El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-03
COMPANY K IS
At TERLINGUA
After a Long Hike, the Boys
Settle Down to Soldier
Duties.
RY JOHN II. REGAN.

,s .or,nsriv X We have taken over the
.o-,is court Of the Chiso Mining COM
~ ftbe only level ground for long
,lis+snces about and with our cot heads
,,,rDs6 to the wire netting and our
,r,o1tsr ba1fs I'D to break the sun-we
are camped for fair
The sun is beating down upon me and
all the others that are scattered about
the rectangle. It is 100 IN the
shade and the most Of US are IN our un-
dershfrts only putting on - =. .Cl
y;-e leave the shelter and It's plach
Headousrters have been established IN
~, Icv,- SCI stone shacks thatched with
the dry stalks Of some desert weed INTO
one Of the chambers have Deen plaeeu
the commissary suppiles = n, ~.
been converted into the ofIlce WINE me
remaining spaces are for Capt jenkins
Ifeuts. Elliott and Gooeh ana Top
The only Bit Of Color.
Seret Manigold has gay curtain
OF some wine and gold scrim- Inc ciotn
hangs on one corner and IS tne onls
art On the place. unless il be the thin
and arid art of Austin Baker, our
frumpeter- We speak of IL as thin and
arid because few OF the signals are car
ried out 20 an nth power
& < w has got up enough nerve 70
wash clothes and is industrlously AR
ine. his linen - public ms race Is
covered with e weeks growth OF mar
None of his Old calamity MOWERS
would know him now
some Personal Notes
George Rivere. of the First National,
stroIls about in an enigmatic way.
putting his pipe and IS preparing 10
take over Joe Clements's job as COM
pany clerk as soon as Joe enilstInel
IN lime cypires Rivere has not red
Jened under the sun like the most Of
we fair 'uus and We think II 8 because
he got an extra portion Of the suffrage
paul Mcqueen plans 10 start an ice
cream industry II he can get a freezer
from FL Paso and ice from the miulns
u1aut. Lieut. Gooch viii assist Capt VIII
Iiams. Of troop B, Of the sixth cavalry
in conducting a movie show later on
Both resorts depend on pay day
The Trip From Marathon.
Tn the weary ride OF So miles from
Marathon to TerlinEua- we passed
through an phases Of scenic change Not
knowing the landscape we were discoV-
erers and named most distinct peak "a
mountain that loOmeG I'D before US con
stautIyl Go DIRTY" in honor Of our little
French-ItsliaR- German Austrian irienu
and compatriot. Jean Godarty. Godardfy
is not more soiled than the rest Of US
He is small and good natured and the
butt for much humor. all OF which ne
stands splendIdly- Some camp VII mas
dubbed him Go Dirty" and the arrow
shaft sticks.
Ne hit the ~sorenson'' trail, big and
precfpitous- the Randolph Eulley. the
Getaway ravines, and the Joe Mliler
mud holes. we wearied the eve with
looking upon Galeman Grass; Lunsiotu
peaks and Macarthur deserts there
were now and then some fresh little val
Ieys. so refreshing with their low set
wee salchied bushes aflame with yellow
and "a willow shrub with pink How
crs that we gave them no names ana
held them as the generous Eift OF COD
Rain COoIs the Air.
When high noon famed down upon rs
Justify from the skies and the White
dust OF some A. wheels arose like some
wicked incense from the rutty trails,
canopy of clouds drifted across TIE
southern part OF the blush dome and
rain. slight and light. allayed the dust
and cooled the air. making our entrance
into camp jenkins with its two water
holes a refreshing thing We were so
sore. We could scarcely jump down from
the cars.
Henry Cline, Of Wharton. Tex and
nephew OF W H Aldridge. Of FL Paso.
has Joined our ranks He is big strap
ping chap. just out of college. and is
said 10 be the first of number OF
young college men who are planning 10
line up with company X
TerIinEuG Novel Place
7 cannot describe Terlingua because
II is the most novel and unique place I
have ever been in On one hin we are
stationed. To the west is Fort Perry,
in charge Of Capt Williams, Of the sixth
cavalry. The fort consists OF low SCI
adobe in which Capt " uiafns mas
headquarters and another long building
in which the troopers have their hunks
Upon the hill 10 the north IS the cath
Ole church-smau and cOlorless- Thrice
a day we listen 10 the angelus- East OF
US is the sheet iron hotel and the cor
rl1.rated iron store. while further 10 the
so1Ith is the plant OF the Chiso Mining
company To the extreme east OF our
camb Is the the Mexican town. charac-
terized By the same squalor and priml-
tiveness as stamps the settlements be-
tween FL paso and Canutillo-
Rocky and Wnterless-
The country is very rocky and there
are no level spaces The broken rocks
are OF a binding whiteness and thelf
capacity for absorbing and radiating
heat is enormous. II we leave any Of
our mess kits in the sun for a minute.
they become so hot We can scarcely
touch them
While we are prepared 10 move at
minutes notice, the probability is strong
that we viii be here for a number OF
months Our nearest water is four miles
off and each day we walk there Tor
baths Our drinking water is hauled BY
the mining people and when the plant
starts making ice we VIII live after a
sumptuous manner.
one of the best descriptions I have
heard OF the Big Bend country Is
that a buzzard never flies over it with
out carrying two days rations.
A ShHdeless Place
Terlingua is shadeless place with
several hundred Mexicsns and hand
ful OF Americans There are Few
good looking adobe houses We expect
10 relieve troop 3 Of the sixth. who
20 away because there is not sufficient
water for the horses
We made the trip without any acei-
! dents and all are we'll
We came down in II trucks
We camDed during the night eight
miles north Of Terlingua and messed
/ at a musty smelling spring for supper
] and breakfast
There are goats in the foothills and
! the Mexicans stand off afar wondering
I at our presence and movements. The
/ cavalry men are much rejoiced at our
advent and will get out as quickly as
1 possible We do not blame them
( Tell El Paso people that we banker