El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-17

troop NJ, 18TH a all OF
N NJ; private Thomas NJ Cunningham,
troop a, 14th cavalry, Marathon, Texas;
private Abraham Tucker. troop c, ninth
cavalry; private George 7. Jones, trOop
f. ninth cavalry; private James Ever
EFT, troop 1, ninth cavalry, all of Doug
las. AriZ-
HorseshOers' cIass-Private- Louis We
lendre, troop A, second cavalry; private
Everett Dake, troop F, second cavalry;
private Daniel c. Culbreth. troop G,
second cavalry. all of Fort Bliss; far
rier William J. Quinn, troop C, fifth
cavalry; private Roy c. Garrison, troop
E, fifth cavalry; private William A
Lebeene, troop G, fifth cavalry, all Of
Fort H~uachuca, AriZ.; private Walter
Nelson, troop B. 18th cavalry; private
Earle Walker, troop c. 18th cavalry;
private Robert Sells. troop H, 18th cav
airy; private Otto T. Wegner, troop X,
18th cavalry, all of Columbus. n. NJ;
private Frank G.. Desmarais, troop c,
14th cavalry, Maria, Texas.
Douglas C-OurtmartiaL.
A general courtmartial has been ap-
pointed to meet at Douglas. Ariz., for
the trial of such persons as may be
properly brought before it The detail
J fOr>the court follows:
Mai. MaIvern-HiH Barnum, Capt.
Kenzie W. Walker, Capt Charles E..
Stodter, Capt Rush S. Wells first
Lieut.. Otto ". Rethorst, first Lieut..
Stephen W. Winfree. second Lieut.
Frank K Chaplin, second Lieut.. Arthur
E Wilbourn, second Lieut.. Guy W. Nc
/ C1elland, second Lieut.. George z. A
R~einburgi second Lieut. Henry w
Harms, first Lieut.. Robert N. Camp
bell, all of the ninth cavalry.
Officer Given Leave.
Leave of absence for two months is
granted second Lieut.. Arthur E. VIII
bOurn, ninth cavalry, al Douglas, AriZ.,
subject to recall should circumstances
render it necessary
Upon the recommendation of the de-
partment quartermaster, wagner Ellie
E-.AL 49,
bus, N NJ. is transferred as a private
to the qUartermaster corps and as
signed to that place for duty.
First Lieut. Frederick G. Turner,
18th cavalry, has been relieved from
duty at the mOunted service school
upon termination of the course Of in
structiOn and ordered to join his troop
in the field near Hachita-
The Doctors.
First Lieut. Rex H. Rhoades. dental
surgeon at Fort Bliss, has been or
dered with an enlisted assistant TO &c
to Hachita. \. NJ, and Fort Apache,
AriZ., for dental work among the
orders have beer issued for first
Lieut.. Wildmsr A Christensen. medi-
cal reserve corps, to proceed to No
gales, Ariz., to relieve first Lieut.. Hew
B. McMurdO, medical corps. and di-
recting Lieut.. McMurdo to proceed from
Nogales to Fort Huachuca, AriZ, for
To Buy Out of Army.
The following enlisted men will be
discharged by purchase; Private Jonn
F. Jones. troop F. 18th cavalry, Gull
berson's ranch, n. M: private Elmer
L. ebert. troop 1 second cavalry. Fin
lay, Texas; private Henry l. Knapp
troop D, fifth cavalry, Fort Huachuca,
Arizona. lance corporal George Sic
Der Jr. troop H, 18th cavalry, Lalng S
RANCH, Hachita, n. NJ.
Escaped Prisoner Caught.
Within less than 100 feet of Mexico
and liberty, private Max Cosmer, eS-
capped prisoner of Battery G 9Th field
artillery, was captured in the bed Of
the Rio Grande at Alfalfa switch We'd
nesday morning at 10 o'clock. He was
taken back to Fort Bliss n confined
in the guard house.
At four o'clock Wednesday morning
the prisoner, being held pending trial
on a charge of having sold some leather
belonging to the battery, slipped oue
of the prisoners tent. occupied by him
and sergeant Fitzgerald. He slipped
the leg irons which he wore, off over
his bare foot, ran for 100 yards or so, /
dragging the chain and leaving a trail. I
Then he slipped the other bracelet off I
his other foot, left the chains, put on
his shoes and started across the mesa. /
At reveille he was reported missing /
and Capt. Ernes D. Scott, commander
of the battery, started on a hunt for /
several miles, sometimes at a gallOp. !
The slight rain of the night before
aided the men in their hunt. They /
moved on down toward Alfalfa. when I
Capt. Scott, believing that the man
might ave struck out for the river
there, sent hieut- c. N. Deakin at the
Of a detail of men to that point !
to head the man off while he and a
force of men continued eastward to
him off there.
In the mud of the river the man was
caught He sighted his pursuers.
turned and shouted to the lieutenant
to shoot him His REQUEST was NOT
complied with but he was returned to
the post and placed in the ~guardhouse.
He was saddler of the battery and it
IS charged that he took some leather
belonging to the outfit and sold il TO
2 local hardware and leather goods
company for $40, declaring that the
government allowed him to so dispose
OF any findings left at the end of the
year.
Signal Men Busy.
There are but % men of company I
or the signal corps left at Fort Bliss.
First sergeant George Clark, in com
llSho OF 10 men Of the company has
lett Tor AmadOville, Arivaca and Sa-
sabe, Ariz-, where they viii erect wire
radio stations for use by the army.
There are IS Of the corps at Maria.
p at Hachita, n. ", and II at
NOgales, Ariz.
The well on the ~ervat was
$50 feet Wednesday afternoon at
O'Clock and still going. A stratum
II heavy 6oulders and gravel has been
truck. This is the first time that
'Oulders have been struck in drilling
n the mesa and indications are thar
good supply of water viii be secured.
frederic J. HaskInz -smerIear Gov.
ernment."
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