President Wilson vows no war with Mexico unless necessary
Wilson addresses the New York Press Club stressing peaceful options for border disputes and readiness to sacrifice personal gains to serve national ideals. He warns against military conquest, urges action aligned with the people, and cites moral force and global opinion as decisive. Colby praises Roosevelt but hedges on campaign backing.
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New York
Wilson
New York Press Club
Mexico
Bainbridge Colby
Theodore Roosevelt
Chicago
Colby
America
United States
Neer
News of Troop Movements Suppressed by Baker Order
Washington secretary Baker ordered all department army commanders to suppress news of troop movements. The directive bars information to press or outsiders, allowing only railroad officials or American Railway Association representatives at department HQs and mobilization points. The department said National Guard units lacking full field transport will be supplied by Gen. Funster on reaching the border.
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Washington
Baker
Department
Texas
American Railway Association
National Guard
Gen. Funster
Mexicans Seize Gold and Silver Bullion in Manzanillo
Washington reports the state department was advised that American gold and silver bullion seized by local Mexican authorities at Manzanillo totals nearly 500000 dollars. Seizures began before the Carrizal incident, with protests sent to Gen. Carranza. Further seizures were reported nationwide as Americans fled the country, and no reply had been received to prior representations.
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Washington
State Department
Manzanillo
Carrizal
Carranza
Mexico
Mexico City
Gen
First Troops at Border Reach Fort Sam Houston
The First Illinois infantry under Col. Sanborne arrived at Fort Sam Houston and began camp. The Seventh New York regiment also moved through San Antonio toward Brownsville, with additional New York regiments, including the 71st, expected soon.
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San Antonio
Tex
Col. Sanborne
Fort Sam Houston
New York
Brownsville
Sevanty-first
Guardsmen to Patrol 1800 Mile Border Under New Plan
Washington reports a reorganization of border forces dividing the 1800 mile line among the Southern and Western departments. Major General Frederick Funston remains in charge of the Southern Department, while Major General J Franklin Bell moves to Douglas, Arizona to oversee the Western side. General Pershing is offered command of the New Mexico Department for the expedition into Mexico based at Columbus, New Mexico.
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Washington
Supreme Command
Mexico
Frederick Funston
J. Franklin Bell
Western Department
San Antonio
Douglas
Ariz
el Paso
Colorado State Line
Department of New Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Pershing
War Department
Hetty Green Dies at 80 World Wealthiest Woman
Mrs Hetty Green the world’s richest woman died in New York at age 80 after three paralytic strokes over two months. She was nearly helpless for weeks and passed away at 8:05 pm on July 3 at her son Colonel Edwin H H Green’s home at 6 West Nineteenth Street near Central Park West.
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New York
Hetty Green
Green
Edwin H. H. Green
West
Nineteeth Street
Troops rushed to Elephant Butte Dam in New Mexico
Columbus New Mexico troops of the National Guard have been ordered rushed to the Elephant Butte dam 135 miles northeast of Columbus. The dam is the second largest artificial body of water in the world and irrigates a valley for 150 miles to the south.
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Columbus
N. M
New Mexico National Guard
Elephant Butte
President Wilson signs the Hay resolution in Washington
President Wilson signs the Hay resolution to bring National Guard members into regular army service. The action occurs in Washington as part of mobilization efforts during the era. The measure defines integration of guard units into the national military structure.
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Wilson
Hay
Washington
National Guard
Mexican Troops Concentrated Along Border Moves
Eagle Pass Texas reports that Mexican forces are being concentrated along the border in a plan to scatter mobile cavalry units just south of the line while main forces concentrate some distance inland, according to military observers.
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Eagle Pass
Texas
Mexico
Large National Guards on Duty at Mexican Border
Washington reports at least 30,000 National Guardsmen are on duty along the Mexican border. No official counts match this figure, and authorities suspect the number may be inflated. Units arriving are equipped with automatic machine guns, with 250 new units recently bred for immediate delivery.
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Washington
Allies report 10000 prisoners as Verdun battle continues
London reports a renewed British French offensive around the Somme and Ancre sectors with steady gains and heavy German resistance. Fricourt falls to British forces and Gurlu is taken by the French as 5000 to 3500 prisoners are claimed, while Verdun comes under renewed bombardment and incursions. The Thiamont work is recaptured by French forces amid continued trench fighting.
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London
Somme
Ancre
Fricourt
Albert
Gurlu
Verdun
Berlin
Thiamont
French War Office
Bandits Drive Horses From Border Ranch Near El Paso
Troops from the Eighth Cavalry hunted raiders who drove off horses and cattle from a ranch 54 miles southeast of El Paso across the Rio Grande. Eight Mexicans were believed to be in the raiding party. The pursuit stalled at the river as officials cautioned against provoking a clash with Mexican troops while border tensions continued to loom.
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San Antonio
Tex
Leroy Eltinge
Eighth Cavalry
Fort Hancock
Texas
Mexico
el Paso
Tardy
Eltinge
Gen. Funston
Fortifications Bill PassesHouse and Senate
Congress approved a conference report on the largest fortifications appropriation ever sent to the White House. The bill carries 25,748,050 in cash appropriations and 13,800,000 for contracts. The Senate added 4,880,050 to the House total, boosting reserve ammunition items.
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Washington
White House
House
Senate
Obregon Strengthens His Army Along the Border
San Antonio dispatch reports General Obregon, Carranza's war minister, strengthening the border army as thousands of National Guardsmen move into frontier areas. Minor changes were directed in his forces now quartered in northern cities, with a few under American guns, per Fort Sam Houston information.
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San Antonio
Texas
War Department
General Obregon
Carranza
Fort Sam Houston
No Right to Keep Troops in Mexico Memorandum Denies US Presence
The Foreign Office reply to Secretary Lansing denies US authority to deploy armed forces on Mexican soil. The 36 count memorandum insists Mexico did not protect bandits, rebuts Washington notes, and accuses Scott, Funston, and Cushihuarachi’s Watson of bad faith. It ties Huerta’s arrest to fear of German plots and says US troops invite raids rather than prevent them.
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Mexico City
Foreign Office
Lansing
Washington
United States
Mexico
Santa Ysabel
Charles Watson
Cushihuirachi Company
General Scott
General Funston
General Obregga
Glenn Springs
General Huerta
Germany
Southern Banks Show The Biggest Increase
Comptroller of Currency reports a large rise in national bank deposits by May 1, 1916, led by the Southern States. Tennessee tops state gains with 261 percent expansion from 1910 to 1916, while South Carolina and others show strong increases. North Carolina remains sixth. The 1910 Southern depositors totaled 1,272,746 rising to 2,814,508 in 1916.
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Washington
Tennessee
South Carolina
North Carolina
National Bank
Oklahoma
Idaho
Virginia
Extra Pay for Service Across Mexican Border
Washington announces extra pay for American troops serving across the Mexican border. Enlisted men will receive 20 percent additional, and officers 10 percent, under the treasury comptroller Warwick's decision.
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Washington
Warwick
The
Treasury
Munsey Buys The New York Sun
New York reports Frank A Munsey completes purchase of the New York Sun after 23 years of attempts to rival the Associated Press. The paper will end its independent news gathering and start receiving AP service.
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Frank Munsey
THE
NEW York Sun
New York
Associated Press
Frank A. Munsey
Senate advances major defense measure to conference
Washington reports the fortifications appropriation bill, a core defense measure, passed the Senate and moves to the House for conference. The total was trimmed from 34.3 million to 26.5 million, funding coast and field artillery ordnance and ammunition, with last year's 17 million and a further 4 million added for ammunition.
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Washington
Senate
House
Return of Prisoners Shapes Mexican Border Talks
The United States presses for a clear Mexican position on future troop actions as Carranza orders that American forces be attacked only near the border. Prisoners at Carrizal have been surrendered, easing immediate danger, while Washington awaits a formal note and possible mediation.
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Washington
Mexico
Carranza
Carrizas
State Department
United States
Geo
America
Trevino
Carrizal
Lansing
Ignacio Calderon
Bolivia
Death sentence for Sir Roger Casement pronounced
Sir Roger Casement was found guilty of high treason by an English court and sentenced to death. Viscount Reading and two associates in scarlet robes pronounced the verdict, as Casement addressed the court declaring his message would reach a broader audience, including America. The court heard the final statement amid silent, moved spectators.
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Iriah
London
Viscount Reading
England
Roger Casement
Roger
America
Sir Rogers
Viscount Bryce
Permission Given to Remove Bodies in Mexico
Mexico City reports that Minister of War Obregon told General Trevino at Chihuahua to inform Consul Garcia at El Paso no impediment would be placed in the way of American authorities if they wished to remove the bodies of American troopers killed at Carrizal to American territory.
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Mexico City
Obregon
Trevino
Chihuahua
Garcia
el Pas
Carrizal
Hundreds of ex Marines Volunteer for Emergency Service
Washington reports hundreds of former U S Marines have volunteered for potential future service in emergencies. Marines say volunteers form the first line of national mobile defense and could be mobilized quickly in war.
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Washington
United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps
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