El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-10-09
700 MAKE RAID
ON PASS CITY
Maneuver Only Make Be
lieve, However; Part Of
Eighth Cavalry Drill.
BY FORBES |. PARKHILL.

men, coming from the direction OF 1siela-
this morning ut o'clock made rad
upon Fl Paso. Just southeast OF Fort
Bliss.
-Four troops of the Eighth cavalry, in
Guiding the machine Gun troop were
sent out To meet the force advancing ON
the city. Three entire troops or the at
lacking force were destroyed I'M run
nine fight which lasted two hours
And mounted ON his white horse. ON
mesa overlooking the whole battle. was
Lieut.. Col. Geogre T. Lanehouc. umpire
in the practice game Of warrior the al
tack on and defense OF the city was SIM
PLY part of the practice maneuvers OF the
Eighth cavalry.
Only Make Believe.
i was only practice game OF war
but the practice was almost a interest
ing as the real game of war Itself Many
of these practice games OF war are being
held these DAYS out on the mesa behind
Fort Bliss and. when the real game ol
war Is called the players viii know " hat
team work means. and VIII answer the
touch of the master hand
SIX troops of the Eighth cavalry were
sent down the vallery early yesterday
morning. to return. and raid. If possible.
the outskirts of Fl Paso. penetrating a.
far as Estrella street. They were troops
{. F. G. II. | and X. and were called
the brown" army, as they were dressed
in the regulation olive drab uniform.
These troops were under the command OF
Major John OShea-
Defending the city were troops a. B. ID
and the machine gun troop The mem
bers of these troops were dressed IN the
blue fatigue uniforms. and were called
the blue army. Captain Robert F.
Tate was in command OF the blues
Scouting Parties Out.
Scouting parties were sent out by the
Blues TO locate the columns OF the
Browns. A cloud of dust was san rising
several miles away. Was It the advanc-
ing Browns.
Another dust cloud also was arising
to the north Of the first. The 18th
cavalry was marching somewhere in the
vicinity. dressed In the same colored uni
forms as the Browns. a nice little prob
lem presented itself 10 the Blue scouting
parties. How were they to tell which
was the enemy. without advancing close
enough TO risk capture
Scouts finally reported the column to
the south to be the Browns Capt. Tate
and the Blue officers advanced TO a
point outside the line Of houses which
marked the limit of the city. to recon
hotter. The Browns were sent TO de
plov. troops starting in various direc-
tons
First Encounter.
The first encounter was near the Gas
tanks. where 2 scouting party OF Blues
opened fire on some Browns, retreating
afterward. The Blues took a stand IN a
hollow and waited.
\ troop Of Browns. which had evaded
the Blue scouts suddenly came charging
over rise a few hundred wards TO the
north. Before they were aware they had
} ridden almost upon the Blues. waiting In
the hollow. The Blues swept them witt
vollev after volley. in the first real
skirmish.
Lieut. Theodore Barnes. who was as
sisting Col. IanghoTne in umpiring the
fight. ruled that half the Brown troop
had been slaughtered and that r platoon
OF Blues had fallen. The remainder OF
the. troop OF Browns retreated to their
main force.
The Browns advanced in skirrnish lines
the Blues retreatinc before them. grad
uallv centcring the fighting To the south
near the railroad tracks. Suddenly. while
the Blues were fighting the Browns TT
the south. two troops Of Browns came
charging over a height TO the north. to
make the raid upon the citv.
Two Troops Make Raid.
They passed the first house. They
passed others. until they were surround
ed by buildings. The charge was unlike
the cavalry charge of fiction. The men
were not shouting They did not have
their saberS drawn. waving wildly in
rhe air. And there was no thunder Of
hoofs-aI sound was dcadened in the
deep sand. The one thing attracting at
tention to the charge was the column of
dust arising behind It.
The charging Browns rode stiU far
Their into the houses. No Blues appeared
TO IL
Ike an easy victory for the raidine nartv
until-less than hundred feet ahead tho
heads and shoulders Of p troop Of Blues
seemed TO rise from the earth. and vol
levs were poured into the advancing
Browns. DESTROYING them completely for
so ruled Lieut. Barnes. who witnessed
the charge
A Second Marne.
The Blues had been hidden in an arroyo
and could not be seen more than a fev
feet awav The surprise of the rafliuo
Browns had been complete.
The fighting still was In Drorrpss n
the south. The remaining Browns drew
nearer until they were in RANGE OF the
machine guns. and were declared re-
pulsed by the umnire.
The fighting did not reach the STAGE
where the machine guns were 10 be
brought into full play. The five runs
OF the machine gun troop were scattered
about behind buildings in the CITY itself
7 he Blues retreating. were to lead the
Brown down the streets. where their
ranks could be- raked by the machine
guns Observations We're taken of tho
movements from the top of a windmill.
Should the real. grim. oame of war
ever become "a realitv the EIGHTH cavalry
VIII know how to attack a citv. and also
how to defend city against attack.
Blank cartridges viii be replaced bv lead.