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The Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut
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Major General Leonard Wood reports that while militia movements from the eastern department to the Mexican border have peaked, 10,000 more National Guard troops from nine states, including large contingents from Massachusetts and New York, will depart this week. New York, July 3.
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Troops to Start Soon
New York, July 3—While Major General Leonard Wood says that the movement of militia from the department of the east toward the Mexican border has passed its climax, he estimates that 10,000 more troops will leave their home mobilization camps during the present week.
Nine states out of 22 under General Wood's command have sent National Guard units southward. Massachusetts and New Jersey have dispatched the larger proportion of their available men. New Jersey, in proportion to the size of its state guard, holds honors in this respect, for only 307 militiamen from that state were left in mobilization camps while 4,056 are on their way to the border.
Among the commands under orders to entrain today is Squadron A, of New York, which probably numbers more wealthy men than any other militia organization of equal size in service.
Figures issued at General Wood's headquarters show that 5,437 militiamen have been sent forward from Massachusetts; 1,039 from Maine; 888 from Vermont; 181 from Rhode Island; 2,221 from Connecticut; none from New Hampshire and 5,643 from New York.
In Massachusetts, 1,780 troops are now at concentration camps; 436 in Maine; 300 in Vermont; 452 in Rhode Island; 1,071 in Connecticut; 1,399 in New Hampshire; 11,000 in New York.
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New York
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July 3
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10,000 more troops estimated to leave during the present week; specific numbers sent: 5,437 from massachusetts, 1,039 from maine, 888 from vermont, 181 from rhode island, 2,221 from connecticut, none from new hampshire, 5,643 from new york; remaining in camps: 1,780 massachusetts, 436 maine, 300 vermont, 452 rhode island, 1,071 connecticut, 1,399 new hampshire, 11,000 new york; new jersey: 4,056 sent, 307 remaining
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Major General Leonard Wood states that the movement of militia from the department of the east toward the Mexican border has passed its climax, but 10,000 more troops will leave home mobilization camps this week. Nine out of 22 states under his command have sent National Guard units southward, with Massachusetts and New Jersey dispatching the larger proportions. Squadron A of New York is among commands ordered to entrain today.