El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-14
100000 FOR
ARMY SUPPLIES
August Account of Quarter
master Depot Expected
To Reach This Total.

One OF the largest and most i'm
portant part OF the United States army
mechanism on the border at present is
the depot quartermaster's department
at FL Paso- Seventy-Five thousand
troops in the FL Paso border patrol
district and localities to Yuma. Ariz.
and east TO the Big Bend country are
supplied from the Fl Paso depot under
Mai William Elliott. Since the arrival
of the state militia in this district the
number of troops has swelled-
Capt. John P. Hasson handles the ex-
penditures OF the FL Paso depot For
the month Of July he repOrts that
s2.44S415.S9 was expended for supplies
for troops in the districts Of Douglas.
Nogales. Ariz., Columbus y. NJ, Del
Rio. Tex. the Big Bend country. the
punitive expedition in Mexico and the
Fl PasO border patrol district. The
estimate Will be higher with each sue
ceeding month. il is reported. August
expenditures will amount 10 approx
mately seven million dollars. Capt.
Hasson states The increase OF ex-
penditures started just after the
Columbus raid when additional troops
were brought to the border country.
100 Cars Saturday
Thousands of articles and products
T.
Paso daily by the depot quartermaster'
department The railroad yards of this
city have been known to have as MANI
as 500 carloads of supplies consigned
one day alone One hundred and nine
~ carloads were in the city Saturday
for the depot
Thousands in Checks
Checks for rhousa nds Of dollars are
dispa tched out the Ell Paso depot
every day. An army regulation for
bids the sending Of a check for $4,000
or more in one check The checks
must be sent TO the payee on the in
stalment plan That is the system
with which the present situation is
being handled. Many Of the supplies
are bought in Texas and the remainder |
comes from all parts of the United /
States
The working forces under Mai.
william Elliott nave been doubled The /
main depot AT Mills and Stanton street /
IS open continuously during night and /
daY- Inc second floor. that on which !
the office Of the quartermaster il 10 /
Gated. outclaSses any mail order house |
Tor pushing activity Large corps Of {
civilian clerks are detailed TO the |
large mass of correspondence and data
pertaining 10 the work of the DEPART
ment- Heads OF departments hold F,
commissions IN the army or have seen
service.
500 Clerks
az "NH Clerks ana ldbOrerS
employed in the main depot and its
eight subsidiary buildings in FL Paso.
/ ne laDorers work by the hour The
clerks are paid overtime for the great
amount Of work they do q night
Seven warehouses besides the main
lepot are filled with supplies The
,ommissary building is located ad-
9inlnE the other seven structures near
ne West Texas Fuel COMPANY II Is
ne second largest 10 the main depot I
-ach OF Tho warehouses is packed with
'oNes OF shoes. field equipment. cloth .
hE- tents and other articles. n a large
ard adjacent TO one Of the buildings
re parts for wagons. tent poles stakes
nd other articles
Main Depot Big
Inc main depot has four stories and ]
'asement The commissary building
as floor space measuring 10 < 400.
mere Is $1,000 square feet for the
forage OF supplies in the main depot.
.side from the supply depots under
ne jurisdiction OF Mai Elliott are the !
ngineer's depot. near the Santa Fe (
ards; medical corps depot. on Anthony
treet and signal corps depot on santa
- street These supply depots ar