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Newspaper
Encampment Record
Location
Encampment, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1917
Page
10
The Sixty-fifth Congress closed its first wartime session amid praise from both parties for unprecedented legislation worth billions. Key measures include the war declaration against Germany, the draft and food control bills, and sweeping tax and defense spending. The session, lasting 188 days, confirmed thousands of military and civilian appointments and enacted massive funding for national security.
A special war session produced major actions including a declaration of war against Germany on April 6, war bond issues totaling 15.538 billion dollars, war appropriations and contract authorizations of 14.39 billion, and war loans of 7 billion to the allies. It also enacted the draft to 10 million men, plus the espionage, revenue, food control, and trading with the enemy acts along with the soldiers and sailors insurance bill.
The Belgian government releases a gray book refuting German wartime claims of Belgian atrocities. It states 40 000 to 60 000 houses were destroyed by German forces during the early war, challenging the German army preservation rationale.
London October 1 machinists mate Perente of an American naval vessel will be freed on bail on a manslaughter charge connected to the death of dockyard laborer Plummer from a jaw blow on September 8. Perente denied intent to injure and pleaded not guilty before a Queenstown magistrate.
White paper from Great Britain reveals an agreement between Britain and Germany to care for 16 000 captured combatants and civilians in the Netherlands. The plan covers internment costs, camp supplies, medical care, food and clothing, with refunds to both governments. The Hague conference produced terms also allowing German medical personnel tied to the Roan garrison to return to Germany by sea.
Paris reports that the western front prepares for a fourth winter campaign with limited line changes. Major drives may pause as troops receive warmth gear and shelter, while air raids continue amid poor visibility and German Archibald anti aircraft defenses.
The article argues that Cross Red helps efficiency for war production and that Allied forces will field a stronger, better equipped fighting machine in 1918. With the United States joining, Russia fading, and Haig’s troops at high strength, the Allies expect decisive blows across fronts as American manpower and munitions multiply the power of the Entente.
New German devices aiding U boats are reported by passengers from an English arrival. Smoke screens conceal subs during attack or escape and mirrored periscopes, silvered to reflect water, render subs invisible at short range.
The article outlines a strategy of intensified, precise bombardment and wide-front attacks through winter. It notes hundreds of planes targeting encampments and supply lines, aiming to deny the enemy initiative on the western front and weaken him for a final knockout in 1918. American units’ role remains tightly confidential as Pershing coordinates with Allied leaders.
In Hampton Roads an incident during Secretary Baker’s inspection amused officials. A British cruiser signaled a navy officer and the exchange grew into light humor as the Britons, through a wigwag, implied they would not mention the affair.
Berlin reports Willy Michaelis the youngest son of the new German chancellor is laboring as a farmhand on a Langmell estate near Gruenberg in Silesia. A Berlin high school student, he joined the harvest as thousands of pupils did, working from four in the morning to eight at night for the season before returning to school.
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