Feeding Soldiers on the Transports Expose Massive Ship Provisions
An aboard ship account details 210000 meals provided at sea with 180 food varieties. It lists vast rations from 7,280 loaves of bread to 61,500 pounds of flour and 9,200 pounds of sugar, and notes how relatives should send money instead of packages. The piece also covers dental corps expansion and logistics for sending supplies to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Dental Corps
War Department
Secretary of War
Tkrge
Weictarmaene ‘Corps
Warring on the Red Cross and Hospital Ships
A wartime column argues Germany uses hospital ship sinkings to reduce Allied tonnage. It recounts torpedoings of the Portugal, Britannic, Asturias, Gloucester Castle, Donegal, Lanfranc, Glenart Castle, and Llandovey Castle, noting casualties, rescue efforts, and the claimed deception behind Red Cross ships and troop transport. It cites American aviators, naval responses, and calls for adherence to the Geneva convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph E. Gropley
New York Tribune
Rewa
Red Cross of Mercy
Woolworth
of Mercy
Germany
Red Cross
Flamborough Wend
Terschelling
Ushant
Land's End
Britannic
Asturian
Gloucester Castle
Donegal
Salta
Lanfranc
Dover Castle
Rewna
Glenart Castle
Llandovey Castle
Europe
von Hutter
France
Automobile’ Corps
Lair
Air Service
Solace
Comfort
Mercy
Navy
United States
Brance
Portugal
Rizek
Black Sea
Agean
The
Kiefer Zettung
Admiralty
Asturias
Laws
Cornwall
Channel
Cuvell
Royal Army
Berlin
England
Fritz
Gtenart
Mé¢Rey
Canada
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United States Army
Department of Agriculture
Railroad Administration
Information Belges
Medical Department of the Army
Federal Public Health Service
Health Service
Department of Labor
Quartermaster’s Department
Quartermasters
Chautauqua and Lyceum
New York
Liberty
Commission On
Wilson
Washington, D. C
Army
Naval Reserve
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