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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1917
Page
6
Local leaders urge a $20,000 fund to build homes for mill and factory workers in Anniston. Farmers in Calhoun County urged to unite to supply Camp McClellan with hay and produce for the war effort. Washington dispatches indicate a second 600,000 man draft may grow Camp McClellan into a major training center.
County commissioners approve widening the Jacksonville pike to aid camp traffic and farmer commerce. The move will ease rural access for farmers of Calhoun County to sell crops at the camp, helping diversify incomes and reduce congestion for motorists and drivers during the camp period.
The Albany Advertiser argues Calhoun farmers should favor sheep over dogs. It notes few sheep exist today and suggests enforcing a dog law will boost sheep production, implying county farmers could raise sheep cheaply and profitably, with policy spurring a surprising industry resurgence.
A wartime patriotic poem voices resolve against the Kaiser with lines about not fearing defeat and trusting General Pershing to lead the fight. The speaker speaks of optimism, duty, and confidence as troops head to sunny France.
A Memphis physician with 18 years practice and Spanish American War service fails the army height test despite perfect health and active fitness. He argues height should not bar capable surgeons when trained to treat the sick and wounded, while officials insist on strict standards to maintain discipline and system.
The Earl of Lytton, 41, civil lord of the British Admiralty and son of famed writer Bulwer Lytton, was born in Simla while his father was viceroy of India. Other notable birthdays include Bishop Franklin E. Hamilton, 61, Julius G. Lay, 45, Blair Lee, 66, Charles Nagel, 66, and Archduke Joseph, 49.
A compact chronology notes 1736 James Clinton birth and Revolutionary leadership, 1780 Key and dEstang naval events, 1849 treaty signings, 1855 bombardment, 1862 Cedar Mountain battle, and 1880 General Roberts march from Kabul to Kaabadar, with various figures and dates.
A brief chronology notes 1897 visit of the German Emperor and Empress to Russia as guests, 1914 Serbia declaring war on Germany, 1915 German Zeppelins bombarding the English coast, 1916 Italian troops crossing the Isonzo to occupy Goerits, continued Russian advances in the Dniester Valley, and German gains at Thiaumont in Verdun.
Alabama faces a major draft burden as one third of the national army quota is due by September 1. E H Crowder reports to local boards that ninety men are examined today, ninety-one tomorrow, with a third group to be examined Saturday. Training camps will take draftees between September 1 and 6. W Hebbard becomes war secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, appointed by the national training camp committee, to ensure government requirements are met.
John EB Redmond leads the Nationalists in Dublin while Sir John Lonsdale heads the Ulsterites. George N Plunkett known as Count Plunkett, heads the Sinn Fein faction but stays outside the convention watching his rivals closely.
After six years of service the commander retires Wednesday and will head Greenville camp training. The Alabama brigade of the federalized army practiced bayonet drills using straw-filled sacks as Kaiser troops. A planned regimental drill was canceled due to heavy rain.
Aug 9 McAlester dispatch reports organizers of the Working Class Union placed in death cells in the state penitentiary to pressure confessions. Two hundred seventy five rioters are under arrest as federal officers target anti draft activity. Army at full strength in Washington. Recruits needed now 592 to reach total 313,898. over 124,000 enlisted since April.
Officials from the U S bureau of public health led by Dr H F Smith and Dr W F Price report satisfactory dairy conditions in the county and city but note dry closets need screening to halt typhoid spread and swampy areas near the camp should be drained to curb malaria risk due to breeding mosquitoes.
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