Mobilizing 5000 Troops in Boston for Mexican Crisis
Colonel H L Hawthorne to select a mobilization camp near Boston among Franklin Field Wood Island Park or Readville to house 5000 troops and launch Massachusetts militiamen. City officials briefed after War Department orders with field chosen for extended drill and possible rank advancement.
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New England
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Readville
Boston
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Dorchester
Dillon
Park and Recreation Commission
Young’s Hovel
Greater Boston
Naval militia orders Machias to sail soon
Commander Hill of the Connecticut Naval Militia said he received Washington orders to prepare the U S S Machias for sailing as soon as possible. The ship arrived after overhaul in Brooklyn and could depart within hours, while no orders yet came for the Connecticut unit which uses the Machias as a school ship.
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Conn
Commander Hill
Connecticut Naval Militia
Norwalk
Washington
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Hill
Connecticut, Naval Militia
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