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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1918
Page
4
The Senate with unanimous consent agreed to vote by 4 PM tomorrow on the administration manpower bill extending the draft ages to 18 through 45. Debate limited after 1 PM while discussion of the fight amendment continued. Proposals to exempt or restrict service for youths under 21 also remained unsettled.
An amendment by Senator Reed to an education bill provides free schooling for boys under 21 who enlist or are drafted. It allows entry to public colleges at government expense for up to two years, tied to military service. Senators Jones and Cummins questioned the need and suggested restricting employers via taxes.
Sen. Thomas argues exemptions for industry worsen draft inequities as Secretary Baker’s interpretations could expand evasion. Sen. McKellar and Fall propose broadening registration to age 60 with new classifications while Hitchock favors reclassification when exemptions lapse. Draftees head to camps and training centers, with numbers slated for Camp Devens Camp Upton and other sites.
Major Wolcott released figures from Saturdays draft registration: 4277 whites and citizens, 91 Negroes, and 901 aliens aged 21 since June 2. He also said trained registrants may enlist in the Navy for officer training. Medical board commissions in the Medical Reserve Corps are halted for now without Provost Marshal General consent.
Forty three hundred draftees will leave from various sections of the State for general and limited service. By week’s end they will don uniforms with 2800 bound for Camp.
M Douglas Flattery, president of the Boston Record Company publishers of the Boston Evening Record, has been appointed to the United States Housing Board with headquarters in Washington. He is a known Boston businessman eager to engage in war work. The board oversees a key government manufacturing program.
Miss Ruth McCall eldest daughter of Governor McCall spoke at the dedication of the women's rest room in the State house room 487. Other speakers included Lieutenant Governor Coolidge Secretary of State Langtry Adjutant General Stevens and Mrs Nathaniel R Thayer.
President Wilson walked from the White House to the State War and Navy building in Washington in a cheerful mood and held a more than half hour conference with Secretary Baker. He was seen whistling as he returned to the White House.
Sergeant L. H. Gilpatrick of the intelligence department headquarters company 103d United States Infantry is back in Somerville after a year in France. He will report in Washington for orders today. Gilpatrick and several officers and another sergeant were sent home on a special mission.
A Somerville mother expresses pride as her son Sergeant Gilpatrick recounts capturing a German helmet and rifle after killing a Prussian sniper. He describes frontline combat near Aisne and Marne, Chateau Thierry, and Belleau, claims of American progress toward Berlin, and notes extensive regiment changes within the 26th Division mixing New England and California troops.
Congressman Gallivan announced he will keep his newspaper campaign brief under the government paper conservation policy. He warned against outside interference, praising home rule in the 12th district and denouncing Curley as out of touch. He hinted labeling his opponent and cited Boston areas Roxbury Dorchester and Jamaica Way.
Director General McAdoo will spend most of next week on an inspection tour of New England railroads. He will review the New York New Haven Hartford line and the Cape Cod Canal improvements and convene federal managers to discuss coal movement and railway operations improvements.
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