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OUR LIBERTY BOYS OF 1917
C. EDWD. PRESHO
CHARLEROI, PA
1800
Class 11570
Book
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yright Nº 18
COPYRIGHT DEPOSIT.
OUR LIBERTY BOYS OF '17
CHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA
Copyright 1918 by C. EDWARD PRESHO
C. EDWARD PRESHO COMPANY Publishers CHARLEROI-PITTSBURGH
PRESS OF JAMES MCMILLIN PRINTING COMPANY
AUG -5 1918 CLA501378
(c) Committee on Public Information.
WOODROW WILSON
For Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeath'd by bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won .- Byron.
The American's Creed
BELIEVE in the United States of America as a Government of the people, by the people, for the people, whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect Union, one and inseparable, established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacri- ficed their lives and fortunes. I therefore be- lieve it is my duty to my country to love it; to support its Constitution; to obey its laws; to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies. I
DeSuyla Sage
CONTENTS
TITLE.
PAGE
The American's Creed.
. 4
Contents 5
Illustrations. .6
The Kaiser vs. Wilson.
8
Organization of Third Liberty Loan Committee of Charleroi, Pa .. 9
The President's Address of Feb. 3, 1917 13
National Guard Concentration Camps . 17
Ninth Street School Honor Roll. 18
National Army Cantonment Camps
19
Aero Training Stations 21
Increment Camps. 22
President's Address Feb. 26, 1917 24
30
War Terms and Savings.
.31
President's Address April 2, 1917.
33
Honor Roll, Washington Avenue Presbyterian Church.
46
Honor Roll, Hussey-Binns Steel Co.
47
President's Appeal of April 16, 1917
49
Honor Roll, B. P. O. Elks
.54
Reserve Officers' Training Camps.
55
Posts and Stations of the Army . .
57
Naval Stations and Marine Barricks.
63
Honor Roll, Knights of Columbus
65
Honor Roll, Imperial Glass Co 67
Honor Roll, Order of Moose 68
Honor Roll, A. F. & A. M.
.69
Honor Roll, McKean Commandery, No. 80 K. T. 71
Honor Roll, Charleroi High School. 72
Honor Roll, Patriotic Sons of America 73
Honor Roll, Macbeth Evans Glass Co. 75
Honor Roll, Pittsburgh Glass Co
76
Honor Roll, First Presbyterian Church.
77
Honor Roll, Fraternal Order of Eagles
79
Honor Roll, Christ Lutheran Church.
80
Honor Roll, Knights of Malta.
81
President's Address, Jan. 8, 1918. 83
Honor Roll, Viking Club. 88
Honor Roll, Alpha Phi Beta Fraternity.
.90
Honor Roll, First Christian Church.
91
Four Minute Men. 92
94
Outclassed
95
Honor Roll, St. Jerome's Church
96
Pledge of Loyalty .
98
When You and I Go Over, Pal
99
American Red Cross
100
Only A Volunteer ..
101
Honor Roll, Fifth Street School .
102
Liberty Loan Four Minute Speech Contest
105
Charleroi Boys Who Have Answered Their Country's Call in the Great World War 111
The President's Mt. Vernon Address 115
Charleroi "Over the Top" and Charleroi's War Chest. 118
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"For Justice and Right"
Honor Roll, M. E. Sunday School
ILLUSTRATIONS
Frontispiece-Woodrow Wilson 3
Marshall Joffre and Gen. John J. Pershing 7
First Draft Group 16
Second Draft Group 20
Group-Robertson, Bertram, Gechie, Carson, Wagner and Carroll 23
Mathias, Deiters, Oates, Crumrine and Hott 25
Roley, Malcolm, Might and Jones 27
Marines at Vera Cruz.
29
U. S. Marines at Artillery practice.
32
On the British Western Front. 32
Hugus, Vetter, Roberts, Welch and Deiters 34
Irwin, Ruecroft, Fiedler, Moore and Eneix. 36
U. S. Marines in Egypt and Somewhere in Mexico. 38
Spence, Jack, Lutes and Wilkins. 40
Hess, Frozia, Spence, Michener and Geho
42
U. S. Marines in China and in Cuba
45
Alterici, Clerihue, James Wagner, Smith and Stalhman.
48
Jobes, Gautt, Calvert and Hersche.
50
Elmer and Tohomas Tmlinson.
53
Hott, Geekie, Grey, Wagner and Osborne.
56
Osborne, Adams, Repman, Lecque and Jack 62
Fiedler, Flood, McCormack, Eneix and Hott. 66
Brown, Osborne, McKay, Fiedler and Michener 70
Vezzetti, Patton, Williamson and Pollock. 74
Spridik, Gaut, Booth and Piper 78
Palfrey, Kaupp, Trnavsky, Harris and Webster 82
Anderson, Smallbach, Worthington and Davis. 89
Smallbach, Worthington, Rice, Froili and Paxton .93
Mangan, Welch, McDermott, Clement and Wolfe 97
O'Rourke, Protin, Nutt, Jeffries and Long. 104
Hersche, Hersche, Smith, Oates and Dordain. 110
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(c) By Committee on Public Information.
MARSHALL JOFFRE
GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING
THE KAISER SAYS:
(Extracts from speeches made by the Kaiser at various times, quoted verbatum from the Encyclopedia Britannica.)
"The soldier and the army, not parliamentary majorities have welded together the Ger- man Empire. My confidence is placed in the army."
"Every German warship that is launched is one more guar- antee for peace on earth."
"Germans are the salt of the earth."
"Germanism, like the spirit of Rome, must expand and impose itself."
"Considering myself the in- strument of the Lord, without heeding the views and opinions of the day, I go my way."
PRESIDENT WILSON SAYS:
"A nation that neither sits in judgment upon others and which keeps herself fit and dis- interested and truly serviceable for the peace of the world."
"No peace can last, or ought to last which does not recognize and accept the principle that Governments derive all their just powers from the consent of the governed, and that no right anywhere exists to hand people about from sovereignity to sovereignity as if they were property."
"We wish to serve no selfish ends."
"I am thinking about those rights of humanity without which there is no civilization."
"Our motive will not be re- venge or victorious assertion of the physical might of the nation. but only the vindication of right."
Thank God for the milk of human kindness which runs in the veins of every true American. We have our faults, but measuring human life in terms of dollars is'not one of them.
All together now! WAR SAVINGS STAMPS for every member of every family, Liberty Loans, Thrift Stamps, Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., Y. M. H. A., K. of C., Jr. Red Cross.
"The time has come to conquer or submit-For us there is but one choice, we have made it."-Woodrow Wilson.
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ORGANIZATION OF THIRD LIBERTY LOAN COM- MITTEE FOR BOROUGH OF CHARLEROI WASHINGTON COUNTY
Chairman, Kerfoot W. Daly
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
K. W. Daly of Bank of Charleroi
R. H. Rush of First National Bank E. W. Hastings of Charleroi Savings & Trust Co.
SPECIAL SUBSCRIPTION COMMITTEE
Two Directors from each Bank:
J. J. Hott D. M. McCloskey R. C. Mountser
W. W. Jimeson Eugene Fau Nathan Greenburg
BUSINESS FIRMS COMMITTEE
J. D. Berryman, Chairman
Eugene Fau
Jack Teitelbaum
Frank Riva
W. R. Gaut
J. B. Schafer
D. R. Hormell
INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE
C. R. Peregrine, Chairman
Lee Showers
James Russell
H. J. Booth Walter Byerly
PROFESSIONAL ETC. Dr. J. W. Manon, Chairman
Dr. J. W. Hunter Dr. B. C. Hettrick Guy Moffitt
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RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS Rev. C. A. Hartung, Chairman
Rev. John R. Burson
Rev. H. Habrda
Rev. Wm. Fries
Rev. D. Ronco
Rev. C. P. Bastian
Rev. John Body
Rev. T. D. Reese
Rev. W. H. Frazier
Rev. Jos. Gluvna
Rev. Gregory Gleboff
Rev. C. A. Keller
Rev. Andrew Ivanyshyn
Rev. A. A. H. Hobart
Rev. C. E. Huffer
Rev. H. Piorrier
SOCIAL BODIES, LODGES, ETC. J. E. Masters, Chairman
Charleroi Lodge F. & A. M. No. 615 .. S. D. Hill
McKean Commandery No. 80 C. S. McKean
B. P. O. Elks No. 494 W. B. Patterson
Eagles Andrew J. Kiefer
Odd Fellows Frank J. Welsh
Knights of Malta Thos. Hudspith
Jr. O. U. A. M.
B. E. Wilson
L. O. O. Moose
J. G. Albright
P. H. C ..
Mrs. James Mitchell
Knights of Columbus
John J. Henrion
L. C. B. A.
Miss Anna Sullivan
Royal Arcanum
Charles Feste
Lady Maccabees
Mrs. John Ferry
Sons of Italy Frank Riva
Polish Falcons George Stys
C. M. B. A Jos. Schoener
453,480-Over the Top
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS Prof. Thos. L. Pollock, Chairman
High School. S. R. Grimm 2nd St. School ... Ella Greenwood Jr. High School ... Etta M. Work 9th St. School ... Edith Woodhall
5th St. School ... Elizabeth Elliott Crest Ave. School .... Nora Swan School Board .... F. C. Stahlman
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LABOR ORGANIZATIONS W. A. Guiler, Chairman
Painters-
R. Orr
Ernest Elliott
Miners No. 593- WVm. Guiler Samuel Pardoe
Div. 85 Street Car Men- P. J. Moore Frank Lee
Barbers No. 616- Louis Tuccelli Joe Irose
Div. 656 Street Car Men-
Robert Callihan
Charles Collinet
Bartenders- Paddy Bastian Fred Carroll
Brewery Workers- George Hott
Printers- Louis Goazin Carl Wertz
Miners No. 1165-
Jos. Holinsky
B. Trosotti-Ellsworth. Pa.
Carpenters- W. W. Craig C. B. Richards
Miners No. 2278-
T. R. Metcalf M. Williams, Bentleyville, Pa.
Bottle Workers-
C. Minehan
J. Kendall
Sheet Metal Workers-
L. R. Mack
H. A. Noble
Miners No. 90-
Robert Nesbitt John Mayer-Ellsworth, Pa.
Musicians- Ed. Wheeler Hartley Jones
Plumbers-
Ed. Carson
Dick Burd Harry Hormell
DISTRICT SUBSCRIPTION MANAGERS First Precinct:
I. P. Hepler, Chairman
Walter Urban George W. Newton J. Ed. Schultz
Howard Vernon A. L. Dubinsky Wiley McCarty
George W. Risbeck I. R. Blythe Robert O. Vetter
R. Dick Hill Arch Osborne J. B. Tussing
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Second Precinct:
Fred W. Cooper James Dawson Dr. T. M. Faddis Ray Kent
T. D. Williamson, Chairman
Peter Lee Sam Michener
John Monier George W. Might C. R. Newcomer
C. E. Presho
Samuel Simcox
A. G. Stech Carl M. Wertz
Third Precinct:
Roland W. Brown
George D. Clark
Emile Manandise C. C. Stephens
William C. Clark
Frank Manandise
Charles S. Van Voorhis
Constant Parent
Thomas Warrensford
Fourth Precinct:
Fred W. Brady, Chairman
Cornelius Minahan J. G. Albright Andrew Schranko
Albert Hanus
W. S. Sweeney Andrew Kiefer
Jos. Weber
Fifth Precinct:
Rev. E. N. Duty, Chairman
Crest Ave .-
Mrs. J. S. Fraser
Mrs. Wm. C. Fishburn
Guy Moffitt, Attorney
Dr. Bernard D. Hettrick
Lincoln Ave .-
Washington Ave .-
Mrs. J. W. Mathias
Mrs. Ruth Swickey
Mrs. C. J. Mogan Mrs. J. S. Russell
Cross Streets-
Mrs. William Rhoades
Sixth Precinct:
George W. Moody, Chairman
J. K. Brumbaugh Mrs. Alfred Wildman J. K. Mitchell Mrs. Blanche Christopher Mrs. George W. Moody Mrs. Clarence Blanchard H. S. Piersoll
(All addresses are Charleroi, Pa., except where stated)
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Thomas R. Eagye
E. J. Charles, Chairman
Albert Fay L. J. Robertson
Lookout Ave .-
THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS OF FEBRUARY 3, 1917
(On the sinking of the channel steamer "Sussex" and the declaration of the Barred Zone.)
"Gentlemen of the Congress:
"The Imperial German Government on the thirty-first of January announced to this Government and to the governments of other neutral nations that on and after the first of February, the present month, it would adopt a policy with regard to the use of submarines against all shipping seeking to pass through certain designated areas of the high seas, to which it is clearly my duty to call your attention.
"Let me remind the Congress on the eighth of April last, in view of the sinking on the twenty-fourth of March of the cross-channel passenger steamer Sussex by a German submarine without summons or warning, and the consequent loss of the lives of several citizens of the United States who were passengers aboard her, this Govern- ment addressed a note to the Imperial German Government in which it made the following declaration:
"'If it is still the purpose of the Imperial Government to prose- cute relentless and indiscriminate warfare against vessels of com- merce by the use of submarines without regard to what the Govern- ment of the United States must consider the sacred and indisputable rules of international law and the universally recognized dictates of humanity, the Government of the United States is at last forced to the conclusion that there is but one course it can pursue. Unless the Imperial Government should now immediately declare and effect an abandonment of its present methods of submarine warfare against passenger and freight carrying vessels, the Government of the United States can have no choice but to sever diplomatic relations with the German Empire altogether.'
"In reply to this declaration the Imperial German Government gave this Government the following assurance:
" 'The German Government is prepared to do its utmost to con- fine the operations of war for the rest of its duration to the fighting forces of the belligerents, thereby also insuring the freedom of the seas, a principle upon which the German Government believes now, as before, to be in agreement with the Government of the United States.
" 'The German Government, guided by this idea, notifies the Gov- ernment of the United States that the German naval forces have received the following orders: In accordance with the general prin- ciples of visit and search and destruction of the merchant vessels recognized by international law, such vessels, both within and with- out the area declared a naval war zone, shall not be sunk without warning and without saving human lives, unless these ships attempt to escape or offer resistance.
"'But,' it added, 'neutrals cannot expect that Germany, forced to fight for her existence, shall for the sake of neutral interest restrict the
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use of an affective weapon if her enemy is permitted to continue to apply at will methods of warfare violating the rules of international law. Such a demand would be incompatible with the character of neutrality, and the German Government is convinced that the Govern- inent of the United States does not think of making such a demand, knowing that the Government of the United States has repeatedly declared that it is determined to restore the principles of the freedom of the seas, from whatever quarter it has been violated.'
"To this the Government of the United States replied on the eighth of May, accepting, of course the assurances given, but adding :
" 'The Government of the United States feels it necessary to state that it takes for granted that the Imperial German Government does not intend to imply that the maintenance of its newly announced policy is in any way contingent upon the course or result of diplo- matic negotiations between the Government of the United States and any other belligerent government, notwithstanding the fact that cer- tain passages in the Imperial Government's note of the fourth instant might appear to be susceptible of that construction. In order, how- ever, to avoid any misunderstanding, the Government of the United States notified the Imperial Government that it cannot for a moment entertain, much less discuss, a suggestion that respect by German naval authorities for the rights of citizens of the United States upon the high seas should in any way or in the slightest degree be made contigent upon the conduct of any other government, affecting the rights of neutrals and noncombatants. Responsibility in such matters is single, not joint, absolute, not relative.'
"To this note of the eighth of May the Imperial German Govern- ment made no reply.
"On the 31st of January the German Ambassador handed to the Secretary of State, along with a formal note, a memorandum which contained the following statement:
" 'The Imperial Government, therefore, does not doubt that the Government of the United States will understand the situation thus forced upon Germany by the Entente Allies' brutal methods of war and by their determination to destroy the Central Powers, and that the Government of the United States will further realize that the now openly disclosed intention of the Entente Allies gives back to Germany the freedom of action which she reserved in her note addressed to the Government of the United States May 4th, 1916.
"'Under these circumstances Germany will meet the illegal meas- ures of her enemies by forcibly preventing after February 1, 1917, in a zone around Great Britain, France, Italy, and in the Eastern Medi- terranean, all navigation, that of neutrals included, from and to England, and from and to France, etc., etc. All ships met within the zone will be sunk.'
"I think that you will agree with me that, in view of this decla- ration, which suddenly and without prior intimation of any kind deliberately withdraws the solemn assurance given in the Imperial Government's note of the 4th of May, 1916, this Government has no
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alternative consistent with the dignity and honor of the United States but to take the course which, in its note of the 18th of April, 1916, it announced that it would take in the event that the German Govern- ment did not declare and effect an abandonment of the methods of submarine warfare which it was then employing and to which it now purposes again to resort.
"I have, therefore, directed the Secretary of State to announce to his Excellency the German Ambassador that all diplomatic relations between the United States and the German Empire are severed and that the American Ambassador at Berlin will immediately be with- drawn; and, in accordance with this decision, to hand to his Excellency his passports.
"Notwithstanding this unexpected action of the German Gov- ernment, this sudden and deeply deplorable renunciation of its assur- ances, given this Government at one of the most critical moments of tension in the relations of the two governments, I refuse to believe that it is the intention of the German authorities to do in fact what they have warned us they will feel at liberty to do. I cannot bring myself to believe that they will, indeed, pay no regard to the ancient friendship between their people and our own or to the solemn obliga- tions which have been exchanged between them, and destroy American ships and take the lives of American citizens in the willful prosecution of the ruthless naval program they have announced their intention to adopt. Only actual overt acts on their part can make me believe it even now.
"If this inveterate confidence on my part in the sobriety and prudent foresight of their purpose should unhappily prove unfounded; if American ships and American lives should in fact be sacrificed by their naval commanders in heedless contravention of the just and reasonable understandings of international law and the obvious dic- tates of humanity I shall take the liberty of coming again before the Congress to ask that authority be given me to use any means that may be necessary for the protection of our seamen and our people in the prosecution of their peaceful and legitimate errands on the high seas. I can do nothing less. I take it for granted that all neutral governments will take the same course.
"We do not desire any hostile conflict with the Imperial German Government. We are the sincere friends of the German people, and earnestly desire to remain at peace with Government which speaks for them. We shall not believe that they are hostile to us unless and until we are obliged to believe it, and we purpose nothing more than the reasonable defense of the undoubted rights of our people. We wish to serve no selfish ends. We seek merely to stand true alike in thought and in action to the immemorial principles of our people, which I have sought to express in my address to the Senate only two weeks ago-seek merely to vindicate our right to liberty and justice and an unmolested life. These are the bases of peace, not war. God grant that we may not be challenged to defend them by acts of wilful in- justice on the part of the Government of Germany."
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Babbitt Studio, Charleroi, Pa.
FIRST DRAFT
Read from left to right as shown on picture. FIRST ROW-John F. Cotter, Joseph Moss, C. B. Wood, M. D., Physician, John O. Watson, Chairman, Gilbert E. Koedel, Secretary (Local Board Members), Edward Geho, Roland J. Greenwald. SECOND ROW-Joseph F. Bradshaw, John Dunyak, Fred R. Fielding, T. William Ludwig, Guy B. Hoge, Russell J. Carroll, Ralph A. Malcolm, John Earl Hott, Alfred P. Corbett. MIT
1v C. Abbott, John Shuba, Martin Kondrostick, James F. Craine, John H. Clutter, Herbert Burgoyne,
NATIONAL GUARD CONCENTRATION CAMPS
Camps
Address
Camp Green
Charlotte, N. C.
Camp Wadsworth
Spartanburg, S. C.
Camp Hancock
Augusta, Ga.
Camp McClellan
Anniston, Ala.
Camp Sevier
Greenville, S. C.
Camp Wheeler
Macon, Ga.
Camp McArthur
Waco, Texas
Camp Logan
Camp Cody
Deming, N .M.
Camp Doniphan
Fort Sill, Okla .
Camp Bowie
Fort Worth, Texas
Camp Sheridan
Montgomery, Ala.
Camp Shelby
Hattiesburg, Miss.
Camp Beauregard
Alexandria, La.
Camp Kearney
Linda Vista, Cal.
Camp Fremont
Palo Alto, Cal.
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Houston, Texas
NINTH STREET SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
Harry Arnold,
Co. A. 308th Reg.
August Arrigo,
20th Reg.
Harvey Adams, Francis Bezy,
20th Reg. 330th Infantry.
Louis Bertram, Andy Bunchon,
Co. A. 110th Reg.
U. S. Ship, Huntingdon.
Walter Bromwich,
Co. A. 6th Reg.
Arden Calvert,
Medical Casual Reg.
Master Engineer, 1st Engineer Train.
Tom Carrol, John Carrol, Jules Dordain,
21st Cavalry.
Henry Decker,
Co. B. 6th Artillery.
Andy Dudick,
Co. H. 40th Inftnry.
Ronald Flohr,
Headquarters; 16th Cavalry Squad.
*James Geekie,
Co. A. 110th Reg.
Joseph Gass,
330th Infantry.
William Heidyer,
20th Co., 5th Training Camp.
James Hersche,
Co. C. 58th Infantry.
James Huston,
Co. 11, Columbus Barracks.
Henry Lowstutter,
Co. B. 15th Engineers,
William Ludwig,
Mike Lombardo, Ralph Malcolm,
Cor. 21st Co., 168th Brigade.
Lieut. U. S. A. A. S., Section 524.
Frank Mangan,
John McCloskey,
Melford McCann,
Fred Ohliger,
Headquarters D. 16th Cavalry.
Musician, 111th Reg., 56th Brigade.
20th Co. 5th Training Barracks.
Truck Co. 4, Division 308.
Paul Trnavsky, Emler Tomlinson,
tThomas Tomlinson, John Vezetti,
George Vetter,
Harry Worthington, James Wagner,
Ralph Williamson, Harry Welch, Harrison Watts, Keith Campbell,
Divisional Quarters, Master's Detach- ment. Co. D. 15th Engineers. 20th Co. 5th Training Corp. Naval Training Station, Newport, R. I. 10th Co., 3rd Bat. 161 Def. Brigade. (Camp Grant, Rockford, Il1.)
Joseph McCann, Louis Dordain, John Calliffe,
2nd Bat. Aviation.
* Died in camp Mar. 21, 1918. ¡Killed Nov. 3, 1917.
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U. S. Naval Hospital, Newport Pavilion. 18th Reg.
Co. F. 26th U. S. Engineers.
John Popson,
Frank Protin,
William Spridik
Lieut. Army Dental Service. 1st Class Petty Officer S. S. (New Hampshire.) Ser. 103rd Signal Battalion. Musician 111th Reg. 56th Brigade.
Co. B. 15th Engineers. Paris Island Barracks.
Headquarters Detach., 155th Brigade.
20th Reg.
Thomas J. Mangan,
Co. A. 110th Reg.
NATIONAL ARMY CANTONMENT CAMPS
Camps
Address
Camp Devens
Ayer, Mass.
Camp Dix
Wrightstown, N. J.
Camp Meade
Annapolis Jct., Md.
Camp Lee
Petersburg, Va.
Camp Jackson
Columbia, S. C.
Camp Gordon
Chamblee, Ga. (Near Atlanta)
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe, Ohio
Camp Taylor
Louisville, Ky.
Camp Custer
Battle Creek, Mich.
Camp Grant
Rockford, I11.
Camp Pike
Little Rock, Ark.
Camp Dodge
Des Moines, Iowa
Camp Funston
Fort Riley, Kansas
Camp Travis
Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Camp Lewis
American Lake, Wash.
Camp Upton
Yap Hank (L. I.), N. Y.
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Elite Studio, Charleroi, Pa.
SECOND DRAFT GROUP
AREO TRAINING STATIONS
Bellsville, I11.
Scott Field
Essington, Pa.
Chandler Field
Fairfield, Ohio (near Dayton)
Wilbur Wright Field
Fort Sill, Okla.
Hampton, Va.
Langley's Field
Omaha, Neb.
Fort Omaha (Army Balloon School)
Mineola, (L. I.), N. Y.
Hazelburst Field
Pensacola, Fla.
(P. O. Warrington)
Rantoul, I11.
Chanute Field
San Antonia, Tex.
Camp Kelley
San Diego, Cal.
Camp Rockwell
Mt. Clemens, Mich.
Selfridge Field
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INCREMENT CAMPS
(Where new increments to Regular Army will be formed)
Belvoir, Va.
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Chicamauga Park (Ft. Oglethorpe)
Fort Douglas
Fort Ethan Allen
Gettysburg, Pa.
Leon Springs
Camp McCoy
Camp Robinson
Fort Riley
Fort D. A. Russel
Presidio of San Francisco
Fort Sill
Fort Snelling
Syracuse, N. Y.
Vancouver Barracks
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FLITE 11917
HARVEY ROBERTSON EARL WAGNER
LOUIS BERTRAM
JAS. GRĘKIE*
LEROY CARSON JACK CARROLL,
*Died in Camp March 21, 1918.
THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS OF FEBRUARY 26, 1917
(On the occasion of the sinking of the "Housa- tonic" and "Lyman M. Law" and the declaration of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare.)
Gentlemen of the Congress:
"I have again asked the privilege of addressing you because we are moving through critical times, during which it seems to me to he my duty to keep in close touch with the houses of Congress, so that neither counsel nor action shall run at cross-purposes between us.
"On the 3d of February I officially informed you of the sudden and unexpected action of the Imperial German Government in declar- ing its intention to disregard the promises it had made to this Govern- ment in April last and undertake immediate submarine operations against all commerce, whether of belligerents or neutrals, that would seek to approach Great Britain and Ireland, the Atlantic coasts of Europe or the harbors of the Eastern Mediterranean, and to conduct those operations without regard to the established restrictions of international practice, without regard to any considerations of humanity even which might interfere with their object. That policy was forthwith put into practice. It has now been in active execution for nearly four weeks.
"Its practical results are not yet fully disclosed. The commerce of other neutral nations is suffering severely, but not, perhaps, very much more severely than it was already suffering before the first of February, when the new policy of the Imperial Government was put into operation. We have asked the co-operation of the other neutral governments to prevent these depredations, but so far none of them has thought it wise to join us in any common course of action. Our own commerce has suffered, is suffering, rather in appre- hension than in fact, rather because so many of our ships are timidly keeping their home ports because American ships have been sunk.
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