Army expands guard for federal duty amid funding gaps
War Department raised national guard mobilization lifting total federal force to about 15960. 45000 guardsmen now available to protect industries. Morgan & Co offered $1,000,000 credit without interest to contractors, discounting government paper as appropriations lag. Authorities say only Congress can authorize larger army and expanded reserves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
War Department
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Quartermaster General
Army
Natonal
Reserve Board
J J Morgan & So
War Department Army
Congress
Rush of Recruits Causes Resort to Finger Prints
New York March 27 reports show Navy recruitment offices overwhelmed by applicants. Civil service reforms are asked to supply fingerprint experts to take prints of men enlisting in the metropolitan district. Today 101 men enlisted, it was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Navy
Naxi
Washington Post correspondent braves war zone on liner to British port
Donald MacGregor, a Washington newspaper man for The Washington Post and New York Herald, was aboard the first armed American liner to enter the dangerous war zone, as the vessel reached a British port on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacGregor
Washington
Washington Post
The
New York Herald
St Louis
Demand United Nations Rebel at Manns Plan
Washington Board of Trade speakers condemn Manns bid to withdraw in favor of Clark and push bipartisan committees for the extra session. Alfred P Thom warns Germany and Mexico threaten US. John Temple Graves and Ira Bennett urge Confederate reunion support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athern Railway
Mexico
John Temple Graves
Bennett
Droop
Germany
America
Alfred P. Thom
Rallroad
Washington Board of Trade
Willard
United States
France
England
Ira E& Bennett
Board of Trade
Gettysburg
Graves
Mr Bennett
Odella Smith
Wilson
House
Mann
Clark
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Longworth
Ohio
Towner
Town
Myr Lenroot
Press Censorship Sparks United Editorial Stand
Editors from Buffalo Times, Plain Dealer, Richmond Dispatch, Detroit Free Press urge vigilance against gag rules. They call for fair, accountable censorship that protects national security while preserving press freedom and public information.
Washington enlistment stations map and listings
Places across Washington invite enlistment in Army Navy Marine and naval reserve services. Stations include Army recruiting tents at Pennsylvania Avenue and Seventh Street NW plus a Columbus statue flag station. Navy offices at Ninth Street and Pennsylvania Ave NW and Seamen’s Quarters at the Washington Navy Yard. Marine Barracks at Eighth and G Streets SE and District Naval Militia enrollment at Ninth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. District National Guard Armory at 472 L Street NW. First Separate Battalion District Militia colored troops at Twelfth and U Streets NW armory. Water and O Streets SE host District Naval Militia armory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mil
Army
Pennsylvania Avenue
Seventh Street
Columbus Statue
Navy
Ninth Street
Washington Navy Yard
Eighth Street
Marine corps—Marine Barracks
Eighth
G Streets
Naval Reserve
District National Guard
L Street
Twelfth and
U Streets
District Naval Militia
Water and
O Streets
Strike Money Arrives For Washington Strike
Edward McMorrow received the first weekly benefit check of 5505 from the Amalgamated Association in Detroit for striking Washington Railway and Electric Company workers. The union promises to double the sum if needed and to send up to 40000 weekly during the strike, with cash distribution planned near former work barns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amalgamated Association
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Edward McMorrow
Detroit
McMorrow
Washington
Amalgamated
Capital Traction Company
La Follette Urges Neutral Nations Conference Call
Senator La Follette defends his stance against the armed neutrality bill arguing it would trigger war and that a neutral nations conference could uphold freedom of the seas. He condemns White House tactics to push the bill and urges neutral mediation to curb belligerent powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
la Follette
Iasus
Men at Arsenal Fence Attempt Break In
Watertown March 27 three men attempted to burrow under a fence into the Watertown arsenal reservation. Patrolman David A Thompson fired five shots after two intruders fired at him. One suspect escaped after entering the arsenal grounds. the other two fled and were not captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown Masa
Watertown Arsenal Reservation
David A Thompson
Arsenal Grounds
500 British Americans Ready to Fight for U S
More than 500 American citizens of British descent volunteered for a British American regiment to be raised in the United States for use in war. Lieut Col I Rhard-Grey said applications are heavy and the unit may become a brigade. Many volunteers were said to be men invalided from the British army but now recovered. Baltimore March 27 There has been a rush of navy and marine corps recruits. The Fourth Maryland regiment added over 200 men as applications outpaced examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Mexico
Alabama
Cavalry
Colorado
Deepstai
Signal Corps
Kentucks
Ompany Signal Corps
Onlo Forst Battalon Signal Corps
Field Artillery
North Carolina
Sipernia
Virginia
Het
Texas
Fourth Infantry
War Departments
Jarkaon
Lst
Europe
Mr Thom
U. C. V. Reunion
Iington
Buffalo Times
England
Associated Press
United Fresh
Army
Navy
John S . Bowen
New York
I Rhard-Grey
United States
Baltimore
Marine Corps
Maryland Regiment
Preparing Supplies for Guard Now Mobilizing
Chicago March 87 quantities of military stores equipment and food were being prepared here tonight by the United States army quartermaster department for dispatch to the national guard units of Illinois Indiana Iowa Missouri Nebraska Minnesota Michigan Wisconsin South Dakota Colorado Wyoming and Ohio under Maj Gen Thomas H Barry commander of the central department. Details of the preparations were withheld under army censorship regulations. While no figures were announced as to the number of recruits long lines of applicants were about the recruiting station and the Illinois National Guard armories and the naval reserve headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States Army Quartermaster Ga Department
National Guard
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
South Dakota
Colorado
Wyoming
Ohio
Thomas H Barry
Central Department
Army
Illinois National Guard
Naval Reserve
Seventeen Ohio Militia Companies Called Out
Seventeen Ohio National Guard companies were ordered out by Gov Cox late today and placed on guard at strategic points. A strict military censorship prevented any information from Gov Cox or Adjt Gen Wood. The units include fifteen infantry and two machine gun companies stationed in Columbus Cleveland Cincinnati Portsmouth Ironton Marietta and Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Gov Cot
Gov Cox
Adjt
Wood
Columbus
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Ironton
Marietta
Gallipolis
Man Seeks Enlistment in U S Air Corps After Mesopotamia Service
Boston March 27 William W Shyne an Anglican citizen who recently completed fourteen months service with the English aviation corps in Mesopotamia today applied for enlistment in the aviation corps of the United States Navy Naval officers here have been instructed to recruit ten men for the aviation service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
William W Shyne
Mesopotamia
Aviation Corps
United States Navy
Censors Accused of Guiding Press in House of Commons
London reports in the House of Commons claim censorship has tightened over six months. Nationalist John Dillon accuses press bosses of shaping reader opinion and suppressing news including submarine losses and the Greek question. Sir George Cave defends policy, saying only false or harmful statements are suppressed. A separate blast at a northern munitions factory kills one and injures nine, officially an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Plain Dealer
London
House of Commons
John Dillion
Dillon
Bismarck
Russia
Baloniki
Mr Dillon
George Cave
Home Department
George
Great Britain
Sir George
Admiralty
Edward Carson
Teutonic
Britain Moves to Reexamine Rejected Soldiers in War Bill
London March 27 government in the House of Commons ordered immediate reexamination of all men previously rejected by medical examiners for military service. A bill was also introduced to prolong the current session of Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commone
Red Cross Base Hospital Formed by Mackays in New York
Roosevelt Hospital completed a 560 bed Red Cross base hospital unit in New York City. Gift of Clarence H. Mackay and his mother, Mrs John W. Mackay, the unit features an American staff ready for any emergency and rapid deployment. Dr Charles A H Peck named director with Dr James Russell chief of surgical service and Dr Rolfe Floyd head of medical service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Red Cross
Roosevelt Hospital
Clarence H. Mackay
Mra
John W Mackay
Charles AH Peck
James ‘Russell
Rolfe Floyd
Crozier Quits Hospital After Skin Graft Recovery
Brig Gen William Crozier, chief of ordnance, left Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after a successful skin graft operation for X ray burns on his abdomen. He had been a patient since February 20 and, with his wife, motored to Washington saying the procedure produced great results and that he is leaving with two new hides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Baltimore
William Crozier
United States Army
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Crozier
Whitman Aims at Slackers
New York governor Whitman told the Merchants Association at a universal training luncheon that he would draft men for the national guard if volunteer methods fail. He cited the Silvers act and warned he would not shrink from using all power to enforce patriot duty. Maj Gen Leonard Wood urged intensive training as New York prepares for war efficiency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Guv Whitman
The
Merchants Association
National Guard
War Department
New York States
Leonard Wood
G Wood
4000 Desert for Food Destruction and Invasion at Zwolle
Four thousand German soldiers seized the Rhine frontier into Holland seeking food. Reports from The Hague today say they were driven back and interned at Zwolle after the advance. Official dispatches detail the border action and subsequent internment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hague
Holland
Zwolle
Federal National Bank Bond Purchase Offer
Federal National Bank outlines a plan for a small first payment to enable purchase of high grade railroad, industrial or public utility bonds in denomination. The notice invites investors to consider this limited entry option and outlines steps to participate.
Trouser Bonanza Sparks Frantic Bargain Rush at Friedlander Brothers
In a brisk street sale near 428 Ninth Avenue, Friedlander Brothers draws crowds eager to snag bargain trousers in fashionable cuts and varied fabrics. Prices range around 9. to 39.5, with serges woolens and cassimeres touted as stylish and dependable. Hurry, stock is moving fast before Easter promenade season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friedlander Brothers
Dito
Friedlander
Putoon
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S
Sam
Morgan Company
Morgan
Southern
Fifteenth and H Sts
N. W
Standard Sanitary
Donald Macgregor
United Nation
Coord Rene
Organization of House
IRUSH
Thom Clark
Lee
Grant
North
South
Mr. Bennett
Charles F Wood
George H MacDonald
Edward F Colladay
William Clabaugh
Ciasselman
Great Falla
National Park
Ocecoquan
W H Whittaker
Edwin C Brandenburg
Randall
Caliifornia
Haiti
Jeaders
Prohibition
Daniel A Foling
National Temperance Council
Poling
Palen
Bill
Miss Rankin
Montana
Susan B Anthony
William Kent
California
Missa Anne Martin
Nevada
Congressional Union
M B Madden
House of Representatives
Madden
Martin
New Orleansa
White Martin
Louisiana
Tha Wagshja
Eric Dc Hopwood
Wditor
Richmond Tives Dispatch
Bron Fairoit
L B Schloss
Glen Echo Park Company
Park
Pdistrict
Paintera Hall
Theo-Nett
Magruder’s Fine Groceries Conn. Ave. & K Si
Senate
Baltirn
U.S. Air Corps
Gem
Dons
Britain
Gift of
Mackays
Gen Crozier
Whitman
Stelzer & Co
14Th St. N.W. North
Lion
Federal National Bank
Fourteenth and
Federal Finance
John Poole
Freddie Smartclothes
E Streets
Kramer’s
F St. N. W
Os Ae
McCray
McCray Refrigerator Co
St. N W. Main
the Sunday Post
Eben
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!