San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-12
Texas Legislature Wise
Enough to Grant Funds
for Brigade.
TROOP IS MODERNIZED
Wireless Will Allow Con-
slant Communication
Between Units.

of the Texas National Guard has pre-
dicted that cavalry ais coming back
s'9ito its own" in/so far as this state
is concerned. The general formerly
took an active part in Texas politics,
but during the past several years he
has retired fr..ss public life except for
his work as commanding officer of
! the 56th Cavalry Brigade, now taking
fifteen days intensive training ct
Camp Stanley, twenty miles north Of
San Antonio.
1.-The Legislature and the federal
4 government has been wise enough TO
! provide adequate funds for equipping
full brigade of cavalry in Texas"
General Wolters said.
"Instead of the old style method of
sending troops of cavalry into isolated
sections where they would be out of
communication with headquarters, the
modern national guard units are
| equipped throughout with radio send
ing and receiving apparatus so that
| they are never out of communication
I with each other no matter where they
go.
AT brigade headquarters, we have
a high-power broadcasting set capable
of being heard anywhere in Texas
4 under ordinary conditions. Besides,
each troop has receiving sets and each
! squadron, which includes three let
! ter troops, has a sending set using
4 code. dot and dash, which can be used
Y in the field without having wires
!. stretched for miles across barren prai-
ries."
I Saddle Packs Improved.
( Improved saddle packs have been
provided for the cavalry units equip
! ped with machine guns, the general
! pointed out. San Antonio has one
troop, Troop Is, seth Machine Gun
\ Squadron, part of the command of
General Wolters. All officers and men
of this troop reside in and around
/. the Alamo City.
"People who read 1.-The newspapers
!. have forgotten that since the war the
National Guard in Texas, as well as
4 a few other states, has grown to more
importance than ever before" General
kWolters said.
49, For instance. in case of a riot, the
4 adjutant generals department could
! send a troop of cavalry into the thick
of things in half an hour. This form
4 erly was not necessary. -.
Il mean by that, that before the
4 war, the commanding officer of the
j Eighth Corps Area was empowered to
\ call out federal troops whenever trou-
Bile threatened community, but now
. the regulars cannot be called out ex-
h cept BY executive order Of the Presi-
dent.
The red tape usually associated
with going to Washington for any
I thing is enough to discourage the aver
age business man. We have thou
sands of willing hands here at home,
ready to help uphold the law, and the
National Guard cavalry is ready TO
supply trained leaders, good horses
and plenty of equipment"
The general was highly pleased
with the showing made so far by the
more than $50 men in training. Rock
les" of a few days ago are standing
4 shoulder TO shoulder with citizen sol
diers of II and '1S-all in the ranks
to preserve that for which the heroes
A of Meuse-Argonne and Belleau Woof
y fell in France.
n Colonel S. r. ii. "Tommy" TOhp
II Kills, SOlOHtI w ID. tSNditS l@itu-
4 tenant Colonel Phillip Corbusier, of
d the regular army, who are at Camp
Stanley in the interest of training the
u Texans in finer points of cavalry war
: fare, also expressed themselves sur
n prised at the showing being made b.
4 General VOTERS command.
The guardsmen will remain in train
4 ing until August %, when they return
n Al pne,lae Canaro1 NAL
ters, officers now in training with
| their units at Camp Stanley are ar
4 follows:
Brigade general staff: Major Louis
-2Spavidson of Dallas. brigade execu-
4 tive; Captain Harry N. Johnson OF
N Eastland. brigade adjutant: Captain
Paul w. Taylor of San Antonio, train
4 ing officer: LIST. Lieut.. Frank l.,
Chapa, San Antonio. aide; LIST Lieut..
Joseph Il. Dannenbaum, Houston
4 aide; and Second Lieut.. Bruce NJ
h Galyon of Brennan, signal officer.
Brigade Headquarters Troop: Capt.
Il Edwin A. Gajeske and Second Lieut..
H William c. Dorbritz, both of Bren'
H ham.
d 10TH Cavalry Regiment: Col. Lloyd
+. Hill of Fort Worth; Lieut., Col.
Isurtut DtoOSOiSs tAtNuNNt olLiNSA. .
Il Dallas; Can't. Albert S. Johnston OF
d Dallas. training officer; Capt. Will
. liam Z. Cameron of Mineral Wells,
Il supply officer. and Second Lieut.. Lee
w. Keaton of Fort Worth, chaplain.
II These form the regimental staff.
Unit officers in the 18TH Cavalry
n Regiment are divided as follows Capt.
-velter Il. Pyron of Fort Worth. First
Il Lieut.. Glen Il. Smith of Fort Worth
1 and Second Lieut.. Winfield S. Town
Il send of Fort Worth. headquarters
troop; Capt. Emory p. Whitley Of
II Mineral Wells. First Lieut.. Ray Lee
man Of Mineral Wells, First Lieut..
! Leolin III. Gross of Mineral Wells and
Warrant Officer William w. Wood
/ ward Of Mineral Wells. service trOop,
First Squadron. 18TH Cavalry .Regi-
melt: Maj. Laurence +. MCGEE of
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