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Trial started November 1, 1917, Fort Sam Houston. The Houston race riot of 1917, also known as the Camp Logan Mutiny, [1][2] was a mutiny and riot by 156 soldiers from the all-black 24th Infantry Regiment of the United States Army, taking place on August 23, 1917, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred within a climate of overt racist ...
2. African Americans Irving " Ervie " Arthur (1903–1920) and his brother Herman Arthur (1892–1920), a World War I veteran, were lynched —burned alive—at the Lamar County Fairgrounds in Paris, Texas, on July 6, 1920. The event extended and amplified regional and national flashpoints for justice.[ 1 ][ 2 ] It happened just a year after ...
Between January and June 1918, 50,000 men arrived at Camp Travis, but departures aggregated 35,000. Early in 1918, the 90th Division received new men, many from Texas and Oklahoma, but transfers to Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma, Camp Hancock, Georgia, Camp Johnston, Florida, and Fort Sheridan, Illinois reduced
Doughboys of Company M, 359th Infantry, 90th Division, going in on the Argonne sector, Dombasle-en-Argonne, Meuse, France, October 22, 1918. The 359th Infantry Regiment was constituted for World War I at Camp Travis, Texas [ a ] on August 5, 1917 as a unit of the National Army. [ 2 ] It was organized in September and assigned to the 180th ...
English. The 24th is an American historical drama film co-written and directed by Kevin Willmott. The film stars Trai Byers, Bashir Salahuddin, Aja Naomi King, Mo McRae, Tosin Morohunfola, Mykelti Williamson, and Thomas Haden Church. It generally tells a story of the Houston riot of 1917. [1][2][3]
The 358th Infantry Regiment was constituted on August 5, 1917, as a unit of the National Army. [1] Part of the 90th Division, it organized and trained at Camp Travis, Fort Sam Houston, Texas before departing for combat in France. [1] After arriving in Europe, the 358th Infantry took part in the St. Mihiel, Meuse-Argonne, and Lorraine 1918 ...
The 141st Infantry arrived at the port of New York on 3 June 1919 on the troopship USS Troy and was demobilized on 3 July 1919 at Camp Travis, near San Antonio, Texas. Pursuant to the National Defense Act of 1920, the 141st Infantry was reconstituted in the National Guard on 3 December 1920, assigned to the 36th Division, and allotted to Texas.
In August 1917, Conrad was promoted to temporary colonel and assigned to command the 360th Infantry Regiment, a unit of the 90th Division, at Camp Travis, Texas. He led his regiment until June 1918, then was assigned to duty in Washington, D.C., with the General Staff Corps, where he remained until February 1919.