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. • I; A GREAT HONOR FOR SYRACUSE. . -It must be c.xt’cincly gratifying alike 10 ihe prideand patriotism of the people of Syracuse lo learn that = • ihc Federal War department has selected the S‘a-e • I’air grounds and their environs as one of the cxpsin-i . sion posts of the Eastern department of the rcg.i’nr army.\ ... . The Federal govcrnmciu as well as the. ciiv Useli j ; . will be immensely benefited by the selection. \Yc arej ;. justified in claiming that, m location and in all i*s \ • characteristics anil accessories, the site is an admirablej *. •• •• - one. Yet with all its manifest attractions and ndvan-“ • * . • *;t.afflt;isr we could itol have expected the site to gain theI - ^avPr ^lc '^ar department without an organized,• . determined effort to impress its recommendations upon r '. ^ ^^.ffovcrnmcot's attention. This -n-ork whs well done j . iv|y-William Allen Dyer, representing Ihc civil mter-1 ailc* Captain Pope and Captainj -V/Hiil, representing the United States military service, y-• Dyer generously awards a bountiful measure ofj: .,vcredit;io his military coadjutors, but his own part in j,. .^rtKe'succcssful movement will receive its due meed of j.1 .i*. tl ,• .^Syracuse approval and gratitude,v-y ■ ^,‘ Tn every respect, and particularly in its sciUinienl'ili “ ■ * - * ■'■ - .....'.'^aspect, the location of a great expansion post on the outskirts of Syracuse will link tis to the national cause £v.£'®xLspecially strong and welcome lies. It will be a f.constant inspiration to our best patriotism—a powerful 1 r;'{incentive to our interest in the war and to our in cl in a-j-'.potion- to serve the common purpose with unselfish, iinrc-' zeal—and we arc-certain that the people ofj /:-’jSyricuse will prove worthy of the distinction, confer-. •l-rcd\\ipon - their city.Cl*' - -
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Syracuse Herald
Syracuse, New York, US
Tue, May 15, 1917
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