WWI Archive: Application for the Army

I chose an official document from the archive that explains how a young man applied for war. The set date was in November of 1914 in Cowdenbeath, Scotland. The author who made this application was and eighteen year old boy named William Binning, He declared himself "fit" to serve his country in war. When he was appointed, he started at Second Lieutenant for the 11th Battalion The Cameronians or the Scottish Rifle group. I thought this was interesting because it showed that many young men, like William, wanted to help serve their country and fight in war. It took a lot of brave men to do this.

Great White Fleet post #2

I learned many new facts that i used to send to my family back home and some cool pictures that were used when the fleet was actually at the places!
          http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/greatfleet.html
          http://www.greatwhitefleet.info/
          http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq42-1.htm
          http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/gwf_cruise.htm

Great White Fleet Info

I have learned so far that the Great White Fleet got their name because there was a fleet of battleships sent around  the world by President Roosevelt and they were painted white. They manned about 14,000 sailors and covered more than 43,000 miles which shows they were pretty dominant