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IdTexas Aggies Sure Corregidor Is Under Capable Commandf- ; College Station, Texas, Someone in ought to tip those Japs, they just plain wasting their time trying to root Old Maud out of Corre gidor.Really, they just don’t know the man. He doesn’t root easily.If there’s one spot in the world ^f j the folks around Texas A. M.: College are not worrying about, ■y it’s Corregidor. Old Maud is there with a bunch of his Texas Aggies, y | To be a little more specific. Ma-r ; jor Gen. George Fleming Moore is it | commanding the Philippine bas-i-! tion and that’s’ good enough for le the Aggies.General Moore is a Texan—Aus-j ; tin bom on July 31, 1887—and his is | background is Texas A. M. Colthing to occur that might be em-j barrassing.”He slipped off the truck and j walked away alone—headed back i to his office. He hadn’t walked j fifty yards before the 2.500 fresh- i men fell in behind him. He stopped on the drill field—this Pied Piper J with his followers—started laugh- \ ing and suggested a mock review. { It was a hilarious scene and at it? ) conclusion, he spoke again.“It was great, men. Now all ot | you come on down to the mess hall j and eat or, me.”The Pied Piper went to the mess i hall and they followed, to a man. j The freshmen he selected as the winner of the costume contest sat on his right as guest of honor.:?- | lege. Only two years ago this giant After lunch, they all filed back to man—6 feet 3 inches and 210' their classroomspounds—was the most popular commandant in the history of the college. Thirty-two years before that he was a student at the same institution.Old Maud came about hi3 nick name that still stick? us here, anyway backWar clouds sent him to Corregi- j dor from Texas A. M.. almost aj full two years before Pearl Harbor.Last November, the night before5 the Texas-Aggie football game at the camp- * College Station, 6,000 cadets stood j Hlt; silence at their yell pra~..as named, in a rather undignified tice. They strained their ears to manner after a mule. The original catch raspy words_that came out ofI Maud was a comic-strip character ! General Moore football player.| One balmy fall afternoon George-j Moore halted in front of Ross Hall j an ivy-clad dormitory on the camp-and quietly' suggested tha ..... loudspeaker. It was GeneralTexas Aggie Moore, speaking by- short wave' I from Corregidor,“Men. I have many good Aggies | here with me,” he said.“They are scattered all over the ] world in the armed services. They;■uld kick a football over the three are performing their duties in an| story structure—spire and (\ j The football was produced and \ Moore promptly booted it over the “ I building. For that kicking prow-iness—and a little stubbomess s - which the Jap:' I —he picked , Maud.Unmoved by Tragedy\ Old timers around the campu;excellent manner. We’ll be listen-tg to that game tomorrow.”Others in Key Posts Army officers who served under at Texas A. M. are holding !learning about down key positions over the i he name Old Col. F. H. Wilson, infantry tacticalfficer at A. M. is now with j Gen. MacArthur. Lieut. Col. Moses the adjutant to General Moore ath ar.d the military men who served A. . M. has been cited for braverycommanded; ; the college, say his greatest trait1 I i3 an ability to cope with any sit- j j uation. Nothing ruffles him. Ex-i citement isn’t in his doesn't even shake h j One morning little mlt;| two years ago, when thelagration was just starting, heBataan.The big General, who served _ the Fort Worth city engineer’s office for a brief period after... Tragedy graduation from A. M„ went in outwardly.! to tJle army nearly thirty-three than j y^rs ago and has climbed steadi-vorldily- lIf there ever was a man of gen-j awoke to the saddest moment ofj eral-officer calibre. General Moore;:d one Army officer of him at A. M. the other; daughter. Anne, was a passengerthe torpedoed Athenia in the f*aV-North Atlantic. Calmly he came to. It thrills, but doesn’t surprishis office and worked just a little - -^gsries to read of the ack-ack and j haj?der turning out United States j artillery fire that thunder out of M.Army officers at Tex College.3 Weeks of silence followed. No ? word from his daughter. His work never slackened. Finally, word j came that she was safe on a small 11 island off Ireland.1 No one doubts that General ■ Moore, the only Aeeie graduate | ever to come back to the campus '' a? an army officer to command the ' | military institution, was the top commandant in the school’s sixty-six-year history. As faculty members now express it. he made the Cadets have his way. Shrewd disciplinary action was the answer.The biggest test of his career came on April Fool's Day a few years ago. Freshmen, garbed in! the wildest manner, were out to make the traditional prank day the noisiest ever. General Moore received information that 2,500 of them planned to halt a trail reached College Station, board it, give the passengers a few livelier moments and ride into Bry;Corregidor daily.The Japs will play hell rooting Old Maud out of Corregidor.UNDERWOOD(By Mrs. Oma Huffman)Woodrow Huffman, Henry Hyles and Corry Lindsey were Paluxy visitors Monday.Mrs. W. H. Moore who underwent an operation Tuesday morn- i ing and Will Flanary who underwent an operation Wednesday morning in the Stephenville Hospital are recovering satisfactorily.Billie and Leroy Moore spent the week with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Jess McCoy at Dun-nigan.Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dotson and children have visited each day this week with her father. Will Flan-ary in the Stephenville Hospital.Mrs. George Edwards, Mrs. Allen Underwood and Mrs. G. W. Huff-„11U ,Iv.t ,„lv m»n and children visited Mrs, Wr.miles distant. It had its dangerous M°®re und Mr. Flanaiy seveialangles—2,500 cadets hanging on train.Pied Piper of A. A MQuietly General Moore walked •the railroad station and the mob urfja'’times during the week.Hazel Skiles, Wanda Underwood, Henry Hyles and Corry Lindsey-attended the rodeo at Dublin Sat-scene. Grinning his greeting to the freshmen, he waded right through their ranks, mounted a baggage truck and asked for ouietRichard Riggs and sister of Texarkana are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Riggs.Billie and Leroy Moore spent the‘Gentlemen,” he said. “Let- wiek-enJ with their aunt, Mrs, have fun, but let’s be careful. I Hattn McKmght at Welcome Valwouldn’t want you to do anything that might bring down criticism N on Texas A. M. Being an Aggie pitaL graduate myself, I don’t want anyited their mother, Mrs. the Stephenville Hos-Wanda Underwood, Hazel andJimmie Skiles. Lula Mae Huffman, Corry. Wanda and Bobbie Lindsey and Henry Hyles attended singing at Cottonwood Sunday night.Herbert Edwards and Homer Foster of Winters spent Saturday-night and Sundav with Mr. and Mrs, George Edwards.Jim Skiles and daughter, Jimmie, j spent Sunday with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Stanley at Johnsville.I Mr. and Mrs. Gladys Edwards and children, Alton Ray and Peggy Lue of Dallas spent Sunday and Sunday night with Mr. and Mrs. George Edwards.Mr. and Mrs. Gladys Edwards and children, Alton Ray and Peggy Lue of Dallas, Mr. and Mrs. George Edwards and children, Palwin and Donald attended the show at Stephenville Sunday night.W. H. Moore has been in stnstant attendance at the bedside of his ! wife at the hospital. Willie DotsonI also visited Mrs. Moore and Mr. Flanary.| Acy Huffman underwent a major 1 j operation Monday afternoon. He had a growth taken off his face , just below the right eye.Mr. and Mrs. Tucker of San j Angelo spent Saturday night with j Mrs. Huffman and family.To Take Vacation TripMr. and Mrs. A. N. Nelson and little, daughter Mary Ruth, will leave’by train Monday for Los Angeles, California, where they will spend a few days’ vacation with their son and daughter-in law. Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Nelson and family. I
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Stephenville Empire Tribune
Stephenville, Texas, US
Fri, May 01, 1942
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