Show T C 2 E D ann nr pit bif 7 M A g Z j Q VAI byell by ELMO SCOTT WATSON pilaf 71 the united states no 11 Is celebrated as day because it was on november 11 1018 that hostilities in the world w war ar ceased but Is it strictly accurate to say any that that date marked the end of the corid war under one interpretation of the phrase it Is not for the war did not end for tho the united states until july 2 1921 almost almo three years after president wilson commander i of th the e aberl american e a n army declared the war at un an end on november 11 1918 after tile he army hn had J been mobilized demobilized de ed and the soldiers hod find returned tp civilian life surprising as that statement way inny be it has tile the authority of no less a person titan than tile the attorney general of tile the united states back of it during tile the trying of a case in the court of claims in washington recently the attorney general argued that the war did not officially ona end until july 2 1021 when the treaty of peace between the united and germany wid and austrin austria was signed this set a woman lawyer nannie I 1 lee ce king who was concerned in the case to studying the records and her findings as reported in the washington star are na as follows armistices Armist ices were provided for in the laws lawa and customs cu of war among nations adopted by the hague treaty it was provided that the armistice could state the terms of the contracting parties and what communications might be he held id la in the theater of war the armistice of november it 11 1918 was sigred signed in marshal fochs focha railway carriage in the forest for of at 5 a m paris ume time midnight washington time by marshal foch and vice admiral sir wemyss Wani yes first lord of the dritch admiralty representing the allies and the united states and by mathias erzberger general genera von winterfeld count von Ober Oberno tr and captain von salon representing herminy Jer miny of hostilities was the first provision of the armistice of november it II 1318 1918 but it contained 36 5 agreements all of which have been fulfilled it provided for evacuation of invaded countries surrender of german war material all submarines mines and destructions to be taken from the waters provided for reparations attona and return of all 01 of our prisoners of war and all of the pris onera belonging to the allied countries the press oress all over the land carried the glad tidings that the war had come to an end appropriation act of june IS 15 1917 1017 appropriating money tor for the war provided that enlistments under the selective draft act were here for time of war nd that the war should be considered as having it rmina ted when the president ascertained the fact act and issued a proclamation to that effect appropriation act of july 9 1818 1918 provided that no platt plan for the construction or extension of any facilities ahall be submitted to or approved by the secretary of war hereunder after the exIst lna state of war between the united states staten end its enemies ishall hall have terminated and the fact of such euch termination mi Tai nation dball be ascertained and proclaimed by the president denV november 11 1918 president wilson issued a proclamation to the public proclaiming the armistice and said eald that everything tor for which america fought has been accomplished november 11 1918 Preal president dent wilson also appeared before a joint session cession of congress con Kresa to read rad the terms of the armistice to cong congress resit and advised the congress that this war whose consuming flames have swept from one nation to another until all the world was on fire to Is at an end november novembre it 11 1918 1919 president 1711 allson son an aa corn com mander ln in chief of the army ordered all draft calls canceled d and demobilization of the army which had been mobilized tor for time of war under the selective draft act as congress had directed that the president should do when the war had come to an end november is 16 isla 1918 beneral march chief of staff of the army advised the that men in military camps would be de mobilized within two weeks and that demobilization would proceed thereafter at the rate of a day february 5 1918 the war department announced that op ap to january st 31 1918 men had bad been returned from france and the department estimated that would be returned in february because the armistice had bad ended the tha war tin on november 11 1818 2918 congress became busy with r reconstruction legislation march 2 1919 the dent act a et was passed tit fit cancellation slid and settlement of contracts contract entered nto into durl during nathe the war prior to november 12 1018 the act of july 11 prohibited expenditure of funds tor for land tor for military camps that had not been taken and in use on november 11 1918 march S 1911 1921 cong congram reits repealed all war ame mme legislation acts or parts of acts for the emergency sency or alm of war that remained in effect tor for a certain length of time after the war had ended july a 1321 1021 it treaty was wa signed between the united states of Ar america verlen and germany and aus aua trio talai section I 1 of o f this treaty referred to and made the he armistice of 0 november it 1918 a part of th 0 treaty and reserved unto the united states and its nationals ell all acquired by the armistice june 3 1926 congress passed a joint resolution authorizing and directing the president to issue a proclamation annually for th people to observe november 11 as november 11 1918 ended the mot destructive sanguinary and tar far reaching war in the annals of human history and the resumption of peaceful relations november 2 me 1926 and november 4 1927 preal dent coolidge issued proclamations proclaiming the arm lativa en as having ended tho the war ou on november 11 1918 but tile the off leial date of the end of the world war woe Is not the only subject connected with our participation pal aon in tile war over ove r which there Is cadiou for dispute since AmI armistice stice day Is a day fot for remembering tl the le men who lost their alrea it Is appropriate to inquire into tile the batter of wnm al k ma ari 7 71 X 4 0 k 41 I 1 aj V k 01 K V va 7 4 Z av j REIF dinv inv 5 ra fought with canadian regiments during the tha world I 1 firmes fismes france rene Phe Phell zot the first war and died in action american soldier killed during the war lies in A 4 george W woodruff a world war veteran the french national cemetery near fismer who works in a butcher shop in buffalo N Y this photograph was taken during the special has the unique distinction of possessing a picture ceremonies in honor of the mart man who enlisted of hla his own grave crave in france where the government americans gave him an official burial and or erected acted with the french infantry and when tho the i entered the war transferred to them he a white cro cross ss with his name on it over his grave grava was given the honor of being standard bearer after he had been bally killed in action on for his regiment and was killed the flag Is his october 23 1918 six months after woodruffs return home with the A E F his widow shroud now in this grave 2 charry harry chapman gilbert washington D C received a tetter letter from the tha war department asking first man drafted for service in the world war her if she wanted her husbands body brought back to america left in flanders field george died at denver colo on july 18 1927 where or from tuberculosis took it upon himself to answer this missive say eay h he had gone seeking recovery his draft number was the first drawn by ing that if it was all the same to them he would war secretary baker in washington on june 21 just as soon let hla his body remain in francs france the 1917 gilberts father is in a former white house grave in france Is shown as it looks looke today an official death certificate signed by general policeman who has served under eight presidents sent to mrs woodruff his strange experience and went west ing was he retired about two years ago became known recently when he applied with his son tor for membership in the american legion national 3 memorial erected at arlington cemetery k the americans who 5 georgo george W woodruff by canada in tribute to was the first brat american to ninke make that sacrifice the war department Is authority for the sta statement t agn that the first war casualty was dr louls louis J ganella of new orleans us its witness tile tho following associated press dispatch new orleans lit LIL dr loula louis J cenella Gc nelta a quiet mild mannered physician who twice has haa interrupted his work to go eo to lo war has been notified by the war department that he was waa americas Americ tVa first casualty in the world war although forty two years old when america entered the conflict coq doctor tor genella was among tho the first to offer his services he was waa too old for active lighting fighting duty the recruiting officers ficera of told him but was waa accepted for medical services on june 1 1917 he was on active duty tn in france 19 days day after hla his enlistment it was waa while sern ing with the british second field artil artillery lery to which he had bad been assigned that he received it a fractured skull from ft a bursting shell ile he was in tho the hns hospital vital for two months As an a young man doctor genella left tulane university to join the american forces in cuba hl HI father was wounded with the confederates at shi loh ara and the family traces tta its soldier ancestry back to the rano at waterloo rut but in trying to decide woo who was the first firs t american killed in the world war one finds that the claim for that honor la is put pat forth in behalf of several ruen the grave of one of them in a french cemetery Is shown in one of the illustrations above nut but when the american lesion legion met in parla two years ago it was stated that the legion had decided the honor belonged d to ednanl mandell Man lell stone of chicago who volunteered in the french in 1014 1914 and was IJ killed aled on february IN ar 1015 and a delegation visited stones grave at sur seine and placed a iv wreath reath on the wooden cross marker stating plating that he was war the arst american killed in the amat war although it Is generally ceDe rally stated that james bethel ort gitsham sham of ind was the first american soldier 1 I ft member of the A B M V F killed in action even that hat fact la Is disputed and the th clatin claim for vint that honor Is 13 put forth in ili behalf of a massachusetts mim groshams Gre haros shams right to the title Is based upon the lie fact that on the ahe night of november 3 1917 under tinder cover corer of it a heavy barrage a german raiding raldon party entered the sector o occupied ly by Com comprini priny p F of th the sixteenth tee nth infant infantry ry of f tta first division at artola in iii Lorr lorraane alne about wn tn miles east of anti and corporal J 13 gresham and privates il D ilay and thomas en right of this company were killed during the raid there the french erected a monument which bears this inscription here in lorraine soll soil lie the three first american soldiers told lers stain slain by the enemy corporal J B gresham Gres hanl of evansville soldier thomas E enright Pittsburg of soldier merle D hay of glidden worthy sons of their great and noble nation they foupht fought for right for liberty for civilization ti german imperialism plague of mankind they died on the field of honor the massachusetts man for whom the honor la Is claimed was oscar C tuo tugo and that claim Is put forth by carl clifford former commander of an american legion post at newton upper fallt falls mass an interview with him published in the boston herald recently fi tates mr clifford enlisted with the harvard medical unit date base hospital 1 and served overee overs esis as nearly two years yeara with the organization which was wan at cached to the british expeditionary forcen in northern france on september 1 4 1917 nasa mae hospital hospit I 5 6 was bombed by german airplanes one officer and three en enlisted listed men killed and severoe others aou wounded n ded this action constituted the iha first official american in the world war there has been some controversy over this matter in th the war department at washington but the th matter van wai settled in idil ahert mr clifford received a personal letter from president informing him of the of this information I 1 this tetter letter was waa publicly read at the dedication of oscar C M TURO tugo ciralo pasteur and longwood ayes rear near the harvard medical cleol cl ool in october 1321 1021 the dedication of this athla square in roston boston in hanoi conot of the birst enlisted man nf the united states army to he be killed in the world war was waa attended by general ireland assistant secretary of war wainwright mayor peters petera general edwards edward and burhop william lawrence the th naming of the square aquart and nd the ded dedication on exercises were under the personal per Bonal direction of mr clifford who though living in N it 50 miles from doston was wa persia persistent tent in his efforts to baab the of hta his comrade in arms fit tingly remembered by the citizens of his nativi native city of boston saw sard he ha to ro my mind it Is important t to establish the fact that it was a man who was the first united states soldier to be killed in the virld war filst history ory tetla tells us un that hat massachi Mai mass achu men spilled the he first mood blood in the revolution ary war and the civil and their mem memories cries ara ar fittingly observed cb ervert by memorials but ra M out oo am locco about tha th ania ww |