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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1916
Page
14
The piece details Captain Miller and Captain McAdams directing 130 men for mobilization, announcing enlistments and fund contributions from local citizens. It notes a special train leaving Angoke at 6, Fort Wayne recruitment efforts, and plans for re enlistment ceremonies at the armory, with community figures supporting the troops.
Donations will be received as long as people care to an item and acknowledgment will be made daily. Major Harrison Harrizon of Columbia City, formerly commander of the Fourth Indiana, was in town yesterday announcing. Company B in preparing for a trip to Indianapolis this morning. Major Harrizon was discharged from the 420th, but is still connected. He is fifty years old and has a son who is a first lieutenant with General Pershing's command.
National Guardsmen mobilized across the east under Maj Leonard Wand, totaling 13 217. Governor’s office announced numbers show 8 277 more troops than eight months ago. Regular officers warn 30 percent may fail physicals, but many recruits present credentials. New Jersey and Massachusetts lead mobilization pace with thousands in camp. DC and New York guardsmen also in camp, with 1 212 listed in Columbia.
June 23. The federal government placed about 1,000,000 dollars of orders for military supplies in the open market at Schuylkill arsenal. The total may rise tomorrow. the depot coordinates distribution for the Quartermaster Department as states ship gear.
In Indiana, June reports show Thornburg and companions mobilized for Fort Ben Harrison with delays possible for Sunday. Major Gideon Whine plans Newcastle ministry as recruits undergo medicals. preparations to train for Fort Harrison and a fund drive to house troops proceed amid wartime service buildup.
Bloomington dispatch reports Tadlina university organization will depart tomorrow at 8 1 o clock for Fort Benjamin Hansen. The company remains at full strength with the detachment under Captain Bea Hobe.
In Vincennes the Senin regiment under Captain Harvey Davies received orders to entrain for Indianapolis tomorrow morning at a special time near the Van dhila. Captain Daines reported ninety two men enrolled, with a goal to reach a hundred before departure. Citizens raised a company fund of $00 and presented it to the camping party at a celebration in their honor tonight.
A wartime notice from New York calls for volunteers to join the air force training program. It lists 13,009 men enrolled for instruction at the Viltsburg center and notes preparatory military training provided at the Alison camp and other facilities.
A new volunteer drive in New York aimed at supplying hospital materials was announced. Women from the American Defense community would conduct the fundraising events to support Gilt preparation and related hospital supply work.
The Auburn company and the Inelene i-Company K of tly city have orders for state mobilization. Camp at Fork Benjamin Sarelson to embark on a train to New York Conwy tribe, then pick up Antata company and arrive in the city tomorrow morning. Fort Wayne company to be picked on arrival. Company KK has ninety eight men. officers listed. armory readiness noted. Koln. A. L. Kuhlman ordered to Indianapolis.
Government proposes funding for Coast Guard cutters in Washington and New York harbor patrols. The plan includes a 710000 grant for a Paette project and 125000 for harbor patrols, announced today by Senator Theta. Alfred P Thom of Auburn notes federal bond actions tied to control of abroad assets and Southern rail matters.
Warsaw and nearby towns report mass mobilization as Company H leaves Warsaw at 7 04 Saturday morning with orders to reach Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis by 10 44 am. Recruits surge, veterans gather, and citizens escort the troops as trains, bands, and Automobiles mark a strong patriotic movement amid war build up.
The Senate approves a large navy expansion tied to Wilson's request, enacting a ten year program funding nine battle cruisers and new facilities. The measure, carried by the House plan, also boosts enlisted strength to 87 000 in peace time and up to 137 000 in emergency, with dollars allocated for Mare Island and other yard projects plus revisions to officer commissions and ammunition funding.
The assembly today empowered the internal commerce agency to define compensation methods for midweek mail system changes and weight-based charges. A motion to direct the commission to investigate the subsents attacked by Congress passed, while an amendment to include senator Bryan's annulment proposal failed.
Reports from El Paso and Lima recount the Carrizal engagement between Captain Boyd and General Gomez amid Mexican shelling and a trapped U S detachment. Casualty estimates vary. survivors describe a surrounded unit and a deadly finale as Pershing and Funston seek details from delays and conflicting reports.
Mexico City officials stated no immediate war with the United States, denying plans to attack American punitive forces yet noting the government will not tolerate aggression. They reported Mexican leaders and prominent citizens expressing willingness to support war expenses if needed, while preventing escalation.
Washington awoke to dire dispatches after General Pershing’s report outlined a harsh struggle with Carrancista forces at Carrizal. President Wilson and Secretary Garrison weighed the U S response while military chiefs, reporting inconclusive survivor lists, faced questions on the fate of the American detachment. The dispatches noted confusion, missing confirmations, and the grim possibility that several U S troopers were lost with ties to the Tenth Cavalry action near Dulles and Colima.
A band of raiders reportedly crossed into the Mercedes district from the south near Shurlingen. A company of the Tavenry Sixth Infantry was sent from Trallingen to intercept them, while Colonel Block of the Third Artillery at Mercedes confirmed the crossing.
An American patrol tonight chased a small party of Mesxlahk raiders 25 miles southwest of Eachien XN toward the Lorie on. Colonel U1. G. Sickle commands the border patrol. Truck Unalna, carrying supplies for General Dershing's command, left here with frontier guards and machine guns mounted on trireys.
A garbled report references a casualty linked to military units and a night incident near a locality, with scattered names and unclear placements. The fragment mentions a daughter of a U S council, Carranza soldiers, and a morning subsequent event, but the details are obscured.
French reports acknowledge heavy casualties as German forces press toward Verdun. The contest intensifies with bayonet charges and artillery as both sides exchange advances across the wounded fronts near the Meuse. Paris defends its positions while seeking relief through allied support and strategic redeployments.
Trench official dispatch says Germans attacked Verdun front from Wenehes to Didaumont and reached near Prourg three and a half miles northeast but were repulsed by French fire. In Petrograd the war office notes advances west of Radautz and near Czernowitz as Austrian lines bend. A New York Times note mentions American troops and border mobilization with readiness to enter active service.
Panama reports that General Clarence Edwards orders American troops to remain out of Panama and Colon from Saturday to Monday for elections but to suppress violence and protect foreigners. News from the provinces notes unrest with some shots fired while U S units in the Canal Zone stand ready for potential service in Mexico.
Indiana regiments race to muster new enlistees for home defense and boost camp population by at least fifty. Medical staff organize to maintain sanitation as drills begin. A brigade plan, uniting three regiments under one commander, gains favorable sanction from Washington. Major Foxworthy announces four physicians assigned to the medical corps with lieutenant ranks.
The meeting discussed government instability and the American threat near the border. Mexican ambassador Elisen Arreromlo conveyed that Mexico would attack only if the United States moved offensively, while efforts to preserve world peace continued and ministers explored modulations to defuse the crisis.
Dispatches report Mexican military leaders in northern Mexico remain outside Carranza's full control. Secret orders rush four dozen border patrols into action with Fort Fort Worth craft due for propeller fixes. Lack of planes and wireless gear limits reconnaissance as U S efforts to curb border bands intensify.
The city of Vera Cruz is crowded with refugees and Americans arriving daily amid delays in transport. Some have funds for shelter but limited accommodations, while consular agents offer assistance. no clear action restricting movements by Mexicans or the government has been reported and orders to avoid alarming departing Americans are being observed.
Wawaka Ind residents report a parade of visits and travels. Niles Cece Spurgeon returned from Muncie after attending the Sunday school convention. Miss Adi Murphy hosted in Elkhart with Evelyn and Even sealing Weranks. Several locals visited relatives in Michigan and Indiana. Funeral services were held for Cary Tistreet and others attended by neighbors and church officials.
Fragmentary notice mentions a defense for Casement Michael F Doyle of Philadelphia and references a lost item and a Swartz label with a reward offered. The legible text is garbled and incomplete. A phone number appears as 536.
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