Pershing Reports Cases of Bravery Under Fire
War Department released a long list of officers and enlisted men commended for bravery during the Cantigny operations. The notice names several specific acts of valor and identifies next of kin and addresses for many personnel, including officers and privates from various states and units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cabies
Cantigny
Army and Marines suffer 106 more casualties in France total 10182
War Department reports 56 Army deaths and 50 Marine casualties in France raising total battlefield losses for both forces to 10,182. The Army list breaks down to 24 killed in action and 7 deaths from disease among others. Marines report 17 killed in action and 20 wounded severely with one prisoner. Names and addresses listed for next of kin accompany casualty totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
France
Marine Corps
Army
Albert L. Grubb
Elmer J. Preaper
Carl H. Eyman
Jee L. Goldman
Norman J. McCreary
James
Timothy
Seodore &. Slew
Recruiting Officer Killed In Illinois Train Crash
Chicago June 28 three men were killed outright and Major Robert E. Brooks U S Sgt among the injured when a Chicago limited electric train crashed into an auto truck at Elmhurst. Brooks, former Captain of Philippine Scouts, died from a fractured skull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Robert E. Brooks
U. Sg
Westveyind Aurora
Chicago Limited
Elmhurst
Brooks
Pershing's Men In Good Health
Members of the House Military Committee were told at the War Department conference that American Expeditionary Forces soldiers in Europe were freer from disease than any other troops and that home trained troops had higher infection rates in proportion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing
Washington
House Military Committee
War Department
American Expeditionary Forces
Europe
Willis to Quit Reserve Board
H Parker Willis offers his resignation as Secretary of the Federal Reserve Board after nearly four years in the post. He plans to devote time to banking professorship at Columbia University and to writing on economic and financial subjects. He previously served as president of a Manila bank in 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis
Reserve Board
Washington
Parker Willis
Federal Reserve Board
Columbia University
Manila
Wilson Names 51 New Generals for National Army
President Wilson sent eight major generals and forty three brigadier generals to the Senate to fill vacancies. The list emphasizes merit over seniority with Pershing selecting most, including two National Guard colonels Cornelius Vanderbilt and John H. Sherburne as brigadiers. Notable names include Douglas MacArthur as brigadier general and James G. Harbord praised for Marines command.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
National Army
France
General Pershing
General March
National Guard
Cornelius Vanderbilt
John H. Sherburne
Is. Rosenbaum
Otho I King
Edward L Hishop
Harry
Craig
A Pjornstad
Alfred W. Moseley
Geo. W. H. MacArthur
Douglas Felburne
John H. Durfee
Lucius L. Hornbrook
James Smith
Harry A. Pradley
John J. Hickok
Howard R. Cruikshank
Wiliam
Shelton
George H. Lord
Herbert M
Kean
Jefferson R
Medical Corps
Pershing
James G Harbord
Marines
Château-Thierry
Marine Corps
Mar
William Closely Connect
Brig
Graves
General Staff
Beott and Bliss
Chiefs of Staff
Rennk
New Yorkers face draft rules as 20000 more expected
The 189 Draft Boards in New York City begin applying rules for classifying registrants under the selective draft law. About 12000 questionnaires must be filed by Tuesday midnight, with an expected 20000 Class A men from 85000 registered. Police enforce anti loafing laws while 100 questionnaires burned in a Stapleton fire.
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New York City
Martin Conboy
New York
Cowboy
Lahey
State Labor
Cit
Police Department
Stapleton
8. S
Boyd and Wright Streets
Senate Refuses to Extend Draft in Early War Vote
The Senate, 49 to 25, rejected a Fall amendment to widen draft ages 20 to 40, sticking with 21 to 31. Neutrals who declare US citizenship may seek draft exemption but lose citizenship rights. debate on timing and shipping data continues with expected swift action on related war bills.
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New York Times
Washington
Senate
Baker
Fall of
New Mexico
Chamberlain
Hitchcock
United States
State Department
Warren
Perahing
Hardwick
France
Benatora
House
New Major Generals Named by Wilson in WWI Army
President Wilson announced seven new Major Generals, including James G. Harberd who led Marines on the Marne and rose from private to officer in the American Expeditionary Force. Other new generals include Charles P. Summerall, William G. Graves, Peter W. Traub, Edward M. Lewis, W. R. Smith, and Mason M. Patrick.
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Lindsay McPhail
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Ekreschenko
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Williem Adair
Deranten
Penn
Will
Harrison
G. Caswell
Greenville
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Miller
C. Parker
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B. Conrad Weap
Gardenville
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Nancy Rice
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Roy
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la Krothe
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Edgewood
Iowa
Clemens
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William Cle
Kuttawa
PUBOS
Led E
Ernest Dubois
North Sd St
Marquette
Mich
SMITH
Leon J
Riley Smith
Hunts _ville
Ada
Jions
J. E
Burden Hobi
Care
Brooklyn Man on List Killed in Action in War Casualty Report
Corporal John Ryder, son of the late Mortimer Ryder of New York, formerly lived with his mother at 44 Seventy-seventh Street in Brooklyn before joining the army. He served as a gunner in the Fifth Field Artillery during mobilization in 1916 and went to France with the Twelfth Field Artillery. The War Department notified the Park family of 8 Willoughby Street, Brooklyn that their son William M. Park, a 28-year-old Marine, was severely wounded on June 7. he had worked at the Bliss Torpedo Plant.
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Taxach
Carter
Seife
Courene
Frenry James Miliner
Heniamin Perttt
Darfea
Crisloe
Ward
Herbert K. Lennor
Axel Jermaison
War Department
Freday
Gtreet
Bowles
Volney B
B. Bowles
West
Ay, Tenver, Co
MATS
Graves
MacArthur
Rainbow Division
Ormerly
National Guard
Ere
Boothia
Mingouri
Malin Craig
Missouri
Craig
France
Sunset
Pacific States
Merch B Stewart
Plattaburg
Alfred W. Bjornstad
Minnesota
Laol
Berlin
Southern Guard
Robert C. Davia Ia
Weat Point
Thomas H. Barry
Harry
Governors Island
West Pointer
Pennsylvania
Albert J. Bowley
California
West Pol
Jay J. Morrow
West Virginia
Francis L. J. Parker
Cavalry A
South Carolina
John J. Bradley
Ilinois
West Point
George W. Moseley
Illinois
Edward L. Kings
Massachusetts
Edwin PD. Winans
Michigan
Meriwether 1
Walker
Virginia
Harry G. Bishop
Field Artillery
William Pd, Connor
Wiscorsin
West F Point
Howard R.ickoka
Durfesia
Ohio
Tuchus
J.J. Hornbrook
William M. ‘Cruikshank A
District of Columbia
Cheorge TH. Shelton
Connecticut
Oses
Andrew M
Kenry J. Hateh
Civil Fe
Wilson B. Burtt
Hainois
Harold C. Fiske
Tile
Charles A. Hedekin
Indiana
G. Saffarrans
Tennessee
Hanson E. Ely
Iowa
Charles W. Kuta
Hen
John N. Hodges
General Hodges
Maryland
O. S. Spaulding, Jr
Richard Marshall, Jr
Charles C. Wallcutt, Jr
T. Chrisman
Willam FP. Jacobs
Inspector General's Department
Weat Veara
Samuel P. Rockenbach
Werat Point
Charles P. Summerall
Toanna
Penn
General Summerall
Florida
William G. Graves
Texas
Washington
Peter W. Traub
Edward M. Lewis
General Traub
Infantry
W. R. Smith
Isa
Coast
Mason M. Patrick
Benjamin Dulois
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
National Guard of
New York
Twelfth Infantry
John F. O'’Ryan
Grace Wilson
Richard T. Wilson
National Park Bank
Title Guarantee and Trust Company
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
American Soxpress Company
Lackawanna Steel Company
Harriman National Bank
Dongen MacArthur
Rigadiers
Woeet Point
Vera Drum
Arkansas
Arthur MacArthur
Navy
Ewing BE. Booth
Congress
Camp Upton
Heath
Franklin Hiell
Upton
John Ryder
Pershing
Mortimer Ryder
Seventy-seventh Street
Brooklyn
Fifth Field Artillery
Twelfth Field Artillery
Carlton Park
Willoughby Street
William M. Park
Park
Bliss
Aret
Austin M
Mrace Renfield
K Avenue
City
Tt the
Land Infantry
Birthday of Private Samuel Moffett Noted Before Enlistment
The article recalls Private Samuel Moffett of the Field Artillery, born on a birthday, who enlisted in 1917. His mother, Mrs Mary Moffett of 401 Third Avenue Brooklyn, learned from a War Department message that he was severely wounded in action.
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Mary Moffett
Third Avenue
Brooklyn
War Department
Moffett
Cenere Perahingtin
Mexico
Richard
W Rose
Charles 5. Rose
Montclair
E J
Princeton
Alfred M. Bonsnas
Bay Ridge Avenue
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