Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-06-25
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would be made nor name the ua'e.
Approval Was voiced by the scHat"
military committee SATURDAY oi 'hr
pruvIslUn III the $l2,OUV,VvV,vVV army
appropriation bill, Us II passed the
house, empowering the president l"
call to the culors all men vi draft age
who can bc trained and equipped. lhe
committee completed discussion. of the
bill and Chairman Chamberlain an
nounced 1t would be favorably report
cussing the resolution introduced some
time ago by Senator Chambcrl, IN pro-
vidlng for the drafting Of citizens III
allied countries under such provisions
US may be agreed upon IN treaties, the
committee referred the matter to Il
ub-cUmmlttee which will confer with
Secretaries Baker and Lansing ana
then fram" AN amendment.
- Senator Henry Bcrcnger, in an ar
ticie IN the Paris Matin discusses the
question Of electives. He IS u member
or the army committee of the French
senate In reality" the senator
writes, I'VE arc ishting with about -
UUD.O men against I.Uvo.DOp
PERHAPS we are Il few hundred thou
sand less numeSuus, but the Aincri-
cans are arriving in such numbers that
the numerical difference Will be made
up in few weeks. 1t would be un-
reasonable To aScrlbe the events oil
March ~ and May - purely to the
number Of electives. Such Il legend
merely hides the faults Of conception
and execution" Senator Bercnger then
deals with other factors as regards ef-
fcCtIvcs, their quality and manner or
their employment, arguing that the
French have been mistaken III using
their forces, ;ls II is certain they ar"
fairly equal III number TO the forces
Of the enemy all along the front
--- Eight "Russe llItcs' or followers Of
the late Pastor Russell, VINO h;td
been on trial in the Federal court III
Bruoklyn, were found guilty by the
jury Friday night on all four counts
of the indictments. The indictments
charged wilful conspiracy To obStruct
the draft, to discourage enlistment, u"
fument INSTRUMENTATION and TO fOincht
dislOyalty among the armed forces oi
the nation in violation OF the cspioh-
age act. Their illegal acts were chlci-
ly contributions to IL book, The F1n-
ished Mystery" The defendants, who
had expected acquittal, appeared stun
ned when the foreman, responding 10
Judge Howc'S question, declared the
verdict to be- guilty. Each count car
ries a maximum penalty of $4,000 me
and ~ years Imprisonment. belnS
adjudged guilty upon four counts, cach
defendant may he sentenced To 50 years
in prison and to pay $4,000. In sum-
ming up bis argument Lawyer Jesse
Fuller asked the jury To acquit "theSc
Christian gentlemen, these ministers vi
the gospel, these footstep followers oi
Jesus Christ" The eight convicted iol-
lowers Of the Pastor" Russell religious
sect are DIR. Joseph +. Rutherford
Vim. r. Van Amhurgh, Robt j. Mai
tin, Fred II. Robinson, George n.
Fisher. Clayton ]. Woodworth, "A.
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We're given sentences of twenty years
each.
- President Wilson has given ms
approyal to the organization anu
training under tn" war deiEtrthrht Oh
a "Slayic legion" TO hr composed oi
SlavS. Jugo- SlavS. CZ"cho- Si"f'h'S
and Poles in this country who al" not
subject to tn. draft aud who volun-
trcr for service. Th" legion would
serve with the American expedition
ary force or with the allies forces as
the president may determine. organ
iZation OF units OF the American army
of men i'm America belonging i0 Tia"
oppressed races OF the AuStfo- nun
garian and German empires long mas
been urged 10y Slav leaders in In"
United States. Recently Senator
Hitchcock, member Of the senate
military committee, proposed an
amendment to the $4,000. .OoO.ooo army
appropriation hill providing for a
Slavic legion" ana after tn" prvSi-
dent had written him approving tn"
plan the amendment was attached To
the measure 10y the senate military
sub committee. y force of several
thousand Slavs recruited III this Coun-
try and Canada under tn" direction OF
Ignacr Jan ladcr"wski recently en-
tered the fighting line in France. Tht
legion was organized as Il unit sept
rate from the armies OF any oi the
nations lighting tn, Central powers
and Slav leaders have insisted that
fhnnS.lnlS al SlnNS and Poles
in America would volunteer for ser
vice against their hereditary enemies
il the organization WAS made part ~
Americas fighting forces. senator
HitchCOck's amendment sets no limit
tO the size OF the force To he raised.
Nine hundred thousand men have
been shipped across the sea, General
March told newspaper correspondents
at the weekly conference Saturday
These include the troops shipped from
all American ports OF cmbarkation
The United States is now five months
ahead OF its programme for placing
an army in France. Gen. March said.
The figures on American troop ship
mrntS are significant since Gen. March
at his first conference IN" previous
week fixed the number shipped at NOR"
than 5000 in addition TO 100. 900 dur
grrss that is being made. While the
hattie situation looks good now. Gen
er;il March said: THE present lull on
the western front means only that Ger
man combat divisions are being re-
formed for another drive. Viewing
the whole situation. including the
Italian front. the chief OF stan said
that the Central Powers were gain
held on all fronts. American fps
have done well wherever the tee of
battle has come thus far, Gen. N n
said. regardless of the character q 'e
troops. whether regulars, natlU.,al
guard. national army o" marines. The
fight at Cantigny. the most important
engagement in which American troops
have participated. because OF the op-
portui.ity IL gave to judge oi tn" full
measure OF their training" he said.
had been fought by the FIRST division.
commanded 10y Maj. General Robert
l. Bullard. This division is now Z
thoroughly trained. high grad" unit.
and il was the first American di
vision TO reach France"