El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-08
To HAVE
MOUNTED BAND
First Cavalry to Organize
First Mounted Band in
Pennsylvania Guard.

Dan Nirella. bandmaster Of the first
Pennsylvania field artillery. has ten
dered his services TO the first Penn
syIvania cavalry as temporary band
master and will organize a mounted
band for that regiment. Already the
mounted musicians have been selected.
Among the number are troopers John
- Bendick. Emerson l. Burrel. James
A. Ryan and Charles Fenush. all or
r~ooD II II Will he the first mounted
band that the national guard Of Penn
sylvania ever had and under the tutor
ing OF Nirella is expected 10 he a good
one.
Chaplain is Postmaster.
In the first Pennsylvania field artil-
lery chaplain g. II. Miller. regimental
postmaster. has opened up his new post
office almost next door TO headquarters
with cannoueer George b. Park. of
Galeton. Pa. who Is postmaster at
home as his assistant
New Ford Truck.
Troop F. Pennsylvania cavalry. OF
Newcastle, was proud Monday when
Major Cunningham brought out from
the CITY the new Ford truck present
ed TO the rough riders by the citizens
of their home town It Is a blue one
and the boys who are TO share il with
the medical department Of the first
cavalry exhibited II all over camp
Of course this equally depressed Capt
Charles McCiOvern. Of troop II. OF Pitts
burg who has been trying for two
weeks or more to have some Of his
friends at home chip in" and provide
his outfit with a truck OF the same
kind. He offered to contribute 500
for this purpose himself However he
hid his chaErin and went about his
business making an order that none OF
his sWa EEering troopers should wear
leather puttees but canvas leSsings.
Seine Of the Pittsburg men were get
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feathers too much. he said
show squad
Steve Madden. who Is horse breaker
| for troop H.. and an old regular. had
| his show SQUAD out Monday showing
| the bows how equipment should be
| hacked after the troop had been made
I to pack their equipment ready for ser
vice.
TROOPERS James Dunn and John Por-
( ter. Of troop II. reported sick at the
I regimental hospital returned to full
/ duty Monday
baseball Game.
SUNDAY in the wide space between
/ the tenth Pennsylvania infantry and
! sixteenth Pennsylvania made vacant
l by the departure OF the third batta j.
} ion of the tenth TO the Big Bend. there
/ was a rafting ball game that attracteA
| crowds in spite of the dust There was
: a good breeze blowing all day ana con-
sequently plenty OF dust. but the ball
I Dlavers and the roOters made NOR
I Than the wind did Company 4. Of the
! sixteenth. played company z. Of the
| tenth Lester Sample pitched for the
! sixteenth. and Andy Clausnor for the
| tenth and il was some game with =
| mesa stretching three and a half miles
| 10 the Franklin mountains for dla-
! rnond and a bunch Of real athletes 70
! rooters The officers kept discreetly
away but. from their tents. they
/ watched the game through glasses
! There were buckets OF warm water ~
/ each Of the bases for the men running
/ would get thirsty and II was Impossible
I to get ice
Men Want to Vote.
| At the eighteenth Pennsylvania IN
! fantrv the men were wondering II thev
, will be sent home TO vote. II they VII!
: be allowed to vote here in camp or Il
/ they viii be kept here and deprived o.
/ q vote This question is being more
and more discussed and all sorts OF
/ theories are advanced. although no
! body seems TO know Just what the
I status OF the men is.
! Pvt Percy Sheets. one Of the medical
/ corps men Of the tenth Pennsylvania
| who is from Connellsville. reported
1 that Sergt- Apkemeir. who was sick. Is
I much better and not requiring hospital
care According to Pvt sheets. the
health Of the tenth is such that life In
/ the hospital corps is sinecure.