The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-02-21
EYES FOR NAVY
FROM THE PUBLIC
CIVILIANS HAVE SENT IN 5000
GLASSES OF VARIOUS KINDS,
BUT MORE ARE NEEDED.
APPEAL TO PRIVATE OWNERS
General CrozIer on Age Limit Enlarge.
mont Of Secctivc Service Lawful.
ccnse Required to Ship Goods
Abroad by Parcel Post.

mont Of SeIcctivc Service Lawful.
cense Required to Ship Goods
Abroad by Parcel Post.
(From Committee on Public Informntion)
Washington. - Over 6,0O0 glasses
have been received by the navy in re-
sponsc to It's call through the news
papers for binoculars. sryglnsScs, tel
eScopcS, ScXtnntS, and chronOmctcrS
There Is urgent need for many more.
Heretofore the United States has
been obliged to rely on foreign coun-
tries for most Of rs supply OF such ar
ticles These channels Of supply be-
ing closed. 1t has been necessary to np-
peal to the patriotism Of private own
ers for "cycs for the navy"
All articles should be tagged with
name and address of the donor and
sent to Hon. Franklin H. Roosevelt, as
slStant secretary Of the navy, care OF
naval observatory, Washington, u. G.
Those not suitable will he returned to
Sendcrs. Careful records will he kent
OF accepted glasses s" they may, if pos
siblc, be returned at the termination
Of the war.
AS IN" government under the law
cannot accept services or materials
without payment 81 viii be paid for
each article accented.
Discussing enlargement Of tho age
limit for s"lcctiv" military service" Pro
voSt Marshal General Crozi"r said:
pronounced majority of the
boards favor some enlargement but
there is great diversity OF opinion as
to the proper nr" limit. Nineteen and
thirty'hv" are perhaps the limits most
frequently suggested; hut som" recon.
mend forty or forty.tivr wears ns the
upper limit. There Is distinctly
stronger demand for raising the maxi.
mum age than for lowering the mini
mum"
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oes acceptable single men would lie
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