Training the Officers Who Will Command Uncle Sam's New Armies
Washington reports plans to assemble 35 000 men at 14 camps to form the officer corps for 16 infantry divisions and two cavalry divisions total about 500 000 troops. Selection privileges favor experienced leaders with college or business backgrounds and a reserve corps path remains open for those not chosen in the first cycle.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
War Department
America
Neers
Coast Artillery
Fort Monroe
Fort Winfield Scott
Cal
National Guard
War Department sets age limits for officer training camps
The War Department allows appointing young men aged twenty one to forty four after training. College ROTC students suited to join the first ten thousand will be selected by regular army officers at their colleges and admitted to camps. Preference is for camps in students' home states as colleges graduate seniors.
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War Department
Moutha
German Father Offers Son for Navy Enlistment
Yoakum Texas naval recruiters sought an interpreter when G Holmeg of Shiner brought his seventeen year old son Otto for enlistment. Holmeg a German born farmer cannot speak English and through the interpreter said Please accept my son It is my offering to America.
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Yoakum
Tex
G. Holmeg of
Shiner
Otto
Holmeg
Germany
America
The Blue Devil of France
Lieut. Col Jean Fabry chief of staff to Marshal Joffre, known in France as The Blue Devil of France, has led Alpine troops and endured numerous thrills as a battalion commander in the French army.
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Jean Fabry
Marshal Joffre
Washington
Blue Devil
France
Blue Devil of Prance Named for Valor in World War I
The report lauds Colonel Mabry and Lt Colonel Fabry for multiple heroic actions at the Marne, Ypres, Dixmude, Arras, and Reichsacker heights. It notes Mabry being wounded several times and describes Mabry as a remarkable man while citing a French commission member praising his sacrifice and the unit's endurance.
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Sears
Marne
Ypres
Dixmude
Arras
Vosges
Colonel Mabry
Whole Family Enlisted for War in Cinchonati
The entire family of James A. Vine of Cinchonati has enlisted for war duty. Vine's son, a National Guardsman, persuaded his father to join the regimental band and his mother and sister to enlist for duty with the Red Cross.
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Cinchonati
James A. Vine
Vine
Hin
Ae Red Cross
Washington women pledge three course limit and meatless day
More than twenty prominent Washington women sign a pledge to limit meals to three courses and practice meatless days and simple dress. The critic notes a three course dinner with costly beef and asparagus defeats the pledge’s spirit of economy, urging true restraint and avoiding waste.
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Ashington
Washington
Boy Scout Seizes Red Tummied Water Snake in Potomac Marsh
Twelve year old Courtland Ogden of Boy Scout Troop seven, guided by Director Allen B. Williams of the Reptile Study society, chased through marshy meadows beside the Potomac and captured a red and old gold water snake. The encounter ended with the reptile secured on his forearm as reinforcements arrived.
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Young
America
Courtland Ogden
Boy Scout Troop Seven
Reptile Study Society
Potomac River
Allen
Williams
Ogden
Mr. Williams
Courtland
Confederate Veterans Reunion to Parade in Washington
Capital ready for the twenty seventh annual United Confederate Veterans reunion in Washington the week of June 4 with a grand parade on Thursday and moving pictures of Civil War units. Col Robert N Harper heads the planning as wartime patriotism colors events including sessions June 5 to 7 and allied group conventions. Washington residents donate to entertain guests from the South.
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United Confederate Veterans
Washington
Men In Gray
Pennsylvania Avenue
United States
Lee
Stonewall” Jackson
Dixie
Robert N. Harper
General Committee of Citizens
Germany
George P. Harrison
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Daughters of the Confederacy
Confederated Southern Memorial Association
B. F. Cary
Southland
Inspection Has No Terrors for Girl Rookies at Camp
A National Service School second encampment on Conduit road features girl rookies, with Commandant Elizabeth Poe and Lieut Miram Hubbard inspecting tents and giving brief praise. After a morning drill, recruits head to a confectionery near the camp entrance for ice cream and treats, while discipline loosens and visitors arrive from Washington.
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Conduit
Drikffeld
National Service School
Elizabeth Poe
Miram Hubbard
Girl Robles
Washington
Loch Ahell
Operation Averted by Vegetable Compound Letter
Mrs Tuos McGonigal of 3432 Hartville Street Philadelphia writes she suffered monthly cramps and pains since girlhood and nearly faced surgery. After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports rapid improvement and a full cure after three bottles, and grants permission to publish the letter.
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Philadelphia
Lydie E. Winkham
Tuos. McGon
New Explosive Rochambolite Reported on Western Front
The Argonaut cites a newly introduced French explosive used in Verdun. It allegedly melts into molten metal and vast gas upon ignition, creating extreme pressure that demolishes shells and injures German troops with deep burning metal fragments.
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Verdun
Town Turns Back on Tramps Riles Guardian Policy
English town guardians decide to ignore tramps and provide no food or lodging in a bid to keep them away. They argue women should be employed, and the strategy may force the wanderers to move on.
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Wilson
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Denver
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