Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-07-11
IS CENTER OF
MILITARY ACTIVITY
Many Institutions Provide
Training For Men-state Is
Represented In Service.

dreds of thousands of men tor military
service in great cantonments. camps
and schools of instruction within its
borders places Texas among the fore
most states of the union i'm military
activity since the United States en-
tered the war. There are approximate
ly 40 camps and schools of military in
.struction in the state.
Educational institutions of Texas are
contributing their share in military
activities. The University of Texas is
one of six institutions in tn: United
States selected by the government as a
training school in military aeronautlcs.
A reserve officers training corps also
has beer established at the university
and courses in naval architecture are
being .ausht. In addition, a school OF
automobile and radio mechanics with
a capacity of approximately 5000 stu
dents is being conducted d govern
ment supervision.
Texas has approximately $4,000 men
in military service. Thirty-five tAou-
sand of these are volunteers and $4,000
have beer drafted. OF the total APP
proNimately 10000 are in the army.
$500 liz the navy and 1000 are
marines.
Upwards of $500 Texans nave been
commissioned in the army.
Practically 100, 1000 Texans in the Sc
lectiye service are awaiting to be called
to training camps.
a new national guard of two brigades
of cavalry of three regiments each and
a brigade of infantry is being recruited.
The new guard will nave IL, $50 men
and 500 officers. When organization is
completed the guard may 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 more than so coun-
ties in the state have been drought
stricken for upwards of two years, a
campaign for more food and feed pro-
duction stimulated activities to uch an
extent that many thousands of war
gardens and hundreds OF acres of previ-
ously ~unproductive ground are being
cultivated. Hopes have been raised be-
cause of bounteous rains in several
sections of the drought area.
Women of the state have contributed
to war work through every channel
open to them.
The Red Cross in Texas contributed
$1,000, 900 in the first drive for funds.
made by that organization.
Texas has invested more than $685.
100000 III Liberty bonds. The state
subscribed sac, sos, ESQ in the first Lib
erty loa-, campaign, s66,O45, $50 in the
EeCO2lN G1iiPot6A IN SAoii SCV,N
O00, 900 in the third campaign.
In Y. NJ. C. A. work Texas, because
Of the vast number of men in training
within it's borders shows unusual activ-
ity. The state has contributed S647, 900
in the two drives for Y. M. c. A. funds.
Fifty Texans are in the active service
of the Y. NJ. C. A. in France, it was es-
timated here. while within the state
more than 60 buildings for the enter
tainment and comfort Of the soldiers
are being maintained. In additio1 to
these there are a lumber of mobile
Y. Nj. 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 literally
to every plan that makes for the COM
fort and enjoyment of soldiers abroad
and at home. Libraries have been
stripped of many choice volumes that
soldiers on the western front might
have interesting reading.
A Law has been enacted creating a
prohibition zon Of 10 miles around all
military camps Or places where soldiers
! are stationed. A so called loyalty law"
makes it a felony for anyone to COM
nit a disloyal act or give utterance to
unpatriotic words, and still another act
forbids III teaching OF German in pri-
mary and grade schools