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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1918
Page
3
Today begins a five day period for 1600 limited service men from across the state for Syracuse New York where they will be trained and detailed for fire and guard duty at points of embarkation. Also 13 mechanics of various classes leave for Lytle Georgia.
The first August call for 100 men for special training at Orono Maine. Eight printers and 12 carpenters will join a Texas camp. A major call seeks 513 colored draftees to Camp Devens within Aug 1 to 5, plus 200 for Fort Slocum on Aug 6 and a physician report on Aug 11. Additional calls on Aug 15 cover Albany Syracuse and Franklin Institute. Pro vost Crowder targets about 9800 men but awaits Class 1 progress and final authorization.
Walter D. Dzuka a 29 year old resident of 15 Hughes Street killed himself with a pocket knife in his home this morning authorities reported. The act followed worry over being drafted for service in the selective army as he and his wife planned a pleasure trip.
Ex Governor Walsh expected to announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate this week. Close friends say he would have entered the race regardless of ex Mayor Fitzgerald’s status, with strong confidence he will be in the fight.
The piece describes a looming Republican split in the state primaries with Senator Weeks backed by a powerful organization and Governor McCall facing him. It notes Fitzgerald may exit the race, Lodge's anticipated support, and a Democratic edge as President Wilson backs the war effort. Colonel William A. Gaston poised to announce a Democratic bid for Governor.
Miss Ethel Langdon Drake arrives at Copley Plaza to recruit Boston women 25 or older with expert driving skill and no immediate family in service for the Drake Section Sanitaire of the Sixth Army in France. Recruits must finance themselves at 190 monthly, train at Bayside Long Island, and then serve in France.
Washington orders all British subjects aged 20 to 44 to enlist in the British or Canadian forces by September 28 or be drafted into the American army. Major Kenneth D. Marratt heads a Massachusetts recruiting unit arranging medical examinations for hundreds of volunteers at 44 Bromfield Street.
British and Canadian recruiting mission plans to train volunteers in Canada then draft or transfer them to the American army via Major Roger Wolcott. A 60 day alien draft exemption halts induction of British subjects while simultaneous recruitment continues in Massachusetts led by Brigadier General White. Registration and potential drafting follow 30 days after the President proclaims the period.
A British woman, denied travel permits, posed as a nurse to join her husband in India. She answered a Japanese invalid’s ad for a nurse and accompanied the party to Japan and then India, where a general later discovered the imposter was his wife.
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