Army Moves to Create Division for European Officers Records
War Department announces a new Adjutant General division to gather data on American officers and enlisted men in Europe. The push aims to handle inquiries impartially, manage casualty reporting, and improve official paperwork amid mass mobilization.
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Ameran
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Army Director
Grand Place Ruins Sealed Officers Reserve Corps
In Arras the ruins of the Grand Place seal the officers reserve corps, with First Lieut Horace S Villers medical officers reserve corps noted among the personnel.
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Arras
Horace S. Villers
Reserves Corps
Navy Pay Officers' School Opens New Course for 123 Appointees
The United States Navy Pay Officers' School in this city begins a new course tomorrow for 123 newly appointed assistant paymasters. The class includes 4 Naval Academy graduates, 53 military institution graduates, and 66 selected by competitive exam. Paymaster Manning H Philbrick will lead. junior assistants include Charles L Austin Hubert B Hull Malcolm G Starrow and Morton L Ring. The program trains officers for sea duty and division command, with a September 12 completion deadline before deployment at sea.
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United States
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Manning H Philbrick
Charles L Austin
Hubert B. Hull
Malcolm G. Starrow
Morton L. Ring
Controversy Over Naval Uniforms Drive in Service
Discussion continues among naval officers over proposed changes to uniforms. Officials seek practicality, with white uniforms on duty at sea opposed by the dungaree option, while khaki uniforms face resistance as an added burden on personnel.
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Shopa
Boy Scouts Seek 9800 Recruits For Washington Drive
The Boy Scouts of Washington plan a campaign to raise the local strength from 2200 to 5300 boys aged 12 to 18 for emergency work training in police duties railroad tasks and harvesting areas. Recruiting offices open at 1327 F Street NW and in the Munsey Building as literature distributes the benefits and opportunities of joining. More than twenty boys enlist daily as the program highlights trust loyalty and helpfulness.
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Boy Scouts of Washington
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Washington
Typhus Epidemic Rages in Palestine Amid Hunger
Reports from Asia Mingr tell of a terrible typhus epidemic spreading through Palestine with Jerusalem hardest hit and an alarming shortage of food worsening the crisis.
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London
Asia
Palestine
Jerusalem
Camp Punch and Pep Nears End at Fort Myer
The Punch and Pep camp at Fort Myer winds down in a week as 230 men face a decision on their branch of service and rank in the new national army. Col. Charles W. Fenton selected recruits from five thousand applications, pushing trainees hard through three months of grueling work to transform civilians into officers for the war effort.
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National Defense Act
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Frederick Funston
Harry L. Rogers
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
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Sailors Helped By Home Made Leaflets For War Readiness
The Navy League distributes simple leaflets assembled by women at 1414 H Street NW, using clippings from The Washington Post and magazines. Each booklet fits in a jumper for quick reading during service, aimed at educating sailors about current topics and keeping morale high while in training and wartime service.
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H Street
Navy League
Escape from German Prison Ends at Home Front
Private Edmund Young, held since the 첫 Battle of Ypres, escaped with two others from a baracks cell at Langen. They cut a 3 foot square hole, dropped to a cellar, breached outside bars, and fled via ventilator. Guards pursued 7 miles before they crossed the frontier, swimming canals and rivers to safety.
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London
Germany
Ypres
Edmund Young
Langen
War Decreases Tramps In Britain Says Reports
London July 21 reports to the local government board indicate the wartime drop in pauperism among tramps is the sharpest yet. The war has made a man of many a tramp, with many entering the army or finding work in munition factories and learning that work is not so terrifying after all.
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William Crozier
Sandy Hock
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Crozier
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London
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