THE FIRST WORLD WAR as reported in the daily news

[Niner Delta]

Since they compare it to a periscope on a submarine, it probably is meant to only have the very top sticking
up to where the enemy could shoot it. With those big wheels, it was maybe for use in more mobile warfare,
the trenches may have made it useless, since you couldn't see very far past the first rows of trenches.
And that's when aerial recon became so important..........

My guess is he isn't giving deflection for the guns, he is only giving range and azimuth from his location. The FDC
has his location on the map and the battery location, then they figure quadrant and deflection for the guns. Not
sure if this is a great improvement over a good pair of binoculars in the hands of a good map reading FO.
We just had to peek over the top of the rice paddy dike and guess where the target was on the map....

[DuncaninFrance]

The UK's first female press photographer Christina Broom, in pictures http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picture ... me=3133527

Here is one of the first American contingent of the War, briefly in Wellington Barracks, 1917

[Niner]

My oh my. They don't look all that happy to be there...do they? Maybe they are lining up for short arm inspection after a night on the town.

[DuncaninFrance]

I would think that by 1917 there were no delusions about the War and it's effect on the PBI fighting it!

[Niner Delta]

Looks like they are standing at attention, but many are looking at the female photographer, probably
the first one they had ever seen.

How times change, now she is known as Christina Broom, but according to the signs on her stall (photo #8),
back then she was Mrs. Albert Broom.

[Niner]

All the secretary of the Navy wanted for Christmas is more Navy toys... Or I think that's who that is.
Well , the US could have used some and some more infantry and more rifles...back 100 years ago when the US was pretending it couldn't get involved.

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[Niner Delta]

You are right, it says Daniels on his pants cuff.
Josephus Daniels was Sec of the Navy from March 1913 to March 1921.

[Niner]

A hundred years ago today. Back in the "neutral" USA there was some argument over if we were actually "neutral" or not. Congressmen, some of them, were proposing more stringent requirements on business to keep us "neutral". The German population was of the opinion we were largely in favor of the Allies and were providing arms and armament and other aid.

The business of America is business....and arms business is big business. The President agreed there was some prejudicial aspects but was only .... being Presidential.

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[Niner]

On this date in 1914 the US was still on their side of the Atlantic and still hosting a business as usual tourist trade by ocean liner. Here's an add in the New York Tribune. Notice the Lusitania on it's regular schedule. It wouldn't be sunk by a German u-boat until May 7, of 1915.

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[Niner]

How about this as a Christmas gift to the troops in the trenches? Some kings knew how to show their appreciation at Christmas.... if the bullets didn't get them the tobacco would.


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