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Newspaper
Monticello Herald
Location
Monticello, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
2
Late war news highlights 240000 personnel transfers due to War Department occupational classifications. Weekly transfers approach 40000 as camps assign enlisted and officers by qualifications. Interviewers assess occupation, education, and skills at large camps, with some facilities tracking thousands daily.
Army camps report substantial savings from clothing repairs under the Conservation and Reclamation Division of the Quartermaster Corps. Base shops repaired an average of 2 83 garments daily in May’s first 18 days, with camp shops also handling thousands of mended items. April repairs reached nearly 170 000 pairs. new clothing issuance dropped significantly, shoes by 400 percent, and hat repairs are largely contract based.
The United States plans extensive motorization of field artillery, with the Ordnance department developing tractors to replace horse and manpower reliance. Except for some 3 inch gun batteries, all artillery will be motorized, enabling greater equipment per army strength and broader use of motor transport.
The war effort expands as five new regiments and nineteen battalions of railway engineers are deployed to France, bringing total American rail troops to 50,000 for construction, operation, and repair. Since 1917 nine regiments were in place, with six on construction and three on operation, some at the front. Spending on railway materials totals $160,000,000, covering 1,727 locomotives, 22,630 freight cars, and 359,000 tons of steel rails.
Reports reaching the Children’s Bureau of the Department of Labor show that through the last sixty days many mothers have weighed five million children, revealing how persistent poverty threatens healthy growth of the nation’s youngsters.
The Signal Corps reports a demand for radio and buzzer operators as hundreds of schools run by the Federal Board of Vocational Training train draftees and volunteers in radio communication. About 200 hours yields 20 words per minute, with electrical engineers and physics-trained personnel in high demand for specialized coursework and eventual promotion.
Japan plans a 500 dollar subsidy to every auto buyer and 150 yearly for maintenance to enable rapid car requisitioning for war needs. The program aims to promote use and future domestic manufacture, ease labor shortages, and expand exports of American cars and tires. Three Japanese firms are building cars with some assembly from American parts.
A 19th century advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only constitutional treatment for catarrh, asserting it works through the blood and mucous surfaces. It offers a $100 reward for any failing case and provides ordering details from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo Ohio. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills and selling old newspapers for five cents at the Herald office.
George Ade compiles war guidance urging citizens to conserve resources and support the Food Administration. Messages emphasize thrift in home canning and storage, orderly threshing charges, and substituting pork for beef. It calls farmers to store grain, keep planting, and individuals to pledge War Savings Stamps and register for service.
A warning on keeping Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at home for stomach and bowel ailments when a physician is unavailable. The ad claims it can prevent pain and fatal outcomes and urges purchase from The Herald.
Capt Warner W Carr writes from A E F on May 10 1918 about receiving the Croix de Guerre for bravery. He describes sleepless periods on duty in trench life, moving at night, and tending fallen sentries, while noting the banter of life and the practicalities of parcel shipments and daily wartime strain.
A quirky Ohio State Journal note compares a neighbor’s gate and cat as similar sounds on windy nights. It lightly muses that no tiny gate occasionally sprinkles echoes, leaving little difference to discern between the two in normal verse.
Backache signals possible liver and kidney strain. Sanol is promoted to help the liver kidneys and bladder. A 35s bottle is advertised for trial and Bowman Bros. drug store in Rav is named as the seller.
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