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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1918
Page
6
The passage derides Pan Germanists furious over peace terms promising no annexations or indemnities. It mocks their claim that a defensive war justifies seizing states and strategic ports. It argues German aims reveal hypocrisy by pressing for Middle Europe under German control.
A critical analysis argues the War Department's core weaknesses stem from congress control and weak general staff. It asserts root causes include fragmented authority, lack of unified direction, and delays from ordnance and quartermaster bureaus, hindering army readiness. The piece calls for real power consolidation under a true general staff.
ST LOUIS January 2 Andrew C Westemeyer of this city former financial secretary of the Western Catholic Union No 46 pleaded guilty in criminal court to embezzling 7500 of lodge funds He asked for jail but received the minimum two years in penitentiary.
Washington dispatches argue for swift action to curb red tape and remove inefficiencies in the War Department. Critics say delays in ordnance and supply procurement threaten national defense, urging Secretary Baker and Congress to act, while third columns note wool purchases and cantonments issues reveal systemic mismanagement.
The December deaths at the Soldiers and Sailors Home are listed with ages and regiments for numerous veterans including Frederick Krinker U S Navy age 81 James Allen Co I 7th Hi Cavalry age 75 James Dunn Co I 8th U Inf age 82 Jesse T Ervin 84th Ill Inf age 80 John A Blatter Co D 145th Til Inf age 74 Christian Hague Co K 76th Pa Inf age 71 William Milam Co D 7th Ill Cav age 78 Harrison Duncan Co K 41st Ill Inf age 78 Archibald A Hamilton Co G 22nd Ill Inf age 8? William Dorle Co H 16th Ill Inf age 73 William Sigel Co A 22nd Ohio Inf age 73 John Covert Co B 78th Pa Inf age 74 William Thompson Co E 54th Pa Inf age 72 Women Louisa C Atherton Elizabeth Lu man John A Anderson Superintendent R L Farr Adjutant
Miss Margary Ridings of Hamilton Mo entered Gem City Business College New Year’s Day, following her grandfather’s 1871 student example. He told stories of work under D L Musselman Sr motivating a business education, noting it is safer to do business with a self confessed sinner than a self admitted saint.
In the British front, mapmaking powers the modern army. British maps, printed daily from updated data, guide batteries, barrages, and artillery plans. Observers file in data by plane, photorecon, and telephoned updates to Intelligence, with barrage maps showing precise timings and distances for deadly shell patterns.
An old advertisement claims Phosphated Iron and Phosphorous tonic called Tron will restore energy, improve sleep, and renew vitality. It urges patients to insist on capsules and buy from Owl Drug Store in Quincy at 125 N Sixth St, warning against substitutes.
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