War Tensions Over Carrizal Prompt New Border Mobilization
Washington signals no retreat in demand for Carranza assurances as National Guard units rush to the border. Officials note potential federal drafting of all enrolled guardsmen and a plan to delay action to widen preparations for possible hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
White House
National Guard
Mexico
Carranza
Carrizal
Washington
Pershing
U. S
Wilson
Lansing
Eliseo Arredondo
United States
Arrendondo
Mexico City
State Department
Rodgers
Tabasco
Guantajato
Republic
Mers
Pace
Aston F
Eral Bell
Ml Paso
Amer
Fourth Brigade Moves Toward Border Amid National Guard Deployment
The Second and Third regiments of the First Brigade begin entrainment for border duty as Major-General Clement directs movements from Mount Gretna. Engineers and medical units also depart with field hospital No. 2 and Ambulance Corps No. 2, while Col. Turner and staff lead the Second Regiment's muster into federal service for six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dischey
Eighth Regiment
Tamaqua
Texas
Philadelphia
Colebrook Station
Mt. Gretnan
Hamilton D. Turner
Col. Turner
Pennsylvania
National Guard
Pittsburgh
Company
Engineers
Scranton
Ompany B
Field Hospital No. 2
Ambulance Corps No. 2
Harrisburg
St. Louis
Kansas City
el Paso
Clement
James B. Kemper
United States Army
Logan
Clement Said
Mount Gretna
Cassellman
Turner
Robert M. Brookfield
National Guard Commanders to Lead Border Force
Illinois, Pennsylvania and New York will dispatch the largest guards to the Mexican border. Each commander will lead a sizable army capable of meeting any force Carranza has mustered in his Mexican experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New York
Carranza
Mexican plan to wreck troop trains near border revealed
United States authorities tighten secrecy as National Guardsmen move to border stations. General Funston orders rail managers to keep train routings confidential to prevent possible Mexican attacks. Intelligence warns of potential wrecking attempts amid border mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Antonio
National
General Funston
Troops Readied for Southward Move Amid Camp Delays
About 1 040 and the Third 1 041 regiments prepare two sections of twenty cars each with specific car mix. Food provisions and a day of garrison rations accompany travel plans as nearly 100 Highway Department workers clear camp roads. Medicals and dentists rush amid departure delays while the signal corps train departs at 10 11 a.m. General Clement visits to speed arrangements for a 12 to 1 o'clock departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quartermaster's Department
Philadelphia
Highway Department
Artillery
Cavalry
Signal Corps
Clement
Saloons Closed in El Paso After Street Disturbance
El Paso mayor Thomas Lea ordered saloons closed until further notice following a street railway strike. 109 of 11h carmen walked out over wages hours and conditions. Fort Bliss sent infantry and a motorcycle patrol to aid the provost guard and quell rioting. street car service resumed with rioters returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Associated Press
Thomas Lea
Carmen
Fort Bliss
Four Columbus Raiders Go Bravely to Their Deaths
Four Villa bandits who took part in the Columbus raid were hanged in the county jail in Deming New Mexico. They were executed in pairs Ensevio Retteria and Tauino Garcia were hanged first then Jose Rangel and Juan Castillo. Garcia spoke and asked God to forgive his enemies. Jose Rodriguez previously received a stay and serves a life sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Deming
N. M
Villa
Columbus
Ensevio Retteria
Tauino Garcia Press
Jose Rangel
Juan Castillo
Garcia
Columbus Raiders
Jose Rodriguez
Half of New York's Militia Is Now on Way to Mexico
New York State Mobilizes to the Mexican border as half of the militia heads south and the rest prepare to muster and be equipped. Major General O'Ryan reports the plan to depart by next Wednesday, hindered by a shortage of horses and mules. The Fifth Regiment of New Jersey sails for the border with about 1,500 troops, plus 100 recruits from the First New Jersey regiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrizal
Lansing
Washington
Mexico City
State Department
United States
Rodgers
Carranza
Wilson Robably
Congress
Mexico
Pershing
New York
Associated Press
New York State
O'Ryan
O’ryan
New Jersey
Jersey City
Trooper Thanks Women for Supplied Gifts on Train Stop
D. T. Leavenworth sergeant of Company H Second Massachusetts Infantry of Waterbury Connecticut writes to Professor Frank G. Roth thanking the city women who early yesterday morning supplied the soldiers with coffee fruit and magazines when their train halted en route to the border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. T. Leavenworth
Massachusetts Infantry
Waterbury
Connecticut
Frank G. Roth
Leavenworth
Eighth Showers Gen Hutchison Remembered at Camp Brumbaugh
Brigadier General Joseph B. Hutchison, sick at Chambersburg, was honored by postal card showers and a flower gift from officers wives as the Eighth Regiment at Camp Brumbaugh, Mount Gretna, Pa, awaited word on his condition. Visitors from Harrisburg and a dinner for generals marked the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brumbaugh
Mount Gretna
Joseph B. Hutchison
Chambersburg
Eighth
O'Neil
Harrisburg
Charles Miller
Guard
Miller
Clement
J. Denny O'Neil
Roosevelt Offered Equipment for Volunteer Division
At Sagamore Hill Colonel Roosevelt receives a flood of enlistment telegrams and equipment offers as news spreads that he is forming a volunteer division for possible action in a Mexican campaign. Secretary Walter J. Hayes says filings will be kept for future reference, while Roosevelt declines to comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Glen Cove
T. R. Brigade
Walter J. Hayes
Complete Preparations to Preserve Health of Troops
San Antonio and Fort Bliss base hospitals each hold 500 patient capacity with a smaller hospital at Douglas. Additional base hospitals planned for Fort Crockett Eagle Pass Laredo and Nogales. Camp hospitals dot the border as seven field and seven ambulance companies serve the army, with 22 more field hospitals and 22 ambulances in the National Guard. Motor ambulances and motor trucks are assigned to field units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Fort Bliss
Douglas
Ariz
Fort Crockett
Galveston
Eagle Pass
Laredo
Nogales
National Guard
Typhoid Fear Dismissed Among Guardsmen
Army medical officers report the nationwide regular force had only eight typhoid cases in the past year despite global postings from Alaska to China. Surgeon General Gorgas cites strong results. Sir William Osler praises the near extermination of typhoid as a soldier’s disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Gorgas
United States
World
Alaska
Gulf Coast
Panama
Philippines
Hawaii
China
William Osler
Scouting Detachments Find No Trace of Carranza Cavalry Near Pershing
Scouting detachments sent to Guzman report no evidence of Carranza cavalry near Guzman or threat to the line of communication. The Guzman garrison is bolstered by southbound cavalry, Pershing’s communication line is open, and officials deny any column turning back a Columbus to Colonia Dublan truck train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carranza
Gen. Pershing
Associated Press
Columbus
N. M
Guzman
General Pershing
Pershing
Colonia Dublan
Troop Trains Resume Through Harrisburg Border Route
Troop movements from Mt Gretna to the border resumed today over the Pennsylvania Railroad and Philadelphia & Reading lines. One 16 car train passed Harrisburg at noon, then paused 80 minutes for water cooling and rewatering. It carried Field Hospital No. 2 Philadelphia 79 men and Field Battalion of Signal Troops Pittsburgh 119 men. Units en route will be inoculated for typhoid and vaccinated for smallpox, aiming to reach the border by Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Gretnan
Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Elmer E. K. Beiser
Pittsburgh
Fred G. Miller
Signal Corps
Guy Dull
William H. Dull
Linden Street
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Reading
Newberry Junction
New York Central Railroad
Cumberland Valley Railroad Company
United States
New York
Connecticut
A. E. Buchanan
Pennsylvania Railroad Department
Women’s Preparedness Association
Mazet
Seventh New York Regiment
McCabe
Second Connecticut Infantry
Many Offer to Recruit Troops for State Defense
Offers from organizations and individuals to raise companies for immediate service reach Governor Brumbaugh and General Clement. Some volunteers demand commissions, and many are fraternal members eager to serve. Prospects depend on future calls as Third Brigade draws priority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brumbaugh
Mount Gretna
Sam
Harrisburg
War Department
Andrus Moves to Renovo Division as Master Mechanic
Charles H. Andrus, longtime master mechanic in Harrisburg, is transferred to the Renovo division with headquarters at Renovo. J L Cunningham, former Philadelphia division master mechanic, succeeds him in Harrisburg, with a career path including Wilmington and Williamsport assignments. The changes take effect tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Andrus
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Renovo
Andrus
J. l Cunningham
Wilmington
Baltimore
Del
Altoona
Joseph L. Davis
Motive Power Department Athletic Association
J. L. Cunningham
Columbia
Williamsport
Cape Charles
Postal Bill Approved by Senate With 322 Million Allocation
Special to the Telegraph Washington D C June 30 The annual post office appropriation bill carrying 322000000 was passed yesterday by the Senate after a month long debate Differences over railway mail pay and other sections may prevent final agreement in conference before July extending existing postal appropriations into the coming fiscal year Three changes were made in the bill The Cummins amendment directs the Interstate Commerce Commission to fix pay method and rates for mail transport An amendment limiting the combination of rural horse drawn routes into motor routes and restoring contracts for pneumatic tube service in big cities was restored after being struck out by the House
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Protest Seizure of American Property in Mexico
Washington reports protests by Special Agent Rodgerment over seizures of American property by local Mexican authorities. Thousands of dollars in gold and silver bullion, horses, cattle, autos, and other goods taken in Sonora, Jalisco, Tamaulipas, Manzanillo, near Tampico and Jalisco City. Officials say local authorities acted independently. Rodgerment asked the first chief to address the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Genera Carranza
Mexico
Mexico City
Rodge
State Department
Rodgers
Sonora
Jalisco
Tamaulipas
Manzanillo
Tampico
Captain Morey Reunites With Troops at El Paso
Captain Lewis Morey, in command of Troop K at Carrizal, arrived in El Paso from Columbus to greet survivors arriving as prisoners at the border. He then reunited with his wife in Austin and met troopers at the Santa Fe bridge as Luther Alexander, wounded, cried tears of joy. Japanese troops reportedly join the Carranza army in southern Mexico with a regiment noted at Torreon. Utah National Guard field artillery battery of 142 men and 6 officers reaches Nogales border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Morey
Carrizal
el Paso
Columbus
International Bridge
Captain Morey
Austin
Union Station
Eagle Pass
Tex
Torreon
Monterey
Carranza
Mexico
Chihuahua
Utah
Associated Press
Nogales, Ariz
Utah National Guard Battery of Field Artillery
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Price
Charles Co. Allen
Charlie T. Cresswell
Third Infantry
Cresswell
Army
Dpd
Sack Foster
Vohn FO
Ryan Yynderwood
Yderwoodr
Maa
Geena Char
M. Cee
Trooper
Hutchison
Rhode Island
Providence
R. I
W. D. Crookston
A. F E. Truby
A.B
C. H. Andrus
Reovo
Capt. Morey
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