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NO DECISION As TO CAMP
FOR VIRGINIA DRAFT ARMY
Secretary OF War Baker Promises
to Make Announcement by
Saturday.
RICHMOND MAY BE IN RUNNING
General Bell Authorized to Pick Site,
and His Recommendation Is FIX
pected to Be FinaI-Kno,yn to
Have Made Report.

WASHINGTON, June 7.-Secretarv OF
war Baker promises to make an an
nouncement by Saturday upon the War
Departments decision with respect TO
the training camp site Of the Fifth
National Army Division, OF which the
Virginia quota will form a part.
Meantime no intination comes from
any official source rs to the rocom-
mendation which General j. Franklin
Beii mas made. Marylanders who
have been campaigning for the camp
site in that State claim TO have an
unofficial assurance that the Fifth Di-
vision camp will be located at Annap-
oils junction. but they admit that they
have no actual promise
IL Richmond is in the running. de-
2artment officials Will not say SO. They
say that General Bell. in whose de-
partmcnt the Virginia draft army will
train, has been authorized to pick the
cantonment site. and that his recon.
mendation will be next to final, though
II must have the formal approval OF
secretary Baker. II Is known that q
recommendation from General Bell is
now on the secrctary's desk. and that
he will act upon 1t either tomorrow
or Saturday.
When the Wrighstonwn. " J.. camp
was selected. 1t was assumed In some
quarters that the NirGinians would
train there. inasmuch as the Fifth Di-
vision Is made UP OF Jersey, Maryland.
Delaware, District OF Columbia and
Virginia quotas.
1t is stated positively. however. that
Wr!ghtstown probably will not be the
camp site OF this division. but will be
used by one OF the two New York
divisions
A singular circumstance OF tho sit
uation Is that the Virginia National
Guard army is under the Jurisdiction
OF General Leonard Wood, in the
Southeastern Army Division, whereas
the Virginia draft army is under com
mand OF General Bell. OF the, Eastern
Division. The chances are that the
Virginia euardsmen will train at some
Southern camp. and under canvas.
while the drafted men from the State
Will train at cantonment camp where,
wooden barracks will be erected TO
house them.
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early life And am proud to know that tho
Sonditlons under which working people are
iaoorinE and living to-day are vastly better
hazardous to advance still further the condl-
lions OF our people. for l am firmly OF the
OPINION that working people. like all other peo-
pie PIE are entitled to the best that can BIO had
ins OF strikes OF any kind affecting the produc-
lion OF those things needed by our government
at this critical period. l would rather suffer
than see our country's interests placed in
oeopardy. and believe l expressing the
regard
lieve that wages should keep pace with
me advanced cost of living. but ] would not
seiect time like the present to inaugurate a
strike. which. under other conditions. would
government work is being done per-
centage basis and this fact is sufficient to cause
nose employed on government work TO think
earnestly before placing an impeachment In the
our people who go to the front will suffer
hardships. and perhaps thousands of them will
not nc accorded burial place on American soil.
surely those who remain at home can we'll afford
TO suffer, and II needs be. live short rations,
In order that the cause all dearly love
may triumph. and consign the despoilers of
liberty and democracy to grave OF everlasting
oblivion. Some of the utterances OF those who
claim TO be champions of labor's rights in the
past months haye been anything but the sent-
ment, and have caused blush to those who
think and take intelligent view Of cond-
tons and consequences. None more inter-
ested in the triumph OF the principles for which
our country is contendng than working
classes and 1t i'll behooves any man to place
light. w n Ati1,IEN
Richmond. June g.
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Service Means Sacrifice

" GU cannot serve the nation in this crisis
without willingness to sacritice-in most
cases you cannot truly serve without actual
sacrifice. The selective draft is not going
to settle all the problems that must be
settled. There is still room for the volun-
teer spirit and work yet to be done that
volunteers are best fitted to perform
The creed Of the patriot in this respect
mas been well stated in bulletin of the
Yale Engineering Association. War means
sacrifice says this bulletin. land the chief
sacrifice to many civilians will be that they
must accept If they serve at all, positions
In the army and navy which they will not
consider at all commensurate with the posi-
lions they hold in civil life, whether viewed
from the standpoint of responsibility or COM
penSaton.'
That is the situation exactly Most of us
would be willing to go to the front as gen
erals or admirals. or with any other high
RANK out the country needs men who are
wiling TO do what they are told to do 1t
is precisely because in this emergency every
duty becomes important that men of superior
type should be glad to accept minor appoint
ments If they are more needed at home
they had better stay there. but having made
up thelr minds to offer their service to their
country they should make up their minds
also to make any sacrifice which service en-
tails. VA
The marvellous efficiency displayed nv the
American Commission for Relief of Belgium
was due to the character Of Mr. Hooyer's
assistants, as we'll as to his own organizing
ana directing genius. Most of these mon
were unpaid. or nearly so. Practically all
OF them including their chief were accent
ing large money losses in order to do this
WORK OF mercy. The highest business talents
were given without stint 10 duties which in
another field would command nd very large
remuneration The consequence was that
the commission was not only as efficient as
the average big corporation. but actually
more efficient.
Some OF the ablest men Of the nation are
serving the nation. like Mr. Hoover, without
compensation. Some are accepting salaries
half as large as hey are accustomed TO re-
celve from employers other than the govern
ment. Not all OF them. by any means, hold
conspicuous positions. Henry L. Stimson
former Secretary of War. has become ma ior
IN the Judge acknowledgements department
ui 'ne army, and there are plenty of mil
lohalreS VINO are privates in the ranks
The ambition of man who possesses a
real talent real technical equipment for
some specialized task, or a real CAPACITY for
leadership, to attain a place Of authority is
SUBJECT to no just criticism. He should Of
Ter the best that is In him, for capable
leaders always will be In greater demand
than those whose obligation Is to follow and
obe?. But II such man cannot convince
the government that he is entitled TO q com
mission as colonel. he had better accent one
as lieutenant; II he is NOT allowed to design
alrpianes, perhaps he be of great use in
supervising construction. At any rate he
should not sulk in his tent
Service means sacrifice
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-08
Harmful Rnn.ors

HOMPLAlNTS against the administration
~ Of the hospital snip Solace now shown
to have been wholly without foundation
might be dismissed a. 4 mere case of chronic
grumbng, but for the spread of similar
rpmors with regard To conditions in the navy
elsewhere. Wild stories about Newpori
r. J.. were given currency for while until
they were completely disproved Another
rumor asserted the existence OF a dread
epidemic of spinal meningitis at navy sta
ton in this section, until it was established
that the nearest approach to such "a condition
was to be found in some mild cases of
measles among men on warships n number
Of miles away
q Unfortunately. IL is frequently impossible
TO disprove publicly such tales, for the rea
son that 1t is unwise to make open mention
Of the localities and Of the activities there
carried on The Solace was an exceptional
case Some of the false stories are started
~ the malicious; Germany's arm is long. and
German propaganda includes every kind of
canaId that might tend to discourage recruit.
tng or hamper enlistments. Most Of them,
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Fighter Instead of n Jailbird

n ESPITE the protests of various recruiting
IL officers on other occasions, Judge Rlch-
ardson. Of the Hastings Court. is TO be COM
mended on his course in suspandng sentence
on a former bluejacket on condition that he
re-enlist in the navy. The man had been
honorably discharged. proving that he had
done satisfactory service. and the offense OF
which he convicted was. to translate
the law Latin, q wrong because it was pro-
hibited. not a wrong In itself. In other
words. he broke the laws discipline, not
Violated any one Of humanity's dictates. In
all probability, he will serve we'll, and the
country will gain fighting man. instead
of the States getting jailbrd.
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The Binding OF the R.,.t


he plotted in the den Of his Iordshin
over men:
ne wrought his grim array and he
hungered for the Day.
Then the loosind-word was spoken and
the seal OF He'll was broken:
Inen IT'S Princes we're assembled for tho
feast:
But against the Vandal night ro.. for
the star of Freedoms light.
And a world was called together for
the binding of the Beast
Ihey nave seen 1t for their star; they
have come from near and far
From the FORCES of the north 60 the
men and young men forth.
Having found the holier duty. found
the true. the final beauty,
AS their brothers of the South and Of
the East.
In the forests OF the West they arc
giving Of their best,
With strong hands and patient for the
binding OF the Beast.
For his treason unto man in the war
that he began.
FOR the rapine and the fame. for the
Kissing of his name.
rave the hosts gone up against him
and with swords Of Judgment
fenced him.
nd
on priest
For the children he has MANNED for IN.
maidens he has shamed.
The nations grid their harness for tina
binding Of the Beast
Now frothing in his rage. a scourge to
youth and age.
Caked with blood he stands at bay,
with his feet upon his prey.
IF
raw and fetid from the bounding.
Smiles he still in baffled fury and the
roar Of hate released:
But the huntsmen of the ranks. with
their steel at breast and tanks.
Give no truce nor sign of respite at
the binding of the Beast.
He is cunning. he is strong. and tho
war shall yet be long.
Where the seven thunders wake and
the walls of heaven shake.
He Is cruel. blind and ruthless: he is
boastful. sly and ruthless;
BY his will the Powers of Darkness
are increased:
But the shackles and the chain shall
avenge the hurt and slain,
Who have broken bread with heroes at
the binding of the Beast
For his pact with death and hell let
us bind the monster we'll,
That the world go free indeed from
his arrogance and greed,
BY the pact he dared to sever, make wa
treaty with him never.
Till the murder venom in his blood has
ceast
BY his trust In force and war. end we
those for evermore.
AS the nations sit In council for thu
binding of the Beast.
George Stirling.
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Beating the Submarine

HAT the arming OF merchantmen is one
or the most effective means of meeting
the submarine menace receives fresh demon
stration almost daily. Washington dis
patches say IL was the Slvershel. an Ameri
can oil-carrying steamship. which sank a
o.ooat IN the Mediterranean, and the ability
OF armed vessels 10 beat OF, submarine attack
SHOWN In many reports British and
French experience is like our own.
VI course, the armed vessel does not al
ways escape. but two months ago the British
Admiralty announced that of four such vcs-
sels attacked, three would offer successful
resistance while in the case of unarmed
ships only one in four would find safety in
night. Since that time protection has i'm
proved as the weekly reports reveal.
IL is tco early TO say that the submarine
pronlem mas heen solved, for the danger yet
is great. but evidence accumulates that rand
progress is being made. If. with unabatcd
energy in cooperation with Britain and
france ana the use OF all possible methods.
we continue our efforts. way ont will ina
found
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-08
Musician. In Army and Nv.

IT. e. r. Hopewcll Na.-Each regiment Of
the army has band. The army band offers ar
excellent opportunity to young men who are
good musicians. Men in the band have no milf
,arE duties 10 perform other than that Of play
Ing. unless the band be mounted in which case
time to practice. and are constantly under Inc
instruction OF chief musician who is an eS-
pert in his line An applicant for enlistment
for q band should Indicate the instrument
be accompanies With recommendations as to
musical ability. The duty of musician in the
navy is not hard. The band plays twice daily
for an hour Musicians attend no drills. and
do no work except keep their quarters clean
The opportunity for promotion is good and
such promotion carries with it increase in
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-08
Books and Authors

What promises to be an interesting
and valuable addition to the literatu
of American economics is Joseph STAN
cliffe Davis's Essays In the Earlier
History of American Corporations"
Harvard Economic Studies. Vol. XVI.
AS n whole, the papers illuminate the
background of the modern corporation
and show concretely its development
during the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries, the materials being drawn
from contemporary sources of various
kinds. Number ". of the essays is
entitled Eighteenth Century Business
CORPORATIONS in the United States" and
forms a separate book. Each volume
has its illustrative appendices. charts.
and index. (Harvard University Prcss.)
Donald Hankey's "a Student In Arms"
that interpretative account OF the
spiritual values that are released In
the men at the battle front in the midst
of all the hideousness and frightful-
ness OF war, has called forth many re-
markable tributes from readers From
all parts of the country and from
men and women in all walks of life.
people have written to the books pub
fishers, T.. p. Dutton e. Co.. their APP
probation OF the volume and their con-
viction of its particular Importance at
the present time. Among the many
one from Elihu Root saying. Il have
read it with interest and admiration.
1t Is one Of the most truthful. unaf-
fected books I have ev.r read" The
president Of Smith College wrote. ut
Ia fresh, stimulating. vital and original.
! wish that every university and col
lege man or woman In the country
could read it. This book makes 1t
perfectly clear that some Of the older
problems in which we have lost in
terest are still>tremendously vital when
we face the essential realities Of life"
President Mary e. Woolley. OF Mount
Holyoke College, pronounced 1t "a
very inspiring as we'll as unusual
book" Bishop Edwin S. Lines thought
It very remarkable" and "one of the
most interesting hooks as yet produce
ed by the war" Milledge l.. Bonham,
Jr.. professor OF history and political
science in the State University OF
Louisiana. wrote that he thought 1t "a
book that every officer and man in the
American army and every clergyman
OF every church should read Just at
this Juncture."
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Making the People Understand

NJ OTHING has contributed so largely TO
! Y that awakening OF America which must
precede every soundly based hope OF victory
as did Registration Day. The incidents of
that memorable occasion have stamped
themselves on the mind and temper Of the
people. Registration carried The probability
OF service into nearly every family in the
land and into half Of the households. We
are beginning TO understand what war i'm
plies.
That is essential. Indifference and illusion
spell danger. We shall not be prepared, in
the best and highest sense, until mind and
heart are Guickened t. patriotic sacrifice.
Within a year we shall have 100000 SOL
diers in France and possibly twice as many.
We shall have considerable army in the
trenches within few months. Registration
has brought these facts home.
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.Apnunl Session Ends
tSpccial TO The Timcs.Disna

lspeciai TO The Times Dispatch.l
"AHRENTON, Va. June THE Ar
mn annuai session of the Eau
quicr Female Institute closed ro-n;.er,
AFTER successful session The rradu.
ates were Misses Mildred Erotzman ~,
Iennsylvania: lmosen IIollomon ~
virginia, and Phyllis Marshall. OF Nav
FORK City. The address TO the grad
u ~. Grass was delivered by Rev.
w. @. Pendleton, OF ST. James Eni.
copal Church
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German Empcror.

r. L. H.. Richmond.-'The Constitution of the
German nan empire is based on the decree Of Apri
privilege OF the King of Prussia. to whom be-
longs the hereditary title OF German Emperor
Bundesr1th Federal Council and the Reich
Emperor are 70 represent the empire I'm its re-
!ation to the state. TO declare war and conclude
alliances and conclude COT, treaties with foreign
The assent of the Bundesrath is. however. nee
to declaration Of war. unless the I'M
periai territory he invaded It's coasts AZ
tackled The , Emperor has also the supreme
opens. prorogues and concludes tho Bundnsrath
and Rechstag. appoints and dismisses officials
of the empire and sunerintcnds the consulate
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The Richmond Iimes-Dispatch
information Bureau

INQUIRIES regarding almost amy topic except
ing on legal and medical subjects answered
Tree bE The Times Dispatch Information Bureau.
trough our Washington branch we nre for
tunnte in having Iccess the unparalleled re-
sources Of the variou. Federal government de-
nartments and the Erent Library OF Congress.
Which furnish information OF priceless vnlue to
INC public. An all inquiries nre answered d.
printed, 2-cent stamp is required for return
rt1 n,;ss Writers name muat be furnished
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esH must be plainly given. Address The rires-
o"Patch Information bureau. Richmond. Nn.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-08

If the Senate Finance Committee wants to
improve the war revenue bill. it will grant
income exemptions based on the number of
children in family. In this respect, the
Virginia law is great improvement on that
OF the nation
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-08
Mnr Mor,alltx Figures.

There we're go deaths in Richmond
during May, according to figures given
out yesterday at the Health Depart
ment's Office. OF this number l16 were
white and 104 colored The births re-
ported for the month totaled 236. of
which l54 were white and eighty-two
colored.
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To-Day. Best Hund-picI<od .,o..

T. q. Wodehouse. the English humorist said
at an antipacifist luncheon in New York.
MY dear friends. am in hearty sympathy
win the sergeant who was burynE heap Of
German dead taken from the debris of a Zen.
penn that mad murdered hundred women and
babes.
Sergeant, whispered a private. salutInr
one OF these here German corpses don't want
TO he buried. He says he Amt dead
6urS MIN anyway said the sergeant firmly.
These Germans are such liars that YOU cant h. .
ieve word they say Star.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-08
Labor Unions and Liberty B,,os

nNE great labor organization the Inter
- national Typographical Union, has
bought $4,000 worth of Liberty loan bonds
Perhaps other such organizations have made
similar purchases; if they have not thev
should follow the example the printers have
sci. for this is war for the establishment
throughout the world of those humanitarian
principles that al! labor organizations profess
:>ol the ihternationals alone but local
unions as we'll. should subscribe TO these
bonds. For the union funds n sa fer ar moo
desirable investment could scarcely be found
ne oonds promise TO appreciate in value
General investment by labor organizations
would give their members a ouickened in
lereSt III the welfare of the whole country
ana give the country quickened regard for
the organized labor movement.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-08

however. are either begun exaggerated by
the thoughtless.
If any man Enthusiastically knows-of a
condition that needs remedying, it is his right
and his duty to inform the authorities. But
If he has heard unauthenticated rumors, it
is his duty either to investigate or to follow
the advice given German sympathizers and
keep his mouth shut.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-08
SEEN ON THE SIDE
The Empty Pocketbook.

or all tho many trials
Poor mortals' moods must boar
While hero on terra frma,
Beset with toll and care,
The hardest to encounter.
To meet, with cheerful look,
The bane OF our existence
Is an empty pocketbook!
How mournfully it sroets YOU
Its hinges gaping wide.
Not an . U or nickel
In the slit upon its side!
Then thinking that n penny
You perchance. might overlook.
You again. with careful fingers.
Search your empty pocketbook.
1t holds us in subsection,
BY it our hopes are damped;
And. If dependent on it.
Our ideas would be cramped.
1t Is a weight we carry
With most ungracious look,
For one can reap no pleasure
From an empty pocketbook!
OF all the horrid phantoms
That ill the mind with dread
or the child who. for some mischief.
In the dark is sent to bed
Not ono can be compared
With its terrifying look
To those that haunt the owner
or empty pocketbook!
II is counted kind and friendly
In the world in which we live
To bear each others burdens,
And consolation give.
Those who cannot accomplish
All the work they undertook
Let me help them bear the burden
or well-filied pocketbook
To avoid this sad condition,
Good people. hear me tell:
You must always work at something
And do that something welli
II YOU hang your hoe and shovel
In the barn upon hook
You will never have garden
But-an empty pocketbook
ROSA H. GRAY
shland, Va.
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railroads it is said. have placed ban ON
conventions, and all such gatherings ara r.
be discouraged. Cities which have heen
nioding Tor these affairs will save money.
me roads will save transportation facilities.
oeiesateS will save their time and the rest
OF us VIII save our patience Every cloud
mas silver lining--even the war cloud
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-08

Mrs. w. G: b.. Chatham. Na-To rid n house
or eockroaGhes. take GRADUATED sugar and
ooraS equal parts. Triturate to a fine powder
ana scatter 1t lightly about their haunts.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-08
Figuring Revenue.

the revenue per ton per mile by dividing total
revenue from freight by number OF tons han
died. and that by the average number OF miles
each ton is handled Revenue per car per mile
is Obtained by dividing total revenues by the
total number of miles all in service are
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-08
First Principles.

DO YOU think That new recruit will ever learn
to he soldier?' asked the commanding officer
Well he's acquiring the foundations" re-
sponded the drill sergeant. He had not been in
camp day before he was putting up howl
about the food"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-08

Sharks have now appeared on the At
iantic coast of the United States The ex-
ploits Of the submarines probably have driven
them in shame from other seas
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-06-08
The Invalid Pension Bill
To Get RID of Ronche..

a. T. s.. Berryville. Na.--The 1917 invalid pen
SION Dill CARRYING sl6o00o.o0o, was passed by
tho Senate on February IS.