El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-10
CITY BELONGS
To GUARDSNEN
Thousands Come in From
Camps Sunday; Are Wei
coined By Ell Pasoans.

Sunday was a great day for the
national cuardsmen who are in camp
a Camp Pershing and Camp Cotton.
Hundreds OF visitors from the city
visited the camps in automobiles and
on street cars while hundreds Of sd
diers were given shore leave" to come
10 the city TO spend a part Of their
first Sunday in camp. It was a fine
day. cool for summer and cloudy dur
ing the afternoon and the militiamen
made the most Of their first holiday.
Auto Owners Give Lifts
FL PaSo automobile owners have es-
tablishes the custom Of giving the sol
oilers of the national guard lifts in
their automobiles. Whenever a soldier
is seen walking along the streets he is
given ride by the automobile owner
as far rs the automobile goes on the
soldiers grip 10 camp or downtown.
The mllttiaEIen have learned this hos
pitable custom and are now asking for
rides in their good natured way One
business man was seen with nine
Pennsylvania soldiers in his touring
car SunGa-- night while a government
official had five in his little Ford.
The miliuamen appreciate the lifts and
are unanimous in declaring that the
are having the time of their lives and
are fenjoying their experiences on the
border without a single kick coming
about anything.
Crowded Hotels.
The -0ldiers We're TO be seen around
the hoteis. On the streets. in the parks
and walking through the residence
district Sunday all day. saturday
night the streets were filled with mill
tiamen and the stores. confectioneries
and ice cream parlors were all doing
. rushing business Saturday evening
and Sunday. Although there were
several thousand militiamen downtown
al he
drunk was seen On the streets and the
men are all well behaved. orderly and
are rin@ type OF the citizen soldier
Soldier Dinner PARTIES
The Hctels are so crowded with cor
respondents that they are turning
many away while the hotel Erills and
dining rooms are running double shifts
TO Accommodate the soldiers from the
east. To z: PasO, accustomed TO the
re gular troops so long. the sight OF
private soldiers dining with officers
in the notel- and restaurants IS a new
one and causes a smile from the reEu-
lar army Officers who are downtown
y number OF dinner parties were given
in the hotels Sunday with the officers
ard soldiers dining together Many
OF the private soldiers are wealthy
men ana have plenty of money with
them which they are spending freel--
At the Hotel Sheldon barber shop sat
urday evening the guardsmen were
getting hair cuts. massa yes. manicures
and shaves. They were all liberal with
their tips a26 were a pleasant, cour-
teous bunch Of men.
Soldiers Are Courteous.
The citizen soldiers are equally
courteous Il the crowds OF Fl Pasoans
who are visiting their camps They
show th- visitors over the camps tell
them about their trip and about the
folks pack home Many acquaintance
are being formed between the town
people and the soldiers. The officers
have oeen given cards to the down
town clu05. the soldiers invited TO the
i n. c. A and the churches and every
thing possible is being done TO make
the militiamen welcome to Fl Paso
and everything that FL Paso owns.