Frederick Militia Mobilizes for Border Crisis
Company A of the Fleet Regiment Maryland National Guard under Captain Elmer Munshower receives orders to assemble at the armory and recruit to 65 men, with transport by rail to Laurel, Md. for imminent mobilization as tensions with Mexico loom. Men prepared for duty, some sworn in, with full camp equipment and guard duties at the armory.
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Munshower
Elmer Munshower
Frederick Md
Fleet Regiment
Maryland National Guard
Elmer F. Munshower
West Second Street
Frederick
Laurel
United States
Mexico
Charles A. Little
Hagerstown
D. John Markey
Maryland
John L Frank
Albert Gannon
Elmer Stockman
Ivan Paisley
Baltimore and Ohio
Moose Band
Bors
Maryland National Guard Units Mobilized Across State
The Maryland National Guard will mobilize about 2,300 officers and men. Mobilized units include Brigade Headquarters under Brig. Gen. Charles D. Guither, First Infantry under Col. Charles A. Lite with one company in Frederick, Fourth under Col. I. C. Jones, Fifth under Col. John Hinkley with Troop A in Cavalry at Pikesville, Battery A under Capt. Wiliamell Johnson Jr., Field Hospital No. 1 under Maj. J. Harry Ullrich, and Ambulance Company No. 1 in Annapolis attached to the First Infantry. The guard is well uniformed and fully equipped with modern rifles and wagons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland National Guard
National Guard
Maryland
Charles D. Guither
Charles A. Lite
Frederick
I. C. Jones
John Hinkley
Pikesville
R. G. L. Mestop
Wiliamell Johnson, Jr
No. 1
J. Harry Ullrich
Annapolis
Few Recruits From Here Sent to Fort Slocum
Robert N. Abrecht of West Patrick Street has enlisted in the U S Army at the Central Trust Company recruiting station and will leave for Fort Slocum for training. Sergeant H H Waddington notes long border service and high Mexican heat, while local stations report low enlistment due to plentiful work. Last week three Frederick county men Chas Lanham Buckeystown and Chas_backend Dickerson Walkersville were sent to Fort Slocum.
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Robert N. Abrecht
Niles Abrecht
West Patrick Street
United States Army
Central Trust Company
Fort Slocum
H. H. Waddington
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Texas City
Mexico
Frederick County
Chas. 7
Lanham
Frederick
Kanode
Buckeystown
Francis Dickerson
Walkerevitte
Roosevelt plans Chicago talk as he advances Progressive stance
Oyster Way June 19 report says Theodore Roosevelt will begin work on a statement for the Progressive National Committee. He will meet daily with lieutenants before the June 26 Chicago meeting. Speculation grows on whether he will delay endorsing Hughes and whether Wilson or Hughes gains party support first. Roosevelt rests per doctors for a muscle strain but remains active in planning.
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Oyster Way
S. 1
Sagamore Ini
Teodore Roosevelt
Progressive National Committee
Chicago
Charles E. Hughes
Wilson
Mr. Hughes
Roosevelt
New York City
Frederick Company A Marks 11 Years Of State Rifle Prowess
Frederick’s Company A of the First Regiment celebrates 11 years since organization on July 20 1806 with a strong roster led by Captain Elmer Munshower and Lt Lester Smith. The unit, once honored on Governor’s Day, boasts top state rifle efficiency figures and a $50000 artillery building dedicated April 14. The roster lists officers sergeants corporals cooks and numerous privates including William Abrecht Byron Anders and Irving Wallace.
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Hyattsville
Freaderick
Cumberland
Caylain
Elmer F. Munshower
Lester Smith
Robert F. Barrick
L. Victor Kreh
George IF. Castle
J. Percy Grahe
Lawrence A. Kennedy
Francis L. Kennedy
Lawrence J. Phebus
Charles I. Hull
Harry Linger
William €. Feagy
James McGuire
William F. Abrecht
Byron C
Guy Anders
Millard M. Brust
Irving V. Cannon
Harry L. Castle
Dee E. Crone
William H. Cramer
Walter C. Crouse
Robert B. Crothers
William L. deLauter
John W . . Devilbiss
Joseph Elkins
Albert C. Fox
Philip M. Grove
C. Sotheron Howard
E. Austin James
James St
Alonzo Specht
Millard F. Stockman
Albert W Stockman
Mr. Stottlemyer
William I. Stoner
Harry M. Strop
Robert M. Staley
Charles N. Staley
Tra W. Stottlemyer
Richard A Worthington
Calvin W. Wachter
Irving I. Wallace
First to Volunteer Drummer Drafts to Laurel Mobilization Camp
Millard Lipps a 16 year old boy known as Colonel volunteered to join Company A as a drummer for the mobilization camp at Laurel. He approached Major D. John Markey in his shop amid crisis talks and offered his service with earnestness. The officer recorded his name and address and promised to recall him if a drummer is needed.
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D. John Markey
Laurel
Little Millard Lipps
Thomas Lipps
East Fifth Streeet
Markey
Colonel Lipps
Man and Wife Dead in Mutter Street Tragedy
Philadelphia report details a murder suicide at 200 North Mutter Street. Neighbors heard a quarrel and taps, then silence, and found Frank Morris and his wife Anna dead. A pistol rifle lay nearby, beer glasses and a bloodied tumbler on a table. Police note no further clues.
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Philadelphia
North Mutter Street
Frank Morris
Anna
Maryland National Guard braces for mobilization order
Officers of the Maryland National Guard expressed readiness after receiving confirmation of a War Department order. Adjutant General Henry M. Warfield said Maryland could quickly field 2,400 to 2,500 men fully equipped in under 24 hours, noting prior rapid deployments under camp orders.
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Maryland National Guard
War Department
Henry M. Warfield
Maryland
Clash With Bandits Grows as Mexicans Prepare for War
San Antonio June 19. American punitive expedition against Mexican bandits ends as forces withdraw after dispersing raiders who attacked Texas ranches and a detachment of the Twenty-sixth Infantry east of San Benito. No American casualties. one bandit killed, two wounded, two horses captured. General Elias Carles arrives from Hermosillo to assume command in Sonora and renews protection for Americans amid threats of hostilities.
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San Antonio
Tex
Texas
Twenty-sixth Infantry
San Benito
Mexico
Brownsville
Tahusehai Ranch
Matamoras
War News Sparks Frederick Patriotism Over National Guard Call
The Frederick community buzzes with excitement as Company A and other National Guard units nationwide are ordered to report for duty amid talks of border service in Mexico. Local recruiters report heavy inquiries, with plans centering on Laurel and possibly six months or longer, depending on Carranza.
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States
Mexico
Company A
National Guard
United States
Frederick
Charles A. Little
Lingerstown
Elmer Munshow
United States Army
North Market Street
Central Trust Building
Carranza
Mex
Laurel
Washington
Maryland
Uncle Sam
United States Navy
Vera Cruz
Local man off officer in first infantry cheerfully hurt
Wilmington June 19 Dr J A De Costa consulted over Thomas R Wilson Jr a Delaware College student at Delaware hospital with a broken neck from a wrestling bout at the alumni reunion last week He remained conscious and cheerful despite no notable improvement Also a sparrow hunting accident in Hagerstown wounded Clarence Himes fatally? and Maryland Guard mobilization looms as local patriots prepare to join the Laurel mobilization camp.
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Wilmington
Del
J. A. de Costa
Philadelphia
Thomas R. Wilson, Jr
Delaware College
Delaware Hospital
Sparrows
Hagerstown
Clarence Himes
Albert Schilling
Funkstown
Varnish Stain Prices Listed for Various Finishes
Advertises Jap-Enamel Varnish stains in colors including Cherry Mahogany Walnut Dark Oak and Light Oak. Pint cans 12 cents for 14? pint? cans. pint 20 cents. quart 35 cents.
Floor stains and varnish sale with varied colors
A catalog style notice advertises floor stain in Cherry, Mahogany, Walnut, Dark Oak, Light Oak at $1.25 per gallon can. Also Kalkomo and Muresco Gold Water Paint in 5 lb packages at 35 cents each. Floor Vervish, Wazine Floor On offered at competitive prices.
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