7th and 71st Leave City Amid Cheers
New York bids farewell to regiments the 7th and 71st as crowds line Fifth Avenue and streets. Gov Whitman watches from St Patrick’s Cathedral as soldiers march to trains bound for the Mexican border. Families weep and cheer, recalling 1862 Broadway departure, while soldiers endure brief comforts before long journeys.
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New York City
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Thirty - Fourth Street
St Patrick's Cathedral
Eleventh Avenue
Sixtieth Street
Eenarivania
Jersey City
New London
Canned Beef Eases 7th Regiment’s Frontline Mood
The 7th Regiment trains toward Carranza with bare comforts and canned beef, not pate de foie gras. Twenty four cars carry soldiers and reporters, mostly in day coaches, as the unit sings a defiant morale song.
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Seventh Regiment
Harrisburg
Penn
7Th Regiment
Carranza
Fisk
Uncle Sam
RB Company
Tipperary
7Th
Sid Sands
BR Company
Talon
Fiske
Ata
American Woman's League for Self Defence formed in New York
The Secretary of State's office reports the incorporation of the American Woman's League for Self Defence of New York City. It aims to train women mentally physically and morally to defend themselves and bolster national preparedness. Founders include lan Powell Priest Neta Jean Boardman Katharyne Fendrick and Alice Woodrough.
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Secretary of State
American Woman's League For Self Defence
New York City
Lan Powell
Neta Jean Boardman
Katharyne Fendrick
Alice Woodrough Chapn York
U-Boat Visits Spain Said To Raid Shipping
Paris dispatch reports Rear Admiral De gouy calls for inquiry into alleged German submarine 1 35 supplying and visiting Cartagena while raiding shipping. He notes ships sunk include French Fournel and Cardi, plus Japanese Maru with 41 crew saved, and Ville de Madrid shelled but escaped.
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Paris
Degouy
Emperor William
Alfonso
Cartage
Harcetonm
Fournel
Tone
Cardi
Mediterranean
Ville de Madrid
Iyetau
Duke of Devonshire to Govern Canada Governor General
Ottawa and London report the Duke of Devonshire named Governor General of Canada succeeding the Duke of Connaught. The appointee, aged 48, is a prominent English public figure and Civil Lord of the Admiralty, owning extensive lands and fine art collections. The surprise announcement follows speculation about Lord Curzon or the Earl of Derby.
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Connaught
Ottawa
London
Duke of Connaught
Canada
Onee of Devonshire
Duke of Devonshire
Admiralty
England
Lord Curzon
Earl of Derby
Riots Reported in Leipate and Martial Law Proclaimed
Reports from Berne say severe rioting occurred in Leipate last week with about 1800 shops looted mainly bakeries butchers and provision dealers. Czech soldiers from Austria allegedly fired on the crowd and martial law is declared in Leipsic and the Duchy of Brunswick.
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Berne
Leipate
Austria
Leipsic
Duchy of Brunswick
Shackleton Unable to Get Rescue Ship
Buenos Aires reports Lieutenant Sir Ernest Shackleton cannot dispatch a rescue ship to Elephant Island. The Uruguayan steamer is not serviceable and no other suitable Argentine vessel is available, raising doubts of rescuing the stranded expedition this season.
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Buenos Aires
Sir Ernest Shackleton
Elephant Island
Uruguay
Argentina
Francis W. Hirst Quits The Economist Edi torship
London June 27 Francis W Hirst announces retirement from the editorship of The Economist to edit a more popular periodical with freer scope and larger political field He says he is glad to leave The Economist at the highest point its circulation has ever attained Meat will probably not become effective before August
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London
Francis W. Hirst
the Economist
Hirst
Roosevelt plans full division to cross border for Mexican campaign
Roosevelt signals recruit drive for a four brigade division to join border operations. He aims to organize infantry cavalry field artillery and support units under a major general of volunteers with ready mobilization plans and potential 12 000 men, drawing ex regulars Spanish War veterans and favorable responses from Washington. Meanwhile raids near Hachita leave William Parker and wife dead as civilian vigilantes pursue bandits across the border.
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New Mexico
Mexico
Theodora Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Inet
Naval Machine Gun Division
Enineering
Tional Guard
Spain
Tren
Washington
El Paso Sees Border Raid Spark Crisis Across Frontier
News of a fresh bandit raid near Hachita New Mexico results in the murder of William Parker and his wife. Public opinion blames the Carranza government for failing to protect the American frontier and fears a widening crisis. Border patrols report difficulty in pursuing the raiders who are tied to Sierra Madre bandits.
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Umbus
N. M
Hachita
William Parker
Alice Parker
H. G. Sicki
Parker
Oxens Farm
Haenita
Las Cienegas
Alamo
Heco
Waterman
Double Adobe Ranch
Cienegas
Hueco
Culbertton
el Paso
Carranza
Sierra Madres
New Mexico
El Paso Hears of New Battle Near Colonia Dublan
The El Paso report states forty Carranza soldiers were captured by two squadrons of the 11th Cavalry fifty miles from Colonia Dublan. American troops, seeking survivors of the Carrizal engagement, were attacked by about 1000 Carranza forces. the account is unofficial and relayed by an American ranchman who witnessed prisoners taken to Colonia Dublan.
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Teieeragh
el Paso
Tex
Carranza
11Th Cavalry
Colonia Dublan
Carrizal
Mexican Army Blocks Roads Near Chihuahua City
Troops of General Jacinto Treviño are deployed along the Chihuahua rail lines and Santa Maria River Valley to disrupt U.S. forces and cut routes to Chihuahua City. Pershing's column is supported by motor trucks from Colonia Dubla and air reconnaissance as both sides bolster defenses and mobilize civilians for possible conflict.
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el Paso
Tex
Jacinto Trevino
Carranza
United States
Chihuahua
Santa Maria River
Chihuahua City
Juarez
Mexico Northwestern
Juares
Casas Grandes
Maders and
Santa
Yaubel
Castillos
Guzman
General Pershing
Buttillon
Pershing to rescue men if demand unmet
Washington reports say if Carranza does not release the American prisoners of the 10th Cavalry by tomorrow night President Wilson will ask Congress for permission to send an expedition to Chihuahua City to rescue them. A conference with Admiral Benson and General Scott marked final preparations amid signs the crisis could end sooner.
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Pershing
Wilson
Congress
Tribune Bureau
Washington
Carranza
10Th Cavalry
Chihuahua City
Admiral Benson
Naval Operations
General Scott
United States
Arredondo
Carrizal
Chihuahua
Mexico
Rodgers
Mexico City
Lansing
Aguilar
Trevino
Aranta
Eliseo Arredondo
State Department
California
Arizona
Etting
Charles A. Douglas
Carranza Announces Retreat By Pershing
Mexico City reports Pershing's American forces abandon Bachimba and San Geronimo to regroup north, while Carranza forces hold the positions. Rebels led by Colonel Miguel Hernandez ready to join the Carfanta army and southern rail and telegraph lines fall under de facto government control in Nacatori Sonora.
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Mexico City
Gune
Pershing
Bachimba
San Geronimo
Alvaro Obregon
Jucinto Trerino
Chihuahua
Carranza
Zacatecas Ara
Miguel Hernandez
Nacatori
Sonora
Southern Pacific
Jordan Mediator Goes to Albuquerque for Peace Conference
Dr. David Starr Jordan said he would travel to Albuquerque New Mexico with delegates from the American Union Against Militarism to host a peace conference with Mexico. Pressure had urged a relocation from El Paso Texas where the event was planned. Frank P. Walsh announced he would not participate citing a War Department telegram warning that unofficial mediation could create diplomatic complications.
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Fl Paso
Tex
Sunezi
David Starr Jordan
Albuquerque
N. M
American Union
Mexico
Dr. Jordan
el Paso
Kansas City
Frank P. Walsh
War Department
Fifty Ready Citizens Line Up For Quick Naturalization
Fifty impatient men queued yesterday to see County Clerk William F. Schneidler to obtain citizenship papers so they could enlist at once. The clerk asked questions and learned the men hoped to be instant recruits for their adopted country. Deputy County Clerk William B. Selden was directed to inform Major O’Ryan that recruits with notes from regimental officers would receive immediate attention at the county clerk’s office.
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William F. Sehneider
William B. Selden
O'Ryan
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