Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-28
ALARMS KEEP co. G, OF SECOND, AWAKE;
K OF FIRST, ENJOYS SHOWER BATHS
Jests Fellows Eniven Monoony of Troopers Routine
Batches of Camp News in Letters Sent From
Front to Evening Ledger

How guardsmen Of the Second Regiment
| were fired upon when they arrived at the
border was told In one of the many letters
| received by the EVENING LEDGER from the
| Philadelphia soldiers. The letter follows:
To the Editor of EUeninO Ledger:
| Safeguarding our trip this far, would
| say we left Fort Bliss on July 13 and ar
| rived at Maria, Tex, the following day.
with us were Companies e. + and II, and
we set up camp the same day. The fol-
| lowing day, the 18th. Companies E and Il
broke camp and started for Presdio, about
65 miles distant They were all loaded on
| motor trucks and as far as we are able
| to learn arrived safely. our company. to-
gether with II, remained at Maria until
July 10, when we left for here. We left
Maria in the afternoon about 4 80 and ar
rived here about s 80 the same day
We pitched our shelter tents and had our
supper mess about 1OToclOck, eating along
the railroad tracks The men were all very
tired and after taps not sound could be
heard. A little after 12 o'clock however,
we were all awakened by the call to arms"
and fell in in front of our tents. We heard
about half dozen shots fred and we were
marched about 100 yards from camp to
trench and ordered to get in it. After
getting in the trench we heard several more
shots but our orders were not to fire until
we got the command. About Is minutes
later an orderly came up and stated that
we could go back to our tents, as they were
unable to locate an enemy. The following
day scouts were sent out, but they found
no traces of any one,
Might also say that we have In camp
with us here one-half company of Fourth
Texas Infantry under the command of Cap
tain Chapman. They were on outpost duty
this night, The following night July 30,
at about the same time the call to arms"
was again sounded and the firing continued
for more than Is minutes. However, no or
1HFsg1 NasI- AFrtWF F-II
mained in their tents. The Texas infantry
was again on outpost duty. Scouting par
ties went out again on the 21st and were
able to locate hoof prints in the sand and
some empty Winchester shells. This was
all they found.
The general opinion seems to be that it
was the work of a few Mexicans looking
for trouble and not an organized attack
The night of the 21st our company had the
outpost guard and nothing suspicious hap
pened. Last night Company II had the
guard, and they also had nothing to report
Now, regarding the camp situation and the
boys in general. This town consists of a
pumping station on the railroad a bath
house and postofiice combined, a hotel, a
general store and about three dwellings
The population Is about 25. The camp site
Is well located near the railroad and in
very healthy place. The water we get here
Is pumped from we'll 100 feet deep and
when 1t comes out of the spigot 1t Is nearly
boiling. 1t is a little unpleasant to drink
when 1t Is so warm, but after cooling in
the canteen over night 1t is fine. 1t GER
tainly is great for bathing. We have
shower bath, and each man bathes about
four times week 1t is supposed to be
the rainy season here now, but the rain
seems TO consist mostly of large clouds of
dust, and in the afternoons between |
o'clock and sunset it is almost impossible
to tell where the earth ends and the air |
begins the dust is so thick.
The boys are all in fine physical condi- |
tion with the exception of few, who are |
feeling the effects OF their last incubation |
which we received yesterday.
p j. FLEMING, |
Company Clerk, Company G, Second Penn |
sylvania.
To the Editor Evening Ledger:
Sir-Private Ryan. of Company X, First
Pennsylvania Infantry, was discovered at |
1910 Friday morning standing upon his /
cot trying to discover who had accidentally
on purpose gently but hrnlly laid of pail of
water bottom side up on his head while he
was asleep.
Private coyle, 1.-THE man from Eddy
stone," was astounded IN tho same man
ner.
Saturday was wash day in camp One
1f the most noticeable features 8 the day
was the amount OF wash accumulated by