. Report of Maryland Council of defense to the governor and general assembly of Maryland. AUS 2S ]920 PREFACE In this report and the reports and letters which accompanyit will be found an account of the Councils work in Marylandduring the Great War. Marylands nearness to Washingtonand its contact with Government life gave it unique experi-ence in many angles of the war. Most States lost popu-lation due to their young men going into service. Marylandfurnished 61,839 men, which was more than its quota,and yet its war population was far above its normal pop-ulation, due to the fact that vast numb
. Report of Maryland Council of defense to the governor and general assembly of Maryland. AUS 2S ]920 PREFACE In this report and the reports and letters which accompanyit will be found an account of the Councils work in Marylandduring the Great War. Marylands nearness to Washingtonand its contact with Government life gave it unique experi-ence in many angles of the war. Most States lost popu-lation due to their young men going into service. Marylandfurnished 61,839 men, which was more than its quota,and yet its war population was far above its normal pop-ulation, due to the fact that vast numbers were brought toMaryland by forty Government centers and operations andby the shipyards, the munition w^orks and other war the circumstances, Marylands record in solving theproblems involved in these new conditions and in meeting everycall of the Government for service, money or labor was deeplygratifying, and, added to all this, was its remarkable achieve-ment in materially increasing its agricultural production dur-ing the war period, bringing the yields of its freportofmaryland00ma
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