Army Subsistence System Feeds 2 Million Soldiers Daily
Washington outlines the vast subsistence division of the quartermaster corps. Maj. Gen. Goethals oversees feeding troops worldwide with centralized purchasing, rapid requisitions, and strict inspections. The article details daily rations, bakery support, and a sample day’s menu showing beef, bread, and vegetables across meals.
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Washington
Quartermaster Corps
United States Army
France
Philippines
Hawaii
Panama Canal Zone
George W. Goethals
W. R. Grove
Vamps
Atlantic
Nand
Quartermaster's Department
Grove
Quartermaster ‘Corps
Army
Congress
Dvisional
Bureau of Markets
Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Chemistry
America
Starts Swimming Eighteen Miles Is in Hospital
Seattle sailor Jack Watts, 24, leaped from a pier and swam 18 miles to the training ship Philadelphia. Rescued from the bay, he expressed relief at being saved but later suffered illness from ingesting silt and squids, and was taken to the city hospital for treatment.
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Seattle
Wash
Jack Watts
Uncle Sam
Philadelphia
Jack
City Hospital
Gotham Boys Behave Better
New York boys have improved gradually over ten years, per the Union Settlement annual report focusing on South Harlem. Secretary Gaylord White suggests departures of older brothers for war service and Junior Police work in tenements have reduced potential mischief among youths.
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New York
Union Settlement
Gaylord
White
Orders Observer to Escape Pilot Deliberately Blows Up Craft
A British report describes a brave aviator and his observer in a flying boat who, trapped by fog and pursued by German destroyers, chose to blow up the aircraft with a bomb rather than allow capture. The observer escaped by swimming, later rescued, while the pilot sacrificed himself.
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Hans
London
Sonny
Delrious
Old Glory Again Flies Above the Schoolhouse
Randolph Massachusetts. The Prescott school now flies the American flag after a court order restored it. Halyards had broken weeks earlier. selectmen and the school committee arranged repairs as William Spear pressed for flag display. The court mandated flag flying in accordance with state law.
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Old Glory
Randolph
Mass
Prescott
William
Spear
Split building moved at Camp Meade Maryland
A 300 foot long building was cut into five sections and, without special devices, moved about 600 yards by 800 soldiers. They lifted the structure, slid it into place within seven hours at its new site. A French electrician notes carbon filament lamps reach about 2,000 degrees.
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Camp Meade
Chen
Paris Ban on War Rumors Sparks Court-Martial for Writer
In Paris a police crackdown targets gossip and rumors seen as war enemies. A teacher and editor figures among those arrested as authorities claim rumor can harm the war effort. Courts marshal a teacher and several officials amid wider detentions for dissent.
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Paris
iIt
Police
Rappoport
Sante
Bolo
DuVaux
Humbert
Mile
Helen Brion
Achool Tonehear
Trappaport
Haners
Pareularly
Radion
Rocats
Haman
Caldwell Offers Free Ton of Watt Wadens for Shrtit Garden
Caldwell of Patriotia Liveryman in St. Louis aims to boost interest in watt wadens by offering a ton to power any Shritt gerden in the city. He has drawn many calls since publishing the offer.
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Patriotia Liveryman
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