Munson to Inspect Laredo Militia Camp on Border
Lieutenant Colonel E L Munson, chief sanitary officer of the Southern Department, will tour Laredo to inspect sanitary conditions at the militia camp. General Funston delays moving 8000 militiamen pending Munson's report amid local protests and a disavowal by a Laredo gathering.
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E. L. Munson
Southern Department
Liurelo
General Funston
Laredo
Funston
Garner
Munson
Preston A. Weatherred
Donna
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Texas
Eli H. Helmick
Walter S. McBroom
Lievu
Battalion Logistics and Aid by Local Officers Described
Major Weatherred reports upon arrival at the station that Lt Clapham and Major Helmick organized coffee for troops, provided transport, funded water pipes, and laid out camp. Officers and NCOs were on duty. a training schedule led to rapid uniform development and high praise from General Parker at a recent inspection.
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James R. Jacobs
Lathrop B. Clapham
Percy E. van Nostrand
Clapham
Helmick
Weatherred
Arker
General Funston Moves to Withdraw Chicago Reporters
General Funston said he would ask the Chicago Daily News Chicago Journal Chicago American and Chicago Post to withdraw their correspondents over fake stories of a Mexican attack on the Illinois militia at Fort Sam Houston. Telegraphic requests would be sent to the papers tonight to replace the reporters with other men after reviewing the San Antonio dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sam Houston
Funston
Chicago
Battle rumors traced to brush gunfire near camp
Investigation finds lurid battle accounts stem from two incidents of shooting near camp. A hunter with a .22 rifle and a Seventh Infantry sergeant using an automatic revolver fired bullets that may have fallen in camp, but General Funston says this does not excuse the correspondents.
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Seventh Infantry
Funston
Troop C Arrives at Marfa in Good Shape for Rio Grande Duty
A telegram from Corporal Dewitt I. Childress of Troop C First Texas Cavalry Texas National Guard to A. Childress reports the unit reached Marfa in good shape and will stay several days before orders to the Rio Grande. He notes the troops were cheered in San Antonio and express thanks for the reception.
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Childress
Dewitt I. Childress
First Texas Cavalry
Texas National Guard
Marfa
Rio Grande
San Antonio
Nine U S medical corps officers ordered to Mexican border
ORDERED TO BORDER HONOLULU, July 19 Nine officers of the United States medical corps stationed here have been ordered to Southern Department for temporary duty on the Mexican border. The brief item notes the redeployment with no further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
United States Medical Corps
Southern Department
Political Advertising Circular Claims Misleading Facts
In a July 10 1916 circular for D A McAskill the author rebuts distortion of legislative records about an amendment funding $25000 to hire detectives to cancel saloon licenses. He notes misreference to pages 110 274 and a unrelated General Appropriation Bill on page 392. He defends equal enforcement of law and denounces a San Antonio Enquirer article attacking him as enemy to the negro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. McAskill
McAskill
Wahrmund
Schwegman
Journal of the Legislature
San Antonio
Texas
C. M. Chambers
San Antonio Eastern Star aids guardsmen arrival
San Antonio volunteers from the Eastern Star led by Mrs. P C Blank prepared and served meals to 1500 Minnesota guardsmen en route to the border. Delays shifted trains past 4 pm. committee members and Rotary Club donors coordinated meals, coffee, ice cream, and post cards to greet the troops arriving in sections.
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New Hampshire
San Antonio
The
Eastern Star
P. C. Blank
J. K. Harris
Benno Kayton
Mamie R. Dial
John Hurst
Ruth Morris
I. A. Mitchell
I. M. Cushing
Lucy Parr
L. H. McDaniel
Helen*Wiegand
Rotary Club
R. S. Bynum
Red Cross
Bb. Clegg
Central Fund
Winchester Kelso
Central Committee
Richard Vander Straten
German Classics Reading Circle
Vander Straten
Johanna Steves
Lena Briam
Zulime Herff
Alice Trebus
Elsie Becker
Marie Helland
Louise Bosshardt
Regina Smith
Florence Finck
Regina Beckman
Louise Bell
Lalla Blesse
Gertrude Skaltever
Irina Elmendorf
Elizabeth Wiedenfeldt
Martha Schendel
Agnes Turney
Florence Turney
Julia Barrett
Norma Icke
Elsie Kohler
Grace Maelish Lutheran
St. John's
Soldiers Appreciate San Antonio Visit With Concert
The men enjoyed the treatment in San Antonio and expressed pleasure in various ways. The regimental band of the First Infantry gave a concert at the station as a compliment to the women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
First Infantry
Seventh Ward Meeting For Governor Ferguson Backed
Seventh ward residents are urged to attend a Thursday night gathering at Herff School at 8 o clock in support of Governor Ferguson. The governor will be represented by capable speakers. County candidates are invited. J J Kincaid, precinct chairman.
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Herff School
Ferguson
J. J. Kincaid
Japanese Method Clears Pucker from Pear Simmon
Japanese technique tightens the puckering of per simmons by sealing ripe fruit in air tight casks formerly used for sake, the native wine, for several days to soften the flavor.
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Hot
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