Seven cardinal points for World War I draft registration
The War Department issues guidance for the June 5 1917 register day for men aged 21 to 30. Registration is required for all eligible residents, distinct from the draft, with penalties including imprisonment for noncompliance. Instructions cover absent, sick, and military service cases and specify booth hours from 7 am to 9 pm.
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National Guard Reserve
Militia Bureau
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Naval Militia
Naval Reserve Force
Marine Corps Reserve
National Naval Volunteers
Navy Department
Armour school closes with Major Little speech
The Armour school end of year exercises featured an inspiring address by Major Joseph W. Little of the Wilmington bar. The program included songs, plays, tableaux, pan tomime and declamations by numerous pupils with Miss Gladys Mitchel pianist and Miss Marie Doster and Miss Julia Mitchel performing.
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Armour
Armour School
Joseph W. Little
Wilmington
Carolina
Miles Standish
Betsy Ross
Robert Edward Lee
Richard Love
U.S. A
Red Cross
Little Red Riding Hood
Mother Goose
Frederick Hinyard
Marie Doster
Julia Mitchel
Maj
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Big Jim
Elder Perkins
B. L. Daniel
J. H. Debose
Sol
M. C. Weathers
Jay Bird
A. Campbell
Parson Jones
E. D. Squire
Brad Thomas
C. L. Heath
John Henry
J. E. Weathers
Sally Betty
Pearl Heath
America
Gladys Mitchel
Nurses Convention to Meet in 1918 at Kinston
Fayetteville May 26 The State Nurses Association, after a successful convention in Fayetteville, will gather in Kinston in 1918 following an invitation from Kinston Chamber of Commerce. Officers include Eugenia Henderson president and Mary L Wyche first vice president with Jane Brown as second vice president and Dorothy Hayden as secretary.
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Fayetteville
State Nurses’ Association
Kinston
Chamber of Commerce
Eugenia Henderson
Winston-Salem
Mary L. Wyche
Henderson
Jane Brown
Asheville
Dorothy Hayden
Greensboro
E. A. Kelley
Raleigh
Mary Sheets
Gertrude Petteway
Wilmington
Belle Reece
Edith Redwine
Blanche Stafford
Round Table
Red Cross
Lois Toomer
Board of Examiners
Reunion plans for United Confederate Veterans in Washington
Washington May 26 Plans for the annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans in the capital outline a three division parade and a program featuring both Northern and Southern veterans. President Wilson will review the parade and speak. events include battlefield visits to Manassas and Fort Stevens and Confederate Memorial Day services in Arlington. The schedule aims to promote national unity during the ongoing war.
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Washington, D. C
United Confederate Veterans
North
Wilson
Eli Torrance
Minnesota
James Tanner
Grand Army of the Republic
Robert N. Harper
Hilary A. Herbert
Johnny Reb
Sons of Confederate Veterans
Manassas
Fort Stevens
Southern Society of Washington
Gettysburg veterans tour capital area with Boy Scout aid
Those who return to town from Gettysburg will spend the day visiting historic points around the capital. In these trips hundreds of Boy Scouts will provide voluntary services to assist the old soldiers during the tours.
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Gettysburg
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