Massachusetts Militia Short on Supplies and Mobilization
Governor Walsh warned the Massachusetts militia is unready for rapid mobilization due to shortages of overcoats shoes and packs. He said $60,000 may be needed and DC help sought, with camps at Middleboro Lakeville or Westfield discussed for a division.
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Walsh
War Department
Washington
Commonwealth
South Framingham
Frank F. Cutting
Frank W. Williams
Christopher Harrison
Lakeville
Middleboro
Framingham Field
West Barnstable
Cape
Westfield
Nelson A. Miles
Simpson
Department of the Fast
John F. Heavey
Bramingham
Sires
House
Senate
E. Leroy Sweetser
Mexico
Sweetser
United States Volunteer Army
Massachusetts Militia
Pearson
Two More Americans Die In City Firefight
Washington reports two more Americans killed as the official count rises to 17 dead and 75 wounded. Chief Gunner's Mate Louis Frank Boswell and Marine Private Randolph Summerlin were added to the list, having died before the firing halted yesterday.
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Washington
Louis Frank Boswell
Randolph Summerlin
Admiral Badger
Vera Cruz Conditions Improve Under U S Occupation
Admiral Badger reports Vera Cruz with food entering the city and municipal services resuming under regular management. Normal conditions are returning as banks, stores, railways and telephones reopen. former authorities remain barred during occupation while patriotic citizens seek normal governance. Wounded are healing, no further casualties expected.
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Vera Cruz
Navy Department
Admiral Badger
New Hampshire Vets of '98 Offer to Help
Governor Felker was presented with a letter signed by 30 Spanish-American War veterans offering their services if a war declaration against Mexico occurs.
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New Hampshire
Concord
N. H
Felker
Mexico
Troops Sail for Vera Cruz from Galveston in Prewar Move
Kilpatrick Sumner Meade and McClellan lead the flotilla with General Funston aboard as torpedo boats convoy toward Vera Cruz. Soldiers and their partners bid farewell on the wharf amid last minute telegrams, camp preparations, and talk of duty and promotion.
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Fort Texas
Kilpatrick
Funston
Texas City
Texas
Galveston
Boston Sailor Is Reported Killed at Vera Cruz
Walter Watson an ordinary seaman from Boston is reported killed at Vera Cruz. Born 1892 in Boston he enlisted in 1912 and the next of kin named is his brother Sydney Watson of the Twenty Seventh Infantry. An inquiry in Boston failed to locate acquaintances on Tremont Street.
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Washington
New England
Vera Cruz
Walter Watson
Tremont Street
Boston
Sydney Watson
Twenty-seventh Infantry
Watson
Kansas
Tremont
Rioting in Mexico City Sparks Detentions of Refugees
Special cable reports unrest in the capital as crowds pull down the Washington statue, detaining American women and children. Trains rerouted to Soledad as Rear Admiral Craddock offers British-led rescue runs. Huerta sends a conciliatory note to Charge O Shaughnessy.
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Boston Post
New York Tribune
Vera Cruz
O’shaughnessy
Shanklin
George Washington
United States
Juarez
Soleday
Craddock
Huerta
Railroad Engineers Arrested by Huerta
A number of American and English engineers on the Mexican railways between Mexico City and Vera Cruz were arrested by federal officials. No names or exact counts were released and the reason for the arrests was not stated.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Huertas
Washington
Navy Department
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General Funston
Grant
Sheridan
Lee
Midnight Road
the Crockett
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Mars
Academy
Telegraph Office
Rhode Island
Bubby
Larry
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