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Saturday, November 17, 1917
PASS IN REYIEW
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Boys of Camp Bowie
Christmas is only five weeks away. You will want to
remember the folks at home. “The South’s Finest Jewelry
Store” is now showing an unusually fine stock of goods for
your approval.
Come in and make your selections now, where you
will be royally treated.
Small Payments To Secure Early Gift Selection#.
FOR HER:
DIAMOND RINGS AND PINS
BRACELET WATCHES
LAVALIERS
TOILET SETS
CAMEO RINGS AND BROOCHES
LEATHER BAGS
PEARL BEADS
VANITY CASES
MINIATURE CASES
AND HOSTS OF OTHER GIFTS
Strictly a one price store. Everything marked in plain
figures.
ESTABLISHED
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^ NIGHTS, BEGINNING MONDAY,
“ MATINEES, NOVEMBER 26th
PRICES
Matinees......25c, 50c, $1.00 Nights........50c, $1.00, $1.50
Seats On Sale At Theatre Thursday
Nights 8:15 Matinee 2:30
RETURN ENGAGEMENT OF
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THE LIBERTY STUDIO 1
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MOVING AND STILL PICTURES
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GEN. PERSHING INSURES.
Advices from Washington are to the
effect that General John Pershing,
commanding the expeditionary forces
in France, has taken out the limit of
insurance as offered by the govern-
ment.
MISS WILSON TO REVIEW.
Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter of
our President, who sings here Novem-
ber 21, will be a guest at the review
of troops to be held in honor of the
governors of Texas and Oklahoma on
that date.
ALL OVER CAMP
Sgt. Henshaw, clerk in Major Has-
son’s office, was in Houston for the
week-end.
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Lieutenant Acker, counter espionage
officer, is now located in his office
near division headquarters.
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Water wagons are being employed
to lay the dust about camp, which has
become almost unbearable.
Members of the first battalion. 144th
Infantry, received their pay Wednes-
day morning.
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Sgt. W. A. Snider, clerk to Major
Bolend, division sanitary inspector,
spent the week end in Oklahoma City.
Sgt. A. B. Werner, clerk to Major
Goodrich, Field Signal Service, visited
in Houston and Galveston the first of
the week.
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Pvt. Horace W. Wallace, clerk in
the division surgeon’s office, was on a
five-day furlough this week. He vis-
ited Houston and other points.
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Q. M. Sgt. Davis of division head-
quarters has had a week’s vacation
attending to business at his home in
Madisonville, Texas.
Captain E. R. Waite, Q. M. C., divi-
sion headquarters, has returned from
a leave of absence spent at his home
in Shawnee, Okla.
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the automatic rifle already has begun
on the range west of camp. The hand
grenade school has not been complete-
ly organized yet, but it is expected
the school will be opened sometime
during the week.
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Capt, L. R. Bryan, assistant person-
nel officer, Capt. J. L. Stallworth and
Capt. Cleveland Sammons are all on
leaves of absence at this time.
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Sergeant G. H. McDaniel, Truck
Company No. 5, is on a five-day fur-
lough to Beaumont to visit with rela-
tives and friends.
Duty Sergeant O. F. Collie, Truck
Company No. 5, 111th Supply Train,
has been promoted to supply sergeant.
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Persons registering at the Hostess
House, Tuesday, were: Miss Nolle D.
Wilson, Fayetteville, Ark,; Mrs. H. C.
C!raig, Dallas; Mrs. F. S. Howe, Tray,
and Mrs. P. A. Loomis, Colorado
Springs, Colo.
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Continuing the war against illict
liquor selling, detectives arrested four
men at different places on lower Main
street Tuesday nighty Military police
arrested two men Tuesday night for
selling to soldiers. The M. P’s. took
off their arm bands long enough to
make purchases and then arrested the
sellers.
Brig.-Gen.
Blakely,
Captain Lewis Moon, 111th Engi-
neers, is credited with the report that
25 underground chambers and pas-
sages, forming a layrinth, will be con-
structed at the trench field near the
stove foundry road. The first of these
chambers is expected to be completed
this week. The line of trenches will
acting be extended from three to six miles
division commander, and Major J. P. in a week the public will he welcomed
Hasson, division quartermaster, made to see the trenches, according to the
. inspection of the 143rd Infantry report. Two battalions of 'infantry,
last baturaay. men are now employed at one time in
the digging of trenches. An under-
Major J. R. Black of Washington, Sround signal service is to be in-
who is touring the country inspecting stalled-
base hospitals, reached Camp Bowie
the past week. He is connected with
the surgeon-general’s office.
"The best news that has hit camp.”
That is the way one officer put it
Tuesday when it was rumored that
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to the command sometime this month.
No official information could be had
on the subject at division headquar-
Stinnett ters. The general and his personal
staff have been in France on an obser-
vation trip, and every officer and en-
officers’ row, and then branches led
off to each door.
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First Lieutenant McLeod
of 144th Infantry, has been granted a
five-day leave to attend to personal I*:10? tnp’ . every offlcer and conducted and the success
business at Sherman. ?amp look fo.rward ,to!has resulted from their efforts.
business at Sherman.
Pvt. Adams A. Stair, Compang G,
144th Infantry, has been discharged on
surgeon’s certificate of physical dis-
ability.
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Captain Rutan, who has been in the
personnel department, is handling the
work of Captain Gray I. Morris, assist-
ant to the Asst.-Chief of Staff, who
left last Sunday for a trip to Wash-
ington.
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Captain Crippen, head of the per-
sonnel department has. etfabtishoS-Ms-,
bureau in the north headquarters
building. Capt Halbritter and Capt.
Canterbury are assisting in the card
indexing work.
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Private Holland Rankin of Company
1, 111th Military Police, left for his
home at Brenham Monday on a five-
day leave of absence. Private Rankin
is attending the annual family reun-
ion at his parents’ home.
The following privates of Company
A, 144th Infantry, have been promoted
to be corporals: Glen G. Woods, Wil-
son Palmer, George E. Melton, Travis
E. Bolin and Lawrence J. Johnson.
Edwin Ralph Estep, 41, slightly
bald, “side kick” to Jimmy Hare, both
roaming the globe in search of inter-
esting and instructive news and views
for Leslie’s Weekly, arrived in Fort
Worth Monday to get pictures of
Camp Bowie.
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The office of Captain H. S. Baker,
construction quartermaster at Camp
Bowie, was closed this week, all the
work of construction having been com-
pleted. The flooring of tents in the
61st Depot Brigade was the last <work
to be done.
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Capt. J. O. Pirtle of Paris, Texas, of
the Quartermaster’s Department, has
received telegraphic advices ordering
him to report in Washington, where he
is to be reassigned. Captain Pirtle has
been assisting in both the construc-
tion and paymaster offices.
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No advices have been received "as to
the coming of more drafted men or
more ordnance, but it is expected that
500 more men and at least two more
three-inch guns for the 131st Field Ar-
tillery will arrive before long.
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Enough wood has been received to
overcome the fuel famine at camp,
Captain Lee announced, but a sudden
cold snap would wipe out the pile in
one day. Captain Lee says it may be
necessary to obtain wood from North-
ern states.
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A picture was taken at the Hostess
House this week showing soldiers en-
joying its homelike atmosphere. The
picture will be published by a nation-
al weekly, providing of course it gets
by the censorship.
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Harvey "Epinette, private in Battery
D, 131st Field Artillery, died of pneu-
monia at the Camp Bowie base hos-
pital Wednesday afternoon. Epinette
came from Floresville where it is said
that he is survived by a father.
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In the 111th Supply Train Lieuten-
ant C. C. Ingram has been appointed
athletic instructor. Lieutenant In-
gram announced that he would not em-
phasize football as much as basket-
ball. He plans to organize basketball
teams in all six companies of the train.
Different track sports will also be
started and a baseball team later on.
ic gun school, instruction in which has
opened and in which Lieutenant Pre-
vost and Sergeant Bloch of the French
army are instructors. Practice with
61ST DEPOT BRIGADE
Officers and enlisted men received
the “shot” the past week.
Representative Tom McKeown and
Mrs. McKeown of Oklahoma City were
guests of Brig.-Gen. Roy Hoffman
Monday.
Mrs. Roy Hoffman of Oklahoma City
arrived Sunday to be with her hus-
band, Brig.-Gen. Hoffman.
Brig-Gen. Hoffman was host at a
dinner Friday of last week, given to
several of his friends. The dinner was
served at the camp.
An intensive training schedule has
been adopted in the 61st Depot Brig-
ade by command of Brig.-Gen. Roy
Hoffman The work of the schedule for
the first days of each week calls
for physical drill, machine gun school
and lectures in the morning, and
guard duty (practical), company ad-
ministration (practical with forms),
lectures on company administration,
drill and school of company. Morn-
ings when lectures are not scheduled
the time will be used in signal prac-
tice, including semiphore and wig-wag.
On Saturdays there will be physical
drill, inspection, drill and school of
company. Lieut. Whittier is instruc-
tor for the machine gun school, Major
Davidson is instructor of musketry
and Captain Henderson of range find-
ing. Attendance at these schools is
compulsory.
Captain James Berry is on a five-
days’ leave of absence.
Sgt. Foster Harmon, sergeant-order-
ly to Brig-Gen. Roy Hoffman, was be-
fore the disability board this week in
view of securing a discharge on S. D.
C.
Capt. W. Ude has been relieved from
duty with the 1st Training Battalion,
and is ordered to report to the com-
manding officer of the Auxiliary Re-
mount Depot.
First Lieut. J. T. Weeks has been
detailed as brigade sanitary inspector,
vice Capt. Ude, relieved.
Capt. J. B. Lapsley has been granted
eight days’ leave starting November
15.
Capt. George R.-Wells, Capt. Edward
J. Hamner, Capt. Cleveland Sammons
and Capt. G. A. Stollworth have each
been granted eight days’ leave, effec-
tive Nov. 12.
Lieut. Loyd F. Teague has been as-
signed to temporary duty with 7th
Training Company.
ROYAL FLYING CORP
committee, and her assistants have
won much praise for the excellent
manner in which these dances have
been conducted and the success which
Lieut.-Colonel D. L. Allen of the
Royal Irish Fusiljers^and Royal Flying
Corps, arrived in Fort Worth during
the week to take command of the
Advanced Headquarters. Brigadier-
General C. G. Hoare, General Officer
Commanding Royal Flying Corps
(Canada), remains at Brigade Head-
quarters, Toronto, Canada.
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A small party of regimental police
of the Royal Flying Corps arrived from
Canada a few days ago to maintain
law and Order among the men already
here. From this time on, men of the
R. F. C. without passes will not be
permitted on the streets after mid
night. The M. P’s. will also take can
of the enforcement of the liquor re
strictions.
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The early part of the week say
some quick movement on the part o:
the Advanced Headquarters staff o:
the Royal Flying Corps, when thai
establishment was removed from the
building on West Eighth Street to No
43^ Jennings Ave. By noon Tuesday
the new offices were fully equipped
and the staff, considerably increased
by additions from Canada, was dowr
to work in the new quarters. Accom
modations at Jennings Ave., as well as
being much more commodious, is alsc
more suitable for the required pur
pose than the original building.
On Saturday of last week, some 6(
men, under the command of Captair
P. R. Meredith, R. F. C., arrived ir
Fort Worth from Canada. These
formed the advance parties of the twc
wings of the Royal Flying Corps (Can
ada), who will eventually be accom
modated at Camp Talliaferro Fields 1
and 2, Everman and Benbrook respec
tively. Captain F. B. Sedgwick, Lieu
tenants D. G. Robinson and H. W. Den
ton accompanied the party, and alsc
the clerical staff for the Advanced
Headquarters, Fort Worth, and a de
tail of Regimental Military Police:
both in charge of Flight Sergeant E.
Davies.
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their return when the work at the
front will he explained.
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Every infantry company at Camp
Bowie will have eight machine guns
added to its ordnance, orders for
which have already been put in and
the guns are expected to arrive soon.
This includes all companies in a regi-
ment of infantry except the machine
gun company and the supply company
the first of which specializes in that
work.
When the order (is filled this will
make an addition of approximately 608
machine guns at camp, there being
four infantry regiments there.
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November bids fair to the “mar-
rying month” for the soldiers at Camp
Bowie, judging from the number of
licenses taken out in the first thirteen
days of the month.
From September 15, the date the
camp was beginning to get well start-
ed, until October 1, there were twenty-
three licenses taken out by Camp
Bowie soldiers; from October 1 to
November 1, there was a total of forty-
eight soldier licenses; but for the first
thirteen days of this month the total
already has run up to thirty-three.
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Many alleged negro slackers are be-
ing handled by the military police
Most of them are brought in from
other towns.
Upon their arrival here the negroes
are taken to the military police guard
house at Camp Bowie.
Two were brought to the city hall
from Marshall Tuesday with the re-
port that several more would follow,
and one was arrested here.
Detectives were asked Tuesday to
look for two negroe slackers from
Silvis, 111., thought to be in Fort
Worth.
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Already 2,500 soldiers have been
classified in the personnel bureau un-
der the direction of Captains F. R.
Crippen, Claude Canterbury and W. H.
Halbritter. Two lieutenants have been
chosen from practically every regi-
ment in the division to aid in the
work.
The card index system is being in-
stalled at the camp by R. H. Puffer of
Buffalo, N. Y., who was sent here for
that purpose. All soldiers in the
national army have been enlisted in
this manner, it is said. Each man’s
record is kept at division headquar-
ters, giving the individual qualifica-
tions of the men, thereby helping in
deciding promotions or reductons.
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When the 36th division at Camp
Bowie is sent to France it will be fur-
nished four base hospitals for its sick
and wounded, according to advices
from Washington. Besides the four
base hospitals for each division, there
will be two evacuation hospitals and
four field hospitals. Each base hos-
pital will have 35 surgeons, the evacu-
ation 16 each and the field seven each.
The field hospital will be “located as
near the first line as possible, receives
all the wounded and treats the most
serious cases before passing them on
to the evacuation units. The inter-
mediary hospitals give a certain period
of treatment. War data has shown
that the chances for recovery are in-
creased fourfold if bad wounds are
treated within twelve hours after suf-
fered.
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The 111th Engineers proved their
right to the title bestowed upon them,
the best dancers in the army,” at the
The dance Wednesday evening was
no exception to the preceding ones.
Letters and telegrams have come from
mothers ove rthe state thanking Mrs.
Galbreath for the entertainment which
had been given their boys and from
others who expressed a hope that their
boys would receive invitations.
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Miss Anna L. DePlanter, federal
food supervisor, visited Camp Bowie
Wednesday afternoon in company with
Major Oakley. She was conducted
tjS^o'sglWut?- 2S€atf-tsdiS aha examined
a can of garbage.
“Efficiency only comes after careful
and well organized work. I had heard
a great deal about the vaste of food
at the camp and was pleasautly sur-
prised to find the rumors false,” said
Miss DePlanter on her return. “I ex-
amined a can of garbage carefully and
if the amount of waste had been
divided by 250, the number of people
served in the mess hall, it would he
found that the individuals wasted con-
siderably less than is done by the
members of private families.
“The officers are eager to co-oper-
ate with the government in the fqod
campaign and they have already pro-
gressed rapidly in Hooverizing ”
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Two more French officers, direct
from the trenches on the western
front, reported td Gen. George Blake-
ley, acting commander at Camp Bowie,
Friday morning. They arrived in Fort
Worth Thursday. The two officers are
Lieutenant Harostgy and Adjutant
Bizet, the former of the 189th In-
fantry, and the latter of the 49th In-
fantry. The two will take charge of
a hand grenade school next week.
Harostgy and Bizet have run the
whole gamut of French battles, in-
cluding Verdun, Charleroi; the Marne,
the Somme, Arras and Champagne.
They talk fairly good English as do
Lieutenant Prevost and Sergeants
Bloch and Lorry, who came here about
week ago to give trench and rna
chine gun instruction.
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Adj.-Gen. Harley of Austin, visited
Camp Bowie, Thursday.
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THE ROYAL. TIFFANY CLUB.
Major Ellis Stevenson, commanding dance Siven by the entertainment com-
the 132nd Machine Gun Battalion, has mittee of the war service board at the
been placed in charge of the automat- Metropolitan Wednesday evening. This
dance was the third of the series giv-
en during the month of November
Mrs. Galbreath, the chairman of the
The Royal Tiffany Club, an exclu-
sive organization in Co. A, 142nd In-
fantry, was organized the past week
and the following officers elected and
installed in their respective titles:
Chief Club Wielder, Sgt. Duff; Prin-
cipal Ink Squirter and Chief of the
Exchequer, Sgt. Brockman; The Big
Boot, Sgt. Palmer; The Royal Club
Guards, Martin and Coffman; Knights
of the Feathers, Bond, Foster and
Gills; Pot Slingers, Slay, Jeff Suther-
land and Cutter; Gum Shoers, Breeden,
Coffman, Bailey and E. Sutherland;
Janitor, Ingram; Pill Roller, Sgt. Coy;
Honary Member and .Vice-President,
George Brewer.
The purpose of the club is to—
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EARP A MAJOR.
Y. M. C. A. NOTES
R. F. Goree, camp auditor of th<
Y. M. C. A. at Camp Bowie, is the firs
man to be called for service in a for
eign country from this camp. He wa:
relieved from duty on request of i
telegram from the Y. M. C. A. southen
district headquarters, San Antonio
which asked that he be allowed to gc
with A. C. Hart, who will have charge
of the prison work in Europe.
Mr. George will probably be a
Copenhagen which is expected to b<
headquarters of the “Y” prison work
ers. He will leave in the next fev
lays.
Edwin Kane, formely camp stenog
rapher, has been promoted to take Mr
George’s place on the staff, it was an
nounced by Acting General Secretan
Balaam. And Mr. Kane is succeeded
by J. M. Stegall.
Mr. Balaam also announced Wed
nesday that F. E. Dingman of Bangor
Maine, who arrived here during tht
first part of the week, has been ap
pointed associate physical director ai
the camp. Mr. Dingman has been ii
the Y. M. C. A. work for twelve year1
and has specialized in physical work
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ANDERSON HERE.
George 'J. Anderson, director of law
enforcement for the Southwest, under
the War Department Commission on
Training Camp Activities, has been
making a survey of conditions in Fort
Worth the past week. His work is
concerned with the special regulations
issued by President Wilson and Secre-
tary of War Baker and intended to
suppress prostitution and liquor sell-
ing to soldiers in the mobilization cen-
ters.
The headquarters for Anderson’s
territory, which includes all camps be-
tween Hattiesburg, Miss, and Deming,
N. M., and from Lawton, Okla., to the
border, are in Houston.
After spending four days in a thor-
ough investigation here, Anderson
stated that while the situation was
not yet satisfactory, especially with
regard to bootlegging, progress had
been made since his last visit some
weeks ago.
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ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH
ENGINEERS.
Oklahomans stationed here will be
glad to learn that Ad j .-Gen. Ancel
Earp has taken the examination at
Camp Fite for commission with rank
of major in the adjutant general’s de-
partment of the army. It is understood
from unofficial sources that Cen. Earp
successfully passed the examination
and will be ‘ commissioned for active
service at once.
Gen. Earp proved an efficient state
official and although young in years
he is sure to he a valuable assert to
the national service.
Enlisted men from this organization
were guests at a dance given by the
entertainment committee of the war
service board at the Metropolitan
Hotel Wednesday evening.
Private Tony Adams, Headquarters
Company, has been promoted to Cor-
poral.
Sergeant Sam Newman, Company E,
has been promoted to Regimental Sup-
ply Sergeant.
Sergeant Jack Harrison and Cor-
poral E. H. Powers have been ap-
pointed Color Sergeants.
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BILLETING OFFICERS.
Fifteen officers have been detailed
under Capt. William B. Pinney as
billeting officers, out of the troops of
the division. Their duties are not made
known at this time. But while they
remain in Fort Worth they will be on
duty on the streets of the city to see
that the enlisted men and officers are
properly informed about salutes, uni-
forms, etc.
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Captain Willard A. Stanton, com-
manding Battery A, 133rd F. A., is in
the Base Hospital suffering from two
broken ribs and other injuries sus-
tained Friday afternoon of last week
when his horse fell on him.
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GEN. HOFFMAN
PRESENTS FLAG
Brig.-Gen. Roy Hoffman, commander
of the 61st Depot Brigade this week
presents to the 142nd Infantry, with a
beautiful silk regimental flag. The
142nd Infantry is the result of the
amalgamation of the former 1st Okla.
Infantry and 7th Texas Infafitry. Gen.
Hoffman before his promotion to the
rank of brigadier general was a col-
onel commanding the 1st Oklahoma
Infantry, having headed that organ-
ization for a number of years.
Although the boys from the Sooner
state gloried in the rise of their com-
mander, they have regretted, do re-
gret, and will always regret that they
have not been permitted to serve their
country in this great war for demo-
cracy under their peerless leader of
the past.
There is not one boy in this divi-
sion who hails from Oklahoma who is
not willing to sacrifice everything he
has for his country. Although com-
pelled through the reorganization of
the division, to prepare for their
service in France, under a commander
who to them is a stranger, every Okla-
homan in the 142nd Infantry is ready
to do his duty. However, there will
always be a longing in the hearts of
these boys to serve under Gen. Hoff-
man as their Brigade Commander and
Lieut.-Col. Jayne as their regimental
commander.
Under the leadership of Col. Bloor,
the 142nd Infantry is fast whipping
into shape as a fighting organization
and the Texas commander is to he
congratulated upon the accomplish-
ments of his efficient organization.
The flag which was presented to the
regiment by Gen. Hoffman is a beau-
tiful piece of work costing several
hundred dollars. It has an inscription
as follows: “One Hundred forty-sec-
ond—First Oklahoma Infantry.” It has
a coat of arms of the State of Okla-
homa.
Gen. Hoffman in presenting this
flag does so simply as the token of
appreciation of the work being accom-
plished by the members of the old 1st
Oklahoma- Infantry.
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BASE HOSPITAL
There are now about 1,000 patients
in the hospital, which leaves room for
but 200 more. Most of them are af-
flicted with the measles.
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Major John J. O’Reilly, assistant
division surgeon, has been placed in
temporary charge of the Base Hospital
pending arrival of Major Ferenbaugh,
who succeeds Major- Pasissw* ydio.
transferred to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.
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More patients with the measles were
taken to the base hospital Monday.
The exact number of patients now in
the hospital with measles, pneumonia
and bronchitis has not been announc-
ed, but every precaution is being tak-
en by the camp authorities to prevent
the spreading ef the epidemics.
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Fifteen more Red Cross, nurses
reached the hospital Saturday from
Fort Wayne, Ind., and White Plains,
N. Y. They were assigned to wards
by Miss Gertrude Lustig, chief nurse.
This gives the hospital a total of 26
Red Cross nurses. Those arriving
Saturday from Fort Wayne are: Miss-
es Fern Alice Reidenbach, Frances F.
Keyser, Elsa M. Sperry, Lillie M. Gar-
ard, Bernice L. Denton, Roxie S. Fife,
Mabel M. Gloek, Inez A. Gross, Leota
J. Shilling, Adah Mae Ziller, Elsie
Bormann, Lillian A. Jenkins and Jose-
phine Krick. Those from White Plains
are: Misses Florence L. Athay and
Sarah E. Anderson.
Ha
_ There are no cases of spinal menin-
gitis at the base hospital now, accord-
ing to Colonel R. E. Metcalf, who gave
out this information in order to quell
some of the mysterious reports of the
enormous number of cases of menin-
gitis at camp. One report placed the
number at more than 1,600 men af-
flicted with it. Furthermore, the
number of patients at the hospital has
decreased 100 in the past few days.
Although the number of men sent to
the hospital was extremely high dur-
ing the measles epidemic, no fatalities
have occurred from that disease and
those taken with it usually recover
within a few days or a week at most.
in m a
OVER THERE.
A recent memorandum issued at
division headquarters contains a com-
munication from over seas which has
some highly interesting news. Viz:
The champagne sells for $3.00 per
quart and is considered by the author
of the communication as indeed a
reasonable price. This news was re-
ceived with glad joy throughout, the
camp. However somebody always has
to take the joy out of life and remind-
ed those who were jubilant over the
good news that there was still an order
issued prohibiting indulgence in such
liquor.
In addition to the above gladsome
tidings the communicant quoted in
the memorandum advises those who
are going across to take plenty of
stationery, two cent stamps, pipes,
cigars, cigarettes. (He says the only
kind obtainable over there are Eng-
lish and French which are very high
in price), shaving outfits and other
sundry articles. He says that French
stamps will not he usable upon the
mail returning to this country as they
have their own mail service. He also
states that it is advisable for each
soldier to take along about $100 in
paper money. Paper and gold money
can he changed to the French denom-
ination by banks at the rate of 5.65
francs for $1.00. At the shops you
will not receive so much. Officers are
paid at the rate of 5.70 francs to the
dollar.
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Wasson, S. Deane. Pass In Review (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 17, 1917, newspaper, November 17, 1917; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth846965/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarrant County Archives.