What the well-dressed young man will wear at this year's Jefferson Barracks. A study in contrast between the former uniform at left and this year's neat outfit.
It looks like the old 138th but it is the St. Louis Officer personnel of the CMTC encampment at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas, which concludes a two-week period of training today.
A section of the student army at Jefferson Barracks donning campaign uniforms. Their paraphernalia was issued immediately after the medical examinations, which continued throughout yesterday.
With the military precision and snap of veterans Uncle Sam's civilian soldiers at Jefferson Barracks swung past the reviewing officers yesterday afternoon in the first regimental parade of the Citizens Military Training Camp.
Fire threatened to destroy the wooden roadway of the otherwise fireproof McKinley Bridge yesterday afternoon when about 100 feet of the under side of the north roadway near the center span of the bridge was scorched.
The Park Royal Apartments (also known as the President Apartments), fifteen stories in height and containing fifty-six large suites, has just been completed at 4605 Lindell Boulevard.
These men had finished their registration and were checking over their newly issued equipment as they rested in the tent assigned them. The lad at the left is stamping his number on one of his shoes.
The three-story building that has stood at the southeast corner of Grand boulevard and Olive street for almost sixty years is being torn down to make way for a new two or three story structure.
With their blue serges traded for khaki and their suit cases for duffle bags, these young men are on their way to the tent assigned them during their 30-day C.M.T.C. training period