Army Ordnance Bureau Reshaped To Lord Operations By Businessmen
The Army Ordnance Department will be reorganized into four operating divisions focused on procurement production inspection and supply. Colonel Samuel McRoberts formerly of National City Bank will head the Procurement Division while civilian executives will run the other divisions. General Crozier remains Chief and Brigadier Wheeler acts as chief during his War Council assignment.
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Ordnance
Samuel McRoberts
National City Bank of New York
Ministry of Munitions
Senate
Crozier
Baxer
Yen Wheeler
War Council
Ordnance Department
Secretary of War
Irry
General Crozier
Chief of Ordnance
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L’rocurement Division
Civil Fe
Collonel Samuel McRoberts
Larcentive
National Y Bar of
New York
Pvision
House Report on Allied Plans Urges Rapid US War Effort
Secretary Lansing releases Colonel House summary urging rapid dispatch of American fighting forces to Europe with minimal training delay and full equipment. Calls speedier shipping program and coordinated US effort to mobilize men and materiel for 1918 war aims, aligning with Allied assurances of equipment and support.
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Colonel Houses
Europe
United States
Pétain
France
Colonel House
England
United
Ths
Department of State
House
Britain
P Puria
Blunder in Camp Supplies Blamed as Rail Power Shortage Grows
CongressHearings reveal fault lines in army camp equipment delivery with the Quartermaster General blamed for shipping gaps and uniforms shortages while the Supply Committee defends its pace. McAdoo orders motive power pooling to ease East congestion and accelerate locomotive transfers to relieve freight bottlenecks amid coal shortages.
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Senator McKellar
Supply Committee
William G McAdoo
Mr. McAdoo
McAdoo
New England
H. A. Garfield
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Astern Ohio
West Virginia
Garfield
Central District
Last 3 Holiday Mates for Children Cebas and Harrisius
A brief note lists three holiday companions for children Cebas and Harrisius, identified by initials and a four AG reference.
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Cebas & Harrisius
General Sibert Relieved and Assigned to Home Command
Secretary Baker announces Major General William L. Sibert is relieved as First Division commander in France and reassigned to the Department of the Southeast. Major Generals Blatchford and Mann are also relieved from active duty. Blatchford to training camps in the U.S. and Mann to command Eastern Department at Governors Island. General Pershing’s aide status and Sibert’s retirement age remain unsettled.
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Sibert
Pershing Aid
Washington
Baker
William L. Sibert
France
Pershing
William
R. M. Blatchford
Blatchford
William A. Mann
Governors Island
Bat
Franklin Bell
A. Mann
Hoyle
Baker Oper
Pershiing
War Department
Tons
Robert Jullard
Mann
Rainbow
Cheries T. Mencher
More U Boats Sunk Than Built in December
British ship losses rose to 21 last week as 18 merchantmen of 1,600 tons or more and three smaller vessels were sunk by mines or submarines. December totals show the submarine threat rising, with more U boats sunk than Germany built, and naval officials noting inshore activity and mine sweeping around the British Isles.
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London
Admiralty
Sumarine
New York Times
Laindon
Jan
Cirses
New York
Mediterranean
British Isles
Paris
OATH
Ft. Mer
Berlin notes and Brest-Litovsk talks amid socialist pressure
In Berlin Dr. von Kichmann leaves for Brest Litovsk after meeting Reichstag party leaders including Independent Socialists. Socialists urge an immediate Reichstag session while Hatred over annexations stirs. A Geneva dispatch cites a Munich paper predicting new German peace declarations within ten days, with possible Entente concessions.
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von Kiclmann
Berlin
Brest-Litovsk
Reichstag
Dit von Kichmann
Calist
Hlugo Haase
Philipp Scheidemann
Friedrich Ebert
Germany
Geneva
Daily Express
Munich
Germans Russian Stand Would Quit West Says London
Petrograd dispatches describe a chaotic Russia with mass demonstrations and deep factional divides as Germany aims for a separate peace. Analysts note Bolshevik tactics surprise troops, and Russian delegates mock German demands while questions of territorial evacuations and Mesopotamia linger amid ongoing Brest-Litovsk talks.
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London
Pavlovich
Ileesa
Brest-Litovak
Hoffman Moater
England
France
Brest-Lugysk
Russia
Germany
Belgium
Mesopotamia
Arabia
Pavievitch
Russa
Lenine
Trotzky
Arthur Tansome
Petrograd
Daily News
Harold Williams
Ransome
Courland
Lithuania
L’eland
Poland
Westminster Gazette
Rusara
Trotezky
Hussia
Jules Cambon
Napoleon
Berlin
Trotsky Denounces German Peace Demands at Brest-Litovsk
Bolshevik Foreign Minister Trotsky denounces German terms as coercive pressuring Petrograd. Russia resists Polish Lithuanian and Estonian self rule while Germany seeks continued occupation. Delegations cite evacuations, ratification by plebiscite, and economic peace conditions amid stalled talks.
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Brest-l Lisitovsk
Russia
Germany
Poland
Lithuania
Courland
Esthenia
Livonia
Rail lines announce major passenger train cuts nationwide
The Pennsylvania Railroad and New Haven lines announce substantial reductions in passenger service starting January 6 and January 2 respectively. Key services like the Beaton-strouts-Pittenburgh express and Congressional Limited face withdrawal or restructuring, with routes reallocated between New York Washington and other connections.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Today
Pittsburgh
Pirie
Buffalo
Clevelander
Buckeye Limited
New York
Cleveland
Congressional Limited
Washington
Congressional I.limited
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Assenger
Reading Raihway
Baltimore & Ohio
Reading
Boston
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Bay State
NTA United
Maine
Jag’ & A
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Mr. Eisenman
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Samuel Kaplan
Ice
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Board of Education
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Yate
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