El Paso Camp Big Event Draws National Guards
A massive El Paso camp attracts about twenty thousand National Guardsmen and prepares to host them before week’s end.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1916
Page
1
A massive El Paso camp attracts about twenty thousand National Guardsmen and prepares to host them before week’s end.
El Paso races to receive up to twenty thousand National Guardsmen and six thousand regulars this week. Massachusetts, Tennessee and Connecticut units form a rapid concentration with fortifications prepared and water mains laid. Officials expect about a million dollars in supplies en route and emphasize readiness amid frontier tensions.
Progressive nominee Hughes committee receives a formal declination from Col Colonel Roosevelt regarding continued backing and participation in campaign events.
The national Progressive Party committee endorsed Charles B Hughes for president by an 84 to 6 vote after a heated meeting. Debate centered on authority to nominate and party strategy with figures like Bainbridge Colby James R Garfield and John M Parker urging varied positions.
Telegraphic news touches on divorce cases and a plea for Hughes endorsement in Paso del Norte. Reports cover assassination attempts on Villa, a large camp in El Paso, and a Chicago style city show. Also notes on Brown deaths, Roosevelt letter, Meader injuries, and building projects in Butte.
William H. Orpet, a University of Wisconsin student, testified he saw Marion Lambert die in convulsions after she allegedly took cyanide. He claimed the poison was in powdered form and that his so called medicine was molasses and water. He described tearing from the woods in a dazed state and returning to Madison by train.
A letter from Colonel Roosevelt declines the Progressive National Committee nomination. He thanks the convention for the honor, cites receipt of notification, and explains his decision following the convention’s adjournment. The document notes it was sent after Roosevelt learned the convention had dominated him for president.
The German Woman suffrage group Zeitenritt Fuer Frauenstimmrecht sends a greeting to French women. It states women feel, think and suffer like their French sisters and vow that after the catastrophic war all nations' women will work to prevent its recurrence.
Fragmented report describes tensions around Carranza and Pershing amid calls for peace and cooperation. Mentions observers, patrols, and expectations of Mexican forces near the border as U S troops remain stationed.
Bagio Pass Texas June 26 The united States consulate at Torreon Mexico was demolished June 18 by a mob of 3 000 civilians led by the mayor and a Carranza army band Refugees say they were forced into an anti American demonstration The rioters tore up the furniture and burned the building then gathered in Central plaza for a frame meeting The mayor and others incited the crowd to expel Americansứ
Field Headquarters reports that Pancho Villa was shot in the right leg during an attack at Guerrero by Mexican men drafted into his band. A deserter said the plan was to kill him and switch sides, but Villa survived the wound and continued fleeing toward Parral with around 150 troops.
The infantry regiment of the Massachusetts militia began its journey toward the Mexican border. It departed from its base at 11 10 tonight en route to El Paso to reinforce border defenses.
Washington reports no offer from South American mediators as Secretary Lansing informs Bolivian Minister Ignacio Calderon that mediation efforts fail to reach a formal proposal. Carranza bears sole responsibility for the grave outlook while U S war plans accelerate at the border and in Congress with troop and funding measures.
Two Austrian transports loaded with troops arms and ammunition were sunk in the harbor of Durazzo by Italian forces. This incident was reported from Rome.
Washington reports war plans to establish a serial patrol along the Mexican border. The War Department intends to levy air surveillance should war come. More than 30 aeroplanes have been ordered, including 14 high powered machines.
Field Headquarters Mexico June 26 Wireless to Columbus N M American negro troopers faced almost certain death at Carrizal with smiles in their eyes and slang on their lips as they fought the grim fight. Capt Lewis Morey praised Capt Charles Boyd for leading skirmishers under heavy machine gun fire and Lieutenant Henry Adair died replenishing ammunition after a hand to hand struggle.
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