March Says Troops to Rest Return Home After War Strain
Washington reports high officers of American forces will return home for rest after strenuous duty. General Peyton C. March announced Maj. Gen. George W. Duncan, awarded Croix de Guerre, leads the returning list. Maj. Gen. Henry P. McCain to command Camp Devens division. Brig. Gen. Peter C. Harris to succeed as adjutant general. The 28th Pennsylvania troops held the center during the Vesle and pass through July 26 to 31 and August 6. The 80th and 82nd divisions’ statuses noted. further movements and details promised.
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Pennsylvania
Washington
United States
Peyton C. March
George %. Duncan
March
Henry P. McCain
Camp Devens
Mass
McCain
Peter C. Harris
Albert
Gerhigh
Schege
France
England
Italy
Ourcg
Jesse Mec
I. Carter
Camp Meade
Flanders
80Th
82Nd
Toul
French Forces Break Through In Loges Wood South Of Roye
British and French press reports say French troops pierced Loges Wood reaching the eastern edge as they encircle the German base at Roye. German counterattacks near Monolithe farm and Carnoy were repelled and French gains along the Avre grow more precarious for Berlin.
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London
Paris
Roye
Loges Wood
War Office
Matz
Oise
Monolithe Farm
Carnoy
Rheims
Avre
Lodges Wood
Senator Jacob H. Gallinger Dies in New Hampshire
United States Senator Jacob H. Gallinger died in Franklin New Hampshire at the Franklin Hospital after a week there and two months of declining health. The longtime senator had been in poor condition since last month and was moved from his home for treatment.
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Franklin, N. H
United States
Jacob H. Gallinger
Franklin Hospital
Ninety Casualties in American Expeditionary Forces
Washington reports ninety casualties in the American Expeditionary Forces with seventeen killed in action one died of wounds two from accidents and other causes thirty one severely wounded twenty wounded undetermined and nineteen missing in action. Officers killed in action Lieut Bernard Leo Rice Sparta Wis and wounded Lieut Dudley E Bell Gunston Pa Lieut Victor H Harding East Pembroke Geneseo County N Y. Pennsylvanians listed include sergeants Brewster Cameron Schoch Selins Grove Pa Andrew Hess McKees Rock Pa Samuel Barnhart Curtin Pa Samuel Humphrey Logan Pa and privates Harry Atlas Philadelphia Neeson Boyer Trevorton Pa George W Corry Philadelphia Leslie H Crabtree Philadelphia Angelo D Alessandra Philadelphia.
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Washington
War Department
Bernard Leo Rice
Sparta
Wis
Dudley E. Bell
Gunston
Victor H. Harding
Pembroke
Geneseo County
Brewster Cameron Schoch
Selina Grove
Andrew Hess
McKees Rock
Samuel Barnhart
Curtin
Samuel Humphrey
Logan
Harry Atlas
Phila
Ne'son Boyer
Treverton
George W. Corry
Leslie H. Crabtree
Angelo
D’alessandro
French Cruiser Submarine Incident Reported in Atlantic
Paris reports the French cruiser Douputithouars was submarine d August 7 while with the American fleet in the Atlantic. American destroyers rescued all but thirteen crew members.
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Paris
Douputithouars
Atlantic
March warns against rapid Siberia troop sendings
General Peyton C. March told the Senate Military Affairs Committee that sending a handful of troops to Siberia would trigger larger deployments and could hinder a decisive western front. He said the eastern front likely cannot be reestablished as an offensive and noted German forces holding steady while Allied action stalls. The committee criticized the War Department for unverified flight details as American forces in France rose to about 1.45 million.
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Siberia
Peyton C. March
Senate Military Affairs Committee
March
Russia
Gen. Pershing
de Haviland
War Department
France
Gorgas
One-Percent Wounded Return to Front in France
In a Red Cross release from London dated August 17, eighty one percent of American wounded in France have returned or will return to front service. Fourteen percent discharged as unfit and five percent have died. Major James Simpson of Marshall Field plans to return to the United States after inspecting Red Cross hospitals in France.
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London
France
Lfourteen
Red Cross
James Simpson
Marshall Field Company
Chicago
United States
Draft Bill Lets President Set Draft Ages for Men
The measure permits the president to decide draft ages for men aged 18 to 21 and 31 to 45, leaving decisions about who is called to service to executive discretion. The current form of the bill outlines optional activation times and eligibility criteria.
Dent Seeks Older Draftees First in New Manpower Bill
Washington reports Chairman Dent of the House Military Affairs Committee backs extending draft ages to 45 and argues older men 31 to 45 should be drafted before 18 to 21. He proposes a sequence from 31 up to 45, delaying 18 to 20 until older eligibles are exhausted. He notes timing depends on available figures and plans a public committee meeting with Baker, March, and Crowder. Senators Chamberlain and Johnson think the bill may clear the Senate by next Saturday night.
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Dent
House Military Afairs Committee
Baker
General March
Crowder
House Military Affairs Committee
War Departments
War Department
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Chamberlsin
Oregon
Johnson
California
Senate
There is no longer an Alsace Lorraine question
Paris reports President Wilson told Theodore Seltzer on the yacht Mayflower during the Fourth of July observance that the Alsace Lorraine question is settled. Seltzer, a leader of the Alsace Lorraine association, says the Matin carried the account.
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Alsace Lorraine
Paris
Wilson
Theodore Seltzer
Mavin
Alsace Lorraine Association
Negotiations for Exchange of Prisoners Adjourned
Geneva reports that talks between Germany and the United States on prisoner exchange have been adjourned at Berlin's request. The move follows German government action and leaves the status of prisoner swaps unclear.
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Geneva
Germany
America
German Warship Damaged by Direct Bomb Hit
British airmen attacked a German warship and crippled the vessel with a direct bomb hit. A big explosion was said to occur aboard the ship, signaling severe damage in naval action.
British airmen strike German destroyer and destroy many planes
London reports British airmen hit a German destroyer with a direct bomb and a large explosion followed. Between August 8 and 15, 16 German planes and one balloon were destroyed and 15 more driven down. sixty tons of bombs were dropped on Ostend and Zeebrugge docks. Two Gotha hangars were hit and burned. only three British planes failed to return during heavy combat.
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London
British Admiralty
Zebruggee
Ostend
Flanders
Varscbaere
Gotha
Wounded Co I Soldier Writes From Base Hospital
Frank Occhiuto of Clarendon describes his July 6 wound in the left shoulder and arm from machine gun fire and recovery at a field hospital then a base hospital. He notes good care by American doctors and nurses and hopes to be back with his company soon. Howard E Foley of North Warren is reported missing in action, with details unspecified.
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Co. I
Frank Occhiuto
Occhituo
Clarendon
Howard E. Foley
North Warren
L. Redding
James Rocky
Bill Supervising Packing Industry To Be Introduced
Washington Aug 17 A bill to supervise the packing industry for the war period by the U S government will be introduced by Senator Borah Idaho as soon as the Senate reconvenes The bill follows the Federal Trade Commission recommendations and Borah expects passage with administration support in both houses.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
United States
Borah
Idaho
Senate
French War Cross For Roosevelt
The French war cross with palms is posthumously awarded to Saeut. Quentin Roosevelt for bravery on the Aisne Vesle front. The decoration will be sent to his parents in Oyster Bay N Y. Roosevelt is credited with destroying a German airplane during the engagement in which he died.
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Henry G. Wales
Aisne Vesle
Saeut
Quentin Roosevelt
Fereens Tardenois
Marne Front
Lieut
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Allied Push Advances in Picardy and Flanders Fronts
Allied troops press the Picardy and Flanders fronts with steady advances as British and French forces drive a triple enveloping maneuver around Albert and Lassigny and near Roye. French push through Loges Forest, Roye remains under close threat while German counterattacks fail to hold. Violent artillery eruptions continue along the Franco-Belgian frontier, and American troops hold the Vesse river line as the Allies extend gains in Picardy.
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Frank Charlton
STAF
Flanders
Picardy
Albert and
Lassingy
Roye
Roye Road
Loges
Merris-Vieux-Berquin
Oise
Compiegne-Noyon
Lys Sailent
Albert
Ypres
Vesse
Aisne
Moscow Crisis Deepens as Soviet Bank Falls
A Stockholm Times dispatch reports Moscow in social revolutionary grip as the national bank leaves the city and German forces near Petrograd. Russian forces fortified Krerolin Palace, while reports confirm Ckukutsk seized by Czecho Slovaks and Siberian volunteers with the railway to Samara now open.
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London
Moscow
Stockholm
Times
Petrograd
Krerolin Palace
Siberia
Washington
Crkutsk
State Department
Peking
Cikutsk
Samora
Three Hun Planes Downed on Rheims Front Air Battle
On the Rheims Vogle Aisne front American airmen repelled a German air raid. Lieutenants Buckley Curtis Gravatt and Mitchell protected observation machines and faced seven Pfalke and three Rumpler planes. Buckley Curtis and Gravatt each shot down one German aircraft. Curtis also drove another down out of control. One Boehm machine reportedly crashed. survivors fled, while all Americans returned safely to base.
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Henry G. Wales
Aisne-Vesle
Rheims
Vogle-Aisne
Buckley
Gravatt
Curtis
Mitchell
Nine Mirlo crewmembers missing after submarine attack
Washington reports nine members of the British Mirlo crew are missing after the vessel, a 6700 ton ship, was destroyed by a submarine about twenty five miles off Cape Hatteras. The same day the Madingadah crew, also attacked, had landed at an Atlantic port.
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Washington
Navy Department
Cape Hattars
Madingadah
Atlantic
Winter Quarter Shoals Light
Weather Forecast for Washington August 17
Generally fair tonight and Sunday with light rain possible in the south portion. Warmer on Sunday.
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Washington
Reports of condition of Sen James Contradictory
Baltimore Aug 17 Only contradictory reports could be had today as to the condition of Senator Olen James of Kentucky who for more than two months has been a patient at Johns Hopkins hospital. Doctors insist his condition is not serious while those who have seen him recently say the condition is very grave.
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Baltimore
Ollen James
Kentucky
Johns Hopkins Hospital
James
Tle
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