First Year of War Reviewed by Public Information
The review covers the first year of U S participation in World War I. It notes the expansion of the armed forces from 9,524 officers and 202,510 men to 123,801 officers and 1,528,924 enlisted, with detailed breakdowns for regular army National Guard reserve corps and National Army. It highlights expeditionary forces in France, construction of bases and railways, and substantial ordnance and subsistence programs. It also details air service growth, navy expansion to about 21,000 officers and 380,000 enlisted, and the Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation’s shipbuilding and purchasing efforts. Total first-year cost exceeds 12 billion dollars with Liberty bonds raised and foreign loans outstanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Germany
War Department
Navy Department
United States Shipping Board
Treasury Department
Army
National Guard
Adjutant General
Regular Army
Reserve Corps
National Army
France
Pershing
Paris
West Point
Corps of Engineers
Pioneer Engineers
Ordnance Department
Air Service
Naval Service
Navy
Shipping Board
Congress
United States Shipping Board and
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Tfimergency Meet Corporation
Austria
Imergency Fleet Corporation
Liberty
Treasury
War Risk Insurance Bureau
Cigar lighter from a shell cap gifted to police captain
Capt John Corrigan of the traffic squad shows a souvenir piece made from a one inch brass shell cap, gifted by his son W R Corrigan serving with base hospital No 22 in France. The lighter uses alcohol fuel and a steel friction wheel, with a cap lid fashioned from another shell and a French copper coin.
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John Corrigan
Police Department
W. R. Corrigan
France
Base Hospital No. 22
Indianapolis News
Germans Turn To Thermometer Making In France
German prisoners in a French fort near Paris have largely taken up thermometer making. They were asked about their trade when captured last year and most chose to work at it. The workshop employs many French women learning the craft, and the Germans seem content with their labor.
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Germany
France
Pariy
Joseph 8S. Ames
Atlantic
Not Man for Man to Live by Wheat Alone Days
A fragmented line notes days when survival hinges beyond wheat, suggesting scarcity or broader sustenance concerns. The terse phrasing evokes historical rhetoric on diet and resilience during hardship.
Silver Coin Shortage Across Nations Driven by Silver Prices
The world wide rise in silver bullion prices pushes nations to withdraw coins from circulation. Canadian dimes, once discounted or rejected, now circulate like domestic dimes. Analysts warn a prolonged war could yield the greatest coin shortage ever. In naval news, Seaman John P. Smith rescued a semi conscious sailor from 15 feet of water at Norfolk. Secretary Daniels commended his gallantry. Smith enlisted in March 1914 in St. Louis.
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United States
John P. Smith
Smith
Daniels
Navy
St. Louis
Draft dodger’s in-law twist sparks last minute plea
A hazy note reports on a man who avoided the draft by marrying his wife’s mother, provoking questions about motive and legality as authorities review the unusual familial alliance.
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Jake
Palmer urges Americans to aid alien property drive during war
Washington reports alien property custodian A Mitchell Palmer mobilizes efforts under the trading with the enemy act. He details assets across states including real estate, securities, and debts owed to German interests and warns citizens to report such holdings or face fines or imprisonment. He promises protection for informants.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
New Jersey
Connecticut
Chicago
Florida
New Mexico
A. Mitchell Palmer
United States
Germany
Alles
Palmer
Sweden
Conductor Delays Passengers On Route Through Belle Vue
A Pittsburgh Pathways car, en route outbound on Avaton Street, stopped near a Belle Vue grocery. Passengers waited about sixty minutes while crew searched for the cause of a “cup” delay. The conductor reboarded with groceries after a long shopping stop and resumed the journey.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pathways Company
Avaton Street
Bellevue
Retriever Fails to Get Help Amid Sinking Near Honolulu
Captain John Ross reports the American bark Retriever in ballast near Honolulu badly leaking and sinking. Distress signals drew no aid as passing ships feared it was an enemy raider. The vessel reached port after great difficulty and is now in drydock in Honolulu.
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San Francisco
Honolulu
John Ross
Ross
Land expropriation plan for Italian soldiers proposed by parliament
A proposed law would authorize the state to expropriate barren and uncultivated land to be divided among soldiers who served at the front. An $8 million fund would back a 3 percent consolidated loan, financed by excess war profits taxes and proceeds from confiscated enemy property.
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Rome
Italy
High Prices In South America Appleton Visit
George Peotter returned from a several month trip noting high prices in South America. He traveled from Appleton Wisconsin and reported on economic conditions abroad and local observations.
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South America
Appleton
Wis
George Peotter
Now By George W. Cable of The Vigilantes
Me thought that LE cannot put away now is that whatever T might save now and fail to save how may be tt hundred times the worst waste T shall ever have committed though T have, Ire most' Adnertenus, if any on post wasteful habit to regret, Tt will be far the worst be cause not to save now is to throw away the co-operation of Milions for others , because not to save now will tend to prolong the wars, because not to save now will multiply the war's pr eations, lengthen his death-fall, god the vast procession of its ungimed men and wil make siv Ing more hidonuic and less effec tive by and by when we shall be compelled to save through equal conditions from which says ing now wight have saved ua.
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George W. Cable
The
Vigilantes
Ships to Norway Unmolested Aim at Neutral Trade
An article notes that vessels between America and Norway avoiding British ports are unlikely to be attacked by German forces, driven by self interest. Germany has long restricted food to Norway, and foreign ships to Norway must carry provisions for the round trip. Norwegian factories export wheels and are run with German oil. Norway currently imports steel and iron from Germany and relies on German potash for production.
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Christiania
America
Norway
Germany
Paris to extend sale of horse meat amid wartime needs
Paris authorities plan a broader horse meat sale as a remedy for provisions shortages. In wartime Paris 43 884 horses were slaughtered at Vangirard, while the British army supplied over 12 000 horses last year, yet prices rose from 28 to 40 cents per pound for ordinary cuts and 45 to 50 cents for choice.
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Paris
Vangirard
Save Your Sole device saves shoe soles in wartime
The latest device for saving shoe soles uses a steel sole inde attached to the leather sole by small screws. Soldiers over there fashion them from shells cut and shaped to fit footwear. A batch of these protectors costs about 42 cents and lasts a long time.
Surprise Parties Spoofed by Rural Neighborly Mischief
A Sinickers Boeker Press piece recalls the rural surprise party as a social ritual. Neighbors plot while the victim feigns astonishment, the house is tidied, and sleigh rides with homemade goodies precede a boxed gift and a shared meal. The twist reveals who organized the event and why.
England's Birds Are Hungry in Winter Gardens
A London Times excerpt notes birds starving in gardens with no bird tables. It describes blackbirds and thrushes clearing leaves along the garden wall to uncover the earth, pecking for winter insect life as feeders vanish from home habitats.
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England
Blackbird
Thrush
London Times
Sees Whale as Popular Food Advocate Sees Advantage
The article notes support for whale meat as a staple, citing Admiral Peary and a speaker named Tie. It argues whale meat could replace beef, mutton and pork if canned, mentioning Labrador canneries and past Newfoundland operations unable to compete.
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Jonah
Admiral Peary
Tie
Labrador
Newfoundland
Last Words of Rulers From Antiquity
The article recalls famed last words attributed to rulers such as Nero, Julian, and Vespasian. It notes Nero’s boastful line about the artist he was losing, Julian’s surrendering exclamation, and Vespasian’s ironic claim of divinity approaching as he died.
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Nero
Julian
Guillean
Vespasian
Last Words Across Elizabethan Drama
The excerpt surveys notable final phrases in Elizabethan plays. It cites Tamburlaine’s dying line naming himself the Scourge of God and the Duke of Guise’s exclamation during an assassination, revealing how last words signal power and faction.
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Marlowe
Tamburlaine
Duke of Guise
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