tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60768961896078113872024-03-19T04:32:53.805-07:00Winning World War IUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076896189607811387.post-57891081747533959192017-06-24T18:00:00.000-07:002017-06-25T10:17:12.662-07:00June 5, 1917: A Day Well-Documented, Yet Largely Forgotten (from the print edition of "Winning World War I," Issue No. 03 (June 2017)).<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>(The following texts were originally published in the June 2017 issue of the <i>Harrison Heritage News</i>, the monthly newsletter of the Harrison County (Ky,) Historical Society, in a special supplement entitled "Winning World War I." Here the texts are presented with some slight revisions and additions to the original)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In
May 1917 there wasn’t a whole lot that a citizen of Harrison County could do on
his or her own regarding war preparations.
It wasn’t like the Civil War, when willing young men would hop on a
horse or take a train to travel with other like-minded citizens of the county and
head for whichever side suited their sense of patriotism or politics. Before America’s declaration of war in April a
few Americans, for reasons of their own, actually had traveled abroad to
volunteer for service in the militaries of the Allied or Axis powers. For most, however, there wasn’t much to do
except for to get ready for June, and June 5 in particular. That was the day that had been designated as
Registration Day, i.e., registration for the new draft.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The routine of war was a whole new world
for a citizenry which had experienced nearly a half-century of peace, and whatever
resistence there had been to committing militarily to the European conflict since
1914 was largely pushed aside with the steady rollout of proclamations and
regulations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On April 21 a “patriotic meeting” was held
at the courthouse in Cynthiana. It was reported in the April 26 issue of the <i>Cynthiana Democrat</i> that a “a large crowd
was on hand, including a number of ladies, [and] speeches were made by several
citizens[,] … all voicing enthusiastic endorsement of the stand of President
Wilson and the Congress in the war with Germany.” Resolutions were passed pledging “to render
whatever aid within our power to carry out his [President Wilson’s] plans to
secure victory in the end.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In May, as the draft bill worked its way
through the Congress, the <i>Democrat</i> warned
of how conscription would affect Harrison County, reporting that “[n]obody will
be excused; no substitutes can be hired.
The rich and poor, white and black, and will be affected alike,” adding
that “numbers of young men of the town and county to whom the war has seemed a
thing afar off will find themselves face to face with a stern reality. Just how many will have to go into training
on the first turn of the wheel cannot be known until each state’s apportionment
is worked out. But some will be
called. All will have to register. The physically unfit will not go. Those who have families dependent on them
will not go. Those engaged in farm work
will not be compelled to go, or those engaged in other occupations essential to
the maintenance of the army or military forces.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It was projected that there would be some
seven million registrants, with a rejection rate of nearly forty percent for
“physical unfitness.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>“Get Ready for the
Draft”—</b>That
was the title of the May 31, 1917 <i>Democrat</i>
article (p. 10, col. 1) that,<b> </b>although
relegated to page ten, was probably read with great interest by more
subscribers than any other that year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Selective Serivce Act passed on May 18
required that “every male citizen between the ages of 21 and 30 years, both
inclusive, [was] to go to their respective voting precincts on Tuesday, June 5,
1917, between the hours of 7 o’clock a.m. and 9 o’clock p.m.” and
register. It also noted that “failure to
register is punishable by jail sentence.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The article said that “in order that those
who will be required to register may familiarize themselves with the
registration we publish the … rules for the guidance of both officers of
registration and men who must register.”
It was a “cheat sheet” of sorts.
But more about that later.
Cynthiana had a party planned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>A Day of “Interesting
Exercises”—</b>Since
the demand upon such a significant proportion of the population meant that
there was going to be a big turnout of the county’s population anyway, Cynthiana’s
citizens decided to make the most of it.
The “largest crowd that Cynthiana entertained in many a day” turned out
to support their youmg men who were, after all, “inscribing their names on the
Honor Roll of the Nation.”<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">June 5th was a Tuesday, and it rained some
that morning, just enough to dampen the city, but not its spirits. In the afternoon the streets “were a mass of
humanity, each struggling for a point of vantage to witness the parade or hear
the address[es].” The flag was raised at
the courthouse was at 10:30, followed by a few speeches and even recitations of poems. The sun did came out, but “the day became if
anything too warm for comfort” for the large crowds in attendance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The
parade scheduled for 1:30 was said to have been “one of the longest parades the
town has seen.” The procession included mounted police, ladies on horseback, boys on
ponies, a regimental band, the registrants themselves, decorated auto cars, Red
Cross in automobiles, Boy Scouts, Elks, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias,
Masons, Jr. Order U.A.M., school children, high school students and "bicycles,
buggies, etc.” Did anyone miss out?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The coverage of other communities was
minimal, but the paper did publish a list of where regristrants of Cynthiana
and other registrants were to go. The precincts listed with their respective registrars and assistant registrars were broken down and listed as follows: </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Lumber
Yard</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, L.C. Rice, J.M. Douglas; </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Engine
House</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, John W. Woodhead[,] John T. McKee; </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Court House</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, L. Benton, J.B. Berry; </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">River</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, Chas. L. Ewing, Edgar Gragg; </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Elmarch</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, Homer McCauley, C.K. Bailey; </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Oddville</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, J.J. Rose, Fred Toadvine; </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Sylvandell</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, Luther Mastin, Everett Hickman; </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Park</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, W.T. Payne, R.T. Berry; </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Lair</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">,
Jno. W. Hinkson, John Jett; </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Leesburg</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">,
J.M. Brock, Frank May; </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Belmont</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">, W.H.
Ashcraft, W.W. Ammerman; </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Cason</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">,
Leslie Martin, Jno. Magee; </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Connersville</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">,
J.L. Burgess, J.T. Laughlin; </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Kinman</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">,
George Renaker, J.J. Baker; </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Berry</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">,
Harry Berry, J.H. Doan; </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Colemansville</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">,
Frank Day, Ira Elmore; </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Claysville</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">,
T.W. Beckett, A.J. McDowell; </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Richland</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">,
E.C. Elliott, Orie Sandy; and </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Poindexter</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">,
I.J. Caldwell, C.T. Barnes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What Did the Registrars
Want to Know?—</b>If
you are a genealogist or family historian, then you probably have seen at
least a few of the draft registration cards generated by the three
registrations: the first and second registrations of June 4, 1917 and 1918 repectively
(The second registration also includes the Aug. 24, 1918 registration of men
who had turned twenty-one since June 5), and that of Sept. 12, 1918. By the time the war ended on November 11,
1918, nearly 25 million men had registered, almost a quarter of the entire U.S.
population. It was almost an absolutely complete record as it included almost ninety-eight percent of all males who were required to register.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The May 31 <i>Democrat</i> provided its readership a cheat-sheet of sorts, i.e. a
list of all the questions that registrants should be prepared for. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">“Questions
will be asked for you to answer in the order in which they appear below. These questions are set out below with
detailed information to help you in answering them. They should be carefully read, so that you
will have your answer ready when you go before the registrar.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Most interesting for some are the cues
given for the third question. They might
explain why so many reported birthdates are always off by a year, no matter
what the record. Here is the “cheat
sheet” verbatim:</span></div>
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<b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"> 1. Name in full? Age in Years?</b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">This means your name as you ordinarily sign it.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">If you sign only your initials as “S.L. Brown” give that as your name.</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">If you sign “Samuel L. Brown” give you name in that way, or if “S. Lawrence Brown” give it that way.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> State your age today in years only. Disregard additional months today. Be prepared to say “10” or “25” not “19
years, 3 months” or the like.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>2. Home Address.</b> This means the place where you have your
permanent home, not the place where you work.
Be prepared to give the address this way: “<st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">232
Main street</st1:address></st1:street>, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:city>,
Cook county, <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:state>”
that is give the number and name of street first, then town, then county and
state.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b>3. Date of Birth.</b> Start to answer as you would if some one
asked you your birthday, as “August 5<sup>th</sup>.” Then say, “on my birthday this year I will be
(or was) . . . . . years old.” The
registrar will then fill in the year of birth.
Many people do not carry in mind the year they were born. This may be
obtained by the registrar by subtracting the age in years on this year’s
birthday from 1917.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b>4. Are you (1) a natural born citizen; (2) a
naturalized citizen; (3) an alien; (4) or have you declared your intention to
become a citizen. Specify which.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> (1). If
you were born in the United States including Alaska and Hawaii you are a
natural born citizen no matter what may have been the citizenship or
nationality of your parents.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b>5. Where were you born?</b> First name the town, then the State, then the
county, as “<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Columbus</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Ohio</st1:state></st1:place>”; “<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Vienna</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Austria</st1:country-region></st1:place>;
“<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Paris</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region></st1:place>;” “<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Sofia</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Bulgaria</st1:country-region></st1:place>.”</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b>6. If not a citizen, of what country are you a
citizen or subject?<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> This need be answered only by aliens and
declarants. Remember that a declarant is
not yet a citizen of the United States.
If an alien or declarant, state the name of your country as “<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">France</st1:place></st1:country-region>,” “<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>,”
“China..”</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b>7. What is your present trade, occupation or
office?</b> This does not ask what you
once did, nor what you have done most of the time, not what you are best fitted
to do. It asks you what your job is
right now. State briefly as “farmer,”
“miner,” “student,” [“]laborer (on farm, in rolling mill, in automobile wagon
or other factory)[,]” “machinist in automobile factory,” ect. [<i>sic</i>].
If you hold an office under State or Federal government, name the office
you hold. If you are in the military or
the naval service of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United
States</st1:place></st1:country-region>, state “Army of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>”
or “Navy of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.” If you are in one of the following offices or
employments, use one of the names hereinafter mentioned:</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> “Customhouse clerk;” “employed in the
transportation of the mails;” or “employed in the armory, arsenal or navy
yard;” “mariner actually employed in the sea service of citizen or merchant
within the United States.”</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>8. By whom employed? Where employed?<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">If
you are working for an individual, firm, corporation or association state its
name. If in business, trade profession
or employment for yourself, so state. If
you are an officer of the State or federal government say whether your office
is under the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
the States, the county, or a municipality.
In answer to the question as to where you are employed, give the town,
county and State where you work.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b>9. Have you a father, mother, wife, child under
twelve, or a sister, or brother under twelve solely dependent upon you for
support?</b> (Specify which.)</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Consider your answer thoughtfully. If it is true that there is another mouth
than your own which you alone have a duty to feed, do not let your military
ardor interfere with the wish of the nation to reduce war’s misery to a
minimum. On the other hand, unless the
person you have in mind is solely dependent upon you, do not hide behind
petticoats or children. Remember that
this answer alone will not exempt you from liability or service.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b>10. Married or single?</b> (Specify which.)<b>
Race?</b> (Specify which.)</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> This does not ask you whether you were
once married, but whether you are married now.
In answer to the question as to your race, state briefly whether
“Caucasian,” “Mongolian,” “Negro,” “Malayan,” or “Indian.”</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b>11. What military service have you had? Rank?
Branch? Years? Nation or State?<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> No matter what country you served you must
give complete information. In answering
these questions, first name your rank, next state the branch in which you
served, next state the number of years service, not counting time spent in the
reserve. Finally name the nation or
State you served.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <b>12. Do you claim exemption from draft? Specify grounds.<br /><o:p></o:p></b></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Because you claim exemption from draft, it
by no means follows that you are exempt.
For the information of the war department you should make a claim now if
you intend to prosecute it. Some persons
will be exempted on account of their occupations or office. Some on account of the fact that they have
relatives dependent upon them for support.
You answer touching these things will be important in supporting the
claim you intend to make in answer to these questions. Be sure, therefore, that the grounds you now
state are in conformity with your answers to questions 7 and 8. In stating ground you claim as exempting you
use one of the following terms: If you
claim to be an executive, legislative or judicial officer of the State or
nation, name your office and say whether it is an office of the State or
nation; if you are in the military or naval service and this is your ground,
simply say “military service of the United States” or “Naval service of the
United States.” If you claim to be a
member of a religious sect whose creed forbids its members to participate in
war in any form simply name the sect. If
you are employed in the transmission of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> mails or as an
articifer or workman in an armory, arsenal or naval yard of the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>,
if you are a mariner employed in the sea service of any citizen or merchant
within the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>
so state. If you are a felon or
otherwise morally deficient and desire to claim exemption on that ground, state
your ground briefly. If you claim
physical debility, state that briefly.</span></blockquote>
<b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Fame, Fate, & Fortune—</b><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Kentuckians of every every background registered, some younger, some older, some famous, a few privileged, most were not so. It is interesting to search the WWI registration databases at </span><a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968530" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;" title="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968530">FamilySearch.org</a><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"> or </span><a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3172" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;" title="U.S., WWI Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918">Ancestry</a><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"> for those who had yet to make their fortunes, such as Kentucky Governor Albert B. “Happy”Chandler or Colonel Harlan Sanders, or who met their fate earlier than expected, as William Floyd Collins did in Mammoth Cave.. Few soldiers thought of fame or fortune; most just wanted to come back alive. Thankfully, most did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There isn’t enough room on these pages to
tell all that there is of the records, or what you can do with them, but if you
want to know and explore more, just visit <a href="http://www.winningworldwari.com/">www.WinningWorldWarI.com</a> and, in addition to the articles
posted there, look for the list of links under “Finding the Records for Soldiers,
Sailors, & Marines of Kentucky, Ohio, & Indiana.” And, as always, check out the resources on
the <a href="http://www.harrisoncountyky.us/military/ww1.htm" title="World War I@HarrisonCountyKy.US">WWI
homepage</a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> at
HarrisonCountyKy.US.</span><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076896189607811387.post-65720596329855158872017-06-24T17:00:00.000-07:002017-06-25T12:29:00.352-07:00From “A” to … “Y” They Answered When Uncle Sam Called<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>THE FIRST AND LAST</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Charlie Ackman was a married
39-year-old, tall with a slender build, with gray eyes and black hair. He was a resident of Cynthiana and a section foreman with the L.& N.
Railroad, and he was the first.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The 1918 draft registration card of Charlie Ackman.</span></i></td></tr>
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A tall, blue-eyed, black-haired Henry Yarnell was a married 28-year-old farmer and a native of Broadwell in Harrison County. He was the last.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><i>The 1917 draft registration card of Henry Yarnell.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Just what was it that this two did? Uncle Sam was calling on
men from across the U.S. to register for the draft as required by the Selective
Service Act of 1917 and both did what many would do just by showing up on
Registration Day in 1917 and 1918.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The records of Messrs. Ackman and Yarnell
are the first and last registrations you come to respectively in the
microfilmed records, now digitized, of World War I draft registrations from 1917 and 1918 that
exist for Harrison County, Kentucky, nearly 3,200 in all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Henry Yarnell registered during the first
registration on June 5, 1917. There were three in all in
the fifteen months from June 5, 1917 to Sept. 12, 1918. At first Uncle Sam only wanted men aged 21 to
39. The age range was extended to 18 to
45-year-olds for the last registration, when Charlie Ackman filled out his card
over a year later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It
appears from search of Harrison County records that neither was called upon to
serve with Uncle Sam. The collection of
cards they helped to fill out form what might be considered a rather unique and
detailed census of nearly a quarter of the population at the time it was
created., a record that the genealogist of today uses as an aid in filling out
blanks in family trees. In 1917 the info
on the cards was helped to fill in the ranks of an Army that made all the
difference in winning World War I. </span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To learn more about the draft and Registration Day just look to the next post on this blog, which was taken from the print edition of "Winning World War I" (Issue No. 3 (June 2017)).</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><i style="text-align: -webkit-center;">(Images are from FamilySearch.org's </i><i style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><a href="https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968530" style="text-align: -webkit-center;" title="United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918">United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918</a>.)</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><i style="text-align: -webkit-center;"><span style="line-height: 18.4px;"><b style="font-style: normal; text-align: start;">(The the texts above were originally published in the June 2017 issue of the <i>Harrison Heritage News</i>, the monthly newsletter of the Harrison County (Ky,) Historical Society, in a special supplement entitled "Winning World War I"). Here the texts are presented with some slight revisions and additions to the original.)</b></span></i></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076896189607811387.post-18219098500487848752017-06-24T13:58:00.003-07:002017-06-24T14:32:07.885-07:00Postcard views of Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As promised, here are a few images of postcards showing what life was like at Camp Zachary Taylor which have yet to be added to the the World War I pages of my website at <a href="http://www.harrisocountyky.us/" target="_blank">www.HarrisoCountyKy.US</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Such images bring the past alive in a way nothing else can.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is almost, but not quite, like you were there.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">A Message from Camp Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Constructing Camp Zachary Taylor at Louisville, Ky.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">John
L. Herbert and His Comrades, the First of the Kentucky<br />Contingent to Register
at Camp Zachary Taylor …</span></span></i></td></tr>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">A Line-Up of Raw Recruits …<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Taking fresh air and sunshine on a typical ward porch.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<b style="font-family: inherit;">(The texts and images above were originally published in the May 2017 issue of the <i>Harrison Heritage News</i>, the monthly newsletter of the Harrison County (Ky,) Historical Society, in a special supplement entitled "Winning World War I"). Here the texts are presented with some slight revisions and additions to the original.)</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076896189607811387.post-50880793210592371342017-06-24T12:27:00.000-07:002017-06-24T12:51:48.853-07:00Camp Zachary Taylor Opens for Business (from the print edition of "Winning World War I," Issue No. 02 (May 2017))<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>(The following texts were originally published in the May 2017 issue of the <i>Harrison Heritage News</i>, the monthly newsletter of the Harrison County (Ky,) Historical Society, in a special supplement entitled "Winning World War I"). Here the texts are presented with some slight revisions and additions to the original)</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Forts,
bases, camps, and posts</b></span><span style="font-family: "garamond" , serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>—</b>W</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">hatever you call them, military installations have
followed the American frontiersman, settler, and soldier from the earliest days
of colonization on the Eastern Seaboard to the far western limits of settlement
and statehood on the Pacific Coast.
Usually strategic considerations led to their placement along important migration
routes or on the naton’s everchanging borders.
Many, if not most, became rather permanent fixtures, if not the hubs, of
new settlements wherever they were situated.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Having been <i>with</i> the Army when my father was <i>in</i> the Army for 26 years, I have lived, gone to school or worked on
many in this country and abroad. They
served not only as a workplace for the solider but as a family home away from
home. West Point, one of the oldest, was
one such home for me and it seems it will be around for some time to come.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With the end of the Cold War, many military
bases, which spanned two if not three centuries of service in the United
States, have been closed down. Some such
as Ft. Sheridan north of Chicago and Ft. Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis have
been closed down, yet they and others still operate in new civilian capacities,
with the old buildings still standing as reminders of more turbulent and
uncertain times.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With America’s entry in to World War I,
the U.S. government determined that the country’s established military sites
weren’t enough to process and train the hundreds of thousands of men who would
be drafted or signing up to be trained as soldiers, sailors, or marines, who
would afterwards be sent abroad to the Western Front in France with the
American Expeditionary Force (AEF) or supporting the efforts of the AEF.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And so communities throughout the nation were
asked to compete for a total of sixteen new military camps. On June 11, 1917 Louisville’s bid beat out
ten cities in Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois, partly due to the city’s
proximity to a Civil War-era, 16,000-acre artillery range (later known as Ft.
Knox).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">An “outpost
on the web,” <a href="http://www.fortwiki.com/World_War_I" target="_blank" title="FortWiki.com & World War I Military Installations">FortWiki.com</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">,</span> is a source for basic
information about National Army (NA) and National Guard (NG) training camps,
Regular Army (RA) posts, and embarkation camps.
It lists Camp Taylor among the sixteen which seemed to literally “spring
up” all across the county in 1917. They
were:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Camp Custer, Mi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Camp Devens, Ma.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Camp Dix, N.J.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Camp Dodge, Ia.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Camp Funston, Ks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Camp Gordon, Ga.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Camp Grant, Il.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Camp Jackson, S.C.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Camp Lee, Va.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Camp Lewis, Wa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Camp Meade, Md.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Camp Pike, Ar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Camp Sherman, Oh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Camp Travis, Tx.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Camp Upton, N.Y.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And last, but not least ... Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>An Outpost in Time—</b>Today, little physical evidence
remains of the old encampment itself except for as placename on a map. A search of the <a href="http://migration.kentucky.gov/kyhs/hmdb/MarkerSearch.aspx" target="_blank" title="Kentucky Marker Database Search of the Kentucky Historical Society">Kentucky Marker Database
(KHS)</a>
tells us that a historical marker has been placed at 4016 Poplar Level Rd. in
Louisville. It records that “[n]ear this
site at Taylor Ave. and Poplar Level Rd. was headquarters of Camp Zachary
Taylor. The WW I training camp … became one of 16 national army camps in the
U.S. Begun in June 1917 and built in 90 days on 2,730 acres, the camp contained
some 1,700 buildings and housed over 40,000 troops. The first troops arrived in
Sept. 1917” and that “[o]ver 125,000 men were trained here.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the spring of 1917 events were moving at
a rapid pace across the nation. The first
registration for the national draft had already taken place on June 5, and on
June 21 the <i>Cynthiana </i>Democrat
published what they called “Harrison County’s Roll of Honor … a complete list
of the Harrison [1,218] county men, between the ages of 21 and 30 inclusive,
who registered for military service.”
Many who ended up answering Uncle Sam’s call might not have heard where
they would report for duty until the <i>Cynthiana
Democrat</i> of July 19, 1917 (p. 10,
col. 5) reported that “Louisville's national army cantonment will be known as
Camp Taylor … in honor of Maj. Gen. Zachary Taylor,” who was an early settler
of Louisville, a Mexican War general known as “Old Rough & Ready, and 12th
President of the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>“Camp Taylor Ready”—</b>So reported the <i>Democrat</i> on August 23, 1917 ( p. 1, col.
6) with the news that “[a]ll soldier’s barracks, officers’ quarters and
lavatories at Camp Taylor near Louisville, will be completed next Saturday and
turned over to the Government. The work
will have taken exactly nine weeks and that camp will be the first of the
sixteen great training camps to be completed.
Some stables, hospital buildings and recreation buildings are yet to be
completed. Government Quartermasters
already are buying huge quantities of supplies for the soldiers who will be
stationed at the camp. 692 buildings
will have been completed in 9 weeks.
10,092 men have been working on the job, and the pay roll last Friday
was $256,000.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>The First Recruits Arrive—</b>A souvenir booklet
entitled <i>Camp Zachary Taylor Souvenir</i>,
prepared by Maurice Dunne, who was then the chief correspondent and editor for
the Courier-Journal at Camp Taylor recorded the following:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This military city for the soldiers has
been a center of great activity and Uncle Sam has spent close to $6,000,000 in
constructing it. The number of employe[e]s working on it one week-jumped to
10,000 men and special trains were required to carry the men to and from the
camp to their homes in the city.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> After ninety days of hard work, including
Sundays, the first lots of drafted men reported for military duty on September
5, 1917 … </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">[and
one of the] first drafted men from the three states [served by Camp Zachary Taylor
was] Lester C. Monk, a twenty-two-year-old farmer from Jersey County, Illinois.
It was just 9:03 o'clock on that September morning when this young son of
democracy became a member of the camp. Next came Ward H. McCormack, a Shriner
from Bedford, Ind., the first Indianian to report, and soon afterwards came
John Lee Herbert of 1717 Payne street, Louisville, and the first Louisville and
Kentucky man to report for military service under the selective service law.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> These men were pleased with their
reception and commented on how the stretches and surroundings of Camp Zachary
Taylor impressed them. On that day these soldiers ate their first food in
military life. The menu was palatable to all and consisted of sirloin steak
with brown gravy, mashed potatoes, stewed tomatoes, peach roll, bread and
butter and ice tea. That was the food the government served the selected man on
that day.</span></blockquote>
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<b style="font-family: inherit;">The First from Harrison Arrive—</b><span style="font-family: inherit;">It wouldn’t be until
September 27th that the </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Democrat </i><span style="font-family: inherit;">could
report that “Forty-seven young men of Harrison county left here Saturday
morning on a special coach attached to the rear of the 7 o’clock train, for
Camp Zachary Taylor, near Louisville, to go into training to become a part of
the great army which is being raised for service in the war with Germany.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Others from Harrison may have arrived at
Camp Taylor before this article was published, but, as far as can be told based
on the general war reporting by the <i>Democrat</i>,
this appears to be the first large contingent of young men from the county to
got to the camp.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The <i>Democrat</i>
reported that that “Saturday morning, a crowd estimated at from one to two
thousand gathered at the depot.
Farewells were spoken, the boys boarded the car and were on their way to
Camp Taylor, followed by the cheers and good wishes of those left behind.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The forty-seven were: Hervey Webster, Cynthiana; Wm. Ziegler, Berry;
Clarence Dennis, Cynthiana[,] R. 3; Walter D. Lemons, Sadieville, R. 2; Cren
Giles, Sadieville, R.D. 2; Nim A Turner, Cynthiana, R.D. 2; Wm. Henry Heck,
Lair; Omer Mastin, Cynthiana, R.D. 2; J.P Denniston, Leesburg; Paul B. Lail,
Cynthiana; Geo. F. Tucker, Kentontown; Otis Nickell, Cynthiana, R.D. 2; Herbert
L. Bell, Boyd; Harry D. Whitaker, Cynthiana; Frank New, Berry, R.D. 3; Joe W.
Minor, Cynthiana[,] R.D. 1; W. Rolah Williams, Cynthiana, 3; Felix A. Barney,
Cynthiana; Jno. Goodnight, Cynthiana, R. 1; Swinfred Lemons, Cynthiana; Jos. B.
Ross, Cynthiana, R.D. 8; John T. Feix, Cynthiana, R.D. 3; Omer C. Faulkner,
Leesburg; Lora Batson Rankin, Cynthiana, 9; Calvin Wright, Cynthiana, R.D. 9; John
Coy, Sunrise; John Hudgins, Cynthiana; Frank J. Ross, Cynthiana, R.D. 8; K.C.
Smith, Cynthiana; Archie M. Batte, Mt. Olivet, R. 1; Jesse White, Cynthiana,
R.D. 4; Ray Terry, Berry, R.D. 3; Estill P. Wiggins, Cynthiana, R. 3; Atwell
Pope, Cynthiana, R.D. 8; Chas. Williams, Cynthiana, R.D. 8; Joe Frederick,
Cynthiana, R.D. 8; H.R. Wiglesworth, Cynthiana; Sidney Berry, Cynthiana, R.D. 6;
J.L. Scott, Jr., Lair; Forrest McDowell, Cynthiana, 2; Clemence Waxman,
Cynthiana, 9; H.C. Cleveland, Cynthiana, R. 3; Frank Puccini, Milford, Ky; Henry
L. Ewing, Cynthiana; Mike King, Cynthiana, R.D. 2; Clarence Florence, Cynthiana;
and Wm. Shingleton, Cynthiana.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Do You Want to Learn More?—</b>There isn’t enough space
in this modest newsletter to go into the entire history of Camp Zachary Taylor,
despite its brief existence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If
you would like to learn more about the history of the camp there are a few “outposts
on the web” which offer information about a place so many from Harrison County
saw as a temporary home away from home, as much as any training camp could be.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li> <a href="https://insiderlouisville.com/metro/the-history-of-camp-taylor-from-wwi-military-camp-to-working-class-neighborhood/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">“The
history of Camp Taylor — from WWI military camp to working-class neighborhood”</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> at </span><a href="https://insiderlouisville.com/metro/the-history-of-camp-taylor-from-wwi-military-camp-to-working-class-neighborhood/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">InsiderLouisville.com</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> was published a year ago
upon the 99th anniversary of the establishment and construction of the
camp.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">It offers up a fine history of the
camp, noting what has become of the buildings and land that were used to train
and house so many from Harrison County and the midwest.</span></li>
<li><a href="http://camptaylorhistorical.org/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">The Camp Zachary Taylor Historical Society</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> at </span><a href="http://camptaylorhistorical.org/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">CampTaylorHistorical.org</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> has had a presence on
the web in various forms for some time now; the format is now that of a blog and
its first post was in 2012. There is a
lot to look at and a lot to learn about as you scroll through past posts.</span></li>
<li><a href="http://www.fortwiki.com/World_War_I" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">FortWiki.com</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> not only has a link to
information about Camp Taylor, but can help lead you to information about other
military installations that are of interest to you.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Not all from Harrison went to Camp Zachary
Taylor.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Camp Chase, Oh., Ft. Harrison,
In., and Ft. Thomas, Ky. are among the many others which the men from Harrison
County might have trained or just passed through.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://kdl.kyvl.org/catalog/xt7kpr7mq11w_1" title="Camp Zachary Taylor Souvenir (1917) by Maurice Dunn">Camp Zachary Taylor
Souvenir</a>
by Maurice Dunn is an interesting booklet produced during the war. It is chockful of pictures and offers maybe a
few too many details about what life was like at the WWI camp. Images and texts can be found at the <a href="http://kdl.kyvl.org/" target="_blank" title="The Kentucky Digital Library">Kentucky Digital Library</a> (click on the title
above), or just do a Google search to find transcriptions that you may use to
cut and paste for your own use. One such
transcription appears at <a href="http://www.harrisoncountyky.us/" target="_blank">HarrisonCountyKy.US</a>. Just follow the links to <a href="http://www.harrisoncountyky.us/military/ww1-camps-and-bases-camp-taylor-ky.htm" target="_blank" title="Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky (www.HarrisonCountyKy.US)">Camp Zachary Taylor,
Kentucky</a>
(Information about other camps and bases appears at this site; just follow the
links from the <a href="http://www.harrisoncountyky.us/military/ww1.htm" target="_blank" title="World War I@HarrisonCountyKy.US">WWI homepage</a></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">).</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In the next post to this blog is something for your viewing pleasure—a few
images of postcards showing what life was like at Camp Zachary Taylor which
have yet to be added to the website.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Such images bring the past alive in a way nothing else can.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is almost, but not quite, like you were
there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Enjoy!</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076896189607811387.post-30320089412732617852017-06-03T13:30:00.003-07:002017-06-04T15:13:11.612-07:00The Flag They Fought For<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>THE FLAG THEY FOUGHT FOR</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With the addition of New
Mexico and Arizona in 1912 (Jan. 6 and Feb
14 respectively) President Taft signed an order that June which established the
new proportions of the U.S. flag and which provided for arrangement of the
stars in six horizontal rows of eight each. This flag was in service for 47
years, longer than any other, and it was the one which anyone saw anywhere
during two world wars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(The image and text above were originally published in the April 2017 issue of the Harrison Heritage News, the monthly newsletter of the Harrison County (Ky,) Historical Society, in a special supplement entitled "Winning World War I" (Hey, just like this blog!). Here the texts are presented with some slight revisions of and additions to the original.)</i></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076896189607811387.post-16730301525569052832017-06-03T13:30:00.002-07:002017-06-04T15:12:16.081-07:00Something to Chew On<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>SOMETHING TO CHEW ON</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Advertisements
for Wrigley’s chewing gum, like this one here, often appeared within the pages
of Harrison County’s newsweeklies.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Advertisement from the <i>Cynthiana Democrat</i>, September 6, 1917.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A century seems like a long time ago, but
you can still go to the neighborhood grocery or convenience store to see and
experience an “artifact” from a time that itself had long ago faded from the average American’s
consciousness.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Letters to the "homefolks" from the soldiers, whether stationed stateside or abroad, would often
express thanks for the many items sent to them by the friends and relatives or provided by
the Y.M.C.A., and chewing gum was one such item. Sometimes subscriptions to the county’s newspapers, some sponsored by the publishers themselves, were sent through the mails to keep those who were homesick up-to-date about local events. Socks,
razors, and other personal care items were often appreciated. Perhaps the most popular items were tobacco
products, such as chewing tobacco and assorted “smokes.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Chewing gum and cigarettes, not exactly
good for anyone’s health … but neither was the war that so many from Harrison
County were asked to fight.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>(The image and texts above were originally published in the April 2017 issue of the Harrison Heritage News, the monthly newsletter of the Harrison County (Ky,) Historical Society, in a special supplement entitled "Winning World War I" (Hey, just like this blog!). Here the texts are presented with some slight revisions of and additions to the original.)</i></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">(The following texts were originally published in the April 2017 issue of the <i>Harrison Heritage News</i>, the monthly newsletter of the Harrison County (Ky,) Historical Society, in a special supplement entitled "Winning World War I" (Hey, just like this blog!). Here the texts are presented with some slight revisions and additions to the original)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>It Was War, No Matter What You Call It—</b>A
century ago this month the United States entered a war that began
two-and-a-half-years earlier in Europe.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">A spark of fanaticism in the Balkans had set the the whole of Europe on
fire, it seemed. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">At first it was called the
“Great War.” It was hoped it would be the “War to End All Wars.” It wouldn’t be
too long before it was referred to as the First World War, or just World War I.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you remember anything from high school
history class, you know it became the Allies versus the Axis in a showdown that
by 1917 had resulted in a bloody stalemate. Europe had become a continent
cleaved by destruction, measured in millions of lives lost and ruined. Americans had wanted no part of it and in
1916 President Woodrow Wilson got reelected on the platform of keeping the U.S.
out of it. Circumstances changed,
however. The German’s unrestricted submarine warfare and their efforts to
recruit Mexico as an ally made neutrality difficult to maintain anymore. America’s involvement would be brief compared
to the war’s overall length, but costly, nonetheless.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>A Different Pace for a Different Time—</b></span>Today we live in a minute-by-minute world where one-issue news cycles of just a day’s length predominate … or “distract” as some would have it. <span style="font-family: inherit;">1917 was a day-by-day world where people
got their news by word-of-mouth, by personal letters or postcards, by telegram
on special occasions, or through newspaper subscriptions. There was n</span>o Twitter, Facebook, or Snapchat. No internet. No cable news. No satellite TV or radio. No radio or TV at all.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Harrison County was served by two “news outlets”
to use modern terminology.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">There was the</span><i style="font-family: inherit;"> Cynthiana Democrat</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">, which was nominally
a Thursday issue.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Friday was the
publication date of the </span><i style="font-family: inherit;">Log Cabin</i><span style="font-family: inherit;">. News
on other days would have been served by dailies delivered by train from
Cincinnati, Louisville, or Lexington.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">During World War I censorship of
newspapers would be the new reality, and when the soldiers wrote letters home,
those, too, would be censored.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Two articles follow. The first is from the <i>Cynthiana Democrat</i> of April 12, 1917 (p. 12, col. 4), republished
here in its entirety, and it offers one week’s worth of war events, any one of
which could have filled a day’s chatter on network or cable news today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">WAR BULLETINS</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Happenings of the Week in a Nutshell for Rapid Consumption.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Both the Senate and the House at
Washington promptly adopted resolutions declaring a state of war with Germany
to exist, and authorizing the President to use all means necessary to bring the
war to a successful conclusion.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The President’s formal proclamation of a
state of war was promulgated Friday.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Regulations for the conduct of unnaturalized Germans were set out.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">They will be untouched if they behave.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ninety-one ships interned since the
beginning of the war in American harbors were seized by the government, and
their German crews were locked up at Ellis Island.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Government will use the ships if
necessary, and maybe pay for them after the war.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sixty Germans connected with various plots
and conspiracies were locked up by United States marshals Friday.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Other arrests will follow.</span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">[A] German submarine base [is] said to be
established on Mexican soil in the Gulf of Mexico.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">On [the] other hand, the Carranza government
is said to contemplate ordering all German citizens to leave Mexico.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">French and English receive news of
America’s entry into the war with great demonstrations.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fifteen thousand men join the navy in
three days.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first year of the war may cost the
United States five billion dollars.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The German crew blew up the gunboat
Cormoran in the harbour at Guam on the approach of the United States officers
to seize the vessel.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Three Germans lost
their lives.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Thirty-four officers and
321 enlisted men were made prisoners.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">A prospective slump of fifty million
bushels in the crop of winter wheat is the first war feeding problem to
confront the country.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cuba, standing by the United States, has
declared war on Germany and seized the interned ships in Havana harbor.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Emperor of Germany recommends
electoral reforms, to begin after the war is over.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">A two-billion dollar loan to the Allies is
planned by the United States.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">An
immediate bond issue of five billions is forecast.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Austria-Hungary has broken diplomatic relations
with this country, which means war.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><st1:country-region style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bulgaria</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: inherit;"> and </span><st1:country-region style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Turkey</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: inherit;"> are
expected to follow suit.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the meantime
several South American countries are on the verge of declaring war against </span><st1:country-region style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Germany</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">President Wilson favors the draft plan for
raising an army quickly.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brazil has broken diplomatic relations
with Germany, and Argentina has endorsed the stand of the United States.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The British continue to make big advances
on the Western front, having penetrated from two to six miles and taken 11,000 prisoners
and many guns Tuesday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What War Meant—</b>While the safety of America’s
borders and the home front were never really threatened during the war,
everyone knew what war meant, that is American lives would be at risk. Hundreds
of thousands of men, and some women, too, would have to volunteer or be drafted
into the armed forces and go “over there,” to Europe, and fight in the trenches
and battlefields which had come to serve as graveyards for so many millions
already.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With
those sobering facts in mind, the following article from the <i>Cynthiana Democrat</i> of May 3, 1917 (p.1, col.
2) probably grabbed the subscriber’s attention like nothing else published in
local newspapers in the decades before World War I:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">CONSCRIPTION</span></b></div>
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<b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bill Passes Both Houses of Congress Saturday.</span></b></b></div>
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<b><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">How It Will Work.</span></b></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Saturday, both Senate and House voted
approval of the Administration’s proposal to raise a great war army on the
principle of selective conscription, voting down by overwhelming majorities the
volunteer army amendments around which opponents of the Administration plan had
centered their fight, and passing the Selective Draft Bill without material
change in the more important provisions written into it by the army General
Staff and approved by President Wilson.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The vote in the House was 279 to 24 and in the Senate 81 to 8.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Both Senators James and Beckham voted for
the bill.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Representative Fields voted
for the volunteer plan, but on the final vote swung into line.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Senate bill fixes the age limit at from
21 to 27 years, and the House bill 21 to 40.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The difference will be adjusted in conference.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Increase of pay for soldiers from $15 to $30
a month was made.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">How It Will Work.</span></b></div>
</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">When perfected the bill will work about as
follows:</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The President will proclaim a
registration day.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">County sheriffs will appoint registrars to
take the names of all males between the prescribed ages at each voting
precinct.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Those who fail to register will be
arrested.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">County exemption boards will be appointed
who will exempt from military service persons engaged in industries, including
agriculture, found to be necessary to the maintenance of the military
establishment or the effective operation of the military forces, or the
maintenance of national interests during the emergency.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">War department officials will make all
further exemptions.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Five hundred thousand recruits will be
equipped and placed in training camps by August 1, it is hoped.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The
registration will involve about 7,000,000 men, about 40 per cent of whom it is
expected will be rejected for physical unfitness.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The jury wheel will probably be used in
the drawings.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first name drawn will
go with the first 500,000; the second name drawn will be called out for the
second 500,000 within six months; the third name drawn will be called out in a
year; the fourth name will go with the first 500,000; and so on until all names
are drawn.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nobody will be excused; no substitutes can
be hired.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The rich and poor, white and
black, and will be affected alike.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">How It Will Affect Cynthiana.</span></b></div>
</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Numbers of young men of the town and
county to whom the war has seemed a thing afar off will find themselves face to
face with a stern reality.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just how many
will have to go into training on the first turn of the wheel cannot be known
until each state’s apportionment is worked out.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">But some will be called.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">All will
have to register.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The physically unfit
will not go.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Those who have families dependent
on them will not go.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Those engaged in
farm work will not be compelled to go, or those engaged in other occupations
essential to the maintenance of the army or military forces.</span></div>
</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Those who are exempt from conscription,
but who still desire to serve their country on the field of battle, may enlist
at the regular places before conscription goes into effect and take their
places in the regular army.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is said
the President will call for 500,000 volunteers.</span></div>
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<b>Questions, Questions—</b>Who would go? How would they be chosen? Only partial answers were given in the article above. As the details were worked out, more would be written and published in the county's newspapers.<br />
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Where were the recruits and draftees from Harrison County go for their training ... and what would happen after that? Camp Zachary Taylor on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky would be the first stop for many men from Harrison, and details about the camp will fill out the pages of the next <i>Harrison Heritage News</i> in the special supplement entitled "Winning World War I," ... just like this blog!<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076896189607811387.post-43393679335211449092017-01-21T08:39:00.003-08:002017-01-21T08:40:54.005-08:00Why?<b>WORLD WAR I BEGINS FOR AMERICA & THE CALL GOES OUT</b><br />
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The posters were printed. The call went out. And the message was very clear. You’re country needs you. Volunteer. And so Americans did. By the hundreds. By the thousands. By the tens of thousands and more by World War I’s end in 1918.<br />
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Why? Americans did not go to war blindly. In 1916 President Woodrow Wilson won reelection to a second term, partly on the promise to keep the United States out of the war in Europe. Since August 1914 the United States had remained neutral while the great powers of Europe were locked in a titanic struggle, brutally inching their way to promised victories that never could be realized.<br />
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The causes were complex and are still in dispute today. At first it was called “The Great War.” A generation later it became known as the first of two “World Wars.” Millions of soldiers died on the battlefields and in the trenches. Disease took its toll, too. In 1918 the Spanish Influenza, spread by troops returning home, ravaged populations already devastated by four years of war.<br />
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In 1917, provoked by Germany on both military and diplomatic fronts, the United States joined with the Allies (England, France, and Russia) against the Axis (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy) and the nation began to mobilize as it had never done before. American industry went into high-gear, supplying weapons, ammunition, transports, battleships, and for the first time ever, tanks and planes for the troops.<br />
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<b>KENTUCKY GOES TO WAR</b><br />
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Training camps such as Camp Zachary Taylor near Louisville were rapidly constructed and old outposts such as Ft. Thomas in Campbell County were given renewed purpose. Many from Harrison County got their first taste of Army life at these camps and at many more like them as they sprang into existence across the country.<br />
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How did they serve? The only action some saw was in a training camp, but they were not entirely safe there; accidents and disease took their toll. Some were posted stateside while others made it all the way “over there,” to the Western Front in France, where their arrival was anxiously anticipated by a war-weary population. In 1918, for the first time in a long time, the Allies could anticipate a final chapter of the war, one entitled “Victory.”<br />
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Many from Harrison saw, what was to them, a strange new world in the Old World of Europe, and wrote letters home of their war experiences. The letters were full of places with strange, unpronounceable names, which would soon fill American history books as the names of battles in which many Americans fought and a few from Harrison died. With America firmly committed to the war effort, the only writing left for Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II and his Axis partners to do, was to sign an armistice, which brought the war to an end on November 11, 1918.<br />
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<b>MY PERSONAL CONNECTION</b><br />
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Why am I spending a lot of time and effort on maintaining my website and posting to this blog? Well, I will tell you.<br />
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My grandmother, who was born near Antioch Mills but raised near Berry, Kentucky, had two of three brothers, her only brother-in-law, and her only two male first cousins join the ranks of the hundreds of thousands of men, and maybe a few women, who answered Uncle Sam's call to go "over there," to France, and to win the "war to end all wars."<br />
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So, with all those family members who were in the service, the history of the war has become a little hobby for me, partly out of necessity, with all those records to look up for my uncles and cousins, and partly out of interest in what I consider to be a fascinating period in U.S. history.<br />
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As part of my research I have compiled some databases based on records found in the Harrison County Courthouse in Cynthiana that would be of interest to anybody who wants to know if their ancestor, uncle, or cousin ever served in the U.S. military during World War I.<br />
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And so the genesis of the World War I pages at my website, www.HarrisonCountyKy.US, and this blog, a tool I hope to use to update the site and to inform my fellow local historians, family historians, and genealogists about important events and articles which are produced as the United States commemorates the centennial of its involvement in World War I.<br />
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So, as I always say, just click, read, learn and enjoy!<br />
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Philip<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076896189607811387.post-70057730554487615132017-01-19T08:55:00.002-08:002017-01-21T10:34:15.365-08:00Winning World War I<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>A MISSION STATEMENT ABOUT WINNINGWORLDWARI.COM</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A nation has many motives in going to war. Usually, the goal is to win. Outcomes are hardly ever so clear. America was a victor in World War I, aka the "Great War" or the "War to End All Wars." Much was lost and the war was neither great nor the last. Peace came, yet it was only a brief pause in a violent century.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1917 America declared war and the people of Kentucky did their part on the home front and the battle front. Here is how one county, Harrrison County, helped to win WWI.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Originally published as the cover<br />
for the July 6, 1916, issue of Leslie's Weekly<br />
with the title "What Are You Doing for Preparedness?"<br />
this portrait of "Uncle Sam" went on to become--<br />
according to its creator, James Montgomery Flagg--<br />
"the most famous poster in the world."</td></tr>
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