Boston 1500 Joins National Army Cheer in City Camp
A record crowd in Boston and surrounding towns rallied for the National Army, cheering the troops as mobilization continued. The list of local volunteers and volunteers from Holyoke Northampton Chico Worcester and Lawrence features many names including Peter Anastas Carmelo Stanco and Christopher J Bailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
National Army
Tons
Frank Bashaw
William A. Wattes
Holyoke and
Brockton
D. J. Buckley
Robert Clark
Victor A. Emery
K. N. Gates
Sam Haggar
Fred A. Johnson
J. M. Harkins
E. L. Hollis
Moynihan
I. Oenes
James A. Oliver
Robert J. O’brien
A. Riccio
William F. Robinson
E. G. Sharp
Northampton and
Southbridge
Peter Anastas
Edward Barrett
Samuel Brown
Roger E. Davis
H. E. Favrilla
Sarkis Goshgorian
Thomas Hatton
John P. Kane
H. T. Lawson
John P. Probert
Victor A. Racine
Patrick Shannon
G. P. Simonian
L. A. Sulvane
Ciro Tomasetta
Lawrence
Thomas Agazarian
Henry Spritz
Charles Caruso
L. G. Legros
Rap
Pawel Sweerdzewski
John Leminski
Joseph Chizanskos
Horan Onanian
Manoag Krikorian
John Kalinowski
Holyoke
Christopher J. Bailey
R. A. Benoit
Stephen Berkill
Arthur P. Bryan
Napoleon Chapderlaine
Deminique Devenge
Napoleon Fagnant
John Girouard
Frank Novak
Abraham Page
Omer Raiche
Welcome Boston Men Arrive Camp Devens for Training
The New England contingent arrives with 160000 visitors and 30000 cars at Camp Devens where 1500 Boston men march in to join 7600 division troops. The first death in the 76th division occurs as George Belzil of Newbury Vermont drowns in Robbins Pond during pond poling in khaki. The day ends with cheers, parades, and preparations for real training starting tomorrow.
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Camp Devens
New England
National Army
George Belzil
Newbury
Robbins Pond
Belzil
76Th Division
National Army of the United States
New York
Ayer Camp Devens
302D Light Field Artillery
H Company
301St Infantry
Boston
William H. Warwick
Frank Tompkins
F. H. Albright
Jack Harding
G Company
Corporal Harding
Warwick
First Boston Men Arrive at Camp Devens Meet Warm Welcome
The Boston contingent arrived at Camp Devens where they received roast beef, potatoes, corn, pudding, fruit, cake, bread and coffee with sugar and milk for their first army meal. A drowning accident in the 202d field artillery cast a pall as Belzil was found dead in a pond after a raft incident. Local crowds swelled traffic as 160,000 visitors graced the cantonment and its surrounding roads.
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Boston
Boston Common
Cantonment
Quartermaster’s Corps
Division 7
301St Infantry Regiment
Devens
Charles F. Powell
West End
Massachusetts
Brookfield
New Hampshire
New York
E. H. Carlson
Lynn
Belzil
Field Artillery
Rutland
E. HB. Grant
Newbury
Grant
James B. Moody
J. F. Burnham
208D Field Artillery Regiment
A. C. Jones
W. D. Widdoes
H. A. Clark
Cochrane
Clark
Burgess A. Edwards
B Battery
Four Charlestown alternates fail to join national army at Camp Devens
Four Charlestown men who came as alternates to Camp Devens learn the national draft is strict as the missing recruits are found. Boston guards and division leaders are assigned. a mass and a choir plan surface, while reporters receive clarity on armband meanings.
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Devens
Charlestown
National Army
Joseph M. Cuniff
Baldwin Street
James J. Torphy
Medford Street
Luke J. Finnegan
Auburn Court
Martin J. Cowan
Mystic Street
Evans
Reddell
Whitney
Gettysburg
Jack Harding
Queensberry Street
Boston
Lmng Oey
Lee
W. W. French
Herbert H. Garey
Herbert N. Jeeves
Fred A. Brigham
William J. Lillis
John T. Sheedy
Ernest J. Frotten
Knights of Columbus
Dunphy
Thomas F. McGinn
War boosts Massachusetts labor demand in most industries
The State Bureau of Statistics reports that the shift to a wartime economy has increased labor demand across major Massachusetts industries for the quarter ending June 30. Boot and shoe manufacturing is the sole exception, hit by factory closures in Lynn and Verhill.
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America
Massachusetts
State Bureau of Statistics
Lynn
Verhill
Death of Mabel M. Harris Found at Hotel Pitts Roxbury
Mabel M. Harris aged 35 was found dead in bed at the Hotel Pitts 80 Windsor Street Roxbury last night. An investigation is expected to determine the cause of death.
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Mabel M. Harris
Pitts
Windsor Street
Roxbury
British artillery keeps pressure in Ypres salient as Crown Prince halts infantry
British forces rest after taking 3243 prisoners and capturing most objectives. Big guns pound German positions and air bases behind lines while aviators harass depots and cantonments. Northeast of Gouzeaucourt, a raid into German trenches is reported between Arras and St. Quentin.
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Rupprecht
Bavaria
Ypres
Gouzeaucourt
Arras
St. Quentin
Front reports bombardment and limited moves on western fronts
On the western front the French and Germans exchange heavy bombardment near the Aisne and Verdun Hill 304. German reconnoitering gains are noted with no decisive action. Further east, German forces hold at Jacobstadt bridgehead south of Riga while Russians entrench on the Dvina and counter near Rudna. Cadorna notes Austro-Hungarian attacks repulsed on the Bainsizza plateau as Italians seize two advance positions near Monte Marmolado after a mine explosion.
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Aisne
Verdun
Berlin
Jacobstadt
Riga
Dvina
Petrograd
Rudna
Cadorna
Gorizia
Bainsizza
Monte Marmolado
Trent
British Raids Hit Belgian Military Establishments
The Admiralty reported British naval air squadrons bombed Belgian railway stations at Thourout and Cortemarck on Friday night, igniting fires at both sites. Bombs also fell on Ostend docks on Saturday as all aircraft returned safely.
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London
Belgium
The
Admiralty
Thourout
Cortemarck
Ostend
Hoover urges sugar cuts to aid French allies
Food Administrator Hoover appealed to the American public to reduce sugar consumption to leave a share for France, which faces two months without sugar as the allied supply tightens.
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Washington
Hoover
Hoover urges sugar export to help French ration needs
President Hoover outlines a request from the French government to export 100000 tons of sugar from the United States next month to avert a sugar shortage. He notes Americans have limited stock and suggests reducing candy purchases to aid France while stressing the need to maintain U S consumption until January.
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Ayer
Brighton
Court House
Camp
Herbert L. Baldwin
the Post
Rhinelander Waldo
Milton J. Clark
Huntington Avenue
Chalmer W. Painter
Massachusetts Avenue
R. J. Coleman
Elmer H. Carlson
Maple Street
F. J. Murphy
John J
Kaiser Feller
Jackie
Westfield
104Th Infantry
Clarence E. Roxford
Concord
N. H
Tompkins
Craig
D. F. Craig
Lewiston
Vermont
Ayer Junction
Fitchburg
51St United States Truck Company
Charles H. Huntington
Herbert P. Phelan
Belvidere Street
Maine
8. C. Hill
Maine Coast Artillery
301St
Barber
Frank J. Mullen
Abraham Gray
Gray
Newsboys Club of
Hodges
Malden
William Fraser
Elmer Scribner
John Hanley
General Information Bureau
Contractors
W. W. Peck
Daniel J. Gallagher
Grand Knight
von Boethe
Springfield
Knights’ New
Noddle Island
Beatty
Samuel Haljun
Talbot Avenue
Joseph F. Murphy
Commercial Street
Fred E. Dowling
Frank B. McKinney
McKinney
Harry Reeves
Harvard
S301st Infantry
H. H. Flowers
Harry F. Hodges
AFEA
Waltham
Waltham Watch Company
Walthames
Washington St. Cor
Frank A. Andrews, Inc
Mer
Taylor
FANCY
Winter ST
LEACH
Mass. Ave
Central Cambria
AUTOS
Winship
Ao.un
W. W. Winship
Summer Street
France
U. S
United States
Illinois
Fitnens
Carcer Co
Anau Eros
Waltham & Elgin
Dept. P
Washington Street
Jenox Emrco
Saturda
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