New York Officers and Private Die in War News
A letter from Timothy Bennelian reports Lt. Lee V. Farnum severely wounded at the front from Pershing's forces. Farnum, a 1917 Officers Training Camp graduate, served four years Navy then Army and was with the 165th Infantry. Private Timothy Donnellan, of Ireland, killed in action May 3, was from the 164th Infantry and related to Mrs. Leonan of East 157th Street. Messages also note Lt. Harold J. McNeary missing in action. Mrs. Mary Me Coligan learns of her son’s loss. two YMCA workers in Paris died from gas while aiding the wounded.
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Lee V. Farnum
Pershing
Plattsburgh
Far- Gem
Sturrock
France
Regislar
Farnum
Army
Navy
Philadelphia
Timothy Donnellan
Ireland
164Th Infantry
Leonan
East 157Th Street
Rive
War Department
Patrick
John Scanion
New York
Harold J. McNeary
Mary Meof
Warren Street
Brooklyn
Red Cross
Colligan
Ree Kane
Kane
Heinie
Rogers
Grand
Jersey City
Camp Dix
City
18Th Infante
Helen Dempsey
Mary Rogers
Smith
Nyack
N. Y
H. Cooper
Piermont
M C. A
Y. M. CC. A. War Work Council
Paris
Red
Isc
River 1
War Work Council
Iare Savings Bank
7Th Regiment, Guard
Naval Reserve Force
Pageree
Mr. Smith
East Orange
Spencer C. Smith
Change in casualty lists under War Department plan
Washington reports a proposed change to casualty listings under Secretary Baker. The move would add a term covering soldiers who die under military offenses and clarify publication to avoid causing unnecessary distress to relatives. The department explains the new term would reflect various causes of death while maintaining honor.
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Washington
Army Y Met
War Department
Baker
Heally
57 Casualties On General Pershing's List Include 3 Killed In Action
War Department releases June 1 casualty roll for American forces abroad totaling 6579, with 3 killed in action 6 died of wounds 1 died in an airplane accident 17 severely wounded 11 slightly wounded 9 missing in action 10 died of disease. Three officers listed among the casualties.
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Peshing
Washington
War Department
Lee V. Farnum
Andrew P. Peterson
James D. Ward
Faveterss
Paswdesd
SAS
Odder Bodes Sehoeo
Sochos Eee
Everett
Camp Dix Reclaims Deformed Soldiers
At Camp Dix New Jersey Captain Meisenbach leads orthopedic treatment that corrects bowed spines, flat feet and other defects. Recruits receive massage exercises self confidence training and custom shoes to restore mobility and improve mental outlook. The program expands across wards and aids repopulation.
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Camp DIX
Wrightstown
N. J
New York State
Orthopedia
Army Hospital Service
United States
W. Cole Davis
Buffalo
War Department
Eisenbach
M. A. Blumer
Pittsburgh
Ormer
Meisenbach
Army
New Jersey
Jigs
Pershing’s New Training Plan for American Troops
New U S army policy assigns arriving American infantry and machine gun units to British French or veteran American troops for short training periods in England or France. Brigading into mixed units with veteran battalions is suggested but not confirmed. After initial fire baptism units regroup behind lines and later rejoin front trenches as complete divisional formations.
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France
England
General Pershing
Pershing
War Department
United States
Troo
Belan
Enemy at Cantigny Abandons Attacks
Washington reports German efforts to retake Cantigny ground have ceased for now after several repulses. Pershing's communiqué notes a quiet day on American positions and an Allied counterattack that destroyed dugouts and a bridge, with over twenty enemy killed or wounded. An Albatross biplane was shot down near Toul.
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Washington
Cantigny
Pershing
War Department
Sapere
Douglas Campbell
Toul
Britain thanks Cuba for Red Cross aid in Europe
The British Government directs its Havana ambassador to thank Cuba for authorizing up to 600000 dollars yearly for Cuban Red Cross activities in Europe and for allocating 240000 dollars to assist civilians and wounded or incapacitated soldiers affected by the war.
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London
Havana
Cuba
Red Cross
Europe
Soiiers
Red Cross to protest German bombing of hospitals
Geneva June 1. The International Red Cross Committee plans a strong protest over German air raids on hospitals behind Allied fronts. The protest follows official facts and cites Germany’s sinking of hospital ships as a precedent.
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International Red Cross
Geneva
Switzerland
International Red Cross Committee
Rotest
Germany
American captives treated brutally in German prison camp
A Russian prisoner who recently returned from Germany told Moscow officials that American POWs in Tuchel, West Prussia, endured brutal treatment. They were hungry and penniless, stripped of clothes, denied bread, insulted, and kept in damp, cold quarters while working under German guards. Two Americans later spoke from a hospital.
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France
Associated Press
Germany
Moscow
Tuchel
West Prussia
Uhey
America
Queen Mary Sends Her Thanks For Guild’s Birthday Cable
Queen Mary's Needlework Guild at 13 West Thirty-first Street sent a congratulatory cable on May 26 for Queen Mary's birthday and received her thanks yesterday. A large consignment of hospital supplies was forwarded to England by the guild to be distributed under the Queen's supervision.
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Queen Mary
Queen Mary's Needlework Guild
West Thirty-first Street
England
Americans vital factor in Allied struggle at Amiens
The article argues American troops are a vital factor in the battle, likely to balance defeat and victory. It notes British divisions near Rheims and Soissons have fought bravely, with reserves being patched in. It warns the battle could extend for weeks and stresses patience, economy of reserves, and national morale in Paris and London.
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Ypres
Amiens
Paris
Marne
Rheims
Soissons
London
Sth
15Th
50Th
Americans Advance in Battle Area with French Army
In France on June 1, American troops reach useful positions in the battle area alongside the French army. The soldiers show ardent willingness to share in the theaters of war and to prevail in the ongoing operations.
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France
Associated Press
German trap used to catch scouts in Paris report
Paris June 1 German barbarity described as a man sized trap found in trenches by Corporal Victor Vaupel US engineers. He and Sergeant Seegenms recounted creeping past wire entanglements and star shells to approach a German trap rigged to seize, then released by the prisoner. The device resembled jaws three feet long and two inches wide, set to strike at a passerby.
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Paris
Victor
United States
Seegenms
Paris Y. M. C
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