El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-27
CEN. BLISS SEES
MICHIGAN CAMP
Assistant Chief of Staff Is
Conducting Investigation
of Camp Conditions.


Cen. Tasker H. Bliss. accompanied
J by Gen. George Sell. jr-. commando
OF the FL Paso border patrol district,
inspected the camp of the 32nd Michi-
! san infantry Wednesday. The two
! generals spent much time at tho camT-
When the inspection was finished
! neither would make any comment
L is said that Gen. Bliss has ben
detailed TO FL Paso 10 investigate IN
the militia camps for himself 20 500
/ j. there is any foundation TO ths
charges that militiamen are Underfed
Many questions were asked Col
Coveu. in command OF the 33nd Nichi-
san. all of which were taken down by
4 stenoSra pher. Gen. Bliss desired 20
! know what was being issued TO the
men. II il was enough. whether the
cooks knew how to handle II and .f
the food was cooked we'll He especial
" wanted to know II there was ans
complaints from the men on aceoun-
Asks Questions.
Gen. Bliss got right next to the sltu-
alton. While the general was talklcG
I with Col Coveu a major of his staff
was walking through the numbers OF
lanes thanked by the tents He looked
into the cook tents and asked the
cooks various questions pertaining 10
the rations they were setting out to
/ the men.
Gen. Bliss was not the only high
army officer to visit the send camp,
for no sooner had he gone than MAJ.
Conner. representing Gen Frederick
Funston, IN command OF an 3o5de.
forces at Fort sam Houston called al
the headquarters and introduced him
self. He also had long list Of queS-
tons to ask Il was equipment that
Mai. Conner inquired into and he in
CURED into il thoroughly
Sanitory Inspector.
Mai Bevins. chief sanitary inspector.
was next to come. He was there To
see if that thing next to godliness was
ia evidence Evidently he was salts
In fact there were some well appre-
ciated compliments paid by MAJ
Bevins to the men of the send for the
orderliness and cleanliness Of their
The men Of the SIND are looking
forward with happy visions toward
pay day. for it is not far away. ac-
cording to what Information IS given
out from headquarters Inc men VIII
receive the first pay while on duty on
the border either Friday or SATURDAY
This viii be only small amount. how
ever. but soon after the pay Tor the
entire month Of July VIII he issued 10
the men The first pay will only take
in the period ending July 1, a perl9i
of about ten days. As soon as tn
first payroll is satisfactorily disposed
Of. the pay for the entire month or
July will be issued among the men
Want Discharge
.fanv OF the men of the 32nd would
like their discharge from duty on the
border so they can return home ana
helm their dependents. It is reported
that many applications for 9ischarse
have been properly presented Dut no
action has Vet been ia ken
Lieut. Col Joseph b Westnedse
branded every mountain climber in FL
Paso a prevarieator after ne ana ana
others OF the 32nd camp climbed Mt-
franklin, Wednesday morning The
distance to the base Of Mt Franklin
from Camp Cotton is question tnat
produces much dissenslOn from Lieut..
I Col. Westnedge. and he cannot be con-
WINGED of the truth of the statement
made by a friend to the effect that
! the base of the mountain was tlVe
= miles off.
Early Wednesday morning Lieut..
I Col. Westnedge. capt Matthew Han
/ sen, machine gun company latnef
! Patrick DUNCAN. reCimental chaplaln,
and +. VI. Sparks. correspondent OF The
I Grand Rapids Herald. started on
climb of Mt franklin The partr
| reached the top Of the big hill afte-
| several hours Of strenuous work
| There wasn't much to see after the
party got to the top after being fooled
several times by the lodges. but they
all returned with good appetites. M
Sparks carried his $3.50 camera along,
but instructed his companions before
reaching the top that if he SHOULD
slip, to grab the camera and let him
The Grand Rapids Herald CORES
pondent will leave Thursday for home.
There are no other correspondents in
the camp now who are not in the
service.
II Years in Service.
Pvt John English, 32nd Michigan,
has charge of the regimental cantcen.
He has seen p years service in the
regular army.
Company . was detailed 10 some
heavy work Wednesday. TIE soldiers
unloadcd from cars and laid cinders
on the lanes Of the 32nd camp.
J Everts and Roswell Stevens arc
cooks of the same town in company +.
While Stevens follows the cooking
trade, though he is not yet convinced
that he has made a success, his side
pal, Everets. sold neckties and b. v.
D-'s' i'm Michigan Both hail from
Ionia. Mich Stevens is making bis
cults for the boys Of Z company as
an abb to get his discharge.
Class in Tactics.
An officer Of company u gathers his
mon IN tent every afternoon and
reads army literature 70 them. 4 larE.
body of students in army tactics fol-
low the studies every day-
There are five companies Of the send
from Grand Rapids. Mich These in
Guide the machine gun company and
the rest are I. X L. and NJ Compan-
:es p. T. q. II all come from near
Grand Rapids