Troops Reach Fort Sam Houston Camp
Fort Sam Houston greets incoming troops with warm handshakes and reunions. Veterans from the Twenty second infantry mingle with Seventeenth veterans, former West Point classmates meet after years apart, and a regiment totaling thirty five officers with five more on duty stands ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sam Houston
West Point
Twenty-second Infantry
John T. van Orsdale
F. B. McCoy
E. N. Jones Jr
G. W. Martin
Hundreds of Mexican Refugees Held Near Agua Prieta Border
About 150 Mexican refugees from this city were surrounded by American troops and arrested near the border as rumors of a rebel approach to Agua Prieta spread. Troops under Captain Frank Johnson patrolled the line overnight while Mexican authorities warned crossings would be shot. Agua Prieta braces for a potential assault by Cabral and Blanco factions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Douglass
Aziz
Agua Prieta
Juan Cabral
Red” Lopez
Bracamento
Frank Johnson
Third Cavalry
Here
Cabral
Blanco
Mobilization Tests Army Weak Points Across Nations
The piece argues rapid mobilization as the Army's key weakness and reviews historical lessons from Franco Prussian and Russo Japanese wars. It describes European railroad regiments and the Militaer Eisenbahn as essential to fast movement and supply, praising current moves as courageous optimization of national defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Japan
Europe
Germany
France
Austria-Hungary
Italy
Holland
Americans Join the Insurrectos
Associated Press reports 170 Americans mostly IWW members joined the insurrectos in Los Angeles to form a socialist utopia in Lower California. They were later eliminated from the rebel force and General Leyva and Simon Berthold plan to march on Ensenada with 300 men. Leyva announced Tecarte fell at 4 a.m. and the fifty men who captured it will join the campaign with senior officers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mexicali
Mex
Los Angeles
Industrial Workers of the World
Lower California
Leyva
Simon Berthold
Ensenada
Tecarte
Artillery Brigades Arrive at Galveston Fort Crockett Camp
Three companies of coast artillery from Fort Morgan near Mobile arrived in Galveston at 1:30 this morning and stayed on the train until daybreak before going into camp at Fort Crockett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Galveston
Coast Artillery
Fort Morgan
Mobile
Fort Crockett
Army receives swift packing orders for Fort Sam Houston
Uncle Samuel aids soldiers during Lent by ordering two car loads of packing house products from Swift to feed 20 000 men. Captain Cusack of the subsistence department reviews 45 bids overnight, with Major Harry E Wilkins of Chicago arriving to oversee the process. Local robbers claim they can move large shipments quickly and supply home markets without price hikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel
Quartermaster's Department
Swift Packing Company
Army Post
Fort Sam Houston
Cusack
Subsistence Department
Harry E. Wilkins
Chicago
Subsistence
San Antonio
S S S Rheumatism Cure Ad from Swift Specific Co
An advertisement urging rheumatism sufferers to use S S S a vegetable blood purifier. It describes rheumatism as caused by uric acid in the blood, promises removal of uric acid and nourishment to joints, and offers a free book and medical advice from Swift Specific Co Atlanta Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S.S
EHE Swift Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
Taft aims to end rebellion across border with 20000 troops
The Associated Press reports that President Taft has ordered 20,000 U.S. troops to the Mexican border to form a solid wall along the Rio Grande. The move is intended to halt filibustering and cut off contraband arms and men, expediting an end to the southern revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Taft
Atlanta
Charlottesville
United States
Rio Grande
Augusta
Texas
California
Washington
CLEAR THE TRACK IS ORDERED FOR 42 MILITARY TRAINS
Orders issued to yardmasters in Austin to keep division tracks clear for 42 special military trains expected today and tonight at 30 minute intervals. Main line freight trains from Laredo through Austin to Palestine halted until all military trains pass southward. First sections reached Austin division dispatcher at 10 oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Laredo
Palestine
Austin Division
Bromo Quinine Laxative Ad Claims One Day Cold Cure
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine laxative as a universal cold cure in one day. It features signature of ER W Grove and lists A Coliman, plumber at 416 Main Ave as contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ER. W. Grove
A. Coliman
Main Ave
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Cavin Muse
Magar
By Lee
Fuhial
Alsace-Lorraine
Sedan
A. M. Burdett
E. R. Andrews
David Baker
Medical Corps
T. E. Darby
Lee
Wolfson Store
New York
Copenhagen
Alamo and Commerce
Saulwolfson
Goons
Harlandale
South Flores
Alamo Plaza
H. J. Benson
Grand Opera House
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Meridian
D. B B. Waggener
Moore
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