Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1917-06-29


to start with, and already hundreds of
young men are being selected for the
work and put into training. For a
long time Admiral Peary has been urg-
ing the building up Of powerful air
service for our army and navy, and
Brigadier General Squler has done all
an active officer is permitted to do to
forward such plan, and now the gov
ernment realizes that an immense feet
Of airplanes is the quickest effective
aid 1t can give to its allies in Eu-.
rope.
The aviation bill contemplates the
establishment of "a training camps and
instruction in many technical schools;
the construction Of about 1000 planes
a month at the end of six months, with
the number constantly increasing until
1t reaches 5000 a month; the building
at first mainly of training and obser-
walton machines and later of larger
number of battle planes.
To fill up the ranks Of the regular
army, President Wilson issued a call
AOA NOpOOO OCbWCCh LhC u6CS
Of eighteen and forty years. Through
out the army the recruiting officers
especially emphasized the fact that
men who registered are welcome as
volunteers and will have some advan-
tages 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
may seem large, it really is insignifi-
cant when compared with the total
registration.
War department officials seem to be
having a 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 headway 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 a hand and put experts" of
its 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 In
many ways, but this looks like a case
Of too many cooks. The whole mat
ter of getting the conscriptive army
and the National Guard into training
only emphasizes the wisdom of a uni
versal service policy and law.
| Submarines Very Active.
Germany's submarines put in an
other busy week, many reports of the
sinking of allied and neutral vessels
coming in. Among the ships sent dowr
was the American oil tank steamship
John d. Archbold, five of whose crew
were lost. The vessel was armed ant
carried a gun crew from an American
warship, but the gunners had not beer
supplied with range finders by th'
navy department.
Vice Admiral Sims, during the tenn
porary absence of the British com
mander In chief, was appointed to tax,
general charge of the operations of tn,
allied naval forces in Irish waters
where the U-boats find most of thei
victims. The giving Of this great re
sponsibility to the American admira
shows the confidence the allies hav
In his ability and wisdom.
Two feats of the American destroy
ers In British waters were told dur
ing the week. One of these vessel
came upon a submarine and prompt
rammed 1t, probably sending 1t to tn
bottom. Two others, responding t
wireless calls, rescued so survivors O
two British ships that were torpedoe
100 miles away, the farthest point Yves
in the Atlantic the U-boats have opel
ated since the ruthless campaign bt
gan.
There was violent fighting in Franc
throughout the week, but neither sid
made important gains. The German
won first-line trenches from the Bri
ish east of Monchy-le-Prieux and frol
the French east of Vauxaillon, bl
later were driven back again wit
heavy losses. The Canadian trooI
} captured some positions in front {
} Lens, paving the way for a drive @
] that center of the coal fields.
? Toward the end of the week Il
$ Germans yielded to the heavy pressu
8 of the British in the territory don
;. mated by the Messines ridge and aba
= doned the ground they had held on Il
0 western side Of the bend of the l.