The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-07-06

to start with, and already hundreds of
young men are being selected for the
work and put into training. For a
long time Admiral Peary has been urg-
ing the building up of "A powerful air
service for our army and navy. and
Brigadier General Squter has done all
an active officer Is permitted To do to
forward such a plan. and now the gov
eminent realizes that an immense fleet
of airplanes Is the quickest effective
aid Ii can give TO It's allies In Eu-
rope.
The aviation bin eontemplates the
establishment of "a training camps and
instruction In many technical schools
the construction of about 1900 planes
month at the end of six months, with
the number constantly increasing until
1t reaches 5000 a month the building
at first mainly OF training and obser-
walton machines and later of larger
number of battle planes.
To MI up the ranks Of the regular
army, President Wilson issued call
for 10000 volunteers between the ages
of eighteen and forty years. Through
out the army the recruiting officers
especially emphasized the fact that
men who registered are welcome as
volunteers and win have some advan-
tages over those who wait TO be
drafted.
Registration slackers began getting
what Is coming TO them last week.
Their days of grace having expired.
they were arrested wherever found
and chucked into jail. Several OF them
already have been given prison sen
fences. Though the number OF arrests
may seem large. II really Is insignif-
cant when compared with the total
registration.
War department officials seem 20 be
having a hard time settling on the
plans for the training camps for the
National army. Over and over again
the specifications are changed. and not
much Roadway is being made. Instead
Of leaving the details TO the regular
army officers. who are experts in that
line, the council OF national defense
has taken a hand and put experts OF
Its own choosing In charge of various
parts Of the work, aud the result 40
far has been confusion and delay. The
council has been doing great work in
many ways but this looks like case
Of too many cooks. The whole mat
| ter Of getting the conscriptive army
and the National Guard into training
| only emphasizes the wisdom OF uni
versaIsserviee policy and law.
Submarines Very Active.
Germany's submarines put in an
other busy week. many reports Of the
al - a
I coming In. Among the ships sent down
was the American oil tank steamship
| John ID. ArehboId. five OF whose crew
/ were lost. The vessel was armed and
/ carried a gun crew from an American
warship. but the gInners had not been
/ supplied with range finders by the
navy department.
! Vice Admiral Sims. during the TEN
/ porary absence OF the British com
/ mander In chief. wns appointed TO take
/ general charge Of the operations Of the
( allied naval forces in Irish waters,
/ where the U-boats ind most Of their
! victims. The giving Of this great re
/ sponsibility to the American admiral
/ shows the confidence the ALLIES have
+ Ia his ability and wisdom
/ Two featz Of the American destroy
/ ers I'm British waters were told dur
/ ing the week. one OF these vessels
I came upon submarine and promptly
rammed II. probably sending II to the
I bottom. Two others. responding to
+ wireless calls. rescued - survivors Of
{ two British ships that were torpedeed
/ 100 miles away. the fhrthest point vest
I ga the Atlantic the U-boats have oper-
4 ated since the ruthless campaign be
+ gan
There was violent fightinK in France
/ throughout the week. but neither side
/ made important gains. The Germans
/ won flrst-line trenches from the Brit
/ tsh east 81 NeBehy-le-Pr leux and from
/ the French east Of Tauxaillon. bat
! later were driven back again Wiih
1 heavy losses. The Canadian troops
/ captured some positions IN front OF
/ Lens. paving the way for a drive on
| that center ~ the coal fields
Toward the end Of the week the
Germans yielded 20 the heavy pressure
I q the British IN the territory d9ni-
mated b. the Iessines ridge and aban-
doned the ground they had held on the
| western side Of the bend % The Lys