Scrapbook, 1917-1919.

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Scrapbook, 1917-1919.

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World War I scrapbook of Lester W. Roberts of Madison, Wis., a second lieutenant in Co. E, 410th Telegraph Battalion, Signal Reserve Corps, documenting his experience from his training in Leon Springs, Tex. to his service in France. Included is a diary, a list of fellow officers at his various stations, letters of recommendation, orders, memorabilia, clippings, photographs, and postcards.

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Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6925921

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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United States. Army. Signal Corps

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Congress passed a resolution creating a national weather service on February 9, 1870, and it was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. This new law directed the Secretary of War to take meterological observations and provide warnings of approaching storms. The Brevet Brigadier General Albert J. Myer and his Signal Service Corps were assigned this duty on February 25, 1870 by the Secretary of War. Weather observations began on November 1, 1870. In June 1872, Congress extended the weather...

Roberts, Lester W., 1890- .

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