Howard F. Ellis (left below) of 4374 Laclede avenue received the Veterns of Foreign Wars medal for outstanding citizen-soldier qualities, saluted the "sergeant" last time yesterday as the Citizens' Military Training Corps disbanded at Jefferson Barracks after a month's encampment.
Another view of Jefferson Barracks, located south of the city limits, an old government reservation which was a soldier camp when troops were mustered in to fight the Civil War.
The Sixth Infantry Regiment marching in review yesterday at Jefferson Barracks before Warrant Officer G. H. Bucholz, who announced his retirement as regimental band leader after 35 years of service in the army.
Members of the Congressional Committee, inspecting army posts on a nation-wide scale are shown with officers at Jefferson Barracks in a visit there yesterday afternoon.
Riding its new high speed mobile equipment a Sixth Infantry contingent pulled out of Jefferson Barracks yesterday morning for a test "march" to Arcadia.
Rough terriain is just the thing for these tanks, and if something like a bush or a tree gets in their way down comes the bush or tree, if the tree's not too big.
These light tanks were photographed in action yesterday at Jefferson Barracks they prepared to depart for Arcadia, MO., where they will be used in training a group of reserve officers in working out combat problems.
Mississippi River bluffs, described to Brown as "Elevated and healthy, surrounded by lofty forest trees and (with) a strategic location for the defense the Southern and days later Maj. Stephen Watts Kearney arrived with four companies of the 1st Infantry Regiment.
Last October, a 27--year-old unemployed welder was shot to death by St. Louis police who stormed his home when the man apparently went berserk after the shooting death of a friend.
A rare British Daimler MK2 armored car will be among World War II vehicles displayed Saturday and Sunday in the historic section of Jefferson Barracks County Park.
