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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1918
Page
3
The lesson centers on Jesus feeding 5 000 with five barley loaves and two fishes and calming the storm. It notes the crowd’s hunger, the disciples’ doubt, and Jesus blessing bread from heaven as a call to share the living bread with others. It also reflects on discipleship, mission, and prayer amid trials.
Four American naval men who died in France have been shipped home on a U S naval supply ship. A brief first-of-its-kind funeral on deck was witnessed by hundreds ashore as flags half mast and the coffins draped with Old Glory were lowered. The deceased include Dudley W. Queen from Texas and sailors William Lusso Kansas Gil Martin O Callaghan and John Bourke. another burial at sea of Willis Martin Goodrow from Charleston South Carolina followed on a destroyer.
Washington March 23 In an effort to reduce parcel post volume to France the post office department urges citizens to limit shipments and avoid unnecessary packages or heavy parcels to the European nation.
A brief item notes the flow of ammunition and other essential war materials from the United States to France as ships offload supplies for soldiers fighting overseas.
Camp Cody is a healthier place than believed. Carl V. Miller writes from Waterloo that sickness is slight here, noting only 243 sick at Cody versus higher figures at Camp Dodge and other camps. He contrasts Camp Fouston with Cody and Dodge.
The diary notes soldiers grow restless and discontented in any camp and quote Gen Parker on good spirits when not complaining. It cites that 75 percent of complaints are discounted as normal mood, and recalls a deserter as an example of seeking relief.
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