Nation wide slackers face swift army call policy shifts
President Wilsons executive order and Crowder instructions push districts to speed up exemptions and physicals for the first 687000 men. Attorney General Gregory orders jail and high bail for slackers and urges nationwide search for unregistered men ages 21 to 31. Civil War draft rejection rates cite 25 to 30 percent as a benchmark for current exams.
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Gregory
Department of Justice
National Army
Side Lights on Doctors Examine Drafted Men in Capital
In Washington doctors tested draftees with a mix of outcomes across precincts. Dr William Fowler reported 49 percent of examined men as unfit for service due to radical conditions, while Dr John Stoutenburgh found under 30 percent with physical disabilities. Several men offered unusual pleas, including concerns about wives, and one man demanded his exemption be decided by the S. S. The Chicago figures showed 75 of 100 passed, with weight and sight as primary hurdles, and many men sought affidavits for exemptions based on dependents. The day saw heavy public inquiries as citizens nationwide watched the capital’s selective draft proceedings.
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Nile Sam
Pistrat
Telumbia
Aiang
William Fowler
Yanfytts
Johen Stestenburgh
Clifford Lanham
Stoutenburgh
Garrett Vanne
Harry Blair
Blair
Chicago
National Army
Francis Harper
Harper
Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Fowler
Moses White
Basvontta
Philadelphia
Death notices and funeral details from July 1917
Obituaries and funeral notices list multiple individuals with dates, locations, and interment details. Names include Dean, Johnson Jr, McCabe, Morgan, Simpson, Stockton, Wood, and Mahif Genfves e. Services span Arlington Cemetery Sardis Mass Saint Paul Church and various city addresses.
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Dean
Moutar
Lio
Belovel Lueband
Elorenekk
Ninth Street
Arlington Cemetery
Johnson
Anderew Johnson Jr
Mattie Johnson
Fobier
Sardis
Mass McCabe
Thomas
Anna Bo McCabe
Morgan
Octavia Vorgan
Collin
Jeph Vincent Winn
Nineteenth Street Baptist Chir
Simpson
Sor Tan
Rodial Simpson
George R Simpson
Janesville
Doom Stockton
Mira Thene
Bebnel
Stockton
Theeteenth Street
Wood
Atlantic City
President Wilson urges treaty talks before draft of aliens
Senate leaders pressed the McCumber bill mandating treaty negotiations before drafting alien Slackers. The foreign relations committee warned Congress acts now would be premature and intrude on executive authority as President Wilson seeks agreements with other nations.
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Wilson
Senate
McCumber
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Hospital supplies lost in Atlantic sinkings to France
John Moffett of the Federal Council of Allied War Charities told 76 affiliates that five ships carrying hospital supplies to France have been sunk in recent weeks. He urged members to list supplies to avoid duplication and ensure Red Cross delivery.
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New York
France
John Moffett
Federal Council of Allied War Charities
Council
Moffett
Red Cross
Plea for Commissions: Many Drop Out of Camps
War heads explain that none who meet high standards are denied commissions. Thousands of hopeful officers quit as training ends with about half of 44,000 failing to win commissions. War Department stresses strict criteria, while the second camp draws 51,838 passers from 72,14 applicants. Fort Myer trainee officers await outcomes and a July camp reshapes the force. Cavalry troop under Major Sidney Haight loses trenches briefly, then regains ground.
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Alfie
War Department
National Army
Baker
Charere
Fort Myer
Charles Whenton
Sidney Haight
Champion of Liberty in Buenos Aires Reception
In Buenos Aires on July 30 at the Naval Club a reception honored Admiral Caperton of the American squadron. Francisco Alvarez, minister of marine, praised the United States as a beacon of right liberty and justice. Caperton replied that there are not two Americas but one, with San Martin and Washington joining them, and that America must present itself as a single family ready to uphold right in danger.
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Buenos Aires
Naval Club
Admiral Caperton
Francisco Alvarez
Argentina
Republic of the North
Wilson
Frederick Stimson
Caperton
Americas
San Martin
Washington
America
New York Draft Beginnings Bring Slacker Fears and Exemptions
New York City begins selective service scrutiny as 18 of 49 examined fail the physical and 49 registered men face exemptions or reporting. Jo seph Bragard, though 48th on the list, volunteers for service while his wife seeks exemption for sole support. Municipal boards start entrainment and officers raid registrants with deputy marshals aiding in Manhattan, the Bronx, and Brooklyn.
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New York
New York City
National Army
Joseph Bragard
New York Central Freeman
Bragard
United States
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn
Gilbert Is No. 1 In New Army Draft
The government runs its large education campaign for the first national army draft but many men remain unaware of their status or notification. Harry Chapman Gilbert of Washington is certified as No. 1 among 687,000 expected recruits. Examinations paused briefly to clarify the four teeth rule. four good chewing teeth now suffice.
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Wilsona
Crowder
Gilbert
New Army
John Joy Edson
Harry Chapman Gilbert
Washington
National Army
Washington Barracks
Desperate Serbian Deportations Reported in Nish District
Bulgarian actions allegedly drive thirty thousand Serbians from Nish into Asian deserts. Reports cited by the Serbian legation claim officials and a Vienna parliament member protested mass expulsions as Serbian enemies aim to annihilate the nation.
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Asia
Nish
Ribar
Vienna
Legation
Dope Plot Aimed at Draft Examinations Unfolds
A nationwide plot by pro German doctors to dose draftees before physicals is investigated by the Justice Department. Originating in Chicago with branches in New York Philadelphia and Boston the scheme would use drugs to alter heart function making candidates appear unfit. A Chicago physician is under surveillance and arrests are expected as details emerge about a prominent young married man linked to the case.
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Washington Post
Chicago
Department of Justice
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Draft Board
North Side
Dentes Whisky Deaths Prompt Army Inquiry
An investigation in Trenton reveals Private Freston Dewey of the Second New Jersey Infantry died after drinking whisky that four strangers reportedly drugged. Three other guards at Plainsboro drank some without ill effects, and authorities say whisky was stolen from a farmhouse. Evidence of drugs was found in the case.
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Trenton
Freston Dewey
Second
New Jersey Infantry
Dewey
Plainsboro
Deweys
Etien
Bombs Imperil 400 Children in French Town
Four hundred children were removed to safety from a French town near the firing line after bombs dropped by enemy aviators. Red Cross doctors nurses and a truckload of supplies provided medical care and temporary shelter as mothers harvest crops left them unable to care for the youngsters.
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Paria
Red Cross
Rad Cross
Halt shoelace shipment halted to Sweden
Suspicion arises that a large quantity of shoe strings consigned by a local manufacturer to Sweden by parcel post would reach Germany. Postal authorities prohibit shipment. The shipper refused to take the goods back, per post office officials.
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Woost
Sweden
Germany
Post Office
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Ala
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C W Barber
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Herbert J Bryson
Medical Corps
Third Infantry
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National Guard
W M Plack
United States Engineers
Seventeenth Street
State, War and Navy
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White House
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