Senate Committee Pushes Big San Antonio Army Post Projects
The Senate military affairs committee endorsed a 750000 appropriation to buy ground along New Braunfels avenue near the San Antonio army post to add terminal and warehouse space for the Mexican crisis. It supported 300000 for ground near the maneuver field, with a later 300000 hoped for. War Department figures call for more. Secretary Baker urged 250 armored machine guns and 366000 for ammunition to arm National Guard units.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Senate
House
Sheppard
New Braunfels Avenue
Rodgers
General Funston
San Antonio
Hay
House Military Affairs Committee
Baker
Congress
Southern Department
San Antonio Arsenal
War Department
National Guard
Senator OKs $750,000 Fort Sam Houston appropriation
County Judge James R. Davis and L. B. Clegg who traveled to Washington to press for an appropriation enlargement for Fort Sam Houston received a telegram from Senator Sheppard confirming that the $750,000 appropriation had been adopted as part of the army appropriations bill. General Frederick Funston then sent an itemized cost statement after a conference with Davis and Clegg.
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James R. Davis
L. B. Clegg
Washington
Fort Sam Houston
Senator Sheppard
Frederick Funston
Davis
Mr. Clegg
England
Liverpool
Norfolk
Taggart
Kern Ofdiana
Big Mail for Prisoners in War Time
In Berne Switzerland on July 1 the post office reported an April daily average of 326,241 letters and cards for prisoners in belligerent nations with some days exceeding 500,000 pieces.
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Berne
Switzerland
Salesmen Congress Promises National Discussion in Detroit
A San Antonio buyer invites interested parties to attend a congress on salesmanship covering Alamo Heights Ford autos White Star Oil and Luthy Electric Lights. He offers details by Monday or Tuesday and departs for Detroit Wednesday morning.
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San Antonio
Alamo Heights
Ford Automobiles
White Star
First Brigade of Illinois Troops Arrives in San Antonio
The First Brigade of Illinois troops lands in San Antonio with 1214 men and goes on six hours’ notice. Commanders and lieutenants listed for Companies A through M, including James D. Melville in Machine Gun Company.
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Illinois
James D. Melville
Harry E. Cheney
William Luke
Walter H. Mayn
Herbert A. Fife
George F. Scott
Louis Preston
Carroll M. Gale
George R. Miller
Ralph C. Harper
Howard D. MacDonald
Milton A. Marvill
Charles T. Keating
Frank E. Frisbie
W. M. Wilson
Clarence L. Manning
John E. Swift
Bert Lyon
Jay A. Rossiter
H. Eugene Hackett
Barry Kingman
Henry A. Gano
Melvin W. Bridges
James D. Gordon
James H. O'Brien
San Antonio
First Regiment Illinois National Guard in San Antonio Shelter Tents
The First Regiment Illinois National Guard arrived at Fort Sam Houston and camped in shelter tents on Saturday. Supplies from Chicago are due Sunday and large khaki uniforms plus rifles may be issued. By next week the unit should be in first class condition and begin drills on the maneuver field in preparation for potential border service.
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Illinois National Guard
San Antonio
Chicago
Fort Sam Houston
Katy
Sanborn
Heat delays Red Cross crews at El Paso arrival
Battery B of the New Jersey National Guard and Ambulance Corps No 1 of Massachusetts reached El Paso. Twelve Red Cross workers were overcome by heat within half an hour of arrival. Battery B commanded by Captain S G Banard and the ambulance corps by Captain G K Keenan from Boston.
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EL Paso
Tex
New Jersey National Guard and Ambulance Corps No. 1
Massachusetts
Red Cross
S. G. Banard
G. K. Keenan
Boston
Missouri Guard Dispatches Second Contingent to Laredo
The first section of Missouri National Guard left Missouri at 5 20 p m for Laredo Texas comprising three batteries of field artillery and the signal corps totaling 521 men and eighteen officers The route was not disclosed The second section was to depart an hour later.
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Nevada
Missouri National Guard
Laredo
Tex
Signal Corps
Chicago journalists join First Illinois Infantry in San Antonio
A group of Chicago newspaper men including Richard Henry Little of the Chicago Herald and others from the Chicago Evening Post Examin er American Journal and Daily News registered at the Gunter Hotel to cover the Illinois brigades in camp in San Antonio during the Mexican trouble era.
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Chicago
San Antonio
Illinois
Richard Henry Little
Chicago Herald
Windy City
Gunter Hotel
Charles Grey
Chicago Evening Post
Fred Pasley
Chicago Examiner
G. Kruger
Chicago American
William Feeny
Chicago Journal
Gene Morgan
Chicago Daily News
English East Coast resorts face war woes in relief push
London July 1 report says war pressures have emptied East coast seaside towns. No visitors due to bombardment fear and other reasons, crippling fishing and trades. District members appeal to Parliament for relief. government prepares action to address the plight.
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London
England
Opal Gem Sells For Large Unspecified Sum in Australia
In Brisbane on July 1, the Flame Quen the finest black opal ever unearthed in Australia was sold for an unnamed sum believed very large. The miners who found the gem held onto it for two years, hoping it would bring them luck.
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Brisbane
Australia
Allies Strike Deep in Somme Front Offensive
British and French forces launched a major offensive along a twenty mile front north of the Somme. Serre Mont Auban La Boiselle and Contalaison were seized or advanced on as German resistance intensified. Reports say 800,000 Germans facing them remain, with heavy artillery fire and substantial prisoner captures in raids.
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Somme
Serre
Mont Auban
Hebuterne
Bray
Curlu
Faviere
Curly Wood
Albert
la Boiselle
Contalaison
Mametz
Thiepval
Fiercourt
British War Department
France
Champagne
Beaucourt
London
Strand
Messines
King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Loos
Nueve Chapelle
Ancre
Fricourt
Gomme Salient
British Offense Breaks German Line in Somme Front
British and French forces launch a major Somme offensive, piercing the German line along a twenty mile front. Serre Mont Aubon La Boiselle Mametz Beaumonthamel fall as the French seize Curlu and Faviere Woods. German losses are heavy. about 1500 prisoners taken. Beaumonthamel and Fricourt are key objectives.
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Frederick Palmer
France
Serre
Mont Aubon
la Boiselle
Mametz
Curlu
Faviere
Beaumonthamel
Fricourt
Contalmaison
la Boisselle
Leeds printers send funeral card offer with doggerel verses
A Birmingham resident complains that a Leeds printing firm sent an application to print funeral cards for his captured son, accompanied by a set of doggerel verses.
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Birmingham
England
Leeds
Newsboy Warned with Kitchener Slogan Fine
In London on July 1 Sidney Francis, a street vendor, was fined ten dollars or twenty one days for crying out Kitchener save to sell papers. He claimed he could not read and a woman told him the phrase.
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Kitchener
London
Sidney Francis
Monocles Gain Popularity Amid War Era
London dealers report monocles growing in popularity since the war began. The trend centers on men past military age who seek a distinctive look to avoid being eclipsed by khaki wearing heroes.
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London
American tells of being shanghaited
Edward E. Wilson of Indianapolis recounts being shanghaied in 1913 with a Morgan Robertson tale of sea life. He describes leaving Pensacola for South America, service on British ships, detention and mistreatment by consuls, a sunk ship in the North Sea, been jailed in Britain, and seeking aid from U S Senators Taggart and Kern.
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Washington, D. C
Edward E. Wilson
Indianapolis
Ind
Morgan Robertson
Wilson
Notary Public
Pensacola
Fla
South America
Royal Mail
Demara
Buenos Aires
Liverpool
Callao
Peru
Chile
George W. Steele
Talabauana
Valparaiso
California
Antofasto
Board of Trade
England
India
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Missouri
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North Sea
Anne M. Reed
New York City
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America
Gunter Hotel Bldg
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