El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-05
BARRED
FROM PRISONERS
None Permitted in Mexican
Camp; Capt. Bowie May
Not Be Tried.

Z - q IL 1900
Z No liauor is allowed to enter the
camp of the Mexican federal prison
ers at Fort Bliss. Everyone entering
the camp is searched and last week
{ two Mexican women were searched and
liquor was found upon them They
{ were excluded from the camp and the
tequila cOnfiscated-
cavalry, may not have TO go to trial
after all His case, which was sent
I back by Gen Tasker H. Bliss for re-
consideration, was recOnsldered by the
court wednesday and It's opinion was
not changed The report Will again be
forwarded to the department headquar-
tiers at Fort sam Houston, and, un-
less the court is instructed to go into
the trial of the case It viii be dropped.
West president Of the court; Col. 4. D.
Read, I'd cavalry attached. LL-CoL A.
c. MacOmb, 9Th cavalry. Maj. Geo. W.
Read. 9Uh cavalry: Nal John s VIM,
Dorsey Cullen and John p Wade, I'd
cavalry. and Geo. B. Pritchard, 9Th cav
airy, while Capt j. NJ Burroughs. I'd
cavalry, is judge advocate o. r. Bar
Der, OF Valentine, and r s Ross, OF
Fort Hancock, came up to attend the
court as witnesses
Rebuilding Circular Road.
Col Frank West, of the % cavalry.
/ is bound TO make name for himself
as a road builder. Having finished the
road approaching the fort, ne IS now
having the circular road. which runs
past the officers quarters and around
by post headquarters and the barracks,
torn up and relaid- This is to make 1t
William Kenney. squadron sergeant
major of the I'd cavalry, is all smiles
because a baby girl was born 70 MIS-
named Minnie Eunice-
Corporal Frank R WOmer has been
troop K; private Edw- Vert, of troop
A. has been appointed corporal and
assigned TO duty with the machine gun
platoon. Private Roe W Garland mas
been appointed corporal OF troop J.
Troops G and II are out on the rifle
range at practice daily and are going
through maneuvers on the range
Three cars containing 81 horses for
the ID cavalry arrived at the fort We'd
uesday, and battery g, Of the 6th field
artillery, expects 70 receive some next
Examination for Gunaers.
Next Tuesday an examining board,
composed Of MAJ Nanus McCloskey,
Capt Clarence y Jones and Lieut.
Robert G.. kirkwood, of the Sd Ileld
artillery, viii arrive from Fort sam
Houston and will examine class OF 80
men as TO their qualifications as gun
ners- 1t viii require about three days
to complete these examinations
The battery went on p mile nike
out to the tin mine Wednesday morn
ing. taking their guns with them and
making the round trip in four hours
and 20 minutes.
1
, by purchase Wednesday.
Two sergeanrs of company /, OF the
signal corps, stationed at Fort Bliss,
have been ordered TO duty with com
pany l. which is on duty at Fort Nc
kinley in the Philippine islands Ihey
are; John H. Kirby and Mont l. Fine
Corporal Roy l. HOuN is also to &C
company them They viii SAL on the
army transport which leaves san Fran
cisco early in July Sergeant James X
Taylor who is on duty with company
L at Fort Mckinley. viii then come to
Fort Bliss and viii be assigned to
company J.
Personnel Of New Court
The new court which is trying the
cases OF enlisted men is in session at
Fort Bliss and is composed Of: Col
Robert D. Read. cavalry. MAJ John =
VIM. ID cavalry, Capt. Charles w.
FentOn, ID cavalry Capt John p.
w ade, ID cavalry capt dorsey cullen,
I'd cavalry. First Lieut. John W Sher-
wood, medical corps; Second Lieut..
Frederick $. Snyder, ID cavalry; Sec
First Lieut.. Joseph +. Taulbee, ID cav
airy, judge advocate
Rifle Competition
The Southern department rifle and
southern department revolver compe-
titiOns for 1913 of the troops stationed
in the Southern department will be
held on the Leon Springs target and
MO as follows.
The preliminary practice of the rifle
INAlA Aie-AALAll4 Al- AAa4A44AE A4g 10 W IA re
followed IN order, and without IN
necessary interruption by the rifle
competition, the preliminary practice
of the revolver competition and the
revolver connection. The latter will
be completed on or before July % The
camp viii be known as camp j. W
Duncan.
Enlisted competitors in the rifle
competition and the officers who are
designated, also those officers and en-
listed men who are distinguished
e r. g.
who desire TO compete for places on
the army rifle team. viii be sent by
ttle-I IeSpeCLL poSL cOIllllle.ilueIS IN
time to report TO the commanding OH
Ger at camp Duncan on July Is For
the revolver competition they will re-
port to the commanding officer at
camp Duncan not later than July %
Each enlisted participant will take
with him his dress and service uni
forms. necessary blankets, mosquito
bar, field mess kit service rifle or re-
VOlyer, as the case may be, and his
field equipment Communication of "a
lions at the rate of $3.50 per day viii
make the journey TO ard from the
Payment of Troops.
Payment of troops in this department
on muster Of May 81, viii be made as
follows.
BY Capt. John F. Preston. quarter
master corps, accompanied by pay
clerk H A. NiOlland. in person at Fort
Mcintosh, Tex. Fort Bayard. n. NJ,
and troops in the field along the south
ern border of Texas and New Mexico
BY Capt. John A Wagner, quarter
master corps, in person, accompanied
by pay clerk = H. Francis, troops in
the field along the southern border of
Arizona. by express. Fort Apache. AriZ.
Capt Arthur =. Watts, Quartermas-
ter corps, in person accompanied by
pay clerk H. =. Wilson. troops in the
field in the city of FL PasO, Texas, and
at Anapra. y. NJ
Capt. Watts has paid out $4,000 to
the men of the ID cavalry for the
month Of May. Capt Watts completed
paying at the post Saturday and has
been paying the men stationed at the
bridges and at Washington park Capt
Preston is expected here about the 18th
TO pay the men on the border patrol
outside of the city. Capt. Watts drove
out TO Anapra wednesday and paid the
men stationed there
Bids For Hospital.
Bids for the construction Of the $685.
900 addition to the fort hospital were |
opened Thursday morning and for
warded to Washington for the ap-
proval of the war department before I
any announcement of the award was f.
made.
DISCHARGES Ordered.