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“Every village they have passed
through has been the victim of what
j is cnly organized pillage. Every
1 ctiy nas been practically sacked,
ransacked on system; its citizens
plundered, its civil officials terorized,
imprisoned, outraged, or killed. The
! civil population have been, contrary
to the usage of modern warfare,
forced to serve the invading armies,
brutally put to death, reduced to
wholesale starvation and desolation.
Vast tracts of the richest and most
industrious districts of Europe have
been deliberately stripped and have
been plunged into famine, solely in
order that the invaders might make
war cheaply. Irregular troops, con
trary to all the practice of war,
have been systematically murdered,
and civil populations indiscrim
inately massacred, solely to spread
terror. A regular system of ingeni
ous terrorism has been directed
against civilians, as horrible as any
thing in the history of civil or re
ligious wars. Large and populous
cities have been, not once, but 20,
30, 40 times bombarded and burnt,
and the women and children in them
wantonly slaughtered, with the sole
object of inflicting suffering. All
this has been done not in license,' or
passion, but by the calculating fero
city of scientific soldiers.”
The above was not written, though
it might have been, yesterday, last
week, last month, or last year. It
appeared in the English Fortnightly
Review, February 1871, shortly be
fore the surrender of Paris. Fred
erick Harrison, the writer, is still
alive. Its statements were true
then, are true now. Julius Caesar
in his Commentaries narrates events
which • show that even before the
time of Christ the Germans demon
■
strated the possession of all of the
rudiments of their modern “kultur.” ;
It is no new thing; and hundreds,
of thousands of men will have died ■
in vain in this war if this sinister
thing is not absolutely and utterly;
exterminated forever by the forces;
of civilization arrayed against it.
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Miss Doris Jacobson, who recently i
underwent a serious operation at the ;
Government hospital, is now well on j
the road to recovery and expects to
return to her. home in Fairbanks on
one of the first boats going up river.
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CROWDER SHOWS
IN REPORT FEW
EVADING DRAFT
In his report to the secretary of
war on the operation of the first
draft under the selective service act,
Provost Marshal General Crowder
says that during the interim between
the enactment of the selective ser
vice law and the registration day
the department of justice and local
peace officers throughout the nation,
especially the police departments of
the larger cities, feeling somewhat
apprehensive of the spirit in which
I this novel and untried method of
i raising our armies would be accept
j ed, exercised the greatest care in
I providing for ample cooperation with
; the selective draft* officials for the
speedy and effective registration of
eligibles, which was, in fact the
first step in the mobilization of the
^ National army.
Few Threats of Resistance
During the fortnight preceding
registration day an occasional threat
1 of resistance was reported, but on
June 5 nearly 10,000,000 males of
the designated ages were successfully
registered. So willing vcre the
registrants to demonstrate their ap
proval of the new order and to sup
port the government in the emer
gency that throughout the 62 Fed
eral district jurisdictions, practically
the entire United States, up to
December 1 we find a total of only
5,870 arrests made or reported by
the department of justice for fail
ure to register.
Policy of Leniency.
The authorities early assumed an
attitude of leniency toward all those
who, after arrest, exhibited a will
ingness to register, and extended
the locus penitentia as far as pos
sible, believing that the purpose of
the law was to secure a full regis
tration rather than full jails. Con
sequently 2,663 of those appre- j
hended were released after having
registered and prosecutions begun
against 2,095, of which 1,645 cases
are still pending. It is noteworthy
that of those released or prosecuted
3,236 have actually been registered,
and in the final analysis but 0.00026
of males between 21 and 30, inclus
ive, have failed or neglected to reg
ister.
There were some cases of persons
aiding those subject to registration
to evade or to attempt to evade the
law, and on charges of this nature
180 arrests were made, of which 34
were convicted and heavy sentences
usually imposed; 21 cases resulted
in acquittals. There are still pend
ing 98 cases of this kind.
After the registration came the
call for the physical examination of
registrants for military service in
the order of their liability. To the
department of justice and local po
lice officials fell the duty of locat
ing the whereabouts and apprehend
ing those civilians who had not re
sponded to this summons. The de
partment of justice, up to December
1, had reported to it 14,212 regis
trants who had failed to appear for
physical examination at the various
local boards throughout the United
States. Of this number 149 were
arrested, and 813 were transferred
to the military authorities to be
dealt with under the rules estab
lished for cases of this kind. The
final data on this subject will un
doubtedly show that the number of
those who willfully refrained from
reporting is comparatively insig
nificant. *.
Of the 156 districts and 4,5o7
! local bdhrds organized and estab
lished throughout the country for
: the execution of the selective service
law, the department of justice notes
few bona fide complaints and re
ports a negligible number of prose
Icutions against members thereof.
1 Of individuals indulging in anti
, draft propoganda throughout the
; country, 343 prosecutions are re
! ported, with heavy penalties imposed
in practically all cases where, con
| victions resulted, there being 105
!of these cases now pending.
In a few Federal districts efforts
have been made to bring before the
courts for review on writs of man
damus or habeas corpus, the action
of the local and district boards in
holding registrants for service.
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These eases have usually involved
claims for exemption from the op
eration of the selective service law
by reason of alienage and attempts
were made to have certani adjudi
cants of selective draft officials re
pudiated by court order.
Courts Supporting Boards
The trend of decisions in these
cases, however, has been to support
the findings of the local and dis
trict boards in instances where full
and fair hearings have been af
forded to the registrants, it being
generally held that the jurisdiction
of the board is the proper one for
the determination of these questions,
and that the court will not interfere
where a regisrant has been given an
opportunity to be heard. All courts
have generally been of the opinion
that ample time for the presenta
tion of claims for discharge or ex
emption was provided by the regula
tions, and that a claimant must es
tablish his case within the time pre
scribed.
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"WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
ISSUED BY THE
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
“Help your country”
Says Secretary McAdoo.
“I write to ask you to help your country.
“You can do so and also help yourself in
a very simple manner.
"Many of us can not fight, but every one
of us can help by saving. Every dollar
saved and not spent on unnecessary things
releases that amount of labor and material
to make articles for our Army and Navy.
When a dollar that is saved is loaned to the
Government it is doubly effective.
“To that end Congress has authorized the
sale of War Savings Stamps in denomina
tions of $5 and 25 cents, respectively. Each
War Savings Stamp you buy is a loan to
the United States Government, is a direct
help to every soldier and sailor who is risk
ing his life in the war, and is a safe and
simple way to invest your savings.
“The United States Government pledges
its entire resources and credit to repay this
loan on January 1, 1923, with 4 per cent in
terest.”
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THEY SAVE LIFE AT THE
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