Drill Tales From the Mexican Frontier Camp Notes
Private W Helwig reports on National Guard drills at Camp Wilson Fort Sam Houston San Antonio Texas. Men adapt from Chicago office work to soldiering facing tarantulas scorpions fever and pneumonia while General Foster commends tent work and discipline. Families loom as a key concern in border militia camps.
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Army
National Guard
Mexico
Camp Wilson
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Tex
Iverson
Illinois
Wagner
Cuba
Peters
D. Jack Foster
Chicago
W. Helwig
Letters From Home From New York Guards On Border
Poem by Private William S. Copp of Company G Seventy-first New York Regiment written from McAllen Texas urging readers to send cheerful letters to soldiers on the border. It underscores how letters lift spirits amid long days and worries for families back home and asks for news to cheer the boy.
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McAllen
Tex
New York Guard
William S. Copp
Seventy-first
New York Regiment
Broadway
Can a Soldier Help His Family While On Duty
General Genera Funston stated that a soldier cannot be good or effective if his family at home fears hunger. He cited four teen men returned home after relief was granted and noted plans to release thousands more in coming weeks. He described costs for travel and provisioning as a necessary payment for the lesson.
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Genera Funston
Jire
Signal Corps Company Trains In Horse Handling At Warren
A large portion of the O. M. D. C. signal corps en camped at Warren Arizona began field practice on horseback revealing limited riding and saddling experience among many recruits. Captain Terry and veteran horse handlers like Sergeant Tiller supervised as novices learned bridle use and proper saddling while skilled riders aided the rest.
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Signal Corps Company
Warren
Ariz
Terry
West
Tiller
Kosciuszko’s Polish Company of Milwaukee Militia
Company K of Milwaukee Wisconsin known as Kosciuszko’s company was organized fifty years ago by Theodore Rosinski. Forty percent of its 120 members were born in Poland. Chaplain Henry Piasecki says Poles are kept as members by custom and turn away newcomers to other Wisconsin units. They are praised as model, thoroughly American soldiers who also maintain Polish ties and church support for events in San Antonio.
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Milwaukee
First
Wisconsin
Theodore Rosinski
Kosciusko
Poland
Henry Piasecki
San Antonio
America
Wisconsin Militia
Uncle Sam
Negro Regiment From Chicago Report Describes Eighth
The piece notes Chicago’s Eighth Negro regiment led by Colonel J A Dennison claiming unity and Americanism while riding in segregated streetcar sections. It cites Colonel Dennison on YMCAs, Roosevelt family ties, and the Idaho troops preparing for weather while California regiments repair trenches and guard against cold.
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Chicago
San Antonio
J. A. Dennison
Army Y. M. C. A
The Play in China A Curtain of Chaos and a Mighty Property Man
Homer Croy recounts a night in a Chinese theater where plays last days, voices clash with hammering action, and the pivotal figure is the property man. The spectacle features shifting costumes, boys in roles, and a never-ending performance ending only as curtains close upon a climactic, biting cheese cutter finale.
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China
Homer Croy
Leslie
Why is naval use the same as an ordinary wife
The fragment presents a quoted line about naval use and marriage with a terse reply about hurt. The source text is incomplete and unclear, offering little cohesive fact to summarize into a full news item or event.
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Isi
Goston Transcript
Balzac Quote About Judgment and Love
A Balzac aphorism stating that increased judging correlates with decreased love. The reflection emphasizes the paradox of moral scrutiny eroding affection and human warmth.
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Ile
T. R
Idaho
California
Miss and Children
Russia
Redding Shoe Company
Second Avenue
Warren, PA
Sato
Balzac
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