Call to arms for nation's defense by War Secretary Baker
Secretary Baker calls governors to mobilize state organized militia and National Guard for potential U S defense. Units meeting minimum strength will be mustered into federal service at designated mobilization points. Inspections determine eligibility for recognition under War Department orders Circular 19 1014.
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Baker
United States
National Guard
Eastern Department
United States Army
War Department
Division of Militia Affairs
How the United States and Mexican Armies Line Up
An interwar style summary notes total troop figures along the border U S forces about 145 000 mobilized National Guard 12 000 border units 40 000 cavalry and 15 000 others 167 000 total opposed by Carranza forces in Sonora Chihuahua and other border locations details show frontages and density per mile
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United States
National Guard of the
Carranza
Sonora
Galles
Chihuahua
Pershing
Othe
Mexico
General Pershing
Columbus
N. M
Chronology of Mexico Crisis Highlights 1910 1916
A compact chronology tracing the Mexican crisis from the Madero revolution in 1910 to the 1916 clashes. It notes Diaz’s resignation, Huerta’s era, Carranza and Villa hostilities, Tampico incident, Vera Cruz occupation, and growing U S involvement with raids, massacres, and the Punitive Expedition.
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Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Ifollows
Victoriano Huerta
Gustavo Mandero
Huerta
Carran_ga
Coahuila
Tampico
Mayo
Vera Cruz
Niagara Falls
Ontario
Carranza
Obregon
Iturbide
Francesco Carbajal
Villa
Militia Shortfall in National Guard Revealed
War Department records show the National Guard missing 22 000 men to reach peace strength of 151 000 and 186 000 to reach full war strength of 315 000. Only two of twelve divisions have headquarters organized, the Sixth New York and the Seventh Pennsylvania.
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Division of Militia Affairs
War Department
National Guard
New York
Pennsylvania
Condition of the National Guard in the Various States
War department records show state guard conditions with Alabama medical department good and field artillery poor while infantry is fair and good. Arizona reports medical good infantry fair and good. Arkansas lists First Infantry Companies B D F K as poor with others good or better.
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War Department
National Guard
Alabama—Medical Department
Field Artillery
Arizona
Military department ratings by state and unit details
A long list of state by state ratings for medical departments and various branches including cavalry field artillery engineers and infantry. It notes ranges such as good fair very good excellent by companies and mentions Chicago Seventh and Eighth Infantry with mixed grades.
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Second Infantry
California
Infantry
District of Columbia
Medical Department
Signal Corps
Georgia
Cavalry
Field Artillery
Coast Artillery
Idaho
Ilinois
Engineer Corps
Chicago
Indiana—Medical Department
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana — Medical Department
Maine—Medical Department
Coast Artillery Corps
Maryland
Massachusetts—Medical Department
Michigan
Engineers’ Corps
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Field
New Jersey
New Mexico—Medical Department
Military shortfalls in Mexican campaign logistics outlined
The report notes 36 brigades with only 28 headquarters organized due to state differences and lack of regular officers. Of 127 infantry and cavalry regiments only 635 machine guns are needed but 172 exist, with 77 in ordnance. Seacoast defenses hold 67 guns. Transportation is critical. only Sixth New York has complete wagon trains, while Seventh Pennsylvania lacks 115 wagons for full divisional trains.
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Alabama
Teseeeetene
Saveena
Arizona
Vporeasaseceues
Emeseneesonna
Arkansas
Apeuvere Peeee Rene
California
Secceva Necodone Esee Phisennane
Colorado
Oneugue Aeaeae Aepaee
Connecticut
Delaware
Neeeseeee Een
District of Columbia
Apeneese Ee Eee
Florida
Detenee Saeenee
Oneasee
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Lowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Eessiscoss
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
Abecavesaeay
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Eacar
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Reed
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Cesses Eager Onan
South Carolina
Rhode Island
Puveveeenare
Eeenevereess
South Dakota
Posesees
Tennessee
West
Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
War Department
Ordnance Department
Mexico
Irene the Gotham Queen at English Royal Court
The Kansas City Star notes that noblewomen in England dress modestly for alien visitors to show respect. Irene, dancing before the queen last month, wore a simple chiffon frock and omitted jewels except a diamond necklace and a diamond bracelet on her left ankle.
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Irene
Gotham
England
Royal Court
Vernon Castle
Eng
Kansas City Star
Through College Plans Mention Banking Career
The dialogue questions post college plans and a young person replies that while they considered banking, the path seems very challenging. The exchange hints at uncertainty about immediate career directions after graduation.
Banker Job Quest Amid Bank Vacancies
The speaker recounts visiting seven banks yesterday seeking a role as a fourth or fifth vice president, but finds no single vacancy available across the institutions. The note reflects broad openings and applicant frustration in high level banking positions.
Aviator Blinks Executes Safe Descent After Engine Failure
Blinks, an aviator, demonstrated notable presence of mind when his motor failed at two thousand feet. He immediately solved the emergency by performing a controlled descent to safety.
Airmen Shot Down in Western Front Air Battles
London report describes extensive aerial fighting on the western front. A German plane was brought down near Doullens with occupants captured. British and German aircraft exchanged blows near Lens Wingles and other skies with several enemy machines damaged or shot down.
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London
British Nes
Doullens
Lens
Wingles
Ines
House Convicts Marshall for Contempt of House
Washington reports the House votes 208 to 85 to convict District Attorney H Snowden Marshall of New York for contempt of the House over criticism of a subcommittee probing impeachment proceedings. Speaker Clark to issue a warrant for Marshall’s arrest. He faces punishment at the bar of the House. The matter stems from Marshall’s neutrality investigations.
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Washington
House
H. Snowden Marshall
New York
House of Representatives
Marshall
Judiciary Committee
Clark
German Repulse North of Hill 821 in French Action
Paris reports a German infantry assault on the French line north of hill 821 was repulsed by French batteries. Washington says a second diplomatic note to Austria-Hungary seeks apology and reparations for the Austrian submarine attack on the Petralite. Joplin floods cause four deaths and $500000 in damage with basements submerged and five feet of water on Main Street.
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Paris
War Office
Washington
Austria-Hungary
State Department
Vienna
Joplin
Main Street
British Gain in Africa Occupies Alt Langenburg and Henden
General Smuts reported to the war office that British forces in southern German East Africa have occupied Alt Langenburg and Henden. The dispatch comes from London dated June 23 and notes continued Allied advances in the region.
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Africa
London
Heine Zim Breaks Shoulder in Home Accident
Chicago June 23 Heine Zimmer man Cubs third baseman and field captain fell down stairs at home breaking his shoulder. The injury will probably keep him out for the season.
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Heine Zim
Chicago
Heine Zimmerman
Cubs
Guard Tightens Panama Canal Vigilance in Mexican Situation
Panama authorities increase canal security after the Mexican crisis. Troops were ordered to watch all visitors within the Canal Zone to prevent any threats.
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Panama
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Cananea Residents Flee to U S Border as Uprising Looms
Americans flee Cananea to the U S border ahead of a feared outbreak. About 650 residents reach Dovegans amid Mexican troops guarding property.
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U. S. Dovegans
Ariz
Cananea
Demand for Bigger Navy Builds Seven Capital Ships
President Wilson backs an expanded navy plan, seeking eight capital ships including two dreadnoughts and six battle cruisers, surpassing the House bill's five cruisers and no dreadnoughts. Senate panel and Tillman Swanson Lodge subcommittee to review, with cost rising by about 60 million and demands for more enlisted sailors.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Danielg
Tillman and
Swanson
Tillman
Senate
House
Daniels
Naval Affairs Committee
Lodge
General Committee
Germans Halt Russian Drive With Gains Near Lemberg
German forces halted the Russian westward push from Volhynia and northward from Czernowitz. Russians captured three towns Guboka Zadova Stroginetz but suffered a setback northwest of Lutsk. German successes occurred between the Kovel Lutsk railroad and the Turla river with stubborn resistance near Kisselin.
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London
Volhynia
Czernowitz
Sereth River
Lemberg
Guboka
Zadova
Stroginetz
Lutsk
Kovel-Lutsk
Turla
Kisselin
Mass on Roumanian Frontier Reported
Bucharest reports fifty thousand Austro Hungarian soldiers massed on the Roumanian frontier as a result of the Russian offensive against the Austrians.
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Bucharest
Roumanian
Thousands Arrested in Ireland Over Sinn Fein Rising
London reports about 3,000 people arrested in Ireland in connection with the Sinn Fein uprising. Parliament was told that about 1,200 have been released.
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Ireland
London
Sinn Fein
Bread Riots Reported Across Greek Towns
Greeks riot over bread in Patras Argina Mallas and Agriaton as authorities struggle to demobilize three Macedonian army corps due to ship delays.
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Athens
Patras
Argina
Mallas
Agriaton
Macedonia
Milliken and Hale Win in Maine Nominations
Portland Maine June 22 The Republicans nominated CarBE Milliken for governor and Frederick Hale for United States senator as returns from Monday's primaries were received.
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Milliken
Hale
Maine
Portland
Carbe
Frederick Hale
United States
U boat sinks French liner and claims 3000 lives
Reports from Cartagena and Madrid relay that the German submarine U-35 sank the French liner Provence in the Mediterranean after previously sinking multiple Allied ships. autographs from Kaiser William were sent to King Alfonso and hospital stores were carried for German internees in Spain.
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King Alfonso
Teutons
Gartagena
Spain
Cartagena
Madrid
Alfonso
Kamerun
Roma
Catalina
Pals
London
William
Mediterranean
Spaiin
Germany
Fortifications Bill Passes House with Wide Margin
The fortifications appropriation bill was approved by the House on Thursday by 165 to 9 votes, totaling about 800,000 for coast and field artillery defenses. The measure increases the current year's outlay by roughly 17 million dollars. An amendment to end stop-watch systems and bar bonus payments to labor in arsenals, defeated 197 to 115, followed a tough contest urged by labor groups.
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Washington
Tyne
House
Paverner
Ulhots
One Dies Two Hurt In Fight At Virginia Mine
In Virginia Minnesota on June 24 a clash between special police and striking miners left one man dead and two wounded as a woman on a miner's porch using a repeating rifle opened fire on the crowd. Officials charge Mrs Nick Stosendich sparked the shooting.
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Virginia
Minn
W. W
Alpena
Oliver Iron Mining Company
Nick Stosendich
Bombes Dropped on Bassano Reported No Casualties
A hostile aeroplane dropped several bombs on Bassano on June 24. No serious damage or casualties were reported.
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Bassano
Rome
Pirates Convicted for Piracy in Belize
J. Monsanto and K. Vernon were convicted of piracy in Belize British Honduras for tying the schooner captain and forcing him to walk the plank after stealing the vessel. They were sentenced to death.
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Belize
British Honduras
J. Monsanto
K. Vernon
National Editorial Association Calls for Paper Cost Remedy
The National Editorial association adopted a resolution urging the U S government to investigate and remedy the high price and shortage of newspaper supplies amid June.
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New York
United States
National Iuditorial Association
President Wilson reviews National Guard on Pennsylvania Avenue
President Wilson reviewed the National Guard of the District of Columbia as it marched along Pennsylvania Avenue toward the mobilization camp at Fort Myer. The ceremony occurred in Washington on a June 23.
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Washington
Wilson
National Guard
District of Columbian
Pennsylvania Avenue
Fort Myer
Push Germans Back in Fierce Soviet Offensive Reports
Petrograd says 172 484 prisoners taken to date as Russian forces push in Volhynia Galicia and Styr region. Desperate fighting near Gadomitch Gruzintyn and Vorontchine, with German attacks repulsed. details include captured officers, men, and machine guns. Berlin and London dispatches note divisions moved east to stem the Russian advance toward Lemberg and Przemysl.
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Petrograd
War Office
Volhynia
Galicia
Stokhod
Gadomitch
Styr
Gruzintyn
Vorontchine
Kiselin
Tramilesto
Vorontsehine
Sereth
Bruasilof
London
Lemberg
Geneva
Latsk-Kavel
Brody
Przemys- Inny
Berlin
Koll
Tauttake
Grugatyn
Varta
Austro-Hungarian War Office
Five Die in Parry Sound Explosives Plant Blast
A shrapnel factory blast at the Canadian Explosives Limited plant in Parry Sound Ontario killed at least five workers and left about twenty seriously injured. The large building housing the plant was destroyed and firefighters search the smoldering ruins while the cause remains unknown. About seventy men were in the building, many escaped unharmed.
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Parry Sound
Ont
Canadian Explosives, Limited
Noted German airman Immelmann killed in action
A Berlin dispatch reports Lieutenant Immelmann, famed for his May fifteenth aeroplane downing, was killed while reconnoitering on the western front on Tuesday.
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Immelmann
Berlin
London
Copenhagen
London Velegraph
Professor Hoxie Self-Inflicts Suicide at Home
Chicago June 24. Stobert IF Hoxie professor of political economy at the University of Chicago bled himself by cutting his throat in his home. Continuedness is said to have caused the act.
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Hoxie Kiils
Chicago
Stobert IF
Hoxie
University of Chicago
Greece Accepts Entente Demands and Forms New Cabinet
Greece has accepted the demands of the entente powers and informed the French legation. M. Zaimis was entrusted with forming a new cabinet following the agreement.
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Greece
Entente
Athens
M. Zaimis
Drexel Granted 50000 Yearly Separation Allowance
London June 23 Justice Neville in the high court entered judgment for Mrs Anthony J Drexel enforcing a separation allowance of 50000 dollars per year.
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Drexel
London
Justice Neville
High Court
Anthony J. Drexel
German Banker Freed in El Paso Detention
Frederick Griese, a German banker based in Mexico City, was detained by federal agents in El Paso on suspicions of violating American neutrality. He was released after receiving orders from Washington.
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Villa
Villistas
Chihuahua City
Fort Hancock
el Paso
Frederick Griese
Mexico City
Washington
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Douglas Columbus
Rito
Grande Presidio
Jwvaredo Brownaville
San Antonio
Casas Grandes Corralitos
Ascension
Reepeeeese
Apasoenes
Francisco I. Madero
Diaz
Europe
Felix Diaz
Carnejutla
Lansing
Mex_ico
Dodd
O. K
Stokhod River
Kaiser
Canada
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