El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-17
RHODE ISLAND
GETS MASS. COAT
Doodle" Made a Prisoner
of War, Finally Rescued;
Snake Adopts Officer.

Battery 4. OF Rhode Island. got the
goat Of battery 4 Of Massachusetts
early Sunday morning This goat.
whose name is Doodle is the only pet
of the Rhode Island artillerymen. which
explains why they were a bit peeved
when they woke W Sunday morning
and found him prisoner in the Rhode
Island camp
But this same Doodle" gave Pvt
Standish Rowland, who is on guard in
the Rhode Island camp. the scare Of his
life and he says he was acting entirely
within the articles of war in taking
the animal prisoner Doodle" search
ing for something delectable in the way
Of hardware or other things dear 10
a goats palate. rambled across the
Rhode Island picket line shortly before
sunrise.
Challenger Bill.
Pvt Rowland. hearing something
stealthily approaching. pulled his auto
matte in approved war fashion and
thrice yelled halt" advance and be
recognized" Doodle" did not halt. hut
he did advance and luckily he was
recognized before he received a mess Of
lead which would have been hardly to
the liking even of a goat
\ detail from the Massachusetts bat
Island alfalfa stack early Sunday morn
ing He had destroyed nearly a whole
bale, but Capt. Chaffee was willing 10
get rid of him at any price
Snake Adopts Officer.
Capt Spratt. of troop c. Rhode Island
cavalry, is worried over the fondness
which all Of the pests of the mesa seem
TO have for him. When he woke up Sun
day morning large RATHER was doz-
ing in a corner of his tent The canraiu
reached for his saber and killed the
snake Later in the day a scorpion tried
10 make its home in the captains trunk.
but escaped the officers wrath Two
horned tOads took up their abode in the
captains bucket and a derail had to
be assigned to take them beyond the
border Of the camp. According to the
trooper these are only few of the
reptiles which have been attracted by
the captain and they have named his
quarters the menagerie
Attend Services.
Ambulance company No. 1 and the
Rhode Island cavalry quietly spent
Sunday in trips to FL Paso and about
Camp Pershing. The cayalrvmen at
tended in body the religious services
of the eighth L 5. cavalry at Fort
Bliss. Sunday morning.
Ambulance company No. ! and the
cavalrymen paid a visit to FL Paso Sun
day when their were allowed to leave
camp from 10 a. m. to ) D. m. Many or
the men ate dinners at the downtown
restaurants. for the sake Of variety.
Nineteen fine horses were brought to
Ell Paso by the Rhode Island cavalry
officers These are all that are in the
Rhode Island cavalry at present In
number Of men. the cavalry is up to
war strength.
General Picks Corral Site
Gen Granger Adams. commander of
the first provisional brigade OF ARTILLERY.
assisted battery a. Rhode Island. TO nick
out favorable locality for a corral
Battery A will soon receive more
mounts and it is making preparations
70 care for the animals. It will REQUIRE
as head of horses and u head OF mules
Tor the battery to complete its compile
ment of stock. With these battery 4
will be practically the only complete
militia command near FL Paso Its en-
listment of men is over war strength,
and the battery has a complete set of
field equipment for each man
Battery A claims the honor Of hay
ing none of its men arrested by the
provost guards. The men report at
camp on time and there have been no
disorderly cases reported