General Wood addresses Wilmington crowd on preparedness
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood spoke to about 2,000 at Harbor Island Auditorium praising preparedness and patriotism. He warned against untrained forces, urged peacetime military training, and endorsed universal service to win the war. The event highlighted Wilmington’s wartime spirit and harbor facilities.
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Herbert McClammy
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United States
New Hampshire
Harvard Medical School
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Congress
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Rough Riders
United States Volunteers
Cuba
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England
Germany
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Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
German Soldiers Record of Villages Looted and Destroyed
Documentary evidence from French authorities shows that 19 and 20 year old German troops pillaged French villages before their March retreat. Diary entries detail stealing cups wine and signs, destruction of wagons beds and roads, villages burned, and loot kept as souvenirs amid harsh military “necessity” rhetoric.
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Grandru
Appilly
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Mortiers
Versixey
Typhoid Inoculations Hit Local Militia Units
Wilmington Light Infantry and adjacent troops received typhoid fever inoculations at Fort Pridgensfield Artilery Sanitary Corps. drills suspended until afternoon as vaccinations proceed. Troop C Cavalry Engineer Troop Train and sanitary unit also inoculated. moving orders awaited but soldiers prefer to stay home with family.
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War Department
Wilmington Light Infantry
United States
Clowe
Oficer
National Guard
Beloved Woman Dies Sudden on Wilmington Steamer
News of the death of Miss Francis Henshaw, an aged maiden, aboard the steamer Wilmington for Carolina Beach, shocked the community. She died suddenly after boarding, while in conversation with Mrs. E T Huggins, with coroner not calling an inquest. Her funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Wilmington
Hehshaw
Carolina Beach
E T. Huggins
James F. Woolvin
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
L. B. Sasser
Eighth and
Market Streets
Miss Henshaw
Italian Air Raid On Austrian Naval Base
Reports detail the Pola raid by Italian aircraft from Rome dated August 7. Bombs and grenades caused fires at the arsenal naptha depot and seaplane station, with 320 kilometer flight over five hours and no Italian losses despite heavy Austrian anti aircraft fire and searchlights. D Annunzio noted aboard one of the larger planes piloted by Captain Gori.
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Associated Press
Rome
Pola
Squadrilla
D’annunzio
Gori
Draft Trouble in Davidson Subsides
Reports from Davidson County say resistance to the draft in the state has died down with no further trouble expected. A few men had purchased guns and announced armed resistance but altered plans after being informed of the seriousness of their stance and decided to submit to government demands.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
Vidson County
Powers of President Under Priority Bill
Washington August 7 under priority bill the President directs through the Commerce Commission or others designated to ensure that essential transportation serves national defense. It calls for a central board in Washington to carry out orders and penalizes obstruction of interstate or foreign commerce with a fine or imprisonment. The bill also states it does not modify anti trust provisions allowing peaceful labor strikes.
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Message of War Echoes in Armistice Plea
A wartime broadcast urges fighters to serve the country with resolve and faith. It frames duty as allegiance to the nation, with a blessing for safe return and guidance from the ancestors.
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