Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-05
U. S. GI1ARDSMEN SWEAR
AND RAVE AS CARRANZA
DULLS WAR PROSPECTS
Soldiers Arriving at Border
Eager to Make Them Greasers
Salute the Stars and
Stripes"
FIRED ON BY SN1PERS

Ell PASO, Tex. July with guards
men and regulars alike rearing to go" ac-
cording to the latest slang expression in
border military circles. the Fourth was
spent in camp along the Rio Grande with
many a muttercd oath at the washington
dispatches reporting the latest Carranza
note as pacific In tone.
Coming to the border with the eNpec
tation Of crossing Immediately for active
service the miltiamen began TO glimpse
n future of guarding sand dunes and cha
parral Regulars settled down to n con-
tlnuation Of n similar occupation that has
taken up their time for the last five years
There was. to he sure. the contingency
that something now unforeseen might arise
to make service in Mexico possible. but this
was not sufficient to give the guards and
the regulars much cause for Fourth Of July
enthusiasm. There is no secret that all
the troops want to hght--war is what they
want, not guard duty-and anything that
sounds pacific is received with gloom. any
thing that sounds like war with enthusi
asm
QUIET on THE BORDER.
The guardsmcn spent most of yesterday
putting their camps in shape. and the
regulars spent much time visiting the
militia camps or fraternizing with the
volunteers at the downtown places where
things are sold that make the heat more
endurable and relating stories Of their
own border duty during the last many
months.
All was peace and quiet along the con-
centrated PershnE line Of communication
south of Columbus. according to dispatches
during the day and duties we're suspended
there. as along the border. so that the men
might rest Even the rush work on road
building from Columbus to the Pershing
base was suspended for the day.
Several Incidents occurred along the
border that raised the hopes of some of
the troopers, particularly the newly ar
rived National Guard. Snipers on the Mexi-
can side of the line according to official
reports to General George Bell Jr., the
American border patrol commander at El
Paso, took n number of shots from the
underbrush across the river at American
guards. The American regulars did not re-
turn the fire, to the surprise and chagrin
of the volunteers.
FIRE on CONNECTICUT MEN.
SnipeEs also fired on n train west of FL
Paso bearing the Connecticut militia, one
of the shots wounding the engineer. who fell
TO the floor of his cab. as tho train was
going at 40 miles an hour. The fireman
stopped the engine and a guardsman. n big
Connecticut quartermaster sergeant, took
the throttle and pulled the train into di-
vision headquarters at Lordsburg, y. NJ.
The man exhibited card in the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers and he said
he gave up 5000 n month job ito come
down here and make them greasers salute
the Stars and Stripes"
bullet from of the sniper's guns
was found embedded in a day coach of
the Boston and Maine road in which the
troopers were moving The firing took
place at a point north of the Mexican line
and resulted in orders to the border patrol
south OF Lordsburg to search carefully for
Mexican spies on American territory This
is the region where Mexican band recently
raided the Parker ranch, killing Mr. and
Mrs. William Parker. Cowboys and troopers
have been combing the county recently for
suspicious characters.