Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-06

| Discussing tie enlargement Of the Ma
rine Corps from it, psace-time strength
to It's present war
Hnrfne Corna time strength. officers
Enlargement. s,v. .n :. -. aases
and s.s31 enlisted men. with 1887
ofncsrs ana $4,000 enlisted men at this
time.
The outbreak Of the war and the en-
larSement Of the corps made 1t essen
etal that the regiments should be off,
cersd. ~ far ~ practicable. with OIL
cers who had had prior military expe-
risncs ana training, and immediate steps
were taken to arrange for the designa-
ton and examination OF Marine Corps
warrant officers, non commissioned Of
ncerh graduates OF military colleges
and other civilians with military expe-
rience and training.
In order to expedite the training OF
the new officers advantage was taken
OF the law providing for q Marine Corps
| reserve. and successful candidates were
Immediately enrolled AZ second lieuten-
ants IN the reserve and ordered to Ma
rine Corps posts for instruction pend
ing the issuance OF their commissions
Owing to the unusually large number
OF young men OF excellent education and
hne Attachments who have enlisted In
the Marine Corps since the outbreak OF
war, 1t has been decided that no fur
ther appointments Of civilians to the
rank OF second lieutenant will be made
during the continuance Of the war and
that all vacancies occurring in that
grade. not required for graduates of the
Naval Academy. will be filled by pro-
motions of meritorious non-commis-
stoned of1cerA
Those Officers who were enrolled from
civil life wero Immediately sent to the
marine barracks at Mare Island. Cal
san Diego. Cal; Paris Island, S. c. and
the Marine Corps rife range. Winthrop
Nd, for instruction, pending the com
p!etion OF the buildings for their use
at the marine barracks at Quantico, va,
II Is said that large number of the
more advanced OF these officers have
Already been assigned to active duty
ashore and afioat.
Oflcers OF the Marine Corps believe
to still further enlarge the Marine
Corps thereby giving it's officers and
men the opportunity of rendering
greater service to the country. The
matter IL now being taken up with the
Navy Department.
rapid growth Of the corps have thor
oughly tested the personnel legislation.
II has not only stood the test salts
factorsly. but has added greatly to the
emcfency OF the corps.
One regular delivery q day as a max
imum for retail stores throughout the
United States, as war
Retail Store time measure. and CO.
n.l;- operative delivery sys-
TENS in all the small
cities and towns, are now direct OBJ
jectives Of the delivery campaign start
ed some time ago by the commercial
economy board Of the Council of Ma
tional Defense.
Except in five or six states. the cam
patgn UP to this time has been carried
on largely through correspondence and
conferences. The boards recommends
in part in cities. with a total population
OF approximately sixteen millions, and
as result at least $4,000 men called for
war service have not had to be replaced
from the limited labor supply available
Tor the essential industries. according
to estimates Of experts OF the
board who are working this thing out
All this. however. 1t IL explained, has
been preliminary. Agents Of the state
councils and other representatives OF
the board are now to go over the coun-
try town by town and try to have the
entire program adopted.
Ohicials of the economy board have
been content to let the changes proceed
thing and experience was needed At
the outset the experts were able to say
1t was evident that such changes az they
recommended would produce important
a r,f Inh T,.%
that they have actual results to show
that their statement is true One store
they state. has saved twenty-four out
OF 1877 men. by adopting the recommen-
other twelve out Of fifty-six, and still
another six out OF forty-two.
The returns show that the savings
from cooperative delivery systems are
even greater than this. An agent of
the board has recently made a first-hand
study Of twenty lone Of these systems.
They require total OF 207 men, as
compared with $50 men required for
the Individual systems replaced saw
Ing OF 4e2 men, or SO per cent--and the
practically everywhere as good as It
was before. and in some places better
The experts of the board who are
making very thorough study Of this
that in these two ways-by cooperative
systems in the smaller communities and
one delivery day throughout the coun-
try--that more than $50 900 men can be
released to meet the Increasing need OF
workers in agriculture. shipbuilding.
munitions making and other work.
Omcfals OF the economy board are
prepared to give merchants in all parts
OF the country suggestions on how the
savings may be made. Members of the
STAFF have studied the technique of de-
liveries. both as to routing and as to
organization within the stores They
have studied how cooperative systems
are established and maintained, what
has generally been safe practice in them
and what unsafe.
x II
Officials of the Department of Agri-
culture have for years been preaching
economy in the use of
Economies in food. All skim milk.
Skim Milk. uses-n on. wasted wasted It IL
should furnish the maximum OF food
to human beings and does this better
when used direct as cottage cheese.
prepared buttermilk or other by
products than when fed to animals
and converted into meat.
It is pointed out by the experts that
surplus skim milk may be used eco
nomically to feed hogs. and yet 100
pounds of It. which will produce about
fifteen pounds of cheese, produce only
AZ pounds Of dressed pork II fed with