The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 3, 1917, Page 1

NUMBER 29 “B” COMPANY ELECTS OFFICERS ~ L. Oaruthers, Captain, and Leslie R. Choate: and William 0. Jackson First and Second : Lieutenants. George L. Caruthers was elect- ed Captain of Company RB, Leslie R. Choate; First Lieutenant, and William 0. Jackson Second Lieu- tenant at an election held at the years active military experience, having served two years in the Missouri. National Guard Signal Corps and six years in Co. B Sec- ond Missouri Infantry. His abil- ity was signally recognized dur- ing his border service in the re- cent Mexican trouble when he ‘ was detailed to the Headquarters i i of the Missouri Brigade and ' a served ‘at headquarters until mus- tered out. : : Lieutenant W. O. Jackson is a an able, energetic young man, a quiet but forceful and should make an efficient officer. He graduated from the Butler High. School in 1911 and was a student Y at the State University. During his course at the University he had two years military training ‘ under regular army officers de- tailed to that institution. He is ‘the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.. O. i Jackson of this city. yi fet Army Drafton Mo. to be 17,500. , ashington, ‘D.C. May 1.— issouri’s quota of the first, force 500,000 men to be raised by the selective draft system under the Hegislation now being enacted by | © Weshington, May. 1.—The Unit- | C ae ess will be 17,500 men. In ed States stands ready to send sAdition, Missouri is being called army to Europe wherever the aut upon to raise 6,586 as its quota of lies deem it wise.to divert then the force of 188,898 needed on essary shipping from transpo pril 1 to raise the regular army ing food to transporting men. full war strength. Missouri It became known definitely to- Falso will raise 10,900 —men- to day that the government has of. being its National ‘Guard organi- fered the allies troops, but ations to full war strength con- suggested . that the alarmini plated by the Government ‘shortage of world shipping mayjand is expected to raise. 10 per make it impracticable to ‘send peent of the Marine Corps and 10 them at once, In spite of obje r cent of the navy. tions of the general staff to put-| + The plans of the War Depart- ting any American forces on the ment contemplate the raising of firing line before the great. warjabout 1,000,000 men in addition army has been raised and trained, to those in’ the regular army and the administration has determin-|the National Guard. On the ed that the small contingent earn-| basis of its population as com- estly desired by France for moral] pared with the total population effectshall be sent as soon as pos-}of the continental United States sible, The general belief here is} 1910, when the last Federal that the way soon will be found.}census was taken, Missouri would Whether the force first to, car-| raise 3 1-2 per cent of each armed ry the Stars and Stripes into bat- raised by the Federal Gov- tle in France shall be mage up offernment. regulars or national guardsmen,| ‘This is the relation that the or both, has not been worked out.} population of Missouri which was The subject. was not discussed at} 3,29). in 1910, bore to the today’s cabinet meeting, but Sec- tion of the entire country, | You'll Get the BEST GOODS, ! eae : retary Baker remained afterward} which was 91,982,266. On this the BEST PRICES, the OM peli with Frenigeay ay Mtiecoure a ecals 8 : } BEST SERVICE here State department officers kaye PASSED THE DRAFT BILL Several Amendments Will Have to be Straightened Out in Conference. ; ak Mercantile Co. Washington, D. C.—By over- whelming majorities both the Senate and House passed the ad- ministration bill to raise a war, q army by selective draft late Sat- urday night. The final roll calls brought in- to line behind the bill many sen- ators and representatives who had fought for the volunteer sys- tem until routed by decisive de- feat earlier in the day in both houses, Speaker Clark, the Democratic leader, Representative Kitchin, and Chairman Dent of the mili- tary committee, who had favored the volunteer system, all voted for the Draft Bill on the final roll call. Miss Rankin, who said zecently. that she knew of no members who would vote for the draft, also voted aye. The Senate, which had voted down the volunteer plan 69 to 18, i passed the bill by a vote of $1 to F 8. In the House the vote against the volunteer plan was 313 to 109, and that by which the bill itself was passed, 397 to 24. GEO. L. CARUTHERS Photograph taken at Manila in 1903, while Sergeant 7th U.S. Infantry. Armory Monday evening, April 80. The election in each instance was unanimous. The election which was. held under special order No. 11 Head- quarters Second Regiment Mis- souri Infantry N.G., Pierce City, Mo., was presided over by Cap- tain James E. Thompson, Mo. Q. M. Corps, who read to-the-mem- bers of the company A. G. 0. special order No. 9 accepting the resignation of Captain Ed S. Clarke and Lieutenants Brooks and Ellis. and placing Captain Clarke.on the. retired ‘list he be- ing eligible thereto on account of his long service. Nominations for captain were then called for and George L. Caruthers was placed in nomina- in® the Girenit Court room|tion. No other nominations were Wednesday, May 2, plans were offered and the entire vote of the submitted aiid diseussed for a}¢ompany was cast for Mr. Car- tentative organization of the| uthers. 000 of the force of 1,000,000 men continuously urged the sending}to be raised the first year for the of an army, solely for the psyeho-| army. logical effect, if not only in en-}* Ji 30 days of recruiting under couraging the allied troops but inj the volunteer system for the reg- discouraging the Germans, Con-{ular army Missouri shipped 1,665 vinced that the diplomatic‘ ad-}men out of a total of 40,258 re- vantages far outweighed the tech-|cruits obtained from the entire nical and training difficulties ad-}rountry for April. The average vanced by the general staff, they|rate at which men were accepted have felt that such a step would|for the regular army from those consecrate the. United States to} who. offered themselves voluntar- a full, member: of. the alliance, en- tye ssouri was 55 1-2 men a titled to a most honorable seat at the peace conference. ’ The amount of tonnage that would be required for transport is usually put at about twenty tons per man in a fully equipped foree. For the regular American unit of 24,000 men, nearly 500,000 tons, therefore, would be neces- . Dark and Light Percale.............8%c yard Extra Heavy Bath’ Towels..... svi veee ae MOC Rakes and Light, striped and checked ham... tareecees SH42Be yard Y- | ‘Whtite and Ecru Curtain Scrim....12%c yard ‘Table Damask 72-inches wide.:....75c yard ‘Unbleached Toweling, good width..., .12%¢ 36-inch Belmont Percale............. 15c yard 4 - Ladies knit Union Suits, loose and Farmer's Meeting. At a meeting of delegates from: various parts ‘of the county held ora » shi bout equal to the £ 4 . tight knee... SETAE TCS Ns ae a a Ti +++. 25 OF ee etna ete: farmers of this county to render} Leslie Ry bag was plac ced in| As passed by the Senate the e ety caren . the | all the aid possible in the crisis of nomination for First Lieutenant} measure provides for the draft of Fine Gauze Vests.......... te eeeceers 10c can wafers. It remains for the the country. and. William O. Jackson for Sec-}men between the ages of 21 and 27 years, while in the House measure the age limits are fixed at 21 and 40,. These and lesser discrepancies will be threshed out in conference early so that 4 the hill may be in the hands of the President as quickly as pos- sible. The War Department al- ready has completed plans for carrying it into effect. Both Senate and House adopt- ed amendments just before the final roll calls which would great- ly inerease the pay of enlisted Bi men during the war. The House : provision would make their pay $30 a Anonth, and that approved by the Senate would fix it at $29 a month. The present pay is on- ly $15. In the House at the last mo- ment Chairman Fitzgerald of the appropriations tommittee object- ed vigorously to the appropria- tion of 3 billion dollars carried in the bill for the expense of the new army, and the section finally was eliminated. Mr. Fitzgerald ‘ said that to place this vast sum 4 in the hands of the Secretary of War would make of Congress a ‘mere automaton,” and promised that if the section were voted down the committee would pro- vide funds promptly in a separ- ate measure. Just prior to voting the Senate adopted an amehdment by Sen- ator Stone emphasizing that the draft was only to “be employed during the present war. allies to figure out if they can : . z f 5 : ‘ ° / 5 f the vers 1 Lieutenant and both were divert th mount of| ©. A. Helm of the University of | onc i Ua BEE ay, AiO Missouri was present as a repre- elected unanimously. Se ie exists that the| sentative of the Agricultural Col-| Following the election Captain French will gladly put up with| lege and arranged for meetings| Caruthers made a brief talk to ifice ‘eat the following places and on the} the company, thanking the mem- Oe re cosas a Poison a following dates in the evenings of | bers for the confidenee in his British also were known to be|"ext week. ‘There will be a man ability exptessed by their vote anxious to have American troops| ‘rom Columbia at each of these] and assured them of his determi- in~France as a final earnest of places except as otherwise indi-| nation to do his utmost to estab- American parti¢ipation, but there cated to assist in all ways in fur-| lish and maintain a high standard is reason to believe that they|thering this organization. Each| of efficiency in the company. have taken a somewhat more de-| °Tganization now in existence and| The selection of Captain Car- tached view than the “French.|those to be organized will be] uthers for the command of B With their responsibility for ton- asked to choose, in the near fu-| company is a wise one. Since nage, their decision about the ad- ture, a delegate to meet at But-| 1897 his service with the Nation- viability of’ sending an. expedi-| !er at some date to be determined} al Guard and the regular army tionary force is ‘uncertain. for the purpose of effecting a|has been almost continuous. He 4 county organization. is a Butler boy and was educated WAR GIFT FROM souTH The dates for local meetings| in the public schools of this city, AMERICA - Ready made Wear well facoate: Aa $1. 0Oo~ Phoenix Guaranteed Hose.........55c, $1.50 _ Fine Bed Pillows 21x71 inch...........$1.00 ‘ _ Room Size. Rugs..............$12.50, $35.00 ie Ready to wear Gingham Petticoats.......65c ‘White Flaxon plain and fancy. .....25c yard }: Misses Shoes and Oxfords.............$2, $3 - | Childrens Muslin Drawers...........15c, 25c Really-to-Wear Lingerie Waists...98c, $3.50 | Ready-to-Wear Dress Skirts. -..$3.50, $15.00 | Dresden and Striped Tatteta Ribbon 15c yard ; Oxtords Boots..... follow : graduating from the Butler High ii ; t and " Peas 36. sa Papinville, Monday, May 7. School in 1897. He enlisted in Res. Corsets... Ooo ees ee ceeee ese eseees . .50¢ $3 Il vevice to Destroy - SA Double Branches school house, Company B in July 1897 and was ae ‘ to Offered to Navy Department. Tuesday, May 8. a member of Company B Second Summit Center school house,{Mo. Volunteers during the Span- Boys’ ‘Nainsook Union “Suits... a Ns hie IOS A yy Pag Ma. Shr pl | Wednesday, May 9. ish-American war, 1898-1899. He ; er Suits RNS $3, $7.50 Fairview church, Spruce town-| served as First Sergeant of Co. Peru to the United States, told) .hip, Thursday, May 10. B from March 1899 to June 13, members of the Fifth Avenue As- it, Olive school house, Friday,| 1901, when he was promoted to ae as Pas ody _esctarl May 11. the Second Lieutenancy of the , ere today that a erican I district No. 75, Satur-] company, serving in that capacity mingni m Waists aha had ‘invented a device to destroy yale 12. until August 8, 1901, when he re- bebevectscess ceweisces GC submarines, which had been of- ulberry school house, Satur-| signed to énlist in the regular |‘ PA May Fae a ; fered ene ie . the’ Navy De- May 5. army. Almost immediately after ee eee deees .,$2.60 $3.50 par and Amer- ernon school _ house;| his enlistment in the regulars he See tt ene d - ; May 3. was made a Sergeant and rapidly , “Maxey will be at Mul-|rose to ranking duty sergeant. ‘and Carl J. Henry andj During his~ enlistment in the ©. Henderson will be at}army he saw service in the Phil- ippine Islands and in Alagka. He again enlisted in Co. B in May 1912,.and the following August was promoted to the First Lieu- buildings. on the tenancy, serving until December, owned by the name 22, 1913, when he resigned. Cap- Association, includ-|tain Caruthers is by education, d, bleachers, stables} training and instinct, a soldier have been. sold-by the|and prove to be one of the ectors. Dr. J. F. Rob-} most ipetent officers in the