“pause to think” (p. 277): “A Woman Visits,” Washington Times, August 10, 1917, 2.
Grace visits Snowden (p. 277): “Mrs. Humiston Sees Snowden,” Washington Times, August 16, 1917, 1.
18: HER LAST BOW
“in regard to the others” (p. 280): “Exposes Social Ills at Camp,” Washington Post, November 16, 1917, 3.
Bell’s iron command (p. 280): “Attention! Officers of the 77th Division,” New York Evening World, August 28, 1917, 1; Norval Dwyer, “The Camp Upton Story 1917–1921,” Long Island Forum, February 1970; Roger Batchelder, Camp Upton, Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1918.
Not until later (p. 280): “No Second Draft Until the Spring,” Breckenridge News, August 29, 1917, 7.
practical warfare (p. 280): “Turn Camp Upton into a Vast School,” New York Times, October 15, 1917, 20.
“Hello France” (p. 280): “Good-Bye Broadway, Hello France,” composed by Billy Baskette, lyrics by C. Francis Reisner and Benny Davis, New York: Leo Feist, 1917. This song was the most popular tune of 1917.
tank watch and round glasses and Bell wary of visitors (p. 280): “Weird Trip to Camp Upton, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 9, 1917, 5.
“is a fighting man” (p. 281): “Singing Man a Fighting Man,” Indiana Gazette, August 27, 1917, 6.
“learned to the press” (p. 281): “Bell and Fosdick Deny Vice Charge,” New-York Tribune, November 17, 4.
“the camp unescorted” (p. 282): “Gen. Bell Denounces Humiston Charges,” New York Times, November 17, 1917, 9. “Women visitors are conducted to the YWCA hostess houses to await soldier friends and relatives by representatives who meet all trains at the Camp Upton Station.”
“put them into effect” (p. 282): “Won’t Aid Fosdick,” New York Times, November 17, 1917, 9.
“you don’t mind” (p. 282): “Camp Upton,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 18, 1917, 3. “Dominick Lannie would very much like to have his folks send him a pound or so of American cheese. He has a pet field mouse that he wants to nurse back to health.”
“Signed WOODROW WILSON” (p. 283): “Bibles for our Troops,” Breckenridge News, August 29, 1917, 7.
“going over the top” (p. 283): “Upton Boys Ready,” New York Sun, November 25, 1917, 16; “Over the Top,” Popular Science, June, 1918, 877.
Stimson in Upton (p. 283): Godfrey Hodgson, The Colonel, Boston: Northeastern UP, 1992, 57. He was there before October. He was there the whole time.
“he lives forever” (p. 283): “Gen. Bell Stirs Riverhead,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, September 12, 1917, 8.
“was on fire” (p. 283): “Harry Lauder,” Evening Star, July 28, 1917, 9. “The world is on fire. You men, as firemen, must put it out. And you’ll do it. When you get to France and put it out, don’t leave a wee bit of red smouldering. Put it out clean. You’re going to light up civilization. You boys are the lamplighters of the world. You’re going to light it up as never before, and … it will be very beautiful for your children to be able to say: My dad lit that lamp.”
“man and wife” (p. 284): “Bell Accuses Mrs. Humiston,” New York Sun, November 27, 1917, 3.
“in splendid fashion” (p. 285): “Gen. Bell Denies Humiston Charge,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 16, 1917, 2.
Grace was seen at Patchogue (p. 285): “Bell Accuses Mrs. Humiston,” New York Sun, November 27, 1917, 3.
“the proper authorities” (p. 285): “Mrs. Humiston Won’t Prove,” New-York Tribune, November 17, 4. “I will be glad to go to Washington,” she said, “if I am asked to do so by the proper authorities. If the government wants me to investigate conditions the only thing that I want is the defrayal of the expenses of my investigations and the assurance that I will be backed up in any prosecutions I may bring.”
“armies are clean” (p. 285): “Challenges Lawyer,” Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, November 16, 1917, 1. Secretary of War Baker reiterated camp policy: “This committee has sent special female agents to all camps, whose sole duty it is to look after the protection of women around camps and to guard against anticipated dangers. It is also the duty of military police to watch such matters carefully and, in addition to this, precautions, it is not advisable to disclose, are taken by all military authorities, using facilities which have been confidentially provided for that purpose.”
“I am ready” (p. 286): “Won’t Aid Fosdick in Camp Inquiry,” New-York Tribune, New York 17, 1917, 9. “I believe that something should be done in this matter, for the sake of our young girls. If it is true that the health of the soldiers must be cared for, then I suggest that licensed resorts be established at the camps. Also, I suggest that these fatherless babies who are coming into the world be legitimized or be given the name of the father at any rate, and both mother and child cared for. Remember, these young mothers in New York now have the vote, whether they care for it or not, and remember, also, that they will hate their country if this shame is allowed to remain on their shoulders.”
“what conditions are” (p. 286): “Mrs. Humiston Ready,” Washington Times, November 18, 1917, 1.
“will be sufficient to refute them” (p. 286): “Bell Accuses Mrs. Humiston,” New York Sun, November 27, 1917, 3.
brides in nearby Patchogue (p. 286): “Three Soldiers Take Brides,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 22, 1917, 15.
“Uptonia” (p. 286): “Baby Born in Cantonment,” Gazette Times, November 18, 1917, 14.
trouble in the neighboring towns (p. 287): “Yaphank Vice Story Blasted,” New York Sun, November 17, 1917, 1.
“mentally and physically” (p. 287): “Officers Urgently Needed,” New-York Tribune, November 17, 1917, 10.
Upton vice (p. 287): “Finds No Girl Died,” Washington Post, November 18, 1917, 2; “No Liquor, No ‘Dope’ Law,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 27, 1917, 7; “Hell’s Kitchen,” New-York Tribune, September 21, 1917, 5.
“in our jail” (p. 287): “The ‘Limit’ Promised to Crooks,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, October 13, 1917, 3.
crooks in line (p. 288): “Camp Upton Eager,” New York Sun, October 1, 1917, 2.
dressed in black (p. 288): “Couple Planted in Hotel,” New-York Tribune, November 27, 1917, 5.
19: ARMY OF ONE
eyewitnesses who saw them (p. 293): “Bell Accuses Mrs. Humiston,” New York Sun, November 27, 1917, 3.
“peddling gossip” (p. 293): “Mrs. Humiston Is Peddling Gossip,” New-York Tribune, November 30, 1917, 5.
“all the boys I am” (p. 293): “Bell Catches,” New York Times November 19, 10; “Camp Upton Charges,” Army and Navy Register, December 1, 1917.
“a right, you know” (p. 294): “Mrs. Humiston’s Charges,” Middletown Times-Press, November 19, 1917, 5.