Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-11-28
HERE rs CHRONOLOGY OF GREAT WAR.

Turkish army near GAIA.
April 2-President Wilson asks con-
gress to declare that acts of Germany
constitute a state of war; submarine
sinks American steamer Aztec without
warning.
April 4United States Senate passes
resolution declaring a state of war eX-
lists with Germany.
April 6-House passeS war resolution
and President Wilson signs joint reso-
luton of congress-.
April 8-Austria declares severance
OF diplomatic relations with United
States.
April British defeat Germans at
United States seizes IA. Austrian in
termed ships.
April 20-Turkey sewers diplomatic
relations with the United States.
April 2S-Congress passes selective
service act for raising of army of
SOC. 900; Guatemala eve diplomatic
relations with Germany.
May War department orders rails
ing of nine volunteer regiments OF en-
gineers to go to France.
May 14-Ispionage act becomes law
by passing Senate.
May 1S-President Wilson signs Sc
lective service act. Also directs expe-
AotSG VI ICsulatS uIloCt NC
eral Pershing to go to France.
May 19-Congress passes war appro-
priation bill OF $4,000, 900. 900.
juno 5-Nearly $1,000. 900 men in
United States register for, military
June 12-King Constantine of Greece
June 13-General Pershing and staff
arrive in Paris.
juno 15-First Liberty loan closes
with large oversubscription.
juno 26-First contingent American
troops under General Sibert arrives in
France.
juno 29-Greece sewers diplomatic re-
lations with Teutonic allies.
July 9-President Wilson drafts state
militia into federal service. Also places
food and fuel under federal control.
July 13-War department order drafts
$4,000 men into military service.
July 1+Aircraft> appropriation bill
OF $3.50. 600, 900 passes House; Chancel-
lor Won observation-disclosures resigna-
ton forced by German political crisis.
July 1S@United States government
orders censorship of kilograms and
cablegrams crossing frontiers.
July 1e-New German Chancellor
Michaelis declares Germany will not
war for conquest; radicals and Catholic
party ask peace without forced acquisi-
tions of territory.
July 22-siam declares war on Ger
many.
July 23-Premier Kerensky given UNI
limited powers in Russia.
July 28-United States war indus
tries board created to supervise expen-
ditures.
Aug. 25-1talian Second army breaks
! through Austrian line on Isonzo front.
Aug. 28-President Wilson rejects
Pope Benedict's peace plea.
Sept. f0-General Korniloff demands
Sept. 11-Russian deputies vote to
support kerensky. Kornilof's generals
ordered arrested.
Sept. 16-Russia proclaims new re-
public by order of Premier Kerensky.
Sept. 20-General Haig advances
mile through German lines at Ypres.
Sept. Eileen. Tasker H. Bliss named
chief Of staff, United States army.
Oct. 16-Germans occupy islands of
Runo n Adro in the Gulf Of Riga.
Oct. 25-French under General Petain
advance and take 10000 prisoners on
Aisne front.
Oct. 2-Formal announcement made
that American troops in France had
fired their first shots in the war.
Oct. 29-1talian Isonzo front collapses
and Austro- German army reaches out
posts Of Udine.
Nov. 1CSecretary Lansing makes
public h Luxburg spurious verenskt"
note.
Nov. ePermanent interallied mill
tary commission created.
Nov. 24-Navy department %nnounc
capture OF first German submarines by
American destroyer.
Nov. 28-Bolsheviki get absolute con-
troll of Russian assembly in Russian
elections.
Dec. 6-submarine sinks the Jacob
Jones. first regular warship of Amer1-
can navy destroyed.
Dec. NCongress declares war on
Austria Hungary.
Dec. 9@~Jerusalem s%urrenders to Cen
eral Allenby's forces.