Washington Aroused by Fight Near Carrizal
Washington reacts to Gen Pershing report that American cavalry at Carrizal faced a treacherous Mexican attack and was nearly annihilated. President Wilson awakened, Secretary Baker notified, and War Department officials weigh the reliability of survivor accounts and official word. General Scott cautions against assuming total destruction based on lack of survivors.
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Washington
Pershing
Carrizal
Carranza
Wilson
Baker
War Department
Mexico
Colonia Dublan
Scott
Tumulty
Senate
Carizal
Mazatlan
Funston
Seven Survivors Reach Main Column After Carrizal Trap
San Antonio June 24 reported that seven survivors, all enlisted men, reached the main column after the Carrizal engagement of June 21. Captain Boyd's detachment, attacked by Gen. Gomez's Mexican forces, was surrounded as a machine gun opened fire, with horses stampeded and troops dismounted. Estimates of killed ranged 2 to 40, with 17 reportedly captured. wounded possibly 30 to 40. The two troops could number up to about 130 men. Gen. Pershing noted confusion in survivors' accounts and no word yet from relief battalions.
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San Antonio
Texas
Tenth Cavalry
Charles T. Boyd
Gomez
Carrizal
Funston
Pershing
Captain Boyd
Chihuahua City
Boyd
Itoni
Lewis Morey
Bremy AL Adair
Brigadier General Mills Heads Militia Mobilization
Brigadier General Albert L. Mills, head of the division of militia affairs in the war department at Washington, commands mobilization of state troops for the trip to the southwest.
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Albert L. Mills
Militia Affairs
War Department
Washington
Germans Storm French Lines Near Verdun and Fleury
Paris reports fierce fighting northeast of Verdun as German forces captured French first line trenches between hills 321 and 320 and the Thiaumont works, reaching Fleury before being repulsed. London notes progress toward Verdun with gains on the Meuse and ongoing bombardments. Russians advance toward Bukowina, while German and Austrian units push west and southwest of Lutsk with counterattacks repulsed.
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Paris
Verdun
Thiaumont
Fleury
Veruda
London
Meuse
Dvinsk
Damloup Battery
Moulainville
Bukowina
Pflanzer
Galicia
Volhynia
Lutsk
Stokhod
Stor
Brody
Berlin
Vienna
Refugees On Every Train Reach Border From Interior
Seven Josephine Sisters led by Mother Dolores arrive in Laredo Texas after traveling from a Mexico City convent en route to Baltimore. They report mobs at stations and say their robes saved their lives amid anti American propaganda. Mexican authorities reportedly seized several Americans from a train near San Luis Potosi. their fate is unknown.
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Josephine
Interior Laredo
Texas
Mother Dolores
Superpress
Mexico City
Josephine Order
Baltimore
Mexico
U.S
Gonzales
San Luis Potosi
Carranza
Illinois Guard Faces Border Duty Delayed by Gear Shortages
Springfield reports the Illinois National Guard will not be ready for war service within ten days if war strength equipment is required. 6000 troops in state plus 4000 arriving today could mobilize within hours for border need. Horses, machine guns, uniforms and rifles are delayed. Rock Island Arsenal and Kansas City supply lines are rushed.
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Springfield
Ilinois National Guard
Camp Dunne
Camp Lincoln
Cavalry
Artillery
Engineers
Signal Corps
War Department
Kansas City
Rock Island
Chicago
Gav. Denne
Dickson
Cavalry Patrol in Pursuit of Raiders Near Parker Ranch
An American cavalry patrol near Columbus New Mexico chased a small band of Mexicans said to have raided the Parker ranch 35 miles southwest of Hachita. Reports to Col. Y G Sickle said the group headed for the border. If they crossed, pursuing cavalry would follow. The bandits escaped with several horses and mules. no other damage reported.
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Columbus
N. M
Parker Ranch
Hachita
Bandits Cross Rio Grande Near Mercedes Texas
Forty Mexican bandits crossed the Rio Grande Friday night into the district south of Harlingen according to reports. A company of the 26th Infantry was sent from Harlingen to intercept them, but Col. A. P. Bocksom had no official confirmation of the crossing.
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Mercedes
Texas
Rio Grande
Harlingen
26Th Infantry
A. P. Bocksom
Third Artillery
Believe Captain Morey Perished In Mexican Engagement
Field dispatch reports from Noria Dublan Chihuahua cite uncertainty over Captain Lewis Morey of Troop K Tenth Cavalry after a clash at Carrazal. Contradictory Mexican and American messages suggest captains Boyd and Adair may be dead while Morey’s status remains unconfirmed though wounded. Nine enlisted men reached Pershing with updates after 60 hours.
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Colonia Dublan
Chihuahua
Columbus
N. M
Morey
Tenth Cavalry
Carazal
Charles T. Boyd
Henry Adair
Gen. Pershing
el Paso
Captain Moore
Carrazal
Lewis 38. Morey
Troop K. Tenth Cavalry
Congress Gives President Power in Mexican Crisis
Washington June 24 The House voted almost unanimously to approve a resolution declaring an emergency and authorizing the president to draft guardsmen as federal soldiers. The measure would appropriate one million dollars for dependent families with a $50 monthly cap per person. the Senate was expected to concur. Only two opposed the resolution.
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Washington
Wilson
House
Senate
War Department
London
New York
Huddleston
Alabama
Congress
Leager Mann
Cannon
Mexican Troops Mobilizing Near Nogales
About 10,000 Mexican troops are concentrated at Magdalena, 54 miles south of Nogales, with plans to raise the force to 12,000. Rail yards in Nogales Sonora are stripped of rolling stock and streets on the Mexican side are largely deserted as tensions rise. Extra passenger cars from Tucson are held in wards awaiting further developments.
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Nogales
Ariz
Magdalena
Sonora
Tucson
Refugees From Tampico Oil Fields Reach Port at Neches
Twenty American refugees from Tampico oil fields, including several women, arrived at Neches Texas on the steamship Pan American. They said Americans will abandon the east coast oil region soon due to worsening conditions. Tampico citizens taunted Americans in public. Captain Edwards reported being stopped and arrested three times en route to his ship.
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Neches
Tex
Tampico
Pan-American
Edwards
Tampico Custom House
National Guard mobilization fuels swift war steps
Washington moves to reinforce the Mexican border as Secretary Baker orders haste. Congress adopts a broad emergency measure allowing President Wilson to draft National Guard units and deploy them for border service, while Pershing reports on the Carrizal clash amid ongoing diplomatic uncertainty.
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Washington
Gurad
Baker
Wilson
Funston
Francisco Villa in Juarez report reaches El Paso
Reports from El Paso say Francisco Villa has visited Juarez multiple times in four weeks. Mrs Luz Villa arrived in El Paso and was deported to Mexico. A sighting in Chihuahua City with a heavy beard is noted but government agents doubt the number’s origin.
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EL Paso
Texas
Francisco Villa
Juarez
United States
Secret Service
Luz Villa
Mexico
Villa
Chihuahua City
Mexican Offer of a Million Men to Defend Mexico
Mexico reports that nearly one million men have volunteered to take up arms in defense of the country. The message was sent from Mexico City to the consulate in El Paso, amid the crisis with Washington.
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Mexico
EL Paso
Texas
Washington
Mexico City
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Eleventh
Brownsville
Carranza EL Paso
Coahuila
Durango
Zacatecas
Punston
Paris Bulletin
Illinois
Tampico Oil Fields
National Guard
Ojo Santo Domingo
Garrizal
Goméz
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