Hopes for 40,000,000 Men in Country-wide Training Nanking, June 30, Able-bodied male citizens here between the age of 20 and 25 are being drafted for military service as part of a nation-wide conscription programme which, it is hoped, will eventually have 40,000,000 able-bodied persons under military training in this. country, While no definite figures can be obtained at the present moment, city authorities estimate that there are 30,000 men in Nanking between the of 20 and 25, but only 10,000 willie included in the first The city government has by" statement explain= public the "necessity and of conscription and giv-IM text of the conscription thus keeping down their annual military expenditure to a minimum, but, because of their conscription Projramme, they are able to organize immediately millions of fighting men to defend their countries in times of national crisis.
After dwelling on the disadvantages of a meroanary army, the statement emphasizes that conscription was always enforced in China by ancient dynasties.
With 40,000,000 able-bodied citizens having gone through full army training, the will be ready to defend her rights the event of foreign aggression.
Under the conscription Jaw, jadied persons between the of 18 and 45 will have to. undergo military service, they will be divid-€d_ inia four groups, according 10 their ages, namely, 18 to 20; 20 to 25; 25 to 40; and 40 fo 45.—Reuter, recent European architecture. The facade is a handsome stone affair, but the sides and back do not quite' live Jup to the promise of the front in the matter of appearance.
Swimming Bath Addea The most recent addition to the Jpublle recreation ground is a swimming bath, of which Tsinan is justly proud, for'it is the first covered pool jin North Ching, A special. architect /was employed to design this bath, but, jurfortunately, he was not experienced in this particular. type of building. The roof is made entirely of glass, that on sunny days the light is blindingly bright and the place feels Mike a hot-house. 'The tank is deep and roomy, too deep, indeed, at the [shallow end for the' convenience of jiearners. The usual diving-stand and [springboard are there and seem to be well used. Dressing boxes run down the two long sides of the build. ing, Two cold showers stand beside 2 little booth which sells ice-cream of hot tea to bathers and onlookers. -"The students seem to enjoy this [swimming pool, for it 1s crowded every day. The charge for swimmers 20 cents, but a spectator only needs to produce a S-cent piece to obtain admission. These charges are, of course, over and above the S-cent fee {or entering the park grounds-'The bath is open five days a week, Wednesday to Sunday, for men, Mon:
Is Teserved for ladies, but how many will avail themselves of - the privilege after they have found out that the water is only changed once week and that the changing day is tuesday?
Apparently the job of emptying and refilling the tank takes a. considerable time, for no one is admitted be tween Monday evening and Wednes-Jday morning. The bath fs filled with water pumped from Paotuchuan, the springs which provide Tsinan with its bountiful water supply.
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