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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1918
Page
2
A wartime appeal by Newton D Baker calls all men aged eighteen to forty-five to register for military service. He stresses that extending the draft will hasten the end of the war and safeguard future generations, praising those already in service and urging national unity and sacrifice.
The text outlines who must register for the draft. It states that all males reaching eighteen and not yet forty six must register on the date set by the president. It lists exemptions for those already registered under prior acts, and for officers and enlisted personnel of the Army, National Guard, Navy, Marine Corps, and naval reserves while in service.
Instructions instruct registrars to study the guidelines before Registration Day and registrants to read and prepare answers in advance. The registrar writes answers in ink on the card, marks checks to indicate responses, and records permanent home and birth details, race, and citizenship with specific check placements.
A fragmented OCR passage outlines citizen status categories for naturalization: Indian citizens, noncitizens, native born citizens, United States citizens including Porto Rico and Hawaii residents, and naturalized citizens. It details checks and spaces, conditions for Indian and noncitizen classifications, and instructions for recording present occupation, employer, and nearest relative on the form.
A call to volunteers to express national spirit through registering thirteen million men aged eighteen to forty-five for Selective Service. The message urges Americans to act quickly to support a strong Allied force in France, aligning loyalty with commitments pledged by Daniels, Secretary of the Navy.
British and French forces push along a broad front from Ypres to Peronne capturing Lens and nearby towns. More than ten thousand prisoners taken as Hermann line along the Somme retreats. Mangin advances between the Ailette and the Aisne, reaching Bethancourt and Leuilly while clearing the plateau north of Crouy.
Washington reports the ways and means committee approved the $8,000,000,000 revenue bill to fund war efforts and sent it to the House. Chairman Kitchen seeks Friday consideration and a Saturday vote. After passage, Congress would adjourn for the November elections with Senate finance hearings to continue in December. Fort Collins man William McCune killed by an auto driver near the Burlington depot. driver fled after the hit and run, leaving a widow and two children.
Washington reports the United States recognizes the Czecho-Slovak nation, joining Britain, France and Italy in a new alignment that could shift demands at the peace table. Officials say the move opens supply lines and potential financial aid to Czecho-Slovak forces in Siberia and southern Russia, with possible future aid requests.
Washington reports government war expenditures for August soared to 1.714 billion, above prior records by over 100 million. Ordinary war outlays reached 1.468 billion, 200 million above last month, with loans to allies at 244 million for the month not counting recent Saturday outlays.
President Wilson dedicates Labor Day to unity and effort behind the war, urging national resolve and justice. Labor leaders pledge support. 150000 strong march in New York. McAdoo grants railroad personnel leave for celebrations. vows to prevent disruption of essential operations.
Denverites linked to the I W W conspiracy receive varied federal sentences from ten to twenty years in Leavenworth. Haywood and 14 aides get twenty years, others receive ten, five, or minor terms with fines up to 40,000. Ninety days to file a bill of exceptions and a seven day bail stay granted. W V O’Hare captured as a fugitive in Leadville.
The Student Army Training Corps will receive full army pay live in army barracks eat at army mess wear uniforms. Barracks construction starts immediately at state colleges. Term shortened to nine months abolished year round schooling continues. Enlistment in other services closes leaving A T offers the only opportunity for graduates to volunteer.
Navy reports twenty armed guard members from the Joseph Cudahy cargo steamer, sunk off the English coast Aug 17, arrived at an Atlantic port. Sixteen additional crewmen from the merchant crew reached another Atlantic port. thirteen of the 62 aboard remain unaccounted for.
Western front reports Haig’s forces smash the German line from Arras to Peronne with heavy British plus Australian advances. Canadians and English pursue, prisoners flood in, while French American units advance south of Soissons. On Lys front Americans enter Steenwerck and Voormezeele, with broader gains along the Ypres sector and near Le Transloy.
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