War Department Orders Guardsmen to Border as Mexico Faces Accountability
Capt. Lewis S. Morey, wounded at Carrizal, is reported safe with two men after a daring stand to save his unit. General Pershing relays Maj. Jenkins column update. Mrs Morey confirms a wireless message from Morey from somewhere in Mexico to Austin Texas. Washington vows border defense if war is declared.
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War Department
Washington
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Lewis S. Morey
Gen. Pershing
Jenkins
Eleventh Cavalry
San Antonio
Texas
Lewis Sidney Morey
Funston
Morey
Austin
National Guard units ordered to border move
Major General Leonard Wood announces 16 000 National Guardsmen from New York Massachusetts New Jersey and Connecticut will move to the Mexican border. States determine unit selection while quartermasters arrange transport and mustering officers swear troops in.
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New York
Leonard Wood
Department of the East
Baker
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Connecticut
Wood
Quartermaster’s Department
Twenty Second Corps of Engineers
Signal Corps
Carrizal War Dispatch From Captain Morey Dying at Front
Capt. Morey, severely wounded in the Carrizal fight, penned a brief report to his commander while hiding after his troopers were overwhelmed. Three troopers carried him two miles at night before he urged them to press on, and a later courier relayed his message to Colonia Dublan.
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San Antonio
Texas
Lewis Sidney Morey
Carrizal
Morey
Lieut. Meyers
Tenth Cavalry
Colonia Dublan
Boyd
Adair
Ijsaw
Meyers
Captain Morey
Long Ride to Join Guards in West Virginia Recruit
Dana V. Craig, 18, traveled 160 miles from Per singer Nicholas county to offer his services to the country. His father Arthur C. Craig accompanied him to consent to enlistment. He was accepted and sent to the Columbus Ohio barracks.
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Huntington, W. Va
Dana V. Craig
Persinger
Nicholas County
Arthur C. Craig
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Soldiers Await Equipment Delay Triggers Prompt Action
Ohio state authorities vow firm action to end interference with Guard enlistments as equipment delays halt mobilization for over 8,000 troops. Adjutant General Hough probes federal supply gaps while Governor Willis backs a decisive use of military power to prevent habeas corpus releases in Toledo and Xenia.
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Union News Service
Columbus
Army
War Department
Hough
Robert J. Turney
Cleveland
Edward C. Turner
Toledo
Xenia
Willis
National Guard of
Ohio
Immediate Release Demanded Over Carrizal Prisoners
Washington telegraphed Mexico City demanding the immediate release of American troopers captured at Carrizal. Secretary Lansing called for a formal statement from General Carranza on his government’s course of action and warned that force would be met with force if the United States is provoked. The note characterizes Carranza’s reply as an avowal of hostile action against US forces in Mexico.
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Lansing
United States
Mexico
Carranza
Washington
Ad Men Arrive in Philadelphia for World Meeting Week
Philadelphia hosts 7000 visitors for the Ad Men of the World gathering with church services and a Metropolitan Opera House opening. Cincinnati leaders push to land the 1917 convention, while Kendle’s band is released over a scheduling dispute. Franklin Lane salutes colors as the audience sings America.
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Union News Service
Philadelphia
Penn
Metropolitan Opera House
Cincinnati
Presidente Schmidt
Oppenheimer and Weiss
Broad Street
Bellevue-Stratford
Kendle
Mt. Gretna
Pennsylvania National Guard
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
America
State Digest: Fatalities and Local Civic Notes Across Indiana
Nichola s Zolk dies in Wanatah after dredging accident. Marion re elects M L Swayzee to school board. Martha Allen McCarty dies at Jackson home after grippe. Monroe county cyclone wrecks timber and buildings. J Snider dies in county jail on fraud charges. Tippecanoe holds centennial planning meeting led by H H Vinton. Westbroke acquitted in Terre Haute court with alias Joe Cobb. Monticello hosts women’s centennial tea. plans for October event discussed. Dr Beeler arrests W D Vanness over quarantine interference. smallpox patient tent rain dampened. Gary Company F volunteers reconsider oath. Joseph Millstone held. Bartholomew county windstorm causes immense damage. Hammond forms 150 man Spanish American War veterans unit. Mrs Churlen warns of Mexican conditions. Villa failure fuels tension. Washington appeals local option case to state supreme court. Indianapolis Battery A takes new oath for overseas duty. Fort Harrison prep for border deployment.
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Laporte
Nicholas Zolk
Wanatah
Marion
M. L. Swayzee
Tipton
Martha Allen McCarty
Jackson
Here
Bloomington
Monroe County
Newcastle
J. ©. Snider
Snider
Lafayette
Tippecanoe County
H. H. Vinton
Citizens’ Association
Muncle
C. E. Westbroke
Joe Cobb
Ralph S. Gregory
Westbroke
Terre Haute
Monticello
White County
Clinton
F. H. Beeler
W. D. Vanness
Gary
United States Volunteers
Joseph Millstone
War Department
Columbus
Bartholomew County
White River
Eagles
Hammond
Charles E. Wood
Pohlman Camp
San Jose
Havana
Bridges
Indiana
United States Veterans
Hammond Company
Richmond
Saarah H. Churlen
Matamoras Mission
Mexico
Villa
Washington
Supreme Court
Civic League
League
Amieney
Gwin
Martin Circuit
Indianapolis
Battery A
Fort Harrison
United States
American Tobacco Company
Evansville
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Capt. Morey
Ojo Fredrico
Myers
Ojo Frederico
Ojo Santo Domingo
K Troop
Virginia Mountain
Buckeye
Carpenters
Quaker City
Chioana
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