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Show BOYS FALSIFY AGES TO ENTER THE ARMY I WASHINGTON. Sept. 3. -More than oO" American boys under 18 years of age have been discharged so far from the British army upon requests from the state department. Most of these boys went to Canada and misrepresented their ages to recruiting officers. Peter Dougal of Lambert on. Minn., after"havlng been discharged once upon the application of t lie state department, escaped from his parents and re-enlisted. He was released again, only to take pas-page pas-page on the Arabic, and escaped death when that liner was sunk by a German subma rine. The Walsh twins of Boston, though only 15 years of age, also managed to j enlist twice and the last time were found i on Salisbury plain just about to be em- I barked for France. |