El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-10
MAY BUY FOUR
MACHINE GUNS
Chamber of Commerce Con-
siders Raising a Fund to
Help Local Guard.

Initial steps we're taken by the di-
rectors Of the Ell Paso chamber OF COM
merce Tuesday afternoon TO raise a
fund by subscription for the purchase
of four machine guns, to be added TO
the equipment OF the local National
Guard company.
The directors Of the chamber Of COM
merce also recommended to the mill
tary committee that business men be
urged to pay their employees who arc
members Of the National Guard full
pay or in any event, half pay. while the
men are on duty defending their cOun-
try
Bark 10 Pay Employees.
Herman Andreas, cashier Of the City
National bank, told the board Of direc-
tors that p decision had been reached
at a meeting Of the directors Of the
bank Tuesday afternoon, whereby all
employees who are members Of the state
guard or became members, would be
allowed full pay by the bank in their
absence.
The Herald Is among the employers
recognizing the principle that employees
who are members Of the national guard
shall not be prejudiced in their en-
Dloyment while absent on public duty
Will the militia announcer local GOutcIu
which does not find il necessary to in
augurate any new practice in this re-
gard is the telephone company; this
corporation (the Mountain States com
pany and the Tri-State company Operat-
ing in the Rocky mountain regiOn) has
Tor some years made a practice Of con-
tinuing on the payrolls without preju-
dice all employees in the national guard
while engaged In training camps or 9TH
er duties
Directors present expressed approval I
or the army increase bill
It was decided after discussion TO |
authorize secretary Malcolm A Fraser ]
TO send copy of the chamber of COM
merce booklet, panorama view of the /
city OF 1l Paso, and a letter repudiat- |
ing a picture published in a Detroit /
daily recently, to the firm OF Under
wood and Underwood Of New York, and /
the editor OF the Detroit paper. The |
picture showed but a few Of the adobe Il
buildings in the lower part of the city, /
and bore the title Of ''El Paso, the larg-
est border city"
Shields BIZ Endorsed.
Endorsement Of the Shields bill, pro-
viding for a consolidation of the re-
sources Of the state, was given on mo
tion, by the directors.
A communication from Earl Reming-
ton, of the Aeronautical society OF I
with headquarters in Los An
geles, was read to the directors by
secretary Fraser, in which Remington
offered TO bring number of airplanes |
to FL Paso for use during the citizens !
training camp. The communication
was referred to the militory committee
OF the chamber A motion was passed !
urging that everyone possible join the
proposed citizens training camp. as it
would be a big boost for the city
To Aid YsIetn Normal.
After a brief discussion, # was de- !
cided to recommend to the trustees OF
the budget fund, to appropriate the |
amount of 800 in favor Of the Ysleta /
itate summer normal school A request I
'Or financial assistance was contained /
n a communication to the directors, 1
stating that $500 had been raised by
he citizens Of Ysleta, but it was dis
severed that more help was needed.
A committee consisting OF John wy
TT, W. G. Roe and Henry T. Bowie,
vas appointed by president r B. Orn-
Iorff to see L. p. Kepley, for the pur-
Jose Of ascertaining his reasons for
ending in his resignation as mem
Ter Of the chamber, and as a member I
4 the board Of directors.