The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-08-18
news OF THE WAR
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ABOUT WORLD CONFLICT

ABOUT WORLD CONFLICT !
Big news IN short SPACE|
Interesting Pointers About the Signi-
can Things Which Oftentimes Es-
cape Attention-War Goes on in
Many Fields of Activity-What the
Various Nations are Doing.
The King Of Bavaria has appointed
the German Emperor field marshal
of the Bavarian army, and the EN-
peror has accepted the appointment,
so it is reported from Amsterdam.
The incident is stated to have caused
keen interest in Germany, as it has
been often held that the Emperor
alone had the power to appoint field
marshais. Bavarians have recently
been in favor Of their king asserting
his position, because OF the promi-
|nent part Bavarian troops are play
| ing on the battlefield.
Newfoundland has notified the
United States that aliens arriving
there as passengers must carry pass
ports, with photographs attached.
American Red Cross doctors and
nurses will be withdrawn from the
battlefelds Of Europe on October 1
because of lack o. funds to keep
them there longer, according to a
statement made last week at Wash
ington by Miss Mabel T. Boardman,
| chairman Of the Red Cross Relief
Commission. It is possible that the
two units in Belgium, where the
greatest need exists, will be con-
tinued, but the other fourteen de-
| tachments will be recalled on the
date mentioned, when the American
fund of s1,560,000 will be exhausted.
In the work of cleaning up Serbia
| the Red Cross has used 358,783
pounds OF sulphur, 100000 bichlo-
ride tablets, 1000 gallons Of kero-
sine oil, $500 pounds Of formalde-
hyde, 12,2O0 doses of cholera vac
cine, 500 ;whitewash brushes, 70
bathtubs, so stepladders, and II
automobile trucks.
In order to increase the enlist
ments Canada has lowered the re-
cruiting standard. Men feet 2
inches in height may now become
| Canadian soldiers. Hitherto the
minimum height has, been 5 feet 8
inches. The minimum chest measure
ment is now 33 inches for those 80
years old or under, the former mini
mum having been ~ inches.
The Austrian government has
agreed to spare Italian churches and
| monuments in Italian coast towns
provided the Italians do not use them
| for military purposes.
Captain II. A. Tomkinson Of the
British Royal Dragons has been
promoted to the rank of major. He
played No. / on the polo team, which
| took back the International Polo
Cup to England last year from the
United States.
A convention, ceding to Bulgaria
the Turkish portion Of the Dedegatch
railway, has been signed in Constan-
tinople.
Regret has been expressed by the
! British government to the Norwe-
gian government because Of the vio-
lation of Norwegian territorial waters
by British warships, particularly the
seizure of a German steamer. inside
the three-mile limit. The note was
cordial and was in reply to protest
by Norway.
| Typhus has practically been wiped
out in Serbia. The Serbian army is
reported to be in good condition and
probably better equipped than ever
before. 1t is modified around the
frontiers, ready to move at any point
at any moment.
Marconi, who is q lieutenant of
engineers in the Italian army, has
been in London buying war supplies
for his nation. He expresses conf
dence in Italy's ability to defeat Aus
tria, and says that Italy is well sup
piled with ammunition, her factories
working at high pressure day and
night turning out shells. Italy, he
says, is particularly well equipped
with d-rigibles and aeroplanes.
Several Americans were in Rheims
/ recently during a heavy lombard
ment. The party took refuge In a
cellar for an hour. On reaching
Paris, they said that on the day they
were in Rheims between 500 and
500 large calibre shells were dropped
on the city.
The French government has con-
ferred the Military Cross upon Pro-
fessor Richard Norton, founder Of
the American Volunteer Ambulance
Corps, which is the chief Red Cross
unit in the. Second French army.
With the decoration the government
sent Professor Norton letter warm
ly praising the work of the corps.
Premier Asquith has issued a
! printed statement showing that all
casualties in the British army and
navy since the beginning of the war
total 33G,995. The total military
casualties up to July 1S were 321,-
$50, and the total naval casualties
up to July 20 were 9,106. Four
thousand army officers and 499 naval
| officers have been killed. The men
killed in the army total 57,3S4; in
the navy, 7,430. By war theatres
the total army losses have been: In