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Show MAY MOT ENLIST IN ARMYOR NAVY STOP ORDER PUT ON M'LITARY RECRUITING BY SECRETARIES BAKER AND DANIELS. Volunteer Enlistments in Army and Navy Suspended to Prevent Disruption Disrup-tion of Industry Pending Dispo-sition Dispo-sition of Draft Bill. Washington.-Voluntary enlistments In the army and navy were suspended completely on August S to prevent disruption dis-ruption of industry pending disposition of the bill proposing to raise draft aaes to include all men between IS and 45 vears. Orders were issued by Secretaries Sec-retaries Baker and Daniels, directing that no voluntary enlistments be accepted ac-cepted until further orders. The orders also exclude civilians from appointment to officers' training camps until further notice. X0 more applications from civilians for admission to the camps will be accepted ac-cepted by the war department, the order or-der says, until the legislation affecting affect-ing draft ages now before congress is disposed of. The orders were issued after a conference con-ference between Secretary Baker and Secretary Daniels and were made public pub-lic after President Wilson had visited the offices of both secretaries late in the day. It is not known whether his visit had to do Willi the enlistment situation, but just before he conferred with the cabinet officers there was no indication that a step of such drastic dras-tic nature was anticipated. It was explained that the view of the government is that many of the older men are indispensable in their present occupations, but the natural result of the debate on the draft age question is certain to lead to a rush to the recruiting offices. It is regarded re-garded as essential that men greatly needed at home should be prevented from rushing into the army under a mistaken idea that they are certain to he drafted anyhow and prefer to join the service voluntarily. |