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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1916
Page
1
Amid reports of border hostilities and European battles, officials discuss mobilization plans. President Wilson faces steps to deploy armed forces if Mexico breaches the border, with national guard muster and potential full mobilization toward a 200000-strong regular army.
Company L will go into camp at Kanawha City with sixty five enlisted men three officers and a hospital detachment of twenty four make up the force that is expected to entrain here this morning.
Adjutant General John C. Bond said the second infantry of the West Virginia National Guard will mobilize at Kanawha City near Charleston instead of Lerre Alta. Governor Hatfield protested to the War Department about the heat at 2,500 feet altitude causing danger to troops bound for southern Texas.
West Virginia National Guard units including Company L and a sanitary detachment gather at the armory after orders from Adjutant General Bond. Troops prepare for federal service and possible deployment to Kanawha City as a precaution for tensions on the Mexican border.
Citizens fill streets and stations as the West Virginia National Guard prepares to move to Kanawha three miles from Charleston. Two coaches and a car are held for Company K, with Company L ready to deploy. The Bluefield unit previously served in the Spanish American War, with veterans from Company A joining current members.
London reports Czernowitz captured as Russians advance from the Pruth toward the Sereth and Carpathians with more prisoners and materiel. In Galicia and Volhynia heavy fighting continues, German repulsions noted near Lutsk, and a limited French front action reports one infantry assault repulsed between Avre and the Oise with continued bombardments elsewhere.
At San Antonio headquarters it was indicated that General Funston would ask the war department to send first the militia from New York Pennsylvania and Illinois for frontier duty. The War Department will designate units but Funston believes he can use immediate ly the stateside organizations. Organizing and equipping to be done at home stations.
Mexican embassy dispatches to Washington say a boat crew from the gun boat Annapolis clashed with Carranza troops at Mazatlan yesterday and request that no American warship personnel be landed in Mexico under the present tense circumstances.
The Mexican government in Yucatan proclaims war with the United States and orders Americans to leave. Foreigner evacuees are being taken aboard an American gunboat at Progreso as passengers report great excitement aboard the Norwegian steamer Nils arriving from Progreso.
French batteries repelled a German infantry attack north of Hill 321 near Paris. The German bombardment continues at Dead Man Hill and in the Chattancourt region, according to a war office statement issued today.
Navy officials say orders to the armored cruiser North Carolina at the Pensacola aviation school had no connection with the Mexican crisis. The cruiser will take aboard six hydro aeroplanes and join the Atlantic fleet for summer maneuvers.
Paris report from Saloniki says Bulgarian troops in the Lorina and Monastir region have begun an advance, according to Havas telegraph dispatches.
Columbus New Mexico June 19 General Pershing commander of the American expeditionary force in Mexico is said to be quietly planning quick dashes north and south at the first signs of hostilities. Observers believe his aim is to seize the Mexican Northwestern railroad which controls territory along his line of communication. Pershing's troops slept on their arms last night.
Official reports from multiple quarters describe rapid mobilization of National Guard units for defense without immediate border duty. The piece notes no new marching orders for fresh forces and cites growing public unrest in a turbulent republic, with about five thousand Americans in Mexico under strain.
A radiogram from Commander Arthur Kavanaugh aboard the gunboat Annapolis at Mazatlan reports Sinaloa has declared war on the United States. The message, sent to Admiral Winslow, gives no further details. It also notes the government of Yucatan is said to have declared war on the United States.
President Wilson's advisers fear open hostilities after Carranza rejects the recall note. A 6000 word ultimatum awaits delivery, with possible transfer to Ambassador-designate Eliseo Arredondo. Nationwide mobilization of up to 100000 national guardsmen proceeds for border defense, while Carranza’s stance sparks unrest across Mexico from Juarez to the Pacific coast.
Posters call for arms and warn of U S troops in Mexico amid clashes between Mexican forces and American infantry. Carranza’s cautious stance fuels belief of a push for a diplomatic victory or war, while about 5 000 American civilians in Mexico crowd officials’ concerns. National guards mobilization accelerates as Congress considers immediate militia draft provisions effective July 1.
Lawmakers approved a bill boosting Civil War veterans pensions to twenty dollars monthly. A sundry civil bill was debated. The judiciary committee reviewed a sub committee report on impeachment charges against District Attorney Marshall in New York. A resolution honoring Senator Burleigh was adopted and a funeral committee appointed. The body adjourned at 5 25 until 11 a m Tuesday.
Petrograd dispatch notes Russia closing in on Lemberg from two directions after Czernowitz seizure. Austrian armies unable to communicate, reserves exhausted, experts predict final stand impossible and rapid German retirement expected. Continued Russian pressure from Dubno Lemberg line and north of Buczacz toward Halicz threaten Tarnopol front. Continues on Page Three.
General Pershing dispatches cavalry to hunt bandits as reports say Mexican troops push toward Del Aid and a railway bridge east of Laredo is burned. Thousands of half starved Mexicans cross the border at El Vaso seeking work.
Radio reports from Guaymas Mexico say authorities ordered all able-bodied Americans taken prisoner and to disarm foreigners in the Yaqui Valley. Americans on the railroads sought asylum aboard the U S cruiser Cleveland and supply ship Glacier anchored in Guaymas harbor amid unrest in Cullacian Sinaloa.
Reports from San Antonio and Laredo indicate Mexican troops and bandits near Del Rio and a burned bridge as Texas rangers and authorities monitor threats. Pershing’s expeditionary force moves toward Namiquipa while border crossings surge as Cananea workers head to Naco. San Francisco notes a 1898 style mobilization on the Pacific coast with about 9,000 National Guard troops ready to entrain within three days.
The State Department coded a second note to Austria-Hungary regarding the Austrian submarine attack on the American tanker Petrolite. It calls for an official apology and reparations for the damage caused, with transmission to Vienna planned immediately.
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