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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1917 | 4 |
4 stories matching conscript
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- Benton County Committee Calls for Conscription of Labor
With food scarcity looming in 1917, local authorities propose closing schools early and conscripting the unemployed to save the harvest.
- Benton County Calls for Conscription of Labor
A wartime committee resolves to force 'able-bodied' unemployed men into the harvest fields as part of the broader national effort.
- American Lake Prepared for 25,000 Recruits
War Department designates Tacoma site as concentration camp for new national army training.
- City Attorney Campaigns for Local Artillery Battalion
Kennewick’s City Attorney F.R. Jeffrey is trading the courtroom for the field, urging young men to enlist in the National Guard before the draft forces their hand.
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Officers of the First Regiment, National Guard of Washington, pick apart a proposed military code — deciding who can drum a man out of a company, setting the adjutant general's salary, and asking why the troops who put down last summer's riots are still waiting to be paid.
- The First Call to the Colors
As the United States prepares its first massive mobilization for World War I, local boards receive final instructions for shipping the region's men to training camps.
- The War Over the Draft
A young member of the I.W.W. is arrested for failing to register for the draft, exposing the intense friction between local authorities and the labor movement during WWI.
- The War Call for Bricklayers
Kennewick draft board receives urgent federal orders to mobilize skilled masonry labor for service under General Pershing.