Worcester and Greenfield units receive federal equipage and band formation
Major Farnsworth inspected the Second Massachusetts Regiment camp and arranged supplies including horses, uniforms, and apparel for Worcester A and H companies. Chaplain Danker led services with Bishop Howden en route. A regimental band formed with 12 musicians led by drum major Dawes.
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C. S. Farnsworth
Pershing
Walton
Danker
Worcester
Bishop Howden
Episcopal
New Mexico
Irving Woolfe
Headquarters’ Company
Springfield
New York
Irving
Roy Beaudry
Adams
Joseph A. Foote
General Grant
General Custer
R. Norton Dawes
Samuel Bergman
A. P. Baran
W. B. Connelly
Greenfield
J. H. Moore
J. W. Roy
John M. O’brien
F. E. Davis
Northampton
R. C. Nichols
H. R. Hoyle
Hoyle
Burgess
Bernard Brooks
Mass
Montana
Massachusetts
Negotiations on Mexico aid advance amid border tension
Washington indicates a possible plan to stabilize border regions and secure foreign guarantees for Mexico. Secretary Lansing and officials weigh American banker involvement and potential financial aid to General Carranza amid austerity, with Arredondo awaiting Mexico City orders. Army mobilization continues on the border while plans for troop withdrawal hinge on assurances.
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Lansing
Arredondo
Mexico
Washington
Carranza
Polk
Henry T. Fletcher
Paul N. Warburg
Federal Reserve Board
State Department
Mexico City
Alfred Cataregli
New York
Bay State Men Lore at Peace
Massachusetts troops in El Paso react to Washington’s news downplaying active service as regulars push for action against Carranzistas. The force attends a Rotary Club luncheon and faces a Mexican cavalry rifle salute. An El Paso rainstorm floods tents, while medical staff give anti-typhoid shots and one sergeant recovers from a head injury.
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Eighth Massachusetts
Hearé
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Texas
Massachusetts Crack
George A. Walton
Chihuahuan
The
Eighth
Massachusetts
Tex
Bay State
Washington
United States
Mexico
Charles T. Boyd
Henry Adair
Carrizal
Sweetser
Logan
Graves
Stover
George Keenan
Massachusetts Ambulance Company
Rotary Club
Keenan
Perry
General Sweetser
William E. Donovan
D Company of the Ninth
Fred Bogan
Paul Butler
William E. Dwyer
Ninth
Framingham
John J. Dowd
C Company of the Ninth
Dowd
Band Comes Back Eighth Regiment Musicians Ready to Go
The Eighth Regiment band led by Bandmaster Jennings offered to go to Framingham Mexico or any destination named by authorities after previously balking at the federal oath of service. Members explained confusion over the oath but now accept its terms and departed for Framingham with issued tickets.
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Jennings
Eighth Regiment
State House
Framingham
Mexico
Col Logan thanks Mayor Curley for Fourth of July greeting
Colonel Edward L. Logan of the Ninth Regiment in El Paso sent a telegram to Mayor Curley praising the Faneuil Hall July Fourth gathering. He noted the officers and men appreciate the friendly and patriotic sentiments expressed and extend sincere thanks to Curley and the well wishers.
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Curley
Edward L. Logan
Ninth Regiment
el Paso
Faneuil Hall
Elevator Workers Seek $15 Weekly Pay and Eight Hour Day
Boston union leaders announce a new wage scale calling for 15 dollars a week for all elevator operators starters porters janitors and watchmen plus an eight hour day and time and a half for overtime If not granted within 24 hours all union members will strike about 600 members pledged to action says union leaders.
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Boston
Post Gets Stiff Job As Roosevelt Division Recruiter
Regis H. Post former Governor General of Porto Rico states he has a harsh assignment as recruiting agent for Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's proposed volunteer division for a possible Mexican war. He jokes about handling crowds and sorting letters, noting the volume forces them to press on with caution.
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New York
Regis H. Post
Porto Rico
Theodore Roosevelt
Mexico
Pa Van Leon Gets A Full Day To Himself
Pa Van Leon enjoys a rare quiet day with no engagements. Readers are promised full details in the upcoming Sunday Post edition.
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Pa van Leon
Recruits Ordered From Camp Whitney to Mexican Border
In Framingham on July 6 Major-General Leonard Wood ordered more than 2000 recruits on the field to be transported to the Mexican border Monday. Details were to follow. medical corps increased exams inoculations and vaccinations as officers worked from reception to taps, amid heightened activity.
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Camp Whitney
Framingham
Leonard Wood
Enlisted Recruits Drill Intensively Before Border Move
Recruits under Major Portal Lieutenant Dabney and Captain Keough train from 8 AM to 5 PM at the rifle range using a regulation gun with a 22 caliber cartridge. Total set for border deployment reaches 2060, with regiments listed and ambulances and hospital units included. Last goodbye window Sunday from noon to 9 30 PM, relatives invited. Monday and Tuesday busy with entraining preparations.
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Portal
Dabney
First Corps
Keough
Sixth Infantry
Signal Corps
Warren E. Sweetser
Sixth Regiment
Calls on Turkey to aid starving Syrians
Washington reports the State Department pressed Consul Miller in Constantinople to remind Turkey that no action has been taken on a request to allow neutrals to feed Syria’s starving Christian population. 60,000 to 80,000 Syrians may have perished as Turkish authorities drain food. The U.S. seeks an investigation and insists aid is possible if permitted.
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State Department
Mexico
Carranza
United States
Mexico City
Washington
Miller
Constantinople
Syria
Turkey
Morgenthau
Foreign Office
Colonel Corn Charms Audience With High Flying Oratory
Colonel Corn delivers a speech that seems over the heads of listeners, described as a great comic moment in the next Sun day Post's feature. The item notes the entertainer's style and reception.
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Colonel Corn
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