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Four Years of Bitter Warfare Before the Defeat of Autocratic Attempts to Rule the World Could Be Assured- Progress of the Titanic Contest Practically as It Went On From Day to Day.
From June 28, 1914, when the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria, and his wife, at Sarajevo, Bosnia, gave Emperor William of Germany his excuse for beginning war which he believed would result in his gaining practical control of the world through military domination, the main events of the struggle are told in the following chronicle:
JANUARY
| 2 – | Justus A. Hovey is discharged from the New York National Guard |
| 2 – | Raymond F. Markel is discharged from the United States Army |
| 3 – | Arthur J. Wadsworth returns from overseas duty |
| 6 – | George Clift is discharged from the United States Army |
| 10 – | Fred C. Hall is discharged from the United States Army |
| 11 – | Willard J. Lee is discharged from the United States Navy |
| 11 – | George Paulson is discharged from the United States Naval Reserve Force |
| 13 – | William I. Clapper is discharged from the United States Army |
| 13 – | Francis L. Welch is discharged from the United States Naval Reserve Force |
| 14 – | Frank Jamieson returns from overseas duty |
| 15 – | Frank L. Flemming is discharged from the United States Naval Reserve Force |
| 18 – | Frank Jamieson is discharged from the United States Army |
| 21 – | Arthur J. Wadsworth is discharged from the United States Army |
| 28 – | Kenneth I. Smith is discharged from the United States Army |
| 28 – | Herman G. Worden is discharged from the United States Army |
FEBRUARY
| 1 – | Walter S. Ryder is discharged from the YMCA |
| 5 – | George B. Miller is discharged from the United States Army |
| 12 – | John L. Crook is discharged from the United States Army |
| 13 – | Earle A. Ducolon is discharged from the United States Army |
| 15 – | Lester D. Collins returns from overseas duty |
| 21 – | Lyndon H. Wells returns from overseas duty |
| 22 – | Clarence E. Robinson is discharged from the United States Army |
| 24 – | Lyndon H. Wells is discharged from the United States Army |
MARCH
| 1 – | Douglas A. Newcomb is discharged from the United States Naval Reserve Force |
| 4 – | Frederick H. Turgon was discharged from the New York National Guard and the United States Army |
| 6 – | Earl W. Burritt returns from overseas duty |
| 7 – | Wilbur F. King returns from overseas duty |
| 8 – | Elmer J. Bush is discharged from the United States Army |
| 10 – | Lester D. Collins is discharged from the United States Army |
| 11 – | Frank W. Randall returns from overseas duty |
| 11 – | Alton V. Sleight returns from overseas duty |
| 13 – | John H. Cooper is discharged from the United States Army |
| 13 – | Wilbur F. King is discharged from the United States Army |
| 29 – | Samuel W. Flemming is discharged from the United States Army |
| 30 – | John H. Bell returns from overseas duty |
| 31 – | The body of Clarence S. Baxter returns from overseas |
| 31 – | Earl W. Burritt is discharged from the Army National Guard |
| 31 – | Frank W. Randall is discharged from the United States Army |
APRIL
| 4 – | Alton V. Sleight is discharged from the New York National Guard |
| 5 – | Francis J. McCulla is discharged from the United States Army |
| 17 – | Elmer S. Wadsworth returns from overseas duty |
| 17 – | Elmer S. Wadsworth is discharged from the United States Army |
| 21 – | Fred W. Collins returns from overseas duty |
| 22 – | Andrew J. Bennett returns from overseas duty |
| 23 – | Rosario De Simone returns from overseas duty |
| 23 – | John H. Magee returns from overseas duty |
| 25 – | John H. Magee is discharged from the United States Army |
| 26 – | Rosario De Simone is discharged from the United States Army |
| 28 – | Morley C. Hall returns from overseas duty |
| 29 – | Clarence T. Davenport returns from overseas duty |
MAY
| 6 – | Andrew J. Bennett is discharged from the United States Army |
| 7 – | Treaty of peace handed to German peace delegates at Versailles by Premier Clemenceau of France |
| 7 – | Morley C. Hall is discharged from the United States Army |
| 10 – | Donald M. Donoghue returns from overseas duty |
| 10 – | Homer C. Odell returns from overseas duty |
| 10 – | Clarence T. Davenport is discharged from the United States Army |
| 11 – | Roy L. Brown returns from overseas duty |
| 12 – | Frederick E. McCarty returns from overseas duty |
| 16 – | Donald M. Donoghue is discharged from the United States Army |
| 16 – | Frederick E. McCarty is discharged from the United States Army |
| 17 – | Roy L. Brown is discharged from the United States Army |
| 17 – | Fred W. Collins is discharged from the United States Army |
| 17 – | Homer C. Odell is discharged from the United States Army |
| 20 – | Willis Winters returns from overseas duty |
| 22 – | Harold H. Ingraham returns from overseas duty |
| 22 – | Harry W. Markel returns from overseas duty |
| 29 – | Elmer C. Barney returns from overseas duty |
| 29 – | Harold H. Ingraham is discharged from the United States Army |
| 30 – | Harry W. Markel is discharged from the United States Army |
| 31 – | John H. Flemming returns from overseas duty |
JUNE
| 4 – | Willis Winters is discharged from the United States Army |
| 5 – | Thomas D. Sovia is laid to rest in the Aisne-Marne American Military Cemetery in Belleau, France |
| 6 – | Elmer C. Barney is discharged from the United States Army |
| 6 – | Lester C. Anderson returns from overseas |
| 7 – | John H. Flemming is discharged from the United States Army |
| 12 – | Lester C. Anderson is discharged from the United States Army |
| 19 – | George H. Rowley is laid to rest in the Meuse-Argonne American Military Cemetery in Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, France |
| 24 – | Avery C. Holman returns from overseas duty |
JULY
| 3 – | Avery H. Holman is discharged from the United States Army |
| 3 – | Arthur M. Smith is discharged from the United States Army |
| 9 – | John H. Bell is discharged from the United States Army |
| 15 – | Raymond C. Corbit returns rom overseas duty |
| 18 – | Raymond A. Fishbaugh is discharged from the New York National Guard |
| 19 – | Henry A. Smith returns from overseas duty |
| 21 – | George H. Dean returns from overseas duty |
| 23 – | Raymond C. Corbit is discharged from the United States Army |
| 26 – | John A. Hundley returns from overseas duty |
| 26 – | George H. Dean is discharged from the United States Army |
| 29 – | Henry A. Smith is discharged from the United States Army |
AUGUST
| 4 – | John A. Hundley is discharged from the United States Army |
| 7 – | William E. G. Kirk is discharged from the United States Army |
| 11 – | Foster F. Hiscock is discharged from the United States Army |
| 21 – | Lynn J. Hall is discharged from the United States Army |
| 27 – | Edwin W. Oviatt is discharged from the United States Navy |
SEPTEMBER
| 10 – | George W. Bigger is discharged from the United States Naval Reserve Force |
| 18 – | Louie B. Bennett returns from overseas duty |
| 22 – | Louie B. Bennett is discharged from the United States Army |
OCTOBER
| 29 – | Eugene E. Higgs returns from overseas duty |
NOVEMBER
| 3 – | William E. G. Kirk returns to the United States |
| 9 – | Gerald D. McIntyre returns from overseas duty |
| 11 – | Gerald D. McIntyre is discharged from the United States Army |
DECEMBER
| 17 – | George E. Hiscock is discharged from the United States Army |
Historical events timeline transcribed from The Hilton Record, December 23, 1918, Page 2.
Addition of World War I Veterans by Tammy M. Mullen
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