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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-05
CITY'S CLAIM REDUCED.
Listers of MontpcIier should Not Have
Doubled BnnI<rupts' Tax.

An interesting case lhVo'NlhS the HAhI
OF the listers Of MohtpeH'r 10 uoupIe thv
taxes OF party VINO had failed TO make
IN" required tax inventory was fuIed on
Thursday by Referee IN bankruptcy j.
T Stcarns, The question arose by the
trustees petition in the bankruptcy case
Of Agel Levin. Ihc city claimed the
right To douhI" taxes against the bank
ruptS because th'Y hod H!Ird 10 hIe an
inventory. Mi StearnS rulod that since il
had not been shown lN the Montpelier
side of the cas-" that the iaN'i" OF the
bankrupts had been WlIiuI they could
not collect the larger sum
MI Stoarns made an order granting the
petition Of tn" trustee that the claim of
the city Of Montpelier for taxes he re-
duc"d. and ordered IN" trustee to pay
taxes OF $3.50 due the city Tor the year
1909 This case was begun before Mr.,
Stearn' assumed once. II appears that
the Montpelier listers appraised the NalUe
Of the property owned by the firm doing
business in Montpelier at Sho" ana then
doubled the amount "l appraisal Tor the
purpose OF taxation on the ground that
no inventory had been hied by IN" hrm
Mr. Levin resided IN Montpelier While MIR.
Asel resided in Bur!ln@ton the lrm hay
ing headquarters in Burlington with a
! branch storehouse at Montpelier
At hearing some time ago on IN" mat
ter Mt Gale one OF the listers testlhed
that he had sent notice of the action OF
the assessors to the firm but Mr' Asel
testified that he had received no such no.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-05
KEEP BOYS IN VERMONT.
Secretary jniicy Tells Rutland Ne~-
chnhts How to Develop state.

Rutland. Jan. e".--Sccretary Howard ID.
Hadlay Of :he Plattsburgh. y Y. board
of trade rpokc to-day ut the noon
luncheon Of the local business Mems as
sociat.ur. President Chalmers presiding
Their vas an attendance Of 81, although
the luncheon was called for an hour
earlier than tho usual one Much en-
thusiasm was shown over the proposed
Champaign deep waterway Mr. iiadlcy
aid in part
"A century ago Plat.-nurIh had a
population Of 700 people. !. no" has
IT, c2l. Albany in 1914 had only 400 in
raLltunts hut = now has 1850 Sew
York city had but 10000 inhabitants
when the battlc of Plattsburgh was
fought on Lake Champain OF that me-
moraulc SuuGav morning. September II,
iNtt
'Now vho. causes have combined to
produoo gain in population in cen
Jury amounting to six or seven million
people in the case Of New York city.
to $500 in Albany and only 1000 IN q
typical city in tho Champlaln valley?
Some Of the causes, in my judg-
mcnt. are the high protective tariff.
our archaic currency system, neglect
Of our inland Waterways, the cheap
long haul and dear short haul freight
rates and our unscicntir, system of
taxation.
"What can we do now Where
shall we here in the Champlaln valley
make "a start? pr John NJ. Thomas of
Nuddlchury is, in my opinion, blazing
the trails Educate ANA persuade in
every possible way our Young people
to settle down and fight lifc's battles
i'm the Champlain valley instead Of
starting out for New York or Boston
in futile search of the pot of gold at
the end of the rainbow That is what
john Thomas is doing,
After We have persuaded our young
people to stay here and fight it out
what is the next thing to do? Fleet to
office the wisest and most honest men
without the least regard to what party
they may have belonged to in the past
Corporations and special interests ant
greedy corrupt individuals use corrupt
careless or ignorant men of any and al
parties i'm furthcrlnG shady schemes. We
must use the honest, energetic far-siGht
ed mon of all parties to fight them with
"Our hope is in education and publicity
\ prosperous. able. fair. fearless and On
tcrtainng newspaper owned and edte,
by honest men who are not looking 70
office will do a town more good than am,
other Institution. not even excepting tn
churches.
keep your eye ON developments il
connection with the Montreal Cham
plain Hudson New York water. Som
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-05
MANCHESTER, \. H..
HAS 100000 FIRE

Manchester. y. H., Jam 29.-rhc
Merchants Exchange building, one
of the most important business blocks
in the retail center of the city, was
burned to-day. Tho loss will exceed
5000, 0O0.
The building was a four-StorN brick
structure at the corner Of Elm and
Manchester streets. In it were located
the Barton company, the largest de-
partmcnt store in the state; Leslie NJ.
Folsom company's dry goods store;
Merchants National bank; Ellisborough
County Savings bank. and the main
city office of the Western Union Tele-
graph company.
Tho fire originated on the fourth floor
OF the Folsom store and spread so rapid
~ as to cndanCer adjoining property.
Help was summoned from surrounding
towns
Two hremen We're slightly hurt by
bricks from a surrounding wall.
The fire necessitatcd the closing of the
citY's electric light and power plant
causing temporary business aud indus
/ trial paralysis.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-05
SUCCESS ON A SMALL FARM
What One Woman Did.
KATE ST. MAUR.

Can family make a comfortable liv'
ing on a small farm?
Yes. most cmphaticany yes, IL they
possess ordinary common sense and in
dustry. Ny own personal experience 10
an undeniable demonstration of that fact.
[ started on a rented place with really
no capital, as business disaster had
swallowed up all our savings, so that
know what it is to commence at the
very bottom of the ladder
The place We found was an old fashion,
ed homestead. There were two large
barns, corncrb, Toulouse and several old
sheds It was really a farm of $50 acres,
but the owner let us have the house and
twelve acres. including the orchard, for
SIS a month. on a three years lease.
with the privilege of taking over the
additional 16S acres at any time during
our tenancy for an additional $ a month,
with the option of purchase
STOCK BOUGHT FROM SAVINGS.
stock had to be bought in small lots
! saved money from our living expenses
at first. So ] bought few old hens
broody ladies that wanted to set-and
raised forty-eight chickens the first
summer. The old hens had cost $40;
extra eggs for setting s. feed, 81 And
on the credit side there We're ninety
chickens sold as hronors, which brought
So, tifty-eisht young pullots kept for
stock and all the cggc we wanted Tor
our own table. From trio of ducks
bought early in the spring l sold six
teen young ones when nine weeks old
for s792 In November of the same year
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-05
PHONE CD, SAYS
RATE CUT WOULD
CRIPPLE SERVICE

Brattlcboro, VT, Feb. 1.--I}ricfs Just filed
by counsel for the New England Tele-
phone and telegraph company will enable
the public service commission to pro-
coed with consideration of the question
of establishing new telephone rates.
Counsel for the state will not file brief
nor will either side make oral arguments.
It Is expected that the commission will
render decision y March T.
In the brief which Is an unusually long
one, the New England company declares
that any reduction in rates would be un-
just and confiscatory, that no evidence
has been taken to show that the rates are
unreasonable and that the proposed sched-
ulc would wipe out n present small
margin Of profit of the I'VE companies do
ing business in tho state.
"Thc inevitable effect Of Il reduction in
rates must be cripplng OF the service in
Vermont" the brief says.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-05
OFFER 100000
PRIZE FOR FLIGHT
AROUND WORLD


New York, Feb. 1.-The Aero Club
II America announced to-day that 1t
had given ITS sanction to an aero
Diane race around The world to be
started from the Fannmn Pacific eX-
position grounds in SAN Francisco in
May, 1915, and 10 be competed NJ the
same place within ga days me hrS'
prize will he S1Oo'oOo.
The sanction was given upon 'no ro-
tciut of kilograms Stut'Hb '"'.' 'ne
Panama racine eNpos'l'oh anu '"'
Pacific Aero cruz ~ ""'
were Hfs"n'%'HE SuN' '"'I 90" ''',.
tppucatoh I"' 'a"V''9" '''"
Wa''c"' 49,
ne ttie6I@'"' '''''
s,-n ana -. ,,,<,.,,,. ,,,izos
and c,,nects to nbtain at least $780,
lar more. which will be divided among
ESQ contestants tn, Crst prize to ho
SION ooO rho -nco is 70 be run under
,,n r,,,cs of +he international Aero
,.u,.icol federation.
."rhc ..,errar, received from thc
a>nosi,ion officials .sg.. H.. plan is
ia have the rnce omen to envy type of
,no.or-driv,u mir craft. Allan *. How
10y prcsij.n. Of the Aero Club Of
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-05
INTO BUSINESS OF
EXPRESS COMP ANIES

CHuandaiEUa, y. " Feb. Owing, II
is said, to the growth Of the parcel post
i'm this section of the State. the Adams
Express company has closed Its office
here ana the business Of the company
Will be handled by the local agent OF
the American Express company, The To-
cal agent of the Adams company mas
been transferred TO Buffalo In state
mcnt issued by the latter company 1t
is claimed that the action Is necessary
to curtail expenses and adds that a SIM
liar consolidation will be affected I'm other
smaller towns where the business is such
that it can be readily performed through
one office
The Adams office has been maintained
in this place for more than - years.
Batavia n y, Feb. 1.-The United
States Express company have closed their
office in this city. John H. Wood, who
for l6 years has been the local agent
in making the announcement tonight
said that since the inauguration OF the
parcel post the express business has been
greatly reduced in Batavia.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-05
BURLINGTON. vi.

bureau of acronautics Of the exposition
was announced to-day. MIR Krucltmnn
WAS formerly secretary of the Aeroha"u-
cal society IN New York, and mas to
his credit the arrangement OF the night
of Glenn H. Curtiss from Albany to NeV
York In the early days, ana the later
trars-contnoutal flight in which Roh"r;
Fowler and Calbraith Rodgers partici-
patel Kruc';m7n VIII start cant in Il
few works In a rath-irahing trip around
tro world
Preceding tu- start uc tnH race 't@rtf
there will be Il works nrins program
VIII prizes totlring $1,000 offered by
NJ cNnosltinn.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-05

anything but an optimistic picture of the
Green Mountain states farming posi-
bilities. So it was with no very exalten
opinoln of Vcrmont's material assets
that the Spectator some time ago SCI
forth to explore a few square miles 10
the east and north OF Mount Mansiielo'
in one of the northcrn-central counties
of the State
Now the Spectator had never peoh
taught to associate mountainous areas
with profitable tillage. LAUNDERING opera
tions are common enough on the noun
tain slopes of our South and west, out
as to farmng-well, the Western FARMER
stil firmly believes that every corh-lleiu
down East has to be planted with shot-
guns. lie isn't worried by the rivalry
of state as full of mountains as niue
Vermont. As a matter of fact the Spec-
tator was Informed that in the fortN-S'ar
period lNI0-l909 Vermont led all the states
of the Union in the number OF husheIs
of corn produced per acre; ana the as
tonshing thing about it was that very
large proportion OF the acreage IN corn
was, and is, in mountain farms ii seem
81 to the Spectator sometimes that the
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-05
ENDS LIFE WITH ROPE.
Act of BrattIrhoro Woman Evidently
prrmeditatcd.

p,,,,t,t,r, r,cb Mrs Nb,,io p,ttar-
.,., ,t.,,,n Il, ,cors widow Of Dennis !.
N,l,a, committed suicide about ono
n,cIocl, this afternoon IN he. home on
.Cort<n etreet ,.. t..nuYc hcrs,lr with
ebort ,icco of rlotha. line cXtcudcd from
tho most of her bed. She had been in poor
,.ooith for roarly q wear and desmond mt
=: one time. hut her friends did not autir.-
nate sl.l . :a:r act
She evidently premeditatcd the act
as she asked Mrs Barrett to come up
stairs wren she returned from church,
suyinc that If tho front door was
locked She could come up the back
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-05
oLp.EAsHIoNDp CorrcE CAKE.

Two cups brown sugar two third
cup butter, two eggs, one teaspod
each of cloves. cinnamon, nutmeg, oH
cup cold strong coffee. one-half roun
ing teaspoon soda in the coffee .hrd
cups hour with one rounding teaspod
cream Of tartar in il, raisins. Th|
may he used as regular fruit cake
putting moro fruit in proportion in|
it.--Mrs. :. IL. Hooker.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-05

We furnish no publication except in
connection with a subscription to the
FREE PRESS.
Our clubbing list includes all papers
and magazines published. Only those
most frequently asked for are printed in
our list, but others may be had on appli-
cation.
Subscribers may have more than one
pager from this clubbing list, Always
send a stamp for reply when asking
about this as we do all this work at no
profit in order to accommodate our sub
ScripeIs-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-05
Vegetable Compound.
Read this one from Mrs. Waters:

CAMDEN Nj sick for years with nervous spells anc
kidneys affected had doctor all the time
gavanc battery but nothing did good Twas not able
to bed, bu time couch in Slecpng-ca and
skeleton Finally went away for his
health and my husband heard of Lydia E. Pkhams Vegetable
Compound and got in two months relief and now
like woman and usual weight recommend
medicine and does husband" Mrs TILlF
WArEss, ll35 Knght ST., Camdcn. NJ.
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And this one from Mrs. Haddock:

UTICA OK1A"I weak and nervous, able my
scarcely able to be my had backace headaches Tap
taon of the heart trouble with my bowels and inflammation Since
taking the Lydia f. Inkam Vegetable Compound better
than have been for twenty years think is medi
cine and have recommended ohers.Mrs MARY Had
Utica, Oklahoma
continue to suffer without first giving Lydia E
Pnkhams Vegetable Compound a trial. You know that
it has saved many othes-why should it fail in your easel
For 30 years Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable G1s>@sSN
Compound been the standard remedy NV
male Ills No sick with wOmans ailments M G~ %SSAM
Justice herself if this N a
medicine made from and herbs, it II Y3 VI
has restored sOmany suffering women health. * y
LYDTA EPINKHAM MEDICINECO. C\ A%7 ~
(C0NFIDENTIAIA LYNN, MASS. for advice. MN
will opened, read and answered lC5
a and held in strict confidence.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-05
THREE YEARS FOR sNEEzING.

They gave poor Brl three years lust
for snec2ing.'
FOR sueezlng? How dye make that
out?"
"WolL he was cracking a safe and he
sncczed and woke the Natchnian
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-05
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound

The many testimonial letters that continually pub
fishing in the ncwspapeshundreds of them-ae all genu
ne true and unsolicited expressions of heartfelt gratitude
for the freedom from suffering that has to these
solely through the of Lydia e. Pnkhams
Vegetable Compound.
Money could not buy any kind of influence obtain
such recommendations; you may depend upon that any
testimonial publish is honest and trueif you have any
doubt of this write the whose true names and
addresses arc always given, and learn for Yourself
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-05

just for the sake of information about
things The ads would be worth read
ing. But much of this information has
cash value Of itself
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-05

Every day. through campaigns Of
classified ADVERTISING, SLOW selling
property il sol.b.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1914-11-13
llniere Shmittnruiter.

Gin ieocs oieier bier onee5eieter
ohnittnuiier foitet 10 Gents. 9ei
9eltellungen bcnlise man bon unten.
itebcnoen Coupon.
Ser @erbf.gotoIog fir
Sdnittmliter lit gum @eriano bereli
Der Treis oeS gotoIogs lit niil
) Gents. llnier GotaIog erideini
iest oiermal i'm Sabr; SriibIings..
Sommer-, Script. rnb @intermooen
in eroBter Austpobl borbieteno.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1914-11-13
G~ricQSr6ticl.

Gin Dine, uns oIIer pnblbt,ana.,
Die giene but's, Der Glefoni.
llno nenu Elm 9 6fbor mar iebt.
2aun baben mir &c itl6er isbtl
Cl9Aal6 - PAnG'
@or sen bcutIfen 3anonen liefer
DC 5ran8oien :, nm ii4 im...
gu oerihan3en.
(llo2'
aennIt Oh ben Stub. on Dem pie
IuFen
8on Sapien nu, IN totgsIhuFen? -
giun Isbe raid Elm u uors Wort;
Sen 8elgiern natmen mir ben Ort
('1nmp1 lnmn,
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1914-11-13
:. q q nffol Ser (snm Urn

10 otfo! Gerr Gum prr.
feffor Der opbaj: NBarum 9ei'
,cten Sie 3D.. etgenili9 nigt2
Yrofehor: Sorsn Sic mir aui, oa
lime i9 cod nit ms.nsr 9an3en Qbi'
lOiOpbie in Elm i6isies &iat!
0sr Geoattion. Res
rdtteur: !sotien Sis ods Papisr nuI
auI elmer Seus bsidrieben, Damn
tonntsn mir Sire Ytonuitripte es
3,auden.
9iuterlins (erfrsut): DirtIid7
Rsoaiieur: Sd. ols Qoiiapopisr.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1914-11-13
fir lid at (ingen

81 wish | were in Dixie ioateu Gle oieien y9intcr uad
Dem 5roeu oebeu. aie Soften iino aeriu9 %pieletdt
nidt 10 bod oS mie Sic oaht II. Ole Grbotun9Sptdbe
Iino sablreid) uuo Der 8urliu0tonoieuit better wie ie.
gSeun IS i'm gto Den fat ulo nuan9enebm 1T bann lit
es i'm Sioen id6n, uno Dieieni9eu, D e IN StanOe mo-
rem, oorthiu gu reiien, genieB II oas Ierft die gSetter
opne oaB lie IemolS an ctu 5urnace 6euer beuten oOer
ih Der ieten 8e abr elmer GrtGltung alsit Ben. Gin
gainter 9uFeu hat in Dem roma ltiif II biitori den uuo
id0nen 2ano flo id Der Malou & 9iron 8abulinie
miro s mn pon ~sr6Betem NlBen ll ais en SIS
u,ellStn.
Spreden Se Dor unb ib w,rot 3bnen mebr oaoon
%er5ablen, ODER uerlau9en Die elm @Gsmp or %unierer
%plnt r=@rcurliOnsz tSoloer.
Nord stern. [volume] (La Crosse, Wis.) 1856-1921, 1914-11-13

1907. Gomen gIuie Unit ODER
ohue Gbe,niiette). Gehs @rGBen,
"a. SO, SO, 40. AZ uno "a 3oIl
9ruitmoB. Grioroert ga Doros
i480Il. Stoff fir 36 3oa @r0Be.
Yreis 10 Gents.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-18
ILLINOIS POLITICS

Chicago, Sept. 1S-Democrats, re
publicans and progressives today
listened to keynote speeches anC
adopted platforms for the state cam
paigns.
In Springfield the democrats heard
the policies of the national administra
tien lauded by Roger C. Sullivan can
didate for United States senator from
Illinois and by Governor 2. F. Dunno.
In Peoria the republicans heard the
policies of the party outlined by Sen
ator Borah.
The progressives, meeting in Cham
paign, planned to adopt a platform,
which, it was predicted, would advo.
cate full woman's suffrage and the
cate full woman's suffrage and the
cratic administration in both state and
nation.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-18
INVESTIGATION ORDERED

Memphis. Tenn, Sept. 1S.-The
death of c. A. Stetson, a salesman,
today brought the death toll as a re.
suit of the grade crossing accident in
which an Illinois Central freight train
crashed into a street car last night,
to IL. Sheriff Riechman today order.
ed the arrest of Charles Harson, con
ductor, and w. Stevenson, engineer
of the freight train, and G. w. Mccoy
motorman, and ]. L. Hunt, conductor
of the street car ON charges of man.
slaughter. A coroner's jury also
started an investigation of the wreck.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-18
bout next Thursday evening.

bout next Thursday evening.
Lewis j. Bauer, wife and son, for
merly of Shoemaker and Las Vegas
but now residing in Philadelphia, are
in this city for a few days, renewing
old acquaintances, en- route to the
Grand Canyon.
Manuel Madrid, superintendent of
schools of Mora county, is in the city
ty for few days.
Earl Murphy, a former student at
the New Mexico Normal University,
left last night for Quincy, ILL.,, where
he will enter a business college.
Dr. Frank H. H. Roberts, president
of the New Mexico Normal University,
left on train No. 1 today for Albu-
Querque where he will attend the ses-
sions of the conference of the Method.
ist church now meeting here.
Miss Amelia Turner left on train
No today to visit friends in Albu-
querque.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-18
GOLD POOL idea MAY
BE ABANDONED NOW
MAY MAKE THIS PLAN
UNNECESSARY

Washington, Sept. 1S.-Foreign ex-
change was discussed again today at
a conference between the federal re-
serve board, A. H. Wiggin, president
Of the New York Clearing House asso-
citation; James j. Forgan, chairman of
the recently appointed bankers COM
miLtee ON foreign exchange, and Ben
jamin Strong, Jr.
The Forgan committee raised the
|$110,00O,000 gold pool raised by ma
tiCnal banks in the United States to
meet the nations European obligations
A syndicate of New York banks, how
ever, has agreed to take care of $780,
100000 worth of the total, and the
meeting today RESULTED from a desire
OF part of the members of the reserve
board to learn whether the bankers
now believed the formation of any gold
pool was secure. Some members of
the board have expressed the idea that
the pool need not be raised in view
of the action of the New York syndi-
cate. Some New York bankers, how
ever, are understood to take the atti-
tude that American bankers must give
positive assurances of their ability
and willingness to meet all their obli-
cations in gold, and that the pooling
arrangement is still necessary.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-18
GERMAN ARTILLERY Of
SUPERIOR QUALITY
BELGIAN VETERAN TELLS OF
THE FIGHTING PRECEDING
FALL OF LlEGE

New York. Sept. 18.-Paul Van De
Velde, of Dallas, Texas. for "a days
a lieutenant in the Belgian army and
a veteran of the battles of Haelen,
Hutton, st. Margaret, Tirelemont and
the fighting before Liege, returned
home today on board the steamer
Cretic.
Mr. Van De Velde was visiting his
parents in Belgium when the war
started and he enlisted as a reservist.
The Belgians were seriously handi,
capped in the early fighting by artil
lery that was inferior to that Of Ger
many. Mr.. Van De Velde said:
'"Our guns were effective at only
about one-third the range of the Ger
mans The Belgians also had to
await the arrival of ammunition from
France after the fighting started. In
the early battles German aeroplanes
worked considerable havoc, especially
at night, but the powerful lights set
up in the forts removed the menace"
Mr.. Van De Velde was released from
the Belgian army, as were other vol
unteers from the United States, in
order that they might return to their
business.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-18
YOUTHS FOR MARS

bordeaux Sept IS, (via Paris) =
A decree issued by the French gov
ernment today permits the motner or
guardian of a youth of under 20 years
to act as a substitute for the absent
father in legally authorizing the young
man to volunteer for the war. In the
case fthe death of the mother or the
guardian, the local magistrate may
authorize the enlistment. This decree
is designed to make It possible for a
large number of ardent volunteers to
enlist Physically they are fit, but
they are under the legal age to join
the army.