National Guards Ordered Ten to Get Away Within Twenty Four Hours
Fourteen New regs including infantry cavalry and artillery signal hospital ambulance and engineer units start before night special trains given right of way Carranza's last chance. Mexico must decide war or no war whether state of hostilities shall exist between United States and Mexico depends on de facto president.
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National Guards
Vas
Carranza
United States
Mexico
New York
Baker
Leonard Wood
National Guard
Washington
Tésponte
Mexico City
Lansto
Carrizal
Carrizal Jaerdonis Maorey
War Department
Lewley
Morey
Tenth Cavalry
Iet
America
Carrini
Wilson to Call Joint Session of Congress
Fourteen regiments including infantry cavalry and artillery with support units were ordered to mobilize before night as Secretary of War Baker pressed General Wood to ready National Guard forces for action. Diplomatic talks on Mexico remained unsettled with Carranza’s stance delaying a clear U S response while Congress prepared for a possible joint session after Carranza’s reply.
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Wilson
Congress
House
Senate
Stone
Lodge
Jacking
Chaiman Flood
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Calderon
Bolivia
Witeon
Stoneeld
Lansley
Hla
United States
Aviation patrol plans and American movements in Mexico
A June report from Washington notes plans for an American air patrol along the Mexican border if war arrives, with more than thirty aeroplanes ordered including 14 high powered machines. Updates from Chihuahua and Juarez describe Americans leaving the state and traveling toward Juarez, while new clash rumors near Villa Abumade prompt Army officials in El Paso and Juarez to seek confirmation.
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Washington
Angerla Patto
War Department
Columbus
Villa Abumade
Mobilization speeds up as states rush guardsmen to border
Washington reports rapid mobilization of national guardsmen from nearly all states with the first contingents already en route to the border. Major General Leonard Wood notes New York and Massachusetts regiments ready to start, while Missouri guardsmen are mustered into federal service. The War Department coordinates rapid transport with railroads, citing state shortages of uniforms rifles and equipment as the primary delay. Separate citizen units based on foreign parentage may recruit but are not guaranteed calls.
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Washington
War Department
National Guard
Leonard Wood
Eastern Department
New York
Massachusetta
Missouri
United States
Oregons Guard
General Good
American Railroad Association
Come Atates
Ohio
Wisconsin
Indiana
Michigan
Wyoming
Colorado
South Dakota
Mingcents
Itato
Honar Guard
Spanata
Army
Daher
Crete
Border officials declare war risk after ultimatum clash
Reports state border authorities across the frontier consider the president’s ultimatum to Carranza a declaration of war if the Central affair is denied. Obreann and Tre vino are cited as resource figures amid the crisis.
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Paso
Carranza
Obreann
Trevino
Roosevelt Note to Progressives Endorses Hughes for President
Theodore Roosevelt writes a note to the Progressive National Committee declining their nomination and urging support for Charles Evans Hughes. He expresses admiration for Progressive leaders and cites Lincoln era ideals, urging the party to apply Washington and Lincoln principles to national needs.
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Chicago, Inc
Theodore Rarevel
Progressive National Committee
Sepaion
Chas. EK. Hughes
Oscar King Davis
Theodore Toosevelt
Genlemen
Progressive National Convention
Ime Cor
Jana
Hhe
Chicago
Progressive Party
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Lincoln
United States
General Pershing Ready 70 Act In Mexican Expedition
General John J. Pershing's punitive expeditionary force in Meatco is ready for action if necessary. At a southern outpost near Fl Valle the force sits within fifty miles of Colonia Dublan, with about 12 000 men in excellent fighting trim. Motor trains are loaded and lined up, horses and mules in good condition, and hospitals mobilized as they prepare to advance toward the Mexican border.
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el Paso
Texas
John J. Verebing
Meatco Jn
Wetton
Fl Valle
Colonia Dublan
Trie
Biny de
Hace
Cotatabar
Columbus
Fort Bliss commander vows to lead troops if conflict arises
General Bell of Fort Bliss would move across the border into Mexican territory along the Mexican Central railway and toward Villa Abumada. He would confront de facto forces led by General Serrano and General Trevino near El Ville on Colonia Dublan to defend American troops.
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Mex’co
Bell
Fort Bliss
Texex
Central ‘Railway
Villa Abumada
Geal Francisca Serrano
Jacinto Trevino
Lroopa
el Ville
Colonia Dublan
Border tensions rise as U S troops prepare for rapid action
Reports from the border describe heightened vigilance as American units move to counter any Mexican action. Five thousand National Guard are expected to El Paso with crews ready for emergency deployment. Pershing's dispatch notes missing men and rescued survivors while a Texas airman earns praise after a skirmish with German forces near Bar le Duc.
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Washington
Meats City
Exonte
As Peint
Addiere
el Pano
Columbus
Carranza
Andres Garcia
Fe] Yaso
Timlalie
Wilson
Hescue Morey
Pershing
Jenkins
Wnes
Cieneral Perahing
Buaraton
Marjor Jenkine
Lile
Habinal
Twen Uy
Austrians in General Retreat Over Sector Wide
Russian cavalry after a clash with Austro-Hungarian troops occupied a position near Pezoriz about five and a half miles west of Kimpelung in Bukowina, according to an official Russian war office statement issued in Petrograd.
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Petrograd
London
Pezoriz
Kimpelung
Bukowina
Russian War Office
Paris
Juos
Fumion
Chenois Woods
Verdun
Thiaumont
War French Office
Meuse
Verdun Battle and Allied Front Moves Reported
War office updates from Paris London and Berlin describe continued Verdun fighting with French repulses and ground gains. Reports from Rome and Petrograd note Italian advances toward Castelgamberto and mounting Russian operations in the Lutak salient amid heavy front activity across the Western Front.
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Italiana
France
Belgium
Verdun
Punished General Ricaut Reported by Laredo
Laredo Texas reports unofficially that First Chief Carranza dismissed General Alfredo Ricaut, commander of the northeastern border patrol, and reinstated General Enrilo Nataretti at Tampico. The raid prompted Ricaut’s fall due to an attack on American forces near the river in pursuit of bandits on June 16.
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Laredo
Texas
Carranza
Geeral Alfredo Ticaut
Enrilo Nataretti
Tampico
Ricaut
Russians Repel German Attacks Near Kovel and Demberg
Reuters dispatch from Kiev reports German assaults along the Brokhod river halted by Russian counterfire. Russians push offensive as German losses mount. Germans retreat toward Koret and Lemberg to shield lines. Russian forces hold the Cheremesh river area and occupy the Ceernowlts-Ruty railway. In Vilna to Smorgen zone, German operations shift south and northwest around Solodechne.
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London
Ort- Cera
Kiev
Reuter
Petmerad
Brokhod River
Verdun
Vadimir
Volhynekia
Sokul
Koret
Lemberg
Cheremesh
Smorgen
Solodechne
Mexican Forces Prepare for War on the Rio Grande
San Antonio June 26 Mexican army headquarters reports indicate forces along the Mio Grande from Matamoros to Cuarex have withdrawn or plan to withdraw their main strength. Troops are reported at strategic points north of the border ready to move, with a new line toward Monterey, Saltillo, and Key mining routes. Paredon becomes a probable main base as garrisons at Matamoros Nuevo Laredo and Juarez are said to be shifting. Strongest force remains near Piedras Negras opposite Eagle Pass with a negligible presence at Del Rio.
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United States Regulary
United Statos
Mexico
Pershing
Lexis Sydney Morey
Carrizal
Morey
War Department
Ball Fong
Sudy
Scott
Atafte
Eral Wiles
Aastatent
Atatt
Crowder
Maker
San Antonio
Toras
Alonk
Mio Grande
Matamoros
Duarex
Monterey
Saltillo
Coachulla
Moglerey
Salina
Mealeas
Chibuahuachy
Matamorak
Nuevo Laredo
Juate
Uaemall
del Rin
Phedras Neetar
Oppe- Mie Kyghe Pree
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Mvorado Mining and Miling Company
Compania Agricole
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Chihut Inca
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Juares
Vila Abumade
Roosevelt
Justice Hughes
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Haernssey
Avlaton Corps
Seroplaoce
Bar le Duc
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