Seventh Regiment Leads Rush to Rio Grande in War Mobilization
Special to The New York Times Indianapolis June 28 1916 the Seventh Regiment seeks to beat the Seventy first to the border by rapidly modernizing its train with tourist sleepers and Pullmans. Detachments move through Columbus and Richmond Indiana drawing large patriotic crowds. Officers push rapid mobilization while soldiers endure cold rations and busy byways to hasten the march toward Mexico with volunteers and a Spanish interpreter aboard.
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New York Times
Indianapolis
Ind
Rio Grande
Louis
Brownsville
New Jersey
Mexico
Columbus
Bb. Conklin
Jersey City
Harrisburg
Company A
New York
Villa
Carranza
Towns Greet 71st as It Speeds Along
Special to The New York Times reports troops of the Seventy first Regiment marching through cities en route to Cleveland. After miles of riding they arrive in fresh condition, greeted by cheering crowds, hampers of food, and ships of engines. At Rensselaer New York last night the welcome was the largest yet with many townspeople waving lights and promising letters.
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Bates
Carranza
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Villa
Pates
South Buffalo
N. Y
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Smith Street
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Ohio
New York
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Godspeed
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Maybrook
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Wehr Oes
Pennsylvania Railroad
National Guard
War Department
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Erie
Posts for New York troops along the Rio Grande
General James Barker selects camp sites for New York militia along a fifteen mile border front west of Brownsville Texas with stations between Pharr McAllen and Mission five miles apart. Fort Brown may host temporary troops as cleanup and marking proceed at the historic post facing Camar(o)s Mexico.
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Texas
James Barker
Rio Grande
New York
Empire State Guardsmen
Pharr
McAllen
Mission
Fort Brown
War Department
Catamoros
Mexico
O Ryan Recommends NY Guards Officers for Federal Service
Senator O Gorman submits O Ryans officer recommendations to the War Department for officers to command New York Guardsmen drafted into Federal service. He requests the New York Guard be sent as a unit. Names include McNair Welch Thomas Townsend Haskell Miles White and others with ranks from Major to Brigadier General.
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New York Times
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O’gorman
O’ Ryan
New York National Guard
New York
Field Artillery
First Field Artillery
Sanford H. Wadhams
Medical Corps
Willam E. Welch
Robert S. Thomas
Engineers
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Seventh New York Infantry
William Haskell
First
New York Cavalry
Shermant Miles
Third Field Artillery
George G. White
Seventy-fourth Infantry
Anderson
W. Db. Agineers
Wilson Attacks Admin Over Mexican Crisis After Talks With Hughes
Henry Lane Wilson former Ambassador to Mexico criticizes the Democratic Administration for blunders in Mexico policy. He argues a proper move was to recognize Huerta and push toward Mexico City, noting Carranza lacked stable government and warning of inconsistent pursuit of Villa.
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Henry Lane Wilson
Mexico
Wilson
Villa
Mexico City
Huerta
Carranza
Delaware
Roosevelt division recruits surge nationwide for Mexican service
Telegrams and calls flood Col Theodore Roosevelt as cities from San Antonio to Albuquerque report interest in forming a four brigade Roosevelt division for potential service in Mexico. Officers in Arizona and Texas pledge regiments, while others deny movement and await a government call.
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N.M
New Mexico
Roosevslt
Colin Neblatt
Silver City
Mexico
Roosevelt
Nebilatt
Chicago
Ulinals
Roosevelt Division
Roosevelt Volunteer Army Draws Southwest Recruits
Telegraphic dispatches report Texas California and New Mexico volunteers eager to join Colonel Roosevelt's proposed Mexican war division. In California Colonel Canon announces a twelve company veteran regiment ready to deploy if Roosevelt accepts, signaling broad support from Spanish-American War veterans.
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New York Times
Roosevelt
EL Paso
Texas
Southwest
New Mexico
Deming
James Pryor
Rough Rider Cavalry
Langtry
West Texas
James Bean
San Francisco
Cal
California
Mexico
Theodore Roosevelt
F F. Canon
Canon
Oyster Bay
Division of Veterans
Regiment of Infantry
Baker Denies Roosevelt Generalship Eligibility Claim
Secretary Baker reiterated he had no official knowledge of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt’s plan to raise a 12000 man division. He dismissed age limit questions with a Cleopatra analogy, noting Roosevelt’s age does not determine his potential appointment.
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Washington
Baker
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Roosevelt
Cleopatra
Guardsmen near border pass fitness tests with few rejections
Lieut. Col. Terriberry states state militia troops heading to the Mexican border largely meet medical standards. The Fourteenth Regiment sees under 2 percent disqualified, while the Forty-seventh faces higher, undisclosed rejections. Further screenings will occur on the border to weed out ill or weakened veterans before active duty.
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William 8. Terriberry
Brooklyn
Fourteenth
Terriberry
United States Army
Forty-seventh Regiment
Military Censor Shuts Off News On Troop Movements
Railroads report strict War Department instructions restricting troop movement details. Nine train loads, totaling 159 cars, carried guards and equipment as national mobilization proceeds, with New Haven and Lackawanna railroads adjusting schedules and embargoes to support the frontier deployment.
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New York
War Department
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central
Colny
New Haven
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Plan Sing Sing Regiment for Prisoners in Mexico
Members of the Mutual Welfare League at Sing Sing request Governor Whitman to form a convicts regiment to fight in Mexico. The league's Bulletin carries The Call to Arms Why Not. Warden Kirchwey estimates 200 to 300 inmates wish to go but doubts the Governor will approve.
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Mexico
Whitman
Mutual Welfare League
Sing Sing
League
Kirchwey
Japanese urged to join with Mexico against United States
Havana dispatch reports El Heraldo de Cuba reproducing a translated Japanese proclamation from San Francisco urging Japan to aid Mexico against the United States. The text warns of Yankee aggression, cites Hawaii and the Philippines, and calls for imperial mediation to protect Japan’s interests and allies in the Americas.
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el Heraldo de Cuba
Liberal Party
San Francisco
Mexico
United States
KL Llevaldo Saya
Uture
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Atlantic
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T. Harmana
Carranza Protest Rally at Cooper Union Demands Recall of Troops
At Cooper Union a mass meeting of anti conscription and anti militarism groups urged withdrawal of U S troops from Mexico. Speakers defended Carranza as reformer fighting foreign interests, with Allan L Benson and others calling for mediation and a recall of forces. The Meserole chaired event began a midnight march to Washington.
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Congress
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Joseph_ J. Cohen
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Washington
Women Discuss War Fears At New York Meeting
At the Woman's Supply Committee session in Manhattan, Mrs. Nelson O Shaughnessy warned that arms shipped to Mexico could be used against U S troops, predicting guerilla warfare and disease deaths. Mrs. John Hays Hammond chaired. Mrs. Lindley Garrison and Mrs. Robert Lansing pledged support for families of soldiers. Volunteers planned bandages, chocolate, cigarettes, chewing gum, and insect powder.
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West Fifty-eighth Street
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Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Huerta
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Shaughnessy
William Cumming Story
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American Relief Society
Lindley Garrison
Woman's Supply
Robert Lansing
Woman's Suppy Committee
West
Yonkers Mayor Learns Son Enlisted in Local Regiment
Mayor James T. Lennon of Yonkers was surprised when his son James announced his enlistment in Company I of the Tenth Regiment. He said his son expected to report to Camp Whitman the following morning.
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James T. Lennon
James
Camp Whitman
Suffragists Plan Gifts to Soldiers at Park Field Day
Suffragists prepare to distribute votes for women cups napkins postcards pencils and other articles to soldiers heading to the front at a field day tomorrow in Van Cortlandt Park. They meet first at Fifth Avenue at 1 15 PM and then at the railway station at the park at 2 41 PM.
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van Cortlandt Park
Fifth Avenue
Hamilton Held in Oaxaca Cell
Foreign Office confirms Harlee Hamilton of California is imprisoned in Oaxaca awaiting trial on a criminal offense. Mrs McCabe on East Thirtieth Street seeks U.S. government intercession. Hamilton had written to friends in San Francisco alleging unjust murder accusations and associated with Mexican politicians opposed to Carranza.
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Hamilton
Oaxaca
New York
Mexico City
Galves
Foreign Office
Harlee Hamilton
McCobdb
Regimental Departure Draws Mixed Cheers and Tears
Crowds along Broadway and Fifth Avenue cheer the 2nd Regiment as civilians bid farewell at the Sixty-first Street exit. A mother pleads to keep her 15 year old son Tony from enlisting and, after questioning, the Colonel returns him home for now.
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Broadway
Sixty-first Street
Fifty-seventh Street
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Hoboken
Antonio Maingo
Colonel Wadneworth
Tony
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