Age limits for selective draft and exemptions in new Army laws
The new selective draft applies to citizens and those declaring intent to become citizens aged twenty one to thirty. It outlines exemptions, proportional quotas for states, and authorities the president to raise voluntary enlistment while maintaining compulsory service during the national emergency. It also lists categories of exemptions including religious and conscientious objectors and specifies procedural controls for drafting and service duration.
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Department of Commerce
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Act of Congress
Details of New Conscription Law
Washington reports the draft law outlines universal service for 21 to 30 year olds with volunteers 18 to 40. It sets 11 million subject to draft, details exemptions, local and district exemption boards, pay scales, and president's broad authority to organize and deploy forces during the emergency.
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Universal Service
Senate
British U boat clever ruse sinks six destroyers
New York account details a British submarine disabled in Prussian waters that captured a mine layer, towed it out to sea, and mined the area. Using German coded traffic from the mine layer, the U boat lured four and then two more destroyers into mines, sinking them. The submarine suffered and returned home, with its lieutenant earning the Victoria Cross and others Military Crosses.
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North Sea
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New York Herald
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Photographer McClintock Photographs Birds in Tough Weather
Norman McClintock of Pittsburgh, a noted naturalist and ornithologist, positions his movie camera near bird nests to capture close range footage. He endures various weather while filming and uses a ticking metronome to mask shutter sounds, a device so constant the birds ignore it.
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Norman McClintock
Pittsburgh
Greece and Democracy Face Monarchy's Divine Right Doomed
Eleutherios Venizelos argues Greece aligns with Entente as democracy defeats autocracy. He denounces King Constantine's alleged secret pact with Germany, calls for intervention with Serbia, and predicts US entry will reshape global politics toward self-government and universal peace.
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Salonica
Greece
Russia
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Serbia
Turkey
Bulgaria
Germany
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United States
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