The Arnett Leader. (Arnett, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, December 21, 1917 Page: 4 of 8
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VGLEIEEMT
IS MS Tlllifu
War Department Gratified Over
Record of Four Months’ Re-
cruiting for Service
1753000 MEN PASSED UPON
Regular Army Officers Urge Necessity
of Early Dispatch of Large Num-
ber of Troops to Training
Camps In France
By EDWARD B CLARK
Washington — War department offi-
cials are expressing their gratification
at the record of four months’ recruiting
for the different branches of the serv-
ice The enlistment books show that
the volunteer spirit in the United
States is - living thing
Recruiting figures compiled from offi-
cial sources show that in the last four
uouths more than 1750000 men have
volunteered for the military and naval
services of the country This does not
mean that this number of men have
been accepted for service but It means
that volunteers to the number given
have tried to get into the ranks either
of the army or the navy
For every man accepted by the army
navy marine corps the National
Guard the officers’ reserve corps and
the various reserves there is official
sanction for the word that at least two
men willing and anxious to serve their
country were rejected for physical or
other reasons for every one man that
succeeded in passing the exainiuutions
The regular army and tlie National
Guard according to the last figures
have each gained in four months’ time
about 185000 men Everyone of these
men was a volunteer The rejections
numbered something over one million
During the same period of four months
the navy has taken in for fighting pur-
poses about 88000 men More than
150000 young Americans have applied
for a chance to enter the various offi-
cers training camps throughout the
country The marine corps virtually is
recruited to its full war strength and
every man of them is a volunteer
Plays No Favorites
The war department officials In
Washington believe that the selective
conscription plan for a great army is
the best that can be adopted because
It plays 'no favorites It makes every
man of military age no matter what
his social position or his wealth take
his chance with every other man The
officials have tried to keep the volun-
teer spirit in everything that has gone
to make up the new National army
and seemingly they have succeeded
They say that the selected man will be
considered a volunteer
It is pretty well known that hundreds
of thonsnnds of young Americans if
they had not known that selective serv-
ice was coming would have volun-
teered for the regulars the National
Guard or the navy The fact that
young men saw a chance to serve In
the new army the war department offi-
cials believe kept many of them from
entering the established services It is
held however that nearly 2000000
men having shown their willingness
to enter the regulars or the Guard Is
proof enough that the volunteer spirit
is still vibrant
Ilere Is the table indicating the num-
ber of men who have volunteered for
the American service In four months:
Ranking officers of the United States
army ranking In position and inrolli-
tary sagacity have come to take the
position of the French army men in the
matter of the necessity of the early
dispatch of large numbers of Ameri-
can troops to the training camps back
of the battle line
A definite plan has been submitted
giving the number of divisions that
should be sent to France and fixing the
latest time limit for their arrival
abroad It is not best to give the num-
bers of men asked for nor to fix defi-
nitely the time when lac army men
hope they can be put into he place of
greatest advantage to the war cause
but there is no harm In saying that the
more active minded army men are ask-
ing that the order for "double time”
be given ' '
Speed Up Preparation
There has neen an acceleration of
the pace of preparation In the army
and the navy departments but thlDgs
in the military service are comparativ
as they are in civil life If the quick-
spirited ones of the service have their
way the Germans will feel the Ameri-
can hand and hand grenades with much
greater force and In much greater num-
bers than the wise men of the kaiser’s
militaristic machine had any thought
would or could be the case -
Little by little tjieoWll authorities
in the land and sea departments have
been yielding to the advice occasion-
ally emphasized by the spur pricks of
the soldlpr -element There waf a dis-
position on the part of civilians for
some time to point out obstacles sup-
posedly in the wny of quick support
for the allied lines of Europe All that
army officers had to do was to point
to the campaign rule which provides
I ’
means for troops to surmount or to get
around obstacles
There is a very distinct understand-
ing In Washington that the transport
problem is In a fair way of quick so-
lution With this problem solved there
remains the problem of supplies but In
this matter also hope has come In
"great quantities”
Then there Is the matter of the pre-
liminary training of the recruits who
In large numbers have joined the reg-
ulars and the National Guard In ev-
ery newly formed regular regiment
there is something more than a nucleus
of veterans Army men say that green
men can be made into soldiers twice
as rapidly when they have a battalion
of seasoned men to train and to rally
about
The trained regulars who with the
recruits make up the new regiments
are of course In better shape for im-
mediate fighting than are the National
Guardsmen no matter how long the
state troopers may have been in the
service but with dally drill and in-
struction it will not be long before the
Guardsmen are regulars Therefore
the training of the Guard recruits
ought not to take much longer tliqn'
that of the rookies who have joined
the regulars
Make Rapid Progress
Reports to the war department show
that the troops now in France have
progressed rapidly In the lessons of the
school of the new warfare It Is pret-
ty well known In Washington that
army officers now abroad believe that
one week in camp in France is worth
a month in camp in the United States
This fact has quickened the desire of
army officers and presumably that of
the civilian authorities to increase as
rapidly as possible the number of
troops now preparing for actual con-
flict While some persons are still trying
to delay democracy’s work and thereby
gratify the Germans there seemingly
is no chnnce that they will be able to
submarine" our transports before
they leave port There is only a small
hacking in congress for the attempt
which is being made to prevent the
sending of National Guardsmen and
the new National army to France Of
course if this attempt should be suc-
cessful the war- would be lost unless
the allies could win It for themselves
Officials believe that there is virtual-
ly no chance that the Supreme court on
a constitutional question would decide
that the members of the National
Guard and of the new army must stay
on this side of the water Aa attempt
to take a test case before the court is
however one of the blocking schemes
The training of the National Guard
troops will be quickened if the war de-
partment does not yield to tbe de-
mands of the politicians and make
brigadier generals out of unservice-
able civilians The brigadier general
under the new fighting ruled must be
a man of military parts Washington
looks for quick results in the National
Guard training camps and as goes
without saying in the camps of the reg-
ulars The word is for troops and
more troops quickly to move to the
front and seemingly belief Is that the
word “will go”
$ REGISTERED “FI BED” $
THEN SUES FOR $1000
i — $
Tulsa Okla— Alleging he was
discharged because of the time £
(
£
) it took him to register for mill- $
$ tary service Albert Golden has
brought suit against Bumgarner $
& Downing furniture dealers
V
$ for $1000 damages
Golden who Was employed by
the defendants as a teamster Jgi
claims be left the store at 4:30
o'clock In the afternoon to go to ftp
his precinct registering place
but when he arrived the line 8ji
ahead of him was so long that
CRAVE FOR WHITE BREAD
Americans in Parle Envy United
State’ Soldiers Home-Baked
War Ration
Paris — The decision that real white
bread Is to be furnished the United
States troops now encamped in France
has awakened a feeling of envy md r
craving of appetite among Americano
living in Paris For months they have
been eating the dark heavy war bread
and as the English say are quite “fed
up on it”
An American hostess who was giving
a small dinner recently wished to give
her guests a treat She arose at five
o’clock in the morning to get to the
one place in central Paris where white
bread is procurable before the limited
supply was exhausted She paid 10
cents for a tiny loaf the size of the
ordinary 6-cent loaf in New York find
It occupied the place of honor ou her
table that evening 1
AGED 96 CUTS DOWN TREE
r
West Virginia- Patriarch Does
8hy at Hard Work Despite
HI Age
Not
Fairmont W Va — Elbert Moran
ninety-six years old does not shy at
hard work despite his age To insure
the safety of the many guests who
were coming to his home to help him
celebrate Ms birthday Moraji went out
on his farm at six o’clock In’ tbe morn-
ing and chopped down a tree -With
the aid of a son he cut the tree Into
sleeperB for the support of fi bridge It
was necessary for Ms guests to cross
Notice to Rural Telephone Sub-
scribers Telephones not settled for by
ah or note by Jantiery 1st 1918
will be discontinued until settled
for After January 1st telephones-
of" th in 30 days past due will
vue ’o pay coll lo Gage or Hig-
Kins Ve do this to get you on a
monthly basis as we cannot possi
My carry them twelve months at a
time and keep up our toil lines
and expenses and it will be better
for you and us than to let it run
f:r a year at a time- A small a-
toii Hi is much easier paid than a
1 roe erp and it v r f’ tyn
ivo lot -Su'iso - y
month W e do this not to be hard
on any one but because we must
in order to keep up lines and expenses-
Yours tor1 goou service
as we always like to please those
best that please us by keeping
Raid up Natural you know
A rnett Telephone Company
By C U Shatter
At tbe time of his death Henry
-lay Kirby was 73 years old lie
ceased was born iu Dewitt county
Ohio He served his country in
ne' 107th Illinois Volunteers lor
more than three years during the
Civil War and was uili General
Sherman in his march to the sea
Mr Kirby was a plain cut-spoken
man for the principles he thought
right and his big heart always
throbbed in the interest -of humani-
y Besides his wife he leaves to
La j'u his death ' vn mj-uvs iestJ-
a’ in Ohio ' ol -in
Army of the ilnpuhlio had
charge of his funeral service and
the casket with its mortal remains
was caruied to the grave near Drain
right by comrades cf the Sixties
Strange is it not that al H e
’ 1 hi favor of a tusou ol tin-
lii parties and a tifty-tifty division
of the offices should be indulged in
uy patriotic democrats in states
Lnt are naturally republican For
example in Illinois and VYisoou
sin both of which are normally
republican- But in Mississippi and
Texas both of which are over-
whelmingly democratic not a word
i’ uttered iu favor of giving d ie-
j
publican anything myre than the
law allows him
Gough Medicina For Children
Mrs Hugh Cook Scottsville N
Y says: “About five years ago
when we were living in Garbutt N
Y I doctored two of my children
suffering from colds withChambei-
Iain’s Congh Remedy and foundit
just as represented in every way(
It promptly checked their coughing
and cured their cold' quicker than
anything I ever used ” Obtainable
everywhere-
“Bill’1 Curtis of Peek is another
new subscriber of the Loader this
week handing us a dollar Monday
Mr Curtis attended the prelimi-
nary hearing of Clyde Cadwell
charged with slaughtering a beef
belonging to George Harrel J
Henry Jahay of Greenwood
iuwu-iiip sends the editor his check
and requests that his name be placed
on the Leader’s subscription book
Mr Jabay is a substantial farmer
and good citizen of Greenwood
ownship : ‘
In giving the American people a
chance to invest their small change
iq thrift stamps the government is
not only benevolent but provident
The plan works for the public
ood from all angles
Every time a housewife orders
beef instead of veal she is giving
that calf a chance to grow into full
steerhood A three-year-old will
feed more American boys at the
front than a calf will
R M Jones of the southeast
part of the county was a bub visit
or Monday Mr - Jones called at
the Leader office and shoved his
subscription ahead a dollar’s worth
Mrs W N Mitchell returned
from Hiawatha Kansas Saturday
evening where she has been for
several weeks visiting with rela-
tives '
Mr and Mrs- Will Fesler and
children of Greenwood! township
were county hub visitors Tuesday
evening
Do you miss today that meat or-
der you did not give last week?
One of the most profitable ways
to market cum is through the hng
- -
Attorney A E Williams went
to Enid Sunday to transact legal
bnsiness
You may love the American hog
but the boys on the fighting line
will enjoy the pork
Mrs'E M Kirby requests the
editor to mail her the Leader at
Drumrigbt It will go this week
Frank Wiedeukofer of Has well
Colo was rnadf a Christmas pres
fiX ol the Leader this week by his
nephew Virgil Holt
A girl baby was born Saturday
to Mr- and Mrs Charley Plaunty
at Augusta Kansas Grandpa
“Bill” and Grandma are tickled to
death nearly over the arrival
County Engineer Frank Sandford
is mourning the loss of five head
of two-year old cattle that died on
his farm Wednesday He opened
three of them up and found death
resulted from an impaction of their
stomachs This is too bad and
quite a loss to Mr Sandford
Villa is reported to have grown
a luxuriant set of black whiskers
While it is true that the leopard
cannot camouflage bis spots you
have always the alternative of kill-
ing the varment
ow is the Time
to go to Northup’s and leave your orders for Player
Pianos and Pianos for Xmas as the factories are 3 to
5 weeks behind on their orders If you cannot afford
a piano buy her a Singer Sewing Machine or Victrola
or Graf anola Clock Watch Silverware Cut Glass
Chinaware ‘
Buy Youir Girl or Boy
a Bracelet Watch or Watch Fob Chain Fountain
- Pen Kodak or Camera Doll Lavaliere Band Ring
Diamond Ring or Bet Ring
They also have a fine line of French Ivory Large
stock of Player Music Rolls Sheet Music
If they have not got what you want they will try and
get it for you
S W Northup at Shattuck Okla
The Leader only 8100 a year
Have your job printing done at
the Leader office
Fine job printing done at the
Leader ofiiice prices right
We can save you money cn that
bill of groceries— H- W Sibley
& Company
Lamb chops served at meals will
keep full grown sheep from fur-
nishing meat and wool for the sol-
diers Think it over when you
are planning that next meal
Danger Signal
If the fire hpll should ring would
yon i ul and slop it or go and help
put out tbe fire? It is much tlie
same way with a cough A congh
is a danger signal as much as a fire
bell You should no more try to
suppress it than to stop a fie bell
when it is ringing but should cure
the disease that causes the cough-
ing This can nearly always be
done by taking Chamberlains Cough
Remedy Many have used it with
the most beneficial results It is
especially valuable for the persist-
ent cough that so often follows a
bad cold or an attack of the grip
Mrs7 Thomas Beeching Andrews
Ind writes: “During the winter
my husband takes cold easily and
coughs and coughs Chamberlain’s
Cough Remedy is the best medicine
for breaking up these attacks and
you cannot get him to take any
other ” Obtainable everywnere
rk
GLAD TOTESTIFY
Say Watoga Lady “As To Wist
Cardui Has Done For Me So
As To Help Others”
Watoga W Va— Mrs S W Gladwell
of this town says: “When about 15 years
of age I suffered greatly Sometimes
would go a month or two and I had
terrible headache backache and bearing
down pains and would just drag and
had iso appetite Then it would last
two weeks and was so weakening
ind my health was awful
My mother bought me a bottle of
Cardui and I began to improve after
taking the first bottle so kept it up till I
took three I gained and was well
and strong and I owe it all to Cardui
1 am married now and have 3 children
Have never had to have a doctor for
female trouble and just resort to Cardui
if I need a tonic 1 am glad to testify lo
what it has done for me so as to help
others”
If you are nervous or weak have head-
aches backaches or- any of the other
ailments so common to women why not
give Cardui a trial? Recommended by
many physicians In use over 40 years
Begin taking Cardui today It may
be the very medicine you need
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J J Henry Arnett Okla
A E Williams
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Practice in all Courts 'Office op-
posite the court house on tbe west
side of the Square Arnett Okla
C B Leedy
Attorney-at-Law
Practice in all Courts Office on
the southeast corner of the Square
' Arnett Okla
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—ABSTRACTER—
—LAND OFFICE WORK—
Arnett - Oklahoma
Wm J Bamber
Physician and Surgeon
Office Northeast Corner of
' Square Phone 49 '
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James, Frank M. The Arnett Leader. (Arnett, Okla.), Vol. 11, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, December 21, 1917, newspaper, December 21, 1917; Arnett, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1784167/m1/4/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed June 21, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.