Local families go on weekend trips and reunions
Locals Mr and Mrs Verdis Pack and their sons Terry and Jimmy Justice head to Red River New Mexico for a vacation. Chief Petty Officer Wesley Clark and Mrs Clark with three children visit her parents in Stamford Texas while the Clark family will be stationed in Hawaii. The Landrith family vacationing in Port Aransas and Mrs Robert L Bow with three daughters attend the Clark family reunion in Stamford. Bow's grandchildren Mitzie and David join a gathering of Bow siblings and their families for the first time in nine years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Clark
Robert L. Bow
Barbara Oates
Paula Oates
Chuck Large
Large
San Antonio
Clark
Stamford
Texas
Fort Davis and the Regiments of Mounted Troops
The narrative recalls Fort Davis established in 1854 and the three regiments of mounted troops the 1st and 2nd Dragoons and the Regiment of Mounted Riflemen. It highlights the swagger of the 2nd Dragoons under Harney and Cooke and cites recruitment lore from Percival Lowe and Samuel E. Chamberlain about horsemen preferring riding to marching and the varied backgrounds of dragoons members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Davis National Historic Site
Fort Davis
U. S
2Nd Dragoons
Harney
Cooke
Percival G. Lowe
Second Dragoons
Henry Sibley
Lowe
Samuel E. Chamberlain
Dragoons
Napoleon
Sam
Vest receives reserve officer appointment at Fort Belvoir
James V. Vest son of Mr and Mrs B B Vest was named reserve commissioned officer in the U S Army Engineers. He recently completed the Engineer Basic Course at Fort Belvoir Va and will stay there with Mrs Vest. Previously he worked as a research engineer in electronics at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen L. Uranga
Clemente J. Uranga
W. Ave
G. Alpine
Department of the Army
San Antonio
Thomas J. Treadway
U. S
Miss Uranga
James V. Vest
B. B. Vest
U. S. Army Engineers
Vest
U.S. Army
Fort Dalvoll
West
Fort Belvoir
Jim
Southwest Research Institute
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Ray Landrith
Sue, David
Lynn
Port Aransas
Credidept
FloHock Copyright Specialty Adv. Co
W. Holland Ave
D’alte
Virginia
Cient
DIAL
Wells Concrete CO
Pete Boody
Watson Jewelers
Holland
el Paso
Mesa
WTU
Frigidaire Electric
Reddy
West Texas Utilities
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