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City News

TWENTY-EIGHTH ALL BACK NOW

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Second Section, Bringing Colonel Plummer and Six Companies, Arrived This Morning.

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MEN CLEAN OUT BARRACKS

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Third and Last Section, Containing Baggage and Field Equipment, Due Tonight.

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The second section of the Twenty-eighth infantry arrived at Fort Snelling from Fort Sam Houston, Texas, at 3 A.M. today. The first section arrived late yesterday afternoon. The third section, which consists of mostly of the heavy baggage, wagons, mules and other field equipment, will arrive about 7 P.M. today.

There were over 400 officers and men, including Colonel E. H. Plummer, the regimental band and Companies A, B, E, F, G and H, in the second section. The train was backed into the reservation on the St. Paul line spur and the men detrained at the fort.

Arrangements for the home-coming of the troops included the purchase of additional supplies by the commissary department.

Besides Colonel Plummer the officers who arrived this morning are, Major J. R. Lindsay, Captians Jerry Lynch, F. E. Bamford, J. M. Little and William S. Faulkner, Lieutenants E. H. Lowe, E. C Bankhead, Jerry Baxter, C M. Eastman, Thomas Heron, E. S. Hayes and C. C. Stokely and Dr. Maynard.

Immediately after their arrival the men began to clean up their quarters. Old clothes, left in the barracks when the troops were hurried off to the South last spring, were burned, and the quarters were given a thorough overhauling.

from Leroy (written in the margin)

Bond Paper:

Pay Department, U.S. Army,

POST PAYMASTER’S OFFICE,

Washington, D.C.

Notify this Office of any change in address, giving the name and regiment of soldier who makes the allotment.

Form 18:

ORIGINAL

Form 18.

Fort Snelling Minn, February 1, 1912

The undersigned hereby allots to Mr. Levi J. McGregor at 603 Main St. Punxsutawney, Pa, $15.00 per month, commencing with month of February, 1912, said amount to be deducted from his pay for Thirty (30) months.

Leon G. Baxter

(sgt) L. D ??assar

Capt 28th Inf. Comndg Co 7

To be forwarded to Paymaster General.

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Co. F, 28th Regt. Infty

Leon G. Baxter

September 28th 1911

Memorandum:

PAY DEPARTMENT, UNITED STATES ARMY

POST PAY MASTER’S OFFICE

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Memorandum for

Levi J McGregor,

Punxsutawney, Pa

This is to advise you that an allotment of $15.00 per month for 30- months commencing with the month of FEB 1912 19__, has been made to you by Leon G. Baxter, F 28th Inf

The first instalment of this allotment {was/will be} due on APR 1 1912 ist, 19__, as the law governing the payment of allotments requires that thirty days shall elapse between the end of the month for which the allotment is made and date on which same is paid.

The inclosed identification card must be signed and witnessed exactly as stated in the printed instructions thereon, and returned to this office before payment is made. The inclosed envelope, which requires no postage, may be used for its return.

This office should be promptly advised of any change of address.

All communications in relation to allotmentes should give the name and regiment of the soldier who makes the allotment, and be addressed to Post Paymaster, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.

Keep ~~RETAIN~~ THIS LETTER FOR FUTURE REFERENCE
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Leon G. Baxter to Levi J. McGregor May 3, 1912 Punxatawney, PA

Envelope:

Capt. S. Field Dallam.

War Department

Post Paymaster’s Office, U.S. Army

Washington, D.C.

Official Business.

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If not delivered return in 10 days

Levi J. McGregor

603 Main st.

Punxatawney, PA

Letter:

Fort Snelling, Minn.,

January 15, 1912.

Dear Friend Mr. McGregor:

I have just received your very welcome letter and was certainly glad to hear from you and to hear that you were well also as the both of us boys are.

We have been having several cold days here and have not been out of hte building hardley only on the necessary duties that we have to perform, it has been as low as 41′ below zero if I remember right, that is about as cold as I ever saw it get but we did not feel the cold as much I don’t think as when it was but about ten below zero for as it gets colder it seems to get dryer and as it get warmer it seems to get damper so we feel it more that is the only way I have of reasoning it out, it was about 20′ below one day and I went out for a walk in the afternoon and the sun was shining and I did not think that it was very cold and before I knew it my ears were frozen stiff and they did not feel cold in the least, and as far as LeRoy and myself freezing, there is no danger whatever for there are too many warm places in this city for us to freeze, although I am not thoroughly acquainted with St. Paul and Minneapolis I can go most any place in either city and LeRoy is learning the place as quick as could be expected although he don’t ever venture down to Minneapolis alone, for the streets run in to each other so much that if you do not look out one would be lost for fair.

About that banking, I will start next month and you need not send me the book but wait untill I send for it for the money will not be sent by me but by the Chief Paymaster from Washington D.C. and possilby you willhave to go to the Post Office and sign a receipt from him before you can get the check, I do not know exactly how they do do that business but all I want is a few blank checks or a check book so if I did want some of that money I could get without sending to you or the Bank for the blank check, but it is not necessary to send them untill after I get the money in the bank, I will send you an allotment application made out so that you can see how we do it and that is all that is done in this office, the War Department does the rest of it them selves, there will be one of these made out and sent to the Chief Pay master just like this is made out.

I was going to ask you about in one of my previous letters did you ever hear of a man by the name of George Baxter, in Punxsutawney? this is my father he used to work in or round that place but that was several years ago and I have often heard him speak of that place, I wrote to him and was mentioning LeRoys name and the place he lived and he ask me to ask LeRoy if he knew several people that he mentioned but I have destroyed the letter and dont remember the names now to save me but I will ask him sometime again when I write to him.

Well I will ave to close for this time wishing you a long happy life from your ever well wishing friend

Leon G. Baxter,

Corporal Company “F” 28th U.S. Infantry.