El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-12
But One In Three Gets In
EnIisting in the United States Army
Not so Easy as IT Appears;
Some Little Interviews.
EsS than one applicant in three i

ESS than one applicant in three is
accepted for enlistment in the
- United States army, judging from
figures given by Mai. c. n. Barney, of
the local recruiting office. During the
months of July, August and September,
1913, 30 men applied at the FL Paso
recruiting station for enlistment and
only SO were accepted. These figures
are better than those of the same
months in 1872, when 102 applications
were made, and only % were eligible.
In 1911 there were ia applicants dur
ing the three months named. FOrty-One
were accepted Maj. Barney expects an
increase in applications during the
winter months.
Ell Paso is keeping pace with Los
Angeles and New Orleans recruiting
stations and is ahead of Seattle, Port
land, Denver, Salt Lake City, Toledo,
Mobile, Sioux City, Pittsburg Fort
Worth and many other cities with a
larger population
Several applicants have accepted
transportation and meals from FL Paso
to the recruit depot at Fort Logan.
Colo, an dhave failed to report there.
Heretofore, cases like these We're over
looked but the government is now fol-
lowing them up and arresting the de-
Hnquents, who are sent to prison if
found guilty.
Many of the soldiers now being dis
charged in and about Ell PaSO hesitate
to apply for reenlistment here, for fear
that after reaching Fort Logan they will
be sent Immediately back to the Dor
der, of which they are tired, having
served here many months. Some of
them apply for enlistment in the coast
artillery. Many discharged soldiers
travel to posts where they would like
TO serve, in the hope of being able to
reenlist there, and are disappointed to
lind that their reenhstment at such
post is not authorized, unless they are
entitled to special assignment, through
having been discharged as nOncOmmiS-
stoned officers at the expiration of their
term Men who are entitled to special
assignment, says Mai. Barney. have a
great range of choice at the FL PasO
station, extending from the coast of
southern California to within a few
miles of the Mississippi river.
ANY horse with the slightest degree
OF intelligence can become d fire horse
in two weeks" said assistant fire chief
trained horses. Green horses are the
only ones purchased by the fire de-
partment. The prospective fire horses
fIrSt lesson consists of leading him out
of his stall to the wagon, the harness
IS then let down on him in an easy
manner, so as not to friShten him. Once
you frlghten horse by letting the
harness down on him it is a difficult
matter to then train him. The horse is
led out in this way several days Then
the gong is sounded and he is led out
and the harness dropped on him
gently After a few days of this the
horse will come out of the stall by
himself when the gong rings. Horses
are quick at catching onto things il
they are just started in the right way"
X
q picked Philadelphia all the time
to win the game" said Dad" War
mock Why Cap Sullivan ought to
have a chance. The Cap. will be in the
background for a few days. He was
dead stuck on the Giants winning the
pennant."
True spOrtsmen do not hunt game,
and especially quail out of season. said
DR. G. A Reherd. THE quail season
viii open the first of the month, and
there is plenty of time then to bag all
the game one may want. If all hunt
ers were true spOrtsmen. there would
not be all this cry about the extermina-
ton. of the native game of the coun-