Army and Navy Need Trained Men for War Effort
The public information bureau reports thousands of skilled workers are required for the Army and Navy, including mechanical engineers, draftsmen, chemists, and clerks. Deserters and discouraging letters from home harm morale, while the War Department urges supportive family correspondence to maintain discipline and readiness.
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Committee On Public Information
Washington
Civiran
Army and Navy
Civil Service
Ordnance Department of
Quarteringgier Corps
Navy
Meed
Stenoemaphe
War Department
United States Employment Service
Department of Labor
California
Indiana
Tl Mnois
Ohio
Tennessee
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
Wilson
Public Service Reserve
Department of Agriculture
Pan-Executive Council
Moscow
Trotzky
Americans Gallantry and Peace Offense Loom in War Week
Edward W. Pickard surveys a week of frontline battles near Ypres and Amiens with Allied defense by British French Belgians and American troops. He notes a rising Teuton peace offensive likely after gains, amid Soviet and Ukrainian turmoil, and outlines massive US army expansion plans including a 1,000,000 new draftees and a 4,000,000 manpower goal.
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Amiens
Edward W. Pickard
General von Scherpenterg
Montoir
Pletty Btn
Kemmel
Locre
Scherpenberg
Mont Rouge
Lacre
Ypres
Ines
Channel
Kemmell
von Arnim
Charles
Austria
Italy
Whitsuntide
Holy See
Germany
France
Belgium
England
America
War Department
Baker
Atlantic
Daniels
Senate
House
Dent
Military Affairs Committee
Wreck at Camp Jackson Kills Eight Soldiers
Eight soldiers of the 321st infantry were killed and 26 injured when a wooden passenger coach jumped a trestle at Camp Jackson as the train pulling out for Camp Sevier encountered a spreading rail. A military inquiry headed by Lieut. Col. Halsteadt was started to determine the wreck’s cause. The casualty list names eight dead privates and numerous wounded with their homelands and guardians.
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Columbia
U S. C
321St Infantry
Camp Jackson
Camp Sevier
Greenville
Col. Halsteadt
British Raid Fails to Block Ostend Harbor
London report states the Ostend submarine base on the Belgian coast remains open after a British raid. The old cruiser Vindictive laden with concrete was sunk at the harbor entrance, leaving the harbor entrance free. Berlin cites the claim as a failure of the blockade.
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Ostend
London
Admiralty
Vindictive
Berlin
Two NC Soldiers Die in Camp Sevier Alerts
Greenville reports the deaths of two North Carolina soldiers in the 60th division at Camp Sevier on Wednesday evening. Private James R. Cullum of the 120th Infantry is survived by his sister Mrs. MH A Frazier of Durham NC and Goraver Woodring of the 105th Ammunition Train is survived by his father H B Woodring of Sands NC.
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Greenville
S. C
60Th
Camp Sevier
James R. Cullum
120Th Infantry
MH. A. Frazier
Durham
N. C
Goraver Woodring
105Th
H. B. Woodring
Sands
British Raid Blocks Ostend Harbor Channel by Sinking Vindictive
British officials report a daring raid at Ostend Belgium seriously hampers German submarine operations. The inner harbor exit is blocked by the hulk of the old cruiser Vindictive sunk under heavy fire, sealing the channel.
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Ostend
Belgium
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Nitierer
Diane Waleh
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Secretary of War
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Allies
Chicago
Flanders
General Pershing
Ypres Salient
Villers
Bretonneux
Thames
Serbia
Montenegro
Peter
Carniola
Betts
Austria- Hungary
Russia
Ukraine
Kiev
von Bichhorn
Rada
Sevastopol
Ms Unele
Michael
Scandinavia
Petrograd
Red Guard
Finland
Viborg
Overman
Carolinas
Jackson
Sevier
Edgar Simpkins
321St
Wm. BE. Simmons
Patmost
Arkansas
Philetus C. Swann
Ninna Swann
North Park Square
Asheville
Marion O. Hawkins
S. A. Hawkins
Marion
William E. Lowery
Co. K
Samuel Lowery
Alta Pass
Jess Reno
Co. I
Tom Reno
Soddy
Tenn
Andrew Scoggins
Arch Scoggins
Ooltewah
James L. Leatherwood
Co. L
Thurman L. Leatherwood
Waynesville
Benton Goolsby
Co. A
John Goolsby
Pauls Valley
Thomas I. Fitzgerald
Trenton
L. P. Ramsey
Andrew Shoulders
Dierks
Ark
Ef, M. Henry
Willets
N. G
John W. Frost
Gilliken
George W. Stoke
Louisville
Miss
George S&s. Thompson
Ella
North Carolina
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