Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 297, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1920 — TEXAS ARMY TO MOVE ON CHANUTE [ARTICLE]

TEXAS ARMY TO MOVE ON CHANUTE

Orders to Prepare Chanute Field for 1 . ; Southern Soldiers being CarI , ried Out. .AH is hustle and bustle out at Chanute Field in preparation for the 'coming of'l,ooo enlisted men from Kelley field, Texas. | First Lieut. Mottley and Second I Lieut. Lundell, of Kelley Field, are expected here next week ,in advance 1 of the movement of soldiers to take I over the equipment and further preparations for the mast body of men which will follow in six weeks or two months. Major John M. Reynolds and 'Lieut. C. M. Leonard are scheduled to go to Barron Field, Texas. It is now definitely known that there will be 1,000 enlisted men, twenty-five officers and ninety civilian employes to com’e from Texas. * These ninety civilian employes, together with those already on the field will have- to seek accommodations in Rantoul, as all quarters on the field will be used by the officers and. enlisted men. \ It is up to Rantoul to take care .of these people, and that without profiteering, as the permanency of a mechanics’ school at Chanute Field will depend largely upon securing suitable quarters for the civilian employes. The Dorcas class of the Methodist. church will,meet-Tuesday evening at the church.