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Serrvtary of War Hftkrr Will IVwent
New lNan When ( onare" Convene
Intending Ago MmhIv
Washington. I). C. The elm ft age
limit! will S both up and down and
tho government id preparing to In-
OTMUM Hi" army to a total strength
of from r,000.000 to 6,000,000 men.
The RMfl taken to increase the army
Will be largely without dependents
and all will be sent to France If nec
essary to whip th bodies. According
to the plans announced, the govern
ment dOM not contemplate the inva
sion of the deferred classifications of
the draft for at least two years, If
this is done a"! all.
There will be, however, an Increas
ingly rigorous combing of the defer
red classification for men to take
places In essential war industries.
The work or fight order will be ex
tended td many additional occupa
tions within the next year. The plan
for the 5,000,000 army will be pre
sented to congress within the next
six weeks, according to the war de
partment. "When congress reconvenes," Sec
retary linker said, "I shall present a
plan which will Involve increased ap
propriations, modifications of the
draft age, and somewhat larger mob
ilization of our military forces. The
question as to the draft age limit is
being studied to determine how we
can get the necessary number of men
with the least lnterfernce with the In
dustries of the country."
Secretary Baker said he would rec
ommend definite age limits, lowering
the minimum below 21 and raising
the maximum above 35. The age
limits which have been under con
sideration are 18 f.o 45, but Secre
tary Baker previously recommended
19 as the minimum draft age, and he
may adopt that minimum s well as
a maximum short of 45. The arm
ed forces of the United States now
total .1,074,572, this number compris
ing 2.570,780 DMA in the army and
503,792 men in the navy. There are
approximately 1.300,000 men in the
training camps in this country. The
composition of the armed forces follows:
National army 1,400,000
Regular army 525,741
National guard 434,511
Reserve corps 21,528
Total army 2,570,780
Regular navy " 219.168
Naval reserve 219.566
Marine corps 58,463
Coast guard 6.605
Total army ; . mfwyp
Total navy 503.792
Secretary Baker has been critizod
for delaying the extension of the
draft age. it being contended thai
class 1 will be exhausted within two
months when i-; will be necessary to
slow down army training and trans
portation, or invade t lit' deferred
classes for man power. There were
originally a little more than 2,000,
000 men in class 1. There are now
less than 278,000 but S . reti.ry Ba
ker expects this total to be raised 1,
000.000 by the class 1 m. n of the
1918 registration, the reclassification
of men now in deferred classes and
the addition of British subjects draft
ed under the treaty soon to be proclaimed.
Whether there is to be a slowing
down in the rate of transportation of
troops abroad It Ib known -that Sec
retary Baker has ordered a slacken
ing In the mobilization of draftees In
the training camps. There are to be
300,000 called to he colors In Aug
ust; 150,000 each month, in Septem
ber, October and November, and 125,
000 in December, a total of 875.000.
In this way Mr. Baker plans to make
the 1,000,000 men be estimates In
elass 1 last until additional class 1
men can be provided under the plan
he will present to con gross in Sep
tember. ( If the present rate of transport be
maitained, men will be going abroad
henceforth faster than to the train
ing camps a; home. The general con
clusion here is that Mi. Baker con
templates slackening off of overseas
transportation despite the imperative
need of Increasing the American
forces in Prance.
The draft calls ordered by Mr. Ba
ker will pn'.uce an army totalling 3,
500.000 by the end of 1918. If ttie
draft age limits are made 19 to 4 5 it
Is estimated that 3,000.000 men will
be made available for military serv
ice." From these would be selected
enough to bring the army up to be
tween 5,000.000 and 6.000,000 men.
Father of Punctuation.
The present ejet of punctuation,
now used 111 all Modem languages with
but Insignificant variations, was Intro
duced in the tirsi halt of the lit'teciitb
century by u Venetian printer named
Aldus Manuttus. lie is the real father
of punctuation marks of the full stop,
comma, semicolon, colon, question and
exclamation marks, apostrophe and in
verted commas. Manumis' system was
adopted later by all printers until it
finally established Itself throughout
Europe. Louisville Courier-.lournal.
Romans Liked Cock Fighting.
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mentioned In reference to the denial oi
the Lord uud Indirectly In the "cock
crowing." There is no mention in th
Old Testament of the cocU or hen,
These domestic birds weiv known tc
the early (ireeks and Romans und
probably were introduced by the Ro
mans Into Palestine. It is said lhal
thse turds were prized by the ltoiutnj
both as food and for cock fighting.
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