El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-08
QUARTERNASTER CORPS AT HOME;
ENTERTAIN5 At POST BARRACKS
New Quarters Are More in he Nature of Club House
Than an Army Barracks; Visitors Are Given Sou
venirs and Entertaine With Music Deco
rations Are in Good Taste and Elaborate

? cavalry and one by the quartermaster
! corps. The latter organization alone
! held open house, and it was a revela-
! ticn to the visitors to see how soldiers
] live. There are few clubs in Ell Paso
I any better or more comfortably fur
| nished than the amusement writing
| and grill rooms of the quartermaster
! corps.
During the day there was steady
| stream OF visitors to the open house,
! members of the chamber of commerce,
( the Rotary club and the Adclub, who
| had special invitations. and the citizens
/ generally calling to inspect the bar
! racks
The 18th cavalry band played a con-
: cert on the upper gallery Of the build
/ ing Sunday morning. In the afternoon
/ it played on the parade ground. After
! the guests had inspected the building,
/ the squad rooms pool room, writing
/ room, barber shop, grill room and
I kitchen, a short entertainment was
/ given Sunday morning in the amuse-
ment room of the building.
Throughout the day there was music
I and singing in the amusement room,
I but a special program was rendered
Sunday morning
Sundays Program.
! The program opened with popular
| songs, sung by Jack Wilson of the
! Glass Players. Little Misses Ruth
! Powell and Pearl Powell sang Bitter
Sweet" composed by Rocco Resta, di-
rector Of the 18th cavalry band. Miss
Gladys Busch, of the Crawford theater,
played several violin solos, both CLASH
cal and popular. Roy McBrain sang
''Tipperary' and other selections. Jack
Halsworth, of the Glass players, sang
several ballads and gave an amusing
Hebrew impersOnation. Miss Estrella
HALEY played the piano accOmpani-
ments.
Amusement Room.
The amusement room is deliberately
decorated IarRR JaDanege aTqsOlS
are suspended from the ceiling, with
Quantities of small japanese lanterns
hanging from the spOkes. Enormous
Japanese lanterns hang between the
parasols. About the columns were clus-
ters Of pine and evergreen bows Sun
day
Pictures hung about the wall and
big chair made in Bilibib prison in the
Philippines occupied a place of honor
in the room. Tables are scattered about
the room, each bearing an electric light
under a big red shade. There is a
piano in one corner of the room. Al
together this room, like all the Others
is very homelike and attractive. All
the furniture and decorations are the I
property of the company and will re-
main permanently.
Special Paintings.
On one wall is a large paint {
ing in oil Of battle scene, made :
by Phillip Pappas, one of the mem /
bers of the corps. The sign in fronf
Of the building bearing the insignia Of 1
the quartermaster corps was painted by 4
the same man. Another picture by Mr.. |
Pappas hangs in the writing room, /
which is also charmingly arranged /
with chairs, tables, pictures and rugs
In the hall between the billiard room 4
and the amusement room are a number I
Of trophies Of war-sabres, rifles. 4
bolOs and dangerous knives of all de-
scriptions, gathered by the men while 4
on foreign service.
In the billiard room is a victrola with
a number of choice records.
Elaborate Grill Room.
The grill room is more deliberately
decorated than any of the other sections
Of the barracks. The walls bear a
number of handsome pieces Of Japa-
nese tapestry and the plate rail is filled
with painted china and stems. Over
head are large number of big and lit
tie Japanese parasOls Japanese Ian
terms and Japanese kites.
Handsome electrical fixtures grace
the table and the silver service is very
pretty.
During Sunday the two dining room
crdcrlies dressed in white, served |
punch from a table in the grill room. |
Of candy and all visitors received SOU
yenir calendars and japanese napkins
bearing the coat Of arms of the United
States, the menu for Sunday nights
dinner and a roster of the men. The
tables were banked with evergreens and
carnations over mass of electric
lights. Pine bOughs were brought
down from Cloudcroft for part Of the
decorations.
Sunday Dinner.
For the dinner Sunday evening, the
men were furnished with souvenir menu
cards bearing the names of all mem
bers of the corps, and at each mans
plate was place card bearing his name
with an appropriate motto inside.
The menu consisted of the following:
Grape Fruit
Oyster Cocktail.
Olives. Celery. Sailed Almonds.
Fried Halibut.
Roasted Turkey and Cranberry Sauce.
Mashed Potatoes Vans. Corn.
Sweet Peas
Combination Salad.
Banana Ice Cream. Assorted Cake.
Demi Tasse. Cigars.
The Roster.
The roster Of the quartermaster corps
follows: (,
Capt A P. Watts, quartermaster
corps, commanding.
p. e Wilson, in charge Of finance +;
department.
Quartermaster sergeants-Casper S. / I
Crowl, post qUartermaster sergeant ) !
general supervision; Carl F. Thompson.
sergeant, in charge Of ]
Sergeants first class-CharIes Dragoo,
electrician; Jesse G. Ferrin, in charge /
Of money papers.
Sergeahts-Henry Trumphour chief
baker; Thomas J. Walsh, master of !
George Runyon. over
seer; Timothy Mahoney, jr., clerk; Will
helm Schrader, saddler; James H. Todd, :
overseeri George Murphy, fuel overseer:
William C. Clarke, clerk, on duty in !
cOmmissary.
COrpOrals-John +. Stewart assistant | {
wagOnmaster; Jacob SWartz. assistant !
CORTLAND NJ. Boiling, as !
sistant baker.
Cooks-JOhn Persinger, cook, pack
train; Henry Weiss, cook, wagon train.
Privates first class-Frank A. Alex !
lnder, Cornelius +. Carmody, teamsters:
Ted II. CawthOrne, packer; Glen A. Col {
Inns, William A Dill teamsters; Regi- I
nald Downs, baker; John c. Eddy, I
AdOlph Eggert, John Fleming, packers:
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