El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06
ELPA51'5 IMP0RTbHGE A5BREBL
MILITARY CENTER REGl6AZEI
Is the Center Of Border Army Activity; Fort Bliss En-
largement Assures Presence at All Times Of Large
Detachment of Troops For Border Duty
Who Add to Prosperity Of City.

F., Fort Bliss, proper. there is also accom-
mediation for two regiments on the
: fort reserva ton with water connections.
/ drainage, sewerage connections and
( other cOnVenienCes, including temper
( AIRY houses for officers and men and
Z stables for horses
Are Now in Use.
/ A portion Of these temporary bar
] racks are now in use by the goth in
fantry, which is encamped on the reser-
walton and the remainder viii probably
I be occupied by a portion of the infan-
border.
Camps on River Banks.
( In Camp Cotton, in the eastern part of
/ the city and near the river front, there
Z are encamped two full regiments OF in
/ fantry, the sixth and 18th regiments.
I These are a part of the eighth infantry
+ brigade which was ordered to mobilize
; in FL PasO at the time the Mexican stu
alton became critical These regiments
are comfortably housed in temporary
! camps and barracks and have water.
( sewerage and electric connections. The
station at Harris mill was also used as
an outpost for troops patroling the Dor
der and camps have been established at
various points along the border near FL
PasO.
Qunrtermaster's Depot Here.
The quartermaster' depot was To-
Gated in Ell PasO at the outbreak of the
first Mexican revolution and its lOca-
ton in FL Paso was another recogni-
PasO's strategic Importance. This depot
is apart from the quartermaster depot
at Fort Bliss, which supplies the troops
in garrison there. The downtown depot
furnishes supplies for the troops of the
! border brigade both east and west Of
Ell Paso from Nogales, Ariz., to Maria,
Tex.
A battery Of six big automobile
trucks carries these supplies to the
patrol stations along the border and
carloads of supplies are shipped daily
to the different substations along the
border
"A large force of civilian and army
clerks is kept busy at the depot hand
Inns the mass of detail connected with
the feeding and coupling of great
army and three warehouses are re-
quired to store the supplies issued to
the various commands.
Strategic Position Recognized.
Had there ever been any question OF
the value of Ell Paso as military base,
all doubt was dispelled when the Next
can revolution started. The develop
ments south Of the Rio Grande. often
amounting to desperately fought en-
gagements on the International bOun-
Diary. caused troops to be rushed to the
sand and ODD miles OF international line
which wound its devious way along the
meauderings of the Rio Grande.
FL PasO was selected as the place for
establishing q military base. with UNI
erriug judgment by the war depart
ment experts. First a troop Of cavalry
was rushed from Wyoming. These
mounted soldiers were followed by in
fantry artillery. signal corps, quarter
master and hospital corps.
FL PasO Was Focal Point.
When the crisis was reached south
Of the border FL Paso grew in import
ance until troops were sent here from
east, west and north ana El Paso came
into her own as the greatest practical
military base on the Mexican frontier
When a patrol was ordered flung along
the entire frontier it was El Paso that
became the pivot around which this
patrol swung.
All supplies, ammunition. arms and
equipment We're shipped to FL Paso for
the army of the border. to be dis
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