Bought Clothing Ahead of War and Shoe Shortage Debate
Senate testimony from General Sharpe shows the War Department ordered clothing and equipment for up to 1.5 million troops before formal war declaration. He noted delays and size problems, with reports of shoes worn by turns at Camp Custer and discussions on cloth quality and civilian input.
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Camp Custer
Washington
War Department
United States
Sharpe
Senate Military Committee
Baker
Frelinghuysen
Chamberlain
General Sharpe
Council
McKellar
Senator Wadsworth
Weeks
Hitchcock
Red Tape Slows Telegrams to Chinese Mission Head
The head of the Chinese Mission to America blames bureaucratic delay for business transmission via the adjutant general. General Sharpe reports two to three day telegram delays and, when asked, confirms he proposed eliminating the roundabout method to the secretary.
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America
Adjutant General’s Office
Sharpe
Adjutant General
Senator Chamberlain
U S Position Clear on Germany Peace Terms
Secretary Lansing said no information on Germany’s proposed Christmas peace terms had reached the state department and the US stance toward peace negotiations remained unchanged. Officials view circulating peace outlines as propaganda, with genuine offers to be considered if bona fide and supported by restoration and reparation.
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Washington
Lansing
Germany
State Department
United States
Russia
U. S. Officer Wounded in Action
General Pershing cabled the War Department that Lieut. Samuel Miller of the medical officers reserve corps was slightly wounded. He has been attached to British forces and was wounded in action. His mother Mrs Ida Miller resides at Lakeville, Pa.
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Washington
General Pershing
War Department
Samuel Miller
Medical Officers’ Reserve Corps
Miller
Mia
Ida Miller
Lakeville
British Losses In Week Confirms Large Casualties
British casualties for the week ending December 18 total 17,976 officers and men. Officers killed or died of wounds numbered 831, men 8981. officers wounded or missing 1,089, men 10,401.
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London
Krupp Plant Ablaze Amid German Food Shortage
Late telegram bulletins report Essen's Krupp munitions plant burning for a day while workers strike for food. escapers claim Germany faces a famine of about forty million people as the conflict disrupts supply lines.
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Maastricht
Essen
Krupp
Germany
Bolshevik Delegates Demand German Evacuation
In Petrograd on December 22 the Bolshevik delegates insisted that Germany evacuate all Russian territory. The demand helps explain part of the difficulty in reaching any agreement.
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Petrograd
Bosheviki
Germany
Disaster near Shepherdsville claims 46 lives in two-train wreck
A Louisville and Nashville express collided with the Bardstown local near Shepherdsville Kentucky leaving 46 dead and about twenty injured. Superintendent W F Sheridan ordered an exhaustive inquiry while authorities identify victims including Nat Muir George L Duke and others from Bardstown Shepherdsville Springfield New Haven and Zanesville. The crash occurred mere yards from the Shepherdsville station and several bodies remain unidentified.
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Shepherdsville
Here
W. F. Sheridan
Louisville & Nashville Road
Louisville & Nashville
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Bardstown
Nat Muir
Wilson- Muir Banking Company
George L. Duke
James Stansbury
R. H. Miller
Arch Pulliam
James Morrison
Nack Miller
H. H. Washburn
Antisaloon League
James Thompson
United States Revenue Service
Thomas Moore
Joseph Hurst
Joseph Marks
John Phillips
Ben Talbot
R. ©. Cherry
Carrie May Simpsons
Thomas Or
George Spalding
Elizabeth McElroy
Springfield
David Phillips
Clay Greenwall
New Haven
Emory Samuels
Deatsville
N. H. Thompson
Thomas Miller
New Hope
David Merrillan
Shelbyville
Eugene Bertelli
Chapeze
Kate Ice
Belmont
Forest Overall
High Grove
Stella Nutt
Leacee
Shipping board chief defends wartime ship delays
Washington December 22. Hurley testifies before Senate panel that he alone bears blame for delays in ship production. He cites navy control of yards and slow expansion of facilities and labor, noting many ships and some abroad. He says no extra legislation is needed as the fleet corporation reorganizes to meet demand.
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Washington
Denman- Goethals
Shipping Board
Hurley
Fleet Corporation
Navy
Senate
The
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Germans Reject Bolshevik Peace Ideas Ends
The dispatch notes major shifts in WWI diplomacy with Bolshevik Russia allowing the czar and family to seek refuge abroad. Brest-Litovsk talks reportedly end after German ridicule of Russia terms and recall of the delegation. Trotzky signals possible failure if Germany demands annexations and indemnities.
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London
The
Rusia
Petrograd
Brest- Litovsk
Russia
Trotzky
M. Noussens
Germany
U.S. Forces Shine in France as Allies Back Pershing
Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott returns to Washington reporting strong allied confidence in General Pershing's preparations and American troops. Pershing issues a ban on hard liquor for soldiers in France. Army observers and heavy artillery training with 400 millimeter guns proceed amid intense demonstrations and minor incidents. Meanwhile reports from Petrograd describe riots over wine, clashes with Bolsheviks, and Ukrainian alignment with the Rada.
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Washington
Pershing
Europe
Hugh L. Scott
Baker
War Department
Scott
London
United States Army
France
Man Dies as Son Is Hurt in Railway Wreck
Fay Letts, 46, a leader in Letts Iowa, was killed and his 16 year old son Lloyd was severely injured in a railroad wreck near Camden Missouri on December 21.
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Iown
Texas
Muscatine
Fay Letts
Letts
Lloyd
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