El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-19

other officers with the battalion were
Lieuts. y. W. Peck. L. K UnderhilL J.
F. Rossen and j. W Leonard
Capt Ben Lear, jr-, commanding
troop /. eighth cavalry. gave one or
the best drills OF the tournament and
his charge of platoons, with drawn sa-
bers, where the men approached at
gallop TO within a couple of yards OF
each other, was spectacular in the ex-
IRENE The mounted men received an
ovation
BayOnet Combat Given.
The second battalion of the sixth in
fantry was consolidated into war
strength company and under 1st Lieut.
". F. L Simpson gave an exhibition
of bayonet combat and calisthenlc
drills The movements Of the men
brought round after round of applause
from the vast throng and this drill
proved one of the big features OF the
DAY.
Five sections Of the fourth field ar
tillery gave an exhibition in packing
and while this event was little SLOW.
in comparison to some Of the others. IL
nevertheless was interesting as show
ing the way the men handle the equip
ment Of a mountain battery
Surprise Drill Given.
The next event was in the nature OF
a surprise. as Gen Pershlng hau d.
rected Mai. George H McMaster, com
handing The 10th infantry, TO have MS
third battalion repeat the drill they
gave yesterday. The battalion was
again commanded by Capt G. W. Wal
lace who had with him as adjutant lst
Lieut. c X. Nulsen. To say that the drill
was a treat would be stating the matter
mildly. for it was repeated at the re
quest of the people and their interest
and enthusiasm well repaid the men for
/ the extra efforts
Capt. R NJ. Nolan next brought out
his outfit. field company y OF the
signal corps and they gave an eNhlDl-
! ton Among other things the company
. "a TTnn with the
city hall ard a message was received
from mayor Tom Lea to Gen Pershlng.
complimenting him and his men upon
the success Of the tournament
The machine gun company Of the
sixth infantry came out ahead in the
section contest
War Strength Company.
One of the best numbers Of the entire
tournament was the drill by war
strength company made Up from the
second battalion Of the 18th infantry
Can't. Douglas Potts commanded Ile
companv and had with him Lieuts- G. A.
Sanford and c. J. Mathews The silent
manual executed in front Of secretary
Breckenridge and Gen. Pershlng brought
tremendous applause, as did the Ilrlng
around an immense circle. which IS the
foreign method Of saluting. Most OF the
drill was at double time and even Of
ficers and soldiers cheered and clappeQ
Capt Potts and his men as they leIt
the arena Capt. Potts had given the
people of FL Paso something entirely
new in the way Of infantry stunts ana
they were lavish in their appreciation
of the work OF his command
Field Artillery Thrills.
Cant. R w Briggs, commanding bat
terry 4. fifth field artillery once again
thrilled the spectators by the WORK OF
his animals and men, The Irlng OF the
four guns Of the battery simultaneously
was most effective. Thursday new
/ feature was introduced into the driu as
/ the battery put up its observation tower
and the crowd was shown how the bat
teries in Europe sight their guns from
a point removed from the battery
Roman Race.
The Roman race was won BY troop
! z, eighth cavalry and was an eXcellent
number. No men fell off their horses
and all four teams finished the circuit
of the track closely punched The cos
tunes Of the men were Of red and yell
low.
the extreme. The shades OF night were
/ falling as a man appeared at the north
ern entrance to the arena He was a
scout and when he found stream
which was impossible in his front he
J quickly returned to his command capt
! W G. Ball with Lieut. W j. East and
! a company next appeared and proceeded
( TO the stream Here they found bill
board and tore il down to construct a
bridge. The battalion wagons and the
mounted officers all crossed over the
/ bridge. as did all the men OF the bat
Z talon and after all were over the
bridge was blown up-
| Splendid Pageant.
! During the time the bridge was being
put up the rest of the battalion was
/ stubbornly resisting the advance Of a
/ pursuing force. The event was fitting
! climax to the best tournament ever
| staged in the southwest Of the coun-
! try Capt F. ". ROwen commanded
| the battalion and Lieut. Alva Lee was