GREAT HONOUR.
Troops Called Out For Benefit
Of Australian Boys.
CEREMONY IN TEXAS,
(Australian and N.Z. Press Association.)
(Received 9.30 a.m.)
SAN ANTONIO (Texas), February 14.
Members of the Young Australia League were given one of the greatest honours ever conferred on any visiting delegation from the British 'Empire when, by the order of General Albert Bowley, a full parade of the Second Division of the United States , Regular Army, stationed at Fort Sam Houston, which is the second largest military district in the United States, was called out. The beys with their band, also the Union Jack and the Australian flag were given the place of honour on the right of the saluting base.
Evolutions were performed by all branches of the military, including the artillery, tank corps and aeroplanes.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 39, 15 February 1929, Page 7
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