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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1918
Page
2
Washington drafts officials set start at noon next Monday for the master numbers to order men registered Sept 12 into classes in the 13 000 000 pool. The process will run 26 hours with first 100 numbers telegraphed and the rest mailed to district boards.
Pro vost Marshal General Crowder said postponement of October draft calls due to the Spanish influenza epidemic will not seriously delay the military programme. He noted possible shorter training for some men but expected October calls to continue unless the epidemic worsens.
Today marks the opening day of the Liberty Loan Drive described as a great drive to support the war effort. The campaign is labeled Fighting Liberty Loan Drive Now On and continues from the first page details.
Campaigns rally through New England with heavy early subscriptions from Calumet & Hecla Mining Co and Boston Five-Cent Savings Bank. Boston leaders divide districts, highlight German ancestry participation, and note Worcester's robust plan to meet its $15 million quota on day one.
United States Steel Corporation will subscribe to 40 million dollars of Fourth Liberty Loan bonds, announced by company officers in New York.
Ottawa lists New England names among casualties. Killed in action include A J Bourgela of New Bedford and A Bea of Winooski Vermont. Died of wounds J T Harvey of New Bedford. Ill mental reporting lists D Foss of Lawrence.
The daily casualty lists released by the War Department fluctuate between three and five hundred. Today's combined list shows 494 names.
List 19 shows 25 New England boys with 19 from Massachusetts. It notes casualties for today including killed in action missing in action severely wounded and died of wounds. Several entries are garbled but indicate multiple statuses such as slightly wounded and prisoners.
A compiled list shows New England servicemen on casualty and duty statuses. The casualties include Corporals Albert Beausoleil and Guy R. Knowlton along with others from Massachusetts Connecticut and Maine. Died from accidents and other causes are Sgt Reginald P. Simpson Lt John H. Norton and several privates and corporals. Also listed are those sick in hospital previously reported missing and those returned to duty including Willam Coolahan and Noah C Frink with the latter noted as previously reported killed in action.
Marine Corps Pt. David E. Proctor of East Cambridge Massachusetts died of wounds. Lt. Arthur K. Atkins of Brookline Massachusetts listed as missing in action. James B. Oxenhaus of Chelsea Massachusetts reported missing in action. All assignments tied to Co. C 1st 6th Inf and Co. D 101st Inf.
Unofficial roster lists service members with units across the 102d 1651 Inf and associated companies. Names include Percy Lyons Beverly Massachusetts Elmer Q Anderson New Britain Connecticut Reginald Siipson Bridgeport Connecticut and James E McCabe Brockton Massachusetts among others. The fragment shows multiple towns and infantry components, implying a local notice of personnel or casualties during a wartime period.
Mr and Mrs Astley Atkins Brookline receive notice their son Lieutenant Arthur K Atkins died from wounds in action. An engineer and Plattsburg trainee in 1916 he later taught at Governor Island and 1917 Plattsburg camp. He went overseas September 1917 with the 165th Infantry, was wounded and gassed, then transferred to C Company 126th Infantry. He leaves parents, three sisters and a brother.
Canton Ohio resident Mrs Marie Boyd recounts severe female troubles with two doctors recommending surgery but she improved after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges other women to try the remedy before surgery and notes widespread letters praising its merit.
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