El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-12
hASSACHUSE IT'S
B0YSPLAY BALL
Hitting the Ball Instead of
the Enemy; Gloucester
ties Go Fishing.

In Camp Cotton the boys Of the
Fifth, Eighth and Ninth Massachusetts
infantry have made themselves com
Portable and established a well policed
encsmpment They have had a good
rest for several days and have started
baseball rivalry between the various
ATS Company Of the Eighth Mas
r1chusetts. won from company H by q
score Of -. and the hospital corps
defeated the machine gun corps nine
The score was So. Private Antonio
Enos, company G. was severely injured
in the right leg by the spiked shoe Of
another player. He is rapidly recov-
sring.
sergt Joseph Souza. company G.
Eighth AIassa chusetts infantry. is in
eRe Fort Bliss hospital recovering
from an operation for an abcess-
GIOucesterits Go Fishing.
The Eighth Massachusetts, has its
headquarters in Gloucester Naturally
the first idea Of the men was 70 20
fishing Pvt. n. L Nichols and Pvt
q c. McNess prospected the Rio
Grande for fish, using lizard meat FOR
bait and bent pins for hooks determ-
ined 10 keep their mess supplied with
fresh fish anyway. saw nsh,
explained Pvt Nichols disgustedly,
"and he was all Of half an inch long,
The BLACK SQUAD consisting. Of
Demon Love. Black Perry, "Bull'
Colby. -Zapp" Enos and "Skish" Ma
lone, has for its speciality the initia-
tiQn Of all raw recruits. The initiation
c4nsists in catching the rookie asleep
and applying a liberal coat OF shoe
polish. "Skish" Malone was the last
victim. with the added variety Of an
egg-and-cond d-milk hair tonic
Domestic Bliss.
Pvt William H Moody is the cham
pion happily married man of the regl-
ment. while Pvt Gilbert O'Neil IS Off
ciaI camp orator on the subject Of do
nestle happiness Corp George P
Love is 70 be married Immediately on
his return home. and is already count
Az the days Of Watchful waiting he
hpends most of his tine writing letters
and guarding the several boxes o. good
eats" that he has received I only
got one coOly out Of the first box that
came for me" he complained, and il
cost S1-6S parcel post. too"
Pvt Tony Inness has been rechrist- I
ened -Pancho Villa" owing to his re-
semblance 10 photographs Of the no {
toriOus bandit ---.---.----
Was Cow Jabber.
I Pvt Joseph BoWering, street car /
CONDUCTOR in civil life. has had a varied /
experience He has served four years +
in the navy, three in the regular cav
airy, nearly two as a coWpuncher on
the 101 ranch OF Oklahoma He is
chief minstrel Of. company 6, and the I
.sply respectable cook IN the outfit.
- Waist, 20 Legs
Pvt Charles Andrews, OF the COOK
shack. has a waist measure OF -
inches and legs Of IS inches Result.
when dunEaree were issued he had to
irsw the largest pair in stock TO get
waist room which left him about IS
Extra inches in length
The father Of company G is Corp. ".
Cameron He is the expert diplomat :
md arbitrator. being affectionately J
Known as DR. Munyon" from his origi-
lal method of curing love affairs.
which consists in extra police duty
7ad plenty Of drill
The militia is vel equipped with /
equation army tents. blankets etc {
he pyramidal tents each sheltering a !
quad, are strong and waterproof The q
snts once up the miitiamen were nor r
L al in Inconvenience by the recent {
aims.