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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1917
Page
11
Three hundred thousand National Army troops head to sixteen cantonments for an intensive training period in preparation for overseas service. The move, about 45 percent of the first call quota, follows delays in obtaining supplies and faces further obstacles.
A moralizing medical advertisement explains infant constipation and urges mothers to use Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. It promotes the product as a gentle laxative free of opiates, suitable for children, sold by druggists for fifty cents a bottle with a trial offer by mail from Dr W H Caldwell, 460 Washington Monticello, Illinois.
The article describes partial outfitting for Franco war service, with a 5 percent advance guard and a skeleton organization forming. It notes potential shortfalls as one half of 687,000 call will enter service, risking vacancies in national guard divisions, and plans to fill gaps with national army troops. Expanded signal and medical corps, plus auxiliary units, are activated to support overseas deployment despite shortages in clothing and tentage.
Georgia and Alabama report they cannot meet the 40 percent white male quota for the second increment of the first draft at Camp Gordon and Camp Pike. Georgia expects about 5241 whites, Alabama roughly 11a thousand, with Mississippi under half its quota while race composition cited as a reason. Mexico reports synhus decline and vaccination efforts widespread among army, schools, and prisons.
President Wilson called upon the nation's schoolchildren to support the war by joining the Junior Red Cross. The program aims to teach relief work and saving, funded by 25 cent memberships, with plans to recruit nationwide through school boards and teachers.
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