America Soldier Arthur Guy Empey in World War I Chronology
The passage outlines chapters from Arthur Guy Empey’s memoir describing his journey from leaving Jersey City to enlist in Britain’s army, experiences in training and front lines, life in rest billets, first combat, and roles as a mess orderly, sabre day duties, and machine gun service with key events like being wounded and the heavy casualties of a later charge.
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Lusitania
Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
Ges
England
Empey
France
Iip
Tommy
Empey Weips
No Man's Land
Eiaver
Cambridge Military Hospital
Aldershot
Paignton
Munsey
Frost
Blighty and the Long Road Home from War
A wounded American recounts his ambulance ride through shell fire to a hospital, the ICU of Red Cross nurses, and an array of comrades from Royal Irish rifles to Canadian units. He describes near-death moments, a well above him, the stubborn bravery of Tommies, a remarkable facial surgery, transfusions, and the enduring English hospital spirit as he ultimately returns to America aboard an ocean liner.
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Fiat
Royal Army Medical Corpe
Miy
Amy Tuuie
Royal Irish Rifles
A.M. O
Red Cross
Red Crags
Southampton
My &Ketcher
Paignton
Munsey Ward
American Women’s War Hospital
Dean
Tommy
S. W
Royal Field Artillery
Royal Engineers
Olver
Cook
Trom
England
New York
Atlantic
Strony
Topographic Maps Transform Military Planning and Nation Building
A military engineering expert argues Civil War losses might have been avoided with topographic maps. The geologic survey map program began in 1861 and now knits 8 million square miles with precise views of geography. Topography aids leadership, planning, and data-driven decisions across the nation.
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Geological Survey
Engineer Corps
Army
Topographic Engineer
Congress
Topographic Engineers
Corps of Engineers
Jny
Duty and hardship fuel a soldier’s resilient spirit
A terse portrait of a soldier who meets heavy burdens with calm resolve. He finds purpose in duty, relief in trench camaraderie, and happiness in the sense of work well done, despite the harsh realities he faces. The text emphasizes nerve, duty, and steadfastness.
Need Parcel Post Facilities For Paraguay Trade
Consul Henry H Balch in Asuncion urges urgent establishment of a large parcel post system with Paraguay. He notes few large distributing houses exist, so mercantile firms import directly from foreign markets and rely on parcel post for small orders. He adds much prewar trade with Germany England and France came via parcel post and U S trade could grow if a U S parcel post service existed. Some U S orders reach Asuncion merchants through Buenos Aires intermediaries.
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Paraguay
Henry H. Balch
Asuncion
Germany
England
France
United States
Europe
Buenos Aires
Holland's Foreign Trade Half-Year 1917 With Germany
Analysis shows Holland imported from Germany 25,305,107 florins in Q1 and 45,284,606 in Q2, totaling 70,643,713 florins for the first half. Exports to Germany were 24 florins? Wait. (Note: two figures in source seem garbled. summary reflects the general trade balance: imports exceeded exports in Q1, nearly balanced in Q2).
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Holland
En Tutvoer
Germany
Central Bureau of Statistics
Manndatntistiek van den Iu- En Uitvoer
Raisins and Wine Vines Pruned for Sunlit Drying in Malaga
A Malaga correspondent describes the raisin industry, detailing muscatel and Pedro Ximen wines, growing on vines pruned to cover ground, not arbors. Beds of gravel heat under sun with canvas covers at night, raisins dried over about three weeks from August into September, then sorted, packed in 22 to 25 pound boxes, and shipped to Malaga for buyers and dealers amid variable prices and global demand.
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Malaga
Tuscatel
Muscatel
Costa Rica Coffee Exports and Destinations Reported
Official statistics show Costa Rica exported 27,044,550 pounds of coffee in the past season, with 24,749,135 pounds fully milled and 2,295,415 pounds parchment grade. The United States took 53.16 percent, the United Kingdom 40.14 percent, and Panama the remainder. Major producing provinces were San Jose 46.84 percent, Heredia 16.32 percent, Cartago 13.22 percent, and Alajuela 12.08 percent. Estimated export value was 8,128,489 colones. The 1917-18 crop is placed at 3,000,000 pounds, though uncertain.
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Costa Rica
United States
United Kingdom
Panama
France
Italy
Spain
Chile
Province of
San Jose
Tieredia
Cartago
Alajuela
Colmes
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Guy Pay
Arthur Guy
Ginger” Phillips
Yank
Jake
Tap
Harvard
Jack Frost
Palmer
Doctor Wrest
Valmer
Ray
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