World War I Centennial

This illustration entitled, "The First Victims of the War", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on August 1, 1914, shows stranded passengers who could not get to America from Europe as World War I breaks out in Europe.

Location of Belgium Army Units up to August 4, 1914.

This illustration entitled, "First Fruits of Europe's War", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on August 10, 1914, shows Uncle Sam reading the war news from Europe as he realizes the impact that it will have on the United States and it's citizens.

This illustration entitled, "The New American Industry", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on November 27, 1914, defines making clothing to supply the need for those in the war zones of Europe.

This illustration entitled, Father Time: "Sorry It's on My Record", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on December 30, 1914, shows Father Time leaving 1914 with a sadness that war still rages in Europe.

This illustration entitled, "Will He Attain It?", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on January 1, 1915, depicts hope that the new year will bring peace in Europe.

This illustration entitled, "The Way of the Neutral Is Hard", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on February 13, 1915, depicts the difficulty that the United States faced in maintaining it's neutrality while war raged in Europe.

This illustration entitled, "No Entangling Alliances", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on February 22, 1915, takes advantage on George Washington's Birthday to remind Americans, of our First President's decree of "No Entangling Alliances" with nations that would serve to draw the United States into a war not directly related to protecting our territorial borders.

Cartoonist Clifford Berryman uses the 1915 Washington Dog Show as the locale for his observations on American neutrality as the war continues to expand in Europe. Berryman's familiar character, Mr. DC, admonishes the dogs, including those representing many of the European belligerents, to follow President Woodrow Wilson's plea that "strict neutrality must be observed."

This is the diary of German Lieutenant Walter Schwieger and his account of the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915.

One of the most mournful of the scenes which followed the sinking of the Lusitania was that at Queenstown on Monday May 10, 1915 when 120 of the victims whose bodies has been recovered, were buried. All business was suspended and thousands of people came from all over the country to attend the burial services. The Lord Mayor of Cord, High Sheriff and members of the public bodies at Queenstown walked in the procession. The picture shows the caskets in the immense grave.

This illustration entitled, "The Buffer State", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on May 24, 1915, shows the tiny country of Switzerland attempting to maintain its neutrality with its citizen - soldier militia, while war in Europe erupts all around.

This illustration entitled, "The Buffer State", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on May 24, 1915, shows the tiny country of Switzerland attempting to maintain its neutrality with its citizen - soldier militia, while war in Europe erupts all around.

This untitled illustration by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on June 1, 1915, shows a serious President Woodrow Wilson reaching for his pen to prepare a response to Germany's denial in the sinking of the British liner Lusitania, which killed nearly 1200 people, including 128 Americans.

This untitled illustration by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on June 10, 1915, alludes to the sudden resignation of Secretary of State, William Jennings Bryan on June 9th over President Woodrow Wilson's increasingly strong demands of Germany to stop the sinking of merchant ships without warning. Bryan insisted on a policy of strict neutrality, but with the sinking of the British liner Lusitania in which nearly 1200 people lost their lives, including 128 American citizens, Wilson took a tough stand and Bryan resigned.

This illustration entitled, "Just Looking Things Over", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on July 25, 1915, shows Uncle Sam looking over American military readiness reports as German armies continue to advance in Europe and submarines keep up attacks on the seas.

This illustration entitled, "What the Powerful Waves are Saying", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on July 30, 1915, depicts the American governments feeling that as war rages in Europe, it must get prepared for what looks like its eventual entry into the war.

This untitled illustration by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Evening Star on December 25, 1915, is a reminder that things this Christmas are different in Europe than they are in America.

Church in Flanders, Voormezeele, Ypres Salient and Area.

Ypres, Belgium. 1916

Archeux, France

Waiting to advance. Carnoy, France.

Near Querrieu, France

Somme and Ancre front.

Pricourt Albert Road, August 1916. Somme and Ancre Campaign.

Somme and Ancre area.

Somme and Ancre Campaign.

Original Caption: A new saw mill. Laying a light railway on which logs will be brought to the mill. Amiene-Albert Road.

On the British Army. Reel 1, supplies are unloaded at a railhead. Brit. and Australian troops take positions. Artillery shells are unloaded and taken to gun positions in horse carts. Weapons are checked, loaded, and fired. Wounded ride sleighs to the rear. Reel 2, rations arrive at the trenches. Troops travel communicating trenches to the front. Scottish and Brit. troops begin the attack. POW's are herded to the rear and searched. Antiaircraft guns strafe Ger. planes. Reel 3 shows troops resting; ruins in Beaumont; captured positions; Brit. tanks; supply trains and troops advancing; artillery firing.

Transporting ammunition over bad roads in Belgium.

General von Hindenburg, Kaiser Wilhelm, General Ludendorff.

This telegram informs the American Embassy in London that some members of Congress were attempting to discredit the Zimmermann Telegram, and asks if the Ambassador or someone from the Embassy could personally decode the original message obtained from the telegraph office in Washington. The Zimmermann Telegram, in its encoded form as it was sent to the German Minister to Mexico, is attached. This was telegram number 4494.

This letter encloses the original decode of the Zimmermann Telegram as deciphered by a Mr. Bell of the American Embassy in London and an official in the Admiralty Office of the British Government. Mr. Bell used the encoded message received at the telegraph office in Washington, DC and deciphered it using cipher 13042, which was previously retrieved during World War I by the British Government. This decode of the Zimmermann Telegram helped to prove that the contents of the telegram were true and that it was not a hoax sent by belligerents.

A German submarine firing a shot at an enemy steamer in order to stop it.

President Wilson outlines his case for war with this joint address to Congress.  The address led to a declaration of war against Germany.

A Joint Resolution of April 6, 1917, Public Resolution 65-1, 40 STAT 1, Declaring that a State of War Exists Between the Imperial German Government and the Government and the People of the United States and Making Provision to Prosecute the Same

This particular telegram was sent to the U.S. Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

On the British Army. Reel 1, artillery shells Ger. defenses; Ger. shells land in a village. South African units storm trenches Scaling ladders are prepared. Troops attack under an artillery barrage. Prisoners carry Brit. wounded to the rear. Reel 2, engrs. lay railroad track. Ammunition is carried over a pontoon bridge across the Scope. The enemy shells positions at Monchy; shows ruins of the town. Reel 3, engrs. construct bridges and roads. Australian artillery bombards the enemy. Artillery units, supply trains, and tanks move up under fire. Monchy is occupied. War news is read to French civilians.

Etrelliers. Somme and Ancre Area.

Statue recovered from ruins of a chateau at Caulaincourt, France. Somme and Ancre area.

This letter discusses the possibility of having the various firms under contract to build submarine chasers to consolidate their orders for purchases of fittings and castings.

The ship was destroyed by its own crew.

These Chinese labourers could not eat European bread, so they had their own bakeries. Caestre, Belgium Ypres Campaign.

Ruins of Nieuport, Belgium.

Dickebusch, Belgium

Original Caption: Swiss Minister and Commission arrive in the U.S. Left to right; Lieutenant Col1l W. Staempfli, Mr. John Sys, Mrs. Jean Sulzer, Mr. Jean Sulzer, Swiss Minister to the U.S., Mr. Andrew Maarcuard, Professor W.E. Rappard and children of the Swiss Minister and his wife, John, George and Frederie.

Near Proven, Ypres Salient, Belgium.

Near Boesinghe, Belgium. Ypres Salient.

Evening on the Flanders Front.

Drafted men's parade in Philadelphia, PA. 

They are marching amid the plaudits of the multitudes, crossing Westminster Bridge

Practically every family in this town waved farewell from the station platform when the drafted boys and men too their leave. They are going to Camp Taylor, Kentucky.

On the British Western Front during battle of Menin Road. Scene near Potijze - the German wounded are tended with much care this incident was snapped after the great attack on Potsdam Farm.

French women washing shirts for British troops. Popringhe, Belgium.

This Red Cross publication gives hints and background information for Red Cross Relief workers in France.

Mrs. Guy Emerson rechristening the U-C-5, captured by the British and sent to this country to aid the second Liberty Loan campaign, in Central Park, New York City. The boat was renamed the U-Buy-A-Bond.

Near Ypres, Belgium

This chart includes field hospitals, evacuation hospitals and the base hospital.

Sale of horse flesh was permitted in view of the scarcity of other meats.

In this film, supply trains pass through Nantes and Gondrecourt. 26th Inf. troops man trenches near Gypse Hill. 6th F.A. units fire French 75's. Hot food is prepared and brought into the trenches. Wounded are brought into an aid station at Einville by ambulance and stretcher bearers. 1st Div. troops are buried at Einville. 16th, 18th, 26th, and 28th Inf. Reg't troops march toward rest areas.

33rd Division, Camp Logan, Houston, Texas.

French Soldiers in newly conquered position. Taken in the French Offensive of Oct. 26th, 1917. A dead German can be seen in the foreground.

Heavy artillery abandoned by the Germans in Belgium - These guns were demolished by the French and British artillery fire during the Battle of Flanders on October 28, 1917.

One of the tests given by the psychiatrist who examines individuals who have failed in the group test.

View of the Food Conservation Commission office in New York where the 600,000 food pledges are being filed. Hundreds of women and children aided in getting signatures. The office was at 124 West 42nd Street.

Company F, 24th Engineers, American University, DC.

On the Somme Battlefield with busting shells.

Canadian official photograph taken in France.

St. Nazaire, France.

Action scene of game, Washington Ball Park, Washington, DC.

Camp Lee, Petersburg, VA.

President Wilson addressing Congress.

Original Caption: Colored Y.M.C.A.at St. Nazaire, France.

This order announces a state of war between the United States and the Austro-Hungarian Empire and requires department heads to determine the presence of any person of Austro-Hungarian sympathies within their department.

The bond of fellowship which results when two men fight in a common cause is warmly expressed by the French and American dare-devils of the air who congregate nightly in one of their huts to discuss their daily exploits - Officers sitting room, Issoudon, France.

In this film, the 117th Field Signal Bn. troops ride motorcycles and inspect a portable machine shop. 165th and 167th Inf. troops practice with bayonets. 165th Inf. units form skirmish lines and attack trenches. 167th Inf. units pass in review before Col. MacArthur. 165th Inf. troops fire French 75's in practice and contest French soldiers in disassembling the guns. 166th Inf. troops fire Stokes trench mortars. Supplies are loaded on trucks at Rolampont depot. 149th and 151st Machine Gun Bn. troops and French units run relay races at Villierssur-Suize.

In this film, French 155's are loaded and fired. Firewood is cut. The 1st Engineers and the 2nd Field Signal Bn. march from the camp. The 1st Engineers construct a bridge. Everett Colby, Julius Lincoln, E.F. Trefz, Roscoe Mitchell, John Lord, and Daniel Read (members of the Commission for Relief in Belgium) visit the camp; witness a demonstration of a 37-mm gun; examine an airplane; view bayonet and hand grenade practice; and review the 16th and 18th Inf. Reg'ts marching in snow.

Mrs. Lansing, wife of the Secretary of State, seated far right.

This is a film in three reels - Reel 1, horses are watered near Neufchateau. 6th F.A. units advance near Void. Shows the 18th Inf. and 6th F.A. in Menilla-Tour. Shows ruins in Seicheprey and Hamonville. The 18th mans trenches and responds to a gas alarm. Communications lines are strung. 7th F.A. units fire French 75's near Beaumont. Trenches are cleaned after shelling. Cooks prepare a meal and serve troops in trenches. Reel 2 shows German flamethrowers. 2nd Field Signal Bn. troops dig trenches for cables. 16th Inf. troops dig trenches. Supplies arrive at Beaumont. German prisoners are questioned. The 1st Engrs. and 18th Inf. troops quarry rock, lay a hospital foundation, assemble a prefabricated building, and camouflage a building. Shows supplies stacked at Gondrecourt. 7th F.A. horses are loaded on freight cars. 5th F.A. troops set up antiaircraft guns. 28th Inf. troops draw gas masks. Reel 3, ammunition trains are unloaded. Fr. Madagascar troops sing and dance. Gens. Pershing, Summerall, and Bullard meet; Gens. G.B. Duncan and Russell confer. Sec. Baker and Pershing arrive at Gondrecourt. Baker, Pershing, and Gen. Liggett review 16th and 18th Inf. units. Clemenceau decorates U.S. troops. 26th Inf. troops leave for rest camps. 1st Engrs. enter Toul.

Russian gas mask.

Instructions as to the Billeting and Quartering of Troops and Other Requisitions in France

Thousands of Boy Scouts and School children invaded public and private institutions and homes on Jan. 30, 1918 "Tag-Your-Shovel-Day" in the national movement to urge the people to save a pound or two of coal for Uncle Same. Photo shows boy scouts tagging coal shovel in the engine room of the Prince George Hotel, NY.

This is a five reel fim - Reel 1 shows views of the Champagne district. 103rd Inf. and 101st F.A. troops march on a road. 101st and 103rd F.A. units load and fire 155's near Ostel. 101st F.A. antiaircraft guns fire at German planes. 101st Inf. units man trenches under enemy bombardment. 102nd Inf. troops spread barbed wire. Artillery pieces are inspected. F.A. troops man observation posts. 101st F.A. troops repair telephone lines in a snowstorm. Duckboards are placed in the trenches. Shows the 101st Inf. hq. at Vailly. Reel 2, 102nd Inf. cooks prepare a meal in a field kitchen and deliver it to troops in trenches. Shows shell-pocked countryside near Chemin des Dames; 102nd Inf. hq. at Fort Malmaison; 103rd Inf. hq. at Francinette; Gen. P.E. Traub conferring with French officers; Gen. Pershing at 26th Div. hq., Couvrelles; and ammunition trains being unloaded at Vailly. Reel 3, prisoners are questioned. Shows 104th Inf. officers at Mont des Tombes. Dugouts are remodeled. Gens. Edwards, Lassiter, Traub, and Cole confer with French Gen. d'Esperey, and visit divisional and brigade hq. at Crouy, Juvigny, and Regnal. Food is prepared in field kitchens and served to 101st Inf. troops in trenches near Vailly. 26th Div. troops at Couvrelles sing and dance on St. Patrick's Day. Reel 4, 102nd F.A. troops rest at Dulaincourt. 101st Inf. troops break horses and mules at Vailly. Portable repair shops are assembled at a Soissons QM depot. Shows a refrigeration plant at Gievres. 101st Inf. troops are decorated by French officers and pass in review at Chassemy. Gens. Edwards and Traub congratulate the heroes. Reel 5, 101st Inf. troops are buried at Vailly. 101st Machine Gun Bn. troops visit the Y.M.C.A. in Chavonne. Shows Y.M.C.A. facilities at Celles, Acy, and Sorney. 103rd Inf. troops march through Vignory and 104th Inf. through Colombey to rest camps. The 101st Machine Gun Bn. crosses a bridge at Andelot. 101st F.A. loads equipment on flatcars at Braine.102nd Inf. units return to Ostel and wash. 37-mm guns are drawn by mules.

In order to conserve sugar for the soldiers, large restaurants, (Child's Restaurant for one) put away the sugar bowl and instead served each patron a small envelope to be torn by him, and filled with sugar.

This is a three reel film - Reel 1, 117th Engrs. and 165th Inf. troops construct barracks near Croismare, march through Croismare, and eat in trenches near Blemerey. Gen. Menoher confers with Fr. Gen. Bazelaire. A mule-drawn supply train arrives at Ancerviller. 167th Inf. troops leave the town. The 151st F.A. Reg't opens fire. The 167th returns from trenches. Soldiers read a newspaper and receive pay. Reel 2, Gen. Menoher attends a burial at Domjevin; and, with Fr. Gens. Gaucher and Bazelaire, decorates 165th Inf. troops. War Sec. Baker visits 166th Inf. hq. at Domjevin and an aid station. Baker and Gen. Menoher inspect 166th Inf. units at Benamenil, tour the ruined city of Domjevin, and attend a funeral at Croismare. Reel 3, 151st F.A. troops practice firing. 166th Inf. officers inspect trenches. Dispatch riders transmit firing orders from a G.H.Q. to artillery units. 150th F. A. troops fire at a German plane near, Reherry. Troops in trenches adjust gas masks. The 149th F.A. draws ammunition. The 150th F.A. fires at German trenches at Reherry. The 168th Inf. advances near Badonviller beneath artillery support. German shells burst around 149th F.A. guns. 151st F.A. officers inspect damage caused by enemy fire on Pexonne. 117th Engineers repair trenches. 117th Field signal Bn. troops string telephone wire. 168th Inf. troops inspect damages to the German trenches at Badonviller.

This photograph shows the reviewers of the parade of National Army men from Camp Upton, L.I., New York on Fifth Avenue, New York City on Washington's Birthday, Feb. 22, 1918. In the reviewing stand are Secretary Daniels and ex-Senator Clark of Montana.

Original Caption: National Army Gas Mask School. A class of National Army men getting instructions in the use of gas masks. The matter of putting on a gas mask properly is not an easy job, and it must be d1 right, if a man makes a slip it is possible that it will cost him his life. The men are wearing the masks while the officer gives them a few pointers. The photo was taken at Camp Dix.

All can speak both English and French                                                                

Original Caption: Remarkable photo of National Army men facing gas attack in training camp. This photograph, 1 of the most remarkable made in the National Army camps, shows a number of the soldiers in the trenches wearing their gas masks, facing a gas attack of the "enemy". The gas can be seen floating across the trench. The photographer in taking this picture had to be equipped with a mask. The picture was taken at a National Army cantonment.

In this film, animated maps show German positions in the Cambrai salient, the French and British encirclement of the salient, shifting battles around Amiens and Noyon, and the shoring up of the Allied lines along the Somme River.

Toulon Sector, France

The girls visited Camp Dix to ascertain the book needs of the soldiers in training there.

In this film, animated maps show the movement of Allied troops into defensive positions along the Somme River line to block the route of German troops toward Amiens.

Cleanliness is important in army life. This photo shows a typical wash day in camp. The soldiers of the 56th United States Infantry, stationed at Camp MacArthur, Texas, are washing their own clothes.

Charlie Chaplin, comedy star of the "movies," making his first speech for the third Liberty Loan in front of the State, War and Navy Building, Washington, D.C., on first anniversary of U.S. entry into war.

In this film, animated maps show the German offensive movement centered around Ypres, the strengthening of the Allied lines with replacements, and the halting of the German advance short of its goal at Calais.

Merville, France, Ypres Salient and area.

This photograph shows a regimental mail carrier delivering a letter to a sniper in an exposed outpost. France.

Captured officers and crew of German submarine U-58. Arriving at prison camp, Fort McPherson, Georgia. Under a guard of Marines the officers and crew of the German submarine U-58 which was sunk by the U.S. destroyer Fanning arriving at the War Prison Camp Fort McPherson, Georgia. The captives were rescued from the sea after their U boat was sunk. April 25, 1918.

Navy Dirigible convoying a U.S. submarine cruising "Somewhere in the Atlantic"

One piece of the trunk of this tree is a man in a camouflage suit that blends with the coloring of the tree. This is part of the instruction given to the men in the 1st and 2nd platoons of the camouflage class conducted by the New York Board of Education.

Practically every girl at Wellesley College, Massachusetts., did some sort of war work. The "back to the farm" movement attracted the girls and many worked on the school farm.

Sketch of the village of Cantigny

This is one of the first photographs to arrive in this country showing American troops in Picardy, passing through a village on their way to take part in the battle.

This telegram was sent to Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH.

166th Field Hospital, Baccarat, France

Original Caption: British and French soldiers removing the wines from the cellars in Amiens into lorries.

Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham View Company

Photograph was taken near Moulle, France

Photograph was taken in Moulle, France

Six women war workers, representing thousands of others, were delegated to see President Wilson and urge him to support the motion for an immediate passage of the federal suffrage amendment. These women were employed at the Bethlehem Steel Company’s plant at Newcastle, PA. They supplemented their argument with the statement that the women are serving the government in war industries and feel the urgent need of federal enfranchisement.

This film of ainimated maps show the distribution of the German and Allied armies prior to the battle, the enemy's crossing of the Aisne, capture of Soissons, and push toward the Marne River; the arrival of Allied replacements; and the failure of German units to cross the Marne.

This report contains vertical aerial, aerial oblique, and ground photographs of the taking of the Cantigny, France sector by 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, U.S. Army on May 28, 1918. It was prepared by the Photographic Section and issued by the Information Section, U.S. Air Service, American Expeditionary Forces. The report also contains textual and map interpretations documenting the purpose, preparation, and operation of the attack, as well as the movement of troops and supplies. The first three pages of the report, which were signed by Edward Steichen on March 27, 1919, describe these elements as well as the corresponding photographs throughout the report. Photographs include towns, cities, battlefields and activities in and around them.

This aerial view of U.S. troops was taken from a height of 500 meters.

This strategic operation map is from the Records of the American Expeditionary Forces.

This photograph shows advancing American soldiers supported by French tanks.

Political cartoon by Clifford K. Berryman.

Original Caption: Edith Cavell home opened in memory of the martyr nurse, London, England. The Edith Cavell home for nurses at the London hospital named for the woman who was put to death by the Germans in Belgium, was recently opened. Contributions towards the home came from all parts of the globe.

Operating Room, Telephone Exchangem Camp Kearney, California.

Belgian soldiers parade in New York.

Company A, Ninth Machine Gun Battalion, Chteau Thierry, France.

American Evacuation Hospital Number 2, Baccarat, France.

This strategic operation map is from the Records of the American Expeditionary Forces.

This is a film of animated maps show the German attack on the Allied lines between Assainvillers and the Oise River; the retreat and regrouping of the Allied forces; and the halting of the German offensive in the forest of Villers-Cotterets along the Aisne River.

In this letter, Acting Secretary of State Frank L. Polk sought advice from the Bureau of Immigration based on the concern of the Ambassador of Paris. The ambassador inquired as to whether women who were or had been prostitutes were allowed to enter the United States under the Immigration Act of 1917.

American troops arrive in France.

Germany's powerful fleet of submarines continued to sink many ships, even as the Allied armies pushed forward toward Germany. Among the ships sunk by the German submarines were Red Cross vessels carrying wounded soldiers. Cartoonist Clifford Berryman uses the recent sinking of another Red Cross vessel to show the callousness of Germany's military leadership. In this cartoon a German officer stands atop a submarine's conning tower and watches a sinking Red Cross ship and innocent nurses desperately seeking help as their lifeboat also sinks. The officer's only comment at this sight is "Here's where I win another Iron Cross."

A message from the from the Ligue Patriotique des Francaises, Du Havre.

In this film, animated maps show German and Allied strength and troop distribution prior to the enemy attack between the Marne River and the Argonne Forest; shifting battles in the valley of the Ardre and the Rheims sector; and the Allied counter-offensive which retakes Chateau-Thierry, crosses the Marne River, and reaches the Aisne River.

One of the heroes of the battle of Chateau Thierry - William Stevenson, of Miles City, Montana, top sergeant, Sharpshooter in the first line trenches Marine Co. D, 4th Regiment, wounded three times, gassed twice in the battle of Chateau Thierry, awarded the "Croixde Guerre" and decorated by General Atkinson in Bordeau for bravery in capturing 27 Machine Gun nests at Chateau Thierry with four other Marines.

American snipers of the 166th Infantry (formerly 4th Infantry, Ohio National Guard), in nest picking off Germans on the outer edge of town. Villers sur Fre, France.

Brigadier General Douglas MacArthur.

Making preparations for a daylight raid on German trenches and cities. The machines are lined up and the pilots and mechanics test their planes. Petite Sythe, France.

In this film, animated maps show the disposition of Allied and German troops prior to the Allied offensive; the Allied attack centered at Montdidier; the Allied advance across the Ailette and Oise Rivers; the collapse of German defenses in the Arras-Cambrai axis; and the grouping of the victorious Allied forces confronting the Hindenburg Line.

Somme - Ancre Area, France.

First Corps School, Gondrecourt, France.

Trench Map, St. Mihiel C

A very popular part of the Casino, the former restaurant. American boys are always ready for a song. Here are a few Young Mens Christian Association girls rounding out the chorus. Aix-le-Bains, France

At the Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC, the wounded men are taught to prepare themselves for future business life. One armed man learning to operate a typewriter, a special device being attached to his arm to shift the keys.

Ravetsburg Camp, Ypres Salient and area.

Original caption: United States soldiers give American sport demonstration in London. Two Negro soldiers in a pursuit race at the big American sport demonstration in Hyde Park, London, England. All sorts of athletic events and a Wild West show were included in the exhibition. More than 100 United States soldiers from American training camps took part.

Members of the New England Liberty Loan Committee viewing some of the captured German by General John J. Pershing to aid in the 4th Liberty Loan Campaign in the New England States. The guns were captured by American Marines during the Marne drive.

Original Caption: Swiss refugees from Russia arriving on native soil. One of a group of Swiss refugees from Russia, being assisted from a railway coach upon arrival in Switzerland. Long periods of hardships both in Russia and on way home has made them physical wrecks and they were assisted by civil and military authorities and also the Red Cross.

This annotated map illustrates the American and French offensive against the St. Mihiel salient in France, September 12 and 13, 1918, during World War I.

A shell case flying through the air and a new shell sliding into the breech in the same fraction of a second. Beaumont, France.

Private Shook trying to move mules hauling an American ammunition wagon stuck in the road, holding up the advance of the whole column, St. Baussant, east of St. Mihiel, France.

Original caption: How the news of the Big American Push around St. Mihiel was received by American soldiers in England. A Red Cross officer with megaphone, has just announced to the men on arriving troopship that 13000 Germans have been captured by Pershing's men.

American soldiers on the Piave front hurling a shower of hand grenades into the Austrian trenches, Varage, Italy

Wounded officers and Mrs. W. E. Corey, wife of the American steel magnate, who has given her home to wounded American officers. A game of bridge in progress on the veranda. Chteau de Villegenis at Palaiseau, France.

Soldiers after embarking at French port rushed to camps in heavy motor trucks. Newly arrived transport can be seen in background.

Lieutenant Colonel R. D. Garrett, chief signal officer, 42nd Division, testing a telephone left behind by the Germans in the hasty retreat from the salient of St. Mihiel. Essey, France.

This shattered church in the ruins of Neuvilly furnished a temporary shelter for American wounded being treated by the 110th Sanitary Train, 4th Ambulance Corps, France.

Men gargling with salt and water after a day working in the War Garden at Camp Dix. This is a preventive measure against the epidemic of influenza which has spread to army camps.

Columns of German prisoners taken by the Americans in the first day of the assault on the St. Mihiel salient, marching in the rain toward the prison pens prepared for them at Ansauville, France.

Forest of Argonne, France.

In this film, The 305th Machine Gun Bn., the 306th Inf., the 302nd Engrs., supply trains, and French artillery units pass through Chateau Thierry. The 306th F.A. marches through burning Buzancy. 308th F.A. guns are fired near Abri du Cruchet. Shows an aid station and shattered German dugouts. Prisoners are returned to Chatel Cheherry. 308th Inf. troops participate in field maneuvers. Col. Whittlesey and "Lost Battalion" survivors pose. Shows Gens. Alexander and Lenihan. French women wash clothes.

A view due west across the River Aire.

Opening of Liberty Altar, New York City. Vice President Thomas R. Marshall addressing a large crowd on the 4th Liberty Loan from the Liberty altar, at Madison Square, New York. The opening day of the drive, was in honor of Belgium.

Original Caption: American colored troops arriving overseas.

This report was prepared by the Historical Section of the Army War College detailing the activities of the "Lost Battalion" during the Meuse-Argonne Operation, World War I.

This is a message delivered by pigeon from the commander of the "Lost Battalion" to the headquarters of the 308th Infantry requesting a halt of the artillery barrage that was causing numerous friendly fire casualties.

German plane C.L. 111 A 3892/18 brought down in the Argonne by American machine gunners, between Montfaucon and Cierges, France, showing Red Cross painted on wings and fuselage of planes.

Situated just behind the American trenches before the Allied drive of September 26, 1918. Avocourt is now a pile of stones, scarcely a wall is standing, France.

Squad of American soldiers listening to one of their comrades playing the organ in the half-wrecked old church in Exermont, in the Argonne, France

More additions to Gen. Pershing's army arriving in England on their way to France.

Traffic "cop" in New York City wearing gauze mask.

This issue of the American Sugar Bulletin includes an article describing how chocolate had been transformed into a new source of protein for soldiers.

General Hospital Number 9, Lakewood, New Jersey.

This advertisement asks for men to help the war effort by working as toolmakers, machinists, and machine operators at the Watertown Arsenal. The advertisement includes benefits and scale of wages.

Villers Devy Dun Sassey, France.

The couple, under German occupation for four years, greeting soldiers of the 308th and 166th Infantries upon their arrival during the American advance.

President Wilson reading the Armistice terms to Congress.

Nurses from Brooklyn unit carried big American flag in front of procession which marched over three mile rout around hospital grounds and through German Prison camp adjoining.

One of the guns of Battery D, 105th Field Artillery, showing American flag which was hoisted after the last shot had been fired when the armistice took effect. Etraye, France

Small portions of the Christmas mail that is being sorted at Pier 86, North River, New York City, for the American Expeditionary Forces. The mail comes from every part of the country.

King Albert, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Leopold and Princess Marie at the King's review, Brussels, Belgium.

These women received the Croix de Guerre Brussels, Belgium.

Poelcapelle, Belgium

Miner, Cpl. George, a Winnebago from Tomah, Wisconsin; standing, with rifle, on guard duty, Niederahren, Germany.

Second Lieutenant George E. Stone, Signal Corps, United States Army, in charge Fourth Army Corps Photo Unit. Cochem, Germany.

Ministers of Allied Countries to Chinese Government at Peking, China. Ministers standing in front of British Legation. Left to right: Prince Kondacheff, Russia; Paul May, Belgium; Baron Hayashi, Japan; Right Hon. Sir John Jordon, Gt. Britain; M. Zaralha de Preitas, Portugal; A. De Almedia-Brandao, Brazil; M. Daniel Vare, Italy; Jules Roppa, France; Hon. Paul J. Reinsch, U.S.

Women, representing Allied Nations, who called upon the President during his stay in Paris, and asked to be given a place at the Peace Conference, to inquire into and report upon conditions concerning women and children throughout the world.

Belgian workmen breaking up old iron ruins of buildings and station at Ghent, destroyed by Germans, when they left Belgium. This will all have to be rebuilt.

Officers, 129th Field Artillery, at regimental headquarters at Chteau le Chanay near Courcemont, France, March 1919. Captain Harry Truman, second row, third from right.

Original Caption: Tanks as pleasure cars. Girl students of Smith College Northampton, Massachusetts, doing their relief work in France enjoy ride on a tank of 331st Infantry, 3rd Brigade, 80th Division, left to right, man at wheel, Sgt. McIntosh; Miss Mary Stevenson; Sgt. F. Robinson; Anna Rochester; Louise Studebaker; Lt. O.G. Tumlison at Vincennes, Argonne, Meuse, France.

Original Caption: Armenian refugees who arrived in United States. Armenian refugees who were among the most prosperous families of Harpoot and who fled Turkey to escape the atrocities of Turks. The party which arrived at San Francisco, is led by Sooren Darkaspirin, a nineteen year old lad, only of party who speaks the English language, is second from the right.

The famous fighters who broke "Hindenburg Line' march on 5th Avenue, New York, between throngs of people from all parts of the country. Shows part of thousands that viewed the parade.

The first Passover Seder Dinner given by Jewish Welfare Board to men of Jewish Faith in the American Expeditionary Forces in order that they may observe the Passover Holidays. Paris, France.

Mr. Lloyd George; Signor Orlando; M. Clemenceau; President Woodrow Wilson. Hotel Crillon, Paris, France

Interior of the Palace des Glaces during the signing of the Peace Terms. Versailles, France.

In this two reel film - Reel 1, athletes board the transport Great Northern. Pershing and Pres. Poincare arrive at the stadium in Paris. Pershing inspects and reviews Allied troops. Shows Henry White, Hoover, Robert Lansing, Gen. H.T. Allen, and Adm. H.S. Knapp in the grandstand. Athletes enter the stadium. Pershing dedicates the stadium. Reel 2, Gens. Pershing, Hunter Liggett, and Harbord arrive at Pershing Stadium. Italian aviators fly planes. Shows running and jumping contests. Pershing gives awards to Gen. Paul A. Wolf and other participants.

In this two reel film - Reel 1, Gen. Pershing, Field Marshal Haig, and Amb. Davis confer. Gens. Harbord, Headlam, Lassiter, Hines, Biddle, and Brewster congregate. Pershing decorates Brit. Gens. Fowke, Furze, Goodwin, MacDonogh, Clarke, and Butler. Pershing greets Winston Churchill and the Prince of Wales. U.S. troops pass in review. Haig, Pershing, Davis, Biddle, and others arrive at the Guildhall. King George and Queen Mary arrive at the royal reviewing stand. Pershing salutes the royalty as he passes the stand. Marshal Foch dismounts after passing the stand. Reel 2, French troops, Belgian troops led by Gen. Bourremans, Italian troops led by Gen. Montuori, Australian troops, British troops led by Gen. Haig, British sailors and marines led by Adm. Beatty, and British war workers pass the reviewing stand. King George, Queen Mary, Queen Alexandra, Foch, and Pershing pose after the parade. Crowds wait in the rain at Buckingham Palace to see the royalty.

In this letter, President Woodrow Wilson suggests that "The World War" become the official name for World War I.

General Pershing arrives, September 8, 1919. A view of the pier, decorated in honor of the returning Commanding General of the U.S. Army, General John J. Pershing. At the side, Red Cross workers are lined up to salute the General as he leaves the Leviathan.