Canadian Enlistment Terms for the Expeditionary Force
Conditions of service include enlistment for the duration of the war plus six months, free passage back on discharge, age limits 19 to 45 (50 for skilled workers), medical board screening, and free transportation if rejected. Pay starts at $1 daily plus 10 cents field allowance, rising with rank. family pay, separation allowances, ration provisions, and pensions for service-related injuries or deaths are described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
The Spending of Your Hundred Million Dollars
The Red Cross has spent hundreds of millions subscribed for relief in Europe and at home. It reports vast aid in France and Italy, with millions for hospitals, canteens, milk for children, and refugees, while noting substantial funds reach local chapters. The speaker highlights urgent needs and the Red Cross efforts to alleviate wartime misery now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Italy
Murphy
Europe
Red Rosa
Red Rosa Commission
Petrograd
Commission
France
The
United States
Dis
Paris
Red Cross Efforts in France Highlighted by General Perahing
The speaker praises the American Red Cross for unparalleled wartime work in France noting efficiency dispatch and understanding under adverse conditions, as commended by General Perahing.
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American Red Cross
France
Luman Improving Says Whaley From Sedalia Hospital
W. T. Whaley reports from St Marys hospital in Sedalia Missouri that Mr John Luman is improving after travel and hospital care. Whaley describes frequent baths daily ointment treatment and good spirits though concerns about diet and feeding. He notes plans for a future South America trip and sends best wishes to Basin State Bank colleagues and town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry H. Hime
Basin State Bank
W. T. Whaley
John Luman
Sedalia
the &J. Mary's Hospital
Harry
Luman
South America
Rare bargain in high grade piano
High grade piano offered for immediate sale at Basin. Terms to responsible party. For full information write to The Denver Music Company Denver Colorado. Also an auto crank available to the owner who identifies the property and pays for this advertisement.
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Denver Music Company
Denver
Colo
Men Drafted from Big Horn County for May 20 Inductions
A list of men inducted from Big Horn County for May 20 includes Lee Burdine Fulton Miss Erick T Harrison Brookville Fla Allen M Smith Basin Wyo Thomas C ONeill Douglas Wyo Loyed McDowell Greybull Wyo Charles Bryson Lovell Wyo Cassius C Kelley Winchester Wyo Eldon Brooks Greybull Wyo Albert E Kean Greybull Charles Green Basin John K Dickey Greybull Joseph Wardell Cowley Wyo Frank J Good Kane Wyo Ralph O Kinnaird Kane Leonece A Hebert Greybull Arthur M Elmer Lovell Emil J H Lather Shell Wyo Arthur J Peterson Germania Wyo Alfred W Menzel Germania Charles O Prill Shoshon Wyo James E Robertson Greybull Walter M Williamson Greybull Phillip Bitsell Greybull Leverton Filmona Greybull Louis G Arndt Lovell Taylor Moore Powell Wyo Vanes Zalaga Dietz Wyo Martin Bergman Billings Mont Maurice Price Manderson Wyo George H Ellicott Denver Wyo Karl Ashley Worland Wyo Francis H Freeland Harlowton Mont Clarence E Dobbs Basin Henry L Gifford Kane Walter J Hersman Tulsa Oklo Charles J Huber Basin John T Pierce Manderson David L Griffith Kane William H Hoffman Kane William Adams Lovell Edward Gustafson Manderson Ralph R Ramsey Manderson Emil R Setterstrom Thermopolis Alvin R Walker Lovell Rufus E Crouch Basin Also noted are men leaving Basin on the 17th for service at Fort Benjamin Harrison and other veterans, followed by court and tax notices in Basin and Big Horn County.
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Big Horn County
Lee Burdine
Fulton
Miss
Erick T. Harrison
Brookville
Fla
Allen M. Smith
Basin
Wyo
Thomas C. O'Neill
Douglas
Loyed McDowell
Greybull
Charles Bryson
Lovell
Cassius C.kelley
Winchester
Eldon Brooks
Albert E. Kean
Charles Green
John K. Dickey
Joseph Wardell
Cowley
Frank J. Good
Kane
Ralph O. Kinnaird
Leonece
A. Hebert
Arthur M. Elmer
Emil J. H. Lather
Shell
Arthur J. Peterson
Germania
Alfred W. Menzel
Charles O. Prill
Shoshon
James E. Robertson
Walter M. Williamson
Phillip Bitsell
Leverton Filmona
Louis G. Arndt
Taylor Moore
Powell
Vanes Zalaga
Dietz
Martin Bergman
Billings
Mont
Maurice Price
Manderson
George H. Ellicott
Denver
Karl Ashley
Worland
Francis H. Freeland
Harlowton
Clarence E. Dobbs
Henry L. Gifford
Walter J. Hersman
Tulsa
Oklo
Charles J. Huber
John T. Pierce
David L. Griffith
William H. Hoffman
William Adams
Edward Gustafson
Ralph R. Ramsey
Emil R. Setterstrom
Thermopolis
Alvin R. Walker
Rufus E. Crouch
U. S. Army
Fort Benjamin
Ind
Nim M. Sutton
James F. Gardner
Casper
Willard E. Yeaman
Elmer
Walter
Samuel R. Cumby
Sheriff Warns of Prosecution for 1918 Plates
The sheriff reports the state department has ample plates and from April 1 all unregistered drivers with 1918 plates will be prosecuted. Central Barber Shop closes at 7 o'clock new time.
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State Department
B. F. Wickwire
Central Barber Shop
Basin Wyoming invites bids for water works improvements
Sealed bids are due by 8 00 p m June 1918 to Basin town clerk for plans to construct a reinforced concrete settling reservoir flushing sewers pumping units valves and appurtenances as well as related materials including pipe specials and reinforcing steel Bids may be on all items collectively or on any item separately Plans can be inspected or obtained from G J Schenk city engineer after May 20 1918 for ten dollars Jas F Ewers town clerk
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basin
Wyoming
G. J. Schenk
Jas F. Ewers
Mercer Bros. Land and Livestock Co branding and stock marks
The Mercer Bros. Land and Livestock Co of Hyattville Wyo shows cattle branded X-7 on the left side and SN on the left side. Horses are branded Range Paint Rock and Nowood on the left thigh.
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Thigh
Paint Rock
Big Horn Mountains
P. O
Hyattville Wyo
William Douglas Brand
Aleep
Nowood
Paint K
Neck
Nowood and Triburies
Hyattville
Geo. B
Big Horn Basin
Poowood
Wyo
Also Mentioned on This Page
No Man’s Land
Ly Will Payne
Ceneral Perahing
KE. F. Hall
Edith B. Hall
EF. F. Hall
District Court
E. F. Hall
Frank
Rue
G. Hartigan
J. H. Johnson
Board of County Commissioners
Effie Zimmerman
J. K. Burnham
Zela Murphy
Mercer Bros. Land & Live
Clarence Gardner
RED Bank Cattle CO
Ian Rump
W. BR. Tolman
Talman Mountain
Elk Creek
Otto, Wyo
F. E. Judkins
General
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