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Fredericksburg Standard in Fredericksburg, Texas

22 Dec 1917

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Fredericksburg Standard

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Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America

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Dec 22, 1917

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Perils and Wonders of a True Desert

Capt D D Gaillard recounts the Papago and desert life, water scarcity, and deadly tolls along Las Tinajas Altas. He details emigration routes, primitive camps, and the fatal thirst on El Camino del Diablo, noting graves, rescues, and the quiet, haunting desert silence.

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United States Las Playas Las Tinajas Altas Yuma Fathii Er Kino Altar N. Miehler Corps of Topographical Engineers Yume Troi California Colorado Tinajas Altas Leathern Vance Sierra del Tule Tinajas Altos Don Pedro Aguirre Buenos Ayres Arizona
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Only a Volunteer in the Great War

Poem reflecting a World War I volunteer who resents not being drafted receiving no banquet or recognition. The speaker recalls hurrying to a training station, being drilled for a year, and feeling forgotten as a volunteer. He imagines a future child asking what he did in the war and answering that he was only a volunteer.

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Don Pedro Somira Meon Bhurro American Desert Tule Sonora Sam
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Koenig E. J Koenig Maxwell Automobiles East Market Square Capt D. D. Gaillard Corps of Engineers U.S. A California New Elorado Colorado River Sonoyta Las Tinajas Dicameter Jean Moses Bros. Produce Co S. W Martii Max T. Henke Knopp & Schneider Alfred Klingelhoefer Gherry Spring Texas Fredericksburg Reliance Roller Mills Ernst Wilke Telephones & Wit Kolmeier & Klier Kolmeier & Klier Co
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