| H. U. Wood Post 245, Seguin, Texas, was organized in 1920. The Post was named in honor of Army Private Horace Urban Wood, a highly patriotic young man, who was killed in action in France. Horace Urban 'Urb' Wood was born in Round Rock, Texas, on December 4, 1894. His family moved to Cuero, Texas where his father published the Cuero Record. The Wood family moved to Seguin, Texas in 1904, where his father, Horace Greely Wood purchased the Guadalupe Gazette newspaper. Urb possessed a bright mind and acquired a knowledge of the printing business while his father was publisher of The Gazette. In 1912, he left his brother, T. Vincent Wood to operate the The Gazette, while he went to San Diego, California, where his parents had retired. After a couple of years, Urb returned to Seguin and became editor of The Gazette in 1914 and held that position until 1917, when he entered the armed forces. Urb was accepted by the National Guard and was subsequently attached to Company M of the 141 Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division. Following training in July 1918, Urb's Company M, along with the rest of the 36th sailed for France. |
