Western Front Stalemate with Ground Gains Reported
Allied forces press operations on the Somme and Lys fronts as British and French advance near Damery Parvillers and Lageigny while German lines retreat north of the Somme. Prisoner totals rise to over 30 thousand in the week, with Russia and Allied force movements widening the war's scope. French gains in wooded Matz Oise region noted alongside minor actions elsewhere.
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Lageigny
Somme
Albert
Arras
Beaumont
Marel
Bere
Bucquoy
Pijisheus-Au- Mount
Ancre
Bomme
Picardy
Rusia
Moscow
Nolahwvik
Kronstadt
Vladivostok
Siberia
Wisconsin
Archangel
Turther al
Ned Troope
Joe
Paris
Matz
Otse
Gise
Oise
Ribecourt
Uke Onal
Porocau
Status of a Student Enlisted in the Students Army Training Corps
A Student enlisted in the Students Army Training Corps is in military service of the United States though unpaid and inactive. Upon reaching draft age and notices, the Draft Board classifies him as V-D and will not induct him while in SAC, with reporting to college and War Department leaders to determine future assignment. The program aims to prepare students for medical, engineering, or officer roles, or staff corps, with Col. Rees directing assignments. Regular uniforms are provided. transfer options to navy and active army are noted, and prompt enrollment is advised amid potential age changes. The text also urges farmers to store farm machinery and highlights increased Tennessee crop production and food-saving efforts for allies and soldiers.
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Army Training Corps
Unitad
United States
Selective Service Regulations
War Department
Ohce
Rees
Tor Hattery
National Army
Army
Navy
Congress
Students Army Training Corps
Knoxville Artillery Men in France Praised by Maj Myers
Maj Roy V Myers writes from somewhere in France praising Battery C of the 1141 Field Artillery and the Johnson City boys Rob Lyle Carrick Weatherby Leo Taylor and Will Lacey. He says their training is superb and they will reach the front ahead of schedule.
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Knoxville Sentinel
Johnson City
Battery C
Rob
Lyle Carrick Weatherby
Leo Taylor
Will Lacey
1141
Field Artillery
Batvery
Knoxville
Roy V. Myers
France
William Whaley
Myers
Battery “C
England
Asis
President would end the war quicely
Washington, Aug. 18—American soldiers could defeat the German army for the relief of General March and the War Department plan to field about eighty divisions in France by June with roughly 200,000 more sent over the next eleven months. The draft ages would be extended to 46, and the government aims to end the war quickly on the western front. Secretary Baker and General March outlined calls for the next year, while the Ordnance Department announced plans for a large relining plant in France to refurbish heavy guns, costing up to 30 million dollars.
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Washington
General March
War Department
France
Senate
March
Baier
Crowder
Chamberlain
Wilson
Jaly
Daker
Marek
Germany
Baker
Pershing
Commiites
Ordnance Department
United States
Ordinance Department
Ase
Krupp
Hssen
Wasington Monument
North Dakota
Prane
Chief Ordnance
War Industries Board
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Dany and
Parvillers
Roye
Lassigny
Wea
Baleti
Caucasa
Caspirnia
Brest- Altovsk
Sea of Japan
Russia
Pogress
Sulies
von Hindensburg
Ludendorff
Successitir
DyfWit
Gaur Williams
Pisgoria
Europe
Stude Army Training Corps
Tennessee
Maj
Roy We Myers
Quicel
Ude
H. W. Lyle
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