First Brigade of Pennsylvania Guardsmen Ordered to Mexico Border
From San Antonio June 26 Associated Press reports 15 000 Pennsylvania troops ordered to the Mexican border as tensions rise. Mexican forces reportedly pull back from the rio grande line to new positions near Monterey Saltillo and Torreon while border garrisons at Mata moros Nuevo Laredo and Juarez are said to be weak.
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Harrisburg
Ee Neles
Pennsylvania
Associated Press
San Antonio
Rio Grande
Matamoros
Juarez
Monterey
Saltillo
Coahuila
Mexico
Paredon
Torreon
Chihuahua City
Nuevo Laredo
del Rio
Piedras Negras
Eagle Pass
Francisco Murgia
American Mexican border clash feared near El Paso
General Pershing's expeditionary force in Mexico is prepared for action near El Valle, less than fifty miles from Colonia Dublan. Northward 1,200 troops in fighting trim ready for any move as 5,000 National Guardsmen are expected to gather at El Paso to posture for rapid response.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Columbus
Washington
Mexico City
Andres Garcia
Camp Electrified By Marching Order
War Department mobilizes three infantry regiments two hospital corps a engineers corps and a signal corps routing to the border. Surgeons vaccinate and examine over 3 000 men daily with mustering and medical work rushed to ready divisions for departure.
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War Department
Washington
Corps of Engineers
Signal Corps
Cc. E. Koerper
Wasington
U. S. Demands Release of Carrizal Prisoners
Washington reports a telegraph from June 25 stating the U S government demands the immediate release of American prisoners from the Carrizal engagement in Chihuahua Mexico. It accuses the Mexican government of hostile action and seeks restitution and a formal diplomatic reply through proper channels.
Carrizal Clash Leaves 40 Troopers Unaccounted For
Field Headquarters Mexico June 25 report to General Pershing says twenty three American soldiers died at Carrizal. Captain Lewis S Morey escaped with four men after a daring stand. nine additional troops killed. Captain Boyd died in a charge on a Mexican trench and Gomez invited him into Carrizal. Morey hid, then crawled to an American ranch nine miles away. Pershing later said forty three of eighty four engaged were accounted for, one alive but lost in the desert. Morey, 41, famed for endurance, rose from lieutenant after 1900, becoming captain only in 1919.
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Associated Press
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Carrizal
Pershing
Jenkins
11Th Cavalry
Lewis S. Morey
Adobe
Charles T. Boyd
Felix Gomez
Gomez
Captain Boyd
Captain Morey
K Troop
Carranza
Morey
McCabe
Washington, D. C
Lewis
West Point
Cavalry
Seeroe
Armory recruiting wraps as units depart for Mt Gretna
General Clement reports progress on camp setups for the First brigade and other units. Recruits will be mustered on arrival, with Pittsburgh ambulance and Tacony field hospital companies moving under the recent order. Col. Miller inspects camps while Lt Wilbur notes local recruiting shortfall and possible reassignment to Harrisburg if more volunteers are needed.
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Stewart
Mt Gretna
Clement
Pittsburgh
Tacony Field
Samuel W. Miller
Tenth United States Infantry
Panama
Armory
Mt. Gretna
Josiah P. Wilbur
United States
Bergner
National Guard
Harrisburg
Rookies Join Comrades Today
Nears Pennsylvania Railroad station at noon the Governor's Troop recruits depart with F. H. Hoy Jr leading an escort including Mercer B. Tate and Harry Earp. Recruits lack gear but will receive guns and uniforms on arrival at Gretna as a cheering crowd watches from the Davenport restaurant.
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Pennsylvania
F. H. Hoy, Jr
Mr. Hoy
Mercer B. Tate
Harry Earp
Edward Halbert
Philip German
Thomas 8. Peters
Dives, Pomeroy and Stewart Department Store
Company D
New York Troops Ordered to Brownsville and El Paso
New York troops will depart tonight for Brownsville Texas as part of a larger mobilization. The Seventh Fourteenth Forty-seventh and Seventy first regiments of infantry, squadron A of the First cavalry, a signal corps company, a Twenty second corps of engineers battalion, the first field hospital company and the Third ambulance corps are among those ordered to move. Massachusetts and New Jersey troops are to entrain tonight for El Paso.
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New York
Brownsville
Texas
Department of the East
First Cavalry
Signal Corps
Twenty-second Corps of Engineers
Massachusetts
New Jersey i
el Paso
15000 Men to Move at Once Rivers to Border Mobilization
New York June 26 troops of the National Guard Department of the East begin movement to the Mexican border. Fourteen regiments plus support units start within 24 hours as General Wood orders rapid deployment. Train shortages and car availability may delay departures. about 15 000 men will leave immediately with more to follow as equipment and recruits permit.
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Associated Press
New York
National Guard
Department of the East
Baker
Leonard Wood
Wood
John F. O'Ryan
New York National Guard
New Jersey
Connecticut
Vermont
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Delaware
Florida
Maine
New Hampshire
District of Columbia
General Wood
Plan News Censorship in Mexican Situation
Washington officials prepared to ask Congress to authorize military news censorship regarding the Mexican situation. A resolution drafted by the War Department would empower the President to promulgate censorship regulations across State War and Navy departments, the border, and in Mexico, with a press bureau under an army censor to handle War Department news.
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Associated Press
Washington
Administration
Congress
Army War College
War Department
State
War and Navy
Mexico
Baker
Army
Harrisburg Bids Farewell as Guard Troops Leave for Mexico
Harrisburg crowds line State Street to bid farewell to Companies D and I as they depart for Mount Gretna and Mexico. The Harrisburg Telegraph delivers last editions to the camp, with a truck convoy bringing news and photos, while families endure tearful goodbyes and fond memories. In Mifflintown, Mrs. Charles Anders is seriously injured after being struck while attempting to save her child from an automobile.
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Harrisburg
Mount Gretna
Harrisburg Telegraph
Telegraph
Pers
Mexico
Big Camp
Mifflintown
Charles Anders
Youngster’s Sendoff Sparks Quiet Resolve at Old Sparta
In Old Sparta a daughter defends a lone youngster’s departure, noting he has no mother or sister to bid him farewell. She walked instead of relying on trolley service, and then declared she was glad she made the gesture despite her defiance.
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Harrisburg
Mexico
Union Station
State Street
Old Zion Lutheran Church
Zion
Harrisbore
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Veterans of Foreign Service
Boys’ Brigade
Grand Army
Grays
Dives
Pomeroy & Stewart
William Strouse
Deutrich & Co
Bowman & Co
Steelton
Old
Sparta
Bloodthirsty Mexicans threaten U S troops in editorial
El Paso report cites a La Reforma editorial from Saltillo that railes against the United States and its policies. It calls for brutal violence against Yankee invaders and urges nations to choose terror and barbarism as patriotism, signaling a chilling wartime stance.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
la Reforma
Saltillo
United States
Yankee Land
Caligula
Mexico
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Interior
Trision
Funsion
Lansing
Trevino
Ojo Caliente
Eleventh Cavalry
General Pershing
Major Jenkins
Eleventh
Eighth Regiment
Camp Brumbaugh
National Guard of
United States Army
Artillery
Cavalry Regiment
No. 2
U. S
James Linn Rogers
Arredondo
Mexican War Department
Jacinto B. Trevino
Chihuahua
By McManus
Maggie
Famcman
A. B. Knell
H. W. Hammersla
Robert D. Jenkins
Frank B. Harder
Frank Nye
Mt. Vernon
Comrades
U.S
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