Rainy season hits El Paso with damp camps and storms
Massachusetts troops at El Paso endure daily rainstorms and muddy camps as the rainy season arrives. The Bay State forces form a baseball league with 18 teams led by General Bell and General Clements as honorary presidents. Captain Watts presides, Captain Murphy serves as secretary, and the cavalry enters with a strong team led by Captain Ferguson and star hitters Nelson and Case from Lowell.
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EL Paso
Texas
Massachusetts
Bay State
Ganized
Bell
Genral Clements
Theennsylvania
Watts
Quartermaster Corps
Thomas Murphy
Ninth Massachusetts Regiment
Artillery
Cavalry
Captain Ferguson
D Troop
Frank A. Drake
Bright, Sears & Company
Boston
Trooper Nelson
C Troop
Trooper Case
Lowell
Army Camp Life Cots Shortage Disturbs Massachusetts Troops
Soldiers complain 35 to 40 percent have no cots while many sleep on wet ground. Officers threaten to lobby senators for cot relief as regulars work to improve conditions. Discharges for disability or dependents to Fort Banks are planned this week. Gloucester Day celebrated at Camp Cotton with home towns’ money, flags, and fireworks. An upcoming court martial case against Lieutenant Stoehr is being prepared by Lieutenant McConnell. A drama performance by the Eighth Regiment and other camp updates follow.
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Massachusetts
United States
Field Artillery Regiment
Bay State
Fort Banks
Gloucester Company
Fish City
Old Stage Fort Park
Gloucester
Camp Cotton
Joseph McConnell
Ninth
Jenkins
Fifth Regiment
Vermonters Enjoy Imagined Battle During Camp Exercises
First Vermont guardsmen simulated an extended clash with assumed enemy detachments in Texas. Colonel Reeves' regiment impressed with planning and trench work while night reports of Villista incursions proved to be a mistaken Carrranzista alert, and troops returned to camp later.
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Pagle Pass
Tex
Vermont
Reeves
Villista
Lehmanns Ranch
Lehmanns
King Victor Emmanuel Visits Gorizia Under Fire
King Victor Emmanuel toured Italian lines at Gorizia as Austrians bombarded the area. He inspected the tunnel used by Italian forces and, before departing in a car, saluted a wounded soldier he met at attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor
Gorizia
Rome
Paris
Victor Emmanuel
Hawkeye Wins Challenge Cup Race on St Lawrence River
The Hawkeye owned by Commodore A L Judson won today's challenge cup motor boat race of the Thousand Island Yacht Club on the St Lawrence River at Watertown New York. The P D Q owned by A Graham Miles of New York finished second and the Peter Pan owned by James Simpson and S P Bicknell of the Columbian Yacht Club New York finished third. The final race is scheduled for tomorrow.
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Watertown
N. Y
A. L. Judson
American Power Boat Association
Thousand Island Yacht Club
Missing Soldier Located After Desperate Deserter Rumor
Private Harold Clancy of G Company Springfield, missing last week, was found in the Deming county jail after being picked up by machine gun unit riders during a motorcycle endurance run. He claims no desertion intent and will be returned to face his commander at the Second Regiment camp.
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Ernest Burger
Machine Gun Company
Clancy
Springfield
Columbus
Post
Deming
Burger
Mexico
Walter A. Tisdale
Worcester
Leonard Russell
C Company
Harrison Hart
Pershing
Archie Murray
Kenneth J. Munyon
Benson G. Munyon
Schooner Clifford J. White Sinks After Ledge Collision
The American fishing schooner Clifford J. White struck a ledge off Spec tacle Island near Yarmouth Nova Scotia last Sunday, filled, and sank becoming a total loss. It was bought for $15,000 and refitted at Parrsboro.
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Yarmouth
N.S
Clifford J. White
Spectacle Island
Parrsboro
Public works employee reinstated by mayor
William J. Watkins, a draughtsman, is restored to the payroll at 1500 dollars per year. He becomes the 12th of 17 discharged workers to be reinstated by Mayor Gurley as part of the department's winter layoffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Works Department
Gurley
William J. Watkins
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Charlies E. Welch
Westfield
Clarence Z. Spriggs
Syracuse
Neil D. Cranmer
D. Leigh Colvin
J. Frank Hanly
Prohibition Party
Somerville Board OF Trade
Lexington Park
Somerville
Benny Thomas
Cardiff
Wales
the Express
Nelson Morris
Bergen Christiania
London
Sweden
Bergen
Mohican
HAM
Bran
Jherry Gravi
Graham, Bag
Mohican Market
Re Ikem
Storey
Adams
Salem Lawrence Haverhill
Brockton Concord, N. H. Lewiston, ME
Meadowbrook
M Red Ib
M. M
Meadowbrook Fresh Hennery
Lamb
Hamburg
Mohican Quality
Graham
New England
N. E
Drake & Hersey CO
Canal Street
Edward J. Dunn
Winthrop
Merle Penny
Franklin Wells
Eighth Regiment
Chester Baker
Alexander Whalen
Troop
Hawkeye
Washington Street
T. E. Hedlund
Second Regiment
Arkansas
Delaware
Misses’ Dress Shop
Serge, Charmeuse
Crepe de Chine
Georgette
Coats
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