Impressive Scenes at Departure of Company Honors Home Boys
Impressive scenes attended the departure of Company t. Honor the Home Boys Who Have Answered the Call of Their Country.
27 Jun 1916
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Newspaper
Lebanon Daily Reporter
Location
Lebanon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1916
Page
1
Impressive scenes attended the departure of Company t. Honor the Home Boys Who Have Answered the Call of Their Country.
Boone county sends sixty five enlisted men and three officers of Company H to Ft Harrison Indiana in a silent patriotic valediction. Families and veterans bear witness as the unit departs by interurban car for federal muster with hopes of front line service.
International News Service reports four additional Carrizal massacre survivors were picked up and returned near Pershing’s headquarters at Casas Grandes. The negro troopers, nearly starved, gave only fragments of the engagement. Also noted, the Fourteenth New York infantry began border departure, Framingham Massachusetts Eighth regiment heads out, and New York Seventh regiment militia moves toward Brownsville after rail delays.
Indiana National Guard ranks move toward border mobilization as mustering officers and doctors rush to complete details. Capt J J Toffey signals imperative need for haste while Capt Charles D Herron takes a key post. The guard braces for rapid deployment amid rumors of imminent call. James Heddy of Vincennes dies at Camp Ralston, first local fatality noted.
Carranza reply to US ultimatum expected soon as Latin America warns of possible force. Villa alive and negotiating with Carranza to join against the United States. US drafts naval militia use and plans blockades off Mexican coasts to prevent ammunition flow while awaiting Carranza decision.
Mexico City officials announce President Carranza rejects Wilson's demand to release American prisoners from Carrizal. Draft reply confirms stance against US troops on Mexican soil and accuses the United States of responsibility for hostilities. War seems inevitable, with Aguilar ready to take the field if war erupts. Continued on page four.
American forces brace for potential cross border action as Major General Funston moves the Twenty second Infantry toward Naco to deter Carranzista advances on Bisbee and Nogales. Reports say U S troops are concentrated while Carranza troops threaten towns along the Rio Grande and Arizona frontier.
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