Leon Springs Training Camp opens for 1800 cavalry officers
The Leon Springs Camp Stanley training center will open for a large cavalry program under the Southern Department. About 700 civilian student officers and 400 Texas National Guard officers will train as cavalry at Camp Stanley beginning October 3, with additional noncommissioned officers drawn from depot brigades. Enrollment prioritizes men aged 29 to 36, and recruiting stations are set across the Southwest including Nogales, El Paso, Brownsville, and Dallas.
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Icexas National Guard
Camp Stanley
Leon Springs
War Department
Southern Department
Texas
Voxag
National Guard
William Johnston
San Antonio
Fort Sai Houston
William H. Jasten
Fourteenth Cavalry
Kasten
Fort Sam Houston
Nogales
Ariz
F J. Herman
Tenth Cavalry
Douglas
Abbott Boone
First Cavalry
el Paso
Col
C. C. Smith
FE Pano
J. McCreardon
Twelfth Cavalry
Columbus
N. M
Big Bend
Mai
J. A Considine
Marfa
Eagle Pass
Hamer Tu. Brown
Third Infantry
Laredo
Clinton I. Mevlure
27Th Infantry
Growneville
35. M. Barmum
Thirteenth Cavalry
Brownsville
Thomas P. Phillips
A. G
Galveston
George X. Michel
A. 8
Port Worth
Clarence Ti. Sanders
A. S
Dallas
Universities of
Arizona
New Mexico
Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges
Tice Institute
War Scenes in Rain and Mud Haunt British Front
Special correspondent Philip Gibbs describes dismal weather hindering British advances. Rain-soaked fields, ruined villages, mud filled trenches, and massed transports form a grim backdrop as gunners, garrison troops, and labor battalions struggle to keep moving along the Albert Bapaume Arne Amens-Peronne roads under relentless downpours.
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Philip Gibbs
San Antonio
New York, Timex Co
Albert-Bapaume
Arne
Amens-Peronne
Weather Across Cities and Battlefront Reflections
Reports from San Antonio to New York show warm, fair conditions tonight into Tuesday. A narrative on World War I frontline action recounts stubborn trench warfare near Epehy Guillemont and Boch Les, highlighting fierce German counterattacks, prisoner counts, and Allied progress despite heavy shelling and difficult ground.
Archbishop Ireland Near Death in St Paul
St Paul Minnesota reports Archbishop John Ireland near death after receiving last rites from the Catholic Church. The shop was conscious only part of the time today. The Cleveland business section notes women shall not be employed as conductors on street cars after November 1 per the Division of Henry B. Dielmann and Miss Margaret. Federal investigators acting as special representatives of the Department of Labor report to President Stanley of the Cleveland Railway Company.
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St. Paul, Minn
John Ireland
Spe
Cleveland
Ohl
Henry B. Dielmann
Margaret
Department of Labor
Stanley
Cleveland Railway Company
Allenby Encircles Turkish Resistance in Palestine
Allied forces under General Allenby report 25 000 Turkish prisoners and 260 guns captured as Ottoman lines collapse in Palestine. Seizure of Jordan crossings blocks escape. Haifa to Damascus railway and northern roads fall under British control, signaling potential Holy Land liberation.
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London
Allenby
Palestine
War Office
Jordan
Jisr- Ed-Dameer
Holy Land
Altethy
Haifa
Belxan
Damascus
Syria
Reuetieh
Constantinople
Sofia
Mesopotamia
Persia
Caucasus
Ottoman Empire
Daily Telegraph
West
Turkey
Peraveres
Haifa Belsen
Lye
Berat
Hedjaz
Napoleon
Acre
Besan
Both- Sham
Sharon
Estradon
Samaria
British Capture Nazareth in Major Palestine Advance
London reports Nazareth fallen as British and colonial forces surge toward the Sea of Galilee. Cavalry and light horsemen press the Turkish army, with 25 000 prisoners and 120 guns taken west of the Jordan, signaling a decisive shift in the Holy Land.
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Endon
San Antonio
Jight
Philadelphia Public Ledger
the Public Ledger Co
London
Nazareth
Israel
Palestine
Holy Land
Sea of Galilee
Jordan
German lines bend under French and British pressure near St Quentin
Allied reports say French forces threaten St Quentin from the south and east after capturing Venduille and surrounding fortifications. British units advance on both sides of the town, taking prisoners and driving toward the Oise valley while German strongpoints fall along the Arras sector.
French Capture Vendeuil in St. Quentin Encirclement Drive
Allied forces pushed toward St. Quentin as they encircled the area. They seized Vendeuil village and fort near the Oise nine miles southeast of St. Quentin, advancing from Vendeuil toward the river and reaching Hinacourt via La Fontaine wood.
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Associated Press
Paris
St. Quentin
Vendeuil
Oise
War Office
la Fontaine
Hinacourt
Haig Announces Advance in France Front Actions
Field Marshal Haig said British forces attacked German lines between St Quentin and Cambrai near La Catelet and took trenches near Tombois Farm and a ridge northwest of Vendhuile. A strong point on the Rouseau Dony road and more gains south of Villers Guislain were reported with counterattacks repelled by the British.
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Chis Lefl
Epehy
Villers Guislan
Mindenburg
Ghaad
Guillemont Fouin
London
Hans Ward
Lne
Prnel
Fourth Army
Associated Press
Londo
Villers-Guislain
Gillemagnt
Cambrai
St. Quentin
la Cate
Marshal Waig
Berthacourt
Arras
Éns
Gayville
Serbians claim deep advance on Salonika front
Serbian troops cut the main rail line between Uskub and Saloniki and occupy the western bank of the Vardar river. They report pushing into the mountains and advancing 25 miles in a day, with 9000 to 10,000 prisoners and 120 guns captured.
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London
Uskub
Saloniki
Vardar
Prilep
Evening Standard
Entente Allies Push Front From Strumitza Region
Paris reports say Fatente allied cavalry reached three miles from the Bulgarian frontier near Strumitza. The 11th Germain division is said to be cut from the Bulgarian army and retreating. The first Bulgarian army in Monastir and Prilep is cut off from the second army in Doiran. Franco-Serbian troops pursue as the Bulgarians retreat. The Entente now controls the mountain zone for a plains debouch.
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Paris
Fatente
Strumitza
11Th Germain
Monastir
Prilep
Doiran
Italian Forces Push Through Macedonian Front Advancing seven miles and seizing villages
reported by the war office Rome September 23. Italian troops in Macedonia have advanced over seven miles on average, capturing sixteen villages as they pursue German and Bulgarian forces. Allied units threaten to cut major retreat routes and sever key rail lines from Veles to Saloniki and Gradsko to Vriley, while Serbian advances push toward Uskub.
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Rome
Macedonia
Sava
War Office
Great Nearil
Doiran
Vardar
Fem
Vrilep
Uskub
Albania
Associated Press
Buk Sarin
Monastir
Vekub
Saloniki
Gradsko
Vriley
Lake Doirda
Neett
Sokol
Lake Doivan
Corns
Unkub
Prilep
Treasury fixes ten percent payments for Fourth Liberty Loan
Washington reports ten percent of the Fourth Liberty Loan scriptions will be required. The treasury notes the lower rate replaces per cent installments and staggers due dates from December to February. This marks the first time over installment changes have been used with Liberty loans and aims to curb early subscription padding. The final installment may be set at thirty percent later in January or February.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury
Jeruary
Maneh
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