Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-08-23

| classes" replied Mr. Kahn "In order
/. to maintain their Industries, women are
| doing the work of men in the fields and
| munition factories and in nearly every
! other linc of industry. So that men can
| fight. They are sacrificing in England
| | do not think we begin to know the
meaning of the words making sacri-
| fees
In those countries the war IS iour
years old. We propose that Tor this
| country the war shall not grow Older
| than two years If We can help IT. We
propose now TO furnish our man power
to end the horrible struggle on the other
side Your proposition WOULD make the
war continue indefinitely"
In urging speedy action by the Senate
! on the bill, with the age limits fixed at
from is to 4j wears. Senator Chamber
lain reminded the Senate that voluntary
enlistments at the age of Is were until
recently permissible in tho army, Ma
tional Guard and Marine Corps More
than 200 600 young men between Is and
II, he said, are now In the army.
YOUNG MEN on VOLUNTEER TEST
Senator Reed of Missouri interrupted
to present figures showing voluntary en-
listments in the army up TO June | last.
210, and in the Marine Corps ( OBJ. n
total Of 1,Io6. ISL Figures given by
General Harris. acting adjutant-gen-
eral, he said. showed an average OF y 7la
per cent of Young men under 21 IN the
voluntary lists. Under this estimate,
Senator Reed SAID, there would he
200, 600 young men under 2l who had en-
listed In the civil war, he went on,
there were in the Federal Army l,l5l,
43S boys under Is and 2,l59, 79S under
81 wears of age. and these constituted
the great bulk" of the Federal Army.
which aggregated 2.77S,304 men,
The fact is tho War of the Rebel
hon. on the Federal side, was fought hN
men under 2l wears, and the majority
were under is, commented Senator
Reed
Senator Chamberlain impressed tho
urgency of drafting men from II TO -
If the country was 20 have the army ot
1000 600 men which General March
said could 60 through the German lines
at will
SITUATION on FRONT CRITICAL
Senator Reed warned the Senate that
the situation IN the western front was
critical, that the balance Of power was
not with the Allies
There is no Use Disgusting the facts,
he said. There is no use IN ilambov-
ant and foolish boasting. There is no
sense in fooling the American people
The Missourian characterized rs ''eN-
ubcrant fancy" a report based upon an
official telegram from the War Depart
ment describing a flight Of American
alrplanes over the German lines No
one could tell from the reports he SAID,
exactly what had happened. lie alluded
to il, he said, rs an instance Of what
has been part Of the policy right along
Senator Reed insisted that it was
worse than unfair" 10 the 100000
men already in service.
WOULD SEND 100000 TO RUSSIA.
Senator Reed Of Missouri today urged
an army Of 500, 900 Americans IN Russia n
once. and predicted this country ultimate
IL must furnish 5000, 600 or Z 600, 600 and
undergo the severe hardship of a long
war.
Representative OIney of Massachu-
setts told the House that Provost Mar
shal-General Crowder advised him to-
day that the draft would produce only
III, 900 men qualified for military ser
vice in the class between the ages Of Al
and As.