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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1916
Page
7
Thousands of visitors watched 2000 recruits review before Adjutant-General Cole and officers at Camp Whitney. The two week training period ended with a highly disciplined, cheering parade as entraining begins at 9 am. Six hundred recruits stay behind for outfitting and instruction.
President Wilson departed Washington for Detroit to speak at the world salesmanship congress tomorrow morning. He travels with Mrs. Wilson, Secretary Tumulty, and Rep. Doremus, who chairs the congressional campaign committee.
Peter Olson of Watertown was killed last Saturday near his home. The driver, William Rogerson of Newton, will be arraigned this morning in the Waltham District Court.
In El Paso Texas on July 9 a plan emerged by wealthy Massachusetts families with sons in Battery A First Massachusetts Artillery to fund welfare for the regiment Captain Charles Randlett West Point graduate has been commissioned to oversee welfare efforts and has opened an office in the city, with a large fund reportedly guaranteed by the Battery A relatives.
Captain Randlett to establish supply bases for Bay State artillerymen in case of Mexico campaign. He will ensure food and equipment, record actions, and supervise aid to dependents. Committee organized with secrecy. Colonel J. C. R. Peabody of Beverly noted.
An advertisement touts Varnesis as a cure for rheumatic joint deformities claiming cases like Mr Holden Mrs Breed and Nurse Nightingale recovered use of fingers and joints. It urges readers to request proof by mail and to buy Varnesis from druggists, noting it is a plant based remedy without standard drugs.
Chaplain Rollins of the Fifth Regiment built painted and decorated an altar for mass. The front bears I H S Sanctus Sanctus Sanctus. He made a cross from two by four joist and gilded it. He also gilded two glass vases and crafted wax flowers, a testament to his skill as an expert cabinet maker.
The piece notes committee leaders include Richard Farms and Sinclair Weeks with ties to Battery A along with Thomas Lawson Charles Penhallow Parker and John Storer. It claims no fixed sum for relief yet and states Captain Randlett may spend up to 1,000,000 to ease soldiers’ needs. The fund originates from those connected to Battery A but benefits all Bay State artillerymen.
Six men from each company of the Second Massachusetts Infantry were chosen for rifle practice at a range six miles from camp. L Company will draw two days’ rations and report for out post duty Monday night. The unit received tents cot beds and recruit toilet kits. Captain Kelly of L Company purchased sunglasses for each member. The company will exhibit guard mount Monday and faced a minor incident when a dog chased a lizard at the commissary tent causing minor commotion.
Acton officials announce a special town meeting in the Town Hall at 7 45 p m to decide on borrowing 1000 dollars for road repairs from the Great road near the Webster Robbins place to the Carlisle line as advised by county commissioners.
Massachusetts Volunteer Aid Association and local committees push fund raising and relief work for soldiers families. The Red Cross gears up sewing operations at 78 Newbury Street, with volunteers producing robes gowns and pajamas for El Paso base hospital, while communities from Somerville to Woburn organize comfort bags, concerts, and donations to support front line troops.
Resinol Soap cleanses and softens the skin and hair and helps improve complexion by reducing pimples redness and roughness. The Restivo ingredient and Resinol Ointment, prescribed by physicians for skin and scalp care, support these effects. If skin is neglected use a small amount of Resinol Ointment first samples available from Resinol Baltimore Md.
First Massachusetts Squadron troops endure a flood of rumors about border patrols paymasters and church services as they prepare for possible action in Mexico. Troop B builds adobe floors while Troop D longs for field duty. a Pennsylvania band may visit tonight.
Four Boston individuals were selected for the National $5000 Morality Codes Competition for best children's code of morals. Names include Professor William Ernest Hocking of Harvard, James Phinney Munroe of MIT, Professor Edwin A. Kirkpatrick of Fitchburg Normal School, and Mrs. Ella Lyman Cabot of Radcliffe's governing board. The prize, funded by an American businessman, rewards the best code of morals for teachers and parents.
Massachusetts militiamen serving on the Mexican border would lose their right to vote in the fall presidential and statewide elections if still at the front. With no absentee voting provision, about 2100 Bay State soldiers risk disenfranchisement unless they are recalled before November. Deputy Secretary of State Herbert H. Boynton announced the ruling.
Resolutions condemning the proposed political division of Ireland were passed by the Knights and Ladies of the St. Brendan Kerry Club at Paine Memorial Hall. The group affirmed Ireland’s right to representation before the International Congress of Nations convening after the Burgean war to adjudicate peace terms.
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