The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1917-08-23

The following Ohio colonels were
promoted to be brigadier generals:
George X. Hunter, Lancaster; Grote
HutchesOn, Newton, Hamilton county;
Dan B. DeVore, William f. Martin,
Xenia; julius A. Penn, Batavia;
tenmeyer. West Union, Adams coun-
ty; Frank H. Albright, William H.
Johnstone, Carl Reichman, formerly
inspector general of the Ohio guard at
Columbus and now chief of the militia
division of the central department.
May Close Saloons on Mobilization.
Ohio saloons may be closed on the
first mobilization day and neighbors
and friends of Ohioans called in the
first draft will be invited to turn out
to pay honor to the departing sol
diers-to-be of the national army.
This program was made known here
following arrival of telegram from
Provost Marshal General Crowder set
ting the dates of mobilization, which
supplemented correspondence with
Gov. James M. Cox.
Assembling of 80 per cent of the
men and their movement to the Chilli
cothe cantonment will take place
Sept. 5. Another 80 per cent will go
Sept. Is; 80 per cent Sept. 80; and
the remaining 10 per cent as soon
thereafter as possible.
Gen Crowder states in a letter to
tn h.
iliZation day:
"In this connection the thought ap-
peals strongly to me that any step
that can be taken locally to curtail the
liquor traffic on that day would be a
real service to the nation"
At the governors office, it was
stated, it was presumed Gov. Cox
would follow the suggestion.
Urgent necessity for certitication of
one-third of Ohio's quota by Sept. 5
is pointed out by Gen. Crowder in
his wire. 1t is believed here that
one-third will have been certified by
that time, although the fact that local
boards make their reports to federal
district boards in scattered sections
Of the state renders it impossible to-
tell at state draft headquarters the
exact progress in certifying.
Entertain Ohio Accountants.
A luncheon was rendered members
of the Ohio Society Certified Public
Accountants by the Cleveland chap
ter at the Cleveland Athletic club in
the Forest City, when 25 members of
the organization attended the annual
meeting. Carl H. Nau, of Cleveland,
discussed government accounting in
army cantonments. The organization
will hold its next meeting in Colum-
bus in October, 1918.
The $50 enlisted men of Company
D, Second regiment, Van Vert, o., has
adopted resolution to vote dry,
whether they are in this country or in
France when the proposition is before
the people.
Fourth to Go to France.
Men of the Fourth regiment, Ohio
National Guard, will be the first or
ganized body of Ohio troops to see ac.
tive service in France. The following
units compose the Fourth regiment:
Co. A, Greenfield; Co. B, Columbus;
Co. c, London, Co. d, Marion; Co. E,
Marysville; Co. F, Circleville; Co. G,
Newark; Co. H, Chillicothe; Co. X,
Delaware; Co. l., Lancaster. Co. M,
Washington G. H.; Machine gun COM
pany, from Circleville and Columbus;
Supply company, Columbus: Head
quarters company and band, Colurn.
bus; Co. I, Columbus.
Little Interest in Politics.
War and wars activities certainly
are holding the center of the stage and
the spotlight in Ohio these days., All
else, including politics, has to be con-
tent with peep at the audience from
the wings. Politicians are growing
anxious, lest the voters turn deaf ear
to their pleadings when the various
municipal campaigns open this fall.
The dfys, long since having realized
the fr1itlessness of any attempt to in
terest the voters through speaking
campaign to put over the prohibition
amendment. have decided to depend
chiefly on organization.