El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-03
PAY FOR BORDER
TROOPS ORDERED
Col. Read Gets Leave-New
Captain For Battery
at the Post.

Payment of troops in the southern
department on muster of June 80, viii
be made as follows:
By Capt. John Preston, quartermaster
corps, accompanied by pay clerk E o.
Hopkins, in person, Fort Mcintosh,
Texas. Fort Bayard, y. NJ, and troops
in the field along the southern border
of Texas and New Mexico; by express
to Nhipple Barracks, Ariz.
By Capt. John a. Wagner, quarter
master corps, in person, accompanied by
pay clerk S. II. Francis, troops IN the
field along the southern border of Arr
IONA; by express to Fort Apache, AriZ-
Capt. Arthur P Watts, quartermaster
corps, in person, accompanied by pay
clerk ii. I. Wilson, troops in the field
in the city of FL PasO, Texas, and
Anapra. n. NJ
All other posts, by the officer of the
quartermaster CORDS stationed thereat.
Upon the recommendation of the de-
partment quartermaster Sergt- Joseph p.
Iighe, quartermaster corps. Fort Clark,
Texas, viii be sent to Fort HuachUca,
Ariz., to report to the commanding officer
for duty as clerk.
Mai. George H. Cameron, Fourteenth
cavalry, Is relieved from duty at Maria
Clark Leave of absence for a month
and Is days is granted Mai. Cameron.
Upon the recommendation of the de-
partment quaTteTmaster, private Cleve-
land NJ Halliburton, quartermaster
corps, now at Fort Sam Houston, Texas,
viii be sent to NarfaX Texas, for duty
with pack train number 1.
Leave of absence for two months to
take effect on OF about July Is, is
granted Col. Robert D. Read, at Fort
Bliss.
New Signal Officer.
Lieut.. James H Van Horn IS ex-
pected at this post sOCr to join com
pany I signal corps Lieut. Alexander
II. Jones has been promoted TO a first
Heutenancy in the Third cavalry and
has left for his new station at Fort
Sam Houston.
Capt B. B. Hyer, signal corps, has
returned from Los Angeles, where he
has. been spending a leave.
Lieuts. Clarence C. Bell and Sidney
L Chappell, NJ c., have arrived for
duty with the Second cavalry Lieut. Z.
J. Read, Second cavalry, recently or
dered to this post for duty, has been
transferred for duty with the infantry
Rifle practice goes steadily on at the
target range and will not be completed
until in September
Mexican Prisoners Paid.
Wednesday was pay day for the
Mexican federal prisoners at the fort
and as a result the monte game -four
ished all day and a part Of Thursday,
Ceasing only when the men were re-
CURED to answer roll call
Company I Of the signal corps, has
received the new AS caliber automatic
revOlvers- This corps and the battery
are the only ones so equipped at Fort
Bliss. but the cavalry will receive Its
equipment soon
Battery c, of the 9Th field artillery,
was out at pistol practice on the range
Wednesday morning and during the al
ternOOn troops E and F, Of the Second
cavalry had sharpshoOting practice
with rifles there.
New Battery Commander.
Capt +. d. Scott, of the artillery,
Battery to unassigned and Capt Roy
Barnes has been assigned to command
While riding near the viaduct
Wednesday morning, private Fritz
willing of battery C, cOllided with
wagon and a street car and was
bruised about the head. His horse was
killed He was removed to the post
hospital, but is not thought to be
seriously injured
New Wireless Stations.
Wireless telegraph stations are TO
be installed at AmaOdOyille, AriVaca
and Sansabe. Ariz.
A new method OF smuggling uquor
to the Mexican prisoners at the post
has been discovered by the guard.
Wednesday, a Mexican woman had
can, supposedly filled with peaches 1t
was examined and found to have been
opened and resOldered- When one
OF the soldiers reOpened 1t, tequlla
poured out. The liquor was poured
out by the soldiers ana the can kept
as a souvenir
Firecrackers and fireworks are
taboo and these are taken away from
the women attempting to take then
into the prisoners. They had been