This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Officers given physical test extend to Camp Dodge
A stretch of lines details weekly allocations for fly paper and rolls for camp kitchens and wards at Base Hospital. Foreign officers from British and French armies visit, teaching trench warfare to American troops. Captain Paradise Canrobert tours cantonments advising, while others from Europe are ordered to report. Army nurses are in high demand as the Red Cross seeks 6,000 by June 1 and up to 90,000 by 1919. The camp library thrives with heavy book use, Camp Dodge ranks third in books read among 17 cantonments. New rules curb speeches by soldiers to home communities. chaplains may preach but not address outside groups. Mennonites face wartime classification debates. YMCAs gear up for a busy summer with training camps and improved facilities.