Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-11-12 | Page 4 | Age Limit Lowered

AGE LIMIT LOWERED. The .iL'e lnit for enli-t ments in the 1 . n ; t c. I srat s ma ri u1 cot ps lias I cen lowered from 1: yt-ar-. to 17. Parental concert nr:-! b- ubtaiue 'f however, nni : he boys who e ' k s- rv n e mnt be i u prime ph; ical . onditinn. I'roin the v cry b- :ri!iii'g it ha- a!w.tv been tlie pra -t . to cn.i-t boy.- o t' nder v'd:s :u the navy. Pear Admiral Sclfridge, who d o'd a few war a 40 at a ry a i -aii c: ao', be. am' a idh i p:ua n in 1 v. l:c:i ),r.i b n ob.i. t n her of : 1 of hiA rank iu the n il nr p-r in i a -o w .nt to mm while vrry yo.: ii g. lhe i n-1 1 1 ut nni ot the n.r .il a -ad-'itiy at Anna; while Ceor- i '-a ii- to; . tiie h i-t on a a, w .13 .vc n ta - y 'f ;he raw nme jeventv odd vc.iri s',t ma i- it uuM-iCv-tary for the .overnnn-i.t to train ! rjy s for ot : i "f r in the oVi fa.! ion, hi;; tiny have alwnv ln-en en b-'-'J n-, api rcrit'.'-o and th'c ari'trany 01 h iu t i:- r ice today. I'. it the a.a'ine corp- h rt dif'-r.-pt orga a b-at ion at; i h-'fc t. .,rc no p' bo1 have not br.-n vur..- a- -ol b.-r-. ot M:c w.-v. ' Th-a Th-a t - o 1 Mi. ot 1 in th' voh.n- t. , r ..-r i. " and v -hould not 1 r -.ir-j pri .-d to - tio- draft hunt Inurad f on- lid- t : '.o' 10 v. n 1 .