The Oklasodak (San Benito, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 20, 1916 Page: 8 of 8
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THE OkLASODAK
WEDNKSDA. HE**T. Y JO, 1010
(announcement!
Visitors are welcome always to see our plant. Our water is filtered. Our floors are scrubbed
frequently. All doors and windows are screened. Our flavors are the best grade and mixed
under strictly sanitary conditions. Our plant is well lighted. In fact we have
== An Absolutely Modern Plant ~....... ....
for the manufacturing of Soda water, Selzer water, etc,
Liquid Iron, Root Beer, Cream, Deleware punch, Ginger Ale, all Fruit Flavors
WE HANDLE LIQUID CARBONIC GAS
DIAMOND BOTTLING WORKS
By Schmidt Bakery and Confectionery
Military Camp Necessities
Ice Box Linings, Coffee Pots.
Buckets. Stove Pipes, Etc. Wate<*
conncctions made in kitchens.
San Benito Sheet Metal and Plumbing Woiks
Phone 111 : : F. L. Gay, Manager
Strength Report of Bullard s Brigade
t For Sale Cheap
1 Two Modem close in, houses with electric
| lights, bath, water connections, beautiful lawns. •
Both are good Investments
TERMS
PHILLIPS HARDWARE STORE
Organi-ation
brigade Headquarters
Fourth S. Dakota Infantry
First Oklahoma Infantry
Okla Field Hospital No. 1
Truck Company No. 3
TOTAL
Officers
l'reM*iit Al**etit Total
2
42
46
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1
97
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14
9
0
0
23
2
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56
6
1
120
Enlisted Men
l*r «rnt Absent Totaj
2 0 2
‘.H* 11 919
878 24 9C2
61 0 61
42 4 46
1H91 39 19SU
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San Benito. Texas. September 15, lblG
Signed. ^
R. L. BULLARD
t'ononel 26th Infantry Comdg.
(Continued from Page 1)
FERGt’SON PI T HOSS
TO SLEEP IN SECOND
MOBILIZATION HISTORY
OF THE 4'h S. H. INFANTRY Oklahoma Boxer Win* Easy Victory
Over Twenty /sixth Infantry
fighter at Harlingen.
Harlingen. Despite the inclement
Irrigated Farms to Trade
FOR NORTHERN PROPERTY
BARGAINS FOR CASH
IF IT'S LAND WE HAVE IT"
L. R. WELCH THE LAND MAN
San Benito. -
Texet
Have You Seen the New Fords?
YOLTJL WANT ONE, SURE
$400.75 Delivered
Mayer & Toolan, Distributors
FjeH end Staff
Headquarters Co
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Write Home
Drink a cool refreshing drink or eat a delicious cream
Sundae or other Confection at our Fountain, and then
go back to our writing room and write home
Your Headquarters
For Tobaccos, Drugs, Toilet Articles, Stationery and
everything an up-to-date Drug store carries
•If We Don't Have What You Want
We Will Gat It For You”
San Benito Drug Store
L M. Valdetero, Prop.
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The elimination of men by reason#
of medical discharges and for other
reasons, soon brought the regiment
down below the 1000 mark, and on ,
July 4th Co. H of F.uUpon w». made w'a,h'r a lar^ rrowd »*rWrnt at
the machine gun company and sepa- the smoker given Friday evening by
rate "C” of I-ead was given a place the Harlingen Athletic Club at the
in the regiment and became H com- Airdome theatre The crowd was not
pany . Separate “A” of Wefeter was dtaappoin(#d in lhr fijrht ,.ard for ihf
then consolidated with Company ’<• ... , 0 , .
of R,dfiHd. and by transfon- .ho di.- *Uhm,*h youn* .Vhram. who
parity in numbers existing between waa to have mixed it with rergu^yn
the companies was done away with, waft taken with a severe attarlr of
By the time the order came on July drngue fever and was unable to ap-
30th to move to the Meixcan border r
the medical examinations and trans-
f,rs had boon rompin'nd and .hr mil. «“'• ,h<' Ttfmtjr-Srelh Infantry
of the various companies showed the | fighter who has been wanting to get j
following number of men at the Oklahoma lad stepped into the
Officers Enl. Men i)Ivath and sorry he came. Fer-
guson won hix second victory of the
week by mending Ross over the kayo
route in the second round with a left
upper cut to the right eye. Ferguson
challenged anybody in the Valley 10
me^t him at any time or any place
and J. L. Eaton of Truck company No.
15 accepted the challenge.
Ki Strauss, the South Dakota Ik»x-
•"* er, lost to Hii$£s on decision of a
foul, although he put his opponent to
sleep. Roth Whitey Barnes ami Fer-
guson of Oklahoma declare it was a
clean knockout.
In the first four round preliminary
.. Young Gordon won a deecision on
Medical Corps points over Webber, a fast fighter
When the regiment was first mo- ffom ^ >rmy rampa.
biliied its hand was composed en- ^ finaf preliminary bout between
tirely of Brookings boys andI was , and results! in a win
rated as one of the he t military on* ints for }
hands in the United States. Howev- ___*_......
er. they were enlinted for state duty FQR RKNT .5 room house, fully'
only, and dunng the first two day* furnUh^, , block from Brigade]
of July the leadership of theband H<1J|(, quart^, on Reagan street,
was turned over toI rof A. . Ire- ,,honf ,46 adv-chg
land of Webster. His extensive ex- __ __
perience and wide acquaintance with THE FLOORWALKER,
the musicians of the state proven cha*. Chaplin in the "Floorwalker",
very valuable, and in a few days h. ^ ^ fof (hfl ^.ond time at
had a new hand organization com- ^ Monday. Chaplin is now
pleted. Only one of the present mem- on,y r#1(lJwinf onr plcturt. a month,
bers. the assistant leader, was a and on ^^unt «**<.}, cf hi* pic-
member of the on girt a band, wiM ^ ghown twire> that {„, j f
much commendation n due tne lead- (hf p>trona(f, j,Mtifiex it. Although
ers and members for the perfect or- (h<> ^ of {hft rhaplin ^eond-ran
ganization they have built up. pictures is just as great as the find
One of the features of the mobil- run_which, by the way, are the
ization which well deserves special | mogt expensive features on the mar-*
mention is the work done by the med-jkp( ajtiiOU|rh of but two reel*- the I
ical corps, under the direction of Ma- ^ ^ reducwl to Jf* AM
jor * Bentley. Capt. Chkhester and | fjr|(t ^ rhapling win ^ 20r
and Lieutenants Kenney ami Sack ^ Mary |,a|pp „„.ia| ,K making a
ett. Camp Hagman. though it was hJjf h|t and (>0 R Fa||i|rant( man-
a beautiful camp site, proved any- a(r<.r of the pagtjmc. says that la»t
thing but desirable for a military Sunday for the aPcond episode he had
camp. The sanitary problem* pre- j|norfl people than for (h^ fin,t I
sented proved numerous and dirfi- epiKodf path* News is being run on
cult, and this, couple<i with the gen- Monday„ and Wednesdays, and is only)
eral condition of the men who were ||ou( ninHefp daya off please dafw. j
unused to camp life, and their igno- Ady
ranee of proper camp sanitation,
placed upon them an immense vol- 1 • ■—
ume of work. In audition to this the , ^ largely attribute) to the work of j
inoculations and vaccinations proved The medical corps, and there was not
an arduous task, our they [>erform a man in that overworked organis-
ed their work in a most creditable tion who did not depart from Camp
manner. That the regiment fared as Hagman without a feeling of relief
well as it did at lamp Hagman may and a sense of duty well performed
LOOK!
AT THE CAMP VACATED BY
Co. 1st. Okla. Inf.
We furnish LumWr like this Screens, Doors, Tent floors
H. D. TAYLOR Lumber Co.
An Ounce of Satisfaction 1a Worth n Ton of Talk”
National Guardsmen
Come to us for
Hardware and Camp Supplies
RIO. GRANDE HARDWARE & MACHINERY CO.
Sun Benito, T exas
If You Don’t Believe We Have The
LARGEST and BEST DAIRY
In San Benito Ask The
...Oklahoma Soldiers...
San Benito Dairy
L. S. Robinson, Prop.
San BenitoTransfer Co.
“V.’K DFI.IYF.II T11F GOODS"
LIVER V AND TRANSFER
Heavy Hauling a Specialty
SCOTT BROWN, Owner
General Contractor*, Developing I.anid. Clearing
Flowing, Diteh linildlng
..UNIFORMS..
Made to Order. We are Expert
MILITARY TAILORS
L& Us Make, Remake, Repair And
Rebuild Your
MILITARY WEARING
APPAREL
We C lean. Press and Deliver all SoldieSf Clothes
★
The STAR STORE
“WE SELL CIVILIAN CLOTHES TOO”
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Wasson, S. Deane. The Oklasodak (San Benito, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 20, 1916, newspaper, September 20, 1916; San Benito, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth852577/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .