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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1917
Page
8
A wartime guidance piece urges families to mail letters and small comforts to soldiers in camp. It lists practical items such as socks, soap, snacks, a pocket flashlight, a shaving mirror, safety pins, washcloths, stamps, magazines, and tobacco in tins. Parcel post and careful labeling are advised to ensure delivery.
Camp Douglas Aug 18 crowds of Wisconsin soldiers surrendered to cake jam and candy instead of rifles. Ten thousand visitors toured the camps while trains from multiple cities packed the grounds. The Second regiment led a parade as Gen. Charles R. Boardman checked the reservation, Bowers of greens brightened streets, and the mood hinted at wartime furloughs and forthcoming marriages among guardsmen before early Waco departures.
Vienna reports Bulgarian Premier Radoslavov told Sofia’s Neue Freie Presse that signs the war is near end are multiplying. He said Russia is weakening and aims for peace with the central powers, while Britain and France may seek negotiation if Russia threatens to quit. He predicted fighting would end by Christmas.
Professor Lecorban suggests the French Academy of Science adopt a gradual daylight shift by lengthening and shortening pendulums at solstices. Starting Dec 21 clocks gain thirty seconds daily and lose thirty seconds daily from June 21. By March 21 and June 21, accumulations reach forty five minutes and one hour thirty minutes ahead respectively before resetting the pendulums.
Fort Sheridan Wisconsin August 12 The second training camp will start at Fort Sheridan with full swing the third day after opening Cal Nicholson in command The new group of students will be assigned to companies equipped with clothing and guns on the first day and training quarters on the second They report August 27 and will be assigned by arrival order There are about 12 600 candidates in the group and another ten percent will be added within two weeks
The Fourth Wisconsin regiment, largely rookie troops from Chippewa Falls to Menasha, arrived at Camp Douglas Saturday. About 12,500 men train on the grounds. Veterans note the contrast with Civil War mobilization, recalling tougher transport and harsher trips, while a quiet wedding may occur before the storm.
Mr Normington urges staying home for Camp Douglas plans as severe winter roads trap autos. He recounts a Sunday overland trip with Mrs Normington and children ending one and a half miles from camp after miles of stalled cars and mud. A farmer profited from rescue efforts while Troop T was not met.
The nineteenth annual convention of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, planned for Breine August 14 to 17, is postponed to the last week in September. About 300 to 400 delegates from 113 cities are expected. Prof. E. H. MacGregor, secretary of the league and head of the municipal reference bureau at Wisconsin extension, is coordinating plans.
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