El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-07
INDIAN CAMP
BRINGSEAST
To The WEST
Natives Observe Own Gus
toms, Though but a Few
Miles From Paris.
COOKS PREPARE
STRANGE DISHES

ARTS. France, Nov. before the
~ Indian troops can go on the firing
4 line they must be acclimated. II
was strange sight which met my eye
on visiting this encampment-a Dit OF
the east set down in the west
There were rows upon rows OF mite
low. rfdge-pole tents, with great heaps
of stores at one end-chests OF DIS
c,,its. sacks Of flour and bundles Oh
compressed hay. Everywhere are
swarthv faces and cleaning brown
ewes and shining black hair. inc IN
ferent types are easily distins uisheu'
45are IS the tall sikh with his BRAIDED
hair and beard, which he never Gus
Hardly a man is less than six rect N II
ana the taIlest is nearer seven. ileio
are the little Gurkhas.
Native Officers Wear s''oruS,
Resides the English officers oil 'he
battalioD each Sikh company oI Sc
eral which are starting out IOL a s-aI,{,,cs
march have a native supauatt 10 ,,-aa7
al the head The native once erle
+,,-FoDe like the men, but you sIt, ,7r.
80, o,,+ at once by the SWORDS tnSS
.carrv-curved black leather St;1+s
1orda5 tuIwars with clumsy steer NJ
that must be, many OF them lnS I'D
cal abers that the OFFICERS Vi INV
Tast India company bore. -. +t,oir
5-t,a men are all in khaki, but lneIi
4,,Tbans are marked ia ways 70 uls.lIt
p17ish the different bodles- ~, pr
hears a line of brilliant yeuoM ei
crimson. and there DARK uluo -. a
s1onpside the lines Of tents WIS
- ~ tiny little wood fires oulll ~
~ shelter of small trenches SECURE
ont Of the ground. Around the coohS
ere set out pots Of beaten brdss 80 -
-+-,,iee cooking implements OF DIRE sl
- 81. I[i~7e common enough in Lahore
b,,t which seem fantastic mere SoInS.
Zines if is a niece Of goat llesn 80 10,
49,. cooIr is nreparing. a black goat an
old one for choice, Tor they iiN0
flavor strong nh
MI cbief work Of the COOKS Is 70
-, the panca ke-lil1e chupatu'
which is the characteristic LoGG lin
fia They squat there, usualls -,
- shirt or sometimes two OF Chel,.
.L- 49, loose around their spindIe
Io-s md somehow on an lndlan 80,
-nent seems to hang looser ana ~ -,
more than il ever couiu or d NI, 717,
T7-i+, lean brown HANDS lhey 500
49,, ont o IA pan by their size ~ -
- This between the palms IheE L.
- ST ont to about the size OF d Clliii
Mate into an earthly coloIed u tlsL.f1,-
dough. Then It is put on 70 a II s .i-e
nan or an iron plate ana lelu ~
over the little fire ra,5,. a
When several of them are reauy
proup gathers around the tlre' i HuG
died up together, squatuhs on 80
heels and the chupattes are haIluSu
ror7nd and eaten, sometimes dl 49,
Fometines with a little clslIllIeu
called CHI, TO help them down
Is novel sight.
Az Won walk through TINS Aat!No
..s--,,, down the long lines of tents Win
sbaiT tasseIIed curtains, and the sJran6o
native characters upon the Sides every
ginoIe detail of the picture STANDS Out
with arresting novelty in some new
reference to the practices Of TINS VIZ VIZ
civilization connected so closely Win ~.
re but Of which we understand SO ~
tie over there is a shapeless 5ne --1pl,,, -
C-re7- blanket crouched on the ground
tLo{ &c hardly recognizable as human
fo-no until you notice the long, lean
bToy-n hands that hold close to the
uvvarth,- face a pine made OF a cocohut
shell with a high bowl sticking out |
above it. - ,r,,- |
Farther on is a solemn group or MUS
-,,I-7aDe round a tent door taking II /
~ f71rD TO pull at a large hookah /
-osed in vivid colored leather. BY the /
.j5e of them stands a Sikh sergeant, !
whose black beard is anonymously |
dyed a vivid red.
1T they are well fed, they'll stand /
the winter as well as European troops, /
- their officers. They know all /
about cold and wet up on the from
tier" -. 49,
Inc of the Indian army officer 10 leao
nis men in a big continental war