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Practically the same persons constituted the York County Division of Speakers' and Meetings, during the Victory Loan drive.
In the campaign for the Third Loan, singing and other forms of entertainment were used as a part of the program, but the formal organization of a Singing Division did not take place until the Fourth Loan campaign, when Mr. M. B. Gibson as Chairman, organized the singing force. Mr. Gibson also acted as Chairman of the Singing Division during the Victory Loan campaign.
During the several campaigns, the local forces were augmented by soldiers detailed to the county by the State organization, which also sent other speakers from time to time for special occasions.
A roster of the organization for each Loan campaign is impracticable, both for want of space and because in large measure there would be a mere repetition of names. There follows, however, a list of the persons who made up, from time to time, the Four Minute Men and the Speakers' Bureau; and also a roster of the organization for the Victory Loan campaign. It must be understood. however. that because of the somewhat stringent requirements for enrollment as an actual "Four Minute Man", some whose names are included under that heading were not actually enrolled as such at Washington through no fault of their own, but because of absence, illness, or similar unavoidable occurrences. It must also be remembered that many persons who volunteered their services from time to time but who did not serve regularly, are not included. And finally, the need for brevity requires the ommission of the names of the members of the various church choirs which served en masse under the singing leaders of the Victory Loan Drive.
FOUR MINUTE MEN
GRIER Hersh, Organizing Chairman. ROBERT C. BAIR, EsQ., Chairman until April, 1918. GEORGE HAY KAIN, EsQ., Chairman after April, 1918.
DISTRICT CHAIRMEN
REV. ABNER S. DECHANT, District No. 2.
JOHN KEECH, District No. 3.
C. S. LAMOTTE, District No. 4.
W. L. GLATFELTER, District No. 8.
W. D. BROUGHER, District No 9.
J. S. KAPP, District No. 10.
M. B. GIBSON, Chairman Singing Dirision.
C. HALBERT BAYLOR, Assistant Chairman, Singing Division.
REV. ANDREW TODD TAYLOR, D. D., Associate Director for Churches.
PROF. A. WANNER, Associate Director for Schools.
JACOB E. WEAVER. EsQ., Associate Director for Fraternal Organizations.
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J. WARNER HEINEKAMP, Chairman of Shop Meetings, JACOB C. EISENHART, Chairman of Transportation. NELLIE M. WELLENSIEK, Assistant to Chairman, JANET K. STROHM, Assistant, lo Chairman.
SPEAKERS
J. Thurman Atkins, Esq.,
Charles A. May, Esq.,
Robert C. Bair, Esq ..
J. Howard Manifold, Esq.,
Edwin A. Barnitz,
Walter G. MeBlain,
William S. Bond,
Rev. J. Kern McKee,
Rev. H. T. Bowersox,
Alexander E. McLean,
Rev. George J. Breckel,
George E. Neff, Esq.,
Rev. Edward Davis,
Henry C. Niles, Esq.,
Rev. C. M. Ehehalt,
Michael S. Niles, Esq.,
P. A. Elsesser,
Rev. J. McKendree Reiley,
Francis Farquhar, Esq.,
James Rudisill,
Rev. William H. Feldmann,
Rev. F. A. Rupley,
Samuel C Frey, Esq.,
George S. Schmidt, Esq.,
Fred. B. Gerber, Esq.,
Ray P. Sherwood, Esq.,
Rev. G. Albert Getty, D D.,
Rev. William Willis Shell,
James G. Glessner, Esq.,
J. Edgar Small, Esq.,
Harvey A. Gross, Esq.,
Walter B. Hays, Esq ..
Amos W. Herrmann, Esq.,
Rev. Samuel H. Stein,
Grier Hersh,
W. F. Bay Stewart, Esq.,
Rev. Andrew Todd Taylor, D. D.,
Rev. Clinton E. Walter, D. D.,
Prof. A. Wanner,
Allen C. Weist, Esq.,
Rev. Howard S. Wilson, D. D.,
SINGING LEADERS
Rev. C. C. Bailey,
Clyde E. Hughes,
H. A. Bailey,
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Hughes,
C. Halbert Baylor, (Assistant Chairman),
Miss Hilda Lichtenberger,
Chauncey D. Bond,
Dr. W. A. Pennington,
William H. Eckenrode,
William J. Fisher,
Walter L. Rupp, Lewis B. Sellers,
THEATRE MEMBERS
M. E. Miller, The Alhambra, Kline Henderson, The Hippodrome, F. E. Barry, The Jackson, J. Hill Snyder, The Scenic, O. C. Deckman, The Wizard, Nathan Appell, York Opera House, Nathan Appell, The Orpheum.
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Rev. George S. Sorber, Robert S. Spangler, Esq.,
John A. Hoober, Esq.,
Rev. Edward O. Keen,
Rev. W. Sherman Kerschner,
David P. Klinedinst, Esq., Edward Leber,
FOUR MINUTE MEN'S VICTORY LOAN ORGANIZATION
GEORGE HAY KAIN, Chairman
M. B. GIBSON, Chairman of Singing Division.
JAMES RUDISILL,
W. C. THRONE.
Committee on Meetings and Transportation.
JACOB C. EISENHART.
J. WARNER HEINEKAMP, In charge of Shop Meetings.
NELLIE M. WELLENSIEK,
Assistants to Chairman.
CHAUNCEY E. RUTH,
W. L. Rupp, Assistant to Chairman, Singing Division.
GEORGE HAY KAIN, JR., Boy Scout Messenger.
SPEAKERS
William A. Allen, Esq.,
W. C. McBlain.
J. Thurman Atkins, Esq ..
George E. Niles, Esq.,
Rev. Paul S. Atkins,
Henry C. Neff, Esq.,
Robert C. Bair, Esq.,
Michael S. Niles, Esq ..
Rev. H. T. Bowersox,
Rev. J. McK. Reiley,
P. A. Elsesser,
Rev. F. A. Rupley,
Rev. William H. Feldmann,
George S. Schmidt, Esq.,
Robert C. Fluhrer, Esq.,
Ray P. Sherwood, Esq.,
Samuel C. Frey, Esq.,
Rev. William Willis Sholl,
Fred B. Gerber, Esq.,
Rev. George S. Sorber,
Rev. S. Albert Getty, D. D.,
Rev. Samuel H. Stein,
James G. Glessner, Esq.,
W. F. Bay Stewart, Esq.,
Harvey A. Gross, Esq.,
McLean Stock, Esq.,
Walter B. Hays, Esq.,
Rev. Andrew Todd Taylor, D. D.,
Rev. E. O. Keen,
Rev. C. E. Walter, D. D.,
Rev. W. S. Kerschner,
Prof. A. Wanner,
David P. Klinedinst, Esq.,
Allen C. Weist, Esq.,
Edward Leber,
Rev. Howard S. Wilson, D. D ..
SINGING LEADERS
Rev. Paul S. Atkins, Rev. C. C. Bailey,
Stuart E. Gipe,
Dr. Chester H. Johnson,
H. A. Bailey,
Paul Messerly,
Harold J. Bartz,
John F. Messinger,
C. Halhert Baylor,
Dr. W. A. Pennington,
C. D. Bond.
Miss Mayme Peters,
George H. Clark.
E. A. Rice,
William H. Eckenrode,
Walter L. Rupp,
William J. Fisher,
Warren Hackett Galbreath,
Lewis B. Sellers, George Hay Kain, Esq.
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J. Howard Manifold, Esq.,
GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK POST No. 37, G. A. R.
G ENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK POST NO. 37, Department of Pennsylvania, Grand Army of the Republic, was organized April, 1866, and was known as the Boys in Blue, but after a few years disbanded. A re-organization was effected by members of the parent body as a part of the G. A. R. as follows: Instituted May 8, 1878, with the following charter members: William H. Lanius, Lewis H. Eppley, Henry M. Davis, Wellington G. Erwin, Hiram S. McNair, David E. Myers, Samuel I. Adams, Joseph U. Test, Abner W. Minnich, Thomas Minnich, George L. Koons, Robert Burrows, Henry T. Goodling, Samuel Simons, Samuel Myers, Samuel Everhart, George Horn, Edward R. Herr, Charles H. Busey, Lafayette Schlosser, William H. Swartz, William H. Bastress, George Graybill, William F. Eichar, Andrew B. Jack, Matthew J. Mckinnon, Jolin Burg, August C. Stieg and G. P. Spangler.
The Post held its first meeting on the third floor of the Jordan Building, Centre Square. Captain William H. Lanius, through whose efforts the Post was successfully organized, was chosen the first Commander. The Post grew very rapidly and at the present time there are about one hundred and twenty names of comrades on the roll in good standing. There are over five hundred names on the Memorial Roll of comrades who have died since muster. Many have been transferred to other Posts, and others have severed their connection in other ways.
In 1892, the encampment of the Department of Pennsylvania, held at Gettysburg, honored the Post by eleeting Captain Edward L. Schroeder to the office of Senior Vice Department Commander, the second highest office in the Department.
There are active posts at Hanover, Delta and Wrightsville, but death has so thinned the ranks of the veterans that most of the posts in the smaller towns have been disbanded.
GEORGE P. SPANGLER
PAST POST COMMANDERS OF POST NO. 37, G. A. R.
*Captain William II. Lanius 1878
*David W. Crider 1899
*Captain Samuel I. Adams
1879
Edward T. Lewis 1900
*Charles Horn 1880
*Henry Tschop 1901
*Andrew A. Wasson 1881
*David G Foose 1902
*Captain Henry B. Waltman 1882
John T. Stark 1903
*Captain William F. Eiehar 1883
*George C. Worley 1904
Jacob H. Rahn 1905
*Captain William I. Reisinger 1884
*Captain Edward L. Schroeder 1885
*G. W. Aughenbaugh 1906
Thornton R. Hendrickson 1886
R. S. Moist 1907
*George L. Koons 1887
David N. Witmeyer 1908
*George O. Luttman
1888
Joseph R. Gross 1909
*James D. Miller 1889
Emanuel Ervin 1910
*John Baymiller 1890
*John Hoffman 1911
*Alfred W. Moore
1891
*Harry J. Frey 1912
*Colonel James A. Stahle
1892
Daniel G. Harkins 1913
Adam F. Strayer
1893
Henry Gruver 1914
George P. Spangler
1894
*E. L. Schroeder 1915
*Alexander A. Rodes 1895
Philip D. Stover 1916
Herman Sauppe
1896
Alexander Klinedinst 1917
*Joseph W. Snave 1897
Samuel Loucks 1918
*William A. Cook
1898
Charles H. Shultz 1919
* Denotes Deceased Commanders.
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UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS
C OLONEL EDWIN B. WATTS CAMP NO. 68, United Spanish War Veterans, of the Department of Pennsylvania, was instituted June 10, 1911. The instituting officers were: Captain E. Laub- enstein and Corporal William P Messinger, representing the National Association.
The following were installed as the first officers of the Camp, Commander, William H. Baublitz; Senior Vice-Commander, Joseph Beaverson; Junior Viee-Commander, Thomas F. Heberly; Adjutant, James J. Logan; Quartermaster, Charles A. Lutz. The organization took place in the law offices of Logan and Logan. The eamp is well equipped and uniformed, with a good live membership.
The objeet of this Camp is to keep alive the memories of the War with Spain, the Insurrection in the Philippines, and the China Boxer War. To promote the best interests of those who took an honorable part in these wars. To encourage and spread universal liberty and equal rights and justice to all men. To encourage and assist in promoting patriotism in the public sehools. To bury our deceased comrades with military honors. To see that Memorial Day is properly observed.
The War with Spain was not a long war, but it was a war which made the United States a first- class world power, which was just proved by the World War now about ended. The war with Spain was for the liberation of Cuba from over four hundred years of Spanish misrule and slavery. Cuba is now a properous nation, and happy in her freedom. Not only Cuba is happy, but Porto Rico, Guam and the Philippines, as a result of that short war, eame under the United States rule. The boys of 1898 were, therefore, the first to fight for a foreign people, and to establish a Republic government in a foreign land.
During the World War, Colonel Edwin B. Watts Camp buried with military honors the brave boys who died while in service and who were buried in the cemeteries in York. On one occasion we had two funerals in one afternoon, a Lieutenant at Prospeet Hill about 2 P. M., and a private soldier at Greenmount at 3:30 P. M. An auto was used for quick transport. We also buried a member of the Grand Army, giving full military honors. Colonel Edwin Watts Camp made no distinction; a soldier is a comrade, whether a Civil War Veteran or a World War Veteran. We have all fought for ideals that are right and just and for universal principles of Freedom, Patriotism and Humanity.
CHARLES A LUTZ.
ROSTER OF COLONEL EDWIN B. WATTS CAMP UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS
Anderson, Geo. J.
Diven, J. S.
Gilbert, Dr. John
Amsbaugh, E. M.
Daron, John L.
Godfrey, Robert
Beaverson, Jos.
Diehl, Luther M.
Glessner, Chas. W.
Baublitz, Wm. H.
Dessenberger, R. D.
Heberly, Thos. F.
Bailey, James A.
Dingler, Joe
Henderickson, Jos.
Brubaker Geo. A. Frank, Geo. L.
Hess, Albert W.
Bailey, George
Fickes, W. W.
Heffner, Chas. H.
Brunhouse, Chas. II.
Fry, Geo. S.
Hassler, Samuel W.
Brant, H. Clay
Frey, Frank F.
Heiges, Jay C.
Bare, Geo. W. Berman, Arthur
Fiekes, Geo.
Hollinger, Amos
Badders, H. M.
Garver, Adam
Judy, John H.
Bluekinger, Wm.
Garver, John
Jacoby, Emory A.
Cochrane, John
Graybill, John
Keesey, Adam
Carpenter, Geo C.
Graybill, David G.
Kranich. R. A.
Frey, Ralph W.
Hyde, Geo.
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Kephart, F. E. Kissinger, Lee P. Lutz, Charles A.
McCormick, Harry
Small, Walter J.
McComas Jolin
Smith, Harvey
Ortmyer, Harvey J.
Seigman, Stephen F.
Leathery, D. H. Logan, James J.
Pfleiger, Emanuel
Seifert, Samuel
Płatts, Robert J.
Smith, James E.
Leese, Edgar A.
Ramer, Harry M.
Truett, James B.
Ryder, Wm. E.
Trone, Harvey
Little, Edw. S. Lindemuth, W. P. Minnich, Wm. F.
Schall, Jas. H.
Witmer, Elwood
Strickler, Ulrich
Weist, Harry W.
Meldrum. Vernon Myers, Harry M. McCall, Samuel K.
Strickler, Hope W.
Wintfelter, John
Seidenstricker, C. A.
Walter, Derg G.
Seifert, Wm. F.
Wantz, Frank R.
DECEASED MEMBERS
Howard Kissinger Dan B. Miller
William Keppler Kirk White Owen
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YORK POST No. 127, AMERICAN LEGION YORK, PENNSYLVANIA
Ty order to take up a work which was left unfinished by the sudden termination of the World War, soldiers, sailors and marines of this city and vicinity decided upon the formation of a local post of the American Legion. After several meetings had been held at which the objects and purposes of the organization were discussed, a conference was called by the temporary presiding officer, Attorney William H. Kurtz, for Wednesday evening, August 7, 1919, in the Grand Army Hall. An election was held which resulted as follows:
G. MORVIN PETERS,
Post Chairman.
JOHN C. HOFFMAN.
Vice-Chairman.
CURTIS A. THOMAS,
Secretary.
RUSSELL B. WEHLER.
Treasurer.
JASON B. SNYDER,
Allotment, Insurance and Employment Officer.
Mayor E. S. Hugentugler addressed the members of the Post at this meeting on the matter of a community welcome home celebration for the heroes of the World War. He suggested that a com- mittee be appointed to recommend a date which was later fixed as November 11, 1919, commemorating the date of the signing of the armistice and the closing of the World War. This was the largest and most elaborate welcome home celebration ever held in York County.
The meetings of the York Post of the American Legion, which is chartered as Post No. 127 in the State of Pennsylvania are held in their new quarters in the basement of the Rupp Building, Center Square. These meetings are held every two weeks on a Wednesday evening.
By a series of smokers and get-together meetings the Post has grown from a small group of ex- service men to a large and influential organization. At the present time there are enrolled in the local post about 1600.
Posts have been established in the following towns throughout the county, Hanover, Spring Grove, Glen Rock, Stewartstown and York.
CURTIS A. THOMAS
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HAROLD H. BAIR POST No. 14, AMERICAN LEGION HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA
A s early as May, 1919, the former service men of Hanover and vieinity, realizing that it was to their interest as well as to the interest of the community that some sort of an organization be formed, held a number of meetings for the formulation of plans for such an organization. These meetings were all exceptionally well attended, in spite of the fact that the majority of the men who had been in the service had not yet been released from duty, and great enthusiasm was aroused. From the very beginning it was evident that such an organization was not only possible, but that it would have a large membership and would have the hearty support of every citizen of the town.
As officers of the temporary organization R. Y. Naill was chosen chairman, Edwin W. Kline, vice-chairman, C. F. Ehrehart, secretary, and Howard Dillow, treasurer.
By a vote of the men it was planned that they should participate in the Memorial Day parade as a body, and in preparation for this a number of practice drills were decided upon. Edwin W. Kline. a former Lieutenant of Infantry, was unanimously chosen drillmaster, and through his efforts and with the help of every man in the organization there were over two hundred former service men in line on that day. From this time every man. as soon as he was mustered out of the service and returned home, was only too eager to join his name to the already large list.
From a mere temporary organization there grew up a Post of the American Legion, composed of men from Hanover and the immediate vicinity, the first in York county to receive its charter from the State, and the fourteenth charter in the State. This charter was received during the month of June, 1919, and its provisions and by-laws adopted at a meeting held on July Ist. The membership con- tinued to grow from day to day as the men returned to civilian life, until at the time of the National Convention in November, 1919, it has reached over three hundred with dues paid in full.
Interest in the Hanover Post has never weakened, but instead has become more keen, until to-day Harold H. Bair Post No. 14, American Legion, Hanover, Pennsylvania, has the enviable reputation of being one of the most active Posts in the State, with a representation which is surpassed by very few towns of an equal size. As a result of festivals, minstrel shows, etc., there is quite a fair amount of money in the treasury, and plans are now well under way for the purchase and equipment of a per- manent home for the Post.
C. F. EHREHART
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MASONIC TEMPLE, YORK, PA. Meeting place of Gethsemane Commandery No. 75, K. T .; Yorktown Royal Arch Chapter No. 304, and Zeredatha Lodge No. 451, F. and A. M.
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WORLD WAR'S NOTABLE DATES
1914
June 28 .Austrian Archduke slain at Sarajevo.
July
5 . Potsdam council decides for war.
July
10 .... Propagandists leave for America.
July
29 ... Serbia attacked by Austrians.
Aug. 2 Belgium invaded by Germans.
Aug.
6. City of Liege falls.
Sept.
6 .... Germans stopped at the Marne by the French.
Oet.
10 Antwerp falls.
Nov.
7. .. Japanese take Kiao Chau.
Dee.
9 British win Falklands battle.
Dec.
.. Serbians recapture Belgrade.
1915
Jan. 24. British win Dogger Bank battle.
Feb.
12. Russian disaster at Mausurian lakes.
March 4. British land at Gallipoli.
March
10. Battle at Neuve Chapelle.
March 22. Russians take Przemysl.
April 23 .... Germans first use poison gas.
May 7 Lusitania torpedoed; 1,134 lost.
May
21 Italy enters war.
June
3. .Germans recapture Przemysl.
July
13 .... Germans repulsed in Argonne.
Aug.
1 .... Germans take Warsaw.
Sept.
9 .First air raid over London.
Sept. 25 .... Battle of Champagne.
Oet. 10 .... Conquest of Serbia begins.
Oct.
12. .. Edith Cavell executed.
Oct.
13. Bulgaria Enters War.
Dee.
1 British retreat from Bagdad.
1916
Jan. 9 .. British evacuate Gallipoli.
Feb. 22 .... Gemans begin drive on Verdun.
April 29. 15,000 British taken by the Turks.
May 31 British win Jutland battle.
July 1 .. Somme offensive begun by the Allies.
Ang.
9
... Isonzo crossed by the Italians.
Aug.
27. Roumania enters war.
Sept. 3. Roumania invaded by Germans and Bulgars.
Sept. 14 .... British first use "tanks."
Oet. 8 .... U-Boats raid off Nantucket.
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Oct.
24. Verdun drive stopped by the French.
Nov. 13 British renew Somme offensive.
Dec.
6 .. Bukharest taken hy the Germans.
Dec
19. German peace offer rejected hy Premier Lloyd George.
1917
Jan. 31 Germany announces "unrestricted submarine war."
Feb.
3 U. S. expels German ambassador.
March 11 .British retake Bagdad.
March 12 Russian revolution: Czar deposed.
March 27. . British beat Turks at Gaza.
April
6 . UNITED STATES ENTERS WAR; FLEET SAILS FOR EUROPE.
June
5. .. 10,000,000 Americans register for army.
June
12. King Constantine deposed as king of the Greeks.
June
15 .. First Liberty Loan oversubscribed.
June
26. First U. S. Division lands in France.
July 9 Food and fuel control begins.
July 28 Kerensky heads new Russian republic.
Aug.
28. U. S. rejects Pope's peace note.
Sept. 20 British beat Germans at Ypres.
Oct. 23 Yanks enter trenches; C Battery, 6th. Artillery fires first shot.
Oct. 25 Yanks take first German prisoner.
Oct. 26 Italians routed at Caporetto.
Oct. 26 Second Liberty Loan oversubscribed.
Nov. 2 .First Yanks killed; Corp. Gresham, Pvts. Enright and Hay.
Nov.
28 Bolsheviki overthrow Kerensky.
Dec.
7. U. S. declares war on Austria-Hungary.
Dec. 8 Jerusalem captured by the British.
Dec. 31. .. 204,965 U. S. troops in France.
1918
Jan. 5 ."Fourteen peace points" announced by President.
Jan. 28. . Italians beat IIuns at Adagio.
Feb. 2 Toul sector taken over by Yanks.
Feb. 5 U. S. Troopship Tuscania torpedoed.
Feb. 9. Ukraine surrenders to Huns.
March 1 .. Yanks beat off German attack at Toul.
March
2 .. Russia surrenders to Huns.
March
10. Secretary Baker visits front.
March 21. German drive on Amiens starts.
March 22 16,000 British captured with 200 guns.
March 24 Germans reach the Somme. Yanks engineers stop gap in line.
March 28 .. Gen. Pershing puts U. S. army under orders of Foch.
March 29 "Mystery gun" kills 75 in Paris.
April
4 Germans start channel port drive.
April 16. Germans take Messines ridge.
April
17 .First U. S. Division in battle line at Montdidier.
April
20. Twenty-Sixth Division beats off German attack at Seicheprey.
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April 23 British navy "bottles" Zeebrugge.
April 26 Germans take Mount Kemmel.
May 4 ... Third Liberty Loan oversubscribed.
May
5 Austrians start drive on Italy.
May
14. Italians torpedo Austrian battleship in Pola harbor.
May
11 112th Infantry composed of men from the old York Co.'s A and K, N. G. P. arrive at Liverpool, England.
May 27. Germans start drive on Marne.
May
28. First Yank offensive (First Division) takes Cantigny.
June
1
Germans eross Marne; 16 miles from Paris. 651,875 U. S. troops in France.
June
2 7th U. S. Machine Guns hold Chateau Thierry bridge.
June
2 U. S. Marines stop Prussian guards northwest of Chateau Thierry. Co. A and K, 112th of York, in reserve.
June
3 U-boats sink ships off U. S. coast.
June
Yanks hold 12 mile front on Marne.
June
6. U. S. Marines take part of Belleau wood.
June
7. .. Yanks advance northwest of Chateau Thierry.
June June
15 Austrian offensive along the Piave.
June
17. .Austrian Piave offensive breaks down.
June
22. Austrians begin retreat from Piave.
June
25 . Yanks beat off German attack on Torcy.
June
25 112th Infantry composed of Co's. A and K of York N. G. P. enter front line trenches.
June
30. .935,000 U. S. troops in France.
July
1 Yanks on Marne front capture Vaux.
July July
9 .Allies in general advance in Albania.
July July July July July
12 Eleven U. S. divisions on battle line.
15 ... Last German offensive, up Marne toward Epernay.
17. .. Germans stopped by Yanks. HIGH TIDE OF THE HUN.
18 FOCH STRIKES BACK.
19. Ist U. S. division takes Berzy-le-Sec .; 2d U. S. division takes Tigny.
July
20 .... 26th U. S. division takes Epieds. 3d U. S. division takes Jaulgonne.
July
21. .Yanks have 21,000 Hun prisoners.
July
23. GERMANS IN RETREAT.
July
24 . 42d U. S. division takes Foret de Fere.
July
27 3d, 4th, 28th, 42d, U. S. divisions on Heights of Ourqc. York Boys with the 28th.
July 29 .... 42d U. S. division takes Sergy.
July
20 .... 32d U. S. division takes Grimpettes wood.
Aug.
2. .French retake Soissons.
Aug.
5 U. S. troops land at Archangel.
Aug.
6. Yanks take Fismes on the Vesle.
Aug. 7 .... 77th U. S. division crosses the Vesle.
Aug.
8
.. Allies in Picardy smash take 24,000 men and 300 guns.
Aug.
15. ... Yanks and Japs land at Vladivostok.
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Yanks celebrate by taking Hamel.
12. .. German drive west of Noyen stopped.
Aug. 20 .French advance between Oise and Aisne.
Ang. 30 .... Huns driven across Somme.
Aug. 31 1,533,000 U. S. troops in France.
Sept. 1. French retake Peronne.
Sept. 1. Yanks take Voormezeele in Belgium.
Sept. 1 ... Germans retreating from the Vesle.
Sept. 6 Allies advance on 90 mile front in Picardy. Franco-Yanks take Aisne heights.
Sept. 8 British regain positions lost in March. Yanks cross Aisne canal. .
Sept. 12 .First All-American offensive at St. Mihiel.
Sept.
14. .. St. Mihiel salient smashed in; 16,000 prisoners, 443 guns taken; Yanks in cannon shot of Metz.
Sept. 16 .Serbs break Bulgar line in Macedonia.
Sept. 15-25 Yanks extend line westward past Verdun to Vienne le Chateau.
Sept. 26 .Yanks begin Argonne offensive.
Sept. 27. British have taken 45,000 Turks in Palestine.
Sept. 27-28 Yanks advancing in Argonne take 10,000 prisoners.
Sept. 27-30 27th and 30th U. S. divisions in Hindenburg line smash.
Sept.
30 Bulgaria surrenders to Allies.
Oct.
1 French take St. Quentin. 1,976,000 U. S. troops in France.
Oct. 2. 2d and 36th U. S. Divisions on Rheims front.
Oct. 3 .Turks sue for peace.
Oct.
6 .... Germans ask U. S. for armistice.
Oct.
7 Ist U. S. Corps takes Chatel-Chehery.
Oct.
8 ... .U. S. refuses armistice.
Oct. 9 .3d U. S. Corps take Brieulles in Argonne.
Oct. 10 .. Allies take Le Cateau. Yanks have cleared Argonne.
Oct. 11. U. S. transport Otranto torpedoed.
Oct. 14 ... Ist U. S. Corps take St. Juvin, 5th U. S. Corps smashes Kriemhilde line.
Oct. 18 .. Czech-Slovaks revolt; seize Prague.
Oct
19 ... U. S. rejects Austrian peace pleas. Fourth Liberty Loan over- subscribed.
Oct. 23 .... U. S. rejects new German peace plea.
Oct.
24 .... Yanks advance to line of Bantheville.
Oct. 27 .. Berlin asks for truce terms. Vienna begs for separate peace.
Oct.
31. .Turkey surrenders.
Nov. 3 .. Austria surrenders to allies.
Nov.
1 ... Berlin sends truce mission to Foch.
Nov.
5 .... 3d U. S. corps forces passage of Meuse.
Nov. 6. ... Yanks occupy Sedan. Hun retreat line seized.
Nov.
8. Bavaria deposes King Ludwig.
Nov.
9. Yanks fight through Meuse hills to north of Metz. York boys engaged near Metz.
Nov. 10 ... Kaiser and crown prince flee to Holland.
Nov.
11 Canadians take Mons.
Nov.
11 .. . GERMANY SURRENDERS. 1919 Nov. 11 The largest Welcome Home celebration ever held in York County.
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WORLD WAR STATISTICS
POPULATION OF NATIONS THAT ENTERED THE WORLD WAR 1914-1918
British Empire.
410,000,000
Rumania
7,500,000
China .
119,000,000
Siam .
6,000,000
Russia. .
180,000,000
Greece.
5,000,000
United States
110,000,000
Siberia .
4,500,000
France.
90,000,000
Cuba .
2,500,000
Japan.
54,000,000
Liberia.
2,000,000
Italy.
37,000,000
Germany
67,000 000
Brazil.
23,000,000
Austria Hungary
50,000,000
Belgium
22,000,000
Turkey
42,000,000
Portugal
15,000,000
Bulgaria
5,000,000
Total of people who took part in Great War
1,569,410,000
Total of people not in the War.
135,876,000
Area of Countries that took part in Great War sq. miles
11,970,000
Area of Countries not in War sq. miles
15,285,000
NUMBER OF MEN MOBILIZED AND LOSSES IN KILLED AND WOUNDED 1914-1918
ALLIES.
CENTRAL POWERS
Russia
Rumania
Germany
12,000,000 Mobilized 4,950,000 Wounded 1,700,000 Killed
750,000 Mobilized
11,000,000 Mobilized 3,683,143 Wounded
200,000 Killed
1,611,101 Killed
British Empire
Serbia
Austria-Hungary
7,500,000 Mobilized
2,037,325 Wounded 692,065 Killed
707,343 Mobilized 28,000 Wounded 322,000 Killed
6,500,000 Mobilized 3,200,000 Wounded 800,000 Killed
France
Belgium
Turkey
7,500,000 Mobilized 2,675,000 Wounded 1,385,300 Killed
267,000 Mobilized 60,000 Wounded 20,000 Killed
1,600,000 Mobilized 570,000 Wounded 300,000 Killed
Italy
Greece
Bulgaria
5,500,000 Mobilized 947,000 Wounded 160,000 Killed
230,000 Mobilized 40,000 Wounded 15,000 Killed
100,000 Mobilized 152,399 Wounded 201,224 Killed
United States
Portugal
4,272,521 Mobilized 192,483 Wounded 67,813 Killed
100,000 Mobilized 19,000 Losses
Combined Allies and United States 39,676,864 Mobilized 11,075,715 Wounded 4,869,478 Killed
Japan
Montenegro
800,000 Mobilized 907 Wounded 300 Killed
50,000 Mobilized 13,000 Losses
Combined Teutonic Allies 19,500,000 Mobilized 7,605,542 Wounded 2,912,328 Killed
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120,000 Wounded
MATERIAL SURRENDERED BY GERMANS TO ALLIES UNDER ARMISTICE NOVEMBER 11, 1918
2,500 Ileavy Guns
2,500 Field Guns
25,000 Machine Guns
3,000 Mline Throwers
1,700 Airplanes, Fighters, Bombers
5,000 Locomotives
150,000 Railroad Cars
5,000 Motor Trucks
8 Light Cruisers
2 Mine Layers
10 Battle Ships Trawlers to be disarmed
All vessels of auxilliary lleet to be disarmed.
Growth of U. S. Army
Growth of U. S. Navy Personnel
1914.
102,000
1914
65,777
1916.
189,000
1918.
497,030
1918.
3,664,000
U. S. Navy
U. S. Air Service
1914.
197 Vessels
1914
None
1918.
2,003 Vessels
1918 26,673 Officers and men
U. S. Army
U. S. Shipping Losses
151 Merchant Vessels
13 Navy
Merchant
315,588 Tons
Navy
210,861 Tons
Total
526,449 Tons
Total Shipping Losses
British
8,918,139 Tons
Neutral
2,000,000 Tons
Total Losses
14,820,408 Tons
PERSONAL RECORD
Name
Enlisted
Branch of Service.
Where Stationed
Landed in France
Battles
Landed in U. S.
Mustered Out
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Nov. 11, 1918 3,664,000 men
Total deaths abroad and in U. S. 107,444
50 Modern Destroyers All Submarines
6 Battle Cruisers
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