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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1917
Page
10
Military authorities study a new emergency ration to replace the current one, seeking general production, lower cost, and stability. Medical officers consult Agriculture Department experts while trials compare hardtack, chocolate, and other options. rolling kitchens and fireless cookers are explored for frontline feeding in Europe.
Navy ordnance experts decide rangefinders are useless on armed merchant ships due to submarine small size and wave motion. They will rely on trial runs for range while converting two merchant ships to hospital ships and seeking ambulance vessels with Red Cross help. Surgeon General Braisted expands shore hospital capacity to 10,000 beds. Midshipmen class sizes surge at the Naval Academy with 208 in new first class. Various officer reassignments and a new Atlanta pay office for marines are announced. The Interior Bureau of Mines coal plan faces Navy opposition over ship speed and fuel quality concerns. Mental defect screening methods for enlistment are discussed with proposed use of trained inspectors to assist recruiting officers.
A Manchester Guardian report narrates how a French chateau served as the British division's headquarters in France. An elderly French civilian, accused of aiding Germans, is captured after dinner with officers, with testimony about German cruelty and a denounced plan.
A letter from the Forgotten Fifth Cavalry, signed by troopers, claims Washington officials and Congress have ignored them after ten months in Mexico and months in Texas. They say they lack clothes and supplies, must pay for replacements, and fear neglect by military leaders and politics. The note urges the President to remember their service and allow them to return to duty.
Lieut. Jock Manning in a French hospital writes of convalescence after a gas attack. Americans mailed old newspapers to legionnaires at the front, prompting readers to respond with notes and thanks. Manning reports papers shared, letters from home, and plans to write to supporters.
Zurich reports that German soldiers were punished for reporting officer misconduct. A Saxon regiment soldier was court-martialed to a week in prison and sent to a dangerous post after informing the ministry of war. A man named Friedrich was imprisoned in a lunatic asylum, declared mentally sound, then returned to duty before a second asylum placement, and later remained confined. The account accuses the army of punishing critics and sending complainants to the front, with no reform.
French heavyweight champion Georges Carpentier says he will stay in aviation and continue fighting Germans. He recalls an American offer of 25000 for a 10 round bout and explains his priority to earn a fortune to recover losses from the war. He notes his investments in a Lens coal mine would be at risk as the conflict continues.
Osaka Mainichi reports Japan is building twelve 1200 ton destroyers for the French government at naval and subsidized yards. It marks the first time Japan has fulfilled a foreign navy order.
A fragment suggests Ann recognizes a man named Fle as an actor on the German stage and a dangerous spy. The dialogue hints at disguise and deception but lacks concrete details or dates.
London June 20 A careless moment cost the life of a Missouri mule used as a mascot with an American Legion company on the Western Front. The mule wandered behind the Canadian lines to a grassy spot where snipers fired as the animal lay wounded. An officer shot the mule to end its suffering, and the body was recovered.
A Swiss skit mocks German Emperor William I by comparing his mind to a chaotic American city full of mismatched buildings and noisy tech, likening the palace, stock exchange, library, and other icons to a jumble. The piece, attributed to Tur Freie Zeitung via Pr Oscar Levy, critiques present and past extremes without graphic detail.
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