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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-04
WITH BOTH LEGS GONE.
M'LE0D IS 0PT|M|sT
Young War Hero Smiles Over Loss,
and Declares He Will
Walk Again.
Asks ONLY FOR TYPEWRITER
Is Just as CHEEKY and Enthusiastic
aS Before He Entered Scrvice-Is
Patient in Hospital Close to
Washington.

wASHINGTON. May 3.-rrobably
the champion optimis, and cheer pro-
Queer that Uncle Sans war against
faced lad who is now Il patient at
Walter Reed General Hospital. just
outside OF Washington. His name Is
Aubrey Mcleod.
Mcleod had worked part or his way
through PURDUE wneu the call came
from his country for troops on the
Mexican border. Mcleod. then a great.
husky bear of a boy-he is twenty
three now--wcnt with the first lot TO
keep the MeNicans from numbering
outside Of their own bailiwiCk.
When President Wilson accepted the
bloody gauntlet thrown down by the
Hun. Mcleod. having been mustered
out, took virtually the next boat for
France. lie enlisted in the Harvard
ambulance unit. shortly thereafter no
was doing his work of mercy at an
f.ng American base sector, where
he saw Xix months service
one NIGHT last September. while Nc
Lc"d was asleep in the hospital tent.
several Hun aviatorS flew over the
place. dropping bombs. The explosions
killed Lieutenant William r. Fitz-
simmons. OF the army medical reserve
corps. and three privates. Lieutena ~
Clarence y. Mcclure. Thaddeus y.
Smith and Rea W. Whidden. officers
ut t!:s reserve corps. six privates an
army medical corps nurse and twenty
two wounded British Tommies were
injured. Mcleod was one of the pri-
Yates wounded. Both feet were shat
tered Two big holes were torn in
his back. Gas gangrene set in, and
the feet were amputatcd.
Fut McLeod's CHEEKY disposition re-
Cut en- off. doctor: give mo Il pair
of wooden feet and I'll go back to
soldering"
on four different occasions after
that McLeod's wounds developed gas
gangrene. and speedy amputations
were necessary. After the five opera
tons. McLcod's two legs were left no
longer than mans fingers.
And despite all this. Mcleod is the
same CHEEKY, enthusiastic boy that he
was when he entered the service.
aicLcod's case is unique in medical
history. The army medical corps doc
tors are going to try to ft artificial
legs 10 the s,umps that are eft him.
If they are successful. 1t will be The
first time on record that n man with
such short amputations Will have re-
gained what Mcleod calls the Eek
Quisi'e joy of walking" With such
short stumps he will have to walk
with his shoulders" Mcleod SAYS
he'll do it or bust"
The army doctors are constantly
amazed at McLeod's unqucncha bio
spirit. They have seen few who look
forward to = life Of contentment and
actual JOY after tribulation. cut he
does. Because of this inspiring men
tai attitude of McLeods. the army
doctors want to keep him. If possible.
in the service tc do work in special
hospital and rehabilitation work to
help them bring wounded Sammies
back to mental as we'll as physical
health.
Mcleod. in Ward r. is n JOY to the
army doctors. the army nurses. and
all patients with whom he comes In
contact.
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BROTHERS "OVER THERE;
GIRL TWINS WANT T0 &C
Hope TO Reach France us Government
StcnoErnphcrS Telephone
DpPTotprs

NEW YORK, May 3.-Lucllc and
Genevicvc Baker. nineteen ycar-ul.i
twins. of BROOKLYN. are not satisfied
with having two brothers over there"
They presented themselves at Tie
barge office with tile request that they
be- enlisted in the coast guard.
Lieutenant l.. &. farwcll explained
mat they were not using women 10
guard piers and warehouses Just Yet
Hut the twins refused To consider them
selves formally rejected until Simi!a.
assurances had been given by Cap.
tain Garden. commanding officer They
LEFT The Office disappointed. but hope
ful Of going to France RS sovernmen;
tclcphonc Opcrat0rs or stenOGra nlcra
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-04
DIMPLES IN PLACE OF SCARS
Seattle City Health officer Has Great
Success In VaccinntinE Pretty
Girtx

SPOKANE, WASH. May 3.-City
Health Officer John b. Anderson is
grinning these days over recent bid
he made to fame. DR.. Anderson bsr
been making punctures instead of
scratches when he vaccinated folk. and
as result has been raising "dimples"
instead of scars on Spokane arms. q
local newspaper discovered it and pro-
claimed him broadcast as the dimplA
maHer. and now the doctor Is smiling
because pretty girls no longer balk at
being vacc!nated. nor ask to have 1t
done in a place where it can't be seen.
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meetings will be held and numerous
demo-. strations have been planned
ESTIMATE IERSuBSCI,iI''rIoN
At ABOUT ST. .Uun, oOu

Bankers began las, night e,ti,nat-
ing the ovcrsubscriptioa 10 IN. loan
in tho Fifth District. y conservative
estimate made by one Of the most prom
'n"ni men was Il total Subscription OF
slJ5, 100000. or AN ov.rSubsCriptior OF
t21,"DD.""V. Will. the camuuiIn closes
Tonight i, Viii b. several DAYS be-
fore final official figures are avaii.ni.
since considerable time Viii b. r.u,!ir-
ed for the distant financial institutions
to summarize their subscriptions and
report 10 Richmond.
The cair2aign in this city closed last
night in some respects. There VAS no
demons tra;ion in front of the Federal
building. where IT hid been planned
10 have 4 prominent woman CLIMB an
aerial fire ladder. This part Of the
program for Tn. day was abandoned
because Of the danger from high volt
age electric wires over tho sidewalk
and the resulting congestion of ,r;inc
which the demonstration would hav.
caused.
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iSnecial 10 The Times Dtspltch.]
HARLcTTESNILLf.. VA. May 9
: NJ. Shepherd, aged seventy. brother
Of Mrs. Walter D!nwidtic, OF this city.
ana of Mrs Fannie BLACK. OF Batcsv:lic.
TINS county. died las; night at Wayucs-
hur5 after an illness OF s!Htecu months.
!ia was q member or tho Presbyterian
church and prominent in Masonic CIR
clos. Ter children survive. six sons ard
four daus h,ers-Whitheld shepherd. OF
Fasic city; Captain Stith Shepherd ana
Captain Watson Shepherd. both in
France: J. Herbert Shepherd. OF Utah.
Paul Shepherd, OF Wayncsboro: Mea dc
Shepherd. Company \. on. Hundred and
Sixteenth Infantry. Camp Mcclellan.
Admission. AKA: Mrs. II Il. Smith. Of
Huntington, w. Va; Miss Maudc shop
"erd, Of Elueheld. W. Va; Miss Amy
Shepherd ana Miss Elizabeth Shepherd.
Of WaEnesboro.
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GhLOhhEL ROBBED Of
NAUSEA AND DANGER
Medicinal Virtues Retained
and Improved - Unpleasant
and Dangerous Qualities Re.
moycd-Ncw Variety Called
"GsI0tahS."

The latest triumph Of medicinal
science * Il purified calomcl. known as
"calotabs." The old style calomtl as
all doctors know, was the hes and
most generally useful OF all medicines.
Tn" new variety. known as caIotabs.
Is purified and refined from all OBJ
Jcctinnablc qualities. and is most de-
lightful in effect.
one Calutab on the tongue at bed
time. swallow of watcr---thats all
No taste. ho gripping, no nausea. no
danger. Next morning you awake
feeling fine, with u clean liver n
purified system and a hearty appetite
FOR breakfast Eat what you please.
Their" is no restriction Of habit az diet.
'alotabs are sold only in original.
sealed packages: price, thirty five
cents. Your druggist recommends
Caiotahs. and will refund your money
II you are not delighted with them
Adv.
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You Will Never BE Cured by
Local Treatment With
Sprays and DOHches.

catarrh is condition of the blood
and cannot be cured by local applica-
tons of sprays and douches: this has
been proven by the thousands who
have vainly resorted 10 this metho
Of treatment
Catarrh should not be neglected or
Experimental with. The wrong treat
nent is valuable time lost. during
which The disease is getting a iirrner
Mold upon its victim. and making it
more difficult for even the proper
treatment to accomplish results
Though Catarrh makes its first ap-
pearancc in the nostriiS, throat and
air passages. the disease becomes more
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-04
Montague Mfg.Co.
z. W.-C0rner Tenth md Main Sts.,
SASH. BLINDS, DOORS. FRAMES,
Don't Experiment With Catarrh;
Il Often Leads to Dread CONSUMPTION

and more aggravated and ia llly
reaches down into the lungs. and
every one recognizes the alarming
condition that results when the lungs
are affected Thus Catarrh may be
the forcrunner of that most dreaded
and hopeless OF all diseases, consump-
ton.
No local treatment affords perma-
nent relief Experience has taught
that S. S. s. is the one remedy whic!,
attacks the disease at it's source, the
blood. and produces satisfactory re-
suits in even the worst eases "a
tafrh sufferers are urged to give s. S. =
thorough trial 1t is sold by all
druggists. You are invited to write
To the medical department for expert
advice as to how to treat your own
case Address Swift Specific co. 1876
Swift Laboratory, Atlanta. Ga-Adv.
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jSpecta! TO The Times p!sDa tc!.l
WOODSTOCK, VA, May 3.--I.ou!s l..
Arms'ead. aged eighty-scven years died
Wednesday night at the prcsby;er!an
Mansc. the home OF his son-in-law. Rev
J. y. McMurray, ID. -. Mr.. Arms,eud q,
who Was = native OF Charlotte County.
Va resided tor many years in Lynch
burg. Va. lie was a Confederate vet
cram. having served in I.atham's Lynch
burg battery. Vie is survived by one
n. Or. jacob Armstead, OF the faculty
II Agnes Scott College. Decatur. ia.
Tie body was taken 20 Lynchbura
F" here funeral services were held from
n. Floyd Street Presbyterian Church.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-04
EiGHTIEru DIVISION
t.oES On FIELD BASIS

Co.nciden; with the Eighticth D!vi-
sion being l.-ced on 4 held basis, caps.
houses. Les and white shirts disIp
feared a. part OF the day wearing
appaTe! OF the members OF the d!vi-
sion. Generals As we'll as iriva;rs were
affected b! the order. after retreat
houses are worn, but at no tim. ma y
tne officers wear the cap SO admired by
the ladies'. White sairts may be worn
~ the oihcers when absent on leave OF
social duty. i BLACK four-in- hand tie
nay bc worn by officers and men when
thcy do not perform actual service IN
The Held with men. This allows those
performing clerical work 10 wear them
as they scc NJ.
That the quarters OF tue men at
lamp Lee are better than those pro-
T!d.d At amy other National Army can
comment VAS the statement made by
Major W. -. sloan. s.istaMt TO Colo
u.i L. g. Marshall. in charge OF the
division construction. lie WAS SHOWN
over the camp ~ Captain lr, J. Hooks
construction Quartv!lnIatcr for ta!s
camp. Major sloan leit here for Camp
Taylor. louisville. Ky.
L!eU;enan; Edward ". D:ckcy. Chris
IAN science chaplain of Camp Lee Will
cOuGuct services sunday afternoon at
80 III the officers c!UbroOm Q: the
!. NJ &. y. administration building.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-04
NUsTR|ANs PREFERRED
TO FIGHT FOR AMERICA
Two Hundred, Offered Discharge ut
Camp Lee, Decide to Re-
main in Service.
TARGET AND GAS PRACTICE
Work VIII BE Pressed Night and
Observation-Disclosures Directors in
Noncombatcnt Branches May Not
BE Required to Bear Arms.
l%pecialto The Tlmes.Di,putch.


cNMr LEE VA. May 3.-Two hun
6r"d Au5trlans. subjects of Emperor
-LAhri"h. who had not yet completed
,'I"ir naturalization papers. We're tinn,-
TERED from n" uHits OF til" EiEhtic,h
DIVISION yesterday TO the Tenth infan-
10y OF the r"guiir army a, Fort BEN
jhmin Harrison. Ind. Previously these
men had Teen gwen the opportunity Of
icing discharged from the service. but
"ADS" 10 nght for tn" country of their
adoption. More thar 1000 Foreigners
nA"e been discharged from tn" service
at this camp on orders from tn. War
department. The majority were from
csteru Pennsylvania. and were mem
Ders of tn" Pennsylvania regiments.
Following the announcement OF We'd
r.sday that there would De target
practice and Eas Instruction on sam
diy orders were issued to-day thai va :
rluus battalions OF tie division would
occupy III. divisional sector on sunday.
lhls w!N include wo.k all DAY sunday
and sunday night, orders We're ISSUED
that special instruction shall be given
t. all infantry oI!iccrs in trench rua :
tine. 50 that all commanders viii be
able to tax. the necessary action.
make ,he required detail ana give their
prope: Instructions at once upon tn.
arrival Of their units at their proper
iiup!acemcntS.
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The Soldiers "CoMfart Kits"

Are not complete without box Of Alien g
root hSe. the Hntiscptic powder. Ia shake
into the shoes. PlaitsirIrg Manual advises
men IN training 10 shake Foot Ease in their
Sh"rS each morning.. II takes the friction
from the shoe frcshcns tho feet and give,
instant relief I" corns. buni"ns. cail"uses
ana aching, swollen. tender feet Aliens
root Ease has been the standard remedy
Tor over Is years. Try II to-day and mail
Navy.---AdV.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-04
OWL AND STEEL TRAP
CLOSE GOODYEAR PLANT
Iird AIights on ish-Powercd Electric
Cable aud Intcrfcres With
Current.

GOODYEAR. CONN. May 3.-The
curious combination OF IN owl and
steel trap In which the bird had be-
come caught and .iown away, trap and
nil. aliEhting on hiGh-powered cleo
trio cable carrying 1900 volts of cleo
tricity to run the mill OF the Good
wear Cotton Company's plant 4 [ this
place. stopped the power and threw
several hundred men out OF work for
several hours. Liremen, after several
hours search. located the owl, burned
TO cinder.
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lSp"c!a! 20 The Times p.spa tch.l
LYNCiibEHi. VA. May 3.-Mrs
Mnry Cratdock. WIDOW Of r. a Grad
dock. died yesterday morning NJ 1910
o'clock at her home, 1921 Taylor Street.
having been iii Of pneumonia since last
Thursday. She was abou; sevcu,y-hve
years Of age. Mrs. Craddock was a
member of Court street Methodist
Church. and She is survived by a
daughter. Mrs. u. =. Bowman.
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NAVAL. BASE NoR:.EnS
PUSH LOAN OVER GOhI.

NORFOLK. VA. May An an over
the-top "rive today the enlisted men
and employees of government cou-
tractors al The Hampton Roads naval
base pushed the total subscriptions TO
the third Liberty loan To- over $500
q. " ~ SI".oro ,ou>r the minimum Eo.l
set by base officials Over 1925 coo
was subscribed during the day.
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CASVhSSERS Ar MANY
INDU >1ItIAL PLANTS

Henry Schwarzschild spoke ycs;er-
day at noon at the plant Of the Falk
Tobacco Company, and. with the help
Of solicitors. obtained about 5000 in
subscriptions. Canvasscrs also thor
ouShly worked the plant of the Erit-
American Tobacco Company and So
licited every employee. George Benc-
dict and Or. T.. ~. Calisrh Were the
speakers. the first meeting being nrid
at 1870 o'clock Every department;
was work and another drive was
made a. the plant At 1920 O'clock
last night. At the morning meeting
about $4,000 in Subscriptions was Sc
cured.
Subscriptions placed through ;hc
schools Of the city continued TO he re
ccivcd yesterday ard the local COM
mittee estimated that nearly $780,
had been raised by The children Tie
womcn's committee was also active
and ncared its goal OF S3.cDo.oG0. Bank
crs declared that the work of the va
r!ous organizations working under the
direction 0: the committee had been
most gratifying. and thai the women
deserved great credit for their work
Additional names added to Richir cnd
horors roll yesterday we're as fol-
lows:
J. l.. Pitts Tie and Lumber Company.
Interstate Commerce Company, Inc
general managers Office. Chesapeakc
and Ohio Railway: construction Sc
partment. City Water Works; Company
3, l.. /. ]. r.; Corby Baking Company
state employees Va. Penn, II. -. King
Motor Corporation. Binswangcr & Co.
Darlington 6; CO. and Rennie Dairy
ConrDauy
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-04
REASON ADMINISTRATION ;.
OPPOSES WAR ON TURKS
Secretary LnnsinE Appears Bcfore tho
Committee md Tells Why
No Move IL Made.
nv Aesoc.atcd Press. !

WASHINGTON. May 3.-Secretary
Lansing appeared before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee to-day
and discussed the administrations rca-
sons for opposing declarations of war
at this time with Bulgaria and Tur-
key. The secrctary's conference with
the committee resulted from the recent
agitation in the Senate for war upon
the two nations. and unofficial state
mcnts from the White House that tho
President is opposed to action at this
time.
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contact.

Sergeant Talbot H. Edwards. son OF
MIR. and Mrs. c. Il. Edwards. of 6la
North Twcnty-frst Street. who is with
the American eNpeditionary forces. has
arrived safely in France. according TO
Information received by his parents
Yesterday
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g.. T.. Tre,ilti;,u.

Especial 10 The Times Dispatch
CHARLOTTfSNILLE VA. May s.
q T.. Trcvilllan. aged sixty-thrce. post
master and leading merchant at East
ham. this county. is dead. lie was a
native Of Albemarle County. Ills wife
and three children survive. The chill
dreu are: Miss Mary Trcvcilian, en-
ployed in the government service at
Norfolk; Frank Treviliian and Miss
Nora Trcvilliln, of Eastman. lie also
leaves three brothers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-04

Don't search all over town for an
apartment. Consult the classified col
UmnS OF this paper for 4 complete list.
owners, list your property here for
quick results. pho0. Randolph l.
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There Every
Reason Why
You Should
Buy Your
Clothes Here

You have ,,nrostr;
choice from +hoeo 49,
ers. whose clothes 1,,e
fe.t,,ro Ar,, H.
ourk Z" 90" Hart
ochahnef d MARX, and
ochioss BROS. q 20. are
Che hohof ones IN the
clothlng world = they
mean everything TO the
ooSer'
only a dependable suit,
as we consider no other
worthy Of a place in our
stock-a policy to which
we attribute this fast
ours. '''>'''S>' =
we give YOU the SER
: ::;:: s: ::: &; ::::
and we give you value
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BACCALAuRE,Il: SERMON
TO-NDHRON MORNING

'"""N'N'
The baccaulaureate sermon VIII he
prcachcd tomorrow morning by rev
william l.. Mctwdn, II. -. OF Pits
burgh. Pa The animal address 10 the
3Society OF Missionary inquiry. which
celebrated its centennial in January
VIII be MAJ" t'-nlor ~ nish; 10y a
distinguished !ayntn az tho church.
ior. iii!am i Martin. president %
Daflosoh college. North Carolina.
MS instltuii"n - one O the pr!rcipa!
FEEDERS OF Union Theological Seminary.
Rot the lol men VINO have been en-
ROLLED at the seminary this year. thirty
nine We're educated at Davidson.
Inc BOARD oil trustees viii begin its
3shhuai meeting Tuesday morning AT
~ O'CLOCK Notwithstanding thu uu
o"ara cohalt'"ns thtt have prevailed
during the year the officers of tho in
stitution succeeded IN raising 100000.
"hith theH set out eighteen months
ago to secure for the purpose of erect
ing on the campus model sunday
schooi building and endowins the de-
pal tihent oi religious pedagogy. with
view TO making the seminary great
fehter OF expert hainihs foi all kinds
OF Feis!ouS teaching. especially all
phases OF sunday school work
"e"hesudF - commencement day.
me anotess to the graduates will be
delivered that morning At II o'clock
oY Kew. Ernest Thompson. j.. -. pas
tor o. the FIRST Presbyterian Church.
on Charies'oh, w Va. Ono Of the in
Variapie fehtnres OF commencement is
ne aoaresS TO the graduates by one OF
the most hon"T"d alumni Of the nstiiu-
tioh' rev lame! rover Smith. T.. D.,
VINO speakS every year on behalf of
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-04

and communities in the Fifth District
had requested honor flags. Many have
be.n delivered. and others Viii b. ship
ped Is uIickIy IS possible
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OUJECToHS'
RIGHTS ARE PROTECTED

Instructions have been received from
Tho AdgutaEl-Gcncravs office to the
fleet that II VIII he contrary to the
spirit o! til. order TO require comSci-
vnicus ohiecto:s. who accept service IN
roncombatan; branches of the service
o. bear side arms Il they canno, con-
-cicntiously do 50.
i.!e-tsaani-C0io Alfred Aloe, o:
the 1hre. hundred and Nineteenth In
f.ntry. was today transferred from
his command TO the Southeastern
Department., with headquarters IN
Charleston. Colonel Aloe has been
win tn. Three Hundred and Nineteenth
since iis inception, and his transfer
comes - 4 surprise - the members Of
tho command.
The Three Hundred and Twentieth
hascta.! team !ef. this afternoon for
Washington. where tomorrow they
VIII p!ay d soldier team from Fort
My.r. Lieutenant Stevens is in charge
Of the mon on the "Trip Tn. trip Will
not cx;en! - Pittsburgh. as had been
nlau,IsI
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Temperature. u; humidity. 40; wind
direction, southwest, wind. velocity, .,
state Of weather. cloudy.
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lthinin0 - hours ending p " Eou..
Excess IN rainfall since March 49,
Ia cess III rainfall since January 5.3S
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The Weather
FURNISHED by 4. \. Weather Burcuu.)
Fcsicrnl summer Time UscdD


II noon temperature .......
. J.. VI. temperature ...S....
Maximum temperature: I" i. NJ H..
temperature 10 5 J.. II -.
VI can temperature ...........
normal temperature" for this date.
departure. III t.upcrdtuE" ......
.Ac"Sa IA temperature since March
-...
Accumulated deficiency since Jan
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To-Day at the Movies

DLIEBItD-"Thc Woman 1, tho
Web"
ODEON-Dustin Enrnurn, In "The
Spy"
Embellishments Fairbanks. In
"iicndIn' south"
COLoNIhL-rom Mix. I'm "Ncst-
crn Hood"
ISiS-"1he Kaiser, the Beast of
Berlin"
EW-"rcmptntion. the Eternal
Combat"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-05-04
TWENTY-FIVE GRADUATE
At UNION SEMINARY
Attendance Greatly Diminished by
War and It's Varied
Calls.
MANY STUDENTS IN SERVICE
Bnccalaurcatc Sermon to BE Dcliv-
cred TO-A1Orrow Morning by DR..
McEwan = Iiogc Fellowship Is
Awarded TO Charles J.. King.

Although the attendance at Union
Theological Seminary. Gjntcr Park. has
been greatly diminished by tho war. the
institution VIII send oui twenty
graduates neat week. The enrolment
OF undergraduates for the year is about
80 per cent below normal. many 81
the stuc ents having dropped out 10 20
with the arny-Somc in Rcd Cross
work. soiuc Ia rel2 iouS work, some IN
social Work Of the y NJ. g. a. and
others in tn. ranks. Under the sclcC-
tive draft act candidates for the min
istry were exempted from military ser
vices and encouraged by the govern
ment TO continue their studies AZ their
respective institutions, but many %
them waived the exemption and Joined
the ranks.
The Moses y. Iiore fellow for the
year just closing IL Ierber, $ Tur-
ner. who viii receive his diploma for
the completion Of has post graduate
course.