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ARMY Timm NKKI>S MKS. Thousand Recruit* for Itca Army Wanted Before Juno SO. Tft fh* Editor i f enemas copy of Mtutemcnt issued ss^HeWe^crotary or War on June 11th. statement wan accompanied hy svtmorandum from the office of the tnnt general of the army under Of June 14, Ist?, aa follows: *It la desired thst the greatest pos nnblieity be given the enclosed '?dement of the secretary of war. "Doubtless the newspapers in each strutting district will desire to pub. It ae a news item. If so it ihouM i published in its entirety." In submitting this utatemcnt with that you publish it In lull. 1 to call particular ottentlon to the h and 5th paragraphs, which read pullOWMjM. "Facilities are In readiness for the icing of these 70.000 men in proper lining. Any delay In obtaining this Iber will necessarily cause the lens of Invaluable time." The undersigned has observed from newspapers In his recruiting dls iglet that the editors have. In genersl, elbowed a great willingness to cooper ejte with ail governmental ngencies In efforts to render the most valu servlee possible to the govern Thai has been noticed as regards isawy recruiting. Marine corps recru.t lag. National Quard recruiting, army P*ortilting, and particularly as re |sards the campaign for selling Uberty tsmds. The Issue of Idl>erty bonds has tewn oversubscribed, but the men re? quired to carry the war to a success? ful conclusion are apoarently not gwake to the vital necessity of early training, dot only for the good of the awvlce. but to the great advantage of the Individual himself. The value of training te the gow intent and to the it dividual during the next two month cannot be overemphasized, and may geean success or failure In our early battles In Europe, depending upon Whether In these early buttles wo have trained or green men. Hen. Perching and his staff are now hi France, where his troops will un? doubtedly Join him, pos.-dbly before this letter roachee you. His com ejand. when It reaches the trenche:. nail undoubtedly have to receive a eerv vicious sttack from German vet? erans. Upon the first report of our casuality 1st. our young m?n will cer? tainly wake up, but in the meantime they are (pslng "Invaluable time" for braining and tho consequent Iosh of promotion, and I appeal to you to give the subject of regular army recruiting space not .only in your news column.'. but In your editorial columns as wer. I think that you will agree with m that this Is tho first aj eat that tho regular army recruiting service has sssde to the newspapers. This on ac count of the greater importance of the early recruitment of our se forces. Rut the time hns now conn when the army must be recruited without furth m delay to Its full war et re gth.. I quote from a speech made by Mai Gen. Leonard Wood on June 15th, as follows: "This war Ih no child's affair. Wc do not know when It will end nor how great a sacrifice we will have to make It looks like we must put a million or a million and a half men In Europe." . In spite of 'he above, It hns taken from April 1st to June 15th (75 days) te secure 115.000 men for the regula. army At this rats when will we be ready to fight' Registered aien (under the unlver sal servlef law) msy volunteer until drafted. All of the nertro regiments of th resular agmy are now at full wa. strength With a surplus of recruits For thN reason negroes may not vol? unteer, but will be drafted and or ganixed Into separate forces from the white men under the draft law on September 1st. In the meantime the regular army needs 70,000 men, single, without de send ants, between the uses of IH ami ft years, and It Is of vital importance that they be secured before June 30th By volunteering now they may seeun ene of tb? ih.ooo \acanclen in tho non commissioned gradee or one of the S.000 vacancies In the commissioned grades now existing In the regular srmy. All enlistments nre for the period of the emergency unless soon er discharged. Volunteers secured sow are credited against the ?juota to be drawn from the various terrestrial subdivisions under the conscription law Postmasters nre authorized to sen. all applications to the nearest recruit lag station st government axpenso. Py your help, your territory can 1? listed upon the ureat roll of honor. GHAYftoN V HAIDT. Captain. IT. *- Army, lb tired. Re crultlng Officer. tfavsnnsh. Ga , June 1?. Sl? lern*? d by the *coroturv of Wa: The ewValry. enrlneers. const art 11 lerv. sigisti utrpi nei qiMsftermaste etrpe of the regular srmy have al ready been brought to war strength. 45,000 recruits arc needed a: once to complete tho new regiments of in? fantry and field artillery. 25,000 additional reertnts are desir? ed at the earliest practicable dato to till vacancies in order that the war strength of 300,000 men may be main? tained. Facilities are in readiness for plac? ing these 70,000 men under proper training. Any delay in obtaining this number will necessarily cause tho loss of In? valuable time. It is the earnest deslro of the war department that 70,000 tingle men be? tween the ages of 18 and 4 0, who have m dependants and who are not en? gaged In professions, business or trades vitually necessary to the jiroso cution of the war, be enlisted in the regular army before the 30th of June, 1917. NEWTON D. BAKE Et, Secretary of War. June 11, 1917. WILL of DR. u. s. jovxrs. Several Institutions In State Receive Bequests. Columbia. June 21.?The will o* the late Edward Southey Joynes, M. A. LI* D., professor emeritus of mod? ern languages of the University of South Carolina, who died in Columbia last Monday, which was filed with the probate Judge of Richland county shortly after .2 o'clock this afteriton, shows that the distinguished scholar left a very comfortable fortune. Although the bulk of his estate goes to his four children, Institutions of learning and of charity, hoth white and colored, were liberally remem? bered. The will, which was made in October, 1914, was witnessed by A. D. McFnddln. John J. McMahan ond J. B. McLaughlin. The estate is dis? tributed as follows: The Church Home Orphanage, ol Yorkvllle, $1.000; tho Rescue Orphan? age, of Columbia. $1.0no; St. Mar..':: Parochial Colored School, of Colum? bia. $1,000; tho Children's Clinic, of Columbia, $500; Associated Charities of Columbia, for tho henellt of the col? ored auxiliary, $500. To his faithful nurse, Clara Chaplin. $300; to the University of South Carolina, his book on the modern language. The remain? der of his magnificent library to Wo' "ord College of Spartanburg. Tfc'J balance and reslduo of his estate to his four children, Mrs. Hell Fite, Lon ", Eranch. Cal.; Capt. W. W. Joyne?, Norfolk, Va.; Mrs. Eliza L. McFai ? land, Darlington and Mrs. Louise Cagsdale, Florence. Kraser-Ktlrcwalt. The marriage of Miss Evelyn Fr?ser ami Or. Neal Stirewalt of Oreensboro, N. C., was solemnized last Thursday evening at seven o'clock at the home of tho bride's mother, Mrs. Louis.) Eraser. The ofllclating minister was the Hcv. T. F. llaney of the Presby? terian church. The home was beautifully decorated with pines and ferns. Vases of car? nations and bride roses were used ef? fectively. Before tho ceremony a delightful musical program was rendered. IflSS Nell Chambers sang "Constance" by Charles Weber, and "The Life Ro*d" by Miriam Graham. Miss Eunie. Chambers played "Sous I*a Fenille" by Frances Thorne. Then as Miss Eunice Chambers Stayed fjohengrln's wedding march, the ribbon girls, little Virginia CoUcr ? nd Mary O. Chambers, advanced tress the hall and took their stand on ? Ither side of an arch of evergreen:, and daisies, in front of a bank of pines nnd daisies. Tho whole scene \va I l ightened by the soft glow of mnnv candles. Ne\'t came tho littlo ring bearer, Mary China Stephenson, bear? ing the ring In a bride rose. The bride and groom entered to BjOtfcjOV and stood beneath the arch, where they were happily united in the bonds of matrimony. The bride was beautiful In a tailor od suit of blue taceta with accessaries to match. Her flowers were bride roses. Immediately after the ceremony Or. an 1 Mrs. Stirewalt left for Florence, where they expected to start on their wedding trip. After the wedding lee cream and ecke were served by Misses Annie T.011 Erwin. Sophie and Elizabeth Dftbba, V.ird? lie Eraser and RsbfjeSSj Dick. The guests did not depart unti" th<y had all iv?;istcred In the brlde'l ('no!: over which Miss Anna Workman ?.resided. <?Ut of town guests SfSSSIlt Ire IT - Stirewalt and Miss Edna RUTS wait, the groom's mother and s;stt??? Mliwe? Allee Warren, Sophie and RttSJlhcth Dahhs and James Dabba.? ItSrtSVille Messenger. RsjMH Bs)lloiti who runs a than erop for Itev. Friday Kershaw. at Ho i ''in, sends In a cotton bloom that he picked on Tuesday. l'.Uh from I! A ft SSI acie liHd that was beginnlug In loom freely that day. G F. KM AX All MY CONl'mWOXS. Six Million Men t an bo Counted on? Karly Allied Victory Depends on United States and Hussia. In August. 1914, Germany had avail? able in armed and mobilized force, including partial effectives and the classes of 1917-18, both of which it whs never thought would be called, a grand total in round llgures of 9, 000,000 men. Today she has a grand total of 1,000,000 to the last available man; and of this iigure, 1,000,000 are virtually useless as trained soldiers either through youth or ago. These llgures are not haphazard. They are based upon careful notes 1 have obtained permission to make from administrative and military rec ords in Parle, for the purpose of de termining just what the present ItatUf of the Boche army is in men and pos? sibilities, and also just what the loss? es of the last thirty-three months ag grega to. The reports I examined arc minutely careful in detail and baaed on pre-war and information obtained since August, 1914. They are, I am told, with 2 per cent, of the actual number of men who can still fight and men who will never light again. They cover in the former category the pies out strictly effective units of German armies on all fronts and behind them They show that the losses In i ion killed or taken prisoner since 1914 total 1,750,000, and that the wounded and mutilated who will never fight again total 1,200,000 men. If, the fig? ures state, the falling off of the birth rate in Germany is considered, it creates a total decrease In ?the popu? lation of the Kaiser's realm of fi.OOO, 000. It is, therefore, safe to say that the land of the Boche has never been so bled in its history, even in th Thirty Years' War. All reports from he western front tell the same tale of enormous Ger? man losses and ruthless sacrifice of life in counter-attack. I have per? sonally looked upon its evidence, wit? nessing the other day on the French front fully 2,200 men out of 4,000 mown down like grass under a farm? er's scythe in less than an hour. They had a dvaiced in counter-attack in their usual clese formation, each man touching his neighbor's elbow. They have always so done, at thr .Marne, at Yprcs, at Yser, at Verdun on the Pom me. Their method de? scends from the teachings of "Coi poral Sehag," ns the father of Fred eric II was known. It is based ttpoi more direct control of the men by th oflleera, giving the non-commissi one and commissioned the age-old right of goading on the file, who, with cer in in death from behind if they hes t?te, go forward in close order to pos : lido death. It was with this memory in mind of something I had seen, and its bear? ing on the great conflict, that I asked perm Um ion to make the inquiry upon which this article ll based, to the cm of determining just what the Boch army still has available and also it loss during the duration of the war. In a study as to the significance o! these figures, it must always be re membered that in warfare a defensive is but a hoped-for provisional condi? tion adopted by the least strong o Lwo belligerents until the wearlni down or material decrease in power or number of the attacking side read justs percentages. And it follows tha' if this cannot be secured automatical? ly a waste of material, living or oth erwise, results, leading, if unstopped to certain defeat and disaster. It would be silly to assume that de Teat Is Germany's immediate portion or even near Immediate portion. Bu it is ultimately undeniable. It is log leally impossible at this writing foi Germany to undertake a great offen five of the very first magnitude. Hei so-called strategic defensive is a solid Failure, The conclusion as to final re stilts is consequently self-evident. Hov soon that will be depends very largel Upon the United States. I,et it be re membered that In March, when thf 1 oehe retreat began, it was sprea? broadcast In German public print tl at llindenburg recedes his center fo Strategie reasons. He establishes new zone botwen Arras and BolSSOm fey military reasons. He retains every w here at will the power of Initiative. Against these statements are th cold facts of official communiques They record undeniably vletorou* drives by France and England, th mnaslhg of thirty-three Hoche roserv dlVtgtons on the field of battle, th dictated by superior force; the loan o ?ho Roche of Vlmy heights, the line o' ' M?P.v, and plateau of Chomln-de Games with its appending Califomt; hill, of Craonne and its heights, n \ .ilc-an-I!<>is, of the heights at Mo ronrllllcrs, <d more than too pieces o artillery of all calibres, of 40,000 prls ??ne*s, of 200,000 dead and wounded ;ll in thirty days, and 1 have not named all the towns and villages re deemed. Nor have I mentioned that bcy< ml Craonne the country is a plain This is of ?peelnl Interest, in view <? the far greater allied force, of futurt I re ata BOCht lOSS, of the active par ticipation In battle Of United State troops. On all fronts Germany has today 4,500,000 lighting men, with 500,000 on lines of direct communication and 1,000,000 in barracks. These last in? clude the classes of 1917-18?that is, hoys as young as eighteen years. Within the last thirty days the Prussian ministry of war has sent to the west front new reserves amount? ing to two and a third times as many men as were engaged in the war of 1870-71, which involved 500,000. These ipproxlmatoly 1,200,00 men are in eluded in the front, communication lines and barrack reserves. And it has been decreed that only males exempt j from military service can he employed in agricultural pursuits. Hence it is certain the 1,200,000 referred to are in the main able-bodied of all ages who have been working In munition facto* lies. Their number could be partial! replaced by physical exempts and by men free from military duty through large fa in dies. A German battalion today numbers 750 to 800 men, against 1,200 in 1914 And each battalion unit includes 10 ? men who are non-combatants. Wb do fighting battalions have been taken by the English where the total was but C00 men. The German army consists of 250 uch divisions in maximum Quantity today. In middle March it totaled but 219, of which 14 3 were on the west front and seventy-six on all otho-* fronts, including the Russian, Macedo? nian and Rumanian. Of the forty-four divisions in reserve on the west front, thirty-three have been engaged in the last two weeks. That means throe quarters of the reserve force was em? ployed in defensive tactics and counter attacks. All this in forty days. And every man resource is in arms. The thirty-three new divisions rc fetred to have been identified through prisoners taken and by aeroplane scouts. Also, twelve divisions trains f er red from tho Russian front, these last in tho last eight days. The Rus? sian front and the Russian situation generally is the weak link in the Al? lied chain. Th*o strongest link in the Allied chain is the United ?States. Ilm it is, only in the forging. Army for Of my, the Roche is in line for further driving on the western front. If Rus? sia holds, the barbarian will be trim? med before the United States can place 500,000 men in France. If Russia does not hold, the 500,000 will jet real action; they and as many more soon to conic from England, plus 11 France still has to give, in round gures 1,000,000. Two weeks ago, to my way of thinking, based upon careful records, the end of the war was nearer than today, The Russian situation is grave rough to warrant receding that end. provided it does not ameliorate. And, despite it, victory is as certain for the allies as the sunshine flooding ny w indow. AUDURON MEMBERS VOTE. \110thcr Effort Planned to Name State Game Warden. Columbia, June 21.?The latest nove in the chief game warden con loversy has been made by Or. E. C. L Adams, of Columbia, president of he Audubon Society of South Caro? lina. Or. Adams has sent circulars t members of the society, requesting thai they lilo with him statements as to their preference for the office and en losing a blank ballot form on which names of nominees are to he Inserted. Dr. Adams states that this action is 'aken on the recommendation of the 'xeeutive committee and that it is his lurpose to transmit to the governor he name of the person receiving 0 majority of the votes cast. According to the circular letter sent >Ut by Or. Adams, the executive com nltee at its meeting here on June 11 suggested to members of the Audubon Society the "propriety of the members voting for some person other than the ones voted for at the last meeting." Tho two persons voted for at that meeting were A. A. Ric hardson, who received the majority of the votes cast over the vigorous protest of a minor? ity who protested the legality of the method of voting, and Wade Hainp on Oibhes, former mayor of Colum? bia, Gov. Manning has announced his intention not to appoint Mr. Rich irdson, so that his chance of securing 'he office has vanished. If the sugges lon of the executive committee is 1 dopt od by the members of the so? lely, Mr. Gibbes certainly will not re elvo its/ recommendation, without vhlch, the supreme court has held no appointment is legal. MARINES BUY BONDS. Ion Stationed at Port Royal Subscrib? ed for Liberty Ponds. Port Royal, S. C, June 22.?Not latlsflcd with only serving their coun ry in the "two-in-one" Marine eorp way, the recruits undergoing Instruc? tion at, the Marine Corps Recruit I >e pot here subscribed for $!?(?,7011 wortl of Liberty bonds, it was announced today. . , CIIAMBFU OF COMMKRCK NOTES Qlgsjnllilll Committee of Farmer? to Visit Boll Weevil Section. On Saturday, July 7th, the Sumter County Committee of Public Safety, one hundred strong, and the Sumter Chamber of Commerce are going to begin the big permanent drive in the battle against the inevitable approach of the cotton boll wcvil in Sumter county within the next two years. The committee is now "preparing," as all well trained armies must, in order to win battles. Tho secretary has written each of the ten township commltte Chairmen to immediately in? crease his committee membership to ".en and to have all committee mem? bers at the meting on duly 7th. Acting under instructions from th" general committee issued last Satur? day, Mr. .1. Frank Williams, local farm demonstrator, assisted by Secre? tary F. I. Ueardon will start to sec how many farmers from each of the ten townships will go on the tour of the Sumter county cotton boll weevil commission in August to the infected boll weevil sections of Georgia and Alabama, and possibly of Louisiana also, and defray their pro rata share of I the expenses, traveling by automobile, four to the car. Ten farmers have al? ready voluntarily booked accommoda? tions for this tour. The eommittei also wants some bankers, merchants farm land owners, real estate dealer lawyers, doctors, and other profes? sions represented on this tour as all are interested. On the return of the boll weevil commission Sumter county will be er* ganlsed by townships, communities, and neighborhoods, with regular local organizations all over this county to get ready for diversification of field crops, raising hogs, beef and dairy cattle, establishing cream routes, and planting of plenty of grain, velvet beans, peanuts, vetch, clover, and other food and feed; tuffs for man and beast. Meetings will be held in practically every school house, white and colored, I in Sumter county to hear the farmers who visit the boll weevil infected sec? tions tell of what they have actually seen and heard. It is thought that the farmers of Sumter county will be more impress? ed with what they hear from the lips of their fellow farmers of their own sections of the county, who visit the boll wevil territory, than from what they read in the newspapers, and from government agents and bul? letins. On July 7th, it is intended to have one or more speeches Crom men of national reputation on the subject ot ?'Closer cooperation on the part of the business men of our towns and cities with the farmers around them." one gratifying feature of the Com? mittee of Public Safety work is the fact that of the one hundred men on this committee ninety-live are farmers from the rural districts, and five are Sumter business men, the president of of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, Mr. A. C. Phelps, and Managing Sec? retary F. I. Ueardon, of the same or? ganization being chariman and secre? tary respectively of the Sumter Coun? ty Commltte of Public Safety, and Mr. G. A. Lemmon, president of the City National Hank of Sumter serving as treasurer of the committee. The Sumter County Public Safety Commltte is what might be termed a systematically organized body of In? telligent and successful farmers of Sumter county, with the machinery and otllcers and the employes of the Sumter Chamber of Commerce, and tho farm demonstration agent, J. Frank Williams and home demonstra? tion agents, Misses Lemmon and Jones, cooperating. Those who desire to go on the boll weevil tour will please notify Mr. J. Frank Williams, H. F. D. No. 3, Sum? ter, or the Sumter Chamber of Com? merce. CALL BND OF MONTH. Pi ai t enrollment Can Start by July 1. Washington, June 21.?Machinery for enrolling an army of 025,000 men by selective draft will be complete in every detail by July 1, two months before the tentative date considered for calling the first of the troops to the colors. Regulations for the ex? emption process will be made public shortly. Prig. Gen. Crowder, the provost marshal general, who worked out the plans for both registration and selec? tion, foresees no more complications with the selection and exemption ma? chinery than was experienced with registration. Secretary Haker and his advisers repeatedly have given assur? ance that the selection system will bo mj fair that there will be no ground for fears that any man will be fa\or ?d by reason of political or other re? lations in order that neighborhood !(now ledge of a man's work and Iiis lependents might aid in the task of tending t?? the front men who can be pared at home, the country un? doubtedly will be highly sub-divided and the exemption districts be ?mall. ?VISITING HHW DEMONSTRATORS Agent* I'rom Chester, LVtt and DM Counties Assisted In Short Course Institute. Th people of Sumter, and the girls of the canning and tomato clul>a of this county are certainly very grate? ful to Miss Jo Ya i borough, the home demonstration agent of Cheater coun? ty, Miss Maude Williams, home dem? onstration agent, of Lee county, and Miss Lucile Lemmon, the home dem? onstration agent of Dillon county for their splendid work in assisting in making Sumter county's second thr? ? day Short Course the great success it has been. These three young ladles have at considerable sacrilice of time from their own official dutieH in their own counties, come here and worked hard and faithfully for four days for the women and ;;irls of Sumter county. Misses Mary bsMMHM and Minnie Jones, our efficient home demonstra? tion agents have every right to feel proud of their splendid work in put? ting on the short course just ended yesterday and contributing so much to its great success. SAVE SURPLUS FOOD. Secretary of Agriculture Urges Every 'Household to Cun and Dry Surplus Fruits and Vegetables. Washington, June IL?"Every housewife this year should restore to her home the often overlooked home industries of canning, preserving, pickling and drying of perishable fruits or vegetables," said David F. Houston, secretary of agriculture, to? day. "The large number of new back-yard gardens which have been planted this year shortly will begin to yield their extra harvest of beans, peas, carrots, beets, sweet corn, and tomatoes. The regular supplies also will reach the markets and, as hap? pens each summer the local supply at times will exceed immediate consump? tive capacity. Not to conserve much of this surplusage of valuable food would be sinful waste. "The present food and labor situa? tions are such that no household Is justified In looking to others to re? lease it wholly from individual re? sponsibility and constructive action in saving and conserving food. All any homo should expect of others is to supply those foods which can not. be produced effectively by its own mem? bers. The railroads will be burdened with the transportation of staple foods and civil and military necessaries from localities of production and manufacture to districts incapable of supplying their own needs. It follows that all locally produced foods, con? served by home methods, lessen the winter pressure on transportation agencies and also release similar pro? ducts of factories for other purposes. "I urge every household, therefore, to can all surplus perishable puduets for whioh they have containers and to dry and keep in paper any addi? tional surplus suitable fo" such preser? vation. "Canning calls for no special skill and for little equipment beyond a wash boiler and jars. Fresh products, cleanliness and heat are the chief re? quirements, as even sugar is not es? sential for canning fruits under mod? ern procedure. Fruits and vegetables, moreover, can be dried efficiently In the sun, over a range or gas stove, or before an electric fan. Homemade shallow trays of wood or heavy wire screen are the chief equipment re? quired. Drying is a time-tried home industry; conservation of food by drying is largely a matter of restoring to the home great-grandmother's method of seeing that her family had good food in winter as a relief from a monotonous diet of root vegetables. Canning and drying can be practiced as effectively in a city house or apart? ment as on a farm or in a suburban dwelling. "Canning, of course, already is a profitable industry for women and children in thousands of homes and I trust will become almost universal this season. To aid the home conserva? tion movement, the department of ag? riculture has issued a new Farmer's Bulletin on home canning and anoth? er on hopp drying of fruits and vege? table - These free pamphlets should be read and followed in every house? hold which wishes to translate pa? triotic impulse into concrete service." Signs Hank Hill. Washington. June 21.?The bill amending the federal reserve act de? signed to Increase the gold holdings of federal reserve banks and Induce many State banks to join the reserve system was signed today by President Wilson. New York, June 21.?Tho jury in the case of Owen Cattell and Charles F. Phillips, former Columbia Univer? sity students, charged w th conspiring to obstruct the operation of the select? ive draft law, returned a verdict of guilty In the federal district court today.