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Probably no other city in Texas en- joys better transportation facilities than does Waco, being served by the Santa Fe., M., K. and T., Cotton Belt, I. and G. N., S. A. and A. P., Southern Pacific and interurban connections with Dallas, Fort Worth, Corsicana, Sherman and Denison. Another interurban line is now being extended south to Temple, Belton and southwestern points. We have di- rect service into the great oil fields of the western part of the State and can serve that territory by freight or express in the shortest possible time. Two com- panies take care of the express from Waco, the Texas Electric Company and American Railway Express Company.
Waco is the home of Baylor Univer- sity, which has a successful record of 74 years. Our public school system is one of the best in the State. We have an ex- cellent public library in addition to the library at Baylor University, which con- tains over 50,000 volumes and is open to the public.
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WAXAHACHIE
Written Especially for the Standard Blue Book BY THE WAXAHACHIE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WAXAHACHIE, the home of Trinity
University, is one of the best towns of its size in the State. It is the capital of Ellis County, the banner agricultural county of Texas and the biggest cotton growing county in the world. Popula- tion of Waxahachie is 10,000 and Ellis County 64,000. The extent of the com- mercial interests is indicated by the de- posits of its banks, which have been known to aggregate more than $7,000,- 000.00. The city has a beautiful park, which is reached by the electric car line. There are about ten miles of paved streets now and a paving program of $1,- 000,000.00 is under way. The entire city has cement sidewalks.
The leading religious denominations have handsome edifices and large con- gregations. The public schools are among the very best in the State. A modern fireproof high school building has just been completed at a cost of $90,000.00. The entire city feels a just pride in its educational institutions. The Sims Li- brary, built, equipped and perpetually maintained by the generosity of the late Nicholas P. Sims, is a power for good in the city. Waxahachie offers splendid inducements to persons having children to educate. With Trinity University for those of college age and the ward schools and the high school for those of public school age, all the educational needs of prospective citizens are met. The splen- did electric street car system renders
Trinity University, the ward schools, the high school and the churches accessible from all parts of the city.
Waxahachie is located 30 miles south of Dallas, 40 miles southeast of Fort Worth and 70 miles north of Waco. It is served by the Houston and Texas Cen- tral; Missouri, Kansas and Texas; Trin- ity and Brazos Valley and the Texas Electric Railways.
There are three large cotton oil mills ; a successfully operated cotton mill; a compress; four cotton gins, one of which is the largest in the world; a nursery company which grows and ships millions of trees annually ; a candy factory, serv- ing a large territory in a wholesale way; a number of large modern garages and other industrial institutions, all of which make Waxahachie prominent in the com- mercial world. The Texas Oil Products Company is now building a refinery to cost $650,000.00.
A public sanitarium is maintained by an association of citizens and is loyally patronized by the citizens of the town and county. A campaign is now on to provide larger fireproof accommodations and sufficient funds will be raised to build, equip and endow a modern hos- pital in the near future.
Waxahachie's modern hotel, the Rog- ers, is a source of pride to all citizens and under able management has taken its place among the best hotels in the State.
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CHARLES W. HAHL President C. W. Hahl Company, Land Investors Houston
C. H. STANCLIFF, Real Estate Dealer. Mgr. Kress Building Houston
WILLIAM EIFLER Manager Land Department and Director San Antonio Loan & Trust Company San Antonio
FREDERICK ABBOTT Teacher and Exponent of Speech and Dramatic Art San Antonio
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E. M. SCARBROUGH Founder and Active Head of E. M. Scarbrough & Sons, Department Store Austin
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O. G. HOFHEINZ Real Estate, Insurance and Loans Austin
J. H. W. WILLIAMS Real Estate Austin
T. H. BARROW Real Estate Austin
J. B. MOSBY Real Estate, Mosby Investment Company Austin
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WILLIAM D. SYERS Sales Manager National Cash Register Company Ranch Owner, Real Estate Operator San Antonio
ROE L. MONTGOMERY Montgomery & Co., Insurance and Real Estate. San Antonio.
B. N. BARTON Real Estate and Loans Waxahachie
WILLIAM H. STACY Real Estate Dealer and Subdivision Owner President The Stacy Realty Co., Etc. Austin
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B. P. COLEMAN
Member of the firm Irby and Coleman Real Estate and Loans Beaumont
R. E. SMITH Real Estate and Fire Insurance Beaumont
BEN IRBY
Member of the firm of Irby & Coleman, Real Estate and Loans Beaumont
J. MAX MONTGOMERY Manager Business and Industrial Property Department Rucker, Heartsill & Jones Dallas
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THOS W. HUGHEN President Rotary Club Real Estate Port Arthur
TRAVIS LAMBERT Real Estate, Insurance and Loans Port Arthur
S. O. LATIMER President Seaport Real Estate and Rental Company Real Estate and Insurance Port Arthur
BART MOORE Real Estate, General Insurance and Loans Amicable Building Waco
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ROY IRVING TENNANT Real Estate and Fire Insurance Temple
WALTER STAEHELY Life Insurance Austin
BEVERLY S. DICKINSON Manager Missouri State Life Insurance Company Austin
J. N. MCFARLAND Financial Correspondent The Union Central Life Insurance Co. Farm Loans Waco
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V. O. WEED Undertaker Austin
J. D. ROBERTS
Vice-President and Manager Broussard, Taylor and Davant, Undertakers Beaumont
LEO H. WEADOCK Proprietor Houston Undertaking Company Houston
J. E. GRAMMIER Manager and owner of J. E. Grammier Company, Undertaking and Embalming Port Arthur
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S. G. BURNETT President Ineeda Laundry Director Texas Bank & Trust Co. and other Corporations Rice Farmer Beaumont
W. E. LA FON Manager Blazilmar Hotel Taylor
ROBERT HARRISON Proprietor Hotel Rogers Waxahachie
VICTOR S. NAGGIER Proprietor Hotel Beaton Corsicana
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JOHN S. MARSHALL Auditor and Accountant Houston
E. H. BRUYERE President E. H. Bruyere Construction Co. and The Texas Engineering & Construction Co. Waco
EDWIN C. KREISLE Architect Austin
C. A. SPRECHER Office Manager Ernst & Ernst, Ac- countants Houston
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G. R. BENNETT Cotton Exporter Austin
M. W. LOVELL Cotton Buyer and Exporter Austin
FRED ELMER RIGHTOR
President-Treasurer Southwest Bitulithic Company. Contractor Austin
BURNEY PARKER Sheriff of Washington County Brenham
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JOHN B. CARRINGTON Secretary-Manager Chamber of Commerce San Antonio
G. S. BRICKEY General-Manager Houston Chamber of Commerce Houston
LEROY G. STUMP Secretary-Manager, Port Arthur Chamber of Commerce and Shipping Port Arthur
ROBERT McLANE Wholesale Grocer-President Chamber of Commerce Cameron
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T. S. HENDERSON, Lawyer President Water, Power & Light Co. Etc. Cameron
COLONEL JOHN L. PEELER Attorney at Law Austin
J. DIXIE SMITH Attorney-at-Law Houston
A. W. DYCUS Attorney at Law Port Arthur
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W. A. BARLOW Attorney-at-Law Taylor
GEO. J. ROARK City Manager for Beaumont Beaumont
JUDGE J. D. CAMPBELL Attorney-at-Law Beaumont
R. C. ARCHER Attorney-at-Law. U. S. Commissioner Austin
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A. E. KALKHURST Manager Burroughs Adding Machine Co. Waco
W. H. VOSS, Agency Manager, Burroughs Adding Ma- chine Company. Austin
GEORGE THOMAS SMILEY
President and General Manager of the Texas Sales Company, Houston and Beaumont Houston
WILLIAM A. PARKER
General Representative Oliver Typewriter Company for Texas and Latin- American Countries Waco
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AUGUST E. STAACKE Proprietor A. E. Staacke Auto Company, Dodge Bros., Dealers San Antonio
W. G. OELKERS Dealer in Storage Batteries and Automo- bile Accessories San Antonio
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GOODHUE SMITH Owner of Ford Agency, Automobile Dealer Waco
J. E. IRESON Vice-President and General Manager Arrow Refining Co. Waco
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S. K. WROE
Successor to W. K. Wroe & Sons, Auto- mobile Dealers and Supplies Austin
DAVID M. CAFFALL Farm Implements, Automobile Dealer and Oil Producer Beaumont
BERT HUGHES Manager, Bert Hughes & Company Port Arthur
GEORGE F. WROTEN
General Manager A. E. Staacke Auto Com- pany, Dodge Bros., Dealers. San Antonio
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M. C. HILL
Vice President and Treasurer Alamo Printing Company San Antonio
CHARLES W. SCRUGGS State Adjutant, The American Legion of Texas. Managing Editor, The Trail Log Pub Co. San Antonio
CLEMONS MCGARITY Special Agent and Claim Adjuster Public Service Company San Antonio
ROLLEN J. WINDROW Member, American Society of Civil En- gineer and American Association of State Highway Officials. Austin
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J. VINSON WIGGINS Dealer in Oil Leases and Royalties San Antonio
MRS. LILLIAN WIGGINS WARREN San Antonio
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JOHN HUNDLEY WIGGINS Interested in Banking and Telephone Business San Antonio
VIRGIL W. WIGGINS
Traveling Salesman Merchants' Publishing Company, of Kalamazoo, Michigan San Antonio
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J. E. JARRETT Investment Banker San Antonio
EDWARD S. DAVIS, Deceased Former Prominent Banker of Hillsboro. Date of birth, January 1, 1854 Died March 5, 1919. Hillsboro
JOE CATHRINER Owner, Houston Stock Exchange Houston
J. N. ROYALL President and Manager Royall Coffee Co. Wholesale Coffee Roasters and Importers Corsicana
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JOSEPH W. SINGLETON Postmaster Waxahachie
JOHN L. PIKE U. S. Postoffice Service, Acting Postmaster Temple
J. H. WASHBURNE Postmaster Port Arthur
ED. S. FOMBY President, Fomby Clothing Company, Inc. San Antonio
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A. J. EILERS, SR. President, McKeen-Eilers Co., Wholesale Merchants Austin
E. O. STEBBINS Clothing Merchant Austin
WILLIAM H. KAUTZ General Merchandise Taylor
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R. A. KAUTZ General Merchandise Taylor
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ROY C. HENDERSON Sales Manager Barton Manufacturing Co. Waco
PETER STOCK Retired Merchant and Pioneer Citizen Port Arthur
T. W. MARSE Capitalist President, Taylor Retail Merchants As- sociation Owner T. W. Marse & Company, Depart- ment Store Taylor
F. E. GIFFORD President Crowell-Gifford Company President Retail Merchants Association Port Arthur
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J. B. ALLEMAN Superintendent, The Texas Pipe Line Co. Beaumont
MARSHALL T. WALKER Manager, Beaumont Gas & Light Company Beaumont
S. C. COLLIN
Steamship Agent, Freight Broker and Forwarder Port Arthur
H. A. BITTICK Manager Taylor Water Company and Taylor Ice Company Taylor
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C. C. HARRELL Ship Chandler Port Arthur
DR. E. W. VAUGHAN President Vaughan Furniture Co. Port Arthur Vice President Barnes Lumber Co. Waco
J. F. BARNES
President W. E. & J. F. Barnes Lumber Co., Inc. Barnes & Mccullough Lumber Co., Goldthwaite, Texas Waco
J. G. WILCOX President, Austin-Taylor Grocery Co. Austin
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RT. REV. W. T. CAPERS, Episcopal Bishop San Antonio
BENJAMIN LEFKOWSKY Portrait Artist Beaumont
PROFESSOR WM. R. DOBBYN President of San Antonio Business University San Antonio
J. R. DENNEY Mgr. The Hodges Company Port Arthur
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C. V. PALMER
President and General Manager Palmer Lumber Company Port Arthur
T. P. PRICE President International Auto School. San Antonio.
MAJOR JACK R. BURKE
Past Post Commander of the Alamo Post American Legion Exalted Ruler B. P. O. E. Vice-President Kiwanis Club
J. A. ROGERS Deputy United States Marshall Waco
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C. A. HIELDENFELS
F. W. HELDENFELS
HELDENFELS BROTHERS, SIIIPBUILDERS, ROCKPORT, TEXAS
This is a partial view of Heldenfels Brothers shipyards, at Rockport, Texas. They have built four wooden hulls for the Emergency Fleet Corporation; each hull is of 350 dead weight tonnage, 282 feet, 6 inches in length; 46 feet beam with a moulded depth of 26 feet. The yard was constructed to build wooden hull ships during the war emergency and will be operated as a permanent industry, doing everything in wooden construction and some steel work. This plant is giving employment to 500 men and is adding much to the prosperity of Rockport.
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RT. REV. C. E. BYRNE Bishop St. Mary's Cathedral Galveston
RT. REV. MATTHEW SCHUMACHER, C. S. C. Ph. D., President, St. Edward's College Austin
RT. REV. ARTHUR J. DROSSAERTS Bishop of the Diocese of San Antonio (Catholic Denomination ) San Antonio
REV. P. A. HECKMAN Catholic Priest Waco
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Jacamiah Seaman Daugherty
DECEASED, FORMERLY OF HOUSTON.
Jacamiah Seaman Daugherty was born in Sullivan County, Mo., August 25th, 1849, the oldest of a family of five children. His mother and he held fort at home during the four years his father gave to the lost cause as Cap- tain in General Price's Army.
He attended the Public Schools of his community and entered the Ken- tucky University in 1869, from which Institution he later received a Diploma.
He came to Dallas County in the fall of 1872, and taught school until July, 1873.
On September 15th, 1873, he opened a land office in Dallas, Texas, and en- gaged in the land business.
Individually, and as a member of the firm of Daugherty, Connellee and Am- merman, he located several million ac- res of land.
They put down the first water well ever dug on the staked plains of Texas. In 1876 they caused the County Seat of Eastland County to be removed from Merriman to Eastland and laid out the present thriving oil town of that name.
J. S. Daugherty was the father of the Business League idea in the United States. Served as Chairman of the first League in Dallas, Texas, from 1882 to 1888, giving his time and paying his part of the expense of the Committee. This Committee laid the foundation upon which Dal- las has grown. He organized, in 1882, the first Real Estate Association ever formed in Texas and was elected its Chairman. As Chairman of that Association he brought on the fight that caused the cattlemen of Texas to have to pay into the Public School Fund of the State $250,000.00 to $500,000.00 per annum, as rents for school lands they had previously grazed their cattle on for nothing.
In 1898 he organized the Texas Bureau of Immigration, composed of a repre- sentative from each Senatorial District. He was elected Chairman of the Bureau and brought on the fight that resulted in the formation of Texas Railroad Com- mission.
In 1893 the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress, by unanimous vote, asked him to prepare an address to the people of the United States on the Silver ques- tion, which he did, and they elected him orator of Silver Day, at the Chicago World's Fair. When Richard P. Bland made his argument in 1893, in behalf of the free coinage of silver, he asked and received unanimous consent of Congress to have Mr. Daugherty's address printed in the Congressional Record, as part of his argument on the question.
At the Trans-Mississippi Congress he offered a resolution in the Good Roads Com- to provide a fund to protect their depositors against loss and was the first pub- lic advocate of that idea.
Between the years 1890 and 1895 he represented Texas in the Good Roads Com- mittee of the United States, printing and distributing large quantities of Good Roads literature and holding Good Roads meetings all over the State.
In 1909 he was Chairman of the Harris County Drainage Association and took an active part in the creation of the first Drainage District in Harris County.
In 1910 he drafted resolutions, presented and secured their adoption by the Texas Industrial Congress, memorializing the United States Congress to locate a Naval Station, Navy Yard, Dry Docks, Arsenal and Ordnance Factory in Texas, the sight to be selected by a Naval Board.
He took an initiative part in securing the construction of a deep water harbor at Galveston, Texas.
During his fifty years of residence in the State, there has been no question agi- tated, pertaining to its general welfare, that did not receive his intelligent co-operation.
On the 27th of September, 1919, Jacamiah Seaman Daugherty was instantly killed while crossing the public thoroughfare at Fulton, Kentucky, by an Illinois Central passenger train. His tragic death is sincerely mourned by all who knew of his genuine worth to the great State of his adoption.
He leaves a widow, Margaret Cartmell Daugherty and three living children, Bryan Daugherty of New York City, Mrs. John T. Judd and Mrs. F. Fenwick Ken- dall of Houston, Texas.
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The Texas State Dental Society
Written Especially for the Standard Blue Book BY C. E. STEPHENS, D. M. D., PRESIDENT.
T THE Texas State Dental Society was organ- ized in the city of Galveston in 1880. with six members. The fortieth anniversary will be celebrated soon, with a membership of more than six hundred. The object of the Associa- tion has always been to cultivate the science and art in dentistry, to elevate the professional character of the members and to promote among them the spirit of good-fellowship.
Growing out of the State Society there have been many Local Societies organized in the dif- ferent cities in the State, which work in con- junction with the State Society. These Local Societies for the last few years have done won_ derful work in an educational way, in working through the public schools and Mothers' Con- gress, educating the children along the line of propholaxis and mouth hygiene.
The Texas State Dental Society is now work- ing in conjunction with the State Health Board, public nurses and Red Cross Nurses, in locali ties and rural districts where the public are lacking in education on the care of the mouth.
During the war, organizations of tlie members of the State Society were formed in every County and District where men were being en- listed in the service, both Army and Marine. Dental services were given to the men who en- listed, free of charge, their mouths being put into a healthy condition and their teeth re- stored so that they would be more efficient for mastication.
Over sixty of our men saw service in the army. Many of them served overseas with the American Expeditionary Forces. Our quota was always filled and a long waiting list of
Dentists anxious to take their places when called.
After a member has been in good standing in the Society for twenty-five years, he is then elected to membership in "The Order of Good- fellows," which is a distinction much coveted by all of our members.
There is a great awakening in the profession in the line of propholaxis and oral hygienes, realizing more that clean teeth and a healthy mouth are essential to good health.
The State Society this year branches out in a new field along the scientific side. We are bringing six of the best men in the United States in their respective branches, men who are expert in their line or work, coming from Colleges and Universities, giving an entire week to Post_Graduate work, thereby giving our members the advantage of taking this work at home instead of having to go to other cities to obtain the same work. This year one hun- dred and thirteen of our men attended the annual convention of the National Dental As- sociation, the largest delegation of any State in the Union, except the State in which the convention was held.
Our Society this last year, through its mem- bers and friends of the profession, succeeded in getting laws passed which will effectively protect the public from the incompetent men who have heretofore found a fertile field in this State for their poor services rendered.
We are hoping that the influence of our So- ciety will at some time in the near future, suc- ceed in establishing a Dental Department in our University. The following is a list of the Pres- idents of the Texas State Dental Society:
Name
No. Temp. Pres. of
Year Served
Name
No. Temp. Pres. of
Year Served
W. S. Caruthers
Galveston
1st
1880
*O. B. Love
San Angelo
21st
1901
W. S. Caruthers
Galveston
1st
1881
H. L. Pearson
McKinney
22nd
1902
. S. Caruthers
Galveston
2nd
1882
J. G. Eife
Dallas
23rd
1903
W. R. Clifton
Waco
3rd
1883
T. P. Williams
Houston
24th
1904
J. L. Fountain
Bryan
4th
1884
Sam G. Duff
Greenville
25th
1905
G. S. Staples
Sherman
5th
1885
Pitt S. Turner
Belton
26th
1906
S E. Jones
Houston
6th
1886
R. D. Griffis
Paris
27th
1907
*J. C. Storey
Dallas
7th
1887
A. A. Dyer
Galveston
28th
1908
*R. E. Grant
Austin
8th
1888
Geo. W. Collier
San Antonio
29th
1909
*W. J. Barton
Paris
9th
1889
Julian Smith
Austin
30th
1910
*M S. Read
Corsicana
10th
1890
Bush Jones
Dallas
31st
1911
.J. H. Lasseter
Belton
11th
1891
H. M. Davison
Hubbard
32nd
1912
*J. H. Grant
Palestine
12th
1892
Guy Morgan
Paris
33rd
1913
*H. J. MeBride
Tyler
13th
1893
*A. A. Beville
Waco
14th
1894
Geo. M. Patton
Waco
15th
1895
J. O. Hall
Waco
37th
1917
T. L. Westerfield
Dallas
17th
1897
B. F. Thielen
Paris
39th
1919
J. L. Buchanan
Bonham
18th
1898
C. E. Stephens
San Antonio
40th
1920
M. S. Merchant
Giddings
19th
1899
*J. W. David
Corsicana
20th
1900
*Deceased.
Waco
34th
1914
C. M. McCauley
Dallas
35th
1915
J. M. Murphy
Temple
36th
1916
L. P. Robertson
Marlin
16th
1896
W. H. Scherer
Houston
38th
1918
Frank Forman
Res. Organization
Res. Organization
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DR. G. P. ROBERTSON Doctor of Dental Surgery. San Antonio.
DR. C. E. STEPHENS, D. M. D., President, Texas State Dental Society San Antonio
MAJOR W. A. MARSHALL, D. D. S. Brownsville
DR. GEORGE H. BROWN, D. D. S. Beaumont
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W. D. POINDEXTER, D. D. S. Port Arthur
E. D. AMES, D. D. S. Port Arthur
DR. P. G. SPENCER, D. D. S. Orthodontist and Radiologist San Antonio.
DR. J. M. NEW, D. D. S., Port Arthur
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TEXAS' PART IN THE WORLD WAR
BY CHARLES W. SCRUGGS State Adjutant, the American Legion
A MERE glimpse into the inside history of the Empire State of the Union will show a citizenship nurtured in the strongest bonds of patriotism and loyalty. Successively acknowl- edging the supremacy of six flags and wresting her independence from each of the first five, then to go by her own free will under the Stars and Stripes, is a heritage approached by no other state and forms a noble history of which Texas is justly proud.
It was this citizenship, nurtured in the cradle of Texas Liberty, Loyalty and Patriotism, that made an immediate response to the greatest call of all-the world conflict of 1917-1918. Standing fifth in point of population, she also stood fifth in the total number of men sent into the service; thus living up to her exact record. In actual figures we furnished 175,- 344 mn for the Army, 22,522 for the Navy and Marine Corps, and 362 in the United States Coast Guards, a total of 198,228, or 4.16 per cent of the whole .*
*The figures on the air service are not yet available, but our state sent many men into this enticing but dangerous branch, and Texas was awarded five aviation training camps- containing about three-fourths of all the air service of the Nation.
Texas' response to the call for volunteers was immediate and spontaneous, and after the Selective Service Act went into effect 75 out of every 100 men examined were acceptd for service. A record unsurpassed and equalled only by eleven other states. Not counting the thousands of Texas men in other organizations and on special service, Texas wholly furnished two main divisions, trained, equipped and sent overseas.
The 36th Division, composed of Texas Na- tional Guardsmen, was drafted into Federal service August 5th, 1917, after having been recruited to war strength by its own efforts. This division was trained at Camp Bowie, Tex., under the command of Major General E. St. John Greble. General Greble, however, was relieved of the command on the eve of the departure for France, being succeeded by Major General Smith. The bulk of this division reached France in July, 1918, and reached the front about October 1st, receiving its first shell fire at St. Mihiel, October 6-7. It re- mained a combat division to the end of the war. They captured 549 prisoners. The total
casualties of this division amounted to 2,528. The artillery of this division was returned to the United States in March, 1919, the re- mainder of the division following in May.
The 90th Division was organized at Camp Travis during the months of September and October, 1917, from National Army troops un- der the command of Major General Henry T. Allen. This division reached France in June, 1918, and went into action during September of the same year, remaining a combat division for the remainder of the war. This division captured 1,875 prisoners. Total casualties amounted to 7,277. The 90th Division returned to the United States in June, 1919.
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