United States Forces Move Rapidly to Mexico Front
The article describes swift US military mobilization by land and sea as tensions with Mexico rise. Major General Leonard Wood commands the army while Rear Admiral Badger leads the navy. Troop movements include Marines boarding transports and troops arriving at Galveston. Navy ships, including the New York, deploy from multiple yards with swift readiness and material support such as mosquito netting and bug powder.
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League Island Navy Yard
Leonard Wood
Army
Badger
Navy
Morro Castile
Philadelphia
United States
Galveston
Tex
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Yards
New York
Keenly Watch Airships At Vera Cruz
The piece details the U S Navy air squadron bound for Vera Cruz aboard the Mississippi. It contrasts new torpedo-like flying boats with the old Schley flying squadron and describes rigorous training at Guantanamo and Pensacola. It highlights disciplined, keen crews awaiting the front line service.
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Pensacola
Fla
Mississippi
Admiral Schley
Minneapolis
Columbia
Brooklyn
Texas
Massachusetts
Chesapeake Bay
Tripoli
Adrianople
Navy
Guantanamo
Vera Cruz
Walton Williams
Texas Rangers Story of Bold Frontier Fighters
The article extols the Texas Rangers from their founding under Colonel John Coffee Hayes to famed exploits at Monterey and against Comanche chiefs. It recounts feats by Gillespie at Pierdenales and leaders like W. J. MacDonald and John R. Hughes, highlighting daring, endurance, and strict character as the force pursues Mexican cattle thieves across vast frontier routes.
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John Coffee Hayes
Texas Rangers
Zachary Taylor
Monterey
Hayes
Gillespie
Gillespieur
Indiana
Pierdenales
W. J. MacDonald
Rangers
John R. Hughes
Hughes
Big Bend
Rio Grande
Southern Pacific
Dryden
Ble
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Uncle Sams
Mexico
John J. Breen
Huerta
Wilson
el Paso
San Francisco
Twelfth Cavalry
Mercado
Castro
Salazar
Roberto
Orpinal
Lopez
Maximo Castillo
Daniels
American Press Association
Washington
Fort Bliss
FE Paso
Villa
Ojinaga
Fort Wingate
New Mexico
Navy Flying Boat
Chicago
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