War Department orders full war strength for National Guard units
Immediate National Guard recruiting service authorized to raise regiments to about 160000 men for border duty. With 50000 regulars on border duty total forces would reach approximately 210000. Three officers per regiment will lead recruiting. adjutants general supply officers. Unfit men and dependents to depart guard units as gaps are filled.
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Washington, D. C
National Guard
War Department
Adjutant General
Virginians Arrive at Brownsville Camp with Illinois Cavalry
The Third battalion of the First Virginia regiment arrived in Brownsville Texas and joined the First and Second battalions. One hundred horses for the First Illinois cavalry reached Brownsville with more shipments expected daily this week as the regiment prepares to be fully mounted.
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Brownsville
Tex
Virginia
Arkan sas Guard Drop Below Peace Strength
In Little Rock on July 12 the Arkansas National Guard’s three units, after federal inspection, fell below peace strength due to many rejections for failing the physical test. Officials warn that if rejection rates stay high only two of twenty four companies may remain at peace strength. Vacinations and heat during drills contributed to weight loss, causing members to fall below requirements despite enlisting.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas National Guard
Guard
Measles Epidemic Hits Tennessee Mobilization Camp
An epidemic of measles breaks out at the state mobilization Camp with one battalion of the Third Infantry under quarantine. Officers fear delays to border departure. Capt. W. N. Hughes Jr. is elected colonel of the First Infantry despite Governor Rye’s stated position.
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Nashville
Tenn
Third Infantry
W. N. Hughes Jr
First Infantry
Rye
Hughes
Troops in Kingsville Cheerful Welcome on Train Movements
For two days military trains pass Kingsville Texas with troops detrain and exercise. As many as 1500 soldiers roam streets and parks while a Second Virginia Infantry band plays. Citizens gift fruit and melons at stations and along rails. Soldiers receive coffee from a large iron tank aboard trains.
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Kingsville
Tex
Second Virginia Infantry
Indiana Regiment Heads to Texas as Guards Units Depart
Indiana National Guard First Infantry Regiment left Fort Benjamin Harrison for Mercedes Texas. Wisconsin Third Regiment after camp duties moved to San Antonio marking the last of the state guard units to depart.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana National Guard
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Mercedes, Tex
Camp Douglas
Wis
Wisconsin National Guardsmen
San Antonio
General Funston tightens militiamen discharge rules
General Funston announced discharges from the National Guard will be limited to men with proven family dependence. Recruits who enlisted after Wilson's call for border service are ineligible for releases. No applications had been received as of Wednesday morning, awaiting affidavits from home towns to prove need at home.
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Funston
Wilson
General Funston
National Guard
Manila Collector Seizes British Vessel Chinese Prince
The Manila collector of customs seized the steamer Chinese Prince as she prepared to depart for Vladivostok and fined 1 000 000 pesos for 2000 missing packages bound for local merchants. British authorities had already confiscated the cargo at Penang amid allegations it went to blacklisted Manila dealers and the Bank of the Philippines. The ship departed New York April 5 en route to Cape Town Penang and the Far East.
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Manila
P. I
Collector of Customs
Vladivostok
Penang
Bank of the Philippines
New York
Cape Town
Far Eastern Points
German Bombing of Calais Tells of Night Raid
Two German naval aeroplanes attacked Calais on the night of July 10-11, dropping bombs on the port and on Bray-Dunes army camps near the Belgian frontier. The vessels returned undamaged, according to an official admiralty statement.
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Berlin
Sayville
Calais
Admiralty
Bray-Dunes
San Antonio Area Weather Tonight and Thursday Unsettled
For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for unsettled conditions tonight and Thursday with variable clouds and possible showers. Warm daytime highs and mild nights are expected as a low pressure system moves through the region.
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San Antonio
Weather for Tourists Across Major Cities
Forecasts by The Light report steady highs in the 80s and clear to cloudy skies for St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Kansas City New York and Washington D C. Winds vary from west to southwest with Thursday cloud chances and temperatures from the mid 70s to mid 80s.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Kansas City
New York
Washington, D. C
San Antonio mobilizes aid for Troop C at rail pass
San Antonio groups led by Mrs. A B Spencer plan to greet Troop C of the First Texas Cavalry as they pass through the city en route to the Big Bend. Volunteers will serve refreshments and collect comfort items such as sun goggles towels soap and tobacco to bolster troops facing possible raids by Villa. Donations to Mrs. L B Clegg and the central Red Cross committee fund the effort with Sunday through Saturday visiting helper teams coordinating along the I N G N and S P rail lines.
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First Texas Cavalry
San Antonio
Laredo
Lonesome Big Bend
Villa
Cigs
Robert ©. Whiteaker
Houston
Texas
Uncle Sam
St. Mark’s Church
A. B
Big Bend
Spencer
W. P. Kate
East Cypress Street
Travis
S. P
A. B. Spencer
Central Red Cross Committee
L. B. Clegg
Alfred Ward
Central Committee
Money market in New York draws Lombard Street’s wary eye
London observers on July 12 monitor New York money market moves as higher discount and treasury bill rates would be used to shield exchange and balances. Analysts note New York’s role as world money center financing Russia France and neutrals, with UK reserves and American crop financing in view. Three months bills quoted at 5 1 8 to 6 1 4 percent and day loans above 4 percent.
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London
Lombard Street
New York
Treasury
Russia
France
Proposal for new army depots by congressional district
Washington July 12 A plan to set up an army quartermaster depot in each congressional district to speed equipment for National Guard troops called into federal service may arise from mobilization on the Mexican border. General Henry G. Sharpe said delays in clothing and camp gear stem from the depot system, not shortages.
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Washington, D. C
Army
Henry G. Sharpe
Quartermaster Corps
Warships at Vera Cruz and refugee convoy
United States warships Nebraska Chester and Salem with transport Hancock and collier Vulcan lay outside Vera Cruz harbor. Hancock expected to depart soon for the United States with refugees aboard.
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Vera ~ Cruz
United States
Nebraska
Chester
Salem
Hancock
Vulcan
Vera Cruz
Troops Headed to Marathon Texas Border Patrol
Two Pennsylvania Infantry battalions broke camp at El Paso and prepared to entrain for Marathon to reinforce the border patrol in the Big Bend district. Reports cited Mexican bandits raiding the Lamula mine, an American property, about 100 miles south of the border and frontier residents near Boquillas fearing outlaws moving north.
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EL Paso
Tex
Pennsylvania Infantry
Marathon
Big Bend
Lamula
Boquillas
German Submarine Shells English Port Seaham Harbor
London reports an attack by a German submarine on Seaham harbor off the North Sea. About thirty three inch shell rounds hit the coast. a woman was killed and a house struck. The bombardment targeted Dal tondale and Seaham colliery areas with damage deemed limited.
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London
Seaham Harbor
North Sea
Sunderland
Daltondale
Seaham Colliery
President to Aid Polish Relief Effort Amid Starvation
President Wilson promised personal efforts to deliver relief to starving Poles in Poland. He may appeal to rulers to permit food distribution as negotiations face a stone wall. The State Department has already urged governments to help. The Polish relief committee pressed for English blockade permission and German assurances that food from the United States will not be used for military aims.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Poland
State Department
England
Germany
United States
Mexican forces clash with Villa troops near Cerro Blanco
Heavy fighting continues between Carranza loyalists under General Garcia and Villa insurgents near Cerro Blanco below Parral. Reinforcements under Generals Ramos and Arrieta advance by rail from Jiminez as Villa envoy Hilario Rodriguez reports a personal letter from Villa asking him to rejoin the cause.
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Chihuahua City
Mexico
Enesto Garcia
Cerro Blanco
Parral
Jacinto Trevino
Garcia
Macias Ramos
Domingo Arrieta
Jiminez
Hilario Rodriguez
Canuto Reyes
General Trevino
Villa
San Juan Bautista
Trevino
Rodriguez
Carranza
Arredondo Reports Mexico-Mexico Talks For U S Settlement
A message from Mexico City to Eliseo Arredondo the Mexican ambassador designate outlines how negotiations with the United States will proceed. Arredondo met Acting Secretary Polk at the State Department and said details were undecided but a formal announcement is expected soon. Henry P. Fletcher, designate to Mexico, may lead American commissioners.
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Washington, D. C
Mexico City
Eliseo Arredondo
United States
Mexico
Polk
State Department
Arredondo
Henry P. Fletcher
Raid Near Border Targets La Mala Mine in Mexico
Reports say Mexican bandits raided the La Mala mine, about 100 miles south of Boquillas, Texas. Fear mounts that raiders may advance toward the border as details remain unavailable.
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Boquillas
Tex
la Mala
Here
Supplies by Rail Through Juarez to Casas Grandes Stations
Shipments are made by El Paso firms via Juarez to Casas Grandes merchants who supply the field base. Army officers welcome the Mexican railway use as the rainy season reduces motor truck efficiency from Columbus. The line’s reopening signals easing border tension in Mexican quarters.
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EL Paso
Tex
Juarez
Casas Grandes
Columbus
Keechi to Tampico with wide cargo on Friday voyage
Keechi steamship with Ankla in tow sails Friday from Beaumont to Tampico carrying groceries merchandise hardware machinery wagons lumber and other goods destined for Tampico merchants. In Douglas Arizona Gen Calles issues order for volunteer soldiers to return home prompting exodus of American miners and cattlemen from the border district with 4000 demobilized.
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Beaumont
Tex
Keechi
Ankla
Tampico
Sonora
Douglas
Ariz
P Elias Cailes
Border
Calles
Tropical Disturbance Noted in Eastern Caribbean by Weather Bureau
Weather bureau reports today indicate a disturbance in the extreme eastern Caribbean Sea with potential development. Ongoing monitoring advised as radar and satellite data assess formation chances and potential paths.
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Caribbean
Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
Caribbean Sea
Assaults on Verdun Continued by Allied Forces
Allied report details German reinforcements and renewed attacks on the Somme front with gains in Mametz and Trones woods, while British and French forces repulse most assaults. Royal Irish Fusiliers and Seaforth Highlanders fight in trenches near Loos and Hohenzollern redoubt as air combats occur.
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London
Somme
Mametz Wood
Trones Wood
Mametz
Trones Woods
Loos
Hohenzollern
Seforth Highlanders
England
Haig
Contalmaison
Bel and
Estrees
Verdun
Damloup
Prince
Famin Wood
Damloup Battery
Dead Man Hill
Meuse
Fumin Wood
Beillon
Lorraine
Champagne
Trentino
Isonzo
Gorizia
Paris
Tolmino
B Wina
Pflanzer
von Bothmer
Ste
Brussiloff Close to Capturing Pinsk Says London Dispatch
A July 12 London report cites Petrograd wirelesss noting General Brussiloff's Russian advance near Pinsk. Analysts say the German position is exposed as Russian raids threaten the marshes and isolation of the Pinsk district, signaling a shift to threatening the German right flank.
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London
Petrograd
Pinsk
Brussiloff
Daily News
Railroad Strike Begins in Madrid After Midnight
The Madrid railroad strike starts at midnight with all trains stopped. Troops occupy main stations and workers sworn to military service must stay at work, but only express and mail trains run. The National Union of Spanish Workingmen weighs a general strike, while the cabinet calls a special meeting for tomorrow.
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Madrid
Paris
National Union of Spanish Workingmen
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