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Show PLACES ARE NOT OF SILK STOCKING SORT WASHINGTON, June 15. Lawyers Hooding the war department with applications appli-cations for places In the judgfj advocate general's department were warned in an official statement today that the places to be filled are not of "a silk Mocking character." There are many more applicants appli-cants than places and, the statement says, the applications have been of such a high character that it Is very difficult to make selections. "The officers on the staff of the judffe advocate general," the statement says, "will be members of the actual naming force, and In the pursuit of duty will be brought into the danger zone just as often as other specialized commander! men, medical officers, for Instance. The large percentage of casualties among army doctors fighting In France will stand as a convincing argument that military mil-itary surKeons are not spared when the general assault beglns. " |