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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1919
Page
12
Five hundred New England men in the Fourth Provisional Battalion are released after six months of service. Demobilization began in the afternoon and continued into the night as the Boston contingent boarded trains to reach the South Station by about six in the morning.
A battalion called under limited service draft rules has served as a model unit for guard and military police duties under Major Clark W. Tobin. On a New York train at midnight, notable New England figures including Larry Keegan Garrett Sullivan Herbert Molinari Edward Cassidy and John McLellan rode east. The battalion faced repeated delays before an early troop movement was planned and officers woke men at 4 am. The six companies were prepared for discharge within six weeks.
The sequence from the 229th to the 331th was kept in place until mid afternoon, when the first troops were dispatched.
The Maine Bar Association convened in Augusta and adopted resolutions on the death of ex President Theodore Roosevelt. Elected officers include President Cyrus N. Blanchard of Wilton and vice presidents Charles Sumner Cook of Portland Hannibal L. Hamlin of Ellsworth. Norman L. Bassett of Augusta will serve as secretary and treasurer with an executive committee featuring Ralph T. Parker Rumford George H. Allan Portland Sanford L. Fogg Augusta Edward Merrill Skowhegan and George C. Wing Jr. Auburn.
Both houses adopted resolutions praising the late President Roosevelt as a citizen statesman American and man. The memorial service occurred as his funeral rites were held at Oyster Bay.
Army and navy personnel gathered at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Boston for a Roosevelt memorial service honoring the ex-President. Leading officers from the Atlantic Coast Artillery and Northeastern Departments attended, alongside naval officials from the First Naval District. The service, conducted by Dean Rousmaniere and two cathedral staff reverends, drew a large crowd of service members and allied soldiers from multiple nations.
The piece by H. F. Wheeler recounts General Pershing's courtship and marriage as a campaign of romance. It portrays a love story matching his renowned battlefield successes and promises happiness after victory.
Springfield group of discharged soldiers and sailors issues a call through the newspapers for all ex service men to attend a meeting tomorrow morning. They cite growing unemployment and homelessness among veterans and seek to press civic authorities to act.
Advertisement promotes LAX ATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets to cure a cold in one day. Calls for the full name and signature of E. W. GROVE and markets 30c tablets.
Samuel W. McCall of Massachusetts delivered a speech in the House of Representatives in Washington that saved Theodore Roosevelt's job as federal civil service commissioner, standing by his desk on the floor more than 20 years ago.
In a Union Club conversation with a former Governor, the Post recorder finds McCall reflecting on a key Civil Service Commission funding skirmish. He recalls Roosevelt’s clash over a blocked appropriation and his defense of the commission, praising Roosevelt as a Hamiltonian figure in Congress.
Governor McCall recalls Roosevelt's wartime leadership when Roosevelt ran the Navy Dept in the Spanish American era. He calls Roosevelt a great reservoir of virility and asks who could match his force, noting no contemporary equals in courage or Americanism.
Boston faces a flower shortage with future supply dire as demand surges after the armistice. Major shops meet only about 75 percent of orders while smaller suppliers rely on wax and paper funeral flowers. Philadelphia New York and Chicago report similar strains as dealers struggle to fill demand. The shortage is tied to unusually high postwar demand.
The railroad administration announced an annual rental of 53,603,487 dollars in the government contract with Pennsylvania Lines East and six subsidiaries. The figure reflects the cost of the rail network lease for the upcoming year.
Springfield Illinois January 8 by a vote of 30 to 15 the Illinois Senate tonight ratified the federal prohibition amendment. The House will act on the resolution tomorrow.
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