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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1918

Page

6

Boarding house keepers urged to follow Food Administration rules

Local Food Administration officials announce that all boarding houses in San Antonio must register and comply with food regulations. Deputy Administrator Furman notes some houses already observe rules while others do not. Restaurants phase out Victory bread during day hours and promote quick breads to conserve flour. The administration commends local proprietors for patriotic cooperation.

Food Administration Local San Antonio The Furman Local Food Administration

See The Poisons In Your Blood See The Poisons In Your Blood

Springtime brings distress like catarrh neuralgia and lethargy. Sulpherb Tablets offer a pleasant substitute for old sulphur and molages, combining sulphur cream of tar tar and herbs as a laxative and blood purifier. Each package promises wonderful results and is sold by all druggists.

Filling 531st Service Battalion at Camp Travis

The War Department orders Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen to transfer 110 white enlisted men and 896 Negro enlisted men to the 531st service battalion. White soldiers to serve as noncommissioned officers after careful fitness screening. All men from the 165th depot brigade with Camp Travis contributing engineers for overseas duty. Additional transfers include NCOs to Camp MacArthur, Camp Dodge, and Washington Barracks with promotions in the ordnance department.

Camp Travis War Department Henry T. Allen 165Th Camp MacArthur Waco Officers Training School Camp Dodge Iowa Officers School Engineer Training and Replacement Regiment Washington Barracks D. C Ordnance Department

Grand Opening Round Up at Brooks Field May 24

Officers invite all to a picturesque and lurid Grand Opening Round-Up at Brooks Field San Antonio on Friday May 24 at 9 sharp. Cowboys in costume and calicoes dance Virginia Reel and square dances while a stern warning about law and order remains.

Brooks Weld Brooks Tohmstone Dead Man’s Gulch

Nestlé’s Food Purifies Milk For Baby Nourishment

The text claims a milk based product for babies, made from pure milk with cereals and sugar added. It suggests processing makes it as satisfying and pure as mothers milk.

Nestlé

Brigading Recruits With Old Soldiers Accelerates Training

Camp Travis uses experienced troops to speed new recruits learning the Enfield rifle. At Camp Bullis and Travis range, the 180th and 190th Brigades conduct intensive shooting sessions, with about half the officers present to supervise. Two weeks in quarantine, then immediate integration with seasoned men, yields rapid marksmanship gains and strong health with no accidents. Brigadier General Johnston leads regular range activity and field maneuvers, including mountain patrols, as training continues through the brigade.

Travis 180Th Infantry Camp Bullis W. H. Johnston Johnston Camp Travisj 360Th Infantry H. C. Price Camp Travis Camp Builis

Williams Installed as 19th Infantry Commander at Fort Sam

Col Robert C Williams takes command of the 19th Infantry at Fort Sam Houston replacing Col Millard Waltz who retired April 1 He previously led the 34th Infantry in El Paso and served in Del Rio and Eagle Pass He is one of three Robert C Williamses in the regular army Also Mozart Society to entertain Camp Travis soldiers at Knights of Columbus Building No 1 and 2 with a large turnout reported for Tuesday night.

Williams Waltz Robert C. Wiliams Southern Department Nineteenth Infantry Fort Sam Houston Nineteenth Millard Sr el Paso 34Th Infantry del Rio Eagle Pass Third Infantry 24Th Infantry Houston II L. Durfee San Antonio Smail War Department Robert C. Williamses Regular Army Fvo Robert €. Williams Canal Zone Mozart Society Arthur Claassen Camp Travis Knights of Columbus Sixth Street Avenue B 304Th Machine Repair Shops H. le

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