Employers pledge full pay for National Guard members
New York firms from tiny workshops to large plants promise full salaries or substantial pay when employees join the National Guard. Leaders like Grinden, Maloney, and Thomas J. Maloney vow to keep jobs, cover dependents, or extend re employment upon return from mobilization on the Mexican border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Tuw New York Times
W. J. Grinden
Grinden Art Metal Company
Williamsburg
Tax Times
Guard
Mr. Grinden
Mr. Grin
Greenpoint Metallic Bed Company
Franklin Simon & Co
Fifth Avenue
A. Schrader's Son, Inc
Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn
Shapiro & Aronson
Glenmore Avenue
Childs Restaurant Company
John Tyssowsk
Squadron A
Gimbel Brothers
Nation Guard
New York Athletic Club
Hill Publishing Govan
United States Rubber Company
New York City
National Guard Call Lists Numerous New Jersey Firms
A roster shows many companies and banks from prominent firms like American Telephone, Chase National Bank, Brooklyn Rapid Transit, and John Wanamaker called from regular employment to military service. It lists Amalgamated Paint Co., Central Railroad of New Jersey, Liberty National Bank, National City Bank, and many others among the workers affected. The document reflects wartime manpower mobilization across industries, including finance, manufacturing, and retail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard A. Rowland
Metro Pictures Corporation
Barrett Manufacturing Company
Battery Place
Behr, Herman & Co
W. R. Britton & Co
Charles E. Miller
Eberhard Faber Pencil Company
Amalgamated Paint Company
American Surety Company
Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Brooklyn
Gleason-Tiebout Glass Company
Auto Supply Manufacturing Company
W. H. &Keene Manufacturing Company
Crane & the American Canompany
Tanford Company
John D Rockefeller
Denver
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Texas Company
Doehler Die- Casting Company
National Guard
EB. G. Webster & Sons
Brooklyn
Guard
Bommer Brothers
B. F. Goodrich
Bers
Central Railroad of New Jersey
Central Truat Co
Chase National Bank
Claridge Hotel
Pension families urged as National Security League acts
The National Security League started a campaign to urge Congress to fund dependent wives and children of Guardsmen called to duty, seeking universal military service and government allowances. St. Louis leaders plan a meeting to discuss nationwide action and a national conference with defense and patriotic groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Con
National Security League
St. Louis
League
New York
Congress
Europe
Fusi
Robert Bacon
Oe K. Leve
the &T. Als
Bacon
Boston
Stanwood Menken
Psyatem
National Defense and Patriotic Bodies
Love
German Americans Ready to Answer Call to Arms
Leaders of New York German Americans say they will respond to a presidential call for troops. Alphonse Koelble and Henry Weisman report telegraph messages to President Wilson promising to raise a regiment if needed, with estimates of 2000 to 3000 volunteers possible under a general call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
New York
Washington
Alphonse G. Koelble
United German Societies
Henry Weisman
German-American Alliance
Koelble
Wilson
Mexico
Arma Essued
Aope
Crill
Washington Bucktail Rangers Deployed for Mexican Border Action
Major H W Patton editor of the Hoquiam Washingtonian and president of the Washington State Press Association announced the Bucktail Rangers, a militia linked to the National Guard, will be mobilized for duty along the Mexican border. The unit trains by roping full-crowned elk from forests to saddle mounts and will sail aboard the warship Fox to Grays Harbor, then land at Point Us to ascend the Colorado River toward Yuma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Patton
Hoquiam Washingtonian
Washington State Press Association
Washington Bucktail Rangers
Patton
National Editorial Association
Hotel
McAlpin
Bucktail Rangers
New York Times
Mexico
Major Patton
Bucktall Rangers
Hoquiam
Olympic Peninsula
Michigan
Nationa Guard
Braze Game Department
Fox
Grays Harbor
Point USA
Gulf of California
Colorado River
Yuma
C. H Rychard
Albert Johnson
Porklees
National
Brides To Be Left Behind In Quick City Marriages
Private Thomas Kirby of Company M and Miss Lillian Groszopt rushed to the Marriage License Bureau in the Munich Building to obtain a license before departing for a minister. Lieutenant Augustus Van Cortlandt and Miss Katherine Gibson wed at Church of the Mediator. Another couple, Miss Lillian Hall and James Boyle, married at Sacred Heart Church. The report notes a broker with Morrison Brothers also involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Kirby
Twelfth Regiment
Munichoe
Lillian Groscopt
Kirby
Scully
Augustus van Cortlandt
Twelfth Infantry
Ikatherine
James J. Boyle
Seventy-first Regment
Boyle
Miss Hall
West Forty Eighth Street
Sacred Heart Church
West Fifty-first Street
F. A. Corcoran
Russell, Freeman
Morrison Brothers
Multiple Weddings as Mobilization Moves Soldiers Home
Broadway couple from South Orange and Queens wed last night as Captain Freeman rejoined the New Jersey Cavalry at Sea Girt. A second ceremony at St Thomas Church linked Dr George Miner Mackenzie to Eleanor Hobson, with Mackenzie soon to join the First Armored Battery. A third wedding, Dorothea Lou Bauer and Robert Weeks, was advanced because Weeks was drafted into Company K Seventh Regiment, with Rev A G B Pierce officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman
St. Thomas's Church
Eleanor Whiteside Hobson
Colorado Springs
Col
George Miner Mackenzie
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Charles N. Addison
Stamford Conn
Mackensie
Columbia
Henry Ise Hobson
Yale
New Haven
A. J. Bauer
Washington
Dorothea Lou
Robert Walcott
Kiatae
City
Seventh Regiment
A. G. B. Pierce
American Oaxaca prisoner case stirs San Francisco protest
Harilee H. Hamilton an 85 year old San Francisco resident is held in a Mexican military prison at Oaxaca charged with a murder in April. He protests innocence and says the arrest stems from bandit activity near his father's ranch. The letter claims the 1912 victims were shot by native authorities after an attack. Hamilton’s case drew attention from California lawmakers and the State Department. In Galveston a bank executive and board were jailed thirty days in Mexico City over a currency dispute with a local bank, per a Mexican consulate report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Harilee H. Hamilton
Oaxaca
Mexico City
Hamilton
California
State Department
Overtures To Rebel Chiefs In Mexican War
In a June circular, Minister of War Obregon orders commanders to accept rebel leaders who will aid the institutionalist government against a U S invasion. Rebels to operate under General Jose Yndel Robles, ex minister of war under Gutierrez, now with the Constitutionalists. The circular urges unity against the invaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York Times
Mexico City
Galiveston
Obregon
United States
José Ysndel Robles
Eulalio Gutierrez
Park drill attracts throng to Van Cortlandt Army camp
Thousands visit Van Cortlandt Park to view mobilized artillery and cavalry units in the northern camp area. Battery drill and a band concert entertain as recruiting opens with Captain Leonard B. Smith in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Cortlandt Park
van Cortlandt
First Cavalry
Youst
Rond
Brooklyn
Catain Leonard B. Smith
First Field Artillery
Second Artiller
Germany weighs meat ban amid food regulation plan
Berlin reports Adolph von Batocki announces food control measures including steady bread supply for workers and potential two month meat prohibition if fat distribution improves. officials seek fair distribution, stock checks in homes, and autumn potato supply regulation to stabilize shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
London
Germany
Adolph von Baecki
Food Regulation Board
Dusseldorf
Holland
Kerr von Batocki
Industria
Herr von Batocki
Herr von Hatock
Meade
Herr von Bater
Fon Batocki
Germans Not Discouraged Say They Want Peace
London dispatch reports an observer in Switzerland who studied Germany after its wartime victory notes a shift in public mood. He claims many Germans seek peace though not a defeated settlement, warning that optimism masks underlying tensions and calls for a cautious, durable settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trt
New York Times
London
the Times
Germany
Switzerland
German resolve in Bavaria slows path to end of war
The article notes widespread German conviction that victory is near and that peace will come only on Germany’s terms. It argues Bavarian sentiment mirrors this belief, with a fear that a decisive military setback must occur before any peace is attainable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crermanys
Bavaria
Aero Club Appeals to Hay for Civilian Aviation Reserve
The Aero Club of America urges Congress to fund civilian aviation training camps and to establish an aerial reserve under War Department control. It asks for a $2,000,000 appropriation to train civilian aviators and send airplanes to camps, noting only about fifteen aviators remain for the Mexican campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Aero Club of America
Eleram Yeaterday
Jamie ® Jay
Aero
of America
Business Leaders Pledge Support to Governor Whitman
The Special Committee on the National Guard and Naval Militia of the Chamber of Commerce sent Governor Whitman a letter pledging services to obtain responses to President Wilsons call in defense of the nation. The letter was signed by Francia G. Landon as Chairman and committee members Union N. Bethell William Le Gendre Anson W. Burchard Henry Swords Alfred R. Whitney Jr and James W. Lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Naval Militia
Chamber of Commerce
Whitman
Chamber
Wilson
Francia G. Landon
N. Bethell
Wiliam le Gendre
Anson W. Burchard
Henry §. Swords
Alfred R. Whitney, Jr
James W. Lane
American Aviators Stay in French Service Amid War Doubts
Paris dispatch reports American pilots in French service refuse to answer whether they would join the U.S. Army if Mexico war erupts. They are bound by French military discipline for the duration of the war, making any decision subject to government channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell Telephone Companies
M N. Bethell
Yeatercey
Mr. Betheill
Paris
France
Aero Clu
America
Mexico
United States
Ataia
Legation
Bey
Matamoros
Mazatlan
Surgeons Leave City for Mobilization Camp
The First Field Hospital and Third Ambulance Corps under Major J Franklin Dunseith and Captain Lean der H Shearson led National Guard units from New York to the Heckman mobilization camp. They departed from armory at 58 West Sixty sixth Street at 5: Mf, marching via Central West and Eighth Avenue to Forty second Street before loading horses onto the steamer Stormng bound for New Hampura near Poughkeepsie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambulance Corps
J Franklin Dunseith
New York Board of Health
Leander H. Shearson
Bellevue Hospital
Heckman
West Sixt -Sixth Street
Central West
Eighth Avenue
Forty-second Street
New Hiambura
Poughke
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Hell
Lornard Company
Thomas J. Maloney
P. Lorillard Company
Mr. Maloney
Netlanal Guard
Tee
Nso
Paul Keith
E. F
Robert J. Thorne
Montst Ward & Co
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
New York, Ontario & Western
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Lehigh Valley
Lackawanna
Southern Pacific
Erie, Delaware & Hudson
Western Union Telegraph Company
Postal Telegraph Company
American Lithograph Company
Bankers Trust Co
Bank of Manhattan
Bank of New York, Behr, Herman & Co
Bloomingdale Bros., Borgfeldt & Co
American Sugar Refining Co., American Surety Co
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
American Tobacco Co
Auto Supply Manufacturing
Oes. W. R
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co
Butler Bros
Chide Restaurant
Columbia Trust Co
Corn Exchange Bank
Crape & Co
Eberhard Faber Penol] Co
Empire Trust Co
First National Bank
Franklin Simon Co
Lyn
Equitable Trust Co
Gimbelthera
Gleason-Tiebout Glass Mfg. Co
Goodri . F., Co
Gotham Nat. Bank
Frelinghuysen Inc. Agencies
Hanover
Net
Harriman Nat. Bank
Greenhut Co
Greenpoint Metallic Co
Grinden Art Met. Co
Guaranty Traat Co
Inter. Rap Tran. Co
Inter. Banking Corp
Hearn, James A. Bon, Hoe, R
Johns-Manville Co
Nat. Bank
Keith Vaud
Ctrcutt
Liberty National B’k, Loeser, Frederick, & Co
Keritiara, P., Co
Metro Pletureen Corp
Miller
Charles R Montgomery Ward
Namm, A. L., & Bons
Nat
Bank of Com
Nat. Hiscult Co
National City Bank
National Park Bank
Oppenheim, ©. & Co
Produce Exchange
Rogere Peet & Co
A. A Kinatts Club, YN
H.K.R
Rye
York Trust Co
Jake & Co
Bhellas Chestnut Co
Bohrader's, A., Son
State Bank
Standard OU Co
Decker
Sweeney Mf. Co
Tr. Co
Union Trust Co
Union Zine Smelting
U. Fa. Mtg & Tr. Co. Corporation
U. S. Rubber Co
Vitagraph Co
Wanamaker
John
U. Telegraph Co
Security League
Antoine Chiris Company
Platt Street
Galveston
Texas
Hopfer
Bank of London
Cabdlam
Kolynos
Kolynos Company
New Haven, Conn., U. S. A
Batock
Observer
Philip Morris
Arata Wes Sae A.a Bt
Aero Club
Hay
T. M. Stewart
W. Bist St
Keystone
Columbus
Saks
Norfolk
Beach
Broadway
Saks & Company
34Th Street
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