El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-24

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The colonel took off his blouse and
shirt and showed he had no mole on
his back and, after dismissinE the
young officer. he pOcketed the $40. y
thought struck him at the time that
the lieutenant was not such n bad fell
low after all, so he Immediately wrote
the old colonel to this effect and tOld
him Of the incident Of how he won
SO by not having q mole on the mid
die OF his back 4 few days later Q
reply was received from the lieuten-
ants former colonel that read in part
Xix this
You old fool. That young devil bet
me $50 he would have your shirt off OF
your ack within 10 minutes after he
reported for duty
We wanted TO warn the new colonel
against these second l~eutenants.' said
the toastmaster. Now that he has
been warned, we viii be glad to hea-
from the new colonel
An sold Timer Here.
Col. Auaire surprised the crowd by
telling them of places and experience
in El "a OF which many knew moth
ing Col Allaire said that he had been
stationed in FL PasO. at old Fort Bliss
in 1882 as a lieutenant n he told
of the pleasant times he had here whom
FL Paso was a wide open, active going
frontier town. He said ne had spent an
enjoyable two years here and had been
agreeably surprised when ordered 70
return here TO take charge OF the 10Th
regiment SO years later
in the east the people are realizing
the need for national preparedness
said Col AHaire. 4 hope yoU will
realize the necessity for ii out here IN
the wes- I fully believe our preSidc7t
and secretary Of war are SINGER
in what they are doing. anc p
hope the west is as much h@llEd hem
as is the east. which IS siINe 40 the
need for preparedness &c tnis NATION
Europe is now fighting the battles "l
civilization and the time may ccuno
when We viii ave to do something OF
that kind. I hope you viii realize che
necessity for preparing for such q tins
The plans Of the president and secrc-
tary Of war are admirable and nope
they will be sustained
Mai. Hines and Mayor Lea
Mai. J. L. Hines. adjutant general of
the eighth infantry brigade, followed
Col. Allaire and p the cluh- IN
the name Of Gen. John J. PershinS, Tor
inviting the brigade commander 10 the
dinner and expressed for him his re-
grets a. not being abe 10 attend
\ letter was read from mayor Tom
Lea expressing his deepest regret De
cause he could not attend the dinner
as the guest Of the club He said tnaJ,
because OF the illness of his wife u
little son. Tom. he felt that ne must
stay near his home, but he sent MS
greetings TO the club and wished the
members a happy evening
some -TeIegramS.-
4 number Of kilograms were read
during the evening by the to~astLaster-
one purported TO be from Gov. teISu-
son to Walter Long. and il wanted 70
know if IL was true that he IS prepar-
ing to back J. l. Campbell for mayor
of FL Paso-
commanding the 18th infantry. said /
understand your regimental band can
play American for four hours at .
stretch. Mine can play The stars n
Za-e--a Da.A~aA-HW Tnh- DEnHNrn &nnnEm
A e Rowlands was informed by wire
by Charlie Chaplin that II you don [
take off tina fake mustache ] am goins
Streets at the Fort.
Col Chas. W. Taylor. commandins
Fort Bliss. received the following mes
Washington. d C.. Nov o.
Col Chas. W Taylor. Eighth cav
airy, FL Paso. Texas
You are hereby granted permlS-
sion 20 make a trip to this CITY O.
report verbally your opinion Of the
streets leading 10 your post we
appreciate fully. as you have stat
ed. your inability 70 put into the
mails what you would like 10 say
about them.
Mai Geo. II. McMas-er. of h 18TH
infantry. received a message from the
secretary Of var. informing him tnlt
~the picture printed in The FL Paso
Herald last Saturday with your name
under il was very fine looking Who
posed for it," the message concluded
II was signed scott, chief OF staff
Groom and MichaeIis-
County attorney G. W Groom was
introduced as an attorney VINO nal
correctly answered $50 questions cut
Of 600 submitted 10 him by the bar as
ISOLATION for admission to the bar Al
torney Groom defined the Inference
between an attorney and a lawyer and
made a happy talk on his experiences
in the county attorneys office
Lieut. Michaelis thanked the club TOT
I making him a life member and told a
number OF stories, 10 the delight OF lhe
crowd.
I Chihuahua. who was q special guest
was present and was introduced ouI
because Of a severe cold, was unable 10
speak. but acknowledged the introduc-
REV, Martin Zielonka reminded the
Rotarians OF the talk which 1nterna-
tionaI president Albert had made 10
the club and urged the members, 10
eliminate all questionable stories Wheh
the meetings were held
Army officers Talk
CAPT. George Vidmer, Of the Eighth
cavalrv. told some clever southern ne
Z gro stories and praised FL Paso II her
business men.
Mai william Elliott. of the quarter
master corps. told the ROtarians tina
his depot was supplying lS,VUO trooES
on the border and that he found II
Paso markets almost the equal in price
and quantities Of the great st Louis
markets
o. l. Bowen closed the speaking pro
gram with a short talk on passing the
bar examination.
After the program, which was one OF
the best ever given at a dinner in FL
Paso, the members and guests formed q
big circle around the camp fire ana
7 continued telling stories until the in
terur5an cars arrived at II o'clock TO
bring the crowd back to the city.
The club chartered two in~terurban
ears for the trip down to Bosque sta
ton. The cars started from in front
Of Hotel sheldon at $50 with the Sixth
infantry ban playing marches from
the front car as the special train rolled
through the city. Both cars were
crowded and the Rotarians cheered the