El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-29
PENN. COMPA ANY
NOW ENGINEERS
Company F, 4th PennsylVa
MIA, Transferred; Wives
Want Husbands.

Want Husbands.
In accordance with instructions from
the southern department Of the army
company Z, Fourth Pennsylvania IN
fantrv has been drafted into the ensi-
neerina- command and is now known as
comnanv c. Pennsylvania engineers
Tho announcement Of the new com
many was issued late Friday afternoon
from the headquarters of Gen Charles
" Clement. The new company IS in
command Of capt. James F. Archl BALD
who will probably be promoted 10
major. now that his command has peeh
made an engineering company. Cohl-
many c will be companion to A and =
companies that are now stationed d.
S;5ns Of hard and steady drills were
fi~sr exhibited at headquarters tent
Friday when the announcement M1s
issued that "a complete course OF u 81 81
ine- for August was being prepared Inc
Ip1..-,--e,-I,-anians having been hardened
with long marches over the country
aro11Dd CamD stewart and Will now De
touched up with advanced drilling
wives Beg for Husbands
A major At the headquarters tent saio
Friday that one Of the hardest tasks Oh
his was reading letters from sweet
hearts. mothers, ministers and DINERS
who ask for the release OF soldlers VINO
they say are the sole support Oh .c-
oendenrs who are suffering The major
sofd thar II to 90 Of these letters are
received daily and some are real SIS
nificent. The wife OF one man sent
letter to the headquarters ana askeu
for her husband. The commanding ol-
ficcer of his company was instr go ~
investigate the case Inc man sdlu ne
was supporting his wife and she was
recefvine, money from charities at nome
he said she was not IN need OF any
thing All of which was COMMUNICATE
IN the woman by headquarters "A SIX
maze letter was received from the wom-
an She said that all the statements
Of her spouse We're absolutely untrue
and further begged for MS release say
ing that she was badly in need OF
funds
what Are You Going to Do About IT."
Vow what are YOU going 10 90 Win
a case ike that" said the oI1iceI- II
IS inevitably the reverse OF TINS ltIe
incident These communications nav
10 survive the usual red tape Upon re-
ceiving them a headquarters they are
transferred to the commanding oIllcer
Of the man referred to and then 10 Cen
Frederick Funston. commander OF the
border forces. and then they are re-
turned II is a week or more until We
ascertain whether a man is going 10
receive his discharge
These communications are the direct
result Of a bulletin that was issued Dy
president Wilson. which quoted MN as
saving that all who are the sole sup
port Of dependents in the naional
guard shall be released and allowed 70
return to their homes Some OF the let
ters are quite pathetic
shuttle Trains Running.
The Pennsylvania soldiers shuttle
trained" out TO Camp Stewart in 10
minutes Friday afternoon when the ser
vice started. Quite Few ciNiIlahs
took advantage Of the service and went
out The service is excellent and a
comfortable ride. The first tram
started out from the freight depot OF
the Fl Paso & Southwestern railway AT
! o'clock Friday afternoon and the ser
vice continued unhampered throughout
the dav. the last train leaving at $3.50
n m Officials Of the road were on
the trains to see that the service
worked smoothly. To ride out TO camp
Stewart. the engine gets behind the
coaches and backs into the camp IN a
very few minutes. Three stops are
made. the last being TObin- The sched-
ule Of the shuttle train service IS as
follows Leave FL PasO At u. ,. >. $50.
and $50 p. m; leave Camp Stewart
at l. 4 6. :. $50 and 10 p m
POLE Climber n Hero.
There was quite a little difficulty IN
getting the American flag unwrapped
from the tail telephone flag pole 'front.'
ing the Pennsylvania headquarters tent
Friday \ large group OF men from the
10th infantry gathered ABOUT anu
showed some pole climbing stunts AZ
ter several had tried. Pvt Jordan
! Wright company G. a former lineman
employed by the Western Union az
Pittsburg. hunted out mis- feet picks
and nimbly reached the top and IN
furled old glory. For this valoro1s feat
/ Gen Clement presented a - Dill 10
Wright.
This showed that there is hardly any
/ thing that is not in some nook or
/ Granny Of the 10th infantry quarters
| Wright thought he might have some
/ use for his climbers. that the linemen
/ always use. and so he brought them
/ down 10 the border Wright is not the
( only lineman- There is q full fledsed
( signal corps in company c. Of the 10th
] The members Of this are Ralph Walters.
( Charlie Glessner. Walter Jones and : :
/ Grouse They work for the Western
Q Union and other firms at PittsburS in
! civil life All have their climbers IN
[ camp with them.
Pvt. Handler. First City troop. the
I millionaire troop. left at 1:50 o'clock
Friday afternoon. just after receiving
I the sad news Of his mothers death at
| Philadelphia. Pvt Handler is in one
I Of the most prominent families of Phil
I adelphia. The entire First City troop,
which IS 4 cavalry aggreEa ton. is com
| posed Of wealthy and prominent citi-
/ zens of the Quaker city
Generals Confer.
| Gen c T. O'Neil commander OF the
| Third Pennsylvania brigade. paid a visit
! TO Gen Clement Friday afternoon while
! the pole climbing exhibition was going
! on Immediately in front of the two
+, generals The officers discussed rOu-
! tine matters Of their commands
| To keep up the efficiency of the Sew
| enth division. eevrv night a meeting IS
! held among the officers of every COM
| mand OF the Pennsylvania division.
! They discuss plans. orders and other
! military business
Y. VI. {. 4. "Hut.-
The Y. NJ c 4. started the coustruc-
ton Of the second hut" in the Penn
I sylvania commands Friday The new
/ hut viii be located in the Second
/ brigade camp. There is a Y NJ G. \.
/ headquarters now being we'll patron
lied at headquarters of the Third bril-
! gade.
Some of the officers are well pleased
/ with the fact that they have all been
/ placed in one Pennsylvania camp The
| officers state that in the Camp Stewart
| location il is better in every way for
( the Pennsylvania division.
| Capt Truxel is tanned as much as
/ any Of the boys in G company. While
I al home Mr. TruveT is a 1au-,-er in the