Show I 1 I 1 AS ze 14 z I 1 I 1 I 1 ne released leased by western newspaper union camp cavalcade i HAD figures in a cavalcade S of american history such are arc tile the men behind tile tho names of tile tho great army cantonments canton ments scattered all over tile the U united illicit states where americans are learning to be young soldiers in order to defend their heir country when tile tho need arises if the deeds of aman a man who served brilliantly in three wars can inspire his fellow amer icons then tho 11 men man who are arc 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 training ining nt at camp t shelby near hattiesburg 1 miss tl ti I 1 i k 1 i have ave plenty of cau cause so for inspiration I 1 for it Is I 1 1 named for colonel I 1 I 1 isaac shelby I 1 1 1750 1820 1826 born I 1 I 1 in ift maryland ryland but a settler in west isaac shelby ern virginia at the outbreak of lord demores Du moros mores war in 1774 ile ho fought in the historic battle of point pleasant but he won his greatest tame fame during the revolution as one of the leaders of the frontier riflemen who won the great victory over major fergusons Fergus ons british at the battle battie of kings mountain moving to kentucky after the revolution shelby was one of the trainers framers of tho the constitution of kentucky and in may I 1 1782 was elected first governor of the new state at the outbreak of the war of 1812 he led volunteers to help gen W 11 harrlson fight the british and indians in tho the northwest and tor for his bravery at the battle of the thames he was given a gold god medal by congress another revolutionary war hero Is immortalized in camp stewart near gagen daniel stewart born near the site of the camp in 1761 ile he enlisted in the patriot forceps forces at the ago age of 15 and serve served under dunder marion and sumter in south carolina captured by the british he escaped from a prison ship shap in charleston harbor and immediately med lately re enlisted in tho the fight for freedom after the revolution he I 1 served in several indian i wars ars and rose to the rank of brigadier gen eral before his fils death in 1829 louisiana has two camps named for notables whose careers were closely associate asso clat edwith with the hl his tory of that state I 1 they are arc camp claiborne and camp livingston S both near alexandria la william 11 charles cole clai I 1 borne 1775 1817 I 1 was a virginian I 1 and a friend of t 1 thomas jeff jefferson ri who persuaded him to study law ile he moved to tennessee where he became a member of the first tennessee constitutional convention and was elected to congress when the historic contest tor for the presidency between jefferson and aaron burr was thrown into the house of representatives for a decision claiboine cast the deciding vote tor for his friend on the thirty sixth ballot thereafter jefferson appointed him territorial governor of mississippi and in 1803 named I 1 him and general wilkinson commissioners to receive louisiana territory from france ile he became the first governor of the new Teril territory tory and finally united states senator but died before taking office robert it livingston 1746 1813 was a native of new york who was elected to th the e continental congress I 1 and was a member of the 11 committee ap I 1 pointed to draw I 1 up the declaration of independence ill elected chancellor of new I 1 york in 1777 and aw I 1 W again in 1779 he w W as the head of the it R livingston livings ton government vi p that state adman adain 0 tte the oath ot of to george washington w unitS 00 as first president of the united u 1 states ir l la in lm 1801 livingston as united states minister to france opened negotiations for the purchase from napoleon of the territory beyond the mississippi and two years later ater he and james monroe signed the louisiana purchase treaty he was associated with robert fulton in developing steam navigation eat lon and when e he retired to private life it was to his estate tate clermont for f or steamboat which fulton named his historic |