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Oral History Interview with Bob Schmerbeck, December 4, 2018

Description: Edited transcript of an interview with Bob Schmerbeck discussing his childhood, and talking primarily about family members who were significant to the history of Kerrville, particularly his relative Earl Garrett who died during World War I. Ahead of the transcript, there are copies of photos, clippings, letters, and documents.
Date: December 4, 2018
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Schmerbeck, Robert L., III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

Carl Thyssen During World War I

Description: Postcard of two men in military uniform standing on a wooden boardwalk in front of what appears to be a barrack. A ladder can be seen inclined on the structure behind the man on the right. Accompanying information indicates one of the men is Carl Thyssen, but has not specified which is which. They both wear lace-up boots, hats, and loose-fitting pants, but the man on the left wears a button-up jacket with multiple button-flap pockets, as oppose to the man on the right, who simply wears a long-s… more
Date: 1918~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society
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Oral History Interview with Bob Schmerbeck, December 4, 2018

Description: Interview with Bob Schmerbeck discussing his childhood, and talking primarily about family members who were significant to the history of Kerrville, particularly his relative Earl Garrett who died during World War I.
Date: December 4, 2018
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 55 seconds
Creator: Collins, Francelle Robison; Flory, Bonnie Pipes & Schmerbeck, Robert L., III
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: Kerr County Historical Commission

[Roll Call at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Tex.]

Description: A colored postcard to Mr. Ed Lauderdale, Von Ormy, Texas, discussing the sender's expectation for Lauderdale's arrival. The handwriting reads, "I will expect your arrival the last of this month." The postcard has a photograph of military personnel standing in Fort Sam Houston for roll call.
Date: [1917..1919]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Postcard
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Fort Sam Houston Bulletin 130]

Description: Bulletin reprinting communications from the US Army Adjutant General's Office for soldiers at Fort Sam Houston, regarding: carrying the Dempsey Code Book; the treatment of conscientious objectors; identifying and recommending soldiers for railway work; and a reminder for commanders on giving clear instructions for the number of rations needed during travel. At the start is also a note admonishing units and exchanges against maintaining excess funds outside of their allotted rations.
Date: October 8, 1918
Creator: United States. War Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Fort Sam Houston Bulletin 131]

Description: Bulletin from US Army Southern Department Headquarters discussing the disregard for appropriate channels of communication when troops send forms to the War Risk Insurance Bureau, instead of through their appropriate chains-of-command.
Date: October 9, 1918
Creator: United States. Army. Headquarters Southern Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Memo from L. R. Hare to Southern Department Finance Branch Quartermaster, December 23, 1918]

Description: Memorandum from Lt. Col. L. R. Hare to the Army Southern Department finance branch quartermaster explaining that no notation was made on certain soldiers' discharge certificates that they had received their final pay, and that he had furnished letters to correct this.
Date: December 23, 1918
Creator: Hare, L. R.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Fort Sam Houston Bulletin 136]

Description: US Army Southern Department Headquarters bulletin reprinting a War Department bulletin that outlines regulations for soldiers' private property, followed by amendments to orders on troops' accommodations, and communications from the Army Adjutant General's office regarding the stoppage of pay for absent soldiers, applications for Army commissions by employees of government offices, and a prohibition on the voluntary induction of soldiers registered before September 12.
Date: October 23, 1918
Creator: United States. War Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Fort Sam Houston Bulletin 124]

Description: Bulletin reprinting War Department special regulations 28, change 3, which outlines footcare regulations for soldiers, as well as letters from the US Army Adjutant General's office regarding a change to form 1010 "P.M.G.O.," a change to general orders number 82 section IV, and a reminder about regulation of Red Cross sweaters.
Date: September 30, 1918
Creator: United States. War Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Fort Sam Houston Bulletin 126]

Description: Bulletin reprinting changes to Army Regulations, paragraph 1165, which addresses discharge, as well as letters from the US Army Adjutant General's Office regarding: carrying ammunition on troop transports; naming an artillery battery at Fort Crockett after soldier Leonard Hoskins; application to Central Officers' Training Schools; and enlisted men sent to officers' schools.
Date: October 2, 1918
Creator: United States. War Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Fort Sam Houston Bulletin 136]

Description: Bulletin reprinting a communication from the U.S. Army Adjutant General's Office regarding the need for officers to familiarize themselves with a "Civil Rights Bill," which affects insurance policies, and to explain its provisions to their soldiers.
Date: October 29, 1918
Creator: United States. War Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Fort Sam Houston Bulletin 129]

Description: Bulletin reprinting several letters and memorandums from the US Army Adjutant General's office and other commands for troops at Fort Sam Houston, regarding: records of replacement troops; barring soldiers from listing "alien enemies" as beneficiaries; the allotment of benefit payments for soldiers under a suspended sentence or who are dishonorably discharged; and discontinuance of the War Risk Insurance.
Date: October 7, 1918
Creator: United States. War Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[Fort Sam Houston Bulletin 128]

Description: Bulletin reprinting announcements from the US Army Adjutant General's Officer regarding: screenings for the elimination of "mentally defective" soldiers; instruction of soldiers in French; applications for transfer of enlisted men; designation of general hospitals; and an amendment for the War Department Circular of July 11, 1918.
Date: October 4, 1918
Creator: United States. War Department.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library
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