Licking Valley courier., 1918-05-30
Americas Great Record in the
Raising and Sending Of
Troops Is Revealed.
CUOWDER HITS At LOAFERS
Every Registered Man Must Fight or
Engage In Useful oecupation-AI-
lies Strike at Recognizing
German Armes-Brit-
lsh Arrest Plotting
Sim Feiners.
BY EDWARD W. PlcKARp.

Ninety thousand American troops
landed in France In the frst ten days
Of May; million men to be on the
other side in year from the time the
first were sent across the Atlantic; a
grand total of 2.O3s,222 in active sery-
Ice or In training, to be increased to
100000 or 100000 before the end
Of the next fiscal year. Such is the
proud record of the war department
and its plans for the near future as
stated To the house Of representatives
by Mr.. Caldwell of the military affairs
committee. The committee unanimous
ly approved the 1,000,000,000 army
appropriation bill and 1t was reported
to the house.
Mr.. Caldwell added: "The potential
man power of America, for seven
year war, may he conservntively esti-
mated at 2000O.GOO fighting men of
recognized military age-this out Of a
population of 125.000.000."
Continually harassed bv the artil-
Ing record with that Of Great Britain,
he said: ave began with less, went
further, and arrived with more in
shorter time"
The army bill was so amended that
President Wilson is given unlimited
power to call drafted men to the col
Ors.
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As n step toward realizing the gov
ernment's expectations in the matter
Of man power, Provost Marshal Gen.
eral Crowder on Thursday issued
drastic amendment to the selective
service regulations, which Will com
pei every man Of draft age to either
fight or work after July l. Idlcrs and
all engaged in nOn.useful occupations
will be called In by draft boards and
given their choice of joining the col
ors or fntSng some useful occupation.
Among those affected by the order are
gamblers and race track attendants,
baseball players and other professional
Sportsmen, walters and bartenders,
theater ushers, passenger elevator op.
orators and other attendants Of clubs
and hotels, domeStlcs and clerks In
stores.
In applylng the rule deferred classi-
fcation on account Of dependents will
he utterly disrcgurded, and local boards
may take action whether they have
original jurisdiction of the registrant
or not.
II is believed in Washington that the
fight or work" plan will go long
way in solving the problem of getting
sufficient labor for the farms. the ship
yards and the munitions plants. I'm
I'll the results of its operation are
seen there will be no more tnlk OF the
conscrlption of labor.
Attorney General Gregory followed
up General Crowder's order with the
statement that all who leave the coun-
try to escape the draft will be prose
cuted ON their return.
I'D
That there will be enough ships 10
meet the requirements of the Situa-
tlon seems assured. for the shlpyardS
are turning them out in steadily in
| creaslng numbers. At Rutgers college
last week Secretary Daniels said that
/ before another summer We shall have
enough ShiuS to CurrN millions Of tTuuBs
to France, and enough destroyerS IA
see them there In safety. "Tlr rm'
peror Of Germany" he added, "knows
that when the United States builds
enough ships his end has come, and
we are going to build enough ships
President Wilson has consented to
restore to the original number the
fleet Of steamers employed to carry
food to the ten million starving IN
habitants of GermanOc occupied Belgium