The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1917-06-28

to start with, and already hundreds of
young men are being selected for the
work and put into training For Il
long time Admiral Perry has been urg-
ing the building up of powerful air
service for our army and navy, and
Brigadier General Sqier has done all
an active officer is permitted to do to
FORWARD such plan, and now the gov
ernment realizes that an immense fleet
or airplancs is the quickest effective
aid 1t can give to it's allies In IIu-
rope.
The aviation bill contcmplates the
establishment of "a training camps and
instruction In many technical schools;
the construction Of about 1000 planes
Il month at the end OF six months, with
the number constantly increasing until
1t reaches 5000 Il month; the building
at 1irst mainly of training and obscr-
Vation machines and later Of larger
number Of battle planes.
TO fill 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 thnt
men who registered are welcome as
volunteers and will have some advan-
tnges 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
tences. Though the number Of arrests
may seem large, 1t really is insignifl-
can't when compared with the total
registration.
War department officials seem to be
having n 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 headwny 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 hand and put experts" of
lis own choosing in charge of various
parts Of the work, and the result so
far has been confusion and delay. The
council has been doing great work I'm
many ways, but this looks like n case
OF too many cooks. The whole mat
ter of getting the conscrIptivc army
and the National Guard into training
only emphasizes the wisdom Of uni
versal service policy and law.
Submarines Very Active.
Germnny's submarines put in an
other busy week, many reports OF the
sinking of allied and neutral vessels
coming In. Among the ships sent down
was the American oil tank steamship
John d. Archbold, five Of whose crow
were lost. The vessel was armed and
carried gun crew from an American
warship, but the gunners had not been
supplied with range finders by the
navy department.
Vice Admiral Sims, during the tenn
porary absence Of the British com
mnnder in chief, was appointed to take
general charge Of the operations Of the
allied naval forces in Irish waters.
where the U-bonts find most Of their
victims. The giving Of this great re-
sponSibility to the American admiral
shows the confidence the allies have
In his ability and wisdom.
Two fcats Of the American DESTROY
crs In British waters were told dur
ing the week. One Of these vessels
came upon n submarine and pronptlv
rammed 1t, probably sending 1T to the
bottom. Two others, responding TO
wireless calls, rescued so survivors Of
two British ships that were torpedoed
100 miles away, the farthest point west
in the Atlantic the U-bOats have oner.
atcd since the ruthless campaign he.
gan.
There was violent fighting in France
throughout the week, but neither side
made important gains. The Germans
won first-linc trenches from the Brit-
ish east Of Monchy-le-Prleux and from
the French east Of Vauxaillon, but
later were driven back again with
heavy losses. The Canadian troops
captured some positions in front OF
Lens, paving the way for drive on
that center OF the coal fields.
Toward the end OF the week tho
Germans yielded to the heavy pressure
OF the British in the territory domi.
mated by the Messines ridge and aban.
doned the ground they had held on the
western side Of the bend Of the Lys