Friday, March 20, 2015

Today -100: March 20, 1915: Of dervishes, Armenians, slimy underground passages, and young naval love


Fog of War of the Day -100, DISPELLED!: German claims that a dervish uprising in the Sudan against British colonial rule are denied by letters from missionaries.

Headline of the Day -100:


Headline of the Day -100:


Putting to one side how the sub-hed sounds like a gay porno (as does “special cable”), this story of soldiers from both sides advancing slowly through huge cellars and passages underneath the monastery in Ramscappelle would make a great movie.

The US Navy will stop enforcing the ban on midshipmen and young officers marrying. Says Navy Secretary Josephus Daniels, “If I were a young middy in love with a girl I would marry her if it broke up the whole navy.”


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2 comments:

  1. In the read prpoerly before assuming department I thought that the Navy Department was going to be WAY WAY ahead of the times by allowing young officers to marry midshipmen.

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  2. Insert "rum, sodomy, and the lash" joke here.

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