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i L. RAINEY.
¢ FOR DEPENDENTS wxu.;
g CALLED FOR THE
FIRST ARMY UNIT. 1
N DRAFT macm.mumsl
geems That Drafting of Men
| Not Begin Before Middle of
b Boards Have Not Yet Been
anized- ‘
GIINGTON, D. C.—Men with
jents will be exempted from
¢ unit to be raised under the
it law. This much has been
| by the special board that has
working on the draft regula
which are now practically com
although still subject to
¢s that may become necessary.
Not All Married.
exemption of men who have
ients upon them does not ne
jy mean all married men,
o the other hand it may in
men who are not married.
«l men who have incomes that
atinue if they enter the army
o are not actually supporting
families, or whose wives or
en may possess independent
¢, are not necessarily exempt
the draft, and it is probable that
such men will be taken.
emptions on the ground that
B .rc persons dependent upon a
b does not broadly cover all
&) men. On the other hand
oy men will be exempted who are
‘M aried, but who may be sup
‘Ml mothers, fathers, or sisters
brothers, 2 widower with chil
sl dependent. upon him may be
; pted. The faet a man has de
nts, rather than the fact that
married, will be made the basis
action of the district boards,
are yet to be appointed by the
ent.
Not Causing Suffering.
il the policy of the government
R il to the colors men whose
! v service would cause want or
hg among persons who rely
I them for support. But the
"Bt of marriage is by no means
. for exemption, per se. Nor
2 there be any general rule for
ifccnntion of men engaged in
; in occupations, except those
2 ffically exempted by the terms of
: This much has been definitely
i
i he district boards will receive
2 nl instructions as to industrial
t itions, but they will be called
f g 0 exercise wide discretion in
! g upon such cases. In certain
nfyl’m' country a man may be
t pled on the ground that he is
{ Q! in some industry for the sup
of the war, while in other parts
may be men engaged in simi-
Q" wvhose services may be bet
moyed in the army. The dis-
Qloards will use their judgment
hmatters, which will be chiefly
ited by loeal industrial condi
| It has not been found practi
‘@ 0 make a hard and fast rule
Q" matter. Each case will be
% ton its individual merits.
* Cl‘aims of Inequality.
I @Rrally, there will be claims of
i @""ation and inequality arising
f
'. A'.~u«.~h a system, but the gov
@l "' ntends to operate it as
: and t;\;‘fl_\' as possible. The
@l ' the district boards in such
@l VIl be closely watched from
: o),
" "ot believed that the actual
| -jln? dm:tn_u: men for the new
4 (‘)“ army will begin before the
¢ ' July. The vast machine
1 r‘]”-‘ 1o carry on the work is
i bpr<w<».-< of construction. The
§ d“d'r‘l-* have not all been or
-4 atf\iw Che boards are being
- by the governors of the
1 tvn}ta}tvs and will be officially
{ or(- 'V the president. Thirty
1N have thus far submitted
- The distriet boards, those
| ! dlndlv industrial exemptions
I 9 f‘“UMqul cases, will be ap
| 1“;‘:"1 Washington. The per
g ) lone of these boards has
E mlflunc(_-d as yet,
: ’fiso?vooo Subject to Call.
! unx;& call for the national army
1 mi:"“p from the homes of
¥ a;: -";mpncans 625,000 men
- t is probable that this
. 4y _be boosted to 750,000
M ' bring the regul
e nation: v o Sl
;o T}(;?dl guard to full war
o tl‘el also must be re-
W, ¢ Onless the war depart
i e,.y":_ (f"l' a second draft to fol
b trained oGI e Man
Brvims o fill the vacancies
8 t]}\ ¢ ranks and to take the
ing t‘}?fe who have fallen.
for f\-(.ri_. number of men regis
i e 100080, wrmy
ate a .
i 70, m“iéaOO.OOO will be
W causes of Iy service for
O, sk the remaining
lifieq £ 0t 2,600,000 may be
Or physical disability, ac
s 0 the standards now pre
. {or recruits, Th will ve.
il therefore, o 500 098mmb re
" duty at aiy&m[mh
THE DAWSON NEWS.
by e R
be ready to take up military . -
ing. If 750,000 are called, the man
who has registered and is physically‘
fit and cannot claim exemption, has
a little better than one chance in
three to get into military service. |
Strict on Exemption.
Each man will be liable for mili
tary service in the order in which his
name is drawn. When these lists
have been announced and the boards
of exemptions have completed their
tremendous tasks, any drafted man
may estimate about the time that he
will be called.
Physical Test Rigorous.
Army surgeons estimate that near
ly 40 per cent. of the men brought
to the colors by selective draft will
be rejected on the first physical
scrutiny, so severe are the examina
tions. After undergoing the severe
examinations imposed by the army
surgeons the chosen ones will form
the best army physically in the world.
In no other army are the physical
requirements so hard to meet. Even
Germany’s vaunted armies are pick
ed on a less stringent scale of re
quirements. Here are the general re
quirements for the army:
~ Height, not less than five feet four
‘inches, nor more than six feet.
Weight not less than 128 pounds
or more than 190.
Lungs and heart must be well nigh
perfect. Any heart “murmur” dis
qualifies.
- Hearing and sight must be good.
+ Color blindness is not necessarily
a disqualification.
Chronic diseases or mental disor
‘ders cause rejection.
~ Loss of fingers or toes or an ear
are disqualifications.
~ Flat feet or deformed feet are
‘also causes for rejection.
~ The surgeons examine closely for
any affections of the kidneys or
chest. At least four molar teeth are
}necessary.
DEFENDED SENATE AGAINST
CHARGE IT HAD BEEN SLOW
AND OBSTRUCTED LAWS.
ATHENS. —Senator Hoke Smith
made the baccalaureate address be
fore the graduating class of the uni
versity to-day, reviewing the pro
gress of the country in recent years
to the crisis to-day, during which
every means at the command of the
government was employed to aveid
war and its suffering and sacrifices,
but without being able to escape
them. He defended the congress, and
particularly the senate, against the
charge that it had been slow and had
obstructed legislation, declaring that
the legislative branch had been in
reality but the better supporters of
the président from the very fact that
it had not passed in a day every meas
ure which came from the administra
ticn, but had perfected these meas
ures and made them safe and strong
before putting them into law.
He said he was not one to believe
that evey suggestion from the exe
cutive should be immediately made
into law—but that it was the duty of
the law-makers to safeguard the
country from doing anything foolish
or rash. He deplored the war, he de
voutly wished for an early peace, he
was sorry that even any German
mother should be bereft of her
son, and certainly that any American
mother should be called to make the
sacrifice; but he said that the Amer
ican people will do their duty and
will do it loyally and well.
A DOZEN FRESH EGGS
GIFT FOR PRESIDENT WILSON
Confederate Veteran of '6l Who At
tended Reunion Carried Then
With Him From Georgia.
President Wilson and his family
have breakfasted on the best eggs
Rome, Ga., can produce.,
“I'm Mose Selman, of Rome, Ga.,”
said a tall, bronzed and much-be
whiskered man in confederate gray
to an attache of the white house. “I
have a little present for the president
something for his breakfast,” and he
produced a battered leather bag, from
which he took a dozen pure white
eggs.
g"{? knew the first Mrs. Wilson when
she was a little girl and visited her
grave just before coming here,” said
the old man. “ I have no hope of
seeing the president in these war
times, but I thought I could bring
him this little present—and they are
all good, too.”
Dodgers of the Draft Law
| Are Camping Out In the Hills
~ OKLAHOMA ClTY.—Scores of
men who “shirked” registration June
5, under the selective draft, are hid
ing in the Osage hills, and at night
rob box cars and small town stores
for their living, Joe Palmer, special
agent for the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas railroad, reported last night.
An appeal has been made to the fed
eral authorities to round the slackers
up and take them into custody.
Most of the “shirkers” are declar
ed to be members of the Industrial
Workers of the World organization.
They have pitched their camps far
blc.l{ in the hills away from fre
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1917.
]
NEW GOVERNOR BE
1
ONE OF THE YOUNGEST EVER
ELECTED. CEREMONY WILL
BE BRIEF AND SIMPLE.
THE ANNUAL LEGISLATIVE
SESSION WILL CONVENE TODAY
Repeal of Equalization Law and Re
districting of State Promised to
Arouse Considerable Interest. No
Prohibition Agitation Likely.
The new Georgia legislature will
assemble in the capitol on to-morrow,
Wednesday, June 27, and the new
governor, Hugh M. Dorsey, will be
inaugurated in the presence of a
joint session of the house and senate
at noon on Saturday, June 30.
Governor - Dorsey’s inauguration
will be free of all ceremony and dis
play, except as is essential to taking
the oath of office. His present pur
pose is to deliver a short inaugural
address and to send his formal mes
sage to the general assembly as a
‘written document on Monday.
Mr. Dorsey has consistently deeclin
‘ed to discuss his message or the poli
‘cies of his administration, but has
| been very steadily at work for sever
;al weeks shaping his private affairs
in such manner as to be able to de
vote his time and energies exclusive
ly to the duties of his new office. He
is one of the youngest executives ever
‘elected in Georgia and a great many
of his friends throughout the state
are coming to Atlanta to witness his
inauguration.
Silent on Equalization.
The new governor is known to have
devoted a great deal of study to
‘the state’s financial affairs, realizing
Itflat he has a big and pressing prob
lem to serve there. He has announec
ed no policy with respeet to the
attack that undoubtedly will be
made upon the tax equilization law,
and it is known that a great deal of
pressure has been brought to bear
upon him against the law.
It is very evident that for the first
time in many years there will be no
prohibition agitation or effort in the
legislature this year. The expiring
legislature wrangled over that ques-'
tion bitterly through four sessions
finally working out the present law,
which all parties seem willing to let
alone until it may have an exhaustive
try-out. The new governor is be
lieved to hold to the opinion that
there should be no agitation of this
old row now.
Revenue the Problem.
The present and steady growing
deficit in the state’s finances will very
greatly affect the confederate pen
sion fund and the common school
fund unless some method of raising
more revenue is devised—and that is
perhaps the very greatest problem
now occupying the new governor’s
mind. He is confident with the help
of the legislature and its sympa
thetic co-operation, which he expects
to receive, his problem will be solved
satisfactorily. He likely will deal
with this subject at length in his
first message.
The retiring governor, Nat Harris,
will send his farewell message to the
general assembly on Thursday, June
28, and after that has been read and
his recess appointments considered
by the senate and some minor mat
ters wound up, he will give way to
the new governor at the end of three
days, as is the custom. The new gov
ernor can not be inaugurated until
the vote of the state has been can
vassed by the general assembly and
the results officially dclared.
A great deal of interest centers. in
the probable organization of the two
new houses of the general assmbly.
Apparently Samuel L. Olive, of Au
gusta, will be named president of the
senate, although he is being opposed
for this office hy Judge H. W. Hop
kins, of Thomasville, and Senator R.
A. Denny, of Rome. Senator Olive
claims to have two-thirds of the sen
ators pledged to him, and neither of
his opponents denies this. Both Judge
Hopkins and Senator Denny have
considerable following, and in the
event of a deadlock one or the other
likely would win. D. F. McClatchy,:
the present secretary of the senate,
quented places, the railroad officials
state, and at night make raids on
small towns. One camp of nearly
fifty is located several miles north of
Cleveland, and another north of
Osage. Several more camps are
strung along the Katy road in Osage
county.
The camps are moved frequently
to avoid apprehension.
PRINCESS’ GOWNS AT AUCTION
MUNICH, Germany—The public
auction of the wardrobe of Princess
Louise of Belgium, daughter of the
late King Leopold, netted $20,500.
The sale was staged in a theater and
extended‘ovor sevral days.
will be named to succeed himself,
without a contest.
The race for the speakership of the
house is attracting much attention.
The present speaker, William H.
Burwell, who has served two terms,
is a candidate to succeed himself.
Speaker Burwell’s friends claim with
great confidence that he has a big
margin of votes now pledged over the
required number.
Other Candidates Active.
On the contrary, former. Speaker
John N. Holder, Representative Nath
Culpepper and Representative Gar
land Jones are aetive candidates and
deny vigorously the eclaims of Mr.
Burwell. Mr. Holder undoubtedly
has a strong following, as have the
other two gentlemen named, and
there is, at least, a sufficiency of
doubt in this race to make the mat
ter interesting.
The new clerk of the house will be
E. B. Moore, of DeKalb county, who
was elected clerk of the house of the
last extra session after a spirited con
test, is opposed by J. B. Jackson, of
Jones county.
The forthcoming session of. the
new legislature does not promise any
considerable excitement. There does
not appear to be any prospect of fac
tional fights of any kind, and the ab
sence of this and the well-known pro
hibition issue would seem to assure a
session of legislative tranquility rath
er unusual in Georgia of late years.
NATION’S CIGARETTE SMOKERS
ALSO PUFFING MORE THAN
THEY EVER DID BEFORE.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—High tide
of whisky and beer revenuc:receipts
—and presumably consumption—in
the United States was reached dur
ing the fiscal year now closing. The
cigarette smokers of the nation, fig
ures show, also smoked more than
they have ever smoked before.
Ordinary internal revenue receipts,
composed chiefly of taxes on whisky,
beer and tobacco, were $424,327,463
so far this year, compared with $365,-
126,544 last year. Guaged by reve
nue receipts, the present year prob
ably will go down in history as the
banner year of the liquor traffic.
Revenue collected on whisky thus
far in the fiscal year is approximate
ly $178,000,000, a recsgd for any
yvear, although the current fiseal
vear still has eleven days. Ordinary
receipts still are pouring in, more
than $1,000,000 a day. At the tax
rate of $l.lO per gallon, these figures
mean that taxes have been paid on
about 154,000,000 gallons. This ex
ceeds by 11,000,000 gallons the rec
ord of the next highest year, 1913.
Part of these heavy receipts is ac
counted for, however, by heavy with
drawals from bonded warehouses in
the face of the 100 per cent. increase
in taxes contemplated in the war
revenue bill.
Revenue from beer is about $94,-
000,000, a little less than the record
of 1914, when approximately 66,-
000,000 barrels—taxable at $1.50
per barrel—were consumed. It is ex
pected that when the fiscal year clos
es June 30, the 1914 record will have
been surpassed.
Tobacco yielded more than $lOO,-
000,000 revenue this year. The near
est approach to this figure was last
year’s revenue of approximately $BB,-
000,000. A large part of the 15 per
cent. increase is believed due to the
growing popularity of cigarettes
among women.
FARMERS OPPOSED TO ANY LAW
~ WHICH WILL DIRECT WHAT
AND HOW TO PLANT.
' ATLANTA, Ga., June 20.—I¢t has
become known here that there is a
strong opposition in Georgia to Mr.
Hoover’s plan, as it is understood
down here, of having conferred in
the food control bill the power to
control the crop planting and speci
fic production in the country. When
the food control bill was first be
ing prepared, it is stated by those
in this state in position to know,
the suggestion that the government
fix minimum prices on crops met
with unalterable opposition and it
was finally agreed to eliminate that
proposed feature of the bill.
The farming interests, it is stated,
did not understand that there would
be any effort toward a direct con
trol by the government of the pro
duction of the country and the or
ganized fArmers are now opposed to
the enactment of any measure which
will give the government a board, ap
pointed by the government, the pow
er to direet what and how much of
a crop a farmer shall plant,
This information comes from men
especially interested in the pending
food bill and who have been follow
ing its course pretty closely, and it
appears to have all the marks of
good authority. Amp;g‘tbpm were
some of the very earliest movants for
some sort of regulation by the gov
ernment, which would make abso
l!m!r impossible She Comestag of
‘crops spec P D
GEORGIA LINES HAVE FILED
PETITION ASKING FOR IN.
CREASED RATES.
OVER $1,500,000 GAIN
IN INCOME WOULD RESULT
Paper Filed With Railroad Commis
sion Urge Higher Wages and In
crease in Cost of Fuel and Other
Material as Reason.
The state railroad commission has
fixed July 7th for hearing the pe
tition which has jointly been filed by
every railroad in Georgia asking for
a minimum horizontal increase of 15
per cent. in all interstate freight
rates in Georgia, with much sharper
increases in many instances.
The railroads are asking these in
creases, representing * that by rea
son of large increase in wages of em
ployes, and in the prices of fuel and
other materials and supplies, cou
pled with which is the prospect of
other increases, an emergency has
been created which requires that
those carriers be promptly afforded
an advance in their freight trans
portation charges.”
~ The carriers ask that the proposed
}increases be allowed to go into ef
}fect July 1, or as early thereafter as
| practicable.
Hearing Not Yet Assigned.
&he commission has not yet as
signed for hearing this latest petition
of the carriers for an increase in
freight rates. It was made clear at
the office of the commission that in
assigning a date for hearing, the com
mission will bear in mind the neces
sity of giving the widest possible
}notice to shipping and reasonable
time for preparation before the hear
ing is held.
Estimated upon the earnings of the
railroads in Georgia for the year of
1914, the proposed increase of 15
lper cent. would mean an increase of
approximately $1,500,000 per year,
and, if the present earnings are larg
ler than those of 1914, as is report
'ed, a proportionately greater total
'incr(ease in annual freight charges in
this state.
l The petition was filed by the fol
lowing railroads, representing all
other lines in Georgia: The Atlanta,
Birmingham and Atlantic; the Atlan
ta and West Point; the Atlantic
Coast Line; the Central of Georgia;
the Georgia; the Georgia Southern
and Florida; the Louisville and Nash
lville; the Seaboard Air Line; the
Southern, and the Western and At
lantic.
100 Aviators Unload From Troop
Ship. All France Throbs With
Unbounded Joy.
PARIS, France.—The first contin
gents of America’s fighting men have
arrived in France preparatory to
taking up their duties on the firing
line. Coming in bodies ranging from
small coteries of officers to shiploads
of soldiers, they will fill the great
concentration camps which have been
prepared for them.
The first to arrive were 100 United
States aviators. Scarcely had they
unloaded from their troop ship and
slung their flying machines in their
new hangars, when the boom of can
non announced the arrival of Ameri
can warships. And as the low-lying
gray-cloaked vessels swung about
majestically, another—a high-reck
ed ship—steamed through their midst
and tied up to the wharf of a French
port.
France Is Enthusiastic.
It was the naval collier Jupiter
bearing 10,500 tons of wheat for feod
for the United States soldiers.
The heart of France throbbed with
an unspeakable joy when the arrival
of the American men-o’-war and
American soldiers was announced. It
was the greatest joy felt since the
battle of the Marne. On all lips,
though unspoken, and in all eyes,
stood the words:
“They have come!”
Many Munitions Men Are
Trying To Cheat Your Uncle Sam
WASHINGTON.-—Widespread at
tempts on the part of munitions
manufacturers to evade the payment
of profits tax imposed by congress
last September have been reported
by the internal revenue agents who
have been working quietly for the
last two months checking up the
manufacturers’ returns.
The extent of the attempted eva
sion thus far brought to the atten
tion of the treasury totals more than
$10,000,000 or approximately 40 per
cent. of the returns voluntarily
~ Seores of the manufacturers of
GIRL HITS THE MARK
IN A TEST AT SCHOOL
Teacher Wanted to Know the Best
Definition for “Wife.”
The pretty school teacher had ask
ed her class for the best original defi
nition of “wife,” and the boy in the
corner promptly responded, “A rib!”
She looked at him reproachfully
and nodded to the boy with dreamy
eyes, who seemed anxious to say
something. “A man’s guiding star and
guardian angel!” he said, in response
to the nod. “A helpmeet!” put in a
little flaxon-haired girl. “One who
soothes man in adversity,” suggested
a demure little girl. ““And spends his'
money when he’s flush,” added the
incorrigible boy in the corner. |
There was a lull, and the pretty,
dark-haired girl said, slowly, “A wife
is the envy of spinsters.” “One who
makes a man hustle,” was the next
suggestion. “And keeps him from
making a fool of himself,” put in
another girl.
“Some one for a man to find fault
with when things go wrong,” said a
sorrowful little maiden. “Stop
there,” said the pretty school teacher:
“that’s the best definition.”
€ 99
A DEAR,” SAYS N 0.5
DR. M’IVOR-TYNDALL, WHO RE
CENTLY VISITED ATLANTA,
. HAS LONG LIST OF WIVES.
~ CHICAGO.—Dr. Alexander J. Me
‘lvor-Tyndall, lecturer on love, blush
‘ingly admitted to-day that he has
added No. 6 to his roll of wives. She
was Miss Hudson, actress-lecturer.
Wife No. 5, who secured a divorce
in order to make way for No. 6, was
'present at the inauguration of her
Successor.
“My husband’s new wife is such
a dear,” said wife No. 5. To-day No.
6 acknowledged the compliment by
calling No. 5 “dearie.” :
Tyndall and the Mesdames Tyn
dall were gathered together in a par
lor at a loop hotel as No. 5 talked.J
Margaret, wife No. 5, wore upon
her left breast a massive “swasti
la." the magical sign of the “new
thought” cult, :
- “Margaret and the doctor are the
two heads of the new thought,” said
Laura. “I know little abo’ut it, but
I am going to learn, for it is beau
tiful. You must read the doctor's
book on ‘Sex—the Unknown Quanti
ty.” You will find it good.” |
The wife-who-was and the wife
who-is then sent owt for a quart of
ice cream, talked over the past—
some of it—and sealed it over the
frozen dainty. }
Dr. A. J. Meclvor-Tyndall was in
Atlanta recently, spending a week‘
or more and. delivered several lec
tures before various clubs and so-!
cieties of the ecity. |
$500,000 FOR FIGHT ON
Department of Agriculture Fears Its
Spread With Great Damage Un
less Drastic Action Is Taken.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—An imme
diate appropriation of $500,000 for
an effective Texas border quarantine
against the pink boll worm of cotton
in Mexico, to supplant the $£50,000
appropriated in the annual agricultu
ral bill for the coming fiscal year,
was asked of congress in a letter
which Secretary Houston sent Chair
man Lever, of the house agricultural
committee, to-day. A deficiency ap
propriation probably will be made.
While the pink boll worm so far
has gained only a slight foothold on
the border, causing a quarantine of
a small area in Texas heretofore, the
department of agriculture officials
fear it spread with large damage un
less there is some quick drastic ac
tion. The small appropriation in the
current agricultural act was to meet
the emergency caused by the exist
ence of the pest in Mexico and the
movement of 500 carloads of cotton
seed from the infested districts in
Mexico to milling points in Texas
and elsewhere. It was to enable the
secretary of agriculture to prohibit
movement of cotton and cotton seed
from Mexico into the United States,
inspection of cotton fields and watch
ing of the situation generally. Since
then the spread of the insect has
alarmed the federal officials.
munitions are said to have attempt
ed to defeat the full operation of
the law making only partial returns
to their profits. Some of the largest
concerns in the industry failed to
make complete returns of profits, it
is charged.
Under the law munitions makers
are required to report to the com
missioner of internal revenues their
profits each year and to pay the
government a tax of 12% per cent.
Virtually all of the six hundred to
seven hundred manufacturers made
their returns, apparently in con
it B BB e
ts which nef e ernment ap
proximately 9“.500.& in taxes.
N S B st e O R S
VOL. 35.---NO. 44
CHILDREN OF FRANCE
P e SRR IS T i
PAYING PRIGE OF WAR
STARTLING PICTURE OF SAV.
AGERY AND HUMAN HORRORS
LEFT BY GERMANS. ‘
THE STARVED AND MAIMED
Life and Death Horrors, Human and
Inhuman, Revealed in Terrible ‘
Guises. Mere Shadows of Child
hood. Never Be Normal Again.
BEHIND THE BRITISH LINES
IN FRANCE.—(Correspondent of
the Associated Press.)—The French
found in the valleys of Northern
France evacuated by the Germans
under the pressure of the British and
French offensive present a picture
of the savagery of modern warfare
as characteristic as the Somme for
est, shattered and broken by months
of shell fire, : i
Many Wounded. )
Many of the children are orphans
without homes or relatives. Many
have been seriously wounded. Most
of them suffer from a peculiar spe
cies of shell shock which afflicts them
generally with a sort of tremor not
unlike St. Vitus dance.
- They have had life and death, hor
rors, human and inhuman, revealed
to them in guises so terrible that
they will never be quite normal
again. All are underfed aund frail
from confinement in cellars. Cut off
suddenly from relatives and friends
perhaps two years ago, they have
continued to live within a few hun
dred yards of the front lines, listen
ing always to the thunder of shells
and the crash of explosives until
their idea of heaven is ““a place that
is very quiet.”
Children Cared For. .
The condition of peasant men and
women who have been listening un
der the shadow of the invaders
through these long months and years
has been bad enough, but the con
dition of half-starved, mentally de
ranged little children has bheen far
worse. All the children wers col
lected and shepherded by first en
tente troops into the newly occupied
areas.
Everything that can be done to
cure and care for them is being done.
constituting one of the most impox
tant tasks of the French companies
on reconstruction. The first step was
to remove them well behind the front
areas. Those who were orphans were
taken far away beyond sound of
shells, many of them to the south of
France. The mildest cases were then
put under the care of farm mothers,
The more serious cases must also be
kept under close medical superivision
in special instructions.
Suffer Brain Fever. 4
One French organization has 400
children, all under 12 years old.
Most of them are weunded, some
have lost legs or arms, others their
sight, others are suffering from brain
fever.
They are the vietims of ruthless
ness of modern warfare,” said the
head of the hospital. “There is ne
better argument against war than te
see these mutilated little victims whe
will never play or enjoy life again.
They are mere shadows of childhood.
It is difficult to make them talk, and
they tremble and start at any noise.
Women are always gentle with chil
dren, but with these children we need
a special gentleness as if we were .
handling somthing more iragile than
the most delicate china.”
Rendered Dumb.
One of the patients, a five-year-old
boy, who had been rendered dumb
from shell shock, showed no im
provement until after he had been in
the hospital seven weeks. Than one
day he opened his eyes after a long
sleep and said with a twisted smile
to the nurse: “It is very quiet here
—J like it.”
Cases like that encourage the
nurses, but there are many sadder
cases—-child patients whose wounds
must inevitably prove fatal, patients
who despite every effort grow stead
ily weaker, patients who are grad
ually losing their reason and whom
nothing can save.
RAYMOND STAPLETON APPLIES
FOR SERVICE JUDGE ADVGCATE
One of Most Clear Cut Documents
Sent to the War Department.
The many friends here, at his old
home, will read with mueh interest
the following from the Atlanta Con
stitution concerning Mr. Raymond
Stapleton: b
Raymond Stapleton, of Elbert, 8
member of Governor Harris' ‘military
staff, who has served through the
governor’s term as his executive sec
retary, has filed application mrm
war department for appointment in
the officers’ reserve corps as judge i
‘advocate in the amy.”t. taple
ton’s application is backed by a list
of indorsements from some of the
strongest, men in the state and is
probably one mé‘?'aj%;*fi ut.
‘war department from Gec M. g