El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-04-05

Z didn't like the idea Of his band being
over in the bleachers and said so. The
matter finally went TO the brigade
/ adJutant and a few minutes later an
order was given to find room in the
! grandstand for tn band Of the 9Th
infantry.
The boys Of the goth disposed them
selves in some shady spots until they
| were wanted for the playing Of the
Star Spangled Banner late in the day
and they didn't seem TO worry about
any honor OF being established in the
granstand-
Competition Is Close.
There was no real squabble over the
field events but there was some
mighty close competition. There were
three judges for the company events
pulled off a unique stunt, each judge
maxim" his own estimates Of the work
Of the companies. managed TO wind up
by making a total number of points
for his first choice which equalled the
first choice OF each Of the other two
judges. And each judge had given
different company the leading place.
It was announced late in the day,
that the three competing companies
would march past the graudstand in
the order Of their standing" in the
events. But when the judges retired
to figure out the relative standing,
there was a lot Of fidgeting before
they could make any other announce
Seant announced that the companies
VIII not march past" The reason
was that the judges could not decide
upon their relative positions.
The first place trophy was pre-
scented TO First LieGt- A. ". CULLEN,
OF company c, which represented the
goth regiment in the events Captain
6. ". Wallace. commanding company
X OF the 18th, got the second trophy
while Capt c Game, OF company G,
Of the sth, had to be content with
third.
Big Crowd Present
While the croWd-and IL was a big
one-Titnessed the flag relay in the
early part Of the afternoon. they did
not see the flag relay which counted
as the first one proved a "flivver" and
the event had TO be pulled off a sec
ond time, after the crowd had gone.
The signalers Of the Goth representa-
tlves felt quite elated when they found
that their time was the best but when
the judges got through checking for
accuracy, the goth nagmen were in
the hole" without a point while the
slgnalerS who were the lowest in
point of time, company X, Of the 18th,
were highest in net points. They had
sacrificed time for accuracy and
grabbed the prize.
The mule race was a real thriller
with a neck and neck finish. 1t was
a slow mule event and ChrissOnberry,
OF the 10th, had the honor Of trailing
AlAN A4EA4 Al % - aElDAA4E- ~ ait
ekaus. also Of the 10th. was second
while DanielsOn, Of the Goth. was able
t persuade his steed to keep third
from the rear
From the standpoint OF excitement,
the machine gun race was excellent, |
but the detachment from the 10th
worked so perfectly that the men es-
capped penalties and won in 40 40 sec
onds- The 9Th was second in A 40
seconds and the 20-h third in ~ sec
Onds.
Companies RepresC-- Regiments.
Company X represented the 18th. 6
the 9Th and c the goth, these com
panies having won the champion ship
in the regimental meets.
There was such a ring Of officers
and officials around the men parti-
cipating in the bayonet fencing that
it was possible for only a few to see
the event but those privileged 70 do
SO declared that il was excellent In
this event the contestants were not
chosen from the regimental Champion
ship company but as a result of the
elimination events at Fort Bliss on