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PACE THREE PAGE THEATRE, THURSDAY, JUNE 21. MTCPFOTJD MAIL TRTTVTTXR METVFOTCP. 0T7F.CI0N. TUESDAY. JUNE If). 1017 WHAT IS UR GHANCETO SERV E Gilson Gardner Writes of Opportu nities Facing Those Who Regis tered and of Conditions in Camps of Selected Men Who Will Be Exempted and Why Used at Home. HY GILSON CIARDNKH. VASUINGTON", Junu 19 Xow Hint wc lmve l'onisti'i'eil for sclut-tivi Ht'i'vicc, what next1? jjTliis iiurstiiin is in the miiirls ut iibout 10,000,000 young men and their 30,000.000 relatives. The. answer in some of its details will be delayed for several days. I! is eonlnined in regulations now being worked out by Provost Marshal Gen eral Crowder and it must have tin final approval of the secretary of war ami the president. Some of the questions, however, enn be answered. For instance, hov are the men to be chosen f What are the chances of being selected bi lottery and by exemption hoards? How Men Are Chosen. Til round numbers a million and a half names will be taken by lot from the ten million rogisiered names. The chances are about one in seven and a half of being selected in this lot tery. Then will follow exemptions on the ground of occupation, dependent relatives or physical defects. This will cut the number down to 500,000, so that the chance is one in tlucc of Ming selected from Hie list chosen b.vjjot. Will married men be excused? At this writing this question is un answered. It may be covered by the regulations which will before long be published. Probably it will be left largely to the judgment of the local exemption boards. Will sons with dependent mothers be excused' Again the answer is to be found in the regulations and the judgment of the local exemption boa i ds. Wlio Is Kxcmplcd 1'roadly speaking, it may he said that those having dependent relatives' will be excused. Not all, however, will be exc ised. They are more likely j , ,i t. : e 1 1. to ue cm i..-co, ao"cei, il uicu occu pation is important to industry, as, lor instance, it tney arc in a inccnun ieal trade or fanning. If it should happen that the man with a dependent relative be a lawyer or have no regular profession he might still he selected on the theory that the $:!0 a month to he paid him as a soldier would go farther toward xigportin his dependent mother than casual earnings in industry or his profession. It is expected that about one man in three will measure up to the phy sical requirements. These require ments will necessarily be relaxed from the severe tesls applied to the regular army and will come nearer to those applied to state militia. Another Dmwing. If it should happen that exemptions for occupation, physical defects and dcpcndenl relatives reduced the num ber in any community below the num ber required from that community another drawing would be made from the registration list and new eandi dales would appear before the ex emption boards, These exemption hoards will he in manv can's the same officials who did the n mistering. It is not note sary, how'ever, that they be the same officials. Nominations for exemp tion board clutv are now being senl t. the prc.-ident and by him forwarded to the war department where they are investigated to discover their qualifications to serve on such boards. Appeal is allowed from the decision of exemption hoard and one of the big jobs now faced by the war depart ment is the creation of these boards of appeal, one in each federal judicial district. Judicial districts are quite large and such appeal boards will be vcrv busv after the exemption board have done their work, bearing enseo brought to them on appeal. Hofcnrtllng Apix'iil It is not necessarv to have a lawyer to make the apcal. The purpose is to luie everylhing informal. If a candidate feels that he is not being fairly dealt with bv his local exemp lion hoard and that he has a proper ."oiind to be excused he may eom be fo.e the appeal board and tell bis story. The work of selecting from the reg istered men is expected to oecupv nearly two months. Hy that time the government will have a roster of a half million or more able-bodied and more or less foot-loose Young men. Tlie-e voiing men will not be called M NEW ARMY 4-t W &VM I.illv I.eonhardt and Guv Snnipsel Tlieater Musical Comedy Miccss, until the caulonmcut barracks arc ready for llieiii. This will not be be fore September 1, according to the present indications. It will take from CO to 00 days to build these cantonment cities, but when they are readv the men will be ordered to assemble and will be put under the command of officers now being trained in the various camps of the officers' reserve corps. These officers will teach the oOO.OOO rookies tnc iirst principles ot .soldiering. Xo Distinction in Service. Pay will begin tor each man from the lime he gels orders to report or takes the formal oath as a soldier. It will begin whether he actually ia or dered to camp or begins drilling or re mains at home. lie will be issued his uniform and shoes and when he has put them on he will resemble in all respect a soldier in the national guard or regular army. There is nothing distinctive about the uniform of the selective service armv unless a button on the collar be used to designate as the militia and regulars are designated. In assembling and organizing the men an effort will be made to hold localities together. The boys iroiu Chicago, for instance, will not be mixed up with those from St. I.ouis or New York, altho they may be if the war department later dicides to mix them. The law directs that so far as it may be practicable men from the same communities he kept together. Kligihlo to Coniissioiis, Men in the selecthe service army will be eligible to officers' commands and it is announced that the third series of officers' camps will he made up of men chosen from the selected soldiers. The second camp is lo be August -7 and Hie third will probably conic in October or November. In official circles it is privatdv ad mitted that the chief purpose of this selective service army is fur the de fense of this country. Much has been said and written about sending men to the trenches in Krancc. Men are going to Prance now and il will not be long before (Icn. Per shing has a couple of divisions there, hut it probably will be a long time before the men now about to bgin their training will see active service of any kind. Tiimijh for Home (tiiai'd. This does not mean that America is not to take its full pail in the war. It merely means that one of the most important tasks this country faces is the preparation of a large reserve army, mobilized equipsd and trained to be used, if ncces.snry, to defend this country from foreign ag gression. As much as wc would like to send large bodies of troops abroad, the shortage of transports makes this an almost impossible task in the near future. Feeding the people in France and Knglnud is already a tremendous burden which must be shared at once by the I'nited States, ami every man t 'nt over there from the 1'nited States is another man to be fed, clothed, mu nitioned and tran-portcd by the work ers at home. Selective service men who will be di-appointcd if they do not see active fiL'htmg at once will do well to en list in the navy, the marine corps or even the regular army. All of tlic-e will go before til.' se lective cr ice army. This army may in the end all go. That is for the I future to determine. 4 f- ijHfe ? y in the brilliant New ork Casino rlora jieiia. PETKOGHA1), Jane 19.- The American mission, headed by Eiilui Koot, was busily engaged today in formal conference with cabinet mem bers and army nnd navy officers who explained Russia's needs and began preparing preliminary lists- of supplies the United States can J'ur uisb. Mr. Root and Ambassador Francis had luncheon today willi President Kodzianko of the Uunia, iuu MY. Koot later called on General Kuropal kiu. .James Duncan and Charles Edward Uassell, other members of the mis sion, will be entertained at luncheon at the American embassy. M. Sko belcl'f, minister of labor, and M. Tse retelli, minister of posls and tele graphs, socialist member of the cabi net, will be present. Mr, Root and some other members of the cabinet probably will visit Moscow Thursday. .John F. Stevens, head of the Ameri can railroad couimisMon, has been suffering from inflammation of the ear. lie has been confined to a hos pital and not been able to attend ihe conferences, lfcar Admiral James II. Glennon and the naval party started Sunday for Sebastopnl. They probably will remain with the P.lack sea fleet for five days. General Iluli L. Scott and his staff are expected to usiL the fighting front durnur the week. El vefjb o dv's i.ocer sens rumble s. because newly every body has learned of the food value IPi I Zl'HIClI, dune 1st. The Polish deputy Daszinski declared in the Vienna b'eichsrath that more than :)0.(!II0 P.des had been hanged by or ordcr of German authorities, accord ing to the Vicuna Arbeiter Zeiung, which prints sccial details of the sit -thins of the reichsruth on the 11th and l.'ith. Deputy Stiiberny also de scribed the abominable treatment ac corded political suspects, whereupon the Pan-Germanist Deputy Jlcine shouted : "They have not used the rope enough; all of them ought to have been hanged." At these words all the Slav and Polish members rushed uihui Ilcinc and the president was obliged to sus pend the sitting in the midst of a tre mendous uproar. COPF.NIIAGKN, June 10. The re volt of the Poles in the Austrian parliament is described by the Vienna -pendent of the Vossisehe Zei tung as having produced a crisis in which the position not only of Pre mier Claiu-Martinie, but also of Count Czernin, the foreign minister is threatened. The Vossisehe Zeilang correspond ent, however, points out that the de fection of the Poles in parliament is sufficient lo turn the scales against the government since the rest of the Slav Iiloe is in opposition. The Poles indicated the seriousness of their in tention by a decision to vote against the budget, being the first parliamen tary group in nny belligerent country aside from n handful of extreme so cialists, in refusing to vote a war credit. The Polish nsnirations, which re cently have been indicated, aim at practically an independent kingdom openly on an nnti-Gcminu basis. , IT LONDON, June5 '1'). The Times' Madras correspondent sends the' text of a government order issued Sur.day forbidding Mi;s. Anna DesaJit, Ihv English theosophist, and two male assistants mimed Arundel and Wade, to participate in any meetings, deliver lectures or publish their writings. The order also pats their eones pomlenee under censorship; they are prohibited from residing in Madras city and certain areas are preseiibed which they must not leave. The cause of the restrictions is not stated by the government. A. dispatch from London in July, l!ll(i, said Mrs. Ilcsant had been pro hibited from entering- the Bombay presidency. For many years Mrs, He sant, who was a devoted pupil of .Mine. Hlavatsky, has travelled in all parts of the world lecturing for the Theosophical society, of which she was elected president in 11107. She founded the Central Hindu college at Benares in 1!M)8 and several years later in tbe same town the Central Hindu Girls' school. She has been an advocate of home rule for I ml The New Whole Wheat iiiuuwiin "ic ui'itcwus Hamr originated liy the KelloggTousleiifomfijkefa f All Whe.t ! AT PALOUSE SHOOT Palouae, Wash., June 19. O. E. Huckmun of Lewiston, Idaho, and II. R. Ponton, professional of San Fran cisco, were liifih in the first day's trap shoot of the Idawa gun club shoot with 149 birds out of 150 each. II. 13. Poston and M. 11. Trool, of Vancou ver, Washington, tied for first In the Eventing fiO-blrd trophy with 4i and Poston won the shoot-oft with 2."i straight. Charlie Penn Manufacturing Ex pert of The American Tobacco Company and a famous authority ju the manufacture of chewing tobacco, Notice! If your dealer name of your it. Go East Through California! Costs Little More Round Trip Summer Excursion Fares will he on Kali; in eastern destinations on many dales in .Tune, July, August and September. Liberal Stopovers Limit 3 Months Enjoy your journey every mile Crater Lake, Mt. Shasta, Sacramento Canyon, San Francisco, Yosemite, Lake Tahoe, Del Monte, Los Angeles, Orange Empire, Salton Sea, Apache Trail, El Paso and many other points For neeuraie information and booklets, phone local ajient or write JOIIX Jr. SCOTT, (ieneral Passenger Agent. IMHITI.ANIl. SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES CABBAGE GEARS COI'ENIIAGKX, .Juno 10. Vimht iiblo jokt'H about cnblmjju or hay ei ii rs has become a sad and serious reality in Clennniiy owiny; to I lit scarcity and liiyh cost of genuine to bacco. The latest war substitute vilhii thu purview of the iovern aicntal department on substitutes is composed of the above, together with other ingredients like strawberry leaves, lavendar blossoms and sandal wood to impart aroma. "TnevTe nroud p i i besLchew for American men" says Charlie Penn Workers in our factory at Reidsville, North Caro lina, are all experts in their line. "They're proud to know that they're turning out the best chewing tobacco made." Only full length strips from rich, ripe, perfect,, leaves go into Chewing Tobacco "'IT'S AS MELLOW AS A JUNE APPLE AND AS SWEET AS A NUT.V . TRY A 10c CUT TODAY Juamnteed If Penn's Thick does not satisfy you m in every way, return ft to any dealer. 4S . He is hereby authorized to refund Mhe full purchase price. 7h.W UJrll'Sl 1- iihiCrn does not carry Penn's Thick send ten cents (I0c( In stamps and give us the dealer, and we will send you a 10c cut and a leather pouch In which to carry Tobacco Company of California, No. I South Park. San Francisco, Cal. see 8 YtARS IN PRISON ' . ;s SACliAMKXTO, Cal., June 10 El'J ton I locker, railway mail clerk for merly on the Southern Pacific be tween San Francisco and Ashland, Ore., was sentenced today by .In dire Van Fleet to servo four years on Mc Neill's island, lie was convicted on eiL'ht counts charging rifling of tho mads and is said to have sccuredj thousands nf dollars. Exports selecting leaf for Penn's Thick Chewing Tobacco to make tne
