Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1917 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts ot tho Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL a Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. FEW FURLOUGHS TO BE GIVEN National Army Men Within Trolley Distance to Receive Leaves. Washington, December 12. —Men of the national army will riot receive Christmas furloughs unless they Jive within trolley distance of ■their cantonments, the war department has decided. Secretary Baker, In an announcement today, assigned the harmful effect a general leave would have on camp discipline and the heavy burden it would throw on the railroads as reasons for the department’s action.