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History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . lice, secured theinformation for their records by visiting the homes ofthose who died in the war and having their relatives fillout questionnaires printed by the Victory Jubilee andMemorial Committee. The members of the Publicity and Historical Com-mittee were newspapermen of the city and county andthe facts relative to Camden countys part in the warwere gathered from accounts written by them during thewar. The histories of the famous Twenty-ninth andSeventy-eighth Divisions were written from the recordspublished in official newspapers of
History of Camden County in the Great War, 1917-1918 . lice, secured theinformation for their records by visiting the homes ofthose who died in the war and having their relatives fillout questionnaires printed by the Victory Jubilee andMemorial Committee. The members of the Publicity and Historical Com-mittee were newspapermen of the city and county andthe facts relative to Camden countys part in the warwere gathered from accounts written by them during thewar. The histories of the famous Twenty-ninth andSeventy-eighth Divisions were written from the recordspublished in official newspapers of the American Ex-peditionary Forces and from data supplied by officers ofthese divisions. CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT WAR. Publicity and HistoricalCommittee ® Frank Sheridan, ChairmanFrank H. Ryan, SecretaryBenjamin W. CourterFrank S. AlbrightCharees J. HaagaJames L. PoekCharees H. SchuckWieeiam B. WellsRichard B. RidgwayDaniel P. McConnellAlvah M. SmithDaniel M. StevensJohn D. CourterWilliam H. JeeeerysWilliam Roth man CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT CAMDEN COUNTY IN THE GREAT WAR. INTRODUCTORY WHEN war was declared by the United Statesagainst the Imperial Government of Germanyafter many overt acts that had aroused the ire of everypatriotic American, Camden entered into the preparationmade throughout the country to administer the decisiveblow against the enemy with a spirit that evidenced itsthorough sincerity in the great cause of civilization. Menand women in all walks of life not only volunteered theirservices for whatever work that might be assigned tothem, but were so insistent in being accepted that those incharge of the various phases of the war program hadgreat difficulty in making selections. As time went onthere was real work for everyone and it may be statedthere were no shirkers in Camden city or county. At the very outbreak of hostilities many Camdencounty boys enlisted immediately in the various army ornavy services. They were scattered over the country inmany ca
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