Germans Make Slight Gains In West Front Actions
Allied lines report that Germans pushed forward along the Voormezeele to La Clyte arc south of Ypres, breaching some trenches while others repulsed. French forces south of La Slute penetrated German positions, capturing prisoners. American troops in Picardy and Avre sectors conducted activity with heavy artillery, while Mesopotamian actions saw British forces reach within miles of Mosul after capturing Kerkuk without major resistance.
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Ypres
Voormezeele
la Clyte
Fivette
Dickbusch Lake
Ridgewood
Whick
Huns
Hiss
Poeperin
la Slute
Amiens
Avre
Amians
Picardy
Toul
Mesopotamia
Mosul
Kerkuk
Austrian Men 18 to 53 Ordered to Muster Reserves
An Austrian order issued May 8 calls up the Selandstrum reserves for men aged 18 to 53. Exemptions are revoked and the mobilization proceeds, per a dispatch from Zurich.
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Theselandstrum
Zurich
Increase in Pay Proposed for Railroad Men
Washington May 8 Nearly 1 000,000 will be used for back pay to railroad workers and about 300,000 will fund salary increases. The commission’s recommendations were accepted by railroad executives and leaders today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hington
Countrie
General of Railroads
Premier to Reveal Hidden Facts on Army Crisis
London May reports say Premier Lloyd George plans to disclose facts previously withheld for military reasons when he speaks on the Asquith motion Thursday. The cabinet’s withdrawal of two judges to inquire into Major General Maurice’s charges sparks likely debate over government conduct with the army. The absence of Irish Nationalists may aid the government amid internal criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Maurice
Lloyd-George
Daily Telegraph
Asquith
War Office
House of Commons
Army
Shipping Board Seeks 2.2 Billion Budget for Next Year
Washington, May. The Shipping Board submitted to Congress an estimate of 2,223,536,000 dollars for its budget for the next fiscal year. Of this total 835,000 dollars would go to salaries with the remainder earmarked for emergency shipbuilding.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Congress
Volunteers to Train at Clemson for War Service
Over 200 registrants will be trained at Clemson College to fit them for automobile repair, blacksmithing, carpentry, and electrical work in support of military service. Abbeville County fills its three white volunteer quota. three youths W. C. Ellis, Julian Wilkinson, and Joseph Donald McNeil will depart about May 16 for three months of instruction.
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Clemson College
Abbeville County
W. C. Ellis
W. R. Ellis
Cold Springs
Julian Wilkinson
J. M. Wilkinson
This City
Joseph Donald McNeil
W. W. McNeil
Warrenton
Call for thirty two white men to join local board
The Local Board issues a call for thirty two white men for service with a five day period beginning May 25. The citizens’ names include Hawthorne of Due West who has died at age seventy six. Each man will be required to take his place according to order of the number, as there will be no substitutions.
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P. Hawthorne
Due West
Reunion of Confederate Veterans Ends Yearly Gathering
Abbeville May 7 old soldiers in gray refused to yield to age as they gathered for the Confederate Veterans reunion. Gen M Led Bonham praised and contrasted Confederate valor with modern war while Governor Manning lauded six volunteers in his family. The crowd decorated Abbeville with flags honoring both past and present sacrifices.
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Greenville Daily News
Abbeville
Palmetto
Confederacy
Appomattox
Milledge L. Bonham
Confederate States of America
United States
Germany
South Carolina
Republic
Richard S. Manning
Wilson
C. Irvine Walker
von Hindenburg
Richard I. Manning
J. Fuller Lyon
Draft age under discussion in postwar plan shift
Washington May 8 Legislation to raise the draft age to forty years was discussed at a War Department meeting with Provost Marshal General Crowder and the House military committee. An appropriation of 15 762 000 was asked for draft expenses for the next fiscal year. Registration of men reaching 21 will require examining about 500 000 more men than planned.
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Washington
Genral Crowder
House Military Committee
Dent
House
Crowder
SPECIAL DRAFT CALL MADE FOR 4060 REGISTRANTS
May 7 1917 Washington dispatch reports a requisition on all states except Arizona Delaware and Vermont for 4060 specially qualified draft registrants to report to Camp Hancock Georgia and Camp Joseph E Johnston Florida by May 20. Distribution includes Signal Corps 401 Corps of Engineers 2983 Ordnance 5 Quartermaster 67. Camps receive specified numbers.
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Washington
Arizona
Delaware
Vermont
Crowder
Signal Corps
Corps of Engineers
Ordnance Department
Quartermaster Corps
Hancock
Georgia
Joseph E. Johnston
Florida
Whiskey Transport Arrest Tangles Calhoun Falls Clerk
Ollie Rucker was arrested in Calhoun Falls last week for selling whiskey and bound over to Anderson by the Magistrate's Court. Deputy Marshal C J Bruce re-arrested him for transporting liquor from Florida to South Carolina, and he was released on a $500 cash bond after authorities found two suitcases full of whiskey.
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Ollie Rucker
Calhoun Falls
Anderson
C. J. Bruce
Florida
South Carolina
Thanking Abbeville for warm welcome from 115th Field Artillery Band
The 115th Field Artillery Band thanks the people of Abbeville South Carolina for their royal treatment during their stay. They pledge to remember Abbeville and its good people.
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Abbeville
S. C
115Th Field Artillery Band
Half Million Troops Sent Overseas This Year
Washington May 8 Secretary of War Baker announced that General Pershing now has more than a half million American troops in France. Baker said the forecast in January of 500,000 troops dispatched to France has been surpassed. He also stated there is no current shortage of machine guns and that efforts continue to rush men across to support the Allied line in France.
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Washington
Baker
Pershing
Senate
France
America
Band from Camp Sevier entertains troops with 35 musicians
The 115th Field Artillery band from Camp Sevier under Joseph C. Brodsky performed for the week, delivering continuous music. The group, formerly First Tennessee Infantry, featured 35 players including Elmer B. Jones Guido Mori William A. Adams George C. Wood Nelson B. Adams Aubrey B. Beasley and other members. Mr. and Mrs. Claud Nance of Lowndesville attended this week.
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115Th Field Artillery
Camp Sevier
Joseph C. Brodsky
First Tennessee Infantry
Elmer B. Jones
Guido Mori
William A. Adams
George C. Wood
Nelson B. Adams
Aubrey B. Beasley
William G. Gahr
Martin Freeman
Adese I. Bernard
Frank White
Boyd W.holloway
Charles Petrone
Harry Pure
Joe Mazzefero
Thomas G.willis
Modestino de Cicco
James N. Crawford
Wayne H. Lenox
William W. Dudley
Fred Chapman
Walter B. Darden
Ernest M. Luther
Dewitt Reddick
John Bouza
Thomas ©. Moore
Marion Lovelli
Thomas Anderle
Calvin M. Hickey
George B. Madard
Joe Cozzeto
Dan J. Sullivan
Raymond Kuca
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West
Lloyd George
R. Hawthorn
Confederate Veterans of State
Columbia
Indorne Wilson
J. Howard Moore
Manning
Woodrow Wilson
Gen. Bonham
Napoleon Tit
Russia
Bonham
Lee
Grant
Stonewall Jackson
Joseph EB. Johnson
Nathan Bedford Forrest
South
House Committee
Mrs
Claud Nance
Lowndesville
Kare
Arran
Anas
Sas
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