General Pershing Put Down Moros in 1913 Campaign
Brigadier General John J. Pershing, soon to command the expeditionary force in Mexico, distinguished himself in 1913 with a decisive victory over Moros in the Philippines at Bagsag on June 12. He later led the Eighth Brigade from Presidio and El Paso and intervened in El Paso after the Villa bandit killings. He began his career in 1886 after West Point, fought in the Spanish American War, organized insular affairs in Cuba, and observed the Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria.
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John J. Pershing
Mexico
Philippine Islands
Bagsag
United States
Eighth Brigade
Presidio
Cal
el Paso
Pershing
Philippines
West Point
Tenth Cavalry
Santiago
Bureau of Insular Affairs
Cuba
Department of Mindanao
Mindanao
Tokio
Japan
Kuroki
Manchuria
Portugal Enters War At England Request
Portugal declared war in Washington as England pressed its request under treaty obligations dating to 1373. The Portuguese legation issued the statement via Viscount de Alte, Portugal's minister.
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Washington
D. C
Portugal
Poruguese
England
Viscount de Alte
Munitions Production Ramp Up in Philadelphia Area
Four major local plants including Remington Arms Eddystone and Baldwin Locomotive report rush orders for steel shells rifles for the United States government. Remington to make two million shells, Eddystone 2.5 million shells, Baldwin 1 million steel forgings, with Midvale Steel also handling large U S orders alongside foreign work.
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Philadelphia
United States
Remington Arms Company
Eddystone Munition Corporation
Baldwin Locomot
Sunshine Lures Outdoor Fans as Dry Spell Persists
Weather reports show continued sun with no rain since late January aside from a few traces. Residents enjoy clear cool days with automobiling walking picnicking and swimming at Lambert Beach as the town enjoys a summer mood without the heat.
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Sahara
Lambertach
Carranza Offer Accepted by U S as Mexico Tensions Rise
War Department reports detail preparations for U S action against Villa in Mexico. Officials say existing border forces suffice and no new troop orders are planned, with secrecy surrounding mobilization and orders for three cavalry regiments to be ready.
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War Department
Mexico
Villa
Department
Funston
Fifth Cavalry
Fort Myer
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Fort Sheridan
Fil
Recruitments Underway for Texas National Guard Battery
Captain R B Fairchild aims to fill Battery B First Field Artillery to full strength at once. About 25 of 133 men have been enrolled as recruiting continues at room 199 Gunter Hotel open 4 to 6 pm daily. The unit would be mustered in within a week if orders arrive.
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First Field Artillery
Texas National Guard
R. B. Fairchild
Fairchild
Gunter Hotel
End
Wilson Delighted by Scandinavian Peace Message
President Wilson reacts to a delegation of Scandinavian leaders bearing a message of broad national support for his peace efforts. He says keeping the United States out of war is his top priority and expresses gratitude for the visit and its courteous tone.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
United States
Carranza rejects U S armed intervention without consent
Mexico City March 15 General Carranza issues a manifesto declaring Mexico will not permit United States armed forces to enter Mexican territory to capture Villa without reciprocal rights first granted. He notes precedents and seeks a peaceful resolution while warning against intervention.
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Mexico City
Carranza
Mexico
United States
Villa
Washington
Francisco Villa
Columbus
American Congress
Foreign Office
Sonora
Chihuahua
Funston Deploys Troops as Dust Helps Hunt Villa
About eighty enlisted men left San Antonio on a special Southern Pacific train as Fort Sam Houston marks a third troop movement. Field hospital and engineers followed, while aviators scout ahead for Villa and Carranza forces. Dust from marching troops aids the hunt as Carranza’s ring forms near the border and Columbus anxiety rises with arrests of Villa sympathizers and new artillery arrivals from Nogales and Fort Bliss.
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San Antonio
Southern Pacific
Fort Sam Houston
Funston
Villa
Carranza
General Funston
Monterey
Columbus
N. M
Mexico
Texas Guard Told to Fill Up Ranks
Houston March 13 General Cecil A. Lyon orders Texas National Guard commanders to recruit each company to 150 men and to survey members on foreign duty. He urges opening recruiting offices and notes Texas furnished more volunteers in 1898. If unable to meet war strength, commanders should sever militia ties. Lyon believes militia may replace regulars at the border with the expeditionary army in Mexico. A militia office has been opened here.
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Houston
Tex
Texas National Guard
Cecil A. Lyon
Lyon
Texas
General Lyon
Mexico
Cavalry Ready to Cross at Mexican Border
Reports persist that American cavalry on the Arizona border gathered for an immediate crossing into Mexico. Pershing and General Gavira met, with official denials noted, as units assemble near Casas Grandes and Columbus for a potential pursuit of Villa.
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Carranza
Mexico
Arizona
Sonora
Villa
Chihuahua
Nogales
Columbus
Palomas
Matamoros
Casas Grandes
Corralitos
United States
EL Paso
Tex
San Bernardino
Mex
John J. Pershing
United States Expeditionary Forces
Gabriel Gavira
Juarez
Tony
General Pershing
Pershing
Garza
Troops Mass Near Columbus As Villa Expedition Looms
U S forces concentrate at Columbus New Mexico as Pershing may command the operation against Francisco Villa. reinforcements pour in from Fort Bliss Nogales and Douglas while cavalry and artillery arrive to form a ready expeditionary force. Villa remains a focal point as preparations proceed with expected delays.
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Columbus
N. M
United States
Mexico
Francisco Villa
John J. Pershing
Eighth Brigade
Pablo Bertani
Carranza
Palomas
Fort Bliss
Sixth Field Artillery
Nogales
Ariz
Twelfth Cavalry
Fort Robinson
Neb
Tenth Cavalry
Douglas
Seventh Cavalry
Benson
Arizona
Mountain Artillery
Troops Depart Galveston for El Paso in Special Trains
Three special trains carrying the twenty third Infantry with full field equipment will leave Galveston for El Paso between six and eight oclock this evening. The regiment has been in camp at Fort Crockett for several months.
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Galveston
Tex
Twenty-Third Infantry
el Paso
Fort Crockett
Reward Offered for Villa Body Revealed in Letters
A 40 000 peso reward for the body of Francisco Villa was posted for 60 days in Carranza consulates, disclosed today via letters to a local Carranza official in Albuquerque New Mexico dated March 18.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Francisco Villa
Carranza
Fuel and forage trains sent to border towns from Houston
Sixty five cars of fuel and forage are being sent to border towns by W H Borsodi government contractor for the United States army in Houston. Supplies travel on special trains via Southern Pacific Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio and the Texas and New Orleans Railroads. The average monthly border supply is 300 cars and the distribution is directed by wire from Houston.
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Houston
Tex
W. H. Borsodi
United States Army
Southern Pacific
Galveston
Harrisburg
San Antonio
Texas & New Orleans
Borsodi
Ammunition Shipped to Mexico From New York
Large quantities of small arms ammunition have been sent from New York to Mexico. The steamship Esperanza left last Thursday carrying 500,000 rounds of rifle ammunition for the Carranza government and is expected to reach Vera Cruz on Thursday.
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New York
Mexico
Esperanza
Vera Cruz
Carranza
Border exodus after Villa orders prompts 600 plus exits
At Nuevo Laredo port since President Wilson ordered Villa capture, customs records show more than 600 Americans and foreigners have left Mexico. The border region remains generally quiet though some better class Mexicans express dissatisfaction with Carranza’s manifesto yesterday.
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Laredo
Tex
Mexico
Nuevo Laredo
Wilson
Francisco Villa
Eee Carranza
Embargo on War Munitions Shipments to Mexico
San Francisco port officials announced an embargo on shipments of war munitions to Mexican points. The order, issued by John O. Davis port collector, follows directives from Washington to halt such transfers.
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Mexico
San Francisco
Cal
John O. Davis
Washington
Militia Seeks Recruits at Street Recruiting Station
Company B Second Texas Infantry sets up a sidewalk recruiting post in front of 230 East Houston Street to raise numbers from 66 to full war strength. Quartermaster Sergeant Walter leads the effort and urges able-bodied men to enlist.
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Second Texas Infantry
East Houston Street
Walter
Local Army Recruiting Station Chooses Top Recruits
H Somers in charge after honorable discharge three months ago with Captain Fred D Thompson commanding Company B. Enlistees from San Antonio include William Madden Hill Harry Schmidt James Miller Jesse Hill Charlie Jost James Lavendersky Edward Bere and Paul Finch. Somers picks the best from applicant pool.
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H. Somers
Regular Army
Fred D. Thompson
San Antonio
William Madden Hill
Main Avenue High School
Harry Schmidt
James 8. Miller
Jesse E. Hill
Charlie Jost
James A. Lavandersky
Edward Bere
Paul Finch
Somers
Fort Sam Houston denies truck purchases
Major Harry T. Wilkens, post quartermaster, said no motor trucks have been bought in San Antonio by the quartermaster department. He dismissed a morning paper report that 57 available trucks had been acquired and noted a price request had been issued but no purchases made.
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San Antonio
Quartermaster Department
Fort Sam Houston
Harry T. Wilkens
Post Quartermaster
Wilkens
Mexico and United States to aid each other in Villa pursuit
El Pueblo publishes the Mexican government note calling for cross border military cooperation with the United States if needed to pursue Villa. The editorial denounces interventionists in the United States and asserts Mexico will defend sovereignty and international citizenship. General Carranza arrives at Queretaro with his cabinet and will stay there through the crisis.
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Mexico City
Columbus
Villa
el Pueblo
Washington
United States
Mexico
Carranza
Queretaro
Guadalajara
Cavalry and Artillery Held Back From Expedition Duty
A squadron of the Third Cavalry and three batteries of the Third Artillery stationed at Fort Sam Houston have not been ordered to move into Mexico for the expedition authorities are keeping them on duty at the border area. The units remain ready but not deployed.
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Mexico
Third Cavalry
Third Artillery
Fort Sam Houston
Troops Move and Withdrawals Stir Border Reports
Major Malvern-Hill Barnum denied orders to move troops as cavalry pack to relieve a lower Rio Grande patrol. Separately American Smelting & Refining Co declares all employees withdrawn from Mexico with workers arriving in Laredo from Monterey and Matehuala. Troops E and H of the Twelfth Cavalry reach the border from Cheyenne.
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Mexico
Malvern-Hill Barnum
Rio Grande Valley
Columbus
American Smelting Co
New York
American Smelting & Refining Company
Laredo
Tex
Monterey
Matehuala
Del Rio Quiet as Carranza Attitude Sparks Unease
Del Rio Texas March 13 The only uneasiness in the Mexican situation is Carranza attitude toward the proposed punitive expedition with no demonstrations.
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del Rio
Tex
Carranza
Eleventh Cavalry En Route From Fort Oglethorpe
The last of seven trains carrying the Eleventh Cavalry departed Fort Oglethorpe en route to Chattanooga on March 13, signaling the unit’s redeployment.
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Eleventh Cavalry
Chattanooga
Tenn
Fort Oglethorpe
Troops Arrive at Piedras Negras Across From Eagle Pass
F L Sweet of the International Electric Company in Eagle Pass said 2000 Mexican troops arrived in Piedras Negras, across the river from Eagle Pass, on Saturday. The commander notified authorities in Eagle Pass that he had been sent to guard the frontier in San Antonio on Monday.
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Piedras Negras
F. L. Sweet
International Electric Company
Eagle Pass
San Antonio
Threatened with Death Americans Reach El Paso
Six Americans arrived from Chihuahua City guarded by Carranza troops reporting threats from Carranza officers before leaving. Fifty Americans remain in Chihuahua City awaiting word from U S Consul Marion Letcher on when to depart. Juarez telegraph office blocks foreign consuls’ messages by order of General Gavira as U S infantry prepares for possible movement toward Juarez.
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Casas Grandes
Laguna
Chihuahua City
Gavira
Juarez
Garza
Santa Sofia
Villa
Corralitos
Madera
Temosachic
el Paso
Tex
Carranza
Chihuahua
United States
Marion Letcher
Camp Cotton
Fort Bliss
Mexico
Vessel Fire Near Bermuda Baffles Norwegian Captain
Captain Helversen of the Terje Viken reports sighting an American sailing vessel aflame southwest of Bermuda at 73 12 W 27 15 N. The ship burned to the waterline. Its name could not be read, though the letters U S A appeared on one side. Crew search yielded no results.
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Galveston
Tex
Helversen
Terje Viken
Newcastle
Bermuda
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Guaranza
Oayo
Trautorg
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Manuel Medinaviella
S. Julio Fabela
Samuel Rodriguez
Juan Rodriguez
A. E. Talbott
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Ornelas
Deming
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United States Army Infantry
G. E. Parks
Guerrerro
Pancho” Villa
Fourth Field Artillery
L. G. Berry
Texas Guard
Bobbie
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Washer Bros
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Othees
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Texas Infantry
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