Demand for Soldiers Department Grants Request
Ohio Governor urges delivery of seven Fort Sheridan soldiers implicated in Athens disturbance now facing civil charges. War Department replies no guaranteed transfer, directing witnesses to appear and leaving transfer questions to service needs and future consideration.
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Columbus
Ohio
Willam H. Taft
Washington, D.C
Athens County
Fourteenth Battery
Field Artillery
Fort Sheridan
Department of Transfer
Myron T. Ulbrick
Oliver
War Department
Washington
Myron T. Herrick
Matant
Fort Sherian
Athens
Northern Division
M. Poster
Foster
Army officers orders and personnel moves
Leave extensions and grants list multiple officers from the Signal Corps to Infantry and Staff roles. Includes assignments at Manassas maneuvers, Presidio San Francisco, St Johns Academy Delaware, and Texas Department. Also notes vessel movements, naval updates, a fatal collision near Garman, and a death by suicide of Louise Dubois.
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Ganted
George P Scriven
Signal Corpa
Dana T. Marrill
Twelfth Infantry
Frank L. Graham
Forto Rico Provisional Regiment of Infantry
Neviis FR. Nolan
General Staff
Bee
Manassas
Edward T Drown
Artillery Corps
Presidio of
San Francisco
William A Sbank
Eighth Cavalry
St John’s Military Academy
Delatelt
John McManus
John J. Reilly
Department of Texas
Richard FR. Steelman
Eleventh Infantry
Kansas City
Camen
Ray County
J ( Darie
Norfolk
NOT A LAWN FETE Ridicule of Maneuver Arrangements De plored by Retired Army Officer
Special to The Washington Poet from Manassas Virginia on September 6 reports a retired U S Army officer stationed with a New England National Guard regiment defends Gen Corbin and staff over a Cleveland dealer article. He says officers bear costs for entertaining visitors and foreign guests during maneuvers. He explains dress rules and aims to avoid ostentation while upholding national credit.
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Washington
Manassas
United States Army
National Guard
New England
Cleveland Filain Dealer
Corbin
Viremia
MacArthur urges new posts and officer reclassification Pacific coast
Gen Arthur MacArthur, in his Pacific division report to the War Department, calls for a new full regiment infantry post near Los Angeles and a cavalry post in the Willamette Valley. He also proposes reclassifying captains of infantry and artillery to mounted status to boost field efficiency, with about 92 thousand dollars more pay for 520 officers. He notes joint camp success in Columbia and a drop in desertions year over year.
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Department of California
Arthur MacArthur
War Department
Pacific
California
Columbia
MacArthur
Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles
Cal
Willamette Valley
Oregon
Presidio
Old Barracks
Department of the Columbia
Beach Named Permanent Receiver for International Mercantile Agency
George R Beach, already acting as temporary receiver since August 4, was made permanent receiver by Vice Chancellor Garrison in Jersey City. He reported $4,000 cash and printing plates valued up to $12,000 found in the New York office. Bond set at $25,000. stockholders must be notified to show cause on September 19 regarding objections to Beach.
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George R. Beach
International Mercantile Agency
New York
George R Beach
Garrison
Jersey City
Beach
United States Court
Grant Keeps Armies Competing At Haymarket
The day ends at 3 o'clock with both Browns and Blues contending along the old Carolina road near Haymarket. Casualties would be heavy in true battle. the Brown army gains unofficial advantage while militia discipline and ammunition use draw praise. A Blue cavalry colonel is captured and colors of the Fifth Massachusetts are returned to corps headquarters. A boy, Harry Grant, is crushed by a train at Thoroughfare. Lieut Crippen of the New York National Guard breaks his leg after falling from his horse near Haymarket.
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Bell
Old
Carolina Road
Haymarket
Maine
Vermont
Enghith
Massachusetts
New Jersey
New York
Peking
North Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Alabama
Theodore J. Wint
Blue
Rhea
Fitzhugh Lee
Seventh Cavalry
Ninth Infantry
Wagner
Wint
Price
Frost
Bliss
Blue Army
Advines
Brown
Smith
Lee
Regan
Barry
Second
Texas
Beil
Beli
Urell
Harries
District Guard
Sea Girl
Col
Harry Grant
Sixth Street
Washington
Jacob Decker
Lieut
Crippen
New York National Guard
Hiymarket
Here
Colored Troops Isolated at Manassas Camp in Civil War Era
Special to The Washington Post reports Capt Ross, leading Connecticut First Independent Company, has limited interaction with white officers and remains isolated at the far end of Manassas camp. The unit, the area’s only negro company, notes few incidents aside from a wagon raid, two eating stands thefts, and whisky peddling arrests, while town saloons closed early to prevent trouble.
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Ross
Washington Post
Manassas
Connecticut
Manasses Camp
Defend Negro Militia Sparks Duty Officers’ Indignation
Indignation rose among War Department officers over Southern militia hostility to Connecticut negro troops at Bull Run maneuvers. An Army Judge Advocate General opinion hampers punishment for crude threats, stating offenses must be punished via militia court martial. Georgia Gov Terrell praised a soldier’s refusal to salute a negro officer as true Georgia grit.
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War Department
Bull Run
Connecticut
Army
Parade of Templars Draws 10000 Knights Across City Streets
A 10,000 knight parade marked the twenty ninth triennial of the Knights Templars marching over seven miles through New York City. English officers led by Earl of Euston wore ornate cloaks as crowds cheered, while several commanderies from California to Massachusetts joined from morning to near three hours of spectacle.
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San Francisco
Sept
Order of Knights Templars
Earl of Huston
Templar Order
Knights Templars
England
Wales
Earl of Euston
Stoddard
Constantine
Joseph Leath
Couer de Leon Commandery
Knoxville
Tenn
Boston Commandery
No. 1
Massachusetts
Grand Commandery
Rhode Island
de Molay
Boston
Kentucky
Dixie
New York
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Pacific Coast
Market Street
van Ness Avenue
George C. Pardee
Eugene B. Schmitz
Grand Lodge
Grand Chapter
RR. A. M
Grand Corncil
B.ard &. M
George W. Wittman
Poiice
Charles T. Field
California
George D. Clarke
Henry Bates Stoddard
United States of America
England and
Edward
U California
Dewitt Clinton
Virginia City
Nev
Corinthian Chasseuts
Philadelphia
R. E
George Mayhew Moulton
W. E. Charles F. Matier
Frank William Sumner
Jesse E. B. Fuller
W. Er
W. B. Melish
Golden Gate
P. D. Code
Freeman C. Hersey
Frederick E. Pierce
Lake
Grand Encampment Holds First Session with Receptions
The article describes the opening of the grand encampment session with divisions covering Iowa Minnesota Kansas Maryland Nebraska Arkansas West Virginia Colorado North Carolina South Dakota Oregon Washington Wyoming Montana North Dakota Arizona Florida Indian Territory District of Columbia Oklahoma and New Mexico. Oakland commandery hosted a reception while headquarters were open and a grand master was greeted amid numerous receptions. An exhibition drill by Malta commandery, an outdoor concert and a Chinese play staged by Oriental actors in an American theater followed later tonight.
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Iowa
Minnesota
Kansas
Maryland
Nebraska
Arkansas
West Virginia
Colorado
North Carolina
South Dakota
Eighth Division
R. E
J. W. Charabertata
Sir Benton
Langley
Staf
Oregon
Washington
Wyoming
Montana
North Dakota
Arizona
Florida
Indian Territory
District of Columbia
Oklahoma
New Mexico
California
Oakland Commandery
Eddard
Malta Commandery
Investigation Ordered in New York Holocaust Fire
Coroner Scholer will lead a searching inquiry to assign criminal negligence for the tenement house fire on Attorney Street last Sunday that killed fifteen and injured many. He will seek individual reports from the tenement, health, fire, and building departments as responsibility is debated.
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New York
Attorney Street
Scholer
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Charles Clark
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Harry Randal
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