War news and home front notes from 1919 era dispatches
Reports from Paris state General Pershing received by Congressman Tillman as American leaders press for rapid deployment. Daylight saving may extend through winter per Fuel Administration. Galway Castle torpedoed with 960 aboard including many women and children. US labor chief calls for half a million skilled women in 90 days. Pennsylvania becomes a military reservation with 4000 student soldiers. Drafts target 181,833 men. Pennsylvania to provide 11,467. Sugar rationing expands. Leather leggings banned overseas. Canada backs horse meat sales. Sergeant Williamson, wounded 11 times in France, returns home on furlough.
Plans to Enlarge the Reserve Militia and Liberty Loan Call
Discussion at the Capitol centers on enlarging Pennsylvania’s Reserve Militia with calls for men up to thirty six years old and possible formation of additional cavalry units and infantry regiments. Also urged is prompt seed corn selection and planting guidance from USDA experts to ensure good yields and help neighbors with seed supplies.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Norman Stahle’s Army Life Diary From Camp Greenleaf
Norman Z Stahle writes from Camp Greenleaf Georgia on September 9 1918 describing arrival after a long train ride through Maryland Virginia and Tennessee. He notes 471 men in his unit many sick from irregular meals the camp being 18 miles square in Chickamauga Park near Missionary Ridge Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga Tennessee. He mentions tent life inspections and that his unit is a motor group while cavary and infantry are at Fort Oglethorpe and closes with his signature as Private Norman Z Stahle of Prov Ambulance Company A Bat 2 Section B
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Missionary Ridge
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Norman Z. Stahle
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Camp Greenleaf
Individual Initiative Defines American Soldiers in France
Observers note the American troops stand out for personal initiative in thinking and fighting. They contrast with German units that rely on mass formations, stating each American soldier acts with independent drive.
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