Wartime Letters Reflect Homesickness and Desertion Risk
The piece discusses how letters from families often distress soldiers, risking desertion as homesickness and exaggerated appeals press men to return home. It cites experiences from Columbus Barracks and notes efforts by the War Department to keep recruits engaged with sports and duties while camps endure strained morale.
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Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Columbus Barracks
Ohio
National Guard
War Department
Gillespie County Surpasses 50 Percent Subscription Goal
Gillespie County Texas shows over the top by more than 50 percent in the Liberty Loan drive with 240 subscribers totaling $40,400. Numerous individuals and groups such as L K Smith Gus Nauwald Chas D Rode August Oehler Herman Arthur Wahrmund Friedrich Meyer Theo Hohmann St Josephs Verein Herman Ochs Franz Lange Max Blum Zions-Gemeinde Maurice Lehmann Eva P Stinson Thomas D Lehmidt Gust Bausch Aug Jung Louis Klinksick Felix Weinheimer John P Burg Win Peese Waldemar Klier Emil A Stahl Herman Behr Robert Hohenberger Hugo Eckhardt Otto Lochte Geo R Stucke Alf Rusche Henry Maier Nora Henke Ed Gibson Reinhold Tatsch R H Eckhardt Miss Katie Striegler Aug Welgehausen Mrs Lattie Roberts Miss Mathilde Kothe Adolph Kothe Hedwig Kothe Louis Molzberger Miss Annie Schaer etc
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L. K. Smith
Gus. Nauwald
Chas. D. Rode
August Oehler
Herman Arthur Wahrmund
Friedrich Meyer
Theo, Hohmann
St. Josephs Verein
Herman Ochs
Franz Lange
Max Blum
Tg. Luth. Zions-Gemeinde
Maurice Lehmann
Eva P. Stinson
Thos. D. Lehmidt
Gust. Bausch
Aug. Jung
Louis Klinksick
Felix Weinheimer
John P. Burg
Win. Peese
Waldemar Klier
Emil A. Stahl
Herman Behr
Robert Hohenberger
Hugo Eckhardt
Otto Lochte
Geo. R. Stucke
Alf. Rusche
August Rode
Henry
Maier
Nora Henke
Gibson
Reinhold Tatsch
War Department warns against discouraging letters to soldiers
The War Department urges cheerful home letters to prevent desertions, noting that alarming messages from families prompt soldiers to abandon posts. Officials cite reports from division commanders showing letters claiming illness, hunger, or harassment as a major cause of absences. Encouraging, supportive correspondence is urged to bolster morale and resolve.
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War Department
Ad- General
Americans Expulsed from Mexico By AP
Washington May 8 unofficial advices report Mexico expels Robert H Murray PIC representative in Mexico City in charge of anti German propaganda efforts and AP correspondent W E Weigand. Expulsion cited under Mexican constitution section 33 allowing summary deportation of pernicious foreigners without trial or hearing. Murray long noted as World newspaper correspondent in Mexico.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Mexico
Carranza
Robert H. Murray
Committee On Public Information
Mexico City
W. E. Weigand
Murray
New York World
Camp Bowie trench mortar accident in simulated battle
An accident at Camp Bowie during simulated battle practice today killed one officer and eight enlisted men and seriously wounded seven others. The blast occurred as a trench mortar was used in training. No men from our section are among the dead or wounded.
British Enter Kerkuk as Turks Retreat Unopposed
British forces entered the Turkish town of Kerkuk in Mesopotamia on May 7 after a day of advance. No opposition was met as Turkish troops withdrew, leaving about six hundred soldiers in the Kerkuk hospital, according to a British War Office report.
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Associated Press
London
Kerkuk
Mosul
Mesopotamia
The Questionnaire of Wartime Loyalty and Family Life
The item presents a row of pointed questions for a homefront census style questionnaire asking about marital status age weight health race beliefs and household relations as a tongue in cheek wartime editorial urging citizens to answer honestly to aid the war effort and defeat the Kaiser. It invokes Uncle Sam and references Kansas French Greek English language ability and domestic strains.
War Office weighs draft age and funding changes
Washington May 8 Provost Marshal General Crowder and the House Military Committee discussed raising the draft age to 40 within months. The War Department was considering changes though no specific recommendation was made. Crowder asked for $15,762,000 for next year's draft expenses and noted 21 year olds will require examination for about half a million more men than originally planned.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
General Crowder
House Military Committee
Man From Converse Convicted of Sedition
Conrad Kroschewski, an alien enemy and farmer of Converse, was found guilty by a thirty seventh district court jury in San Antonio on sedition charges. He was sentenced to twenty years in the state penitentiary, the first such sedition case tried in Bexar County.
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Conrad Kroschewski
Converse
San Antonio
Kroschewski
Bexar County
Secretary Baker Reports on Mill RESOLUTION ory Activities
Washington, D. C., May 8. More than half a million American soldiers have been sent to France. The Secretary announced no present shortage of light or heavy machine guns in France or America, and no shortage is in prospect. He would not say if Browning guns shipments to France had started. A separate section notes the death of John H. Mueller of Columbus No. 61, W. O. W., in a heroic act to save his son. Resolutions praise his character and direct mourning observances and distribution of the minutes.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
France
America
Baker
Columbus No
John H. Mueller
Mueller
Dial of
Columbus Camp No. 62
Scopy
War Savings Stamps Explained for Small Investors
War Savings Stamps are small US bonds redeemable for five dollars. A sixteen stamp batch cost four dollars and earns sixteen cents interest by May. redeemed for five dollars on January first, 1923. Thrift stamps help children save and support troops, with Pershing urging every dollar saved aids American manhood and trench casualties.
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United States
General Pershing
Packard Shoes for Dress Wear Priced Reasonably
Men and young men are reminded that Packard Shoes offer suitable dress shoes at reasonable prices. The ad highlights the style and value aimed at male customers seeking quality footwear.
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Packard
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