United States Must Have Big Army and Navy to Guard Ideals
Revered clergyman urges a strong national defense to safeguard American ideals. He cites Washington and the Farewell Address, arguing forces are needed to repel threats while upholding liberty and justice. Navy and army expansions are framed as protection of peace, not aggression. Naval orders and commissions listed follow the essay.
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United States
Ernest M. Stires
St. Thomas’ Church
New York
Washington
Temple of God
Philadelphia
Apeak
Ax Stigs
Temple
George Washington
government contract awards save time and money
The extended bidding process continues with contracts awarded at the same location, saving time and bidders’ satisfaction. Total contracts exceed 2.5 million dollars, excluding quartermaster depots and related materials. Next year's prices mostly lower, including campaign hats at 97 cents each versus 1.10 currently, while a prior claim of fraud was disproved. Woolen goods rise, cotton goods fall. overall net saving about 2,500 dollars on the planned expenditures.
Medals of Honor at Vera Cruz Stir Navy Debate
The Navy faces criticism over a proposed general order listing about 40 officers for medals of honor for Vera Cruz actions. Some commandants protest the award basis, arguing the acts were not sufficiently heroic. The issue delays publication as debates continue on retroactive authority, retirement laws, and broader personnel implications.
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Navy Department
Vera Cruz
Naval Service
Frank F. Fletcher
Navy
Marine Corps
Secretary of the Navy
Dore
Active Lst
Answers Hall Caine Gave Views in Open Letter
An open letter from Hall Caine criticizes British and American wartime policies over the Lusitania sinking. It argues England's hostility and Germany's defense, urging President Wilson to act, condemns Christian hypocrisy, and cites submarine warfare as a moral issue. The letter condemns European diplomacy and calls for a shift in civilization’s approach to war.
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Germany
Caine
France
England
Russia
Italy
United States
Bryce Commission
Grad Graduate in Law Wins High Honors at George Washington
Monteith McFall of South Carolina is first honor graduate of George Washington law school, winning the Larner medal and Blackstone and American law prizes. He held Phi Delta Phi prize in year one and Asdronaux scholarship in year two after degrees at College of Charleston and Columbia University. Home at Ridgeway, SC, he plans to enter the legal profession.
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OQHN
Monteith McFall
South Carolina
George Washington Law School
Larner
Blackstone
American Law
McFall
Phi Delta Phi
Asdronaux
George Washington
College of Charleston
Columbia University
Ridgeway
Army Orders Reflect Wide Range of Staff Reassignments
A detailed list shows Maj Gen William Gorgas and other officers receiving extensions and new duties. Assignments cover medical corps, engineers, ordnance, quartermaster branches, and instructing roles near San Francisco. Several captains are sent to Honolulu, Manila, Hawaii, and various depots while transfers elevate lieutenants to captain or first lieutenant in multiple infantry units.
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Medical Corps
George H. Oradtrer
San Francisco
Douglas
Ariz
Fort Riley
Kans
George H. Crabtree
Headquarters
Western Department
Fort Lawton
Wash
Gilbert WH. Stewart
Ordnance Department
Hartford
Gonn
Charles L. Foster
St. Louis
Thomas UT. Raymond
Robert P. Rowell, Jr
Corps of Engineers
Hawai
Cleveland ©. Gee
Hawaiian
United States
George D. Freeman, Jr
Quartermaster Corps
Hawaiian Department
Cal
Charles W. van Way
Fort Keogh
Mont
Hawaii
Edgar King
Adjutant General of Army
Presidio
Paul B Malone
Allen J Greer
Sixteenth Infantry
Emmett Addis
Tenth Cavalry
Joan P. McAdams
Eleventh Infantry
Eugene Santschi
Eighteenth Infantry
Harry R Cada
Leutenant
Twenty-fourth Infantry
Meutenant
Fifteenth Infantry
Hubert C. Cotton
Eerced Leutenant
Twentieth Infantry
William R. Kendrick
Seventeenth Infantry
G. Barrett Glover, Jr
Judge Defies Court Over Father Slaying Trial
Denver judge Ben B. Lindsey refuses to reveal confidences from Neal Wright in a murder case involving Bertha Wright. The 12-year-old witness claims he killed his father, not his mother, and prosecutors seek Lindsey to rebut the boy's testimony. Lindsey says he will go to jail for contempt rather than disclose privileged conversations.
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Washington Post
Denver
Colo
Ben B. Lindsey
District Court
Neal Wright
Bertha Wright
Wright
Rush
Lindsey
Torpedo injunction stands affirmed by appeals court
New York June 12 The U S Court of Appeals upholds the Federal district court injunction prohibiting the E W Bilas Company from selling the Bliss-Lewart torpedo to foreign nations or disclosing its manufacture secret Judge Coxe urges the United States to maintain an independent war munitions plant and notes the need to guard improvements from foes as military officers may suggest.
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U. S. Court of Appeals
New York
Federal District Court
E W Bilas Company
Coxe
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Mgr Army
Navy
Rma
Reprimand for Capt Luhn in Fort Leavenworth case
Captain Luhn of the Tenth U S Cavalry was court-martialed at Fort Leavenworth for shipping excess baggage against another officer’s allowance. He was found guilty and sentenced to be reprimanded. Orders directed him to resume duty at Omaha Nebraska. he had been stationed at Fort Eben Emael Vermont. The case drew Army interest as a potential War Department stance against the practice.
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Navy Department
Edward G. Parker
Navy
Naval Station
Tutuila
Samoa
Apia
German Samoa
England
America
Canada
Wilson
Army
Fingland
Germany
War Department
Practice Camps Approved for Regular Troops
War Department plans summer military instruction camps approved by Comptroller Downey after ruling against earlier student camp schemes. Civilians aged 18 to 20 may attend without government expense. Camps set for Plattsburg New York and Ludington Michigan July 5 to August 5, and Presidio San Francisco June 24 to August 1.
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War Department
Downey
United States
Plattsburg Barracks
New York
Ludington
Michigan
Presidio
San Francisco
Movements of Naval Vessels and Public Commentary
A chaotic naval dispatch lists vessels sailing from Indian Head Norfolk and New York yards to ports including Wash Jacksonville and Philadelphia with several ships named such as Arethusa Lusitania Marietta and South Dakota. The text includes harsh critique blaming passengers and governments for the Lusitania disaster and urges restraint on armed ships and accountability for the guilty in a George V Ferguson sign‑off from the Hartford newspaper archive.
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Indian Head
Wash
Inglay Mackenzie
Ker West
Minn
Jacksonville
Fanning
Norfolk
Dimnett
Flusser
Reid
Canrlestar
Pasten
Jason
Lambert Point
Brose Latin
New York
Ister
Prairie
Uhiiwhelpa
Brooklyn
Hampton Roads
Sarateza
Olongapo
Mania
Lebanon
Barney
Atlantic
South Dakota
Milwaukee
Puget Sound
San Fr
Lusitania
Heen
George V. Ferguson
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