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Newspaper
Plainfield Record
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1918
Page
7
Numerous residents and visitors are noted in this Plainfield roundup. Activities include departures and returns from Asbury Park and New Haven, military entries, family visits, and professional moves. The piece names Elmer Garretson, Helen Gar, LeRoy Adams, and others, with engagements at camps, missions, and schools.
The article outlines Camp Dix training details for the Forty Fourth Division including unit composition the transfer of Depot Brigade men to new units and influx of limited service personnel. It notes general staff officers and the role of the Y M C A in morale education and music programs. A gas defense demonstration by the Fifty ninth pioneers is praised and a Sunday shower is noted.
Martin Miltner of Church Street completed a Browne University technical course in Providence and is now assigned to the Engineers Corps as a mechanical expert. He recently moved from Camp Leach Virginia to Camp Merritt for overseas duty preparation after a short visit with his mother in Plainfield.
The chief of staff urged action to ensure troops are paid on time, noting hardships from delayed payments. Senators pressed for faster casualty lists from France, but General March said all casualty lists are published promptly. He called the British-French offensive progress gratifying and shipping on schedule.
Republican Senators assailed the administration for blocking foreign mail and shipments of newspapers containing the Senate Aircraft Investigation Committee report. Senator Weeks said the order to Boston customs and post office officials would withhold information from the enemy, a claim he called unfounded.
Senator McCumber of North Dakota criticized the Navy in the Senate for failing to destroy a captured U S fishing trawler after a U boat attack off the Atlantic coast. He demanded why swift sub chasers and destroyers could not prevent the trawler from operating along the coast.
Miantonomo Tribe No 118 hosts Labor Day picnic at Wayside Park Dunellen with athletic events including a Red Men 100 yard dash, open dash, shoe races, jumping, shooting and tug of war against Marathong Tribe Somerville. Proceeds go to local Red Cross. Dancing and refreshments planned. attendees urged to join.
The article explains a 60 year riparian lease system where the State retains title, revalues capital sums every twenty to fifty years, and collects seven percent annual rental. With 32 leases totaling 8327.3 feet, the scheme yields increasing revenue far above old fee grants, plus interest on rents.
The United States begins circulating two new greenbacks the $1 and $2 federal reserve bank notes to replace silver certificates. The $1 features George Washington on the front and a mobilization scene on the back while the $2 shows Thomas Jefferson and a battleship.
Private Joseph Murray of West Fourth Street and Private Jack Mc Carthy of Lee Place were home for the weekend from Pelham Bay with recent transfers to Camp Merritt from Camp Greene. The quote reflects a sentiment of being defined by liberty and national identity.
A soldier abroad recounts reading a local poem in The Record and thanks friends in Plainfield. He describes life overseas, mentions his unit, drafts, and learning to Parley ais while asking for newspapers and letters from Newark friends.
Marshal Albert Bolischweiler has issued new regulations on German alien women changing residence. Women moving within the same registration district must report to the district officer and have their card endorsed. To move to another district a permit is required, with an application to the current district officer and display of the card if granted. Violations may lead to arrest and detention for the war period.
A wartime verse by Chas. P. Frelich urges citizens to question rumors about the war effort. It promotes vigilance against falsified stories and encourages support for the United States and its four minute men to aid national welfare.
Thirty-nine young men who reached 21 since June 5 were enrolled by the Plainfield District Exemption Board after last weekend’s registration. They will receive questionnaires soon and begin classification and examination, likely yielding about twenty-five 1-A draftees. Readable names and addresses of registrants are listed.
Report details troop movements in the United States from May 1, 1917 to July 1, 1918. Total 5,377,468 soldiers transported, with 2,218,532 moves before 1918 and 3,169,487 after. Over half used special trains, 2,902,000. regular trains carried 1,079,000. 1,295,000 were drafted to training camps. Distance per special train listed as 937 miles. average per train 405 soldiers.
Announcement reveals the engagement of Miss Florence Lucille Manning daughter of Mr and Mrs William S Manning to Thomas Emory Rickettts son of Mr and Mrs T H Rickettts of Westervelt Avenue Ought No wedding date has been set.
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