San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-09-16
Red Ties Says One Of Their
Members Equals 100
Second Lieutenants.
T O LUNCH D ALLY
Campaign for $60,O0 Ad-
vertising Fund for City
Getting Under Way.


Brigade held at the Chamber of
Commerce Friday afternoon by men,
bcrs of the organization that con-
Quoted the first campaign ever put
on in San Antonio TO raise large
budget for the local chamber.
Saturday morning General Ray
mond Phelps. commanding officer of
the Blue Tie Brigade. called his
staff into consultation iii the directors
room of the Chamber of Commerce
and began the mobilization of the
Blue forces.
The immediate cause of hOstilities
and the event that made it impossi-
Bile for the League of Nations to pre-
vent a clash between the two armies
was an ultimatum sent the Reds by
the Blue Tie Brigade on September
Is. In message of that date the
commander of the Blue forces called
upon the members of the Red Tie
Brigade to throw up their hands and
surrender their camp or else to con-
tinue organization at their own peril.
You will know us for We will
wear blue ties, and woe unto the
Red Tie who weakens," the message
states. "We promise you we will
secure more subscriptions and great
er amount of money than you and
that never again will those who have
challenged the supremacy of the young
manhood of San Antonio dare raise
their voices in egotistical chatter.
Accepted In One Minute.
I'VE acknowledge that the records
show you have done great things in
the past. but you must show us as
to the future"
less than a minute to accept the chal-
lenge of the Blues when they as
sembled at the Chamber of Commerce
Friday afternoon.
what do you want to do about
this natter" Commander Charles
Graebner asked his Red Tie workers.
They seem TO think they have the
thing all tied w with their general.
three brigadier generals. nine colonies
and four hundred lieutenants."
Il move We accept their challenge"
spoke up Red. "One member of
the Red Tie Brigade is worth
hundred second lieutenants of the
present school,
The Reds Immediately began to
mobilize their forces and an answer
vas dispatched to the commander of
the Blues. The Blues were notified
that there were no generals, colonies
and other high officers in their ranks.
just plain high privates fighting in
the ranks for a greater San Antonio.
I'VE expect TO wade right in next
Tuesday morning and 90 on across
with this needed fund for advertising
San Antonio" the Reds answer
states. "We are the fellows that
brought Harry Rogers here rs n
tourist, and a good many others of
the same kind who live here now.
We brought some of you young live
wires of the Blue Tie Brigade here.
We expect TO get enough money TO
make this the greatest 'Ad' campaign
San Antonio ever put on. and we
expect to bring whole lot more to
San Antonio just like you-maybe
better
And just to encourage you. we
expect TO let YOU raise ut least 10
per cent of this advertising fund.
BE Coed Little Boys
$50 be good little BOYS now and
see if you can't really do something
besides talk"
Red Tie forces already organized
include the following groups of work
ers: A. ]. Fitzpatrick. T.. J. Meier
and Carlton Adams; Adolph Grasso.
Gus Heyc. Ben NJ. Hammond and
W. NJ. Morgan: X. G. Perry. ]. II.
Savage and Fred Hummert Kearney
Mason. J. II. Compton and +. l..
Brown; w. III. Furlong and George
Potchernick; II. G. Pruitt. Fred
Reutzel and John 7. Wilson: III. !.
hayes. George e. Saur and c. V.
Birkhead; c. y. Wuest. Walter
Walthall and Frank A. Winerich
-; +. Colp. II. J. Miller and +. A.
Chapa: Hugh Mcclellan. Wallace
Carnahan and ]. F. Dolard; j. G.
Lucas. i. p. Hoefgcn and J. F.
! Fcntiman.
General Phelps has announced the
following Blue Tic officers: lack
burke. Percy Tyrrell and Tom
Etherldge. brigadier generals; y. H..
| White, Il. Neil Campbell. Harry
Leap, 2. b. Hill. Robert Schermer-
norm i. W. Benton. Gerald Melliff.
Thomas Iietherington and John Will
mans, colonies. The force of can
tains and lieutenants has not yet been
lull Y recruited. hut General Phelps
states that it will not be necessary
to draft any workers. A sufficient
number of volunteers can easily be
found. he said.
Two large thermometers will be
placed somewhere in the downtown
dlsrict during the campaign and will
snow the progress made daily. Lunch.
cons will be held each day at the
Gunter Hotel during the first week OF
he campaign, and at the st. Anthony
during the second week. The sue.
cess OF the campaign to raise 100000
to advertise San Antonio as a winter
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