Trevino Forces Occupy Mexican Points As Pershing's Men Ordered Out
June 26 report from Chihuahua City says General Jacinto Trevino has occupied San Geronimo Bachinoba and other nearby points after American evacuation. He orders troops to prevent any return south by Pershing's forces. British Vice Consul O Hea aids evacuation to Torreon and Durango with expedited box cars. Five of six additional American prisoners at Carrizal, named John Wilson George M Caplan T Hopkins Thomas Garfield and W D Gibson, recounts encounters with two packers called Texas and Slim who were with Captain Boyd's force and may have escaped.
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Chihuahua City
San Geronimo
Bachinaba
Jacinto Trevino
Pershing
O'Hea
Torreon
Durango
Carrizal
John Wilson
George M. Caplan
T. Hopkins
Thomas Garfield
W. D. Gibson
Texas
Slim
Trevino
Chihuahua
Mexico
United States
Mex
Columbus
Jenkins
Eleventh Cavalry
Lewis
Morey
Boyd
Carranza Line
McCabe
National Defense Act Put in Force In Chicago
Recruiting for the regular army was stimulated today by advices from the War Department that the national defense act is in force and that recruits aged 18 to 21 may be accepted without parental consent. Captain Franklin R. Kenney in charge of Chicago district recruiting announced the change. The development marks a new phase in enlistment during the period.
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Chicago
Franklin R. Kenney
War Department
Preparations for Ten Thousand Men at Camp Fort Sam
Bids for equipment are sent to Washington for contract awards. Two new truck outfits of 33 trucks each will be stationed on the maneuver field in San Antonio. Trucks from Peerless and Locomobile factories arrive fully manned. Railroads ready to move troops with ample rolling stock. Southern Pacific expands yard capacity and builds a new track to a government storehouse near the maneuver field.
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Washington
San Antonio
Peerless
Locomobile
A. R. Atkinson
G. H
Southern Pacific
Mr. Atkinson
Fort Sam Houston
Funston Orders Border Militia Movements Across Departments
General Funston announced that militia units ready for border service will be dispatched from the Eastern and Central Departments. Troop trains begin Tuesday, with San Antonio as main concentration point at Fort Sam Houston. Units from New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts likely among first to load. Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin among first from Central Department.
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Funston
Wood
Department of the East
Barry
Central Department
General Funston
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Thomas H. Barry
Ohio
Minois
Wisconsin
Taft Urges Readiness as Moral Duty in New York
William H. Taft told a New York audience that the United States won the Spanish war because Spain was less prepared. He urged preparedness as a moral obligation and national duty for the country.
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New York
United States
Spain
William H. Taft
Von Buelow retires after long illness in Germany
Field Marshal von Buelow, who led the second and third German armies in the Marne advance, is placed on the retired list. inactive for over a year due to ill health, he is nearing his seventy first birthday. plus a note about railroad schedules and a quotation from the Detroit Free Press.
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Berlin
London
von Buelow
Marne
Carrizal battle sparks U S Mexican tensions
Field notes confirm 23 American soldiers died in the Carrizal fight in Chihuahua. Captain Lewis Morey survived after being wounded and hiding in a ranch house. Major Jenkins reports many men killed or captured from the Eleventh Cavalry detachment.
Censorship Plan Aims At War News and Mexico Trade
Washington officials prepare to ask Congress to authorize news censorship in the State War and Navy Departments and at the Mexico border. A press bureau under an army censor is to oversee War Department news. A near embargo on US Mexico trade is proposed, with customs holding shipments and arms movement restricted.
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Washington, D. C
Administration
Congress
State
War
Navy
Mexico
Baker
Army
War Department
United States
Mexican forces concentrate along Mexican Central Railway
Report from El Paso dated June 26 states Carranza troops are hurriedly massing in Northern Chihuahua along the Mexican Central railway from Juarez to Chihuahua City. Eight troop trains are said to have departed for Villa Ahumada and Laguna, signaling a plan to seize rail lines if hostilities with the United States arise.
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EL Paso
Carranza
Chihuahua
Juarez
Chihuahua City
Villa
Ahumada
Laguna
United States
General Pershing
Santa Maria Valley
el Valle
Columbus
N. M
Villa Ahumada
Moctezuma
Feneral Pershing
Colonia Cuban
Progressives split over endorsing Hughes at national committee
The Progressive national committee failed to reach agreement on endorsing Hughes with Parker opposing. debate rages over a third party run led by figures such as Hiram Johnson while Roosevelt declines involvement and Parker hints at retirement from the ticket.
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Ments
Progressive National Committee
Parker
Hughes
Mathew Hale
Massachusetts
Hiram Johnson
California
Progressive
Gorge W. Perkins
New York
Chester H. Rowell
William Flynn
Pennsylvania
John M. Parker
Louisiana
Progressive Party
Hale
Roosevelt
Prohibition Party
Progressives
Vera Cruz Quiet Amid Refugee Movement
Vera Cruz remains peaceful as trains bring more Americans from the interior. About 250 civilians are aboard the Nebraska under consular care, with quieter refugee arrivals than in the past week. Carranza's reply to Wilson’s note on U.S. forces will be sent to Washington today and published in Mexico next Tuesday.
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Vera Cruz
Nebraska
W. W
Canada
Carranza
Wilson
Mexico
Washington
Senor Arredondo
Casement Goes On Trial For Life In High Court
Sir Roger Casement, the Sinn Fein conspirator, stands trial for treason in London. The defense argues the indictment states no offense known to law, while government witnesses describe Casement's attempts to recruit Irish prisoners in Germany. The jury, drawn from middle class merchants and clerks, weighs extenuating circumstances as the case unfolds.
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London
Sir Roger Casement
Sinn Fein
Ireland
High Court of Justice
Francis R. Doyle
Philadelphia
Casement
Roger Casement
Caeement
Brazil
Congo
Berlin
Sir Roger
Reeding
Alex
Ander Sullivan
Dublin
Roger
John Cronin
Muenster Fusiliers
Germany
Alexander Sullivan
Cork
Volunteers
Daniel
O'Brien
Sir Frederick Smith
Music Night at Hot Wells Park Draws Crowds
Music lovers gather at Hot Wells Park for an evening in the grove featuring dancing and a cafe. An advertisement promotes a New York round trip fare of 765.35 dollars with Diverse Route and round trips via Ol Pacific.
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New York
Southern Pacifice
Hot Wells Park
Southern Pacific
The
Grove
Souther Dontain
Bids Sought for South Side High School Contracts
Contractors invited to bid on South Side High School at Garden and Bismar streets with separate bids for plumbing heating and electrical work. Bids open at 11 am July 3 1916 at the School Board office State Bank & Trust Company. A $6000 certified check is required and plans may be viewed at Associated Architects offices.
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South Side
Garden
Bismar Streets
State Bank & Trust Company
Associated Architects
Alfred Giles Company
Carl von Seutter
San Antonio
Texans
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