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Evening star., 1923-07-29

Gen. Robert c. Davis, the adjutant
general, on July 23 declared that II
the provisions of the national defense
act stre to he carried out the Army
must he recruited UP to Its fully au-
thorized strength. The great short
age of non commissioned officers In
the summer camps has been keenly
felt by reserve officers. and the belief
has been expressed that increased es-
Inmates for recruiting work VIII oe
accented by the budget bureau. Ap-
rroximately $4,000 enlisted men VIII
re separated from the service pc
tween now and June 80. 1924. 0o.ooo
al whom viii leave the Army by Jan :
vary l. 1924. due to the expiration oil
their enlistment period.
In spite of the recent legislation
which was passed by Congress re-
quiring evidence of age OF the re
cruits. which is q severe handicap In
recruiting work, the adjutant gen.
erals department has done remark :
ably we'll in obtaining recruits. SUI.
fering a loss of approximately LOU
to I,500 men per month since last
January, the present strength OF the
enlisted personnel Is towering near
10000, which Is the lowest In the
regular establishment has been fof
the past ten years.
Proper training and instruction Of
the two junior compcnents OF the
Army of the United states cannot bt
carried out by the War Department
| at the present strength of the regu-
| lar establishment and a number o.
prominent reserve officers in all parti
! of the country have indicated tha'
| they will cooperate gladly with th'
| dcpartment In keeping the enlisted
Evening star., 1923-07-29
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
BY M. III. MCINTYRE

three-year men are now coming up
for discharges.
In an effort to meet the situation
the department is squirting enlist
ments by every means possible. One
or these means was the call recently
issued to the $4,000 reserve officers
asking each one OF them to try per-
Sonaily to secure one recruit during
the next few months. While the re-
Grult1ng service at present Is sadly
handicapped by lack Of funds. drive
VIII De started in the near future
with additional canvassers in the field
and continued as long as the money
Is available to keep IL up.
The most serious feature of the
acute shortage of men in the regu-
lar establishment. even If 1t were
| only temporary, is that Ii makes the
Armys mission of training citizen
soldiers during the summer months
under the national defense act very
difficult of accomplishment. The
| shortage is felt all the more keenly
| United States that are hardest hit.
The travel feature offered applicants
for regiments serving in China. the
| Philippines, Hawaii and the Canal
Zone makes 1t much easier to secure
recruits for the overseas garrisons
than for the troops at home.
| One of the chief handicaps Is the
law prohibiting use of recruiting
/ funds to recruit men under twenty
one years of age without consent of
parents or guardians ~or to recruit
any man over twenty-one without
proper evidence of age.
Plans for test mobilization of tae
| Army which is scheduled for the fall
| of next year. as announced first by
Gen Pershing in his speech to the Ma
! tional Council of Reserve Officers.
| have been under consideration by the
general staff for more than Il year.
/ This In itself is an indication of the
| vital Importance of the movement as
! Army heads view it. They believe il
| is the most practical way of finding
Out the weaknesses that may exist in
the plan for the Army of the United
| States as worked out under the ma
rionai defense act.
| The first test mobilization will be a
comparatively simple procedure. but
| il is proposed to make it an annual
| event, each year becoming more eX-
tensive until eventually there are
| joint demonstrations by the Regular
| Army and the National Guard.
! To start off the first test probably
will consist of the reporting of the
National Guards and the organized
reserves at the headquarters of the
various units. and the order-will be is
sued ahead of time so that all units
| will be prepared. In following years
| the order bably will b.. fla shed
| from Washington without advance
! notice. so as to provide real test
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of the speed and completeness with
which the country's armed forces
could be mobilized
This will be the beginning of a sys-
TEN that as II develops with the tests
from year to year will become more
and more important. each one more
nearly approximating what must take
place in event of war. The hrst time
no maneuvers or exercises are
planned, but eventually II is planned
to have them follow the mobilization.
Prolonging the life of the war can
tonments Is proving to be difficult
problem for the War Department to
solve. As the cantonments are under
the direct supervision of the various
corps area commanders. their recon-
mendation as to what should be re-
paired and salvaged VIII be more or
less adhered to by the department.
adopted by the administration, the
erection Of permanent brick or frame
buildings is out of the question. and
as the summer training period covers
period of only two or three months
of the year. the cost of maintaining
the temporary buildings In repair is
also prohibitive. By using salvaged
material from buildings which have
been torn down the depa rtment has
been able to keep in good repair some
of the other buildings which are be-
ing used in the camps this summer.
At some future date the War De-
partment is planning to erNct perma
nent buildings which during the
training scason will be utilized as
headquarters for the various co.Spo
nents of the Army of the United
States, and during the remainder of
the year will be turned into storage
houses fec tents and other Army
equipment. The department eventu-
ally hopes to erect sufficient num-
bor of buildings. so that when Ma
tfonal Guard and reserve offi cers are
called for active training during the
quarters available.
Resolutions calling for Regular
Army of $1,000 officers and 10000
enlisted men. expansion of tn" Ma
ional Guard and lib raj appropriations
/ Corps and Organized Reserves Were
The three most important resolutions
adopted at the meeting of the ma
tional council and executive commit
tee of the Reserve Officers Associa-
tion held at indianapolis on July 10.
An international aspect was added
to the mt citing by the presence of
Gen. Gouraud, who during the ses-
siOus presented TO the national coun-
Gil replica of the button insignia
belonging to the French 4th Corps
reservists and which Is worn by ite
members. Gen. PershinG also attend
ed the meeting and delivered an ad-
dress lauding the purpose and accom-
plihments of the association, which
will not pass it's first anniversary
until the fall.
Appealing TO the Officers Reserve
Corps t0 lend their aid I'm the caus,
of national defense by securing re.
cruitS for the Regular Army, Mai
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troops. 10000 coloniais and 10000 for
eign alegiona.res.
The plan proposese that there he
thirty-two divisions Of infantry, Of four
regiments each and units of artillery,
cavalry and engineers. and five d.
visions of cavalry. The reserves
would number forty-eight regiments
of artillery, thirty regiments of caval-
ry and various technical units.
The program would In all prob
ability make France the strongest
air power I'm the world. which she is
conceded by many to be at the pres
ent time. Eighteen months service is
incorporated in the plan and each
conscript class would furnish about
100000 men. II put into effect.
France would be able to mobilize a
stronger force of artillery. aircraft,
and tanks than she would have been
able to at the close Of the war, but
she would not be so formidable In
some of the other branches. Consid-
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Army.

Army.
Plans for a test mobilization of the
Army which is scheduled for the fall
OF next year as announced first by
Gen. Pershing in his speech to the
national council of reserve officers
have been under consideration by
the general staff for more than a
year. This in itself is an indication
ment as Army heads view it, They
beileVe 1t is the most practical way
OF finding out the weaknesses that
may exist in the plan for the Army
OF the United States as worked out
under the national defense act
Ihe hrSt test mobilization will be
q comparatively simple procedure but
It is proposed to make it an annual
event. each year becoming more eX-
tensive> until eventually there are
going to be demonstrations by the
Regular Army and the National
Guard
To start off with, the first test
probably will consist of the reporting
or the National Guards and the or
ganized reserves at the headouarters
of the various units and the order
VIII be issued ahead of time so that
All units will be, prepared. In fol-
lowing years the order probably will
De flashed from Washington without
D
real test of the speed and complete
hess with which the country's armed
forces coald be mobilized
This will be the beginning of a sys-
tenn that, as II develops with the tests
from year to year. will become more
and more important. each one more
nearly approXimating what must
take place in event of war The first
tihle no naneuvers or exercises are
Planned. but eventually il Is planned
10 nave them follow the mobiIi,a
ton. '""
With the Regular Army's actual
strength only 10000 men now. IL. OOO
under the authorized strength and
racing even more extensive shrink
age, there is deep concern in the War
department over the serious problem
or meeting the deficit. 4 way must
De found replacing approximately
5000 enlisted men who are to be
separated during the present wear
ending June 80 next.
This unusually large number of
separations is due to the fact thai
after the world war. the Army an
thoirzed strength was fixed at 2SO. .OOO
men and large recruiting force was
put into the field to build it IN 10
that figure. Before this drive could
accomplish its purpose Congress re-
duced the size of the Army to 10000
All of the one-Hear enliStinents Sc
cured then have expired and the
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personnel of the Army up to Its au-
thorixed quota.
A movement Is on foot to enlarge
the recruiting service, and II is nos-
sible that additional funds for the
fiscal year may be secured. The
great demand for additional non.
commissioned officers for duty with
the National Guard. Organised Re-
serves, Reserve .Ohicers' Training
Corps units and the recruiting service
will nesessitate some new legislation
which viii provide a sufficient number
of these men to handle this work.
The preparation of n plan on this SUBJ
ject is now being made by the gen.
eral staff and II will be laid before
Secretary Weeks in the early fall.
The reorganization of the French
army contemplates an army of $50,
coo men. according to the report of
Col. Jean Fabry. reporter for the
French chamber army commission. OF
this number there will be 46l 900 French
Evening star., 1923-07-29

In conjunction with the chief of
ordinance, chief of infantry and chief
of cavalry. efforts are being made to
develop an improved machine gun
tripod. Both the infantry and caval-
ry boards have made recommenda-
tions which will be included in the
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erable space in the report Is devoted
to war materials and aviation.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1923-08-30

To Start the Ball rolling Fall Business offering
wonderful values advantage of this Exceptional Oppor
tuny; you will not get it again for the Fall.
NEVER A DAY WITHOUT IT'S BARGAINS
Attention Mothers! if you need to fit children for
school, will pay you visit the Economy Dry Goods Co.
Wonderful Bargains Await YOU
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10
BY CHARLES p. STEWART
NEA Service Writer

WASHINGTON. Nov. 10,-Five
years ago, with shouts of JOY,
the nations hailed the armistice as
the harhinger of peace, returning to
a war-torn world.
And today?
France, with nearly 100000 men
under arms, holds military sway over
considerable section of Germany,
seeking to eXtort vast but indefinite
advantages which anxious spectator
powers, their own safety jeopardized,
are trying, none too hopefully, to
compromise.
Germany, rent by secession move
ments, trembles on the verge of civil
war.
England gazes with apprehensive
eyes on the rise of French military
power and the threat of fresh con-
vulsions in central Europe; on an
Ireland where, despite of re-estab-
lishment of a sort of tranquility, the
jails still overflow with political
prisoners; on seething unrest in In
dia
Italy, her troops at grips with re-
bellious natives in colonial Africa al
ready has once imperiled the Old
Worlds safety through the imperial
istic policy of her virtual dictator,
Mussolini, against whose rule do
mestic discomfort slowly gains
strength despite censorship, oppres-
siYe DEGREES and violence.
War and Ruin
In Spain another military dictator
recently elevated to authority by vir-
tue of a near-revolution, fulfills his
pledge to increase the yigor of Spar
ish warfare in Morocco.
Greece, defeated by Turkey, forced
to pay heavy indemnity and submit
to humiliating conditions exacted by
Italy for an offense no attempt was
made to prove against her, stares
economic ruin in the face and strug-
giles weakly to stave off revolution.
Turkey, driven from Europe, has
J won her way back by the sword and
/ again endangers Near Eastern sta
| bility.
Bulgaria, her peasant premier
overthrown and killed. has put down
! one attempt at counter-revolution
and remains in the hands of q mill
| taristic governmental group.
| Hungary, with a military dictator
| Mt the helm, eagerly awaits the
chance to win back by a fresh resort
| to force what she lost in the World
| War.
Old World JeaIousies
Jugoslavia, like Rumania, alert
against Hungarian aggression, dis
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10
MATAWAN

The annual Armistice Day dance
of the American Legion, Matawan
Post, 176, will take place in Geran's
Hall, Monday evening. Music will
be furnished by Stillwelps orchestra.
This is a gala event of the local Le-
gion Post and always draws a large
crowd of the younger folk.
Mr.. and Mrs. John p. Lloyd re-
Gently entertained DR.. F. p. Lynch
of Belgium, Congo.
Mrs. Arthur l.. Cheney of Morris
Vile, VT, is visiting her son and
daughter in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Cheney.
Mrs. Carrie Conover is at the
Methodist Episcopal Hospital in
Brooklyn, where she recently under
went an operation for appendicitis.
Mrs. Mary Conover will be the
leader of the meeting of the w. c.
T. u. which will be held at the home
of Mrs. Wilson Lisk, Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock. On Tuesday
the local branch of the w. G. T. u
will be the guests of the Keyport
Branch which will hold a meeting
at the home of Mrs. William i. Con.
over, in Front street, Keyport.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10
Anniversary OF Peace
Finds Troubled World

putes with Italy for an Adriatic port
and watches the Bulgarian militarist
regime jealousy.
Poland, girt for wer, keeps an un-
easy glance on the soviet power to
the eastward.
Russia's communistic autocracy,
admittedly representing a minority,
maintains itself by force within, and
schemes for an extension of its So
cial and economic doctrines beyond
its present jurisdiction.
China is still torn by dissension
between north and south and by
banditry and local disturbance in
every quarter.
Japan
Japan, overwhelmed by earthquake
losses, strives to conceal the story of
trouble with Koreans in the area of
the disasters even while her walls
still tottered, and continues-since
an outlet for her swarming millions
she must have-to plan for expan-
sion in the orient.
Technical experts lent by the
United States government aid
Brazil in building a navy for the
avowed purpose of dominating Latin
America, while Argentina already
arms to meet this menace from her
neighbor, and the entire Spanish
press of the hemisphere SCOTS at the
policy of country which, processing
to work for disarmament in the Old
World, assists in starting an exactly
similar race in the New World.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10

/ and telephone. And you'd better gag
William the Silent there, and sit on
him, while I'm about it. We don't
want to attract such attention as
ned love to create, if he had half a
chance"
Choosing an inconspicuous place
to stop beyond the Peace Monument,
Charlie drew up to the curb and
hurried into a drug store. After an
interval, he reappeared, much of his
customary jauntiness restored.
you can draw your own conclu-
sions. when l tell you 1 was exchang-
ing a few remarks with a lawyer
whose name begins with H."
Charlie was back in his seat again
by this time. We've got to be on
our way now"
But when he attempted to drive
on, the starter wouldn't work. For
several minutes he fused with it.
following various suggestions from
Kelsey and Hope; but it was plainly
out of order. and he was anxious to
avoid further delay.
Muttering anathemas on the balky
device, Charlie clambered down
again, and went to the front of the
car to crank up.
His experience at cranking had
been hitherto confined to flivvers.
He did not reckon on the superior
horsepower of the limousine. On
the second revolution the engine
backfired, hurting him into the mid
die of the street.
He picked himself out of the mud
All his debonnair complacency
had vanished. He stood beside the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10
Wanted: A Son For Just
One Week, Is His Plea

Scouting. Sunday school and Y.
NJ. C. A. activities have monopolized
the major portion of his leisure for
a number of years.
Every Sunday morning. he teaches
a Bible class of sixty active boys.
He was president of the Omaha
Boy Scout Council until he became
such a national figure in scouting
that he couldn't manage both his
national and local duties.
Followed Plow
Last July, he went to Paris as
chairman of the American delegation
at the International conference on.
scouting.
And he's a member of the 'Y's'
international council, besides.
His own life story catches boyish
imagination. for 1t reads just like
Horatio Alger's 1.-THE Farmer Boy
Who Became Bank President"
In his early teens, he followed
plow, behind a stubborn Missouri
mule. Then he became a teacher.
He quit the classroom a short while
later to take a job in q bank at sac
a month.
Today, at AZ. he is president of the
American Banking Association.
It's no wonder he appeals to boys,
And, in view of his own hard climb
it's no wonder the boys appeal to
him.
when I was working my own
way up" he says, 81 made up my
mind that if I ever had a chance to
give the boys a lift would do It."
And he has kept his word.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10
THE END
CARTERET

Mr.. and Mrs. John Abel are en-
tertaining friends from New York
over the week end.
Mayor and Mrs. Thomas J. Mulvi-
hill and Borough Attorney and Mrs.
Emil Stremlau are attending the
ball game at Princeton today.
The Roosevelt Post No. 263,
American Legion. will hold their VIC
tory dance tonight at Dalton's audi
torium.
A dance for the benefit OF Alex
ander Sutto will be given in the bor-
ough tonight.
The Carteret Trust Company and
the Carteret First National bank
will not be open for business Mon
day. Armistice Day.
The Crochet Club held theatre
party in Elizabeth Thursday night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10

running board, his face twisted with
pain, gingerly holding his right arm
Unnoticed by either of the men,
Hope had slipped past them and run
to the front of the car. She grasped
the crank which had proved SO
vicious to Charlie, and with a def
turn or two had caught the spark
Now she came back.
I'll drive the rest of the way to
town." she said. We'll get along
perfectly"
With the car once more in
motion. and the difficulty apparently
smoothed away, Charlie began to
talk of his own accord.
you see, BILL" kindly, "if you're
counting on any one having listened
in on my talk to Highly, you're going
to be fooled"
Their prisoner reused up at this
and bent forward. "How's that?"
gratingly.
why, Highly of course wanted to
know just where I was, and how
long before I'd arrive, and how 1 was
coming, and all that. So, just to be
on the safe side, 1 am doing exactly
the opposite of what told him."
He hardly stirred again; but all
the way through Brooklyn lay in
that state of collapse, one arm hang
ing Imply out of the window.
And now the skyscrapers of Man
haitian loomed before them across
the river. Soon they were over the
Williamsburg bridge; and through
the East Side streets, Hope drove to-
ward Fifth avenue.
Spying the green lights of police
station, Kelsey called Charles at
ton to them.
Lets get rid of our passenger"
he proposed. I'VE don't want to
spoil the Homecoming with him."
Good Lord" Charlie spoke irri-
tably. That's the one thing that's
been goose-neshing me all the way,
the fear that we might fall into the
hands of the bulls. Figure it for
yourself. Lieutenant at desk looks
up. Why, Alderman Higgins, what's
this?' They all know him.
I've had an awful time. Lieu
tenant says Bill. These three luna
tics captured me by trick and have
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10
HOPELAWN

Fritz Weber, Joseph Konics and
Clemens Grezlano were on n fish
ing trip at Long Branch Thursday.
Many Hopelawn Republicans join
ed the parade held in honor of Com
mitteeman William d. Hoy Wednes-
day night.
A girl was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
S. Lance.
Paul Tereak will open store
shortly in the new building situated
at the corner of Allen street and
New Brunswick avenue.
John Cotrell is erecting a bunga-
low on Clyde avenue.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10
Begin Here Today


Hope Ranger is held prisoner in
= sanitarium owned by a group of
criminals, She makes friends with
mother prj~oner. DR.. Kelsey. The
wo escape lrom the hospital in the
uperintendent's car.
The car is wrecked and Hope is
fecaptured, but Kelsey escapes and
Ioins Juarez Charlie, adventurer, in
an attempt TO rescue Hope before
The abductors have time to kill her.
Alderman Higgins tells DR.. Bristow,
superintendent, that the girl must
be killed.
Nurse Copley, in love with Bris-
tow, kills him in jealous rage.
Hope is taken in car by Higgins,
his intention being to have her
killed. To his CONSERVATION Higgins
hnds his car in charge of Charlie
Ind Kelsey.
Now Go on With the Story
CHAPTER xxx
EVShe struggling procession of Main
&iets, which is the Merrick Road,
Twas almost ended; that white ribbon
pf macadam and oyster-shell. with
pne village shirred on to another as
It follows the windings of the South
Shore, was about to fray out into the
asphalt threads of the city.
Charles mercurial spirit was
overcast with misgiving, shadowed
by the perturbing claims of his re-
sponsibility.
"Jamaica!" He pointed to a hill
side ahead, with scattered lights
over it, as he turned back to Hope
md Kelsey. I'm going to stop here
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10
DAD AND THE BOY


A mentor.
A companion.
An adviser.
An ideal.
A confidant, with whom the
boy can share his joys and sor-
rows.
And Dads life, says Head,
ought to be an example of
life consecreated to Christian
service.
OMAHA, Nov. 10.-Walter w.
Head has to borrow" a son.
Otherwise, the chairman of the
national committee for Father and
Son Week" won't even get a look
in on the big doings.
For every man, who attends any
of next weeks parties, must bring
along his son, or somebody else's
son.
But Head ought to be able to ne
gotiate the loan. Not having a boy,
himself, he already has adopted
practically every lad in Omaha, espe-
cially the kids of the streets.
Own Climb Hard
Like Judge Ben Lindsay of Den
yer, he is known the length and
breadth of the land as a friend o.
the boys.
His own boyhood struggles lef
| within his heart great desire t
be big brother to the "men to to
morrow"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-10
Be Prepared for Coughs

Do not wait until an attack of
"flu" is upon you. Take care of .he
little cough or cold and prevent the
big one. or an attack of "flu." Bear
in mind Foley's Honey and Tar. the
safe and sure remedy for coughs,
colds. bronchial and throat troubles
and coughs resulting from "flu."
Foley's Honey and Tar--the largest
selling cough remedy in the World
free from opiates. Get the genuine
refuse substitutes.
Sold everywhere.--Adv. -
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-01-20

"La relaci6n que antecede es verIdica en- to-
dos Fespectos hrman Ia presente como testi,
Cos de Que la senoTa Andrea Cejas de Brito
Sc euro con las Pfldoras del DR.. Loyetti sus
:.las altos afmos. seryidores,
ANTONIO GUZM1N,
ADoLFo ARIAs."