Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-12-07
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Washington.

Large numbers OF American army
engineers working on the British rail
ways In the region OF Gouzeaucourt
caught in tAe German turning move
ment, escaped by lying in shell holes
and prone on the ground while the
British fred over them. There they
remained until the British were near
enough to enable the Americans to join
the ranks, when they fought valiantly
and played an important part in re-
plying to the enemy. The British
commanders refer to their gallant be-
havior with the greatest enthusiasm,
Confronted by war budget stag
gerlng the imagination, an accumula-
tlon of problems directly and indirect
ly related, to the war SURPRISING in
volume and Importance any legisla-
tive program in American parliamen'
tary annals, the Sixty-flfth Congress
began its regular session December g..
II is feared that much of the non.
partisan team work which character
lied the last session Of congress will
entirely disappear from the present
session.
Here are some Of the important mat
tiers to be settled by congress at the
session just begun. Expulsion pro
ceedngs against Senator LaFolette Of
Wisconsin; new war tax; bond issues
probably exceeding $1,000 900;
peace debates; new draft legislation;
Webb export bill; the administration
civil rights bill; nationwide prohibit
ton. woman's suffrage.
Preparations for greater govern.
mental aid in adjusting labor supply
to war needs have been put under
way by the council Of national de-
Tense.
President Wilson will not act has
tily in condemning the new regime
in control of affairs in Russia.
National Guardsmen from every
state in the Union are now in France,
1t is announced by the war depart.
ment.
The French are enthusiastic in rec.
ignition Of the troops that have arriy-
ed on their soil from the United States.
The war department announces for
the information OF relatives and fami-
lies of National Guardsmen sailing for
France that every one who sailed from
the United States has arrived safely
in France
So-called Stacker" commissions. by
which men of draft age are seeking to
escape service in the ranks and get Of
Hcers places in non-combatant branch
es OF the army. have struck snag in
two general policies laid down by Sec
rotary Baker. These are, first, THAI
no man OF draft age can be commits
stoned unless 1t is shown clearly that
they are better fitted for the special
work than for army service; second,
that no function of the army that can
be carried on efficiently with civilians
shall be placed on military footing
by commissioning the men needed to
supervise the work.
Every police official in the country
will become part Of the great machine
organized for building the national
army under war department plans an
nounced by Provost Marshal Crowder.
Postal authorities will plan an active
part in helping to carry out the new
regulations of the war department, and
the provost marshal general believes
that with the aid Of the police and
postal authorities the local exemption
boards will be greatly assisted in reg
istering men and getting them to the
training camps.
General Pershing reports five deaths
among the troops OF the United States
operating in France.
Secretary OF War Baker is on tour
Of inspection OF the army training
camps, that will take him to Jackson
vile, Fla.
A Toronto dispatch announces that
Canada has oyersubscribed its $780,
100000 Victory loan by almost six and
a half million dollars.