The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 340, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 25, 1917 Page: 3 of 10
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(FROM THE CHICAGO EXAMINER. SEPTEMBER 20 1917)
\ A 7ASHINGTON Sept. 19th —lf Germany takes any Yankee boys
V Y prisoners they will not have to exist on German prison rations. The
Red Cross has arranged to forward to each prisoner a
package containing from nine to ten pounds of food
three times each fortnight. A U fT
The package will contain a scientifically prepared ration sufficient 1 \ I \ (
to sustain inactive men in good health including rice sugar dried beef 1 Yy. f*
pork and beans evaporated milk coffee chocolate jam soap and "the " }
makings”—two packages of tobacco with papers. ?
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GENERALS MAY ATTEND
Hundred Officers Above Rank of
Major to Be Schooled Here Soon.
One hundred officers o? the rank
of lieutenant colonel and above that
rank will arrive in San Antonio
shortly after January 1 to attend the
brigadier generals and field officers’
training school to be established at
Fort Sam Houston it was announced
at department headquarters Monday.
The school probably will start about
January 4 or 5. just about the same
time that the Camp Stanley and
THE CLEAN ROUTE
THROUGH SLEEPERS
to Chicago Memphis via
New Orleans and Illinois
Central daily 12:15 noon
Sunset Limited east bound 4 a. m. Sleeper
open 10:30 p. m.
Sunset Limited west bound 4:50 a. m. Sleeper
open 10:30 p. m.
Oil Burning Locomotives Electric Block Signals
*
201 East Houston—Gunter Hotel Corner.
| Camp Travis officer^' reserve train-
ing schools get under way.
I Headquarters is advised that quar-
ters must be prepared for the 100
higher officers in the infantry post
< barracks.
t The bchool will be *he only one ot
a its kind in tne ’’nited States and will
r 1 ring together a great number ot
high ranking officers. Whether any
t major generals will attend is not an-
-1 nouncod the latest announcement
’. stating “lieutenant colonels and
t above that rank.” It is indicated that
p major generals and brigadier gener-
d als will attend.
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To Have Military Dictionaries.
A French-English military diction-
ary will be included in the books to
I e issued to officers of the several
0 branchcj corps and departments of
1 the service it is announced in an
order from Washington. The tele-
-1 giam instructs commanding g* i raN
li to report the number of books need.
1 ed by the officers of their oin-
y mauds. It is further mnounc* that
i- the demand for books has beei rent
it and instructions are contain that
d a correct estimate be obtained 1 the
it number required. A Ust of the i.ooks
*- to be supplied each officer ot each
bianch of the service is given.
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT.
H OFFM
URGED MT TO
BEARHDGANT
Adjutant General Holds Up
Close Relationship With
Men as Ideal.
FOR CHEERFUL ARMY
Discipline Is Not to Be Re-
laxed But Sympathy Is
to Temper It. #
Ncwiy commissioned army officers
arc given a bit of advice in a letter
from the adjutant general’s depart-
ment ju*t received at San Antonio
army camps. The letter appears of
considerable interest not only to
army folk but also to civilians who
are just learning something about
the American army. It says:
“While unquestioned obedience
and respect for properly constituted
authority must remain the corner-
stone of discipline and the founda-
tion on which to build military effi-
ciency the advance in education- an 1
intelligence of our citizenship make
it more important than ever to es-
tablish a close and sympathetic rela-
tionship between the officer and his
men.
A Buly ami an Honor.
••Prior to 1898. our army was in
a great part a frontier police; in
number an insignificant portion of
our total population ami generally
isolated from the populous center?
with their comforts and amuse-
ments. The material increase of our
military establishments has placed
both officers ami men under the ob-
servant rublk eye and in their mu-
tual relations it becomes a duty and
an honor to exemplify our coun-
try's principles of equal and exact
justice for all.
'While there must be no relaxa-
tion in discipline in exacting a thor-
ough ami prompt performance of
military duty officers when dealing
with subordinates mu.-t bear in mino
the absolute necessity of avoiding
language and icmarks or gestures
which tend to lessen self respect.
This is all important if we are to
have a cheerful willing and efficient
armv. It is not necessary to adopt a
tone of voice or manner different
from that usually employed in gen-
eral conversation and especial care
must be taken against sarcasm an 1
। unnecessary public rebuke. These
I faults while more often found in of-
-1 fleers new tn the service some-
times exist in others of more expe-
rience. Sm h officers are unfit tem-
peramentally for command of men.
Much to Learn.
•'All newly appointed officers
must realize there is much for them
। 1 1<» Ie irn ami the only way to qua!
’ I ify themselves for higher and inde
pendent command is by constant in
. tcUedual exercise by systematic
n* study and by sympathetic knowledge
bef those entrusted to their control
f Faretul attention to the instruction
ii of thoe officers is enjoined upon al
-I commnmters. They will be mi
si pressed with the importance of ‘ altn
. | ful performance of duty h^eve:
- unimportant it may appear an<
tjwith the responsibility ot thcl . r
t .hi.t and bearing in all relation
t with those tinder their command
<• All . ommanders wdl endeat or
s build up such relations of confident
hl and sympathy as will insure thos
under their command coming t
them freely for counsel and assist
• me. without relaxation of the bond
Inf discipline. Any officer known b
be tactless in his treatment of en
listed men will be elven special In
1 struetlon and supervision.
ncuimcntnl and post commander
k w< re instructed to nss< mble the!
i ' ..fifeers and r. ad tlm letter to then.
Army Personals
Lieut. Col. Robert .1. Heaney. Quar
termaster corps in command of Z.
recruits of the quartermaster depart
ment. to bo stationed at Marfa. h
Caso and Cort Bliss. Texas is nm
engaged in delivering the men t
their stations. !'p n ” completion o
the work he will return to Fort ban
Houston.
Lieut. Bert c. Cabin and l.ieul
ciarem o M. Tomlinson. Infantry Re
•erve corp". 37th infantry. 1-ort Mc-
Intosh. Texas have been ordered t
duty with the 27th machine gun bat
talion. Fort Sam Houston.
Seven days leave "f absence ha
been granted to c pl . Steph*
Wheeler yuartermast. r corps. 1-or
Sam Houston.
Capt. Burton J. Lemon. Quarter
masters Reserve corps has been or
iered to Port Arthur. Tex. to in
.pect fans of grease to o
purchased for the army.
Mai. It. C. Ridden department en
tineer. has been ordered m Camp 1.0
gan. Houston to make another in
mection of the work of a new trene
digging machine. He witnessed th
work of the machine some weeks ag
md reported tn Washington togethe
- ith a recommendation. He is t
I again witness a demonstration.
I The following enlisted men a
Ramp Travis are to be given a cours
of training in the Signal corps schoc
I (or enlisted candidates for commit
Sion. Camp Samuel F. B - x f or ’'
Leon Springs: Sergeants Malcolt
C*. Oakes Albert M. Pigs. Arlin 1
•stockburger. Jerome C. Cuttini
kamuel 1. McMullen. Maxlitt I
-Bidwell. Wallace C. Blehn and J’ri
rate Linn Cromer.
Private James B. Jordan. Cam
Travis is to be sent to Fort t'mah
Xeb.. for training for a • ommlsslo
n the armv bal-om- s ( tion.
Supply Train for Division.
Motor Truck Companies Nos. 1.
14. 15. 16 17 and IS mobilized I
I’ort Sinn Houston will be organize
into one division supply train ir
I eluding headquarters for duty wit
•he Third Regular Army division
:s announced. The division is no'
being organized.
V Until Knock.
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I hear Idin snore." —Flouda Titncs-Vnlon
MORE LAWYERS ARE
NEEDED IN MAKING
OUT QUESTIONNAIRES
Failure to Respond to Calls
Threatens Delay for
Local Boards.
The failure of local lawyers to
give the contemplated assistance se-
riously threatens the preparation*
of questionaries sent to registrant* '
under the selective service law. On
only one or two days have there
been enough lawyers on hand at th*
headquarters of any of the local
(boards to provide the desired assi*
Itance to registrants and in division
No. 4 Monday morning not a single
one of the ten lawyers requested to
Ibe present was on hand. Later one '
of them provided a substitute but all 1
the others when reached over the |
telephone pleaded the press of pri- i
vate business.
Under the selective service law’ 1
each of the draft boards has the
power to require the assistance ot ।
any lawyer within its jurisdiction.
The several district courts have tak- ;
en cognizance of this fact and have |
agreed to pass any case set for trial
when it is shown that the lawyer
for either side is required to help
make out questionnaries. The local
boards however hesitate to take
such a course preferring to rely
upon the patriotism of the lawyers
and. as one of them expressed it
they feel the lawyers do not fully
appreciate how badly their services
aro needed.
The number of men applying for
assistance at the hearquarters of the
draft boards has materially increas-
ed and additional lawyers will be re-
quired at once.
Piles Cured in fl to 14 Days
Druggists refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure Itching.
Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
First application gives relief. 50c.
(Adv.)
INSURANCE* FOR CLERKS
Chilian Field Fmplo>ce» to Hate
Same Benefit* a* Soldiers.
Army field clerks and field clerk*
quartermasters corps have been held
to be entitled to the benefits of the
war risk insurance net in every re-
spect like enlisted men. department
headquarters has been informed in a
telegram from the adjutant gen-
: eral's office. Their applications for
insurance are submitted in the same
manner a* are those tor soldiers.
There has been a question whether
field clerks and field quartermaster
corps clerks would be entitled to
take out the insurance. The tele-
gram dispels this uncertainty. Under
recent orders all army field clerks
and quartermaster field clerks arc
required to wear the regulation armv
uniform being designated by the
< rossed quills upon the collar and
by the black and white hat cord.
Southern Pacific the only line
. operating thru sleepers to Memphis
(Adv.)
PROFIT
SHARING
SALE
WOMEN’S AND
MISSES’
READYtoWEAR
Now at Better
Than
1-2 Price
Men’s and Young
Men’s Suits and
Overcoats
at Tremendous
Reductions
DALKOWITZI
BROS. CO.
Cor. N. Flores and
West Commerce Sts.
Opposite City Hall
-at Wolfson s; ?^l nni ^ g
W ednesday
Zend\
I of the \
i MONTH/
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A December Disposal
of Winter Merchandise
Reduced 15 to 50%
HARROUN
tSTAILIBHeO /JUfa
STAAGKE BROS.
batteries
mj-wK you u cMswoj ■b/viiatmaA
/arucL thcd uowv Gem Hiaaaj "(ru
U/s teud ter yew f w ma/rw
■ g j j 1 What says Mr. Hoover? "In spite ot food econo-
fVll* HnAVAt* onn Iwlominv mles the Christmas dinner should be made a
I’ll • llVvVvl ullu l"l<UllUiy happy landmark in family life. The use of poul-
_ n . . try will help to conserve our supplies. Good
1-lnHnnk Awn in Lull A zmzxMzl cheer at table stimulates the digestion. There-
11 aim all Are in mil ACCOrC fore let good cheer above all things abound-
Good Cheer Will Abound All Day Tuesday
CHRISTMAS DAY AT THE MENGER
".Mr. Hoover." said Mammy "is a pnsson with brains. How'll he know 'bout mah tuhkeys an'
chickens an' ("risnius fixln's. He must a' come from de Sout sho 'nuff.”
It'll be a Grand Hay Christmas—a Wonderful Dinner—an Old South Honest-to-Goodnesa Christ-
mas Dav at the Mcngcr.
Mountain and Plain. Gulf Coast nnd Lake Farmyard and Barnyard send their choicest to heap
the Hospitable Monger Feast Tables.
THE BOUNTEOUS CHRISTMAS DIXNER
MCW VFAQ’Q FVF AT OF THE OPULENT SOUTH—THE FEAST
ntw ILAAJ C.VC. Ml 0F GOOD THINGS cooked by the
THE MENGER COOKS OF THE OLD SOUTH. THE COOKS
WHO KNOW HOW—WILL BE SERVED AT
The New Year's Fvc of the Blessed Old Time Joy-
time Plantation Soutl. Watch for the Announce-
ment. It will interest you. I $1.50 per cover
Christmas Dinner will he served continuously from 12 noon to 9:30 p. m. At any hour your deUe-
iously arranged. ap|>cllzing hot Christmas Dinner will be yours to command for the Mcnger has been
serving Its famous Christmas illnner for nearly sixty years and it's your home on Christmas Day.
FSPI.t LALLY IS THE MENGER THE CHRISTMAS HOME OF THE ARMY—A MIGHTY CORDIAL.
HOME WELCOME AWAITS YOU.
The Happiest of a Happy Day will be found at THE MENGER
Tables Reserved on Request. u » rr- **
Telephone Croekett f 1133. EDWIN H. LEE. Manager.
“Katy” Service From San Antonio
MORNING
“The Texas Special"
9:10 A. M.
NOON
“The Katy Limited"
11:00 A.M. ki pI|T
MMAHq NIGHT
“The Katy Flye^
9:00 P. M.
Three fast trains daily. Through Sleepers San Antonio to Waco.
Dallas Fort Worth Kansas City St. Louis and Chicago.
DECEMBER 2.5 1917.
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Diehl, Charles S. & Beach, Harrison L. The San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 340, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 25, 1917, newspaper, December 25, 1917; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1614623/m1/3/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .