The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-09-21
THREE CITIES GO
AFTER ARMY CAMP
FOR LEWIS SITE
MT. PLEASANT, HoHENWAlO AND
COLUMBIA UNITE IN MOVE
MENT FOR BIG PLUM.
HONOR To GREAT EXPLORER
Congressman Be spurred To Action
BY TeIegrams-No Let up Until
The Army Board Has Made Final
Decision.
fridays Daily.)

With strong organization DdcklHs
the movement the chances for the Sc
lection of the Merriwether Lewis mon
ument region as site for one OF the
army training schools or camps, were
considerably improved.
Delegations from Hohenwald, Mt
Pleasant and Columbia this morning
organized the Merriwether Lewis
Monument Army Training School as
ISOLATION with an executive committee
that will not cease pushing the prop
osition before members of congress
and the war department until this OF
some other site has been selected. D.
w. Shoffner was elected president OF
the association and A. B. Sowell, sec
rotary. The executive committee, ap'
pointed by the president, is composed
of Jim Garrett, of Lawrence county;
w. w. O'Guinn, of Hohenwald; w. w.
Dyer and H. o. Fulton, of Columbia.
and E. Dan Smith, of Mt. Pleasant.
The president and secretary are ex-
officio members of the committee.
The most important action of the
meeting was the authorization of tele-
grams to Representative Padgett, Sen
ators Shields and Mcclellan, Gen. W.
P. Duvall and other prominent men in
Washington, urging them to permit
the selection of no site until the Lew
is territory has been inspected. The
telegram to the congressional delega-
ton was as follows:
"You are earnestly urged to use
your influence and enlist that of other
congressman in securing an inspec-
ton by the army board of the Lewis
county site for the army training
school. In our belief personal in
spection of the Merriwether Lewis
monument territory is all that is
necessary to convince them of the
superior advantages of this site over
others that are now being examined.
We petition for an inspection by the
board, remembering that Middle Ten
nesse has been ignored in the placing
of all army environments"
Similar kilograms will be sent to
Gen. Duvall and other prominent men
who, may have influence in determin-
ing the location of the site.
A letter from Gen. Duvall advising
the people of this section that twenty
other sites are being inspected and
that they should go to no expense to-
ward securing the land for this site
until requested to do so was read.
The report of the inspecting board
will be made by September 80, if some
action is not taken by members o.
congress to cause a delay until the
Lewis site can be visited by the army
board.
this morning, w. ]. Webster, j. A.
White and others commented on the
superior advantages Of the site for an
army training camp. Mr.. Webster de.
scribed the topography and general
conditions of the territory, but laid
especial emphasis upon the sentimen-
tai or patriotic phase of the matter,
showing that the government has new
er done anything to honor the mem
DRY of the great explorer and diplo-
mat, Merriwether Lewis, whose bones
were buried in the woods of the
region that is now proposed as an
army training school. This, he said,
should be controlling feature in at
tracing the attention of the govern
ment to this site, which has every
requirement that has been outlined by
the army board for a training school
Upon motion by Judge J. T. Nc
Knight, the organization was named
in honor of Merriwether Lewis, and
Hon. w. ]. Webster was requested t.
write history of Merriwether Lewis
exploration and d sath, to be present
ed with other data relative to the pro-
posed site of the school.
Hon. w. C. Whitthorne suggested
that the most practical thing to be
lone was to induce the army board
10 visit the site and it was upon his
suggestion later that the kilograms {
we're sent.
]. A. White, of Hohenwald, de- |
icribed the soil and terrain of the pro-
,osed site and said that the people of
lis town were ready to cooperate
With Mt Pleasant and Columbia in
Inything necessary to win.
w. ". O'Guinn commented on the
avorable features of the region and
aid that he believed the most imper-
ant thing to be done was to get an
Inspection of the site.
H. o. Futon, of Columbia. suggest !.
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