Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-06-01
TEXAS LEADS
IN TRAINING
MEN FOR ARMY
There are 40 Camps and
Schools in State for Mill
tary Instructions.

Austin, Tex, June 1.-The training
Of hundreds of thousands of men for
military service in great environments.
camps and schools Of Instruction
within its borders places Texas among
the foremost states of the union in
military activity since the United
States entered the a There are ap-
proximately 40 camps and schools of
military instruction in the state.
Educational institutions Of Texas
are contributing their share in mill
tary activities. The University OF
Texas is one of six institutions in III
United-States selected by the govern
ment az a training school in military
aeronautics. A reserve officers train
ing corps also. has been established at
the university and courses in naval
architecture are being taught. In ad-
dition, a school of automobile and
radio mechanics with a capacity Of ap-
proximately 5000 students IL being
conducted under government super
vision.
men in military service. T~hirty-five
thousand of these are volunteers and
$4,000 have been drafted. OF the to-
tai approximately 10000 T in the
army. $500 in the navy and $500 are
marines.
Upwards of $500 Texans have been
commissioned n the army.
Practically 100000 exams in the
selective service are awaiting to be
called to training camps. b
A new national guard Of two
brigades of cavalry of three regiments
each and a brigade of infantry is be-
ing recruited. The new guard will
have 1880 men and 500 officers.
guard nay be ~federalized and placed
on the Mexican border to relieve a
number of regulars now there. Texas
has 900 miles Of international border.
The activities, of Texas have not
been confined strictly to a military
sense, however. Although than
fifty counties in the state have been
drought-stricken for upwards of two
years, a campaign for more food and
feed Production stimulated activities to
such an extent that many thousands
of war gardens and hundreds of acres
of previously u~nproductivey ground are
being cultivated. Hopes have been
raised because Of bounteous rains in
several sections of the drought area
ed to war work through every chan
mel open to them.
The Red Cross in Texas contribute
ed 1 900, 900 in the first drive for
funds made by hat organization.
Texas has invested more than
$3.50, 900, 900 in Liberty bonds. The
state subscribed $~42,305,250 in the
first Liberty loan campaign, $~66,045,-
$50 in the second campaign, and more
than $4,000, 900 in the third cam
paign.
In Y. NJ. c. A. work, Texas because
of the vast number Of men in train
ing within its borders shows unusual
activity. The state has contributed
$647, 900 in the two drives for Y. M.
c. A. funds. Fifty Texans.are in the
active service of the Y. M. G. A. in
France, it was estimated here, while
| within the state more than sixty
buildings for the entertainment and
comfort of the soldiers r being
maintained. In addition to these
there are a number of mobile z. M.
C. A. units constantly travelling the
border houses in small motor trucks
giving entertainment and service to
the man on border duty.
Texas also has contributed liberal
1y to every plan that makes Tor tho
comfort and enjoyment Of soldiers
abroad and at home. Libraries have
been stripped Of many choice volumes
might have interesting reading.
A law has been enacted creating a
prohibition zone Of ten miles around
all military camps or places where
soldiers are stationed. A so-called
"loyalty law makes it a felony for
anyone to commit a disloyal act or
give utterance to unpatriotic words.
and still another act forbids the
teaching of German in primary and
grade schools .E E