The Benson signal., 1918-03-02
EYES FOR NAVY"
FROM THE PUBLIC
CIVILIANS HAVE SENT IN 5000
GLASSES OF VARIOUS KINDS.
BUT MORE ARE NEEDED.
APPEAL TO PRIVATE OWNERS
General Crozier on Age Limit Enlarge
rnent OF Selective Service Law-Li-
cenee Required to Ship Goods
Abroad by Parcel Post.

ment OF SelectiVe Service LaW-Li-
cense Required to Ship Goods
Abroad by Parcel Post.
(From Committee On Public Information.) }
Washington. - Over 5000 glasses
have been received by the navy in re-
sponse to its call through the news
papers for binoculars, spyglasses, tel
escOpes, sextants, and chronometers.
There Is urgent need for many more.
Heretofore the United States has
been obliged to rely on foreign coun-
tries for most Of its supply Of such ar
ticles. These channels of supply be-
Ing closed, it has been necessary to ap-
peal to the patriotism of private own
ers for 'eyes for the navy"
All articles should be tagged with
name and address of the donor and
sent to Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, as
sistant secretary of the navy, care Of
Naval Observatory, Washington, D. G.
Those, not suitable will be returned to
senders. Careful records will be kept
OF accepted glasses so they may, if pos
sible, be returned at the termination
Of the war.
AS the government under the law
cannot accept services or material
without payment, 81 will be paid for
each article accepted.
Discussing enlargement Of the age
limit for selective military service, Pro-
vost Marshal General Crozier said:
"a pronounced majority Of the
boards favor some enlargement, but
there Is great diversity Of opinion as
to the proper age limit. Nineteen and
thirty-1ve are perhaps the Nimits most
frequently suggested; but some recon-
mend forty or forty-fve years as the
upper limit. There is a distinctly
stronger demand for raising the maxi
mum age than for lowering the mini
num-"
General Crozier estimates that 1885,
3S8 acceptable single men would be
made available by an increase in the
age limit to include men up to forty
five years. The estimate places the
number Of acceptable single men be-
tween eighteen and twenty-one years
at 1,546,283. The number Of probably
acceptable single men already regis
tered, but not called, is 1921 ,S45. Ac-
cOrding to these figures, should the age
limit be enlarged to include men Of
from eighteen years to forty-fve years,
inclusive, 4,257,516 physically and 9TH
erwise qualified unmarried men would
be open for call to service.
The war trade board is calling at
tention to the fact that license is re-
quired to ship abroad goods on the
conserved list, even when sent In small
quantities by parcel post. In many
cases this has been done by persons ig-
norant Of the presidents proclama-
ton concerning exports, or who do
not know of the many articles which
may be exported only under license.
For violation a fine of not more than
$4,000 or Imprisonment for not more
atty. Licenses may be applied for at
the bureau Of exports, Washington, D.
c., or any of it's branches which are
located at Seattle, Portland, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, NOgales, Ell
Paso Eagle Pass, Galveston, New Or
leans, Mobile, Savannah. st. Louis, Chi
cago, Boston and New York.
A copy of a broadside forbidden in
Germany has reached the committee
on public information. It Is single
sheet cf foolscap size, printed on both
sides, and bears d cOarSely executed
woodcut representing a soldier in arms,
q workman in a blouse, and woman
showing a rock off a precipice, beneath
which is seen the head and bust of the
emperor, crowned and sceptered and
mustached, looking up in terror at the
fate impending. The last paragraph
Of the text is as follows:
Man Of toll, awake from slunber!
Recognize thy growing might.
All the wheels will lcse their motion
without thy strong arm s devotion,
Down with the war! Down with the gov
ernInent!
Peace! Freedom! Bread!
Men Of the selective service age who
are accustomed to handling horses
have opportunity for specialized serv-
ice in the enlisted veterinary corps,
enlistments for which are now being
taken. The 1000 men wanted include
veterinary and agricultural students,
farmers, stablemen. and others who
have had experience handling horses.
Pay ranges from $50 to $56 a month,
with clothing. food, and quarters.
Application for enlistment may be
made at any army recruiting station.
Newspapers in Italy are now reg
ulated by the government as to size
and price With some exceptions daily
papers must not contain more than
four pages, and ten times a month they
must be published In two pages. Re-