69th in camp amid rain and mud at Camp Whitman
Soldiers of the Sixty ninth Regiment trudged through deep mud from Green Haven to Camp Whitman. Heavy rain slowed unloading of wagons and gear as they set up tents, cook stoves, and ra tions, with brigades assigned around the camp and water and sanitation work ongoing.
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Camp Whitman
Newburg
SixXtyginth Regiment
Green Haven
New York
Whitman
Dyer
Traip Colony
Hrigs
Eddy
Twenty-second
Engineers and Signal Corps
Fishkill Creek
Thousands Cheer as 69th Marches from New York City
The Sixty-ninth Infantry under Colonel Louis D. Conley left for Beekman mobilization camp amid massive crowds along Fifth Avenue from Twenty-fifth to Fifty-seventh Street. Bishop Hayes blessed the regiment, about 5,000 cheered as trains departed, and many officials, unions, and clubs saluted the marchers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Sixty-ninth Infantry
Louis D. Conley
Beekman
New York
Conley
Fifth Avenue
Twenty-fifth
Fifty-seventh Street
Patrick J Hayes
Cardinal Farley
Twenty-fifth Street
Lexington Avenue
Twenty-fourth Street
Cornelius Vanderbilt
O' Ryan
Bishop Hayes
Pat
Mike
Jerry
Legion
Union League Club
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Mgr Lavelle
Carnegie Hall
Vanderbilt
Unt
O'’ Ryan
Sixty-ninth
Water supply efforts under way at Beacon camp progress
Regiment Colonel Luces expects to have the camp ready well before time but current work centers on water. Six wells were completed today and will be tested for capacity up to about 100 000 gallons daily. Two storage tanks, pumping equipment, and an eight mile network of concrete conduits are being installed.
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National Guard
Luces
Beacon
O'Ryan delays hasty mobilization at State Camp
Major General O'Ryan visited Camp Whitman to review mobilization work for the Sixty-ninth Regiment and said the State Guard should be in camp within a week or ten days. He countermanded orders for three regiments to move tomorrow and warned families there may be no immediate border movement. He detailed the tactical division structure and stressed careful, phased mobilization to avoid chaotic movement.
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Wood
New York
Eastern Department
Whitman
O' Ryan
Pershing
O’ Ryan
National Guard
Sixty-ninth
United States
Quartermaster’ S Department
Prekskrill
N. Yo
O Ryan
Edward Olmstead
Camp Whitman
State Guard
Mexico
Oder
Thea
War Department
John O' Ryan
Washington
Europe
Watervliet
Buffalo
Albany Law School
Tenth
Albany
Ernest L. Miller
Beekman
Albany County
Red Cross Society
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Quartermasters’ Department
Regular Army
Plattsburg
San Antonio
Texas
Binghainion
St. Louis
Van Cortlandt Park Becomes Military Camp for Field Artillery
War mobilization moves begin as First and Second Field Artillery establish camps at Van Cortlandt Park. About 300 horses and 10 batteries are mobilized, with Oklahoma-bought draught horses arriving to train. Units from Brooklyn and the Bronx join, aiming for 2,400 horses for full war strength across eight batteries.
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Sixty-eighth Street
James Richardson
Bronx
Lw Street
Franklin Avenue
van Cortlandt
Bernard Schneider
Bal Lery Bilot
Forfham Hospital
W. T. Bright
Schneider
Sehneider
Mexico
Edward Burhlus
William B. Wright
van Corslandt Park
First Cavalry
Brooklyn
Xebadron
Addivioeas
van Cordlapyt
Merk City
van Courtlandt Park
Big City
First Field Artillery
Oklahoma
Second Field Artillery
George A. Wingate
Inrooklyn
van Cortlandt Park
The
Park
Old Guardsmen Rush to Colors in Wartime Mobilization
Albany reports show State Guard units nearing full wartime strength as veterans and officers pledge service. Messages from ex-officers in New York and Massachusetts offer formations for artillery and infantry roles, with plans for a possible Buffalo heavy artillery regiment and mobilization to units including the Albany Tenth Regiment.
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New Meek Times
Albany
State Guard
Adjutant General's Office
Louis W. Stotesbury
Whitman
Smith College
Williams College
Abrey J. Parp@y
New York
Elliott Warren
Veteran Artillery Corps
Warren
Wilson
Charles HI. Roe
William Cary Sanger
Parage
Percy E. Naglé
Stephen F. Hart
J. J Kingsbury
Buffalo
Overnor’s Staif
Eugene E. Aggtin
Newbold Morris
Lenox
Mass
William M Amory
Wiliam L. Fish
John Kerby
A. F. Lunzi
Old Guard
Henry L. Kip
Rush of Recruits to City Regiments
The Seventy-first Regiment was set to depart for Beekman at 8 A M but the order was postponed latest from Division Headquarters. Recruitment was brisk with the force nearing 1500 and more men joining since President Wilson called up the Guard. Officers push to fill ranks as Seventh Regiment nears war strength within two weeks.
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Twenty-Second Corps of Engineers
Beekman
Lucas
Frederic N. Whitley
Guard
Engineers
168Th Street
Fort Washington Avenue
Saith Street
North River
Corpa
John D. Fairchild
Comet
Seventy-first
Hates
Thirty-fourth
Thirty Fifth Street
New York
Wilson
Kid McCoy
Pugilciat
George E. Hart
Hart
Flanders
Regit
Sixty-Seventh Street
Columbus Avenue
Tuard
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O’ryan
WAR Motors
Camp Whitman Fo
Armory
Mhelan
Mépnihan
Lynch
Twentys-fifth Street
Francis V. Duffy
Rishon
Thirty-ninth Street
Democratic Club
Fiftieth Street
General Ryan
Metropolis
America
Webern Heilbroner
Broadway
Cortland
Nassau
Nassau and
Fifth Ave
D.visi.ns
Nw York Times
Franklin Simon
West 38Th St
Oxfords
Franklin Shoes
Aaus'cere
Thomas Cort
Maten
Franklin Simon & Co
Mens Clothing Shop
Cairo
Egypt
Iee
Afiadis
Pcigaretle
Inn
Valiadis & Co
Supreme Court
Columbia
Supreme Center
Pens Furnishin
Madras
Frankin Athletic Union
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