THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1917.
SELECT ENLISTED
MEN FOR OFFICERS
Colonels Directed to Designate
6,000 Soldiers for Officers
in New Army.
WILL TEAIN VOLUNTEERS
Washington, March 7,-The War
department has directed that between
5,000 and 6.000 enlisted men of the
army be designated by regimental
commanders for commission as com
pany officers in whatever army may
be raised. Orders have been sent to
each regixent to select sixty men
WHO Will DC C'lglUlC IUr KUIU M190IVUB
up to and including captains.
The designation of the men will be
on their military aptitude, no. by ex
amination. The departmeit, as a
precautionary step, it was explained,
desired to establish t'lis list of men
. deemed fit for commissions by officers
under whom they have served. Pre
sumably the non-commissioned per
sonnel will tupply the largest num
ber. ., ,.
It is possible that a similar list
will be compiled among the National
Guard regiments, if a volunteer army
of any sue were summoned to the
colors these men would be drafted
for training duty as officers of the
volunteers. The officers' reserve
corps will furnish additional officers,
some of the rank of major, but, as
less than 1,000 men are now enrolled
in the corps, it could not supply suf
ficient officers for the volunteers.
The rttnartment is conducting a
vigorous campaign to increase the Of
ficers' reserve corps. Efforts are be
ing made to enroll fifty men in each
..congressional district Military apti
tude, rather than experience with
troops or present knowledge of mili
tary matters, will be the governing
factor in their examination.
The regular army may suffer in ef
ficiency if its best enlisted men are
withdrawn for duty with volunteers,
DUl mere 15 11U oilier way, uuiicie eay,
to provide an adequate training force,
even for a volunteer force of 500,000
men.
If 1,000,000 or more were to be
trained, officers for the force would
have to be selected from the first
500,000 organized, the regular estab
lishment at present not being capable
of supplying more than enough fully
trained officers for higher commands
and special service details requiring
technical skill. In effect, the regu
lars will have to train first the force
that is to train the volunteer army
if a big force is to be raised.
DEMS CRITICISE
WILSON IN MOVE
' TO SCORE NORMS
(Oaatlnoea From Page On,)
and often saved an - innocent man's
life.
. Rap at Wilson.
lie . Questioned the constitutional
nulit of a majority in the senate "to
send out ships with implied instruc
tions to sink submarines ot a country
' with which we are not yet at war.
' "It is time to get rid of the idea that
to be patriotic we must get behind
the president's every act."
natnr Mattel satrl that he waa
tired of all the talk. He believed it
was time to call a halt and moved
that the resolution be laid on the
table, which carried by a vote of 18
to 13. Senator McAllister, who is ill
at his hotel, was absent and Wilson
uf Dodge did not vote.
How They Voted.
The nine republicans present in the
senate and nine democrath voted to
kill the resolution.
Those for tabling were:
Hepublleana Busbe. atouwett, Haase,
Hrnnmond, Lahuers. McMullen, Keel, Han
uait and Sptrk. McAllister waa absent, i
Democratn Albert, Ileal. Buhrman, Dotr,
Howell, Mattes, Ruberlson, Boost and Stxeh
low. f
Those against tabling were:
' Adams. Bennett, Chappell, Gates, Htser,
Henry, Kohl, Sluriarty. Uberlles, bamuelson.
Sawyer. Tanner and Wilson of Frontier.
Would Praise Hitchcock.
Today Shannon of Douglas offered
in the house a verr commendatorv
resolution of Senator Hitchcock for
his action in the "late unpleasant
ness" in the United States senate, but
before the resolution stopped it had
, taken a shot at the head of Senator
X orris, though in a somewhat guarded
manner. Minority Leader Peterson
objected to immediate consideration
and it went over one day under the
rules. -
All State Troops on Border
, Will Be Home by April 1
San Antonio, Tex., March 7. Or-
Amrm wer rr-ivF(4 hv southern rlft-
.partmcnt headquarters today "to
speed up tne return movement 01
state troops from the border so that
all organizations will be home' for
muster out by April 1. State troops
on the border approximate 30,000 men.
It is understood that a shortage
of funds due to failure of the army
appropriation bill to be passed be-
the War department to quicken re
lease of the trooos.
The order for muster out of all
state troops by April 1 includes those
of the border states, Texas, Arizona
a ,d New Mexico. It is probable that
the regiment of New Mexico infantry
engaeed in patrol duty near the Cor
tier rancn, sownwesc or voiumDus,
will be held beyond that date.
New dates for departure include
First squadron Colorado cavalry
at Brownsville, March 15; Colorado
held hospital no. l, at Uougias,
March 15, and Company B, Colo
rado signal corps, at 1 Paso,
March 13.
Germany Orders Sale of
Old Clothes on Cards
Berne, Switzerland (Via Paris),
March 7. At Munich, Bavaria, ytt
terday begun the government sale of
-old clothes, which has been ordered
ft I U at i p. sit. it ic. ti.,.li.i...
stood in line for : ours. .The sale of
the clothes was made only on pre
sentation of clothing cards. All the
clothes collected were disposed of on
the first day of- the sale and it was
necessary to give out cards for sub
sequent sales.
Suits brought from 14 to 50 marks
and shoes Irom 4 to 16 marks. There
was an especially strong demand for
, secona-nand dress suits.
, Persistence is the cardinal virtue
tdvertUmg. ...
CZAR FERDINAND OF BUL
GARIA REPORTED SERIOUSLY
ILL According to ispatches ra
ceired in Romo, the cur is sari,
ouiljr 111 .l an Austrian health resort.
CZAR. FfU?raJSATD .
Impressment of
. American Shipping
Causing Friction
Washington. March 7. Measures
to meet Great Britain's action in forc
ing American ships to carry British
supplies are under consideration by
the federal shipping board. President
Wilson's Droclamatior. prohibiting the
transfer of American ships to foreign
registry without the board's permis
sion, it is said, will be ',sed as it
weapon to stop the British practices.
The situation has been made acute
by the continued detention of the
schooner Mattie JNewmaii ot new
York, held at Liverpool for several
months by inability to make needed
repairs because its master will not
agree to carry war supplies.
American ship owners nave maae
bitter complaint against British ef
forts to coerce them into the coal
trade between Britain and France and
of attempts to force them to carry
munitions. American ships that have
run short of coal in British ports, it
im AnmA flair hti rnnnnflA tn
agree to take coal cargoes to France
before the British authorities would
permit them bunker coal.
Une purpose ot amendments to tne
sh'pplng bill, lost in the final days
of the last congicss. was to give the
beard more power in this respect.
They would have permitted tin oard
to i '.fuse foreign registry to ships
now being built In American jinn.
As many of theie vessels are being
comuueted for British capital, the
board it is poin'ed out, would have
had a powerful wtapon with .vhicb
to compel ureat Britain to respect
the rights of Anici ican owner.
-The shipping board, it is underr
stood, also intends to' take up the
question of coaling American ships
in the Pacific. Vessels sailing from
San Francisco to Manila have been
forced to take note of British ad
miralty restrictions because they had
to coal at British coaling stations in
China befdre reaching their destination.
CAUCUSES VOTE
FOR CHANGE IN
SENATE RULES
(Continued From Fag One.)
unless the same has been presented
and read prior to that time. No dila
tory motion or dilatory amendment,
or amendment not germane, shall be
in order. Points of order, including
questions of relevancy and appeals
from the decision of the presiding
officer, shall be decided without debate."
Chang Is Slight
The resolution is chanced onlv
slightly from that virtually agreed
upon last night by the conference
committee of ten and which was ap
proved by the senate rules committee
several months ago. I he most im
portant change was the addition to
day by the conferees of the provision
that except by unanimous consent
amendments will not be in order after
the cloture has been adopted. This
was done to prevent substitutes com
ing in at the last moment when there
would be little time for their con
sideration before a vote must be
taken.
Senator Smith of South Carolina
talked about the possibility of a force
bill under republican domination of
the senate it a cloture rule is put in
effect. The party conferes, however,
made it plain that the two-thirds plan
was the best they could hope to get
without a prolonged struggle.
Wilson Sees Demos.
Earlier in the day, President Wilson
conferred with democratic leaders of
the senate on the proposed change in
the rules.
The democratic caucus adjourned
after electing Senator Hitchcock as
vice chairman and ex officio member
of the steering committee. With Sen
ator Martin, as chairman of the com
mittee on committees, the following
senators were named:
Williams, James, Reed, Simmons.
Smith of Georgia, Walsh, Thomas.
Chamberlain, Owen and Robinson.
They went to work at once to reor
ganize the senate standing commit
tees. Five Hundred Men Are'
Naturalized at Chicago
Chicago, March 7. Five hundred
aliens, a record number for the su
perior court here, took out their first
papers at the session of the court last
night Groups sponsored by the
Polish' National alliance and the
Young Men's Christian association
immigration department were iworn
in in a body.
Try D.D.D.
for Eczema
A LkrnJd Wash for Skia Diseaat
XScSOetni -
BRITONS BUT THIRTY
MILES FROM BAGDAD
Turkish Army Expected to
Make Stand at Ctesiphon,
but Nine Miles Away.
MANY GUNS CAPTUEED
London, March 7. British cavalry
had advanced within nine miles of
Ctesiphon, on the Tigris front, on
Monday afternoon, it was announced
officially today. The statement fol
lows: "On Monday afternoon British cav
alry were engaged with the Turkish
rear guard at Lajj, nine miles south
east of Ctesiphon, Mesopotamia.
"Owing to the fact that the war
material abandoned by the enemy is
strewn over eighty miles of the coun
try, it is not yet possible to give an
accurate and full list of our cap
tures. The collection of booty and
the salvage of guns, etc., which were
thrown into the river is being pro
ceeded with and up to the present
thirty-eighty guns, including those on
captured river craft, have been col
lected, exclusive of machine guns and
trench mortars."
The British are now within less
than thirty miles of Bagdad. The
town of Lajj, which was reached on
Monday, is twenty-eight miles from
that city. Since the fall of Kut-El-Amara
on r-c'u.-uary 26 the British
have advanced eighty miles.
On account of the nature of the
ground between Kut-El-Amara and
Ctesiphon, which is but poorly
adapted to defensive purposes, it has
been predicted by military writers
that the Turks would make no serious
attempt to halt their retreat until
Ctesiphon was reached and that a de
cisive engagement probably would
come at that point. It was there
that the deciding battle in the cam
paign of WIS was fought. The Brit
ish won an initial victory, only to
fall back in the face of Turkish re
inforcements. The siege of Kut-El-Amara
and the surrender of General
Tcwnshend to the Turks followed.
Wilson Reappoints
Gen, Scott Chief of
Staff of the Army
Washington, March 7. Major Gen
eral Scott was redetailed as chief of
staff of the army by President Wil
son. Because of his intimate associa
tion with the secretary of war the
chief of staff has to be reappointed
when a new administration begins
during his term.
' General Scott will serve until next
September under the ordinary pro
cedure, when he will reach the retire
ment age. In the event of war, how
ever, he would continue in active serv
ice without regard to the age limit.
As chief of staff during the last
three years. General Scott led the
tight of staff officials for reorganiza
tion of the army, culminating in his
appeal to the congressional military
committees for universal military
service. In the latter move he acted
on his own initiative, as neither Pres
ident Wilson nor Secretary Baker had
reached any conclusion on the sub-
iii-t fienpral Strntr in a rarofiiltv
prepared statement, laid before thT
committees the conclusion of staff
officers that the volunteer system had
shown itself inherently inadequate.
Tha Qulnlna That Doee Not Altar the Head.
Bscausa of Its tonlo and laxattve afreet,
Laxative Bromo Quinine can be taken wlln
ous .causing nervousness or rinsing In the
head. There la only one "Bromo Quinine."
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KING GUSTAV ASKS
CABINET TO STICK
Swedish Monarch Says Change
in Government Would Be
Misconstrued.
SWEDEN STAYS NEUTEAL
Berlin, Tuesday, March 6. (By
Wireless to Tuckerton, March 7.)
The address of King Gustav of
Sweden in requesting the cabinet to
retain office after the members had
tendered their' resignation is quoted
in an Overseas News agency (the Ger
man official news bureau) dispatch
today as follows:
"1 understand the difficulties which
caused your resignation. I have, how
ever, full confidence in my actual
councillors, who are well acquainted
with the extraordinary conditions cre
ated by the world war. A change of
government under. the present circum
stances would not only occasion great
difficulties, but might be interpreted
as meaning a deviation in one direc
tion or the other from the imperial
policy df neutrality strictly adhered
to hitherto and which I am firmly re
solved to maintain in the future.
"For this reason, considering the
responsibility of my position, 1 can
not now accede to your request. I
beg you insistently to make all efforts
to find a way out of the difficulties
which caused your resignation. I
therefore ask you to remain in your
ohiccs which I entrusted to you and
hope that such a way out may be
found."
The Swedish ministry resigned
Monday, but at the request of King
Gustav consented to remain in office
in the hope of arranging the crisis.
The resignation followed the defeat
of the government in parliament the
previous Saturday on a governmental
request for the appropriation of 30,
UCO.OOO crowns to be used in preserv
ing Sweden's neutrality, only one
third of the sum requested being
granted.
Alleged Bomb Plotters
Are Held Without Bail
Hoboken, N. J March 7. Fritz
Kolb and Hans Schwartz, arrested in
connection with an alleged plot to
destroy war munitions for the en
tente allies, today were held for the
grand jury without bail. Two bombs
found in Kolb's room were identi
fied by the prisoners in court.
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