The Washington times., 1916-07-30
maryland SOLDIERS
MAKE GOOD RECORD
Only One Out Of Three Thou.
sand Drops Out From Bri.
gade Hike on Border.

EAGLE PASS. Tex, July So.-with
5000 men In line In the brigade hike
yesterday Maryland made an almost
perfect record. only one man dropping
out OF the ranks in the six mile march.
This fellow had q sore foot. but kept
up Tor five miles. When the goal was
ns i ime.n e., TOO much ~ for him and
and climbed aboard.
The command 70 start was given by
general Gather at s:16 Q. m. the First
Regiment band started up The Old
T TSe Frst And the boy: rc %srs off,
siope on which It's camp is pitched and
fell In behind General Gather and his
starr The Fourth marched across
country and fell in behind the First.
Ambulance Corps brought up the rear.
The Hospital Corps Of the first kept
with that regiment.
Men Happy ~ Lsrks.
The brigade formed q pretty sight a.
It mounted the hill The men marched
well and were happy as iarks, In one
section OF the country they had to pass
through a narrow defile.
long serpentine formation resulted.
the procession extending for more than
a mile at this point.
The march brought together the First,
first time since their last State encamp-
ment. At Laurel they were separated
AID they have been separated here.
General Gather reviewed the process
sion from In front Of his tent. which IL
took two hours and a half for the hike.
festerday's march was the first of q
series to be given. These marches will
De Increased and the men will have
more equipment 70 carry. They march
Cd yesterday In light marching order.
While the three regiments were hiking
Major Williams and Captain Heslup
conducted the inspection. The men were
In heavy maching order.
The men have had several hikes in
the last week and have been drilled
daily In the new cavalry exercises. The
troop spent Friday night looking for
General villa. Some one spread the re-
port that Villa had been seen prowling
around the camp Of the First Kansas
Several OF the troopers went over there
ana ran down various clues. When they
returned without him Lieutenant Wisner
onered a reward for his capture. Villa
up at Laurel by Sergeant Knight. He is
lost
Talking about mascots. Danny Loden
has had one named after him. II IL a
HUI, lea black s,s,, pig found by Jim Wall.
and Sergt George Donoghue at the
Field Hospital. The four expect to in
troduce Danny" to the leader Of the
Baltimore ku-Klux Khan when they get
home.
Negroes In Battle Royal.
The Field Hospital had four Of its
negro cooks In battle royal last night.
They were The Shark. Captain Mute.
Kid Butter and Kid Blue. to give the
ring nom de plumes.
Private Jenkins. OF the ambulance
corps. donned the mitts with Bill Harri-
son. of the Thirtieth Infantry. Jenkins
was in nne fettle and had had real prac-
tice. Yesterday morning he assayed to
ride one OF the new mules.
In order to help him Capt. w. Dwight
l.. Mohr. who knows the tricks of the
wild West. lassoed the mule. As Jen-
kins approached his muleship started to
run. Jenkins held on to the lasso and
went along with the mule. Seeing a
porch which had been erected at the
front Of one OF the Mexican adobes, Jen-
kins tried 10 stop the mule by tying
some of the rope around one OF the sup
ports. The mule didn't stop, and pulled
the porch right out OF the front Of the
house. Eight Mexicans came running
out shouting In Spanish and gesticulat-
ing wildly. II looks as II Uncle Sam will
have a big bill to pay.
They are organizing a baseball team
In the ambulance corps. Gladstone z.
Humphrey Is manager and DR.. Mohr
will pitch. Several games have been
scheduled.