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San Antonio Light in San Antonio, Texas

22 Apr 1917

Page 11

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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1917

Page

11

Minute Men Recruit Across Texas Rally For War Effort

West Texas plains East Texas valleys and Rio Grande region supply volunteers as San Antonio mobilizes. Navy Army and Marine Corps recruiting offices at San Antonio fill fast with civilian doctors volunteering. Fort Sam Houston is preparing a vast recruit camp to train new soldiers for the army.

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Great Plains West Texas East Texas Rio Grande America Army Navy Marine Corps San Antonio Ireland Infantry Cavalry Artillery Department of the Army Fort Sam Houston
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Army recruits flood San Antonio camp as war heats up

Fort Sam Houston hosts the largest soldier school since the Civil War with 600 men daily examined and trained. Major J. R. Shook leads the depot with officers Robertson Stacey Noyes and Col. M. W. Ireland supervising recruit intake from San Antonio and Texas towns. Navy and Marine offices also report strong enlistment across the Southwest as roving recruiters tour West Texas and New Mexico.

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Thirty-seventh Infantry J. R. Shook Fort Logan Denver Colo Fort Sam Houston Shook J. A. Robertson R. K. Stacey E. A. Noyes M. W. Ireland
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THE Europe Southern Department Texas Regular Army Swearingen McGraw H. L. Crabtree Karnes County Sam Pap Swearingen McGraw Building Marines C. O. Evans Navy Recruiting Office Federal Building Arizona Oklahoma New Mexico Evans Marine Recruiting Office Conroy Building E. M. Giles United States Marines Soldiers of the Sea Canadian Mounted Police Teddy” Roosevelt Rough Riders Pital Washington JR Shook A. Robertson RK Stacey TENAS United States OF America Reland Harvey
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