New Jersey Troops Mobilized for Federal Service
New Jersey citizen soldiers are mobilized with about 5 000 men ready for service. Fourth Infantry from Jersey City and First Regiment Newark lead the convoy to Camp Fielder under Governor Fielder and Brig. Gen. Hine. Rookies to rifle ranges begin drill as recruiting continues in Newark and Paterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Bea Girt
N. J
New Jersey
Fielder
Baker
Fourth Infantry
Camp Fielder
Rocky Road
Dubin
Arthur L. Steele
Governor Fielder
Newark
Paterson
Jersey City Corps
Hospital Corps
Buckalew Farm
Henry D. Styer
U.S. A
Edwin W. Hine
Steele
Inersey City
Coronel
John D. Fraser
West Orange
Rd W. Spencer
Norrow
Austin Colgate
Sadler
AG. Gen
Trenton
New Jersey Guards Deploy Amid Widespread Welcome
Regiments from New Jersey National Guard depart for Sea Girt mobilization, drawing massive crowds in Jersey City Newark West Orange and Paterson. Thousands line streets salute and cheer as 1500 soldiers march, with police estimates of tens of thousands viewing along routes to Broad Street Station and Erie tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey National Guard
Sea Girt
Bergen
Mercer Streets
Jersey City
Mercer Street
City Hall
Montgomery Street
Pennsylvania Station
Fagan
Arthur L. Steele
Steele
Department
New Jersey
Newark
Raymond
Broad
Market
Paterson
Uies
Ridgewood
Hackengack
Englewood
Market Street
Erie
Carroll
Broadway
Main
Ourgee
Fifth Regiment
Inerson
The
Fifth
Passaic
Orange
William Street
Centre
Erie Station
West Orange
Kolehmainen Refuses Army Confinement Over Family
Long distance runner Hannes Kolehmainen, a Brooklyn resident and member of Company L, Fourteenth Regiment, N G N Y, says he will not join his regiment at the armory as he cannot leave his wife and week old baby. Colonel Sard and Colonel Foots consider options, with questions about his financial inability to report for concentration camp or war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kolehmainen
Foote
Hannes Kolehmainen
N. G N
Brooklyn
John H Sard
South Primed for War Feel as Nation Mobilizes
From San Antonio to Mobile, papers report a heated rush to enlist as the National Guard is mobilized over the Mexican crisis. The South, once hesitant, now shows eager recruits, pay assurances, and war talk as communities brace for a probable open break with Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas
National Guard
New York
Virginia
Carolinas
Geo
Alabama
Litia
Wilson
Atlania Constitution
Mobile
Ogether
D. A. Stewart
Stewart
Anthat
Mexico
War risk premiums and limits on life policies announced
New York Life and Mutual Life reveal war risk premiums for militiamen on active service. Metropolitan Life and Equitable offer policies up to 2000 for National Guardsmen or Naval Reserve members. New York Life sets a $10000 maximum for militiamen Red Cross and relief workers. Mutual Life imposes no cap but adds 5 per cent per thousand on new policies for war service. Existing policies remain unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York and Mutual Life Insurance Companies
Metropolitan Life and Equitable Insurance Companies
National Guard
Naval Reserve
New York Fe
Red Cross
Mutual Life Insurance Company
German banker freed after neutrality inquiry
Chief A. B. Bielaski of the Justice Department ordered the release of Frederick Griese a German banker of Mexico City detained in El Paso on suspicion of violating American neutrality. Investigations found no evidence to hold him and he was freed after Washington confirmed the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
A. B. Bielaski
Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
el Pasos
Frederick Griese
Mexico City
Griese
Department
EL Paso
Texas
Wilson Reviews District of Columbia Guard Mobilization
President Wilson watched the District of Columbia National Guard march to Camp at St Myer across the Potomac. He commented the troops looked fine and showed interest in the signal corps and a battalion of negro militia. Secretary Baker and Colonel Harts accompanied him in light rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Mexian Border Service
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Paker
Harts
District of Columbia National Guard
Potomac River
St Myer
Baker
Signal Corps
W. Harvey
Women Mobilize Aid for Soldiers Families in New York
New York women formed the National Patriotic Relief Committee to aid soldiers and their families with ready emergency work. An executive board led by Miss Maude Wetmore plans statewide subcommittees and urges existing relief groups to cooperate. The effort includes hospital supplies, employment bureaus, magazine and book drives, and home support for families of servicemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
War Relief Committee
West Thirty-ninth Street
National Patriotic Relief Committee
Maude Wetmore
Wendell Baker
James Cushman
A. Dike
Kenneth Frazier
Therese O' Donohue
Robinson-Smith
Louis B. Stillwell
Anne Morgan
Charles Chapin
New Jersey
Lindon W. Bates
Lindon W. Bates, Chairman of the Woman's Section
Movement For National Preparedness
Woman's National Committee
The
American Defense Society
Fifth Avenue
William Cumming Story
Brooklyn
Sense
Dewing Hutchinson
Mexico
Defense
Charles B Goldborough
Sterling Story
Florence G. Finch
John Hays Hammond
John H. Hanan
Simon Baruch
Alfred P. Hanan, Jr
Joseph H. Coit
J. A. Ruthven
Arthur J. Singer
Thompson
Lewis B. Woodruff
Henry
Quinby
R. H. Clark
E. T. Herbert
American Woman's League For
Ida Powell Priest
Interstate Order of Military Women
J. Hungerford Milbank
Consul Silliman Leaves Mexico for Eagle Pass
United States Consul J R Silliman arrived in Eagle Pass Texas from Saltillo by Monclova due to halted rail traffic between Monterey and Nuevo Laredo. He expects to stay several days and is noted as the last American consul to depart Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silliman
Mexico
Eagle Pass
Texas
United States
J. R. Silliman
Saltillo
Monclova
Monterey
Neuvo Laredo
Mr. Silliman
Employers Rally to Pay Militiamen Across Nation
The New York Times reports firms nationwide pledge full wages for employees drafted into state militia or federal service. Brooklyn Rapid Transit, B F Goodrich, National Biscuit, Bloomingdale Brothers, and others promise pay plus benefits for up to a year. Major firms guarantee seniority, while hotels, banks, and clubs extend leaves with pay. Rockefeller-backed Colorado Fuel and Iron also guarantees reemployment with partial pay for married men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associationa
New York Times
New York City
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
B. R. T. Group
B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company
Comny
National Biscuit Company
United Cigar Stores Company
United Zinc Sorting Corporation
Lwose- Wiles Biscuit Company
lLooseles Company
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
New York Central
Lehigh Valley
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Erie
New York Telephone Company
Wall Street
Columbia Trust Company
W. R. Britton & Co
George K. Warren
Vernon P Baker
Harlem
Denver
Col
John D. Rockefeller
J. F. Welborn
The
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Argentina Hopes War Will Be Averted
Buenos Aires dated June 21 reports La Razon cautions a difficult solution to the U S Mexico tension. La Nacion laments the situation as a disturbance to American opinion. El Diario condemns Mexican bandit actions yet regrets potential intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
United States
Mexico
la Razon
la Nacion
Argentina
Carranza
el Diario
Shillitoni Escapes Death House After Gun Grab
Shillitoni shoots guards and escapes a few yards from his Death House cell as prison officials debate if he feigned insanity. A visitor allegedly supplied a revolver hidden on a visitor, and guards recall past deaths of Palliser and Roehl who vanished after escaping by boat.
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Shillitoni
Establishi
Death House
McCarthy
Angelo Leggio
Legegio
Pallister
Roehl
Kirchwey
Leggio
Schillitoni
Miller
Hitoni
Shilliton
Thomas Palliser
Frank W. Roehl
Hudson
Pallisera Roehl
Red Cross Nursing Surge At Border War Effort
Women's Red Cross drive swells with more than 600 enrolled and 200 plus calls at New York offices. Members vie for immediate Mexico service, many wives of National Guardsmen among applicants. Brooklyn counts 325 certified nurses ready to volunteer. plans include base hospital unit and field column for border relief.
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American Red Cross
Mexican
Mexico
Thirtyseventh Street
Fifth Avenue
East Twenty-second Street
West Side
The
Broadway
Sixty-seventh Street
Red Cross
Europe
Court Street
Brooklyn
Bush Terminal
Clarence Hyde
Montague Street
Bellevue Hospital
Jefferson R. Kean
Red Cross Military Relief Committee
Washington
Army
New York City
William B. Brinsmade
Naval Hospital
Red Cross Marward University
Red Cross Awaits Orders for Army Field Units
Major General Arthur Murray, Vice Chairman of the Red Cross Central Committee, said the society is ready for emergencies from the Mexican situation. It seeks equipment to service 100000 troops and plans for up to 270000, though current field equipment is scarce due to storage, to be bought as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Washington
Arthur Murray
Central Committee of the
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Eight Ship Program To Go Before Senate
Washington June 21 A Senate sub committee discussed a naval plan for four battle cruisers and four dreadnoughts as part of this year’s program. President Wilson and Secretary Daniels urged expanding House revisions. Tillman Swanson and others predicted a substantial increase and full navy personnel growth to about 70 000 enlisted men. The bill aims to reach full committee by week’s end and Senate approval early next week. Daniels defense of his record followed sharp criticism from rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Tulman
Swanson
Tomes
Wilson
Daniels
Tillman
White House
Navy
Thomas
Force to Guard Wall Street Preparedness Plan Expands
Preparedness plans rooted in the Home Defense League push a volunteer force to defend Wall Street during crises when police, army or National Guard are diverted. Captain Fahey announced over fifty volunteers enrolled for emergency service. The Maritime Exchange offers its large trading floor Wednesdays for drill sessions from 4 to 6 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Defense League
Financial District
Wall Street
Tmes
National Guard
Rts
Newark
Fahey
Maritime Exchange
Guards Wed on Eve of Departing in National Guard Weddings
The article reports multiple National Guard soldiers marrying before deployment to Mexico. Brides and grooms received wedding cake and suffrage favors from suffragists, with ceremonies at the City Marriage Chapel in the Municipal Building and nearby churches. Names include Private Meuraid J. Kaelin and Miss Emma Wigget, Private George Schieder and Miss Pauline J Froehlich, Corporal Frank F. Oser and Miss Florence Emily Koehler, plus Miss Margaret Jeanne Kerns and Miss Laura Jacobson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Mexico
Frank Goodwin
Meuraid J. Kaelin
Company
Seventy-first Infantry
Forty-eighth Street
Emma Wigget
George Schieder
Eighth Avenue
Pauline J Froehlich
Keagle Avene
Roux
Frank F. Oser
Company M
Florence Emily Koehler
Washington Square South
Oser
Park Avenue
Thirty-fou Street
Thomas Dorrington Vacheton
Signature
Riverside Drive
Lcense
Margaret Jeanne Kerns
John Kerns
West Eleventh Street
Church of the Ascension
M. Fredric Jensen
Fourteenth Infantry of
Brooklyn
Laura Jacobson
Kingston Avenue Hospital
Fourteenth Regiment Armory
Peter Mae
Louise A. Steubner
East Seventy-first Street
Grace Presbyterian Church
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Jersey
Footds
South
New York Life
Mutual Unlimited
Militia
District of Columbia
Bloomingdale Brothers
A. I. Namm & Son
James A. Hearn & Son
Janklin Simon Company
James Butler, Inc
Oppenheim, Collins & Co
McEnery's
Shellas & Chestnut
Thompson W. Decker
Sheffield Farms-Sianaon Decker Company
R. Hoe & Co
Jacob Ruppert
George Borgfeldt & Co
McAlpin
Claridge
L. M. Boomer
Mr. Boomer
John J. Dean
S. I. Bateman
Fifth Infantry
James E. Miller
Aviation Corps
Charles E. Miller
Reade Street
Hoboken
Crescent Athletic Club
Butterick Publishing Company
Westcott Express Commeeny American Lithographic Company
Ward Baking Company
Amalgamated Paint Company
Unitates Army
Gen.Murray
B. Altman & Co
China
Madison Avenue
Fifth Avena
Wall ST
Saks & Company
34Th Street
R. Cinelli & Sons
Italy
Milan
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