Prominent Families Among the First to Receive War Call
The wartime draft lottery begins at 9 49 am as 1 370 000 men are drawn for America s first draft army. In Ogden Utah the initial slips include names such as John Francis Statler Heber Scowcroft Jr and George H Whitmeyer with many more locals to follow. The process uses blindfolded capsules and a large glass bowl as officials from the War Department and Congress oversee the selection and release numbers to local boards. readiness and district implications are explained for northern Utah communities.
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Washington
United States
America
Naional Guard
Senate
War Department
House Military Committees
Baker
Chamberlain
Senate Military Committee
Dent
House Military Committee
Warren
Representative Kahn
John Francis Statler
Ogden
Heber Scowcraft, Jr
Geo. H. Whitmeyer
George Lowe Abbott
Nels C. Flygate
Utah
Brigham
Nation to choose by lottery for military service
Washington reports the drawing will decide which of ten million registrants go first into the ranks of democracy. President Wilson orders 657,000 to colors today with potential further summons to reach six to seven thousand soldiers daily. estimates suggest about five million may eventually enter the armed forces.
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Washington
Lote
Efor
Witeon
War Department
Barix
Thone
Regula Army
Momer
IL the Nasional Guard
Dire cts A Bureau Of The Red Cross Directive On Exemptions
A 1917 Red Cross notice lists Clara Noyes as director of nursing services and outlines draft exemptions. It details examination schedules, missing a day rules, and who may be exempt including certain public officials, workers, mariners, widows, dependents, religious groups, and ministers. Married men must file affidavits with spouses. proofs of exemption require precise filings and fraud penalties are stated.
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Mise Clara Noyes
Bureau of Nursing Service
The
American Red Cross Society
Same
Ienf
Board of Draft
United States Mail Service
Navy Yards
United States
How Exemptions Are To Be Made By Draft Boards
Observers in the crowd before the window watched draft notices with interest not fear. Bulletin lists showed numbers matched to registration cards as men awaited calls from Washington for physical exams. Many said they were ready to be called, while others preferred volunteering, hoping to be placed where they could best serve. The draft process was explained as the path to determine exemptions, with local boards receiving instructions and medical examinations to follow, numbers drawn at Washington guiding who appears for testing and possible exemptions examined by local boards.
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New York
New York City
Ode
Associated Press
National
Infantry
Marine
Signal
Engineers Corps
Gusineas Halls
Ana
Wanhington
Boans
Washington
United States Army
Boards of Draft
Germans Launch General Attack on Alane Front
TARIS July 20 The Germans launched a general attack along the entire Alane sector between Craonns and Vauclere. The War Office reports the French withstood the furious assaults and held their lines everywhere.
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Taris
Alane
Craonns
Vauclere
Tellers Facing All Night Job In Washington
Four hours into the drawing about 2400 numbers had been drawn and tellers slowed their pace. Officials estimated the last number might not be issued before 9 tomorrow morning as the process stretched across the night.
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Washington
Russians Meet Severe Defeat In Eastern Galicia
News from Nerlin and Petrograd reports a German advance in eastern Galicia with heavy Russian losses. German forces pushed through crumbling defences between the Bereth Ziota Lipa rivers, taking prisoners while Russian detachments allegedly debated orders and some units refused to obey. The Six Hundred Seventh Milynoy regiment allegedly retreated, forcing surrounding areas to fall back.
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Nerlin
London
Bereth Ziota Lipa
Gullela
Petrograd
Galicia
War Department
Saya
Iathor
Manajor
Flerman, Snd
Reanlt
Border Patrol Engagement Near Mission Mexico Forces Fire On Patrol
At Ojo de Agua eight miles southwest of Mission Texas about 609 shots were exchanged between a small American border patrol unit and unidentified Mexicans. No American casualties, but reports say two or three Mexicans may have fallen. The clash began around dawn and ended by 6 pm when attackers withdrew. Colonel Delamater arrived with 100 troops to reinforce the patrol.
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Mission
Tex
Ojo di Agua
Oco Agua
J. Fy. Delamater
Mio Grands Ana
Ferene Delamater
Ojo Dsita
Debris of War to Be Disposed of in France
In Lygne France July 26 the government orders disposal of war debris ahead of peace to inventory and classify discarded army and navy materials. A commission will assess how second hand materiel can be reused to aid postwar economic revival.
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Lygne
France
Alsa
Rcanomie
Violent Fight On In Flanders Reported By German War Office
Terlin July 20 artillery activity in Flanders rose to extreme violence, the German war office said. Part of the French Winterburg positions were captured by Germans, and later trenches abandoned during a French attack. The Amalgamated Society of British Watermen donated 700 pounds to the Red Cross for ambulance maintenance in France.
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Terlin
Flanders
German War Office
Winterburg
Amalgamated Society of Britiah Watermen
Ted Cross Society
France
Germany Tired of Bloody War and Peace Talks
Report from Copenhagen quotes Chancellor Michaelis saying Germany would halt fighting only for an honorable peace. Interventions by America are dismissed as not serious. In Petrograd, reports claim attempts to attack Tauride palace led to exchanges of fire and casualties. In Springville area, work begins on a sugar factory with $60,000 initial payment and machinery contract to Dyer Construction.
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Copenhagen
Michaelia
Elchalog
Germany
America
Petrograd
Tauride
Resuox
Champ de Mare
Pavlovak
Attempted assassination of War Minister Kerensky at Volots
A July 26 report from Petrograd notes an attempt to assassinate War Minister Kerensky in Volots. A shot fired at the minister missed. The incident is described as an unsuccessful attack with no further details provided.
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Kerensky
Polotsk
Captain Elgan Rumor Dismissal Denied by HQ
A dispatch from San Francisco and a Salt Lake report deny rumors that Captain Claude V Elgan of Company K Second Idaho Infantry was dismissed from service. Officials confirm Captain Elgan remains with Idaho troops in Ogden, and the rumor origin is being investigated.
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Balt Lake
Claude V. Elgan
Company K
Idaho
Orvice
San Franchco
Salt Lake
Bican
LOW
Bo M. Wheatley
Tooele
Ogden
Ratt Lake
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James Henry Hawkins
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Larry Smith
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Yamaguchi
Slg Selle
Charles T. Bacon
Gee
R. Whitmeyer
Arthur Bennette
Lee Frederick van Bremer
Lorenzo Green Weeselang Hung Sung Nefelath
Ate Debeaten
Wan
van Dyke
Bse
Gsasent
Yamaguchi Weber Yee
Weer
Tomon Vend
Joseph M. Gantz
Anza
Walter Paul
Robert G. Cole
Alvin Welbom Berry
Albert Frederick Baker
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Tee
Wees
Deeerneereneenes Iuchut
Axal V. Mattson and
A. Sain
William Loraine
Noble Orge
Charles Fowers
Ineo Doonan
Tower of London
Thames
Bureau OF the
RED Cross
Clara Noyes
Aisne
Craonne
Brovo
L. L. Short
Oklahoma City
Arecker
Leon Rowe
Short
Korniloff
Sereth
Zlota Lipa
U.S
Melbourne
Australia
Defense Department
Meg Ustedan
RON
Ansterdam
Cologne Volks-Zeitung
Hartung [Roy and Steel Works
Berlin
Captan Aigos
Oomieere
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