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At the close of the last session ofthe Peacock Military College two of Site cadets, Captain Matt Reid and Captain Wesley Peacock, Jr., made a cross country journey afoot from San ^ntonio to Edna in five days, adistance of one hundred and forty miles, walking- every foot of the way, taking the route of Victoria Branh of the G. H. S. A. railroad. Theywere well equipped in the army regu-J lation fervice uniforms, with canteens and blankets, for they slept in the op*.n by the road side, and picked up irregular meals in the small towns and country places enroute. The boys were surprised and gratified at the many pleasant receptions awaiting them along the way, for the trip had been heralded by the San ^ntonio papers, and they were awaited with interest. After month’s visit to Cadet Peacock s grandparents. Col. and Mrs. G. Egg, the two young men returned to San Antonio to work in the office of the school in vacation. Mr. Peacock believes not only in the strenuous life, but the open life, for young men, es\pecially at the age of greatest pi cal development, and hence heotnmends hikes and camping ti anything to occupy the time in cation, rather than spend it inness. He himself took a partyschool boys across Texas and Colorado in an automobile this t mer, making the journey in ten and traveling more than a thoui miles without an accident, summer the cadets have plannederal automooile trips and bthrough the state and into 8djstates, sleeping out, campinghunting and fishing from tow' town. The President of the s is himself both a sportsman ai nimrod, keeping a large kenne registered bird dogs and Eni Fox Terriers, and spending a pai every year hunting and fishing West Texas, always taking som the boys with him.*Edwin Kerr of Walnut Grov tended the lecture given at the Methodist church Sunday nigl Rev. Ryang, a native Korean.
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Mckinney Weekly Democrat Gazette
Mckinney, Texas, US
Thu, Sep 04, 1913
Page 14
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Dean R.
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