The Reconnaissance (Camp Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 4, 1918 Page: 5 of 8
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§ Hubig’s : Famous : Honey-Fruit |
l PIES !
<> “MADE WITH LOVING CARE” 6
$ 100 PER CENT PURE 9
FOR THE SOLDIERS AT CAMP BOWIE
Sold at All Canteens. Ask for Them
United States Food Administration License No. B-25992
I He ttaro mm
The secret of solid com-
fort on the long tramp
is to wear shoes that are
soft, supple and pliable.
A daily shine with
BIXBY’S DOUBLE A
BROW N will keep your
shoes in fine condition
indefinitely — but you
must be sure to use
AA BROWN
A BROWN
the heart of
brilliant lasting shine to
the leather.
met 3 Fuji
BIXBY’S AA BROWN 25c
“Good for a Hundred Shines"
S. M. BIXBY & CO.
New York, U. S. A.
Saturday, May 4, 1918.
THE RECONNAISSANCE
Page 5
DOUBLE
sinks into the
the leather, lubricates the
fibers, prevents cracking
and rotting, takes out the
soiled spots and gi
THEY DO SAY THAT
Drugs
Are often times essential.
No use to go to town for them when you
can get them right here in camp.
“We have the Drug Store of the Camp.”
ALSO
Officers’ Supplies
Goggles
Kodak Supplies
Kodak Finishing
Liberty Store
Car Line and Clark Ave., Camp Bowie.
ANNOUNCEMENT
We have enjoyed a good business and ap-
preciate it. We find it possible for us to
enlarge our cafe and make better the service.
By doubling our space we give to the Sol-
diers one of the finest eating places in the
city. Our corps of experienced waiters elimi-
nates the possibility of long waits.
Men of Bowie, we have enlarged for YOU,
and we invite YOU to call.
CHANTLEY’S
Between Main' and Houston on Ninth.
I Military Uniforms'
That Please
PRICES TRAT ASTONISH
STALLCUP & CAMPBELL
CLEANING*and PRESSING
ALTERING and REPAIRING
106 E. 13th St.
Lamar 645
ALL THE ROADS IN MISSOURI
LEAD TO DEAR OLD
CARTHAGE.
(Continued from Page 1.)
jority of them having already bought
of the third issue, just a lot of them
'‘doubled their subscriptions.”
A soldier in Carthage has no
chance to get lonesome. Before he
has gone a block at least a dozen in-
vitations to “make our home your
home” has been extended him. In
every window your see a Red Cross,
and in a large per cent of the homes
you see those big flags with red bor-
der and white center with a large
red star thrusting itself proudly to-
ward you from the center, saying
“This home also has a son in the ser-
vice,” or two sons, and in some in-
stances three, as the case may be.
Not only a large per cent of the
men you see are wearing the Liberty
Bond buttons, but 99 and 99-100 per
cent of the men are wearing the but-
tons. You see them everywhere you
go, and ask a few questions and you
will find that the wearers of the but-
tons have, not just bought a bond to
wear the button, but have dug to the
bottom of their pockets to buy bonds.
The buy—not until it hurts—but un-
til their consciences will let them
sleep of nights—when honest, honor-
able and loyal persons should be
asleep.
They buy bonds and they work for
the Red Cross. They do everything
in a big way, even to the entertain-
ment of strangers in their midst. If
he wears a uniform he is “our boy,”
and they will let him feel no other
way. As to him spending his money
—it is a counterfeit. They even get
up to give a soldier a seat when he
boards a street car. Oije time when
got on an elevator I tried to hide
myself in a corner for fear the men
would take off their hats to me. When
you get off the train in a Missouri
town about the following scene takes
place:
“Howdy, soldier!” chorused from
many throats.
“How long will you be in town?”
“Several hours, probably.”
“Then here is my car, and mine,, and
mine, ad infinitum.”
A fellow has to shut his eyes and
get in the first one he comes to, and
then they will want to draw lots to
see who entertains him. The tempta-
tion to get into the best looking car
is swept away by the greatness of
the spirit manifested.
Fifteen minutes later the soldier
is being saluted by every man, woman
and child he meets as he whizzes past
the public library, the high school,
the First Methodist church, the first
house ever built in the city, the abid-
ing place of the wealthiest man, and
Red Cross headquarters. Thirty min-
utes later he draws up at the big ho-
tel on the corner and finds that a
banquet has been arranged, and all
the pretty girls in town are there.
Some one ought to organize an
“After the War Club” with a slogan
of “Go'to Missouri and Get Married.”
They are here. They don’t know
whether drug store cosmetics are a
new brand of cigarettes or a break-
fast food. They are just naturally
there with this natural beauty stuff.
A soldier on the train told me of “his
Anna” in these words:
“You have heard of the Goddess
Diana—she can’t compare with my
Anna!”
He showed me her picture and I
agreed with him. He told me that ne
was going back after having been
AWOL. I was almost reayy to go
AWOL myself when I saw her pic-
ture.
On every train you see oodles of
people and they think, talk, and live
nothing but war and war activities.
The war has truly come to Missouri
and the people are fighting like the
heroes of Bunker Hill and Green s
Mountain. They are backing the sol-
diers to the last ditch and they swear
that by the time the next Liberty
Loan Bond campaign comes the
“ghost will have walked and they will
go “over the top” again. They are
setting the pace and others may fol-
low if they can stand the gaff.
At Joplin, 30 miles away, being un-
patriotic. is about the most unhealthy
thing in the world. A pro-German
tried it and he is picking feathers and
tar from his anatomy yet. They
painted the front of his store red and
when he came out to try to paint it
another color they nabbed him. He
is probably still running. These peo-
ple at Joplin are industrious miners
and they are patriotic. They value
their American liberty and they don’t
propose to have it endangered by au-
tocrats of the black eagle.
A Monette, also near Carthage, the
census taker could get accurately the
number of people living in the town
without leaving his chair , in the ob-
servation car. He could just count
the persons assembled at the depot
when the train comes in. They all
come down to the train to see if there
is a soldier for them to be nice to. It
is said, but unconfirmed, that a man
was found dead in the Monette post-
office vestibule, and that he had been
dead fully a week before being dis-
covered.
The people were so busy in war
work that they had forgotten to go
to the postoffice.
The people of Missouri can do
more than furnish mules for the war,
and you can put it down. It is true
they have good mules, but since the
war started mule raising is a side
line, a means to an end, so many
mules so many, Liberty bonds, so
many bullets for the Kaiser’s hell
hounds! That is the way they calcu-
late.
The populace have forgotten the
value of the a dollar—they count their
money in terms of bullets to help win
the war. I heard one man say he
had a cannon ball, a hand grenade and
j twenty rounds of rifle ammunition. I
; started to move away from him. I
feared he was an anarchist. I soon
learned that he was counting his
money. The conductor told me. And
he was getting ready to invest all of
his “ammo” in Liberty Bonds.
When the Carthage parade swung
down the street, in spite of its length,
a large part of it was made up of va-
rious chapters of the Red Cross, knit-
ting clubs, thrift stamp collectors’ as-
sociations, and all that sort of stuff.
And children! Believe me, if this
war lasts long Carthage will continue
to have great numbers of soldiers to
give to the cause, for they certainly
believe in children, and from the way
those kiddies marched in the parade
you can know they are being “brought
up in the way they should go—for
democracy.”
They also have a chapter of the
Anti-Horse Thieves Association here.
At present the “horse thieves” they
are looking for are the fellows who
dodge Liberty bonds.
Carthage is the kind of a place
that makes a fellow want to come
here—not to die—but live—-that is
after the war.
GIST INFANTRY BRIGADE HAS
PRISON STOCKADE.
(Continued from Page 1.)
wire being around the posts to form
an inclosure.
The stockade, it is said, will be used
as a sojourning place for brigade pris-
oners who are awaiting a general
court martial. It is not now being
used. Whether the wherewith for its
use obtains is not known. It is prob-
able, however, that the pen will be
shortly inhabited by some simple-
minded soldier who acts before he
thinks. -
The sight of prisoners in the stock-
ade will impress the necessity of dis-
cipline on the minds of the men in
the brigade. This, possibly, is one
of the objects in its erection. Natur-
ally, the occupants of the stockade
will be publicly embarassed. They
will bear the scrutiny of countless
hosts who pass along the paths lead-
ing by the pasture of entanglements.
Reports from unofficial sources in-
dicate that electricity will be turned
on in the wires forming the fence.
This will serve as a protection from
cutting of the wires and will elimi-
nate a channel for escape.
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QUARTET WINS FAYOR.
The Bowie Boys’ quartet is win-
ning favor in the city activities as
well as the camp. Their singing was
much enjoyed at the several Liberty
Loan campaign meetings held in/* the
city in the past two weeks. Thurs-
day night they sang at the party
given General Greble by the officers
of his staff at Rivercrest, and the
hearty applause gave evidence of the
fact that they were pleasing. The
quartet is composed of Robert E.
Breeden, David C. Breeden, C. H.
Coffman of the infantry and J. E.
Brown of headquarters company, 133d
field artillery.
A suitable name for the four has
not yet been decided upon and any
one with a suggestion for a snappy
name will please write J. E. Brown.
Thanks.
Always]
Glad
To
See
The
Soldiers
THE POPULAR CAFE
1009 Main Street
Phone Lamar 4430
Rubber Stamps and Stencil Makers
♦
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Razors, Razor Strops and Shaving Supplies
Barber Supplies and Toilet Articles
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PRICES WHOLESALE
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All Hats Made New $
LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES IN CAMP $
NO DANGER OF THEM GETTING LOST
Lone Star Pressing Company
PAPPAS & DAVIS, Props.
In Lone Star Block, Camp Bowie
Pay Station 169
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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/m1/5/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarrant County Archives.