Reporting Casualties in the A E F and Wounded Care
New York dispatch outlines the vast scale of American casualties in World War I, noting more than 58 000 dead and 14 000 missing, with about 190 000 wounded. It details a national effort to rehabilitate veterans through a multilevel medical system at New York and Newport News ports, including 7 306 personnel and eight debarkation hospitals with 10 900 beds, plus base, reconstruction, harbor boats, and hospital trains to return soldiers to civilian life.
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New York
America
Pershing
Ite
War Department
Newport New
American Red Cross
Milomy
France
Atlantic
Newport News
Washington
Boston
Army Medical Corps
United States
J. M. Kennedy
Columbia University
Red Cross
Merritt
Mills
Marines In France Acknowledged For War Effort And Losses
The first complete Marine Corps unit list in France was released by Major General Barnett. It names the 5th, 6th, 13th regiments and several battalions totaling 540 officers and 21 823 men. Casualties between April and September 1918 reached 28 percent, with 44 officers and 1 116 enlisted killed and 76 officers and 2 832 wounded. The report lauds morale, notes rapid integration of fresh troops, and cites plans to expand peacetime strength and facilities at Philadelphia Paris Island Quantico and other sites.
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Washington
Marine Corps
France
Barnett
Secretary of the Navy
Burnett
Boston
I Corps
Mati
Generl Barnett
Philadelphia
Paris Island
S. G
Quantico
New York Navy Yard
San Diego
Navy Yards
Port Debarkation Hospitals Organize Soldier Care System
Port medical authorities coordinate ship to shore transfers for wounded soldiers arriving from Europe. Wounded are taken to harbor hospital boats then to debarkation hospitals with ambulances awaiting. A medical liaison accompanies groups to interior stations and train or car transport is arranged with Red Cross meal support. Hospital trains provide sleeping and kitchen facilities for walking and bed-bound patients.
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Europe
Debarkation
Debarkation Hospitals
Dorrors
Red Cross
Newport News
Red Cross Membership Drive Under Way
Dr Hill urges public support at the Globe tonight as the Red Cross membership drive continues. The stirring address calls for volunteers and donations to boost local relief efforts and fund continued emergency aid.
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Dr. Hill
Globe
Red Cross Christmas Roll Call Inspires St. Johnsbury Canvass
Dr M B Hillegus of Montpelier leads Vermont Educational Department in urging greater Red Cross support for Europe and the world. Eleven Red Cross teams in St Johnsbury begin a house to house drive of about 100 volunteers, asking gifts from one to one hundred dollars with $2+ membership including a year of Red Cross Magazine. Bloomfield A Palmer chairs the effort aiming to complete the canvass in three days. advertise support, display the flag and wear the button.
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Red Cross
M. B. Hillegus
Montpelier
Vermont
Globe
Hillegas
Europe
American Red Cross
St. Johnsbury
Bloomfield A. Palmer
Grand Jury to Hear Kelsey Murder Case in Orleans
Newport dispatch reports the grand jury meets Wednesday at two to hear evidence in Bert Kelsey case. Kelsey confessed to murdering James H. Allen for his money and a bloodied brass rod found at Parker & Young Co lumber yards in Orleans may tie him to the crime.
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Newport
Bert Kelsey
James H. Allen
Orleans
Kelsey
Allen
Parker & Young Co
Give the Boy a Chance
A London Tit-Bits note cites Isaac Barrows as a boy at Charterhouse. He was famed for a stormy temper and idleness, causing great unhappiness to his parents. The Duke of Wellington, as a boy, troubled his mother who quipped he should join the army for bullets.
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London
Isaac Barrows
Charterhouse
Isaac
Duke of Wellington
German U Boats in the War Surrendered to British Submarine Force
Harwich November 21. Twenty German U boats were sunk by British submarines during the war and twenty were surrendered to British crews on the day the fleet transferred. Among the captured vessels was the U 185, 276 feet long, never at sea before, with Commodore Hall inspecting it and a young German engineer stating the crew could man and sail her after a couple of bows.
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Harwich
England
Associated Press
British Isles
Lit
Admiralty
Admiraltys
Leahniaetne
S. S. Hall
River Stour
Hall
Red Cross Meeting For Christmas Sewing
New sewing material arrived last week and more is needed. Members are urged to attend and contribute socks and sweaters for the needy. No evening meeting will be held.
Cavell Grave Confirmed in Brussels Cemetery
The grave of Edith Cavell, the English nurse executed by Germany, is believed located in the Brussels National Cemetery per a German plan. A memorial service attended by the British minister and King Albert’s party honored Cavell with wreaths from King George, Queen Mary, and other dignitaries.
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London
Edith Cavell
Brussels
George
Queen Mary
F. S. Villiers
Brand Whitlock
Legations
Albert
Queen Elizabeth
Miss Cavell
Flight of William the Last Described by Kaiser Attendant
Vorwärts prints a Kaiser's aide memoir of a perilous 1914 voyage from the castle to Spa en route to Berlin. The account covers packing provisions for a ten day trip, travel in a court train with 16 gentlemen and 4 servants, a November 2 front journey to Alessbord Belgium, a bombing near the station, and delays returning to Spa and Berlin over failed provisioning.
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Hague
William the Last
Vorwearts
Spain
Spa
Alessbord
Belgium
Kaiser
Berlin
Villafroneuse
Vermont Drops Sugar Card System On Voluntary Basis
Montpelier December statement from Mr. Brooks announces sugar sale on a voluntary basis with limits. Households may not buy a barrel or stock more than 280 days supply. dealers capped at 930 days. He cites neighboring states and the need to avoid shortages until the Cuban crop arrives. Also notes a 97 percent efficiency claim for homing pigeons and reports Lee C. Hale of Windsor among prisoners released from Camp Rastatt.
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Brooks
Food Administration
Vermont
Washington
New England
Mr. Brooks
Wilson to Call on King of Italy in Paris
Reports from Berlin Rome and Lisbon outline diplomacy around the peace conference and pope mediation. Wilson and Clemenceau met in Paris with general discussion of peace issues while plans for King Victor Emmanuel’s visit and possible Christmas with troops are noted. Police protect union leaders after high profile assassinations and Tampico gunboat incident is being handled through diplomacy.
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Pares
Wilson
King OF
Italy
Paris
Lisbon
Paer
Tampico
Rome
Benedict
Quirinal
Vatican
Populo Romano
Clemenceau
Marcel Hutin
Echo de Paris
Victor Emmanuel
Treses
Influenza Claims Two in Shelburne Area
Two residents die from influenza and complications in Shelburne. Ralph Muzzy of Shelburne Farms leaves a wife and five children. Mrs. Howard Vosburgh, wife of the Farms dairyman, is critically ill with influenza and survived by her husband and seven children. The entire family is ill and one five year old was taken to Mary Fletcher hospital with spinal meningitis and influenza. A new lightweight typewriter is described as three separate self contained units.
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Shelburne
Ralph Muzzy
Shelburne Farms
Howard Vosbourgh
Muzzy
Casualty List Details WWI Losses and Names
Washington reports from the American Expeditionary Forces list 5618 casualties and include several named personnel. Wounded slightly: Alfred J. Hauke Burlington and Amos Fife Townshend. Undetermined: Walter H. Spaulding Cavendish and Edward A. Mayo Barre. Severely wounded: Edgar J. Stage Vergennes.
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Washington
American Expeditionary Forces
Alfred J. Hauke
Burlington
Amos Fife
Townshend
Walter H. Spaulding
Cavendish
Edward A. Mayo
Barre
Edgar J. Stage
Vergennes
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Poland
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Portugal
Mexico
U. S
Wiliam
Camp Rastatt
Lee C. Hale
Windsor
Amsterdam
Warsaw
Monterey
Port
Mexico City
William Hohenzollern
Holland
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