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Newspaper

Cumberland Press

Location

Cumberland, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1914

Page

7

Aviation Playing Big Part In Mexican Trouble

The Vera Cruz occupation shows aeroplanes as a key future asset with navy aviators flying over the city to deter sniper activity. The Hey bill creates a first aviation corps under the signal corps with twelve squadrons in major U S cities and seasoned pilots to lead them.

United States Aviation Vera Cruz Texas Border Thomas DeWitt Milling Chester Vera Cruz Harbor J. H. Towers Bellinger LaMont Mustin Saufley Mexico Signal Corps Army Navy Vera Cruz Mississippi Delano New York City Albany Rochester Buffalo Cleveland Philadelphia Newark New Haven Boston Mortimer Delano Laurence Hi) Grahame Gibert Schermerhorn Aeronautics Grahame Porto Rico Roosevelt Schermerhorn National Guard of New York T. H. Bridgman Twelfth Regiment Wright Flying Boat W. Irving Twombly Deperdussen Jerome Kingsbury F. Harrison Higgins Curtiss Harold H. Brown Massachusetts Coast Artillery Wright Raymond W. Morris V. J. Mayo William Bouldin Clarence P. Wynne The Aero Club of Pennsylvania Harold B. Anderson Ohio Naval Militia Winton Automobile Company

Costs of provisioning half a million troops in Mexico

The article outlines daily feeding costs at about $125,000 for 500,000 troops, with rations estimated at 25 cents per man per day. It describes large nonperishable stocks, sea and rail logistics, water purification, and regional depots to sustain operations, noting a cold storage ship and a refrigerated supply plan.

Mexico Congress Galveston Navy Vera Cruz New York

Winslow Navy Leader Commands East Coast Vessel Squadron

Rear Admiral Winslow leads a special service squadron including battleships New York and Texas and cruisers Washington and Montana off Vera Cruz. The long‑time hero of Cuban cable cutting is praised for seamanship, with a career spanning Newport torpedo work, Cushing command, and securing the New Hampshire route to New York.

Cameron M.R. Winslow Mexico Vera Cruz Winslow New York Texas Washington Montana Tacoma Des Moines Chester Salem Nashville Dolphin Castine Machias Paducah Wheeling Petreil Eagle Cienfuegos Spain Newport Secretary of the Navy John D. Long Cushing American Steel Torpedo Boat Flotilla New Hampshire New York Navy Yard Admiral Winslow lHe

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