How to Claim Exemption From the Draft During War
Detailed War Department guidance outlines local and district exemption boards, eligibility grounds, and filing steps. It explains red ink serial numbers, notices posted at local offices, and the procedure for claims of exemption or discharge including required forms, proofs, and appeal routes.
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War Department
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War on field mice as harvest risk grows in Australia
The 1916 17 wheat harvest in Australia is the largest on record. European field mice have surged across New South Wales Victoria and South Australia damaging stacks of grain. Farmers surround stacks with iron fences and kerosene spilled water traps to kill thousands of mice nightly. Trials with carbon bisulfide fumes show some success. Mouse outbreaks bring losses and disease in districts.
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Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
South Australia
Scientific American
How to Find if You Are in the First Draft Call
The guide explains using district tables to determine if a registrant will be called for examination in the first draft and in what order. It instructs scanning left column red numbers and matching with right column orders, striking out digits or counting to derive the exact call order.
President Warns Lincoln Precedent In War Control Section
President Wilson writes Representative Lever opposing section 23 of the food administration bill. He says joint congressional supervision would impede war leadership, citing Lincoln’s wartime committee as a harmful precedent and warning it would signal a lack of confidence in him.
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Lincoln
Washington
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Representative Lever
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Ship Afire He Fought U Boat
Andrew Copissack chief boatswain mate earned fame in the Navy. His report details how on the Morteni flames blocked ammo to the after gun and the ship burned with steering gear shot away. He and two crewmen fought through fire to the forward gun and drove the submarine from range before abandoning ship when the firing pin jammed.
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Andrew Copissack
United States Navy
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Copassacki
World News in Condensed Form Highlights from War Fronts
Petrograd disturbances blamed on German agents per Kerensky. Equitable Life plans to pass to 500000 policyholders. American troops establish a post office in France. War Dept contracts for 24050 motor truck bodies. Ambulance corps arriving in Paris. sixty percent of arrivals are draft age. Loans to Russia and France push Allied aid to 1 524000000.
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Kerensky
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
Paris
France
Washington
War Department
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