkers, and benches in a seml tti front of the applicants, and a lecture on our duties as sol? ar the duties of soldiers, what of men they should be and ere attracted to be. and what they should know. We have had several vary good technical *alks along various lines on military subjects. During the past week we were hon? ored with a visit from Gen. Leonard Wood. Qan. Wood spoke of the great eel ting the men who were In camp had eeme to fellow and the sacrifices taay must make in entering the army, which ha,said was a profession of sngrlflea. , He pointed out the fact that America was in the war and ahould de fts own fighting and not de MtuVoa tta alllas to do the fighting far lt.. ( Ha etnas id the importance of mastering military details and re? ferred to a number of other mattere ft In tercet and Importance. He made < a/gaud. . strong straight-from-ths shouUsr talk, emphasising the mlU Kelement and tone In everything aid, an do all of the epeekers, who a are ell. army officers. In his talk Gen. Weed referred to the fact that a number of the men here would not reserve etflaca and stated that a weed tag out preeees would be put Into ac? tion shortly, whereby many would he rgetersd of their duty In camp. . Hp far there have ben compara? tively few who have been weeded out AH of these were relieved of duty be of physical unfitneeu for the It is understood In camp, that beginning with this there will be a more active sllm prooeaa put Into effect and ihet a large number of men will be aux- la cerrying out this pro another physical examination, to? the camp rumor? will be made of ail of the men here thle asaek. 80 far the health of the camp ee a whole has been excellent. There has been samparatlvsiy tittle sickness. A bar caught colda from the dust week, but rains cams and rellev dry condition and made tho much more comfortable. The "shot" of typhoid fsver aerum was given Thursday and Friday and gaany of the men. aa reault. have a little fever and severe pains In their arms, but few were sent to the hoc ?IUI. bearing their aches and pains until after Inspection Saturday, when Rcould go to bed, and rest until felt better. From Inspection Sat? urday morning, which ends Just be fare dinner, until 10.30 o'clock Sun jley night the men In the training camp are gt\?n leave to go and come aw they please. Many of them spend the time In Chattanoga. Home who tire nearby go home, and othera re? view their Work of the week and study the doming week's work, as there is little enough time during the work? days for study. From & 15 a. m. to t.lf at night It la a constant grind, wttM little time for rsst or recreation. As) ene of the Chattanooga paper* ehjra "The rooky goes to bed ut LSI er In 00 with nothing to do until sun I I I referred to ths conferencea we hare In the evening*. Last week Gen. Wilder and Gen. Evans made the talks at the conference and told of the bat? tle of Chlckamauga. Both of them gears on the federal aide, which aeom ed a little out of place, or strange at to southerner*, but aa prac all of the army men are strong? ly federal In their views and as the tent even here Is partially that r. It was In truth not so atrangs aa KILL BUILD SHIPS. GOETIIAL8 AND DEN MAN NOW IN AGREEMENT. Harmony Will Remit In Quick Action to Thwart Submarine Campaign. Washington, May 28.?Any differ ?ncea between Chairman Denman of the shipping board and MaJ. Gen. Goethals over construction of the great merchant fleet have been entire? ly cleared away, it waa stated today, and both officials are in agreement for harmonious action which will result in the speedy building of ships to thwart the submarine campaign. This announcement followed the re? turn here of Gen. Goethals 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, aald the board and Gen. Goe? thals had not been held up tor a sec? ond for want of money and would not be. . Referring to a statement attributed to Gen. Goethals In hla recent New York apeech that no attempt had been made to aell the $50,000,000 of Pana | ma canal bonds, through which con-! grass authorised the raising of funda for the board, Mr. McAdoo aald It was not necessary to aell the bonds Immediately and that the board had been notified long ago that all the money required was available on re? quest. Before today's-allotment the board had aaked for and received $1,000,000. V HAIL INCH IN DIAMETER, Window Panes Broken in Residences at Georgetown. Georgetown, May 28.?One of the heaviest hall storms, of abort dura? tion, recalled by e proverbial oldest Inhabitant pasted over Georgetown about 5 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 extended but a few miles be? yond the city limits and no great damage to crops is reported. The hall stones measured over an Inch in diameter and remained on the streets like snow for several minutes. Columbia, May 29.?Gov. Manning la among those who have subscribed generously for Liberty bonds. The chief executive has purchased 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. ?????? i ? m It seems. Gen. Wilder, who is about 87 years of age, had a pretty equeaky 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, lioksd the Confederates single handed at the battle of Chlckamauga by disobeying his ssnior command? er's ordere, saying that he could not withdraw by reason of his peculiar situation, without losing all of his men. Ho armed and equipped a brigade of Illinois troops and was of course appointed In command of them, something that President Wil? son and Gen. Wood have not allowed Rooawvelt to do in this war. Gen. Xvans, 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, as 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 Yankees were licked. He said that there had often been a contest as to which aide won the battle, but that the Confederates were 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's 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 had 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 mudo 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 wny to the Improvement. At the same time many go in to Chattanooga once n week, on leave days, to secure what they call a real dinner. I had Intended to give the names of all Sumter men and their compa? nies and offices at this writing, but will do so another time. All of them are well and enjoying the camp 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 L 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 rais? ed by selective draft. Despite the fact that the nation la at war and American regulars 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. i 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 MaJ. 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 to a war footing, as has been ordered, should 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 in 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 utterb 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 military service under the draft. COTTON AS FOOD PRODUCT. Seed Crushers 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 as 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, 225,000 tons of meal, 1,200,000 tons of hulls and 1,200,00) 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 i.old 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 107,000,000 gallons of vegeta? ble fats, of which 987,794,000 pounds was converted into edible oils, cook? ing fats 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 fats. The committee was headed by Fielding H. Wallace of Augusta, Ga., president of the association, and In? cluded W. A. Reynolds, Charlotte; T. C. LS>W| Atlanta; John T. Ashcroft und C. W. Ashcroft. Florence, Ala.; J. J. Culbertson, Paris, Texas; W. it West. Columbia, S. C, ami H. E. Wat kins, Atlanta. AGAINST FOOD STORAGE. Senate l*ro|M?HCtt Substitut?' for House Food Census BUI. Washington. May II.- The senate agriculture committeo has directed immediate consideration of legisla? tion to prevent food storage by deal? ers. It is a substitute for the house measure providing for a food census end production stimulation. FOOD SURVEY BILL. 1IOVSE PASSES FrttST OF ADMIN? ISTRATION EMERGENCY MEASURES. Department Can Furnish Fairly Ac? curate Estimate of Resources With? in Three Week- After Measure is Signed by President?Senate to Act Soon. Washington, May 28?The admin? 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 he passed there Wed? nesday. The agriculture department expects to present a fairly accurate estimate of food resources within three weeks after the bill is 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 passed 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 prnlcipal amounts ap? propriated: For seeds, $0,778,000; 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. $441,098. 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 geh tilemen desire to propagate that ac? counts for the opposition of the bill," he said. "It may be that the opposi? tion may he accounted because we are carrying power in the hill to go into storage concerns and find out who is hoarding und 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 ah appropriation of $2,500,000 for seeds to he sold to the farmers at cost by the department of agiiculture and for the eradica? tion of plant diseases was pending when the senate adjourned. BASEBALL AT VIMY. Canadians on French Front. Organize League. British Headquarters, France, May 29 (From Staff Correspondent).? The hasehall 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 hud been tilled. Half a mile away an occasional German shell exploded while the airplanes hummed overhead. A rough grandstand for officials was lllled, the audience in? cluding one general. The soldiers are anxious for the Americans to come so they can have interleague games. TAX ON NEWSPAPER.S Administration Influence Thown on floate for Increase In Postage Washington. May SO.?Administra? tion Influence has been brought t?? hear in favor of amending the war tax hill 1 <i increase the postage rate on newspapers and other publications enjoying the cent a pound rate. Post master General Burleaon conferred with Chairman Simmons of the senate finance committee which is revising the hill ami 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. LIBERTY BOND COH1TEE. THE BANKS OF CITY FORM AS? SOCIATION TO PROMOTE BALE OF BONDS. Committees Named for Fach Town? ship in the County to Fucilitate the Purchase of Liberty Bonds by The People of Sumter County. All of the banks in the city of Sumter have formed an association to facilitate tho purchase of Liberty bonds by the people of Sumter 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 every man, woman and child in Sum? ter county purchase one or more Liberty bonds. These bonds are Is? sued in denominations of $50, $10u and upwards. They bear I 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. Bonds ore 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 time the government calls for final pay? ment. The rate will be six per cent. Everybody can afford to make some slight sacrifice 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, and 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 sonic savings as the result of economy. I,et( Us know the names of all per? sons who desire to Subscribe, the amount subscribed! and we will at once make the necessary arrange? ments. All this Information ought to be in hand before June 6th. The president has set apart June 5th 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: Bhiloh B, T Mima, r hair man; W. W. Green, J. K McKlveen, Isadore Truluek. Mayesvllle Township- E. YV. Dabbs. chairman; A. J. Pringle, John H. Wilson, Robert Muhlrow. Town of Mayesvllle c. R. Msyes, chairman; J. P. Bland, K. P, Des C ham pa, R. a. Chandler. Concord Township?J. B. Britton. chairman, J, M. BfOgdon, Howard .Jones, C. W. Ma honey. Privateer Township?S. a. Ilarvln, chairman; H. i>. TlndaL J. M. Kolb, J. Mi Jackson. Manchester Township?W. J. Ardis, RACE RIOTI RACES. MOBS REXEW ATTACK OX XK (?ROES IX EAST ST. LOUIS. OM More Negro Killed nn<l Several Others Shot?Xearocs With Arms Arrested. East St. Louis, 111., May 29.?Three negroes were shot, one probably fatally, and three white men were wounded in the tare 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 succeeded 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 destitution. The negro re? fused to answer and the white man shot him. A crowd gathered quickly but police disperse! it by using their clubs freely. A few minutes later another negro was made a victim of the mob when he said that the "blacks would put up a fight 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 eipht revolvers end ammunition was arrested on the Illinois approach of Eads bridge. He had come from St. Louis, Mo. Thomas Hitchie, 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 j 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 rounds 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 by 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 further importations of ne? groes from the South to work in the stock yards 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 o ie 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 fire. 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 S7hen arms were found in their pos? session as they attempted to return from St. Lou la. One of the negroes arrest" \ curried a hotnb, according to the police. The National Guardsmen arrested charged with inciting riots were released late tonight. The police and militia olllcers de? clared at midnight that the situation was well in hand. WILL BUY BONDS. Training t amps Students Each Buy a Bond. Watertown, N. Y., May 30.?Every ?ine of twenty-live hundred officer students at Madison b;:rracks train? ing camp will take ? hundred dollar Liberty bond. chairman; George T. Oeddings, Mil? ler Coulter. Middleton Township - (Including town Of YVedgeliehl) E. A. Ayeock, chairman; s. Wamberg; M. L. Parier, w. ii. Ramsey. Stateburg Township?"Jeorge Mahry, chairman; C. J Jackson, J. L. Frier ron, II. C. Richardson. Halting Creek Township?T>. V. Keels, chairman; J. L. irby, E. E. liembert. Julian E. Sanders. Providence Township?S. P. Goil lard, chairman; Paul Bowman, J. C. Dunbar, B. McLauchlin. Sumter Township?(Excluding the city) Willie Shaw, chairman; J. H. Myers, John F. Jenkina. E. P. Brad? ford. .