A WWI Diary That Never Was

WWI Diary was to have brought you the whole of World War I as it was reported in the papers of the day, exactly 100 years later. For a year I blogged news leading up to the big war, thinking if there was any real interest regular readers would trickle in. They did not. Count: zero. So I stopped blogging the war news. For students of the time, 1914-1918 editions are available on the Web as thousands of individual articles via a Times service called Spiderbites.

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Submarines Off For Drill.

New York Times 100 years ago today, May 11, 1913:
Hurry Order Merely Intended to Test Alacrity of the Crews.
WASHINGTON, May 10.— The submarines flotilla has started from Newport for Norfolk for drill in Chesapeake Bay and off the Virginia Capes.
The "hurry up" order sent to Newport last night was intended to test the. readiness of the officers and men to respond to an emergency call. The order probably would not have been issued had it been known at Headquarters that the submarine ball was on at Newport.

A WWI Diary That Never Was

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Submarines Off For Drill.

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