Army Draft Rules Issued to Govern Exemptions and Examinations
Regulations issued under Wilson direct the next steps for selecting a national army from June registrants. Local boards will post liability lists, conduct physical exams, then consider exemptions for dependents or essential employment. Appeals go to district boards with five day limits.
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Lansing urges restraint on passports for business needs
Secretary Lansing calls for strict criteria for passport use and asks that only those with essential business travel apply. He urges careful endorsements to prevent approving questionable applicants and misreads of records.
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Lansing
Washington
District boards to decide exemptions and appeals
District boards for agricultural or industrial exemptions will rule on cases and handle appeals. Brigadier General Crowder will set a meeting date for board organization and promulgate selection regulations to start the process without delay.
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Crowder
American Troops land in France and war measures debated
Two divisions of Maj. Gen. Pershing's expeditionary force were landed in France under Brig. Gen. Sibert. The push includes news censor changes, proposed coal and wheat embargoes, and preparations for American participation in fighting. Efforts to aid Russia under Kerensky continue with U.S. mission leaders guiding relief and reconstruction.
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Edward W. Pickard
Pershing
France
Atlantic
W. L. Sibert
United States
St. Quentins
George Creel
Committee On Public Information
War Department
Baker
Creel
McIntyre
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Coal Committee
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Senate
Lodge
Russia
Elihu Root
Kerensky
Petrograd
Moscow
Germany
Glennon
Black Sea
Congress of Cossacks
Sam
Republic of Russia
Wilson
Frank Billings
Chicago
Raymond Robins
Harold H. Swift
Wilbur E. Post
W. 8. Thwyer
Johns Hopkins University
Charles Winslow
Yale
Venizelos
Greece
Russians Push Deep Into Galicia in Major Offensive
Russian forces break into German lines in eastern Galicia with captures at Koniuchy and near Brzezany. Prisoners exceed 10,000 as War Minister Kerensky leads from the front ordering advances through heavy counterfire and breaching fortified positions along the Ziota Lipa River.
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Koniuchy
Brzezany
Galicia
Kontuchy
Berlin
Ziota Lipa
Russia
Kerensky
Lloyd George Warns Peace Must Not Reward German Conquest
Glasgow. David Lloyd George, made a freeman of the city, told the Burgesses that peace arriving before Allied aims were achieved would be a calamity for Europe. He urged negotiations with a democratized Germany and the destruction of Prussian militarism to ensure a just peace.
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Glasgow
David Lloyd George
St. Andrew's Hall
Great Britain
Europe
Germany
Lloyd George
Belgium
German Plot Against Shipping Sinks Three Vessels
Government agents disclose a major conspiracy to destroy or hinder Great Lakes shipping to delay American army mobilization and choke food and munitions flow to the Atlantic coast. No culprits captured or identified.
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Washington
Great Lakes
Atlantic
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