May Pay Troops Today at Camp Ordway
Twelve days overdue pay for District militiamen in Camp Ordway hinges on federal officers processing payroll after a Wood order. Families face actual want. some men lost jobs. Vaccination for Third Infantry and machine-gun company began, typhoid shots later at border. Board of Trade urges Congress to lift relief, Red Cross sets depots and reduced rates for border troops.
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Third Infantry
Camp Ordway
Carranza
Manana
Wood
Department of the East
Hxas
Ordway
Gvernment
Battalilion
Board of Trade
Congress
Executive Committee
Board of ‘Trade
Congresa
Red Cross
Rosetta
Machine Gun
Sergt McCarten
Power house links armor works to steel plant in one system
The plant shares a power house with armor and steel operations making separation impractical. The Government could use the investment without spending 11 million dollars, under terms the Federal Trade Commission deems economical.
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Federal Trade Commission
Militia Receives Tobacco Gifts for Kuardsmen Camp
A shipment of tobacco and luxuries arrived for Kuardsmen yesterday. The cargo included cigarettes cigarettes papers cigars and chewing tobacco donated by city bank and trust companies and organized by May Wo taker the chief quartermaster.
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Bank and Trust Companies
Syatemati Distribution
NO GAPS IN GUARD REGIMENTS Fills National Guard to full war strength
War Department authorized a national guard recruiting service to raise regiments to full war strength for about 160000 men. Nearly 50,000 regulars on border duty would rise to more than 710800 engaged in protecting the line. Each regiment to receive three officers for recruitment and unit assignment, with state adjutants supplying officer names.
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National Guard
War Department
Iine
Adjutant General
Militia drills delayed by rain as Bisbee mine work looms
Rain halts signal corps and field ambulance drills in Bisbee Arizona where District of Columbia troops await better weather to begin extensive training. Maj James Wilson commands the First separate battalion at Naco while miners prospect underground. In Cleveland, the Army orders 1139 motor trucks costing nearly 3000000, and in Washington, President Wilson considers a successor to Charles F Hughes on the Supreme Court with Senate confirmation pending.
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Washington Post
Ariz
Bisbee
District of Columbia
Verdun
Arizona
Field Ambulance Corps
Signal Corps
Naco
James Wilson
Gregory
Wilson
Charles F Hughes
Supreme Court of the
United States
White House
Senate
Recruiting Drags In Aged Applicants At Central Station
A recruit at the central recruiting station on Pennsylvania avenue yesterday confused officials by claiming birth years of 1864 or 1865 then 1894 or 1895. Sergeant J Max Cunningham corrected him, noting the apparent age. The station sought release for a man who enlisted Tuesday and claims to have dependents. Despite confusion, several recruits were accepted, including John Stone and others from Washington, Alexandria, Wilmington, and Hillmead. Sergeant Cunningham has about two weeks left in his enlistment and plans to reenlist if called, though he is now married.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
Suro
J Max Cunningham
Tme
Camp Ordway
Camp
Ordway
John Stone
Benjamin F Oliver
Sixth Street
Howard
Alexander
Moses H Jacobs
Jesse J Owen
Park Lane
William A Stamler
Tenth Street
George Anderson
Fred KB O'Brien
Edgar H Griffin
Arlington
Ernest T Carter
Ridge Street
George L Rushvillsh
Third Street
John P Agnew
Pitt Street
Alexandria
George
House Committee Off for Niagara Quest Power Plan
Members of the House foreign affairs committee departed for Niagara Falls to study diverting Niagara River water for power. State Senator Thompson will meet them. Flood is the only member able to travel. The party includes Representatives from New York, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Alabama, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania.
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House Foreign Affairs
Niagara Falls
Niagetra
Strator
Thompson
Flood
Representatveg Smt
New York
Harris
Gendwin Arkarsis
Indiint
Sabathound Kohr
Os Heiddienston
Aloma TH
Myo
Rogers
Massachusetts
Penpie and Miller
Pennsylvania
Camp Notes and Personals at Camp Ordway Border Prep
Military dispatches report orders to conserve drinking water on trains en route to the border. Office and unit details include new commissions in the medical corps, examinations for Third Infantry commissions, and candidates listed by company. Camp ordnance talks cover harness tests, guard consolidation, paint standards for breech blocks, and an informal Fort Myer dance with Second Cavalry and District National Guard officers.
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Second United States Cavalry
District National Guard
Camp Ordway
Fort Myer
Ruling Imminent in National Guard Habeas Case
In a Washington hearing, Judge Gould deliberates on reopening the Brockman habeas corpus case and setting aside a prior release order. War Department and parents’ counsel dispute status of the guard member and weigh merits of the case as a precedent on mobilization of youths.
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National Guard
War Department
John Brockman
United States
Young Brockman
Samuel T Ansell
Army
Hodges
Frederick Whippler
Life-Saving Swimming Tests At Aqueduct Bridge
A large life-saving contest will be held at the Aqueduct bridge Sunday at 2 oclock under Independent and Aqueduct Bridge life-saving corps in association with the American Red Cross. White District residents may enter free. entries close tonight with F J Brunner at polio headquarters. The nine events include varied back stroke carries and towing a drowning figure, with contestants swimming to a flag and back, some in costumes or with specific implements.
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Aqueduct Bridge
Orlock
Independent
F J Brunner
Polio
Anand
Randall Bill Seeks 2 Million for Mexican Relief
California Representative Charles H Randall proposes a 2 million dollar appropriation to aid destitute Mexicans with food and clothing. The plan includes repayment by beneficiaries when financially able, and the measure advances to the appropriations committee.
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Charles H Randall
California
Republic
Randal
Randalls
Mexico
Randall
Appropriations Committee
Conart
Congress
Enlistment Terms Under Twenty One Years Old
Fragmentary note discusses age eligibility for enlistment, mentioning the phrase Rony penk and implying a rule that under twenty one might still be required or considered. The tone resembles a wartime or recruiting record with uncertain phrasing and incomplete details.
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