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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1916
Page
9
The Pennsylvania National Guard announces mobilization of one division into Federal service. About 11,400 trained troops including infantry, engineers, cavalry, artillery and medical corps will be dispatched within days, with 3rd Regiment Philadelphia-based noted as highly skilled. Mount Gretna camp ground to host encamped troops. ammunition and arms ample from state and federal sources.
Dispatches from Boston to Charleston report rapid mobilization potential for militia units in New England. Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Vermont National Guard contingents could be mobilized within 24 hours, with 1 200 to 1 800 guardsmen ready. Officials note horse and equipment constraints and differing state readiness, while several states announce current enlistments and mobilization timelines.
Reports from Springfield Ohio Oklahoma City Providence St Louis and other cities indicate state National Guards can mobilize rapidly. Figures show Kentucky about 2600 Minnesota 1475 Missouri 750 Iowa 5000 and South Carolina 2638 ready within hours or days under Adjutant General orders.
Col Roosevelt declines to comment on ordering militia for service in Mexico. He spends Sunday at Sagamore Hill in quiet, hosting Theodora, Sid, and Miss Gracia while the Rev. Talmadge pays respects. A letter to the Progressive National Committee is anticipated but its contents remain undisclosed. He may skip his weekly New York fire visit due to lingering pleurisy as he stays near home.
Yale University plans to mobilize its artillery battery comprising about 800 undergraduates as a unit of the Connecticut National Guard. The battalion, formed at a university, is fully equipped and has eight months of practice under Major GM Danforth. Most members belong to the Class of 1910 and await diplomas Wednesday. Definite orders to report had not been issued.
The Aero Club of America led by Alan R Hawley offered to furnish planes and pilots for patrols and to train National Guard officers and civilian aviators at government expense. Thirty guardsmen from many states have begun training, with calls for a broader aviation school program and a $5 million appropriation. Camp and roster uncertainties cloud rooks and officers as suspense grows over potential mobilization and front-line needs.
A Tribune staffer is ordered to report to Plainfield as war mobilization looms. Newsrooms weighed the shock as a superior officer directed the journalist to halt coverage and join the Watchung cavalry troop preparing for possible deployment.
Reports from Washington indicate unsettled plans for supplies and troop mobilization for a potential Mexico assignment. Officers Archie Roosevelt and Rhinelander Waldo seek telegraph updates while guardsmen wait on orders as rumors of a guard call circulate.
The Connecticut National Guard numbering about 8 700 men could be mobilised in twenty four hours at State Camp Grounds Niantic. Adjutant General George M Cole announced the war strength is 6 000 with a War Department call affecting all branches of the national guard including Yale students in the new lottery.
New York City prepares a thousand policemen organized for military maneuvers to replace the departing national guard. Officers are crack shots with rifles and revolvers, armed with machine guns bayonets and all paraphernalia for tallitory work. The force trained at the Staten Island camp gymnasiums and court, with shooting prizes boosting accuracy. An order is expected today to muster auxiliary military personnel for temporary service, with 300 men currently at Staten Island.
An unnamed department official notes that without Commissioner Woods, officers could struggle to quell any organized sedition tied to a potential foreign influence. He warns about using 2000 armed policemen, trained to face death, in case of a militia withdrawal and foreign provocation.
Edward Candler of Kant Boston is arrested at East Broadway and Pike Street as a member of a group of hired arsonists blamed for fires causing about 1.9 million dollars in damage in Boston and Roxbury over three years. He is held at Police Headquarters.
A man charged with arson for setting a fire at 237 Dudley Street Roxbury faced extradition. Boston police and inspectors from Boston force pursued him through multiple towns after an indictment. The case involves significant property damage and a pattern of fires in the area.
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