The Reconnaissance (Camp Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 4, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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SAYS WHAT IT MEANS
AND
MEANS WHAT IT SAYS
OUR TRUCKS ARE ALL OYER THE
CAMP EACH DAY
NOTHING BUT PROPERLY INSPECTED
STRICTLY SANITARY FOODS
LEAVE OUR STORE
Home Vegetable Co
SAM LIPSCHITZ HARRY BOCKSTEIN
LAMAR 977—PHONES—LAMAR 5145
Queen City Lodge No. 21
Knights of Pythias
meets every Tuesday night, 8 p. m., 3rd and Main
Sts. All brothers at Camp Bowie especially
invited. Rank work next Tuesday
‘THE STORE FOR THE SOLDIER AND HIS FAMILY
Our reputation for 29 years of depend-
able merchandising stands as a guar-
antee behind our merchandise and ser-
vice.
Our Mail Order Department will send
your presents home, free of postage
charge, if they are purchased here.
WE GIVE D. & H. GREEN TRADING STAMPS
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THE RECONNISSANCE
Saturday, May 4, 1918.
Heaps of Them!
TUST mountains of them! That’s the way they go,—
J people seem never to get enough of them. The
answer is—they must be good.
Hut TootsieKof b
Little sweets that
have all the “tease” of
roasted peanuts and
chocolate. And clean,
—to be sure!
The Sweets Co. of America
416-422 W. 45th St., New York City
MAJOR ALLEN TO BE ARTIL-
LERY OFFICER, ETC.
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recommended. This will give range
for selection with a view of getting
the best men possible.
Major W. L. Culberson, commander
of the camp just closed, will remain
commander of the fourth camp. He
is looked upon as one of the ablest
instructors and military men in Camp
Bowie. Before his entry into the
great war he conducted a military
school at Hillsboro, Texas.
The board that will pass on the ap-
plications is made up of Majors Cul-
berson and Allen and Capt. Jack Shel-
ton. All candidates will have to pass
before them for critical inspection. In
addition to the soldiers who will be
selected about 250 civilians will have
an opportunity . to enter the camp.
Men with college educations and mili-
tary training or military school expe-
rience will be given the preference.
Instructors who will work under
Majors Culberson and Allen follow,:
Capt. J. H. McNeeley, reserve corps,
senior infantry instructor; Capt. Da-
vid R. Nelson of Austin, 142d infant-
ry, adjutant; Capt. C. L. Drennon,
111th signal corps battalion, signal
instructor; Capt. Edgar B. Gaither,
111th engineers, engineering instruct-
or; Capt. E. P. Gilpin, M. R. C., medi-
cal officer, assisted by Lieuts. Paul
D. Robason and Charles D. Hatcher;
First Lieut. Richard L. Ezzell, 131st
field artillery, artillery instructor;
First Lieut. Robert Elliott, 133d field
artillery, artillery instructor; First
Lieut. Rudolph Bryant, 133d field ar-
tillery, artillery instructor; First
Lieut. Paul V. Galvin, 131st field ar-
tillery, artillery instructor; Capt.
Herschel M. Cabert, reserve corps, in-
fantry instructor; Capt. Jack Shelton,
reserve corps, infantry instructor-
First Lieut. A. M. McGee, 144th in-
fantry, infantry instructor; First
Lieut. Durwood H. Bradley, 144th in-
fantry, infantry instructor; Second
Lieut. Merrill W. Blair, 142d infantry,
infantry instructor; Second Lieut.
John A. Brown, 143d infantry, in-
fantry instructor; Capt. Cleveland
Sammons, reserve corps, infantry in-
structor.
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SHRINERS TO SPREAD JOY JULY
FOURTH AT LAKE WORTH.
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ing days. Every would-be will have
a chance to interview and see a true
Noble right here in Camp Bowie.
Men of the Dallas terrain are also
invited to see Sarge, for he will take
pleasure in handling their applica-
tions for the ceremonial that Hella
Temple will conduct at about the
same time, for Sarge is of Hella—
the Temple that assisted him in mov-
ing his weary frame across the des-
ert, and Sarge is loyal to Hella. He
is loyal to all Shrinedom. He wants
every member of the faith to make of draft quota from state population
the pilgrimage, and whether Dallas, to the number of men in Class 1, un-
Houston, Austin or any other seat of
a Shrine, Sarge will take pleasure in
directing his would-be’s along the
true path.
So if you would ride on the camel,
drink at the oasis, see the pyramids
or question the sphinx; see Sarge
first, for he is ready to help you
gratify your ambitions. Men from
outlying states and too far from their
shrine to make the journey can ar-
range with Sarge to have their jour-
ney conducted through the courtesy
of Moslah. Come one come all, the
camel waits and the trail stretches
ahead. Down the dim vista can be
seen the glorious path that leads to
the banishment of dull care. Laugh-
ter—that gift of Allah—waits to
greet you. The camel is anxious for
his burden and the banquet table is
set at Mecca. Arabs of old would
turn over in their graves at the
thought of the joy they miss, but the
true noble smiles and the world is
beautiful.
Moral—See Sarge Diefenderfer of
D battery.
95 ARTILLERY CADETS LEAVE
FOR CAMP JACKSON.
(Continued from Page 1.)
Hillis, Kenneth A. Johnson, Richard
Johnson, John Kilpatrick, Eual W.
McHenry, Albert C. Prucha, Tom W.
Ransom, Elton C. Runneberg, Frank
L. Schlabach, Percy J. Shultz, Rus-
sell T. Terry, John R. Branch, Squire
T. Cook, Guy J. Crosslin, Bynam L.
Morgan, James C. Neely, Cicero W.
Rhea, Battallion Sert.-Major John W.
Ryle, Sergt. Charles E. Seghers,
Sergt.-Major Blucher S. Thorp,
Sergts. George S. Brownell, Robert C.
Chatham, Norman B. Moses, Samuel
De C. Newning, Foster J. Runge,
John Q. Henry, Young M. Langdon,
Benjamin B. Cain, Jr., Weldon L.
Moore, Battallion Sergt.-Major Orren
L. Peterman, Sergts. Ira E. Smith,
George T. Willison, Charles W. Cau-
sey, John B. Driskell, Roscoe E. Mer-
ritt, Jesse F. Nicholls, Francis D.
Shaw, Russell A. Smith, Glen L. Cur-
tis, Lawrence H. Byrne, Thomas G.
Murnane, James T. King, Charles G.
Sage, Wayne W. Addington, Harold
E. Murphy, Lynton L. Scharff, Ben G.
Smith, Frederick M. Gilbough, Jr.,
Joe Wombell, Frank C. Brunneman,
Walter F. Faerber, Alex R. Stephens,
Frank L. Green, Mack Pegues, Wil-
liam M. Crittenden, Raymond E. Fox,
Robert H. Wilson, Tony R. Adams,
Joe Walker, Oscar H. Abernathy,
Samuel T. Allen, Jr., Harold E. Erg-
strom, Martin A. Hart, Clarence B.
Carter, William J. Sharp, Os,car P.
Houston, Francis J. Bowen, Thomas
R. Camp; John L. Stoltz, Fred B. T.
Hollenberg and Theodore A. Kal-
dunski.
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AUTHORITY IS ASKED FOR UN-
LIMITED ARMY.
Washington, May 3,—Blanket au-
thority for the President to increase
the army to whatever size may be
necessary to win the war was pro-
posed to the House Military Commits
tee in executive session today by Sec-
retary Baker, Major General March,
acting chief of staff, and Provost
Marshal General Crowder. An ad-
ministration measure amending the
selective draft act to provide for this
grant of power will be prepared im-
mediately and prompt action on it
asked.
Secretary Baker told the committee
it would be unwise to set any limit on
the number of men who could be call-
ed to the colors, and that the grant-
ing of complete discretionary author-
ity to the President to increase the
size of the army as rapidly as trans-
portation and equipment facilities
may warrant would have a great
psychological effect on the enemy by
showing how thoroughly the nation is
throwing all its resources into the
conflict.
The army appropriation bill this
year, Mr. Baker said, should provide
for approximately 3,000,000 men, in-
cluding the nearly.2,000,000 now un-
der arms, but this should not be ac-
cepted as any fixed limit to the num-
ber of men to be called within the
year. Supplemental appropriations,
he said, will be submitted as the army
is increased.
President Changes View.
Action on the army appropriation
bill had been deferred by the commit-
tee, pending the return of the War
Secretary from Europe, when it could
secure from him information as to the
army’s needs based upon the knowl-
edge he gained during his inspection
of the American expeditionary forces
and his conferences with British,
French and Italian officials.
Secretary Baker also outlined to
the committee today the reasons why
Senate resolution to change the basis
der which states would be given credit
for men who have volunteered for
service in the army and navy. He
said such credits would be fair if the
basis was to be stat« poulations, but
that they would not be fair with the
basis the number of men in Class 1,
because then some states would have
to furnish no draft men, while others
would have to furnish a very high
percentage.
When the resolution to change the
draft quota basis was before the
House, President Wilson wrote Chair-
man Dent of the Military Commit-
tee, supporting the volunteer credits
plan, but he was represented today as
having changed his mind, in view of
the inequity that would result. It is
understood that he will write Chair-
man Dent asking the House to recede
from its insistence on its amend-
ments.
There were indications today that
nn administration bill to grant un-
limited power to the President to
increase the size of the army will
meet with opposition. Chairman
Dent has not abandoned the bill he
prepared with consultation with the
War Department, which would limit
the total number of men now draft-
ed or to be hereafter drafted,” to
4,000,000, and he intimated today that
he might seek its incorporation in the
army appropriation bill.
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THE’1 HEROES.
(By Robert Lee Harris.)
We was marchin’ in review,
Just to show what we could do,
And the long brown line was swing-
in down the street,
And the drums were heatin’ time,
And our hearts were keepin’ rhyme,
With the thumps of thirty thousand
marchin’ feet.
As we came a swingin’ down,
Through the main street of the town,
I was lookin’ through the corner
of my eye
At the faces, ’till at last,
I saw “her” as we passed,
And she saw and smiled and waved
—and we were by.
All the flags and all the fuss,
And the cheers were just for us,
And they praised us jinks as he-
roes to the sky;
But the heroes real and true,
were the little mothers who
Watched and smiled and waved as
we came marchin’ by.
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WE MUST FIGHT ON.
PREACH GOOD CHEER.
(By Robert Lee Harris.)
We must fight on; the voices call
From the ruined street and the shat-
tered wall;
A baby’s grave in a blood-red field,
Calls to us that we must not yield.
The poisoned gas and the Zeppelin
raid,
The bayonet with the saw-edged
blade,
The liquid fire and the poisoned well,
And the crucified babes on the church
doors, tell
Of the awful hell of that red advance
Into Belgium and Northern France.
The untold dead in the restless sea,
Up from the depths curse Germany,
And the women, doomed to the mean-
est fate,
Add their moans to the cry of hate,
And the little babes with their right
hands gone—•
give us strength, we must
fight on.
THE RUSTED SWORD.
God,
(By Robert Lee Harris.)
The old man sits in his leather chair,
And the firelight plays on his sil-
ver hair,
And he smiles as he smokes, though
his eyes are filled
With a sad moist look, where a tear
has spilled,
And he fondles a sword that is rusted
red,
While he dreams of the charge that
he boldly led,
And all the glory of it.
And the old man says that he hopes
the day
Will come when the sword is cast
away
And the eagle bows to the gentle dove
And the God of War to the God of
Love;
Yet he fondles the sword that is rust-
ed red,
And he smiles as he dreams of the
charge he led,
With, ah! the glory of it.
And the the firelight plays on his- sil-
the business bird that lays the war
loan egg. The gloom-spreader serves
the Hun and hurts the American
cause. Every evangel of trade should
sell confidence to his public, and
should seek to convince dealers and
consumers everywhere that business
must be maintained in order that the
financial resources of the country
may not be impaired.
The government must turn from
time to time to the business men of
the country and to those whom they
employ to obtain revenues with which
to make victory sure in the war. It
is essential that business shall be so
charged with power and with the
thrilling force of optimistic, intelli-
gent patriotism as to make it com-
paratively easy for Uncle Sam to get
the money and the moral backing he
needs.
It is timely and it is wise to preach
broadly and cheerily the truth as to
the business outlook. The doctrine
of pessimism must be combated just
as other potentially pro-German
propaganda must be silenced.
A few people in this country have
had their buying power temporarily
curtailed. Many millions have be-
come much better customers than
ever before. Wage-earners and
farmers today offer to wise dealers
immensely enriched markets yet to be
developed.
Confidence and healthful optimism
suggest that business shall use every
agency in spreading among prospec-
tive buyers in new fields the patri-
otic doctrine of business adjusted and
maintained as a strong supporting
factor in the war.—Associated Ad-
vertising.
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SNAP SHOTS.
There is a sergeant in D battery,
133d, named Diefenderfer. When he
dies we’re going to say he should have
he opposed House amendments to the—for having such a name.
Our advice to all Americans named
Wilhelm is to spell it William. '
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It has just gotten so in this coun-
try that the fathead is suspected of
being a food hoarder.
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If the truth could be discovered,
probably it would be found that there
are always plenty of gentlemen swans
willing to teach the lady swans how
to swim.
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What has become of the old-fash-
ioned gasoline station that didn’t have
a porte-cochere?
Another reason why a man ought
to want his wife to buy a new hat
every season is because it proves they
have a little almanac in their home.
A West Dallas widow says that the
latest proposal she has received was
from a professional loafer, who said
he wanted a pla'ce to stay at night
after the pool halls close.—Dallas
News.
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Press dispatches state that Henry
Ford is to build a submarine a day.
And the Wichita Beacon observes that
“a Ford a day will keep the subs
away.”
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DON’T BE A SLACKER. BUY
LIBERTY LOAN BONDS.
Winter Weather
Produces Pain
Nip It in the Bud by the Free Use
of Sloan’s Liniment.
People who have to be outdoors,
exposed to the attacks of wintry
weather, use Sloan’s Liniment. They
know it’s most effective in relieving
stiff neck, neuralgic pains, rheu-
matic twinges, lumbago attacks.
They simply apply it and let it
Penetrate—without rubbing—quickly,
surely. It does away with the mussy
uncertainty and skin-staining of plas-
ters, salves, poultices." Clean, sooth-
ing, positive. Generous-sized bottles
—25c, 50c, $1.
51qdti!s
Liniment
KILLS PAIN
Officer’s Equipment
We are District Distributers for
We Have A Complete Line
Liberty Store
Clark Ave. and Car Line CAMP BOWIE j
FLOWERS
Mankind In Its high state of culture
today demands the MORE beau-
tiful; and Flowers, beautiful Flow-
ers, In all cases express the real
refined message.
Always send flowers. A good Idea.
Drumm Seed & Floral Co.
507 HOUSTON STREET
Phone Lamar 2700
ATTENTION
Is called to the fact that
our service is the kind that
will please always.
FAUST CAFE
Delson Bros., Management.
511 Main St.
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MADE DAY OR NIGHT
“Send Your Likeness Home.”
Electric Studio
1309-B MAIN STREET
“OO!” said the fat lady in the dime
museum, “Hoover urges kissless
days.”
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Henson, Will S. The Reconnaissance (Camp Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 4, 1918, newspaper, May 4, 1918; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth846971/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University&rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarrant County Archives.