AMERICA'S WAR EFFORTS
CLASSIFYING THE DRAFTED NINE MILLION MAN POWER EFFICIENTLY ORGANISED Washington, October 21. It is announced, that the nine million men drafted, not jet called up, will be divided into five classes, catalogued ac- i cording to the service for. which they are ; best fitted. This will secure the best military and economic results, and will require that the most eligible shall be drafted first. It is unlikely that there ■; will be a. second draft this year.—Aus.- j N.Z. Cable Assn. LIBERTY LOAN POSTERS DROPPED j OVER GERMAN LINES. Washington, October 20. American aviators, lying over tho Ger- ; man lines, dropped numerous Liberty Loan posters, bearing influential piotorial and statistical data. Tho Liberty Loan, totalling 2,250 million dollars, will close in seven days—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. .j DAT OF PRATER FOR TRIUMPH. : Washington, Ootober 21. The President has proclaimed October 28 next as a national day of prayer for the triumph of the United States anna. -Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ; ORDNANCE DEPOT *i.ND ARSENAL j IN FRANCE. .! (Rec. October 22. 5.S p.m.) ! Washington, October 21. The United States will spend one hun- ; dred million sterling on an ordnance depot and arsenal for the United States j troops in France—Aus.-N.2. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 24, 23 October 1917, Page 5
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