Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-26


which is taken to the local postof-
flee to be set for postage as re-
quired. For instance, when firm de-
sires ten Thousand two-cent stamps,
the meter will be sent to the post
master together with payment OF
two hundred dollars. The meter IS set
for that number Of imprints and
sealed in the presence Of two EN-
ployees or officials.
The War Department "Plucklnlg
Board" is now assembled and ready,
for business. The Board was selected
for the purpose of eliminating ap-
proximately $500 officers from the
regular army. The task which CON
fronts the "Plucking Board IS PROB
ably the most disagreeable wnich
possibly could have been selected. Inc
record of every officer in the Regular
Army, with the exception OF that OF
General Pershing, will be brought
before the board for consideration
ana possible action resulting IN the
elimination of the officer IN questio;-
from the service. ,oooo
There are approximately l2'oOO Of
ficers in the Regular Army at the
present time. Under the law proVlo-
! ing for the reduction Of the army
$500 officers must be eliminated OF
! denoted. According to War Depart
ment officials demoJions must be con-
fined to approximately SUI ofhcers
In view of the war records of a ma
| ioritv of the officers concerned, Of
I ficiais assert that it will be impos-
sible to find LOO inefficient officers
in the army.
A recent opinion of Attorney Gen
araI Daughertv holds that the nation
| al prohibition act indicated an IN
tention on the part of Congress u
place in the hands Of the church 1t
self q power whereby it never vii
he forced to use inferior products fol
sacramerts. nor even be left with
out means of supplying its needs fol
sacramento wines, and new regula
tions are being considered by PROM
| hilton Commissioner Haynes where
nv rabbits. ministers and priests, dul.
appointed bv the heads of the eccles
iastical jurisdictions of their church
es may supervise the manutactur
and distribution Of altar wines il
| their specific territories. The AT
tornev Generals opinion puts an enO
| to a long drawn out fight by vari
Gus religious bodies, which clalmet
that the elimination of the sacra
mental wine dealers from bushes
through the denial of permits shut of
all legitimate channels for obtaining
proper wines for sacramental pur
poses and forced the churches to us'
spirits of uncertain standard.
Prohibition Director Daily, o
I Mississippi, in report made to MI
chief at Washington declares tina
stills are becoming such nuisance II
one county i'm his state that one mai
has posted on his place sign. read
ing: "No hunting, fishing or dlstlll
ing allowed on this land. gel
| There is some talk heard on Capi
| tol Hill these days that the Senat
hwill not attempt to pass the tariff
bill during the present session o
that body but will allow it to 90 Owe
until after the elections and unit
Congress reassembles the first Mon
day in December next. The Repub
licans who have the measure Il
charge are becoming greatly discour
aged at the manner in which thei
colleagues are drifting away from
them and they are alarmed at the op
position which has arisen against
certain schedules in the measure. l
would not be surprising, therefore
if the Senate leaders got togethe
and determined to let the tariff bll
consume enough time in the Senat
to wear the Senators out of word