AGE TWO
TUESDAY, OCT. 3RD, 1916
THE NORTH CAROLINA
BOYS ON THE BORDER
The North Carolina troops are the
latest addition to toe border patrol.
They came to El Paso on nine trail.
They are at Fort Bliss more than
three thousand strong. They are a
splendid loiklng body of men and are
veil seasoned for the duties that aro
before them. The "Tar Heels," along
with others on the border, are liable
to serve out their entlistments before
returning home.
As Major General Tasker II. Bliss
assistant chief of staff. Inspects the
amps of regulars and militia, com
prising close to suty-flre thousand
aguardsmen and i.uo regulars, lit iiini
conditions much better than In tin- con
eentration camps at the time of tin
iSpanish war.
Food complaint which flooded tin
east for the first day or two after th
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania troop
began arriving wore little Justified
ven though the quartermaster's de
partment was almost swampcrl in put
ting adequate supplies In the posses
Ion of the rnpidly arriving contingents
at widely separated camps, while Ht
the same time shipping supplies to Co
himbus and Ilachita, N. M.. and nu
anerous camps la th district outside
!El Paso.
The guardsmen are being well fed.
many of them better fed than in civil
ian life. In quantity, quality and as
sortment their rations are no different
from those of the regular army. In
Sact, the militia masses are very much
more diversified thon those of the reg
nlars. for the milltlameu aro supplying
themselves with all manner of delU-a-cles,
while many a tent is equipped
with a private icebox and a supply of
cold bottles.
Except for forty members of a Mas
acbusctts company poisoned by eating
tinned sardines, medical officers report
little sickness.
Many of the complaints sent east nn
Aubtedly are due in lar;:e mpusure to
homesickness, from which, however,
most of the militia seems to be recor
r!ng.
Prizefights Held.
Three prizefights and a vaudeville
entertainment were given one evening
"by the men of the Seventh Illinois reg
linen t. Color Sergeant Joseph J. Gal
lagher, who was one of the divers who
Worked on the Eastland wreck, was
be promoter. The bouts were between
New Bwanson and Eddie peneke, both
f Company L; Itube Larson and Mer
ben Frame, both of I company, and
Danny Goodman of the First regiment
nd Pete Zanders of the Seventh.
Wife Sees Him Cooking.
The beat and smell of cooking at the
ffaard camp were oppressive. Squuds
f recruits drilled with great determi
aatiou. In every patch of shade weary
men and boys lay stretched face down
ward. There was something lu the air,
half realization of the things that bad
brought them all there, an uncertainty
f the things to come, which was so
perceptible that It seemed almost tan
gible. Even the Jokes seemed to ecrve only
a conventional substitutes for the
things that were not talked atout. But
there in the midst of It all a young sol
slier and his wife stood and laughed.
She had come to the camp expecting
to And him marching or shooting, and
he had found him cooking, or trying
to. Now, he was a particularly young
man. They had been married a very
few months, but she hod learned that
he disliked washing dishes, that be
could not and would not cook and that
fee was particularly averse to peeling
potatoes. And so she laughed, a Jolly,
thoroughgoing little laugh that was
foil of real enjoyment, although there
was a tenderness In it that brought. a
Clad smile to bis eyes and made It easy
for him to laugh with her.
the guardhouse woke up next to a rat
tler, the fact that the guard tent was
policed by clxht guards with bayoneted
rifles to the contrary notwithstanding.
There are from 100 to 80,000 Mexl
cans across the river. Ready believers
are found for each story.
The Maine troops at Iaredo are
equipped with four army type motor
trucks. The Second and Third Mis
souri regiments at Nevada are to bo
equipped with small motor trucks fur
nished by their friends. The First Mis
souri regiment and Battery A, both of
St Louis, aro the only troops seen
without this modern equipment, and
the question Is asked, "Why doesn't St
Louis back Its soldiers?"
Letter From Illinois Guardsman.
Fifteen minutes is a short time in
which to fall in love, but when a troop
train pauses in a Texas town and a
pretty girl, with the tan of the prairies
on her cheeks and a sombrero almost
biding tier yellow curls, comes to the
car window and but read what Pri
vate Eugene I Pine of Company I.
Second Illinois Infantry, baa to say
about It:
10 a. m.. Fort Hem Houston, July T, Mil
Arrived hrre last Sunday after a O
hour ride. Found out this town to be
better than "ilrn(ro: More place of en
joyment. On our trip slrls through bou
quet of flowers, flam and all sorts of Sov
elffnera. One youns- lady from Cameron
Texas who struck my faclnatlon li to be
come my wife ns soon aa my time expire.
I have met her on the way to Ft Sam
Houston. Our train stopped nt tills town
for 15 mlnutf. Have been corresponding
with her every day and some times get
two letters per day.
Monday went nwlmmlng; Uncle Sammy
has plenty of showers; In the evening for
a pass time we Initiated all the rookie
such as send him coal for the rifle range
and Hanging Clothe on the skirmish line.
Most of the boys have not gone to town
aa the Government have not yet Issued
all of the clothing. U. 8. Is particular
how he send hi boys to town.
One morning our battalion took a seven
mile walk with a full equipment and the
boys felt fine on there returns!. Later
got lemonade, All the boys are wishing
to see real service and send to the border
or even In Mexico. They have got accos-
tomed to the climate. In the morning we
bad Inspection of our entire outfit. No
boy in our company have made many
friends amongst the Civilians. All of the
Illinois Infantry are In town. The 8th
colored was the last ts .arrive, who came
in one night about 8 o'clock.
3 On the train coming here our Company
yelled a song at each town which
orrlgtnated by myself:
Rlckawacherl Fire Quaker! Zlffl
Boom! Bah! "Company I."
Company I!" Rah! Itah! Rah!
Rough, tough: we don't take a bluff.
Always fighting, and can't get enough.
On the trains wore printed In large
letters:
of water or eating prodigious smouDts
of food are comparatively common
about camp, a number of men having
in this way sufficiently amplified their
weight to meet requirements, but one
day, according to the latest story, a
Cincinnati guardsman was a half Inch
lacking In height and knew it. ' He
knew others had been rejected for no
more serious defects and decided not to
take the chances.
Out behind a shower bathhouse, ac
cording to the story, o stalwnrt mess
mate of the guardsman applied a
broom handle. In n half hour, when
the man wos called for examination,
two well developed bumps on the
trooper's cranium got him safely by the
man with the nieasur'.nj apparatus.
GET VILLA OR BUST!
COMPANY I THE GO GETTERS
And a long side of ft a picture of Villa'
weaa.
PRIVATE EUGENE LA PINE
P. S. Corporal Rude has been offlcIallT
elected washwoman of our squad. He Is
braking In the rookies to his proffsion.
Private George Kern captured a wild
man while on guard. (A wild Insect
which -was crawling beneath his shirt.)
Bids Another Ooodby,
With tho departure of the Second
Indiana regiment, only the First In
fantry, the field hospital company and
ambulance company No. 2, recently
recruited, will remain In camp at Fort
Benjamin Harrison.
One officer in the Second and 200 en
listed men were disqualified by phys
ical examination. ' Second - Lieutenant
Orval St C'lalr of the Spencer com
pany failed to pass tbe examining
board The board qualified fifty-two
fflcers and 84(1 enlisted men. One
iiundred and thirty-four recruits have
joined the regiment, which makes the
total fifty-two officers and 000 enlisted
jnen.
Colonel Coulter had a bit of patriotic
sentiment woven into his camp experi
ences. An elderly woman, a Mrs. Cole
man of Indianapolis, called at his bead
quarters and expressed a wish to say
goodby to him before his departure.
"I bade your three uncles goodby
when they started for the Mexican war
back In the forties jhe said. "It
waa at Washington. Ind., and I knew
them very well. I am seventy-five
yean old. but I have com out here to
ay goodby to you before you, too, start
for Mexico."
The colonel and Mrs, Coleman sat
down for a chat, and their talk drifted
to the stirring days when Mexico and
the United States last met in battle.
Want to Be Beleased.
Captain II. Q. Pickert, Troop B,
Michigan cavalry, of Detroit said that
nuiulier of men had asked for re
leases, lie said that a percentage of
the cases were not in the least deserv
ing.-'
Many parents are showing the worst
patriotism and Judgment imaginable,'
he said. "They do not Interest them
selves In the mora! or physical welfare
of their children as long as neither in
terfere with their own pursuits, but tle
minute the children are called to the
colors tley Immediately begin every
thing imaginable to bring about their
releases. It is n flue thing for the boys
to get this military exierience, both
physically and morally. They get ex
actly the same food as we do."
In preparation for service at the
Mexican border a number of Michigan
guardsmen and officers have been tak
ing '-lessons - in Simnlsh. Maxwell N.
Roseau of Letro!t Instructs six classes
dally. .
Humor Factory Actiye.
The rumor factory Is in full blast at
Laredo, where St. Louis men are In
ramp. The regulars are delighted to
toff the militiamen full of alarming
reports. Hills are pointed out to the
men, and they are told that tbey are
Mexican hills and that French seventy,
five centimeter guns are trained from
behind them directly on the ramp. The
gamp la worse than Alton for animal
tacitsv A man who spent the night la
Mexicans Are Scared.
A young ' German came across the
border from Mngdalenn. In the state of
Sonora, to the camp of the California
trooim at Nogules. lie said that the
Mexicans down there were almost in
spnsniH 'of alarm over the military ac
tivity In Nogales. Ho said one of the
Mexican papers came out with an ex
tra edition In which it was stated that
the .Americans "had .40,000 troops mobi
lized nt Nogales and were about to
cross Into Mexico.
The German said that General Callos
had about 2(.hi soldiers scattered
around through Sonorn. Most of them
were In relatively small garrisons.
They seemed to have enough to eat. but
they were carrying guns of every
known variety and seemed to be shy on
ammunition.
lit -Nognles one end of the town Is
Mexican, the other Is American, The
rhlef Mexican business street runs at
tight angles to the Broadway of the
American, side.
On one side of the street, walk the
American sentries, hugging the shade
or the store buildings. Sentry duty on
the .Mexican side seems to be a matter
of inspiration. Occasionally you see u
faFbuekT riding on a cOwpYmywITIi a
rifle across his saddle pommel. In the
middle of the street on the Mexican
side Is a funny little guardhouse. Tan
entry usually alts fn the open window
with his feet dangling outside smoking
dobe cigarettes and looking unutter
able things at the American. Once In
awhile a stray shot gets on the wrong
side of the border. Then the Mexlcnu
commander gets excited and blames it
on the American custom house officers,
and they blame It on him, and finally
the Mexican commander compromises
by blaming It on the Amercon newspa
pers. Heroic Treatment Win.
The prise winning story of how
Ohio guardsman "got by" federal ex
amining officers waa told In camp.
Tjlas of ama drinking Jjjjj Quaz&tlea
Battle With Soorpion.
Colonel Kdwln Hunt, who Is an Oak
land (Cal.) business man when h Is
not commanding the Fifth California
Infantry, had a successful engagement
with a large scorpion, which he de
clares was yellow, with pink stripes.
Tho colonel's only proof Is hie word
that he fired a volley of ahoes and that
the enemy retreated.
Major L. M. Farrell of San Jose also
boasts of an experience. When he
woke up one morning he found a horn
ed toad enjoying half of his pillow.
He exhibits the remains of the toad as
proof that he was successful in the en
suing engagement.
Army officers place no credence In
the story of the CaHfornla private
whose hand was blown off at nildnt?bt
and who claimed he was assaulted by
some person, presumably a Mexican,
with a bomb. It is believed he acci
dentally exploded some dynamite caps
and sought to make his Injury appear
as having been received In the line of
duty.
Georgia Men Happy.
Georgia's army taking the field has
produced an abundant crop of Bongs
war Kougs. 'comic songs, semi-religions
songs, songs that are sweet, songs that
are sud. Some are sentimental, some
nonsensical. Some are rollicking, oth
ers are plaintive. Some are of whole
cloth, and some are parodies.
Some you can understand, and some
you can't Some are tuneful, and some
resemble chants. Each camp has Its
refrain, each band Its anthem. Troop
F, Second squadron cavalry, nightly
serenades the auxiliary camp occupied
by the cavalry and artillery with a
camp meeting aria of mountain origin.
The mountaineers are big, burly
specimens of manhood. Their voices
are trained to range over hill and Tale.
It Is the possum hunting voice that
can be heard over the midnight baying
of a group of possum hungry hounds.
Troop F gathers each day at sundown
in the tout of Its comic opera division.
Troop X. and sings.
HUGHES
SAYS:
WORDS
vs.
DEEDS
'
WILSON
A CHRONOLOGICAL OONTRAST
Compiled From Newspaper Reports
AUGUST 6th.
Chicago: ."If anything In this cam
paign Is real It Is the ques
tion whether we want words
erection ..As I was 100 per
cent Judge I became 100 per
cent, candidate."
Washington: President Wilson wins
his fight for a bigger navy at
White House conference with
heads of Senate and House com
mittees. Senate passes Child
Labor bill.
AUGUST 8th.
St Paul: "Reasonable adequate
preparedness, is a primary na
tional duty and if I am elected
I propose to see that that duty
la discharged to the credit of
the American people."
Washington: The IVraocrntlc riouse
of Representatives adopts th
confereuce report on the Army
Appropriation Bill, the first of
the President's defense measures.
AUGUST 10th.
Fargo, N. D. "If elected I should Washington: The White House an
devote my ability to serving nounces that the President will
the United States." not take any of the govern'
ment's time to answer Mr.
Hughes' attacks.
AUGUST 11th.
Bismarck, N. D.i "I am keenly
aware of the Importance of our
agriculture prosperity, and I de
al re to do all that can be done
to promote that prosperity."
Washington: President Wilson
signs the bill making appropria
tions for the Department of
Agriculture and containing three
measures designed to Improve
market practices and the stor
age and financing of crops.
AUGU3T 12th.
Helena, Mont: "The present ad- Washington! Secretary of Com
mlnlstrutlon Is to a very great meree Redfleld makes publlff
extent a sectional admlnlstra- figures showing that half hit
Oon." staff Is composed of Tuft ap
pointees.
AUGUST 13th.
Spokane: Mr. Hughes rest from Washington: President Wilson, to
his arduous work of criticising avoid a natlon-wlde railroad
the deeds of President Wilson'a strike, calls representatives of
administration. the unions and employers to
the White House.
AUGUST 14th.
Spokane: "I am desirous that this
matter of the tariff should be
attended to without abuse."
Washington: The Senate approves
the administration's revenue
' bill providing for the creation
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AUGU8T 15th.
Succumbs From Heat.
The fierce heut lias affected several
of the Massachusetts men In El Paso,
but none of them seriously, except Pri
vate Timothy Finn of Company B.
Ninth regiment, a former member of
the Lynn fire department lie is in
the hospital under observation for de
pressive mania.
Finn was found acting strangely and
taken In charge by the medical offi
cers. Later he escaped from the hos
pital tent and set off for Mexico on the
run, pursued by Private Frank J.
Green, formerly in Carney hospital,
and Sergeant John Murphy of the san
itary troops. The guard wascaHed out
to take up the chase. Finn was climb
ing over the wire fence of the boun
dary when he was caught Two Texas
rangers rode up at full speed and
trained 'their .rifles on the adobe huts
tn Mexico to guard against snipers
while Finn was being subdued.
eattlet "If we ever fall so low
that we will not protect our citi
svens we might as well haul
down the flag. I uin not too
proud to fight"
rM virawnT niT.TiNrnn ranis
of a non-partisan tariff comm.- BOOrINO y CRIMP rooFINO, TIN
EOOFINQ, GUTTERING AND
SPOUTING; CHIMNEY PIPE, BOTH
ROUND AND SQUARE; WELL TUB
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Washington: The House of Repre
sentatives adopts the Senate
amendments to the Navy Bill
calling for the building of six
teen capital whips within three
years.
AUGUST 16th.
Portland, Ore.--Tt would be a
breach of trust for the United
States to abandon the Philip
pines at this time,"
Washington: The U. S. Senate
passes the Philippine Bill en
franchising 600,000 men and re
taining guardianship over the
Islands until they can establish
a stable government
" ", AUGU8T ITtK
ftoseburg, Ore.i "We must be sure Washington: President Wilson, find
that we do not leave unused the ing the railroad managers have
national powers which will give not full authority, summons th
us national prosperity." railroad presidents.
AUGUST 18th.
San Francisco: "The people are en- Washington: The Child Lsbor SIM
titled to the very beet" is adopted by the House and
goes to the President, who had
urged Its passage. 8enate passes
Shipping Bill.
AUGUST 19th.
Oakland.: "Wherever we have the
government represented In regu
lation and supervision It must
be a regulation and supervision
that is really expert and square
with the facta of business life."
Troopers Honor Colonel.
Colonel Foreman of an Illinois regl.
ment was the recipient of a mark of
appreciation from bis troopers. The
first sergeants of the troop presented
him with a-testimonial slgued by every
soldier of the first section. It read:
'"Realizing, that We have been given
exceptional accumiiiountions on our
Journey and knotting that it is to you
chiefly that we owe the comforts of
this trip, we. the enlisted men of the
first section of the First Illinois cav
alry, desire to express to you, our colo
nel, our most sincere appreciation of
your efforts in our behalf,"
Washington i xne House passes
the Administration Shipping Bill
designed to create a naval auxil
iary and naval reserve and build
tip an American merchant ma
rine to meet the requirements of
the nation's commerce.
AUGUST 21st
San Diego "I believe In preventing Washington: President Wilson re
children from oetng drawn too ceives hundreds of letters com
early Into the hardships of In- mending him for his success-
dustrlal life." ful fight against child labor.
AUGUST 22nd.
Somewhere In California: "Mexico
Huerta i policy ' recogni
tion Intervention shame
r -weak conduct
: American citizens bul
lets border wrong
trouble Administration
Huerta "
Washington: President Will
Didn't Eat the Chocolate.
Josepbus Jackson, the porter m charge
of the line officers' car on a New York
train, has n iwerful respect for "irmy
chocolate." The kind they have been
eatbig day after day, his passengers
have told him, is treated to make them
fight.
Lieutenant George B. Hall of Com
pany B offered a piece of the chocolate
to Josepbus.-. The porter reached out
his hand, then thought of the terrible
possibilities' should be yield to the ln
fluencc.ofJbeJghtlnK driig and Joln ln
the impending engagement at llrowns
Tllle..' .
"No. sah; no. sah!" he cried. "Ah
don' want to get mean Jes now."
Bad Cojds From Little Sneezes Grow
. Many colds that hang on all winter
start with a sneeze, a snlfle, a sore
throat, a tight chest. You know the
symptoms of colds, and you know that
prompt treatment will break them up
Dr. King's New Discovery, with its
soothing antiseptic balsams, has been
breaking up colds and healing coughs
ef yoang and old for 47 )iears. Dr.
King's New Discovery loosens tfce
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HOI
names Secretary ef the Interior
Lane, Ex-Judge George Gray snd
Dr. John R. Mott, as members
ef the Joint American-Mexican
commission to settle peacefully
the differences between the
countries.
AUGUSw 29rd.
Reno, Nev.: "We can have peace Washington: The United 8tates
without trouble In this country." Senate repasses the Army Ap
propriation Bill
AUGUST 24th.
Ogden, Utah:- "Let us brace our
selves for the new era. Let
us maintain the honor of the
American name. Let ns get
the driving force of patriotic
sentiment
Wash In gton : A t Presl dent Wilson's
urging the Democrats in the
House resolve to push, the fight
for a non-partisan baft board
to meet new trade tfdtkfitlons
after the war.
AUGUST 25th. , r
Cheyenne, Wyo.t "I ballere .". Washington: The House concurs
ought to have compensation acts In the Senate amendments p
wisely and fairly provided In the bill providing for cWJtfch
order that those Who work may Ration of workmen injured whfit
be assured of proper protection." tn government service.
AUGUST Mth.
Denver: "I do not think there hap Washington tThe Federal Reserve
been In many years a campaign
lei-
Board's weekly statement shows
f an Inorease of mere than
400,000 In the total earning' as-
sets ef the member banks.
In which business men, eofle
tous for the future ef the coun
try, should feel or have so deep
an Interest."
AUGUST 27th.
etee Park, Cor.! Mr. Tlugben Washington: President Wilson COB-
goes into seclusion to rest rrom rers witn Democratic leaders
' the arduous laboff of his cam- about plans to save country
paign criticisms rrom a railroad strike.
- AUGUST 28th.
Setes Park, Colo.: Still resting Washington: President Wilson stm
a me of folf posing for laboring to avert a railroad
monnr. picture men a mud- strike, decides to go before Coo-
eale In the evening resting. frees and ask pf arfcltrtuoa
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AUGUST
Estee Park, Colo.: Mr. nughes
from a mountain top 10,000 feet
above the sea obtains a bird's
eye view of the "Inactivities" ot
President Wilson's Administration.
fasMngton: President Wilson asks
Congress to ensct legislation te
avert a railroad strike. The
President completes his prepar
edness program by signing the
Arm)L - NavyAppropristlon
a. He also signs the Phllto-
Ou Bus dees Builders tor results!
Bill
' ' vine Bltl and the new Bill ef
Lading Measure.
AUGUST SOth.
Istee Park, Cole.: Mr. Hughesere- Washington: Wood row Wilson still
freshed by his four days rest "esi the Job In Washington-
prepares to resume his task of 100 per tent President
betnf 100 per cent candidate. -i .... - - ' - :
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