From Our Boys Camp Letters Home During WWI Siege
Camp Shelby and Camp Mills letters describe travel through major U.S. cities, dust and heat in training, and aviation activity near Camp Mills on Long Island. Harold Bethune writes of pride in Rankin County and readiness to fight, while H A Traxler in France recounts health, family news, and reflections on war and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Mulls
N. Y
Camp Shelby
Shelby
151St Inf
America
Birmingham
Chattanooga
Manassas
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Jersey City
New York
Camp Mills
Long Island
New York City
Red Cross
Rapkin
Sam
United States
Lohger
Rankin
Rankin County
Baskin
France
Detection program of deserters and delinquents by state councils
The adjutant general of the War Department asks State Councils of Defense to aid in locating deserters and delinquent registrants under the Selective Service Law. The plan urges publicity, local council responsibility, investigations of unfamiliar men in uniform, unknown civilians of military age, surprise rounds, and delivering deserters to proper posts. Rewards and interagency cooperation are noted, aiming to deter desertion and mobilize public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Councils of Defense
Adjutant General of
The
War Department
Department of Justice
Councils of Defense
State Council of Defense
Federal
State Secret Service
Istrants
Department To Justice
Council of Defense
Arthur H. Fleming
Council of National Defense
Washington, D. C
Jewish Relief Fund Appeal by Chairman Pat Henry
Pat Henry urges appointed collectors and contributors to send in funds for Jewish Relief. He emphasizes the persecuted people suffer and starve in lands overrun by the common enemy as winter approaches, calling for humane support from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewish Relief Fund
Pat Henry
Oak Pasture Land Open for Cutting Offer
E B Alford offers access to pasture land for wood cutting with oak predominance. Any person who comes to cut may take one tree as payment. The notice seeks willing workers to operate on the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Alford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ned
S. J. Johnson CO
Gordon’s
H-300
Niagara Maid Hose
Royal Society
New Silks
New Woolens
Bolivia
Russia
S. J. Johnson Co. Jackson’s. Greatest Store
Georgette
Harold Bethune, Co. I
151St
3D di Camp Mills, Ork
G. W. Traxler
Sgt
H. A. Traxler
John
Enia
Elsecin
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!