Fresh Object To Suits Of Tar And Feathers
At the University of Maine in Orono fresh men, many veterans, face a wave of ta rg o ra nd feathering by sophomores. The freshmen demand limits on severe hazing and threaten self defense squads as tensions rise. President Aley to investigate and act.
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University of Maine
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Robert J. Aley
University
Naval Service
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Hannibal Hamlin
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Young Recruits From Small Towns Enlist in New Army
The article notes that most recruits come from small towns and are leaving rural life behind as they join the new Regular Army. Walter J. Wood reports the army is the youngest in U.S. history, with over two thirds from small towns and about eighteen thousand foreign born soldiers.
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Walter J. Wood
Regular Army
United States
Military Corps Strength Figures Include Key Units
The report lists strength figures for Cavalry Infantry Aathar Sicnal Corps and supporting arms. It covers Field Artillery Motor Transport 11,019 14,010, Ordnance Dept. Medical Dept. 10,615 9,887, Coast Artillery Air Service 11,000 9,381, Tank Corps Quarmaster Corps -6,000 10,504, Construction.
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Aathar Sicnal
Emntist- Peroyeineors
Field Artillery
Ordnance Dept. Medical Dept
Coast Artillery Air Service
Enlistment Figures Show Racial Divide and Durations
The record notes that 19,000 are white among the enlistees. About 6,000 joined for one year and 74,009 for three years. The prior tabulation at 133,000 total enlistments showed a comparison of the services and durations in effect at that time.
Pennsylvania's 1918 tree-planting drive reaches 7 million
The state reports a major forestry effort during 1918, planting over seven million trees as part of the chemical warfare service program and related conservation measures.
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Pennsylvania
New England Motor Tourists Edge Through Log Packed Rivers
A brief note highlights the Army war-baby service and the Motor Transport Corps guiding motor tourists along roads choked by logs bound for paper mills in mill cities. The scene features three story mill-city blocks and a riverside landscape where streams form leafy shadows on soot-darkened streets. Jacob Schurman resigns after 28 years as Cornell president, advocating frequent leadership changes. Reforestation gains momentum in the United States amid fashion displays of tanned hides by Smart Setters in bare back dresses.
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New England
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