Organization and Training of the New Armies of Britain
An article from the Army and Navy Journal details how Britain's early 1914 soldiers to Mons became a highly trained force. It notes Aldershot drills, regimental spirit, rapid recruitment, and massive wartime housing, depots, and huts for up to 800,000 troops. Early rifle shortages and production limits delayed full arming of the new armies through early 1915.
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New York
General Staff
Great Britain
Mons
England
Army and Navy Journal
Aldershot
America’s smallest recruit in Perseus and war’s early training
The piece recalls the severe rifle and artillery shortages faced by the first new army divisions in 1914 and 1915. It notes scarce equipment, improvised training with dummy guns, lack of dial sights and other instruments, and the swift shift to indirect laying. It highlights rapid officer shortages, temporary commissions, and the improvisation by officers and cadets to build an army capable of front-line duty.
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Perseus
Woolwich
Sandhurst
Sealor Corps
Sealor
No Favoritism in Draft Says Army Officials
Washington reports from the office of the provost marshal general deny fear of county and city registration boards biasing exemptions or service. The selective service law is self executing, with penalties for evasion by registrants or colluding boards. Exemption decisions remain limited to specified cases, with strict procedures and safeguards to ensure fair, democratic enforcement nationwide.
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Washington
United States Army
War Department
Mining and Oil Price Quotations from New York to Boulder
Western Newspaper Union News Service lists metal price quotes with lead at 10 percent 10 1 2 cents, barite 74 1 2, copper casting 28 62, spelter 9 07, tungsten concentrates 69 percent 17 00 per unit, crude ores 16 00, 25 percent 9 40 per unit, 10 percent 8 70 per unit.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Pricea
New York
C. Barallver
St. Louis
Boulder
Wyoming Faculty Gain Full Pay for Remainder of Year
Western Newspaper Union reports Gov Houx appoints Henry C Knight to head Wyoming branch of the National Council of Defense. The council urges garden planting by workers and urban residents, supports seed and labor access, boosts youth gardening, and promotes canning and better food distribution to curb waste during the national situation. The University of Wyoming grants full-year pay for faculty who enlist, with leaves of absence and job security postwar. In a separate District Court case Patrick Delaney faces a statutory offense accusation involving his stepdaughter Margaret, with both mother and daughter testifying about a nine-year illicit relationship and threats against them.
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Union News Service
Laramie
Wyo
Henry C. Knight
College of Agriculture
Wyoming Experiment Station
Houx
Wyoming
National Council of Defense
Dean Knight
Faculty of
University of Wyoming
Kemmierer
Patrick Delaney
Margaret
Delaney
Mining Prospects and Output Across Western Colorado
Mining activity surges across the Salome district Oatman and Jerome area reports strong development at Navajo and Relief properties Mossback to be unwatered for syndicate development Calumet & Arizona April blister copper 5,900,000 pounds Coal and oil sectors rising with Colorado gold silver copper lead zinc output 1915 49,000,000 1916 is higher Tom Bay Smuggler summer field work targets Ouray mountain top ore shipments total 51 tons average $205 per ton, low grade ore $20 per ton treated underground.
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United Eastern
Oatman
Salome
San Juan
Graham County
Chin Valley Company
Jerome
Navajo
Granite Wash
Mossback
Chloride
Calumet & Arizona
Sneffels
Ouray
Telluride
Tom Bay
Mountain Top
Mountain Top Company
Acquittal in Murder Case Ends Two-Year Battle
Obama, a Japanese national, was acquitted by a district court jury after a two-year fight for life. He had been convicted of first degree murder on May 28, 1915, and sentenced to death on Oct. 28, 1915. The Supreme Court remanded for a new trial, leading to his release.
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Dap
Kemmerer
T. Obama
Obama
Supreme Court
Lincoln County District Court
Wealthy Oil Man Edwin Hall Dies in Denver
Edwin Hall head of the Hall Oil Company died at a Denver hotel from stomach cancer after an operation in Chicago four weeks earlier. A former Wyoming state geologist, Hall was 55 and had built substantial wealth in recent years in the oil fields, estimated at $500,000.
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Denver
Casper
Edwin Hall
Hall Oil Company
Chicago
Hall
Wyoming
New Mexico mining firms form and expand capacity
In New Mexico, the Midway Copper Company of Tularosa files incorporation papers with a $1,000,000 capital. Eleven workers operate on the Majiluchet copper properties near Macho caisson, twenty miles east of Santa Fe. Fifty tons of iron ore ship daily from Jones iron properties near Tecolote in the Galisteo mountains. The Carlisle Consolidated Mining Company, capitalized at $740,000, is chartered for the Bteeplerock district. In Sierra County silver and by‑products draw renewed interest in the Kingston Chloride Lake Valley bonanza. The Lawrence Mining Company reports a new strike of gold, copper and silver ore at Bonney near Lordsburg, shipping about seventy tons daily valued between $25 and $100 per ton. The 110‑ton Copper Age mill is expected to be in operation by June 1.
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Midway Copper Company
Tularosa
Otero County
Majiluchet
Macho Caisson
Santa Fé
Jones Iron
Tecolote
Galilhas Mountains
Carlisle Consolidated Mining Company
Sierra County
Kingston
Chloride
Lake Valley
Lawrence Mining Company
Bonney
Lordsburg
Monster Gas Well Capped Near Byron by Lovell Company
Workmen cap the Lovell Gas and Electric Company monster well in the Byron field claiming it the world’s largest. Reported capacity 58 million cubic feet daily with fifty pounds per square inch pressure.
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Lovell
Lovell— Gas and Electric Company
Byron Field
First U S Cavalry Regiment on border duty
The First United States Cavalry Regiment, slated to be subdivided to form the nucleus of the Twenty fourth and Twenty fifth regiments at Fort D A Russell, is presently stationed at various points along the border.
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Cheyenne
Fort D. A
Russell
Run Over Woman Gives Birth After Amputation
Three hours after her leg was amputated following an engine collision, Mrs Polly Piccola of Sublet in the miners hospital here gave birth to a daughter. Mrs Piccola is deaf and dumb.
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Stork Kemmerer
Polly Piccola
Sublet
Miners
Piccola
Falls Under Train in Worland Wreck Loses Legs
Charley McKintry of Worland Missouri claims Roger, Missouri as home after he fell beneath Burlington freight wheels near the depot and lost both legs. The accident occurred close to Worland's depot drawing a cautious inquiry by local authorities.
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Worland
Charley McKintry
Roger
Burlington
Oil Field Activity Near Lander Wyoming
Report from Lander Wyoming notes many oil locations filed in the county clerk’s office. Republic Oil Company reports gas inflow at 150 feet and expects deeper oil. Current production estimates place Wyoming oil fields at about 31,000 barrels daily, totaling roughly 11,315,000 barrels per year.
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Lander
Republic Oil Company
Wyoming
Both Legs Cut Off by Train at Worland
Charles McKinaty had both legs severed when attempting to alight a freight train near Worland as it moved. He suffered serious injuries and was removed to a local hospital for treatment.
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Worland
Charles McKinaty
Wotion
Patriots Sunday Declared in Wyoming Observances
Acting Governor Houx issued a proclamation urging Wyoming residents to gather in churches for patriotic services on July Sunday named Patriotic Sunday by the International Sunday School Association. The designation covers about 150000 Behoule and a total membership of 18000000 worldwide.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Houx
International Sunday School Association
Wyoming State News Highlights 1917
A long list of Wyoming events, plans and incidents. Trapshooting meets at Douglas, state fair in Douglas, new flour mill in Dixon, fire and flood defenses, postmasters, river and railroad sales, missing funds, road improvements, Red Cross drives, and several notable deaths and criminal cases across towns like Casper, Evanston, Cheyenne, Lander, Kemmerer, and Sheridan.
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R.T. Baird
Meeteetzie
Evanston
Governor's Guard
Cheyenne
Carpenter
Kemmerer
Laramie
Salt Creek
Wyoming
Laramie Water Company
Deriver-Laramie
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Georgetown
Lord Byron
Boulder County
Pitkin
Gunnison County
Bowerman
Frank Caley
Jerry Johnson
Cripple Creek
Gilpin County
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Ironclad Hill
State Bureau of Mines
New Mexico
U. S. Cavalry Regiment
Wyoming State News
Western Newspabar Union Nova Service
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Dixon
Sheridan
Burns
Wyoming Guard
Riverton Masons
Red Cross
Metz
Cody
Eugene Cleveland
Elmer J. Owen
Parkman
Fremont County
Bert Moon
Los Angeles
Secretary of State
Wyoming Soda Products Company
Liberty
Colonel Cody
Lookout Mountain
Masons
Citizens
High School
Fred Carr
Albany
Hazel Ostheimer
J. C. Creager
State Board of Education
National Guards of
United States
Cavalry Organization For
War Service
Walterl. Cottrell
Union Pacific
Ben
Galt Creek
Mutual Petroleum Company
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