Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-27
Governors Troop Commander
Receives Pair of Cavalry
Boots on Birthday
HORSES ARRIVE DAILY
HarrisburgAthletes Prominent;
Boys Celebrate Introduction
of Regular Water Supply


While there are many hours during
which the troops are busy with army
duties. many pleasant incidents hap
pen that make the boys forget their
| troubles.
On Sunday Captain George C. Jack,
commanding Troop c (the Governors
Troop, of Harrisburg), was presented
with a pair OF leather cavalry boots
by the members of his troop. 1t was
! the forty-fourth anniversary of his
| birth. The present came as big sur
prise to the popular captain of the
troop and he was much affected by
the gift.
Captain Jack has been connected
with the Governors Troop for twenty
six years and is very popular with his
men. AS a culinary dainty for the
occasion of the birthday, which was
celebrated in camp, Cooks Weber and
Owes, of the troop, prepared big din
ner from the government rations and
baked the captain pie, upon the top
of which, made of dough, was IA"
and 1915" This graced the table at
dinner.
The presentation of the boots was
made by First Sergeant Charles Kline
on behalf of the men, who were
grouped about the captains tent.
The men celebrated the opening of
the new water main by taking sponge
baths in ordinary washtubs and by
washing their clothes.
Cooks Weber and Owes, of the troop,
are in danger of spelling the men with
their skill at producing good things to
eat. Although the government is still
issuing hardtack, meat and tomatoes,
the Harrisburg cooks are so Disgusting
the ingredients that the men of the
troop are coming back for second
! helpings of the mess. Yesterday the
| men from Harrisburg were fed pound
cake and hamburger steak, the cake
being baked by Weber. It was the
| first cake to be baked in the cavalry
the men from the State Capital.
Athletes Prominent
Harrisburg athletes came to the
front in the camp of the First Penn
sylvania Cavalry last evening when
Eddie Roth "a private with the Gov
ernor's Troop, won a four-round box
ing bout with John Anderson, of
! Troop F, of New Castle.
Last Sunday the water line which
connects the camp with the Ell Paso
water works was completed and to-day
the men are enjoying water in as large
quantities as they desire. This is the
! first time since the Pennsylvanians
arrived in camp that the men have
| had plenty of water.
James P. Doran and Harold Nipple,
of the Governors Troop, also took
part in the boxing show, going to a
| lively two-round draw. There are
many such athletes in the Harrisburg
troop and plans are now being made
| to enter team in a regimental base
ball league that is being formed.
Lieutenant Edwin A. Nicodemus has
assumed the duties of aid to Major
General Charles Clement, commanding
| the seventh Division of the National
Guard, made up of the Pennsylvania
| troops. Lieutenant Nicodemus' as
signment to the division headquarters
camo as a big promotion to the Har-
risburg man and entailed an increase
| in salary also.
Lieutenant Nicodemus has been with
| the Governors Troop twenty six years,
enlisting with the troop soon after
Captain Jack, now in command of the
troop. At headquarters Lieutenant
Nicodemus will have charge of the
details of various work for General
Clement.
From Sergeant Thomas
FL Paso, July 19.-Quartermaster
Sergeant Kennedy went to Ell Paso
this afternoon to order some extra
"eats" for the men. By careful man.
agement the company has accumu-
lated a substantial credit balance and
government commissary does not
issue.
Sergeant Major Gross, son of City
Commissioner Gross. has already
proved that no mistake was made in
his appointment as sergeant. This
were issued and in less than an hour
under his supervision they were in
place without a mistake and the medi-
cal staff congratulated him.
Inspection was held this morning
The men, quarters and equipment were
sy,e Inxrs H.,
talon staff. General O'Neil and staff
and Colonel F1nney made an informal
inspection.
More Horses Arrive
Privates Given and Pollock erected
two tables in the mess hall to-day
They said they were tired of eating off
the ground.
a thousand horses and mules have
been unloaded and put in the corral
near our camp, making about 5000
there.
Watching them unload is an in
teresting sight. Some of the horses
have never been bridled, saddled nor
shod and there are all sizes.
Inspectors stand at each door and
| pick out the sick or injured stock
common disease is shipping fever
which affects the eyes and causes the
| nostrils to run. These horses must be
kept at the corral IOr three weeks be-
fore they are issued to commands.
Tells of villa Country
To friend in this city a Harrisburg
officer of the Eighth Regiment, now
in Camp Stewart. near Ell Paso, writes
as follows:
I'VE are located about nine miles
from FL Paso with the entire division
of the Pennsylvania troops and about
two miles north of Fort Bliss in the
| sand. We would be quite comfortable
if it were not for the sandstorms, but
as the rainy season is about to open
we will get relief from that source.
There is no sickness in our regiment
and the health of the camp is better
than is the usual case at summer
camps in our own state While the
heat is excessive, the temperature go
ing TO 110 and 120, the fact that there
is usually an air stirring, coupled with
the altitude, makes the general con-
dition less oppressive than would be
the case at home. We have not had
one single case of sunstroke or heat
prostration.
~ am enclosing some specimens of
the Villa currency. which is, of course.
at the present time of no money value.
and to tell the truth, never has been
except in Chihuahua when Villa com
PEELED it's acceptance. Mr.. Watson, the
assistant cashier of the Rio Grande
Bank and Trust Company (Villa's
banker), informed me the other day
that when this money arrived from