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*0 AlnM't at to thy Ooontrj't, Thy Ood'i aad Inn." TUB TBUK 80CTHRON, IMMWI )?>, iTURDAY, JULY 28, 1917, Vol. XL1V. No. 47. BIB WS IN FRANGL NUMHKR NOW WITH PERMI IJMifi EXPEDITION. Col. O. 4. Bond Receive* Interesting Ossnsnanlcatloa From Lieut. J. F. Morlarty. \ hea Charleston. July 24.?a letter of in tens* interest, coming as It does from a Citadel fradvote of the class of 1917. now an officer of the Marine Corps who la In France with the expedition? ary forces of the United States under Pershlng. Lieut. J. F. Morlarty, has been received by Col. O. J. Uond. su Ipertntendent of the Citadel. The let? ter lias been duly censored, and * therefore available for publication. The letter, dated July 4, somewhere In France, follows: ' Somewhere in France, July 4, 1917. "American Expeditionary Force, "Firth Regiment, Fifteenth Company, First Battalion. 'Dear Col. Bond: 'You will perhaps be surprised to r from me so soon, but the war hoe developed so many surprising things thst this may be called a mat? ter of slight Importance In com pa 1 soa with others. We, that is Hope. Tar borough, Muldrow and myself, see here In France with the expe? ditionary force of marine-: We left? ?on-and arrived. at-on the ?. The marines were with the first convoy, and both Mu'ci'ow and myself are In the First Battalion, con? sequently we had the truly great honor of being landed with the first Amertcaa troops on foreign soil for aggressive warfare. The marines, with their usual businesslike way, tied up at the dock at 9.30 p. m. on a certain night and In tfhe morning had the unloading of the impedimenta un? der way. In the afternoon the First Battalion went ashore at a perma? nent camp. The Paris edition of the New York Times did not give us cred? it for our work but passed It all on to the army. Any way. the reason that print was because the and returned to their ir oamp (the marines going ashore liberty), an army officer touched me on the shoulder and turning I saw Holmes. I sure was glad to see him. Cnter during the week I saw Spann. Mood and Legge, and I hear that a. Annan Cook is to bo detailed over here. "Hope and the ' st of the Citadel boys are assigned to V.e Infantry companion while I am anslgncd to a machine gun company. You will perhaps find the thoughts In this letter very badly expressed, but I am beginning to learn the type? writer and I have to think both of my letter and my lettering on the typewriter. There Is a censor on the soldiers' mall and there Is a great deal that I would like to say in this letter, but It Is Impossible. "We can not put anything Into n letter that would convey the leas: possible Information to the enemy or the.people at home. It Is useless to say that the boys are In the best ol health and are going to make th ? best of their Pip whether things turn out the best or not. Today Is the Fourth of Jjly, but things go right slong In war time and the only thing that one could say was in keeping with the holiday was the paying of of the mea. "In cose that any of the men at school or at the training camp would like to write or would like to know what our nddrcsa Is you will find it at the end of this letter, 'flood bye, "Yours very truly, "James F. Morlarty. ?The address: Fifth Regiment. First Battalion, Fifteenth Company American Expeditionary Force, United Ststes Marines, enre Postmaster, New York City." This letter Is of especial interest te the people of Charleston ?ecause the Holmes spoken of is nono other than J. H. Holmes. Jr . who graduated in the i I.'ihm of I9U, and who Joined tin regulsr army last summer. Messrs Hp. im Mood. Yarborough and Afp Ml Cook were graduated in the class oi 191?. Hope and Morlnrity were gntd tinted early In May of this year. Harn well I.*gi:c gnsfiunted in 1911. CLEAN UP PENSAUOLA. Secretary ItauiclM Forcing Officlnls 1? Haid Vice District*. Fensacola, July 25.?Following a conference of the aovernor, county m ? llcltor and sheriff, two hundred wo men were arrested in a raid today The governor prodiu-e<| a letter fron Secret ir\ iMnhds si\mg that unle; vice district is abolished every mai will be withdrawn from Pensacola. NEXT STEP IN DRAFT. WORK NOW IN HANDS OF LO. CAL HOARDS. Twice Number Needed From Each District Will be Summoned for Ex? amination. Washington. July 24.?With the master lists of Friday's conscription drawing In the mail for distribution to the local hoards, the task of as? sembling the National Army of a half million has passed out of the hands of. the f?deral government tonight and Into those of the civilian au? thorities who will notify the men drawn and pass on e emptions. As soon as the lists are received, each board will summon for physical examination double the number of men In the district quota. If more are needed the authorities will keep on calling until the quota is fdled. The final list shows only a few er? rors In the unofficial report of the drawing already transmitted through? out the country by the press. Includ? ing all the adjustments found neces? sary in correcting the official list to make up for numbers that were read upside down, or were misread, and also all errors in transcription In the rush of the drawing nnd the haste to get the figures to the wires, there are less than two score variations between the list compiled by the Associated Press and the master sheet. The surprise of tho official record 1? the fact that the missing number In? dicated by the drawing .of a blank capsule as No. 10,004, was located as serial number 6,794. It was placed last In the master sheet and becomes liability No. 10.R00. Number 2.780, drawn as No. 10,498 was found to be duplicated and was stricken out. Since the largest district in the .South has less than 7,000 registrants and all numbers above the total of tiny particular district operate as blanks in that district, the Associated Press did not send on its Sc atherr Wires any numbers above 7,000. Several variations from the, official Hamas ses^^a^-stt^ss^ali^arrMtAa^ [flC^e^RPss^i^^ns^^r^rwWWs^a^ by the official figures'Is as follows: No. 411 Is 6170. It was sent as 5107. No. 456 Is 2592. It was sent as 3695. No. 853 is 10053. It was sent as 1053. No. 1244 Is 5307. It was sent as 5037 No. 137S is 1179. It was sent as 1170 No. 1443 Is 10021. It was sent as 1021. No. 1618 Is 1143. It was sent as 104". No. 1834 Is 5016. It was sent as 5618. No. 2047 is 6036. It was sent as 6130. No. 2312 Is 570. It was sent as 507. No. 2693 is 5910. It was sent as 5917. No. 3042 Is 9989. It was sent as 6860. No. 3330 Is 4966. It was sent as 4902. No. 3401 Is 9848. It was sent as 3848. No. 3492 is 6128. It was sent as 602:). No. 4210 is 5224. It was sent as 5521. No. 4983 Is 5002. It was sent as 504 2. No. 5175 is 2812. It was sent as 2012. 81AM WILL BE Gil FAT AID. Barrett Emphasiies Importance of Her Filtering War. New York, July 23.?The announce? ment that Slam has declared a state of war with Germany carries greater signlllcai.. than might at first b( supposed, according to o ement hero by John Barrett, director of the Tan-American Union and formerly United States minister to Slum. "Slam's chief Importance in the present wnr crisis is that it is the rice granary or source of food supply for China, and its action must have a direct effect upon China's attitude to? ward Germany," said Mr. Barrett. "It also gives the allies now, for th? first lime, an unbroken favorable io\\.n' line all the way from China to the Mediterranean, for Siam was the only neutral territory in that entire dis? tance of many thousands of miles. |< also possesses an excellent little navy, adequate to patrol the Gulf of Slam < oast line of nearly 2,000 miles.'' SEVENTEEN BILLION DEBT, Latest Fstimatc of the Cost of the War. Wushington. July 25.?The Ameri? can war bill for the fiscal year will total seventeen billion dollars, Senator SniOOt told the senate today, This was revised from his yesterday's esti? mate of fourteen billion, two hundred iml twenty-six million. GUARDSMEN MOBILISED TODAY. .Militia From Several States Called Into Service. Washington. July 25. ? More than seven thousand National Guardsmen In North Carolina, seven thousand In Tennessee and forty thousand in New Kngtand were mobilised for the ted sfoj druft today. INSURANCE FOR cake of depend: consider ah' Allowances Will he Paid or Sailors and Soldier* of Their Pay. Washington, July 23c-^ government's plan for insnl and men of the army, rine corps against.death/' while in service broaden! a complex program wt provide government all families of soldiers and the rehabilitation and tral jured men to lit them for livelihood after the war. The program was discui ferences among officials navy, treasury, commerce departments, the labor the Council of National the presidents and other of leading insurance com] United States. Issuance policies from $1,000 to,, cers and men at ordinary! rate, government paying indemnities for total or ability and administration tire scheme by the govei rink insurance bureau ,'jsrj present insuring officers1 of American merchant among the outstanding f< proposed program. "The plan has not yet nite form," it was soj|d in issued at the treasury, late when it has been worked fundamentals and details, McAdoo will present dent for his approval, od tho recommendatW mitted to congress'-.atj for its consideration. "The whole psaposl the fundamental ?*' ids crnment should, as a and humanity, adtouot fighting men on bind < their dependent b it is POM RST lies Give It con le war, labor ttee of and 'Officials of the trance }00 offl tce time cost, ial dis the en it's war Jh is at crews lels, are of tho led deii itemont W, "l>ut all it* fore tar y prcsl vapprov ibe su'o ply date entered or are about to enter the American army and navy. "Under the plan discussed, It is sug? gested that provision be made for the support of dependents of soldiers and sailors by giving them an allotment out of the pay of the men and also an allowance by the government; that of? ficers and men be indemdifled against death or total or partial disability; that a system of rehabilitation and re? education of disabled men be inaugu? rated and that the government Insure the lives of sailors and soldiers on their application at rates of premium bOMd upon ordinary risks. "Dependents of soldiers and sailors in service would be provided for through allotments from their pay. supplemented by family allowances by the government. The amount of thr government, allowance would depend upon the size of the family, and as to others than wife and children, upon the actual dependency upon the men. Tho family allowance ""would be only if the sailor or soldier makes an al? lotment for his dependents out of his pay. "The risk of death or total disabil? ity would be compensated for some? what on the analogy of workmen's compensation acts, with the compen? sation measured by the man's services the size of the family and the loss to ? family. Partial disabilities would be compensated for upon a percentage of tho compensation for total disabil? ity. The cost of this compensation naturally must be paid wholly by the government. "In working out the new system it is deemed essential that a system for re-education and rehabilitation be es? tablished, so that injured men may be kitted as far as possible for lives ol usefulness either in their former or sonic other vocations. "In the preparation of tho plans to he laid before the president and con? gress the laws and experiences or other countries have been studied an useful ideas have been suggested by Insurance men. It is hoped to have the plans ready in the near future as it |i desirable that the subject be consider ed during the present session of con? gress." WOMEN IN lVVTTliE. Russlnn Women's Rnttalloti Under Fire nt Krevo. Petrograd, July II.?The Russian women's battalion saw its first tight Ing yesterday on the Krevo front. It is reported that they were successful, hut suffered losses to an extent not yet known. News dispatch says the wo men behaved well and won the re? spect Of the men soldiers. DEFEATED By GERMANS. 7USSIANS PAL? BACK FROM SE. RETII LINK. Petrogrud Dispatches Toll of Contin? ual Itctrent or Its Troops in Fast Gotten*. Petrograd, July 24.?Stanislnu is being evacuated by the Russians, ac? cording to tonight's official statement. The Germans have crossed the Sereth River in the region of Mikulice (south of Tarnopol) defeating Russian detachments. South of the Dneister tho Russians are retiring eastward. After Russians had occupied the German positions on both sides of Dvlnsk-Vilna railroad, the statement says, entire units returned to their original trenches without German pressure. A number of units refused to obe^ command ing battle. "The enemy o< d a height to the north of Rog ^ vhlch the Rus? sians captured Jl 9 ," continues the statement. Her? f certions on the part of Russian n ers were needed to restrain great ^* bers of the men from retreating. ? ? On the Roun 1 front a "bat O tallon of death' ured 60 prisoners and three macl t ;uns near Domuk. An artillery h ^ developed on tht remainder of t..- ont. GERMANS ADVANCING IN GA LICIA. Teutonic Forces in Galicia Push For? ward on Line 155 Miles in Length, Herl In Says. Berlin, July 24 (via London).?The German forces in Galicia are advanc? ing from the River Sereth to the wooded Carpathians over a front 16:" miles wltle, says the official statement issued today by the German army headquarters staff. Several German divisions, the state? ment adds, report that they have each taken 3,000 prisoners. Numerous heavy Russian guns have been cap? tured and also much booty has been the Germans. Over the en ceeding. The statement says greal successes have been obtained by the German and allied arms. The Russians have taken the offen? sive on both ends of tho front, in the regions of Jacobstadt and Dvin.sk, and on the Roumanian line. The an? nouncement says that offensive opera? tions by Russian and Roumanian troops in the Trotus and Putna val? leys were defeated almost everywhere Fresh fights developed today. The Germans have advanced be? yond Podhajoc, Hallcz and th? Bystritza-Solotyina River and have crossed the Sereth south of Tarnopol the war office reports. ? GREAT GUNS ROARING. Heavy Artillery in Action in Flondcr Berlln, July 24 (via London).?Ar artillery battle of an Intensity nevei paralleled previously is raging day and night in Flanders, the war officv announces. The German announcement indi? cates that in all likihood the expected British offensive is at hand. Severa times recently Berlin has reported heavy artillery lighting in Flanders and the intensity of today's bombard? ment probably denotes the last stage of preparations before the blow struck. It was predicted that the next attack of the British would Rurpass any effort previously made by them. The opening of the offensive may nt hastened to assist tho hard pressed Russians. French Repulse Attacks in the West. Paris, July 24.?Two German at? tacks on the Aisne front northwest ot Brayeen-Laonnois last night were re pulsed, the war office announced to? day. Between Cerney and Allies the Germani also attacked without re? sult. DRAFT QUOTAS CALLED. Examinations Have Started in Same Districts. Washington, July 2").?Race be? tween the first called draft quotas is on in earnest. The calling out of men for physical examination began this morning In several regions. The tie tails for actually calling the men into service and sending them to mobilisa? tion camps are being worked out. As soon as men posted are accepted they will be under military law. Should they attempt to evade service they would be tried by court martial. The men will be assigned to the nennst cantonment with troops from their own State, as far as possible General Crowder indicated that \ second WOUld not l>e needed this year. REPUBICAN PLAYS POLITICS MANN RIXK'KS SCHEME TO GET QUICK CONFERENCE AC? TION. Illinois Hcprcscntaive Tries to Bring Politics Into National Necessity. Washington, July 24.?The adminis? tration's program of food legislation encountered another delay today when Republican Leader Mann blocked plans to hurry the food control 1 ? to conference. The proposal to create a joint committee of congress on expen? diture of the war, written into the bill in the Senate and objected to by President Wilson as signifying a lack of confidence in him, was the feature which started the trouble. The Re? publican leader rallied many members of his party about him and tonight the situation had taken on the aspect of a partisan fight virtually for the first time since the war session mot. Administration leaders, despairing of sending the hill to conference un? der an unanimous consent are prepar? ing to bring in a special rule tomor? row under which they expect to force a conference and in addition to in? struct the conferees to disagree to ail senate amendments. Taking the administration manag? ers * y surprise, Mr. Mann served no? tice *vhen the bill came up today that he would not give the unanimous consent for the bill to go to conference unless a separate vote was permitted on the war committee proposal. A hasty canvass of those present con? vinced the administration men that they could not be certain of a ma? jority against the proposal (for the amendment) and adjournment was taken. Unanimous consent again will be asked tomorrow before the special rule is invoked hut the Republican leaders have summoned the entire rtiembership for a vote and a partisan division seems certain. VALUE OF GARDENS. Remarkable Increase of 222 Per Cent. i???rimlrm ii b n piled by National Emergency Food Garden Commission now Rushing Canning Campaign. Washington, July 23.?A three hun? dred and fifty million dollar crop from mt lot and home gardens is the way the pc pie of the United States responded to the early spring call of the National Emergency Food Garden Commission for food F. O. B. the Kitchen Door according to the nation-wide survey announcement to? day by Charles Lathrop Pack, the president. "According to our figures,' said Mr. Pack, "there are more than three times as many gardens in the United States this summer as compared with S year ago, the estimated gain belm 222 per cent. This Increase repre? sents a gain of 1,175,000 acres, ac? cording to the best figures available. "Middle western States lead all other sections with an average in? crease in the number of gardens with 295 per cent. New England is sec? ond with a gain of 275 per cent. The Eastern States show an increase of 250 per cent, while the South Atlantic group show 235 per cent. South Cen? tral States increased the number of gardens 200 per cent. Five points sep? arate the I^ake States and the Pacific coast States, the former showing an increase of 190 per cent and the oth? ers 1S5 per cent, but there are only three States in the Pacific group. The Rocky Mountain States made a great showing with an increase of 138 per cent. "The increase varies with each par? ticular section of the country as South Dakota stands high with a gain o? 7:15 per cent, while Nevada is last With 25 per cent, which of course Is a fine showing for a mountain State. This report is based upon figures ob? tained by our field agents who trav? eled In many parts of the coifntry. from reports received from newspapers which cooperated in the garden planting campaign and from a letter canvass of municipal officials and civic organizations of every kind." I HURLEY PROMISES RESULTS. New Hood of Shippin? Board Bot'? Board Will Qoll Talking and Build. Washington, July 25,?"We must build ships, not talk about them," said Edward N. Hurley, whose nomi? nation as chairman of the shipping board to succeed William Deo man Is expected to be speedily acted upon. "We are going to buckle and KCt busy," he added, it was announced that the resignation of Theodore Hrcnt, \ ice chairman of the board, hud ben received Hie White House but not yet acted oil. ENGLAND'S WAR DEBT. KM PIRK mm KAU HAS SPENT ABOUT $2(1,000,000,000. Bonar Law Asks for \nd Gets Largest Credit Yet Asked of (ominous. London, July 24.? Moving in the house of commons today a vote of credit for 650,000,000 pounds, the j largest war credit yet asked, bring? ing Great Britain's expenditure to the collossal total of 5,292.000.000, An j drew Bonar Uw, chancellor of the I exchequer, gave startling figures of the amazing growth of Great Brit? ain's financial burden in the world war, and emphasized from the finan? cial viewpoint alone the great im? portance of the United States entering the war as insuring that the allies would not be deprived of victory through lack of money. The house was astonished to learn that GreaJ Britain's advances to the allies and dominions had already reached the huge total of more than 1,000,00,000 pounds. The daily war expenditure, although it shows im? provement, still approaches 7,000,000 pounds daily and exceeds the budget, estimate by 1,000,000 pounds daily. Compared the last 77 days with ths first 35 days of the financial year the expenditure showed a reduction of a million daily. Expressing disappointment at the necessity of such large advances to the allies, the chancellor referred to the British standpoint of unselfish generosity and explained that the cost of all the supplies for the allies produced in Great Britain during the war had been defrayed by England. In an interesting reference to the United States Mr. Bonar Law said: "When America entered the strug? gle, we realized that a great change had come over the allies' financial strength, President Wilson was slow, and, in my judgment, rightly slow, In bringing his country to the vortex of this terrible war, but having come in, he has shown he is determined to throw the whole weight of the nation I he heads into the scale. I am esien pi uiUdsos mmm ?1*? "represents will deal in this matte with the same spirit of generosity or rather of realization of what the whole issue means and that we can rely on ?eceiving In the United Sttaes re? sources which are necessary to pay for supplies of all kinds required by the allies in America. "It is an open secret we had spent so freely of our resources that those available in America had become nraily exhausted when our great ally entered the struggle." After Reginald McKenna, former ehancelor of the exchequer, spoke, warning the government of the ab? solute necessity of curtailing all un? necessary expenditure to prevent the dangerous inflation of prices, the general debate had no great .nterest, the main feature being strong criti? cism by John Dillon and others of the Saloniki expedition. Mr. Dillon, re? ferring to rumors that Servia wag In? tending to make a separate peace with Austria, and demanding that the government say whether Servia was to he deserted, declared that the British army in Saloniki had been demoralized by 18 months of inactio in pestilential surroundings Lord Robert Cecil, minister of blockade, characterized Mr. Dillon's charge as absolutely u itrue. He said there was no intention whatever of receding from the pledges for the full restoration of and reparation for Ser? via. While declining to reveal the government's plans he said he would restate its war aims. "Austria is not our chief enemy," he said. "Germany is, and must be our chief enemy. The broad princi? ples we are lighting for are these: First, that we should stand by our allies; second, we arc fighting for a stahle settlement, for a sound and satisfactory peace, not a conquest of more dominion but on some national principle as far as might be which would secure that settlement. When arrived at. it should be free from change and alteration in the future. "Personally. I wish to see how far Prostd* nt Wilson's proposals can 5>e made practicable for barriers against future wars. The government's desire for the destruction of German militar? ism is only part of its general purpose to seen re a lasting peace." The war credit was agreed to and the house adjourned. '4 - ;? I KAISER IN GAIJC1A. Berlin Reports His Arrival on East* ern Front. Copenhagen. July 25.?The arrival of Emperor William on the Galician trout yesterday morning is reported in a Berlin dispatch.