El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-10-08
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cavalry. led his regiment in the pa
! rade, mounted on a beautiful thorough
/ pred saddle horse, and his aid was also
| mounted on a thoroughbred.
I me Sixth horse artillery division re-
I relVed its usual applause as the olive
! green guns and carriages rumbled past.
The 18th cavalry, led by its mounted
| military band and with the yellow
] reglmental cOlOrs flying, also attracted
! much attention as the troopers clat-
I tered past The machine gun platoons
J were mounted on the backs Of patient
} army mules
The signal corps company. carried
/ its field wireless and telephone equip
ment in the parade and the quarter
I master corps had its battery Of auto
mobile trucks in the parade. as dem
/ onstratiOn OF the modern methods OF
! field transportation.
Army Mules Appear.
The mule pack trains, wagon trains
I and veteran packers also made an in
I teresting feature Of the big pageant
/ Two fiery black horses attached TO
! an officers blackboard stood. or rather
I pranced in front of the City National
| bank while the parade passed The
| blackboard contained a number Of the
/ daughters Of the officers at Fort Bliss
and made a pretty picture OF army
life, with the orderly holding the
heads Of the black team, the girls wav-
/ ing to their friends among the officers
and the horses rearing like fire horse
team awaiting to answer third alarm
Many Of the stores in the downtown
district closed during the parade ana
this added to the crowds that lined all
Of the downtown streets along which
the parade passed Though the streets
were lined with people. there was not
/ a single accident reported
It took Just - minutes for the pa
rade TO pass a given point
Stores Are Decorated.
Nearly every store facing on streets
with flags and bunting. Overland street
merchants made a special display
hardly a store from FL Paso street 10
the courthouse falling TO show Ilags
and bunting Flags were also DIS
played in every window on the "a
! pies and Popular buildings on San An
tonic street All Of the banks along
the line Of march were decorated
Business in the federal building
came to a halt while the parade passed /
The federal court adjourned as soon as
the music Of the first band was heard
and no session was held by the federal
grand jury. Besides police. the military I
had provided for an extra large pro-
vost guard and perfect order was main
I tanned by the large crowds
Parade Moves Promptly.
The parade formed at 500 at South }
Santa Fe and Second streets and the /
/
promptly at $50 At the head Of the !
parade rode Col T. St. John Greble. I
sixth field artillery. who commanded |
the parade. He was accompanied by I
his staff
Next in order Of march came the /
eighth infantry brigade made up Of (
the goth, 10th and sixth infantry There I
were u companies in each regiment /
Col. John S. Parke. OF the goth Infantry, ]
commander OF the infantry section, l
rode at the head OF the column. accom-
panied by his staff The infantry
marched in column OF platOous- The ]
bands were playing almost continuous
" and the marching was perfect Be Q
sides the bands each regiment was &C I
cOmpanied by its machine gun platoon, !
which brought Up the rear.
Artillery Rumbies Fast.
Following the infantry came the |
headquarters and first battalion OF the ]
sixth field artillery with Lieut. Col. Z
William L keuly and his staff riding ]
in column OF sections and made one Of /
the finest showing in the parade The /
handling Of the big guns In rounding !
corners was perfect
The headquarters and third squadron |
Of the 18th cavalry. together with a !
detachment OF the 18th cavalry, was the 7
next in line. This section was com /
manded by Col George H Morgan, Of ]
the 18th cavalry The mounted band [
Of the 18th cavalry rode at the head Z
OF the cavalry division All Of the !
ulouALS were IN EDleuulQ COlQlLlOn ana ]
the cavalry made an excellent showing.
The cavalry marched in column Of I
platOons. It was followed by field /!
company Of the signal corps The !
equipment was included in this section, !
which was commanded by Capt Con- !
suelo A. Seoane. Of the signal corps.
Grim Looking AmbuInnees-
A provisional ambulance company, /
commanded by Capt William H Rich /
ardson Of the medical corps. followed /
the signal corps Next in order came Z
the long lines Of reEimental field trains. I
under command Of Capt John Louis 4
Bash, OF the sixth infantry The sig
nal corps. ambulance and wagon trains !
marched in column Of single vehicles ]
The uniforms prescribed for the pa
rade were Of cotton cloth without coats
and with the field equipment except !
the infantry blanket roll
At the Reviewing stand.
Gen. John J. Pershing and the MEM
bers OF his staff reviewed the parade
from the reviewing stand on the north
side Of the city hail grounds. Gen. /
Pershing's staff included, Maj W. r I
sample, brigade ad1utant, Mai William
F. Lewis. brigade surgeon; Lieut. ". W. |
Gordon and Lieut. James L. Collins,
aide de camps
Mayor c. E. Kelly. alderman Walter
Clayton. city attorney Joe NealOn. park
commissioner J. J. ConnOrs, special park
policeman B. s Catlin. James G. Nc
Nary, Capt Harry n. COotes and Capt
airy from Columbus
Program at the Park.
After the military parade downtown,
the troops Of the brigade marched to !
their camps, had lunch and then went
to Washington park, where the tOurna- ;
ment program Of games, drills and ath-
letic events started
The first number on the afternoons /
program was a silent drill by company
A, 18th infantry, in command Of Capt. I
4. c. Knowles This was followed by a I
saddle drill by troop ], 18th cavalry. I
and an exhibition By battery A, 9Th
horse artillery. The battery was com
manded by Capt F. c. Doyle Company
L of the signal corps. also gave an eL-
hibitiOn and was commanded by Capt
A c. Seoane.
The athletic games followed the ma
neuvers. There was a large crowd
present at the park, all Of the boxes and
the big grandstand being filled
Friday Program.
Following is the program Of events
for the second day Of the Military |
Tournament. which begins at 1870
o'clock Friday afternoon:
Exhibition drill by battery c. sixth
field artillery. commanded bv Lieut. I