Texas Almanac, 1958-1959 Page: 338
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Governors of the States
State, Capital, Governor and Party, Term, Expiration Date Salary
Alabama, Montgomery, James E. Folsom (Dem.), 4-yr., Jan. 1959 ................ . $12,000
Arizona, Phoenix, Ernest W. McFarland (Dem.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 ................... $18,500
Arkansas, Little Rock, Orval Faubus (Dem.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 ..... ............. ..$10,000
California, Sacramento, Goodwin J. Knight (Rep.), 4-yr., Jan. 1959 .................. $25,000
Colorado, Denver, Stephen L. R. McNichols (Dem.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 ................ $17,500
Connecticut, Hartford, Abraham A. Ribicoff (Dem.), 4-yr., Jan. 1959 ................ $15,000
Delaware, Dover, J. Caleb Boggs (Rep.), 4-yr., Jan. 1961 ............................ $12,000
Florida, Tallahassee, Leroy Collins (Dem.), 4-yr., Jan. 1961 ........................... $20,000
Georgia, Atlanta, Marvin Griffin (Dem.), 4-yr., Jan. 1959 .............................. $12,000
Idaho, Boise, Robert E. Smylie (Rep.), 4-yr., Jan. 1959 .............................. $10,000
Illinois, Springfield, William G. Stratton (Rep.), 4-yr., Jan. 1961 .................... $25,000
Indiana, Indianapolis, Harold W. Handley (Rep.), 4-yr., Jan. 1961..................... $15,000
Iowa, Des Moines, Herschel C. Loveless (Dem.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 ...................... $12,500
Kansas, Topeka, George Docking (Dem.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 ..................... $15,000
Kentucky, Frankfort, Albert Benjamin Chandler (Dem.), 4-yr., Dec. 1959 ............. $15,000
Louisiana, Baton Rouge, Earl K. Long (Dem.), 4-yr., May 1960 .................... $18,000
Maine, Augusta, Edmund S. Muskie (Dem.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 ... ................. $10,000
Maryland, Annapolis, Theodore R. McKeldin Jr. (Rep.), 4-yr., Jan. 1959............... $25,000
Massachusetts, Boston, Foster Furcolo (Dem.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 ...................... $20,000
Michigan, Lansing, G. Mennen Williams (Dem.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 ..................... $22,500
Minnesota, St. Paul, Orville L. Freeman (Dem.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 .................... $15,000
Mississippi, Jackson, J. P. Coleman (Dem.), 4-yr., Jan. 1960 ... ................. $15,000
Missouri, Jefferson City, James T. Blair (Dem.), 4-yr., Jan. 1961 .................... $25,000
Montana, Helena, J. Hugo Aronson (Rep.), 4-yr., Jan. 1961 ..... .... .......... $12,500
Nebraska, Lincoln, Victor E. Anderson (Rep.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 . ....... ........... $11,000
Nevada, Carson City, Charles H. Russell (Rep.), 4-yr., Jan. 1959 .................. $15,000
New Hampshire, Concord, Lane Dwinell (Rep.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 ................. .. $12,000
New Jersey, Trenton, Robert B. Meyner (Dem.), 4-yr., Jan. 1958 ................. $30,000
New Mexico, Santa Fe, Edwin L. Mechem (Rep.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 ................. $15,000
New York, Albany, Averell Harriman (Dem.), 4-yr., Jan. 1959 .................... $50,000
North Carolina, Raleigh, Luther H. Hodges (Dem.), 4-yr., Jan. 1961 ................ $15,000
North Dakota, Bismarck, John E. Davis (Rep.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 ................. $9,000
Ohio, Columbus, C. William O'Neill (Rep.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 .. . ...... .. $25,000
Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Raymond Gary (Dem.), 4-yr., Jan. 1959 ................. $15,000
Oregon, Salem, Robert D. Holmes (Dem.), 4-yr., Jan. 1959 ... .................. $15,000
Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, George M. Leader (Dem.), 4-yr., Jan. 1959 ................. $25,000
Rhode Island, Providence, Dennis J. Roberts (Dem.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 .............. $15,000
South Carolina, Columbia, George B. Timmerman Jr. (Dem.), 4-yr., Jan. 1959 ........ $15,000
South Dakota, Pierre, Joe J. Foss (Rep.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 .. ...................... $12,000
Tennessee, Nashville, Frank G. Clement (Dem.), 4-yr., Jan. 1959 .................... $12,000
Texas, Austin, Price Daniel (Dem.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 . .. .. ................... $25,000
Utah. Salt Lake City, George Dewey Clyde (Rep.), 4-yr., Jan. 1961 ......... .. $10,000
Vermont, Montpelier, Joseph B. Johnson (Rep.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 ................. $11,500
Virginia, Richmond, Thomas B. Stanley (Dem.), 4-yr., Jan. 1958 ................. $17,500
Washington, Olympia, Albert D. Rosellini (Dem.), 4-yr., Jan. 1961 ................ $15,000
West Virginia, Charleston, Cecil H. Underwood (Rep.), 4-yr., Jan. 1961 ............. $17,500
Wisconsin, Madison, Vernon W. Thomson (Rep.), 2-yr., Jan. 1959 ................... $18,000
Wyoming, Cheyenne, Milward L. Simpson (Rep.), 4-yr., Jan. 1959 ... ... . $12,000United States Army
All United States Army operations in the
5-state area of Texas, Arkansas, New Mexico,
Louisiana and Oklahoma are controlled from
Fourth Army Headquarters located in the his-
toric, 81-year-old Fort Sam Houston Quad-
rangle, San Antonio.
Lieut. Gen. John H. Collier, who was born
at Uvalde, Texas, is commanding general of
the Fourth U.S. Army (as of Sept. 1, 1957).
The deputy commanding general for reserve
forces is Maj. Gen. Mark McClure and the
chief of staff is Maj. Gen. Peter C. Hains III.
Besides the administration of Regular Army
affairs within the 5-state area, the organiza-
tion and training activities of the civilian
components (the Army Reserve, Junior and
Senior ROTC and National Guard) require the
major portion of the time of the headquar-
ters.
Fort Sam Houston comprises approximately
1,900 buildings situated on more than 3,000
acres, about three miles northeast of the busi-
ness section of San Antonio. This includes
338Operations in Texas
Brooke Army Medical Center with its Army
Medical Service School and related medical
training activities. Most of the functions of
the San Antonio General Depot, oldest Army
supply depot in the Southwest, have been
assumed by the Fort Worth General Depot.
Brooke Army Medical Center located in the
northeast area of Fort Sam Kouston, is the
world's largest military medical installation.
It is engaged in the threefold mission of
training officer and enlisted personnel in the
latest methods of field medicine, treating the
sick and wounded, and conducting medical re-
search. Commanded by Maj. Gen. William
E. Shambora, MC, the Medical Center occu-
pies more than 300 buildings, with much of
the field training being conducted at nearby
Camp Bullis.
Component units of the medical center in-
clude (as of July, 1957):
Brooke Army Hospital, commanded by MaJ.
Gen. Stewart G. Smith, maintains more than
40 clinics and separate medical service activi-
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