San Antonio Forms Executive Board for Soldier Recreation
An executive board named by Mayor Bell and Chamber president Groos will coordinate training camp recreation in San Antonio. Led by War Department representative Elbert M. Vail, the group plans a federation of local social and religious bodies to provide wholesome soldier amusements and curb moral hazards near camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Sam C. Bell
Franz Groos
Chamber of Commerce
War Department
Elbert M. Vail
J- H. Kirkpatrick
Nat M. Washer
R. J. Boyle
J. H. Savage
John M. Bennett Jr
Ray Lambert
R. C. Jones
James KR. Davis
Franz Grous
Mesdames Eli Hertzberg
A. B. Weakley
John J. Stevens
Vail
Brackerridge Park
National Commission On
Baker
National Commission
John R. Mott
War Recreation Council
Playground and Recreation Association of America
Bellamy
George A. Bellamy
Cleveland
Ohio
Second Training Camp at Leon Springs
A notice invites applicants to the second training camp at Leon Springs with June 15 to July 15 submission window. Each applicant must include the names of three responsible citizens, no letters of recommendation. After July 15 examiners will visit for testing and camps pay $100 per man plus travel, uniforms, and subsistence. Applicants must agree to accept any commissions offered by the secretary of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Secretary of War
Camp Funston Prepares For Survival Of The Fittest
At Camp Funston 2500 Officers Reserve Corps cadets enter a second phase described as separating the chaff from the wheat. Instructors size up material as quizzes, oral and written exams test comprehension of Field Service Regulations Manual of Guard Duty and Infantry Drill Regulations amid ongoing training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Funston
Officers’ Reserve Corps of
Army
Leon
Cadet Training At Camp Funston Seeks Officers
Students face exit restrictions until exam questions are answered as papers are graded and potential officer qualifications weighed. Firing line maneuvers and digging in are highlighted with a new singing school led by Cadet Lieutenant Charles Neave. Several instructors, including Lt J B Warfield, are being recalled to France, challenging Camp Funston to maintain instruction with substitutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company
Charles Neave
Yale University Battery
France
Camp Funston
J. B. Warfield
Thirtieth Infantry
Charles H. Martin
Fort Sam Houston
Patrol Car Collides With Ambulance at West Commerce
A patrol motor driven by Corporal Hi J Orem from remount station No 2 and a police patrol ambulance collide at West Commerce Street and Santa Rosa Avenue at midnight. Six men, including five soldiers J H Overstreet A S Kaw E L Graham Robert Gurney and Fred Gens, escape unharmed. Both vehicles damaged. W Smith the new police chauffeur was driving the patrol.
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Hi. J. Orem
Santa Rosa Avenue
Orem
J. H. Overstreet
A. 8
Kaw
E. L. Graham
Robert Gurney
Fred Gens
Remount Station No. 2
Registration meeting in city hall for military census
Mayor Sam C. Bell announced a Monday night meeting of registration boards and assistants at City Hall to issue final instructions. Volunteers with typewriters are urged to report for precinct assignments Tuesday morning with or without machines, assisted by Larry F. Stauffer of Underwood Typewriter Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam C. Bell
Bell
Larry F. Stauffer
Underwood Typewriter Company
San Antonio
Boards of Registration
T. T. Jackson
J. Brooks
Fred Fries
James Simpson
Bexar County
Frank R. Newton
Bootlegging Suspects Arrested After City Raids
Three women and eight soldiers were detained after raids in the eastern city area. Officers led by Sergt. Mark Jacobs seized whisky and beer and plan charges for illicit sales to soldiers in uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Sergt
Mark Jacobs
Fall From Car Is Fatal
Dallas news reports Ed Mc Donnel aged 71 of Arlington fell from an interurban car in Oak Cliff and died at a local sanitarium minutes later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Ed McDonnel
Arlington
Oak Cliff
Belief city chosen as camp site faces moral clean up
Washington insists camps serving officers training must be free of drunkenness and vice. Secretary Baker threatens to relocate divisional camps if San Antonio and nearby cities fail to remove bad resort conditions promptly. Fosdick says no compromise and will move camps elsewhere if needed.
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Paso
Baker
War Department
Fosdick
Texas
Washington, D. C
San Antonio
Raymond B. Fosdick
Commission of Training
National Guard
Border
el Bartender
Atl
Charters Filed in Texas Press Date June 2 1920
Charters filed include The Standard Phonograph and Accessories Company in Dallas with $10,000 capital and incorporators W A McCullough L E White Marshall and L L O Connor of Dallas A Waco Automobile and Accessory Association in Waco aims to maintain a library and reading room incorporators Percy Willis W E Brown and E F Zarr all of Waco Beaumont Plumbing Company in Beaumont with $12,000 capital and incorporators George T Brown H Bohrer and J G Stewart all of Beaumont Milwaukee L livingston Oil Company granted permit to do business in Texas with $30,000 capital headquarters in Livingston from Milwaukee dissolution certificate filed by Petroleum Company Houston
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Standard Phonograph and Accessories Company
Dallas
Capital Stock
W. A. McCullough
L. E. White
Marshall
L. L. O'Connor
Waco Automobile and Accessory Association
Waco
Capital
Percy Willis
W. E. Brown
E. F. Zarr
Beaumont Plumbing Company
Beaumont
George T. Brown
H. Bohrer
J. G. Stewart
Texas
Milwaukee-Livingston Oil Company
Milwaukee
Livingston
Petroleum Company, Houson
Men who opposed draft captured near Amarillo Texas
Three men entrenched themselves in Palo Alto Canyon six miles from Amarillo to resist the draft. They were captured by a government posse led by Special Agent Fletcher and are jailed in Dallas awaiting federal grand jury action. They carried 30 rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
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Dallas
Tex
Palo Alto Canyon
Amarillo
Dri
Fletch
Fletcher
Federal Grand Jury
Wilson Honors Garner With White House Roses
President Wilson sends a large bouquet of American Beauty roses from White House hot houses to Representative Garner of Texas in Washington for a speedy recovery. A note from the President accompanies the roses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Garner
Texas
White House
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Leon Springs
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Brownsville
EU Boosters
Wallace Bros. CO
W. Commerce ST
San Antonio, Texas
City Hall
Jane White
Paul Jones
Seere
Faille
P. W. Taffeta
Washington
John H. Rogers
United States Navy
United States
Hugh R. Robertson
United States District Attorney
Garng
Sis Room of Representative
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