Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-25
are to be called to the colors for train

are to be called to the colors for train
ing.
In signing the CONSUMPTION bill the
president issued a statement fatty re-
jecting that section of the measure
which would permit Colonel Roosevelt
to organize volunteer divisions.
II shall not avail myself. at any rate
at the present stage of the war, of the
authorization conferred by the act to
organize volunteer divisions.
ITO do SO would seriously interfere
with the carrying out Of the chief and
most Immediately important purpose
contemplated by this Legislation, the
prompt creation and early use of an
effective army, and would contribute
practically nothing to the effective
strength of the armies now engaged
against Germany" the president said.
Roosevelt Is Storm Center of Debate.
In the senate debate Colonel Roose-
welt was a storm center Of debate dur
ing the ina hour before the conscrip-
ton army bill was passed. Senator
Stone of Missouri made an attack upon
the ~coloneps military qualifications,
which drew from Senator Hiram john
son of California a championing reply
so strong, so earnest and so eloquent
as to win warm congratulations. In
the course of his remarks on Roose-
velt's request for permission to raise a
division for service In France Senator
Johnson said:
ut is asked by a man who Is really
now in the twilight of life that be
may finally lay down his life for the
country that has been his"
An amazing story is whispered
around Washington that Colonel Roose-
welt does not expect to come back alive
from France. His friends say that he
is more eager for this opportunity of
leading an army to the battle lines
than In any other ambition of his life.
And although he may have a conscious
ness that 1t is the last of his great en-
deavors that fact serves only to make
him the more determined.
The words of Senator Johnson had
peculiar relation to this gossip story
of the capital.
Ships In the War Zone.
Secretary Daniels has cabled Admiral
Sims, In command of the United States
d~estroyers now In the war zone, to
keep the navy department fully in
formed regarding the progress of the
submarine hunt as it affects the Amer
lean destroyers.
An understanding between the navy
department and the British admiralty
will prevent the publication hereafter
In Great Britain of the movements or
strength of American naval units In
European waters.
The Right Man In the Right Place.
While George Creels new Job here
In Washington may not give him much
Of a chance to show the fighting quail
ties that have won him fame as a re-
former, as the recently appointed ed
itor of the governments daily bulletin
he will find scope for his talents as a
writer and editor. His official title
Is chairman of the committee on public
information. The rest of the commit
tee consists of the secretaries of state,
war and the navy, but as these off,
cials have a few other things to do
just now Creel is nearly or quite the
whole committee.
In his daily publication he sends out
what the government wants published
about our daily progress In war and
preparations for wal. Mr.. Creel is
known to many Washingtonlans. He
is a newspaper man and magazine
writer of long experience and was at
n time police commissioner of the
city Of Denver, where he was asso-
ciated with Ben Lindsey. He made
an investigation of the conditions Of
the miners of Colorado and wrote a re-
port which ranks as a classic among
such works. Mr.. Creel married Blanche
Bates, one of the best known of Amer
lean actresses. 4
The treasury department is much
pleased over the idea of selling liberty
loan bonds of small denominations on
the installment plan. This has been
under consideration since the bond Is
sue was first announced, but the treas
ury has held back for very good rea-
sons of its own from promulgating IL
officially as a government system, pre-
ferring to let private enterprises lead
off. This enterprise is now being plan
ned on a large scale.