Month: August 2019
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Laboratory of Dry Law Enforcement
Government in 1919 began testing seized substances to determine if they violated Prohibition by containing too much alcohol. Medicines, after all, could contain some — but at a certain point the “medicine” would become illegal. Many attempts are being made to evade the prohibition law by disguising alcoholic beverages as patent medicines. Some of those discovered […]
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Our Twenty-one Generals of Forty Years and Under
In World War I, 21 men were promoted to General at age 40 or younger. The youngest was John N. Hodges, at 34. Another was Douglas MacArthur at 38, who would go on to far greater acclaim in World War II as General of the Army and leader of U.S. forces in Japan. How many […]
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Skyrockets and Flares as Aids to Our Fighters
While telephone and radio had become widespread by WWI, different colored fireworks were also used to send coded messages. While the telephone was extensively employed for communication purposes, absolute reliance was not placed on it, and the troops were profusely equipped with numerous methods of night signaling. The code was changed from day to day, and […]
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Self-Determination for American Red Man
A 1919 bill approved by a House committee would have given Native Americans full citizenship rights. Alas, it took another five years to be enacted into law. It is the position of those Indians who have attained citizenship after an arduous struggle for their rights that the shackles of paternalism have been on their race […]
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