Show oo AMERICANS 1 AMEBIC D DIE I IN BATTLE IN GREAT WAR ure of Adventure Sent U. U S 5 Lads to to Canada Then to Cattle Vessels I. I tB Wt Tl 17 Th Tel pun a Ul Ne N. Neel WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Dec Lured Lure 9 Lured oy oythe the spirit of or adventure more than 2000 Americans ricans have died in battle fighting righting In In- of or the British empire somewhere Somewhere In the United States fathera fa ra thousands sands of or anxious mothers and Ih there thera are awaiting the return of wh who will never return and somewhere In I France there are Americans fighting ir khaki of Britain who will never I return to their native land SO So serious has become the problem youths slipping away into Canada to join seas over-seas regiments that the American state department has beet been forced recently to create a anew anew new ew division to care for the hundreds of or communications which pour in askIng ask- ask Ing of this government to ob obtain ob- ob tain tata the release of American youths from rom foreign regiments In ha Iff many cases casts these boys have Joined in Canada by the simple expedient expedient expedient of falsifying their ages Today these same boys can be found in the tre trenches ches along the Somme In the training train train- l ing camps of or England and nd aboard ish vessels patrolling the high seas Be Bec use of the willingness of the British government to release and send hOme home boys who Joined by fraudulent means the state department has found little difficulty restoring lost boys too beir parents when the JOY himself can an be located alive but there are many many cases department officials say wh where re the names of American boys in Amerl- Amerl ought by terrified parents c been found In the lists of those killed d in 11 action Many instances not even v ven n the body can be recovered p ial Division Necessary During During the early days of the European Euro- Euro jean Dean war there wag wap a constant stream received at the state department de- de asking the release of American Amer- Amer ican can volunteer boy soldiers but it was not noler io until recently that the volume of these hese requests made it necessary for Secretary Lansing to designate a spert Ial rt 1 division to handle such cases It called the Division Di of Application Discharge of Soldiers and Sailors Sai- Sai lora ors lors In Foreign Service In reality it itS it'S S 'S sa branch of the diplomatic bureau of department and it is operated by prank Frank A A. and Miss Frances Marsh farsh he figures of the newly created division dl- dl vision n show that the cattle boat Ic I the Ute Atlantic from American potts pots to London is a great recruiting source for the British army anny Of or late weeks weeks ks the number of American boys who have in London has beep even greater reater than the number en enlisting en- en listing isling in Canada This This is chiefly due to the unary nary I ary precautions the Canadian reiting re- re officers are taking to avoid vu mch cases The British government ss shown extreme willingness to release re- re lease leas ease all Americans who fined when Ther er the age of or eighteen years but It itI I Iio O mean task to trace a boy from l hj h f time he enlists In Canada until he hes s found on a a. British vessel off orr the thed d coast or in a trench InI in I ince nc That's wh why the Canadian of- of irs rs 18 are careful to scrutinize the i st t t. performances of all youthful ap- ap ants ints and tho the result has been a rush t l London LondonIa via Ia the cattle boats to toire tore tore re ire In the excitement of the worlds world's test waran war an American boy has enlisted in inAda lada lda and his parents believe he her ha r not left leU the Dominian the state forwards the request for a aI at t I charge to United States Consul Gen- Gen l Foster roster 1 1 at Ottawa If the boy Is isI Jl I 1 there hes he's sent to the American insulate under guard and turn turned d over overo 10 o Mr Foster Footer Fosterr f r the Canadian contingent which i ph h l a tI lad has Joined has sailed for Rn iland land the Job becomes more t Robert P P. Skinner American Americano o pul ul general at London then takes take's up case caso and appeals to British for for- 1111 J office This request must pass ough the proper official channels I lAd jd WI if It the boy bov is alive he will be loLled lo- lo ted eventually l o thing that makes difficult theof the theof theor of or locating these boys however s the he Ie almost universal tendencies of oftie r tie i youngsters to give tho fictitious names to n im ad addresses This naturally com com- 1 j ate te the task M Many Jany Pathetic Appeals If le e appeal received at the state dear doa de- de a ar ment from parents seeking ng their gns rl are pathetic in many cases One Oneo no o her wrote in sa saying her son was wasI oh omy y fourteen and merely over-large over I o off I Ill Ills Is age age Other parents charge h their sons were forced Into the 1 fee of Great Britain though such 1 is manifestly Inaccurate as h h government of Great Britain read- read Ij releases boys who are under the roper loper age limit C At tho the outbreak of ot the war the British authorities made only two reI re- re I that that the boy be an Ameran Amerlan Amen Amerl- an an citizen and under twenty-one twenty years J ot f. f age Later the age qualification w as lowered 1 to eighteen Due to the ther r volume of ot requests the English authorities authorities authorities au au- are now only releasing bo boys s 's who are under that age If the boys boy's father Is a naturalized American the certificate of naturalization must accompany accompany ac tiC- ac- ac company the discharge application m ment Owing n l of f state to fat the has fact no ot that funds lea the available department depart depart- department R to pay for the expenses of this work parents are required to deposit 45 which will pay the boys boy's passage home and when he ho Is found another 25 is required to V buy iy him clothes and food |