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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29

jutant-General, at Richmond.
1T is recommended that men. who
propose to join the volunteers. If they
have not already done so. hold local
meetings at once. enroll their names.
and as soon fifty have enrolled,
proceed to elect captain and two lieu
tenants, and report to the Adjutant-
General for further instructions.
"A muster roll will then be sent to
the captain. with directions as 10 the
method OF its preparation. as 1t Is de-
sired to keep record at the Adjutant-
Generals office of all men who join
the volunteers.
WILL BE RECOGNIZED AND
ALLOWED TO BEAR ARMS
Organizations of this character
after forming and reporting to the
Governor will be recognized and given
authority to bear arms. They will then
be subject TO such rules, regulations
and orders as the Governor may from
time to time see fit to promulgate In
Spections will be ordered from time
to time. said inspections TO be made
by the state inspector. The organiza-
lions after official recognition will as
sumo the duties which will. as far
as practicable. conform TO those of the
National Guard not in Federal service
ofhcerS Will be temporarily commits
stoned TO the various grades and ranks
to which they are appointed. and com
panieS VIII later be formed into bat
taiions, and regiments, under special
regulations to be issued
1t is the intention OF the Governor
to use these organizations 10 assist To-
cal authorities in maintaining law and
order in their immediate communities
nut they Will be subject TO any other
duty ordered by the Governor within
the limit of the State. They will not
be required to perform service beyond
the bounds of the Commonwealth.
IT is important that these organiza-
uons make preparation to arm and
equip themselves for the present.
Requisition, however, may be submit
ted for consideration by the military
authorities, and will be furnished when
made available by the United States
government"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
'RULEsFOR HOME GUARDS
1 ISSUED BY GOVERNOR
Auxiliary Police During Time of War
ss to BE Known as Virginia
!, State Volunteers.
UNIFORMS NOT NOW AVAILABLE
Full Equipment Will Await Compile
ton OF Orders for National Army.
Will Be Given Authority to Bear
S Arms.

Rules and regulations for the organ
ization of home guard units and for
the governing OF the units after or
q ganization. were promulgated yester-
day by Governor Henry c. Stuart.
through Adjutant- General w. w. Sale.
The companies. as far as practicable,
are going TO he operated on the same
basis OF National Guard units when
in the State service. They viii be
known as the Virginia State Nolun-
teers.
The regulations issued yesterday
cover the ground as far as can be done
at present There are number OF
legal questions yet to be settled in
regard to the formation and arming
OF the companies. while the lack OF
State funds will also he detriment.
The companies are to be composed
of from fifty to 100 men each and Will
& have officers and on-commissioned
! officers on the same basis as National
Guard units. Later it is planned to
organize the companies into battalions
and regiments. Annual inspections are
to be made and the Home Guard will
be under the supervision OF the Nd
jutant-Generafs office.
GOVERNOR OUTLINES
PLANS Or ORGANIZATION
G Governor Stuart issued the following
statement governing the formation and
operation OF Home Guard commands:
I'm pursuance to the laws of the
Commonwealth. ] have determined to
authorize the immediate formation of
home guard defense organizations to
be known as Virginia state Volun-
teers.' to serve during the emergency.
ut Is my desire that these organiza-
tions Of volunteers shall be formed in
as many Of the cities. towns and coun-
ties, as may be found desirable. and.
as 1t is the duty OF all men who are
able to perform such service to join
these organizations, il is believed that
there Will be no necessity for fur
Their call but only necessary to let
the men of Virginia understand that
their services are needed.
The companies to be organized
shall consist Of not less than fifty nor
more than 100 men, and are TO have
as officers: captain and two lieuten-
ants, with one sergeant for every six
teen men. and one corporal for every
eight men. There will he also a first
sergeant. mess sergeant. a mechanic
and two cooks. 1t is desirable also TO
have with each company surgeon.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29

ut his homo hero to-day. aged ninety
retired list since March IS. 1882. He
was the founder OF tho Naval War
College. IIe also was one OF the
strongest supporters OF the naval train
ing system.
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Senator Martin 20
Years Old To-Dau
Burdens Increase With Age and
He Carries Heavy Load
Of Responsibility.
tspecial to The Times Dispatch

WASHINGTON. July 2S.-Senato r
THOMAS 5. Martin. Of Virginia. Will at
tain his SEVENTEEN birthday tomorrow
ana already he is receiving the con-
CALCULATIONS of his friends and asso-
ciates in and out of the Senate.
The distinguished Virginian never
mas been more vigorous than he Is to-
uay. AS majority leader of the 'Senat c
and as chairman of the great Commit
tee on Appropriations he Is carrvinr
d heavier burden of responsibility than
any other member OF either branch Of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
DEATHS

,GIBB.-,Died. Saturday. July IS. 1917. at
p. NJ, at his residence KinEsland, Chcss
tsTneid County Va. WILLIAM GIBB. aged
~ The funeral will take place MONDAY
AFTERNOON at o'clock from Woody's
FUNERAL parlor. lnterment in Oakwood
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29

who may enlist. IL he will. but. IL he
Will not. he should tender his serv-
ices 10 the Governor. and he will be
assigned TO duty with the company
more convenient to him. 1t Is not
necessary that all OF the men OF one
company should reside in the same
town or village, but ii Is desirable to
have the whole of company from
the same county. The half. or a
smaller fraction Of company. may
be organized at some point in the
county near enough to the headQuar-
tcrs of the company. to be overlooked
from such headquarters, and regulated
by the officers; these fractions to be
commanded by a lieutenant. sergeant.
or corporal. as may be found con-
Vcnicnt
MUST SUPPLY ARMS
AND UNIFORMS FOR PRESENT
Congress has made an approximation
10 supply arms to the home defense of
The several states. but 1t has not vet
been ascer,ained that these arms are
Immediately available, and it Is de-
sirable that the men shall furnish their
own arms for the present. and for this
purpose. rifles and shot guns can he
used IT is the expectation that a
Suihcient number of guns can be used
by the owners, or borrowed from
others. TO meet the present require
,hehtS Just as soon as the arms. to
De supplied by the government can be
obtained. they will be issued to tho
volunteers.
The present demand FOR uniforms
Tor the armies going into the field is
so great that il is impossible to sun
ply them to the volunteers, and there
Is no state fund available for the pur-
pose OF paying for them. Cities. towns.
ana counties. and the volunteers them
serves must be relied upon to furnish
tnesc uniforms. for, while large guam
titles of them cannot be gotten frop,
any one place. it is very probable that
enough to supply company may be
found by the captains OF these com
hahles, II they will make an effort to
40 so. y description of the uniforms
can be had by applying TO the Ad-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29
ADMIRAL LUCE DEAD
Founder of Navnl War College Had
Attained Great Age of Ninety
Years.

NEWPORT. r. l.. July 2S.-Rear-
Admiral Stephen B. Luce. U. s. N. died
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WANTED. small farm about ten acres near
rs Richmond; old buildings preferred. Cash
md time payments. 5!7. care Times
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s~ANTED. complete sawm!ll outfit, Is to
r. sS-horse- power boiler and engine. Give
sprice and detail! description johnson. 7l5
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29

WILL trade North Richmond lot for Ford
or truck Phone Madison l790-Y
LARGE, airy furnished rooms. 3I9 East
i FRAY
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29

WANTED. board in private family in south
Richmond.
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by young man. position with railroad or
4 large business firm. Have had 1 years
clerical experience, ain competent bll!n;
clerk. Have had some experience In rates
and can use typerritct Not subject to
draft Al present employed Salary SIS
iHer month. BOX lNHn CIiN - ~
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AFURNISHED fiat for rent Thirty-fourth
Street. -Four rooms and bath: separate
II entrance and ward. rhone Knndnlrh Il.n. /
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29

LARGE cool front room adjoining bath IN
private family. 1923 Kens!ugton Avenue
Z BouleVard AZ -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29

ONE % 10 80 II. i. sawnlilI outnt. T. Nc
~ Louchlln. 1919 East Franklin
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29

Esf,l HORSES FOR SALE
f6ApDLE horse. perfectly sound and FUN q,
4. pep. Was used by American team in last
polo match in New York CIV
|Ynrchssed by Mr.. Billings. of Curlc's Seek
Farm from whom bought him Have no
{eime TO use him. and will selI With pr.c-
@gcnly new Texas saddle. bride etc FOR
y3oo, cash. n. r. Kaehler. telephone Ran.
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

WANTED. uIan and wife, colored AS butler
and cook to to the country at once
Good wages. ID sic, care Times Dispatch.
WANTED. cook and maid, colorcd. to 20 To
a. the country at once. Good wages to the
Tishl parties ID DIT. care Times Dispatch.
WANTED. platen pressman. capable Of feed
4, Ing Babcock drum. Hopcweii Herald
Inc. Hopeweli, Va.
ARE YOU a SALESMAN?
SSS II So ] want TO SIS
have a hcurt-to-
heart talk with
yuu-attractive
iii proposition IN
automobile bust
s..e ness. capital
required eNpc-
Z s+' rience necessary.
Address +. o. Box
= l202, City.
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FOR sale. 1915 model, t-passengcr Overland
- car practically used by family only
BarEain. G 5l5. care Times Dispatch
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29

FOR sale nigh class driving aud riding
~ horse: sold for want o; use. l3gO West
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he FOR rent. at very reasonable rental
M etght.room house, central location elec-
N trio lights. latrobe heat. newly parered ma
XII painted. Apply 100 West Main street
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29

FOR sale. Direct Action gas range I'm
condition. $3.50. Randolph i9iO.W
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-29

COUPLE want board in Highland Pgrk
VIC ST. care Times Dispatch.
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CRUISING yacht. length CO feet, speed IA
= niles per hour tll day long. Boa, was
quilt and purchased by me at Sandusky %
Entire hull IS mahogany double plsnked
Fastened with copper rivets and brass scrs ~
Sandpsky TO Detroit. Mich. and from thcrc
p tH!chmond under own power. So II r.
Itqr; automobile control Electric lights
tnfous hout. Can accommodate six people on
I6xtended cruise. Have time to use honi
this season. and will sell for one-thiTd
|SsasinEi cost II. +. Kaehier, telephone
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
"LoyE,s LABoURs LOST.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 America's declaration of war against Austria Hungary will cause several hundred Austro- Hungarian noblemen to get out and scratch for a living. Even in time of peace this would be cruel and unsual. Just now, with the living cost so far above the normal, the outlook is most azure.
 The impoverished noblemen great and small who married American heiresses and who have been maintaining them selves and their poor relations on the proceeds of American mining stocks, railroad stocks, factories and real es- incomes. From Count Laszlo Szechenyi, who married Vanderbilt, and who is an officer of importance in Kaiser Wilhelms Austrian army, down to the humblest little nobleman who sought and found a laden wife in Ameri- ca, every Acknowledgements husband of American wealth is to be put on the prescribed list Not a penny of American money is to be permitted to go to the enemy country.
 So the Szechenyis, the Sigrays, the Mansfields, the he-Schillings- fuersts, and all the others, are going to have a fine time "stratiing" the Ameri- can government. But "strafng" will gather no bread and beans. Neither will there be any profit in vain regret for loves labor lost.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
Appreciates Syeo Cross

T was greatly interested in hearing that Henry Badham's son was at Tours, in France said Asa Rountree "and I know that my boy Asa is glad to be there with him. I had letter from him re- gently and he was hard at work in the aviation corps, but said that he found time twice week to take French lessons rom countess whose villa is nearby and who is member of the Red Cross and greatly interested in the soldier boys He says that if those at home knew just what the Red Cross meant to the men at the front and in the training camps abroad that it would be easy for them to get the 100000 mem bers in the Christmas drive"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20

time of peace," the President has a free hand. He can even go outside of the army for General Bliss successor.
 He will not do that, however, as there 1 is ample material of the highest class in the regular establishment.
 The appointment of chief of staff now carries with it the grade of gen. eral. Until Congress revived that grade last fall, primarily to give Gen. eral Pershing rank commensurate with his responsibility as commander of the American army in France, the chief of staff had not been advanced above the grade he was holding at the time of his assignment, except in rotation by seniority. Maj. Gen. Hugh L.. Scott served as chief of staff for sev- eral months as brigadier.
 Among other names mentioned in connection with the forthcoming va- cancy on the retirement of General Bliss are Maj. Gen. Joseph E. Kuhn and Maj. Gen. John Riddle. The latter is now assistant chief of staff and will not retire until February 2, 1923.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
Speculation as to
 Next Chief of Staff

M General Tasker H. Bliss, chief A of staff of the United States army, reaches the retirement age on December 31, interest in military cir cles centers on the question of his sue cessor. Many names have been men, toned for the position.
 According to the prophets Mai. Gen. E. H. Crowder, chief of the advocate generals office, and at present serv- ing as provost marshal general, is wet to the front. He has proved him. self man of large capacity and would doubtless make an admirable chief of staff. He is graduate of West Point.
 The act of February IA, 1903, which established general staff corps, provided that the chief be date''o1 by the President from officers of the army at large, not below lne s-~,.s of brigadier general. The national de- fense act of June 3, 1916, provides that the chief of staff in time of peace shall be detailed from major gen erals of the line. General Crowder IS not of the line, but as this is not in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
E X #
Mighty Struggle Impends
 on the Western Front

A USTRO-GERMAN forces are at GA tacking the Italian line in the north with desperate persistence and it is not at all encouraging to learn that they are making some headway. However, the impression still pre- vails that preparations are being made to launch a gigantic offensive on the western front-just where is a problem that is puzzling the allies military leaders. Experience has taught Germany's enemies that a widely advertised Teuton offensive in 9 certain quarter is usually intended to cloak drive somewhere else. Yet, the western front is the logical place for Germany to break through if she can. Even the overthrow of Italy would not achieve her main object.
 We may expect with some degree of certainty a terrible battle on the western front before many more days. Germany realizes that she must strike before Americas full military strength can be exerted. The disor- ganization of Russia has permitted her to withdraw large bodies of troops from the eastern to the western line to make what many observers believe will be her final effort to win decisive victory.
 Whether the British or the French are to bear the brunt of this new of fensiye remains to be seen, but the morale of the allied troops was never better and the coming battle promises to be the most desperately fought and the most sanguinary the world has ever seen.
 The British and French will hold they must hold. They have behaved with the utmost gallantry. Their strength is yet great and they have the assurance to hearten them that next year the armies of Uncle Sam will join them, mighty host, and roll back the Hun forever.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
Greet vanderlip With Housing Mass Meeting

noting activities has finer of patriotism Vanderp  morning Jefferson theatre this after o'clock.
 savings committee and is indebted for the As banker of scientific accepted authority his counsel freely to thinking he likewise everything that makes thrift He
 
 this popular method of helping to win the will be IS $ t will be anmating
 speaker He will charm the his at the theatre will of
 patriotic liberty achievement and there the baby bond campaign being in Director Crawford Johnson
 that who hears MT Vanderp today will The aside his certainly ted to a cha Birmingham greeting.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20
FIGHTING AIR SQUADRONS

Frederic W. Finn of the French Aviation 1 Corps, in Leslies.
 l 6T0iHE proportion of fighting squad | rons employed in recent opera 1 tions, both extensively and defen- i svely, has grown considerably in the 1 last year. There is every indication of
 a still greater increase. This growth
 has been largely the result of the change of German defensive tactics. During
 allied offensives, up to the middle of the
 Somme battle, the German aviator as a
 rule stuck to the simple defensive. They attempted to maintain a continuous aerial barrage, and, being outnumbered
 by allied avators, they accomplished lit
 tie. Those tactics have now been given up entirely. The following statement
 taken from German army order, in
 dicates their present method of combat:
 Tt is wholly impossible to completely
 prevent the enemys aerial exploration
 for long period over an extended front;
 an energetic adversary can always
 break through. To gain the mastery of
 the air nothing serves but rast mono | planes working in groups, which are eff fective to the clearly limited zone of combat for the duration of the battle. Their mission is to hunt down the air
 enemy lines, and destroy them or drive
 them down. The simple defensive, in
 the presence of enemy aerial activity, accomplishes no result''
 l Instead of wearing down their forces 1 by a continuous defensive policy, the Germans make series of sporadic
 aerial offensives. One day there will not
 be German in sight, and the next
 morning the air will be swarming with
 them. By spreading out their work evenly they would have, at best, only
 fourth of their effectives in the air at l a time, but by making these "sortes
 en masse" at intervals they can bring practically all the airplanes in the sec
 tor into action at one time. The avions
 de chase are accompanied by reconnais- sance and artillery control machines which make use of the protection thus
 afforded them. It is the duty of the al- lied fighting pilots to stop such expe- ditions at all cost. Once the prepara- tons for an attack are well under way, it is far from desirable to have enemy 1 airrlanes overhead, even for a short l time.
 Recent developments on the front seem to indicate that the Germans are all
 ready falling behind in the struggle for air power. A year ago they had a con l siderable reserve of trained ayiatore. some pilots waited from four to six
 months in depots in the interior before
 they were sent to the front. Recently some have been coming to the front with as little as six weeks schooling, which would indicate that they were badly needed The coming winter will give i them chance to recuperate, in meas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-20

, According to a Yiddish newspaper in New York, most of the Bolshevik lead CTS in Russia are masquerading under assumed names No doubt, for good and sufficient reasons. < a < In a recent dispatch Kerensky was reported to have an army of 2o0o or 3oO0 men. Still, that force may be large enough to keep him from being arrested. x :. F. With something like $S5,o00,0oO to his credit in the Bank of London. Nicholas Rcmanoff is assured of three square meals day after the war is over. :. T % President Wilson is getting his coal in dr,blets like the rest of us. If there is any comfort to be derived from that fact, let's make the most of it. < # i. The Kaiser's idea is to speak like a conqueror the next time he makes an offer of peace The allies, however, de- cline to accept him in that role
 < # j;
 In the meantime, the festive Teuton plotter continues to leave well de. fined trail of smoking ruins behind him.
 l: s j;
 Just to show that they are as efficient as men, women letter carriers won't stop to gossip on every other doorstep.
 !. # #
 It is better for official heads to fall now than later, when there will be littla time to sift out the unfit.
 ;; # |.
 There is no appreciab1e shortage of 1918 calendars so far, and the calendar girls seem loveler than ever.
 # # #
 Mr Hoover is expected to look the other way when .bountiful Christmas dinner is being served.
 < # 4
 Short work should be made of red tape when it impafrs efficiency and eats up the taxpayers money.