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Newspaper
Utah Ogden Standard
Location
Ogden, Utah, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1916
Page
6
National Guard units from every state are summoned as U S forces prepare for a prolonged campaign amid rising tensions with Mexico. Troop B of Ogden trains in Khaki at the armory with officers listed. recruits and farewell ceremonies underway as assignments and duties are assigned to a long list of personnel from Captain Eneass to Corporals and Trumpeters.
Troop B First Cavalry of the State National Guard mobilizes at the Armory after a telegram orders the division into service. Captain Kneass reports, recruits pour in, older men steady, and a call for more enlistments. Cap/Keene notes no government plan for families. military drill schedules set, while national guard forces multiply across states as Wilson rejects Carranza’s recall demand.
Sergeant Wihler, recently married two months, hesitates to discuss his reluctance to deploy to the border. The unit expects several parades through town today, but officials are unsure when the company will depart, thought to occur within the next two days.
The president refuses to withdraw American troops until the de facto Mexican government can restore order. He rebukes Carranza for unwarranted charges and insinuations. National Guard forces, totaling about 100,000, are being mustered with thousands more possible to be called.
Reports from Laredo and Columbus describe Mexican mistreatment complaints and the anticipated arrival of Consul Silliman while American militia mobilization affects wheat prices. More than a hundred Mexican workers on the Columbus to Mexican bases motor road halted work, fearing Carranza loyalists after pamphlets urged departure.
London reports Russian forces under General Lechitzy entering Czernowitz capital of Bukovina after fierce fighting along the Pruth crossings. Austrian defenders abandon the city, evacuate civilians, and Austrian headquarters acknowledge loss while claiming Russians are pressed in Volhynia. German reinforcements reportedly moved from the French front to aid the Austrians as Russian Cavalry advances continue.
Petrograd reports 3000 prisoners taken near Czernowitz as German, Austrian, and Russian forces clash across the Front. Paris dispatch notes Bulgarian advances near Florina and Monastir while Verdun fighting resumes. Eastern battles hinge on Korl and Styr sectors with heavy daylight aerial actions and battery exchanges.
New York June 19 General Joseph Gallieni former minister of war of France died of wounds from an attack by a high rank French army officer on charges of treason. Reported by passengers aboard the French liner Lafayette the officer was said to have negotiated with Germans for Verdun surrender.
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