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hold : the 113 rs-1 aT-this iircb Hard hichLocal Marine Reserve Unit First Texas Group of Kindthethetantcor-7/P— Jr. ■a hi the di-ath 30gherIs-ury20-tonnn-ofar-innc.Organised in Juiyp underthe command of Lt. Col, Clark W, Thompson, tnarlne corps reserve battalion comin^der, the 15th Battalion, fleet marine corps reserve, Is fast becoming- an important unit in the .naval and military life of the city.The marine reserve group, the firat organized In Texajr, b*gaji drilling- activities last Aug. 24, rook-lt8t first P!*b,,c appearance In Pf'^ton °n Armistice Day, '.villi ivt, uoi. Thompson serving aa grand maranaJ.The battalion which In now up ? 1?PProximaia authorized strength. Including one rifle company with Headquarters Company in Galveston and one rifln company in Texas City.Maj. Jacob M. Hearns, Unitedat* tea maxing corp3, la Inspector Instructor of the battalion, and V. la 7 t1hrou«h Mb and Col. lhompaon s leadership and Instruction that the battalion has made so fin? a showing in GalvesLon.l?J-zFC£KS f* a”lsted by FirstSgt, H. P. Crouch.Cant. Walter T. Short in com-manner of A Company. Gal veal *n,'Si I c- Stefftni hlfi aide, 'first Lt Robert L. Ward is adjutant and quartermaster,Cil* •FJr-’'L 1.1. J. G. irOidberp is commiuidnr of B Oom-pany with First Lt. J. t. Cnlu BEcond In command.Charles H. Llndber* is first sergeant of Company A, which numbers 82 men. Irving H. Smilh Is platoon sergennt.Other noncommlR^ionnrl afflr^ra of Company A include Copa. Vidal. D. Carlin, Edgar J. Crnnr, Kenneth •f.'.^Wn Ceorgc D. Flood Jr., Paul w. ioibrhop, Oscar C. Jamen, John *: WiUJar, Robert Plumbley,ennrjes A. Romano and George F. Webster.rvia. firflt-cla^s; Thoma.n J. Lttvcj, Ic Paul Juncker, John TI. Mulkey, Henry W. Nichols. Louis Roach nnd Santo Trlmarchl.Noncommissioned officers of Headquarters Company include tfet.,rccnjlLlt;* r« making exceptional progress.Headquarters Company and Company A arc expecting to move into their permanent quarters on thehimm tbo old Tribunebuilding within a few weeks. Thenow uacs the old Jono*-O Neol property on Market aired.■in the permanent quarters offices, reading rooms and dius-rooms will be maintained. Com-f0?y4 a1 ?*m CRy }* al5° rafa-mg funds for an armory.Lt. G. Mason Kahn, J. G.. navalbSISlBn!* mfdkaJ °fficer f°r ,hcThere arc a number of form«rSSSm* with the battalion,w£n dfi* S i Cha1r,lcfl Lindberg, who did a cruise with the maiino P1^oon u Jrvlng H. Smith wa3 sji athlete ami' in-.r„sr ath!cl,c£ *11 the unrlrtnPlSbwd «armSr' * »,Carp* Rafam r-Plumbiay another former ma-rmp, ah are slso Sgta. AlexVernon H. Hodgea and Orpmano. rK { jvsnlnir and «he follow-drflt nVh?Ve V0tlt; m,B£edCnnt oft ! oi^C0 orranlrMion.fnrt bW1dtPSl?- j0sfp|1 -DrCollnand Robert L. Dr^waA^cgro Asked (o Remooc His Pants inOpen Courtroom HereKntJ'nC* ^ AlexKeesol^ Sgf. Vernon D, Hodges nndCorp. John Sporar.NoncoramiBsloned officers 0C Company B, Texas Clfy, include: Ism 3pt Malcolm A. Fraser, Spin. James W Collins, Henry M. Mc-Cnulev nnd CljnL M. V/olston Jt., and Corps. Ifenry J. Bnumgnrfner, Holly H. Evnna, T'ercy OoWhcrc. Brarlrly and Waller M.Binltn.The; majority of the men of the battalion completed their banic training Ihe first of the year and navQ gone Into the Advance group nnu nrn ?naklng very satisfactory progress, offfelnlH declared.Within the next month Urn unit expects lo begin firing on the indoor range and liopen to qualifyUrn enlirlt;* bnIIulIon heroic If leavcafor camp. Officials nnlrl (hnt (ho men have Kliown conaldcrAbln ah-tnusinum nrul Intamut In the or* ganlznlion and quUo a few of LboWot onc5 ni00n |fl apereon inviled to take off bln pent,n * courtronm, but nuch an Invitation wn* «tcnded t0 fln r|f,cr, tiCKro In .fnstice of ttt« prt,r^ Rnii* court y»*|or,inv.DM?**? I'?°Jf(^rRirlir^h? !’0,!r Whtl« nil ir-UJ.l ar,! salcat,,trl“1 on « v4 „nrv S£SJS»‘ Ht nllnrnr'i', .1. Scoii.Hcojpina, tvns trying lo nrovi- thn win. not abbodl?/nn(J litennrged in the complaint.J{cn^ro tontlflfrt that he!?urrti^rt »aAVf becn«* hn UJ County Attor-W W* 0111 Instantly d!,.ihonlrt Kr* K n,ut ,hfr riipturn*’Ahould he proven h, proper vi-drnce.in'cAtnrhG f5c°':Kln'-nllcnl, hn said ‘Takecourt.y°r n'1 p',ow ,,!nTJio apnclaforK |n snickered. hlt;, f|pjthe roiirli'ooiUvery promplty toil,' cv^Siv Ton ccrncl, I'm not Inl^ai^l 'on lhcnu4!^y 11 flc5on do not receive yuur NEWMGZH^n Tll r!nin«“ 5»«*before 10 n clock nml a eonv winbo sent yon by npcclnl
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Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas, US
Sun, Feb 28, 1937
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