El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-03
HOME GUARDS.
A Company Organized tO..PrOtect the
CITY.

guards. Payton F. Edwards was I'M
animOsly elected chairman, with P. j.
Edwards secretary.
Judge Edwards then said: 81 have
seen the beginning OF one war and
heard some of the big men make
speeches, yet they never went to fight,
ard L do not propose to be like them"
He explained the situation of the vol
unteers from Texas, aud how the only
four regiments called for were fully
organized, but he that there was also
possibility that the regiments already
called might not be full. Consequent
ly. if a volunteer company WAS prompt
ly organized thee might BE- chance
to go to the front sOop.
The first company was to be home
guard to protect the city in case of
need, each man to furnish his own
arms. Any man could enlist in both
mpanies If he so desired. The judge
said he had had considerable trouble
in trying to get license from the gov
ernor, but be had informed the ad jut-
ant general he company would be or
statement was received with great
cheers. He said there WAS not any
penalty for organizing but il had beeu
declar ed illegal by the statutes
The judge then called for three
cheers for Admiral Dewey which re-
sounded throughout the house.
There was no trouble in raising
company of home guards, and the fol-
lowing is list of those who joined asst
night:
Henry Allir, W. H. Austin, w
Black, J. J. Brurk, Walter Baird, W.
H. Burgess, Gus Buckler, G G..
Briggs, H. p. Bloom, Chas. Burns,
John Collier, j. Connor, o
G. Coles, Chas Davis, ,jr.,
Joe DOugher, Bill Dunmon, Robert
S. Davis, P. F. Edwards, w. Y. Ellis,
| W. Fassett, E. Grandover, N. S. Good,
Bob Harper, w. E. Hixon,J. Clio pes, E
B Jones, G. Jones, o. M. Jones. P aul
Jones, Core Kirschner, W. F. Kemple,
Little, F. Il. Lowe, J. S. Logan, S A.
Murray, Henry Newman, r. E. Nxi,
Arthur Owen, j. B Payne, D. M.
Payne, VIM. Rosing, W. J. Rand, S.
G. Ross. W. 81. Shelf A.. F. E. stephe a.
Sullivan, L. Sera, Henry Styror, II. G.
Schneider, T. H. Springer, q. S. ST W.
wart, Ram Trim bic, II. G. Taylor, Lois
Vidoe, W. H Webb, W. J. Watson,
E b. Washington
Judge Edwards was elected captain
without opposition. 1t was then de-
cided to elect thres lieutenan's, oae
officer in each ward. Will Ten
Eyck was chosen frs lieutenant, Carl
Kirchner, second lieutenant and w.
r and, third lieutenaut
An executive committee, consisting
of the four officers. vas appointed to
settle further tails and a M citing
will be held Wednesday night to re-
ceive the reporS.
The company of home guards WAS
easily organized. but some difficulty
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company of volunteers to proceed tC
the front. Very few of the no ne
guard company were willing to tender
their services to the Cover or with the
hopes of going to the front Oh the first
call.
There will be a meeting tonight Ell
the court house of those who have
all-and those who would like tC
in are requested to come to the cour,
house at 8 o'clock this evening. Il
should be borne in mind that these
volunteers are entirely different from
he home guards, and that the former
will be called to the front in case q
need, while the latter will only be tx.
pected to guard the border.
There was a large crowd of Ell Peso
people the Santa Fe depot this morn
ing to bid the local boys good-by. The
boys will go straight to Santa Fe, N.
M, where they will be organized &C,
cording to the orders of the Adjutant-
General. The Santa Fe waited for the
L. Il P. to get IN. as there were about
twenty five tOwb Us On the T. & P. on
their way to Santa Fe to join Teddy s
Terrors''. These were und 81 the COM
mand of Second Lieute ant Charles
Ballard, OF Roswell Most of the boys
| were off OF the ranches arou I'D Roswell.
Those who left here were w. A.
Mitchell, eX-driver of the hose cart:
Jonnny Kelly, who has been clerk for
Fassett & Kelly fer the past years;
Lew Gasser, the well known
plumber; Newt Stewart,
a local butcher, and G. G. Bendy, for
many years clerk in the Union Cloth.
ing store. The names If the Ros ell
boys could not be learned, as they were
so rushed to catch the traiu.
Johnny Kelly showed HERALD re-
porter a beautiful gold band ring which
was presented to him by the mem bers
of Hook and Ladder Co. No /, of the
local fir, depa; tment, last evening, as
a token of the high esteem in which
they held him. On the inside of the
ring appeared this lettering, ITO
Johnny Kelly, from Hook and Ladder:
Ell Paso, Texas" Johnny is justl,
proud of the gift and says that should
he get mortally "punctured" they
will know where be is from.
While Ell Paso has not furnished
many men so far, those who left this
morning will certainly show what sort
of stuff an Ell Pasoan is made of. The
Roswell boys are all robust, healthy
looking fellows, and will make good
fighters.
A gentleman by the pane of Curry.
brother of George Curry, who is get
ting up this regiment, and cowboy
named Krupp, both of whcm were on
this mornings train, got into an alter
cation and pu led their guns, but they
were disarmed before any damage was
done. However, killing is predicted
by many before the train reaches Las
Cruces, as both of the men are
"bad.''
At Las Cruces they will be met by
George Curry and a number of COW
boys whom he has picked up around
that place.
DR. Slessinger, the we'll known test
medium from California. who has
been in the city for the last four weeks