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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1918
Page
10
American forces conducted simultaneous raids on German lines, advancing 600 yards to the second trench after four hours of artillery prep. They found dugouts blown, captured two wounded Germans as prisoners in one flank, and reported heavy gas and artillery use with no American casualties.
People who stand all day know sore feet, and Tiz promises instant relief. It claims to draw out poisonous exudations that puff feet and alleviate pain in corns, callouses, and bunions. A 25 cent box from any druggist offers a year of comfort.
Washington March 11 an extra War Department casualty list reports Lieutenant John H David and 27 others killed in action Lieutenants Ralph M Davenport and Stephen C Markoe five men wounded one private severely wounded one private dead from wounds three men killed in accidents and five dead of diseases three men listed as missing now prisoners in Germany killed in action Corporals Ralph R Flora Edward P Sullivan Privates George Adkins Michael Ahearn Oscar Ammon Thomas G Bragg Patrick Britt Joe D Brake field Arthur Christfall Frank T Cocksrell William Drain Philip Finn Edward L Fitch John J Hasper Arthur and others in the unit
List of soldiers with ranks and names who died of disease wounds accidents and other causes as recorded. Private Hugh I Hunt died of wounds Corporal Marshall Jones and Privates Frederick Pieper John Ublianiuk killed in accidents. Dying of disease Privates Burgett Flowers Segal Honeyman Philipower. Gentry severely wounded. Slightly wounded Starace Carter Benton Olson Openshaw. Missing John Hill Lewis Galley. Prisoners Hill Lewis Galley. Died of fractured skull Wagoner Collins. Meningitis Hale. Accident Perrault. Appendicitis Taylor.
General Pershing reports four killed in action four severely wounded 21 slightly wounded four died of wounds six of disease and two from other causes. Names include Private Frank J. Osgood Private Francisco Disabatine Sergeant Theodore Peterton Private William H. Rhodes and others.
Pittsfield reports F Company of the 14th Infantry formerly of the Second Massachusetts went into first line trenches in France on Feb 8. Sergeants letter to Mrs. Smith describes shelling as five to one in favor of the Americans and details the convoy in box cars with 40 men per car.
Lieutenant Harold Hay Davison of Woodsville New Hampshire is among eight New England soldiers awarded the French war cross for conspicuous bravery on the Chemin des Dames front. He, 25, is the son of Lewis Davison, a Woodsville resident, a Dartmouth graduate, and former Hervyard Law School student who entered the reserve officers training camp at Plattsburgh during the war.
The subject completed his degree at Harvard before entering military service. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in August 1917 and sent to Camp Devens, then to Framingham. He served in G Company of the 101st Infantry and sailed overseas last September.
Washington March 11 The War Department plan to issue casualty lists may be investigated by the Senate military committee. Senator New of Indiana introduced a resolution asking the department for information after receiving criticisms from several Senators.
The Navy Department announces the deaths of Andrew Donnie Skaggs of Newburn Tennessee and Leo Scott Harvie of Cincinnati in an aero plane accident in the naval aviation service in France. Details of the accident and date were not provided.
Henry J. Sweeney, listed among today’s casualties, died from wounds in France. A Manchester soldier, he enlisted May 1 last and was the first from the city to lose his life at the front. Relatives were notified by the War Department that he was wounded by a shell burst.
President Wilson says effort will intensify to secure the western front in the coming year. Officials expect faster mobilization and renewed offensives to hasten victory.
Emphasis by the War Department that Mr Baker’s visit was a military pilgrimage without diplomatic significance highlights President Wilson’s push for a strong allied campaign. American troops hold a central role as strategic tensions rise abroad.
The article notes Secretary Baker's planned trip to the front to learn Pershing's views on prospects for American forces and the war in France. It emphasizes cooperation with French and British leaders and the priority disputes over troop versus supply shipments, highlighting Baker's sense of responsibility for U.S. war preparations.
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