Wagon Test at Leon Springs Foreshadows Larger Escort Trains
Provisional infantry regiment tests whether eleven escort wagons can guard a regiment under field conditions at Leon Springs. Two wagons carry rations, two carry forage, others hold equipment. Critics fear reduced comfort, disrupted unit cohesion, and more unpacking on marches. Regimental leadership is Colonel Van Orsdale. Major W. S. Scott escorts 36 prisoners to Alcatraz. Last Eighteenth infantry section leaves Fort McKenzie. Eleventh infantry follows. 200 men to be transported. Bid results due at base quartermaster office. Rumor says third brigade and Eleventh cavalry may return by August 1.
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Provisional Infantry Regiment
Leon Springs
Seventeenth Infantry
Twenty-eighth Infantry
van Orsdale
W. S. Scott
Department of Texas
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Cal
Scott
Alcatraz Island
Fort Sam Houston
Eighteenth Infantry
Fort McKenzie
Wyo
Eleventh Infantry
Base Quartermaster’s
Third Brigade
Eleventh Cavalry
War Department
Retired Colonel Dorst Bids Farewell at Fort Sam Houston
Col. Joseph W. Dorst, recently retired, visited Fort Sam Houston to say goodbye to fellow officers. With the third brigade and the Eleventh cavalry gone, the post will keep only its regular quota of troops including the Twenty second infantry Third cavalry and Third field artillery. Dorst will depart San Antonio today or tomorrow amid widespread regret at losing so capable an officer.
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Eleventh Cavalry
Fort Sam Houston
Twenty-second Infantry
Third Cavalry
Third Field Artillery
Joseph W. Dorst
San Antonio
Jennings Granted Stay Of Execution In Landmark Case
Thomas J. Jennings the first man convicted on fingerprint evidence to face a hangings stay. He was to be executed for the murder of Clarence Hiller Rock Island chief clerk. State Supreme Court granted a temporary stay as lawyers statewide funded the appeal.
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Chicago
Thomas J. Jennings
State Supreme Court
Jennings
Clarence Hiller
Rock Island Railroad
Zimmer
F. L. Barnett
Pigeons Invade Fields Threaten Wheat Crop
Mexican white-winged pigeons are spreading from the Rio Grande valley into the border region and menacing the Egyptian wheat crop. Chief Game Warden Smith has wired authorities to slaughter the pests.
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Austin
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
Smith
Texas Revises Course of Study for Public Schools
The Texas Department of Education began revising the course of study for public free schools to align with the new law classifying schools as primary, intermediate and high. The effort targets updated curricula across the state.
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Austin
Tex
State Department of Education
Texas
Ministers to Talk on Labor Question Radioed to Churches
New York July 14 More than 125000 Protestant ministers are asked to preach on labor issues on Labor Sunday September 3. The campaign follows a resolution by the American Federation of Labor designating the Sunday before the first Monday in September for church discussion of labor topics.
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Associated Press
New York
Federal Council of the Churches
Organized Labor
American Federation of Labor
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