San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-19
ASK COOLIDGE
To COME HERE
DURING FIESTA
Washington Officials In
vited to See Balloon
Races.
WEEKS AND ROOSEVELT
Recalls Fact That a Presi-
dent Has Not Been
Here for Years.

Letters have been sent by the Sar
Antonio Chapter of the Aeronautica
Association, through DR.. F. L. Thorn
son. president. to national executives
in Washington, including Presiden
Calvin Coolidge, Theodore Roosevelt
acting secretary of the navy; John j
Weeks, secretary of war. and Gen
Mason NJ. Patrick. chief of the All
Service. extending an invitation from
San Antonio to be present for TIN
National Balloon Races. which viii
be held during Fiesta Week, on April
%, in this city.
The letter to President Coolidge ex.
plains San Antonio's effort to make
this race the greatest event eve.
staged by the Air Service, and states
in part:
"The citizenship of San Antonio
and the army camps and posts would
deem it great honor TO have you as
its guest during Fiesta Week, and es.
pecially on the day of the balloon
races.
The entire Southwest is waiting
to do you honor.
President of the United States has
visited the Southwest, and your pres
ence here would be a great inspira-
ton to the entire State of Texas.
Ask Teddy's Son to Come.
ave hope that you will accept our
Invitation and allow US to honor you
in way we feel is due the leader
of the great people of the United
States"
An Invitation was extended to
Harry NJ. Wurzbach. congressman
from this district. and Mr.. Wurzbacli
was asked to further extend this citys
invitation to the executives in Wash
ington. Mr.. Wurzbach is member
of the House Military Affairs Com
mittee.
The invitation to Mr.. Roosevelt re-
calls the fact that his father. Theo'
dore Roosevelt. made the Menger Ho-
tel in San Antonio his headquarters
in 1897. while the famous Rough
Riders were being organized.
I'VE believe that no national figure
today would receive a more cordial
and wholehearted reception that would
you," the letter of invitation from
San Antonio read. "for the name ot
Theodore Roosevelt is spoken with 9
little more reverence. if that he pos
sible. in San Antonio than in any
portion of the country. Many of our
citizens served with him, and still
more knew him personally"
Demonstrate Good Will.
The letter 10 Secretary of War
Weeks is based on the statement that
San Antonio would be honored to
have Mr.. Weeks as our guest. and
that Mr.. Weeks should seriously con-
slider the invitation because OF the fact
that San Antonio is the largest mill
tary post in the United States.
"YOur visit here would be the sig
nal for a reception that We believe
would please YOU" the letter from DIR.
Thomson stated. "and would at the
same time stimulate interest in the
regular army. We would greatly ap-
preciate the opportunity of demon
strating to you the very close CO.
operation and good will existing be-
tween civilian and soldier in San Az
tonio.r
General Patrick was assured that
the race on Anil % will be the
browning event Of the Air Service
program and urged him to consider
the invitation seriously because of the
fact that he is the chief of the Air
Service, for whom a program such as
the one planned for April % would
surely contain much interest.