War department orders work or fight for draft age men
The War Department announced a work or fight rule effective after July 1. Any registrant found idling or not in a useful occupation will be summoned before a local board, given a chance to explain, and inducteed into military service if unsatisfactory. The measure covers waiters, bartenders, clerks, attendants, and many service workers, with local boards allowed to extend the list as needed.
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Washington
War Department
Selective Service
Crowder
Wilson
Do Ae
United States
Chicago
New York
General Crowder
Germany
Baker
Lnker
House Appropriations Committee
Avatar of Mercy on War’s Hellish Rim
A poem in which the speaker confesses to bearing the wounds of war as a nurse or caregiver. They kneel behind soldiers, mourn the dead, mend the wounded, and travel with stretcher bearers to ease suffering. The speaker embodies the reader's sacrifice, duty, and compassion in a patient, memorial voice.
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Sammy
Pierre
Jack
The Emblem of Human Mercy and Red Cross Support
The Red Cross emblem stands for mercy and sympathy and its work spans relief for the wounded at home and with allied forces. It notes expanded European relief, urges full American backing, and calls for adequate funds to aid young servicemen and civil relief.
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Red Cross
American Red Cross
Europe
Unlimited Draft Power Granted as War Needs Rise
Washington May 24 the house military affairs committee approved an amendment to grant the president unlimited draft power for each fiscal year under the existing act. The measure anchors the war effort by stating the nation mortgages its manpower to victory, with Baker asserting the move signals full support for Wilson's policy and aims.
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Washington
Baker
House Military Affairs Committee
United States
Signal Corps
America
Congress
Wilson
German Division Revolts in Russia Amid Repression
Washington dispatches report that a German army division at Devinsk in Russia revolted when ordered to the Western front. About 50 men were executed and thousands imprisoned. other German troops nearby demonstrated in support of the rebels.
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London
Lorraine
Liege
Belgium
Mannheim
Rhine
Hear Lieve
France
Toul
Washington
State Department
Devinsk
Russia
Hindenburg and Wilson in Race of Preparation
Premier Lloyd George in Edinburgh declares the Germans near the greatest offensive the world has seen and says the United States must rush troops to the Western front immediately in a race between Hindenburg and Wilson.
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Hindenburg
Wilson
Lloyd George
Edinburgh
Hndenburg
United States
Checks for April pay and allowances to be mailed
The war risk insurance bureau said all April allotment checks for soldiers and dependents would be mailed by Saturday night. A second item reports an enemy dive bomber sink near Zeebrugge by a direct air hit, per the admiralty.
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Washington
War Risk Insurance Bureau
London
D ‘Ee
Ox Zeebrugge
Admiralty
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Verboresis
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Amiens
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Locre
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Arras
Somme
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Metz
Thionville
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