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and Of the several states. territories
and the District OF Columbia for the
purpose of executing the act.
'.All enlistments since the I'd Of April
shall be for the period of the emer-
gency.
The bill carries an appropriation OF
3.000.000.000 in lump sum. which In
round figures covers the total amount
estimated to be necessary to carry
these provisions into effect. This esti-
mate is based on an army OF $4,000 of
ficers and 1.O1s.27o enlisted men for q
period of one year"
Attacks Volunteer System.
The latter part of the minority re-
port. filed by Representative Kahn. de-
nounces the volunteer system in these
words:
Some OF those who favor the volun-
teer system point with pride to the fact
that 1000 volunteers are enlistinE
every day at the present time. Accord
ing to letter from the Secretary OF
War to the chairman of the committee.
124.71S volunteers will be required for
our regular army and the National
Guard organizations. 1t would there
fore take 724 days. including Sundays.
or about two years. to get the volun-
teer forces required for these two
branches alone of our military estab-
lishment. Does that look very hopeful?
Another argument that is put forth
by those in favor of the volunteer sys-
tenn is that we will get an army OF
100000 men quickly. The testimony OF
the Secretary of War before the COM
mittee shows that the department will
not be able to equip .oe0 men for
several months. If enlistments under
the volunteer system were to begin AZ
once and were to continue as rapidiy
as the most sanguine partisan of that
able to equip such a force at the pres
ent time. Our failure in that direction
would necessarily discourage enlist
ments, and eventually we would have
to fill even the regular army and the
National Guard organizations by the
draft system Nor is that the only dff-
ficulty 1t will take many months to
select and train the necessary officers
for such a force. without proper
officers the enlisted personnel under
the most favorable circumstances
would be little more than disor-
ganized mob.
sNot a Democratic System"
1.-The plan of the minority. on the other
hand, embraces volunteer enlistments for
the regular army and the National Guard
organizations which are already in exist
ence under our laws. Concurrentiy with
such enlistments we would PROVIDE fn,-
rnediately for an additional force of 50G.-
900 men under the principle Of universal
obligation to service or selective conscrfp.
ton Under that plan we would know
exactly how many men we could depend
on at any particular time for fighting the
battles of this war. The volunteer system
would always carry in it's train an els
ment of uncertainty. 1t is gu: Judgment
that rhe volunteer system is not a fair
one 1t is neither equitable Tor demo-
cratic In this republic every American
should esteem 1t an honor - bear his
share of the country's burdens That can
only be done under the principle Of uni
versal obligation to serve. In our opinion
it is for the nation. not the individual. te
determine what service the citizen should
render"
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said it did not offer opportunity for
volunteer units to be drafted into the
federal service as guard units have
been drafted.
Senator Wadsworth said Secretary
Baker told the committee that men con-
scripted would be in training camps, full
ly equipped, by August 1.
Senator Reed disputed Senator Wads-
worth's recollection of Mr.. Bakers testi-
mony. saying 1t was unfortunate that no
record of the Senate committee hearings
was taken. Mr. Reed said Secretary
Baker stated that increasing the National
Guard had been held up because OF lack
Of equipment.
IF it will take until August to mobil
ize men under draft" said the Missouri
senator. tthen there will be abundance
Of time to try out the volunteer system
without delaying army organization"
! inquiries About Age Limit.
Senator Gallinger, republican floor
leader, asked Senator Chamberlain why
twenty five was the maximum age limit
/ fixed by the draft provision. The COM
mittee chairman said that from nineteen
to twenty-five men are most available
generally without dependents and most
vigorous.
Declaring that he favors trial first of
the volunteer system. Senator Gallinger
said most men of Stacker" type are
Il do not think this legislation is
wise" he said. 1T will not reach the
siackers. ] think If we are to have con-
scription the maximum age should be
tthirty-five."
| Senator Kenyon of Iowa suggested
that, for single men, the maximum
should be forty-f1ve.
1 Do- ~ Er1{cfad Man
The United States, Senator Gallinger
said, should be willing to pay enlisted
men more than SIS per month, the pres
ent regular army rate. He pointed out
that Canada pays $1.10 per day and
Australia S1.35 per day. The result of
that" he said. has been to get the best
soldiers the world ever saw. While l
have an open mind on the subject" con-
tinued Senator Gallinger. on the best
method to adopt, it is running toward a
! fair effort to try the volunteer system
and give them better pay" The sena-
tor said the Canadian and Australian
nation should pay more than SIS per
month to men who might go to the
trenches to fight the battle of the al
lies"
| Senator Nelson said Canada's best re-
cruiting forces are women, who So
| cially ostracise "slackers."
Deplores Peace Propaganda.
II hope we have such women in our
, country. but 1 am afraid this peace
propaganda has demoralized our coun-
| try" he said.
Senator Gallinger then offered an
! amendment reducing the minimum
draft age from nineteen to eighteen
| and making the maximum thirty-f1ve
instead of twenty-five. The amend
ment was left pending.
| Senator Brandegee said he felt con-
| fident drafted men would be in train
ing camps by August l and that he has
no fear the draft system will delay
! raising an army.
Warnings of Lord Northcliffe against
the pitfalls of the volunteer system
| were read by Senator Pomerene of
Ohio.
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Address Mail to Virgin ISLANDS

Mail for the former Danish West iH-
dies Islands hereafter should be ad-
dressed to Virgin Islands OF the Uni'"0
States" the Post Once perartneat
nounces.. Many inquiries had ress,ls. I
the postal authorities 40 to tho propeG
AaGlGnat1on. ~.
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Synopsis of Volunteer Plan.

The report by Representative Dent is
a formal synopsis of the bill providing
for a trial of the voluntary system 1t
| says, in part:
1.-THE bill authorizes. but does not di-
rect, the President to issue a call for
volunteer army of 100000 in the
| first place and of an additional force
Of 100000 II necessary, under the law
| now in existence.
ident to proceed at once with the
\ registration of all male citizens be-
tween the ages of twenty-one and
forty, as provided in the plan OF the
all of the machinery authorizing the
| draft of 100000 for the first force and
| of the additional 500, 900 will be put in
| operation at once.
Time for Registration.
at will require, according to the testi-
mony of the Secretary of War before
the military committee, at least three
months and probably longer to COM
plete this registration. Under the plan
proposed by the War Department,
| which was adopted by the committee,
| the President would have no power to
conscript or draft an army until this
| registration had been completed. In
the meantime. IL the President sees At,
| he is authorized to call for volunteers,
and upon the completion of the regis
| tration he has the absolute power to
decide whether he will take an army of
volunteers or organize one by draft
| 1.-THE bill rejected the age limit sug-
gested by the War Department of from,
eighteen to twenty-five, and raised it
from twenty-one to forty.
'The bill provides that organizations
| of all forces, other than the regular
! army. shall be, composed of men who
| come from. and of officers appointed
from. the same state or locality as far
as practicable.
Both the volunteer and the draft
| features of the bill authorize the Pres
ident to refuse to accept, either by en-
listment or draft. the services of per-
| sons needed in the industrial pursuits
| Of the country.
For Execution Of Act.
1.-THE bill authorizes the President TO
luttljss The services Of AL departments,
ed3nexD ard -agsn4s e thA.Goveenmant
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House Will Begin Debate
Tomorrow; Republican Is
Leading Consumption Fight

The House of Representatives enters
tomorrow on the much discussed de-
bate on the question between a volun-
teer or conscripted army. The debate
will probably consume most Of the
week; if a vote on the final passage. of
the Dent bill is obtained before Thurs
day it will be because most remarkable
speed is shown. The question to be
settled is whether the administration s
selectiye draft bill is to be passed
without important amendment; or
whether the Dent bill will be passed,
providing a volunteer army of a million
men, but at the same time authorizing
the necessary machinery for a military
census on which a draft of men. be-
tween twenty-one and forty years. can
be made when necessary
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Result in Doubt.

| The military affairs committee is split
on the subject. Representative Kahn,
ranking republican, takes the side of
the administration. and with him are
aligned the only men on the committee
who have had military experience.
Representative Dent of Alabama, chair
man. is on the other side. backed by a
majority of the committee in a compro-
mise measure which is designed to give
| volunteer service trial. The Dent
| measure will surely receive the sup
| port of scores of House members who
| feel duty bound to to vote for a vol
unteer system. but whether it will re-
ceive a majority vote is a question on
which no one on Capitol Hill seems
| willing to risk his reputation as a
prophet.
The majority report. written yester-
day by Representative Dent. chairman
of the committee, was signed by twelve
members. Representative Caldwell of
New York voted present" With Rep
resentative Dent on the report were
Representatives Fields, Kentucky; Quin,
Mississippi: Gordon, Ohio; Shallen-
berger, Nebraska: Wise, Georgia; Mich
oils, South Carolina: Garrett Texas;
Anthony, Kansas; NORM. Pennsylvania;
Hull of Iowa and Davidson of Wiscon-
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( the sxplosioa seems to have caught

sf the ~sxplosioa SEEM to have caught
her"
We stopped low in order to get
through the twisted, fallen steel arch
of the doorway. ! have never seen 50
horrible a sight as the ward room. Out
OF the battered, splattered mess there
stared a face that told me for the first
time 1t was the vessel on which / had
eaten dinner the night before.
For the most part the men with
whom / had chatted and been friendly
were not recognizable. The room had
not been cleaned up as yet, and, besides
the horror Of 1t, 1t made me physically
sick. 1t Is no wonder that the British
navy damns the neutral"
There is no question at all but that
ships under neutral flags SOW mines.
On this particular occasion-it was a
Thursday--five of the six mines which
were placed almost every Wednesday
had been found and picked up. That
sixth mine was time and again the
cause of a tragedy.
Well, every single officer, with the
exception of the navigating officer, who
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happened. I I'M here; that IL al I
know"
I found out what had happened after
my friend lost consciousness. He
knows by now and has done whatever
Is in his power to do for the man who
saved him.
Leaped Into Burning Oil.
One of the matloes (sailors) who had
beer on deck saw the officer just as the
flames were reaching him. The very
l,sea around the destroyer seemed on
fire. 1t meant. almost certain death to
leap in it, but the matloe leaped.
He swan under water as far as he
could. When he came up the flames
licked around him. He filled his lungs
with sitting, burning hot air and dove
again. Bit by bit he reached the off,
Ger, who had apparently lost all con-
seriousness, although he still was strug-
Cling feebly-jnst enough to keep him
afoat, but rapidly weakening.
When once he had his arm under the
officers shoulder the rescuer could no
longer dive and he had to swim slow
ly, supporting his heavy burden with
streakS OF flame shooting all round him
and tapping him. 1t would have been
easy for him t drop his burden and
make the best of his own way to safe
ty, but he would not do it.
Although the officer could not re-
member it, he must have come to once
for he ordered the sailor to leave him
n shift for himself, but the brave
fellow would not do it.
Seeing that it would be easier to
swim away from the destroyer beyond
the fire zone, he did SO instead of try
ing to get back to the vessel.
Other craft had been alarmed by the
sound Of the explosion and had seen
the smoke and flames and were stand
ing up full speed. They picked the two
men up in the nick Of time, for the
matloe lost consciousness before they
had hauled him into the small boat
which put off from one Of the patrols.
That's the type of men they get in
the navy. This matloe was just an or
binary enlisted He would have
been expected to do his duty even in
the face of almost certain death, but
he was ready and did more than his
duty in saving his superior.
And yet a party of British sailors
who landed after the Jutland battle
were mobbed and several persons were
hurt because the people thought the
British had lost from the first reports
received.
Over a Mine Field.
1t wasn't long after this experience
of the destroyer with the mine that l
went on a u in an M. L. (motOr
launch for submarine chasing) from
Dover. The subaltern In command Of
the boat was as nervy as the best Of
them. but he hadn't had much nautical
experience. What he knew about navi-
cation and the kings regulations could
have been engraved on the face of a
dime. AS we were running back into
the harbor they began signaling us
from shore. The subaltern looked at
the signals through his glasses, looked
fully ahead. l rather felt at the time
that he didn't know what the signals
meant just from the sort of self con
seious way in which he put his glasses
down. OF course l did not know the
British code.
Those fellows hate to let on they are
stumped. They'll race neck and neck
with death rather than Let 1t he l:..=>
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Il 10 Splendid Fiying-Magnifiesnt.
SO high they were little more than
specks. Out Of the hangers on the
cliffs u own planes began to be run.
The anti-aircraft guns-Archies they
call them in England-began to bark.
But bark was all they did, for we
could see the %shrapnel burst way short
Of the enemy fliers.
The British were quick In getting w,
but the planes were 81 high that they
had passed over us before our boys
were close enough to do them any
damage. We had mostly heavy hydro
planes at that time, not speedy enough
to keep up with the swift German war
machines.
Presently there was another cry.
Two more machines had been spotted.
They were flying low.
Must be a couple of our own," says
some one.
mo. they're Boches, all right" re
ports an officer with glasses.
They must be travelling about 100
miles an hour. One swerves out over
the harbor. Something shoots out from
beneath it., There is the roar OF an
explosion. A bomb has burst forty
yards or so from a destroyer lying at
anchor.
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he Win come before BE actually 701s
over, but that was all he had to say
about 1t. I know I vas pale. falt
It. And my knees had q tendency -
drum against each other.
Always Exciting at Dover.
I think the average person could get
excitement enough during a short stay
In Dover to laSs almost a lifetime.
There is almost always something do
ing at sea, ashore or In the air. You
can hear the big guns in Belgium and
France on a still day.
One morning | was talking with
some acquaintances on the parade
grounds.
Some shouted, "Aeroplanes"
Everybody's head wen back, and an
eyes began to stare into the sky. Sure
enough. there were a number Of them.
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TO pick UP the pieces OF you, you
~blithering idiot!"
still at the masthead. Then a gun
doomed.
What in the deuce Is all the row7'
inquired our sub innocently.
Right on we blazed our way, without
changing our course a hair, and before
we were well into the harbor a whole
swarm of M. LIS and other craft came
swooping down on us.
"What you got the navy with you
for?' asked our sub through the mega
phone when he was within speaking
distance of the leading craft.
"To pick up the pieces of you, you
blithering idiot!' said the Brass Hat
IN command. run alongside here for
| orders"
We ran alongside. and if orders is
what DUR smart young sub got I don't
want any.
you've just come over a new mine
field, you young e. numskull!" rOared
the Brass Hat. It's only luck-bad
luck for us. I'm thinkin'-that saved
you from being blown higher than q
kite. You go ashore. Didn't you see
those signals?"
eyes, sir" said the sub.
J "Well you go ashore. and don't you
get within fifty yards of the water
again till you know the book and al
read signals backward and upside
down The navy wouldn't lose much
In you, but you've got a few men on
board with you that we'd like to keep"
And as the Brass Hat chug-chugged
away in his launch there was indigna-
ton in the lines of the very boat itself.
"What's all the bally row about sig
nalsY' said our sub in a grieved tone
of voice. Were here all right, aren't
we? l say!"
He had been about rs near death as
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they l1cK any Of the q6alheatfon1.
A moment later the signal fags were
hauled down and up again. We
held q course, and tho flags were
lowered and raised several times, as II
trying to attract our attention to them
on shore.
Presently u man began wigwagging
frantically. while the flag signals were
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20

90 far as the navy is concerned, the
- destroyers are bearing the brunt
of this war.
Their speed, their shallow draft, their
ability to approach like a thief In the
night, smash their enemy and get away
again make them capable Of being
used where a heavier, more powerful
vessel would be ~valueless.
Besides, the loss of d destroyer is as
nothing compared to the loss OF a bat
tleship or a cruiser.
The best opportunity 1 had to observe
h destroyersD was at Dover. l ate
dinner n night in the ward room of
a destroyer of the tribal class. will
not mention the names Of the officers
whose guest was, because that would
denote the name of the craft, and the
admiralty would not want it known in
view of what happened.
The worst danger to u.s." sad one
Of these fine fellows, lis the mines..
The ~destroyers are used to a certain
extent to search out mine fields, and
it is ticklish business"
Yes. and overhauling and searching
neutral merchant ships is not what
you'd call 8, safety first occupation"
said another officer.
I'D rather tackle a Hun any day
than a neutral" said the first speak
er. There has been nothing but 'neu-
trail ships in Dover since the war be-
gan, and yet we frequently find Ger
man mines laid inside the harbor near
the entrance"
Those + probably laid by subma-
rines," said some one, because every
neutral ship that ONE In and even
all approaching the harbor are careful
ly examined and thoroughly searched"
"Yes, and a lot of good it does. You
remember Commander -? He had
just searched a neutral merchantmen
and was trailing along astern of her.
Thought he'd keep her IN sight a few
hours, just to set his mind easy. He
was steaming in her very wake. per-
haps half a mile astern, when-bang!-
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PROLOGUE

The author of this series Of four ortt-
cues Is a young American, DhO has spent
most OF his time since the scar started
Nth the British patrol fleet.
He has accumulated a remarkable
collection OF anecdotes incident to this
eccsting branch Of the service, and
many OF these Uere personal ddven-
lures IN sOhioh he took part and aDhich
make n of the stirring narratives to
N out of the a He recently re-
turned to the United States to assist
the American Macy in organizing the
Gne branch of the sevvtce.
W course ON of his experiences,
OF military Oatuc to the enemy, cannot
De related. At the request of the service
publication of his name is sDitAhed.
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The Destroyer Sank, Noss Down.

The Destroyer Sank, Nose Down.
a mine blew in his starb0ard bow, and
only the men who were OF deck at the
time got away before the destroyer
sank nose down."
They had invited me to make q run
with them. I had an admiralty pass,
and I could have done so-would have
done It the next morning, In fact-ex-
cept that unexpectedly ! was called
upon to make a test trip with some
modified U boat chasers, and ! had to
call It OF. Later I wanted to decorate
that d boat chaser which kept me
home with the Victoria cross. It saved
my life
/ finished my work the next day ny
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon. As
was walking toward the destroyer
basin I met q naval constructor, who
said:
some Of the ~destrpyers bumped 4
mine this morning. Want to 90 down
and zee what 1t does to them?"
The Marrow Escape.
I va interested TO see the effect OF
the explosion and told him 50. All de-
stroyers OF a certain class look prac-
Ideally like. and ! didn't notice what
boat it N.is as / went on board the
battered In Il that was lying canted
away over Il, one side with her stern.
Iii crumpled asss' sagging % though her
hack had been broker. Il looked "a
NET . I'LL were going - drop "a.
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