Mobilization demands huge force at Fort Sam Houston
Troops from multiple forts and regions are mobilizing for a large-scale deployment to Fort Sam Houston amid rising war rumors with Mexico and Japan. Generals Duncan and Clem coordinate water, rations and tents as 20 000 men prepare for encampment with water mains tapped and camps set on the drill ground.
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Fort Sam Houston
United States
Jan
Mexco
Fourth Field Artillery
Third Field Artillery
Signal Corps
Fort Sam “Houston
Department of Texas
John H. Clem
Department
War Department
Clem
San Antonio
Washington
Mexico
Japan
Panama Canal
Rio Grande
el Paso
Troops Ordered from Georgia Forts to Fort Sam Houston
War department orders Gen. A L Mills to move Seventeenth Infantry from Fort McPherson and Eleventh Cavalry from Fort Oglethorpe to Fort Sam Houston Texas with provisional artillery regiment mobilized to join as infantry. Units equipped with full field gear and ten days rations. Colonel J T Van Orsdale commands Seventeenth Infantry and Colonel James Parker commands Eleventh Cavalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D.A. Russell
Wyoming
Engineers
Ninth Cavalry
Geo. 8S. Anderson
Fourth Field Artillery
Alexander B. Dyer
Eleventh Infantry
Arthur Williams
Leavenworth
Kansas
Thirteenth Infantry
Robert R. H. Loughborough
Fort Oglethorpe
Georgia
Eleventh Cavalry
James Parker
Fort Meyer
Virginia
Third Field Artillery
Fort Sam Houston
Lotus Niles
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
Tenth Infantry
Henry A. Greene
Fort Douglas
Utah
Fifteenth Infantry
Walter&. Scott
Fort McPherson
Eighteenth Infantry
Whipple Barracks
Arizona
Thomas F. Davis
Fort Snelling
Minnesota
Twenty Eighth Infantry
Robert K. Evans
Fort Omaha
Nebraska
Signal Corps
Coast Artillery
Galveston
Fort Wadsworth
New York
Army of the United States
Department of Texas
Colorado
California
Associated Press
Atlanta
War Department
A. L. Mills
Department of the Gulf
Seventeenth Infantry
Fort Sam
Houston
San Antonio
Tex
Mobilef
Department
J. T. van. Orsdale
Rent
C. J
Colquitt signs bill on travel expenses for district officials
Austin March 7 The governor approved a bill allowing district judges and district attorneys to be reimbursed up to 200 per year for travel outside their home counties on court business. It takes effect 90 days after adjournment.
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Austin
Tex
Cashier Becomes Mayor After Colorado Ruling
Temple Texas March 7 B Wade cashier of City National Bank here received a telegram that the Colorado supreme court has ruled he is mayor of Byron Colorado Wade came from Byron eight months ago He did not explain the election complications
Mexican government cavalry guards Sabinas bridge
A troop of Mexican government cavalry departed Ciudad Porfirio Diaz by special train to protect the Sabinas bridge on the Mexican International railroad. Reports say insurrectos aim to cut communications between C P Diaz and Torreon, with a band active in the territory between the two points near the Texas border.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Sabinas Bridge
Ciudad Porfirio Diaz
Insurrectos
C. P. Diaz
Torreon
Sabinas
Dr Miles Nervine Praised By Texas Woman
Mrs Thomas Taylor of Blum Texas credits Dr Miles Restorative Nervine with saving her life from nervous exhaustion. The advertisement touts Nervine as a remedy for sleeplessness poor appetite and lack of energy and offers a money back guarantee if the first bottle fails to help.
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Thomas Taylor
Blum
Texas
Miles
Blum, Tex
Nervine
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart, Ind
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Joseph W. Duncan
Alton
Ume Fort
Gen.duncan
J. W. Duncan
White House
Juarez
Duncan
Gen. Duncan
Post
Colquitt
Jackson Barracks
Eighth Coast Artillery Band
Fort Barrancas
Cashier
Dr. Miles’ Nervine
Taylor
Damar Ave
Petrich-Saur Lumber Co
Chestnut
Lamar
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