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- 1 s ; ' : 12 . QRgQ0N pAILY JOURNAL, "PORTLAND THURSDAY, -JUNE; .1916. - i V I - . ENTIRE MILITIA MAY "TAKE PART IN BIG CELEBRATION HERE Guardsmen Will March on Fourth of July, if They Are Still at Clackamas. PLANS ARE ARRANGED Sam of $5000 Considered necessary la Orlit to Obs.rre Say la rutin Manner. ' Contribution to Sat. Portland Press club i 1 00 Portland Lodge of Klks 100 H. Benson 100 A. Whitemore 25 Toke Point Oyster Grill... 10 O. Leiter 5 Afoner Jones 6 OorRe J. C'anvvron 5 Maegley & Tloliner, brokers 10 Seneca Kouts 1 Hotel Benson 2S Hotel Oregon " Hotel Portland 25 Imperial hotel 2r Seward hot rl . . 15 Mallory hotel 15 Washington hotel 1 " Hotel Cornelius 15 Oregon Hotel Clerk s asso ciation 10 Oregon hotel 10 Carlton hotel 10 Raniapo hotel 10 Nortonla hotel 10 Palace hotel Hotel Lennox Perkins hotel 10 10 10 Hotal liiOH All i ont rihiit ions should be sent to Henry K. Reed, secretary-treasurer. Fourth of .Inly committee. Portland Press club. . A X OREGON. SOLDIERS CAUGHT BY CAMERA ON WAY TO CAMP - a . .. m "4 1 i nors 51 I . tt. ? if S Portland will see the largest mili tary parade In its history on July -f, provided the Oregon National Guard 4n still at Clackamas. Governor Withy combe and Adjutant General Geeise A. White have assured GeoiKe I. Ba ker, chairman of the Fourth of July parade committee, that if the troops are In the state they will be brought to Portland to participate In both th parade and military tournament. , it looks as though we will have the biggest military demonstration Portland ever saw." said Chairman Baker. "It may be the last ni'Dor tunlty to see the boys of the N'a'ional Guard before they leave for the front. Everyone In the city Is interested and should assist In making a demonstra tion long 'o be remembered." Today every business house is to be called on by members of committees eollcltlnK funds. It is estimated that $6000 will be needed to stage the cele bration on the Fourth, and this money la needed at once, according to the committees. Contribution, large and small, are being accepted by Henry H. Reed, secretary treasurer of the Fourth of July committee, caro the Portland Press club. Elks' building. Chairman Lelter of the general com mittee asks that all committee and sub-committee heads keep in touch with Joseph Rleg, in charge of head quarters at the Press- club. Telephone numbers are Broadway 231 and A-3223. Plans for the big night spectacle are rapidly taking shape. K. B. Cobb of the Standard Box & Lumber com pany and II. B. Van Duzer of the In-man-Poulsen Lumber company have donated the necessary lumber to con struct & replica of a good sized war craft to be used In a battle on the river at night. t Practically every man of the Ore gon Naval Militia and the lawyers' auxiliary of the militia 1 to have part in the battle. A vote was taken among the men last night, and not a dissent ing voice was raised to the plan of them partlcpiting In the naval engagement. objections t certain leglslatois. who held that the application of bectlon No. Ill v as equivalent to a declara tion of war against Mexlco. Milltla to Oo Wban ady. As fast as the different state militia units can be equipped they will be sent to the border, .secretary of War Baker stated, following a conference with Piesldent Wilson. As to which would go first, and where thev will be assigned, the sec retary said he could not state; they would be dispatched as quickly and In the 6rder in which they make them selves ready, he said. General Mills, head of the militia cM virion of the war department, 1s keeping in direct touch with the or ganisation of the different units and is being advised as to the progress of preparations for movement. The secretary stated that bevond this no conclusions had been readied nor plans made as a result of the latest Mexican development. Information Is Awaited. "We are awaiting further informa tion," he said. ' We do not yet know Just what happaned and it would be unwise to make or announce any plans until we do." The secretary said it would not nec essarily mean this government would await complete reports from Pershing himself, which may be delayed, before determining on a course of action. If accurate Information can be secured froin other sources. Secretary Baker said he did not believe the first question of going be fore congress Is even in the presi dent's mind yet. - -1 l r " . . . v: I L 'J .... '- I WASHINGTON GUARD IS BEING RECRUITED TO MAXIM STRENGTH Men Are Being Given Anti Typhoid Prophylaxis in Preparation for War. UNIVERSITY MEN BUSY Crnral Assembly at Amarioan Xk Is ITnasr Way; Farad of Kllitla msn SoAsdolsd for Today. That mlllta ly established senior boy y Brill be immediate TlH !! for all Junior and N n tine Walla Walla higfe school, la th4 airnet recommcndatlo . A L' . . I . .t . . W t Vv MAN. ' talned in his! annual report, preent to the board of education yeaterdaj afternoon. ISuperlntendent Kern reo- 0 omraeiids thef estiiibllahment of a thor- "t ough systeni of- training In the els- i ' mentary brattche of military drill and . exercises. j ; The reporf shows that during the school year Jluet closing the enrollment In the high! school made an Increase of 122. comriared with the enrollment of the yerj previous, while the ln- crease In In rd schools was 1. Company In llendy. Walla Wafia. Wash.. June 22. Com pany K. N. ( W, of this city la ready for the front. Vigorous recruiting by company officer and members, assist ed by the mllltiry committee of the Walla Wallai Commercial club, has brought the! local company to war strength. liast ! night, fallowing ths I report of th4 fight in which 40 Amert- Ican troopers! were ald to have bean Seattle. Wash., June 22. (P. N. S.l willed, local ScOmbanv members showed Washington National Guardsmen areimu-h Impstjlence. many saying they assembling at American lake today, would welcoine orders to move bffer various companies are adding the last : Sunday. wl:in it Is expected the com- ,r recruits needed for war strength nnd :pa,iy wi ehtraln for American laka. v hundreds of the men are being given I t night !the- company was enter- antl-typhold prophylaxis, preparatory tained at refeptlon given by ths s RESOLUTION TO MAKE MILITIA AVAILABLE IS TO BE HURRIED ALONG (Contlnned FYom Page One) A eectioi of the bill reads: "The president is authorized to util ise the armed force of the i ntted States for fa period of emergency un- iein aiticharged sooner. This chai.ges section No. Ill of the ITay-Chamberlaln hill, reading. "For a period of war," thereby meeting the California Troops Ready. Sacramento, Cal., June 22. (U. P.) "The California militia Is ready to move to the border upon a moment's notice," said Adjutant General C. W. Thomas this morning when he was first advised of the war department's contemplated action through the United Press. General Thomas slept In his office last night to be In readiness for any order. But, he announced at 7 a. m., he had received no word of any kind from the war department. "Until I receive the official order," said the 'general, "I cannlt make a definite statement. I wll(l say. how ever, that the first move would be to telegraph all National Guajd com manders In the state to be ready to move their forces at once in accord with the war department's: arrange ment as soon as that arrangement is announced. "The present force" under arms is 3100 officers and men. the great ma jority of whom are trained In military tactics, fully equipped. There are comparatively few recruits but these would be sent along with their companies." lilt t i? ;i t sxiftit lilt :uw--ALt'M a: -. ."sv a. v-. 'as sr .-v.' -x t ;,v,v.v,w,-wav.',w.' i '..i--.-.fr.v.v-. ';-: -?rv;' '.',- . ' o,; '-'" - TvLi II if n m. Above, left Guardsmen unloading supplies and equipment from troop train to wagons at Clackamas station. Right Portland's contin gent marching down Sixth street to Union depot- to entrain yes terday afternoon. Beolw, left Entertaining a camp visitor. Right Governor AVithycombe shaking hands with a militiaman before the departure of the troop special. Orders Not Yet Issued. San Francisco. June 22. (IT. P.) Orders for mobilization of the Cali fornia National Guard at Sacramento had not yet been Issued by the adju tant generaUs- office, when the United Press learned from Secretary Baker today that this department would en deavor to rush the militia and re serves of California, Missouri and Kansas to the Mexican border at once. Most of the California National Guard units are ready for the call io Sacramento. The companies are as sembled In their armories and bar racks, equipment packed and last fare wells said, awaiting the word. Recruiting is continuing. Many or the organizations are still .below the required strength, despite the number of enlistments. The volunteers are in many, cases absolutely untrained and drill sergeants are working overtime trying to whip them into shape. . Eliciting scenes occurred at armories around the bay while the recruiting was at ts briskest. In front of the station of company A in Oakland a little knot of civil war veterans were gathered urging young men standing by to Join the colors. are needed. The Third Infantry. Colonel E. R. Bennett commanding,. Is expected to be ordered to Camp Dodge, north of here, tomorrow, where company B and the machine gun company of this com mand reported to Brigadier General Allen, camp commander, today. Other for what all consider "real war Recruiting stunts have been intro duced by the various companies to gain their alloted "war strength" number. The Second regiment gained 167 men yesterday. Company F, of the University of Washington, which was in danger of being merged with another company, recruited 40 new men. Students went through the city and nearby towns seeking former stu dents and bringing them back to Seat tle to enlist. The company needs 6ft more men. Four hundred and sixty-eight men are needed throughout the state to bring the Second regiment to full atrength. Yesterday's parade of the militia men was postponed because more than 800 of the men had been Inoculated with the antl-typhold serum. The men will parade today. The telephone and telegraph detach ment of the signal corps Is encamped at American lake today, as Is company A, signal corps, 96 men strong. Moth ers, sisters and sweethearts bade the boys farewell at the stations late yes terday. Today the regimental Infirm ary left to Join fellow guardsmen. The adjutant general has set the time for the troop trains' departure at 10:30 O'clock Sunday morning. Walla Walla Commercial club. Kven though 'the local company Is recruited td fiill strength, work of securing more rrjon Is to be carried on here until jhe j-ompany leaves, there s. being considerable talk here of a sec ond company. J The local jtomfiany has had its equip ment readyi for! moving for the past two daj ! School Training Urged. Walla Walla, Wash., June 2: Teddy Bear Makers All Go on Strike Bin Thousand Workers Demand Shorts Soars and Mors Pay; Toy and- Doll Makers to X.nfl Support. New Tor, June 22. (I. N S Teddy Beat- makers- tiOOO of them went on strike- this mornlns. They wl!3 be suppoited' by all ths stuffed tof i(d doll makers In th city. Thy deinand fhorter hours and more pa j . ' (lash Hrlnn Recruit. Uos Angrles, June "2 -il' P.) -A marked ln4rease In recruiting at th Seventh rtginvent hea'dn uart era was r.otlceahle Shis; morning following re ports of the cjash between Mexicans and Amerij-ansv at Can l.al ' Twenty five men Were enlisted the first hour. v'f " s ; i I . - - - ? regiments will follow about a day apart. It Is expected the entire command will be In camp by Monday. How the United States and Mexican Armies Line Up , i- ALONG THE BORDER !N 'ilEXICO Douglas 2,500 Namiquipa 3,500 Columbus 2,500 Babricora L , . 1,500 El Paso 3,500 San Miguel 500 Rio Grande 1,500 Madera 500 Presidio 1,000 Galena 1,000 Laredo 10,000 Casas Grande ..... 3,000 Brownsville 9,000 Corral ito 1,500 San Antonio 4,500 Ascension ; 500 Total 34,500 Totaj j ...12,000 These men are stretched These men are stretched along a front of 1800 miles, along a front of 250 miles. This makes the line average This mikes the line average nineteen men to the mile. forty-eight men to the mile. AGAINST THIS FORCE CARRANZA HAS: In Sonora under Calles 12,000 In Chihuahua facing Pershings front 40,000 At other points along border 15,000 Total 67,000 Get Yourself a Chautauqua Booklet Today Do It Now Twenty-third Annual Session Willamette Valley Chautauqua Assembly GLADSTONE PARK JULY 7th -19th 13 Big Days 26 Big Programs Ideal Camp Life in Oregon's Famous Beauty Spot NEW YORK CITY MARINE BAND MAWSON ANTARCTIC PICTURES KAFFIl BOYS' CHOIR and two dozen other great entertainment programs. Lou Beauchamp, Hon. Victor Murdock, Sylvester A. Long and a dozen other leading lecturers of the country. 82-page booklets, just off the press, with complete informa tion, may be obtained at First and Alder-St. Station P. R., L. & P. GILL & CO., Y. M. C A., or v SEC H. E. .CROSS, Beaver BIdg., Oregon qty, Or. Chamber's Request Granted. Redding Cal.. June 22. (P. N. S.) A request for authority "for the Redding Chamber of Commerce to organize a company of militia here was granted in a telegram received today from Adjutant General Thomas. "Act at once," was the way Thomas granted the request. Company D of Redding; was mus tered out only six months ago and It is believed It will be easy to recruit a company up to full strength. Enlisting men from an automobile In the street Is the unique Idea seen today. Following the receipt of Adjutant General Thomas' telegram advising: local militia commanders that com panies not up to full war strength when the order was received, would be consolidated with other companies, an automobile containing several neatly dressed recruiting officers Ap peared in ths downtown streets. WhereTer a group of likely looking young men were seen, the automobile stopped and the proposition of enlist ment was talked over. Crowds soon gathered and many stepped into the automobile and were signed up, sub ject to physical qualifications. Kansas Troops at Home Stations. Topeka, Kan., June 22. (U. P.) Decision of the war department to en deaver to get the Kansas militia to the border immediately found the stats troops early today still at their home stations. Company H of Lawrence, company I of Manhattan, of the First regiment were under orders to go to Fort Riley this afternoon, together with ths sig nal and hospital corps and the regi mental supply company. But the re mainder of the guard had not been ordered to mobilise there until Friday. Missouri an Over Half Mobilized. Nevada, Mo.. June 22. -U. P.) Mors than half of the Missouri militia was mobilised here today when the war, de partment determined to attempt 'to rush the Missouri 'guardsmen to the border. - , All units, except Battery A. of - 8t. txmls. will be in camp late today. This battery is not yet recruited to required strength. Iow-a Guard Needs 500 Men. Des Moines, la., June 22. -(U. P.) I Twelve . companies of the - Iowa Na tional. 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