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Left Yesterday
Over Southern Pacific for Camp Travis.
One hundred and seven young Negroes
left yesterday for Camp Travis to go into service for overseas
fighting. They represent the youth, vim and vigorous young manhood of the Negro race of Matagorda County and left the draft board headquarters singing, cheering, a happy lot, ready to meet anything anywhere.
Following are the names and places from which they were sent:
[The names have been alphabetized for your convenience.]
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Alexander, Ben - Bay City Anderson, Andrew - Bay City Austin, Jessie - Sargent Baines, Jim - Matagorda Baldridge, Sherman - Bay City Barnes, Isaac - Pledger Bell, Ben - Gainesmore Boone, Moses - Bay City Boone, Matthew William - Bay City Boone, Willie Benjamin - Bay City Bouldin, Henderson - Bay City Brooks, Cicero - Bay City Brown, Charlie - Van Vleck Brown, Philip - Bay City Bryant, Jerry - Bay City Chester, Amos - Van Vleck Clark, Willie - Bay City Clay, Irvin - Van Vleck Clay, Willie - Matagorda Cole, Osby - Bay City Collins, Johnson - Cedar Lane Crawford, Arthur - Markham Crawford, Frank - Clemville Dedrick, Albert - Bay City Edison, Jack - Wadsworth Edwards, Isham - Bay City Franklin, Eugene - Palacios Franklin, Leander - Blessing Franklin, Sylvester - Van Vleck Frazier, Lonie - Bay City Giles, Mola - Van Vleck Giles, Travis - Van Vleck Green, Jack - Bay City Harkless, Sam - Bay City Hasley, Tommy Edwin - Bay City Hawkins, Carey - Bay City Hawkins, Ellison - Cedar Lane Haywood, Johnnie - Kingsville Henry, Bailey - Bay City Higgins, Carey - Bay City Higgins, James - Pledger Jackson, Ben - Wharton Jackson, Sullivan - Bay City Johnson, Jacob - Bay City Johnson, Reginald - Bay City Johnson, Robert - Markham Jones, Cleveland - Van Vleck Jones, Matthew - Cedar Lane Judkins, Burton - Pledger Kemp, John Neal - Ashwood Lacy, Bud - Houston Lacy, Darrel - Lamarque, Texas
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Laddie, Sam - Ashwood Lewis, Walter Eugene - Matagorda Luddington, Calvin Luther - Matagorda Marshall, George - West Columbia Martin, Bill - Bay City Merchant, Mack - Cedar Lake Merchant, March - Cedar Lake Mills, Ben - Bay City Mills, Horace - Bay City Mills, James - Van Vleck Mills, Oscar - Bay City Monroe, Stanford - Pledger Morgan, Fletcher - Bay City Newsome, Charles Robert - Pledger Newsome, Sanders - Pledger Norman, Albert - Bay City Palmer, Lee - Pledger Parker, John - Bay City Parks, Clarence - Blessing Paul, Rugeley - West Columbia Powell, Gillett - Cedar Lane Richardson, Robbie - Bay City Roberson, Harry - Magnet Roberson, Joe - Matagorda Robinson, Ralphfel - Bay City Scurry, Atlas B. - Pledger Smith, Mack - Cedar Lake Specht, Aaron - Van Vleck Stredic, Walter - Pledger Surrell, Joseph - Bay City Taylor, Moses - Markham Thomas, John - Wadsworth Thomas, Robert - Cedar Lane Thorp, Lee - Bay City Washington, Edway Travis - Bay City Ways, Tom - Bay City Weldon, John - Bay City Wiggins, Loyd - Bay City Williams, Hearth - Bay City Williams, Jack - Pledger Williams, Jessie - Markham Williams, John - Markham Williams, Johnson - Pledger Williams, Matthew - Bay City Williams, Tom - Bay City Wilson, Lee - Bay City Woodard, Nelson - Cedar Lake Woodard, Thomas - Cedar Lake Woodard, Ward - Cedar Lake Woods, Will - Markham Woolridge, Abe - Bay City
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The Daily
Tribune, September 29, 1918
Following are the names of
thirty-one Matagorda County Negroes sent to Camp Travis yesterday,
where they will be inducted into military service. |
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Amey, Henry Anderson, Carey Anderson, Fred Archie, Isaac Boone, Levi Bouldin, Damon Brown, Louis Carter, Basil Tolson Clay, Lucius Clay, Oscar Donhoe, Willie Green, Sam Harrison, James Hawkins, Walter McKinley
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Jones, Pleas Lacy, Donald Martin, Bennie Morgan, Jack Pea, Granville Powell, Johnnie Roy, Tim Simmons, Lake Spradley, Sam Strauder, Basset Stredic, Andrew Thomas, Raymond Wiggins, Alfred Williams, William Henry Young, Charlie
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