El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-31
COL. HUSTON SHEDS TEARS As He
BIDS FAREWELL To HIS SOLDIERS
Fighting Nineteenth" Goes
to Philippines, Leaving
Behind It's Grizzled Old
Commander.

Blowing taps from the back platform
or the last car, the regimental bugIer
Of the Fighting Nineteenth" babe an
official and final farewell TO Ill PasO
; and Fort Bliss as the troop train pulled
out of the union stauor yards at 2
O'Clock this afternoon for The philippines
and field service Standing on the con-
crete platform rs the headquarters hat
talon, band and officers were whisked
away by the big Santa Fe mogul en-
CINE, was Col j. F. HuS ION, for years
the commander Of this famous regi-
ment. the two stay at home subordinate
officers Of the regiment and The civil
ians and officers OF the military insti-
tute who had missed taelr luncheons to
say goodbye to the boys OF the Nine
teenth-
They are my boys and they are a
d@fine lot Of men. No better on
earth, said Col. Huston as he wiped a
tear out of his trigger eye with the
sleeve OF his service uniform. Those
same boys" ganged around their griz-
zled old colonel Just before the train
pulled out and the leave taking of the
commander who is about to be retired
for long and active service, and the
troopers who had fought with him
through the island campaign was pa
thettc- It was Col Illusions regiment
that was pulling away to the Philip
pines and as the last khaki clad non
com" waved his campaign hat from the
tourist car window to the colonel he
had fought under, Col Huston realized
for the first time that the fighting was
TO be done by the younger men and that
his honorable career in Uncle Sans
army was about to come TO close.
The Troop Train.
The troop train which was in charge
of Cant SqmI1a1 Far ucfs fo7
Of ten cars, two baggage cars. two kitch-
en- cars, five tourist sleepers and one
standard sleeper. The train was in
charge Of conductor E NJ Quinlan, OF
the Santa F'e. and ". P. Matchette. trav-
cling freight and passenger agent for
the Santa Fe, who will accompany the
soldiers 20 the coast Engineer z. FL
lis and firemen l. G. McKinnie were in
the cab of the big Santa Fe engine when
the train pulled out, while conductor
Quinlan was assisted in handling the
train by brakemen P. Stiles and e. W.
Howell This train and engine crew will
take the troop train as far as Afbu-
querque, where 1t viii be transferred
10 the coast division and run through
to San Francisco without stop.
The Officers Who Left
In addition TO Capt Burkhardt. the
commissioned officers in charge of the
headquarters battalion were. Capt j. NJ
Graham, Capt E. s. Walton, Lieut. ].
]. Miller. Lieut. William Screws, Lieut..
c. W. TillOtSon, Lieut. A g. Gutensohn
and DR.. J. s. Kennedy. Lieut. e c. De-
scbry and Lieut.. R c. Taylor were left
at the post and viii not accompany the
18th to the islands at present Lieut..
+. B. Terrell, who has been visiting at
Pasadena, Cal, will join the regiment
at San Francisco and Capt. A NJ Weth-
eran and Lieut. Julian Dodge will also
join the 18th at San Francisco, having
been recently married.
At Fort Bliss the battalion broke
camp at noon and after the baggage
was loaded on board and the troops
en- trained, the special train was pulled
down town TO the union station from
where the start for the coast was made
The military institute cadets turned out
TO escort the troopers TO the train and
the band headed the procession.
The 18th will reach San Francisco
Wednesday and will embark on board
the transport Sheridan for the islands
on February Is.