Plot

Mitchell, S.D: South Dakota builds a magnificent palace of corn, to mark the most prosperous year in the history of the Northwest. Subtitles: And it was the patriotic women who helped to harvest the great crops while their valiant brothers marched off to answer their country's call. Orange, N.J: With the National Guardsmen off to camp, New Jersey organizes a volunteer Home Defense Guard to preserve order. Subtitles: Frequent maneuvers keep the men in trim. They are also equipped with machine guns for an emergency. Kellyville, Okla: Twenty-seven more lives are sacrificed in railroad accident, when two "Frisco" trains are wrecked in head-on collision. Subtitle: A telescoped coach in which twenty persons were killed. Chicago, Ill: Thirty-five thousand baseball fans see the White Sox capture the opening game of the World's Series from the N.Y. Giants by the score of 2-1. Subtitles: Both teams anxiously await the call to arms in their dugout. Cicotte and "Slim" Sallee, the pitchers selected for the first game, warm up for the battle. The Sox make an early bid in the third inning, as Johnnie Collins races home on McMullins' double to center field. The Giants get their only run in the fifth, when Lew McCarty crosses the plate on Sallee's long single. New York fans gather around various scoreboards to learn the fate of their champions. Niles, Ohio: America pays tribute to her martyred President, William McKinley, and builds a fitting memorial at his birthplace. Subtitles: Ex-President Taft dedicates the shrine as a national relic. He died in the service of his country. Los Angeles, Cal: With the opening of the college season, Freshmen and Sophomores renew their time-honored battle for supremacy. Subtitle: Anything goes, as long as you can get near the ball. New York City: Columbia University presents its great war hospital to the Nation, and it is formally opened as U.S. General Hospital No. 1. Subtitles: Colonel E. R. Schreiner accepts the patriotic otter on behalf of Secretary Baker. President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University. The hospital covers 19 acres and is one of the largest and best equipped in the world. America Under Arms is the inspiring spectacle witnessed at Camp Mills as the "Rainbow" soldiers, 27,000 strong, march in grand review. Subtitles: Behind the Stars and Stripes, every man in fighting trim. Major-General Mann reviews the gallant troops he will lead "over the top." General Pershing promoted by Congress to the highest rank in the Nation's field service.