Students Chosen for Commissions at Plattsburg Camp
New York Aug 12 1917 commissions awarded to New England cadets at the Plattsburg training camp list numerous first and second lieutenants in infantry cavalry field artillery coast artillery and other units. Names include Maurice W. Howe Fitchburg Mass Richard H. Dwyer Bedford Mass Leonard W. Bacon Jr New Haven Conn Homer St Gaudens Windsor Vt and many others from Massachusetts Connecticut New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont with assignments in Officers Reserve Corps National Army and Regular Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Plattsburg, N. Y
New England
Maurice W. Howe
Fitchburg
Mass
Richard H. Dwyer
Bedford
Thomas C. Laux
Boston Harbor
Leonard W. Bacon, Jr
New Haven
Conn
Leutenant
Infantry
National Army
Philip Cheney
South Manchester
Brooks Hering
Lakeville
William R. Witherell
North Adams
Arthur Medlicott
Cambridge
Homer St. Gaudens
Windsor
Sidney W. Bampton
Natick
Herman A. Lorenz
Meriden
Roger W. Spaulding
Lancaster
N. H
Cavalry
Erastus W. Williams
Thomas Yess
Beverly
Cornelius F. Roddy
Lloyd P. Chittenden
Rowayton
Field Artillery
Offcers
Edward S. Pinney
Howell van Nostrand
Ofcers
Roby P. Littlefield
Ogunquit
Harry R. Sullivan
Louis Curtis, Jr
Boston
Marshall R. Kernochan
Pittsfield
Quartermaster Corps
Merrill D. Wheeler
Proctorsville
Adjutant-General’s Department
Robert W. Gilmore
Provincetown
Trevor W. Sweet
West Roxbury
Cassius H. Styles
South Hero
Newburyport
Coast Artillery
William R. Smythe
Hanover
Loring S. Hemenway
James A. Dawson
New Britain
Walter A. Upham
Greenville
Henry R. Braham
Lowell
Hichard Harte
Frederick
Frederickson
Bridgeport
James C. Hebard
John R. W. Hall
Warren
R. I
Nathaniel Warshaw
Quincy
William R. Tower
Lexington
Harry W. Bolan
Dorchester
Hart R. Brown
Orono
Leonard G. Bradford
Augustus J. Beaupre
Hyde Park
Richard J. McLoughlin
Hugh S. Reddy
Fort Williams
Reginald Poland
Providence
Quartermaster Department
George P. Lee
Waterbury
Ralph R. Glasheen
Brockton
Richard N. Kimball
Foxboro
Melzer
Whittlesey
H. R. Hardwick
D. Beale
Wellesley Hills
S. B. Hyde
A. C. Smith
Milford
C. B. McCord
C. W. Lawrence
Auburndale
L. D. Pettingill
Lewiston
W. H. Warren
Salmouth
Isaac Wynne, Jr
Ernest W. Soucy
Lucius T. Hill
Brookline
Andrew J. Bentley
William H. Hesketh
Lakewood
George H. G. Campbell
Windsor Locks
Eben 8. Draper
Hopedale
Washington
Fort Riley
Kas
Howard K. Richmond
Horatio Potter
Mordaunt V.turner
Brenton C. Pomeroy
Greenwich
Commissions in Coast Artillery Awarded at Fort Monroe
Washington August 12 Commissions awarded to Coast Artillery Training Camp students at Fort Monroe Virginia include Captain ranks in the Officers Reserve Corps and First Lieutenant postings. Named recipients span multiple Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island and New Hampshire cities among others with many Harvard athletes noted.
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Coast Artillery
Harvard
Cambridge Boy Receives Regular Army Cavalry Commission
Washington Aug. 13 Officers' Reserve Corps cadets from Fort Riley Kansas receive commissions. Mordaunt Turner Cambridge Massachusetts Brenton Pomeroy Greenwich Connecticut receive second lieutenant cavalry in the regular army.
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Cambridge
Regular Army
Fort Sheridan Awards Honor Soldiers From New England
Field Artillery Captaincy honors go to Nashua New Hampshire and Boston area cadets. Infantry lieutenants in the Officers Reserve Corps include George H. Nichols of South Barre Massachusetts Richard M. Herry of Boston Prescott C Buffum of Easthampton Robert A Alton of Nashua New Hampshire.
Woman Mad About Riverside Boys Bathing Nuisance
Muncie suburb Riverside City town marshal Mrs. Maude B. Samuels faced a call to arrest undressed bathers. The incident documented her reluctance and ambiguity as to action while bystanders watched. No arrests were made.
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Muncite
Ind
Maude B. Samuels
Riverside City
Muncie
State Guard Establishes Arlington Headquarters in Old Town Hall
State Guard Company 638 of the 11th Regiment, Second Battalion, Massachusetts State Guard, stationed in Arlington, plans to establish its headquarters in the old Town Hall. The police dormitory will be used by the guard and the old assessors and public works rooms will serve as officers quarters. The hall will be fitted with drill facilities, lockers, and gun racks.
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State Guard Company
11Th Regiment
Second Battalion
State Guard of Massachusetts
Arlington
Old Town Hall
Police Department
Thousands Bid Farewell to Medford Troops
All Medford turned out yesterday afternoon to say goodbye to E Company of the Dandy Fifth as officers and men prepare to leave for training abroad. The unit will join the regiment at Quincy and camp on Adams' farm until ordered elsewhere.
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Medford
Quincy
Adams’ Farm
Medford Parade Honors Mayor With Civic and Military Elite
Thousands lined the principal streets as a company of 2000 led by Mayor Benjamin F. Haines marched past Medford Common. Capt Robert M. Magee led cheers for the Mayor with Alderman James A Cotting as chief of staff. The procession included naval reserves state guard constabulary veterans youth groups and city employees along with seven pieces of fire apparatus.
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Medford Common
Benjamin F. Haines
Robert M. Magee
James A. Cotting
Naval Reserves
Medford State Guard
Medford Constabulary
Spanish War Veterans
Daughters of Veterans, Women’s Relief Corps
U. S. W. V. Auxiliary
Daughters of the American Revolution
Boy Scouts
Fire Department
Sendoff to Trapans by Winthrop Residents
A patriotic demonstration was held in Winthrop as residents gathered to honor Trapans ahead of a sendoff. Participants waved flags, sang tributes, and expressed community support for the individual.
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Trapans
Winthrop
Winthrop Sends Off Machine Gun Company Parade
Winthrop honored the Winthrop Machine Gun Company of the 5th Regiment as it prepares to depart for training camp. The sendoff featured escorted troops by the Spanish War Veterans a State Guard detachment the local G A R post and Boy Scouts while several hundred residents lined the streets.
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Winthrop
5Th Regiment
State Guard
G. A. R. Post
Boy Scouts
Boston Surgeon Dr Scannell Ordered to Fort Benjamin Harrison
Dr David D Scannell, a noted Boston surgeon, has been ordered to Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana by the War Department. He has served as an officer in the army reserve corps and was assigned to the Boston City Hospital unit. He chaired the Boston school committee, is a surgical officer at City Hospital and teaches surgery at Harvard Medical School.
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David D. Scannell
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
War Department
Scannell
Boston
Reserve Corps
Army Medical Department
Boston City Hospital
Boston School Committee
City Hospital
Harvard Medical School
One Pitcher Goes 21 Innings In Lincoln Joplin Tie
Lincoln edged Joplin 2 1 after a 21 inning duel in Lincoln Nebraska. Kenneth Gregory pitched all 21 innings allowing 12 hits with errorless support. Joplin used three pitchers and committed two errors setting a season long marathon game record.
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Lincoln
Neb
Lincoln and
Joplin
Keneth Gregory
Harvard Men to Plattsburg Exemption Process in Draft War
Harvard Reserve Officers' Training Corps members, among about 150 drafted, passed physicals but seek exemption for entry to Plattsburg training. War Department grants exemption until training completion and officer commissioning chances. Harvard corps members aged 21 to 31 are placed at Plattsburg, with disbandment approaching and uncertain further recognition from War Department.
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Harvard Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
War Department
Army
Harvard Corps
Plattsburg
Harvard
Cambridge
Plattsboro
Two Probes In Harbor Crash Between Submarine And Mayflower
Two investigations into the collision between a United States submarine and the Nantasket steamer Mayflower in the harbor Saturday afternoon will begin today. Navy officials will report to Washington while local inspectors hold a hearing to examine ship officers, steamer crew, and witnesses. Repairs to the Mayflower will start soon after a survey, with damage estimates pending the inspection.
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United States
Navy Department
Washington
Aviators Exhibit Stunts at Nantasket Beach
A crowd of 75 000 watched two naval aviation school aviators from Squantum perform hydroplane flights at Nantasket Beach. They explained their machines, then flew along the shore and landed in the water riding breakers before returning to the aviation field.
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Nantasket Beach
Naval Aviation School
Squantum
Rockefeller opens War Demonstration Hospital in New York
The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research inaugurates a temporary War Demonstration Hospital at Avenue A and 6th Street to adapt European infection treatment methods for American surgeons. The facility, housed in portable base-hospital style buildings, will not charge patients. Dr. Alexis Carrel will supervise on leave from France with help from Dr. Adrian V. S. Lambert.
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New York
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Avenue A
France
Carrel
Adrian V. 8. Lambert
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Free rides for enlisted men on Boston Elevated lines
Dorchester Democratic Club of Ward 17 pushes for free transportation for all army and navy enlistees on the Boston Elevated during the war. Thomas H. Glynn urges the measure and has already briefed President Brush, who said it must be decided by the Public Service Commission. Glynn and club members will present the proposal to the commission.
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Army
Navy
Boston F
Democratic Club
Ward 17
Dorchester
Thomas H. Glynn
Draner Street
Glynn
Brush
Public Service Commission
Groom Loses Bankroll Delays Marriage License
Beav er, Aug 12. David Halliday of New Castle found his pocketbook missing containing 500 dollars and a 1500 dollar certified check when paying for a marriage license from the county clerk. He had to rely on the bride to cover license and minister fees.
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Beavier
Penn
David Halliday
New Castle
Satin Lined Casket for Darling Parrot
Polly the parrot of Harry Kay dies and is buried in his back yard in St. Louis in a satin lined coffin with a silver nameplate Our Darling. The small ceremony includes flowers strewn over the grave at 4129 Delmar Boulevard.
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ST. Louis
Polly
Harry Kay
Delmar Boulevard
Jews From Palestine Arrive in Berne En Route to New York
About 100 Palestine Jews mainly wives and children of US naturalized men landed in Berne, Switzerland, traveling at US government expense toward New York. Nearly 600 more Jews remain in Palestine awaiting arrangements. They report severe hunger and high prices in Jerusalem and delays along the journey.
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Berne
Switzerland
United States
Jerusalem
New York
Palestine
Associated Press
Aleppo
Damascus
Korneh
Constantinople
Couple Deny Address in Marriage Intent Notice
In a letter to the editor, Helen G. MacDonald of 93 Winthrop Street Roxbury states that neither Frances M. MacDonald nor Martin J. Gately reside at 33 Winthrop Street Roxbury, challenging a published marriage intention and citing embarrassment over the similar names.
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Martin J Gately
Winthrop Street
Roxbury
Frances M. MacDonald
Miss MacDonald
Martin Gately
Helen G. MacDonald
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