The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-02-22
EYES FOR NAVY
FROM THE PUBLIC
CIVILIANS HAVE s. Ut IN 5000
GLASSES OF VARIOUS KINDS,
BUT MORE ARE NEEDED.
APPEAL TO PRIVATE OWNERS

General crozler on Age Limit Enlarge
ment OF selective Service Law-Li.
eense Required to ship Goods
Abroad by Parcel Post.
! tFrom Committee en- Public Information.)
Washington. over 5000 glasses
have been received by the navy in re-
Spouse to its call through the news
papers for binoculars, spyglasses. tel
Escapes, 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, II has been necessary to APP
peal 10 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 y. Roosevelt, as
sistant secretary of the navy, care Of
Naval Observatory, Washington, d. @.
Those not suitable will be returned to
senders. Careful records will be kept
of accepted glasses so they may, II pos
sible, be returned at the termination
of the war.
As the government under the law
cannot accept services or material
without payment, ST viii be paid for
each article accepted.
Discussing enlargement OF the age
limit for selectlve military service, Pro-
yost 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-ive are perhaps the limits most
frequently suggested but some recon-
mend forty or forty-five years as the
upper limit. There Is distinctly
stronger demand for raising the maxi
mum age than for lowering the mini
num-"
General Crozier estimates that 1885,
1888 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 1,546,2S3. The number of probably
acceptable single men already regis
tered, but not called, is 1921 ,S45. Ac-
eoPdlng TO these figures, should the age
limit be enlarged to include men Of
from eighteen years to forty-five years,
inclusive, 4,2575 physically and 9TH
erwise qualified unmarried men would
be open for call to service.
The war trade board Is calling at
tentlon to the fact that license is re-
qulred 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'
tIon concerning exports, or who dc
not know of the many articles which
may be exported only under license.
For violation fine of not more thar
: $4,000 or Imprisonment for not more
than two years, or both, form the pen
atty, Licenses may be applied for a
the bureau of exports, Washington, d
! c., or any of its branches which are
, located at Seattle, Portland SaI
Francisco. Los Angeles, Nogales, f
. Paso, Eagle Pass, Galveston, New OR
Z leans, Mobile. Savannah, st. Louis, Chi
+ cago, Boston and New York.
A copy Of a broadside forbidden Il
Germany has reached the COMMITTEE
on public information. 1t is a singl
sheet Of foolscap size, printed on bot
sides. and bears coarsely execute
woodcut representing a soldier in arms
workman In blouse, and woma
showing a rock of precipice, beneat
which Is seen the head and bust of tn
y emperor, crowned and sceptered an
mustached looking up in terror at tn
fate impending. The last paragraph
' OF the text is as follows:
= Man OF toll. awake from slumberl
;. Recognize thy growing might.
in All the wheels win lose their motion
4, without thy strong arms devotion,
q Down with the war Down with the go
le erumentt
r. Peace F~.adom Bread
r. Men OF the selective service age WI
are accustomed to handling hors'
81 have opportunity for specialized ser
ri Ice In the enlisted veterinary corr
H. enlistments for which are now heir
IN taken, The 1000 men wanted incluC
", veterinary and agricultural student
th farmers, stablemen. and others WI
have had experience handling horse
ms Pay ranges from $50 to $50 a mont
,c- with clothing, food, and quarters.
ed Application for enlistment may
er made at any army recruiting static
a. Newspapers in Italy are now RI
u ulated by the government MS to 81
~ and price. With some exceptions da
~. papers must not contain more III
four pages, and ten times Q month IN
,ar must be published in two pages.
~ turns by dealers must not exceed [