El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-08
THIRD CAVALRY IS
WEARY OF BORDER
Men Petition For a Hike
Which VIII Take Regi-
ment to San Antonio.

The Third cavalry wants to leave 1T.
Bliss and go to san Antonio. The men
have filed petition asking that they
be sent on a hike so that they can get
to san Antonio before Christmas. Sew
eraI Of them call that city home, and,
besides, the men of the regiment think
they have done more border duty than
men of other regiments. They point
to the fact that this regiment has been
on the Mexican border three times
since the civil war.
= The Twenty-second infantry is still
at target practice on the rifle range,
beyond the camp, and it is expected
the men of the Eighteenth viii nave an
opportunity to show what they can DO
to the signbOards some time DeIore the
end of the present month
Ducharm Gets Kicked.
Peter Ducharm. a private in Z troop,
of the Second cavalry, got his race
mixed I'D with the heels Of his horse
and as a result he is minus several
teeth. The accident occurred at the
post on Thursday morning his Up
was cut and he had six stitches taken
in it. but that didn't seem to worry
him, for he smiled about it.
Capt. S. NJ. KOchersperger IS on duty
again as regimental adjutant. after
having been gone for several weeks TO
attend the funeral Of his mother IN
Philadelphia.
The officers are to have a hop in the
post hall on Friday night These
dances are invitation affairs
Band Concerts Nightly.
Band concerts are given IN the
Twenty-second infantry camp every
evening by the regimentaI band, and
the Second cavalry band entertalns
that regiment the same way. Popular
airs are played and the men crowd
around to hear the latest music
There have been no promotions in the
Third cavalry since the five companies
Of that regiment have been stationed
here. However, the other regiments
have been making up for it by promo
tions in their ranks. The recent ones
are:
second cavaIry-Cook Richard H.
RainviIle, to sergeant lance corporal
Robert Ray. to cOrpOral-both Of these
are Of troop N; privates John w. Pen
nington, Jack B. Hagan and Wilbur T..
Lockard, of troop Z, have been ap-
pointed cOrpOrals; lance corporal John
I. Zerbe, Of troop ID, to corporal; cor cor
pOral Henry G. Ponder, Of troop ID, has
been promoted to be sergeant, and cor
DoraI John Natl of troop G, has been
promoted to be sergeant.
TWenty-secOnd infantry-In company
E CORPORAL Louis c. Sauter has been
promoted to sergeant, and private Jo-
seph Zavidsky has been promoted to be
corporal; corporal Joseph w. Gtlllland
has been promoted to the post Of ser
geant. and lance corporal samuel NJ
Prentice has been made corporal
Eighteenth infantry-Private Thomas
Hale, of company D, has been appointed
corporal. In company A, corporal
Claude Fenner has been promoted to
the post Of sergeant, and in the same
company privates Geo A. Robbins, VIM
L Sitter and Ebert Robbins have
been appointed cOrpOrals.
Private Frank Williams. OF company
3. of the Twenty infantry, who
lost a leg as the result Of being run
over by a train at Fort Hancock sew
eraI months ago, is still confined in the
post hospital
First sergeant Paul Schickram. troop
NJ, Second cavalry, entertained the
married nOncommissiOned Of the regi-
ment and their wives at his home, at
his new quarters. on Sandy Drive, IN
cavalry camp. Wednesday evening, No
vember g. A musical program was
rendered by the troop orchestra