WILLING WARRIORS Draftees mass at the Northwestern depot at Blair and Wilson streets in 1918 on their way to basic training and then to France to fight in World War I. Nearly 3,000 Madison men joined the war effort.
Wisconsin Historical Society
POWER OF PERSUASION Wisconsin was the first state to meet its draft requirements, possibly aided by Uncle Sam's most famous recruiting poster, by artist James Montgomery Flagg.
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OFF TO WAR Colonel Joseph W. Jackson, whose father founded the Jackson Clinic, salutes a woman in civilian dress at Camp Lewis in Washington state. Jackson organized the Army's last mounted cavalry unit while serving in France.
Wisconsin Historical Society
CAREER HIATUS Oscar Rennebohm in his World War I Navy uniform. Rennebohm interrupted an already successful career as a pharmacist to volunteer in 1917.
Wisconsin Historical Society
AIR WAR Alvin C. Reis of Madison commanded several observation balloon squadrons during World War I. He later became a Dane County Circuit Court judge.
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WAR HITS HOME The State Journal published an extra edition on May 7, 1915, with the news of the sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania by a German U-boat.
State Journal archives
END AT LAST “Madison goes wild over peace news,” the State Journal declared on Nov. 7, 1918, when news of the pending armistice was prematurely released. The armistice would be signed four days later.
State Journal archives
BREAK WITH LA FOLLETTE Front page of the State Journal from April 3, 1917. Robert La Follette favored strict neutrality and was one of only six U.S. senators to oppose a declaration of war against Germany.
Wisconsin State Journal archive
WAR PROGRESS Front page of the State Journal from Aug. 11, 1918, announcing U.S. armies were advancing against German forces.
Wisconsin State Journal archive
TRUCE TERMS Front page of the State Journal announcing Germany had agreed to armistice terms, ending World War I.
“I pledge to my city a more complete understanding of her problems, a more liberal conception of her limitations, … a more generous contribution to her needs, and a more active participation … in order that my city may become a greater credit to herself.”
PROGRESSIVE CHAMPION Richard Lloyd Jones became the State Journal's editor and publisher in 1911 after U.S. Sen. Robert M. La Follette encouraged his progressive friends to loan Jones the money he needed to buy the paper.
SOLDIERING 101 University of Wisconsin students practice a machine gun drill in 1918. With the advent of World War I, instruction in military science and tactics became part of the curriculum at the UW.
FLYING ACE Aviation hero Billy Mitchell was the first American pilot to fly over enemy lines in World War I. The state's largest airport in Milwaukee is named in his honor.
WILLING WARRIORS Draftees mass at the Northwestern depot at Blair and Wilson streets in 1918 on their way to basic training and then to France to fight in World War I. Nearly 3,000 Madison men joined the war effort.
PROGRESSIVE CHAMPION Richard Lloyd Jones became the State Journal's editor and publisher in 1911 after U.S. Sen. Robert M. La Follette encouraged his progressive friends to loan Jones the money he needed to buy the paper.
FLYING ACE Aviation hero Billy Mitchell was the first American pilot to fly over enemy lines in World War I. The state's largest airport in Milwaukee is named in his honor.
SOLDIERING 101 University of Wisconsin students practice a machine gun drill in 1918. With the advent of World War I, instruction in military science and tactics became part of the curriculum at the UW.
POWER OF PERSUASION Wisconsin was the first state to meet its draft requirements, possibly aided by Uncle Sam's most famous recruiting poster, by artist James Montgomery Flagg.
OFF TO WAR Colonel Joseph W. Jackson, whose father founded the Jackson Clinic, salutes a woman in civilian dress at Camp Lewis in Washington state. Jackson organized the Army's last mounted cavalry unit while serving in France.
CAREER HIATUS Oscar Rennebohm in his World War I Navy uniform. Rennebohm interrupted an already successful career as a pharmacist to volunteer in 1917.
AIR WAR Alvin C. Reis of Madison commanded several observation balloon squadrons during World War I. He later became a Dane County Circuit Court judge.
WAR HITS HOME The State Journal published an extra edition on May 7, 1915, with the news of the sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania by a German U-boat.
END AT LAST “Madison goes wild over peace news,” the State Journal declared on Nov. 7, 1918, when news of the pending armistice was prematurely released. The armistice would be signed four days later.
BREAK WITH LA FOLLETTE Front page of the State Journal from April 3, 1917. Robert La Follette favored strict neutrality and was one of only six U.S. senators to oppose a declaration of war against Germany.
