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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1917
Page
4
Colonel Azan outlines the French warfare system in his new book as the model American troops will follow in France. The volume explains training methods and tactics designed for the American forces in the European theater.
Edward Marshall reports a plain narrative detailing how men captured by Germans were harnessed like horses to haul coal, among other intolerable treatments. The account stands as one of the war’s most surprising revelations.
Massachusetts officials discuss aliens and married men with families in draft reform. Senator Weeks urges including aliens of draft age and limiting exemptions for those with families to ensure national necessity. President Wilson responds with caution and directs War Department follow ups. Local boards step up scrutiny of exemptions and enforce due process.
Massachusetts district appeal boards will grant marriage exemptions only when the husband's salary is needed to support the family. A statement after a New York visit says New York and Massachusetts boards agree no general exemptions for married men. The boards will administer the law as written, not amend it, with changes sought at higher levels.
Judge Cohen says many wrongly think all men with dependents are exempt from the draft. He asserts exemptions apply only when the registrant leaves behind persons absolutely dependent on him. Cohen and Secretary Sampson, in New York with Charles F. Hughes, reviewed the New York Appeal Board's approach.
A report that Joseph C. Stout carried a draft protest signed by hundreds of Malden residents to Washington last Thursday night was denied. No protest had been filed or delivered as of the report.
Provost Marshal General Crowder states in a telegram that the original rules for exemption based on dependency remain in force and no change has occurred. He says the aim is to apply the law rigidly to protect meritorious claimants amid widespread dependency claims nationwide.
In Haverhill Judge John J. Winn lashed out at able bodied aliens who passed physicals for draft exemption. He said he would send them back to their countries and even wished a U-boat would stop them before crossing the ocean. He praised American workers and denounced foreigners in shoe factories who refuse service.
A roundup of new books on business ethics empire and Mexico policy. Stevens argues for reform to democratize commerce, Barron champions big business abroad, while Field demystifies retail buying. Also reviewed are works on alcohol, aviation, photography, humor, plays, gardening, and a wartime camp service book by Houghton Mifflin.
A little book of hymns and prayers for army and navy chaplains plus Y M C A workers with troops is being issued this week. It aims to aid camp morale with familiar hymns Psalms Bible readings prayers and a simple service for men of all communions. Bishop Lawrence chairs the Episcopal Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains and urged Boston parishes to supply social life equipment for Massachusetts regiments including moving picture machines trucks and a tent.
Henry Ficke once an auditor for North German Lloyd Steamship Co was arrested at his Rosebank Staten Island home by U S Marshal Powers charged as a dangerous alien. He will be detained at Ellis Island during the war and admitted pay from the steamship firm was $540 monthly. Authorities note his close proximity to New York harbor aided port movement observation. A house search found no incriminating items.
The article describes a depot brigade as a reserve unit combining quartermaster ordnance engineers and more to sustain fighting units. Brigadier General E Leroy Sweetser is reassigned to command this unit, with duties to keep ranks full and supply munitions and food, potentially serving in France.
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