Men trained by rifle experts aid war effort in Britain kitchens
The piece reports soldiers trained on the U S rifle model 1917 by top marksmen, including disassembly and reassembly times. It describes communal kitchens in Britain saving food and fuel, the council of national defense urging aid for dependents, and war risk insurance and pay claims procedures. It also covers optical glass production, food inspection standards for the army, and recruitment for commerce offices in the United States.
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State Councils of Defense
Committee On Public Information
Washington
National Army
National Guard
United States
Ordnance Department
Eamp
Ehnanics
Hantes
Council of National Defense
Treasury Department
Bureau of Warrisk Insurance
Washington, D. C
War Department
John D. Ryan
Army
Signal Corps
General Squier
William S. Kenly
Military Aeronautics
Howard Coffin
Aircraft Board
Marshall Committee
Senate Committee
Great Battle Renewed as Zeebrugge Raid Reported
The Zeebrugge and Ostend raid by British and French forces against German U boat bases is described as spectacular though mixed in outcome. Five old cruisers and two submarines were sacrificed to block channels and gates, with heavy fire, losses, and unclear success. American troops and airmen are noted in the broader war context, including the killing of Baron von Richthofen and the rising American air aces. The piece covers French and British advances, German counterattacks, and the strategic aim of bottling up German naval facilities.
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Meuse
Bruges
Zeebrugge
Stephen Panaretos
United States
Ostend
Belgian
Vindictive
Hobgen
Santiago Harbor
France
Flanders
Somme
Avre
Hangard
Hatties
Senecat Wood
Paris
Amiens
Villers- Bretonneux
West Front
Baron von Richthofen
Ile
FIFTEEN BILLION FOR ARMY CALLED UP FOR MAY DRAFT
The government seeks about 15 billion dollars for the army next fiscal year as some 232,000 men from 45 states are called to join the colors in May. Drafts will mobilize at cantonments nationwide, with expansion of existing camps and possible new sites to support rapid mobilization and replacement divisions. Specific state allocations include North Carolina Camp Jackson 8114 and South Carolina Camp Jackson 288, among others reaching camps Sevier Mead Lee Dix and more.
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Regular Army
National Guard
National Army
Coast Artillery
Quartermister General
Quartermaster Corps
Washington
United States
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commergee
Department of Commerce
Commercelal
Civil Service
Baker
Congress
California
Oregon
Nevada
District of Columbia
War Department
Huuca Military Committee
Vuay
Alabama
Camp Sevier
North Carolina
Camp Jackson
S. C
Pennsylvania
Camp Mead
Mad
Camp Lee
Camp Humphreys
Camp Greenleaf
S.C
South Carolina
5. C
Camp Wadsworth
Tennessee
Camp Pike
Ark
Virginia
West Virginia
New York
Camp Dix
N. J
Camp Hancock
Camp Upton
N. Y
8. C
New German Peace Offensive Expected By Lord Cecil
Lord Robert Cecil, British minister of blockade, believes Germany will launch a peace offensive if its knockout attack on the western front fails. He says such an offensive would target Great Britain and be used mainly for German consumption, offering no acceptable terms to the Allies.
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Thackara
Paris
Robert Cecil
Germany
Great Britain
Robert
Germans Used Up 44 Divisions in Northern Front
London reports General Radcliffe details Allied views on western front operations. He says German forces in the north exhausted 44 divisions, with five divisions drawn from general reserve after the failed main objectives including Kemmel.
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North
London
Radcliffe
Kemmel
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council of national_efense
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United States Department of Commercce
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Navy Department
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England
Frunee
Avemeda
Tiave
Atlanta
Atlania
Minister of Agriculture of
Brazil
Holland
Edward W. Pickard
Trans
Bailleul
Merville
Henr Bethune
Villers
Mount
Ypres
Ludendorf
Villers-Bretonnenaux
Doyen
Forest of Apremont
Lorraine
Toul
Seicheprey
Pershing
Russia
Livonia
Esthenia
Poland
Prussia
Simferopol
Crimean
Sebastopol
Crimea
Minsk
Homel
Ukraine
Finland
White Guards
Viborg
Macedonia
Frolland
Berlin
Belgium
Netherlands
Guatemalan National Assembly
Guatemala
Atlantic
English Channel
Schwab
Shipping Board
Goethals
Military Committee
Chamberlain
Wilson
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Senate
Shermar
Tllinois
George Cree
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