Senate Debates Draft Age and Army Expansion
Senate debates draft age limits and army size as the War Department argues for a cautious approach. Amendments seek to base quotas on state populations, exempt neutrals, and extend the draft to eighteen to forty-five with varying maximums. Lawmakers clash over feasibility, housing, training, and shipbuilding needs while urging stronger American involvement.
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Senate
Hifebeork
Nebraska
State Department
Grutrat
Herdwick
Georgia
Ag Ae
Massachuselty
Brandegés
Comheethal
New
Indiana
German Reservist Wandered At Will Until Arrested
German reservist Ernest Weichert, 33, of Port Chester, formerly a fireman for the Hiner Krongprinzdas in Cecile, traveled around the country without enemy endorsement. He was halted in Greenwich and turned over to Sheriff Narsiter of Westchester County, amid a recent spree stopping at Niagara Falls, Pittsburgh, and other way stations.
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Greenwich
Conm
Ernest. Weichert
Port Chester
Hiner Krongprinzdas
Cecile
United States
Narsiter
Westcheater County
New York
Niagara Falls
1918 Draft Class List Ready in Month
The 37,000 members of the draft plan receive their Auemionnotron with initial mailed details. Captain David Agen and Captain Asch indicate classification will take two to two weeks after data receipt, with men assigned to classes and subject to first call. Married before January 15 1918 affects classification. those who married to evade the draft may be placed in Class EX.
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THF
David Agen
Maretin Conboy
Asch
Thorn
Vanderbilt Promoted to Brigadier General in Army Reshuffle
President Wilson named Colonel Cornelish Vanderbilt of New York among forty colonels pushed for brigadier general rank. The list includes Colonel Douglas MacArthur, son of General Arthur MacArthur, noted for service on the Western Front. Vanderbilt, commander of the 102d Engineers, trained at Camp Wadsworth, with home in New York City, 640 Fifth Avenue. Selection emphasized ability over seniority, with several National Guard officers named alongside regulars. Bethlehem Camp Barracks at Petersburg burned, 200 soldiers guarding $6 million in shells. storehouses spared.
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Washington
Cornelish Vanderbilt
New York
Senate
Wilson
Ansiher
Douglas MacArthur
Arthur MacArthur
MacArthur
Vanderbilt
102D Engineers
22D Engineers
New York National Guard
Camp Widsworth
S. C
Fifth Avenue
France
Parshing
March
Adin Lotnesses
Pershing
National Guard
John H. Sherburne
Mayon M. Patrick
Edward M. Lewis
William J. Shaw
William K. Smith
Peter ©. Traub
William S. Graves
James C- Harbord
Gharids P. Summerall
Charles c.Watcutt
William D. Connor
Edward Tt
Christian Andrew Moses
Edwin B.wiunur
Robert C. Davia
William B. Jackson
Henry J. Hutsh
Samuel D. Reckens
Wilson Ih
Hurt ‘Bash
Harold C. Fiske
Meriwether L.walker
Oaelina Vanderbilt
Otho H. Rosenhour
Charles “A. Heddsin
Edward L. King
James J. Morrow
Harey G. Bishon
George C. Salfarnns
Aa. Mantoni
Alfred Wiliomstad
Charles W. Kutz
George
H.moseley
Brancis le J. Parker
Dauginn MacArthur
Merch
B. Stewart
Albert J. Bowley
Duelug le Durkee
Johnny Stephens
Ismes J. Hornbrook
Oliver . Spaulding
Harry A. Smith
Swing E. ‘Booth
Doin
Bradley
Richard G. Marshall
Honard R. Hickok
John N. Hodges
William Gruikshank
Herbert M. Lord
George H. Shelton
Jefferson Tt. Kean
Ateif
Jamies G. Harbord
Marine Brigade
Thiat
Chateau Thierry
Marine Corps
Marchaleo
William S. Graver
Hirst
Scott and Bligs
Inter Aa
Ata
General March
Graves
General Staff
Bethlehem
Cape May
Bethleem Steel
Petersburg
United States
Last of June Draft Quota Sent to Camp From New York
The last of New York's June quota of National Army men marched yesterday to the Long Island City ferry at Thirtyfourth Street for Camp Upton. There were 1,862 men, about half from Ruffald and from Oneida and St Lawrence counties. Every man sent by Loon oard 17 in The Brons was Italian, not yet naturalized. The city's draft quota for the month was 7,343.
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New York
National Army
Long Island City
Draft questionnaires destroyed in Stapleton mail box event
Three young men were to be arrested after an incident in Stapleton Staten Island where mail box damage destroyed numerous draft questionnaires mailed by the Stapleton Board of Officials. Police indicated the suspects face charges of attempting to destroy official army records to avoid service.
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Stapleton
Staten
Staplron Insal Board
U S Soldiers Health Remark Sparks War Conference
Washington briefing from the War Department states that American expeditionary forces in Europe are freer from disease than any troops in Europe, with higher health status also noted among troops training at home.
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U. S
Anyi
Europe
Washington
Une
bin House
Camral
Cantigny Heroes Named in U S Dispatches From France
Washington dispatches praise Cantigny operations and list dozens of American officers and soldiers cited by General Pershing. The Mist visit identifies names from Idaho to Alabama, New York to California, with captains, lieutenants, sergeants and privates named in detail.
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Pxeneh
Army
Associated Press
Wrmy
France
Alina
War Department
Pershing
Hirkpasew
Luciua i
Halbrook
Ward Grove Street
Hume
Idaho
Theodore Roosevelt
Seventy Fourth Street
New York
Anne Froy
Langendorf
San Antonio
Tex
Blorian
Giles
Campbellsville
Frederick Hahn
Sevennah
Gilbert S. Lance
Kenesha
Wis Lovier
Langston
Mon
Fa Gag George
Cox
Cullowhee
W. P. Waltz
Bolon
N. M
Gerwin
Adair
Scranton
Penns Morrison
Taswell
Cincinnati
Ohio
James W. Koon
Weems
Harry W. Endtar
Bernad
Denry Kroths
Josephthal Appointed Naval Commander
Louis M. Josephthal banker of 120 Broadway is named naval paymaster commander and chief of naval militia in New York. He served on Governor Whitman’s staff and the National Defence committee and has held positions on stock exchanges and in the navy as yeoman and paymaster. He is married to Innac Guggenheim’s daughter and has been active in recruiting since the war’s start.
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Louis M. Josephthal
Broadway
Josephthal
Whitman
Naval Militia
New York
Ta Wag
Dix
Suler
Glynn
Philadelphia
Chicago
Hevhan
Innac Guggenheim
Naval Reserve
New York Men Receive Army Commissions
War Department issued reserve and National Army commissions to New York residents. Named are Frederick Madison Allen, Tasker Howard, Frederick Jokmaan, George Slattery, Louis Davidson, Henry Rade, Abraham Weingart, and others. Ranks include captains and lieutenants across Medical Reserve, Adjutant General, Quartermaster, and sanitary corps. Actions list addresses and affiliations such as hospitals and institutes.
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Trittine
Washington
Cora
National Army
New York
War Department
Frederick Madison Allen
Rockafellee
Tasker Howard
Sidney Place
Brooklyn
Frederick A. Jokmaan
George Norbert Slattery
Louih Tisis Davidson
Fourth Street
Henry Rudolph Rade
St Francis Hospital
Abraham Joseph Weingart
Park Hon Sret
Vester F. Weatherwas
Camp Milla
John Kelly
M.C
American Cadet Killed in Canadian Flight Accident
Royal Air Force cadet John Arthur Byrnes died in an airplane crash at Camp Borden Ontario during a training flight. His mother, Mrs. H. Byrnes of New York City, is notified. In Pensacola, on June 28, Joan Zeller, a machinist stationed at the local field, drowned when the aircraft he piloted crashed into the water.
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Borden
Ont
John Arthur Byrnes
Royal Air Force
H. Byrnes
New York City
Pensacola
Frs
Joan Zeller
Focal Siuation
Pensacole
Indicted Editor of Masses Wears Khaki
Vloyd Dell editor of Masses faces government scrutiny as a conscientious objector draft case unfolds. Dell, nearing fifty, registered in 1917 and claimed exemption. Indictments followed for articles and cartoons in The Masses. Jury disagreed, with officials noting Dell’s soldier appearance could affect the government case.
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Vloyd Dell
Thi
Steind
Max Beatman
the Muses
Monsen
Féderat Court
Tor Dell
Wadeworth
Uncle Sam
Dell
Panagnig
Manson
Mint Xene
John Reed
Young
A. J. Glintonkamp
Ousted From Army for Drawing Color Line
In Little Rock on June 28 Captain Eugens Bowen of the Titd Depot Brigade was dismissed from the service following a War Department telegram. Lieutenant Robert W. Hall was dismissed and sentenced to twenty five years hard labor at Leavenworth for related conduct. The case highlighted use of race in National Army orders. Hall deserted in February and funds shortages of about seven thousand dollars were uncovered after a check-up of the micas fund. he was arrested in San Francisco. Hall is a Brooklyn native.
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Little Rogk
Ark
War Department
Camp Pike
Eugens
Bowen
Titd
Robert W. Hall
Leavenworth
Kaw
Rowan
National Army Court
Georgia
Hall
San Francisco
Brooklyn
Engineer Reserve to Examine Applicants for Army Engineers
The Engineer Corps will hold a four day examination in New York City for qualified engineers seeking commissions as first lieutenants or captains. Applicants aged 32 to 36 may become lieutenants and 36 to 42 captains, with draft-age men considered. Citizens in good physical condition actively practicing engineers may apply, with commissions targeted within two weeks after exams and about 2000 officers to be trained by mid August.
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Spica Disputch
the Tribune
Washington
Engineer Nesakve Corps
Army
New York City
Black
West Thirty-ninth Street
E. H. Williams
Chief of Engineers
Two U S Fliers Die In Tail Spin Crash
Mount Clemens Michigan reports two United States fliers killed when their aircraft entered a tail spin this afternoon and plunged to the ground. The machine caught fire and both bodies were burned.
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United States
Mount Clemens
Michisa Fendleton
Greund Prive
Hurley Pledges Massive Ship Build To Win War
In Chicago Hurley chairman of the United States Shipping Board urged Illinois manufacturers to think in world market terms and push a nationwide shipbuilding program. He said ships would serve military needs now and expand global trade after the war, urging cooperation to speed production and economic growth.
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W. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
United States
Broadway
Rome
Hurley
Acciation
Iworld
Ponca
Raman
Sens
Hinail
Drews
National Security League
Manufactor
Shipping Board
California
Florida
Oregon
New York
South America
Pacific
Orient
Toedsy
Coast Shipyards Win All Speed Honor Flags
Coast Shipyards on the Pacific Coast received all speed honors from the Emergency Fleet Corporation for May construction output. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp San Francisco earned flags for steel building, while Grant-Smith Porter Co of Se Johns Ore and Skinner & Eddy Corp, Seattle, also received top honors. Second and third in vessel construction went to Moore Shipbuilding Co Oakland and Allen Shipbuilding Co Seattle, with Aberdeen yard noted for wooden ships. Rear Admiral Frank F. Pletcher announced the awards.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Emergency Plect Corporation
Vermula
Bethlehem
Skinner & Eddy Corparsion Seatile
Moore Shipbuilding Compat
Oaklands
Gal Wed
Aberdean, Wash
Grant-Smith,Porser Company
Allen Shipbuilden Company
Seattle
Frank F. Pletcher
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Mich
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Lone Beach
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Christian Street
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St. Louis
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Gardensville
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Huntsville
Ala
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