El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-26
MANY HARVARD
MEN IN CAVALRY
Mass. Mounted Men Include
Doctors, Lawyers and
College Men.

only military order. but the fine ar
rangement and neatness OF the camp
that makes il so distinctive. Much Of
the contentment is due to the excellent
eats that the cavalrymen are enjoy
ing. There are few. if any. who wan+
discharge from the First Massachusetts
cavalry
These four troops of cavalry are by
no means a set of ''snobs." though there
are many Harvard men in the ranks
The Harvard student mixes with the
street car conductor at this camp. The
camp is distinctive Tor its air of de-
mOcracy-
Have Dutch Dinner.
For one menu Massachusetts troop
furters and other essentials for a good
Dutch dinner. The cooks are good
cooks and they often take the boys
back home with their fine fish cakes.
In the First cavalry there are sew
eral prominent personaSes- OF mill
tary and civil prominence IS first Lieut..
Oliver Wolcott, of Boston, in troop b
Lieut.. Wolcott arrived in camp d few
days ago and was given cheering re-
ception by the hundreds of men. Only
recently Lieut. Wolcott was discharged
from the hospital corps of the French
army. As soon as he arrived in the
United States he started for Camp
Pershing, Fl PasO- Lieut.. WolcOtt is
a man Of much prominence in Boston, !
being the son of eX-GOv- Roger Wolcott, |
of Massac husetts-
To Drill College Boys.
Sergt George Campbell. { troop. will !
leave soon for Boston, and after having
spent a vacation viii resume his work !
military instructor Of Notre Dame /
college he is a retired regular.
y - he .raH of no al
in the horse question It was to this /
troop that all sick horses Of other /
troops were transferred for care. The /
sick mounts. too seriously i'll 10 live /
longer, viii be killed Most of the |
horses are afflicted with distemper. One |
fine pony has an infected sore, the re- |
suit OF improper branding. and viii be /
shot
CavaIrymnn Is Broker.
z I. Stevens of Boston. who is a
broker. Is a fine rider in troop B He I
had the opportunity TO ride over the
macadum roads at home and took ad-
vantage to train himself for riding in
the cavalry The other good riders that
are attempting. and sometimes succeed
ing. in calming green horses for B
troop. are Z. g. Robins. a banker of
Boston: I 5 Cooley. of BrOokline. and
Sergt W P Mandeu, of Boston.
Two fine chestnut horses We're
bought in the vicinity OF Fl Paso by
- d
As a preventive against disease the
horse picket line of the camp was I
burned Tuesday afternoon The horses
SVere taken out in the field and held .
until the work was done
"War bridegroom"
The First Massachusetts, cavalry has
a war bridegroom" At the l1th hour
the knot was tied making SerCt James
Brown. OF Belmont. Mass. and his be
trothed man and wife. As soon as the
ceremony was over SersC Brown hiked
for his train and left with the rest Of
the cavalry
Several families OF men in the First
-avalry camp have ranches in Wyoming.
" here the young men have learned 10 (
ride well But the cavalry standard Of
riding and the cOwpuncher style varies
much. as these fellows are learning. !
Keep your arms in. SON." a veteran
YELLED to one Young cavalrymsn as the
pony went ealopinE BY.
Forest Ranger.
Corp. A y. Glidden. troop p Boston.
is a former forest ranger of Wyoming
and an expert rider He has helped
much in the tanning Of green horses in
the cann Before answering the call TO
the colors Glidden was living the staid
country life in his big farm outside OF
Boston He is one OF the wealthy mem
bers of the troop.
The cavalrymen OF Massachusetts are
morning the men drill for about two !
and a half hours, but the work is light
er in the afternoon. only a half hour OF
strenuous work being imposed upon
them
Every man Of the First Nassachu
sets cavalry is in excellent condition.
Pvt Archibald. troop \. is recovering
rapidly from an attack Of appendicitis
He is at the base hospital and is the
only case Of Illness in the First Massa-
chusetts cavalry at present.
Sending Boxes of Sweets.
Troop B is the Harvard company It
IS composed largely Of Harvard men.
who are either graduates or who have
left their studies to see service on the
border.
The First has been given shower bath
which is much appreciated
There is an unusually dirty dust always
lying at the encampment
There are four especially vicious
lOrses in the large number of mounts Of /
the First cavalry They have yet to be
conquered, though many brave at
-empts have been made by the men to |
stay on the backs Of the animals One |
# the four is SO unmanageable that I
ne will not let the men place a bride !
IN his head a regulars nose was bro
ken a few days ago when he attempted /
10 tame one Of the outlaws" The horse |
planted both feet in the regulars face.
Sergeant Is Kicked.
Sergt- William Bassy, troop D. was
licked in the side by Outlaw" the !
worst of the quartet Of bad horses The
men have dubbed this little innocent !
'ony Outlaw" because he has Vet to :
Kick three or four more men in the reg
ment and complete the JOB of having
licked every man.
Troop c claims the best quartet of
my militia aggregation. Incidentally,
dlles Sumner, the comedian, is the best
'tory teller Of the state and always ap-
'ears in amateur minstrel affairs. Here
s the lineup OF the quartet Miles sum
Ter, John G Neary. Gardner Blaisdell,
Albert R Ringer. Company 4 men say
mas melody puts their cat to sleep, 50
hey don't mind
Troop O Is one of the crack troops Of
ne First Massa chusetts, though il is
'nly five years old. This troop was
ecruited from the Harvard law school
COnscrIpt Cook.
FYt Albert r. Ringer. troop G, tells
IN interesting account Of how he be-
anne professional cook in the camp /
u troop c. Ringer was delegated to
ne Job temporarily on the train, but
Shen ne arrived his services proved so |
5ood that he was asked TO remain cook
L was all because Ringer and some of
rs friends. including Eddie Mahan the