Yale Alumni urged to enroll in Plattsburg and Navy camps
The Yale Enrollment Committee of the Military Training Camps Association will mail notices to 20,000 Yale graduates urging eligible men to enroll in civilian training camps this summer. The effort supports funding for expenses to attend Plattsburg military or Navy Department training, with notable backers including Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Hadley praising the camps as education and public-spirited training.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Navy Department
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H.S. Howland
Archibald Watson
Lyle E B. Mahan
Ada Sterling
Ansel Phelps
Hugh Auchincloss
Marion Tiffany
Henry Morgan Post
Robert K. Crank
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
John M. Helm
Virginia
Kearsarge
Kentucky
Illinois
Maine
Rhode Island
Alabama
Louisiana
New Jersey
Gardiner’s Bay
Department
Tangier Sound
Hampton Roads
Yale Enrollment Committee
Military Training Camps’ Association of the United States
Yale
Jeason Hadley
Plattburg
President Hadley
William Howard Taft
Otto Barnard
Perry Beadleston
Howard
Borden
George Cromwell
Sherman Day
John L. Saulles
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Ashbel P. Fitch
Justice Edward J. Gavegan
Henry L. Stimson
George E. de
Herbert Parsons
Frank L. Polk
Ogden Mills Reid
William Williams
Robert W. de Forest
Montclair Men Propose Loyalty League for Defense Training
Arthur P. Heyer of the Montclair Battalion calls for a national loyal legion of business men to boost preparedness. He proposes excluding those lacking military knowledge from favorable positions and contracts to spur widespread military training and school reforms.
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New York Times
Montclair
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Loyal Legion
Arthur P. Heyer
Navy to Admit 23 Qualified Enlisted Men to Annapolis
Secretary Daniels announced 23 enlisted sailors passed Navy midshipman exams. He asked Congress to authorize appointments for all who qualified, with 15 to be appointed immediately and the remaining eight if Congress grants the authority. Daniels also urged Senate and House Naval Committee chairs Tillman and Padgett to support the measure.
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New York Times
Washington
Navy
Naval Academy
Daniels
Tillman and Padgett
Senate
House Naval
Congress
Annapolis
Day Sounds a Warning at Syracuse University Graduation
Chancellor James R. Day warned graduates against militarism in a Syracuse University sermon, saying nations once spared by war now face universal conflict and debt. He denounced turning universities into drill grounds and teaching war in schools, calling it a dangerous political craze.
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Syracuse
N. Y
James R. Day
Syracuse University
Plattsburg Camp Moves to Higher Ground Amid Mud
Plattsburg residents report Major Gen. Leonard Wood ordered the move of the training camp from muddy grounds to sandy higher ground north of the present site. Major Murray cites weather and sanitary concerns, with 7 AM move and noon return planned, while the abandoned area may be reused for a July second camp.
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New York Times
Plattsburg
Leonard Wood
Harrison Hall
Provisional Battalion of
Coast Artillery
Montreal
Au Sable Chasm
Murray
Promaine
Johnny Slaves
Duck” Johnson
Bandits Raid Texas Then Leave After Protests
Refugees report Mexican mob threats near the border while General Trevino pledges protection for foreigners. Anti American sentiment spreads as Circulares denounce U S soldiers and claim soldiers in Mexican dress raid ranches near Casas Grandes Colonia Dublan.
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Trevino
Chihuahua
Saltillo
Monterey
San Luis Potosi
Columbus
N. M
Casas Grandes
Colonia Dublan
Pershing
Anas
Cantinflas? 600 Villistas Routed Near Parral
General Ignacio Ramos reported a decisive clash in the Rio Florido district about fifty miles south of Parral in which 600 Villistas were driven off after a daylong battle at Lomas de Buena Vista. The outlaws, remnants of scattered bands, fled toward the hills as Constitutionalists under Ramos and Jacinto Hernandez moved to disrupt mining interests near Parral.
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Mexico
Rio Florido
Parral
Ignacio Ramos
Lomas de Buena Vista
Rosario
Ramos
Jacinto Hernandez
Riots Fomented by El Democrata, Refugees Back Pershing
Three American refugees from Chihuahua City testified at General Pershing’s headquarters in Colonia Dulian that anti American riots were fomented by El Democrata, Carrancista organ. They provided documents and a parodied verse mocking President Wilson, translated but deemed too vile for publication.
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Juarez
Chihuahua City
Gener Trevino
Pershing
Chihuahua
New York Time
Colonia Dublan
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Foreign Club
General Pershing
el Democrata
Thevw
Wilson
Villa
Police Rebuilds Bullet for Kaufman Case Evidence
Dr Joseph W Stephenson of 20 West Fiftieth Street testified no mystery about the pistol and bullet used by Mrs Kaufman of 118 West Seventy second Street. A policeman recovered the bullet, refitted it to the cartridge shell, and marked it for identification. Mrs Kaufman, jailed at Knickerbocker Hospital, faces court today on charges of possessing a pistol and attempting suicide.
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West Fiftieth Street
Joseph Kaufman
West
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Stephenson
Kaufman
Knickerbocker Hospital
Fire at four story flat house leaves 20 rescued
Early morning blaze at 1,406 Webster Avenue forced firemen to evacuated residents down fire escapes and ladders. Mrs. William Jones sustained glass wounds, and Dr. Conway of Fordham Hospital treated the injured. Damage is estimated at 3000 dollars.
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William Jones
Hook and Ladder Company
Schryder, McGarvey
Gilles
Mary Lund
Catherine
Charlotte
Emily Dickson
Conway
Fordham Hospital
Janes
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