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...marching" column stretched out for a mile and a half. It was kept in order with the help of radio networks, one relaying messages from Expedition Commander Major John A. Robenson in the vanguard to officers in the rear, another connecting the column with Fort Bliss at El Paso. When the caravan reached Terlingua the horses were unloaded and the cavalry proceeded under their own power 15 mi. to the Mexican border. A significant experiment in army transportation, the expedition indicated that U. S. borders could be protected by distant major posts, thus eliminating the cost of permanent border forts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Horses on Wheels | 8/21/1933 | See Source »

...running high jump was won by R. Robenson '05, whose jump of 5 ft., 10 1-2 inches with a four inch handicap, defeated S. S. Jones, N. Y. A. C., who jumped 6 ft. 1-2 inch. R. P. Kernan '03, with 1-2 inch handicap, cleared the bar at almost its final height, but did not secure a place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B. A. A. INDOOR MEET | 2/16/1903 | See Source »

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