Energy Into Preparations for Threatened War With Mexico
United States and War Department ramp up readiness as potential conflict looms with Mexico. Ten thousand more soldiers may move to the border this week with up to fifty thousand possible in two weeks and the full force summoned under President Wilson’s call may be moved within three weeks. Detailed plans involve traffic control, army supply trains, and censorship measures for publications and communications.
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Senate
National Guard
House
Army
Wilson
Funston
Mediation Effort With Latin America Fails in Mexico
Washington reports that Carranza favored mediation by South and Central American nations collapsed without a formal US offer. Secretary Lansing conveyed a bleak outlook to Bolivia’s Ignacio Calderon, as diplomats await Carranza’s final reply and U S war preparations surge.
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Carranza
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Ignacio Calderon
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Eggee
Siti
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Mexico City
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War Department
House
National Guard
Roailroad
Twelve Thousand Militiamen On Way To Texas Front
Diplomatic talks with Mexico occupy U S high command as 12 000 guardsmen are set to depart for Texas with 10 000 more to follow and 70 000 total to support regulars within ten days. Quartermaster buys surge as bids exceed 10 million for 73 000 animals. Mexican troops near Naco Arizona reinforce rail transports while Pershing redraws his advance units for flexible action.
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United States
Mexico
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Texas
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Naco
Arizona
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Funston Hs
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Austrians Retreat Across Italian Front as Italians Drive Advance
Across Trentino and into Italy the Austrians withdraw along the front while Italian forces recaptured numerous positions and press the retreat. Vienna confirms a Brente to Etsch withdrawal to preserve freedom of action amid heavy Volhynian fighting and ongoing bombardments along the Styr and Pripet regions.
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Styr
Solkun
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Pripet Marshes
Jacobstadt
Mob demolishes consulate in Torreon during bull fight crowd
United States consulate in Torreon Mexico was razed by a mob of about 3000 led by the city mayor and a Carranza army band. Refugees report de facto troops compelled attendees to join an anti American demonstration before the consulate is destroyed. A mass meeting followed in the plaza where officials allegedly urged expulsion of U S citizens.
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United States
Torreon
Mexico
Carranza
Clash Report in Mexico Not Confirmed by Army
A report circulated in Columbus New Mexico on June 26 claiming another clash between American and Carranza troops near Villa Ahumada. Army officers have not confirmed the report.
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N. M
Villa Ahumada
Day in Congress Advances Fortifications and Navy Plans
The Appropriations Committee voted large increases for cannon purchases in fortifications. The Hay resolution authorized drift of national guardsmen into federal service. The naval bill was amended to finish the board’s sixteen capital ships within three years. Recessed at 7 10 p m until 10 30 p m Tuesday. The House met at 10 30 a m and passed an army appropriation bill of 180 million dollars. Adjourned at 6 15 p m until noon Tuesday.
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Progressives and Republicans Weigh Common Cause
A political note accuses the Wilson administration of weakness and uncertainty in Mexico. It argues that recent policy toward Carranza indicts the administration’s own Mexican policy.
Progressives Endorse Hughes In Party Vote
Chicago June 26 The Progressive national committee voted 32 to 6 to endorse Charles K Hughes for president with nine abstentions citing overreach. It also opposed a third Progressive ticket 31 to 15 and rejected replacing Roosevelt with Victor Murdock to head the ticket.
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Progressive National Committee
Charles K. H Hughes
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Theodore Roosevelt
Hughes invites Roosevelt to luncheon and endorses Progressives
New York reports Republican nominee Charles E. Hughes inviting Col. Theodore Roosevelt to lunch while Roosevelt receives a telegram of Progressive endorsement. Hughes condemns the current administration as weak and uncertain and calls for national unity and a revived American spirit.
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Charles_ K. Hughes
Theodore Roosevelt
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Charles E. Hughes
O. K. Davis
Progressive National Committee
Progressive Party
Davis
Weather forecast for Virginia turns partly cloudy
A fragmentary forecast indicates partly cloudy conditions for Tuesday and Wednesday in Virginia. No specific temperatures or regions beyond general state scope are available.
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Virginia
Negro Troops Fight at Carrizal Amid Defiant Valor
The report recalls Negro soldiers at Carrizal facing near certain death with smiles on their lips as they surged into battle. The piece criticizes complacent leadership and urges prompt action to avert further tragedies.
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Carrizal
Roosevelt Declines Progressive Nomination for President
Theodore Roosevelt writes to the Progressive National Committee declining the 1916 presidential nomination. He lauds the 1916 convention and 1912 platform, urges preparedness and universal service, and argues for military and civic duty as essential to American democracy.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Progressve National Committee
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Progressive Party
Abraham Lincoln
Fate Unknown as Villa Shot in Guerrero Battle
Field Headquarters reports Francisco Villa was shot in the back by a Mexican impressed into his gang after the Guerrero clash with American troops. Major Howze released details from a Mexican deserter. it remains unclear whether Villa died or survived. If alive, he was heading toward Durango during Pershing’s pursuit.
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Columbus
N. M
Francisco Villa
Guerrero
Robert L. Howze
Villa
Howze
Durango
Pershing
Captain Morey Safe After Daring Stand at Carrizal
Field report from Mexico dated June 25 26 recounts Captain Lewis S Morey surviving a bold defense to protect his men at Carrizal while nine additional troopers were confirmed dead and Captain Charles T Boyd lost. Morey with four men escaped in darkness but he grew weak from blood loss.
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Columbus
N. M
Carrizal
Pershing
Jenkins
Eleventh Cavalry
Lewis S. Morey
Charles T. Boyd
Felix Gomez
Gomez
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Captain Boyd Nor That of Captain Morey
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Morey
Heroic Lieut Adair dies replenishing ammunition
The Only surviving officer of a detachment, Lieut Adair, was killed in a savage ambush by Carranza forces after leading a small group of starving troopers forty miles across a sunbaked desert to relief. Only then did Captain Boyd's little cavalry troop suffer catastrophic losses as their powder and ball ran out.
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Carranza
General Pershing
Boyd
Valor and tragedy at Carrizal in desert battle
Field reports from June 26 describe Captain Louis S. Morey recounting the Carrizal engagement where Captain Boyd and Lieutenant Henry R. Adair died heroically amid machine gun fire. Adair encouraged a sergeant as he fell, while Boyd led dismounted skirmishers through the trench fire. American troops, trapped and short of ammunition, were ultimately overrun by Mexican forces during a relief mission by the Eleventh Cavalry.
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Columbia
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Carrizal
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Adair
Preparing to Resist Landing
Washington reports on June 26 that east coast Mexican ports are ready to block any landing by American troops. Harbor lights and lighthouse signals along Yucatan and other coasts have been out for several nights.
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State Department
Mexico
Yucatan
Villa to join Carranza forces in Paso Texas
Information from reliable sources says Francisco Villa, recently at Santa Rosalia, has agreed to join the Carranza government. The move is being used to recruit Villa followers into Carranza ranks.
Artillery Ordered to Border Dispatch
Four batteries of the fifth field artillery at Fort Sill Oklahoma were ordered tonight to entrain for the border. Two batteries head to El Paso and two to Brownsville. Departure expected early tomorrow.
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Okla
Fifth Field Artillery
el Paso
Brownsville
Unconfirmed Fighting Report Reaches El Paso Leaders
Mexican officials in El Paso and Juarez said they had heard nothing about fighting at Villa Ahumada or any other point as of June 26.
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Juarez
Villa Ahumada
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