The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1918-05-24
Weekly War News Digest

Information regarding the hosp
tails of the United States, in process
of compilation since 1916, is now col
lated and indexed in the medical sec
ton of the Council of National De
Tense. A central bureau of informa
ton concerning the hospital facilitie
of the country, under war conditions
is thus provided. The data will b,
kept up to date from month to month
This bureau has not only the de
tails of over 1000 active hospitals
, but is also gathering full data con
corning nearly 5000 other institutions
which include sanatoria, infirmaries
homes, asylums, and dispensaries.
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Navy Department Again Asks Dele
tion of Shipping News.
All newspapers have again beer
urged by the Navy Department
through the Committee on Pubic In.
formation, to discontinue the pubica-
ton of news items and advertise
ments which may in any degree indi.
cate the location or movement Of ves-
sels..
This notice has not been issued be.
cause Of new circumstances endanger-
ing ocean shipping-none has arisen
but because it is felt that voluntary
censorship has not yet achieved the
fullest measure of essential secrecy
in the protection of merchant ship
ping. The notice asks that all refer
ences to names of ships, dates of sail
ing and arrival, information of routes,
schedules, cargoes, location and move
ment of ships be deleted from news
and advertising copy.
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New Plan Offers military Instruc-
ton to College Students.
Military instruction under officers
and noncommissioned officers of the
Army will be provided in every insti-
tuition of college grade which enrolls
for the instruction 100 or more able
bodied students over the age of 10, be-
ginning in September, 1918. The nee
essary military equipment will, so far
as possible, be provided by the Gov
eminent. There will be created a
military training unit in each institu-
ton. Enlistment will be purely vol
untary, but all students over the age
of 10 will be encouraged to enlist.
The enlistment will constitute the
student member of the army of the
United States, liable to active duty
at the call of the President. 1t will,
however, be the policy of the govern
ment not to call the members Of the
training units until they have reached
the age of 81, unless urgent military
necessity compels an earlier call. Stu
dents under IS, and therefore not le-
gally eligible for enlistment, will be
encouraged to enroll in the training
units. Provision will be made for CO.
ordinating the Reserve Officers Train
ing Corps system, which exists in
about one third of the collegiate insti-
buttons, with this broader plan.
Mail for Prisoners in German Camps
Goes Free from Postal Duties.
American prisoners of war in Ger
many are entitled to receive and send
letters, money orders, and valuables,
and parcel-post packages weighing
not more than II pounds, when intend
ed for international mail, free from
all postal duties.
Mail should be addressed to the
prisoner of war, giving his rank, the
name of the prison camp where he is
held, if it is known, followed by
"Prisoner of War Mail, via New
York" All such mail should also bear
the name and address of the sender.
Parcel-post packages for prisoners
of war in enemy countries may not be
sent by organizations or societies and
only one package a month may be
sent. If more are received than one
apparently from the prisoners next of
kin will be forwarded and the others
held in New York pending communi-
cation with the senders, with whose
consent such excess packages may be
sent to other prisoners of war who
had received no packages during that
month. Lacking this consent, the
packages will be returned to the
senders.
Only the following articles may be
included in the packages: Belts not
made of leather; hair, hand, tooth,
shaving and shoe brushes; buttons;
hard candy, cigars and cigarettes;
combs; crackers and biscuits; gloves
not made of leather; handkcrchiefs;
pocket knives; needles and thread;
pencils and pens; penholders; pins;
pipes; safety razors and blades; shaw
ing soap; powder, or cream; shirts
and scarfs; shoe laces; smoking or
chewing tobacco; toilet soap; socks;
sweaters; tooth powder; paste or Ii
quid mouth wash; towels; underwear;
personal photographs; periodicals
published prior to the beginning of
the war.
Letters and parcels will be subject
to careful censorship.
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BIG SURPRISE TO MANY
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