Sixty-ninth Regiment recruiting rally closes day for 400 volunteers
A rally at the armory of the Sixty-ninth Regiment concluded a National Guard drive led by Major General O O'Ryan to recruit 2002 men. Over 400 youths filed applications, with 75 percent passing physicals, as Mayor's Committee on National Defense and Alexander Hemphill chaired events. Sheriff's Alfred E. Smith spoke urging action beyond rhetoric.
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National Guard
George J. Lawrence
Mayor's Committee On National Defense
Alexander Hemphill
Officers' Reserve Nears Ten Thousand Mark
Governors Island reports a surge in Officers' Reserve Corps commissions with nearly 10 000 officers in total. Among new appointees are Reginald Barrow Nathan C Shiverick and Willard Straight listed as Majors, plus Captains and Lieutenants in Infantry Cavalry and Engineers. The cohort includes George Bolling Lee grandson of General Lee and many named officers awaiting deployment or reporting to duty locations.
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Oan Roosevelt
Reginald Barrow
Nathan C. Shiverick
George Bolling Lee
Robert E. Lee
Governors Island
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Shamokin
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Geeee Peer La Update At Age Six
An OCR fragment notes a child named Geeee Peer La at age six. The text provides minimal context, with no clear event or location details to verify a complete news item.
Error in Medical Officers Reserve Corps appointment report
Dr W J Chewning of The Plain calls attention to an error in the report and date of appointment in the Medical Officers Reserve Corps. He says Chewning was commissioned a First Lieutenant on April 2, 1917.
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George A. Pour
Meadville
Edward K. Moore
Philadelphia
Sores
Albrecht
Thomas G. Killeen
Scrantee
Daniel B. Brinemade
Joseph H. Beattie
Dobbs Ferry
Clifford B. Florida
Perkins
Ratsenstein
Pittsburgh
M. Bready
John T. MacDonald
Bloomsburg
Carpenter
F. Kieffer
Baltimore
Harry King
Washington
W. J. Chewning
Medical Officers’ Reserve Corps
Chewning
Medical Units Sail for France From Four Colleges
Two hundred fifty surgeons and assistants from four colleges depart for France in regulation Army Medical Corps khaki. A second group of two hundred fifty surgeons nurses ambulance drivers and hospital orderlies sail recently for France. Participants include Princeton Tufts College and Chicago University personnel. Nurses wear National Red Cross costumes.
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France
Princeton
Tufts College
Chicago University
United States Army Medical Corps
National Red Cross
Germany Allows Americans to Leave Berlin
Germany affirmed that Americans may depart freely and receive the same official handling as other foreigners. Baron von den Bussche-Haddenhausen insisted claims of detentions are baseless and noted occasional delays due to standard wartime reservation checks.
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Berlin
London
Germany
Baron von den Bussche- Haddenhausen
Associated Press
United States
French to honor Pershing in Joint War Commemoration
The Marquis de Dampierre met Ambassador William Graves Sharp in Paris to announce plans by French officers descendants to honor American independence allies. They will present Majors Verhing and his commanders with banners embroidered by Frenchwomen to mark Franco American cooperation in the Revolutionary War.
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Paris
Marquis de Dampierre
William Graves Sharp
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