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RALEIGH CHRISTIAN ADVOCATE. Thursday, September 5, l9l8 EDITORIAL voir Page Two i I To Our Subscribers Wo stf'o now Mending out statements to out" subscribers who are in arrears, and wo eiirnestly ask for n prompt response. If you cannot send the money, please write and let us know when we may ex pect it. If you think the statement is not correct, kindly tell us what you think is correct. We do not wish to collect anything' that is not due us. Do not con clude that we are in error because you have sent a remittance in the spring. Many paid then whose renewal has fallen duo again by this time. Look at your label and see what it says. Usually it conforms to our books. If it says that your renewal is due and you have not re ceived a statement, you can save us trouble and expense by remitting at once. Please give this matter your kindly attention. Notes and Comments The New Man-Power Bill has been enacted into law. All between tho ages of IS ana ko u.ro subject to draft, and the day for registra tion is September 12th. The registrants wil then have to be examined and classified, and those selected will be inducted into the service according to the regulations laid down by thy War Department. It is manifestly the purpose of the government to marshal an army sufficient ly largo to meet any emergency that may arise in the prosecution of the war. We are in it to win, and all tho resources of the country, wheth er men or weukh, will be put at the disposal of the Government until this object is accomplished. II If The Entente Allies on the Western Front are continuing to push the Germans back, capturing many prisoners and a large amountr of war munitions. Since die Americans started the ball rolling at Chateau Thierry, there has been, no let up in the offensive of the Allied forces.. Sometimes tho battle has waged fiercer than at others, but the Allies have not since lost the ini tiative; and during that time they have captured about 130,000 prisoners and over 1,300 guns. The famous oUl llindenburg line has been piereed at some points, and ther0 is no indication of the offensive weakening. There is much for our en couragement in the news from the battle front, and the more vigorously this sort of thing is kept up the eooner may we hope for a perma nent peace for the world. The German army is weakening in its morale, and it is beginning to break in upon the German mind that their armies are not quite so invincible as they thought they were. j?. II H II War-Time Prohibition. It now looks as if Congress will enact war-time prohibition to con tinue during tho period of demobilization, but the time for it to go into effect will probably be July 1, 1M9, instead of January 1, 1919. This will probably be six or eight months before pro hibition would go into effect on the basis of tho Constitutional Amendment. It will probably be that much saved, but we cannot feel that this ex tension of time ought to have been allowed the liquor business, ft is another evidence of how hard John Barleycorn dies, but the edict ha-: gone forth by the American people (and we may say by the world) that he must die. There is no excuse for tho drink habit and no defense for it; and there is no reason in the moral or the political life of the nation for fostering this pes tiferous evil of the liquor traffic. As soon as tails Washington legislation is fully settled, the 'temperance forces will be directed toward the securing of the ratification of the prohibition Amendment to the Federal Constitution by the legislatures of the various States that have not yet adopted it. The outlook is very encourag ing, but it is necessary to keep up the fight. n n u The Teacher Training Drive is now on. It is popular now to do things by the drive method; and, while we cannot allow the work of the Church to lag at times when there is no special drive on a custom that is a sore disease in our Church life it is well to take advantage of the situation to further this very important cause. No one will now question the importance of the Sunday-school work. For the last generation we have been becoming more and mode dependent upon it for the religious instruction that our young people are getting. We could easily wish that it were otherwise, but we are merely calling attention to a fact. It must also be confessed that the efficiency of the teaching in the Sunday school has been far below what ought to be for the best interest of the Church. This is not. said to disparage the work that the Sunday school has been doing; for it has been of great value. Neither is it our purpose to discourage that splendid company of Sunday-school teach ers who feel the weight of the responsibility that is upon them and are conscious painfully so cf their inability to do the work as they would like. It is the purpose of the teacher training course to help these to a higher efficiency, and to enlist the interest of others and qualify them for this most important work. We are deeply interested in this movement for better trained teachers tor our Sunday-schools, and we trust tliat no Church will overlook this movement that looks to the better equipment of our teachers. The Students' Army Training Corps We have called the attention of our readers to the important provisions which the govern ment is making for our young men to get what education is possible under the conditions that exist today. There is a real peril upon us of having a generation of uneducated, untrained men at a time when the best possible training is needed to meet the greatest crisis in the his tory of the world. Failure in the work of re construction following this war would be tragic, and yet there is imminent peril of failure. No patriotic young man can afford to ignore the se riousness of the situation. It is now settled that all males between the ages of 18 and 45 will be required to register with the government. They will then be classi fied and subject to call according to regulations laid down by the War Department. Many of these young men from 18 to 21 have been in college; others were expecting to go. It is now clear that all who are prepared to do college work should go. Those under 18 will not be subject to the draft, but, if they are prepared to enter college, it will be a great mistake not to take advantage of every possible opportunity to secure an education. It is the patriotic thing to do. It is the religious thing to do. Every effort should be made to equip one's self for the trying times that are ahead of us; for it is only thus that the highest service can be rendered lor the future welfare of the race. Trinity College is completely equipped to co operate with the War Department in military training. The War Department wishes young men, whether eighteen or twenty-one, to spend in cuncoo nine uciweeu men registration and the call lo service. Under the present plan men who enlist in the Students' Army Training Corps there will receive the pay of a private ($30.00 a month) in addition to uniforms and other equipment already provided and described be'.ow. By this plan students get military train ing in more or less specifically outlined course? that ought in the natural course of events to fit them for officers' commissions. These students therefore, will receive enough pay from the gov eminent to pay their college expenses while they are getting the training. WTe append the following authoritative state ments for the information of our young men and for the parents of such young men who are in terested: COPY. August 26, 1918. From: Committee on Education and Spe cial Training. To: Commanding Officer, Students' Army Training Corps. Subject: Arms and Equipment for Stu dents' Army Training Corps. 1. The following instructions will indi cate the method of securing authorized clothing for your detachment of the Stu dents' Army Training Corps. "The officer in charge of enlisted students in each col lege will as soon as enlistment or induction is complete, measure and determine, ac cording to Special Regulation No. 40, the size of the articles of clothing needed by the enlisted students of his school. Tele graph requisition, addressed to the office of the Committee on Education and Special Training, attention Major Buell. This tele gram should give the location of the school, and be signed by the officer to whom these articles should be invoiced. Care should be exercised in determining the size needed by the boys at each school." 2. The authorized articles of clothing for the Students' Army Training Corps De tachments are as follows: 1 overcoat. 1 hat, service. 2 coats, cotton, O. D. 2. shirts, flannel, O. D. 2 breeches, cotton, O. D. 1 pr. leggins. 1 pr. shoes. 1 belt, waist. . . 1 collar ornament. 3. The ordnance property for the Stu dents' Army Training Corps Detachment at this institution has already been requisition ed, and has been shipped to institutions where U. S. Army Training Detachments are located. As soon as your requirements are determined, you will advise the com mittee by wire and your quota will be order ed transferred. If auto trucks are availabi they will be used to expedite delivery ana transfer. 4. Advise the Committee on Education and Special Training immediately of any shipments received. GRANVILLE CLARK, Major U. S. A., Secretary. EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE. The following statements from the Com mittee on Education and Special 'rm of the War Department, of August 2&, line the general plan under which the b dents' Army Training Corps will operate der the changed conditions produced by revision of the Selective Service Law: 1. All young men who were Plann"Lir go to school this fall should carry out plans and do so. Each should go to college of his choice, matriculate, ana Cf as a regular student. He will, ol eg. also register with his local board on tn istration day set by the President. 'x . bly as possible after registration day, l on or about October first, opportune be given for all the regularly-enroue dents to be inducted into the Students
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