Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-05-02
ELkS ARMY "
NAVY A FEA1
Of coNvEV
B. p. o. {. STATE ASSOCIATION HAS
PLANS FOR BIG TIME At ANNUAL
MEETING May At DALLAS.
LITTLE LACKING IN EFFORTS TO
GIVE VISITING ELKS TIME OF
LIVES AT MEETING.
Especial 10 The Herald

DALLAS, Texas, May with a mus
ter roll Of the uniform rank Of 1900 and
$500 additional Elk> ard their ladies.
prospects for the largest Elk convention
in the history Of Texas are looming up for
Dallas. The meeting i slated for MAY !.
9 and 10.
4 program Of considerable interest Ia
the visiting Elks has been arranged. Ii in
cludeS three business sessions on Monday.
Tuesday and Wednesday mornings: Il BIZ
military parade on Tuesday afternoon: u
competitive drill between fifteen Or more
crack drill teams Wednesday afternoon
for social entertainment: an open air
smoker for all visitors to the convention
men and womcn-Tuesday evening. and \
grand military bah Wednesday evening.
Nunefon- private entertainments are being
arranged. and %.oliin-. autoing and the like
lmu~cmcnt~ will be provided ut any line
for the guests.
The military parade will be the most
spectacular event Of the convention. The
Elk4' army and navy-an organization
with very startling military rules-will
DfbNltt iHt pIlH'llFsi itatui'N+
Cite, have already pledged delegations.
a. follows: Waxahachie. sherman. Dcni-
,on. Denton. Greenvillc. Gainesville, Ne
Kinney. Quanah. Bonham. Orange. Tyler.
Marshall. Cor~icana. Ennis. Waco. Temple,
Tavlor. Brentwood. San Angelo, Amarillo.
Wichita Falls. Paris. Terrell, Victoria.
SULPHUR Springs. Houston. Austin. Beau
mont. Abilene. Baird. Plainvicw. Mineral
Well. Fort Worth. Hill~boro. Corpus
christi. Brownsville. Del Rio. III Paso-
galveston. Fort Worth. Houston. San An
tonic. Marlin. Bolton. Clchurne, Weather
ford. Childrn~~. Swcctwatcr. Haskell. DIAL
nart. Loncvi,w, Laredo. Yoakum, San
Marcos. Srvtiin. Bryan. Palestine. Nacog-
dochc~. LufLin, Port Arthur. FL PaSo,
Galveston. For; Worth. Houston and San
Antunio are MI expected To- become a~pir-
ant~ for the entertainment If the 1917
convention.
President r.. r.. Prince Of the state e.
ISOLATION has named the following officers
of the Els army and navy with titles
which explain themselves:
". l.. Warren, major general, Grccnvillc.
Texas.
Marvin II%cinatz. commodore Of the gun
boat Texas. Grecnvillc. Texas.
Y. q. Runnoun. colonel. commanding
FIRST Field Artillery. GrccnvIlle, Texas
II. Il. Eiland. lieutenant colonel. com
handing Fourth Infantry. Grcenville.
Il. G. Thompson. major, commanding
fourth battalion. eighteenth signal corps.
Grecnvillo. Texas.
A. &. Rankin. commodore ~ gunhoai
Portland. Dallas, Texas.
N. y. Shelby, captain submarine Lone
star. Dallas. Texas.
Henry n. Morris. rear admiral If the
air ship. Dallas Texas.
II. II. Perry. general. commanding First
iIiuh Ball Rangers. Plainvicw. Texas.
u. n. Polk. lieutenant general and chief
w staff. Beaumont.
M. ". Henderson. captain adiutant.
t~crtv-T THIRD engineer corps. Plainvlcw.
Robert r.. Bihh. colonel Nineteenth
,a-t Artillery. Marshall.
4. n. Mamcoid. major. first battalion.
Eighteenth Cavalry, Dallas.
VT. III. ~iIarwcll. colonel. chief surgeon.
hospital corps. Enni1.
". II. Edward. lieutenant colonel
Eighty fifth Cavalry. Ennis
HI. a. Cunningham. major. chIrf MI com
mi-~ary department. Ennis
a J.. Bctkc. major general. chief WI
ordnance department Ennis.
HI. M. Brewer. raptain, commanding
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