El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-14
CAMPS
HIT BY STORM
Camp Stewart Troops Spend
Sunday Repairing the
Damage To Tents.

While there was time for church ser
vices in all the regiments early sun
day morning, good part of the fore
noon and in some instances most of the
day was spent in all the organizations
repairing the damage done by the rain
and windstorm that dashed the entire
camp Saturday evening. Mess tents,
which are large. were down IN all di-
rections in the 18th and 18th. which
seemed to suffer most. the Tenth in
fantry. the artillery. cavalry and the
signal and sanitary train camps also
suffered. The men took it good na-
turedl and many of them ate their meals
al fresco and did not bother with the
tents until Monday.
CrippIes of Artillery.
In battery B. First PENNSYLVANIA ar
tillery, there are several cripples.
George z. Burdick had a bone taken
from his foot at the base hospital and
is going around on crutches with pill
lows under his arms. Sergt ROBBERY c.
Jenkins. Of the battery. was stepped
on by a horse and has broken homes
in his foot Corp. Price was thrown
from his horse and has a sprained arm.
In the 18TH Pennsylvania Lieut. Nc
Kay. OF company B, of Meadville. has
returned to duty from the base hospital
Lieut.. John NJ. Shenkel. of troop II.
OF Pittsburg. has been appointed chief
signal officer for the first cavalry and
will have a detail of six men from
each troop for his corps
Test Machine Gun.
In the 18th Capt. Robert Pollock, of
the machine gun company, gave a dem
onstration for Col T. l. Kearns and
his staff Sunday morning with four
Lewis guns the regiment received Sat
munition.
Corp Charles Sloan Of the supply
company, of the 18th Pennsylvania was
caught in the storm Saturday nirh+
far from camp with his mules. Al the
height OF the storm, one of the ami
mails baked.
Ball Games sunday.
mere were ball games all over camp
sunday. some of them holly contested
Companies were PLAYING comuanies
and regiments played regiments There
was much visiting among the officers
OF the various units and there were
many more civilian visitors in camp
man at any time since the troops came !
here
Wind Blows Down Ness Tents.
Mess tents in some of the Pennsyl- :
'ahla command were not secure enough |
70 Withstand the wind Saturday after /
LON ana they went down IS did some !
ii.lhS tents. but the men are getting /
wise TO these things and have every !
thing anchored securely. And when 1
Such storm does come it is all hands |
10 the guy ropes
Compliments For Ambulance Corn.
MAJ Gen G NJ Clement inspected /
ne sanitary train Saturday and made
~apt- Sterrett. OF the 1st field ambu-
ance company. Of PittsburC. gasp with !
ne compliments passed on the outfit
IN troop H. Of Pittsburg. there was
demonstration Of mounting and dis
mounting. and trooper Milton Richard. Z
VINO used TO be well known wilkins
,urg policeman. started out to handle (
ne bronco that was being used for the
demonstration He mounted all righ- .
ut mad scarcely got his weight into
ne saddle when the animal got CAV
M the eXpOliceman hit the mesa q
wat with the broad of his back that I
aired all Of FL Paso county However /
- IS none the worse for his exper-
snce.
To Draw Horses
Troop H Will draw 80 horses this
eek and viii begin mounted drills
Chaplain c. VI. Miller, of the LIST. field
rtlilery preached in the Trinity NJ E
hurch south Sunday
There was a wild ball game Satur-
ay afternoon over towards Tobin ne
Ween the men Of battery 3 and tn.
IRE company Of the first signal bat
anon- the husky boys under the COM I
land of Ma J. Miller