The courier-index., 1917-12-21

december, UP to December Ia. The,
are Tor the infantry, artillery. avia.
ton and quartermaster departments
There are ten regular army and
five national guard recruiting sta
lions being maintained in Arkansas
and a special effort is being made
! to fill the regiments from this state
at Camp Beauregard before thew are
called into service. There are Al
men engaged in recruiting in Ark
ansas. under command of Capt. c.
N. Cartmell and Lieut.. Eugene
Hirsch.
Hereafter only students of the
second, third and fourth year in the
University of Arkansas Medical De-
partment can be accepted for the
Enlisted Mems Medical Reserve
Corps. Medical, dental and vetri-
nary students are included, and they
are to form unit to be called upon
for hospital service in case of need.
Recruits are accepted for the regu-
lar army between the ages of IS
and 21. and 81 and 40; and for the
national guard between the ages of
Is and q and 81 and As.
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Those who desire to render home
service for the government should
attend the meeting to be held at
the Hotel Marion next Thursday,
Dec. 20.
There will be a State Wide War
Conference, similar to those being
held in other states, also conven-
ton of the four minute men of the
state.
The divisions will meet separately.
the first consisting if representa-
tives of the County Councils of De-
tense and the Women's Division
Forenoon and afternoon sessions
will be held and at night there will
be a general meeting to be attended
by all.
The sessions will be largely in the
nature of school of instruction
There will be addresses by repre-.
sentatives of the war savings, the
Red Cross, the Liberty Loan, the
War Work Y. M. c. A., Food AID
ministration, Fuel Administration
Recruiting, Home Guard. and other
subjects in which the people are vi
tally interested
One of the speakers will be Johr
H. Winterbotham of ST. Louis, mad
western representative of the speak
ing activities of the Council of Ma
tional Defense,
Many volunteers are being en-
rolled for the patriotic meetings OF
! Loyalty Week, December 1929. Both
men and women all over the state
are offering their services, in order
that the true facts about our par.
ticipation in the war, and our indi.
vidual obligations may be brought to
the attention of the people.
Gov. Brough has we'll said in his
proclamation to the people: Every
community in our state and nation
needs to be thoroughly aroused as to
the great cause for which we are
fighting, and the existence of a Boil
sheviki in the United States. as well
as III Russia, composed of members
OF the |. w. w. and men who are
dwelling in the twilight of patriotism.
feeling at heart higher allegiance
TO Germanism under the guise of
pacifism than they do to their flag"
1t is this condition which the
State Council of Defense. operating
through the County Councils, the
Women's Division, the Four Minute
Men and other agencies seeks to
overcome. And it is believed that
the results that will come from hay-
ing one or more patriotic meetings
in each community of the state dur
ing loyalty week will do much to
minimize the deadly indifference and
awful apathy that exists in some
quarters.
1t used to be considered a mark OF
aristocracy to be called upon to nav
the income tax.
But under the new law, enacted
for raising money with which to con-
duct the war, it will be the exception
rather than the rule not to pay in
come tax
The list will be increased by tens
)f thousands In Arkansas this year.
And you will not be expected to
wait until government agent calls
o see you about your incona- -va,,