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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1918
Page
7
New England division of the 26th Army Corps stands ready after three weeks of minor actions. The units have fortified positions and report unusually light casualties with only five New Englanders among the recent losses.
Pt Charles Samuel Carpenter of Littleton New Hampshire severely wounded. Corp Charles T Sierman of Hartford Connecticut and Pt Alfred J Garceau of Boston Massachusetts listed as wounded. Pt Edward M Green of Bristol Connecticut previously reported missing now returned to duty from the 102d Inf.
A line from yesterday shows the smallest number on the daily lists for weeks, indicating a dip in entries and suggesting a quieter period in the listings.
Two New Englanders were severely wounded in recent fighting. Corporal Charles T. Sierman of Hartford and Private Alfred J. Garceau of Boston are named. No New Englander was listed as killed in action or missing. Lieutenant Burr W. Leyson, a Boston man, is reported as a prisoner.
Washington July 4 list shows 52 names divided by fate including nine killed in action six died of wounds three died of accident and other causes five died of disease 26 wounded severely two missing and one prisoner Names span ranks from lieutenant to private with residences in Colorado Springs Riverside Nyack Philadelphia Boston Detroit and more and also notes several previously missing then slightly gassed and back on duty with company
The day saw 55 ships launched nationwide with 36 steel and 19 wooden hulls. The exact total remains uncertain due to holiday disrupted wires. Bethlehem Steel set a world record by four ships totaling 47 800 deadweight tons in one yard, and the ship Defiance followed as a 12 000 ton vessel finished in 37 days.
A list of ships launched with tonnage and yards includes 9,500 tons at Bath Maine for a wood vessel, 600 tons for Chibiabos at Newington New Hampshire, 500 tons for Milton at Newington NH, 3,500 tons for Roy H Beattie at Newington NH, 12,250 tons for Hesper at Somerset BH, and the destroyer Maury at Fore River Maine.
On Independence Day three 35000 ton wooden ships were launched at L. H. Shattuck yard in Newington New Hampshire marking a coastwise record. Crowds of 5000 witnessed the Chibaibos Roy H Beattie and Milton slide into the Piscataqua as dignitaries including Governor Keyes and several admirals attended.
Two Maine yards Cumberland Shipbuilding and Portland Ship Ceiling rushed wooden steamships for the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Cumberland launched Cumberland on June 29 and Basaan followed June 25. Andra was fully equipped 54 days after launching, near-record timing for steamship construction.
Bath Maine on July 4th witnessed a dramatic slip as the 9800 ton Canibus, under construction, slid from the ways to cheers from townsfolk. The event halted work briefly while spectators applauded the milestone in shipbuilding.
Premier Lloyd George congratulates President Wilson on a US ship launch milestone as Bath marks Independence Day with the Canibas christening. Dorothy Sewall, 20, christens the 425 foot, 9800 ton steel vessel with 1112 knot speed promised. Over 10,000 spectators.
A crowd of thousands gathered at Somerset on July 4 as the four masted schooner Hester failed to enter the water after the ways buckled under her weight. It will take days to jack up the ways and relaunch the big vessel. The Hesper, part of Uncle Sam’s growing fleet, was to make her maiden dip yesterday and marks the second craft of this type built on the Taunton Great River.
Guests enjoyed a buffet luncheon in a large loft as the vessel nears readiness for its first voyage to Buenos Ayres with Norfolk coal. Captain C. A. Haskell will command a crew of eight or nine. Six wooden tugs for the Emergency Fleet Corporation await completion in the same yard as telegrams from Hurley and Wilson were read.
In San Francisco on July 4 Charles M Schwab director general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation launched 12 vessels from his yards and directed five more from other yards. Eight were destroyers and four were freight ships with one noted as among them.
Secretary Daniels announced at the Tammany Fourth of July event that U S shipyards added over 400 000 dead weight tons of new ships this Independence Day surpassing total wartime losses of about 352 223 tons from submarines.
The Defiance sailed the Oakland estuary in 87 days, a world record. Mr Schwab called it the answer of the American workingman to the common foe as thousands cheered. He stood with builders and workers while President Wilson was praised during launchings. Assisting figures include Charles Pier of the Emergency Fleet Corporation Cuthbert Maughan for the British Admiralty and Charles A Eaton head of the fleet corporation national service section.
Three 500ton steel cargo vessels the Alamosa the Chetopa and the Alcona were launched at Newark as part of the Independence Day ship program by the Submarine Boat Corporation. Victoria Frelinghuysen christened the Alamosa. the Alcona and Chetopa were sponsored by Mrs. Henry B. Sutphen and Mrs. Beverly Worden.
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