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The Washington times., 1917-08-08
Vital Records.


Jams5 =. and MAry Z. Burroughs, bog.
Orvfiis II. and Francis n Cook, boy.
George n and Helen p. Miller, boy.
Edward and Mary 9chonrAnk. boy.
Charles W. and Elsie c. Aohlsr. girl.
Howell C. and Clara @. Franklin, boz.
All Fong and Kok Wen. giri.
Many and Annie Ye1bsk, girl.
William A and Debora Duvall, girl.
Royal J. and HyrtA n, Hasksll, girl
Raymond l. and vsriyne west, Eiri.
Richard and Margaret =. Bailey, Eiri.
James and Marie =. Botts, boy.
George and Edith n. Murray, boy.
Edward Q. and Roaa 2. winston, giri.
Harry Il R. and Yivien T. Pelham, gih.
william and Mary Dunmore, girl.
Julius and NARY Andersen, gtTi.
William and Josephine Giles, GID.
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Franlanna Connolly. - yrs-. l0s M0uros -
NV.
william =. Daly. u yrs-. sos an q. nv.
Catherine Alsop. - yra., III Florida ave. ne.
William C. Kostznsr, 81 yrs-. mn o st. nv.
CordsliR Ridgsley, y. Wyoming apt.
Frederick O. HodgSon. 81 yrs-. he RoehAur
beau.
Cecilia Manner. y yrs., I5z1 ard 1t. nv.
Hslsn BAN, yrs, Childrsn's Hos.
Agnes Hill. mo-, Baby Hos. camp
Matilda Herman. days, sIbieJs Hos.
Annie z Butler. s. yrs-. Freodmsn's Hes.
Emma Pullman. - yrs-. wash. Asy. Hos.
Vivian Frye. % yrs-, wash Asy. Hoo.
William Cook, - yrs, Casualty Hos.
Cornelius z. Bryant, yra-. 81 G - 81.
HsuristtR Q. Stewart, mos., - wade ri. -
Francis d. Moore. moa-. III - ne.
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Marriage LIeeasea.

Domenieo Ausculins. .: DomsnicA IntsFs
dmone, a. Judgs Milton gtrAsburEsr.
R. Russell Gave. %. Washington; Ylrginia
MeAds. .. Topeka, Kan Ths Raw. Roland
Cotton Smith
Lester J: NiVsn. =. wlshtngton; Evelyn II.
Sampson, %, Seymour, Conn. Ths Rev.
John W. Wadman.
Charles A RinssIia, o: Myrtle A. Nicholson.
n Ths Rev. Charles 8. Biggs-
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DEATHS

NoRRis-on Monday. Angus 6 IN. At 80
D. N, KATIE Z. NORRIS. beloved wife II
Milton W. Norris and daughter Of Mr. and
Mr.. Thomas @. Hardy, 1o1t y stros1
southeast.
Funsral from Emanuel Episcopal Churun.
AnaeostiA, THURSDAY att ,. m.
NOURSE-On Tuesday. August :. 1911. q
/ a.. m. At Casanova, Va. JAMES =
NOURSE-
Funeral services At 81. Adams Church
wSshington. Thursday. August ., Rt II
- m Interment private.
PNCHOT-On August I, at Milford, Pa,
newborn soa CT o;Hord and CornsliA Bryoi
Pinchot-
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LONDON, Aug. s-The Anniversary
of Sir Roger Easements death was
celebrated in Tralee on Sunday by .
procession to McKennA's fort, where
he was arrested on landing from q
German submarine. The demonstra.
ton was a sort OF pilgrimage to the
wearing Sim Fein colors assembled at
Tralee., coming from all parts OF the
country.
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GERMANS ERECT TABLET
TO ROGER EASEMENT

BERLIN, Aug. s (vta London)-
According to the Lokalanzeiger a tab
let. COMMUNICATING the putting to
death OF Sir Rober Easement was un-
yelled on the shore OF Lake Anmsr.
near Rsderau. in Bavaria. on Au.
gust 3.
The tablet Il under q window Of q
hotel where Easement lived for some
time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-11
Army and Marines
Have Filled Quotas

WASHINGTON, Aug. l0.-The regular
army and the Marine Corps have filled
their quotas, according to announce
ments MADE by these branches of the
service to-day. 1t has taken four
months and ten days to secure the
1888 recruits required TO bring the
regular army to war strength. Yester-
days enlistments in the army totalled
l,l17, bringing the grand total since
April l to 1s4,422, or 524 above the
number required.
Not half the states have completed
their quotas. Only two of the Southern
states, Florida and Missouri, have fur
nished their allotment. Pennsylvania
has obtained the largest number of re-
cruits for the army. 20,632, followed by
New York with 20,355 and by Illinois
with 1871. These states have con-
tributed nearly one-third of the total.
The Marine Corps having reached its
full authorized strength of 10000 en-
listed men, General Barnett, Major
General Commandant, to-day issued
orders suspending recruiting for ten
days.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-11
Hut for Sammies
Opened in London
IStan CnrrrSnondencel

LONDON, Aug. 10.-The great Ameri-
can Y. NJ. C. A. hut, situated on the
vacant Strand-Aldwych site, opposite
The Tribune Office, was informally
opened to-day, and was Immediately
packed with soldiers and sailors.
Nothing on the scale of this hut has
yet been seen here, and it excites the
wonderment Of all visitors. There arc
four comfortable dormitories capable
Of holding FIVE hundred beds, large
restaurant, a beautifully fitted recrea-
ton room, quiet room, a concert hall,
holding a thousand, and shower baths
in plenty.
Every American soldier will register
here Immediately upon his arrival in
London. The hut is managed by the
ladies' branch of the Hostel Committee
of the Y. NJ. C. A., affiliated with the
American Red Cross of London, Lady
Ward and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid being
the respective chairmen.
A big staff of American women, clad
in becoming gray uniforms, is always
present to carry on the work, and the
intention of all concerned is to make
every American soldier feel that there
is n real home for him in London. Any
Allied soldier is equally welcome.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-11
Defence Board Spurs
Recruiting for Guard
Mayors Committee Urges No
Let-Up in Campaign to
Fill Ranks

The Mayors Committee on National
Defence urged yesterday that there be
no let-up in the recruiting campaign
for the National Guard, calling at
tention TO the fact that New York
might find that the Federal govern
ment had to fill the ranks Of some Of
its crack regiments. Militia officers
are trying to arrange matters so that
recruits accepted here may be sent to
Spartanburg to the units OF their
preference.
Unofficial reports from Washington
reached headquarters Of the National
Guard that on reaching Spartanburg,
S. c., the division would be complete
ly recognized. Regiments, which at
present have approximately 1000 men
when raised to full strength, will be
increased to about $500 officers and
men, it is said.
Plans are under way for the tenn
porary mobilization of Guard regi-
ments now upstate in the vicinity of
New York preparatory to their depart
ure for the Southern cantonment.
Recruits for the British and Cana
dian armies are now accepted at United
States Army recruiting stations. A
group of twenty-seven, all of whom
scored 100 per cent in the physical
and other tests at British Recruiting
Headquarters, started for Canada yes
terday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-11
Men at War May
Be Forced to Aid
Families Support
New Feature in Insurance
Bill Introduced in Both
Houses of Congress

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1o.-The Admin
istrstion's programme for insuring SOL
diers, sailors and marines was placed
before Congress to-day in identical bills
introduced by Senator Simmons and
Representative Alexander. Committee
hearings will be held soon, and the
measure probably will be taken up in
the Senate and House as soon as the
war tax bill has been disposed Of.
In its general features the insurance
programme varies but little from pre-
viously announced outlines, the chief
innovation being the proposal to COM
pei men and officers to sllot minimum
of SIS month out Of their pay to de-
pendent wives and children. The bill
proposes to vest in the War and Navy
departments authority to compel such
payments. Authority a.so is proposed
to compel the men to be insured. to
deposit, at per cent interest, with the
government and at the discretion Of the
War and Navy departments so much Of
their pay as is represented by the diff
ference between the SIS family allot-
ment and half their regular pay.
Provision is made in the programme
for the payment OF government allow
ances to families of men in the nations
armed forces. The proposed allow
ances vary between IS and $50 monthly,
according to the circumstances Of the
dependents and would be in addition to
the sum allotted under the compulsory
allotment feature of the bill.
Indemnities for partial and total dis
ability would vary from a minimum OF
$40 a month for privstes up to 5000
for higher officers. The education OF
injured men in vocations by which they
could earn a livelihood also is provided
for.
Under the terms Of the bill soldiers,
sailors and marines would be enabled
to obtain insurance on their lives dur
ing the war in sums from $1,000 to
$4,000, the government taking the
risk and the men paying the premiums.
The rate would be approximately IS per
81 900 of insurance, and the premiums
would be payable by instruments out
of pay.
The cost of carrying out the pro-
gramme is estimated by Secretary Nc
Adoo at approximately sl76,o00,Oo0 for
the first year and s3S0,oO0,O00 for the
second. The bill provides no method
of obtaining this sum, and bond issue
TO cover it may Re determined upon
later.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-11
Department Orders Fall
Hardest on General
Wood
To Prevent Red Tape
Plan Will Relieve Officials
of Troublesome
Detail
Especial Correspondencsl

WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-An order
issued by the War Department to-day
strips from the commanding generals
Of the army departments all power
over the administration of the canton
ments and camps at which the million
men of the National Army and Ma
tional Guard will be trained.
While restricting the power Of all de-
partment commanders, the blow will
fall heaviest on Major General
Leonard Wood, in whose department
sixteen Of the thirty-two camps are To-
Gated.
When General Wood was removed
from command of the Department Of
the East, most important of the army
departments, and transferred to COM
mand of the Southeastern Department,
which had been regarded as a compare
lively unimportanr post, it was ex-
planned at the War Department that
this really was a recognition of Gen
eral Woods military and administrative
aDlllty, as more imam hal1 the Ndtlonaf
Guard would be trained in his division.
To-day's order shows that this plan, if
ever contemplated, has been changed.
The order reads:
Paragraph 1871, Army Regulations, Is
amended so as to exempt from the con-
troll of department commanders in all
that pertains to administration, in
struction, training and discipline all
of the organized tactical divisions of
the National Guard and National Army
after they have arrived at their divi-
sional camps.
division commanders are enjoined to
reduce correspondence and other ad-
ministrative labor to a minimum, TO
decide all questions arising within
their jurisdiction that are not reserved
by law or regulations for the decision
of the War Department, to forward no
communications to the War Department
that can properly be disposed of by
themselves and to pursue a vigorous
policy with respect to the instruction
and training of the troops under their
command"
At the War Department it was ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-11

for the republican form Of govern
ment."
Gentle Treatment Urged
An anticipation of what will happen
to resisters, with a plea that they be
handled gently, is thus given by the
bureau:
"Civil and military trials: Men who
are unwilling to engage in military
service for conscientious reasons Will,
after failing to secure exemption,
either refuse to take the physical ex-
animation, or, having taken the exami-
nation and being accepted into the
army, refuse to undergo military train
ing. Although the man refusing phy,
steal examination is tried in Federal
court and the man accepted into tne
army by court martial, both are IN
fact the same type of offender and we
urge that they be dealt with similarly
"Prompt trials: In the case OF a man
court martialled, the trial should take
place Immediately after arrest not
after he has been held in a barracks
puard house subject to possible bru-
talitv on the part of soldiers. The
British experience shows that the aver
age soldiers contempt for man whose
psychology he does not understand
prompts brutal and unwarranted treat
ment. -,
uniform penalties: The penalties
fixed by the courts martial should be
standardized. There is no reason why
a court martial in San Francisco should
impose on a conscientious OBJ ector a
different or longer sentence than one
in Boston. AS men who are drafted for
military service are required to serve
the length of the war, it is reasonable
to limit the sentence of conscientious
/ directors to the same length of time.
| One of the great evils in England has
been that the courts martial sentenced
men recurrently for short periods for
the same offence. AS soon as a man
came out of prison, he was arrested
again by the military authorities, court
martialied, sentenced and imprisoned:
! This performance each time subjected
a man to renewed brutality in the bar
racks at the hands of soldiers and petty
/ officers"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-11

With each passing day-even with
each of the faint rustlings that tell Of
another and yet another exemption
claim sent volplaing toward the waste
basket-the lower East Side is coming
to hear more clearly the call of the
Fatherland.
Judging from the frantic appeals
which have been made by drafted men
to the East Side boards in the last few
days, many Russian reserves stand
ready to mobilize in New York and
rush TO support the tottering arms OF
the new republic.
Russia needs US more!" is the bat
tie cry of the thousands Of first-paper
Americans who fear for their health
in the trying climate of the Western
front; and such is their zeal for the
old country that it was patriotic OBJ
iector," Girsch Sarchin, who was first
under the wire with an appeal to the
district board when it held its opening
session yesterday. Girsch said he'd
beaps rather save Russia from within
than without.
The Office boy at the gate might as well
have tried to stop the Empire State
EXPRESS. Before he came to the con-
ventional grinding halt he had pene-
trated the private Office Of Roscoe >.
Conkling, director of the city draft.
'I'm in a big rush." he painted. Got
important business appointment Mans
waiting now" =, C,.
"Shoot quick, then" said Mr.. Conk.
ling, who had in mind few important
APPOINTMENTS of his own.
want to arrange industrial exemp-
ton for myself" explained the busy
visitor. "I'm a manufacturer, and l
certainly can't 60"
"What do you make?" asked the draft
director. as your product Of vital ne
cessity?"
"Should say, yes! Ladies and misses
dresses is the line"
Then the boy who couldn't show MN
in showed him out.
After ne had waited in line for
couple of hours Henry Du Fresno got 10
have a few words with William l. WASH.
burn, assistant secretary Of the district
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-11
East Side Hears Call From Russia;
Fears Weather on Western Front
FirsPaper Americans Would Rather Save Fatherand on
Steppes Than on Plains of France, but Rejected
Claims Continue to Fill Baskets

board. First of all du Fresno showed
Mr.. Washburn an industrial exemption
blank. which had been filled in by MS
employers.
and the government may want lou OF
ball bearings for the running gear OF
aeroplanes, eh?" said the exemptor,
after he had gone over the papers
"What work do you do that makes you
indispensable?
"Why. I'm Mr.. Wilson's secretary"
answered Du Fresno, "and Mr.. Wilson's
the manager"
Exit the secretary, crestfallen and
detected.
An odor of cloves hung heavy on the
air as the big man walked through the
courtroom in which the district board
was sitting.
"Say, Bill" he greeted the uniformed
attendant. "Say, / made big mistake
when top the local board didn't have
anv dependents. Been hgurln' up ana
find there's fourteen of 'em all told"
The attendant was curious.
"Who are they" he asked
"Bartenders" said the big man, SOL
EMMY. Bring 'em in if you wanna see
EN-"
He was prematurely bald, sharp OF
feature and sharp of voice-a man &C
customed, as he probably would have
put it, to mailing 'em down to facts.
"I'm going to file notice OF appeal
with YOU" he told Mr.. Washburn.
"They didn't give me fair deal on the
examination. I'm way under weight.
The District Board secretary reached
for the notice.
"Not until / get a receipt" snapped
the precise man. snatching it back.
leave it or take it," said Mr.. WASH
burn.
"Send it in by my lawyer" promised
the other. Hell want to look into
this"
James o. Kane, of 1852 East l24th
Street. paid a second visit to the head
quarters Of Local Board 166 yester-
day.
1.-THE last time I was here ! waived
exemption" he announced. Now |
want TO waive the wait. Give me gun
and uniform and I'll go out and open
UP camp tomorrow" 81.
The impatient Mr.. Kane was direct
ed TO the state arsenal. but at a late
hour last night he was still an unarmed
civilian.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-11
Draft Aids Consumptives
of Cases Uncov-
cred To Be Looked After

Steps to care for thousands OF cases
Of tuberculosis being brought to light
by the examination Of the millions of
draft registrants in all parts of the
country and the prevention of the dis
ease in the military camps are being
taken By the National Association for
the Study and Prevention Of Tubercu-
losis. il was announced yesterday at
the New York Offices OF the organiza'
ton. 80
DR.. II. A. Pattison, OF Rockford, III,
has been appointed new medical
field secretary TO organize preventive
work in the camps.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-11
Men With French Ambu-
lance Corps Before War
Cannot Join Filters
Classed as Deserters
Must Serve Out Terms, Is
Ukase of Andrew; Avia-
ton Men Indignant
By Floyd Gibbons

PARIS, Aug. 1O.-A complex situa-
ton, equally embarrassing and dis
couraging, has arisen among the Amer
leans in the official and semi-official
circles here. 1t concerns the eagerness
of numerous members of the American
Field Service to resign from that vol
untary organization and enroll under
their own flag with the United States
army aviation corps in France.
Numerous ambulance men have told
me of their patriotic ambition and
officers of the United States air ser
vice in France have assured me these
ambulance men are not only acceptable
but are wanted for the American air
service. With this clearly defined, l
interviewed the head of the American
Field Service, A. Piatt Andrew, ana
asked him for a statement Of his at
tjtrde on the desired transfers.
Opposes Their Release
Mr.. Andrew told me that he was
opposed TO the release of American
ambulance drivers to enter the United
States Aviation Corps. He said his
opposition was based on the fact that
the men had signed their names to
agreements to serve six months in the
ambulance corps and were under moral
obligation to live up to that contract
But if those men decide to leave
your ambulance sections and enter the
service Of their own country, is there
anything you can do about TT" ! asked.
ayes" replied Mr.. Andrew. 1--WE will
accredt them with dishonorable dis
charges and their names will be pub
Eshed as such in the history Of the
ambulance corps. Moreover, they will
also be characterized as deserters, be-
cause. as a matter of fact, they are
really signed over to the French army.
as il a fact then that the American
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-11

Ambulance in registering these men
back in America is really acting as
recruiting agency for the French
army?" asked.
That's what il amounts to- SAID
Mr.. Andrew. Two of our men already
have left. l refused to indorse the ap-
plications Of any others who have en-
listed since the American entry into
the war, or those who have not served
at least four months in the ambulance
corps"
| recited to Mr.. Andrew the COM
plant Of one Of his ambulance men.
This man told me-:
"T'm six feet tall, weigh $50 pounds.
| look nice propped up in the front
seat of an ambulance while the french
soldiers. foot shorter and fifty
pounds lighter. march past on the way
to the trenches. One of them called
me 'Ambusque' the other day and
can't blame him for feeling that way.
I am not a Stacker. | want to do my
Bit.
1.-THE aviation department has told me
it wants me, yet if | leave this Red
Cross work TO take up real dangerous
work for my country / am called de-
serter and recorded with dishonor-
able discharge. | am only one. Yet
there are in secret more fellows drlv-
ing ambulances out near the front VINO
feel the same way, only they are not
allowed 70 return to Paris to make APP.
plication for the United States army"
Andrew Sees No Difference
After my recital of this incident, Mr..
Andrew said he did not see that it
made any difference, and that Ameri--
cans in the ambulance corps should
not change their minds at so late q
day.
An officer of the United States avia-
ton corps, familiar with the circum--
stances, told me that he had appealed
to Mr.. Andrew for an honorable re-
lease of men for the American service,
but that Mr.. Andrew had declared that
he did not want to detract from the
organization he had built up and for
which he had received the thanks OF
the French government. When | asked
Mr.. Andrew if the report was true, ne
reiterated it and added that he did not
see why the United States aviation
corps could not recruit its own men IN
the United States instead of taking
Americans engaged in other service
over here.
The United States army head
quarters is buzzing with the situation,
and the more the ambulance men dis
cuss the attitude Of their chief the
stronger becomes their declaration to
risk the Andrew charge Of desertion
and Join the aviation service anyway
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-11

planned that the action was taken to
eliminate all red tape from the admin
istration of the divisional camps. IL
was considered best, it was said, for the
new troops to be trained by the general
officers who will direct them on the bat
tlefield. The orders are intended to re-
duce correspondence and labor TO
minimum, and to relieve the War De
partment of the troublesome detaii
which will attend the conduct OF the
camps.
The divisional camp commanders un-
der the orders will be required to pur-
sue a most vigorous policy. The sue
cess Of the camps will be directly up
to them, and regulations may be made
or destroyed by their management.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-11
Asks $1OO, 1000 for
Rehabilitation Camps

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1O.-A bill ap-
propriating s1OO,OO0,OOO for camps to
rehabiltate men rejected for army
service because of durable physical
disability was introduced to-day by
Senator Pomerene.
Officers would be assigned by the
War Department for the training OF
the men, and they would be given such
medical attention as necessary until the
physical disability had been removed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-11


IN addition 70 one exemption appeal
.11eh IL In shape for consideration by
yI BOARD" said Nr. Hughes. Eve have
sesFed three or four requests for e1-
.npnen on industrial grounds. These
III De turned over 70 Committee A
sae reported back at the next full
lag" ~ "'N VI ''O' NV
!. ar. Washburn estimated that half
ne men he interviewed intended 20 ap-
20 go ron the findings Of the doctors
~ Examined them. The district board
80 whether, under the regulations,
,,1 ~ power 70 grant a determination,
S VIII ask Washington for a ruling.
shs Peterborough sent in a dozen
.<srsi mouse and sUb-station employees
80 lnaBttrisl exemption claims that
&C.,. esen drawn by the eompany's legal
az men who presented them said
~. oid not believe the company would
sss,1 Exemption for its motormen or
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1917-09-23
roR SALE.

Fruit and stock farm near Ogden,
Utah: over 1000 fruit trees, choice
varities, apples. a%pricots. peaches
cherries. Just coming into full bear
ing. An opportunity for some one
TO reap the benefit Of a large outlay
of money and years Of labor. az
owner is no longer able to care for
them.
Address. J. c. Nye. Ogden. Utah.
9-2-4t
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