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Army and Navy enlistment notice and poetry amid World War I
In Alliance Nebr May 22 1918 official notices urge registration for men turning 21 since June 5 1917 with warning they cannot enlist after that date and may be drafted. Army recruiting details list eligible branches and emphasize acting now. A mother´s poem published by World Herald staff laments wartime separation and urges mothers to send sons abroad with a smiling farewell.
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Army and Navy Department
Alliance Herald
Hemieferd
Aus
A. & N. Dept
U. S. Army
Army Building
Omaha
Neb
Auxiliary Army
Alliance
Nebr
United States
Infantry
Cavalry
Field Artillery
Coast Artillery
Engineer Corps
Quartermaster Corps
Med
Ical
Matthew Jones
F W. Lesters
Idwel Makeever
Oraha
Woman's Club
Box Butte Avenue
Alliance Nebr
Fort Logan
Colorado
Thomas C. Elrod
Pine Ridge
Regular Army
Clarence A. Rose
Lisco
Coast Artillery Corps
Bob C. Kushinsky
Plattasmouth
Frank J. Carlyle
Thedford
Albert D. Engel
Gordon
Elwood F. Maupin
Ashby
William H. Baldridge
Scottsbluff
Jayles O. Riggs
Hyannis
National Army
Jonee C. Haas
Scottsbluffs
William E. Hagel
Rushville
Roy Jones
Wytheville
Fort Riley
Kansas
Antonio Wagner
Frank X. Lacy
Brookline
Mass Quartermaster Corps
General Service Infantry