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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1917

Page

7

American Women Prepare for National Service Encampment

More than a thousand American women from across the nation gather in Washington on April 16 to May 26 for the Second National Service School encampment. They will learn national service duties under American Red Cross and army instructors, with officials and leaders from government and military circles expected to attend the opening.

Washington, D. C National Service School Conduit Road National Capital Limits American Red Cross Army Wilson Navy Pioneer Newlftnds Nevada the _ y Marine Corps Washington Second Presidio San Francisco Lake Geneva Wisconsin Narragansett Pier Rhode Island National Service School Committee George Dewey Navy League Hugh L. Scott United States Army George Barnett United States Marine Corps Gibson Fahnestock Newport Elisabeth Ellicott Poe John Callon O'Loughlin Arizona James M. Thomson House of Representatives Champ Clark Sidney Palleu Richardson Clover James Carroll Fraser Charles L. Hussey Julian James Natalie Sumner Lincoln Edward McCauley Jr James H. Oliver Alexander Sharp Sr Richard Wainwright Henry G. Sharpe Quartermaster National Service National Service Schools Scott Royal Road Congress On Woman's Section Women's Patriotic and Defense Organizations

Texas National Guard resumes recruiting in San Antonio

The San Antonio infantry cavalry and artillery units reopened recruiting stations in the downtown district after a brief halt on orders from the adjutant general. The halt applied to units at peace strength, not those seeking war strength, and all San Antonio organizations resumed recruiting operations Wednesday morning.

San Antonio Infantry Cavalry Artillery Texas National Guard Adjutant General

San Antonio militia recruitment stations open across city

Battery B opens a recruiting station at Alamo Plaza and Houston Street while Company C moves from Gunter hotel to Wagner's drug store lobby on Houston Street and Avenue. Enlistments increase as militia members from other Texas cities report in, with guards and hospital corps awaiting muster and mobilization orders.

Alamo Plaza Houston Street Second Texas Infantry Gunter Hotel Wagner's Drug Store Avenue Co Texas San Antonio

New German U boats feature blade shaped bows

The London Globe reports Germany views submarines as the future weapon. Kiel and other training centers host about thirty large new submarines used for crew training. The vessels are noted for their size and a scythe like upward bow blade that is said to be very hard and sharp due to a new process.

Germany London Globe Kiel Harbor

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First National Service Wylla Poe Wilson George Edgar Allan Poe Samuel McGowan Seaton Schroeder Willard Brownson William H. Carter W.C. Braisted W. C. Gorgas George Patrick Ahern Eliot Wadsworth Robert M. Thompson Navy League of the United States Sidney Ballou Frederick Huidekoper Robert L. Lansing Secretary of State Newton D. Baker Secretary of War Josephus Daniels Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt George Vanderbilt Joseph Leiter Frank G. Odenheimer United Daughters of the Confederacy Mary S. Lockwood The Daughters of the American Revolution Carl Vrooman Secretary of Agriculture Wendell Phillips Stafford Henry T. Rainey Representative Rainey Illinois Alexander van Rensselaer Philadelphia William Randolph Hearst New York John Temple Graves Frances E. Warren Wyoming Eleanor Washington Howard Mary J. Wilcox Andrew Jackson Larz Anderson Perry Belmont Charles J. Bell Elizabeth Elliott Poe National Service School For Women Elizabeth F. Poe Texas Guards Dolorosa Milady Paris City Continents Milan Peden Booth Osgood Peden Iron & Steel Co South Flores St Schaler Ray-Bestos WWE Perry E. H. Labadie
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