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Newspaper
Middletown Times Press
Location
Middletown, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
5
A sequence of partial names and initials appears in a damaged OCR fragment. The readable items include several personal surnames and initials, interspersed with scattered punctuation and stray marks. No coherent event or context is discernible from the legible pieces.
The government attempts to raise a regular army and National Guard through volunteers face test in every state. Early results show the volunteer system unreliable in emergencies, despite Middletown and Newburgh regiments’ strong showing. If enlistment lags, plans falter and the draft would bear heavier burden to fill regular forces.
A call stresses that registration is mandatory for men aged 21 to 30 by June 5, with exemptions only for active military or naval service and National Guard members. It warns that registration does not equal draft and outlines the process to determine exemptions while urging broad patriotic support.
Entries note Kentucky admitted as the second state under the Constitution. Sir David Wilkie, born 1766, died. Napoleon IV, heir of Napoleon II, killed in South Africa in 1879. In 1915 anti German rioting occurred in London with British casualties rising toward 255,069 of 750,000 sent to front. In 1916 Italians launched a major counteroffensive in Trentino. Astronomical events mention visible constellations Bootes Ursa Major Ursa Minor Draco Cassiopeia Cepheus Ly res Aquila Hercules Scorpio Libra Virgo Corvus Hydra Leo Gemini Auriga Serpens Sagittarius.
A satirical poem lampoons a repentant wife and a procrastinating husband. It rails at moralizing, notes wartime sentiment, and parodies civic clichés, ending with humorous quips about war bonds and marriage. The piece mixes verse and squibs about German neutrality, conscription, and social foibles in a peppy periodical tone.
A year milestone notes Italians launching a counteroffensive in the Austro front as of May 30 and 31, described as disastrous for the invaders. Turkish forces recapture Mamakhan, Armenia, from Russian troops, in the latest battlefield updates.
Albany reports details on joining the New York State Troopers a four-troop force to begin operations. Major George P. Chandler will pass on qualifications not under civil service with exams. Four posts planned Albany Syracuse Buffalo and near New York City with 232 officers and men ready by fall for rapid response duties.
The state plans a crack trooper organization with salaries of 900 dollars, uniforms, mounts, and emphasis on horsemanship. Selected officers are National Guard veterans and college graduates. Applications go to Major George F. Chandler at the Capitol in Albany. Many applications already filed.
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