El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-01
COMPANY K GETS
ITS FIRST PAY
Boys Are "Raring to Go"
and Are Tired of Idleness
The Life in Camp.
BY j. II. REGAN.

an incident of rare character It was
an episode only to be Iessened in splen-
dor by real battle After we got our
envelopes. less the canteen checks
there was a regular curb exchange IN
front OF the orderly dobie where the
fellows settled up their L O. US ana
personal loan obligations.
We got our pay at the same time the
news sifted down to US those 94 hot
and dusty miles from Alpine, that the
border situation is growing acutely
critical Naturally we were filled with
a sort OF wonder that FL Paso should
he almost ready TO fold its poncho over
upon the low set buildings OF Iuarez.
ar we conjecture. ''Juarez should be
evacuated, what next"
A general WEAKNESS OF sun rocAs
dust and ariditS mas been neutraIi1eu
within US by these exciting ana por 81
tOus things that are now nal I'll
the west of US We are somewhat 5 sai-
Gus that eastern or northern mliitla
NAV have a prior chance at the nerolcs-
We feel we are the better fitted pc
cause Of adoption n cnnlale, -
! sncs TO a toughening environment ana
most important, because we are pre-
pared
Z can't quite analyze the latter-lts
mental and physical though. and we
eTpress il in the pat phrase, "raring
to go" A fine asset We possess ~
common is a wonderful bronZlng OF
the skin. It was obtained honorsDly'
too-stone lifting. pick slinsing' snoN--
el digging, hiking, washinS OUT hIlsl1.
on the broiling rocks Fl Faso now
| knows about our beautiful feet. Ihey
grow more lovely every day. We are
also anticipating what VIII napPeH
Q
the alkan water we are s eesolls1
veterans" now on pool and stream
Writing Of drinks. brings me back TO
pay day. I got SO in my envelope - l1L
20 DAYS Of soldering; that is up 10 the
first Of June Three Of this sum went
| to the canteen- That left exactly 81 /
am specific, because my history on pay
dav is the common history Of all Some
OF the boys owed s. to SO TO the can
teen OF course they were out OF luck
where the Money Went.
For a few minutes after / received
the dough" il was hard 70 tell Whdl
[ 10 do with II. There was the store, but
being Sunday, IL was closed On the
other hand. had a biscuit and pickle
I in the flap OF my tent and stick OF
nenpermint in my 90 D." pocket Then
! some one said: The cavalrys got
pop" I just forgot everything ana
made a bee line for the headquarters
Of troop &C" Already the depth OF
men before that pink and red sodapop
! was like a crush during cattlemen S
convention at the Sheldon bar. ] Just
I yelled out Make II TOUT anu three
| packages of Campbelrs-"
] Thirty Of the men went to sunday
simmer at the "tin horn hotter and Tor
I two hours afterwards we could hear the
( canvon back Of that emporium OF eats
/ being bombarded with varied kinds OK
1-l TIguor That stirs.
A second rendezvous for delight and
pay day blithesOmeness was the nos
pitable shack Of Madame Anuqultys
. who operates a beer garden in a small
enclosure where she pastures her goat
= and serves tepid beer at 40 cents the
quart and peculiar drink called
soto" which is something Ike the
Wyoming cowboys cocktail-"carbo lio
acid spiked with lightning" They say
II acts like suicide and homicide com
biued. Our special instructions are 10
LAY low" on the soto"
What excited my special enthusiasm
about pay day was the manner IN
which the Il O. US" were cleaned up
II was a veritable lesson in bnnk
cIearances the way the men got to-
gether with their white slips many
soiIed by sweat and DUST and wiped
their states clean That men shoulo
square their accounts is nothing-but
that men without a cent for three or
four weeks should give up their last
penny. when there are so many little
I things a fellow needs. was a presenta-
ton OF character I was much skeptical
Of finding.
Now that the test has come. it's fine
| to know that our men are not only
| brave. but exactingly honest as ven
As a matter OF fact, what one OF US
has all has-only character tests are
quite as essential as target range
/ work.
| A special detail under Lieut.. GoOch
| went TO Alpine to bring back the money
I for pay day. Heavy rains. the Iirst 70
] come upon the Big Bend country FOR
! some time, flooded the ravines on sat
} urdav and the truck with the money
! and supplies was delayed some II
l hours. BY bog-ups and WashouLs- Inc
! detail spent most Of the time on the
1 return trip wading in water, liItlns
| rocks and welding the snao l,5.. - -
/ arrived in camp a tired lot, relief com
] ing through Lieut.. Elliott, VINO set ou'
with rations-
| Sunday morning after reveille anc
! breakfast the major part or the com
pany went to a clearance east OF ms
Mexican village. where the first mi
itia baseball game ever held IN Term
qua. took place. The score was TINS
| correct age Of a debutante, eighteen,
! and. like Tim Turner, wondered why
/ thew ran about so COMPOUNDED much
Barlow Morris pitched for the con,
2 UuerOTE. running ENtlg AlAAAAa ~ - -
] save his "bunkie," Paul Mcqueen Pau
! made one run and that was all that IN
/ "Unconquered" could do. Allen Jones
who is eternally wishing he was II
Los Angeles. was the Walter johnson
/ for the losing team since the circu
lation Of bona fids cash, Allen mas Gu
/ out singing, 4 love YOU California
Papa Joe Clements
| BY the way, the morning oetore Jo'
| Clements left US for FL PasO, he go
I notice that a baby daughter had ar
rived at his home. Authentic wor'
/ from the orderly rooms says that Jo
rushed out, filled a bucket half wa,
with water. called baby" INTO II AM
/ was simply beside himself when tn
! echo came back papa" We told Jo
TO call the baby ''Terlingua,' i'm homo
| OF his first bona fide military cam
paign- He couldn't see it in that ligh
though / hold that day viii COM
when We Will look back to Terlingu'
with all Of its SCARED hills and blghtel
hoIlows with a sense OF affection AM
reverence. for the camaraderie 1t Ia
brought TO US.
The End OF n Perfect Day
The day as I now write Is dwindlin.
! into dusk Upon the hill, the adOb
church surmounted with its shiny til
cross Is sending out the Angelus iron
q cheap bell Of iron composite. TIL