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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
7
Adjutant-General Cole says detailed mobilization plans sent to Framingham brigade for equipment and readiness though no War Department orders exist. Framingham Hospital offers care for troops. War Dept will not pay extra encampment charges except for Coast Artillery.
Quartermaster-General Emery announces two new aeroplane hangars and trainer aircraft at the camp ground, each with space for an extra passenger and a machine gun. Adjutant-General Cole seeks equipment to mobilize troops at Framingham, while the cavalry nears full war strength and mass mobilization to the camp grounds advances. General Wood and Congressman Rogers note limits on Massachusetts infantry quotas, with state control over unit selection for final readjustment.
Captain H Dwight Cushing of Company C Nighth Regiment assumes charge of recruiting at the Cambridge armory to fill three Cambridge infantry companies to 142 men. Enlistment rush follows a parade with applicants arriving all day and increasing last night. Colonel Graves aims to have the Eighth on full war footing with squads at armories to speed up enlistments.
Colonel Willis W. Stover of the Fifth Regiment led three companies from Charlestown through the district streets. Charlestown is his home and associates judge. He was welcomed warmly as the unit marched, with no rookies taken along to secure clothing for them before Framingham.
The National Lancers disciplined Cavalry unit, formed in 1836, will escort the Governor in regular olive drab uniforms from the Commonwealth Armory to the State House and on to Harvard University. After the commencement exercises they return to the State House and march to South Framingham, covering about 36 miles.
Seven hundred dollars worth of clothing was sent to the members of K and M companies of the Highth Regiment by the Somerville citizens committee chaired by Mayor Cliff. Each man received a suit of underwear two pairs of stockings and an outing shirt. The fund total from voluntary contributions is about $1000 and is expected to rise by tonight.
Private Oliver Butler of A Company Fifth Regiment was excused from duty by Adjutant General Cole due to a sick wife and four children. The youngest is two weeks old. Mrs. Butler personally appealed to the general and resolved the issue for her husband.
Names of men and organizations volunteering their services for any service arrived at the Adjutant General Cole office. Up to date over 100 civilians and retired officers have applied. The latest list includes Colonel Edward H Eldredge M V M Boston major James G White commissary general Lieutenant Frank Dupee Lexington Drum Corps Llewellyn Howland Warren W Cleary James J Ingoldsby Portland Me James J Jackman Milford Me Guy L Weymouth Boston Major Charles A Dawson Salem Franklin M Eaton Malden and others.
The notice lists Rev. Francis B. Boyer of Marlboro offering chaplain services after serving in an American ambulance unit in France. It also names William B. Duncan of Clinton, clerk in the Second District Court, and Harry R. Lawrence of Lawrence seeking assignment to command a field artillery battery, with former sergeant credentials in Battery C.
A reader letter from W. H. M. of Boston dated June 20, 1916 argues that the United States should consider purchasing a strip of northern Mexico to control the Rio Grande and curb cross border crime instead of waging war. He contends a purchase could reduce friction, avoid hostilities, and appeal to other Latin republics if priced attractively.
The Winthrop Machine Gun Company of the Fifth Regiment M. V. M. under Lt. Richmond G. Stoehr moved from Court road to the mobilization camp at Framingham. A large crowd gathered at Winthrop Centre as the company entrained amid cheers.
Washington June 21 The War Department outlined a 12 division plan for state troops with peacetime strength near 100 000 men and wartime strength around 250 000. The regular army reorganization adds seven infantry regiments two cavalry three field and heavy artillery and two engineers with new units set for July 1.
The militia departure for Framingham took four school department men from Boston. Dr. Fred L. Bogan, major of the Ninth Regiment and school committee member, John A. O Keefe Jr sub master of the Quincy School, Thomas J. Sullivan Spanish instructor at the English High School, and Alexander Sullivan chief accountant at the school board business office left to join camp.
Forty Pittsfield men who applied for enlistment in F Company did not show up at the armory when the unit departed for Framingham. Only two enlistments occurred that day as EF Company left 83 strong with 30 civilian recruits in civilian clothes carrying personal baggage.
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