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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1916
Page
2
A hospital train chartered for treatment runs from Fort Bam Houston to San Antonio. Captain H. H. Bailey leads medical corps on the initial operation with two cars active and regular daily arrivals by rail to the lower Rio Grande valley. The ten car train proved too large to justify full service.
Oil scout 3 J Freeman of Brooklyn says Texas has great oil center potential and will be among largest producers. He notes Houston activity with new wells every few weeks and rising near off felda. Freeman visits San Antonio, sees change for the better, and plans to spend the day with oil men before returning home.
The state education department urges libraries and laboratories as essential in high schools. Doughty notes funding guidelines: first class schools need two science units costing about 200 to 900 dollars, with 150 to 300 dollars for equipment. teachers require 25 volumes each. Second and third class schools must provide at least one unit costing 126 to 200 dollars.
Secretary Baker declines temporary chaplains and permanent Jewish chaplains for National Guard regiments and the regular army along the border. Senator Sheppard pressed for religious representation, noting soldiers’ holiday observances and broader denominational inclusion.
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