The Clio messenger., 1917-06-22


religious creeds which contain definite
pronouncements against arms bearing.
That many Industrial workers will be
exempted Is certain. but every means
will be taken TO determine definitely
that the exempted ones will be of
more use at home to the army and the
country than they will be In service
abroad.
From some of the Industrial centers
where munitions, machinery and tex
tiles are manufactured there have come
reports that large percentage of the
workmen expect the nature of their
calling to exclude them from the army
ranks. The percentages will not be
heavy anywhere. 1t Is only those
whose services cannot be spared from
the plow, the bench or the desk who
will be told that until another day
they need not carry the rifle.
Army officials already are looking
forward to the day of the raising of
the second army. Washington real
lies, If the rest Of the country does
not, that the strong probability Is
America must send contingent after
contingent across the water to make
certain the triumph of democracy.
For long time In the capital there
was keen anxiety because of the re-
curing evidences that the country rs
whole did not realize the immensely
and the intensity Of the war that Is to
come. Since Registration day the
minds OF the officials seem to have
been lifted from their depression.
Washington officials desire that the
work which began on Registration day
shall be completed quickly. The pres
ent spirit they say Is the spirit that
honors, and quick action will help to
keep the flame burning bright.
South to Get Training Camps.
Every man In the new National army
that soon Is to be organized for service
will go into tent or into barracks early
In September. The original plans for
the encampments have been changed.
1t is entirely probable that later they
may undergo another change. Climate
eventually may prove to be the rufer IN
the case.
There has been a demand from near
ly every section of the country that
one of the training camps be given to
the petitioning community. Selfish
ness to a large extent Is at the bot
tom of some of the requests. Benefit
to local trade conditions has been the
first consideration In many instances.
The good of the service has been the
second consideration II 1t has been
given any thought at all on the part
of the petitioners.
Men cannot drill out of doors under
bad weather conditions. Some persons
seem to think that troops are harden
ed by subjecting them to conditions
which would send the ordinary civil
ian on sick report inside Of an hour.
Troops are softened, not hardened, by
adverse climatic conditions. In the
northern section of the country the
weather Is bad in November outdoor
drills cease at West Point on the last
day of October or at the latest on
November -. Why? Simply because
outdoor drilling is impossible.
Can't Drill In Snow or Hard Rains.
The recruits for the new National
army of course cannot be hOthOuse re-
cruits, nor on the other hand can they
be icehouse recruits. They must be
trained up TO the point Of resistance
to climatic influences, but fitting the
body to resistance In one thing while
the drilling of the men so that they
can take part I'm proper maneuvers Is
another thing.
Infantry drill largely Is impossible
when the snow Is on the ground, when
heavy rain IS falling. on when the mud
is deep. The new army must have
quarters in places less likely than 9TH
ers TO experience sudden changes In
weather conditions. The North is an
ideal training place for recruits from
April 70 November /. The South Is
a fairly good training place from No
vember / TO April 1. although 1t Is not
always Ideal by any manner of means.
1t Is believed today that the army
officials finally will determine that the
new army should be trained largely In
the SOulIl, WHeTt III SepltHlDtT TIE
weather is inclement enough at times
to give the men certain amount Of
resisting power without being severe
enough to put an entire camp of green
troops on the sick list.
Washington waited with little anx-
iety but with deep interest the reports
from the registration districts. AS
soon as they were received they were
studied closely and there was particu-
lar interest In the number of answers
received to Question II which con-
Germs itself with the desire Of the re-
crults to claim exemption at the out
set.
Not long before Registration day an
order was issued that answers to Ques-
ton No. II are not obligatory. This
meant simply that no young man was
compelled to say whether or not he
claimed exemption, but could postpone
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