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Weekly War Digest 1918 Army Growth and Draft Data
Reports detail United States Army size at start of 1918, comparing it to the Spanish American War, with insights on officer origins, medical disqualifications, and racial disparities in Selective Service. It covers training camps, service branch colors, watchman duties for Navy contractors, Haiti export bans, and 1917 production highs in crops and petroleum. A second Porto Rico training camp to open February 1 will select 400 residents.
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