Camp Alger Ninth Infantry in a Sham Battle and News
Camp Alger Va June 7 reports describe Ninth Infantry training under heat and sun with five hours of drills. Companies H and A stage a woods sham battle. Lt Rogers is captured then released. Captain Keefe receives stamps from Cambridge donors aiding soldiers. A private dies and another incident leads to a court martial. Orders from General Graim set daily routines and duties. Captain Clarke earns a signal corps commission signed by McKinley Alger and Corbin.
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Alger
Flanigan
Rogers
Company H
Camp
Keefe
Company A
Cambridge Friends
Peter O’shea
South Framingham
Magurn
Bancroft
Devine
Camp Alger
Metrie
Tennessee
Father Kelly
Seventh
Ilinois
Seventh Illinois
Father Sherman
Murphy
Graam
Eveille
Clarke
Signal Corps
Wiliam McKinley
R. A. Alger
Tar
H. C. Corbin
Massachusetts Sixth Regiment notes express packages and enlistment plans
The Sixth Regiment in camp at Camp Alger Falls Church Va. receives many express packages from many towns and firms for Companies A through M. The piece notes donors, hospital status, pending pay, officer assignments, and recruitment moves toward the Eighth Massachusetts Infantry.
Recruits Move Toward Max Strength at Chickamauga Park
At Chickamauga Park on June 7 the weather eases drills as regimental commands push recruiting to 195 men per company. General order 61 sends three officers and twelve enlisted men to Massachusetts to drum up full strength. The rendezvous location is set for the return in Washington.
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Salem
E. W. M. Bailey
Wiliam Stopford
Herbert W. Whitten
H. W. French
Wighth Massachusetts Infantry
Beverly
Danvers
Marblehead
Melrose
Somerville
Boston
Harvard
Amherst
Army
Graves
Batley
Edward
Eldredge
Chickamauga Park
Washington
Massachusetts
Bancroft Sworn In as Brigadier General
General Bancroft is sworn in as brigadier general at the War Department and visits the Capitol to pay respects to Senator Lodge. He tells the Post he will fight with Fitzhugh Lee, commands a brigade under him, and plans to depart for Tampa tonight.
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Washington
Bancroft
United States
Alger
War Department
Capitol
Senator Lodge
Fitzhugh Lee
Tampa
General Bancroft
Camp Cuba Libre Named for Seventh Army Corps
Major General Fitzhugh Lee designates the Jacksonville camp as Camp Cuba Libre for the seventh army corps including the second division. Russell Harrison and Hobart’s son join Lee’s staff as inspector general and assistant adjutant general respectively. The corps adopts a seven pointed star insignia and standard reveille at 5 am retreat at 6 15 pm tattoo at 9 pm taps at 5:15 pm.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Fitzhugh Lee
Seventh Army Corps
Cuba Libre
Russell Harrison
Harrison
Hobart
Lee
Curtis Guild
Leader of 400 Rejected From Camp Black
James L Kernochan Jr a wealthy society man linked to Meadow Brook Hunt Club Hempstead and Knickerbocker Club New York applied to Captain Tompkins Kingston company First Regiment volunteers for enlistment as a private. Examination showed a fracture of both bones of the right leg below the knee and he was rejected. Surgeon Davis noted he could be accepted with a War Department application. Kernochan known as a cross country rider steeplechaser and kin to the Lorillards.
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Camp Black
Homestead
N. Y
James l. Kernochan, Jr
Meadow Brook Hunt Club
Hempstead
Knickerbocker Club
New York
Tompkins
Kingston Separate Company
Kernochan
Ernochan
Davis
War Department
Lorillards
World war torpedo craft Terror sunk near New York harbor
The Worlds Kingston dispatch reports a torpedo catboat named Terror attempting to sneak into New York Harbor Monday night and being sunk. One man aboard the Suwanee was dangerously wounded during bombardment. a shell struck the Massachusetts fighting top. The Maria Teresa was sunk in the harbor.
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New York
Kingston
Massachusetts
Collision Injures Two In East Ninth Street Crash
A carriage driven by Bryer of 12 East Fifth Street South Boston collided with another driven by William McDonald of 686 East Third Street on East Ninth Street after a horse shied. Mrs Mary McDonald suffered a bad shoulder injury while Bryer endured internal injuries and was taken to City Hospital.
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Bryer
East Fifth Street
South Boston
William McDonald
East Third Street
East Ninth Street
Mary McDonald
Mr. Bryer
City Hospital
Sheriff Cushing Hosts Middlesex Officers Banquet
Sheriff Cushing of Cambridge held a banquet at Young's Hotel with deputy sheriffs and court officers of Middlesex County to rally support for his renomination.
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Cushing
Cambridge
Middlesex County
Young’s Hotel
Belgic quarantined after smallpox cases aboard
The Belgic arrived from the Orient via Honolulu and was placed in quarantine after three smallpox cases appeared on board since Hong Kong. One case landed at Nagasaki, another at Kobe, and one at Honolulu. no new cases since leaving Honolulu. Vessel and cargo to be fumigated. Belgic reported sighting the first fleet transports near Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Belgic
Orient
Honolulu
Hong Kong
Nagasaki
Kobe
Charleston
Aguinaldo Sought by American Protectorate in Philippines
A Manila government under Emilio Aguinaldo faces pursuit by U S authorities seeking his capture. The United States establishes a protectorate framework in the Philippines as part of colonial governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Aguinaldo
United States
Honolulu Prepares Welcome for Troops Departing on Belgic
As the Belgic left, Honolulu prepared for the arriving troops with a decorated town and a public reception planned aboard the troop ships.
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Honolulu
Dewey sword designs attract world wide interest
The Dewey sword to honor Admiral Dewey for Manila Bay bravery has drawn over fifty design proposals from leading sword makers and jewelers worldwide. Designs feature Manila Bay battle emblems with hilt and scabbard in steel gold and silver encrusted with jewels and marine symbols. The Navy Department has not yet chosen a final design or board, but candidates may include Assistant Secretary Allen, Senator Lodge, and a professor.
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Washington
Admiral Dewey
Congress
Manila
Navy Department
Dewey
Manila Bay
Allen
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Insurgent Chief Proposes Native Philippines Administration
The insurgent leader outlines plans for a native administration under an American protectorate with Aguinaldo holding a temporary dictatorship via an advisory council until conquest, then forming a republican assembly. He orders protection for European and other noncombatants and calls for avoiding excesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Aguinaldo
Flora Kohn Weds Max Feldman in New York City Frame
Miss Flora Kohn of New York marries Max Feldman in the Venetian room at Hotel Brunswick with Rev. Charles Fleischer officiating. The ceremony features maid of honor Miss Bessie Guttman and flower girl Miss Rita Kohn. many Kohn and Weil family members attend.
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Brunswick
Flora Kohn
New York
Charles Fleischer
Max Feldman
Bessie Guttman
Rita Kohn
Joseph Feldman
Edward Feldman
Charles D. Kohn
M. J. Lehman
I. C. Northshield
Sam Kohn
Ike Kohn
M. Guttman
A. Northshield
S. Weil
Gussie Weil
Hattie Lehman
William Kohn
B. “Svy
Rose Barnett
Weil
Sam Weil
H. Levy
I. Levy
Henry Krause
F. Krause
Samuel T. Weil
Fanny Weil
Helen Buxbaum
Buxbaum
Cambridge Curfew Law Passed By City Council
At a Cambridge City Council meeting the park commissioners asked 46000 dollars to finish Charles River work. The curfew ordinance sets the age at 14 and 9 o'clock year round with a per violation penalty.
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Cambridge
Charles River
Frog Pond to stay. Boston pond not turned into pool
City actions pause plans to convert Frog Pond under Mayor Quincy oversight. Aldermen delayed deepening project and vetoed a new ferryboat loan. Bath house, rail and public works items moved to committees while Fourth of July budget allocations were amended.
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Boston Common
Frog Pond
Puritan Club
Somerset Club
Quincy
Board of Aldermen
Faneuil Hall
United States
Gamaliel Bradford
Moorfield Storey
Charles G. Ames
Henry Lloyd
George B. McNeill
Erving Winslow
Alderman Codman
Bath Department
Charles River
Chestnut Street
Committee On Finance
William E. Russell
Committee On Police Department
Committee On Railroads
Boston
Humboldt Avenue
Walnut Avenue
Seaver Street
Warren Street
Blue Hill Avenue
Republicans Sweep Oregon in Statewide Victory
Partial returns from twenty-five of thirty-two counties show Republican T. T. Gear leading for Governor with about a 16 000 plurality. Republicans gain a legislature majority and a Republican Senator. M. A. Moody secures the second district seat with about 5 000 plurality and T. H. Tongue wins the first district by over 2 000.
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Portland
Ore
T. T. Gear
M. A. Moody
T. H. Tongue
Moody
Tongue
Perkins Institution Blind Graduates Hear Musical and Educational Program
Boston theatre hosted the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind commencement. Samuel Eliot presided and highlighted Helen Keller and Thomas Stringer. Graduates Elizabeth Caulfield, Katherine Duggan, Julia Bertha Roeske, Etta Walcott, Caroline Wilbur, Clarence Jackson, John OConnell, George Rookey, and Willis Trask received diplomas as beaming students modeled clay, sang, and demonstrated learned skills.
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Boston
Perkins Institution
Massachusetts School For the Blind
The
Halevy
Samuel Eliot
LL. D
Perkins School
Helen Keller
Thomas Stringer
George A. Gordon
Charles Dickens
Dr. Eliot
Elizabeth Ellen Caulfield
Katherine Josephine Duggan
Julia Marion Bertha Roeske
Etta Rosalie Walcott
Caroline May Wilbur
Clarence Addison Jackson
John Philip O’connell
George Elsworth Rookey
Willis Edwin Trask
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Porto Rico
Fitchbore
Falls Church
Reading
Avarhefield
Horton Manufacturing Company
Gilon
Walton and
Gray
Braxton
Dow
Fitchburg
Minot Stewart
House of Representatives
Vitchburg
First Baptist Church
Lowell
O’sullivan Bros
J. J. Valentine
Framingham
Valentine
Company I
William E. Gaines
Company F
Marlboro
Concord
Woman's Relief Corps
Southbridge
Company K
Milford
Draper Company of
Hopedale
William F. Draper
Company L
Sixth
Kimball
Company M
Illinois
Ohio
Newhall
Federal Express
Pennsylvania
New Haven & Hartford
Edward J. Gihon
Wakefield
William J. Williams
Taylor
Darling
Young
Ninth Ohio
Williams
Bailey
Fernandina
Fourth Missouri
Balem
War Command Brigade
Fitzhuek Lee
GUILD
Camp Cuba Libre
Bay State
Annapolis Naval Academy
Wbkink &Co
Ilton ST Vert
H.b.kirk& CO
the &. 8. Pierce Co
Hative Administration
London
the Times
H. W. Bray
Singapore
Agxguinaldo
Beypl Widac
Cambridge Curfew Law
Frog
Codman
Paige
Lott
Charles F. Folsom
Board of Assessors
John H. Donovan
City Point
Franklin Park
Wood Island Park
Whitehall
North End
Oregon
Belchan
Esecham
Perkins Institute
O'Neill
Cary Square
Chelsea
Ernest E. Siegel
Main Street
Charlestown
Siegel
Ward 15
Democratic Committee
William H. McMorrow
Wiggin
Thomeas Vegin
New Hampshire
Quincy House
Bald
Kiser
Rochester
Santiago
Surgidero de Aguadores
Morro Castle
Santiago de Cuba Bay
Punta Gorda
Blanco Battery
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