The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-31
NEARLY ALL
THE TEXANSON
BORDER DUTY
GUARDSMEN SIGN MUSTER AND
INDICATIONS ARE THERE WILL
BE NO WORK FOR THE COURT
MARTIAL.

San Antonio, Tex, May 3O.--lt is
not known tonight whether there will
be any Texas guardsmen left for
trial by court-martial by Thursday.
Seven men came in today from var
ious parts of the state and signed
the muster rolls, and officers are
advised that about twenty-five will
be here tomorrow morning, including
some from Lott. Tonight there is
not man at Camp Wilson who has
not been mustered into the United
States service. The officers cannot
state exactly the number of militia
men remaining about the state who
nave not been mustered. They say,
however, that the number is now
very small, and that if the present
pace continues, the military court
Thursday may find itself without a
job.
Camp Wilson is a very lonely place
tonight, for with the departure of the
Third regiment for stations in the
Brownsville section, only one battery
or artillery and four troops of cav
airy remain to mark what few
days ago was the great camp of the
Texas militia. The cavalry may get
away some time this week, but that
is uncertain. and the artillery prob
ably will not move to the border Tor
several weeks. 1t is said that if the
horses, now being inoculated, are not
ready in d.few days, the cavalry may
go to Leon Springs for target prac-
tice, preparatory to the border tour.
Reveille sounded at 4 o'clock this
morning and The Third regiment was
entraned, most of it moving toward
the Rio Grande valley by noon.
Having thoroughly preserved all the
military traditions so far, Camp Will
son ran true to form today with a
wedding ceremony in Il company
street Just before the regiment march
ed and the Texas militia is now thor
oughly up to date. 1t has war
bride.
Corporal Walter Rimmer of the
Port Arthur company, now attached
to company l. of the Third, and Miss
Margaret Fisher of 523 East Quincy
street San Antonio, were married by
the Rev. Hugh McLennan of this
city this morning, and a half hour
later the company, with Corporal
Rimmer swinging along in his place,
was moving to the station to entraln
for the border. The ceremony was
performed in the company street at
Camp Wilson and hundreds of sol
diers of the Third crowded around,
cheering Justify as soon as the ser
vice was concluded. Corporal Rim
mer met his wife when she came to
the camp with a party of visitors a
day or two after the guard was mo-
bilized She happened to ask him
some questions about camp life, ac-
cording to the story. He answered
her questions and invited her to
Zine" at the company mess and get a
real taste of soldering, and one thing
| led to another,-and there you are.
Recruits from Dallas.
Fourteen recruits arrived today
from Dallas and were mustered into
Battery A, which gives this artillery
its full war strength of III enlisted
men.
4 Authorization by the war depart
ment was secured today to recruit
other units of the Texas militia now
in the federal service to war strength.
Recruiting agents will be sent to the
towns where the various companies
were organized and the people VIII
be given the first opportunity to en-.
roll those lacking to bring each com
pany to $50 men. 1t is expected the
plan will add to the forces along
the border approximately ] 900 men