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Newspaper
Sullivan Union
Location
Sullivan, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1917
Page
8
A poem by Theodosia Garrison of the Vigilantes calls American forces in khaki to France. It envisions engineers and artisans marching with ships and captains, while vast numbers of "fierce white eagles" gather to strike and aid Allied efforts, promising divine judgment and steadfast steel.
Captain Leslie Vickers outlines wartime ruses from training for the trenches including fake orders, feints from multiple attack points, and decoy soldiers. He describes sniping detection, dummy targets, pretended retreats, and patrols to draw fire, all aimed at tiring the enemy and preserving forces. The piece concludes with a Boy Scout motto to be prepared.
The War Department will allow regular army enlistment for men as small as five feet one inch and 110 pounds, relaxing the prior 54 inch height and 120 pound minimum. Surgeon General Gorgas influenced the change, and recruiters had already been bending limits. The shift could affect national guard recruitment and regular army selections.
Paris police used tear gas to capture deserter Thouin who resisted with a steel shield. He bored a hole in a door and released gas, then shot himself as officers advanced. His wife, nearly suffocated, opened the door. Thouin died shortly after.
New York City hotels may adopt one beefless day weekly with war bread at every meal and curtailment of pork butter and fats. The plan, presented to Herbert Hoover by the Hotel Association and restaurateurs, outlines bread rules, reduced beef and cheese, increased use of seafood and vegetables, and methods to create war bread.
The Government Printing Office faces its largest task printing millions of draft related forms and notices. It produced 30 million blanks 500 000 exemption regulations 27 million registration cards 18 625 000 certificates and over twenty one tons of draft mail matter.
The Marine Corps reports 104 Americans living worldwide applied to enlist in the past month. Letters came from 26 foreign countries offering service as soldiers of the sea. Countries include New Zealand China Iran Egypt and multiple American nations across the Americas and Caribbean.
Nancy Ireland of Will Gray farm Turman township dies in accidental drowning after swift riffle sweeps her and two companions from a log near Collier bridge. Husband Thomas Ireland and neighbor Clovia Barker survive. Barker and Ireland seek help, doctors treat without success. Coroner reports accidental drowning. Ireland’s funeral held at Union Chapel.
A patriotic verse by C. R. Piety from Scottsburg Indiana vows defiance of Kaiser Bill. It promises American resolve with mines forges cannons and sufficiency of food to win freedom and triumph in air and land.
The piece was crafted for the Union by Rev C R Piety pastor of the First Christian Church in Scottsburg Indiana. Piety is a Sullivan County native and son of Chauncey R Piety of Fairbanks township.
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