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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
10
Troops of the 1st Cavalry near Yonkers wait for the order to move amid last minute camp activity at Van Cortlandt Park. Horses are inspected and replaced as new arrivals test equipment while crowds and relatives observe the busy prep scene for a likely Southward entrainment.
The 24 Battalion of the 1st Field Artillery N. G. N. Y. with 500 officers and men, twelve 3-inch guns, 600 horses and mules, and a long supply train left Yonkers and Van Cortlandt Park for Texas. Delays arose from untrained animals and box-car loading, forcing split en trains and improvised handling as Major James E. Austin aided the process.
In New York City Mrs. Mel Sheppard expresses pride and relief that her husband refused to join the 69th Regiment for service at Camp Whitman. She cites duty to wife and children Adelaide and Junior, saying men with families should stay home until broader need arises. Sheppard says he consulted Colonel Conley and Father Duffy who advised delaying enlistment for now.
Washington reports five hundred Mexican coast refugees moved north to San Diego aboard the Buffalo and Glacier. Admiral Winslow notes the Buffalo carried most aboard, with a last contingent from Guaymas. About 250 Americans in Tampico declined to depart as the Sumner, acting for refugees, was due. State Department aims to grant half fare rail rates from landing ports to home, with some lines already agreeing.
Lieut Colonel Cornelius Vanderbilt testified before a grand jury about a broker accused of using Vanderbilt and B F Yoakum names to push a stock scheme. The broker’s identity is not released. District Attorney Murphy says the prospectus claimed Vanderbilt and Yoakum were stockholders. An indictment on three counts may follow.
The article lists sixteen firms joining a wartime payroll pledge, with details on pay, positions kept open, and insurance continuations. Firms include Ajax Rubber Company, Atlantic Fruit Company, Kohler industries, Tide Water Oil Company, and Tide Water Pine Company, among others. The unionized effort covers married and dependent employees with full pay through 1916 and various protections.
Union Pacific will partially pay certain staff while other units at Vulcanite Portland Cement Company and L. E. Waterman Company affirm full pay. Several positions are noted as held open, signaling staffing and wage negotiation movements across the rail and cement sectors.
David Lieberman, whose father a contractor says he is only seventeen, enlisted with the 12th Regiment at the Armory. The father, after hearing the news, engaged lawyer Benjamin Levinson of Broadway 299 and secured a writ of habeas corpus return to challenge the enlistment.
Judge Julius Mayer of the Federal Court was asked to exempt a boy from parental consent by misstating his age in a writ application. The father argued vainglory led David to enlist and that the youth was unfit for army life, which would hinder service. Before service, the writ expired and the boy departed.
Helen Keller directs publishers to send all royalties from Germany sales to the German Blind War Relief Fund. Her offer and a $100 check arrived yesterday and will be formally acknowledged at this evening’s gala benefit at the Bandbox Theatre.
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